Some Inter-related Families
of 18-19th Century
Frankfort, Herkimer County, NY
1868 Map of Frankfort and Litchfield
showing the location of these families' holdings at the time.
Introduction
The migration of New England families into New York and
points west tells an interesting piece of the story of the settling of
America. In this collection of short biographies we share a look at a
relatively small group of these families who, for the most part, traveled
across the Atlantic together and who in subsequent generations have expanded
over the nation all the way to the Pacific. At each stop along the way
they tended to settle near each other, interact largely with each other,
and marry each other's sons and daughters.*
They continued in this fashion for decades indeed, in many cases, for
centuries with the pattern widely breaking down only in the generation
born after WWII.
Coming chiefly from Britain into Massachusetts and Connecticut in the
17th and 18th centuries, we pick up their trail in the years after the
end of the Revolutionary War as they moved into the fertile lands of the
Mohawk Valley of upper state New York. The biographies below are written
by their 21st century descendants. Most of us are scattered over the width
and breadth of the nation. But, some of us, 200 plus years later, can
be found still living within miles of the homes of our first New York
ancestors.
Notes:
*This author has one set of grandparents
who descend from the same 16th century English couple--one from the line
of a daughter of that family; the other down through the line of a son.
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JONATHAN BUCK (Pictures
and other supporting documents.)
Jonathan BUCK (1772-1853) was possibly the son of Jonathan and
Esther BUCK of Bennington, VT. A Buck researcher visited the Bennington
County Museum Genealogical Library and found in the church records
of the First Church of Bennington the following information:
On 1 Nov 1772, Jonathan, son of Jonathan Buck and Esther, his wife,
was baptized.
William Richard Cutter, author of Genealogical and Family History
of Central New York, states in his book:
There were several immigrants of the BUCK family from
England in Massacusetts and Connecticut before 1790 and their descendants
are numerous in all parts of the country. According to the census of
1790 the family was numerous even then in Vermont.
and further:
Jonathan William Buck, son of one of the Vermont pioneers mentioned
above, most of whom came to Vermont from the older towns of Connecticut,
was born about 1775. When still a young man he came with his family
to Herkimer County, New York.
It is believed that this Jonathan William Buck is the same as the Jonathan
of this bio.*
Jonathan married Mary (surname unknown) sometime before 1801, the birth
year for their first child. The earliest known record of them in Frankfort
comes from a deed for land purchased in that town dated May 11, 1818.
Jonathan and Mary are described as "of Frankfort" in the deed.
The land described is said to abut existing Buck property allowing us
to conclude that the couple were settled in Frankfort prior to the 1818
date of the deed. According to the deed they paid $200 to Daniel HEALD
for a parcel of land "known and distinquished by being part of Lot
No. 101 in a Patent granted William Bayard and others know by the name
of the 'Freemasons Patent.'" The deed was witnessed by John DAVIS
and George PADDOCK. (Source: Herkimer County Deed Book #12).
Jonathan and Mary BUCK had at least nine children known to us from their
father's will. They were:
Elizabeth (1801-1842) who married Pardon
STEWART and lived in Frankfort. She is buried in the Graffenburg
Cemetery in Frankfort Hill;
Jonathan Jr. who lived in Wakegan, Lake Co., IL and died before
his father. There
is some disagreement about exactly how many children he had and who
they were. However, after accounting for all the other heirs of Jonathan,
Sr., there is one receipt left with the following signatures: Clariss
R. DEMICK (or possibly DERRICK); Martha (or possibly Marsha) E. CRASSMAN
(or possibly CRAPMAN or CHAPMAN), and James H. BUCK. It seems reasonable
to assume that these are Jonathan, Jr.'s children or grandchildren but
further research is necessary to prove this.
James A. who was living in Rome, Oneida, NY at the time of his
father's death but moved back to Frankfort later in life and worked
at the Cheese Factory there;
Mary who married Horace COOLIDGE,
the son of Warren COOLIDGE and wife
Rachel SWIFT. Mary and Horace had four children:
Warren (1830-1897) who married Lois C. PARKER;
Dorcas (1833-?) who married Rufus
W. Bennett of Frankfort;
Genett (1835-?) who married M. J. PRYNE;
Esther (1839-?) who married Edmund B. TURNER.
Edward (1808-15 Feb 1887) who was born in Bennington, VT and settled
in Richland, Oswego Co. NY. Edward Buck. 15 Feb 1887, in Arthur, Oswego, NY. This information is documented by his death certificate. He was married twice. His first wife was
Lucinda HUNGERFORD, daughter of Jehiel
HUNGERFORD and wife Sally STEWART.
Edward and Lucinda had two children:
George Edward (1833-?) who married Altheda Caroline BURDICK;
Marietta (1834-?).
Lucinda Hungerford BUCK died in 1837 and is buried in the Graffenburg
Cemetery in Frankfort Hill.
Edward married next Lydia (surname not known). They had eleven children:
Jonathan (abt 1840-?);
Esther (1842-?);
Henriette (1844-?);
Minerva (1846-?);
Fred (1848-?);
Charles (1850-?) who was an Adjutant
for the 97th NY Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War;
Martha (1852-?);
Henry (1856-?);
Frank (1858-?);
Delia (1860-?);
Albert (1861-1943).
William (dates unknown) who married Mary ALVORD and lived in
Frankfort. William died before his father. He probably had at least
one child, Martha E. BUCK, who is mentioned in his father Jonathan's
will as the heir of "the late Willam Buck." After William's
death, Mary married Horace COOLIDGE.
It is Horace, described as her "guardian" who signed for Martha's
inheritance from her grandfather.
Ester (?-11 Nov 1870) who married a Mr. SMITH and was living in Phelps, Ontario, NY at the time of her father's death. Esther Buck Smith, daughter of Jonathan, d. 11 Nov 1870, in Mt. Pleasant, Whiteside, IL. She is listed in the 1870 census in Mt. Pleasant with 4 children: Horace, Nettie, Amelia, and Edward.;
Henriette (?-11 Aug 1895) who married Dr. William L. COE on 27 February 1840 in Whitesboro, Onedia, NY. She was living in Scottsburgh, Livingston, NY at the time of her father's death. Henrietta Buck Coe Smith, daughter of Jonathan, d. 11 Aug 1895, in Mt. Pleasant, Whiteside, IL. Her first husband, Dr. W. L. Coe d. 22 Jan 1870, in Mt. Pleasant, Whiteside, IL. She married A. Smith on 2 Nov 1871. Henrietta became the guardian of EstherŐs children when their mother died;
Frederick (2 Feb 1819-12 Jan 1911) who married Eleanor BLAKE
(26 Dec 1819-5 Jun 1887). She was born in England. Frederick was born
in Frankfort and was living there at the time of his father's death
in 1853. Frederick, youngest son of Jonathan, was in Mt. Pleasant, Whiteside, IL, in 1870. He later moved to Exeter, Fillmore, NE, and d. 12 Jan 1911, in Omaha, NE. He and his wife are buried in Exeter, Nebraska. They had the following children:
Nellie (1841-?);
William F. (1843-?);
Edward H. (1847-?);
George W. (1850-?);
Lester (c1852-?);
Theodore (1854-?);
Wallace M. (1856-?);
Delbert (?) A. (1857-?);
Clara Eudora (dates unknown);
Ava Grace (dates unknown);
James A.(dates unknown);
Frank A.(dates unknown).
Two of Jonathan and Mary BUCK's sons were still residing in Frankfort
at the end of the 1860s and are listed in the 1869-70
Directory of the Town of Frankfort, as is a James A. Buck:
Buck, F. M. [Frederick M.]
(Frankfort Hill)
farmer 100
Buck, James A.
(Frankfort Hill)
cheese maker The James. A. Buck in Frankfort in 1869/70 is most likely the son of Frederick. Census records show that James A. Buck, son of Jonathan, was not in Frankfort, but remained in Rome, Oneida, NY, with his family until his death sometime between 1870 and 1880. In the 1860 and 1870 census, he was living in Rome with his wife, Angeline, and children Mary, James, Etta, Sarah, and Frederick. His wife appears in the 1880 census in Rome with daughter, Mary.
Buck, Wm. F. [William F.]
(Frankfort Hill)
farmer 50
Jonathan Buck, Sr. died February 16, 1853 and his will was proved on
March 22 of the same year. It is interesting to note that Thomas SAVAGE
was named as the special guardian for the minor heirs: George Buck, Gennett,
Dorcas and Esther Coolidge, Martha Buck, and Mary Stewart. This Thomas
was probably Jonathan Buck, Sr's neighbor who appears immediately before
the BUCK household on the 1850 census.
The newest reading of Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort shows that Mary Buck, wife of Jonathan, d. 13 Mar 1851, aged 68.
Notes:
* On the 1850 Federal Census of
Frankfort Jonathan Buck's birthplace is given as "New York."
This may cast doubt on the identification of our subject as the Jonathan
Buck of Vermont. On the other hand, our Jonathan Buck was 78 years old
at the time of the census. It is likely that someone else in the household
supplied the information and may have simply made a mistake as to his
place of birth. More research is needed to clarify this.
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LUTHER CLOYES (Pictures
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Luther CLOYES was born January 23, 1767 in Framingham, Middlesex,
MA, the son of John CLOYES and Desire PERRY and was a veteran of the Revolutionary
War. On February 8, 1795, he married Sarah TEMPLE of Marlboro, Worchester,
MA in Marlboro. Sarah, born December 31, 1773 in Marlboro, was the daughter
of Jonas TEMPLE and Sarah WOODS and was a descendant of Abraham TEMPLE
who settled in Salem, MA in 1636. Within about five years of their marriage,
Luther and Sarah removed to Frankfort, Herkimer, NY where they appear
on the 1800 census. They had eight children:
Polly (1795-?);
John (1797-?);
Sarah (1799-?);
Jonas (1801-?);
Silas (October 8, 1802-?);
Silas was a farmer and large landowner in Frankfort. He married Abigail
W. BROWN there about 1828. They had eight children:
Harriett Louise (November 29, 1828-?) who married Jonathan
RUSSELL, III, son of Jonathan
RUSSELL, Jr. and Mary STEWART
on January 5, 1859. This couple had two children: a daughter, Alice
M., born about 1860 who married a Mr. JONES (first name unknown)
and a son, Irwin E., born about 1862 who married Emma (surname unknown);
John Newton (dates unknown) who married Louise (surname unknown)
and worked as a shoe manufacturer in Utica, Oneida, NY;
Mary Anne who was born between 1831 and 1837. She married
Daniel HUNGERFORD (1822-1888), son
of Jehiel HUNGERFORD, Jr. and Sally
STEWART as his second wife. (His first wife had been Eliza BOYD.)
They had at least one child. Mary Anne died June 5, 1929 and is
buried along with husband Daniel in the Norwich Corners Cemetery,
Litchfield, Herkimer, NY;
Thomas B. (dates unknown) who married Miriam (surname unknown)
and lived in New Hartford, Oneida, NY;
Elmina A. (abt 1839.-?) who married George
M. RUSSELL, brother to her sister Harriett's husband, on August
20, 1862. He was a farmer and co-owner, along with his brother Pardon
S. RUSSELL, of a cheese factory in town;
Silas Norman (dates unknown), aka "Norman," who lived
in Frankfort;
Anson G. (August 3, 1844-?) who
married Adelia N. HARVEY and lived in Frankfort; read
a short bio for him in the Frankfort Family Sketches.
Sarah Jane (?-bet 14 Dec 1877-3 Apr 1878) who married Diodate
C HUNGERFORD, son of John C. and Catherine HUNGERFORD of Frankfort
Hill. She probably died as a young mother as bequests to her children
are qualified by the phrase "when [he/she] reaches 20 years
of age." Sarah and Diodate had at least two children: a daughter,
Mary Frances, and a son, Frederick Arthur, both of whom are known
to us from their mother's will (Source: FHL film #0381383.).
Patty (1807-?);
Abigail (1809-?) who died young;
Alonzo (1813-?).
Luther CLOYES died March 9, 1851; wife Sarah Temple CLOYES died April
22, 1857 both in Frankfort.
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JOHN COLE
(Pictures and other
supporting documents.)
John COLE was born in Windsor, Berkshire County, in the western
part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 19 September 1773. His parents
were Samuel COLE and Dolly (surname unknown). Nothing more is presently
known of the parents.
John married Lydia MINER (born 7 April 1776 in Voluntown, Connecticut
Colony) on 24 March 1795/6 in Windsor, Massachusetts. Her parents were
Jonathan Ransford MINER (born 23 Feb 1739 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Colony) and Esther Allyn (born 19 Apr 1739, Groton in New London, Connecticut
Colony).
There is a lengthy record of ancestors in the MINER line: Jonathan Ransford's
father was Jonathan MINER (born 1713 in Connecticut Colony); grandfather,
Thomas MINER (born 1683 in Connecticut Colony); g-grandfather, Manassah
MINER (born 1647 in Connecticut Colony); gg-grandfather, Thomas MINER
(born 1608 in Chew-Magna, Somersetshire England); ggg-grandfather, Clement
MINER (born 1560 in Chew-Magna, England); gggg-grandfather, Thomas MINER
(born 1530 in Chew-Magna, England-?); and ggggg-grandfather, William MINER
(Minor/Mynar) (born about 1585 in Chew-Magna, England).
In a cryptic penciled message written by John & Lydia's grandson
Henry Cole of Crete, Illinois in 1892, the westward migration of the family
to the then wilderness of the Mohawk River Valley of New York is recorded.
This inscription has accompanied the handmade cowbell, for which it was
written, down through six generations. (Gerald Cole - 2003)
Our old cow bell was
made for my Grand
father before he moved
from Mass. to N.Y. which
move was made about
1799 as near as can be
assertained. This was written
by Henry Cole Mar. 3rd 1892
Of the nine children to be born to the couple the first two, Lydia and
Erastus were born in Massachusetts. The remaining children were born in
Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York where their new farm was located.
This farm would have been on land that was within a few miles of the place
where the Erie Canal would be constructed but this didn't occur for another
quarter of a century after the time that the Coles first took up the property.
It is assumed that the Coles were dairy farmers.
Their children were:
Lydia (1796 - 1826) who was born in Massachusetts;
Erastus (1798 - 1864) who was born in Massachusetts on 12 July
1798 just prior to the family's westward move from Western Massachusetts
to the Mohawk River Valley of New York. He was John and Lydia COLE's
second child and first son. The Cole's farm was at Litchfield, Herkimer
County. He died in Crete, Illinois in 1864. His farm there was taken
over by his son Henry.
Erastus married Martha Boardman on 1 September 1839 in Litchfield,
NY. She was born in Gorham, New York on 14 March 1810. According to
the Crete Historical Society, Erastus and Martha moved to Illinois in
1835 and settled in Crete, Will County. It was
there that the couple's three children were born.
Henry Oren (14 July 1840-?) who
married Lucy Almina BORDWELL/BARDWELL (1846 in MA-?) in Crete, IL.
They had six children, the youngest of whom was Inez Garfield
COLE who married Edward Wright ROSCOE,
son of David ROSCOE and Mary Crosby
FERO of Frankfort, Herkimer, NY;
Emma (abt 1842-?);
Ellen (abt 1848-?).
Erastus and his family appear on the 1840, 1850 and 1860 census reports
as follows:
1840 Census, Crete, Will County, Illinois (Thoms or Thorn Creek
Precinct)
Head of family Erastus Cole
males under 5 - 1
males 40-50 - 1
females 10-15 - 1
females 30-40 - 1 total 4, 1 in agriculture
1850 Census, Crete, Will County, Illinois
Erastus Cole age 52, male, farmer, $2,500 in real estate, born NY
Martha Cole age 40, female, born NY
Mary Gilbert age 21, female, born NY (1829)
Henry Cole age 10, male, born IL, attended school in last yr
Emma Cole age 8, female, born IL, attended school in last yr.
Ellen Cole age 2, female, born IL
Joseph Leane age 24, male, laborer, born Germany, at school "
Wm Williamson age 22, male, laborer, born Ireland
1860 Census, Crete, Will County, Illinois
Erastus Cole age 62, m, farmer, $6,000 real estate, $800 pers prop.,
born NY
Martha age 50, f, born NY
Henry age 20, m, born IL
Emma age 18, f, born IL
Ellen age 12, f, born IL
Syl(via?) Mennan age 14, f, servant, born Germany
Mary age 17, f, servant, born Germany
Sverell Sayras age 28, m, farm hand, born Germany
Frederick Baihart age 24, m, farm hand, born Germany
Erastus is buried in the Crete Illinois public cemetery.
Descendants of Erastus and Martha Cole are, Henry Cole (Illinois, 1840-1903),
his son Willard M. Cole (Illinois, 1866-1929),
his son Donald R. Cole (Illinois and Colorado
1915-2003), and his son Gerald E. Cole of Colorado in 2003.
Gridley (1801-1801) who died in infancy;
Stephen Lyman (1802 - 1838);
Oran (1804 - 1854);
Ransford (1806 - January 30,1885) who remained in Litchfield
and is buried there.
Almira (1808 - 1888);
John Ward (January 1, 1811-October 22, 1891) who was born in
Litchfield. He removed to Crete, Illinois where he was the village blacksmith.
He is buried in the Crete, Illinois public cemetery. His descendants
include daughter, Lydia L. Cole (1846-1912 ), her daughter Lydia C.
Cox (1887-1942 ), her son George Marvin Kester (1918-1983).
Emily Cole (1813 - 1895) who lived with here brother, Erastus
until his death. Emily's obituary reads:
Miss Emily Cole, or Aunt Emily as she was known to many, was born
September 8th, 1813 in the town of Litchfield, Herkimer county, New
York, and died at Crete, April 27, 1899.
Upon the death of a brother with whom she had made her home, she moved
to Sparta, Wis., thence to LaCross making her home with a niece until
October, 1893, when she came to Crete where she spent the remainder
of her days with her nephew, Henry Cole. She was a great comfort to
all with whom she came in contact. She had for many years been a professor
of religion and as long as she was able attended church, being a Baptist
in belief yet very liberal in her views. During her last illness she
was never heard to murmur or complain, but on the contrary was always
cheerful and had a pleasant word for all about her.
(Source: newsclipping saved by Bertha
Saltsider Cole.)
Emily is buried in the Crete Illinois
public cemetery.
John COLE died 06 May 1827 and wife Lydia died 02 Jan 1852 both in Litchfield,
NY. They are buried in a private cemetery that was on their original farm.
Their farming operation was taken over by Ransford. The Gerald Brigham
family owned this property in 2002. Their headstone, still standing as
of 2002, bears the following inscription:
(On the right side)
JOHN COLE
Died May 6, 1827 54 years his age
Thanks be to God who giveth us our victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
(On the left side)
LYDIA
Wife of John Cole
Died June 24, 1852 in the 76 years of her age.
Notes:
Dates and some information for the children of John and Lydia Cole
came from the "John Ward Cole Family Bible" in the possession
of his descendants.
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WARREN COOLIDGE (Pictures
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Warren COOLIDGE was born 16 August 1774 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
according to published church records of that town. His parents were Daniel
COOLIDGE and Anna SHEPARD. Daniel was born 23 October 1741 in Weston and
died in Paris, Oneida, NY on 25 Feb 1822. He is buried in the Old Sauquoit
Cemetery in Paris.* Anna's place of
birth is unknown. She died 26 Jun 1821 in Leyden, Franklin, MA at age
76 and is buried in the Beaver Meadow Cemetery there.
It is mentioned in the biographies of two of Daniel's descendants that
he was one of three COOLIDGES who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
This fact is also mentioned in the History of Ontario County; compiled
by L. C. Aldrich; edited by G. S. Conover; 1983, in the bio of Charles
COOLIDGE of Phelps, Ontario, NY. Charles was the son of Ahio COOLIDGE,
and Ahio was a son of Warren COOLIDGE and grandson of Daniel. The bio,
which appears on the Ontario Co. website mistakenly lists Warren COOLIDGE
as the Boston Tea Party participant. It would have been Daniel because
Warren was not born until 1774. See also the Jefferson County, NY, website's
bio of George
P. COOLIDGE, son of Daniel (26 Oct 1766-?) and grandson of
the Daniel who reportedly took part in the
Boston Tea Party.
The COOLIDGE family can be traced back to 1427 in Arrington, Cambridgeshire,
England.
It is not clear just when Warren COOLIDGE first arrived in Herkimer County.
However, his first known appearance on a Frankfort census is in 1810.
He was married to Rachel SWIFT who died 4 June 1837. Family Bible records
give her date of birth as 19 January 1786 but her place of birth is unknown.
Warren and Rachel had the following children:
Amasa (1804-1887) who married Mary (surname unknown). Amasa
and Mary are buried in the Oak View Cemetery in Frankfort. Amasa and
Mary had five known children: Helen, Rachel, Margaret, Sarah, and Nancy;
Horace (1806-1876) who married first, Mary
BUCK (?-28 Feb 1847) in Frankfort. She is buried in the Wetmore
Cemetery in Frankfort. They had at least four children: Warren Horace (who died on 2 May 1897,
probably in Frankfort, certainly in Herkimer County), Ester E. (who died in Frankfort
on 16 Feb 1919), Dorcas, and Genett. Horace married second, on October 4, 1848
in Schuyler, Herkimer County, NY, Mary (ALVORD) BUCK, the widow of William
BUCK, his first wife's brother. They had one child, Horton S. Horace
and his second wife are both buried in Urich, Henry County, Missouri;
Mary (1808-1893) who married Joseph B. DAWLEY. Mary and Joseph
were married in Frankfort on 26 Oct 1831 and had seven children: Fletcher,
Mary B., Martha Jenet, Lorenzo Joseph, Lovina Delight, Nancy Joanna,
and Horace Jerome. They removed west to Iowa and are buried in Floyd
County there;
Ahio (1810-1894) who married Elizabeth EASTMAN. Ahio moved to
Phelps, Ontario County, NY in 1866. He and Elizabeth are buried in Paris,
Oneida, NY. Charles was one of two known children of Ahio and Elizabeth;
Lorana (1812-?) who married Henry BRAYTON. Two known children
of Lorana and Henry are Jerome and James;
Lorancy (1814-?) who married A. ROGERS;
Delight (1817-?) who married Augustus TITUS;
Amanda (1819-1873) who married Charles COOLIDGE. He may have
been her cousin living in Antwerp, Jefferson Co. NY but this has not
yet been confirmed;
Eunice (1822-?);
Livonia**
(1824/25-1883) who married Henry G. SYMONDS. Livonia is buried in the
Jerusalem Cemetery in Litchfield;
Fanny***
(1827-1855) who is buried in Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill;
Porter Swift (1829-?) who married Mary McLAGEN. Porter apparently
was an extremely interesting individual who traveled extensively. He
is listed in a historical book of prominent citizens of DeKalb County,
Illinois. His biography mentions that he attended Sauquoit Academy (in
NY) for three years, then set out for Illinois where he taught school
in the winter of 1850. He then went to California by way of Nicaragua
and spent approximately two years there before returning to Illinois
by way of Panama and New York. After marrying Mary McLAGEN, he settled
in DeKalb County. He later made two more trips to California with plans
to possibly settle there, but returned to Illinois rather than risk
the uncertainties of the lands of the western state. He and Mary had
six children: Carrie E., Porter B., Irving A., Ida L., Gertie M., and
Abbie Blanche.
Warren and Rachel are said to be buried in the
Coolidge section of the Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill along with
daughter Frances and daughter-in-law, Mary (BUCK) COOLIDGE*.
Notes:
*Records at the Herkimer County
Historic Society indicate that Warren and Rachel are buried in Wetmore
Cemetery. However, there is also a stone for them in the Old Sauquoit
Cemetery in Paris, Oneida, NY among some other Coolidge graves. I have
not been able to find out for sure that they were moved to that location.
This presents a real mystery!
**Her
name is spelled "divonia" in her father's will.
***Fanny
is misidentified as a "son" of Warren on a reading of the Wetmore
Cemetery held by Herkimer County Historic Society. She is named in his
will as one of his seven daughters.
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NATHAN DIKE (Pictures
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Nathan DIKE was born 1755 in Union, Tolland, CT although his parents,
Ebenezer DIKE and Abigail CALL, were settled in western Massachusetts
at the time. Nathan was the great-great grandson of Anthony Dike, the
immigrant ancestor, who arrived at Plymouth from England aboard the "Ann"
in 1623. He was the shipmaster aboard the "Blessing of the Bay"
which is said to be the first sea-going ship built in Massachusetts.
The family removed to Woodstock, Windsor, VT where Nathan married Hannah
(surname unknown) in 1777. They had at least nine children all born in
Woodstock:
Rufus Payne (1778-1856), the eldest son of Nathan and Hannah,
was born September 18, 1778 in Woodstock, Windsor, VT. He came with
his father, and perhaps some of his siblings, to Litchfield some time
after 1779. He is mentioned in the March 1, 1803 Litchfield
Town Meeting Minutes as being the "path master" and
"fence viewer" for ward five.
On December 12, 1804, Rufus married Olive MONROE in Litchfield where
she was born on May 10, 1783. They had twelve children born in Litchfield
although not all names are known to this author:
Rufus, Jr. (1818-1894) who married
Amanda RUSSELL (1822-1903), daughter of Jonathan
RUSSELL, Jr. and Mary STEWART
of Frankfort Hill. They had at least one child. All three are buried
in the Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill;
Prudence (January 17, 1820-December 30, 1900) who married as
his second wife, Pardon STEWART
of Frankfort Hill. She died at Washington Mills, Oneida, NY and is
buried in Dyke section of the Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill;.
Sylvester (abt. 1821-16 Nov 1889) who married Priscilla (dates
and surname unknown). They had at least one child: Hellen Maria (abt.
1846-10 Mar 1849). Sylvester and daughter Hellen are buried in the
Wetmore Cemetery. The absence of a stone for Priscilla in the family
plot may suggest that she remarried after Sylvester's death.
Morse (March 7, 1823-December 11, 1877) who removed to Lansing,
London Township, Monroe, Michigan where he married Esther L. VEALY
(February 1, 1864-?).
Caroline (dates unknown) who married a Mr. Palmiter and was
still living at the time of sister Prudence's death in 1900.
Olive MONROE DYKE died on June 30, 1849 in Frankfort Hill at the age
of 56 year and is buried in the Wetmore Cemetery.
Rufus P. married second, Mahitable STEWART
(abt 1790-?), daughter of John STEWART
and Mehitabel HUNGERFORD. No children
are known from this union. Rufus died February 28, 1856 in Frankfort
Hill at age 76 years and 5 months. Mahitable died December 4, 1871 also
in Frankfort Hill at age 81 years. Both are buried in the Wetmore Cemetery.
Luther (1782-?);
Roxa (1784-?);
Prudence (abt 1786) who is buried in Evans Mills, Jefferson,
NY;
Vivace (1787-1864) who married Levie NORTH (-1879) in Antwerp,
Jefferson, NY on April 5, 1818. Levie was born in Litchfield, Herkimer,
NY, the daughter of Noah NORTH and Rachel CHAPMAN;
Hannah (abt 1788-?) who is buried in Evans Mills, Jefferson Co.,
NY;
Sarah (abt 1790-?);
Nathan, Jr.(1791-?)
Charles (abt 1792-1832).
Nathan served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War joining Col. Seth
WARNER's Regiment from Vermont. He was discharged at Fort George, NY (north
of Albany) in 1779 and later resettled on land southwest of there in Litchfield,
Herkimer, NY. He is included on the 1800 census of Litchfield and is mentioned
in the 1801 Litchfield Town Meeting Minutes. He died August
25, 1832, yet further west, in LeRay, Jefferson, NY at 77 years of age.
It is not known to this author where his wife Hannah died
Notes:
Early records for this family spell the surname as "Dike."
For the family in this bio the spelling "Dyke" first appears
in the records of the children of Nathan and Hannah Dike in the late 1770s.
Nathan is listed on the 1800 census of Litchfield, NY as "Nathan
Dyke." This is also the spelling used on all known gravestones for
this family.
There are at least two other DYKE connections to the families listed
in these bios although the exact relationships are still being worked
out. They are:
Dorcas COOLIDGE, daughter of
Horace COOLIDGE and Mary
BUCK, married R.W. Bennett whose mother was Calista DYKE
and father was Daniel BENNET known to have been born in Connecticut.
Daniel and Calista are buried in the Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill.
I suspect Calista was a child of Rufus P.DYKE.
Etta STEWART, granddaughter of Pardon
STEWART and his first wife, Elizabeth
BUCK, married Sardius DYKE, Jr., son [or possibly grandson]
of Sardius DYKE and his wife Catherine L. (surname unknown) of
Pulaski, Oswego, NY. I suspect Sardius DYKE was a brother of Rufus P.
DYKE.
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DAVID FERO (Pictures
and other supporting documents.)
David FERO was the 4th child of John Christian FIERO and his first wife
Maria Elizabeth MULLER. John Christian immigrated with the Palatines
in 1709 and lived in the area of West Camp and Katsbaan in Ulster County.
He arrived at age 6 with his father Johannes Fiero then age 50, his brother
Valentine, age 13, and two females, ages 8 and 1. The occupation of Johannes
was listed as husbandman and vine dresser. One of the daughters died 26
February 1716.
Our subject David FERO was baptized 30 September 1728 at the Kingston
Dutch Reform Church, Kingston, Ulster, NY. On 31 October 1751 at Kingston
Dutch Reform Church he married Margaret FROLICH who was the daughter of
Henrich FROLICH and Eliza Catherine SNYDER. Margaret was baptized 10 October
1836 at the Kingston Dutch Reform Church.
David and his family moved from Ulster County across the Hudson River
to Dutchess County about 1760. They lived in the Rhinebeck/Red Hook area.
About 1770 they moved to the Albany area. David and Margaret probably
moved on to Montgomery county with some of their children. They were the
parents of nine children. According to a court record giving Henry 1/9th
interest in 50 acres owned by David Fero, it is assumed that all nine
children lived to adulthood. The children were:
Henrich [aka Henry] (1752-?) was baptized 26 December 1752 at
Katsbaan Dutch Reformed Church in Saugerties, Ulster, NY. He married
8 January 1772 Maria VAN VREDENBURG. A petition filed by Henry in April
1819 indicates his father, David, had land in Montgomery County:
"Real estate I have now is 1/9th part of 50 acres in Montgomery
County in possession of Wilhelmus Fero through the death of father
David Fero who died intestate. Land given by brothers and sisters
for penalty of $1,500 to care for mother who is now dead."
Henry and wife Maria had eight children:
David (1773-?);
Abraham (1775-?) who was baptized 14 June 1775 in Albany. He
married Alida VAN KEUSE on 16 May 1796. They had at least 2 children:
Mary, baptized 3 September 1801 at Troy, NY and Elizabeth, baptized
20 December 1803 also at Troy. According to the 1810 census of Troy
there were also two sons under the age of ten whose names are not
now known;
Catherine (1779-?) who was baptized 2 June 1779 in Albany;
Margaret (1781-81/82) who died at age 5 months according to
family Bible records;
Margaret (1783-1809) who was born in Charleston, Montgomery,
NY;
Elias (1785-?) who was baptized 12 February 1786 at the First
Dutch Reformed Church of Albany. He married Elizabeth (surname unknown)
who was born c 1787 and died 19 February 1864 at age 77. She is buried
at Fish Creek Cemetery in Vienna, Oneida, NY. In 1820 the family was
living in Charleston, Montgomery, NY and had two daughters under the
age of 10. The eldest was Mary Elizabeth (1824-1901) who married George
(surname unknown). She died at Vienna, Oneida, NY. Mary and George
had eight children. The second daughter was Covell (1814-1899). She
also died in Vienna. Both are buried at the Vienna cemetery McConnellsville,
Oneida, NY;
Rachel (1789-?) who was baptized 11 March 1789 in Albany, NY;
Moses (1795-?) who was baptized 29 November 1795 at the Boght
Becker Dutch Reformed Church in Albany, NY. He married Elizabeth DOPP.
They moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin between 1850 and 1855. They were
the parents of eight children, the first five of whom were born in
New York:
Henry (1827-1864) who married Mary PUTMAN. Moved to Minnesota
in 1856 He was killed in the Civil War;
David (1832-1912) who married Harriet BREWSTER (1836-1883).
Moved to Wisconsin;
Caroline (c1836-?) who married Gustavus WORTHEN July 1854
in Wisconsin. She was not listed as an heir of her father.
Cornelius (1840-?) was born in Charleston, Montgomery, NY.
He married Clementine (surname unknown) who died in 1864. He remarried
to Emily A. Ingersol WEST (1845-1928) in Wisconsin;
Abram (1850-1913) was born in NY. He married Edith STARKS(1859-1929)
on 29 October 1879 in Wisconsin.
Maria who was baptized 26 December 1754 at the Katsbaan Dutch
Reformed Church.
Annatje who was baptized 26 December 1756 at the Katsbaan Dutch
Reformed Church. She married Andries OUDERKERK 8 September 1778 and
they had eight children:
Cornelius (1778-1857);
Margareta (1780-?);
David (1781-?);
Isaac (1783-?);
Maria (1785-?);
Maayke (1788-?);
Hendrik (1791-1858) who married Ellazan Matilda CLUTE;
Johannes (1793-?) who married Cornelia MILLER.
Christian (c1758-?) who married Catherine LEVISON 28 March 1779
at the First Dutch Reformed Church of Albany. She was the daughter of
Peter LEVISON and Maria FONDA. Christian was an elder of the Niskayuna
Dutch Reformed Church. They had eleven children:
David C. (1781-?) who married Margaret RUNKLE;
Maria (1783-?) who probably died young;
Peter (1785-?) who married but the name of his wife is unknown.
He had two children:
Margaret (1829-1895) who married Jacob CADY(1820-?). They
had five children and lived in Cohoes, NY;
Timothy (1831-?) who married Dorcas (surname unknown). Timothy
was baptized at age 50 in Amsterdam, NY. They lived in Florida,
NY until c 1891 when they moved to Main Street, Amsterdam, Montgomery,
NY. Timothy was living with his daughter in 1910 in ward 6 Amsterdam.
Timothy and Dorcas had two children: Frank (1865-?) who married
Ada HOAG (by whom he had one child who died young. All three are
buried in Amsterdam, NY in the cemetery on the hill behind the hospital)
and Josephine (1870-?) who married Frank M. SHANNON.
Margaret (1785-?) who married Henry W. BRADT;
Alida (1788-?) who probably died young;
Isaac C. (1791-1842) who was baptized at the Boght Becker Dutch
Reformed Church in Colonie, NY. He is buried in a private cemetery
on the Stewart Farm, Niskayuna, NY. He married Hester HUTTON born
12 May 1797, the daughter of Timothy HUTTON and his second wife
Jane McCHESNEY. Isaac remarried 8 December 1841 at the Protestant
Reform Church in Niskayuna, NY to Mrs. Sarah SWART who died 11 February
1872 at Schnectady, NY. The couple had five children;
John (1817-1889) who married Sarah Maria STILES and AnnMaria
(surname unknown). They remained in the Watervliet, NY area.;
David I. (1818-1900) married Ann FOLAND and Elvira J. SHULTES.
David had one daughter: ELLEN 1841-1858. They are all buried in
the Bramenville Cemetery.
Around 1888 David Fero and his wife Elvira built the building
which later became the Christian Church parsonage, and later purchased
by Louis Hills and remodeled into a modern home. Fero built the
house for his residence and at the rear of it built a building
for a shop to be used for the manufacture of wagons. Fero's wagons
were well known and widely used in the surrounding territory because
of their fine materials and skilled workmanship. An unusual contrivance
for that day, used in the factory, was on overhead gear transmission
which was belted to his saws and planes and other tools, and was
powered by a horse walking in a circle thus turning a bull gear,
which was geared to other smaller gears, thus creating speed and
power for his labor saving machines. This apparatus was dismantled
and destroyed several years ago. (Schoharie County Historical
Review Spring-Summer 1986);
Elizabeth (25 January 1821-?) who was baptized 25 February
1821 at the Protestant Reform Church of Niskayuna;
Christian C. (17 November 1822-14 July 1904 ) who was baptized
December 1822 at Niskayuna, NY. He died of asthma and is buried
in Schnectady cemetery on the Gunsolus lot. Christian married Mary
Ann HILL (1827-15 April 1877) at Niskayuna. She is buried
at Schnectady on the William Chapman lot. Their children were Harriet,
aka Hannah (1850-?) who married John F. KNADLER and Peter (1851-1901)
who married Mary (surname unknown);
Catherine Allida (9 April 1825-?) who was baptized 6 November
1825 at the Niskayuna Dutch Reformed Church.
Maria (1793-?) who was baptized 15 June 1783 Albany, NY. She
married 15 October 1803 in Colonie, NY Baltus POLOCK (1780-1850) who
died in Watervliet. They were the parents of nine children:
Catherine (1805-?);
Agnes (1806-?);
Petrus (1808-?);
Christian (1811-?);
Christina (1814-?);
Barrant (1816-1887);
Phillip (1819-?);
Margaret (1821-?);
John (1824-?).
They remained near Albany.
Alida (1794-?);
John (1794-?);
Annatje (1794-?);
Alida (1796-?).
Isaac (dates unknown) who married Anne ORR. He was named
in court papers as being a resident of Charleston, Montgomery County,
NY selling lot #51 in April 1800. By 1813 he was listed as having a
wife and 5 children. During 1803 Isaac and brother Wilhelmus bought
lot 52 in Charleston. They were the parents of 4 males and 1 female
including David born 23 October 1800 at Fonda, NY who married 18 June
1823 Christina HOFF.
Rosina (dates unknown) who was baptized 7 January 1762 at Rhinebeck,
Dutchess, NY and married Francis STILL. She and her husband moved to
Montgomery County. Children thought to be theirs were:
Catherine (dates unknown) who married Killean DINGMAN in 1810;
Francis (1786-?) who was born in Albany and possibly married
Eve SCHUYLER;
Christian (dates unknown);
Robert (dates unknown);
David (1795-?);
Walter (1798-1855) who married Charity GROSSBECK.
Peter (15 February 1764-13 October 1846) who was baptized 18
March 1764 at St Paul's Church in Red Hook, Dutchess, NY. He died at
Hornby, Steuben, NY. He married 18 December 1785 at Albany, NY to Jannetje
VAN DEUSEN born December 1763. She was the daughter of Isaac Teunis
VAN DEUSEN and Lea OSTRANDER. Peter moved between 1820-1830 to Hornby,
Steuben County, NY along with most of his children. He was a farmer
in what was then a wilderness. Peter and Jannetje were the parents of
12 children:
David (1786-1871) who married Annie TOMPKINS (1792-1876).
They moved to Bellevue, Calhoun, Michigan with their daughter Maria
J. (1810-1886) and her husband Daniel LANE and their son Hiram (1815-1876).
Their children Peter (1813-1894), Joseph (1818-1906), and Aaron (1828-1881)
remained near Hornby, Steuben, NY;
Lea who was baptized 1787 in Albany and died young;
Cornelius (1789-1861) married Alida VANDERVEER (1789-1869).
They are both buried on their farm in Hornby. They had four children:
Jane Ann (1814-1900) who married Benjamin VORHEES while
still living in Montgomery County;
Isaac Walker (1817-1904) who married Tryphena KNOWLTON &
Rhoda Weller PHELPS;
Catherine (1824-1841) who is buried on the Fero farm;
Abram V. (1826-1846) who is buried on the Fero farm.
Margaret (1791-1871) married Albert VANDERVEER (1791-1864).
They are both buried at the Christian Church Cemetery in Charleston
Four Corners. Albert was the son of Garrett VANDERVEER and Rachel
COWENHOVEN. Children of Margaret and Albert were:
Garrett (30 April 1816-15 June 1884) who married Jemina
HUBBS (1820-12 February 1901). They are both buried at the Christian
Church Cemetery, Charleston Four Corners. Garrett was a dairy farmer
of 200+ acres. They were members of the Rural Grove church. They
had two children: Roba (1840-1901) who married Horace ALLEN and
Minerva (1842-?);
Jane Ann (24 January 1838-20 February 1891) who married
John BOWDISH (18 February 1808-6 September 1886). They are both
buried in the family cemetery in Rural Grove, Montgomery, NY. The
cemetery is in the town on the road leading to Glen. Their children
were:
Louisa (1836-1916) who married George J. GOVE;
Amelia (1842-1896) who married John GORDON;
Endora (14 September 1849-1933). She married Yates DIEVENDORF
on 29 June 1869. They divorced and she resumed using the name Bowdish.
She is buried in the Bowdish Cemetery in Rural Grove.
Lea (1792-?) who married Alexander WILLIAMS;
Henrich (1794-?) who died young;
John born (1796-?) who died young;
Henry Peter (1797-1887) who married first, Elany (surname unknown)
(1797-1852) and second, Catherine HALL (1818-1912). They are all buried
in the cemetery at Beaver Dams, Schuyler, NY. Henry had four children,
the first three by Elany, the fourth by Catherine:
Jane Ann (12 November 1820-13 October 1867) who died at
age 46. She married Silas MASTERS (27 January 1824 in NJ-4 February
1881) who died at age 54 and is buried in Burr Oak, Iowa. Jane is
buried at the cemetery in Ferenbagh, Schuyler, NY. Silas moved to
Burr Oak, Iowa with the three children and remarried. Their children
were:
Henry W. (1845-1915) who married Margaret VOSBURGH;
Charles N. (1847-1921) who married Martha COLE;
John Freeman (1850-1927) who married Prudence SHARP.
Peter Henry (23 April 1823-23 August 1899) who married
19 September 1845 Eveline MASTERS (22 August 1826-8 May 1865). Peter
married second Martha SANDS (10 February 1931-12 October 1910).
Peter and Martha are buried at the Ferenbagh Cemetery, Schuyler,
NY. Eveline is buried in Horby, Steuben, NY. Peter served in the
Civil War. They had four children:
John Dallas (1846-1915) who married first, Harriet BACKER
and second, Susan SHEWMAN;
Lewis A. (1849-?) who died young;
Cynthia (1851-1922) who married James VANCE;
Frank Clarence (1866-1942) who married first, Clara VAN
ALSTINE and second, Charlotte SOUTHARD.
John Henry (17 December 1828-17 April 1874) who married
Cynthia A. IRWIN (18 October 1830-24 June 1915). Both are buried
at the cemetery in Montour Falls, Schuyler, NY. Cynthia was the
daughter of John IRWIN and Sarah SMITH. John was a farmer. The had
five children:
Lovina J. (8 June 1857-4 July 1862) born at Dix, NY who
is buried Montour Falls;
Henry William (1860-1945) who married Emma J. CORWIN;
Emma Mae (1861-1923) who married Charles Oscar LEWIS;
John B. (20 December 1863-9 November 1881) who is buried
at Montour Falls;
Robert S. (11 September 1866-9 November 1869) who is buried
at Montour Falls.
William (1854-?) who died young.
John (1800-1892) who married Rachel JOHNSON (1804-1870).
They moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin prior to 1850 and are buried at
Hillside Cemetery. John was a farmer. They had four children:
Henry (1823-1909) who married Mary Ann WEBSTER. They moved
west where they had eight children. Mary Ann died abt. 1895. Her
obituary reads:
Mrs. Mary Ann Fero, relict of Henry Fero, who lived northeast
of this village died early Saturday morning. Her maiden name was
Webster. She was born in Tompkins County, NY June 16, 1825 and
was married in Steuben County, NY July 8, 1843. She died in Moscow
October 26, age 70 years. She moved with her husband to Wisconsin
in 1846 and they came to Minnesota in 1856. Funeral services were
conducted at the house Monday forenoon.
Henry married second, Olive (surname unknown).
Lydia (1 June 1827-7 December 1908) who married Benjamin
Sutton CORYELL c1848. She remarried before 1880 to Chauncey Newell
TORREY. Lydia died in 1908. Her obituary reads:
Mrs. Lydia Torrey died quite suddenly Monday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Wood. She was in her usual health until
Saturday morning but she seemed slightly ill during the day. Her
condition was not thought at all critical and at supper time she
asked for a light lunch which Mr. Wood prepared and took to her
room. On entering she found her mother was dying. Mrs. Torrey's
maiden name was Lydia Fero. She was born in Oneida County, NY
in 1827. She came to Wisconsin when nineteen years old and lived
at Heart Prairie and on the Fero farm south of the city. She was
twice married. Her first husband was Mr. B.S. Coryell, who died
many years ago. Her second husband was Chancy Torrey of Hebron.
He died thirty years ago. The funeral was from the home.
(Source: Whitewater Register.)
She is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Whitewater. Her child was
Merin Delephine CORYELL (1850-?) who married Benjamin Frank WOOD.
Garrett (1831-1911) who married Roxanna Abzada THWING on
26 January 1853 at Whitewater, Wisconsin. Both are buried in the
Hillside Cemetery in Whitewater. Garrett's obituary reads:
Mr. Garrett Fero, who died January 11th at his home three
miles south of the city, was a pioneer settler in this vicinity.
He was born May 19th 1831 in Steuben County, NY. He came to Whitewater
in 1846. He was then a boy of fifteen and made the journey overland,
no cars running at that time. He was one of a party of Whitewater
people who went to Milwaukee to see the first cars run there.
A few years later, they were delighted to again see a train, this
time in Whitewater. Mr. Fero was married in 1852 to Roxy Thwing,
who died in 1899. For sixty years he lived on the old farm and
saw his sons grow to manhood. Five of them still living here,
George, Herman, Peter, Emery and Fleetus. He was an industrious,
hard working man, respected in the community where he lived so
long. (Source: Whitewater Register.)
Abraham (10 September 1802-29 October 1888) who married Catherine
ARNSE (16 April 1810 Berk Co. PA- 23 November 1884). They are both
buried at Central Valley Cemetery in Hornby, Steuben, NY. Catherine
was the daughter of George ARNSE and his wife Elizabeth. Abraham was
a farmer and had a family of seven children:
Albert (1830-1925) who married Caroline EASLING;
George Wesley (1832-1896) who married Elvina WOOLEVER;
Jane (1837-1883) who married John BREESE;
Harriet W. (1837-1883) who married John STRONG;
Elizabeth Ann (21 January 1843-13 February 1844);
Abram Cornelius (1847-1923) who married Catherine M. COOK;
John F. (1853-1904) who married Mary Matilda KNIFFEN.
Gertrude (1804-14 September 1879) who married Peter DUVALL
(1802-8 March 1872) on 18 January 1829 at the Christian Church in
Charleston Four Corners, Montgomery, NY. Both are buried in the cemetery
at Tyrone, Schuyler, NY. They were the parents of seven children;
Eliza Ann (c1830-?);
Marian (c1832-?);
Eleanore (c1833-?);
Sue Ora (c1836-?);
Nancy J. (c1839-?);
Sarah C. (c1840-?)who was born in Chemung Co. NY;
John C. (1843-1930)who married Lucy (surname unknown)(1847-1896).
They are buried with his parents at Tyrone. They had two children:
a son, Claude A. (1857-1939) who married Adella (surname unknown)
and a daughter, Calista (1872-?).
Garrett (10 October 1810-26 March 1891) who was born in Montgomery
Co., NY. He married Sylvina FULLER c1829 (1811-1898) in Tennessee.
Both are buried in the Old Payne Cemetery, Franklin, TN. Sylvina was
the daughter of Floyd FULLER and Elizabeth GEAN. Garrett and Sylvina
moved to Tennessee with their daughter, Mariah Jane, and her family.
Their son Joel Parcel remained with his family in New York:
Joel Parcel (10 December 1836-9 May 1909) married Patience
Peth KENT (4 November 1845-7 August 1936 ) on 21 September 1864.
Her parents were Stephen KENT and Pamelia MILLER. They are buried
at the Hope Cemetery Campbell, Steuben, NY. Joel was a farmer. He
remained in NY when his parents moved to Tennessee. They were the
parents of seven children:
Celia M. (1866-1896) who married Frank McCANN. They lived
in Hornell, NY;
Charles M. (1867-1941) who married first, Belle PATTON
and second, Hattie FRINK. For a time Charles lived in South Dakota.
He returned east and settled in PA;
Mark Pomeroy (1869-1902) who married Jennie Belle MAPES.
They are buried at the Hope Cemetery Campbell, Steuben, NY;
Willis Garrett (1871-1912) who married Meda LUDLOW. Willis
and Meda had a farm in Campbell, Steuben, NY;
Oren Francis (1875-1966) who married first, Pearl Elvira
THOMPSON and second, Nellie FLANNEKEN. Oren was a minister and
moved several times where the church sent them. He finally settled
in California;
May Rebecca (1882-1975) who married Ithamore HADLOCK;
Mina Edna (1884-1980) who married Harry KNOWLES and William
WILLOVER.
Joel and Patience are buried in the Hope Cemetery in Campbell,
Steuben, NY.
Maria (dates unknown) who was baptized 2 November 1766 at St.
Paul's Church;
Wilhelmus (1769- bet 1830-1840)
who was baptized 21 May 1769 at St. Paul's Church. He married
21 February 1791 Gertruy VAN VRACKEN. Wilhelmus and wife gradually moved
westward to Montgomery County. In 1792 they sold land in Albany County.
In 1797 they sold land in Broadabin, NY. In 1803 they bought a farm
in the town of Charleston, Montgomery, NY. He remained in Montgomery
county with his wife and 6 children:
Isaac W. (8 January 1792-?) was baptized at Niskayuna. He
was married three times. His first wife was Sophia CORBIN (1796-1825)
who was the sister of Nancy CORBIN wife of Russell
RUSCOE of Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. He married second, Phelena
CROSBY (1803-1841) and, third, Nancy WOOD (1797-?). Isaac and family
lived in Carlisle, in Schoharie County where he was a blacksmith.
He was the father of 10 children some of whom were:
Eliza (1815-?) who married Joseph HUESTED and had three
children:
William probably moved to Michigan by 1900. His address
was listed as unknown in 1903 when the will of Isaac Fero was
settled. His mother was the sister of Isaac and was deceased;
Jane was named in the will of Isaac Fero as "Jane
Jessup" of Troy, NY. Her husband may have been Thomas JESSUP;
Gertrude was named in the will of Isaac Fero as "Gertrude
Clark" also of Troy, NY.
William Helmus (5 August 1817-10 April 1832);
Gertrude (7 October 1819-?) who married Abraham C. BAIRD
on 31 December at Sharon, Schoharie County. They had no children;
John (22 February 1822-28 August 1823);
Cornelia (1824-1875) who married Samuel Walker FERO and moved
to Shellsburg, Iowa. Cornelia was the mother of 3 children all born
in Iowa;
Sophia (17 March 1827-25 September 1827);
Sophia (June 1831-abt 1917) who died when she was 86 years
old and living with her daughter and son-in-law in Kankakee, Kankakee,
Iowa. She married Alexander McCOLL (c 1825-?) on 2 July 1857 in
Montgomery County and moved to Iowa in 1860;
Isaac (4 March 1835-17 July 1906) who married Angenora PRAMER.
They had no children and are buried at Carlisle, Schoharie, NY;
Mary Crosby (10 December 1836-13 March 1884) who married
David A. ROSCOE (5 July 1823-13
May 13, 1884) of Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. David's mother, Nancy
CORBIN was the sister of Mary's father's first wife. After David's
death, Mary married second, Lyman C. ADAMS, son of Henry and Katie
Aams of Eden, Lamoille, Vermont.
The obituary of Mary reads:
Mary C. Roscoe was born at Glen, NY and died at Clatonia,
Nebraska March 15, 1923 at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 4
days. In early life she became a member of the Presbyterian church
and continued faithful to the end. In 1854, she was married to
David A. Roscoe. In 1886 the family left the old home in New York
and came to Illinois where they lived till 1881 when they came
to DeWitt, Nebraska. In 1886 her husband died and was buried in
the DeWitt cemetery. She continued to reside in DeWitt till 1892
when she returned to Illinois. in 1911 she came back to Nebraska
and made her home with her sons. She had been living with son
W.H. Roscoe at Clatonia for about a year when she was called home.
The remains were brought to DeWitt and on Monday March 18th at
3 p.m. services were conducted at the D.E. Venrick home by the
Rev. Ray Backer, pastor of the M.E. church. Interment was made
in the DeWitt cemetery at the side of her husband. She leaves
seven sons, thirty-six grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren.
Those of her sons who attended the funeral were W.H. of Clatonia,
Sherman I. of Shenadoah IA; George C. of Michigan Valley, Kansas
and Charles D. of Norfolk. Those who were unable to attend on
account of long distances and the severe weather were Bert F.
of Calkins, Montana; Edward W. of Ridgeway, Colorado and Frank
A. of Miami, Florida. (Source: DeWitt Times-News, 22 March
1923)
Mary and David had ten children:
Nancy Fero (1855-1913) who married John A. BAIRD whose
parents came from New York, possibly Frankfort;
Martha A. (1857-1875) who is buried in Peotone, Wills,
Illinois;
William Harlow (1859-1947) who married Lena M. JORGENSON;
Sherman Isaac (1862-1948) who married Martha FULLER born
in Unadilla, NY;
George Corbin (1864-1952) who married Mary BOGGS. He was
a druggist.
Franklin A. (1866-?) who married first Anna ROBINSON. He
was married at least two more times.
Edwin Ward (1868-1886) who died unmarried. He is buried
in DeWitt, NE.
Bertruss Francis (1870-1857) who married first Sarah Elizabeth
WALDO (1869-1940) descendant of the immigrant, Cornelius WALDO
of Salem Village, Massachusetts in the 1600s. Berturss married
a second time but the name of this wife is not known.
Edward Wright (1874-1929) who married Inez Garfield COLE
descendant of John COLE of Litchfield,
Herkimer, NY;
Charles Doyle (1876-1962) who married Edna Mae LEWIS daughter
of James H. LEWIS and Mary
Elizabeth STEWART of Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY.
Ruhama (1840-1919) who married John R. PALMER. They had
one son, Glen who was born 2 August 1874 and died 13 November 1877.
All three are all buried in the cemetery at Glen, Montgomery, NY.
Following the death of her husband, Ruhama lived with her sister
Gertrude BAIRD.
Margaret (12 November 1793-?) was baptized 16 February 1794.
She probably never married and was living with her brother Henry in
1850. She is buried at the cemetery in Glen, Montgomery, NY.
David (28 February 1796-) was baptized in 1796 at the First
Dutch Reformed Church of Schnectady. He married Irene WALKER. They
are buried at the Christian Church Cemetery at Charleston Four Corners,
Montgomery, NY. They were the parents of 9 children;
Gertrude Jane (24 July 1819-8 October 1888) who married
Charles H. CRAIG (30 April 1817-16 July 1895). They are both buried
at the Leesville cemetery at Sharon Springs, NY. Their children
were:
William Henry (1854-1934) who married first, Orlena NEAR
and second, Caroline STRAM;
Charles (1860-1861) who died at age 8 months;
David (dates unknown) who married Julia Elvira BRIDGEMAN.
Patience Anne (27 September 1820-20 May 1898) who married
John N. ABRAMS (29 December 1817- 8 July 1863). They are buried
at Evergreen Cemetery at Sands Flat, NY. Patience also married Jospeh
Wagner SNELL (3 April 1806 Palatine, NY-?). Patience was survived
by her daughter Minerva and son D.J. Abrams. Patience and John had
five children:
Elizabeth (1840-?) who married George S. HAGGART;
Cordelia (1842-1854) who is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery
at Sands Flat;
Minerva (1850-) who married Samuel HOAGLAN;
James (1854-1884) who is buried in Evergreen Cemetery;
Danford Jerome (1858-1945) who married first, Fannie GULICK
and second, Irene RAY. He moved to California where he died.
Samuel Walker (1826-1890) who married first, Tryphena Marie
SMITH (1828- 1853), second, Cornelia FERO and third, Lila (surname
unknown). His children were:
Izora (1850-?). Her mother died when she was three years
old and she was left in Charleston with her grandparents John
V. SMITH and wife Maria when Charles moved to Iowa. She married
Michael MOLONEY. They lived in Montgomery County;
Cecelia (1855-?) who married Henry LA TOURETTE;
Coral (1858-1935) who married Herbert HOLTON;
Charles (1863-?) who moved to Atlantic, Cass, Iowa;
Nora (1878-1880) who died in Iowa.
Minerva Catherine (20 March 1828-24 February 1887) who
married Isaac Gage HOAG (1822-1897). They moved to a farm in Ledyard,
Cayuga, NY and are both buried in the Ridgeway Cemetery. Their children
were:
Charles (1848-?) who lived in Charleston Four Corners
and married Eva (surname unknown). Both are buried at Ridgeway
Cemetery;
Julius (1853-1854) who is buried at the Christian Church
at Charleston;
William (1860-?);
Anna (1863-?).
Cynthia Maria (1829-1908) who married Edwin Chauncey OLIN
on 3 November 1852. They moved to Galesburg, Knox, Ilinois. There
children were:
Emma (1853-1852) who is buried at the Christian Church,
Charleston, NY;
Minerva Irene (c1857-?) who married George BRIDGE;
Ida Uretta (c1860-?) who married Charles GOLDSMITH
John Schuyler (9 September 1831-?) who married Anne (surname
unknown) and possibly Sarah SOUTHWORTH. A descendent of Fred E.
Fero, the son of Sarah has the names and dates, and spouses of all
family members. In 1855 he was a tavernkeeper in Charleston. John
and Sarah were married in Nebraska. A son Fred lived in Omaha and
died in California.
Charles Bush (1833-1917) who married Catherine VOSBURG. Their
children were:
Armetta (1863-1907) who married first, Fay VANDERVEER,
second, James MEAD and third, Alfred GARDNER. She is buried at
the Christian Church in Charleston;
Jenetta [aka Jennie] (1866-1949) who married James FONDA.
Jennie is buried at the Maple Avenue Cemetery in Fultonville.
She lived in Gloversville with her two sons. Her husband left
for the Alaskan gold rush and never returned;
Catherine Minerva (1887-1938) who married Alfred STOLLER.
They lived in Fultonville, NY;
John Beakley (1874-1927) who married Elizabeth McDUFFIE;
Charles Henry (1877-1966) who married Martha Ella MANNING
(1879-1946). They are both buried in the cemetery at Ft. Plain,
Montgomery, NY. They had no children.
Sarah Walker (2 July 1835- 26 February 1917) who married
Andrew Allen (1834-1912) on 11 March 1857. They are both buried
at the Ridgeway Cemetery. Sarah died one day after her brother Charles.
Glenwood, on the road west from Wheeler's corner, within four
miles of Aurora, and fifteen miles of Auburn contains one hundred
acres of fertile soil. Its chief resources are hay, grain and
poultry, while small fruits, pears, cherries and plums are among
its specialties. The farm shows every indication of the care bestowed
upon it in its fine and well shaded lawn, its buildings and barns,
all being in good repair. The farm derives its name from the wooded
glen that runs through it from east to west. The property was
originally known as the Winslow Farm, which was purchased of Bradley
Smith by Andrew Allen in 1869, who is a native of Montgomery County,
NY born September 30, 1834. He was married in 1857 to Miss Sarah
W. Fero. Their family consists of a son and daughter. Mr. Allen
is a highly respected farmer of this town. (Source:
"The Most Valuable and Productive Farm" in The New
Century Atlas of Cayuga, NY, 1904 p. 120.)
Children of Sarah and Andrew were:
Chester (1859-1922) who married Emily A. BAKER. In 1920
Chester was a widower living with his single sister in Venice,
Cayuga, NY;
Ethel J. (1865-?).
William Isaac (30 July 1839-7 November 1874) who died at
age 35 years and 4 months. He is buried at the Christian Church
Cemetery at Charleston. He married Nancy YEARDON born 1841. Their
children were:
Andrew (1864-?) who was a factory laborer and lived in
Ft. Plain, Montgomery, NY;
Ikey (1873-1874).
Francintje (5 September 1799-?) who was baptized 16 February
1800;
Nicholas (1803-19 April 1891) who married Eveline HAINER.
They are buried at the Glen Cemetery, Montgomery, NY. They were
the parents of 9 children:
George L. (March 1825-?) who married Ruth RIDER (1828-22
February 1856). Ruth died at age 28 years, 5 months, and 25 days.
She is buried at Glen, Montgomery, NY. George remarried to Mary
Jane DAVENPECK (August 1833-1901) and is buried at Glen. Children
Luther (1849-27 March 1854) who died at age 4 years,
6 months, 19 days and is buried at Glen;
Elenor (1851-8 April 1854) who died at age 3 years, 2
months, 11 days and is buried at Glen;
Lilly (1861-3 October 1863) who is buried at Glen;
Adam (1862-3 April 1864) who died at age 2 years, 8 months
and is buried at Glen;
Ruth (1866-13 October 1942) who died at Gloversville,
Fulton, NY. She left her estate to her brothers Newton V. of
Ontario St., Albany and Elias of Fultonville. She is buried
in Gloversville;.
Luther (1868-?) who married Mary Ann JACKMAN (1859-?)
on 14 June 1891 in Canada. She was the daughter of Thomas JACKMAN
and Mary MURPHY;
Anna (17 September 1869-24 August 1897) who married Rufus
VAN SCHAICK. She joined the Glen Church in December 1892. She
is buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY;
Elias (1872-?) who married Hester whose last name was
mostly WINTERS*;
Newton (1875-?) who married probably Eula DURFEE.
John H. (April 1826-?) he married first, Harriet MILLER
(1827-?) and Eleanor VEDDER (March 1834-?). His children were:
Emma (1846-1935) who married Samuel SOUTHERN. Both are
buried at Johnstown, Fulton, NY;
Ellen (1849-?) who married George A. WHYLAND;
Jacob N. (1853-1944) who married Carrie NOONAN;
Jennie (1864-) who married Charles ACKROID;
Miller John (1872-?) who married and divorced Augusta
L. CAMERON.
William H. (1827-1883) who married Harriet DONALDSON on
27 March 1869. Their children were:
Amy (October 1871-20 January 1873) who died at age 1
year, 3 months, and 20 days;
Lillian (1874-?) who married Elisha B. HEWITT. They lived
in Amsterdam, Montgomery, NY;
Sarah Mary (1878-?) who married Mr. VAN VOAST (first
name unknown) and lived in Amsterdam, NY;
Nellie (1879-?) who married John McNAMARA and lived in
Amsterdam, NY;
William DONALDSON (June 1882-1938) and married Sarah
WHITE (c1888-14 February 1869). He was a weaver at a carpet
mill and lived in Amsterdam. He also went by the named Donald.
Gertrude M. (5 November 1830-19 October 1893) who married
Peter MILLER (30 July 1820- 25 January 1885). Both are buried
in Johnstown Cemetery section 8. Their children were:
Jacob Lanter (1855-1927) who is buried in Johnstown;
Matie E. (1873-1937) who married Job HAYWARD (1870-1938).
Both are buried in the Johnstown Cemetery.
Naomi (23 October 1833/38-2 September 1913) who married
Jacob Daniel MILLER (1831-1895) on 22 December 1852 at the First
Protestant Dutch Church at Glen, NY. Both are buried at Glen,
NY. Naomi and Daniel had the following children:
Latice (1854-?) who died young;
Annie (2 February 1855-June 1900);
Daniel Jay (10 January 1857-1889);
Almanda Elizabeth (1858-1945) who married Edgar HUGHES;
Jacob Fero (1860-?) who married Cora Anna VAN PATTON;.
George(c1868-?);
Putman (1871-1962) who married Nancy MORRIS;
Frank Q. (1873-1962) who married Blanche Heddon FULLER.
David (1835-?);
Julia A.(1836-1916) who married John O. MONTAYNE on 16
February 1857. They are both buried at the Christian Church Cemetery
in Charleston, Montgomery, NY. They lived in both Glen and Charleston,
NY and had the following children:
Delmar J. (1858-1865) who died at age 7 years, 4 months,
15 days and is buried in the Christian Church Cemetery in Montgomery;
Eve Ann (c1859-?);
John O. (1862-1865) who died at age 3 years, 9 months,
8 days and is buried in the Christian Church Cemetery in Montgomery;
George L. (1864-1865) who died at age 1 year, 5 days,
3 months and is buried in the Christian Church Cemetery in Montgomery;
Etta (1866-1946) who married Charles BELL;
Cora (1869-1871) who died at age 2 years, 3 months, 13
days and is buried in the Christian Church Cemetery in Montgomery;
John S. (1871-?) who married Belle (surname unknown)
(1876-?);
Bertha (c1875-?);
Hattie(c1878-?).
Nicholas (26 November 1837-8 February 1924) who died at
age 86 years, 1 month, 12 days. He married Carrie BUSSING (1841-1867).
She is buried at the Baptist Church Charlston, NY. He remarried
22 December 1881 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Schoharie, Schoharie,
NY to Elsie WALKER (26 September 1863-23 January 1948). Both Nicholas
and Elsie are buried at the Christian Church Cemetery in Charleston,
Four Corners NY. Nicholas's children were:
Iva (?-1887) who is buried in the Christian Church Cemetery
in Charleston;
Arthur N. (1883-1969) who married Georgianna BRUMLEY;
Leo N. (1890-1908) who is buried in the Christian Church
Cemetery in Charleston;
Lela May ( 1896-1983) who was born in Charleston, Montgomery,
NY and died at Oneida, Madison, NY. She married Clinton ROOT
1898-1982) on 26 November 1924 at Esperence, Schoharie, NY.
He was the son of Charles ROOT and Katherine Joanna DALE of
Camden, Oneida, NY. In 1930 they lived in Herkimer, Herkimer,
NY.
Jacob A. (1840-?) who married Martha E. RUFF. Their children
were:
Lena (c1868-?);
Irvie (1871-1876) who died at age 4 years, 6 months,
9 days and is buried at Duanesburg, NY "How much of light,
how much of Joy, Is buried with our darling boy" is on
his headstone.
Martha born 1876.
Henry W. (1816-1894) who married Eve SCHUYLER and Caroline
VAN VECHTON. Henry and Caroline are buried at the Maple Avenue Cemetery
Fultonville, Montgomery, NY. He had two children:
William R. (14 August 1829-27 May 1887). He married Charlotte
J. HOLMES (19 May 1838-10 October 1884). William married second,
Lucy Barlow DINGMAN (1842-1890) on 24 March 1886. All are buried
at the Maple Avenue Cemetery in Fultonville, NY. Lucy was the
widow of Luther DINGMAN. At the time of his death William was
a resident of Glen, Montgomery, NY. In his will he provided for
his father Henry and his brother Abram. His children were:
Willlie S. (5 September 1862-23 March 1863) who died
of inflamation of the brain at age 6 months and is buried at
the Maple Avenue Cemetery;
William H. (5 April 1864-18 February 1876) who is buried
Maple Avenue Cemetery.
Ida D. (5 November 1872-28 February 1876) who is buried
Maple Avenue Cemetery.
Abram S. (1833-1898) who is buried at the Maple Avenue
Cemetery. He probably never married.
Notes:
This surname has gone through several iterations since coming to this
country. The immigrant ancestor is often recorded as Johannes "Fuhrer"
or "Fuhrar." The subject of this bio, David Fero, used the spelling
"Fero". Some of his siblings used the spelling "Fiero."
Descendants using each of these spellings are alive today.
*Hester Flore's name was given
as Tillapaugh in "The Dallenbach in America 1710-1935" by Andrew
Luther Dallenbach records. The church records of Rural Grove give her
name as Winters.
© P. Fero. All rights reserved.
This information may not be used for any commercial enterprise. Quotation
for personal use is allowed with appropriate citation.
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HUNGERFORD (Pictures
and other supporting documents.)
Nathaniel Hungerford and his wife Rachel Cone were living with their
nine children in East Haddam, Connecticut at the time of the Revolutionary
War. In the years after the war, several of their children migrated to
the Frankfort, Herkimer, NY area. Some settled in this town and others
move further on into New York and points west. Several of the siblings
and their descendants are buried around a small clump of trees in the
original portion of the Graffenburg Cemetery in Frankfort Hill.
The children of Nathaniel and Rachel Hungerford were:
Jehiel who with wife Hannah Spencer lived for a time in Frankfort.
They are buried in Caroline, Tompkin, NY. Their son Jehiel, Jr. married
Sally Stewart in Frankfort and raised a family in town. Jehiel, Jr.
and Sally along with some of their descendants are buried in the Graffenburg
Cemetery;
Stephen who married Silence Wood. They lived in Frankfort. Silence
died there and is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery. Stephen removed
to Batavia, Genesee, NY and is buried there;
Daniel;
Mehitable who with husband John Stewart settled in Frankfort
and raised their family there. Both are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery;
Nathaniel who with wife Dorothy (aka, Dolly) settled in Frankfort
and raised their family there. Both are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery;
Lydia who wife husband Pardon Burdick settled in Frankfort.
Both are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery;
Susannah;
Elihue, who married Ruth Crosby. He died in Oswego, NY;
Amos and wife China Harrison moved to Herkimer County sometime
between October 1813 when she was dismissed as a member of the church
in Lyme, CT and 30 Jun 1816 when she was received as a member at Norwich
Corners. She was baptized at the Norwich Corners Congregational Church
on 1 Apr 1822 and dismissed as a member there two days later on 3 Apr
1822 perhaps due to death.
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JEHIEL HUNGERFORD, Sr.
Jehiel HUNGERFORD, son of Nathaniel HUNGERFORD and his wife Rachel
CONE, was born July 3, 1758 at East Haddam, Middlesex County, CT. While
a resident of East Haddam, Jehiel served several tours with Connecticut
troops in the Revolutionary War. His service record lists these tours
as follows: in 1776, eleven weeks as private under Lieutenant Nathan JEWETT;
in 1777, eight months as private in Captain SMITH's company, Colonel S.
ELY's regiment; later in 1777, about two months as private in Captain
John WILLEY's company; in 1779, 3 months, a part of the time as teamster
in Captain Oliver OLMSTEAD's company; in 1780, eight months under Sergeant
Nathaniel MANNERELL. He was out 3 days when New London was burned and
had other short tours.
Jehiel married Hannah SPENCER (b. March 15, 1758) on April 27, 1779.
Hannah was probably the daughter of Joel Spencer and his wife Eunice,
who had a daughter Hannah baptized at New Cambridge (now Bristol), CT,
on March 4, 1759.*
After the Revolutionary War, Jehiel settled in Bristol, Hartford County,
CT. About 1798, Jehiel moved his family to the Town of Frankfort, Herkimer,
NY where he engaged in farming. Jehiel and Hannah remained in the Frankfort
area until they were well into their seventies at which time they joined
their son Spencer Hungerford in Tompkins County, NY.
Jehiel and Hannah HUNGERFORD had at least five children:
Jehiel Jr. (1781 -January 8, 1838) who married his cousin Sally
STEWART, daughter of John STEWART
and Mehitable HUNGERFORD, his father's sister;
Hannah (?-died after Feb 1844) who married a Mr. MOREY and was
living in Bedford, Cuyahoga, OH in 1844 when her father died. (Note:
She may be the widow Hannah KING who married Daniel MOREY in Cuyahoga
County on September 3, 1826);
Spencer (July 13, 1789 at Bristol, CT-December 23, 1871) who
married Electa DUNHAM, daughter of Selathiel DUNHAM and Lucy STEWART,
on April 29, 1810. He relocated to the Town of Caroline, Tompkins, NY
before 1820. Both are buried in the old Dutch Reformed Church cemetery
at Slaterville Springs, NY. Spencer and Electa were the parents of nine
children: Lewis, Julia, Chauncey, Edward, Lucy, Mary, William, Laura,
and Charlotte.
Elizabeth (abt 1792 at Bristol, CT-July 20, 1878) who married
John DUNHAM, son of Selathial DUNHAM and Lucy STEWART, about 1807 in
Herkimer County. For several years they farmed 50 acres in Herkimer
County. Five children (Ambrose, Chester, Alonzo, Laura, and John) were
born to them. In 1818, John and Elizabeth sold their farm to her nephew,
Jehiel HUNGERFORD, Jr. for $800. John and Elizabeth and five small children
then moved to the Western Reserve, locating first in Independence township
and later Bedford township in Cuyahoga County, OH. (The area is now
a southern suburb of Cleveland, OH.) There five more children joined
the family. They were: Frederick Asa, Phebe, Jehiel H., Eliza and Lorenzo.
John DUNHAM was the first Bedford township treasurer. Several DUNHAM
descendants had careers in education. A grandson, Orlow HUBBELL, was
first superintendent of the Bedford schools. Another grandson, Clifton
HUBBELL, served as superintendent of the Bedford school system for 14
years. During his term, he initiated the first high school in Bedford.
A great-grandson, Henry DERTHICK, served
as president of Milligan College in Tennessee from 1917-1940. Henry's
son, Lawrence DERTHICK, served as U. S. Commissioner of Education during
the Eisenhower Administration. Dunhams were also involved in civic affairs.
Frederick DUNHAM, a grandson, was a judge and served a term in the Ohio
legislature.
John DUNHAM died February 22, 1848. Elizabeth DUNHAM died July 20, 1878,
aged 86 years and 6 months. She, her husband, and four of their children
and other descendants are buried in the Bedford town cemetery.
Sylvia (about 1795 - died after Feb 1844) married Daniel PRATT, Jr.
She was living in Jefferson County, NY, in 1844 when her father died.
Hannah (SPENCER) HUNGERFORD died September 8, 1842 and her husband Jehiel
on January 9, 1844. Both are buried in the old Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
in Slaterville Springs, Tompkins, NY.**
Notes:
* I have no document that proves
the parents of the Hannah Spencer who married Jehiel Hungerford, Sr. Evidence
supports her being the daughter of Joel Spencer and Eunice Stewart Spencer.
Joel Spencer was born at East Haddam, CT, April 13, 1731. He married Eunice
Stewart about 1757, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stewart. Joel purchased
and sold parcels of land in New Cambridge, CT, during 1753-1772. Their
first three children, including a daughter named Hannah, were baptized
there. Joel returned to East Haddam in 1772 and died there in 1809. In
the 1790 East Haddam census, Joel Spencer is enumerated on the same page
as his wife's brother, John Stewart, and Nathaniel Hungerford, father
of Jehiel Hungerford Sr. A known son of Joel and Eunice Stewart Spencer
named one of his daughters Hannah Hungerford Spencer, a likely event if
his sister was married to a Hungerford. The fact that Eunice Stewart's
nephew, John Stewart (1762 - 1834), married Jehiel Hungerford's younger
sister Mehitable provides additional evidence of the close ties between
the Joel Spencer and Nathaniel Hungerford families.
**
The date of death inscribed on Jehiel Hungerford's gravestone (Feb 8)
differs from the date of death (Jan 9) given in the Tompkins County probate
records. I have used Jan 9 as the most likely date of death because the
probate records were made within a few week of his death. The gravestone
was probably erected many years later, after the death of his son Spencer.
Sources:
Abstract of pension record for Jehiel Hungerford (claim 13489)
The American Genealogist, Vol. 30, page 48.
Tompkins County Probate Records, 1818-1845 (FHL # 0869196)
Tompkins County Letters of Administration, Vol 38, page 192. (FHL 0853083)
Spencer Hungerford Bible Record (FHL # 0862769)
Life in Bedford, 1813 to 1970, by Ned Hubbell, published by the Bedford
Historical Society, 1971.
Memorial Record County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland Ohio, Lewis Publishing,
1894.
Herkimer County Deed Book 12, page 217.
Gravestones in Slaterville Springs, NY and Bedford, OH, viewed 2002 by
the author.
Census records: 1790 Bristol, Hartford, CT; 1800-1830 Frankfort, Herkimer,
NY; 1840 Caroline, Tompkins, NY; 1820-1900 Cuyahoga, OH.
© L. Schlater. All rights
reserved. This information may not be used for any commercial enterprise.
Quotation for personal use is allowed with appropriate citation.
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JEHIEL HUNGERFORD, JR.
Jehiel HUNGERFORD, JR., son of Jehiel HUNGERFORD, Sr. and Hannah SPENCER,
was born in Connecticut, probably at East Haddam, about 1781. He spent
his boyhood years in Bristol, Hartford, CT, and moved with his family
to Frankfort, Herkimer, NY about 1798. He married about 1805 his cousin,
Sally STEWART, daughter of John and Mehitable (HUNGERFORD) STEWART. With
the exception of service in the War of 1812, Jehiel lived his entire life
on his farms in Herkimer County. He died January 8, 1838, at age 56 and
his wife in 1839. Both are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery, Frankfort,
NY.
Jehiel and Sally HUNGERFORD had 8 children, all born in Frankfort, Herkimer,
NY:
Amos HUNGERFORD (February 10, 1806 - July 29, 1875) who married
Eliza NICHOLS (February 24, 1808 or 1810*-June
12, 1885), daughter of David NICHOLS of Herkimer County, NY. They began
their married life farming in Frankfort where five of their six children
were born. From the 1835 New York state census, we learn that Amos and
Eliza had 38 acres of improved land and raised a few cattle, sheep and
hogs. Eliza had produced 58 yards of woolen or linen cloth. In 1836,
his father deeded Amos 76 acres in Oswego County "for one dollar
and natural love and affection." Amos moved his family to their
new home shortly after. There their sixth child was born. By 1855, Amos
had 125 acres worth $2000, where he raised wheat, oats, rye, corn and
apples. After their children were grown, Amos and Eliza brought George
Southworth (listed as adopted son, age 13 on the 1875 N census) into
their home. Amos HUNGERFORD died July 29, 1875 and Eliza on June 12,
1885. They are buried in the Sayles Cemetery, Town of Palermo, Oswego,
NY. Their children were:
Roxanna (April 5, 1828-July 7, 1902) who married William BARTLETT,
a farmer in Oswego County. Both are buried in the North Volney Cemetery,
Oswego County, NY. No children.
Jonathan (March 3, 1830-December 19, 1889) who served in Co.
I, 184th New York Infantry during the Civil War. He married before
1850, Ann E. HALL, daughter of Phineas HALL, a native of Montgomery
County, NY
Sarah E. (?-1850) who died unmarried June 6, 1850 at age 18.
She is buried in the Sayles Cemetery, Oswego County, NY.
Jerome D. (?-1851) who died July 6, 1851 at age 17. He is buried
in the Sayles Cemetery, Oswego County, NY.
Hannah (aka, Ann) Hall (1836-1914) who married William
SHARP (born Herkimer County about 1839). William's occupation was
stone mason. They lived in Oswego County. William died August 29,
1892, age 58. Both are buried in the Clifford Cemetery, Town of Palermo,
Oswego, NY. William and Ann had no children. Ann married Orlo Jennings
about 1898.
Lucinda M. (?-1872) who died unmarried January 3, 1872 at
age 32. She is buried in the Sayles Cemetery next to her parents and
siblings.
Roxanna (?-1824) who died unmarried 14 Aug 1824 at age 17 at
Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. She is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery.
Asahel (?-1836) who located in Bedford, Cuyahoga County, OH
where he married on December 7, 1834, his father's cousin Laura DUNHAM,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (HUNGERFORD) DUNHAM. Asahel and Laura
had only one child, Nancy C. HUNGERFORD, before he died November 5,
1836, at age 27. His young widow, married as her second husband, Abraham
Turner HUBBELL, physician and farmer, February 14, 1839 in Bedford,
OH. Asahel is buried in the old part of the Bedford, OH, town cemetery.
His daughter Nancy died unmarried April 22, 1913, and is buried in the
Bedford cemetery next to her mother and step-father.
Jehiel 3rd (abt 1813-1880)who was called "Hiel." He
married Polly (surname unknown) c. 1832. She died October 28, 1846 and
is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery next to her mother-in-law. Hiel
and Polly Hungerford had five children, all born in Frankfort, Herkimer,
NY:
Asel R. (May 1833-October 22, 1913) who married Harriett (surname
unknown) about 1859 and moved to Sterling, Minnesota. A son Frank
was born in September 1860. Asel enlisted in Co. B, 1st Regiment,
of the Minnesota Mounted Rangers on October 11, 1862, and served for
one year. In 1865, he served an additional 5 months with the 1st Battery
Minnesota Light Artillery. After the Civil War, Asel and his family
moved back to Wisconsin. There they had a daughter, Bertha, born Sep
1871. Another child, Marnie, appears with the family in 1880. She
may be adopted or living temporarily with the family as Harriet is
too old to have been her mother. Frank Hungerford married at least
twice and had children with each wife. Bertha Hungerford married Don
Griswold. After the death of his wife, Asel moved west and died October
22, 1915 in Montana.
Sarah M. (August 9, 1835-September 9, 1906), married James
RIFENBERG February 19, 1854 in Dodge County, WI.
Lydia Elizabeth (Apr 1840-August 13, 1905), married George
HODGE in January, 1862, in Dodge County, WI. George HODGE died at
Jeffersonville, IN, March 29, 1865, of disease contracted while serving
with the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil War. The young widow
married September 28, 1861, James LEEMON in Fond du Lac County, WI.
Nancy Jane (September 10, 1842-January 12, 1907), married
Joseph ELLIOTT, December 8, 1858, in Dodge County, WI. They had two
sons. She married again on December 17, 1865, to Oscar SPRAGUE, a
Civil War veteran. Jane and Oscar lived at Abrams, WI, and later in
Mitchell County, IA. They are buried in the Liberty Cemetery at Little
Cedar, IA.
Daniel (1844-March 2, 1863) who died in Murfreesboro, TN, of
illness while serving with the 21st Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil
War.
Hiel remarried Julia Ann NICHOLS, daughter of Charles NICHOLS [no
known connection to the Nichols family profile below]. In
March of 1850, Hiel and Julia Ann sold their farm and orchard in Herkimer
County and relocated on a farm in Leroy township, Dodge County, WI.
Hiel and Julia HUNGERFORD had five children, all born in Dodge County,
WI:
Charles R. (Dec 1851-February 25, 1933) who married Matilda
McLEAN November 28, 1872 at Wampun, WI.
Emma E. (abt 1853-1878) who married Charles BUSKIRK, December
16, 1875, in Leroy township, Dodge County, WI. They had one son, Charles
Joseph BUSKIRK, born April 7, 1878. Within one month, on May 5, 1878,
Emma died at age 25. She is buried in the Leroy Cemetery.
Roxanna (abt 1857-aft 1930) who married Milan PARRISH. They
lived for a time in Antelope, NE, and Mitchell County, IA, before
settling in Whatcom County, WA. Roxanna and Milan had four children:
Edith, Jessie, Vern and Claude.
Electa L. (1859-1950) who married Henry PARRISH in 1878. They
lived in Mitchell County, IA and were the parents of three children:
Nellie, Floyd, and Orville.
John P. (Feb 1862-February 29, 1932) who married Nettie PERRY
July 10, 1884, in Fox Lake, WI. They lived in Iowa and later Montana.
Hiel and wife Julia separated before 1870 and later divorced. Hiel
died after 1880, probably in Wisconsin.
Lucinda (abt 1814-1837) who married Edward BUCK about 1832.
He was the son of Jonathan BUCK. She died June 27, 1837, at age 23 and
was buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery. After the death of his wife,
Edward BUCK moved to a farm in the Town of Richland, Oswego, NY. Lucinda
and Edward BUCK had two children, both probably born in Frankfort, Herkimer:
George Edward (September 7, 1833-1912) who married May 12,
1868, Altheda BURDICK. George was a farmer in the Town of Mexico,
Oswego, NY. He is buried in the Mexico town cemetery;
Maryette (December 11, 1834-1902). She and her husband Levi
WILKINSON farmed in Oswego County, NY. They adopted two children,
Frank (died 1874, age 20) and Lena (born 1876, adopted after 1880)
who survived her parents. Maryette and Levi WILKINSON both died in
1902 and are buried in the Mexico, NY, cemetery.
John S. born July 15, 1816. He married Permelia LEECH January
29, 1840, in Herkimer County, NY. He and his new wife and his younger
brother Daniel lived on the home farm after the death of his parents.
In 1846, he sold his farm and purchased 120 acres in Leroy township,
Dodge County, WI. The family started their life in Wisconsin in a log
cabin surrounded by 13 cleared acres. That first year he raised 200
bushels of wheat that he hauled by ox cart to sell in Milwaukee. John
was active in local politics and served as township treasurer and supervisor
and as a member of the local school board. John and Permelia Hungerford
had three children:
Harriet (1842-?) who was born in Herkimer County, NY;
John E. (January 7, 1845-?) who was born in Herkimer County,
NY;
Augusta (1853-?) who was born in Dodge County, WI.
John S. Hungerford died July 7, 1898 and his wife on August 1, 1893.
Both are buried in the Leroy Cemetery.
Jonathan (abt 1821-1827) who died November 13, 1827at
age 6. He is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery in Frankfort;
Daniel (May 19, 1822-1888) who married first, Eliza J. BOYD,
about 1849. They had one child, Mary Hungerford (June 15, 1850 - March
21, 1852). Eliza (BOYD) HUNGERFORD died July 14, 1866 and is buried
in the Graffenburg Cemetery.**
He married as his second wife, Mary Ann CLOYES, daughter of Silas and
Abigail CLOYES. They had a child born (and died) November 30, 1873.
They also apparently adopted a daughter, Carrie, sometime after 1875.***
Daniel farmed in Herkimer County and died there May 5, 1888. He, his
second wife Mary Ann, and his children are buried in the Norwich Corners
Church cemetery in Litchfield, Herkimer Co, NY.
Notes:
* My two sources for the year of
Eliza's birth differ. The year 1808 is on the gravestone. The year 1810
is on a list of Nichols children birthdays. Both sources agree on the
day of birth (February 24).
**
Eliza Boyd Hungerford's name is also inscribed on the monument that marks
her husband's grave in the Norwich Corners Church cemetery in Litchfield,
Herkimer County, NY.
***
Carrie Hungerford, age 12 in 1880, was not listed with her parents in
either the 1870 federal census or the 1875 New York state census.
Sources:
1) Herkimer and Oswego County, NY deeds.
2) Series J0061, Court of Chancery-4th Circuit, Enrolled Decrees and other
case files; File # B242 (Buck); File H166 (Nancy Hungerford); File H165
(John Hungerford); File 164 (Daniel Hungerford).
3) "Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson counties,
Wisconsin," published by Goodspeed Brothers, 1894, pages 426-427.
4) Oswego County, NY, Will Book P, page 452.
4) Vital records from Dodge, Fond du Lac, Oconto counties, WI; Mitchell
County, IA; Cuyahoga County, OH. Researched at the Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, UT.
5) Civil War military and pension files (George Hodge, Oscar Sprague,
Asel Hungerford, Daniel Hungerford, Jonathan Hungerford) from the National
Archives.
6) Gravestone inscriptions Herkimer and Oswego counties, NY; Mitchell
County, IA; Cuyahoga County, IA. Viewed 2002 by the author.
7) Obituaries and news articles, Mitchell County Press and Mitchell County,
IA, vital records from microfilms at the State Historical Library, Des
Moines, IA.
8) Census records from the following counties: Hekimer, NY; Oswego, NY;
Clark, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Marathon, Oconto, Outagamie,WI; Mitchell, IA;
Whatcom, WA.
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NATHANIEL HUNGERFORD
Nathaniel HUNGERFORD
Nathaniel HUNGERFORD, fifth child of Nathaniel and Rachel (CONE) HUNGERFORD,
was born May 23, 1767, probably at Lyme, CT. He married Dorothy (Dolly)
GATESs November 5, 1788, at East Haddam and there the couple made their
home. Dolly joined the Millington Church at East Haddam. The baptisms
of their three children were recorded there. By 1800, Nathaniel had undoubtedly
heard of the opportunities available in upstate New York. In 1802, he
purchased the first of several parcels of farmland in the Town of Frankfort
and soon relocated his family to Herkimer County, joining his older brother
and others from his community. Nathaniel and Dorothy HUNGERFORD were active
members of the Norwich Corners Congregational Church. She was received
as a member on May 3, 1805. The church records also show that Nathaniel
served as a trustee and contributed the not insignificant sum of twenty
dollars toward the building of a meetinghouse. Nathaniel HUNGERFORD died
May 25, 1825, two days after his 58th birthday. His wife Dorothy died
May 22, 1853. Both are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery.*
Children of Nathaniel and Dorothy Gates Hungerford:
Octavia (abt 1789-1840) who married Henry CRANE, of Paris, Oneida
County, NY, on May 29, 1811 by the Rev. Hugh WALLIS. They lived in Sauquoit,
Oneida County, NY.
Stephen (abt 1791-1878) who married Eliza PADDOCK, of Litchfield,
Herkimer County, NY, on January 3, 1813, by the Rev. Hugh Wallis. They
farmed in the Town of Frankfort until 1837 when they "went west"
to Michigan.
Diodate (abt 1793-August 12, 1881) who married Roxana (surname
unknown) about 1814. She was received as a member of the Norwich Corners
Church May 6, 1821. Diodate and Roxana had three children:
John Calvin (1815-March 12, 1859) an attorney. He and his wife
had five children: Lydia, Mary, Charles A., Diodate C., and Edward;
Eliza (1817-1823);
Martin Luther (abt 1819 - ?).
Roxana HUNGERFORD died in1824.**
Diodate married a second time to Sarah (surname unknown) abt. 1826. They
had two children:
Lydia Eliza Roxana (1830-1837) who was baptized August 15, 1830,
at the Norwich Corners Church;
Mary Octavia (abt 1834-?) who married Holmes RIDER about 1858.
Diodate Hungerford was a farmer. He also served as a local magistrate
or notary as his name appears on many Herkimer County deeds. Diodate Hungerford,
his wives Roxanna and Sarah, and children John Calvin, Eliza, Octavia
and Lydia and several grandchildren are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery.
Notes:
* In his book Thomas Hungerford
of Hartford and New London, Connecticut and his Descendants in America,
F. Phelps Leach writes that Dolly Hungerford married 2 Feb 1792 to John
Sparrow, implying that Nathaniel has died. This is an error. He has confused
Dorothy Gates, the wife of Nathaniel Hungerford, with Dorothy Hungerford,
a daughter of Nathaniel's uncle Green Hungerford.
**
Roxana Hungerford, wife of Diodate, is not to be confused with Roxana
Hungerford, daughter of Jehiel Hungerford Jr. They are two different women.
Both died in the Town of Frankfort and both are buried in the Graffenburg
Cemetery. Roxana, wife of Diodate Hungerford, died either Feb 1824 (Norwich
Corners Church Records) or April 14, 1824 (gravestone). Roxanna, daughter
of Jehiel Hungerford, Jr., died August 14, 1824. I write this because
I have seen many undocumented pedigrees (on internet genealogy sites)
that have confused these two women or consider them to be the same woman.
Sources:
1)FHL 1435190, " Norwich Corners Congregational Church (Norwich
Society), Paris, Oneida, NY;"
2)Thomas Hungerford of Hartford and New London, Connecticut and his
Descendants in America, F. Phelps Leach;
3)Herkimer County Deeds between Nathaniel Hungerford and the heirs of
Nathaniel Hungerford, in particular Book 3, pages 111-115; Book 56, page
507;
4)Gravestone inscriptions, Graffenburg Cemetery, viewed 2002 by the author.
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DAVID LEWIS (Pictures
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David LEWIS, the son of Rees LEWIS (1774-1842) and Mary JONES
(1765-1857), was born in 1802 in a farmhouse called Plas yn Brithdir in
Dolgellau, Merionethshire in North Wales and was baptized Sept. 21, 1802
in the Parish of Dogelley (an alternative spelling for "Dolgellau").
He had three brothers and two sisters also born in Wales. They were John
born in 1799, Lewis born in 1800, Catherine born in 1804, Mary born in
1807, and Reese born about 1814. David's father Rees and his older brother
Lewis emigrated to America from Wales in 1817. One family story is that
they emigrated to avoid being drafted into the Welsh brigade sent by the
English to fight Napolean. The extraordinary experiences of their journey
to America were recorded in Rees' son Lewis' obituary in the Welsh language
magazine,"Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd" published in Oneida County.
A transcription of this obituary from Welsh to English is here provided
by Mr. Edryd JONES of Aberystwyth, Wales who is a descendant of Mary JONES'
brother Rowland who remained in Wales. The portion pertaining to the journey
follows:
Mr. Lewis emigrated with his father to America in 1817, when
he was only 17 years old. They came to see the country and to search
for a home, leaving the rest of the family behind. Two of his father's
brothers, namely Thomas and Richard Lewis, had emigrated some years
previously, and the old man and the boy intended meeting them after
landing in the west, and the manner in which they found them is worth
recording as a notable example of divine intervention. They had a
Welsh Bible to read on the sea journey, and on the front page of it
was written the only information they had to reach their relatives.
After calling in Baltimore they realised that the instruction sheet
had been torn away and they had no idea where to turn nor where to
go. They heard that some Welsh people lived in Oneida County, in the
district of N. Y., and they turned in that direction. They had a small
sailing ship to take them from New York to Albany, but by accident
the vessel stuck on the river bottom because of low water, opposite
the village of Newburgh on the North River, and since they could not
continue to sail they went ashore and asked whether anyone there knew
of a man called Thomas Lewis, a Welshman in that village or neighbourhood.
They were told that a man of that name lived close to the village.
They went ahead with their search and they met a Welshman who was
none other than the man they were looking for. They were told that
the other brother, Richard Lewis lived, namely in Binghamton where
his descendents now live, numerous and now wealthy. Our departed friend
often talked of the divine providence which held the old vessel on
the river Hudson. All the happenings associated with this fortunate
incident are far too numerous to be recorded in this article.
(Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, Vol. XXV, January 1864. pps 21,
23. Transcribed 2003)
Son Lewis returned to Wales after four years to bring his mother, brothers
and sisters back to America. The family, including David, the subject
of this biography, arrived in America about 1822 and settled in Deerfield
(now part of Utica), Oneida County, NY. David soon got a job in a starch
factory where he met and married Nancy A. NICHOLS in Frankfort, NY about
1825. Nancy, born July 21, 1796 in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts,
was the daughter of David NICHOLS and
Hannah THOMSON of Frankfort Hill.
David LEWIS was a farmer and landowner in the Town of Frankfort. An 1829
deed conveying real estate from Joshua S. CHAPMAN to David L. LEWIS was
recorded in the Herkimer County Clerk's Office on Sept. 4th, 1829 in the
Book No. 22 of Deeds pages 448 and 449. David became a naturalized U.
S. citizen. He died February 27, 1878 in Litchfield, Herkimer County,
NY and Nancy died November 23, 1866 in Litchfield. They are buried in
the Norwich Cemetery, Norwich Corners, NY. The couple had six children
all born in Frankfort:
Mary A. (?-by 1892);
Leonard J. (dates not known);
Dennis Nicholas (November 2, 1826, Frankfort Hill, NY-June 7,
1905, Frankfort Hill, NY)
John Reese (June 6, 1828, Frankfort Hill, NY-June 20, 1902, Piper
City, Ford County, IL)
James H. (April 7, 1834, Frankfort Hill, NY-September 7, 1910,
Fremont, Dodge, NE)
Margaret Elizabeth, (abt. 1836-?)
Leonard went to California in 1851. His last known communication
with his brother John LEWIS was about 1888.
Dennis married Mary Ann WAKE December 18, 1850 in Willowvale,
Oneida, NY. She was born November 17, 1832, and died July 10, 1859 and
is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery, Herkimer, NY. Dennis married
second Elizabeth S. RUSSELL April
16, 1862 in the Baptist Church, Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. Elizabeth,
the daughter of Jonathan RUSSELL
and Mary STEWART, was born December
9, 1832 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY and died March 4, 1914 in the
village of Frankfortl, Herkimer, NY. Although no gravestones exist for
them, both Dennis and Elizabeth are buried at the Graffenburg Cemetery.
For more on Dennis Lewis, see his biography
below.
John Reese moved to Naperville, Illinois in 1850. On June 3,
1852 he married Delia O. JOHNSON (b. May 27, 1833, Rutland, Vermont)
the daughter of Hiram and Sarah A. JOHNSON. In 1856 John became one
of the founders of Piper City, Ford, Illinois. He was a land agent for
the Illinois Central Railroad Company for about eighteen years and,
acccording to his obituary printed on page 1 in the Piper City Journal
dated June 22, 1901, he "bought and sold probably more land than
any man in the county." John was the first justice of the peace
in the Brenton Township. He also held the positions of school director
and county surveyor. He filled the office of assessor, clerk and supervisor,
and was the first postmaster of Piper City. John died in Piper City
on June 20, 1901 and Delia died March 19, 1897. They are buried in the
Brenton cemetery. They had four children:
Wallace David (April 1855-?) was born in Illinois and married
Evelyn R. WHEELER abt. 1880;
Sarah E. (abt 1856-?) was born in Illinois;
Albert W. (abt 1858-?) was born in Illinois;
Adelaide B. (abt 1872-?) was born in New York and married Albert
J. JOHNSON.
James married Mary Elizabeth STEWART
October 18, 1858 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY. Mary, daughter of
Pardon STEWART and Elizabeth
BUCK, was born June 8, 1838 in Frankfort Hill. James died September
7, 1920 in Fremont, Dodge, NE and Mary died March 10, 1923 also in Fremont.
For more on James Lewis see his biography
below.
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DENNIS LEWIS (Pictures
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Dennis Nicholas LEWIS, the son of David LEWIS (1802-1878) and
Nancy A. Nichols (1796-1866), was born in Frankfort Hill on November 2,
1826. Dennis was first married to Mary Ann WAKE in Willowvale, Oneida,
NY, on September 18, 1850. Mary Ann was born November 17, 1832 and died
July 10, 1859. She is buried in Graffenburg Cemetery in the Town of Frankfort.
Dennis and Mary Ann had four children.
George H. (October 22, 1851-August 15, 1917);
Sarah E.(December 13, 1853-January 4, 1854);
William David (May 7, 1855-May 1, 1922);
John R. (June 21, 1857-January 21, 1926).
George H. married Margaret A. EDWARDS November 11, 1875. Margaret
was born in 1854. George was engaged in farming until he was thirty
years old. In 1880 he moved to Utica, Oneida, NY and for 33 years was
employed in the wholesale grocery business of Johnson and Murray. He
left that position in April, 1915 due to ill health. George died August
15, 1917 in Utica and Margaret died May 3, 1913. George and Margaret
had one daughter, Clara who was born in Frankfort Hill on June 8, 1878.
Clara LEWIS married John Richard GRIFFITH September 16, 1903 in Utica.
John was born in South Wales on February 5, 1878. Clara was in the millinery
business in Utica for many years. She had been a member of the New Century
Club for more than fifty years, and charter member of the Gateway Garden
Club. She was active in church and civic affairs, and was a member of
Plymouth Bethesda United Church of Christ. Clara died February 2, 1967
and John died July 12, 1956. Clara and John did not have any children.
William David married Emma E. RUSSELL April 5, 1876. Emma, the
daughter of Pardon RUSSELL and Cythera
INMAN, was born November 4, 1857. William graduated in 1875 from the
Whitestown Seminary, which was located in Oneida County. He taught classes
there beginning in 1872 while still a student, and after graduation
from the Seminary he taught school in Washington Mills, Oneida, NY for
two years. He then worked for the Johnson Encyclopedia people for two
years. After that he went into his own grocery business in Washington
Mills, which he continued for seven years. William accepted a position
with Griffin and Hoxie, wholesale grocers, and was employed by them
for ten years. He then suffered a nervous breakdown and was unable to
work for nine years. Upon his recovery he returned to the employ of
Griffin and Hoxie. After his employment with Griffin and Hoxie he worked
for Remington Arms in Ilion, Herkimer, NY as a bookkeeper. During 1916
he accepted employment with the Beechnut Packing Company at Canajoharie,
NY and held the positions of representative at Atlanta, Georgia, and
then the company's State division manager in the States of Washington
and Oregon. In 1918, at the height of the War, he returned to the Oneida-Herkimer
counties area and accepted the position as foreman in the inspection
department on government work at his former employer, Remington Arms.
William traveled abroad during the spring and summer of 1920. After
that he worked for a large wholesale house in Pittsburg and Milwaukee
that required him to do significant travel. He became ill while traveling
in the New England States. He had been ill two months when he died in
a Utica hospital on May 1, 1922. The obituary in a newspaper stated,
"Mr. Lewis was one of the best known men in Oneida County
He
was a through going business man, an expert accountant, thoroughly honest
and reliable and in all respects a good citizen
There are a great
many people in Central New York who will regret to learn of his death
and who remember him kindly."
William's memberships included the Frankfort Lodge, F. & A. M.,
Utica Commandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, Utica Consistory and the Skenandoah
Lodge of Odd Fellows of the city of Utica.
William died May 1, 1922 and Emma died October 9, 1907. They had one
daughter and two sons.
Charles William (December 2, 1876-May 22, 1958);
Cora (September 1, 1881-December 17, 1887);
Earl R. (1894-March 24, 1932).
Charles William was born December 2, 1876 in Frankfort and he died
May 22, 1958 in Canton, NY. He married Margaret CHAPMAN. Charles graduated
from Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida, NY in the class of 1902. That
same year he became vice principal and mathematics teacher at the
Little Falls High School in Herkimer County. From 1907 to 1913 he
was principal of the Canton, NY high school. He was superintendent
of schools in Frankfort from 1929 to 1945. Charles also served as
mayor of Canton, NY from 1907 to 1913 and then again from 1945 until
1955.
Earl R.was born in 1894 in Washington Mills, Oneida, NY and died
March 24, 1932 in Canajoharie, NY after an illness of five weeks of
typhoid fever. He married Evelyn VANDERVEER. Earl graduated from Hamilton
College in 1914. He was employed by the Beech Nut Packing Company
and worked as a salesman for the company for a number of years. For
some years Earl was located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and about four
years prior to his death he returned to the village of Canajoharie
and took charge of the sale of food products for the company. He was
a member of the Fort Rensselaer Club and the Masonic Club.
John R. was born June 21, 1857 in Utica, Oneida, NY and married
Julia C. INMAN August 22, 1877. Julia, the daughter of Asa INMAN and
Mary McCLAIRE, was born March 4, 1860 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY.
John attended the Whitestown Seminary located in Oneida County, NY.
He was a farmer until about 1882. At that time he went to Utica and
worked in the car shops of the D., L. & W. Railroad. The newspaper
obituary for John Lewis discussed his working career as follows: "In
1883 he entered the mercantile business, and for three years was employed
by French, Kincaid & Company at 14 Genesee Street, in the dry goods
line. In 1886 he entered the employ of Roberts Hardware Company, and
until 1901 was employed by that company as traveling salesman covering
northern and eastern New York. He was very successful as a commercial
traveler and had a large acquaintance among men of that profession.
Roberts Hardware Company had been instrumental in organizing the Continental
Tool Company at Frankfort, and in 1901 Mr. Lewis was asked to take charge
of it as manager. He accepted, and served in that capacity many years.
The company was engaged in the manufacture of forks, hoes and rakes,
and under the able supervision of Mr. Lewis its business increased steadily.
After Mr. Lewis had been manager for seven years, the company was reorganized
and enlarged as the Union Fork and Hoe Company and Mr. Lewis continued
as manager. It had two large factories and employed about 240 hands.
Its product was sold not only all over the United States but also in
most foreign countries. In June 1920 Mr. Lewis retired after 19 years
of service. Much of the success of the company was due to his skillful,
prudent and diligent management. He was a very industrious man and always
on the job."
John was one of the organizers and promoters of the Citizens' National
Bank of Frankfort and also one of the incorporators.
John's membership included being a Mason in the Olive Branch Lodge
40, Frankfort. He was also a member of the Oneida Chapter 57, R. A.
M., of the Masonic Craftsmen's Club and of the Arcanum Club of Utica.
He was a charter member of the South Congregational Church in Utica,
organized in 1920.
John died January 21, 1926 at his home in Utica and Julia died October
21, 1943. John and Julia had three sons who died after attaining young
manhood:
Fred G. (September 13, 1877-November 16, 1906);
Arthur G. (July 23, 1879-July 3, 1910);
Raymond J. (April 18, 1889-July 11, 1907).
Fred G. was born September 13, 1877 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer,
NY and married Mae MARSHALL in 1898. Fred's first employment was with
William Howarth, the druggist. He then worked for H. H. Cooper &
Co. and Utica Clothing Company before accepting a position with the
Continental Tool Company at Frankfort. His father, John was the general
superintendent of the company at the time of Fred's employment there.
Fred contracted a severe cold that turned into the illness known as
consumption. Fred did not recover from this illness and died on November
16, 1906.
Dennis married secondly Elizabeth S.
RUSSELL in the Baptist Church, Frankfort on April 16, 1862. Elizabeth,
a daughter of Jonathan RUSSELL and
Mary STEWART, was born December 9, 1832
in Frankfort Hill. Her family and friends knew Elizabeth as Betsey. Five
children were born to Dennis and Elizabeth:
Flora Adella (March 23, 1863-June 20, 1944);
Lilla Mae (March 3, 1865-December 14, 1950);
Charles A. (June 25, 1867-March 30, 1868);
Frank Eugene (May 30, 1869-February 28, 1942);
Mary Ann (January 26, 1875-July 18, 1955).
Flora Adella was born March 23, 1863 in Frankfort Hill and married
Fred PRESCOTT, August 16, 1887. Fred was born December 16, 1857 and
died February 18, 1914. Flora died June 20, 1944. Flora and Fred had
two children:
Alice Mae (September 1, 1888-November 18, 1961);
Lewis Thomas (July 31, 1890, d. July 20, 1929).
Daughter Alice Mae was born September 1, 1888 in Walesville, Oneida,
NY. Alice died November 18, 1961. She married Howard Perley HENRY
October 7, 1908 in the Frankfort Hill M. E. Church. He was born August
15, 1886 and died April 18, 1951.
Lewis Thomas was born July 31, 1890 in Walesville, Oneida, NY. He
married Dorothy HORNICK October 16, 1912. Dorothy was born in 1892
and she died in March 12, 1915. He remarried Maude HENRY who was born
November 18, 1895. Lewis died on July 20, 1929 while he was working.
He climbed an electric pole and was accidentally electrocuted. Lewis
served in World War I. An excerpt from the book "Herkimer County
in The Great War 1916 - 1918", compiled by Hon. Franklin W. Cristman
follows:
Prescott, Lewis T.,
Frankfort, N. Y.
Born July 31, 1890, inducted
June 18, 1918; Syracuse University,
Wheeler, Branch of Service, Co. 4.
Development Battalion;
Discharged December 2, 1918
Lilla Mae was born March 3, 1865 and married George Graves PRESCOTT
on January 14, 1885. George, the son of Thomas PRESCOTT and his wife
Esther, was born January 21, 1860. George was a cheese maker for 20
years and owned and operated a farm at Walesville, Oneida, NY for twelve
years. He was employed by the Union Fork & Hoe Company, Frankfort,
Herkimer, NY for twenty years. Lilla Mae died December 14, 1950 and
George died December 21, 1934 in Frankfort, NY. Lilla and George had
two daughters.
Minnie Belle (May 19, 1886 in Frankfort, NY-January 20, 1943);
Maude Esther (November 18, 1895-December 2, 1941) who was born
in the town of Whitestown, Oneida, NY.
Daughter Maude Esther married Valentine GOSSON on September 2, 1922
in Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. Maude graduated from Frankfort High School
and in 1916 from Oneonta Normal. She taught school for two years and
during the World War was employed for two years in the War Department
in Washington, D.C. She had lived in Rochester, NY from 1922 until
her death in 1941.
Frank Eugene was born May 30, 1869 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer,
NY and married Hattie M. VANDAWALKER on December 18, 1895 in New Hartford,
Oneida, NY. Hattie, the daughter of Chauncy VANDAWALKER and Mary EDIC,
was born May 22, 1871 in Sauquoit, Oneida, NY. Frank was a farmer. Frank
died on February 28, 1942 and Hattie died August 8, 1966. Frank and
Hattie had three daughters.
Mildred Mae (July 15, 1896-January 11, 1996);
Clara Elizabeth (July 12, 1905-March 3, 1992);
Still Living, as of 2003,( July 9, 1911-).
Frank was very active in the social life of Frankfort Hill toward the
end of the 19th century. Click here to see a collection
of party invitations and visiting cards kept by his descendants.
Mary Ann was born January 26, 1875 and married Charles DEMPSTER
on February 28, 1894 in Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. Charles, the son of
Henry DEMPSTER and Margaret YOUNG, was born March 12, 1870 in the Town
of Frankfort, Herkimer, NY. Mary Ann was a charter member of the Beth-El-Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star, and served as its third matron. She also
was a member of Col. Marinus Willet Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Frankfort. Charles
was a member of Oriental Lodge, F & A. M., Knights Templar, Ziyara
Temple and a member of the Baptist Church. He was employed for many
years in the Union Fork & Hoe Company, retiring about 1948. Mary
Ann died July 18, 1955 in Frankfort and Charles died December 2, 1953
in Frankfort. They had two children.
Grace Elizabeth (November 24, 1894-September 26, 1982) who
died in Mystic, Connecticut;
Henry Lewis (June 26, 1905-November 15, 1905).
Dennis resided in Frankfort Hill all his life and was active in the public
and social life in the town of Frankfort. He was a farmer and also served
for twelve years as justice of the peace. During the last few years of
Dennis' life, an annual birthday party was held at his home during the
month of November. It was one of Dennis' greatest delights to have his
children and grandchildren help him celebrate his birthday.
Dennis is listed in the 1869-70 "Directory of the Town of Frankfort":
Lewis, Dennis N.
(Frankfort Hill)
farmer 106
Dennis died at his home in Frankfort Hill on June 7, 1905 and Elizabeth
died March 4, 1914 in the village of Frankfort at her daughter Lilla's
home. They are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery.
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JAMES LEWIS (Pictures
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James H. LEWIS, the youngest son of David
LEWIS and his wife, Nancy NICHOLS,
was born April 7, 1834 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY. He married Mary
Elizabeth STEWART on October 18, 1858 in Frankfort Hill. She was the
daughter of Pardon STEWART and Elizabeth
BUCK and was born June 8, 1838 in Frankfort Hill. James and Mary had
four children two of whom were born in Frankfort Hill. With the opening
of the western territories after the Civil War, James LEWIS took his family
west to Illinois settling in the small community of Piper City that had
been founded a decade earlier by his brother John
R. LEWIS. The last two children were born there.
Children of James H. LEWIS and Mary Elizabeth (STEWART) LEWIS born in
Frankfort Hill were:
Henry Luderny (1859-1933) who married Mary Ellen BAKER NOBLE
(aka "May") January 28, 1884 in McLean County, Illinois. They
had at least two children: a son, G. Fred, born in 1884 and a daughter,
Ina L., born in 1890. Both Henry and May LEWIS are buried in Beatrice,
Gage, NE.
Carrie Elizabeth (1862-1959) who married Louis Fremont HOLLOWAY,
son of James C. HOLLOWAY and May Elizabeth ROY, in Tobias, Nebraska
in 1886. They had two daughters, Grace Pearl (1888-1975) who married
Louis NEILSON, and Ruth Olive (1893-1918) who married John Henry BADER.
A son, Frank McCAULEY, was adopted around 1900 from one of the orphan
trains that brought destitute children from eastern cities to new homes
in the west. He married Bess McMILLAN in 1911. Carrie and Louis are
buried in the Rider Cemetery in Fremont, Dodge, NE.
Children of James H. LEWIS and Mary Elizabeth STEWART LEWIS born in Piper
City, Ford, IL were:
Frank A. (1873-?) who married Minnie F. TRAUGER. They had two
daughters: Celia Sarento born in 1895 who married Clair KERR and Nina
Caroline born in 1896 who died young. Last known residence for Frank
and Minnie Lewis was Exeter, NE in 1923.
Edna Mae (1878-1945) who married Charles Doyle ROSCOE in 1898.
He was the son of David A. ROSCOE
and Mary Crosby FERO of Frankfort Hill,
NY. They had seven children. Edna and Charles are buried in the Moran
Prairie Cemetery near Spokane, WA.
James LEWIS was a farmer in Frankfort Hill and, according to the 1865
state census, owned a frame house there valued at $300. He pursued a variety
of jobs after moving west. The 1880 US census of Brenton Township, Piper
City, Ford County, Illinois, lists his occupation as "laborer."
In a letter written in
1898 to his brother John R., he expressed interest in going on
a trip to Alaska to mine for gold. He died September 7, 1910 in Fremont,
Dodge, NE.
Mary Elizabeth Stewart LEWIS was active in the Congregational Church
and a strong supporter of the women's suffrage movement. Her daughters
and granddaughters presented her in June of 1898 with a copy of The
Beautiful Life of Frances E. Willard published by The Woman's Temperance
Publishing Association in memoriam of this noted leader of women's rights.
Frances WILLARD (born in Churchville, Monroe, NY in 1839) is said to have
been a relative of Mary Elizabeth Stewart Lewis but the exact connection
is not known to this author. Mary Elizabeth Stewart Lewis died March 10,
1923 in Fremont, Dodge, NE.
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DAVID NICHOLS (Pictures
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David NICHOLS was the son of Henry NICHOLS and his wife, Elizabeth
TOWNE of Sutton, Worchester County, MA. The NICHOLS and TOWNS were among
the early settlers of Salem, MA. David's paternal grandmother, Sarah WILKINS,
was of the Wilkins family involved in the witchcraft
hysteria at Salem in the 17th century in which John WILKINS was executed
for witchcraft. Through cousin intermarriage David and Elizabeth also
descended from both Edmund and Joseph TOWNE. Edmund and Joseph were brothers
to Mary ESTY and Rebecca NURSE both hung for witchcraft and Sarah CLOYES
an accused witch.
Our subject, David NICHOLS, was born March 28, 1764 in Sutton, Worchester,
MA. Sometime later his family moved to Royalston, Worchester, MA and are
listed among the original settlers of that town.
David father's brother, Isaac NICHOLS, was a colonel in the Revolutionary
War. A family letter written by David's grandson, John
R. LEWIS, suggests that David himself may have been in the war, although
this claim has not be verified:
Excerpt from Feb. 11, 1898 letter from John R. Lewis in Illinois
to his brother Dennis N. Lewis in Frankfort Hill, NY:
... There is one more thing I wish to get your opinion of and
that is was Grandfather Nichols [i.e., David Nichols] in the Revolutionary
War.
It has accurred [sic] to me or I always have had it in my mind that
he was in the war or the last years of it. I think he was only 17
years old when went into the service-and his uncle was a general [sic]
in the Federal Army known as General Nichols. Try and see if you can
learn anything about it. ...(Collection of Evelyn Newby.)
David married Hannah THOMSON (1768-1842) on May 17, 1787 in Royalston.
Their marriage is listed in the Vital Records of that town as are the
births of six* of their children:
Metilda (March 19, 1789-?) who married a Mr. Barker (first name
unknown);
Dennis (July 23, 1792 - June 2, 1795) who is buried in Royalston;
Augusta (April 13, 1794 -?) who married a Mr. Coolidge (first
name unknown), probably in Frankfort;
Nancy A. (July 21, 1796 - November 23, 1866) who married David
LEWIS about 1825 in Frankfort;
Leonard (June 30, 1799-?);
Dennis (November 11, 1801-February 9, 1826) who died in Frankfort
Hill and is buried in Graffenburg Cemetery;
Dency* (1806-?) is not listedin
the Royalston records but was born in Massachusetts according to subsequent
census records. There is some question about whether she was a daughter
or daughter-in-law. (See note below)
The married names for the daughters were only recently discovered in
a tinbox of family documents found in the home of an elderly descendant.
Read about this discovery.
Two child born in Frankfort Hill, NY were:
Eliza L. (February 24, 1810 - June 12, 1885) who married Amos
Hungerford, son of Jehiel HUNGERFORD, Jr.
and his wife Sally STEWART, in Frankfort,
NY;
Leonard, (May 31, 1818-?). He was a Civil War veteran. Read
letter he wrote home while serving in Virginia.
David and Hannah NICHOLS were members of the Norwich Corners Congregational
Church. Records of the minutes of this church provide some interesting
details about this couple:
From Church Meetings Minutes (obtained by L. Schlater from FHL
Film 1435190):
Nov 14, 1825
By request, the church met at the home of David Nichols, his son
being sick and near death wished to be baptized and received as
a member. He was so received. [Son Dennis died Feb. 9. 1826.]
Dec 30, 1828
Deacon Benjamin Wood, Moderator and Deacon S. Coe presented a complaint
against Hannah Nichols, wife of Mr. David Nichols, "Brethren
of this church, whereas Mrs. Hannah Nichols is guilty of the use
of awful wicked tongue to her husband, calling him an old devil,
and wishing his tongue was rotted in his mouth, etc. He has taken
steps with her according to scripture but to no avail." Dated,
Litchfield, Dec 31, 1828. Accordingly, Mrs. Nichols was cited to
appear before it Jan 15.
Jan 15, 1829
Mrs Nichols did not appear.
Jan 22, 1829
Mrs Nichols was to receive a letter of admonition and if she did
not give satisfaction within 4 weeks she was to be excommunicated.
Feb 6, 1829
A second letter was sent to Mrs. Nichols. The church voted to meet
at her home and give her an opportunity to repent.
Feb 13, 1829
The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Nichols. She would not
confess guilt as to the first complaint, the second one having been
withdrawn. She was consequently excommunicated.
Mar 6, 1829
Mrs. Nichols excommunication was recorded.
Membership List:
David Nichols date not given Died 9 Jan 1842, age 78
Mrs. Nichols, wife David Rec'd 8 Dec 1816 Excomm. 29 Mar 1829
David NICHOLS died January 10, 1842. His wife Hannah Thomson NICHOLS
died about two months later on March 2, 1842. Both are buried, side by
side, in the Graffenburg, Cemetery in Frankfort Hill, NY.
*Whether Dency was a daughter of
David and Nancy Nichols or a daughter-in-law, is not clear. Her birth
is not recorded in the Vital Records of Roylaston although all the other
children born there are. Later census records of Frankfort NY indicate
she was born in Massachusetts. Was her birth perhaps simply not recorded
in Royalston or did she "join" the family later via marriage?
It is possible that she was the wife of son Dennis who died in 1826 in
Frankfort. It is known that she lived in the family household at the time
it was headed by the youngest son, Leonard. Yet, she is listed separately
as having her own farm during this same period in the 1869-1870
Directory of the Town of Frankfort. This would make sense if she were
the widow of brother Dennis and had inherited his land. In a letter written
by Leonard from camp in Virginia during the Civil War, he addresses her
as "My Dear Sister" which could support either interpretation
since at that time sisters and sister-in-laws were both often referred
to as "sister." However, the envelope for this letter is addressed
to "Miss Dency Nichols." Would he likely have referred to his
brother's widow as "Miss"? Perhaps a will or land sale for one
of these two will turn up and help answer this question.
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RUSSELL RUSCOE (Pictures
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Russell RUSCOE (Rusco, Roscoe, Rosco) was born in 1779 in the
midst of the Revolutionary War. His exact parentage is not clear although
several options are being seriously investigated. It is know from entries
in family Bibles and from various Federal Census reports that he was born
in Connecticut. He married Nancy CORBIN sometime before 1816 the birth
year for their first child. Nancy was the daughter of Revolutionary War
veteran Asa CORBIN and his wife, Mercy HARLOW, and was born in Thompson,
Windham, CT in 1784.
The earliest record that has been found of Russell RUSCOE in New York
shows him involved in a suit against one Samuel JACKSON in Montgomery
County in 1806. On the 1855 New York state census he is listed as having
resided in Frankfort for 16 years fixing his arrival in that town to about
1839.
Russell and Nancy had five children all of whom lived in Frankfort:
William Harlow (May 15, 1816 - August 14, 1847);
Sherman H. (June 15, 1818 - January 10, 1852);
Almira Corbin (August 26, 1820 -November 1857);
David A. (July 5, 1823 - May 13, 1884);
Daniel Ward (December 28, 1826 - ?).
The first three children, William, Sherman and Almira, all died unmarried
and are buried in the Ferguson Road Cemetery (also called the Town of
Frankfort Cemetery) along with their father, Russell. The cemetery is
located near the family homestead in northwest Frankfort.
David A., the fourth child, married Mary Crosby FERO (December 11, 1836-March 17, 1923),
daughter of Isaac FERO and Philena CROSBY (first-cousin of the well-known blind, hymn
writer, Fanny CROSBY) on April 6, 1854. They had ten children, six of whom were born
while the family was in New York.
With the opening of the western territories after the Civil War, David
sold the family land in Frankfort (in 1869) and took his family west
to Illinois settling for a time outside Chicago, in the town of Peotone,
Will County where the last four children were born.
Children of David and Mary ROSCOE born in Frankfort were:
Nancy Fero (1855-1913) who married John R. BAIRD (born in
NY) in Illinois. She died in Peotone.
Martha A. (1857-1875) who died unmarried in Illinois and
is buried in Peotone;
William Harlow (1859-1947) who married Lena JURGENSON (born
in Denmark) in Nebraska. Both are buried in the Clatonia Cemetery,
Clatonia, Gage County, NE;
Sherman Isaac (1862-1948) who married Martha Ann C. FULLER
who was born in Unadilla Forks, Otsego, NY. She was the granddaughter
of Waitstill FULLER of Plainsfield, Otsego, NY. Sherman is
buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa;
George Corbin (1864-1952 ) who married Mary C. BOGGS in Nebraska.
He is buried in the Swanton Cemetery, Swanton, NE;
Franklin A. (1866-?) who married first, Anna ROBINSON in
Nebraska. He was married more than once. His last known residence
was in Miami, Florida in 1923.
Children of David and Mary ROSCOE born in Illinois were:
Erwin Ward (1868-1886) who died unmarried in DeWitt, Saline
County, NE;
Bertrus Francis (1870-1957)who married first, Sarah Elizabeth
WALDO (sixth great-granddaughter of immigrant ancestor, Cornelius
WALDO of Massachusetts) in Nebraska. He married a second time after
Sarah's death in 1940 but the name of this wife is not known. Bertrus
is buried in Des Moines Memorial Cemetery, Des Moines, IA;
Edward Wright (1874-1929) who married Inez Garfield COLE
(great-granddaughter of John COLE and
Lydia MINER of Litchfield, Herkimer, NY) in Nebraska. He died in
Ridgeway, Colorado.
Charles Doyle (1876-1962) who married Edna Mae LEWIS (daughter
of James H. LEWIS and Mary
Elizabeth STEWART both of Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY) in Nebraska.
Charles and Edna are buried in the Moran Prarie Cemetery, Spokane,
WA.
David died in 1884 and is buried in the DeWitt Cemetery, Saline, DeWitt, NE where
the family had moved in the early 1880s. His wife, Mary Crosby (Fero) ROSCOE, married
Lyman C. ADAMS (descendant of Henry ADAMS of Braintree, Massachusetts) of Crete, Will,
Illinois as his second wife on September 22, 1891 and moved back to Crete. After ADAMS'
death in 1894, she returned to Nebraska to live with her sons. She was living with her
eldest son, William in Clatonia, Saline, NE at the time of her death in 1923 and is
buried next to her husband David in the Roscoe plot in the DeWitt Cemetery, DeWitt,
Saline, NE.
Daniel Ward, the youngest child of Russell & Nancy RUSCOE, married Mary WILSIE (also sometimes spelled,
"Wiltsie" or "Woolsey") in 1852. Harvey Lawson in his History and Genealogy of the Descendants of
Clement Corbin,* states that "Daniel was a carpenter, married Mary Woolsey; died at Frankfort, N.Y.
three children, girls residing in Utica, N.Y."
Daniel and Mary appear on the 1855 NY state census in Frankfort. Daniel's occupation is given as
"Boatman" and his 'years in Frankfort' as 15. A daughter, Sarah (abt 1852-?), is included with her
parents on this census. Another daughter, Ida Mae (abt 1858-?), appears on the 1870 census in
Canajoharie, Montgomery, NY. She is listed with her mother, Mary E. Roscoe, in the household of
her maternal grandparents, Robert and Sarah WILTSIE. There is no mention of Daniel nor the other
daughters. Further, Daniel appears alone on the 1860 Frankfort census in the household of his brother,
David.
Lawson has said that the daughters settled near Utica but what became of them or their parents
is not known to this author. It is also thought that this family may have used the spelling
"Ruscoe" as well as "Roscoe."
Russell RUSCOE was a farmer and owned land in northwest Frankfort near
the Erie Canal. Son William is said to have been "a boat Captain
on the Hudson River." Sherman is said to have worked as "an
engineer in the pail factory of his uncle, William Corbin," in East
Aurora, Erie NY. While living in Frankfort, David and Daniel both ran
boats on the Erie Canal. (Source: Lawson, Harvey
M., History and Genealogy of the Descendants of Clement Corbin of Muddy
River (Brookline), Mass. and Woodstock, Conn. with Notices of Other Lines
of Corbins, (Hartford Press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard
Co., 1905.) Russell died January 10, 1859 in Frankfort, Herkimer,
NY and is buried in the Ferguson Road Cemetery there. The family
matriarch, Nancy (CORBIN) RUSCOE, accompanied her son David and his family
west and is buried in Peotone, Will, Illinois.
Finally, one word about the spelling of this surname.** The immigrant ancestor
was William Ruscoe who came to the America from England aboard the Increase
in 1635. The name has been spelled many different ways over the centuries
including Ruscoe, Rusco, Rescue, Roscoe, Rosco, to name a few.
In a Bible (publication date 1834) belonging to William Harlow Roscoe,
the following three spellings are found on a single page:
Names Births
Deaths
Russel Rusco Novm 11, 1779 January
10, 1857
Nancy Wife of April 3, 1784
Russel Rusco
David A. Ruscoe and
Mary C. Fero were
married April
6th A.D. 1854
Daniel W. Ruscoe
and Mary Wilsie
were married 1854
William H. Roscoe and
Lena Jorgenson were
Married May 1882.
This author has chosen to use "Ruscoe" for Russell's and prior
generations and "Roscoe" for his children and their descendants.
Notes:
* In his book Thomas Hungerford
of Hartford and New London, Connecticut and his Descendants in America,
F. Phelps Leach writes that Dolly Hungerford married 2 Feb 1792 to John
Sparrow, implying that Nathaniel has died. This is an error. He has confused
Dorothy Gates, the wife of Nathaniel Hungerford, with Dorothy Hungerford,
a daughter of Nathaniel's uncle Green Hungerford.
**
Roxana Hungerford, wife of Diodate, is not to be confused with Roxana
Hungerford, daughter of Jehiel Hungerford Jr. They are two different women.
Both died in the Town of Frankfort and both are buried in the Graffenburg
Cemetery. Roxana, wife of Diodate Hungerford, died either Feb 1824 (Norwich
Corners Church Records) or April 14, 1824 (gravestone). Roxanna, daughter
of Jehiel Hungerford, Jr., died August 14, 1824. I write this because
I have seen many undocumented pedigrees (on internet genealogy sites)
that have confused these two women or consider them to be the same woman.
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JONATHAN RUSSELL (Pictures
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Jonathan RUSSELL, Sr, only son of James RUSSELL and his wife, Thankful
(surname unknown), was born July 6, 1768 at Frankfort Hill. He died December
3, 1825 and is buried in the Frankfort Hill (aka, Wetmore) Cemetery. His
wife, Priscilla SMITH, was born July 28, 1771 and died August 15, 1854.
They had twelve children:
Elisha (October 3, 1791-October 28, 1865);
James (July 12, 1792-October 28, 1831) who marrried Mahitable
STEWART (?
-1871). Mahitable was a daughter of John
STEWART and Mehitable HUNGERFORD.
The marriage of James and Mahitable is recorded in the Journal
of Rev. Hugh WALLIS:
"1812, Feb. 12 Mr. James Russel to Miss Mahitabal Stewart,
both of Frankfort. Fee 1 Dollar."
Both are buried in the Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery;
Rebecca (September 21, 1794-1852) who married John
Stewart, Jr. (1793-?), son of of John
STEWART and Mehitable HUNGERFORD.
They lived in Frankfort until about 1834 then moved to the Richland
area. They had at least five children: Chauncey, Frederick A., Roxy,
Jane and Dine.
Jonathan, Jr. (December 18, 1796-February 21, 1885) who married
Mary STEWART on February 8, 1821. She
was the daughter of John STEWART and
Mehitable HUNGERFORD and was born September
13, 1801.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Jonathan and Mary was celebrated
at their home on Frankfort Hill February 8, 1871. According to a news
write up at the time, about sixty relatives and family members attended
this special occasion. Supper was served and then the Rev. G. W. Harvey
addressed those present and talked about the 50th wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Russell. The couple was presented with numerous gifts,
and there was a special presentation of a bride's loaf that had been
made by Mrs. Ruth Risley*, sister
of Jonathan. Mrs. Risley had presented a like token to the couple on
their wedding day fifty years ago.
Since 1871, it had been the custom to celebrate Jonathan's birthday
by having his relatives gather at the homestead. The last reunion occurred
on December 18, 1885 when Jonathan celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday.
Jonathan died on his farm in Frankfort Hill on Saturday, February 21,
1885. A copy of a newspaper obituary that was glued inside a Lewis family
Bible that is currently in the possession of T. William Davis stated
that Jonathan was a captain of a military company in his manhood, and
so continued until too old to serve. Jonathan's funeral was Wednesday,
February 25th. Jonathan's wife Mary died October 18, 1873. Both Jonathan,
Jr. and Mary are buried in the Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery. Jonathan,
Jr. and Mary had eight children:
Amanda (January 1, 1822 - March 1, 1903) who married Rufus
DYKE of Frankfort Hill;
Joshua (January 22, 1824 - December 11, 1875);
Jonathan (February 16, 1826 - July 6, 1878) who married Harriett
Louise CLOYES on January 5, 1859. Louise, the eldest daughter
of Silas CLOYES and his wife Abigail,
was born at Graefenburg November 29, 1828 and died on February 10,
????. Jonathan's and Harriett's only daughter Alice Russell JONES
died in 1866. A son, Irving C.G C. was born on June 4, 1861 and died
August 14, 1936;
Mary (December 13, 1827 - October 30, 1913) who did not marry.
At the time of the 1880 U. S. Census she was living with her widowed
father, Jonathan RUSSELL at the Frankfort Hill home. Mary is buried
in the Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery;
Pardon (February 13, 1830 - July 5, 1899) married Cythera E.
INMAN November 29, 1854 . Cythera, one of eight children of Asel INMAN
and Cyntha BALDWIN, was born September 22, 1834 and died December
23, 1912. Pardon died suddenly on July 5, 1899. According to the newspaper
obituary, he had always been a resident of the town of Frankfort and
had held important town offices. Pardon and Cythera are buried in
the Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery. They had six daughters:
Emma ( November 4, 1857 - October 9, 1907) who married William
D. LEWIS, son of Dennis and Mary Ann LEWIS;.
Nella (abt 1861 - ?) who married James McGUCKIN;
Jennie (abt. 1870- ?) who married James HAGUES;
Minna (abt. 1872-April 6, 1917, m. Arthur HULSER;
Flora (abt. 1877-?);
Ethel (April 15, 1880- January 10, 1919) who married H. Bert
HAGUES in 1900.
Elizabeth (December 9, 1832 - March 4, 1914) who married Dennis
Nicholas LEWIS on April 16, 1862. The Rev. John Ward, pastor of
the Frankfort Baptist Church performed the marriage ceremony. Dennis,
the son of David LEWIS and Nancy
NICHOLS, was born November 2, 1826 in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer,
NY. He was a widower at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth. His
first wife, Mary Ann WAKE, died July 10, 1859. Upon Elizabeth's marriage
to Dennis, she became a stepmother to three young boys:
George H. (October 22, 1851-August 15, 1817);
William D. (May 7, 1855-May 1, 1922);
John R. (June 21, 1857-January 21, 1926).
Elizabeth, who was known as Betsey to her family and many of her
friends, lived at Frankfort Hill continuously until she was about
79 years of age. She resided with her daughter Mrs. George PRESCOTT
(Lilla Mae) in the village of Frankfort for the last three years of
her life. Dennis died June 7, 1905 in Frankfort Hill and Elizabeth
died March 4, 1914 in the village of Frankfort at her daughter Lilla's
home. Although no gravestones exist for them, both Dennis and Elizabeth
are buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery in the Town of Frankfort. Five
children were born to Dennis and Elizabeth.
Flora Adella (March 23, 1863-June 20, 1944);
Lilla Mae (March 3, 1865-December 14, 1950);
Charles A. (June 25, 1867-March 30, 1868);
Frank Eugene (May 30, 1869-February 28, 1942);
Mary Ann (January 26, 1875-July 18, 1955.
Rachel (July 25, 1836 - August 22, 1925) who married A. Kilborn
MANNING on January 8, 1856. At the time of the 1880 U. S. Census the
couple was residing in German Flats, Herkimer, NY and their daughter
Lina SEARGENT, age 18, was living with them. Rachel died August 22,
1925 and is buried in the Dennison Corners Cemetery, Mohawk, Herkimer,
NY.
George M. (December 22, 1839 - March 13, 1904) who marrried
Elmina CLOYES, sister to his brother
Jonathan's wife, August 20, 1862. Elmina was born about 1839. At the
time of the 1880 U. S. Census this family was living in Litchfield,
Herkimer,, NY. The census report listed three children for George
and Elmira (should be Elmina).
Fred N. (abt 1865-?) who married Jessie M. ROSE on August
28, 1885;
Frank A. (abt 1869-?);
Clara (abt 1877-?).
Anice (January 10, 1800-March 23, 1872);
Ruth (March 4, 1802-October 6, 1875) who married Eli RISLEY.
They had a least one child,
a daughter, Alzina (abt 1826-July 3, 1883) who is buried with her parents
in the Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery;
Naomia (March 4, 1802-April 29, 1877);
Joshua S. (May 19, 1804-December 28, 1865) who is buried in the
Frankfort Hill (Wetmore) Cemetery;
David (June 19, 1806-April 8, 1880);
Elvin (May 10, 1809-?);
Elmer (May 10, 1809-March 28, 1889);
Sally (April 14, 1811-March 5, 1881).
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JOHN STEWART (Pictures
and other supporting documents.)
Among the Connecticut residents who removed around the first decade of
the 19th Century to Frankfort, Herkimer Co., NY, were John and Mehitable
(HUNGERFORD) STEWART of East Haddam. A Herkimer deed on file at the Courthouse
records John STEWART's purchase on Nov. [17] 1809 of 124 acres, being
part of Lot 103 in a large tract of land known by the name of Bayards
or the Freemasons patent, for $620.
John STEWART was born in 1762 in East Haddam, Middlesex, CT. and died
on August 12, 1834 in Frankfort, Herkimer, NY.1 He was buried
in the Graffenburg Cemetery in Frankfort Hill, Herkimer, NY. and his gravestone
commemorates his Revolutionary War service. After his death, Mehitable
applied for her pension as his widow. The pension papers of two John STEWARTS
became intermingled leading later to much confusion about which John STEWART
was buried in Frankfort and about whether his wife was the sister of Pardon
BURDICK (who was in fact the husband of her sister Lydia
HUNGERFORD). Based on available documents including Pardon BURDICK's
probate file, family researchers have concluded that the occupants of
the graves at Graffenburg Cemetery are indeed the couple above.
John and Mehitable had six children:
Sally
(1786-1839) who married her cousin, Jehiel HUNGERFORD,
son of Jehiel HUNGERFORD and Hannah
SPENCER;
Mahitable (? -1871) who married James
RUSSELL, son of Jonathan RUSSELL,
Sr. and his wife Priscilla SMITH;
Rachel (dates not known) who married a Mr. INGRAM (given name unknown);
John, Jr.(1793 - ?) who married Rebecca
RUSSELL2, daughter of Jonathan and Priscilla (SMITH)
RUSSELL of Frankfort. They removed to Richland, Oswego Co., NY, in the
mid-1830s. Rebecca died on January 9, 1852, and was buried in South Richland
(Willis) Cemetery, Oswego Co., NY.3 Among John, Jr., and
Rebecca STEWART's children, their sons Chauncey
and Frederick
Augustus STEWART, both born in Herkimer County, eventually settled
in Howard County, Nebraska, where descendants remained into the 21st Century.
Pardon (1799-1871) who married (1) Elizabeth BUCK, daughter of
Jonathan BUCK and his wife Mary (surname unknown) and (2) Prudence DYKE,
daughter of Rufus DYKE and Olive MONROE;
Mary (1801-1873) who married Jonathan
RUSSELL, Jr., son of Jonathan and his wife Priscillas SMITH.
Read a detailed discussion of the origins and descendants of John STEWART
and Mehitable HUNGERFORD at http://www.stanford.edu/~sgilbert/johnstewart1.htm.
Notes:
1George Thomas Edson (editor),
Stewart Clan Magazine (monthly pamphlet, 1922-1970; Filley, NE. Associate:
Horace W. Dickerman, New Haven, CT), Vol. V, No. 12, Jun 1927, p. 241.
2Family data, James Russell Stewart Family Bible, 1861; original
owned by Garold Allen Stewart III (Goodlettsville, TN).
3South Richland (Willis) cemetery census from Oswego County
Historical Society files. From gravestone transcription, Rebecca, wife
of John Stewart, died June 9, 1852, aged 57 years, 7 months, and 19 days.
Also, the date of death and age at death are in the James Stewart family
Bible.
Submitted November 12, 2003, by Dorinda Partsch,
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PARDON STEWART
Pardon STEWART was born April 16, 1799 in Connecticut the son
of Revolutionary War veteran, John STEWART,
and his wife, Mehitable HUNGERFORD. The
family arrived in Frankfort about 1805 when Pardon was about six years
old and settled in the hills south of town known as Frankfort Hill. On
older maps the area around their homestead is marked as "Stewarts
Corner."
On March 10, 1820 Pardon married Elizabeth BUCK (1820-1842) who was known
as "Betsey." She was the daughter of Jonathan
BUCK and his wife Mary (whose surname is not known) of Frankfort.
Pardon and Betsey had five children all born in Frankfort Hill:
Henry (1821-1871) who married Almira NYE (1836-1894), daughter
of Able and Phoebe NYE of Frankfort. Their had at least one child, a
son, Henry (1869-1942), who married Geneva HAMMOND (?-1916);
William B. (1823-1877);
Francis B. (1826-1906) who married Caroline NYE, the sister of
his brother's wife, Almira;
Mary Elizabeth (1838-1923) who married James
H. LEWIS (1834-1910), son of David
LEWIS and Hannah NICHOLS of Frankfort
Hill. James and Mary moved west in the early 1870s;
Son (dates unknown) whose name is unknown.
Betsey (Buck) STEWART died on September 6, 1842 in Frankfort Hill and
is buried in the Graffenburg Cemetery.
In 1844, Pardon married as his second wife, Prudence DYKE (1820-1900),
the daughter of Rufus P. DYKE and his wife
Olive MONROE who came to Frankfort from Connecticut. Pardon and Prudence
had three children:
Albert (1844-1933) who married Frances RUSHMER in 1865 and had
three daughters:
Clara (1873-1923) who married a Mr. KRANZ (dates unknown);
Ada (1883-1933) who married William A. THRESHER (1870-1913);
Etta (1871-1944) married Sardius DYKE, Jr. (1870-1931);
Olive S. (1846-1925) who married Newton HUNGERFORD in 1862 and
had three children:
Effie (?-1937) who married Charles BRIGGS (1858-1921);
Orlie (1870-1890) who died at age 19.
Lena Belle (1879-1881) who died at age 2.
Louisa D. (1848-1926) who married Henry W. BOUCK in 1868 at
the Old Corn Hill Methodist Church in Utica. They are buried in the
Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill.
Pardon STEWART was a large land owner and active member of his community.
F.W. Beer's "History of Herkimer County" published in 1879 states
that he was a trustee of the Town of Frankfort in 1870 (p. 138). A listing
in the 1869-1870 "Directory of the Town of Frankfort" found
in the "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Herkimer County, N.Y.
1869-70" published by Hamilton Child & Co., Syracuse, NY 1869
reads:
Name: Stewart, Pardon
Post Office: (Frankfort Hill)
Occupation: Farmer 100.
In 1839 he sold land for $1 to the community
for building a Methodist Church located at Stewarts Corner. This church
is no longer standing.
Pardon STEWART died in 1871 and is buried between his mother and first
wife, Betsey, in the Graffenburg Cemetery in Frankfort Hill. Prudence
(DYKE) STEWART died in 1900 at her son Albert's home in Washington Mills
just over the Frankfort border in Oneida County. She is buried along with
her parents in the Wetmore Cemetery in Frankfort Hill.
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