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ABRAHAM 6 s. of Col. Abraham 5 b. Jan. 25, 1763, m. May 31, 1781 Phe- be Dayton and d. Oct. 12, 1796; called Capt. Abraham; they had ch. Abraham 7 b. April 6, 1782, David 7 b. May 2, 1784, Mary 7 b. Nov. 3, 1786 Samuel Smith 7 b. May 5. 1789, Nathaniel 7 b. Feb. 23, 1792, m. Elizabeth Stensin, he d. Sept. 8, 1856, æ 64, she d. June 14, 1842, æ 49 : he was mer- chant in N. Y. had ch. John Bray 8 b. Sept. 9, 1821, grad. at Yale 1840, d. Sept. 11, 1881; Wm. Henry 8 b. Dec. 28, 1822, grad. at N. Y. University, M. D. in Brooklyn, d. Jan. 7, 1879, Mary Frances 8, Elizabeth 8, Har- riet H. 8, Mary Frances 8.
ABRAHAM 7 s. of Capt. Abraham 6 b. April 6, 1782, m. Oct. 25, 1809, Abby b. July 11, 1786, dau. of Elisha Lee, of Lyme, Ct., was farmer in E. Hampton, rem. in 1820 to what is now called New Hartford, Oneida Co. N. Y., he d. there Feb. 27, 1827. his wid. d. there March 23, 1877, they had ch. James L. 8 b. Dec. 5, 1810, Samuel S. 8 b. Nov. 10, 1812, m. Nov. 1, 1837, Elizabeth Nicoll of Shelter Island and d. in New Hartford, N. Y. March 21, 1873, leaving a wid. and 3 sons and 3 daus; Mary F. 8 b. Dec. 23, 1814, m. Nov. 1, 1833, R. Hazard of New Hartford, and they have 2 daus; Gertrude M. 8 b. June 25, 1817, m. March 15, 1870, J. A. Sherrill of New Hartford, she d. Oct. 16, 1878; Harriet L. 8 b. Dec. 10, 1819, d. Feb. 17, 1841. Abraham S. 8 b. Nov: 15, 1822, d. æ 11 weeks, Juli- ette L. 8 b. Oct. 8, 1824.
DAVID 7 s. of Capt. Abraham 6 b. May 2, 1784, grad. at Yale 1804, law- yer, m. 1816 Julianna dau, of Michael McLachlan of N. Y. he was State Senator and author of the "Chronicles of East-Hampton," and d. by the explosion of a gun on the U. S. steam Frigate Princeton, on the Potomac, Feb. 28, 1844; his wid. d. Oct. 4, 1864, on Staten Island ; her will con- tested is reported in 35 N. Y. R. p. 559; they had ch. David Lyon 8 m. Sarah dau. of David Thompson of N. Y. and have 3 ch. ; Alexander 8 d. unm. 1851; Juliana 8 m. June 26, 1844, John Tyler, President of the U. S , his 2d w., he d. Jan. 18, 1862, in Richmond, Va., she d. July 10, 1889, in Richmond, Va. ; they had ch. David G. 9, John A. 9, Julia 9, Lach-
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lan 9, Lyon G. 9, Robert Fitz Walter 9, Pearl 9; Margaret 8 m. John H. Beekman of N. Y. and d. leaving an infant s. Harry 9.
MARY SMITH 7 dau. of Capt. Abraham 6 b. Nov. 3, 1786, m. Sept. 27, 1811. Phillip Gilbert Van Wyck, of Sing Sing, N. Y. she d. July 30. 1858, he d. Aug. 1, 1870 ; they had ch. Joanna 8, Catherine 8, Phillip Court- land 8, Eliza 8, Gardiner 8, Ann Van Rensaeller 8, Pierre Courtland 8, David 8, of whom Catherine, Eliza and Ann only left descendants.
SAMUEL SMITH 7 s. of Capt. Abraham 6 b, May 5, 1789, d. at Shelter Island March 21, 1859, he m. 1st Mary Catherine dau. of Ezra L'Hom- medieu of Shelter Island, she d. Jan. 28, 1838, æ 51; he m. 2d Feb. 28, 1844, Susan Mott, wid. of N. Y. ; he was lawyer and one of the secreta- ries of the N. Y. State Constitutional Convention of 1821 ; he had ch. by 1st w. only, Mary L'Hommedieu 8 b. Sept. 2, 1824, Phebe 8 b. Aug. 13. 1826, both of whom became the 1st and 2d wives of Prof. Eben N. Hors- ford, of Cambridge, Mass., who left by them descendants; Francis Eli- za 8 b. Aug. 31, 1832, m. 1857 George Martin Lane, of Cambridge, Mass. he d. 1876, they had ch. Gardiner M. 9 b. 1858, Louisa Greenough 9 b. 1860, m. 1880 Bayard VanRensaellaer, Katherine Ward 9 b. 1862.
WILLIAM 5 s. of Joseph 4, b. Sept. 5, 1741, m. April 6, 1761, Esther dau. of Daniel and Esther Dennison, of Stonington, Ct. where he then lived and about 1793 rem. to Chenango Forks, N. Y. and d. there March 31, 1800; he had 9 chil. all of whom left descendants, one of them Daniel Dennison 6 had s. Lyman 7 who had s. Curtiss C. 8 b. in Eaton, N. Y. Dec. 1st, 1822, who is the Author of the book entitled "Lyon Gardiner and his Descendants," to whose industry, ability and research I am in- debted for the main facts of this genealogy.
DAVID 2, 2d Proprietor, had s. David 3 who resided in Southold, who had s. David 4, who had s. John 5 M. D. of Southold who had s. James 6, who had sons Capt. Harry 7, Augustus 7, William 7 and Polly 7 w. of Benjamin F. Rogers; Capt. Harry 7 of Quogue had s. Henry, now living there, who has w. and ch.
LYON 3, who was shot hunting deer, as before stated, had s. Lyon 4, b. 1688, d. 1781, æ 93, who m. Hannah dau. of John and Puah Merry, of E. Hampton, had s. John 5 b. 1722, d. 1780, æ 59, who had s. John 6 b. 1750, d. at Moriches July 30, 1799, æ 48, had w. Esther dau. of Abraham and Esther Hedges and wid. of Aaron Fithian, and they had ch. John David 7 b. Jan. 2, 1781; Abraham Hedges 7 b. Dec. 20, 1783; Aaron Fithian 7 b. 1786, m. Martha dau. of Lathrop and Abigail Pope, of Northumberland, N. Y. he was M. D. and settled at Keysville, Essex Co .. N. Y. and had ch. Lathrop Pope 8, Wm. Livingston 8, Thomas Jef- ferson, M. D. 8 and dau. d. young. Esther 7 b. 1790 m. Steven Hedges, of Hillsdale, N. Y. and they have ch. Steven 8, William 8, George 8 and Nathan 8.
REV. JOHN DAVID 7 b. Jan. 2, 1781, m. 1st Frances dau. of Abraham Mulford of E. H. Feb. 18, 1800, she d. March 23d, 1814; he m. 2d Nov. 20, 1814, Mary dau. of Saml. L'Hommedieu and wid. of Nathan Cook; he was educated at Clinton Academy, grad. at Yale 1804, pastor of Presb. church in Sag-Harbor from Oct. 2. 1812 to June 5, 1832. and d. there Sept. 13, 1849, and his wid. d. Nov. 16, 1860; by 1st w. he had ch Charles Fox 8 b. Dec. 10. 1801, m. Sept. 23, 1823, Eliza A. Corey ; he was a mer- chant, d. Jan. 12, 1840; they had ch. Charles Adrian 9 b. July 21, 1824, m. May 25, 1846, Caroline Cooper, had dau. Nettie M. 10 w. of Edgar Wade, s. Wm. C. 10 b. Aug. 29, 1852; Nancy Maria 9 b. July 14, 1827, d. March 9, 1845; James Madison 9, he had w. and they had s. Chas. F. 10 M. D. at Crested Butte; Col. Fanny Mulford 9 b. Sept. 15, 1831, d. unm. Oct. 18, 1856; Henry Havens 9 b. Aug. 1835, resldes in California
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and left ch. Caroline E. 9 b. Nov. 11, 1837, m. July 6, 1859, Oscar F. Stanton b. July 18, 1834, Admiral in the U. S. Navy, and they have ch. Fanny Gardiner 10 b. Oct. 18, 1867: Elizabeth 10 b. Sept. 3, 1875 : Caro- line H. 8 b. July 24, 1805. m. March 1, 1832, Capt. Nathan H. Cook and they have ch, James Madison 8 b. Feb. 17, 1810, d. unm. April 3, 1836, ch. by 2d w. Saml. L'H. 8 b. 3 Sept. 1815, d. Sept. 25, 1815, Saml. L'H. 8 b. Aug. 30, 1816, m. Oct. 1, 1842, Annie Shaler; he grad. at Yale 1835, lawyer, d. Aug. 2, 1885, his wid. d. May 3, 1886 and had ch. Geraldine S. 9, William S. 9, Josephine L'H. 9, John C. 9; John D. 8 b. July 23, 1818, had w. Mary Starr, he d. Feb. 14, 1875 and they had 1 s. Charles Starr 9, b. June 2, 1847 ; Frances M. S. 8 b. June 25, 1820, m. Henry L. Gardiner, her cousin, and they had ch. Marcia Belle 9 and Elizabeth 9; Ezra L'H. 8 b. Sept. 4, 1822, m. Ruth dau. of Elijah Terry, they had ch. Mary L'H. 9, Frank H. 9 b. Sept. 11, 1850, d. Aug. 30, 1851, Frank H. 9 who m. Helen F. dau. of Geo. F. Root and they have ch. Cornelius S. 9; Abra- ham S. 8 b. July 19, 1824, grad. at N. Y. University, 1847, minister at Greenport, L. I. and elsewhere; Howard C. 8 b. Sept. 17, 1826, had wife and children.
ABRAHAM HEDGES 7, s. of John 6 b. Dec. 20, 1783, m. June 27, 1816, Hannah M. Mulford ; he d. Sept. 12, 1861 in Sag-Harbor, was Sheriff of Suff. Co. 1821 to 23, 1829 so 31, and mem. of Assembly of N. Y. in 1828 and 1853, was merchant in Sag-Harbor, had ch. Catherine Esther 8 b. May 4, 1817, m. 1st Silas W. Edwards of Sag-Harbor, Capt. who d. at sea, m. 2d Courtland Starr who d. et New London, Ct. : Henry L. 8 b. July 20, 1819, had w. Frances M. S. Gardiner his cousin, and they had ch. as aforesaid; Mary Elizabeth 8 b. Sept. 18, 1822, m. Jan. 9, 1844 Gilbert H. Cooper and they had ch. Hannah G. 9, Kate W. 9, Gardiner Duane 9, Abraham G. 9; Robert Emmett 8 b. Oct. 29, 1826, d. in Califor- nia Feb. 2, 1886 ; Cornelia Ann 8 b. Aug. 29, 1828, m. Dec. 25, 1855 Eras- tus Rogers, of Sodus, N. Y. and they have ch. Thomas Abraham 8 b. Nov. 9, 1831, d. unm. in California Oct. 1, 1862.
THE HAND FAMILY. Contributed by Clifford A. Hand of New-York City.
JOHN HAND 1 was a native of Kent County, a land owner in the par- ishes Punbridge and Ashford, in that County. He signed himself "yeo- man," and thus was ranged in that sturdy class, which was the true strength of England and which made her power invincible on many famous battle fields. The first distinct trace of him in America was in March, 1644, when he was enrolled in the 3d ward of Southampton, Long Island. He was one of the little company, who soon took up the land adjoining Southampton on the east, and planted there the new settlement, first called by them Maidstone, and now East-Hampton. He was one of the nine original patentees or grantees of East-Hampton. In 1657 he was one of the delegates to Hartford, Connecticut, for the purpose of bringing East-Hampton under that government, and for the further purpose of having goodwife Garlick tried on charges of witch- craft. Her acquital was presumably by consent of the delegates, and probably not really objectionable to their fellow townsmen.
JOHN HAND 1 is understood to have died on or about Jan. 24, 1660. His wid. Alice afterward m. Capt. Codnor. The inventory of his estate included 1 great Bible, 2 small Bibles, 1 Psalm book, 1 fowling piece, 1 carbine, 1 pistol and 2 swords. His ch. appear to have been John 2, Stephen 2, Joseph 2, Shamgar 2, Benjamin 2, Thomas 2, James 2 and Mary 2. Mary 2 m. Charles Barnes, the first principal of, or teacher in,
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the school at East Hampton. Of the sons above named John 2 rem. from E. Hampton after 1663 and d. before 1687. There is no further trace of him. Joseph 2 another s. in 1662 m. Jane Wright of Guilford, Ct. He settled there and became the ancestor of the New England branch of the family, members of which are scattered through the west, and one of whom, George E. Hand of Detroit, was at one time Judge of the Su- preme Court of Mich. Three other sons, Shamgar 2 who m. a Pierson of Southampton, Benjamin 2 who m. Elizabeth Whittier of the same place, and Thomas 2, participated in the settlement of the Cape May region of N. J. Their descendants are still found in N. J. and Penn. or through emigration from these states. Josiah 3 s. of Shamgar 2 d. in Southampton in 1739, leaving a will in which he mentioned his sons David 4, Matthew 4 and Thomas 4, and daus. Mary Mulford 4, Johanna Flint 4 and Sarah 4. Stephen 2 and James 2 were thus the only sons of John 1 who remained in E. Hampton, and who carried forward the fam- ily name there.
STEPHEN 2 was named in the Indian deed of E. Hampton in 1660. He d. April 15, 1693, leaving a will dated May 17, 1688 and therein named his w. Rebecca and sons Stephen 3, Joseph 3 and Samuel 3 and 5 daus. Stephen 3 d. Nov. 13, 1740, æ 79, and leaving ch. Stephen 4, who m. Elizabeth Dollafer Dec. 21, 1745, and d. leaving ch.
JAMES 2 b. about 1651. m. 1st dau. of Nathaniel Bishop (who d. May 2, 1704) and 2d Elizabeth Dibble. He d. Nov. 13, 1733. He was grantee in deed from Thos. Hand in 1679 and 1697. and in 1712 he granted to his s. Nathaniel 3 12 acres at Wainscott. Among his ch. appear to have been James 3, Nathaniel 3, Elias 3 and Esther 3. Elias 3 b. abt. 1700, m. 1st Esther Osborn, she d. April 25, 1727, he m. 2d Experience Miller. His ch. appear to have been Phebe 4, Lemuel 4 and Elias 4, who was Cap- tain of a company in the French war and participated in the attack up- on fort Ticonderoga under Gen. Abercrombie, and in the capture of Crown Point under Gen. Amherst.
JAMES 3 m. twice, 1st wife d. June 17, 1727, and he m. 2d Rebecca, dau. of Lieut. John Wheeler ; he d. 1761 and left will dated Oct. 19, 1754 and under which Wm. Hedges and Timothy Mulford were Administra . tors; ch. by Ist w. James 4, Samuel 4, Ezekiel 4, Desire 4, Mary 4 and Sarah 4; ch. by 2d w. Jeremiah 4, Rebecca 4 and Desire 4. Jeremiah 4 by his father's will took the homestead.
JAMES 4 m. Nov. 13, 1735, Mary Hand and had ch. Jeremiah 5, James 5 . and Elizabeth 5; he d. Oct. 1757 leaving will dated Oct. 19, 1757, his wid- ow and Job Pierson executors. Upon his tombstone, at Wainscott, is a poetical effusion testifying to his faith, patience and piety ; the will de- vises to s. James 5 lands in E. Hampton and Southampton and witnessed by Elias Hand and Elias Hand, Jr.
EZEKIEL 4 m. Dec. 14, 1737, Johanna dau. of Hezekiah Miller; they had ch. Samuel 5 b. Jau. 1761, Nehemiah 5 and Experience 5. First dau. Desire 5 d. young, Mary 5 m. a Thorn and Sarah 5 m. John Tal- mage, Jr.
SAMUEL 4 s. of James 3 d. before Oct. 19, 1754, the date of his father's will, which refers to his deceased s. Samuel's 4 children, not naming them. By tradition his death occurred by drowning, when he was about 40 years of age, and at a place outside of E. Hampton, where he was actively engaged in business. He was bap. with his bro. James 4, Oct. 2, 1709. He is believed to have been the Ist husband of Elizabeth, dau. of Ammi Ruhama Rusco (s. of Nathaniel Rusco and Elizabeth Hal- sey his w.) Among the issue of this marriage were Nathaniel 5 b. April 7, 1739, Abraham 5 b. abt. 1741, Esther 5 b. May 7, 1743, who m.
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Edwards, and Nathan 5 b. May 14, 1747, who is reputed to have been a posthumous son. The wid. Elizabeth was left in straitened circustances by the sudden death of her husband, and is said to have maintained her family by teaching school in the village of E. Hampton, and to have been a woman of energy and intelligence, as well as of piety. She m. for 2d husband David Conklin, by whom she had s. David, who rem. to Dutchess Co. Surviving him she m. Christopher Dibble. Surviving this third husband she returned to E. Hampton and was cared for by her s. Abraham Hand 5 and then by her s. Nathaniel Hand 5, in whose house she d. at an advanced age.
NATHANIEL 5 m. Esther dau. of Samuel Mulford and Zerviah Conklin his w. and d. at E. Hampton March 14, 1820 in his 81st year, and had ch. Esther 6 b. 1764, Elizabeth 6 b. 1766, Mary 6 b. 1769, Mulford 6 b. 1771, Rebecca 6 b. 1774 and Nathaniel 6 b. 1776. Esther 6 m. Benjamin s. of Sineus Conkling and was the mother of Judge Alfred Conkling and grandmother of Senator Roscoe Conkling. Elizabeth 6 m. Nathaniel Bunce of Smithtown ; Mary 6 m. John Saxton of same place ; Rebecca 6 in. David Conkling of Amagansett
MULFORD 6 m. Mary dau. of Thos. Baker and had ch. Charles R. 7, Caroline 7 who m. Henry Schellenger, Harriet 7 who m. Talmage Barnes, William C. 7 b. 1805, Augustus 7 of Brooklyn who m. Susan Van Pelt, Alfred 7 of Boston, Mary 7 who m. George N. Stretton, and Jane 7 who m. Jonathan Stretton. Mulford d. at Amagansett Feb. 1855 æ abt. 80.
CHARLES R. 7 son of Mulford 6, of Amagansett, had w. Betsey Sher- rill, b. 1797, and ch. Eliza C. 8 b. 1720, w. of - Cartwright, Geo. L. 8 b. 1821, Nathaniel 8 b. 1824, Eliza 8 w. of - - Mulford, Charles 8, Joan- na 8 wid. of Jeremiah Huntting, Fanny 8 w. of Benjamin H. Barnes.
CAPT. GEORGE L. 8 son of Charles R. 7 m. Harriet dau. of Thomas J. Mulford and had ch. Clara M. 9, Thomas J. 9, Hannah M. 9; the two former have ch.
NATHANIEL 8 m. Phebe E. dau. of Jeremiah Conkling and had ch. Theodore H. 9, George C. 9, Charles S. 9 and Elizabeth 9.
WILLIAM C. 7 b. 1805 had w. Nancy and dau. Mary 8 born 1833, w. of James S. Havens of B. Hampton, and they have ch.
NATHANIEL 6 b. Jan. 26, 1776, s. of Nathaniel 5, d. 1862, m. Jst Eliza- beth dau. of Thomas Baker and had ch. Thomas B. 7 b. March 11, 1803, Juliette 7 w. of Charles H. Miller ; had 2d w. - Mulford and they had ch. Marcus B. 7 b. Aug. 1824.
CAPT. THOMAS B. 7 of Bridge-Hampton d. July 26, 1873, had w. Har- riet R. dau. of Nathaniel and Lucinda Hedges, and ch. Henry C. 8, Maurice 8, Orlando H. 8 b. Nov. 11, 1826, and Elizabeth 8 b. Nov. 29, 1828, w. of Wm. H. Lester, D. D. and they have ch. Rev. Wm. H. Jr., Nathaniel and Essie.
ORLANDO H. 8 has w. Elizabeth dau. of Benjamin F. Howell and ch. Harriet E. 9, Fannie 9, Lucretia 9, Nathaniel H. 9, Florence 9 and Min- nie 9. Florence 9 m. Levi D. Halsey, M. D. and they have ch.
NATHANIEL H. 9 has w. Grace, dau. of Thomas Vail.
ABRAHAM 5 s. of Capt. Samuel 4 m. 1st a Miss Hedges and 2d her sis- ter, and had ch. Abraham 6 bap. 1766 and rem. to Ovid, N. Y. and had s. Ovid 6 and Eleazar 6.
ELEAZUR 6 of E. Hampton m. Catherine McGowan and had ch. Capt. George 7 b. 1813 and Catharine 7 who d. unm.
CAPT. GEORGE 7 b. 1813 m. Abigail, dau. of Henry White of Sagg, and had ch. George H. 8 b. 1857 and John White 8 b. 1865.
NATHAN 5 m. Anna dau. of Capt. Isaac Barres and had ch. Samuel 6, Isaac Barnes 6, Nancy 6, Frances 6, Hannah 6, Augustus 6, Julia 6, Na-
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than 6 and Henry 6. His narrow means induced him to emigrate, in 1792, to the town of Shoreham, Vermont, on the eastern shore of lake Champlain, opposite Fort Ticonderoga. This new wheat bearing region had been made familiar to. Capt. Barnes by his service in the French war. By reason of infirm health he transferred the burden of his affairs to his eldest son, but was zealous in building up the church of which he was deacon. In the history of Shoreham, by Rev Thos. F, Good- hue, it is recorded of him that "he served his day and generation faith- fully, and is held in grateful remembrance by those who are intimately acquainted with him." He d. at Shoreham, May 26, 1811, æ 64, and his wid. d. July 14, 1812, æ 63. Of his ch. Isaac Barnes 6 m. Lucinda dau. of Capt. Danes of Sag-Harbor, and rem. to Albany and d. there in 1810 ; Nancy 6 m. Capt. Wm. Clark and resided with him in Brooklyn; she d. there June 23, 1850 ; Hannah 6 m. Abraham Bishop of Ct. and d. March 9, 1813 ; Augustus 6 m. Sarah Herbert Post and d. at Ferrisburg, Ver- mont, April 1851. He had a varied career as ship master and merchant and finally as farmer. One of his sons, Augustus 7, was a physician at Morris, Ill. One of the sons of his wife (by her 1st hushand) was the celebrated clergyman Dr. Trueman Post, of St. Louis, Missouri. Julia Hand m. Erastus Barnum and d. at Shoreham Feb. 14, 1855; Nathan 6 d. July 4, 1812; Henry 6 d. in childhood.
CAPT. SAMUEL 6 (eldest s. of Dea. Nathan 5) became at an early age mate of the ship, of which his brother-in-law, Capt. Clark, was master and part owner. He was largely instrumental in the change of resi- dence of his father from E. Hampton to Shoreham. In association with Capt. Sherman (who afterward established the 1st line of steamboats on Lake Champlain,) he planned and prepared for an extensive busi- ness upon and along the Hudson river, but he abandoned these plans, at the summons of his father, and thereafter devoted himself to the care of the latter and of the Shoreham farm. When the British milita- ry and naval forces threatened the valley of Lake Champlain. during the war of 1812, he marched to Plattsburg in command of about 192 men, and his company, a battalion, is said to have included every able bodied male in the town. He married March 4, 1801, Elizabeth dau. of Rev. Richard Sill, of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. and d. at Shore- ham Sept. 13, 1845. Their ch. were Richard C. 7, Augustus C. 7, Nancy Augusta 7, Susan Amelia 7, Eliza Ann 7 and Harriet 7.
REV. RICHARD C. 7 b. Jan. 21, 1802 was twice m. but survived wife and ch. and d. at his residence in Brooklyn July 1870 d. s. p. Nancy Augusta 7 b. Dec. 17, 1806, m. Dr. Nelson G. Chipman and d. Aug. 1876, in Cleveland, Ohio. Susan Amelia 7 b. Oct. 31, 1810, d. at the home- stead in Shoreham, Dec. 31, 1884. Eliza Ann 7 b. Aug. 20, 1813, d. at the same homestead Feb. 22, 1893. Harriet 7 b. July 15, 1818, m. Louis Doolittle and d. June 3, 1842, at Belvidere, Ill.
AUGUSTUS C. 7 b. Sept. 9, 1803, m. Marcia Salome, dau. of Samuel Northrup and d. March 1878 in his 75th year. Educated under the pri- vate tutelage of Professors of Middlebury College and at the law school of Prof. Gould of Litchfield, Ct. he was admitted to the bar at the May term in 1830. He established his office at Crown Point, in Essex Co. on Lake Champlain, but. rem. to Elizabethtown the shire town of that county, on his appointment to the office of Surrogate April 15, 1831. He was elected to Congress in 1838, but shared the general defeat of his party in 1840. In 1844 he was elected to the old Senate of the State when that body (with certain Judges) constituted the Court of Final appeal. As Senator, he was chairman of the judiciary committee which, in 1847, framed the legislation requisite to adopt the adminis-
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tration of justice to the new constitution of 1846. Among the labors of his committee was the division of the State into 8 judicial districts, a division which has never since been disturbed. He was one of the Judges first elected to the Supreme Court, as reorganized by this con- stitution, and served for the term of 8 years, from 1847 to 1855, the last year of such service being as a member of the Court of Appeals. The purity, integrity and ability, and devotion to duty, which characterized his judicial career, were recognized and respected throughout the State but the sudden uprising of what was known as the "know-nothing" party, and the violence of political feeling led to his retirement from the bench. Thereafter until his death, he continued the practice of his
profession at Elizabethtown. The ch. of Judge Augustus C. 7 were Clifford 8, Samuel 8, Ellen 8, Marcia 8 and Richard 8. Ellen Salome 8 m. Matthew Hale, now of Albany, and d. Oct. 10, 1867; Marcia Augus- ta 8 m. Jonas C. Heartt, of Troy, and d. July 12, 1862. The three sons were all grad. from Union College, Schenectady, and all followed the profession of their father. Clifford A. 8 has been for many years and still is a member of the bar of N. Y. city ; Richard Lockhart 8 succeeded to his father's office and practice at Elizabethtown, and is one of the most eminent advocates in northern New-York.
SAMUEL 8 b. at Elizabethtown May 1833, rem. to Albany where he be- came the junior of the law firm of Cagger, Porter & Hand. In Jan. 1865, upon the elevation of Judge Porter to the bench, he began his ca- reer as advocate before the Court of Appeals. In the language of Chief Justice Ruger, on the occasion of his death, (as reported 102 N. Y. Re- ports) : "he stood in the front rank of his profession and had attained high honor in both professional and judicial employments. * His * forensic efforts were always distinguished by thoroughness of prepara- tion, perfect and expert knowledge of the case in hand, a close and comprehensive appreciation of the legal questions involved, and of the reason and philosophy of the rules bearing upon them, a logical and felicitous method of arragement and presentation. His unexpected death, occurring in the prime of life, was deeply felt by the Court, and must universally be regarded as a great loss to the public as well as to the profession which he elevated and advanced." He was reporter of the Court of Appeals from 1869 to 1872. He repeatedly declined im- portant offices, tendered him by Govs. Tilden, Robinson and Cleveland, respectively, but in 1878 he became Judge of the Court of Appeals, by unsolicited appointment of Gov. Robinson. This appointment was wel- comed as an ideal one, by the press of both parties, in all parts of the State. The hostility of Tammany Hall to the Governor and his friends was, however, so bitter, that the name of Judge Hand was withdrawn from the nominating convention of his party, and at the end of the year 1878, he left the bench and resumed his position at the bar. He was an accomplished scholar, not only in his profession but in the general field of science and literature. He died at his residence in Albany, May 1886, and was survived by his w. Lydia and two ch. Lydia 9 w. of Dr. Henry Hun, and Billings Learned 9.
JAMES 4 who m. Mary Hand, Nov. 13, 1735, and d. Oct. 1757, resided at Wainscott. See ante.
JAMES 5 of Wainscott, s. of James 4, had w. Rebecca Chase, of Nan- tucket, and they had ch. Ahira 6, who rem. to Sag-Harbor and left ch. Ruel 6 who d. young and left dau. Maria 7 who m. a Sayre and rem. to N. J. ; Zimri 6 who had w. and ch. and James 6 b. Feb. 28, 1765.
JAMES 6 b. Feb. 28, 1765, d. Nov. 25, 1828, æ 63, had w. Chloe dau. of Jonathan Osborne, of Wainscott, she b. Feb. 26, 1767, d. Nov. 3, 1843,
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they m. June 1790 and had ch. Sylvester 7 b. June 1791, who had w. Frances Spooner and ch. James 8, Maria 8, Frances 8, Emma 8 and Al- den 8; they rem. to Kalamazoo, Mich. ; he d. Sept. 22, 1856 : Mary C. 7, called Polly, b. June 1792, d. unm. Feb. 13, 1876 ; James 7 b. Feb. 7, 1794 rem. to Green Bay, Wis. ; John 7 b. Dec. 2, 1795. d. at sea unm. July 25, 1826; Ruel 7 b. June 16, 1797, d. Oct. 14, 1835, had w. Prudence Platt and ch. Harriet 8 w. of Hickford Conner, and Ellen 8 who m. Caleb Da- vis; Matilda 7 b. Jun. 2, 1800, d. unm. March 9, 1847; Fanny 7 b. March 30, 1803, m. Sylvanus Strong and d. Nov. 13, 1861; July 7 b. Aug. 28, 1709, d. unm. Sept. 13, 1833; Miranda 7 b. April 1807, m. Chauncey Os- born and left ch. ; Elizabeth 7 b. Jan. 27, 1812, d. Sept. 26, 1856, m. 1st James H. Scott, m. 2d Baldwin Sherman, and they left ch. Albert 7 b. Feb. 19, 1805.
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