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ISAAC 6 s. of Jonathan 5 b. April 29, 1811, m. Betsey dau. of Mason Dennison, of Deep River, Ct. Sept. 12, 1841, she b. Aug. 11, 1811, d. May 9, 1875; they had ch. dau. 7 b. Dec. 18, 1842, d. Jan 29, 1843, and Isaac Dennison 7 and Jeremiah Mason 7, twins, b. May 6, 1844, both d. 8. p. and Isaac 6 d.
SAMUEL 5 s. of Jonathan 4 b. April 27, 1763, m. Betsey dau. of Sylves- ter Darby, of E. Hampton, b. 1774, d. March 1, 1849; they had ch. Mer- cy 6 b. Aug. 20, 1797, m. Wm. Baker, of E. Hampton, and they had ch. Elisheba 6 b. Nov. 13, 1799, d. March 8, 1871, she m. Capt. Howell H. Babcock, of Amagansett, and they had ch. Alben D. 6 b. Oct. 10, 1806; Hannah Waters 6 b. Oct. 17, 1811, m. Capt. Maltby P. Cartwright, of Shelter Island, May 26, 1833, and they have ch. Mary Ann 6 b. July 29, 1817, m. Capt. Davis C. Miller, of Amagansett.
ALBEN D. 6 m. Eliza G. dau. of Abraham Payne, of Amagansett, Jan. 2, 1832, she b. March 16, 1812, d. April 27, 1882, they had ch. Ellen 7 b. July 2, 1837, m. Abraham Parsons, of E. Hampton, Nov. 15, 1860, they had ch. George S. 7 b. April 12, 1845, m. Sarah E. dau. of Capt. Jesse Halsey, of Sag-Harbor, Nov. 25, 1867, and they had s. Oscar H. 8 b. Jan. 24, 1869, d. Oct. 18, 1877; Juliette 7 b. Feb. 17, 1853, m. Theodore Hand, of Amagansett, Nov. 27, 1879; Mercy 5 b. April 13, 1767. dau. of Jona- than 4, m. Matthew Jessup, of West-Hampton, L. I. Hannah 5 dau. of Jonathan 4 b. Sept. 3, 1768, m. Jeremiah Conkling, of Amagansett, and rem. to Fort Ann, N. Y. Sylvester 5 s. of Jonathan 4 b. Sept. 3, 1785, m. Eunice Woodhull and resided and d. in Setauket, they had s. George W. 6 who m. Juliette 7 dau. of Henry Schellenger 6 b. March 6, 1831, and they had dau. Harriet W. 8 who resides in Bridge-Hampton. Geo. W. 6 d. March 19, 1851, æ 24 years, 5 months.
THE SHERRILL FAMILY. CONTRIBUTED BY TEUNIS D. HUNTTING, ESQ.
The exact date of the arrival in America of Samuel Sherrill 1, the an- cestor of the East-Hampton Sherrills, is unknown. He was a survivor from a shipwreck which took place on the coast off East-Hampton.
SAMUEL SHERRILL 1 b. in Ireland, of English parents, about 1649, d. at East-Hampton April 29, 1719. NOTE .- Nearly fifty years ago David Sherrill 5 s. of Recompense 4 told me a company of young ladies visited the wreck. On returning, one of them said she had seen there the handsomest man she ever saw. Another young lady replied, "you might marry him." She said, "I do not know but I would if I could." This came to the knowledge of the wrecked mariner and resulted in the acquaintance and marriage of the parties .- H. P. HEDGES. He m. a Miss Parsons abt. 1676 and they had two ch. Recompence 2 b. about 1678 and Elizabeth 2 who m. Hezekiah Miller.
RECOMPENCE 2 b. abt. 1678, m. 1st Nov. 10, 1701, Sarah Parsons, she d. Nov. 25, 1712 : m. 2d Oct. 1, 1713, Margaret Cady, and they had Rec- ompence 3 b. 1716, Elizabeth 3 bap. April 5, 1719, m. Thomas Brown,
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John 3 bap. April 5, 1719, rem to Southold, Henry 3 b. 1715, m. Nov. 4, 1736 Jane Conklin, rem. to Richmond. Mass., Sarah 3 bap. April 5, 1719, m. John Parsons, Joanna 3 bap. April 5, 1719. m. Cornelius Paine, Elishaba 3 bap. April 5, 1719, Samuel 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, rem. to Duch- ess Co. N., Jeremiah 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, Jacob 3 b. 1722, Jemima 3 bap. Sept. 19, 1725, m. William Barnes, Abraham 3 bap. Dec. 19, 1727.
RECOMPENCE 3 b. 1706, d. Feb. 7, 1786, m. 1st Dec. 15, 1737 Sarah Leek. she d. Nov. 5, 1738 ; m. 2d April 10, 1739, Puah dau. of John Parsons, they had ch. Recompence 4 b. May 11, 1741, Puah 4 b. 1744, d. Aug. 1746, a son 4 b. 1749, d. an infant, Stephen 4 bap. July 20, 1751, drowned June 22, 1788, Abraham 4 bap. April 2, 1754, a ch. 4 bap. Jan. 10. 1757, d. Aug. 29, 1757, Sarah 4 bap. March 1759, Puah 4.
JEREMIAH 3 bap. Aug. 13, 1721, drowned st sea, m. 1st Sept. 7, 1749, Kezia dau. of Isaac Barnes, Jr. she d. Dec. 28, 1750; m. 2d Aug. 2, 1753 Elizabeth dau. of John Dayton, and had ch. Jeremiah 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, d. Aug. 21, 1827, m. Ruth dau. of Isaac M. Huntting, he rem. in autumn of 1782 to Duchess Co. N. Y.
JACOB 3 b. 1722, d. July 1801, m. 1st Aug. 11, 1746 Abigail dau. of Lewis Conklin, m. 2d about 1760 Clemence dau. of Dea. John Huntting, and had ch. Abigail 4 bap. April 25, 1747, m. John Gann ; Samuel 4 bap. April 16, 1748, d. young ; Jeremiah 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, Abraham 4 bap. Jan. 20, 1751, Daniel 4 bap. Aug. 1, 1753, Rebecca 4 b. March 15, 1758, m. Feb. 7, 1781 Zachariah Hicks, John 4 bap. March 4, 1762, d. young; Phebe 4 b. 1762, m. Peleg Miller; Mary 4 b. 1765, m. Levi Pierce; John Huntting 4 b. Aug. 28, 1767, m. Eunice Case and rem. to Vergennes, Vt. Jonathan 4 b. Oct. 1769, rem. to Greenville, N. Y. abt. 1810, Jacob 4 b. 1770, d. in infancy, Jacob 4 b. Feb. 12, 1771, rem. about 1810 to New Hartford, N. Y., Samuel 4 b. abt. 1774, rem. to Oneida Co. N. Y. abt. 1810, Nathaniel 4, Esther 4 b. 1779, m. Joseph Allen; Lewis 4 b. June 30, 1781, rem. to Oneida Co. N. Y. abt. 1810.
RECOMPENCE 4 b. May 11, 1741, d. June 7, 1829, m. Sept. 22, 1768, Na- omi Burnham, and they had ch. Naomi 5 b. Aug. 14, 1769, m. Jesse Hedges, Seth 5 b. Jan. 6, 1771, rem. to Swanton, Vt., David 5 b. Dec. 3, 1772, Nathaniel 5 b. July 28, 1775, d. Aug. 2, 1775, Nathaniel 5 b. Sept. 6, 1776, rem. to Lysander, N. Y., Burnham 5 b. Aug. 17, 1779, drowned Oct. 11, 1811 unm., Elizabeth 5 b. Feb. 23, 1783, m. Charles H. Havens, Sally 5 b. Sept. 8, 1785, drowned May 7, 1786.
ABRAHAM 4 bap. April 2, 1754, d. Nov. 18, 1844, m. April 27, 1800 Anna dau. of Nathaniel Huntting, and they had ch. Stephen 5 b. April 2, 1801, Abram P. 5 b. Sept. 3, 1803, rem. to Western N. Y. 1844, Nathaniel H. 5 b. Oct. 10, 1806, rem. to LeRoy, N. Y.
JEREMIAH 4 bap. Dec. 10, 1750, d. Jan. 14, 1840, at Franklin, N. Y., he m. Elizabeth Hand and they had ch. Vashti 5 who m. - Edwards, of Franklin, N. Y., Darius 5 b. 1781, d. Nov. 17, 1848, he rem. to Sandy Hill, N. Y. 1792, Melinda 5 b. Jan. 18, 1786, m. Silas Webb, of Orient, N. Y., Abigail 5 b. March 22, 1790, she m. 1st Elisha Rackett, 2d Wm. Potter, Jeanette 5 who m. 1st Amos Ryan, of East Marion, N. Y., m. 2d Ebene- zer Welden, of Greenport, N. Y., Jeremiah 5 b. Oct. 7, 1799, rem. about 1810 to New Hartford, N. Y., Caroline 5 d. abt. 1817, Charles 5 b. Feb. 9, 1804, d. July 12, 1871, rem. to East Marion, N. Y. about 1817.
ABRAHAM 4 bap. Jan. 20, 1751, d. April 11, 1834, m. Mahetable Terry, and had dau. Esther 5 b. Jan. 4, 1806, m. Giles S. Havens, she d. Feb. 25, 1886.
DANIEL 4 bap. Aug. 1, 1753, and had ch. Phebe 5 d. Feb. 4, 1778, Mary 5 who m. Sherrill Conklin, Elizabeth 5 b. Jan. 8, 1797. m. Charles R. Hand, a son 5 left E. H. young, unm.
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DAVID 5 b. Dec. 3, 1772, d. Nov. 11, 1861, m. Sally Lupton, and had s. Hiram L. 6 b. Nov. 24, 1810.
STEPHEN 5 b. April 2, 1801, d. Dec. 26. 1892, m. Dec. 26, 1827 Jerusha H. dau. of Elisha Conklin, and they had ch. Egbert C. 6 b. Sept. 21, 1829, d. April 5, 1865 unm., Nathaniel H. 6 b. Aug. 3, 1832, Abraham E. 6 b. March 5, 1834, d. in service of his country while a member of the 105th Reg: Ill. Vol. at Gallatin, Tex. March 2, 1863, Stophon H. 6 Doc. 29, 1849, rem. to Conn. abt. 1867.
HIRAM L. 6 b. Nov. 24, 1810, m. Nov. 3, 1834, Adeline dau. of Sylvanus S. Miller, and had ch. Sarah F. 7 b. April 24, 1836, d. April 25, 1895, she m. Chas. R. Dayton, David S. 7 b. Oct. 11, 1842, Hiram 7 b. Apr. 16, 1853.
NATHANIEL H. 6 b. Aug. 3, 1832, d. June 5, 1874, m. June 16, 1859 Ade- lia A. Parsons, and they had ch. Anna M. 7 b. June 16, 1860, Abraham E. 7 b. Oct. 14, 1862, Mary J. 7 b. April 7, 1865, m. July 26, 1888 Herbert L. Bates, Julia P. 7 b. Jan. 30, 1868, m. June 25, 1889 Wm. H. Hedges, Amy B. 7 b. Jan. 11, 1871, William H. 7 b. Feb. 7, 1874, d. Sept. 27, 1874.
DAVID S. 7 b. Oct. 11, 1842, m. March 3, 1868 Rosalie H. dau. of Ed- ward Dayton. He is a prominent Republican. Has held the office of Superintendent of the County Poor for many years. No ch.
HIRAM 7 b. April 16, 1853, m. 1st Anastasia Williams; she d. Dec. 14, 1888; m. 2d Jan. 12, 1893. Sophronia Douglass, and has ch. a son 8 b. March 12, 1882, d. same day, Florence E. 8 b. July 14, 1884, Adeline M. 8 b. Sept. 13, 1886.
ABRAHAM E. 7 b. Oct. 14, 1862, m. Nov. 19, 1890 Nettie J. Glover, and has s. Edwin L. 7 b. Sept. 3, 1891.
THE SQUIRES FAMILY.
At an early day a John Squires in East-liampton married Ann dau. of William Edwards 1. George R. Howell assumes that they had son George 2, and gives the following genealogy of the family :
JOHN 1 m. Ann dau. of Wm. Edwards and had son George 2. Goorge 2 m. Jan. 29, 1701 Jane Edwards, and had ch. John 3 b. about 1703, Rec- ompence 3 bap. 1705, Thomas 3 bap. 1705, who m. May 26, 1726 Puah Ludlam and rem. to N. J.
JOHN 3 d. Jan. 7, 1758, æ 55, had w. Phebe and ch. John 4 bap. 1715, Ellis 4 bap, 1719, Henry 4 bap. 1722, Phebe 4 bap. 1724, Mary 4 bap. 1729. Zerviah 4 bap. 1731, Jeremiah 4 bap. 1733, Stephen 4 bap. 1735, Jona- than 4 bap. 1738, John 4 bap. 1739; Ellis 4 removed into the western part of Southampton and had ch. Seth 5, Ellis 5, Daniel 5. From these descended the numerous families in Squiretown, Good Ground and its vicinity.
JONATHAN 4 bap. 1738, resided in the dwelling house at Wainscott (now of James H. Topping) where his father and probably grandfather resided. Many grave stones in Wainscott prove this. Jonathan 4 was said to be a man of great strength. Tradition reports that he had green oak rails on his shoulder and slipping on the ice broke his leg; that he crawled into the house, got on the bed, and set his broken leg, refusing the services of the doctor who afterwards came. He had ch. Stafford 5, Ellis 5, John 5 b. abt. 1783, Stephen 5, Sylvanus 5, Honry 5, Mehetable 5, Mary 5, Phebe 5. Stephen 5 resided in Sag-Harbor, Sylva- nus 5 noar Hay Ground, and both had w. and ch.
THE STRATTON FAMILY.
That veteran genealogist, George R. Howell, traces the Stratton fam- ily thus :
John 1 of England, Richard 2 and wife Elizabeth, Benjamin 3 d. in
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1717, and wife Mary, of N. Jersey, Jonathan 4 bap. 1708, Benjamin 5, Jonathan 6 b. 1779, w. Mary Dayton, Henry D. 7 b. 1803, George N. 7, Jenathan D. 7, Mary 7 b. 1807, ch. of Henry D. 7, Samuel D. 8, Theo- dore 8, Catherine 8, George M. 9, Mary L. 9.
John 1; John 2 d. in E. Hampton 1685; Stephen 3 b. 1675, d. 1697, w. Hannah; John 4 d. in 1675; Stephen 5 bap. in 1721; Samuel 5 of East- Hampton d. in 1845; Sidney 6, Anna 6, Esther 6, Mary 6, Sarah 6, Caro- line 6, Samuel T. 6 of Montauk, ch. of Samuel T. 6, Frank S. 7, Isabel 7, Frank 7, Gloriana 7.
THE TALMAGE OF TALLMADGE FAMILY.
BY JAMES M. B. DWIGHT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONN.
This family name has been variously written in different ages, Tal- mage, Tallmadge, Talmash, Talmacke, Tollemache, and in several other ways.
The family is one of the most ancient in English history, and is tra- ditionally believed, says Burke, to go back to Saxon times to Toelmag, a Saxon Lord of the 6th century of our era.
The name is found as Toelmag in Domesday Book, time of William the Conqueror, and also on the Roll of Battle Abbey of the same cen- tury in the Norman form Tollemache. It is found at Stoke Talmage in Oxfordshire in 1135; in Norfolk in 1200; in Suffolk at a very early date, and in Hampshire soon after 1300. The seat of the family in Hamp- shire was at Newton Stacey, an outlying manor of Barton Stacey, in the County of Hampshire or Southampton, and about ten miles north- west of Winchester, where the family had been long settled.
In respect to the early history of the American family of Talmage or Tallmadge, I would say that historical writers have made numerous mistakes and given a most confused and incorrect account of the mat- ter. The principal authority is "Thompson's History of Long Island," whose statement found in several parts of the volume are confused, misleading and contradictory of each other. They are probably deriv- ed from some aged member of the family who has mixed up his gener- ations, as so often happens.
For example, Thompson says, p. 297, "Thomas Talmage, Jr., (known as the Recorder, or Town Clerk, of East-Hampton) was the son of Enos Talmage, of New Haven, who it is supposed died here. Thomas Tal- mage, brother of Enos, made freeman of Boston 1634, and of Lynn 1636, settled at Branford, in Connecticut, whence he removed, and died at New Haven."
On another page he says, "Thomas, Jr., son of Enos, had brothers Enos, Thomas and Daniel, which last removed to New Jersey in 1725."
The real fact was that these three were grandsons of Thomas, Jr., the Recorder, and great-grandsons of Thomas, Sr., of Lynn, who was the first of the name in Southampton and East-Hampton.
To the New Jersey branch of the family, descendants of Daniel above mentioned, belong the Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, his brother the Rev. Toyn Talmage, and Daniel Talmage and sons, of Brooklyn. This branch of the Talmages has intermarried with the VanNest and Beek- man families.
Enos was not one of the emigrants from England. These were Wil- liam of Boston, Thomas of Lynn and afterwards of Southampton and East-Hampton, and Robert of New Haven, three brothers. Robert of New Haven had a son Enos, who was killed by the Indians in the mas- sacre at Schenectady, and a 2d Enos, who appears in the above con- fused accounts of Thompson as one of the original emigrants, was real-
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ly, in all probability, a grandson of Thomas, the Recorder, and a grea grandson of Thomas Talmage, Senior, of Lynn and East-Hampton. He appears in the Town Records of East-Hampton in 1717 and 1721.
Judge Hedges, in his address of 1849, seems to have followed the same authority and been led by him into the same mistakes, which are refuted by the Town Records of Southampton and East-Hampton.
These unfortunate errors make it important to state correctly the true beginnings of the Talmage family in America, the evidence of which has only recently come to light, and which places the matter be- yond further doubt or uncertainty.
Thomas Lechford was an English lawyer who came to Boston in 1638 and returned to England in 1641. He was the first practising lawyer in Massachusetts. He kept a note-book of legal memoranda which has been recently printed, in which occurs the following entry, p. 294, old 167 : "William Talmage of Boston, in New England, Thomas Talmage, Robert Talmage, and Richard Walker, husband of Jane Talmage, de- ceased, sonnes and daughter of Thomas Talmage, brother of John Tal- mage, of Newton Stacey, in the Co. of Southampton, deceased, make a letter of Attorney to Richard Conying and William Dowlying, overseers of the will of the said John Talmage, deceased, to receive of the Exec- utor and administrator of the last will and testament of Symon Talmage our brother and of John Talmage aforesaid, the summes of money due unto us by the will of the said John Talmage (and a certificate under the public seal (L. s.) )"
Page 311 new, old 175: "A letter of attorney by William Talmage, Thomas Talmage and Robert Talmage aforesaid, and Richard Walker to Mr. Ralph King, to receive the money of the said overseer. Dated 3 Sept. 1640. (A certificate made under the public seal (L. s.) )
These memoranda show conclusively that there were three brothers Talmage who came to America-William, Thomas and Robert-and a sister Jane, who married Richard Walker, of Lynn. These came from England to New England in 1630, and no others are known to have come to America in the Colonial period.
The record also establishes the fact that they were children of Thom- as Talmage, of Newton Stacey, in the County of Southampton or Hamp- shire, England. It also proves that they had an uncle, John Talmage, who left each of them legacies in his will, and also a brother, Symon Talmage, who also mentioned them in his will and referred to these legacies. These three brothers and sister's husband gave a power of attorney to Ralph King to receive this money.
We thus obtain the names of the three founders of the Talmage name and family in America. We learn their residence in England and learn of the wills of uncle and brother there.
During the last year, 1895, I have had these wills searched for and found in England, and obtain from them the names of the legatees above mentioned, who are the three Talmage brothers and their sister Jane.
This power of attorney and these English wills are thus dovetailed together, and establish the fact of the English origin and former home of these brothers beyond question.
I have also further traced the family descent through wills and sub- sidies to an earlier Robert Talmash, whose will is dated 1523, and who must have been born before 1500. Still more recent advices carry the family backward nearly to 1300, where at the head of the line stands Sir William Talmach. We find in the Suffolk line a Sir William Talla- mach of the same date (see Collins' Peerage). We have reason to be-
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lieve that these two are one and the same, and that the Suffolk and Hampshire line of the family are united here.
The elder of the three Talmage brothers, William, settled in Boston, and died leaving only daughters.
The second brother, Thomas Talmage, settled in Lynn, Mass. He was admitted freeman in Boston in 1634, and was allotted there 200 acres of land, which shows that he was a man of substance. [See Lewis' History of Lynn, p. 114: "The Council had agreed that each person who had advanced fifty pounds should have 200 acres, and that each person who came over on his own expense should have 50 acres.]
He thus became one of the largest landholders in the town. He re- moved to Southampton, Long Island, in 1642, and joined the colony from Lynn which settled there and in 1649 he removed to East-Hamp- ton with his son Thomas Talmage, Junior, who became the first Recor- der, or Town Clerk of the Town. The Long Island and New Jersey branches of the family are descended from Thomas Talmage, Sr., and his son, Thomas Talmage, Jr., the Recorder, also known as Captaln Thomas Talmage. Thomas Talmage, Senior, died soon after coming to East-Hampton in 1653. Thomas Talmage, Junior, was a man of ed- ucation, with a scholarly and elegant handwriting, which resembles that still taught at the famous school at Manchester, so near his Eng- lish birth-place. May he not have been a pupil of this famous school? He was a man of much prominence in the early history of the town, and, says Judge Hedges, "the records show that at his death in 1690 he was the richest man in East-Hampton."
Robert Talmage, the youngest of these three brothers, probably came with Thomas Talmage to Southampton in 1642, and when his brother left there, himself removed to Connecticut, and settled at New Haven in 1643, where he married, and died in 1662, leaving also a considerable estate, which is now in the business centre of the city, (corner Chapel and State streets) and of great value.
From him all of the name in Connecticut are descended, and also a numerous body of his descendants is found in New-York, City and State. The Connecticut and New-York branch of the family has produced many men of distinction in public life, and in the service of the coun- try. Among them we find Hon. John Tallmadge, for many years elected to the General Assembly of Connecticut ; his brother Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, of Revolutionary fame, the friend of Washington, and now represented by his grandson, Frederick S. Tallmadge, President of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. We find many distinguished Judges of the higher Courts of the several States and of the United States, others noted as Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of States, and as Senators and Representatives in the National Congress. This branch of the family has intermarried with many of the first families of the country, and has much wealth and social prominence. Among noted families thus connected with it may be named that of Governor Yale, the founder of Yale College, that of Governor George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States, the Lewis family, the Burnetts, the VanRensselaers, the Hookers, the Dwights, the Pomeroys, the Del- afields and the Floyds. It has also been connected with families of distinction both in France and England.
The genealogy of the East-Hampton and New Jersey branch of the family will be given by another hand.
The spelling of the name in America, as in England, has gone through several variations. The Talmages of East-Hampton and New Jersey spell the name Talmage, as it is spelled by Lechford, though Thomas
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Talmage, the Recorder, their ancestor for many years spell it Tallmage and sometimes without the e at the end, which shows that he pro- nounced it Tall-mag (g soft).
The Connecticut Tallmadges, and those of New-York, descendants of Robert Tallmage have from the beginning spelled the name with a d and written it as it was spelled in the will of the English Uncle John Tallmadg, who left to the three brothers the legacies before mentioned as stated in Lechford's note book.
In Lewis' History of Lynn the name is spelled both ways, which shows that Thomas Tallmag also spelled his name Tallmadge. Thus both spellings are of equal authority and antiquity in America, and both are found in England at a much earlier period long before the em- igration. There is one point also important to observe, viz: that the ancient names of the family-Talmage, Tallmadge, Talmash, Talmache, Tollemache-are used interchangeably ; one ancestor using one form, his son another, and the same using different forms at different times. This shows that whatever the spelling they really were pronounced alike. This proves that the name was never pronounced Talmage as we do now with a short a in the first syllable and a long a in the second syllable. but that it was pronounced with the first a as in tall and the second a as in lad ; so that the spelling Tall-madge exactly represents its ancient sound and was no doubt adopted to indicate and preserve this. And this is made still more evident by giving the g its sound in Norman French of zh, which makes Talmage, Tallmadge and Tollmache practically identical in sound.
The ancient name is represented by two titles in the Peerage of Eng- land, that of the Earls of Dysart who have spelled the name Talmash, and that of Lord Tollemache who holds the ancient seat and lands of the family at Helmingham Hall, in Suffolk.
NEW JERSEY BRANCH OF THE TALMAGE FAMILY.
COMFILED BY ROBERT S. TALMAGE, OF BROOKLN, N. Y.
In the year 1649, Thomas Talmadge, Jr., with eight others, commenced the first settlement of East-Hampton, under the original contract. He had removed from Southampton, where his father Thomas Talmadge had settled, early in the year 1642. Later on Thomas Talmadge, Sr., is said to have joined the East-Hampton colony and then died.
Oct. 3, 1650, Thomas Talmadge was chosen first Recorder, and con- tinued in that office for twenty years. From the Records of East- Hampton we find he was appointed a Lieutenant in 1665. His death occurred 1690. Issue : Thomas, Nathaniel, John and Enos.
. (3) Enos C. 1660 at East-Hampton, d. 1753; issue : Thomas d. s. p., Enos and Daniel.
(4) Daniel b. East-Hampton, 1693, d. Elizabethtown, N. J. 1725. He was the progenitor of the New Jersey branch of the Talmage family ; issue : Daniel Thomas.
(5) Thomas Talmage was b. Elizabethtown, N. J., 1722; m. 1st Hannah Norris and had by her Daniel, John and Enos.
(6) Daniel b. Elizabethtown, N. J., 1745, m. Loisa, daughter of Job
Allen His name is found among those pledged to support the Congress. 1776. Fell in the battle of Lackawaxen, 1779.
(5) Thomas m. 2d Elizabeth Week, of East-Hampton : issue Thomas.
(6) Major Thomas Talmage S. Baskingridge, N. J. Oct. 24, 1755, m. Mary, daughter of Capt. Goyn McCoy. Participated in principle battles of New Jersey during the Revolution. Major Talmage d. at his estate
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"Mont Veid," near Somerville, N. J., Oct. 2, 1834: issue David T., Thomas, Samuel K., Goyn.
(7) David T. b. Somerville, N. J., 1783. Member of the New Jersey legislature three successive terms, d. 1865, m. Catherine Van Nest ; issue : Rey. James, Daniel, Rev. John Van Nest, Rev. Goyn and Rev. Thomas DeWitt.
(7) Goyn b. Somerville, N. J., 1778, m. Magdalene Terhune : issue: Thomas G.
(8) Thomas G. b., Somerville, 1801; Member of the New-York Coun- cil from 1838 to 40, and President of the Board of Alderman of New- York City. Elected Mayor of Brooklyn 1845, later appointed Judge of the County court.
(7) Rev. Samuel Kennedy b. 1798, Somerville N. J. Removed to Georgia and became Pres. of Oglethorp University. Made the opening prayer in the Confederate Congress at Richmond, 1861.
The same Talmage in the states of New Jersey and New-York is as- sociated with distinction among the carlier settlers. Alliances by marriage have been made with the following families. Norris. DeFor- est, Van Nest, Jeralemon, Van Brunt, Beekman, Van Veghten, Hunt, Van Syckel, Mayo, Shufeldt and Dodge.
GENEALOGY OF THE TALMAGE FAMILY.
Compiled with great Labor and Perseverance by Sineus C. M. Talmage, of East-Hampton.
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