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THE
VALENTINES IN AMERICA.
1644 — 1874,
BV
T. W. VALENTINE,
MEMBER OF THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIEIT,
NEW YORK :
CLARK & MAYNARD, PUBLISHERS,
5 Barclay Street.
1874.
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PREFAC E,
This book, except in some of its parts, is not
a Genealogy. It does not profess to give in com-
plete detail the gcnealog)' of any branch, and but
of comparatively feu- families. Tiiis, in the wide
extent of territory over which the Valentines are
spread, and the little or no relationship existing
among many of them, would manifestly have been
impossible. In the case of one or two families of
the Long Island branch, this has been attempted
with but partial success ; and with the descendants
of TiiOM.\s Valentine, of Hopkinton, it is be-
lieved, with complete success. If any inquire why
it was not done with other families, we answer, it
wr.s simply impossible to obtain the neeessary data.
Nor is this work simply a History. True, some
regard is paid to the arrangement of events, but
in works of this kind, a continuous story chror;-
ologically presented, is also impossible. It ii ;.-
fesses to be only a collection of facts in relation to
the Valentine name and history, such as were ac-
cessible to the author. Whatever could be obtained
by patient research, by careful inquiry, and by long
and extensive correspondence, is here given : and,
though it may contain a thousand imperfections,
it is believed to comprise more information in re-
gard to the \'alentines than anj' other book e.xtant.
iv Preface.
It is easy to find errors in such a work. In
regard to the spelling of proper names *' ever>' man
is a law unto himself," and no rules can be followed.
Figures and dates are also proverbially difficult to
be, made perfect ; but when it is remembered these
are often sent from remote points, and with every
diversity of hand-writing, the wonder should rather
be that there are not more.
A word in regard to the illustrations. The
author's alternative was, one or two costly ones,
or a larger number of less expensive ones, which
should, nevertheless, give the reader a good idea
of the subject. So far as he knows, he can at least
say that they are remarkably good likenesses.
Whatever defects the work may have, it has
cost the author an immense amount of labor, and
not a little money, for which he expects no ad-
equate return ; but he has done it con avtore, and
only asks that it may be properly appreciated by
those in whose behalf it is written, namely, all U'/io
hear and lair the name of VALENTINE.
His ^acknowledgments are due to Mrs. F. E.
Weston, of Boston, John J. Valentine and William
C. Valentine, Esquires, of Brooklyn, Jacob T.
Bowne, Esq., of Glen Cove, L. I., Prof. H. M. On-
derdonk. of Jamaica, L. I., Mrs. S. B. Valentine,
of London, Eng., Messrs. Harpers, New York,
the Librarians of the L. I. Hist. Scciety, A'. Y. Hist.
Soiit-ty, and the Astor Library, and many others,
for very efficient aid in pursuance of his work
T. W. V.
Bkooklvn. N. v., July, iS^4.
C 0 X T F. X T S
' ;• PAr.E
CilAPTtR I. The Name cf Valentine I
11. The Valeniines of Long Island S
III. The Long Kland Valentines — Continued 27
" IV. Notable IndivirluaK of the Long Island
Branch 34
" V. The \V.i>hinj;lon County Valentines 47
VI. The New Jersey Valentines 50
VII. The New York Valentines 57
•■ VIII. The \VestchcsIer County Valentines 76
I.\. The New York Valentines — Continued 81
X. The Miryland Valentines 91
■' XL The Washington County Valentines — Con-
tinued 98
XIL The Valentines of Lancashire, England 103
•' XIII. John Valentine, Esq., of Boston no
" XI\'. Thomas Valentine, of Hopkinton 1 16
XV. The Valentines of Boston and Hopkinton 121
'• XVI. Descendants of Samuel Valentine — Con-
tinued 132
" XVII. Descendants of Samuel Valentine — ton-
tinued 144
■ -Will. William Valentine and Elizabeth (JonesJ
Valentine, and their Descendants 174
■■ XIX. The Fifth Generation l58
XX. The Sixth (rtneration 214
•* XXI. Gleanings 225
■■ XXII. X'alentines in the New York and Brooklyn
Directories 237
♦
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Hon. David T. Valentine, The Historian of New York...
(Frontispiece).
PAGE
Kf.sidfnCf, of William M. Valentine, Esq., Roslyn, L. I.. g
Dr. William Valentine, The Humorist 17
William M. Valentine, Merchant, Roslyn, L. 1 25
jiDCE Thomas Valentine, Williamsburgh, L. 1 33
Joel Valentine, Esq., Bennington. Vt 41
Major Alon/.o H. Valentine, Manufacturer, Bennington, Vt. 49
Valentine's Knitting Factorv, Bennington, Vt 57
Hon. Daniel M. Valentine, Judge Supreme Court, Kansas. 5a
Map of Valeniine's Hill, and adjacent country, from
Lossing's Field Book of the Revolution 73
Old Valentine House, Valentine's Hill. Heaquarters of
Gen. Wa>-hington 81
Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa 89
Rev. Milton Valentine, D.D.. President Tenn. Coll 97
Daniel Valentine, Esq., Merchant and Banker, Aurora, 111. 105
Valentine, Clarke, Price and Ffvtche Arms 113
Miss Elizabeth Gooch (afterwards Mrs. Thomas Valentine),
Hopkinlon. Mass 121
Old Valentine Homestead, as it was, Hopkinton, Mass... 129
I.AWSON Valentine, Esq., Merchant, of Boston, Mass 137
DiiiBV, Enoch Lvnde, Simon Lynue, Newdicate and
Jones Arms 145
Elmer Valentine, the Veteran Teacher, Northboro', Mass 169
Cai'T. Joseph Valentine, Hopkinton, Mass 177
<;iLL Valentine, Esq., the last survivor of Fourth Generation,
Norihlioro', Mass 185
T. W. Valentine, Author of this work. Brooklyn, N. Y 201
Col. Henry E. Valf;ntine, General ^Vgt. of Insurance, Hart-
ford, Conn 209
Col. Samlel I,. Valf.nti.ne, Bangor, Me 217
William J. Valentine. F. R. G. S., Banker, London, Eng. . . . 225
f;oLD AND .Silver Medals and Star of Honor, Confer-
red on Wm. J. \'alcntinc, by the Kmperor Nai>oleon HI. . 233
THE
Valentines in America
CHAPTER I.
THE NAME OF VALENTINE.
THAT the original signification of the word Fal-
entine was strong, healthy, robust, powerful, there
can be no doubt, and, in fact, Webster so de-
fines it; but whether its first use as an individual or
family name was on account of any peculiar supe-
riority in this respect in those bearing it, it is impos-
sible now to ascertain — although, as most individual
and family names originated in this way, it is not at
all improbable. At what precise time and locality it
first came into use, it is difficult now to determine;
but that it was known among the ancient Romans is
clearly shown in history. The most complete and in-
genious of all the Gnostic systems was founded in the
second century, by Valentinus (equivalent to Valentine
in English), a learned and eloquent Alexandrian, who
was born A. D. 140. The canonized representative of
the name, St. Valentine, wjs a presbj-ter, or, accord-
ing to some writers, a bishop, who flourished about
the middle of the third century, and suffered martyr-
dom at Rome in the year 270. He was so eminently
The I 'ahntincs in A mcrica.
distinguished for his love and charity, that the custom
of clioosing Valentines, or special loving friends, on
his day (Feb. 14), is supposed bj- some to have origin-
ated thence. Of tlie three Roman emperors named
Valentinian, the first ascended the throne in the year
364, and the last in 425. Pope \'alentine succeeded
Eiigenius II. in 827.
The name, with slight variations of spelling, is also
found in the histories of France, Spain, Germany and
Holland, and, indeed, in nearlj- all the countries of
southern and central Europe. The Latin spelling of
it is Va/i-ntinus ; ihe French, /W^//////; the Italian, Val-
entino; Spanish and German, Valentin; Holland, Val-
entyn ; though, it should be observed, tlie name is
frequently Anglicized bj- adding the final e in nearly
all tiiese languages. Even in English, the spelling of
the name varies in certain periods and localities; be-
ing often found corrupted into Volentine, Vollentine,
Vnlingtine, Vollunton, and even /", '/ington; but these are
more the result of ignorance or carelessness in spell-
ing than distinctness of family or race, since different
members of the same family often manifest the same
spirit of independence in spelling. The word is also
used not onl)' as a surname, in all the foregoing lan-
guages, but is frequently used as a first, or Christian
name, as well, more especially among the Germans
and French.
But, while this name is so frequently found in the
various countries of both the Old and New World as
applied to iniiiiiihiah and families, it is a somewhat
singular fact that, according to the gazetteers and en-
cyclopedias, only one toi^n or village in the whole
world is called or named Valenti.ve; and that is in
France, in the department of Haufj-Garonne, about
one mile southwest of St. Gaudcns, on the river Ga-
The Name of Va leu tine.
runne. It is a small town of about fifteen hundred
inhabitants, the most of whom are engaged in the
manufacture of woolens. According to the French
pronunciation, though spelled as in English, it is there
called Va-long-tccn, w'wh. the accent on the last syllable.
Occasionally, the name is found in biographical
dictionaries, encyclopedias, &c., though not very fre-
quently. Thus, Michael Bernard Valentin is men-
tioned as a German botanist and professor of medi-
cine who was an author on both sciences. He was
born in 1637, and died at Giessen in 1726. Basil
Valentine, a monk of Erfurt, was an alchymist of con-
siderable note, who flourished in the sixteenth cen-
tury. Antimony was first discovered or extracted
from the ore by him. N. Valentin, a French painter,
was born in 1600 and died at the age of 32. L.
A. V^alentin, a French surgeon of much note, was
born in 1736 and diefl in 1S23. F. Valentine is
regarded worthy of mention as a Dutch missionary
who lived in the seventeenth century. Baron von
George William Valentin, a lieutenant-general in the
Prussian service, a military writer of reputation, was
born in 1775, and educated in Berlin. His "Treatise
on War in Refcrenee to Great Operations" was published
in three volumes in Berlin, 1821. Rev. Thomas Val-
entine, of London, published three quarto Sermons
in 1642-7. Henry Valentine was tlie author of " Pri-
vate Di-votions," London, 1654, printed also in Welch.
Mrs. R. Valentine is an English authoress of many
valuable juvenile books, as also is Laura Valentine of
that ilk. Mrs. S. Valentine is given as the authoress
of "Beatrice," London, 1859. John Valentine was
the author of " Elements of Practical Harmony ;" and
J. S.Valentine wrote "The .Assistant Engineer," Lon-
don, 1848.
The Valentines in Avieriea.
In our own country, the only authors of the name
that have come to my knowledge are Rev. M. Val-
entine, D.D., President of Pennsylvania College,
Gett)-sburg, Pa., wiio wrote " The Relations of the
Family to the Church," and Hon. David T. Valentine,
the author of "History of New York," and of the
famous " New York Manuals," special sketches of
whom are given elsewheic in this work.
The name of Valentine, though by no means very
common in this country, is, nevertheless, found in al-
most, and perhaps quite, every State in the Union, and,
in some sections, even frequently. In searching the
Indexes of about two hundred Genealogies in the
Library of the L. I. Historical Society, the name was
found in not more than one-fourth of them. Perhaps
as fair a test of its commonness is given by the number
of Valentines found in the City Directories* of the
United States. These, so far as they could be conve-
nientl)' reached, give the following figures, taking the
cities in the order of population ;
That of New York, for the yc.ir 1S72, contains 72 Valentines.
Philadelphia.
"
31
"
BrtKjkiyn,
" 4. .i
59
Bosiur..
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«7
Balumore,
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7
SL Louis,
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10 .
Chicago,
1870,
10
Cincinnati,
1872,
«5
New Orleans,
1870,
14
Washington,
J872,
II
Louisville.
4* 41 44
3
44
* It should be remembered that these Directories probably do not
cont.iin nil the Valentines who are heads of families in these cities,
^since many persons, for various reasons, refuse to allow their names
to be puMished in a Directory. This is kno-cn to be especially true
of the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Tlic Natnc of Valentine.
That of Cleveland,
Pittsburgh,
Detroit,
Albany,
Milwaukie.
Providence,
Wilmington,
for the year 1S72, Loniains 7 Valentines.
9
1867, "II
1871, •• 4 -
1S65. •• 2 "
1870, .. , "
1866.
8
As the proportion of names in any City Directory
to the whole population is, 1 believe, about as i 105,
the number of persons in all these 1 8 cities bearing the
name of Valentine must be about 1500. Of these,
a verj- few are put down as colored persons ;* a few are
also evidently emigrants directly from the Old World ;
but, judging from all the best evidences at command,
at least three-foanhs (and probably a much larger
jiroportion) may safely be classed as direct descend-
ants of the three great families of Valentines herein-
after described. Some of them, judging from their
occupaticins, are found in the humbler walks of life; a
fair proportion are classed as professional men ; a con-
siderable number are known to have attained success
and wealth in mercantile affairs; but much the largest
proportion are found among the middle classes, as
business men and successful artisans. Whatever may
have been their lineage and position in the old coun-
try in former days, all branches of the Valentine
family in this country may be regarded as fair speci-
mens of the true American character — depending
neither upon titles nor landed estates, but upon their
own energies and integritv of character, for their po-
sition in society and success in life; and rejoicing
* All of this class in New York and Brooklyn who bear the
name, give Lcng Island as their birthplace, and their ancestors,
having once been slaves, took the name of their masters or owners, as
was the custom wherever slavery existed.
The Vahntincs in Aiiuricj.
that, wliile a few sj)ecimens of uppcr-ten-dom and the
lower stratum may be found among tliem, the vast
majority of those who bear tlie name are to be fou nd
between the two extremes.
That common (and I might almost say universal)
tradition in old American families that they descended
from "three brothers who came over and settled," &c.,
has, of coarse, prevailed to some extent among the
X'alenlines, and, in gathering the materials for this
work, I have met a few wlio insisted upon the truth
of the tradition with great pei:tinacity. It is true,
as already stated, that nearly all the Valentines in
America are descended fmm three progenitors; but it
is not true that these were brothers, nor even near rel-
atives; although it is the writer's opinion that if the
lineage could be traced back a few centuries farther,
their common origin would be found to meet in some
old family of Northern Europe — probably Holland or
Germany. There arc a few Irish families of Valen-
tines in New York city, who inform me that the name
is quite common in some parts of Ireland, especially
in the counties of Kildare and Wicklowe, where they
are generally well-to-dc farmers. These disclaim a
Celtic origin, are generally Protestants, and claim
that their ancestors came from Holland some six cen-
turies ago.
But instead of endeavoring to explore the laby-
rinths of the long-de])arted past, in relation to which
the clearest statements are of doubtful authority, I
propose, in this work, to give a sketch of each of the
three great branches of the name in this country, viz:
the Long Islaiui Valentines, or descendants of Richard
Valentine, who was one of the first settlers of Hemp-
stead in 1644 — the -Wti' Etighind Valentines, or de-
scendants of John Valentine, who came to Boston in
The Name of Valentine.
1675 — and the New York Valentines, or descendants
of Benjamin Valentine, who settled in East Chester,
Westchester Co., N. Y., about 1679 or 1680. There
are doubtless other minor branches descended from
more recent emigrants, but they are of quite limited
extent; and some others, supposed to be separate and
independent, would, if some of the missing links of
the chain coald be found, be traceable to some one of
the above.
In another chapter will be found a list of the Valen-
tines whose names are given in the New York and
Brooklyn Directories of the present year, the object
of which is to show the relative proportion of each of
these great branches, taking these cities as a test.
The Valentines in America.
CHAPTER II.
THE VALENTINES OF LONG ISLAND.
THE first settlers of Long Island, excepting the
few Dutch settlers at the western extremity,
were mainly of English origin. Some of these
came directly hither from their Old-World homes, but
not a few of them first tried it for a while in some part
of New England. Thus a large portion of the original
proprietors of Hempstead first settled in Stamford,
Conn., where, however, they remained but one year,
when, for reasons that do not appear, they removed to
Long Island, then a wilderness uninhabited except
by a few tribes of Indians.
Hempstead was originally one of the largest towns
in territory on the Island, extending from the Sound
on the north to the Atlantic on the south, and from
Oyster Bay on the east to Jamaica on the west. The
first division of land among the sixty-six proprietors
of the town took place in 1647, hardly a quarter of a
century after the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and the ad-
vent of the Dutch in New York. Among these was
RICHARD VALENTINE,
then probably a young man of twenty-five or thirty
years of age, but whether married or single I have no
means of knowing. He was of English origin, and,
from the fact that some of the company came from
that section, as well as the identity of name, it is not
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The Vahntitics of Loii^ Island.
at all improbable that he was a lineal descendant of
Richard Valentine of the parish of Eccles in Lan-
castershire, the undoubted ancestor of the New Eng-
land Valentines, more fully mentioned in another
chapter— which, if my conjectures are correct, would
seem to prove that these two great branches have one
common origin.
Of this first American Valentine, tut little is
known, for the public and private records of those
days were but imperfectly kept. He must have been
married soon after immigrating if not before, for, in
1685, he had four sons, and perhaps more, who were
freeholders. In a tax laid that year, Widow Richard
Valentine is assessed for 40 acres, Obadiah, 44, Wil-
liam, 40, Ephraim, 40, and Richard (Jr.), 71 acres.
Besides these. I find from the N. Y. Calendar of Hist.
MSS., that in Feb., 1679, Jonah Valentine of Hemp-
stead petitioned the Governor for a grant of 100 acres
of land. Moreover, I find from the same source that
in 1679 Richard Valentine (Jr.), "one of the Hemp-
stead rioters," asks to be exempted from punishment
"on account of his youth and ignorance." As men-
tion is made of Richard Valentine (Sen.), in 1682, and
of his widow in 1785, it seems clear that he must have
died between those years, leaving at least five sons,
and several daughters. There is a tradition in the
family that the farm of the original Richard con-
tained 600 acres — which probably included some
"out-lots" or wild lands, as well as the homesteads
named in the foregoing list.
But if the young Richard came to grief from his
" sky-larking " propensities, his paternal ancestor
could hardly reprove him, for he, too, had his own
troubles. In the "Colonial History of the Slate of
New York," Vol. II., Page 728, I find that "the Mar-
shal of the town of Hemstede, Richard V^alentyn by
name," is complained of before tiie [Dutch] Governor-
General and Council of New Netherlands, July 7,
1674, for refusing to put in execution a judgment
against one Jeremy Wood, and " for uttering these se-
ditious words: ' Is it in the name of the King of Eng-
land? for I will do nothing in the name of the Prince
or of the States of Holland,' " &c. True to his English
origin, the Marshal found the Dutch Government a
galling yoke to bear. It would seem, however, that
neither father nor son received any severe punishment,
or some mention would have been made of it.
In the stirring events of that period, the V'alentines
appear to have taken an active part. Thus, in 1702,
Richard X'alentine was one of the Grand Jury raised
especial!}- to indict Samuel Bownes, an itinerant Qua-
ker preacher who came to that region ; but instead of
doing so, the jury indorsed the paper '■'Ignoramus"
and returned it to the Judge, utterly refusing to have
anything to do with such dirty work. Many of Rich-
ard's posterity afterwards became " Friends " them-
selves, and some remain such to this day.
In 1726, Obadiah Valentine was one of a committee
to put a stop to the " wicked and wanton burning of
Hempstede Plains."
Of this family of Richard Valentine and his five
sons, there is not, so far as I can learn, any continuous
and authentic genealogy in existence; but it is certain
that nearly all the Valentines of Long Island, except
those in the city of Brooklyn (and even many in that
city also), have descended from these. The family
name soon extended to adjoining towns, especially
to Oyster Bay, Jamaica and Flushing, until finall)' it
was common in ever)- town in Queens County, and
was occasionally found in the other counties of Long
Tlu Valentines of Long Island.
II
Island, Kings and Suffolk. I find, at an election for
Deputies held in Jamaica Nov. 7, 1775, ^^e names of
Philip, Richard, Jacob, William, Obadiah, Robert,
Jacamiah and Jonas Valentine among the voters. Ac-
cording to Sabine's "American Loyalists," some of
the Valentines, like their original ancestor, were quite
partial to the British crown, as Caleb, Jacob, Jonah,
Obadiah, David, Robert, Philip, Thomas and William
Valentine did not acknowledge allegiance to the
American government till October, 1776, though after
this, they appear to have been patriotic enough, and
Philip even became Captain of a company in the Rev-
olutionary Army.
But though in favor of liberty for themselves, they,
like many others in that day and since, seem to have
had rather obscure views in relation to that of others.
Thus, according to Onderdonk, June 2, 1791, Obadiah
Valentine of Oyster Bay offers a " ^5 Reward for the
return of his remarkably black negro man. Bob, aged
22. He had on a brown coat and green linings, yellow
vest, old boots. He has gray hair on his neck." Oba-
diah ought to have known that to a young man of 22
(and graj- at that .') liberty was as sweet as to himself.
In the absence of all genealogies, familj- records,
and other similar data, I am compelled to resort to
such public and private resources as can be found. Of
these, the oldest are the "Town Records of Hemp-
stead," found in the North Hempstead Town Clerk's
Office at Roslyn, which furnish the following items: —
Thos. Ellison sold to Richd. Valentine 5 acres meadow, >far. 14, 1658.
Simon Searing sold certain lands to Obadiah Valentine about 1670.
John Jackson " " " Ephraim .. « «
\Vm. Valentine " '" " Benjamin Birdsall " "
Jonas " " " "
12 TIu Valentines in America.
The records of Conveyances in the County Clerk's
Office at Jamaica mention the following Valentines: —
Kichaid Valentine,
of Hempstead,
Yeoman,
in 1706.
Obadiah
•'
"
1717.
Henry
"
"
1759.
Henry
Oyster Bay,
"
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Joseph "
Hempstead,
"
1783.
Philip
North Hemps
lead.
1791.
Benjamin "
"
"
1800.
Richard
"
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1806.
Caleb
"
"
1814.
William
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"
1B24.
Jeremiah
Flushing,
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"
David
Oyster Bay,
"
"
Isaac
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"
1825.
Jacob "
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James
Flushing,
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M
Absalom
Oyster Bay,
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1827.
Daniel
"
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"
Daniel
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"
I83I.
Oliver
North Hemps
ead.
1835.
Lewis "
Oyster Bay.
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"
The following are from the Records of Wills, &c..
in the Surrogate's Office, Jamaica: —
The Will of Jacamiah Valentine, of Jamaica, speaks
of children William, Jacob, Philip, Jane, Phebe,
Rebecca and Sarah; and names his brothers, William
and Obadiah, as Executors.
The Will of Jacob Valentine, of North Hempstead,
1802, speaks of children Samuel, Abigail (Vander-
water), Elizabeth, Susannah and Jane.
The Will of Pliilip Valentine, of North Hempstead,
1816, names his wife, Jane, sister, Ann Smith, also of
Richard, son of Jas. \'alentine — also of Mary Ann
and Phebe, dau. of his brother Richard.
The Will of George Valcmine, of Hempstead, 1823,
The Valentines of Long Island.
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gives a portion to his wife, Elizabeth, and his children,
Sarah, Robert, Oliver and Miriam, and names his son,
Charles, as one of his Executors.
The Will of Zebulon Valentine, N. Hempstead,
1830, speaks of his wife, Ruth, and his brother,
Oliver, — also appoints his friend, Ephraim Valentine,
Executor.
The Will of Elbert J. Valentine, of Oyster Bay,
1843, speaks of his wife, Elizabeth Ann, his sons,
Chas. Smith Valentine and Elbert J., and his dau.
Hannah Elizabeth.
The Will of James J. M. Valentine, of New York
city, 1845, speaks of his father, William, and mother,
Phebe, his brother, William M., his other- brothers,
Washington, Meyers and Eugene, his sisters, Ann E.
Nicholls and Phebe Bunting — and his daughters,
Leonora and Sarah J.
To that indefatigable walking encyclopedia of
Long Island antiquarian lore, Henry Onperdonk,
Esq., of Jamaica, I am indebted for most of the fol-
lowing records: —
From the Assessors' Books of Queens County (exrept Newtown), iyS6 :
Obadiah Valentine, N. Hempstead, Val. £ 6, Tax, £ 1 2r.
Richard
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8,
« 9
Philip
tl M *4
8.
I 9
William
... «
4.
0 14
Jacob
M *. ..
4.
0 14
George
Hempstead, "
3.
0 II
Jacob
" N. Hempstead,
12,
3 4
Philip
" "
26,
4 16
Richard
" £sf.
22,
4 I
Jacamiah
*' Jamaica, "
4.
0 14
"
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»5.
2 IS
William
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14.
2 12
George
M •« M
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0 7
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Jacob Val
entine.
Oyster Bay,
Val. C 78.
Tax,
£
14 9X.
Charles
"
"
30,
"
5 II
David
"
"
6.
"
1 9
Robert
"
M
4.
"
0 14
Jacamiah
"
Flushing,
3.
"
0 II
Caleb
"
"
s.
"
0 7
MARRIAGES.
From the Records of St, Geor^f*s Episcopal Churchy Hempstead^ L. I.
Oljadiah Valentine married to Martha Thurston May 27, 1728.
Jacob Valentine, of Hempstead, to Sarah Downing,
of Oyster Bay Aug. 3, 1728.
\Vm. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Rebecca Baldwin,
of 0)ster Bay Mar. 16, 1730.
John Grittman, of Hemp-stead, to .Anne Valentine, of
Hempstead June 3, 1735.
Nathan Valentine, of Hempstead, to Jane Southard,
of Hempstead Dec. 12, 1736.
Peter Vandewater, of Hempstead, to Maiy Valentine,
of Hempstead Dec. 12, 1736.
Jacob Valentine, of Hempstead, to Maty Coles, of
Oyster Bay Jan. i, 1740.
Wm. Valentine, of Hempstead, 10 Maiy Fowler, of
Hempstead Dec 27, 1752.
Silas Valentine, of Hempstead, to Elizabeth Jackson,
of Hempstead Dec. 3, 1754.
James Van Velsor, of Oyster Bay, to Phebe Valen
tine, of Hempstead Dec. 30, 1760.
Eliphalet Stratlon, of Suffolk Co., to Mary Valen-
tine, of Suffolk Co SepL2b, 1767,
James Smith, of Hempstead, to Ann Valentine, of
Hempstead Nov. 25, 1 772.
Whitney Darling, of Hempstead, to Sarah Valentine,
of Oyster Bay Jan. 14, 1779.
Obadiah Valentine, of Hempstead, to Rachel Waters,
of Oyster Bay Feb. 17, 1779.
John Gelding, of Hempstead, to Phebe Valentine, of
Hempstead Aug. 14, 1781.
John Treadwell, of Hempstead, to Rachel Valentine,
of Oyster Bay June i, 178*.
The Valentines of Long Island. IJ
Benjamin Waters, of Hempstead, to Elizabeth Valen-
tine, of Oyster Bay Mar. 9,1783.
Uriah Hendrickson. of Hempstead, to Elizabeth Val-
entine, of Oyster Bay May 27, 1783.
John Valentine, of Hempstead, to Elizabeth Nos-
trand, of Hempstead Aug. 22, 1784.
Silas Valentine, of Hempstead, to Mary Abrahams,
of Hempstead Nov. 16, 1 786.
Lewis Valentine, of Oyster Bay, to Jane Rushmore,
of Oyster Bay 1st mo. 7th da. 1790.
John Eldret, of Hempstead, to Mary Valentine, of
Hempstead Apr. 14, 1 790,
Caleb Valentine, of Hempstead, to Elizabeth Cornell,
of Jamaica Nov. 13, 1791.
Jacob Valentine, of Huntington, to Phebe l.oines, of
Hempstead 12th mo. 21st da. 1791.
Jacob Valentine, of Hempstead, to Hannah Wood,
of Oyster Bay Nov. 7, 1795.
Oliver Valentine, of Hempstead, to Martha Williams,
of Jamaica Nov. i, 1 798.
Jacob Valentine, of North Hempstead, to Sarah Car-
man, of Hempstead Nov. 9, 1 800.
Lewis Valentine, of Oyster Bay, to Jane Post, of
Hempstead 4th mo. 3rd day, 1 802.
Samuel Valentine, of N. Hempstead, to Mary Ann
Clowes, of Hempstead Oct. 13, 1805.
David Valentine, of Hempstead, to Mary Langdon, of
Hempstead . . . > Feb. 10, 18 10.
Benj. Hatfield, of Hempstead, to Esther Valentine,
of Hempstead Mar. 16, 1811.
David v., son of Chas. and Mary, of Glen Cove, to
Hannah Cock, of Hempstead 4th mo. 29th da. 1813.
Chas. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Phebe Bedell, of
Hempstead May I, 1813.
Obadiah Valentine, of Hempstead, to Ruth Watts, of
Flushing May 6, 1815.
Geo. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Clarissa Mill, of
Jerusalem.... Oct. 31, 1818.
Dr. Jas. Townsend, of Glen Cove, to Ann S. Valen-
tine, of Glen Cove Nov. 5, 1823.
Obadiah Valentine, of Hempstead, to Phebe Higby,
of Jamaica July 6, 1825.
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Samuel Valentine, oC Hempstead, to Maria Riker, of
Jamaica Nov. 2, 1825.
Robert Valentine, of Hempstead, to Eliza Seaman, of
Hempstead May 24, 1826.
Sidney Seaman, of Hempstead, to Phebe W. Valen-
tine, of Hempstead Nov. 6,1826.
\Vm. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Marj- Ann Bedell,
of Hempstead Mar. 12, 1828.
Joseph \V. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Mary Cock,
of Hempstead Apr. 10, 1832.
Geo. Molt, of Hempstead, to Nancy Valentine, of
Hempstead July 7. '832-
John T. Valentine, of Westbury, to Elizabeth Mudge,
of Hempstead nth mo. 27th da. 1834.
Leonard Valentine, of Westbury, to Caroline Hew-
lett, of Hempstead Sep. 25, 1835.
Lewis Flower, of Hempstead, to Elizabeth H. Valen-
tine, of Hempstead Dec, 23, 1835.
Wm. A. Valentine, of Flushing, to Frances E. Carll,
of Jamaica Jan. 3, 1836.
Jacob C. Valentine, of East Woods (O. B.), to Sarah
E. ANTiitney, of Hempstead July 17, 1836.
Wm. Bunting, of New York, to Phebe L. Valentine,
of Hempstead Oct. 1 1, 1837.
Wm. H. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Ann Maria
Oilman, of Flushing Dec 3- !?'37-
Ephraim Valentine, of Hempstead, to Eliza Cornell,
of Hempstead Dec. 20, 1837.
Chas. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Keziah W. Coles,
of Westbury 5th mo. 1 7th da. 1 838.
Thos. C. Valentine, of Hempstead, to Phebe Willis,
of Hempstead Feb. 4, 1840.
Richard Valentine, Jr., of Hempstead, to Lavinia
Hopkins, of Hempstead Aug. 18, 1840.
Samuel C. Hendrickson, of Oyster Bay, to Eliza Val-
entine, of Flushing Oct. 19, 1841.
Geo. A. Valentine, of Flushing, to Annie B. Dore-
mus, of Hempstead Dec. 28, 1842.
Wobley Horton, of Jericho, to Susan Valentine, of
Topping Town Mar. I, 1843.
James W.Valentine, of Flushing, to Sarah Provost, of
Bushwick Sep. 19, 1843.
DR. WILLIAM VALENTINE.
rilK HCMOKISl.
The Valentines of Long
Island
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W'm. E. Valentine, of Flushing, to Phebe E.
Kissam,
of Flushing
OcL 16, 1846.
BIRTHS.
From Records of Friendi Meiling,
Westbury,
L.f.
Manha Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Mar-
tha Valenline. of Hemp, in Westbur)-. .
nth mo.
I7ih da. 1717.
Mary Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Mar-
tha Valenline, of Hemp., in Westbury. .
2nd mo.
I2ih da. 1 719.
Phebe Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Mar-
tha Valentine, of Hemp., in Westbury. .
gth mo
29ih da. 1721.
Elizabeth Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and
Martha Valentine, of Hemp., in West-
bury
2nd mo.
2Slh da. 1724.
Esther Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Mar-
tha Valentine, of Hemp., in Westbury.. .
tst. mo.
l6th da. 1733.
Chas. Valentine, son of Valentine,
;\
in M atinecock
9th mo.
30tb da, 1742.
Daniel, son of Chas. Valentine, in Matine-
cock
nth mo.
25th da. 1784.
Henry Valentine, son of Samuel and Han-
nah Valentine, in Musquito Cove
6ih mo.
4th da. 1813.
Jane Valentine, dau. of I.ewis and Jane Val-
entine, in Matinecock
I. St mo.
22nd da. 1814.
Chas. Valentine, son of Jacob and Martha
Valentine, in N. V
4th mo.
15th da. 1815.
Mary C. Valentine, dau. of David and Han-
nah Valentine, in Matinecock
4lh mo.
6th da. 1816.
Catherine S. Valentine, dau. of David and
Hannah Valentine, in Matinecock
5th mo.
7th da.1818.
Lewis Valentine, son of Jacob and Martha
Valentine, in Musquito Cove
5th mo.
1st da. 1S20.
Daniel Valentine, son of David and Hannah
Valentine, in Matinecock.
loth mo.
22nd da. 1S21.
Caroline Valenline, dau. of Elwood and
Mary T.Valentine, in Matinecock....
loth mo.
3l5t da. 1824.
Ann E., dau. of David and Hannah Valen-
entine, in M atinecock
3
5th mo.
2nd da. 1625.
iS '/"//( ]'iih lit tins in Aiiuricd.
Lewis Valentine. >on of Jacob and Martha
Valentine, in Musijuilo Cove 12lh mo. 20th da. 1S29.
Emily N., dau. of Ehiood and Mary T. Val-
enline. in Mu>i|uito Cove 12lh mo. iSth da. 1832.
I.clilia Valentine, <lau. of D.tvid and Han-
nah V.ilcnline, in Matinecock Sth mo. 17th da. 1833.
Jane K. Valentine, dau. of Jacob and Mar-
tha Valentine, in Glen Cove 1st mo. 23rd da. 1834.
BAPTISMS. j
from RtOtrJs of St. George's Church, Iltinpslead, L. I. 1
\\ m. v., son of \Vm. and Rebecca, Feb. II, 1730, at Hempstead. ■
Mary v., dau. of Thos. and Eliza-
btlh Feb. 16, 1783, Oyster Bay. [
Mary V., dau. of Sam. and Maiy
Ann July 5, 1807, Hempstead. 1
Catherine E., dau. of Sam. and I
Mary -Xnn Apr. 23, 1S09, N.Hempstead. 1
Samuel, son of Sam. and Mary |
Ann Mar.24,1811,
Sarah .\nn, dau. of Sam. and >Iary
Mary Ann -\ug. 1,1813,
Susan, dau. of Sam. and Mary
Ann July 7, 1816,
Thos. C, son of Sam. and Mary
Ann Oct. 28,1818,
Saml. .\., son of Sam. and Mary
Ann July 5,1821,
Louisa A., dau. of Sam. and Deb-
orah Sept. 23, 1822, Great Neck.
.\lfred, son of Sam. and Annie... July 9,1826, Hempstead.
Celia .\., dau. of Thos. and I'hcbe Feb. 10, 1840,
Sam. \V. son of Thos. and Pbebe. . Feb. 14, 1843,
DEATHS.
From R,(orJs of Friends' Meeting, Westbury, L. I.
Obadiah Valentine, died in Westbury, 10 mo. 8 da. 1767, art. 77.
David Valentine, died in Weslbiir)-, 4 mo. 18 da. 1812, .-et. 66.
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Daniel Valentine, died in Matinecock, 7 mo. 21 da. 1814.
Charles Valentine, died in \Ve>tbury, 3 mo. 22 da. 1815.
Lewis Valentine, died in M us. Cove, II ino. 12 da. 1821, .net. I yr. 6 mo.
Ann Elizal)elh Valentine, dau. of D.-m. and Han., died in Matinecock,
4 mo. 27 da. 1826, x\.. I yr.
Silas Valentine, son of Lewis, died 3 mo. II mo. 1831, it. 36.
Lewis Valentine, son of Chas. and Mary, died in Glen Cove, 2 mo.
3 da. 1S46, cet. 80 yrs. 10 mo.
Elizabeth Valentine, dau. of Chas. and Mar)', died in Clen Cove, 12
mo. 16 da. 1846, a?t. 73.
Smith Valentine, died in fsearingtown, Nov. 5, 1820, aft. 47.
/>.
(Taken from tombstones in churcti-yards, ccraetenes, &c.)
rom Laii'renc'f* Family Bitritil Grouiui^ \t"-'fo'i<n^ L. /.
Richard Valentine died Oct. 29, 1812, aet. 77.
rhelie Valentine, wife of Richard, dic-d June 12, 1800, x\. 42.
Philip Valentine died Feb. 29, 1816, xt. 74.
Maria R. Valentine, wife of Samuel, died Mar. 3, 1828, xl. 32.
Maria Valentine, dau. of Saml. and Maria R.
Saml. Augustus Valentine, son of .Saml. and Mary .Ann, died Dec. 12,
1837, at 18.
Jane Valentine, relict of Philip, died .\ug. II, 1838, oet. 84.
Susan Valentine, dau. of Brewster and Eliza .\nn, died June 10, 1839,
xt 2.
Alfred Valentine, son of Saml. and Mary .\nn, died Sept. 22, 1843,
set. 19.
Thos. Clones Valentine, son of Saml. and Mar)' .Ann, [died Aug. 8,
1844, set. 27.
From Episcopal Church Records, yamaica, L. /.
Elihu Baldwin Valentine, son of Samuel and Mary, died Apr. 16,
1845. xt. 7.
Mary Valentine, wife of Jeremiah, died Oct. 14, 1820, act. 56.
Sarah Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Phel)e, died May 17, 1838,
xt. 12.
• From the fact mentioned el-ewhere that one of the Westchester
Co. Valentines mained a I.3wrence, it is possible that some of the
above list belonged to that and not the L. L branch.
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TItc ]'alcn tines in America.
Susan Ann Valentine, dau. of Obadiah and Ruth, died Feb. 8, 1821,
xt.2.
Mary Valentine, dau. of Thomas and Sarah, died Apr. 27, 1821, set. I.
Mary Valentine, dau. of Thomas and Sarah, died July 17, 1825, art.
2 mos.
Jeremiah Valentine, son of Thomas and Sarah, died Aug. 26, 1834,
set. 2.
Obadiah Valentine died May 22, 1842, aet. 54.
Ruth Valentine, wife of Obadiah, died Mar. 26, 1823, x\. 31.
William R. Valentine, son of Obadiah and Phebe, died Feb. I, 1837,
JBt. 3.
John H. Valentine died Mar. II, 1843, St. 43.
Martha Valentine, wife of John H., died Oct. 18, 1835, aet. 30.
Elizabeth Valentine, dau. of John H. and Martha, died Dec. 29, 1833,
aet. 3 mos.
From St, C forge s Chunk Records, Hfmpstead^ Z. /.
Sarah Valentine, wife of Jacob, died Mar. 30, 1818, act. 37.
William Valentine, son of Jacob and Sarah, died Aug. 7, 1806, aet. I.
Townsend Valentine, son of Jacob and Sarah, died Feb. 17, 1816,
aet. I.
Carman Valentine, son of Jacob and Sarah, died May 5, 1816, act. 3.
Sarah Valentine, dau. of Jacob and Sarah, died July 4, 1817, aet. 4 mos.
Samuel Valentine, son of Samuel and Mary Ann, died Feb. 26, 1812,
aet I.
The following valuable article was kindly furnished
by that enthusiastic genealogist, Jacob T. Bowne, Esq.,
of Glen Cove, L. I. It is lacking only in the matter
of dates.
No. I, Generation I. — David Valentine, of Hempstead, I.. I., was bom
in May, l68g, and married, about 1716, Charity, daughter of N«-
than and Rachel Coles, of MusVctfi-cove (now Ghn Core, L. I.).
Charity was born Sept. I, 1695. Shortly after marriage he must
have removed to Glen Cove to live, as on the illh of March,
1719-20, he bought of his father-in-law property described as fol-
lows : " All that certain messuage or homestead where I ye said
Nathan Coles now dwcllelh in Musketo-cove," &c., paying therefor
/^500. This place has never passed out of the family, being now
The Vattutincs of Long Island.
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in possession of I he daughters of the late Ellwood Valentine.
The will of David bears date Oct. 6, 1743. In it he mentions
"daughter Sarah when she shall be 21," his wife Charity, and son
Jacob ; also granddaughter " Phebe Coles;" They had one son
and four daughters, viz :
2. Charity, born Apr. 30, 1 71 7.
3. Jacob, bom Dec. 22, 1718 — married, jsl, Mary Coles ;
2nd, Linda Deal.
4. Mary, bom July 17, 1721.
5. Sarah, bom Oct. II, 1725.
6. Phcbe, bom Apr. 4, 1 735.
(One of these daughters married Joseph Coles, whose daughter
was Phehe, spoken of above.)
No. 3, (Icneration II. — Jacob Valentine, son of David, was bom Dec.
22, 1718, and married, 1st, Mary Coles; 2nd, Linda Deal. Chil-
dren of 1st marriage were :
7. Charles, married Mary Frost.*
8. David, married Hannah Townsend.
9. Susanna, married Thomas Udall.*
No. 7, Generation HI. — Charles Valentine, son of Jacob*, was bom
Sept. 30, 1742, and married, in 1762, Mary, daughter of Jacob
Frost. After marriage he removed to his falher-in-law's place at
Matinecock, now occupied by Mrs. Catherine Lewis, a descendant.
Issue :
10. Jacob, married, 1st, Phebe Sjtns ; 2nd, Elizabeth A.
Eyre.
11. Lewis, married, 1st. Jane RuNhmore ; 2nd, Jane Post.
12. Elizabeth, died unmarried.
13. Letitia, married William Willels.
14. David, married Hannah Cock.
15. Theodosia. married Isaac Downing.
16. Frost, married Elizabeth Rodman..
17. David, married Jemima Underbill.
18. Isaac, married Mary Parent.
No. 8, Generation III. — r)avid Valentine, son of Jacob', ^as bom
Sept. 27, 1745, and married Hannah Townsend. Issue:
19. Susan, died unmarried.
20. Sarah, died unmarried.
21. George, married Mary Frost.
* Index to N. V. Marriage Bonds — O'Callaghan.
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Tlw 1 'iiltutincs in A vicrica.
22. Elhvood, married ^^ary Post.
23. Charlo. married Catherine Adee.
24. To«n-cnd. died unmarried.
10, Gener.alion IV. — l.uob Valentine (sometime-, known as " Capt.
lacul) Valentine"). s,>ii of Charles', was horn Jan. 29, \^fv) ; mar-
rie<l. I-t, I'hehe Syms ; 2nd, EIizal>eth Eyre.
CliHJ of Vahnlitu and Lines.
25. Mar)', married Richard Talcott.
ChilJnn of I ',ihnti}ii- and Eyoe.
lU. Renjamin, married Elizabeth Pope.
27. Beulah, married, 1st, Dr. .Samuel Enilin ; 2nd, Joseph
Lloyd.
2S. William, married Marian Bedell. (This was the well-
known " Dr. Valentine.")
2Q. Barclay. (See Genealogy on another page.)
30. Mortimer.
31. Eliza.
No. II, Generation IV. — Lewis Valentine, son of Ch.irles', married,
I-l, Jane ku^hmore ; 2nd, Jane Post.
ChiJJn-n of VaUntitK a'ui Rushmort.
32. Jacob, married Martha Titus.
33. Isaac, married Freelove Craft.
34. Stephen, married Ann Titus.
35. William, died young.
36. Silas, died unmarried.
Children of Valentine and Post.
37. Townsend, married Ann Titus.
. 38. Johr. T., married Elizabeth Mudge.
39. George, married Hannah Willets.
40. Jane, unmarried.
No. 13. Generation IV. — Lclitia Valentine, daughter of Charles', mar-
ried William Willets. Issue .
41. Jo-e]ih, married, 1st I'hebe Smith ; 2nd, Jane Far-
rington.
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No
42. Jacob, married Underbill.
43. Charles.
44. Valentine, married Jane Rushmore.
45. Mary, married Gidei'n Frost.
. 14, (jeneralion IV. — David Valentine, son of Chas.', married Han-
nah, daughter of Daniel Cock. Issue :
4O. Henry, married Annie Willis,
47. Mary, married Ixttt Cornelius.
48. Catherine, married Isaac B. Lewis.
49. Daniel, unmarried.
50. Elizabeth, married John Lewis,
51. Letitia.
52. Edward, married Mary .\. Kickback.
14, (Icneration IV. — Theodosia Valentine, daughter of Chas.'.
married Isaac Downing. Issue:
53. Phehe, unmarried,
54. Silas, married Elizalwth Boyd.
55. Letitia, married William Willis.
56. Benjamin, died young.
17, (ieneralion I\'. ^Daniel Valentine, son of Charles', married
Jemima Underbill. Issue:
57. Joseph, married Mary Cock. •
22, General'on IV. — Ellwood Valentine, son of DaWd", married
-Mary Post. Issue :
58. Caroline, married James Titus.
5g. Susan,
60. Emily.
23, Generation IV.— Charles Valentine, son of David', married
Mary Post. Issue :
61. DaN-id A.
62. Charles.
32, Generation V. — Jacob Valentine, son of Lewis", married
Martha, daughter of Samuel and .M)igail Titus. Issue:
63. Charles, married Kezia \V. Coles,
64. Mary T., died young.
65. Lewis, died young.
66. Mary, married William Willets.
67. -\nn, died young.
68. Lewis, married .\nna C. Thorne.
69. Jane R.
33, Generation V. — ^Is.aac Valentine, son of Lewis", married Free-
love, daughter of Stephen and .\bbyCraft. Issue:
No
No.
No.
No.
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Tlu Valentines in America.
70. Joseph, married Elizabeth Coles. Issue ; Jennie and j
Lena.
No
34, Generation V. — Stephen Valentine, son of Lewis",
married
Ann Titus. Issue;
71. Samuel, married .\nn Kirk.
72. E!izal>eth, married Jeremiah Winlringham.
73. Martha, married Henry Griffen.
74. Sarah .\., married Charles Griffen.
No
37, Generation V. — Townsend Valentine, son of Lewis"
Ann Titus. Issue;
75. Cornelia, married Marshal Frost.
76. Silas.
77. Emma, married Benjamin BritL
married
No
38, Generation V. — John T. Valentine, son of Lewis",
Elizabeth Mudge. Issue :
78. \Vm. M., married Emily Post.
79. Hannah E.
So. Ellwood.
married
No.
Si. Mary J.
39, Generation V.— George Valentine, son of Lewis,"
Hannah Willets. Issne :
married
No
82.. Jacob D.
46, Generation V. — Henry Valentine, son of David'*,
Anna Willis. Issue:
83. Sener.
S4. Napoleon B.
85. Catherine, married Clinton More.
86. Matilda.
87. Isaac.
88. Joseph.
89. Wm. E.
90. Anne,
gi. David H.
92. Ruske.
married
No.
93. Mary.
47, tiencration V. — Mary Valentine, dau. of David",
Lolt Cornelius. Issue :
94. Valentine M.
95. Amanda, married Jar\-is Underbill.
marrie<i
No.
48, Generation V. — Catherine Valentine, dau. of David",
Isaac B. Lewis. Issue ;
96. Mary Anna, married Daniel VaiL
married
WILLIAM M. VALENTINF, MERCHANT.
Ro^LVN. L. I.
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No. 50, Generation V. — Eli/alictli Valcnline, ilau. of Daviil", niarritd
lohn Lewis. Is-ue:
97. Jo-cpliine, married.
98. Kaac B.
99. John.
100. Frank.
No. 52, (feneration V. — Edward Valentine, -on of David'-", married
Marj- .\. Rickbatk. Issue •
loi. William.
No. 54, (".eneration V. — Silas Downing, son of David", married
Elizabeth Hoyd. Issue :
I02. Matilda, died young.
loS. William, died young.
104. Cornelia, married E. H. Thome.
105. Alfred.
106. Isaac
107. Mary .\nna, married James Harrold.
loS. Elizabeth, died young.
No. 58, Generation \'. — Caroline \'alentine, dau. of Ellwood*^. mar-
ried James Titus. Issue ;
109. Edward P.
110. Henry.
:il. Ellwood.
112. Mary.
llS. Caroline.
114. Emily.
No. 63, Generation VI. — Charles Valentine, son of Jacob", married
Keziah, dau. of Thos. and .\melia Coles. Issue:
115. '. hos. E. married Maria E. Kenedy. Issue; John H.
116. Jacob L.
Xo. 66, Generation VI. — Mary Valentine, dau. of Jacob'*, married
Wm. Willets. Issue :
117. .\nna, married Fred, E. Willets.
IIw. Martha V., married Sidney B. Bowne.
119. Jennie R.
120. Tillie W.
Xo. 71, Generation W. — Samuel Valentine, son of Stephen*^, married
dau. of Danl. and Mary Kirk. Issue;
121. Mary Anna.
122. Louise.
123. Stephen.
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The I 'alciitincs in A iiicrica.
124. Richard.
125. Florence.
126. Daniel.
127. Ella.
12S. Hannah.
Xo. 72, Generation VI. — Elizab-th \alenline, ilau. of Stephen", mar-
ried Jeremiah Wintringham. Is..ue:
129. Louise.
130. Valentine.
131. Clement.
132. Helen.
Xo. 73. Generation VI. — Maiiha Valentine, dau. of Stephen'*, mar-
ried Henr)' Griflen. Usue :
133. Hannah, married Daniel Willets. ,
134. Elizaljeth.
Xn. 74, Generation VI. — Sarah .\., dau. of Stephen^, married Chas.
Griflen, Issue:
135. Ann T. U.
1S6. Henry E.
137. Edith C.
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CHAPTER III.
THE LONG ISLAND VALENTINES — CONTINUED.
THE following article, furnished by John J.
X'alentine, Esq., of Brooklyn, speaks for
itself: —
Thomas and Robert Valentine were brothers, and
resided upon the eld farm of their father, near West
Hills, in the town of Oj'Ster Bay. This farm* was
divided between them, and was supposed to contain
about 1,000 acres. Thomas married Elizabeth Hew-
lett,! and resided upon his part of the farm ; but of
Robert's subsequent residence, and of his descendants,
we know nothing. Of Robert's farm, there is a tradi-
tion that a brook ran through it, which emptied into
Cold Spring mill-pond, and which was never either
frozen over, or dry.
Thomas and Elizabeth (Hewlett) Valentine had ten
children, their four sons being, Obadiah, Absalom,
Hewlett and Jeremiah. Hewlett was never married,
and was supposed to have been lost at sea. The
daughters, six in number, were, Elizabeth, who mar-
* This Valentine farm is now owned by Benjamin Brush ; and I am
informed that there is an old burying ground upon it, in which the
remains of some of our forefathers are deposited. It was once owned
and occupied by Hewlett, father of James W. Valentine, now of
Greenpoint.
t Captain Charles Hewlett, of Revolutionary War notoriety, was a
brother of Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Valentine, and resided near
the Jericho Turnpike.
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The Valentines in America.
ried Benjamin Waters, of West Hills, near the village
of Cold Spring, in the town of Oyster Bay; Hannah,
who married Daniel Travis, of West Hills, who after-
ward removed to Manctto Hill; Ruth, who married
William Weeks, commonly called " Penn ;" Mary, who
married Gerrit Suydani, of East Woods (now Syosset);
Sarah, wlio married Gerrit \'an Nostrand, also of
East Woods; Martha, who married Samuel Wright, of
Near Rockaway.
Obadiah \'alentine married Rachel Waters. We
know of their having had two children — a daughter,
who married Samuel Waters— and Hewlett, who
married Hendrickson, and was the father of
James W. Valentine, now of Greenpoint. Hewlett
was at one time the owner of the old V^alentine farm.
With the name of Absalom's wife we are unacquainted,
but they had at least five children, three sons, viz :
Jackson and Richard, who were both married, and
Abram, who is still unmarried.
Jeremiah Valentine, my grandfather, son of Thomas
and Elizabeth Hewlett as aforesaid, was born June 21,
1762, married Mary \'an Velsur May 28, 17S4, and died
June 15, 1850, in the 88th year of his age. They had
eight children, viz : Obadiah, born October 6, 1787,
(lied May 22, 1842; James, born February 6, 1790, died
June, 1865; Samuel, born August 30, 1792, died Jan-
uary, 1865 ; Thomas (my father), born Augusfi, 1794,
died in Williamsburgh December i, 1S72 (see obituary
on another page); John Hewlett, born Octobers,
iSoo, died March 11, 1843. Their daughters, Mary
Ann, Elizabeth and Rachel, all died unmarried.
Obadiah, son of Jeremiah, married Ruth Waters,
and they had two children — Jeremiah, now living at
Richmond Hill, L. I., and George W., now deceased.
Obadiah's second wife was Pha'be Higbie, by whom
The Valentines of Long Island.
lie had Sarah Jane, Rachel Ann and Henrj- — all now
deceased, except Rachel Ann, wlio married John
Speidling, and is now a widow. Jeremiah, son of
Obadiah, married Sarah Vanderverg, and tliey had
four children — Ruth Emma, John Hewlett, George
and Alonzo J. George AV., son of Obadiah, married
Ann Doremus, and they had one child, Obadiah.
James, second son of Jeremiah and Mary Valentine,
married Ruth Waters, and had five children — three
sons, Benjamin, James and Jeremiah; and two daugh-
ters, Mary Elizabeth, who married David Bergen, of
Jamaica, and Harriet Adelia, who married John Gracy,
also of Jamaica. Of the above, Benjamin married
Phoebe \'anderwater, by whom lie .id Rozine L.,
wjio married William Lockwood, Jarnes and Sarah
Elizabeth.
James, second son of James and Ruth Valentine,
married Louisa J. Piatt, and they had three children —
Eliza Ann, Benjamin P. and Louisa J., now residents
of Rocky Hill, L. L
Jeremiah, son of Obadiah, married, ist, Phcebe Ann
Cox; 2nd, Jane P. Cornell. They had two children
— Charles B. and William C, who now reside at
Flushing.
Samuel, third son of Jeremiah and Mafy Valentine,
married, ist, Maria Riker; 2nd, Mary Mott. They
had four sons and three daughters, of whom Martha
H., Mary A. and Frederick E., together with their
widowed mother, now reside at Plainfield, N. J.
Three of their children died voung or unmarried.
George Samuel, their eldest son. married Marv Cole,
and they had three children — Mar)-, Helen C. and
Harry Sedgwick, who reside in Brooklyn.
Thomas, fourth son of Jeremiah, married April i,
1819, to Sarah, daughter of Daniel Brooks, of New
York. They had seven children, three of whom died
in infancy, the survivors being Sarah J., Thomas,
Elizabeth H. and John J. Sarah J. married George
Vanderverg, Jr., of Jamaica, and, after his decease,
married John M. Stearns, Esq., of Williamsburgh,
where they now reside; Thomas, Jr., living in Flush-
ing, married Cornelia E. Cornell, and they have seven
children, viz: Sarah Elizabeth (who married John R.
Wright), John Hewlett, Charles W., Emma R , Cor-
nelia C, Thomas, Jr., and Lincoln. John J., second
surviving son of Thomas and Sarah Valentine, mar-
ried Eliza F. Hobby, and they have two children —
Edith Alice and Frank Clifford — all residing at
Williamsburgh.
John Hewlett, fifth son of Jeremiah and Mary
Valentine, married Martha H. Denton. They left one
surviving daughter, Mary R., who married Charles A.
Roe, of Flushing.
Absalom married Susan Bumstead; they had eleven
children ; seven sons — Thomas, Daniel, Woodward,
Abram, Lewis, Jackson and Richard ; and four daugh-
ters— Abbie, Beckie, Hannah and Zeruiah. Abram
and Hannah reside at Norwich, L. I. Robert (the
brother of Thomas), married a Miss Bunce, from the
east end of Long Island. They had seven children ;
two sons — Isaac and Israel ; and five daughters —
Peggy, Betsy, Jennie, Rhoda and Hannah. Isaac
lived on the old homestead, and married Greechie
Van Velsor. Israel married , and they had five
children; three sons — Uriah, Absalom and Zebulon;
and two daughters — Sally and Hannah.
This information was furnished me by Mrs. James
Valentine, widow, who resides with her daughter, Mrs.
John Gracy, of Jamaica, L. I. She is now jn her
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eighty-third year, and her recollection of events that
occurred in her j-outhfiil days is remarkable, as I find
■her memory, from personal research, to be an index
of historical facts. Her mother was Elizabeth (the
daughter of Thomas Valentine, of Woodbur)-), and
she married a Benjamin Waters, of West Hills. Ruth,
the subject of this sketch, married James Valentine,
the son of Jeremiah, who was the son of Thomas.
Xow Ruth, being the daughter of Elizabeth, who
was the daughter of Thomas, was thus doubly re-
lated to the Long Island Valentine family. She was
granddaughter to Thomas Valentine, niece to Jere-
miah Valentine, her father-in-law, and cousin to her
husband.
The following genealogy was furnished by B. E.
Valentine, Esq., a rising voung lawyer, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
' David Valentine
born al Mosquito Cove, L. I., May, 1C89.
Married April, 1716.
Children :
Charity Valentine, bom Apr. 30, 1717.
' Jacob " " Dec. 22, 1718.
Mary " " July 17, 1721.
Sarah " " Oct. 11,1725.
' Jacob Valentine and Mary Coles,
Married Jan. I, 1740.
Children :
Mary Valentine, bom
'Charles " " Sept. 20, 1742.
Da\id •' " Sept. 27, 1745.
Susannah " married Thos. Udall.
' Charles Valentine and Mary Frost,
Married at Matinecoclc
Charity Carpenter,
bora Sept. 1695.
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Children
i « Jacob Val
entine
born Jan. 29. 1763.
Lewis
•'
■•
Apr. 1765.
Sarah
••
'•
Oct. 8, 1767.
Lalitia
••
"
Oct. 10,1769.
Elizabeth
••
"
Oct. 19,1773-
Theodocia
••
•'
Apr. 27,1776.
Frost
•'
June 8, 177S.
i Isaac
••
••
Dec. 17, 1780.
David
••
"
Apr. 28, 1783.
Daniel
••
••
Nov. 26, 1785.
* Jacob Valentine and Phoebe Syms.
Married at Westbury, L. I.
Children :
Mar)- Valentine, married Richard Talcott.
William "
' Jacob V.Tlentine married his second wife, Elizabeth .\nn Eyre,
of Philadelphia, June 4, 1799.
Children :
Beulah S. Valentine, bo.'n May 11,1800.
' Benjamin E. " " May 28, 1801.
William " " Oct. 20, 1802.
Elliott '• " Mar. 17, 1804.
Harriet E. " " June 30, 1806.
Elizabeth K. " •' Feb. 14, 1808,
Jane " " Feb. 9, 1810.
Charles M. " " Oct. 16. 1811.
Robert B. " " July 21,1815.
* Benjamin E. Valentine, first wife, Ann Humphrey Cresson,
Married at Friends* Meeting-house, Philadelphia, Apr. I,'l824.
Children :
James C.Valentine, bom Feb. 1,1825 — died July, 1847.
Jacob " " Oct. 9, 1826,
Lewis " " May 10, 1828 — died same day.
* Benjamin E. Valentine married his second wife, Elizabeth
Rhoads, of Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1832.
Children :
.\nna C. Valentine, born June 29, 1833.
Samuel R. " •' June 4, 1835.
ilUl^
JUDf.E IHOMAS VALtNTlNE,
WILLI AM^m Klill, L. >•
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Emien Valentine, born Jan. g, 1838 — died May 5, 1843.
Elizabeth R. " died Aug. 8, 1843.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoads Valentine died May II, 1848.
' Benjamin E. Valentine married his third wife, Elizabeth
H. Hope, of Salem, Mass., June 27, 1844.
Children :
Margaret P. Valentine, bom Apr. 12, 1845.
• Benjamin Eyre " " Mar. 5, 1847.
• Benjamin Eyre Valentine married Marie Antoinette Storrs,
of Brooklyn, Nov. 6, 1872.
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CHAPTER IV.
NOTAI'.LE INDIVIIiL'ALS OF THE LONG ISLAND HRASCH.
REV. ANDREW W. VALENTINE, son of
James, and grandson of Obadiah (a brother of
Jeremiah and Absalom), frequently mentioned
elsewhere in tliis work, was born in Woodbury, L. I.,
May 8, 1813. While he was yet quite young, his
father purchased a farm in the township of Flushing,
about four miles from Jamaica, and removed his
family (consisting of five sons and one daugliter,
thither. Both parents and children were bred in the
Episcopal faith, but all of these spbsequently united
with the Baptist Church, in which faith those of the
family living yet remain. From the age of fifteen to
twenty-five he lived in New York city, but where he
received his theological training, and when and where
he was ordained, I cannot slate. He has, however,
been an acceptable and fairly successful Baptist
preacher for over twenty-five years, having served as
Pastor of the following churches, viz : — Weedsport,
four years; West Henrietta, four years; Pawlings. five
years; Patterson, eight years; besides shorter terms
in other places. He has three sons (two in New York
city and one in Memphis, Tenn.) — and two daughters.
He has no charge at present, but often supplies
churches in the neighborhood — his present residence
being Monsej-, Rockland county, N. Y. So far as I
can learu, lie bears a good reputation in all tlie places
where he has labored.
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Of all the Long Island branch of Valentines, no
one has been more extensively known through the
countr)- than William Valenmne, or, as he was gen-
erally called, "Dr. X'alentine, the J/ umorist," whose
likeness is given on another page. He was born
in the city of New York in 1S02, and was the son
of Jacob, and grandson of Charles Valentine, whose
names are elsewhere mentioned in this history. His
mother was Elizabeth Eyre, who belonged to a ver)-
respectable family in Philadelphia; and it was prob-
ably through this marriage, and acquaintances conse-
quent upon it, that some of the present Valentines of
that city are descendants of this branch. He was
educated in New York, studied medicine under the
celebrated Dr. Cheeseman of that city, and finally
graduated at New York Medical College. He married
Marian, daughter of John Bedell, of Hempstead, but
this connection did not prove a happy one in all re-
spects, and they had no issue. He gave humorous
lectures through the country for many years, and, as a
delineator of character and scenes, he had few supe-
riors. He also practiced ventriloquism to some ex-
tent, and was an excellent performer on the flute. He
published one or two books of a humorous character,
which had a considerable sale. His death occurred in
New York in 1865.
Hon. James J. M. Valentine was born in New
York March 6, 1807. He studied law with Hon. Caleb
S. Woodhull, of New York (who afterwards became
Mayor of that city), and finally entered into partner-
ship with him. He was one of the Sachems of the
Tammany Society, was a supporter of that party in
the da3-s of its purity, and was elected to represent
that city in the Legislature of m>jS- '^^ married
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in iS;?i, and she died in 1835. He died December 10,
1845, leaving two daugiiters — Leonora and Sarah J.
William M. Valentine, the next younger brother
ol tljc above, a likeness of whose genial, smiling face is
seen on anoti.cr page, was bo. n in New York, Jan-
uary 20, 1S09, and is now a prosperous and successful
merchant in the village of Roslyn, L. I. From a
Record in his Family Bible, I find these brothers were
grandsons of William V'alentine, who was a son of
Jacob, who was a son of Obadiah, but of which one of
that numerous name, I am unable to state, as no date
is given of either Jacob or his father. William was
born November 14, 1741, and married Phebc Smith
April II, 1764. No record of the death of either
is given. They had seven children, as follows: —
No record of either
marriage or death.
William, son of the last named, and father of Wil-
liam M., was born September 8, i78i,and died No-
vember 23. 1863. He married Pliebe Myers, of New
York, February 27, 1806. Their issue was as follows:
James J. M., bom Mar. 6, 1S07— died in New York, Dec. 10, 1845.
William M., •■ Jan. 20, 1S09— yet living at Roslyn, L. I.
Otjadiah \V., " Jan. 13, 1811— died July 17. 1854.
Henry, '• Feb. 25, 1813— ilied July 3,1813.
Ann Eliza. " Oct. 13, 1S14— died Oct. 25, 1865.
Myers, " Dec. 26, 1818.
Eugene, " .Apr. 23, 1S21— died Mar. 24, 1853.
Charles A., " Nov. 30, 1825— died July 13,1826,
None of the above deceased left any male issue.
Mary,
bom Mar.
«3. 1765- 1
Caleb.
" Aug.
23.1767.
Ann
" Sept.
8. 1769.
rhel>e.
" Apr.
2,1772.
Smith,
" May
16,1774.
Charles,
•• July
8,1776.
Jacob,
'• Sept.
3. 1779- J
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William M. Valentine lias one son, James E., born
November 7, 1837, who has two sons, one an infant of
a lew months; the other, William M., aged four years.
Myers, above named, has two sons — Theodore P., born
January 19, 1S44 (lately married), and Eugene, born
August 24, 1853.
[Note. — If the Obadiah Valenline, mentioned at the commence-
ment of the above Record, was, as I suppose, a son of Richari>,
the first Long Island Valentine, then this is the most perfect and
direct lineage I have found among this branch of the name.]
Robert Barclay Valentixe, now the well known
Insurance .\gent, 120 Broadway, New York, was born
in New York, July 21, 1S15. He was the son of Jacob
Valentine, of New York, b}- his wife, Elizabeth Ann,
daughter of Colonel Benjamin George Eyre, of Phila-
delphia, who was born June i, 1747, died July 11,
1789, and was buried in Christ church-yard. Arch-
street, Philadelphia, by his second wife, Mary, daughter
of Thomas Cheeseman, of New York, born January
30, 1773. She was born Ma)- 22, 1756, married in her
sixteenth year, and died while on a visit to Glen Cove,
September ^7, iSoi. She was a descendant of Thomas
Cheeseman, of Sonursetshire, England, who was at-
tached to the British service, and came to New York
in 1664. Mary Cheeseman was sister of Captain
Jacob Cheeeman, of the New York troops, who was
killed, with General Richard Montgomery, at the
storming of Quebec, December 31, 1775, aged 29.
Colonel Benjamin George Eyre, son of General
Eyre 3rd, of Nottinghamshire, born November 17,
1700, came to America in 1 727, and settled at Burling-
ton, N.J. His wife was Mary Smith, of that town.
George 3rd was son of George 2nd, burn December
19, 1693, by his wife, Sarah ist, married May i, 1604.
George Eyre ist, born 1630 or 1636, died 1708,
March 16, aged 78, by his wife, Elizabeth ist, who died
January 14, 1673. He was a descendant of the Eyre
family, of Rampton, county of Nottinghamshire,
from William Lee Eyr, of Hope, Derby countv, who
lived during the reign of Henry HI. of England.
Robert B. X'alentine married Maria Owen, daughter
of Edward Parry. Esq., of Philadelphia, a native of
Wales. She Avas born at Portsmouth, X. H., and on
the mother's side was a lineal descendant of Governor
Bradford.
Children of Robert B. .ind .Maria P. Valentine are;
Louisa Eyre.
Robert B., Jr. — Rt idence, .\t!artic .Avenue, Brooklyn.
Of all the notable descendants of Richard Val-
entine, none are more worthy of a place in this
record than the two distinguished physicians, a sketch
of whom is here g^ven : —
V.\LENTINE Se.am.w, M. D. (Universit)' of Phila-
delphia, 1792), physician, the fourth son of Samuel,
who married Martha, daughter of Obadiah Valentine,
and who was a lineal descendant of Captain John
Seaman, who settled at Hcm])stead, 1640, was born in
North Hempstead, L. I., April 2, 1770, and died in
New York, July 3, 1817. He studied medicine with
Dr. Romayne, and was a surgeon of the New York
Hospital from 1796 to his death. He was conspicuous
in the introduction of vaccination in New York. He
published an "Inaugural Address on Opium," Phila-
delphia, 1792; "Waters of Saratoga," 1793; "Mid-
wife's Monitor," iSoo; "On Vaccination," 1S16, and a
pharmacopia.
Dr. Seaman married the second daughter of John
Ferris, ol U'estcliester. Like his father, lie adhered
throiigii life to the Society of Friends.
Valentine Mott, M. D. (Columbia College, 1806),
LL. D., surgeon, was born in Glen Cove, L. I., Au-
gust 20, 17S5, and died in New Vork, April 26, 1865.
His father, Henry Mott, a distinguished physician of
New Vork, died in 1840, xt. S3. He was a descendant
of Adam Mott, who settled in HeinjDstead in 1665, and
whose grandson, William, married Elizabeth Valen-
tine. Moreover, Dr. Molt, senior, married a daughter
of Samuel Way, who married Estiier Valentine, so
that Dr. Valentine Mott had two ancestors who were
\'alentines, and hence his Christian name.
After leaving college. Dr. Mott continued his studies
in London and Edinburgh, and, on his return to
America in 1S09, he was appointed to tlie Chair of
Surgery in Columbia College, which position he also
subsequently filled in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons until 1S26, and from that year till 1830, in
the Rutgers Medical College, as Professor of Surgery
and Relative .\natomy, of which latter science he was
the founder.
In 1S18, Dr. Mott placed a ligature around the
brachio-cephalic trunk, only two inches from the
heart, for aneurism of the right subclavian artery — an
operation which the patient survived twentj--six days.
He also exsected the entire right clavicle for malig-
nant disease of the bone, applying forty ligatures — the
most dangerous an<i difficult operation, as he himself
asserted, that can be performed upon the human body.
He was also the first to tic the primitive iliac arterj'
for aneurism, and the first who removed the lo^-er jaw
for necrosis. In short, as Sir .\stley Cooper justly
says, '■ Dr. Mott has performed more of the great
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operalions than any man living, or that ever did live."
In 1S55, he traveled extensively through England, the
Continent, and the East. He published " Traicls in
Europe and the East ; " translations of " Vclpeaus Opera-
tive Surgery " (4 vols.) ; " Anniversary Discourse " before
the Graduates of tlie New York University, i860;
" Jfott's C/i/iit/ues," and " Transactions of the New York
Aeaiicmy of Medicine." In acknowledgment of his high
character and great services, he received many honors
from learned societies, both in Europe and America.
Thomas Valentine was born August 1, 1794, at
East Woods (now Woodbury), Queens county, L. I.
In 1S02, his fatlier purchased a farm containing one
hundred and thirty acres, situated on tlie road leading
from Jamaica to Black Stump, and distant about two
and a half miles from the former place. To this
property he removed, and continued to reside there
until about the year 1811, when he purchased three
hundred acres situated near Rocky Hill, about one
mile from the head of Little Neck Bay, in the town-
ship of Flushing, being distant from the latter place
about four and a half miles. Upon this place he re-
sided until his demise, which occurred in 1850, in his
eighty-eighth year. A portion of the farm is now the
property of one of his grandchildren, who resides
upon it, continues the occupation of his grandfather,
and, like him, is educating his family to the require-
ments of an agricultural life. Thomas remained at
home with his parents until he attained his tenth year,
when he went to live with his grandfather, Gerrett
Van Velsor, a weaver by occupation, residing at Cold
Spring, Suffolk county. Here he acquired the art of
weaving — a trade which it was almost absolutely neces-
sary for one member of a family to possess, as most
JOF.L VALKNTINE, ESQ.
BKNMNOTON, VT.
Loiit; Island Xotablcs.
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persons at this time were clotiied in garments cut
from fiomespun — a name applied to all cloths manu-
factured within the family circle. At this date, the in-
genuity of our American inventors was in its infancy,
and the manufacture of cloths by machinery impelled
by water or steam power, tlien unknown. After
gaining proficiency in the art of weaving, he returned
to his father's house, assisted in cultivating the farm,
and resided with his parents until he attained his
twenty-fourth year. During the war of 181 3, when in
his twentj--first year, he, together with his three older
brotliers, Obadiah, James and Samuel, was enrolled
in the militia of Queens county, under Captains Van
Wyck and Areson, and assigned to duty at Fort
Green, which they assisted at entrenching and fortify-
ing, but were not called upon for more active duty,
and were mustered out of service in the spring of
1815. In his twenty-fourth year he married Sarah
Brooks, daughter of Daniel Brooks, who then resided
near Cookey Hill (now Whitestone, L. I.), but for-
merly of New York city, a master mason by occupa-
tion, but who had acquired a competency, and retired
from active business. About the time of his marriage
his father-in-law removed to New York city, and
Thomas took control of and cultivated the farm, re-
ceiving in payment for services a share in the profits
derived from its cultivation. Here lie remained one
year; but farming not being especiallv suited to his
tastes, and being in those days an occupation requiring
much toil for little profit, he concluded to relinquish
the calling of his ancestors, and embark in mercan-
tile pursuits. Borrowing from his father a small sum
as capital, he, in 1S20, removed to New York, hired
from his fathur-in-law a small store on the corner of
Suffolk and Dclancy streets, and commenced his mer-
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42 The Vale III iitis in Ameriea.
oinlile career in the retail grocery business. Possess-
ing that very essential requirement, good judgment,
being prvident in his expenditures and attentive to
business, he succeeded in his enterprize, and at the ex-
piration of one year paid off Iiis borrowed capital, and
had still remaining his stock in store. As his means
increased he gradually enlarged his business, until he
finally was in a position to bu)- and handle large lines
(jf goods, and would occasionally purchase an entire
shipment of produce or other stock in which he dealt.
At the expiration of two years he had accumulated
sufficient funds to purchase a store and lot on the
corner of Delancy and Cannon streets, to which he
removed, and in which he continued his business for
the space of five years, when he again removed to a
new store which he had erected on the corner of Lewis
and Rivington streets. After conducting a successful
business for twenty years, he deemed it advisable to
dispose of his stock in trade and retire from business.
He resided in the Eleventh and Thirteenth wards for
twenty-two years; took an active interest in the pol-
itics of the day ; was an ardent admirer of Henry
Clay, and a strong Whig. The two wards mentioned
above were overwhelmingly Democratic — so much so
that it was exceedingly difficult for the Whig party to
obtain suitable persons willing to accept their nomina-
tions for local offices, as it was an empty honor, and
equivalent to a defeat. Mr. Valentine upon two occa-
sions— once in each ward — allowed his name to be
used as a candidate for Alderman, net expecting to
be elected, but for the purpose of keeping up and
strengthening his party organizations in these wards.
During the year 1S43, in his fiftieth year, at the re-
quest of his father, who was now far advanced in
j'ears, and unable to attend to the cultivation of his
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land, lie returned to and occupied a portion of the old
farm, where his earlier days had been spent. For a
time he assumed the entire control of the farm, which
for some years ])revious had been conducted by his
younger brother, John, now recently deceased, and
whose place, at the urgent solicitation of his aged
father, he had returned to occupy. After a short in-
terval his older brother, Samuel, who had also been
engaged in the grocery business in New York, re-
moved to the old homestead, and relieved Thomas of
the cultivation of about one-half of the farm. At the
demise of their father the farm was inherited by them,
subject, however, to bequests made to other heirs.
While residing here Mr. Valentine was actively en-
gaged in all local improvements that would tend to
advance the interest of the township or county in
which he resided. Here also he continued his alle-
giance to the Whig party, and was a prominent mem-
ber in all its organizations and councils; and although
his township and county were Democratic, he was suc-
cessful in his election to all offices for which he was a
candidate. During a residence here of nine years he
served for at least two terms each in the capacity of
School Trustee, Highway Master, Justice of the Peace;
and was also twice elected Associate Judge of the
county. He was actively engaged in the incorporation
and construction of the Flushing and Bay Side Plank
Road Company, and was elected President of that
corporation.
After a residence of nearlj- a quarter of a century
in one of the world's busiest thoroughfares, the
change from the noise and tumult of city life to the
quietude of a rural home was agreeably appreciated by
him. The s i(iervision of his farm, the selection of
the best seed for cultivation, and the raising of fine
44 The Valentines in Anicriea.
block occupied liis attention, and was to him a source
of much enjoyment. Tlie solicitations of his wife and
iicr declining beallh induced him to resign the super-
vision of his f;\rm to liis eldest son ; and in the spring
of 1S52 he removed to (now) Xo. 105 Fourth-street,
Williamsburgh, which property he had previously pur-
chased, and where he continued to reside until the
time of his death. During his residence here he was
elected one of the Trustees of the Williamsburgh
Savings Rank; which office of trust he retained for
about fourteen years, until his demise.
After his removal to Williamsburgh he took no
prominent part in politics, but still continued to inter-
est iiimself in the welfare of the Whig party, with
whirh he acted until the year 1S56, when he joined the
Republican ranks.
Following in the footsteps of his father, he at-
tached himself to the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and while residing in New York was an attendant of
All Saints Church, in Henry street. While residing
at Flushing he attended Grace Church at Jamaica, of
which his father, Mr. Jeremiah Valentine, had long
been a member, and in which he had served as Vestry-
man for a long period of years. The infirmities of age
preventing the attendance of his father at church
meetings, induced him to resign his office, and his son
Thom.is was chosen to occupy his chair in the vestry,
whiili he continued to fill until his removal to Wil-
liamsburgh. Shortly after removing to Williamsburgh
Mr. \'alentine began his attendance at Christ Church,
then a dilapidated wooden structure, of small dimen-
sions, situated on what was then known as "the lots,"
but now a po])ulous jiart of Bedford-avenue. During
the year 1S54 he was elected one of the Vestrymen of
the church, in which position he was continued until
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chosen Warden, and during his occupancy of the
latter office was also Treasurer of the church. Mr.
Valentine's official connection with this church ex-
tended over a period of about fourteen years. He was
a member of the Church Building Committee, and
devoted gratuitousl}-, for about two years, nearly his
entire time and attention to the supervision of its con-
struction, besides rendering substantial pecuniary aid.
The church, in the ornamentation of its surroundings,
in its solidit)- and conveniences, attests Jiis zeal and
perseverance in its erection and completion, and is the
best memorial of his disinterested services. Mr. Val-
entine was liberal in his views, the friend of the poor
and distressed, but unostentatious, preferring that his
acts of kindness and charity should in themselves be
his reward. His death occurred December i, 1872,
when in his seventy-ninth year. His funeral services
were conducted at Christ Church, in accordance with
a desire expressed bj- him during the erection of the
building, "that he might live until its final comple-
tion, and be buried from its door." His remains now
repose in the cemeterj- attached to Grace Church, of
Jamaica, in whose councils he had officially served,
and in whose grounds are deposited the remains (with
but a single exception) of the entire family of his
father.
List of I'altitlinfs -whost nanus arf found itpen " B^erss Ke-u.' Map
of Lcng Island, tSjJ."
\V. E. Valentine, Queens (Queens Co.
S. '• Springfield
.V '• ••
H. " East Rockaway "
E. •■ "
W. •• Hemp-leaJ P. O.
J-
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U. Valentine, Hempstead V.O Queens Co.
G. " •■ ••
E. ■' Smilhville P. O., ncin|)sicad
K. D. •• " '• "
E. " Bcllmore *' " "
S. ** Seaford " "
G. " Searii:g Town P. O., N. HeD:pstead,
W.
R.
\V.
\V. M. •■ Rosl)Ti
M. " . ••
\Vm.
A. •' Oyster Bay
\V. M. ■• Glen Cove
k. •' Grcenvale P. O., Oyster Bay
S.
Mr^. A. •• I^ocust Valley P. O..
L. " Jericho "
B. " Syosset
R. " Woodbury
A. " East Norwich
J. T. " Glen Cove
E.
\V. M. **
S. •* "
Cold Spring, Huntington Suffolk Co.
D. " " •• "
S. " " "
I M M 4* ^ •»
Lewis Valentine (farmer), Greenvale Road, Glen Co\c,
Oyster Bay Queens Co.
Ephraim Valentine (farmer), Old Westbury "
H. Valentine, Huntington Suffolk Co.
G. Valentine, Bay Shore, Islip *'
J. C. Valentine, \V<>od\illc Landing, Brookhaven "
C Valentine, Wading River, Kiverhead "
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CHAPTER V.
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY VALENTINES.
JOSEPH VALENTINE, the son of Richard Val-
entine, of North Hempstead, L. I., was born at
that place, January 6, 1750. He seems tq, have
left the home of his youth when he arrived at man-
hood, for, in 1775, he is found at Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess county, N. Y., where, in that year, he en-
listed in Captain Swartwout's Company, in the Revo-
lutionar)' War. He appears, however, either to have
seiAcd only about a year, or to have obtained a fur-
lough, for he was married July 11, 1776. After his
service in the war, he lived for a short time in Chatham,
Columbia count)-, N. Y., but finally seitk-d perma-
nently in the town of Jackson, Washington county.
New York. Here were born unto him the following
sons and daughters: —
Daniel, bom
June 2,
«777
Elias,
Jan. 10,
1779
rhetw. ••
.\pr. 20,
1782
John \^ "
Mar. 16.
1784.
Betsey,
May 27,
1786
Stephen, "
July II,
1788.
Joel.
Jan. 22,
1791
.\bbie.
May 2,
J793-
Moses "
Mar. 21,
1796.
Prudence, "
Oct. 26,
1798.
Lydia,
Nov. 16,
1800.
Harvey, "
June 28,
1803.
Of this large family, all of whom, with one excep-
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lion, lived to adult age, and themselves had families,
there arc now many descendants scattered through
New York, \'ermunt, Michigan, and other States;
some of whom, however, for some unaccountable
reason, spell their name V'olentine.*
Joel Valentine, whose likeness accompanies this
sketch, was the fifth son of Joseph, above mentioned.
He was in the military service for a time, in the war
of 1812, having then just reached his manhood. He
was married to Judith Wells on the 15th of March,
1821, soon after which he removed to Bennington, Vt.,
where he engaged in the business of manufacturing
woolen cloths. He was a man of strong character,
and of the most stern and unyielding integrity. He
was also for many years an active member of the Bap-
tist Church in Bennington, for the support of which
he contributed liberally. He was economical in his
habits, and, as a business man, careful, prudent and
successful. He died July 17, 1866, aged seventy-five
years and six months.
Samuel Wells Valentine, the eldest son of the above,
was born in Bennington, January 19, 1825. He was a
young man of very remarkable promise, but died
February 3, 1844.
Alonzo B X'alentinc, the only other son of the
above mentioned Joel Valentine, was born in Ben-
nington, April I, 1830, and yet resides in the house in
which he was born. He succeeded his father in his
* Since wriiiin; ihc above, I have learned the reason of this change.
Sume of the Lon^; Island N'alcniincs were, as is stated elsewhere, in-
clined to be loyalists though all these afterwards took the oath of al-
legiance. Joseph, who was intensely patriotic, was so exasj>crated at
their course lh.it he c.ille<l ihcm Tories, would not acknowledge them
as relatives, an<l changed the s])elling of his name to Vohnlinf. Most
of his descendants, however, retain the original sj:)elling.
MAJOR ALONZO B. VAI.tNMlNE, MANUFACTURER.
IlKNMNOTON. VT.
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business, yet occupying the same factory or mill that
the parent had erected in 1845, but now much en-
larged and improved, presenting the fine appearance
shown by the beautiful steel engraving on another
page, which the proprietor has kindly permitted the
author to use, and for which he has his sincere thanks.
Mr. Valentine served three years in the army during
the rebellion, going out in the Tenth Regiment of
Vermont V'olunteers, but being afterwards promoted
and transferred to the Commissary Department, and
leaving the service at the close of the war with the
rank of Major. He is now engaged in the manufac-
ture of knit goods, and his establishment has grown to
be one of the largest and most successful of any of the
kind in the State of Vermont, employing one hundred
and twenty-five hands, and turning out over twenty-
three thousand dozens knit under-shirts and drawers
each year.
Mr. Valentine is a man of fine personal appearance
and commanding presence — even more so than his
likeness, herewith given, would indicate. He is every
inch an excellent specimen of the true business-man —
prompt, energetic, enterprising and courteous; and
the writer must be permitted to add that, of all the
many new acquaintances with which the preparation of
this work has brought him into personal communica-
tion, none has more favorably impressed him than the
subject of this sketch. 1 1 e must be grcath- respected in
the community in whicii he resides, especially for his
zeal in the promotion of progressive education, in
which good cause, being a member of the School Com-
mittee of Bennington, he is more particularly inter-
ested.
The children of Alonzo B. and Alma L. (Park) Val-
entine are as follows: —
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May S., born Sept. 29, 1858.
Park. '• July 9, i860.
Jennie, " Sept. II, 1863.
Wells, •■ May 6. 1S66.
T'aniel Valentine, the eldest son of tlie before-men-
tioned Joseph, had sons Leonard, Joseph, Thomas,
Horace, and perhaps others. The latter is yet living, in
Cambridge, Washington county, N. Y. Of the others
I know nothing.
Elias, the second son of Joseph, as above, had two
sons, and perhaps more. Of these, I have informa-
tion only of Daniel, who is now a highly successful
merchant and banker in Aurora, Illinois, and has a
family.
Of Harvey, the youngest son of Joseph, I only
know that he had one son, Charles.
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CHAPTER VI.
THE NEW JERSEV VALENTINES.
IN " Littell's Genealogies of the Passaic Val-
ley, N.J. ," we read that " Richard Valentine mar-
ried Phoebe Haines, and settled in or near Eliza-
beth, where he died in 1766, aged sixty-three years."
This would lead us to infer that he was born about
1703 or 1704; but where? This, in view of the fact
that he is the first of the name found in that State, be-
comes an important question. Was Richard V^alen-
tine an immigrant from the Old World.' If so, from
what country ? It is impossible to answer these ques-
tions now with positive certaintj' ; for the records,
both public and private, were, at that date, but very
imperfectly kept. But the writer will give his opinion
in the case, and leave others to judge for themselves.
It will be found, on a careful examination of the his-
tory of each of the several branches of V^alentines, that
certain Christian names are constantly recurring —
from the fact that parents are very apt to name their
ciiildren from themselves, their own parents, or their
uncles and aunts, and these not always merely as name-
sakes, but sometimes in the hope of-a future inherit-
ance for their children. Thus, in the New York branch
of Valentines, observe the Mathiases and the Abra-
hams; in the NciV England branch, observe the num-
ber of Thomases and Johns, and so on. Now, in the
Long Island branch, the ever-prevailing names are es-
pecially Richard and Obadiah — names that seldom
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occur in the other branches. As these two Christian
names are also found among the early New Jersey Valen-
tines, the inference is plain that the Richard Valentine
who married Pha!)e Haines (Pha-be being also a favor-
ite Long Island name), and settled in New Jersey, was
none other than the son of Richard, who was also the
son of Richard, the first Valentine on Long Island.
Moreover, there was then no Great West to which
emigrants turned their eyes, as now; and New Jersey
being not verj'faroff, with a soil as easy of tillage and
more fertile than that of Long Island, it was the most
natural thing in the world that Richard Valentine
should take his young Phoebe and start thither. His
first son he named Obadiah, after either his uncle or
his brother of the same name. Richard, the father,
died, as has already been mentioned, March lo, 1766,
and his widow, Phcebe, who was three or four years
younger, survived him until May 21, 1783.
Obadiah was born in 1740, and died May 19, 1788.
He married Mary Mulford, who was born Decem-
ber 18, 1741, and died June 9, 1777. He married
three wives, but had children only by the first, the
above-named Mary Mulford.
HON. DANIEL M. VALENTINE,
Associate yttdge of !hi Supreme Court, Kansas. <
Danio' \'alentine, son of the above-named Obadiah,
and grandfather of the subject of this notice, was born
December 20, 1776; was first married to Rachel
Winans, February 14, 1799, and died February 21, 1849.
She was born June 34,1777, and died August 23, 1820.
The second wife of Daniel was Isabel Bull, to whom
he was married in 1S22. He removed from New
Jersey' to Ohio about the year 1805.
a
HON". DAMEL M. VALENTINE.
JIDGE SirREME COVRT. KANSAS.
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John Winans Valentine, son of the above, and
father of Judge V^alentine, was born October 24,
iSo}, and married Rebecca Kinkennon, who was bom
in Tennessee, Februarj' 10, 181 1. He died September
I, 1856, and she, November 29, 1861.
The above-mentioned Daniel Valentine had eight
children by his first wife, and three by his second,
viz: —
Pamelia, bom l8o2, died 1841.
John W., •■ Oct. 24. 1S04, died Sept. 1. 1856.
Richard \V., " 1806, is slill living in Kirkwood, Shelby Co., O.
Jonathan Mulford, " 1 808, died 1837.
David, " 1810, " 1867.
William Berry. " IB13, is still li\Tng, Shelby Co., O.
Sarah, " 1815, died 1834.
Dariel, " 1817, " 1841.
Rachel, " 1820, " 1847.
Ann«, '• 1823, " i860.
Polly, " 1825, still living at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Rebecca, " 1827, " Shelby Co., O.
Many of the children of the above, now grown to
maturity, are yet living in Shelby county.
William Valentine, brother of the aoove-named
Daniel, Senior, removed from New Jersey to Cham-
paign Co., Ohio, and died there. He also had a large
familj-, now largely scattered through that section of
country.
The children of John W. and Rebecca K. Valentine
were as follows : —
Daniel Mulford, the subject of this article, born Shelby Co., O., June
18, 1830.
James Kinkennon, bom September 27, 1832, now living at Fontanelle,
Adair Co., Iowa, has been married three times, and has 6ve sons
and one daughter.
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Sarah Isabel, born January l6, 1S40, married Abram Rutt, living at
Fontanellc.
William, born May 6, 1843, married Naomi ; has three
(lau^jhters, living at Fontanellc
Margaret, born October g, 1847, living at Fontanellc.
Judge Valentine, tlie eldest of the above, was about
six years of age wiien his fatlier removed from Ohio
to Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. Here lie had few facili-
ties for obtaining an education, being allowed to attend
school only some three months each year, and the
schools in that region being then none of the best. He,
however, succeeded in obtaining a very fair common-
school education, with some knowledge of all the
sciences; but he has never acquired a knowledge of
any language except his own mother tongue. He is
not, therefore, indebted to any Alma Mater for his ad-
vancement and success in life, but to his own innate
energy and his persevering efforts at self-culture. He
commenced his legal studies in his youth, and has con-
tinued them even to the present, for a well-read jurist
never finishes his studies; but, as he quaintly says in a
private note, he never studied in any law-office except
his own. His lather being a farmer, he was of course
expected to do his part of the labor on the farm ; but
having at length acqtiircd stifficient education for the
])urpose, he commenced teaching, and taught three
terms — two in Indiana, and one in Iowa. Leaving the
former State in 1S54, he first went to Jefferson, Greene
cDuiity, low.a, afterwards to Winterset, Madison county,
and thence to Fontanellc, .\drian cotintv. After one
term of tcai liing, he principally followed surveying,
serving as County Surveyor of Adair from June, tSss,
to 1S57, when lie became County Attorney for the
same county, serving in that capacity about two years.
After practicing law for several years, he was finally
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elecTed Judge of the District Court in Kansas (whither
lie had removed), in November, 1864. Previously,
howeve/, he had served as a member of tlie House of
Representatives, Kansas, frcm Franklin county, 1S62,
and as State Senator in 1863 and 1S64, from the Dis-
trict composed of Franklin and Anderson counties.
He was Judge of the Fourth Judicial District (com-
posed originally of Johnson, Miami, Lynn, li.irbcjur,
Allen, Anderson, Franklin and Douglas counties), from
1864 to 1 868, when he became Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Kansas, which position he yet fills.
He is said to have written more opinions than any
other Supreme Court Judge in Kansas, and some of
these are regarded as very able ones — that of the case of
Leavenworth County v. Miller (7 Kansas Sup. Court
Reports, 749, and i Am. Railway Rep<<rts, 259), being
the most elaborate.
In politics, Judge Valentine was a member of the
old Whig part}- until it ceased to e.xist; he then be-
came a Rti ubiican, and continues such to the present
time. In religious matters, he is rather inclined to
liberality of opinion, not being connected with any
church a;, a member. His grandfather Daniel and hit
brother William were Baptists.
As to his domestic relations, they are briefly stated.
He married Miss Martha Root, of .\dair county, Iowa,
June 26, 1855. Mrs. V. was a native of Delaware
county, Ohio, where she was born April i, 1836. Their
children are : —
Adelbert. bcm .^p-- 16, 1856.
Sarah Eva, " Oct. 3, 1S60.
John Williim " Junt 10, 1864.
Harr)- Edward, ■■ Ftb. 5,1867.
Martha .\bbie, " Feb. 8,1869.
Maggie Elsie, " July 29, 1871.
Ralph Elmer, " June 7, l87j.
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One thing more is worthy of special mention.
Judge Valentine is able to say that he has never used
alcoholic drinks, nor tobacco, nor has he ever sworn a
profane oath in his life. Would to Heaven all our
magistrates and public men could say as much!
If the brand) to which he belongs have not been
distinguished for great intellectual endowments, they
have at least been favored with a fair share of that old-
frshioned commodity, j/ri?/;^, common sense. Not only
is it true that none of them have been charged with
crime, but they have been marvelously kept from most
of the gayer and lighter vices. No one of them has
ever been insane or idiotic, or even very eccentric, nor
has one ever been deformed, so far as is known. The
Judge himself is a fair specimen of our American self-
made men, and his history and success in life show
what energy, perseverance and strict virtue can
do for our j-oung men, even under the mort adverse
circumstances.
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CHAPTER \II.
THE NEW VCRK VAuENTINES.
BOLTOX, in his valuable " Hislory of West
Chester Count)-,' says that Benjamin Valen-
tine, the anccbtor of *Iie Westchester county
Valentines, was a dragoon i.i the French militar)- ser-
vice, and that he rem(jved to !\ tw York about 1680.
This would imply that he was of French origin;
whereas, there is abundant proof that he was not a
Frenchman, but a Hollander. That the 6rst settler
and his sons understood the Dutch language is evi-
dent; and all the families of this branch repudiate the
idea of a French origin.
In a work entitled ^'■Journal of a Voyage to A'rw
York, and a Tour in sneral of the American Colonies in
1679-S0, by JASPER DuNKER and Peter Si.uvter, of
Wreu'crd, in Friesland" (recently published under the
auspices of the Long Island Historical Society, from
MSS. obtained in Holland by the Hon. Henry C.
Murphy, of Brooklyn), I find the following: "We
crossed the Spylden Duyzel in a canoe, and paid nine
stuivers for us three, which was very dear. We fol-
lowed the opposite side of the land, and came to the
house of one Valentyn, a great acq\iainlance of our
Gaiict.* He had gone to the city, but his wife, though
she did not know Garret or us, was so much rejoiced
to see Jfollanden that she hardly knew what to do for
* Garret Cornelius Van Duyne, the common ancestor of the Van
Duyne family in Ihiscounlry, who died in 1706.
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58 Tlic Valcntiiifs in America.
us." That this " V'alentyn " — the common wAj of
spelling the name in Holland — was the Benjamin
above mentioned, there can be no doubt; and this
discovery settles the question both as to origin and
time. This was about the beginning of the "Tour"
(or 1679); and this Valentine had already been there
long enough to have business with the city, to form
strong friendships, and to have his homesick wife
overjoyed to see even strangers from "Faderland." So
that Benjamin Valentine, though he may have been in
the French service, was a Hollander, and probably
came to this vicinity as earl)- as 1678.
But, in ali candor, it should be stated that there is
one circumstance that appears, at first view, a little
inconsistent with the above theory. According to
Bidton, Benjamin Valentine married a Miss
Odell, and the Odells were of New England or Eng-
lish origin, the first of the name in this country having
been William Odell, of Concord, Mass., who removed
to Fairfield, Conn., in 1644, whose son William was
one of the principal proprietors of the neighboring
town of Rye in 1660. But, as Mathias, the eldest son
of Beniamin, was not born till 169S, it seems very
probable that this Miss Odell was Benjamin's second
wife, and that his first marriage was to a country-
woman of his own native Holland, and she having
died without issue, the circumstance is not on record.
Upon this supposition, the whole matter, otherwise so
mysterious, becomes clear a.id reasonable, as there is
no evidence that any other ValenMne had settled in
this region about that time.
Benjamin X'alentine did not at first settle, as some
erroneously suppose, on Vahnliiif's Hill, but, Bolton
says, " upon the farm in Vonkers now {1848) owned bj-
Frederick Rich." The spot, as pointed out to me (in
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August, 1873) by George Bishop Valentine, from his
residence on the summit of Valentine's Hill, appeared
to be some two miles or more to the east of that
elevated spot, in the town of East Chester, not far
from the Bronx river, and perhaps half a mile north of
(or above) the present station of West Mount Vernon,
on the Harlem Railroad. How long he lived there
does not appear — perhaps all the rest of his life His
(second ?) wife was, as above stated, a Miss Odell, by
whom he had three sons — .\faihias, the first proprietor
of Valentine's Hill, Vonkers, born 169S, and who was
buried at East Chester, 1781 ; A'icholas, who removed
South; and Joseph, who is said to have been so pas-
sionately fond of the violin liiat he was everywhere
known as " The Fiddler."
The following is but an imperfect genealogy of this
nov extensive family, made up partly from Bolton,
and partly from the limited data furnished the author
by others : —
GENEALOGY OF THE NEW YORK VALENTINES.
FIRST GENERATION.
Col. Benjamin Valentine, first settler, bom in Holland, came to
Westchester Co. about 1678; m. I, .and 2, Mis.s Odell,
by whom he had three sons; 1, Mathias ; 2, Nicholas; 3, Joseph.
SECOND GENERATION.
I. Mathias, sop of Benjamin, bom 1698, was the firs' of the name
on Valentine's Hill ; m. 1, .^nna Rych ; 2, Marj' ; and had five
sons: Abraham, John, Mathias, Samuel and Thomas, and died 1781,
and was buried at East Ciiester 2. Nicholas, went South and
settled. . . .3. Joseph, " The Fiddler," had one son, Caleb.
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THIRD GENERATION.
I. A1>raham, son of Mathias, born 1719 ; m. Deborah Barton ; had
I«o sons and five daughters, and died 1769 2. John.... 3. Ma-
thias. .. .4. .Samuel. .. .5. Thomas (of Valentine's Hill), born 1723;
m. I. Isabel Lawrence; 2, Mary liarlon ; had five sons and five
daughters, and <lied iSoo. ...6. Calel). son of Joseph, lx)rn 1736; m.
Mary ; had three sons. Caleb, .Anthony and Reuben, and d. 1814.
.\ntliony d. Stamford, Conn., aged 82.
FOIRTH GENERATION.
I. (iilbcrl, son of .Vbraham, born 1748 ; m. I, Mary Morgan, and
2, .\Iartha liriggs ; had four sons and two daughters, and d. 1819
2. .\braham, son of .\braham, b. 1755; m. I, Jane Odell ; 2, Fanny
Newman ; 3, Kliz.abelh Lent ; had five sons and one danghter, and
died 1798.... 3. Dorothy, ni. Vincent Fowler 4. Nancy.... 5.
Sallie. . . .6. Mary.... 7. Susan, b. 1756, m. Vredenbui^gh, of
Vonkers. [.Ml the foregoing were children of .\braham, of third
gen.]. . . .9. lames, so;i of Thos., of Val. Hill. m. Warner; had
five daughters and three sons, .Staals, Charles and Nathaniel. .. .lo.
Elijah, son of Thos., m. Rebecca Odell (sister of Gen, Jacob). .. .II.
Nathaniel, of V. Hill, born 1754, S(.n of Thos., left three sons, Geo.
Bishop, Thomas Burling and Elijah, and d. 1R30. ...12. Thomas, of
Pelham, son of Thos., had Charles, of East Chester, who m. sister of
D. D. Briggs, Police Com. of Brooklyn. . . .13. Mathias, son of Thos..
m. Dcighton, and had Samson, of E. Chester. ... 14. M.'.ry, dan.
of Thos. ...15. Margaret, dau. of Thos., m. Isaac Odell. .. (l6.
.\nna, dau. of Thos., m. AVni. Warner. .. .17. Sarah, dau. of rh'»s.,
ir. Richard .Archer, Second Lord of the Manor of Fordhara, who d.
1783.... 18. Jane, dau. of Thos., m. Reuben Fowler. .. .19. Caleb,
son of Caleb 20. Anthony, .son of Caleb had Anthony, Jurdan,
Mercy, Susan, Margaret and Jane.... 21. Joseph, son of Caleb...
22. Reuben, son of Caleb.
FIFTH GENERATION.
I. .Abraham, -siin of Gilbert, b. 1773, m. Hannah BriggsI798; had
one son (.Abraham) and two dau. who d. in infancy, and d. 1858, aged
85.... 2. Mathias, son of Gilbert, m. Briggs, and had Ma-
thias Thos., Martha, Mary .ind Stacia, and d. 1833 3. John, b.
, m. Mary Bussing ; had Gilbert, John, I'eter, Mary and Georgia,
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and d. . . . .4. Gilbert, son of John, d. without issue . . 6. Mary,
dau. of John.... 7. Sarah... 8. Samuel, son of .Abraham. .. .9.
i Odell, son of .Abraham. ... 10. James, son of Abraham. .. .II. Gil-
\ bert, son of .\br.iham, b. 1774, d. I7q5. ...12. Jacob, son of .\bra-
I ham, b. I78l,d. 1S05....13. .\nn, dau. of .\braham, m. Elijah Wil-
I hams. . . .14. Staats, son of James. . . .15. Charles, son of James, b.
1802, d. 1836 16. K.athaniei, son of James, m. ; now lives at
I Bronxville, ajjed 80. ...17. Geo. Hishop, son of Nathaniel, b. about
I l'-oo....l8. Thos. Burling, son of Nathaniel, b. ; now living in
I Mount Vernon village ...Ig. Elijah, son of Nathaniel, bom ;
yet living. . . .20. Charles, of E. Chester, son of Thos., of Pelham, m.
1 Mi.ss Briggs. . . .21. .Samson, of E. Chester, son of Matthias. . . .
I 22. .\nthony .\rcher, son of Richd. and Sarah Valentine Archer, m.
Mary Mapes, and left large issue. .. .23. Malhias .\rcher, son of
Richd. and Sarah Valentine .Archer. .. .24. Janis. son of .Anthony
'• Valentine, married Charlotte Law^on... 25. Anthony, son of An-
thony A'alentine, m. Jane Farriiiglon ; died aged 67 ; had children,
Ann, Delavan, Jane, \Vm. A., Penelojie. James, ChTles, Elmira, Re-
ibecca, .Amanda and John. .. .26. Jurdan, son of Anthony Valen-
tine, died young. . . .27. Daniel, son of .Anthony Valentine, m. Miriam
Fisher, a descendant of John Lawrence. .. .28. Mercy, dau. of An-
! ihony Valentine, m. Moses Farrington, and d. aged 75. . . .29. Susan,
i dau. of .Anthony Valentine, m. Joseph Farrington, and d. aged 85. . .
30. Margaret, dau. of .\nihony Valentine, died single, aged 85 .31.
Jane, dau. of .Anthony \'alentine, died young.
SIXTH CENERATIO.S.
I. .Abraham, son of Abraham, bom 1804, m. Jane Bates, 1826; had
Abraham, Edward, John, William, George, Mary Jane, J^mily and
Catharine. .. .2. Mathias, son of Mathias. . . .3. Thomas, M>n of
.Mathias. . . .4. Martha, dau. of Mathias ...5. Mary, dau. of Ma-
thias....6. Sarah, dau. of Mathias. .. .7. Stacia, dau. of Mairuas.
....8. Gilbert, son of John and Mary Bussing. .. .9. John, son of
John and Mary Bussing, m. .Anna Morgan. . . .10. Peter, son of John
and Mary Bussing . . .11. Mar)-, dau. of John and Mary Bus-ing. . . .
12. Georgia, dau. of John and Marj' Bussing. . . .13. Sarah .Anne, dau.
of Jjcob, m. James Morgan. .. .14. Fi^her Ferris Valentine, >on of
Daniel, m. J.Tne Morgan ...15. Jurd.in, son of Daniel. ... 16. Edwin,
son of Daniel. ... 17. David Thomas, ^nn of Daniel, borr iSoi, m. I,
Martha Carnell (by whom he h.-.d three sons and two daughters) ; 2,
62
TJu Valentines in America.
Caroline M. Spicer (by whom he had no issue), and d. Feb. 25, 1869
... .18. Evaline, diu. of Daniel, m. -\. Secor ; had seven children
ig. Emma, dau. of Daniel, m. Dr. Parkinson (no issue); .low living
in Fordham. . . 20. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel, m. Disbrow (no
issue) 21. -Amelia, dau. of Daniel, m. Thos. P. Wilson (no is..ue) ;
now living in Fordham. .. .22. rianiel, son of Daniel, m. Rebecca
Bumpo (by whom he had two sons, Chas. and Thomas) ; now living in
Fordham. . . .23. Charles F., son of Staats, is a builder, and now lives
in ^^)rkville. . . .24. Ann, d:iu of .\nthony, m. Bailey ; had chil- - ^A
dre •■ ' ^ „_,.,.-_...-,._- -..,Ts_,...--'->t^-
son
n, .Mary, Jo-eph, Charles, Halsled and Adeline 25A'Delavan. .^.^ P \' ■
of .Anthony, had yflmory .Mason and Lewis Pease (tvvins), Rufus i* "
P^^l
4ltt^
Babcock and James William (twins), Frederick and .Ann Eliza (twins),
^i<^ and l>iiiii||i|~. . .26. Jane.dau. of Anthony, d. young. .. .27. William A.,
son of .\nthony. b. iSog, m. Jane -A Mead ; hud children, Mary J., Wil-
liam. Eleanor E., Elizabeth A., Stephen A., ard^ Frederick D 28.
James, son of .Anthony, m. Catherine Rillay ; had children, James,
Eliza J., .Adricnne, Slephen H., Sarah, William, Emma, Frank and
Catherine. . . .29. Charles, son of .Anthony, m. Phebe Coleman ; had
.Sarah J., Mary, .Alonzo, Theodore, .Amanda and Emily.... 30. Al-
niira. dau. of 'Anthony, m. Thompson (no issue) 31. Re-
becca, dau. of Anthony, d. unm. . . .32. .Amanda, dau. of An'hony,
living unm. . . .33. John, son -jf .Anthon)'. m. Annie Odell ; had chil-
dren Warner. John. Kiltie, .Albert and Daisy 34. Penelope, dau. of
Anthony, m. Purdy (no issue), dec.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
I. Abraham, son of Abraham. . . .2. Edv.ard, son of Abraham. . . .
3. John. .. .4. William ...5. George.... 6. Mar)' Jane. .. .7. Emily,
d. 1843.... 8. Catharine g. Charles, son of F. F. and Jane M.
Valentine. .. .10. A dau. of same, m. I jne ; had two children,
one of whom m. Havibnd ...II. Gilbert, son of Edwin, has
two children. ... 12. Ed\\in, son of Ed«in. . . .13. David, son of
David T., m. Christina Odell ; has five children. . . .14. William Cor-
nell, son of David T., m. Ellen Higgins; has one child. Ellen Camell
Valentine. .. .15. Martha, dau. of David T. and Martha Camell
Valentine, m. Thon»as H. Smith; had no issue. ... 16. Amanda A.,
dau. of D. T. and Martha C. Valentine. .. .17. Augusta, dau. of
same, m. Joseph W. Owens; has two children, Jennie and Clarence
... .18. Gustavus ,A., son of the same, m. Louisa T. Lynch ; had no
issue.... 19. Charles, son of Daniel and Rebecca Valentine, lives in
TJie New York Valentines. 63
Fordham. . . .20. Thomis son of Daniel, as above, lives in Fordham
....21. Marj', dau. of Ann Bailey, m. Rufus Banks; had one son,
John. . . .22. Joseph, son of Ann, m. Mary A. .Miller ; has several chil-
dren. . . .23. Charle .on of Ann, m. Mary L. Satchell ; has one child
. . . .24. Halsted, son of Ann, m. Mary L. Banks; has three children
. . . .25. Aaal ne, m. James Foshay ; had Ella and .\ddie. . . .26. Mary
J., dau. of Wm. A., m. Henry M. Tobitt (of fi'm of Tolitt & Bunce,
printers of this book). . . .27. William, son of Wm. K 28. Elear .
E., dau. of Wm. A 29. Elizabeth A., dau. of Wm. A 30.
Stephen A., son of Wm. A., d. 1873 31. Frederick D., son of
Wm. A., dec. .. .32. Sarah I., dau. of Charles, m. Josiah Morgans;
lives in Cutchogue. . . .33. .^I'ary, dau. of Charles. .. .34. Alonzo,
son of Charles, m. Maggie M-.rgans; has one son. Charles. .. .35.
Theodore, son of Charles. .. .36. Kmily, dau. of Charles. .. .37.
Amanda, dau. of Chas., dec. . . .38. Warner, son of John, dec. . . .39.
John, son of same. . . .40. Kittie, dau. of same. . . .41. Albert, son of
same. . . .42. Daisy, dau. of same. . . .43 Emory Mason, son of Dcl-
avan....44. Lewis Pease, son of same, dec. .. .45. Rufus Babcock,
son oi same.... 46. James William, son of same. ...47. Frederick,
son of same. . . .48. Ann Eliza, dau. of same. . . .49. Mari. dau.
of same, dec. (The sur\iving children of Delavan mostly reside in
the neighborhood of Natick, Mass.) .50. James, son of James, is a
physician in one of the Western States, married, and has several chil-
dren....51. Eliza J., dau. of James.... 52. .•Kdrienne, dau. of Jas,
dec. 53. Stephen H., son of Jas., dec 54. Sarah, dau. of Ja,s.,
living unm....55. William, son of Jas.... 56. Emma, dau. of Jas.,
is a wijf^'.v, with one child.... 57. Frank, son of Jas., dec.... 58.
Catherine, dau. of Jas., dec.
EIGHTH GE.NERATION.
I. Samuel, son of Edw. B. and Eliza Pinckney Valentine. ... 2.
James, son of same. b. 1813, died in infancy. . . .3. Wm. Henry, son
of same, b. 1S22, d. 1S32. . . . }. .^nne Delia, dau. of same, b. 1802, m.
Edw. G. Faile, of West Farms. 1821. . . .5. Harriet, dau. of same, b.
1S06, m. Gilbert Bates Hannah, dau. of same, d. 1812 7. Mary
Jane, dau. of same, b. 1S18, d. 1825.... 8. Juhn, son of Rufus and
Mary B. Banks, m. Grace .Mead, of Connecticut ...9. Ella Foshay,
dau. of Jas. and .\daline Foshay. . . .10. Addie, dau. of Jas. and Ada-
line Foshay. . . .11. Oi.Trles, «on of .\lonzo. . . .t2. Ellen Camel;,dau.
of William C. . . .13. Jennie, dau. of Augusta and J. W. Owens
14. Clarence, son of same.
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The Valentines in America.
Tlie following were copied from the Episcopal
Churchyard, in East Chester, Westchester County,
New York :
(I.)
In Meni(jr\' of
Deborah
Wife of Abraham Vollixtixe
WTio departed this life
Aug. 5, 1777.
Aged %v
64 years 10 months and 12 days.
(2.)
Here lyes the Body
V^ of
Abraham Vollixtixe
WTio departed this life
May 8 A. D. 1769
Aged
49 yrs. 6 mo. and 6 days.
(3)
Thomas Valextixe
W died
Jan. 26, 1800
Aged
77 yrs. 8 mo. and 16 days.
(4.)
In Memory of
L.f Cm tB V.\i.F.NriNE
Who dcjiarlcd lliis life
17 A. D. 1814
he ySlh yr,
his age.
(Part jf ihis iribcription worn off.)
(5.)
1 / In Memoiy of
Mars' Valextine,
Wife of Caleb Valentine.
She departed this life
Mar. 5, A. D. 1817.
(The age is worn off this stone.)
(6.)
In Memory of
G;: BERT Valentine
Who departed this life
on the 28lh day of April
In the year of our Lord 1819
Aged
71 yrs. 8 mo. and 10 days.
(7.)
. . / In Memory of
Mary
Wife of Gilbert Valentine
who died
July 5. 1773.
Aged
25 yrb. 10 mo. and 5 days.
(8.)
■ ^ In Memory of
.\iiraham Valexti.xe
Who dcjiartcd this life
Jan. 5, 1798
Aged
43 years 3 mo. and 2 days.
The AVji' York Va/iii/iins.
(9-)
jj In Memory' of
Jkan Vali.imink
Wife i>f -\brahnm \"a!liiuinc
Daughter of
Aliraliam and Rebecca Oilell
Who dej)arled ihis life
Sept. 12, 1787
Aged
32 yrs. 1 1 mo. and 2S days.
(10.)
J Sacred lo the Memory of
Naiiiamkl Valentine
WIio (lied Jan. 26, 1S30,
In llie 76th year of his age.
(II.)
In Meinon' of
^ .\NN VoMlNTlNi;
Wli.i (kpaned llii.> life
Mar. 20, 17S3
.\ged 24 )Ts. and 3 days.
(12.)
j \ In Memory of
J.VNK V.\Ij;.\TINF.
Wife of llcnrj* Valentine
Who departetl this life
Oct. 8, A. I). 1816
Ayed 57 yrs.
(>3)
In Memory of
SXR.MI Voi l.l.\TINE
Who dejiarted this life
Jan. 10, 177S
Aged 15 yrs. 4 mo. and 10 days
9
(I4-)
t. \ The grave of
.M.\RV V.M.H.sriNE
who died
Dec. 17, 1822
Aged 57 yrs.
(15.)
^ — In Memorj* of
Hknry Vai.kniine
Who died April 29. 1833
Aged 68 yrs,
(16.)
Ei iZAiiFiH Vaij;\tixe
Horn Ian. II, 1765
Died Nov. 7, 1855.
(■7)
.^ In Meir )ry of
Tii'j.\i.\s Vai.kxtixe
Who died Sept. 16, 1839,
In hi^ 71.'^^ >T-
(16.)
^El.lZABtfH Valf.ntix"
dii J Oct. io, 1854,
.\ ed 88 yrs. 3 mo. and 5 ciays.
(19)
jj MARTHA
Widow of Gii.nKKT Vai.kxtixe
who dicti .May 13, 1843,
.\ged 76 yrs. 5 mo. and 13 days.
^ (20.)
V The (irave of Sll.liY
Wife of Kli llXKIi VaI f \TISK
Who did M.iy 28. 1^56.
.\ged SS yc3r> and 7 nio.
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The Valentines in America.
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(21.)
V In Memory of
Sakah Willow of
Nathamf.l Valfstinf.
Who iliiil Mar. 25, 1S53
Aged S2 yr'i. and 5 da; s.
(22.)
Sacred to the Memory of
.XllRAllAM VaLENTI.NE
Died June 7, 185S
in the 85lh year of hi> Age.
(23)
In ?»:emory of -
Gilbert Vai.estixe
Son of ALraham Valentine
Who departed \\\\-^ life
Sept. 18, 1795.
.\ged 21 yrs. and 5 aays.
(24.)
Sacred to the Memory of
Hannah, widow of
.Abraham Valentine
Died Oct. 24. 1862
In the 86th year of her age.
(25)
The Grave of
Hewlet Valentine
Who died Dec. 4, 1829
Aged 49 yrs.
(26.,
To the Memory 01
V*^ Jacob Valentine
Who lU-pai led this life
On llic 3rd day of October
In the year of our I>ird 1805
,\gcd 24 yrs. 2 mo. and 9 d.iys.
(27)
/ The Grave of
Elvin Valentine
Who died Mar. 17. 1832
.\gid 50 yrs. S mo. and 13 days.
(28.)
In Memory of
IsAA'- Valentine
Who dieo Sept. 8, i860
,\ged 75 yrs. 9 mo. and 29 d.
(29.)
In Memory of
Mrs. Anna
Wife of Isaac Valenti.st.
Who died Mar. 21, 1842
.'^d 57 yrs. 4 mo. and 21 d.
¥
(30.)
Mary Vallntine
Daughter of
Giilicrl and Martha Valentine
Who died Oct. 31. 1846,
.\gcd 57 yrs. and 16 days.
^
(31)
Id Memory of
Ann Valentine
Who died Oct. 6, 1835
In her 45lh year.
(32.)
^j^ In Memory of
Maithias Vai.eniine
Who died Sept. 13, 1833
.\gcd 41 yrs. 10 ino. and 23 days
The New York Valentines.
67
(33)
In Memi.ry of
M/RV
Wife of John Valentine
Who died July 10, 183 1
Aged 35 yrs. 10 mo. and 7 days.
(34)
In Memory of
Waltkk P Valc.ntine
Who departed this life
Dec. 21, 1797
Aged 8 mo. and 27 days-
(35.)
In Memory of
^^ Harriet Amelia
Daughle • of
Nathaniel & Saram Valentine
Who departed lais life
Muy t), 1813
.Agetl 14 yrs 6 mo. and 25 days.
V(
(36-)
In Memory of GILBERT
Son of
Gilbert & Martha Valentine
Died May 17, 1853
Aged 54 years.
(37.)
\d In Memory of
Charles Valentine
Who died Oct. 20. 1836.
In Mi 34th year.
(38.)
W In Memory of
.\hkaham G. Valentine
Who died .\ug. 12. 1849
In ihe 46lh year of his age.
(39)
\^ In Memory of
Edwin Vai.entint;
Who died Oct. 26, 1833
,\ged 28 yrs. 2 mo. ard 17 days.
(40.)
To the Memory of
'^' KinvARi) B. Valentine
Who departed this life
Sept. 24. 1834
Aged 25 yrs. and 8 mo.
(41.)
In Memory of
^ Elizabeth Ann
Daughter of
Nathaniel & Sarah Valentine
Who departed this life
Jan. II. 1846
In the 37ih yeir of her age.
(42.)
\iy In Memory of
Hannah, daughter of
.\hraham & Hannah Valentine
Who dcj'aried this life
Dec. 10, 1812,
Agtd I yr. and 9 mo.
w
(43.)
Amelia
Wife of Gilbert Valentine
Died Sept. 13. 1S58
.\ged 47 yrs. 3 mo. and 10 days.
(44.)
^' In Memory of
William Henrv, son of
.\LFRKi) & Hannah Valentine
Who died .\ug. 13. 1836
Aged 14 yrs. 3 mo. and 3 days.
6S
The Vitlcniinci in Aiiicrka.
(45)
\«r -Martha Jane Valentine
n.inghlerof
Mauhia^ and Hannah Valentine
Dieil June 20, 1S45
Aged 22 yrs. 6 mo. and 22 days.
(46.)
>yf In Memon" of
Matthias son of
Matthias & Hannah Valentine
Died Apr. 15. 1S48
\^ei 25 yrs. 5 mo. 9 days.
(47)
Caroline Theresa Valentine
Died Dec. 25, :S54
Aged 51 )TS. and 17 days.
US.)
, S-ncred to ihe Memory of
Makv Jane, daughter of
.\i.RAii \M & Hannah V.\i£.N-nNE
Who departc<i this life
Feb. 10. 1S25
.\ged 4 mo. and 2 days.
(49-^
Sacred to the Memory of
Matilda, daughter of
Isaac and .\nna Valentin-e
Who died Oct. 24, 1S2S
Aged I yT. 7 mo. and 19 day<;.
(50.)
In Memory of
.Vbraham, son of
John and Marv Valentine
Who died July 17, TS54,
.Xged 6 yr«. 9 mo. and 20 days.
(5I-)
^< In Memory of
Thos. son of'
Math Hi.\s & Hannah Valentin-e
WTi.idied Oct. 3irj84S,
.\ged 21 yrs. 5 mo. anS 5 day?^
(52-)
In Memory of
A.NN Ameli.v daughter of
.\LFRED & SlSANNAll VaLEN-TINE
Bom
July 16, 1840
Died
.^ug. 29, 1S40.
The following arc copied from tombstones in St.
Peter's cliiirchyard, Westilicstcr village : —
(I.)
William Valentine
Iiiol Oct. 1793
Agol 13 yr». 17 day~
(2.)
Polly Valentine
Died Jan. 19 1S05
.\gol 30 yr~ 5 mi>- ; Hays
The New York Vahutitics.
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(3)
\J^ Benjamin Valentine
Died July 25 1S20
Aged So yvr. 2 mo<; 14 days
(+)
Benjamin Valentine, Sr.
VI Hied July 27 1S26
Aged 7S yri I mo
(5.)
Marv Seccr Valentine
Died Sept. 4 1827
Aged 45 yn
(6.)
Elizaiietii Valentine
Died May 29 1S33
Aged 9 yrs 3 nios 3 days
(7)
George Valentine
Died June 7 1833
Aged I yr 3 m<>s 2f> days
(8.)
Theodore E. Valentine
Died Oct. 16 1S34
.\gcd 2 yrs 5 mos
(9)
Maria Victoria Valentine
Died Sept. 25 1S39
Aged S mos 25 days
(10.)
.\i;ijAii Valentine
Died Mar. 12 1S40
.\ged 12 yr>. 5 mos
(II.)
Pheiie Vaij-;ntine
Died .\ag. 14 1 840
.\ged 49 yrs 9 nios 20 day*:
(14.)
Charles F. Valeni ine
i:»ied J.in. 26 1848
Aged 2 yis I mo
(13)
Maikice .S. Valentinx
Died Oct. 10 1S49
Aged I yr I mo I day
(14)
William E. Valentine
Died Oct. 24 1849
/\ged 22 yrs 2 mos
(IS.)
Abacal E. Valentine
Died Oct. 26 1849
Aged 15 yrs 3 mos
(16.)
Phebe Jane Valentine
Died Nov. 11 1849
.\ged 24 yrs 5 mos 12 days
(I7-)
Catharine A. Valentine
Died Nov. 23 1859
-Aged iS yrs 10 mos 15 days
(18.)
Beverly Valentine
Died .Mar. 8, 1S54
.Aged 14 mos 6 days
The Valcniincs in America.
(19-
Kkhiiekick Valentine
Died M.ir. S 1S54
AgcJ 8S yrs 5 mi)-. 12 days
(20.)
PiiEiiE Valentine
Died Dec. 11 1S54
Aged 63 yrs 9 mos II days
(21.)
Catherlne a. Valentine
Died Aug. 8 1861
Aged 7 mos
(22.)
Etgent; Valentine
Died Jan. I 18C5
Aged 45 yrs 4 mos
(23-)
William F. Valentine
Died Aug. 31 1S65
Aged 15 yrs II mos
(24.)
AiGisTi's A. Valentine
Died Dec. 25, 1871
.Aged 52 yrs I mo 12 days
VALENTINES HILL.
" Valentine's Hill (so often mentioned in these
pages) is," s.\vs Bolton, "a liigli ridge bordering the
.^^ilc■ S(juare on the west ; and its summit affords one
of the finest views in Westchester county. To the
east the eye ranges over an extensive country of hills,
woods and vales stretching towards Long Island
.Sound, the distant horizon skirted by light-blue hills.
To the north lie the Tiickahoe hills, while westward
the view is bounded by the Yonkers ridge surmounted
with lot'ty woods, with here and there a glimpse of the
dark Palisades peeping through some opening of the
trees; while below lies a beautiful vale through which
meanders Tippet's brook. At the base of this hill
winds the Croton Aqueduct."
This hill and the .uijoining property have been
occupied !))■ the ancient and numerous family of the
X'alcntincs for nearly one hundred and fifty years.
Mathias X'alcntine, the first occupant of the same, was
one of the first tenants under the Pliilipse patent, and
in the possession of the family are numerous receipts
for rent, of which the following are specimens: —
J III- Nc'a.' York Valentines. j\
" Op Niri'EKA Uci 20 Mars No. 1727.
"ilcii 20 Mar^ hcfl Theis Valenlin en cyn Moeilci hiergebracht 13X
I>)~Lh<.l lurue vor de huei von land vdt ye Tahr .\i 1726."
f
■•■SoNKKKS. Januar)- je 2S day 1734-5.
"Then received of Mr. MatihiA>e Vallenline 7X bushels of Rent
wheat on behalf of Mr. Philips^. ' said received by me.
•• William Peck."
"At the commencement of the Revolution," siys
Hiilton, "lliis hill was rented by Thomas and Gilbert
Valentine (grandsons of Mathias), who occupied it
tlirough the war. In the summer of 1776, tlie Ameri-
can army threw up entrenchments on its summit, the
rem.Tins of which are still visible. When General
Washington lay encamped on Valentine's Hill in the
fall of 1776, it was supposed to be the design of the
enemy to attack his position. On this occasion,
T!i()m.''.s \'alentine was engaged in crnversation with
the Gc.ieni'i (as represented in the view of the old
" X'alentine House"), leaning upon the pommel of his
saddle, when the heads of the British columns were
seen approaching at a distance of three or four miles,
on the opposite side of the Bronx, as if taking the
direction of the hill. Under this supposition, V>'ash-
ington order-.-d out several companies to attack the
thinking parties of the enemy, who, it was discovered,
were taking the high road to White Plains. It was
afterwards asserted by a British officer that, through
the aid of their glasses, he had seen Thomas Valentine
in this conversation with the General."
This old "Valentine House," which sto(jd northwest
(jf the present residence, was used for some time by
General Washington as his headquarters. It was
72 riii I'll h lit nil J 111 hii.r/ctt.
destroyed by fire many years ago, but the spot is yet
plainly to be seen.
From the following 'ettcr, yet in the possession of
the family, it would appear that Thomas Valentine-
aided somewiiat in the advance of Washington's army
toward White Plains: —
"Valentine's Hill, Jan. 27, 1777.
"These may tcrlify, that on or aboul the 25th day of Oct. la^t, I
ordered Thoma> Valcrline's one yoke of oxen and cart to be taken
for the public ser\ ice. They carried a load to ye White Plains. There
I discharged them. I am informed they were further taken on their
return, ar.o that NTr. \'alen'ine has not received them.
" B. Lincoln."
During the absence of the arntics, Valentine's Hill
was much exposed to the depredations of .gangs of
outlaws called Cowbf)ys and Skinners, who "^oamed
the coiintr)' in search of plunder. On one occasion, a
party of the former forced an entrance into the Valen-
tine House. Seizing the proprietor, Thomas Valen-
tine, they demanded his life or money; whereupon,
uri his refusing, they threatened to h.ing hiin instantly.
Getting no satisi.iciion, the}- carried him to a cherry-
tree, still standing near the corner of the old garden,
and jilaced the cord around his neck, when he sud-
denly threw it off, exclaiming, " Don't be such u d
fools as to hang a man when he !iasn't an\ money!"
His coolness and ajiparent sincerity disarncti the r<;b-
bers, and they released him.
One or two instances of heroic courage, says
Bolton, "in a fen. ale of this fainilj- (Susan Valentine,
afterwards Mrs. V'rcdenburgh, and yet living in 1S47,
aged 9j), are deserving of re< ord. When a young
wom.in, she prevented a companv of thoe inarauderi-
froin entering the house by threatening them, single
MAI' OK VAI.KNIINES HILL ANL> ADJACENT COUNTRY.
KKOM LOSSING'S FIELD BOOK OF REVOLUTION.
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The New York Valentines.
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haiified, tliat she would split, with a large ovcn-sliovel
she held, the head of the first man that dared to cross
the threshold. Her courage and determination alone
saved the house from plunder.
On another occasion, an intimate friend of hers was
going a long journey into the interior, and desired to
leave his money (tliirty pounds in gold and silver,)
with her for safe-keeping. For greater security she
concealed the money in her dress, designing to keep it
until the owner's return; but that same evening «
party of Skinners forced their way into her bed-room,
and demanded the money. She cither denied possess-
ing it, or refused to deliver it, and, upon their becoming
violent, she called her brother. During the scuffle
that followed her brother's entrance, she contrived to
crawl away, hoping to c» ape unobserved, but in this
she was disappointed. In this second assault, the
money fell on the floor, or, as she described it, " it
was fairly shaken out of her." Of course the free-
booters seized and made off with it, delighted at their
success.
Thus much, mainly on the authority of Bolton;
and now let us hear from Lossinc. In his " Field-
Book of the Revolution," that author says : " Valen-
tine's Hill, rising on the west side of the beautiful vale
of Mile Square (a favorite ground for all parties
during the war), affords some of the most charming
prospects in Westchester. It is upon the road leading
from Vonkers to the Hunt's Bridge Station (now
West Mount Vernon), on the Harlem Railway. From
its summit the rough hills .'.nd cultivated valleys ot
that region are spread out like a panorama, and the
eye catches glimpses of the Palisades on the Hudson,
and the more distant varieties of feature displayed by
Long Island Sound and the villages upon its borders.
74 The I'nliiitiiiiS in Aiiu-ricn.
Suutiiwaid, stretcliing aw.iy toward King's Bridge,
is tlie beautiful vale sparkling with Tippett's Book,
famous in ilic annals of West Chester for deeds of
valor in |)arli/.an warfare. When I visited this region
in 1.S50, MibS Elizabctli \'alentine,* aged eighty-three,
was yt li\ing there with the present owner of the
farm, Elijah Valentine. She well remembers being
caressed bv Washington, and afterwards frightened by
the fierce-looking Highlanders and Hessians.
"On the summit of this hill intrenchnients were
cast up in the summer of 1 776, and here Washington
was encamped a few days before the battle of While
Plains. Here Sir William Erskine was encamped with
a detachment of British troops in January, 177S; and
in the autumn, a few weeks before he sailed to attack
Savannah, Sir Archibald Campbell was liere with tlic
Seventy-first Regiment of Highlanders. During the
whole war Colonel James Delancey kept recruiting
officer-, at .Nlile Scjuare; and in this vicinity Simcoe,
with the Queen's Uangers, often traversed, and some-
times penetrated to the Croton River. Heath says
tliat on the i^tli of Se|)tcml)er, i 7.S2, foragers, with a
covering part)' (Ive or six thousand strong, accompa-
nied by Sir Guy Carleton and the young Prince,
William Henry, m.ule an incursion as far as Valen-
tine's Hill. After this, the vicinily was abandoned by
the military, and then the lawless marauders harassed
the pcvple. PriiKc C/iar/rs's /iV</i'//,'V tiiuf X(;^ro Fort
were on the east side of this hill."
I have dwelt thus much on the incidents connected
with this region because, if not classic, it is at least
historic ground, and because it is, and must always
remain, the Mecca of the New York branch of the Val-
* She ilicd in 1854, .lyol cijjhly-ciijlil.
The Mew York VaUntints.
75
entines. From this point, besides those yet residing
there and in the immediate vicinity, thousands bearing
the name have gone out, not only through the county,
" and the region round about," but, with the enterprise
of the race, have gone to the neighboring and more
distant cities, and in some cases to distant parts of our
country. From all I have read, seen and known of
this branch, I should say they are noted for their cour-
age and tenacity of purpose, and their stalwart size,
strength and longevity — elements which ought to, and
generally do, secure success in life. In the metropolis,
many of this branch and their descendants are found,
and they are almost uniformly enterprising and suc-
ctssful business men, and not a few have been able to
if-iireand enjoy their otium cum dignitate, with fortunes
ol their own gathering.
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Tlif I'li/iiiliiiis in Atnerica.
CHAPTER VIII
THE WESTLHESTER COUNTY VALENTINES.
[ConlrihiUj by WHHjiii C. VnUnline. Esq., Brooklyn, N. )'.]
THE Westchester County Valentines are de-
scendants from Benjamin Valentine, a native
of Holland, who, after serving in the Fiench
army in Canada, settled near the town of Yonkcrs in
1679, near "Valentine's Hill," a high ridge bordering
what was known as the "Mile Square." Its summit
affords one of the finest views in Westchester county,
and belonged to the Manorial grant of lands to the
Philipse family, from whom it was for a period o*" years
leased by Mathias, son of Benjamin Valentine, and
finally purchased (two hundred and thirty-eight acres)
by Thomas Valentine, grandson of Benjamin, upon
the confiscation of the Manorial grant to the Philipses
(in consequence of the violation of the militarj* parole
given by Colonel Frederick Philipse, in not returning
to Yonkers), and sold and convejed by the Commis-
sioners of Forfeitures appointed in pursuance of an
Act of the Legislature of the State, passed May 12th,
1781. Benjamin X'alentine married a Miss Odell, and
left three sons, Mathias, Nicholas and Joseph. Ma-
thias resided during his life upon the lands leased by
liimself, and afterwards by his sons, and was married
to Anna Ryclie, a daughter of Balthassar Ryche, son
of the L'lrich of Fhiack,of the county of Kyburgh, in
Germany. An old document, written in German, of
The Wcstclicsicr County Vahiitincs.
77
which the tolhjwing is the translation, is in possession
of the family, relatinij to the Rychcs, and indicates
the hii^li estimation placed upon moral character and
legitimate birth by the early Dutch emigrants: —
"I, Jolmnn Conraitt I Iciilt-gijcr, ScnV, of the C<)q>(>mli<m for
Ciuilil, anil by the Council of tlie honorable city of Zurich, duly
a|>|ii>inlL'il Sheriff of thi' county of Kyhurjjh, certify ami make known,
that on the date incnlioneil below, the bearer of this, Haltha'.sar
Kyche, son of the late Ulrich cf Flaacl<,situateil in my juri^iliction.
appeared before me, stating, that whereas having been many years and
days absent from this countr)-, and in eonsc'jnence of a purchase made
by him, intending to reside in future with his wife ami children at
Sandhu^^en. in the electoral palatinate, as his permanent residence, he
therefire humbly requestetl an authentic certificate showing his honest
birth, pedigree and name, and likewise that be leaves this country
with a go<»d name and character, in order that he may pr<»duce such
testimony when and where it might be requisite.
"Wherefore, I, having heard the said Kyche's petition, conceive it
to be no more than right and just to grant him his request, after
hn\ing made diligent inquiries respecting his character, and also ob-
tained from the regularly oidained minister here a written acknowl
eilgment that his parents were lawfully married, and he thus legiti-
mately conceived and born, and subsequently baptized in a Chris-
tianlike manner, on the first day of June, ifi62, in the presonLt of
sponsors,
" It also ap|>cars, from his infancy and during the time he resided
her.,', he conducted hini^^clf ujirightly ami without reproach; and that,
when he left this place, he carried with him an honest reputation. In
te-linitmy whereof, and in (.i-rapliance with his humble and dutiful
request, I have caused this \\Titten certificate to l>e prepared for the
said Ryche, and have i.t i>ed the seal of office to l>e affixed thereto.
Done and pas^ed on the lOlh day of January, l6<^9, counting from the
birth of Christ, our Savfour. (.Signed)
■• The County Clerk (Scl.iegk) at Kyburgh."
From the marri.ige of Mathias Valentine, the eldest
son of Benjamin, wiili Anna Ryche, daughter of Bal-
thassar Ryche, five sons were the issue — Abraha.m,
78
The l'(i/i iitiiiii ill .h/hrirti.
John, Mathias, Samuel and Thomas. Tlie Inst named,
Thomas, was married to Isabel Laurence, and became
proprietor, by purchase, of the lands formerly leased
by his father from the Philipses, an-l whicli have been
owned by his descendants in many successive genera-
tions to the jircscnt day.
During the Revolutionary War, the Valentines
evinced an active sympathy for the Patri(jt cause, and
contributed their means and personal services in tlic
furtherance of American independcni e. Their resi-
dence on Valentine's Hill was accepted and occupied
as the headquarters of General Washington iluring
the military operations, resulting in llie evacuation of
the city of New York b)- the British forces.
Nicholas Valentine, the second son of Benjamin,
settled in New Jersey, and his posterity are numerous
in that State. Joseph Valentine, the youngest son of
Benjamin, removed to East Chester, and left one son,
Caleb, who left two sons, Caleb and Anthony. An-
thony married a Miss Farringdon, and left four sons,
James Anthonj", Jurdan and Daniel. The youngest
son, Daniel, married Miriam Fisher, a great-grand-
daughter of Isaac Lawrence, the progenitor of the
East Chester branch of tlie Lawrences. This Isaac
Lawrence removed from Newtown, Long Island, to
East Chester in 16S9. llis fither, Thomas Lawrence,
was <me of the Patentees of Newtown in i'666, and
propriet(jr of Ilell-G.ite Neck, and was Major in Gov-
ernor Leislcr's forces, i6yo. His uncle, John Law-
rence, emigrated ivith his father from England to the
Colony of New Amsterdam in 161 1, and was one of
te first Patentees <if North Hempstead, Long Island,
in 1644. lie was a Deinity to Hartford from Gov-
ernor Siuyvesant in 1663; was Mayor of New York,
Judge of the Sii]>eiior Court, and was a member of
The Wcstclustcr County Vn/iiiliii,s.
79
tlie Governor's Council .Tt the lime of his death in
1699.
Miriam Fislier Valentine, wife of Daniel Valentine,
lived to an advanced age, and died in the city of New
York in the year 1S61. The C<jninion Council of New-
York passed the following resolutions in reference to
her decease : —
" Al a !.Iated Ne->ion of the B'larJ of AMcrnicn of the City of New
York, held January 2S. lS6l, Aldtrman F. I. A. lioole presenled the
fullowinsj ]>ri.amljlt and resolutions:
•' Whereas, this Board has learned, with jirofound regret, of the
decease of MiKi.wi, widow of Hanicl Valentine, and mother of our
mo't esictincd and ■cneralile Clerk, David T. Valentine, which oc-
curred at her residence in this cit ' on Kriilay evening last, the 25lh
ir.slant, al the aJ-.'anccd age of eighty years:
"And whereas, the aliscncc of our vencraldc Clerk from the meet-
ing of this Hoard this evening is occasioned by his lieing engaged in
paying the last tribute of respect to the remains of his deceased
parent, in East Chester, Westchester county : Be it, therefore,
" Kesohed, That this Board, deeply sympjlhijing with the afflicted
relatives of the deceased, particularly her descendants, and especially
so with our rcsj>ected Clerk, her son, David T. Valentine, do hereby
tender to him and tiicm our condolence in their affliction, reminding
them that the deceased had far exceeded the allotted time for sojourn-
ing here below, and that her advanced age and unimpaired faculties
were the result of a well-sj^nt life, and should tend in a marked de-
gree to assuage the grief consequent upon being forever deprived of
the companionship of one so universally admired for her good quali-
ties of head and heart.
" Reu'lveJ. That this Board, out of consideration for the memory of
the decea-ed, do now adjourn. Francis J. TwuMty,
•• Defuly CUrkr
The issue of Daniel and Miriam Fisher Valentine
were four sons and four daughters — Fisher Ferris,
David Thomas, Jurdan Edwin, Daniel, Evaline, Eliza-
beth, Amelia and Emma. The issue from each gen-
8o
Till- I 'a/iitliiics in A titer ica.
cr;i:ion iii the \'alciitincs being large, tliey are to be
foiiiui in almost c\CTy U>\\n witliin tlie cdiinty of
Westchester, and adjoining counties, and are more or
lessronneeted h)- marriage with all of the families
hxated within the count)- i)rior and subsequent to the
War of the Revolution. In the formation of all the
different townships throughout the county, as well as
in the establishment of churches and schools, their
names appear as active jiarticipants in the ])rogress
and advancement of the interests of the section in
which they were residents. Many of their names ap-
pear in the professions, but the greater number are
found engaged in agricultural, manufacturing or com-
mercial pursuits.
The Ncxu York Valeutints.
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CHAPTER IX.
THE NEW YORK VALENTINES — CONTINUED.
HON. DAVID THOMAS VALENTINE, the
second son of Daniel and Miriam Fisher Val-
entine, was born in the town of East Chester
in the year iSoi, and there resided until his education
at the town academy was completed. After the close
of the w.ir with Great Britain (1812-1815), he came to
New York city, and entered as a clerk in a mercantile
house, witli whom he continued for several years. The
stirring events of the war gave rise to military desires,
and he enlisted as a private soldier in the old Twenty-
seventli Regiment, National Guard, now known as the
Seventh Regiment; passed through all the subordi-
nate gradations of rank, and was finally elected Cap-
tain of his Company; which position he filled for a
considerable period of lime, resigning in 1826, and
declining the position of Major of the Regiment,
which was tendered him. The high appreciatioii ot
his command for him as a soldier and officer was man-
ifested by their presentation to him of a magnificent
sword, the duplicate of the one presented by the city
to General Lafayette on his visit to this country ; and,
upon the occasion of his resignation, of a massive
silver pitcher duly inscribed.
The seven )-ears of militar)- service performed by
him had given rise to a distaste for commercial life,
and his connection with the militia had brought hiin
into contact with manj- of the prominent persons in
political power at that time, .\mong these were the
1 1
The Vahnlinrs in America.
Honorable Recorder, Richard Riker, the late Judge
James R. Whiting, and the Honorable William S.
Coe, member of Congress, with all of whom he en-
jojed the most intimate relations during his whole
life; and it was chiefly by their influence that in 1826
he obtained the position as Clerk to the Marine Court ;
which office he retained until the )-ear 1830, when a
considerable revolution occurred in the city govern-
ment. It was at this time that he was appointed
Deputy to Major General Jacob Morton, who was at
that time, and had been for fifteen years previousl)-.
Clerk of the Common Council. During the period of
his service as Deputy Clerk, and up to the time of
General Morton's death in 1836, the duties of the
office were almost entirely performed by the Deputy,
as General Morton's health had been for some years
so feeble as to preclude him from any active exertions.
Though the official work bore at that time but an insig-
nificant proportion to what now falls to this depart-
ment, it was then quite enough to tax the energies of
any one individual. He continued, by the advice of
friends, to serve as Deputy, although he performed all
the work required of the Chief of the Department
until the year 1842, when he declined longer ser\-ice in
that capacity. His long service, experience and well-
tried talents secured him, however, upon the nomina-
tion of his friend, the late Ex-Judge James R.AVhiting,
a unanimous appointment as Clerk of the Common
Council, and Chief of the Legislative Department,
the representatives in the Board of the different po-
litical parties all uniting in voting for his appoint-
ment ; and the same unprecedented course of the rep-
res'^-iiiatives of the different political parties occurred
in voting; his unanimous re-appointment from year to
year until 1868.
The Nc'll< York Valctitincs.
83
Besides receiving numerous testimonials of plate,
presented by retiring members of the Common Coun-
cil of various years, as mementoes of their respect for
his high character and services, the Common Council
of the year 1851 voted an appropriation of five hun-
dred dollars for the procurement of his portrait;
which was executed bj- Jarvis, and now hangs in the
Governor's room of the Citj- Ilall — this action of the
Council being a compliment never before extended to
any public officer, excepting the Chief Magistrate of
the City and the Governor of the State.
From the time of his appointment as Clerk of the
Common Council may be dated that career of erudite
capability for which he has been so many years con-
spicuous. The Compilation of the Laws of the State
of New York, relating particularly to the City of New
York, published in 1862; the Revision of City Ordi-
nances in 1859 and 1862, prepared by order of the
Common Council — all attest his accuracy and research,
and merit the encomiums bestowed upon his labor by
the press and judiciary. But the work by which he
was best known, and with which his popular fame is
most associated, is the " Manual of tlie Corporation of
the City of New York," including twent)'-five annual
volumes, commencing in 1841-2. This work proves
alike his industri", his literary talent, and his love for
the antiquarian history of his citj* To all who feel
an interest in the early history of New York; in its
first attempts to become a city of the first rank ; in its
progress during the first three decades of the century ; in
its increasing and almost magical devclo|»inent of later
years — these Manuals are a mine i>i wealth Enriched
as it is with capital views of every jioint of historic
nclL, and containing maps 'if old family estates, dating
back to the remotest settlement of .Nlanhattan Island,
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these scries will rciii.iiii an eiulurinsa; iiioiKiiiient of his
incomparable zeal, iudiistry and judgment. It was
his great love for the compilation of these Manuals
that operated upon his mind in declining the nomina-
tion to tlie Chief Magistracy of the City of New York,
often urged upon his acceptance by warm and power-
ful friends, as it would have precluded him from grati-
fying his love for antitpiarian lore in this field, which
to him was a labor of love, in rescuing from oblivion
much of the Ancient History of New York. He also
prepared and published the Documentary Histor)- of
tiie City of New York, one volume; and had his life
been spared but a short time longer, the.second volume
-vould have been given to the public.
The great length of time (thirt3--seven years,) that
he had held his official position irr the Legislative De-
partment of the city, had familiarized him with the
details of the various charter rerpiirements and legis-
lative enactments; and his judgment was often sought
and invariably respected, in many a complicated and
disputed question, by distinguished men of all political
parties, with many of whom, and more particularly
in the earlier days of the cit)- government, he was on
terms of the warmest friendship. The community at
large were never more shocked than by his super-
sedure in office on the ist January, iS68; and the
press, without a single exception, united in condemn-
ing the act as a public misfortune.
He was married by Rev. Dr. AVilHams to Martha
Carnell, youngest daughter of Captain William Car-
nell, an officer in the Ii!nglish n.ival service, June 24,
iS^i.and by this union left issue surviving him, of
three sons and two daughters, viz: David T., William
Carnell, Gustavus .\., Martha A. and Amanda A.
This wife, the mother of his children, died, and in
lite Xc%i.< York Valentines. 85
1856 he was married to Caroline M. Spicer by Rev.
Edward Laliirop. By tiiis second marriage tiiere was
no issue.
Miss Emma Valentine, sister of llavid T., married
Dr. Parkinson, tlic presiding Pliysician at the Dis-
pensary, the son of Rer. Dr. Parkinson, a noted Hap-
tist clergyman of New Vork. Miss Amelia V'alentine,
another sister of D.ivid T., married Tlioinas P. Wilson,
merchant, of New Vork city, now deceased. I?oih the
widowed sisters now reside together, at Fordham, de- .
voting their tiine to wortliy objects of benevolence.
The youngest, and only surviving brother of David T.,
is Daniel X'alentine, a retired merch.int, who has re-
sided in, and been for many years coniiecte I with, the
interests .jf the town of Fordham, Wcstcliester count)-,
now the ?4th Ward of New Vork <ity, by recent an-
nexati i and his name was recently |)resented to the
Mayor ^i New Vork city by his luwnsmeii as one of
the School Trustees of the Ward.
It can justlv be said of David T. X'alentine, tliat no
man ever left a more pure and spotless reputation.
His love for truth, and his integrity, was not only
evinced in a long and honi>ral>le////'//V career, but tlicy
fairly shone forth in his beaming countenance. No
man ever thought of approaching him with a" ques-
tionable proposal, and none \ere ever found to breathe
a suspicion on any public or private action. His
whole life was a noble record and example to the
community; and, while bearing this testimony of his
career as a public officer, it falls short of expressing
fully his character. The eminent piety that adorned
his whole life is, in a religious aspect, the most charm-
ing feature of his character, and is eloquently set forth
by his pastor. Dr. Kendrick, at his funeral before one
of the largest congregations ever assembled, which
86 The Valentines in Ameriea.
was held in the Baptist Tabernacle Church, on
Secund-uvcnue, of wiiich church lie had long been a
Deacon.
The writer of this brief and imperfect sketch feels
that it is due alike to the subject as well as to the dis-
tinguished preacher, to give the following
Synopsis oj Dr. KendHck's Sermon.
" There were, he doubted noi, some passages in the Bible indicative
of the live*; of each of God's children ; and, with regard to this particular
Chri>tinn soul, who had been called hence, and who-.e demise they
row so deeply regretted, he thought the Scrijilures might supply a
word that would empha>i2e their ideas. In the 36th verse of the 13th
chapter of Acts he 'ead : ' Aftt-r he had scnrd his oum generation hy
the -i'ill of God, he fell on sleep.' This is spoken of King David;
but were he (the preacher) called upon to write the epitaph of their
decea^d friend and brother Christian, he knew of nothing that would
more -vtrikingly indicate the life of Mr. Valentine than the senlence he
had ju-t read. David's life showed that his heart was in the business
of serving God. But he likewise served his own age faithfully, and
in serving it he ser\ed all the ages. After dwelling on this point at
some length, and showing how like David's in this respect was the life
of the decea^ed, the speaker alluded to the dignity and reward of a
Useful public career. Such a life is sublime with the inspirations of
beauty. To serve the present age is the duty of ever)' man, each
acting in his own allotted sphere, and exercising whatsoever talent
God has given him. The true man must inevitably be of service to
his fellows, and mu-^t leave hi^ impress wide and deep on the age that
comes after him. Our first duty is to serve God, but we cannot dis-
connect this from ihe service of mankind ; they go together — piety
and u-efu!ness, religion and philanthropy. There are. it is true, many
men of warm and charitable hearts, practical philanthropists in every
scn.e, who are without religion. He would say nothing to dispraise
them, nor to lessen their charitable impulses, but candor compelled
the avowal that in the highest and best sense they were not sening
their generation according to the will of God. To fulfill this require-
ment, religion must be intimately connected with and be the main-
sjiring of all our actions. It became the public officer as well as the
citizen in private station. Although, he said, he could not fully sub-
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87
scribe to the tlocinne, that an honest man is the noblest work of God,
he confessed thai he reverenced that quality which is described by
the strong but homely word " integrity." He maintained a profound
respect for honesty in public life, whether it be found at Albany, in
Washington, or in this great metropolis ; but noble as was the h< nest
man, the Christian man was nobler still. Their deceased friend came
fully up to this requirement. The useful Christian life is sure of its
reward. There is nothing more true than the old aphorism, ' Virtue
is its own reward/ There is a positive luxury- in doing good, and, by
the force of our example, influencing others in the same course. It is
something consoling to grow old in the consciousness of being es-
teemed by a whole community. For such a man as this — for the aged
Christian — dying is but going home, and departure hence is simply to
enjoy the full fruition of eternal beatitude. Such a life, such a death,
he believed, was David T. Valentine's. His life was a public one.
Few names in our great city were better known than his ; few men
were more respected. He was a gentleman of the old school. An-
other of the old landmarks of New Vork society was now removed.
His thirty-seven years of service as Clerk of the Common Council
show his capacity as well as the implicit trust reposed in him. Not-
withstanding the mutations of party politics, he was always retained
in office ; and after having passed through so many years of ser\'ice,
the breath of suspicion dares not t^day asperse the character he has
left behind him.
"The preacher spoke of what had often been I'emarked of him —
his strong rtsemblattcc to George Washington — and said that every one
would remember how this thought occurred to their minds uhen they
first saw the deceased. Much as he would be missed in civil life, how-
ever, he would be still more regietted by the congregation of which
he was so devoied and pious a member. He was prized as one who
had served, with all the ardor of his nature, the cause of Je-us Christ.
At fifteen years of age he joined the B.aplist denomination, and was
baptized in the old Mulberr^-slreet church by Rev. Dr. Maclay. In
1S42. he was made a Deacon of the Tabernacle church, and coniinued
in the discharge of his deaconate duties until his death. He was in
truth a devoied Baptist of the old school.
" When, in 1S6S, he left the public office he had held so long, his
mind and body missed their accustomed stimulus and general debility
ensued. Throughout all his illness, however, his trust was in his
Saviour, and his dcjiarture hence was calm and pca« eful. Literally,
* he fell on sleep,' and went to the bo*om of his Father and his God.
88 TJie Valentines in America.
The old and faiihful clerk has cca->ed lo write ; the hand of the scrn>c
has forgot its cunning, and care?* of office no longer vex his brain.
Hut he has gone to scrutinize the bookb the Recording Angel is writing
fur us all, and to receive the reward of his faith and unbounded trust
in Jesus Christ."
[As a specimen of the feeling of the public at the
removal of Mr. Valentine, the author of this work
may be pardoned for giving; the following extract en-
tire— taken from the Brooklyn Tiffirs o\ Dec. 19, 1S67.]
A FIXTL'RE REMOVKD.
" David T. Vnlenline, Clerk of the New York Bocrd of Aldermen
uninterruptedly since 1855, is at last to be turned out of the position
which he has held so many years, that, under the legal doctrine of
'adverse pos'vession/ he has long seemed to have a peculiar and Im-
pregnable title to the office. They must be a cruel set of people who
in caucus oa Tuesday night resolved lo eject the old man. Every
body who has a mental habit of venerating the past will feel a twinge
of regret al hearing that the old man is not to be allowed to '^pend
the brief rennnant of his life in the office he has so long occupied. It
affects us just as did the intcliigence of the Missouri Legislature
electing a successor to Old Bullion, instead of allowing the name of
Thoma-. H. Benton still lo remain on the roll of the United Stales
Senate, where it had stood so long We cannot say that there is any
wrong done in either case. Of course, the occupant acquires no legal
right, nor can it even be averred thii he nlilains a moral title to reten-
tion in an office by reason of long aiui faithful service. It would be
intoleratle to adopt the constant rule f»f continuing a man in an office
simply because he had been found in it. Rotation in office as a rule
is. on ihe whole, infinitely superior to fixity of tenure. The evils of
the frequent change — and they are many — are light compared with the
abuser, which would result from immobility in office. But still, to all
rules there are exceptions ; and it does ^eem that a man must have had
peculiar fitness for the office to have commended himself to over thirty
successive bodies of nominators, so that each year he was continued
in his post as if by acclamation. New light seems to have al last
dawned upon the New York Aldermen; as in Hgypl, 'a new- King
arose, v ho knew not Joseph.' The scr\ices of the veteran Clerk —
his long experience, hi? incomnuinitable (jualification of possessing in
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memory the key to the past history of the corporation — all have not
availed to save him from the fate which, sooner or later, overtakes
alike the most able and useful public servant, as, Dy way of compen-
sation, it also involves the most valueless and dishonest official."
" Another Valentine. — While writing of David T. V^alentine, the
thought strikes us that we owe a paragraph to another Valentine,
nearer ht>me, our friend Thomas \V,, the talented and estimable Prin-
cijjal of Public School No. 19. He is to lecture to-nigbl at the rooms
of the Library Association, South Eighth-street, and we need not as-
sure our readers that he will say something well worth listening to.
He has chosen as his topic 'Bribery,' — a practical subject, on which
people can be amused, instructed and improved quite as much as by a
discourse on any of the historical subjects or generalities which are
most frequently lectured upon, while at the same lime good, in the
sense of useful, practical reform, may be promoted by the ideas which,
un such a topic as bribijr)', may be evolved from a shrewd and sensible
mind like Mr. Valentine's. The clergj-and profes^-ional lecturers have
almost a monopoly of the rostrum. Nov, i' is said to be possible
to choke a dog with pudding ; and if so, may it not be equally pos-
sible for the lecture committees to be giving the jiublic too much
preacher, by filling their courses with the names of gentlemen who
are constantly ventilating their ideas in public? Many of our clergy-
men are vcr)' able men ; and the practice of constantly speaking in
public makes them not only fluent, but quickens and sharpens their
mental faculties, so that they perceive a good deal which it is for the
public benefit to learn, and they know how to tell it to the public in
aver)' interesting manner. But still, no vessel will hold more than a
certain <iuantity, and when we come to be perpetually pouring out of
it, the fluid will be exhausted, or will trickle out in very slow drops.
So it is with the ideas of the mini:*ters and oi Jinary lecturers. They
have, no doubt, more and better ideas than other men, and are
better able to express them; but they are finite.' and the drain on
them, mentally and verbally, is immense. It is well, therefore, to vary
a lecture course by inter>perbing the names of gentlemen like Mr.
Valentine, who, w ith all the menial cultivation of the professional
speakers, is exempt from the mental exhaustion which their work en-
tails. He may bring to the rostrum the first fruits of months of silent
study and reflection, freshened by the cheerful medium of their con-
veyance, his ow n merrj' and w ilty disposition. There is no resident
of the district who is better able to prepare a discourse which shall be
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at once malli.rof amusement and .suggc:!tive of valuable thought, than
Mr. \'alentinc; and we expect the more from him because of the
rarity of the demands upon his powers in this dircctioi).
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CHAPTER X.
THE MARYLAND VALENTINES.
THE following letter, though not intended for
publication in its present form, as it distinctly
states, is, in itself, so good a sketch of this
branch, that the editor takes the liberty of giving it
entire, and just as it was received from its distin-
guished author, the Rev. Milton Valentine, D.D.,
President of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg,
Pa. If all the editor's circulars and letters in search
of d.ita for this work had brought equally prompt,
clear and well-digested responses, his task would have
been a comparatively easy and agreeable one: —
"Gettysburg, Pa., March 18, 1874.
" Prof. T. W. Valentine:
"Dear Sir:
"The Valentine Family, the genealogy and con-
nections of which are requested in your circular and
letter of February 25, seems to have no traceable
relationship to any of the three distinct families
mentioned as first settled on Long Island, in Massa-
chusetts, and in Westchester county, N. Y. Several of
the points, concerning which information has been
specially sought, have not been ascertained. Possibly,
if more time were taken, and search made among old
papers in some branches of the family, in the records
of Frederick county, Maryland, and elsewhere, the
facts in reference to these points might be recovered.
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But to make tliis search would delay the publication
of your work. The information still wanting concerns
the precise linic and |)lare of tlie original settlement of
the family in this country, and the particular part of
Germany from which it came. Perhaps more definite
and satisfactory information may yet be obtained.
"Througli the kindness of William Valentine, Esq.,
the only surviving brotlier of the writer's father, who
has examined all the papers and other sources of in-
foiniation within Jiis reach, and from- Mrs. Jacob Val-
entine (the writer's mother), the following may be
given as the principal facts known as to the family
genealogy and historj': —
"i. This family of Valentines has its origin in this
country from George Valentine, who came from
Go many, probably from the Rliine distinct, some time
in the earh' half of the eighteenth century-, settling at
first most likely in the State of New York, or in Dela-
ware, or Eastern Pennsylvania, but removing afterward,
about 1740, to Frederick c<juntj% Md., and settling on
ilie Monocacy river. He engaged in agriculture, own-
ing a farm of from four to five hundred acres of land.
He lived here on his farm till his death, in 1783, and
was buried, I believe, in the private family burying-
ground. Tliough the precise date of his immigration
cannot be fixed, circumstances seem to connect it with
the time of the bitter sufferings of the Protestatits of
(Germany, in connection with ' The War of the Spanish
Succession.' Circumstances likewise point to his first
settlement, or at least residence, in New York, Dela-
ware, or Eastern Pennsylvania, as traditions in the
family represent that the captains of the emigrant
sliips were required to report their immigrants, and
l/iesr had to^'^ fo Philadelphia to take the oath of alle-
giance. Of the time and occasion of his subsequent
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settlement in Frederick county, Md., only the fact, as
above, is known. This ' first parent ' of this family of'
Valentines was a Lutheran. Though not a preacher,
he was earnest and active, and held meetings on Sab-
bath-day, in which he read and explained the Scrip-
tures. These meetings were held in private houses, as
churches had not yet been built in the neighborhood.
"Whetlier or not George Valentine was accompa-
nied by any brothers or other relatives of the name,
we are unable to ascertain.
"2. The Family, or Children, of this Mr. George
Valentine, consisted of four sons and three daughters.
The names of the sons were Jacob, John, Henry, and
George. The order of their ages ! am unable to give.
Jacob and John spent their lives at the family home-
stead. Henry removed to the State of Ohio. George,
unmarried, died in Frederick City. The three daugh-
ters were married, one to a .^Ir. Wagner, one to a Mr.
Matthies, and the other to a Mr. Ogle. Two of these
lived in Maryland, and one in McConnell's Cove, Pa.
" We drop out of view now all the branches of the
family but that of Jacob V'alentine, the first-men-
tioned son of George Valentine. He was married to
Miss Mary Freese, and they had nine children, viz: —
"The oldest, John Valentine, born April 12, 17S0, left
Frederick county, removed to Ohio, and settled near
Ciicleville, where his family, I believe, have mostly
continued. He died at the age of about seventy-eight
years.
'■^George Valentine, born April 28, 1782, removed to
Fairfield county, Ohio, where, dying at an old age,
seventy-seven or seventy-eight, he left a large family.
"Elizabeth I'alenlinc, born April 22, 1785, was mar-
ried to Mr. Philip Zimmer, and lived in Ohio.
"Sarah Valentine, born June 22, 1788, was married to
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Mr. Peter Warri felts, and lived and died in Frederick
county, Md.
"Jacob Valentine, born January 7, 1793, married Re-
becca Picking, and lived and died in Maryland — the
latter part of his life in Carroll county, engaged in
agriculture. He died in 1863. He had a family of six
sons and three daughters. As your correspondent is
one of these sons, he will take the liberty of a further
statement of the present generation of this family of
Valentines.
'■^Catherine Valev.tine, born January 7, 1793, died in
her twenty-second year.
"Samuel Valentine, born March 3, 1796, lived as a
farmer all his days in Frederick county, Md. He died
at the age of seventy-seven years, leaving his children
in tlie neighborhood in which the)' were brought up.
"Henry Valentine and Magdclene Valentine were twins,
born December 14, 1798. Henry removed to Ohio in
1846, and died at the age of fifty-five years. He left a
family there. Magdelene was married to Mr. Jacob
Firor. They, too, removed to Ohio some years ago,
but, since the death of Mr. Firor, she has returned to
the East, and now lives in Virginia.
"William Valentine, born August 9, 1802, remained
on the old family homestead for a long while, and still
lives near it, giving it over to the charge of one of his
sons. He has eight children living, six sons and two
daughters, all married, and living in Carroll and
Frederick counties. This uncle, William, and Mrs.
Fir6r, are the only children of my grandfather still
living.
"4. The above statements show the branching out
of this stock of Valentines, from the original settle-
ment uptm the Monocacy river, Md. It is unnecessary
to give any further account of these families in the
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present generation, or of their still enlarging num-
bers. And the account, were it attempted, would take
too much time. It may not be out of place, however,
to state briefly a few things in reference to that branch
in which I myself stand. My father, Jacob Valen-
tine, ilie fifth child of Jacob and Mary (Freese) Val-
entine, had a family of nine children, six sons and
three daughters, all of whom lived to adult age, and
all but two of whom still live. The six sons, in the
order of tlieir ages, are Levi, Josiah, Ezra, William,
Milton, Thomas. Thomas was married, and died in
Baltimore: '" '853. He left no children. Levi Valen-
tine resides in Baltimore, and is connected with the
Government Office of Steamboat Inspection. Ezra
Valentine also resides in Baltimore, carrj-ing on the
business of milhvrighting. Josiah Valentine is a farmer
in Frederick county, Md. William Valentine also re-
sides in Frederick county. Of the three daughters of
my father, in the order of their ages, Ann Bebccca,
Afary Ellen, and Lydia Laviula, the last died in 1863.
The other two, married, as was also Lydia,, are living,
the one in Frederick county, and the other in Carroll
county, Md.
" As to my own history since entering the ministry of
the Gospel, in the Lutheran Church, in 1852, I need
say little. This ministry, begun in Winchester, Va.,
was c(jntinued in Allegiian)- City, Pa., Greensburg,
Pa., and, subsequently, Reading, Pa. From this place,
in 1S66, I was called to the Chair of Ecclesiastical
Historj", &c., in the Theological Seminary of the
Lutheran Cliurch, at Gettysburg, Pa. On the death
of Dr. H. L. Bauglier (1S6S), President of Pennsyl-
vania College, I accepted the call to the presidency of
this institution.
" I do not suppose that much of the detail in the ac-
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count I liiive given you will be of any interest to you,
or, indeed, of mucii account to you in writing your
buoic. I have, however, written the detailed state-
ments, botli to throw tiie facts into shape for my own
preservation, and to furnish )-ou the materials out of
which you may — should you think it advisable to make
any notice of it at all — shape such notice after your
own ideas or plan. I wish you not to consider my
own writing as for the press, in form as from me.
Any additional facts which you may desire and which
are within my reach, I shall be happy to furnish to
your use. " Truly yours,
„ " M. Valentine."
On another page will be seen a good view of the
excellent institution of which Rev. Dr. Valentine is
the honored President ; and on another still, a likeness
of his somewhat pallid but intellectual face and head.
He is evidently one of those to whom hard study is no
stranger; but, after all, in the writer's opinion, he is to
be honored for his earnest, unaffected piety, his sub-
lime faith in the Christian religion, and his frequent,
sturdy and telling blows in its propagation and de-
fense, even more than for his intellectual greatness.
Of his printed works, I can only refer now to the fol-
lowing: " The Relations of the Family to the Church"
published some years ago, while a pastor in Reading;
" The Essential Principle of Reform" an Address deliv-
ered before the Alumni Association of Pennsylvania
College, 1865; ^'^ Inaugural Address" on his taking the
Presidcncj', December 21, 1868; "Jusiifcatuu by Faith"
the Holman Lecture before the Theological Seminar}-,
Gettysburg, 1S69; "Completeness in Christ" a Bacca-
laureate Discourse, Gettysburg, 1870; " The Dynamics
of Success," a Baccalaureate Discourse, Gettysburg,
KEV. MlLloN VALENTINE, D. D.
IKEsIDKNT I'ENNSYLVAMA COLLEGE.
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1871; "Faith the Essential Element for Jiight Living"
also a Baccalaureate Discourse, 1S72. All these
works (and many other articles for Reviews, Maga-
zines, &c.), evince intellectual vigor and profound
scholarship; but his "Inaugural Address " especially
proves him to be one of the most intelligent, skillful
and progressive educators of our country, and fully
shows the wisdom of the Trustees of the College in
calling him to preside over the institution which had
been his Alma Mater more than twenty years before —
a post which he accepted only upon their repeated
solicitations. The writer only regrets that Dr. Valen-
tine's innate and profound modesty should prevent the
readers of this work from knowing more of one
whom, though he maj- bear no relationship to most of
them, they will ever regard with interest, not merely
because of his name, but on account of his strength of
character and his great moral worth.
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CHAPTER XI.
WASHINGTON COUNTY VALENTINES-
:ONTINUED.
DANIEL VALENTINE, ESQ.,
Merchant and Banker^ Aurora^ lUiHoh,
[The following article should have been inserted at
the head of "The Washington County Valentines,"
but its facts were not received in season for it.]
THE histor}- of a man who achieve: success and
acquires a competence by his own exertions is
far more interesting than that of one who sim-
ply inherits a fortune, especially if, -vhile "diligent in
business," he is also " fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord," his history becomes doubly interesting; for it
proves that one may be a good business man, and an
active Christian at the same time. Such a man is the
subject of this notice
Daniel Valentine, son of Elias S. and Mary (Church)
Valentine, was born in the town of Salem, Washing-
ton count)-, N. Y., July 30, 1813. In early manhood,
he, in connection with his father, commenced the lum-
ber business, and, though only twenty years of age,
would have succeeded well but for the common mis-
take of ambitious young men, in overtaxing his
strength, often working eighteen hours a day. This
brought on a long illness from typhoid fever, which
so much imp.Tired his constitution that it was then
supposed he would never be able to endure hard labor
again. At the suggestion of his father, in 1S34, he
commenced mercantile life in the village of Shushan,
which he successfully prosecuted there for twenty
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years, adding to the usual country trade the purchase
of wool, pork, and other farm products, gradually
building up a large trade, and making a lasting repu-
tation for himself as a thorough business man, a
public-spirited citizen, and a zealous working Chris-
tian. He thus built up a large trade in that Iiitherto
insigniScant place, and " D. Valentine's Store" be-
came known to all the farmers for thirty miles around
there. Affable, full of wit, friendly, and especially
true to his word, he was the man to gain friends; but
another secret of his success was selling cheaply, for he
then and yet believes a swift sixpence better than a
slow shilling. " Low prices and quick returns " is his
motto.
He was married, March 17, 1841, to Miss Sarah J.
Ruste, of Cambridge, N. Y. About three years after-
ward, they united with the Baptist Church in Shu-
shan, holding that relation till their removal to their
present location, when they connected themselves
with the First Baptist Church, a relation that yet
continues.
But while yet in Shushan, so incessant were his
labors in every department, that he again overtaxed
his strengm, and his health failed, so that he was
obliged to close up business for over a year. During
that time he visited Saratoga, the South, and the West ;
and finding the climate of the latter agreeable, he
finally removed to Aurora, Illinois, where he yet re-
sides. Here he is still engaged in the same business
as formerly, only far more extensively. He has done
for Aurora what he did for Shushan. When he came
to that place twenty years ago, there was no market of
any extent for the farmers around, and he therefore
made one ; so that these now come from the country
fifty or sixty miles around,_to bring their produce to
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Aurora. He also receives wool from Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, &c., making tliat the best wool market in
the State — all of wliich is secured by liberal prices and
honorable dealing. He has done much for the North-
west, by influencing tlie railroads to reduce the prices
of freight, therebj- giving the farmers an increased
price for their products.
To show the extent of Mr. Valentine's business, his
average annual shipments to New I'ork and Boston
for tlie last ten vears liave been : five hundred thou-
sand poimds of wool, from one Iiundred to two hun-
dred car-loads of pork, one hundred tliousand dollars'
worth of butter, thirty thousand dollars to forty thou-
sand dollars' wortli of poultry, besides eggs and other
things in proportion. He bears the same reputation,
here, among the farmers, in the world, and in the
Church, as he did in Xew York State. For the past
five years he has also been engaged in banking — three
years under tlie firm of X'ai.emine & Williams, and
for the past two years as Cashier of the "Second
National Bank of Aurora."
Mr. Valentine often remarks that if any influence,
bevond that of the teachings of good Christian parents,
had a tendency to inspire him with a desire to excel, it
was the counsel and advice of his very dear friend and
uncle, Clark K. Esiee, wlio was his teacher for ten
years, and his adviser till llic d.'iy of his death.
The children of Daniel and Sarah (Ruste) V^alentine
liave been as follows: —
Hattie A. Valentine, born in Shushan, Xov. 13, 1842.
George D. Valinlinc, born Dec. II, 1S51, died Oct. ig, 1S52.
H. Fannie Vaii nine, born Feb. 5, 1854. died April 19. 1873.
William J. \"alcn!ine, born in Aurora, Oct. 30, 1858.
The lady who furnished the facts for the foregoing
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sketch, sends also the following interesting incident.
Tlie owner of tlie ring marked " L. V." was Lydia
Valentine, daughter of Joseph, as mentioned on page
47 of this work. The "Moses" referred to afterward
removed to Michigan, where he had one son and three
daughters, and died about a dozen years ago:
"TREASURE TROVE.
" It is evening — in one of those large old farm-houses, of the olden
time.^ — and a happy fanrly of brothers and sisters are gathered in the
spacious kitchen, with their gentle mother enthroned as a queen
among them. All is life and animation ; for two of the stalwart sons
have just returned from taking a load of produce to Troy, and of
course arc brimming over with the worlds of }uw things they have
seen, and heard, and dont. But one, a fair girl of sixteen, sits apart
to enjoy her hapj/iiiess, which is too great for many words For has
she not, on that plump, white hand a nice gold ring, bought in Troy
by her brother ? and her heart thrills with joy as we can hardly ap-
preciate in these days of ever)' luxury. One little trouble we can see
in her eyes, as she looks on the beautifully engraved ' L. V.' The
ring is a little large, and she is afraid she shall lose it. But time
passes on, and she is so choice of her treasure that, though wearing it
constantly, she begins to think it is not necessary to bear it so con-
tinually on her mind. But the dark day comes, when no ring is on
that plump hand. It is gone, and she laments her loss, searching the
house over from garret to cellar, taking candles to assist her, as a last
resort ; also the yard, where waste water has been thrown — every-
where, possible and impossible — but no ring is found. It is gone
forever, to her. Years passed, and that young girl rounded up into
her gentle, dignified womanhood. One whom ?he considered worthy
came and sought her as the queen of his heart :i'.d home ; so she left
the dear old farm-house, and went forth to new cares, and joys, and
sorrows, .\gain we see her, after the lapse of more years, a dignified
matron, a few silver threads creeping among the locks so smoothly
banded away under the pretty little cap. Her daughters are around
her, and. as they piece their blocks, or ply their busy knitting-needles,
she delights to wander back, in thought, to the dear old farm-house,
among the hills, and tell them of her happy childhood ; of the silvery
pond, with its fair white lilies ; the boat rides ; the berry pickings, and
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a beautiful gold ring Moses brought her from Troy, and how she lost
it. But time lingers not. Those childien are grown to womanhood,
and now that wife anJ mother sees the hand of death laid on him who
has made a Heaven of ihis world for her ! How her heart sinks within
her! Agonizing are her urayers and tears! but the fiat has gone
forth, and the loved one is taken up 'higher.* For a time she sinks
under the burden of her sorrow, till the kindly physician says. 'You
must try and live for your children/ Then, indeed, does she turn her
back upon the past, and struggle for life ; but it is too late — the death
stroke has beei: given, and she too must go. So they laid her down
to rest — and her children live on, forming new ties, and again ihe
music of children's voices is heard in their once desolate home. So
the summers and the winters roll around, till the dear mother has been
sixteen years with the angels ; when ' one of the family,' living in the
old homestead, sends a message by the screaming locomotive to the
far Western home — ' Did your mother ever lose a ring here, with " L.
V." engraved upon it? We have found such an one, where waste
water has been thrown out.* ' Yes ! Oh, yes ! It is a precious memo-
rial of the girl of sixteen.' So it is sent, and received as a precious
legacy from the dear dead mother, after its burial in the ground for
half a century. J. A. BrOWN.**
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CHAPTER XII
THE VALENTINES OF LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND.
THE ancient fami'y of Valentines, from whom
have descer.ded t) e present New England Val-
entines, and possibly the Long Island branch as
well, had their family estate, known as " Bencliffe
Hall," in the parish of Eccles, in the county of Lan-
caster, England. This region of countr)* having been
apportioned and set off at a later period than the more
southern and eastern portions of England, in the time
of William the Conqueror, in the eleventh century, of
course no mention of the name is found in the famous
'■^ Doomsday Book ;" but the evidence is clear and con-
clusive that the family occupied this section at a very
early period. Whether the progenitors of it came
over from Normandy among the followers of William,
or afterward directlj' from Saxony, or some other part
of Germany, it is impossible now to say; but as this
part of England was the last taken and occupied by
the invaders, the latter supposition seems the more
probable. The Valentines of Sutfolk are supposed to
have come from that portion of Europe now known as
Holland; and, as the name of Valentine is frequently
found in France, and especially in Germany, and is
traced so on to Southern Europe, it seems probable
that the Lancashire family original!}- came from Cen-
tral Europe, and are undoubtedly of Sa.\on descent.
All this, however, is rather conjectural than certain,
and, leaving the lab^Tinths of the obscure past, our
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oSject henceforth will be to trace out the family his-
tory only from a positively known point.
The earliest record of this Lancashire family, of
which we have positive evidence, is a copy of the Will
of Richard Valentine, dated 1520. This document
the author of this work has seen, but it is now unfor-
tunately mislaid or lost. Richard Valentine" married
Anne Hopwood, and at his death left his estate to his
son, Thomas Valentine (whose name is found as wit-
ness to a Will in 1526), who in turn left it to his son,
Richard. This Will of Thomas Valentine is such a
rare specimen of the language and customs of those
times, that it is deemed worthy of being copied
verbatim : —
Tif If'Hl of Tf.' • .3J I'altntine, of Bent/iffe, Co. Lane., Gmi.*
In the name ic. 2S March 1550. 4 Edw. 6. I Thomas Volan-
tyne of Bencliffe, gent. &c. and my bodye to be buryed in Eccles.
Churche. I gyflfe to my sunne Richard Valentyne all my landys &c.
accordyne to the tenor of certen dcdys indentyd made 7 Oct. 3 Edw.
VI. Also that these dysposyde of char)'te to pore folks by the ad\')'se
of Syr Robart I.angley and Richarde my sune my executor. And I
make Syr Rob.irt I.anj^Icy of Agecrofte kn\'ght [my] suprysorc. Also
that all ycmen and ofTycers w^in the howse shall have e\')e one theym
• There is no date of probate, but the inventory is dated 8th April,
4lh Edw. VI. Rich.Trd Valentine, of licncliffe, Esq. (sixth in. descent
from the testator), baptized at Eccles, lOth June, 1675, was high sheriff
for the county of Lancaster in 1713. By his will, dated 23rd June,
1 713, and proved at Ciivster, in 1716, he bequeathed Bencliffe Hall to
his kinsman, Thomas Valentine, Clerk, of Franckford, in the county
of Sligo, Ireland. The latter, in 1673, devised the estate to Samuel,
son of John \'alcntine, of Boston, in New England, by a member of
which family the Hall and fifty acres of land were sold, about the year
I7q2, to a Mr. Partington. .Ac. 8120. AcaJemies. Chclham Society,
vol. 51, pp. 134-5. (Remains Historical and I.ilcraiy, of Lancaster
and Chester counties). . . . ,
tlANlEL VALENTINK, ES(.>., MtKCHANT AND BANKER.
AlKOkA, ILLS.
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xij' a pese to prey ffbr my sawle and cvye scnynge meyde xij'' lyke-
wyse to prey for my sawle and evye husbandman or workman iiij'' a
pese to prey for my sawle. To Alys my servaunde woman for hyr
paynys takynye v'. To cvye on of the gcnlylwomcn xij'' a pese to
prey for my sa«le. This beynge wylnes. TllOMAS Dddf.sox, pste,
RoBART Laxglf.y, Robart Howden, Thomas Longworih.
Thomas Locke, Xyciiolas Langton, Rouart Hali.e, Hexrve
DoDESON, Ottys Hollaxue, of Clyflon, w" others.
This second Richard, the legntee of the foregoing
Will, had a son, Thomas, who married Doroth)',
daughter of Ralph Malbun, of the Wast, Eccles, and
died September 12, 1609. His children were John,
vvlio married Elizabeth, daughter of John Risley, and
died March 30, 1625 ; Richard, who died single; Mar-
garet, who married Prestwick ; and Dorothy, who
married Edward Htirt.
The children of John V'alentine were John, who
married Margerie, datigliter of J(jhn SIcighe, of Big-
gin Grange, Derbyshire, and died March 14, 1680;
Elizabeth, who married John Alderse}', of Chester
county ; Thomas, who died single — and possibly
others. But from this point the chain is broken, and
much of the family history is involved in obscurity,
so that what follows is only inference or conjecture,
owing to the loss of important documents. It is
known, ho a ever, that tlie second John had a son,
Thomas, and [)robably several other children. To
show tlie several relationships, oilier testimony must
now be introduced.
REV. THO.MAS VA LE.NTINE.
Tiie evidence is clear iliat ihere were three persons
who bore tlieabove namcand title,all of whom belonged
to this Lancasliire family. 'i"he ftrst I shall mention is
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tlius described in RoflTc's "-Biilis/i Monutncntal Inscrip-
tions :" " Rev. Tliotnas Valentine, M. A., fift)--six years
a Dissenting minister at Epsom, descended from an
anlinit family in Lancashire, 1756, aged eighty." The
second was the Rev. Thomas Valentine, Vicar of
Frankfort, Sligo county, Ireland, who died there in
November, 1763, leaving " BencliflTe Hall," of which
he was at that time the owner, "to Samuel Valentine,
the eldest son of John \'alentine, late of Boston, in
New England, mj- second cousin." Besides these, there
had been still another, the Rev. Thomas Valentine, of
London, a clergyman of the Established Church, and
the autlxjr of the two printed sermons mentioned by
Ailibone as published in London in 1642-1647.
The Will of the Frankfort Vicar, above-mentioned
is as follows: —
•■ Ccfpy <•/ Ihi R,vd Mr. Thos. I'ahnlim- of Trtland Will and Te:-
tament."
" In the name of [God] Amen. I Thomas Valentine Clk Vicar of
Frankfort in the county of Sliyoe & Kingdom of Ireland being weak
in body but in sound & perfect mind and memory blessed be Almighty
God for the same do make and publish this my last will and Testa-
ment in manner and form following that is to say First I Give and
Devise to Samuel Valentine the eldest son of John Valentine deceased
late of Hoston in New England my ."Second Cousin his heirs & as-
signs all that my Messu.ige and tenement Scituate lying and being in
the Parrish of Eccles and county of I.mcasler called Bencliffe Hall
together with Riders Tenement Contiguous thereunto — ^To hold to
him the said .Samuel Valentine his heirs and assigns forever lyable and .
subject to three shillings pr week to be paid by him the said Samuel
Valentine for the Mentenance of M.irtha Holt my Kinswoman for
and during her natur.il life as also to five Pounds for defraying her
funeral E\i>enccs and in else of failure of payment by the said Sam-
uel I hereby Impowcr my Executors herein after to le mentioned io
lexy the same of the Prcuii?es aforesaid. Secondly I leave and be-
queath to .'^aniucl Valentine aforesM his Brother Thomas and theii
Tlu Lancashire (England) Valentines. 107
Sister Eliz'e Gotich the sum of six hundred pounds Ster to be equally
devided amongst them share and share alike that is to say two hundred
pounds apiece. Thirdly I leave and bequeath to William Dawson
Esquire of Lincoln's Inn and his Sister Elizabeth Broome of Dids-
bury the children of the lale Mr. \Vm. Dawson of Manchester my
Kinsman the Sum of seven hundred pounds Stcrl to be equally de-
vided between them that is to say Three hundred & fifty pounds each.
Fourthly I give & Bequeath the Sum of Six hundred pounds Sterl lo
Mr. .Mien Vigor North Vigor and their Sister Abigail to be equally
divided amongst them that is to say Two hundred pounds Each.
Fifthly I Give and Bequeath the Sum of Three hundred pounds to
Mr. Thomas Crompton & his Sister Mary Partington both of the
I'arrish of Eccles aforesaid to be equally divided between them that
is to Say one hundred and fifty pounds each. Sixthly 1 Give & Be-
queath the Sum of Two Hundred pounds to Michael Holt of Eccles
afores'd & his sister Anne to be thus divided between them that is to
say one hundred and fifty pour Js to the said Michael and fifty to
.\nne. Seventhly I Give and bequeath the Sum of Sixty pounds to
be equally devided between the children of the late Thomas Holt
Brother to the said Michael. Eighthly I Give and bequeath the Sum
of Eleven Hundred pounds English .Ster w'ch I now have in the
South sea fund I to ray Nephew John Ccckbum if it appears within
six months after my Decease that he is in the Land of the living and
if he be dead my Will and desire is that five hundred & fifty pounds
of the said Sum shall flow in equal proportions thro* the aboves'd
families of the aboves'd Cromptons and Holts and as many others as
are connected to me in the same relation with them and are neces-
sitous. All w'ch aforesaid Legacies I order to be paid out of my
English property as sf<on as they can be collected by Mr. Allen Vigor
& William Broom aforesaid boih of whom I do hereby Nominate and
Appoint Executors of this part of my Property afores'd, and for ttieir
trouble in Executing the same I Give & Bequeath the Sum of two
hundred pounds to Each and all the rest i; Residue of my personal
property that shall be in England at my Decease after my Debts and
Legacy's are first paid I Give & Bequeath in equal proportions to .Mr.
Samuel Valentine Wm. Dawson of Lincoln's Inn Esq'r, Allen Vigor
and Wm. Broome thus far for the Dispositi'.'n of so much of my
property xs shall be found in England at my Decease and w'ch will be
found in the Hands of Mi. Wm. Broome <»f Didsbury afores'd in
cash Bonds Mortgages &c. that belong and appertain lo me and are
my property.
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'• Now for the Disposition of my properly in IrelaBj 1 do hereby
Order & direct that it he applied lo the uses and purposes follow ing
lliat is (o say lirst I do herchy (ji\e iS; Hcquealh the Sum of Six hun-
drciJ i>ouiids Slerl. for the Sui>port and Maintenance of the distressed
Willows of the Clcrjjy of the dioceses of Hillala li Achowcy. Sec-
ondly I Give and Bequeath the Sum of four hundred pound Sterl.
towards the Institution of a Protestant charily schixil and for the
jniiing out a few of the Protestant Apj)rentices to Trades w'ch school
I •)riler to b** erected within the Unirjn of ffranckforl and I do hereby
nominate & appoint the Lord Bishop of Hillala and the Vicar of
ffrankfort both for the time being to be Trustees of the above sum.
Thirdly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Friend the Rev'd Alex-
ander Clendining all and Singular my Library of Books together with
the sum of two hundred pounds Sterl. my Gold headed Cane and
three Silver Spoons to match three I formerly gave him, and as to the
surplus rent arising arising out of the farm of Carrowgarry I leave
tliis to Mr. Henry (farrel Surgejn of Sligoe during his natural life.
But in case Mr. Saml. Scoclnvood of Hillala Survives him I order
that the said Surjilus rent shall appertaii; ;■ d Belong to Rev'd Mr.
Clandining during the term of said le.i Fourthly to my kind
Friend and benefactress Mrs. .^nne Brown of Fortland I give and
Bequeath :he sum of one hundred pounds Sterl. Fifthly I give and
Bequeath to the poor of the Union of Frankfort the sum of Sixty
pounds Ster. to be disposed of by the Rev'd Mr. Clandining as he
shall think most proper. Sixthly I leave & Bequeath such a sum as
to Mr. Clandining will seem sufficient to buy a decent cushing &
Cloth for the Pulpit & also a proper coverlet for the communion
Table. Seventhly I Give and Bequeath the sum of twenty pounds
Ster. to Thomas Waldron twenty pounds to Robert Dillon twenty
pounds to Mrs. Sarah Lynn Ten ]^'»unds to ffrancis Moore (ifty jxiunds
Ster. to the Widow ,\nne .\tkinson relict of the late Thomas Atkin-
son of Cabragh. And I hereby nominate and appoint the Rev'd
Alexander Clandining aforcs'd my sole Executor to this part of my
above Will w'ch concerns my Irish property most of w'ch at this lime
is put out in the manner following that is S.ay Eleven hundred pounds
in the hands of .Annesley Gore K^q'r four hund'd pounds in the pub-
lick loan Three hundred pounds to Vaughan Jones E~q'r Two hun-
<lred pounds to Robert Brown Esq'r One hundred pounds to Mathew
Ormsby Esq'r and fifty pounds to John Osborne all at five pr. Cent.
I also leave the Rev'd .\lexander Clandining aforesaid Executor the
rest and Residue of my said Iri^h fortune after having first paid the
Tlie Lancashire (England) Valentines. 109
above sums appointed for charitable uses Legacy's funeral Expences
and Debts revoking all former Wills by nr.e made.
•' la witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal ihU
tenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one Thou-
sand Seven hundred and Sixty Three.
" Thomas Valentine. [i_ s.]
"Signed Sealed published & Declared by the above named Thomas
Vi'nuinc to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us who
have hereunto Subscriljcd our names as witnesses in the presence of
the Testator and of each other.
"Jon'l Leech,"
" Elias Bowrav,"
" Rich'd Arbuthnot."
The Rev. Thomas Valentine, the testator of the
above Will, diuj Xov. 6, 1763, or about four months
after the instrument was dated.
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C H A P T E R X I I I .
JOHN VALENTINE, ESQ., OF BOSTON,
The Aruestor of the Nnv En^and Valentimej.
IT must be acknowledged that when the writer of
this work first commenced his researches into the
history of this first ancestor of the New Eng-
land Valentines, he had but few and slender materials
for his work. All the historj- of the English Valen-
tines, as given in the last Chapter, was to him then
unknown. He only knew what his father. Gill Val-
entine, Esq. (yet living in Xorthboro', Mass, in his
eighty-sixth year), had told him, viz : that his great-
grandfather's name was John, and that he lived in
Boston — "only this and nothing more." Next, he
consulted Sav.age, and learned only that " John Val-
entine was made freeman in Boston, May 12, 1675."
Soon after, he found an old legal document, verified
before "John Valentine, Notar)- and Tabellion Pub-
lick for Mass. Bay," dated 1706. Even the "Old
Lynde Bible," so often referred to in these pages, and
so famous as an heir-loom in the family, simply said
this only of him: "My father, John Valentine, died
Feb. I, 1723;" and even this was probablj- written by
his son Thomas years after the death of his father, and
from recollection only, as there is a mistake in the
year. When the writer finally found the "Genealogy
of the Valentine Family," written b)- General E. W.
Pierce, he thought he could say, "Eureka;" but this
document only said of him, "Of John Valentine, I
learn nothing more than that he was the husband of
John Valentine, of Boston. 1 1 1
Mary Lyiide, of Boston, sj<i of Thomas Valentine,
Vicar of Frankfort, in Ireland, and father of the
family hereinafter to be described."' So that even
these data, meager as they were, have since been found
to be erroneous in two important particulars, namely,
his parentage, and the date of his death.
But what may not be found out by patient and care-
ful research.' Poring over the volumes of tlie N. E.
Gciualo^ical Rtgistcr, the writer stumbled upon the fol-
lowing, taken from the private " Diary of Jeremiah
Bumstead ": —
"1724, Feb. I. — On ye I, Mr. Valentine, ye lawyer, hanged himself
aU home in his upper chamber, with his sash. Mr. Harris, minister,
& Mr. .^uchmully, giving calh of his dislraclion, he had a funeral]
and »as burycd in ye church on ye 4th day of ye month."
Again: in "Extracts from Iiiterleaiied Almanacs,
by Samuel Sewall, Jr.," he found the following cor-
roboration : —
"Feb. I, 1724. — Mr. Valentine, the l:iwyer, Han|;s himself in a
cockloft. A Little the afternoon they litid him. The Jury brought
in Xon Ct^mpos."
Here was a mystery. Could the individual whose
tragical demise is thus recorded, be our ancestor.'
Probably not; for among all the Valentine families,
even the oldest persons could recall no tradition that
their ancestor had been a lan'jcr — much less that he
had hanged himself! Moreover, some of the proud,
fastidious ones thought it was useless (or worse) to
pursue the investigation any farther; for the idea that
the ancestor of a race could be both a lawyer (a rara
avis in those days) and a sukiile (also then more rare
than now), and no record or tradition of these facts be
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found among all his descendants, was simply absurd
and impossible! But the writer, more intent on
reaching the truth tiian serving or sparing family
pride, kept up the search for a full year, and is well
satisfied with the result of his pains. In the " Massa-
ciiusetts Historical Rooms," he finally found the object
of his search: a complete file of the old '■^Boston
Ne-,i.<s Letter" (almost the onlj- newspaper then pub-
lished in New England) for the year 1724. In that
paper, he found the following: —
"Boston, Feb. i, 1724. — On Tuesday the 4ih Instant, the Corps of
John Valentine, Esq. ; His Majesty's Advocate General for the
Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire and Colony of
Rhode Island, was here decently Interred : He was a Gentleman for
his Knowledge i: Integrity most eminent in his Profession, Clear in
his ConcejJtions, and Disliiiguihhal)le happy in his Expressions. It
pleased GOD. some short time before his Death, to deprive him of
these Excellent Endowments by afflicting him with a deep Melan-
choly which brought on him the loss of his Reason, and was the
cause of his much Lamented Death."
If there is aiiglit in the above obituary which should
cause atiy of the descendants of such a man to blush
for siiamc, the writer is unable to discover it. More-
over, as the Records of King's Chajjcl showthat John
V^aientine was one of the Wardens of that Church in
1715-16, his funeral probably took place there (on the
same spot where Ch.vrles Su.mner's funeral obsequies
recently occurred), and his remains were buried in
King's Chapel Church-yard.
Further reference is made to Mr. V'alentine in Ex-
Governor Emory Wasliburn's ''Sketches of the Judicial
History of .^fassachiisctts," as follows: —
"J|>11N \'.\l KMINE. uf Holoii, held the office [.\dvorale General]
at the time of his d-.alh, in 1724, and may have been the immediate
^fvTl Pf?»»
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•3NIlNaTV.\
■3NIXN3TVA
'331}ld
•asaviD
John ValcutinCy of Boston.
"3
successor of Mr. Lynde. ^Btfijamin LynJt\ who Iiad been appointed
to the office in l6g7. He was a relative — perhaps a brother — of Mary
L)Tide, who afterward became the wife of Mr. Valentine. He subse-
quently became a Judge of the Superior Court.] Mr. \'alcntine was
a lawyer of distingui>-hcd learning and integrity. An argument of his
in the case of Matson v. Thomas, in which he was tipjwsed by Auch-
mutly. Reed and Littles, is preserved, in which he manifested great
familiarity with legal principles, as well as ability as an advocate. He
is also said to have been an agreeable and expressive speaker."
As to the parentage of Mr. Valentine, it is certain
that he was not the son of Rev. Thomas Valentine,
Vicar of Frankfort, as General Pierce asserts; for
that gentleman died childless. The following docu-
ment, in the handwriting of Thomas Valentine, of
Hopkinton, who was a son of John Valentine, would
seem to throw some light upon the matter. Though
not dated, it is indorsed, —
"Copy of a Litter to Mr. Wm. Trenh.bn, .V,r,>iant in Plymouth,
" Sir, — I am informed by Captain Coleman, of Boston, that you
have been inquiring after some person of my name who had some-
thing left to him by some Relative in Old England, but could not
find him. My father was born in I^ncxshire in England, and had
several Relations living there some years ago — jjarticularly an Uncle,
the Rev. Mr. Thomas Valentine of Epsom, who, by Letiers, gave
us, his Relations i;i X. E. some reason to expect he would lake notice
of us in his last Will. I shall take it very kind of you if you will
give yourself the trouble to write me a line giving me furlhcr infor-
mation of the affair. In so doing you will greatly oblige
"Your most Obt, Humb. Servt,
'• (Signed) T. V.
"Please direct to me at Hopkinton, to the care of Mr. Wm. Gooch,
at the Sign Admiral J'^rnon, Boston."
The following letter, from the clergyman referred
to in the foregoing, may have been one of those upon
which these "great expectations" were based: —
114 Tlic I'aliiitiius in Aiiiirira.
'■ I-iiM)u.\ Nov'r lolli 1753.
" Mv I)k. Mt Nki'IIKW, — I caniiMl c.n>ily exprc.-s the yrcnt pleasure
I li.itl al llic arrival uf Viuir letter with the account of your ])er-son
ami family ; though that hail a great allony in the mention of the
loss of your companion in life; which is a mournful event especially
in so numerous a family where the tender care of a mother is as much
w.inteil as the wisiiom of a Father. 'Tis easy to say we must submit,
hut a hartl lesson to learn in the Schoc>l of Pnjviilencc. I pray f lod
;;ive y^m all the jmlience to hear, ami wisiloni to improve such trjing
dispensations. Tho' I have not the satisfaction of seein;; my relations
in New Kn^l.md nor ever exjtect to he so happy on earth, yet I hot>e
to meet iheui in heaven, with any alloy or end. In the mean time, I
do not forget hut give them a con-tant ])lace in my addresses to the
mercy seat ; when I ask wisdom and (irace for my own Soul to lead
us through the present valley of tears to that stale, where all tears
shall he wi]>ed aw.iy. I wiOi I had pi)wer eiju-al to do more accord-
ing to the aflTectious of my heart for my dear relations at a distance.
" ^■ou ilesire an .account of our family in Old Kngland which by
lime and ileath are reduced in numbers. I have only one sister re-
maining, who has a son marry'd with children, and one daughter who
lives w ith her mother and who is dutifull and servic.ible to her mother
in the evening of life.
" There are many nephews and nieces that are prudent and sober
in their l>ehavior ; tho." not in the prosperity of the world. My Cozen
Thom.T-s Valentine is a worthy clergyman in Irelaml who )>ossesscs the
seal and estate of the family, that has been some hundred years in
the same name.
" I have sent him the account of the family, not being willing the
estate (tho' not large) should change its name.
"This is the account I send you, but your family are more nu-
merous, an<l prosj>erous in New Englantl.
" I have niithing lo add but ihe assurances of my esteem, ami affec-
tion to all my ilear relations which I would be gl.ad to manifest in
Religion and friendship to the utmost of my power.
" I comn'end you to God's Protection, blessing and conduct, and am
w ith affectionate res]x;cts to all my dear relations in New England,
" Dear Nephew,
"Vour faithful frien<l and .Affectionate Uncle,
"TiiciMAS Valkminj:.
" l.iisrxis, Nov'l)cr lolh, 1753.
'* I will soon write lo vuir lliother and Sister Gouch."
Jphu Vnlcntinc, of Boston.
"5
In tlie foregoing letters, it will be seen that the rela-
tionsiiip of uncle and nephew are acknowledged on
botii sides. Xow, if this is correct, tlien tiie parentage
of John Valentine is settled; for the Matriculation
Papers of this Rev. Tiionias \'aientine, of Epsom,
show that he entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1692,
at the age of si.xteen, where he is recorded as the
"son of Francis \'alentine, Merchant, of Lancashire."
Though a link in the chain may be wanting, yet, from
the foregoing it would appear that John Valentine
was an elder son of this " Francis Valentine, Mer-
chant, <jf Lancashire" — that he must have emigrated
tt) Boston when a 3-oung man just of age — that he re-
mained a bachelor until forty-eight or fift)- years of
age, when he married, in 1702, Mary, only daughter of
Samuel Lynde, Lsq., of Huston, by whom he had seven
children — and that he must have been nearly or quite
seventy years of age at the time of his death, February
I, 1724. It is a matter of regret that the e.xact record
of one so prominent, and whose course was so honor-
able, should be found so indefinite and uncertain; but
the above is believed to be as correct and clear as it
can be made at this late day.*
* Frjin a ilocumciH recently receiveJ from England, I fird that a
John VaKntine ^va^ bapli^cil in Kcclcs, I.amaOiire. .Vpril 25, 1643.
Tlicro i-> Minie reason to suj>])0>e that this \\a> tl»e one who was made
freeman in Boston. 1675 ; and tliat the Joint X'alcntine who married
Mary I.ynde in 1702, must have l.een a f<'H of this freentan Jolin — in
which case. Maiy I-yntle, instead of marrying a lough ohl bachelor of
nearly (ifly; ha^l a young hnshand of about her own age. If this sup-
[xjsition is well-founded, then "ye Lawyer," instead of I>cing an old
gentleman of seventy at the time of his melancholy exit, was prob.ibly
about forty-five or fifty, and right in the prime of life. It seems strange
that no puljlic or private record can be found which would positively
settle this (Question ; yet s<i it is. It is the ho])e of the writer that the
publication of tliis woik may yet bring to liglil some item or record
which shall settle the cjueslion beyond ail doubt or controversy.
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CHAPTER XIV.
THOMAS VALKNTINR, OF HOPKINTON.
THOMAS \'AI,I:NTI\E, the foiirtli son of John
■.\\\<\ Mary Lyndu Valentine, was born in Hos-
toii, August 3, 1713. As liis maternal grand-
fatlicr, Samuel [,yn(ic, Esq., of Boston, owned a large
pro])ertv in Freetown, Mass., it appears probable that
Thomas, as well as his older brother, Samuel, divided
his vouth and early manhood between that place and
nostf)n. In conveyances and legal documents made
after he was of age, he is entitled " Merchant, of Bos-
ton ;" and therefore, though so netimes spoken of as
ccHuing from Freetown, he undoubledlv called Boston
his home. When and where he first became acquainted
with the beautiful Ei.izaiif.th Gooch (whose likeness,
taken frotn a painting made in her sixteenth year, is
<7//<v///i/,v/ on anijlher page), does not appear; but it
was probably about the time of, or soon after, his re-
moval to Ilopkiiiton. Slie was the daughter of James
Gooch, Es<]., and Hester, his wife, who owned a farm
adjoining his own. They were married July 17,1735,116
having already purchased a large tract of land on the
southern declivity of the famous Magunco Hill, in
that town, near where John Eliot had his Indian
church and burial ])lace. The old Frankland farm ad-
joining it, and " all that region nnind about," are classic
ground, not only because of Eliot's labcjrs, but for
reasons fully set forth in Rev. Elias Nason's " Afcmoin
of Sir Harry Fraiiklaiui," and more especially because
TJwmas Valentine, of Hopkinton.
117
Mrs. H. B. Stowe has made it the scene of one of her
most popular works, " Oliltouin." True, the latter has
made sad havoc of names and places, but, after all, the
scene is well chosen, and the story one of great interest
and power.
The tract of land taken up by Thomas V^alentine
tficn embraced several hundred acres. Some of it was
indeed rough and rockj', like much of Hopkinton
lands; yet a goodly share of it was level and highlj-
productive. This old " Valentine Farm," e.xcept for a
short interval, has ever since remained in possession
of those who bear the name ; but a large portion of
its broad acres has been sold off, so- that its glory has
departed. " The Old Homcslead" (lately reconstructed
and modernized by its present proprietor, William
Price Valentin^, great-grandson of Thomas) may be
seen as it was, on another page, and is furl her described
by .Nlrs. Weston, whose pen and pencil :im capable of
doing it ample justice, as will be seen. Tiie spot over-
looks the village of Ashland, a new town set off from
Huiikinton, and lies within the limits of that place.
On this romantic and beautiful spot Thomas and
Elizabeth Valentine lived in peace and happiness for
seventeen years, rearing their children, and prospering
in worldly affairs at least as well as their neighbors.
Then came a change; for the light of the house went
out. In 1752, the wife and mother died, leaving a
brood of eight children — the youngest only two years
old, and the eldest less than seventeen — just at a time
when they most needed her motherly care. Her lius-
band, true to her memory, lived on in lonely widower-
hood to the end of his daj-s, or more than thirty years
— a rare instance in a family that gn-atly value con-
nubi.il or domestic life, as a bachelor or a widower is
seldom found among them.
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The Valentines in America.
Tliomas Valentine seems not to have belonged to
the then "st:in(ling order," or Congrcyationalists, as
did most of his neighbors and t<jwnsmen, but must
have adhered to the faith of his fathers; as we find
that in 1752 he was allowed 53-. "?•/. fridn his town tax,
on accoiiiil <jf being an aUeiidant upon the Episcopal
Cluuch. llow strict a cliurchiiian he was does n(jt ap-
])ear; but his children certainlv attended the Congre-
gational Church, and some of them became members
of that body.
The first nunlion made of anj- Valentine in the
Ilopkintcjn Town Records is as follows: —
" Mar. 4. 1750. — \'(»(cil l<) Thuniai V;i!ciilinc for llircc Hays* \\«irk
at tlic great bridge £(i \s. yi."
It should here be mentioned that Mr. V^. was an
Innkeeper (as also were his sons, Samuel and William
afterward, and his grandson, Samuel) as well as farmer,
so that this charge, so ver)' large f<jr those days, was
])n)bably for a gang of men and their entertainment
also.
The ncNt mcntiiin of .^l^. \'. in the Records is in
1761, when he was made one of a committee of seven
to supply the town with a school. Then, in 1765, he
was one of a committee to prepare "Instructions to
John J(jnes, lis(]., at this critical coujuiK ture in relation
to Hritish Aggressions" — the said ".Squire Junes being
I bipkinluirs Representative in the great "General
Ciiurt," or Provincial Legislature of Mass;icliusetts.
Thomas \'alentine died April 17, 17.S3, in the sev-
ciiticlh year of his age. As alieady stated, his wife
had preceded him, having died April 25, 1752. Their
issue and ullicr items being given elsewhere, it is un-
net:essary to repeat them
Thomas Valentine, of Hopkinton.
119
"iMK Ul.l) LVMli: lUM.E,
SO often alliuiod to in tlicsc patrcs, may as well be de-
scribed here. As stated elsewhere by Mrs. Weston, it
was one of the only two things saved at the burning
of Thomas Valentine's house — hence its great value
as a Famih' Record, it being the only early account of
the family e.xiant. As a book, it is nothing remark-
able, being of common octavo size, and having been
printed in the year i66;. The fly-leaf gives the list of
owners as follows: —
.Sriniuell Lyntle,
' M.irj' Valentine,
Thiiin.is Valentine,
Jo*.ei>h \'alcnline,
Josejih Valentine,
his Hook, 1670.
her Book, 1 721.
his I'ook, 1732.
his ISook. 1783.
his Book, 1817.
Joseph Valentine Filch, his Book, 1S61.
Which, being interpreted, signifies that Samuel Lynde
bought the book (in London probabl)-) in 1670 —
eight years after it was printed — that on his death,
in I 721, it became the property of his daughter, Mary
Valentine, wife of Jolin— who, at her death, in 1732,
left it to her son, Thomas — who, at his death, in 1783,
left it to his son, Joseph — who, before his death, in
1S17, probabl)-, gave it to his nephew, Joseph, as he
had no children to inherit it — who, at his death, in
1S61, gave it to his grandson and namesake, Joseph
Valentine Fitch, of Maples, Ind., the present owner.
Some of the entries are queer and quaint enough,
and it is as remarkable for what it does not mention, as
for what it does. Thus it gives the day, hour and
minute of an infant's birth, even though it died in a
few hours; but it wholly omits to give any particu-
lars of the tragic end of the illustrious ancestor and
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noblest Roman of them all, John Valentine, Esq.,
mcrclj- because, in an insane moment, he committed
suicide, as ihougli that were a disgrace to him or his
posterity
m:\ m:iim'
Ml^^ LLIZAIIKIH COOCll, OK HDI'K I.NTON, MASS.
At ILKWAYDS, MKS. IHuMAi VALENTINE.
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CHAPTER XV,
J
THE VALENTINES OF BOSTON AND HOPKINTON.
By Mrs. F. E. Weston, of Boston Highlands, Mass.
OHX VALENTINE, the first American pro-
genitor of that name in Boston, Mass., was
descended from an ancient famil}- in the parish
of Eccles, county of Lancaster, England, where they
owned an estate called "Bencliffe Hall." In 1550, the
then owner of the estate, Thomas \'alentine, wills it
to his son, Richard, and, through m.any generations, it
comes to another, Richard Valentine, who was high
sheriff of Lancaster, by whom it was willed to his
kinsman, Thomas Valentine, of Frankfort, Sligo
county, Ireland, who was the Vicar of the English
church there. By the Rev. Thomas Valentine, of
Frankfort, it was bequeathed, in 1763,10 his second
counsin, "Samuel X'alentine, eldest son of the late
John \'alentine of Boston in New England." Samuel
Valentine's heirs sold the estate, about 1792, to a Mr.
Partington, whose wife or motiier was probably the
Mary Partington mentioned in the Rev. Thomas Val-
entine's will as being related to him, and to whom he
gives a large sum of money.
John Valentine is mentioned in the Boston Records
as having been made freeman May 12, 16-5. The
next entry in the Records is his marriage, April 16,
1702, to Mar\- L)-nde. According to the '^ LynJe Bible,"
which is now in the possession of Joseph Valentine
Fitch, and from which many of the following records
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arc takc-n, Mary Lyiidc was tlic only surviving child
(of a family of five cliikircn) of Samuel and Mary
(Ballard) Lynde, and was horn in Boston, November
i6, 1680. The Lynde family being noted both in Old
and New England, a few words in regard to them
maj- not come amiss in this account.
Enoch L)-nde, of London, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Everard and Katlicrinc jC4'/;r, one of the most
renowned and chivalric names in English History.
Their son, Simon (named for his ancestor, Simon
Digby, grandfather of the Earl of Bristol), was born
in London, June, 1624. He was a merchant in Lon-
don, and removed to Boston in 1650. In February,
1652, he married Hannah, daughter of John and
Annie Xewdigate, of Boston, by whom he had twelve
children, manj- of whom became distinguished in
Massachusetts, and from whom are descended some of
the best families in Xew England— among them, the
Bowdoins, Ervings, Temples, Olivers, Walters, Win-
throps, &c.
Lynde-street, Boston, received its name from this
family. Siiniucl Lyiuic, their eldest son, was born in
Boston, December i, 1653, and married Mary, daugh-
ter of Jarvis Ballard, October 20, 1674. Samuel
Lynde was a merchant in Boston, where he died Oc-
tober 2, 1721. His wife died Ftljruary i, 1697-8.
Their only surviving child, Mary Lynde, became the
wife (if 'John X'alcntine, as before mentioned. They
had seven children, the records of whose births and
deaths are taken from the " Lynde Bible" as fol-
lows:—
SECOND GENERATION.
' Samuel, born Dec. 28, 1702 ; m.-niid, isl, .Mjijjail Durfee. of Tiver-
ton, June 25, 1729; 2(1, Rebecca Hall, of Swanzca, Oct., 1766.
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He died March 14, 17S1. He was tlie inheritor of BencUfie
Hall.
' Elizabeth, born Fell. 22, 1703 ; in. James Gouch, 1724, son of James
and Hester Gooch.
' John, born Nov. 8, 1706; died at Pott^mouth, Old England, 5^ept.
24, I?"-
' Edmond, born Jan. 16, 1709; died Jan. 50, 1710-II.
' Thomas, born .\ug. 3, 1 713; m. Elizabeth Gooch.
* Mar)', born March 23, 1 714 ; m. a Durfee.
' Edmond, born Oct. 22, 1717; died July 4, 1730.
From the notice of tlie de.itli of the second son,
John, at Portsmoiitli, Old England, at the age of five
years, it must be inferred that his parents were visiting
Old England at tliat time.
Samuel Valentine, the eldest son, was the ancestor
of the Freetown and Fall River Valentines.
Thomas Valentine, the third son, removed to Hop)-
kinton, Mass., about 1730, where he took up a large
tract of land, built a house, and, Jul}' 17, 1735, married
Elizabeth Gooch, the daughter of James and Hester
Gooch.
James Gooch, Esq., ovned the land adjoining
Tliomas Valentine's, and lived in Ilopkinton until his
house was burned, when he sold his land to Sir
Charles Henry Frankland, and removed to Boston.
He lived in that part of the cit}' which now bears his
name — Gooch-street.
The incidents regarding the burning of his house
may be interesting to his descendants, and are there-
fore given here. Mrs. Gooch was on a visit to her
friends in Boston, leaving her Iiouse in the charge of
negro servants, or slaves. One day a large silver
spoon was luissing; search was made, but it could not
be found. In the evening, as one of the black women
went up stairs to put her cliild to bed, she thought of
the lost spoon, and, supposing her child might have
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had it playinq; with it in the garret, she commenced
searching, and tijjped down a barrel, wliich was filled
with tow. Her candle fell into the tow, and instantly
there was a blaze. She lost all presence of mind,
riislicd down stairs, forgetting her poor child in her
fright; the flames swept everything, and, before aid
could be obtained, the lioiisc was gone, and the poor
child with it. Mrs. Gooch possessed a beautiful head
of dark hair, and, when the news came to her of the
catastrophe, her hair turned graj' in one night. She
would never return to live on the farm, so her hus-
band established himself in Boston.
' Thomas Valentine and his wife, Elizabeth, had a
large family, viz : —
THIRD GF.NERATION.
* Thomas, bom .^ug. 31. 1736 ; m. Rebecca Ingraham, Dec. 20, 1763 ;
was a sailor ; his family lived in Boston. -\ >on, Thomas, \va<i
born Feb. 22, 1765. .\ ilaughtcr, Rebecca, was buried in King's
Chapel ground, .\ug. II, 1769, aged eleven months.
» James, bom Dec. 31, 1737 ; died at Gaiidelupe, Sept. 23, 1755.
* Elizabeth, born May iS, i"3'>; m. a Hallard ; lived in Vermont.
' John, bom July I, 1740; settled at Little Complon, R. I.
* Joseph, born Oct. 21, 1741 ; sailor, unmarried ; died at his brother
Samuel's in 1 81 7.
' Hester, born Aug. 30, 1743 ; died Sept 30, 1745.
' Hester, bom Oct. 25, 1744 ; died Dec. 22, 1744.
* Samuel, bom Dec. 7, 1745 ; m. Klizal)eth Jones.
' Mary, born Nov. 14, 1747 ; m. Zaccheus Ballard ; lived in Oxford,
Mass.
' Hannah, born June 2, 1749; '^''^J '^^t. 25, 1749.
* Willi.im, born Nov. 2, 175'); »n. Kli/abcih Jones, daughter of Ar.-
thony Jones, and cousin to his brother Samuel's wife.
FOURTH GF.NERATION.
Saiinul ]^<il(nliiif iiiui I :< DrscenJants.
' Samuel \'alentine (' Thomas, ' John) fifth son ol
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Thomas nn.d ElizaLictli (Goocli) X'alcntiiie, was born
at Hopkinton (on the farm taken up by his father
about 1730), December 7, 1745. This firm became his
at his father's death, and lie lived and died upon it.
Of liis early life and education very little is known.
He possessed a refined nature and genial disposition,
was tall, slender, and of light complexion. In Decem-
ber, 1 77 1, he married Elizabeth, second daughter of
Colonel John and Mary (Mellen) Jones, and grand-
daughter of Cohjnel John and Hannah (Simpson)
Jones. Hannali Simpson was daughter of Savill
Simpson, of Boston, who took up the first land occu-
pied for farming purposes in the town of Hopkinton,
about 16S9. Much of this land went to liis daughter
and her children, and is now entirely covered with
houses and factories, being the center of the town of
Ashland, Mass. The " Magunco Hill " was a portion
of this property, which afterwards came to Mrs. Val-
entine, through her fatiier. The Colonels John Jones,
both father and son, were j^rominent men in Boston
and Hopkinton, filling many responsible offices in
colonial times, and afterwards. Among the list of
Esquires who were in the habit of using coats-of-arms
in 1736, by right of birth, was Colonel John Jones, of
Hopkinton. In 1754, Colonel John Jones the elder
made a will, giving his large property in land, slaves,
mills, S:c., to his three sons, Dr. Simpson Jones, John
Jones, and Anthony Jones, and his six daughters, and
their heirs. He died February 7, ? 773, aged eightj'-
two 3-ears; and his son, John, the father of Mrs. Val-
entine, died September 5, 1797, aged seventj'-three
years. Both father and son arc buried in a private
ground, where their old moss-covered tomstones are
still in existence. -
Mrs. Valentine was a woman of rare judgment and
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great executive ability, and a good manager in her
liousehold. Siie ivas the opposite of her husband in
lof)ks, being sh(^rt, thick-set, and of a very dark com-
plexion; the children being also mostly of dark com-
plexion. Thomas, Rebecca and Lawson were the only
light ones. In connection with the farm Mr. Valen-
tine carried on a i)Mblic house, or inn, as it was then
called, for many vears. He also had a grist-mill,
situated on a stream at the lower part of his meadow,
which was in operation about two-thirds of the year.
He was, morc(jvcr, concerned in a nail-factory, near
the "Old Ford," some distance from his farm; and,
when the war broke out, he and others established a
wire-mill on the stream below the grist-mill, on land
now owned by the Eames family. These were not all re-
munerative. Tiie grist-mill, which was the most profit-
able, was set on fire and entirely consumed, and was
never rebuilt. A scheme was started to build a cotton-
factory at t!ie lower part of the town ; and, as it was
supposed it would prove excellent property, every
one who had the means wished to obtain shares.
Among others, Mr. Valentine went into the scheme,
although he g.iined a very unwilling consent from his
wife to sell the land, which came to her from her
father, and put the monev thus obtained into shares in
the factory. His wife had always intended to use the
proceeds (jf thai land to ed\icatc two <jf her sons at
college; and, as she was not very sanguine regarding
the cotton-f.ictory scheme, she therefore saw her land
sold with great reluctance. Mr. X'alentine was not
content with the shares thus (jbtained, for he and Iiis
boys did work for tlie corjior.itiim, and received pay in
sliarcs in this wonderful factory, that would, in time,
give them a fortune. Like many other schemes of this
kind, through mihinanagcment, it proved a disastrous
The Valentines of Boston and Hopkinton. 127
failure, and he not only lost all the money put in, but
was assessed for debts incurred by the company. What-
ever Mrs. Valentine disapproved, generally failed.
Slie was an invalid for many years, but so great was
her judgment that she could advise about the farm
matters better than those who were constantly around
the farm — as, although she was unable to leave her
room, she seemed to have an intuitive knowledge of
what was best to be done.
She died very suddenly, September 28, 1828, about
one month after the death of her dear son, Lawson.
In a notice of her cit-.iih the following remarks
were made : —
" Mrs. Valentine was one who lived under the influence of those
virtues which render life peaceful and happy. As a wife, she was
kind, attentive and affectionate. In this relation of life, discretion
marked her footstep^. She made her partner and herself happy by
the constancy of her affections and mildness of her disposition. .\s a
mother, she cherished a most lively interest for the happiness of her
child-en. Her family could look to her as capable and willing to
afford the best of parental instructions. In her domestic concerns, she
was influenced by prudence and econoiny ; and, aided as she was by
intelligence, in this capacity she sets a worthy example. As a friend,
she was obliging. Possessing the spirit of philanthropy, she had a
heart and hand to commiserate and relieve the sufTerings oi" others.
She was well known in society as the friend of peace. Possessing a
strong mind, and intelligent, her advice was no less salutary abroad
than at home. As a Christian, no trail was more eminently seen in
her character than that of humility. This she cultivated m the spirit
of the Gospel. Having long lived justly esteemed, she died much
lamented."
Her second daughter, Betsey, kept the house during
her father's lifetime,- for thej- always were good livers,
and everjthing went on the same until the death of
Mr. \'alentine, March 10, 1834. Tlien the youngest son,
Charles, and Betsey carried on the farm, retaining the
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same lielp, in doors and out, as in their father's life-
time. In the early years they had some of the slaves,
bcqiieatlied by Mrs. Valentino's grandfather to her
father, 'n the family. In about two years the farm was
sold to Lucian Snow, of Woodstock, Vt., a man who
had lived with Mr. Valentine many years. He and his
brotlier, Charles, took charge of the farm together for
a ^c\\ years, when it was purchased of them by An-
drew Price X'alcntine, grandson of Samuel \'alentine.
This was the only time the farm was out of the Valen-
tine nr.me since it was first settled bj- Thomas Valen-
tine. The farm was afterwards divided between An-
drew Price and William Price Valentine, sons of
Lawson Valentine, thej- owning what is left of it at
the present time, 1S74. After the cotton-factory was
built, that part of the town, and up beyond the Valen-
tine farm, was called Unionville; but later, a portion
of Holliston, Franiingham. Southboro' and Hopkin-
ton was set off" as a separate town, by the name of
Ashland.
The first house built by Thomas Valentine was
burned, all the articles that were known to have been
saved from this fire being the old " Lynde Bible," and
a mahogany or oak escritoir, evidently of English
make, badly scotched — a very curious affair, which was
in the family of Captain Joseph Valentine for many
years, and is now in possession of his daughter, who
resides at Cambridge, Mass.
Thomas Valentine rebuilt, probably, on the same site,
as melted glass, nails, &c., have been found in digging
under and about the present house. Samuel Valen-
tine, in his time, raised the roof, altered it somewhat,
and put it in good order. It was changed a little in
the intcricjr when A. P. X'alcntine purchased it, stoves
for Cooking and warming the rooms being substituted
£kS^^
I r t liiilX^tm^itakm
The Valtiitincs of Boston mid Hopkinton. 129
for tlie generous open fire-places, where the wood
used was merely sawed, not split, for back-logs; the
crane from which the pots and kettles hung; tlie stone
hearth, where the crickets came and chirped in the au-
tumn evenings; the iiigh-backcd settle drawn up on
one side of the fire-place; the iron andirons, huge and
strong — all these old accompaniments of the ancient
kitchen were pushed aside to make way for the modern
improvements. Two of the fire-places were, however,
retained for a time, but finally yielded to tlie want of
more heat, with less expenditure of labor and wood.
In 1856, \V. P. \'alentine changed the interior, and, in
1870, he tore the poor old house all to pieces, inside
and out. The barn, which stood on a hill, some dis-
tance from the house, was moved close up to it. So
complete is the change, that wece it not for the old
cider-mill, which stands opposite the house, and the
old trees, no one would recognize the spot. A small
sketcli, taken by Miss Ellen Bowditch, and a picture,
painted from this sketch, and from memory, by one of
the family, is all that is left to tell of what it once was.
The Hopkinton Railroad has gone through some of
the very best land on the farm, in several directions,
making sad hnvoc with the trees, and cutting the
farm into small pieces, injuring it for farming pur-
poses, far beyond tlie very small sum paid for the land
taken, and injury done.
In a few years this old farm, where so manj- genera-
tions of the Valentines have been born, lived and died,
will have passed away, cut up, divided and subdivided,
and this once retired and pleasant spot perhaps be
covered with houses, with nothing left to tell of its
former quietness and beaut}'. *
Samuel Valentine's children were numerous, and all
but one liv d to grow up. They were : —
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'Samuel Valentine, Jr., born Feb. 14, 1 773; ra. lit, Kanny Clarke ;
2n<i, Mary Fiik.
' John Jones, born Feb, 5, 1775 ; m. Sally Voung.
'Joseph, born Nov. 18, 1776; m. 1st, Fanny Haven; 2nd, Eliza
Borden.
' Mary, born Jan. II, 1779 ; m. Dea. Elijah Fitch.
* Thomas, b^rn July S, 17S0; m. Hellcn Read.
'James, born .\ug. 20, 17S2; died Oct. 20, 17S2.
' Betsey, born Oct. 2S, 17S4 ; m. Dca. Elij.ih Fitch.
' Harrj', born Oct. 5, 17S6; m. Mary Manney.
* Rebecca, bom Sept. 19. 17SS ; died unmarried, January S, 1S26.
' Fanny, born March 20, 1790; m. Homer Tilton.
' Lawson. born Sept. 22, 1792; m. Mary .\nn Price.
'Charles, born March C, 1797 ; m. Isanna ChamberlaiD.
FIFTH GENERATION.
' Samuel Valentine, Jr. (' Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John),
eldest son of Samuel and Eli/abeth (Jones) Valentine,
was born at Hopkinton, at the old homestead, Feb-
ruary 14, 1773, St. Valentine's Day. He was educated
at the District School, with his brothers, sisters. Dr.
Stimpson's, Dr. Shepherd's, and Mr. Deuch's children,
besides several other families. The first school-house
was a small wooden building, situated about where
Mr. Enslin's bam now stands; the second, built of
brick, which remained standing until within a few
years, when it was taken down, and A. P. Valentine
built a house just back of the site. Samuel remained
with his father, assisting him on the farm, until he
and his brother, Joseph, opened a store together, in a
building running along the yard adjoining his father's
house. In a few years he gave this up, and removed
to the upper part of the town, now the center, and
purchased a stone house, which he remodeled into a
public house. He also built a store adjoining the
upper end of the house, and carried on hotel, store
and farm until his death. He married, for first wife,
Tlu Valentines of Boston and Hopkinton. 1 31
Frances Clark, dauglitcr of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hill)
Clark, Jr., who was born September 25, 1767 ; married
May 25, 1800; died April 12, 1808, leaving two daugh-
ters and one son. When young she was very beau-
tiful ; as a wife, mother and friend, very much beloved.
She possessed great executive ability, and, although
confined to her room for many years, she managed
her household with ease and thorough completeness.
He married, for second wife, Mary Fisk, daughter of
Richard Fisk, of Framingham, Mass. She was born
January 29, 1783; married January i, 1809. Samuel
Valentine, Jr., died Februarj- 19, 1823, a few days after
completing his fiftieth year. His widow was a capable,
energetic woman, and carried on the house in con-
nection with the farm, supporting her family, which
consisted of eight of her own, and three of her hus-
band's children. After a time she converted the house
into a summer resort for boarders from the cities, and
this she continued up to the time of her death, at an
advanced age, August 13, 1861.
Children by First Wife.
* Mary Clark, born Feb. i8, iSoi ; ra. William Dennison Jamison.
' .\lbert, born March 8, 1S03 ; died in Boston, June 22, 1829.
' Emerline, bom Oct. 15, 1S06; unmarried ; still living in Hopkinton.
Children by Second Wife.
' Fanny, bom Nov. 12, 1S09 ; m. Philip W. Bixby.
' Su^n Gilbert, bom Dec. 27, iSio; m. Homer Tilton.
' Eliza Fibk, born Nov. 10, 1S13 ; m. Benjamin S. Famsworth.
'George, " " " went to Detroit, Mich., 1838; m.
Caroline Froit in 1S44. He died July 23, 1846. Wife and chil-
dren all dead.
' Samuel Fisk, born 1815; m. Henrietta M. Jackson.
' Jane, born Jan. 4, 1817 ; m. Dr. Jarno Swan Sullivan, who died at
Savannah. Geo., Feb. 20, 1874.
' John Tyng, born Sept. 2, 1S18 ; m. Mrs. Mary (Claflin) Valentine.
.\nn Maria, born Dec. 23, jSlg ; m. Charles Winslow Claflin. .
CHAPTER XVI.
DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL VALENTINE — CONTINUED.
By Mrs. F. E. Wkstom.
' JOHN JONES VALENTINE ('Samuel.'Thomas,
I ' John), brotluT (if the preceding, born February
%J 5. '775 ; received the same education in the Dis-
trict S( hool. He remained with his fatlier a few years,
wlien, bcc(jming restless, his father gave Iiim liis time,
and he went to Boston, entered into business, and was
long known under the firm of Bixb)'& Valentine, and
later, as Bixby, Valentine & Co. It was one of the
oldest firms in Boston, He was a good business man,
whole-souled, free with his money, and alwa^-s ready
to assist others. He married Sally Voung, who was
b<irn at Wellfleet, Mass., 17R0, the date f)f the marriage*
not being known. She was daughter of Dr. Young.
An anecdote of him, related by a cousin (on the
mother's side), may not be uninteresting. This cousin,
John J. Clarke, Esq., always attended to Mr. Valen-
tine's law business, when he had any. One daj- he
was in Mr. Clarke's office. During the conversation
religious subjects were broached, and some remark
made by Mr. Valentine led Mr. Clarke to saj', "Why,
John, I was not aware that you were religiously in-
clined;— to what sect do you belong.'" "Upland Bap-
tists"* was the quick reply.
* The cxpl.inrtlion c»f this is, that he was hmg a regular attendant
u|)on the ministry' of Dr. H.iUiHin. pastor of the .Second Baptist
Church, Boston, but never became a member of the church.
Descendants of Samuel Valentine. 133
During the latter part of his life he was ver)- fleshy,
like his mother, and, like her, he died very suddenly.
He had retired, as well as usual, when his wife was
awakened in the night by a strange noise he was
making. She endeavored to rouse him, but without
success, and, before she could obtain assistance, he was
dead. He died M.irch 7, 1844, aged sixty-nine years.
His widow died at Cambridgeport, March 29, 1845,
aged sixty-five years. Their children were: —
Lucinda Young, died in infancy.
Caroline Clarke, born in Boston, lSo2; married, 1 5t, Joseph Fox, of
Milford, -Mass, June, 1825. He was of the firm of Fox f: Bixby,
burned out in the Kilby-street fire, 1825. lie died January 20,
1S28. They had one son, who died in infancy. She married,
2nd time, Oct., 1S34. Henry Mellen Chamlerlain, lawyer, of
Cambridgeport. She died January 24, 1858.
' Gorham, born June, 1S04 ; died Oct. 2, 1805.
' ChaHes Henry, died in infancy.
' John Young, bora 1S08 ; was with his father in business for a time.
He went to California in 1853 ; died at Crescent City, Nov. 18,
1871 ; married, 1st, Rosalie Purdy, of Newburg, N. V. ; and,
Elizabeth Sievens who survives him.
' Mary Ann Dexter, born July 31, 1S12 ; m. 1st, N. T. Rogers; 2nd,
G. W. Light.
' Saiah, died in infancy.
' Lucinda Mayo, born Aug., 1818; was the third wife of Heniy M.
Chamberlain ; died in De Solo, Wis., Nov. 18, i858.
' Charles Henry, born Sept. 14, 1820; lives in California.
'George Frederic, born Feb. 14, 1826 (St. Valentine's Day); died
March 29, 1 861.
COLONEL JOSEPH VALENTINE.
'Joseph Valent i ne ('Samuel, ' Thomas, 'John), brother
of preceding, b.tii November 18, 1776. He and his
brother, Samuel, Jr., had a store together, adjoining
their father's house, but gave that up, and bi ught out
Samuel Haven, Jr., and kept that business for a time,
134 The Valentines in Atn^rica.
when, his house being burned, he removed to Boston,
about 1S25 or 1S26, and engaged in business in the
firm of Burrill, Kimball & Co. He returned to Hop-
kinton again, about 1830, and purchased the Price
place. The old Roger Price house had been burned a
few years before, and he built, upon the same site, a
large brick house, where he continued to reside during
the remainder of his life. During the war of 181 2 he was
Colonel, and stationed in Boston, or thereabouts. He
was representative from the town of Hopkinton for
many years; and, being a clear-headed, shrewd man,
his speeches were always excellent, and to the point.
He purchased some of the first mill privileges on the
Genesee river, Rochester, N. Y., and, had he kept
them, they would have given him a large fortune. He
also purchased land in St. Louis.
He married Fanny Haven in 1799. She was the
daughter of Samuel Haven, who went from Hopkin-
ton to Shrewsbur)-, about 1800. By her he had a large
familj-. She died June 27, 1841. In August, 1842, he
married Mrs. Eliza Borden, daughter of Leonard
Walker. He died March 26, 1845, and his widow mar-
ried Nathaniel Johnson, of Hopkinton. His children
were : —
• Harriet Jones, born 1800; m 1st, Abraham Harrington; 2nd, Dr.
Jefferson Pratt.
• John Lowell, l>om 1S02 ; m. Miriam Haven.
' Jo-ieph Haven, born 1S06; died in Smyrna, 1831.
•George Washington, bom iSog ; m. Mary W. Claflin ; died in St
Louis, 1840.
• Eliza .^nn, born 1813 ; m. B. G. Cutter, of Louisville, Ky.
'Charles Henr)-, bom 1817; m. 1st, C. A. S. Jones; 2nd, Julia F.
Devens.
•Edward Hopkins, born 1822; ra. 1st, Julia Moses; 2nd, Clara G,
Baker.
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
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' Mary Valentine (' Samuel, 'Thomas, ' John), sister
of preceding, and eldest daughter of Samuel and
Eliza (Jones) Valentine, born J.-inuar\- ii, 1779; mar-
ried June II, 1800, Elijah Fitch, third son of Rev.
Elijah and Hannah (Fuller) Fitch. He was born June
24, 1778. His father was the second pastor of the
Congregational Church in Hopkinton, who was de-
scended from the Rev. James Fitch, first minister of
Norwich, Conn., who was brother of Thomas Fitch,
Governor of Connecticut, 1754-1766. They came
from an old family, of Bucking, Essex county, Eng-
land, where Thomas and James were born. The
family coat-of-arms is still in the name in England
and America. Elijah Fitch had his father's farm,
which he carried on until within a few years of his
death. He went into silk-worm raising. In his
family the first silk was spun from the cocoons in
Massachusetts. He also raised bees, and sold honey.
He was chosen Deacon of Rev. Nathaniel Howe's
church, Februar)- 7, 1814; which office he held more
than thirty-three years. His wife was a very indus-
trious, capable woman, and brought up a large family.
She died September 22, 1835, aged fifty-six years. Her
husband married her sister, Betse)-, November 2, 1836.
She was another capable woman, a good manager in
doors and out. She died February 21, 1843, of lung
fever.
Deacon Fitch married, the third time, Mrs. Olive
Hayward, in 1843, wiui survived him. He died very
suddenly, from over-exeruon, April 27, 1847, near the
railway station at Brighton. While hastening to
catch the train, he fell instantlj- dead. He was the
last of his father's family. All his children were by
his first wife, and were : —
• William Fuller, born May 28, iSol ; m. Eliza Ann Lyon.
136 The Valentines in Atturica.
' Emily Slimpson. born July 26, 1S02 ; m. Edward D. Baker.
* John Augustus, born Oct. 8, 1S03 ; m. Lucy .\nne Howe.
' Leonard .Millen, born June 3. 1S05 ; m. Louisa Ball.
' Mary .\nn, born .\pril S, 1807 ; m. Oilman BalL
' Fanny Valentine, born Dec. 24, iSoS ; m. John Sa»-yer.
'James Harvey, born Oct. 7. iSlo; m. Susan Hayward.
' Elizabeth Jones, born Sept. 7, 1813: m. Fisher Hcmenway.
'Nathaniel Howe, born July 16, 1S15 ; m. 1st, .Adeline Valentine;
2nd, Mary Bailey.
' Hannah Fuller, born Dec. 23, 1S16 ; died Jan. 24, 1838.
' Elijah, Jr., born March I, 1819 ; died in Texas, May 20, 1841.
» Charles Henry, bom .Sept. 2, 1S20 ; m. Augusta Parker.
'Thomas Valentine ("Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John),
brother of the preceding, born July 8, 1780; remained
with his father for a time; then went into his brother
Samuel's store. He left the store, and purchased the
Dench farm, with the "Bench House" that Mrs. Stowe
has made so famous, b}- mistaking it for the " Frank-
land House." He also bought a large wood-lot, with
pasturing, near Holliston. He had a brick-j-ard on
the farm, which he worked. He married Helen Read
in 1803, daughter of Ephraim Read, of Hopkinton.
Just as he had laid the fouudauon for making a good
living, he was seized w ith a fever, and died October 8,
1825. His widow survived him many years, and
died at Ashland, December 23, 1S50. Their children
were : —
' .\deline Matilda, born Jan. 2, 1804 ; n-.. Benjamin Pond.
' Lucinda Voung, born April 4, 1807 ; m. Sj.encer Nolen.
' Helen Maria, born Feb. 17, 1810; m. James M. Jones.
Emily Read, born Jan. 11, 1815 ; m. Daniel C. Morey.
• Thomas Rucklin, born Aug. 6, 1821 ; m. Harriet H. Parker.
' Harrj- V^ilcntine (' Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John),
brother of the preceding, born October 5, 17S6; mar-
ried, in 1S07, to Mary Mawney, daughter of Dr. Wil-
c>
m
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
m
liam and Elizabeth (Clarke) Mawney, of Providence,
R. I. He had a country variety store, under the firm
of Herrick & Valentine, at the upper part of Hop-
kinton, where he continued for a few years, and then
bought out Samuel Haven, Jr., who had a store in
Shrewsbury, Mass. He moved his family to Shrews-
bury, where he remained until 1822, when he went to
New York, and engaged in business with Mr. Pettin-
gill. After a time he went into the manufacturing of
cotton at Stirling, Conn., but still continued in busi-
ness in New York. He kept his cotton-factory going
until his death, which took place in New York, March
7, 1847. His widow died in Brooklyn, New York,
1864. Their children were : —
' Maria A., born June lo, 1808 ; m. WTnthrop Eaton.
' Edward Hcniy, born July 2, 1805 ; m. Olive L. Place.
' John Mawney, born March 13, iSlI ; died Feb. 4, J857.
' Eliiabeth, born March 26, 1813 ; m. A. H. Kimmell, March 25, 1833 ;
died August 27, 1833.
' Horatio, bom June 26, 1815 ; died Dec. 7, 1822.
Harriet A., bom Sept. I, 1817 ; m. Dr. P. H. Wildman.
Alfred A., born Sept. 27, 1819 ; m. Sarah P. IngalU.
« Fanny V^alentine (' Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John), sister
of preceding, and youngest daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth (Jones) Valentine, born March 20, 1790;
married, October 22, 1S17, Homer Tilton, son of Abra-
ham Tilton, of Hopkinton. He was born December
23, 1792; was in business for a time at Cambridge-
port; then moved to Hubbardston, Mass, where he
had a country variety store; thence went to Union-
ville. From there he moved to Framingham, where
he was partner of Eliphalet Wheeler for a time, and
then went into partnership with John Jones Clark
and Levi Eaton. About 1S35 he moved to New York,
where he continued in business until his death.
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138 Tlu Valentines in America.
Mrs. Tilton was an excellent wife and mother,
capable and energetic. She died in New York, Au-
gust 4, 1850-
Mr. Tilton married, for his second wife, Susan Gil-
bert, daughter of Samuel, Jr., and Mary (Fisk) Valen-
tine, June 23, 1851. He died September 27, 1S69. His
widow is. still living, in New York. Mr. Tilton pos-
sessed a cane, which, for its historical associasions,
ought to be mentioned. It was made, in 1693, for
Henry Plympton; bears his initials, " H. P., 93," on
the head. It was presented by him to Governor John
Hancock, and he (Governor Hancock) presented it to
Michael Homer. Mr. Tilton, being named for Mr.
Homer, received the cane from him. Mr. Tilton gave
the cane to his grandson, Homer Tilton, son of E. L.
Tilton, and the cane is now in possession of the latter.
His children by his first wife were: —
' George Homer, born March 30, 1819; died June II, 1819.
' .\lbcrt Homer, bom April 2, 1820 ; m. Joanna Spader.
' George Eugene, bom .\pril 22, 1822 ; m. Mrs. Joanna Sirrine.
» Edward I.arajelle. born June 13, 1824 ; m. Mary E. Penlland.
' Lawson Valentine, bom April 13, 1828 ; m. Mary Marks Fowler.
By his second wife.
» Samuel Valentine, born May 17, 1852 ; died Nov. 30, 1855.
LAWSON VALENTINE.
* Lawson Valentine (» Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John),
seventh son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jones) Valen-
tine, was born September 22, 1792 ; remained with his
father until he was twenty-one. He then went to
Leicester Academy for a time From there he went
to Cambridgcport, and entered the store of Hayden &
Miriam. He remained with them until he went into
business, under the firm of Parker, Goodnow & Val-
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
139
entine, Cambridgeport. He married, December 15,
1817, Mary Ann Price, born at Hopkinton, January
24, 1 79?, daughter of Major William Price, and grand-
daughter of Commissar)' Roger Price, who was Rector
of King's Chapel from 1729 to 1746. The marriage
took place at the house of Madam Elizabeth Price,
the only surviving daughter of Rev. Roger and Eliza-
beth (Bull) Price. She afterwards became an inmate
of Lawson Valentine's famil}-, and died with them,
Jul)' 3, 1826. Andrew Price, the youngest child of
Roger Price, was educated at Oxford, and became a
clergyman of the Established Church. He had a
living at Bromley, and one at Britwell, but lived and
died at the latter place, June 7, 1856, at the age of
ninety-eight years. He was born in England, and
never came to this country. He was the last male of
this branch of the Price family.
Lawson V'alentine left Cambridgeport after the firm
was dissolved, and went into business in Kilby-street,
Boston, about 1822. In a year or two he associated
himself with a brother of one of his former partners,
under the firm of William i'arker& Co., paper busi-
ness, 116 State-street. They owned and carried on
paper-mills at Watertown and Sudburj'. He placed a
large sum of money, for the times, in this concern, and
never drew out one dollar for the support of his
family during his life, but let the profits due him go
into the business to increase the capital and enlarge
the business. In May, 1828, his health gave out, and
he was obliged to keep in the house for a few days to
recruit. His partner sent one of the customers to him
who had not been quite square in h's business rela-
tions with the firm. During the excitement of the
interview Mr. Valentine fell senseless upon the floor.
Assistance was rendered at once, but he was found to
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be paralyzed, utterly speechless and helpless; and in
this condition he remained three months. He ap-
peared to have his senses, but was unable to commu-
nicate what was passing in his mind. Although every
means was tried, his anxietv and distress were so great
that the cfTiirts made w(juld throw him into spasms.
Everything was done by physicians and friends, but
he never rallied, and grew weaker daily until his death,
August 17, 182S. Mis funeral took place at Hopkin-
ton, and his remains were placed in the Price tomb.
He was a man greatly beloved by all who knew
him, fcjr he was always rendering aid and assistance to
others, either in business or private matters. He was
an excellent business man — prompt, energetic, and of
great integrity of character. His manners were win-
ning and gentlemanly. In appearance he was tall,
well made, of a light complexion, and possessed a
pleasing countenance. He was styled the "Jlajver of
the family" by those who knew him best. A picture,
in water colors, was taken of him as he lay ill, but all
his friends miss his cheery and bright expression in it,
and many have failed to recognize it at all. Some
twenty-five years after his death his only daughter
met, at a friend's, an old gentleman, who inquired
whose daughter she was, and, when slie told him, he
placed his hand upon her head, and said, " Thank God
for your father, my child, for he was a good man."
During Mr. Valentine's illness liis wife sent to the
firm for money, and received one hundred dollars in
cash, and sixty dollars was paid for wood, which she
needed, and this was all that was ever received by his
famil)' from the concern from that day to this. Had
it not been for his business matters outside of the
concern, and his wife's property, his family would
have been left destitute. He wai a kind husband, an
Descendants of Samuel Valentine. 141
indulgent father, and a great provider; and it is now
supposed the distress he showed in not being able to
communicate to his friends, was owing to the fear he
felt in regard to his business matters He attended
Dr. Lowell's church, Boston, but was not a member
of the church. He belonged to the Societj- of Masons,
and had attained and passed some of the higher offices
in the society at the time of his death.
His widow. Mar)' A. (Price) Valentine, married a
second time, August 2, 1841, Isaac Peabody O.sgood,
born at Peterboro', X. H., son of Dr. Kendall and
Lois (Peabody) Osgood. He graduated at Harvard
College, 1814; was a lawyer at No. 5 Court-street,
Boston, upwards of forty years. He was made gjuar-
dian of Lawson Valentine's children, bj- the Judge of
Probate. He died in Roxbury, Mass., January 12,
1867.
Mrs. Mar)- A. (Price, Valentine) Osgood is still
living at Roxbur}- (Boston Highlands), being eighty
two years of age. She retains her faculties in a re-
markable degree; is bright, energetic and active; at-
tends to her household and business matters as well
as ever. Her memory is wonderful. In her 3'oung
days she saw at her aunts, Madam Price's house, the
very best society in the country; and her accounts of
the " olden times" are interesting and accurate. To
her is largely due most of the histor)- of this branch
of the Valentine family. The children were: —
.\ndrew Price, born Nov. 14, 1818; m. Hannah Read.
William Trice, bom Sept. 30, 1820; m. Caroline Warren.
F.dward Lawson, born .Aug. 3, 1623 ; m. Marj' J. .\ngier.
Infant, born June 12, 1S25 ; died June 13. 1825.
Frances Er\ing, born June 4, 1S27 ; m. Samuel M. Weslon.'
CHAKLES VALENTINE.
' Charles Valentine (' Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John),
bruiIiLT of the preceding, and )-oungest child of Sam-
uel and Elizalioth (Jones) Valentine, was born March
6, 1797. lie remained on the farm with his father a
time; then went to the Framingham Academy. He
then went to the center of the town of Hopkinton,
and established himself in business there. He tiiar-
ried, September 16, 1821, Isanna Chamberlain. She
was tlie daughter of Moses and Rhoda (.Mellen) Cham-
berlain. They went to live in the old Roger Price
house, and their two eldest children were born there.
He then removed to Caiiibridgeport, where lie lived,
and carried on business in Boston. In 1826 he was of
the firm of Valentine & Bridges, until thej- dissolved,
and he went in with Daniel Draper. He was with
him several years. In 1S32" he was by himself, at 13
Long Wharf, in 1836 having taken in his brother-in-
law, Ambrose Chamberlain, under the name of Charles
Valentine & Co. In 1S39 the firm had removed to
4 South Market-street, where they continued until Mr.
Valentine's death. Charles Valentine was a shrewd
business nT.m, and carried on a very extensive busi-
ness, both in Boston and at the West. On the morn-
ing of January 10, 1S50, he rose apjjarently in his usual
health, but some member of the family hearing a fall,
ran to his room, and found him dead upon the floor.
He died of heart disease, which had alreadj- taken so
many of the familj-. He was a member of the Rev.
Mr. Steam's church (Congregational) for many years.
His widow is living* at Xcwtonville, Mass., at the
* Nfrs. Ts.nnna C, widow of Charles \*alcnline, (ii- ■! in New York
cily. while on a visit to her sons, .^pril 23, 1874.
Descendants of Samu'-l Valentine.
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present time, 1.S74. At Iier house is the portrait of
Thomas Valentine's wife, Elizabeth Gooch. This
likeness, which has hung in the "Old X'^alentine
House" about a century, has been restored, and is in a
good state of preservation. The companion portraits,
supposed to be lier father and mother, are in pos-
session of Mrs. Samuel P. Barker, Scituate, Mass.
Charles and Isanna Valentine's rhildren were: —
' Sarah Elizabeth, born at Hopkinton, Jan. 20. 1S23 ; married lo Jo-
seph S. Allen, of New York. Oct. 12, 1849.
' .Augusta Maria, born at Hopkinton, Oct. 31, 1824 ; m. Ezra T.
Nelson.
' Infant daughter, born Nov. 20, if 26; died Nov. 20. 1S26.
' I.awson. bom at Cambridgei>ort, .\\W\\ 13. 182S ; m. Lucy Houghton.
' Henry Chamberlain, born at Cambridgeport, .\pril 13, 1830; m.
Grace Barrett.
' Ann Rebecca, born at Cambridgeport, Dec. 24, 1 831 ; died Nfarch
4.1834-
' Rebecca Jones, bom at Cambridgeport, Feb 22, 1834 ; id. Leiand
Fairbanks.
' Ellen, born at Cambridgeport, Sept. I, 1836.
' Caroline, bom at Cambridgeport, Sept. 16, 1837 ; died May 16,
1841.
^ Frances Gertrude, born at Cambridgeport, March 23, 1842 ; m. A.
H. Sylvester.
'Charles, born at Cambridgeport, May, 1845 ; died Ju'/, 1845.
' Charle'^ Theodore, born at Cambridgeport, Oct. 26, 1 846; m. Char-
lottte G. Light.
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CHAPTER XVII.
DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL VALENTINE CONTINUED.
By Mes. F. E. Westoh.
SIXTH GENERATION.
M.\ R V CLARK V A L E N T I N E ( ' Samuel,
^Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John), the eldest daugh-
ter of Samuel, Jr., and Fanny (Clark) Valen-
tine, born at Hopkinton, February i8, i8ci ; married,
December 15, 1822, William Dennison Jennison. He
was son of William and Sarah (Sumner) Jennison;
born in Shrewsburj-, Sept. 10, 1798; was in business in
Swanton, Vt., Hopkinton, and New York, and finally
settled in Unionville (now Ashland, Mass.) where he
had a country variety store until his death, February
27. 185;. Mrs. Jennison is still living. Like her
m :her, she was ver^- handsome. Their children
were : —
• William Clark, born May 2S, 1824 ; lives in New York.
• Mary Frances, Ixjm .March I, 1830; died Jan. 9, 1835.
• .\!bert Valentine, born Dec. 21, 1831 : lives in New York.
• Fanny Clark, born Jan. i, 1837 ; m. S. C. Bixby.
» Fanny Valentine (« Samuel, Jr., ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), the daughter of Samuel, Jr., and Mary (Fisk)
Valentine, born in Hopkinton, November 12, 1809;
married Philip Wentworth Bixby, April 22, 1829. He
was in business in Boston, under the firm of Fox &
Bixby, burned out in the Kilby-street fire 1825. After-
wards, for many years, employed by the Eastern Rail-
.aji
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NEWDICATE.
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Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
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road Company. He died April 29, 1S57. Mrs. Bixby
died June 26, 1866. Their ciiildren were: —
' Samuel Valentine, born Dec 12, lS2g ; in. Marj- Bartlett, June, 1852.
Mar)' I-izzie, George Dale, Nellie Valentine, their children, all
dead. S. V. Bixby was accidentally drowned at Hull, June 5,
1S69.
' Frances Maria, born April 4, 1833.
• Alfred, born Sept. S, 1S36; m. Orelia C. Pannelee, of Lansing,
Mich., July I, 1S62 ; resides in Lansing.
'Eliza Fisk Valentine ('Samuel, Jr., 'Samuel,
' Thomas, ' John), twin daughter of Samuel, Jr., and
Mary (Fisk) Valentine, born November 10, 1.S13;
married Benjamin S. Farnsworth, March 21, 1S32. He
was born in Boston, August 9, 1804. He was in
business in Hopkinton; removed to Detroit, Mich.,
1837, where the}* still reside. Their children were: —
• Harriet Eliza, bom in Detroit, Aug. 5, 1839.
• Henrietta Lou' .e, born in Detroit, .\pril 16, 1842.
' Mary Susan, born in Detroit, Dec. 17, 1847 ; m. Wlliam \V. Smith.
'Samuel Fisk Valentine ('Samuel, Jr., 'Samuel,
' Thomas, ' John), son of Samuel, Jr., and Mary (Fisk)
Valentine, born 1S15; married Henrietta Maria Jack-
son, daughter of James and Martha Jackson, of Ash-
land. She was born October 8, i8;!3; married May
14, 1S45 ; died November 3, 1S54. Samuel Fisk was in
business in Buston and Providence, R. I. He died in
Hopkinton, October 30, 1S63. Their children were: —
• James Jackson, born June 6, l?46 ; m. .\gnc'^ \V. Palmer.
• Martha Price, born Nov. 6, 1848. She graduated at the State Nor-
mal School, Framingham, .Mass., July 10, 1S66; commenced
teaching, Oct. I. lSi6, in Worcester, where she remained three
years ; taught in a private school at .St. Louis, Mo., one year, and
is now teaching in Brookline, Mass.
• Mary Jenni^on, born Sept. 12, l8;i ; died Dec. 20, 1S54.
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'Jane Valentine (' Samuel, Jr., 'Samuel, 'Thomas,
' Ji)hn), sister of the preceding, born January 4, 1S17 ;
married November 24, 1S40, to James Swan Sullivan.
Me was son of William and Sarah (Swan) Sullivan,
born in Boston, Februar}- 17, iSii ; graduated at the
Medical College, Harvard, in 1832; practiced his pro-
fession in Hopkinton for a time; then removed to
Galena, Illinois. From there he went to Darien, Geo. ;
thence to Savannah, where the famil)- now reside, and
where he died, February .'o, 1874. Their children
were : —
• Sarah S^an, born in Galena, Oct. 7, 1843.
• Jamc?^. bom in Darien, Aug. 17, 1845.
• '.Villiam. born in Hopkinton, Oct, 13. 1847.
• John, bom in Darien, Dec. 23, 1849.
• Swan, born in Hopkinton, Nov. 13, 1851.
• Meredith .^inor}', born in Hopkinton, Jan. 2, 1853.
• Gertrude, born in Hopkinton, Sept. 13, 1855 ; died in Savannah.
•John Tyng Valentine ('Samuel, Jr., 'Samuel,
'Thomas, 'John), )-oungest son of Samuel, Jr., and
Mar)- (Fisk) Valentine, born September 2, 1818; mar-
ried Mrs. Mary W. (Clafiin) Valentine, December,
1814. He carried on his father's farm, and died Octo-
ber 6, 1S52. Their children were : —
• Fanny .\., Ijorn Sept. 21, 1S42; is a successful teacher.
• Emma Kale, born May 7, 1S44; graduated ,Tt the Winthrop School,
Boston, receiving the silver medal ; gradua'ed at the Girls' High
and Normal School, Boston, 1S63; has taught, since 1665, at the
Winthrop School.
• George .\lbert, born .Aug. 3, 1S46; m. Anna E. Loring.
'Ann Maria Valentine (' Samuci, Jr., = Samuel,
' Thomas, ' J<jlin), yuiingcst child of Samuel, Jr., and
Mary (Fisk) X'alentine, born December 23, 1819; mar-
ried Charles Winslow Claflin, April 18, 1844. He was
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
•47
son of James and Susan (Wardsworth) Claflin, of
Hupkinton. They reside at Hopkinton. Their chil-
dren were : —
• Emma Frances, born Feli. 21, 1S45 ; m. Edward W. Pierce.
• Charles Leslie, born March l6, 1S5I.
• Mary Valentine, bom Nov. 3, 1855.
'Mar}' Ann Dexter Valentine (* Jolin, 'Samuel,
' Thomas, ' John), the second daughter of John Jones
and Sally (Voting) V^alcntine, born in Boston, July
ji, 1812; married to Captain Nathaniel Sherburne
Rogers, October 20, 1840. He was born at Mt. Ver-
non, Me., in 1S05, and died in New Orleans, January
6, 1848. Their children were: —
• John Jones, boni in Boston, Aug. 30, 1 841 ; died !n Charleston, S. C,
1842.
• Nathaniel Sherburne, born in Paterson, N. J., June 8, 1845 ; died in
Cambridge, Oct. 24, 1846.
•George Augustus, born in Liverpool, England, Sept. 12,1843; m.
Susan R. Cunningham.
• Harriet Jones Valentine (* Joseph, » Samuel,
Thomas, ' John), eldest daughter of Colonel Joseph
and Fanny (Haven) Valentine, born in Hopkinton,
1800; married Abraham Harrington, in 1816, as his
second wife. He was a lawyer ; graduated at Har-
vard College in 1S12; settled in Hopkinton, where he
died in 1S28. Mrs. Harrington married again, in 1829,
Dr Jefferson Pratt, son of David and Lucy Pratt, of
Belchertown, where he was born in 1803; graduated
at the Berkshire Medical School, Pittsfield. His
father was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. Dr.
Pratt was the youngest of sixteen children. His
inother was fifty-four years old when he was bom, and
lived to be ninety-three. Dr. Pratt was representative
from Hopkinton in 1839, 1840, 1841.
1 48 The I'alenti Ill's in Anuriia.
Mrs. Hiirrict J. (V'alcntinc Harrington) Pratt died
at Hojikiiiton, October 19, 1S71.
Chihiriit by Afr. I/arrini^h'n.
' Frances Ann, born 1S17; m. Norman Cutler.
' llcnrj' n., born 1S19; died in 1821.
* Catherine Marlha, bom 1S22 ; m. Amos Cutter.
* Cicorge H., bom 1S26; m. Maitha Mann.
Childr.n by Dr. Pratt.
• .Mar)' Jane, born 1S30; in. isl, George Bowen ; 2nd, H. B. Wilder.
* Sarah B., burn 1S32 ; died in infancy.
'Sarah Elizal)eth. born 1S36; livea with her father, at Hopkinton.
and is quite an amateur artist.
' Jolin Lf)\vell Valentine (' Joseph, ' Satniiel,
» Tliomas, ' Jolin), eldest son of Joseph and Fanny
(Haven) Valentine, born 1S02; married Miriam Rice
Haven in 1S26; lived in Hopkinton, where he died in
1S52. Their children were : —
• Frances Caroline, born l526 ; m. Luther Phipps,
• Henry Clay, born, 1S30; m. .\nnie D. Hagar.
• Frederic Eugene, born 1S34 ; m. Ella Go-jsom.
• Eliza Jane, born 1836 ; died 1840.
' Ellen .Maria, bom 1S39 ; m. Hiram .\. Wright.
• Eliza Ann, bom 1641.
» Eli2a Ann Valentine (* Joseph, ' Samuel, - Thomas^
' John), sister of the preceding, born in Hopkinton, in
1S13; married B. G. Cutter, of Louisville, Ky., where
they resided until Mr. Cutter's death, in 1S49. Mrs.
Cutter then rettirncd to Massachusetts, with her chil-
dren. She resides with her daughter, in Brooklyn,
X. Y. Their children were: —
'Josephine Eliza, born 1839; m. lit, G. S'.rickland ; 2nd, Ur. J.
Snively.
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
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• Faany Haven, bom ; m. Clinton Hardy.
•George Lewis, born 1S47 ; m. Fanny Knapj>, of New Vork, Nov.
12, 1873.
' Charles Henry Valentine (* Joseph, ' Samuel,
' Tiiomas, ' John), brotlier of preceding, born at Hop-
kinton, 1S17; married, 1st, Mrs. Cjtithia Ann Saw-
telle, in 183S. Thc\' had two children, who died
young. She died at St. Louis, in 1S47. Cliarles H.
Valentine was in business in St. Louis until after his
wife's death, in 1S49, and in 1850 lie was of the firm of
Wheeler & Co., Boston, successors to Harnden's Ex-
press. He married Julia F. Devins, of Charlestown,
Mass., in 1S51, and soon after removed to Xew Vork,
where he was very successful in business. lie died in
1S70. His widow lives on the Hudson! Their chil-
dren were : —
• Julia.
• Florence.
• Charles, died young.
'Edward Hopkins Valentine ('Joseph, 'Samuel,
' Thomas, • John), brother of preceding, and j-oungest
of ihe famil)-, born in 1S22 ; married, ist, Julia Moses,
of Exeter, X. H. She died in Exeter, and he married,
2nd, Mrs Clara (Gooe) Baker. They live in Balti-
more, and have one child : —
Annie, bom ■
-, 1861.
• William Fuller Fitch (» Mary, » Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), eldest son of >Liry (Valentine) and Elijah
Fitch, of Hopkinton, born May 28, iSoi ; iiiarried
Eliza Ann Lyon, June 3, 1827. He lived in Hopkin-
ton for a time, and tlien removed to Lewiston, Me.
He was constantly inventing, and endeavoring to per-
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feet (jtlier inventions — among those best known,
" Fitch's Self-Adjusting Sliingle Machine," and
" Fitch's Regulator." He overtaxed iiis brain and
was paralyzed, which caused his death, May 8, 1S57.
Their children were : —
• Ann Maria Fitch, born Aug. 16, 1828.
• Henry C, born Dec. 17, 1S30 ; m. Agnes Wright, Dec. 3, 1S63.
•Charlotte P., born July 13, 1832; m. George A. Seabury, May 6,
1S56; one child, 'Carrie A., born July 15, 1857.
•William L., born Aug. 15,1834; m. Viola T. W'estcott, July 18.
1S63.
• Mary E., born July 29, 1S36; died April 12, 1837.
• Ch.irlcb E., born .\pril 15. 1S3S ; died Sept. 10, 1838.
• James A., bom Dec. 21, 1843.
' Emily Stimpson Fitch (' Mary, ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), sister of preceding, and eldest daughter of
Mary Valentine and Elijah Fitch, born July 26, 1802 ;
married Edward Dodge Baker, of Wenham, Mass.,
May I, 1834. They lived in Salem, where all their
children were born; then removed to Hopkinton,
where he died, February 6, 1864. Their children
were : —
• Mar)' Filch, bom March 5, 1S36 ; taught at the South, in New York,
and now has a private school in Hopkinton.
• Hannah Fitch, born May 2, 1838 ; teaching in h r sister's school.
' licnjamin Franklin, born Aug. 24, 1S40; m. Sarah J. Ball.
• Edward Henry, born Jan. 14, 1842 : m. .\nnie Moore.
' John Augustus Fitch (• Mary, ' Sainuel, « Thomas,
John), brother of preceding, born at Hopkinton, Oc-
tober 8, 1S03; married Lucy Ann Howe, daughter of
the Rev. N'athaniel Howe and Olive (Jones) Howe,
March 19, 1829. (Mrs. Howe was the daughter of
Ji)hn Jones, Esq., and sister of Mrs. Samuel Valen-
tine, the grandmother of J. A. Fitch.) John A. Fitch
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
151
lived on tlie Howe farm for many years, but sold that,
and bouq^lit the Adams farm, wliich he stifl owns. He
was Representative from Hoptiinton in 1S54, 1855;
Chairman of Board of Assessors; Trustee of State
Reform Sciiool for three years ; Trustee of Industrial
School for Girls; Overseer of Poor; Justice of Peace
for twcnty-fivc years; and, for the last three years.
Trial Justice for Middlesex county. Their children
were : —
' .\pplclon Howe, born March It, 1S30; m. Elizabeth Bennett.
' Eilward I'-Tyson. born March S, 1832 ; m. Sarah \. Wilmarth.
' John Wilher^poon, born .May 31, 1834.
* Mary Ru'.scll, born Oct. 17, 1S36 ; died July 19, 1837,
' Harriet Loud, born July 17, 1839 ; died Sept. I, 1841.
' Elijah, born Oct. 24, 1841.
' Calvin Webster, born June 8, 1843.
• Nathaniel Emmons, born May 12, 1S45 ; died Oct. 12, 1846.
' Leonard Mellen Fitch (* Mary, 'Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), brother of preceding, born June 3, 1805 ; edu-
cated at tlie Burlington College, Vt.; studied medi-
cine; then law; taught school at the same time;
received a lucrative offer to go South to teach, which
he accepted, and remained nine years. He married,
there, Louisa Ball, daughter of Dr. Stephen Ball, of
.\orthboro', Mass., July 21, 1835. She taught in
Southern Virginia five years. They then went West for
a time; finally, went to Boston, and he associated him-
self with his brother-in-law, Dr. Ball, Dentist, where
he now is. Thcv reside at West Newton, Mass. Their
children were : —
* George Lincoln, born 1S38.
' Mary Louise, born 1S40; died young.
'Caroline Eli?abcih ; born 1846; leaches in a Kindergarten school,
in Boston.
' Mary Ann Fitch (' Mnry, ' Samuel, ' T'lomas,
' Jolin). sister of preceding, born April S, 1S07 ; mar-
ried Oilman Ball, March 19, iSjj; lived in Hopkin-
ton. He died June 27, 1S43. Slie died October 31,
iS6:. Their children were: —
' Mar)- J.inc, l>orn March 1<). 1S33 ; died young.
• George Hrnr)-, born July 29. 1S34 ; died in infancy.
• Ellen Maria, horn Nov. 5, 1S36; in. Elisha Frail.
• Sarah Jane, born July 23, 1S3S ; m. B. F. Baker.
' Fanny Valentine Fitch, sister of preceding, born
December 24, 180S; married to John S.awyer, April
7, 1S36. She died at Hopkinton, AiigTJSt, 1S44. Their
children were : —
• Franccena, Iwm Jan. 6, 1837.
• Isabel, born .\pril 29, 1S40; m. James \V. Leonard.
' .\nna, bom May 20, i?42 m. Lorenro Wallace.
• Arthur Tappan, born Jui> ' . 1S44 ; died July 13, 1S46.
' James Ilarvcy Fitch (' Mar)*, ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), brother of preceding, born October 7, 1810;
married Susan Haxward (daughter of liis father's
third wife, Mrs. Olive Ilayward), April 13, 1836; lived
many years in Hopkinton; then removed to Worces-
ter. Mass., where he now resides. Their children
were : —
• Olive H.iyward. born May 30, 1S37 ; m. Harrison G. Otis.
• .\nn .AugiHta, born .\pril 19, 1S41 ; died March 23,1865.
• .\bby Claflin, bom .\pril 24, 1S44 ; died Dec 25, 1847.
' William Henrj-, born Jan. 8, 1S47.
• Charles .Albert, born Oct. 10, iSjl ; died Dec. 27, 1S52.
* Elizabetli Jones Fitch (' Mar)-, ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
'John), sister of preceding, born September 7, 1S13;
married Fisher Ileincnway, of Framingham, Mass., in
Descendants of Samuel Valentine. 153
1S35. They reside in Hopkinton. Mrs. Hemenway
is a verj- energetic, capable and intelligent woman,
and brouglit up a large family. Their children
were : —
• Marj' Filch, born Nov. 3, 1S35 ; m. Charles H. Pierce.
' Rebecca, born June 26, 1S37 ; died June 5, 1S42.
' .Mfrcd, bom .\ug. 17, 1839 ; graduated al Vale College, 1S61 ; grad-
uated at Harvard I,aw School, 1S63 ; lawjer ; lives in Boston;
married Myra L. McT-anaihan, Oct., 1871.
• .\lice, born Nov. 2, 1840.
' Frances ,\nn Erving, born Jan. 17. 1844 ; died Feb. II, 1848.
• Charles Fisher, born July 13, 1S46; died March 6, 1848.
• Everett, bom Oct. 2. 1848.
• George Louis, born Nov. 23, 1S50 ; graduated at Yale College, 187a ;
is now studying law.
• James Wilbur, born Aug. 16, 1853.
• Lizzie Valentine, born March 5, 1857.
• Edwin -Mien, born May 3, 1859.
• Harry, bom .^ug. 19, 1861.
' Nathaniel Howe Fitch, brother of preceding, bom
July 16, i3i5; married Adeline Valentine, daughter
of Captain Joseph Valentine, of Hopkinton, February
27, 1818. They lived in Hopkinton until the death of
his wife, which took place October 26, 1863. He then
removed to Maples, Ind., where he now resides. He
married second wife, Mary Bailey, October, 1869.
ChiUren by First , 'iff-
• Sarah >L, born Jan. 2, 1S40; m. John M. Parkey, of Ohio, Oct. 31.
1871 ; live in Columbia City, Ind.
• George, bom May 9, 1841 ; died Sept. 17, 1841.
• Harriet R., bom Jan. 3, 1S44; died Sept. 23, 1863.
• Rebecca \V., bom Dec. 17, 1S47 ; died Aug. 14, 1848.
' Martha V., born Jan. 27, 1S50; died June 10, 1850.
• Lewis y\., born Dec. 9, 1851 ; died Feb. 2, 1852.
• Charles W., born Sept. 28, 1S55 ; died Oct. 17, 1854.
• Frank H., bom July II, 1856 ; died .ug. 23, 1856.
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The Vnlciitincs in Aiiitrica.
• lo-icph Valentine, born Nov. 7, 1S57 ; owner of the " Lynde Bible.'
• .\rlhur M., I»irn Sept, 3, 1S59.
Br S.roii,i Wife.
Clarence Khiyn.Ixjrn .\pril 7, 1S71.
' Ch.irles Henry Fitch (' Mary, ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
' Johnl, brother of preceding, and youngest of the
family, born September 2, 1S20; married Augusta
Parker, daughter of Nathaniel and Polly Parker,
February 8, 1S43. He lived for a tiine at Hopkinton;
then removed to Worcester, Mass., wliere he is en-
g.iged in the manufacturing of boots. Their children
were : —
• .\(ielia .\iigust.T, born Dec. 15, I>45 ; m. Henry J. Nelson, 1872.
• Jennie Sophi.a, l">rn in Worcester, Sept. 9, 1850.
" Charles Sumner, born in Worcester. June 9, 1853.
« Fanny Etta, born in Worcester, May 19, 1855.
• Frank Evarts, born in Worcester, Feb. 22, 1858.
' Adeline Matilda Valentine (* Thomas, ' Samuel,
» Thomas, ' John), eldest daughter of Thomas and
Helen (Read) Valentine, born Jantiar)- 2, iSo4 ; married
Benjamin Clark Pond, 1S21 ; lived at Ashland, where
she died, October 30, 1S51. He died March 17, 1870.
Their children were : —
' Frances Maria. Imin Jan. 27, 1S22; m. Otis Cole.
• Henr)- Valentine, born June 26, 1S24.
' I.ucinila Valcnline Pond, born Oct. 21, 1S26 ; died March, 1P43.
'George Frederic. l)orii Nov. 17, 1S30; m. Mar)- Devine.
• Catherine Corncli.!, born Oct. 22, 1832 ; m. William Jones.
• Thomas Clark, I>orn 1840.
' Lucinda Young Valentine, sister of preceding,
born April 5, 1S07; married Spencer Nolen, Nov. 13,
1S37. Thcv reside in Boston, where he has been a
Dcscctidaiits of Samuel Valentine.
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successful dentist
were : —
for many years. Their^children
' Albert Valentine, born Dec. 16, 1S3S ; m. Elizal>eth .S. Morton.
' Samuel Andrews, bom March 3, 1S41 ; m. Mar)- H. Howe.
•Caroline, born Feb. 5, 1S45 ; graduated at the Girls' High and
Normal School, Boston ; taught in the Winthrop School several
years; then went to Germany two year^, to perfect herself in
music and the modem languages.
' Helen Maria \'alentine ('' Thomas, ' Samuel,
• Thomas, ' John), sister of preceding, born February
17, 1810; taught eight years; married James H. Jones,
January 15, 1840. He had charge of the depot at
Ashland for many years, and was also postmaster.
Their children were:
• Mary Valentine, Ixjm July 17, 1S41 ; m. Wesley U. Houghton, Oct,
21, 1863.
• Helen M., born Dec. 15. 1S42, m. Charles O. Melcalf.
• Lucinda M., born Jan. 16, 1S46 ; taught two years, died Feb. 23.
1869.
• Caroline Hale, bore .April 23, 1848.
• Cereno Upham, bom April 23, 1S51 ; succeeded his father as agent
of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company; died suddenly, of
typhoid fever, October I, 1S73: very fine young man.
• Adeline I'ond, bora Oct. 24, 1S53.
' Emily Read Valentine, sister of preceding, bom
January 11, 1815; married Daniel Coburn Morey in
1838. He died September 4, 1863. Their children
were : —
' Georg-- Valentine, born Sept. 2g, 1 839.
• Helen Frances, born Sept. iS, 1842.
' Emma Pauline, Ixjra Jsn. 22, 1S45 ; is a successful teacher.
• James Baniard Reed, bom Dec. 25, 1S48.
' Fanny .\sinath I'arsons, born July 26,1850; m. Millard J. Pole,
Jan. S, 1S73 ; died Jan. 21, 1874.
• Daniel Webster, born July 12, 1S52.
• Lucinda Cobura, born Oct. 6, 1S56.
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' Thomas Bucklin Valentine (' Thomas, ' Samuel,
< Thomas, ' John), brother of preceding, and only son
of Thomas and Helen (Read) V'alentine, born No-
vember 7, 1S18; married Harriet M. Parker, July 30,
1845. Their children were : —
' Annie Parker, born in Brooklyn. N. V., Aug. 17, 1848; m. \V. B.
Hilchcock.
Helen Pauline, bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7. 1S50; died July 19,
1852.
* Marv Frances, bom in New York, Aug. 3,1853.
* Hattie Lucinda, bom in Flushing, L. I.. April 7, 1854; died .\pril
9. '854.
' Maria A. \'alentine (' Harry, ' Samuel, ' Thomas,
I John), eldest daughter of Harry and Mar)- (Mawney)
Valentine, born June 10, 1808; married January 31,
1833, Winthop Eaton. He died soon after their
youngest child was born. Mrs. Eaton resides in
Brooklyn, X. Y. Their children were: —
Cecelia, born 1S33 ; died June, 1854.
William Uenr)-, born 1835 ; died 1836.
Harry Valentine, born 1837 ; died 1853.
Maria A., bora 1841 ; died 1856.
Winthrop, bora 1S43; died 1872.
' Edward Harrj- \'alentine (' Henry, ' Samuel,
'Thomas, 'John), eldest son of Harry and Mary
(Mawney) Valentine, born in Hopkinton, October 5,
17S6; married Olive L. Place, daughter of Stephen
Place, of Foster, R. I., November 1, 1843; lives at
East Greenwich, R. I. Their children were: —
• Horatio Henr)', born in Stirling, Conn., .\ug. 5, 1844.
' Kdward I.a»!><jn, born in .Stirling, Conn., .Xjiril 19, 1S46.
• Charles Clinton, born in Stirling, Conn., May 2. 1851.
' Alfred .\. Valentine (' Harry, ' Samuel, » Thomas,
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
•57
' John), brother of preceding, liorn September 26,
1S19; married Sarah P. Ingalls in 1845. He is of the
firm of Valentine & Butler, manufacturers of the
Alum Safe; resides in Xew York. They have one
child:—
• Helen Ingalls; m. May 7, 1873. Waller C. Hubbard, of N. Y.
' Harriet A. V'alentine, sister of preceding, born
September i, 1817; married April 26, 1839, Dr. P. H.
VVildman. She died April 4, 1S46, and left the follow-
ing children : —
• Julia, born June 9, 1S40 ; died Aug. 29, 1S41.
' Clara, born July 19, 1842 ; m. .\lfred Young, of New York.
• Valentine, bom Sept. 5. 1844.
• Gerlrude, born March 16, 1846 ; died May 14, 1846.
'Albert Horner Tilton (' Fanny, 'Samuel, ' Thomas,
' John), the eldest son of Fanny (Valentine) and
Homer Tilton, born April 2, 1820; married Joanna
Spader, August 15, 1848; lived in Xew York, where
all his children were born, until recently. Now re-
sides in Ashland, Mass. Their children were: —
* Frederic Eaton, born May 29, 1 849.
• Albert Valentine, bom Jan. 6, 1851.
• Charles .Mills, born May 3, 1853.
* Ella Spader, bom Feb. 26, 1855.
' George Eugene Tilton, brother of preceding, born
September 22, 1822; married Mrs. Joanna Sirrine,
May 15, 1S49; resides in Xew York. Their children
were : —
' George H., born Jan. 31, 1850.
' Ed» in N., born .\ug. 28. :856.
' Douglas, bom July 15, lS6j.
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I 'all nil Ill's ill America.
' Edward Lafayette Tilton, brother of preceding,
born June 13, 1S24; married Marj- E. Pentland, No-
vember 8, 1S45; resides at Providence, R. I. The
Pl\ inpton-Hancock cane is in liis possession. Their
children were : — r
' Fanny Valentine, born Oct. 5, 1846.
' Homer, born Sept. 6, 1S4S; dieJ in Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1S64.
' Francis P., borr Sept. 6, 1S48 ; died in Xew York, Sept. 7, 1S48
• Lauson Valentine, born Dec. 22, 1850; died March 12, 1852.
• William Jenni-'on. born May 25, 1853.
' Leila E., born Xov. 12, 1S55.
' Edwin I'oolh, born Sept. 14, 1S59.
' Lawson Valentine Tilton (' Fanny, ' Samuel,
'Thomas, ' Jolin), youngest son of Fanny Valentine
and Iloiner Tilton, born April 13, 1828; married
Mary Marks Fowler, December 11,1851; resides in
New York; has been connected with the Fall River
and Long Branch steamboats; has a hotel in New
Vork. Their onlj' child was:
Emma, bom Dec. 15, 1852.
' Andrew Price X'alentine (Lawson, Samuel, Thomas,
John), eldest son of Lawson and Mary Ann (Price)
\'alentine, born in Carnbridgeport, Mass., November
14, 1818; married H.innah Read, May 6, 1841 ; lives
on a portion of the old X'alcntine hometead, Ashland,
Mass. Their children were: —
• Mary .Ann Osgood.-born in the old "Valentine House," June 26,
1S44; m. Franklin Eu^li^.
• Lawson Edward, Iwrn in the old " Valentine House," Jan. 22, 1847 ;
lives in Chicago, Illinois.
• Eliial>e:h Read, be'rn Dec, 1S53 ; died Dec. 30, 1S54.
= William Price X'alentine (' Lawson, ' Samuel,
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
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* Thomas, ' John), brother of preceding, born in Cam-
bridgeport, September 30, 1S20; married Caroline
Warren, June 7, 1848; lives in the old "Valentine
House," and carries on what remains of the old farm.
fhe Hopkinton Railroad has cut the farm up into
sections, injured it for farming purposes, and made
sad havoc among the old hills and trees. Their chil-
dren were : —
• Grace, born in the *' Valentine House,'
Scott, April 27, 1872.
• Albert William, bom June 29, 1855.
• Lizzie Maria, bom Sept. 17, 1858.
Nov. 20, 1850: m. G. A.
» Edivard Lawson Valentine (* Lawson, 'Samuel,
'Thomas, ' John), brother of preceding, born in Bos-
ton, August 3, 1823; went to California in the ship
" Regulus," among the first who went around Cape
Horn; remained there five years; returned; then
went West, and settled in Michigan City, Indiana,
where he still resides. He married Mary Jane Angier,
of Worcester, Mass., July 30, 1S56. Their children
were : —
• Florence Erving, bom in Michigan City, Jan. 13, 1858.
' Fanny Jennison, bom in Michij;an City, Jan. 4, 1S60; died Oct. 6,
lS6a
• Florence .\ngier, born in Michigan City, Oct. 15, 1S61.
• Kate Palmer, bom in Michigan City, March 15, 1S67.
» Frances Erving V.:lentine (• Lawson, ' Samuel,
» Thomas, • John), only daughter of Lawson and
Mary Ann (Price) Valentine, born in Boston, June 4,
1827; married, February 4, 1S67, Samuel Martin
Weston, third son of Elephas and Elizabeth (Long
fellow) Weston, born In Bristol; married July 21,
i6o TItc I'lilcnfiiics in A me r tea.
iSrp; graduated at Bo\vd<jin College, 1844; entered
Ent^lish \V\'^\\ School, Bcjston, as a teacher, 1845;
remained there until 1S52, when he was chosen Prin-
cipal of tlie English High Sdhool for Boj-s, under the
charge of Trustees, Roxbury, Mass. ; was elected by
Roxbur)- High School Coinniittee to take charge of
the " Roxbury High School for Boys and Girls," in
the year 1S60. He still remains Head Master of this
School.
' Augusta Maria X'alentine (* Charles, ' Samuel,
' Thomas, ' Johnj, second daughter of Charles and
Isanna (Chamberlain; Valentine, born in the old
"Roger Price House," at Hopkinton, Mass., Octo-
ber 31, 1824; married to Ezra T. Nelson, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., October 9, 184S. He was born in
Milford, Mass, May 9, 1823; went to Grand Rapids;
entered into business; and has thus far been
very successful. Mrs. Xclsun is quite an amateur
artist, both in oil and water colors. Their chil-
dren were: —
* .Annie Valentine, bom .\ug. 3, 1849.
* Isabel Augu-Ia, boru May 7, 1854.
* Elizabeth Gouch, born Feb. 2S, 1S55 ; died Sept. 2, 1855.
* Louise ^laud, bom Jan. iS, 1S60.
' Eawson X'alentine ('Charles, ' Samuel, - Thomas,
' John), youngest son of Charles and Isanna (Chamber-
lain) V'alcntine, born in Cainbridgeport, Mass., April
13, iS;S; married Lucy Hey wood Houghton, May 27,
1S51. She was born January 7, 1830. He was of the
firm of Stimson, Valentine & Co., Boston, paints and
varnishes; occupied at one time the former store of
his uncle Lawson, iiJ State-street. He afterwards
Descendants of Samuel Valentitu. i6i
engaged in the manufacturing of varnish, under the
firm of Lawson, \'alentine & Co., Riverside, Cam-
bridge. The factory was burned, and he then removed
his establishment to Williamsburgh, X. Y., where he
now manufactures, and has liis business house in New
York cit)-. Their children were: — —
• Howard Lawson, born in CambriH^e|K)rt, May 29, 1852; died Sept.
19.1855.
• .Almira Houghton, bom in Cambridgeport, Nov. 13, 1855.
' Mary Campbell, born at West Newton, Nov. 15. 1862.
' Henry Chamberlain Valentine ('Charles, 'Samuel,
' Thomas, ' John), brother of preceding, born in Cam-
bridgeport, April 21, 1830, second son of Charles and
Isanna (Chamberlain) V.'ljntine; is associated in
business with his brother, Lawson Valentine; married
Grace Barrett, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Barrett,
of Boston, November 14, 1873; resides at Spuj'ten
Duyvil, N. Y. Their only child was: —
• I^ngdon Barrett, bom Oct. 12, 1873.
' Rebecca Jones Valentine, sister of the preceding,
born in Cambridgeport, February 22, 1834; married
Leland Fairbanks, Jr., December 17, 1855 ; son of Le-
land and Polly (Crosby) Fairbanks, born in 1825,
settled in Troy, N. Y., as a lawyer; removed to New
York, where they no-.v reside. Their children were : —
• Leland Fairbanks,' 3rd, bom at Cambridgeport, Ma.ss., April 17,
1859.
' Ellen Valentine, bom at Orange, N. J., SepL 16, 1862.
' Charles Theodore Valentine (' Charles, ' Samuel,
' Thomas, ' John, youngest son of Charles and Isanna
(Chamberlain) Valentine, born at Cambridgeport, Oc-
tober 29, 1846; married Charlofte G. Light, February
21
1 62 The ] 'die 11/ tins ill Aiitcri.-n.
13,1872; has a printing establishment in Boston; was
blown up and burned out in tlie great fire of Nov. 6,
1872: and lost everything. Their only child was: —
• Robert Groosnor, Lorn Nov. 29. 1S72.
SEVF.NTH GENERATION.
• Fanny Clark Jennison P Mary, * Samuel, 'Samuel,
■ Thomas, ' John), the youngest cliild of Mary Clarke
(Valentine) and William Dennison Jennison, born at
Hopkinton, Jan. i, 1S37; taught in the Winti)rop
School, Boston, from January, 1857, to June, 1867;
married S. C. Bixby, June 20, 1867; reside at Boston
Highlands. Their children were: —
' Lucy Melville, born July 29. i86g.
' Mar)' Jennison, born Oct. 2, 1873.
' Mary Susan Farnsworth (' Eliza, * Samuel, ' Sam-
uel, 'Thomas, 'John), youngest daughter of Eliza
Fisk (\'alentine) and Benjamin S. Farnsworth, born in
Detroit, Mich., December 17, 1847 ; married, February
14, 1S6;, William Wirt Smith, sixth son of James Ayer
Smith, one of the oldest settlers of Chicago, Illinois,
born in Chicago, April 4, 18^9; is a great-great-
nephew of John Hancock, one of the signers of the
"Declaration of Independence;" reside in Chicago.
Their onh' child was: —
' Kmma Valentine, born June 21, 1873.
(• Jaines Jackson Valentine C Samuel, * Samuel,
'Samuel, 'Thomas, ' John), eldest son of Samuel Fisk
and Henrietta M. (Jackson) \'alcntine, born June 6,
1S46; married at .Ncwtonville, Mass., June 16, 1869,
Agnes Wales Palmer. She had taught some time in
Dcsceitdauts of Sninucl Vali-ntine. 163
private schools. James J. Valentine is Casliier of the j
Framingham Bank; is very much liked and respected t
by those who have business relations with him. Their 1
children were : —
' Freileric Palmer, bom .\pril 24,1870.
' James Clark, bom Feb. 9, 1872.
• George Albert X'alentine (' John, ' Samuel, ' Sam-
uel, ' Thomas, ' Johnj, son of John Tyng and Mary W. i
(Claflinj Valentine, born in Ilopkinton, August 3, [
1846; is in business in B'itcjn; married October 29,
1873, Anna E. Loring, daugliter of J. F. Loring, of |
Xewton Center, Mass.
•Emma Frances Claflin ('Ann Maria, 'Samuel, '
'Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John), eldest daughter of Ann
Maria (Valentine) and Charles W. Claflin, bora at i
Hopkinton, February 21, 1845; married February 28, .
1 866, Edward Willard Pierce. He gradu.ated with
distinction at Amherst College, 1859; for some con-
siderable time was sucscssfully employed in teaching
at Madison, Conn., Abingdon, Hopkinton and New-
ton, Mass. He subsequentlj- settled iu St. Louis, Mo.,
and, finallv, in New Orleans, where he died of vellow
fever (while his family wire North), September 13,
1S71. At the time of his death, in addition to the
position of State Senator, he was a most active and
efficient member of the City Board of Public School
Directors. Their children were: —
' Edward W'inslow, born Jan. 19, 1S67.
' Winslow Claflin, bom Sept. 19, lS7a
'George Augustus Rogers ('Mar)- Ann, 'John,
'Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John), only surxiving son of
Mary .\nn De.xter (\'alentine) and Captain Nathaniel
164 TIu Valentines in America.
S. Rogers, born at Liverpool, England, September 12,
1843; married Susan Rice Cunninghatr, of Boston,
1S68; has been employed at the Ames Manufacturing
Company, Seymour, Conn. ; is now at the Waltham
Bleachery. Their children were: —
' Nalhaniel Sherburne, bom Dec. 19, 1868.
' Nellie Pierce, born Oct. 25, 1 870.
' Alice Cunningham, born Oct. 4, 1872.
• Frances Ann Harrington {' Harriet, ' Joseph,
'Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John), the eldest daughter of
Harriet J. Valentine and Abraham Harrington, born
at Hopkinton, 1S17; mairied, in 1838, Norman Cutter,
of St. Louis. Their children were: —
' .Mary Webber, bom 1839; m. Hugh McKittrick.
' Elizabeth Harrington, born 1841 ; m. Chester H. Knim.
•Catherine Martha Harrington, sist;r of preceding,
born in Hopkinton, 182;; married Amos Cutter, of
St. Louis, 1840. Their children were: —
' Harriet Valentine, born 184I ; died 1847.
' George Webber, born Mareh 10, 1S43 ; m. Susan Osbom.
' Norman W., bora 1S46 ; died 1 854.
' Norman, born 1S46; died 1 849,
' Kate Harrington, bom 1852.
' Laura France^, born 1862.
•George Hnr: :igton ('Harriet, 'Joseph, 'Samuel,
'Thomas, ' John , only son of Harriet J. (Valentine)
and Abraham Harrington, born in Hopkinton, 1826;
entered Amherst College in 1S43; wa- there nearly
three years. His health failed, and lie went to St.
Louis, where he studied law; afterwards studied with
Robert Rantoul, and was admitted to the bar in Bos-
ton ; married in Boston, 1S50, Martha S.Mann; re-
Descendants of Samuel \'alentine. 165
turned to St. Louis, wliere he was drowned in 1853.
His wife has twice married ; is now the wife of Hon.
S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas.
•Mary Jane Pratt ('Harriet, 'Joseph, 'Samuel,
'Thomas, 'John), the eldest daughter of Harriet J.
(Valentine Harrington) and Dr. Jefferson Pratt, born
at Hopkinton, 1830; married, 1st, George Bowen in
1854; married 2nd, Haivey B. Wilder, of Worcester,
Mass., in 1S72. Their only child was: —
Charles I'ratt, born in Worcester, April 3, 1873.
"Frances Caroline Valentine ('John, Moseph,
'Samuel, 'Thomas, 'John), eldest daughter of John
Lowell and Miriam R. (Haven) Valentine, born at
Hopkinton, 1826; married, in 1S54, Luther Phipps.
They reside in Worcester, Mass. Their children
were :-
' .\rthur Valentine.
' Ralph Leon.
• Henry Clay V'alentine, brother of preceding, and
eldest son of J. Lowell and Miriam R. Valentine,
born at Hopkinton, 1830; married .-Xnnie D. Hagar,
of Worcester, Mass., where they reside. Their only
child wa; —
' Florence, born in Worcester, 1867.
'Frederic Eugene Valentine ('John, 'Joseph, ' Sam-
uel,'Thomas, 'John), brother of the preceding, born
in Hopkinton in 1834; married Etta Gossom in 1872.
Their only child was : —
' Miriam Haven, bom Oct., 187^!!
• Ellen Maria Valentine, siiter of the preceding.
l66 The Valitt tines in Ameriea.
born in Hopkinton, 1S39; married Hiram A. Wright,
of Boston, Nov. 24, 1S64. Their cliildren were: —
Katie Nasim, born 1S67.
Lizzie \'ak-iuine, bora 1S68.
Jobej)h \'alciuinc, born 1871.
•Josepliine Eliza Cutter (' Eliza, ' Joseph, ' Samuel,
» 'Diomas, 'John), eldest daughter of Eliza Ann (Val-
entine) and B. G. Cutter, born in Louisville, Ky.,
1839; married George Strickland, of Louisville, in
1S61; had three children ; married a second time. Dr.
Joseph C. Snively, of Brooklyn, N. V., in 1872. They
reside in Brooklj-n. Their children were: —
' .\nnie Whitney Strickland, born 1862.
' Lucy Williams Strickland. '
' Fanny Cutter Strickland. :
* Fanny Haven Cutter, sister <>f preceding, born
-; married Clinton Hardy, of Adrian, Mich.
Their children were : —
' Eliza.
' Josephine
* Benjamin Franklin Baker, eldest son of Emily
Stimpson (Fitch) and Edward D. Baker, born at Sa-
lem, Mass., August 24, 1840; married his cousin,
Sarah Jane Ball, daughter of Mary Ann (Fitch) and
Gilman Ball, February 11, 1864; live in Hopkinton.
He is now State Constable. Their only child was: —
' Ed«ard Dodge, boin Oec iS, 1S71.
' Edward Henrj- Baker, brother of the preceding,
born in Salem, January 14, 1842; inarried Annie,
daughter of James and Elizabeth Moore, of Oak
Creek. Wis , formerly of England, July 2, 1872. He
served in the War of the Rebellion nearly three years,
and was honorably discharged, August, 1864. He
went into business in Chicago, Illinois; lost ever)--
thing in the great fire of 1871; began anew, as all
other sufferers did, and is doing well. Their only
child was : —
' Mar)- Emily, bom in Chic.igo, Sept. 6, 1S73.
' Appleton Howe Fitch, eldest son of John A. and
Lucy A. (Howej Fitch, born March 11, 1S30; married,
October 3, 1859, Elizabeth Bennett. He graduated at
Amherst College, 1S55; laugiit school at Chicago and
Peoria, Illinois; finallj-, went to Maples, Ind., where
he has a steam mill, manufacturing staves. Their
children were: —
' Herbert, bom lS6o ; died in infancy.
' Xellie .Appleton, bcm Oct. 4, 1S62.
' Lucy .Adaline, bom July 12, 1865,
" Florence Houe, bora Jan. 15, 1S68,
' Grace, bom Sept, 29, 1871.^
' Edward Paj-son Fitch, brother of preceding, born
in IJopkinton, March 8, 1832; married Sarah A. Wil-
inartli, April 19, 1857. He was one of the first settlers
in Kansas, after that Territorj- was open for settle-
ment; was a firm friend of freedom during all the
border troubles; and was finally murdered in his own
house, in the presence of his family, at Lawrence,
Kansas, by Ouaiitrell's band, August 21, 1863, at the
a^a of thirt}--one j-ears. Their cliildrcn were: —
■ Julia Sumner, born Jan. 12, 1S58.
' Charles Otis born June 6, 1S60.
' Edward Pay^on, >tay 26, 1S63.
'Zllcn Maria Ball, daughter of Mar)- Ann (Fitch)
and Gilraan Ball, of Hopkinton, born November,
1836; married Elisha Frail, March 10, 1S58; live in
Hopkinton, Mass. Their children were :—
• '■ Erne^t Leslie, born May 31, i860.
' Mar)- Ellen, bom Aug. iS, 1862.
' Walter Elton, born July iS, 1S68.
' H.ittie F.ldora, born May 16, 1870; Hied young.
'Isffbel Sawver, second daughter of Fanny Valen-
tine Fitch and John Sawyer, born in Hopkinton,
April 20, 1S40; married James W. Leonard, Foxboro,
Mass., July 8, 1862. Theit children were: —
' .\rthur William, bom Sept. 21, 1863.
' Carrie Eliza, bora Oct. 21. 1865.
« Anna Sawyer, sister of preceding, married Lorenzo
Wallace, of Foxboro, Mass. She was born in Hop-
kinton, May 20, 1842 ; married August i, 1868. Their
children were : —
' Lula May, bom Aug. I, 1E69.
■ Herbert I.orenrn, born May 3, 1871.
" Olive Hayward Fitch, eldest child of J. Harvey and
Susan (Hayward) Fitrh, born May 30, 1837; married
to Harrison Gray Otis, April 29, 1858. Their children
were : —
■ Charles Herbert, bom July 7, 1859.
• Edward Filch, born Sept. 2q, 1867.
' .Annie l.oui^e, born March 3, 1870.
" Mary Fitch Hcmenway, eldest child of Elizabeth
Jones (Fitch) and Fisher Hcmcnwa}-, of Hopkinton,
born November 3, 1835 ; married, Februarj- 26, 1862,
Cliarlcs Henry Pierce. She taught school three years.
Her hiisb.ind was educated at Worcester Academy;
ELMER VALENTINE, THE VETERAN TEACHER.
NORTHEOROfGH, MASS.
Descendants of Samuel Valentine.
169
graduated from office of J. H. Shcdd, Civil Engineer,
Boston; established the Saturday Evening Chronotype ;
was editor two years ; served four years on the Board
of Assessors of the town of Weston (three years as
Chairman); also, two j-ears on the Board of Select-
men; in the United States service three months in
1S64; appointed Assistant Engineer of the Providence
Water Works, October, 1S69, which position he still
holds. Their only child was: —
■ Walter Fitch Pierce, born in Westboro, March 25, 1863.
'Frances Maria Pond ('Adeline, 'Thomas, 'Sam-
uel, 'Thomas, 'John), eldest child of Adeline M.
^Valentine) and Benjamin C. Pond, born January 27,
1S22; married, November, 1837, Otis Cole. He is a
farmer; took charge of the Frankland farm; and
three of his children were born in the old "Sir Flarrj
Frankland House," Ashland, Mass. Their children
were : —
■ Stephen Barnard, bum May 12, iSjS ; died Dec. 22, 183!
" Sarah Elizabeth, bom .\pril 6, 1S40; has taught for many years and
is an excellent teacher.
■ George Otis bom July '6, l542 ; died March ?t, 1853.
■ George Otis, bora Jan. 19, 1S45.
' Lucinda Pond, bom July '3' ''47; ■"■ Charl's B. Travis, Oct. 14.
1S68.
■ John Henry, bom Feb. 10, 1S51 : died Feb, 1852.
' .Adeline Frances Maria, bom Feb. 12. 1553 ; m. E. A. Brigham.
' Benjamin Clark, bom Oct. 21, 1S55.
" Frank Nelion, bora Sept. 20, 1S61.
" Kate Cornelia, bDm March 12, 1S65.
' George Frederick Pond, brother of the preceding,
born November 17, 1S30; married Mary Devine, Feb-
ruarj- 22, 1S57; reside in Boston. Their children
were : —
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' Benjamin Clark, Iwrr. April 28, 1858.
• Adeline Valenlinr. bnrn Ocl. 24. 1859.
• Anna Maria, horn Aj>ri! 29, 1S61.
' Gcorije Frederic, Jr., born Fel). 2. 1S64.
' Qiiincy, bom Nov. 13, 1S65.
' Pearl Frances, born June 15, iSfig.
'Catherine Cornelia ^ond, sister of the preceding,
and youngest daughter of Adeline M. (Valentine)
and Benjamin C. P.ond, born October 22, 1S32; mar-
ried William Jones, October 22, 1S52; died March 22,
1S71. Their children were: —
* Charles Frederic, born Feb. 22, 1S69.
' Ede Frances, born .\ug. 27, 1870.
"Albert \'alentine Nolen (' Liicinda, 'Thomas,
"Samuel, " Thomas, ' John), eldest son of Lucinda Y.
C\"alentinc) and Dr. Spencer Xolen, born in Boston,
December t6, 1S3S; graduated at the English High
School, Boston, 1852; went to Philadelphia College
of Pharmacv ; graduated from there with honors; in
business at Philadelphia some years; then went to
New York; perfected a machine for splitting leather;
is now in England, manufacturing and selling his ma-
chines; married, December 20, 1K64, Elizabeth S.
Morton, daughter of Dr. Joslipa Morton, of Wheeling,
West Virginia.
'Samuel .Vndrews Xolen, brother of the preceding,
born in Boston, March 3, 1S41; graduated at the
English High School, 1S55; served his time in Bos-
ton; then went to New Yr)rk ; has steam mills and
lumber; is a good business man, and successful ; mar-
ried Mary H. Howe, December 4, 1862. Their chil-
dren were : —
Descindants of Saiuuil V'alctitine. 171
' George Howe, born Oct. 14, 1S63,
' Frederic, burn July 9, JS65 ; died young.
' Spencer, bum June 22, 1868.
' Mar)' Huwe, born Nov. 23, 1871,
•Helen M. Jones ('Helen, 'Thomas, 'Samuel,
-Thomas, ' John), daughter of Helen M. (Valentine)
and James H. Jones, born in Hopkinton, December
15, 1842; married Charles O. Metcalf, of North
Belengham, August, 1S60; live in Ashland. Their
children were : —
■ Oiarles Uughsion, born Dec. 13, 1862.
' Florence Ethelyn. l>orn Nov. 10, 1867.
' James Cereno, horn June 8, 1 869.
'Annie Parker Valentine ('Thomas, 'Thomas,
=• Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John), eldest daughter of Thomas
Bucklin and Harriet H. (Parker) Valentine, born in
Brooklyn, N. Y., August 17, 1848; married William
B. Hitchcock, April 13, 1867. They reside at Staten
Island. Their children were: —
' William Valentine, bom July 23, 1670, at Siaten Island.
' Edward Parker, bom Aug. 28, 1872,
• Mar)- Ann Osgood Valentine (' Andrew, ' Lawson,
' Samuel, ' Thomas, ' John), born in the old " Valen-
tine House," Ashland, June 26, 1844: daughter of
Andrew Price and Hannah (Read) X'a.. ntine; grad-
uated at the Roxbury High School in 1864; taught
for two years in Ashland and Roxbury; married
Franklin Enslin, January 13, 1S69; reside in Ashland,
Their only child was : —
' William Franklm, born Feb. 3, 1873.
172 The Valentines in America.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
' Mary Webber Cutter, daiigliter of Frances A.
Harrington and Norman Cutter, and great-great,
granddaughter of Colonel Joseph and Fanny (Haven)
X'alentinc, of Hopkinton, born at St. Louis in 1838;
married Hugh McKittrick, of St. Louis, Januar)- 24,
1859. They reside in St. Louis. Their children
were : —
" Norman, born Oct. i8, 1859 ; <'■'<' Nov., 1863.
' Harrington, born Oct. 27, 1S61 ; died Oct. 26, 1863.
* Thomas, born April 17, 1864.
* Martha, born Jan. 12, 1866.
* Hugh, born Aug. 16, 1868.
' Alan, bom July 17, 1871.
' Walter, born March 19, 1S73.
' Elizabeth Harrington Cutter, sister of the preced-
ing, bor.i at St. Louis, 1841 ; married 1866, Chester
Harding Krum, of St. Louis, grandson of Chester
Harding, of Springfield, Mass. Their children were : —
• Mary Frances, bom Oct. 24, 1867.
•John Marshall, bora Jan. 28, 18O9.
• Clara Ridgway, born March 30, 1871.
• Flora, bora Dec. 14, 1872.
' George Webber Cutter, son of Catherine >L Har-
rington and Amos Cutter, of St. Louis, and great-
granOion of Colonel Joseph and Fanny (Haven)
Valentine, born a: Cincinnati, Ohio, March 10, 1843;
graduat.'d at Washington University, St. Louis, in
1864, aiid 'emsined for one year as tutor in that insti-
tution. In 1S07 he received the degree of A. M., from
the same College; in 1869 graduated at the Divinity
School of Harvard College, and the following winter
s^
DtSii-iitiants of Samuel Valentine. 173
continued his tlieolugical studies at the University of
Berlin (Prussia). The next year he made a tour of
Prussia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland,
England and Scotland. He was ordained pastor of
the First Congregational Parish in Arlington, Mass.,
Januarj-, 1870. In 1872 he again visited Europe for
six months; remained for the most part in Demark,
Sweden, Russia and Poland. In the autumn of the
same year he resumed his ministerial labors at Ar-
lington. He married, June 24, 1873, Susan Osborn,
daughter of John Osborn, of Arlington.
■ Adeline Frances Maria Cole, daughter of Frances
M. (Pond> and Otis Cole, and great-granddaughter of
Thomas and Helen (Read) Valentine, born February
22, 1853; married Ernest .\lgernon Brigham, October
2, 1870. Their only child was: —
' Archie Valentine, born April 26, 1871.
174 ^/''' yalen tints in America.
CHAPTER XVIII.
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH (jONEs) VALENTINE, AND THEIR
DESCENDANTS.
WILLIAM VALENTINE, the youngest son
of Thomas, and grandson of John, was
burn at the old "Valentine Homestead," in
Hopkintun, Mass-^November ?, 1750. Of his bo^-hood
and youth little is recorded that can be woven into
story; but, as his mother died when he was an infant
only eighteen months old, leaving him the youngest of
<-/>/;/ living children, it may reasonably be inferred that,
like most youngest sons, he was either the pet and
plaything of his older brothers and sisters, or the butt
and servant of them all. Probablj- his youth and
early manhood were spent in going to school, or upon
his father's farm, or in that immediate vicinity. The
date of his marriage is not given, but must have been
in 1770, as his oldest child was born when he was
about " one-and-twenty." His wife was Elizabeth,
daughter of Anthony Jones, and granddaughter of
Colonel John Jones; so that William's wife and his
brother Samuel's wife were cousins. She was born
January 26, 1751 ; so that there was little difference in
their ages. They lived ab(jut fifteen \-ears in the
vicinity of the prjscnt village of Ashland — two of
their children, who died young, being buried in the
old cemetery, nearly opposite the " Dench Place," a
short distance south of the village — where also repose
the ashes of Colonels John Jones, Senior, and Junior.
Discnuf tints of William Valentine. 175
About the year 17S4, he removed to a small farm in
the nortlnvesterly part of Hopkinton, near the West-
boro' line, where he kept a public house, and where
the remainder of his children were born. Thence he
removed to Wcstboro' Center, where he first opened the
since famous " Brigliam Tavern" — thence, in 1804,10
Xorthboro', where for seven years he kept the well-
known "Jonas i3all Tavern." This ended his career as
an inn-keeper, and, after farming seven or eight years
on the " Nathan Green Place," in Xorthboro', he re-
moved to a farm in that part of Hopkinton known as
" Whiteliall," near his former residence, where, with
his second son. Captain Joseph Valentine, he and his
companion resided the remainder of their lives. Of
their character and worth the writer may not be a
competent ..'.^6. impartial judge, but Mrs. Valentine
was always spoken of by her children in terms of the
greatest respect and veneration. Truly did "her chil-
dren rise up and call her Dlessed."
She died April :6, 1825, and, although her husband
was about in his usual health, in ten days after, \\z:
May 6, 1825, he followed her in death, saying he
"could not live without Elizabeth."
FOURTH GENERATION.
The children of William and Elizabeth (Jonesi
Valentine were as follows: —
Elizabeth, b.-Nov. 30, 1771 ; m. Joshaa Mellen, Esq.; d. Wesiboro",
June 10. 1795.
\Villi.im, b. .\pril 14, 1773; m. .Xb'gail Spring, of Northboro', d.
Westbrook, Me., April t6, 1845.
Thomas, b. May 2, 1775 ; d. Hopkinton, Oct. I, 1777.
Joseph, b. Dec. S, 1776; m. Patty Burnap ; d. Hopkinton, Aug. 2,
1861.
James Gooch, b. .\ug. II, 1778 ; d. Hopkinton, Aug. 30, 1788.
176 The Valentines in Ameriea.
Anna, b. July 18, 1799; m. Joseph Bouman ; d. CambriHge. M»5&,
March 2, 1843.
Hannah, b. March 25. 17S1; m. Asahcl Bellows; d. Groton, Mxss,,
Sept. II, 1843.
Comfort, b. March 10. i;S3 ; m. Aaron lirijjham ; d. I,cxing1on, Mas«„
Dec 20, 1S63.
John, b. Jan. 6, 1785 ; m Charlotte Rrelt ; d. Mechanic Falls, Me..
May 28, 1S62.
Lydia, b. .\ug. g, 17S6 ; in. 1st, Peter Brigham ; 2nd, Thos. Beaton;
d. Worcester, Sept. 6, 1871.
Gill, b. Sept. 8, 17S8 ; m. 1st, Sabra W.K.d ; 2nd, Sarah C. Bartlett ;
yet living, in Northboro", Mass.
Elijah Fitch, b. Dec. 10, 17S9 ; m. 1st, Jane Mahan ; 2nd, LydU
Hurd ; d. Northboro", Aug. 21, 1863.
Samuel Lynde. b. Oct. 21, 179I ; m. ist. Elizabeth Farnham ; 2nd,
Sarah J. March ; d. Bangor, Me., Sept. II, 1851.
Elliot, b. Oct. 3, 1793 '. ">• J="ie A. Gray ; d. Nenton, Mass., July 13,
1864.
Elmer, b. June 4, 1795 ; m. Rebecca Crawford ; Northboro', .Mass^
Dec 27, 1863.
The first eight were born in the east part, and the last seven in the
west part, of Hopkinton.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth
J. Valentine, married Joshua Mellen, Esq., of Westboro'
(father of Judge Mellen, of Worcester), who was born
September 14, 1765, and died Febrtiarj- 22, 1856. They
■^■CTC married November 15, 17S9. Their children
were as follows: —
Joshua N., b. July l, 1790; d. Westboro', Jan. 5, 1858.
John R., b. March 15, 1792 ; d. Dec. 29, 1814.
Clarissa, b. Jan. 3, 1794 ; m. Jubal Weston, who was born in Grafton,
Feb. 19, .735 ; d. Hopkinton, May 27, 1868.
William, eldest son of William and Elizabeth J.
X'alentine, married Abigail Spring, of Northboro'.
CAPT. JOStPH VALENTINE.
OF HOrKlNToN, MASS.
^^
Dcsci'itdants of William Valentine. 177
and in 1803 removed to West brook, Me., where he
engaged in trade and in the manufacture of nails, the
heading of wliicli was tlien done entirely by hand. In
1814 he gave up all other business, and turned his at-
tention to farming. He was for several years one of
the Selectmen of the town, and was frequently be-
sought to accept other offices of honor, but he always
declined them. Few men were ever held in higher
esteem than he in the community in which he lived.
The children of William and Abigail S. Valentine
were as follows: —
Gill, 1). July 19, 1793 ; d. Dec. 5. 1802.
Lowell, b. April 2, 1796 ; d. Oct. ig, 1815.
Olii, b. Dec., 15, 179S ; m. Man siaibird ; d. Aug. 28, 1863.
IJctsey, b. July 27, iSoi ; d. June 4. 1820.
Dexter, b. .March 27, 1S04; m. Nancy P. Pease; d. Oct. 18, 1851.
Sukey, b. March i, 1S07 ; d. July 24, 1808.
William, b. May 8, 1S09; d. Oct. 27, 1820.
Albert, b. Sept. 26, iSil ; m. Hannah E. Foss.
Leander, b. March iS, 1814: m. Margaret S. Coolbroth ; lives in
Westbrook, Me.
Caroline, b. Aug. 16, 1816.
Lowell, born June 22, 1819 ; d. July 16, 1819.
Captain Joseph Valentine, the third son of William
and Elizabeth J. Valentine, was born in Hopkinton,
December 8, 1776, and died August 2, 1861. He mar-
ried Patty Burnap, who was born October 23, 1779,
and seems to have lived in Hopkinton for several years,
when he removed to Falmouth, Me., about 1806, where
several of his children were born. He was a Captain'
in the war of iSi2,but how long, and where he ser\-ed,
I am not able to state. He was afterwards z. farmer
in " Whitehall," Hopkinton, and his parents spent their
last years under his roof. He was also for many years
a successful teacher in the Winter Schools.and, on one
*3
178 The Valcnti)ics iit America.
occasion, had ten of his own brothers and sisters as
pupils in his school. He held man}- town offices, was
long Justice of the Peace, and was greatly respected
in the community where he lived. He was called
Joseph \'alentine, Stroinf, to distinguish him from his
cousin, Colonel Joseph, elsewliere mentioned, who lived
in the same town. Thej- had thirteen children, as fol-
lows : —
Eliza, b. Dec. 26, iSoi ; d. Hupkinton, IJec. 23, 1S40.
Emily, b. Jan. 31, 1S03; m. Lawson Jones (d. 1S55); now living in
Cambridge.
Gilbert, b. SrpL II, 1804.
Caroline, b. Feb. 9, 1S06 ; d. Jan. 13, 1807.
Xancy 13., b. July 14, 1S07 ; m. Slowell Rich.nrds ; d. June, 1852.
Jones, b. Oct. iSoS ; m. Elizabeth J. Valentine ; living in Cambridge.
Alanson, b. April 17, iSio ; m. .Miranda E. Smith ; d. June 30, 1S64,
Beaufort, S. C.
Gerry, b. .\ug. 24, 1811 ; m. Sarah H. Walker; living in Hammon-
ton. N. J.
Elmer, b. Dec. 9, 1S12 ; m. Mar)' C. Walker ; living in Salem, Mass.
Isaac B., b. March 29, 1S14 ; m. Elizabeth J. Guy ; living in Hop-
kinton.
Harriet, b. Dec. 29, 1S15 ; m. Dea. William T. Richardson ; living in
Cambridge.
Adaline. b. Feb. 27. 1S18; m. Nathaniel Howe Fitch ; d. Maples,
Tnd., Oct. 26, 1S63.
William, b. Jan. 4, 1S21 ; m. Susan J. Guy ; d. Hopkinton, May 4,
1851.
Anna, second daughttjr of Williain and Elizabeth J.
Valentine, was born at Hopkinton, July 18, 1779;
married Joseph Bowman, of Westboro,' who died
Febrti.iry 21, 1S15, and, after living his widow many
years, she died at Cambridge, March 2, 1843. They
had three children, as follows: —
Albert, \ Hopkinton, Sept. 25, iSoo; m. Jane Taylor, at Leomin-
ster, Mass., Oct. 31, 1S30, and died while teaching, at West Phila-
delphia, June 14, 1S31, leavipg no issue.
^Dcscaidants of William Valentine. 179
Mary, b. July 18, 1S02, in llopkiuton ; m. Samuel Fisher, and is yet
living, in Xorthboro'.
Elizabeth, b. Westboro', May 25, 1S07 ; m. Samuel Wood, Xorthboro'.
Hannah, third daughter of William and E. J. Val-
entine, was born at Hopkinton, March 25, 1781 ; mar-
ried, in 1804, Asaliel Bellows, of Westboro"; lived in
Westboro", and Worcester, where he long kept the
Hotel near the Jail, of which h' was also keeper. He
was born 17S2, and died suddenly in Worcester,
1835. She died while residing with her daughter,
Groton, Mass., September 11, 1843. Mr. B. was a man
of great executive ability. He was a relative of Rev.
H. W. Bellows, D.D., of New York. Their children
were as follows : —
Albert Jones, b. Westboro", 1S05: m. 1st, Pamelia A. Fitch; 2nd,
; 3rd, ; d. Boston, 1869.
Emclinc A., b. Westboro', I S06 ; m. William Lewis ; lives in New Jersey.
Maria B., b. Worcester, 1 S07 ; m. Dorrance J. Wilder.
Christopher W., b. Westboro', 1S12 ; lives in Pcpperell, Mass.
And one which died in infancy.
Comfort, fourth daughter of William and E. J. Val-
entine, was born in Xorthboro", March 10, 1783. She
married Aaron Brigham, of Marlboro", who was long
a successful merchant in Boston, August 2, 1808. He
died in Lexington, Mass., October 30, 1S63, and his
wife, December 19, 1S63. Their children were as
follows :
Catherine Jones, b. Xorthboro", Mass., June 9, 1S09; d. Lexington,
Dec. 29, 1S63, unm.
William, b. Xorlhampton. Mass., Sept. 30, i5l2 ; m. 1st, Jane Clapp
Munroe, I' 'ion, who d. May 16, 1S3S ; m. ;nd, June, 1S34
Lucy \. Mcrriam, of Concord. He d. Westboro", .\ug. 12, 1853.
Sophia, b. .\ihul. Ma^s, Jan. 17, 1S15 ; m. William J. Valentine, of
Bangor, now a banker in London, Eng,, where they reside.
i8o The Valfittiius in America.
John, filth son of William and E. J. Valentine, was
born January 6, 1785. lie married Charlotte Brett,
December 11, 1814. They resided in Maine. When he
was seventy-five years of age the writer remembers
hearing him repeat, word (or word, all the advertise-
ments posted in the bar-room of his father's tavern
nearly seventy years before ! so wonderfully tenacious
was his memory. When a child he was subject to
" fits," so that his school education was less in amount
than that of his brothers and sisters; but in rapid
mental calculations he could beat them all. A com-
mon pastime, after they had retired to bed, was to see
which could tell soonest, by mental calculation, how
many .tfrc/zrA old each one was; and John always came
out ahead. He was a consistent member of the Con-
gregational Church, and a godly man. He died at
Mechanic Falls, Me., May 28, 1S62. Their children
were as follows : —
Sophia, b. Nov. 29. 1S15 ; m. Jo^ph II. II.ilI, .\i)ril 24, 1839 ; live in
EarlvUle. IlL
Lowell, b. .\ug. 30, 1S20; m. Judith W. Hackelt, June 6, 1S42 ; live
in Kcosaugua, Iowa.
Nelson, b. Feb. 15. 1S23; m. Rachel W. Cobb, June 3, 1S46; living
in West Newton, Mass.
Elmer, b. March 24, 1S25 ; d. Feb. 2S, 1832.
Eliialwlh, b. March 23, 1S27 ; m. Jaini^ D. lirig^am, Apinl 26, 1S54.
He d. April 7, 1R55. She lives in Woburn, Mass.
Lydia Jane, b. Oct. 8, 1S29; lives in Wobuni.
John, Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1S33 ; m. Mary lirown, of Ohio, -Vpril I, 1856.
She d. Nov. 26, 1S69. He m. 2nd, Belle C. Smart, of Scotland,
.\ug. ifj, 1S71. They live in Manchester, loua.
Lydia, fifth daughter of William and E. J. Valen-
tine, was born at Hopkinton, .\ugiist 9, 17S6; married,
ist, Peter W. Brigham, June 8, 1S07, who died July
24, 1831 ; married, 2nd, Tlionias Bccton, 1834, who
Disccndants of William Valentine. i8i
died 1S57. She died in Worcester, September 6, 1S71.
Their children were as follows: —
William Augustus, b. Boston, Aug. z% iSoS; m. 1st, Maria Gray, April
15, 1S30, who d. March 21, 1S47 ; m. 2nd, Hannah S. Chapman ;
now lives in South Boston.
Ljilia .\nn, b. Bostun, Feb. 5, iSlo; m. Holland Forbes, Feb. 5,
1S29, who d. Salem, N. H., June 17, 1S70. She lives in Boston.
John Wells, b. Boston, Sept. 5, iSiS ; d. Sept. 24, 1S18.
Gill, sixth son of William and E. J. Valentine, was
born at Hopkinton, September 8, 17SS; married, ist,
Sabra Wood, Xorthboro', March 30, 181 4, who died
August 30, 1S65 ; married, 2nd, Sarah C. Bartlett,
1S66. lie was a trader in Xorthboro'; Hanover, N.
H.; Tempieton, Mass., and Worcester ; manufactured
children's carriages in Xorthboro' manj- j-ears, where
he \»"as also Postmaster, and held several town offices;
was Deputy Sheriff; afterward. Alderman in Worces-
ter, where he was also City Auditor for Clteen con-
secutive years, till he was nearly eighty-three years of
age. He was also a noted land-siirve3-or and con-
veyancer for nearly sixty years. He now holds only
the office of Justice of the Peace, and lives in Xorth-
boro", Mass., in his eighty-sixth year, in the enjoyment
of reasonably good health — the last surviivr of the
founh generation of Valentines. He never had a
headache or a toothache in all his life !
" Fatlicr," said the writer recently, " are )-ou j-et
Jiisliic 0/ the Peace t " " I guess you'll think so," said
the old gentleman, with a twinkle in his eye, " u-/ten
you come to see me try a case .'" It is just that streak of
humor in his temperament which has contributed to
his good health and long life. He has had five chil-
dren, as follows : — . .
Georpc Gill, b. Feb. 12, 1S15 ; m. Citherine Dri^h.im ; d. NorlhI>oro',
Feb. 24, 1S69.
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182 The Valentines in America.
Thomai Weston, b. Feb. 16, l8i8 ; m. Harriet Drjden ; lives in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elizabeth Wood, b. Oct. 24,1820; m. Charles W. Marden ; lives in
Hartford, Conn.
Sarah .\nn. b. May 12. 1S22 ; d. Northboro", .\ug. 2, 1840.
Henry Elliott, b. July 5, 1S34; m. Mary J. Woodhouse ; d. Edgai-
ton, Mass., Aug. 15, 1872.
Elijah Fitch, seventh son of William and E. J. Val-
entine, was born in Ilopkinton, December 10, 1789,
and died in Xorthboro', August 21, 1863. He mar-
ried, I St, Jane Mahan, of Northboro', March 26, 181 1,
who died November 8, 1S53; married, 2nd, Lydia
Hurd, of Cambridge, 1855, who, after his death, mar-
ried Rushworth, and now lives in ("Chicago.
Mr. Valentine was for sixteen consecutive years a
successful teacher in one of the public schools of
Cambridge; was Superintendent of Cambridge Aims-
House for several years, and Assistant Steward or
"Patron" of Harvard University for a long period.
He was a firm and consistent member of the Baptist
Church for over fiftj- years. His children by his first
wife were as follows : —
John William, b. Feb. 13, 1812 ; m. Sarah B. Brown ; d. Cambridge,
Nov. 2, 1838.
Nancy Crawford, b. Nov. 20, 1 813 ; m. Rev. O. O. Steams ; d. March
27, 184*
James, b. Oct. 20, 1815 ; unmarried ; d. Cambridge, Nov. 11, 1838..
Martha, \v,m Jan. 16, 1S17 ; m. .\. H. NeweU ; d. Shrewsbury, Mass.,
Jan. 2<j, 1S73.
Elijah, b. June 30, 1S19; m. Pamelia Dresser ; lives in California.
Mary Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1S26; d. Cambridge, Dec 13, 1826.
By his second wife he had only one child :
William, b. Cambridge. ^
Colonel Samuel Lyndc, ciglith son of William and
E. J. Valentine, was born in Ilojjkinton, October 21,
Descendants of IViHiam Valentine. 183
1 791. He married, 1st, Elizabeth Farnliam, born in
Andover, Mass., February 18, 1792, died in Bangor,
Maj- 14, 1S33; married, 2nd, Sarah J. March, born in
Gorham, December 29, 1806, who survived him, and
has since married John Ginn, of Orland, Me., where
she now lives. Colonel Valentine died in Bangor,
September 11, 1849. He was among the first settlers
of Bangor, having gone there when he was only
eighteen or twenty years of age, and when the place
was only a large village. He first taught school there,
and meanwhile was called to hold several offices. He
was a Colonel in the war of 1812, and served in that
capacity in the famous battle of Hampden. He was
twice taken prisoner, and put upon parole; and once,
while a prisoner on a British man-of-war, was
ordered to put his head into a cannon's mouth, which
he immediately did. It is said of him that when a
young man he hardly knew what fear was, so that his
companions would sometimes test him on that point.
Once, when going from his work past a grave-yard,
late at night, he was confronted by a man wrapped in
a sheet, who suddenly arose as from one of the graves.
" Ha ! " said he ; "a ghost, eh .' " and then let fly a vol-
ley ol stones that compelled the "ghost " to drop his
sheet and flee, the more frightened of the two.
Soon after his first marriage he commenced trad-
ing in Bangor, and with good success. In 1822 he
removed to Castine, where he kept a large country
score; and here he also built a vessel, which he named
" Oriando," which being Ioni on its first voyage, ended
his ship-building. He was a) so the Jailer and SheriflF
of the county for some _vr;rs, as he had been at
Bangor for a time, and where he once came very near
being killed by a fractious pr ?uner. In 1828 he again
moved to Bangor, and engaged in the wholesale
grocery trade. At tliis period of his history his
business was prospcnius, and lie was regarded as
wealthy; but in an evil hour he signed a bond to a
large amount for a friend, and his failure was the con-
sequence. After that he engaged in the saw-mill and
lumbering business; was a surveyor, and finally an
inventor, devoting the last years of his life to the
study of water-power. Four water-wheels were
patented by him, two of which went into general use,
and yet ramain so. At the time of his death he was
Assessor; had been Justice of the Peace for many
years; and had taken all the degrees in the Masonic
Order. He was always a great favorite with the
Indians (which were tlien numerous in the vicinity of
Bangor), and never wearied of telling his adventures
among the Red Men of the Penobscot tribe, many of
whom evinced much grief at his death. The papers
of Bangor, at his death, said of him : " Colonel Val-
entine was widely and favorably known in business
circles. He was greatl}- respected for his moral worth,
his social qualities, and his Christian life." He was
one of the earliest advocates of the temperance cause,
and was one of the first lecturers on that subject. He
was a member of the Congregational Church, and so
also are all his children, with but a single exception.
Colonel Valentine had sixteen children — eight by
each wife, viz : —
By First Wife.
Elizabeth Johnson, b. Bangor, Dec. 3, 1S15 ; m. Jones Valentine;
lives in Cambiidge.
William Jones, b. Ranger, .Aug. 3, 1S17 , m. S<Ji>hia Brigham ; is now a
t»ankcr in London, Eng.
Roxena Farnham, b. Bangor, March 15, lS;o ; d. July 3. 1S3S.
Sarah Bowman, b. Bangor, Nov. ig, 1S21 ; m. Harvey Howard ; now
lives in Chelsea, Mass.
CILL VALENTINE, ES<.)., AGED Sy, OF NORTHDOKOUGH, MASS
TIE U^T bl KVIVOR OF THl K'HRTH OtNERATION.
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Descendants of William Valentine. 185
Mary Jane. b. Casline. Nov. 8, 1S23 ; m. Joseph H. Sandford ; live
in Chelsea, Mass.
Samuel Winler, b. Casline, June 21, 1S26; m. Eliza A. Garland;
lives in Bristol, Conn.
Harriet Ann, b. Bangor; m. 1st, James Gibb ; 2nd, David A. Ross;
lives in Quebec.
Catherine Sophia, b. Bangor, N|ay 14, 1S32 ; m. Isaac T. Cole ; lives
in Brunswick, Me.
By Secmd Wift.
James .M., b. Bangor. .\ug. g. 1834 ; m. Carrie J. Clark.
Hannah Pcabody, b. Bangor, Oct. 15, 1S36; d. Aug. 12, 1841.
Edward Kent, b. Bangor, April 7. 1838 ; m. Frances H. Clark ; lives
in Boston.
Caroline Maria, b. Bangor, Dec. 16, 1S39 ; m. Cyrus R. Clark; lives
in Boston.
-\bbie F., b. Bangor, Nov. 4. 1 84 1 ; lives in Orland, Me.
.\nna B.. b. Bangor, July 31, 1843; m. George G. Powers.
Delia L., b. Somersille. Mass., .\pril 4, 1^45 ; now lives in Boston.
Charles E., b. Bangor, .\ug. 22, 1S4S ; no j lives in Orland.
Elliot, ninth son of William and E. J. V^alentine,
was born in Hopkinton, October 3, 1793. He married
Jane A. Gra)'(born in Lebanon, Conn., April 25, 1796,
and who is yet living), November 5, 1823. In early
manhood he engaged parth" in teaching, and partly in
mercantile life, but finall}- gave up the latter entirely,
and in 1S26 became Principal of one of the Public
Schools in Bangor, Me., where he remained for about
thirty years, when he was chosen Superintendent of
Schools, and held the office from 1S55 to 1862. He
was greatly respected in these positions, and few have
attained greater success in the profession. He was a
worthy member of the Congregational Church for
many years. His death occurred at Newton, Mass.,
July 13, 1864, his remains being deposited in the
cemeterj- in Northboro". Their children were: —
94
lS6 lite Valiiiliiu-s in Avicrica.
Joho Ellicit. b. Worcester. March 20, 1826 ; m. H. Jennie PjuI. May
31. iSOo.
Sarah Ely, b. Bangor, Aug. ig, 1832 ; d. Bangor, May 31, 1S34.
Mar)' Huntington, b. Banjor, June 23, 1S35 ; unmarried; lives in
Bangor.
Charles .\Ibert, b. Bangor, Dec. iS. 1S38 ; d. Bangor. Jan. 21, 1843.
William Buckingham, b. Bangor, July 16, 1S43; d. Bangor, Sept. 14,
"843-
Elmer, tenth and youngest son of William and E.
J. Valentine, was born in Uopkinton, June 4, I79S-
He married Rebecca, daughter of Colonel John
Crawford (btjrn in Nurthboro", May 7, 1S02), April 2,
1S21. After attending the schools in Northboro, and
receiving private instructions from Rev. Dr. Allen, he
pursued Ills studies at Framingliam Academ)- for some
time. He was an eminent and highly successful
teacher for fortv-seven years, twelve of which were
spent in Hoston, and the remainder in Northboro". In
the departinent of penmanship he was especially suc-
cessful ; and he published a sytem of his own on that
subject. His "Northboro' Boarui.sg School" be-
came well known, and was largely attended, es-
peciall)- by pupils from Boston. His list of former
pupils is a long one, embracing many who are now in
eminent positions — among whom may be mentioned
Honorable Charles Sumner, late United States Sen-
ator from Massachusetts, and many others. His sunny
temper and humorous disposition made him a favorite
among his pupils; and one of his sly jokes would
often bring results that the rod could never have se-
cured. He was, withal, in his prime,* a fine-looking
man, of rather winning if not coinmanding presence,
and few had the temerity to disobey him. [The writer
• His likeness, copied in this work, was taken but a short time
previous to bis death, and af'er he had suffered much from ill health.
Descendants of William \'a!cntinc.
187
may be excused for thus dwelling upon the character
and sen-ices of one to whom, perhaps, he is more in-
debted for whatever success he has had in life,
than to any otlier individual.] In religion he was a
decided Baptist; and the Church of that faith in
Northboro' owes its origin more to him than to any
other person. He was, for many j-ears, a great suf-
ferer from asthma, and finally died of congestion of
the lungs, in Northboro", December 27, 1863. The
children of Elmer and Rebecca (Crawford) Valentine
were fifteen in number, as follows: —
Charles Elmer, b Boston, .March 13, 1S22; m. Olive Scavcr; d. West
Newton, June 23, 1870.
Elizabeth Jones, b. Charlestown, Feb. 4, l?24; m. Dr. Geo. \V. Bur-
ditt; lives in Clinton, Mass.
Julia .\nre, b. Boston. Sept. 14, 1S25; m. L. F. Bancroft ; d. S. Had-
ley Falls, July 31, 1850.
Lucy Crawford, b. Northboro', Oct. 15, IS26; m. Josiah Alexander,
lives in Boston Highlands.
Henry Jackson, b. Northboro', Feb. 2S, 1S2S ; d. Northboro', Sept. 13.
182S.
Rebecca Jane, b. Boston, Nov. 27. 1S30; m. Wm. A. Bartlett ; d.
Northboro', Nfarch g, 1S70.
Sarah, b. Charlestown, .March iS, 1S32 ; d. in Charlestown, March 22,
1832.
William, b. Charlestown, March 30. 1S33; m. Mary A. Barnes: lives
in Chicopee, Mass.
Henry, b. Charlestown, April 3. l535; d. Northboro', Sept. 6, 1S56.
Sarah Crawford, b. Northboro', .\ug. 15, 1S36; lives in Boston
Highlands.
Mary Crawford, b. Northboro", July 25, 1S37 ; d. there, Dec. 25, 1837.
Ellen, b. Northboro", Dec. 5, 1S3S; m. Jacobs; lives in
Northboro'.
Waller, b. Northboro', Jan. 16, 1840; m. I.. .Augusta Mentzer; lives
on his father's place, Northboro'.
Mary .\bby, b. Northboro'. Sept. iS, 1841 ; resides in Fitchburgh.
Norman Foster, b. July S, 1S47; m. .Annie C. Dennett; resides io
Chicago.
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CHAPTER XIX.
THE FIFTH GENERATION.
CAPT.\IN JOSHUA X., eldest son of Joshua
and Elizabeth (Valentine) Mellen, was born in
Westboro", Mass., July i, 1790; m. Annie Bar-
ber, July 4, iSii. She was born March 5, 1795, ^"^^
died October 2, 1S46. He died Jan. 5, 1858. Their
children were as follows: —
Ann Eliza, b. Nov. 27, iSil; m. Joseph H. Fairbanks, April 14,
1831.
John Dwinnell, b. Nov. 8, 1813; m. Ann M. Hardy, Oct. l8, 1835;
d. July 17, 1865.
Susan Mop.e, b. Feb. 29, 1S16; m. C. S. Hardy, Oct. 14. 1837; lives
in Westboro*.
Clarissa Valentine, b. June 24, 1S18 ; d. Oct. 24, lS2a
Harriette Valentine, b. June 24, 1820; m. G. H. Greenwood, June 14
1848; resides in Ayer, Ma^s.
Marietta Hey»ood, b. Feb. 13, 1823; m. Lincoln Wood, .\pril 8
1852 : resides in Westboro*.
Joshua Edward, b. Aug. 3, 1825.
Charles Homer, b. .\ug. 30, 1^27; m. Florence C. Ing, Der. 15, 1852.
Helen Maria, b. June 22, 1S29; m. C. K. Dorman. Oct. 10, 1S52 ;
resides in Providence, R. I.
George Henr)-, b. July 27, 1S32 ; d. June 18, 1847.
Abncr Melville, b. Dec. 16, 1S34 ; m. Adclia I-. Tike, Nov. 15, 1656.
Emily Sophia, b. Jan. 30. 1S37 ; m. H. D. .\insworlh.
William Frederick, b. Sept. 9, 1S39 ; is supposed to be in Montana.
Clarissa, daughter of Joshua .^lellen, Esq., and
Elizabeth (Valentine) Mellen, was born in Westboro",
January 3, 1794. She married Jubal Weston, who
Descendants of William Valentine. 189
was born in Grafton, Februarj- 19, 17S6, and died in
Hopkinton, May 27, 186S. She is yet living in Hop-
kinton. Their cliildren were as follows : —
Aaron, b. Nov. ii, 1S14 ; m. Julia Churchill; d. Feb. 25, 1S68, in
California.
John M., b. Jul) S, 1S16; law ^tmlent and aclor ; d. Nov. 4, 1S65.
Elizabelh Valenline, b. Sept. 24, iSiS; m. J. J. McGowan, M. D., of
Boston.
Samuel E., b. Sept. ig. 1820; m. Mar) A. Vincent, of Boston ; d.
April 12. 1862.
Clarissa M., b. Sept 21, 1S22; m. Stedman \V. Howe; lives in
Hopkinton.
Jubal, Jr., b. Nov. 13, 1S24 ; m. Fanny Richardson, of Boston; re-
sides in California.
Harriette .\., b. Sept. 17, 1S26 ; m. Thos. K. Gray, Boston.
Joshua M., b. July 17, 1829; resides in California.
Olivia L., b. .\ug. 29. 1S51 ; m. Chas. McFarland, Burlington, la.
Henry C, b. March 13,1835; m. Marie H. Barrett, of New York.
Emily Day, b. Oct. 9, 1838 ; d. Aug. 29. 1 840.
Otis, son of William and Abigail (Spring) Valen-
tine, was born in Hopkinton, Mass., December 15,
1798, and died Auj^ust 28, 1S63. His fanier removed
to Maine when he was about five years uf .age. He
married Mary Starbird, of Westbrook, Me., August
29, 1S22, bj- whom he had children as follows: —
William, b. Jane 15. 1824; d. July 6, 1847.
Leonard J., b. July I, 1S32 ; d. June 18, 1836.
Leonard, b. May 15, 1S40; d. May 18, 1840.
I.eonard (adopted), b. May 19, 1S40 ; m. Laura Paine, Westbrook.
Dexter, son of William and Abigail S. Valentine,
was born in Westbrook, Me., March 27, 1804. He
married Nancy P. Pease, of Bridgton, in Gorham,
October 20, 1S51, and removed the same month to
Harmony, Me., where he followed farming until his
death, October 18, 1851 ; and his wife died only two
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Tlic Valentines in Avieriea.
weeks later, viz: November 2, 1851. Their children
were as follows: —
Albion T., b. Mnrmony. Sept. 20, 1832; m. Florence A. Bartlett,
Sept. 20. 1S63; lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
.\bbie S., b. Hannony. .\\ig. lo, 1S34; m. John M. Bartlett, July
18, 1S61 ; lives at Island Pond, Vt.
.^^arah P., b. Harmony, July i, 1S36; m. Charles Hamilton, May I,
1855; lives in Davenport, la.
I.,eonaJd D., b. H.Trmony, .\ug. 11, 1838; m. Helen A. Burrows;
lives in Minneapolis East, Minn.
Lowell W., b. .\ug. 19. 1S41 ; lost his left leg in the War of the Re-
bellion; was Postmaster of Harmony till 1866; now in shoe
trade in Minneapolis.
Elizabeth C, b. Harmony, Sept. 14, 1844 ; m. Geo. A. Magoon ; lives
in Harmony, Me.
Albert, son of Willi,im and A. S. Valentine, was
born in Westbrook, September 26, 181 1. He was a
teacher in that town for several years, but finally re-
moved to Mechanic Falls, where he was engaged in
trade. He married Hannah E. Foss, of Minot, and
afterward spent some twelve years in California, but
has now returned to Maine. Their children were as
follows: —
Albert, b. Dec. 8, 1840; m. Clara Chase; lives in Chelsea, Mass.
Elmer, b. Nov. 5, 1842.
Flora Ella, b. May 10, 1845 ; d. March 13, 1847.
Flora Eva, b. Jan. 27, 1848 ; m. I,. \V. Mason ; lives in .\ubum, M*.
Honorable Leander Valentine, son of William and
A. S. Valentine, was born in Saccarappa village, town
of Stroudwatcr (afterward changed to Westbrook),
March tS, 181 4. After securing a good edtication, he
commenced to teacli in 1S35, which he continued till
1854, mostly in Westbrook. He was married, August
28, 1842, to Miss Margaret S. Coolbroth, of the samp
town. He was one of the School Committee and one
Descendants of William Valentine. 191
of the Selectmen for several j-ears. He also repre-
sented the town in the Legislature two years (1847-8);
was a member of tiie Senate in 1849; a member of the
Executive Council in 1 850-1 85 1, and 1852; and has
been connected with the Custom House in Portland
over a dozen years, viz : six years as Weigher and
Gauger, one year as Assistant Appraiser, and five, as
Appraiser, in which office he yet r. mains. He has
always resided near the place where lie was born ; and
the places of honor and trust he has held are, of them-
selves, sufficient evidence of the esteem in which he
is held by his townsmen and the public. Their only
child was: —
Mircena Adriana. b. .May l6, 1845 ; d. April I, 1846.
Caroline, daughter of William and A. S. Valentine,
was born in Westbrook, August 16, 1816. She was a
teacher for a while, but married, December 25, 1837,
Moses B. Walker, of Scarboro', who has long been a
well-known and most successful teacher, of the very
first ranK, in public and private schools in Portland
and Westbrook. They now reside in Poland, Me.,
where he is engaged in farming. Their children
were —
Elmer V'., b. Westbrook, Sept. 23, 1841 ; m. 1st, Anna A. Hutchin-
son, who d. Dec. 10, 1861 ; m. 2d, Julia A. Holden.
Flora E., b. Weslbrook, May 22, 1847.
Edgar H., b. Poland, April 3, 1861.
Emily, daughter of Captain Joseph and Patty B.
Valentine, was born in Hopkinton, Januarj- 31, 1803;
m. Lawson Jones, farmer, of Hopkinton, Dec. 16, 1823.
He died July, 1855; and she now resides in Cam-
bridge. Their children were: —
192 IJu Valentines in Avurua.
Manha Valentine, b. in iiopLioton. Oa. 2, 1S24; rcides in Cam-
bridge.
Hannah Elizabeth, b. in IlopVinton, July 15, 1825 . resides in Cam-
bridge.
Gilbert, son of Joseph and Patiy Valentine, was
born in Hopkinton, September 11, 1S04.
Nancy, daughter of Joseph and Patty Valentine,
was born in Falmouth, Me., July 14, 1S07 ; married
Stowell Richards. She died in Southboro", June,
1852. Their children were: —
Newell Smith Richard^ b- Southboro'. -May 6. 1S38; reside* in
Soathboro'.
Henry Valentine Richards b. Southboro', Oct. I, 1839; m. Ida S.
Seavcy, of .\-hland ; resides in Baltimore.
Anna Eliza Richards b. Hoplinlon. March 14. I?4I ; d July 15.
1841.
Harriet .\ugusta Richards b. Southboro", July 16, 1S43; m. Geo. E,
Walkup ; resides in Southboro',
George .Mlxrt Richards b. S: .;ihboro', Nov. 19, 1S44 ; m. Ellen E.
Co^-inow; resides in Marlboro'.
William HarriiOQ Richards b. Southboro', June 15. 1S50; died Sept.
17, 185a
Jones, son of Joseph and Patty B. Valentine, was
born in Falmouth, Me, Oct. 14, 1808. He married
Elizabeth J. Valentine, eldest daughter of Colonel
Samuel L. Valentine, of Bangor, January 1, 1835;
and they now reside in Cambridge, Mass. Their
children were : —
Roiana Elizabeth, b. Bangor, May 31, 1837 ; died Feb. 25. 1838.
.Maria Veazie, b. Oldlown. March 7, 1S39.
Emma Jane, b. Oldlo'wn, Feb. 22, 1 84 1.
Alanson, son of Joseph and Patty B. Valentine,
was bom in Falmouth, Me., April 17, 1810. He grad-
Descendants of William Valentine. 1 93
uated at Pliillips Academy, Andover; m. Miranda E.
Smith ; was a teacher in Roxbury and other places for
twelve years; was afterward of the firm of Jameson
& \'alentine, proprietors of a well-known restaurant
in Boston. He died in Beaufort, S, C, June 30, 1S64.
Their only child was: —
Miranda Lyman Valenline, b. Jamaica Plain, July 29, 1S43 ; m. John
F. Ealon, of New York, Feb. 8, 1872, and now resides in Cam-
bridge.
Gerry, fourth son of Captain Joseph and Pattj- B.
Valentine, was born in Falmouth, Me., August zj,
iSii. He married Sarah H. Walker, of Hopkinion,
1835, and now resides in Hammondton, N. J. Their
children were: —
William Henry, b. Hopkinton, Sept. 21, 1835 ; m. Mary A. Samson,
Worcester. Feb., 1864.
Sarah .Annette, b. Graflon, Mass., OcL I, 1837; m. Wm. \. Flood,
Worcester, Oct. 10, 1857.
Edward Gerry, b. Worcester, Dec 31, 1844 ; d. Aug. 19, 1S48.
Charles, b. Worcester, Feb. 14, 1852 ; d. Feb. 17, 1852.
Elmer, fifth son of Captain Joseph and Patty B.
X'alentine, was born in Falmouth, Me., Dec. 9, 1812.
He married .\Iary C. Walker, of Hopkinton, May 26,
1836, who was born June 4, 1817. He was a teacher
of note in Marblehead, Danvers and other places fur
man)- years, and was a Church Chorister for about
twenty j-ears. He has since been mostly engaged in
insurance business in Boston, and resides in Salem.
Their children were: —
Marion Ediiah, b. West .Mt-dway, .Mass., -Aug. I, 1837.
Herbert Eugene, b. South Danvers. Jan. l3. 1841.
.\bby Jane, b. South Danvers. Jan. 16, 1843.
Laura Li^ette. b. South Danvers, Sept. 17,1846.
194 The Valentines in America.
Isaac Burnap, sixth sun of C;ipt:iiii J. and Patty B.
\'alentine, was born in Stroudvvater, Me., March 29,
1814. He married Elizabeth J. Guy, Ilopkinton, Oc-
tober 3, 1839, and, after living many years in Maine,
has recently returned to Ilopkinton, where he now re-
sides. It is worthy of note tliat he is tlie only one of
the name now living in that ancient town, wiiere the
Valentines were once so numerous and influential.
Their ciiildren were: —
Alfred Wilbur, b. in Hopkinton. Aug. S, 1841 ; ni. Laurcila .M. CaH-
dard. Miy 18.1864.
Emmie Forbes, b. Hopkinlon, Oct, 1S4S ; d. .\pril 3. 1S51.
Willie Orrille. b. Hopkinlon. March 7. 1856 ; d. Feb. 25. 185S.
Harriet, fifth daughter of Captain Jo^ph Valen-
tine and wife, was born in Westbrook, Me, December
29, 1S15. In early life slie resided with her aunt, Mrs.
Bowman, in Cambridge, where she subsequently mar-
ried, Dea. William T. Richardson, a successful coal-
merchant, and a useful and honored officer of the
Baptist church in Old Cambridge. Their children
were : —
Harritl .\nna Kichardson. b. Cambridjje. Nov. 27, 1S44.
Wm. Taylor Richardson. Jr.. b. Cambridge, .\pril S. 1846; d. .April
16.1864.
Joseph Valcniine Richardson, b Cambridge, Dec. 9. 1S49.
Adaliiie, sixth daughter of Captain Joseph \'alen-
tine, was born in Ilopkinton, February 27, 1S18. She
was married .\pril 2, 1839, to Nathaniel Howe Fitch,
of Hopkinton, where they first resided, but removed
manv vears ago to Maples, Indiana, where she died,
October 26, 1S63. Their children were. —
Sarah M. Filch, b, Jan. 2. 1840; ra. J. M. Parkey, Oct. 11. 1S71.
George Filch, b. .May y, 1S41 ; d. Sept. 17, 1841.
Descendants of William Valentine. 19
Harriot R. Fitch, b. Jan. .1, 1844 ; d. Sept. 23, 1S63.
Rebecca \V. Fitch, b. Dec. 17, 1847.
Martha V. Fitch, b. Jan. 27, 1S50 ; d. June 10, 185a
Lewis M., b. Dec. 9, 185 1 ; d. Feb. 2, 1852.
Charles \V. Fitch, b. Sept. 28, 1S53 ; d. Oct. 17, 1S54.
Frank H. Fitch, b. July II, 1S56; d. .\ug. 23, 1S56.
Joseph Valentine Fitch, b. Nov. 7, 1857.
Arthur H. Fitch, b. Sept. 3, 1S59.
William, the seventh and youngest son of Captain
Joseph X'alcntine, was born in Hopkinton, January 4,
1821. Like some of his brothers, he was very fond
of music, and taught singing schools and led choirs,
as did they. He married Susan I. Guy, November i,
1843 (who was born August 18, 1S24), and died of
consumption in Hopkinton, May 4, 1851, leaving no
issue.
Mary Bowman, eldest daughter of Joseph and
Anna (Valentine) Bowman, was born in Hopkinton,
Jul}- iS, 1802. She married Samuel Fisher, of North-
boro' (who was born at Westboro', April 29, 1791), No-
vember 26, 1820. He died March 16, 1854. She is yet
living in Northboro'. Their children were: —
Mary Am, b. Northboro", Sept. 30, 1821 ; d. Oct. 2, 1S24.
Charles Samuel, b Northboro", .\pril 26, 1S24 ; d. June 10, 1828.
Mary Ann, b. Northboro", .April 14, lS;6; m. Rev. Horatio Slebbinj. ;
resides in California.
Joseph Samnel, b. Northboro", .\pril 13, 1828 ; d. New Orleans, Sept.
10, 1S67, unm.
Elizabeth Maria, b. Northboro", Dec. 28, 1829; m. Samuel Clark,
Esq. ; resides in Northboro*.
Jane Taylor, D. Northboro", Oct. 4, 1833 ; m. Jairus Lincoln ; resides
in Colorado.
Ellen Frances, b. Northboro", .April 4, 1S37; d. May 3, 1839.
Ellen Frances, b. Northboro", .\pril 8, 1S43 ; resides in California.
Elizabeth Bowman, youngest daughter of Joseph
196 Till Valentines in America.
and Anna V. Bowman, was born in Westboro', May 25,
1S07. She was married, April 16, 18:6, to Dea. Sam-
uel Wo(jd, of Nortliboro' (born February 21, 1799),
and died greatly lamented, May 18, 1868. Their chil-
dren were : —
Abraham, b. Norlhboro', Nov. 20, 1S28; d. June 23, 1S31.
Samuel, Jr., b. N'orthboro', Feb. 13, 1831 ; m. Lucreiia G. Hubbard;
resides in Xorthboro*.
Albert, b. Norlhboro', Feb. 19, 1835; m. Emma Allen; resides in
Worcesier.
Charles Johnson, b. Norlhboro', Aug. 28, 1838; m. Helen S. Dodd ;
resides in Harlford.
l.ydia .Ann. b. Norlhboro', Mar. ig, 1S44 ; d. Sept. 22, l8j8.
P^mma Eh^abelh, b. Norlhboro', March 14, 1848; d. .\pril 25, 1S51.
Dr. Albert Jones Bellows, eldest son of Asahel and
Hannah (Valentine) Bellows, was born in Westboro',
Mass., 1805. He p;raduated at Harvard Medical Col-
lege in 1829, and practiced his profession in Salem
and Charlestown for many years, and then removed
to Roxbury. He was married three times, but the
only marriage given in the record is to Miss Pamelia
A. Fitch, who died in 1845, leaving two children. Dr.
Bellows was the author of " Philosophy of Eating," and
"Now not to he Sick" — works that have been widely
circulated. He was successful in his profession
wherever he was located. He visited Europe, and, on
his return, settled in Boston, where he died in 1869.
His children were : —
Albert F. Bellows, b. 1829; m. Miss C. J. Brown, of Fall River;
lives in Boston.
Mary P. liellows, b. 1844; died 1869.
Fnielinc A., daughter of Asahel and Hannah V.
Belhjws, was born in Westboro', 1806. She married
William Lewis, and lived for many years in Groton,
sr
Descendants of William Valentrne. 197
Mass., and afterwards with her son, in Bos'. >_. Her
son. Dr. W. M. Lewis, was born in Groton, i'?4o, and
now lives in Bergen Point, N. J. He and A. F. Bel-
lows, the artirt, are the only surviving grandchildren
of Asahcl and Hannah Valentine Bellows.
Honorable Christopher VV. Bellovs, youngest son
of Asrihel and Hannah V. Bellows, was born in
Westboro', 1R12. The writer, thougii well acquainted
with him in his bo)hood, only knows tliis of him:
that he was once a member of the Massachusetts
Senate, from Middlesex countj-, and afterwards for
many years an officer in the Custom House, Boston.
When the writer last heard from him, he was in very
feeble health, residing in Pepperell, Mass.
Sophia \^'llentine, eldest daughter of John and
Charlotte (Brett) Valentine, was born in Paris, Me.,
November 29, 1815. She was married, April 24, 1839,
to Joseph Haven Hall, a native of Maine, and now
resides in Farlville, III. Their children were: —
Frank Haven Hall, b. Feb. g, 1841; m. Sybil Morton; residence,
Aurora, III.
Louie E. Hall. b. Feb. 1.^, .844 ; m. Henry Dupee; lesidence, Earl-
ville. III.
Lowell Valentine, eldest son of John and Charlotte
B. Valentine, was born August 30, 1820, and married,
June 6, 1S42, to Judith W. Hackett, of Maine. Their
present residence is Keasaugua, la.
Nelson, second son of John and Charlotte B. Val-
entino, was born February 15, 1S23, and, June 3, 1846,
was married to Rachel W. Cobb, of Maine. Their
present residence is West Newton, Mass. Their chil-
dren were: —
198
The Valentines in America.
Kate Klizal>elh, b. NTccIianic Falls. Mc. Nov. iq, 1S48 ; ci, June 4
1870.
Cclia K.llen. h. Mechanic Falls. Me., June 23. 1852.
KHward Payson, b. West Newton. Mass., Dec. 15, 1856; d. March
22. 1857.
F.Hilie Payson. b. West Newton. .Mass.. Jan. 19, 1S62, H. Sept. IJ,
i86j.
Ccorge Stuart, b. Oct. 6, 1S66; d. March II, 1867.
Rli/.abeth, second daugliter of John and C. B. Val-
entine,.was born March 23, 1S27, and married, April
26, 1856, to Jairiis G. Bridgliam, of Maine. Me died
April 7, 1S55, leaving no issue.
John Valentine, Jr., was born in Paris, Me., Feb-
rtiar\- 22, 1^33, and was married, April i, 1S56, ist, to
.^Iary Brown, of Ohio, who died November 26, 1869;
2nd, to Belle C. Smart, a native of Scotland, August
16, 1871. The issue of the first marriage was: —
I-otlie I.avinia, b. Keasaugua, la., Jan. 24, 1858.
John .Mjiha, b. Kcasaugua. June 26, 1859.
Mr. Valentine has long been a teacher of marked
success, and his present field of labor is as Superin-
tendent of City Schools, Waverly, la.
William Augustus Brigham, eldest son of Peter W.
and Lydia (V^alentine) Brigham, was born in Boston,
.\iigust 29, 1808. He was married in Worcester, April
15, 1830, to Miss Maria Gray, of that place, their issue
being as follows: —
.\nn .Nfaria, b. Westl)oro', .\ug. 12, 1831 ; m. deo. R. Bowman; now
lives in F'lmira, N, Y.
.Augustus Ajiplelon, b. Wcstboro', July 31, 1833; in. M.irllia Jones.
Stafford, Conn. ; d. Worcester, Jan. 23, 1868.
Sarah Waldo, b. Westboro", Feb. 14, 1837; m. 1st, Stephen F. Logee ;
2nd, Kdward Boden, Elmira.
Descendants of William Valentine. 199
Susan B. U., b. NorthUoro', July 25, 1S59; in. S.J. Waiie, Worcester,
June 9, 1S64.
Elizabeth X'alentiiie, b. \Vo^cc^^er, Sept. 9, 1841 ; died there, .^ug. 13.
1849.
Marj' Chapman, b. Worcester, .\ug. 30, 1S44 ; now lives in Boston.
Amelia G. P., b. Worcester. .March 15, 1347; m. J. O. Egerton. Bos-
ton, Dec. 25, 1S71.
Mr. Brigliain's first wife died in Worcester, March
21, 1847, aged thirty-eight 3ears. He was married,
second time, to Miss Hannah S. Cliapman, of Melcher-
town, Ma}- 3, 184S, and by iter liad issue as follows: —
Hannah Augusta, b. \Vurte»ler, Feb. 22, 1849; d. there, Aug. 29.
1849-
William Vaknline, b. Worcester, May 17. 1850; m. I.. E. Lillie. Wil-
limantic, Ct., 1868.
Louis Kos!>ulh, b. Worcester. Jan. 30, 1S52 ; lives in Boston.
Oliver S. C. b. Worcester, March 13, 185C: lives in Boston.
Georgianna Nancy, b. Worcester, March 2, 1858; lives in Boston.
Sylvia .\ugtista, b. Worcester, Jan. 9, 1S60; d. Boston, Feb. 1, 186$.
Lydia Ann, daughter of Peter W. and Lydia (Val-
entine) Brigham, was born in Boston, February 5,
1810. She married Holland Forbes, Jr. , Westboro',
November 9, 1829, and had issue as follows : —
John W. B., b. Westboro', Nov. 9, 1S29; m. Diantha Houghton,
Swanzy, X. H. He d. Carlisle, Pcnn., Nov. 27. 1863. She d.
Boston, Nov. 1. 1871.
Martha .\. B., b. Brighton. July 4. 1834; ui. .\. \\. Merrill; live* in
Salem, N. H.
George Gill, eldest son of Gill and Sabra (Woodj
Valentine, was born in .Northboro', Mass., Februarj-
12, 1815. He rriarried Catharine B. Brigham, of .North-
boro', October 8, 1839 (born September 8, 181 8), and
died there, Febrtiary 24, 1869. He was for many years
one of the Selectmen of the town, and was Chairman
200 The Vahntines in America.
iif the lioard at tlie time of his death. He was also
tor inanv years one of the Town Assessors, and
was Postmaster from iSj4 to 1861. Their children
were —
George Lewi-;, b. Norlhljuro", May 13, 1841 ; d. Oct. 7, 1848.
Helen Maria, b. Norlhlxjro', May 7,1846; m. O. .M. Kolanson, and
lives in We^lboro*.
Sarah Elizatelh, b. Weslboro", Dec. 4, 1850.
Harriet Dolly, b. Weslboro', Oct. 19, 1853.
Thomas Weston, second son of Gill and Sabra W.
Valentine, was born in Northboro', February 16, 1818.
He was educated in the schools of that town, and at
the Worcester Academy. He cotnmenccd teacliing in
Lancaster, Mass., in 1836; then, 1837-8-9, in his native
town; in Pennsylvania in 1840; in Ashland in 1841 ;
and in 1842 removed to Albany, N. Y., where he was
Principal of a Public School eleven years. He was
Superintendent of the Albany Orphan Asylum in
'853-4; was Alderman, 1852-3-4; was Editor of the
Xe-u> York Tfa^her two years; and, in 1855 became
Principal of lublic School No. 19, Brooklyn (now
containing over sixteen hundred pupils); which po-
sition he yet holds He was also Deacon, Clerk,
Chorister, and S. S. Superintendent of Baptist
Churches in Albany and Brooklyn for many years.
As a licensed lay-preacher, he has preached on over
five hundred occasions, in more than fifty pulpits, in
ten counties and three States. His " busiest season "
was in 1S71, when his day-school contained seventeen
hundred pupils; his evening- school (five evenings a
week), fifty colored pupils ; his Saturday evening
Singing-School, twenty to forty — besides preparing
three sermons a week for two different churches, nine
miles apart, and over fifty miles distant from his home
T. W. VALENTINE, OF l:R JOKLVN, N. Y.
AUTHOK I'F IIIIS WOKK.
Desceyidants of William Valentine.
20 1
— and all these duties, with the care of a family of
seven, besides several boarders, and an occasional page
of manuscript for this work, or letter for some news-
paper, kept him rather husy He writes this not to
boast, but as an example for his children, and in a
spirit of gratitude to God, who gave strength equal to
his need. The only specialty he claims in his pro-
fessional life is his efforts to excite more esprit de corps
among teachers. In 1838 he called, and presided over,
the first Convention of Teachers ever held in Worces-
ter county. In 1S45 he orginated the New York State
Teachers' Association, the oldest of the kind in this
country. In 1857, while President of the New York
State Association, he made the first movement, which
resulted in the formation, in Philadelphia, of the
Xational Teachers' Association, which became the
National Educational Association, the largest and most
important educational body in the world. He married
Harriet Dryden, Albany, February 16, 1844, their
children being:—
Harriet Ada, b. Albany, Dec. 10, 1844 ; is now a teacher in Brooklyn.
Thomas Walter, b. .Mbany, Mardi i, 1647; d. Worcester, 5?ept. I,
1848.
Thomas Wilmot, b. Albany, July 4, 1849.
Eli Perry, b. Albany, Dec. 22, 1850.
John Gill, b. Brooklyn, Nov. 21, 1855 ; m. Emma A. Fisk.
Elizabeth Wood, eldest daughter of Gil! and Sabra
W. Valentine, was born in Northboro', October 24,
1S20. She was married, June 24, 1847, to Chas. W.
Marden, of Hartford, where they now reside, having
no issue.
Henry Elliot, third and youngest son of Gill and
Sabra W. Valentine, was born in Northboro', July 5,
26
202 The Villi- ntiiics in A titer tea.
1834. He married Mary J. Woodhoiise, of Hartford,
Conn., November 3, 1857, their issue being: —
Henrietl'. Wood, b. Hartford, Dec. 28, 1S5S ; d. Jan. 23, i860.
Nathaniel Gill, b. Hartford, Aug. 2, 1863.
Colonel Henry E. Valentine was killed by falling
down the hatchway of a whale-ship which he was
visiting, at Edgarton, Martha's Vineyard, Aug. 15,
1872. At the time of his death he was President of
the Veteran Association of the " Hartford City Guard ;"
was a member of Governor Jewell's Staff; and was
Superintendent of Agencies for the Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company — all of whom were rep-
resented at his funeral, in Hartford, the Governor
being present in person. The Freemasons of the
Lodge of which he was an officer were present in
large numbers, besides a large concourse of citizens.
The Spectator saj'S of him : —
"Colonel Valentine was the central figure of a very large social
circle, being of a genial temper and attractive manners, and remark-
ably well calculated to win esteem and confidence. He was an accom-
plished Insurance Manager, possessing rare powers of attaching and
influencing Agents ; and in all the duties of his position exhibited
great energy and efficiency. His successful work in connection with
the Hartford Life will long remain his honorable memorial."
He was also a member of the South Congregational
Church in Hartford.
Dr. John William Valentine, eldest son of Elijah F.
and Jane (Mahan) Valentine, was born in Xorthboro',
February 13, 1812. He was graduated from Harvard
University, 1832. He married Sarah B., daughter of
Dea. William Brown, of Cambridge, and practiced
medicine with unusual success for a few years, in
Descendants of Williavi Valentine. 203
Charlestown, Mass. : but his own health failing, he
was obliged to relinquish his practice, and died of
coi^.oumption, at his father's, in Cambridge, November
J838 — his next younger brother, James, dying of
the same disease, under the same roof, only nine days
afterward. Mrs. Valentine subsequently married Royal
B. Hancock, and died in Cambridge, July 2, 1868. Dr.
Valentine had two daughters, viz : —
Martha Jane, b. Charlestown, Feb. II, 1835 ; d. April 6, 1839.
Sarah Charlotte, b. Charlestown, Dec. 31, 1837; now resides in New-
burgh. N. Y.
Nancy Crawford, eldest daughter of E. F. and Jane
M Valentine, was born in Northboro', November 20,
1813. I copy the following brief memoir from the
"jV. E. Hist, and Gen. Register" of Julj-, 1849: —
•'Mrs. Nancy C. Stearns died, in Milford, N. H., March 27, 1849,
aged thirly-five years. This lady was the daughter of .Mr. Llijah F.
Valentine, the present worthy Assistant Steward and Patron of the
University, at Cambridge. Having filled the responsible situation of
a school teacher in Cambridge for several years, with ability and suc-
cess, she was married, September 14, 1 837, to Rev. O. O. Stearns. Nat-
urally of a retiring disposition, she was most happy in the bosom of
her family, occupied in the duties of a wife, for which relations she
was admirably fitted by. her mild and cheerful tempi rameht, her truly
Christian meekness and patience Suddenly and unexpectedly pros-
trated upon a bed of sickness, she endured, with exemplary resigna-
tion, the suffering with which she was visited ; and, after a few days of
pain and anguish, calmly breathed her last, in the full assurance of a
happy resurrection beyond the grave."
Mr. and Mrs. Stearns had the following issue: —
John William, b. Sturbridge, Mass., Aug. 10, 1839; graduated at
Harvard University, 1S60; m. Florence E. Blood, Winona, Minn.,
Sept. iS, 1S61 ; now Professor of Latin, &c., in Chicago University.
James Henry, b. Hancock, N. H., Jan. 9, 1841 ; graduated at Har
204 Tlie Vale lit i lies in America.
Yard University, 1S62 : in. Nancy R. Cliapin, Dubuque, la., June,
lS6g; now Law Student and Telegraph Manager, Freeport, 111.
George A., b. Hampton Falls N. H. ; graduated at Harvard Univer-
sity, 1S65 ; m. .\da Hope, Caftleton. Vt. ; now Superintendent of
Public Instruction in the .\rgentine Republic, and Principal
Normal School at Parana, South .\merica.
Charles A., b. L'eerfield, N. H., .\ug. i, 1S44 ; graduated at Chicago
University, 1S69; m. Josephine Stowe, Chicago, Sept. g, 1S72 ;
now Telegraph Operator, Jamcsville, Wis.
Edward Franc's, b. Milford, N. H.. Aug. 16, 1S46 ; graduated at Chi-
cago University, 1S69 ; ra. Eva E. Burroughs, daughter of Presi-
dent Burroughs. Dec. 27, i5;i ; now Principal of Wayland Univ.
Institute, Beaver Dam, Wis.
Manha, second daughter of E. F. Valentine, and
Jane M. his wife, was born in Xorthboro', January 16,
181 7. She was married, in Cambridge, October 13,
1839, to Andrew H. Newell, who survives her, and
now resides in Boston, although for many years a res-
ident of Australia. She died in Shrewsbury, Mass.,
January 29, 1873. Their issue was as follows: —
Andrew, b. Dec. 26, 1841 ; m. Frances Colgate Lord, of Melbourne;
Australia.
Martha Jane, b. Feb. II, 184S ; d. .\ng. 19, 1848.
Grace Johnston, b. Oct. 16. i?49; d. Dec. 17, 1853.
Edward Hooper, b. Sept. 26, iS^A; d. March i, 1858.
Henry Barkly, b. Nov. 12, 1857 ; d. OcL 16, 1S64,
Elizabeth Johnson, eldest daughter of Colonel Sao)-
uel L. and Elizabeth Farnham Valentine, was born in
Bangor, December 15, 1815; married Jones V'alentine,
January- i, 1835, in Bangor. They now reside in Cam-
bridge, and have issue as follows: —
Roirna Elizabeth, b. Bangor. May 31. 1S37 ; d. Feb. 25, 1838.
Maria Veazie, b. Oldtown, Me, March 7,1839; lives in Cambridge.
Emma Jane, b. Oldtown, Me., Feb. 22, I?4I ; lives in Cambridge.
William J., eldest son of Colonel S. L. and Eliza-
Descendants of William Valentine. 205
beth F. Valentine, was born in Bangor, August 3,
181 7, wliere he resided until about 1844. He then re-
moved to Boston, and was engaged in an extensive
lumber trade. In 1S51 he visited Europe for the first
time, on account of ill health. He returned to
America the same j-ear; but, after remaining a few
months, again returned to England, and established
himself as a commission merchant in London. In
1854 he removed to Paris, France, and engaged in a
general commission and banking business. In 1855
he was appointed, by an act of the Massachusetts
Legislature, a Commissioner to attend the Great Ex-
hibition in Paris, and was chosen President of the
United States Commissioners the same year. He was
decorated by the Emperor Napoleon III. with the
Star of the Legion of Honor, and was presented with
the Grand Gold Medal of Honor the same year. He
returned to England in 1862, and, in 1S67, established
the open stock exchange, which was carried on suc-
cessfully until the end of 1872, when he purchased the
entire good will of the business, and removed to Xos.
17 and 18 Cornhill, London, where he continues to
carry on the general banking business, under the firm
of V'alentine & Co. Their regular " Banking Cir-
cular" is largely circulated, and is regarded in
America as good authority in financial matters.
Mr. Valentine was appointed, by President Andrew
Johnson, one of the Commissioners to the French Ex-
hibition in 1867, and served as one of the Committee
with Professor S. F. B. Mok^e and President Barnard,
to act in connection with General C. B. Norton, and
report in rel.iiion to the best fire-arms; and the Report
of this Committee is a voluminous and exhaustive
document. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society in London, in 1873, having
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been proposed by Lord Clanch Hamilton, M. P., and
seconded by Admiral Sherard Osborne, and has,
therefore, the right to add to his signature F. R. G. S.
as well as Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
Mr. Valentine married Sophia, youngest daughter
of Aaron Brigham, a merchant of Boston, and had
issue as follows: —
William Prigham. b. Bmgor, Feb. 13, 1S40; m. Emma M. McKenna,
April, 1S61. They now reside in London.
Garafelia Bigelow, b. Boston, Feb. 13, 1844; d. Boston. Dec 10,
1844.
Francena Sophia, b. Boston, Oct. 18, 1S46 ; m. George F. Marlow, of
Selma, .\la., \ov. 17, 1S68 ; live in London.
Sarah Bowman, third daughter of Colonel S. L.
and E. F". Valentine, was born in Bangor, November
19, 182 1, and married Harvey Howard, Bangor, Au-
gust 21, 1845. They now reside in Chelsea, Mass.,
aod have had issue as follows : —
Mary Lizzie, b. Bangor, .\ug. 11, 1848 ; d. Chelsea, March 27, 1852.
Frank H., b. Chelsea, Nov. 29, 1S57; d. Chelsea, Aog. lo, 1858.
Arthur H., b. Chelsea, Feb. 13, 1861.
Mary Jane, fourth daiigliter of Colonel S. L. and E.
F. Valentine, was born in Castine, November 8, 1823,
and married Joseph H. Sandford, Bangor, July -19,
184J. They now reside in Chelsea, and have had issue
as follows: —
Cclston, b. Boston, Sopl. 19, l545; d. Aug. 9, 1846.
Joseph Head, Jr., b. Boston, Sept. 27. 1846 ; in. Josephine C. Elliott,
and live in Everett.
Frank Valentine, b. Chcl-ea, .\|)ril 12, 1S50; m. Jennie Gilticrt ; live
in ChcIsCl.
Thomas Hovey, b. Chel>ea, Nov. 13, 1S57 ; d. March 4, 1S60.
Minnie Frances, b, Nov. 30, 1S61.
Descendants of Williatn Valentine. 207
Samuel Winter, second son of Colonel S. L. and E.
F. Valentine, was born in Castine, June 21, 1826. He
has been an inventor, merchant, manufacturer, and a
sort of universal genius. His family reside in Bristol,
Conn., and he and they are members of the Congre-
gational Church there. He married Eliza R. Gar-
land, Calais, Me., May 18, 1848, and they have had
issue as follows : —
Lucy Winter, b. Calais, July 21, 1849.
Walter Inglee, b. Calais, April iS. 1851.
Henry Farnham, b. Calais, April 2, 1S53; d. Calais, Dec. 25, 1854.
Charlie Paley, b. Iloultoa, Me., April 4, 1S62 ; d. Bristol, Feb. II,
1871.
Catharine Sophia, sixth daughter of Colonel S. L.
and E. F. Valentine, was born in Bangor, May 14,
1832. She married Isaac T. Cole, March 11, 1851, in
Bangor. He was a lawyer by profession; lived, in
Machias, and, at the time of his death, April 11, 1861,
was serving his second term in the Maine Legislature.
She resides in Brunswick, and has children as fol-
lows : —
Samuel Valentine, b. Machias, Dec' 29, 1S51 ; now in Bowdoin
College.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. Machias, Sept. II, 1854.
William Isaac, b. Machias, March 21, 1854.
James March, son of Colonel S. L. and Sarah J.
Valentine, was born in Bangor, Augiist 9, 1834. He
is an iron-moulder by occupation; has been in the
gold mines of California, and an officer in the State
Prison there. He married Carrie S. Clark, of Brewer,
Me., June 10, 1S57, and now resides in Bangor. Their
issue were : —
James Herbert, b. Brewer, Nov. 28, 1859.
May Kent, b. Brewer, April 8. lS57 ; J. Bangor, Jan. lo, 1872.
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Edward Kent, fourth son of Colonel S. L. VaFen-
tine, b. April 7, 1838, in Bangor; worked five years as
an iron-moulder; then, at the age of nineteen, entered
the merchant marine service, until he rose to the rank
of First Officer. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in
the United States Navy, and was rapidly promoted
until, in 1S64, he was given the command of a Gov-
ernment vessel. He was on duty at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, at the close of the war, for four years —
making eight years of service in all. Since that time
he has been engaged in mercantile affairs and the
clerical force of Charlestown Navy Yard.
He was at the capture of Roanoke Island, at New-
bern, at the destruction of the Rebel Fleet at Eliza-
beth City, the famous Black Water Fight, and others.
He was also bhrnm up in the Gunboat " Ellis," and se-
verely wounded. He married Frances Helen, daugh
ter of William L. Clark, of Bangor, October 28, 1863,
but has no children
Caroline Maria, daughter of Colonel S. L. Valen-
tine, and Sarah J. his wife, was born in Bangor, De-
cember 16, 1839. She was a teacher in Bangor for
three years, and was married, December 5, 1859, to
Cyrus R. Clark, of Charlestown, Mass., where they
now reside. They have one child, viz : —
Annie Ward Clark, b. in Charlestown, Jan. l6, 1869.
Anna Bowman, daughter of Colonel S. L. Valen-
tine, and Sarah J. his wife, was born in Bangor, July
31, 1843. She was married, October 3, 1867, to George
G. Powers, a merchant of Orland, Me., where they
now reside. They have no issue.
John Elliot, son of Elliot and Jane A. (Gray) Val-
COI.. UlNkV F. VAI.KNIINK.
CtNtKXL AGtNT OF INSIRANCE, fiF lAl.Tl'oKr, <iiXN.
Descendants of William Valentine. 209
entine, was born in Worcester, Mass.; March 20, 1826.
He was married May 31, 1S60, to H. Jennie Paul, and
now resides in Boston. Their cliildren liave been as
follows : —
Ch.-irlcs Elliot, h. July I, lS6l ; d. evening of same Jay.
Marietta Louisa, b. Pec. 13, 1S62.
Mabel Clarendon, b. .\ug. 11, 1S64; d. .Sept. 13, 1S68.
Charles Elmer, eldest son of Elmer and Rebecca
(Crawford) Valentine, was born in Boston, March 13,
1S22. He was educated partly under tlie care of his
excellent father, but finalh- gradtiated at the Chauncey
Hall School. He was Usher of the Winthrop School,
in Boston, for a short time, but was transferred to the
Ouincy School, where he served, first as Usher and
then as Principal, for about twenty-two years. His
tragic death occurred at West Newton (a few miles
out of Boston, where he then resided), June 23, 1870,
and was on this wise: He was just readj- to step into
the cars, on his way to his school in Boston, when he
bethought himself that he had forgotten to purchase
his morning paper, and rushed into the Station to get
it. By this time the cars had attained some speed,
and, as he seized the iron railing of the car-platform,
he was throvn violently forward, under the wheels of
the cars, by >\ hich both his legs were badl)" crushed, so
as to require atnputation. He surx-ived the operation
but a few hours, however, dying late in the afternoon
of the same day.
The manifestations of condolence at his death and
funeral, from the School Committee, the teachers and
pupils of his school, and the public generally, were
most marked and touching, showing tlie high appre-
ciation in which he was held; and these not onlj- at
the time, but in the subsequent substantial aid ex-
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tended to the bereaved faiuil)-, llms suddenly deprived
of their chief support.
Mr. Valentine was married, October lo, 1S48, to
Olive Z. Seaver, of Northboro', and their issue is as
follows : —
John Crawford, b. Boiton, Jan. 13, 1S50.
Julia .\nn, b. Northboro', .\ug. 29,1851'; was a teacher in Boston;
died in Grantville, Feb. 19, 1871.
Frank Quincy.b. Northboro", June 13, 1S53 ; died in Boston, 1854.
Richard Percy, b. Northboro", .\ug. 13, 1S56.
Robert G cnville, b. Roxbur)-, May 2, 1S58.
Ellen Maria, b. Roxbur)', March 31, 1S60; d in Boston, Feb. 24, 1867,
Emma Louise, b. Boston, .\ug. 27, 1S61.
Mary Newell, b. Boston, May 6, 1S6S.
The family now live in Grantville, Mass.
Elizabeth Jones, eldest daughter of Elmer and Re-
becca C. Valentine, was born in Charlestown, Feb-
ruary 4, 1S24. She married Dr. George W. Burditt, of
Clinton, November 24, 1S46, who is a successful phy-
sician there; and both are respected members of the
Baptist Church. Their children are as follows: —
Mary Elizabeth, b. Clinton, Oct. 2, 1849.
George Crawford, b. Clinton. Dec. 23. 1S51 ; d. Marcb 4, 1S62.
Ellen Louise, b. Clinton, March 14, 1S55.
.\rthur Stanley, b. Clinton, Sept. 8, 1857.
Walter Valentine, b, Clinton, ,-\pril 9, iS6x.
.\nnie Crawford, b. Clinton, Sept. 21, iSfi3 ; d. Nov. 29, 1873.
Elmei Valentine, b. Clinton, Nov. 30, l£66.
Julia Anne, second daughter of Elmer and R. C.
\'alentine, was born in Huston, September 14, 1825;
inarricd L. V . Bancroft, South Hadley Falls; died
there, July 31, 1S50. Their issue was: —
Julius Valentine Bancroft, b. July 27, iSSo.
Descendants of William Valentine. 211
Lucy Crawford, third daughter of Lliuer and Re-
becca C. Valentine, was born in Xorthboro', Oct. 15,
1826. She was married, September 13, 1S48, to Josiah
Alexander, of Xorthfield, Mass., who was born June
6, 1825. He is now a much-respected merchant in
Boston, where his family also reside. They have chil-
dren as follows: —
Mary Emilv, b. Xorlhficld, April 21, 1S50.
Fannie Elizalfcth, b. Clinton, May 26, 1S32 ; d. iherf, .\ug. 19, 1854.
Edward Lyman, b. Clinton, Sept. 5, 1S54.
Carrie Crawford, b. Clinton, June 1, 1S57.
William Valentine, b. Clinton, Oct iS. 1S59.
Charles Elmer, b. Clinton, March 21, 1S61.
Josiah Francis b. Clinton. April 2, 1S62 ; d. there, Sept. 15, l566.
Myra Lyman, b. Clinton, .\pril 18, 1S63 ; d. there, Sept. 19, 1S63.
Rebecca Jane, fourth daughter of Elmer and Re-
becca C. Valentine, was born in Boston, November
27, 1830. She was married to William A. Bartlett,
Second, of Xorthboro', J.inuary i, 1854, and died there,
March 9, 1S70. Their offspring was as follows: —
Abby Fiske, b. Northboro', Jan. 4, 1855 ; d. Dec. 6, 1S68.
Frank Valentine, b. Xorthboro*, Xov. i, 1856.
William Iknry, b. Northboro', March 14, 1859.
Walter Crawford, b. Northboro', Nov. 4, 1861.
Fanny Rebecca, b. Northboro*, .\ug. 22, 1S64.
Chester Davis, b. Northboro", March 7, 1S67 ; d. March 25, 1S69.
Cora Gertrude, b. Northboro", .\pril 26, 1S6S ; d. Jan. 21, iStiq.
Montford \lncent, b. Northboro", Oct 27, 1869 ; d. .\ug. 24. 1S71.
William, third son of Elmer and R. C. Valentine,
was born in Charlcstown, March 30, 1833. He was
married, at Chicopee, Mass., Jul)- 6, 1S65, to Miss
Mary A. Barnes, of that place, and yet resides there.
He received the earlier part of his education in his
father's school at Xorthboro', and, at fifteen, entered
Worcester Academj-, where he spent two terms, and
returned liorne, wlicrc, at the ajjc of sixteen, he as-
sumed the principal care of his father's school. In
1S55 lie entered the Westfield Normal School, whence,
graduating in 1S56, lie was appointed Principal of the
Grammar School at Chicopee, in which position he
yet remains, greatly respected personally, and highly
successful professionally. He is a worth}- member of
the Baptist Church there, of which body he is the
efficient clerk. The issue of this marriage -.vas: —
Mabel Louise, b. Chicopee, Mass., .\pril 24, 1S67 ; d. April 9, 1S71.
Ellen, the eighth daughter of Elmer and R. C. V^al-
entine, was born in Xorthboro*, December 5, 1838.
She was married in Xorthboro', January 26, 1873, to
Joseph R. Jacobs. She was an efficient assistant in
her father's school, and was afterward I'ing a success-
ful teacher in the public schools of Xorthboro'.
Walter, fifth son of Elmer and R. C. Valentine, was
born in Xorthboro", Januarj- 16, 1840. In 1S62 he en-
listed at Springfield, Ohio (where he had been residing
for a year previous), in the Eighty-si.xth Ohio Regi-
ment, for three months' ser\-ice, and was stationed in
West Virginia. After serving two weeks bej-ond his
time, he was honorablj- discharged ; returned to Xorth-
boro"; re-cnlisted the same year in the Forty-fifth
Massachusetts Volunteers, for nine months; went to
Xcwbern, and was in the battles of Kinston, White-
hall and Goldsboro'. Returning to Xorthboro', he
again enlisted, in the Fourteenth Massachusetts Bat-
ter}-, for three years, or till the close of the war. In
all these periods of service he was never on the sick
list. While with the Batterj- he was under daily fire
for five weeks, 3-et never was wounded. Once, indeed,
while exchanging newsjjapers with the enemy by fair
Descendants of William Valentine. 213
agreement, he Jiad an almost miraculous escape, but
finally reached his camj) unharmed. In view of his
long and active service, it is indeed wonderful that he
went through the war without receiving the slightest
scratch.
Mr. Valentine married L. Augusta Mentzer, and
occupies the farm so long held by his father, in North-
boro'. Their children were : —
Ernesl Moiitford, b. N'orthhoro', Sept. 12, lS63.
Maiy Crawford, b. Northboro", Jan. 24, 1S70.
Charles Ebner, b. Xorlhboro", Oct. 31, 1S71.
Clinton Mentzer, b. Northboro", .\pril 10, 1S73 ; d. Oct. 8. 1 873.
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CHAPTER XX.
THE SIXTH GENERATION.
ANN" RLIZA, eldest daughter of Captain J. N.
and Annie 13. Mellen, was born in Westboro',
November ;;, 1812. She married Joseph H.
Fairbank, April 14, 1S31. They had nine childcen,
viz : —
.\nn Eliz.!, b. .\pri! 2r, 1832 ; m. Geo. M. Willi.ims. Sept. 14, 1851 ;
lives in Grafton.
Susan .^ntoinetla, b. Dec. 7, 1S34 ; m. Emorj- L. Wood, March 13,
1853.
Jane Maria, h. Jan. 24, 1S37 ; m. David Chase, .\ug. 30, 1S63 ; lives
in Westboro'.
John Mellen, b. May i, 1S41 ; d. April 7, 1842.
John William, b. Oct. j:. 1843; m. Ella M. Fisher, 1S6S; lives in
Westboro".
Sarah Harvey, b. .^ug. 5. 1845 ; d. Aug. 2, 1848.
Julia Frances, b. Jan. 12, 184S ; m. W. H. Pcmis, Jan. I, 1S68 ; lives
in Worcester.
Frank Jf-rph, b. Jan. iS, 1852 ; d. Sept. 18, 1853.
Mary Fisher, b. Sept. 23, 1855 ; d. March 5, 1868.
Jiibn Dwinnell, eldest son of Captain J. N. and A.
B. Mellen, was born in Westboro', Noveinber 8, 1813;
married Ann M. Hardy, October 18, 1835, and d. July
17, 1S65. Their children were : —
John On'.low, b. July 21, 1S36 ; m. Jennie S. Stevens, i860; resides
in Chicago. *
Susan .\ntoinette, b. .\ug. 9, 183S ; d. July 30, 1859.
Marietta, b. Oct. 5, 1840; m, J. M. Wnolf.jnl, M.iy, 1S59, in .\yer.
Charles Edward, b. Feb. 21, 1S45 ; d. March 7, 1846.
Descendants of William VaUntiiu. 215
Albert, b. Sept. 16, 1845 ; m. Frances L. Gardner. Oct. 10, 1S72,
Boston.
Oscar, b. Aug. 5, 1S4S ; d. Aug. 22, 1849.
Clara, b. May 27, 1S50 ; d. Dec 24. 1S53.
Susan Morse, second daiiglitcr of Captain J. N.
Mellen, was born in Wcstboro", Fcbruar)- 29, 1816,
and married Charles S. Hard)-, a worth)- mechanic of
that town, October 14, 1S37. They yet reside there.
Their children were: —
Susan Elizabeth, b. Westboro', Dec. 6, 1S39 ; is a teacher ; resides in
Westboro'.
Charles Hcnr)-, b. Westboro', March 19, 1S44 ; d. Jan. 4. 1S68.
Annie .Mellen, b. Westboro', Sept. 27, 1S48 ; is a music teacher.
Harriotte Valentine, fourth daughter of Captain J.
N. Mellen, was born in Westboro', June 24, 1820. She
married G. H. Greenwood, of Ayer, June 14, 1848, and
has one child : —
George H., b. .\yer, June 26, 1853.
Marietta Heywood, fifth daughter of Captain J. N.
Mellen, was born in Westboro', February 13, 1823,
and married Lincoln Wood, April 8, 1852; live in
Westboro'.
Charles Homer, third son of Captain J. N. Mellen,
was born in Westboro', August 30, 1827, and married
Florence C. Ing, Dec. 15, 1S52. They reside in Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, their children being: —
Jeanelte, b. Feb. 27, 1S54.
Florence, b. Oct. 2g, 1S55.
tiara, b. June 25, 1S59.
Helen Maria, sixth daughter of Captain J. N. Mel-
len, was born in Westboro', June 22, 1S29, and married
2i6 The Vail- lit I lies in America.
C. K. Dorinan, October lo, 1S52; reside in Provi-
dence, R. I. Issue: —
Eugene, b. April 1, 1S57.
Abner Melville, son of Captain J. X. Mellcn, was
born in Wcbtboro', December 16, 1S34; married Adelia
L. Pike, November 15, 1856, who died December i,
1 86 1. They had one child: —
Annie C, b. March iS, 1S58.
A. M. Mellcn married, second, Ada R. Farwell, Oct.
I, 1S64. Issue: —
Adelia, b. Aag. 26, 1565 . d. Sept. 21, 1S65.
Cora .\delia, b. .Xuj. 27, 1866.
■Josie Celia, b. .\ug. 25, 1S68.
Mary .\da. b. July 9, 1S71 ; d. .\ug. 28. 1872.
Resides in Marlboro', Mass.
Emily Suphi.i, daughter of Captain U. N. Mellen,
was born in Westboro', .Tanuary 30, 1837 ; married
Henry D. Ainsworth, December 17, 1854. They re-
side in Westboro*, and have issue: —
.Mice G., b. Oct. 18. 1S55.
Clarence E., b. Sept. 4, 1857.
Eddie M., b. Aug. 8, 1862.
Emma S., b. March 13, 1S6S.
Aaron, son of Jubal and Clarissa (Mellcn) Weston,
was burn November 1 1, 1814 ; married Inlia Churchill,
of Oxford, Ohio. He was .a leather of music for
twcnt^'-fivc years, and died in California. Februar)- 25.
1 868. They had issue : —
.\lfrctl 15., wa<; a inuscian, and d. in the army.
Julia, m. O. S. lUake, nf PetroiL
Charles, d. in infancy.
COL. S. L. VALENTINE,
BANGOR, M.U.NE.
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Descendants of William Valentine. 217
Elizabeth Valentine, daughter of Jubal Weston,
was born September 24. 1818; married J. J. McGowan,
M. D., of Boston, wlio died in N'ew York, March 25,
187 1. They had issue : —
Juhn E.
Joseph H., H. in boyhood.
Elizabeth \V., m. Charle^ C. liuckley, M. D., Chicago.
Clarissa H.
Samuel E., son of Jubal Weston, born September
19, 1820; married Mary A. Vincent, of IBoston, who
died December i, 1S69. He was editor and proprietor
of the "Avictican f/Wi);?" newspaper, in Boston, and
died April 12, 1862.
Clarissa M., daughter of Jubal Weston, was born
September 21, 1S22; married Stednian W. Howe,
trader, of Hopkinton; had issue: —
Willard N., is m., and has ihrce children — Alice G., Emma W. and
Jubal Weston.
Stedman W.
Edward AV,, is m., and has three children — Mary A., Sarah A. and
Hattie W.
Nathan C.
Clarissa M.
■Hattie W.
Clara W.
Elizabeth M.
Jubal, Jr., son of Jubal, born November 13, 1824;
married Fanny Richardson, of Boston; is a farmer,
and resides in San Francisco, California. Has chil-
dren : —
Althea O.
Rcgcnia (dead).
Freddie (dead).
Arthur.
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2i8 I lu Villi- II lines in Aiiuriia.
Joshua F.
Samuel E. (dead).
Esbie Maud.
Harrictte A., daughter of Jiibal, b. September 17,
iSaG; married Tluxnas A. Gray, of Boston.
Joshua M, son of Jubal, bi)rn July 17, iS?9; resides
ill St. John's, Cal.
Olivia L., diugliterof Jubal, born August 29, 1831 ;
married Chas. McFarland, of Burlington, Iowa. Has
children : —
Grace E.
Marie A.
Frederick.
Edward \V. (dead).
Blanche A.
Wallace (dead).
Henry C, son of Jubal, born March 13, 1S35. He
served in the First Massachusetts Cavalry during the
war, and resides in Chicago, III. He married Marie
H. Barrett, of New York. Has children: —
George W.
Mabel (dead).
Florence.
Leonard X'alcntine, the adopted son of Otis, was
born in Westbrook, Me., May 19, 1840; married Laura
Pa'ine, of tli at place, and has children as follows: —
William, b. .\ug. i6. lS68.
.Mice Maude, h. Sept. 4, 1870.
Vienna, b. Jan. 19, 1S72.
Albion T., eldest son of Dexter and Nancy P. Val-
entine, was born in Harmony, Me., September 30,
Dcscrndants of William Valentine. 219
1832. He married Florence A. Bartlett, September
20, 1S63. He now resides in Minneapolis East, in
mercantile business. The}- have issue: —
Guy, b. Minneapolis East. Miy 25. 1S67.
A daughter, b. Minneapoli-. V.x-.\, Dec. 18, 1S71.
Abbie S., daughter of De.xter and N. P. Valentine,
was born in Harmon)-, August 10, 1834, and was mar-
ried, in Lowell, Mass., July iS, 1.S61, to John M. Bart-
lett, a mercliant at Island P<^)nd, Vt., where they now
reside, and have one child : —
George Dexter, b. I-!and Pon.l, Oct., 1S63.
Leonard D., son of luxtcr and X. P. Valentine,
was born in Harmon)-, August 11, 1S38; removed to
St. Anthony's Falls, Minn., 1S56; married Helen A.
Barrows, of that place, and is now a merchant there.
They have had issue: —
Mary, b. Minneapulis East, Feb. 9, 1S67 ; d. Aug. 6, 1867.
Nettie, b. Minneapolis East, Oct. 9, iSfr}; d. March 30, 1872.
Elizabeth C, daughter of Dexter, as above, was
born in Harmony, September 14, 1844; was a teacher
in Harmony four years. She married George A. Ma-
goon, January 1, 1S66. He is now a merchant in
Minneapolis East, and they have issue: —
Harry, b. Minneapolis East, July 12, 1S67.
Roy Lester, b. Minneapolis Exst, Dec 20. 1S69.
Albert, Jr., son of Albert and Hannah E. Valentine,
w-as born in Westbrook, December 8, 1840. He was
married, in Chelsea, Mass., 1S6S, to Miss Clara Chase,
of that place. They have one son : —
Albert, b. aiclsea, 1S69.
220 The Valentines in America.
Mir.iuil.i, daugliicr of Alanson and Miranda Valen-
tine, was born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., July 29, 1843 ;
married John F. Eaton, of New Vork, February S,
1S72, and they noiv reside in Cambridge, Mass. They
have one child : —
Lucella Miranda, b. Cambridge. .\ug. i6, 1S73.
William Henry, son of Gerry and Sarah H. Valen-
tine, was born in Hopkinton, September 21, 1835;
married Mary A. Samson, Worcester, February 15,
1S64. They have one child : —
Florence E., b. Sept. I, 1S70.
Alfred Wilbur, son of Is-iac B. and Elizabeth (Guy)
Valentine, was born in Hopkinton, August 8, 1841.
He married Lauretta M. Goddard, of Bethel, Me.,
Maj-, 1S64, and residei there. They had issue as fol-
lows : —
Charles Elmer, b. Bethel, March 14, 1865.
Fred. Ambrose, b. Bethel, Oct. 2S, i36S ; d. March 14, iS6<j.
Willie Aiion, b. Bethel, Jan. 8, 1870.
Ann Maria, daughter of William A. and Maria G.
Brigham, was born in Westboro', August 12, 1831;
married George R. Bowman, of Westboro', April 26,
"854. The)' now reside in Elmira. \. Y., and have: —
Louis \V., b. .\Imond, N. Y., April 13, 1S60.
Charles .\., b. .\lmond. N. Y., April 2, lifti.
Susan B. D., daughter of W. A. and M. G. Brig-
ham, was born in Northboro', July 25, 1S39; married
Stephen T. Waite, of Worcester, June 9, 1S64; now
live there. Had issue: —
Kate Augusta, b. Worcester, .\i)ril, lS6S; d. May i. iS6S.
Willie Jenni>rf>n, b. Worcester, June 7, 1S69.
Desccmiants of William Valentine.
221
William Valentine, son of \V. A. aud Hannah
S. B righain, was born in Worcester, Maj 17, 1850;
married Lillco E. Lillie, of Willimantic, Ct., 1S68.
Have issue: —
Louis Stanhope, b. Stanhope, N. J., Aug. 30, 1S69.
Oliver II. H., b. Willimantic, Oct. g, 1S71.
Charles EJwin, b. Carmcl, K. V., July 26, 1373.
John W. B., son of Holland and Lydia A. Forbes,
was born in Westboro', November 9, iSjq; married
Diantiia Houghton, of Swanzy, X. H., and died in
Carlisle, Pa., November 27, 1S63. Their issue were: —
Julius Wells, b. Ilopkinton, Oct. l4, 1S52 ; d. Nov. 14, 1S52.
George Houghton, b. Boston, Feb. 3,1856.
Charles Oliver, b. Bolton, March 4, 1862.
Martha Ann B., dauyhler of Holland Forbes, was
born in Brighton, July 4, 1S34 ; married A. H. Merrill,
Salem, N. H.. December 21, 1851. Children; —
Alice Evangeline, b. Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1S58.
Annie Marietta, b. South Boston, March 2, 1S64.
Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Bow-
man) Fisher, was born in Northboro', April 14, 1826;
married, June 3, 185 1, Rev. Horatio Stebbins; has re-
sided in Fitchbtirg, Portland, Me, and now resides in
San Francisco,' Cal. Their children are: —
>faiy Louise, b. Fitchburg, Mass., June 30, J354; m. Edward S.
Schroeder.
Annie, b. Portland, .\pril 3, iSjS ; d. .\ug. 28, 1S58.
Roderick, b. Portland, Sept. 2, 1S59.
Elizabeth Maria, daughter of Samuel and Mary B.
Fisher, was born in Northboro", December 28, 1829;
married Samuel Clark, Esq., counsellor at law, North-
222 The Valentines in Amerua.
boro' (formcil)- Rcprcsciu.uive from tliat town), May
1S47, where tlicy yet reside. Have had ofTspring: —
Ella Maria, b. Xorthboro', Auj. .15, 1S4S ; A. Oct. 2, 1S43.
Herbert F.. b. Xorthboro', Feb. S, 1S52 : d. Xov. 30, 1852.
Edward S.. b. Xorthboro", Feb. 12, 1S59.
Jane Taylor, diiightcr of Samuel and M. B. Fislier,
was born in Xorthboro", October 4, 1S35; married
Jainis Lincoln, Jr., March 26, 1856. They liad issue : —
Arthur Fisher, b. Xorthboro", June 26, 1S5S ; d. March 5. 1858.
Alice Ware, b. Yarmouth, Sept. 16, 1S61,
Annie Fishei. b. Yarmouth, July 27, 1S65.
Dr. Albert Wood, son of Dea. Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Bowman) Wood, was born in Northbcjro", Feb-
ruary 19, i,S33; grad. Med. Coll. H. U., 1864; is now
Citj- Physician in Worcester. He married Emily
Allen, July 7, 1S67, their issue being: —
Albert Bowman, b. Worcester, June 28, 1S69.
A daughter, •■ 1873.
Charles Johnson, son of Dea. S. and E. B. Wood,
was born in Xorthboro", August 28, 1838. He mar-
ried Helen S Dodd, Hartford, Ct., June 21, 1S66, and
is now a jeweler in that city. Their children are: —
Harry Gassetl, b. Hartford, May 3, 1867.
Lizzie Frances, b. Hartford. Dec 14, 1868.
Callie Dodd, li Hartford, June 21, 1870.
Joseph Head, Jr., son of Joseph H. and Mary J.
Sandford. was born in Roxbury, Mass., September 27,
1846; in.irrifd Josephine C. Elliott, Maiden, October
19, )868. Issue: —
Elliot, b. Everett, Feb. 25, 1S70.
Frank Valentine, son of Joseph H. and Mary J.
Disccitdants of William Valentine. 223
Sandford, born Chelsea, April 11, 1S50; married Jen-
nie Gilbert, Chelsea, October 12, 1S71. Issue: —
Herbert Valentine, b. Chelsea, Aug. II, 1872.
LAST GEXERATION.
Ann Eliza, daughter of Joseph H. and Ann E.
Fairbanks, was born in Wcstboro', April 21, 1832;
married George H. Williams, September 24, 1851.
Issue :—
William Hcnrj, b. Grafton ; d. June 22, 1857.
Frank, b. Grafloa.
Waller, b. Grafton.
Sarah, b. Grafton ; d. Feb. 23, 1864.
Mary, b. Grafton.
Susan .\ntoinette, daughter of J. H. Fairbanks,
born Wcstboro', December 7, 1834; married Emory L.
Wood, March 15, 1853; lives in Westboro*. Issue:
-Mbert E., b. July 24, 1859.
Jane Maria, daughter of J. H. Fairbanks, was bom
Westboro', Jantiary 24, 1837; married David Chase,
August 30, 1S63; lives in AVestboro'. Issue: —
Frank Herbert, b. Westboro", Oct. 6, 1S68.
John William, son of J. H. Fairbanks, was born in
Westboro', October 12, 1843; married Ella M. Fisher,
December 25, 1S68. Issue: —
Minnie Louise, b. Westboro", -^ug. 2, 1S69.
Julia Frances, daughter of J. H. Fairbanks, bom
Westboro', January 12, i848;.marricd William H. Be-
mis,Januar}- 1, iS6S,and resides in Worcester. Issue: —
.^ray Gertrude, b. Worcester, June 6, 1S71.
224 T^"^ Valentines in America.
Julia, daiiglitcr of A.ircm and Julia C. Weston,
married O. S. Blake, of Detroit, and has issue:
Charles W.
William.
Ida May.
Mary Louise, daughter of Rev. Horatio and Mary
Ann (Fisher) Stebbins, was born in Fitcliburgh,
Mass., June 10,1854; married Edward S. Schrocder,
and tliej- have one child: —
Edward Roderick, b. San Franciito. Cal., Dec. 25, 1872.
WILLIAM J. VALENTINE, F. R. G. S.
BANKER, OK LONDON', ENC.
Glcanittgs.
225
CHAPTER XXI.
GLEANINGS.
THERE seems to have been, at one time, a few
Valentines on the island of Xantucket, Mass.,
but no specific information could be obtained
of them for this work. Thcj' were probably descend-
ants of the Freetown Valentines. Samuel Francis
Drake, of Boston, married Emma M. Valentine, of
Nantucket, June 26, 1850. She was the daughter of
Henry C. Valentine, who married Emmeline, daughter
of Aaron Mitchell, and died in 1840.
Among the prisoners committed to Old Mill
Prison, England, taken from the brig " Fancy,"
during the Revolutionarj- war, in 1777, was one
James Valentine.
In the census of slaves, taken April 28, 1755, Jacob
Valentine, of Hempstead, is given as the owner of
"1 female, Greech;" Jonathan Valentine, " i female,
Sarah ;" and Ephraira Valentine, of " i male, Peter."'
Manj- other Valentines on Long Island are also given
as owners of slaves.
In the ^' Valloration" of Hempstead, October 11,
1683, Richard Valentine, Sen., is given as the owner
of 34 acres of land, 6 o.xen, 8 cows, 3 colts, 4 hogs,
12 sheep, 2 horses and wagons, &c.
The present occupant of the old farm on Valen-
29
226 Tlu Valc'itincs in Am.riia.
line's Hill, Vonkers, is George Bishop Valentine, now
about seventy-five years of age, who has one son,
Nathaniel Bishop, and one daughter, Harriet A., who
married James E. Burtis. Each of these has three
sons. Near the above-mentioned place, lower down
on the hill, is the liandsoTie residence of Isaac Valen-
tine, a wealthy retired merchant of New York.
Simon Lynde, of Boston, the grandfather of Mary
Lynde, wife of John Valentine, once had the audacity
to let "one of ye. people called Anabaptists," a house,
and it was considered worthy of record. Simon has
now many descendants who are themselves Baptists.
"The late Simon Lynde's .Mansion House," as the
" Boston Records " had it, stood at the northerly ter-
mination of Tremont-street, in 1708. Lj-nde-street,
laid out in 1732, and named after this family, extended
from Cambridge-street to Green-streeL "Justice
Lynde's pasture " extended across from one of these
streets to the other.
' '^Wherever the term branch is used in this work, it is
intended to include all who are the direct descendants
of one common ancestor, and he a direct immigrant
from the Old World. But the writer has been some-
what puzzled as to the classification of the New
Jersej- Valentines. Were they a distinct branch, or
merely an offshoot from some other branch.' A part
of them are known to be directlj- descended from the
Long Island Valentines; but there are families of the
name scattered through that State, whose origin it is
dilTicult to ascertain. Thus, Jf)hn V^alentioe, a country
mcrcliant, in the town of Rose, Wa3-ne county, N. Y.,
writes as follows: "My great-grandfather, Henry
Valentine, moved from a place in New Jersey, called,
Glcaninn.
227
if I recollect right, Hackett, to the eastern part of this
State. He had three sons, Peter, Alexander and
Jacob — the latter being my grandfather. Soon after
the Revolution (in which he was a soldier, and held
some petty office), he settled in Wasliington county,
N. Y., and had five sons, Henr)-, Peter, Asahel, Alex-
ander and Stevens. Peter was mj- father. He was 9
physician, and came to this place in 1819, where he
lived till his death, in 1857. I understand the family
originally came from Germany, or Holland — don't
know which."
The last sentence may be only opinion or conjec-
ture; but the author of this work believes this family
is only an offshoot from either the Westchester, or the
Long Island Valentines. Might not these also have
been descendants of Joseph, " the bold soldier-boy,"
of Hempstead.' It hardly seems possible that two
families of the name, both from Washington county,
should have a history so nearly alike.
Honorable Henrj- Valentine was a member of the
Assembly from Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1822.
The author of this book has written many letters and
made many inquiries in relation to any V^alentines in
that section, but in vain.
There are Valentines in the village of Penyan,
Yates county, N. V. These are known to be descend-
ants of the Long Island branch, and are cousins of J.
W. Valentine, of Greenpoint, and of Rev. A. W. Val-
entine, mentioned elsewhere.
In the " iV. Y. Historical Calaidar" frequent allusion
is made to Mark Valentine, commander of the ship
" Earl of Loudoun." .\lso, Thomas Valentine is very
§^^^ The Valentines in Aiinrica.
often mentioned as a surveyor, especially on the
Canada frontier, and elsewhere. An affidavit of Jan
Tyinenscn Valentine bears date November 22, 1675.
In looking over the Directories of our American
cities, the writer observed the following items: J. S.
Valentine is given as the Mayor of Wilmington, Del.,
in 1S68. Valentine & Co. are given as the publishers
of the AVi' Orleans Daily Advertiser ; E. Valentine is
mentioned as Assistant U. S. Assessor, New Orleans.
Baltimore has a Rev. Henry J. Valentine, 185 Hen-
rietta-street. Philadelphia has John K. Valentine,
lawyer, 113 South Fifth-street. St. Louis has a Dr.
Ferdinand Valentine, 826 South Eighth-street.
The Westchester County Directory gives the follow-
ing Valentines: Peekskill^.KnATCW, farmer; Charles,
mason; Isaac, founder; Jacob, laborer; Pierre V. C,
teamster; William, farmer. Sing Sing — William G.
Valentine, lumber mercliant. It'/iite Plains — James
E. Valentine, civil engineer. Morrisania — -Andrew J.,
driver ; David, clerk ; Frank, piano-maker. West
Farms — Benjamin X'alentine; Ebenezer Valentine,
luinber; Valentine & Overb.iugh, lumber. Of course,
the isolated farmers outside of the villages are not
given.
The steamboat A. B. Valentine is one of the eight
boats of Cornell's Towing Line between Rondout
and New York, and was so named in honor of Abra-
ham B. Valentine, Esq., the present New York Agent
of the Line, of which tlie Honorable Thomas Cornell,
of R<.ndijiit, is the principal proprietor.
.\inong the "Baptisms in the Dutch Church, New
Gleanings. 229
York, from 1697 to 1720," as found in Valentine's
Manual, 1864, are the following: —
Valentyn, Jan (the father). Jacobus (the child). July 2S. 1717.
" •' " Jennetje " Aug. 7,1720.
According to Valentine's Manual, the following
have been connected with the New York City Gov-
ernment: —
Valentine, William H. (Butcher), Councilman, 1859.
" Abraham (Grocer). Assistant Alderman, 1820-I.
Jacob H. (Builder), " 1856-7.
" Abraham -M. (Accountant), " 1825-6.
It is stated that 1,545,755 valentines passed through
the Post Offices of the United States in the year 1870.
The present population of Eccles, in Lancastershire,
the parish in which is " Bencliffe Hall," the family
estate of Richard V^alentine, the earliest known of
the English Valentines, is given in the Gazetteer as
33.79*-
It is elsewhere stated in this work that Valentine is
frequently used as a Christian name, especially by the
Germans. " Who is this Valentine, of the firm of
Valentine, Tunbridge & Co., bankers. Wall-street,
who are advertising so much.'" This question was
often put to the author, as he was canvassing the city
for data for this work. Tired at last of hearing a
qnestion which he could not answer, he resolved to
visit their banking honse. " Is the senior member of
your firm in.'" he inquired. " I am the senior mem-
ber," said a gentleman, stepping forward and bowing
very politely. " Then your name is Valentine," I said,
inquiringly. " My name is Tunbridge," said he, again
230 flu I'aleiitincs in Aiiuriai.
bowing. "But I called tu see Mr. V"alentine." " Tliere
is no X'alentine liere but myself," he replied, adding,
" Mv name is \'alentine Tiinliiidf^e." "Ah, I see," said
I, buwinc- myself out, and muttering to mvself, '• He
must l)e a det eiver, or lie would not insert that comma
between his first and l.ist names, as he always d les —
perhaps on purpose t<j deceive." A Gerina;i wriuld
have put it " \'al, Tunbridge & Co.," which all would
have understood. An educated American would put
it Valentine Tunbridge & Co., and then only i_:;no-
rant people would be deceived. But — as it was, I
drew my own conclusions!
Another case came a little nearer home If other
people's names are to be taken witlxjut their consent,
commend me to the man that has the sense and taste to
take a gooil one, while he is about it. A few years ago, I
was much surprized and not a little annoyed at receiv-
ing several letters from old friends and acquaintances,
containing such expressions as these: " Why, are you
going to give up teaching.' I thought you were i.i for
life." "So you are to appear in a new role ! Wh.re
do you get your stock of birds t" he, &c. .\fter
receiving some half a dozen such, I concluded tiiat
either my correspondents were becoming insane, or /
was; and I so wrote them. Their only reply was to
send me a m.irked advertisement in '■'Harper's Weekly,"
in which it was announced that "for the ver)- mod-
erate sum of ten cents the subscriber would give in-
structions how to imitate the singing of any and every
bird extant," and duly signed T. W. Vai.eminf, in
good fair capitals, with the appendix in smaller
type, "Address Box Xo. , Jersey City P. O." My
first im])ulse was to laugh; my next was to ex))ress
my indignation in unmeasured terms. What busi-
Gleaning.
231
ness had he to take my good name, and make mc the
laughing stock of all creation I I started for him at
once — at least, I went to Jersey City. His name— or
rather, my name was not in the Director)-, which
looked suspicious. I bethought myself of the Post-
master. He began to laugh as soon as I mentioned
mj- name. " I know nothing about him," said he,
" e.xcept that he receives more letters through the P.
O than anj- other man in Jerse)- City, and must be
getting rich." Worse and worse ! Not only stealing
m\- good name, but actually getting rich on the bor-
rowed or stolen capital ! As the elder Weller said, it
was " werry aggrawatin I " The Postmaster doubted
if that was his name at all; but, after all, what could I
do.' Until that lime I had never heard of a person of the
name e.xcept my own proper self, and the bare idea of
such agrarian socialism or partnership as sharing
my own sign manual with another seemed decidedJr
rather (7M(>r /■<•///. Wliile thus uncorking the vials of my
wrath and pouring out anathemas without stint or
measure upon the offender, it occurred to me that he
might be among that coterie of listeners, and 1 had
tiest be prudent ; for having got so far as to take my
name, what might he not take next.' My li/f perhaps;
and shaking off the dust of mj- feet against him and
his fellow-denizens in that forcij^n soil, I straightway
departed out of their coasts. I have reason to believe
that he took the hint, for the troublesome advertise-
ment disappeared soon after, and he too — much to my
relief A list of a hundred and fifty John Smiths in
the yrti' York Diratorx is nothing, for they get used
to it — but one proprietorship of my own name is
enough for me.
The Boston Times of April 4, 1874, says: "Albert F.
232 The Valentines in America.
Bellows, whose studio is on the second floor of the
Art Club building, is at work upon views of English
scenery in water-colors, a branch of art in which he
has no equal in America. We are pleased to learn
that all of his largest and best works found prompt
and appreciative purchasers at the recent sale of
water-colors at the National Academy in New York.
The popularity of Mr. Bellows' pictures is not con-
fined to this countPi", but is equally great in London,
where many of his exquisite bits of landscape scenery
have been reproduced in engravings and chromos.
The pictures of Bellows are a perpetual delight to the
eye of taste. What Tennyson is to poetr)-, Bellows is
lo the world of art."
A. F. Bellows, the artist to whom allusion is here
made, is a great-grandson of William Valentine, and
his genealogy will be found on page 196 of this book.
The likeness of Miss Elizabeth Gooch (who after-
wards became the wife of Thomas Valentine), was
taken from a portrait paiiued about 1724, when she was
si.\teen years of age. She was dressed in a red satin
dress, with beautiful lace around the neck and arms.
Her hair, which was a dark auburn, flowed down her
neck below her waist, as worn in these modern times^
The mates to this picture, the father, mother and
sister, are in possession of the Gooch family, at
Cohasset. Of course, this likeness can hardly do
justice to the original.
Here is another apparent puzzler. David M. V^ai-
entine, of New York city, writes: " My father's father
was Jonathan Valentine, a farmer in Middlebury
(Middleborough ?), Mass. He had two sons, Jonathan
and Samuel L. (my father), and a daughter, Olive. I
GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS.
CONKEKKKD ON W.M. J. VALENTINE, BY THE EMl-EROR, NAI'OLEON III.
W7
STAR OF HONOk,
CO-.FERKtU ON \VM. J. \ ALKNTINE, BV THE EMI'EROR, NAl'OLEO.N III.
Gleanings. 233
have never seen any of them, as my fiither died a few
days after my birth. Olive, I think, died before my
father. The other son, Jonathan, was living a few
years ago in Cambridge, Mass., but I have heard that
he has since died. I have understood we were of
English descent, and presume we are descended from
the John Valentine of 1675."
The answer given to the above is tliis: John Valen-
tine, son of Samuel, the eldest son of the "John of
1675," was born in Freetown, April 29, 1743- He
married Hannah Winslow, of Freetown, November
21, 1765. Jonathan, their seventh and youngest child,
was born August 16, 17S0. John, the father, inherited
a large property in Boston, but was reduced to pov-
erty through the wrong doing of one of his sons.
They afterward lived in a small cottage near the Pond
Meeting-house, Middleboro', now Lakeville. Jona-
than became a farmer, and lived in that town. He,
too, had a sister Olive. Samuel L., the father of
David M., and the writer of this were therefore third
cousins.
The Fall River Valentines have been an enigma
to the writer. Years ago he read a par.igraph in the
papers, stating that the highest tax paid in Fall River,
Mass, was that on the estate of the late William Val-
entine, valued at §1,500,000. Thinking of course so
large an estate must have a prominent family to rep-
resent it, the. wi iter tried ever)- method to learn their
history, but in vain. Xo answers cy "e to any letters,
and he finally gave it up. Xext he heard of a very
wealthy William Valentine, a Bank President, in Prov-
idence, R. I., and tried letters in that quarter, with the
same result. Finall)-, in his despair, he wrote to a
prominent editor in that city, and learned the foUow-
30
234 riic \'ii/iiitiius III Aiut'rua.
ing: '•William Valentine was once a blacEsmith in
Freetown, near Fall River, anil Dwntd the stream that
furnishes tliat <;re:'.t manufacturing city with its water
jjower. IJeforc the mills were located there, he left
his shop, came to Providence, engaged in trade, and
became President of the Iligh-strcet Bank. By and
by, his interest in the Fall River water power made
him verj- rich; and to escape taxation here, he re-
moved back to F:ill River, where he died many years
ago. Some of his property remains with his descend-
ants, who are not numerous nor verj- thrifty. A
daughter Julia — or perhaps a granddaughter — mar-
ried James A. Fox, brother of your comedian, George
L. Fox, himself an actor when young, but now, I be-
lieve, a lawver, of Boston." [The lady here referred
to, Mrs. Julia \'alcMtine F-ix, was drcjwned from a
Fall River steamboat, on her way to New York, in
September, 1872.]
It seems strange that General Pieice's " C/v.r,//.;jy
0/ Ihc \'ith-niiiic Faiiii/v," which is devoted .ilniost ex-
clusively to the Freetown and I'all River \'alenlines,
should make no mention of this f.imilv.
Bain's "///VA''^' 0/ Liincaslersliire" in spe iking of
Fcclcs,says: "Bkalciiffe IIai.i., in this township, on
the side of tlie village of Fccles, was taken down
tliirly years ag.), and has bei n replaced by two mod-
era mmsions, c.il'ed lligher -.vmX Lower Bentclifre.
Iji: \i _i.i! FE was once the seat of Tliomis Holt, Fsq.,
and w.is afiervvard llic seat of Richard \'alenline, who
married .\nae Ilopwood, in the reign of IIknkv \'II
lio.u whini it passe. 1 to Thomas X'alentine, in 1505,
aad Riclianl X'.ileatine, I'f I'reslon and BeiitcliftV,
High SherilT of the county of Lancaster, in 1713, by
wiiose descend. nits it was sold, in the last centurv, |..
Gleanings. 235
Mr. Partington, from whom it passed to Mr. Beiitley,
the late owner."
Rev. Thomas Valentine, of London, must have
been a preaclier of some note, as the House of Com-
mons, November 30, 1642, invited him "to prcac!i next
Fast at St. Margarett's, and Sir William Massam was
apjiointed to present the invitation." Afterwards
December 2S, the House passed a vote of thanks for the
discourse, and voted that tlie same be printed. Tiiis i
probably one of the sermons mentioned by Allibone
s
David Valentine, of the well-known firm of "Da-
vid Valentine & Co.," 354 Broadway, New York, one
of the most extensive houses in the line of silks and
dress goods in the city, belongs to none of the
branches of Valentines mentioned in this work, but is
a direct descendant of some English fimily, his father
having been a distinguished military officer in the
British service, in Canada. He bids fair, however, to
establish a branch of his own, as, although still a
young man, he is alrcadv ihe father of twelve chil-
dren— the family residing in Eli;jabetli, N. J.
In 1629, during the reign of Charles I. (King of
England), Sir John Elliot, Denzil Holies and Benja-
min Valentine, members of the House of Commons,
were arraigned before the Court of King's Bench, for
seditious speeches in Parliament, contempt against
the King in refusing to obey his verbal mess.age to
adjourn the House, and for a conspir:icy to keep the
Speaker, Sir John Finch, in the Chair. Holies and
Valentine forciblv compelled the Sjjeakerto retain his
seat, and he afterwards leaving it, was seized by them,
drawn to and thrust in the Chair.
2}fi The Villi III iitis in America.
In refuting the cli.irges broiiglit against them, they
claimed tliat the King did not possess tlie authority to
adjourn Parliament by verlial message, and if guilty of
uttering seditious speeches, they should be tried by
their peers, the House of Commons, and not by an
inferior Court.
Judgment was pronounced against them. Elliot
was committed to tlic Tower, fined two thousand
pounds, and upon liberation was to give sureties for
his good behavior. Holies and Valentine received
the same sentence, with the exception that the former
was to pay one thousand marks, and the latter, five
hundred pounds.
Tn the next Parliament, wliich met in 16.40, Sir John
Fincli was condemned for his action in adjourning the
House with'i: ; tlic consent of its members.
Tlie House was also about to inquire into the im-
prisonment of Elliot, Holies and X'alentine, when
they were suddenly dissolved, without making any
progress in their inquiry.
Another Parliament meeting the same year, re-
solved that Holies and X'alcniine should have five
thousand pounds each for their imprisonment and
suffering in defense of the people's rights. For the
same reasons, Parliament also voted five thousand
pounds to the heirs of Elliot (he having died during
his imprisonment).
This imprisoning and fining members of Parlia- •
ment, although almost justified by the exigency of
the times, was the Cfunmenceinent of the arbitrarj-
measures which led t" the dethronement and final
beheading of Charles 1., which occurred in 1648.'
Valentines in New York Directory. 237
CHAPTER XXII.
VALENTINES IN THE NEW VOKK AND BROOKLYN
DIRECTORIES.
L
1ST of Valentines found in the Neiu York
Directory, 1873, and the branches to which
thej- belong. —
Valentin, Charles, baker, 90 Park-st, Ital.
Valentin, Alphons D^ v. consul, Ig Broad, S. Am.
Valentin, Charles, fin, 105 W. loth. Germ.
Valentin, Philip, paper-hanger, 95 Stanton (had moved).
Valentine, .\braham A., agt. stearal- -at line, 41 Jay, h. 70 E.
31st. N.V.
Valentine, All>ert E., physician, h. 43 E. 31st, N. V.
Valentine, Alfred A., mer, 10 Burling-dip, h. 118 E. iSlh, N. E.
Valentine, AUelta, wHd. Henry, h. 137 E. 45th (mistake).
Valentine, Anna, wid. .\lbert, h. 43 E. 31st, X. V.
Valentine, Benj. C, roofer, 227 Green, h. Haverstraw, N. Y.
Valentine, Benj S.. clerk, 459 \V. 34th, N. V.
Valentine, Berlho.. wid. William, III2 Third-ave. (dead).
Valentine, Caroline, wid., nurse, 75 Delancy, L. I.
Valentine, Charles, grocer, 667 Sevenlh-ave., N. V.
Valentine, Charles F., builder, h. 42 E. II2th, N. V.
Valentine, Cornelius, cartman, 28 Goerck, L. I.
Valentine, Daniel, carpenter. 36S Seventh-ave. (moved).
Valentine, Daniel .\., produce, 344 W. Wash. Market, h.
Brookljm, I. I.
Valentine, David, dress goods, 354 Broadway, h. Elizabeth,
N. J, Eng.
Valentine, David M., 419 E. 48th, N. E.
Valentine, Ebenezer B., frames, 9 Tivter, h. 240 Henry, N. V.
Valentine, Frederick, clerk, 36S W. 35ih, N.V.
Valentine, Geo. F., mer., 134 Pearl, h. 10 E. 4ISI, N.V.
Valentine, Gto. F. M., roofer, 227 Green, h. 27 First, N.V.
238 The I'lj/c II lines in America.
A'alcntine, Gcrardu'^, butrhcr, h. 336 Sevcniy-ninlh, N. Y,
Valcndne, Hcnr)-, h. 147 E. 63^1, N. Y.
X'.ilcntinc, Ilcnr^*, cabinet-maker, h. 327 W, 2Sth, Germ.
Valeiilinc, Henry, chair-maker, h. 131 Suffolk, L.I.
Valentine. Ilenrj'. clerk, 174 Pearl, h. Fordham, N. Y.
\'alenline, I Icnrj' C, mer., 8S Chambers, N.E.
Valentine, I^.aac P., h. 35 Bond, N.E.
Valentine, Isidor, broker, 24 Broad, h. 135 \V. loth, Prus.
Valentine, Jacob, I04 E. 36th, N. Y.
ValentTne, Jacob, variety, 2350 Second-ave., N. Y.
Valentine, Jacob D., feed, S6 ?4arket, h. Brooklyn, L. I.
Valentine, Jacob F., clerk, h. 309 Henry, N. Y.
Valentine, Jacob F., lawyer. New Courthouse, h. 305 Madison, N. Y.
Valentine, James fireman, h. 38 .\ttorney (mistaken for Bal-
lentine).
Valentine, James S., stone yard, 415 W. 14th, h. 3'i3 \V. 19th, Scotch.
V.nlentine, Jamc^, watchman, h. 32 Stanton, X. Y.
Valentine, J.imcs F., hardware, 594 Hroadway, h. 240 Henry, N. Y.
Valentine, James W., clerk, h. 578 I.exington-ave. (mistake).
Valentine, Jane, wid. .\br.iham G., h. 10 E. 41st,
\'alentine, John, cabinet-maker, h. 24S Delancy,
Valentine, John, cartman, h. 836 Greenwich,
Valentine, John C, book-binder, 4 Howard, h. 173 Henry,
Valentine, John H., mer., 134 Pearl,
Valentine, John \V.. fancy goods, 112 Duane, h. 19 \V. 130th,
Valentine, Julia, wid. Chas. H., 95 Park-ave.,
\"alentine, Lawson, mer., ^6 Chambers, h. 19 Fifth-ave.,
Valentine, Lemuel, meats, i Tompkins market, h. 146 Lexing-
ton-ave,
Valentine, Le\^ is, painter, 116 Forsyth,
Valentine, Lydia, wid. Michael, h. 368 Hudson (m^vcd).
Valentine, Miran<la, wid. Jacob, h. 57 E. I2gth, N.Y.
\'alentine, Mary, wa-.hitig, 216 \V. 29lh (colored), b. L. L
Valentine, Napoleon, mer., 180 Chambers, h. Long Island, L. I.
Valentine, Nancy, wi<l. Guy \V., 319 E. 25th, N.Y.
Valeniine, O-car J, jeweler, 1S2 Bro.ndway, h. Newark, N. J., N.Y.
Valentine, Peter, h. 216 \V. 53rd, N.Y.
V.ilentine, Peter, Jr., meat, 203 \V. 4Sih, h. 258 \V. 54th, N.Y.
Valentine. Peter J., meat, 42 Fulton market, h. 344 E. 86th, N.Y.
Valentine, Robeit B., ins., 120 Broadway, h. Brooklyn, L. I.
Vj|e Mine, Robert B., Jr., 120 Broadway, h. Brooklyn, L. I.
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Valentine, Samuel H., lawyer, 64 Wall, h. 177 MadKon ave.,
Valentine, Samuel M., physician, h. 177 Madison-ave.,
Valentine, Samuel T., flour, 169 Cherry, h. Brooklyn,
Valentine, Sarah .M., wid. Richard, 1300 Third-ave.,
Valentine, Seth \V., janitor, h. E. 115th n. Third ave.,
Valentine, Stephen, flour, 169 Cherry, h. Brooklyn,
Valentine, Thomas, "^yrup, 74 Varick [mistaken for Bath-ntinf).
Valentine, Thomas W., liquors, 540 Third ave., h. 542,
Valentine, Virginia, wid. Joseph, h. 121 \V. 33rd,
Valentine, Washington, meats, 70 Wa-hinglon Market (dec'd).
Valentine, Williain. c.ibinet-maker, h. 797 Second ave.. Germ
Valentine, William, driver, h. 10 Lispenard (colored — b. L. I.)
Valentine, William, express, S4 Barclay, h. 317 E. II7lh,
Valentine, William, Sec. Ins. Co., 172 Broadway, h. Kosciusko,
Brooklyn,
Valentine, William U., meat, 52 Washington Market, h. 216 i
W. 53rd,
Valentine, William H., mer., 66 South, h. Brooklyn,
Valentine, J., treasurer, 4 Warren, h. Fordham,
Valentine, William L., variety, 356 W. 40th,
Valentine, William P., paper, h. 157 Worster,
Valentine, B. C. & Co., roofers, 227 Greene,
Valentine, R. B. & Son, Ins.. 120 Broadway,
Valentine, S. & Sons, flour, 169 Cherry,
Valentine & Butler Safe and \jocV Co.. 29S Broadway,
Valentine & Co., varnishes. SS Chambers,
Valentine & Gildersleeve, produce, 344 W. Washington Market, L I.
Valentines in New York, not found in Directory : —
Valentine, Daniel, tobacconist, no Water, N. V.
Valentine, Henry, cabinet, W. 3Sth n. Eighth-ave., Germ.
Valentine, Henry A., coach-makers' good-, 2S8 Bowery, N. Y.
Valentine, John J., N. V. Post Office, h. 141 E. iioth, N. Y^
Valentine, .Mathias B.. coach-makers" goods. 2SS Bowery, N. Y.
Valentine, Sidney, tobacconist, no Water, N.Y.
List of Valentines found in the Brooklyn Directory,
1S73, and the branches to which they belong: —
Valentine, Andrew J , lawyer, h. 96 Kent, L. I.
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The Valentines in America.
Valentine, Alfreil, mtlU, h. 24 rort Greene Place, 1— I.
Valenline, Brcwiler, grocer, 15 Fulton, h. North River, N. \'., L. I.
Valentine, Catherine, « id. Obadiah, h. 5S0 I.orimer, I.. I.
Valentine, Catherine, wid., h, 64 Prince, I- 1.
Valentine, Charles carpenter, 100 Ryerson, L. I.
Valentine, Charle*, ferrjman, 155 Prospect, L. I.
Valentine, Charles E., clerk, h. loS Ainblie, N. Y.
Valentine, Char'es B., printer, h. 3S1 South 3rd, N. Y.
Valentine, Charles S., coachmaker. Si India, h. \e*' Jersey, N. Y.
Valentine, Daniel A„ com. mer., h. 92 N. Oxford, L. I.
Valentine, David, contractor, h. 130 Kent, 1-. I.
Valentine, Edward, engineer, h. 148 West, L I.
Valentine, Edward, gen. dealer, h. 102 Concord, Eng. Jew's.
Valentine, Edward H., clerk, h. 164 Lawrence, L. I.
Valentine, Ezra, iron railing, h. 645 Baltic, L. I.
Valentine, Edward H., grocer, 13 Atlantic-ave^ L. I.
Valentine, Francis, lal>orer, li. 43 MacDougal, L. I.
Valentine, Frederick, carpenter, h. 244 Hudson-avc, N. Y,
Valentine, George S., supt.. ft. 24th, h. 126 Twenty-third, N. Y.
Valentine, George \V., clerk, 159 Macon, L. I.
Valentine, George W., sexton, h. 207 Twenty-second, N. Y.
Valentine, Henr)-, cabinet, 2S Devoe, Germ.
Valentine, Henry, cartman, 26 Bocrum, I- I.
Valentine, Henrj-, rope-maker, h. 906 Flushing ave., N. Y.
Valentine, Henry, h. 324 Pacific, I-. I.
Valentine, Henry C, varnish factory, 364 Eweo, N. E.
Valentine, Isaac, carpenter, h. 373 Bergen, L. I.
Valentine, Jacob, builder, 64 Lawrence, L. I.
Valentin;, Jacob D., flour, h. 67 Cliulon-ave, L. I.
Valentiie, James \V., coal mcr., 37 Greenpoint-ave., h. 96 Kent, L. I.
Valentine, Jane, wid. William, h. 70 South loth, N.V.
Valentii:^, John, butcher, h. 165 Gates-ave., X. Y.
Valentine, John, clerk, h. 297 Hudson-ave., N.Y.
Valentine, John, police, h. 131 Dcbevoise, N.Y.
Valentine, John, tailor, h. 190 Johnson-ave., Germ.
Valentine, John W., tin-smith, h. 320 N'. 2nd, N. Y.
Valentine, John, watchman, h. 139 Partition, L. I.
Valentine, John, Jr., butcher, h. 374 Bond, N.Y.
Valentine, John IL, com. mer.. h. 2 Second PI., L. I.
V.ilentine, John H., jeweler, h. 172 Livingston, L. I.
Valentine, John, J., h. 105 Fourth, L, L
Valentines in Brooklyn Dircetory. 241
Valentine, Joseph, clerk, h. 219 Sands, N. V.
Valentine, La« ion, varnii-h factory, 3^)4 E«en, N. E.
Valentine, Lena, Hid., h. 265 Floyd, I_ 1.
Valentine, Margaret, wid. K X. 7th, n. 5th, N. V.
Valentine, Oliver, h. 54 Willoughby-ave., L. I.
Valentine, Peter, driver, h. 395 Mmle-ave. (not found).
A'alcniine, Philip, h. 106S Fullon-ave. (not found).
Valentine, Richard, clcrV, h. 96 Kent,
Valentine, Robert B., insurance, 561 .\tlantic-ave.,
Valentine, Samuel, clerk, h. 375 Bergen,
Valentine, Samuel T., flour, h. 154 Clinton,
Valentine, Stephen, flour, h. 260 Henry,
\'alentine, Thomas, tailor, S Herbert,
Valentine, Thomas E., book-keeper, h. Ill .\delphi,
Valentine, Thomas W., teacher, h. 213 Rodney,
Valentine, Thomas Wilmot, lobacc nist, bds. 213 Rodney.
Valentine, Vander^vater, brashes, 277 Pearl. N. Y. h. 520 La-
fayette-ave.,
Valentine, William, clerk, h. 47 Johnson,
Valentine, William, ergineer, h. 170 West,
Valentine. Bergen & Co., wholesale grocers, 15 Folton,
Valentine & Co., vamishre, 364 Eiren,
V.nlentines in Brookl3-n, not found in Directory : —
Valentine, William C, lawyer, h. 1230 Fajton-ave., N.V.
Valentine, John, Jr., h. 331 Adams, N. V.
Valentine, John, meat, h. 331 Adams, N.Y.
Valentine, Schuyler, grocer, h. 247 North 6th, N.V.
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The Valcniincs in Ajuirtca.
RECAPITLLATION OF NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN
DIRECTORIES 1 873.
Number of New Vort branch
of Valeniine^
Number of Long Island branch
of Valcclir.c>
!Caml>er of Ne-*' England
branch cf Valcniincs
Number of New Jersey branch
of Valentines
Number of GermiO branch of
Valentines -
Number of Irish branch <rf
Valentines
Number of Scotch branch d
Valentines
Number of Jeuish bnmch of
Valentines
Numl^^r of Colored branch of
\ Jenlines
Number of English branch ol
Valentines
Number of Italian brajich of
Valentines. . ........
Numl^^r of error of name ....
NumV-er not found
Number found not in Dircc-
tofj .
New York Brooklyn Total
Directory. Directory. ol boih.
40
16
5ft
17
37
54
7
5
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6S
161
INDEX.
A.
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A Fixture Removed, 88.
Ainsworth, H. D., l88, 2l6.
Alexander, J., 1S7, 211.
Another Valentine, 89.
Anabaptists, 226.
Another branch, 235.
Ashland, Town of, 117, 125, 128.
Auchmuttj. Mr., iii, 113.
B.
Baker, B. F, 166.
Baker, E. D., 150.
Baker, E. H., 166.
Ball. G., 152, 168.
Ballard, Mary, 122.
Bancroft. L. F, 187, 21a
Baptisms, St. George's Church,
Hempstead, 20.
Baagher, Dr. H. L, 95.
Bartlett, W. A, 1S7, 211.
Bartlett, J. M, 190.
Bellows, .\sahel, 176, 179.
Bellows, Dr. A. J., 179, 196.
Be. lows, .\. F.. 196, 231.
Bellows Rev. H. \V., D.D., 179.
Bellows, Hon. C. W., 179. 197.
Bceton, Thomas, iSo.
Btmis, \V. H., 214, 223.
BcnclifTe Hall, 103, 22g, 234.
Bixby. S. C, 162.
Births, Rec Westbury Meeting,
17-
Blake, O. S., 224.
Bodcn. E., 198.
Borrou ing a name, 230.
Bownes, Samuel, Quaker Preach-
er, la
Bowen, George, 165.
Bowditch, Miss S. E., 129.
Bowman, Albert, 178.
Bowman, Jos., 176, 178.
Bowman. G. R., 198, 220.
Bowne, J. T., 20.
Bridt;ham, J. D., iSo. 198.
Brigham, A., 176, 179, 206.
Brigham, A. A., 198.
Brigham, E. A., 173.
Brigham, P. W., 176, iBo, 199.
Brigham, \Vm, 179.
Brigham, \V. A^ 181, I9S, 22a
Brigham, W. V., 199.
BurditI, Dr. G. W., 187, 2IO.
Burials Epis. Ch.. Jamaic*, 19.
Burials St. Geo. Ch., Hemp, 18.
Baitis, J. E, 226.
Chase, D., 214.
Clafflin, C. W., 146, 163.
Clark, C.R.. 185. 208.
Clark. S, Es/j, 195. 221.
Coe, Hon. W. S, 82.
Cole, J. T.. 1S5, 207.
Cole, O., ic^
Colored Valentines, 5.
Cutter, Amos, 164.
Cutter, B. G., 148.
Cutter, Rev. G. W., 172-
Cutter, N, 164, 172.
D.
Deaths, Rec of We^lbury Meet-
ing. 18.
Dench Houie, 136, 174.
Digby, Ev. and KatK, 12
244
Index.
Digby, Simon, 122.
Dormin. C. K., iS8,
Dupee, H., 197.
216
East Che-ler Church-yard, 64 65,
66, 67, 6S.
Eaton, J. F., 193, 220.
Eaton, \V.. 156.
Ecclcs, Parish of, 229,
Edgerton, J. (>., 1(^.
Eliot, Rfv. John, 116.
Enslin, K., 171.
Escriloir, Old, Ij8,
Estee, C. K.. 100.
Extent of Valentines, 4.
Fairbanks. J. H., 188, 214.
Fairbanks J. W., 214.
Fall River Valentines, 233,
Earnsworth, B. S., 145.
Fisher, Miriam, 79. 81.
Fisher, S., 179, 195, 221.
Fitch, A. H., 167.
Fitch. C. H.. 154.
Fitch, Dea. E , 135.
Fitch, Ed. Payson, 167.
Filch, J. A.. Esq., 150.
Fitch, Jos. v., 119, 121.
Fitch, ni. I,. M., 151.
'^itch, J. H., 152.
Fitch. X. H.. 153, 178, 194.
Filch. \V. F, 149.
Flood, \V. \, 193.
Forbes. H., iSi, Kjg, 221.
Forb.v. J. W. B., 199, 221.
Fox. Mrs. fulia X'alcnline, 234.
Fr.iil. Eli.h.a. 16S.
Fraiikland, Sir H., 116, 123, 136.
Oibb, J., 1S5.
Cinn, J., 1S3.
Clooch, Miss E., 107, Ilfi, 232.
(jooch. Hester, 116.
(looch Mouse, burning of, 123.
Oooch, Jas., E-.!]., ii(), 123.
Gooch, \Vm., 113.
I'lray, Thos. A., 189.
Gr-cenwood, G. H., 1S8, 215.
Haines. Plurbe. 51*
Hall, K. H., 197.
Hall, J. H , iSo, 197.
Hamilton, C, 190.
Hancock, R. B.. 203.
Hardy. C. S., 1S8, 215.
Harrii>gton, .\., Esq., 147,
Harrington. G., 164.
Hemnicnway, F., 152
Hitchcock, W. B., 171.
Howard, H., 184. 206.
Howe, Rev. N., 150.
Howe, S. W., 189.
J'
Jacobs, J. R.. 1S7. 212.
lones, Anthony, 125.
Jones, John, Esq., 118, 125.
Jones, Col. John, 125, 174.
Jones, J. H.. 155, 171.
Jones, Lawson, 178, 19O1
Jones, \Vm., 170.
lennison, Capl. W. D., 144.
Jennison, Mrs, M.C., 144.
Kendrick, Rev. Dr.'s Sermo
Krum, C. H., 172.
86
I.angley, Sir Robt., 104.
l,av\ rtnce Cemetery, 19.
I.iiirr from Rev. Thos. Valentine,
Epsom, 114.
I.eonar.l. J. W., 168.
Lewis, W'm.. 196.
Lewis, Ur. W. H., 197.
Lincoln, J.. Jr.. 195, 222.
Logce, S. F., 198. "
l.ynde. Judge B., 113.
Lynde liililo, 119, 121, 122.
l.ynde, Enoch, 122.
Lynde, .Mary, 115, 116, 119. 121,
122.
Lynde, Samuel. 115, 119, 122.
Index.
245
Lynde-streel, 122.
Lynde, Simon, 226.
Lyncie Mansion, 226.
Lillie, L. E.. 221.
M.
Maclay, Rev. Dr., 87.
Marriages, St. Geo. Ch.. Hemp-
stead, 14.
Magoon, G. A.. 190.
Marden, C. \V., 182,201.
Marlow, G. F., 206.
Maryland \'alenlines, gl.
Mauiiey, Dr. \Vm., 137.
Mason, L. W., 190.
Mellen, A., 215.
.\!ellen, A. M., 1S8, 216.
Mellen, J., Esq., 175, 176.
Mellen, Capt. J. N., 176, 188.
Mellen, C. H., 188, 215.
Mellen, J. D.. 188, 215.
Meller., J. O., 214.
Mellen, \V. F., 188.
Merrill, A. H., lyg.
McFarland, C, 189.
.McGowan, Dr. J. J., 189, 217.
McKittrick, H., 172.
Morey, D. M., 155.
Morton, Gen. J., 82. •
Morion, Dr. J.. 170.
Mott, Dr. v., 39.
N.
Nason, Rev. E., 116.
Nantucket Valentines, 225.
Nelson, E. T., 160.
Newdigate, John and Annie, 122.
Newell, A., 204.
Newell, A. H., 1S2, 204.
New Jersey Valentines, 51, 226.
Nolen, Dr. S., 154,170.
Nolen, S. A., 170.
Odell, Wni., 58.
Oldtown, 117,
Old I.vnde Bible, 119, 121, 12S.
Onder'donk, H. M., 13.
Otis, H. G., 168.
Parkey, J. M., 194.
Partington, Mr., 104, 121, 2.'5.
Partington, Mary, 107.
Pierce, Gen. E. \V., 1 10, 234.
Pierce, C. H.. 168.
Pierce, Ed. \V., 163.
Pomeroy, Hon. S. C, 165.
Phipps, L., 165.
Pond, B. C, 154, 169.
Pond, G. F., 169.
Powers, G. G., 185, 208.
Pratt, Dr. J., 147.
Price, Mrs. Mary K., 140, 141.
Price, Rev. Roger, 139.
Price, Major \Vm., 139.
R.
Richards, G. A., 192.
Richards, S., 178, 19O.
Richards, N. S., 192.
Richardson, Dea. W. T., 178, 194.
Riker, Hon. R., 82.
Rogers, G. A., 163.
Ross, D. A.. 185.
S.
Sandford, F. V., 206, 222.
Sanilford, J. H., 185. 206.
Sandford, J. H.. Jr., 206,222.
Sawyer, J., 152, 168.
Seaman, Dr. V., 38.
Schroeder, E. S., 221, 224.
Simpson, S., 125.
Slaveholding Valentines, 225.
Smith, W. W., 162.
Snively, Dr. J. C, 166.
Steams, C. .K., 204.
Stearns, E. F., 204.
Stearns, G. A., 204.
Steams, J. H., 203.
Stearns, J. W., 203.
Steams, Rev. O. O., 182, 203.
Stebbins, Rev. H., 195, 221, 224.
Strickland, G., 166.
Sullivan, Dr. J. S., 146.
Sumner, Hon. C, 186.
Stowe, Mrs. H. B., 117, 136.
246
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Tillon.A. H.. 157.
Tilton, E. I,., 158.
Tillon, G. E., 157.
Tillon, Homer, 137, 138.
Tillon, Homer 2d. 138.
Tillon, L. v.. 15S.
" Treasure Trove," lOl.
V.
YJenl'ne, Abb., 177. Igo.
'• A, Jr., 219.
A. A, 156.
" Absalom, 12, 30.
Ab. B., 228.
AI. B., 48, 49.
" Alanson, 17S, 192.
A. P.. 128,139. 141,158
Rev. A. \V.. 34.
" A. \V., 194, 220.
A. T. 190, 218.
Valentines, on Assessors' books, 13.
Valentine, Basil, 3.
Valentine, Benj. (N. V-). 57, 58. 59,
76, 77-
Valentine. Benj.. M. P., 235.
Benj. (I.. I.), 12.
BE, 31.
Caleb (I.. 1.), II, 12.
Chas.. 127. 142.
" Chas. H., 14Q.
Chas. T.. 161.
Chas. E. (Me.). 185.
Chas. E. (Mass.). 187.
209. 210.
Hon. r>. T.. 4. 81 to 90.
Daniel (L. I.), 12.
D.iniel (Wa^h. Co.). 47.
Daniel (III), 50. gS.
•' Daniel (Foidli.im), 85.
David, 235.
David M , 232.
Dexter, 177. 1S9. 219.
Mrs. E.. 12fj. 127.
•* Ephraim. 9.
Ed. H.. 149.
Ed. Harij. 156.
Ed. I. . 159.
Elijah. 185.
Elijah E., i;6, 1S2, 203
Valentine, Elliot, 176, 1S5.
Elmer, 176, 186.
" Elmer 2nd, 178. I93.
" Elbert J.. 13.
E. K., 185.
** and Eyre, 22.
F., 3.
" Francis, 115.
F. E.. 165
Geo. (Md), 92, 93.
Geo. (L. I). 12.
Geo. A., 163.
Geo. B., 59. 60. 61.226.
" Geo. G., 181. ir,9.
'• Geo. \V. (liaron). 3.
" Gerr)-, 17S. 193.
Gdl. 110, 176. iSl.
Henrv's •■Dcvoti<:n^,"^.
(1.. I.'). 12.
H. C, 165.
Col. H. E., 182. 20I.
Hon. H . 227.
Rev. H. I.. 228.
" H. and M. (twins). 94.
\'a!enlinc's Hist. N. Y.. 84.
Valentine's Hill. 58. 70. 71. 72, 73,
74. 76. 226.
Valentine. Horace, 50.
\'. dentines, Irish, 6.
Valentine. Isaac (I-. I ). 12. 21, 22.
I. B.. 178. 194.
Jacob (I.. I). II. 12.
Jacob (.Md.), 93.
Jacamiah, 1 1, 12,
James (1.. I). 12.
" James (Pris). 225.
lames J. (Ma^-.). 163.
Hon. Jas. J. M. 13, 35. .
" Jamts M.. 1S5. 207.
" Jeremiah, 12, 27. 28. 44.
" John (Boston), 0, 106,
no. III, Ii2, 113,
I20. 121.
lohn (Hop.) 123.
John (Me.). i;6, iSo.
" John's '* Haimony." 3.
" John (Wavne Co., N.
v.), 226.'
John, Jr., 180, 198.
John E.. 1S6. 2c^.
" John G., 201.
John J. (I,. 1.), 27. 30.
Index.
247
Valentine, John J. (Mass.), 130,
132.
" John L., 134. 148.
" Dr. Jno. W., 1S2, 202.
** J S.'s " Engineer," 3.
" Jonah, 9.
Jonas, II.
Joseph {L. I.), 12,47.
Col. Joseph, 130, 133.
("apt. Joseph, 175, 177
Joel, 48.
Jones, 178, 184, 204.
L. A., 3.
Valentines of Long Island, S.
" and Lines, 22.
Valentine, Lawson, 127, 138, 139,
140.
" I-awson 2nd, 160.
" Hon. Leander, 177, 190.
" I^wis, 12.
" Leonard, 189, 219.
*■ Leonard D., 190, 219,
" L-o«eIl, l8o, 197.
" I^well \V.. 190.
Mark (See GUamngs\
Mathias, 58, 59, 76.
" Manuals, 83, 229.
Mayor, -28.
Michael B.
•■ Missionary, 5.
Rev. Milton, D.D., 4,
91. 97.
" Rev. Milton, D.D.'s
Works. 96, 97.
Valentines, Mar)-1and, 91.
Valentines, Nantucket, 225.
Valentine, N., painter, 3.
*' Nelson, 180, 197.
N. F., 187.
Valentines, Origin of, 5.
Valentine, Obadiah (N. J.), 52.
Obadiah (L. L), 9, 10,
II, 12, 28, 2g, 52.
Oliver, 12.
Otis, 177, 189,
Valentines, Penyan, 227.
Valentines, and Posts, 22.
Valentine, President, 91, 96, 97.
" Dr. Peter. 227.
" Capt. Philip, II, u.
Valentines sent through P. O., 229.
[Valentine, R., of Eccles, 9, 12,
104, 105, 121.
R., of L. L, 6, 8, 10,
225.
K., Jr.. 9. 10, 12.
" Richard N. J., 51.
Robert, II, 27.
R. B., 37.
Mrs. R., 3.
Wid. R..9.
Valentines and Rushraores, 22.
Valentine, St., i.
Valentine, Samuel, of Freetown,
104, 106, 121, 122,
123.
" Samuel, of Hop., 118,
124, 125, 126.
" Samuel, Jr., 129, 131.
" Samuel F., 145.
" Col. Samuel L, 176,
182.
" Samuel Wells, 48.
" SamT Winter, 18^ 207.
" Samuel (L. L), 41.
Mr. S. (Beatrice). 3.
" Spelling of, 2, 48.
Thos. (L. I.), 27.
" Thos. (Judge), 29, 31,
40. 45-
Thos. (of V.'s HiU).64,
71, 72. 76-
" Rev. Thos. (Epsom),
106, 113, 115.
Rev. Thos. (Frankfort),
106, 113, 114, 121.
" Rev. Thos. (I^ndon),
3, 106, 235.
Thos. (Hopkinton), 113,
116, 117, 119, 123,
124.
TTios. (Ashland), 136.
" Thos. (Surveyor), 227.
Thos. B., 156.
" TTios. W., 89, 182, 200,
201, 230.
" Tunbridge & Co., 229.
" Town of, 2.
" William (L. L), 9, 12.
William (Fall River),
234-
•' Dr. William, 22, 35.
hs
Index.
Valentine, William (Md.), 02.
William (Mass), Il5
124. ■74-
William (Me.), IT5
176, 177.
William (lli)pkinlon),
■;5. 195-
William (Chicopce),
1S7, 211.
William H., 206.
William C, 81.
William II.. 193, 220.
William J., 179, l54.
204, 205.
William M., 13, ■»6, 37.
William P., I17, 129.
139. 141. '58.
Waller, 1S7. 212.
as a Christian namc.229.
Valentines, Westchester Dirccton;
22S.
Valentines, Westchester Church-
yard, 68.
Valentine, Z., 13.
W,
Waite, S. J.. 199, 220.
Wallace, I,., 168.
Walker, M. B., I9I.
Walker, E. V., I9I.
Weston, I'rofessor S. M., 159.
Weston, Mrs. F. E., 117, 121, 159.
Weston, .\aron, 1S9, 216.
Weston, Julnl, I 76. iSS.
Weston, Jubal, Jr., 1S9, 217.
Weston, John >!., 189.
Weston, Joshua, 189.
Weston, H. C, 1S9, 218.
I Westchester Co. Valentines 57. 1^-
Whiting, Judge J. R., Si.
Will of Thos. Valentine, Ben-
clifTe, 104.
Will of Rev. Thos. Valentine,
Frankfort, 106.
Wildman, Dr. P. H., 157.
Wilder, H. B., 165.
Williams, G. H., 214, 223.
Wood, Dr. A., 196, 222.
Wood, 1,., 188, zrj.
Wood, C. J., 196, 222.
Wood, Dea. S. , 179, 196.
Wood, S., Jr., 196.
Wood, E. 1.., 214, 223.
Woodford, J. .M., 214.
Wright, H. A., 166.
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