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John Rathbone married Margaret
and had: William, Thomas, John, Joseph, Samuel, Sarah, Margaret and Elizabeth. He died at- Block Island, Rhode Island, 1702, his wife surviving him.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) and Mar- garet Rathbone, was admitted a freeman of Rhode Island, May 5, 1696. He received a deed of sixty acres of land on Block Island from his father, probably a wedding present. He married, January 10, 1688, Ann Dodge. Children : Mary, Jonathan, John (3), Joshua, Benjamin, Annah, Nathaniel and Thomas.
(III) Jonathan, son of John (2) and Ann (Dodge) Rathbone, was born May 22, 1691, died April 1, 1766. He settled at Colchester, Connecticut (now Salem). He was a member of the Baptist church. Married Elizabeth Children : John, Benjamin, Jonathan, Joshua and Isaiah (twins), Joseph and Eliza- beth.
(IV) Joshua, son of Jonathan and Eliza- beth Rathbone, was born September 7, 1723. He was a very devout, religious man and was
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always known as "Deacon" Rathbone. He mar- Fied, December 4, 1745, Sarah Lennant. Chil- dren : Elizabeth, Tabitha, Joshua (2), Sarah, Moses, Lucy, Samuel and Anna. Some of the descendants of Joshua Rathbone settled in the city of Albany and in Albany county, New York; from them the Cattaraugus county branch springs.
(V) One of the sons of Joshua, probably Joshua . (2), born 1751, who married Eunice Martin and had: Anderson, Martin, Horace, Sarah, Mary, Eunice, Lucy, Penelope and Bathsheba.
(VI) One of the grandsons of Joshua Rath- bone, probably Martin, son of Joshua (2) and Eunice (Martin) Rathbone, who married Bet- sey Brown.
(VII) Philander, great-grandson of Joshua (1) Rathbone, and believed to be son of Martin and Eunice ( Martin) Rathbone, was born in Albany county, New York, 1796, died 1886. He settled in the town of Hamburg, Erie county, New York; was a merchant at Abbott's Corners, and in the village of Ham- burg, where for sixteen years he was post- master and had a general store. He was a Whig in politics, and a member of the Presby- terian church. He married Sally Brunt, and had children, among them a son James.
(VIII) James, son of Philander and Sally (Brunt) Rathbone, was born in Albany, New York, in 1826, died 1886. He was educated in the public schools, and began business life as a clerk in his father's store at Sinclairville, New York. In 1877 he settled in Randolph, New York, where he was engaged in the gro- cery business until his death. He was a suc- cessful business man and of great public spirit. He worked for better conditions in the public service, and was trustee of the village of Ran- dolph. He was the one man to fight and com- pel the water works system to be adopted by the village. There was strong opposition to the introduction of the system, but he overcame it all. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary Spiking, born 1834, died 1907. Children: I. Emma C., died 1861, at two years of age. 2. William L., of further mention.
(IX) William L., second child of James and Mary (Spiking) Rathbone, was born in Sin- clairville, New York, February 23, 1862. He attended the public school, finishing his educa- tion at Chamberlain Institute. He then began working in his father's store, continuing with
him until the death of the latter in 1886, when he became sole proprietor. He continued business in Randolph until 1906, when he sold out and took charge of Salamanca Veneer Panel Company, where he was manager for one and one-half years. He then returned to Randolph, where he operates a photo play the- ater. For twenty years he has been superin- tendent of the water company, and is a director of the State Bank of Randolph. He is a man of genial personality and has many warm friends.
He married, October 18, 1886, Theodora Crowley Adams, born June 23, 1867, daughter of Theodore E. and Mary L. (Crowley) Adams.
LOCKE The emigrant ancestor of this branch of the Locke family in America was Deacon William Locke, born in Stepney Parish, London, Eng- land, December 13, 1628; came to the Ameri- can colonies in the ship "Planter" that sailed March 22, 1634. At that date he was only six years old and it is supposed came over in the care of Nicholas Davis. His parentage is not definitely known, but he is believed to have been the son of William Locke, a mariner, and his wife, Elizabeth, who died June 27, 1631. Where the lad lived during his years of minority is unknown. He married, December 25, 1655, Mary, daughter of William and Mar- gery Clarke, of Woburn, Massachusetts. She was born December 10, 1640, died July 18, 1715. Her father, William Clarke, was a resi- dent of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1640, and removed to Woburn in 1651. His name often appears as surveyor of highways and in other town offices. He was a weaver by trade. He died March 15, 1682. Margery, his wife, died October 11, 1694. William Locke, early in life, began to acquire real estate and died possessed of considerable property obtained by purchase and grant. He took active part in town affairs and is of frequent mention as serving on important committees. In 1677 he was chosen constable. In 1701 he again served in that then important office. He was grand juror and for many years a deacon as well as one of the chief pillars of the Woburn church. The house occupied by him in Woburn is still standing, the garden and trees surrounding-it giving evidence of great age. It descended to his grandson Samuel, and for many years was kept as an inn. It remained in the family
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until 1741. Deacon William Locke died at Woburn; June 16, 1720, aged over ninety-one years. His will made 1703 appointed his son Ebenezer executor and left him all his property except one-half of his personal property, which he left to his wife. He required him, however, to pay to the other children certain sums and to provide for his mother as directed in the will. Children, all born in Woburn: William, died in infancy; William (2), of fur- ther mention; John, Joseph, Mary, Samuel, Ebenezer, James and Elizabeth.
(II) Deacon William (2) Locke, son of Deacon William (1) Locke, was born in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, January 18, 1659, died July 8, 1738. He owned land in Woburn in 1683 and a house in 1689. He had lands granted him and also land given him by his father during the latter's lifetime. His home was in the second precinct of Woburn on land which was included in Burlington when the latter town was incorporated in 1799. He was also a deacon of the Woburn church. He mar- ried (first), May 29, 1683, Sarah, born March 7, 1662, daughter of Francis and Isabel ( Park) Whittmore, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. He married (second), June 8, 1698, Abigail Hay- ward, who survived him. Children of first wife, born in Woburn: William (3), Francis, Daniel, of further mention ; Ebenezer, Abigail.
(III) Daniel, son of Deacon William (2) Locke, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, July 9, 1693, died after 1780, date unknown, at Acton, Massachusetts. His father gave him several parcels of land and he bought largely in Woburn and Lexington. In 1783 he received eleven acres from his father's estate and in 1749 he bought from the other heirs four-fifths of his father's estate, including the "mansion house and barn." He sold his property in Wo- burn and Lexington in 1750 and in November of that year was an inhabitant of Cambridge. At this date he bought forty acres of land in Acton and it is supposed moved to that town at once. He also bought thirty acres which he sold in 1751 to his son Daniel, and on it the son kept the first tavern in Acton. He married (first) Abigail (surname unknown), who died November 22, 1750. He married (second) (intentions dated November 17, 1751) Dorcas, widow of Benjamin Brabrook, of Acton. Child of first wife: Daniel (2).
(IV) Dr. Daniel (2) Locke, son of Daniel (1) Locke, was born December 1, 1721, in Wo- burn, died in Warren, Maine (then St.
Georges) in 1774. He moved with his father to Acton, where on April 2, 1751, he bought from the farm thirty acres and there kept a tavern. In 1763 he moved to Warren, Maine, where he lived on a farm owned by his second wife. He was skillful in surgery and is said to have had some knowledge of astrology. He was highly regarded as a prudent and respect- able man. He married (first) Mary
who died July 2, 1756, in Acton. There is a tradition that his first wife was from Scotland and connected with a noble family. Her mother was the widow of a Mr. Miles and came to America with her daughter and a son John. The mother's dress, jewelry and general appearance indicated that she was of more than common rank. After some years she visited Scotland, returned to Massachu- setts, and a second time, for the purpose of recovering property, sailed from Boston for Scotland, but was never heard from again and is supposed to have been lost at sea.
He married (second) Margaret (Starrett) Scott, widow of Hugh Scott, of Warren, Maine. Children, the first born in Woburn, the others in Acton : Abigail, Abraham, of fur- ther mention ; Isaac and Jacob, both of whom died young.
(V) Lieutenant Abraham Locke, son of Dr. Daniel (2) Locke, was born in Acton, Massachusetts, June 3, 1752, died at Danby, Vermont, February 28, 1820. He moved with his father to Warren, Maine (then St. Georges), in 1763. On the death of his father he inherited the farm, which came to the lat- ter with his second wife. In 1774 he, with Colonel Starrett and John Lermond, erected a mill, but soon after he sold his property and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He lived in Lynn in 1778; in Mason, New Hampshire, 1791 ; in Rockingham, Vermont, in 1793, where he remained until 1815, when he moved to Danby, Vermont, where he died. He was an officer of the revolutionary war, holding the rank of lieutenant. He acquired a handsome property which he lost through the deprecia- tion of continental money.
He married his cousin, Hannah Locke, who died in Danby, March 12, 1816. She was a daughter of Francis (2) Locke, of Woburn. who in 1747 was with another man, Gershom Cutler, fined twenty shillings for traveling on Sunday from Cambridge to Newton to attend meeting. Francis (2) Locke was a son of Francis (1) Locke, of Woburn, son of Deacon
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William (2) Locke, son of Deacon William (1) Locke, the emigrant. Children of Lieu- tenant Abraham Locke: Abraham (2), born November 28, 1776, at Cambridge; Daniel (3), March 8, 1779, at Lynn ; James, May 22, 1781, at Mason, New Hampshire; Betsey, August 8, 1783, at Mason; Isaac Mulliken, September 28, 1786, at Chester, Vermont; John Miles, April 28, 1790, at Chester, and William Star- rett, of further mention.
(VI) Dr. William Starrett Locke, young- est son of Lieutenant Abraham Locke, was born in Rockingham, Vermont, February 28, 1793. He became a physician and surgeon of high repute, practicing in Danby and other Vermont towns. Later in life he settled in Little Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, on a farm now owned by his grandson, Charles G. Locke, and cultivated by the latter's son, Harry. He married, in 1816, at Wallingford, Vermont, Julia Bucklin. Children: Darwin, Julia, Edwin Orletus, of further mention.
(VII) Edwin Orletus, youngest son of Dr. William Starrett Locke, was born at Danby, Vermont, November 20, 1820, died 1853. He came as a boy to Little Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York; worked on the farm days and studied nights, borrowing and literally de- vouring all law books he could get hold of. At eighteen he was a teacher ; in 1843 was justice of the peace and admitted to the bar in June. 1845. He was a powerful speaker and gifted with the rare gift of eloquence. He was also associate judge of Cattaraugus county, 1850. He died at the age of thirty-three years, just at the beginning of a brilliant career. He mar- ried, in 1840, Mahala Fish, born in Mansfield, Cattaraugus county, New York, November 22, 1820, the first white child born in the town, daughter of Nathaniel Fish, who came to Mansfield from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1819; married Nancy Huntington, a teacher in the Cape Cod schools. Two children: I. Edwin Adelbert, born in Little Valley, Novem- ber 3, 1844; educated in the public schools of Little Valley and Buffalo, New York, finish- ing his studies at Fredonia Academy. In early life he was a pianist and a tuner of organs and pianos. In 1879 he began his successful career as a playwright, varied with well-known lit- erary work in varied channels. Several of his plays have been very successful, notably "No- body's Claim," "Uncle Daniel" and others well known to the older patrons of the drama.
He enlisted in Company E, Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, in May, 1862, hon- orably discharged and mustered out Septem- ber, 1862. In politics he is an Independent, supporting candidates that best represent his ideas. He was chairman of the school board at Enfield, New Hampshire, three years, and postmaster at Lockhaven, New Hampshire, four years. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Knights of Honor and of the Masonic Order. In religious faith he is an Episcopalian. He married (first) in Buffalo, New York, May, 1863, Maggie Cook, who died ten years later. The two children of this marriage died young. He married (sec- ond) in Boston, Massachusetts, October II, 1874, Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, born there, 1848, died May 27, 1911, daughter of James Kennedy, a merchant. Children: i. Evelyn Fish, born September 22, 1878; manager of a theatrical ticket agency. ii. Russell Benjamin, born November 8, 1880; a salesman. iii. Frances Marion, born February 22, 1883; a musician. iv. Edwin Adelbert (2), born March 20, 1886; an art designer; married, March, 1910, Alice Hebbelthwaite. v. Helen Ouida, born May 3, 1887; a school teacher. These children are all graduates of high and normal schools and all reside in Boston, Mas- 'sachusetts. 2. Charles Galan, of further men- tion.
(VIII) Charles Galan, youngest son of Ed- win Orletus Locke, was born in Little Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, August 27, 1850. His father died when he was three years old and he was reared in the home of his uncle, Samuel Owen, who saw that the lad had a good education, giving him not only school opportunities but helping him at home. He taught school at the age of eighteen years, and through another uncle, Augustus K. Galloway, became interested in engineering and higher mathematics. He took a course at the Univer- sity of Michigan in engineering, but did not graduate. He returned to Little Valley, worked on the farm and continued his studies in civil engineering and surveying in Mansfield and Ellicottville. At this time H. F. Northrup, an engineer and surveyor employed in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, was planning to give his time to surveying in oil fields, and put his business in the hands of Mr. Locke, who was successful in pleasing and retaining the large clientage of his predecessor. In 1886 he moved
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his home and business to Little Valley Center, and in 1892 bought his present beautiful home in Randolph. In 1894-95-96 Mr. Locke was in the employ of the state of New York engaged on the state land survey in the Adirondacks, spending the summers in the mountains, his winters in Albany. In 1897 he built twenty- five miles of lumber railroad in Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Lumber Company. This line he built on the switch-back principle, using gravity a greater portion of the way for power. In 1905 he was employed by the city of Cleve- land, Ohio, and the Nickel Plate railroad to make a survey and plans eliminating grade crossings within the city limits. This occupied his time for two years. He then surveyed and located a fourteen mile railroad from Mans- field, Ohio, to Ashland. In 1908 he went to Hannibal, Missouri, to survey a line from Han- nibal to Alaska, five miles distant, but present- ing grave difficulties to the engineer, foot holds having to be cut in the face of a precipice eighty feet high in order to place instruments and establish a grade. This work he success- fully accomplished for his employers, the St. Joe & Hannibal Railroad Company. In 1909 he supervised the erection of the high school building in Randolph, since which time he has been engaged in local and village work in his line. Besides his professional work Mr. Locke. is deeply interested in astronomy and other lines of scientific study, and is a gifted writer to the scientific journals. His talents are not all professional, however, for he is an accom- plished violinist, often giving home concerts to neighbors and friends who come miles "to hear Charlie play." His home is his delight, and there he spends as much time as possible, keeping abreast of scientific thought and dis- covery through the medium of books and periodicals, enjoyed only by the cultured, edu- cated mind. He is a Republican in politics, member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and since 1908 supervisor representing Randolph on the county board. He owns the farm set- tled on by his grandfather, which is operated by his son, Harry.
He married Ella Foote, born August 27, 1850, daughter of Henry L. and Clarissa (Fos- ter) Foote (see Foote IX). Children : 1. Ed- ward, died in infancy. 2. Harry, born May 4, 1877; married Blanche Clark; children : Charles Addison and Helen Elizabeth. 3. Har- riet, born July 20, 1880. 4. Mildred Victoria. July 18, 1893.
(The Foote Line).
Mrs. Ella (Foote) Locke is a descendant of Nathaniel Foote, the immigrant, who married in England about 1615, Elizabeth Deming, sis- ter of John Deming, one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Nathaniel Foote died in 1644.
(II) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Foote, "the settler," married Elizabeth Smith, 1646. He died 1655, aged thirty-four years.
(III) Daniel, son of Nathaniel (2) Foote, was born 1652. His first wife was Sarah - - (second) Mary -
(IV) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) Foote, was born January 10, 1682. Married (first) Dorothy Blakeman; (second) Mrs. Abigail (Allen) Shepard.
(V) Ebenezer, son of Daniel (2) Foote, was born September 22, 1720; married Chris- tina
(VI) Daniel (3), only child of Ebenezer Foote, was born November 26, 1749, died in Woodbury, Connecticut, November 30, 1831 ; married Abigail Hurd, November 17, 1771.
(VII) Benajah E., son of Daniel (3) Foote, was born April 18, 1777. He settled in the town of Otto, Cattaraugus county. He mar- ried Mary E. Wooden, of Oxford, Connecticut. (VIII) Henry L., son of Benajah E. Foote, was born in Middlebury, Connecticut, Sep- tember 2, 1820. He married Clarissa Foster. (IX) Ella, daughter of Henry L. Foote, married Charles G. Locke (see Locke VIII).
PEARSON While this name is found spell- ed both Pearson and Pierson, the descent is, in the present branch, from Henry Pierson, who came from England in 1640, and settled at Southampton, Long Island. It is believed that Henry was a brother of Rev. Abraham Pierson, father of Abraham Pierson (2), first president or rector of Yale College. Henry was an early and prominent settler of Southampton, where for many years he was town clerk, and died in 1680. He married Mary, daughter of John Cooper, who survived him and married (sec- ond) Rev. Seth Fletcher, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, who had preached for some time in Southampton. Children: Joseph, of further mention : Henry (2), born 1652; Benjamin, who settled at Elizabeth, New Jersey; Theo- dore, born 1669; Sarah, January 20, 1670. Henry was a man of large means for his day. and left an estate inventoried at £1256.
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.(II) Lieutenant Joseph, son of Henry and Mary (Cooper) Pierson, died October 13, 1692. He married (first) November 17, 1675, Amy Barnes, who died October 3, 1692; (sec- ond) Joanna, widow of Thomas Cooper. Chil- dren : Amy, born October 28, 1676; Henry, April 17, 1678; Mary, June 12, 1680; Joseph, August 6, 1682; Ephraim, of further mention ; Samuel, born February 24, 1690.
(III) Ephraim, son of Lieutenant Joseph and Amy (Barnes) Pierson, was born Janu- ary 20, 1687. He married Hannah Barrett, of French Huguenot ancestry. He settled in Tol- land county, Connecticut.
(IV) John Pearson, eighth child of Eph- . raim and Hannah (Barrett) Pierson, was born in Ellington, Tolland county, Connecticut, died December 23, 1812. He married, January 4, 1789, at Schenectady, New York, Rebecca Hull, who died in Vernon township, county, Pennsylvania, in 1861, aged ninety-six years.
(V) General Chandler Pearson, eldest son of John and Rebecca (Hull) Pearson, was born in September, 1791, died 1853, at Sche- nectady, New York. He married Jemima Clark, born January 27, 1793, died April 20, 1860, daughter of Asa and Jemima (Case) Clark. Chandler was a farmer and a Baptist. Children: 1. Sophia M., born February 28, 1814, married Thomas Hosmer. 2. Erastus, born October 1, 1815, died April 20, 1840. 3. Hamden, born May 3, 1817; died May 27, 1851. 4. Albert H., born January 3, 1819. 5. Mary Jane, May 6, 1821, died May 17, 1865; married, November 18, 1843, Judge Brown, of Ogdensburg, New York. 6. Henry C., born November 9, 1823. 7. Catherine, born No- vember 6, 1827; married Dr. Sherman Sug- den, a veteran of the civil war. 8. Van Rens- selaer, of further mention. 9. Sarah, born July 5, 1831, died 1880; married Andrew G. Coffin. 10. Harriet E., born May 26, 1834, died March 11, 1866. 11. Edward E., born March 22, 1837.
(VI) Van Rensselaer, eighth child of Gen- eral Chandler and Jemima (Clark) Pearson, was born at Avon, Livingston county, New York, August 9, 1829, died at Niagara Falls, New York, April 9, 1884. He was educated in the schools of Avon and Albany, New York, having removed to the latter place at an early age. He was connected all his business life with the New York Central railroad, and at the time of his death was cashier for that com-
pany at the Suspension Bridge office. He was a member of the Epiphany Episcopal Church, Niagara Falls, and was the first treasurer of that congregation. He was secretary of the Avon Pioneer Association, and kept in touch with his boyhood home. He married (first), September 7, 1858, Emma Vedder, died Octo- ber 8, 1859. He married (second), Novem- ber 23, 1864, Sarah Jane Vedder, daughter of John Van Epps and Sarah (Robinson) Ved- der, of the Mohawk Valley, New York (see Vedder forward). Child by first wife : I. Mar- tin Vedder, born September 8, 1859. Chil- dren by second wife: 2. James Howard Town- send, born February 7, 1867; engaged in news- paper work. 3. Flora May, married, June 22, 1896, David Parsons Wilder ; children: Jean- nette Pearson Wilder, born May 9, 1897; Kath- ryn Van Rensselaer Wilder, born November 13, 1898. 4. Thomas H., born May 22, 1879, died November 4, 1905. Mrs. Sarah J. Ved- der Pearson survives her husband, a resident of Niagara Falls, New York.
(The Vedder Line).
Harmen Albertse Vedder, the first settler, was a trader in Beverwyck (Albany), before 1657. In 1660 he returned to Holland. In 1661, as agent for Dirk De Wolfe, merchant of Amsterdam, he erected salt works on Coney Island. In 1662 he was at Schenectady, New York. In 1667 he lived in Albany. In 1673 was one of the three magistrates of Schenec- tady; in 1674 was schout of the village. He was a large landowner and an important man. He died about 1715. He married, and in 1715 had five children living.
(II) Albert, son of Harmen Albertse Ved- der, was born March 10, 1671, died August I, 1753; married, December 17, 1699, Maria, daughter of Johannes Sanderse Glen, an early Dutch settler. Albert was carried away by the French and Indians to Canada, February 9, 1690. He had six children.
(III) Arent (Aaron), son of Albert and Maria (Glen) Vedder, was born December 18, 1714, died January 6, 1778. He married (first) Sarah Van Der Bogert; (second), April 4, 1758, Catarina Van Patten, widow of Adam Swart. Arent Vedder was a soldier of the revolution, serving in the First Regiment of the Line, under Colonel Goosen Van Schaick. Had twelve children.
(IV) Albert (2), son of Arent and Sarah (Van Der Bogert) Vedder, was born October
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5, 1740, died August 7, 1821. He served in the revolutionary war, was in the Second Regi- ment, Albany County Militia, under Colonel Abraham Wemple. He married, May 23, 1763, Gertrude, daughter of Adam Swart.
(V) Aaron (Arent) (2), son of Albert (2) and Gertrude (Swart) Vedder, was born at Hoffman's Ferry, opposite Vedder's Ferry, Schenectady county, New York, December 30, 1764, died at Lockport, New York, June 27, 1858. He married, July 18, 1790, Agnes Van Epps, died February 19, 1859, daughter of John Baptist Van Epps, a great-great-grandson of Deik Van Epps, one of the early settlers of Schenectady and a large landowner in Bever- wyck. He died in 1663. He married Maritie Durneu. Their son Johannes was killed in the Schenectady massacre of 1690, with two of his children. He married Elisabeth Janse. Their son, Jan Baptist, was taken captive by the French and Indians at the time his father was massacred, and held prisoner three years. He learned the Indian language and was often employed as ambassador and interpreter to the Five Nations. He married Helena, daughter of Johannes Sanderse Glen. Their son Jo- hannes married Neeltje Toll. Their son, Jan Baptist, married Annatje Vedder, May 2, 1761. Their daughter Anganietje (Agnes), born Oc- tober 6, 1771, married Arent ( Aaron) Vedder. Children : Gertrude, born September 15, 1791 ; John Van Epps, of further mention ; Catherine, born March 12, 1796.
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