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HISTORY
The Davis Family,
KE1N(; AN
ACCOUNT OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN DAVIS, A NA-
TIVE OF ENGLAND, WHO DIED IN EAST HAMPTON,
LONG ISLAND, IN 1705.
With notices of Individuals and Fajniiies connected with The7n.
Brought down to 1886-7.
By albert H. DAVIS.
New York :
T. A. Wright, Publisher and Printer.
1888.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1888, b}'
T. A. WRIGHT,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
1142899
PREFACE.
New York, Jan. 1887,
To My Kinsmen and Others —
The Biographical, Historical and Genealogical Record of the descend-
ants of our ancestor, John Davis, upon which I have spent four years'
labor, and not a little expense, nears completion, and will soon be ready
for the press.
I have departed somewhat from the methods of some genealogists and
have traced, not only the descendants of the male line, but also the descend-
ants of the female line, thus bringing the record as far as was possible in
full, down to date,
I have also traced the ancestry of many of those families which have
become interlinked with ours by marriage, going back in many instances
to the time that the ancestors of these families came to this country.
I have often wished since the commencement of the work that it had
fallen into abler hands, and I have also been impressed with the fact that
if it were to be done at all, it had been undertaken none too soon.
Older members of the family who were living when the work was
commenced, and from whom much information was received, have passed
away to join the great silent majority. Old town, church and property
records, from which facts and data have also been drawn, are fast fading
away, and will soon be illegible, so that unless the records are re-written
and then printed, in a few years the facts obtainable from them will be
forever lost.
The correspondence which has grown out of the compilation of this
work has been very large. Over 3,000 letters have been sent, and an-
swers to nearly all of them have been received.
Our fathers are gone, many of them sleep in unmarked graves, and
many of the other graves are becoming unmarked by the ravages of the
elements and time.
Statues and monuments may be bought, but a good name, the memory
4 PREFACE.
of the just, and the love of children and kindred may be for all, and are
without price, outlasting epitaph and heraldry.
Our fathers were worthy of our remembrance and respect, and in pre-
serving their memory, we honor ourselves.
A family genealogy is a most fitting tribute to them, as uniting their
children in a common memory and feeling, and equally fitting for the
future as a tie of kinship and a memorial of all their scattered children.
ALBERT H. DAVIS.
It only remains to be said that the author of the Davis Family Gen-
ealogy departed this life August 24th, 1887, worn out with long and intense
suffering. At his request the manuscript and correspondence pertaining
to the Genealogy have been looked over by the undersigned, and the
endeavor has been made to carry out the Compiler's earnest wish, of having
the matter prepared for the press. The undersigned has not been able to
furnish much additional matter. His labor has been mainly the transfer
of some fifty pages from loose sheets to the manuscript proper, which the
compiler left nearly complete.
This manuscript shows on almost every page with what long continued
diligence and care the author had pursued his work, until the inroads of
disease could no longer be resisted, and he was forced to lay down his pen.
March 27th. 1888.
H. C. RANDALL,
Essex, Conn.
HISTORY
The Davis Family.
JOHN DAVIS, Sex., the ancestor, was born in England, in
IC>12. His wife, whose maiden name is unknown, was also
born in England, died at East Hampton, Dec. 17, 1696. He
died at East Hampton, Dec. 22, 1705, about 4 o'clock in the morn-
ing, aged 93 j'ears. (See E. Hampton Church records.) Four
children came with them to this country:
1. i. John, b. in Ensland in 1676, d. at E. Hampton, L. I., Aug-.
a, 1766.
2. ii. Hannah, b. in England in 1680, d. at E. Hampton, L. I , .Tune
y, 1759.
8. iii. Thomas, b. in England in 1686, d. at E. Hampton, L. I., Aug
;:50. 1751.
4. iv. Maryette. date of d. and b. unknown ; she was baptized by
Kev. Nathaniel Huntting; at E Hampton, L. I., Sept. 16.
1704, under the head of "adult baptisms," (E. Hampton
Church records.)
John Davis (1) was married, Nov. 3, 1703, to Susanna Usboriie.
She died July, 1704. They had :
5. i. One child, who died Oct. 7, 1704. Ibid
John Davis (1) was married, 2d, to Puah Reeves, widow of
Abraham Reeves, July 3, 1706. Abraham Reeves and wife, Puah,
had one child, Mahitable, who married Jonathan Stratton, Jan. 30,
1730. The first husband of Puah Reeves was John Merry. They
had two children, John and Hannah, who were baptized April 2h,
1706. Hannah married Lion Gardiner, a descendant of Lord Lion
Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island, Jan. 11, 1721. It is not known
6 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
wbetliLT John Davis (1) had any children who grew up to manhood
or womanhood. It is evident by his will which will hereinafter ap-
pear, that he had no children or otlier descendants living at the
time he made his will, else he must have disinherited them, which
seems hardly probable. All we have been able to learn upon this
point is, that he had a daughter Elizabeth baptized June 13, 1707,
and a daughter Hannah baptized June 29, 1735, both under the
head of "Infant baptisms or children under age." But whether
they lived to grow np to womanhood, we have been unable to as-
certain. There is a tradition that Elizabeth Davis mariied John
Dimon, Dec. 25, 1722, was the daughter of John Davis (1). Puali
Reeves, wife of John Davis, died Dec. 24, 1747, in the 74th year
of her age. lie was a large land holder for those days, as is shown
by the land records of East Hampton.
The following last will and testament we copy from the Records
in the Surrogate's oflHce of the City and County of IS'. Y., Liber
twenty-five, page two-hundred and ninety-two:
In the name of God, Amen, I, John Davis, of the town of East Hampton, in the county of
Suffolk, and province of New Yorl<, yooman, being aged and attended with many infirmiiies,
but of sound and perfect mind and memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this tran-
sitory life, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in the following form and
manner : That is to say principally and iirst of all, I recommend my soul to God who gave it,
and my body to be buried at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named, nothing doubt-
ing but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty power of God, and
as touching such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, bequeath
and dispose of the same in the following form and manner :
Imprimis, I give unto my daughter-in-law, Mehitable Stratton, the use of the house and
home lot now in her possession, for and during the term of her natural life, and after her
decease to go to her son Benjamin Stratton, and to his heirs and assigns forever.
Item, I give unto Benjamin Stratton, son of Mehitable Stratton, my lot of land lying in
Newtown, between the land of John Mulford and land of Thomas Talinage, containing about
ten acres, as also one piece of land lying between John Parsons and Beriah Dayton's land,
fronting the lane commonly called Carryl's lane, about sixteen acres, as also one eighth of a
share throughout the land of Montouk ; also one piece of land in die five acre division adjoin-
ing to Hand's Creek path, with the amendment, it being about twelve acres ; also one acre and
a half and twenty poles, allotment of commonage, with all the land laid out in the five acre
division, excejtt what I have sold ; also one piece of meadow lying in Accobounock Creek,
containing about two acres, bounded by John Parsons northerly, and Timothy Miller southerly;
also my meadow at Northwest Harbor, running eastwardly from said Harbor to the head of
the creek which parts my meadow from the meadow of Capt. Baker and Isaac Hedges ; all
which said lands, meadow and rights of, I do give unto the said Benjamin Stratton, and to his
heirs and assigns forever. But the improvement to be to his mother, Mehitable Stratton, as
long as she shall remain a widow. But if it should happen that the said Benjamin Stratton
should die before he arrives at the age of thirty years, without lawful issue, then and in snch
case my will is that what I have given him shall go to my nephew John Davis, Jr., or his issue.
Item. I give unto John Davis and Benjamin Stratton, my great wood lot of wood land lying
near Northwest containing one hundred and thirty acres to be equally divided between them,
and it shall be to them, their heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto Jonathan Baker, and to his heirs and assigns forever, one piece of meadow
lying on the east side of Accobounock Harbor, near the east beach, adjoining to the meadow
of said Baker.
Item. I give to Deborah Miller the wife of Josiah Miller, the sum of forty shillings.
Item, I give to John Davis, Jr. the sum of sixty pounds.
Item, I give unto Benjamin Stratton my chest with a double lock, and all my husbandry
tools and instruments, all my dung and new fence and wearing apparel. I give unto Mehitable
Stratton all my cattle, swine, grain in my house and growing, and all my provisions, hay and
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 7
olher fodder, and all my firewood, pewter and silver spoons, and half the rest of my house-
hold goods, and twenty pounds in cash.
Item, I give unto Abigail the wife of Daniel Couklin five pounds.
Item, I give unto Hannah the wife of Liou Gardiner, all the rest of my household goods.
Item. I give all my books of history and divinity to Mehitable Stratton, Hannah Gardiner,
Abigail C'onkliiig, and John Davis, equally.
Item, I give unto Mehitable Stratton the use of my new dwelling house and home lot for
the term of one year after my decease, and also the use of the meadow at Accobounock that I
have not given away, for the same term, and all the rest of my personal estate of whatever name
or kind soever, notbefore given away, after my debts, legacies and funeral charges are j)a;d. 1
give to be equally divided between John Davis, Jr., my nephew, and Mehitable Stratton ra.v
daughter-in-law.
Finally, I do hereby constitute and appoint my daughter-in-law Mehitable Stratton. my
nephew John Davis, Jr., and my friends John Gardiner and Daniel Conkling, executors of this
my last will and testament.
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of August in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred smd sixty three. JOHN DAVIS, I.. S
Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared by the said John Davis as his last will and testa-
ment in presence of us the subscribers. Beriah Dayton, Jerejiiah Conkling, John
cuatfield.
Suffolk Co.. ss.
Be it remembered that on the eighth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and sixty
six, personally came and appeared before me, Maliby Gelston, Surrogate of said County. Heriah
Dayton, Hatter, and John Chattield, Esq., both of said County, and being duly sworn'on their
oaths declared, that they and each cf ihem did see John Davis sign and seal the wlihin \\ ritten
instrument, purporting to be the will of rhf said John Davis, bearing date one thousand seven
hundred and sixty three, and heard him ijublish jinil declare it to be and contain his hist will
and testament. That at the time thcn'of. he the said John Davis, was of sound disposing mind
and memory, to the best kuowlcdL'e and belief of ihem the deponents, and that their nftmes
subscribed io the said will are of their respective proper hand wi itii g, which they subscribed
as witnesses to the said will, in the testator's presence, and that they the deponents saw
Jeremiah Conkling the other witness to the said will subscribt- his name as a witness thereio
in the testator's presence. MALTBV GELSTON, Surrogaie.
Hannah Davis (2) was married Jan. 6, 1701, to Jonathan
Baker, son of Nathaniel and Catharine (iSchellinger) Baker, of
Amagansett, town of E. Hampton, L. I., and grandson of Thomas
and Alice Baker, who came to Amagansett from Milford, Conn., in
1650, and were among the first settlers of the town of E. Hampton.
She died Jnne 9, 1759, and was buried in the old South Burying
Ground at E. Hampton. Her brother, John Davis, who died Aug.
3, 1766, is buried by her side. Their children were:
6. i. David [ ^^.j ^ j^ 3 ^-.^4
7. 11. Jonathan, \ ' = '
David Baker (6) was married, Feb. 23, 1726, to Esther Conklin,
daughter of Elisha Conklin, of E. Hampton. They had one child :
8. i. Jacob, born Mar. 8, 1727.
JoxATHAX Baker (7) was married. Nov. 21, 1732, to Mary Tal-
mage, daughter of John Talmage, of E. Hampton. Their children
were :
9. i. Mary, who died in infancy.
10. ii. Jonathan, bap. Nov. 24, lTo4.
11. iii. Thomas, bap. May 23, 1742.
12. iv. Temperance, bap. 'Slay 20, 1744.
13. V. William, bap. June 1.1740.
8 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Thomas Davis (3) was married, Jan. 11, 1722, to Abigail Parsons.
We liave been unable to trace her ancestry, but she was doubtless
a descendant of Samuel Parsons, one of the early settlers of E.
Hampton. She died in Dec, 1745, aged 60 years. Thomas Davis
was a merchant, as is proved by old account books and papers now
in possession of his descendants of the 7th generation. He was
known as " Lawyer Davis." He kept his store in what is known
as the '■■ Old Davis Homestead," at the north end of the village of
K Hampton. The old house is still standing, although removed
from the location where it was erected. Their children were :
14. i. John, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., Mar. 4, 1733, d. at same place,
Dec. 15, 1798.
15 ii. Abigail, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., April 26, 1725, d. at Ama-
gansett, L. I., May 25th, 1795.
John Davis (14) was married, 1st, Dec. 31, 1744, to Catherine
Talmage, only child of Enos and Catherine (Baker) (Townsend)
Talmage, of E. Hampton, L. 1. Catherine Baker was a daughter
of Nathaniel Baker, who was a son of Thomas Baker, one of the
first settlers of E. Hampton. She was married, 1st, to Benjamin
Townsend, June 15, 1715. They had one child who died at the
age of three months. Benjamin Townsend died at Killingworth,
Conn., July 31, 1716. His widow was married to Capt. Enos Tal-
mage, of E. Hampton, L.L, Dec. 19, 1821. He died, April 3, 1723,
aged 26 years. Their daughter Catherine, who married John Davis,
jr. (14), was baptized Feb. 28, 1723. She died April 11, 1759.
Benjamin Townsend, the first husband of Catherine Baker, was a
carpenter by trade, (we have in our possession an account book
that belonged to him, the first entry in which is Nov. 1707.) The
children of John Davis and wife Catherine were:
K). i. Catherine, b. at E. Hampton, Mar. 18, 1746, d. at E. Hampton,
April S, 1754.
17. ii. .John, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., Jan. 20, 1748, d. at Stonington,
Conn., Mar. 31, 1809.
18. iii. Benjamin, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., Jan. 4, 1750, d. in infancy.
19. iv. Thomas, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., Nov. 27, 1751, d. in Preston,
Conn., Jan. 23, 1831.
20. V. Benjamin, b. in E. Hampton, L. I., May 15, 1754, d. young.
21. vi. Enos, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., Oct. 14, 1755, d. in Preston,
Conn.. May 31, 1837.
22. vii. 1 Catherine, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., April 5, 1758, d. at
Uwina Stonington, Conn., July 18, 1831.
23. viii. pw"iS' Abigail, b. at E. Hampton, L. I., April 5, 1758, d. in
J infancy.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 9
John Davis (U) was a farmer and resided at E. Hampton, L. I.
He carried 011 in couiiection with his farming, an extensive business
ill manufacturing leather, and shoe making. In 1765 he hired a
farm in Stonington, Conn., which he afterwards purchased and put
his oldest son John, then only seventeen years of age, in charge of
it. He continued to reside at E. Hampton, still improving the
farm at Stonington until 1772, when he purchased the farm and
removed there with his family, where he resided until A^ril 1784.
The war being over, he returned to E. Hampton with the younger
members of his family, that he might have better opportunities for
educating them. Clinton Academy, the oldest institution of the
kind in the State having been established about that time, and he
desired to avail himself of the advantages that institution offered
for the education of his children. His three sons, by 2d marriage,
Samuel, Henry, and Benjamin, received their elementary education
at Clinton Academy, and two of them, Henry and Benjamin, were
teachers there for a time. While he resided in Stonington he carried
on the business of manufacturing leather and shoe making in con-
nection with his farming business, as he had done in E. Hampton.
The farm that he purchased in Stonington, and which has been in
the possession of his descendants since 17G5, is beautifully situated
on the right bank of the Pawcatuck River, the dividing line between
Connecticut and Rhode Island, midway between the' Borough of
Westerly, R. J., and the celebrated summer resort and watering
place. Watch Hill.
The old mansion house, a picture of which appears in this History,
and the age of which no man living can tell, is worth making a
pilgrinuige to see. The spacious rooms, the carved work all done
by hand, the staircase in the front hall of solid mahogany, also
carved by hand, and imported from England, the spacious fire place
in the kitchen, seven and a half feet high, all attract the attention
of visitors. This fine old mansion has been the birth-place of four
generations of the decendents of our ancestors, and at one tipie was
occupied by three families of tiie fourth generation. Its walls, like
those of many another old mansion, are mute witnesses of the joys,
sorrows, and struggles of actual, and real life.
At the extreme south part of the "Old Davis Homestead'' (as this
is familiarly called,) jutting out into the Pawcatuck River is a pr(»-
montory or headed woodland, which has long borne the name of
10 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
"Osbrook.'- Upon the opposite side of tlie river, facing the ocean,
rises another headland. There is a tradition well sustained by facts*
that these two promontorys, before the pale face had robbed the red
men of their heritage, were the camping grounds of two friendly
tribes of Indians. One of the decendants of our ancestor, now one
of the owners of the westerly part of the Old Homestead, has
written the " Legend of Osbrook." At the urgent request of some
of our kinsmen who have read the " Legend " and seeing no im-
propriety in it, we give it a place here, although it has no reference
whatever to the historical, biographical or genealogical record of
the decendants of our ancestor.
^be %CQcni> of ©sbrooft.
Where the winding Pawcatuck river
Flows on towards the mighty ocean ;
Where the bay that lies between them
MeetB it with a gentle greeting ;
Tliere, upon a rocky headland,
istands the stately Grove of Osbrook.
Through the green and swaying branches
All the summer winds go singing,
And the leaves dance to the rnnsic.
Each one full of life and gladness.
<3iice tbis grove was broader, denser,
As a grand unbroken forest ;
Now the hand of man has severed
Many a monarch of that wildwood.
But thougli shorn of ancient grandeur.
It retains its queenly beauty.
There the wild birds woo each other,
Flitting 'neath the leafy arches.
And the sky so brightly smiling,
Bending low o'er stream and woodland,
Crown the scene with golden sunshine.
I.on" ago, beside that forest
Dwelt a tribe of valiant red men ;
And their wigwams, clustered closely
On the green slope by the river,
Opened towards the gates of sunrise,
The abode of their great spirit,
Whom they worshiped every morning.
They knew not the God we worship.
But they saw in all around them
A controling power and wisdom
Which they sought in vain to fathom ;
And their darkened hearts looked upward,
Toward a form of something holy,
That'Should satisfy the longings
Of their nobler, better natures.
And they called their forest Fair Wood.
It was there they held their councils.
In the balmy Kummer weather.
Where the old men spake with wisdom.
And the young men sat and listened.
At the north end of the forest
They had formed a place for dancing ;
There, witliin the magic circle,
With rude instruments of music.
They would dance upon the greensward
With fantastic step and motion.
So they lived, those simple red men,
Happy in their life and freedom.
And their cliieftain, Wyamoso,
Led them on the hunt and war-path ;
Kind was he to all his people.
And they loved him as a father.
He had sons, all brave young warriors.
But the bravest was Owunee,
Strong and fearless as the eagle.
With whose plumage he bedecked him ;
Yet he was as kind and gentle
As a maiden in his bearing.
And his father, VVyamoso,
Loved him best of" all his children ;
And, when he should slumber lowly,
' Neath the grasses by the river.
Then Ow anee would succeed him
As the ruler of his people.
On the other side the river
From the tribe of Wyamoso,
On the hills that face the ocean
Where it thundeis on the shore,
Dwelt another tribe of red men.
Nahtowena was their chieftain.
And a friend of Wyamoso.
^ ought of strife had come between them
Since the days when they were children.
Near the lodge of Nahtowena
Was a dainty little wigwam ;
In it dwelt his only daughter.
His own pet and pride, fair Osbrook.
She was even the loveliest maiden
To be found upon the border ;
She was as light and graceful
As a fawn, in every motion ;
Her tresses floated 'round her
Like a somber veil of midnight ;
And the flowers that she gathered.
Were not half so sweet and rosy
As her lips, that parted smiling
Over teeth of pearly whiteness.
And her starry eyes were shaded
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FA^^LV.
Ky Ions and drooping lashes
Tliat soeined loaih to hide the biightiicts
And thf joy ihai lurked beneath them.
Her life was t'ne from i-orrow.
And her iu-art uas full of t;hi.liieus,
For the brave Owaiiee loveii tur.
And his proniitieil nride was Osbrook.
Oft at twiliL'ht she would wander
From her wigwam to the river.
Where, in her canoe of bircii bark,
t^he wonltl lloat down on the eurrent.
Soon from olT the shore at Fair Wood
There would shoot forth, like an arrow,
The canoe of voung Owanee.
And he (luickly plied the paddles
With a lover-like impatience.
And soon h>d greeted Ottbrook
With a tender salutation
And then the two fond lovers
Would float onward in the starlight,
'J'alking of the hapijy future
Which they hoped to spend together.
In the tribe of Nahtowena
Was a warrior named Jlenota,
He was crafty, stern, and cruel.
Yet he so disguised his nature
That he seemed to Nahtowena
To be good, and brave, and noble.
When ue sjjake with words of council
The wise men gravely listened.
And whatever his decision
He was sure of their approval.
But Menota had a motive
As the basis of his greatness,
For he loved the beauteous Osbrook,
And he sought to win her favor ;
But her love was true and constant
For the gallant youug Owanee,
And she saw with fear and trembling
The true nature of his rival.
So with firm but gentle language
Told him that his love was hopeless.
That Owanee was her chosen.
While the angry suitor listened
To the answer of the maiden,
He with fierce and burning.' hatred
Planned revenue upon the lovers.
And from that lime fortn he often
Sought the lodge of Nahtoweua,
Where with words of deadly cunning
H.' wiiuld warn the good old chieftain
That his ally, Wyamoso,
Had breathed threats and insults toward 1
And was even then preparins;
To surprise and slay his people.
■\ahtowena, half in auger.
Half in sorrow, heard the traitor ;
First he drove him from his presence.
Saying that his Wyamoso
Never would betray his friendship.
But Menota's fresh persuasions
Finally o'ercamc his scruples.
And they iilanned a raid at midnight
On the tribe of Wyamoso.
And Menota's settled purpose
Was to kill his brave young rival.
So that Osbrook, broken-hearted.
Then would tunt to him for comfort.
And his brutal soul exalted
O'er the coming scene of carnage.
It was past the hour of midnight,
When was heard a stir and bubtle
In the camp of Nahtowena,
And Osbrook's quiet slumbers
Were broken by the pressure
Of a hand upon her forhead.
U hile a voice, in hurried whispers.
Told hct of her Uivei's danger,
Of the ni;is>a(re iinpcndino;.
"Tuas her fiiithlul friend fiaroona,
Who hiiil iiasleiied to her mistress
With this >tran>;e and dreadful story.
And without a word of ans\\< r,
Osbrook sprang U|>. quickly thrnwing
Her imhroiderid robe aboiit her ;
Sped silently ai'd swiftly
Thiough a by-palh to the river.
Where her liirht canoe lay rocking,
By the dim and quiet slmre.
Pausing not. except to sever
With hur knife the tlioiii: of deer-skin,
In the small craft IJL'ht she bounded :
Soon was mid-way of the river.
Then she saw her father's warriors.
Score of dusky, stalwart figures,
Flocking down upon the shore ;
And a voice came o'er the water.
Stern, commanding in its accents,
Bidding her to halt and answer
AVhelher she were friend or foe.
But, with firm-set lips unyielding.
Faster still she plied the paddle.
Then the same voice, hoarse with ])asgioii.
Shouted," Take this from Menota !''
And an arrow hissed and quivered.
For an instant thiough the air.
Then, with aim so fierce and deadly.
Plunged deep into Osbrook's boscnn :
And she fell back with her life-blood
Ebbing in a tide of crimson.
And her brain reeled with the faintuess
That so quickly overcame her,
And her visicm grew so misty
She could not see around her —
Could not see the angry warrio-s
Every moment cmmg nearer ;
For they did not know that Osbrook
Was the one who braved sucn perils.
Still they thought her sleeping siimdiy
In her wigwam, free ironi danger.
And that some one of their luimher
Had iiuned trail or to his brethren.
I'.ut the challenge of Menola
Roused tht! foe to the defensive.
By the pale and fitful moonlight
That through clouds sh(me down upon them
They could see across the river
All the war canoes advancing.
But nearer to the i-hore
Was a small canoe, canfaining
One person, that a woman.
Her strokes were slow and feeble.
And her graceful form was drooping.
It was Osbrook. who had rallied
While the hand of death was on her.
And she murmered in her anguish,
" O, my love, my own Owanee,
Must I die thus, and so near you.
With my mission half accomplished ?"
Then with all her strength she paddled
To the friendly shore of Fair Wood
And Owanee saw her coming-
He knew that it was Osbrook—
And with sad and dark forbodings
Hastened down to meet her ;
When he saw the fatal arrow.
Knew that his beloved was dying ;
'I'hen with horror and amazement,
For a moment he stood spellbound.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY,
But when Osbrook saw him near her,
Heard his words of love and pirv,
As he lifted her so gently.
Bore her up the sloping hillside,
Laid her 'mid the grass and flowers.
Then she threw her arms around him,
And with utterance low and broken,
Told him of the plan of vengeance,
And that her secret errand
Was to save him and his people ;
And she pointed to the arrow.
Saying," This came from Menota ;
But I welcome death, if only
I have saved you. my Owanee."
She drew his face down closer,
Pressed one lingering kiss upon it,
And her spirit fled forever.
Sadly there he knelt beside her
But no tear or groan escaped him,
For his heart wiis filled with anguish
All too deep to find expression.
Then he left her with the women
While he went to join his people.
For the dreadful sounds of battle
Echoed through the forest treetops.
That were moaning as in sorrow.
And Owanee pressed on boldly
Where the fight was raging fiercest.
Long he battled, while the war-whoop
And the death-ory rung around him,
And his tall form was a target
In the flush of cominsj morning.
For the arrows of Menota.
All in vain Owanee sought him,
'Till at last he spied him skulking
With arrow pointed toward him.
But before his bowstring tightened,
Owanee poised an arrow.
And his voice rang like a trumpet.
Louder then the noise of battle :
" Traitor ! you have slain my Osbrook,
And 'tis thus that I avenge her."
At the words he sped his arrow,
Sure and fatal, toward Jlenota.
And his people saw him falling,
Heard the loud words of Owanee,
And they with their chieftain faltered.
Then they kuew that it was Osbrook
Who had crossed the lonely river,
And their ancient superstitions
Told them her death was fateful.
So they broke their ranks and scattered
In the wildest of confusion ;
And their chieftain Nahtowena
Found himself a helpless captive.
Then Owanee, faint and bleeding.
Bade his warriors haste to lay him
On the ground beside his Osbrook.
And he summoned there his father,
With the captive Nahtowena,
Who wept in fear and sorrow
Beside his lifeless daughter.
Then spake Owanee gently.
Unto the sorrowing chieftain :
" \ on have sought to slay our people,
But no cause had you for vengeance.
And I ask you, Nahtowena,
To make iieace now with my father ;
Clat^p each other's hands and promise,
Here beside the dead and dying.
And. my father, let this spot be
Known no longer here as Fair Wood ;
Call it Osbrook, in remembrance
Of the maiden who so bravely
Gave her life this night to save us.
Now the great (iood Sjiirit c.-ills me ■
To the hnn;iiicf grounds >o happy.
And 1 die iicre liy my Osbrook."
Then the chiefs, in solomn silence,
Clasped their sirong right hands together
In forgiveness and in promise.
And the first bright rays of sunlight
Shone down upon Owanee
Lying dead beside his Osbrook.
And they buried them together
Near the borders of the forest.
The south winds chanted requiems.
And the clouds dropped tears above them,
Who in life had loved each other,
And in death were not divided.
Unknown.
Westerly, Aug 1.
'^r^IIK last will and testiiment of John Davis (14) who was bom
A March 4, 1723, died Ded. 15, 1798.
Ill the Xame of God. Amen. I, John Davis of the town of Stonington, County of Now Lon-
don, in tl\i; State of Connecticut, in New England, being in health of body, and inifcct mind
and memory, thr()ns.'li tlie great sjoodness of God, calling to mind my mortality, Icnowing that
it it- appointed for all men once to die, do ordain this to be my last will and lei-tunieiii. My
body 1 give to the Earth, to be l)uried in a christian manner, at the discretion of my Executors,
hereiiiat'tcr named, in the Arm belief of the resurection of the dead. My soul I commit into the
hand;' of (Jod who gave i[ to me, to be redeemed by His Sou, Jesus Christ, to be sanctilied by
His Spirit, and made meet for the sight and enjoyment of Himself. As to that portion of world-
ly good thinsis. wherewith God had been pleased to endow me, I will and dispose of the same
in manner and form following ;
Iinprimis. I gi^e to my dear bel ived wife Mary, one third part of my household goods, ai d
the iinprovemcni of one third of my real estate in said Suiiiington, during lier natural life, and
duriiii,' hir widowhood. I give her the imrovement of my great hoii^e in k. Manipt<m, on I-ont;
Islau'd. the keeping of a cow, and what firewood she shall need, and if aftermy debtsand fui e al
charges are paid out of my siocli of horses and cattle and sheep, any should remain, i give her
one third part of them to dispose of as she pleases.
Item, I give to my beloved son, John, to his heirs and assigns, the house and barn and lands
whicli belonged to Col. Abraham Gardiner ; And as to the farm on which I live, and which
formerly belonged to Kobert Stanton, deceased, I judge it to be worth two thousand pound>,
lawful money, and give it to be divided among my children (excepting Henry) in the follow
ing proportion, that is to say:
Item, I give to my said son, John, to his heirs and assigns forever, three twentieth parts of
said farm, including the building;, thereon, which 1 reckon equal to three hundred pounds law-
ful money. 1 also give him all u'ly farming utensils.
Item. I give to ray beloved son, Th )inas, his h'-irs and assigns forever, one fifth put. and
one fortieth part of said farm. iii';hidin4 the buildings thereon, which I reckon equal to four
Hundred and fifty pounds lawful money.
Item. I give to my beloved son. Enos, his heirs and assigns forever, one fifth part, and one
fortieth part of said farm, incluiling the buildings thereon, which I reckon equal to four hun-
dred and lifty pounds lawfal money.
Item. I give to my beloved daughter, Kathetine, (over and above what I have already ^i^' u
hen, and to her heirs and assii;iis forever, a twentieth part of said farm, incliidini; the buildiui.e
theieDii. which I reckon equal to one hundred iioiinds of lawful money. And my will is, not-
withstunding my other bequeaihments, that it said Katherine is, or does become a widow, she
shall have during her widowhood, the use of the Eist chamber of my dwelling house, and as
much privilege as she shall need in the kitchen and cellar, also a suitable supply of aiijiles, and
three cords of walnut wooil, cut and carted to the door by my sons John, Thomas, and Enos.
Ilf-m, I give to my beloved daui;htii-, Mary, her heirs and assigns forever, a twentieth part
of said farm, includin;,' the buildint^s thereon, which 1 reckon equal to one hundred pounds law-
ful money, and also two beds with furniture.
Item. I give to my beloved son, Samuel, his heirs and assigns forever, one tenth part of
said farm, including the buildings thereon, which I reckod to be worth two hundred pounds law,
ful money, and my will is that my son Thomas, and my son Enos, shall each of them pay twen-
ty pounds lawful money, within a year after my decease, to their iirniher Samuel, and that my
son, Henry, when he arrives at the age of twenty one years, shall pay fifty pounds lawful money
to his brother Samuel,
It(fTn,. I give to my beloved daughter, Abigail, to her heirs and assigns forever, one twen-
tieth part of said farm, includim; the buildings thereon, which I iccUon equal to one hundred
pounds lawful money, and also two lieds with furniture.
Item. I give to my beloved son, Henry, to his heirs and assigns forever, all my lands with
buildings thereon, in E. Hampton, Long Island, he allowing to his honored mother the privilege
therein which 1 have given her.
lem, I give to my beloved son, Benjamin, three twentieth parts of the farm on which T now
live, including the buildimjs thereon, which I reckon equal to three hundrid jjoiinds lawful
money. Moreover, whatever remains of household furnituie. uf stock in my trade, of hoist s,
siieep and cattle, and swiue, I give to be divided between my sons, John, Thomas, and Enos,
and their sister. Katherine, in equal parts, together with my son, Samuel.
I hereby constitute and a[)point my beloved son, John, and my trusty and well-beloved
friend. Mr. John Stanton, executors of this my last will and testament, revoking and making
void all former wills and testaments.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this fifth day of April, Anno,
14 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Domini, 1784, and of the eit^hth year of American Independence.
JOHN DAVIS. L. S.
Signed, sealed, declared and pronounced to be my last will and testament, in presence of
Peleg Shaw, Samuel Waters, Alexander Bradford, Jr.
The above and foregoing will of John Davis,(14) is recorded in the Surrogate's oflSce at River-
head, Suffolk Co, N. Y.
[To answer any questions that may arise, as to why the foregoing will, made and executed in
Stoninston, New London County, in the State of Connecticut, in New England, and recorded
in the Surrogate's office, Riverhead. Suffolk Co.. N. Y., wp will sir.te that soon after making his
will John Davis removed from Stonlngton to E. Hampton, tsntiulk Co.. L. I., where he died
Dee. 15, 1798.]
John Davis (17) was married Nov. 14, ITTo, to Abigail Raker.
She was the only daughter of Daniel Baker, Jr., and wife Mary
(Dayton) (Conklin) Baker, of E. Hampton. L. I. She died at Ston-
lngton, Conn., Jan. 23, lis31. Daniel Baker, Jr., was married, 1st,
to Mary Osborn, of K Hampton, June 24. 1736. She died, and he
was married, 2d, to Mary (Dayton) Conklin, Avidow of Jeremiah
Conklin, Aug. 27, 1749. Mary Dayton was married to Jeremiah
Conklin, Dec. 21, 1741. He died July 21, 1746, aged twenty-
seven years. Daniel Baker, Jr., was a descendant in a direct ances-
tral line, in the 4th generation, of Thomas Baker, one of the early
settlers of E. Hampton. The generations are as follows: 1st gen-
eration, Thomas Baker, and wife, Alice; 2nd generation, Nathaniel
(son of Thomas) and wife, Catherine (Schellinger) Baker ; 3rd gen-
eration, Daniel (son of Nathaniel) and wife, Abigail Osborn ; 4tli
generation, Daniel Baker, Jr., and wife, Mary Dayton (Conklin)
Baker, parents of Abigail Baker, who married John Davis (17).
Mary Dayton was a descendant in a direct ancestral line in the 4th
generation of Ralph Dayton, also one of the first settlers of E.
Hampton. The generations are as follows: 1st generation, Kalph
Dayton; 2d generation, Robt. Dayton; 3d generation, Ralph Dayton;
4th generation, Mary, who married Daniel Baker, Jr. The wife of
Nathaniel Baker, of the 2d generation, was Catherine Schellinger,
a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Melin) Schellinger. Catherine
Melin was the only daughter of Cornelius Melin, who came to this
country from Holland in 1639, and in 1640 received from the Dutch
Government a grant for the whole of State n Island, N. Y., (see
Valentine's History of N. Y., p. 140). Daniel Baker, Jr., died Jan.
17, 1753.
The following account of his death by drowning, with two other
men, is from an ancient document, which in 1753 was in the pos-
session of Thomas J. xMulford, of E. Hampton : " E. Hampton, Jan.
17, 1753. At the south side, in coming to the shore in a whale boat.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 15
was drowned in the surf, three men, namely, — Jacob Schellinger,
Daniel Baker, Jr., and Dick. The night before Daniel Baker was
drowned his wife dreamed the tide rose so high that it came up
to the house, burst open the door and brought in a coffin. She re-
quested him not to go off whaling that day. She said she was
afraid some accident would happen. He replied that he thought he
would go that day, but would not go any more." The children of
John Davis and wife Abigail Baker were :
34. i. John, b Sept 19, 1776, d. April 21, 1864
•2.-). ii. Abii,rail, b. Oct. 12, 1778, d. Jan. 22. 1882.
26. iii. Daniel, b. 3Iar. 6, 1788, d. May. 28, 1888.
27. iv. Maria, b. Oct. 16, 1786, d. Oct. 6, 1863.
28. V. Nancy, b. June 18, 1798, d. Dec 18, 1848.
All born at the Old Homestead in Stonington, Conn., and all died in Ston-
ington, except jVancy, who died in Trenton, N. Y*.
Jonx Davis {-U) was married Feb. 27, 1804. to Sally Stanton, of
SioninsitDn, ("onn. She was a daughter of William and Siu'ah
(Breed) Stanton, of Stonington, Conn., and grand aui^hter on the
maternal side of John and Mary Breed, of the same town. Mie was
a descendant on the paternal side in a direct ancestral line, in tlie
sixth generation, of Thomas Stanton, who was born in Kngland,
and came to this country in 1635. In 1637 he married Anna,
daughter of Dr. Thomas and Dorothy Lord, a noble P'nglish
family of Hartford, Conn., and there resided until 165U, when he
came to Stonington.
He was the 2d white settler in the town, Wm. Chesebough being
the first. In 1638 he was appointed by the General Court interi)reter
General of the New England Colonies ; also Commissioner to try
criminal and civil cases, which offices he held until the year l)efore
his death, which occured in 1078. The generations from 'I'homas
the ancestor to Sarah, who married John Davis, are as follows: 1st
generation, Tliomas Stanton and wife Anna Lord ; 2d generation,
'i'homas Stanton, Jr., who married Sarah, daughter of the famed
Capt. George Denison and wife Bridget (Thom])son) Denison ; 3d
generation, William Stanton, who married Anna, daughter of Kob-
ert Stanton, and wife Joanna (Gardner) Stanton ; 4th generation,
Thomas Stanton, who married Elizabeth Bell, daughter of AVilliam
Bell; 5th generation, William Stanton, Avho married Sarah, daughter
of John and Mary Breed, of Stonington ; 6th generation, Sarah,
daughter of William and Sarah above, who married John Davis
i6 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMH.Y.
(:J4). 8he wjis Umi July iO, ItTG, aiul iIuhI Stpt. G, 1861. John
Davis succeeiletl to the ownership of the Westerly part of the an-
cestral estate, Avhieh had been owneU and ocoupieil by his father.
Ho was a suecessfnl farmer, and a man of s«trict intej;rity, upright
and honest in all his dealings. He resided all his lifetime at the
Old Homestead where he was born. The ehildivn of John Davis
aud wife Sarah Stanton were:
39. i Clarissa, b. J urn- IS, 1806. d. Sept. 7. ISiJ^J.
5W. il. John. b. April H. 18U», d. April 9, 18«4> •
81. iii. Abieail. b April d. 1810.
S3- ^r. Sarali, b. Dec. 15. 1818. d. Sept. 4, 18*3.
SS. V. Marv. b. Mav 39. 1814.
84. vi. Tho'mas William, b. June 11. 18ia
All twm in Stonington at the Homestead.
Clarissa Davis (-^9) was marrievl i'.ar. lo. IS-]>T, to James Green
of Westerly. K. 1. He was a blacksmith by trade. They had no
children.
John Davis (30) was marrieil to Phebe Mulford Davis, Dec. 3*^,
1851. She is a daughter of Jeremiah and Harriet (Sydleman) Davis,
of Norwich, Conn., and grandaughter of Enos ("^1) aud Phebe
Mulford Davis. There children are:
8V i. John Jeremiah, b. Jan. 16. 1854.
8tk ii. Sarah Maria, b Feb. 33. 1856.
37. iii AIphim5>^» Whitman, b Feb 30. 1861.
All born at the Old Homestead in Stouington.
John Davis succeedeil to the ownership of that part of the an-
cestral estate that had been owne<l and wcupted by his father for
more than half a century. From early m.inhiHHl he had been a
humble c^>'»sisieut christian, and for many years a member of the
Congregational Church at Westerly, R. 1., aud his daily life and
conversation bore witness to the truth and sincerity of his profession.
He delighted to minister to the wants of those whose individual
necessities apj>ealeil to his generous symj>athy, and gave willingly
for charitable ami benevolent objects, demonstrating the truth of
the Divine saying, — "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Being himself the s».>ul of honor he looketl for the same quality in
others, and was unwilling to impute dishonesty or deceit to any one.
i^ulet aud unassuming in his ways, yet hi:> manifest goodness aud
geniality attracted even straugers to him. lie always had a smile
and encouraging word to cheer the trv)ubled and despondent. He
HISTORY OF TIIK DAVIS FAMILY. 17
never seemed Iiiiiipicr than when (l(jiii(^ or iilainiiii^f something t(j
contriljiite to the piciisure of others, lie was an aU'ectionate and
indulgent hushand and father, a kind neighbor, and in the language
of one who knew iiim well, — "a good man." In the evening of
life, with his work on earth well done, he has entered into the
r'ist that rernaineth for the peojile of God. " 'i'he memory of the
just id blessed."
We cheei'fully give j)lace to the following ti'ibutes of respect to
his memory, the (irst from the i)en of Rev. A. Jl. Wilcox, some time
pastor of the Church at Westerly, H. I., of which he was a member ;
the second from one who had known him long and well.
" My memory of Mr. Davis is perfectly fresh and distinct, and
will continue to be so, so long as I live. I can see him now, just as
he looked on bright Sabbath mornings, as he drove up to the steps
of the Church, tlien a hale and strong man, with the color of health
in his clieeks, and his whole countenance l)eaniing with an express-
ion of hearty good will to all around. I remember distinctly his
readiness to converse on religious subjects, and especially on any
subject connected with the j)romotion of nnjre christian feeling
among church members, and my memory would be deficient indeed,
if 1 tailed to remember that no one ever gave me a more kindly
welcome to his home, or pressed upon me a more cordial hospitality.
In a word, if all our New England famis could be tilled by such
men as he was, our New England churches would be full to over-
llowing, and instead of modern vices and irreligion, we should have
again the sterling virtues and piety of former days."
Kkv. a. II. Wilcox.
In memorg ot 5obn 2>av>l6,
Di«;<i April 9, 18S4.
A roiiiidcd life, and full of dayw, A hiunblft lifi, no tinw,-l mIiow
IJki- ripciird wlK-al, Could e'er alliii.-
Syiiiinrirical in all IiIh wayH ; Hiu ciinpU; wuy- ni-UU- to f,'o.
Not waiillnji aiiL'lit lo iiinrit praise— ('oiileiiK'd unlkr-d In- to and fro—
A life fullaua coiuplftc. lit hoiictit worth and pure.
A IxiMy life, no wuetcd houra A chriHliati life in eaving trust,
Ho ever Jtnew. Believing;, true ;
No moments but with all Ills powers, The promised truerdon of the Just —
Ilis hands culled out life'H choicest (lowers, Ue (;av<; to (;od the best and first,
Among the chosen few. His faitlifiil spirit knew.
A fragal life, enoui;h had he And so he laid him down to rest.
For preBint need, Kroni labor frc
And answer claims of charitv. Aceiired llial on ni« navior s orcaai,
No waKte of Hiibmance could he 8ee, It<-posin'; Iberi- ainoiif,' the blest.
Yet had he naught of greed. Would spend eternity.
Westerly, U. I., April 25, 1884. M. 8. GREENE.
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i8 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Abigail Davis (31) was married to Thomas W. Robinson, son
of Joshua Robinson, of Stonington, Conn., Nov. 25, 1830. He died
in Stonington, Conn., Jan. 14, 1842. He was a farmer. Their
children were :
Charles Henry, b. Aug. 21, 1831, d. aged fifteen years.
John Davis, b. June 14, 1833.
William Stanton, b. Feb. 13, 1835.
Joseph Delano, b. Mar. 12, 1837.
Sarah Jane, b. Mar. 13, 1839.
Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1841, d. in infancy.
JoH]sr Davis Robinson (39) was married Oct. 23, 1855, to Sarah
Edwards, daughter of Silas and Betsey (Blivin) Edwards, of West-
erly, R. I. He resides in Providence, R. I., and is in the livery
business. They have one child.
44. i. Charles Henry, b. July, 1857, unmarried.
William Stanton Robinson (40) was married Jan. 3, 1857, to
Elizabeth Dickens, daughter of Capt. Hezekiah and Mary (Lewis)
Dickens, of Stonington, Conn, William Stanton Robinson was for
many years engaged in the coasting business, as Captain of a vessel.
He is now engaged in the Hotel business at Westerly, R. I. Their
children are: n ^ J^*.
45. i. William Amos, b. Oct 10, 1862, at Stonington, Conn.^^*^
46. ii. Frank Howard, b. Sept. 6. 1864, "
47. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 13, 1866, "
48. iv. Abbie Jane, b. Apr. 21, 1872, "
Mart Elizabeth Robinson (47) was married June 3, 1885, to
Joseph William Vincent, son of Joseph William and Harriet (Bry-
ant) Vincent, and grandson of Dea. Joseph Rudd, and Sally Barnes
Vincent, of Westerly, R. I. Dea. Joseph Rudd Vincent was a son
of Joseph and Phalia (Hinckley) Vincent. Joseph William Vincent
is a mechanic, resides at Westerly, R. I. No children.
Joseph Delano Robinson (41) was married Oct. 27, 1861, to
Jane Cutler, daughter of Andrew and Lydia Jane Cutler, of Wind-
ham, Conn. He is a farmer, resides in Stonington, Conn. Their •
children are:
49. i. Leonard Cutler, b. Nov. 29, 1862, at Stonington, Conn. 7
50. ii. Nellie, b. Oct. 20. 1867, at Stonington, Conm^jH^ ^M^-^h
Sarah Jane Robinson (42) was married Dec. 26, 1855, to
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. ig
Sylvester Gavit, son of Tsaac Gavit, of Westerly. K. I. He resides at
Westerly, R. I. There children are :
51. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov 25, 1850, at Westerly, R I , d. June
5, 1874.
53. ii. Carrie Jane, b. May 29, 1861, d. in infancy.
5:1 iii. Jennie W., b. Dec. 8, 18G4, at Westerly, R. I.
54. iv. Harry W., b. Jan. 2, 1872, "
55. V. Thomas H., b. April 2, 1874, at
Mary Davis (33) was married Jan. 14, 1839, to Oliver D. Cole,
son of Stephen and Susan (Browning) Cole, of Hopkinton, K. I. He
was a farmer. There children are :
56. i. Susan Browning, b. April 20, 1840, at Hopkinton, 11. I.
57. ii. Mary Francis Thurston, b. May 20, 1844, at " "
58. iii. Oliver Davis, b. Dec. 10, 1846, at
59. iv. John Stephen, b. Sept. 15, 1852, " " "
Thomas William Davis (34) was married Mar. 14, 1842, to Susan
Davis, daughter of Oliver and Nancy (Cole) Davis, grandaughter
of Oliver and Penelope (White) Davis, and great grandaughter of
Jedediah and Annie Davis of Hopkinton, R. I. She died at Ston-
ington, Conn., Feb. 7. 1882. Thomas William Davis is a farmer.
He resides in Stonington, Conn., upon that part of the ancestral
estate that belonged to his Uncle Daniel Davis, and which sub-
sequently became his by purchase. He is a man of irreproachable
character, and highly esteemed in the community where he has
lived all his life time. From the concurrent testimony of all who
knew Mrs. Thomas William Davis, she was a noble christian woman.
Kev. Frederick Denison, who had been her Pastor in former years,
and who had been with the family in times of peculiar trials and
sorrow, thus speaks of her. " I remember Mrs. Davis well as a
model wife and mother, and her modest, active, faithful loving life,"
and pays the following tribute to her memory.
Unseen except by Him alone. Sweet as the rose of Sharon's lea,
What in domestic gardens grow, This mother graced a christian home,
A mother's sacrifice and love, And left to all a memory
The truest witness here below. Full freighted with its rich perfume.
*■• "^ ^ She lived to make the world more bright.
Amid earth's clouds a radicnt Ptar,
And though now absent from our sight,
She shines beyond the gates ajar.
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The children of Thomas William Davis and wife Susan were:
60. i. William Dudley, b. Feb. 11, 1843, at Stonington, Conn., d.
Nov. 30, 1866.
Oliver, b. Nov. 15, 1844, at Stonington, Conn., d,- Sept 27,.1846.
John H., b. Nov. 19, 1846, at Stonington, Conn., d. Jan. 13,
1847.
John Daniel, b. Dec. 28, 1848, at Stonington, Conn.
Edward Sands, b. June 11, 1850, at " "
65. vi. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 10, 1854, "
66. vii. Charles Smith, b. Jan. 30, 1856, " " " ^^ )no ^
67.viii. Frederick Prentice, b. Nov. 28, 1858, at " " C^^'^'
68. ix. Annie Elizabeth, b. Dec. 8, 1861, at
69. X. Walter Howard, b. Aug. 15, 1865, at
William Dudley Davis (60) met his death by drowning, Nov.
30, 1866. The major part of the last four years of his life was
spent on the water, voyaging from Providence and Newport to New
York and Albany, and places adjacent to these. During the
summer of 1866, he was first officer on board the schooner T. R.
Becket, under Capt. William S. Robinson, as he had been the
previous season. The Capt. held him as more than an officer, even
as a brother. It was during the last voyage of the season in that
vessel that he met his death. While descending the Hudson River
in Newburg Bay, on a squally day, Nov. 30, 1866, near 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, as he was assisting in reefing the mainsail, the
violent stroke of the wind-smitten canvass hurled him into the sea.
He was thickly clad, yet a good swimmer. Probably the severe
blow of the sail partly paralyzed him, so that he was unable to
keep himself up until the boat that was instantly lowered and
pulled to his relief could reach him. The Hudson became his
shroud and grave, the beautiful Highlands are his tomb-stones.
Unavailing were the many and long continued efforts to recover Jiis
. body.* Thus he passed away in the 24th year of his age.
"His absorbing work was to secure a well proportioned .christian
character, and thus prepare for a future state. He aimed not for
wealth or honors, or name. His one controlling desire was to be
an approved child of Christ. His treasure was in Heaven, hence
he yearned to be pure, to promote piety, to glorify Christ, and so
be in readiness to enter the world of light and holiness. His spirit
*His body was recovered the following spring, and was intered In the family burying
ground at Pawcatuck, Conn.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 21
was plumed for a lieavenward llight, death only unloosed his
pinions."
"Our brother reached the land for which he voyaged, the home
he looked for, the society for which he panted. He achieved the
highest work of man, attained the highest end of his existence. His
life was hid with Christ in God. He held membership and heir,
ship in the Divine family. He dropped earthly ambitions for a
celestial one. He let go earth's gold for Heaven's glory. Trium])h-
antly has he joined the holy family. His works follow him, and he
is rich forever. He is at rest, honored and crowned as a victor
through Christ. Was he not ripe for the better state? It was noon
with him. His work was done. Our thoughts aspire to tender
measures, as we pronounce."
Zbc ^farewell.
Afar from the circle hig presence had gladdened.
He sleeps in the beautiful shroud of the sea ;
The bosoms of kindred and brethren are saddened.
Yet cheered by the truth that his spirit is free.
No more may the billows of life overtake him,
Ii<-leai*ed from temptations and strnggles with wrong ;
Xo tumults or tempests of earth mav awake him,
Triumphant on high with the glorified throng.
Loved brother, we sins of thy life-voyage ended,
Thy earth-robe laid off for thy heaven-woven crown,
Thy Voice is celestial companionship blended,
Thy harp of devotion laid never more down.
Our bodies the earth and the sea shall surrender,
When Jesus, in judgment, shall call for their trust ;
Nor distance, nor mountains, nor oceans may hinder,
The l>Iood-bought of God from reclaiming their dust.
O blissful that meeting of glorified spirits,
Unitcil. as one. in the heavenly home.
Made holy and perfect in Jesus' full merits.
No more from the Eden celestial to roam.
Then on let us press in the foot8tei)e of Jesus,
Our bosoms aglow with the flame of his love.
Our eyes on the kingdom and crown he decrees us,
Onrsongs sweet rehearsals for glory above.
The foregoing extracts are from the sermon delivered at the funeral of William Dudley
Davis, May 12, 1867, by Rev. Frederick Denison.
Charles Smith Davis (G6) Avas married June 11, 1885, to Grace
Chamberlayne Loveridge, daughter of Edward Daniel Loveridge
and wife Frances Emily (Bartlett) Loveridge, of Cuba, N. Y.
Edward Daniel Loveridge was born at New Milford, Conn., in
18'24. Frances Emily Bartlett was born at Granby, Mass., in 1834.
The paternal grandparents of Grace Chamberlayne Loveridge were,
22 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Erastus Loveridge, born at Sheffield, Mass., in 1793, and Eiith Ann
(Cary) Loveridge. Her maternal grandparents are, Algernon
Sidney Bartlett, born at Gran by, Mass., in 1805, (he is of the
Ebenezer Bartlett family who trace their ancestry to William the
Conqueror,) and Cordelia (Judd) Bartlett, who is of the Thomas
Judd family of Massachusetts. Charles Smith Davis is cashier of
a Bank at Cuba, N. Y. They had no children.
Abigail Davis (25) was married in 1797 to Lemuel Palmer. He
was a son of James and Hannah (Chesebro) Palmer, and was born
at Stonington, Nov. 16, 1767. He died very suddenly, May 14,
1850, while at work upon his farm. Their children were :'
Abby Davis, b Sept. 13, 1797, at Stonington, Conn.
Mary, b. Oct. 37, 1800, at Stonington, Conn., d. Oct. 3, 1824.
John Davis, b. at Stonington, Conn., Aug. 1802, d. Jan 6, 1850
Hannah Eells, b. at Stonington, Conn., Dec. 6, 1804, d. at
Stockbridge, Mass., Mar. 13, 1883.
Bridget Matilda, b. at Stonington, Conn., Mar. 30, 1807.
Nancy Davis, b. at Stonington, Conn., Feb. 32, 1810, d. at
Stonington, May 13, 1886.
James W. b. at Stonington, Conn., Feb. 3, 1814, d. July 23, 1822.
Harriet J., b. at Stonington, Conn., June 9, 1822, d. Apr. 20,
1832.
Abigail Davis Palmer (70) was married Dec. 8, 1824 to Henry
Smith, of Stonington, Conn., son of Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt)
Smith. Marriage ceremony performed by Rev. Ira Hart. Henry
Smith was born May 25, 1788, died April 16, 1866. His widow
now (1886) in the 89th year of her age resides at Stonington, Conn.
Abigail Davis died Sept. 16, 1887. They had no children.
Mary Palmer (71) was married Dec. 23, 1816 to Zeba D. Palmer,
son of Amos and Betsy (Stanton) Palmer of Stonington, Conn.
He was born in May 1790, and died in Stonington, Conn., Sept.
1858. Their children were :
78. i. Zeba D. Amos, b. Dec. 8, 1817, in Stonington, Conn., d. at
same place, Oct. 12, 1819.
79. ii. Edmund Lemuel, b. Oct. 21, 1819, at Stonington, Conn., d. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1879.
80. lit. Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1822, at Stonington, Conn., d. in Stonington,
Sept. 22, 1828.
81. iv. Mary Abigail, b. at Stonington, Conn., Aug. 17, 1824.
Edmund Lemuel Palmer (79) was married in New York City,
70.
i.
71.
ii.
72.
iii.
73.
iv.
74.
V.
75.
vi.
76.
vii.
77.
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HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 23
Oct. 19, 1847, to Adelaide E. Briickett, who was born in New York
Oity, Sept. 20, 1829. 'I'heir children were:
82. i. Edmund, b. in New York City, Sept. 8, 1848.
83. ii. Cliarles Newell, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1849, d. in
New York City, Dec. 13, 1854.
84. ill Andrew Knneler. b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1852, d. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 5, 1858.
85. iv. Mary Louise Mii.xw('ll, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1856, d
in Brooklyn, N Y., May 14, 1858.
86. V. Adelaide Edythe, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y.. Mar. 4, 1859.
Mary Abigail Palmer (81) was married in Willianishurgli,
(now Brooklyn,) N. Y., April 5, 1855, to iNathaa Newtou Tiftany,
who was born in Hadlyme, Conn., March 7, 1812. He died at
Bridgehampton, L. I., April 29, 1882. He was a son of Nathan
Tiffany and wife Lois (Lord) Tiffany, of Hadlyme, Conn. They
had one child :
87. 1. Nathan Newton Tiffany, b. in Jan. 1857.
Nathan Newton Tiffany (87) was married Oct. 1, 1882, to
Fredrica Gertrude ('orwith, daughter of Silas White and wife
Susan Maria (Rogers) Corwith, of Bridgehampton, L. I. They
have one child :
88. i. Nathan Newton Tiffany, Jr., b, at Bridgehampton, L. I , June
20, 1883.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Sag Ilarbor Savings Bank, held at their Banking
Rooms, July 1, lb82, it was
Be^olved.— That in the death of Nathan N. Tiffany, of Bridgehampton, this institution has
suffered as the public has suU'ered, the loss of a faithful, wise and prudent officer, who from
the commencement of this Bunk to his death, was diligent and efficient in the discharge of duty,
whose unfailing watchfulness, long tried experience and unshalcen integrity lent to the Bank
the well deserved confidence which all who knew him. he enjoyed. In this recognition of the
death of our associate Trustee and friend, we record our sincere regard and gratitude, for the
long useful and efficient service he rendered, and our testimony to the unflinching honesty of
the man over whose long and useful life the grave has forever closed.
Resolved. — That a copy of the foregoing be placed on flle, transmitted to the family of our
deceased associate Trustee, with the assurance of our sympathy in their aftliction, and also be
published in the local newspapers. *
WILLIAM LONEW, Treasurer. HENRY P. HEDGES, President.
The following tribute to the memory and worth of Mr. Tiffany
is from a life long friend :
'* N. N. Tiffany whose death at his late residence is recorded, had
been one of the most respected and prosperous merchants of Sag
Harbor, and afterwards at Bridgehampton, in both of which places
he held the position of Postmaster. A man of the most sterling
rectitude of character and conduct, of a kindly disposition, truth-
ful and reliable in all his dealings, staunch in his friendships, and
24 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
unwavering in his fidelity to convictions of duty, he commanded
esteem, and won confidence from all with whom he was brought
in contact. But for his own modest diffidence, he might have
figured prominently in public affairs. On the grave of this honored
and true friend of our youth and our family, we can do no less
than cast this little chaplet of our regard."
John- Davis Palmer (73) was married Nov. 29, 1829, to Mary,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt) Smith of Stonington,
Conn. She was born at Stonington, Feb. 4, 1800, and died at
Stonington, July 8, 1874. He was a farmer. They had no children.
Hannah Eells Palmer (73) was married in Stonington, Conn.
Feb. 15, 1824, to Paul Smith Palmer, who was born at Stonington,
Conn., Nov. 11, 1796, and died at Stockbridge, Mass., Mar. 24, 1875.
Their children were :
89. i. William Henry, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Jan. 16, 1825.
90. 11. Mary .Jane, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 11, 1827.
91. ill. James Edwin, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 9, 1832, d. at the
age of thirteen years.
92. iv.^ Charles Smith, b. In Stockbridge, Mass., Apr. 5, 1835,
Uwins ^- ^" Stockbridge, Oct. 9, 1838.
93. V. r 'Emma Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Apr. 5,1835,
J d. in Stockbridge, Oct. 16, 1838.
94. vi. Emma Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Apr. 17, 1841, d. In
Stockbridge, Mass., aged eleven years.
95. vii. Charles Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 11, 1842, d. in
Stockbridge, Mass., aged seven months.
96. vili. William Pitt, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1845.
97. ix. Edwin Lemuel, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 10, 1848, d. at
the age of ten years.
Paul Smith Palmer was a descendant in a direct ancestral line,
in the seventh generation, of Walter Palmer, who came to this
country from England in 1629. After residing at different places
in Mass., he came to Stonington, Conn., in 1653, where he died in
1662. The line of descent from Walter Palmer the ancestor to
Paul Smith Palmer is as follows: 1st generation, Walter Palmer;
2d generation, Nehemiah Palmer ; 3d generation. Judge Daniel
Palmer; 4th generation, Doct. Nathan Palmer; 5th generation,
Oapt. Andrew Palmer; 6th generation, Capt. Eoswell Saltonstall
Palmer ; 7th generation, Paul Smith Palmer, who married Hannah
Eells Palmer.
The following tribute to the memory of Paul Smith Palmer is
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new hi
110.
ilii.
111.
ii.
112.
iii.
118.
iv.
114.
V.
115.
vi.
IIG.
vii.
117.
viii.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 29
Suriih (Woodbridgc) Rhodes, and was bom in Stonington, Conn.,
Jan. 1, 1803. died at Trenton, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1877. He was a
farmer' and resided in Trenton many years previous to his deatli.
He was an lionest, upright man, and highly esteemed by all who
Their children were:
Dudley Woodbridge, b. Oct. 30, 1829.
Abby Palmer, b. in Trenton, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1832, d. Dec. 18,
18()G.
) ^ . Emma Matilda, b. at Trenton, N. Y., July 23, 1834
[ twins, Qii^rles Henry, b. at Trenton, N. Y^, d. April 17, 1878.
.John Davis Palmer, b. at Trenton, N. Y., July 14, 1837.
James Lemuel, b. at Trenton, N. Y., Au?. 23, 1839. d. May 20,
Marv Jane, b. at Trenton, N. Y., June 30.1841, d. Aug. 24, 1854.
Lucy A., b. at Trenton, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1843.
Dudley Woodbridge Rhodes (110) was married Oct. 23, 18.54,
to Lydia Sophia, daughter of Elias and Nancy (Davis) Stanton, of
Trenton, N. Y. He is a farmer, and resides at So. Trenton, N. Y.
Their children were:
118 i Curtis Stanton, b. at So. Trenton, N. Y., June 19, 1855, d. May
8, 1870.
119. ii. Jennie Sophia, b. at So. Trenton, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1860.
Jexnie Sophia Rhodes (119) was married June 10, 1885, to
William J. Fralick, of Utica, N. Y. He was born Nov. 26, 1858,
and is a son of Josiah and Sarah Allen (Claflin) Fralick, grandson
of Jacob, and great grandson of John Fralick, (originally spelled
Froelick ) who came to this country from Germany, and settled at
Glen, Montgomery Co., N. Y. William J. Fralick's mother was
Sarah Allen Clatiin, daughter of Leonard Clailiu, (who was a son
of Allen Claflin,) and wife Mary Tyler, who was a relative of
President John Tyler. Allen Claflin was a soldier in the Revo-
Intionary war. Leonard Claflin was a cousin of Horace B. Claflin,
the merchant prince of New York. Allen Claflin's father was son
of Ebenezer Claflin, who died Aug. 6, 1794. Allen Claflin's mother
was Bethiah Claflin, who died in 1820, aged 93. Sarah Allen
Claflin's grandmother was Rachael Patterson, whose mother Sarah
Allen, was a relative of the one time Gov. Allen of Massachusetts.
William J. Fralick is in the employ of R. G. Dun & Co., Mercantile
Agency, of N. Y., and resides at 67 Howard Avenue, Utica, N. Y.
Chakles Henry Rhodes (113) was married June 5, 1867, to
30 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Harriet Hazard, daughter of Stauton and Betliiah (Aborn) Hazard,
of Westerly, R. I. He was a farmer, and resided at Stonington,
Conn., where he died April 17, 1878. Their children are:
120. i. William Moss, b. at Stonington, Conn., April 18, 1868.
121. ii. Matilda Aborn, b. at Stonington, Conn., April 20, 1871.
John Davis Palmer Rhodes (114) was married Oct. 9, 1867, to
Sophia Jones, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Hughes) Jones, of
So. Trenton, N". Y. She died Oct. 28, 1872. They had—
122. i. One child who died in infancy.
For second marriage of John Davis Palmer Rhodes, see No. 98.
He is a farmer, and resides at So. Trenton, N. Y.
Lucy A. Rhodes (117) was married Oct. 21, 1874, to Polk Milton
Whitaker, son of George and Lydia (Rowell) Whitaker, of So.
Trenton, N. Y. Mr. Whitaker is a farmer, and resides at So. Tren-
ton, N. Y. They have no children.
Nancy Davis Palmer (75) was married Oct. 10, 1831, to Alden
Palmer, son of Thomas and Lucy Palmer, of Stonington, Conn.
He was born July 17, 1802, and died March 23, 1876. He was a
farmer, and resided in Stonington, Conn. Their children were :
123. i. Harriet Jane, b. in Stonington, Conn., July 28, 1832, d. in
Stonington, Conn., June 4, 1884.
Mary Rossiter, b. in Stonington, Conn., Mar. 16, 1834.
Thomas, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 13, 1835.
Alden, Jr., b. in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 4, 1837, d. in Stoninu;-
ton, Conn., May 2, 1869.
Lucy Woodbridge, b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 28, 1839.
Eugene, b. in Stonington, Conn., Nov. 29, 1841.
Emeline, b. in Stonington, Conn., Mar. 3. 1846.
Eliza Babcock, b. in Stonington, Conn., June 11, 1849.
Mary Rossiter Palmer (124) was married Nov. 3, 1863, to Henry
Martin Palmer, son of Dea. Noyes and Mary (Rossiter) Palmer, of
Stonington, Conn. He was born in 1830, resides at the Homestead
farm in Stonington, Conn., which was for many years owned and
occupied by his father. He was for several years connected with
the Charter Oak Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. Their children
are:
131. i. Mary Rossiter, b. in Stonington, Conn., June 5, 1866, d. Apr.
2, 1874.
132. ii. Noyes, b. in Stonington, Conn., June 9, 1869.
Thomas Palmer (125) was married to Minnie Pond, daughter
124.
ii.
f25.
iii.
126.
iv.
127.
V.
128.
vi.
129.
vii.
130.
viii.
HISTORY OF THE DAMS FAAHLY. 31
of Orlando jiiid Lucia (Farr) Pond, at Independence, Iowa, Juno
15, 1874. He is in business in New York City. Resides in Brook-
lyn, N. Y. Their children are:
133. i. Harriet Elizebeth, b. in 1875, at Independence, Iowa.
134. ii. ) Grace Madaline, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y. Jan. 31, 1884, d.
V twins, July, 13, 1885.
135. iii. ) Roy Elbert, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1884.
Aldex Palmer, Jr. (126) was married Feb. 20, 1865, to Eunice
A. Noyes, daughter of Paul and Eunice A. Noyes, of Stonington,
Conn. He was a farmer, and resided at Stonington, Conn. Their
children were:
13G. i. Fanny Stanton, b. at Stonington, Conn., Dec. 3G, 1865.
137. ii. Alden Rossiter, b. at Stonington, Conn., June, 17, 1867, d. Apr
19, 1886.
138, iii. Paul Noyes, b. at Stonington, Conn., Oct. 8, 1869.
EuGEXE Palmer, (128) was married June 9, 1881, to Mary A.
Chesebro, daughter of Gideon and Chesebro, of Stonington,
Conn. He is a farmer, and resides in Stonington, Conn., on the
farm formerly owned and occupied by his father. Their children
are:
i::39. i. Henry Rhodes, b. in Stonington, Conn.. Oct. 26, 1882.
140. ii. Died in infancy.
Emeline Palmer (129) was married Oct. 15, 1874, to Noyes
Stanton Palmer, son of Deacon Noyes and Mary (Rossiter) Palmer,
of Stcmington, Conn. He was for some time Vice-President of the
Charter Oak Life Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn. He now resides in
Stonington, Conn. Their children are:
141. i. Emeline, b. in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 8, 1876.
142. ii. Noyes S., b. in " " Nov. 36, 1877, d. in Stoning-
ton, Conn., May 21, 1884.
Eliza Babcock Palmer (130) was married Sept. 12, 1884, to
Frank W. Palmer, son of Dea. Noyes and Harriet Palmer, of Ston-
ington, Conn. He is a merchant in New York City. They have
one child.
143. i. b. in New York City, June 13, 1886.
The following tribute to the memory of Miss Harriet Jane Palmer
(123), is from the pen of Rev. Paul Couch, who was for many years
her friend and Pastor :
Miss Harriet Jane P«lmer, the daughter of Alden and Nancy
32 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Diivis (Palmer) Palmer, was naturally of a bright, sprightly and
cheerful disposition, with those constitutional elements, which
cherished and cultured, would give her a prominent rank in gay
and fashionable life. When she beleived, she became a christian
by that faith which is the gift of God, and by the renewing of the
Holy Ghost, her natural vivacity aild cheerfulness were not changed,
but the aim and. habit of her life were changed. She did not
become an ascetic, but a sensible, warm hearted christian. She
was not of a sad countenance, but was as cheerful as ever. She
gav^e herself to Christ, consecrating all that she was and had to His
service. She made a profession of religion, and united with the
first Congregational Church in Stonington, June 6, 1858, and to
the day of her death made good her profession by her consistent
life. She was a christian at home. She carried her religion into
the every day concerns of the family, and aimed to make home a
"sweet home," and in it she was not only one, but a centre of
power, quick and vigorous in mind, to devise and carry forward
measures of utility and enjoyment. She died very suddenly, and
when her work was done, and she was called to go up higher, her
family had only time to say " She is gone."
Daniel Davis (26) was married in 1807, to Mary Kobinson,
daughter of Joshua Robinson, of Stonington, Conn. He was a
farmer, and resided upon that part of the ancestral estate now
owned and occupied by his nephew, Thomas William Davis. They
had one child.
144. i. Dudley, b. in Stonington, Conn., in 1808, d. June 11, 1825.
Makia Davis (27) was married Sept. 1808, to Benjamin Franklin
Stanton, youngest son of Job Stanton and wife Annie (Williams)
(Bell) Stanton, and was born Feb. 25, 1782. His mother Annie
(Williams) (Bell) Stanton was a daughter of Nathaniel and Annie
(Hewitt) Williams, and a sister of the wife of Col. William Ledyard,
who commanded the troops at Fort Griswold, Groton, Conn., in
the memorable battle of Sept. 6, 1781, and was killed with his own
sword, in the hands of a British oificer after the surrender of the
fort. Benjamin Franklin Stanton was a descendant in a direct
ancestral line, in the fourth generation, of Robert Stanton, who
was born in England in 1599, came to this country in 1638 with
his wife Avis, and settled at Newport, where he resided until his
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 25
from au old friend and neighbor of his, who had known liim many
years :
Paul Smith Palmer was born in Stonington, Conn., Nov. 11,
1796. His father, (one of the noblest of the name, still abounding
in that town,) was a Revolutionary soldier, and one of the relics
of the "Old Jersey Prison Ship." He emigrated to Berkshire
while his son Paul was still young, and purchased what was then
called the "Judge Bacon Place," containing four hundred and
twenty-five acres on the table land, about one and a half miles
north of the village of Stockbridge. After his death in 1844, the
farm was divided between his two sons, Paul and Dwight. Paul
returned to Stonington in 1824, took him a wife from "among the
daughters of his kindred," his cousin Miss Hannah Eells Palmer,
and came back to Stockbridge to settle down to a long and happy
life, which ended suddenly and peacefully March 24, 1875. Mr.
Palmer was an eminent specimen of the best type of New England
yeomanry. Active, enterprising and intelligent, he managed his
affairs with a skill which secured him an abundant competence,
and made his farm a model one in Berkshire. Himself and his
excellent consort were distinguished for tbeir hospitality, and the
kindliness wherewith it was always dispensed is a fragrant and
enduring memory in all those who have ever shared it. Mr. Palmer
possessed an independence of thought and l)earing equally removed
from hauteur and obsequiousness. His opinions weie his own. and
he dared to express them at all times. This procured him tlie
confidence of his fellow citizens, by whom he was honored with
offices and positions of trust. And the inflexible honesty in the
performance of his duties was shown without faltering or failure.
He was alike true to his religious instincts, honoring his God. and
abounding in charity towards his fellow men. No househokl was
fuller of uniform happiness than his, the aim of the devoted pair
being with conscientious discipline, cordial sympathy, and judicious
management, to make their children competent to derive, and to
communicate joy and benefaction in their pathway through life.
Nine offspring blessed their union, of whom only three at this time
survive. Many liearts in Berkshire still cherish refreshing mem-
ories of the worth and virtues of Paul S. and Hannah E. Palmer.
E. \V. B. C.
36 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
•ffn /nbemorium.
Died, at Stockbridge, March 13, 1882, Mrs, Hannah Palmer, aged 77 years.
" Dear, good Mrs. Palmer ! "—is the exclamation imiversally fol-
lowing the mention of the decease of this excellent lady, l)y our
citizens. No woman has better deserved such testimoney, and no
monument that may rise above her place of rest can better com-
memorate her. No community can spare such members without
sorrow, and a feeling of impoverishment. Mrs. Palmer was born in
Stonington, Conn., in the year 1804. Her bright and joyous girl-
hood ripened into the tempered vivacity which she brought with
her to her adopted residence here, and radiated like sunshine from
her home to all who were blessed with her acquaintance. In 1824,
she married Mr. Paul S. Palmer, moved to this town and commenced
a life-long career of love and usefulness. The family residence
on the upland north of our village became proverbial for good
cheer, hospitality and happiness. Her husband was an intelligent,
courteous and independent farmer, preaching by his own example
the "dignity of labor." When Lord Morpeth visited our town in
1842, for larger knowledge of the modes of American life, he was
taken to Mr. Palmer's as a place affording a most favorable specimen
of the American farmer and domestic management. Nor did it fail
of proper appreciatin, of which the genial, lady-like mistress came
in for a full share Mrs. Palmer Avas the soul of sympathy and
helpfulness, her charity knew no sectarianism, and " the blessing
of Him that was ready to perish" was always hers. The victims
of misfortune found in her an invaluable ally. All children loved
her as a mother. Her words of kindness and deeds of beneficence
brought cheer to the distressed, her hand was ever efficacious to
smooth the pillow of pain, and the remedials suggested by her rich
experience often proved more efficacious than those of the physician.
There could be no despondency when and where she was present.
To her last days she could equally well entertain those of her
own age and the gayest of the young. The natural sedateness of
years was remarkably tempered by an inborn cheerfulness which
prompted her — not to withdraw from social pleasures, but rather
to promote them by a geniality which made her presence agreeable
to old and young. Her Avell-stored mind, large experience and
interesting conversational powers rendered her a model guest and
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 27
hostess. The death of her husband, in 1875, dampened but could
not subdue her inherent cheerfulness ; while it brightened the
christian faith which dominated all her faculties, and enhanced
her sympathy toward general humanity. A son and a widowed
daughter remained in her stricken home whose loving devotion to
her in her increasing years, augmented by that of another son's
family, occupying the adjoining farm, (three only surviving of nine
ciiildren) and numerous grandchildren, all of whom almost wor-
shi})ped her, rendered life still desirable and happy. Here, finally,
after a brief illness, death overtook her in full-possession of her
mental powers, though at the ripe age of 77 years, and closed her
eyes on earth to be opened on the glories of the better land. Such
a life in any community is a golden example and a benediction, and
the loss of it can only be recompensed by the assurance of eternal
reward to the one who lived it.
" She set as sets the morning star, that goes
Not down behind the darkened west, nor hides
Obscured among the tempests of the sky.
But melts away into the light of heaven."
Stockbridge, March 25, 1882. E. AY. B. Canning.
Extract from a sermon preached in Stockbridge the Sunday
following Mrs. Paul Palmer's funeral, March 19th, 1882 :
"We have laid this week out of our sight, one of the sweetest and
best of oui- number — one who for more than fifty years has bct-n
the centre and the sunlight of that best of all things on earth — a
Christian home. One whose clear wisdom, Avhose gentle nature,
whose loving heart have drawn to her the tender respect and tender
affection of every one she knew. Was the tender smile which w;is
ever on her lips inconsistent with an humble spirit? was tlu'
cheerfulness with which she welcomed those who turned to her —
and never in vain — for sympathy or greeting, out of keeping with a
heart that had been sanctified by sorrow and acquainted with
grief. Psalm 51, 16:17."
William Henry Palmer (89) was married Oct. 25, 1848. to
Louisa Bethiah Lynch, daughter of Deacon iJeuben and Sarah
(Hosford) Lynch, of Stockbridge, Mass. Dea. Lynch is a wealthy
and influential citizen of the town. William Henrv Palmer is n
1)8.
i.
99.
ii.
100.
iii.
101.
iv.
102.
V.
103.
vi.
104.
vii.
105.
viii.
106.
ix.
28 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
farmer and resides in Stockbridge, Mass. Their children are:
Sarah Louisa, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 9, 1849.
Charles Edwin, b. in Brighton, N. Y., May, 2, 1851, d. in
Stockbridge, Mass., March, 21, 1852.
Henr}^ Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Jan. 26, 1853.
Frank Rhodes, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., May, 27, 1855.
Emma Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 1857, d. in
Stockbridge, Mass., Oct 29, 1862.
William Hallack. b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 24, 1859, d. in
Stockbridge, Mass., Jan. 17, 1864.
Mary Pitkin, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Mar. 12 1863.
Paul Smith, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., July, 26, 1865.
Charles Lynch b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 1866.
Sarah Louisa Palmer (98) was married Sept. 11, 1878. to Johi)
Davis Palmer Rhodes, of So. Trenton, N. Y., (see No. 114). They
have no children.
Henry Smith Palmer (100) was married Sept. ^1, 1880, to
Jessie Older, of Independence, Iowa. Resides in Spencer, Iowa.
Is a merchant. Their children are :
107. i. Henry Smith, Jr., b. in Independence, Iowa, Jan. 6, 1882.
108. ii. John William, b. in Independence, Iowa, Oct, 18, 1883.
Frank Rhodes Palmer (101) was married Oct. 6, 1880. to
Nellie Barnes, of Brighton, N. Y. He is a farmer, liesides in
Stockbridge, Mass. They have one child.
109. i. William Edwin, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1883.
Mary Jane Palmer (90) was married Dec. 14, 1854, to James
Flag Pitkin, a son of Capt. John Pitkin and wife Olive Forbes. He
was born in E. Hartford, C(mn., Nov. 17, 1812, and died in Stock-
bridge, Mass., Jan. 31, 1870. They had no children. He was a
merchant, and resided in New York City. He was a lineal descend-
ant of Gov. William Pitkin, who was Governor of the Colony of
Conn., three and a half years. Mrs. Mary J. Pitkin resides in
Stockbridge, Mass.
William Pitt Palmer (96) never married. Is a farmer, and
resides on the farm in Stockbridge, Mass., where his father had
lived more than half a century, being the same farm that his grand-
father purchased of Judge Ezekiel Bacon.
Bridget Matilda Palmer (74) was married Jan. 7, 1829, to
Henry Rhodes, of Stonington, Conn. He was a son of Simon and
.HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 33
rlenth, Aug. 5. 1072. The line of descent from Robert the ancestor
to Beujiimin Franklin, who married Maria Uavis is as follows: 1st
generation, Kol^ert Stanton and wife Avis ; 2d generation, John
Stanton, born April 22, 1673, son of Robert. He was married Feb.
9, 1698; to Elizabeth Clark, daughter of Latham Clark, of Ports-
mouth, N. H. Tliey luid twelve children. She died at Newport,
R. I., Sept. 10, 1730. In 1734, when in the 61st year of his age,
he married Susanah Lami)here, aged nineteen years. They had
thirteen children. Ho died at Richmond, R. I., Jan. 22, 1762, in
the eighty-ninth year of his age. His wife survived him and
married Peter Boss. She died at Richmond, Sept. 25, 1807, in hef
ninety-second year ; 3d generation. Job Stanton, 2d son of John by
2d marriage, who was born at Westerly, R. I., Feb. 3, 1737, married
to Elizabeth Belcher, Nov. 11, 1764. She died March 29, 1774. Hi'
married 2d, widow Annie Bell ; 4th generation, Benjamin Franklin
Stanton, who married Maria Davis. Benjamin Franklin Stanton
was a farmer. He commenced life in Stonington, Conn. In the
si)ring of 1819 he moved to Fishers Island, N. Y., where he carried
on an extensive farming business until 1823, when he returned to
Stonington, Conn., and occupied a farm which he had previously
l)urchased, where he resided until his death, Dec. 13, 1836. Besides
farming, he was largely engaged in other pursuits, by which he
accumulated a competency. He was highly esteemed as a man and
neighbor, and was a kind and indulgent husband and father. A
lady who visited at his home a few weeks before his death, said not
long ago, "■ I well remember our visit to Mr. Stanton's home a few-
weeks before his death, and the kind and hospitable manner in
which we were entertained by him and his estimable wife." The
ciiildren of Benjamin Franklin Stanton and wife Maria Davis were :
14.') i. John Davis h. in Stonington, Conn., Mar. 25, 1809, d. in Ston-
ington,'Sept. 10, 1882.
Abbv .lane, I), in Stonington, Conn., Jan. 11, 1811, d. Aug.
!'», isn.
Emma Ann, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 10, 1813, d. in
Stonington, Apr. Iti, IS'S'd.
Daniel Davis, b. in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 9, 1815, d. in
Stonington, Apr. 23, 1887.
Benjamin Franklin, b. in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 28, 1817.
Maria, 1). at Fisiiers Island, X. Y., Dec. 30, 1819, d. at Stoning-
ton. Conn., Dec. 5, 1880.
Fanny, b. in Stonington, Conn., July 22, 1822, d. in Stonington,
Sept. 18, 1863.
14G.
ii.
147.
iii.
148.
iv.
149.
v.
150.
vi.
34 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
153. viii. Paul, b. in Stonington, Conn., Nov. 28, 1824, d. in Stonington,
July 8, 1884.
153. ix. Mason Maning, b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 7, 1826.
Abby Jane Stanton (146) was married March 23, 1831, to
Giles Williams, son of Eleazer and Mary (Billings) Williams, of
Stonington, Conn. Giles Williams died April 3, 1888. Mrs. Giles
Williams was drowned at the burning of the Steamer Krie on Lake
Erie. Their children were :
154. i. Abby Jane, b. Aug. 10, 1832, d. in New York City, Nov. 5, 1881.
155. ii. Josephine, b. in Stonington, Nov. 1839, d. iu Stonington, Mar.
9, 1865.
Abby Jane Williams (154) was married to Chatles A. Jones,
in New York City, June 5, 1878. He was born April 11, 1824,
and is a descendant in a direct line, in the fifth generation, of
William Jones the ancestor, who married Betsey Walker, as fol-
lows: 1st generation, William Jones, who married Betsey Walker ;
2d generation, William Jones, Jr., who married Margaret Huster ;
3d generation, Robert Jones, who married Martha Day ; 4th gener-
ation, William Jones, who married Jane McFadden ; 5th gener-
ation, Charles A. Jones, who married Abby Jane Williams. The
Jones family were originally from the County of Deubigshire,
North- Wales, where it was " seated." The arms of Jones, — Argent,
a lion rampant, vert., — granted June 11, 1607, in the fifth year of
the reign of James I., to William Jones, of Deubigshire, North-
Wales. He was rewarded for his services with a grant of land in
the Parish of Ballymoney, Ireland, near Londonderry.
Josephine Williams (155) was married Oct. 22, 1863, to Joseph
Oscar Cottrell, of Stonington, Conn. He is a son of Joseph Oscar
Cottrell and wife Fanny (Stanton) Cottrell, of Stonington, Conn.
They had one child.
156. i. Josephine Cottrell Williams, b. in Stopington, Conn., Jan. 18,
1865.
Emma Ann Stanton (147) was married Jan. 18, 1832, to Charles
Hewitt Smith, son of Joseph and Hannah (Hewitt) Smith, of
Stonington, Conn. They had one child.
157. i. Emma Ann, b. in Stonington, Conn., Mar. 17, 1833.
Paul Stanton (152) was married May 25, 1864, to Marcia
Palmer Denison, daughter of Oliver and Nancy (Noyes) Denison,
of Stonington, Conn.
158. i. Their only and infant child died Sept. 1871.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 35
The five sons of Benjamin F. Stanton, and wife Maria Davis,
have been associated in business since the death of their father,
Dec. 13, 1836. They have added hirgely to the landed estate left
them by their father, and their farming business is conducted upon
an extensive scale. By their honesty and uprightness in business
matters, they have established an enviable and widely known
'reputation. They are highly respected in the community where
they have lived all their lifetime. None of them have ever held
public office, except Benjamin Franklin, who has held many offices
of honor and trust in his native town, and has several times repre-
sented the town in the State Legislature. i_i 42899
Maria Staxtox (150) was born on FTshers Island, N. Y.,
December 30, 1819. In 1823 her father removed with his family
to Stonington, Conn., where his children, live sons and four
danghters, grew up. Early in life Miss Stanton developed the
independence which has ever been a leading trait of her character.
Mr. Stanton was the owner of a large farm, and Maria grew up
in an atmosphere of freedom. The confidence which she always
manifested did not come so much from being thrown on her own
resources as from the fact that her ancestors were of the broad,
whole-souled New England type, having come to this country from
England in the year 164-0, and settled in Newport, R. I.
Like that of most New England country girls, Miss Stanton's
early life was uneventful, each day as it glided by, leaving its im-
press on the character of the young girl. Quick to learn, and not
content until she had gained a thorough understanding of the
lesson before her ; this, coupled with a retentive memory, helped
to lay the foundation for future usefulness.
Years passed on, the farm as well as the family had grown larger,
and two of the brothers determined to leave the old homestead and
make to themselves another home, and who so well fitted to assist
in the new departure as this sister, reliant and reliable? Two
weeks was to be the limit of her stay, but her twenty-second birth-
day found her in the house which was ever after to be her home.
She united with the first Congregational Church of Stonington,
Conn.. Dec. 4, 1842. and up to the hour of her death was closely
indentified with its history. From a child she had been in the
Sunday-school as a scholar, teacher, librarian, or treasurer, holding
the three last offices at her death. In October, 1874, the bi-cenfen-
36 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
nial of this churcli was celebrated, and as she was one of the two
coi'res})onding secretaries of the committee of arrangements, the
success of the enterprise was in a great measure due to her efforts,
an acknowledgment of which she received in tlie form of an
elegant silver tea service and coffee urn, bearing besides an engrav-
ing of the church, an inscription in acknowledgment of her life-
long services thereto.
But it was not only on occasions like this that her ability was
shown. Possessed of a warm and tender nature, the tale of sori-ow
always found a responsive cord in her heart, and the poor and the
needy were never turned empty away, nor the sick left to languish ;
and though the history of these deeds cannot be tdd, yet ovei"
against her name will be written in the Lamb's Book of Life, " In-
as much as you have done it unto the least of one of these, you
have done it unto me."
We have said that a characteristic of the girl was to learn all she
could about whatever she attempted ; this ti-ait grew with her
growth, and the result was that Miss Stanton was well-informed
upon every subject which had claimed her attention, which made
her a pleasant hostess and visitor, and a delightful traveling com-
panion.
In 1859 Miss Stanton was appointed Lady Manager of the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, for New London
County, to raise money to purchase the house and grave of Wash-
ington ; therefore she felt a special interest in visiting Mount Ver-
non with the party of Temperance ladies from the Baltimore Con-
vention in 1878. It was due to her efforts that the tree was
planted near the grave of Washington at that time.
Miss Stanton was so well known as an organizer, and so familiar
with the history of New London County, that a pledge of her assist-
ance in commemorating its historical days was a guaranty of
success. At the time of her death she was one of a committee to
arrange for the great centennial commemoration of the "Battle
and the Massacre of Fort Griswold," and at its last meeting,
January 14th, a resolution appropiate to her death was i)assed.
Though a life-long temperance woman. Miss Stanton had taken
no active part in Temperance work till after the Crusade, but true
to herself, when the call came she responded, and in the Fall of
1875, went with many another newly awakened woman to the
HISTORY OP^ THE DAVIS FAMILY.
37
second convention of tlie Conntcticut Wotnan's Christian Temper-
ance Union, where she became a member, and was V^ice-President
for New London County. She was a delegare from her State to
the national conventions which met in Baltimore and Indianapolis.
In May, 1879, she went with the Sunday-school excursion party
to California, and returning late in the Summer, at the urgent
request of her towns people she gave an accent of her trip in a
lecture, under the auspices of the Mystic W. C. T. U., repeating it
in Mystic Bridge. Miss Stanton was a great lover of nature, and
her description of the sights along the line of travel, the incidents,
and the people, were not only interesting but instructive.
At the annual convention of 1879 she was elected President of
the State Union. Soon after her election she became aware of the
presence of the disease which was to terminate her usefulness, but
always hopeful, she did not feel that the end was yet near, and
with all the strength of her cheerful and energetic nature she
battled for life.
The morning of the first day of the State Annual Convention of
1880 came, but the President's chair was vacant still. When the
election of officers occurred, Miss Stanton was unanimously re-
elected, and many were the prayers that God would spare her life
yet a little longer. But He who *' dceth all things well" had
another purpose. He who (as she was wont to say) never makes
mistakes, called her away from earth to "come up higher," and
serve Him in His immediate presence. She died Sunday, Dec. 5,
1880. "Though dead she yet speaketh." A marked characteristic
and habit of hers was a generous sympathy with the afflicted, and
abundant, kind and judicious ministrations for their relief. Quick
to hear, of a tender heart, and a helping hand, she was at home in
the families tried and saddened by sickness, pain and bereavement.
Any call for help had a quick response. But she did not wait to
be called. She was in scenes of suffering and sorrow in fulfillment
of a ministry which she had received of the Lord Jesus, to raise
up the bowed down, to comfort those who mourn, to bind up the
broken hearted, to soothe the aching head, and wipe away the falling
tear. She was really a sister of charity, a Dorcas in good works.
Her mind and heart seemed to enlarge with her opportunities,
and her future to grow bright with promise.
159.
1.
160.
ii.
161.
iii.
163.
iv.
163.
V.
164.
vi.
165.
vii.
166.
viii.
167.
ix.
38 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Nancy Davis (28) was married Oct. 37, 1812, to Elias Stanton,
son of Peleg and J.ydia (Hewett) Stanton, of Stonington, Conn.
He was born in Stonington, Conn., May 2, 1789, and died at Kock-
ford, 111., March 18, 1856. He resided many years in Trenton,
N. Y., where he was a very successful farmer. Their children were:
Nancy, b. Dec. 20, 1813, d. at Trenton, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1837.
Harriet, b. Oct. 20, 1815.
Maria, b. May 21, 1817, d. in Stonington, Conn., Jan. 20, 1858.
Elias, Jr., b. Aug 5, 1819.
Abby Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1822, d. May 16, 1853.
Jane Chesebro, b Dec. 12, 1825.
Lydia Sophia, b. April 30, 1830.
Mary, b. June 2, 1832, d. Oct. 30, 1850.
Warren, b. April 8, 1836.
Nancy Davis Stanton (159) was married Oct. 20, 1835, to
Warren D. Rowly, son of Asher and Mehitable (Dunham) Rowly,
of Winsted, Conn., where he was born June 20, 1800. He died at
So. Trenton, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1854. His wife died Feb. 17, 1837.
They had one child.
168. i. Nancy Davis Rowly, b. at So. Trenton, Feb. 11, 1837, d, at
same place, Nov. 15, 1846.
A tribute to the memory and worth of Mrs. Nancy Davis (Stan-
ton) Rowley, from a dear friend:
" But although dead she yet speaketh in our memories, and is
cherished in our recollections. Nor is it in the power of mortals
to deprive us of this consoling reflection. To what kindness, to
what aflection was her heart ever a stranger. I would bear testi-
mony to her virtues, to her inestimable fine and tender feelings,
and to her heavenly disposition, affirming that she was possessed
of all those essential qualities, which so peculiarly fitted her for the
domestic relations of life. No unkind expression, no unfeeling
act, no uncharitable deed ever pervaded her bosom, or escaped her
lips. Peace to her ashes. In quiet peace reposes her once loved,
now cherished form."
We give herewith a condensed account of the life of Mr. Warren
D. Rowley.
During his boyhood, he is said to have evinced a decided taste
for learning, and every advantage afforded by the schools of his
village was eagerly improved. At the age of twenty, he went to
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 39
Virginia, and engaged in teaching for a period of fonr years,
following which he taught in Winsted, Conn., for two or three
years. In 1827 he moved to Utica, N. Y., in the interest of the
Riley Whiting Clock Co., of Winsted, Conn. From this point his
business called him in various directions, and it appears the little
village of So. Trenton, N. Y., ottered some attractions for business,
as in the spring of 1833 he purchased a village lot, on Avhich he
erected a dwelling house and store, and engaged in a general
mercantile business, in which he continued during the remainder
of his life. On Oct. 20, 1835, he married Nancy Davis Stanton,
who died Feb. 17, 1837, leaving a little daughter, Nancy Stanton
Rowly, then six days old. This daughter died Nov. 15, 1846. His
second marriage was with Miss Harriet Maria Curry, daughter of
Isaac and Sarah Curry, of So. Trenton, N. Y. In matters of a
public character, and particularly in the education of the young,
it is fair to say, he was conspicuous among his townsmen. In
politics, he always acted Avith the whig party, and often promi-
nently, as relating to town afiairs. He was commissioner of schools
for the town of Trenton during a period of several successive
years, and justice of the peace for several years. He was also a
most zealous advocate of the cause of temperance, and during the
period of 1847-1850, when the temperance movement was so popular
throughout the country, he Avas one of the most active in his little
village. He died Sept. 5, 1854, after a long and painful illness.
The following tribute to his memory, is from the pen of Prof.
James S. Gardner, Principal of Whicestown Academy, N. Y.
" I came to So. Trenton a total stranger. I soon learned to
appreciate the acquaintance of several prominent men, among
whom was Warren D. Rowly, Henry Rhodes, Isaac Curry, and
many others. Mr. Rowly was leader among these men, not Tbecause
he preferred to be, but because he was entitled to be. I used to
think he took pride in setting a good plan on foot, and then bring-
ing others into prominence. This was the secret of his skill in ac-
complishing more than he could have done single handed, for he was
in poor health, and labored under great difliculties in consequence-
I was frequently at his home, and I met him many times with his
family. I think he must have left an im])ress upon his household,
that thirty-three years — a generation of time — could not efface. I
40 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
remember the effect of his impressive manner upon me, as we stood
by the coffined remains of a dear child of his, and questioned
between ourselves the mysteries of the future, which has continued
with me through my entire life."
The following notice of Mr. Eowly was published in the "Utica
Tetotaler," soon after his death.
The recent, death of Mr. "Warren D. Rowly, of South Trenton, is an event
adapted to spread gloom over a large community. He was born in Litchfield
County, Conn., and at an early period in the history of this county, came to So.
Trenton, where he has since continued to reside. Here, by his industry, he
acquired a competency. It is hard to resign one so gentle and true. His was an
educated mind, and for his many substantial accomplishments he was admired. He
had a warm, open, generous, sincere, truthful heart, and for that he was respected,
and beloved by all with whom he was brought in contact. His daily walk in life
was exemplary and blameless, and his end, after a long and severe sickness, which
he endured with a patience and fortitude truly beautiful, was that of the resigned
and prayerful christian.
Maria Stanton (161) was married Feb. 28, 1837, to Charles
Hewitt Smith, of Stonington, Conn. For record, etc., of 1st mar-
riage of Charles Hewitt Smith, see Emma Ann Stanton (147).
Their children were :
A son b. Dec. 15, 1837, at Stonington, Conn., d. Dec. 21, 1837.
Harriet Maria, b. at Stonington, Conn., May 15, 1839, d. Jan.
16, 1843.
Henry, b. at Stonington, Conn., Sept. 11, 1841, d. Dec. 31, 1843.
Charles Stanton, b. Dec. 15, 1843, d. April 5, 1853.
Joseph, b. April 20, 1846
Nancy Davis, b. June 1, 1852, d. Feb. 1, 1853.
Joseph Smith (173) was married March 12, 1868, to Susan
Almira Brown, daughter of Randall and Mary Ann (Holmes)
Brown, of Stonington, Conn. He'is a farmer, and resides in Stoning-
Their children are :
An infant son, d. March 1869.
Charles Hewitt, b. Sept. 12, 1871, in Stonington, Conn.
Maria Stanton, b. July 12, 1873, in Stonington, Conn.
Benjamin Franklin Stanton, b Sept. 11, 1875, in Stonington,
Conn.
179. V. Randall Brown, b. June 8, 1878, in Stonington, Conn.
" Charles Hewitt Smith, the husband of Emma A. Stanton
was born in Stonington, Conn., May 8, 1790. He was the third
son, of Col. Joseph Smith, who was a prominent man in his native
169.
170.
ii.
171.
iii.
173.
iv.
173.
V.
174.
vi.
ton, Conn.
175.
i.
176.
ii.
177.
iii.
178.
iv.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 41
town, and largely interested as a contractor and bnildcr. His son
became interested in the business, and succeeded his father. He
contracted and built for the general government ten, or more, light
houses, a sea wall at Watch Hill, R. I., etc. He also erected the
Old Stonington Bank building, the Stonington Marine Railway,
the Salt Works, and faithfully fulfilled many other pul)lic contracts.
He was largely interested in commerce when the whaling business
flourished in Stonington. Subsequeutly, he became interested in
Agriculture and manufacturing.
In early manhood he entered the militia, as a member of the 8th
Company of the 30th Connecticut Regiment, and rose to its
command, participating in the battle of Stonington, when he
rendered brave and efficient service. Capt. Smith was one of the
most intelligent and enterprising men of his day, commanding the
respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, by whom he was
chosen to represent the town of Stonington in the legislature of
Connecticut, and filled almost every public position in his native
town. As a master builder, he had no superior, and few if any
equals. As a citizen, he was universally respected and beloved. As
a christian, a generous supporter of the benevolent institutions of
the church. In all the relations of life, as son, brother, husband,
father and friend, he was kindly affectioned, and unselfishly de-
voted to their comfort and happiness." R. A, W.
Elias Stantox Jr. (162) was married Feb. 28, 1843, to Catherine,
daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Savage, of Holland
Patent, N. Y. He is a farmer, and resides at Kirkland, Oneida Co.,
N. Y. They have one child.
180. i. Charles Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1846. He was married Jan. 13,
1886. to Mary Harkness, daughter of Robert Harkness, of
Norwich, N. Y.
Abby Elizabeth Stantox (1G3) was married Oct. 18, 1842, to
Orrin Curry, son of Isaac and Sarah S. Curry, of So. Trenton,
N. V. They reside at So. Trenton. They had one child.
181. i Abby Jane, b. in So. Trenton, Aug. 9, 1844, d July 23, 1872.
Jane Chesebro Stantox, (164) was married July 30, 1850, to
Nathan Curtis Wiiite, son of Brainard and Eliza (Steadman) White,
of Winsted, Conn. They reside in Utica, N. Y. Have no childivn.
Lydia Sophia Stantox (165) was married Oct. 3, 1854, to
Dudley Woodbridgc Rhodes. See Dudley Woodbridge Rhodes (110).
42 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Warren Stanton (167) was married March 18, 1856, to Maria
E. Merill, daughter of Judge William O. Merill and wife Clarissa
Merill, of Whitesboro, N. Y. She died in Chicago, Feb. 2, 1884.
He enlisted in the army in the late civil war, and as nothing has
been heard of him since he enlisted, it is supposed he was killed
in battle. They had one child.
182. i. Gertrude, b, in 1857. Married J. V. Ridgway, of Chicago.
Thomas Davis (19) was married Dec. 25, 1780, to Mary Conklin,
who was born at Amagansett, L. I., Aug. 30, 1756. and died in
Preston, Conn., March .31, 1833. She was a descendant in a direct
line, in the sixth generation, of Ananias Conklin, who came to
tliis country from Nottinghamshire, England, in 1639. He re-
sided in Salem, Mass., until 1649, when he came to Amagansett,
town of E. Hampton, Suffolk Co., N. Y., where he died in 1657.
The line of descent is as follows: 1st generation, Ananias; 2d
generation, Benjamin, youngest son of Ananias, who married
Hannah, daughter of John Mulford, one of the first settlers of E.
Hampton ; 3d generation, Ananias, son of Benjamin, born 1673,
died 1740, married Hannah Ludlow ; 4th generation, Henry, son
of Ananias, baptized Feb. 22, 1702 ; 5th generation, Henry, son of
Henry, baptized 1725, married Amy Hedges; 6th generation, Mary
Conklin, who married Thomas Davis (19). Jeremiah Conklin,
brother of Benjamin, and oldest son of Ananias the settler, married
Mary Gardiner, oldest daughter of Lord Lion Gardiner, of Gardin-
er's Island, N. Y. He is the progenitor of the branch of the family
to which Uoscoe Conklin belongs. The Conklin's of E. Hampton
were a numerous famjly. In 1775, there were twenty-five of the
name in the small town of E. Hampton, capable of bearing arms.
In the winter of 1780-1781, (after Thomas Davis was married,)
Vice Admiral Arbuthnot, of the English Navy, with eleven ships
of war, lay in Gardiner's Bay, so that no communication between
the east end of Long Island and the main land could be had,
except by " running the blockade." The officers and men under the
command of the British Admiral, by his orders made frequent
incursions and raids upon the eastern end of the Island, helping
themselves to whatever might come in their way. And they some-
times extended their raids well up the Island. Mr. Davis did not
take kindly to having the fruits of his labor thus disposed of, and
being also anxious to return to his father's home in Stonington,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 43
Conn., with his "bride of a month," procured a small sail boat,
into which he put the wedding outfit, consisting of a large trunk
well filled with the ouifit of those days, (many articles of which are
now in the families of her descendants,) and a seven pail brass
kettle, (without which no well regulated family could keep house.)
and taking advantage of a dark night, he set sail for the main land,
and the next morning was at his father's house in Stonington,
Conn., without so much as saying to the British Admiral, "by
your kind permission sir." Mr. Davis remained at the Old Home-
stead, and worked for his father, at his trade, which was that of
tanner and currier, and shoe making, (which business his father
Avas engaged in, in connection with his farming business.) During
the latter years of his residence in Stonington, he lived in a house
which was located between the Homestead, and the Pawcatuck
River. Ill the spring of 1802, in company with his brother Enos,
he purchased of Jonathan Brewster, who was a great grandson of
Elder William Brewster of Mayflower memory, a farm situated on
the left bank of the Thames River, in New London Co., Conn.,
al)out two miles below Chelsea Landing, now Norwich City, which
they divided, Thomas taking the north, and Enos the south part.
Here he lived carrying on in connection with his farming business,
the manufacture of leather and shoe making until his death, Sun-
day, Jan. 23, 1831, in the 80th year of his age. The children of
Thomas Davis and wife Mary Conklin were :
188. i. Thomas, b. in Stonington, Conn., Sept. 21, 1781, d. in Preston,
Conn., Feb. 4, 1848.
184. ii. Mary, b. in Stonington, Conn., July 12, 1784, d. in Syracuse,
N. Y., Mar. 13, 1860.
185. iii. Henry, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 26, 1788, d. in Bridge-
port, Conn., Oct. 20, 1840.
186. iv. Dudley Talmage. b. in Stonington, Conn., Mar. 18, 1795, d. in
Stonington, Feb. 16, 1706.
187. v. Julia, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 24, 1797, d. in Stoning-
ton, Nov. 17, 1797.
188. vi. Clarissa, b. in Stonington, Conn., Feb. 25, 1800, d in Preston,
Conn.. Mar. 29, 1888.
Thomas Davis (183) was married April 4, 1813, to Mary Shaw,
daughter of Peleg and Lucretia Billings Shaw, of Westerly, R. L
She was born March 14, 1707, and died in Norwich, Conn., March
29, 1871. Her father, Peleg Shaw, died at sea July 20, 1799, while
on a voyage for his health, which had become impaired by too
189.
i.
190.
ii.
191.
iii.
192
iv.
193.
V.
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close tipplication to business. His body was buried in the ocean.
His wife Lucretia Billings, was born March 20, 176S, and died at
South New Berlin, N. Y., in 1848. After the death of her husband
she married Ezekiel Crandall, by whom she had two children,
Betsey and Thomas. Their children were :
Julia, b. H'eb. 8, 1814, iu Preston, Conn.
Lucy, b. Apr. 4, 1816, in Preston, Conn , d. Feb. IG, 1817.
Albert Henry, b. July 19, 1819, in Preston, Conn., d. in New
York, Aug;. 24, 1887.
Maria Theresa, b. May 23, 1823, in Preston, Conn.
Charles Lf^Mont, b. May 19, 1827, in Preston, Conn., d. at
Toms River, N. J., May 10, 1878.
194. vi. Mary Louisa, b. Oct. 20, 1831, in Preston, Conn.
Julia Davis (189) was married Nov. 19, 1837, to Nathaniel
Bellows Geer, of Ledyard, Conn. He is a son of James Geer and
wife Sarah Lewis, and was born Jan. 31, 1810. He is a descendant
on the paternal side in a direct line, in the sixth generation, of
George Geer, who came to this country from Kngland in 1635, and
settled in the (then) town of New London. 1'he line of descent
from George Geer to Nathaniel Bellows Geer is as follows: 1st
generation, George Geer the settler, who married Sarah, daughter
of Robert Allyn, Feb. 17, 1658 ; 2d generation, Robert Geer, who
married Martha Tyler ; 3d generation, Ebenezer Geer, who married
Prudence Wheeler, Jan. 2, 1735, who was born Sept. 25, 1712, and
died Jan, 2, 1797; 4th generation, Robert Geer, who married Lucy
Fitch, of Windham, Conn., Nov. 4, 1767, who died July 16, 1804 ;
5th generation, James Geer, who married Sarah Lewis, daughter
of Peleg Lewis, Jan. 20, 1808, who was born Jan. 15, 1787, died
May 28, 1868. James Geer was born Oct. 31, 1783, died March 4,
1872 ; 6th generation, Nathaniel Bellows Geer, who married Julia
Davis. On the maternal side he is a descendant in a direct line in
the fourth generation, of Sylvester Lewis, the generations are as
follows: 1st generation, Sylvester Lewis; 2d generation, Peleg
Lewis, born July 15, 1754, died Dec. 25, 1792. He married Abigail
Smith, Jan. 27, 1782, who was born Aug. 10, 1759, and died Sept.
16, 1842; 3d generation, Sarah Lewis, daughter of Pelig Lewis,
who married James Geer; 4th generation, Nathaniel Bellows Geer.
Mr. Geer is a farmer, and resides in Ledyard, Conn., upon a part
of the ancestral estate that was granted to his ancestor, George
Geer, by the town of New London, July ye 24, 1665. He has held
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 45
offices of lionor and trust bj appointment, and by tlie suffrages of
his fellow citizens. He was Judge of Probate for several successive
terms, and the people of the Probate district were so well satisfied
with his administration of the business, that Avhen he became
inelligilile by age, and another was elected to the office, it was with
the understanding that Mr. Geer should do the business pertaining
to the office. The children of Nathaniel Bellows Geer, and wife
.Julia Davis, are:
li)."). i. .Juliette, I). Aug. 20. 1838, in Ledyard, Conn.
196. ii. Tlionuis Henry, b. Sept. 3, 1840, in Ledyard, Conn.
197. ill. Albert Davis, b, Oct. 20, 1842, in Ledyard, Conn.
198. iv. .Mary Abbie, b. May 6, 1846, in Ledyard, Conn.
199. v. Maria Adaliza, b. Dec. 29, 1850, in Ledyard, Conn.
Thomas Henry Geer, (196) was married June 30, 1868, to
Fanny Halsey Brewster, oldest daughter of John and Mary Esther
(Williams) Brewster, of Ledyard, Conn. She is a sister of John
D. Brewster, who married Maria Adaliza Geer, and was born Sept.
14, 1845. Mr. Geer is in the Insurance business. Resides in
Cleveland, Ohio. They have one child.
200. i. Mary, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1870.
Albert Davis Geer (197) was married Feb. 11, 1874, to Alice
C. Cook, of North Trenton, N. Y. She is a daughter of Matthew
and Harriet M. (DeMoustoy) Cook, and was born Dec. 24, 1849.
Mr. Geer is in the tea, coffee and spice business. Resides in
Unadilla, N. Y. They have one child.
201. i. Harold M. Geer, b. at Unadilla, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1883.
]\[aria Adaliza Geer, (199) was married Oct. 18, 1871, to
.John D. Brewster, son of John and Mary Esther (Williams)
Brewster, of Ledyard, Conn. He is a descendant in a direct line,
in the tenth generation of Elder AVilliam Brewster, who came to
this country in the Mayflower. The generations are as follows
1st generation, William Brewster, who married Mary
2d generation, Jonathan Brewster, who married Lucretia
;}d generation, Benjamin Brewster, who married Anna Dart
4th generation, Jonathan Brewster, who married Judith Stevens
5th generation, Joseph Brewster, who married Dorothy AVitter
6th generation, Elijah Brewster, who married Elizabeth Fitch
7th generation, Elizabeth, who married Israel Morgan ; 8th gener
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ation, Polly Morgan, who married John Brewster; 9th generation,
John Brewster, Jr., who married Mary Esther Williams ; 10th
generation, John D. Brewster, who married Maria Adaliza Geer.
On the maternal side he is a descendant in a direct line, in the
ninth generation, of James Morgan, born in Wales, in 1607, came
to this country in April, 1637, and settled in Groton, Conn.,
and married Margery Hall, Aug. 6, 1640. The generations are as
follows: 1st generation, James Morgan above; 2d generation,
James Morgan, Jr., who married Mary Vine ; 3d generation,
William Morgan, who married Margaret Avery; 4th generation,
William Morgan, Jr., who married Mary Avery ; 5th generation,
William Morgan, who married Temperance Avery ; 6th generation,
Israel Morgan, who married Elizabeth Brewster; 7th generation,
Polly Morgan, who married John Brewster; 8th generation, John
Brewster, Jr., who married Mary Esther Williams ; 9th generation,
John D. Brewster. James Morgan the ancestor, who married
Margery Hill, was the progenitor of the family to which the late
Ex-Gov. Edwin D. Morgan, of N, Y., belonged. Also the Rev.
William F. Morgan, Rector of St. Thomas' Church, New York City.
John D. Brewster is a merchant, resides in Norwich, Conn. The
children of John D. Brewster and wife Maria Adaliza Geer are:
202. i. Clara, b. in Norwich, Conn., May 8, 1878.
203. ii. Artliur Morgan, b. in Norwicli, Conn., May 11, 1880.
Albert Henkt Davis (191) was married March 32, 1847, to
Adeline Lewis, who was born in New York City, Nov. 20, 1820.
She is a daughter of James and Emily (Day) Lewis, grandaughter
of Pelig and Abigail (Smith) Lewis, and great granddaughter of
Sylvester Lewis, of R. L, (name of wife unknown.) We are unable
to trace her maternal ancestry any further back than her grand-
parents, who were Charles and Hannah (Willis) Day, of New York
City. Their children are :
204. i. Tliomas Henry, b. in Preston, Conn., Jan. 31, 1848.
205. ii. Lizzie Tallman, b. in Preston, Conn., Dec. 2, 1853, d. in New
York City, Aug. 19, 1877.
Thomas Henry Davis (204) was married May 16, 1871, to Alice
Gray Story, of Norwich, Conn. She is a daughter of Hezekiah
and Caroline (Sly) Story, and was born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 9,
1850. Their children are:
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206. i. Harry Mouroe, b. in Norwich, Conn., Mar. 4, 1873.
207. ii. Helen Story, b. in Norwich. Conn , Sept. 25. 1874, d. in New
York City, May 5, 1878,
208. iii. Albert Henry, b. in Norwich, Conn., Feb. 9, 1877.
209. iv. Leroy, b. in New Y^ork City, May 17, 1879, d. in New Y^ork,
Sept. 1879.
210. V. Lizzie, b. in New Y^ork City, Mar. 27, 1881, d. in New York,
Aug. 10, 1881.
211. vi. Florence May, b. in New Y^ork City, May 27, 1882.
212. vii. Mabel, b. in New Y^ork City, Mar. 23, 1884, d. in New Y'ork,
Sept. 23, 1884.
213. viii. Willard Francis, b. in New Y'ork City, Nov. 29, 1885.
Lizzie Tallmast Davis {20o) was married March 24, 1875, to
Edward D. Depew, only son of Robert A. and Mary (Denike)
Depew, of New York City. Their children were:
214. 1. Robert Edward, b. in New Y^ork City, Mar. 6, 1876, d. in New
York, Oct. 29, 1879.
215. ii. Frank, b. in New York City, Aug. 1, 1877.
The following tribute to the memory of Mrs. Lizzie Tallman
(Davis) Depew, is from Mr. John L. Denison, of Hartford, Conn.,
for many years her Sunday School teacher :
Early in life she evinced a force of character and an aptness to
learn, that made the transition from childhood to maturity imper-
ceptible— the girl was lost in the woman. How early she became
the subject of Divine Grace, and the influences of the Holy Spirit
is not known, but that she gave herself up to know the mind and
do the will of God, every step in her progress gave unmistakable
evidence.
In the day school her presence was always like sunshine, and her
knowledge was acquired with the one idea to make the most of a
practical life. Her advent into the Central Baptist Sabbath School
and the Church was like the unfolding of a flower. Endowed with
an unusual talent for music, both instrumental and vocal, she
found her soul's delight, and never failed to re-produce in the
public service what so enlivened her soul. No matter where, in
school, in church, in society, or in the sacred shade of home, she
preserved the same even and sweet tempered disposition that sur-
rounded her with loving friends, and finally culminated in the
affections of her husband, Edward D. Depew, of New York, where
she went to reside amid all that could make life desirable, and
satisfy a tender spirit such as she possessed.
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As the ripest fruit and the rarest flowers are often first gathered
for the Master's use, so it pleased Heaven to take her after two and
one-half years of happy married life, leaving her husband and two
boys to mourn an irreparable loss. Though thus suddenly called to
part with them and other friends, she was ready for the summons,
and in this her greatest trial could sweetly say, " He doeth all
things well."
To her the gospel of Christ presented the grandest ideals of life,
and her acceptance of Him inspired her with conviction, courage
and self sacrifice to bring those ideals into practical results, so that
in all the relations of daughter, sister, wife and mother, she proved
herself to be the very embodiment of " whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, and whatsoever things are of good
report."
It is true her life was short as we mark time, but measured by
the work she accomplished, the influences she exerted, and the
hopes she fostered, it stretches beyond computation. She lived in
the circles wherever she moved, and will live as long as the treasures
of love, and the endearment of christian friendship unite to make
the association of earth the stepping stones to the paradise of God.
Maria Teressa Davis (192) was married March 23, 1845, to
Isaac Gallup, Jr., of Preston, Conn. He is a descendant in a direct
line, in the eighth generation, of John Gallup, one of the early
settlers of Boston, Mass. The generations are as follows : 1st gen-
eration, John Gallup, of Boston ; 2d generation, John Gallup, who
married Hannah Lake, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Lake, who was
a relative of Gov. Winthrop. He was killed in the great Swamp
fight, Dec. 25, 1675 ; 3d generation, Benadam Gallup, who married
Esther Prentice ; 4th generation, Benadam Gallup, who married
Eunice Cobb ; 5th generation, Benadam Gallup, who married
Hannah Avery ; 6th generation, Isaac Gallup, who married Anna
Smith ; 7th generation, Isaac Gallup, Jr., who married Prudence
Geer ; 8th generation, Isaac Gallup, Jr., who married Maria T.
Davis. On the maternal side, he is a descendant in a direct line in
the sixth generation, of George Geer, who came to this country in
1635, and settled in New London, Conn. X^ie generations are as
follows: 1st generation, George Gerr, who married Sarah Allyn,
Feb. 17, 1658; 2d generation, Robert Geer, who married Martha
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 4g
Tyler ; 3d generution, Ebenezer Geer, who married Prudence
Wheeler, Jan. 3, 1735 ; 4th generation, David Geer, who married
Mary Stanton; 5tli generation, Prudence Geer, who married Isaac
Gallup ; Gth generation, Isaac Gallup, Jr., who married Maria
Theresa Davis. Mr. Isaac Gallup resides in Preston, Conn. He is
a farmer. He has never held any public office, although repeatedly
requested and urged to accept offices of honor and trust. He
devotes his time entirely to his farming business. Their children
are :
21G. i. Henry Haskell, b. in Preston, Conn , -June 2, 1846.
217. ii. Ella Maria, b. in Preston, Conn., Apr. 29, 1850.
218. iii. Charles Davis, b. in Preston, Conn., May 16, 1857.
Henry Haskell Gallup (216) was married Sept. 26, 1871, to /^fk^v
Ireua M. Breed, who was born in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 19, 1847.^ '"'^J^
She is a daughter of Edward and Harriet Lee (Ilebard) Breed, and
granddaughter of Ivoswell and Sarah (Hancox) Breed, of Stoning-
ton. Conn. Her maternal grandparents were Gurdon Ilebard, born
at Windham, Conn., Oct. 31, 1770, and Irena (Frink) Hebard, born
at Windham, Conn., May 19, 1775. Henry H. Gallup is a merchant,
resides in Norwich, Conn. Their children are :
219. i. Walter Henry, b. in Norwich, Conn., Apr. 13, 187-3.
220. ii. Fanny Ella, b. in Norwich, Conn., Dec. 8, 1876, d in Norwich,
Sept. 26, 1878.
221. iii. Clarence Breed, b. in Norwich, Conn., Dec. 25, 1880, d. in
Norwich, June 6, 18H1.
222. iv. Susie Irena, b. in Norwich, Conn., Apr. 17, 1884.
Ella Maria Gallup (217) was married Nov. 2, 1870, to Avery
Deuison Wheeler, of Norwich, Conn. He was born in Preston,
Conn., A}>ril 22, 1842. He is a descendant on the paternal side in
a direct line, in the eighth generation, of Thomas Wheeler, who
was born in England in 1602, came to this country in 1635, and
settled in Lynn, Mass. He came to Stonington in 1664, where
he died in 1686, aged 84 years. The line of descent is as follows:
1st generation, Thomas Wheeler, and wife Mary; 2d generation,
Isaac Wheeler, and wife Martha ; 3d generation, Richard Wheeler,
and wife Prudence ; 4th generation, Jonathan Wheeler, and wife
Esther ; 5th generation, Jonathan Wheeler, and wife Priscilla ;
6th generation, Eleazer Wheeler, and wife Martha ; 7th gener-
50 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
ation, Eleazer Wheeler, Jr., and wife Lucinda; 8th generation,
Avery Denison Wheeler. Avery Denison Wheeler is a descend-
ant on the maternal side, in a direct line, in the eighth gen-
eration, of James Morgan, born in AVales in 1607, came to this
country in 1637, settled at Groton, Conn., and married Mar-
gery Hill, Aug. 6, 1640. The generations are as follows: 1st
generation, James Morgan; 2d generation, Capt. John Morgan,
son of James, born March 30, 1645, married Eachel Dymond,
Nov. 16, 1665 ; 3d generation, Samuel Morgan, son of John, born
Sept. 9, 1669, married Hannah Avery, Dec. 30, 1709; 4th gen-
eration, Elijah Morgan, son of Samuel, born April 13, 1712,
married Eunice Williams, Nov. 13, 1735 ; 5th generation, Jon-
athan Morgan, son of Elijah, born June 18, 1755, married Anna
Woodburn, May 8, 1780; 6th generation, Amos Morgan, son of
Jonathan, born Oct. 21, 1787, married 1st Cynthia Brown, Dec. 15,
1808. He married 3d Elizabeth Brown, Feb. 27, 1814 ; 7th gen-
eration, Lucinda Morgan, daughter of Amos Morgan, and 1st wife.
Cynthia Brown, born July 24, 1811, married Eleazer Wheeler, Jr.,
Aug. 31, 1830j 8th generation, Avery Denison Wheeler, son of
above, who married Ella Maria Gallup. Avery Denison Wheeler
resides in Norwich, Conn. Has been in the employ of Amos T.
Otis as clerk more than twenty years. Their children are:
233. i. Nellie May, b. in Norwich, Conn , Feb. 4, 1873.
224. ii. Louis Avery, b. in Norwich, Conn., Oct. 16, 1877.
Charles Davis Gallup (218) was married May 12, 1880, to
Grace Rogers Aldrich, who was born in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 16,
1861. She is a daughter of Harrison Randolph Aldrich, who lost
his life in the terrible disaster of the burning of the Steamer City
of New London, in the Thames River, Conn., Nov. 22, 1871. She
is a descendant on the paternal side, in a direct line, in the fourth
generation, of Zacheus Aldrich, who came to this country from
Scotland, and settled at Smithfield, R. 1. The generations are as
follows: 1st generation, Zacheus Aldrich, who married Naomi
Sprague, a relative of the Spragues of R. I. ; 2d generation, Zacheus
Aldrich, who married Margaret Bartholomew, of Woodstock, Conn.;
3d generation, Harrison Randolph Aldrich, who married Mary Jane
Rogers; 4th generation, Grace Rogers Aldrich, who married Chas.
Davis Gallup. On the maternal side, she is a granddaughter of
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 51
Joshua Baker, and wife Maria (Church) Rogers, and great grand-
daughter of Azel Rogers, and wife Sarah (Baker) Rogers. Tlie
Rogers family were among the first settlers of the town of Mont-
ville, Conn. Charles Davis Gallup resides in Norwich, Conn. Is
in busiiie:>s with his brotlier Henry Haskell Gallup. They have
one cliild.
225.. i. Harry Wallace Gallup, b in Norwich, Conn., June 8, 1861.
Chakles LeMoxt Davis (193) was married March 19, 1850, to
Sopliia Dewey Horton, who was born at Westfield, Mass., May 12,
1823. She is a descendant on the paternal side, in the seventh
generation, of Thomas Horton, who came from England, and
settled in Springfield, Mass., in 1640. The generations from
Thomas Horton to Sophia, who married Charles L. Davis is as
follows: 1st generaton, Thomas Horton, name of wife unknown;
2d generation, Jeremiah, son of Thomas. Resided in Springfield,
Mass., afterwards in Skipmuck, Mass. Had ten children: Nath-
aniel, Jeremiah, Samuel, Thomas, John, Timothy, Benjamin,
Sarah, Mary, Abigail; 3d generation, Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah
above, lived in Skipmuck, where he died in 1737. Had eight
children: Jeremiah, Thomas, Samuel, John, Mary, Mary 2d,
Anna, and Esther ; -Ith generation, John, son of Jeremiah above,
lived at Skipmuck, where he died in 1761, aged sixty years. He
had ten children : Mary, Abigail, Jeremiah, Katheriue, Eunice,
Katherine 2d, Lucy, John, Louis, and Gad ; 5th generation, Gad,
son of John above, lived in Skipmuck, removed to Westfield in
1804, where he died Jan. 11, 1811, aged sixty-one years. Had five
children: Samuel, Abigail, Betsey, Jere, Mary. The wife of Gad
Horton was a Chapin, a relative of the Chapins, of Springfield,
Mass., and a descendant of Dea. Samuel Chapin; 6th generation,
Jere, son of Gad above, lived in Westfield, Mass. Was born Dec.
15, 1785, and died in Westfield, Mass., Feb. 24, 1837. His wife
Sophia Dewey, was born Dec. 22, 1786, and died March 17, 1880.
They were married March 28, 1811, and had seven children :
Samuel, Abigail, John B., Henry W., Jere, Sophia Dewey, and
Mary E. The grandparents of Sophia Dewey Horton, on the
maternal side were Benjamin Dewey and Rhoda (Loomis) Dewey.
They were married May 26, 1769. Rhoda (Loomis) Dewey had
brothers : Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Charles L. Davis died at Toms
52 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
River, May 10, 1878. The following obituary notice of the
late Charles L. Davis, was published in a local paper soon after
his death.
"By the death of Mr. Davis, Ocean County loses an estimable and valued
citizen ; one in whom energy and ability were equally manifest, and one in whom
enterprise and progress were matters of creed earnestly and vigorously sustained
almost to the hour of his decease. Mr. Davis, was in his boyhood a diligent
student, and at an early age was an accomplished scholar ; and although of slender
frame and slight constitution, which compelled him twice to abandon indoor pro-
fessions, he was always a persistant reader, never permitting his classics to rust,
abreast of the times in all every-day atfairs, and unusually familiar, for one who
gave such close attention to business matters, with the best Hterature of the day.
Mr. Davis first chose the profession of a teacher. His health warned him to lay
teaching aside. He came to Ocean county and engaged in cranberry culture, and
in this occupation he remained to the close of his life. But in the interim, in 1863,
he, in connection with B K. Drake, engaged in publishing the Ocean Emblem.
Mr. Davis was exceedingly fond of Journalism. He was ready of wit, keen of
satire, and a fluent, easy writer, as the Emblem fully attested. His tilts with
neighboring contemporaries clearly evinced his ability to tersely and vigorously
present his views while discovering and attacking the weak points of his dis-
putents; while his discussion of the topics of the times always displayed versality
and force. His connection with the Emblem was brief, and he soon relinquished
it, and returned more earnestly than ever to out-door pursuits.
Mr. Davis was essentially a progressive man, and Toms River and vicinity will
long remember him as an earnest worker for the good of the community at large
and especially the attractiveness of his chosen home.
Mr. Davis was fearless of consequences when ever a wrong was to be redressed.
He was a gentleman of pleasing address, and his companionship was to us, on
many occasions, a source of pleasure and profit. He was for more then twenty
years a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and died in the full belief
of and confidence in his chosen faith. He was for several years the acceptable
Superintendent of the Presbyterian Sabbath School at Toms River.
Born in Preston, Conn., he removed to Tarrytown, N. Y., where he was the
successful Principal of a high school. Subsequently he traveled a few months for
his health, and finally settled at Toms River, where, as he once said, the happiest
hours of his life were passed, and where the blissful moment found him at the last
"by faith prepared for Grace !"
The following tribute to his memory is from the pen of his old
Pastor and friend, Eev. J. H. Frazee :
Among the Hills, May, 1878.
The recent death of Mr. Charles L. Davis — which occurred at
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Toms l^ivei', M.iv 10th — li;is awakened many tender personal I'eeoi-
lections.
In l.SGl, we met for the first time. Daring years of intimate
relations, his character proved a stndy of interesting development.
He was one of the most enthusiastic and generous workers, whether
ill church or social relations. The old days of Sunday School woi'k
are recalled but to suggest the ardor and courage sliown by him
during years of active superintendence. Among a noble little
band, Avlio gave time, means and love to our little church, in its
days of struggling infancy, he acted as Ruling Elder with fidelity
and ho})efulness. His voice led the congregation for years with
f uch acceptance, that to have heard it later now and then in his
days of failing vigor, was to have hopes aroused hardly cherished
at other hours, and to recall the pleasant past with delightful re-
minders. In business enterprise, our friend had no superior, even
among men who were engaging in hardy and promising occupation
with rare zeal. He forgot self, sacrificed needed hours of rest,
threw his strength with will of sternest energy upon an issue, dis-
ai)pointment in whicli in no way reflected upon the sturdy and
hearty courage of the initial efforts. His struggle with disease was
one of wonderful persistence. What would have discouraged and
driven many into hopeless retreat, seemed only to be accepted by
our brother as a challenge to renewed conflict, most readily and
often resumed at fearful odds.
Earth, with its absorbing demands, did not alone engage him-
' He looked for a city' not made with hands, though he loved his
own beautiful home, and clung to the dear ones God gave him with
truest devotion. With much to live for, and keen appreciation of
the bright and beautiful and good of this world, he turned from all
to that Savior whom he long ago professed to love, when the sum-
mons came, 'Come up higher,' with quiet trust and restful con-
fidence.
A life chequered by many clouds that obstructed the sunlight at
times — a life upon which many disappointments not easy to bear
fell heavily, and which bore witness to many a brave battle and
many a signal victory too — has ended, but the sunny memories
survive. We bow to the shock of loss ; the sadness of sore bereave-
ment stills the harp-string noiu ; but there shall yet come the song
54 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
of victory, and the restful reflection follows the sigh-burdened ex-
perience of these days of sorrow.
In Greenwood, amid the sleeping thousands, on a day of such
brightness and freshness of nature, that glad things of the Resur-
rection were lovingly foreshadowed, we deposited the new proof of
life's uncertain ways, but certain end, 'Earth to earth — ashes to
ashes — dust to dust.' The cross and wreath of purest flowers were
laid upon his finished grave, and we said, as tears were falling
fresh, 'Well done.' These words were more lovingly uttered as He
who knew better than all others the long record of struggle and
victory, of prayer and gracious answer, welcomed His weary servant
unto Himself! '
And so, as our brother often sung in the long ago days, the
appreciative heart of the writer sings now :
" Servant of God, well done ! " Soldier of Christ, well done !
Rest from thy long employ ; Prais-e be thy new employ,
The battle fought, the victory won, And while eternal agei* run.
Enter thy Master's joy. Rest in thy Savior's joy."
J. H. F.
Charles LeMont Davis (193) and Sophia Dewey Horton his wife
had one child.
226. i. Nellie Sophia, b. in Norwich, Conn., Dec. 28, 1850.
Nellie Sophia Davis (226) was married at Toms River, N. J.,
May 16, 1871, to Albert Roberts, of New York City. He was the
youngest son of Ephraim Roberts, Jr., and wife Mary (Ward)
Roberts, and was born in Amherst, Mass , March 22, 1840, His
youth was for the most part spent in his native town, until he was
seventeen years of age. The year following he completed at Middle-
boro Academy, Mass., the preparatory course for admission to col-
lege, and at the age of nineteen, was admitted to Amherst College.
After remaining in college one year, he was engaged for several
successive terms, as a teacher in the public schools in Newport, R. I.,
still continuing his studies in Latin and Greek, under the tuition
of Rev. Dr. Dumont, (now deceased) of that city, between whom and
himself sprang up a warm and lasting friendship. As the time
approached for returning to college his purpose changed, and
deciding to commence at once the study of law — his chosen pro-
fession— lie entered the office of Messrs. Matthews & Swan, at-
torneys at law, of New York City, remaning there until the cajl
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 55
was made for nine months men for the war. He responded to the
call, and went to his native town, Amherst, Mass., and enlisted in
Co. G, of the o2d Regiment of Mass., Volunteers. The Regiment
was sent South, and was with Gen. Banks in his unfortunate and
disastrous Red River expedition. In the latter part of May follow-
ing, he fell a prey to severe and protracted illness, and was still in
hospital when the Regiment was discharged. After his discharge
from the Army, he spent some time in recuperation, when he re-
turned to the office of Matthews & Swan, where he remained for a
while, and then entered the office of the celebrated law firm of
Arnoux, Ritch & "Woodford, of New York City, where he completed
his studies, and soon after commenced the practice of his own pro-
fession on his own account. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford of the
above firm in speaking of him said : " Mr. Roberts entered our
office in the autumn of 1866. He remained with us until he left
to commence practice on his own account. He was quiet, indus-
trious, methodical, energetic, zealous and faithful. He did well all
that he undertook, and had our confidence and respect. After he
left to begin practice on his own account, I saw him but seldom,
but our friendship continued, and when we met, our intercourse
was kind and cordial. Marked pecularities of my old friend and
student, were his quiet, correct, undemonstrative way of doing
well whatever he had to do, and he was always seeking to do some-
thing. I can say truthfully that Mr. Roberts had my highest re-
spect and sincere regard."
We are permitted to copy the following from a letter written by
a friend soon after Mr. Roberts' death :
"It was witli peculiar sorrow that I learned on my return to
town, that your husband, my friend, had been taken away. From
my long acquaintance with him, I had learned to admire him for
his many excellent qualities of mind and heart, which only those
who were so favored as to know him well, could duly appreciate.
How genial he was as a companion, how courteous in his demeanor,
how loyal to his clients, how devoted to his profession, how fond of
his home and his family, how honorai)le and conscientious in all
the walks of life."
"From childhood, his sympathetic, genial, and social nature.
Avith a ready wit in repartee, attached to him many warm and
56 \ HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
valued friends. He was a dutiful son, a kind and affectionate
brother, husband and father."
He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1885. The children of
Albert Roberts and wife, Nellie Sophia Davis, were :
227. i. Sophia Davis, b. Mar. 9, 1872.
228. ii. A son born and died, Mar. 2, 1875.
229. iii. Charles Albert b. .June 27, 1876, d. Apr. 19, 1877.
280. iv. Albert, b. July 14, 1878.
231. V. Mary Warner, b. Apr. 11, 1881.
Mary Louisa Davis (194) was married April 20, 1853. to Henry
C. Randall, son of William, and Wealthy (Avery) Randall, of
North Stonington, Conn., where he was born Dec. 7, 1825. He is
seventh in direct line, from the ancestor of his family, John
Randall, who, with his wife Elizabeth, removed from Newport to
Westerly, R. L, in 1665. He died at the latter place, about 1684:.
His son John, 2d generation, born 1666, married Abigail ,
died at Stonington, Conn., 1695. John, 3d generation, born 1701,
married (first wife) Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Cottrell, died
1761. John, 4tli generation, born 1730, married (second wife)
Tbankful, daughter of William and Thankful Swan, died at
Stonington, Conn., 1802. William, their son, 5th generation, born
1768, married (first wife) Eunice, daughter of Paul, anda(|jfc^
Wheeler, died 1841. He commanded the regiment during the
repulse of Com. Hardy's attack on Stonington, Aug. 1814, was
several times elected to the General Assembly of the State, and
was for many years Associate Judge of New London County.
William, 6th generation, was born at Stonington, 1787, married
Wealtliy, daughter of Darius, and Wealthy (Avery) Hewitt, died at
North Stonington, Sept. 22, 1871. He was a member of the Con-
vention which framed the State Constitution in 1818, Judge of
Probate, and for several years County Commissioner for New Lon-
don County. Henry C, 7th generation, married (1853,) Mary
Louisa Davis. ^' J
Henry C. Randall, like most of the New England farmers' sons
of those days, spent the years of his boyhood and youth at, and
near home, teaching school in the winter season, and working upon
the farm in the summer. When he attained his majority, he chose
the art of medicine and surgery for a profession, and entered the
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office of the late Dr. Thomas P. Wattles, of North Stoningtou,
Conn., under whose tuition he remained for a time. He attended
medical lectures at Castleton, Vermont, and at the University of
New York. After receiving his diploma, he commenced the practice
of his profession in Poquetannock, Conn., and adjoining country.
After a few years he became convinced that it was his duty to enter
the Ministry, and commenced a course of study with that end in
view, until the fall of 1857, when he abandoned his medical practice,
and was ordained Deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church, Oct.
29, 1857. In Nov. following, he took charge of Christ Church,
Pomfret, Conn. He was ordained Priest, Nov. 22, 1859, and re-
mained at Pomfret until Oct. 18G2, when he became Rector of
Trinity Church, Houghton, Mich. He has been successive Rector
at Christ Church, Homer, Mich., St. Paul's, Central Village, Conn.,
St. Andrews Church, Marbledale, Conn., St. Paul's Church, Oak
Hill, N. Y., St. John's Church, North Guilford, Conn. He was
Rector again at Pomfret from 1875 to 1881, when he accepted St.
John's Church, Essex, Conn., where he now is (1886.) Their
children are :
Arthur Truman, b. ia Preston, Conn., Sept. 23, 1854.
John Henry Ilobart, b. in Pomfret, Conn., Dec. 9, 1859.
Mary Lilian, b. in Pomfret, Conn., Jan. 28, 1862.
Clarence, b. in Homer, Michigan, Oct 30, 1.865, I Humer,
Jan. 27, 1866.
236. V. Ernest, b. in Marbledale, Conn, July 31, i»69.
Arthur Truma.^ Randall (232) was married June 19, 1883, to
]\Iary Brainard Deshon, who was born Oct. 5, 1856. She is a
daughter of Rev. Giles Henry Deshon, D. D., and is a descendant
on the paternal side in a direct line, in the fifth generation, of
Daniel Deshon, who came to this country when young, soon after
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He settled in New London,
Conn., and married Ruth Christophers, of an ancient widely
ramified, and resi)ectable family. They had six sons and one
daughter ; 2d generation, Henry, 3d son of Daniel Deshon, married
Bathsheba Rogers. They had thirteen children; 3d generation,
John Deshon, youngest child of Henry Deshon, married Frances
Robertson. They had five sons and three daughters ; 4th gener-
ation, Giles Henry Deshon, 3d sou of John Deshon, married Jane
Maria Brainard. She is a descendant on the maternal side, in a
232.
i.
233.
ii.
234.
iii.
•'235.
iv.
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direct line, in the eighth generation, of Daniel Brainard, (originally
spelled Brainwood,) who was brought to this country when a child.
He settled in Haddam, Conn., in 1662. The generations from
Daniel Brainard to Mary Brainard Deshon are as follows : 1st
generation, Daniel Brainard, who married Hannah Spencer ; 3d
generation, James Brainard, son of Daniel, born June 2, 1669,
married Deborah ; 3d generation, Abijah Brainard, son of
James, born 1705, married Esther Smith, in 1727 ; ith generation,
Simon Brainard, son of Abijah, born 1730, married Hepzibah
Spencer ; 5th generation, Silas Brainard, who married Lucinda
Brainard; 6th generation, Erastns Brainard, married Mary W.
Stancliff, in 1815; 7th generation, Jane M. Brainard, born Oct.
21, 1826, married Giles Henry Deshon, in 1853 ; 8th generation,
Mary Brainard Deshon.
Arthur Truman Randall received his elementary education at the
common schools, and at the Free Academy in Norwich, Conn. He
entered St. Stephen's College at Annandale, N. Y., in 1872, where
he remained until June, 1877. Was three years in Berkley Divinity
School, at Middletown, Conn., ordained Deacon at Middletown,
Conn., June 2, 1880, and Priest at Litchfield, Conn., June 5, 1881.
He was assistant Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Meriden, Conn.
from June 4, 1880, to Jan. 1883. Since the latter date he has had
full charge of the Parish. Their children are :
237. i. Jane Deshon, b. at Meriden, Conn., Sept. 26, 1885.
238. ii. Giles Deshon, b. at Meriden, Conn., Aug. 30, 1887. ,
y
John Henry Hobart Eandall (233) has been for several years
in the employ of Messrs. Wright, Depew & Co., of New York, one of
the proprietors of which firm is Edward D. Depew, who married
1875, Lizzie Tallman Davis (205).
Ernest Randall (236) is a student in Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn., and a candidate for Holy Orders in the Protestant Epis-
copal Church. ■ ■•;
Mary Davis (184) was married Feb. 5, 1804, to Elijah Brewster,
of Preston, Conn. He was born Jan. 30, 1781, and died Nov. 10,
1824. He was a descendant in the eighth generation, in a direct
line, of Elder William Brewster, of Mayflower memory. The
generations are as follows : 1st generation, Elder William Brewster,
9
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 5g
who married MaiT ; 2d generation, Jonathan Brewster, son
of Elder William, who married Lucretia ; 3d generation,
Benjamin Brewster, son of Jonathan, who married Anna Dart ; 4th
generation, Jonathan Brewster, who married Jndith Stevens; 5tli
generation, Joseph Brewster, who married Dorothy Witter; 6th
generation, Elijah Brewster, son of Joseph, Avho married Elizabeth
Fitch ; 7tli generation, Peletiah, son of Elijah, who married
Hannah ; Sth generation, Elijah, who married Mary Davis.
Their children were :
239. i. Hannah, b. in Preston, Conn., Oct. 14, 1804, d. Nov. 14, 1809.
240. ii. Henry Elijili, b. in Preston, Conn., June 17, 1810.
241. iii. Nelson, Elijah, b. in Preston, Conn., Aug. 15, 1813.
24'i. iv. Lucy Amanda, b. in Preston, Conn., Jan. 18, 1832.
Henry Elijah Brewster (240) was married Oct. 31, 1839, to
Susan E, Townsend, daughter of Thomas and Susan Moore
(Coggeshall) Townsend, of Newport, R. I., who were married July
13, 1815. Thomas Townsend was a son of Edmund Townsend, and
wife Elizabeth (Mulford) Townsend, and was born May 23, 1785.
Edmund Townsend was a son of Job and Rebecca (Casey) Town-
send, and was born May 13, 1736. Job Townsend was a son of
Solomon Townsend, and was born Jan. 29, 1699.
Susan Moore Coggeshall, wife of Thomas Townsend, was born
Feb. 28, 1779, and was a daughter of William Coggeshall, and wife
Elizal)eth (Moore) Coggeshall, who were married Feb. 28, 1771.
William Coggeshall was a lineal descendant of John Coggeshall, the
first President of the Colony of R. I. The children of Henry E.
Brewster, and wife Susan E. Townsend, were:
243. i. Katherine, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., June 26, 1841, d. in Syracuse,
Aug. 27, 1847.
Henry Davis, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1843.
Thomas Townsend, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Apr. 22, 1844, d. in
New York City, May 19, 1884.
Susan Katherine, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Mar. 1,1848.
Anna, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1851.
Henry Davis Brewster (244) was married Oct. 21, 1874, to
Mary Louisa Baum, of Syracuse, N. Y. Henry Davis Brewster
resides in Weedsport, N. Y. Their children are:
248. i. Henry Baum, b. July 31, 1875.
249. ii. Mary Louise, b. Mar. 16 1877.
250. iii. Neal. b. Jan. 30. 1879.
244.
245.
n.
iii.
246.
iv.
247.
V.
6o HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Thomas Townsend Brewster (245) was married July 19, 1866,
to Tulnlah Josephine Boynton. She died April 3, 1880. Their
children are :
251. i. Thomas, b. Mar. 30, 1867.
252. ii. Katherine, b. Mar. 11, 1872.
Henry Davis (185) was married Nov. 13, 1813, to Lucy Brown.
She died Sept. 19, 1816. They had no children. He was married
2d to Mary Ann Pollard, Aug. 5, 1821. She was a daughter of
John Pollard, and wife Elizabeth Sydleman, of Preston, Conn., and
was born in Preston, Conn., Aug. 10, 1803. John Pollard was a sea
Captain. He was born in Preston, Conn., Nov. 20, 1765, and died
at Saugatuc, Conn., June 9, 1809. His wife Elizabeth Sydleman,
was born in Preston, Conn., Feb. 28, 1768, and died at Bridgeport,
Conn., Jan. 19, 1854. They were married April 20, 1785. The
children of Henry Davis, and wife Mary Ann Pollard were:
253. i. ) . Lucy Ann, b. in Preston, Conn., Dec. 29, 1822.
254. ii. \ ' Thomas Henry, b. in Preston, Conn., d. in Bridge-
port, Conn., July 22, 1836.
255. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. in Preston, Conn., June 10. 1831, d. in New
York City, June 20,1863.
256. iv. Fannie Miner, b. in Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 20, 1836.
Lucy Ann Davis (253) was married Oct. 21, 1843, to Gilson
Landon, son of William Landon, and wife Elizabeth (Loper)
Landon, of Guilford, Conn. He was born at Guilford, April 5,
1813. Mr. Landon is a farmer, and resides at Oyster Bay, N. Y.
Mary Elizabeth Davis, (255) was married in New York City,
June 7, 1854, to Washington Hadley. He is a son of John S. and
Mary (Kimball) Hadley, of New York. They had one child.
257. i. Harry, b. in New York City, July 31, 1857.
Fanny Miner Davis (256) was married in New York City, to
John William Whitfield, son of George B. and Elizabeth Augusta
(Stevens) Whitfield, of New York City, who was born in New York
City, July 20, 1832, and died in New York, April 25, 1878. Their
children were :
258. 1. Louise, b. in New Y^ork City, Mar. 7, 1857.
259. ii. George B., b. in New Y^ork City, Apr. 4, 1859, d. in New Y^'ork,
Sept. 19, 1861.
260. iii. Estelle, b. in New Y^ork City, Sept. 17, 1862.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 6i
261. iv. Henry Davis, b. in New York City, Oct. 7. 1874.
202. V. Miirv Elizabeth, b. in New York City, Jan. 22, 1877, d. June
20,1877.
Louise Whitfield (258) was married April 22, 1887, to Andrew
Carnegie, of Pittsburg, Pa.
Tlie following condensed sketch of Mr. Whitfield's life was
published soon after his death :
" We can scarcely do justice to our subject within the narrow limits of a mere
sketch. His career was tilled with incidents which should be told to make a
biograpny complete. We have not the space nor data to accomplish our desire, and
we must be content with a brief recital — an outline — a resume.
To those especially who had the good fortune to know Mr. John W. Whitfield
intimately, he was a genial, whole-souled, companionable gentleman. He was
one of the most upright of men ; honorable, conscientiously honest. Highly re-
spected by those under him, Mr. Whitfield possessed rare executive ability. He
took a deep interest in institutions of a beuevoleut character, and found time, not-
withstanding that he was a member ot several mercantile boards, to give consider-
able attention to them. The New York Ophthalmic hospital, for instance, owes to
Mr. Whitfield much of its present success. It was through his exertions that this
institution became what it is, and the Board of Managers were not slow in
recognizing the services rendered by Mr. Whitfield. After his death they pre-
sented his family with a set of resolutions on parchment as a partial return for the
assistance he had given. Mr. Whitfield was a member of the late Dr. Chapin's
church and took a deep working interest in the Chapin Home. To many who were
only slightly acquainted, or had mere business dealings with him, he was reserved
in manner, yet gifted, in a commercial sense, to an extraordinary degree, friendly
enough, but possessed of a certain ability (the outgrowth probably of a nervous
temperament) to ward off intimacy. In 1848, when about fifteen years old, he
entered the employ of Lyman Cooke A Co., in the notion business. The firm was
at that time located at GO Broadway, and did a business of about $250,000 a year.
From the position of boy he rose by degrees until, in 1858, his merit and worth
were acknowledged and rewarded, and he was admitted to partnership, and the
firm became Dowd, Baker Whitfield & Co. In 1870 Dowd & Baker retired from
active interest, remaining as specials, and the firm became Whitfield, Powers & Co.
Mr. Powers died in 187B. Mr. Whitfield died in 1878, leaving a widow and three
children, and Mr. Yail died in 1881. After Mr. Whitfield's death Mr. Jarvis
retired, and a new firm was formed, which has continued ever since under the
same style, with the interests of deceased partners' families remaining. The
business of the firm increased very largely under the extraordinary ability of Mr
Whitfield, and to-day they rank as a leading house.
Clarissa Davis (188) was married in Preston, Conn., April 3,
1828, to Henry Haskell, son of John, and Lucinda (Hubbard)
Haskell. He was born in Preston, Conn., Nov. 17, 1799, and died
62 ■ HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Nov. 17, 1859, in the 61st year of his age. He died in the hou^e
where he was born, and had lived all his life time, honored, re-
spected, trusted and beloved. He had held many offices of honor
and trust. Mr. Haskell was a farmer. They had no children.
The following obituary notice was published soon after his
death :
"Henry Haskell, toAvn clerk of Preston, died in that town oh
Thursday, November 17, 1859. He had held his office as town
clerk uninterruptedly for the last twenty-five years, and died as he
had lived, deeply respected by all who knew him. He was au
honest and true man, and we shall always remember our inter-
course with him with unqualified pleasure."
The Hon. John W. Stedman, of Hartford, Conn., an old friend
of Mr. Haskell, pays the following tribute to his worth and
memory :
"Mr. Haskell was one of the earliest acquaintances that I made
when I went to Norwich in 1844. He remained, up to the time of
his death, one of the truest friends I ever had. He was a man of
unquestioned integrity, frank and open in all his dealings, kind
hearted as a child, and of sound judgement. No man was oftener
appealed to for advice by his neighbors, and especially was this the
case in matters of variance or dispute. He loved peace, and all
things that make for peace. He was a just and honest man. Pres-
ton never had a better citizen and neighbor, and no man towards
whom he was drawn ever had a truer friend."
A tribute to the memory of Mrs. Henry Haskell, who died Mar.
29, 1883, from a friend.
" Mrs. Haskell was a person of remarkable depth of character.
Though living for many years in a sparsely settled neighborhood,
going away from home very infrequently, and then but a few miles
to visit her nearest relatives, she had still an acquaintance and
friendship of very wide extent. Cheerfulness and kindliness char-
acterized her manner, and her conversation displayed a large
diversity of knowledge and thought. She had the faculty possessed
by a few only, of adapting herself readily to difierent persons and
characters. Her thoughts and feelings were found to have much
in common with old and young, rich and poor, the educated and
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 63
the ignorant. Her home was a model of neatness. " The lieart of
her husband did safely trust in her." She was a true help-meet in
the conduct and management of domestic affairs, and the interest
which she always manifested in all public affairs, she kept up to
the last. The dry records of the town of Preston, kept by her
husband for many years, were made interesting by her clear and
chaste i)enmanship. Having no children of her own, she adopted
in a measure those of others, especially her numerous nephews and
nieces. The death of her husband was like the separation of a tree
from the ivy, which has long clung to it, at once imparting
ornament, and receiving support. And her own death, after years
of loneliness, not only to the circle of her relatives, but to the
community where those years of lonliness had been spent, was the
severance of a most intimate and loving tie.
Enos Davis (31) was married 1792, to Phebe Mulford. daughter
of Ezekiel Mulford, of E. Hampton, L. I. She died in Preston,
Conn., Oct. 13, 1832, in the 53d year of her age. She was descended
on the i)aternal side, in a direct line, in the fifth generation, from
William Mulford, who came to this country with his two brothers,
one of whom settled in Virginia. The other brothers, Thomas and
William, came to E. Hampton, where they settled. The line of
descent from William the ancestor, to Phebe, who married Enos
Davis, is as follows : 1st generation, William Mulford, who married
Sarah ; 3d generation, Thomas Mulford, whose wife was
Mary Conklin, daughter of Jeremiah, oldest son of Ananias
Oonklin. The wife of Jeremiah Conklin, was Mary Gardiner, only
daugiiter of Lord Lion Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island ; 3d gene-
ration, Jeremiah Mulford ; 4th generation, Ezekiel Mulford, father
of Phel)e. Ezekiel Mulford Avas Captain of the 12th Co., of Col.
Smith's famous Suffolk Co., Regiment, in the Revolutionary war,
und received directly from Gen. Washington the highest com-
pliment for leading a dangerous ambuscade. He is said to have
been a man of great resolution and determination, and wl-U etlu-
cated for the times. He lived to the advanced age of 94 years.
Enos Davis was married 2d to Mrs. Lois (Palmer) Perkins, of
Oroton, Conn. No children. She died in Sept. 1864. The children
of Enos Davis, and wife Phebe Mulford, were :
26'd. i. Phebe Mulford, b in Stonington, Conn., in 171)3, d. in Preston,
Conn., Oct. 6, 1821.
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204. ii Jeremiah, b. in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 1, 1795, d. in Norwich,
Conn., June 1885.
265. iii. Huldah Amy, b. in Stonington, Conn., Aug. 15, 1799, d. in
Preston, Conn., Oct. 23, 1822.
266. iv. Fanny, b. in Preston, Conn., Sept. 12. 1802, d. in Norwich,
Conn., Apr. 9. 1876.
Phebe Mulford Davis (263) was married in 1814, to Jason
Rogers, Jr., of New London, Conn. He was a sea-faring man. He
died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 34, 1826. Their children
were :
267 i. Enos, b. in Preston, Conn., in 1815, d. in Baltimore, Md., Sept.
20, 1832.
268. ii. "William Larkin, b. in Preston, Conn., in 1816, d. in Preston,
Conn., Sept. 2, 1842.
269. iii. Frances, b. in Preston, Conn., in 1819, d. in Preston, Conn.,
June 21, 1821.
270. iv. Fdward Mulford, b. in Preston, Conn., in 1821, d. in San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Nov. 4, 1849.
Jeremiah Davis (264) was married May 4, 1823, to Harriet
Sydleman, daughter of George A. Sydleman, and wife Prudence
Rust, of Preston, Conn. She was born Feb. 28, 1804, in Preston,
Conn, Mr. Davis resided at the time of his death, upon the farm
that his father Enos Davis had owned and occupied, which was a
part of the purchase that he and his brother Thomas made of
Johathan Brewster in 1802, and which has been heretofore de-
scribed in these pages. He had resided there continuously for
eighty-three years. He was a man of true sterling worth and
integrity, a good citizen, a kind and obliging neighbor. He had
the respect and confidence of the community, where he had resided
for so many years. He was truthful, true and honest in his deal-
ings with men.
Prof. John P. Gulliver, of Andover, Mass., who had been his
Pastor in former years, in speaking of him recently said :
" I remember Mr. Davis as a modest, sensible, worthy man, who
always commanded my unqualified respect. I very much enjoyed
the visits which Mrs. Gulliver and myself often made at his home,
at his earnest invitation, and which I remember were protracted
much beyond the usual limit of Pastoral calls, including usually a
bountiful repast, served in the hearty, old fashioned JS'ew England
style. My talk with Mr. Davis was often upon agriculture, and of
the history of the locality he occupied, and of the relation it bore
272.
273.
iii.
274.
iv.
275.
V.
276.
vi.
277.
vii.
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to Elder Brewster and the early Plymouth Colonists. From a
somewhat extended acquaintance with Mr, Davis, I deemed him a
faultless man."
The children of Jeremiah Davis, and wife Harriet Sydleman,
were :
271. i. Phebe Miilford, b. in Preston, Conn., Feb. 2, 1824.
Jenette Aveiy.b. in Preston, Conn., May 2, 1826, d. July 12,1833.
Jolin Sydleiuan, b. in Preston, Conn., Oct. 13, 1828, d. July,
17, 1833.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Preston, Conn., April 12, 1831.
Harriet Ann, b. in Preston, Conn., June 17, 1834, d. Sept. 25,
1836.
Jeremiah, b. in Preston, Conn., July 14, 1837, d. Sept. 16, 1841.
Lucy Jane, b. in Preston, Conn., Feb. 3, 1840, d. Sept. 15, 1841.
278. viii. Charles Henry, b, in Preston, Conn., Dec. 1, 1842.
279. ix. Emma Louisa, b. in Preston, Conn., Sept. 19, 1846.
Phebe Mulford Davis (371) married to John Davis, Jr. (See
No. 30.)
Sarah Elizabeth Davis (274) was married Dec. 25, 1854, to
Joseph W. Carter, son of Samuel Carter, of Norwich, Conn. He
is an engineer. Resides in Norwich, Conn. Their children are :
280. i. Hattie Louisa, b. in Norwich, Conn., May 11, 1856.
281. ii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 31, 1858.
282. iii. Josie Davis, b. in Norwich, Conn., Dec. 11, 1866.
283. iv. George Waters, b. in Norwich, Conn., April 27, 1872.
Emma Louisa Davis (279) was married June 15, 1880, to Henry
P. Ray, of Norwich, Conn. He is a carpenter and builder, and
resides at Norwich, Conn. They have no children.
Charles Henry Davis (278) was married in Norwich, Conn.,
March 24, 1886, to Eliza Halsey Witter, only daughter of Jonah
Witter, and wife Martha Billings. Martha was a daughter of Col.
Stephen Billings, of Ledyard, Conn., a highly esteemed and influ-
ential citizen of that town. Charles II. Davis is a farmer. He re-
sides in Norwich, Conn., upon the farm that formerly belonged to
his grandfather, Enos Davis, and to the ownership of which his
father succeeded upon the death of his father, Enos Davis.
HuLDAH Amy Davis (265) was married July 1, 1820, to George
A. Sydleman, Jr., son of George A. and Prudence (Rust) Sydleman,
of Preston, Conn. They had no children.
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Fanny Davis (266) was married June 26, 1825, to George A.
Sydleman, Jr., (who married 1st Huldah Amy, sister of Fanny-)
He died in Norwich, Conn., Oct. 1886, at the advanced age of ninety-
one years. Their children were :
284. i. Huldah Emma, b. in Preston, Conn., May 6, 1826, d. Dec.
28, 1861.
285. ii. Angeline Whitaker, b. in Preston, Conn. , June 12, 1828, d. Sept.
15, 1832.
286. ill. Fanny Adelaide, b. in Preston, Conn., March 30, 1831, d. Dec.
11, 1833.
287. iv George Augustus, b. in Preston, Conn., May 1, 1833.
288. V. Henry Davis, b. in Preston, Conn., Oct. 28, 1835.
289. vi. Prudence Henrietta, b in Preston, Conn., Jan. 20, 1838, d.
July 14, 1842.
290. vii. Caroline Avery, b. in Preston Conn., Feb. 5, 1840.
Huldah Emma Sydleman (284) was married Feb. 22, 1847, to
Dr. Alfred W. Coats, who died Oct. 27, 1880, at Mystic, Conn. Their
children were :
291. i. Emma Amelia, b. March 7, 1849, d. April 12, 1849.
292. ii. Frederick Eugene, b. May 26, 1850, d. Aug. 23, 1850.
293. ill. Willard Irving, b. July 27, 1851.
WiLLAED Irving (293) was married to Lucy Cargill, daughter
of John and Mary Cargill, of Providence, E. L, June 3, 1879.
Besides in Providence, E. I. They have no children.
George A. Sydleman, Jr., (287) was married July 16, 1863, to
Virginia Higgs, of Scranton, Penn. Mr. Sydleman resides in Pres-
ton, Conn, They have two children :
fA ii: Sri } "i-.b.Nov.l7.1865.
Henry Davis Sydleman, (288) was married April 30, 1861, to
Harriet E. Cruttenden, of Norwich, Conn. He is a dentist. Eesides
in Norwich, Conn. No children.
Caroline Avery Sydleman (290) was married April 24. 1884,
to Horace Austin Fitch. He is a son of Eussel Fitch of Preston,
Conn., is a mechanic and resides in Preston, Conn.
Catherine Davis (22) was married Feb. 24, 1782, to Capt. Amos
Pendleton, Jr., of Westerly, E. I. He was a sea captain. When
their first and only child was an infant he sailed on a voyage to the
West Indies, and the vessel was never heard of after leaving port,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 67
and was supposed to have foundered at sea, with all on board.
They had one child.
296, i. Catherine, b. at Stonington, Conn., Aug. 8, 1783.
Catherine Pendleton (296) was married to Nathaniel Stanton,
of Stonington, Conn. (Date of marriage unknown, but probably
in 1801.) He was a brother of Benjamin F. Stanton, who married
Maria Davis. (See marriage of Maria Davis (27), for ancestry
of Natlianiel Stanton.) He was born at Stonington, Conn., April
22, 1778, and died at the Island of Trinidad, of yellow fever, March
15, 1807. Catherine Pendleton Stanton, the wife of Nathaniel Stan-
ton, died in Stonington, Conn. Their children were:
397. i. Amos Pendleton, b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 37, 1803, d. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1874.
398. ii. Maria Salina, b. in Stonington, Conn., May 13, 1804, d. in
So. Trenton, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1833.
299. iii. Natlianiel, Jr., b. in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 9, 1806.
Amos Pendleton Stanton (297) was married in Troy, N. Y.,
Aug. 6, 1829, to Olivia White. She was a graduate of Miss Wil-
lard's Seminary, Troy, N. Y. She was a daughter of John White,
Jr., whose father, John White, came to this country from England,
and settled in the state of New York. On the maternal side she is a
descendant, in a direct line, in the eighth generation, of Gov. William
Bradford of Plymouth Colony. The line of descent is as follows:
1st generation. Gov. William Bradford ; 2d generation, William
Bradford, Jr.; 3d generation, Joseph Bradford; 4th generation,
Joseph Bradford, Jr.; 5th generation, Eleanor Bradford, who
married David Hyde ; 6th generation, Elizabeth Hyde, daughter
of David, who married Ira Hinkley; 7th generation, Philenallink-
ley, daughter of Ira, who married John White, Jr. ; 8th generation,
Olivia White, daughter of John White, Jr. The children of Amos
Pendleton Stanton and wife Olivia White were :
300. i. Julia A. b. in Georgia, Yt., Jan. 17, 1833, d. in Brooklyn,
N. Y., April 17, 1856.
301. ii. Eliza J. b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1837.
302. iii. Emma P. b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8, 1847.
Eliza J. Stanton (301) was married in Brooklyn, N. Y., April
8, 1858, to Dr. James ^I. Allen, son of James Morrill and Mary
Dorby (Robins) Allen, and grandson of Rev. Wilkes Allen, for
68 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
many years a Unitarian minister at Chalmsford, Mass. The
Merrills are of Huguenot descent. Dr James M. Allen's English
ancestor was Walter Allen, who came to this country from England
in 1635, and settled at Newbury, Mass., where he was a freeholder.
He afterwards removed to Watertown, Mass., and died in Charles-
town, Mass., in 1681. (See Bond's history of Watertown.) His
maternal grandparents were Jonathan Dorby Robins, who married
Frances Crafts. Frances Crafts was a niece of Christopher Gore,
who was Governor of Mass. in 1809. Their children are :
303. i. Stanton, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 39, 1859.
304. ii. Julia F. b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1863.
305. iii. Emily R. b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 17, 1866,
306. iv. John R. b. in Milwaukee, Wis., July 3. 1869.
307. V. Robins, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 8, 1870. d. in Milwaukee,
Wis., Dec. 16, 1873.
Stanton Allen (303) is a Physician and Surgeon in New York
City, where he also has charge of a Hospital. For a man of his age,
he is eminent in his profession.
We here insert a sketch of the life of Amos P. Stanton (297).
Half orphaned at a tender age by the death of his father, he
struck out manfully to fight the battle of life. At the age of twelve
years, he went to live with his great Uncle, Thomas Davis, in Pres-
ton, Conn., with whom he lived until Eev. Henry Davis assumed
the Presidency of Middlebury College, Vt. , when he went to reside
with him, and under his tuition and instruction was prepared to
enter college. He entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., while
his uncle. Rev. Henry Davis, was President of the institution,
but left before graduation, and went to Troy, N. Y., where he entered
the employ of the celebrated Quaker merchant, Jacob Miller, where
he remained for a while, when he formed a partnership with a Mr.
Lowry in the grocery business, and in 1828, the firm of Lowry,
Norton & Stanton was formed, which continued until 1831, when
he bought the interest of his partners in the business, and formed
a partnership with George H. Tracy. This partnership continued
until 1833, when he sold his interest in the business to Tracy, and
went to New York and commenced business at 40 Water Street,
taking as a partner, Henry Starkweather. After the great fire in
New York, Dec. 16, 1835, he removed to 60 Pearl Street. After a
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time the partnership of Stanton and Starkweather vvas dissolved,
and he formed a partnership with his consin, Charles H. Stanton,
which continned until 1844, when he sold his interest in the business
to his partner, and gave up the mercantile business. Soon after he
became largely interested in real estate in Bi-ooklyn. Soon after the
Brooklyn city R. R. Co., was organized, he was elected President of
the Co., and by his efficient management, it soon became a paying
institution. He resigned the Presidency in 1858, and in 1859 pur-
chased a large tract of land at Toms River, N. J., and removed there
with his family in 1861, where he resided until 1873, when he sold
his property and returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died Dec.
10, 1874. In politics Mr. Stanton was a Democrat until after the
Mexican war, when Avith other Democrats he became a free soil man.
When the Republican party was formed he became active in the
party, and was a delegate to the National Convention that nomi-
nated John C. Fremont for President. When the war of the Re-
bellion commenced, he favored a vigorous prosecution of the war,
and often expressed his disapprobation of the (to him) dilatory
manner in which it was conducted by the government. He AVas a
man of strong convictions, and invincible in what he believed to be
right. Scrupulously honest and exact in his dealings with men, he
expected and exacted the same from others.
Maria Salina Staxtox (298) was married in Stonington, Conn.,
March 9, 1829, to Origen Perkins who was born in Mansfield, Conn.,
Feb. 21, 1801. Marriage ceremony performed by Rev. Jabez S. Swan.
He was the oldest son of Ephraim and Lucy (Merrick) Perkins,
and was a descendant in a direct line in the seventh generation, of
John Perkins, born in Newent, Gloucester Co., England, in 1590.
Late in the season of 16-30, with his wife and his six children, John,
Thomas, Elizabeth, Anna. Lydia and Jacob, he sailed for America
in the famous ship Lyon, Capt. Pierce, and landed in Boston in Feb.
1631. Roger Williams came in the same ship Avith them. The line
of descent from John Perkins the ancestor to Origen, who married
Maria Salina Perkins, is as follows: 1st generation John Perkins,
tlie ancestor, whose wife was Judith ; 2d generation, John Perkins,
Jr.. who married Elizabeth; 3d generation, Joseph Perkins, who
married MaVtha Morgan; 4th generation, Matthew Perkins, who
married Hannah Bishop; 5th generation, Ephraim Perkins, who
70 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
married Mary Chaplin; 6tli generation, Ephraim Perkins, Jr., who
married Lucy Merrick; 7th generation, Origen Perkins, who married
Maria S. Stanton. There is a tradition that the father of John
Perkins, the ancestor, was Jacob Perkins, a knight and president
of a college in Newent, Gloucester Co., England, born in 1560, but
we find no proof to sustain the tradition.
When Origen Perkins was fifteen years of age, he attended school
at an academy at Canandaigua, N. Y. In 1819 he taught school at
Uising Sun, Indiana, a year later he went down the Mississippi
Kiver to New Orleans. After a residence of three years in the South-
ern States and Texas, he went to the West Indies, and thence to
New York. In 1828 he returned to Trenton, N. Y., and in 1829
went to Stonington, Conn., where he married. After his marriage,
he resided in Trenton until 1835, when he removed to Chicago, 111.
In August 1836 he went to Burlington, Wis., and made a claim,
upon which he built a log house, the first dwelling house built in
the town, and in 1837 went therewith his family to reside. In 1850
he went overland to California. On March 8, 1853, on the eve of
his departure for home, he was shot and killed by an Indian for the
purpose of robbery, he having a large amount of gold dust secreted
on his person. Mr, Perkins was an unusually fine intellectual look-
ing man. He had a versatile mind, highly cultivated, and appreci-
ated beauty in nature, art and literature.
Maria Salina Stanton, with her cousin, Abby Davis Palmer,
and Miss Nancy Babcock, established the first Sunday school in the
eastern part of the town of Stonington, in a school house that was
located on the " Davis Homestead."
The family Bible that belonged to the English ancestor of Origen
Perkins is now, and always has been, in the possession of his
descendants. It is known as the Geneva or Breeches Bible. It was
imprinted at London by the deputies of Christopher Barke, printer
to the Queen's (Elizabeth) most excellent Majestie, in 1599. It has
a number of quaint engravings of the temple, and at the end is the
book of Psalms, collected into English meter by Thomas Sternhold,
John Hopkins and others. In 1708 it was owned by Elisha Per-
kins, a great grandson of the ancestor, who thus wrote in it :
Elisha Perkins, his great Bible book,
God give him grace therein to look,
And when the bell for him doth tole,
The Lord have mercy on his soul.
310.
311.
i.
ii.
312.
iii.
313.
iv.
314.
V.
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The Bible is now in the possession of Horatio N. Perkins, Esq., of
Melrose Highlands, Mass.
The children of Origen Perkins and wife Maria Salina Stanton,
were :
308. i. :\Iary, b. in So. Trenton, N. Y., April 21, 1831, d. in Burlington,
AVis., Aug. 18, 1845.
309. ii. Fredericli S. b. in So. Trenton, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1832.
Frederick S. Perkixs (309) was married May 30, 1864, to Emily
Wainright, daughter of Edward and Hannah (Edson) AVainright,
of Minneapolis, Minn. She was born at St. Albans, Vt., March 5,
1837, and died at Burlington, Wis., May 18, 1877. Their children
were :
Frederick Wainright, b. at Burlington, Wis., May 2, 1800.
Emily W. b. and d. in 1868.
Robert Stanton, b. at Burlington, Wis., Nov. 17, 1870.
Henry Edson, b. at Burlington, Wis., Sept. 30, 1873.
Edward, b. at Burlington, Wis., July 19, 1875,
Frederick S. Perkins, early in life, showed a decided taste for
painting and the fine arts. In Feb. 1853, he entered the studio of
the distinguished landscape painter, Jasper F. Cropsey, of New York
city, where under his teaching and instruction he studied the art of
painting. After completing his studies, he spent some time travel-
ing, gathering relics of antiquity. He is a great antiquarian, and
has one of the largest, if not the largest collection, of pre-historic
objects in the country. As an artist Mr. Perkins has few equals
and fewer superiors. Soon after his marriage he came to Burlington,
Wis., his old home, and took up his residence where he now resides.
Xath.\xiel Staxtox (299) was married July 10, 1851, to Mary
Hall Sutton, daughter of George L. and Mary (Hall) Sutton. She
was born at East Providence, R. I., June 13, 1833. They had one
child :
315. i. Ella Augusta, b. in East Providence, R. I.. March 22, 1854.
She was married Nov. 12, 1873, to Henry Nai)oleon Rice, at East
Greenwich, R. I. He was born at Warwick, R. I., May 28, 1849.
lie is a house carpenter, and resides at North Kingston, R. I. Their
children are :
310. i. Minnie Elizabeth, b. in Warwick, R. I., Sept. 2S, 1874.
137. ii. Saraphine, b. in North Kingston, R I., April 5, 1877.
318. iii. Ann Susan, b. in North Kingston, R. I., March 28, 1879.
319. iv. George Henry, b. in North Kingston, .July 7, 1881.
72 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
JoHJf Davis (14) was married 2d to Mary Conklin, of Amagan-
sett, town of East Hampton, L. I. She was a daughter of Henry
Conklin, and was born Nov. 8, 1734. She was a descendant in a
direct line, in the fifth generation, of Ananias Conklin, the first of
the name that settled in East Hampton. The generations are as
follows: 1st generation, Ananias Conklin; 2d generation, Ben-
jamin Conklin, who married Hannah Mulford, daughter of John
Mulford, also one of the first settlers in East Hampton; 3d gen-
eration, Ananias Conklin, whose wife was Hannah; 4th generation,
Henry Conklin; 5th generation, Mary Conklin who married John
Davis (14). She was one of a family of nine children, the names of
her brothers and sisters as follows; Henry born Nov. 20, 1725, Jed-
ediah born Aug. 12, 1727, Jane born Oct. 18, 1730, married 1st
Abijah Waters, 2d Jeremiah Dayton, Edward born July 24 1732.
Mary born Nov. 8, 1734, married John Davis, Daniel born March
11, 1737, removed to Albany, N.Y., from thence to Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., and founded the town of Conklinville, Lucretia born April 1,
1739, married Burnett Miller, Elizabeth born May 21, 1742, married
Abraham Loper, Hannah born Nov. 5, 1744, married 1st Sylvester
Darby, 2d Jonathan Schellinger. After the death of her husband,
Dec. 15, 1798, Mrs. Davis returned to Stoniugton, Conn., and re-
sided with her step-son, John Davis, until after his death in 1809,
when she went to live with her step-son, Thomas Davis, in Preston,
Conn., whose wife, Mary Conklin, was her niece, where she lived
until her death, Jan. 18, 1814, in the 80th year of her age. The
children by this 2d marriage were :
320 i. Mary, b. in East Hampton, L. I., April 27, 1763, d. at Clinton,
K Y., April 0, 1852.
321. ii. Samuel, b. in East Hampton, L. I., Oct. 7, 1765, d. at Ballston,
N.Y., Jan. 26, 1840.
322. iii. Abigail, b. in East Hampton, L. I., Jan. 15, 1767, d. in East
Hampton, L. I., April 16, 1840.
323. iv. Henry, b. in East Hampton, L. I., Sept. 15, 1771, d. in Clinton,
N. Y., March 7, 1852.
324. v. Benjamin, b. in Stonington, Conn., Feb 6, 1754, d. in Sodus,
Wayne Co. N. Y., Feb. 9, 1859.
Mary Davis (320) was never married. She lived for more than
forty years in the family of her brother Henry, to whom she was
devotedly attached.
Samuel Davis (321) was married at Ballston, N. Y., October S,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 73
1789, to Mrs. Mary (Kirby) Dunham, who was boni at Middletowii.
Conn., May 2, 1763, died at Ballston, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1855, in the 93d
year of her age. She was married 1st to Solomon Dunliara, of
Berlin, Conn., May 4, 1786. They had one child, Mary Dunham,
born in Middletown, Conn., Feb. 23, 1787, six montlis after the death
of her father, who died at Point a Pitra, Gaudaloupe, Aug. 23, 1786.
She grew up in the family of her step-father, and was married
March 18, 1804, to the Rev. John McRea, and died Aug. 18, 1829, in
Dover, Ohio. Mary (Kirby) (Dunham) Davis was a descendant in
a direct line, in the fifth generation, of John Kirby, who came to
this country from Warwickshire, England, previous to 1753, and
settled in ^[iddletown, Conn. The line of descent is as follows:
1st generation, John Kirby whose wife was Elizabeth ; 2d generation,
Joseph Kirby whose wife was Sarah; 3d generation John Kirby
who married Hannah Stow, March 17, 1718; 4th generation, John
Kirby, Jr., who married Lucia Norton, Dec. 31, 1747. She died
1758, and he married Ruth Coleman, widow of Amos Coleman,
Jan. 28, 1761. They were the parents of Mary (Kirby) Dunham,
who married Samuel Davis (321). The children of Samuel Davis,
and wife Mary, were:
John Kirby, b. in Ballston, N. Y , Jan. 23, 1792, d. in Troy,
N. Y., Dec 5, 1867.
Samuel S. b. in Ballston, N. Y., July 12, 1798, d. in Sumraer-
ville, Ga., June 21, 1877.
Abigail Maria, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Nov. 3, 179"), d. at Char-
lestown, W. Va., Jan. 18, 1875.
Henry, born in Ballston, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1798.
Melissa, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1804, d. June 26, 1805.
At the early age of seventeen years, Samuel Davis (321) entered
Clinton Academy, E. Hampton, L. I., under the tuition of Rev.
Mr. Devotion, where he remained three years. At the expiration
of that time, he commenced the study of medicine and surgery
with Dr. Philip Turner, of Norwich, Conn., one of the most
skillful physicians and surgeons of his day. After completing
his medical course, which he did with great honor to himself, he
went to Schoharie, N. Y., where he practiced his profession for two
years, with great acceptance, when Judge Beriah Palmer and Seth
C. Baldwin, Esq., two influential citizens of Ballston, Saratoga. Co.,
N. Y., having heard from highly respected citizens of Albany, who
had become acquainted with him, of his skill and success as a
325.
i-
326
ii.
327.
iii.
828.
iv.
329.
v.
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physician, for so young a man, (he being then scarcely twenty-five
years of age,) induced him to leave Schoharie, and settle in Ballston,
where he continued in the practice of his profession for nearly half
a century.
He won not only an enviable confidence in his skill in the pro-
fession, but the respect, confidence, and esteem of the people of the
county, as a man of high moral character, and a christian gentle-
man. In personal appearance, he was tall, slender, and very erect,
a clean cut, refined, and scholarly face, dark brown hair and blue
eyes, full of kindness and laughter. He had the rare tact and in-
tuitive insight of character and temperament which make the wise
and successful physician, with a very keen sense of humor, able
both to give and take a joke. Apropos of his knowledge of
character, one of his patients, an intimate friend of aristocratic
birth, great pride and hypochondriacally inclined, was continually
sending for him, to disclose to him the awful secret that she had
but a short time to live, and wishing him as her husband's most
intimate friend, to advise him not to marry again. At one of these
interviews, he concluded to change his tactics. So very seriously
and sympathetically he replied. "Mrs. I have thought
very seriously on this subject— knowing your frail health — and I
have concluded that I cannot consistently, with my regard for your
husband, advise him not to marry again. On the contrary, I shall
advise him as soon as practicable to seek another companion, for he
would not only be very lonely, but with his young family he would
be weighed dovrn with care. So in thinking over the subject, I
have fixed upon one 1 should advise him to marry." "x\nd who
pray, if I may ask, have you been so kind as to choose in my
place." " Oh, certainly " said he, "it is Aunt Polly!" (a woman
who did weaving in their family). ''Aunt Polly ! " said she, with an
hysterical shriek, " would you have the Judge so disgrace his family
as to bring that woman here ? " " Why, I can see no disgrace about
it, she is a respectable woman, and it would be a practical thing to
do. She is a good manager and would look out for things, makes
a good deal of cloth, which is needed in your family." "Well,
Doctor," she replied, "you need not think anymore on this subject,
I do not intend to leave the situation open." It is needless to say
that that ended the interviews on that subject, and it was a standing
joke between himself and his friends ever after.
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He was proverbially kind to the poor, never taking compensation
from them for his services. But he did not relish being told in a
very patronising manner by a wealthy, but very penurious man, that
he ought not to charge that poor man anything, (speaking of a poor
patient whom he had attended through a very long and dangerous
illness). " IIow then can I live?" inquired the Dr. " By getting
it out of the rich," was the reply. Shortly after that he had an
opportunity of making a practical application of this gentleman's
good advice. He was obliged to call upon the Dr. to set a broken
bone for him, when convalescent, he called upon the Dr. saying,
he supposed he had a small charge against him for patching him
up. '' Yes, a mere trifle," replied the Dr. and consulting his books,
answered, to the man's utter consternation, " tAventy-five dollars."
When it was indignantly demanded why he should make such a
charge, he replied very quietly, "you know when I attended Mr.
you said I ought not to charge him anything, and when I very
naturally asked how I was to live, you replied 'by getting it out
of the rich.' I thought it good advice, and have acted upon it."
There are many now living in Saratoga County in whose families
Dr. Davis practiced, who can bear testimony to his uniform good-
ness of heart, his christian graces, and his kindness and gentleness
of manner in the sick chamber.
We copy the following from an obituary notice of Mrs. Samuel
Davis which was published soon after her death.
The decease of this estimable woman is an event which claims something more
than a simple record. Her mother was converted under the preaching of Whit-
field. She lived to the great age of nearly one hundred years, and for more than
eighty years was a member of the visible church. In faith and devotion Mrs.
Davis closely followed her excellent parent, and like her. was spared to a good old
age. Such were her intellectual and moral habits, her social qualities and affections,
and the tenor of her life that her departure brings to surviving friends a profound
conviction of bereavement. In her youth she was fully instructed in the doctrines
and duties of the christian religion, and early became a subject of heavenly grace.
For more than sixty years she was connected with the Presbyterian Church at
Ballston Centre. Possessing a mind of unusal vigor, aod being also favored with
early religious training, her views of truth and duty were clear. She lived to see
two of her sons and one of her grandsons in the ministry, while two of her
daughters became the wives of clergymen. She was ever reminded of the injunc-
tion to "keep holy the Sabbath day." On that day she uniformly devoted all the
time she could command, after performing other duties, equally binding, to the
religious instruction of her household. Her children cannot forget her att'ectionate
76 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
counsels, given at snch times, nnd in ever}^ day life to her pure moulding and guiding
influences, they will ever acknowledge themselves greatly indebted.
John- Kirby Davis (325) was married Oct. 17, 1815, to Mary
Elizabeth Deming, daughter of Jonathan Deming, of Castleton, Vt.
She died at Troy, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1884, in the 90th year of her age.
John Kirby Davis studied at Middlebury College, Vt., and entered
the ministry in 1820. From 1821 to 1834 he preached in Caldwell,
(Lake George) Warrensburg, Fondasbnrg and Kingsboro, N. Y.
From 1834 to 1844 he resided in Schenectady, N. Y., and for most
of that time he was agent for the American Bible Society and the
American Seamen's Friend Society. In 1844 he removed to Troy,
N. Y. and was for many years a chaplain among the boatmen at
that place.
Obituary notice of Rev. John Kirby Davis :
Died, in this city, Rev. John Kirby Davis, aged seventy-six years. The subject
of this notice was for more than half a century, a devoted christian, working faith-
fully in the Lord's vineyard. He spent many years as a missionary among our
seamen and the boatmen on the river and canals, always endeavoring to do the
work assigned him by his Savior by counsel and advice, and in the distribution of
religious books and tracts calculated to arrest their attention, and to bring their
minds under a moral and religious influence. In a word, his highest motive was to
glorify Grod in the salvation of the souls of his fellow men. To this work he devoted
all his energies.
The following tribute to the memery of Mrs. John Kirby Davis
is from her old Pastor Dr. F. G. Clarke :
Mrs. Davis the wife of Re<f. John Kirby Davis was an aged dis-
ciple of rare qualities of mind and heart,' she knew all the lessons
of faith and patience which must be learned in the minister's home.
In widowhood she lived on to the age of nearly ninety years,
ripening all the time in the various fruitage of the spirit. She
held the Bible close to her heart and conscience. No philosophy,
no questioning could move her from the foundation on which she
had built her hopes. The Bible was to her the verity of verities.
It was a joy to visit her sick room. Her repose of faith was help-
ful. No one could sit with her for half an hour and not go away
stronger, calmer, more patient. At length she came near the haven;
flesh and heart were failing; pain and weariness were her lot, but
none of these things moved her. She knew her anchorage. The
light was all about her. As she went in through the gates into the
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city, the paths were lighted, celestial lamps shone on every side.
She was calm, assured, peaceful without rapture, but solid trust and
traiKjuil outlook, she passed along. The old faith of our fathers
was grandly tested in the last days of this aged saint. No one
could go in and out of that christian home and not feel the power
of that piety which grows out of humble trust. To have known
Mrs. Davis is to have a buttress built up against the wall of our
christian faith.
The children of John Kirby Davis and Mary Elizabeth Doming
were :
330. i. Helen Sophia, b. Oct. 1817, d. June 30, 1867, on the steamboat
while on her way to New York.
Jane, d. in Kingsboro, N. Y., 1833.
John Kirby, Jr., b. in Ballston, N. Y.. May 10, 1822.
Mary DeForest,
Charlton Henry.
Abbe Maria, b. April 8, 1824, d. in Schenectady, April 23, 1843.
Sarah Elizabeth.
Samuel Deming.
Anna Matilda, b. 1833, d. in Troy, N. Y., April 3, 1845.
JoHX KiKBY Davis, Jr. (332) was married Dec. 25, 1849, to
Mary B. Woodruff, daughter of Ebenezer Woodruff, of Drakesville,
N. J. Si)e was born at Drakesville, N. J., in 1814.
Their children are :
339. i. Charlton Kirby, b. March 10, 1851.
340. ii. Anna Sophia.
Anna Sophia Davis (340) was married June 12, 1883, to J.
Lester Wells, pastor of Bethany Church, Newark, N. J.
341. iii. Elizabeth.
John Kirby Davis, Jr. (332) was graduated at Union College,
Schenectady, in 1841, and at Princeton, N. J., in 1848. He taught
in the Academy at Lansingburgh, N. Y., at Galway, N. Y., at Hard-
wick, Otsego Co., N. Y. Was Principal of Blairstown Presbyterian
Academy, and Principal of Newark Academy, N. J. For several
years during his ministry he prepared young men for college and
the ministry. He was sixteen years pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Shawnee, Monroe Co., N. Y. His residence is now,
Newark, N. J. ^ / v 9 ^.
Charlton Henry Davis (334) was married Sept. 18, 1868, to
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Frances Arabella Dake, at Rutland, Vt. He is a dentist and resides
in Troy, N. Y. Their children are :
342. i. Louis Deming, b. Sept. 2. 1869.
343 ii. Edith Tyffe, b. July 17, 1876.
344. iii. Mary Vaughn, b. Feb. 23, 1881.
Samuel D. Davis (337) was married in New York City in 1867,
to Miss Sarah Amelia Northrop, daughter of William and Sarah
Amelia (Sears) Northrop. He was for many years a banker in New
York City. Besides at Lakewood, N. J. They have three children :
845. i. Agnes Helen.
346. ii. Archibald Deming.
347. iii. Mary Elsie.
Samuel S. Davis* (326) was married Jan. 5, 1825, in Augusta,
Ga., to Mary Cuthbert Cumming, oldest daughter of Thomas and
Anna (Clay) Cumming. Marriage ceremony performed by Rev,
William Moderwell. She was born Dec. 20, 1797, died at Summer-
ville near Augusta, Ga., Nov. 2, 1876. Anna Clay, the wife of
Thomas Cumming, was a daughter of Col. Joseph Clay, a soldier of
the Revolution, an officer in Gen. Greene's army, and a member of
the Continental Congress. He was of the same family as Henry
Clay. The wife of Col Clay was Ann, a daughter of Elias and Par-
nell Lagardere, Huguenots. The descendants of Col. Joseph Clay
are remarkable for their talents and distinction. They present one
of the few illustrations of the transmission of talent. His son,
Joseph Clay, Jr., was a lawyer and a judge of eminence. At the
close of one of his most effective appeals in behalf of a criminal,
the presiding judge in tears, said to the sobbing jury, ''beware of
the eloquence of that man."
The children of Samuel S. Davis and wife Mary Cuthbert Cum-
ming are :
Thomas Cumming.
Anna Mary.
Sarah Matilda.
Caroline S.
Julia Cuthbert.
Thomas Cumming Davis (348) was born on the Sand Hills near
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 19, 1826. He was baptized in November of the
* Dr. Davis had no middle name given him in baptism, but early in life inserted the letter
S. to distinguish him from his father.
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same year by Rev. Horace Pratt. Was married in San Francisco,
Cal., Oct. 19, 1861, to Frances C. Keidzer. He resides in London,
Eng. They have one child :
358. i. Frances.
FiiANCis Dayis(353) is living in San Francisco, unmarried.
Anna Mary Davis (349) was born in Kirkwood near Camden
S. C. Was baptized by Kev. John Rennie. Was married Nov. 11,
1856, to Alfred Cuthbert, only child of Alfred Cuthbert, ex-U. S.
Senator from Georgia. He died Dec. 5, 1880. Their children are :
354. i. Alfred, b. in Summerville, Ga., Aag. 13, 1857, baptized by his
grandfather Rev. S. S. Davis, Oct. 19, 1857.
355. ii. Mary Cumming, b. April 11, 1860, in Summerville, Ga., bap-
tized by her grandfather Rev. S. S. Davis, June, 13, 1860.
Alfred Cuthbert Davis (354) was married in New Jersey,
July, 1880. They have no children.
Sarah Matilda Davis (350) was born in Camden, S. C, bap-
tized by Rev. Thomas Goulding, D.D., and married Feb. 14, 1861,
to Gen. Alfred Cumming, of the C. S. Army, formerly of the U.
S. Army. He is a son of Henry Cumming, who was a son of
Thomas Cumming, father of Mary Cuthbert Cumming, who mar-
ried Rev. S. S. Davis. Gen. Cumming resides in Rome, Ga. Their
children are :
356. i. .Julian, b. near Rome, Ga., Xov. 26, 1S67, baptized by Rev. W
W. Williams, D.D.
357. ii. Caroline b. near Rome, Ga., Oct. 9, 1869, baptized by Rev. W.
W. Williams, D.D., Feb. 1870.
358. iii. Henry, b. near Rome, Ga., Feb. 3, 1875, baptized by Rev. W.
W. Williams, D.D.
Caroline S. Davis (351) was born in Camden, S. C, baptized
by Rev. B. Winser, D.D. She was married Oct. 26, 1859, to Prof.
Joseph Jones, of Ga. Their children are :
359. 1. Samuel Stanhope, b. in Augusta, Ga., Dec. 16, 1861, baptized
by his paternal grandfather Rev. Charles Colcock Jones.
360. ii. Caroline Susan, b. in Augusta, Ga., April 28, 1863, baptized in
iXovember of same year by Rev. S. S. Davis.
361. iii. Charles Colcock, b. in Augusta, Ga., July 28, 1865, baptized
Jan. 1866, by Rev. S. S. Davis.
862. iv. Mary, b. in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 6, 1867, baptized Nov. 1867,
by Rev. John Jones.
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Caroline, wife of Prof. Joseph Jones died in Isew Orleans, La.,
Dec. 4, 1868.
Prof. Jones, formerly of the Medical College of Augusta, Ga.,
later of the Medical University of Nashville, Tenn.,is now Pro-
fessor in the Medical Department of the University of Louisiana,
Physician to the Charity Hospital, and President of the Board of
Health, New Orleans, and resides there with his family. His
second wife is a daughter of the late Bishop and Lieut. -Gen,
Leonidas Polk. Professor Jones is widely known by his many
published volumes on medical and kindred sciences.
Julia Cuthbert Davis (353) was born on the Sand Hills near
Augusta, Ga., baptized by Rev S. K. Talmage. She was married
Dec. 3, 1864, to Paul H. Langdon, of Wilmington, N. C.
Their children are :
363. i. Samuel Davis, b. at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1865, baptized
June 10, 1866.
364. ii. Paul Devereux, b. at Summerville, Ga., May 33, 1867, baptized
Aug. 11, 1867.
365. iii. Annie Cuthbert, b. at Summerville, Ga., Jan. 3, 1869, baptized
May 3, 1869.
366. iv. Mary Gumming, b. March 5, 1873, baptized July 13, 1873.
All the children of Paul H. and Julia 0. Langdon were baptized
by their maternal grandfather, Eev. S, S, Davis. The marriage
ceremony of each of the daughters of Rev. S. S. Davis was per-
formed by himself at the family residence, Summerville, Ga,
Paul H, Langdon is descended from a line of distinguished
ancestry. He is a great grandson of Eev. Samuel Langdon, D,D.,
A. A. S., an ex-President of Harvai'd College, who was himself a
son of Samuel, and the grandson of Philip L, who died at Boston,
Mass., in Dec, 1697.
His early life was one of travel and adventure, and when quite
young, he was associated with a party sent out by th^ United States
Government on a surveying and scientific expedition, one of the
objects of which was a reconnoissance of a route for a Pacific Rail-
way, the one nearly determinate with the one over which the
Union Pacific Railroad was subsequently built.
Samuel S. Davis, D. D. (326) acquired his early education in the
neighborhood of his home, after which he entered Union College
at Schenectady. But his uncle. Rev. Henry Davis, who was Pro-
fessor of Greek in Union, having been called to the Presidency of
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Middlebury College, Vt., the nephew followed him thither, and was
graduated at Middlebury College in 181'4, but afterwards received
his first degree ad eundein from Union College. After his gradua-
tion, he took charge of an academy at Castleton, Vt. In the fall
of 1815, he entered Princeton Seminary, but before the close of the
year he accepted an appointment as tutor in Union College, and
withdrew from the seminary. After remaining at Union as tutor
nearly two years, he returned to the seminary at the commencement
of the winter session of 1817, and after two years of further study
was regularly graduated in 1819. He was licensed to preach by the
Presbytery of Albany Oct. 22, 1819, and soon after was commis-
sioned by the seminary authorities, with the cordial approval of
the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, to collect funds within
its bounds to complete the endowment of a Seminary Professorship,
which four years before that synod had resolved to found in con-
nection with the Synod of North Carolina, each synod having
assumed one half of the 130,000 to be raised. For this object Mr.
Davis raised a large amount, but before the Avhole sum was com-
pleted the synod had embarked in the new effort to found the
seminary now located at Columbia, S. C. He was ordained to the
work of the ministry by the Presbytery of Albany Ang. 12, 1821.
Immediately afterward he accepted a call from the Presbyterian
Church at Darien, Ga., where he was installed Dec. 1(5, 1821, by
the Presbytery of Georgin. His pastorate at Darien was short,
having been dissolved April 5, 1823. But even in this short time
he had received a considerable accession to the church to which he
had given a decided impulse. From Darien Mr. Davis went to
Camden, S. C. where he supplied the church (then called Bethesda)
from March, 1823, for nearly a year, after which he supplied the
church at Augusta, Ga., in connection with the Kev. Dr. Talmage.
In Jan., 1825, he married Miss Mary Cuthbert, eldest daughter of
Thomas Gumming, Esq., of Augusta, Ga. Feb. 4, 1827, he was
elected pastor of the church at Camden, S. C. This call he
accepted, but he was not installed. He supplied the church how-
ever as pastor until the close of 1830. Dec. 20, 1830, he was unani-
mously called again to be the pastor, and continued without in-
stallation in the service of the church until Jan. 10, 1833. After
this he resided in Georgia numy years. In 1833 he accepted an
appointment as agent of the General Assembly's Board of Educa-
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tion. By his energy and tact he raised considerable sums of money
during these years, both for the Board of Education and for the
Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C. For about eigiiteen
months, in 1841 and 1842, Mr. Davis held the position of Professor
of Latin in Oglethorpe University at Milledgeville, Ga. In the
summer of 1842, for the benefit of his health he went to his native
place, Ballston Centre, N. Y., where he supplied the Presbyterian
Church about a year. On his return to the South, and after an
absence of eleven years from South Carolina, he was recalled by
his former charge at Camden on May 4, 1845, and immediately en-
tered on his labors there, but was not formally installed until April
3, 1847. He remained in this charge, performing his duties with
fidelity and ability until, at his own request and because of ill-
health, the pastoral relation was dissolved in April, 1851. The at-
tachment between him and his people was strong and mutual.
Immediately after his release Dr. Davis removed to Augusta, where
he resided for the remainder of his life without a pastoral charge.
He however took the care and supervision ol Springfield Church, a
large colored congregation near Augusta, numbering at one time fif-
teen hundred members, to which he gave a large amount of preaching
and valuable counsel. In his last years he suffered much from ill-
health. After 1857 his eyesight was seriously impaired, and at one
time was almost lost. He died in the village of Summerville near
Augusta, Ga., June 31, 1877, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
Dr. Davis was a true man, of much generosity and nobleness of
character, and gifted with good judgment. In manners, he was a
thorough gentleman. He made many and warm friends. He was
fond of books, a fair scholar, a highly respectable preacher, an
assiduous pastor and a truly pious man. He received the degree
of Doctor of Divinity in 1845 from Union College. At the time
of his death he was the oldest Presbyterian Minister in Georgia.
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1[n ^cmoriam.
Session Room op )
The First Presbyterian Church, >
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 18, 187G. )
The Sessiou of tliis Gluirch feel it to be their incumbent duty, at this their first
meeting after the decease of the late Mrs. Mary Cuthbert Davis, to put on record
their deep sense of her inimitable excellence and high christian worth.
Mrs. Davis, the wife of the venerable Dr. S. S. Davis, was the daughter of
Thomas Gumming, for many years an elder of this congregation, and to whose sage
counsels and munificent liberality, the Presbyterian Church of Augusta is greatly
indebted. In early life, she became a member of the church on profession of faith,
and for more than half a century her holy and consistent life and conversation shed
a lustre upon the principles of Presbyterianism, which was so dear to her heart,
not only because they embodied the creed of her fathers, but because she believed
them to be founded on, and agreeable to the word of God.
While conscientiously devoted to her church, she was a christian of broad
catholic views, loving and beloved of all who knew and served the Lord Jesus
Christ. Her unobtrusive and deep piety prompted her to many acts of christian
charity, and her alms were liberally distributed among the poor and suffering. She
was a child of rare filial devotion ; a sister living in the affections of her family ;
a wife, who for fifty years aided by her counsels and her prayers her devotedly
attached husband in all his personal and professional duties, and supported him in
all the trials of his private and public life ; and a mother, tender and loving, who
having dedicated her children to God, labored most faithfully to bring them up in
tlie "nurture and admonition of the Lord." Ripe in grace, as she was in years,
her deaih was a triumphant entrance into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
The Session most profoundly sympathize with their former pastor, S. S Davis
D. D , in his irreparable loss, and sincerely pray that his sorrowing lieart may
share largely in the precious consolation of the Gospel which he so faithfully
administered to others in their hours of tribulation. Whilst they are assured that
the removal of his devoted and loving partner will deepen his interest in, and
intensify his longings after that Heavenly Home, which the Blessed Redeemer is
gone to prepare for all them who through faith and patience shall inherit the
promises.
On motion, it was resolved that a copy of this testimonial be forwarded to Dr.
Davis and family, and entered upon the Session Record.
H. IRVINE, Mocltrator.
C. A. Rowland, Clerk of Session.
84 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Abigail Maria Davis (327) was married Aug. 23, 1816, to
Thomas Charlton Henry, eldest son of Alexander Uenry, of Phila-
delphia, Pa., who came to this country previous to the revolu-
tion and settled in Philadelphia. He was long the benevolent
and venerated President of the American Sunday School Union.
Thomas Charlton Henry was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1790,
and died at Charleston, S. C, Oct. 4, 1827, after a brief illness of
three days, at the early age of thirty-seven years. He was graduated
at Middlebury College, Vt., Aug. 22, 1814, went through his theo-
logical course at Princeton, N. J., and entered the ministry in 1817.
In Nov. 1818 he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church in
Columbia, S. C, where he remained until 1824, when he accepted
a call to the 2d Presbyterian Church in Charleston, S. C. In 1826,
on account of ill-health, he made a visit to England and spent six
months. He returned much improved in health. On the 1st of
October the following year, he was taken with the yellow fever and
died Oct. 4. He was a ripe scholar, an earnest pastor, thoroughly
devoted to his profession, and a kind and devoted husband and
father. He was buried under the chancel of the church, in which
for three years he had faithfully and earnestly preached the gospel.
His published works are : "An Inquiry inio the Conn^fency of
Popular Amusements with a Profession of Christianity ,'' "'•Letters
to an Anxious Inquirer," and " Moral EtchingsP
The Rev. John Hough, in an address delivered at the semi-
centennial of Middlebury College, August 22, 1850, said: "Dr.
Henry possessed many rich endowments. His person was elegant
and attractive, and his manners affable and polished. In voice,
look, and action, he possessed in an eminent degree the attributes
of an accomplished orator. In classical and theological learning,
he had few equals of his age and country. The corporation of
Yale College in 1824 conferred on him the degree of D. D. To a
critical knowledge of the ancient, he added a correct acquaintance
with the several modern languages. The children of Dr. T. C,
Henry, and wife Abigail Maria Davis were :
367. i. Sarah Matilda, b. Oct. 7, 1817.
368. ii. Anna Maria, b. d. at Ballston, N. Y., aged 11 years.
369. iii. Thomas Charlton, b. in Charleston, S. C, Sept. 36, 1826, d. at
Charlestown, W. Va., Jan. 1878.
For marriage of Sarah Matilda Henry (367), see marriage of Thomas T.
Davis (402).
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Thomas Chaklton- Henry, Jr. (3G9) was married at Marysville,
Ky., Oct. 2, 1861, to Lucy M. Eand, only daughter of Rev. Jacob,
and j\[rs. C. F. Rand. Their cliiklren were:
370. i. Kate M., b. July 14, 1863.
371. ii. Willie, b 1865, d. in 18G6.
372. iii. Anna M., b June 1868.
Dr. T. C. Henry (369) went througli his collegiate course at
Williams College, Mass., and his medical course at Jefferson College,
Philadelpliia. Pa. He entered the Army immediately after he
graduated at Jefferson College, and was sent to Xew Mexico, where
he remained eight years. His health failing him, he returned
home. At the commencement of the war for the Union, he en-
listed in the volunteer service, and served with distinction to the
end of the war. Just at the close of the war while on duty revieAV-
ing troops, he had a sun stroke, which brought on brain fever, from
the effects of which he never recovered, and until the day of his
death was a helpless invalid.
Hexry Davis (3-^8) was married Dec. 17, 1828, to Abby Jane
Raymond, daughter of Elijah Raymond, and wife Jane Bradley, of
Ballston, N. Y. She was born in Ballston, Aug. 22, 1806, and died
Nov. 1, 1881. Elijah Uaymond was born at Green Farms, Conn.,
and came to Saratoga Co., with his father Xathan Raymond, Avhen a
lad. He was a prominent citizen of Saratoga Co., a successful
farmer, and a man of strong character and strict integrity. Their
children were:
Samuel Ivirby, b. in Ballston, X. Y., Nov. 4, 1839.
Robert Olipliant, b. in Ballston, K Y., April 17, 1831.
Henry Edward, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1832.
Elijah Raymond, b. in Ballston, N. Y., April 17, 1834, d. Jan.
13, 1838.
Sarah Matilda, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1836, d. April 4,
1836.
Anna Elizabeth, b. in Ballston, N. Y., July 26, 1838.
Abby Frances, b. in Ballston, X. Y., Aug. 1, 1841.
Julia Buckingham, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Mar. 28, 1846.
Mary Isabella, b. in Ballston, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1847.
Samuel Kirby Davis (373) was married Oct. 31, 1851), to Mary
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Eliza Hough, of Cleveland, Ohio. Their children are:
382. i. Maud Mary, b. in Cleveland, O , Oct. 10. 1860.
383. ii. Harry Hough, b. in Cleveland, O., May 14, 1866.
384. iii. Perry Fuller, b. in Cleveland, O., Sept. 17, 1869.
385. iv. Carl Raymond, b. in Cleveland, O., Jan. 13. 1874.
386. v. Mabel Jane, b. in Cleveland, O., June 26, 1879, d. Aug. 9, 1880.
xMaud Maky Davis (383) was married at Danville, Tenn., Nov.
14, 1882, to Thomas Childing Baker, of St. Louis, Mo.
Robert Oliphant Davis (374) was married March 4, 1858, to
Mary Euphema Wells, of Charlton, N. Y. She died at Ballston,
N. Y., April 7, 1867. They had no children.
He was married 3d to Miss Abigail McMnllen, of Easton, N. Y.,
Nov. 18, 1868. Mr. Davis is a farmer, and resides near Ballston
Centre Church, Ballston, N. Y. He is a highly respected citizen,
and has held many offices of honor and trust. Their children are :
387. i. Samuel, b. at Ballston, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1860, d. Jan. 10, 1876.
388. ii. Louis Henry, b. at Ballston, N. Y., Jan. 24. 1871, d. Jan. 1.5,
1«76.
389. iii. Edna Eva, b. at Ballston, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1878.
390. iv. Robert Alexander, b. June 26, 1884.
Anna Elizabeth Davis (378) was married May 33, 1863, to
Louis Beck Smith. He was born in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 38, 1836,
and died at Ballston, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1873. They had no children.
He was a son of John Smith, a prominent and leading citizen of
Albany, whose father was Israel Smith, one of the projectors with
Gov. DeWitt Clinton and others of the Erie Canal, the plans for
which were made in his (Israel Smith's) office. A noted charac-
teristic of this Smith family was hatred of oppression, and love of
liberty, the radical exponents of this trait being Gerritt Smith and
his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Louis Beck Smith's
English ancestor was William Smitli, who was born at Higham
Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, Feb. 3, 1655. He married
Martha, daughter of Henry Tunstall, of Putney, in the County of
Surry, England, Nov. 36, 1675. Soon after his marriage he was
appointed Gov. of Tangiers, by Charles II, which place with
Bombay was given him by the King of Portugal, But the project
of erecting an establishment upon the coast did not succeed, and
he returned to England in 1683. He came to America, landing in
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New York, Aug. 6, 1686. He purchased a large tract of land in
Brookhaven township, L. I., which was erected into a Manor called
St. George's Manor. He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme
Court, of the Province of New York, by Gov. Slaughter in 1691,
and Chief Justice bv Gov. Thatcher in 169->. He died Feb. 18,
1705.
Louis Beck Smith was graduated from the law department of the
University of Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1859. The faculty of the law
school at that time were : Ira Loomis, Amasa J. Parker, and Amos
Dean, all noted men. Being unusually gifted, his instructors
predicted for him a brilliant career. He was successfully engaged
in the practice of law for two years.
The following sketch was written by his law partner, soon after
his death.
"On Sunday of this week, in the promise of a vigorous useful
manhood, died Louis Beck Smith, Secretary of the Atlantic Mutual
Life Lisurance Co., of Albany, N. Y. Mr. Smith was well known
to Albanians, and it requires no eloquence of ours to present to
them his virtues and his promise. Descended from a line of honor-
able ancestry, his grandfather Israel Smith, and his father John
Smith, well known to the people of Albany, who half a century
ago were leading citizens of the Capitol City, gave to Louis the
most prominent features of his character. Simplicity of manners,
integrity in business, and the strictest honesty in every relation in
life. Educated as a lawyer, he was heralded by the older memliers
of the profession as one promising great usefulness. But his health
not being then good, obliged him after a few years to give up the
profession he loved, and to accept a more active life. This he did
by first acting as General Agent of the N. Y. Life Insurance Co.,
in Albany, N. Y., and afterward in Cleveland, Ohio. But he was
not willing to remain a subordinate, and in 18ti8. with an amount
of labor that probably laid the seeds of his early death, he organ-
ized the now prosperous Comjiany, with which he remained to the
time of his death. With hosts of friends and without an enemv,
his epitaph is written in the tears of his associates, and in tlie
sincere respect of the whole community."
The Pastor of one of the Cleveland Churches with which for a
short time he was connected, thus speaks of him.
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•'I recall Mr. Smith's connection with my church, and my in-
debtedness to him, with peculiar interest. He was one of the men
on whom a Pastor can depend for any good work. One soon
learned to confide in him, and to love him. He was at his post in
the Sunday school, and in the prayer meeting. He was peculiarly
true, upright, guileless. Although he was in my church but a
short time, I retain the most pleasing recollections of his worth.
His countenance was an open letter, in which might be read the
christian principles and impulses that governed him."
The wife of a prominent lawyer in Albany, in writing of him
after his death said :
" Never did I come in contact with a stranger who so completely
won me as he did, and the tribute paid to him by his Pastor was
not more beautiful than true."
Henry Davis (328)* remained at home with his father during
his boyhood, assisting in the cultivation of the farm. At the
urgent request of his uncle, Rev. Henry Davis, then President of
Middlebury College, he entered that college when quite young.
But his love of agricultural life was so great, that at the end of
two years he left college, and returned to his father's in Ballston,
and resumed his favorite pursuit, the cultivation of the soil, where
he remained until the farm was sold in 1842. He theji hired a farm
near Ballston Lake, where he remained a year, he then purchased
Prospect Farm, where he has since resided, enjoying the respect
and confidence of his neighbors and townsmen. From the beautiful
place, the partner of his youth, the sharer of his joys and sorroAvs
for more than half a century, was called, a " shock of grain fully
ripe," to enter the rest " that remaineth for God's people." In a
green old age, surrounded by his family who vie with each other
in their efforts to render his life pleasant, waits our friend and
cousin for the summons to " come w/; A^'^Aer." In the language of
another, "The frost on his locks has not chilled his heart, and his
love for his children is akin to the love of the great Master for His
children, and although going down to life's sunset, may the chill
of its twilight be long delayed."
" He was the last surviving child of Dr. Samuel Davis, one of
the oldest and best known physicians of Saratoga County, his
* Henry Davis died June 19, 1888, aged 90 years.
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l)rotliers, Samuel I. Davis, LL.D., dying at Agusta, Ga., in 1886,
;iud Dr. John K. Davis at Troy, N. Y., in 1867, and his sister,
Mrs. A. M. Henry, widow of T. Charlton Henry, D.D., at Charles-
ton, West Va., in 1875.
Henry Davis was a man of kindly and charitable disposition, in
manner a thorongh gentleman of the old. school, very domestic and
retiring in his tastes, never seeking prominence in social, political
or religious life. He endeared himself to his friends, of whom he
had many strong personal ones and no enemies, so that it can be
truly said that his best monument is in the love and respect of his
fellow men.
Never desiring from his boyhood days to the present time to live
in any other town than Ballston, his life was j^eaceful and con-
tented, and his death at a ripe old age was a happy release from
the physical pains incident to it. A consummation attained by
few. A Friend.
Abigail Davis (322) was married Nov. 20, 1803, to John
Stratton, of E. Hampton, L. I. He died at E. Hampton, Feb. 1,
1848. His wife died April 16, 1840. He was a farmer. They had
two children.
391. i. Phebe, b. Nov. 9, 1804, at E. Hampton, d. Jan. 2, 1879.
392. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1814, at E. Hampton.
Mary Stkatton (392) was married Oct. 28, 1836, to George W.
Huntting, of E. Hampton. He is a son of Abram Huntting, and
great grandson of Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, second Pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at E. Hampton, which office he filled for
Hfty years, viz.- from 1696 to 1746. Mr. Huntting is a farmer,
resides at E. Hampton. Their children were:
393. i. Alexander S., b. in E, Hampton, L. I., .June 25, 1840.
394. ii. Abby Jane Davis, b. in E. Hampton, L. I., June 25, 1844.
Alexander S. Huntting (393) was married June 26, 1865, to
Fannie C. Topping, daughter of William Topping, and Zeniah
Ludlow (Cook) Toi)ping, both natives of Bridgehampton, L. I.
They had one child.
395. i. John S., b. June 2, 1871, d. Aug. 20, 1871.
Abby J axe Davis Huntting (394) was married April 28, 1862,
to John H. Hunt, of Sag Harbor, L. I. Mr. Hunt is Editor, Pro-
90 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
prietor and Publisher of the Sag Harbor Express. They have one
child.
396. i. George W., b. Feb. 28, 1871.
Mrs. George W. Huntting and her son Alexander, are the only
descendants of the English ancestor, now residing in E. Hampton,
where he settled nearly two hundred years ago.
Henry Davis (323) was married Sept. 22, 1801, to Hannah
Phoenix Treadwell, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Hazard) Tread-
well, of Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y. She was born at Sunk
Meadow, Smithtown, L. I., April 10, 1771, and died at Clinton,
Oneida Co., N. Y., April 15, 1856.
The Honorable Thomas Treadwell was born in the year 1743 at
Smithtown, L. I. He graduated at Princeton, N. J., and studied
law under Chancellor Livingston.
Thompson in his History of Long Island says: "He was one of
the most useful men of his time. He was well educated, and dis-
tinguished for firmness and prudence during the difficult and trying
period of the Revolution. He was almost constantly engaged in
public business; was a member of the Provincial Congress from
1771 with power to establish a new form of government. He was
a member of the first Senate of this State under the Constitution
and seems in all respects to have been fitted for the perilous time in
which he lived." He was one of three constituting the " Commit-
tee of Safety" while the Constitution of this State was being
organized in 1773; and was for many years the only surviving mem-
ber of that memorable body. — Seward's Introduction to Natural
History of the State of New York; See aha Sprague's Annals of the
American Pulpit.
He was a Kepresentative in the " Continental Congress" in Phil-
adelphia in 1772-76; in 1775 was elected to the "Provincial Con-
gress," sitting in the City of New 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
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 91
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 again
elected to represent these counties, which he continued to do until
he moved to Plattsburg, N. Y. In 1804, he was electet Senator for
the Northern District, and in 1807 he was appointed Surrogate of
Clinton Co., which office he held until his death, which took place
at Plattsburg, Dec. 25, 1831.
Henry Davis (3"23) received his elementary education at Clinton
Academy, E. Hampton, L. I. He entered Yale College, New
Haven, Conn., during the Presidency of Dr. Stiles, and graduated
in 1796, with the highest honors. Immediately afterwards, he was
appointed tutor in Williams College, Mass. At the end of the
second year with that college, he was chosen to fill the same office
in Yale College, and for five years performed its duties in that
institution with distinguished success. He studied theology with
Dr. Charles Backus, of Somers, Conn., and soon became known as
a preacher of uncommon ability and eloquence. In 1801 he was
appointed Professor of Divinity in his Abna Mater, but symptoms
of pulmonary disease manifesting themselves, he declined the
honor. His health being sufficiently recruited by a sea voyage, in
1806 he accepted the professorship of Greek tendered him by the
trustees of Union College, Schenectady. In 1809, he was chosen
President of Middlebury College, Vt., and by his talents and energy
as an instructor and disciplinarian, increased the usefulness and
celebrity of that institution. In 1814, he was invited to occupy
the chair of instruction, which he had before filled in Union Col-
lege, but a sense of duty detained him still longer at Middlebury.
In July 1817, after much previous negotiation, he accepted the
Presidency of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., having in the
preceding year declined that of Yale College, New Haven, then
made vacant by the death of Dr. Timothy Dwight. Dr. Davis was
actively interested in establishing the Theological Seminary at
Auburn, N. Y., and in other places and efforts for increasing the
number of well qualified ministers of the Gospel. He was prom-
inently connected with several benevolent and christian institutions,
and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
numbered him as one of its corporate members from the second
year of its existence, until the period of his decease.
92 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Hamilton College, while Dr. Davis was its President, sent forth
many who have become distinguished in the sphere of professional
and literary life, In April 1833, owing to increased bodily in-
firmities, he resigned his office, the institution being at the time
in a state of advancing prosperity. As a writer and public speaker,
Dr. Davis was highly gifted. His elocution was marked by a great
regard for emphasis, and a pleasing modulation of voice. His
chief discourses were: An inaugral oration pronounced at Middle-
bury, Vt., Feb. 10, 1810 ; A Sermon preached to the candidates
for the Baccalaureate in Middlebury, Vt.; A sermon delivered on
the day of general election at Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 12, 1815, before
the Legislature of Vermont ; A sermon preached before the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at the
seventh Annual Meeting held at Hartford, Conn., Sept. 1, 1816 ;
An address delivered at commencement, August 27, 1828, to the
candidates for the Bachelors degree in Hamilton College; A fare-
well address to the Students in Hamilton College, delivered at the
public exhibition of the Junior class, April 17, 1833, and a nar-
rative of the embarrassments and decline of Hamilton College,
April 1833. The active period of Dr. Davis' life was spent in
college. He was a tall man, slender, erect, and of manly, dignified
appearance. His countenance, though indicating great decision of
character, easily relaxed into a pleasant smile. He was gentle-
manly in his manners, and agreeable in his intercourse, partly from
his amiable and genial temper, and partly from his large stores of
general knowledge, which were always at his command. He
possessed a firmness that was absolutely invincible, an integrity that
never faltered under any circumstances. His mind was trained to
logical processes, and this discovered itself especially in his preach-
ing. His manner in the pulpit was simple, natural, forcible. He
was a noble specimen of a man, a minister, and an officer of college.
Obituary notice of Mrs. Hannah P. Davis, wife of Eev. Henry
Davis, published after her death.
Mrs. Davis was born at Smithtown, L. I., April 10, 1771. She was a daughter
of the Hou. Thomas Treadwell of that place, a gentleman of probity and worth-
whose name appears in the annals of the period, who while living had the warm
regards of a large circle of relatives, and was honored with tokens of public
esteem. At the close of the Revolutionary War, he removed with his family to
EagravEd ly J G Suttee ^S ^
^<2f.
SF.OOHD' PRESIDEWT <W HAMILTON COLttGE.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 93
New York City. There Mrs. Davis was educated, enjoying the advantages of
the best schools of that early period. Her intellectual powers naturally strotij;,
were thus disciplined and refined, and embraced those sound moral principles
which j!;uided her in after life. When she reacht^d her eighteenth year, she became
a resident of Plattshurg, Clinton Co., N. Y. There she remained until her marriage
in 1801 to Rev. Henry Davis, then an instructor in Yale College, and whose allot-
ment it was to spend his life in prominent connection with several literary institu-
tions. In New Haven, Conn., Schenectady, N. Y. and Middleburg, Vt. places to
which the conjugal relations successively introduced her, Mrs. Davis had many
deeply attached friends, and she shed around her an influence alike genial and
salutary. When in 1817, Dr. Davis was elected President of Hamilton College,
another important sphere of duty opened before her in Clinton. Here as elsewhere,
and to the end of her days, her influence was felt widely and for good. So
striking]}' prominent were her mental traits, and solid and practical her acquire-
ments, such were her sympathetic affections and diversified social qualities, her
irrigations of wit and humor, and the outflows of lier taste and good sense,
her sprightliness, decision and energy, combined with affability, kindliness of heart
and decorous regard for the welfare of others, that she has left behind her no
doubtful impression of a character, in which elements of worth, symmetry and use-
fulness met and commingled. Exemplary in the domestic and social relations, she
made her home a place of attraction. Soon after becoming a resident of Clinton,
she was cliosen President of the Female Missionary Society, Western New York,
for many years a highly eflicieut association, retaining her official connection, and
yielding it active support until it was finally merged in the agencies of the Ameri-
can Home Missionary Society. In young men having in view the gospel ministry,
she took a deep and affectionate interest, and in different ways, gave to not a few
of them, encouragement and aid.
During the latter portion of her life especially, her mind was much set upon
the spread of religious tracts, and other evangeUcal and useful publications. Few
persons manifest a deeper appreciation than she did of the obligations and privi-
leges of experimental piety. The searching character of her views respecting the
"interior life" and its appropriate ontward exhibitions, may in part account for the
fact, that while others saw in her what to them appeared experiences and evidences
of christian character, it was her wont to refuse them the comforts of christian
hope. A few years since, he with whom for more than halff a centurv, she shared
life's enjoyments and trials, was taken from her by death. The shock which she
then received it seemed would bring on her own dissolution. But her vigor rallied.
Four years of reprieve — for so she termed them — were graciously allowed her, to
her not those of moroseness, querulousness or vain repinings, but rather of cheer-
fulness, gratitude and activity in duty. In these years, she showed herself still
possessed in a good degree of her mental and bodily vigor, enjoying the society of
friends, and imparting pleasure and improvement to those who sought her acquaint-
ance and conversation. To private meditation and prayer she now gave increafed
attention. Her mind seemed habitually and intently given to preparation for
eternity. Her hour was nigh. As however the " earthly house " decayed and
94 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
was ready to be dissolved, her mind turned with more of resoluteness and faith to
the rich promises of the gospel.
Comforted by the presence of her children and other relatives, soothed and
cheered by the singing of appropriate hymns, and amidst many prayers in her
behalf, offered to Him who is the "Resurrection and the Life," she met her last foe,
and passed away to the land of rest.
By the kind permission of Mrs. A. C. Maltbie. a granddaughter
of Rev. Henry Davis, and who spent her childhood and youthful
days at Clinton, we copy and insert a pen picture of " The Clinton
Home," from a " Rescript of the Treadwell and Piatt genealogy,"
compiled and published by her in 1883.
Zbe Clinton Ibome.
How vivid and tender are the memories of the old Davis Homestead, the ex-
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 wasl 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 ! Rarely
elastic were those hearts! There was always welcome at that hearthstone and
that hospitable board 1 What keen mother wit was Grandmother's, and what
stately bearing in her middle life ! One said to me a few days sinc<^, " I shall never
forget how Dr. Davis passed up the aisle of the College Chapel. Clad in his long,
blue, clerical cloak, hat in hand, white haired, and tall, instinct with gracious
dignity, he gave a courteous half bow on the right and on the left, making every
one of his waiting audience conscious of a personal salutation." Who of ua liave
forgotten his tales of college pranks, and the rare high-bred courtesy with which
the aged couple entertained the prominent people of their own and later genera-
tions who followed them into their retired life? How many yet remember that
"one hoss shay," and the eminently capable lady who drove in it so often all the
country through. Yet more would recall the roomier carriage and the two camlet
cloaks — always sure to be needed if left behind even in mid-summer. 0 1 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 ex-
perience and such just views of men and measures, and each had such strong
individuality, the four* whom I remember; there
The storm that wrecks the winter sky,
No more disturbs their sweet repose.
Than summer evening's latest sigh
That shuts the rose.
With the place itself, too, are a multitude of other associations that spring up
*By the fourth, I allude to my great gi'andmother Treadwell.
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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 carriage-houses
and barns! What a charm was in the wild glen and the rustic seat, in and around
whicli the grandchildren whiled away many happy hours! and the stream, where
some of us (one, who died young and beloved) built miniature dams, and fislied 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 ear-trumpet
on the carpet-covered stool beside her. I can see the semi-circle 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, and she
maketh a great craunchiag." It was almost all the noise slie ever did make while
I knew her, except occasionly to make her cane tly 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." The orchards, the front lawn, its red shale walk,
the sweet locusts, the cherry trees, the swing, the old porch, the honey-suckles,
each had its charm.
The Saturday night-keeping that gathered the family at sun down, the Sunday
evening visits, the old tunes we'sang, and the tall venerable form of him who lean-
ing on the back of his chair approached the throne of the Infinite as the humblest
suppliant for His mercy, can never cease from our remembrance.
The children of Rev. Henry Davis, and Avife Hannah P. Tread-
well were:
397. i. A son, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1803, d. in infancy.
398. ii. Henry, Jr., b. in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 14, IHOn, d. in
Graefenberg, Silesia, Empire of Austria, Sept. 1, 1844.
399. iii. Mary Ann, b. in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 0, 1800, d. in
Syracuse, N. Y., April 15, 1807.
400. iv. Charles Chauncey, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. i;5, 1807, d.
in Schenectady, Feb. 8, 1809.
401. V. Anne, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 10, 180!), d. in Clinton,
N. Y., June 17, 1827.
402. vi. Thomas Treadwell, b in Middlebury. Vt., Ana. 22, 1810, d. in
Unionville, near Washington, I). C, May 2, 1S72.
Henky Davis, Jr. (398) was married Jan. 1, 1<S34, at Ilaniillon.
Madison Co., N. Y., to Emily M. Turnier, of Syracuse, N. V.. \\h(.
died at Syracuse, Nov. 15, 1871. They had no children.
Henry Davis, Jr., was graduated at Williams College. Mass.. in
the class of 1824, at the age of nineteen years. He studied law.
96 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
and settled in Syracuse, N. Y., where he soon attained to a very
large, and lucrative practice. He is said to have been at the time
of his death for so young a man, one of the ablest counsellors and
advocates in the State. His health becoming impaired by too close
application to business, he went to Europe, by the advice of his
physician, hoping thereby to benefit his health. Not receiving the
benefit that he had anticipated, he went to Graefenberg to try the
water cure. Soon after his arrival tliere, he had an attack of
paralysis, from the effects of which he did not recover, and he died
Sept. 1, 1844. Having already communicated his intentions of
returning home in a few months, the sad news of his sudden death
was a great shock to his aged parents, invalid wife, and his brother
and sister who were devotedly attached to him, as well as to his
many friends in Syracuse, and wherever he was known.
At a large meeting of the members of the bar, of Onondaga
County, held at the Syracuse House, in the village of Syracuse,
Oct. 7, 1844, for the purpose of expressing their respect for the
memory of their former associate and friend, Henry Davis, Jr.,
Daniel Pratt Esq., was called to the chair, and the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unanimously passed.
Whereas, The afflicting intelligfnce having been received, that our late fellow
citizen and brother, Henry Davis, Jr , who had visited Europe for the benefit of
liealth in the fall of 1843, departed this life at Graefenberg, in the province of
Silesia, and Empire of Austria, in Sept. last, and wishing to express our sincere
and heartfelt sorrow at the mournful and unexpected dispensation by which our
community have lost, not only a high minded and excellent citizen, but a worthy
and talented member of the legal profession, therefore
Resolved, That we greatly deplore the death of Mr. Davis, that we all knew him
and most of us iniimately, that we ever found him a kind friend, a good citizen,
and an honest and able counsellor, that we cordially sympathize with his family and
relatives, at a bereavement which has thus suddenly deprived them of the society
of one whom we always received as a kind and estimable brother, son and husband,
that we especially mourn in their behalf, that he died in the land of strangers, far
removed from those affectionate consolations which he would have both received
and imparted, had he been permitted to depart from this world in the midst of his
friends, and surrounded by the endearments of home and kindred.
Resolved, That in testimony of the high regard we cherish for the memory of
the deceased, and of the great loss we have sustained individually, and as members
of the bar, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, Tliat a copy of this preamble and resolutions be signed by the Chair-
man and Secretary, and transmitted to the wife, father, brother, and sister of Mr.
Davis, and that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the village papers.
Harvey Baldwin and James R.Lawrence Esqrs. , with brief and appropiate re-
marks addressed the meeting, after which the resolutions were adopted and the
meeting adjourned.
JASPER SMITH, Secretary. DANIEL PRATT, Chairman.
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Maky Axx Davis (399) was married Sept. 26, 1831, to Rev.
Kbenezer Davenport Maltbie, who was born in Stamford, Conn.,
Jan. 20. 1799, and died in Syracuse, N. Y., July 10, 1858. Their
children were:
403. i. Annie Catherine, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1833.
404. ii. Emily Maria, b. in Clinton, N Y., Feb. 9, 1836.
40.-). iii. Mary Davis, b in Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1S87, d. at Syracuse,
.March 27, IHo").
406. iv. Hannah M. b. March 17, 1840, d. Sept. 6, 1840.
Annie Catherine Maltbie (403) was married at Syracuse,
\. Y., Jan. 1, 18(33, to Armstrong ]\Ialtbie, of New York City. He
resides in Syracuse, N. Y. Their children are .•
407. i. Helen Virginia, b. Jan. 2, 1864.
408. ii. Henry Wills, b. Feb. 24, 1867, d. March 20, 1867.
409. iii. Marian Davis, b. June 11, 1868.
Emily Maria Maltbie (404) was married Sept. 15, 1857, to
Henry Babcock, of Syracuse, N. Y. Their children are:
410. i. Maltbie D. b. Aug. 3, 18.')8.
411. ii. Howard Noyes, b. Oct. 7, 1860.
412. iii. William, b. and d. Nov. 1863.
413. iv. Clara E b. Sept. 5, 1865.
414. V. Henry Townsend, b. March 30, 1872.
415. vi. Mary E. S. b. Feb. 1, 1874.
416. vii. Annie Treadwell, b. Feb. 2, 1878.
Maltbie D. Babcock (410) was married Oct. 4, 1882, to
Katherine E. Tallman.
The Rev. Ebenezer Davenport Maltbie, who married Mary Ann
Davis (399), was a son of David Maltbie, of Stamford, Conn., who
was descended in a direct line from Capt. William Maltbie, who was
active in the military service in England, and came to this country
soon after the death of Oliver Cromwell, and the retirement of his
son Richard. On the maternal side, he was a descendant in a
direct line, in the twenty-third generation, of Ormus de Davenporte,
who was born in England in 1080. The mother of Ebenezer
Davenport Maltbie was Nancy Davenport, a daughter of Silas
Davenport, she was born Dec. 21, 1765, and died in 1815. (See
Davenport genealogy, by Amzi B. Davenport).
Mr. Maltbie's life was remarkably eventful. When he was about
four years old, his father removed to New York City, and at a suit-
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able age engaged in business. The earlier part of of his life, and
until he became of age, was spent in the employ of David li.
Lambert, at that time one of the leading merchants of New York.
His fidelity and usefulness were such, that at that time he received
flattering and advantageous offers of establishment in mercantile
business in New York and New Orleans, and his prospects in life
seemed to be those of a useful and prosperous merchant. He
turned aside at this point to enter upon a different sphere, and
began to prepare himself for the ministry. He entered Hamilton
College, Clinton, N. Y., in the fall of 1831, and was graduated in
the class of 1824-. He immediately entered Andover Theological
Seminary, where he studied Theology. After he left Andover, he
was five years tutor and Chaplain at Hamilton College, Clinton.
He was first settled as Pastor at Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y.,
where he remained four years, leaving on account of impaired
health. He was never a permanent Pastor afterwards, and turned
his attention to teaching.
He was Principal of the Hudson River Seminary, at Stockport,
Columbia Co., N. Y., two years, and eight years Principal of the
Lansingburg Academy. He was an enthusiastic teacher, and many
of his pupils fill high and prominent places in all parts of the
country. In Syracuse, where he spent the last years of his life, he
employed his leisure systematically in doing good. His nice ap-
preciation of whatever is beautiful in character, or action, diflfuiipd
itself like a perfume wherever he went, making his every day
influence a blessing. He died after a brief illness, universally
mourned and loved. As he was laid to his final rest towards the
still Sabbath sunset, a group of Germans whom he had befriended
in their religious needs came forward, and sung by his open grave
a touching dirge in their native language. What conquering
general was ever honored so enviably?
Mrs. Mary A. Maltbie, wife of Rev. Ebenezer Davenport Maltbie,
is thus spoken of in a communication from her friend and former
Pastor.
" As one who knew Mrs. Maltbie several years in the relation of
Pastor and intimate friend, we speak only the profound conviction
of our heart when we say, that we never knew in any other
instarice, such queenly majesty,; blended with such unaffected
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humility, such retiring modesty, such simple and cordial affability.
The type of her piety was of the most beautiful kind. Simple and
strong in her faith in Jesus, she trusted entirely in the merits of
His death on the one hand, and ardently "loved his appearing" on
the other. She was the founder and first President of the Home
for Aged and Needy Females."
At a meeting of the executive board of the managers of the
Home Association soon after her death, the following among other
resolutions were passed.
Resolved, That, in Uie wide spread sorrow which is felt for the lose of the revered and
himented Mrs. Mary A. Maltbie, ii is eminently fitting that this Association should give utter-
ance to their deep sense of bereavement.
Resolved. That as Managers of this Institution, of which our beloved friend was prime
originator and founder, we deeply lament the removal of one who was so richly qualified by
gifts and graces intellectual and spiritual, and still more by the glowing benevolence and
tender sympathy of an affectionate heart for the position of President of this charitable In-
stitution, over which she presided with such eminent wisdom, moderation, dignity forbearance
and christian courtesy.
A tribute to the memory and worth of Mrs. Maltbie, from a
friend.
•' Will the ladies of the Home permit one who has long known
and loved Mrs. Maltbie, to add to their testimonial resolutions her
feeble tribute of affection and respect to the memory of one so long
and closely associated with them in their Institution, which might
almost be said to have been founded by her eft'orts and prayers, and
when prevented by failing health to meet with you, was ever ready
with her pen to send kindly words of counsel and encouragement.
Her zeal though earnest was always practical, and aimed at the
accomplishment of the greatest good, Avith limited means. Of her
early life, of her highly cultivated mind, of the social and domestic
influences which developed the beautiful symmetry of character
which she ever exhibited, I leave others to speak, who can do her
better justice.
Her efforts to benefit others were not confined to the Home. She
was ready at all times to aid in every good work. The poor in our
midst have lost a kind and judicious helper, whose heart and purse
were ever open to their cry, and the toil worn missionaries laboring
in far distant lands will feel, as the sad intelligence of her death
reaches them, that they have one less tried and faithful friend, to
bless and aid them Avith her alms and prayers. None but her most
intimate friends know the extent of her charities, or the self sacri-
100 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
ficing spirit with which they were bestowed. She denied herself
luxuries to impart comfort to others. It was emphatically true of
her, that she 'did all to the glory of God,' This was the incentive
to all her actions. Though richly endowed by nature and edu-
cation, and fitted to adorn and shed lustre over any position she
might occupy, she was retiring and modest even to diffidence. In
the fullest sense of the expression she was a christian lady. No
one could approach her and not feel this. Always dignified and
courteous, yet never repelling the meanest child of want, she was
remarkable for her delicate consideration of others, forgetful of
herself, in striving to promote the happiness of all around her. Her
last words to the writer just before her death were; 'Comfort my
children.' 'Tis not too much to say, that through all her life she
adorned the doctrine she professed, and at the last she ' was sus-
tained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, like one who wraps the
drapery of his couch around him, and lies down to pleasant dreams,"
and thus :
Another hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given ;
And glows once more with angel steps
The path which reaches heaven.
The blessing of her qniet life
Fell on us like the dew,
And good thoughts where her footsteps pressed
Like fairy blossoms grew.
Sweet prompting unto kindest words
Were in her every look ;
We read her face, as one who reads
A true and holy book.
Fold her, O Father, in Thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messengfr of love l)etween
Our human hearts and Thee.
And grant that she who trembling here,
Mistrusted all her powers.
May welcome to her holier home
The well beloved of ours."
Thomas Treadwell Davis (402) was married in 183?, to Sarah
Matilda Henry (367), daughter of Eev. Thomas Charlton Henry,
and wife Abigail Maria Davis (327). Their children were :
417. i. Anna, b. and d. in early childhood.
418. ii. Alexander Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1839, in Syracuse, N. Y.
419. lii. Anna Eudora, b. Oct. 13, 1845, in Syracuse, N. Y., d. Aug. 0,
1878.
Anna Eudora Davis (419) married Ernest Dickman, of the
U. S. Navy. He was on Admiral Farragut's staff, and served with
distinction through the war. They had one child.
420. i. • d. in infancy.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. loi
Alexander TIen-ry Davis (4LS) was man-ietl first to Julia I).
Pe:irco, (lantrhtiM- of Kilwanl and Harriet (Bullock) Pearoe, of
Pnn-idenco, R. I. She lived but a few months, and he was married
second in 1808. to Caroline May. d!in<rhter of John Josejih May.
and wife Caroline (Danforth) May, of Boston. Mass. Mr. Davis was
educated at Heidleherp^. Germany. He served with distinction in
the War of the Rebellion, and was promoted for meritorious ser-
vices. He was Adjutant of the 3d N". Y. Artillery, and was
promoted to A. A. (Jeneral U. S. Vol., March 11, 1863. He was
ai>pointed by Gov. Hill to represent the State of New York, at the
unveilinor of the Washington Monument, Feb. 22, 1885. He resides
in Syracuse, N. Y. They have two children.
421. i. Mary May, b. in 1870.
422. ii. Ethel, b. in 1873.
The following obituary notice of Thomas Treadwell Davis, was
])ublished in a Syracuse paper the day after his death :
" Our citizens will learn with deep regret, the announcement of the death of the
Hon Thomas T. Davis which occurred in the city of Washingrton, yesterday morn-
ing:. Mr. Davis has been a great sufferer for several years, but he has borne his
bodily afflictions with christian resigrnation, while he has soufrht health with a
courage and tenacity of purpose truly heroic. To his friends it has been evident,
for some time, that his death could not long be delayed, but nevertheless it falls
with a crushing weight upon the community which has been greatly honored Vjy
his talents, and whose material prosperity he has done much to advance.
Thomas Treadwell Davis was born at Middlebury, Vermont, on the 22nd of
August, 1810. He was a son of the Rev. Henry Davis, D. D , at that time Presi-
dent of Middlebury College, but who seven years later accepted the Presidency of
Hamilton College, and moved with his family to Clinton. The father was one of
the ablest educators in the United States, and did much by his abihties to advance
the interests of Hamilton. He retained his Presidency until 1831, and lived until
1852. dying at the age of 80 years, universally respected and beloved. Mr. Davis
received his preparatory education in the academy at Clinton, and entered Hamilton
College at the age of seventeen, graduating therefrom in the Class of 1.S31, with
tine standing as a scholar. He immediate!}' commenced the study of the law, in
the office of his brotlier, Plenry Davis, Esq., in this city, and after his admission to
the bar. formed a partnership with his brother, which continued until the death of
the senior member of the firm in 1844. He subsequently formed a partnership
with James S. Leach, Esq., which continued until the failing health of Mr. Davis
admonished him that further devotion to the duties of his profession was imprac-
ticable. At the bar Mr. Davis deservedly took a high rank, being thoroughly versed
in the principles and practice of the law. and an easy and engaging speaker. He
was particularly skillful in drawing pleadings and legal papers of all varieties.
102 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
He was a man of the finest business abilities, and the varied and extensive enter-
prises in which he engaged interfered with his entire devotion to his profession,
but while he won fortune in the one he maintained his reputation in the other. It
rarely happens that the successful man of business and the acute and able lawyer
are so well combined as they were in the person of Mr. Davis. Always taking a
deep interest in politics, often espousing in public the cause of the party to which
he was attached, it was not until the fall of 1862 that he consented to become a
candidate for office. In that year his friends urged the nomination to Congress
upon him, and after a spirited and protracted canvass with able competitors, he
received the Republican nomination, and was elected by a large majority. He was
the first representative from this district as now constituted. He was re-elected
without serious opposition in 1864. In Congress he occupied an influential position,
althougli the conservative cast of his mind alienated him somewhat from the more
radical portion of the party. His business ability met with its due recognition in
the committees, and he was heard with pleasure upon the floor whenever he spoke
upon public questions
It was during his congressional career that his health, always frail, became
decidedly impaired, and since his retiracy he traveled extensively in this country
and in Europe with a view to its amendment, submitting in two instances to severe
surgical operations which he bore with Spartan fortitude. For the last few years
our citizens have seen but little of him, but whenever he has been among us he has
been most cordially welcomed, and the most earnest wishes have been extended for
his restoration. He was a model citizen, public-spirited, generous, and energetic,
and the long period of his residence here had endeared him to us, not less on
account of his commanding abilities than for the geniahty of his intercourse with
his fellow men, and exalted worth of his character. He was a man of rare literary
attainments and the widest culture, a student of the sciences, and a master in
history and belles lettres. He had delivered a number of orations before literary
and collegiate associations, and our citizens had frequently the privilege, and
always the pleasure of listening to scholarly addresses from his lips. His eulogy
on Daniel Webster, delivered in this city twenty years ago, was a model of pure
and elegant English, as it was a most appreciative tribute to the memory of the
departed statesman. As scholar, lawyer, citizen, and patriot, the memory of
Thomas T. Davis will long be held in rembrance by the city with which tor nearly
half a century his name was associated, and whose interests he did so much to
sub.serve. He leaves a widow, and a son and daughter. His remains will reach
here to-morrow, and his funeral will be attended from St. Paul's Church on Sunday
afternoon."
The Hon. James S. Leach, of Syracuse, N. Y., who was a law
partner of Mr. Davis for many years pays the following tribute to
his memory :
"I knew the late Thomas T. Davis from his college days until
his death. 1 was associated with him as a partner in the practice
of law from 1850 to 1870, and during that time I knew him in-
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 103
timately and well, and deemed him a faultless man. During my
long and intimate acquaintcince with him, I can trutlifully say that
I never saw a Haw in his character. He was ripe scholar, a pro-
found lawyer, an able advocate."
" His life was gentle ; and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, ' This was a man.'' "
Benjamin Davis (324) was married Sept. 30, 1804, to Abigail
Foster, of Southampton, L. I. She was a daughter of David
Foster, and was born Jan. 30, 1779, died at Sodus, Wayne Co.,
K. Y., Feb. 12,1872. Her husband died at same place Feb. 9,
1859. Benjamin Davis chose teaching as a profession. He taught
in the Clinton Academy, at E. Hampton, L. I., and also taught at
one time a private school in the Davis homestead at E. Hampton.
He left E. Hampton, Oct. 13, 1804, and was the last male descend-
ant of our ancestor to leave the place where the ancestor had
settled, more than a century before that time. He taught in
Whitestown, Paris, Pompey, N. Y., and other places adjacent, and
in 1824 removed to Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., where he bought a
farm. He removed from Rose to Sodus, in the same County, where
he died. They had one child.
403. i. b. at Pompey, d. young.
The following obituary notice was published in a Wayne Co.,
paper at the time of his death :
" Died, at Sodus, on the 9th instatit, Mr. Benjamin Pavis. He was born in
Stonington, Conn., Feb. 4, 17V4. He was one of the most successful school teach-
ers of his time. He experienced religion and joined the Presbyterian Churcli
about sixteen years since. In his early life he sat under the preaching of Dr.
Lyman Beecher, tlien commencing his labor as a minister of the gospel on Long
Island. He was distingui?lied for the strictest morality, integrity and christian
character. He hated iniquity and vice in all their forms, but loved the gospel, and
especially the doctrine of grace. In his will he did not forget the wants of a dying
world. He left the principal part of his fortune, which was not large, to objects of
christian benevolence. He has left an aged and pious widow to mourn his de-
parture."
Abigail Davls (15) was married Dec. 1740, to Daniel Conklin,
who was born in Amagansett, town of H TTanipton, L. I., in Jan.
1718, and died at same place Oct. 26, 1800, in the 83d year of his
uge. His wife died at Amagansett, May 25. 1795. He was a son
of Ananias Conklin, and wife Hannah (Ludlow) Conklin. and
104 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
.snindson of Benjamin Cunklin, and wife Hannah (Mulford) Conk-
lin, and great grandson of Ananias the settler, (see John Davis 14).
Hannah Mulford, the wife of Benjamin Conklin, was a daughter
of John Mulford, who was also one of the first nine settlers of E,
Hampton. Benjamin Conklin was the youngest son of Ananias.
Jeremiah, the oldest son of Ananias, married Mary Gardiner, only
daughter of Lord Lion Gardiner, of Gardiner's Island, and is the
progenitor of the branch of the family to which Roscoe Conkling
belongs. Daniel Conklin was a farmer and manufacturer, and is
said to have been a highly respected citizen. The children of Dan-
iel Conklin, and wife Abigail Davis were :
Abigail, b. July 23, 1747, d. Feb. 3, 1753.
Bathsheba, b. Dec. 27, 1748, d. at Southold, L. I., Feb. 10, 1782.
Cleopatra, b. Dec. 24, 1750, d. iii Morristown, N. J., Feb. 1819.
Abigail 2d, b. Feb. 16, 1753, d. in Bridgebury, Orange Co.,
N. Y., 1828.
Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1754, d. in Amagansett, L. I., May 4, 1763.
Hannah, b. July 6, 1756, d. in Morristown, N. J., 1830.
Daniel, b. Feb. 19, 1759.
Catherine, b. Jan. 17, 1701, d. in Ridgebury, N.Y. June 14, 1841.
Elizabeth, b. April 1, 1762, d. in Southold, L. I., Sept. 4, 1818.
Davis, b. April 1, 1764, d. Dec. 24, 1811.
Children all born at Amagansett, L. I.
B.^THSHEBA CoNKLii^ (425) was married March 5, 1767, to Ben-
jamin Payne, of Southold, L. I., who was born March 25, 1744, at
Southold, and died at same place, Sept. 28, 1781. He was a son of
John Alsop Payne, and wife Deborah (Bagley) Payne, and was a
descendant in a direct line, in the sixth generation, of Thomas
Payne, who was born in Wrentom, England, in 1540, and wife
Catherine Harssant, daughter of Thomas Harssant, of Cranford,
Enghmd. She was born in Cranford, England, in 1546, and died
in Wrentom, England, May 18, 1620. Thomas Payne died in
Wrentom, England, April l4, 1631. They were married July 20,
1578. (See Payne Genealogy.) The children of Benjamin Payne,
and wife Bathsheba Corklin were:
434. i. Benjamin, Jr. b at Southold, L. I.,Nov. 6, 1767, d. in Augusta,
Ga., Jan. 27, 1836.
435. ii Seth, b. at Southold, L. I., in 1769.
43(1. iii. Ebenezer, b. at Southold, L. I., in 1772.
437. iv. Abigail, b. at Southold, L. I., in 1775.
438. V. Daniel, b. at Southold, L. I., in 1778.
43'.). vi. Phebe, b at Southold, L. I., in 1780.
424.
425.
i.
ii.
426.
iii.
427.
iv.
428.
v.
429.
vi.
430.
vii.
431.
viii.
433.
ix.
433.
X.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
105
Benjamin Payne, Jr. (434) married Mary Bell, of South Caro-
lina. She died at Augusta, Ga., in 1856, aged 78 years. Their
children were:
440. i. AVilliam, who died at the age of 11 years.
441. ii. Mary, d. in Augusta, in 1878.
Mary Payne (441) married Augustus Caldwell, of Baltimore.
He died in Augusta, Ga., iu 1858. Their children were:
442. i. Susan, b. at Augusta, d. there while young.
443. ii. Sallie, b. at Augusta, d. in infancy.
444. iii. Benjamin Payne, b. in Augusta, in 1»58, d. in 18G7.
445. iv. Sallie, b. in Augusta, d. in Augusta, in 1872.
Sallie Caldwell (445) was married in 1867, to Augustus R.
Johnson, of Dearing, Ga. Their children were:
446. i. Benjamin Augustus, d. at Dearing. Ga., in May, 1870.
447. ii. Joseph Lathrop, b. July 1870.
Augustus K. Johnson, with his son Joseph Lathrop, resides at
Dearing, Ga.
Obituary notice of Benjamin Payne, Jr. (434) published iu a
daily paper at Augusta, Ga., at the time of his death.
"Died, in this city on the 27ih inst. Mr. Benjamin Payne, in the 69th year of his
age. It is thirty-six years since he came to this city, where he has uniformly main-
tained the character of an upright and honest man. He was not more distinguished
by his intelligence, than beloved for his modest deportment, and benevolent dis-
position.
The hand of want was never opened to him in vain, and misery ever met iu him
a compassionate friend. Towards the end of his life he embraced the Christian
religion, after a thorough investigation of its evidence. He iUustrated its precepts
by a strict walk within the pale of its ordinances.
For some time before his last illness his friends had observed a gradual failure in
him, of the powers of life, and had probably intimated it to him. But he himself
seemed sensible from the moment of serious illness, that he was on his death bed,
and so told his physician. On his remarking that he hoped for the same relief that
he had given in previons attacks, he answered, that 'he had lived to a good old
age, and was willing to die.' "
Seth Payne (435) was a large land holder in Southold. He
removed to some other part of the country many years ago, and all
trace of him and his family has been lost.
Phebe Payne (439) married a Mr. Gager, and had two sons.
No trace of them can be found.
Cleopatra Conklin (426) was married Feb. 27, 1781, to Eben-
io6 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
ezer Coe, son of Joseph and Abigail (Curtis) Coe, of Middlefield,
Conn. He was born in Middlefield, July 9, 1755, and was a de-
scendant in the sixth generation, of Eobert Coe, who was born in
Suffolkshire, Englaud,'in 1596. With his wife Anna, born in 1591,
and their three sons, they sailed from Ipswich, Suffolkshire, in com-
pany with seventy-nine others in the ship Francis, John Cutting,
Master, April 10, 1634. and arrived in Boston, Mass., the following
June. He settled in Watertown, Mass., near Boston, and was made
a freeman there Sept. 3, 1634. The Coe family had resided in
Suffolkshire for many generations. The earliest notice of them is
in Fox's Book of Martyrs, which states that " Robert Coo" (or Coe),
of Millford, Suffolkshire, was burned at the stake by Queen Mary,
Sept. 1555, at Yexford, in that Shire. A full account of his trial
and defence is given by Fox. Vol. 3, p. 349. (See Coe Genealogy
by Eev. David B. Coe.)
Robert Ebenezer Coe, who married Cleopatra Conklin, was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was a prisoner in the Old
Sugar House in New York City. The children of Ebenezer Coe,
and wife Cleopatra Conklin were :
448. i. Isaac, b. July 25, 1782, d. at Galena, 111., July 30, 1855.
449. ii. Abigail, b. July 11, 1784
450. iii. Hannah, b. Oct. 24, 1786, d. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in 1876.
451. iv. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 11, 1789, d. at Guardstown, W. Va., June 6,
1870.
452. v. Bathsheba, K-„, b. Jnly 3, 1792, d. Feb. 12, 1823.
453. vi. Cleopatra, f ^^^°^' b. July 3, 1792, d. Nov, 7, 1836.
Dr. Isaac Coe (448) was married to Rebecca Cook, daughter of
Major Daniel Cook, of Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1805. She was born
Jan. 16, 1783.
Before studying medicine and removing to the West, he was en-
gaged in the manufacture of Glass at Utica, N. Y. He was one of
the earliest who attempted that enterprise in the United States.
He was broken up by the English exporters. After accumulating
property in the West, he returned to Utica, and sought out those
who had lost by his enterprise, and their children, and paid them
all with interest. After his brother Ebenezer was prepared for the
practice of medicine, he left Utica, and they went together to
Northern Virginia, where they were in partnership in the ])ractice
of medicine for some years, when Isaac took his wife and children,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 107
and went to Indianiipolis, Ind., his wife and daughters riding in a
"owe 1iors<e ahaij," himself on horseback. He was for many years very
successful in the practice of his profession, and was foremost in
every good work. To men like him and the Hon. James M. Ray,
an account of whose life and laboi's may be found in succeeding
pages of this book, and a few other men who laid the foundation of
the city in righleousnei<s, is Indianapolis indebted for her present
prosperity. The children of Isaac Coe, and wife were:
454. i. Maria Rebecca, b. in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 1, 180G, d. at Indian-
apolis, Ind., Dec. 5, 1845,
455. ii. Alma Cleopatra, b. in Utica, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1808, d. inlndiau-
apolis, Nov. 30, 1881.
456. iii. Daniel Ebenezer, b. in Indianapolis, in 1824, d. in infancy.
457. iv. Henry Isaac, b. in Indianapoli.s, April 6, 1826.
Maria Rebecca Coe (-454) was married in Indianapolis, Nov.
15, 1826, to James Mitchel Ray, who was born in Caldwell, N. J.,
Dec. 23, 1800. He was a son of Andrew Ray, who was born in
Kippen, Scotland, in 1771. He was the only son of John and
Agnes (Watts) Ray, both of whom died in Kippen, Scotland. Date
of death of John Way unknown. His wife died July 20, 1703.
Andrew Ray came to this country soon after the death of his
mother, and was married July 20, 1795, to Mary McChesney, of
Newark, N. J., who was born March 21, 1774, and died at the resi-
dence of her son, James M. Ray, in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1854.
Her husband died at Indianapolis, Dec. 24, 1827. The children of
James M. Ray, and wife Maria Rebecca Coe were :
458. i. Cornelia Mary, b. in Indianapolis, in 1827.
459. ii. Charles Andrew, b. in Indianapolis, Sept. 23, 1829.
460. iii. Eliza Blake, b. in Indianapolis, July 23, 1831.
From the "Presbyterian Reunion Memorial Volume" published
in 1870, by DeWitt C. Lent & Co., 451 Broome Street, N. Y., we
copy the following account of the life and labors of James Mitchel
Ray:
" James Mitchel Ray, sou of Andrew, (from Kippen, Scotland,) and Mary
(McChesney) (of New Jersey) Ray was born at Caldwell, N. J., December 23, 1800.
After preparatory education in the city of New York, he was two years at
Columbia College, until IS 14, when the family removed to Baltimore, Md., and
thence to the West. In October 1821, when the city of Indianapolis was laid out,
Mr. Ray was the Clerk at the first sale of its lots. In 1822 he was elected Clerk of
the Circuit Court, of the county (Marion.) In 1829 he was re-elected Clerk and
io8 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Recorder, which office he resigned in 1834 to accept the appointment of Cashier of
the State Bank of Indiana, at its organization, and also that of Clerk of the Com-
missioners of the Sinking Fund, who had charge of the income of the stock in the
Bank held by the State. In the management of these Commissioners the profits to
the State reached the snm of three and a qnarter million (3,250,000) dollars, the
interest on which is forever pledged to the support of the common schools of the
State.
These offices he filled until the charter of the Bank expired, and the Bank of the
State of Indiana was chartered. Of this Bank he was chosen Cashier in January)
1857. This position he held until after the resignation of the Presidency by the
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, and George "W. Rathbone, Esq., when he was elected Pres^
ident. This office he has continued to hold till the present time. In the beginning
of the late civil war, Mr. Ray was one of the three State Commissioners Xvho
successfully negotiated two million (2,000,000) dollars of Indiana tVar Loan Bonds,
for the equipping, arming, and forwarding the volunteers of Indiana to the field.
During the entire period of the struggle he showed his deep interest in his
country's trouble by his services as Treasurer, at Indianapolis, of the Christian
Commission, or the Freedman's Commission, and of the Indiana Soldier's and Sea-
man's Home.
Mr. Ray was elected Superintendent of the first Sabbath School in Indianapolis,
in October, 1828. He was chosen elder of the Church on October 17, 1830 ; which
office he still holds, in this the fortieth year of his service. He has served as
Commissioner of his Presbytery at several sessions of the General Assembly. In
1866 he was appointed on the Joint Committee on the Reunion of the Presbyterian
Church. In the deliberations of this Committee he took an active and important
part, especially at the important and decisive meeting held in Philadelphia in 1868,
when in 1838, after the division ef the Church, fifteen members of the First Church
of Indianapolis withdrew to organize the Second Church, under the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. At the instance of Mr. Ray a certificate of good standing was
unanimously given to the withdrawing members, with kind expressions of love, and
desire for their prosperity, and the continuance of brotherly affection ; and at the
same time a fair division of the property of the First Church was satisfactorily
made. These fraternal desires have been happily fulfilled. In thirty-two years,
these Churches, with their offspring, have dwelt together in love and peace, and
have been equally blessed. There are now in Indianapolis eight Churches, four of
each branch of the Church, now privileged to unite under one banner, in name, as
well as in heart.
Financial disaster overtook him in some unfortunate mining operations to which
he had given his means largely, and several years of his later life were passed in
an easy, but well paid position in the Treasury Department at Washington During
the last year (1876.) he returned to his old home, and died there Feb. 22, 1881."
Cornelia Mary Ray (458) was married Aug. 31. 1853, to Rev.
Jefferson Price Safford. He was the son of Harry and Patience Van
Home Safford, and was born at Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1823,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 109
His was a busy and active life. He received his preparator}'
education in the Mclntire Academy of his native town, under the
tuition of Prof. John M. Howe. He was graduated from the
University of Ohio, at Atliens, Oliio, in 1843, united witli the
Presbyterian Church at Athens, wlien in his seventeenth year,
taught Dry Creek Academy, Covington, Ky., from 1843-1845 ; at
Indianapolis Academy, 1845-1847, and was Professor of Mathemat-
ics in Covington, Ky., College, 1847-1848 ; supplying the Church
at Betlilehem, Va., 1852-1853, and was ordained by the Presbytery
of AVest Lexington, at Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 9, 1855. In the same
year he received the degree of M. D. from Washington College,
Penn. His successive fields of labor were as follows: Pastor of
the Church at Frankfort, Ky., installed Feb, 9, 1855, and released
Sept. 1, 1857; Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Pequa, Ohio,
installed Nov, 15, 1857, released Dec. 1, 1862 ; installed Pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, New Albany, Ind., Dec. 15, 18G2, re-
leased May 1, 1867. Was District Secretary of the Board of
Missions for Ohio and Indiana, from May 1, 1867, to June 1, 1870.
In 1868 he returned to his old home in Zanesville, Ohio, where he
resided until his death. He was never again pastor, yet these last
years of his life were among his most active and useful ones, as he
was constantly engaged in preaching. He served as stated supply
at Brownsville (Ohio) Church, from Jan, 1, 1870, until Oct. 1876,
at the same time supplying also the Church at Fairmount, Ohio,
from Jan, 1, 1870 until April 1, 1877; Roseville (Ohio) Church,
from July 16, 1871 until April 30, 1873. He was President of
Zanesville University in 1871-72 ; Supplying Uniontown (Ohio)
Church, from July 16, 1871 until April 30, 1873 ; Hanover Church,
from April 30, 1873 until April 30, 1874; Kirkersville Church,
from Sept. 20, 1874 until 1879, and Claysville and West Carlisle
Churches until his death. He was also the accurate and efficient
stated clerk of the Presbytery of Zanesville from 1873, and of the
Synod of Columbus, Ohio, from 1876 until his death, which occurred
at Zanesville, Ohi(^, of apoplexy, July 10, 18S1. in the 55th year of
his age.
He was a man of vigorous mind, of more than common original-
ity, of large information, of sound judgement, of warm and kindly
humor, and was much beloved by a large circle of friends and ac-
no HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
quciintances. The children of Rev. Jefferson Price Safiford, and
wife Cornelia Mary Ray were :
461.
i.
Cornelia Mary Ray.
462.
ii.
labella Van Home, d. in 1858.
463.
iii.
Harry Price.
464.
iv.
Lillian Ray.
465.
V.
James Ray.
466.
vi.
Ann T.
Cornelia Mary Rat Safford (461) is the wife of Rev. Thorn-
ton A. Mills, of Flanders, N. J. (See Thornton A. Mills.)
Dr. Harry Price Safford (463) was graduated at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City in 1885. Is resident
Physician at Dr. Strong's celebrated Remedial Institute, Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.
Lillian Ray Safford (464) was graduated at the Woman's
Medical College in 1885, and is Lady Physician at Dr. Strong's
Remedial Institute. She graduated with the highest honors, as
valedictorian.
James Ray Safford (465) and Ann T. (466) reside at Saratoga
Springs.
Charles Andrew Ray (459) was married June 6, 1849, to
Laura Amelia Mills (525.) For ancestry of Charles Andrew Ray,
see record of James M. Ray. He attended Brown University,
Providence, R. I., in 1848-9, but was called home in consequence
of the dangerous illness of his father. He attended Cambridge
law school in 1851-2, and formed law partnership with ex-Judge
James Morrison in Feb. 1853, and practiced law in Indianapolis
until (appointed by Gov. Morton Judge Advocate of the 6th
Brigade Indiana troops) April 19, 1861, when he was appointed
Common Pleas Judge, Sept. 21, 1861. He was elected to the same
office in Oct. 1862, for four years. In 1864 he was elected one of
the bench of four Judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana, taking
office Jan. 3, 1865, holding until Jan. 8, 1871. Was renominated
by the Republican State Convention by acclamation, without op-
position, but was, with the entire State Republican ticket defeated.
In 1849, the Indiana State University conferred upon him the
degree of L.L.D. He resumed the practice of law in Indianapolis,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. in
and in 1872, went to Belfast, Ireland, on legal business, and re-
mained in Europe several months, travelling with his daughter
Florence. In Feb. 1874, he removed to Washington, D. C, and
commenced practicing law with Judge Thos. W. Bartley, ex-Judge
of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and ex-Governor of Ohio. lie was
appointed law clerk of the P. 0. department by Thomas L. James,
P. M. General of the U. S. in 1881. Kesigncd in 1883, and resumed
the practice of law in Indianapolis. He is associate editor of the
\Ves(e7'n Reporter, published by the Lawyers Co-operative Publish-
ing Co., Rochester, N. Y., the editor-in-chief being Robert Desty,
and among the associates Benjamin Vaughn Abbott, and James E.
Brigg. Judge Ray is highly esteemed in his native town and
state. That noble old patriot, Gov. Oliver Morton, the noblest
Roman of them all, and Judge Ray were fast friends. Judge Ray
is now residing in Indianapolis, in the practice of his profession.
The children of Charles Andrew Ray, and Avife Laura Amelia Mills
are .•
407. i. Charles Leslie, b. Jan. 1, 1851, d. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
March 10, 18(J9.
Florence, b. in Indianapolis, March 9, 1854.
James Mills, b. in Indianapolis.Oct. 8, 1855, d. Nov. 3, 1859.
Laura Kate, b in Indianapolis, Oct. 8, 1857, d. Feb. 9, 1860.
George Elmore, b. in Indianapolis.Oct. 11, 1863.
Florence Ray (4f;8) was married May 15, 1881, at Washington,
D. C, to James F. Dartt, of New York City. They have one child.
472. i. Laura Clare, b. March 4, 1882, in Washington, D. C.
George Elmore Ray (471) was married in Washington, D. C,
Dec. 16, 1882, to Carrie M. Bender, daughter of Joseph T. and
Mary H. Bender, of Washington, D. C. They have one child.
473. i. Elsie, b. Sept. 19, 1883.
Eliza Blake Ray (4G0) was married at Indianapolis, Ind.,
Mov. 27, 1850, to James McChord Sharpe, who was born in Ken-
tucky. He died Oct. 6, 1860. Their children were :
474. i. Maria Eliza, b. Aug. 29, 1851.
475. ii. Cora Alma, b. Feb. 15, 1859.
Maria Eliza Siiarpe (474) was married Feb. 28, 1872, to Rich-
ard C. Duncan, who was an electrician. He died April 20, 187G.
Mrs. Duncan was married 2nd to Rev. Henry M. Sim])Son at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Jan. 23. 1S70. She died Feb. 14, 1882.
468.
ii.
469.
iii.
470.
iv.
471.
V.
112 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Cora Alma Sharpe (475) was married to Henry Clay Hall, at
Dunreith, Henry Co., Iiid., Jan. 18, 1878. He is in the railway
business and resides at Leavenworth, Kansas. They have one child.
476. i. Henry McChord, b. July 29, 1879.
Mrs. Eliza Blake (Ray) Sharpe (460) was married 2nd to Edward
Porter Howe at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 14, 1867. They have
one child.
477. i. Louis McHenry, b. in Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14, 1871.
Capt. Howe resides at Sartoga Springs, N. Y. He is Editor and
publisher of the Sar-atoga Sun.
Alma Cleopatra Coe (455) was married at Indianapolis. Ind.,
June 17, 1829, to Rev. William Sickels, who was born at Troy, N. Y.,
Aug. 20, 1795. He was gradnated at Jefferson College Cannons-
burg, Penn., in 1824, and at Princeton Theological Seminary in
1828. He labored at Indianapolis, Rushville, Connersville, Frank-
lin, in Jefferson Co., and other places engaged in missionary work,
and died at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 9, 1864. His father, Thomas
Sickels was on the staff of Gen. Morgan Lewis during the Revolu-
tionary war with rank of Major, was Judge of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and represented the county in
the Legislature from 1787 to 1794. The children of Rev. William
Sickels and wife Alma Cleopatra Coe were :
William Walton, b. Nov. 30, 1831.
Edward Cook, b. April 24, 1835.
Isaac Coe, b March 15, 1887.
Thomas Norwood, b. Oct. 22, 1839.
James, died in infancy.
Henry, died in infancy.
Lewis, died in infancy.
All born at Indianapolis, Indiana.
William Walton Sickels (478) was gradnated at Hanover
College, Ind., in 1850, taught school one year, 1850-51 at Marion
County Seminary, Indianapolis, Ind., graduated at Princeton The-
ological Seminary, N. J., 1854. Was licensed to preach by Presby-
tery of New Brunswick, N. J., April 1853, ordained by Presbytery
of New Albany, Ind., Jan. 1855, was pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Bedford, Indiana, four years, afterwards successively for
different periods, was pastor of the churches of Knightstown,
Greenfield, Shiloh, the seventh and fourth churches of Indiauap-
478.
i.
479.
ii.
480.
iii.
481.
iv.
482.
V.
483.
vi.
484.
vii.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 113
i)lis, all in Indiana, lias resided in Indianapolis since 18G4. lie
was married Dec. 18, 185G, to Miss Sophia Pugh, at Ilushville, Ind.
She is tiie daughter oF lien and Catharine (Arnold) Pugh. Cath-
arine Arnold was a daughter of Isaac and Catharine (Young)
Arnold who came from the Isle of Wight to Rush Co., Indiana, in
1820. Isaac Arnold's father was a cousin of the Collector of Cowes,
who was the father of " Thomas Arnold of Rugby." Isaac Arnold
was half brother of Aaron Arnold, founder of the firm of Arnold,
Constable & Co., N. Y. John Arnold who married Cornelia
Sickels, an aunt of William Walton Sickels. was own brother of
Aaron Arnold. Ren Pugh was a son of David and Rachel Pugh,
who lived in North Carolina, and had three sons, John, Lot, and
Ren. The late George E. Pugh, United States Senator from Ohio,
was son of Lot.
Edward Cook Sickles (479) was graduated at Hanover Col-
lege, Ind., in 1854, Theological Seminary Princeton, N. J., 1858.
The years 1855-56 he spent in Berlin, Prussia. Was licensed by
the Presbytery of Indianapolis in 1858. Ordained by Presbytery of
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 1862. Was pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Kirk wood, Mo., from 1858 to 1863. In Dec, 1862, he received
a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Dixon, 111.,
which he accepted, and was installed, as pastor in June, 1863, where
he has remained to the present time (1886). He was married at
Kirkwood, Mo., Feb. 19, 1863, to Caroline Parmelia Dunham,
daughter of James Shepherd and Jane (Cutler) Dunham, (who
were married at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1839,) and granddaughter
of Cornelius and Caroline (Smith) Dunham, who resided near
Saratoga, X. Y. The parents of Jane Cutler were John and Amy
(Eaton) Cutler, of Albany, N. Y.
The children of Rev. Edward Cook Sickels and wife Caroline
Parmelia Dunham, are:
485. i. Alma Coe b. .Jan. 8, 1864, d. at Kirkwood, Mo., Sept. 26,
18G4. ■
Edward Allen, b. at Dixon, III, Oct. 3, 1866.
Gracia Gay, b. at Dixon, Jan. 30, 1868.
.James Dunham, b. at Dixon, March 28, 1872.
William Steele, b. at Dixon, 111., Oct. 9, 1873, d. at Dixon,
Oct. 4. 1874.
Annie Caroline, b. Jan. 22, 1876.
Louis Norwood, b. Sept. 28, 1879.
486.
ii.
487.
iii.
488.
iv.
489.
V.
490.
vi.
491.
vii,
114 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Isaac Coe Sickels (480) was partly educated at Hanover Col-
lege, Ind., and was graduated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio,
in June, 1859. He is a farmer, and resides near Scbell City, Mo.
He was married at Little Osage, Mo., Aug. 13, 1860, to Mary
Wood McNeil, wlio was born in Mansfield, Ohio, May 16, 1840.
Her sister Harriet Elizabeth McNeil is the wife of Thomas Norwood
Sickels, of Independence Kansas, (a brother of Isaac Coe Sickels.)
Mary Wood McNeil is a daughter of Eobert Whorry McNeil, who
was born at Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y., July 8, 1816, and Har-
riet Lydia (Hosmer) McNeil, who was born near Cleveland, Ohio,
Jan. 13, 1821. Died at Little Osage, Mo., March 4, 1855. The
paternal grandparents of Mary Wood McNeil were David McNeil
and wife, Nancy (Hamilton) McNeil, who came to this country
from Scotland, and settled in Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y.,
Her maternal grandparents were Purly Hosmer and wife Elmira
(Kingsbury) Hosmer, who emigrated from Massachusetts to Ohio.
He was a farmer, and resided near Cleveland, Ohio. Robert
Whorry McNeil was a merchant in Cleveland and Mansfield,
Ohio, and also at Little Osage, Mo. He had a family of eight
children.
The children of Isaac Coe Sickels and wife Mary Wood McNeil
are ;
492. i. Mary Norwood, b. at Papinville, Mo., May 25, 1861, d. a
Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 12, 1862.
498. ii. Maria Elizabeth, b. at Shelbyville, Ind., Aug. 25, 1862, gradu-
ated at the Kansas State Institute in the class of 1880.
494. iii. William Norwood, b. at Little Osage, Mo., Sept. 12, 1867, and
is now (1886) attending the Sedalia University, at Sedalia,
Mo.
495. iv. Ruth Gertrude, b. at Little Osage, Mo., Sept, 12, 1867, and is
now attending (1886) the High School in Nevada, Mo.
Maria Elizabeth Sickels (493) was married Sept. 22, 1882, to
Rev. William S. Davis. He is pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Parsons, Kansas. They have two children.
496. 1. Kate Coe, b. at Ottawa, Kan., July 22, 1883.
497. ii. Alma Smith, b. at Ottawa, Kan., June 28, 1885.
Thomas Norwood Sickels (481) took a full college course at
Hanover College, Ind., and Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Penn.
Was graduated at Jefferson College in 1860. He studied law for a
short time, but when the war came on, he responded to his coun-
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 115
try's call for help, and enlisteued in the Chicago Mercantile Bat-
tery, Aug. 5, 18G2. He was at that time Assistant Commercial
Editor of the Chicago Times. He was engaged in numerous
battles, and in the siege of Vicksburg. Was promoted to 1st Lieut.,
Co. E, 10th U. S. heavy artillery (colored), and had command of
the company most of the time. He resigned his commission in
April 1866, came to Kansas in 1870, and was at Oswego for a few
months. Removed to Independence in the fall of 1870, where he
lias since resided. For eight years, he was chief clerk in the U. S.
land office, at Independence. In May 1886, he purchased the
" Eoening Reporter" a daily paper, and is now publishing it. He
is an Elder in the Presbyterian church at Independence. He
was married May 21, 1867, to Harriet Elizabeth McNeil, at Little
Osage, Mo. She was born at Pleasant Gap, Mo., Aug. 30, 1846.
(See record of Isaac Coe Sickels for ancestry of Harriet Elizabeth
McNeil). Their children are:
498. i. Harriet Hosmer, b. at Little Osage, Mo., July 15, 1868, d. at
same place, Aug. 28, 1869.
499. ii. Robert Coe, b. at Little Osage, Mo., June 5, 1870, d. at Oswe-
go, Kan., Sept. 12., 1870.
Walter Stoddard, b. at Independence, Kan., Oct. 26, 1871.
William Norwood, b. at Independence, Kan , March 29, 1874.
Eva Caroline, b. at Independence, Kan., Jan 2, 1876.
Susie Alma, b at Independence, Kan., Aug. 6, 1878, d. at In-
dependence, Kan., Oct. 12, 1881.
Pansy Kate, b. at Independence, Kan , July 6, 1880.
James McNeil, b. at Independence, Kan., Dec. 1, 1883.
Edward Arthur, b. at Independence, Kan., Jan. 25, 1885.
Henry Isaac Coe (457) was licensed and ordained in 1850,
as a minister of the Presbyterian Church, did missionary and
colporteur work until December, 1852, having pursued his
studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, N. J., and Andover,
Mass., and with Rev. N. L. Rice, D.D., then a pastor at Cincin-
nati, Ohio. From Dec. 1852 to Sept. 1855, he was pastor of the
South Presbyterian church. Galena, 111. In Sept. 1855, he became
the first secretary of the newly created Board of Church Extension,
of the General Assembly of the PresbyterianChurch in the United
States, which was located at St. Louis, Mo., and was the first or-
ganized effort in the United States to aid systematically, feeble
churches in the erection of houses of worship. He continued in
that office until April, 1869, when his health having become
500.
iii.
501.
iv.
5(12.
V.
503.
vi.
504,
vii.
505.
viii.
506.
ix.
Ii6 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
impaired, he resigned. He has since been unable to take a reguhir
charge, but preaches frequently as opportunity offers. He resides
at St. Louis, Mo. He was married May 6, 1851, to Laura W.
Fletcher, daughter of Ezra W. and Lucinda W. Fletcher, of Prov-
idence, R.I. She died at Galena, III., June 6, 1855. Their children
were:
507. i. Mary Alma, b. Aug. 10, 1853, at Indianapolis, Ind., resides in
Boston, Mass.
508. ii. Laura Elizabeth, b. March 28, 1855, at Galena, 111.
He was married 2nd to Elizabeth H. Miller, of Natchez, Miss.,
May 17, 1858. Children by 2nd marriiige:
509. 1. Henry Fletcher, b. at Indianapolis, Ind,, Aug. 3, 1861, d. Jan.
5, 1879, at Manhattan, Kan.
510. ii. Jennie Allen, b. July 13, 1863.
Laura Elizabeth Coe (508) was married to Winthrop Gr.
Stevens, of Halifax Court House, Va., Sept. 28, 1880. He was
born Aug. 14, 1857, at Mamaroneck, N. Y., and is a son of John
H. and Emily (Hoffman) Stevens, and grandson of Horatio Stevens,
of New York. He was educated in the public schools of the city
of New York. He is a farmer, and resides at Halifax Court House,
Va. They have three children :
511. i. Henry Winthrop, b. at Halifax Court House, Va , July 18, 1881.
512. ii. Arthur Kingsley, b. at Halifax Court House, Va., April 18, 1883.
513. iii. Lillian Hoffman, b. at Halifax Court House, Va., Sept. 2, 1885.
Abigail Coe (450) was married to John Ayers, of Morristown,
N.J.
514. 1. They had one child, who died at the age of three and a half
years.
Hannah Coe (451) was married in 1806, to Jabez Mills, 2nd
son of Edward Mills, of Morristown, N, J. He was in the mercan-
tile business with his brother Lewis, in Morristown, for several
years. For two years, 1812 to 1814, he resided on a farm near
Morristown, when he resumed the partenership with his brother.
After a few years he retired, and removed to Dover, N. J., where
he died in 1865. Their children were:
515. i. Caroline Conklin, b. Sept. 24, 1807.
516. ii. A child died in infancy.
517. iii. Francis, b. Sept. 27, 1810, d. in December, 1818.
518. iv. Charles Lewis, b. Aug. 11, 1812, d. Oct. 3, 1884.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 117
519. V. Hannah Maria, b. Jan. 24, 1815, d. April 1. 1875.
520. vi. Louisa, b, jNIarch 12. 1818, d. Feb. 8, 1880.
521. vii. Anna Cook, b. Feb. 10, 1820
532. viii. Julia P^lizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1822.
523. ix. George Henry, b. April 2, 1825.
534. X. Sophia Condit, b. Dec. 14, 1826.
523. xi. Laura Amelia.
Caholixe Conklix Mills (515) was man-ied March 21, 1S27,
to Jahez Lindsley Allen, son of Timothy Allen, of Morristown,
N. J., and grandson of Gilbert Allen. He was born at Morristown.
N. J., Dec. 24, 1805, and died at Dover, N. J., Sept. 22, 1869. He
was a leading and influential citizen in the commnnity where he
resided. He was a very benevolent man, and gave to every good
work, "As the Lord had prospered him." "A good man, a kind
and indulgent hushand and father," is the testimony of one who
knew him intimately. From a historical discourse delivered by
Rev. B. C. Magie, at the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the
Dover, N. J. Presbyterian church, Oct. 4, 1885, we copy the fol-
lowing :
"The most liberal man in the congregation, the best supporter of
the church, was Jabez L. Allen. It was chief to his gifts and
efforts, that the first church was built. At the same time he made
the largest contributions to objects of benevolence, his generosity
often awakening the gratitude of his pastor by what he did for him,
over and above his subscription, towards making np the promised
stipend. The Presbyterian church at Stanhope, N. J., desired the
pastoral services of a minister, but could not make up the salary
without asking for help from the Home Missionary Society. The
minister was unwilling that the funds of that society, so much
needed at the West, should be appropriated at the East. To obvi-
ate this difficulty, Mr. Allen gave a hundred dollars to that church,
for several years. In his will he gave ten thousand dollars towards
the building of a new church, and five thousand dollars for a par-
sonage. The former was on condition that the congregation begin
to build the new church within a year from the time of his death.
The terms of the Ijenuest were accepted, and the new ciiurcii costing
thirty thousand dollars, was dedicated in Nov. 1872. The me-
morial window in the front of the church very appropriately pre-
serves his memory."
ii8 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
At a meeting of the session of the church soon after his death, >
they paid the following testimonial to his memory and worth :
" For more than a third of a century, Mr. Allen has been a most
valuable and honorable Elder in this church, and by his death the
session loses a wise consellor, the church, a most exemplary mem-
ber, and the congregation, its best supporter."
The children of Jabez Lindsey Allen, and wife Caroline Conklin
Mills were :
526. i. Hannah Conklin, b. at Morristown, N. J., July 23, 1828. d. at
Morristown, Nov. 27, 1831.
527. ii. Harriet Louise, b. at Morristown, N. J., Feb. 18. 1831, d. at
Morristown, Jan. 1832.
528. iii. Charles Mills, b. June 1833, at Morristown, N. J., d. at Dover,
N. J., Jan. 1836.
529. iv. "William Lyman, b. at Dover, N. J., Dec. 1835, d. at Dover,
Jan 7, 1841.
530. V. Anna Sophia, b. at Dover, K J., Dec. 1839, d. at Dover, N. J.
531. vi. Samuel Gilbert, b. June 15, 1842, d. at Dover, Jan. 1, 1860.
532. vii. Maria Louise, b. at Dover, N. J., Jan. 30, 1846,
Maeia Louise Lindsey (532) was married to the Hon. Geo.
Gage, a native of Vermont, Dec. 28, 1864. He was at the time of
their marriage practicing law in Morristown, N. J. Li 1868 they
went to Europe, and a month after their return, he died at the
home of his father-in-law, in Dover, N. J., Sept. 6, 1868. They
had one child.
533. i. Samuel Edson, b. in Dover, K J., July 13, 1866.
Samuel Edson Gage (533) is now (1886) in his third year in
the scientific department, of Columbia College, New York City.
Mrs. Gage was married 2nd to Wm. Courtney, in London, Eng-
land, Aug. i, 1877. They went to Florence, Italy, soon after
their marriage, where they remained until the following spring,
when they came to New York, where they have since resided.
L'hey now (1886) reside at 28 East 17th Street. Their children
are :
A son, b. and d. in New York, Nov. 1878.
Louise Caroline, b. in New York, Dec. 2, 1880.
Helen Mary, b. in New York, July 6, 1882, d. in April, 1884.
Maud Harriet, b. in New York, Aug. 1884.
534.
i.
535.
ii.
536.
iii.
537.
iv.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 119
The following notices of tlie death of Charles L. Mills (518) are
copied from different publications :
From the Lawrence American.
On Friday evening, Oct. 3, 1884, after a long and painful illness, Rev. Charles
L. Mills entered into rest, in the seventy-third year of his age. He was born in
Morristown, N. J., Aug. 11, 1812, and was one of a family of nine children who
reached adult age, six of whom survive him. In this large household he learned
those lessons of generosity, thoughtfulness and family affection, which character-
ized his manhood, and his godly parents gave to him that faithful christian nurture,
which early ripened into christian character, and consecration to the christian min-
istry. Turning aside from a business career, he fitted for college at Bloomfield, N.
J., and at the age of nineteen, entered Princeton College. At the end of the first
year, he joined the corresponding class at Tale College, and was graduated in 1835.
Among his class-mates at Tale, were the late Edward Buck, Esqr., and Prof. John
L. Taylor, D.D., both afterwards of Andover, and Rev. Daniel Butler, Rev. A. M.
Colton, and Rev. A. C. Thompson, all intimately connected with Andover. Prof.
Thatcher of Tale, President Fisher, of Hamilton, Clinton, N. T., Prof. Brock-
elsby, of Trinity, and many other eminent men, were in the same class. Mr. Mills
entered at once upon his theological studies at Princeton Seminary, but near the
close of the second year, his dehcate health compelled him to abandon them. He
was persuaded, however, to take license to preach, and he went west, in the hope
that change of climate and an active life would make it possible for him to con-
tinue in the ministry. This hope was realized, and for more than forty-five years
he was able to do eff"ective work as a preacher, though only through an exercise of
will, was nothing less than heroic. His longest pastorate was at Brockton, Mass.,
where he labored ten years. That ministry ended more than twenty years ago, but
the power of it was shown in the resolutions passed by the church when they
heard of his decease, and in the deputation they sent to attend his funeral. The
course of his ministry, and the character of his preaching, especially in those latter
years, were largely determined by the limitations under which he suffered, and by
the great talents they developed. He planted new churches, and prepared the way
for the first pastor, he revived drooping churches and infused into them his own
abounding courage, he re-organized distracted churches inspiring them with his own
overflowing forbearance and charity, he held up the hands of over-worked pastors,
he came in as a new and quickening force in times of spiritual refreshing, he filled
temporary pastorates of a few weeks or mouths, or even longer duration, again and
agaiu he declined office in connection with the missionary boards, and calls to set-
tlement. He belonged perforce to the "ministry at large." Thus he labored,
sometimes as pastor, until an ulter failure of health compelled him to give up, but
more frequently without settlement, in the East and in the West, in city and in
country, with large and cultivated congregations and with the humbler assemblies,
at a large salary or without salary, always rejoicing in being able to preach the
gospel, and encouraged by the marked spiritual results which followed his labors.
A partial list of places will indicate the wide range of his service: South Hanover,
Ind., Durhiiu, Conn., Ashland, Mass., and Indianapolis, Ind. Brockton, Wrent-
120 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
ham, Easton, Boston, Highlands, (Highland Church) Boston, (Old Colony Chapel)
West Somerville, Mass., Norway, Bethel, Oldtown, Portland, Bangor, Me., St.
Johns, N. B., North Reading and Ballordville. In these places he was always the
christian minister, absorbed in the calling which enlisted every power of intellect
and heart. His preaching was strong, sententious, simple, often extemporaneous,
and pre-eminently biblical. His chief aim was the conversion of souls. In the
ready, abundant and apposite use of Scripture texts, he had a wonderful faculty.
The Bible was his storehouse of illustration and expression. This was not an af-
fecta';ion, not a mannerism, but the natural utterance of a mind suffused with very
language of inspiration. A series of eight sermons which he preached in the
Chapel of the Theological Seminary, and Phillips Academy in 1877, will never be
forgotten by those who heard them, so rich were they in apt quotations from the
Holy Scriptures
His aiTections were singulary warm and strong, his disposition sunny and win-
some. He turned towards his home as a shrine — and loved his fellow men with a
hopefulness which nothing could quench. His life was enriched by the choice
friendship of gifted men, and his sympathies for institutions of learning, were only
second to his love for the churches. He took a lively interest in the public school
system, and served for several years as a member of the school Committee, in Jam-
aica Plain and Boston.
The last years of his life were spent in Andover, Mass., where his family have
resided since his death. C, P. F. Bancroft, Andover, Mass.
From the Christian Mirror, Portland.
"Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall be called the children of God."
" This is the epitah which I would write over the grave of him whose life-work
was to reconcile man to God and man to man. Strangely successful was he in this
work. In his hands men's heart were plastic. What to other ministers seemed to
be iron, in his hands were as clay. He filled a unique place in the gospel ministry.
He did a work which others could not do. His greatness was the greatness of
simplicity. His power was the power of character infused and enthused by the
Spirit of God." Rev. Charles A. Dickinson, Lowell.
From Other Papers.
"Brother Mills was a genuine and cordial friend, a pure a devoted Christian, and
a persistent worker and peacemaker in the church. His chief aim was the con-
version of souls, and, to that end, the establishment of organized work."
" Mr. Mills was a very liberal man, often putting his hand down deep into his
own pocket to relieve needy people, or to further the work in which he was en-
gaged-"
Another writes : " Mr. Mills will be affectionately remembered by many of our
people and others in this city (Portland) and vicinity, by whom he was highly
esteemed for his labors of love among us, having supplied our pulpit several months
in 1879-80, and visited among our people with much interest, who have reason to
bless his name."
" Servant of God, well done,
Rest from thy blest employ ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy."
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Mr. Mills was married Sept. 6, 1837, to Elizabeth (Coe) Lyman,
daughter of William and Alma (Coe) Lyman, and granddanghter
of David and Sarah (djmstock) Lyman, of Middleheld, Conn. She
was born at Middletield, Sept. 9, 1813, and died at Indianapolis,
Ind., July 10, 1851. She was a lineal descendant in the 8th gener-
ation, of Richard Lyman, of Koxbury, Mass., and Hartford, Conn.,
who came to this country from High Ongar, County of Essex, Eng-
land, in the ship " Lyon," William Pierce, master, and arrived in
Boston, Mass., Nov. 4, 1631. Their children were :
538. i. Lyman Allen, b. at Middlefield, Conn., Feb., 25, 1841,
589. ii. Catherine Elizabeth, b. at Durham, Conn., June 4, 1844.
Lyman Allen Mills (538) was married June 6, 1866, to Jane
Louisa Andrews, daughter of Alfred and Mary Lee Shipman An-
drews, and granddaughter of Ezekiel and lioxana (Hinsdale) An-
drews, of New Britain, Conn. He resides at Middletield, Conn. Is
secretary of the Metropolitan Manufacturing Co. Their children are:
54J. i. Herbert Lyman, b. at Middlefield, Feb. 26, 1868.
541. ii. Charles Roland, b. at Middlefield, Jan. 28, 1877.
Catherine Elizabeth Mills (539) was married Oct. 5, 1876,
to Elias lliggs Forsyth, only living son of Antrim R. and Elizabeth
(Kiggs) Forsyth, of Greensburg, Ind., grandson of John and Eliza-
beth (Antrim) Forsyth, of Burlington, N. J., and great-grandson of
John and Lucretia (Taylor) Forsyth. He was born in Sept. 1844.
He has been director in, and cashier of the 1st National Bank,
Greensburg, since 1871, and ruling Elder in the Presbyterian
church, since 1873. They have one child :
542. 1. Elizabeth Lyman, b. at Greensburg, Dec. 28, 1877.
Rev. Charles Lewis Mills (518) was married 3nd to Rebecca
Bartlett Smith, of Andover, Mass., Nov. 36, 1853. She was a daugh-
ter of Peter and Rebecca (Bartlett) Smith, of Andover, and grand-
daughter of David and Janet (Middleton) Smith, of Brechin,
Scotland. Peter Smith came to this country when he was nineteen
years of age, and became a very successful business man. His wife
was a daughter of Deacon John and Mary (Morton) Bartlett, of
Plymouth, Mass., who were married in 1795. Deacon John Bart-
lett was a descendant in a direct line, in the seventh generation, of
Robert Bartlett, who came to America in the ship "Ann", in 1833,
and was married in 1838, to Mary Warren, who came to this
122 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Country in the "Mayflower." Mary Morton, wife of Deacon John
Bartlett, was a descendant of George Morton, of Plymouth, Mass.,
who was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, and came to
Plymouth, in the ship "Ann," in 1623.
The children of Charles L. Mills by 2nd marriage are :
543. i. Mary Bartlett, b. at Brockton, Mass., March 19, 1854. Resides
at Andover, Mass., unmarried.
544. ii. Charles Smith, b. at Brockton, Mass., June 7, 1861
545. iii. Edward Coe, b. at Wrentham, Mass., May 27, 1863.
546. iv. Frank Smith, b. at Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 13, 1865.
Edward Coe Mills (545) resides at Andover, Mass. Was edu-
cated at the public schools and Phillips Academy. Is in business
with H, B. Benedict & Co., 29 High Street, Boston, Mass. Is un-
married.
Frakk Smith Mills (546) was educated at Phillips Academy
and Amherst College. Is in business with T. A. Proctor, High
Street, Boston, Mass. Is unmarried, resides at Andover, Mass.
Charles Smith Mills (544) was educated at Jamaica Plains,
Eliot High School, was at Eoxbury Latin School two years, Phil-
lips Academy two years ; at Amherst College four years, where he
was graduated in 1882. Was at Hartford Theological Seminary
two years ; Andover Theological Seminary one year. In the sum-
mer of 1883, was a missionary in Dakota, organized a church at
Melville, Da. Was ordained and installed at Springfield, Vt.,
July 2, 1885, where he is now (1886) pastor of a church. He was
married June 17, 1885, to Alice Morris, daughter of Jonathan F.
Morris, of Hartford. She is a descendant on the paternal side, in
the eighth generation, of Edward Morris, of Roxbury, Mass., the
ancestor of the family in America. The generations are as follows:
1st generation, Edward Morris ; 2nd generation, Edward Morris ;
3rd generation, Edward Morris; 4th generation, Isaac Morris; 5th
generation, Edward Morris ; 6th generation, Edward Morris ; 7th
generation, Jonathan F. Morris, father of Alice, wife of Charles
Smith Mills. Edward Morris, of the second generation, had a daugh-
ter, Prudence, who married John Marcy. She was great grandmother
of William L. Marcy, Gov. of New York, U. S. Senator and Secre-
tary of State. On the maternal side, she is descended from Thomas
Flynt, who came to this country from Wales, and settled at Salem
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Village, now South Danvers, Mass. (See " Lineal Ancestors of
Edward Morris and Mary B^'lynt, of Wilbraliam, Mass.," compiled
by Jonathan Flynt ]\Iorris, Hartford, Conn.)
Charles Smith ]\Iills and wife Alice Morris have one child:
547. i. Margaret Morris, b. at Springfield, Vt., March 22, 1886.
Hannah Maria Mills (519) was married Aug. 14, 1832, to
Dr. Silas Cook, at Morristown, N. J. He was born Aug. 11, 1809,
and was a son of Judge Silas Cook and wife Elizabeth (Salter)
Cook, of Montville, Morris Co., N. J. Judge Cook was born in
1768, and died Aug. 28, 1852. His wife Elizabeth, was born in
1776. and died Oct. 23, 1855. They had eight children, all dead.
Dr. Silas Cook studied medicine in Morristown, N. J. He prac-
ticed in Boonton, N. J., until 1844, when he removed to Rah way,
where he remained until 1866, when he removed to Greensburg,
Ind. He was a very successful physician, and at the time of his
death, Oct. 30, 1882, had been in practice fifty years. Their chil-
dren were .•
548. i. Jabez Mills, b. March 16, 1835, d. April 20, 1884.
549. ii. Julia Frances, b. July 12, 1839.
550. iii. Emma Eliza, b. Dec. 7, 1841.
551. iv. d. in infancy.
All born at Boonton, N. J.
552. V. ^
553. vi. J- Died in infancy.
554. vii. J
Jabez Mills Cook (548) attended college at Princeton, N. J.,
and studied medicine with the late Dr. Willard Parker, of New
York City. After graduating at the college of Physicians and Sur-
geons in New York, he commenced the practice of medicine in
Toledo, Ohio. At the beginning of the civil war, he received a
commission as Assistant Surgeon in the 24th Ohio Regiment. He
was afterwards promoted to Surgeon, and subsequently to Brigade
Surgeon. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Chicamauga, and
was in Libby prison for some time. He was a very successful sur-
geon. At the close of the war, he returned to Toledo, and remained
there in the practice of his profession until 1875. As his health
was much impaired, and his family expressing a strong desire that
he should be nearer his father's home, he left Toledo, and settled
at Adams, Ind., where he died April 20, 1884. From the concur-
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rent testimony of those who knew him well, he was "a true friencU
a dutiful son, a kind and affectionate brother, and died loved and
lamented by a large circle of friends. He was never married.
Emma Eliza Cook (550) was married June 9, 1870, to Marshall
Grover, in Greensburg, Ind. He is a druggist, and resides at
Greensburg, Ind. They have had two children who died in in-
fancy.
Louisa Mills (520) was married in September, 1843, to Barna-
bas Maynard Fay, at Morristown, N. J. He was born at Berlin,
Worcester Co., Mass., July 37, 1806. He died at Kendall Green,
Washington, D. C, on Sunday morning, March 8, 1885, in the
seventy-ninth year of his age. Mr. Fay was of Puritan stock, being
a descendant in the sixth generation of John Fay, who came to this
country from England, in the ship "Speedwell," in 1656, and set-
tled in Worcester Co., Mass. The religious element inherited from
this Pilgrim ancestor was strengthened by the iniluence of his early
surroundings, and was through life the dominant one in his char-
acter. His parents were Deacon Dexter and Zilpah (Maynard) Fay.
He was the second in a family of nine children, four sons and five
daughters, all but one of whom lived to have families of their own.
His father Avas a farmer, and the boy grew up with the blessings of
sound health, simple tastes, Christian training, a habit of self-
dependence, and that common sense which is, perhaps, the most
valuable crop of the New England farm. He went to Amherst
Academy to fit himself for college. While there he became con-
scious of his deepening interest in religion, and wrote of it to his
father, who at once desired that he should prepare for the Christian
ministry. He accordingly continued his studies with this object in
view, and entered Yale College, from which he was graduated in
1833. He defrayed his college expenses by teaching, so that he was
able to return to his father the money that had been advanced for
his education. From 1833 (the year of his graduation from Yale
College) to 1838, he was a teacher in the New York Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb. In the course of this time he studied theol-
ogy at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, and in May,
1840, he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in
Hardwick, Worcester county, Mass., near the home of his childhood.
In September^ 1843; he married Miss Louise Mills, of Morristown,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 125
X. J., a sister of his college friend, the Rev. Chas. L. Mills, late of
Andover, Mass. She was a woman of culture, sensibility and piety,
and the union was a hap|)y one. The following autumn he gave
up his church and taught school in Durham, Conn., for two years.
From 1845 to 1850 he was settled over the Congregational Church
in Wilmington, Mass. It would seem that he had not the preacher's
gift, for after a fair trial of his powers he decided to give up the
work of pastor for that of teacher. He had, however, such success
in both his parishes as was sure to attend a man of his kindly dis-
position, who was working to the best of his ability.
In 1850 Mr. Fay removed with his family to Indianapolis, Ind.,
and was for several years a teacher in the Institution for the Blind
in that city. Three years later the " Trustees of the Michigan
Asylums," who were visiting other States in search of information,
came to Indianapolis, and finding that Mr. Fay had experience in
teaching both the deaf and the blind, they invited him to become
principal of the school to be established in Michigan for the educa-
tion of both classes. The city — then village — of Flint was selected
as tlie site of the institution. A suitable building was rented, and
the school was opened for the reception of pupils in February, 1854.
There were twelve pupils during the first session.
In spite of the many difficulties and discouragements incident to
the establishment of a new institution in a new country, Mr. Fay's
earnest and devoted labors in its behalf were crowned with success.
The number of pupils increased steadily, able and efficient teachers
were chosen, and liberal appropriations were obtained from the State
Legislature, by means of which land was purchased, and the pres-
ent ample buildings, now devoted exclusively to the use of the deaf,'
were erected. He remained in charge of the institution until 1863,
when he resigned on account of Mrs. Fay's ill health.
In the autumn of the same year he received the appointment of
chaplain to the 23d regiment of Michigan Infantry, then in active
service in Tennessee. Owing to severe exposure and fatigue on the
way to join his regiment he was taken ill with dysentery ; he also
contracted rheumatism, from which he suffered more or less all his
after-life, and in consequence of these disabilities he was soon
obliged to resign his commission.
For several years following he was engaged as a banker in East
126 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Stiginaw, Mich. The enterprise, at first successful, afterwards met
with reverses, and finally resulted in the loss of nearly all his sav-
ings of previous years. As soon as he saw what the issue was likely
to be, he took measures to withdraw from the business before fail-
ure should come to involve others as well as himself in ruin, and
while his own fortune was sacrificed he had the consolation of
knowing that of all who had entrusted money to his care no one lost
a penny. He afterwards removed to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for
the health of his family, and remained there active in all works of
faith and charity, until his home was broken up by the death of his
wife, in February, 1880, when he came to Kendall Green.
Notwithstanding her feeble health, Mrs. Fay was a woman of
unusual strength of will ; she was thus enabled to aid her husband
under circumstances where most people would have claimed the
exemption of an invalid. Beside the care of her own family, she
always had her household affairs planned so well that she had the
pleasure of cheering with her presence those who were sick or in
trouble, and of relieving the wants of the poor among her neigh-
bors.
Of his three sons, the oldest took up his father's work of instruct-
ing the deaf; the second died in early childhood ; the third, Wil-
liam Walcott, entered the Christian ministry and is now (1886)
pastor of the Congregational Church at Hampton, N. H.
With the exception of summer visits to Saratoga, Mr. Fay spent
his remaining years with his oldest son at Kendall Green. He took
a lively interest in national affairs, and was a frequent visitor at
the Capitol, until his increasing infirmities narrowed the circle of
his activity, though not of his interests. His mental faculties re-
mained unimpaired to the end. He never spoke of his health ex-
cept in reply to questions, nor allowed his pain to cast a shadow on
the household. His unvarying patience and fortitude in long con-
tinued and extreme suffering awakened the admiration of all about
him. He gently rebuked a friend who praised him on this account.
" It is no credit to me," he said, " if God gives me the grace to bear
it." A few months before his death, on parting with a friend, he
expressed the hope that he might not live for another meeting, but
he soon took occasion to apologize for having spoken thus, fearing
he might leave the impression of having, in an unfilial spirit.
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seemed to choose his own way. The faith in a Heavenly Fatlier's
guidance, which liad upheld him in many a time of trial and per-
plexity, sustained him to the last, and he reached the height where
he could give thanks even for his pain.
After his death his children, grandchildren and neighbors assem-
bled in the room where his last months were passed, and a simple
service of remembrance and farewell was conducted by his old and
valued friend, the Rev. Dr. J. \V. Chickering.
His remains were taken by his sons to Dover, N. J., where, after
a prayer at the grave by his son Walcott, they were laid beside those
of his beloved wife.
The children of Barnabas Maynard Fay and wife Louisa Mills
were :
555. i. Edward Allen, b. at Morristown, N. J., Nov. 22, 1843.
556. ii. George Mills, b. at Wilmington, Mass., March 8,1845, d. at
Indianapolis, Ind., in Aug. 1850.
557. iii. William Wolcott, b. 1857.
Edwakd Allen Fay (555) studied at Flint University, Michi-
gan, and at John Hopkins University. Was graduated from the
University of Michigan in 1SG2. Eeceived the degree of M. A. from
University of Michigan in 1865, and Ph. D. at John Hopkins Uni-
versity in 1881. Was teacher in New York Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb, 1862-5. Was Professor in National Deaf Mute College,
Washington, D. C, 1866-8. Editor of the American Annals of
the Deaf and Dumb, 1870
He was married July 6, 1871, to Mary Bradshaw, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., who was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 22, 1847. She is a
daughter of Andrew and Martha A. (Brewster) Bradshaw, and
gi'anddaughter of Andrew and Hannah (Emmons) Bradshaw, of
Boston, Mass. Martha A. (Brewster) Bradshaw, was a daughter of
Osmyn and Mary (Jones) Brewster, of Boston, and was born Dec.
26, 1826, in Boston. Andrew Bradshaw, her husband, was born
in Boston, April 17, 1826. The children of Edward Allen Fay and
wife Mary Bradshaw are :
Allen Bradshaw, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 1, 1872.
Sydney Brad.shaw, b. in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1876.
Victor Bradshaw, b. in Washington, D. C, Oct. 7, 1877.
Theodore Bradshaw, b. in Washington, May 3, 1880.
Hellen, b. in Washington, Oct. 31. 1881.
Lawrence Bradshaw, b. in Washington. May 10, 1883.
558.
i.
559.
ii.
560.
iii
501.
iv
562.
V
563.
vi.
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AViLLiAM WoLCOTT Fay (557) Studied at Phillips Academy, An-
dover, Mass., Williams and Oberlin colleges, Yale Divinity School,
and Bangor Theological Seminary. Was ordained and installed
pastor of the Congregational Church, at Hampton, N. H., in 1883.
He was married in 1884, to Miss Sallie C. Kansom, daughter of
Warren Ransom, of Arlington, Mass.
Anna Cook Mills (531) was married Sept. 39, 1841, to Samuel
Goodrich Whittlesey, who was born Nov. 8, 1809. He was the
oldest son of Rev. Samuel and Abby (Goodrich) Whittlesey. Mrs.
Whittlesey was a sister of Rev. Charles Goodrich, and Samuel
Goodrich the famous Peter Parley. Mrs. Wittlesey will long be
remembered as the originator, and for many years the able editor
of The M'lthers Magazine. Samuel had two sisters, the youngest of
whom is the wife of Kev. Lucias Curtis, of Hartford, Conn. Mr.
Curtis is a brother of the wife of Prof John Putnam Gulliver, of
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. Mr. Whittlesey
was graduated at Yale College, New Haven, Conn., and studied
Theology at New Haven. While a tutor at Yale College, he was
appointed by the A. B. C. F. M,, to take charge of the Batticotta
Seminary, JaflFra, Ceylon. He accepted the appointment, and sailed
from Boston on the 14th of October, 1841, two weeks after his mar-
riage. He died at Dindigal on the continent, while on a visit to
the Medina Mission, March 10, 1847, after a successful labor of five
years. The year following her husband's death, Mrs. Whittlesey
returned to this country with her two half orphaned children.
The children of Rev. Samuel Whittlesey and wife Anna Cook Mills
were :
564. i. Charles Mills, b. at JafEra, Ceylon, July 15, 1842.
565. ii. Emily Louisa, b at Jaffra, Ceylon, Oct. 1843, d. at same place,
July, 1844.
Charles Mills Whittlesey (564) was married Oct. 3, 1867, to
Miss Louisa A. Wakelee, of Rochester, N. Y. She is a daughter of
Abner and Dolly Walker (Pitts) Wakelee, and granddaughter of Col.
William and Hannah (Taft) Pitts. Col. Pitts was the first white
settler of Richmond, N. Y. In the little log cabin, part of which
is now (1886) standing, he entertained Louis Phillipe in the days
of his exile, and in 1795, Duke Lancourt, who made the journey
from Canandaigua purposely to visit this pioneer of the Genesee
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Valley. Here, too, Bed Jacket and liis band were frequent visitors.
Charles Mills "Whittlesey Avas graduated at Yale College in 1864,
and studied theology, at Auburn, N. Y. He has been pastor of
churches at iS^ew lierlin, Utica and Spencerport, N. Y. In conse-
iiuence of overwork his health failed, and he has been obliged to
give up preaching for several years. In Jan. 188G, his health being
l)artially restored, he began supplying the Congregatioiud church,
at Rutland, Vt. The children of Charles Mills Whittlesey and
wife Louisa A. Wakelee are:
566. i. Theodore.
567. ii. Lewis Gates.
568. iii. Dolly Louise.
569. iv. Samuel Goodrich.
570. V. Anna Ruth.
Mrs. Anna Cook (Mills) Whittlesey was married 2ncl to Eev.
Thornton Allen Mills, at Dover, N. J., Oct. 24, 1854. He was a
son of Hon. Benjamin Mills, of Kentucky, an eminent lawyer and
judge of that State. His mother was Mary Thornton, of Virginia.
He was born in Paris, Ky., Nov. 9, 1810. His parents removed to
Frankfort, Ky., when he was young, where he spent the years of
childhood and youth. He was graduated at Miami University,
Oxford, Ohio. The first ten years of his ministry were spent in
Cincinnati, as a pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church. For
two years he had charge of the Central Christian Herald, when he
became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis,
Ind. In the spring of 1856, his church very reluctantly gave him
up to take charge of the educational cause for a time, at the urgent
request of the New School General Assembly. They wished to
merge all the different local educational societies of their church in
one body, and place it under the care of the General Assembly.
Mr. Mills took an active part in this work, intending when it was
accomplished, to return to the more direct work of preaching the
gospel. The year after their plan was perfected, he died very sud-
denly of apoplexy, while on the ferry-boat from New York to
Iloboken, N. J., June 9, 1867. Their children were :
571. i. Thornton Allen, b. at Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 19, 1855.
572. ii. Benjamin Fay, b. at Rahway, j\. J.
Thornton Allen Mills (571) was graduated at Wooster Uni-
versity, Wooster, Ohio. He studied theology at the Presbyterian
130 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Theological Seminary, Chicago, 111. Twice during his short
ministry he has been obliged to suspend his labors, in consequence
of ill health. He is now (1886) pastor of the Presbyterian church,
at Flanders, N. J. He was married May 9, I8?9, to Cornelia Mary
Ray Safford, oldest daughter of Rev. Jefferson Price Saflford, and
Cornelia Mary Ray (SafFord). They have one child :
573. i.
Ben"jamin Fay Mills (573) was graduated at the Lake Forest
University, Lake Forest, 111. He is a congregational minister.
Has labored in the Black Hills, Dakota., and in the state of New
York. He is now (1886) pastor of the Congregational Church, at
West Rutland, Vt. He was married Oct. 31, 1879, to Miss Mary
Russell Hill, daughter of Henry and Mary Lucy (Mills) Hill, of
Minneapolis, Minn. Her paternal grandfather was Thomas Hill,
of N. H. Mary Lucy Mills, wife of Henry Hill, was a sister of Rev.
Thorton Allen Mills, father of Benjamin Fay Mills. Their chil-
dren are:
574. i. Thorton Anthony, b May 28, 1881.
575. ii. Henry Hill. b. Sept 14, 1883.
576. iii. Ethelwyn, b. May 28, 1884.
577. iv. Charles Howard, b. Dec 31, 1885.
George Henry Mills (523) was with his father in Morristown,
N. J., until he attained his majority, in 1846. He then went to
Dover, N. J., where he kept a general store. Was in the hardware
business, in Newton, N. J., until 1865, Was cashier of the First
National Bank, Greensburg, Ind., from Jan. 1866 to July, 1871.
Since Jan, 1, 1872, he has been in the banking business, and is now
(1886) of the firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, bankers, 34 Wall
Street, New York. He was married Jan. 11, 1855, to Miss Mary
Bartlett Smith, daughter of Peter and Rebecca Bartlett Smith.
She is a sister of the second wife of Rev. Charles Lewis Mills ; for
ancestry, of Mrs. Geo. W, Mills, see record of second marriage of
Charles Lewis Mills (518). Their children are:
578. i. Laura Allen, b. at Dover, N. J., Jan. 20, 1857.
579. ii. Helen Bartlett, b. at Newton, N. J., Jan. 31, 1862.
Julia Elizabeth Mills (522) was married March 27, 1844, to
Isaac L. E. Cook, son of Judge Silas and Elizabeth Cook, of Mont-
villCy N. J. At the time of his marriage, he was in the employ of
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 131
the State Bank, of Morristown, N. J. The same year he was
married, he removed to Fort Wayne, Ind,, where he was cashier of
the State Bank iiiitil his death, Aug. 3, 1847, They had one
child :
580. i. Louis Eugene, who died at Indianapolis, lud., at the age of
six years and six months.
Mrs. Cook was married 2nd, to Antrim Kiggs Forsyth, who was
born in Monmouth Co., N. J., July 14, 1810. He is a son of John
and Elizabeth (Antrim) Forsyth, of Burlington Co., N. J., and
grandson of John Forsyth, of Scotland, and wife Lucretia (Taylor)
Forsyth, of Burlington Co., N. J. He lived in his boyhood on a
farm, went with his father's family to Decatur, Ind., in 1837 ; was
a clerk in a dry goods store, in 1829, and engaged in commercial
business, in 1835, in which he continued until 1857, when he com-
menced as a banker, in which business he has been engaged to
the present time, being now (1886,) president of the First National
Bank, Greeusburg, Ind. He has been for many years, treasurer
of, and director in the hidiana, Cincinnati, and Lafayette R. R.,
now the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago R. R. He
traveled extensively in Europe and the East, in 1850-51, and with
his family in 1867. They had one child :
58L i. Louise Mills b. Sept. 21, 1859, at Greensburg, Ind., d. in
Fryburgh, Me., in Aug., 1873.
Mr. Antrim R. Forsyth's marriage to Mrs. Cook, was his third
marriage. He was married 1st in 1834, to Sarah Turman, had two
children: James and John. James died in 1836, John died in
Aug. 1859, aged twenty-one years. His wife Sarah Turman, died
in 1838. He was married 2nd, to Elizabeth Riggs, daughter of
Rev. Elias and wife Margaret Riggs, of New Providence, Essex Co.,
N.J. They had three children : Elias Riggs Forsyth, born 1844,
who married Catherine Elizabeth Mills (539) being the only sur-
viving one, the others died in infancy. He has been ruling Elder
in the Presbyterian Church, forty years.
Sophia Condit Mills (524) was married June 6, 1849, to
Edward Townley Thompson, son of Ellis and Mary (Townley)
Thompson. Their children are:
582. i. Frank Eugene, b. in Dover, N. J., June 11, 1853.
583. ii. George Townley, b. in Dover, N. J., Nov. 15, 1861.
132 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
For record of marriage of Laura Amelia Mills (525), see Charles
Andrew Eay (459.)
Ebenezer Coe (451) was married Nov. 10, 1824, to Mary Wilson,
daughter of William and Mary (Park) Wilson. Their children
were :
584. i. William P. Coe, b. in Gerardstown, W. Va., Sept. 24, 1829,
and six others, all of whom died in infancy.
William P. Coe (584) was married June 18, 1851, to Fannie B.
Their children are:
Mary Wilson, b. Aug. 17, 1852, d. June 20, 1885,
Eliza Dean, b. March 22, 1854.
Willa Anna, b. Jan. 15, 1856.
Fanny Trent, b. Sept. 30, 1857, d. June 26, 1858,
Wilson Trent, b. Nov. 18, 1859, d. Dec, 23, 1859.
William Ebenezer, b, July 27, 1861, d, April 9, 1863,
Frank Dean, b. Dec, 7, 1864.
All born at Gerardstown, W. Va.
Mary Wilson Coe (585) was married June 4, 1873, to Edwin
P. Dold. Their children were :
592. i. Fannie Trent, b. April 19, 1874.
593. ii. May Porter, b. April 9, 1876.
594. iii. Edwin Porter, b. Jan. 3, 1879.
595. iv. Wilson Coe, b. Dec. 23, 1882.
All born at Lexington, Va.
WiLLA ANJiTA Coe (587) was married Nov. 15, 1883, to Joseph
T. Keilt. They have no children.
Obituary notices of Dr. Ebenezer Coe (451) published at the
time of his death :
fln /llbemorium.
Trent.
Th
585.
i.
586.
ii.
587.
iii.
588.
iv.
589.
V.
590.
vi.
591.
vii.
" Dr. Coe is dead I This sad notice surprised and grieved our community on the
morning of June 16th, 1870. The preceding evening we had seen him about our
village streets as usual, apparently in the enjoyment of his ordinary health and
strength. He had, however, been indisposed for two or three days, and was
taken with severe pains in the head about 7 o'clock on the evening of June 15th,
an in about three hours thereafter breathed his last.
Dr. Coe was born near Morristown, New Jersey, on October 11th, 1789, and was
therefore at the time of his death, in the 81st year of his age. He began the study
of medicine in New Jersey, and graduated at the University of New York in that
city, in 1815. He commenced the practice of his profession at Bedington, N. J., on
October 18th, 1815; he remained there nine months, and soon realized a very
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 133
lucrative practice. His brother having removed to G-erardstowa, requested him to
accompany his family to this place; he did so, not intending to remain. After his
arrival his brother desired hira to remain, assuring him there was sufficient practice
for both of them. About this time he was taken very ill, and upon his recovery
from a sickness of two mouths he concluded to remain in "Virginia. The practice
of himself and brother extended over an area of fifteen miles, frequently requiring
an absence of three days from home to make the circuit of their patients. He
married Miss Mary Wilson, on November 10th, 1824, and soon after purchased
property, and built his dwelling house in this village. Shortly thereafter his
brother removed to Indiana, leaving him the entire practice.
In connection with his brother he organized the Sabbath School in this place,
and was a ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years.
As a husband, father, and friend, his deportment was above reproach.
He has passed away in the fulness of years, in the enjoyment of the confidence
respect, and atl'ection of the entire community.
Dr. Coe is dead 1 This notice has come with inexpressible sorrow to the many
who have associated with him in the various relations of life ; especially to those
who have received his medical attention. They will miss the knowledge of their
physical constitutions which long experience had given him, and will mourn the
loss of a sympathetic friend, as well as of a skillful physician.
Dr. Coe is dead; but his memory will live in the hearts of those who have so long
known and trusted him ; and the influence of his upright, active and useful life will
long be felt in this community.
•His earthly remains were attended to their last resting place on Saturday
morning, June 18th, by a large concourse of sorrowing friends ; the funeral sevices
being conducted by Rev. L. F. Wilson, for many years his friend and pastor."
Life's duty done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its loud the spirit rties ;
While heaven and earth combine to say :
How blest the righteous when he dies.
— Gerardstovm Times.
" In the death of Dr. Coe the citizens of Gerardstown and vicinity have sustained
an irreparable loss. He had practiced medicine in that neighborhood for fifty-fair
years and had not entirely relinquished it up to the time of his death. He was a
man of generous impulses, kind hearted and affable, and for many years an P^ld^r
in the Presbyterian church.
As the ripe oak falls in the forest, has he gone from his walks among men.
He lived a life of usefulness, and died the death of a christian, his loss mourned
by all who knew him." — New Era, Martinsburg, W. Va.
Bathsheba Coe (452) was married June 27, 1821, to Ira
Pruden, who was born at Xew-Vernon, N. J., Nov. 27, 1794. He
died at New- Vernon, Jan. 19, 1879. His wife died at Xew-Vcrnon,
Feb. 12, 1823. They had one child :
596. i. Emily Bathsheba, b. Dec. 11, 1822.
Emily Bathsheba Pruden" (596) was married to William P.
134 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Thompson, Oct. 28, 1850. She died July 30, 1880. Mr. Thompson
is cashier of the First National Bank, Elizabeth, N. J. Their
children were :
597. i. Lewis, b. Sept. 1, 1850.
598. ii. Henry Coe, b. Aug. 18, 1853, d. Dec. 31, 1872,
599. iii. Edward Pruden, b. Aug. 35, 1856.
600. iv. Emily Mills, b. Dec. 31, 1863.
Cleopatra Coe (453) was married in 1821, to Daniel Owen
Pruden, son of Timothy H. and Polly (Owen) Pruden. Daniel
Pruden was a brother of Ira Pruden, who married Bathsheba Coe,
twin sister of Cleopatra, and was born at Dover, N. J., Sept. 23,
1792, died Feb. 28, 1870. His wife Cleopatra died Nov. 7, 1836.
Their children were :
601. i. Alma Ayers, b. May 23, 1823, d. Sept. 22, 1854, unmarried.
602. ii. Ebenezer Conklin, b. May 4, 1825,
603. iii. Alfred, b. Sept. 18, 1827.
604. iv. Caroline Emily, b. May 19, 1836.
Ebenezer Conklin Pruden (602) was married, March 13,
1855, to Emma Lewis Elsen, of Baskenridge, N. J. She was born
July 4, 1835. Mr. Pruden has been a farmer all his life, and has
always resided near Morristown, N. J. Their children are:
Mary Alma, b. March 6, 1856, d. July 25, 1856.
Emma Frances, b. Feb. 22, 1857.
Libbie Anna, b. Feb. 13, 1859.
Carrie Tucker, b. Dec. 1, 1862.
Hattie Augusta, b. Aug. 23, 1869.
Nettie Coe., b. April 16, 1874.
Emma Frances Pruden (606) was married Dec. 3, 1880, to
James Suydam Wenman, son of John Henry and Anna L.
(Suydam) Wenman, New York City.
Alfred Pruden (603) was married Dec. 1, 1856, to Harriet
Anna Burnett, of Chatham, N. J. He is a baker, and resides in
Morristown, N. J. Their children are :
Charles Henry, b. Oct. 13, 1857, d. July 6, 1865.
Edward Francis, b. June 16, 1860.
James Fredrick, b. Sept. 16, 1862.
Orlie Anna, b. Sept. 30, 1865.
Lewis Brown, b. Jan. 23, 1874.
Gertie Ryndall, b. March 8, 1877.
Herbert Coe, b. July 4, 1884.
605.
i.
606.
ii.
607.
iii.
608.
iv.
609.
V.
610.
vi.
611.
i.
612.
ii.
613.
iii.
614.
iv.
615.
V.
616.
vi.
617.
vii.
61S.
i.
619.
ii
620.
iii.
621.
iv.
622
V.
623.
vi.
624.
vii
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 135
C.VROLINE Emily Prudex (604) was married Unrch 14, 1855,
to John Gearen Blazier, son of John and Mary (Gearen) Blazier, of
Baskenridge, N. J. He was born March 10, 1832, and died in
Warren Co., Iowa, June 27, 1878. He was a farmer ; he resided in
Morris Co., N. J., until 1860, when he removed to Montgomery Co.,
111., and in 1870 went to Adams Co., Iowa, where he carried on the
blacksmiths trade. Their children were :
[ Died in infancy.
Teressa Jenette, b. near Morristown, N. J., Oct. IG, 1862, d
May 12, 1863.
Alfretta, b. near Morristown, Dec. 16, 1866.
Elizabeth Crane, b. in Illinois, Feb. 27, 1867.
Charles Crane, b. in Illinois. July 12, 1869, d. April 7, 1870.
Warren Eugene, b. in Illinois, July 9, 1873.
6'J5. viii. Jennie Gardner, b at Baskenbrige, N. J. Aug. 15, 1876.
Mrs. Blazier married 2nd George B. Ramsey, July 24, 1880.
They reside at Corning, Adams Co., Iowa. No children by 2nd
marriage.
Haxxaii Coxklyn (439) married Connett, of Morris-
town, N. J. He was a merchant. She died in 1830. They had no
children.
Daniel Conklix (430) was never married. He was a sea-faring
man. The last that was heard of him was just previous to the
commencement of the Revolutionary war. His mother received
a letter from him, dated in Liverpool, in which he stated that he
was about to sail for New York, Nothing was ever heard of him
afterwards. There is a tradition that he was taken prisoner by the
British, incarcerated in the old Jersey Prison Ship, and died there.
But we have no data to verify the tradition.
Catherine Conklin (431) was married March 29, 1780, to
Joshua Terry, Jr., of Southold, L. I. He was a son of Joshua
Terry, who was a descendant in the fourth generation, of Richard
Terry, who with his two brothers, John and Thomas, embarked for
America at London, Etigland, in the ship James, and landed at
Salem Mass., in 1635. Richard remained in Salem a few years,
removed to Springfield, Mass., from thence to Lyme, Conn., and
from thence to Southold, L. I. Joshua Terry, the father of Joshua
who married Catherine Couklin, was born in 1730, and died 1703.
136 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
His wife was Sarah Hallock, born in 1732, died in 1763. He wab
a farmer, a man of enterprise, and possessing at one time a large
property in land. Joshua, the husband of Catherine Conklin was
born at Southold, Oct. 1758, and died Jan. 25, 1791. He fell over-
board from his vessel when at sea, and was drowned. His wife
Catherine was born at Amagansett, L. I., Saturday, Jan. 17, 1761,
and died at Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 1841. Their children were:
626. i. Phineas, b. Sept. 8, 1781, d. at Staten Island, N. Y.. Oct. 13, 1813.
627. ii. Abigail, b. Aug. 23, 1783, d. May 8, 1866, at Goshen, N. Y.
628. iii. Hannah b. Sept. 24, 1785, d. Jan. 1, 1864, at Goshen, N. Y.
629. iv. Davis Conklin, b. March 24, 1789, d. Aug. 22, 1865, at Hudson,
N. Y.
All born at Southold, L. I.
Phineas Terry (626) was married in 1800 to Mary Fenton,
of Orange Co., N. Y. After his marriage he resided at Westown,
Orange Co., and worked at his trade. He was a tailor. He en-
listed in the army, and died at Staten Island, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1813,
while in the army, which was at that time engaged in the defence
of the city of New York from an anticipated attack from the
British forces. Their children were :
Catherine, d. at the age of 26 years.
Conklin Davis, b. April 2, 1805, d. June 17, 1860.
Keturah, d. when 22 years of age
James.
William Fenton, b. March 17, 1810, d. at Tunkhannock, Pa.,
Aug. 29. 1882.
All born at Westown, N. Y.
Conklin Davis Terry (631) was married 1st, to Elizabeth
Calkins, daughter of Darius and Abigail (Fuller) Calkins, in 1822.
She died Aug. 20, 1841. Their children were :
635. i. Chauncey Fenton, b. Sept. 23, 1823.
636. ii. Ellis Benjamin, b. March 6, 1831, d. June 9, 1875.
637. iii. Mary Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1833, d. July 25, 1876.
638. iv. Susan Fuller, b. March 15, 1835.
639. V. Phinfes Wilber, b. March 7, 18-38.
Chauncey Fenton Terry (635) was married in
to Catherine Honeywell, daughter of William Honeywell. Their
children are:
640. i. Elizabeth.
641. ii. William.
642. iii. Lucinda.
643. iv. James.
644. V. Ellis.
630.
i.
631.
ii.
632.
iii.
633.
iv.
634.
V.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 137
Ellts Benjamix Terry (030) married Elizabeth Bell, daughter
of Jacob Bell, of Centremoreland, Wyoming Co., Penn., Feb. 10,
1852. Marriage ceremony performed by Rev. H. II. Schoonmaker.
He died June 9, 1875. Their children were:
64r). i. Sarah C, b. at Tunkhannock, Pa., Jan. 18, 1857.
04(). ii. Charles F., b. at Tunkhannock, Sept. 12, 1869.
Sarah C. Terry (045) married George M. Heckmau, of Tunk-
hannock, in 1875.
.Mary Abigail Terry (037) married Isaac Sutton, son of Elisha
and Elizabeth Sutton. Their children were:
647. i. Helen E.
648. ii. Harry F., d. March 12, 1872.
Helen E. Terry (047) married Homer Ross.
Susan F. Terry (038) was married April 18, 1857, to Richard
(jrardner Sutton, son of Elisha and Elizabeth Sutton, at Centre-
moreland, Wyoming Co., Penn. Their children are :
649. i. William Byron, b. Jan. 16, 1859.
650. ii. Lottie Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1869.
Both children are unmarried, and^-eside with their parents. Mr.
Sutton is a farmer, and resides in Vernon, Wyoming Co., Penn.
Phineas Wilber Terry (639) was married in 1861 to Cas-
audra Sutton, daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Sutton. Their
children were:
651. i. Lottie E., b. Nov. 22, 1862.
652. ii. Susan W., b. Dec, 28, 1864.
His first wife died March 0, 1804, and he married 2nd Eunice
Major, daughter of Thomas and Mary Major, at Lehman, Pa., Aug.
18, 1860. Their children by 2nd marriage were:
653. i. Rose M., b. June 4, 1867.
654. ii. Major W. b., Oct. 8, 1868.
655. iii. Melvin, b. June 20, 1870.
656. iv. Cora A., b. June 29, 1872.
657. V. Leda May, b. Feb. 19, 1882.
CoNKLiN Davis Terry (631) was married 2d to Tacy, daughter
of Jacob and Angeline (Thomas) Sands at Northmoreland, W^yom-
138 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY,
ing Co., Pa., Oct. 28, 1841. She died March 15, 1885. The chil-
dren by 2d marriage were :
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 39, 1842.
James F., b. Dec. 29, 1844.
Conklin Davis, Jr., b. June 17, 1846.
Henry F., b. Feb. 15, 1848; d. Jan. 13, 1877.
Alvah, b. Aug 14, 1851.
William, b. Sept. 29, 1852.
Margaret M., b. Dec. 6, 1854.
George Winfield, b. May 6, 1859.
James F. Terry (659) married Elizabeth White, daughter of
Solomon and Deborah White, Their children are ;
658.
i.
659.
ii.
660,
iii.
661,
iv.
662,
V.
663.
vi.
664.
vii.
665.
viii.
667
668,
669,
670,
671
672,
i. Oscar.
ii, Eva.
iii. Nellie,
iv. James.
V, Pliineas,
vi. Asa.
vii, Jennie.
Henry F. Terry (661) married Martha Shippey, daughter of
James Shippey. Their children are :
673. i. William.
674. ii. Charles,
William Terry (663) was married July 4, 1871, to Hannah
Shippey, daughter of James Shippey, of Tunkhannock, Pa, He
died July 3, 1872, They had one child:
675. i. Bertha, b. May 20, 1872.
Margaret M. Terry (664) was married Dec, 31, 1882. in Eaton-
ville. Pa., to Byron Rosengrant, son of Jeremiah Rosengrant.
Their children are :
676. i. Addie.
677. ii. Jennie,
678. iii. Levi.
Conklin Davis Terry, Jr., (660) was married Jan. 1, 1883, to
Fannie Sutton, daughter of George and Maria Sutton, at Ceutre-
moreland. Pa. Their children are ;
679. i. Lulu.
680. ii. Alvah D.
681. iii. Freddie,
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 139
George \Yinfield Terry (065) was married May 17, 1844, to
Sarali Givens.
James Terry (033) married Ilaniiali Emmons. They liad one
child :
682. i. Minerva.
Minerva Terry (682) married Rosencrans and resides
at Mahoopen}'.
William Fenton Terry (634) was married March 28, 1830, to
Jane Pilgrim. She was a daughter of Peter Pilgrim and wife
Anna (Miller) Pilgrim, and was born in Orange, N. Y.in 1809, died
in Wyoming Co., Pa., in 1842.
William Fenton Terry was a leading citizen in the community
where he resided, and was much beloved and respected for his
many good qualities. He held the office of Clerk to the Com-
missioners of Wyoming Co. for twenty-six years, longer, it is be-
lieved, than any other man in Pennsylvania ever held a similar
position. He also held the office of Register and Recorder in
Wyoming Co., and Justice of the Peace in Tunkhannock, the latter
twelve years successively. The children of William Fenton Terry
and wife Jane Pilgrim were:
683. i. Francis Pilgrim.
684. ii. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 15, 1832.
685. iii. Sarah Jane, b. May 15, 1837.
686. iv. Keturah, b. June 26, 1842.
Francis Pilgrim Terry (683) was married Jan. 1, 1850, at
Montrose Susquehannah Co., Pa., to Ellen Corat, daughter of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth Corat. Their children were:
687. i. Jacob Corat, b. in Northumberland, Wyoming Co.. Pa., Feb. 11,
1851.
688. ii. "William Fenton, b. at Tunkhannock, Pa., in 1853.
689. iii. George, b. at Montrose, Pa., May 6. 1857.
690. iv. Jane Elizabeth, b. at Steuben, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1871.
Jacob Corat Terry (687) was married Jan. 27, 1876, to Ella,
daughter of Samuel Aumund. He is a farmer; resides in Plymouth,
Richland Co., 0. Their children are :
691. 1. Charles.
692. ii. Arthur.
693. iii. Vernis.
140 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
William Fenton Terry (688) was married June 2, 1875, to
Jennie Barber, daughter of Daniel and Henrietta Barber. They
have one child :
694. i. Claud, b at Ripley, Huron Co., O.
George Terry (689) was married April 10, 1879, to Cora
Rickard. He resides in Ottawa Co., 0. Their children are:
695. i. Ida.
696. ii. William.
Mary Ann Terry (684) was married Feb. 6, 1851, to William
S. Kutz at Tunkhannock, Pa. He is a son of Jacob and Roxana
(Fitzgerald) Kutz, and was born at Wilkesbarre, Luzerne Co., Pa.,
Dec. 1, 1830. Jacob Kutz, father of William S. Kutz, was a son
of John and Elizabeth (Fink) Kutz, and was born in Kutztown,
Berks, Co., Pa., May 14, 1855. Roxana Fitzgerald, his wife, was
born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 14, 1804; died in Washington, D.
C, Oct. 18, 1878. Their children were :
697. i. Jacob, b. at Tunkhannock, Pa., Aug. 15, 1852; d. at same place
July 12, 1853.
698. ii. George Francis, b. at Tunkhannock May 11, 1856.
George Francis Kutz (698) was married May 3, 1881, at Forty
Fort, Luzerne Co., Pa., to Miss Joanna Rinker, daughter of James W.
and Sarah A. (Winters) Rinker, who was born in Eaton, Wyoming
Co., Pa., Aug. 16, 1859. James W. Rinker was a son of Abram and
Susan (Young) Rinker, and was born at Stroudsburgli, Monroe
Co., Pa., Aug. 17, 1829; died at Forty Fort, Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb.
7, 1869. He was married to Sarah Ann Winters July 27, 1850, at
Tunkhannock, Pa. She was a daughter of John Henry and Mar-
garet Kunkle Winters, and was born at Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.,
Pa., March 23, 1833. Mr. William S. Kutz and his son George
Francis reside at Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pa.
Sarah Jane Terry (685) was married Dec. 25, 1861, to Wil-
liam Hunter at Tunkhannock, Pa. He is a son of Jacob and Mary
(Rose) Hunter, and was born at Luzerne, Luzerne Co., Pa., Feb.
18, 1831. Jacob Hunter, the father of William, was a son of Peter
and Peggy (Shales) Hunter, and was born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 141
7, 1803. William Huuter resides at Kingston, Luzerne Co. P^i.
Their children were:
699. i. George Edwin, b. in Eaton, Pa.. Oct. 26, 1863.
700. ii. William Terry, b. in Eaton, Pa., May 19, 1866, d. in Eaton
Dec. 25, 1866.
701. iii. Gertrude, b. in Eaton, Pa., Oct. 1, 1867.
703. iv. Harry, b. in Eaton, Pa., Oct. 31, 1869.
703. V. Belle, b. in Eaton, Pa., July 16, 1872.
Keturaii Terry (686) was married Aug. 31, 1867, to Alanson
Ide, who was born in Lehman Township, Pa., July 31, 1833. He
is the eighth child of William Ide who removed from Stockbridge,
Mass., in 1800, with his father, Nehemiah Ide, and settled in Leh-
man Township, Pa. Nehemiah Ide was a Colonel in the Revolu-
tionary war. The children of Alanson Ide and wife Keturah Terry
are ;
704. i. Alice Ann.
705. ii. Mary Sophronia.
Alice Axx Ide (704-) was married Oct. 31, 1881, to Benjamin
Henry Kilmer, who was born in Greenfield, Pa., Aug. 13, 185y,
and is the eighth child of Jeremiah and Catharine Maria (Forman)
Kilmer. Resides at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
William Fenton Terry (634) was married 2d to Ruth Ann
Holly Oct. 22, 1846. She was born in Minisink Township, Orange
Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1822, and is a daughter of Israel and Hannah
(Hallock) Holly and granddaughter of Benjamin and Charity Hal-
lock. Her maternal grandparents were Zebulon and Bethiah
(Booth) Hallock. All born in Orange Co. N. Y., except Benjamin
Holly, who was born in Ireland. Mrs. William Fenton Terry re-
sides at Tunkhannock, Pa. The children of William F. Terry
l)y 2d marriage are:
706. i. William Baldwin, b. in Northumberland Township, Wyoming
Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1847. Unmarried.
707. ii. Horace Holly, b. in Northumberland Township, Wyoming Co.,
Pa., April 12, 1851.
708. iii. Charles Edwin, b. in Tunkhannock, Pa.. Feb. 19, 1857.
Horace Holly Terry (707) was married at Waverly, N. Y.
Jan. 14, 1870, to Miss Celesta, of Delmater, who was born at Dry-
den, N. Y., in 1852. She is a daughther of Henry Alsworth and
Olive (Howard) Delmater. They have one child:
70D. i. Leland Finton Terry, b. at Timkliannock, Pa., Dec. 15, 1872.
142 . HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Charles Edwin Terry (708) was married Dec. 15, 1880, to
Miss Emma Moneypenny Benedict, who was born in Eaton town-
ship, Pa., Sept. 18, 1856. She is a daughter of William
Benedict, who was born in Pittston, Luzerne Co., Pa., June
6, 1825, and wife Elizabeth Hall, who was born in Orange Co.,
N. Y., Nov. 10, 1833, and was a daughter of Job Hall, who
came from Ireland, and Prudence (Manning) Hall, who was born
in Orange Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1805, and died in Wyoming Co., Pa.,
Jan. 5, 1868. William Benedict's father was John Benedict. He
was born in Pittston, Pa., in 1787 ; died in 1830. His wife, Sally
Armstrong, boi'n in Pittston, Pa., April 25, 1800, died at Tunkhan-
nock, Pa., May 4, 1880. Their children are :
710. i. Ruth Elizabeth, b. at Tunkhannock, Pa., Sept. 28, 1881.
711. ii. Helen Day, b. at Tunkhanuock Pa., Aug. 16, 1883.
Charles Edwin Terry resides at Tunkhannock, Pa. He is a
lawyer, and was admitted to the bar Nov. 10, 1879. The following
year he was elected District Attorney of Wyoming Co., and to the
same office for three succeeding years. For four years he was As-
sociate Editor with Mr. Alvin Day of the Wyoming Democrat, pub-
lished at Tunkhannock. He retired from that position Dec. 1,
1884, and is now devoting himself exclusively to the practice of his
profession.
Abigail Terry (627) was married Nov. 20, 1801, to Barnabas
Wickham, son of Noyes and Eutli (Goldsmith) Wickham, of E,idge-
bury. Orange Co., N. Y. (For further record of Noyes Wickham
see succeeding pages of this work.) Barnabas Wickham was a
farmer, and resided near Ridgebury, Orange Co., where he was born,
and where he died December 26, 1857. His wife died at same
place May 8, 1866, They lived together fifty-six years. Their
cbildren were:
712. i. George, b at Ridgebury, N. Y., July 32, 1803 ; d. in Ridge-
bury, Nov. 14, 1855.
713. ii. Harriet, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., July 22, 1805; d. at Ridge-
bury, Feb. 25, 1875.
711. iii. Horace, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1807; d. at Ridge-
bury, Feb. 6, 1853.
715. iv. Halsey, b. at Ridgebury, N Y. , Nov. 29, 1809; d. at Deckers-
town, N. J., Dec. 27, 1849.
716. V. Davis Conklin, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., July 22, 1812; d. at
Westown, N. Y., April 9, 1873.
717.
vi.
718.
vii.
719.
viii.
720.
ix.
r4,i.
!•
723.
ii.
724.
iii.
725.
iv.
726.
V.
727.
vi.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 143
Gabriel, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y , Sept. 11, 1814; d at Flusliing,
Mich., Sept. 10, i883.
Ahuison, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., Dec. 15, 181(5; d, at Ridge-
bury, N. Y., June 6, 1882.
Maria Jaue, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., March 27, 1819.
Catlierine, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., July 22, 1821; d. at Water-
loo, Iowa., May 9, 1870.
721. X. Bethia, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1823
George Wickham (712) was married Feb. 25, 1825, to Hilinda
Hawkins, daughter of Gilbert and Mary (Davis) Hawkins, of Ridge-
bury, N. Y. Their children were :
De Witt Cliatoa, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., April 7, 1827.
Gilbert Henry, b. at Greenville, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1828.
Abigail, b. at Greenville, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1831; d. at Milton,
N. Y., Oct. 13, 1867.
Horace, b. at Greenville, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1833; d. at Danbury,
Conn., Jan. 28, 1861.
Maria Jane, b. at Florida, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1835.
Hilinda, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y.. June 14, 1837; d. at Ridge-
bury, Sept. 20, 1858.
728. vii. Franklin, b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., June 20, 1841; d. at Ridge-
bury. N Y., June 27, 1864.
729. viii. Augusta, b. at Ridgeburv, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1843 ; d. at Flat-
bush, L. I., Jan. 28, 1871.
730. ix. Mahlon J., b. at Ridgebury, N. Y., May 29, 1848 ; d. at Flat-
bush, L. I., April 1, 1876.
De Witt Clixtox Wickham (722) was married April 14, 1849,
to Harriet Miller, daughter of Abner and Berthia (Tryon) Miller,
of Slate Hill, N. Y. Their children were :
731. i. Ross Miller, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., April 7, 1850.
732. li. Mary Ann. b. in Flatbush, L. I.. June 8, 1852.
733. iii. Anna Miller, b. in Flatbush, L. I., March 22, 1855.
734 iv. George G., b. in lioonton, N. J., July 22, 1861.
735. V. Hattie, b. in Boonlon, N. J., April 2, 1864.
Ross Miller Wickham (731) was married Jan. 5, 1874, in
Terra Haute, lud., to Mary Alice Steventon, daughter of William A.
and Phebe (Mills) Hteventon. She was born at Boouton, X. J.,
Jan. 9, 1855. Their children are :
736. i. Alice N., b. in Jersey City Heights, N. J., Jan. 23. 1876.
737. ii. Willie C, b. in Patterson, N. J., Oct. 23, 1877 ; d. in Boonton,
N. J.. Aug. 18. 1878.
738. iii. Edna M., b. in Patterson. N. J.. Feb. 4, 1881.
739. iv. Ross E., b in Patterson, N. J., Aug. 4, 1883.
Ross Miller Wickham (731) resides in Patterson, N.J. ; is in
the Fire Insurance business.
144 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Mary Ann Wickham (732) was married Feb. 17, 1881, to Hiram
S. , son of Samuel and Lucetta (Decker) Stage, in Otisville, N. Y.
De Witt Clinton Wickham (732) is a school teacher. Has taught
forty years — six years in Flatbush, L. I., fifteen years in Boonton,
N. J., and nineteen years in Orange Co., N. Y.
Gilbert Henry Wickham (723) was married Nov. 6, 1861, to
Catherine Ditmas, daughter of Abraham and Joanna (Hendrickson)
Ditmas, of Gravesend, L. I. She died at Gravesend, Nov. 3, 1872.
Their children are :
740. i. George Ditmas, b. in Gravesend, L. I. June 18, 1864.
741. 11. Minnie A., b. In Gravesend, L. L, Feb 13, 1871.
Gilbert Henry Wickham (723) in the early part of his life was a
school teacher. He taught in Bath, L. I., and other places in Kings
Co. — teaching in one district twenty years. He was Justice of the
Peace, and was Judge of the Court of Sessions four years. He is
now engaged in mercantile business in 'Gravesend, L. I. He is
liighly esteemed aiid respected in the community where he has
spent the greater part of his life.
Abigail Wickham (724) was married Aug. 30, 1855, to Eev.
John Rhodes, son of John and Jane (Lake) Rhodes, at Ridgebury,
N. Y. He died in Milton, N. Y., May 28, 1866. His wife died in
same place Oct. 13, 1867. Their children were :
742. i. .John J., b. Sept. 30, 1856, d. In Flatbush, L. I., Aug. 6, 1858.
743. 11. John W., b. Dec. 17, 1858, d. in Flatbush, L. I., Mar. 26, 1860.
744. Hi. Abby L , b June 9, 1861, d. in Flatbush, L. I., July 29, 1880.
745. Iv. Ida J., b. July 4, 1862.
Children all born in Flatbush, L. I.
Horace Wickham (725) was married to Frances L. Orton, in
April, 1860. He died at Danbury, Conn., Jan. 28, 1861. He had
studied and prepared himself for the ministry, but his health fail-
ing him, he was compelled to abandon it. They had no children.
HiLiNDA Wickham (727) died at Ridgebury, N. Y., Sept. 20,
1858.
The following obituary, by her friend and pastor Rev. Clifford S.
Arns, was published in the New York Observer soon after her
death :
" Hilinda, daughter of George and Hilinda (Hawkins) "Wickham, died Sept. 20,
1858. She became a christian during a revival in the fall of 1851, and united with
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 145
the Presbyterian Church at Ridgebury, Orauge County, N. Y., in March, 1852.
From childhood she seemed to have a special regard for the word and worship of
God, but especially after her profession of faith in Christ. She was among the
rirst in the village to receive a Bible for the perfect recitation of the Assembly's
catechism. She was asked and answered every question to a letter, without falter-
ing for an instant. The Bible and religious books were her chosen companions.
She had liale relish for worldly amusements, so common with youthful professors.
Her peaceful, happy death was but the legitimate result of a consistent Godly life.
In all her declining months she was a stranger to doubt and darkness. As she
was admiring the beauty of the sunset, at the close of a beautiful day, she said to
a christian friend: ' I .shall never look again upon this earthly beauty, but I shall
see the beauty of the Lord infinitely more glorious.' Her affection for Christ was
ardent and sincere, as the following incident tenderly reveals : After her confine-
ment to the house, an.xious to do something for her Lord and Master, she provided
a bo.x labelled, " Have you a penny for the heathen," and as one and another visited
her, she asked ol all an alms for her Lord and Saviour, Precious to her was the
work of gathering these offerings for Christ. Sometimes she would say, ' I prayed
this morning I might have some visitor who would give me something for my box,
and I never thus prayed but that I received precious offerings from unexpected
sources.' These offerings to her were of priceless value, the joy and rejoicing of
her heart, more desired than the most costly gifts for herself. They seemed to be
fuel to cherish and increase her affection for her Saviour. When the last severe at-
tack came on which indicated her approaching end, her mother asked her if she had
anything to say to her. She replied, ' Take good care of my missionary box, and
my two Bibles, and give to those who have none.' This was her dying charge, her
heart offering to the cause of Christ. Sabbath morning, the day before she died,
although speechless, she signified by most expressive signs, that the thought of
dying on the Sabbath was most precious. Monday morning, the day she died, she
sent for her pastor and exclaimed with the utmost delight, ' Oh, now I can speak
to you.' 'What do you wish to say? ' asked her pastor. ' Tell my young friends
to live for Christ, tell christians not to be carried away by the frivolities of time,
warn them for me to be faithful to Christ and his cause, and may yon, my dear pas-
tor, win many precious souls to Christ. Oh, I am going home. Soon shall I see
Jesus of whom I have thought, heard and read so much. Oh ! wondrous love and
mercy that made him bleed and die for such sinners as I am.' As the darkness of
evening gathered around the loving family, she said, ' Mother, this will a be dark
niglit to you, but it will be all light to me.' She again requested her pastor to be
sent for, that they might once more unite in family prayer. As he was absent, she
wished her mother to pray. The dying daughter followed in prayer, and at the
close repeated these lines :
'Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Unaltered or expressed ;
The motion of a hidden fire,
That trembles in the breast.' "
Maiilon J. WiCKHAM (730) was married to Sarah Jones, daugh-
19
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146 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
ter of Artemas B. and Emeline (Blair) Jones, in Flatbnsh, L. L,
March 22, 1875. He died in Flatbnsh, April 1, 1876. They had
no children.
Harriet Wickham (71-3) was married Feb. 28, 1828, to Samnel
Bailey, a son of ISTathaniel and Abigail (Denton) Bailey, in Ridge-
bury, N. Y, He died in Ridgebnry Oct. 2, 1875. His wife died in
same place, Feb. 25, 1874.
©bituar^.
An aged and respected citizen of Wawavanda, was buried Oct. 4, 1875. Mr,
Samuel Bailey, who died at his residence in Ridjjebury on Saturday last. Many years
ago, Mr. Bailey lived and carried on business at Middletown. But for a long time
past he resided on the farm where he died. He was oue of the kindest and best of
neighbors, a good citizen, and a kind and indulgent husband and father. He was
one of the oldest Free Masons in the country, having been initiated as a member of
Hoffman Lodge, No. 300, of Middletown, on the 9th of June, 1823.
Their children were :
Emily, b. Dec 5, 1829.
Gabriel, b. Oct. 26, 1832; d. Nov. 9, 1832.
Frances, b. May 31, 1834, d. March 8, 1837,
Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1837.
Helen, b. July 31, 1841.
Charles Wickham, b. July 13, 1845.
All born in Ridgebury, N. Y.
Helen" Bailey (750) was married to David TV. Quick, son of
Alfred and Amanda Quick, in Ridgebury, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1866. Their
children are :
752. i. Nina, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., .Tan. 4, 1869.
753. ii. Roy, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., June 9, 1870.
754. iii. Herbert, b. and d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 9, 1873.
755. iv. Bailey, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1880.
David N. Quick enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, in Company K, 124th N.
Y. Volunteers, was mustered in the U. S. service Sept. 5, 1862,
Participated in the following engagements : Fredericksburg, Chan-
celorville, Brandy Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania
Court House, North Anna River, Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor,
seige and capture of Petersburg. Was at the surrender of army
of Northern Virginia at Appomatox Court House, April 9, 1865.
Was commissioned 2d Lieut. Nov. 14, 1864, and 1st Lieut. Feb. 18,
1865. Was acting Adjutant of the regiment three months. Was
746.
i.
747.
ii.
748.
iii.
749.
iv.
750.
V.
751.
vi.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
147
mustered out June 3, 1865, as coinniancling officer of Co. B, to
whicli he was assigned when commissioned.
Chakles Wickiiaji Bailey (751) was married Nov. 27,1873, to
Miss Nettie Van Boniel, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Young)
Van Bomel. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
PIoRACE WiCKHAM (714) was married April 2, 1835, to Matilda
B. McOann, daughter of Henry and Matilda (Blaccard) McCann,
at Hudson, N. Y. Matilda B. MuCann was born in Belfast, Ire-
hmd, Aug. 20, 1817, and died in VVaukegan, 111., Sept. 11, 1882.
Horace Wickham was a harness and saddle maker. He served his
apprenticeship with his Uncle, Davis Conklin Terry, in Hudson,
N, Y. Their children were :
756. i. Caroline Matilda, b. in Hudson, N. Y., June 11, 1837.
7o7. ii. Louisa Amelia, b. in Hudson, N. Y.. July 36, 1839.
758. iii. Wesley William, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1841.
759. iv. Margaret Jane, b. in New Vernon, Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 1844 ;
d. same year.
760. V. Mary Virginia, b. in New Vernon, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1845.
761. vi. Horace, Jr., b. July 16, 1847.
762. vii. Frances Ophelia, b. in Otisville, Orange Co., N. Y''., in April
1850, d. in Chicago, Feb. 2, 1860.
Caroline Matilda Wickham (756) was married in 1859, to
Joseph P. True. He died in Chicago, 111., in 1880. Mrs. True was
married second, to R. K. Calls. They reside in Waukeegan, 111.
The children by first marriage were :
763. i. Lillian May.
764. ii. Cora Belle.
765. iii. Frederick. Knights.
Louisa Amelia Wickham (757) was married Dec. 15, 1857, to
Buel Dwight Darling, son of Peter and Nancy (Bullard) Darling,
in Chicago, 111. They had one child :
766. i. Oscar Louis Darling, b. July 27, 1858, d. in New York City
Jan. 6, 1885.
Oscar Louis Darling (766) was married May 6, 1882, to Carrie
Rose Perkins, daughter of Samuel and Deborah (Gifford) Perkins,
of Fairfield, Me. Their children are :
767. i. Louise, b. in Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 11, 1883.
768. ii. Daisy Endora, b. in New York City, Feb 28, 1885.
Buel Dwight Darling, resides at 225 W. 38th Street, New York
City. Is in the livery business.
148 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Mr. Oscar L. Darliap: was a very protnisiog young man, highly educated, and
held very flattering and responsible position with a R. R. Co. in Minneapolis, Minn ,
which he was compelled to resign on account of ill health. He died loved and la-
mented by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances. — Lake County Patriot,
Waukeegan, III.
Wesley AV. Wickham (758) was married in Chicago, 111., Jan.
14, 1867, to Alice A. Genu»g, oldest daughter of Samuel F. and
Cynthia A. Greuung. She was born at Terra Haute, III, July 25,
1849. Wesley W. Wickham resides in Waukeegan, 111. He entered
the service of the U. S. Express Co. in 1862, Avas twenty years in the
employ of the Co. in Chicago. Since 1876, he has resided in Wau-
keegan, 111., where he holds the responsible position of agent of the
Co. Their children are :
769. i. Ophelia Maud, b. in Chicago, 111., Nov. 22, 1867.
770. ii. Lulu Marian, b. in Chicago, 111., Sept. 12, 1869.
771. iii. Alice May, b. la Chicago, 111., May 16, 1872.
772. iv. Eva, b. in Waukeegan, 111., Oct. 24, 1876, d. Oct. 26, 1876.
Maey ViRGiisriA Wickham (760) was married at Highland Park,
111., Dec. 25, 1866, to Henry F. Corson. They had one child :
773. 1. Lulu, b. Oct., 1867, d. in Waukeegan, 111., in 1869.
Horace Wickham, Jr. (761) enlisted in the navy in 1861.
Served three years and was honorably discharged, since which time
he has invented several useful patents. He is now in business in
Milwaukee, Wis.
Halsey Wickham (715) was married Sept. 24, 1831, to Rebecca
Young, daughter of Thomas P. and Amy (Vantyle) Young. Their
children were :
774. 1. Emeline S., b. Jan. 1, 1833.
775. ii. Thomas Young, b. Feb. 19, 1836.
776. iii. Emmet Terry,"b. March 4, 1841.
Children all bora in Greenville, N. Y.
Emeline S. Wickham (774) was married April 5, 1857, to
Joseph B., son of Ebenezer and Riioda Rix. They have no children,
Thomas Young Wickham (775) was married in 1864 to Eme-
line Corwin, daughter of Joshua and Maria (Carpenter) Corwin, at
Greenville, N. Y. Their children are :
777. i. Gracie B., b. in Mt. Salem, K. J. Nov. 11, 1865, d. in Ains-
worth. Iowa, Oct. 24, 1876.
778. ii. Emmet Terry, b. in Mt. Salem, N. J., Oct. 11, 1867.
779. iii. Harry Halsey. b. in Mt. Salem, N. J., Jan. 7, 1871
780. iv, Thonias Young, b. in Ainsvvorth, Iowa, July 1, 1873.
785.
lii.
786.
iv.
787.
V.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 149
Thomas Youxg Wickham (775) resides in Ainswortli, Iowa. Is
a hardware merchant.
Emmet Terry Wickham (776) was married Sept. 1,1806, to
Eliza Jane, daugiiter of John J. and Letetia (Campbell) Wana-
maker, in SnfFern, N. Y. Their children are:
781. i. Lena, b. in 18G8.
782. ii. Letetia, b. in 1871.
Davis Coxklust Wickham (716) was married Dec. 4, 1836, to
Fanny Cartwright, daughter of Moses and Hester (Wilson) Cart-
wright, of Coleville, N. Y. Their children were :
78:5. i. Abby J., b. in Rid2;el)ury, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1838, d. in same
place, Oct. 11, 1841.
784. ii. Abram, b. in Ridgebniy, N. Y., March 16, 1839.
Austin, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y , Nov. 19, 1840; d. Oct. 1, 1841.
Amelia A., b. in Ridgebury, K Y., March 3, 1842, d. in same
place.
Albert J., b. in Hamburg, N. J., Sept. 11, 1843.
788. vi. Gabriel, b. in Lewisburg, N. J., Dec. 5, 1845, d. in Oxford, N.
Y'., Jan 8, 1876.
Abram Wickham (784) was married Nov. 4, 1859, to Mary Jane
Elston, daughter of Dea. Joseph H. Elston, of Greenville, N. Y.
Their children are :
789. i. Floyd D., b. in Mt. Salem, N. J., April 29, 1861 d. in Westown,
K Y., Junel, 1877.
Hattie A., b. in Westown, N. Y^., Sept. 29, 1864.
Emma A., b. in Greenville, X. Y., July 20, 1867. d. June 4.
1877, in Westown, N. Y.
William E., b. in Greenville, N. Y'., July 21, 1869.
Rosa E.. b. in Greenville, N. Y. Oct. 20, 1870, d. in Westown,
N. Y., July 16, 1877.
794. vi. Cuthbert R., b. in Greenville, N. Y.. June 1, 1872. d. in Wes-
town, N. Y., July 16, 1877.
Abram Wickham is a farmer, resides in Westown, N. Y.
Hattie A. Wickham (790) was married Feb. 13, 1884, in Wes-
town, N. Y., to John H., son of Joseph Hunt, of Branchville, N.J.
Amelia A. Wickham (786) was married April 13, 1861, in Mount
Salem, N. J., to Abram Wright, son of Obadiah A. and Caroline M.
Wright, of Deckertown, N. J. Abram Wright has been a school
teacher twenty years. Their children are :
795. i. Abby F., b. in Deckertown, N. J., Oct. 29, 1862.
796. ii. Alice, b. in Deckertown, X. J., Jan. 18, 1866.
797. iii. A. Cuthbert, b. in Chester, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1878.
790.
ii.
791.
iii.
792.
iv.
793.
V.
150 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Albert J. Wickham, (787) was married Nov. 10, 1866, in Wes-
town, K. Y., to Mary Jane Mayliair, daughter of Thomas and Mar-
garet Mayhair, of Greenville, N. Y. Their children are :
798. i. Estella E.,b. in Westown, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1867.
799. ii. Annie, b. in Coleville, N. J., Aug. 9, 1869.
800. iii. Mary F., b. in Coleville, N. J., Feb. 14, 1872, d. in Coleville, N.
J., Jan., 1877.
801. iv. Josephine, b. in Coleville, N. J., Dec. 1, 1875.
Gabriel Wickham (788) was married Dec. 20, 1865, at Green-
ville, N. Y., to Anna F., daughter of Moses and Phebe (Tuthill)
Martin, of Greenville, N. Y. Gabriel Wickham was killed on the
R. R. at Oxford, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1876. Their children are :
802. i. Edwin H., b. in Greenville, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1866.
803. ii. Martin D., b. in Greenville. Sept. 26, 1868.
804. iii. Fred. G., b. in Greenville, April 22, 1873.
805. V. Jennie M., b. in Port Jervis, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1875.
Gabriel Wickham (717) was married Feb. 19, 1843, in Kidge-
bury, N. Y., to Mary Jane Arnout, daughter of Nathan and Phebe
M. (Roe) Arnout. She was born March 3, 1821, at Gardnerville,
N. Y. Gabriel Wickham died at Flushing, Mich. Their children
were :
806. i. Iraogene, b. in Ridgebury, N Y., June 29, 1849, d. in Ridge-
bury, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1852.
807. ii. Josephine, b. in Ontario, Richland Co., Ohio, April 12, 1852.
808. iii. Georgianna, b. in Ontario, Richland Co., O.. Jan. 29, 1855.
809. iv. Herbert E., b. in Ontario, Richland Co., O., Nov. 10, 1858.
Josephine Wickham (807) was married June 6, 1875, to Charles
Wood, son of James and Sarah (Burgess) Wood, at Flushing, Mich.
They have one child :
810. i. Mary Gabriella, b. in Flushing, Mich., May 21, 1876.
Georgianna Wickham, (808) was married Jan. 24, 1872, to
John H. Wood, son of James and Sarah (Burgess) Wood, in Flush-
ing, Mich. Their chilnren are :
811. i. Edith M., b. June 4, 1873.
812. ii. Arnout Burgess, b. July 26, 1880.
813. iii Sarah Imogene, b. Jan. 11, 1883.
Children all born in Flushing, Mich.
Herbert E. Wickham (809) was married Dec. 25, 1878, to
Alberta F. Barnhart, daughter of Edwin and Finetta F. Barnhart,
in Flushing, Mich. They have one child:
814. i. Robert Leon, b. in Flushing, Mich., Sept. 2, 1881.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 151
Gabriel Wickham (717) removed from Ridgebury, Orange Co.,
N. Y., in 1853 to Ontario, Ohio, and in March, 1869 bought a farm
in what is known as the " P^nglish Neigliborhood " settlenn^it in
Flushing, Genessee Co., Michigan, where he died Sept. 10, 188.3.
James and Sarah (Burgess) Wood arc natives of- Mancliester, Eng-
land. They came to this country in 1840 with many others from
Manchester, and named the place where they settled, " English
Neighborhood." Their sons, John H. and Charles E., reside there.
The widow of Gabriel Wickham, and their son Herbert E. Wick-
ham, also reside there.
Alaxson" Wickham (718) was married in Sept., 1839, to Cath-
erine Norris, daughter of Gideon and Amy (Vantyle) Norris, in
Greenville, N. Y. Their childred are :
815. i. Oscar S., b. in Greenville, K Y., .Jan. 27, 1842.
816. ii. G. Munson, b. in Greenville, N. ¥., April 7, 1845.
Oscar S. Wickham (815) was married Feb. 28, 1871, to Mary,
daughter of Samuel Daughty, of Boonton, N. J. Their children
are :
817. i. Ella D , b. in Allegany, N. Y., March 19, 1874.
818. ii. Irving M., b. in Allegany, N. Y., October 6, 1881.
Oscar S. Wickham taught school in Orange Co., N. Y., and in
Boonton, N. J., until he married, when he removed to Allegany,
Cataraugus Co., N". Y., where he purchased a farm, and is now en-
gaged in farming at Franklinville, N. Y.
G. Munson AVickham (816) was married in 1874, at Port Jervis,
Orange Co., N. Y., to Mary Kalbfas of Port Jervis. They have no
children. He is a tinsmith and works at his trade in Port Jervis.
Catherine Wickham (730) was married Feb., 14, 1839, to James
Wainright, son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Shimar) Wainright,
of Ridgebury, N. Y. Their children were :
Phebe Jane, b. in Ridgebury, X. Y., June 2, 1840.
Ezra, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., August 23, 1842.
Charles, b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1845, d. in Waterloo,
Iowa, May 20, 1871.
Harriet, b. in Port Jervis, N. Y., October 13, 1847.
Beliiia, b. in Waverly, N. Y., March 12, 18.52, d. in Waterloo,
Iowa, September 14, 1867.
Emma E., b. in Adrian, Mich , August 9, 1858.
Sarah H , b. in Adrian, Mich , Fel)ruary 3, 1861.
836. viii. Nettie, b. in Adrian, Mich., March, 1863.
819.
i.
820.
ii.
821.
iii.
822.
iv.
823.
V.
824.
vi.
825.
vii.
152 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Phebe Jane Wainkight (819) was married Nov. 23, 1869, to
Leonard Chamberlain, son of John and Mary (Jocelyn) Chamber-
lain, at Waterloo, Iowa. Their children are :
837. i. Cora A., b. Sept. 9th, 1870.
828. ii. Mary E., b. Sept. 3, 1872.
Ezra Wainright (820) was married March 15, 1863, to Mary
Cook, at Adrian, Mich. They have three children:
829. i.
831. iii.
Harriet Wainright (822) was married July 10, 1873, to
Nathaniel Ayers, son of David and Snsan (Butts) Ayers, at Water-
loo, Iowa. They have two children.
832. i. aged ten years.
833. ii. aged five years.
Nathaniel Ayers is a carpenter, and resides in Nebraska.
From a paper published in Waterloo, Iowa, we copy the follow-
ing obituary notice of Mrs. James Wainright:
Mrs. James "Wainright died at her residence in this city yesterday, May 9, 1876.
The deceased has been a resident of Waterloo for ten years, and had many friends
attracted to her, by her consistent christian character, amiable disposition, and ex-
cellent qualities of head and heart. She was a loving wife, a kind mother, and a
good neighbor. Her husband and children have the sympathy of all their ac-
quaintances, in this their time of great sorrow and affliction.
Hannah Terry (628) was married to Gideon Case, of Goshen,
Orange Co., N. Y., July 1, 1823. He was born in Goshen, Orange
Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 1784, and died at Goshen, Nov. 3, 1867. He
was a soldier in the war of 1812-5. His wife, born at Southold, L.
I., Sept. 24, 1786, died in Goshen, Jan. 1, 1864. Their children
were :
834. i. Jane Case, b. April 5, 1822, d. Dec. 24, 1824.
835. ii. Horatio Nelson, b. May 31, 1824.
836. iii. Hannah Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1826.
Children all born in Goshen, N. Y.
Hannah Jane Case (836) was married Jan. 4, 1849, to William
Chambers, son of Samuel and Jane (McCord) Chambers, who came
to this country from County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, in 1824.
William Chambers has held the office of Alderman in Newburg,
837.
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838.
ii
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iii
840.
iv.
Ml.
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and is now, (I8SG) Assistant Postmaster in that city. The child-
ren of William Chambers and wife, Hannah Jane Case, are :
Mary E., b. :May 20, 1851.
Eliza J., b. March 22, 1853. '
William C, b. June 3, 1855.
Harriet B., b. Jan. 26, 1S58, d. Sept. 20, 1861.
Albert N., b. July 11, 1860.
James L. b. July 30, 1866.
William Case Chambeks (839) was married Jan. 9, 1880, to
Edna H. Andrews, daughter of John P. and Harriet E. Andrews,
of Newburg, N. Y. They have no children.
Albert Nelson Chambers (841) was married Sept. 19, 1883, to
Ella Smith, daughter of Frederick B. and Sarah J. Smith, of New-
burg, X. Y.
Davis Conklin" Terry (629) was born in the town of Southold,
Suffolk Co., L. I., March 4, 1789. He was the youngest of four
children of Joshua and Catherine (Conklin) Terry, He was bap-
tized in the Presbyterian Church at East Hampton, L. I., by the
Kev. Samuel Buell, and was named after his uncle, Davis Conklin.
He learned the trade of a saddler and harness maker, which he
carried on successfully for thirty-five years in Hudson, N. Y. His
reputation in the community which knew him so many years,
was that of an exemplary, honest and truthful man. He was
many times spoken of by friends in connection with positions of
trust and honor within the gift of his fellew citizens. But he in-
variably declined, and never held any political office. The only
office he ever held was that of Director in the Hudson River
Bank, now the Hudson River National Bank. In the affairs of this
venerable institution, he always manifested the highest degree of in-
terest, having been connected with it as a large stockholder, and
one of its Board of Directors for more than thirty years. During
this long period, he discharged his official duties to the entire sat-
isfaction of his associates and constituents. He died Aug. 22, 1865.
From the Columbia Republican we copy the following :
" Mr. Davis Conklin Terry, an aged and estimable citizen, died on Tuesday last.
For several years he has been compelled to go upon crutches, in consequence of a
fall. But the resources of a genial disposition enabled him to bear his misfortune
without a murmur.
It is related ot the deceased, that upon returning from the funeral of a young
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154 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
acquaintance a few years since, where the beautiful hymn, ' I would not live al-
ways ' had been sung, he suddenly remarked, ' I have been to heaven.' The music
impressed him as almost celestial, and he then requested that the same hymn should
be sungjWhen his own funeral should take place. The request was complied with,
and the occasion was one of peculiar interest and solemnity.
He was married September 2, 1813, to Deborah Coffin, daughter of Thomas Coffin
and wife Sarah Coffin. She was born in Edgartown, Mass., Feb. 22, 1796, and
died at Hudson, N. Y., April 29, 1840. She was a descendant in a direct line in
the 7th generation, of Thomas Coffin, who was born in Devonshire, England in 1609,
He married Dionis Stevens, and came to this country with his wife and four child-
ren in 1642. In 1661, with nine others, he purchased the Island of Nantucket,
Mass., removed there in 1662, where he died October 3, 1682.
children of Davis Conklin Terry and wife Sarah Coffin,
Catherine, b. June 18, 1814; d. Dec. 28, 1814.
George, b. Jan. 22, 1816; d. May, 17, 1817.
Edwin Croswell, b. Jan. 27, 1818; d. Feb. 27, 1883.
Caroline, b. June 9, 1820 ; d. March 20, 1822.
William Henry, b. Jan. 7, 1823.
Sarah Jane Claghorn, b. Feb. 13, 1825.
Mary Elizabeth, b. June 6, 1827; d. Feb. 27, 1831.
Charles Conklin, b. Nov. 20, 1831,
Children all born in Hudson, N. Y.
Edwin Croswell Terry (945) was married to Sarah Ann
Bailey, of Norwalk, Conn., July 21, 1840. She was a daughter of
Noah S. and Angeline Bailey, a granddaughter of Benjamin Bailey
and great-granddaughter of Benoni Bailey, Avho came to Connecti-
cut from L. I. previous to the llevolutionary war. Their children
were :
851. i. Geo. Henry, b. in Norwalk, Conn., May 17, 1841; d. in New
Y'ork, July 4, 1843.
852. ii. Edwin Croswell, b. in Hudson, N. Y,, June 17, 1844; d, in
Hudson, Sept. 10, 1846.
853. iii. Frederick Bailey, b. in Hudson, N, Y"., April 24, 1848; d. Jan-
uary 27, 1855.
He was married 2nd. to Cornelia Ten Eyck, who was born in
Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., July 21, 1823. She was a daugh-
ter of Samuel and Margaret (Van Duesan) Ten Eyck, and grand-
daughter of Abram and Elizabeth (Butler) Ten Eyck. She died
Dec. 2G, 1854. They had no children. He was married 3rd., April
29, 1857, to Mrs. Elizabeth F. Coffin. She was a daughter of
Charles McArthur and Caroline Hammond, and was born June 30,
The
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844.
ii.
845.
iii.
846.
iv.
847.
V.
848.
vi.
849.
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850.
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HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 155
1825. The first liusbanJ was Setli, son of Peter G. and Abigail
Coffin. He died Feb. 20, 1S47. Peter G. Coffin was one of the
first settlers of Hudson, N. Y. Tliere were no children by 3rd
marriage.
The following obituary notice was published in a Hudson paper
at the time of his death :
'• After a somewhat protracted illness the above named honored and well-known
citizen died at his residence in this city on the morning of the 27th. iJeceased oc-
cupied many positions of trust during his lifetime, and his death will cause pro-
found regret in this communnity, where he has so long resided, and Avhere, as else-
where, he was respected and esteemed by all who knew him. His services as a
public officer, embracing a period of many years, brought him in contact with the
masses of the people, and his uniform courtesy and accommodating and cheerful
disposition, made him hosts of warm-hearted friends. His moral character was
highly exemplary, his temper placid, disinterested, unaffectedly reserved, and in his
transactions with others, while exact, he nevertheless was always courtly, pleasant,
just and candid. Punctuality with him was a rule rarely violated, and he was
even prompt at his post of duty. He sometimes met with occurrences well calcu-
lated to put to the test one's patience, but he was seldom in a passion, as his natural
gentleness of disposition made him invulnerable. His every-day life was character-
ized by evenness of temper, probity, and strict honesty in bis dealings with his fel-
low men. Covetous himself of the good opinion of the public, and by nature
possessed of a sensitive, tender disposition, deceased was ever vigilant that no act
or word of his should wound the feelings of others, and he met all upon the broad
level of a common humanity, a kind word and a smile for all, from the least to the
greatest.
His personal reminiscences of men and events covered a wide range, and from
the storehouse of his retentive memory, vigorous up to within a few months of his
death, was wont to flow either the ludicrous or pathetic side of human nature when
minghng at the social circle, in depicting which he was a perfect master. His fund
of general information was prolific, and his manner of conversation engaging and
fascinating, and this made him a welcome guest wherever he went.
In the years 1852 and 1856 he represented the city in the Board of Supervisors,
and in 1858 was chosen one of the Superintendents of Public Schools, to secure the
success of which he was most earnest and solicitous. He was elected to the office
of County Clerk on the Democratic ticket in 1864, again in 1867, and also in 1870,
and occupied that trustworthy position longer than any previous incumbent, and
always to the perfect satisfaction of his constituents and those having business to
transact with the office. Careful to a fault, precise and methodical in his work, he
made a model official, and retired from the cares of the trustworthy position
crowned with the highest honors that can be conferred upon any officer, the satis-
faction of having done his whole duty. In 1876, a want having long existed for a
civil list for Columbia county, Mr. Terry, at the urgent request of many friends,
compiled a useful and valuable book, containing tlie names of all National and
156 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
State officers, County officers and Supervisors, elected or appointed from this County
from its organization in 1786 up to 1876, as also the city officers and members of
the Common Council of the city of Hudson, from its incorporation in 1785. He was
a ready writer, and many articles from his able pen have enriched the columns of
the public prints. In 1873 he was appointed a member of the Board of Water
Commissioners, and continued as a member of that body up to the time of his death.
He was Director and Vice-President of the National Hudson River Banlc, and also
a Trustee of the Hudson City Savings Institution, in which, up to a few weeks of
his death, he also filled the important office of secretary and treasurer, resigning
the position in consequence of failing health.
In the early part of the war deceased was engaged in the Quartermaster's De-
partment under G-en. McKinstry, with headquarters at St. Louis, and rendered effi-
cient service to the Government while thus employed. He was for many years an
honored member of Allen Lodge No. 92, I. 0. of 0. F., and of Union Encampment
of the same fraternity, and he occupied with marked ability all the chairs in both
these bodies. He was also a revered member of Hudson Lodge No. 7, F. & A. M„
and Lafayette Commandery No. 7, and was recognized and respected as a devoted
and faithful workman by the craft. The direct cause of his death was general par-
alysis, the premonitory symptoms of which had been observed by friends a short
time preceding his retirement from active business. He goes to his grave crowned
with honorable years, leaving as a legacy to his fellow citizens in the community
where he has so long resided the priceless heritage of a life rounded out in useful-
ness, a spotless reputation, and a name upon which no stain has ever rested.
William Henky Terry (847) was married Sept. 4, 1844, to
Harriet Elizabeth, dangliter of Setli and Eliza B. Folger, and
granddaughter on the maternal side of William and Merab Coffin.
He is a merchant, and resides in Hudson, N. Y. Their children
are : •
854. i. George S., b. June 19, 1845.
855. ii. Sarah Jane, b. May 31, 1849 ; d. Nov. 20, 1850.
856. iii. William Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1858 ; d. Sept. 1, 1858.
Children all born in Hudson, N. Y.
George S. Terry (854) was married April 20, 1870, to Lillie E.,
daughter of Thomas and Louise R. Mercein. He is a broker, and
resides in New York City. Their children are :
857. i. Lawrence M., b. Sept. 19, 1873.
858. ii. Allie M., b. May 24, 1874.
Sarah Jane Claghorn Terry (848) was married Aug. 3, 1844,
to Lorenzo C, son of Oliver Guernsey. He is a merchant ; resides
at Hudson, N. Y. Their children are :
859. i. Elizabeth W., b. in Hudson, N. Y.. June 30, 1845.
8(i0. ii. Harriet L.. b. in Hudson, June 3, 1849 ; d. Nov. 1, 1850-
8()1. iii. Grace, b. Dec. 29, 1853.
862 iv. Charles L., b. Feb, 29, 1856; d. Jan. 3, 1859.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 157
Elizabeth W. Guern"Sey (859) was married June 7, 1865, to
Charles C, son of George C. and Ann E. Ilubbel. Their children
are:
863. i. Sarah, b. in Hudson, N. Y., July 30, 1869.
804. ii. Charles, b. in Hudson, March 4, 1873.
Grace Guernsey (8G1) was married Feb. 6, 1879, to Byron A.
Price. Their children are :
805. i. Lorenzo Guernsey, b. March, 1880.
866. ii. Lucinda K., b. May 23, 1881.
867. iii. Elizabeth G., b. May 22, 1881.
Charles Conklin- Terry (850) was married Feb. 19, 1865, to
Anne E. Baron. They had one child :
808. i. Frederick, b. Jan. 14, 1806, d. Jan. 17, 1806.
Davis Conklin Terry (629) was married 2d to Mary Ann Ten
Eyck in 1841. Tliey had one child :
869. i. Robert Morris, b. Feb. 22, 1847.
Egbert Morris Terry (869) was married Jan. 6, 1866, to Alice,
daughter of William H. and Abbie Clark, and granddaughter of
Henry and Hannah Clark. Robert Morris Terry resides in Hud-
son, N. Y. Their children are :
870. i. Robert E., b. in Hudson, N. Y., March 27, 1867.
871. ii. William Clark, b. in Hudson, April 7, 1871.
Having completed the record of the descendants of Catherine
(Conklin) Terry (425) and her first husband Joseph Terry, Jr., we
resume her history at his death. She went then with her four half or-
phaned children to her father's home in Amagansett, where she lived
until the death of ber mother in 1797, and the 2nd marriage of her
father. Having secured a home for her youngest son Davis Conklin
with her friend Mr. Joel Denton, of Armenia, Duchess Co., N. Y., she
went with her three other children, Phineas, Abigail, and Hannah,
to the (then) far west, Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., where she took
charge of the domestic affairs of her cousin, Mr. Wells. Here she
made the acquaintance of Noyes Wickham, Esq., an influential
citizen and prosperous farmer of that town, to whom she was mar-
ried in 1799. Tbey had two children :
872. i. Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1800; d. Dec 29, 1875.
UTS. ii. lienjamin, b. Jan. 14, 1803; d. Jan. 6. 1867.
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range
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875.
876.
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i.
ii.
iii.
877.
iv.
878.
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879.
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158 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Ben^jamin W1CKHA.M (873) was married October 37, 1829, to
Mary Reeves, daughter of Howell and Elizabeth (Wood) Reeves, of
Their children were :
Catherine L., b. October, 1832; d. June 8, 1853.
Charles F., b. June 4, 1836; d. June 4, 1881.
Ira J., b. Feb. 4, 1838.
John J., b. April 3, 1840.
Reeves B., b. July 6, 1842.
Sarah E., b. July 32, 1844; d. in April, 1868.
Mary v., b. Nov. 4. 1848; d. in 1870.
Charles F. Wickham (875) was married Dec. 2, 1858, to
Piiilanda, daughter of Lewis and Teressa (Decker) Roe, at Harmony
Vale, Sussex Co., N. J. Their children are :
881. i. Mary L., b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., May 27, 1860.
882. ii. Carrie T., b. in Ridgebury, Jan. 25, 1864.
Ira J. Wickham (876) was married Feb. 28, 1862, to Keziah,
daughter of Samuel and Phebe (Fearsoll) Seaman, at Ridgebury,
N. Y. Their children are :
883. i. Catherine.
884. ii. Phebe.
885. iii. Smith.
886. iv. Benson.
Children all born at Westown, N. Y.
John J. Wickham (877) was married in Dec, 1879, to Amelia,
daughter of Lewis and Keturah (Scofield) Roe. He resides at
Monroe Corners, Sussex Co., N, J. They have one child :
887. i. Lewis.
Reeves B. Wickham (878) was married Nov. 15, 1871, to Emma,
daughter of William D. and Sarah (Young) Hunt, of Ridgebury,
N. Y. He is a farmer and resides near Ridgebury, N. Y. Their
children are :
888. i. Willie, b. Nov. 12, 1873.
889. ii. Howard, b. May 28, 1883.
890. iii. Clarence, b. March 11, 1886.
Elizabeth Conklin" (424) was married to Joseph Glover,
of Southold, L. I., Dec. 24, 1778. Joseph Glover was a son of
Samuel Glover, who was a son of Samuel, descended in a direct
line from Clias. Glover, who came to Salem, Mass., from England,
and in 1632, came to Southold, L. L He died in 1658. He was a
shipwright. His wife, Elizabeth Conklin, died Sept. 14, 1817.
891.
i.
892.
ii.
893.
iii.
894.
iv.
895.
V.
896.
vi.
897.
vii.
898.
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899.
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HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 159
The children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Conklin) Glover were:
Henry, b. about 1786; d. June 12, 1807.
Joseph Jr., b. October 22, 1779; d. in Southold, April 27, 1823.
Benjamin, b. May 16, 1782; d. in Sag Harbor, Jan. 3, 1861.
Davis, b. May 8, 1789; d. in Brooldyn, N. ¥., Jan. 17, 1859.
Frederick, b. Nov. 4, 1799; d. Jan. 9, 1863.
Daniel, b. 1784; d. Jan. 20, 1856.
Betsey, (or Elizabeth) d. July 9, 1861.
Lydia, b. 1801; d. in Brooklyn, May 29, 1854.
Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1796; d. July 14, 1856.
Henry Glover (891) begun life as a tanner and currier. Died
unmarried.
Joseph Glover, Jr. (892) married Sophia, daughter of
Nathaniel and Abigail (Conklin) Baker, of Amagansett, L. I. She
was born April 2G, 1784, died Feb. 1, 18G9. Their children are :
900. i. Mary Baker, b. Sept. 8, 1806.
901. ii. Betsey (or Elizabeth) b. Sept. 30, 1808; d. Dec. 2, 1869.
902. iii. Henry Davis, b. Dec 9, 1810; d. March 21, 1882.
903. iv. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Dec. 15, 1812.
904. v. Abigail A., b. Jan. 10, 1814; d. Nov. 6, 1847, in E. Hampton.
905. vi. Joseph Franklin, b. October 22, 1819; d. 1886.
906. vii. Daniel B., b. Jan. 29, 1822; d. in San Francisco, Feb. 14,
1850, unmarried.
907. viii. Sophia, b. Jan. 18, 1824.
Children all born in Southold, L. I.
Mary Baker Glover (900) was married March 4, 1829, to
Jonathan, sou of William and Polly (Booth) Horton, of Smithold.
Jonathan Horton followed coasting in his youth, and afterwards
went into the whaling business. He abandoned that, and was for
a few years a farmer when he resumed his old occupation of coast-
ing. He resided in Southold, where he died April 30, 1872. His
wife died May 19, 18G4. Their children are :
908. i. Nancy Baker, b. Jnue 18, 1831; d. March 9, 1868.
909. ii. Mary Sophia, b. Feb. 1, 1830.
910. iii. Caroline Halsey, b. March 4, 1838.
911. iv. Evelyn Badsall, b. October 22, 1840; d. October 22, 1861.
912. V. Ellen Bruce, b. October 22. 1840; d. March 10, 1862.
Children all born in Southold.
Nancy Baker Horton (908) was married Sept. 22, 1850, to
James T. Clark, of East Marion, L. I. He is dead. They had no
children.
Ma-RION Sophia Hortox (909) was married Nov. 30, 1857, to
i6o HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Marcillus Douglas, son of Caleb S. and Hepzibah Peck (Douglas)
Loper, of Shelter Island, and grandson of Caleb and Mary
(Squires) Loper, of Southampton, L. I. M. D. Loper taught school
several years when a young man, and afterwards engaged in farm-
ing, but is now (1886) occupied in carpentering. He resides at
Shelter Island. Their children are :
913. i. Ernest Caleb, b. July 23, 1861.
914. ii. William Douglas, b. May 23, 1866.
915. iii. Arthur Clark, b. June 21, 1868.
Children all born at Shelter Island.
Ernest Caleb (913) is a merchant at Sag Harbor.
Caroline Halsey Horton (910) was married April 1, 1858, to
Gilbert Henry Lester, of Southold, L. I. Their children are :
916. i. Eva Douglas, b. in Southold Feb. 14, 1859.
917. ii. Carrie Horton, b. in Southold. Nov. 6, 1861; d. Oct. 20, 1862.
Eva Douglas Lester (916) was married Dec. 29, 1877, to
Jonathan Mulford Osborne, of E. Hampton, L. I. (See family
record of Isaac S. Osborne.)
Betsey (or Elizabeth) Glover (901) was married Jan. 28, 1830,
to Francis Davis Overton. He was a carpenter and builder, resid-
ing at Sag Harbor after his marriage, until about the year 1838,
when he removed to Southold, L. L, where he died April 1, 1868.
His wife died Dec. 2, 1869. Their children are:
918. i. Charles Edwin, b. in Sag Harbor, June 25, 1832; d. Aug. 8,
1836.
Albert Davis, b. in Sag Harbor, July 1, 1834.
Frances Elizabeth, b. in Sag Harbor, Sept. 9, 1837.
Mary Ellen, b. in Southold, Dec. 2, 1839; d Feb. 6, 1865.
Charles Edwin, b. in Southold, Dec. 8, 1841.
Hannah Foster, b. in Southold, March 2, 1845; d. Dec. 13, 1871.
Lillie Sophia, b. in Southold July 2, 1847.
Albert Davis Overton (919) was married to Agnes N., daugh-
ter of Daniel and Jane Goldsmith, at Southold, L. I. She was
born and died Nov. 26, 1881. Albert Davis Overton resides
in Southold, L. I. Their children are :
925. i. Jennie Goldsmith, b. Sept. 14, 1858.
926. ii. Fred. Johnston, b. Feb. 11, 1861.
9:i7. iii. Flora Goldsmith, b. Aug. 9, 1863.
928. iv. Francis Benjamin, b. October 6, 1865; d. March 7, 1884.
Children all born in Southold.
919.
920.
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921.
iv.
922.
V.
923.
vi.
924.
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HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAAIILY. i6i
Frances Elizabeth Overtox (9-^0) was niavried Dec. 21, 1853,
to Jesse Brown, son of Joseph and Anna Conklin, of Southold, L.
I. Jesse Bro-.vn Conklin resides at 3U0 Snmmer Street, Brooklyn,
N. Y. Their children are :
92!). i. Anna Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1856.
980. ii. William Francis, b. Jan. 1, 1859.
Mary Ellen Overton (931) was married April, 1864, at South-
old, Jj. L, to James llenrie, son of Ezra and Maria Young, of
Orient, L. I. She died Feb. 6, 18G5. They had no children.
LiLLiE Sophia Overton (924) was married Jan. 29, 1868, to
Capt. Robert Sydney Wells, of Stony Brook, L. I. He is a son of
William and Mary Wells of that place, where Capt. Wells resides.
Their children are :
931. i. Bertha O., b. June 15, 1870; d. Dec. 29, 1871.
932. ii. Charles Sidney, b. April 10, 1874.
933. iii. Robert Francis, b. Dec. 7, 1878.
Henry Davis Glover (902) was married March 9, 1840, to
Lucretia, daughter of Ezra and Phebe Prince. They had two
children :
934. i. Martha, b. Nov. 1, 1842.
935. ii. Phebe, b. .July 13, 1847; d. Jan. 16, 1856.
Martha Glover (934) was married March 10, 1863, to Alvah
H., only son of Wm. and Lucretia Salmon. A direct descendant
in the eighth generation from William Salmon, born in England
1610, settled in Southold, L. I., 1636. He married Mrs. Katharine
Sinderland and had four children. His son John married Sarah
Barnes, Aug. 23, 1683. Their son John married Lydia, daughter
of John and Jemima Alup Paine. Alvah H. and Martha (Glover)
Salmon have three children :
936. i. Alvah G., b. Sept. 23, 1869.
937. ii. Hanie G., b. Jan. 17, 1873.
938. iii. Willie C, b. June 22, 1882.
Martha Glover, wife of Alvah H. Salmon, died Nov. 15, 1886, in
Southold. Her death was sudden from an over dose of opium.
Says a local paper : ,
" Not only is a household most sorrowfully bereaved by this sad dispensa-
tion, but the community loses an estimable and beloved member. She was
possessed of many of those qualities of refined womanhood, amiability,
i62 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY,
cheerfulness, geniality, fidelity to domestic and social duties, which give
grace and value to the female character."
Catherine Elizabeth Glover (903) was married April 5, 1832,
to Isaac S., son of Jonathan and Mehitable (Van Scoy) Osborne, of
East Hampton, L. I. Their children were :
939. 1. Joseph Glover, b. Oct. 19, 1833; unmarried.
940. ii. Hetty Maria, b. Oct. 18, 1837.
941. iii. Jonathan Mulford, b. June 29, 1846.
Hetty Maria Osborne (940) was married April 13, 1853', to
Geo. L., son of Richard Lester, of Bridgehamptou, L. I. He died
at Montauk, L. I., July 13, 1865. Their children were :
942. i. Sarah Frances, b. Feb. 18, 1854.
943. ii. Geo. Osborne, b. Dec. 9, 1857; d. Aug. 15, 1858.
944. iii. Catherine Glover, b. Jan. 15, 1860.
Sarah Frances Lester (943) was married Feb. 31, 1883, to
Frank M. Edwards, of Bridgehampton. They had no children.
Catherine Glover Lester (944) was married Aug. 9, 1883, to
Phineas Bishop, son of Phineas Terry, of Bridgehampton. They
have no children.
Jonathan Mulford Osborne (941) was married to Eva
Douglas Lester (916) Dec. 39, 1877. She is a daughter of Gilbert
Henry and Caroline (Horton) Lester. Caroline was the 3rd daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Mary (Glover) Horton, of Southold, L. I.
(See record of Jonathan and Mary (Glover) Horton.) Their child-
ren are :
945. i. Isaac Van Scoy, b. April 17, 1879.
946. ii. Hetty Terbell, b. April 12, 1881.
947. iii. Charles Terbell, b. Dec. 7, 1882.
948. iv. Joseph Glover, b. May 5, 1885.
Children all born in E. Hampton
Abigail Glover (904) married Jeremiah J., son of Wm.
Mulford, of E. Hampton. They died leaving a daughter :
949. i. Abigail.
Abigail Glover (949) was married to John Walstein, of E,
Hampton, and now resides at West Hampton, L. I. They have one
child :
950. i. Henry Glover.
Joseph Franklin Glover (905) was married March 1, 1857, to
Amanda, daughter of Peleg and Sarah King, of Orient, L. I. She
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 163
was born at that place May 11, 1828, where she died Dec. 21, IBG-i.
Their children are :
9.")!. i. Emma, b. April 14, 18G1.
932. ii. Mary Esther, b. Nov. 11, 1863.
Emma Glovek (951) was married to Charles A., son of
and Brooks, of . They have one child :
953 i. Joseph Glover, b. at Orient, Feb. 14. 1886.
Mary Esther Glover (952) was married to Joseph,
son of and Latham. They had two children :
954. i. Grace Estelle, b. in Orient, Feb. 16, 1881.
95.-). ii. Sarah Amanda, b. in Orient, Oct. 5, 1884.
Charles A. Brooks and Joseph Latham are fishermen, and reside
in Orient, L. I.
Daniel B. Glover (90G) never married. He went to California
in 1849, and died there.
Sophia Glover (907) was married to James Booth, of Southold,
L. L Their children all died except one daughter :
956. i. Ellen Maria, b. April 20, 1851.
Ellen Maria Glover (956) married Rufus Tuthill Morrell, of
Peconic, L. L, born April 24, 1848. Their children are :
957. i. Ernest Wesley, b. .June 4, 1872.
958. ii. George Cornish, b. June 24, 1874.
959. iii. Lucinda Tuthill, b. April 7. 1878.
960. iv. Cora Sophia, b Oct. 11, 1883.
961. V. Flora Glover, b. Feb 19, 1885.
(End of the descendants of Joseph Glover, Jr., and his wife
Sophia Baker.)
Benjamin Glover (893) married Dec. 27, 1805, Mary Wells, of
Kiverhead, L. I. She was born Oct. 27, 1788, died Nov. 29, 1866.
Benjamin Glover was a master builder residing in Sag Harbor.
Their children were :
Alfred Conklin, b. July 16, 1807; d. Jan. 24, 1836.
Mary Ann, b. Jan. 24. 1809.
Harriet, b. March 9, 1811; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 15, 1884.
Benjamin G., b. Aug. 26, 1813; d. at sea, May 23, 1853.
Maria, b. Aug. 2.5, 1815.
Daniel Terry, b. Oct. 17, 1817; d. at sea, Oct. 8, 1840.
Frederick Augustus, b. Nov. 6, 1819.
Charles Addison, b. Feb. 14, 1822.
Eliza Roe, b. April 27, 1824; d. 1845, unmarried.
962.
1.
963.
ii.
964.
iii.
96.5.
iv.
966.
V.
967.
vi.
9G8.
vii.
969.
viii.
970.
ix.
l64 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
971. X. Thos. Jefferson, b. April 11, 1827; d. in Brooklyn, K Y., Dec.
29, 1877.
972. xi. James Erastus, b. March 18, 1830.
Alfred Coxkltn Glover (962) married Sept. 25, 1827, Susan
Hand, daughter of James and Sarah Pierson, in Sag Harbor, L. I.
Alfred C. Glover engaged in the whaling business, and eventually
became master of the ship Hester, of Sag Harbor. Eeturning from
a successful cruise in this ship within three weeks sail of home
they sighted a whale, and in the attempt to capture it, Capt. Glover
was instantly killed. His body was buried at sea. His two broth-
ers, Benjamin and Daniel, brought the ship home. The children
of Capt, Alfred C. Glover and his wife Susan H. Pierson, were :
973. i. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 29, 1829.
974. ii. Sarah Louise, b. Nov. 29, 1831.
975. iii. Alfred Benjamin, b. Jan. 18, 1834; d. at Meriden, Conn , Nov.
24, 1853.
Children all born in Sag Harbor.
Mary Ann Glover (973) married Sept. 3, 1850, Henry Eckford,
son of Manley and Susannah (Reese) Wells, and grandson of Rev.
Manley Wells, at Sag Harbor, L. I. They reside at 619 Carlton
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children are ;
Louise Glover, b. in Sag Harbor, L. I., July 3, 1851.
Ida Isabel, b. in Brooklyn, L. I., Nov. 5, 1852.
Wm. Burling, b. in Sag Harbor, Sept. 25, 1855.
Alfred Henry, b. in Brooklvn, April 29, 1857; d. Dec. 5, 1859.
Frank Manley, b. in Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 1859; d. at Sag Har-
bor, Aug. 4, 1860.
Enock Harden, b. in Brooklyn, July 21, 1861; unmarried.
Susan Ryder, b. in Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1864; unmarried.
Henry Eckford, b. in Brooklyn, Nov. 25, 1866; unmarried.
Louise Glover Wells (976) married June 6, 1882, Albert Ross,
son of Albert Banjamin and Susan (Bartlett) Wyman, and grand-
son of Wm. Albert Lyman. They reside at 87 Willoughby Street,
Brooklyn. They have one child :
984. 1. E. Louise, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 5, 1884,
Ida Isabella Wells (977) married Nov. 3, 1870, in Brooklyn,
James, son of James Pitbladdo, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and
grandson of Thos. Pitbladdo. They reside at 159 23rd Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children are:
985. i. Ida Louise, b. Aug. 7, 1872.
986. ii. Wyman, b. Nov. 7, 1874.
987. iii. Margaret Fortune, b. Jan. 6, 1878,
Children all born in Brooklyn.
976.
977.
^(
978.
iii.
979.
iv.
980.
V.
981.
vi.
982.
vii.
983.
viii.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 165
Sarah Louise Glover (974) daughter of Alfred C, married in
Sag Harbor, Sept. 1, 1852, James, son of John and Sarah McCans-
hmd, of Rondout, N. Y. They reside now (1886) at 179 St. Mark's
Avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. McCauslaud is by trade a shipwright, and is
now IT. S. Inspector of hulls of steam vessels. Their children are :
988. i. Marj' Louise, b. June 4, 1853; d. in Kingston, N. Y., Dec. 2,
187:5.
989. ii. Alfred Glover, b. March 6, 1855.
990. iii. James Black, b. June G, 1857.
991. iv. Jeunet, b. Feb. 29, 1859; d. May 30, 1867.
Children all born in Kingston, N. Y.
Alfred Glover McCausland (989) married 1st, May 24, 1877,
Fannie E., daughter of Faber and Lucy Noyes, of Batch ellersville,
Saratoga Co., N. Y. She died April 1881. Tliey had two children :
992. i. Frank Noyes, b. 1879.
993. ii. Mary Fanny, b. 1881.
Alfred Glover McCausland, married 2nd, Feb. 12, 1884, Lydia,
daughter of Wm. Morrison, of Coatsville, Penn. He is a railway
superintendent, residing at Wilmington, Delaware. They have one
child :
994. i.
James Black McCausland (990) married May 21, 1879, Emma
Hardenburgh, in Napanock, Ulster Co., N. Y. Her father was I).
W. Hardenburgh, of that place. James Black McCausland died at
Kingston, Oct. 7, 1883, He was a bank cashier, and a member of
the Common Council of that city. They had one child :
995. i.
Harriet Glover (964) married at Southold, N. Y., October 12,
1831, Daniel S, Jarvis. He diedleavingno children, and his widow
married May 15, 1836, Thomas, son of Abraham and Hannah
Foster. He was a hatter and furrier. He died at Sag Harbor leav-
ing one child :
996. i. Henry C, b. in Sag Harbor, March 12, 1847.
Henry C. Foster (996) married Emma A., daughter of Matthias
H. and Susan Catharine Terry, and granddaughter of Joseph and
Anna Terry. Henry C. Foster is an architectural draughtsman and
resides (1886) at 202 Spencer Street, Brooklyn. They have one
child :
997. i. Miriam Palmer, b. at Brooklyn, N. Y., June 15, 1884.
i66 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Benjamin G. Glover (965) married April 20, 1836, Rebecca,
daughter of Joseph and Hannah Case, of Shelter Island, N. Y.
She was born April 13, 1814. Benjamin E. Glover was a sea cap-
tain. Their children were :
998. i. Adaline Eugenia, b. in Sag Harbor, L. I., Feb. 20, 1838.
999. 11. Henry Conkliu, b. Feb. 1840.
1000. iil. Daniel G., b. in Sag Harbor, March, 1842; d. Aug. 30, 1843.
1001. iv. Julia Rone, b. in Sag Harbor, April 28, 1844.
Zi. vl: SSptSwcna. \ '--. ^ '" S»8 Habor, Apr. 14. 1849
1004. vil. Wm. Benjamin, b. in Sag Harbor, Feb., 1850; d. there un-
married.
1005. vlii. Elizabeth, b. in Sag Harbor, 1851; d. there 1853.
Adaline Eugenia Glover (998) married Feb. 17, 1864, Chas.
Napolean, son of Geo. E. and Sarah F. Terry, and grandson of
Joshua and Clarissa Terry, at Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Terry was
born at this place Sept. 4, 1839. Resides (1886) 922 Putnam Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children are :
1006. i. Ada Mary, b. Oct. 15, 1868.
1007. 11. Chas. Elbert, b July 5, 1870.
1008. Hi. Sarah Glover, b. Aug. 17, 1874.
1009. iv. Florence Estelle, b. March 18, 1877.
1010. V. Mabel Eugenia, b. July 5, 1880.
Josephine Rowena Glover (1003) married Geo. E., son of
Geo. and Sarah E. Terry, in Brooklyn. He was born in Sag Har-
bor Sept. 12, 1846. They reside at Southampton, N. Y., and have
one child ;
1011. i Jennie Gilbert Jerry, b. in Brooklyn, Oct. 12, 1877.
Maria Glover (966) married April 8, 1834, Henry Nickerson.
He died at Sag Harbor, May 18, 1872.
Daniel Terry Glover (967) married Sept. 29, 1838, Nancy,
daughter of John L. and Phebe Dominie (Parsons) Beckwith, and
granddaughter of Elnathan and Maria Parsons, of Lyme, Conn.
She was born at that place in 1831. They had one child :
1012. i. Hattie, b in Sag Harbor, July 10, 1840; d. July 12, 1840.
Daniel Terry Glover (967) died at sea while on a whaling
voyage in tlie ship Roanoake, Oct. 8, 1840.
Frederick Augustus Glover (968) married Sept. 19, 1841,
Abbie, daughter of Phineas and Fannie (Gallup) Bill. She was
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 167
born lit Groten, Conn., Sept. 13, 18--i2. He is a farmer residing at
Alma City, Waseca Co., Minn. Their children are :
1013. i. Oscar Jarvis, b. Oct. 15, 1848.
1014. ii. EUzabeth Rone, b. Nov. 14, 1846.
1015. iii. Harriet Newell, b. July 22, 1849.
Children all born in Sag Harbor.
Oscar Jarvis Glover (1013) married October 16, 1867, Rosa
M., daugliter of Wm. P. and Mary (Wright) Woods, and grand-
daughter of Ephraim Woods, at Wilton, Wasica Co., Minn. She
was born Nov. 8, 1849. Their children are :
1016. i. Nellie Augustus, b. Aug. 6, 1870.
1017. ii. Mary Diantha, b. Sept. 7, 1874.
1018. iii. Wm. F., b. March 13, 1876.
1019. iv. Frederick Volney, b. June 23, 1883.
Children all born in Ml. Freedom, Minn.
Oscar Jarvis Glover is now engaged in farming at Mt. Freedom.
He served in the war for the Union in the 66th Illinois Veteran
Volunteers, Co. A, under Gen. Sherman. Was in the march to the
sea, and camped at Savannah through the winter of 1864-5. He
was in many battles and skirmishes, with many hair breadth
escapes, but came out of the war unharmed.
Charles Addisox Glover (969) married at Sag Harbor, April,
1844, Mary Ann Rhodes, daughter of John and Phebe Beckwith.
She was born at Greenpoint, L. I., April 16, 1821, died at Sag Har-
bor, Sept. 20, 1869. Their children were :
1020. i. Daniel Terry, b. Aug. 8, 1845; d. in Sag Harbor March 12, 1866.
1021. ii. Mary Wells, b. June 14, 1852.
1022. iii. Charles Beckwith, b. Oct. 22, 1854.
1023. iv. Addie Monroe, b. Aug. 7, 1858.
1024. V. Flora Isabella, b. June 11, 1861.
Children all born in Sag Harbor.
Charles Addison Glover married 2d, in Brooklyn, X. Y., Feb. 1,
1870, Caroline M., daughter of Geo. Archibald and Melinda (Buell)
Monroe. They have no cliildrcn. He is a house carpenter and
builder and lives in Newark, N. J.
Charles Beckwith Glover (1022) married at Flatlands, L. I.,
-, 1880, Hattie, daughter of Ruluff and Martha Woolsey.
He is a dentist, residing at Flatbush, L, I.
i68 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Addie Mon-roe Glover (1023) married Nov. 22, 1879, in Brook-
lyn, N". Y., John C, sou of Rudolph and Maria Bostleman. He
was born in Bremerhafen, Germany, April 7, 1857. He is a lawyer
in New York City. Residence 126 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn.
Their children are :
1025. i. Monroe B., b. Nov. 12. 1880.
1036. ii. Lewis F , b. Mar. 11, 1882.
1027. iii. Addie Maria, b. June 30, 1888.
Children all born in Brooklyn.
Thos. Jefferson Glover (971) married Jan. 4, 1852, Caroline,
daughter of Wm. R. and Clara (Sayre) Howell, of Southampton,
L. L He was a, silk merchant. Their children were :
1028. i. Addie Wells, b. in Southampton, L. I., Sept. 2, 1853; d. there,
Sept. 13, 1866.
1029. ii. Anson Brown, b. in Mt. Clemens, Mich.; d. there, March 12,
1856.
1030. iii. Wm. Howell, b. in Brooklyn, Sept. 15, 1858.
1031. iv. Edward Benjamin, b in Brooklyn, Jan. 12, 1861; d. there, Mar.
18, 1861.
1033. V. Caroline, b. in Brooklyn. June 14, 1862; d. there, Sept. 15. 1863.
Wm. Howell Glover (1030) is a bookkeeper and clerk in the
oil cloth establishment of Thomas Potter Sons & Co. He was mar-
ried at Springfield, L. I., Dec. 17, 1884, to Susie, daughter of Geo.
L. and Amelia Higbee. Residence, 73 3d Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Erastus Glover (972) married at Sag Harbor Nov. 3,
1851, Eliza Jane Edwards. He was in the whaling business. En-
gaged also for a time in gold mining. They had one child :
1033. i. Herbert Elwood, b. in Sag Harbor, Aug. 7, 1852.
Herbert Elwood (1033) married in Atlanta, Ga., May 4, 1882,
Elizabeth Osborne, youngest daughter of James Baronhouse and
Elizabeth Osborne (Barnes) Lowe. They have one child :
1034. i. Arthur Greene, b. in Brooklyn, Marcli 23, 1883.
Davis Glover (894) married at Cutchogue, L. L, Feb. 3, 1817,
Abigail, daughter of Capt. Abraham and Deliverance Paine, of that
place, and granddaughter of Rev. Thos. and Abigail (Wickham)
Paine. She died at Brooklyn, July 29, 1865. Their children
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 169
1035. i. Maria Jane, b. at Indian Neck, Southold, L. 1., Nov. 16, 1817.
Never married.
1036. ii. Helen Terry, b. at Indian Neck, Southold, Dec. 22, 1819; d.
in East Haddam, Conn., Aug. 22, 184G.
1037. iii. Sarah Ann. b. in Brooklyn, May 3, 1828; d. there July 1, 1848.
1038. iv. William Henry, b. in Sa^ Harbor, L. I. April 27, 1833; d. in
Staten Island, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1878.
1039. V. Joseph Carroll, b. in Sag Harbor, June 7, 1837.
Helex Terry Glover (I03G) married April 3, 1840, Dr.
CyrenisOrhuido Cone, of East Haddam, Conn. He was the son of
Warren and Mehitable (Swan) Cone, and grandson of Sylvanus
Cone. Dr. Cone was professor in the College of Dental Snrgery in
Baltimore, and was the author of several important Avorks and pa-
pers on that branch of science, achieving a good reputation in his
profession. He died at Hartford, Conn., Aug. 1st, 1858, aged 38.
They had one child :
1040. 1. Joseph William, b. in East Haddam, May 17, 1841.
Joseph William Cone (1040) married Aug. 18, 1864, Juliette,
Clark, daughter of William and Mary Clark Buckland, and grand-
daughter of Erastus and Lydia Buckland, of Bolton, Conn. Their
children are :
1041. i. Robert Buckland, b. in Hartford, Nov. 8, 1865.
1042. ii. Florence Mabel, b. in Hartford, Feb. 28, 1874.
William Henry Glover (1038) married in Portsmouth, N. H.,
Nov. 30, 1860, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Poore)
Walker, of that place. Their children Avere :
1043. i. Henry Fitzgerald, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1862; d. in
West New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., April 29, 1866.
1044. ii. Willie Poore, b. at Staten Island, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1865; d. there,
July 16, 1865.
1045. iii. Bessie Poore, b. in Staten Island, Sept 3, 1867; d. in Brooklyn,
N. Y., Dec 2, 1885.
Joseph Carroll Glover (1039) married at New Rochelle, N.
Y., Susan, daughter of John and Susan Higgins, of Xew York
City. She died at Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 20, 1874. Their children
were :
1046. i. Floreuce, b. in Brooklyn. N. Y., Nov. 14, 1866.
1047. ii. Josephine, b. in New Y'ork City, April 22, 1868.
1048. iii. J. Arthur, b. at Jamaica, L. I., Aug. 19, 1870.
22
I70 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Joseph Carroll Glover married 2nd, Mrs. Louise Webster, in 1877,
at Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children are :
1049. i. Joseph Irwin, b. iu Brooklyn, Oct. 8, 1881.
1050. ii. Howard Edgar, b. in Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 1885.
Frederick Glover (895) married at Southold, L. I., Jan. 6,
1825, Susan, daughter of Joseph and Anna Terry, of that place-
He died at Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan 9, 1863. His wife died at the
same place. May 10, 1868, aged 68 years. Their children were :
1051. i. John Irwin, b. Oct 6, 1828.
1052. ii. Joseph Terry, b. Oct. 24, 1832; d. in California, Feb. 20, 1886.
1053. iii. George Frederick, b Feb. 17, 1834.
1054. iv. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28. 1838; d. Dec. 1, 1840.
1055. V. Eugene, died in infancy.
Children all born in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frederick Glover resided in Brooklyn, and carried on an exten-
sive business for those days, as a master builder. Many of the
finest private residences in that city, many churches, and other pub-
lic buildings were his work. His son John L., was associated with
him iu business the last twenty-five years of his life, and together
they put up nearly all of the numerous buildings erected by
Augustus and John B.ftjraham, the Brooklyn Apprentices'
Library, City Hospital, Old Ladies' Home, also the Sailors' Home,
on Staten Island. He was devoted to his business, conservative and
just in all his dealings, taking pride in the fact that no financial
failure overtook him in his long business career of fifty years. He
had great faith in Brooklyn his adopted city, and her future growth.
He took no active part in political matters, but he considered it
every man's sacred duty to watch and vote for the best men for all
public trusts. Himself and wife were devoted members of the
Baptist church. He died Aug. 9, 1863, after five days illness, and
was buried at Mattituck, L. I.
John Irwin Glover (1051) married in Mattituck, L. I., Dec.
35, ] 849, Rhoda A., daughter of Thopias and Christiana Hallock,
of Mattituck, L. I. Their children were :
1066. i. Anna Elizabeth, b. in Brooklyn, April 18, 1851.
1057. ii. J. Graham, b. in Brooklyn, July 18, 1852; unmarried.
1058. iii. Joseph Frederick, b. in Brooklyn, Dec. 12, 1858; d. Jan. 5,
1862.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 171
1059. iv. jMinnie Maria, b. in Brooklyn, July 13, 1860; d. Nov, 12, 1863
1060. V. Joseph Wheeler, b. at Mattituck, April 14, 1865; unmarried.
John Irwin Glover, is .in architect and bnilder. His residence is
Franklin Avenue corner of DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn. By reason
of deafness he has of late found it necessary to retire from active
business, in which he is succeeded by his son, J. Graham Glover.
Anna Elizabeth Glover (lOoG) married June 16, 1871, Dr.
Xathaniel Matson, of Brooklyn, son of Stephen and Esther Matson,
of 8chodack Landing, N. Y. Their children are:
1061. i. Esther Mary, b. May 8, 1875.
1062. ii. Irving Glover, b. Nov. 6, 1878; d. Feb. 3, 1881.
1063. iii. Clarine Van Bergen, b. Oct. 24, 1880.
1064. iv. Anna Nathalie, b. Jan. 24, 1885.
Children all born in Brooklyn.
^ Joseph Terry Glover (1052) married in Brooklyn, Aug. 29,
1855, Octarine. daughter of Jira and Eliza Payne, of Brooklyn
Heights; died at Bodee, California, Feb. 20, 1886, He was a mer-
chant in California, having settled in Sacramento in the year 1858,
became a partner in the firm of Booth & Co., wholesale provisions, in
San Francisco and Sacramento cities, and was connected with the
above firm from the time of his arrival in California to the day of his
death. His wife's parents were among the original founders of
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Plymouth Church, of Brooklyn
Heights.
As a boy, he possessed a frank, affectionate and fearless disposi-
tion. He had a quick temper, which was, however, modified by
the force of rare generosity. If by the former quality he was some-
times led to ill considered and unjust action, he was constrained by
the latter to make more than ample atonement. He arrived in Cal-
ifornia May 10th, 1858, Soon after he found employment with the
firm of Booth & Co, Here his eminent business ability was recog-
nized, and in 1865, he Avas admitted to the firm as a partner. This
connection he maintained until his death. In this capa^ty he
showed that he possessed in a marked degree, the essential qualities
of a successful man in business.
To a quick perception and sound judgment, he added the attrac-
tive qualities of a strong personality. By his fair and manly deal-
ing, he seldom failed to win and retain the friendship of those with
172 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
whom he had business relations. He sought the advantages of
trade only by open and straight forward conduct, never by the
sacrifice of self respect, or by a departure from the strict rule of
commercial integrity. He cared little for books, but was especially
interested in the men he knew, and in the events which fell within
the range of his personal experience. By daily intercourse with
many diflferent minds, he formed his opinions and judgments Avhich
whether correct or otherwise, he seldom changed. To his friends,
he was loyalty itself. He guarded their reputations more carefully
and defended them more warmly than he would his own. And the
provocation must be very great to cause him to renounce a friend-
ship once formed. But in spite of this tenacity, there were in-
stances when friendly relations between him and cithers ceased. Yet
in these cases even after years of coldness and indifference had in-
tervened, it required only the information that sickness or other
trouble had overtaken the offender, to induce him to lay aside all
feeling of animosity or pride, and to extend his helpful hand, never
empty, to succor and to comfort. Devoted in heart and substance
to those he called friends, he was far from exacting from them what
he so freely gave. Closely allied to this phase of his generosity,
was his remarkable sensitiveness to and sympathy with every form
of physical suffering, as was often shown by acts of delicate at-
tention. This abundant kindness brought to him the sympathy
of a very large circle of acquaintances, which was specially mani-
fest at the time of his illness, and at the sad news of his sudden
death.
Letters and telegrams of condolence from all parts of the State
and from all classes were received, expressing the general sorrow.
His death was a loss, not to his relatives and friends alone, but to
a large number of the poor, to miserable broken human wrecks,
whom few pity and to whom fewer still give of their abundance.
He gave liberally, seldom refusing and even more seldom, whether
wisely or unwisely, inquiring the use to be made of his gifts. He
was passionately fond of music, a lov^er of tine arts, and in all
his purchases of any kind, he showed a refinement and culture rare
in men. Next r-o the society of men of his own age and tastes, he
found his chief pleasure in the company of children. With them he
was at his best, and in their eyes he was a hero. He especially en-
joyed associating with the children of the families of his relatives
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 173
and friends, and with them he was always gentle, considerate and
gallant.
George Frederick Glover (1053) is a clerk in San Francisco.
He is not married. Leaving Brooklyn April 5, 1859, he crossed
the great plains and arrived in Sacramento, Cal., October 18, of
that year. He resides at 420 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco.
Daniel Glover (896) married 1st., Dec. 34, 1815, Lucretia,
daughter of Ichabod and Mary Case, of Southold, L. L She died
at that place April 30, 1825. Their children were :
1065. i. Caroline, b. Dec. 24, 1816.
1066. ii. Wilson O., b. Dec. 27, 1818; d. Sept. 3, 1875.
1067. iii. Erastus, b. 1823; d. at sea, at the age of 35; unmarried.
1068. iv. Henry, b. 1826; d. Staten Island, N. Y.. 1849; un-
married.
Children all born in Southold.
Erastus and Henry Glover followed the sea.
Caroline Glover (1065) married Dec. 31, 1834, in Brooklyn,
James W. Coit. He removed south in 1838, and died at Marshall,
Harrison Co., Texas, July 22, 1865. Their children are :
Sarah, b. in Brooklyn, May 21, 1836; d. there Jan. 18, 1840.
Joseph H., b. in Brooklyn June 14, 1838.
George W., b. Georgia, Sept. 5, 1842.
James T., b. Vicksburg. Miss., Feb. 12, 1846.
Charles W., b. Marshall, Tex., April 16, 1849; d. Oct. 5, 1865.
Daniel E.. b. Marshall, Tex., Jan. 22, 1852; d. there March
11, 1852.
Joseph H. Coit (1(»70) married 1862, Nancy Phalock. He was
a soldier in the Confederate army and died in Chicago a prisoner
of war, Feb. 19, 1863, They had one child :
1075. 1. Josie, d. in 1867.
George W. Coit (1071) is in the cotton ginning business, un-
married, residing at Marshall, Tex.
James T. Coit (1072) married Jan. 10, 1867, Mary Deashorah.
They have no children.
Wilson D. Glover (1066) married in 1851, Susan, daughter of
Septer Hallock, of Cutchogue, L. L He resided at Southold; en-
gaged in farming.
1076. i. William H., b. Oct. 7, 1853.
1077. ii. Caroline L., b. July 6, 1856.
1078. iii. John S., b. Sept. 11, 1858; unmarried.
1069.
i.
1070.
ii.
1071.
iii.
1072.
iv.
1073.
V.
1074.
vi.
174 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
1079. iv. Abbie H. b. May 3, 1860.
1080. V. George W., b. Sept.. 6, 1808.
1081. vi. Bertha S.. b. Aug 15, 1872.
Children all born at Cutchogue.
William H. Glover (1076) married June 2, 1880, Jennie
Simons, of Southold. He resides in tiiat place. Is a blacksmith.
1082. i. Edna W., b. Feb. 19, 1881.
1083. ii. Cora S., b. April 21, 1883.
1084. iii. Arthur W., b. Oct. 7, 1886.
Children all born in Southold.
Caroline L. Glover (1077) married Nov. 16, 1876, George
Myers, a farmer in Southold. They have one child :
1085. 1. Ernest, b. 1882.
Abbie H. Glover (1079) married Jan. 31, 1879, Carl Hedges, a
farmer of Bridghampton, L. I. Their children are :
1086. i. MaudC.
1087. ii. Carl W.
1088. iii. Lizzie F.
Daniel Glover (896) married 2nd, 1827, Esther Case, sister of
his former wife. Their children are :
1089.
i.
Lucretia A., b. 1827.
1090.
ii.
Nancy Case, b. Dec. 18, 1830.
1091.
iii.
William L., 1834.
Children all born in Southold.
Lucretia A. Glover (1089) married July 1, 1850, Joel W., son
of Gamaliel King. They reside at Greenport, L. I. Their child-
ren are :
1092. i. Isabella A., b. June 1, 1851.
1093. ii. Annie T., b. Oct. 17, 1853.
1094. iii. WHliam A., b. Jan. 22, 1861; unmarried.
Children all born in Greenport, L. I.
Isabel^ A. King (1092) married March 28, 1867, Alonzo Lilly,
a painter. Their children are :
1095. i. Frank S., b. Sept. 19, 1868.
1096. ii. Annie May, b. May 1, 1870.
1097. iii. William T., b. Jan. 22, 1872.
Children all born in Greenport.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 175
Annie T. King (1093) married June 23, 1878, A, J. A. Pollock,
a lawyer in Brooklyn, N. Y. Their children are :
1098. i. Arthur W., b. in Greenport, May 2, 1880,
1099. ii. John K., b. in Greenport, Dec. 10, 1883.
Nancy Case Glover (1090) married Dec. 18, 1849, Sherburne
A., son of Joseph Beckwith. He was born at Millington, Conn.,
April 22, 1822. He was formerly engaged in the coasting trade,
l)at has been for about 30 years a merchant in Southold, L.I. Their
children are :
1100. i. George S., b. June 23, 1854; d. May 30, 1860.
1101. ii. Charles A., b. March 21, 1859; d. June 16, 1800.
1103. iii. Mary Emma, b. Dec. 28, 1868.
Children all born in Southold.
Mary Emma Glover (1102) married July 1, 1881, Dr. Joseph
yi. Hartraft, an eminent physician, of Southold, L. I. They had
one child ;
1103. i. Hattie, b. in Southold L. I., Nov. 17, 1883.
William L. Glover (1091) married Feb. 7, 1859, Mary B. daugh-
ter of Washington Smith, of Southold, L. I. He is engaged in
farming in that place.
Betsey (or Elizabeth) Glover (897) was married to Daniel
Wickham, of Ridgebury, Orange County, New York. He was a
son of Noyes and Ruth (Goldsmith) Wickham, of Goshen, Orange
Co. Daniel Wickham was a farmer. He died at Goshen, Dec. 0,
1863. Their children are :
1104. i. Henry Glover, b. 1806; d. June • 1869.
1105. ii. Marv Ann, b..June4, 1811.
1106. iii. Elizabeth Jane, b. Jan. 15, 1814.
HOT. iv. Albert, | ,
1108. V. ■•" ■
Alfred p^^°s, b. March 15, 1830.
1109. vi. Caroline, b. Sept. 23, 1824
1110. vii. William Wallace, b. April 28, 1820.
Henry Glover Wickham (1104) married Mehitable, daughter
of Joseph and Philando (Van Scoy) Decker, of Ridgebury, N. Y.
Their children are :
1111. i. Daniel Ji., b. ; d. unmarried, aged 24.
1112. ii. Joseph, b. Aug. 34 ; d. at Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 14,
1882.
1113. iii. Sarah,
1114. iv. William Wallace, b. March
1115. V. Philinda, b. April 2, 1848.
1116. vi. Harriet, b. July 3, 1851; d. unmarried in 1873.
176 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Joseph Wiokham (1 113) married Sasan Qaick (1860) daughter
of Alvah Quick, New Milford, Pa. Their children are :
1117. i. Ella, b. ia Ridsrebary, N. Y., May 6, 1865.
1118. ii. Emma, b. in Ridgebury, Jan. 27, 1869.
1119. iii. Clara, b. in Ridgebury, March 26, 1871.
1120. iv Alvah, b. in Slate Hill, K Y., Sept. 7, 1872; d. Sept. 20, same
year.
1121. V. Gilbert, b. Slate Hill, Jan. 28, 1874.
1123. vi. Etta, b. in Middletown, N. Y., May 6, 1880.
Ella Wickham (1117) married John Polton, of Monticello, N.
Y., Nov. 11, 1885.
Saeah Wickham (1113) married Randall, son of John and
Margaret (Dunhing) Stivers, of Ridgebury, N". Y. He died at the
age of 22, leaving no children.
William Wallace Wickham (1114) married Sarah, daughter
of Daniel and Elizabeth (Reeve) Caufield, Slate Hill,N. Y. Their
children are :
1123. i. Lizzie C, b. Oct. 31, 1872; d. July 7, 1873.
1124. ii. Minnie E., b. Nov. 19, 1875.
1125. iii. Henry D., b. Aug. 17, 1881.
Phili^stda Wickham (1115) married Nov. 17, 1870, Mirabaum
B., son of James and Elizabeth Austin, of Ridgebury, Y. Y, Their
children are :
1126. i. Harry Oakley, b. Feb. 20, 1872; d. July 23, 1880.
1127. ii. Edna Sims, b. Jan. 21, 1877.
Henry Gr. Wickham (1104) and his son William Wallace (1113)
were elders in the Presbyterian Church at Ridgebury. Farming
was the occupation of the father and all his sons.
Mary Ann Wickham (1105) married in Goshen, N. Y., Nov.
17, 1835, Richard, son of William and Abby McCoy, of Goshen.
The father of William McCoy was killed in the Revolutionary war.
Richard H. McCoy removed to Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., 1847. His
residence (1886) is in Alleghany, in that county. Their children
were :
Abigail, b. in Goshen, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1836; d. May 27, 1856.
Austin, b. in Ridgbury, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1838.
Elizabeth, b. in Middletown, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1840.
Richard, b. in Middletown, Aug. 23, 1841.
Albert, b. in Middletown, Dec. 14, 1844.
Mary Ann, b. in Middletown, Oct. 26, 1846.
Alfred, b. in EllicottviUe, N. Y., July 26, 1818.
Susie b. in Alleghany, April 26, 1851; unmarried.
1128.
i.
1129.
ii.
1130.
iii.
1131.
iv.
1132.
V.
1133.
vi.
1134.
vii.
1135.
viii.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 177
Abigail McCoy (1128) married Jan. 15, 1852, Davis Thornton,
of Alleghany. She died May 27, 1856, leaving one child :
1136. i. Henry, b. in Alleghany, May 21, 1856.
Henry Thornton (1136) was married Oct. 14, 1870, to Matilda
Stintman, of Alleghany, where they now (1886) reside.
Austin McCoy (1129) married Dec. 2, 1863, Julia Soule, of
Alleghany, N. Y. He is engaged in farming (1886) near Olean, N.
Y. Their children are :
1137. i. Carrie, b Sept. 23, 1864.
1138. ii. Wallace, b. July 15, 1866.
1139. iii. Grace, b. Dec. 18, 1868.
Children all born in Alleghany.
Elizabeth McCoy (1130) married Oct. 24, 1860, S. D. Allen, of
Alleghany. Their children are :
Abby, b. Aug. 25, 1861.
Eureka, b. May 13, 1865.
Bennie, b. Feb. 10, 1867.
Minnie, b. Feb. 27, 1872.
Lewis, b. March 31, 1875.
Harrie, b. Jan. 18. 1877.
Cora, b. Oct. 27, 1879.
Wallace [ ^^^°^' ^- -^^^- ^' ^^^^' ^^^^^ '^^^*^-
Children all born in Alleghany.
Abbey Allen (1140) married Dec. 19, 1883, W. Wheeler, of
Alleghany.
Eureka Allen (1141) married Feb. 12, 1S80, H. Wheeler, of
Allegany. Residence at that place.
Richard McCoy (1131) married May 1, 1867, Sarah Biirdick,
of Alleghany, N. Y. Their residence is at Alleghany. His occnpa-
tion is a tanner. Their children are :
1149. i. Albertus, b. June 15, 1869.
1150. ii. Gertrude B., b. July 31 1871.
1151. iii. Florence L., b. March 3, 1884.
Children all born in Alleghany.
Albert McCoy (1132) married March 5, 1867, Anna Sartore, of
Bellmont, N. Y. Their residence is Salamanca, N. Y. Their
children are :
1152. i. Holley, b. Jan. 28, 1869; d.
1153. ii. William, b. June 6, 1872.
1154. iii. Alley, b. ]March 27, 1874.
1155. iv. Emma, b. Mar. 4, 1877.
Children all born in Alleghany, N. Y.
1140.
1141.
ii.
1142.
iii.
1143.
IV.
1144.
V.
1145.
vi.
1146.
vii,
1147.
viii.
1148.
ix.
178 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Alfred McCoy (1134) married Oct. 4, 1871, Alice Beesecker, of
Hinsdale, N. Y. They have one child :
1156. i. Eddie, b. in Glean, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1876.
Alfred McCoy is engaged in farming in Albany, N. Y. All his
brothers are farmers, they and himself following the business of
their father, Richard H. McCoy.
Elizabeth Jake Wickham (1106) married Oct. 3, 1833, John
M., son of William and Phebe (Meeker) Wickham. He was born
at Vantage, N. J., May 13, 1811. Their residence is at Monroe
Corners, Sussex Co., N, J. Their children are :
1157. i. Elizabeth, b. in Vantage, N. J., Aug. 3, 1834.
1158. ii. Julia K., b. in Vantage, .Marcli 20, 1836.
1159. iii. Phebe, b. in Vantage Jan. 31, 1838.
1160. iv. Ruth, b. in Minisink, N. J., Oct. 12, 1841; d. a school girl in
New York City.
1161. V. Sarah, b. in Minisink, Sept. 25, 1843.
Elizabeth Wickham (1157) married Oct. 9, 1854, Alfred L.
Clark, of Greenville, N. Y., son of Wallace and Sally Clark. They
had no children.
Julia K. Wickham (1158) married Jan. 2, 1854, David D.,
son of Richard and Susan Elston, of Salem, N. J. They have no
cliildren.
Phebe Wickham (1159) married Oct. 17, 1855, Ora 0., son of
Jesse and Elizabeth Carpenter, of Greenville, N. Y. He was born
at Minisink, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1830. Their children are :
1162. 1. Isabella, b. Aug. 15, 1856; d. in Greenville, N. Y., March 8,
1875.
Ernest W., ) . . , b. Jan. 24, 1858.
Merritt W, [ ^^^°^' b. Jan. 24, 1858; d. Mar. 9, 1875.
Decker W., b. May 18, 1860.
Oraette, b. June 18, 1862; d. Feb. 18, 1875.
Wallace W., b. Mar. 22. 1864.
Alfred C, b. Sept. 16, 1866.
Children all born in Greenville, N. Y.
Isabella Carpenter (1162) married Oct. 27, 1873, Adley, son
of John and Jane Ferguson. They had one child :
1169. i. Adley W., b. in Greenville, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1875; d. March 10,
1875.
Albert Wickham (1107) married Catharine, daughter of Charles
and Hannah (Wesley) Tooker, of Slate Hill, N. Y. She was born
1163.
ii.
1164.
iii.
1165.
iv.
1166.
V.
1167.
vi.
1168.
vii.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 179
in Minisink, N. Y. Died iieiir Ridgebury, N. Y., Sept., 1850. Their
children were :
1170. i. Charles L„ b. in Ridgbury, N. Y., April 28, 1848; d. in Goshen,
N. Y., Feb. 17, 1881.
1171. ii. John A., b. in Ridgebury, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1850; d. there 1850.
Charles L, Wickham (1170) married Sept. 15, 1875, Flora B.,
daughter of Dr. Wilmot C. Terry, of Ridgebury, N. Y. She died
Nov. 10, 1878, They had one child:
1172. i. Wilmot Terry, b. 1877; d. 1879.
/harles L. Wick
Ridgebury, N. Y.
Albert Wickham married 2d, Jan. 1, 1852, Harriet, daughter of
John and Fanny Budd, of Goshen, N Y. She was born in East
Division, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1818. Died in Ridgebury Nov. 25, 1867.
Their children were :
1173. i. Juliette, b. Sept. 6, 1853.
1174 ii. Mary C, b. June 21, 1855.
1175. iii. Fanny E., b. Aug. 11, 1857.
1176. iv. Albert B., b. July 2, 1861.
Children all born near Ridgebury, N. Y.
Fanny E. Wickham (1175) married Jan, 1, 1879, Daniel C,
son of John and Phebe (Case) Budd. He was born April 17, 1853,
near Goshen, N. Y. The'r children are :
1177. i. Ettie E., b. in E. Division, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1880.
1178. ii. Mary W., b. near Goshen, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1882.
Alfred Wickham (1108) married Caroline, daughter of Israel
and Keturah (Dunning) Moore, of Ridgebury, N. Y. Alfred
Wickham is a farmer. His son, Ernest A., is engaged in teaching,
the other sons follow the business of their father. Their child-
ren are :
Frederick G., b. Nov. 1, 1846.
Willie.
Sarah C, b. Oct, 19, 1852.
iv. CoeC. b. Oct. 19, 1854.
Ernest A., b. Aug. 10, 1857.
Maryette, b. Feb. 23, 1861.
1185. vii. Daniel W., b. Sept. 5. 1863.
1186. viii. Alice C, b. May 9, 1865.
CAROLiJfE Wickham (1109) married 1st, Benjamin G., son of
1179.
i.
1180.
ii.
1181,
iii.
1182.
iv.
1183.
V.
1184.
vi.
l8o HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Eobert Blakey, in East Division, N. Y. After his death, she
married in 18G5, Lewis Swezey, of Bloomingrove, N. Y. Their
residence is Wanajanda, N. Y. They had no children.
William Wallace Wickham (1110) married Betsey Jane,
daughter of Robert Robertson, of Centreville, N. Y. He was en-
gaged in farming near Ridgebury, N. Y. Mr, Wickham died Sept,
33, 1874, They had no children,
Lydia Glover (898) married John Clark, of Brooklyn, N, Y,
He died in Brooklyn June 7, 1852, aged 53. His wife died in the
same city, May 39, 1854. Both buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
He was a dealer in mahogany, and a master stair builder. Their
children were :
1187. 5. James Alonzo.
1188. ii Elizabeth, d. young.
James Alqnzo Clark (1187) married in Brooklyn, Miss Lucy
. He continued in Brooklyn at his father's business till
about 1860. He then removed West, since which no information
of the family has been received.
Abigail Glover (899) married Nathaniel Hawkins, born in
Stoney Brook, L. L, March 4, 1791. He lived in this place, where also
he died Feb. 35, 1868. His business was that of a house carpenter.
He was the son of Joseph and Phebe, and grandson of George and
Ruth Hawkins, of same place. Their children are :
1189. i. Eliza, b. Dec. 22, 1817; d. Nov, 10, 1885.
1190. ii. Sidney B., b. Dec. 17, 1819; d. July 24, 1849.
1191. iii. Frederick G., b. Feb. 9, 1822; d. Oct. 24, 1876.
1192. iv. D«lia T., b. July 12, 1826.
Children all born at Stoney Brook.
Eliza Hawkijn's (1189) married Dec. 34, 1840, Albert A. Palmer,
of Newark, N. J. Tbeir children are :
1193. i. Delia, b. Oct. 19, 1842.
1194. ii. Emma, b. Oct. — 1851 ; d. 1853.
Delta Palmer (1193) married June 4, 1864, Jacob, son of
Leland and Mary Valentine, of Huntington, L, I, and grandson of
Philip and Fanny Valentine, of same place. Jacob Valentine was
born there May 14, 1839. He is a carpenter and builder and re-
1195.
i.
1196.
ii.
1197.
iii.
1198.
iv.
1199.
V.
1300.
vi.
1201.
vii.
1203.
viii.
1203.
ix.
1204.
X.
1205.
xi.
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. i8l
ides now (1886) iit Stockton, Cal. Their children are:
Olive A., b. Mar. 17, 1863; d. Mar. 2, 1865.
Sarah G., b. April 27, 1865; d. April 29, 1865.
MaryE., b. Feb. 25, 1867.
Jenny A., b. Dec. 19, 1868; d. Dec. 19, 1868.
Cora E., b. April 27, 1871.
Clarence A., b. March 18, 1873.
Eugene P., b. June 21, 1874.
Minnie E., b. Aug. 6, 1875; d. Sept. 24. 1875.
Frederick G., b. Oct. 17, 1876; d. Aug. 10, 1877.
Lincoln G., b. Nov. 24, 1880.
Effle A., b. April 20, 1884; d. April 30, 1885
Sidney B. Hawkins (1190) married Dec. 8,1841, Emily Denton,
of Newtown, L. I. Their children are :
1206. 1. Sidney B., b. Sept. 30, 1842; d. Feb. 13, 1861.
1207. ii. Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 5, 1843; d. Dec. 5, 1883.
1208. iii. Charles K, b. June 19, 1849.
Frederick G. Hawkins (1191) married Oct. 27, 1844, Almira,
daughter of Reuben and Ency Hawkins, of Stoney Brook, L. 1.
Mr. Hawkins resided in this place, engaged in carriage making.
Their children are :
1209. i. Frederick Eugene, b. May 10, 1849; d. June 21, 1849.
1210. ii. Morton R. b. July 13, 1850; d. Feb. 11, 1861.
1211. iii. Ida C, b. July 17, 1852; d. Sept. 10, 1854.
1212. iv. Forest N., b. July 30, 1855.
1213. V. Ada C, b. June 16, 1863.
Forest N. Hawkins (1212) married Oct. 13, 1881, at Port Coram,
L. I., Mary, daughter of John and Kate Lawless, of Brooklyn, N.
Y. Their residence is at Islip, the father being engaged in carriage
making. Their children are :
1214. i. Hilton N., b. Stoney Brook, L. I., Mar. 3, 1883.
1215. ii. Lulu, b. Islip, L.L, Oct. 30, 1884.
Ada C. Hawkins (1213) married Oct. 8, 1885, Virgil II. Ritch,
a merchant of Port Jefferson, L. I.
Delia T. Hawkins (1192) married Dec. 25, 1849, David T., son
of Thomas and Elizabeth Bayles, of Stoney Brook. He is a ship
builder, and resides at this place. Their children are :'
1216. i. Sarah E., b. and d. Nov. 29, 1850.
1217. ii. Casper N., b. Dec. 4, 1851; d. Aug. 25, 1852.
1218. iii. Adella A., b. Nov. 18, 1853.
1219. iv. Thomas N., b. July 3, 1857.
i82 HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.
Adella a. Bayles (1218) married Sept. 30, 1874, Charles M.
Sleight, of Stoney Brook, L. I. He was a son of Samuel and
Henrietta Sleight, of Brunswick, North Carolina. Their children
are :
1220. i. Mabel C, b. May 26, 1876.
1221. ii. Bertha May, b. Oct. 7, 1877.
1222. iii. Nettie Shipman, b. June 22, 1883.
Thomas N. Bayles (1219) married Oct. 6, 1880, Ellen, daughter
of Theodore and Mary Brush, of Smithtown, L. I. Mr. Bayles is a
bookkeeper and accountant. They have one child :
1223. i. Mary D., b. Oct. 4, 1885.
Davis Conklin (433) married Zeruah Hand, at East Hamp-
ton, L. I. Their children are :
1324. i. Joseph Merwin, b. E. Hampton, April 14, 1798; d. E. Palmyra,
N. Y., June 27, 1858.
1225. ii. John Anson, b. ; d. in Rome, Mich., 1836.
Joseph Merwijs" Conklin- (1224) married March 28, 1826, in B.
Hampton, L. I., Mary M. Parsons. She died in E. Palmyra, N. Y.,
Sept. 5, 1865. Their children are :
1226. i. Henry Parsons, b. Mendon, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1838.
1227. ii. Julia A., b. in Pittsford, N. Y., July 7, 1831; d. Marion, K Y.
Oct. 3, 1850.
1338. iii. John Davis, b, in Pittsford, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1834.
1329. iv. Mary Parsons, b. W. Bloomfield, N. Y., Dec. 39, 1838; d.
May 5, 1839.
1230. V. Mary Parsons (3nd.) b. W. Bloomfield, Sept. 3, 1840.
Henry Parsons Conklin (1226) married April 20, 1874,
Catharine Smith, in Greenville, Mich., where they now reside. They
have no children.
John Davis Conklin (1228) married Sept. 20, 1856, in Marion,
N. Y., Lucy A. Crego. Their children are:
1331. i. Geo. Henry, b. May 8, 1858.
l2'Si. ii. A son, d. in infancy.
1233. iii. A daughter, d. in infancy.
George Henry Conklin, (1231) married Feb. 26,1882, Lizzie
Hemstreet, in Greenville, Mich.
Capt. Davis Conklin lost his life in what was known as the great
Christmas snow storm of 1811. The following account of it is
given by Isaac Schellinger, Esq., an aged inhabitant of Amagan-
sett, L. I:
HISTORY OF THE DAVIS FAMILY. 183
" Capt. Conkliii left Amagansett for New York in his new sloop'
Traveller, Dec. 33, 1811. A warm, pleasant afternoon was suc-
ceeded about midnight by a terrific cold wind, and a blinding snow
storm. The vessel struck towards morning on Eaton's Neck. Four
persons, (Capt. Couklin being one of them), out of the six on
board, succeeded in reaching the shore, but in such a state of ex-
haustion that Capt. Conklin and another man soon fell down, un-
able to go further. Their two companions succeeded after some
time in finding a house, but on returning they found the other man
dead, and carrying Capt. Conklin to the house, he too expired soon
after. The two persons whom they were compelled to leave on the
vessel, a brother and sister from the Hudson River region, who had
been spending some time at Amagansett, were found on board the
next day both dead, locked in each other's arms."
IN DEX.
DAVIS FAMILY NAMES.
Page.
Ahbe IMaria 77
Abby Frances 85
Al.iijail. . . .8, 15, 16, 18, 21, 72, 89, 103
Abigail Maria 73, 84, 89
Agues Helen 78
Albert Henry 44, 40, 47
Alexander Henry 100, 101
Alma Smith 114
Aiphonso 16
Anna 100
Anna Endora 100
Anna Mary 78, 79
Anna Matilda 77
Anna Sophia 77
Anne 95
Anne Elizabeth 20, 85, 86
Archibald Deming 78
Benjamin ' 8, 72, 103
Carl Raymond 86
Caroline 8, 78, 79
Catharine 8, 66
Charles Chauucey 95
Charles Henry 65
Charles Le Mont 44, 51-4
Charles Smith 20, 21
Charlton Henry 77
Charlton Kirby 77
Clarissa 16, 43, 61
Daniel 15, 32
Dudley Talmage 43
Edith Tvffe...^ 78
Edna Eva 86
Edward Sands 20
Elijah Raymond 85
Emma Louisa 65
Enos 8, 63
Fanny 64, 66
Fannie Miner 60
Florence 47
Francis 79
Frederick Prentice 20
Hannah 5,7
Harriet Anne 65
Harry Monroe 47
Page.
Helen Sophia 77
Helen Story .47
Henry 43, 60, 72, 73, 85, 88, 90, 91
Henry Jr 95
Henry Edward 85
Harry Hough 86
Huldah Amy 64, 65
Jane 77
Jenette Avery 65
Jeremiah 61, 65
John 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 72
John Daniel 20
John H 20
John Jeremiah 16
John Kirby 73, 76, 77
John Sydleman 65.
Julia 43, 44
Julia Buckingham 85
Julia Cuthbert 78, 80
Kate Coe 114
Leroy 47
Lizzie 47
Lizzie Tallman 46, 47
Louis Deming 78
Louis Henry 86
Lucy 44
Lucy Anne 60
Lucy Jane 65
Mabel 47
Mabel Jane 86
Maria 15, 32
Maria Theresa 44, 48
Mary 16, 19, 43, 58, 72
Mary Ann 95, 97, 98
Mary De Forest 77
Mary Elsie 78
Maryette 5
Mary Isabella 85
INIary Jane 20
Mary Louisa 44, 56
Mary Vaughan 78
Maiid ]\Iary 86
]\Ielissa 73
Nancy 15, 38
INDEX.
Davis Family Names— Continued.
Page.
Nellie Sophia 54
Oliver 19, 20
Perry Fuller 86
Phebe Mulford 63, 65
Robert Alexander 86
Robert Olipliant 85, 86
Samuel 72, 86
Samuel Deming 77, 78
Samuel Kirby 85
Samuel S 73, 78, 80
Sarah 16
Sarah Elizabeth 65, 77
Page.
Sarah Maria 16
Sarah Matilda 78, 79, 85
Susan 19
Thomas 5, 8, 42, 43
Thomas Gumming 78
Thomas Henry 46, 60
Thomas Treadwell 95, 100, 101
Thomas William. . . .- 16, 19
Walter Howard 20
William Francis 47
William Dudley 20
William S 114
MISCELLANEOUS NAMES.
Aldrich, (Family) 50
Grace, Rogers 50
Allen or Allyn 29, 44
Abbey 177
Bennie 177
Cora 177
Emily R 68
Eureka 177
(Family) 67, 68
Harrie: 177
Jabez Lindsley 117
James, M 67
John 177
Joh-n R 68
Julia F 68
Minnie 177
Stanton 68
Robins 68
Andrews, Edna H 153
Jane Louisa 121
Arnold 113
Aroout, Mary Jane 150
Aumund, Ella 139
Austin, Mirabaum B 176
Avery 46, 48, 56
Ayers, John 116
Nathaniel 152
Babcock, Annie Treadwell 97
Clara E 97
Henry 97
Henry Townsend 97
Howard Noyes 97
MaltbieD 97
MaryE 97
William 97
Baker, Abigail 14
(Family) 14
Jonathan 6, 7
Mary 7
Sophia 159
Baker, Temperance 7
Thomas 7
Thomas Childing 7
William 7
Bailey, Charles Wickham 146, 147
Emily 146
(Family) 154
Frances 146
Gabriel 146
Helen 146
Sarah 146
Sarah Ann 154
Samuel 146
Barber, Jennie 140
Barnhart, Alberta F 150
Barnes, Nellie 28
Baron, Anne E 157
Bartlett, (Family) 121
Baum, Mary Louisa 59
Bayles, Adella 181, 182
Casper N 181
David T 181
Sarah E 181
Thomas N 181
Beckwith, Charles A 175
Georges 175
Mary Ann Rhodes 167
Mary Emma 175
Nancy 166
Sherburne A 175
Beesecker, Alice 178
Bell 15, 83
Elizabeth 187
Mary 105
Bender, Carrie M Ill
Bill, Abbie 166
Billings 34, 43, 65
Blazier. Alfretta 135
Charles Crane 135
Elizabeth Crane 135
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
187.
Pa<:e.
BlaZier, Jennie Gardner 18.')
John Gearen i:}.")
Teressa Jenette 185
Warren Eugene l'S~)
Bostleman, Addie Maria 1G8
John C 168
Lewis F 168
Monroe B 168
Boynton, Tululah Josephine 60
Brackett, Adelaide E 28
Bradford, (Family) 67
Bradsliaw, Mary 127
Brainard, (Family) 57, 58
Breed 15, 49
Irena H 49
Brewster, Anna .59
Arthur 46
Clara 46
Elijah .58
(Family) 45, 58, 127
Fanny Halsey 45
Hannah 59
Henry Baum .59
Henry Elijah 59
JohnD 45
Katharine 59, 60
Lucy Amanda 59
Mary Louise 59
Neal 59
Susan Katharine 59
Nelson Elijah 59
Susan, Katharine 59
Thomas 60
Thomas Townsend 59
Brooks, Charles A 163
Joseph Glover 168
Brown, Susan Almira , 40
Lucy 60
Brush, Ellen 182
Buckland, Juliette Clark 169
Budd, Daniel C 179
Eltie E 179
Harriet 179
Mary W 179
Burdick, Sarah 177
Burnett. Harriet Anna 184
Caldwell, Augustus 105
Benjamin Payne 105
Sallie 105
Susan 105
Calkins. Elibabeth 186
Calls. R. K 147
Canfield. Sarah 176
Cargill. Lucy 66
Carnegie, Andrew 61
Page.
Carpenter, Alfred C 178
Decker W 178
Ernest W 178
Isabella 178
Merritt W 178
Ora G 178
Oraette 178
Wallace W 178
Carter, George Waters 65
Hattie Louisa 65
Joseph W 65
Josie Davis 65
Sarah Elizabeth 65
Cartwright, Fanny 149
Case, Esther 174
Gideon 152
Hannah Jane 153
Horatio Nelson 152
Jane 152
Lucretia 173
liebecca 166
Chamberlain, Cora 1.52
Leonard 152
Mary E 152
Chambers, Albert N 153
Eliza J 153
Harriet B 153
James L 153
Mary E 153
William 152
William C 153
Chesebro, Mary A 81
Christophers 57
Claflin (Family) 29
Clark , 33
Alfred L 178
Alice 157
Elizabeth 180
James Alonzo 9
James T 159
John 180
Clay, (Family) 78
Coats. Alfred W 66
Emma Amelia 66
Frederick Eugene 66
Willard Irving 66
Coe, Abigail 106, 116
Alma Cleopatra 107, 113
Bathsheba 106, 133
Cleopatra 106, 184
Daniel Ebenezer 107
Ebenezer 105, 132
Eliza Dean 133
Fanny Trent 132
Frank Dean 132
INDEX
Miscellaneous Names— Continued.
Page.
Coe, Hannah IIG
Henry Isaac 107, 115
Isaac .106
Laura Elizabeth 116
Maria Rebecca 107
Mary Alma 116
Mary Wilson 132
Willa Anna 132
William Ebenezer 132
William P 132
Wilson Trent 132
Coffin, Deborah 154
Coggeshell (Family) 59
Coit, diaries W 173
Daniel E 173
George W 173
James T 173
James W 173
Joseph H 173
Josie 173
Sarah .173
Conklin, Abigail 104
AnnarElizabeth 161
Bathsheba 104
Catharine 135
Cleopatra 104, 105
Connett 135
Cook, Alice C 45
Emma Eliza 123, 124
Isaac, L. E .130
Jabez Mills 123
Julia Frances 123
Louis Eugene 131
Silas 123
Corat, Ellen 139
Corson, Henry F 14»
Lulu 148
Corwin, Emeline 148
Corvvith, Fredrica Gertrude 23
Cottrell, Josephine Williams 34
Joseph Oscar 34
Courtney, Helen Mary 118
Louise Caroline 118
Maud Harriet 118
William 118
Crego, Lucy A 182
Gumming, Alfred 79
Caroline 79
Harry 79
Julian 79
Mary Cuthbert 78
Curry, Abby Jane 41
Orrin 41
Cuthbert, Alfred 79
Mary Gumming 79
Page.
Cutler, Jane 18
Cruttenden, Harriet R. . 66
Dake, Frances Arabella 78
Darling, Buel Dwight 147
Daisy Endora 147
Louise 147
Oscar Louis 147
Dartt. James F Ill
Laura Clare Ill
Daughty, Mary . .151
Deashorah, Mary 173
Decker, Mehitable 175
Delmater, Celesta 141
Deming, Mary Elizabeth 76
Denison, Marcia Palmer 34
Denton, Emily 181
Depew, Edward D 47
Frank 47
Robert Edward 47
Deshon (Family) 57
Mary Brainard 57
Dickens, Elizabeth 18
Dickman, Ernest 100
Ditmas, Catharine 144
Dold, Edwin P 132
Edwin Porter 132
Fannie Trent 132
Mary Porter 132
Wilson Coe 132
Duncan, Richard C Ill
Dunham, Caroline Parmelia 113
Elsen, Emma Lewis 134
Edwards, Eliza Jane 168
Sarah 18
Elston, Mary Jane 149
Emmons, Hannah 139
Fay, Allen Bradshaw 127
Barnabas May nard 124
Edward Allen 127
George Mills 127
Hellen 127
Lawrence 127
Theodore 127
Sydney 127
Victor 127
William Wolcott 127
Fenton, Mary 136
Ferguson, Adley 178
Adley W 178
Fitch; Horace Austin 66
Fletcher, Laura W 116
Folger, Harriet Elizabeth 156
Forsyth, Antrim Riggs 131
Elias Riggs 121
Elizabeth Lyman 121
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names — Coutinued.
189.
Paije.
Forsyth, Louise Mills 131
Foster. Abigail 103
Heury C 165
Miriam Kio
Thomas 165
Fralick. William J 29
Gage, George 118
Samuel Edsoii 118
Gager 105
Gallup, Charles Davis 49
Clarence Breed 49
Ella Maria 49
Fanny Ella 49
Harry Wallace 51
Henry Haskell 49
Isaac 48
Susie Irena 49
Walter Harry 49
Gavit, Carrie Jane 19
Harry W 19
Jennie W 19
Sarah Elizabeth 19
Sylvester 19
Thomas H 19
Geer, Albert Davis 45
Harold M 45
Juliette 45
Maria Adeliza 45
Mary 45
Mary Abbie 45
Nathaniel Bellows 44
Thomas Henry 45
Genung, Alice A 148
Givens, Sarah 139
Glover. Abbie H 174
Abigail 158
Abigail A 159, 162
Adaline Eugenia , 166
Addie ^Monroe 167, 168
Addie Wells 167
Alfred Beniamin 164
Alfred Conklin 163, 164
Anna Elizabeth 170, 171
Anson Brown 168
Arthur Green 168
Arthur W 174
Benjamin 163
Benjamin G 163, 166
liessie Poore 169
Bertha S 174
Betsey or Elizabeth 158 9, 175
Caroline 168, 173
Caroline L 173, 174
Catharine Elizabeth 159, 162
Charles Addison 163, 167
Page.
Giover, Charles Beckwith 167
Cora S 1 74
Daniel....- 159, 173, 174
Daniel B 159, 163
Daniel G 166
Daniel Terry 163, 166, 167
Davis 159, 168
Edna W 174
Edward Benjamin 168
Eliza Roe. . ' 163
Elizabeth 106, 170
Emma 163
Erastus 173
Eugene 170
Flora Isabella 167
Florence 166, 169
Frederick 159, 170
Frederick Augustus 163, 166
Frederick Voluey 167
George Frederick 170, 173
George W 174
Harriet 163, 165
Harriet Newell 167
Hattie 166
Helen Terry 169
Henry 159, 166, 173
Henry Davis 159, 161
Henry Fitzgerald 169
Herbert Ehvood 168
Howard Edgar 170
James Erastus 164, 168
J. Arthur 169
J. Graham 170
John Irwin 170, 171
John S 173
Joseph 158
Joseph Carroll 169, 170
Joseph Edgar 166
Joseph Franklin 159, 162
Joseph Frederick 171
Joseph Terry 170, 171
Joseph Wheeler 171
Josephine 169
Josephine Rowena 166
Julia Rone 166
Lucretia 174
Lydia 159
Maria 103,166
Maria Jane 160
Martha 1(51
Mary Ann 163, 104
Mary Baker 159
Mary Diantha 167
Mary Esther 163
Mary Wells 107
I go.
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names— Continued.
Page.
Glover, Minnie Maria 171
Nellie Augustus 167
Nancy Case 174, 175
Oscar Jarvis 167
Phebe 161
Sarah Ann 169
Sarah Louise 164, 165
Sophia 159, 163
Thomas Jefferson 164, 168
William Benjamin 166
William F 167
William H 173, 174
William Henry.... 169
William Howell 168
William L 175
Willie Poore 169
Wilson 0 173
Goldsmith, Agnes N 160
Green, James 16
Grover, Marshall 124
Guernsey, Lorenzo G 156
Hadley, Harry 60
Washington 60
Hall 143
Henry Clay 112
Henry McChord 112
Hallock, Rhoda A 170
Susan 173
Hand, Zeruah 182
Hardenburgh, Emma 165
Harkness, Mary 4l
Hartcraft, Joseph M 175
Hattie 175
Haskell, Henry 61
Hawkins, Delia T 180
Eliza 180
Frederick G 180
Hilinda 143
Nathaniel 180
Sidney B 180
Hazard, Harriet 30
Heckman, George M 137
Hedges, Carl 174
Carl W 174
Lizzie F 174
Maude C 174
Hemstreet, Lizzie 182
Henry, Anna M 85
Anna Maria •. 84, 85
KateM 85
Sarah Matilda 84, 100
Thomas Charlton 84
Willie 85
Higbee, Susie 168
Higgins, Susan 169
Page.
Higgs, Virginia 66
Hill, Mary Russell 180
Holly, Ruth Ann 141
Honeywell, Catherine 136
Horton, (Family) 51
Sophia Dewey 51
Howell, Caroline 168
Hough, Eliza 86
Howe Edward Porter 112
Louis McHenry 112
Hubbard 61
Hubbell, Charles 157
Charles C 157
Sarah 157
Hunt, Emma 158
George W 90
John H 89, 149
Hunter, Belle 141
George Edwin 141
Gertfude ; 141
Harry 141
William 140
William Terry 141
Huntting, Abby Jane Davis 89
Alexander S 89
George W 89
John S 89
Ide, Alanson 141
Alice Ann 141
Mary Sophronia 141
Jarvis, Daniel S 165
Johnson, Augustus R 105
Benjamin Augustus 105
Joseph Lathrop 105
Jones, Caroline Susan 79
Charles A 34
Charles Colcock 79
Joseph 79
Mary 79
Samuel Stanhope 79
Sarah 145
Sophia 30
Kalbfas, Mary 151
Keidzer, Frances C 79
Keilt, Joseph T 132
Kilmer, Benjamin Henry 141
King, Amanda 162
Annie T 174
Isabella A 174
Joel W 174
William A 174
Kirby, Mary (and Family) 73
Kutz, George Francis 140
Jacob 140
William S 140
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names— Continued.
Page.
Landon, Gilson 60
Annie Cutlihert SO
Mary Cuinining 80
Paul Devereux 80
Paul II. (and Family) 80
Samuel Davis 80
I.atham, Joseph 103
Lawless, Mary 181
Lester, Carrie Horton KiO
Catharine Glover 162
Eva Douglas IGO, 163
George L 162
George Osborne 162
Gilbert Henry 160
Sarah Frances 162
Lewis, Adeline 46
(Family) 44
Lilly, Alonzo 174
Annie May 174
Frank 8 174
William T 174
Loper, Arthur Clark 160
Ernest Caleb 160
Marcillus Douglas 160
William Douglas 160
Loveridge, Grace Chamberlain 21
Lowe, Elizabeth Osborne 168
Lyman, Elizabeth Coe 121
(Family) 121
Lynch, Louisa Bethiah 27
^lajor, Eunice 137
Maltbie, Annie Catharine 97
Ebenezer Davenport 97
Emily Maria 97
Hannah M 97
Marv Davis 97
Martin. Anna F loO
Matson, Anna Nathalie 171
Clarine Van Bergen 171
Esther Mary 171
Irving Glover 171
May, Carol ine 101
Mayhair, Mary Jane 150
McCann. Matilda B 147
McCausland, Frank Noyes 165
James 165
James Black 165
Jennet 165
Mary Fanny 165
Mary Louise 165
McCoy, Abby 177
Abigail 176
Albert 176, 177
Albertus 177
Alfred 177, 178
IQI.
Page.
McCoy. Austin 176, 177
Carrie '.177
Eddie 17^
Elizabeth I7(j^ 177
Emma .'.177
Florence L 177
Gertrude B 177
Grace 177
Holley 177
Mary Ann 17(5
Richard 176, 177
Richard H 170
Susie 17G
Wallace 177
William 177
McMullen, Abigail 86
McNeil, Harriet Elizabeth 114-5
Mary Wood (and Family) 114
Merill, Maria E 42
Mercein, Lillie R 156
Miller, Elizabeth 116
Harriet 143
Mills, Anna Cook II7
Benjamin Fay 129
Caroline Conklin 116, 117
Catharine Elizabeth 121
Charles Howard 130
Charles Lewis 116, 119-21
Charles Roland 121
Charles Smith 122
Edward Coe 122
Ethelwyu 130
Francis 116
Frank Smith 122
George Henry 117, 130
Hannah Maria 117, 123
Helen Bartlelt 130
Henry Hill 130
Herbert Lyman 121
Jabez 116
Julia Elizabeth 117, 130
Laura Allen 130
Laura Amelia 110, 117
Louisa 117, 124
Lyman Allen 121
Margaret Morris 123
Mary Bartlett 123
Sophia Condit 117, 131
Thornton Allen 110, 129
Thornton Anthony 130
Monroe, Caroline M 167
Moore, Caroline 179
Morris, Alice 122
Morrison, Lydia 165
Mulford, Abigail 162
192.
INDEX
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
Page.
Mulford, Jeremiah J " 162
Phebe (and Family) 63
Myers, George 174
Ernest 174
Nickerson, Henry 166
Norris, Catharine 151
Northrop, Sarah Amelia 78
Noyes, Eunice A 31
Fannie E 165
Older, Jesse 28
Orton, Frances L 144
Osborne, Charles Terbell 162
Hetty Maria 162
Hetty Terbell 162
Isaac S 1 62
Isaac Van Scoy 162
Jonathan Mulford 160, 162
Joseph Glover (2) 162
Susannah 5
Overton, Albert Davis 160
Charles Edwin 160
Flora Goldsmith 160
Francis Benjamin 160
Francis Davis 160
Frances Elizabeth 160, 161
Fred. Johnson 160
Hannah Foster 160
Jennie Goldsmith 160
Lillie Sophia 160, 161
Mary Ellen 160, 161
Paine, Abigail 168
Palmer, Abby Davis 22
Adelaide Edythe 23
Albert A 180
Alden (2) 30, 31
Aldeu Rossiter 31
Andrew Kungler 28
Bridget Matilda 22
Charles Edwin 28
Charles Lynch 28
Charles Newell 23
Charles Smith 24
Delia 180
Edmund 23
Edwin Lemuel 24
Eliza Babcock 30.31
Emeline 30, 31
Emma ISO
Emma Smith (3) 24, 28
Eugene 30, 31
Fanny Stanton 31
Frank Rhodes 28
Grace Madeline 31
Hannah Eells 22, 26-7
Harriet Elizabeth 31
Page.
Palmer, Harriet J 22
Harriet Jane 30, 31
Henry Martin 30
Henry Rhodes 31
Henry Smith (2) 28
James Edwin 24
James W 22
John Davis 22
John William 28
Lemuel 22
Lucy Woodbridge 30
Mary 22
Mary Jame 24
Mary Louisa Maxwell 22
Mary Pitkin 28
Mary Rossiter (2) 30
Nancy Davis 22
Noyes 30
Paul Noyes 31
Paul Smith (and Family) 24, 25, 28
Roy Elbert 31
Sarah Louisa 28
Thomas 30
William Edwin 'J8
William Hallack 28
William Henry 24, 27
William Pitt 24, 28
Parsons, Abigail 8
MaryM 182
Payne, Abigail 104
Benjamin (2) 104-5
Daniel 104
Ebenezer 104
Mary 105
Octarine 171
Phebe 104
Seth 104-5
William 105
Pearce, Julia D 101
Pendleton, Amos 66
Catharine 67
Perkins, Carrie Rose 147
Lois Palmer 63
Phalock, Nancy 173
Pilgrim, Jane 139
Pierson, Susan Hand 164
Pitbladdo, Ida Louise 164
James 164
]\Iargaret Fortune 164
Wyman 164
Pitkin, James Flagg 28
Pollard, Mary Ann 60
Pollock, A. J. A 175
Arthur W .175
John K 175
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
193-
Polton, John
Pond, Minnie
Prince, Lucretia....
Pruden, Alfred
Alma Ayers. . .
Charles Henry.
Caroline Emily.
Page.
17G
30
161
134
134
134
134, 135
Carrie Tucker 134
Daniel Owen 134
Ebenezer Conklin 134
Edward Francis 134
Emily Bathsheba 133
Emma Frances 134
Gertie Ryndall 134
Hattie Augusta 1 34
Herbert Coe 134
Ira 133
James Frederick 1 34
Lewis Brown 1 34
Libbie Anna 1 34
Mary Alma 1 34
Nettie Coe 134
Orlie Anna 134
Pugh, Sophia 113
Quick, Bailey. 146
David W 146
Herbert 146
Nina 146
Roy 146
Susan 146
Ramsey, George B 135
Rand, Lucy M 85
Randall, Arthur Truman 57, 58
Clarence 57
Ernest 57, 58
Giles Deshon 58
Henry C 56
Jane Deshon 58
John Henry Hobart 57, 58
Mary Lilian 57
Ransom, Sallie C 128
Ray, Charles Andrew 107, 110
Charles Leslie Ill
Cornelia Mary 107, 108
Eliza Blake 107, 111
Elsie Ill
Florence Ill
George Elmore Ill
James Mills Ill
James Mitchell 107
Laura Kate Ill
(Family) 107
Raymond, Abby Jane 85
Reeves, Mary 158
Rhodes, Abby L 144
Page.
Rhodes, Abby Palmer 29
Charles Henry 29
Curtis Stanton 29
Dudley Woodbridge.. 29, 41
Emma Matilda 29
Henry 28
Ida J 144
James Lemuel 29
Jennie Sophia 30
John Davis Palmer 29
John J. (2) 144
John W 144
Lucy A 29, 30
Matilda Aborn 80
Mary Jane 29
William Moss 30
Rice, Ann Susan 71
George Henry 71
Henry Napoleon 71
Minnie Elizabeth 71
Saraphine 71
Rickard, Cora 140
Ridgway, J. V 42
Rinker. Joanna 140
Ritch, VirgelH 181
Rix, Joseph B 148
Roberts, Albert (2) 54, 56
Charles Albert 56
Mary Warner 56
Sophia Davis 56
Robertson, Jane 180
Robinson. Abbie Jane 18
Charles Henry (2) IS
Frank Howard 18
John Davis 18
Joseph Delano 18
Leonard Cutler 18
Mary (2) 18, 32
Mary Elizabeth 18
Nellie 18
Sarah Jane 18
William Amos 18
William Stanton 18
Roe Amelia 158
Philanda 158
Rogers, Edward Mulford 64
Enos 64
Frances 64
Jason 64
William Larkin 64
Rosencrans 139
Rosengrant, Addie 138
Byron 138
Jennie 138
Levi 138
25
194.
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names— Continued.
Page.
Rowly, Nancy Davis 38
Warren D a8
Safford, Anne T 110
Cornelia Mary Ray 110, 130
Isabella Van Home 110
James Ray 110
Jefferson Price 108
Lilian Ray HO
Salmon, Alvah G 161
Alvah H ir.l
Hanie G 1(51
Willie 0 161
Sands, Tacy Ill
Sartore, Anna 177
Savage, Catharine 41
Seaman, Keziah. . . 158
Sharpe, Cora Alma HI, 112
James McChord Ill
Maria Eliza Ill
Shaw, Mary 43
Shippey, Martha 138
Sickles, Alma Coe 113
Annie Caroline 113
Edward Allen 113
Edward Arthur 115
Edward Cook 112
Eva Caroline 115
GraciaGay 113
Harriet Hosmer 115
Henry 112
Isaac Coe 112, 114
James 112
James Dunham 113
James McNeil 115
Lewis 112
Louis Norwood 113
Maria Elizabeth 114
Mary Norwood 114
Pansy Kate 115
Robert Coe 115
Ruth Gertrude 114
Susie Alma 115
Thomas Norwood 112
Walter Stoddard 115
William 112
William Norwood (2) 114, 115
William Steele 113
William Walter 112
Simons, Jennie 174
Simpson, Henry M Ill
Sleight, Bertha May 182
Charles M 182
Mabel C 182
Nettie Shipman 182
Smith, Benjamin Franklin 40
Page.
Smith, Catharine 182
Charles Hewitt (2) 34, 40
Charles Stanton 40
Ella 153
Emma Ann 34
Harriet Maria 40
Henry (2) 22, 40
Joseph 40
Louis Beck (and Family) 86-7
Maria Stanton 40
Mary 24
Mary B 175
IMary Bartlett (and Family) 121
Nancy Davis 40
Randall Brown 40
Rebecca Bartlett (and Family). .121
Soule, Julia 177
Stage, Hiram S 144
Stanton, Abby Elizabeth 38, 41
Abby Jane 33, 34
Amos Pendleton 67, 68
Benjamin Franklin (2) 32-4
Charles Henry 41
Daniel Davis 33
Elias(2) 38,41
Eliza J 67
Ella Augusta 71
Emma Ann (2) 33,84
Emma P 67
(Family) 15, 32, 35
Fanny! 33
Gertrude 42
Harriet 38
Jane Chesebro 38, 41
John Davis 33
Julia A 67
Lydia Sophia 38, 41
Maria (2) 33, 35, 38,40
Maria Salina 67, 69
Mary 38
Mason Manning 33
Nancy 38
Nathaniel (2) 67, 71
PaulB 34
Sally 15
Warren 38, 42
Steventon, Mary Alice 143
Stivers, Randall 176
Story, Alice Gray 46
Sutton, Casaudra 137
Harry F 137
Helen E 137
Isaac 137
Lottie Elizabeth 137
Mary Hall 71
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
IQ5-
Page.
Sutton, Richard Gardner i;jT
William Byron i:{7
Sydleman, Angeline Wliitaker 66
Caroline Avery 06
Fannie 6(1
Fanny Adelaide 66
George A .66
George Augustus 66
Harriet 64
HuldahEmma 66
Minnie 66
Prudence Henrietta 66
Tallman, Katharine E 97
Talmage, Catharine 8
Mary ,.7
Ten Eyck, Cornelia 154
Mary Ann Ifi7
Terry, Abigail 136, 142
Ada Mary 166
Alvah 138
AlvahD 138
Arthur 140
Asa 138
Bertha 138
Catharine 136
Charles (3) 138, 139
Charles Edwin 141, 142
CharlesElbert 166
Charles F 137
Charles Napoleon 166
Chauncey Fenton 136
Claud HO
Cora A 137
Conklin Davis 136, 137, 138
Davis Conklin 136
Ellis Benjamin 136, 137
Elizabeth 136,138
Emma 165
Eva 139
(Family) 135
Flora B 179
Florence Estelle 1(>6
Francis Pilgrim 139
Freddie 138
George 140
George E 166
George Winfield 138, 139
Hannah 136
Helen Day 142
Henry F 138
Horace Holly 141
Jacob Corat 139
James (2) 136, 138, 139
JamesF 138
Jennie 138
Page.
Terry, Jane Elizabeth 139
jo.shua 135
Keturah (2) 136, 139, 141
Leda May 137
Leland Finton 141
Lottie E 137
Lucinda 136
Lnlu 138
Mabel Eugenia 166
Major W 137
Margaret M 138
Mary Abigail 136-7
Mary Ann 139, 140
Melvin 137
Minerva 139
Nellie 138
Oscar 138
Phineas 136, 138
Phineas Bishop 162
Phineas Wilber 186-7
Rose M 137
Ruth Elizabeth 142
Sarah C 137
Sarah Glover 166
Sarah Jane 139, 140
Susan 170
Susan Fuller 136-7
Susan W 137
Jennie Gilbert 166
Vernis 139
William (2) 136, 138
William Baldwin 141
William Fenton 136, 139-40
Thompson, Edward Pruden 184
Edward Townley 131
Emily Mills 134
Frank Eugene 131
George Townley 131
Henry Coe 133
Lewis. 133
William P 133
Thornton, Davis 177
Henry 177
Tiffany, Nathan Newton (3) 23
Tooker, Catharine 178
Topping, Fannie C 89
Townsend, Susan E 59
Treadwell, Hannah Phanix 90
Trent. Fannie B 132
True, Cora Belle 147
Frederick Knights 147
Joseph P 147
Lillian May 147
Turnier, Emily M 95
Valentine, Clarence A 181
196.
INDEX
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
Page.
Valentine, Cora E 181
Effie A 181
Eugene P 181
Frederick G 181
Jacob 180
Jacob A 181
Jenny A 181
Lincoln G 181
Mary E 181
Minnie E 181
Olive A 181
Sarah G 181
Van Bomel. Nettie 147
Vincent, Josepli William 18
Wainright, Betliia 151
Charles 151
Emily 71
Emma E 151
Ezra 151, 152
Harriet 151, 153
James 151
Nettie 151
• Phebe Jane 151, 152
Sarah H 151
Walielee, Louisa A 128
Walker, Mary 169
Walstein, Henry Glover 162
John 162
Wells, Alfred Henry 164
Bertha O 161
Charles Sidney 161
Elizabeth 77
Enock Harden 164
Frank Manley 164
Henry Eckford (2) .164
Ida Isabel 164
J. Lester 77
Louise Glover 164
Mary Euphema 86
Mary 163
Robert Francis 161
Robert Sidney 161
Susan Ryder 164
William Burling 164
Wenman, James Suydam 134
Wheeler, Avery Denison 49
H 177
Louis Avery 50
Nellie May 50
W 177
White, Elizabeth 138
Nathan Curtis 41
Olivia 67
Whitaker, Polk Milton 30
Whitfield, Estelle 60
Page.
...60
...61
50, 61
50, 61
.61
Whitfield, George B.
Henry Davis
John William
Louise
Mary Elizabeth
Whittlesey, Samuel Goodrich 128
Wickham, Abigail 148, 144
Abby J 149
Abram 149
Alanson 143, 151
Albert 175. 178, 179
Albert B 179
Albert J 149
Alfred 175, 179
. Alice C 179
Alice Mary 147
Alice W 143
Alvah 176
Amelia A 149
Anna Miller 143
Anne 150
Augusta 143
Austin 149
Barnabas 142
Bethia 143
Benjamin 157, 158
Benson 158
Caroline 175
Caroline Matilda 147
Carrie T 158
Catharine 151, 158
Catharine L 158
Charles F 158
Charles L 179
Clara 176
Clarence 158
CoeC 179
Cuthbert R 149
Davis Conklin 142, 149
Daniel 175
Daniel B 175
Daniel W 179
De Wit Clinton 143, 144
EdnaM 143
Edwin H 150
Ella 176
EllaD 151
Elizabeth Jane 175, 178
Emeline S 148
Emma 176
Emma A 149
Ernest A • 179
Ernest Terry 148, 149
Estelle E 150
Etta 176
INDEX.
Miscellaneous Names — Continued.
197-
PaRe.
VVickham, Eva 148
Fanny E 179
Floyd D 149
Frances Ophelia 147
Franklin 143
Frederick G (2) 150, 179
Gabriel (2) 143, 149, 150, 151
George 142, 143
George Ditmas 144
George G 143
Georgianna 150
G. Munson 151
Gilbert 176
Gilbert Henry 143,144
Halsev 142, 148
Harriet (2) 142, 146, 175
Harry Glover 175
Hattie 145
Hattie A 149
Henry D 176
Herbert E 150
Hilinda 143, 144
Horace (2) 142, 143. 147, 149
Howard 158
Hulda 143, 144, 145
Iraoiiene 150
Ira J 158
Irving M 151
Jennie M 150
John A 179
John J 158
Josephine (2) 150
Joseph (2) 157, 175, 176
Juliette 179
Louisa Amelia 147
Lewis 158
Lizzie C 176
Lulu Marian 148
iMahlon J 144, 145
Maria Jane (2) 143
Martraret Jane 147
Martin D 150
Marv Anne 144. 145, 175, 176
Maryette 179
Mary L 158
Page.
Wickham, Mary V 158
May C 179
May F 150
May Virginia 147
Minnie A 144
Minnie E 176
Noyes 157
Ophelia Maud 148
Oscar S 151
Phebe 158
Philinda 175
Reeves B 158
RosaE 149
RossE 143
Ross Miller 145
Sarah C 179
Sarah E 158
Smith 158
Susie 176
Thomas Young 148, 149
Wesley William 147. 148
AVillie 158, 179
Willie C 143
William E 149
William Wallace (2) 175, 180
Wilmot Terry 179
Williams, Abby Jane 34
Giles 34
Josephine 34
Wilson, Mary 132
Witter, Eliza Halsey 65
Wood, Arnout Burgess 150
Charles 150
Edith M 150
John H 150
Mary Gabrielle 150
Sarah Imogene 150
Woods. Rosa M 167
Wright, Abby F 149
Abram.." 149
ACuthbert 149
Alice 149
Young, James Henrie 161
Rebecca 148
ERRATA.
Page 34. 152. viii. read Paul B.
" 84. 153. ix. " Mason Manning.
" 34. 156. i. " Josephine Williams.
" 38. 159. i. " Nancy Davis.
•' 44. 5th line from bottom read Peleg Lewis.
" 46. 12th "
" 48. (192) read Maria Theresa.
' ' 49. 2d line from bottom read George Geer.
" 57. 5th line from top " Poquetanuck.
" 58. 18th " " " Berkeley.
" 78. 344. iii. read Mary Vaughan.
'= 79. (354) " Alfred Cuthbert.
" 106. 16th line from top read Ebenezer Coe.
" 110. 462. ii. read Isabella.
" 118. (532) " Maria Lewis Alien.
" 127. 10th line from top read Wolcott.
" 128. 11th " " " Mrs. Whittlesey.
" 135. 20th " from bottom read Hannah Conklin (429).
" 137. (647) read Helen E. Sutton.
" 154. 13th line from top read Deborah* Coffin.
" 162. (904) read Abigail H. Glover.
" 166. 1011, i. read Jennie Gilbert Terry.
" 175. 1102. iii. " Mary Emma Beckwith.
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