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RUPERT.
Theodore D. Rupert, a physician and surgeon of Geneva, New York, is of German descent.
(I) Philip Rupert, grandfather of Dr. Rupert, was born in Penn- sylvania, and came to Geneva, New York, in 1805. He was a shoe- maker by trade and successful in his line of business. He opened a shop for the manufacture of his wares which was considered a large one for those times and employed a comparatively large number of men. The extensive farm which he purchased is still in the possession of the family.
(II) William P., son of Philip Rupert, was born December 26, 1829, and died in 1903. He was a farmer, and established a large nur- sery which he conducted in a very successful manner near Geneva. He married Catherine Bell, who was born February 22, 1830, and is living at the present time ( 1910).
(III) Dr. Theodore D., son of William P. and Catherine ( Bell) Rupert, was born in Seneca, Ontario county, New York, April 23, 1855. He attended the public schools and Geneva Academy, and spent one year at the Monroe Collegiate Institute at Elbridge, New York. He then matriculated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, from which he was graduated in 1880, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For ten years he practiced medicine in Mendon, Monroe county, New York, and in 1890 opened his office in Geneva, New York, and engaged in general practice, making a specialty of electrical treat- ment. He has served as health officer several terms and supports the Republican party. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and of Ark Lodge, No. 33, Free and Accepted Masons of Geneva, and of the University Club of Geneva.
Dr. Rupert married at Geneva, October 6, 1880, Clara C., daughter of Thomas Bond, a farmer near Geneva. Children: Lucy Belle, mar- ried Maynard Trott, of Colorado Springs, and has one son, Stinson ; Allen Mead, studying mining engineering at Colorado Springs; Theo- dore J. ; Frank Everett, a student in Hobart College.
BRACE.
Stephen Brace, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came from London to this country in 1660. He owned Lot 13 on Charter street. Hartford, in 1673, and lived near Little River. He died at Hart-
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ford in 1692. His estate was valued at four hundred pounds. Children : Elizabeth, Phebe, Ann, Stephen, John, Henry, mentioned below.
Henry, son of Stephen Brace, resided also at Hartford. His widow Ann and son Henry administered the estate which was valued at nine hundred and seventy-eight pounds. Before he died he gave to his son his carpenter tools, half his house and barn, and his grist mill holdings, in consideration that the son pay his debts and support him to the end of his life.
Captain Henry (2) Brace, son of Henry ( 1) Brace, was born about 1710. His will was proved in 1788. dated December 28, 1781. He was a carpenter and farmer at Hartford. His estate was valued at four hun- dred and sixty pounds. Children: Henry; Abel, baptized 1740, captain in the revolution, member of general assembly ; Joseph.
(II) Elisha Brace, son of John Brace, and probably nephew of Captain Henry Brace, aforementioned, was born in Hartford, died in 1752. He left an estate valued at six hundred and thirty-one pounds. He married Jerusha Among his children were: John, Jared, Elisha. Joseph. Jonathan, guardian of Elisha, was probably an elder brother.
(III) Elisha (2), son of Elisha (1) Brace, was born about 1750. In 1790, the first federal census shows that he was living at Stockbridge, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, and had besides himself two females in his family. The only other head of family of this surname at Stock- bridge was Joseph, who had three sons under sixteen and four females in his family. Elisha Brace and three brothers, two of whom were John and Joseph. purchased several sections of land in Victor, Ontario county, New York, in the northeast corner of the town, of the original owner, Enos Boughton, afterward exchanging it for land known as Brace street, whither they removed. Joseph Brace and Joseph Brace Jr. were both soldiers in the revolution in Captain Ezra Whittlesey's company, Colonel John Brown's regiment, in 1777 and 1780.
(IV) Major Williams Brace, son of Elisha (2) Brace, was born in Stockbridge in 1791, and came to Victor with his parents when he was two years old, two years after the settlement of the town. He died March 14, 1857, at Victor. He attended the public schools and Canan- daigua Academy and followed farming in his native town, owning at the time of his death two hundred and sixty acres, which was divided between sons, Thomas and Williams. In politics he was a Whig and afterward of the American party and finally a Free Soldier, his last vote being cast for Fremont. For a time he attended the People's Church, in
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which all denominations worshipped together and which he helped to build, and afterward the Universalist, the first funeral held in that church being his. He enlisted in the war of 1812 and was present at the defense of Buffalo when it was threatened by the British, having first the rank of orderly sergeant and finally that of major. He married Lucinda Beach, sister of Dr. Thomas Beach, the first physician in Victor. Children : Williams, and Thomas Beach, mentioned below, and two others who died in infancy.
(V) Thomas Beach, son of Major Williams Brace, was born in Victor, January 17, 1812. He followed farming and had charge of three farms left to him and his brother Williams, jointly, and lived on the homestead until 1875, when he came to the village of Victor to engage in business with his son, Romeyn W. Brace, in a hardware store. From 1877 to 1887, when he retired from active life, he was in the hardware and machinery business. He was a Whig in politics, but afterward joined the American party and voted for Bell in 1860. For a period of twenty- five years he was clerk of the board of education of his district. Through his efforts largely the Universalist church erected its building at Victor and he was always an active and willing worker in that church. He mar- ried, November 16, 1834. Margaret Octavia Jackson, of Victor, born in Litchfield, Oneida county, February 2, 1814, died June 29, 1889, at Victor, daughter of Powell Jackson. She was left an orphan in early childhood and came with Captain Ebenezer Bement and wife to Victor. She was an active and useful member of the Universalist church. Mr. Brace died June 26, 1889. Children : I. Minerva L., born June 19, 1839, married Milo Webster, of Victor, and had Charles M., Arthur and Mina Webster ; Milo Webster died in 1898. 2. Romeyn W., mentioned below.
(VI) Romeyn W., son of Thomas Beach Brace, was born in Victor at the old homestead on Brace street, two miles south of the village, No- vember 30, 1846. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and as a boy and young man worked on his father's farms, con- sisting of eighty and sixty-six acres respectively. In 1875 his father and he engaged in the hardware, stove and machinery business in the village of Victor and continued for two years, under the firm name of T. B. Brace & Son. In 1877 the hardware store was sold, but Mr. Brace has continued the other branch of the business to the present time. His store was on the north side of Main street until the fire, after which he located on the south side, and he is one of the most prominent merchants of the town, making a specialty of carriages and agricultural implements of all kinds. He also represents various manufacturers of machinery and has
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traveled extensively as salesman in western New York and other States. He is agent for the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company of Mount Gilead, Ohio, the Road Machinery Company, and other concerns, and for automobiles. In politics Mr. Brace is a Democrat and he has held various offices of trust and honor. As justice of the peace he was member of the town board and magistrate for four years and as town clerk he was in the town board six years. He was clerk of the board of education of the second district for eight years and of the first district four years. For seven years he has been a member of the board of trustees of the First Universalist Church of Victor and he is its president, and for twenty- five years he has been a teacher in the Sunday school and is now assistant superintendent. He is deacon and a most earnest and active member of the church, which all of his family have attended.
He married, December II, 1867, Mary E. Alverson, born at Perry, New York, March 2, 1849, daughter of John Lewis and Eliza (Corn- well) Alverson. Her father was born in Eastern New York in 1814, and her mother was born in Dutchess county, New York ; she died in 1902 ; of their eight children, three died in infancy, the others being James W., Thomas Cornwell, Charles T., Emma A. and Mary E. Alverson. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Brace: I. Romeyn Thomas, born September 10, 1870, married, in 1892, Grace Gourlay; children : Norman G. and Mar- garet O. 2. Mary B., born December 25, 1872, married, December II, 1892, Charles Longyear. 3. Leon W., born May 15, 1879, died De- cember 28, 1906.
HATHAWAY.
Nicholas Hathaway, the immigrant ancestor, came to this country in 1639. He settled in Braintree, where he had a grant of land February 24. 1639-40, and the records show that he had a wife and two chil- dren at that time.
(II) John Hathaway, son of Nicholas, born in 1617, came to this country at the age of eighteen, in the ship "Blessing," sailing in July, 1635. He was before the general court in July, 1637. He settled in Barnstable, Plymouth county, and was living in Taunton in 1649. He was reported able to bear arms in the list dated 1643. Once he was before the court for lending a gun to an Indian. He was in Barnstable in 1656, and later at Yarmouth, was admitted a freeman in 1670 and bought land at Freetown in 1671 ; was constable in 1676, and in 1690 at
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Taunton : was often on the grand jury ; selectman of Taunton in 1680-84; deputy to the general court at Plymouth, 1680-84, and in 1691; to the general court of Massachusetts in 1696-97. His home was in what is now Berkeley, known as the Farms, just north of where the land abuts on Great River. The site of his house was marked by the Old Colony His- torical Society in 1889. His will, dated August 3. 1689. proved Febru- ary 15, 1696-97, bequeathed to wife Elizabeth, sons Thomas, John. Gideon and Edward. daughters by a former wife. etc. He married ( sec- ond) Martha --- , who died before 1693. and ( third ), November 25. 1692. Ruth Dyer, a widow, who died in September. 1705. Children : John, mentioned below; Abraham, born 1652; Isaac, 1655: Ephraim, 1668: Abigail, married James Phillips ; Rebecca. married Jared Talbot.
(III) John (2), son of John ( 1) Hathaway, was born at Taunton or Barnstable, August 16. 1658; married Hannah Burt. daughter of James. He settled in Freetown, and inherited the homestead, where he died in 1730. Children: John; Jacob. mentioned below: Isaac; Eph- raim; Thomas : Hannah: Sarah: Abigail: Martha and Experience.
(IV) Jacob. son of John (2) Hathaway, was born about 1677: married. January 28. 1697-8. Philippa Chase. Children. born at Free- town: Elizthan ; Maletiah : John : Philip : Benjamin : Jacob : Isaac. men- tioned below : Joseph : Joel ; Seth.
(V) Isaac. son of Jacob Hathaway. married, August 13. 1752. at Tiverton, Rhode Island. Phebe Bailey. Children : Isaac. Sylvester. and others.
(VI) Isaac (2). son or nephew of Isaac ( I) Hathaway, was born October 28. 1755. in Rhode Island. He was one of the pioneers in Farm- ington. New York, and was doubtless with the settlers who went from Rhode Island to Adams, Massachusetts, and thence to central New York after the revolution. He married, in 1784, Jemima Comstock, born 1760, daughter of Nathan Comstock, born 1735, granddaughter of John, son of Samuel. Soon after their marriage his wife rode on horseback from Rhode Island, using a poplar sprout for a whip, and she planted it near the log house in which they made their home and it grew into a large tree still standing there. She died in 1793. and he married (second ). May 4. 1794. Elizabeth Richmond, born March 9. 1760 or 1761, died April 21. 1830. daughter of Perez Richmond, who was born October 13. 1729, and died November 13. 1800. and Mercy ( Church) Richmond, born Septem- ber 18. 1734 (see Richmond). Children of first wife: I. Isaac. born January 2. 1787 : married, January, 1807. Nancy Richmond : five chil- dren. 2. Otis, born December 2. 1788: married and had two children.
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Children of second wife: 3. Sylvester, born August 8, 1795; married Mary Paine; five children; lived in Sylvania, Lucas county, Ohio. 4. Charles, born October 22, 1796; married Levina Hammond; three chil- dren. 5. Phebe, born February 27, 1800; died December 16, 1819, un- married. 6. Perez, mentioned below. The family were of Rhode Island Quaker stock. About two hundred and forty acres of the original six hundred owned by Isaac Hathaway still remain in the possession of his descendants.
(VII) Perez, son of Isaac (2) Hathaway, was born on the old homestead in Farmington, New York, July 12, 1805. He was educated in the district schools and followed farming all his active years. He died January 25, 1854. In politics he was a Whig and in religion a Presby- terian. He married, March 7, 1827, Hannah Lapham, born February 20, 1799, died 1884. Children : Elizabeth C., born July 14, 1829, died 1831 ; Joseph P., mentioned below ; Ann Maria Victoria, married George Collins (see Collins ) ; Rebecca J., born August 13, 1843, died 1873.
(VIII) Joseph P., son of Perez Hathaway, was born at Farming- ton, New York, August 31, 1833, and died June 14, 1897. He was edu- cated in the public schools and at the Canandaigua Academy. He also followed farming and raised high-grade cattle and sheep. In politics he was a Republican, and for a number of years was a justice of the peace of the town. He was a member of the Hicksite church. He married, February 20, 1860, Ellen A. Bristol, born in 1835, died June 12, 1874, second daughter of Arnold A. and Maria ( Aldrich ) Bristol, of Macedon, Wayne county. He married (second), September 25, 1878, Mrs. Helena Beach, of Victor. Her father was born in Dutchess county. Children : I. Elizabeth M., born at Farmington, November 23, 1861 ; married, 1887, Andrew Hamm, who died in May, 1909; children : Marguerite and Joseph Hamm. 2. Arnold Bristol, mentioned below. 3. Ellen Josephine, June 20, 1868 ; married Charles Gunnison, and had one son, Cameron.
(IX) Arnold Bristol, son of Joseph P. Hathaway, was born at Farmington, October 4, 1866. He attended the district schools and Can- andaigua Academy. He worked on the homestead in youth with his father. Since 1890, when his father died, he has conducted a farm of ninety acres at Farmington. In 1906 he added to his holdings by the purchase of ninety acres, and in 1910 he bought sixty-eight acres more. He raises high-grade cattle and deals in fancy stock in Buffalo and else- where. He has made the raising of Oxford Down sheep a specialty and scored a success in this branch of farming. He is an active and influen- tial Republican. In religion he is a Methodist. He married. December
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16, 1896, Enima A. Rose, born at Farmington, January 29, 1876, daugh- ter of J. S. and Sarah ( Bloodgood) Rose, and granddaughter of Henry Rose, of Victor, New York. She had brothers, Smith J., William H. and Edgar J. Rose, and sisters, Verna L. and Lydia Rose. Children : J. Perez, born at Farmington, December 19, 1897; Josephine, February 2, 1900; Elizabeth, May 29, 1902; Wilma Rose, November 16, 1906.
(THE RICHMOND LINE.)
The Richmond family had its origin in Brittany, the name being derived from the French riche and monte, and is spelled in early English records Rychmonde, Richemont and finally Richmond. The family is still to be found in France, and the name is common in England. The English coat-of-arms is: Argent, a cross patence fleury azure between four mullets gules. Crest : A tilting spear argent headed or, broken in three parts, one piece erect, the other two in saltire, enfiled with a ducal coronet. Motto: "Resolve well and persevere." The progenitor of the English family came with William the Conqueror and was the first Duke of Richmond.
(I) John Richmond, the immigrant, said to have been born in Wilt- shire, at Ashton, Keynes, where the old Richmond manor house is still standing, was baptized there in 1597. He came to America about 1635, and was one of the purchasers of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1637. George Richmond, possibly a cousin, was engaged in business in Saco, Maine, in 1635 and John may have been there also before coming to Taunton. John is mentioned in court records March 7, 1636, showing that at that time he was engaged in trade, and it is thought he may have returned to England. He returned to Taunton, however, and died there. March 20, 1664, aged seventy years. His name is often on the court records in 1636-37. He was of Newport for a time, and one of the com- missioners from that town in 1656. He took the oath of fidelity in Taun- ton before 1640. The part of the town where he owned land is still called Richmondtown. His will is dated December 14, 1663, and was proved October 29, 1669. Children : John, born about 1627; Edward, men- tioned below ; Sarah, 1638; Mary, 1639.
(II) Captain Edward Richmond, son of John Richmond, was born about 1632. He married (first) Abigail, daughter of James Davis, and (second ) Amy, daughter of Governor Henry and Elizabeth Bull. He died in November, 1696. He had a share in Westerly, Rhode Island, 1661. He was general solicitor in 1667-69-70-72 ; was lieutenant in 1676, and he and
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his men captured seven Indians in King Philip's war ; clerk of a court mar- tial that condemned to death some Indians; was one of the grantees of East Greenwich in 1677 ; attorney-general 1677-78-79-80 ; deputy 1678-79; selectman, 1683-85-89-90; captain in 1690. He was a member of the Church of England. His gravestone is to be seen on the old Richmond farm at Little Compton, Rhode Island, inscribed : "Here lyeth the body of Edward Richmond, captain, who departed this life in ye 63d year of his age, Nov. 1696." He was one of the incorporators of the town of Little Compton. Children of first wife: Abigail, born 1656; Edward, 1658; John, 1660; Elizabeth, December 6, 1666; Mary, 1668; Esther, 1669; Silvester, mentioned below; Sarah. Children of second wife: Henry and Ann, born at Little Compton.
(III) Colonel Silvester Richmond, son of Captain Edward Rich- mond, was born at Little Compton, formerly Dartmouth, Massachusetts, now Rhode Island, in 1672. He married, in 1693, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Pabodie or Peabody) Rogers, granddaughter of John Rogers, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, great-granddaughter of John and Priscilla ( Molines or Mullins) Alden, who came in the "Mayflower." She was born in 1672, and died October 23, 1724. He married ( second ), February 18, 1728, Deborah, widow of Thomas Loring, and daughter of John and Sarah (Hawks) Cushing. She was born in September, 1674. He died November 20, 1754, and his widow October 18, 1770. He was commissioned lieutenant, July 25, 1710, and colonel, April 25, 1742. He was justice of the peace in 171I and 1729. He held a number of slaves, but set them free and settled them on land in Dartmouth. His tombstone at Little Compton is inscribed : "Colon. Sylvestre Richmond of Dart- mouth. Died November 22, 1754. In the 8Ist. year of his age." An obituary of his wife, noting her Mayflower ancestry, was published June 17, 1717, in the Boston News Letter. Children, all by first wife: Will- iam, mentioned below; Elizabeth, born May 10, 1696; Sylvester, June 30, 1698; Peleg, October 25, 1700; Perez, October 5, 1702; Ichabod, February 27, 1704; Ruth, March 7, 1705-6; Hannah, July 9, 1709; Sarah, October 31, 1711; Mary, November 29, 1713; Rogers, May 25, 1716.
(IV) Judge William Richmond, son of Colonel Silvester Rich- mond, was born in Little Compton, October 10, 1694; married, July 8, 1720, Anna Gray, born January 29, 1702, died at Bristol, Rhode Island, October 9, 1762. He died February 22, 1770. She was a daughter of Thomas and Anna Gray. He was one of the assistants of the governor, 1753-55; judge; town clerk, 1731. Children, born at Little Compton :
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Barzillai, April 13, 1721; Ephraim, May 5, 1723; Elizabeth, February 26, 1725; William, August 20, 1727; Perez, mentioned below; Ichabod, October 18, 1731; Thomas, December 13, 1733; Mary, December 26, 1735; Sarah, January 8, 1738; Silvester, October 7, 1740; Abigail, Feb- ruary 26, 1744.
(V) Judge Perez Richmond, son of Judge William Richmond, was born at Little Compton, October 13, 1728-29, and died November 23, 1800-01. He married, February 3, 1754, Mercy Church, born September 18, 1734, died October 24, 1813, daughter of Thomas and Edith ( Wood- man) Church. He was appointed to enlist minutemen in Little Comp- ton, June, 1775. He held various town offices, and was a leading and influential citizen ; auditor of town accounts; moderator of town meetings six years ; judge of probate court, and president of the town council. He was a mild old gentleman, fond of children and popular. He lived for fifty years or more opposite the head of Meeting House Lane, on the place lately owned by Fred R. Brownell, Little Compton. He was quarter- master and enlisting officer for Little Compton, and was one of a com- mittee "who shall use diligence to procure arms and accoutrements" in 1776. He was killed by a fall from his horse. Children, born at Little Compton : Sarah, August 24, 1756; Ruth, September 6, 1758; Elizabeth, March 9, 1760, married Isaac Hathaway (see Hathaway) ; Mary, Sep- tember 29, 1761 ; Thomas, September 5, 1764; Benjamin, July 11, 1765; Anna, March 24, 1767; Charles, September 28, 1768; Mary, April 5, 1770; Charles, July 9, 1773 ; Hannah, December 17, 1775.
SMITH.
Martin Smith, son of Asa Smith, was born in Ormstown, Canada, March 23, 1808, and came with his parents when he was a small boy to Manchester, Ontario county, New York. He was the eldest of fourteen children, of whom Edmund, Frederick, Rufus and Elvira, of Manchester, and Franklin D. Smith, of Phelps, are living. Martin Smith was a farmer at Manchester. He married Welthea Wells, born at Penfield, Monroe county, New York, July 15, 1810, and came with her parents to Man- chester when she was about four years old. Her sister Jane married Jon- athan Fisk; and Delia married Alanson Fisk, both of Arcadia, Wayne county, New York. Her father, Peter Wells, was born and brought up in Farmington, New York, where his father settled soon after the revo-
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lution, coming thither from Massachusetts. Her mother, Clarissa ( Mc- Louth) Wells, was born in Farmington, July 5, 1784. She was left a widow at the age of twenty-eight years and had three young children. She resolutely undertook to support herself and children, taking charge of a farm of one hundred acres and conducting it successfully. She lived on her farm to the time of her death at the advanced age of eighty years. This farm is near Port Gibson and is now owned by Judson Throop. Her father, Lawrence McLouth, was highly educated and spoke several languages. She was the eldest of a large family. Her grandchildren remember with pleasure the anecdotes of her youth and the story of her plucky life after the death of her husband. She used to tell how on a cold winter evening the children saw what they thought was a colt looking in the window, but it proved to be a wolf. Children of Martin Smith : Peter, born June 5, 1833, died March 23, 1835 ; Clarrissa, June 3, 1837, died May 26, 1905 ; Fidelia, October 15, 1838, died July 2, 1869; Will- iam, October 5, 1840, died June 12, 1842 ; Mary J., August 27, 1842, now a resident of Michigan; Margaret, August 5, 1845, died June 3, 1846; Emma, June 3, 1849, now of Michigan ; Isaac N., May 19, 1851, men- tioned below ; Lewis, June 20, 1853, died February 17, 1862.
Isaac Newton, son of Martin Smith, was born in Manchester, May 19, 1851. He attended the district schools until eighteen years of age, when he spent two winters at the Marion Collegiate Institute in Marion, Wayne county, New York. He then taught school in winter and fol- lowed farming in summer for four years. In 1878 he bought a farm in what is now the village of Manchester, where he now resides. In 1892 the Lehigh Valley railroad yards were located here and the round house and coal pockets are on a part of his farm, taken for the purpose. At this time he built a steam saw mill and conducted it until it was destroyed by fire ten years later. He immediately rebuilt the mill, however, and installed improved machinery, and has continued in business successfully to the present time. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, in religion a Bap- tist.
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