V
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
ord.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
VOLUME XXXIV., 1903.
PUBLISHED BY THE
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,
226 West 58TH Street, New York.
Publication Committee .
Rev. MELATIAH EVERETT DWIGHT, Editor.
THOMAS GRIER EVANS.
TOBIAS A. WRIGHT.
H. CALKINS, Jr.
Dr. HENRY R. STILES.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Adams, Charles H., Obituary, 65
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Muster Rolls,
38
Arms, The Right to Bear, 291
Authors-
Adams, Oscar F., 277
Akerly, Lucy D., 282
Becker, Alfred L., 108
Bishop, Mary C, 77
Brainard, Homer W., 17. 124, 182,
267
Calkins, H., Jr., 141,212,284
Dwight, Rev. M. E., 231
Fisher, Ben van D., 56, 100, 197.
248
Fitch, Asa, 158, 235
Fitch-Andrews, Abbie M., 155
Foster, Emma J., 59- 138, 177
Hance, Wm. W., 28, 103, 217
Huntting, Rev. Nath'l, 7, 112, 166
2 5i
King, Rufus, 23, 99
McPike, Eugene F., 52, 106, 191
Mathews, Catherine T. R., 24
Morrison, Geo. A., Jr., 11, 132, 171,
273
Nichols, L. Nelson, 50
Pumpelly, Josiah C, 80
Ruggles, Henry S., 291
Savary, A. W., 33- 38. u8, 192, 259
Scisco, L. D., 44. 93. 206, 263
Shinn, Josiah H., 97
Van Laer, A. J. F., 210
Viele, Herman K., 1
Walsh, William, 200
Waring, Janet, 272
Withington, Lothrop, 288
Baldwin Query, 302
Bear River, Nova Scotia, Muster
Rolls, 259
Biographical Sketches-
Bishop, Heber Reginald, 77
Bleecker, Anthony, 231
De Witt, John, 200
Fitch, Asa, 155
Viele, Egbert L., 1
Bishop, Heber Reginald, Biographical
Sketch, 77; Obituary, 63
Bleecker, Anthony, Biographical
Sketch, 231
Book Plates, Dyckman, 23 ; Odell, 99
Book Reviews —
Adams Genealogy, 70
Aldenham, Eng., Parish Register,
3°4
Book Reviews {continued)—
Ancestor, The, No. 3, 72
Andre, Maj. John, Life and Career
of, 151
Arms, The Right to Bear, 228
Bacon Genealogy, 72
Berkshire. Co., its Past History,
etc., 226
Bernardston, Mass., History of,
305
California Histor. Geneal. Soc.
Pub., 73
Chesebrough Family, 74, U9
Clarke Family, 148, 152
Clinton, Geo., Sketch of, 304
Cody & Womack Families, 304
Conn. Histor. Soc. Collections, 147
De Kay, Col. Thomas, 72
Doane Family, 150
Downing Family, 227
D'Wolf Genealogy, 71
Ecclesiastical Records of the State
of N. Y., 152
Ely Genealogy, 74
Everett Genealogy, 70
Famous Families of New York, 67
Fifty Years of Historical Work in
N. J., 148
Five Colonial Families, 305
Fort Washington, 305
Groton Stone Records, 302
Hills Genealogy, 73
Holland Soc. Year Book, 303
Irish Rhode Islanders in the Rev.,
150
Irish-Scots and Scotch-Irish, 71
Journal of Rev. Silas Constant,
x 53 ^ .,
Kellogg Family, 150
Lancaster Genealogy, 71
Lefferts-Haughwout Chart, 229
Lords Baltimore and the Mary-
land Palatinate, 303
Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
An exact list of, 228
Mansur Family, 74
Medford in the Rev., 149
Military Minutes of the Council
of Appointment, State of New
York, 228
Nantucket Early Settlers, 68
Nebraska, Forty Years of, 71
Nebraska, State Histor. Soc. Pro-
ceed, and Papers, 72
Newburgh Historical Papers, 70
Newbury, Mass., History, 302
Index of Subjects.
Book Reviews (continued) —
New Jersey Archives, 304
News from America. 151
New York Histor. Soc. Coll., 72
Northampton, Mass., History, 148
Old Plate, its Makers and Marks,
225
Oyster Bay Dutch Congregation,
History, 148
Potts Family, 74
Preakness, and the Preakness Re-
formed Church in Passaic Co.,
N.J., 151
Reformed Church in America.
Manual of, 69
Register of St. Mary's Church,
Booking, Essex, Eng., 226
Roberts Genealogy, 148
Rockingham, Vt., Church Rec-
ords, 69
Rogers Genealogy, 73
Schureman Family, 149
Shinn Family, 303
Smith Family, 228
South Carolina in the Rev., 67
Stevenson Genealogy, 70
Stocking Genealogy, 303
Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Rec-
ords, 148
Suffolk Deeds Liber XII, 151
Tenney Genealogy, 225
Tucker Genealogy, 69
Vail Genealogy, 153
Wade Genealogy. 225
Waldo Genealogy, 228
Warren, Jackson and Allied Fam-
ilies, 227
Wheeler, Desc. of Jos. and Dan-
iella, 72
White Family Quarterly, 305
Who Begot Thee ?, 226
Willcomb Family, 150
Winder Genealogy, 73
Wood Genealogy, 226
Braine Seal, Query, 225
Carmel, N. Y., Gilead Cemetery In-
scriptions, 59, 138, 177
Carpenter, Daniel H., Obituary, 299
Clopper, Reply, 67
De Riemer Family, Note, 65
l)e Sille Family of Holland, The, 24
De Sille Family, Correction, 146
De Witt, John, Grand Pensionary of
Holland, 200
Digby, Nova Scotia, Muster Rolls,
118, 192, 259
Dodge, William E., Obituary, 300
Donations, 74. 154, 229, 306
Dumont Family, Notes on the Origin
and Earlv History of, iqi
Dutchess Co., N. Y., Families, Records
of, 108
Dutchess Co., N. Y., Families, Correc-
tion, 216
Dyckman Book Plate, The, 23
Earle, Ferdinand P., Obituary, 144
East Hampton, L. I., Marriages, Bap-
tisms and Deaths in, 7, 112, 166,
251
East Jersey, Dr. O'Callaghan's Notes
on Whitehead's, 50
Editorials, 62, 143, 223, 298
England, New York Gleanings in, 288
Filkin Note, 216
Fitch, Asa, and his Ancestry, 155
Foster, Rufus, Records from Bible of,
282
Frans Reply, 67
Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y., The,
11, 132, 171,273
Fuller, Edward, and his Descendants,
17, 124, 182, 267
Fuller Query, 66, 302
Genealogies —
De Sille Fam., 24
De Sille, Correction, 146
Dumont Fam., 191
Dutchess Co. Fam's, 108
Dutchess Co. Fam's, Correction,
216
Foster Fam., 282
Freer Fam., 11, 132, 171, 273
Fuller Fam., 17, 124, 182, 267
Grant Fam., 97
Halley Fam., 52, 106
Johnston Fam., 33
Johnston Fam. Note, 146
Genung Query, 66
Gilead Church Cemetery, Carmel, N.
Y., Inscriptions, 59, 138, 177
Grant, Tohn W., Julia D., and Ulysses
S., 97
Gravestone Inscriptions —
Carmel, N. Y., Gilead Cem., 59,
138, 177
Shrewsbury, N. J., Christ Church
Cem., 103, 217
Shrewsbury, N. J., Rumson Bury-
ing Ground, 28
Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y.,
Records of the Congregational
Church, 141, 212, 284
Guernsey, Joseph R., Obituary, 64
Halley, Dr. Edmund, His Ancestry
and Descendants, 52, 106
Harleian Soc, Note, 146
Hungerford, Orville, Obituary, 144
Index of Subjects.
Illustrations— Bar Gate, Southamp- |
ton, Eng., 277
Braine Seal, 225
Dyckman Book Plate, 23
Jumel Mansion, 81, 88
Odell Book Plate, 99
Portrait, Gen. E. L. Viele, 1
Portrait, Heber R. Bishop, 77
Portrait, Asa Fitch, 155
Portrait, John De Witt, 200
Portrait, Anthony Bleecker, 231
Waring Family Arms, 272
Inscriptions, see Gravestones.
Jackson, Reply, 67
Johnston Legend, The, a poem, 37
Johnstons in America, some Annan-
dale, 33
Johnstons in America, Note, 140
Jumel Mansion, Its History and Tra-
ditions, 80
King, John Bowne, Obituary, 63
King, Mrs. Maria Tiebot, Obituary,
224
King, Rufus Howard, Obituary, 299
Lawrence Query, 146
Loyalists of Annapolis, N. S., 38
Loyalists of Digby, N. S., 118, 192
Macy, Sylvanus J., Obituary, 209
Matthews Query, 146
Merritt Query, 66
Morris House, see Jumel Mansion
Muster Rolls, see Bear River, Digby,
Annapolis.
New Germantown, West Jersey, Rec-
ords of the Corporation of Zion
in, 56, 100, 197, 248
New York Gleanings in England, 288
Notes, 65, 146, 216
Noyes, Edward H., Obituary, 224
Obituaries —
Adams, Charles H.,65
Bishop, Heber R., 63
Carpenter, Dan'l H., 299
Dodge, Wm. E., 300
Earle, Ferdinand P., 144
Guernsey, Jos. R., 64
Hungerford, Orville, 144
King, John B., 63
King, Maria T., 224
King. Rufus H., 299
Macv, Sylvanus J., 299
Noyes, Edw. H., 224
Roebling, Emily W., 145
Van Siclen, Geo. W., 300
Wootton, Mary W., 224
O'Callaghan, Dr., Notes of, on White-
head's, East Jersey, 50
Odell Book Plate, 99
Old White Church in Salem, N. Y.,
The, 158
Onondaga Co., N. Y., Records, 44. 93.
206, 263
Queries —
Baldwin, 302
Braine, 225
Fuller, 66, 302
Genung, 66
Lawrence, 146
Matthews, 146
Merritt, 66
Ranney, 66
Robblee, 66
Snook, 147
Varick, 302
Wilcox, 147
! Ranney Query, 66
I Records —
Annapolis, N. S., Muster Rolls, 38
Bear River, N. S., Muster Rolls,
259
Digby, N. S., Muster Rolls, 118,
192
Easthampton, L. I.. Births, Mar.
and Deaths, 7, 112, 166, 251
Greenfield, N. Y., Cong. Ch., 141,
212, 284
New Germantown, West Jersey,
56, 100, 197, 248
Onandaga Co., N. Y., 44, 93. 206,
263
Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., 47,
89, 221, 295
Shrewsbury, N. J., Inscriptions,
28, 103, 217
West Philippi, N. Y., 59, 138, 177
Replies —
Clopper, 67
1 Frans, 67
Jackson, 67
Robblee, 147
Slater, 67
Robblee Query, 66, Reply, 147
Roebling, Emily W., Obituary, 145
Rumson Burying Ground, see Shrews-
bury
Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., The
Old White Church in, 158, 235
Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., Re-
cords of Christ Church, 47. 89.
221, 295
Shrewsbury, N. J., Inscriptions-
Rumson Burying Ground, 28
Christ Church Burying Ground,
103,217
Slater Reply, 67
Index of Subjects.
Snook Query, 147
Southampton, England, 277
Staten Island, A list of the Settlers of,
210
Van Siclen, Geo. W., Obituary, 300
Varick Query, 302
Viele, Gen. Egbert L., Biographical
Sketch of, 1
Waring Family Arms, 272
West Philippi or Old Gilead Church,
59. 138, 177
Whitehead's East Jersey, Dr. O'Call-
aghan's Notes on, 50
Wilcox Query, 147
Wootton, Mrs. Mary Wright, Obituary,
224
Zion Corpor. Records, see New Ger-
mantown
b-t»J~UL- vci&L,
THE NEW YORK
genealogical ano §iogra^l]ital Jecor*.
Vol. XXXIV. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1903.
No. 1,
GENERAL EGBERT L. VIELE.
By Herman Knickerbocker Viele.
Eebert Lodovickus Viele, whose death occurred at his resi-
dence in New York City on April 22, 1902, was born in the village
of Waterford on the upper Hudson upon the fiftieth anniversary
of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1825.
His father, John Lodovickus Viele, State Senator, Judge of the
Court of Errors, and Regent of the University came of a family
which had been prominent in the colony and state since 1644.
His mother-one P the Knickerbockers of Schaghticoke made
famous by Irving in the preface to his History of New York-
wS Kathlyne, youngest daughter of Johannes Knickerbocker
and of the sixth generation from Herman Jansen Van Berghen
-called Knickerbocker," who, before setting sail from Holland,
had the forethought to provide himself with bricks wherewith to
build the house a* Schaghticoke. This Herman, who was the son
of Captain Johannes Van Berghen of the Dutch Navy had him-
self seen service and bore the scar of a wound received in action
at Solebay, when De Ruyter's ships were driven back before the
onslaught of the French and English fleets combined. The name
Knickerbocker, which was at first a soubriquet, beyond a doubt
means literally one who plays the Old Nick, from knikker a
Dutch term for the Evil One, and ■ bakker ' a baker, a word used
also broadly in the sense of maker. De Vries relates a parallel
fns?ance o/colonial humor: the first Indian to become possessor
of a gun with which he kept his fellow savages in awe, was known
as "Kallebacker"— one who creates a disturbance. Just how
Van Berghen came to be called 'Knickerbocker' will probacy
remain a & mystery, but it is certain that his descendants have been
so nominated ever since, though the line goes back without a
break to one Gerardus with a string of titles, 'born on the day be-
fore the Nativity of St. John 1287.' . But the family motto is Die
StrydMet Fortuyn Wint (Who Strives with Fortune \\ ins , and
no doubt the early settlers were too well occupied in its practical
application to concern themselves greatly with old gerardus
The Viele familv, originally from the south of France, weie
settled in the Low Countries a century or more before the Dutcft
2 General Egbert L. Viele. [Jan.,
invasion of America. The name — odd as it may seem — has a
common Sanscrit root with violin and veal — from ' vatsa ', a yearly
sacrificial festival, — and several Continental branches bear the
Violet as a canting' arms. The first of the name to reach New
Amsterdam was Kornelis Kornelisen, born in Utrecht in 1622 and
emigrating in the year of his majority. In 1645 he married Aeltje
Colet, a widow who had, as was the custom, reassumed her father's
name. Kornelis was a trader in Fort Orange, where he built a
brew-house, but later joined with others in establishing the rival
settlement of Schenectady, where he acquired several ' boweries'
by purchase and preemption. The records of the Dutch Church
in Albany show that in 1668 he paid for the use of the ' large pall '
for the funeral of his wife. This is all there is to know of Aeltje r
but it is enough to show that she was a good wife and a brave
woman, who had crossed the seas and faced the hardships of the
colony for twenty years and more, and when she had borne three
sons went to her rest with all the dignity of the ' large pall.'
These sons were Arnout, Cornells Cornelison, and Pieter. Ar-
nout was the famous Interpreter, for years ambassador and peace-
maker between the Indians and whites and, under Governor
Leisler, agent of the Crown to manage the Five Nations "accord-
ing to his best knowledge, skill and power."
Cornells, so says tradition, married a girl of the Iroquois nation
who had been brought up in his father's household where she
was called affectionately ' Suster.' However this may be, he
prospered, adding to his 'boweries' and holding moreover the
only licence to ' tap strong drink ' west of Albany — a monopoly
which did not descend to his heirs. A merrymaking was in
progress at his house when on a fatal winter night in 1690 the
French and Indians bore down upon the undefended outpost to
avenge Lachine. A terific storm was raging from the north and
the sentinels, secure from an attack as they supposed, built snow
men by the gates of the stockade to take their places while they
crept in unobserved to watch the revelry. At midnight Sainte-
Helene and Mantel, heading their band of ' praying Indians ' and
still more savage French, entered the Mohawk Gate and fell upon
the settlers with merciless ferocity. The ' small fort ' whither
Talmage and his garrison rushed for arms was taken and its de-
fenders slaughtered, and in two hours sixty had been killed, and
an equal number taken prisoners, of all the settlement only
twenty-five escaping to make their miserable way through the
snow to Albany. Among the killed were Mary wife of Douw
Aukes and daughter of Viele the Interpreter, with her two chil-
dren, and Mary his son's wife with her baby less than two years
old. Arnout his son, a lad of fourteen, was carried oft alive and
held a captive for three years. Jannetje, daughter of Cornells
Viele who had married Johannes Dykeman, was with her child
and husband, among the refugees. So also were Jacomyntje,
widow of Pieter Viele, who had died two years before, and her
four children, one of whom, Lodovickus, was the great-great
grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
The massacre of Schenectady was less an Indian outbreak than
; 903i ] General Egbert L. Viele. 3
a skirmish in the great battle of opposing civilizations— Latin and
Saxon— for supremacy upon the western continent, in which, as
usual the fittest was to survive. And tragedies in the colony
were few, for the Dutch, though fighters on occasion, prefer the
victories of peace. .
Like their neighbors, the Vieles and the Knickerbockers were
provident, holding fast to their boweries and adding others, till
with the coming of new ideas and larger opportunities the younger
generation was no longer satisfied with what the soil could offer
Conditions altered rapidly with the manumission of the bonded
servants toward the end of the eighteenth century, and though
slavery was not abolished totally in New York till 1827, the life
away from town grew harder and its rewards less tempting.
Doubtless when Herman Knickerbocker in 1800 announced
his purpose to break through family traditions and become a
lawyer, he met with little opposition, and his neighbors must
have followed with interest a career which took him finally to
Washington itself, thereto win immortality as 'My cousin the
Congressman' in that most veracious History of New York.
Herman brought back from Washington a knowledge of profes-
sional fees which must have been a revelation to the Hoosatonic
Valley and also, as may be believed, some innovations of the
social usage there held sacred for, ever after, he was called the
Prince of Schaghticoke. A clause in the Knickerbocker grants pro-
vides that who-so-ever holds the title to a certain tract of land
must entertain the Mayor and Commonalty of Albany once a
year and this agreement the Congressman carried out most stren-
uously He was a warm supporter of the Reformed Dutch church
and did not live to see his son David in cope and mitre as the
Episcopal Bishop of Indiana.
John Lodovickus Viele, also of Schaghticoke, was another of
the boys to leave the country for the town, inspired perhaps by
the example of the Congressman, but more likely, by the attrac-
tions of the Congressman's youngest sister, Kathlyne. The ven-
ture was a wise one for when in 1825 Egbert Lodovickus their
youngest child was born, Mr. and Mrs. Viele" were living in Water-
ford surrounded by every evidence of success.
This was an interesting period in the history of the state ; a
time that must have thrilled with premonitions of an impending
economic revolution. The Erie Canal was upon the eve of com-
pletion • on the Hudson steam navigation had been brought to
a point beyond experiment, and from across the sea there may
have come strange prophecies of what John Stevenson s outland-
ish dreams might bring about. As yet the Empire State had
accomplished little more than the clearing of some thousands of
miles of forest, and the conversion of some thousands of miles of
Indian trails into indifferent wagon roads, but the day of a new
order was near its dawn, and the mental atmosphere must have
been one to stimulate the fancy of a boy. .......
When Egbert was but seven years of age Judge Viele died
suddenly of apoplexy while walking in his garden, and the family
moved to Lansingburg. This, for reasons of economy in part,
4 General Egbert L, Viele. [Jan.
and in part to be nearer Schaghticoke where the barns were over-
flowing. Here every winter with the first snow came sleighs
heaped high with fire wood, or loaded deep with apples, pumpkins
and potatoes, and the road to the homestead, distant a Sabbath
Day's journey, soon grew familiar to the sturdy boy. Egbert
passed all of his vacations at the old brick mansion or roaming
over its thousand acres of field and forest, and in spite of a New
England aunt who held the small red school-house to have been
built to keep little fingers out of mischief, he always looked back
to the days at Schaghticoke as among the happiest of his life.
vSometimes the journey there was made behind his uncle's horses
bnt more often on foot, with an occasional ' lift ' from some good
natured teamster, and when the days were short a lodging over
night at the Checkered Shed Tavern, where there were interest-
ing stories to be overheard of busy far off places. These travel-
lers' tales awakened in the listener a resolution to be one day
part of that strange outer world of action, and when he was
scarcely sixteen he made his first appearance in public life. He
had always been a leader among his playmates, and when in 1841
the temperance agitation grew into a national movement he was
elected President of the State Youth's Temperance Society, and
established a newspaper in the interest of the cause. This jour-
nal, called the 'Enterprise', had for its motto " The tree which
does not blossom in the Spring will not bear fruit in Autumn."
Viele was even at that time a fluent and forcible writer and
his public addresses gave promise of distinction in his profession.
For, having graduated with honors at the Albany Academy, he
had taken up the study of law in the office of Judge Lansing.
But the law was less a choice than an advance along the line of
least resistance, and when in 1842 the opportunity for an appoint-
ment to West Point occurred it was accepted with very little hes-
itation. At his mother's death, some years earlier, the family
had dispersed and Egbert was free to follow his own inclinations.
The career of Egbert L. Viele from the time of his leaving
Albany would fill a volume with interesting experiences and an-
ecdotes of nearly every man in public life for more than half a
century, but it is as a citizen of New York, active in every move-
ment for the public good, and the initiator of more projects of
lasting importance than almost any other man of his generation,
that he will be remembered.
Before reporting at West Point Cadet Yiele made his first visit
to the city with which he was to be so long identified. New York
was then a busy little town between the Battery and Union
Square, but to the Albany boy it was another Babylon, and its
bran new Croton Water Works an added Wonder of the world.
It seemed to him that nowhere else could be found so many of
the conditions that make for human happiness, and every hour
was devoted to the study of some new phase of civic life. On the
water front the ships of all the world reared grotesque figure-
heads and thrust great bowsprits far across the street. Through
the shady inclosure of the Battery the stately houses of merchant
princes looked out complacently upon the bay. The spire of Old
, 9 o 3 .] General Egbert L. Vielt. 5
Trinity was then a marvel of altitude, especially when seen from
the steep little street where no whisper of a railway share had
yet been heard, and Broadway's line of dazzling shops extended
almost to the verge of Union Square. „.'.'"„ ,
Lieutenant Viele graduated from West Point in 1847, and went
directly to join his regiment then in the City of Mexico as part
of Scott's Army of Occupation, and at the conclusion of peace he
spent several years upon the new southwestern frontier. There
were military roads to be constructed, and bands of hostile Indians
to be held in check, and unfamiliar laws to be enforced among
the newly acquired citizens on the Rio Grande. At intervals
alone: the river were ancient settlements, mere clusters often of
adobe huts about some mission chapel, peopled by half breeds
who acknowledged no authority above the padres and their own
sweet will It was almost like the country of which Kipling
sino-s ' where there aint no Ten Commandments,' but the new
government had less concern with godliness than its kindred
virtue In those days cholera was an ever present menace, and
Lieutenant Viele, with the welfare of his troops in mind, was
compelled to make a study of preventive measures. At times his
small command was threatened with extinction and often the
relief would find a sentinel dead upon his post.
Lieutenant Viele discovered that with the removal of his camp
to higher ground, the boiling of the water used, and the enforce-
ment of rigid sanitary rules, the sick recovered rapidly and new
cases ceased to appear ; and these experiments, simple as they
se^m in the light of present knowledge, were to have an influence
more important than the lowered death rate of a Rio Grande fron-
tier Years afterward, in civil life, he was the first to announce
himself a Sanitary Engineer, and it was largely through his ef-
forts that in 1866 a Sanitary convention assembled in New York
which resulted in the creation of the Board of Health, an institu-
tion hitherto unknown.
When Viele left the service in 1853 he became a resident ot
New York and opened there an office for the practice of Civil Ln-
gineerino- He was fond of recalling that his first commission
was the survey and inventory of a Staten Island candle factory
owned by one Guiseppe Garibaldi, but this was followed shortly
by a commission to conduct a survey of New Jersey for the state.
He was also at this time interested in founding the American Ge-
ographical Society of which he became Vice President in later
yea [n 1856 his plans for the development of Central Park were
adopted by the Commission, and he was appointed Engmeer-in-
Chief to carry out his own design. New York was the first ot
American cities to set apart a public pleasure ground but the
example was soon followed by the sister city of Brooklyn, and
here again the plan chosen was that submitted by Egbert lv.
Viele.
It was while engaged in the development of Central Park that
the attention of the young engineer was drawn to the ruthless
manner in which running streams and water courses had been
1a
6 General Egbert L. Viele. [Jan.,
disregarded in the extension of the city. Brooks bearing eupho-
nious Indian names and even large fresh water ponds were made
the dumping places for earth and refuse until all traces of their
existence was obliterated, though beneath the surface the laws
of gravity were still in force. Viele's 'Topographical Atlas of
New York,' exhibiting the position of these ancient waterways in
relation to the present city plan, was the result of several years
of research among old maps and records, and its accuracy is dem-
onstrated today whenever the foundation of a new building is
excavated.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Egbert L. Viele held the
rank of Captain of Engineers in the Seventh Regiment, and when,
within a week of the fall of Fort Sumter, that regiment started
for the Capitol, he followed in command of the detachment or-
dered to proceed by water. The little steamer Daylight was the
first vessel to ascend the Potomac after the outbreak of hostilities,
and a single Confederate battery concealed upon the wooded
shores might easily have compassed her destruction. Captain
Viele was soon after promoted to the rank of Brigadier General
of Volunteers, and served throughout the war. He was in com-
mand of the forces on the Savannah River during the siege of
Fort Pulaski, and took part in the capture of Norfolk, Va., of
which city he was appointed Military Governor. But it is beyond
the scope of this brief sketch to more than chronicle the list of
public services which occupied a long and active life.
General Viele's confidence in the future of New York brought
him often into opposition with the more conservative, but he
lived to see nearly all of his most sanguine prophecies fulfilled.
His project for the Arcade railway made in 1870 differed little
from the subway now under construction, and his plan for a girdle
railway on the river front connecting every pier with the great
transportation systems will doubtless one day afford relief to the
overcrowded streets.
As President of the Park Department General Viele instituted
Sunday music in the face of violent opposition, and under his ad-
ministration the Park laborers were put in simple uniform, two
minor innovations which have added to the pleasure and safety
of many thousand people. General Viele" represented the (then)
thirteenth Congressional District in the Fiftieth Congress, and
while there did much to advance the building of the Harlem Ship
Canal. It was his greatest pleasure to act as champion of the
Military Academy, and more than one long needed improvement
at West Point is due to his untiring energy. The last official po-
sition which he held was that of Chairman of the Board of Visitors.
In 1894 General Viele appeared before the House of Lords by
invitation, and for two days instructed that august body in the
science of municipal improvement : during his stay in England
he made many friends among public men.
It might be that another pen than that of the present writer
would add some words of eulogy to this brief record of a useful
life, but few New Yorkers of the present generation need to be
reminded of the debt their city owes to General Viele\ For fifty
£9°3-J Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. J
years there has scarcely been a movement for the public good in
which he did not take an active part, and when these things have
been forgotten in the march of new events, there will still be
Central Park to say, should posterity care to know, " If you seek
his monument, look about you."
General Viele married Teresa, daughter of Francis Griffin and
grand-daughter of Joseph Sands, a descendant of Edwin Sandys,
Archbishop of York in the time of Elizabeth. Four children
survive him, Kathlyne Knickerbocker, Herman Knickerbocker,
who married Mary Ashhurst, daughter of Francis Wharton, LL.D.
of Philadelphia, Egbert L., who resides in France, and has been
decorated with the Legion of Honor as a writer of French poetry,
and Emily, who married Thomas Nelson Strother, of Baltimore.
RECORDS OF MARRIAGES, BAPTISMS, AND DEATHS
IN EASTHAMPTON, L. I., from 1696 to 1746. RECORD-
ED BY REV. NATHANIEL HUNTTING.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 227 of The Record.)
This acct only of
English & not of
Negro or Indian
Servts or Slaves.
Year
Month
Day
1696,
Sept.
0.
Nov.
13-
Dec.
17-
I6gf,
Jan.
7-
169!,
3i-
Mar.
9-
23.
1698,
Mar.
27.
Apr.
8.1
16.
21.
May
26.
June
7-
Nov.
9-
i6g|.
Feb.
17.
1699,
July
8.1
Sept.
25-
1 «!)9
T2.iny>
Feb.
7-
8.
Mar.
23-
1700,
April
30.
Abt
. June
8.
Sept.
8.
Nov.
4-
Dec.
1.
An account of deaths in East Hampton since my com-
ing thither which was in September, 1696 Kept by Nath".
Huntting.
That in this account I reckon ye day that any died on,
from midnight to midnight.
That these persons — a child of Capt. Mulfords & of
Thomas Mulfords & a child of Sarah Merry's that I had
not noted down on the loose paper out of which I extract-
ed these, & I know not the time of their death. 3
Number
The wife of Joseph Osborn ye Taylor, 1
Abigail Mulford, 2
The wife of John Davis, Senr., 3
A child of Mr. John Strettons, 4
A child of Mr. Nath 11 . Sylvesters, 5
A child of Sam 11 . Daytons, 6
A grandchild of Leut Fithians, 7
A child of Ananias Conkline's, Senr., 8
A child of Joshua Garlicks, 9
Thomas Edwards, Senr. in ye night, 10
Stephen Stretton ab l . break of Day, 1 1
The wife of Dan Burnet, 12
Richard Stretton, 13
The daughter of Thomas Baker, 14
James Edwards, 15
A child of Thomas Edwards, 16
John Bucklau, 17
A child of Daniel Osborns, 18
A child of Stephen Barns, 19
Mary Mulford abt noon, 20
Mr. Baker, 21
Thomas Miller died at Sea, 22
A child of Beriah Daytons, 23
A child of Phillip Leek, Junr., 24
Goodman Barns viz.: W m . Barns, Senr., 25
"\
Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [Jan.,
Number
The wife of Thomas Barns, 26
A child of Lion Gardiners abt 2 or 3 days old, 27
A child of Ephraim Osborns ab'. same time, 2b
Goodman Garlick ab 1 . 100 years old, 29
The wife of \V m . Edwards, 30
A young child of W m . Edwards, 31
A child of James Diaments, 32
Stephen Mulford, 33
A daughter of Rob More, 34.
A child of Shamgar Barns ab 1 . same time, 35
Jane Bucklau, 36
John Parsons, 37
Ebenezer Leek, Junr., 38
A child of Frances Noyes, 39
Esther daughter of John Stretton, 40
Mary Chandler ab'. noon, 41
Thomas Son of Ebenezer Leek, 42
A child of W m . Edwards, 43
John Squire died at Saybrook, 44
John Merry of Small Pox, 45
A child of Walter Browns abt 2 or 3 dys old, 46
Goody Edwards (or Ecnore), 47
Goody Web, 48
A child of David Crofoots, 49
Goodman Hopington, 50
Samuel Bucks sister — son, 51
Matthew Barns having been ill but ab'. 3 days, 52
Edmund son of Richard Show taken on Saturday, 53
A child of Cornelius Millers, 54
Benjamin Shaw, 55
John Bucklau ab 1 . 5 years old, 56
David Smith, 57
Cornelius Stretton, 58
A child of Rob Parsons died towards day taken abt mid-
day, 59
A new born child of Th. Bakers, 60
Apr. 5. A girl of Josh Garlicks abt 4 years old sick ab'. Wednes-
day, 61
10. Rebecca Osborn having been sick ab'. 3 days, 62
18. Sarah daughter of Capt Wheeler having been ill ab*. 14
years old, 63
20. The wife of Shamgar Barns, 64
May 1. Henry Harris just come into town sick three days, 65
James son of James Diament, 66
2. The wife of James Hand taken on Thursday night died
on Teusday night, 67
9. Widow Osborn of Wamscott, 68
17. A child of Thomas Edwards, 69
20. Mrs. Talmage, 70
26. Thomas Stretton sick ab'. 4 days, yi
July 2. The wife of John Davis, Jun r ., having laid in about 13
days, 72
Aug. 31. The wife of Sam 11 . Dayton, 73
Octob. 2. John Bee who had been in a pining way abt 6 months, 74
4. A child of Ananias Conkling son of Jer Conkling, 75
8. A child of John Davis, Jun r ., 76
21. Rob'. Dayton, Jun r ., yj
23. Francis Noves, 78
Dec. 12. A child of James Hand, Junr., 79
l 7°h Jan. 5. Widow Baker former Stretton, 80
15. Ab'. ys time a child of John Brookes, 8r
26. A child of Th. Edwards just born, 82
Year
Month
Day
170?,
Jan.
26.
Feb.
7-
Mar.
7-
170I,
June
8.'
Aug.
19.
Nov.
27.
Dec.
14.
I70.|,
Jan.
1.
Mar.
15-
19.
1702.
Apr.
4-
9-
20.
May
7-
Abt.
17.
July
1.
June
Aug.
9-
171-
Feb.
21.
Mar.
17.
1703.
May
18.
Dec.
12.
24.
»7oi
Jan.
15-
Feb.
12.
'5-
22.
29.
Mar.
7-
24.
3704,
27.
28.
1903.] Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. 9
,, ., r^.„„ Number
Year Month Day
170 4 Feb. 2. A child of John Earls, °°
5 ' Mar. 1. A child of Th. Dibbles weavers, £7
18. Hannah Cartwright, °°
21. A child of Seth Parsons, °9
1701;, An. 16. Ms Hobart, Q u
May 9. The wife of W m . Barns, 91
July 16. Abraham Reeves, , 9 2
Aug. 2. A child of Steph Leek died a few hours after it ys taken, 93
11. The wife of Mr. John Mulford ab'. 10 at night, 94
Dec. 16. The wife of Richard Mills about sunrise with fits having
lain in ab 4 . 3 weeks, 95
22. John Davis, Senr., abt 4 in ye morning, 90
1706 Ian 8. The wife of George Dibble having lain in about 3 weeks
sitting up and finely well was taken & died in ab 1 . a
quarter of an hour— died ab-. eleven in ye morning,
taken first cold in one foot, 94
Feb. 17. Elizabeth ye daughter of Thomas Baker aged ab 1 . 10
years died ab'. 7 of the clock in the evening, 95
A daughter of S Filers abt 5 years old died ab'. 4 P. M., 96
A daughter of Dan Osborns named Mary abt 15 years
old died about 3 P. M., 97
The wife of Isaac Hedges ab'. 5 of clock, P. M., 98
John Jones falling off his horse abt 5 P. M. was carried
into Mr J. Mulfords & died ab*. midnight, 99
Widow Burnet died 11 o'clock at night, 100
A daughter of John Hedges aged ab 1 . a year died abt
bed time, I01
Old widow Diamond died ab'. 9 at night, 102
W m . Barns died ab'. bed time, 103
My daughter Mary aged 4 months died abt 1 of y clock
in the morning, I0 4
The wife of James Diament abt 3 of ye clock, P. M. 105
A daughter of Edward Jones aged ab'. 4 years died ab'.
3 in ye morning, IO °
> Ruth daughter of James Edwards aged abt 16 years
died in A. M. io 7
A child of Sam". Barns died abt noon, ic8
A child of James Barbars abt 16 months old abt 5 P. M. 109
A child daughter of Abm Conkling (?) about 2 years old, 1 10
Sarah Hoppln died ab'. sundown, 1 1 1
Martha daughter of John Shaw aged abt 9 years died
abt 5 of ye clock in ye evening, 112
Ebenezer Belden died ab'. 6 in ye morning, 113
A daughter of Josh Garlicks abt 14 months old died ab'.
eleven A. M„ n 4
A child daughter of Mr. John Gardiner a fort night old
died ab'. 10 of ye clock A. M., H5
The wife of Mr J. Gardiner died ab'. 2 hours before day
having lain in ab'. 3 weeks, IID
A daughter of Sam Parsons, Junr. abt 5 weeks old died
earlv in the morning, n 7
A son of Isaac Mulfords (ab'. 3 weeks old died abt 1 of
ye clock in ye morning, n °
A child daughter of John Mulford, Junr. aged abt 6
months died before day suddenly, 119
A child of Dr Baillergeau— it did not live but an hour
or two after it was born, I2 °
Rebecca Leagrave ab'. 6 of ye clock in ye morning, 121
A son of John Shaws abt 2 months old died ab'. 10 at
night,
A child of David Fithians died by her side before day, 123
, A child of Isaac Strettons ab'. year & i old, 124
Mar.
May
6.
7-
June
6.
18.
Aug.
19. •
19.
Sept.
21.
26.
19.
20.
28.
Oct.
4-
6.
Nov.
I70f, Tan.
Feb.
27.
2S-
18.
6.
Mar.
1707, April
20.
26.
June
29.
July
4-
23-
Sept.
30.
Nov.
12.
1708, Jan.
26.
Mar.
5-
18.
Apri
July
1 23.
25-
IO
Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [Jan.,
Year Month Day
1708, Aug. 20.
Oct. 15.
Dec. 1.
\-]o\, Jan. 23.
Feb. 3.
6.
'3-
1709, Mar. 28.
Oct. 12.
Nov. 17.
1710,
Jan.
Feb.
21.
3-
Mar.
Aug.
Nov.
10.
14.
9-
i5-
171 1,
Mar.
April
9-
18.
2.
May
3-
2.
I I.
July
3-
Aug.
6.
14.
25-
Sept.
20.
Octoh
.. 6.
3o.
1711,
Nov.
16.
1712, Jan.
'5-
3i-
I* eb. 4.
16.
29.
Goodwife Richinson died,
A son of John Hedges aged about 13 months died aboud
8 of ye clock in evening,
Richard Shaw died abt 3 of clock afternoon,
The wife of Mr. Ab Skellinx abt 10 in night,
A child son of Jos Luis ab 1 . 5 days old died P. M.
Mr Ben Conklin ab'. noon,
Mrs Baker died ab 1 . 4 P. M. aged abt 89 years,
A son of Capt Conkline abt year & 2 or 3 months oI"d
died abt 4 of ye clock in ye morning,
A son of Jacob Skellinx about year old died abt sunrise,
Phillip Leek, Junr. died abt eleven at night,
A child son of John Hedges abt two months old died
abt 10 at night,
Daniel Hand son of Stephen Hand aged between 19 &
20 years died abt sunrise,
Mrs. Hedges wife of Mr Steph Hedges abt 10 A. M.
A son of Seth Parsons abt 9 months old abt 4 in ye
morning,
A child of Th. Edwards abt a fortnight old,
A child of Sam Rupels abt 1 1 months old died abt noon,
A child daughter of Steph Leeks abt midnight abt 13
months old,
A daughter of Phillip Leek abt 17 years old died P. M.
abt 3 o'clock,
A child of Hannah Mores abt 6 weeks old,
A child of Roger Davis in ye morning,
A daughter of B. Conkling aged abt 6 years died in
night abt bed time,
A son of Isaac Mulford abt 11 days old,
A child daughter of John Wheeler, Junr. aged abt 2 or
3 years old died abt 10 at night,
A child abt year & half old son of Daniel Millers died
in the forenoon,
Sarah ye 2 nd wife of M r . John Gardiner died (abt 6 of ye
clock in ye morning after she had lain in abt 3 weeks,
Elizabeth daughter of Th. Baker abt 2 years old died
abt 3 of ye clock P. M.
Joseph son of N. & Mary Huntting almost 5 months old
died abt 6 A. M.,
A child daughter of John Hedges aged between 2 & 3
months died abt 7 in the evening,
Elizabeth the daughter of Dan Osborn aged abt 15 years
died abt sunrise,
A son of Johnathan Baker killed with a cart wheel run-
ning over its head — The child abt 5 years old,
Edw d Bennet, Sen r . having been out a soldier & return-
ing by water died in Milford harbor,
Elizabeth the wife of Daniel Osborn died abt break of
day,
Abt y s time we heard of one Web vt went out as volun-
tier for Canada out of ys town on board one of the
ships from York — was lost at Cape Bretton,
Humphry Holding died abt noon,
Capt Jnsiah Hobart died abt 10 in evening aged abt 78
years,
Mr. Ab Skellinx died abt midnight,
Mrs Hannah Conkline Widow died abt two in ye morn-
ing I think between 60 & 70 years old,
Widow Bennet a little before midnight,
A child of Thomas Matthews in evening, ye child a son
abt 3 weeks old,
Number
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
I49
150
ISI
152
153
•54
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
Ig03 j The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. H
Number
VZ^t. Z Jeremiah Conkline, Sen, aged about 7 8 years died ab,
171
A^l^h "er'of Ananias Conkling, Junr. abt 2 P. £ 165
! Capt Chatfield died abt 5 of ye clock P. M. aged abt 60 ^
Apr. 9. Hannah Dayton daughter of widow Hannah Dayton
P 9 aged about 16 years died abt break of day 167
16. M r . Robert Dayton aged abt 84 years died about 6 A. M.
having been ill about 4 days,
27 A child son of Ananias Conkline, senr. abt year and a
nnarter old died abt 10 at night, lu v
May 6. NaWHaise die'd abt 4 of the" clock P. M. aged about ^
11. AchEon of John Conkline died abt 11 at night aged
June 13. The wife of Matthias Hoppin d.ed in child bed abt 6 of
15. A y chUd C of Annis Baker formerly More died about 8
A. M. aged about a fortnight, /->
( To be continued^)
THE FREER FAMILY OF NEW PALTZ, N. Y.
Compiled by George Austin Morrison, Jr.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., January, 1902. p. 37. of The Record.)
Tacob' Freer (Hugo 1 ), b. at Paltz, and bap. at Kingston, 1679,
Tune o Witnesses: Jacob du Bois and Mary Maddeleen Crepel.
J He m 9 (banns published) 1705, Sept at Kingston, Antje van
Weyen who was b. at Marbletown and lived at -Kingston. In
Paltz Church record, the following is found: Yacob Frere was
received at the table of the Lord in the congregation of New
Paltz by Mr. Bonrepos, Minister of the word of God, 3 J uly, 1 099
He located on the west side of the Walkill near the Bontecoe
school house. His name appears as one of those who , bml .the
old stone church at New Paltz in 1725; also as one of the ^ldiers
in Captain Hoffman's Company in 17 15, and as one ot the tree-
holders of the town in 1728. He had issue: W . ftl - MM .
Jannetie,' bap. at Kingston, 1706, Oct. 20. Witnesses
J John Hardenberg and Catharine Rutse. She m. at
Kingston, 1724, Oct. 28, Jacobus de Joo of Pals, and had
1SSU Antjen,« bap. at Kingston, 1726, Nov. 6. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Freer, Jr., and Bregjen Freer
Marytjen, bap. at Kingston, 1728, Dec- 8. wit-
nesses: Hendrik van Weye and Marytjen de Too.
Jacobus, bap. at Kingston, 1732, Nov. 25. Wit-
nesses: Abraham de Lameeter, Jr., and Rath. 1
Louw. „ 7 ..
Zara, bap. at Kingston, 1734, Nov. 17. Witnesses
Hugo Freer, Jr., and Zara Freer.
I 2 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. [Jan.,
Hester, bap. at Kingston, 1737, Oct. 9. Witnesses:
Pieter de Joo and Hester de Joo.
Peter, bap. 1739, Oct. 21, at Kingston. Witnesees:
James Achtmoedi and Grietje Dijo.
Saratje,* bap. at Kingston, 1709, Sept., 11. Hendrick
van Wye and Sarah Rutse.
Hendrik, bap. at Kingston, 1712, Jan. 13. Witnesses:
Gerrit Wynkoop and Marretjen Wynkoop.
) twins, bap. at Kingston, 17 15, Feb. 27. Wit-
Abraham, f nesse s: Hugo Freer, Maria Anna Le Roy,
Ysaak, j Abraham Freer, Aagjen Tietshoorn.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 17 17, Jan. 27. Witnesses: Jacob
Rutsz, Jr., and Marytjen Freer. Died young.
^ twins, bap. at Kingston, 1720, Jan. 3. Wit-
Marretjen, ! nesses: Gerardus Herdenberg, Marretjen
Annaatjen, f Herdenberg, Flip Hoogeteeling, Jannet-
J jen Roosa.
Antjen, bap. at Kingston, 1721, April 2. Witnesses:
Jan Freer and Rebekka Van Wagening. She m.
Jacobus Bevier and had issue:
Samuel, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1741, Jan. 11. Wit-
nesses: Matheus Bevier and Maria Bevier.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1742, Oct. 17. Witnesses:
Hendrik Roos and Zara Freer.
Antje, bap. at Kingston, 1745, June 30. Witnesses:
Jacob Freer and Hester Bevier.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1747, March 29. Wit-
nesses: Gerrit Freer and Maria Freer.
Matheus, bap. at Kingston, 1748, July 31. Wit-
nesses: Mathes Lefevre and h. w. Margriet
Bevier.
Mattalene (sic), bap. at Kingston, 1750, Jan. 28.
Witnesses: Philip Bevier and h. w. Treintje
Louw.
Simon, bap. at Paltz, 1752, Jan. 28. Witnesses:
Abraham Bevier and Margriet Elte.
Elias, bap. at Paltz, 1753, May 16. Witnesses:
Benjamin Du Bois and Marie Bevier.
Sara, bap. at Paltz, 1755, Aug. 24. Witnesses:
Johanes Bevier and wife Madlena.
Maria, bap. at Paltz, 1758, Feb. 5.
Elisa, bap. at Paltz, 1763, April 17. Witnesses:
the parents.
15 Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1723, Sept. 1. Witnesses: Isaac
Lefeeber and Maria Freer.
* There was a Zara Freer of Pals who in. at Kingston. 1735, May 2, Hendrik Roosa of Mar-
bletown and had issue: Antjen, bap. at Kingston, 1737, March 27. Witnesses: Hugo Freer, Jr ,
and Annatjen Freer. Gysbert, bap. at Kingston. 173^, Aug. 6. Witnesses: Gysbert Roosa and
Margriet Bond. Hendrik. bap. at Kingston, 1748, Sept. 25. Witnesses: Jan Crispel and Zara
[ansz. Anna Margriet. bap at Kingston, 17S0, Nov. 2$. Witnesses: Johannes Crispel and
Neeltjen Crispel. She may have been the above Saratje, dau. of Jacob. Dut it is not probable
in view of marriage date, 1735. 1 am inclined to think that she was a second Sarah, b. to Jacob
Freer, the first dying at an early age, but of course there is no proof of this assumption.
5903.] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. 13
Daniel, bap. at Kingston, 1726, Jan. 2. Witnesses: Zalo-
mon Freer and Claartjen Westvael.
Cornelis, b. 1729, June 29.
5 Jan 2 Freer (Hugo 1 ), bap. at Marbletown, 1682, April 16.
Witnesses: Louis Brevier and Maria Hosbroek. He m. about
1704, Rebekka Van Waggenen, dau. of Jacob Aartsen and Sarah
(Pels) Van Wagenen. She was b. at Kingston, 1685, April 11;
bap. April 12, and had issue:
Sara, 3 b. at Wagondael, 1708, Sept. 20; bap. at Kingston,
Oct. 24. Witnesses: Jacob Aartz and Sarah Pels.
She d. 1778, Nov. 10 (Bible Record); m. at Kingston,
1730. April 10, Jacob Aartse Van Wagenen, son of
Aart and Marytje (Louw) Van Wagenen, b. 1707, Oct.
29; bap. at Kingston, Nov. 2; d. 1775, Dec. 6. They
had issue:
Maria, 4 b. at Wagondael, 1731, Dec. 17.
Rebecca, b. at Wagondael, 1733, June 14; bap. at
Kingston, June 17. Witnesses: Jan Freer and
Rebecca Van Wagenen.
Benjamin, b. 1737, Jan. 14; bap. at Kingston, Jan.
23. Witnesses: Gerrit Freer and Elizabeth Van
Vlied.
Jannetjen, b. 1740, Dec. 5; bap. Dec. 26. Witnesses:
Heyman Roosa, Jannetje Freer, Rebekka Freer.
Johannes, b. at Wagondael, 1743, Sept. 24; bap.
Oct. 2. Witnesses: Joh Van Wagenen and
Elizabeth Freer.
Jacob, b. 1747, April 25; bap. May 3, at Kingston.
Witnesses: Gerrit Van Wagenen and Marytje
Freer. He d. about 1748.
Jacob, b. at Wagondael, 1748, Aug. 7; bap. at
Kingston, Aug. 24. Witnesses: Jacob Freer, Jr.,
and Debora Ostrander.
Jannetje, bap. at Kingston, 17 10, May 7. Witnesses:
Symen Jacobsze Van Wagenen and Jannetje Van
Wagenen; d. young.
16 Gerrit, bap. at Kingston, 171 1, Sept. 23. Witnesses:
Evertt Jacobsz v. Wagenen and Hillegort v Heming.
Jannetje, bap. at Kingston, 17 14, Aug. 1. Witnesses:
Hugo Freer and Maria La Roy. She m. at Kingston,
1 737, Oct. 20, Heyman Roosa, son of Aldert(?) and
Agatha (Krom) Roosa, who was bap. at Kingston,
1709, Feb. ir; lived at Hurley, and had issue:
Aagjen, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1738, Sept. 17. Wit-
nesses: Aldert Roosa and Aagjen Krom.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1739, Oct. 14. Witnesses:
Jacob Aardsz Van Wagenen and Zara Freer.
Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1741, Sept. 6. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Crispel and Anna Margriet
Roosa.
Rebecca, bap. at Kingston, 1742, Oct. 24, Wit-
nesses: Jacob Freer and Rebecca Freer.
14 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. V. [Jan.,
Zara, bap. at Kingston, 1744, Nov. 11. Witnesses:
Zacharias Roosa and Zara Roosa.
Jannetjen, bap. at Kingston, 1746, Aug. 17. Wit-
nesses: Gerrit Freer and h. w. Lisabeth van
Vliet.
Neeltjen, bap. at Kingston, 1748, April 3. Wit-
nesses: Isaak de Bois and Neeltjen Roosa.
Mareitje, bap at Kingston. 1753, Jan. 21. Wit-
nesses: Gerret van Wagenen and h. w. Mareitje
Freer.
Marytjen, bap. at Kingston, 17 16, Sept. 23. Witnesses:
Symen Van Wagenen and Marytjen Freer. She. m. at
Kingston, 1736, Jan. 31, Gerrit Aartse Van Wagenen,
son of Aart and Marytje (Louw) Van Wagenen, who
was bap. at Kingston, 1712, April 6. Witnesses: Evert
Van Wagenen and Annetje Louw. ■ They had issue:
Maria, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1736, Oct. 31. Witnesses:
Gerrit Freer and Elisabeth Van Vliet.
Jan, bap. at Kingston, 1738, Aug. 13. Witnesses:
Jan Freer and Rebekka Van Wagenen. He d.
young.
. — Jan. bap. at Kingston, 1740, Feb. 3. Witnesses:
Jacob Aarentsz Van Wagenen and Zara Freer.
Aard, bap. at Kingston, 1743, Jan. 2. Witnesses:
Aard van Wagenen and Rebekka Freer.
Petrus, b. at Wagondael, 1745, Sept. 10; bap. at
Kingston, Sept. 15. Witnesses: Joh Van Wag-
enningen and Elisabeth Freer.
Rebekka, bap. at Kingston, 1748, May 1. Wit-
nesses: Gerrit Freer and Elisabeth van Vliet.
17 Jacob, b. at Wagondael; bap. at Kingston, 17 19, May 17.
Witnesses: Aart Van Wagenen and Marytjen Louw.
Annatje(?).
Rebecca, b. at Wagondael, 1725, Dec. 13; bap. at Kings-
ton, 1726, Jan. 2. Witnesses: Johanna Turk and Jan-
netjen Van Wagenen. She d. 1809, Jan. 29; m. at
Kingston, 1748, Feb. 13, Aart Van Wagenen, son of
Aart and Marytje (Louw) Van Wagenen, who was b.
1719, Aug. 20; bap. at Kingston, Aug. 23; d. 1803, Jan.
11. They had issue:
Maria, 4 b. at Wagondael, 1750, June 16; bap. at
Kingston, June 17. Witnesses: Jacob Aardsz
Van Wagenen and Zara Freer.
John Aartse, b. 1752, July 27; bap. at Kingston,
Aug. 9. Witnesses: Jacob Freer and Rebecca
Van Wagenen.
Petrus, b. 1755, Feb. 9; bap. at Kingston, March 9.
Witnesses: Petrus van Wagenen and Maria van
Wagenen.
Rebecca, b. 1758, May 18; bap. at Kingston, June
18. Witnesses: Gerret van Wagenen and h. w.
Mareitje Freer.
«9°3-3 The Freer Family of New Paltz., N. Y. I 5
Aart, b. 1763, June 12; bap. at Rochester, Sept. 18.
Gerrit, b. 1766, May 4; bap. at Kingston, June 3.
Witnesses: Gerrit Freer and h. w. Lisabeth van
Fliet.
Jannetjen, b. 1769, July 8; bap. at Kingston, Aug.
17. Witnesses: Heyman Rosa and h. w. Jan-
netjen Freer, and Sara Rosa.
6 Hugo 3 Freer, Jr. (Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), was bap. at Paltz, 1 691, Oct.
17. Witnesses: Abraham Freer and Maria Freer; m. (banns re-
corded) at Kingston, 1715, April 24, Bregjen Teerpening, who
was b. at Minisink and residing at Rosendale. He settled at
Bontecoe and was in the Tax List of 1765. They had issue:
Johannes, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1715, Dec. 4. Witnesses:
Jacob Rutsz, Sr., and Marretjen Hansz. He. d. young.
18 Hugo, bap. 1717, Jan. 27, at Kingston. Witnesses: Hugo
Freer and Marytjen Le Roy.
Annatjen, bap. at Kingston, 1718, Sept. 18. Witnesses:
Aard van Wagening and Marytjen Louw. She m. at
Kingston, 1738, March 17, Matheus Blansjan, Jr., son
of Mattheus Blansjan of Hurley, who was b. at Marble-
town. At the the time of her marriage she resided at
Bonticou. They had issue:
Johannes, 5 bap. at Kingston, 1739, Dec. 2. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Freer, Jr., and Bregjen Teerpen-
ning.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1742, May 23. Witnesses:
Moses Jork and h. w. Maria Freer.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1744, Aug. 26. Wit-
nesses: Moses Jork and h. w. Maria Freer.
Jacob, bap. 1747, Jan. 11. Witnesses: Jacob Jac-
obse Freer and Zara Freer.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1749, Aug. 6. Witnesses:
Niklaas Louw and Annaatjen Blansjan.
Annaatjen, bap. 1752, March 22, at Kingston.
Witnesses: Matheus Lefeber and Margriet
Bevier.
Matheus, bap. at Kingston, 1754, Aug. n. Wit-
nesses: Johannes van Wagenen and h. w. Elisa-
beth Freer.
Catharina, bap. 1756, Nov. 28. Witnesses: Petrus
Smedes and h. w, Catharina du Bois.
Brechje, bap. 1759, Dec. 9, at Kingston. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Freer and h. w. Agetta Dijo.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1721, Feb. 12. Witnesses: Ysaak
Freer and Catrina Freer. She m. at Kingston, 1738,
June 23, Moses Jork, who was b. at Westchester, and
lived at Kingston, and had issue:
Daniel/bap. at Kingston, 1739, July 1. Witnesses:
Thomas Beekman and Marritjen Wynkoop.
Annaatjen, bap. at Kingston, 1741, Jan. 25. Wit-
nesses: Mathys Blansjan, Jr., and Annaatjen
Freer.
1 6' The Freer Family of New Pattz, N. Y. [Jail..,
Bregjen, bap. at Kingston, 1742, Jan. 17. Witness-
es: Matheus Blansjan, Jr., and Annaatjen Freer.
Bregjen, bap. at Kingston, 1743, April 10. Wit-
nesses: Johannes van Wageningen and Elisa-
beth Freer.
Matheus, bap. 1745, Aug. 4, at Kingston. Witness-
es: Matheus Blansjan, Jr., and Annatjen Freer.
Hugo, bap. at Kingston, 1748, Jan. 10. Witnesses:
Gerrit Freer, Jr., and Maria Freer.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1750, July 1. Witnesses:
Petrus Lefeber and Maria Lefeber.
Annaatje, bap at Paltz, 1753, May 16. Witnesses:
Poetrick York and Mesjel Van Leuwen.
Petrus, bap 1756, May 30, at Kingston. Witnesses:
Cornelis Beekman and Alida Beekman.
Johannes, bap. 1759, Oct. 28, at Kingston. Wit-
nesses: Johanna Jork and h. w. Maria Plank.
Elizabeth, bap. at Kingston, 1723, May 19. Witnesses:
Jan Teerpenning and Hester Freer. She was b. at
Paltz; lived at Bonticou, and m. at Kingston, 1741,
Dec. 3, Willem Abrahamse Schut, who was b. at Shaw-
yuck, and lived at Bonticou. Their issue were:
Brechje,* bap. at Kingston, 1744, Sept. 30. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Hugense Freer and h. w. Hester
Dijo.
Jannitje, bap. at Paltz, 1750-51, Jan. 30. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Terwilligen and Jannetje De
Freer (sic).
Hugoo, bap. at Paltz, 1757, Aug. 21. Witnesses:
Moses York and Maria Freer.
Johon, bap. 1760, Aug. 24, at Paltz. Witnesses:
John and Maria Terwillige.
xg Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1725, Aug. 1. Witnesses:
Gerardus Herdenberg and Marretjen Herdenberg.
?o Gerrit, bap. at Kingston, 1727, April 30. Witnesses:
Theunis Teerpenning and Grietjen de Graaf.
Zara, bap. at Kingston, 1729, Oct. 26. Witnesses: Hen-
drik van Weye and Zara Freer. She m. Jacob* Freer
(Jacob," Hugo 1 ).
, bap. at Kingston, 1732, Jan. Witnesses: Juriaan
and Ariantie . (The church Mss. record
is torn out.)
Jannetjen, bap. at Kingston, 1733, April 8. Witnesses:
Gerrit Freer and Jannetjen Freer. She m. at Bonte-
cou, 1 75 1, April 16 (recorded at New Pals), Hugo Ter-
wilge.
Benjamin, bap. at Kingston, 1735, Dec. 25. Witnesses:
Juriaan Tappen and Ariaantje Tappen. He m. Eliza-
beth Terwilger, and d. without issue. (These were
without doubt the witnesses to that child who was b.
1:732, the record of whose baptismal name is torn out.
( To be continued.)
I903\] Edward Fuller and His Descendants. I J
EDWARD FULLER AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
By Homer W. Brainard, Hartford, Conn.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 235 of the Record.)
20 Edward 4 Fuller (/o/in 3 , Samuel 1 , Edward 1 ), b. about 1691,
probably in Barnstable; d. Jan. 7, 1731, in Colchester, Conn.; m.
July 21, 17 15, Elizabeth, dau. of Shubael and Catherine (Crippen)
Rowley of Colchester; b. about 1694 in Barnstable or Falmouth,
Mass.; grand-dau. of Moses and Elizabeth' (Fuller) Rowley of
Barnstable and Falmouth; she m. (2) Dec. 10, 1739, Jonathan Kil-
bourn of Colchester. The probate records at Hartford show that
she was Edward's second wife, but I have been unable to discover
the name of the first. Shubael Rowley d. in 17 14, and Edward
Fuller received his estate (or a part) in return for supporting the
widow Catherine Rowley.
Edward Fuller removed from East Haddam to Colchester in
1 7 19. He was not prosperous; met with pecuniary losses and left
an insolvent estate, the personal property appearing in the in-
ventory at ^54-10-6. The births of his children are recorded in
Colchester; their baptisms at East Haddam. Children:
i. * Elizabeth, 6 b. about 17 13-14; m. Dec. 3, 1735, Job
Ackley, b. March 14, 1702; son of Thomas and Han-
nah Ackley of East Haddam. Children: (1) Ann,
b. May 20, 1737; (2) Stephen, b. Sept. 9, 1739; (3)
Thomas, b. June 6, 1747; (4) Phoebe, b. July 17, 1742;
(5) Ezra, b. March 31, 1744; (6) Hannah, b. April,
1746; (7) Job, bap. July 17, 1748; (8) Elizabeth, bap.
July 22, 1750; (9) Edward, bap. July 22, 1753, at
Westchester church,
ii. Ann, b. May 28, 17 16; m. Dec. 31, 1733, Lewis Love-
ridge of Colchester. Children: (1) Edward, b. 1734;
(2) John, b. 1736 ; (3) Eunice, b. 1740; (4) Anne, b.
x 743 ; (5) Abner, b. 1745 ; (6) David ,b. 1748; she
d. before March 24, 1757, probably in 1756.
iii. Abigail, b. April 3, 17 18.
iv. Sarah, b. July 8, 17 19.
v. Silence, b. May 22, 1721; m. Dec. 22, 1748, Joseph
Selden of Haddam. Children: (1) Silence, b. Aug.
14, 1749; m. Jonathan Huntington; (2) Joseph, b.
* The will of Lieut. James Bates, Sr., of Haddam, (east side) dated Dec. 4, 1729. is found in
Hartford Probate Records. In it he names his grand-daughter, Elizabeth Fuller, who is to re-
ceive but £20 from his estate "since her mother in her life time had sundry things out of my
estate." The distribution, Nov. 15, 1732, shows that Elizabeth Fuller received three acres of
swamp east of Salmon River, one black pied heifer, one ox. three sheets, as her portion of £20.
From the above it is fair to infer that Edward Fuller's (No 20^ first wife was a daughter of
James and Mary (Lord) Bates, and that her only daughter, Elizabeth Fuller, was born in 1714
or 1715, and after the death of her mother lived with her grandfather, James Bates.
I 8 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [Jan.,
Oct. 10, 1750; resided in Hartford, Conn. Had 8
children. (3) Cephas, b. Oct. 19, 1756; m. Martha
dau. of Elisha Brainard. Resided Hartland, Conn.
(4) Edward, b. July 22, 1759; m. Sybil May of Had-
dam ; had a large family. Mrs. Silence Selden d.
. (See Huntington Gen. pp. 185-6).
vi. Phoebe, b. April 18, 1723; m. Jan. 17, 1744, Samuel
Church. Children: Samuel, b. 1745; Lydia, b. 1746;
Ann, b. 1747; Hannah, b. 1749; Phoebe, b, 1752;
John, b. 1754; Edward, b, 1756; David, b. 1760.
vii. Eunice, b. May 12, 1726.
viii. David, b. June 26, 1727-8; m. 1747 Sarah- ; b.
, d. ; m. (2) Dec. 16, 1756 Lucy (Fuller)
Williams, dau. of Samuel " and Patience Fuller,
and widow of Isaac Williams of Colchester; b. 1727,
d. June 14, 1757, aged 30 years. Children: (1) Ab-
igail,' bap. Sept. 11, 1748; (2) Sarah," bap. April 2,
1749, at Westchester church. Probably other chil-
dren. I have not been able to discover when or
where he died.
ix. Edward, b. May n, 1730. He may perhaps be the
Edward Fuller who was Corporal June 10, 1755, in
Capt. Dimock's Company, of which Christopher
Holmes of East Haddam was lieutenant, in the
service of the Province of New York.
21 John 4 Fuller {John? Samuel? Edward'), b. Nov. 10, 1697,
in East Haddam; d. there in the winter of 1757-8; his will pro-
bated March 6, 1758; m. May 10, 1721, Mrs. Mary Rowley, widow
of Thomas Rowley of East Haddam; b. Nov. 21, 1694; d. ;
dau. of William and Esther (Ward) Cornwall, of East Middle-
town (now Portland), Conn. John Fuller and wife Mary joined
church at East Haddam July 11, 1731. The son Andrew is not
mentioned in the will.
Children born in East Haddam.
i. Mary, 6 b. Feb. 19, 1721-2; m. Nov. 1,1750 Joseph Smith
of Colchester and East Haddam, son of John and
Elizabeth (Kinard) Smith of East Haddam ; date
of her death I have not found. Children: Mary,
b. Aug. 26, 175 1 ; Anna, b. Julys, 1753; m. John
Brainerd, son of Joshua and Mehitable (Church)
Brainerd; lived in East Haddam; Rachel, b. Dec.
26, 1755; m. David Brainerd, brother of John Brain-
erd just named; went to West Steventown, N. Y.;
John, b. Dec. 19, 1757; Reliance, b. April 7, 1760;
m. Jehiel Fuller of East Haddam and Vernon,
Conn.; Lydia, b. June 18, 1762; Joseph, b. Dec. 19,
1765.
ii. Esther, b. July 6, 1724; m. about 1744, Stephen Gates
of Chatham, (East Hampton Society), son of Sam-
uel and Esther Gates of East Haddam, b. June 30,
1723; d. Feb. 27, 1784. She d. Nov. 18, 1796, at 73.
Children: Stephen, d. unmarried, a Revolutionary
I9 o 3 .] Edward Fuller and His Descendants. 1 9
soldier; Hannah; Esther, b. Aug. 23, 1750; Dimmis,
b. Nov. 23, 1752; Olive; Mary; Darius, b. Aug. 1768;
Jonah, b. Sept. 30, 1769.
56 iii. John, b. Jan. 29, 1727; m. Susannah
57 iv. William b. June 16, 1729; m. Rebecca Spencer.
v. Mehitabel, b. Jan. 3, I73 1 " 2 ; m - A P ril 2 9> i75 6 at East
Haddam, Israel Champion. She d. 1793. Children:
Ichabod, b. Nov. 23, 1757; Reuben, b. March 31,
1759; Mehitabel, b. Dec. 24, 1760; Anna, b. March
4, 1763; Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1764; Andrew, b. Sept.
5, 1766; Martha; Judah; Martha, b. April 17, 1773;
Noadiah.
vi. Andrew, b. Aug. n, 1734, ( m -) ^ n T
vii. Sarah, b. June 14, I737J m Timothy Chapman, Jan.
26, 1764; he was son of Caleb Chapman of East
Haddam, b. Oct. 3, 1736. She d. Sept. 18, 1787.
Children: Timothy, b. Nov. 13, 1765; Warren, b.
July 7, 1767; Russell, b. Oct. 9, 1769; Sarah, b. Oct.
19, 1 771; Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1773; Statira, b. Feb. 2,
1776; Russell, b. April 16, 1778; Ansel, b. April 18,
1 781; Horace, b. April 17, 1788.
22 Joseph 4 Fuller (John 3 , Samuel*, Edzvard 1 ), b. March 1,
1699-1700, at East Haddam; d. at Kent, Conn., July 19, 1775; m -
(1) Dec. 22, 1722, Lydia Day, b. April 11, 1698, at Hartford, Conn ;
d Nov. 2, 1763, at Kent; dau. of John, Jr. and Grace (Spencer)
Day (her parents removed from Hartford to Colchester); m. (2)
Jan.'8, 1766, at Kent, Mrs. Zerviah Noble. Joseph Fuller resided
in Colchester until 1740, and his older children were probably
born in that town. In 1740 he removed to Kent, where he spent
the remainder of his life. He was one of the founders of the
church at Kent, April 20, 1741; his wife joined by letter May 10,
1 741. He was a deacon in the church, and next to the minister
the foremost man of the town. He owned extensive tracts of
land in Kent. .
Deacon Joseph Fuller and his wife Lydia were buried at
North Kent. The inscriptions on their monuments read as
follows: —
" In Memory of Deacon
Joseph Fuller who
died July ye 19th 1775
aged 75."
" In memory of
Mrs. Lydia wife
of Deacon Joseph Fuller died Nov
ye 2d 1763 in ye 66
year of her age."
A deed, (Colchester land records, Vol. x. p. n), dated Jan.
3, 1777, speaks of the heirs of Lieut. David Day of Colchester, de-
ceased, being brothers and sisters living chiefly in Kent, in the
County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, who sell land set
out by distribution from the estate of said David Day, and is
signed by Jeremiah Fuller, Joseph Fuller, Zachanah Fuller,
20 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [Jan.,
Abraham Fuller, Jacob Fuller, Samuel Bates and Rachel his wife,
Asa Parish and Mindwell his wife, and Lydia Hatch.
The East Haddam Probate records, Vol. vii. p. 431, (preserved
at Colchester) mention the heirs of Lieut. David Day, among
whom are "the heirs of Lydia Fuller." These, with the inscrip-
tions, prove convincingly that Lydia Day was the mother of Jo-
seph Fuller's children.
Children born in Colchester, or East Haddam.
58 i. Joseph, 6 b. 1723; m. Aug-. 10, 1752 Zerviah Hill.
ii. Rachel, b. 1724; m. July 16, 1741 Samuel Bates of
Kent. Children: Barnabas, bap. b. May 9, 1742;
Lydia, bap. July 8, 1744; Margaret, b. May 24, 1747;
Joseph, b. March 27, 1748; m. Deliverance Skiff;
Rachel, b. April 27, 1750; Rhoda, b. Sept. 24, 1752;
d. Jan. 11, 1768; Samuel, b. Sept. 1, 1754; m. Deb-
orah Bliss March 25, 1784; Thomas, b. Sept. 23,
1758; Adah, b. May 24, 1761; Jeremiah, b. Feb. 16,
1763; d. March 6. 1785.
59 iii. Zachariah," b. 1725; m. Abigail Hubbel.
iv. Grace, b. 1726; m. Dec. 23, 1745 John Cahoon. Chil-
dren born in Kent were: Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 7,
1748; m. Richard Lane of New Milford, Conn.;
Lydia, bap. Aug. 7, 1748; d. before 1776; Ruth, bap.
Dec. 23, t 75 1 : m. Matthias Spencer, and settled in
Spencertown, N. Y.; Abigail, bap. Nov. 10, 1748;
m. Aaron Day and settled in Spencertown; Joseph,
bap. July 1, 1750, settled in Spencertown. John
Cahoon was probably from New Milford, son of
John and Comfort (Peet) Cahoon, who was b. in
Swansea, Mass., March 9, 1673. Mrs. Grace (Fuller)
Cahoon died before 1776.
60 v. Jeremiah, b. 1728; m. Lydia Mills.
vi. Lydia, b. 1729; m. Aug. 19, 1749, Thomas Hatch of
Kent. Children: Barnabas, James, Phcebe, b.
March 8, 1754; Abigail, b. Dec. 8, 1755; Sarah, b.
Sept. 1, 1759; Abi, b. Jan. 2, 1762; Lydia, b. Dec. 29,
1763; Ruth, b. Sept. 1, 1765, d. July 30, 1767; Lasell,
b. Oct. 14, 1766, Thomas Hatch d. Sept. 5, 1776; his
widow remained in Kent until 1782, but in 1784 was
in Manchester, Vt., living with one of her children
who had settled there.
vii. Mindwell, b. 1730; m. Nov. 23, 1749 Asa Parish of Kent.
She d. Oct. 24, 1780, aged 51. Children born in Kent.
Isaac, b. May 13, 1750; Jerusha,b. Sept. 24, 1751; Asa,
b. Oct. 6, 1752, m. Sarah Swift Jan. 10, 1783; John, b:
Jan. 5, 1754; Joanna, b. June 4, 1755; Daniel, b. Aug.
8, 1756; William, b, Aug. 23, 1758; Oliver, b. Aug. 15,
1762. The ancestors of Thomas Hatch were of Barn-
stable and Falmouth, Mass.
viii. Ruth, 5 b. about 1733; m. Feb. 24, 1773 Job Gould, Jr.,
of Sharon, Conn.
61 ix. Abraham, b. Oct. 1737; m. Lydia Gillett.
H903-)
Edward Fuller and His Descendants. 2 I
62 x. Jacob, b. 1739; m. Elizabeth Payne.
Born in Kent(?).
xi Isaac, b, 1741; m. Nov. 5, 1769 Sarah Kelsey; d. Nov.
17, i77 2 , s - P- His estate was divided among his
brothers, sisters, and children of his deceased sister,
Grace Cahoon, in 1776.
23 Benjamin 4 Fuller (John; Samuel,' 1 Edward 1 ), b. Oct. 20,
i 7 ioin East Haddam, Conn.; d. Dec. 30, 1740, in Sharon, Conn.;
the first of the settlers that died; m. about 1720 Content 5 Fuller,
dau of Matthew 4 and Patience (Young) Fuller of Colchester,
Conn.; Mrs. Content Fuller m. (2) Sept. 20, 1741 Nathaniel Skin-
ner Esq , of Sharon, who was also from Colchester. She d.
Benjamin Fuller and wife Content were dismissed from the
church at Westchester (Colchester) in the spring of 1740. He
had been surveyor or inspector of highways at Colchester in 1727-
In Sharon he lived on the lot next below that of Gov. John Cot-
ton Smith of a later time. All his children, except the youngest,
were born in Colchester. His oldest daughter was probably born
in East Haddam, whence he removed about 1722. Children:
i. Patience, 5 b. Jan. 15, 172 1-2; m. Ebenezer Mudge, b.
Oct. 23, 1709; removed to Sharon with her father,
married there and died in Canaan, Conn., about 1769,
aged 47. Ebenezer Mudge m. (2) Mary Cornish,
widow of Gabriel Cornish, about 1771. Children:
Joshua, b. 1737, m. Mary Cornish; Hannah, m. Cor-
nelius Hamlin; Samuel; Abigail, m. Isaac Fisher of
Sharon; Stephen; Patience, b. July 7, 1756; unmar-
ried.
63 ii. Matthew, b. March 6, 1723; m. Joannah Root.
iii Deborah, b. May 2, 1725; m. Jan. 17, 1741- 2 Gideon
Tyler of Sharon. Children: Gideon, b. July 6, 1742;
and probably others,
iv Rachel, b. June 19, 1727; d. young or unmarried.
v. Josiah, b. Feb. 23, 1729-3°; m - Dec - 2 °> *749> Irena
Dickenson,
vi Jemima, b. Dec. 15, 17315m. Nov. 10, 1748 Nathaniel
Warren of Sharon. Children: Jemima, b. May 6,
1749; Rachel, b. July 26, 1751; Nathaniel, b. March
29, 1757; John, b. June 21, 1759; James, b. June 5,
1761.
64 vii. Benjamin, b. April 2, 1734; m. Parthena Hubbard,
viii Jane, b. March 5, 1735: m. March 14, 175 1 Simeon Row-
ley of Sharon. Children not on record, but the wife
was living in 1779, or later,
ix. Ann, b. Dec. 23, 1738; m. March 31, 1754 Nehemiah
Warren. Children: James, b. Dec. 30, 1758; Lois, b.
April 3, 1755; Simeon, bap. May 23, 1779, and prob-
ably others,
x. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1741; d. April 14, i74*-
24 Joseph 5 Fuller {Thomas,' Samuel; Matthew; Edward'), b.
July T2. 1683, at Barnstable; d. ; m. Feb. 9, 1708-9, Joanna
2 2 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [Jan.,
Crocker, b. July i8, 1687; d. April 13, 1766; dau. of Sergt. Joseph
and Temperance (Bursley) Crocker of West Barnstable.
Children born in Barnstable.
i. Rebekah," b. Dec 29, 1709; d. July 30, 1732. Unmarried.
ii. Bethiah, b, March 2, 1712; d. July 1. 1737. Unmarried.
iii. Temperance, b. April 24, 17 17; m. March 30, 1727,
Joseph Blossom, Jr., of Barnstable. Children: Lydia,
b. March 19, 1729; James, b Feb. 9, 1731; Sarah, b.
Oct. 14, 1734; Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1736. Some error
here.
65 iv. Timothy, b. April 3, 17 19: m. Jane .
v. Matthias, b. Sept. 6, 1722; m. Lydia Blossom. He
resided in a very ancient house on the east side of
Scorton Hill,
vi. Bathsheba, b. Aug. 10, 1726.
vii. Lemuel, b. Feb. 10, 1732; m. Abigail Jones. Resided
at Marston's Mills, Barnstable. Children: Joseph, 7
b. Jan. 30, 1761; Benjamin, b. Sept. 18, 1763; Samuel,
b. Nov. 27, 1765; Timothy; Hannah.
25 Benjamin* Fuller {Thomas* Samuel? Matthew? Edward 1 ),
b. Aug., 1690, in Barnstable; d. ; m. March 25, 1714, Re-
becca Bodfish, b. Feb. 22, 1692-3; d. March 10, 1727-8; dau. of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Besse) Bodfish, of West Barnstable; m. (2)
Feb. 20, 1729-30, Mary 6 Fuller, b. about 1689; d. ; dau. of
Jabez* and Mercy (Wood) Fuller of Middleboro. He was Lieu-
tenant, and called junior to distinguish him from Benjamin,*
(Samuel,* Samuel, 2 Edward').
Children born in Barnstable,
i. Mary, 4 b. July 15, 1714.
ii. Lydia, b. March 23, 17 16; m. Dec. 2, 1742, John Perci-
val, of Sandwich. Children born in Sandwich, Mass. :
Elisha, b. June 13, 1743; m. Abigail Smith; Abigail,
b. Oct. 22, 1745; m. Benjamin Nye; Elizabeth, b.
Nov. 3, 1748; m. Elisha Freeman; Benjamin, b.
Jan. 13, 1752; m. Lydia Goodspeed; John, b. Nov. 6,
1754; m. Ruth Crocker; James, b. March 25, 1757;
m. Fear Crowell; Thomas, b. March 14, 1759; m.
Hannah Ryder. The last pair had John, b. Jan. 8,
1789, in Sandwich, Mass., and probably others.
66 iii. Thomas, b. June 18, 17 18; m. Elizabeth Arnold,
iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30, 1720.
67 v. Benjamin, b. Oct. 28, 1723; m. Mary .
vi. Abigail, b. Nov. 29, 1725; d. 1726.
vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1730: d. 1732.
viii. Thankful, b. April 26, 1733; m. April 23, 1758, Samuel
Gilbert from Connecticut. He was a physician and
surgeon, and d. 1778 in Barnstable. Children: Seth,
b. Feb. 4, 1759; Abigail, b. Jan., 1762; Benjamin, b.
June 21, 1764.
ix. Rebecca, b. June 1, 1735. Timothy Jones courted her
for twenty years but did not marry. She went to
Maine with her brother Seth.
1903.]
Dyckman Book-Plate.
23
Seth, b. March 14, 1736-7; m. Deliverance Jones,
J 5» 1757. He removed to Kennebec, Maine.
( To be continued.)
Oct.
Dyckman. This illustration
is a Dyckman book-plate
which has been in possession
of the Kingsbridge family
for many years, though the
earliest date of its use in this
country is unknown. Jan
Dyckman, the founder of the
family and one of the wealth-
iest of the Harlem settlers,
came, it is said, from Bent-
heim, in Westphalia, and in
1666 purchased the farm of
Simon De Ruine.
In 1673, we find Mr. Dyck-
man recorded as a member
of the Dutch Church in New
York City ; the same year he
married Madeline, daughter
of Daniel Tourneur, and had
three sons and three daughters. His second marriage in 1690 was
to Rebecca, the daughter of Resolved Waldron and widow of Jan
Nagel, by whom he had a son Jacob Dyckman, the ancestor of the
Kingsbridge family, and a daughter Rebecca, who married Joseph
Hadley of Philipse Manor. Jan Dyckman died in 1715 and his
widow Rebecca four years later.
It is stated that they executed a joint will, dated 2 Nov., 1702,
bequeathing equal shares of their estates to their children. The
writer will be glad to know where this will is recorded as it can-
not be found in New York City.
Has an effort ever been made to trace the Dyckman family in
Westphalia?
Do any of the works on Dutch Genealogy contain Dyckman
Pedigrees and if so where may they be consulted ?
Do any of the family records in this country furnish more in-
formation relating to Jan Dyckman than is here given ? What
authority is there for the statement that he came from Bentheim ?
The most complete account of the Dyckmans of Kingsbridge
is to be found in Riker's History of Harlem. The undersigned
will be glad to communicate with those interested in tracing the
history of the Dyckman family in this country and ascertaining if
possible the paternal ancestry of Jan Dyckman above mentioned.
Rufus King,
Yonkers, New York.
2 A. The de Sitle Family of Holland. [Jan
THE de SILLE FAMILY OF HOLLAND.
Contributed By Catharine T. R. Mathews.
The Hon. Nicasius de Sille, first of his name in this country,
arrived here in the summer of 1653, commissioned as First Coun-
cillor to Director General Peter Stuyvesant; he was described as
"a man well versed in the law, and not unacquainted with mili-
tary affairs, of good character, anu satisfactory acquirements;" he
remained First Councillor until 1660. In 1656, he became Schout
Fiscaal, and the same year was made Captain Lieutenant. From
1654 to 1656, he was a Commissioner of Boundaries, and in 1657,
he was commisioned City Schout of New Amsterdam. He was
one of the original Proprietors of New Utrecht, and in 1657 he
built there the first stone house in the town, which "also had a
tile roof," and was standing until 1850, when it was destroyed.
Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an
author, a statesman, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with
especial knowledge of fortifications; he came here in 1653 a wid-
ower with five children. On 26 May, 1655, he married for his
second wife, Tryntie Cregier. They had no children. In 1668,
a serious misunderstanding ended in their separation. Governor
Nicolls appointed a committee, composed of Secretary Cornelis
van Ruyven, Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt, Johannes de Peys-
ter, Johannes Van Brugh, and Paulus Laudertsen van der Grist,
to bring about a reconciliation. The Commission reported that
there was no hope of a reunion, although de Sille was more dis-
posed to a reconciliation than was his wife.
The connection with the Cregier family was very close, Wal-
burga de Sille having married in 1660, Francis Cregier, the
brother, and Laurens de Sille having married the sister of their
stepmother, all children of Captain Martin Cregier, who came to
this country at an early date. He was the first Burgomaster of
New Amsterdam, "distinguished as a fearless warrior and an
exemplary magistrate." He filled many public offices, and died
at his home at Canastigione (now Niskayuna) early in 17 13.
There has always been a great desire on the part of the
descendants of Nicasius de Sille, to know the name of the mother
of his children. There has been much speculation concerning her
identity. Mrs. William J. Wright of Duxbury, Mass., while
recently in Europe, obtained from Mr. Laurens Adriaan de Sille
of Leersum (near Amsterdam), Province of Utrecht, Holland, a
family record, which throws light on the early history of the de
Sille family.
Mr. de Sille is a lineal descendant of the Hon. Nicasius de
Sille through his eldest son, Laurens de Sille, whose first wife
was the daughter of Captain Martin Cregier. Mr. L. A. de Sille
does not state from which wife he is descended. In a foot-note
he says "my ancestor does not appear to have been out of Hol-
land." This is an error, as we find in Dutch Col. Mss., pp. 205,
1903.] The de Sille Family of Holland. 25
217, 247, that Laurens de Sille was appointed supercargo 16 Jan.,
1660, that he applied for increase of salary 2 Sept., 1660, and that
on 17 May, 1663, he resigned as clerk in Secretary's office, and
about that time returned to the Hague.
In Liber I, p. 7, Surrogate's office, we find Francis Cregier
"dyed lately intestate, at New Castle Delaware Bay." Letters of
administration granted to his father Martin Cregier, and brother-
in-law Laurens de Sille, 10 July 1666, by Governor R. Nicoll.
Laurens de Sille left no issue in this country; it has been
stated that all of the name of Sill are his descendants. All of
that name claim descent from one John Sill, born in England,
who was in Cambridge, Mass., in 1635.
The following record is as given by Mr. de Sille of Holland:
1 Nicasius de Sille, 1 doctor juris, b. at Malines 3 Aug., 1543,
was at first advocate in the Provincial Council at Namur, the
Secretary to the Privy Council, and to the Archduke Matthias;
became A". 1584, Council and Pensionary of Amsterdam and
Deputy (delegate) in the States General; was several times Am-
bassador as in France, England, and Denmark; m. (1) 31 Jan.,
157 1, Genovefere de Romaignan, dau. of Laurens de Romaignan
and Philippotte Le Noire. His wife Genovefere, d. 21 July, 1572,
leaving one son.
2 i Laurens,* b. Namur, 1 March, 1572.
Nicasius 1 afterwards m. (2) Johanna de Thrello. He d. 22
Aug., 1600, and was stately (nobly) buried in the old Church at
Amsterdam. By his second wife, Johanna de Thrello, he had two
daughters.
ii. Johanna 3 de Sille, b. Namur, 21 June, 1676; m. with
Yonker (Sir) Daniel Van Hofdik Heer Van (Lord of)
Middelhamis.
iii. Clara de Sille, d. unmarried.
2 Laurens 3 de Sille, b. Namur, 1 March, 1572, was Burgomeis-
ter of Arnheim; m. Walburga Merwyns of Arnheim; d. at the
Hague A°, 1637, and was buried there. Their children were:
i. Jacob* de Sille, b. March, 1609, Arnheim; m. Sophia
Casembrodt.
3 ii. Nicasius, b. 23 Sept., 1610, Arnheim.
iii. Gerardina, b. Arnheim, m. Leonard Casembrodt. She
had a daughter, Walburga, b. at the Hague, 1645; m.
with Hendrick Coster (said de Vael), Advocate at the
Court of Holland; d. without children.
iv. Renier, b. at the Hague; m. Geertruid Kaldenbach of
Zutphen, but had no children,
v. Guysbert de Sille, b. at the Hague; d. unmarried A°.
1648.
3 Nicasius' de Sille, b. Arnheim 23 Sept., 1610. Was Advocate
to the Court of Holland; Captain in the service of the States
General; was afterwards first High Council, a Fiscal (Eersten
Hoogen Raad en Fiscal) in New Netherlands; m. Cornelia Meul-
mans, dau. of Peter Meulmans and Anna Marschalk. Their
children were:
i. Walburga* de Sille, b. at Maestricht 30 Nov., 1639; m.
26 The de Sille Family of Holland. [Jan..
(i) in New Netherlands with Francois Cregier, with
whom she had one dau. Elizabeth. She afterwards
m. (2) with Wilhelm Bogardus.
ii. Anna de Sille, b. at Maestricht 6 Nov., 1640; m. (1) in
New Netherlands with Hendrick Kip; m. (2) with
de Bruynne.
iii. Gerardina de Sille, b. at Amsterdam 10 Feb., 1642; m.
with Johannes van Couvenhoven.
iv. Laurens de Sille, b. at Wyt, near Maestricht 2 Oct.,
1643; his second wife d. at Waalwyt 27 Aug., 1704.
v. Petrus de Sille, b. at Maestricht 6 Jan., A. 16 — ; d. un-
married, 8 Dec, 1663, at Nieuwer Amstel in the
Zuyd (South) Rivier of New Netherlands.
Mrs. Wright also obtained this quaint translation of a sketch
of Nicasius de Sille in Amsterdam, and from this it would appear
that he had a third wife, Barbara van der Goes. (In Dutch Col.
Mss., page 280, Daniel de Silla, gives to Nicasius de Sille 13 Oct.,
1654, Power of Attorney to manage his affairs in New Nether-
lands. Possibly Daniel may have been descended from this
third marriage.)
"Sille (Nicaza de) or Sylla, Lawyer, was born in Mechelen,
1543: Being one of the zealous and principal protectors of freedom,
he was employed many a time in different affairs of the native
country. In November, 1576, he was sent for, by the way, of the
General States to Geldre (Gelderland) with Jean de la Hays, to
annex that province to the side of the states. In 1577 he was
Pensionary of Namur, and representant of the Province of that
name, in the Assembly of Brussels. Thereafter in December of
that year he was commissioned to Namur to let that city be on
guard, and in the same time to help to advance the negotiation
with the New Spanish Governor. In January (Louwmaand) of
the following year, he signed the Union of Brussels. There upon
he took an actual part on the negotiation with Don Jan. and ob-
tained through his behaviour, in this and other occasions, such
the approbation of the Assembly of the General States, that she
on the first of August, 1577, declared her contentment in these
words.
'Nicaise Selle docteur a servi bien et fidelementa ses Etats et
ville de Namur, et aussy a la Generalite Lettre sera ecrite au
Magistrat et Jurez dudiet Namur, ad ce gu'ils veuillent continuer
pour Commis de la dicte ville a la Generalite.'
On this request they contented and Sille continued to repre-
sent his Province. In the year 1578 they found him worthy to be
Secretary to the Council of State under Matthias, and on the first
of February he took an oath as such, for the General States.
After the fall of the Southern Provinces Sille left for Holland,
where he was Prime Pensionary of Amsterdam. There upon he
availed of with praise, different Embassys and attended the high
Assembly of the Country. In 1578 he was sent with Marnix to
Groningen when the Govenors of the Ommelanden, were kept
prisoners, at that time by the Govenor of the City, in order to be
by the quarrels there, but they tryed in vain.
1903.] The de Sille Family of Holland. 2 7
In the following year he received orders to go to Mechelen in
order to secure the city against the attempts of Parma. There
he was kept prisoner out of revenge on account of apprehending
some body else at Antwerp. Soon, however, he was released, but
Mechelen reconciled herself with Parma. Sille was chosen to
make up the conditions of homage of William 1st, to Count (1584)
to negociate with Leicester, out of the rising burdens from letters
of Paret, and the following year in England, to the Commission
of the high government to Elizabeth. Thrice he arrayed a com-
mission to the King of Denmark and accelerated through this,
the return of the privileges formerly enjoyed there through those
of Amsterdam. The inhabitants of Enkhuizen and Schiedam, were
perhaps through him less lucky. Afterwards he was almost mem-
ber of the Assembly of the General States and twice field deputy.
He died in 1600 leaving behind children by his wife Barbara
v-d-Goes, daughter of Aart. v. d. Goes.
Sille or Sylla (. .) son of the last named, was in 1618 fiscal
against Oldenbarneveld and his followers of fate. The words of
the unhappy old man upon procuring his sentence of death, were
' Sylla, Sylla, may your father could look once up to let yourself
be used for this work.' Words are kept by Brandt in his His-
tory of Ref.
Oud Archief
Gemeente Amsterdam.
Copy.
Extract uit het Begragenisregister der Oride Kerk.
Laus Deo A 1600.
Den augusti Doctor Silla pensionaris deeser steede — 4: 7: —
Leges f 3.
Voldaan."
The Bible of Nicasius de Sille passed through the van Couven-
hovens, to a descendant now living in Baltimore, Maryland; the
entries in it are in harmony with the record obtained from Mr.
de Sille; it was published at Arnheim 16 14, it has no early de
Sille records, but the names of its successive owners, and dates of
their ownership are recorded. It first belonged to Laurens de
Sille, then to his daughter Gerardina, who having no son, gave it
to her brother Nicasius.
Around the armorial book plate in the Bible is written " Nica-
sius de Sille aetas 39 A°. 1649."
The record is as follows:
L. de Sille 1614
I. V. D.
G. de Sille 1637
L. fila
Dr. de Sille 1647
G. f rater
Nic — de — 16 —
(this line not legible)
Nicasius Kip 1672
Nicasius nepos
Jan Gerritson Van Couvenhoven 1675
28 Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N.J. [Jan.,
The following was written by Johan Gerritsen Van Couven-
hoven:
" Dit boeck oft diesen Biebel heest Anna de Sille vercochtaan
Johan Grt Cowenhoven is de recht Eyghenaer van diesen Biebel
et 1675 20 November salo anno in Midwout."
Translation:
•'This book or this Bible has Anna de Sille sold to Johan Grt
Cowenhoven; he is the rightful owner of this Bible in 1675 20
November, this year in Midwout."
Anna de Sille, who sold this Bible to her brother-in-law Johan
Gerritsen van Couvenhoven, m. (1) 29 Feb., 1660, Hendrick Kip,
Jr.; she m. (2) Francois de Bruynne, who returned to Holland
1676, she following at a later date with his ten children.
The name of de Sille is represented in Holland by Mr. L. A.
de Sille and his two sisters; while there are none of the name
here. Many of our well-known New York families claim descent
from Hon. Nicasius de Sille and Cornelia Meulmane.
References: Doc. Col. Hist., State N. Y. (I. pp. 602-6; II.
pp. 26, 41-43, 440); Brodhead's New York; O'Callaghan's New
Netherlands (II. pp. 236, 554); Lamb's New York (I. pp. 65-67;
Bergen's Early Settlers Kings Co. (pp. 86, 96); Munsell's Hist.
Coll. Albany (IV., p. 111; N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, (VIII., p.
128); Dutch Col. Mss. (pp. 58, 155-158, 200-5-7-9-17, 229, 247, 280,
281, etc.
INSCRIPTIONS ON GRAVESTONES.
Taken from the Rumson Burying-Ground, Shrewsbury, N. J.
Contributed by Rev. William White Hance.
Note.— Inscriptions of a date later than 1850 have generally been omitted from this list. They
can be consulted, however, from the original Ms. at the Library of this Society.
The additions in parenthesis are by the contributor.— Editor.
Bennett, Myrtilla, d. June 14 1844. 82 ) r - * rn. 24 d.
Borden, Joseph L.. b. 11 28 1804. d. 3 10 1879.
Josephine, dtr. of Joseph L. and Huldah C, b. 1 27 1846. d.
8 m. 1847.
Francis, d. Ap. 18 1853. 75 y. 11 m.
Margaret (Parker), his wife, d. Feb. 9 1864 86 y. 3 m. 15 d.
Richard, d. June 1 1832. 67 y. 3 m. 15 d.
Sarah (Chadwick), his wife, d. Nov. 19 1852. 72 y.
Richard, (their son), d. Dec. 4 1843. 31 y. 10 m. 15 d.
William C, (their son), d. June 12 1837. 21 y. 22 d.
Buckson, Elizabeth, dtr. of Jos. & Sarah, d. Aug. 2 1843. 2 m. 29 d.
Mary, dtr. of Jos. & Sarah, d. July 31 1843 2 m. 28 d.
Butcher, Carolinen, wife of Jos. M., dtr. of Esick & Ann White, d.
Aug. 27 1828. 22 y. 2 m. 23 d.
Margaretta, d. Mch. 17 185 1. 27 y. 1 m. 19 d.
Champlain, Guy, d. Oct. 20 1834. ny. 7 m. 3d.
Corlies, Asher, b. Oct. 11 1767. d. May 13 1793.
1903.] Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N.J, 29
Corlies, Rachel (Hance), his wife, b. June 22 1764. d. Feb. 22 1854.
Asher, their son, b. Ap. 7 1792. d. Sep. 8 1816.
William T., d. July 10 1840. 71 y. 3 m.
Mary T(aylor), his wife, d. Aug. 25 1853. 83 y. 1 m. 18 d.
Elizabeth, their dtr., d. Mch. 21 1848. 52 y. 2 m.
Hannah C, their dtr., b. Jan. 7 1801. d. Jan. 5 1886.
Danegar, George, d. July 18 1847. 7 m.
Dodge, Mary, wife of Jacob L., d. Aug. 22 1842. 42 y. 6 m. 7 d.
Douglas, Robert, d. Oct. 2 1842. 50 y.
Evans, Evan, d. Jiily 5 1852. 9m.
Fisher, John H., b. Mch. 4 1S09. d. Aug. 5 1846.
John B. W., son of John & Ruth (Woolley). d. aged 19 y.
Hagan, Michael, d. Jan. 17 1853. T7 y.
Hance, John, (son of John & Elizabeth), d. Feb. 26 1728-9. 46th y.
Joyce, his wife, (dtr. of Francis & Jane [Vickers] Borden), d.
Feb. 4 1722-3. 39 y. 8 m.
John, (son of John* & Cath. [Waples] ), d. Aug. 13 1827.
64 y. 11 m. 24 d.
Ann (Borden), his wife, d. May 28 1856. 77 y. 11 m. 17 d.
John H., (their son), d. Nov. 18, 1840. 37 y. 6 m. 18 d.
Isaac, (son of John & Cath. [Waples] ), b. June 16 1769. d.
Mch. 25 1832.
Charlotte (White), his wife, b. Oct. 26 1773. d. Feb. 5 1831.
Henry, (their son), b. Sep. 9 1809. d. Aug. 30 1813.
Catharine, dtr. of Joseph L. and Caroline (Borden), b. Jan. 4
1826. d. Sep. 25 1829.
William B., son of Joseph L. and Caroline (Borden), b. Oct.
11 1830. d. Oct. 21 1832.
Sarah B., dtr. of Joseph L. and Caroline (Borden), b. Dec. 9
1835. d. Oct. 26, 1838.
Thomas, (son of Jacob* & Ann [White] ), b. 9m. 1752. d. 9m.
1810.
Rachel (Woolley), his wife, b. 12 6 1767. d. 3 30 1853.
Jacob, their son, b. 3 20 1790. d. 8 20 1814.
John W., (their son), d. Oct. 16 1829. 36 y. 6 m. 13d.
Hanford, William L., son of Wm. & Phebe, d. Ap. 16 1843. 14 y.
1 m.
Havens, Henry P., b. Dec. 13, 1782. d. Sep. 17 1853.
Haviland, Stephen, d. Ap. 2 1839. 75 y.
Priscilla, his wife, d. Feb. 6 1815. 50 y.
Elizabeth, their dtr., d. Feb. 11 1844. 51 y.
Joseph, their son, d. Dec. 3 1852. 55 y.
Hay ward, Ann Maria, d. Jan. 17 1836. 5 y. 9 m. 3d.
Hendrickson, Sarah, wife of Daniel G., d. Mch. 20 1841. 61 y.
10 m. 7 d.
Inman, Mary, d. Dec. 17 1840. 32 y.
Jobes, Lephemie, d. Oct. 28, 1858. 80 y.
Kilbourn, Henrietta, wife of James, d. Nov. 1, 1848. 26 y.
King, Benjamin, d. May 23 1842. 54 y. 5 d.
* John and Jacob were sons of Isaac and Rachel (White). And Isaac and John, who m.
Joyce, were sons of John and Elizabeth Hance.
30 Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N. J. [Jan.,
Klots, Margaret H. (Trafford), wf. of Geo., d. Nov. 8 1825. 29 y.
7 m. 21 d.
George Washington, their son, d. Aug. 9 1825. 9 wks, id.
Letson, Thomas, d. Dec. 2 1849. 93 y. 6 m. 16 d.
Thomas, b. Oct. 21, 1725. d. Mch. 24 1800.
Lloyd, William, d. 8 10 1830. 85 y.
Longstreet, Mary Anna, dtr. of Jos. & Mary E., d. Aug. 31 1847.
9 m. 12 d.
Megill, Mary Ann, wife of David I., d. Ap. 13 1848. 33 y. 8 m. 5 d.
Minton, Joel, d. Jan. 22 1857. 100 y.
Parmley, Eleazar, b. Oct. 18 1834. d. June 22, 1836.
Samuel Wheelock, b. Ap. 7 1840. d. June 10 1842.
Eleazar Montagu, b. May 28 1838. d. July 7 1842.
Pearce, Abraham, d. Oct. 14 1854. 31 y. 11 m. 5 d.
Rebecca W., his wife, d. Sep. 12 1854. 24 y. 4 m. 21 d.
Price, Capt. Hartshorne, d. Aug. 24 1849. 46 y. 5 m. 2 d.
Russell, William C, d. Nov. 15 1843. 30 y.
Sherman, Sarah, wife of Thomas, (dtr. Thos. & Rachel [BordenJ
Cook), b. Sep. 1 1787. d. Oct. 5 1861.
Thomas Cook, son of Thomas & Sarah, d. Oct. 8 1850. 35 y.
4 m. 25 d.
Charles, son of Thomas & Sarah, d. Aug. 5 1810. 17 y. 21 d.
Rebecca, dtr. of Thomas & Sarah, d. Feb. 21 1824. 2 y. 1 m.
6d.
Snyder, Elmira, wife of Alexander, d. July 12 1847. 2 2y. 3 m. 17 d.
Edward Chauncy, son of Alexander & Elmira, d. Sep. 13 1846.
2 m. 9 d.
Sutton, Joshua, d. Feb. 16 1845. 61 y. 9 m. 1 d.
Tallman, Mouritz D., b. Dec. 2 1818. d. Mch. 18 1841.
Trafford, Mehetable, wife of Samuel, (dtr. Samuel & Jemima
White), d. Mch. 15 1849. 8 5 Y- 6 m - x 9 d.
Basilea, dtr. of Abraham & Basilea (Harmer), d. July 1 1853.
4 m. 7 d.
Vanderhoef, Catharine, wife of Jonathan, d. Aug. 6 1847. 63 y.
2 m. 20 d.
Van Schoick, Elias H., son of Wm. & Eliza A., d. Nov. 30 1845.
15 y. 1 m 8d.
Wardell, Benjamin, (son of Jos. & Deborah [White] ), d. Feb. 25
1821. 59th y.
Deborah, (dtr. Jcb. & Eliz. [Corlies] Hance), d. Oct. 23 1830.
68y. i8d.
John, (their son), d. Jan. 15 1837. 48th y.
Edward, (their son), d. Aug. 20 1818. 19th y.
Harry, (their son), b. Sep. 29 1795. d. Dec. 9, 1851.
Robert, son of Robert (son of Benj. & Deborah), & Jane
(Williams), d. Oct. 25, 1853. 5 y. 6 m. 7 d.
White, Susan, wife of Archebald, d. Sep. 21 1847. 21 y. 3m. 24 d.
Amos, (son of Amos & Lucy [Talman] ), d. June 19 1833.
64 V. 8 m. 29 d.
Ann (Throckmorton), his wife, d. Dec. 15 1852. 76 y. 8m. 15 d.
James, (their son), d. June 15 1S54. 56 y. 4 m. 8 d.
IQ03-] inscriptions on Gravestones— Shrewsbury, N.J. 3 I
White, Esek Ten Brook, (son Esek & Ann [Basinette] ) d. July
16 1841. 32y. 2m. 4d.
Henry B., (son of Esek & Ann [Basinette] ), d. Oct. 4 1836.
uy. 11 m. 20 d. ,
Sarah Ann (Borden), his wife, d. Dec. 15 1829. 25 y. 7m. 2 od.
John B., their son, d. May 13 1848. 21 y. 25 d.
White Elizabeth (King), wife of Timothy M. (son Jos. & Mary
[Hart]), d. Mch. 19 1845- 60th y.
William K., son of Timothy M. & Elizabeth (King), d. Dec.
28 1838. 30 y. 4 m. 5 d.
Woolley, Sophia, wife of Robert H., d. Dec. 14 1839. 41 Y- ' om -
Lydia, wife of John B., b. Jan. 14 1780 d. Nov 13 1851 •
Elizabeth, dtr. of John B. & Lydia, b. June 7, *8i8. d. Feb.
Worthley H. M.?"AG. 4 Y. 3 M. 31 D. DCD^ 4M 11D. 1837."
W?ckofff Lucy Ellen, dtr. Samuel S. & Mary T. (Corhes), d. Jan.
18 1846. 4y. 2 m. 25 d.
Taken from the Friends' Burying-Ground, Shrewsbury, N. J.
Allen, Ephrim, d. 10 24 1747- 57th y.
John, d. 4 19 x 747- 2 7 th y.
JosephV; (sU 74 o 7 f- Jofl Eli, [Williams]), d. » 6 ,85,.
Sarah S^Corlies), (2nd) wife of Joseph, d. 7 22 1849. 73 y-
A(llen), E. , d. 1845.
Conrow, L., d. 9 16 1848.
C(orHes),' Benjamin, son of Jacob & Sarah [White] ) 1806.
( D(eborah [Parkei], dtr. of Wm. & Mary [White], his wife),
1828.
W(illiam, their son, d. 3 24), 1818.
Elizabeth [Corlies], wf. of Jacob, their son, d. 5 22), 1805.
Corlies, Jacob, (son of Benj. & Deb. [Parker]), b. July 15 i 7 79-
C(W ^Skfcrf Jcb. H. & Phebe [Williams] ). d. 1835.
J(acob, sonof'jacob & Sarah (White), d. 12 25 1841). 84 y.
R(achel [White], his wife, d. 10 10 1839). 82 y.
E(dward) G. (their son), 75 y- , „, . , A A _ T T , c _
Eatton, John, (son of Thos. & Jerusha [Mayhew], d. Ap. 1 i75°-
61 y. 6 d.
E(veleth), J(ohn) H., d. 1851. ._,. n v A _o,_
V C(harles) W(hite.) son of John H. & Mary [White] ). d. 1832.
Hance, Wi'lliam^tson of Jcb. & Eliz. [Corlies]). d. 1 3° ^7-
66 v. 8 m. 10 d. Q •,
Margaret (Tilton), his wife, d. 8 22 1849. 80 y. 9 m. 28 a.
Obadiah Tilton, their son, d. 8 26 1825. 19 y. 5 m. 1 1 a.
12 Inscriptions on Gravestones—Shrewsbury, N.J. [Jan.,
H , H. H. d. 1828.
L , L.
Lawrence, Catherine, wife of Richard, d. Mch. 22 1752. 30 y. 3 m.
15 d.
Lippincott, Jeremiah, b. July 24 1760. d. Mch. 25 1841.
Mary, b. Aug. 12 1765. d. Ap. 8 1837.
M(erritt), D(eborah) C, d. 1853. (Wf. Isaac, dtr. Benj. & Deb.
[ParkerJ Corlies).
Parker, Peter, (son of Peter & Elizabeth), d. July 23 1793. 72 y.
Lydia (Wardell), wife of Peter (son of Peter & Eliza-
beth), d. Ap. 7 1806. (dtr. Solomon & Sarah).
John, (son of Peter & Lydia), d. June 10 1829. 73 y. 11 m. 4d'.
P(arker), L(ydia, dtr. of Peter & Lydia), d. 1842.
B(enjamin, son of Peter & Lydia), d. 1852.
Parker, Robert, (son of Peter & Lydia), d. 1848.
Deborah, dtr. Joseph & Abigail (Morris), b. 6 13 1794. d. 1 7
1874.
Leah L., dtr. Joseph & Abigail (Morris), b. 1 24 1799. d. 2
10 1884.
William, (son of Joseph & Deborah [Worthley] ). 1 736-1815.
Mary (White), his wife.
William, (their son), b. 9 9 1760. d. 1 24 1833.
Elizabeth (Woolley, his wife), b. 3 9 1764. d. 4 5 1849.
Robert W.,) their son), b. 8 1 1801. d. 94 1813.
Jane, (dtr. of Jos. & Eliz. S. [Williams] ), b. 4 15 1834. d. 4
2 1838.
Pintard, Elizabeth (Parker), wf. of Eugene, (dtr. of Wm. & Eliz.
[Woolley]) d. 8 21 1854. 49 V. 6m. 6 d.
Hannah W. (Parker), wf. of John, (dtr. of Wm. & Eliz. [Wool-
ley] ), b. 7 22 1798. d. 6 25 1845.
Remson, Caroline W. (Allen) wife of William, d. 12 1 1858. 57th y.
Spinning, Mariam T. (Woolley), wife of Ansel, d. 9 12 1852. 44}'.
Talman, Deborah, (dtr. Peter & Lydia [Wardell] Parker), d. Feb
21 1827. 74y.
T , A. d. 1847.
Tilton, Miriam, (dtr. of Obadiah & Hannah [Corlies] ), d. 8 5
1854. 82 y. 5 m. 3d.
Joseph, (son of Obadiah & Hannah [Corlies]), d. 3 8 1858.
83 y. 2 m. 28 d.
Tucker, Samuel, (son of Samuel & Eliz. [White]), d. 4 20 1853.
77 y. 3 m. i8d.
Sarah, (Throckmorton, his wife), d. 1 18 1858. 77 y. 8 m. 15 d.
Brittain, (son Samuel & Eliz. [White]), b. Oct. 30 1763. d.
Oct. 30. 1848.
Hannah, (Boyer), his wife, b. July 15 1767. d. Feb. 10 1836.
Elizabeth, (their dtr.), d. June 6 1856. 78y.
White, S(arah De Cou, 2nd wf. of Benjamin, d. 12 29 1847).
J(oanna, dtr. of Benj. & Mary [Morris] ), d. 1788.
J(oanna, dtr. of Benj. & Mary [Morris] ), d. 1793.
A(gnes, dtr. of Benj. & Mary [Morris]), d. 1786.
M(orris, son of Benj. & Mary [Morris | ), d. 1796.
S(usannah, dtr. of Benj. & Mary [Morris] ), d. 1796.
1903.] Some Annandale Johnstons in America. 33
White, B(enjamin) M(orris, son of Benj. & Mary [Morris] ), d. 1817.
B(enjamin, son of Benj. & Anne [Lippincott], d. 11 7) 1841.
S(tacy De Cou, son of Benj. & Sarah [De Cou] ), d. 1848.
J(oseph, son of Geo. & Ann [Lippincott], d. 3 7) 1846.
S(arah[Williams],hiswf.,dtr.Elihu&Ann(Wady),d.2 22i852.
C(larinda, their dtr.), d. 1833.
G., d. 1877.
Elizabeth (Corlies), wife of George A. (son of Britton &
Elizabeth [Allen]), d. 11 7 1815. 34 y. 5 m. 12 d.
W(hite), R(obert, son of Geo. & Ann [Lippincott] ), d. 1831.
E(sther [Crawford], his 1st wf., dtr. of William, d. 5 10) 1797.
T(ylee, their son, d. 9 28) 1802.
Williams, Eli. d. 3 10 18-3. 75 y. 1 m. 21 d.
Hannah, (dtr. of Daniel & Mary [Tilton] ), b. 4 7 1822. d. 12
10 1849.
Sarah T., (dtr. of Daniel & Mary [Tilton] ), b. 2 19 1817. d.
7 26 1848.
W(illiams), T(ylee, son of Edmund & Miriam [Tilton], d. 2 5) 1828.
E(lizabeth) H(artshorne, his wife, d. 10 3) 1849.
Wolcott, Henry, son Rowland & Henrietta W. Johnson, b. Nov.
13 1853. d. Dec. 17 1853.
Frances S., d. 4 22 1848. 2 y. 5 m. 15 d.
Caroline A., d. 3 21 1847. 23 y. 13 d.
Woolley, John, son of Emanuel, 1659-17 14.
Mary Potter, his wife, 1664-1735.
John Jr., 1690-1772.
Patience Lippitt, his wife, 1698-1775.
Benjamin, son of John Jr., 1718-1798.
Catharine Cook, his wife, 17 20-1 784.
Jacob, son of Benjamin, 1760-1826.
Elizabeth Tucker, his wife, 1767-1854.
Mahlon, (son of Samuel & Ann [dtr. of Timothy Corlies] ), d.
12 17 1839. 2gy.
SOME ANNANDALE JOHNSTONS IN AMERICA.
By Judge A. W. Savary M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 249 of The Record.)
7 Augustus 3 Johnston {George,' 1 John 1 ), m. Patience Gould of
Newport, R. I., and was Collector of Customs and Agent under
the Stamp Act, at Newport, and he was raided in consequence.
He d. before the war broke out. Children:
i. Bathsheba, 4 m. Doctor Mclntyre, of the British Army,
and left two sons, John 5 and Augustus. 6 Augustus
Mclntyre left a son, Donald,* in the British Army,
who d. about 1835, leaving a son of about 14 years,
of whom no record,
ii. Matthew Robinson, m. Anastasia Almy, was a Major
in the British Army. No children.
14 Some Annandale Johnstons in America. [Jan.,
iii. James, b. and d. next day.
iv. James Gould,
v. Lucas.
vi. George, d. in infancy.
vii. Mary, m. Edward Brinley of Newport, R. I. Children:
Edward Littlefield, b. Feb. 21, 1808; d. Oct. 5, 1879;
Mary, b. 181 1; d. June, 1842.
viii. Catharine, m. John, son of Col. Stephen Skinner.
ix. Margaret, d. unmarried, 185 1.
x. Euphemia, d. young.
8 John' Lewis Johnston (Lewis? John 1 ), the date of whose
birth or death I cannot give. He m. Susanna Barberie. Their
children were four sons, all of whom m. and left male descend-
ants in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Sand Hill and Spotswood, N. J.
i. John Lewis. 4
ii. Lewis,
iii. Heathcote.
iv. Oliver B.
And two daughters:
i. Susanna G.
ii. Catherine.
9 John 4 Johnston (David? John? John 1 ), was b. June 13, 1762;
d. Aug. 29, 1850. He was first judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and m. May 23, 1792, Susanna, dau. of Samuel Bard, M. D.,
LL. D., of New York City and Hyde Park. Children:
i. John, 6 b. 1792; d. in infancy,
ii. David, b. 1793; d. in infancy.
10 iii. Francis Upton, b. Sept. 4, 1796.
iv. Mary, b. 1798; d. 1878.
v. Elizabeth, b. 1800; d. 1877; m. 1826, Rev. Samuel R.
Johnson.
vi. Euphemia, b. 1802; d. 1884.
vii. Magdalen, b. 1804; d. 1892; m. 1843, Col. William N.
Jenners.
viii. Susannah, b. 1804; d. 1805.
ix. John, b. 1807; d. 1883; m. 1844, Charlotte Nelson. No
children.
x. Samuel Bard, b. 1810; d. 1888; m. 1838, Maria Marsh.
He had son Samuel B.? who m. 1858, Caroline Bent-
ley; daus. Eleanor, d. in infancy; Mary M.; Elizabeth
G., d. aged 35 years; Susanna B., and Alice.
10 Dr. Francis Upton * Johnston (John? David? John? John '),
was b. Sept. 4, 1796; d. Jan. 7, 1858; m. May 20, 1822, Mary, dau.
of John Williamson, and niece of Hugh Williamson, M. D., LL.D.,
of North Carolina, and had three sons and six daughters. The
sons were:
i. John, 8 b. 1823; d. Oct. 3, 1884.
11 ii. Francis Upton, b. April 8, 1826.
iii. Louis Morris, b. Dec. 23, 1839; m. 1865, Mary D. Jen-
kins. Children: Ames D.; Louis M., b. 1865.
And the daughters were:
i. Susan B., m. 1849, Charles F. Zimmerman.
1903.] Some Annandale Johnstons in America. 35
ii. Mary W., m. 1864, Rev. George B. Hopson, D. D.
iii. Elizabeth S., m. 185 1, George Bradish.
iv. Josephine K., d. Feb. i, 1902.
v. Euphemia S., d. June 15, 1890.
vi. Emily V.
n Dr. Francis* Upton Johnston {Francis Upton,'' John,'
David* John* John 1 ), was b. April 8, 1826; d. Nov. 20, 1892; m.
Feb. 8, 1853, Margaret A. Babcock, and had five sons:
i. John, 7 b. 1857.
ii. Francis U., b. 1858.
iii. Louis M., b. 1859; d. 1862.
iv. Henry Cortlandt, b. 1866.
v. William Bard, b. 1870.
And four daughters:
i. Margaret A.
ii. Elizabeth, d. aged 4 years.
iii. Euphemia S.
iv. Mary.
Henry Cortlandt Johnston, M. D., in the 7th generation
from John Johnston and Euphaim Scott, is of No. 47 Central
Avenue, New Brighton, N. Y., and from a manuscript courteously
furnished me by him, I have copied some and corrected other of
the genealogical data above given. Others to whom I am indebt-
ed are Miss Joan D. White of Medfield, Mass., formerly of Shel-
burne, N. S.; Dr. Carrol Dunham of Irvington, N. Y., and James
T. W. Scott, Esq., of Philadelphia. I am also indebted to the
courtesy of Rev. J. O. Baylis of Spotswood, N. J., for informa-
tion that the family has now two representatives there, one of
them, Mr. Isaac Johnston, an aged citizen, whose father, Alexan-
der, had at least two brothers, James and Lewis. No doubt these
are descendants of John Lewis Johnston and Susanna Barberie.
I began my investigations concerning this family in the hope
of finding it one with the noted Nova Scotian family of the name.
Devotees of the medical profession as well as certain christian
names singularly abound in both families. The ancestor of the
Nova Scotia Johnstons, who first came to America, was no doubt
James Johnston, a surgeon in the Royal Navy. I expected to
find him either the James who was fourth son of Doctor John, or
a son of James of Spotswood. This being disproved, I suspected
him to be a son of William, youngest son of Rev. William John-
ston of Laverocklaw, but I cannot get access to any record of
the children of William. This James married Jane Nesbitt of
Great Turks Island, W. I., but his son, Lewis, was born in Scot-
land in 1724, and educated for the medical profession. He came
first to settle in America in 1753, bringing between thirty and
forty negroes, and money sufficient to pay for lands he purchased
in Georgia. He married Laleah Peyton, who was probably of that
Norman-English family which was and is of high repute in the
Southern Colonies and States. She was living at the time of their
marriage with her uncle, William Martin of St. Kitts, W. I. He
became the owner of an estate in Georgia which he called "An-
nandale." He was a man of commanding ability, both in his
36 Some Annandale Johnstons in America. [Jan.,
profession and in official life, filling several important public
stations at the time of the outbreak of the Revolution. The
tradition mentioned in the History of Annapolis County, pub-
lished by the writer of this (at page 440, note), that he was the
last Royal Governor of Georgia, no doubt arose from the fact that
he was then the only member of the Council of Georgia who lived
in the Province. At that time the following were His Majesty's
officers in Georgia: Governor. Sir James Wright, Bart., London;
Lieut. -Governor, John Graham, Esq., London; Councillors, John
M. Kay, Esq., South Carolina, James Edward Powell, Esq., Lon-
don, Lewis Johnston, Esq., John Hart, Esq., East Florida, An-
thony Stokes, Esq., London, James Hume, Esq., London, and
Josiah Tatnall, Esq., London. If any occasion had arisen when
action on the part of anyone representing the King was required,
it is evident that no one but Dr. Johnston could have discharged
the duty. Governor Wright however, returned and continued to
hold the office. Meanwhile Doctor Johnston held the offices of
Provost Marshall in 1774, of King's Treasurer, Chief Commissioner
or head of the Board of Police in 1779, and Commissioner of
Claims, 1780. He was paid for the maintenance of prisoners
from Sept. 29, 1770, to Sept. 29, 1772. On May 4, 1782, an Act
was passed by the Legislature of Georgia, confiscating the prop-
erty of those who had adhered to the loyal cause. In it are men-
tioned the names of Lewis Johnston, Senior, and Lewis Johnston,
Junior. In a future article I hope to give the public some
account of the most notable of his sons, and his distinguished de-
scendants in Nova Scotia. The arms of Marquesses of Annan-
dale were according to Burke's General Armory: Quarterly, 1st
and 4th ar. a saltire sa. on a chief gu. three cushions or; 2nd and
3rd ar. an anchor gu. for Fairholm. Crest, a winged spur or.
Motto: "numquain non parattis." These, omitting the Fairholm
quarterings, I believe have always been the Arms used by both
the New Jersey, and the Georgia-Nova Scotia Johnstons.
Notes and Corrections. — The name Scott on page 246 (Vol. xxxiii),
should be Scot. On page 247, same volume, Margaret, m. Lawrence Smyth,
not Smith. On page 248, same volume, I have said of John 3 Johnson, son of
Andrew, that his descendants are said to be in Nova Scotia, and if so he was
probably a Loyalist. I am now indebted to Mr. Seymour Morris of Chicago,
for the information that he was m. Feb. 2, 1768, and d. at Perth Amboy, Jan. 15,
1820. In 1767 he was a member of the Assembly, and one of the committee to
correspond with the agent of the Colony in Great Britain; was a merchant in
partnership with Peter Barberie until 1775; and during the Revolutionary War
served as a private in Capt. Jeremiah Ballard's Company of New Jersey
Troops, and in the New Jersey militia. His children were: (1) Andrew, 4 b.
May 25, 1770; d. Oct. 11, 1771; (2) Andrew, b. Sept. 18, 1771; (3) Isabella, b.
Sept. 18, 1772; (4) Robert Hooper, b. Jan. 20, 1774; (5) Catherine, b. Aug. 25,
1775; (6) Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1777; d. Sept. 11, 1777; (7) (John, b. Aug. 1, 1778;
(8) Christina Rutus, b. May 20, 1780; (9) Augustus Scot, b. Sept. n, 1782; (10)
Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1784; (11) William Burnet, b. July 22, 1786. His eighth child
and fourth daughter, m. William Stringham Snyder of Shelburne, Nova Scotia,
a son of William Snyder who came to Shelburne with the large body of loyalist
exiles, who in 1783, founded a city of that name, soon reduced to a small vil-
lage. She d. at Meteghan, Digby County, N. S., in 1864, leaving a second
husband, James McCarthy, surviving.
ig03-] The Johnstone Legend. 37
THE JOHNSTONE LEGEND.*
In times so far the guiding star
Of written history fails;
Ere a Bruce was known in the halls of Scone,
Or a Norman Prince of Wales,
Where Criffer shades wild glens and glades,
And where bright Solway ran,
By bow and brand, and red right hand
Lived a stalwart Border Clan.
Ere the Angevin King from whose blood we spring
To the three crowned kingdom clomb
With a host arrayed for fierce crusade,
The Johnstone was found in Rome.
" No priest nor pope with cowl or cope
Shall dompt the belted plaid;
To the old man there in the up-borne chair
I will not kneel," he said.
On waving plumes, on incense fumes,
Shone the cressets' fitful glare;
And the silver clang of the trumpets rang
As on came the Pontiff's chair.
Like the wave that floats o'er a field of oats
When a stormy gust sweeps by,
Sank plumed crest over mail-clad breast
As the stately train drew nigh.
As the sturdy oak braves the levin's stroke
Stood the Scot when the crosses came;
" Were each taper here a glancing spear,
To kneel would be a shame "
"Down, warrior, down," with sullen frown
Cried an old, old Cardinal,
Why kneel'st thou not, accursed Scot ?
Asked the stony glance of all.
So close he prest, his eagle crest
Was brushed by the feather fan;
" Now what doth he seek with that unblanched cheek
A blessing or a ban ?
A beaten ewer of silver pure
(The City and the world
As he passed to bless) his Holiness
At the stalwart Northman hurled.
The bonnet blue, that magic dew
Of holy water mocks;
On plaid or face it leaves no trace,
But it stained the auburn locks.
Can water burn ? To gold they turn
On the brow of the Johnstone bold,
And his gallant sons, the legend runs,
Are still marked by a lock of gold.
* The members of the Ancient Border Clan of Johnstone are said to be still distinguished
(as were those of the house ot Rohan) by a peculiar tuft of hair,-a single lock ot a lighter
color than the rest of the covering of the head. Several of the descendants of Dr. .-Lewis John-
ston in Nova Scotia exhibit this peculiarity, which also appears, I am informed, in the line or
Philip Johnston, a Scottish immigrant to Virginia of about 1722, a genealogy of whose descend-
ants has been compiled by Mr. Virgil Johnston of Quincy, 111.— A. \\ . S.
3a
38
Muster Rolls of Discharged Officers and Disbanded Soldiers [Jan.,
MUSTER ROLLS OF DISCHARGED OFFICERS AND
DISBANDED SOLDIERS AND LOYALISTS TAKEN
IN THE COUNTY OF ANNAPOLIS BETWEEN
THE i8th AND 2 9 th DAYS OF JUNE, 1784.
Communicated by Judge A. W. Savary, M. A., of Annapolis Royal, Author of
THE SAVERY AND SEVERY GENEALOGY, AND THE HISTORY OF ANNAPOLIS.
Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 219, of The Record.
Names
H
Huggerford, Thos.
Hewett, John
I J
Jones, William
Jones, Edward
Jones, Nicholas
John, Peter, junr
Innes, John
James,* Benjamin, Esqr.
Jackson, Edward.. .......
Irwin (or Irvin), James.. .
K
Kiscoskirk, Andrew.
Kniffen, George
Kniffen, Roger ,
Kerrin, Terence
Keeloff, John
Keller, Jacob
Kerr, William
Kelly, John
King, George
Kane, Mrs
Livingstone, Capt. G . . . .
Lynch, Thomas
Lamberson.t John
Lamberson, Tunis
Lamberson, John, junr.. .
Lockwood, Joseph
Lockwood, Samuel
Lockwood, Solomon
Lamuvegge, John
Leforges, Tunis
Lutkens, Henry
Description
Loyalist
D. S. 84th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
D. S. 1 Bat. N. J. Vol,
Ass' Commissary
Free negro living on
James' farm
D. S. 84th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. S. 40th Regt.
3JD. S. 1 Bat. N.J. Vols.
16 Loyalist
D. O. Am. Legion
Loyalist
do
do
do
Just arr'd Bermuda
do
do
Loyalist
do
Mason
Settled in
Long Isla'd
Annapolis
Moose Riv.
do
do
Sissiboo
Annapolis
Granville
do
Annapolis
Clements
do
do
Annapolis
Granville
Annapolis
Granville
Annapolis
do
do
Granville
do
Annapolis
do
do
Not settled
do
do
Clements
Not settled
do
•Was member of the Provincial Parliament for some years. He came with the British
Army. Was a native of Bristol, England.
\ Descendants numerous in Digby County. The name probably is Lambertson.
1903.] and Loyalists taken in the County of Annapolis in June, 1784.
39
Names
Lee, John
Lawrence, Jacob. .
Levesay, William.
Levesy, Ebenezer.
Lawson, John
Lamb, Owen
Lower, George
Lamb, Peter
Loyal, James
Longshore, Jolly . .
Lawrence, John. . .
Leslie, M rs
Lyons, M rs
Lord, Edward
Long, Alexander..
Lent, Abraham.. . .
Lewis, Richard . . .
M
Muir, William
Margeson, Gideon
McKensie, Alexander...
Morrison, John
McFarren, James
Moore, James
Miller, George
McKeown, John
McCarthy, Daniel
Meredith, William
Morehouse, James
Mullin,* John
Miller, Abraham
Miller, James
Mundy, Jeremiah
McDonald, W m
Moore, Samuel
Moore, Joshua
Melvin, Michael
McLellar (or McLearen)
Neil .
McAllister, David
McGuire, Richard
Middleton, William
Munro, George
McCulloch, Alex r
Moody, James
Merritt, Nehemiah
Morrison, Mai
Morrison, Ensign
McEwan, James
McCurdy, Arch d
Madden, P
Description
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
D. S. 40th Reg 4 .
do
do
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
D. S. King's Drag'ns
Loyalist
do
do
Loyalist
Labourer
Loyalist
do
do
do
D. S. British Legion
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do '
do
D. S. 1 Bat. N.J. Vols.
Loyalist
do
D. S. 40th Regt.
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. S. 1 Bat. N.J. Vols.
Loyalist
do
D.O.Loy. Am. Regt.
D. S. 2 Bat. Delancey's
Loyalist
do
Settled in
Granville
do
Annapolis
do
Digby
Annapolis
do
do
do
Annapolis
Granville
do
Annapolis
do-
do
Annapolis
Granville
Granville
Not settled
Granville
do
Wilmot
Granville
do
Annapolis
Wilmot
Granville
do
Granville
Annapolis
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Granville
Annapolis
do
Granville
Annapolis
D'gby
♦Or Millen, or Miller, (probably Miller).
40 Muster Rolls of Discharged Officers and Disbanded Soldiers [Jan.,
Names
Merritt, John
Manewel), Thomas ,
Mines, Andrew
Mussels, Williams
McMullen, Neil
Myers, John ,
Mills, Hope, senr
Mills, Hope, junr
Meads, William
N
Nostrands, Peter
Nelson, Francis
Nowland (or Norland)
Qr. Masr
Nostrand, Garrett
Nichols, David
Nichols, J. R
O
Oakes, Jesse
Oakes, Joshua
Odle, Daniel
Odle, Abijah
Odle, Daniel, junr
Oliver, David
Owen, Thomas
Obrihim, Joseph
P
Perrot, John
Purdy, Anthony
Pain, John
Pilring (or Pilrong), Fred-
eric
Peach, Samuel
Peach, James, junr
Polhemus, John
Philips, Doctor
Pilgrim, Alexander
Pemberton, Jeremiah
Purdy, James
Phynk, Barney
Peck, Elizabeth
Patching, Andrew
Pinkert, Caleb
Prerea, Ph
. Pickup, Samuel
^Perry, William
Pine, Daniel
Phillips, Jacob
Pritchard, Gaius
Purdy, Gabriel
u tn
Description
D. S. King's Am. regt.
D. S. 84th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
D. S. 40th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
Loyalist
do
Officer
Loyalist
do
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
Carpenter
D. S. 1 Batt. N. J. Vols
Silversmith
Loyalist
do
Laborer
Tailor
Lovalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
D.S. 3rd Batt. N.J. V
D. S. A Hessian
D. S. 38th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
Settled in
Annapolis
do
Digby
do
Annapolis
do
do
do
Annapolis
Sissiboo
Granville
Annapolis
Granville
Digby
do
Granville
do
Digby
do
Annapolis
Not settled
Annapolis
Digby
Clements
Not settled
do
Clements
Granville
Clements
Granville
do
do
Clements
Wilmot
Annapolis
do
do
do
do
Granville
do
Digby
do
Clements
1903.] and Loyalists taken in the County of Annapolis in June, 1784. A\
Names
Q
Quereau, Joseph
Quinland, Thomas
R
Rhoads, Abram
Robblee, Thomas
Remson, M rs
Remson, John
Remson, Jacob
Ryer, Samuel
Reid, lieut. J
Rose, Albert
Russell, Isaac
Ryer, Dennis
Ryerson, Francis
Ryerson, John T
Ryder, Joseph
Ryerson, George
Rentan, John
Rhoads, Anthony
Ritchie, Andrew
Ritchie, Andrew, Junior..
Ritchie, Thomas
Ritchie, Matthew
Ritchie, James
Ritchie, John
Rollo, Captain Rob'
Robinson, William
Ruggles,* Timothy, Esqr,
Ruggles, John
Ruggles, Richard
Ramsay, James
Reading, M rs
Robinson, John
Robinson, Edward
Robinson, Jonathan
Rice, Abraham
Stone, Richard
Sulvie, Daniel
Sulvie, John
Strawbridge, George . . .
Shaver, Ditmars
Smith, John
Sproule, William
S*. Croix, Joshua T. de. .
Smith, James
Seaman, Thomas
Seaman, Benjamin, Esq.
S t . Croix, Joshua T. de. ..
Description
Loyalist
D.S.I Batt. N.J. Vols
D. S. 40th Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
D.O. i Bt Bat. N.J. Vols
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. O. Am. Legion
late Hospital Steward
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
D. S. 84th Regt.
do
do
D. S. L. Am. Regt
D. S. 84th Regt.
From Bermuda
do
do
D. S. Hessian
Loyalist
Carpenter
Loyalist
do
Tailor
Loyalist
do
Settled in
Granville
Annapolis
Annapolis
Granville
Moose Riv.
do
do
Granville
Annapolis
do
Clements *
Annapolis
Clements
do
Granville
Clements
Granville
do
Annapolis
do
do
do
do
do
Bear River
Annapolis
Wilmot
do
do
do
Granville
Annapolis
do
do
Digby
Annapolis
Not settled
do
do
Not settled
Granville
Clements
Granville
Digby
Not settled
Granville
do
*The noted and worthy Brigadier General Ruggles, of whom much has been lately written.
42 Muster Rolls of Discharged Officers and Disbanded Soldiers [Jan.
Names
Seaman, Richard
S l . Croix, Thomas de. . . .
Sheele, Abraham
Smith, Austin
Smith, Jonathan
Slocomb, John
Shepherd, David
Suar, James
Smith, Jeremiah
Shaw, Moses.
Smith, John
Sweasy, M rs
Sneden, Stephen
Sneden, Lawrence
Smith, John
Simpson, Alex d
Steuke, Chrisf
Skeuman, Eliza"'
Smith, Samuel
Smith, William
Smith, James
Sutherland, George
Sutherland, O'Sullivan . .
Seabury, David
Shutzer, Nicholas
Savage, John
Smith, Jeremiah
Stebbings, Josiah
Shaver, Ditmas
Smith, James
T
Tait, William
Trimper, Henry
Tidd, Isaac
Travis, Caleb
Trary, Peter
Trapolet, Charles
Talbot, Edward
Thorne, Stephen
Thorne, Edward
Truesdell, James
Tippett, Gilbert
Townshend, John
Truesdale, John
Taylor, Ed" rt
Tucker.* Robert
Totten, Joshua (or Joseph)
Towner.f Enoch
Tarrant, Leonard
Tude, Henry
Theal, Gilbert
* Robert Tucker was Sheriff
t llnoch Towner, when he c
years a noted Baptist minister
i 3
i
i
Description
Loyalist
1 do
Laborer
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
4 do
9 do
2 do
i do
4 do
3 D. S. A Hessian
Loyalist
1 do
i do
i do
do
do
io do
2 D. S. 40th Regt.
I do
I do
1 Loyalist
2 Soldier
i Loyalist
i Loyalist
2 Discharged Soldier
i Loyalist
i do
i D. S. 84th Regt.
1 do
5 Loyalist
11 do
6 do
1 do
6 do
7 do
do
Loyalist
7 Surgeon K. A. Regt.
12 Loyalist
2 D. S. 2d Batt. Delancy
7 Loyalist
1 D. S. A Hessian
1 Loyalist
Settled in
Granville
do
Not settled
Wilmot
do
do
do
Annapolis
do
Granville
do
do
Annapolis
do
do
do
do
do
Wilmot
do
Digby
Bear River
do
Annapolis
do
do
do
Digby
Not settled
Wilmot
Not settled
do
do
Granville
Annapolis
do
Granville
do
do
Wilmot
Annapolis
do
W 7 ilmot
Digby
Not stated
Annapolis
Granville
Annapolis
Digby
Long Isla'd
of Annapolis County from 1784 till his death, about 1790.
ame here, a member of the Church of England, was for many
and revivalist.
1 903.] and Loyalists taken in the County of Annapolis in June, 1784. 43
Names
Turner, John
Tice, George
V
Vanlieu, Henry
Veatch, Andrew
Veatch, John
Vermillia, Isaac
Vanhorn, Gabriel
Van Blarcum, Alb. (or Abr.)
Van Blarcom, Anthony
Valentine, Jacob
Veal, Jacob
Vroom, John
Van Buren, James
Van Buren, James ....
Van Horn, L
Van Horn, L., jun r ....
Vroom, John
Veach, William
Vidito (or Vetito), John
Vodine, Joseph
Vernon, Hans
W
Williams, Frederick.. . .
Waistcoat, Thomas
White, Paul
Wood, Peter
Williams, John
Williams, John, jun r . . . .
Willetson, J. B
Wilson, Christopher....
Wilson, Jane
Willing, Charles
Winner, Jacob
Wilson, Mary
Waller, Joshua
Williams, John
Willett, Walter, L«
Willett, cornet Sam 1
Wright, Thomas
Walker, lieut., Thomas.
William
Winkle, D. V
Watts, Corporal J
Whitman, Zebulon
Ward, James
Washburn, Ebenezer. . .
Woodruff, Jabez
Wilmot, James
Weeks, Elijah
Description
Soldier
Free Negro
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
A Hessian
84th Regt.
D. S.
D. S
Settled in
Loyalist
do
From Bermuda
Laborer
Loyalist
do
Carpenter
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
Officer
D. S. 38th Regt.
D. Officer Br. Legion
do
Assistant Surgeon
D. O. N. Y. Vols.
Free Negro
Loyalist
(not stated)
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
At the Gut.
Wilmot
Wilmot
Granville
do
Digby
do
Annapolis
Granville
do
Digby
Moose Riv.
Annapolis
do
do
do
Clements
Granville
do
Bear River
Annapolis
Annapolis
Granville
Not settled
do
Annapolis
do
N* settled
Granville
do
do
Wilmot
Annapolis
do
do
Granville
do
Annapolis
do
do
Digby
Granville
* (See note)
Annapolis
do
do
* Intends settling Gulliver's Hole.
44
Onondaga County Records — ifgj.
[Jan.,
Names
Wilson, William . .
Want, Michael . ..
Ward, John
Winslow, Edward.
X
Xellius, Ignatius. .
Y
Young, Israel
Young, Mary
Z
Zeagler, Albert G.
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Description
Loyalist
D. S. 84th Regt.
Loyalist
do
Loyalist
Loyalist
do
(not stated)
Settled in
Scissiboo
Annapolis
Wilmot ,
Granville
Annapolis
Digby
do
ONONDAGA COUNTY RECORDS— 1795.
Contributed by L. D. Scisco.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 246 of The Record.)
The word illiterate inserted after names in this record indicates that the individuals
signed with an +.
J795-
Salisbury, Barent Staats ; acknowledges on March 4, 1795, before
Judge Robert Yates, his transfer of March 8, 1794, and offers
proof of service in 1st. Regt.
Salsman, Peter ; acknowledges on April 7, 1795, before Master-in-
Chancery E. C. Goodrich, his transfer of April 4, 1791, and
swears as to his military service.
Schuyler, Philip H. ; mentioned in transfer of Feb. 3, 1795, as
having been insolvent on April 1, 1794, when his assignee,
Robert Gilchrist, transferred lot 61 — Lysander.
Sherwood, Nathan, of New Milford, Conn.; late private 2nd
Regt., transfers to Joseph R. Wildman, of same place. Ac-
knowledged before Master-in-Chancery Gilbert Livingston.
Date, April 16.
Shults, Peter; late of 1st. Regt., deceased before Nov. 20, 1795,
when his sole surviving brothers and heirs, John Shults, Jr.,
and Abraham Shults, Jr., transfer lot 39 — Manlius. Grantors
acknowledge same and offer proof of kinship before Master-
in-Chancery E. C. Goodrich, and are identified and corrob-
orated by late Captain Christopher Muller.
Slater, David; late private Art. Regt., deposes April 24, 1795,
before Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lansingh as to identity
of John Russell.
1003.] Onondaga County Records —17Q5. 45
Smith, John; late soldier, transfers to Thomas Mather of Albany
lot 86— Cicero. Gerret Lansing", Jr., William Marvin, wits.
Acknowledged before Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lan-
singh. Is identified by John H. Wendell as formerly soldier
in Gansevoort's Regt. Date, April 4.
Springsteen, George; acknowledges April 21, 1795, before Master-
in-Chancery Gilbert Livingston, his transfers of Nov. 21,
1783, and Nov. 8, 1784.
Stevens, William; acknowledges Jan. 3, 1795, before Judge Rich-
ardson, in Onondaga Co.. his transfer of Dec. 30, 1794.
Stringham, Henry; of Harpersfield Town; illiterate, transfers to
Matthew Bellamy, of Catskill Town, lot 69— Camillus. Date,
April 8.
Ten Eyck, Abraham; former paymaster Van Schaick's Regt., on
April 24, 1795, before Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lansingh
identifies Nicholas Keltz as a former soldier.
Ten Eyck, John De Peyster, of Albany; merchant, with wife
Maria, transfers to George Pearson of Albany lot 78— Ly-
sander. Date, Aug. 30.
Vradenburg, Peter; late soldier Hicks Co. Van Schaick's Regt.,
on Jan. 27, 1795, before Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lan-
singh, identifies John Cronkhite as former soldier.
Walter, Jacob; late soldier. On June 17, Christian Walter, George
Walter and Maria Walter of Cannusheraugah, sell part of lot
79— Manlius; to be divided " as far as possible with deed from
Jacob Walter to his children." On June 17 Michael Walter
and Adam Walter, of Canajoharie, transfer 250 acres on same
lot. On Oct. 9 Jacob Walter, Adam Walter and Michael Wal-
ter, of Montgomery Co., transfer 200 acres on same lot. On
Oct. 21 John Foster, before Judge Stevens, in Onondaga Co.,
identifies Jacob Walter as a soldier during the late war in the
same company with him.
Weissenfels, Frederick, of New York City; gauger, late lieuten-
ant-colonel, transfers to Jeremiah Van Rensselaer of Albany,
five lots. Date, July 22.
Wells, John; acknowledges on Feb. 26, 1795, before Justice Naton,
at Salisbury, Conn., his transfer of Feb. 26, 1785, and swears
as to no prior sale.
Wheeler, Samuel, of Westfield Town; farmer, transfers to Medad
Harvey and Jonathan Titus of same place, part of lot 23—
Sempronius. Date, Feb. 5. Also transfers to Moses Harris
of same place, part of same lot. Date, Feb. 5.
Wilcox, John, of Dutchess Co.; tailor, and wife Mary, transfer to
Benjamin Pelton of Dutchess Co. lot 46— Manlius. Date,
April 20.
Willet, Marinus, of New York City; with wife Susannah, transfer
to Nicholas Denise of same place four lots. Date, Sept. 18.
Willson, Thomas; acknowledges on April 23, 1795, before Master-
in-Chancery Gilbert Livingston, his transfer of Jan. 23, 1792.
Wilmoth, John, of Albany; late of Van Cortlandt's Regt., illiter-
ate, with wife Anglata, transfer to Andrew Cathcart of Al-
46 Onondaga County Records — 1796. [Jan.,
bany. Date April 23. On April 30 John Gates identifies
Wilmoth as a former soldier.
Wybert, Frederick; late soldier rst. Regt., illiterate, transfers to
John Van Rensselaer of Lansing-burgh, lot 89 — Marcellus.
Benjamin Wilson, Caleb Ellis, wits. Acknowledged before
Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lansingh. Date, July 6.
Young, Guy; mentioned on April 17, 1795, when John Bacheller
deposes "that he knew Guy Young well; who told him he
could not write words generally, but being an officer he had
learned to write his name, which this witness has seen him
frequently do."
1796.
Ailing, Ichabod, of New Haven; late soldier N. Y. line, transfers
to Elizur Goodrich lot 99 — Marcellus, Date, May 24.
Anthony, John, of Turlough, Montgomery Co.; illiterate, trans-
fers to Andrew Finch and Peter March of Montgomery Co.
lot 85— Manlius. Date, Feb. 18.
Baker, Christian, of Albany; laborer, late soldier Hick's Co. Van
Schaick's Regt., transfers to Benjamin Wallace and Martin
Hebersen of Albany, lot 80 — Marcellus. Date, March 29.
Bills, Thomas, of New Haven; late soldier N. Y. line, transfers
to Elizur Goodrich, lot 95 — Manlius. Date, May 25.
Bishop, Joshua, Jr., of Westchester Co., late matross Art. Regt.,
transfers to Luke Owens of New York City, lot 57 — Lysander.
Acknowledges same, and is identified by General Lamb, Col-
lector of the Port. Date, August 29.
Bois, Peter; late soldier Van Schaick's Regt., illiterate, transfers
to Solomon Wright of Williamstown, Mass., lot 78 — Manlius.
William Folletts, Daniel Maye, wits. Acknowledged before
Master-in-Chancery Jeremiah Lansingh. Date, July 5.
Boush, Conrod, of Ontario Co.; transfers to Elias Jackson of On-
tario Co. lot 47 — Pompey. Identified by William Hall. Date,
Nov. 14.
Bowman, Luke, of Lancaster Township, Upper Canada; tailor,
transfers to William Cobb of Marcellus, lot 17 — Marcellus.
Date, March 7.
Burrance, Henry, of Lanesborough, Mass.; illiterate, transfers to
John Couch, Jr., of Lee, Mass., lot 27— Marcellus. Date, Nov.
10.
Caldwell, Philip, of Fort Miller, Washington Co.; transfers by
his attorney, Joseph Caldwell, to George Pearson of Albany,
lot 34 — Pompey, Date, Jan. n. Also, being described as
yeoman, of Saratoga, and apparently illiterate, he transfers
above lot to Joseph Caldwell of Albany. Date, April 26.
Casey, Robert, of Florida Town; farmer, and wife Rebecah, trans-
fer to John Le Fever of Hurley Town, lot 85 — Marcellus.
Date, Dec. 3.
Clark, Abraham D., of Galway Township, Saratoga Co.; late sol-
dier N. Y. line, illiterate, transfers to Resolvert Van Stauten
of Mayfield Town, lot 76 — Camillus. Date, August 8.
] Records of the Church of Christ 47
fnmn Ulster Co conveys his land, lot 70— uamiims.
facEon wUs Acknowledged before Master-m-Chancery
Jeremiah Lansingh. Date April n. transfers to
Date, Jan. 23. (7>to «**«««
RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN SALEM,
WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y.
The First Church in the T^Twith some Places Adjacent.
(Continued from Vol. XXX1IL. p. «i. of The Recokd.)
q n P p T7 Sallv Mary, Anna Mariah, Jere-
,809, Dec. 17. Sal^ i^y,^ ^^ R
Children of Jeremiah Keeler 2d,
and Huldah his wife.
Laura, Daughter of Jeams Hoyt and
Mary his wife.
x8io Tan 7 Eli, son of Aaron Keeler and his wife.
' Mch. 4. Sarah Newman and Mary Newman.
Baptisms.
Baptized by Mr. Grant Rnfim Laura, Linus,
8 Ma R r h o n da R cS;n S o?^ar k RU Me S ad L a a nd Lois his
wife.
J™ 6 3 ' SSS, Drifter of Gould Bonton and his wife
48 Records of the Church of Christ [Jan.,
1810, Aug. 20. Elizabeth, Wife of David Benedict.
John Ely, son of Jeremiah Keeler and Huldah his
wife.
Julia, Lois, Ezra Rusco, Children of David and
Elizabeth Benedict.
1 810, Nov. 22. Cata, Harvey, Children of Nathan and Melicent
Howe.
Dec. 2. Molly. Daughter of Josiah Gilbert and Anna his
wife.
i8n,Mch. 12. Sally, Molby, Milo, Betsy, Children of Joseph
Webster and Keziah his wife.
June 2. Charlotte, wife of Aaron Northrop.
16. Sally Mariah, Clara, Betsy, Polly, Sara, Children of
Jesse Keeler and Sarah his wife.
Apr. 19. Huldah, Daughter of Gould Bouton and Esther
his wife, baptized by Mr. Haight.
Oct. 24. Mary Ann, Edwin, Nathan, Children of Aaron
Northrop and Charlotte his wife.
Baptized by the Reverend John Ely, former pastor.
1812, Apr. 19. Harvey, son of Thomas Gilbert and Esther his
wife. Cyrus, Son of Benjamin Hoyt and Betsey
his wife.
Baptized by the Rev d . John Ely.
May 31, Emeline, Daughter of Jere Benedict and Anna his
wife.
Baptized by Ebenezar Grant, pastor of bedford Ch.
July 26. Ezra Hoyt, son of Aaron Northrop and Charlotte
his wife.
Baptized by the R evd . Mr. Grant.
1 8 13, Apr. Mary, Daughter of Miah Northrop and Betsey his
his wife.
Baptized Ebenezar Grant, son of William Town-
send and Ruth his wife.
Baptized Rufus Raymond and Ery Ashby, sons of
Phebe, Widow of Ery Northrop Deceast.
Baptized by the Re vd . M r . Grant.
June 6. Jane, Daughter of Stephen Pardee for Betsey his
wife.
Baptized also Lucy, Daughter of Josiah Gilbert.
List of Baptisms after Dec. 1, 18 13.
Dec. 5. Baptized Grant, son of Gould Bouton and Esther
his wife.
5. Baptized Betsy Utter.
1 8 15, Mch. 3. Baptized Jane Hannah, a child of John Bouton
and Priscilla his wife.
May 14. Baptized Stephen, a child of Josiah Gilbert and
Anna his wife.
June 25. Baptized Lawrence, a child of Gould Bouton and
Ester his wife.
Baptised Steven and Sally Ann, children of Ira
and Rebecca Todd.
1903.] in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y. 49
1815, Aug. 13. Baptised Mary Ann, a child given to Silvanus Fer-
ris and Mary his wife, baptised on their account.
Oct. 22. Baptised Clarissa, a child of Harvey and Laura
Hoyt.
July 16. Baptised Solomon Mead, a child of Jacob and
Electa Burbank.
1816, May 31. Baptized Abigail Mead.
June 2. Baptized Esther Mills.
May. 12. James, a child of Tertullius and Sally Townsend.
Also William, a child of Wm. and Ruth Town-
send.
Sept. 1. Joseph, a child of Edward and Clarissa Banks.
Do 8. Aaron, a child of Wd. Mary Keeler.
Do 8. Clarissa, a child of Jerred and Anna Benedict.
Oct. 11. Abijah Abbot, William, Nathan and Mary Susan,
children of Moses and Mary Adams.
Nov. 1. Norman, Samuel Rundle, Hiram, Elizabeth, Polly,
John Benedict, children of Miner and Hannah
Lawrence.
Dec. 1. Laura, a child of Miner and Hannah Lawrence.
Men. 2. John Banks, Huldah Smith, Lois Ferris.
Sept. 14. Thomas Scott, Son of Jacob and Electa Burbank.
21. Betsey, Daughter of Benjamin and Betsey Hoyt.
21. Ruth Maria, Daughter of Harvey and Mary Keller.
21. Elizabeth, Daughter of David W. and Mary North-
rup.
Baptized by R d . Mr. Clark.
^17, Ebenezer Gould and Samuel Stebbins, sons of
Gould and Betsey Hawley.
Baptised B the R d . Mr. Hait.
1 818, June 14. Mary Hoyt, Daughter of Tartellus Townsend, and
Chauncy, Son of John Bouton, and Jacob, Son of
Harvey Hoyt, and John, son of Josiah Gilbert,
and John, son of Stephen Pardee, and Mary,
Daughter of Gould Hawley.
Baptised By Rev d . Mr. Andress.
Sept. 20. Joseph Grant, son of Edward Banks and Joseph,
son of Molby Webster,
j 819, Apr. 11. Baptized John Hartford and Zuba his wife, De-
borah, Ann. Salley Julia and Charles. Thomas
M., Martin M. and Julia E., Children of widow
Hanah Lawrence.
By Rev d . Mr. Grant.
Sept. 12. 3 Children of Stephen Hoyt for his Wife, William
W. Hoyt, Stephen L. Hoyt, Mary Ann, Child of
the Rev Ild . M r . Butler, Caroline Amanda, Child
of Stephen Pardee, Stephen Hull on account of
his wife.
Child of Benjamin Hoyt, Ezra Northrop, for wife.
The above Children baptized By Rev d . Mr.
Smith of Tarrytown.
5<D Dr. (yCallaghan's Notes on Whitehead's East Jersey. [Jan.,
Baptized by Mr Hait of Wilton.
1820, Jan. 16. A Child of Anson Hoyt and Therza, his Wife
Name Jane Elizabeth.
Baptised by Mr. Bonny.
A. D. 1820,
Apr. 30. Elias Brush, the son of Thomas Gilbert.
Mary ruth ann, Child of Thomas Hartford.
Ebenezer, Hannah, Sally Ann, Children of Eben-
ezer Wood, Jun.
Sperry, Child of John Bouton.
William, Joseph, Children of Benjamin Benedict.
Betsey Ann, Child of Josiah Gilbert.
July 2. Charles F. Butler, baptized a child of the widow
Ann Keeler, named Cloa Amanda.
Aug. 6. Baptised Harvey Hoyts child, Named William
Rockwell.
16. Baptized, Gidion Ferris's children Named Hellene
Allen, Cyrus Mead and Elizabeth.
Marriages in Salem after Nov b . 28th, 1804.
1805, Jan. 7. Married Mr. Jesse Bunce Scribner to Miss Sally
Piatt, both of Norwalk, Connecticut.
10. Married Mr. Albert Baker of North Salem, to
Miss Alice Todd of Salem.
Feb. 16. Married Col. David Ulmstead of State of New
York, to Miss Abigail Keeler of Norwalk, Con-
necticut.
{To be continued.)
DR. O'CALLAGHAN'S NOTES ON WHITEHEAD'S
EAST JERSEY.
Contributed By L. Nelson Nichols.
In the Cornell University Library is a copy of William A.
Whitehead's contributions to the early history of Perth Amboy
and adjoining country, with sketches of men and events in New
Jersey during the provincial era (binder's title: Contributions to
East Jersey history), N. Y. D. Appleton & Co., 1856. This copy
was a gift from the author to E. B. O'Callaghan, the learned his-
torical student and scholar. Dr. O'Callaghan made many notes
in this copy some of which are of value. The following additions
and corrections made by Dr. O'Callaghan are noteworthy:
Page 21, George Keith on his return to England received a ben-
efice at Edburton in Sussex. He died in March, 17 16.
Page 46, Miles Forster died in June, 17 10.
Page 67, Thomas Gordon was appointed Attorney General by
Gov. Hunter in March (?), 17 15.
Page 73, George Johnstone died leaving one son, Augustus, who
married Patience Gould of Newport, R. I.
1903.] Dr. O'Callagharis Notes on Whitehead's East Jersey. 51
Page 78, Peter Sonmans died March 26, 1734. He was buried in
the cemetery of St. John's Church, Elizabeth.
Page 90, Michael Kearny was thrice married. His first wife was
Joanna Lenox; his second, Elizabeth Britz or Brit-
tain.
The eldest son of Michael Kearny was by his second
wife, and was born at sea.
Page 91, Philip Kearny's first wife was not Lady Barney Dexter,
but Susannah Burley, widow of the Hon. Wm.
Burley (son, it is supposed, of Lady Barney Dexter).
Philip Kearny had another child by his second wife,
James, a twin of Francis.
Whitehead said "the Rev. Dr. John R. B. Rodgers."
O'Callaghan crossed out "the Rev.," the inference
being that Dr. Rodgers was a physician.
Page 97, Jasper Farmar had two children. His son-in-law, Mr.
Murphy, was of Jamaica, not Nova Scotia.
Page 99, Elias Bland died in New York on his way to England,
Dec. 1, 1780.
Page 10 1, Cortlandt Skinner married Elizabeth Kearny in 1752,
not 1652.
Page 102, His letter to Gov. Boone was dated Oct. 5, 1765, not 1755.
Page 103, The next letter given was also to Gov. Boone, dated
Dec. 5, 1765.
Page no, The second Cortlandt Skinner had five children: Cort-
landt McGregor, Capt. Arthur Trevor (these sons
residing in 1856, in Holyhead), Eliza and Maria
(twins), and Isabella.
A note from Sir George Nugent says that Elizabeth
Kearny Skinner who married Simpson, left nine
children.
Note 81, Lady Clinton, is an error. The name should
be Mrs. R. R. Clayton.
Page in, The eldest son of Capt. Meredith and Gertrude Skin-
ner was Cortlandt, a captain in the army in 1804.
Page 119, Col. William Skinner died in 1780, not 1778.
Page 125, The widow of Oliver Barberie went to London where
she was living in 1802, and had two sons.
Page 136, The name of the second daughter of John Parker was
Gertrude Ann, not Gertrude Aleph. She died in
1862.
Gertrude Parker died April 11, 1856.
The wife of Cortlandt Parker was Elizabeth Wolcott,
not Wayne.
Penelope Parker died March 14, 1856, without children.
Page 142, Mrs. Samuel Sargant, born Leonard, was aged 44 at
the time of her death.
Page 144, The children of John Roe were A. S. Roe, the author,
and two daughters.
^ 2 Dr. Edmond H alley: His Ancestry and Descendants. [Jan.,
DR. EDMOND' HALLEY, (1656-1742): HIS ANCESTRY
AND DESCENDANTS.
By Eugene F. McPike, Chicago, Illinois.
The origin of many English surnames is traceable to the
Normans who followed the banner of William the Conqueror.
We may, perchance, look for that of "Halley" in the continental
"Halle." Certain it is that a French poet named Antoine Halley,
or Halle, was born at Bazanville, near Bayeux, in 1595, and died
at Caen, in Normandy, 3rd June, 1675. a
About the middle of the seventeenth century, there resided
in London, England, one Edmund Halley who belonged to those
of that name in Derbyshire, a worthy but not opulent family. 8
He was a wealthy citizen, and operated a soap-manufactory in
Winchestor street. 4 Before the great London fire, which occurred
in the year 1666, he possessed an estate of a thousand pounds a
year in houses, yet as he was a heavy sufferer by that terrible,
conflagration, "so entering into an imprudent second marriage,
he became unable to renew the leases of his houses, when the
old ones expired, whence it came to pass, that his fortune, mould-
ering away by degrees, sunk at last into a low ebb." b We are
told" that he died in 1684, since Letters of Administration for his
estate were granted (London) on the 30th of June in that year, to
Sir John Buckworth and Richard Young, "in usum et beneficium
Joanna Halley relictce dicti defuncti, et Edmund i Halley Jilit
dicti defuncti." His only child, 7 Edmund, or Edmond, to be more
precise, 8 was born near London, 8th November, 1656, N. S., 9 in
'The correct spelling is "Edmond," not "Edmund." Cp. (a) dedication
of vol. XXIX. of Philos. Trans. ; London, 1717 ; (b) Correspondence of Scien-
tific Men, &*c. ed. by S. P. & S. J. Rigaud, vol. I. pp. 236-237; Oxford, 1841;
(r) Dr. Edmond Halley's will "written with my own hand," printed in full in
New York Geneal. &* Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX. pp. 164-165.
2 His surname more frequently terminates with the letter "y" than other-
wise. La Grande Encyclopedic, Tome dix-neuvieme, p. 773 ; Paris, n. d., and
Grand Dictionnaire Universel du XI Xe Siecle, Tome Neuvihne ; Paris, 1873.
However, one authority, at least, asserts that "Halley is local to England, but
cannot name the place. Lower, Patronymica Britannica, p. 144; London,
i860.
3 Aubrey's Brief Lives, (Clark); Oxford, 1898.
4 Biog. Brit., vol. IV., p. 2494; London, 1757.
5 Ibid. p. 2503. In the Hearth Tax Returns for London and Middlesex,
Lady Day, 1666, ( Public Record Office, London, Lay Subsidies, 252-32), appears
under Parish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, Finsbury, "Edmund Halley, IX." Nine
hearths in those days indicated a house of considerable size. Kindness of
George F. Tudor Sherwood, Esq., Editor of Genealogical Queries and Memo-
randa, London, England.
* Historical Essay on the First Publication of Sir Isaac Newton's Princi-
pia, by S. P. Rigaud, M. A., p. 36; Oxford, 1838.
''Biog. Brit., vol. IV., p. 2494.
8 See first note.
9 That is, 29th October, 1656, O. S. Aubrey's Brief Lives, (Clark), vol. I.,
p. 282; Oxford, 1898.
1903.] Dr. Edmond Halley : His Ancestry and Descendants. 5 3
the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, at a place called Haggers-
ton, which then consisted of little besides a country-house belong-
ing to his father. 10 In the year 1682 he married Miss Mary, or
Elizabeth Tooke, a daughter of the Auditor of the Exchequer. 11
They had several children, both sons and daughters, some of
whom died in infancy. 13 Their three children who lived to
maturity are mentioned in his will. 13
Halley led a remarkable career, 14 and his life is not devoid of
interest even to American historians. He was commissioned by
King William the Third, commander of the Paramour, a Pink (?),
August 19, 1698, with express orders to seek by observations the
discovery of the rules of the variations of the magnetic needle. 16
The rest of his commission runs thus: "to call at his Majesty's
settlements in America, and make such further observations as
are necessary for the better laying down the longitude and lati-
tude of those places, and to attempt the discovery of what land
lies to the south of the western ocean." 16 He set out on this
attempt the 24th November following. 17
At the time of his marriage, in 1682, Halley took up his resi-
dence at Islington, 18 but he subsequently removed to a house in
Golden Lion Court, Aldersgate Street, London. 19
Ur. Halley's only son, Edmund Halley, Jr., became a surgeon
in the Royal Navy, entering on ship Dursley, 8 May, 1732, and
quitted 15 January, 1733. Was on half pay from 21 February,
1733, to 13 September, 1733; re-entered service, ship Bristoll, 14
September, 1739, the last entry of his service being 8 August,
1740, which seems to be fairly coincident with date of decease.
These items are from the admiralty archives, Public Record
Office, London, which show "His wife, Isabella, ex." 30 The will
of Edmund Halley, Jr., 31 was dated 8 November, 1739, and proved
"by oath of Sybilla Halley, Widow," 12th February, 1740-41. It
l( > Biog. Brit., \W.,2^\.
11 The given name of Dr. Edmond Halley's wife is shown as " Mary," in
Biog. Brit., IV., 2500, but in the record of her interment at Lee, in February,
1735-36, it appears as Elizabeth. See published Register of Church of S.
Margaret, Lee, p. 56; Lee, 1888. As Dr. Halley was married only once, it is
possible her name was Mary Elizabeth, though this is merely a supposition.
12 Sir David Brewster, in Imperial Diet, of Univ. Biog., II., 788.
13 Printed in N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, XXIX., 164-165, and in Tales of
Our Forefathers ; Albany, N. Y., 1898.
14 1 1 fut le plus grand astronome de I 'Angleterre. Astronomie, (M. Lalande),
Tome Premier, p. 180, section 533; Paris, 1792.
Xh Biog. Brit., IV., 2502.
16 Ibid. See A Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in
the South Sea, &°c. (James Burney), IV., 284-287; London, 1816.
"Biog. Brit., IV., 2502. "We do not often think of him as a sailor; and
yet, previous to Cook, Capt. E. Halley was our first scientific navigator." Capt.
S. P. Oliver, in The Observatory, III., 349.
18 Biog. Brit., IV., 2500.
19 Biog. Brit., IV., 2508, side-note.
20 Courtesy of the Deputy Keeper, per J. J. Cartwright ; MS. letter dated
17 November, 1898.
"Printed in full in Halleian Miscellany, privately published; Chicago,
1900. The John Crerar Library, Chicago, Catalogue No. A. 520. 9238-M-24.
(Official record, No. 39 Spurway, P. C. C, Somerset House, London).
54 Dr. Edmond Halley. His Ancestry and Descendants. [Jan.,
leaves his said wife, Sybilla Halley, sole heir to all his Moneys,
Goods, Chattels, Lands, Tenements, &c. 22 Nevertheless, the
writer hereof is firmly convinced and does verily believe that
the said Edmund Halley, Jr., and Sybilla Halley, his wife, did
have issue, at least one child, a daughter."
The eldest daughter of Dr. Edmond Halley, Margaret Halley,
never married, and died 13th October, 1743, in the 55th year of
her age. 24 She was interred at Lee, Oct. 20, 1743, "in linnen and
the penalty payd," as literally appears of record in the published
Register of Lee, page 59. Her will has not been found. In the
disposition of her estate it would seem reasonable to expect some
mention of her niece, the assumed daughter of her brother, above
mentioned.
Dr. Edmond Halley's other daughter, Katherine, seems to
have been baptised at St. Mary, Islington, in January, 1683. 26
She married, first, Oct. 2nd, 172 1, Richard Butler, of St. Martin s-
le-Grand, widower, licensed by Archdeacon Stubs. 26 She mar-
ried, second, Henry Price, and died Nov. 10, 1765, 27 her husband,
Mr. Price, having died Jan. 5, 1764. 28 The will of Henry Price,
of St. Andrews, Holborn, dated 31 May, 1755, was proved 28 Jan-
uary, 1764, and leaves everything to his wife Katherine. The
latter's will has not been found, but there is a will of one Cathe-
rine Price, dated 13 January, 1764, proved 27 January, 1764, which
does not mention any person bearing the name "Halley." She
made her sole executrix, her sister, Mrs. Margaret Hawkins,
widow of St. Michael Royal. 29
Family traditions preserved in writing and supported by
affidavit, clearly indicate that Capt. James McPike, a soldier
under Gen. Washington, in the American Revolution, was a
descendant of Dr. Edmond Halley. His son, the late Judge John
M'Pike, (born at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1795), dictated
certain memoranda, including statement that the mother of said
Capt. James McPike was, previous to her marriage, a "Miss
Haley or Haly, granddaughter of Sir Edmund Haley, astron-
omer, England." 30 The said John M'Pike was uncertain as to
correct spelling or pronunciation of surname "Haley" or
" Haly." 31 His son, the writer's paternal uncle, Mr. Edmund
Haley M'Pike, in a letter dated "Calistoga, Aug. 7th, 1902," and
postmarked "Calistoga, Cal., Aug. 8, 3 P. M., 1902," says: " I have
heard my mother say that I was named after Sir Edmund Haley,
55 Ibid.
33 N. Y. Geneal. and Bios;. Record, XXIX., 16; January, 1898.
• 4 /Hog. Brit., IV., 2517.
56 Kindness (if Mr. Henry Bilby, 8 Tyndale Place, Islington, London.
56 Published Register of Lee, p. 13.
57 The Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1765.
18 London Magazine, 1764.
29 Wills of Henry and Catherine Price, 1764, are of record in 25 Simpson,
P. C. C, London.
30 Affidavit of Henry Guest M'Pike, made at Alton, Madison County, Illi-
nois, 23rd November, 1890. Photographic fac-simile in The Newberry Library,
Chicago, catalogue NO. E 7-M-239.
■'•'Ibid.
1903.] Dr. Edmond Hal ley. His Ancestry and Descendants. 55
the English astronomer, and that he had discovered a comet." 32
Aubrey's Brief Lives, (Clark), Vol. I, pp. 282, 283, Oxford, 1898,
reveals the curious fact that some of Dr. Edmond Halley's con-
temporaries were not always certain about the correct spelling of
his surname; it there taking the three forms, "Haly," "Haley,"
and"Halley." The surnames " Hailey," "Haly," "Haley," and
" Hayley," are said to be derived from a chaplery in Oxford-
shire. 3 '
The aforesaid Capt. James McPike appears to have been born
in Scotland, at least his father is said to have an educated Scotch-
man, a linen-merchant in Edinburg. 34 The surname was origi-
nally " Pike." James was sent off to Dublin, Ireland, to acquire
a thorough military education. He came from Dublin to Balti-
more, Maryland, about 1772, s4a then quite young, not more than
twenty-one years of age, if that. 36 It is assumed, therefore, that
he must have been born about the year 175 1. He served
throughout the war of Independence. Two of his grandsons
recite a tradition that he took part in the Storming of Stony
Point, under Gen. Wayne, 38 and we find one James McPike, a
sergeant in Capt. Benj. Fishbourne's company, Fourth Pennsyl-
vania Line, William Butler, Lieut. Col. 37 No list has ever been
found of the Pennsylvania soldiers in Wayne's Light Infantry
Corps, and Butler's 4th Penn. was not all present in the Stony
Point attack; only one Company was detached from each regi-
ment, — a select company of trusty soldiers, called the Light
Company. 38 The name of James McPike appears several times
in the various records, however. 39 Two other traditions say the
said James McPike served under General Lafayette. 40 The Light
Company above mentioned was reorganized in 1780, under
Lafayette, who, in 1781, led them against Cornwallis. 41 James
McPike married Martha Mountain, and came west in 1795, his
third son, John, being born at Wheeling, the fourth or fifth Feb-
32 Original letter in writer's possession. E. F. McP.
33 Patronymic a Britannica, Lower, p. 144; London, i860.
34 Recollections of Miss Kate Bowers, Newport, Ky., communicated orally
to Miss Eudora Hereford, of Covington, Ky. MS. letter from latter, post-
marked "Covington, KY., June 17, 1900."
348 The date 1772 is shown in affidavit of Henry Guest M'Pike, previously
cited.
35 Affidavit of Mrs. Charlotte Sleeth, made at Rushville, Indiana, 12th
December, 1899. Newb. Lib., Chicago, No. E-7-M-239.
36 B. O. Dicken, orally to writer at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 8, 1902, and in MS.
letter dated April 13, 1898, from Geo. T. McPike, Elvins, Mo. The latter adds
that Capt. James McPike was wounded in one hand, at Stony Point. The offi-
cial records show that several sergeants were wounded at that time. See The
Storming of Stony Point, by H. P. Johnston, p. 206; New York, 1900.
37 Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, vol. X., p. 496.
38 MS. letter from Prof. H. P. Johnston, Oct. 4, 1900.
39 Penn. Archives, 2d Ser., X., pp. 88, 429. Also other references in MS.
letter to writer from Record and Pension Office, War Dept., Washington,
Feb. 26, 1900.
40 Affidavit of Mrs. Charlotte Sleeth, previously cited, and memoranda
dictated by John M'Pike to his son, Henry Guest M'Pike, the writer's father.
41 The Storming of Stony Point, (Johnston) p. 101, 102.
56
Records of the Corporation of Z ion in New Ger?nantown.
[Jan.,
ruary, 1795." John M'Pike married Lydia Jane Guest, at Cincin-
nati, March 9th, 1820, 43 the ceremony being performed by Rev.
Dr. J. L. Wilson. 44
Capt. James McPike spent his declining years with his eldest
son, Joseph, at Newport, Ky., where he died in 1825, either upon
the day of General Lafayette's arrival in Cincinnati, or the day
after that event. During his last illness, he expressed a strong
desire to live and to be able to see General Lafayette, who, he
said, would recognize him and call him. by name, as soon as he
saw him. 46 Capt. James was interred in the village graveyard,
the only one at that time, a short distance up the Licking River,
at Newport. 46 His granddaughter, the late Mrs. Charlotte Cald-
well, of Rushville, clearly recalled the fact that her grandfather
was buried with military honors, by the officers and regulars
stationed at Newport Garrison. 46 The military display and firing
over the grave made an impression upon her mind which always
remained. 46
RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION OF ZION IN NEW
GERMANTOWN IN WEST JERSEY.— Births and
Baptisms.
Contributed by Ben van D. Fisher.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIII., p. 222, of The Record.)
PARENTES.
And re w Bartels,
Catharina.
Isaac Faerly, Anna.
Jacob Kline, Phoebe.
John Reinhard,
Christiana.
Frederick Fritz,
Rachel.
Peter Schwartz, Elis-
abeth.
Joh. Georg Felvert,
Catharina.
INFANTES.
1793
Sarah, b. March 17th,
1793, ejm 20th, 1793.
Peggy Wyckoff,b.
Decb r . 27th, 1792,
bap. March 30th,
J 793-
Anna, b. March ye
18th, 1793, bap.
May ye 19th, 1793.
Adam, b. March 23,
1793, bap. May ye
19, 1793
Maurus, b. January
2, 1793-
Anna. b. March ye
2d , 93-
Margaryt, b. Octob r .
28th, 92.
TESTES.
John Plum Esq 1 ".,
& uxor.
Parentes.
Parentes.
Aug & Avia.
Maurz Fritz & uxor.
Jacob Leininger &
uxor.
Christoph Hilde-
brand & uxor.
42 Family Bible records of Henry Guest M'Pike at Alton, Illinois.
43 Family Bible records of H. G. M'Pike, Alton, and Guest family Bible of
Rev. A. J. Reynolds, Smith avenue, Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio.
44 Guest family Bible last cited.
45 Affidavit of Mrs. Charlotte Sleeth.
*9°3-] Records oj the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown. 57
PARENTES. INFANTES. TESTES.
1793-
John Amack, Cathar- Anna, b. Decembr. Parentes.
ina. 23d, 92.
Christian Martini, Jacob, b. October Parentes.
Anna. 21st, 92. .
Peter Benghard, Georg., b.Novbr.26th, Avus & Avia.
Mary. 9 2 - . . ,
Tam s . Hill, Cathar- Maria Christina, b. Parentes.
i na March 26th.
These 7 children were on the 2 2d of May 1793, at Spruce Run,
baptizd.
Herman Moon, Cath- Anna, b. May ye 3d, parentes.
arina. 1 793, bap. July 28th,
1793- . _
John Mohr, Nelly. Sarah, b. March 28th, Do
i 79 3,bap.Aug t .4th,
1793- , _
Henry Meyer, Peggy. Marx, b. July 16th, Do
93, bap. Aug 1 . 4th,
93-
Cunr d . Ackerman, Selly, b. Septb r . 9th, Do
Sussy. i79 2 , bap. Au S l -
4th, 1793.
John Schmidt, Eleon- Tunis, b. May 26th, Do
ora. 1793, bap. Aug*,
nth, 1793.
John Eversohl, Cath- Charles, b. June 15th, Do
arina. 1793, bap. Aug*,
nth, 1793.
Abrah m . Lungen, Catharina, b. Aug*. Do
Elisabeth. 8th, 93, bap. ejm
nth, 93.
Moritz Fritz, Anna. Margaret Haesselet, Do
b. Aug*. 5th, 93,
bap. ejm nth, 93.
Henry Conelly, Hel- Samuel, b. May 27th, Parentes.
ena. 1789, bap. Aug*,
nth, 1793.
Adam Schenkel, Elis- Christina, b. Augt. Do
abeth. 9 th , x 7 9 3, bap.
Septb r . 8th, 1793.
John Abel, Sophia. Georg, b. , bap. George Fritz &
Septbr. 8th, 1793. uxor.
Joshuah Seal, Anna, Jenny, b. June 23d, Parentes.
1793, bap. Septb r .
30th, 1793.
Abraham Boosen- Anna, b. Septb r . 28th, Do
berg, Anna. 1793, bap. Octob r .
20th, 1793.
58
Records of the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown.
[Jan.,
PARENTES.
Herman Roelofson,
Susanna.
Andreas Mohr, Ros-
ina.
Nicolaus Craemer,
Anna Barbara.
Frederick Hunold,
Elisabeth.
Ezekiel Wooly, Bolly.
Georg Mohr, Elisa-
abeth.
Henry B. Pikel, Mary.
David Faermely, So-
phia.
Moses Faermely,
Mary.
Frederik Lutz, Elisa-
beth.
Philip Kevit, Lena.
Jacob Abel, A. Ger-
troud.
Christoph Hilde-
brand, Margaryt.
Nicolaus Buehler,
Margareth.
Charles Haezeret,
Mary.
Philip Antony, Maria.
Georg Fisher, Han-
na.
Bernhard Benghard,
Hanna.
INFANTES.
1793-
Susanna, b. Septb r .
8th, 1793, bap. Oc-
tb r . 20, 1793.
Mary, b. Novb r . 12th,
1793, bap. Decb r .
23d, 1793-
1794-
Anna Maria, b. June
ye 4th, 1793, bap.
Januar. 26th, 1794.
Anna, b. Novemb'.
15th, 1 793, bap.
Feb r . 15th, 1794.
James, b. January
i5 tn , 1794, bap.
March ye 9th, 1794.
Catharina, b. Feb r .
14th, 1794, bap .
April 20th, 1794.
Jacob, b. January
26th, 1794, bap.
April 20th, 1794.
Sarah, b. April 16th,
1794, bap. May 4th,
1794-
John Wyckof, b. Feb.
22d, T994, bap. May
6th, 1794.
Frederik, b March
19th, 1794, bap. May
17th, 1794.
Jacob, b. Jan. 18th,
1794, bap. June 9th,
1794.
Elisabeth, b. April
4th, 1794, bap. June
29th, 1794.
Christopher, b. Feb r .
1 6th, 94.
Philip, b. Aug*. 29th,
J 793-
John, b. April 23d,
94-
Jacob, b. May 20th,
94-
Elisabeth, b. March
24th. 94.
John, b. Novb r . 16th,
1793-
TESTES.
Parentes.
Do
Philip Rau & uxor.
Parentes.
Parentes.
Frederik Bart els,
jun r ., & Cathar-
ine Croeter.
Jacob Zavering &
uxor.
Parentes.
do
W m . Heiler & uxor.
George Hartman
& uxor.
Parentes.
do
Do
Do
Jacob Leininger &
uxor.
Parentes.
Do
I903-
West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. 59
PARENTES. INFANTES. TESTES.
1794.
DanielGebhard, Rachel, b. June 29th, Parentes.
Maria. 1793- _
Peter Boskirk, Elis- John, b. March 21st, Parentes.
abeth. 94-
Richard Croafard, M. Maria Barbara, b. Jan. Do
Barbara. 2d, 94. 00
These 9 children were on the 7th July, 94, at Spruce Kun,
fociotiz
Henry Schweitzer, Ehrenreich or Aaron, . parentes.
Anna. b. May ye 8th, 1794,
bap. July ye 13th,
1794-
Charles Hildebrand, Isaac, b. Januar. 10th, Parentes.
Charity. 1 7 94, bap. Aug 1 . 4th,
1794.
Will 1 ". Peterson, John Peterson,b. Jan. Do
Caty. 28th, 94, bap. Aug.
24th, 94.
John Seal, Mary. Sarah Taylor, b. May Do
22d, 1794, bap. Sep-
tb r . 1st, 1794-
John Van Fleet, Mar- William Graf, b. Avas ejg ego ipse,
garetha. Decb r . 22d, 1793,
bap. Aprl. nth,
1794.
It was forgotten at the proper time to be recorded.
( To be continued.)
WEST PHILIPPI OR OLD GILEAD CHURCH.
Contributed by Emma J. Foster.
A brief sketch of the Church of East Philippi (Southeast,
N. Y.) with a copy of the records and the inscriptions from the
old Sears Burying Ground, have appeared in the Record.
Lyino- adjacent on the west was the "Western Society in
PhilipsePrecint," or West Philippi (Carmel, N. Y.), which in its
early history was also under the care of Rev. Elisha Kent. The
organization of the "west society" was about the same date as
that of the east church— shortly previous to 1745, as in that year
the first log meeting house is mentioned as a landmark.
Elisha ^Kent's connection with West Philippi ceased about
1750, and his pastoral labors thereafter were confined to the
home church. -
The first rude log church, (the site is marked by a group of
nameless graves), was abandoned about 1755, and a new one built
a mile southwest of the first and a half-mile south of the present
village of Carmel.
60 West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. [Jan. r
The new edifice was a frame building fifty feet square, with
broad galleries containing four rows of seats. A marble marker
in Gilead cemetery has been placed where the pulpit stood. The
name "Gilead" was assumed by the church before 1773, on the
occasion of an eloquent sermon preached by the fourth pastor,
Rev. Elnathan Gregory, on the text, " Is there no balm in
Gilead?" It is still borne by the organization which worships in
the fourth of the series of church homes, in the village of Carmel
on the site where the third was built in 1836.
The early ministers of this pioneer church were men of power
and influence. Elisha Kent was succeeded by James Davenport,
and he by Ebenezer Knibloe, whose carefully kept records are of
great value.
The congregation was a unit in its adherence to the cause of
the colonies. Elnathan Gregory, David Close and Blackleach
Burritt, all ardent patriots, were the pastors from 1 760-1 784, and
supported the courage of the people during those trying days.
On the rolls of Col. Ludington's Dutchess Co. regiment may be
found the names of Capt. John Crane, Caleb Hazen, Solomon
Hopkins, David Marick, Enoch Crosby, Samuel Kniffen, and John
Spragg, all of whom were prominent in their support of this
church.
The close of the Revolution found the whole locality seriously
disturbed, and many families were broken and scattered.
Nearly all the early settlers were from New England, chiefly
from Cape Cod ; after peace was declared, some drifted over into
Connecticut, some to Vermont, and others were among the first
settlers of Saratoga and Hamilton, N. Y. The "west society"
was seriously affected by this state of affairs, and we find that in
1792, Ichabod Lewis, Jehu Minor, Amzi Lewis and Silas Con-
stant, ministers of the Gospel, reorganized the church.
The nine articles of faith and the covenant then adopted were
signed by John Ambler, Philetus Phillips, Zebulon Phillips,
Jabez Trusdell, Mary Hopkins, Mary Haynes, Bethiah Trusdell,
Matthew Beale, John Merrick, John McLean, Rebecca Hopkins,
Desire Stone, Lucy Cullen, Esther Phillips, Elizabeth Merrick.
The early records of this historic church that survive, are few
and fragmentary; the record of marriages and baptisms during
the pastorate of Ebenezer Knibloe, will be given in the Record,
with a few of a later date.
The old Gilead cemetery contains the graves of many forgot-
ten dead, while others bear names that represent an influence
which is still remembered ; their transcription has been a labor
of love.
Inscriptions from Gilead Cemetery, Carmel, N. Y.
COPIED BY EMMA J. FOSTER AND JULIA R. LIVINGSTON.
Caleb Hazen, d. March 5, 1777, aged 57 yrs.
Capt. Eleazer Hazen, d. Sept. 20, 1793, aged 38 yrs.
Sary, wife of Isaac Maryck, d. April 23, 1801, aged 58 yrs.
*9°3-l
West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. 6 1
Col. Caleb Hazen, d. March 31, 1806, aged 56 yrs.
Ruth wife of Col. Caleb Hazen, d. Dec. 18, 1828, aged 77 yrs
Elizabeth Meryck, wife of John Meryck, d. April 14, 1794, aged
67 yrs. , ., c
Huldah, wife of Seth Foster, d. 29 Oct., 1797, m the 40th yr. ot
her age. _„ __ . ,
Mrs. Eleanor Hopkins, wife of Mr. Thatcher Hopkins, d.
March 24, 1786, aged 30 yrs., 4 m\>
Anna, dau. of Joseph and Ann.Ccdwell, d. Oct. 3, 1805, aged 1
yr 2 m
' Amzy Lewis Rundle, son of Ezra and Hannah Rundle, d. Oct.
3, 5, 1804, aged 2 yrs., n d.
Sarah wife to Mr. Jesse Smith, d. Nov. 17, 1766, aged 62.
Rebecka, wife of Joseph Col well, d. April 22, 1808, aged 70 yrs.
Joseph Colwell, d. May 14, 1804, in the 65th yr. of his age.
Frances Merrick, wife of John Merrick, d. Aug. 22, 1785, aged
7 Rebecka, wife of Jonathan Hopkins, d. Jan. 15, 1801, aged
81 yrs. . . ,, ,
Capt. Solomon Hopkins, d. Sept. 22, 1792, in the 54th yr. ot
Coles W. Tillotson, son of Eleazer and Sarah Tillotson, d. Feb.
22, 1795, in the 11 yr. of his age.
William, son of Eleazer and Sarah Tillotson, d. June 9, 1791,
in the 10th year of his age. 2
Cyrenius Langdon, d. Jan. 10 day, 1792. •
Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Crosby, d. Aug. 6, 1801, in
the 92 yr. of her age.
Munson Frost, d. Sept. 26, 1803, aged 21 yrs., 9 m., 3 a.
Reuben Hopkins, d. July 22, in the 31st yr. of his age.
Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Solomon Hopkins, d. Jan. 6, 1804, in
the 62nd yr. of her age.
John Hains, d. Dec. 5, 1772, aged 59 yrs.
Tesse Wilson, d. Sept. 21. 1805, aged 22 yrs.
Nancy, dau. of Fanny and Jesse Wilson, d. Sept. 19, 1806, aged
10 m. _ ,
Jeremiah Wilson, d. Sept. 4 day, 1805, aged 6 yrs., 3 m.
Mary Wilson, d. March 10, 1793, aged 7 m.
Thomas Wilson, child.
Hannah Wilson, d. Aug. 11, 1783, aged 3 wks.
Thomas Wilson, d. Oct. 7, 1805, aged 49 yrs.
Thomas Wilson, child.
Mary Cole, the former wife of Thomas Wilson, d. April 16,
1825, aged 62 yrs., 11 m., 27 d. ,
Lois, wife of Matthew Beale, d. July 14, 1785, m the 27 yr. ot
her age. _ n ,
Mary Knifin. wife of Amos Knifin, d. 24th Dec, 1 785, aged 28 yrs.
Samuel Kniffin, d. Oct. the 3 day, 1791, aged 74.
Hannah, wife of Mr. Amos Kniffin, d. May 25, 1798, aged 36 yrs.
Clarinda, wife of Amos Kniffin, d. April 28, 1834, aged 67 yrs.,
11 m., 21 d. ,
Amos Kniffin, d. Feb. 5, 1842, aged 84 yrs., 10 m, 10 d.
5 a
62 Editorial. [Jan.,
Isaac Colwell, d. Oct. 3, 181 1, aged 11.
Sarah, wife of George Beale, d. Jan. 13, 1790, aged 37 yrs.
{To be continued.)
EDITORIAL.
With this volume the price of the Record will be raised and its size
enlarged according to the announcement made in the last number. We hope
that its circulation will not be allowed to fall off in consequence of the increase
in the price of subscription. Those who have taken it for the sake of its con-
tents will need no solicitation to renew their subscriptions. Such, however, as
may have taken it for the sake of the Society may need to be urged to continue
to do so. For unhappily genealogical publications, although they deal with
information of first importance to multitudes who should purchase them, are
usually issued at a loss to their publishers. Like so many of the best things in
the world they need to be offered below cost, or even without money and with-
out price, in order to be accepted. The Record is no exception to the gener-
al rule. If it is to be enlarged and made worthy of the society whose name it
bears, especially if it is to realize the hopes of its founders and properly fulfil
its mission, until men come to care as much for the history of their ancestors
as they care for that of the aborigines and glory in the classification of their
grandmothers as they do in that of the beasts of the field, or the very insects
which perish, it will have to be sustained in some way by the Society, and the
most direct and gracious way is for the members individually to subscribe
for it.
The Society has no more encouraging field of labor than the publication of
the RecJJRD, and none is more worthy of the cordial support of the members.
The coscfco the Society for the maintenance of this quarterly is not a tithe of
what it wSikl require to maintain a complete working library. The latter we
shall havj in good time, but meanwhile the volumes which are annually re-
ceived thrpugh the book notices in this magazine form a handsome addition to
the library; Moreover the Record is to be found in almost every public
library in the country and so advertises our society and causes it to be widely
and favorably known. It is safe to say that whatever dignity and reputation
our society may have abroad is mainly due to its publication. Besides it stands
for what is most distinctive in our work as a society. Other societies have
their biographical addresses and publications, as well as their genealogical
libraries, some of them larger than our own. But we alone in this city issue a
genealogical publication in which vital statistics, church and family records,
some of them of the greatest value, are published to the world and so are pre-
served from the ravages of time and utilized for the benefit of mankind, — a
work for which we as a society have received small meed of thanks, but for
which we shall yet obtain the gratitude of later and more appreciative genera-
tions.
Therefore, on account of what the Record has done for the Society as
well as what it has accomplished for the spread of genealogical knowledge, we
urge the members who are now subscribers to renew their subscriptions, and
those who have not subscribed to begin to do so, that the Publication Com-
mittee may be enabled to maintain the advance they have lately made and
may plan larger things for the future; that so the Record may grow up to the
measure of its full stature, and become what it ought to be as the organ of the
genealogical society which holds the vantage ground of being established in
the metropolis of this country.
There is a worthy branch of genealogical work which has not had the
attention it should have, and in fact, the crying evidences of its neglect are
on every hand. In the preface to a volume of church records which we were
examining the other day were these words: "The following records have
been copied from the original volume in manuscript in the possession of Mr.
, of . This precious volume has come to Mr. by right of
his wife's descent from one of the early members of the church."
1903.] Obituary. 63
Could anything be more absurd ! The church is still extant. Mr. Blank's
wife is the descendant, and he himself lives in a town to the north of the
church, ten miles as the crow flies. What right is that which gives Mr. Blank
preference over the other descendants of early members ? What right is that
which grants Mr. Blank the privilege of showing those records or not as his
humor dictates — of preempting public property and exhibiting it as a private
and exclusive possession ? The minister or any other officer of a church is a
servant of the corporate congregation ; and the records of that church, its vital
records, are the property of the church, if anybody's, and certainly belong to
no one person. A few years ago one of the members of our Publication Com-
mittee drove from one place to another, as he was directed, in search of similar
records, from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon. His search finally
ended in a soap-box back of the stove in a farmer's house. Think of it ; origi-
nal records nearly two hundred years old ! In a town not far from New York
a butcher was found a few years ago wrapping his meats in leaves torn from
an old volume of records. The book was nearly exhausted when discovered
and rescued.
Surely something ought to be done to force the preservation of such records.
If the authorities can compel the recording of new vital statistics they can
compel the preservation of old ones. These records are as safe in the church
as in some deacon's farmhouse; and a possible solution of the problem is
this: — Churches still extant should be required by law to keep their records in
a tin box or safe in the church building under the charge of the clerk; persons
possessing records of defunct churches should be required by law to deposit
them in the office of the Town Clerk. In either case it will be known where
they are.
It is exceedingly gratifying to announce that simultaneous with this issue
of the Record appears the third volume of the Society's Collections, Vol. 11.
of Baptisms of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam .and New
York, covering the period from 1731 to 1800 inclusive. This volum* contains
634 pp., with a complete index of names, and is uniform in size and bind-
ing with the first two volumes of the collection. The edition is limited to 100
copies, and the few copies remaining unsubscribed for will be eagerly sought
by public libraries and individual collectors. A full description of the collec-
tion will be found on the last page of this magazine.
OBITUARY.
King, John Bowne, died at Vevey, Switzerland, Sept. 23, 1902. He was
son of the late John Bowne King, of Brooklyn, and Maria Tiebout (Polhemus)
King, and grandson of Elisha William and Margaret (Vandevoort) King, for-
merly of Hawkswood, Pelham, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Bishop, Heber Reginald, life member of this Society, died at his resi-
dence in New York City, Dec. 10, 1902, aged sixty-two years. He was born
March n, 1840, in Medford, Mass., and was the son of Nathaniel Holmes,
Bishop of Medford, Mass., and Mary S. Farrar. His father was the son of
John Bishop, of Medford, and Lydia Holmes, daughter of Nathaniel Holmes,
of Boston, Mass.; son of John Bishop, of Medford, aud Abigail Tufts, daughter
of Simon Tufts, of Medford; son of Dr. John Bishop, who settled in Medford
in 1719, and Sarah Bond. The first member of the family is said to have come
from County Sussex, England, to Ipswich, Mass., in 1685.
Mr. Bishop began his business career in Boston, from whence, in 1859,
having become familiar with the sugar business, he went to Remedios, on the
south coast of Cuba, to engage in the same business there. In 1861, when only
twenty-one years of age, he established at Remedios the sugar refining and
exporting house of Bishop & Co., and succeeded in building up a large and
prosperous business, so that when the insurrection of 1873 had been in progress
6 4
Obituary. [Jan.,
two or three years he had acquired an ample fortune. He saw, however, that
his business was too much exposed to be continued with advantage amid the
disorders which attended the insurrection, so, converting what he could into
money, and sacrificing his warehouses and permanent investments, he returned
to the United States in 1876 and settled in New York City.
Here he soon became interested in railroad, gas, iron and other properties.
In connection with Benjamin Brewster and others, he formed a combination
for the construction of the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad, and when it was
finished thought of taking the control of it. His attention, however, was
diverted to Western interests, and he became a director in the St. Paul, Minne-
apolis and Omaha, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the Duluth and
Iron Range, railroads. His connection with these railroads led him to become
familiar with the great opportunities for iron production in the northern part of
Minnesota. He became one of the organizers of the iron properties in the
vicinity of Duluth, and ultimately a director in the Minnesota Iron, the Chand-
ler Iron, the Lackawanna Iron and Steel, and in the new Lackawanna Steel
companies. Meanwhile he was also a director of the Metropoliton Trust Com-
pany, and was identified with other corporations in New York City. His high
integrity and business sagacity, as well as his attention to business, led to many
opportunities and a generally successful career.
The same qualities of mind and character were manifested in his relation
to churches, charities and other organizations. He was at one time very active
in the reorganization of the Forty-second Street Presbyterian Church, and was
interested in the management of the Presbyterian Hospital and other hospitals.
He was a member of the Civil Service Reform Association, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Chamber of Commerce.
He became a director of the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History and of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was one of the most generous contributors
to the latter institution. Before his death he presented it with his collection
of jades and other hard stones. This collection, which is specially rich in
Chinese and Japanese jades, is valued at more than half a million dollars, and
is the largest in the world, surpassing even that in the British Museum.
Beginning his collection originally for the gratification merely of his own taste,
he finally realized that it was too large and important to be kept from the
public. He undertook, therefore, years ago the work of preparing it to be
presented properly to the Metropolitan Museum for the benefit of the com-
munity, together with a catalogue which should be authoritative and exhaustive.
The work upon this catalogue was completed a short time ago, but Mr. Bishop
did not live to have the satisfaction of seeing the work published, and of
presenting it himself to the important institutions and libraries for which it
was intended.
He was a member of the New England Society, and of the Metropolitan,
Union, Union League, New York Yacht, Century, Grolier, and many other
clubs. He was fond of hunting, and was in the habit of organizing parties each
season for hunting big game in the far West. He was also an enthusiastic
fisherman and a member of the Restigouche Club.
Mr. Heber R. Bishop married in 1862, Mary Cunningham, daughter of
James Cunningham, of Irvington-on-the-Hudson, who came to this country
from Scotland in 1822. She survives him, as do all of his children ; four sons
and four Daughters :— Heber Reginald, unmarried; James Cunningham, who
married Abigail Adams Hancock; Francis Cunningham; Ogden Mills; Mary
Cunningham; Elizabeth Templeton, wife of James Low Harriman; Harriet
Arnold, wife of Jas. F. D. Lanier, and Edith, wife of Moses Taylor; all of New
York City.
Guernsey, Josesph Reynolds, life member of this Society, died at his
residence in New York City, Dec. 9, 1902, and was buried at Amenia, N. Y.
He was born March 8, 1865 in Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and was the son of
Dr. De Sault Guernsey of New York City, and Lydia A. Reynolds, daughter of
Joseph Reynolds of Amenia, N. Y.; son of Dr. Peter B. Guernsey of New York
City, and Mary A. Thorn; son of Ezekiel Guernsey of Amenia, who was the
son of Peter Guernsey and Azubah Buel. Peter Guernsey, b. 1748, came from
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Litchfield County Conn, to Dutchess County, N. Y., before the Revolution;
was a lawyer and an Adjutant of the 17th New York Regt. in the war of the
Revolution. The ancestor of this family was one of the first settlers of Milford,
Conn., 1639.
He was graduated from Columbia College in the class of 1886, and, alter
studying law, was admitted to the bar and practised his profession in New
York Citv. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club and of the
Essex County Country Club, of the Loyal Legion, the St. Nicholas Society, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Columbia
University Alumni Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of
New Qork. He was elected to this Society April 13, 1900.
Mr. Joseph R. Guernsey, married Alice Clark, daughter of William Clark
of New York City, and Margaret Hutchings, who survives him. He leaves one
child, Alice.
Adams, Charles Henry, member of this Society since Dec. 21, 1888,
died of heart disease at his residence in New York City, Dec. 15, 1902, aged
seventy-eight years. He was born, April 10, 1824, in Coxsackie, Greene
County, N. Y., and came of the same New England family as that of the Revo-
lutionary patriot, Samuel Adams, and President John Adams. He was the son
of Dr. Henry Adams, of Cohoes, N. Y., a brigade surgeon in the war of 181 2,
and Agnes Egberts, daughter of Anthonv Egberts; grandson of Dr. Peter
Charles Adams, of Coxsackie, and Christine Van Bergen ; great-grandson of
Joshua Adams, who was a descendant, in the fifth generation, of Lieutenant
Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass. He was also a lineal descendant of Rip
Van Dam, Colonial Governor of New York.
He was educated at the Albany Academy, and, after studying law, was
admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Albany until 1850, when he
inherited the Watervliet knitting mills at Cohoes, N. Y. For many years there-
after he was actively engaged in business in that city ; was president of one of
the banks in that place, and was the first Mayor of Cohoes. He was also promi-
nent in state and national politics; was Aid-de-camp to Governor Hunt in
1851; Member of Assembly, 1857; State Senator, 1872 and 1873; Member of
Congress for the Albany district, 1876. He was also Presidential Elector and
United States Commissioner to the Vienna Exhibition, 1873.
He afterwards removed to New York City, where he continued to be inter-
ested in business; was president of the Mercantile Corporation of the United
States and South Africa, and a director of the Bank Clerks Co-operative Budd-
ing and Loan Association. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, The
Saint Nicholas Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the American Geographical Society, and the New York Gene-
alogical and Biographical Societv.
Hon Charles Adams married, Sept. 15, i8<!3. Elizabeth Piatt, daughter of
William Barnes Piatt, of Rhinebeck, N. Y. She died in 1866, leaving two
children, Mary Egbert, who married Robert Johnston, of Cohoes, N. Y., and
William Piatt Adams, of Cohoes. He married, (2) Tudith Crittenden Coleman,
daughter of Chapman Coleman, of Louisville, Ky. and Mary Crittenden,
daughter of Hon. John Crittenden, of Kentucky, who survives him. By his
second marriage he had two children, Agnes Crittenden and Judith.
NOTE.
The De Riemer Family.— A biographic Genealogy of the De Riemer
family is in preparation. This publication will give as much of personal
biography of the prominent persons connected with this pioneer New Amster-
dam family as may make it a book of living interest, instead of a barren collec-
tion of dates and relationships. The work is well on toward conclusion. This
family was allied to the Grevenraets, de Forests, Anthonys, de la Plains, Cres-
sons, Wessels, Steenwycks, Sjoerts, Strykers, Brouwers, Vermilyes, Rooms,
le Chevaliers, Turks, Courtens, Gouverneurs, Roosevelts, Leislers, and Staats,
5b
66 Queries. [Jan..
and to the Dutch clergy of the Dutch regime, Rev. Samuel Drissius, and Rev.
Henricus Selyns, the Dutch poet. Descendants of any of these pioneer fami-
lies are invited to send facts in their possession to the compiler, at Washington,
D. C, No. 1904 6th Street, N. W.
QUERIES.
Merritt. — Who were the parents and wives of the following Merritts:
Abraham of Burlington, N. J., d. 1759; Lovet of Enfield, N. C, 1780, wife Re-
becca; Meyer of East Ward, N. Y., 1703; Nathanael of Rowley, Mass., had
son Moses, 1773; Nicholas of Lyndeboro, N. H., 1736; Peter of Rye, N. Y., b.
1739; Fheleck of Hopkintown, R. I., 1774; Philip of Boston, b. 1662; d. 1741,
wife Mary; Richard of Richmond Co., N. Y., 1701; Robert of New York; went
to Nova Scotia, 1780; Samuel of Kent Co., Md., 1708; Samuel of Cortlandt,
N. Y., 1774, of Mamaroneck, 1790; wife Mary; Samuel of Scarborough, N. Y.,
b. 1719; d. 1803; Samuel of Newtown, L. I., 1775; Samuel of Port Chester, N.
Y., had son Austin, 1777; Stephen of White Plains, 1757; Stephen of Dutchess
Co., 1775; Thomas of Delaware, 1664-76; had ship, Little Baltimore, 1693;
Thomas of Rye, 1670-1722: second wife, Abigail Francis; Thomas of Cecil Co.,
Md., 1701, wife Elizabeth; Thomas of North Castle, N. Y., b. 1731; Thomas of
Claverack, N. Y., 1779; William of New York, 1662-1705, Alderman, Mayor,
etc.; William, owned land in New York, 1730; William of Westchester Co.,
N. Y., made his Will, 1762, wife Mary; William of Addison, Me., b. 1750; d.
1848; William of Hartford, Conn., 1780, son William; William of North Caro-
lina, 1700, sons: William, Berry, and Henry; Underhill of White Plains, 1765;
Youmans of Rye, b. 1780, wife Rachel. douglas merkitt,
Rhinebeck, N. Y.
Robblee. — Desire information of antecedents of John Robblee. A Will,
filed at Annapolis, N. S., about 1791, says: "Thomas Robblee, native of 'Nine
Partners,' in the United States, son of John Robblee (Thomas 1 ), was then living
in Nova Scotia, where he m. Hannah Delap. John Robblee, m. Susannah
Baker. John's brother Thomas, uncle of Thos. 1 m. Aug. 29, 1765, Mary Allen,"
(recorded in Vol. 9, p. 251). (Records of Marriage Bonds, in office of Secretary
of State.) I do not know the present name of the place " Nine Partners."
Address kendall hall,
40th Street and Stewart Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Ranney.— Would like information as to Jacob Ranney, b. in New York.
Notes say, was a wheelwright on Franklin Street, 5th Ward. Had children:
Barbara, m. Miller; Joshua; Lawrence; Eliza, m. Aug. 13, 1823, Benja-
min Eldredge. (Mrs.) nathan g. pond.
Milford, Conn.
Fuller. — Who will give me the record of Ebenezer Fuller who m. Martha
Jones, names and dates of children, residence, etc.? Ebenezer was a son of
Jabez — Jabez, a son Lieut. Samuel Fuller.
Wanted, the name and address of any living descendant of Ebenezer
Fuller of Oblong, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Had daughter Phoebe, b. March 2, 1756.
L. R. SANFORD,
Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Genung. — Information is desired for descendants of the following: Han-
nah Genung and Joseph Hedger, Susannah Genung and Louereer,
Martha Genung and Jeremiah Post, Jemima Genung and Riggs, Hannah
Genung and Magee, Rachel Genung and John Ladner, Hannah Genung
and Abraham Burnett, Amelia Genung and Dougherty, Nancy Genung
and Geo. W. Waddle, Jesse Genung and Mary Hurin, Abraham Genung and
Hannah Johnson, and of Martha, Eunice and Aaron, children of Jonas Genung
of Hanover, N. J. The Hedger and Louereer families were of Long Island,
the others presumably of New Jersey.
Information also especially desired of Ganongs, Ganungs, Ganoungs, and
1903.] Replies, Book Notices. 67
Ga Nuns. If there are any Genungs not yet reported for the Genung gene-
alogy, they are requested to correspond with
(Mrs.) JOSEPHINE GENUNG NICHOLS,
Ithaca, N. Y.
REPLIES.
Clopper. — Some time since someone asked who Peter Clopper, that
served in the war of the Revolution, was. I think he was the son of Pieter
Clopper and Elizabeth Lefferts, who was the son of Cornelius and Catherine
Geveraat, who was the son of John Clopper and Margaret Hagen, who was the
son of Cornelius Jansen Clopper and Hyltje Pieters.
Now can anyone tell me who was the father of Fred, George, Henry, John
Peter and William Clopper? They were in the Albany Company Militia, under
Col. Robt. Van Renselaer. Also who Cornelius Clopper, son of Cornelius and
Aefje Lucas, married, or did he die unmarried. He was baptized Dec. 16, 1705.
Respectfully,
J. R. witcraft, Dealair, N. J.
Frans.— Among your queries in Vol. 33, No. 4, p. 252, I note one signed
" G. F. K." in regard to Franks family. If " G. F. K." will send me his address
I can put him in the way of getting some light on the subject.
Yours very truly,
H. M. PRESCOTT,
3101 U. St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Jackson. — James 4 Jackson was the son of Caleb 3 and Mary Averill — Caleb '
and Elizabeth How -Nicholas 1 and Sarah Riley of Rowley, Mass.
Slater. — Mary Slater was the widow of Anthony Slafter (Slater), and
daughter of William and Mary Eaton of Lynn, Mass. Mary, wife of William
Eaton, was the daughter of Thomas Burnet and Mary (Pearson) of Lynn. Can
give more particulars if needed. (Mrs.) N. G. pond, Milford, Conn.
Winter address: Pelham Manor, N. Y f
BOOK NOTICES.
The History of South Carolina in the Revolution. By Edward
McCrady, LL.D, The Macmillan Co., 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. xxv-787, gilt.
This book forms the second and concluding volume of "The History of
South Carolina in the Revolution," the first volume of which was issued in
1901 and was noticed in The Record of that year. This valuable and
voluminous work, which is now completed, will add to the author's reputation
as an able and conscientious historian. The story of South Carolina's struggle
for independence is told with every minuteness of detail and is full of interest.
The part which most attracted us was that in which Mr. McCurdy deals with
General Sumter's relations with General Greene. The author is jealous of the
fame of Sumter and defends him from the charge of insubordination to Gen.
Greene. But the final word concerning these heroes of the Revolution has not
been spoken. These two volumes, with their more than sixteen hundred pages,
are a magnificent addition to the history of our country.
Famous Families of New York. Historical and Biographical
Sketches of Families which in successive generations have been,
Identified with the Development of the Nation. By Margherita
Arlina Hamm. Illustrated. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1902. Two vol-
umes, royal octavo, boards and vellum, gilt top, pp. xvii-256 and viii-269.
To adequately convey to the readers of this review a full understanding of
the treasures and beauties of this work is a task indeed. Perhaps some of
68 Book Notices. [Jan.,
them have used their shears on the issues of the New York Evening Post, and
have preserved the series of articles upon these famous families which appear-
ed there ; but even though they have, yet have they only some of the treasures
and none of the beauties.
As may be inferred, the subject matter is based upon the articles which
appeared in the aforesaid newspaper, but they have been "revised and ex-
panded by the author for publication in permanent form."
That wonderful book, "New Yorkers of the XIX Century," was
restricted in its dramatis persona?, while its kindred work, "Prominent Fami-
lies of New York," was not, since it was designed to include the various
degrees of fame. In this collection of historic-genealogical biographies, how-
ever, the author has given, with impartial discrimination, the first families of
New York who occupied the first rank in the various fields of enterprise for
which they are famous. The work bristles with fact and common sense, and
lacks that fulsome eulogy which so often stamps, such writings as coming, not
from the disinterested historian, but from him who unfurls his family banner
and attracts our attention with loud cries of " Ecce homo.'' , There are forty-two
families given in alphabetical order from Astor to Wendell. Each chapter
sketches the origin and early history of the family, and gives the larger person-
alities and more important achievements of its members, from trans-Atlantic
days to the present generation. The facts have been taken from private and
official records, county, state and national archives, and from foreign libraries
and public institutions.
It takes two to make such a work as this— the author and the publisher.
The latter of their co-laborers has encased the kernel in a most attractive shell.
The volumes are printed in large, black type, upon heavy laid paper, deckle-
edge, gilt top, with an illuminated title page. The superb illustrations, 154 in
number, are inserted upon separate inserts, and include full-page portraits,
coats-of-arms, views of Colonial mansions, and various scenes connected with
the history of each family. There are steel engravings, photogravures, half-
tones, reproductions of old prints, miniatures and sketches, many of which
have never before appeared in print. They are certainly attractive in them-
selves, and have the special value of being authoratative in the fullest sense of
the term.
In summing up the value of this work, we can do no better than to quote
the words of the author in her preface : "The busy present is apt to forget its
debt to the past; the man of to-day to underestimate inherited wealth and
power. The accomplishment of the moment seems larger than that of yester-
day. If this work cause the reader to realize the importance and beauty of
what has been done in the making of a great State, and the force of the upright
manhood which has been the foundation-stone of so many New York families,
the purpose of its undertaking will have been accomplished."
Early Settlers of Nantucket, their Associates and Descend-
ants. Compiled by Lydia S. Hinchman. Illustrated with photographs and
with drawings by Margaretta S. Hinchman. Phila., Ferris & Leach, 1901.
8vo, cloth, pp. 347.
It has not been the place of the compiler of this book to make an ex-
haustive history of Nantucket, or a complete genealogy of its various families.
In this there may have been a sinister motive born of the arduous task which
such a compilation imposes; — sinister in the sense that he who really wants to
know is willing to delve, while he who is not willing to delve should not be too
greatly assisted. Nevertheless the author of this work has given generously of
her labor, for the historical data fills 140 pages of the work, and the genea-
logical records 100 more. The historical portion is involved mostlv in the
record of the lives of the early proprietors, Thos. Macy, Edw. Starbuck, Tris-
tram Coffin, Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, Christopher Hussey
and others, and the genealogical portion is made up of a series of chart-like
pages embracing the families of Mitchell. Russell, Swain, Barker, Mott,
(Lucretia), Earle, Swift, Rotch, Wing, Hathaway. Newhall, Macv, Cornell,
Coggeshall, Stanton, Waterman, Wadley. Colket, Bunker, and Whittier (John
Greenleaf). The illustrations are numerous and well selected, and the index
full and complete.
1903.] Book Notices. 69
The Tucker Genealogy. A Record of Gilbert Ruggles and
Evelina Christina (Snyder) Tucker; their Ancestors and Descend-
ants. By Tyler Seymour Morris, Chicago, 1901. 8vo, half morocco, pp. 305.
As the title page advises, this new work, from the prolific pen of our
friend, Seymour Morris, of Chicago, is not a genealogy of the Tucker family
from a given progenitor, but a record of the ancestors of Gilbert Tucker and
his wife, Elizabeth C. Snyder. The former, born in 1807, was sixth in descent
from Morris Tucker, of Salisbury, Mass.; and the latter, born in 1809, was
fourth in descent from Deacon Hendrick Snyder, of Tappan, New York. Mr.
Morris divides his work into four parts. The first gives the lineal ancestors of
Gilbert Ruggles Tucker in all ramifications, including John Howland, Gov.
Bradford, Thos. Rogers and John Alden. The second gives the lineal ances-
tors of Evelina Christina Snyder, including the Van Cortlandts and Schuylers.
The third gives the Tucker descendants of Mr. Tucker and his wife ; and the
fourth gives the ancestors of the families into which these descendants mar-
ried. The work is profusely illustrated and fully indexed, and closes with
double-page maps of Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia.
Records of the First Church of Rockingham, Vermont, from
its Organization, October 27, 1773, to September 25, 1839. Copied by
Thomas Bellows Peck, with an historical introduction. Boston, David Clapp
& Son, 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. xi-60. Price, $1.25. Address Thos. B. Peck,
Walpole, N. H.
Rockingham, Vermont, one of the towns in the famous "New Hampshire
Grants," lies to the west of the Connecticut River, in Windham County, and
was settled mainly by families who came from Worcester County, in Massa-
chusetts. Later emigrants to the town came from places which in turn had
been settled by Massachusetts families, so that amongst the members of this
church we find many names associated., .j^ith the frontier towns of Worcester
County in that State, and particularly with Leuenburg.
Rockingham was chartered in 1752, but the church was not organized
until 1773. The first minister, the Rev. Andrew Gardner, was the first minister
of Leuenburg, Mass. Mr. Peck, historian and chronicler of the Bellows fam-
ily, has copied the records in this volume from the original, which is in the
possession of Mr. W. H. H. Putnam, of Springfield, Vt. It is reprinted from
the New Eng. Hist. Gen. Register, embellished with interior and exterior
views of the church, and above all is fully indexed.
A Manual of the Reformed Church in America (formerly Ref.
Prot. Dutch Church), 1628-1902. By Edward Tanjore Corwin, D. D. Fourth
edition, revised and enlarged. Board of Publication of the Reformed Church
in America. New York, 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. 1082, illustrated.
This great work is the result of many years of labor on the part of Prof.
Corwin and the preceding editors of the Manual. It comprises a general
history of the Reformed Church in America from its beginning in New
Amsterdam, under pastors Michaelius and Bogardus, until the present time;
a biographical account of all the ministers who have ever served the Reformed
Church in America, and a history of all the churches of this order which have
ever been established — -both ministers and churches being arranged in alphas
betical order. To the whole has been added chronological lists of the pastors
and churches. In the general history the story of the struggle of the church
for existence under the Stuarts, and afterwards for independence from Hol-
land, is fully told; interesting accounts of Rutgers College and other insti-
tutions founded by it are also given, as well as the history of the foreign
missions which it has established. The ministry of the Reformed Church
occupies the greater part of the work and is a remarkable and permanent
addition to the annals of American biography. One turns the pages of the
Manual with surprise and pleasure to read extended biographies of such men
as Abeel, Bethune, Ferris, Hutton, Livingston, Matthews, Romeyn, Scudder,
Van Dyck and others whose names have become known far beyond the bounds
of their own denomination. The work will find a place of honor in our genea-
logical library as one of the most valuable in its collection.
JO Book Notices. [Jan.,
Adams History. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree,
Mass., and his Descendants, extending from 1632 down to the present Also of
John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. By Andrew N. Adams. 1238 pp., large
octavo, fine paper, illustrated. Cloth, S7.50. A few copies in fine leather,
morocco, $9.00. May be ordered of the author, Fair Haven, Vt., or of TheTut-
tle Company, Rutland, Vt.
Thomas Stevenson, of London, Eng., and his Descendants. By
John R. Stevenson, Hiram Edmund Deats, Publisher, Flemington, N. J., 1902.
8vo, cloth, pp. 180.
The author of this work says that the name Stevenson, spelled with a "v,"
is of German origin, and got into England by way of the Norman Conquest.
Thomas Stevenson, the progenitor in this volume, was born in 1615, came from
London, Eng., and finally settled in Newtown, L. L, at a place afterwards
called Steven's Point. His grandchildren were among the earlier settlers of
Hunterdon and Burlington Counties, New Jersey, and the researches of the
author concerning this family, covering a period of thirty years of labor, con-
stitute the material of this genealogy. The history of this family "is but one
link in a great chain that stretches across the centre of the North American
continent." It is confined mostly to those who bear the family patronymic,
and those descended from female branches are carried but two generations.
An appendix gives the descendants of Edward Stevenson, of Newtown, L. I.,
a neat relative of Thomas the first, and a short sketch of Daniel Denton, author
of "Denton's Description of New York," who married a daughter of Edw.
Stevenson. The work shows most careful labor and erudition, and is a wel-
come exposition of an interesting family.
Historical Papers. No. IX. Newburgh, N. Y., 1902. 8vo, pamphlet,
pp. 64.
These papers are published by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay
and the Highlands, which was organized in 1883 f° r tne purpose of discovering
and preserving the history and historical records of the territory formerly occu-
pied by the army of the Revolution in defending West Point, but which very
properly concerns itself also with humbler matters, such as the preservation of
the inscriptions found in the old burying grounds and the genealogical history
of prominent families of that part of the country. We note with pleasure that
twenty pages have been given to inscriptions from the New Windsor cemetery,
the Patton Family burying ground, St. David's cemetery and the Balmville
burying ground, also a fine article written by the Rev. William Walsh on
Tjerck Classen De Witt and some of his descendants.
Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. By Edward
Franklin Everett, A.M., member of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society. Privately printed, Boston, 1902. 8vo, cloth, and half morocco, pp.389,
illustrated.
This genealogy of one of the most prominent of the New England families
should receive a cordial welcome from the genealogical public, both on account
of the intrinsic merit of the matter which it contains and the artistic excellence
of the volume itself. We do not remember to have seen a genealogical pub-
lication in which everything — index, printing, paper, binding — was more
worthy of praise. The book is a model as regards modesty and brevity of
statement. An extended account, however, is very properly given of Richard
Everett, the founder of the family in America, and the sketch of the life of
Hon. Edward Everett necessarily occupies several pages. The latter, written
by his son, Hon. William Everett, is a notable feature of the volume and is
accompanied by a photogravure of the bust of the statesman by Hiram
Powers, as well as one of his birthplace. The value of the work has been
further increased by the addition of excellent portraits, — of Edward Everett
(which forms the frontispiece), of the Rev. Edward Everett Hale and of
other representative members of the family. The book, left unfinished by Mr.
Edward F. Everett's sudden death, has been completed by his widow, Mrs.
Sarah J. Everett, whose name does not appear either on the title-page or in the
introduction. Her services, however, should be gratefully acknowledged by
the family for giving them so fitting a memorial of the Everetts in America.
1903.] Book Notices. 7 *
Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descend-
ants. Being a Complete Genealogy of the " Rhode Island U'Wolfs,"
the Descendants of Simon De Wolf, with their common descent
from Balthasar de Wolf, of Lyme, Conn. (1668). With a Biographical
Introduction and Appendices on the Nova Scotian de Wolfs and other allied
families with a preface by Bradford Colt de Wolf. By Rev. Calbraith B.
Perry, D. D. 8vo, half morocco, pp. 325. T. A. Wright, New York, 1902.
The title of this book, long as it is, gives but a faint conception of its con-
tents. The preface and introduction take up over one hundred pages. After
accounting for the origin of the name De Wolf, prominent members of the
family in Europe and America are described. The Rhode Island branch is
especially well written up, the habits and peculiarities and characteristics of
its prominent members are vividly portrayed, and their palatial homesteads
charmingly described. The genealogical tables are conveniently arranged and
very full, and the index of names adds much to the value of this portion of the
work. The book contains over seventy full-page illustrations, mostly portraits.
Many of the latter are made from oil paintings and are exceptionally fine.
Seldom has a genealogy come to our library so ably compiled and edited, so
finely illustrated and so beautifully printed and bound as the De Wolf.
Forty Years of Nebraska at Home and in Congress. By Thom-
as Weston Tipton, United States Senator for Nebraska, 1867-75. Lincoln,
Nebr. State Journal Co., 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. 570, illustrated.
This is a special publication of the Nebraska State Historical Society and
forms the fourth volume of the second series of its Proceedings and Collections.
It contains sketches (fifty-two in number), of the Governors of Nebraska,
including the Territorial Governors, and the Senators and Representatives who
have served the state in Congress. Among these is a notable one of J. Sterling
Morton, the founder of " Arbor Day," who was Territorial Governor, 1858-59
and 1861, and another of James E. Boyd, Governor, 1891-93; also interesting
sketches of Thomas W. Tipton, A. S. Paddock, Charles F. Manderson and
William V. Allen, who were U. S. Senators for that state, and of William Jen-
nings Bryan, Representative to Congress, 1891-95. These sketches are enriched
by copious extracts from the public utterances of the persons described. There
are eleven portraits, two of Gov. Morton, the president of the Nebraska State
Historical Society, who died April 27, 1902.
The Lancaster Family. A History of Thomas and Phebe Lancaster
of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and their descendants from 171 1 to 1902. Also
a sketch on the Origin of the Name and Family in England. Illustrated.
Compiled by Harry Fred. Lancaster, Columbia City, Indiana, 1902. 8vo, cloth,
pp. 291, and index.
An exceedingly well compiled genealogy of the American branch of the
Lancasters, a family which unquestionably derives its name from the City of
Lancaster, England. The origin of Thomas, the immigrant, has not been as-
certained, but it is believed that he was descended from William de Taillebois,
Baron of Kendal, the Governor of Lancaster Castle in the reign of Henry II.
The book contains numerous illustrations which add greatly to the interest of
the text.
The Irish-Scots and the "Scotch-Irish." An historical and ethno-
logical monograph with some reference to Scotia Major and Scotia Minor, to
which is added a chapter on " How the Irish came as builders of the Nation."
By Hon. John C. Linehan, Concord, N. H. The American-Irish Historical
Society, 1901. 8vo, cloth, pp. 138.
The author of this very interesting little work has devoted much labor and
historical research to an attempt to prove that there is no such thing as a
" Scotch-Irishman," that all those who consider themselves as such are Irish-
men, pure and simple. We commend its perusal to the members of the Scotch-
Irish Society. The book is well printed on good paper and contains a portrait
of the author as a frontispiece.
J 2 Book Notices. [Jan.,
Collections of the New York Historical Society. Abstracts
of Wills, 1 730- 1 744. Vol. III., with Appendix. Large 8vo, cloth, pp. 501.
This very valuable book to genealogists is the latest issue of the Publica-
tion Fund series of the New York Historical Society. It contains abstracts of
wills, letters of administration, and complaints to court of Mayor and Alder-
men, recorded in the New York Surrogate's office in Libers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
and Liber 19 B. The work has been most admirably done by Mr. William S.
Pelletreau. It is the 27th volume of the series. May the Society continue its
splendid work in putting into print such material as is inaccessible to so many
in other states but is sought after by all.
Colonel Thomas DeKay. A Pioneer of Western Orange
County. By David Barclay. 8vo, pamphlet, pp. 10.
Colonel Thomas DeKay, the subject of' this sketch, was a grandson of
Jacob Theuniszen DeKay, a wealthy burger of New Amsterdam, and an elder
of the Dutch Church. His grandson, Thomas, removed to the Wawayanda
Patent in Orange County, N. Y., where he became a prominent resident. The
author has incorporated in his sketch the results of his researches among
acknowledged authoritative works which he quotes at the end of the pamphlet.
American Ancestors of the Children of Joseph and Daniella
Wheeler. Compiled by Joseph and Daniella Wheeler, Wheeler, Ala.
This is not a biographical sketch of him whom we affectionately call
" Fighting Joe Wheeler," as one might expect. Modesty is ever an attribute
of the truly brave, and the few pages forming an appendix are all of such per-
sonal matter that the hero of three wars would permit to be inserted. The
pamphlet of 94 pages gives a record of his ancestors, Wheeler and allied fam-
ilies, and there is also some account of English Hoo and Newdigate Ances-
tors. Gen. Wheeler has spent much time in the preparation of this pamphlet,
and now that he has put it forth, we feel confident that it is as accurate as he
can make it.
Michael Bacon and His Descendants. By Leon Brooks Bacon,
LL. B., of New York City. Boston, David Clapp & Son, 1902. 8vo, pamph-
let, pp. 13.
This is a reprint from the Oct., 1902 issue of the New England Historical
and Gencalogial Register. Michael Bacon was born in England, presumably
in the County of Suffolk, and was one of the early settlers of Dedham, Mass.
The lines are carried four generations from the founder.
Proceedings and Collections of the Nebraska State Histori-
cal Society. Second series, Vol. V. Lincoln, Nebr. Jacob North & Co.,
1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. 381.
The greater portion of this volume consists of historical papers upon vari-
ous subjects pertaining to the state of Nebraska. Among the more important
of these papers are those upon Territorial Journalism, by Gov. Morton; Thomas
Weston Tipton, by Gov. Furnas, and Judge Elmer S. Dundy, by Elmer S.
Towl; also those entitled Recollections of Omaha, 1855-61; Pawnee War of
1859, and The Plains War in 1865. The volume is accompanied by a copious
index of thirty-two pages.
The Ancestor, No. Ill of this splendid Englsh quarterly Review of
Counry and Family History for October, is fully as rich in its luxurant make
up as the preceeding numbers, and as interesting in text and illustration. J. B.
Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, is the publisher in this country, and the following
is a partial list of its table of contents: Some Portraits at the Society of An-
tiquaries, illustrated; A Genealogist's Kalendar; Some Extinct Cumberland
Families; The Arms of the Sandys of Cumberland; The Evolution of the
Combed Helmet, illustrated; Arms and the Inland Revenue; The Huguenot
Families in England; The Household Books of Sir Miles Stapleton, Bart; The
Garter Plates as a Roll of Arms, illustrated; The Antiquary and the Novelist;
A fifteenth Century Book of Arms, illustrated; Our Oldest Families: The
Genealogy of the Giffords; The Percys of Northumberland.
jgo^.-j Book Notices, 73
Genealogical Data Relating to the Ancestry and Descendants
of William Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in 1632,
and of Joseph Hills, the English Emigrant to New England in
16^8 Compiled by William Sanford Hills. Edited by Thomas Hills. Pub-
lication Committee Hills Family Genealogical and Historical Association.
Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1902. 8vo, pamphlet, pp. 148.
This excellent genealogy, as its title page declares, is the work of the pub-
lication committee of the Hills Family Association, which, from the list of cor-
responding secretaries given in the introduction, seems to have its members in
many sections of the country. It gives very fully the descendants of William
Hills of Roxbury, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., for five generations, and those
of Joseph Hills of Maiden and Newbury, Mass., for the same number of gener-
ations. Many of the children, however, of those of the fifth generation are also
given and the female branches have not been neglected. The printing and
paper are excellent and an index accompanies the work.
Winders of America. John Winder of New York, 1674-75-
Thomas Winder of New Jersey, 1703-1734. John Winder of Mary-
land 1665-1698. Compiled by R. Winder Johnson. Printed for private cir-
culation by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp. 112,
illustrated.
This handsome monograph from the press of J. B. Lippincott is most
daintily presented to its readers. It is printed on fine paper with large type
and wide margins, and the cover and binding are all that could be desired.
Little is said concerning the Maryland family descended from John Winder ot
Somerset County in that state since a family chart and several articles relating
to this branch have already been published. Five charts accompany the volume
as well as four choice illustrations. The index is complete.
James Rogers of New London, Ct., and his Descendants. By
James Swift Rogers. Boston. Published by the Compiler, 1902. 8vo, cloth,
pp. 514, illustrated.
The author of this valuable work is to be commended for his painstaking
research and the completeness of his genealogy. Since three families of the
name o r Rogers settled in New London, great care was necessary in tracing
lines of descent, and the constant repetition of Christian names in the families
of each line compelled careful study of land and probate records to insure cor-
rectness. In the first three or four generations, genealogical tables of the
married daughters of the name of Rogers are usually given, and later many of
their tables are also recorded. An interesting account is given in the introduc-
tion of the John Rogers Bible and the reasons stated why the descendants ot
James Rogers claim to be descended from the proto-martyr of Queen Mary s
persecution; there is another article upon John Rogers and the Rogerenes.
The work is from the press of T. R. Marvin & Son, Boston, and is a model ot
excellence in printing and binding. The index comprises seventy-one pages
and there are forty illustrations.
California Historic-Genealogical Society Publication, No. Ill,
San Francisco, 1902.
In the first publication of this series, known as the California Register, the
Society began its good intention of issuing regularly a quarterly magazine. It
is announced in this number that the plan has not been found practicable, yet
the Publication Committee has not abandoned the idea entirely, for it is now
the intention to publish the matter in hand as often as the circumstances may
permit. The contents of the present number are: Edw. Stephens Clark, M. D.,
The Spanish Press of Cal., The Boston Nation, The Utility of a Pedigree, Meles
of Hawaii, Jose Francisco de Ortega and his Descendants, Thomas Pope ot
Plymouth and his Descendants, Notes on the Millikan Family, A Few of the
Descendants of John Wilgus, George Hull and some of His Descendants, Edi-
torial, Contributions to the Library, Notes and Queries, Historical Intelligence,
Indexes.
74 Donations. [Jan.,
Historical Collections relating to the Potts Family in Great
Britain and America with a Historic-Genealogy of the Descend-
ants of David Potts, an early Anglo-Welsh Settler of Pennsyl-
vania, including Contributions by the late William John Potts.
Compiled by Thomas Maxwell Potts. Octavo, half morocco, xxxv., 736.
Price, $6.00. Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, Pa., 1901.
\"(A Partial Record of the Mansur Family. By John H. Mansur,
Royersford, Pa., 1901. 8vo, pamphlet, pp. 59.
The original of this pamphlet appeared in the Genealogical Quarterly
Magazine of Burlington, Vt., and gives the descendants of Robert Mansur of
Charlestown, who married Elizabeth Brooks in 1670. As the title states, it is
a partial list gathered mostly by correspondence with various branches of the
family. Robert, the founder, had four sons and one daughter, and this pamph-
let gives the descendants of the two eldest sons, mostly of the first born, John,
carried to the eighth generation.
The Ely Ancestry. Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth,
England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, and settled at
Lyme, Conn., in 1660. Collected by the late Moses S. Beach of New York
and by the Rev. William Ely, D. D., of Philadelphia. Edited and enlarged by
Geo. B. Vanderpoel. The Calumet Press, 139 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1902.
Royal octavo, cloth, pp. xliv., 639, illustrated.
It is a pleasure to notice this carefully compiled and well printed volume,
and we feel assured that it will be welcomed by the genealogical public as well
as by the Ely family of which it is a fitting memorial. The work will be of
special interest to the latter on account of the pains the compilers have taken
to ascertain the English ancestry of this branch of the family. In a sketch of
the origin and history of the Elyes of Utterby and Wonston, England, which
embraces the researches of the late Col. Joseph L. Chester, Mr. Wharton Dick-
inson of New York traces the line of Richard Ely back to Tassilo, the father
of Theodoric the Hun who was Duke of the Bavarians in 580. Such painstak-
ing research is praiseworthy, although it usually receives only incredulity, or
even scorn, instead of praise for its well-doing. The very elaborate index
covers about one hundred pages and there are sixty full-page illustrations
besides several wood-cuts. The female lines are carried out in many instances,
thus rendering the work of more value to the general public as well as to those
of the name of Ely. Among these we find several well-known Connecticut
families, such as Avery, Coe, Denison, Elliott, Emmons, Goodrich, Griswold,
Hyde, Lord, Marvin, Mather, Pearson, Peck, Rogers, Selden, Sill, Spencer,
Stillman and Wolcott.
The Chesebrough Family. A complete genealogy of this numerous
family is in press and will appear early in the coming spring. -Mrs. A. C.
Wildey the able compiler of this work has spent many years of patient re-
search and we are glad to announce that the public will soon have the benefit
of her long and arduous labor.
DONATIONS.
bound books.
American-Irish Historical Society. — The Irish-Scots and the Scotch-Irish.
Board of Publication of the Ref. Ch. in America; Manuel Ref. Ch. in America,
4th edition.
Bolton. Reginald P. — Family of Bolton.
Budd, Mrs. Wm. A. — Altas of Colorado; Sailing Directions.
Colonial Societv of Pennsylvania. — The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania.
Deats, Hiram E. — Thomas Stevenson of London, England, and His Descend-
ants.
1 903.
Donations. 7 5
Adams, Andrew N.— Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass.,
and His Descendants.
Dwight, Rev. M. E.— Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass.;
Webster's Dictionary;
Eardeley Wm. A.— Manuel for the General Court, Massachusetts, 1001; Reg-
ister and Manuel of the State of Conn, 1902; Rhode Island Manuel, 1900-
1901. r T
Fitch Winchester.— Official Register of the State of Iowa.
Hawley, Christopher E— Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerene Co., Pa.
Johnson, R. Winder.— The Winders of America. j
Lancaster, H. F.— Lancaster Family.
Lippincott Co., J. B.— The Ancestor, No. 3.
Macmillan Co., The— South Carolina in the Revolution, vol. 11, 1 780-1 783.
Merritt, Douglas.— Rathbone Genealogy.
Morris, Seymour.— Tucker Genealogy.
Nebraska Historical Society.— Forty years of Nebraska; Proceedings and Col-
lections of. 2d series, vol. v. ...
New York Historical Society.— Abstracts of Wills, vol. lit. 1730-1744-
Peck Thomas B.— Records of the First Church of Rockingham Vt.
Potter Sterling.— Tomb-Stone Inscriptions, Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y.
Potts Thomas Maxwell.— Historical Collections Relating to the Potts Family.
Putnam's Sons, G. P.— Famous Families of New York, vols. 1, 11.
Rogers, James S.— The Rogers Family.
Smithsonian Institution.— Annual Report of the Board of Regents.
Vanderpoel, Geo. B.— The Ely Ancestry.
Willey, W. L— History of the Company of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Massachusetts, vols, ii.-iii.-iv.
Wright, T. A.— The De Wolfs.
PAMPHLETS.
Avery, Samuel P.— The City of Kingston.
Baker, Leon B— Michael Bacon and His Descendants.
Barclay David.— Historical Papers of the Newburgh Historical Society, No. ix;
Colonel Thomas DeKay. A Pioneer of Western Orange Co.
Brown University.— Annual Report of 1902. ...
California Historical Genealogical Society.— Publications of. No. 111.
Dorrance, Miss Anne.— Report of Proceedings of Wyoming Committee Associ-
ation.
Fuller, H. D.— A Fuller Genealogy.
Hall, Chas. S.— John Hall of Wallingford, Conn
Hills, William S— Genealogical Data of the Ancestry and Descendants ot
William Hills.
Kimball, G. F.— Kimball Family News.
King, Rufus.— Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, vol; vn, parts 54-
56. vol. viii, parts 157-59.
Mansur, Tohn H.— The Mansur Family.
Murray Thos. H.— Gen. John Sullivan and the Battle of Rhode Island.
New Jersey Historical Society.— Proceedings of. vol. 11 No. 111. vol. in, No. 1.
North Carolina Historical Society.-James Sprunt Historical Monograph,
No. iii. . _ , ...
Peck Thos. B— Parentage of Ezra Bellows of Lunenburg, Mass.
Pompelly Josiah C— Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. A Tribute.
Rice, Franklin P.— Samuel Elias Staples, 1822-1902.
Society Sons of the Revolution.— General Society Sons of the Revolution.
Proceedings of 1902. _
Underhill, D. H.— Underhill Society of America, Seventh Annual Report.
U. S. Department of Agriculture— Our Trade with Scandinavia.
Walsh, Rev. William.— Historical Papers of the Newburg Historical bociety,
No. ix.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lloyd, Herbert D.— Fac-Simile of the Shields of the Magna Charta Barons
and Kings Seals. . .
Pierson, H. B— Photograph giving 5 generations of one family.
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Illustrations. I. Portrait of Heber Reginald Bishop,
II. Thejumel Mansion
III. Doorway, Jumel Mansion, .
IV. Odell Book-plate
Heber Reginald Bishop. By Mary C. Bishop 77
The Old Morris House, Afterwards the Jumel Mansion: Its
History and Traditions. By Jo.siah Collins Pumpelly, A.M., LL. B. 80
Records of the Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester Co., X.Y.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 50) 89
Onondaga County Records, 1796. Contributed by L. D. Scisco.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 47) 93
John Wrenshall, Julia Dent and Ulysses S. Grant. By Josiah
H. Shinn 97
Odell Book-Plate 99
Records of the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown in
West Jersey. Births and Baptisms. Contributed by Ben. Van D. Fisher.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 59) 100
Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N. J. Contributed by
Rev. William White Hance. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 33) 103
Dr. Ed.mond Hallev, His Ancestry and Descendants. By Eugene
F. McPike, Chicago, 111. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 56) . . 106
Records of Dutchess County, N. V., Families. Contributed by
Alfred H. Becker
Records of Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths in Easthampton, L. I.
from 1696 to 1746. Recorded by Rev. Nathaniel Huntting
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Vol. XXXIV. NEW YORK, APRIL, 1903. No. 2.
HEBER REGINALD BISHOP.
By Mary C. Bishop.
Heber Reginald Bishop was born March n, 1840, in Medford,
Mass., and was the youngest son of Nathaniel Holmes Bishop and
Mary Smith Farrar.
The family is descended from Dr. John Bishop, who came from
England to America and settled at Bradford, Mass., some time
about 17 17. He married Sarah Bond, of a well-known Colonial
family, by whom he had a daughter Sarah and a son John. The
family removed to Medford, Mass., in 1723, and descendants con-
tinued to reside there until 1868. The son John Bishop married
Abigail, the daughter of Dr. Simon Tufts, of Medford, and their
home was on High Street, where they received later in life
General Washington, John Adams and John Quincy Adams —
three Presidents of the United States. Mrs. John Bishop was an
intimate friend of the elder Adams' wife, the two families being
connected by marriage. Their children were John and Abigail.
Abigail Bishop married Dr. Archelaus Putnam, and John Bishop
married Lydia, the younger daughter of Nathaniel Holmes, a
merchant and large property owner residing in Boston, whose wife
was Rebecca Goodwill, by whom he left two daughters; — the
elder married William Fowle of Lynn, the younger married
John Bishop of Medford, and several children were born to
them. Their son, Nathaniel Holmes Bishop, who inherited large
landed estates in Medford, married Mary Smith, daughter of Dr.
Judson Farrar, of Peterborough, N. H. Nine children were born
to them, of whom Heber Reginald Bishop was the youngest son.
Nathaniel Holmes Bishop died in Medford in 1850.
Heber Reginald Bishop was educated at Mr. Cummings' school
in Medford, and afterward at the Academy in North Yarmouth,
Maine. He early developed a taste for commercial life, and in
the autumn of 1856 he entered the counting-house of Benjamin
Burgess & Sons, then prominent merchants on India Wharf,
Boston, chiefly engaged in the West India trade. There he
remained three years, and by his industry and devotion to the
interests of his employers he earned their full confidence and
esteem. In the autumn of 1856 he was sent by them to look after
yS Heber Reginald Bishop. [April,
their interests at Remedios, Cuba, and so well did he master the
details of business in a foreign land that he was enabled to estab-
lish his own commercial house in March, 1861, just as he entered
his twenty-second year. The following years were very pros-
perous ones for the Island of Cuba, and Mr. Bishop soon built up
a large business, exporting sugar and carrying on the usual bank-
ing business with the planters. In 1868 the first Cuban insurrec-
tions broke out, and from that time almost chaos reigned on the
Island. The cultivation of the sugar-cane was carried on under
increasing difficulties, owing to the scarcity of labor and the
political conditions, which caused capitalists to withhold from
the planters the financial assistance necessary to enable them
to continue the production of sugar. The future of the Island
appearing so uncertain — with a revolution in progress, which the
Spanish Government was unable to suppress, and the impending
emancipation of the slaves, which all now saw was but a question
of a few years — Mr. Bishop concluded to retire from Cuba,
although he was not able at the time to dispose of valuable real
estate, consisting of sugar warehouses, wharves and cooperage.
In 1876 he left Cuba, and never returned to the scenes of his early
success, where he had spent seventeen years of his life in building
up and extending a large and prosperous business.
In 1862 Mr. Bishop married Mary, the second daughter of
James Cunningham, of Irvington, New York. She accompanied
him to Cuba for several winters, always returning to spend the
summers at Irvington. From 1870 Irvington became Mr.
Bishop's principal home, although in 1878 the house he occupied,
formerly Mr. Cunningham's, was destroyed by fire, and was never
rebuilt.
Meanwhile, Mr. Bishop had become interested in what was
then called " Rapid Transit," and was largely instrumental in
constructing the Third Avenue Elevated Road, and in 1878 New
York City became his permanent home. His attention was next
directed to Western enterprises, and he became a Director of the
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company, and of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company. In 1887 he
was one of the organizers of the Minnesota Iron Company, and of
the Duluth and Iron Range Railway, and became President of
both these corporations. He was also a Director of the Chandler
Iron Company, and in later years of the Lackawanna Steel Com-
pany.
He was for many years a Trustee of the Metropolitan Trust
Company, and in all these positions his ability, integrity and busi-
ness aptitude secured for him the respect and confidence of his
associates. He also was actively connected with many charities
in our city, notably the Presbyterian Hospital, of which he was for
several years the Vice-President; but of late years his impaired
health and frequent absences abroad had caused his retirement
from any active participation in its management.
These interests did not prevent him from taking a strong
interest in social matters; he was a member of the Metropolitan,
Union, Union League, Century, Grolier and other clubs. In
1903.] Heber Reginald Bishop. Jq
sporting matters he also took a keen interest, and was a member
of the Restigouche Salmon Club, the Southside Sportsmen's and
other clubs.
In 1870 he made his first visit to the Pacific Coast, which he
revisited in 1880 and in 1890. In 1881 he first went to Europe,
spending five months in travelling. Again, in 1883 and in 1885,
he visited Europe, and in the course of Ihese trips went to
England, France, Germany, Austria, Russia and Spain. His
taste for art was thus developed, and having begun his collection
of jade in 1880, he added to it whenever good specimens were to
be obtained. Most of 1888 and 1889 was spent abroad, and he
then visited Italy and Turkey, in addition to the more usual
routes. In 1892 he was able to take a long-anticipated trip to
China and Japan. He spent three weeks in Peking, and saw
many of the marvellous things which are not generally shown
to travellers. His reputation as a connoisseur and collector had
preceded him, and great opportunities were given him. The
autumn of 1892 found him again in Europe. Early in 1895 Mr.
Bishop spent two months in Egypt, going up the Nile as far as
the Second Cataract. Afterwards he made a short visit to the
Holy Land, Greece and Turkey, this being his second visit to
Constantinople. He returned by way of Sicily, Naples and Rome
to Paris in April.
In 1882 Mr. Bishop had built his home on what was then con-
sidered "upper" Fifth Avenue, and there he continued to reside
till his death. In 1893 he added to his house a fire-proof room for
his collection of jade, which by that time had reached considerable
size. To that collection he was constantly adding as long as he
lived, although for the past few years it was only something very
rare or curious that he would think worthy to be included. This
collection is unique; it contains not only many objects of rare
artistic beauty and value, but also many specimens of mineralogi-
cal and archaeological jade, which greatly enhance its value. So
there gradually came to Mr. Bishop the desire that the collection
should not be broken up, and iu March, 1902, he formally pre-
sented it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which he had
been for many years a Trustee, with the understanding that it
was to remain in its present home until a corresponding room
could be prepared for it in the Museum. This Mr. Bishop hoped
to accomplish himself, but he was not permitted to see it finished,
and it remains for the Trustees to whom he left the gift to see
that his wishes are fully carried out. It was his hope that New
York should possess the finest collection of jade in the world,
outside of China, and it was with the full knowledge and approval
of his children that this was presented to the Museum to remain
as a memorial of patient and intelligent collection of a beautiful
and little-known substance. For many years Mr. Bishop had been
preparing a work, which was to be not only an illustrated cata-
logue of his collection, but a work of reference on all matters
concerning jade. This was practically completed in the summer
of 1 902, but has yet to be printed and published. It is not designed
for general circulation: only one hundred copies are to be issued,
80 The Old Morris House, afterwards the Jumel Mansion: [April,
and they are to be presented to the principal Museums and Art
Libraries of Europe and America.
With all his taste for artistic things Mr. Bishop never lost his
interest in business affairs nor in outdoor sports. As long as his
health permitted, he kept in touch with many business enterprises,
and his enjoyment of fishing and shooting continued to the last.
In 1882 he made a trip with General Sheridan to the Rocky
Mountains, travelling many hundreds of miles on horseback in
search of big game; and several times he went with smaller
parties of friends for the same purpose. He was an enthusiastic
fisherman, and much enjoyed his visits to the Restigouche Club,
of which he was a member. In later years he enjoyed more the
comforts of shooting in England and France, and had many
pleasant experiences there. In 1899 he rented for the season an
estate in Norfolk, England, where the shooting was excellent,
and where he entertained many friends from the United States
and France.
Mr. Bishop's last visit abroad was in the spring of 1902. He
enjoyed his visits and shooting in Scotland, and returned to New
York in October. The heart trouble which had threatened him
for several years became pronounced in November, and after
six weeks' confinement to his room, he passed away December
roth, in the sixty-third year of his age. A man still young in
feeling and appearance, it seems as if he had been taken pre-
maturely from the scene of his activities; but such a nature
can never die, and in some more perfect life no doubt he finds
opportunity for the exercise of all his powers. He made many
warm friendships, and his generosity and kindness have left
many to mourn him. His wife, four sons and four daughters
survive him.
THE OLD MORRIS HOUSE, AFTERWARDS THE JUMEL
MANSION: ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS.
By Josiah Collins Pumpelly, A.M. LL.B.
Situated at the northern extremity of Manhattan Island, on a
plot of ground almost opposite to the intersection of Tenth
avenue and 160th street with the old King's Bridge road, is the
Roger Morris house, or "Jumel Mansion," memorable from its
associations with public men and important events of the earlier
years of the American Republic. Erected in the latter period of
the Colonial time, it still remains a conspicious monument of the
taste and ambitious aspirations of those who lived during the
infancy of the Commonwealth, and of the changes takingplace
down to the present time. It fronts to the southward, and its
eastern portico and balcony overlook the Harlem river and the
Note.— This article is the substance of an address delivered before the New York Geneal-
ogical and Biographical Society, Nov. 14, 1902, by Mr. Josiah C. Pumpelly.
Igo3i ] Its History and Traditions. 8 1
Sound, and likewise command a view of Harlem plains to their
southerly limit. As a point of observation it is hardly to be ex-
celled- and for the facilities which it afforded it was selected
during the war of the Revolution, first by General Washington
and afterwards by the commanding officers in the British service,
as their headquarters. .
The first house built on Harlem heights was erected upon this
spot by Tan Kiersen. In March, 1695, he obtained the signatures
of every inhabitant of the town to an instrument granting him a
half-morgen of land from the common woods on which to have a
house, barn and garden. Kiersen received his deed March 7,
1 700 The property was sold in 1765 to James Carroll tor £1,000,
and 'soon afterward became the property of Col. Roger Morris.
The new purchaser was the third son (born Jan 28, 1727) of Roger
Morris of Netherby in Yorkshire, Eng, by his first wife, daughter
of Sir Peter Jackson, knt. He had come to America as an aide
on the staff of General Braddock in the French war. He was m
the expedition to Fort DuQuesne and was wounded in the fatal
engagement. After his recovery he became the hero of a romance
which imaginative writers have invested and afterward embel-
lished with a vast amount of fiction. In it they have made him
the successful rival of Washington, who had been his comrade in
the Braddock expedition and had rescued him on that occasion.
In 17^6 while on his way to Boston to visit the commander-in-
chief General Shirley, Washington was entertained by Col.
Beverly Robinson, also a native of Virginia, who was then living
in the Highlands. Col. Robinson had recently married Susanna
Philipse the elder daughter of Frederick Philipse, the former
owner of the manor of Philipsburg, an estate comprising most of
the territory now included in Westchester county and part of the
counties of Putnam and Dutchess. At this time, however, the
entail had been broken and the lands divided among the heirs-
at-law Present at the house of Colonel Robinson was the sister
of his wife, Mary Philipse, celebrated for her beauty as well as
for her ample fortune of fifty thousand acres. Washington re-
mained there several days, and it is further said that he stopped
again on his return from Boston. It has also been represented
that he was a rejected suitor of the distinguished heiress, whereas
he was then actually paying his court to Miss Sally Cary who
afterwards became the wife of his friend, George William
Roger Morris was married to Mary Philipse at Philipsburg
manonn March, 1758. He again entered active service and was
with General Wolfe at Quebec. He was brevetted a Lieutenant-
Colonel and left the army in 1764 to make his home m New York
Here he became a member of the King's Council and was one of
the leading citizens. He purchased the Kiersen estate on Harlem
heights and built the present mansion, making it a gift to his
wife Here they led in society side by side with the De Peysters,
De Lanceys, Bayards, Van Courtlandts, Livingstones and others
of the same distinction. Among their visitors from elsewhere
were Major General Moniton, Sir Henry Moore, the Earl of
6a
82 The Old Morris House, afterwards the Jumel Mansion : [April,
Dunmore, Sir William Tryon and Dr. Benjamin Franklin, then
postmaster-general of the colonies. With the breaking out of
the Revolution the social reign of the Morrises came to an end.
They were loyalists and were subjected to the treatment which
was meeted out with severity to tories in New York. They were
included in the bill of attainder in 1779, an d after peace was de-
clared their house with the landed property was confiscated and
sold. Col. Morris went with his wife to England with the British
troops after the evacuation of New York, and the government
made him compensation for his losses. He died in 1794. A claim
was afterward made in behalf of Mrs. Morris for the restitution
of the property as having been solely hers by a pre-nuptial agree-
ment. The claim was sold to John Jacob Astor for $100,000 and
he is said to have realized half a million from the transaction.
Mrs. Morris died in London, July 18, 1825, at the age of ninety-
six.
The house was occupied during the Revolutionary war by the
commanders of both armies in turn. After the disastrous battle
of Long Island, August 27, 1776, the American forces retired to
New York. On the 14th of September General Howe moved
upon the city. The Americans retreated to Harlem. The
British commander immediately threw a line of intrenchments
across Manhattan Island from Kipp's bay to Bloomingdale, at the
point now 94th street. General Washington took up his head-
quarters at the house of Colonel Morris, which its owners had
deserted. Situated two hundred feet above the river it afforded
admirable facilities for observation. From the little balcony
above the hall door he was able with a field glass to survey the
country at the north and the region eastward where the enemy
was entrenched, and likewise all along both sides of the Hudson.
During the period of Washington's stay there many events
occured which possess historic interest. We need only to allude
to the tragic fate of Nathan Hale, the heroic soldier who con-
sented to imperil his life by serving as a spy, and having been
recognized by a relative who had enjo)-ed his father's hospitality
a short time before, was captured and executed; his only regret
being that he had but one life to give for his country. Col.
Thomas Knowlton had named him to General Washington as the
best man for the dangerous service. Now, by one of those
strange operations of mysterious destiny, he was himself required
to give up his own life a week before the death of the illustrious
martyr. He had been ordered to make a reconnoissance of the
enemy's position, going before day on the 16th under the pro-
tection of the dense woods. While it was yet dark he came un-
expectedly upon a superior force, and an engagement took place.
He was driven back to the Point of Rocks. Washington, learn-
ing of the battle, hastened to the place and ordered a flank
movement. Both parties were reinforced, but the Americans
won the victory. General Washington had gone back to the
Morris house, and was busily engaged in preparing his dispatches
to Congress, when he received the sad intelligence that Col.
Knowlton and Major Leitch had been brought in from the battle
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mortally wounded * He at once included a special mention of
them with a tribute to their worth. Both had fought under
Prescott at Bunker Hill, and Washington held them m high
Two other men, afterward conspicuous for their fatal rivalry
as well as for their extraordinary talent and ability, had also at-
tracted the favorable notice of the commander-in-chief. One ot
these was Aaron Burr, who was now holding the position of aide,
or secretary, to Washington. One day, while he was busily en-
gaged in writing from the dictation of the General, they were
surprised by the visit of a deputation of Indians who came into
the room in grave silence and ranged themselves around. At a
sign from the leading man of the party the interpreter stepped
forward and spoke: " Head of the Great Company who fight for
liberty and country: we the braves of the Council of the Six
Nations come to do you honor, and to gladden our eyes with a
sight of the Greatest Warrior of the Pale Faces. The whole
group then cast at the feet of the General the green branches of
laurel pine and hemlock which they were holding, and saluted
him respectfully; after which act of homage they went silently
out Alexander Hamilton also at this time attracted the notice
of the commander-in-chief by the skill with which he had con-
structed some earthworks. They constituted a fortification which
commanded a view of the site where he afterward built his
mansion and planted the thirteen trees in commemoration of the
thirteen states of the new union, and likewise of that doleful
precinct on the Jersey shore where was fought the fatal duel.
The two armies now remained several weeks in their en-
trenchments. Washington then learned that General Howe was
advancing by way of Throgg's Neck with the design to cut : him
off from communication with the eastern states. He left the
Morris house, having issued his last order on the 21st of October.
Withdrawing his army from Manhattan Island he marched to
White Plains. A battle ensued in which the Americans were de-
feated He then retired to New Castle. General Howe found
him too strongly intrenched for safe attack and moved toward
Fort Washington. The fort was invested on the 15th of Novem-
ber and taken the next day On the 17th, Washington, in com-
pany with Generals Greene, Putnam, Mercer and others, crossed
the river from Fort Lee and proceeded to the Morris house.
Here they viewed the position of their own forces and the move-
ments of the enemy. They then repaired to their boat and
went back to Fort Lee. But they had little conception ot the
peril which their temerity had incurred. While they had been
engaged in their reconnoissance the 42 d Highlanders under their
Lieutenant-Colonel, Sir Thomas Stirling, came across the Harlem
river with a force of Hessians, scaled the ledge on the bank ana
marched directly to the Morris house. He took possession within
fifteen minutes after the Am erican officers had left. Just as
* Col. Kaowlton was taken to the Cross Keys tavern then s i tua 4 e p d Th™^! 'hcSStff.
road at what is now 165th street. This tavern was used during the Revolution as a nospuai.
(Authority of Mr. Nelson Chase through Aaron Burr.)
84 The Old Morris House, afterwards the Jumel Mansion : [April,
Washington was pushing- off in a boat the piazza of the mansion
was occupied by the Hessian commander.
New York had now fallen into the full possession of the
British general. Harlem was occupied by the Hessian troops,
and the Morris house became the headquarters of General Knyp-
hausen. It continued to be so till the evacuation of the city in
1783. After the war it was sold by the Commissioners of For-
feiture and passed through the hands of several owners. For a
year or more it was the residence of Dr. Isaac Ledyard. In 1785
it became a public tavern, and Talmage Hall, the proprietor of a
line of stages from New York to Boston, made it the first stop-
ping place after leaving the city. General Washington paid it a
visit in the summer of 1790, while the seat of government was in
New York. In his diary, under date of the 10th of July, we find
the following account: " Having formed a party consisting of the
Vice-President, his lady and Miss Smith, the Secretary of State,
Treasury and War, and the ladies of the latter, with all the
gentlemen of my family, Mrs. Lear and the two children, we
visited the old position of Fort Washington, and afterward dined
on a dinner prepared by Mr. Mariner at the house lately Colonel
Morris's, but confiscated and in occupation by a common farmer."
The former glory had departed. The original owners were
refugees in England, and their mansion, once the resort of the
flower of colonial society and visited by governors and men of
distinction from abroad, had now became a common homestead.
At the period of this visit of Washington to his former head-
quarters, Stephen Jumel was carrying on a coffee plantation in
the island of San Domingo. He had just shipped a cargo to New
York when the insurrection on the island took place followed by
a massacre of the French inhabitants. Jumel escaped in a pas-
sing vessel and was carried to St. Helena, from whence he was
able to obtain a passage to New York. He had the good fortune
to find at this port the cargo of coffee that had been shipped.
The proceeds of the sale became the nucleus of the fortune which
he afterward acquired. He was not long in taking rank with the
wealthy merchants of New York. An anecdote is told of him
which shows his disposition. One day a cart belonging to a
competitor broke down in front of Jumel's establishment and the
driver was badly injured. A crowd quickly gathered round,
making profuse expressions of sympathy for the driver and the
loss which had occurred. Jumel came out to see what was the
matter, and as he heard the declarations of the by-standers, he
exclaimed: "You pity! How much do you pity? I pity ten
dollars." He hastened to take up a collection, which he gave to
the driver.
Early in the beginning of the new century Jumel married the
woman who made his name and their residence in Harlem dis-
tinguished in our local annals. They were married, April 7,
1804, in St. Peter's (Roman Catholic) church in Barclay street.
The accounts are greatly conflicting in regard to the parentage
and other incidents of the early life of Madam Jumel. Apple-
ton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography describes her as the
iqo3« I* s History and Traditions. 85
daughter of a French woman named Capet, and as having been
born at sea on a French frigate, and afterwards reared by a Mrs.
Thompson of Newport, R. I. The New York Times of May 24,
1902, describes her as having been born in a poor-house at Provi-
dence, R. I., and as probably adopted by a Mr. Bowen whose name
she bore. Others declare that when Eliza Bowen had reached
her seventeenth year she eloped to New York with Col. Peter
Croix, a British officer. The pair lived for a season at a house
which is described as " a handsome wooden structure." It stood
on the spot better known for its later history at the northwestern
corner of Fifth avenue and 34th street. But Mrs. Julius Henry
Caryl, the daughter of Nelson Chase by Mary Bounes, niece of
Madam Jumel, has given the writer of this sketch the following
account of the birth and parentage of her great-aunt: "Eliza
(Bowen) Jumel was born, April 2, 1777, in Providence, R. I., but
not in a poor-house as was asserted by her enemies during the
lawsuit. The statement made in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of
National Biography that the lady's name was Capet, and that she
was born at sea, is not sustained by reliable history. Eliza Jumel
was the daughter of Phoebe and John Bowen. Her father was
a sea-captain and owned his own vessels; her brother and father
were drowned together. Her mother Phoebe Bowen, born
Kelley, married twice: 1st, Bowen; 2ndly, Jonathan Clark, (Sept.
16, 1790,) and both he and his wife died in 1798."
Jonathan Clark was a captain in the Continental army.
Betsy and her sister Polly lived with their mother and step-father
on Goose hill, Rutland, Mass. In the famous Jumel Will Case it
was shown that Jonathan Clark, with his wife Phoebe and step-
daughters Polly and Eliza, in the year 1798 resided in William-
ston, N. C." Mrs. Terhune gives an account of her marriage
with M. Jumel as follows: " M. Jumel, married, April 7, 1804, at
St. Peter's Church, in Barclay street, Miss Eliza Bowen, a beauti-
ful blonde with a superb figure and graceful carriage. She was
twenty-seven years of age, having been born April 2, 1777. M.
Jumel was nearing his fiftieth birthday, but alert, vigorous and
courtly, and passionately enamored of his bride. The wedding
party drove from the church door to an elegant house on Bowling-
Green."
In 1 8 10 the mansion in Harlem was purchased which from
that time was known and famous as the "Jumel House." The
family now consisted of M. Jumel and wife, and a niece of Madam
Jumel whom they had adopted. Here they lived in a splendor
which evoked much remark, to which, however, they were quite
indifferent. Their mansion became, as in earlier days, a place
where individuals of celebrity were frequently entertained, and
soon was widely known. Jumel was an enthusiastic admirer of
Napoleon, and upon the waning of the fortunes of the Emperor
he conceived the notion to give him an asylum in America.
Having arranged his affairs he set sail for France in his own
vessel, the " Eliza," which he had named in honor of his wife.
Napoleon, however, was sensible of the futility of the project
and gracefully declined it, representing that it would not be con-
86 The Old Morris House, afterwards the Jumel Mansion : [April,
sistent with his dignity. The Jumels now set up a magnificent
establishment in Paris rivalling in its style and appointments
their home in New York. Here they enjoyed the social patronage
of Lafayette, and their house was frequented by the elite of the
French capital. But this brilliant career came abruptly to an
end. The long wars in Europe and America were followed by a
period of overwhelming disaster. M. Jumel found his great
fortune exhausted and it became necessary to close the establish-
ment in Paris.
Madam Jumel and niece returned to New York in 182 1 and
again occupied the mansion in Harlem. She brought away with
her a great quantity of bric-a-brac, laces, costly furniture and
other rare and valuable articles. She was the owner of the
Jumel mansion in her own right, and set herself to make it a
pleasant home. In 18 14 the Khedive of Egypt presented Napo-
leon with four hundred African cypress trees. After the acces-
sion of Louis XVIII they were left to perish from neglect. M.
Jumel petitioned for them and was permitted to purchase them
and send them to America. They were planted as a hedge
around a circular fish-pond near the gateway of the Jumel place.
Most of them have been since taken away as the streets were cut
through, but twenty of them still remain. M. Jumel also returned
to America in 1828. Aided by his wife, who now showed herself
to be endowed with abundant energy and talent for business, he
became again the possessor of a handsome competency, and they
were able to resume somewhat of their former style of living.
They were more reserved than in former times, but they were
highly regarded by all who knew them. There are many stories
of their courtesy and hospitality. When Louis Napoleon was an
exile he was for a time the guest of the Jumels. He was in
financial straits and they helped him liberally with money. After
he became Emperor he gratefully remembered his obligations to
them. Joseph Bonaparte also visited them, and it is said that
Madam Jumel received him with all the honor that she could pay
to a royal personage. M. Jumel died in 1832. He was thrown
from his carriage on the 22nd of May, sustaining injuries which
proved fatal.
After the death of her husband Madam Jumel carried on her
business affairs by herself. She displayed in them excellent
judgment and ability. The varied experiences of her life had
sharpened her faculties, and the poor Rhode Island girl, with
whom scandal had made free, had developed into a woman of
culture, tact and superior powers. She furnished her mansion
with somewhat of its former splendor. It displayed abundant
souvenirs of the First Empire and its renowned master. There
were eight chairs which had belonged to the First Consul, a table
the marble top of which had been brought to her from Eg3 r pt, a
clock which the Emperor had used in the Tuilleries, a chandelier
that he had once given to Moreau, tapestries and paintings which
had been collected by Josephine: also a set of drawing-room
furniture which had once been owned by Charles X; a bedstead
upon which Napoleon had slept for many months, and his army
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chest. Visitors also told of a stand that was said to have be-
longed to Voltaire, a black leather trunk which was supposed to
have been used by Napoleon on the march to Moscow, and an
elaborate embroidery of flowers surrounded by a golden chain,
which had been made by the Empress. On the furniture was
emblazoned the symbolic " N " of the Empire in commemoration
of its great chief.
The marriage of Madam Jumel to Colonel Burr was the next
important episode in her history and that of the mansion which
bears her name. It is said that she had met Burr in her earlier
life and had come under the spell of his peculiar power of
fascination. She was fifty-eight, and aside from her ample
fortune was still an attractive woman. At the time of her
husband's death Colonel Burr had returned from his long sojourn
in Europe and had taken up the practice of law in New York.
Madam Jumel was desirous to obtain legal advice in a matter of
real estate, and Burr was pre-eminently expert in the knowledge
of the laws relating to that subject. She called accordingly at
his office at No. 23 Nassau street, on that errand. He received
her in his accustomed courtly manner, complimented her fine
appearance and listened to her statement like the ideal man of
business. He took her papers, told her when he would have his
opinion ready and conducted her to her carriage in princely style.
Nelson Chase, then a young man, lived at the Jumel house. He
was a student of law and was married to Madam Jumel's niece.
On the appointed day he was sent to obtain the written opinion.
Burr's reception of him was such as to fasten his warm regard.
Not long after Burr took him as a student, and, it is affirmed,
taught him more in one year than he could have learned in ten
in the ordinary way. Charles O'Connor many years later,
declared that Chase was " the best-read man in the United
States." Chase never faltered in his devotion and admiration of
his preceptor, always affirming that he had been more sinned
against than sinning.
Having now become a student of Colonel Burr, young Chase
was eloquent in praising him, and finally persuaded Madam Jumel
to invite the Colonel to a grand banquet at the mansion. Burr
displayed on this occasion all his unequalled charm of manner
and shone to conspicuous advantage. With the gallantry which
had distinguished him in earlier days, he led her to dinner re-
marking gracefully: "Madam, I give you my hand; my heart has
long been yours." After this he came repeatedly to the Jumel
house. But when he proposed marriage he was refused, though
in somewhat hesitating tones. He continued his visits, finally
telling her, as though in jest, that he would come to Fort Wash-
ington in a few days with a clergyman and ask her again. He
came indeed, as he had said, accompanied by the Rev. David
Bogert of the Reformed Dutch Church, the same clergyman who
had officiated half a century before at his marriage to Theodosia
Prevost. Whether it was affectation or genuine reluctance,
Madam Jumel did not readily yield acquiescence. Her niece,
however, and Mr. Chase were warm advocates for Burr. She
8& TJie Old Morris House, afterwards the Jumel Mansion: [April,
was lonely in the old mansion; she needed a trained man of
affairs to help in the management of her property, and by the
marriage much gossip might be avoided. Protesting all the
while, she finally consented, and they promptly habited her for
the occasion. Attired in a pearl-tinted satin gown, so heavy with
stiffness that it could stand alone, she came down to the tea-room,
and, taking her position with Burr before the great fire-place, the
ceremony was performed. This was on Monday, July ist, 1833.
But Burr was not permitted to pass the remaining years of his
life in the mansion where fifty-seven years before he had lived
as the aide and secretary of General Washington. A few days
afterward the wedded pair paid a visit to the Governor of Con-
necticut, at Hartford, who was a nephew of Colonel Burr.
While they were there Mrs. Burr consented to sell certain shares
of stock which she owned in the bridge over the Connecticut
river at that place. The money was paid to Col. Burr, who
deposited it to his credit in his own bank in New York, and after-
ward lost it in an investment in Texas lands. He had told
nothing of the affair to his wife, and when she questioned him
about the money, he replied that "she had a husband to manage
her affairs, and one who would manage them." She was too
high-spirited and energetic to submit to this and gave him to
understand that he could have no further control of her property.
After this there was a coolness between them, then a partial recon-
ciliation, followed by the losing of more money. Burr was no
longer the shrewd man of business and her patience was exhaus-
ted. An estrangement between them took place and she filed a
complaint against him, thus depriving him of the control of her
property. He began a defence, but afterward allowed the case to
go by default. Only once thereafter did he reside in the Jumel
mansion. At one time when very ill Madam Jumel had him
brought to her house, where she nursed him for several weeks.
When well Burr left her. He spent his last days at Port Rich-
mond where he died on the 14th of September, 1836.
The next fifteen years were passed quietly at the Jumel
mansion. The same hospitality and benevolence were maintained
which had prevailed in former years. When the famine of 1847
raged in Ireland, because of the potato blight, Madam Jumel
contributed several thousand dollars to the relief of the suffering
population. In 1852 she paid another visit to Paris. Louis
Napoleon, then President of the French Republic, gave a ball to
which she was invited, and she made a conspicuous figure as she
entered the ball-room on the arm of Jerome Bonaparte. She
was the recipient of many courtesies from the President whom
she had befriended in former years. Her last days were unevent-
ful, and she died at the Jumel mansion on the 16th of July, 1865,
aged eighty-eight hears. The Nezv York Times of the 18th of
the month gave her age at ninety-six. The funeral services
were held at the Church of the Intercession, of which the Rev.
J. H. Smith was rector. The pall-bearers were distinguished
citizens of New York. She was reputed to have possessed prop-
erty to the value of several million dollars; but less than one
1903]. Records of the Church of Christ 89
million remained after the suits, which her will involved, were
adjudicated. Mr. Nelson Chase, whose first wife was Mary
Bounes, the niece of Madam Jumel, lived in the Jumel house for
fifty years. He was widely esteemed for his kind temper and
professional ability. His circle of acquaintances, who were
frequent visitors at the mansion, included such persons as James
Parton, the biographer of Aaron Burr, Nathaniel P. Willis,
" Fanny Fern," Myron Gaines Clark, Mrs. Blennerhasset, and
many others. He often entertained his guests with stories of
Aaron Burr, frequently describing the scene of the marriage
with Madam Jumel. After his death the mansion passed into
the hands of several occupants, and was finally purchased by
Gen. Ferdinand P. Earleof New York, who died there Jan. 2, 1903.
Only three buildings now exist in New York that are inti-
mately associated with the name of Washington. One of these
is the Jumel house, his headquarters at one of the most critical
periods of the Revolutionary war; another is Fraunce's Tavern
where in 1783 he bade adieu to his officers; the third is the
Church of St. Paul in Broadway where he worshipped. This
sacred structure is fortunately preserved from destruction by the
care and oversight of the great corporation by which it is owned.
The others, patriotic citizens of this city are now endeavoring to
place in conditions which will render them equally secure.
Historic places such as these must have an elevating influence
upon our people, and must foster the spirit of patriotism in our
descendants. New York owes it to herself to act patriotically in
this matter. If it be pleaded that the commercial spirit stands
in our way, let it be remembered that it was the merchants of
New York who in 1770 established their Chamber of Commerce
in this very Fraunce's Tavern which we wish to preserve; who
threw overboard the cargo of tea in 1774; who organized the
" Sons of Liberty," and met the British forces on Golden Hill
five years before the battle of Lexington. Surely the descend-
ants of these men will not betray their trust, and both the Jumel
mansion and the Tavern of the Revolution will be preserved for
all time as landmarks sacredly associated with that one wise and
heroic leader who above all others wrought out for us the heri-
tage we now enjoy, and which we are pledged to hand down
unimpaired to coming generations.
RECORDS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN SALEM,
WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y.
The First Church in the Town, with some Places Adjacent.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 50. of The Record.)
MARRIAGES.
1805, Mch. 14. Married Mr. Joseph Brundage to Miss Abby
Reynolds both of Salem.
17. Married Mr. David Merrit to Miss Polly Burcham
both of Salem.
GO Records of the Church of Christ [April,
1 805, Apr. 28. Married Mr. Jacob Hull to Miss Hannah Bouton
both of Salem.
July 15. Married Mr. Jared Seymour to Miss Esther Kellogg
both of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Sept. 17. Married Mr. Jabesh M. Gilbert of Ridgefield to Miss
Clara Bouton of Salem.
Oct. 23. Married Mr. Thomas Smith to Miss Huldah Bouton
both of Salem.
Nov. 17. Married Mr. David Fletcher to Miss Sarah Foster
both of Salem.
21. Married Mr. David Betts of Wilton, Connecticut to
Miss Rhoda Adams of Salem.
24. Married Mr. Jesse Roe of Weston to Miss Phebe
Pierce of Ridgefield.
Dec. 21. Married Mr. Gamaliel Hoyt of Poundridge to
Miss Phebe Benedict of Salem.
23. Married Mr. Eli Knap of Stanwich Conn., to Miss
Synthia Osborn of Salem.
25. Married Mr. Richard Sherwood of North Salem to
Miss Jerusha Pardee of Salem.
1806, Jan. 23. Mr. Abraham Knox of North Salem to Miss Sally
Reynolds of Salem.
26. Mr. Brundage of to Wd. Polly Reynolds
of Salem.
Feb. 12. Mr. Timothy Jones of Ridgefield, Conn., to Miss
Anna Bouton of Poundridge.
May 27. Mr. Sniffen to Miss Polly Conkling both of Salem.
July 7. Mr. John Sherwood to Miss Abby Man.
Aug. 15. Mr. Williams of to Miss Margaret Lee of
York Town.
31. Mr. John Crosman of North Salem to Mrs. Eliza-
beth Benedict of Salem.
Nov. 22. Mr. Stephen Pardee to Miss Betsy Hull both of
Salem.
23. Mr. Gould Olmstead of Ridgefield to Miss Polly
Lockwood of Salem.
26. Mr. David Benedict to Miss Elizabeth Bishop
both of Salem.
Dec. 18. Mr. Jesse Slawson to Mrs. Hannah Mead both of
Salem.
25. Mr. Edward Sturges of Wilton, Conn., to Miss
Sally Adams of Salem.
31. Mr. Joseph Reynolds to Miss Sukey Adams both
of Salem.
1807, Jan. 1. Mr. Aaron Northrop to Miss Charlotte Hoyt both
of Salem.
Mr. Joseph Darling of Reading, Conn., to Miss
Betsy Ferris of Salem.
Feb. 26. Mr. Silas Gregory of Norwalk, Conn., to Miss
Polly Tuttle of Wilton, Conn.
Mch. 18. Mr. William Brown of Salem to Miss Mahitable
Piatt of Danbury, Conn.
1903.] in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y. 01
1807, Apr. 18. Mr. Elias Barker of to Miss Lette Dickens
Salem.
Aug. 6. Mr. Anson Lobdin to Miss Betsy Purdy both of
North Salem.
Oct. 19. Mr. Morse Couch to Miss Mary Hanford both of
Norwalk, Con et .
21. Mr. Moses W. Mead of Midlesex to Miss ) r
Polly Betsy Middlebrooks of Wilton. \ uonn -
22. Mr. Elias Hoyt of Bedford to Miss Esther Hull of
Salem.
Nov. 15. Mr. Silvenus Ballard of Franklin to Miss Betsy
Bugby of North Salem.
25. Mr. John Stevens of Greenfield to Mrs. Lovina
Hoyt of Salem.
29. Mr. Thomas Rockwel of Salem to Miss Catharine
Williamson of Bedford.
29. Mr. Silvenus Stevens Jun r . of Poundridge to Miss
Lora Olmstead of Ridgefield, Con et .
Dec. 26. Mr. Samuel Olmstead to Miss Susannah Mead
both of Weston, Conet.
31. Mr. Thomas Miller of Bedford to Miss Laura Har-
ford of Salem.
1 808, Feb. 20. Mr. Uriah Mallery of Reading, Con et . to Miss
Rachel Roe.
8i. Mr. Eli Odeleof Norwalk to Miss Polly Betts of
Wilton.
Mch. 5. Mr. Jeams Thompson of Middlesex to Mrs. Esther
Seward of Salem.
Apr. 4. Mr. Noah Olmstead to Mrs. Anna Olmstead both
of Wilton.
May 22. Mr. Anson D. Poynere to Miss Nancy Sillick both
of Caanan.
July 2. Mr. Daniel Scofield of Poundridge to Miss Nancy
Canfield of Salem.
Sept 30. Mr. Hezekiah Osborn of Weston to Mrs. Eunice
Lyon of Salem.
Oct 20. Mr. Thomas Mead to Miss Elizabeth Gilbert both
of Salem.
Nov. 2. Mr. Benjamin A. Darling of Reading to Miss
Sally B. Odell of Norwalk.
9. Mr. Weed to Miss Wallace both of
North Salem.
19. Mr. Joseph Mills to Miss Clarinda Smith both of
Wilton.
Mr. Coley Sturges of Weston to Miss Laurinda
Sturges of Wilton.
29. Mr. Darius Ferris of Salem to Miss Harriet Com-
stock of Canaan.
Dec. 29. Mr. Henry Lloyd of Fairfield to Miss Abigal John-
son of Norwalk.
Mr. Ery Northrop to Miss Phebe Raymond both
of Salem.
Q2 Records of the Church of Christ [April,
1809 Jan. 12. Mr. William Scribnerto Miss Anna Burchard both
of Wilton.
Feb. 12. Mr. Gideon Ferris to Miss Lois Bouton both of
Salem.
18. Mr. Billy Seymor to Miss Nancy St. John both of
Wilton.
Mr. Lewis Nash to Miss Rachel Olmstead both of
Ridgefield.
21. Mr. Stephen Wescott to Miss Deborah Peck both
of Bedford.
23. Mr. Northrop Lockwood of Cannan to Miss Phebe
Conklin of Salem.
Mch. 10. Mr. William T. Gilbert to Miss Abigail Scofield
both of Wilton.
23. Mr. Samuel Morehouse of Norwalk to Miss Eliza-
beth Waterbury of Wilton.
May 25. Mr. Lewis Rockwell to Miss Mary Webster both
of Salem.
June 20. Mr. Charles Lewis of Greenfield to Miss Anna
Hendrix of Caanan.
July 12. Mr. Benjamin Hoyt of Fairfield, Vermont, to Mrs.
Caty Olmstead of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Aug. 28. Mr. William Sherwood to Miss Rachel Jackson
both of Reading, Con ct .
Oct. 17. Mr. Samuel Trowbridge of Solon to Miss Achsah
Smith of North Salem.
26. Mr. Gould Olmstead of Ridgefield to Miss Anna
Morgan of Wilton.
Nov. 16. Mr. Seth Ferris of Patterson to Miss Mary Keeler
of Wilton.
23. Mr. Joseph Brundage to Miss Thursa Mead both
of So. Salem.
29. Mr. Blatchly Smith of Canaan to Miss Clara
Stebbins of So th Salem.
1 8 10 Jan. 4. Mr. Samuel Seymour of Wilton to Miss Geletta
Stebbins of So th Salem.
Feb. 7. Mr. Isaac Jones to Miss Sally Lobden both of
Ridgefield.
21. Mr. Jeams Follow of Norwalk to Miss Arritta
Tuttle of Wilton.
22. Mr. Moseman Cressy of Bedford to Miss Anna
Benedict of South Salem.
Mch. 1. Mr. Elias Baddean to Miss Nancy Lockwood both
of North Salem.
July 4. Mr. Timothy Cole to Miss Eliza Sterling both of
Wilton.
July 21. Mr. Aaron Adams to Miss Sally Hickok both of
Fairfield.
Aug. 7. Mr. Samuel Clark of Fishkill to Miss Abigail Ray-
mond of South Salem.
Sept. 16. Mr. Belden Hulburt to Miss Anna Betts both of
Wilton.
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i8io,Sept.2o. Mr. Ross Scribner to Miss Rachel Lion both of
Wilton.
22. Mr. Jered Benedict to Mrs. Anna Benedict both
of Salem.
Oct. 11. Mr. William Little of Peacham, Vermont to Mrs.
Elenor Burr of Reading, Con ct .
181 1 Jan. 30. Mr. Harvey Gilbert to Miss Sally Hull both of
Ridgefield.
Feb. 12. Mr. Samuel Osborn to Miss Sarah Rowland both
Weston.
23. Mr. Jere Mead to Miss Anna Smith both of Ridge-
field.
Mch. 11. Mr. Azariah Smith of Ridgefield Miss Mille
Rowe of Salem.
Apr. 11. Mr. Jeams H. Abbot of New Canaan to Miss
Sally Long of Wilton.
13. Mr. Benjamin Fowler of Westchester to Miss
Polly Olmstead of Ridgefield.
May 6. Mr. Joseph Bededict of Nassan to Miss Betsy
Brinkroff of North Salem.
July 28. Mr. Sandy Banks of New York to Miss Charlotte
Rundle of North Castle.
Aug. 3. Mr. Ebenezer Gilbert to Miss Elizabeth Abbot
both of Wilton.
Oct. 24. Mr. Lewis Beers of Ridgefield to Miss Rhoda
{To be continued.)
ONONDAGA COUNTY RECORDS— 1795.
Contributed by L. D. Scisco.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV, p. 47 of The Record.)
The word illiterate inserted after names in this record indicates that the individuals
signed with an -K
1796.
Guion, Isaac; lieutenant and now captain in the Western Army,
transfers to Mills Phillips of Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Nas-
sau Island, lots 30 — Camillus and 8 — Ulysses. Date, May 12.
Harwood, Thomas, of New York City; matross Art. Regt., trans-
fers to Robert Smith and Marvill Ellis of Rensselaer Co.,
lot 77 — Cicero. Date, May 16.
Hoakley, James; late drummer in Tiebout's Co., 1st Regt., illiter-
ate, transfers to Benjamin Wallace of Albany, lot 84 — Cicero.
John Given, Garret C. Vanden Bergh, wits. Date, August 29.
Holly, Benjamin; late private Tiebout's Co., N. Y., line deceased
before Jan. 1, 1796, when his mother and sole heir, Sarah
Evers of Owego Town, transfers his title to lot 27— Camillus.
7
04. Onondaga County Records — 17Q6. [April,
Hyatt, Abraham, of New Castle town; transfers to Joseph Slason
of Manlius Township, part lot 99 — Manlius. Identified by-
Stephen Acker of Mt. Pleasant. Date, September 20.
Jacobs, Abel, of North Haven Town, Conn.; farmer, late soldier
Art Regt, illiterate, transfers to Thomas Johnson of New
Haven, Conn., lot 22 — Camillus. Date, Mch. 31.
Jansen, Cornelius T., of Shawangunk Town, and wife, Christiana;
transfer to David Green of Onondaga Co., part lot 42 —
Pompey. Date, July 3.
Jones, Thomas, of New Paltz; yeoman, late soldier 2nd Regt.,
illiterate, transfers to Judah Hopkins and others of Freehold
Town, lot 30 — Marcellus. Identified by John S. Lester.
Date, Feb. 10.
Kelcy, Benjamin of Elizabethtown, N. J.; late soldier 2nd Regt.,
deceased before May 6, 1796, on which date his brother and
heir, Daniel Kelcy of North Brunswick, N. J., transfers his
land.
Lambert, John, of Albany Co.; gentleman, late soldier, transfers
to Nathaniel Williams of Onondaga Co., lot 28 — Pompey.
Date, Nov. 26.
Lester, John S., of Ulster Co.; late of Wright's Co., 2nd Regt.,
transfers to Benjamin Pelton of Dutchess Co., lot 44 —
Manilus. Also deposes "that when he the said John S. Les-
ter was in the army he was known by the name of John
Lester and at that time usually omitted the letter S in
signing his name." Date, Jan. 15. On Jan. 15 Lester iden-
tifies John Wilklow when latter transfers land. On Feb. 10,
Lester identifies Thomas Jones when the latter transfers
land.
Moor, John; late soldier, N. Y. line, illiterate, transfers to Zecharia
Tomlinson of Lansingburgh, lot 4 — Marcellus. James Bar-
net, Samuel Milliman, wits. Acknowledged before Master-
in-Chancery, Jeremiah Lansingh. Date Feb. 15.
O'Bryan, Thomas, of Schenectady Town; late drummer 1st Regt.,
transfers to Joseph C. Yates and John Prince of same place,
lot 71 — Pompey. Date, Dec. 21.
Onderdonk, Titus, late of lower Canada; late private 2nd Regt.,
illiterate, transfers to David Holbrook of Manlius Town,
lot 5 — Pompey. Date, March 3. Acknowledged same before
Master-in-Chancery Gilbert Livingston, and was identified
by Capt. Abraham Swartwout. Date, March 9.
Painter, Edward; deceased before Sept. 26, 1796, when his
daughter and heir, Hannah, and her husband, Richard
Bridgeford, transfer his title to lot 15 — Cicero.
Parsons, Charles; of Adams Town, Mass., late captain 1st Regt.,
and wife, Lucy, transfer to Robert Throop of New York
City, lot 81 — Lysander. Date. Aug. 9.
Ransier, John; late soldier, 1st Regt., illiterate, transfers to
Elkanah Watson of Albany, lot 19 — Pompey. Caleb Miles,
Hugh Labcy, wits. Acknowledged before Master-in-Chan-
cery, Jeremiah Lansingh. Date, Jan. 30.
igo3-] Onondaga County Records — 1796. 0,5
Ray, Caleb; late soldier N. Y. line transfers to Elizur Goodrich
of New Haven. Elihu Chauncey Goodrich, Solomon Davis
wits. Acknowledged before Master-in-Chancery, E. C.
Goodrich. Date, March 30.
Richards, Gilbert, of Burlington Town, yeoman, transfers to
Samuel Martin of Richfield Town, lot 26 — Cicero. Date,
Aug. 23.
Seaman, John; acknowledges Feb. 25, 1796, before Master-in-
Chancery James M. Hughes, his transfers of Apl. 2, 1794.
Shelly, Cyrus, of Stonington, Conn.; late soldier 1st Regt., illit-
erate, transfers to John Stanton, of Brookfield Town, lot
55 — Cicero. Date, Sept. 10.
Sherwood, James, of Orange Co.; and wife Sarah, transfer to
Benjamin Pelton of Dutchess Co., lot 73 — Cicero. Identified
by James Knapp. Date, Jan. 13.
Skatts, James, of Whitestown, and wife Anne, transfer to
Jerahmel Ballou, of Whitestown, lot 4— Camillus. Date,
Oct. 17.
Smith, David, of Richfield Town; tailor, transfers to Robert
Martin, Jr., and Elijah Martin of same place, part lot 93 —
Lysander. Date, Feb. 22.
Smith, John, of Canaan Town; farmer, late matross Mott's Co.,
Art. Regt. transfers to Benjamin Wallace, of Albany, and
Joseph Chittenden, of Hillsdale Town, lot 10 — Cicero. Date,
Jan. 25. John Smith, of Montgomery Town, saddler and
wife Ann, transfer to Thomas McEntee, of Fairfield Town,
Conn., lot 10 — Cicero. Date, Nov. 30.
Squirrell, Jacob, Gloucester Co., N. J.; yeoman, late sergeant in
Israel Smith's Co., 2nd Regt., quit claims to Robert Ross, of
Philadelphia, lot 8 — Cicero. Date Feb. 24. Also quit claims
to Joseph Thomas, of Philadelphia, same lot. Date, May 2.
Stagg, John, of New York City; late soldier 1st Regt., illiterate,
transfers, to Robert Smith and Marvill Ellis of Troy. Date,
May 15.
Strachan, William, of New York City, gentleman, and wife Hellena,
transfer to Joseph Wickoff, of Onondaga Co., lots 46 — Ovid
and 2 — Fabius. Date, Nov. 15.
Thuttle, William, of Oxford; joiner, transfers to Oliver Tuttle,
of Onondago Co., lot 97 — Marcellus. Identified by Andrew
Simpson, who has known him four or five years. Date,
Sept. 22.
Tompkins, Abraham, of Dutchess Co.; farmer, illiterate, and
wife Elizabeth, transfer to Henry S. Piatt, of Rensselaer-
ville, lot 24 — Marcellus. Date, Apr. 1.
Vacher, John F., of Morris Co., N. J.; physician, late surgeon,
4th Regt., and wife Sarah, transfer to James Parker, of Perth
Amboy, N. J., lots 41 and 67 — Camillus. Date, Nov. 14.
Walter, Jacob; acknowledges on March 24, 1796, before Master-
in-Chancery Arthur Breese his transfer of Nov. 25, 1791.
Whipple, Nathan, of Petersburgh, late private Pell's Co., Van
Cortlandt's Regt., illiterate, transfers to John Woodworth, of
Troy, lot 21 — Camillus. Date Jan. 13.
g6 Onondaga County Records — 1797. [April,
Wilklow, John, of Ulster Co.; illiterate, to Benjamin Pelton of
Dutchess Co. Identified by John S. Lester and James Knapp.
Date, Jan. 15.
Williams, John, of Granville; late private Greggs Co., Ganse-
voort's Regt., and wife Lydia, transfer to Zadock Day, of
Granville, lot 42 — Camillus. Date, Oct. 27.
Willsey, Jacob, of Rensselaerville, transfers to Walter Tylee, of
Coxsackie, lot 80 — Marcellus [Manlius]. Date Feb. 17.
Wright, Barnch, of New York City; cartman, and wife Jane,
transfer to William Keteltas of New York City, lot 69 — Ma-
nilus. Identified by William Mullen. Date, Sept. 22.
Wright, Edward; acknowledges on Feb. 15, 1796, before Master-
in-Chancery Jeremiah Lansingh his transfer of May 13, 1794.
1797-
Adams, James; late drummer 1st Regt., deceased before Nov. 18,
1797, when his father and heir, James Adams, conveys title
to lot 43 — Manlius. Elijah Knapp, John Dorsett, wits. Iden-
tified by John Musier of Albany.
Babbet, John, of Middletown Town; transfers to Wait Ball, of
Danbury, Conn., lot 9 — Cicero. Date, July 8.
Blum, Albert, of Canajohane; late private in Hix's Co., 1st Regt.,
illiterate, and wife Ana Eve, transfer to Peter Sternberg
and Nicholas Schuyler, of Canajoharie, lot 97 — Manlius.
Date, Dec. 13. Martin Vanslyke deposes on Dec. 16, that he
first knew Blumm in 1776, when both were in Fink's Co.,
Van Schaick's Regt.
Boice, Peter, of Bethlehem Town; late soldier, Ham-
tramcks Co., 2nd Regt., illiterate, transfer to Benjamin Wal-
lace, of Albany, and Peter Rosekrans of Bethlehem Town,
lot 78 — Manlius. Date, March 6. Also quitclaims, with his
wife Abigail, same lot to same parties. Date, Apr. 15.
Brock, Nathaniel; deceased before Nov. 25, 1797, when his
brothers John Brock and Henry Gibson of Cornwall Town,
transfer each respectively a seventh part of lot 44 — Tully.
Brown, John, of Philadelphia; late matross Bliss Co., Art. Regt.,
transfer to Lemuel Cobb, of Morris Co., N, J. Date, Jan. 30.
Ceator, William, of Montgomery Co.; transfers to Jerahmel Bal-
lon of Whitestown, lot 53 — Cicero. Date, July 17.
Coalman, Israel; of Wallkil Town; yeoman, and wife Martha,
transfer to Robert Shirter of Montgomery Town, lot 23 —
Pompey. Date, Feb. 6. On May 16, William Barber, deposes
that he knew Coalman in the army and that Coalman be-
longed to the Artillery.
Collins, Joseph, of Cambridge; transfers to William Hiscock, of
New Westfield, lot 37 — Camillus. Date, Jan. 12. On May
12, Samuel Deming identifies Collins, and deposes that he
has been well acquainted with him for ten years and up-
wards, and that he has understood that Collins had been a
soldier in the line.
Conite, Conrad, of Paramas, N. J.; late soldier, illiterate, transfers
to John J. Gurnee, of Hampstead, Orange Co., lot 91 — Cam-
illus. Date, July 7.
1903]- J ohn Wrenshall, Julia Dent and Ulysses S. Grant. 9 J
Diamond, Moses; late soldier deceased before July 10, 1797, when
his natural uncle and sole heir, William Diamond, of Scho-
harie Town, farmer, conveys lot 70 — Camillus.
Elliott, Henry; late soldier, deceased intestate before Oct. 9,
1797, when his child and heir, John Elliott,of Warwick Town
conveys an eigth-part of lot 87— Pompey.
Fletcher, David, of Hampshire Co., Mass., transfers to Zebma
Weatherby, of Warren, Herkimer Co., lot 46— Fabms. Ac-
knowledged before Judge Stevens in Onondago Co. Date,
Sept. 25.
Hunt, William, of Vermont, transfers to Jasper Mead, of Conn.,
lot 87— Manlius. Thaddeus M. Wood, wit. Identified by
Daniel Earle. Acknowledged before Judge Stevens in On-
ondago Co. Date, Jan. 5. William Hunt, late soldier, N. Y.
line illiterate, transfers to John Chipman of Middlebury,
Vt., lot 87— Manlius. Luther Trowbridge, John Richardson,
wits. Identified by Robert Lewis. Acknowledged before
Judge Richardson in Onondago Co. Date, Feb. 11.
Jordan, James acknowledges on Jan. 4. 1797, before Supreme
Court Justice Lansing his transfer of April 8,1795.
Kelcey, Benjamin; otherwise called Kelsoor [or Kelson?] Kelly,
late soldier, 2nd Regt., deceased before March 15, 1797, when
his only brother, Daniel Kelcy, of Middlesex Co., N. J.,
farmer, conveys lot 33 — Pompey.
Lee, William H., of Stillwater Town, transfers to Josiah Benja-
min of same place lot 12— Camillus. Identified by Eliakm
Benjamin, who has known him twelve years. Date June 12.
Lepper, John, of Canajoharie Town; yeoman, late soldier, trans-
fers to Eli Parsons and Henry Bradt of Springfield Town,
lot 2 — Marcellus. Date, Sept. 15.
(To be continued.)
JOHN WRENSHALL, JULIA DENT AND
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
By Josiah H. Shinn.
One can never tell. The facts of life are stranger than its
fictions:— the grandfather a pioneer Wesleyan preacher; the
granddaughter a mistress of the White House; the grandfather
a foreigner from a hostile shore; the granddaughter laid away
by a nation's love in the stately mausoleum of the leading gen-
eral of the age. .
John Wrenshall, son of Thomas and Margaret Wrenshall oi
Preston, England, was born in England December 27, 1761. He
received an ordinary education, and on October 6,1783 married
Mary, daughter of Matthew and Sarah Bennington of Halifax,
Yorkshire. They buffeted the world in England for eleven
years, when the inducements of America overcame their love for
home, and led them to seek a home in the western world. On
7 a
q8 John Wrenshall, Julia Dent and Ulysses S. Grant. [April,
July 20, 1794 Mr. and Mrs. Wrenshall with the following four
children embarked at Liverpool for Philadelphia, where they
arrived October 15th, 1794.
1. Margaret Sarah Wrenshall who married William Boggs
and died at Florence, Ala.
2. Mary Bennington Wrenshall who married (1) Woolman
Gibson; (2) Asa Shinn the founder of the Protestant
Methodist Church, and one of the most eloquent men of
the 19th Century. She died at Cincinnati, Ohio.
3. Ellen Bray Wrenshall who married Frederick Dent and be-
came the mother of Mrs. General U. S. Grant, dying at
St. Louis, Mo.
4. Fanny Fieldhouse Wrenshall who married William Smith,
and died at Washington, Pa.
These six left Philadelphia in the Spring of 1795 for the
wild West. With teams and on horseback they crossed the Al-
legheny Mountains and in three months set down at Pittsburg,
an insignificant frontier village. The contrast between York-
shire and their new home was so marvelously great, as to create
a desire to return. But the fates had decreed otherwise. John
Wrenshall opened a trading station, and in fifteen years laid the
foundation for the gigantic mercantile establishment that found
habitation in Pittsburg in the early half of the last century. He
succeeded where others failed, and his children partook of his
heroic nature. Not content with being a merchant, he added to
his weekly labor the vocation of a Methodist preacher. His voice
was heard every Sunday from the home-made pulpits of zealous
churchmen in their homes, or from the clumsy rostrum of the
cheap frame house, they dignified by the name, "Chapel Hall."
Three other children were born at Pittsburg:
1. Emily Wrenshall who married Samuel K. Page and died at
Louisville, Kentucky.
2. Sarah Wrenshall who married John K. Fielding, and died
at St. Charles, Mo.
3. John Fletcher Wrenshall who married Mary Ann Cowan
and died at Woodville, Pa.
Mrs. Mary Wrenshall died July 1, 181 2, and Mr. Wrenshall
then married Ann Holdship, who died November 9, 18 14, leaving
a daughter who died in infancy.
John Wrenshall wrote one long poem, entitled "Farewell to
Pittsburg and the Mountains", which had a world fame after it
was written.
Julia Dent, the granddaughter of John Wrenshall was born
farther to the West, in the heart of the great Mississippi Valley.
Her mother was reared on the frontier and never knew aught but
the open hearted, free handed hospitality and generosity of the
democratic west. The daughter met Ulysses S. Grant and loved
him. His fame in time reached the ends of the earth, and the
granddaughter of John Wrenshall, the poet-preacher-merchant,
shared it all, and now rests in the tomb of the nation, by the side
of her tanner-soldier-president-husband waiting the resurrection
morn.
»903].
Odell Book- Plate.
99
ODELL BOOK-PLATE.
is.
Odell. This armorial
( shield is the book-plate of
^T the Hon. and Rev. Jona-
than Odell (1737-1818), a
distinguished loyalist dur-
ing the war of the Revo-
lution. He was the son
of John and Temperance
(Dickinson) Odell, and
grandson of Rev. Jonathan
Dickinson, first President
§ " >li ^9^^^^i-'''' : '- ■ : ' : ^f.M^\ °^ tlie College °f New Jer-
""Sp* * ^^^m^-^^r'^^Mm^y^^i se y* ■^■ r " Odell was g ra du-
/S^r^/^> rJ^M'^'-^sSSfr^^^^ r$J^\ atec * there, and studied
Wyi'^^^^ medicine, but afterwards
^^™~ ®^llv% became an Episcopal cler-
™ gyman, and in 1767 was
Rector of St. Anne's
Church, in Burlington,
N. J. At the close of the
war he removed to Frede-
ricton, N. B., where he was
made Secretary of the
Province, and held other responsible offices under the Crown.
Burke's General Armory blazons the arms of Odell as: — Or,
three crescents gules. Crest: An eagle displayed gules. Why
the Rev. Mr. Odell adopted the chanticleer crest is unknown.
William Odell, the founder of the family in this country, came
from England probably in company with the Rev. Peter Bulkeley,
who was Rector of the Parish of Odell in Bedfordshire in 1620.
Mr. Odell was at Concord, Mass., in 1639, and afterwards
removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he owned a considerable
estate, and died in 1676.
Is there any trustworthy evidence that the name Odell was
ever written Woodhull in our early Colonial Records ? Do any
of the early Odell wills and deeds or other family papers bear
heraldic seals?
Are there any unpublished papers in the possession of Odell
posterity that would throw light on the history of the early
generations ?
The undersigned, an Odell descendant, will be glad to com-
municate with those interested in tracing the English ancestry of
William Odell, the founder, and in the history of the family in
this country. Rufus King,
Yonkers, New York.
L01C.
IOO
Records of the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown. [April,
RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION OF ZION IN NEW
GERMANTOWN IN WEST JERSEY.— Births and
Baptisms.
Contributed by Ben van D. Fisher.
Do
Susanna Rein-
hardt.
Do
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 59, of The Record.)
PARENTES. INFANTES. TESTES.
1794
Matth s . Abel, Cath- Peter, b. July 12th, Parentes.
arine. x 794, bap. Octb r .
5th, 1794.
Aaron Kline, Cath- Aaron, b. Aug 1 . 4th,
arina. x 794> bap. Octb r .
5 til, *794-
Augustus Ohaupt, Godfried, b. Decb r . Godfried Bartels &
Selly. 20th, 1793, bap. Oc
tb r . 19th, 1794.
Christian Martini, Anna, b. Octob r . 20th, Parentes.
Anna. J794, bap. Decb r .
nth, 1794.
Peter Be ng hard, Lena, b. Septb r . 17th,
Mary. ^794, bap. Decb r .
nth, 1794.
1795-
Christian Kline, Elis- Hannah, b. Novb r .
abeth. 1st, 1794, bap. Jan-
uar 20, 1795.
Jacob Teyger, Sen r ., Nicolaus, b. Novb r .
Anna Gertroud. 18th, 17 94, bap.
Feb r . 18th, 1795.
Thomas Potter, Elisabeth, ) .
Sarah. Catharina, ] twms >
born Januar. 2 2d,
1794, bap . Fe b r .
21st, 1795.
Christian or Christo-
pher, b. Decb r . 4th,
1794, bap. Feb r . 21,
1795-
Jacob Teyger, jun r ., Peter, b. Novb 1 . 8th,
Mary. 1794, bap. Feb r .
28th, 1795.
Andrew Bartels, Frederik, b. Feb r . Frederik Bartels,
Catharina. Mth, 1795, bap. Sen r ., & uxor.
March 8th, 1795
George Fritz, Anna. Catharina, b. Januar Catharina, widow
1st, 1795, b a P- April Schuler.
19th. 1795.
Do
Do
Jacob Lutz, Sarah.
Parentes & Avyair
Parents.
do
I9°3-]
Records oj the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown.
IOI
PARENTES.
INFANTES.
1795-
TESTES.
Jacob Brunner, Mar-
garetha.
Margareth, b. Jan. 2d,
1793, bap. Apr. 19th,
Parentes.
Georg Felvert, Cath-
1793-
Friederick, b. March
do
arina.
W m . Fritz, Mary.
2 3 d > *795> ba P- Ma y
17th, 1795.
William, b.Feb r . nth,
1 795, bap. May 17th,
do
Michel Shurts, Annje.
1795-
John, b. Septb r . 28th,
1 794, bap. May 1 7th,
do
Daniel Rau, Bolly.
95-
Abraham, b. Decb r .
Parentes.
Martin Bonn, Esther.
30th, i794,bap. May
ye 17th, 95.
Maria, b. June 3d,
1795, bap. July 12th,
Do
Honnes Reinhardt,
1795-
Friederich, b. April
Frederik Schenkel
Christina.
20th, 1 795, bap. July
& uxor.
Alexander Beaty,
Elisabeth.
Lucas Vossler, Anna.
12th, 1795.
Georg, b. May nth,
1794, bap. Sept br .
28th, 1795.
Jacob, b. Aug 4 . 2d,
1 795,bap.Octb r . 4th,
Parentes.
do
Michel Shurts, Sus-
1795-
Elisabeth, b. Novbr.
anna.
4th, 1791.
Jenny, b. Octbr. 30th,
1793. Anna, b.
April 28th, 1795.
All three baptiz d Oc-
do
Cornelius Gerebrand,
tb r . 28th, 1795.
Peter, b. May 12th,
do
Selly.
Abrah™. Boosenberg,
Anna.
1794, bap. Octb r .
28th, 1795.
Fanny, b. October
13th, 1795, bap.
Novbr. 1st, 1795.
do
Ezechiel Wooly,
Catharina, b. Aug 1 .
do
Bolly.
Jacob Kline, Phoebe.
24th, 1795, bap.
Novb r . 1st, 1795.
Aaron, b. Novb r . 3d,
do
David Moelich, Mar-
•{• 1 795? bap. Novb r .
8th, 1795.
John Schwalb, b.
John Schwalb
&
garyt.
Novb r . 3d, 1795,
bap. Novbr 8th,
1795-
uxor.
102
Records of the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown. [April,
PARENTES.
Adam Schenkel,
Elisabeth.
Henry Staats, Cath-
arina.
George Mohr, Elis-
abeth.
Cornelius Roelofson,
John Amak, Cathar.
Cunr' 1 . Hildebrand,
Daniel Leininger,
Eva.
Georg Fritz, Anna.
John Eversohl, Cath-
arina.
Jacob Abel, Anna
Gertroud.
Christian Hennes-
chitt, Christina.
Frederik Schenkel,
A. Maria.
Richard Croazard,
Barbara.
Frederik Hunold,
Elisabeth.
Philip Rau.
Jacob Lntz.
Herman Hildebrand,
Hanna.
INFANTES.
1796.
Sarah, bap. Januar
24th, 1796.
Michel, b. Feb. 2d,
1796, bap. ejm 6th,
1796.
Mary, b. Decemb 6th,
1795, t> a P- March
20th, 1796.
Elijah, b. Feb r . 20th,
1796, bap. April 3d,
1796.
Philip, b. March 30th,
1796, bap. May ye
5th, 1796.
Johanes, b. Dec. 1st,
1795, bap. May 5th,
1796.
Jacob, b. March ye
7th, 1796, bap. May
ye 5th, 1796.
Georg, b. April ye
nth, 1796, bap. May
ye 5th, 1796.
Christina, b. Aug 1 .
1 8th, 1 795, bap. May
ye 14th, 1796.
Philip, b. July ye 8th,
1795, bap. May ye
14th, 1796.
Christina, b. Aug 1 .
24th, 1795, bap.
Aug 1 . 8th, 1796.
Anna, b. Tune 29th,
96, bap. Aug 1 . 8th, 96.
Richard, b. July 29th,
96, bap. Aug. 8th,
Wilhelm, b. June
17th, 96, bap. Sep-
t br . 4th, 96.
Johannes, one year
and nine months
old, Sept. 4th, 1796.
Isaac, b. June 8th,
1796, bap. Sept. 4th,
1796.
William, b.Feb r . 18th,
1796, bap. Septbr 4th,
1796.
( To be continued.)
TESTES.
John Croeter &
uxor.
Michel Hoeker.
Parentes.
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Parentes.
Will™. Young &
uxor.
Parentes.
Do
Will m . Elick&uxor.
1903.] Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N.J. 103
GRAVESTONES IN THE BURYING-GROUND OF
CHRIST CHURCH, SHREWSBURY, N. J., OF
A DATE GENERALLY PRIOR TO 1850.
CONTRIRBUTED By THE REV. WILLIAM WHITE HANCE.
Note — The parts in parenthesis were added by the contributor, but can be
depended upon as reasonably accurate.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 33, of the Record.)
A(llen), G(eorge). 80 y.
L(ydia). 60 y.
Allen, George L., son of Geo. & Lydia, d. Oct. 9 1855. 73 y. 10 m.
25 d.
George H., son of Geo. L. & Anna, d. Aug. 21 1851. 34 y.
4m. 17 d.
Edmund T., son of Edmund W. & Sarah Throckmorton, d.
June 12 1819. 5m. 3d.
Assur, Assure, b. July 10 1790. d. July 12 1854.
Lydia Cook, his wife, d. Mch. n 1871. 72y. 4 m. 4 d.
Ashfield, Elizabeth (Redford) wf. Hon. Lewis Morris, d. Nov. 30
l 7^> 2 - 33 y. 2m - J 6 d.
Baker, Wm. Frederick, son of David F. & Ann Amelia, d. April
10 1844. 1 y. 10 m. 29 d.
Bartow, Theodosius, d. Oct. 5 1746. 34 y. 7 m. 9 d.
Bennett, Edward, d. Feb. 26 1818. 76th y.
Ann, d. July 22 1825. 78th y.
Borden, James A., (son of Wm. L. & Jane A. [DeGrauwJ ), b. 5 d.
iora. 1842. d. 27 d. 4m. 1857.
Boyce, Rachel, dtr. of John & Joanna, b. July 6 1792. d. Mch. 9
1844.
Brinley, Ann wf. of Asher, d. Aug. 8 1821. 45 y.
Charles R., d. July 11 1827. 36th y.
Burk, Charles, son of Edmund & Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5 1794. d.
Ap. 8 1837.
Mary his wf., dtr. of Stephen & Hannah L. Stoutenburgh, b.
Mch. 20 1794. d. Jan. 18 1836.
Carpender, Lucy W. wf. of William, d. Oct. 23 1845. 69th y.
Casey, Michael, b. 1756. d. 10 d. 9 m. 1841.
Elizabeth his wife, d. Jan. 18 1841. 75 y 28 d.
Chadwick, John (son of Barnes S. & Elizabeth), d. Oct. 26 1830.
5 m. 28 d.
Chasey, Lucy White wf. of Elias, (dtr. of Jacob & Abigail
(Holmes) White) d. July 26 1848. 35 y. 11 m. 11 d.
Clayton, Mary, d. Ap. 10 1848. 69 y.
James son of John I. & Margaret (dtr. of Joseph & Zilpha
Dennis) b. July 30 1822. d. Dec. 25 1841.
Cochran, Ann wf. of John C., d. July 6 1850. 71 y.
Melissa Elizabeth, dtr. of Cosby & Melissa, d. July 9 1843. 1
m. 26d.
Coley Joseph son of Geo. & Susanna, d. Aug. 22 1858. 21 y. 1 m.
28 d.
104 Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N.J. [April,
Conover, Aaron R., son of Matthias C. & Hannah Eliza, d. Mch.
4 1849. 4 m. 19 d.
Cook, Rebecca Cleney, dtr. of Amor & Deborah. (While undated
this is quite old).
Croes, Rev. John eldest son of Rt. Rev. John, b. Sept. 22 1787. d.
Aug. 18 1849.
Eleanor R., dtr. of Rev. John & Eleanor (Van Mater), b.
July 16 1821. d. Dec. 23 1845.
Croxson, John H., son of Nathan W. & Mary (Haggerty), d. Sep.
11 1831. 1y.3m.5d.
Cummins, Thomas Campbell, son of James & Eleanor, d. Aug. 10
1843. 28th y.
Dangler, Sarah, d. Oct. 18 1848. 42 y. 1 m. 12 d.
De Haert, Belthazer, b. Jan. 29 1751; d. Feb. 8 1830.
Mauritz, d. Aug. 13 1841. 88 y. 3 m. 9 d.
Mauritz, d. Aug. 18 1791. 76 y. 9 m. 18 d.
Hannah his wife, d. May 14 1 780. 55 y. 5 m. 5 d.
Margaret Dobbs, b. Oct. 6 1712. d. Dec. 6 1811.
Elizabeth, d. Feb. 3 1850. 81 y. 5 m. 19 d.
Dellentash, Henrietta Delphine, d. Mch. 22 1846. 16 y. 6 m.
Denise, Ann Maria wf. of Benj. D., d. Jan. 18 1851. 37 y. 11 m. 5 d.
Dennis, Samuel, em. from Great Britain in 1675, d, June 7 1723
leaving 2 sons and 3 dtrs. by his only wf., Increase
(Lippincott), who died 28 ys before him.
Anthony, d. May 21 1813. 85 y. 2 m. (son of Jacob& Clemence).
Hannah his wife, d. May 24 1799. 48 y. 3 m.
Jesse, d. May 13 1833. 46 y. 7 m. 17 d.
Theophilus, son of Jesse & Eliza, d. July 18 1828. 1 y. 5 m. iod.
Jesse, youngest son of Jesse & Eliza, d. Dec. 26 185 1. iy 4m.
16 d.
Joseph, (son of Jacob & Margaret [Price]) d. Sep. 1 1829.
67 y. 1 m. 3 d.
Zilpha his wife d. Mch. 27 1852. 83 V.
Mary Lousia, dtr. of Gordon & Louise, d. Aug. 25 1836. 23 d.
Jacob, d. Mch. 4 1829. 53 y. 1 1 m. 1 d.
Clemence (Woodward), wf. of Anthony, b. Feb. 23 1778. d.
May 3 1810.
Jacob, (son of Jacob & Margaret [Price] ), d. Dec. 6 1840.
64 y. 7 m. 22 d.
Mary his wife, d. Jan. 6 1824. 45 y. 10 m. 6 d.
Esther his (2nd) wife, d. Sep. 21 1850. 74 y.
Hannah wife of Anthony Jr., d. Aug. 25 1847. 4°y- 4^n. 2d.
John, d. Feb. 5 1747. 78y6m. 12 d.
Earle, Antoinette Guild, dtr. of Jas. F. & Deborah Ann, d. July 5
1846. 6 m. 8 d.
Eatton, Dr. Joseph, d. April 5 1761. 44th y.
Mayhew, son of Joseph & Lucy (Mayhew), d. Apl. 30 1758.
3 m.
Edwards, Phebe, d, Feb. 21 1739. 56 y.
Farry, Rebecca wife of Edward, d. Jan. 4 1834. 42 y.
Finch, Henry son of Rev. Harry & Charlotte A., d. Oct. 8 1836.
5 y. 4m. 14 d.
I9°3-1 Inscriptions on Gravestones— Shrewsbury, N.J. 105
Forman, Sarah, wdw. of Jonathan and dtr. of John Throckmor-
ton, d. July n 1787. S9y. 6 m. 24d.
Gaudu, Robert A, son of John & Mary, b. Sep. 20 1839. d. teb.
21 1841.
Gingi, Anna Amelia, dtr. of Francis & Helen, b. Feb. 17 1848.
d. Nov. 26 1849.
Githens, Caroline Morford, wf. of John, d. Dec. 11 1850. 48 y.
7 m. 3 d. . .
Godet, Amelia, dtr. of Henry Hunt & Amelia Ann (Lippmcott),
d. Jan. 9 1845. 4m. 9 d.
Goodday, Mary Louisa, dtr. of Wm. & Phebe, d. June 6 1841. 2 y.
Grant, Edward Butler Thos., d. Nov. 26 1825. 72 y. 2 m.
Catherine his wife, d. June 27 1835. 77 y. 8 m.
Catherine Waite their grand dtr., d. Sep. 28 1800. 4 Y- 7 ™-
Elizabeth their dtr., d. Dec. 18 1831. 38 y. 2 m 26 d.
Laura, dtr. of Wm. H. & Anna (Morford), d. Oct. 13 1853.
3y. 27 d. I(
"M. S. of Martha, obit July 23 1812. 277.4111.
Green, Major General James, d. Sep. 14 181 1. 61 y. 4 m. 23 d.
Ann his wife, d. Sep. 21 1831. 77 y- Iom - IX d -
William son of Gen. James, d. Sept. 7 18 12. 27 y • Iom -
Ann, second wife of William, d. Sep. 1 1802. 45th y.
Hagerty' John, d. Jan. 22 1822 64 y. 9 m. 9 d.
Mary his wife, d. Mch. 7 1848. 88 y. 4 m. 26 d.
Wm S. son of Jarret & Abbey, d. Oct. 13 1825. 2 m. 28 d.
Haggerty, Mary Catharine, dtr. of Taylor & Clemence Holmes,
d. April 25 1847. 31 y. 1 m. 19 d.
Halstead, Zilpha (West), wf. of Josiah, d. Jan. 7 1754.
Anna (Throckmorton) 2nd wf. of Josiah, d. Nov. 14 17°°-
28 y. 1 m. 23 d.
Timothy, son of Josiah & Zilpha, d. Feb. 22 1747-8. 7 m i4d.
Mary dtr. of Josiah & Zilpha, d. Feb. 6 1761. 15 y. 4™- 2° d
Madeline, dtr. of Josiah & Anna, d. Mch. 13 1760. 6 m. 13 d
Margery wf. of Timothy (parents of Josiah), d. Feb. 26 1747-8-
55 y. 5 m.
Hart, John, d. Oct. 29 1805. About 46 y.
Hegeman, Christina, dtr. of Cornelius & Jane, d. Sep. 24 1784.
2 y. iom. 18 d. .
Holmes, Jacob (son of Josiah & Hannah (Dennis) ), d. Nov. 14
1820. 76th y. ,
Anne (dtr. of Jas. & Abigail [Halstead] Russell), 1st wf. ot
Jacob, d. Dec. 3 1800. 57th y.
Ellen (Overfield) 2nd wf. of Jacob, d. July 21 181 2. 52nd y.
Abraham, (son of Jacob & Anne), d. Oct. 31 1818 47 y 6 m 6 d.
Jerusha his wdw. (dtr. of John & Hannah Lambert), d.
Jan. 21 1833. 47 y- 3 m - I2d - , , oA
Jacob R. (son of Jacob & Anne), d. June 7 1828. 46 y. 6m 8 d.
Eleanor (Polhemus), wife of Jacob R, d. Jan 29 1868. 78th y.
John Lambert, (son of Abm. & Jerusha), d. Sep. 18 1832.
21 y. 10 m. 12 d.
John Lambert son of Abm. & Grace (Wykoff), d. Jan. 26
1851. 3m. 25 d.
106 Dr. Edmond H alley : His Ancestry and Descendants. [April,
Holmes, Anthony d. Oct. 28 1849. 88 y. 6 m. 3d.
Lydia, his wife, d. Ap. 6 1842. 81 y. 6 m. 1 d.
Richard their son, d. Ap. 1 181 1. 17 y. 9 m. 8d.
Thomas, d. Dec. 14 1828. 80 y.
Hannah, relect of Thomas, d. Oct. 14 1841. 93 y.
Josiah T. d. Jan. 3 1852. 70 y. 10 m. 1 d.
( To be continued!)
DR. EDMOND 1 HALLEY, (1656-1742): HIS ANCESTRY
AND DESCENDANTS.
By Eugene F. McPike, Chicago, Illinois.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 52, of The Record.)
The Grant of Administration on the personal goods of
Margaret Halley, "late of the parish of St. Bridget, otherwise
Brides, London, spinster, deceased, was granted to Catherine
Price (wife of Henry Price), the natural and lawful sister and
next of kin of the said deceased." ' It is not customary in such
grants to mention any relations other than the next of kin to
whom grant is made.
No importance attaches to the failure of Edmund Halley,
Surgeon R. N., to mention in his own will a child or children.
His assumed daughter was doubtless a minor at the time of his
decease. It is not uncommon for men to make wills leaving their
entire estate, both real and personal, to their wives, even when
several children are living. This does not necessarily involve
the disinheritance of the children. A tacit trust may be under-
stood or implied.
However, extracts made from the will of Catherine Price of
the parish of St. Mary, Woolnoth, in the city of London, who ap-
pears to have been childless, are more significant." They follow:
"To be buried in the churchyard of Lee, Kent". Mentions
indenture bearing date Nov., 1743, between Henry Price, then of
the parish of Saint Brides (my late husband) and Francis Smith
of the Parish of St. Paul, Covent Garden, relating to ten acres of
land in Upwell in the county of Norfolk, fifteen acres in Upwell
in a place called Netmore, in the occupation of John May, also lot
of sixteen acres called Lake's End in Upwell, in the occupation of
John Raper, also the Hen and Chickens in Whitechapel, High
Street, in the occupation of John Allen, also one undivided third
part of tenements in Noble Street in the parish of St. Olave,
Sikver (?) Street. Bequeaths Hen and Chichkens to Mary En-
twisle, Margaret Entwisle and Jane Millikin, widow, all of
Lombard Street, London, milliners, and immediately after their
1 P. C. C, Somerset House, London, November, 1743. Quoted in MS. letter
to writer, under date Dec. 18, 1902, from Mr. Ralph J. Beevor, 22 Craven Street,
Strand, London, W. C.
' Ibid., P. C. C, Register Rushworth, fo. 423.
1903.] Dr. Edmond Halley : His Ancestry and Descendants. I O 7
decease to the use of Halley Benson Millikin, son of the said
Jane Millikin. Legacies to 'my cousin, Robert Smith, Eliza-
beth Caton, niece of my said late husband.' Also 'I give to the
President and fellows of the Royal Society London, my picture
of Doctor Halley (my late father).' Mary Entwisle sole execu-
trix. Witnesses: Basil Heme, William Heme. Dated July
8th 1764, Proved Nov. 14, 1865, by Mary Entwisle, sole
sole executrix.
It is surprising that Catherine Price does not mention the as-
sumed daughter of her deceased brother. The will of Sybilla or
Isabella Halley, widow of Edmund Halley, Surgeon R. N., has
not been found, though the indices to wills and administrations
at Somerset House, London, were carefully examined for the
years 1742 to 1766, both years included. 3 She may have removed
from London, or remarried. All knowledge of her whereabouts
may have beeen lost to Catherine Price.
Part of Lombard Street, London, is in the parish of St.
Mary, Woolnoth, and it is conjectured that in her second widow-
hood, Catherine Price went to live with the Sisters, Entwisle."
As to the houses and land which appears to have been settled on
the second marriage of Catherine, it is not clear whether they
originally formed part of her estate or of that of Henry Price.
Possibly the part of tenements in Noble Street came to her from
her first husband. 6 To find the names of the persons who suc-
cessively owned the real estate once belonging to Edmund
Halley, Sen., (who died in 1684), would probably result in the
discovery of the heirs of Edmund Halley, Jun., Surgeon, R. N.,
who bequeathed all his property, both real and personal to his
wife, Sybilla or Isabella Halley. Even if it should ultimately be
ascertained that in the disposition of Sybilla Halley's estate, her
assumed daughter is not mentioned this fact would not of itself
disaprove the existence of a grandchild of Dr. Edmond Halley.
There are several hypotheses to account for such a contingency.
Captain James McPike gave to one of his sons the Christian
name 'Haley', 6 so that the family traditions are of early origin.
The writer still believes that the mother of Captain James Mc-
Pike was Dr. Edmund Halley's granddaughter.
In the publications of the Harleian Society' we find that
'James Millikin of the parish of St. Mary, Woolnoth, London,
Batehr and Jane Entwisle of the same Parish, Spinster, were
married by Licence, in St. Paul's Cathedral, on the 26th of
October, 1749, by Benj. Pearce, Sacrist.'
Mr. James Millican, a stranger, was buried in Bath Abbey,
June 27, 1710. 8
The General Catalogue of the British Museum mentions
one James Halley as the possible editor of an edition of Dr.
Edmond Halley's Astronomical Tables, published at London, in
8 From MS. letter last cited. 4 Ibid. 5 Ibid.
6 IV. Y. Getieal. &* Biog. Record,No\. XXIX., p. 17, January, 1898.
1 Register, Vol. XXVI., p. 161 (1899).
*Ibid.,Vo\. XXVIII., p. 404 (1901).
108 Records of Dutchess County, N. Y. Families. [April,
1752. If there existed such a James Halley, it would be a strange
coincidence should he be other than a close kinsmen of his
famous namesake. However the book has been inspected and is
said to contain nothing to lead one to suppose that it was edited
by any one bearing surname 'Halley.' From a date stamped in
the book it seems to have been acquired in 1863, which indicates
that the Catalogue is not evidence of ancient tradition. 9
Notes and Corrections.— A partial bibliography of Dr. Edmond Halley
was contributed by the writer to Notes and Queries, Ninth Series, Vol. X., pp.
361, 362; London, Nov. 8, 1902, et ibid., Vol. XL, pp. 85, 86; Jan. 31, 1903. Scat-
tered throughout the several series of Notes and Queries are other items bear-
ing upon same subject. In N. Y. Geneal. &* Biog. Record, Vol. XXXIV., p. 52,
a space erroneously occurs between the two last letters of Latin given name
Edmundi.
RECORDS OF DUTCHESS COUNTY, N. Y., FAMILIES.
Contributed By Alfred H. Becker.
In the office of the County Clerk of Dutchess County, at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., there is kept, on an out-of-the-way shelf, a
quantity of miscellaneous record books, most of which are of only
slight genealogical value. Of those older than 1800, two or three
may occasionally yield a fact for the genealogist. One contains
the tax lists of the county from 1771 to 1779; another the minutes
of roads laid out, etc., by the Highway Commissioners during the
middle of the eighteenth century; a third a list of those who
held precinct offices. These books will doubtless be accurately
described in a future report of the American Historical Associa-
tion by the Public Records Commission.
There is another book among those mentioned which contains
three matters of first-rate genealogical importance. First, a family
record of the first generations in this country of the Filkin family;
second, a list of marriages performed in Dutchess County before
1745 by Justice Francis Filkin; third, an account of the origin of
the family headed by Thomas Lewis, of New York, 1668. Literal
copies of these three entries will be given below, with such com-
ment and explanation as may seem appropriate.
The reasan why this book is on file in the County Clerk's
office is that it contains a few pages of entries of judgments ren-
dered in the county. These entries appear to have been made by
Francis Filkin, and in fact this gentleman was the original owner
of this record book. It was his commonplace and account book.
Most of the entries have to do with his business matters, of a legal
as well as agricultural nature.
The following appears to be the only account posted of its
exact kind, yet it is doubtless significant of the character and
9 MS. letter from Mr. Ralph J. Beevor, dated Nov. 15, 1902.
1903]. Records of Dutchess County, N. Y. Families 109
standing in the early Dutchess County community of Justice
Francis Filkin:
"1739 in the fall Richard Ward dr to me for one Going to his
house to make peace between him and his Wife @ 6/."
On the inside of the cover of the book Justice Filkin states of
himself that he received a Judge and Justice's commission in
Dutchess County in 1733, remained there till 1748, was elected
Alderman of New York in November, 1751, and remained there
until October 14, 1776.
Francis Filkin was a son of Henry Filkin, of Flatbush.* His
family record is as follows. The alternations of Dutch and
English are curious.
"Actober den 24 dagh Anno domini 1704 dan Ben ick Francis
ffilkin gheboren ende ghe dobpt desember de 20 dagh by domini
du bois."
[October, the 24th day, A.D. 1704, then was I, Francis Filkin,
born, and baptized December, the 20th day, by Dominie Du
Bois.]
"Supf 15 day 1702 then Cathrena Lewis was born and she died
desr [December] the 6 Ano 1781 [or 1751 ?J at a 11 oclok at nith
and was buried the 9 Day at poghkepsy in the burian place in the
orchered of van kleck she was the wife of francis Filkin."
"September den 21 dagh Anoq domini 1733 Ben ick Francis
ffilkin Ghe trouit met Catharina Lewis wedow van pieter van
kleck."
[September, the 21st day, A.D. 1733, was I, Francis Filkin,
married to Catharina Lewis, widow of Pieter Van Kleeck.]
" Supf 3: 1733 then Cathrene van kleck wedow Sould me
Francis Filkin the faram callede vlackte for ninty pound as by
the deed will apear."
"De ouderdom van min vader en moeder."
[The ages of my father and mother.]
"vader is Ghe Boren mey den 26 dagh Anoq 1 : 165 1."
[Father was born May, the 26th day, A. D. 165 1.]
" moeder is Gheboren mert Den 9 dagh Anoq d 1 1670."
[Mother was born March, the 9th day, A.D. 1670.]
"harby Erste Ciut jannatie is Gheboren Supt r 3d Ano: 1696."
[The first child of this marriage, Jannatie, was born September
3d, Anno 1696.]
" Henry ffilkin is Ghe boren mert de 16 dagh Anoq 1 : 1698-9."
[Henry Filkin was born March, the 16th day, A. D. 1698-9.]
"Abraham en Isack ffilkin Gheboren febe r : 9 An 1 701-2."
"Francis ffilkin is Gheboren Actober 24d Anoq 1 1704" [the
figure "3" of 1703 appears to have been over-written "4"]
"Cornelus ffilkin is Gheboren mert [March] i4d Anoq 1
1705-6 (?)" ["4-5" has apparently been changed to "5-6," but
the date is uncertain. If Francis Filkin was here copying the
entries from his father's Bible, it would seem very probable that
1704-5 is the correct date, and that he himself was, despite his
* In Bergen
which, howeve
Lieutenant Co
Partners" tract in Dutchess County
I IO Records of Dutchess County, N. Y. Families. [April,
own testimony at the beginning of this record, born in 1703.
Finding 1703 given as his birth date in the record from which he
was copying, he apparently recorded it thus, then changed it to
1704, and set the next date a year ahead also, to remove all incon-
sistencies. People, particularly the aged, are very sure of their
ages, and very often wrong.]
" Catharina ffilkin is Gheboren Aug 9t : 2id Anoq': 1707."
" JaCob ffilkin is Ghebore mey 29d Anod 1 17 10."
"Johannis ffilkin is Gheboren Jun': 20 Anno 17 n — Overle — "
[the remainder of the word " overleden," meaning deceased,
appears to have been written on the next leaf of the book, which
has bee cut out.]
" vader is Ghe Storven act 24 Anno 17 13."
[Father died October 24, Anno 17 13.]
"6 Apr 1 1744 Abraham is over Leden in York."
[6 April, 1744, Abraham deceased in New York.]
"9 mrch 1670 and she died in the 88 year of her age." [This
entry refers to his mother's birth and death.]
[Opposite the first two entries in the above record, along the
right margin, the following is written:]
"marta Cetle [or betle] was borne Janri 13: 1763 daughter of
nathenel and Cathrene Cettle [orbettle]."
[The following entries are written after a space:]
"Anno 1730 August the 19 Lennord Lewis diedd or deciest."
"June 25: 1744 don is trintie van kleck Getrout met Bortholo-
mewes Crennel by domini wise."
[June 25, 1744, then was Trintie Van Kleeck married to Bar-
tholomew Crannel by Dominie Wise (Weiss?).]
"April 20 day Anno 1745 doen is Barth Crannels eerste dochter
Geboren tin uren in de avont har nam is Cathrina."
[April 20, 1745, then was Barth . Crannel's first daughter born,
at ro o'clock in the evening; her name is Cathrina.]
"Anno 173 1 Den 3 acto r is domini Cornelus van schie hier op
poghkepsie Gecomen ende heft zin inliding predicatie gedan nit
Coloseusen 4 Captel van schie is Ge Storven de 7 dagh van
Augustus A 1744."
[October 3, 1731, Dominie Cornells Van Schie came here to
Poughkeepsie and preached his installation sermon from Colos-
sians, 4th Chapter. Van Schie died August 7, 1744.]
[The following marriages are not to be found on the record of
the Poughkeepsie Reformed Dutch Church, in which there is a
gap at this time.]
"heer onder stan de personen Gheschreven dien ick Ghe trout
heb als Justies."
[Hereunder are written the persons whom I have married as
Justice.]
"des m : 1735 Baltus van kleck j ur met anna van dr burgh."
"Jan r : 17 1736-7 Lowerens Gerbrants met mery de Graf
wedo."
"mey 1738 Roelef de duiser met trintie Rinders."
" mey 1737 Arry de Langh j ur met margrita vlegelar."
" Ap r 1738 ned mecgriery met Getrui vlegelar."
1903]. Records of Dutchess County, N. Y. Families. Ill
"nov 1738 Louwerens de Langh met neltie parmontir."
" mey 4 1739 Simon Laroy we r : met blandina v kleck wed ."
"Acto: 1 1735 necklas van wagene met hester de Graef."
"des m : 21 1739 Getrout de ouste son van Isack Lassing met
Selitie Cope her hiet piter."
[December 21, 1739, married, the eldest son of Isaac Lassing
to Selitie Cope. The last three words are written quite plainly,
but their meaning is obscure, except "piter" perhaps is for
Pieter.]
"Apr 1 26 1740 Ghe trout piter van kleck met trintie van kleck
docter [daughter] van Louwerens v kleck."
" Sup m : 1740 Ghe trout Isack Hegeman met nela d Graef."
"des m : 1740 Ghe trout mindert vilen met Rebacka palmetier."
"April 18 1741 Ghe trout Abraham de Graef met marritie
van Wagene."
"mey 13 dagh [1741 ?] Ghe trout Isack Wite met helena Rinders
by een Justies."
"desm r : 1742 dan Getrout Hendrick pels met Jannatie
osterom."
"Aug 4 : 9 1744 dan Ge trout William alien met Sara Hege-
man."
"Janr 1 : 1744-5 dan getrut Clear Everet met maghdalena van
dr burg."
"mey 6: 1745 dan Getrout daved Roomin we 1 : met marija
Freer in de Cerck [in the church]."
" Here I married John Jarmon with Elesabeth Filkin I vergat
to sat it down."
All the above are written consecutively in the book as printed.
In another part of the book the following account of the Lewis
genealogy is set down. As appears from the note at the end,
" Copy of the above sant to Irland," it evidently was a deposition,
or something of the sort, intended to establish the claim of the
Lewis family to some property in Ireland. Francis Filkin perhaps
was retained as Justice to draw it up, or he may have taken a copy
because his wife was a Lewis. The document is not dated, but the
date must have been later than 1749, since the death of Anthony
Lewis in that year is noticed. Being written, therefore, nearly a
century after some of the events mentioned, very likely not all
stated is to be taken as gospel truth. The original is not punctu-
ated in any way, and the sentences are all strung together by the
conjunction "and" in pseudo legal fashion. To render the docu-
ment intelligible, a separate paragraph has been made of what
would normally be each sentence. But no punctuation has been
injected, and the orthography is reproduced verbatim.
" thomas Lew T is uncle to Lewis thomson in belfast in Irland
the said thomas Lewis was borne in belfast in Irland and
came over from there to new york in march in cromwels wars
and his two two [sic] siester first fled into holland before said
thomas Lewis came heare and his two siesters died in holland
and then said thomas Lewis came to said new york
and the said thomas maryed heare in albany and did use to
112 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [April,
Go and trade to virginigh and to boston and Rood illand in the
year Anno 1666 to 1669 by his book and pepers and by his other
book before and after
and the said thomas Lewis did diye hear in new york Suptr 28,
1684
and he was than about 56 years old and Left four sons Lodi-
wick, barent, thomas, Leonard
his will is Recorded here in fort office
and the oldist son Lodiwick lived with Lewis thomson in bel-
fast at the time his father thomson died [*". e., when Lewis thorn-
son's father died]
and whan he heard of his [own] father's death he came back
to new york
and some time after he died without issue and than Leonard
Lewis* sent thomas Lewis over to belfast
He was the oldist son of barrant Lewis and he Lived with
Lewis thomson in belfast until the said Lewis thomson died in
about the year 1707 or 8 and than the niesis of mr thomsons wife
drove the said thomas Lewis back and he died at sea
and the said Lewis thomson in his Lifetime did allways use
to wrrite to his unkel and cosins as can be perdust by thomsons
Letters
and Leonard Lewis wrrot oftentims to tham neiecis but never
could Git a answer back
and here was one Anthony Lewis who allways thought he was
hier to Lewis thomson
he was son of barrant Lewis and in deed he was the oldis
heir
and the rast of the heirs could do nothing without him
and he was somtime crakt and died in the year 1748-9 and left
a son barent Lewis which is the oldist heir now to Lewis thom-
sons estate in belfast in Irland
and this barrant Lewis has a grat deel of the books and papers
of his old [great] grantfather thomas Lewis
and said thomas had considrable habitations in new york the
squar whare Samuel Lawrence lives and the catlic kerk and
sondri other plasis
Copy of the above sant to Irland
RECORDS OF MARRIAGES, BAPTISMS, AND DEATHS
IN EASTHAMPTON, L. I., from 1696 to 1746. RECORD-
ED BY REV. NATHANIEL HUNTTING.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. u, of The Record.)
Year. Month. Day. Number
1712, June 24. A child son of Eliakim Conkling aged about 4 or 5 years
died ab'. 2 or 3 A. M., 174
Aug. 10. Mary daughter of John Hedges aged about 11 or 12 years
old died abt 11 A. M., 175
13. The wife of Capt Conkline died about sunrise, 176
* Colonel Leonard Lewis, of Poughkeepsie, father-in-law of Francis Filkin.
Year.
Month.
Day.
1712,
, Aug.
26.
Sept.
27.
25.
Octob.30.
Nov. 25.
1903.] Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L.I. I I 3
Number
Mehitabel Brown daughter of S. Dayton's wife formerly
Brown died ab'. 7 A. M. aged ab'. 17 years, 177
Good wife Hilliard died about midnight, 178
Thomas Osborn died about 4 of the clock in the morning
aged about 90 years, *79
George Miller died ab 1 . 3 in morning, 180
The wife of Recompence Sherry died about 2 in ye
morning having been ill but about 36 hours, 181
25. A child son of Manias Conkline, Junr., died a little before
midnight being ab l . a week old, 182
Dec. 22. John Shaw, Junr., died ab : . 4 P. M. aged almost 21 years
after ab\ 6 days illness, 183
29. A child daughter of Abiel Carle aged ab 1 . 4 years died
awhile before sunrising, 184
1713, Jan. 6. Daniel Osborn died about 2 in ye morning aged ab 1 . 48
years after about 6 days illness, 185
26. Joseph Hand having been come down from New
Country ab\ 12 days after ab\ 6 days illness died
ab 1 . midnight aged ab'. 49 years, 186
28. Jacob Skellinx died about 10 of clock in ye evening
taken ill 26 day at midnight having been ill but two
whole days aged about 49 years, 187
Feb. 9. Mary the wife of Josiah Edwards died ab'. 8 of ye clock
in ye evening — having been sick ab'. 3 days, 188
11. A child of Josiah Edwards abt 3 years old died about 9
of clock in evening, 189
14. Josiah Edwards died a little before midnight having
been ill ab'. 7 days, I 9°
Mar. 31. A child daughter of Th. Talmage died ab'. 7 P. M. aged
ab'. 15 months, I 9 I
May 30. Simon son of David Conkline killed with thunder at ye
house of Jer Conkline, Io2
A child son of Jonathan Brooks ab'. 10 months old, 193
Old Mrs Ludlam died ab'. 9 P. M., 194
The wife of Steph Leek ab'. 9 at night, 195
Martha Wood died ab'. 11 at night, I9 6
A child of Th. Jessups died ab'. 6 days old died before
day, IQ 7
A son of Th Edwards ab'. 14 years old died before day, 198
Three young men getting fish W n . Georgikie Pond was
out (tis supposed) coming too near y e gut with y r canoe
were carried into ye surf & drowned, viz: —
Joseph Earl that lived with Joseph Stretton, 199
Zebedee son of Th Osborn of Wainscott, 200
John eldest son of Matthias Hoppin, 201
Mar. 30. The wife of David Conkling ab'. 1 P. M., 202
April 3. Ye wife of Joseph Stretton ab'. 2 of ye clock in ye
morning, 2 °3
May 14. Mary daughter of Lion Gardiner aged about 20 years
died of meazels, viz:— illness consequent of y m died
about five in ye morning, 2 °4
21. Phebe Corwin aged about 20 years died of ye meazels
ab'. eleven at night, 2 °5
25. Sarah Mason aged about 17 or 18 years died of measles
ab'. 2 P. M., 2o6
June 13. John son of Wid Han Dayton aged ab*. 12 or 13 years
died abt 6 P. M., . 20 7
19. A son of Hezekiah Miller aged ab'. 3 or 4 months died
P. M., 2o8
July 1. A son of Joel Bondage of a day old died ab 1 . noon, 209
6. Samuel Parsons aged ab*. 84 years died ab 1 . 7 P. M., 210
8a
June
13-
Sept.
24.
Oct.
12.
Nov.
1.
12.
2 7-
Feb.
5-
Year. Month.
Day
1714, July
8.
Aug.
28.
Nov.
Dec.
6.
26.
1715, Jan.
Feb.
5-
3-
18.
Apr.
11.
July
26.
Aug.
26.
Oct.
Dec.
5-
16.
114 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [April,
Number
A son the other twin child of Joel Bondage aged 8 days
old died in ye morning, 211
A child son of Sam". Parsons ab'. a year old died at
Saybrook, 212
The widow Leman died ab'. 2 in ye morning, 213
A child daughter of Isaac Barns aged ab 1 . 15 months
after less y m two days illness died abt 6 A. M., 214
Goody Chandler died ab 1 . 3 or 4 P. M., 215
A child son of Wm. Skellinx, Junr., ab 1 . 2 months old died
ab'. midnight, 216
A child daughter of Dan & Eliz Osborn died abt 10 at
night ab'. a year old, 217
Goody Hoppin aged ab 1 . 75 years died abt 4 in
morning, 218
Martha daughter of Anan Conkling, Junr., aged ab 1 . 1
year & %. died ab'. 5 P. M., 219
A child daughter of Tho Talmage still born or died
immediately after its birth, 220
Nath 11 . Barns died ab'. 9 in evening, 221
About this time a twin child son of James Hand, Junr.,
being a few days old, 222
1 7 16, Feb. 4. A son of Thomas Osborn of Wainscott drowned in
Wainscott Pond (coming homeward ye ice broke
under him) he was about 13 years old, 223
A son of Anthony Ludlam took sick in town & died
aged ab'. 15, 224
Martha Jones (daughter of John Jones formerly deceased)
abt 13 or 14 years died near night, 225
Daniel son of John Hedges aged abt 3 years and ^ was
drowned in a tanfat while ye family were at dinner
(ye tanfat was almost full of water & leather), 226
Mr. Nath". Talmage died ab'. 7 A. M. aged 72 years, 227
A child daughter of Ben. Townsend died early in morn-
ing aged ab'. 7 months, 228
Lucy Conkling died at New York under the doctors
hands aged ab'. 20 years, 229
A son of Ananias Conkling, Junr., died ab'. 2 of ye clock
A. M. aged about 11 weeks, 230
The wife of David Fithian near midnight, 231
A son of Nath 11 . & Mary Huntting died soon after it was
born, 232
A child of Rob Parsons died an hour or two after it was
born, 233
A daughter of Isaac Mulfords abt 6 weeks old died abt
8 A.M., 234
Mrs. Skellinx aged abt 90 years died abt 7 of clock
A. M., 235
Mrs. Fithian died abt 7 of ye clock in ye morning aged
I suppose near 60 years old, 236
A child of An Conkling, Junr., before day died soon after
it was born, 237
A daughter of Timothy Mulford aged abt 5 years 4 mos
died early in ye morning, 238
A son of Sam 11 . Russel aged abt 3 months died early in
morning, 339
Phillip Leek died abt 2 of ye clock in the morning aged .
abt 70 years, 240
The wife of Rob Parsons (she died in childbed near
midnight, 241
May
2.
May
3i-
June
1 1.
Aug.
Sept.
3-
3-
Ab'.
12.
Oct.
1.
Nov.
7-
11.
Dec.
17-
1717, Jan.
12.
Feb.
25.
Apr.
1.
May
23-
27.
Aug.
2.
Sept.
24.
Nov.
3-
1903.] Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. I K
Before ys acct of Males & Females
Yr died of Males
Females
Of children yt died
very young which I inquired
not about whether males or females
Year. Month. Day. Male. Fem. Total
1717, Nov. 6. The wife of Daniel Dayton died in childbed abt
5 of the clock P. M., 1 242
24. The wife of Capt Mulford died abt 3 of clock
P. M. aged about 60 years, 2 243
1718, Jan. 3. A child twin ye daughter of Sam 11 . Bancroft died
abt 9 P. M. being born ye same day, 3 244
22. A son of Rich Shaws aged abt 4 months died
day probably smothered, 1 245
23. A daughter of John Conkling the shoemaker
died suddenly abt 5 P. M. aged abt 3 months, 4 246
Feb. 14. The wife of Mr. John Stretton died a little
before midnight aged abt 64 years, 5 247
Mar. 29. A daughter of Elias Mulford aged abt 4 or 5
months died abt noon, 6 248
Apr. 11. Nath 11 . Goldsmith aged abt 20 years died abt 7
of ye clock A. M., 2 249
May 7. The wife of B. Osborn, Senr., died aged abt 69
years, 7 250
June 7. Jonathan son of Matthew Mulford aged abt 6
months died abt 7 A. M.. 3 251
July 24. Charity Pain who lived at Matthew Mulfords
aged about 15 years died abt 5 P. M., 8 252
26. A child of Hezekiah Miller died before noon
being abt 11 days old, 4 253
31. Benjamin Townsend died at Killingworth being
over there with ye doctor Mr. Eliot, 5 254
Sept. 4. A daughter of An Conkling, Junr., aged abt 6
weeks died abt break of day, 9 255
Abraham Schellinx son of Abr. Schellinx some
time past deceased aged 21 years died abt 10
of clock at night, 5 256
7. Tho Jessup died abt break of ye day, 6 257
25. Lois the wife of Sam Hedges died abt break of
day, 10 258
She was ill but 2 or 3 days died vomiting up
severall quarts of blood.
1719, Feb. 8. A child of Charles Wagers, a son aged abt 6
months died at noon, 7 259
20. A son of Isaac Hedges aged abt 15 months died
abt noon, 8 260
24. This day a whale-boat being alone the men
struck a whale & she coming under ye boat
in part staved it & tho ye men were not hurt
with the whale yet before any help came to
them four men were tired & chilled & fell of
ye boat & oars to which they hung & were
drowned, viz. : —
Henry Parsons,
Wiliiam Skellinx, Junr.,
Lewis Mulford,
Jeremiah Conkling, Junr.,
Mar. 18. A son of Jacob Skellinx deceased named I think
Jonathan died abt break of day aged abt 7
years,
Apr. 25. Goodman Sherry aged above 70 years died,
May 23. Widow Dayton aged abt 80 years,
9
26l
10
262
II
263
12
264
13
265
14
266
II 267
I 1 6 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [April,
Year. Month. Day. Male. Fem. Total
1719, Apr. 18. A son of Jonath Hand's a few months old, 15 268
A daughter of John Edwards, Senr., a few
months old, 12 269
July 7. Elizabeth daughter of Nath 11 . & Mary Huntting
died abt 9 of clock A. M. aged a little above
8 months, 13 270
Sept. 6. This day Francis Noyes, aged abt 17 years, 16 271
A daughter of Steph Hand aged abt 14 years, 14 272
A daughter of David Fithians abt 7 years
and a negro lad of Joseph Strettons going
home over Georgikie from meeting were
drowned just as yy got over ye canoe leaking
6 sinking, 1 15 273
Oct. 13. Christopher son of Tim Mulford died abt 4 in
morning aged 7 weeks, 17 274
Dec. 12. One Elizabeth Hunter (whose relations lived
about Southold sojourning at Mr. John Stret-
tons was taken sick there & died this morning
abt 4 of the clock, 16 275
1720, May 6. A daughter of Thomas Chatfield died abt 11
A. M. aged abt 5 or 6 weeks, 17 276
June 16. 1 The wife of James Hand, Sen r ., formerly Dibble
died abt 10 at night aged abt 72 years old, 18 279
Aug. 4. A child daughter of Sam Hedges aged abt 2
years died abt 6 P.M., 19 278
17. A child daughter of Isaac Hedges aged abt a
fortnight died at 4 P. M., 20 279
22. A son of Tho Osborn of Wainscot aged abt 4
years died abt 9 in evening, 18 280
Sept. 1 Hezekiah Miller
aged abt 3 years, 19 281
Sept. 12. Hannah daughter of Ananias Conkling aged
abt 13 years died abt eleven of ye clock in ye
night, 21 282
14. Mrs Johnson mother of Ebenezer Johnson (yt
married Rebecca Shaw) died at his house &
was carried to be buried at Bridge Hampton, 22 283
Oct. 24. The wife of John Hand, Junr., died abt 4 in the
morning, 23 284
Nov. 1. Rebekah daughter of Dan Osborn deceased
aged abt 18 years, died abt 7 A. M., 24 285
Dec. 25. A son of W m . Carle died abt 2 P. M. being
scalded about 3 or 4 days before, 20 286
Dec. Henry Buck having been outdone in cold storm
carried ashore at Rhode Island almost dead —
died a little after he got on shore — aged about
22 years. — It was abt ye middle of ys month I
suppose yt he died, 21 287
1721, Jan. 24. A child daughter of Daniel Baker aged abt 6 or
7 weeks died abt 5 in ye morning, 25 288
Feb. 3. Rebecca sister of Eliph Stretton being come
into town about a month or 5 weeks after 3
weeks illness died this morning abt 8 of the
clock aged abt 18 years, 26 289
18. A son of Matthias Hopping aged abt 8 or 9
years taken ill on 17th his teeth quickly set
yn had convulsions & died on 18th abt noon, 22 290
Mar. 6. A daughter of Nath 11 . Doming died abt 6 of ye
clock P. M. aged almost 2 years, 27 291
Mar. 16. The wife of Sam Filer, Sen 1 ., died about 3 A. M.
aged between 40 & 50 years, 28 292
1903]. Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. \ \ 7
Year. Month. Day. Male. Female. Total
1721, June While I was gone to Boston, a child daughter
of Thomas Chatfield Died, about 5 or 6
weeks old, 29 293
July 28. A son of Henry Piersons of Southampton
nursed up at Sam 11 . Parsons aged abt 4
months died in night, 23 294
Sept. 29. John Stretton, Junr., son of Mr. John Stretton
aged abt 22 years died a little "after sunrise," 24 295
Dec. 13. James Diament aged abt 75 years died abt two
of clock in morning, 25 296
1722, Feb. 5. A daughter of Elias Mulford aged abt 2 years
died abt 4 A. M., 30 297
18. The wife of John Diament aged I suppose abt
26 years died of a consumption abt 8 of ye
clock in ye morning,
27. Ben Osborn aged abt 75 years died about 10 A.M.
April 20. A son of John Edwards, Jun r ., aged abt 7 weeks
died suddenly,
22. A child of Jos Dibble's aged abt a week died,
May 18. The wife of Mr Nath 11 . Baker aged abt
died about 3 A. M.,
July 3r. The widow of Jessup's son aged abt 4 years,
Son of Mulford aged near
28 years died abt 4 of clock in morning,
28. Robert Dayton aged abt 80 years died abt two
of ye clock in ye afternoon,
This day or day after a child of Mathias Hop-
pin abt 15 months old — I think a son,
Oct. 17. A son of Isaac Barns abt 6% years old died abt
6 A. M.,
19. John Hoppin aged abt 80 years died abt 4 of
clock in ye morning,
29. Phebe daughter of John Squire a little above
2 years died abt 7 at night of Quinsy or like
distemper after abt 24 hours illness, 34 309
Nov. 13. Thomas Talmage, Junr., son of Capt Onesimus
Talmage died abt noon aged abt 20 years,
Dec. 10. The widow Sherry aged abt 80 years died abt 5
in ye morning,
A child of Abraham Ambley died abt ys time, I
suppose presently after it was born,
13. A daughter of Isaac Hedges abt 20 yeas old
died about two of clock in morning,
19. A child son of John Cooper died presently after
it was born,
23. Joseph Stretton aged abt 73 years died abt 10
of ye clock in ye morning,
1723, Jan. 4. A son of Isaac Hedges named Jeremiah 20 (?)
years died abt 9 in evening,
12. Abraham ye eldest son of Isaac Hedges aged
abt 30 years died abt 7 of clock at night,
16. Jacob Hedges son of Isaac Hedges aged abt
25 years died abt one of clock in morning,
18. A daughter of Dan Osborn aged abt 5 years
died abt noon,
Feb. 1. Capt Onesimus Talmage aged abt 61 years died
abt 1 1 of clock in ye forenoon,
Mar. 21. A daughter of Isaac Mulford aged abt 9 years
died abt noon,
26
3i
298
299
27
32
300
301
28
33
302
303
29
3°4
30
305
31
306
32
307
33
308
34
310
35
3ii
36
312
35
313
36
3U
37
315
38
3i6
39
3 J 7
37
3i8
40
319
38
320
( To be continued.)
I I 8 Muster Roll of Disbanded Officers, Discharged and Disbanded [April,
MUSTER ROLL OF DISBANDED OFFICERS, DIS-
CHARGED AND DISBANDED SOLDIERS AND
LOYALISTS MUSTERED AT DIGBY,
THE 2 9 th DAY OF MAY, 1784.
Communicated by Judge A. W. Savary, M.A., of Annapolis Royal, Author of
THE SAVERY AND SEVERY GENEALOGY, AND THE HISTORY OF ANNAPOLIS.
Names
Austin, James
Abbeste, Jno. C, Captn.
Aclenburg, William
Austin, John
Aikens, James
Aikins, John
Absalom,
Armstrong, Francis
Armstrong, William. . . .
Austen, Stephen
Arnold, Phineas
Achton, Samuel
B
Bane, George
Barret (or Barretts), Widow
Brewer, Jacob
Brewer, Christian
Bishop, Jonathan
Botner, Elias
Broadstreet (or Brad-
street), James
Blanch, James
Bates, Nathaniel
Butterfield, Nath 1
Boncha (or Bonhann),
Malachi
Barton,* Jas. (colonel). . .
Briere, Johnsidere
Briggs, Gabriel
Burrell, Josiah
Bride (or Brude), Bachelor
Blackford, Martin
Burtrict, Donald
Bragg, John
Buskirk, Thomas Van ... .
Brill (or Bull), Widow...
Burkett, John
Description
D.S. 1st N.J. Vols.
Hessian Service
Loyalist
do
do
do
Negro slave to Cap 1 Y,
Loyalist
do
do
F'm Port (do) Mouton
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. S. 1st N. J. Vols.
Disbanded Officer
Loyalist
do
D. S. Loy. Am. Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
Offic'r of King's Or. R'gers
Loyalist
do
Settled in
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
•Col Barton was accidentally killed about five years after his settlement in Digby. His
children removed to Upper Canada, whence a descendant migrated to Australia, and became
the ancestor of the present distinguished Prime Minister of that colony.
1003.] Soldiers and Loyalists Mustered at Digby in May, 1784. I 1 9
Names
Baucher, John
Baxter, James
Brown, John
Burbanks, William. . . .
Bonnell, Isaac
Buckwait, Hannah ....
Beardman, Andrew.. . .
Berdsall, Jeremiah
Burns, Michael
Burns, William
Brown, Peter
Bull, W m . Robert
Bayeaux, Thomas
Bice, John
Brundige, Abraham. . .
Belling, John
Battman, Joseph (or Peter)
Blocker, Jacob
Browne, fames
Burkett, James
Brannagan, Thomas. . .
Beraan, Elizabeth
Beman, Thomas
Reman, Ebenezer
Barret, James
Bignall, Robert
Baizely, James
Baiseley, William
Botsford, Amos
Bell, Rachel
Bell, Jeremiah
Balsor, Israel
Burnet, Daniel
Cranke, Joseph
Crane, Thomas
Craig, James
Cobb, Nicholas
Clossam, Jonathan
Clossam, Reuben
Crayford (or Cayford),
Jane
Crayford, Sarah
Cline, Peter
Cypher (or Sypher), Jacob
Creighton, James
Clubb, James
Cross, William
Campbell, Robert
Cudmore, William
Cale, William
Description
Loyalist
do
do
do
do "
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Arr'd in Trans. "Joseph"
do
D. S. 38th Regt.
A Sailor
Laborer
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
Master of the Peggy
Sailor
Loyalist
do
Loyalist
Loyalist from Port Mouton
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Settled in
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Not
Settled
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
I 20 Muster Rolls of Disbanded Officers, Discharged and Disbanded [April
Names
CubberJey, Stephen
Cossaboom (or Coosa-
boom), William
Charles,
Comfort, John
Campbell, Archibald. .
Caldwell, John
Chandler, William . . .
Christ, Jacob
Clarke, Robert
Cousins, Thomas
Colens, John
Coatnam (or Coattam),
Thomas
Clossam, Anthony
Connely, Michael
Cunningham, Rich d . . .
Cunningham, David...
D
Dickson, Robert
Donnelly, John
Degan, William
Darge, James
Dowling,
Drake, William
Drake, Benjamin....
Darge, Jane
Denton, Joseph
Denton, Stephen. . . .
Digey, Arthur
Davenport, Thomas.
Davenport, William.
Dawkins, Edward...
Dennison, Edward..
Dennison, Patrick...
Edgar, James. . . .
Ellis, Ephraim. . ,
Edison,* John.. . .
Edison, Marshall.
Evans, Lemuel...
Easton, Peter. . . .
Edwards, John.. .
Fountain, Stephen.
Flauvell, Anthony.
Forrest, Edward . .
Fowler, Francis. . .
Flaun, John
Description
Loyalist
do
Negro sla'e of Capt. Young
Loyalist
do
In "Joseph" fr'm Bermuda
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. S. 40th Regt.
D. S. 3rd N. J. Vols.
Loyalist
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
In Joseph fr. Bermuda
Loy. fr. Port Mouton
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
Loyalist
do
do
D. S. New York Vols.
Loyalist
Settled in
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Annapolis
Digby
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
♦Ancestor of the famous inventor.
1903-1
Soldiers and Loyalists Mustered at Digby in May, 1784.
121
Names
Foreman, Stephen.. . .
Forman, Edward
Frost, Jacob
Fisher, James
Fleet, Andrew
Franer, David
Forman, James*
Florentine, Abraham.
Ferguson, Charles.. . .
Graham, Alexander
Goldsmith, Stephen
Grogan, Richard
Green, William
Goucher (or Gouger)
Edward
Gunn, George
Geoffrey, William
Grady, Norris
Grigg, Thomas
Gilleland, William
Griffin, Edward
Gilmore, Robert
Grant, William
Grant, Michael
Gammell, Thomas
Griffin, Obadiah
Goslin, James
Griggs, John
Green, James
Greenfield, Edward.
Gisleas, Jacob
Green, Thomas
Gray, Henry
Green, William
H
Hollingshead, Geo
Hollingshead, Anthony.
Hatkes, John
Hickey, John
Handselpiker, Conrad. .
Howard, Samuel
Haggerty, Patrick
Hendorff, ensign, Fred.
Hill, Richard, capt
Hugheston, James
Hill, John
Holdsworth, Thomas . . .
Holdsworth, John
Holdsworth, James
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Description
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
D. O. G n . B°
Loyalist
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
D. S. N. J. Vols.
Ass. Qr. Mr. Hessian Ser
D. S. N.J. Vols.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
D. S. 57 th regt. Laborer
Loyalist
do
do
do
Loyalist
do
do
D.S. 2Batt. N.J. Vols,
do
Loyalist
do
Dis. Officer, Hessian
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
Settled in
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Not settled
Digby
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
James Furman established at Digby the first Sunday School in America.
I 2 2 Muster Roll of Disbanded Officers, Discharged and Disbanded [April,
Names
Harrison, Christopher...
Harrison, Thomas
Hartewick, Lawrence...
Hitchcock, Samuel
Hartenburg, Dennick...
Harris, Francis
Hill, Zachariah
Huliome, Jeremiah
Hand, Samuel
Hall, Luke
Hicks, Oliver
Hall, Jacob
Hunt, Theodis
Holton, Peter
Halstead, Lydia
Hein, Benjamin
Havens, William
Howard, William
Hunenger, Henry
Hales, James
Harkin (or Starkin?),
Jacob
Hunt, Frederic
Harris, Peter
Hunt, Thomas
Hilliard, Gershom. ....
Hare, Thomas
Hatfield, Isaac
Homes, Joel
Hubbs, Hannah
Hooten, Capt. John —
Hill, Thomas
Holdstock, Joseph
Harvey, John
Howe, Abishai
Heaton, Peter
Hinxman (or Hincksman)
Charles
Hitchcock, John
I
Israel, (or Balsar) Irad.
Irwin, James
J
Johnson, Martin . . .
Johnson, Henry. . . .
Johnston, George...
Johnson, Lawrence.
Jenkins, Griffiths. . .
Jones, Benjamin.. . .
Jones, Mary
Description
D. O
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Laborer
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
Loyalist
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
Settled in
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Not settled
Digby
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
IQ03-
Soldiers and Loyalists Mustered at Digby in May, 1784.
123
Names
Jones, Nathaniel
Jones, Elisha*
Jones, Elizabeth
Jones, Elijah
Johnson, Joseph
Jones, Stephen
Johnston, Joseph
Johnstone, Nicholas.
Jackson, John
Justicon, Isaac
Jenkins, David
Jarvis, Ichabod
Jiggets, Joseph
Jones, John
Jones, James
Jaroleman, Jacob
Jornea, William
King, Harmonions
Knipchild, It. Henry
Kennedy, Thomas
Kelley, Matthew
Kingland, William
Kein (or Keen), Jesse. . . .
Kipp, Thomas
Kipp, Samuel
Ketchum, Jehiel
Kysh, Ensign (or Kysch).
" Anth>"
Labas, Henry
Lasage, Minto
Lowe, David
Lazador, Jacob
Lewis, John
Longworth, Isaac. . .
Lawrence, Benjamin
Lundy, John
Leishman, Robt
Leonard, Robert. . . .
Leonard, Daniel
Leonard, James
Lowlett, William....
Lincoln. Michael. . . .
Ladner, Andrew
Letteney, W m . H . . . .
Lewis, John
1
1 | 2
1 2
1
1 1
I !
I 2
Description
Settled in
Loyalist
D. S. N. Y. Vols.
Loyalist
D. S.N. Y. Vols.
do
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Loyalist
Hessian
D. S. 82nd Regt.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
D. O. N. J. Vols.
Loyalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Master of Transport
Lovalist
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
Digby
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
* Returned to Massachusetts leaving one son, Sereno Upham in Nova Scotia, whose
descendants and those of Elisha' s brothers, Josiah, Stephen and Simeon have been prominent
in social and official life. A grandson of Stephen is Governor of Nova Scotia. Two other
brothers who went to Canada also had illustrious posterity.
( To be continued.)
124 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [April,
EDWARD FULLER AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
By Homer W. Brainard, Hartford, Conn.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 23, of the Record.)
26 Samuel Fuller 5 {Thomas* Samuel* Matthew, 2 Edzvard 1 ),
b. April 12, 1694, in Barnstable; d. after i76o(?), in Chatham,
Conn.; m. Jan. 20, 1725-6, Malatiah Bodfish, b. April 17, 1696, d.
; dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Besse) Bodfish of Barn-
stable. April 9, 1750, he bought of John 4 Fuller of East Haddam,
51 acres of land situated on the east side of the Conn, river; in
Middletown, (now Chatham) two rods from the Haddam line.
In this deed he is called " of Haddam," and had probably resided
in the same locality, now known as " Haddam Neck" for some
years before. July 11, 1760, he transferred this land to his son
Abijah, and perhaps died not long after. Malatiah, wife of
Samuel Fuller, joined Cong. Church at Middle Haddam, Nov. 24,
1751-
Children born at Barnstable.
68 i. Abijah," b. Dec. 29, 1726; m. Hester Arnold.
ii. Three that died in infancy,
iii. Abigail, b. June 26, 1730.
27 Jonathan 6 Fuller {Jabez* Samue/, 3 Matthew 2 Edward 1 ),
b. March 10, 1692, at Barnstable; d. ; m. (1) Feb. 14,1711-
12, Eleanor Bennett; m. (2) Dec. 17, 1729, Hannah Harlow; both
ofMiddleborough, Mass.; resided Middleborough.
Children born in Middleborough.
i. Margaret,' b. Nov. 17, 1712.
ii. Abigail, b. March 11, 17 14-5.
iii. Jabez, b. July 22, 17 17 ; m. 1744, Hannah Pratt.
iv. Jonathan, b. July 13, 1719.
v. Timothy, b. Jan. 1721.
vi. Molly, b. Sept., 1725.
28 Ebenezer 6 Fuller, {Jabez* Samuel 2 Mathew 2 Edward 1 ),
b. Feb. 10, 1708, at Barnstable; d. ; m. Jan. 1, 1729, Martha
Jones.
Children.
i. Martha, 6 (?) m. 1753, Gamaliel Ewer of Barnstable.
ii. Ebenezer. b. about 1735; m. Deborah .
iii. Nathan, m. Mary .
vi. Elizabeth, b. .
29 Matthias 6 Fuller {Timothy,* Samuel* Matthew, 2 Edward 1 ),
b. March 24, 1700, in East Haddam; d. 1769 or 70; m. June 16,
1722, Mary Cone, b. Jan. 6, 1701; d. Nov. 15, 1739; dau. °f Daniel
and Mary (Gates) Cone; m. (2) April 16, 1741, Mrs. Jemima
(Richardson) Hungerford, b. June 19, 1692, at Stonington, Conn,
dau. of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, and widow of Green
Hungerford; she d. . Matthias Fuller was a farmer,
1903.] Edward Fuller and His Descendants. I 25
residing at East Haddam, Millington Society. He was one of
the constituent members of the Millington church.
Children born in East Haddam.
69 i. Matthias, 6 b. Jan. 15, 1724-5; m. Mary Griswold.
70 ii. Elisha, b. March 4, 1727; m. Esther Hungerford.
71 iii. Noadiah, b. Sept. 3, 1729; m. Lydia Cone.
72 iv. Daniel, b. Feb. 5, 1731-2; m. Mehitabel Cone,
v. Ezra, b. Aug. 24, 1734; d. July — , 1736.
vi. Anne, b. Feb. 17, 1736-7; m. Nathan Beebe, June 25,
1 761. She died at Millington, East Haddam, Sept.
9, 182 1, aged 85. I find no record of children,
vii. Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1739; d. Feb. 2, 1739-40.
30 Samuel 5 Fuller (Timothy? Samuel? Matthew? Edward 1 ),
b. Sept. 1, 1711, at East Haddam; d. Jan. 25, 1778, at Rumney,
N. H.; m. April 19, 1732, Mercy Price; m. (2) June 30, 1749, Sarah
Hall(?).
Children born in East Haddam.
73 i. Samuel, 6 b. Oct. 16, 1733; m. Lois Andrews,
ii. Mercy, b. March 9, 1734-5.
iii. Sarah, b. Sept. 28, 1736.
iv. Timothy, b. Feb. 10, 1737-8; m. Hannah Fuller(?).
v. Alpheus, b. Jan. 2, 1739-40.
vi. Zipporah, b. Dec. 2, 1741; m. Aug. 12, 1762, Daniel
Gates of East Haddam. He was a soldier in the
second French war; d July 13, 1788, aged 48. She
d. at Westmoreland, N. Y., in 181 2.
vii. Thaddeus, b. Nov. 8, 1743.
viii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1745.
ix. Benjamin, b. .
x. Mary, b. .
31 Timothy 6 Fuller (Timothy? Samuel? Matthew? Edward\)
b. May 30, 1722, at East Haddam; d. previous to Aug. 4, 1772,
when his estate was distributed; m. Nov. 30, 1749, at Millington,
Thankful Gray, b. ; d. Aug. 8, 1794, at East Haddam.
Children born at East Haddam.
i. Timothy, b. July 25, 1752; d. Oct. 18, 1775.
ii. Philemon, b. April 22, 1755; d. Oct. 25, 1775. Both the
above were Revolutionary soldiers, and d. at Rox-
bury, Mass.
iii. Mary, b, Sept. 12, 1750; m. John Howard. She d.
April 22, 1785, leaving a son, Philemon Fuller How-
ard, d. Sept. 25, 1785.
32 Thomas 5 Fuller (Timothy? Samuel? Matthew? Edward 1 ),
b. June 24, 1726 at East Haddam; d. at Hartland, Conn.;
m. Nov. 15, 1748, Hannah Dimmock; b. Nov. 26, 1728; d. ■ ;
probably dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Davis) Dimmock of Barn-
stable, Saybrook and Tolland, Conn.
He is called in 1748, Thomas Fuller 4th, the others being
Thomas, 4 b. 1679, Thomas, 5 b. 1717, and Thomas, 6 b. 1718, son of
Benjamin, 5 all of whom were living in East Haddam at the time.
In 1770 he was elected Deacon of the First Congregational
church in East Haddam, at which time he is called Sergt,
126 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [April,
Thomas Fuller, 3rd, Thomas 6 having removed, the others being
still alive. He removed to Hartland, Conn, after 1772.
Children born in East Haddam.
i. Eliphalet,' b. Sept. 22, 1749; m. Thankful Sparrow.
ii. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1751.
iii. Bethuel, b. Jan. 9, 1754; d. July 14, 1755.
iv. Bethuel, b. March 10, 1756; d. Sept. 19, 1775. He was a
Rev. soldier in Gen. Joseph Spencer's company,
v. Ichabod, b. March 23, 1758.
vi. Hannah, b. Aug. 15, 1760; m. Timothy Fuller, Jan.,
1781.
vii. Anne, b. Feb. ti, 1763.
74 viii. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1770; m. 1790, Asa Haines.
H Rodolphus 5 Fuller (Samuel* Samuel? Matthew? Edward 1 ),
b. Aug. 22, 1703, in Preston, Conn.; d. ; m. Nov. 1, 1727,
Anne Hall, dau. of Capt. William and Esther Hall, b. June 1,
1706, at Mansfield; d. April 24, 1755; m. (2) Oct. 10, 1755, Anne 4
Robinson, dau. of Lieut. Peter 3 and Experience (Manton) Rob-
inson, of Windham, Conn.; b. Aug. 20, 1708; probably in Chil-
mark, Mass.; d. .
Children born at Mansfield,
i. Elizabeth/ b. Nov. 7, 1728; m. Barnabas Allen, April
21, 1750.
ii. Samuel b. July 18, 1731; d. Aug. 18, 1731.
iii. Lydia, b. Nov. 19, 1733.
iv. Silas, b. Sept. 22, 1735; d. April 2, 1752.
v. William, b. March 13, 1736-7.
vi. Anne, b. Oct. 24, 1738; d. 1739.
vii. Samuel, b. Feb. 3, 1758.
viii. Anne, b. Nov. 1, 1759; d. Nov. 22, 1759.
34 Ruth 6 Fuller (Samuel* Samuel? Matthew? Edward^), b.
April 12, 1706, probably in Preston, Conn., then a part of Nor-
wich, though possibly her parents were then in Mansfield; d.
, in Scotland Parish, Windham, Conn.; m. 1725, Peter 4
Robinson, b. about 1697, probably in Chilmark, Martha's Vine-
yard, Mass. He was a direct descendant of Rev. John Robinson,
the pastor of the Pilgrim church at Leyden, Holland. Rev. John
Robinson m. Bridget White. His son Isaac, 3 b, 1610; m. June
27, 1630, Margaret Hanford, of Scituate, Mass. In 1639, he re-
moved to Barnstable; in 1663, to Falmoiith; 1673, he removed to
Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, where he resided until 1701. He
died perhaps, 1704. His son, Peter, 3 Robinson, b. between 1653
and 1667; m. Experience, dau. of John Manton, of Tisbury, M.
V. «He lived in Chilmark; in i7iohe was living in Norwich or
Preston, and in 1721, bought land in Scotland Parish, Windham,
Conn.
Children born in Windham,
i. Samuel, b. July 6, 1726; d. June 11, 1792, aged 66; m.
Jan. 2, 1748-9, Sarah Kimball. She d. Dec. 15, 1791,
aged 62 years.
ii, Experience, b. April 22, 1728; m. Feb. 14, 1748-9,
1903.] Edward Fuller and His Descendants. 127
Zerviah, dau. of Eleazer Palmer. He d. Sept., 1807,
aged 79; she d. June 9, 1806, aged 76.
iii. Peter, b. May 19, 1730; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1755, Abigail,
dau. Elisha Palmer. She d. Sept. 25, 1774, aged 42,
and he m. (2) March 14, 1775, Sarah West of
Tolland. He d. July 18, 1778.
iv. Elizabeth, b Nov. 6, 1732; m. John French, and settled
in Canterbury, Conn,
v. Jacob b. Aug. 14, 1734; m. Anna Tracy, of Preston,
Nov. 4, 1756. He d. 1800, aged 66.
vi. Nathan, born. July 19, 1736; m. Jan. 15, 1764, Maria
Jerusha, dau. of Eleazer Palmer. He d. at Plain-
field, Conn., Feb. 1804, aged 68; she d. May 8, T827,
at Ashford, Conn., aged 90.
vii. Abner, b. Feb. 22, 1738; m. April 7, 1763, Mehitable,
dau. Eleazer Palmer. He d. Nov. 24, 18x5, aged 77;
she d. 1819, aged 80. He was a Captain in the Rev-
olutionary army,
viii. Ruth, b. Dec. 14, 1740; m. William Cushman.
ix. Eliab, b. Aug. 22, 1742; m. Jan. 30, 177 — , Lucy Wil-
liams. He d. at Pittsford, Vt., April, 1836, aged 94.
x. Rachel, b. March 30, 1744; m. Cornelius Coburn.
xi. Bathsheba, b. July 31, 1746; d. unmarried,
xii. Joshua, b. Sept. 24, 1748; m. Sybil Webb.
35 Elkanah b Fuller {Samuel? Samuel, 3 Matthew? Edward*),
b. April 24, 1709, at Mansfield, Conn.; d. ; m. May 9, 1731,
Mary, dau. of Samuel and Eleanor (Lee) Andrews of East
Haddam, b. Dec. 2, 17 10, at East Haddam; d. Sept. 13, 1740, at
Mansfield; m. (2) Naomi ; m. (3) April 6, 1767, at Mans-
field, Lydia Hooker (widow?) at which time he is called "Mr.
Elkanah Fuller, of Newtown, Sussex Co., New Jersey." Sept. 21,
1773, he bought land in Chatham, Conn., of his son-in-law,
Timothy Percival. Sept. 15, 1778, he took the oath of fidelity.
Dec. 21, 1793, he had removed with Timothy Percival to Freehold,
Albany Co., N. Y., where probably he died.
Children recorded in Mansfield,
i. Sarah, 8 b. Oct. 9, 1732.
ii. Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1733; d. Dec. 30, 1737.
iii. Eleanor, b. Aug. 23, 1735; d. April 15, 1737.
iv. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1737; m. about 1758, Timothy Percival,
b. Feb. 4, 1733-4, son of John and Hannah (Whit-
more) Percival, of East Haddam. Timothy Percival
lived in Chatham, Conn., then in New Durham, N.
Y., and later in Ohio. He d. June 16, 1815, in Boone
Co., Ky.; Mrs. Mary Percival d. March 12, 1819, at
the same place. Children: (1) Jabez, b. July 16,
1760, in Middletown, (Chatham) Conn., a physician
at Marlboro, Mass., and Freehold, N. Y.; m. July 6,
1786, Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. John Stearns, of Wilbra-
ham, Mass.; (2) Elkanah, m. Mary Shattuck; (3)
Timothy, m. Lurenda Shattuck; (4) Mary, m. John
Palmer; (5) Elizabeth, m. Asa Gridley; (6) Anna,
128 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [April,
m. Levi Stedman; (7) Lydia, b. Nov. 10, 1781; m.
Thomas Toucey.
v. Peninah, b. Feb. 9, 1738-9.
vi. Samuel, b. Feb. 9, 1743-4.
vii. Bethany, b. March, 12, 1746.
36 Judah 5 Fuller {Samuel* Samuel* Matthew? Edward 1 ),
b. Aug. 25,. 1715, in Preston, Conn.; d. ; m. Feb. 11, 1745-6,
Abigail Wentworth, dau. of Aaron and Elizabeth Wentworth,
b. ; d. . Judah Fuller, lived in Norwich, Conn.
Children:
i. Samuel, 6 b. Dec. 15, 1746.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1749.
iii. Asa, b. Nov. 10, 1752.
iv. Lucy, b. July 9, 1754.
v. Lemuel, b. July 14, 1757.
37 John 6 Fuller {John* John,* Matthew? Edward 1 ), b. Aug. 3,
1714, at Barnstable; d. ; m. Oct. 29, 1741, Temperance Gor-
ham, b. July 23, 1721, dau. of Job and Desire (Dimmock) Gor-
ham, of Barnstable.
Children born in Barnstable.
i. Desire, 6 b. Aug. 1, 1742.
ii. John, b. June 23, 1744.
iii. Edward, b. Dec. 28, 1746.
iv. Francis, b. March 10, 1749.
v. Job, b. Nov. 25, 1751.
38 Nathaniel " Fuller {John,* John,* Matthew? Edward 1 ), b.
Dec. 10, 1716, at Barnstable: d. there ; m. Feb. 22, 1739,
Abigail Hinckley, b. July, 30, 1718, dau. of Benjamin and Abigail
(Jenkins) Hinckley, of West Barnstable. She d. about 1760, of
smallpox, brought from the camp by her husband who was a
captain in the French war. He married a second wife, but I do
not find her name. He is known to have had the following
children:
i. Thankful, 6 d. about 1760 of smallpox,
ii. Abigail, d. about 1760, of smallpox,
iii. Hannah, m. Matthias Smith.
iv. Lydia, m. Lazarus Ewer.
v. Joseph, b. 1758; d. Aug. 16, 1805; m. Tabitha, dau. of
Samuel Jones. He was a Lieutenant in the Revolu-
tion,
vi. Nathaniel, m. Ruhama, dau. of Samuel Jones.
39 Samuel 6 Fuller {Barnabas,* Samuel? Samuel? Edzvard 1 ),
b. Nov., 1681, at Barnstable; d. May, 1758, in Bolton, Conn.; m.
, 1 7 18, Ruth Crocker, b. Aug. 3, 1693, dau. ot Eleazer and
Ruth (Chipman) Crocker, of Barnstable; d. ; m. (2) Dec.
20, 1727, Lydia, widow of Andrew Lovell. He was admitted
to church at Bolton by letter from Colchester, March 9, 1749
She probably the widow Fuller, who d. at Bolton, Conn., Dec
28, 1764, aged 72. Samuel 6 Fuller d. in Bolton, between May 5
and June 6, 1758.
This family removed from Barnstable, to Rochester, Mass.
thence to Colchester, and Bolton, Conn. His will, dated May 5,
1903]. Edward Fuller and His Descendants. I 29
1758, is on file in the probate office, Hartford, Vol. 18, p. 54, and
mentions all the children given below. He gave real estate to
Barnabas, Joshua, and Lot, money legacies to the daughters, and
to son Eleazer, showing that Eleazer was not living at Bolton.
Children born in Barnstable,
i. Sarah, 6 b. April 16, 1719. Unmarried in 1758.
ii. Barnabas, b. April 1, 172 1. Lived in Glastonbury,
Conn., 1760; m. Deborah ; had son David, 7 b.
1758.
iii. Eleazer, b. Feb. 9, 1722-3; m. 1756, Elizabeth Hatch.
75 iv. Joshua, b. Oct. 3, 1727; m. Joannah Taylor.
v. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1728-9; m. Nathaniel Goodspeed,
and went to Vassalboro, Maine.
vi. Rebecca, b. April 3, 1731; m. Timothy Isham, April
25, 1751. She died at Bolton, April 8, 1823, aged 92;
Children: Thankful, Abigail, Timothy, (died a prisoner
of war, Nov. 20, 1776) Joseph, Benjamin, Rebecca,
Temperance, Ebenezer, Samuel, David, Daniel, Josh-
ua, Anna, Elizabeth, Isaac, John. Several of the sons
settled at Gilsum, N. H.
76 vii. Lot, b. Sept. 18, 1733; m. Rachel .
40 Isaac 5 Fuller (Barnabas* Samuel* Samuel* Edzuard 1 ), b.
Aug., 1684; d. ; m. July 9, 17 19, Jerusha Lovell.
Children born at Barnstable,
i. Eli, 6 b. April n, 1720; m. 1746, Mercy Rogers, of Har-
wich; Children: Martha, 7 b. Nov. 17, 1747; Jedediah, 7
b. March 28, 1749; *David, 7 b. June 21, 1751; fWilliam, 7
b. Sept. 28, 1753; Jerusha, 7 b. May 2, 1756.
ii. Mehitable, b. March 10, 1722-3; m. Oct. 30, 1740, Thomas
Ames.
iii. Jerusha, b. Jan. 19, 1725-6; m. John Green, of Falmouth.
iv. Zaccheus, b. Oct. 16, 1727; m. Sarah Jones, Feb. 22,
1752.
v. Charity, b. Dec. n, 1729; m. Silas Lovell, Aug. 7, 1760.
vi. Isaac, b. Sept. 9, 1731; m. Susan Wadsworth, of Pem-
broke, Mass.
vii. Seth, b. May 29, 1734.
viii. Hannah, b. April 9, 1736.
41 Ebenezer 5 Fuller (Barnabas* Samuel* Samuel* Edzvard 1 ),
b. April, 1699, at Barnstable; d. ; m. . I have been
unable to learn anything further about this family. The names
of children below are taken from Otis.
Children born at Barnstable,
i. David," b. Feb 6, 1725.
ii. Jonathan, b. April 9, 1729; m. Nov. 5, 1749, Mary Whip-
ple,
iii. Daniel, b. Sept. 16, 1731; m. Nov. 1, 1753, Martha
Phinney.
iv. John, b. June 3, 1734.
* David, 7 m. Jerusha Adams, t William, 7 m. Rebecca Forgess. Children: (1) Samuel, 8
b. June 18, 1783; (2) Willian, b. March 10, 178^; married, and had Thomas Jay, 9 b. 1823, who
married and had Edwin Jay, 10 of New York City.
9a
I 30 Edward Fuller and His Descendants. [April,
v. William, b. Sept. 27, 1737.
vi. Jean, b. Jan. 12, 1739.
42 Jonathan 6 Fuller (Mattkeiv* Samuel* Samuel," 1 Edward 1 ,)
b. Oct., 1696, at Barnstable; d. May 7, 1768, in Colchester, Conn.;
m. March 3, 1718, Rebecca Perry, b. 1698, in Sandwich, Mass.; d.
May 4, 1750, in Colchester, Conn.
He settled in the part of Colchester, called Westchester
Society. His wife was a member of the church there in 1740 or
earlier. The Fullers in this parish, viz.: Matthew, Jonathan,
Young, and Cornelius, and Matthew's son-in-law, Benjamin,
seemed to have lived on adjoining or neighboring farms.
Whether his children were born in Colchester is not perfectly
clear. His will, dated April 21, 1761, probated Aug. 2, 1768,
mentions only children named below. Perhaps there were others
who deceased before their father. Children:
i. Matthew, 6 b. about 17 19; wife Bathsheba, bapt. Aug.
30, 1747, at Colchester; son of Matthew Fuller, d.
May 20, 1739, aged 9 mos.; Isaiah, bapt. Sept. 12, 1742.
ii. Alice, b. about 1721; m. Simeon Ackley, of E. Had-
dam, Nov. 8, 1739; she d. Aug. 6, 1746. Children:
Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1740; Lydia, Hannah, both d.
young; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1747; Simeon, b. April
15, 1749. The last two were by his second wife,
Elizabeth Crocker, whom he m. May 25, 1747.
iii. Abigail, b. about 1723; m. Israel Dewey, Feb. 13, 1755.
iv. Jabez, b. about 1727; m. Sarah . His will was
probated, Jan. 23, 1770, and his children were: Jabez, 7
b. about 1753; m. Aug. 25, 1778, Abigail Kellogg, of
Colchester; Alice, b. about 1750; m. Nov. 6, 1770,
Elijah Ackley; Elijah.
v. (?)Jonathan, b. ; m. April 23, 1761, Abigail Perry,
of Ashford, Conn.; Colchester records.
43 Young 5 Fuller {Mattkezv* Samuel? Samuel? Edivard\) b.
1708, in Barnstable; d. June 17, 1796, at Ludlow, Mass., in the
89th year of his age; m. April 23, 1730, at Colchester(?) Jerusha,
dau. of Jonathan and Bridget (Brockway) Beebe, of East Had-
dam. Both were baptized, and admitted to full communion in
the Colchester church, Dec. 24, 1732. About 1747, Young Fuller
removed to that part of Windsor now called Ellington. The
earliest deed in Windsor, in which he appears as a grantee, is
dated, Jan. 21, 1747-8 (Vol. VIII, p. 102). He also owned land in
Bolton, East Haddam, and elsewhere. In 1767, he removed
from Ellington with his oldest son Joshua to Ludlow, where he
died. His children were probably all born in Colchester.
Children:
77 i. Joshua," b. Sept. 9, 1731; m. Mercy Lathrop.
78. ii. David, b. 1733; bapt. April 24, 1734; m. Mrs. Lois
(Hubbard) Fuller.
79. iii. Caleb, b. 1735; bapt. Aug. 17, 1735; m. Hannah Weld.
iv. Jerusha, b. July 30, 1737; m. Denslow.
v. Lydia, bapt. Dec. 13, 1741.
vi. Anne, bapt. March 15, 1747.
i9°3-] Edward Fuller and His Descendants. \\\
44 Cornelius 5 Fuller {Matthew* Samuel* Samuel? Edward*),
b. 1 710, at Barnstable; m. Feb. 25, 1730, at Colchester, Patience
Chappel. Lemuel, 6 their son, was bapt. May 11, 1735, at Col-
chester. I find no further family record. About 1747, he ex-
changed land with Samuel Calkins, of Hebron, and I supposed
moved there, but I find no further trace of him. It is said that
he was the first Fuller who settled in Hebron, about 1733. This
is not impossible, but I think it must have been later than 1735.
In a muster roll of Provincial troops of New York, Dutchess
County, 1758, is the name of Cornelius Fuller, aged 19, b. in
Connecticut. He was perhaps son of Cornelius " Fuller.
In the Field Book of Survey of Lot No. 6 in the Town of Car-
mel, N. Y.. April 12, 1762, are found among other names, Robert
Fuller, Amos Fuller and Cornelius Fuller. The first two are
descendants of Robert Fuller, of Salem and Rehoboth, Mass., in
the line of his son Benjamin, five or six sons of whom settled in
Lebanon or Hebron, Connecticut, and thence removed to the
northwestern part of Connecticut, and finally over the line into
the State of New York. 1755-6 the following members of the
western Society of Philippi (Town of Carmel, N. Y) signed a call
for Mr. Ebenezer Knibloe as pastor: Shubael Rowley; Eleazer
Hamlin (from Barnstable, Mass.); Matthew Rowlee; Benj.
Howland; Edward Carver; Amos Fuller; Cornelius Fuller;
John Kelly; Elisha Kellogg; John White.
The above shows that Cornelius b removed ,to Carmel, New
York, perhaps stopping at some Connecticut town meanwhile,
and incidentally shows where some of the Rowleys went. Prob-
ably further search thereabouts would disclose their descendants.
45 Ebenezer" Fuller (Thomas,* John," Samuel? Edward'^ b.
Oct. 27, 1715, in East Haddam; d. Sept. 30, 1749, in Hebron,
Conn.; m. Sept. 30, 1738, Mary Rowley, dau. of Moses and Martha
(Porter) Rowley, of Colchester and East Haddam; or perhaps
Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Church) Rowley, of East
Haddam; if the first, she was b. Dec. 5, 1708, at Colchester; if
the latter, she was b. Nov. 4, 1722, at East Haddam. I am in-
clined to think it was the first Mary who was wife of Ebenezer
Fuller. She d. at Hebron, Feb. 5, 1798. The will of Ebenezer
Fuller, dated Sept. 13, 1749, Colchester probate records, Vol. II.,
PP- 55-57, mentions 6 children, one unborn.
Children born in Hebron.
i. Ebenezer 6 b. May 8, 1739; Ebenezer Fuller, aged 23,
cordwainer, b. Conn.; enlisted May 8, 1762; was in
Capt. Timothy Northam's company, June 29, 1762;
in the service of the province of New York. (See
muster rolls in N. Y. Hist. Soc. Collections, 1891.)
ii. Dimmis, b. Oct. 1, 1742; m. Solomon Huntington, of
Hebron; she d. at East Haddam in 1800. Children:
Civil, b. 1765; Dimmis, b. 1767; Mary, b. 1769; Solo-
mon, b. 1771; John, b. 1775; Ozias, b. 1777; Ralph,
b. 1779; Philoxena, b. 1781; Jared, b. 1784; Laura, b.
1786. See Huntington Gen. pp. 150-51.
132 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. [April,
iii. Mary, b. Aug. 25, 1743; m John Filer.
iv. Ozias, b. Sept. 25, 1745.
v. Roger, b. July 21, 1747; m. 1766, Martha Phillips. (2)
1785, Violette Taylor. Lived Hebron, Conn.; left
descendants,
vi. Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1750; m. Aug. 17, 1769, Joshua
Phelps, Jr.
( To be continued.)
THE FREER FAMILY OF NEW PALTZ, N. Y.
Compiled by George Austin Morrison, Jr.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 16, of The Record.)
7 Isaac 3 Freer (Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Paltz, 1693, May 21.
Witnesses: Denis Reille and Haguette; married (banns regis-
tered) at Kingston, 1723, Aug. 23, Marytjen Dejo, dau. of
Pierre Deyo, the Patentee (also written, de Joo, Dejoie, d'Oyau,
d'Oyeux). He settled on the 1200 acre tract obtained by patent,
near New Paltz. His name appears in the list of Capt. Hoff-
man's Company in 17 16, and in list of soldiers enrolled in Paltz,
j 738. His old stone house was burned down in 1880 and is said
to have consisted at first of but one room. He and his wife
united with New Paltz church in 1752. He had issue:
Ysaak, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1725, Sept 26. Witnesses:
Isaac Feber and Marytjen Freer; died young.
Joseph, bap. at Rayseter (Rochester) 1727, Feb. 12. Wit-
nesses: Philip du Bois and Hester Gemaar.
Benjamin, bap. at Rochester, 1728, June 23. Witnesses:
Abraham de Joo and Weyntjen de Joo; probably died
young.
Elzie, bap. at Paltz, 1730, June 28. Witnesses: Daniel
and Maria Du Boy. She m. at Paltz, 175 1, April 21,
Benjamin Terwilge, and had issue:
Evert, 6 bap. at Paltz, 1750-51, Dec. 1. Witnesses:
Jan Terwilligen and Maria Freer.
Janetje, bap. at Paltz, 1756, Nov. 7. Witnesses:
Joseph and Wyntje Freer.
Benjamin, bap. 1758, Sept 3. Witnesses: Benja-
min Freer, Jr., and wife, Elizabeth.
Mary, 4 * bap. at Rochester, 1732, Feb. 27. Witnesses:
Marthinus Hofman and Ariantjen Tappen. She m.
Jonathan Terwilliger, and had issue:
Mari, 5 (sic) bap. at Paltz, 1762, June 20. Witnes-
ses: Daniel and Mareytie Freres.
* It is uncertain whether this Mary died young or married Jonathan Terwilliger. In
the former case a later born sister (birth unrecorded) " Maria," must have married said Jona-
than Terwilliger. as it is certain he married a daughter of Isaac, 3 (Hugo 2 Hugo 1 ) Freer. The
birth dates of his issue incline to the belief that he married a later born sister Maria (thus
spelled in church record) but he has been placed here as the husband of " Mary."
1903.] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N.Y. I 33
Jonathan, bap. at Paltz, 1763, Dec. 4. Witnesses:
Joseph Freres and sister Wyntie.
Isaak Freres, bap. at Paltz, 1766, April 27. Witnes-
es: Abraham Dojo and wife Bethe.
Benjamin, bap. at Paltz, 1767, Nov. 22. Witnesses:
Benj. Isaak Freres (sic) j. m. and Maria Dejou,
j. w,
David, bap. at Paltz, 1771, Dec. 29. Witnesses:
Benjamin Terwilliger and wife, Elsje Freer.
21 Isaak, 4 bap. at Paltz, 1734, March 24. Witnesses: Abra-
ham De Jo and Elisabeth Du Boy.
22 Joseph, bap. at Paltz, 1735, May 16. Witnesses: Ysaac
and Elzie Haasbroek.
Weintje, bap. at Rochester, 1738, Feb. 12. Witnesses:
Daniel Hasbroek and Weintje Dijo.
Magdalene, bap. at Paltz, 1741, June 8. Witnesses:
Joshua Elting and wife, Magdalene.
23 Daniel, (called Jr.,) bap. at Rochester, 1743, June 5.
Witnesses: Abraham Haasbroek and Catrina Bruyn.
Jannetjen, bap. at Rochester, 1745, June 2. Witnesses:
Sweres van Kleek and Jannetjen Freer.
24 Benjamin, b. 1748.
8 Simon 3 Freer (Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston, 1695, June
9. Witnesses: Mathys Du Boy and Maria Freer; m. at Kings-
ton, 1720, April 22, Marytjen Van Bommell, dau. of Pieter and
Deborah Wambome (sic in church record) of Kingston. He
went to Duchess County, and is mentioned in the will of Pieter
Wanbomer, dated 1732, April 6; proved 1733, June 7 (Record of
Wills filed at Albany). Their issue were:
25 Zimeon, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1721, Feb. 12. Witnesses:
Hendrik de Joo and Grietjen Van Bommel.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1722, March 11. Witnesses:
Isaak Le Feeber and Maria Freer.
26 Petrus, bap. at Kingston, 1723, June 2. Witnesses:
Juriaan Tappen and Marretjen Herdenberg.
Debora, bap. at Kingston, 1724, Dec. 27. Witnesses:
Christoffel Van Bommel and Debora Van Bommel.
Johannes,* b. 1727.
Annaatjen, bap. at Kingston, 1729, Jan. 19. Witnesses:
Joce du Bois and Antjen Van Bommel.
Nathan,* b. 1732.
27 Jacobus, bap. at Kingston, 1735, Oct. 5. Witnesses:
Gerrit Freer and Jannetjen Freer.
Jeremias, bap. at Kingston, 1738, June 4. Witnesses:
Abraham Haasbroek and Rachel Haasbroek.
Jannetjen, bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1740, May 8. Witnesses:
Sweeres Van Kleek and Jannetjen Freer.
9 Jonas,' Freer (Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), of New Paltz, was born about
i7oi,.and died 1775, leaving a- will dated 1772, April 27; proved
1775, April 12, in Liber 29 of Wills, page 356, New York County
* So states Prof. Wm. Frear.
134 The Freer Famil y of New Paltz, N. V. [April,
Surrogate's office, in which he calls himself of New Paltz, and
mentions his wife, Catherine, sons Johannes, Elija, Jonas, Simon
and Petrus, and daughter Maria, wife of Gerrit Freer, Jr. He
disposes of his property as follows: After providing for his
widow Catherine, he gives to his son Jonas, the farm on which
the son then lived, on the east side of the Wallkill; to his son
Simon, the tract upon which the testator lived at " Kleyne
Bontecoe;" to son Johannes and Elisa land on the Swartekill, in
the town of Newburgh, which was bought by testator of John
Preevost (on South street in the present town of Lloyd); to son
Petrus, the place on which he then lived which formerly belonged
to Christian Deyo, and £,6o in money. Named his five sons as
executors. Witnesses to will were: Col. Abraham Hasbrouck of
Kingston, merchant, Gerrit van Keuren of same place, black-
smith, and Jos. Hasbrouck. The name of Jonas Freer appears in
the list of soldiers of New Paltz in 1738. He is set down in the
tax list of 1765 at £2$. The descendants of Jonas Freer have a
large collection of old papers, comprising letters, wills, receipts,
deeds, etc.,* in English, Dutch and French, some dated prior to
1700. One paper, dated 1691, is signed by Rev. Pierre Daille,
the first pastor of the New Paltz church; another dated 1699, is
signed by his successor, Rev. David Bonrepos. There are also
two papers in French in the handwriting of and signed by Louis
Du Bois, the Patentee who d. 1696. Another paper dated 17 10,
is in English in the handwriting of and signed by Roelif Eltinge,
Justice of the Peace, the first Eltinge in New Paltz. A tax list
of 17 12, in English, is among the documents. The oldest papers
were once the property of Hugo 2 Freer (Hugo 1 ), and two letters
in French are addressed to him personally; the first dated 1699,
Aug. 17, is from Jean Giron of Quebec, an uncle of Marie Anne
Le Roy, the wife of Hugo 2 Freer, Jr., congratulating his nephew-
in-law and niece on their marriage. The second letter, written
17 19, mentions the shipments of peas and farm produce. At the
death of Hugo 2 Freer, Jr., this collection of papers were stored
in the residence of his son, Jonas 3 Freer, at Kleyne Bontecoe.
Jonas 3 Freer handed them down to his son, Jonas 4 Freer, who in
turn handed them down to his son, Elias B Freer. Jonas 3 Freer, m.
Catrina Stokera (also spelled Stoheraed) who was b. in Germany
and had issue:
Maria, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1729, Sept. 21. Witnesses: Jan
Elting and Maria Gomaar; m. Gerrit Freer, Jr.
Martynus, bap. at Paltz, 1733, May 20. Witnesses: Simon
Le Fever and Rebekka Freer.
28 Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1735, Oct. 26. Witnesses:
Jan Teerpenning and Hester Freer.
29 Elias, b. 1740.
30 Jonas, bap. at Kingston, 1737. Witnesses: Isaac van
Wageningen and Catrina Freer.
31 Simon, bap. at Kingston, 1 741, Aug. 9. Witnesses: Simon
Freer and Marytjen Wamboom.
* This collection is now owned by Mr. Ralph Lafevre of New Paltz, N. V., to whose
courtesy the compiler owes much of the data concerinng the early Freer families.
i9°3-] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. j -2 c
Petrus, bap. at Kingston, 1743, Oct. 30 Witnesses: Petrus
Freer and Maria Freer.
Lena, bap. 1739. She m. Johannes Bevier and had issue:
Jonas, 6 bap. at Paltz, 1758, July 26. Witnesses:
Jacobus Bevir and Antje Freer.
10 Hugo 3 Freer (Abraham, 9 Hugo 1 ), commonly called in the
Church records "Hugo Abrahamse," was b. about 1695 at Paltz.
His name appears in list of Capt. Hoffman's Company in 17 16; he
m. at Kingston, 1720, June 3, Marytjen De Wit, b. in New York,
and probably a daughter of Peek De Wit. He and his wife were
admitted as members of the Rhinebeck church, 1742, Dec. 23, and
they were witnesses at baptism of Jermia, 1742, Nov. 7, at Rhine-
beck, child of Jan and Marragrieta (Meklien) Wels. He prob-
ably lived and d. at Rhinebeck and had issue: (See N. Y. Gen.
and Biog. Record, 1886, p. 251.)
Marytjen, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1722, April 22. Witnesses:
Peek De Wit, Jannetjen De Wit, Neeltjen Freer.
32 Abraham, bap. at Kingston, 1723, Dec. 1. Witnesses:
Willem Freer and Neeltjen Freer.
Aagjen, bap. at Kingston, 1725, April 11. Witnesses:
Jan Oosterhout and Elizabeth Freer; m. 1744, Aug.
31, at Rhinebeck to Isaac Deyon, b. at Paltz, re-
siding in Dutchess County, and had issue:
Hendrik, 6 bap. at Rhinebeck, 1747, June 3. Wit-
nesses: Benjamin Dejo and Debora Dejo.
Hugo, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1759, July. Witnesses:
Hugo Freer and Maria De Witt.
Lidias, bap. at Paltz, 1757, Aug. 21. Witnesses:
Petrus and Lidia Freer.
Jannetie, bap. at Paltz, 1762, Nov. 21. Witnesses:
the parents.
David, bap. at Paltz, 1765, Oct. 27. Witnesses: the
parents.
Catrina, bap. at Kingston, 1727, Jan. 15. Witnesses:
Tjerk De Wit and Catrina De Wit. She m. at Kings-
ton,* 1748, Oct. 1, Adam Beem, and had issue:
Elizabeth, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1749, March 12. Wit-
nesses: Abraham Freer and his wife Jannetjen
Hitsel.
Johannes Frear, bap. at Rhinebeck, 175 1. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Freer and Jannetje Freer
(spelled in Church record Frylyk).
Willem, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1754, March 28. Wit-
nesses: Willem Bheem and Rebekka Freer.
Mariah, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1756, Aug. T4. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Freer and Mariah De Wit.
Sarah, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1759, Jan. 31. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Shoefelt and wife Sara Freer.
Annatje, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1760, Sept. 5. Wit-
nesses: Jhan Wells, Jr., and wife.
♦ The Rhinebeck records give: " Registered 1746, Sept. 12. Married 1746, Sept. 30." "The
6 is probably meant for 8."
I36 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. [April,
Neeltje, bap. at Albany, 1763, May 13. Witnesses:
Adam Zoufhart and Neeltje Freer.
Cathrina, bap. at Albany, 1765, June 26. Wit-
nesses: Johs. Free (sic), and Cathrine Free.
Rebekka, bap. at Kingston, 1728, Jan. 5. Witnesses:
Phillipus Freer and Rhbekka Van Wageningen. She
in. at Kingston, 1747, Sept. 30,* Willem Beem and had
issue:
Elisabeth, 5 bap. at Kingston, 1748, Jan. 24. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Freer and his wife Mareitje de
Wit.
Mareitje, bap. 1750, Jan. 7. Witnesses: Adam
Beem and his wife Catharina Freer.
Johannes, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1752, March 2.. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Beem and Alida Reetshe.
Sarah, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1754, July 17. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Freer and Sara Freer.
Catrina,f bap. at Rhinebeck, 1756, Oct. 7. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Weeber and Catrina Deen-
marken.
Willem, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1759, Feb. 3. Wit-
nesses: Adam Schoefeld and wife.
Lydia,f bap. at Rhinebeck, 1761, Nov. 19. Wit-
nesses: Petrus Freer and Lydia Freer.
Rebekka, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1770, Oct. 24. Wit-
nesses: Hendrik Yselbragt and Marietje Beem.
7,1 Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1733, April 8. Witnesses:
Johannes Swart and Antjen Wynkoop.
Zara, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1735, Aug. 3. Witnesses: Jo-
hannes Van Wageningen. She m. at Rhinebeck, 1758,
Johannes Schufelt, b. at Minisink, resided at Rhine-
beck and had issue:
Johannes, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1763, Feb. 27. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Freer and wife Cathrina
Keernryck.
Petrus, bap. at Albany, 1765, July 22. Witnesses:
Petrus Freer and Catrina Schryver.
Maria, bap. at Albany, 1767, Jan. 2.
Neeltje, bap. at Albany, 1770, April 14.
Neeltjen, bap. at Kingston, 1737, Nov. 13. Witnesses:
Pieter Knikkerbakker and Neeltjen Knikkerbakker.
She m. (banns recorded) at Rhinebeck, 1758, Dec. 31,
Adam Schufeldt, b. at Minisink, and had issue:
Hendrik, 5 bap. at Rhinebeck, 1759, Sept. 18. Wit-
nesses: Henric Polver and Annatje Scheever.
Annatje, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1764, Jan. 8.
Theunis, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1766, Nov. 20.
* The Rhinebeck Church record has: "Registered 1747, Sept. 3. Married 1747, Sept. 24/'
and states that both parties lived at Rhinebeck.
t Benjamin V. Vredenburgh and Lidia Beam had issue: Willem, bap. at Rhinebeck. 1782,
Sept. 17. Witnesses: Willem Beem and his wife Rebecca Freer. Petrus Westfall and Catrina
Beam had issue: Rebecca, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1782, Jan. 25. Witnesses: Willem Beem and
Rebecca Freer. The above were undoubtedly married daughters of Willem and Rebecca
(Freer) Beem.
1903.] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. T. 1 7 7
Willem, bap. at Rhinebeck, T768, Sept. 9.
Elisabeth, b. 1770, Nov. 10; bap. Nov. 13, at Albany.
Witnesses: Jurgen Berringer and Elisabeth
Baeni.
Zacharias, bap. 1772, Feb. 23, at Albany(?).
34 Petrus, bap. at Kingston, 1739, Nov. 18. Witnesses:
Peek De Wit and Marytjen Overpack.
Jannetjen,* b. 1740; m. (registered) at Rhinebeck, 1760,
Jan. 11, Johannes Weeber, Jr., of Kingston, and had
issue:
Mariah,' bap. at Rhinebeck, 1760, Nov. 5. Wit-
nesses: Petrus 5 Freer and Marytje Weeber.
Catrina, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1762, July 1. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Weever {sic), and Catrina
Deenmarken.
Jacob, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1766. Witnesses: Jacob
Weever and Lisabeth Behm.
Lidia, b. at Rhinebeck, 1743, July 31. Witnesses: Jan
Wels and Margareta Meklein. She m. at Rhinebeck,
1762, May 27, Christoffel Weeber, and had issue:
Gertie, 6 bap. at Rhinebeck, 1780, Dec. 24. Wit-
nesses: Jacob Tremper and wife Gertie.
11 Abraham 3 Freer (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ), called "Junior," bap.
at Kingston 1697, Oct, 31. Witnesses: Abraam Hasebroek and
Rebecca Willems (perhaps Titsoorte). He was b. at Paltz and
m. (1) at Kingston, 1720, July 2, Jennetje de Graef, who d. and he
then m. (2) at Rhinebeck (banns recorded) 1735, J an - 2 ^, Johanna
Louis (also spelled in record, Lieuwes), widow of Pieter Van
Borne. His issue were as follows (by first wife) :
Aagjen, 4 bap at Kingston, 1721, April 2. Witnesses:
Zalmon Freer and Neeltje Freer. She m. Isaac De
Joo, and had issue:
Maria, 5 bap. at Kingston, 1745, Feb. 24. Wit-
nesses: Abraham Freer Jr., and Catrina Freer.
Christoffel, bap. 1749, Dec. 24, at Kingston. Wit-
nesses: Christoffel de Joo and Zara de Joo.
Lena, bap. at Paltz, 1753, Nov. 2. Witnesses: Jo-
hannes Dio and Lena Achmoetie.
35 Abraham, bap. at Kingston, 1723, Aug. 4. Witnesses:
Johannes Swart and Elisabeth Freer.
Hester, bap. at Kingston, 1727, Jan. 22. Witnesses: Jan
de Graaff and Meery Pekok.
By second wife:
Elizabeth, bap. at Kingston, 1736, Jan. 11. Witnesses:
Christoffel Wamboom and Geertjen van Vlied.
Johannes, bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1739, May 27. Wit-
nesses: Baltus van Kleek and Aegjen Freer.
Sammes {sic), bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1741, May 27. Wit-
nesses: Leeindert Lieuwes and Magdalena Lieuwes.
* There is no record that she is a daughter of Hugo 3 (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ) Freer, but the
names of witnesses indicate a relationship and I have assumed her to be a daughter. No proof
of this, however, has as yet come to light.
138 West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. [April,
Jannetje, bap. at New York, 1747, Nov. 25. Witnesses:
Andries Ten Broek and his wife Maserie Schott. She
m. at Poughkeepsie (banns registered) 1768, Oct. 6,
Samuel Curry, and had issue:
Samuel, 6 b. 1777, Aug. 30, at Poughkeepsie.
Lewis, bap. at New York, 175 1, Oct. 30. Witnesses:
Jacob Kip and his wife Elisabeth Freer.
{To be continued.} \^^L'^h \ [
WEST PHILIPPI OR OLD GILEAD CHURCH.
Inscriptions from Gilead Cemetery, Carmel, N. Y.
COPIED BY EMMA J. FOSTER AND JULIA R. LIVINGSTON.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 62, of The Record).
Martha Marvin, wife of Edwin Fowler, d. April 3, 1879, aged
59 yrs., 1 m , 24 d.
Edwin Fowler, d. Jan. 2, 1870, aged 48 yrs., 8 m.
Irene, dau. of Edwin and Martha Fowler, d. Oct. 21, 1857,
aged 1 m., 11 d.
Chlorinda Jane, dau. of William and Catherine Fowler, d. Jan.
18, 1834, aged 1 yr., 10 m., 10 d.
Rosalinda, wife of William H. Bailey, d. Aug. 20, 1848, aged
28 yrs., 3 m., 13 d.
John A. Fowler, d. Aug. 25, 1827, aged 30 yrs., 1 m., 2 d.
James Hervey Fowler, son of Moses and Adah Fowler, d.
Sept. 22, 1805, aged n yrs., 8 m.
Sally Trowbridge, wife of Alvah Trowbridge, who d. April 6,
i%33, aged 52 yrs., 9 m., 9 d.
Alvah Trowbridge, d. June 10, 1856, aged 76 yrs., 8 m., 16 d.
Andrew, son of Levi and Adah Zillah Knox, d. June 27, 1822,
aged 2 m., 6 d.
Abby Jane, wife of Dilazon Tompkins, d. Jan. 17, 1845, a ged
30 yrs.
Mary Ester, dau. of Dilazon and Abby Jane Tompkins, d.
Feb. 14, 1845, aged 1 yr., 4 mo.
Jesse, son of Samuel and Polly Crane, d. Oct. 4, 1828, aged
24 yrs.
Daniel Tillotson, d. June 27, 1803, aged 59 yrs., 1 m., 21 d.
Elizabeth, wife of Ethan Mead, d. April 4, 181 2, aged 6$ yrs.
Rhoda, wife of Amos Dean, d. Dec. 28. 1818, aged 41 yrs.
Sarah, wife of Epenetus Yeamans, d. Oct. 2, 181 8, aged 42 yrs.
Hester, wife of Elihu Haines, d. June 11, 1833, aged 56 yrs.
Elihu Haines, d. Mar. 25, 1850, aged 72 yrs., 9 m., 14 d.
Rachel, wife of John W. Sloat, d. April 13, 1845, aged 65 yrs.,
6 m., 13 d.
Lucy Gregory, d. Jan. 25, 1808 in the 23d yr. of her age.
Susannah Gregory, d. July 25, 1817, aged 37 yrs.
1903.] West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. i 30
Jeremiah Hughson, d. April 12, 1812, aged 63 yrs., 1 d.
Also his wife, Rebecca, d. April 7, 18 12, aged 61 yrs., 10 m. 9 d.
Wallace Wilson, son of David and Jane Wilson, d. May 31,
1831, aged 20 yrs., 8 m., 5 d.
Abagail Baker, d. Oct. 3, 1805, aged 80 yrs.
Charity, wife of Elias Slote, d. Aug. 26, 1817, aged 28 yrs.
Hannah, wife of Marcus Sloat, d. March 9, 1846, aged 58 yrs.,
9 m., 8 d.
Leonard Sloot, only child of Marcus and Hannah Sloot, d.
April 9, 1828, aged 21 yrs., 6 m., 30 d.
Isaac Foster, d. Nov. 2, 181 3, aged 23 yrs.
Betsey, wife of Thomas Foster, d. June 27, 1825, aged 27 yrs.,
I m., 17 d.
David Marick, d. May 8, 1806, in the 69th yr. of his age.
Hannah, wife of David Marick, d. Feb. 24, 1807, in the 77th
yr. of her age.
Lucy Ann Gregory d. Nov. 5, 1855, aged 48 yrs., 4 m., 26 d.
John Gregory, d. April 13, 1849, aged 70 yrs., 7 m., 12 d.
Polly, wife of John Gregory, d. Nov. 12, 183 1, aged 52 yrs.,
5 m., 2 d.
Hannah Gregory, d. Sep. 25, 1819, aged 22 d.
Arminda Gregory, d, Sep. 19, 1819, aged 5 yrs., 7 m., 1 d.
Clarinda Gregory, d. Sep. 4, 181 9, aged 5 yrs., 6m., 16 d.
Hart Gregory, d. April 9, 1844, aged 20 yrs., 6 m., 16 d.
Lauretta, dau. of John and Polly Gregory, d. Feb, 8, 1833,
aged 23 yrs., 3 m., 8 d.
William Colwell, d. Sep. 13, 1825, aged 84 yrs.
Phebe, wife of William Colwell d, March 25, 1818, in the 81st
yr. of her age.
Thomas Colwell, d. Sep. 20, 1813, in the 35 yr. of his age.
Solomon Fowler, d. Oct. 21, 1828, aged 61 yrs., 4 m., 14 d.
Hannah, wife of Solomon Fowler, d. July 1, 1849, aged 73 yrs,,
I I m.
Elizabeth Coldwell, dau. of James and Phebe Colwell, d. Aug.
10, 185 1, aged 50 yrs., 3m., 1 d.
Jane Coldwell, d. Jan. 19, 1846, in the 54th yr. of her age.
Hannah Coldwell, d. Oct. 4, 1847, aged 49 yrs.
Phebe, dau. of James and Phebe Coldwell, d. March 27, 1844,
aged 39 yrs.
James Colwell, d. July 4, 1837, in the 76th yr. of his age.
Jane Everett, relect of Abraham Everett, d. Jan. 31, 1855,
aged 89 yrs,, 5 m., 20 d.
Abraham Everett, d. March 5, 1838, aged 69 yrs.
Alexander, son of Levi and Mary Kelley, d. Nov. 2, 1846, aged
18 yrs., 4 m., 11 d.
Wm. Francis, son of James S., and Phebe Ann Vail, d. April
6, 1848, aged 1 yr., 5 m., 18 d.
Hon. Joel Frost, d. Sep. n, 1827, aged 62 yrs
Clarissa, dau. of James and Eliza Kniffen, d. July 10, 1834,
aged 15 yrs., 8 m., 12 d.
Zillah, dau. of James and Eliza Kniffen, d. Oct. 24, 1833, aged
25 yrs., 8 m., 18 d.
140 West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. [April,
John Hazen, 1733 — 1813.
Phebe Hains, d. July 29, 1792, aged 4 yrs., 10 m., 7 d.
Daniel Hains, d. Dec. 3, 1798, aged 5 yrs., 3 m., 11 d.
Jeremiah Hopkins, d. Oct. 17, 1819, aged 67 yrs., 2 m., 1 d.
Thankful, wife Jeremiah Hopkins, d. April 18, 1833, aged 70
yrs., 1 m., 14 d.
Jocob Ganoung, d. Dec. 22, 1834, in the 86th yr. of his age.
Hannah, wife of Jacob Ganoung, d, May 22, 1845, aged 92 yrs.,
2 m., 6 d.
Joseph Ganong, d. May 24, 1836, aged 58 yrs.
Susannah, wife of Joseph Ganong, d. Aug. 19, 1848, aged 69 yrs.
Julia Mary, dau. of Caleb and Laura Hazen, d. Dec. 25, 1840,
aged 4 yrs., 5 m., 20 d.
Laura A. Foster, d. Nov. 30, 1847, aged 43 yrs.
Thomas Foster, d. Sep. 22, 1840, aged 45 yrs., 3 m., 5 d.
Elizabeth, wife of Seth Foster, d. Jan. 28, 1848, aged 86 yrs.,
14 d.
Seth Foster, d. Sep. 15, 1837, aged 76 yrs., 4 m., 5 d.
Sally, wife of Tilly Foster, d. April 8, 1836, aged 40 yrs., 6 m.,
14 d.
Tilla Foster, d. April 4, 1842, aged 49 yrs., 16 d.
Emily dau. of Tilly and Sally Foster, d. April 6, 1844, aged 14
yrs., 3 m., 4 d.
Isaac E. Foster, student at Madison University, d. Sep. 22,
1847. aged 26 yrs., 11 m., 10 d.
Joseph Travis, d. March 1, 1841, aged 75 yrs., 1 m., 24 d.
Elizabeth, dau. of Gilbert and Sally Travis, d. Jan. 1, 1835,
aged 8 yrs., 11 m., 22 d.
Deborah, wife of Joseph Travis, d. June 12, 1845, aged 77 yrs.
Zillah, wife of Gilbert H. Travis, d. Jan. 19, 1833, aged 36
yrs., 11 m., 19 d.
Gilbert Travis, d. Sep. 3, 1814, aged 74 yrs.
Jemima, wife of Gilbert Travis, d. Oct. 30, 1833, aged 92
yrs., 7 m.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Deborah Travis, d. Jan. 24, 1852,
aged 56 yrs., 6 m., 13 d.
Enoch Crosby, d. June 26, 1835, aged 85 yrs., 5 m., 21 d.
Sarah Crosby, wife of Enoch Crosby, d. Sep. 4, 181 1, aged
56 yrs.
Betsey Crosby, dau. of Enoch Crosby, d. Oct. 16, 1806, in
the 2 1 st yr. of her age.
Rebecca dau. of Enoch and Sarah Crosby, d. March 17,
1 814, in the 21st yr. of her age.
Lewis Crosby, d. April 30, 1836, aged 46 yrs., 6 d.
Thomas, son of Lewis and Cornelia Crosby, d. March 24,
1819, aged 1 m. 24 d. Also their dau. Elizabeth, d. Feb. 17.
1825, aged 16 d.
Enoch B., son of Lewis and Cornelia Crosby, d. May 15,
1826, aged 6 yrs., 3 m., 19 d.
Charles, son of Lewis and Cornelia Crosby, d. June 8, 1849,
aged 20 yrs., 8 m., 2 d.
Tartullus Nickerson, d. May 1, 1841, aged 66 yrs., 1 m., 4 d.
1 903.] Records of the Congregational Church of Greenfield, N. Y. 1 41
Susan Fowler, d. Oct. 1, 1847, aged 80 yrs., 7 m., 21 d.
Huldah, dau. of Ezra and Mary Frost, d. Aug. 12, 1833,
aged 19 yrs., 6 m., 20 d.
Phebe Fowler, d. Sep. 23, 1847, aged 83 yrs., 11 d.
Ampelias Yeamans, d. Feb. 23, 1853, aged 74 yrs., 9 d.
Abigail, wife of Ampelias Yeamans, d. March 10, 1848, aged
63 yrs., 8 m., 9 d.
Isaac Pierce, d. Dec. 17, 1853, aged 73 yrs., 3 m., 26 d.
( To be continued?)
AN EXACT COPY OF THE RECORDS OF THE CON-
GREGATIONAL CHURCH OF GREENFIELD,
SARATOGA CO., NEW YORK.
Transcribed by H. Calkins, Jr.
The following records were found by the transcriber a few
years ago in the possession of Mr. Charles D. Gardiner, a deacon
of the above-named church, residing at that time in Middle
Grove, Greenfield, N. Y., and through whose courtesy they are
here preserved in print. Greenfield lies about six miles to the
west of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and was settled about 1790 by
families who went there from Canaan in Columbia Co., and by
families living in Milton and Saratoga, from a part of which the
territory of Greenfield was taken and finally incorporated March
I2 ' I793 * „ «,-
The Congregational Church was founded in 1792, and Elias
Gilbert was its first pastor. Four years later a fever epidemic
depopulated the town to such an extent that the Rev. Mr. Gilbert
gathered the remaining members of his congregation together
and held a " fortnight of daily prayer that the affliction might be
removed." However great the "affliction" may have been that
abode with them temporarily, a greater one seems to have
remained in their midst; for the records of the meetings of the
church officers are one long series of almost incessant trials of
members of the congregation for petty offences, based upon com-
plaints equally as petty made by their neighbors. The serious-
ness manifested in a number of lengthy reprimands upon some
member guilty of " lying, in that he expressed an opinion upon
one day and a contrary one the next," contains a wholesome
element of humor.
The volume of records was brought to New York, carefully
copied and twice verified. It begins with this title:
Elias Gilberts Book of Baptisms & Marriages,
baptisms, 1792.
Lords Day, Decem r . 23, 1792, Baptised a daughter for mr. Jona-
than Yeates, of Pitts Town, by the name of Sally.
IA2 Records of the Congregational Church of Greenfield, N. Y. [April,
Decem r . 28, baptised 2 children for M r . W m . Johnson, of Seagde-
kook. viz.: a son by the name of Elias Gilbert & a daughter
by the name of Polly.
I 793-
Lords day, Jan?. 6 th , baptised a Daughter for Joseph Wood by
the name of Sarah and 3 children for Jacob Weed by the
names of Enos, Eli & Lewis.
Lords day, March 3 d , Baptised a son for James Dunning by the
name of Michael.
Lords day, April 21, baptised a Son for Nathaniel Seymour by
the name of Nathaniel.
Lords day, Aug st . n, Baptised 3 sons for David Calkins by the
names of Elisha Deming, David & Solomon.
Oct r . 23, Baptised a child for Enoch Kellog by the name of
Mary.
Lords day, Decem r . 1, Baptised a son for Capt. Jonathan Wood by
the name of Joseph Selah.
Friday, Decern 1 ". 13, at a Lecture, Baptised 3 children for Mrs. Eliz.
Holmes, wife of Ebenezer Holmes, by the names of John,
Gilbert & Malinda, and one for Jonathan Hoit by the name of
Caleb Millar.
1794-
Feb. 16, Baptized a child for Elisha Scofield by the name of
Alva.
M r . Camp baptised a child for Lewis graves Sep r . 4, 1793, by the
name of hannah, which I am desired to record.
Lords day, March 2 d , baptized a child for Stephen Crawford by
the name of Enoch.
Lords day, March 9, Baptized a child for Mrs. Crawford, wife of
John Crawford, by the name of Eli.
Wednesday, April 9, Baptized a Son for Abraham Weed by the
name of Zenas Windsor.
Lords day, May 18, Baptized a child for Deacon Ingham by the
name of olive.
Lords day, June 1, Baptized a child for Deacon Scofield by the
name of Jarad.
Lords Day, Sep r . 7, Baptized a child for Joseph Wood by the name
of Phebe.
Lords Day, Decem r . 14, Baptized a Son for Mrs. Westcoat, wife of
Mr. Ezra Westcoat, by the name of Ezra.
1795-
Lords day, March 1, Baptized a Daughter for Jacob Weed by the
name of Amanda and a son for Abraham Weed by the name
of Joseph.
Lords day, June 7, 1795, Baptized a Son for Mrs. Dennison, wife of
capt. Dennison, By 1 name of Isaac.
The same day as above, baptized a Daughter for Mrs. Eliz.
Holmes, wife of Eben r . Holmes, by the name of Amanda.
Lords day, June 21, Baptized a child for Lewis Graves, Esq r ., by
the name Sophia.
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Lords Day, Sep r . 6, Baptized a child for Nathaniel Seymour & his
Wife by 1 name of John Carter.
Friday, Nov r . 13, at a publick lecture, Baptized a Son for Enoch
Kellog by the name of Daniel.
Lords Day, Nov r . 22, Baptized a daughter for M r . Obed Nute by
the name of Lydia.
Lords day, Decem r . 6, Baptized a Daughter for M rs . St. John, wife
of M r . Sam 1 . St. John, by the name of Mary.
1796.
Lordsday, Feb. 7, Baptized 2 Sons for Mrs. Edwards, wife of
Lanson Edwards, by the names of Alanson & Thaddeus.
(Omitted) one Lords day in January, but baptized a Son for Capt.
Jonathan Wood & his wife by the name of Zenas.
, Baptized a daughter for Deacon Ingham & his wife by the
name of Laury.
( To be continued)
EDITORIAL.
At last steps have been taken toward securing legislation on the subject
of compulsory preservation of local records in this state, and the matter now
rests with our legislators at Albany. We have often urged the need of such
legislation, and in our last issue we related some experiences of a member of
our Publication Committee, a persual of which ought to impress anyone of our
dereliction of duty as a State to posterity.
The joint committee appointed last year by this Society, the New York
Historical and the Yonkers Historical Societies and the Sons of the Revolution,
introduced in the State Assembly through Mr. Agnew, in January last, a bill
which was read once, referred to the Committee on General Laws, reported
from the Committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended, and re-
committed to the said Committee.
The object of the bill is to abolish the office of State Historian with the duties
as prescribed in Chapter 393 of the laws of 1895, and create instead the office
of State Commissioner of Records, whose duties will comprehend all those of
the present historian, and to whom will be given the further power of examining
into the condition of papers, documents, maps and records in the possession or
under the control of the clerks, registers, surrogates, town clerks, village clerks
andother public officers, and of recommending the means for the proper pres-
ervation of such documents and records.
It is not our purpose to discuss this bill at length, for we are duly appreci-
ative of the importance of this step well taken; yet two defects appear to us
and seem worthy of some comment. First, the bill abolishes a very worthy
office, ably conducted by our State Historian, Mr. Hastings, who has done such
valuable work since it was created, and replaces it by one with a purely statis-
tical title. True, the duties of the former are incorporated wholly into those of
the latter, and some may say " What's in a name," yet the title of Historian is a
distinct one, conveying its own meaning, and beside, where is the objection to
having a Historian and a Commissioner of Records too, since there is certainly
work enough for both? The second defect is that the bill gives to the Commis-
sioner authority over such records only as are in the possession or under the con-
trol of public officers named, and so places the vast quantity of statistical
records in various deacons' kitchens and garrets without the pale of his author-
ity. In view of the fact that one rarely finds in the possession of town or village
clerks records antedating the year of the town's incorporation, while scattered
about in various farm houses are records of colonial days, this seems to be a
144 Obituary. [April,
serious defect or rather omission. However, let us have legislation of some
kind as a start and we can perhaps remedy the defects later. Verily Massa-
chusetts sets us a worthy example in preserving her local records, and the fact
of it is she has set it for more than a decade.
OBITUARY.
Hungerford, Orville, died at Watertown, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1902, aged
seventy-two years. He was born Feb. 25, 1830, in Watertown, N. Y., and was
the son of the Hon. Orville Hungerford, one of Watertown's earliest citizens.
He married in 1852, Emma E. Todd. His widow and a daughter, Mrs. George
H. Seifel, survive him. Mr. Hungerford spent the last twenty years of his life
in compiling a genealogy of the Hungerford family, which was ready for press
when death overtook him.
Earle, Ferdinand Pinney, a member of this Society since April 22, 1892,
died Jan. 2, 1903 at his home, the old Jumel mansion on Washington Heights,
aged sixty-three years. He was born Sept. II, 1839 ' n Hartford, Conn., and was
the son of William Pitt Earle and Elizabeth Pinney, daughter of Judge Benja-
min Pinney of Ellington, Conn. His father was the son of William Earle of
Hartford, Conn., and Martha Pinto of New Haven, who was the son of Morris
Earle of New York City and Hannah Montagne, daughter of Thomas Montague
of New York City, the great-grandson (Vincent, Jean, Dr. Johannes) of Dr.
Johannes de La Montagne, one of the prominent settlers of New Amsterdam,
by his wife Rachel de Forest, daughter of Jesse de Forest the prime mover in
the settlement of Manhattan Island in 1623. Morris Earle, b. 1734, was the son
of Marmaduke Earle of Bergen County, N. J., by his wife Rebecca Morris,
daughter of Capt. William Morris of New York who is said to have been a
relative of Col. Roger Morris who built the old Morris House on Washington
Heights; grandson of Judge Edward Earle, Jr., of Bergen Co., N. J., and Elsie
Vreelandt, daughter of Enoch Vreelandt of New York; and great-grandson of
Edward Earle and Hannah Baylis whom he married in, or near Baltimore, Md.
Edward Earle emigrated to Maryland in 1649, an< ^ removed to New Jersey about
1676 where he purchased the island of Secaucus for the sum of two thousand
Dutch dollars.
When a young man he came to New York and soon associated himself
with his father, who had been proprietor of the Clinton House in Hartford, but
had moved to New York and was then the proprietor of Earle's Hotel at Centre
and Canal Streets, and in the course of a few years he succeeded his father as
proprietor of this property. Afterward he established the Hotel Normandie at
Broadway and Thirty-eighth street, and Normandie-by-the-Sea, a large summer
hotel at Seabright, N J. For a short time he was also manager of the Hotel
Netherland, which was built for Gen. Earle by William Waldorf Astor.
For many years Gen. Earle was one of the best known men in New York
military circles. His military career began Oct. 3, 1862, when he entered as
private in Company B of the Seventh Regiment, N. Y., and was honorably dis-
charged Oct. 29, 1869. In 1881, he re-entered military life as Captain of the
Second Battery, N. G. N. Y., and became noted as one of the most efficient
officers in the National Guard. The battery which he commanded was there-
after known as " Earle's Battery." Gen. Earle received his military title in
1889, when he was appointed Chief of Artillery with the rank of Brigadier-Gen-
eral on the staff of Governor Hill, with whom he was always on friendly terms,
and he was re-appointed by Governor Flower. For ten years after his re-
entrance into military life he was chairman of the Auxilliary Committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic. In 1884, he was decorated by the Venezuelan
Government with the Order of the Bust of the Liberator in recognition of his
services to that government. He was a member of the vestry of St. Luke's
Episcopal Church for many years, and was the founder of the " Earle Guild"
for the relief of the destitute.
After the termination of the long litigation over the Jumel estate, Gen.
Earle was enabled to purchase the historic " Jumel Mansion," famous as the
1903.] Obituary. 1 45
place where Washington made his headquarters and where Hamilton and
Burr met before their fatal duel. Here in this house, built by a relative of his
ancestor, Capt. William Morris, he spent in honorable retirement from business
the last years of his life. He was a member of many organizations including
the Seventh Regiment Veterans Association, the Old Guard, National Rifle
Association, Chamber of Commerce and New York Board of Trade and Trans-
portation, of the Manhattan and Manhattan Athletic Clubs, the societies for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals, the Society of Colonial
Wars, the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, the Sons of the Revolu-
tion, the Maryland Society and the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society.
Gen. Ferdinand P. Earle was twice married: first, to Mary Lay Hutchings;
secondly, May 6, 1871, to Lydia Jones Tuttle, widow of Doriphus Tuttle of Bos-
ton, Mass., and daughter of David George Smith of Halifax, N. S., by his wife
Catherine Locke, daughter of Capt. Jacob Locke of Shelborn, N. S., and Cath-
erine Guyon, daughter of Peter Guyon who belonged to the Guyon family of
Staten Island, N. Y., and who went with the Royalists to Nova Scotia. He
leaves, besides his widow, four sons by his second marriage: Ferdinand Pinney,
Victor de La Montagne, William Pitt Striker and Guyon Locke Crocheron.
Roebling, Emily Warren, a life member of this Society, died at her
residence in Trenton, N. J., Feb. 28, 1903, aged fifty-nine years. She was born
Sept. 23, 1843, at Cold Spring, N. Y., and was the daughter of Gen. Sylvanus
Warren and Phoebe Lickley, the daughter of William Lickley of Philipstown,
N. Y. The late Gen. Gouverneur Kemble Warren was her brother. Her
father was the son of Capt. John Warren of Highlands, N.Y., and Sarah Nelson,
daughter of Justus Nelson; who was the son of Samuel Warren of Van Court-
landt Manor and Esther Rogers, daughter of John Rogers of the Highlands of
Dutchess County, N. Y., by his wife, Esther Verveelen, who was the daughter
of Gideon Verveelen and Susannah de Graaf, and so was descended from
Johannes Verveelen, one of the five original patentees, and a magistrate of
Harlem on Manhattan Island, as well as from Jean le Conte and Glaude le
Maistre, who were among the earliest settlers of that town.
Miss Warren was married Jan. 18, 1865, at the Warren homestead at Cold
Spring-on-the-Hudson, to Col. Washington Augustus Roebling. When Gen.
Gouverneur K. Warren received command of the Fifth Army Corps of the
Army of the Potomac in the War of the Rebellion he selected Colonel Roebling
as a member of his staff. While visiting her brother in camp, Miss Warren
met her future husband, and the meeting resulted in their marriage. At the
close of the Civil War, Colonel Roebling, accompanied by his wife, went to
Europe to study submarine foundation construction. While they were at
Mulhausen, Germany, their only child, John Augustus Roebling, Jr., now of
Asheville, N. C, was born. Upon their return from Europe they made their
home in Trenton, N. J.
Colonel Roebling assisted his father, John A. Roebling, in preparing the
plans of the Brooklyn Bridge, and upon the death of his father, which occurred
at the beginning of its construction, took charge of the erection of the bridge.
While overseeing the sinking of the foundation he was stricken with caisson
fever, and in 1872 became an invalid, being confined much of the time to his
bed. It was then that Mrs. Roebling came into prominence and gained much
deserved fame by superintending the construction of the bridge under her hus-
band's direction. Seated in her husband's room, which overlooked the East
River, day by day she surveyed the work through a field-glass, explained its
progress and carried on its advancement by communicating to the workmen
what her husband planned in bed. The erection of the bridge involved novel
features in engineering understood only by Colonel Roebling, and such was the
nature of his illness that none other than his wife could mediate between him
and the work of construction. Mrs. Roebling's efficiency, therefore, was justly
considered to be what saved the building of the bridge from a long and perhaps
disastrous interruption. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed May 28, 1883, and
Mrs. Roebling was the first woman to cross it.
Having fulfilled her part in this great work, which marked a new era in the
history of American engineering, Mrs. Roebling became prominently identified
10a
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Notes, Correction, Queries. [April,
with women's literary and patriotic societies. She was a member of Sorosis,
the Daughters of the American Revolution, the George Washington Memorial
Association, Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, Colonial Dames of the
State of New Jersey, and of the New York Historical Society. She was also a
member of the New Jersey Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair, 1893,
and of the National Board of Lady Managers of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. Since her retirement from social life, about two years ago, Mrs.
Roebling devoted herself to literary work, and only a few days before her death
published for private circulation a genealogical work of great merit, entitled
" The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant," a notice of which is given in the
present number of the Record.
NOTES.
Erratum. — In my article "Some Annandale Johnstones in America" I
observed a typographical error which makes a sentence unintelligible. On
page 36 24th line from the bottom for numquain read nitnquam. The motto
is "Nunquam non paratus," "Never unprepared." Some branches of the
family use the motto "Semper paratus", which may be translated "Always
ready.'' a. w. savary
The Harleian Society. — The Harleian Society has just issued
to its Members of the Register Section for 1902 the first volume of The
Registers of St. Vedast and St. Michael-Le-Qnern, London, edited by
Willoughby A. Littledale, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. Those now issued consist of
the Christenings from 1558 to 1836, and they form a substantial volume of
nearly 400 pages, with an ample Index. The Marriages and Burials will make
a full volume of possibly 500 pages, and will be issued during the present year.
CORRECTION.
In Munsell's Hist. Coll., Albany, IV, p. in, it states that " Nicasius de Sille
married, May 26, 1655, Catharina Cregier, daughter of Capt. Martin Cregier, in
New Amsterdam." This error was copied in the article on the "De Sille Family
of Holland" in The Record of January, 1903, page 24. The baptism of
Tryntje (Catharina), daughter of Martin Cregier, was recorded in the list of
baptisms of the Ref. Dutch Church of New York, 31 Dec, 1646. She married,
first, 23 June, 1661, Christoffel Hoogland; married, second, 30 Nov., 1688,
Roelof Martense Schenck. The parentage, therefore, of Catharina Cregier (or
Croegers), who married Nicasius de Sille, is still to be discovered.
CATHARINE T. R. MATTHEWS.
QUERIES.
Lawrence. — Can any one tell me who was the mother of Capt. Thomas
Lawrence, b, 1640; also the wife of Major Thomas Lawrence, who d. at
Newtown, L. I., 1703. Who was Mrs. Ward, who was 1st wife of Isaac
Lawrence, b. 1687, had dau., Rachel, who m. Dr. John Jencks. Who
were Dr. John Jencks' parents ? MRS. nathan g. pond.
Matthews, Amasa. — b. Feb. n, 1751, probably in Connecticut. By trade
a hatter. Spent a part of early life in Long Island. Married — 1774, Rebecca
Kortright, dau. of Aaron Kortright. They lived in Neeburgh in 1775. In
Ulster Co., 1777 and Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn., 1779. They returned to
Newburgh in 1789, then went to Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. About 1788 they
bought a farm which is now a part of Middletown, N. Y. They sold their
1003.] Replies, Book Notices. 1 47
farm and went back to Ulster county, from which place they emigrated in
1795 to Hector, N. Y., a few miles south of the present site of Watkins. This
was then known as a "Military tract" and as Amasa had been sergeant under
Gen. Washington this gave him first right to settle. He pre-empted about 640
acres. This was on the road opened up for Sullivan's Army in 1779. One of
Amasa's brothers was with Sullivan, I think named Ebenezer. Wanted. —
names of Amasa's father and mother, his brothers and sisters and the address
of their descendants. h. e. matthews.
Snook. — Could any one tell me of one Christina Snook, who m. one
John Kip. Is she related to the Revo. Soldiers of Ulster Co., N. Y., by
the names of Snoek and Snoeck. She was my great grandmother and
lived to be 104 years old, so I understand. mrs. h. c. mccollum.
Wilcox. — Information wanted, regarding ancestry of Henry Wilcox,
who was b. in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1800. Was while a young man tutor
in the Floyd family, of Virginia. Married Sarah Pleasant Pettus, at
Palmyra, Mo., Sept. 2, 1829, and was a lawyer at Van Buren, Ark., for
many years, where he died July 15, 1864. Address,
J. M. BRECKENKIDGE,
12th and Spruce St., St. Louis, Mo.
REPLY.
Robblee. — Referring to a query on page 66 of the January number of
the Record, I would suggest that Robblee is a variation or corruption of the
French " Rapalie," the name of a Huguenot who fled to Holland, where it was
spelt Rapalje or Rapelje, under which form and that of Rapalye, it appears
among the early Dutch settlers in America. If "Tappan" could in the course
of a few generations be evolved from "Topham;" if "Avered" could become
the name of the children of an Everett, and " Savory," with all the variations of
the second vowel, could develop from the French "Sivret" (through " Sevrit,"
" Sevirit" and "Severy"), as is the case in respect to a large number who bear
my name, although not of kin, the transition from Rapalie to Robblee ought
not to be considered very far-fetched. A man, not very literate, settles at a
distance from his ancestral home; the minister and school-master spell his
name in their books as it sounds to their ears from his tongue, and his children
carelessly or ignorantly or from necessity or choice perpetuate the error. I
think it therefore not unlikely that your enquirer, Mr. Hall, will find his John
and Thomas Robblee, father and uncle of the Loyolist, who came to Annapolis
County, Nova Scotia, among the descendants of a Rapalye, of French-Dutch
descent. a. w. savary.
Annapolis Royal, N. S.
BOOK NOTICES.
Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. Vol. IX.
Hartford: Published by the Society, 1903. Large 8vo, cloth, pp. x-354.
When the old Seymour house in Hartford was sold, about fifteen years ago,
a great part of its contents was disposed of at auction, including boxes and
trunks full of old papers. Some of these came into the hands of the late Judge
Sherman W. Adams, and were found to contain documents of considerable
historical value, among them over two hundred original muster and pay rolls of
Connecticut men serving in the French and Indian War, 1755—1761. These
eventually came into the possession of the Connecticut State Library, and now,
supplemented by like material from other authentic sources, are being pub-
lished by the Connecticut Historical Society. The present volume covers the
period from 1755 to I 7S7< an d ' s or great value to historical and genealogical
students. Other volumes will follow.
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Book Notices. [April,
The Roberts Family. A Genealogy of Joseph Roberts, of
Windham, Me. (18th Century.) By Mrs. Anwrena Grant. 8vo, pamphlet,
pp. 143. Boston, 1902.
The author has crowded short records of a large number of Roberts' into
this pamphlet. It is extensively illustrated with portraits, and contains many
biographical sketches, but the lack of an index robs the work of much of its
value.
Registers of Probate for the County of Suffolk, Mass., 1639-
1799. By John T. Hassam.A.M. 8vo, pamphlet, 107 pp. Cambridge: Newbury
Press, 1902.
This is a reprint from Proceedings of the Mass. Hist. Society for March,
1902, and contains the result of the author's researches concerning the Suffolk
Registry of Probate and those who have administered it from the year 1639 to
the year 1799.
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster
Bay, Island of Nassau (Now Long Island), New York. By Henry A.
Stoutenburgh, Glen Head, L. I. Pamphlet, 40 pp. 1902.
The material for this history has been collected from the old families and
other publications, the aim of the compiler being to trace the first Dutch settlers
of Oyster Bay back to the emigrant and forward to the present generation, and
to perpetuate the memory of the dear old people and their domestic customs
through a collection of old documents and family records. Mr. Stoutenburgh is
doing a most noble work, and we trust these pamphlets will continue to appear
until they make a large volume.
Since writing the above, Vol. II of this history has appeared, and relates
principally to the early Dutch Dominies of Queens County and the officers and
members of churches under their charge.
Fifty Years of Historical Work in New Jersey. An Address
Delivered Before the New Jersey Historical Society at Its Semi-Centennial
Celebration at Newark May 16, 1895. By William Nelson. With a Bibliography
of the Society. Paterson, N. J., 1898. 8vo, cloth, portraits, pp. vii-183.
This volume, though published several years ago, has but recently been
placed on the Society's shelves, through the courtesy of its author, and we take
this opportunity to thank Mr. Nelson, and to hold up as an example worthy of
emulation his zeal in the cause of history and genealogy.
The Descendants of Nathaniel Clarke and His Wife, Elizabeth
Somerby.of Newbury, Mass. A History of Ten Generations, 1642-1902. By
George Kuhn Clarke, LL.B. 8vo, cloth, pp. 468. Boston: Privately printed,
1902.
In the preface the author of this family history says the book is published
in the hope that it will perpetuate the records of an old New England family
and interest future generations in their forefathers, and for twenty-five years he
has labored to make these records as complete and accurate as possible. The
book is beautifully printed and illustrated and thoroughly indexed.
History of Northampton, Mass., from its Settlement in 1654.
By James Russell Trumbull. Vol. II. Northampton, 1902. 8vo, cloth, pp.
xx-699.
In our July issue of 1899 we reviewed the first volume of this splendid his-
tory, which in point of scholarly handling of the subject reminds us of Miss
Caulkins' histories of Norwich and New London. The author of this work had
but a common school education, yet his studies were continued through life,
and, as we said in our previous review, he was eminently fitted for this task.
About the time of our last writing, July, 1899, he was taken ill and died; but his
detailed history of Northampton's birth and life was nearly finished, and his
papers were in such shape as to render the editing of the second volume a
1903.] Book Notices. 1 49
comparatively simple matter. This task devolved upon two nieces of the
author, Nancy L. and Anna E. Miller, and they have published the second
volume, a counterpart of the first, and there is a third yet to come, if the author's
original intention of bringing it down to the nineteenth century is to be carried
out. To give the contents of this volume requires too much room; it must be
seen to be appreciated, for the details of Northampton's life and birth are given
ad nunuticE, and the index alone covers 65 double-column pages.
Medford in the Revolution. Military History of Medford,
Mass., 1765-1783. Also Lists of Soldiers and Civil Officers, with Genealogical
and Biographical Notes. By Helen Tilden Wild. Medford: J. C. Miller,
Printer, 1903. 8vo, canvas, pp.67.
The title of this valuable little volume gives ample knowledge of the con-
tents of its pages. The lists of soldiers are arranged alphabetically, and to each
name is devoted a space of from three to eighteen lines. The author assures
her readers that she has used no names which are not distinctly credited to
Medford in town or state archives, or, in a few cases, Records of Pension or
War Department.
Schuremans OF New York. Compiled by Richard Wynkoop, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y. Printed by The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903. 8vo, cloth,
pp. 41.
This work gives an account of Harmen Schuerman,of Manhattan Island, in
1649, and of his descendants, known as Harmenszens, Schuurmans, Schuremans
and Schurmans, including Frederick Harmenszen, known at New Rochelle as
Schuerman, and Dr. Jacob G. Schurman, from Freetown, P. E. I., President of
Cornell University.
The introduction gives the coat of arms of Hermann Scuremann.of West-
phalia, in the year 1300, and mentions Schuremanns and Schuyrmanns of that
region down to 1485.
Mention is made also of Friderich von Schurman, of Antwerp, in 1564,
and of his granddaughter, the famous Anna Maria Schuerman, of Utrecht,
1 607- 1 678.
The other line, the Schuremans of New Jersey, beginning with Jacobus
Schuurman of Three Mile Run, in 1720, is mentioned. Copies may be had of
Richard Wynkoop, 37 Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Price $2, including
postage.
Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebro*jgh of
Boston, Rehoboth, Mass., and the Founder and First White Settler
of Stonington, Conn., Born 1594, in or Near Boston, England, and
Died 1667, Stonington, Conn. He Sailed from Cowes, England, in Good
Ship Arbella (of Gov. John Winthrop's Massachusetts Bay Colony), March 29,
1630, and Arrived in Salem, Mass., New England, America, June 14, 1630. By-
Anna Chesebrough Wildey. New York: T. A. Wright Press, 1903. 8vo, cloth,
689 pp., illustrated.
It required the patience of a woman and the energy and application of a
born genealogist to collect and arrange such a mass of records as this volume
contains. Starting with William Chesebrough, the founder and first white settler
of Stonington, Conn., Mrs. Wildey has not only traced many branches of the family
down to the present generation, but also the families into which the Chese-
broughs married, until her work is not merely a history of one family, but of
many families. The book is finely illustrated with family portraits, etc., and the
Chesebrough coat of arms beautifully illuminated. An appendix contains
incomplete pedigrees, lineages, war records, deeds, wills, etc., and there is a
complete index of names of 126 pages. The book is printed from new
type on good paper, attractively and substantially bound, and is one of the best
genealogies that has come to our library.
The families whose membership is particularly large and whose records
are especially complete in this book, are: Avery, Babcock, Brown, Crary, Den-
nison, Hewitt, Langworthy, Miner, Noyes, Palmer, Rathbone, Smith, Stanton,
Swan, Thompson, Williams.
ICO Book Notices. [April,
Genealogy of the Willcomb Family of New England (1665-1902),
together with a condensed history of the town of ipswich, mass.
By Oliver Clifton Willcomb. Lynn, Mass., 1902. Octavo, cloth, illustrated,
pp. viii-302. Price, $2. Address O. C. Willcomb, Lynn. Mass.
The compiler of this work is too modest when he says in his preface that he
has " made a pioneer effort, which, though rough, like all pioneer work, yet has
a positive value." It certainly has a positive value, but it is by no means rough.
On the contrary, it is exceedingly well done, and gives evidence of great indus-
try and a distinct faculty for genealogical and historical research. It is well
printed and bound, and contains numerous illustrations of unusual interest and
merit. We predict a great demand for it among members of the Willcomb and
allied families.
Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution. With Some
Mention of Those Serving in the Regiments of Elliott, Lippitt,Topham, Crary,
Angell, Olney, Greene and Other Noted Commanders. By Thomas Hamilton
Murray, Secretary-General, American-Irish Historical Society. Providence,
R. I., 1003. Octavo, cloth, pp. 90.
The Irishman has played an important part in the history of our country,
not only in recent times in New York City, but in the early days of Massachusetts
Colony, Virginia and the settlements along the Hudson. He came over in the
Mayflower, he settled at Jamestown, he fought the Indians under Captain
Brodhead, he followed Collins to Connecticut, and he aided Roger Williams in
the settlement of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. Particularly
valuable were his services in the Revolutionary War, and in this little volume
Mr. Hamilton has given much information concerning those of his race who
helped Rhode Island to act her strenuous role in that conflict.
The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New. By Timothy
Hopkins. Sunset Press and Photo-Engraving Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Three volumes. Crown octavo, cloth, pp. 2321, illustrated.
This gigantic work, consisting of three large volumes, the last devoted
entirely to the index, yet embracing over three hundred pages, contains the
records of nearly five thousand families and more than twenty-two thousand
descendants of Martin Kellogg, of Braintree, England, the father of the three
Kellogg brothers, Lieutenant Joseph, Daniel and Samuel, to whom the Kelloggs
in this county trace their ancestry. We do not remember to have seen a gene-
alogy containing so great a number of descendants as this. Notwithstanding
the immense size of the work, it has been executed with care and thoroughness,
and leaves nothing to be desired by the most exacting genealogist. The print-
ing, paper and binding are excellent, and the index, which is exhaustive as to
names, comprises also some sixty pages devoted to an index of places. It were
not to be expected that such a work as this would be the product of the labors
of a single individual. The compiler acknowledges his indebtedness to the
Hon. Day Otis Kellogg, who published, in i860, an account of the Kelloggs in
the New England Register ; also to William Wallace Kellogg,.of Lynn, Mass.,
and to Rufus Bela Kellogg, of Oakland, Cal. The latter made the first effort to
collect the records of every branch of the family, and devoted much time to this
object, but, dying suddenly in 1891 , left his records to fall into the able hands of
Mr. Timothy Hopkins. The compiler likewise acknowledges great obligation
to Mr. Francis H. Fuller, of Jamaica Plain, Mass., who went to Europe in 1899,
and found the will of Martin Kellogg, of Braintree, England, and so proved the
transatlantic line of descent.
The Doane Family. Descendants of Deacon John Doane, of
Plymouth, Mass., and of Dr. John Done, of Maryland. Compiled
and printed, 1902, by Alfred A. Doane, 136 I Street, Boston, Mass. 8vo, cloth,
pp. 533, illustrated. Price $5.50.
The compiler deserves much praise for his painstaking efforts, and it is to
be hoped that a second volume will appear to complete the history of the name.
A most interesting sketch of the Dones of Cheshire, England, appears, written
1903.] Book Notices. I 5 I
by Mrs. Sarah Cash, of Delamere, England, a well-known contributor to gene-
alogical magazines in her country. The connection between the Doanes of
America and the Dones of Cheshire is not known, but it is a significant fact
that one of the coats of arms described by Mrs. Cash has the motto " Crux mihi
Lux," which might well have been blazoned on the shield of the late Rt. Rev.
George Washington Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, and on that of his equally
distinguished sons, the Rt. Rev. Monsignore George Hobart Doane, of Newark,
N. J., and the Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, Bishop of Albany. Limit of
space prevents the mention of all but a few of the allied families which appear
in this genealogy, as: Adams, Alexander, Allen, Babcock, Baker, Bartlett,
Bascom, Bloodgood, Brewster, Chase, Church, Collins, Crocker, Davis, Dean,
Dickinson, Dudley, Dyer, Eaton, Eldridge, Emerson, Everett, Farnsworth,
Fisher, Freeman, Fuller, Gardner, Griswold, Grinned, Hadley, Hall, Hayden,
Hopkins, Hyde, Ingraham, Jordan, Kinney, Lewis, Lowell, Lyons, Madison,
Marshall, Miller, Nichols, Ogden, Osburn, Osgood, Phillips, Porter, Randall,
Randolph, Russell, Shaw, Snow, Stoddard, Taylor, Thomas, Trowbridge,
Valentine, Vickers, White, Williams, Worthington, Yale and Young.
Suffolk Deeds. Liber XII. Boston: Rockwell and Churchhill Press,
1902. 8vo, cloth. Containing the deeds recorded in Suffolk Co., Mass., from
December, 1680, to July, 1683. Like the previous volumes of these records, this
publication was authorized by the Board of Aldermen of Boston.
The index to these records is most complete, including (1) Alphabetical
Index to Grantors, Date, Name of Grantee and Description of Property
Conveyed; (2) Index to Grantees; (3) Index to Other Persons; (4) Index to
Places.
Preakness and the Preakness Reformed Church, Passaic Co.,
N. J. A History, 1695-1902. With Genealogical Notes, the Records of the
Church and Tombstone Inscriptions. By George Warne Labaw, Pastor of
the Church. New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Church of
America, 1902. 8vo, cloth, 350 pp. Price, $2.50; postage, i6cts.
This most excellent and carefully prepared history covers a period from
the earliest settlements in Preakness and vicinity to the present time. Copious
genealogical notes on various families identified with the neighborhood, church
membership roll, marriages, baptisms, deaths, and all the tombstone inscriptions
in the cemeteries about the church and in the private burying grounds in the
vicinity, make this work exceedingly interesting and valuable. The book is
well printed, well indexed, and is a credit to the compiler and an honor to the
officers of the church who saw the importance of keeping records and kept
them.
The Life and Career of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General
of the British Army in America. By Winthrop Sargent. New edition,
with notes and illustrations. Edited by William Abbott. 8vo, cloth, pp. viii-
543. New York, 1902.
This is an enlarged and carefully edited new edition of Winthrop Sargent's
" Life and Career of Major Andre." Mr. Abbott has not only added much to
the text, but has contributed numerous interesting illustrations, including fac-
simile reproductions of letters, etc. All that is known of Andre's genealogy is
included in the work, and the whole is well printed and thoroughly indexed.
The following illustrations are of interest: Portraits of Anna Seward,
Honora Sneyd, Andre's Prison at Tappan, Monument at Place of Execution,
Tappan, Andre's Monument in West Minster Abbey, and a fine map of
Andre's route from Smith's house, where he left Arnold, to the place of his
capture. The edition is limited to 500 copies, seventy-five on large paper.
Newes From America, or A New and Experimental Discoverie of
New England; containing a true relation of their war-like proceedings these
two years last past, with a figure of the Indian Forte, or Palizado. Also a dis-
covery of those places that as yet have very few or no inhabitants which would
yield speciall accommodation to such as will plant there, viz: Queenapoick
Aga-wom, Hudsons River, Long Island, Martins Vinyard, Pequet, Naranset
152 Book Notices. I April,
Bay, Elizabeth Islands, Pufcataway, Casko with about a hundred Islands neere
to Casko. By Captaine John Underhill, a Commander in the Warres there.
London. Printed by F. D. for Peter Cole, an are to be sold at the signe of the
Glove in Corne-hill neere the Royall Exchange, 1638. 8vo, pamphlet, pp. 44.
Reprint: 1902. The Underhill Society of America, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Underhill Society have just reprinted this quaint old book in facsimile
complete, the title page of which we copy above. Aside from its historic value
it is very interesting reading, though written more than two and a half centuries
ago.
Ecclesiastical Records of the State of New York. Published
by the State under the supervision of Hugh Hastings, State Historian.
Albany, 1901. 8vo, cloth. Two volumes, pp. 1442, illustrated.
These two volumes present the ecclesiastical history of New York, em-
bracing every denomination, for the first half of the colonial period, or
from 1628 to 1701, as it is told by the original documents found in the
archives of the State and in those of Amsterdam and the Hague, in Hol-
land. They contain the fundamental facts relating to the religious history
of the colony and shed light upon many obscure situations. They also
represent much of the secular history of the time, for the civil, social
and ecclesiastical histories of the colony were closely blended. The value
of original documents to the historian cannot be overestimated, and we are
convinced that these records will form a noteworthy addition to the ma-
terials already collected for his use. To the genealogist also these volumes
must prove valuable, since the names of residents of the several towns in
the colony continually appear as petitioners, or otherwise in the documents.
It is proper to add that while the work has been issued under the name
of the State Historian, as the law required, the task of collecting and trans-
lating the numerous documents found in Holland has been conducted by
the Rev. Edward T. Corwin, D.D., the learned compiler of the Manual of the
Reformed Church in America, which we noticed in our last issue.
The Clarke Families of Rhode Island. A Compilation of the
Descendants of: I, Joseph Clarke, of Westerly; II, Jeremiah
Clarke, of Newport; III, John Clarke, of Newport; IV, Lawrence
Clarke, of Newport; V, Abraham Clarke, of Bristol; VI, John
Clarke, of Westerly; VII, Ephraim and Ichabod Clarke, of
Westerly; VIII, Ephraim, Ichabod and Samuel Clarke, of Cumber-
land; IX, Timothy Clarke, of Bristol. By George Austin Morrison, Jr.
Press of the Evening Post, New York, 1902. Quarto, 8x11, cloth, pp 337.
This handsome volume, one of a limited edition of one hundred and fifty
copies, is a welcome addition to our library. With its broad pages, clear type,
fine paper and exhaustive index, it worthily presents the history of a family to
which not only the State of Rhode Island, but the whole country, is much
indebted — a family of which Dr. John Clarke, the author of " 111 News from New
England," and the father of the settlement of Newport, R. I., was the most
distinguished member. An interesting sketch of this great man is given, and
his services in securing to Rhode Island the first charter of civil and religious
liberty ever granted, as well as his life-long efforts in behalf of freedom of
conscience, are clearly stated. Unhappily Dr. Clarke had no surviving chil-
dren, and the family to which he belonged was continued by his brother Joseph,
of Westerly, whose descendants occupy the greater part of the volume. The
important family of Jeremiah Clarke, of Newport, is fully carried out as far as
the fourth generation, and other Clarke families of Rhode Island, as the titles
indicates, are also given, the most of whom the author suspects belong to the
family of Joseph, of Westerly, or to that of Jeremiah, of Newport. Forty-three
unplaced Clarke families have been added, as well as such data relating to the
Clarke genealogies of Rhode Island as a twelve years' search among the
records of that State has disclosed, so that the book is a thesaurus for future
family historians to draw from. The work shows the exercise of a critical
judgment and a pains-taking accuracy, and must add to the reputation of its
author.
1903.] Book Notices. tci
Genealogy of Some of the Vail Family Descended from
Jeremiah Vail, at Salem, Mass., 1639. By Henry H. Vail. Printed at
New York in 1902 by Theodore L. DeVinne and Company. Large octavo,
7x 10, cloth, pp. 372. Price $5.00.
It is a pleasure to be able to commend this volume, not only for its tasteful
appearance, but also for its literary merit — a matter which is not sufficiently
considered by many of our genealogical compilers. The work gives a fuller
account of the descendants of Jeremiah Vail than the title would seem to indi-
cate, and happily describes the leading events in the lives of the more prominent
of his descendants. In the introduction there is a sketch of the late Alfred Vail,
of Morristown, N. J., a co-worker with Professor Morse in the invention of the
"electro-magnetic telegraph, who spent many years in collecting materials for
the history of the Vails in America. The author acknowledges his indebtedness
to the labors of Mr. Vail, and wishes it to be understood that his work includes
only a portion of the genealogies to be found in the Alfred Vail papers, which
are now in the possession of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society. These papers were given to the Society by Mr. Henry H. Vail,
together with an index prepared by him, and contain full records of many
families descended from or connected with the Vail family. An elaborate
index, including one of the names of places, accompanies this work, and adds
to its value. In many respects the book is a model for genealogical compilers
to follow.
The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant, Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, New York, with Some of the
Records of the Church and a List of His Marriages, 1784-1825,
together with Notes on the Nelson, Van Courtlandt, Warren and
Some Other Families Mentioned in the Journal. By Emily Warren
Roebling. Edited by Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B. Printed for private cir-
culation by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1903. Quarto, 10 x 7, cloth,
pp. xv-561, illustrated.
This sumptuous volume, printed with the utmost taste and profusely illus-
trated with rich photo-engravings, is a memorial to an obscure country minister
in no way related to the compiler. It therefore signally manifests a truth which
should be more widely known — that genealogy is a humane and unselfish study,
and that the genealogist does not confine his labors to his own kindred, but
generously interests himself in others. The Journal of the Reverend Silas
Constant is the simple record of his ministrations — the texts of his sermons, the
places where he preached, the families he visited and the marriages he solemn-
ized. Devoid of interest to the general reader, as it may at first appear, we
doubt whether anything has yet been published which portrays so fully the
daily life of a country parson of one hundred years ago. But to the genealogist
the Journal is a mine of information concerning a part of the State of New York
which is deficient in sources of genealogical information, and its value to him
has been greatly enhanced by the addition of copious notes — nearly four hun-
dred in number — giving the history and genealogy of many of the families
mentioned in its pages. Among the families most often mentioned are those of
Depew, Fowler, Haight, Horton, Hyatt, Knapp, Lane, Lee, Lickey, Matthews,
Purdy, Tompkins and Travis.
To the Journal has been added an appendix containing notes on some of
the descendants of John Nelson, ancestor of the Nelsons of Westchester,
Dutchess and Putnam Counties, N. Y.; a complete genealogy of the male
descendants of Olaf Stevenson Van Courtlandt as far as the fifth generation,
which is contributed by Mrs. Catharine T. R. Matthews; some of the descend-
ants of Samuel Warren, who appeared in Westchester County about 1728, and a
sketch of the life of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, together with
the findings of the court of inquiry as to his conduct in the battle of Five Forks.
A complete index finishes this notable contribution to the genealogical history
of Westchester County, N. Y.
Since writing the above notice, the sad intelligence has been received of
the death of Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, the generous compiler of The
Journal of the Rev. Silas Constant. Let this work be counted among the num-
ber of her good deeds, and may it prove to be a lasting memorial of her.
pit*
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Abbott, William. — Life of Major Andre.
Brown University. — Catalogue Brown University, 1902-1903.
Burt, Mary E. — Genealogy of Joseph Carr of Jamestown, R. I.
Clark, Geo. Kuhn.— Descendants of Nathanial Clark.
Commissioner of Education. — Annual Report of, 1900-1901, vol. i.
Connecticut Historical Society. — Collections of, vol. ix. French-Indian War
Rolls, vol. i.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education. — Annual Reports of, vol. 1-2.
Doane, Alfred A.— Doane Family.
Friedenwald, Dr. Herbert. — Publications of the American Jewish Historical
Society, No. 10.
Grant, Mrs. Amorena. — Roberts. Family.
Harvard University. — Annual Report of, 1901-1902. Harvard University, Cat-
alogue of.
Hassam, John T.- — Suffolk Deeds, Liber xii. Suffolk Register of Probate.
Hastings, Hugh. — Ecclesiastical Records State of New York, vols. 1-2.
Hopkins, Timothy. — The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, 3 vols.
Labaw, Rev. Geo. W. — Preakness and the Preakness Ref. Ch. Passaic, N. J.
Miller, Nancy L. — History of Northampton, Mass., vol. 2.
Morrison, Geo. Austin, Jr. — Clarke Families of Rhode Island.
Murray, Tnomas H. — Irish Rhode-Islanders in the Am. Revolution.
Nelson, William. — Fifty Years of Historical Work in New Jersey.
Roebling, Mrs. Washington A. — Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant.
State Historical Society of Iowa. —The Messages and Proclomations of the
Governors of Iowa.
Vail, Henry H. — Genealogy of the Vail Family.
Wild, Miss Helen Tilden. — Medford in the Revolution.
Wildey, Mrs. A. C. — Chesebrough Genealogy.
Willcomb, Oliver C. — The Willcomb Family of Ipswich, Mass.
Wynkoop, Richard. — The Schuremans of New York.
Yale University. — Catalogue of, 1902-1903.
PAMPHLETS.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York. — Annual Reports of, 1902.
Barclay, David. — Fifth Annual Meeting of the Newburgh Historical Society.
Newburgh Historical Seciety; Historical Papers, Nos. 6-7-8. Old Town
Burying Ground, Newburgh, N. Y. Unveiling of the Statue of Clinton.
Collins, Holdridge, O. — Society Colonial Wars in the State of California.
Drowne, Henry P. — Book of Minutes of Colonel John Jones of Dedham, Mass.
Biographical Encyclopaedia of Massachusetts of the Nineteenth Century.
Ehrlich, F.— Pirates and Piracy.
Hartford Board of Trade. — Fifteenth Annual Report of, 1902.
Hassam, John T. — Hassam Family. Ezekiel Cheever.
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. — Annual Report of, 1902.
Kimball, G. F. — Kimball Family News, Nov.-Dec.-Jan.
Martin, Richard A. — Martin Family in America.
New York Bible Society. — Annual Report, 1902.
New York Historical Society. — Address Commemorative of Eugene Augustus
Hoffman.
Ohio Society of New York. — Annual Publication of, 1902-1903.
Perley, M.V. B. — Millend, Ipswich, i63;-i64o.
Stoutenburgh, Henry A. — Documentary History of Oyster Bay, Queens County,
Island of Nassau, vols. i-ii.
Swan, Robert T. — Fifteenth Report of the Custody and Conditions of Public
Records.
Syracuse Public Library. — Annual Report, 1902. Finding List of Genealogies
and Local Histories.
Underhill, D. Harris. — News from America.
White, Miss Almira L. — White Family Quarterly, vol. i, No. i.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Avery, Samuel P.— Silver Coronation Medal King Edward VII.
Cowles, Lieut.-Col. Calvin D. Chart of the Cowles Family. Chart of the
Young Family.
Drowne, Henry R.— Certificate of Membership of the Society of the Cincinnati.
King, Rufus.— Chart of the Tuthill and Kent Families.
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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
Publication Committee :
Rev. MELATIAH EVERETT DWIGHT, Editor.
THOMAS GRIER EVANS. H. CALKINS, JR.
TOBIAS A. WRIGHT. Dr. HENRY R. STILES.
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PAGE.
Illustrations. I. Portrait of Dr. Asa Fitch Frontispiece
II. Portrait of John DeWitt Facing 200
155
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1. Asa Fitch and His Ancestry. By Abbie M. Fitch-Andrews .
2. The Old White Church in Salem, N. Y. By Dr. Asa Fitch, M. D.
3. Records of Marriages, Baptisms and Deaths in Easthampton, L. I.,
from 1696 to 1746. Recorded by Rev. Nathaniel Huntting.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 117) 166
4. The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. Compiled by George Aus-
tin Morrison, Jr. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 138) . . .171
5. West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. Contributed by Emma J.
Foster. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 141) 177
6. Edward Fuller and His Descendants. By Homer W. Brainard,
Hartford, Conn. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 132) . . . 182
7. Notes on the Origin and Early History of the Dumont Family.
By Eugene Fairfield McPike 191
8. Muster Roll of Disbanded Officers, Discharged and Disbanded
Soldiers and Loyalists Mustered at Digby, in May, 1784.
By Judge A. W. Savary, M. A. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 123) 192
9. Records of the Corporation of Zion in New Germantown in
West Jersey. Births and Baptisms. Contributed by Ben. Van D. Fisher
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 102) 197
10. John DeWitt, Grand Pensionary of Holland. By Rev. William
Walsh of Newburgh, N. Y 200
11. Onondaga County Records, 1796. Contributed by L. D. Scisco.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 97) 206
12. A List of Settlers on Staten Island. Contributed by A. J. F.van Laer 210
13. An Exact Copy of the Records of the Congregational Church of
Greenfield, Saratoga Co., N. Y. Transcribed by H. Calkins, Jr.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 143) 212
14. Corrections in Records of Dutchess County Families. By Alfred
Leroy Becker . 216
15. Inscriptions on Gravestones — Shrewsbury, N. J. Contributed by
Rev. William White Hance. (Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 106) 217
16. Records of the Church of Christ in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., page 93) 221
17. Editorial 223
18. Obituaries. Mrs. Maria Tiebot (Polhemus) King— Mrs. Mary Wright
Wootton — Edward Herbert Noyes 224
19. Query. Thomas Braine 225
20. Book Notices 225
21. Donations 229
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ASA FITCH AND HIS ANCESTRY.
By Abbie M. Fitch-Andrews.
Asa Fitch, Physician and Naturalist, was born February 24,
1809, at Fitch's Point, Salem, N. Y. He was the sixth child of
Hon. Asa Fitch and Abigail Martin.
The family is descended from Rev. James Fitch, of Bocking,
Essex Co., England, who, "after he had been most excellently
taught the learned languages, came into New England at the
age of sixteen, spent seven years under the instruction of those
ffmous men, Thomas Hooker and Stone of Hartford and was
installed pastor at Saybrook, Conn., 1646. In addition to the
duties to his own flock, "by whom he was dearly loved he
"took a deep interest in the moral, spiritual and temporal welfare
of the Indians;" mastered their primitive tongue, in which he
instructed them in the Christian faith, and gained their respect
and confidence by his practical deeds of kindness; "was chap-
lain of several expeditionary forces of the colonists during King
Philip's war of 1675-6." He removed with the major portion of
his congregation to Norwich, Conn., in 1660, and was one of the
original proprietors of the town and its first minister. At the age
of seventy-nine he was stricken with palsy and incapacitated for
further active work, and died at Lebanon November 18, 1702.
His tombstone states: " He was a man, as to the smartness of his
genius, the solidity of his judgment, his charity holy labors and
every kind of purity of life, and also as to his skill and energy ot
■preaching, inferior to none." .
He married first Abigail, daughter of Rev. Henry and Dorothy
(Sheaffe) Whitfield, who were among the first settlers of Guilford
by whom he had six children, all born in Saybrook. By his second
wife Priscilla Mason, daughter of Major John and Anne (Peck)
Mason, he had eight children, all born in Norwich
Samuel, the second son of Rev. James and Abigail Whitfield
Fitch, married Mary Brewster, daughter of Benjamin Brewster
and Ann Darbe* (according to Fitch family records), grand-
• The wife of Benjamin Brewster is often given as Ann Parte, and the , « ^rewster Book."
once in the Fitch family and now deposited m Bostor , is |- en b / { 8 Qr f ^ffbee^h^dled so
e m X u a c m h in a e s d it th ha S s b b°2n an o? ?&"£!£? a^Twalfl^n^t^inf ^h^^n^e there recorded was
Darbe.
II
I 56 Asa Fitch and His Ancestry. [July,
daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster, great -
grand-daughter of Elder William Brewster, pilgrim of the
Mayflower.
Jabez, the sixth son of Samuel and Ann (Darby) Fitch, mar-
ried Anna, daughter of Joseph Knowlton. " Jabez Fitch was for
a long series of years a very worthy, much respected and sub-
stantial citizen of Norwich."
Dr. Peletiah, second son of Jabez and Anna (Knowlton) Fitch
married Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel) Burrows, of Groton, Conn.
Practiced his profession first in Norwich; removed to Noank,
where he acquired a still more extensive practice, and was Justice
of the Peace and Land Surveyor. Moved in 1774 to Halifax, Vt.,
and was there appointed First Judge of Cumberland Co., N. Y.,
now Windham and Windsor Counties, Vt. He removed soon
after, and settled permanently in New Perth, now Salem, N. Y.
He was an ardent patriot. He served in Webster's Regt. N. Y.
militia, and at his own expense equipped four sons for service
in the Revolution. He was appointed by the State authorities
" Commissioner for Detecting Conspiracies Against the Liberties
of America."
Hon. Asa Fitch, M.D., seventh son of Dr. Peletiah, married
Abigail, third daughter of Col. Adam and Abigail (Cheney)
Martin. At the age of sixteen he enlisted, and served in Capt.
A. Livingston's company, in guarding the northern frontier
against the incursions from Canada. He studied under his father
and Dr. Philip Smith, and commenced the practice of medicine at
Duanesburgh, N. Y. He returned to Salem in 1795, and pur-
chased the property since known as Fitch's Point. Here he
acquired an extensive professional practice. His large and well-
selected medical library and anatomical museum brought a large
number of students to him for instruction. He was instrumental
in organizing the Washington County Medical Society, and its
President for twenty years. He was a Justice of the Peace for
eleven years, when he was advanced to County Judge. He was
elected a member of Congress, and took his seat in that body at
the opening of the session November 4, 18 14. At the expiration
of his term he decidedly refused a renomination. He was elected
the first President of the County Agricultural Society, and was one
of the Vice-Presidents of the State Temperance Society when it
was formed. He was strongly attached to Freemasonry, and suc-
ceeded Ezra Ames and De Witt Clinton as Grand High Priest of
the Royal Arch Chapter of the State. He was an elder of the
Presbyterian Church for many years, and a prominent lay-mem-
ber of the Troy Presbytery, and repeatedly its delegate to the
General Assembly. He died August 24, 1843.
Prof. Asa Fitch, M. D., the subject of this sketch, received his
preparatory education at the academies in Salem, N. Y., and
Bennington, Vt. He early developed a taste for botany and
zoology, and at the age of fifteen had so far advanced in the
former as to arrange in scientific order the collection of his pre-
ceptor. His father had designed him to follow a profession, but,
having in mind the practical instruction he so much desired in
1903.] Asa Fitch and His Ancestry. 157
natural sciences, he chose a course at the Rensselaer school, now
the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, in preference to a
college routine, and graduated therefrom in 1827, and from Rut-
gers Medical College in 1829 with the degree of M. D. The fol-
lowing year he accepted the position of assistant professor of
natural history for the Rensselaer school expedition from New
York to Lake Erie. There he left the party and travelled
through the Western states to Missouri collecting minerals,
plants and insects. He returned in 1831 and commenced the
practise of medicine in Fort Miller, where, Nov. 15, 1832, he mar-
ried Elizabeth, only daughter of John McNeil of Stillwater, N. Y.,
and Sarah Pattison, daughter of Thomas Pattison and Elizabeth
Ashton, daughter of John Ashton of Lincolnshire, Eng., and
Ballston, N. Y. He removed soon after to Stillwater where his
few professional duties gave him liberty to devote much time to
his favorite pursuits. In the spring of 1838, he returned to Salem
to take charge of the paternal estate his father had become too
feeble to manage.
In 1 84 1, the Washington County Agricultural Society was or-
ganized, and Dr. Fitch was chosen Secretary. To his manage-
ment was due its quick success and popularity, and in 1848 he
was elected president of the Society. Meanwhile he was engaged
by the State Agricultural Society to make a complete survey of
the agricultural resources of Washington County, in which work
he was employed nearly three years. The result of this survey
was published in 1848 and 1849 in the Transactions of the State
Society. This required a report upon " the date of the first set-
tlement of the towns and from whence the settlers came." This
part of his report proved to be of general interest and led to his
election as corresponding member of the New York, and honor-
ary member of the New Jersey Historical Society. During this
research he became aware of the importance of local history and
acquired the habit of gathering from every person he met, all the
information possible concerning families and their antecedents,
and all incidents of note prior to, and connected with, the war of
the Revolution. Some of the information thus obtained he sub-
sequently printed, but much is still unpublished.
In the second number of the American Quarterly Journal of
Agriculture and Science for 1845, appeared an illustrated article
from his pen on " Insects of the Genus Cecidomyie," followed by
one on "The Wheat Midge;" in 1846 another upon the "Hessian
Fly," and in 1847 another still upon the "Winter Insect of Eastern
New York," describing eight new species. In the Transactions
of the State Agricultural Society for 1847, he gave an account of
the " Currant-worm and its Moth." This, with a beautifully en-
graved colored plate, received marked attention in foreign
scientific journals, by which he became favorably known among
the entomologists of the time. He was also employed at this
period in collecting and naming the insects of the State for the
State cabinet natural history, and in 1851 he furnished a descrip-
tive catalogue for the Report of the Regents of the University
upon the New York insects of the order Homoptera.
158 The Old White Church in Sa/em,* N. V. [July,
In 1854, an appropriation having been made for the purpose
he was appointed State Entomologist, being the first to serve in
M:his office. He then withdrew from all other employment and
dilligently applied himself to this work. The results of his
investigations were published yearly under the title " Report on
the Noxious, Beneficial and other insects of the State of New
York." Fourteen of these were published, and were received
with marked attention and approbation both in this country and
abroad. He was elected a member of, and received a diploma
from the entomological societies of Philadelphia, France, Ger-
many and Russia, and a gold medal was bestowed upon him by
the Imperial and Central Agricultural Society of France. During
this period he also contributed articles to agricultural publica-
tions. Among them "A Brief account of the most important
injurious insects of the U. S." illustrated and published in the
Annual Register of Rural affairs, was afterward issued in pamph-
let form for the use of students. The duties of his office and the
labor required in investigation of insect life became too arduous
in his advancing years and he resigned his position as State
Entomologist in 1873.
For many years, as opportunity presented, he had been col-
lecting a great amount of information upon the Fitch family and
others connected with it. He now devoted the major part of his
time to compiling and arranging for publication " Records of the
Fitch Family" in America and England. This has yet to be
published. The variety and amount of work he accomplished
during his life seems incredible to those who still remember him.
But while yet a student he had planned this life work, which he
computed, if performed within the allotted age of man, must re-
duce the number of hours usually alloted to sleep. He experi-
mented to determine this, and found that with five hours sleep
nightly, he could maintain a healthy body and mind. This was
his habit, though during his busiest seasons they were often
reduced to two or three. In 1859, he contracted pneumonia
which left him with impaired lungs. To his knowledge of
medicine and the care he took of his person was due the pro-
longation of his life to seventy years, — a life in which he made
the most of the talents that were given him, and typical of the
christian faith he professed.
THE OLD WHITE CHURCH IN SALEM, N. Y.
By Dr. Asa Fitch, M. D.
An Address Delivered by Him at the Centenary Celebration of
the First Presbyterian Church in Salem, N. Y., 1864.
This church was born and passed the period of its infancy in
another hemisphere, upon the other side of the broad ocean, and
it would have been quite as appropriate, perhaps more so, for us
1903.] The Old White Church in Salem, N. Y. I 59
to have observed the centenary year of its birth, July 23rd, 175 1,
in commemoration of the date when this congregation was first
organized and had a pastor installed over it at Ballibay in North
Ireland, or the year 1764, the centennial anniversary of its emigra-
tion to this country, as this present year which is the centennial
of its settlement in this place. The church owes its origin to the
"New Light heresies," as they were termed— certain Armenian
and Pelagian errors — which were entertained by the ministers of
several of the Presbyterian churches of Scotland and Ireland
toward the middle of the last century, and which caused the
Associate Church to separate itself from the established church of
those countries. The germ from which the church here in Salem
first started we find stated in the following words: "Near 200
families of Presbyterians in and about Monaghan and Ballibay,
did, about the year 1748, leave their former teachers, because
they could not find themselves edified by them, nor believe some
things they taught." These families forwarded a petition to the
Associate Burgher Presbytery of Glasgow in Scotland earnestly
soliciting a supply of preaching. This and similar petitions from
several other places in Ireland came before the Presbytery at its
meeting in Sterling, June 27, 1749, whereupon the Presbytery
appointed Thomas Clark, a probationer who had lately been
licensed by them, to go as a missionary to Ireland, and preach to
the several congregations which had thus applied to Presbytery.
Mr. Clark thus became the instrument by which the Salem church
was first gathered and organized, and subsequently transplanted
from its original soil to this place, and was nourished and watered
by his ministrations, during the first thirty-three years of its
existence, until it had become thrifty, vigorous and self-sustain-
ing. And seldom has a church had a founder, a father, so able,
so devoted to its service, and who has done such things for it,
whereby he is entitled to have his memory respected by us, and
his name preserved in perpetual remembrance.
We have reason for thinking that Dr. Clark was born in Gallo-
way, in the Southwest part of Scotland, near the English border.
His education was most thorough and extensive. His scholastic
studies were finished at the university of Glasgow, where he
graduated. He then went through with a full course of medical
studies, and being examined by the faculty of medicine and sur-
gery they conferred their diploma upon him, whereby he became
licensed and authorized to engage in the practice of medicine.
It was from that he obtained the title of " Doctor " by which he
was everywhere designated. After being thus amply grounded
in the literature and science of the schools of that day he com-
menced the study of theology and was licensed April, 1748. The
record of his appointment, dated June 27, 1749, states that the
Presbytery upon considering the petitions and supplications now
lying before them from several congregations in Ireland for
supply of preaching, they appointed Thomas Clark, Probationer
under their inspection, to repair to the kingdom of Ireland and
preach in the congregations which have thus applied. He entered
upon the missionary labors which were thus assigned to him, with
11a
l6o The Old White Church in Salem, N. V. [July,
devoted zeal and faithfulness, and preached his first discourse at
Ballibay (the original seat of our Salem congregation,) on the 3rd
of July, 1749, and was ordained and installed over that church
on the 23d of July, 1751. This is therefore the date when this
organization became fully organized and recognized by the
Synod as a regularly constituted church.
The clergymen with whom he came in opposition, and their
friends, as may well be supposed, could not passively submit to
see their former hearers leave them and attach themselves to one
whom they regarded as an intruder. One of them having assailed
him in print, he speedily prepared and published a pamphlet in
reply. This pamphlet of upward of one hundred pages undoubt-
edly added greatly to Dr. Clark's previous reputation and aided in
making the principles of the Associate Synod more widely and
favorably known in those parts of Ireland than they had pre-
viously been, and increased numbers left their former teachers
and resorted to him, whereby the enmity of some of his opponents
became excited to the highest pitch, and they determined to
break him down and expel him from the country. It had become
known to them that Dr. Clark entertained scruples with regard
to taking the abjuration oath in the manner prescribed by law,
namely, by kissing the bible. Therefore, by obtaining a warrant
against him as being a person disaffected to the government,
they could have him committed to prison until he should purge
himself of disloyalty by taking this oath. The plot was kept
a profound secret while they were awaiting for some favorable
opportunity to serve the warrant, when Dr. Clark should be at a
distance from Ballibay, they evidently being fearful that, if the
attempt was made to arrest him there in the midst of his friends,
the most deplorable consequences might result. At length it
became known that Dr. Clark was to preach and moderate a call
for a pastor in the church at Newbliss. Nine months had passed
since the warrant had been obtained, and if this opportunity was
not embraced, it was uncertain when another would occur. They
reached Newbliss, entered the church while the public services
were in progress, and arrested Dr. Clark just as he had closed his
sermon. When the day of trial arrived the judges on coming to
examine the warrant upon which he had been committed found it
to be defective and insufficient for detaining him and ordered his
release. A new writ was obtained against him on which he was
soon after arrested and again imprisoned. We do not find any
indication of the number of months he remained in prison at this
time, or the manner in which he obtained his release, but no
further attempts appear to have been made to harrass him in the
courts of law, or otherwise interrupt him in the discharge of his
ministerial duties.
The several months of imprisonment to which the arbitrary
laws of the country had subjected him, because he could not
violate the dictates of his conscience, was so vexatious and unjust
that it served to wean him and a large portion of his flock from
their attachment to the land of their birth, and induced them to
seek a new home in the wilds of America, where they could enjoy
Ig03# ] The Old White Church in Salem, N. Y. l6l
their religious sentiments free from the strong arm of civil
authority in which they were so stringently held in their native
land. Preliminary to this important step, Dr. Clark had been in
correspondence with Hon. Robert Harper of Columbia College
in the city of New York, and had furnished him with the names
of one hundred families in North Ireland who were desirous of
coming to America. Mr. Harper obtained a warrant from the
Governor to survey and lay off a tract of 4°,°°° acres from the
ungranted lands north of Kingsbury and Queensberry and
around the head of Lake George on which to locate these fam-
ilies Thereupon he and those who had decided to accompany
him made the final arrangements for their departure His last
discourse in Ballibay was preached from I Cor. 11, 3: "I was with
you in weakness, in fear and in much trembling,' —a passage
which, he says, in a letter to them long afterwards, "contains the
history of my six years sojourning with you." And in the following
devout terms he briefly relates the voyage across the Atlantic ot
the Pilgrim fathers of Salem: "May 10th, 1764, we sailed from
Newry The all-gracious God carried three hundred of us safe
over the devouring deep, in the arms of His mercy. Praised be
his name! We arrived safe at New York, July 28th.
While the colony was resting in New York it would seem that
the men were tampered with by some land agent, or person, who
was interested in procuring settlers to locate upon a tract in
Carolina Several families separated from the colony and went
to Abbeville District, S. C, where they became settled at Cedar
Spring and its vicinity. The main body continued together,
under Dr Clark's advice and guidance, and came up the Hudson
river with him to Stillwater. The arrival and temporary sojourn
of Dr Clark with his company of emigrants in Stillwater was an
event well remembered by the old people who were living there
a few years since. Such a number of families suddenly arriving
in the town and of a character so unlike the other settlers who
were locating in the country around, such strict observers of the
Sabbath, so exemplary in their deportment, such great readers
and so well supplied with books, was so extraordinary that it
caused quite a sensation. Some of the company passed the first
winter after their arrival upon, or in, the neighborhood of the
tract at Lake George. They were probably employed in one ot
the parties of lumbermen which were accustomed to pass the
winters upon the upper parts of the Hudson river m obtaining
logs for the Stillwater saw-mills. The winter was one of unusual
severity, and they brought back such a dismal report of the bleak,
dreary aspect of that rugged, inhospitable region, its vast forests
of gloomy hemlocks, the deep snows and intense cold they had
there encountered, that the colony became disheartened and
averse to settling there. Dr. Clark, moreover, learned from
persons in whose intelligence and judgment he could confide,
that the locality was a most undesirable one. Therefore, although
Mr Harper on the 15th of the following May, 1765, obtained
a erant of four hundred acres to each family, they preferred
abandoning the tract entirely, if some more favorable location
1 62 The Old White Church in Salem, N. V. [July,
could be anywhere secured. Dr. Clark accordingly examined
the lands through all this part of the state.
In his exploration of this region he visited and preached, in
the Spring of 1765, the first sermon ever delivered in the present
town of Salem. James Turner's house was the only one then
erected in this beautiful valley where the town of Salem now
stands. His log cabin stood on the spot now occupied by the
Ondawa House. In this cabin on a Sabbath day Dr. Clark
preached to a few individuals gathered from isolated dwellings in
this section of the country. One of his hearers, the mother of
Chief Justice Savage, then a girl, to be present had that morning
walked through the woods from her father's dwelling, seven
miles distant, on the way passing but one house with a small
clearing around it. Having spent the spring and summer in
traveling to and fro, examining the numerous tracts of unsettled
lands in this section of the State and learning the posture in which
the titles to them stood, Dr. Clark's mind became fixed upon
Salem as being the most desirable location for his people any-
where to be met with. The quality of its soil, the beauty of its
situation, the purity of the water, the salubrity of the air untainted
with any miasm exhaling from swamps, were doubtless prominent
considerations which influenced him to prefer this spot. He
learned there was here a tract of 25,000 acres which had been
granted the year before (Aug. 7, 1764) to Alexander Turner and
twenty-four others residing in Pelham, Mass., who had conveyed
12,000 acres of the tract to Oliver Delancy and Peter Dubois, two
gentlemen in New York City, and the tract had been surveyed
and marked off into small lots of 88 acres each. Thus everything
was here in readiness for settlers.
Dr. Clark hoped he might be able to make some arrangements
with the two gentlemen in New York whereby his company
of emigrants could immediately come and locate upon these
lands. He accordingly went to New York on this important
errand. On conferring with Delancy and Dubois he appears to
have experienced difficulty in persuading them to make the
lands over on such low terms as he desired, but in the end he was
highly successful, having induced the two gentlemen to convey to
him their 1 2,000 acres wholly free of any charge for five years,
after which a yearly rent of one shilling per acre was to be paid.
Before leaving New York, Dr. Clark procured blank deeds where-
with in a more convenient and businesslike manner to convey his
lands to settlers. In these deeds the name New Perth was first
bestowed upon the place. The New England settlers who a few
years after so briskly competed with the Scotch and Irish settlers
for the ascendency in the town, ignored this name, and in their
deeds and other documents the place is called White Creek.
But, it having grown to be the most populous place in the
county, the Legislature, March 2nd, 1774, erected it into a town-
ship named New Perth, thus establishing this as its legal name,
which it held during the period of the revolutionary war and
until the act was passed dividing the whole State into counties
1903.] The Old White Church in Salem, N. V. 1 63
and towns, March 7, 1788, when the name was changed to Salem.*
Great, no doubt, was the joy of the colony in Stillwater upon
Dr. Clark's return from New York with the glad tidings that he
had obtained the land upon such terms that they could all repair
to them at once, without money and without price, and commence
clearing and improving them. And impatiently, no doubt, did
they await for the following winter to pass away, that they might
come to this place and commence the pleasantest work of their
lives, preparing homes for themselves and their descendants upon
lands of their own. It was arranged that they should leave their
families where they were, in and around Stillwater, through the
following summer, whilst the men would come here (30 miles
away, in the depths of the forest) as early as possible in the
spring and select his farm and clear and burn over as much land
as possible in season to put in a crop of corn. They would then
(in midsummer) go back to Stillwater to assist the people there
in haying and harvest, and then return here, harvest their corn
in autumn and put in a crop of wheat, each one building a log
cabin into which to move with his family in the spring of the
following year.
In pursuance of this arrangement, early in the spring of 1766
Dr. Clark and a number of the men of his colony came into the
town. Their first business on reaching the place would be to
erect a log house in which to deposit their provisions and bag-
gage, and where they could sleep at night without being in danger
from the wild beasts of the forest, which house would also serve
for the future residence of Dr. Clark. It was no doubt at this
time, therefore, and under these circumstances, that the first par-
sonage in the town was built, it thus being the fourth building
which was put up in the town. It stood opposite the old grave-
yard, on the spot where the dwelling of Franklin Stevens now
stands, the fine spring of water near by having caused this site to
be preferred. A frame house afterwards built on the same spot
by the congregation continued to be the parsonage during the
pastorate of Rev. James Proudfit. The first death in the colony,
of which the remembrance is now preserved, was that of one of
the elders of the church, James Harsha, who, after a protracted
and painful illness, died at Stillwater, about a year after the
arrival in this country. He expired, writes Dr. Clark, joyfully
singing Ps. 73: 26, 27. He had obtained a farm in Stillwater,
intending to remain there. Of his three sons, one was many
years a resident of Salem, and one remained upon the Stillwater
farm some forty years, when he disposed of it and came to Agyle,
where his brothers had become located and where several of their
descendants now reside. Among the descendants have been three
clergymen of the Associate Reformed Church, and a fourth is the
compiler of several popular religious works. It was this year
(1766) that the first meeting-house was built — the first structure
of this kind in the county, and indeed in all the region north
from Albany to the Canada line. Whilst the men were employed
* On account of its length we have thus far taken the liberty of abridging Dr. Fitch's
address, but from this point it is given entire. — Editor.
164 The Old White Church in Salem, N. Y. [July,
in building cabins for their future homes, and in clearing the
ground immediately around these cabins, they upon specified
days left their cabins and came together to engage in putting up
this house of worship, the site of which was a few rods south of
the "Old Meeting-House," as it is called, which is now standing
in the south suburb of the village, the dwelling of Joseph Kelly
now occupying the spot on which this first meeting-house stood.
It was built of logs, and was said to have been the largest log
house which was anywhere to be seen in the country in its day.
It was some 40 feet in length, and was built of smallish round
logs 10 or 12 inches in diameter — such as the men could bring
together by hand, having no teams to aid them in the work— the
large crevices between the logs having been filled with clay while
the building was occupied. It had no floor. The seats were rough
benches, made from logs split asunder and elevated from the
ground upon blocks. It was roofed with black ash bark, which
had been peeled from the trees in strips about 4 feet long and
flattened by stones or other weights placed upon them whilst
they were drying, this bark being laid in overlapping rows upon
poles underneath, with the rough side up, and held in place by
poles on top of the roof running its whole length, with their ends
notched into the shorter upper logs at each end of the building.
A log house, the first one in the town, was also erected, probably
at the same time, upon the side of the highway, opposite to the
church. The road then ran at the foot of the hill, on the opposite
side of the meeting-house from where it now passes, and across
this road, opposite to the church, the school-house was built.
The next year (1767) is the era of the general settlement of
Salem, the families of Dr. Clark's colony moving up from Still-
water and occupying the cabins which had been prepared for
them, whereby every district and section of the town then became
more or less inhabited. A few of the families of the company,
however, remained in Stillwater, having during the eighteen or
twenty months of their tarrying there formed such local attach-
ments as constrained them to continue there and forego the
important advantages which were enjoyed in this town; for
when their expectations of settling upon the tract at Lake
George were dashed, many of the company despaired of ever
reaching their original purpose of locating in a body together.
They supposed they would be obliged each one to seek and
secure for himself a residence and future home wherever it
could be found, and the colony would thus become broken up
and scattered asunder. Some of its members, therefore, wearied
with remaining longer in uncertainty and with such doubt im-
pending over the future, availed themselves of favorable oppor-
tunities which presented for obtaining a house and land, gladly
terminating their state of anxiety and suspense in which they had
been held.
Elder Harsha's arrangements for remaining in Stillwater
hav e already been noticed. Four other families of the company
are known to have made similiar arrangements, whereby they
also continued to reside there. As an evidence of the superior
1903.] The Old White Church in Salem, N.Y. 165
character of this colony of emigrants, it may be remarked, that
one of those who remained in Stillwater, John Thompson, brother
of elder Wm. Thompson, subsequently rose to be one of the most
distinguished men of Saratoga County. Although he was not
educated to the legal profession, he was a member of Congress
three terms, and was First Judge of the County for a period of
eighteen years. The first family of the company which reached
here was that of John Lytle, who arrived May 7th, there being only
three families settled in the town when he came, namely, James
Turner, who has already been mentioned, Joshua Conkey, who
resided a mile from Mr. Turner, up White Creek on the Chester
Billings place, and David Webb, who lived on the hills, south of
the village where Ebenezer Rich now resides. Hamilton McCol-
lister was also here, a single man at that date, clearing and im-
proving a farm for his future residence. He and the two first
named were from Pelham, Mass.; and Webb is thought to have
come from New England, but is said to have been a wild disso-
lute man who was never of any account in the town. John Lytle
had taken the lot adjoining Andrew Lytle on the north, and his
cabin stood on the road to Shusban where the old buildings next
beyond P. F. Park's residence now stand. This cabin was prob-
ably a fair specimen of the dwellings of the fathers of the town,
the first summer of their settlement here. It was built of small
logs with wide open cracks, between them to be filled with clay
on the approach of cold weather. It had no floor or chimney,
and by way of a fire-place was a large flat stone leaning against
the logs on one side of the enclosure. Yet univiting as it was,
Mrs. Lytle on first entering it with her infant in her arms,
danced around and around it, so overjoyed was she to set foot in
a house she could call her ozvn. How little do we who are now
enjoying our comfortable homes, surrounded with nearly every-
thing which we can desire to make life pleasant to us; how little
do we think of the discomforts, the perils, the hardships and
privations of those who a century ago were living where we live,
and who toiled their lives away in subduing the wilderness and
adapting the place for the abode of a civilized people. And 1767
is also memorable as the year in which regular preaching of the
gospel on the Sabbath was commenced in the town. Before the
end of May, such a number of families had arrived that divine
worship in the meeting-house was commenced. No formalities
were had for organizing the church here — no admitting of mem-
bers or electing of trustees. The company was already a per-
fectly organized religious society with its pastor, its elders and
its members all regularly constituted. Dr. Clark had never re-
signed, nor had the Presbytery released him from his pastoral
charge over these people, and their church membership had not
been interrupted; they had taken no letters of dismission where-
with to join another church. He was their pastor, they were his
flock, the same relations mutually existing between them now as
had been existing all along heretofore. And we doubt if any
other instance a religious society has been transferred from the
old to the new world in a manner so regular and orderly, and
1 66 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [July»
with so little to vitiate its title to a continuous identity, as in the
case of this Salem church.
When the Pilgrim fathers of New England crossed the ocean
their pastor remained behind, and the only one with them who
had any official authority to act as their spiritual leader was an
elder, his office not rendering him competent to administer the
sacrements, whereby the ordinances, though of such vital im-
portance, were not enjoyed for several years. Under what very
different circumstances from these did Dr. Clark's colony of
emigrants cross the ocean and arrive in this place. The preach-
ing of the word on the Sabbath and the administration of the
sacraments having been regularly continued during the three
years of their pilgrimage, with only such occasional interruptions
as were at times unavoidable. Thus they came into town, a fully
and perfectly organized church with its pastor, its elders to the
number of 5 or more, and some 200 members including the bap-
tized children, who probably formed about a fourth of the num-
ber. The first child born of white parents in this town was
Alex. J. Turner; the second was John Conkey; the third and first
girl, who was also the first infant baptized in the town, was Mary
Lytle who became the wife of Dr. Andrew Proudfit, oldest son
of Rev. J as. Proudfit. The first funeral was that of Solomon
Barr from the house of his kinsman, Elder Matthew McWhorter.
{To be continued.)
RECORDS OF MARRIAGES, BAPTISMS, AND DEATHS
IN EASTHAMPTON, L. I., from 1696 to 1746. RECORD-
ED BY REV. NATHANIEL HUNTTING.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 117, of The Record.)
Year. Month. Day. Male. Fern. Total
1723, Mar. 26. Stephen Griswold married abt 3 or 4 months
before to S Filer's daughter came over & died
here abt 4 of clock P. M., 41 321
April 3. Enos Talmage abt 10 A. M. aged I suppose
near 30 years, 42 322
18. A daughter of Nath". Earl aged abt 8 months
died abt 7 P. M., 39 323
25. Daniel Bushnel a stranger y l came hither on
whaling design died abt 3 A. M. aged abt 24
years, 43 324
26. Deborah daughter of Cornel Miller aged abt 16
years died abt 11 A. M., 40 325
28. Abystime a daughter of Steph Hed
Junr. (?), 41 3 2 6
1723, July 29. A sloop was wrecked & people drowned of
wh. 5 men came on shore one of wh. was John
Christophers,
Aug. 30. The wife of John Talmage I suppose abt 38
years old— died abt 5 P. M., 42 327
Sept. 23. Lion Gardiner, Senr n died A. M, being shot by
Sam Bennet both of them hunting deer aged
abt years, 44 328
1903].
Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L.I. 1 6 7
Year. Month. Day.
1723. Oct. 13-
Nov. 24.
i 7 2f, Jan. 2.
o.
Feb. 28.
Mar. 7.
Apr. 10.
Aug. IQ-
Oct. 8.
26.
Dec. 7-
20.
172I, Jan. 19.
1725, Apr. 9-
16,
Aug. 21
Sept. 19-
21.
3-
6.
IS-
172I, Feb. it-
March 22,
1726. 30
Nathan Mulford died abt 6 P. M. aged abt 35
JusUc^Rob Hudson died abt 2 of clock P.M.
aged abt 50 years,
Luit Miller died abt 1°/ M aged abt 67 years,
A child son of Tim Mulford died abt 1 1 A. M.
aged abt 7 weeks, .
Widow Barns died abt 11 at night aged near 80
A daughter of Th. Dibble weaver a little before
midnight aged abt 6 yeajs,
A son of Nathan Coopers aged abt 16 months
died abt 8 of clock P. M.,
The widow Norris formerly Mulford died abt 10
P. M. aged abt 84 years,
Dorcas wife of John Conkling, Junr.,died abt 9
A M. I suppose aged abt 33 years,
A son of Hey Miller aged abt month, _
The wife of Benoni Flint of Sag came to Josiah
Osborns of Wainscot & died abt 5 of ye clock
in morning aged above 70 years,
Hannah wife of Tho Dibble, Junr., died A. M.
aged 45 » ,
A child of John Hand abt 2 A. M. daughter aged
abt year & a half,
A twin child son of Mat Mulford expiring soon
after it was born,
A child son of John Fields a little above two
vear old died early in morning,
Cant Sam Mulford having been out in y e morn-
ing was taken abt 7 A. M. with a pain ,n his
head Yn vomited & quickly fell into a sort cof
sleep & after yt spake no more, died a little
after l P. M. aged almost 81 years,
Seth Parsons Senr., after a lingering illness
gradually coming on for above a month died
abt noon aged a little above 60 years,
Hannah daughter of Humphrey Holding died
abt 5 of ye clock A. M. aged abt 15 years
5 Gardiner y< wife of Sam". Gardiner
"diedbetween 3 & 4 o'clock P. M. having
been at meeting t sabbath before well aged
A^on "of' josiah Osborn aged as I suppose
M?n b dTen a d y a e u a ghter of Tho Barns who lived
with John Hedges died about 9 A. M. agea
Sa^ahdaughter of Seth Parsons deceased died
aTtwo of ye clock in ye morning aged abt
II VTS
Timothy Polly who lived here formerly, died at
£g Harbor-he was here now with a sloop
stopped from going home to Cohanby by y«
storm & winter weather,
A daughter of Nathan Millers aged abt 2
W^.Barns died abt 2 of ye clock P.M. being
taken violently with a pain in his head died
in abt 48 hours after he was taken aged abt 24
years,
Male. Fem. Total
45
46
47
43
49
329
33o
331
332
43 333
44 334
50
45
46
335
336
337
338
50
52
53
54
47 339
48 340
49 34i
342
343
5o
52
54
344
345
346
347
348
53 349
54 350
55
56
55
35i
352
353
1 68 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. [July,
Year. Month. Day. Male. Fem. Total
1726, Apr. 23. Sam 11 , son of Sam 11 . Dayton died abt noon aged
abt 20 years — died in abt 7 days illness, 57 354
29. Sam". Conkling died abt 9 at night aged abt 24
years having been ill just abt 6 days, 58 355
30. A child son of Adam Cady aged abt 3 months
died just at night, 59 356
May 17. The widow of James Diamond died abt noon
aged abt 76 years, 56 357
June 10. Ebenezer Leek died abt 5 A. M. aged abt 75
years being taken suddenly in ye morning
June 5 and lying all y e time after as if in a
gentle sleep only moving his hand to his
head at times. He spake not all ye while
& 'tis supposed could neither see nor hear
& scarce swallowed down anything all ye
while,
28. A son of Severy Gold died about 8 P. M. I
suppose of a bladder in y e throat aged abt 2
W fears & a half,
illiam Edwards, Junr., aged abt 20 years & 8
months died between 5 & 6 in ye morning,
Aug. 22. Edward Jones, Sen r ., died abt 10 of ye clock
A. M. aged abt 76 years,
Nov. 6. Josiah son of John Mulford, Jun r ., died abt 1
P.M. aged abt
9. A child daughter of John Wheeler 3 rd died abt 7
A. M. of bladder in throat aged abt 2% years,
11. Isaac Matthews son of Capt Matthews died abt
5 P. M. aged abt 20 years,
Nov. 17. A son of Tho Edwards named Jeremiah died
abt 1 in ye morning aged abt 19 years,
20. Capt Matthews died abt 8 P. M. (was at meeting
ye Sabbath before & taken ill at meeting aged
abt ,
22. Isaac Hedges, Senr., died abt 4 of ye clock in ye
morning aged abt
Elizabeth daughter of Th. Edwards died abt 1
of ye clock A. M. aged abt 13 years,
A daughter of David Conkling aged abt 20
years at 8 A. M.,
Dec. 4. A son of John Squires abt 5 years old died
A.M.,
7. A child (son) of Isaac Hedges died abt 10 in
evening having seen y e light but few hours,
14. A twin son of Eben Johnson died aged abt three
weeks,
17. A twin son the other of Eben Johnsons died,
23. John Earl, Sen r ., died A. M. aged I suppose abt
60 years old,
27. A son of Sam Bennets A. M. abt 5 years old,
28. A son of John Mulford, Jun r ., named Nathan
aged a little above two years died abt 4 of ye
clock, 74 375
30. A daughter of John Mulford, Jun r ., Hannah,
aged abt 7 years old died abt 4 of ye clock in
ye afternoon, 60 376
31. A daughter of John Mulford, Junr., Mary, aged
abt 11 years died abt midnight, 61 377
172I, Jan. 5. John Mulford, Junr., died abt 3 of ye clock P. M.
aged abt 44 years, 75 378
8. Hannah Mason aged abt 32 years died abt 1 1
of ye clock A. M., 62 379
60
358
61
359
62
360
63
361
57
362
64
363
65
364
66
365
67
366
58
367
59
368
68
369
69
370
70
71
371
372
72
73
373
374
1903O Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hampton, L. I. \ 60
Year. Month. Day. Male. Fern. Total
I72f, Jan. 12.' John son of John Edwards, Sen r ., aged abt 20
years died abt g of ye clock in ye evening, 76 380
17. The widow of John Mulford, Junr., aged abt 37
years died abt 4 of ye clock P. M., 63 381
Yt in this time of mortality died also Mr.
Matthews' negro maid — John Mul fords
negro woman & Capt Conklings indian servt
& John Diament's Indian boy
Feb. 11. Ebenezer Tompson servt of Eben Johnson died
abt 7 of clock P. M. aged abt 20 years after 2
or 3 days illness tho indisposed a few days
before,
13. Edward Penney died abt 4 of ye Clock P. M.
aged abt ,
15. Henry Hand died at 10 of ye clock P. M. aged
abt ,
20. Leut Fithian died at Mr. Gardners Island abt 5
of ye clock P. M. was brought over here next
morning to be buried aged abt 80 years,
1727, Apr. 4. A daughter of John Diamond aged abt a year
died abt 5 in morning,
25. The wife of Elias Hand died abt 10 of clock
P. M. of Convulsion fits after lying in,
May 8. Robert Earl drowned going w th a canoe on
board a boat. He was drowned at Mr.
Gardiners Island,
25. Capt Sam". Gardiner died (after abt 8 or 9 days
illness abt 11 P.M. aged abt ,
May 29. A daughter of James Hand, Junr., abt 11 P. M.
aged abt 14 years,
June 15. The widow of Jer Conkling, Senr., aged abt 89
years died abt 3 in morning,
17. 1 The wife of James Hand, Jun r ., died abt one of
the clock in morning,
18. Capt Wheeler died abt 9 A. M. aged abt 80
years, 83 393
[A quarter of a page of manuscript is torn off &
missing here. I commence where it remains
and copy — (12 deaths missed)]
Sept. 14. A daughter of Timothy
abt a month died abt 5 of ye clock P. M., 76 405
18. Robert Cady died abt 9 of ye clock in ye even-
ing aged abt 92 years, 88 406
Oct. 3. Old widow Parsons aged abt 83 years died abt 4
of ye clock P. M., 77 407
13. The wife of Joseph Osborn, Sen r ., formerly
Hossington (?) died abt 5 A. M. aged abt
78 408
Nov. 20. John Edwards, Sen r ., died abt 1 1 at night aged
near 50 years, 89 409
172!, Jan. 5. A daughter of Eliph Strettons a little after 5 at
night aged abt 7 years & 8 months, 79 410
Jan. 7. A son of Joseph Hicks aged abt 8 months died
abt 11 at night, 90 411
1729, May 14. A child daughter of Jacob Wickham lived but a
few hours after it was born, 80 412
27. A child of David Edwards lived but a little after
it was born, a son, 91 413
June 30. A daughter of Capt n . Mat Mulford died abt 9
A. M. aged abt 4 years, 81 414
77
382
78
383
79
384
80
385
64
386
65
387
81
388
82
66
389
390
67
39i
68
392
Male. ]
Fern.
Total
82
415
9 2
416
83
417
93
418
I 70 Marriages, Baptisms, and Deaths in East Hamfiton, L. I. [July,
Year. Month. Day.
1729, Aug. 29. A daughter of John Talmage abt 1 A. M. aged
abt 6 years,
Sept. 18. A son of John Diamont in y e night abt midnight
abt 3 or 4 days old,
12. The second wife of John Diamont abt 10 at
night,
Nov. 23. David Baker died abt 3 P. M. aged abt 27
years,
\"]\\, Jan. 8. The 2 d wife of Richard Shaw burnt in his house
abt 1 by y e clock in y e morning, 84 419
A negro man, woman, & child burnt at same
time
25. The widow of Phillip Leek, Sen r ., aged abt 76
years died abt 2 of clock P. M., 85 420
Feb. 23. A twin infant of Josiah Osborn, 86 421
24. Another infant of Josiah Osborn abt 3 days old, 87 422
Sept. 8. Ananias Conkling, Jun r ., son of Jer Conkling,
dec'd, 94 423
(Also the top quarter of next page is torn off &
missing. I commence copying where it re-
mains — 11 deaths missing)
Son of Tim Hudson, still born
Sept. 3. A child daughter of Sam Hudson abt 5 dayes
old died abt 7 of y e clock, 94 435
Nov. 2. Thomas Mulford, Sen r ., died abt 7 A. M. aged
abt 77 years, 100 436
Nov. 6. Joseph King came with his wife on a visit to her
father Chatfield & died of a plurisie abt 4 of
clock P. M. aged abt 25 years, 101 437
173I, Jan. 21. The wife of Tho Osborn of Wainscot died abt
8 of the clock at night, 95 438
27. A son of Isaac Barns, Junr., died abt 8 of clock
at night suddenly in his 7 th year; was winding
quills the day before, at night complained of
pain in his knees & I think was abt next morn
taken with vomiting & bro\ up 13 stomach
worms and died abt 8 at night, 102 439
Feb. 24. The wife of Matthias Hoppin, Jun r ., died at 1 1
of y e clock in A. M., 96 440
26. Sam 11 . Filer abt 7 of clock P. M., 103 441
1733, Apr. 27. A child daughter of Sam Hedges, Jun r ., died
early in morn abt an hour or two after it was
born, 97 442
June 4. The second wife of Deacon Mulford died A. M.
aged abt 76 years, 98 443
Sept. 20. The widow of Lion Gardiner abt 2 of clock in
morning aged (I suppose) abt 65 years, 99 444
Oct. 7. Mary Huntting my dear wife died just at 5 in ye
morning aged 54 years & abt 4 months,
Nov. 13. James Hand died in eve aged abt 82 years,
17. A son of Hezekiah Miller aged 12 years died
abt 9 A. M„
1733, Dec. 14. A child son of Rich Shaw in ye morn abt A.M.
hour after it was born,
173!, Jan. 10. A child son of Henry Hudson aged abt 4 days
died abt 6 P. M.,
Feb. 15. Roger Davis died abt 2 of ye clock P. M. I sup-
pose aged abt 60 years,
1734, Apr. 24. A child daughter of Sam Filer about 6 weeks
old a little after noon,
May 2. A child son of John Stretton, Jun r ., aged abt 11
months died abt 7 P. M.,
104
100 445
446
105
447
106
■ 448
107
449
108
450
101 451
109
452
1903.] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. I 7 1
Year. Month. Day.
1734, May 27.; A daughter of John Edwards, Junr., I suppose
abt 6 years old,
6. The wife of Rob More, Sen r .,died early in morn
aged abt 83 years,
Mr. Stephen Hedges died abt one of y e clock in
the morning I suppose not wanting quite six
months of an hundred years old,
Je r . Conkling died abt 9 of ye clock A. M. aged
about 73 years,
A child son of Joseph Conkling died near night
aged abt a fortnight,
The wife of Matthias Hoppin died abt one of
clock P. M. I suppose between 40 & 50 years
old,
Deacon Mulford died abt 2 in y e morning aged
abt 84 years,
A son of Joseph Osborn 3 rd died aged abt a
month,
Widow Holding died aged I suppose abt 60
years,
Oct. 17. ' Phebe daughter of Capt Burnet died after a
lingering illness above two years — died abt
one of clock morn — aged (I suppose) between
18 & 19 years of age,
Nov. 23. Robert More died abt 5 o'clock P. M. aged near
83 years,
Dec. 20. A cnild son of Dan Leek died soon after it was
born,
173I, Jan. 31. A daughter of James Hand by his second wife
aged abt 4 years died abt 4 of ye clock A. M.
( To be continued.)
June
6.
July
7.
Aug.
7-
12.
19.
29.
Sept.
19.
23-
Male.
Fem. Total
I02
453
103
454
no
455
in
456
112
457
104
458
113
459
114
460
105
461
106
462
"5
463
116
464
107
465
THE FREER FAMILY OF NEW PALTZ, N. Y.
Compiled by George Austin Morrison, Jr.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV.. p. 138, of The Recobd.)
12 Salomon 3 Freer (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston, 1698,
Oct. 23. Witnesses: Moyse Quintin and Rachael Hasbrouq. He
m. at Kingston, 172 1, Sept. 22, Claartjen Westvaal of Minisink
and had issue:
Aagjen, 4 * bap. at Kingston, 1722, July 29. Witnesses:
Abraham Freer, Jr., and Jannetjen de Graef.
Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1724, Jan. 26. Witnesses:
Gerrit van Wageningen & Theuntje Van den Berg; d.
young.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1725, Oct. 10. Witnesses:
Thomas Beekman and Marretjen Wynkoop. She m.
at Kingston, 1757, Jan. 9, Pieter Hodler, who was b. in
Germany, and had issue:
* It is possible that this was the Aagjen Freer who m. Isaac Dejo at Kingston, 1745, Feb.
24, but I have placed that Aagjen as the daughter of Abraham 3 (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ) Freer.
(See Ante.)
IJ2 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. V. [July,
Annaatje, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1757, June 19. Wit-
nesses: Frans Petrus Rogge and Rachel Freer.
Maria, bap. at Kingston, 1758, Aug. 20. Wit-
nesses: Antonie Freer and Eegje Freer.
Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1759, Sept. 2. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Freer and his wife Hester
Lonsberg.
Solomon, bap. at Kingston, 1761, March 29. Wit-
nesses: Salomon Freer and his wife Clara West-
val.
Sara, bap. at Kingston, 1763, Feb. 26. Witnesses:
Samuel Freer and Sara Freer.
Egje, bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1765, Dec. 29. Wit-
nesses: Abraham Freer and Jannetje Low, wife
of Antoni Freer.
Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1769, March 16. Wit-
nesses: Johannes Sol. Freer and Esther Launs-
berry.
Petrus, bap. at Kingston, 1727, Aug. 20. Witnesses:
Pieter Oosterhaut and Maria Wittcher.
Annaatjen,f bap. at Kingston, 1729, Oct. 5. Witnesses:
Dirk van Vliet and Cornelia van Vliet. She m. at
Kingston, 1751, Nov. 2, Franciscus Petrus Roggen of
Switzerland, b. 17 18, May 21; d. 1804, March 27. They
had issue:
Petrus, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1752, July 26. Wit-
nesses: Salomon Freer and his wife Claartje
Westval.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1755, Feb. 23. Witnesses:
Johan Jacob Roggen and Eegjen Freer.
36 Johannes, bap. at Kingston, 1732, Nov. 19. Witnesses:
Willem Swart and Lena Swart.
37 Anthony, bap. at Kingston, 1734, Nov. 3. Witnesses:
Anthony Slegt and Neeltjen Bogaart.
Rachel, bap. at Kingston, 1736, Dec. 19. Witnesses: Jan
Oosterhout, Jr., and Rachel Legget and Elisabeth
Freer.
38 Abraham, ) twins, bap. Kingston, 1738, Dec. 24. Wit-
39 Jacob, ) nesses: Abraham van Steernbergen,
Marytjen Schepmoes and Daniel Witti-
ker.
40 Samuel, bap. at Kingston, 1742, Jan. 24. Witnesses:
Samuel Wels and Marytjen Oosterhout.
Sara, bap. at Kingston, 1743, Nov. 6. Witnesses: Cor-
nells van Bueren and Zara Hoogteeling.
13 William 3 Freer (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston, 1700,
Jan. 4. Witnesses: Jacob Frere and Annetje Hofmans. He was
b. at Paltz; resided at Kingston; m. at Kingston, 1729, Nov. 21,
+ One Annatje Freer, m. at Poughkeepsie, 1746, June 26, Pytter Van Kleeck, both residents
of Poughkeepsie; but she cannot as yet be placed.
l9 o 3 .] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. I 73
Margrieta Van Keuykendael, who was b. in Minisink and resided
at Kingston. Their issue were:
Benjamin, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1732, Feb. 20. Witnesses:
and Rachel (the Church Mss. is torn out).
Ariaantje, bap. at Kingston, 1733, Nov. 11. Witnesses:
Andries Schouten and Zara Freer. She m. Evert Pels
and had issue:
Johannes, 6 bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1772, June 25.
Witnesses: Hannes V. Kleek and wife.
Maragrieta, bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1774, Dec. 3.
Catherina, bap. at Poughkeepsie, 1778, March 30.
Witnesses: Barent Gay and wife Jannetie Pelz.
Margrieta, ) twins, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1736, May 2.
Catharina, \ Witnesses: Johannes Kip and Margrieta
Van Nette.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1738, June 25. Witnesses: Jacob
Ostrander and Alida Ostrander.
41 Abraham, bap. at Kingston, 1740, June 15. Witnesses:
James Schot and Lea Schot.
14 Philip 3 Freer* (Abraham, 2 Hugo 1 ), was bap. at Kingston
1706 Aug 11. Witnesses: Adam Swart and Geertruyd Fitzoor
(sic) He removed to Dutchess County, and must have m. late
in life at Rhinebeck, 1735, Jan. 19, Catharina Scherp of Claver-
ack and probably had several children b. between 1735 and 1742,
the date of first record of his issue, and several more between
1744-1754. His known issue were;
John, 4 (doubtful). J - Cf*\ <■**""
Abraham, bap. at Linlithgo, 1742, May 19. Witnesses:
Volkert Oothout and wife Catharina Ridder.
Neeltie, bap. at Rhinebeck, 1744, Oct. 21. Witnesses:
Johannes Parre and Ragel Kip.
Jacob, b. 1754, Sept. 9, at Rhinebeck, bap. there 1754,
Nov. 17. Witnesses: Jan Pier and Susanna Ostrander.
David, bap. at Linlithgo, 1759, April 22. Witnesses: Jo-
hannes Ten Eyck and wife Annatje Spoor.
15 Jacob 3 Freer (Jacob, 3 Hugo 1 ), sometimes called "Junior,"
and "Jacob Jacobse," b. at Hurley; bap. at Kingston, 1723, Sept.
1 Witnesses: Isaac Lefeeber and Maria Freer. He m. at
Kingston, 1747, Nov. 6, Zara Freer of Paltz, dau. of Hugo 3
(Hugo 3 Hugo 1 ) Freer and Bregjen Teerpenning, bap. at Kings-
ton, 1729, Oct. 26. Witnesses: Hendrik van Weye and Zara
Freer. They had issue:
42 Jacob, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1749, J an - 8 - Witnesses: Jo-
hannes Freer and Liedia van Keuren.
Hugo, bap. at Kingston, 1751, Jan. 13. Witnesses: Jacob
* The late date of marriage is unusual and it may be that Catherine Scherp was his second
wife. There is no question but that he must have had many more children than the ones on
rprord as the Deriods between 1775-1742, 1744-1754; and 1754-59 are blank. It must be further
nXd d th\VnoF^
livpd at several Dlaces I have a strong impression that he was the ancestor and lather ot
Tohn Fryer of Albany who m Elizabeth Van Woert i 7 59. March. 2, at Albany, and noted the
names of John Fryer's children and grandchildren in this connection.
t Possibly that John Fryer of Albany, who m. there 1759. March 2, Elizabeth Van Woert
but as yet no proof has been obtained
174 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. [July,
Dijo and Jannetjen Freer; d. young.
Hugo, bap. at Kingston, 1752, April 12. Witnesses:
Hugo Freer, Jr., and his wife Hester Dijo.
Jannetje, bap. at Kingston, 1756, July 11. Witnesses:
Christian Dijo, Jr., and Margriet Dijo.
43 Jonathan, bap. at Paltz, 1754, Aug. 11. Witnesses:
Jacobus and Antje Bevier.
Bregje, bap. at Paltz, 1760, Jan. 17. Witnesses: Benja-
min Freer, Jr., and Elizabeth Freer. She m. Abraham
Doio, Jr. (sometimes recorded "Abraham B.)," and had
issue :
Benjamin, 5 b. at Paltz, 1783, Dec. 13. Witnesses:
Benjamin and Jenneke Doio.
Sarah, b. at Paltz, 1788, July 20. Witnesses:
Jacob and Sarah Frere.
Loura, bap. at Paltz, 1770, Aug. 26. Witnesses: the
Parents.
16 Gerrit 3 Freer (Jan, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston, 171 1, Sept.
23. Witnesses: Evert Jacobse v. Wagenen and Hillegort v.
Henning. He was b. and lived at Kingston, and m. at Kingston,
1735, Nov. ir, Elizabeth Van Vlied, b. 17 13, Aug. 3, at Kingston,
and bap. there 17 13, Aug. 9, dau. of Arie van Vliet and Grietje
Masten. (N. Y. G. &B. Record, XX, p. 174.) They had issue:
Rebekka, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1736, July n. Witnesses:
Jan Freer and Rebekka Van Wageningen.
Geertjen, bap. at Kingston, 1738, Nov. 26. Witnesses:
Ary van Vliet & Geertjen Masten. She d. young.
Geertjen, bap. at Kingston, 1742, Jan 24. Witnesses:
Ary van Vliet and Geertjen Masten.
44 Jan, bap. at Kingston, 1747, March 15. Witnesses: Jacob
Freer and Rebekke Freer,
Catharina, bap. at Kingston, 1749, Sept. 10. Witnesses:
Dirk van Vliet and Catharina v. Vliet.
17 Jacob 3 Freer (Jan," Hugo 1 ), b. at Wagondael; bap. at Kings-
ton, 1719, May 17. Witnesses: Aart Van Wagenen and Marytjen
Louw. He m. at Kingston, 1754, Sept. 20, Anna van Aaken of
Kingston and had issue:
Jan, 4 bap. at Kingston, 1755, Oct. 19. Witnesses: Gerret
Freer and his wife Elizabeth van Vliet.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1758, Oct. 22. Witnesses: Jan
van Aaken and his wife Margriet de Graaf, and Maria
van Aaken.
Petrus, bap. at Kingston, 1760, Oct. 12. Witnesses:
Jacob A. Van Wagenen and his wife Sara Freer.
Gerrit, bap. at Kingston, 1765, April 21. Witnesses
Gerrit van Wagenen and his wife Marytje Freer.
Annaatje, bap. at Kingston, 1770, Jan. 2S. Witnesses:
Daniel Jork and Marietje van Aaken.
Jacob, bap. at Kingston, 1777, June 16. Witnesses:
Heiman Roosa & Jannetje Frere.
18 Hugo Hugosen 4 Freer (Hugo, 3 Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), called
"Junior;" bap. at Kingston, 1717, Jan. 27. Witnesses: Hugo
1903.] The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. T. \jc
Freer and Marytjen Le Roy. He was b. and lived at Paltz; m.
at Kingston, 1738, Aug. 18, Hester de Joo (Deyo), and had issue:
Annatje, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1739, Aug. 19. Witnesses:
Matheis Blansjan, Jr., and Annatje Freer.
45 Daniel, bap. at Kingston, 1741, Aug 2. Witnesses: Wil-
lem Schut and Elizabeth Freer.
46 Moses, bap. at Kingston, 1744, May 13. Witnesses:
Moses Jork and his wife Maria Freer.
47 Paulus, bap. at Kingston, 1746, Dec. 28. Witnesses:
Jacob Freer and Sara Freer.
Annaatje, bap. at Kingston, 1749, May. 14. Witnesses:
Mathew Blansjan and h. w. Annaatje Freer.
Maria, bap. at Paltz, 1750-51, Dec. 8. Witnesses: Marynis
Van Aken and Margrit Dejoo.
48 Hugo, b. 1752 (doubtful).
49 Benjamin, bap. at Paltz, 1754, March 3. Witnesses: Ben-
jamin Freer and Mally Ecmoedy.
50 Jeremia, bap. at Paltz, 1756, Nov. 7. Witnesses: Benja-
min De Joo and wife Janetje.
19 Johannes 4 Freer (Hugo, 3 Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston,
1725, Aug. 1. Witnesses: Gerardus Herdenberg and Marretjen
Herdenberg. He was b. and lived at Bonticou; m. at Kingston,
1749, May 5, Agitta de Joo, and had known issue as below. He d.
however, without leaving any issue surviving him.
Johannes, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1750, July 1. Witnesses:
Johannes de Joo and Jannetjen Freer; d. young.
20 Gerrit 4 Freer (Hugo, 3 Hugo, 1 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Kingston,
1727, April 30. Witnesses: Theunis Teerpenning and Grietjen
de Graaff. He was b. and lived at Bonticou and m. (banns re-
corded 1748, Feb. 28), 1748, March 14, at Kingston, Maria Freer,
daughter of Jonas and Catrina (Stokeraed) Freer, who was b. and
lived at Paltz. They had issue:
51 Hugo, 6 bap. at Kingston, 1749, Aug. 20. Witnesses:
Hugo Freer and his wife Bregje Teerpenning.
Jonas, bap. at Paltz, 1752, Jan. 28. Witnesses: Jonas
Freer and Catrina Stokkerat.
52 Ezekiel, bap. at Paltz, 1756. Witnesses: Martinus Freer
and Rachel Terwilligen.
Maria, bap. at Paltz, 1759, March 3. Witnesses: Hugo
Freer, Jr., and Hester de Joo.
Brechie, bap. at Paltz, 1762, Feb. 28. Witnesses: Jonas
Frere and Grittie Louw. She m. Salomon Doio, and
had issue:
Gerret Frere, 8 b. at Paltz, 1785, Dec. 26. Wit-
nesses: Gerret and Maria Frere.
Johannes, b. at Paltz, 1788, April 10. Witnesses:
Jacob Doio and Catrina Frere.
Maria, b. at Paltz, 1793, March 19; bap. there
May 18. Witnesses: Simeon Doio and Maria
Depue.
Salomon, b. 1798, June 26, at Paltz; bap. there
1799, Feb 7 (?)
12a
I 76 The Freer Family of New Paltz, N. Y. [July,
Elsje, bap. at Paltz, 1764, April 8. Witnesses: Elisa
Freres (sic), and Elsie Haasbroek. She m. Isaac Van
Wagenen and had known issue:
Gerret Frere, 6 b. at Paltz, 1785, Sept. 11. Wit-
nesses: Hugo Frere, Jr., and Annatje Dewitt.
Maria, b. at Paltz, 1799, May 24; bap. July 6. Wit-
nesses: Garret and Maria Freer.
Martynus, bap. at Paltz, 1767, May 10. Witnesses: Ja-
cobus Bevier and wife Antie.
Gerret, bap. at Paltz, 1770, July 13. Witnesses: the
Parents.
Maragriet, b. at Paltz, 1773, July 28.
21 Isaac 4 Freer (Isaac, 4 Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Paltz, 1734,
March 24. Witnesses: Abraham De Jo and Elizabeth Du Boy.
He m. Hester Jansen, and had issue known:
Thomas, 5 bap. at Paltz, 1760, Dec. 21. Witnesses: Zach-
ary and Anna Jansen.
Mary tie, bap. at Paltz, 1763, March 27. Witnesses:
Petrus Van Wagenen and wife Saartie. She m. Abra-
ham Bevier, and had issue:
Isaac, 8 b. 1784, Oct. 19, at Paltz; bap. Nov. 14.
Witnesses: Isaac Freer and Hester Jansen.
Abram (sic), b. at Paltz, 1786, April 13.
Thomas, b. at Paltz, 1788, Nov. 15; bap. 1789, Jan.
1. Witnesses: Thomas Freer and Hester Jan-
sen; d. young.
Thomas, b. at Paltz, 1790, Dec. 29; bap. 1791, Jan.
31. Witnesses: Thomas Freer and Hester John-
son (sic).
Zacharias, b. at Paltz, 1795, March 16. Witnesses:
Zacharias Freer and Jannetje Dubois.
53 Isaac, bap. at Paltz, 1765, April 14. Witnesses: Jonathan
Terwilliger and wife Maria.
54 Zacharias, bap. at Paltz, 1769, March 14. Witnesses:
Zacharias Jansen, j. m. and sister Rachel, j. w.
Maria,*(?) b. about 177 1. She m. Benjamin Terwiliger
(called Junior), and had issue:
Sarah, 6 b. 1795, Feb. 12; bap. 1795, April 3, at
Paltz. Witnesses: Isaac Frere, Jr., and Sara
Terwilger.
Benjamin Frere, 6 b. 1798, Sept. 1, at Paltz.
Isaac, b. at Paltz, 1799, June 18.
Jonathan, b. 1802, April 23, at Paltz.
Benjamin Frere, b. at Paltz, 1804, May 9.
Jefferson, b. at Paltz, 1805, May 8.
Richard Broadhead, b. at Paltz, 1809, March 21.
George, b. at Paltz, 181 1, March 12.
22 Joseph 4 Freer (Isaac, 3 Hugo, 2 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Paltz, 1735,
* It is quite possible that Maria was a daughter of Joseph 4 Freer (Isaac, 3 Hugo, 2 Hugo '),
bap. at Paltz, 1771, March 17, but 1 have placed her as daughter of Isaac Freer, without proof
however of this relationship— save as indicated by the names of witnesses to children's bit th.
1903.] West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. 177
May 16. Withesses: Isaac and Elsie Haasbroek. He m. Sartie
Terwilliger, and had known issue:
Elsjie, 6 bap. at Paltz, 1767, Aug. 23. Witnesses: Benja-
min Freres, j. m. and Elsje Terwilliger, j. w.
Maria, bap. at Paltz, 177 1, March 17. Witnesses: Jon-
athan and Maria Terwilger.
Isaac, bap. at Paltz, 1774, April 18. Witnesses: Isaac
Terwilliger and Rebecca Spinnik.
Jannitje, b. at Paltz, 1779, March 16. Witnesses: Evert
and Maria Terwilliger.
23 Daniel 4 Freer (Isaac, 3 Hugo, 8 Hugo 1 ), bap. at Rochester,
x 743> J une 5- Witnesses: Abraham Haasbroek and Catrina
Bruyn. He m. 1765, Annatje Dejo; he was a lieutenant in First
Co. Third Regiment, Ulster Co. Militia, during the Revolutionary
War. He had issue:
Elizabeth, 5 bap. at Paltz, 1767, Jan. 1. Witnesses: Peter
Dejo and wife Elizabeth; d. young.
Maria, bap. at Paltz, 1767, Dec. 31. Witnesses: Jonathan
Terwilliger and wife Maria. She m. Evert Terwiliger
(perhaps a son of Isaac Terwiliger), and had issue:
Daniel Frere, 6 b. at Paltz, 1785, May 19. Wit-
nesses: Daniel Frere and Annatje Doio.
Annatje, b. at Paltz, 1790, Dec. 28. Witnesses:
Peter Frere and Annatje Terwiliger.
John Everse, b. at Paltz, 1792, June 16.
Peter, b. at Paltz, 1794, Oct. 22; bap. Nov. 8. Wit-
nesses: Samuel Terwiliger and Elisabeth Frere.
Maria, b. 1 799-1 800, April 1, at Paltz.
Charles Broadhead, b. at Paltz, 1805, Aug. 4. Wit-
ness: Charles Broadhead.
Esther, bap. at Paltz, 1773, Feb, 13. Witnesses: Isaac
Freer and Esther Jansen.
Elizabeth, bap. at Paltz, 1776, Jan. 21.
Catarina, b. at Paltz, 1780, Sept. 16; bap. there Oct. 8.
Witnesses: Levi Deyo and Catrina Terbos.
John Alsdorph, b. at Paltz, 1784, Nov. 24. Witnesses:
John Alsdorph and Agitta Doio.
( To be continued.)
WEST PHILIPPI OR OLD GILEAD CHURCH.
Inscriptions from Gilead Cemetery, Carmel, N. Y.
COPIED BY EMMA J. FOSTER AND JULIA R. LIVINGSTON.
(Continued from Vol. XXXIV., p. 141, of The Record.)
Elizabeth Pearce, d. Sept. 9, 1817, aged 22 yrs.
Isaac Pearce, d. May 15, 1835, aged 77 yrs., 7 m., 2 d.
Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Pearce, d, Sept. 28, 1815, aged 58 yrs.
I 78 West Philippi or Old Gilead Church. [July,
Son of Daniel and Mary Drew. d. May 29, 1819, aged 3 d.
Zebulan Washburn, d. Nov. 17, 1833, in the 86th yr. of his
age.
Also, Phebe, his wife, d. May 23, 1827, in the 80th yr. of
of her age.
Eli Ganong, d. Feb. 3, 1827, aged 40 yrs., 9 m., 12 d.
Saloma, wife of Josiah Baker, d. Dec. 26, 1845, aged 71 yrs.,
1 m., 26 d.
Reuben Ganoung, d. Dec. 29, 1836, aged 79 yrs., 3 m., 23 d.
Theron, son of Eli and Fanny Ganong, d. Aug. 1, 1823,
aged 14 yrs., 1 m., 22 d.
John Wood, Dec. 17, 1808, aged 34 yrs.
Abigail, wife of James Sloot, d. May 15, 1825, aged 69 yrs.
Caleb Fowler, d. Aug. 6, 1805, aged 72 yrs.
Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Fowler, d. Jan. 8, 1807, aged 80 yrs.
Mercy, wife of George Beale, d. March 28, 1815, aged 54 yrs.
Hannah, dau. of George Beale, d. April 12, 1808, aged 22 yrs.
Alva, son of Andrew and Aner Ferris, d. Aug. 9, 1825, 
