Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 1

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646

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GENEALCCY COLLECTION

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GENEALOGICAL

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FAMILY HISTORY

CENTRAL NEW YORK

A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN THE MAKING OF A COMMONWEALTH AND THE BUILDING OF A NATION

COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, A. M.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND HISTORIAN OF NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY; LIBRARIAN EMERITUS OF WOBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY; AUTHOR OF "CUTTER FAMILY." "HISTORY OF ARLINGTON." ETC., ETC.

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HATCH The immigrant ancestor of the Hatch family of Buffalo, New York, herein recorded, was a son of Sir Walter Hatch, of England.

(1) William Hatch, the first of his name in America, and one of the earliest settlers of Scituate, Massachusetts, was born in Sand- wich, Kent county, England, from which place he emigrated to America before 1633. In the course of a year or two he went back to Eng- land for his family, and returned in March, 1635, in the ship "Hercules," with his wife Jane, five children and six servants. He set- tled in Scituate in Kent street in 1634, prior to his return to England, and on arriving the second time, with his family, resumed his resi- dence there. He kept a store and was rated a merchant of ability. He was a very active and useful man in town and church, being lieutenant of militia and the first ruling elder of the Second Church of Scituate, which was founded in 1644. He died November 6, 1651. Thomas Hatch, supposed to have been an elder brother of William, lived first in Dor- chester, but moved to Scituate, where he died in 1646, leaving five children: Jonathan, Wil- liam, Thomas, Alice and Hannah. Children of William and Jane Hatch, all born in England : Jane, married John Lovell; Annie, married, 1648, Lieutenant James Torrey; Walter, of further mention ; Hannah, married, 1648, Samuel Utley; William, died in Virginia, about 1646, married Abigail Hewes, and had Phoebe; Jeremiah, died in 1713, married, in 1657, Mary Hewes, and had fourteen children. (II) Walter, eldest son of Elder William and Jane Hatch, was born in England, in 1623 : died in Scituate, Massachusetts, March, 1701. He is on the list of those capable of bearing arms in 1643. He settled on a point - of land in Scituate, southeast of the Second Society's meeting house, and spent his life in farming. He married (first) May 6, 1650, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Jane Hol- brook, of Weymouth, who was mother of all his children. He married (second) Mary -, of Marshfield, August 5, 1674. Chil- dren, all born in Scituate: Hannah, born

March 13, 1651; Samuel, December 22, 1653, farmer and shipwright; Jane, March 7, 1656; Antipas, October 26, 1658, died unmarried, December 7, 1705; Bethia, March 31, 1661, married, 1683, Michael Ford; John, July 8, 1664, died August, 1737; Israel, of further mention ; Joseph, December 9, 1669.

(III) Israel, son of Walter and Elizabeth (Holbrook) Hatch, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, March 25, 1667, died October, 1740. He married, July 27, 1699, Elizabeth Hatch, a kinswoman. Children: Lydia, born October 16, 1699; Israel (2), May 5, 1701, married Mary Hatch, had Bethial Thomas, born October 27, 1725 ; Elizabeth, January 22, 1704, married Samuel Oakman, of Marshfield, January 6, 1725; David, of further mention ; Jonathan, October 28, 1709.

(IV) David, son of Israel and Elizabeth Hatch, was born April 9, 1707. He married, March 7, 1731, Elizabeth Chittenden. Chil- dren: Zephaniah, of further mention ; David, born May 2, 1735; Desire, January 24, 1740 ; Thomas, May 20, 1743 ; Lucy, March 29, 1746; Rachel, October 12, 1748.

(V) Zephaniah, eldest son of David and Elizabeth (Chittenden) Hatch, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, March 18, 1732, and died in Pembroke, Massachusetts, November 19, 1815. He married there (second) May 7, 1771, Mary Vinal. (Published intentions of marriage add a "Mrs." to her name.) This is no doubt a second wife. The vital records of Scituate do not contain his death nor the birth of any of his children, these being re- corded at Pembroke, Massachusetts. Three of his name, Zephanialı, served in the revolution, from Pembroke, Massachusetts, the first two in Captain Thomas Turner's company, in 1775, three days, and again in 1777, one month and three days. This is undoubtedly Zephaniah Sr. in both cases. He enlisted again in 1778, in Captain Ichabod Bonney's company, serving two months and eleven days. (Massachusetts Records). The third name is undoubtedly Zephaniah (2), son of Zephaniah (I). He also served from Pembroke, as sergeant of Captain Freedom Chamberlain's company, in

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1775, and served under several enlistments un- til 1780. Children of first wife, name not known: . Josiah, of further mention ; Deborah, baptized May 3, 1761 ; Ruth, September 9, 1764; Sarah, October 12, 1766. Child of second wife: Lucinda, baptized November 8, 1772.

(VI) Josiah, son of Zephaniah (I) and Mary (Vinal) Hatch, was born 1754, in Pem- broke, Massachusetts, and baptized September 18, 1759. He served in the revolution from Pembroke, as a private in Captain Freedom Chamberlain's company ; marched March 5, 1776, served five days with the company when it marched on the alarm of March 5, 1776, at the time of taking Dorchester Heights; also in Captain John Turner's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, marched Sep- tember 28, 1777, service one month three days. Family authorities say that he served as sur- geon. He married, in Duxbury, Massachu- setts, November 7, 1779, Elizabeth Weston, and settled in Granville, Massachusetts.

(VII) Junius Hopkins, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Weston) Hatch, was born in Gran- ville, Massachusetts, about 1795, died in Buf- falo, New York, April 20, 1869. He obtained a good education, and for several years taught school. During these years he prepared for the profession of law under the perceptorship of Judge William Van Ness and Ogden Ed- wards. He was admitted to the bar, and in 1839 settled in Buffalo, New York, where he engaged in the practice of his profession and dealt in real estate, dealing extensively in Michigan lands. He not only was instru- mental in sending many settlers to that state, but with his wife became pioneer settlers. They settled near what is now St. Joseph, Michigan, where he cleared a farm and founded a set- tlement. While he was so engaged his wife, who was an earnest missionary worker, opened a mission school, the first in the state. After enduring the perils and hardships of the pion- eer and helping to create a state, he returned to Buffalo, which he had always considered

his home, and passed his last days in that city - haps in the pursuit of the study of archaeology,

in the enjoyment of the wealth his pioneer enterprise had brought him. He was a man of great learning and energy. He took a leader's part wherever he was, and always commanded the respect of his fellows. He was elected to the New York state assembly and served with credit. He married, in 1835, Sarah Catherine Mitchell, of New York City,

born 1815, died 1847. Children who grew to maturity: 1. Junius Hopkins (2), born in Monroe, Michigan, April 5, 1837 ; now a resi- dent of Lansing, Michigan; married Anna Robinson, and has Lottie, Elsie and Roger Conant. 2. Edward N., born in New York City, February 8, 1841 ; married, February 24, 1873, Mary Thayer. Children: William, Al- bert. Rose and Conant. 3. Albert Gallatin, of further mention. 4. William B., born Septem- ber 2, 1845, died October 19, 1868; unmarried. 5. Grace B., born October 27, 1849; un- married.

(VIII) Albert Gallatin, son of Junius Hop- kins and Sarah Catherine (Mitchell) Hatch, was born in Buffalo, New York, February 21, 1842. His early education was obtained in old public school No. 18. He finished his edu- cation at Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating from the high school. After leaving school his father put him and his brother Edward N. on the farm near St. Joseph, Michigan, think- ing to give them a good start in life. He sent them a large number of peach trees with which to start their orchards, but the boys were hav- ing a good time fishing and hunting, and left the tree planting for another time. When a year later their father visited the farm, instead of a thriving orchard he found the trees in the original bundles, lying on the ground. He decided the boys were not intended for farmers and all returned to Buffalo. Here Albert G. secured a position in the Manufacturers and Traders' Bank, which he filled for one year, then became clerk in a leather and wool house, where he remained for some time, and after becoming thorough master of the business en- gaged in the same line on his own account. He formed a partnership with Hartwell Bowen, and as Bowen & Hatch did a very successful business for several years. The death of Mr. Bowen dissolved the firm, Mr. Hatch disposing of his interest. He then be- gan dealing in real estate, and for many years has been one of Buffalo's energetic and suc- cessful operators. His greatest interest is per --

and in the gathering of what is said to be the finest private collection in existence. He is an authority on this most valuable science that supplies the material which neither history nor present information can furnish, concerning the relics of man and his industries, and the classification and treatment of ancient remains and records of every kind, historic or prehis-

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toric of ancient places and customs. He has devoted a great deal of time and money to gathering his collection, which, as stated, is considered by experts as one of the finest in existence. In politics he is a Republican. He married (first), 1866, Charlotte Spicer, who died, leaving two children: Katherine, mar- ried Baron Alexander Van Schroeder, of Ger- many ; and Anna. He married (second), Jan- uary 25, 1889, Kate M. Smith, of Orange, New Jersey.

(The Holbrook Line).

Elizabeth Holbrook, wife of Walter Hatch (see Hatch), was of English descent, perhaps birth. Her father, Thomas Holbrook, born in Brantry, England, came to America in 1635, with his wife Jane and four children, two more being born in America. He settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he became a man of wealth and prominence. He was one of the original grantees of Rehoboth, Mas- sachusetts, but for not removing to his lands there they were forfeited in 1645. He owned lands in Scituate, Massachusetts, where his sons, Captain William and Thomas (2) re- moved in 1660. Captain William purchased land in Conihassett and made permanent set- tlement. Thomas, however, only remained un- til after his marriage in Scituate to Deborah Daman, then shortly after returned to Wey- mouth. Thomas was selectman of Weymouth, 1645-46-51-54. He was elected representative to the general court, 1649, and was one of the committee to lay out the highway between Weymouth and Dorchester. Thomas and Jane Holbrook had three sons and three daughters, as named in his will, which was probated April 24, 1677, although made December 31, 1668, with codicil, five years later. His wife Jane survived him. The will recites: "To wife Jane all my estate during her life," (re- questing sons John, William and Thomas to be helpful to her) "as she is ancient and weak of body." His property was afterward to be divided between the three sons and "my three daughters, Ann Reynolds, Elizabeth Hatch and Jane Drake." Elizabeth married Walter Hatch, who was of the second generation in America, and progenitor of Albert Gallatin Hatch, of the eighth generation.

On paternal lines this branch STRINGER of the Stringer family de- scends in comparatively re- cent years from English forbears, while the

maternal line traces back to the earliest settle- ment in New England and the early Pilgrims, John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, of the "Mayflower." George Alfred Stringer of Buf- falo is a paternal grandson of John Stringer, whe was born, lived and died in Dartford, county of Kent, England. He had six sons that came to the United States: William, the eldest, who went out to California in '49 in his own vessel, settled in San Francisco, and died there many years later; Charles, a merchant of Elmira, New York, whose family now re- sides in New Jersey ; Frederick, who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the clothing business, married Miss Howell, a cousin of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of the President of the Southern Confederacy ; Thomas, of St. Louis, Missouri, later of Brooklyn, New York, where he died; James, who located in New York City, where in company with the Town- sends formed the bookselling and publishing house of Stringer & Townsend, one of the first bookstores in the city, and later published one of the first editions of Cooper's Novels.

(II) George, son of John Stringer, was born in Dartford, England, in 1809. He came to the United States about 1830 and located at Hartford, Connecticut, where he shortly afterwards engaged in the mercantile business. About 1859 he removed to Buffalo and en- gaged in the manufacture of wrapping paper and twine. being one of the pioneers in that business in Buffalo. He took an active part in the business life of Buffalo, and was well know !. in church and town. For several years he was vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church, and aided in the establishment and operation of other institutions of his city. He married Clarissa Alden Ellsworth of East Windsor, Connecticut, a descendant of John Alden, of the "Mayflower," Sergeant Joseph Alden, a revolutionary soldier of Connecticut, and of Lieutenant Solomon Ellsworth, also a Connecticut revolutionary soldier. Children : I. George A., of further mention. 2. Clara Alden, deceased. 3. Emma Ellsworth, mar- ried Nirum A. Lamphear, now of Los An- geles, California. 4. John Edwards, married a cousin, Clara Stringer, both deceased.

(III) George Alfred, son of George and Clarissa Alden (Ellsworth) Stringer, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, October 23, 1845. About 1859 his parents removed to Buffalo, New York, which has since been his home. He prepared for college under private teach-

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ers, but financial reasons turned him to a busi- ness career. After a clerkship in an insurance office, he became a member of the insurance firm of Rounds, Hall & Company. Afterward for about twenty-five years he was engaged in the same business as senior partner of Stringer & Cady. Since the dissolution of that firm he has carried on an independent business in loans, insurance and brokerage. . Since 1896 Mr. Stringer has been closely con- nected with the work of the Buffalo Historical Society, of which he is a trustee, serving six years on the board, and nine years as vice- president. He is also a corresponding member of the Rochester Historical Society, Rochester, New York; Niagara Frontier Landmarks As- sociation, for marking historical sites (execu- tive committee and chairman financial commit- tee) ; president, 1889-1902, 1904-1911, Society of Colonial Wars; now president of the Buf- falo Chapter of that Society; ex-president Buffalo Chapter, Sons of the Revolution ; ex- president Buffalo Chapter, Mayflower Society ; for twenty years a member of the Grolier Club of New York (now resigned) ; Bibliophile Society of Boston, and was one of fifteen members selected to contribute to Volume V of the superb edition of "Horace" issued in 1891 (Ode V, "To Augustus," with introduc- tion) ; president Browning Society of Buffalo ; delegate to the "One Hundred Years Peace Society" from the Society of Colonial Wars; Hakluyt Society of London; for past fifteen years financial secretary Buffalo Society of Artists, and member of University Club of Buffalo. Mr. Stringer has published "Shakes- peare's Draughts From the Living Water," (privately printed 1883) : "Leisure Moments in Gough Square" (1888); and "The King and the Cross" ( 1901). In 1904 Hobart Col- lege conferred upon him the honorary degree Master of Arts. For thirteen consecutive years he was a vestryman of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church of Buffalo. He married, in Buffalo, April, 1869, Eliza Coe, daughter of Hon. Jesse and Ann Eldridge Walker of Buf- falo. Child: Geraldine May Alden.

Judge Jesse Walker, graduated from Mid- dlebury College (Vermont) and after pur- suing a course of legal study at Rochester, New York, settled in Buffalo in 1835, where he resided until his death, September, 1852. For many years he gave almost undivided at- tention to the duties of the office, master in chancery, but at times was engaged in the ac-

tive practice of his profession. He was a man of fine literary tastes, and acquired local celebrity as a cultured, finished scholar. In 1851 he was elected judge of Erie county, being the second to hold that office. During his term of service on the bench, so soon cut short by death, he discharged the duties with great satisfaction to the bar.

(The Ellsworth Line).

(I) Clarissa Alden Ellsworth Stringer was a daughter of Stoddard and Clarrisa Alden Ellsworth, and a lineal descendant of Josias Ellsworth, of Windsor, Connecticut, son of John, said to have been a descendant of Sir John Ellsworth, of the time of Edward III., who resided in Cambridgeshire, England. Josias Ellsworth was born in 1629. Hinnan says he was in Connecticut in 1646. His name first appears on Windsor, Connecticut, town records, in connection with his marriage, No- vember 16, 1654, to Elizabeth Holcomb. The same year he bought a house and lot. In 1655 he bought the property later known as the Chief Justice Ellsworth place. In 1664 he was a juror; was made freeman, May 21, 1657 ; in 1676 he was a contributor to the Con- necticut relief fund for the poor of other colonies. He died August 20, 1689. aged sixty years. His estate was valued at £655. His widow, Elizabeth, died September 18, 1712. She is mentioned as a member of the Windsor church in 1666. Children: Josias (2), Eliza- beth, Mary, Martha, Thomas. Jonathan, John, of further mention ; Job and Benjamin.

(II) Lieutenant John, son of Josias and Elizabeth (Holcomb) Ellsworth, was baptized October 15, 1671, and was killed by the fall of a tree, October 26, 1720. He was the first settler in the town of Ellington, where he lived on the west side of Town street, nearly opposite the old Ellsworth place on the west side of the Connecticut river. He married, December 9, 1696, Esther, daughter of Daniel White, of Hartford. She died September 7, 1766, aged ninety-five years. Children: John (2), of further mention ; Daniel, Esther, Anne, Martha and Ann.

(III) Captain John (2), son, of Lieutenant John (1) and Esther (White) Ellsworth, was born November 7, 1697, died January 4, 1784. He was a captain of militia, and served in the Indian wars. He married, November 8, 1734. Ann Edwards, born April 28, 1699, died April II, 1790, aged within sixteen days of ninety-

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one years, daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, Connecticut. Children : I. Captain John (3); from a journal kept by him it appears he was on an expedition for the governor on the Mississippi river in 1774-5 and for his services was granted a tract of land where the city of Natchez now stands. 2. Solomon, of further mention. 3. Frederick. 4. Ann, married Colonel Lemuel Stoughton.

(IV) Lieutenant Solomon, son of Captain John (2) and Ann (Edwards) Ellsworth, was born April 30, 1737. He served in the revo- lutionary war as a lieutenant of Captain Lemuel Stoughton's company, of East Wind- sor, Connecticut, militia, who marched on the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775. He died October 19, 1822, aged eighty-five years. He married, December 27, 1758, Mary Moseley, born December 8, 1737, died February 16, 1823, aged eighty-six years. Children : Mary, Ann, Solomon, Elizabeth, Stoddard, of fur- ther mention; Abigail, Abner Moseley, John, Marilda, Timothy, Timothy (2), Joseph and Ann.

(V) Stoddard, son of Lieutenant Solomon and Mary (Moseley) Ellsworth, was born April 14, 1767, died October 31, 1845, aged seventy-eight years. He married (first) May 13. 1793, Anna, daughter of Colonel Lemuel and Ann (Ellsworth) Stoughton. She was born November 7, 1776, died May 24, 1806, "a female infant buried in the same grave." He married (second), May 21, 1807, Clarissa, daughter of Captain Joseph and Lydia (Hyde) Alden, "a lineal descendant of John Alden, of Mayflower fame." She was born at Stratford, Connecticut, August 12, 1785, died at New Britain, Connecticut, March 7, 1881, aged ninety-six years. Children of first marriage : Ann, died in infancy ; Stoddard (2), married Aurelia Mather; Ann, died aged forty-one years; Mary, died aged ten years ; Selene (or Selma), unmarried ; Edwards, died in infancy ; Edwards (2), died unmarried. Children of second marriage: Clarissa Alden, of further mention; Lydia, married Dr. M. P. Orton ; Sarah, married John W. Stoughton; Cather- ine, married Eli Horton ; Hannibal, died aged eighteen years; Mary E., married John W. Stoughton ; child, died at twenty months.

(VI) Clarissa Alden, daughter of Stoddard and his second wife, Clarissa (Alden) Ells- worth, was born April 1, 1808, died July 4, 1888. aged eighty years. She married, 1833, George Stringer, of Buffalo (see Stringer).

(VII) George Alfred Stringer.

(The Alden Line).

(I) Clarissa Alden Ellsworth Stringer was a granddaughter of Sergeant Joseph and Lydia (Hyde) Alden, and a descendant on paternal lines of John Alden, of the "Mayflower"; on maternal lines, of William Hyde, of Norwich, Connecticut. John Alden, believed to be of English descent, was not a member of the Puritan colony at Leyden, and does not seem to have come with the "Mayflower" for re- ligious reasons, for Governor Bradford says: "John Alden was hired for a cooper at South Hampton, where the ship victualed, and being a hopeful yonge man was much desired, but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here, but he stayed and married here." Notwithstanding the prominence he attained in Plymouth in his deeds of gift or sale, he in- variably describes himself as "cooper," occa- sionally as "yeoman," and once as "gentle- man." He was educated above the average, and tradition says he was "the tallest man in the community." He was the youngest signer of the "Compact," and was "the last male survivor." He was born in 1599, died September 12, 1687. He married, in the spring of 1621 or 1622, Priscilla Molines (Mullins), daughter of William. She is said to have been about eighteen at the time of her marriage, which was the second or third performed in the colony. She does not again appear in the records save as the mother of his eleven chil- dren, until 1680. At the funeral of Governor Josialı Winslow were present "the Venerable John Alden, with Priscilla on his arm." He held offices of the highest trust. No impor- tant measure was proposed or any responsible agency ordered in which he did not have a part. He was deputy assistant, and from 1666 to 1687, first on the board of assistants, and styled deputy governor. "On him devolved the duty of presiding in the absence of the governor, and on these occasions he ruled with dignity and perseverance." He was often one of the council of war, many times an arbitra- tor, a surveyor of lands for the government, and on several important occasions was au- thorized to act as agent or attorney for the colony. He was chosen treasurer in 1656, holding that office three years. In those days the salary of public officials was very small, and refusal to serve was met with the penalty of a fine. Constant devotion to the public

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service so "reduced his estate" that the court took notice of it, and, valuing him so highly, felt they could not afford to lose him, and took action, as is shown in the following rec- ord: "In regard that Mr. Alden is low in his estate and occationed to spend time at the court on the countreys occations, and soe hath done these many years, the court have allowed him a small gratuity, the sum of ten pounds to be payed him by the treasurer." He divided his estate among his children before his death, and spent his last days with his son Jonathan. He left no will. "The writers who mention him all agree as to his industry, integrity and exemplary piety, and he has been represented as a worthy, useful man of great humility, and eminent for the sanctity of his life. He was decided, ardent, resolute and persevering, in- different to danger, a bold and hardy man, of incorruptible integrity, an iron-nerved Puritan who could hew down forests and live on crumbs. He was always a firm supporter of the clergy and the church, and everything of an innovating nature met his determined op- position." Children : Elizabeth, the first white woman born in New England; John, Joseph, Sarah, Jonathan, Ruth, Rebecca, Priscilla, Zachariah, Mary, David.

(II) Joseph, son of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, was born in Plymouth, 1627, after May 22. He was freeman in Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1657. He served repeatedly on the "grand inquest" until 1685, and was one of the surveyors of highways. He had his father's share of land in Bridgewater, and is third on the lists of grants of lands on the north side of the town.

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Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 1

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 646

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646