Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 85

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680

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which has been used since. He was a radical Baptist in religious faith.

(VI) Lyartus B. Pierce, son of Caleb Pierce, was born in the town of Hancock, Massachusetts, April 26, 1795, and died July 5, 1870. He was a shoemaker by trade, and also spent part of his time on the farm. His wife was a granddaughter of Hendrick Fos- mer, who came from Holland and was num- bered among the first settlers of Columbia county, New York. Catherine Fosmer Pierce was born in New Hartford, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 14, 1799, and died in the town of Hum- phrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, June 23, 1877. Lyartus Pierce kept to the same religious faith as that of his ancestors, that of a stanch Baptist. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In January, 1836, he settled in the town of Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, on Bozard Hill, lot six. He married, in January, 1822, Catherine Fosmer. Children : Henry B., Hiram, Harrison, Angeline, Harvey, born June 22, 1831, married Mary Woodruff; Harlow, of further mention; Adeline, Julia.

(VII) Harlow Pierce, fifth son of Lyar- tus B. Pierce, was born in the town of Fabius, Onondaga county, New York, May 19, 1833, and died in the town of Allegany, December 25, 1910. In January, 1836, he removed with his parents to the town of Humphrey, on the farm upon which he resided until the fall of 1908, a period of more than seventy-two years. July 22, 1866, he was married to Lydia Ste- vens, of East Ashford. Children. I. Katie M., born December 18, 1868; married S. P. Wilber, who resides in Allegany, New York. 2. George H., of further mention. 3. Alice N., born March 4, 1874. died April 10, 1877. 4. Elmer S., born July 14, 1876; married Jen- nie Johnson. 5. Julia G., born November 2, 1880. 6. Glenn R., born May 27, 1888.

He was of quiet and patient disposition, yet he seemed to influence all people who knew him. He was always very much interested in schools and educational lines, and one of his aims was to live to know that all of his chil- dren were well educated. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and during his long life never wavered in his allegiance to that party, and missed voting at only one election; he held various town offices. He, with Andrew J. Bozard, were delegates from the town of Humphrey to the first Republican convention ever held in Cattaraugus county.

(VIII) George H. Pierce, son of Harlow

Pierce, was born in the town of Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, June 27, 1872. He was educated in the public schools and at Ten Broeck Academy, being graduated from the latter, class of 1892. He chose the profes- sion of law, and pursued his studies under the direction of Hon. F. W. Kruse. In July, 1897, he was admitted to the bar, and at once began the practice of his profession in Olean, where he is still located in general practice. He is a Republican in politics and has held many pub- lic positions. He has served as justice of the peace of the town of Allegany, and police jus- tice of the village of Allegany; is serving his eighth year as a member of the Allegany Board of Education; was secretary for four years and now president of the board; was four years attorney for the village of Allegany, and has a well-established private practice. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for two terms was deputy grand master of the Eastern District of Cattaraugus county, New York state.

He married, May 8, 1902, Caroline L., daughter of William and Hannah (Haase) Smith, and granddaughter of John Smith. maternal granddaughter of Frederick Haase. Child : Harlow William, born February 12, 1905.

Matthew and John Whipple,

WHIPPLE brothers, were among the earliest settlers of that part of Ipswich, Massachusetts, called the "Hamlet," where they received a grant of land of more than two hundred acres, in 1638. They may have been the sons of Matthew Whipple, of Bocking, county of Essex, England, whose will proved January 28, 1618, mentions sons, Matthew and John. Another record speaks of "John Whipple, son of Matthew, is said to have been baptized in Essex, England, 1632." The descendants of Matthew seem to have settled in northern England largely, among them being General William Whipple, born in 1730, died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 28, 1785; one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and general of a New Hampshire brigade, and in civil life judge of the supreme court of New Hamp- shire. Other noted descendants of John and Matthew Whipple are statesmen, soldiers and scholars, whose names are found in army rec- ords in every war; in college rosters, legisla- tive reports and in high positions in the church,

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notably among the latter Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota.

(I) John Whipple, born 1617, died May 16, 1685; was of Ipswich and Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts, and in July, 1659, of Providence, Rhode Island, where he was received as a purchaser. He took the oath of allegiance, 1666, and was chosen deputy, 1666-69-70-72- 74-76-77. Although his military service is not shown he was called "Captain" John. In 1674 he was licensed to keep an ordinary. August 14, 1676, being one of those "who staid and went not away," he had a share in the dispo- sition of the Indian captives of King Philip's war, whose services were sold for a term of years. He was the ancestor of William Whip- ple, a signer of the Declaration of Independ- ence, whose mansion is still standing in Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. His will, proved May 27, 1685, disposes of quite a large amount of land. He and his wife were buried on their own land but their bodies were afterward re- moved to the North burial ground. His wife Sarah was born 1624, died 1666. Children: I. John, was town treasurer of Providence, Rhode Island; town clerk, deputy and assistant to the governor ; married (first) Mary Olney; (sec- ond) Rebecca, widow of John Scott. 2. Sarah, born 1642; married John Smith. 3. Samuel, born 1644; was constable and deputy ; married Mary Harris. 4. Eleazer, born 1646; was deputy ; married Alice Angell. 5. Mary, born 1648; married Epenetus Olney. 6. William, born 1652; married Mary 7. Benja- min, born 1654; married Ruth Matthewson. 8. David, of whom further. 9. Abigail, mar- ried (first) Stephen Dexter; (second) Will- iam Hopkins. 10. Joseph, born 1662; was deputy twenty terms; member of the town council sixteen terms ; assistant and colonel of a militia regiment ; married Alice Smith. II. Jonathan, born 1664; married Margaret An- gell. These children all settled in Providence, Rhode Island.

(II) David, son of John and Sarah Whip- ple, was born 1656, died December, 1710. He was of Providence, but seems to have removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, late in life. He held the military rank of ensign. His will, proved January 8, 1711, disposes of real and personal estate. He married (first), May 15, 1675, Sarah, died April 2, 1677, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (White) Hearnden, who bore him a son, David, of whom forward; he married (second), November 11, 1677, Han- 29-W

nah, daughter of John and Margaret Tower, who bore him seven children.

(III) David (2), only child of David (1) and his first wife, Sarah (Hearnden) Whipple, was born 1676. He married and had issue.

(IV) David (3), son of David (2) Whip- ple, was born about 1707, died 1776. He moved to Cumberland, Rhode Island. He mar- ried, July 7, 1737, Martha Reed, and had sons.

(V) David (4), son of David (3) and Mar- tha (Reed) Whipple, married Joanna Jones. He lived for a time in the town of Duanes- burg, Schenectady county, New York. He had several sons, among them Joseph and Samuel.

(VI) Samuel, son of David (4) and Jo- anna (Jones) Whipple, was born in Duanes- burg, New York, February 10, 1798, died Sep- tember 20, 1858, and is buried in the cemetery at Clarkson, Monroe county, New York. He was but a lad when his father moved to Penn- sylvania, where Samuel continued his residence for many years. Later in life he moved to New York state, purchasing a farm north of Clarkson, Monroe county, on which he resided until his death. He was a Universalist in relig- ious faith, a man of industrious habits and up- right character. He married, October 29, 1819, Phoebe Cleveland, born August 11, 1796, died October 18, 1878, at Clarkson. Children : John, born January 25, 1821 ; Annis, September 18, 1822; Sarah, January 15, 1824, married Or- ville Hobart, of Michigan; Zadie, December 24, 1825; William, of whom further ; Job, Sep- tember 12, 1829; James, October 16, 1831; Elias, May 15, 1833; Rufus, July 4, 1835; Emily, September 5, 1837; Eleanor, October 14, 1838; Gardner, twin of Eleanor; Edwin, December 29, 1842.

(VII) William, son of Samuel and Phoebe (Cleveland) Whipple, was born near Montrose, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1827, died in Orleans county, New York. He was educated in the public schools, and grew up on the farm lead- ing the usual life of a farmer's son of that period. In 1851 he joined a company of "gold seekers" and went to California by the Isthmus of Panama route. He does not appear to have spent any time in the mines, but worked in San Francisco at the trade of carpenter, later work- ing on a ranch. On his wedding day, April 5, 1858, he returned east and settled on his father's farm in Clarkson, New York. He cultivated the homestead farm, later purchas- ing a part of it (one hundred acres) on which he lived until 1864. He then joined with his

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father-in-law, William H. Watson, and pur- chased a tract of land about one mile north of Medina, Orleans county. Later they divided their purchase and there Mr. Whipple passing his remaining years. He was a Republican and held many local offices. In religion he was a Universalist. He married, April 5, 1858, Cath- erine M., born February 27, 1836, died Sep- tember 8, 1902, daughter of William H. and Catherine (Barr) Watson. Children : 1. Wat- son H., born February 10, 1859; married Ella Stanley and has William S., Walter H. and Catherine L. 2. Willis, December 14, 1862, died August 4, 1874. 3. Francis H., of whom further.

(VIII) Francis H., youngest son of Will- iam and Catherine M. (Watson) Whipple, was born September 28, 1866. He was edu- cated in the public schools, finishing his studies at Medina high school. At the age of seven- teen years he entered the Union Bank of Me- dina as clerk, continuing until 1892. In that year he became manager of the Bignall Manu- facturing Company, continuing until 1899, when the business was sold. In the same year he organized the Bignall Company, of which he was secretary and treasurer until 1901, when he retired. In 1904 he was appointed receiver for the Medina National Bank and until 1906 was engaged with the affairs of that institution. He is now living retired in Me- dina. He is a director of the Union Bank of Medina and interested in other business enter- prises, but not actively. He is a member of the Masonic order. He is a Republican in politics and president of the board of educa- tion for fourteen years with the exception of one year.' He is vice-president of the Alert Club and treasurer of the City Club, both of Medina. He married, July 7, 1892, Laura B., daughter of Harvey G. and Jane (Weld) Scott. Children : Helen K., born November 26, 1893; Hugh S., December 19, 1895.

HUNT This is an ancient surname derived from the Saxon word "Hunti," a wolf. This word used in connec- tion with the wolf came to mean the pursuit of all game. The family probably took the name on account of prowess in the hunting field. Other forms of the name are: Hundt, Huntus, Hontus, Hunding, Hundings, Hunte, Hunter, etc. An Adam le Hunt lived in Not- tingham, England, as early as 1295. There were many of the name among the early set-

tlers of New England. Enoch Hunt came from the parish of Lee, Berkshire, England, and settled in Rhode Island, and was a free- man of Newport in 1638, later of Weymouth, Massachusetts. He had a son Ephraim, whom Edmund Soper Hunt, in his "Reminiscences" says was a knighted cavalier of Prince Rupert's troops, and that his real name was Colonel Sir William Hunt. He was a refugee from the disastrous field of Marston Moor, and changed his name to avoid detection. He received his knighthood after the siege of York in which he distinguished himself. Others who came early were : Edmund, of Cambridge, 1634, and Dux- bury, 1637; Robert, of Charlestown and Sud- bury, 1638; Bartholomew, of Dover, 1640; William, of Concord, 1641 ; Peter, of Reho- both, 1644. A branch of the family settled in Vermont and became noted in public life. The immediate ancestor of the Hunts of James- town, New York, was a descendant of the early Massachusetts family and of the Rutland coun- ty, Vermont, branch.

(I) Elnathan Hunt was born in Rutland county, Vermont, removing to Genesee county, New York, about 1811. He was a farmer. He married and had, it is thought, five chil- dren, of whom but three can be named: Sim- eon, John, Henry Nelson, see forward.

(II) Henry Nelson, son of Elnathan Hunt, was born in Rutland county, Vermont, March 5, 1808, died in the town of Poland, Chau- tauqua county, New York, August 5, 1895. He was brought to Genesee county, New York, by his parents in 1811. There he was educated and brought up a farmer, an occupation he followed all his life, besides being engaged ex- tensively in the lumber business. When about thirty years of age he settled in Poland. He held the office of justice of the peace in Poland for many years, also serving as supervisor and in other town offices, as a Republican. He lived to a ripe old age, and perhaps no man' ever held in a greater degree the love, respect and esteem of a community. He was a deeply religious man, a close student of the Bible, and with a heart filled with love labored for the salvation of everybody. Indeed that was his creed, universal salvation. He induced min- isters of the Universalist faith to come to Po- land, securing for their use the school houses in the town. Here services were held and much good accomplished. In his home life he was most kind and loving, leaving behind a memory most warmly cherished by his sons.

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He is buried in Myrtle cemetery, Poland, the ground for which he partly donated from his farm for cemetery purposes. He married (first) Catherine, daughter of Amica Ives, who bore him eight children : Edwin, Celia, Erving- ton, Lucretia, Caroline, Cynthia, Charles, Al- ton. He married (second) Harriet A. Cro- foot, born in Poland, died 1898, daughter of Chester and Abigail (Risley) Crofoot. She survived him three years. Children: Alva, deceased; Herbert Lincoln, see forward ; Harry Francis, see forward.

(III) Herbert Lincoln, son of Henry Nel- son and Harriet A. (Crofoot) Hunt, was born in Poland, Chautauqua county, New York, De- cember 7, 1864. His academic education was secured in the public schools of Poland, James- town high school, class of 1889, and Fredonia Normal School. Deciding upon the profession of law he read with Vernon E. Peckham for two years, then entered Albany Law School, whence he was graduated, June, 1892, being admitted to the bar the same year. He began practice in Jamestown, New York, where he is now located (1911) in the Wellman Building. He was appointed assistant district attorney of Chautauqua county, and served through the years, 1896-97-98. He has secured enviable place in the esteem of his fellow citizens of Jamestown, and has built up a successful law practice. In partnership with his brother, Dr. Hunt, he owns a farm in Poland, part of the old homestead. He is a Republican in politics. He has taken a deep interest in the Royal Ar- canum of his city, being a member of Chau- tauqua Council, No. 73, in which he has passed all the chairs.

He married, September 20, 1893, Sarah Annetta Becker, born at Brighton, Ontario, Canada, Julv 14, 1864, daughter of Charles Samuel and Sarah Becker, who lived and died in the same town. Children : Edward Lincoln, born February 12, 1895, died October 22, 1904; Ada Lucille, October 19, 1897, died August 14, 1898; Gertrude Stanton, February 1, 1904.

(III) Harry Francis, youngest son of Henry Nelson and Harriet A. (Crofoot) Hunt, was born in Poland, Chautauqua county, New York, September 3, 1868. His preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Poland, Fredonia Normal School, and Jamestown city high school. He chose medi- cine as his profession, entered the medical de- partment of the University of Buffalo, New York, whence he was graduated M. D. in 1898.

In July, 1898, he received his license to prac- tice from the state authorities, and took up his residence at Falconer, Chautauqua county, New York, and began practice. January 15, 1899, he accepted the position of attending physician at the Chautauqua County Hospital, located at Dewittville, holding the same until October 1, 1907; when he resigned and began .. practice in Jamestown, where he had establish- ed offices in the Gifford Block during the previ- ous August. He is finely located in that city, where he is now well established and popular. He is a member of the Jamestown and Chau- tauqua County Medical societies, and of Chau- tauqua Council, No. 73, Royal Arcanum. In religious faith he is a Universalist. Dr. Hunt married, in Randolph, New York, June 20, 1896, Effie McDonald Waite, born at Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 20, 1870, daughter of William and Henrietta (Markham) Mc- Donald, and adopted daughter of Ansel Benoni and Charlotte ( Phillips) Waite.

HUTCHINSON While this is an old and honored name in Amer- ica the branch herein con-

sidered is of comparatively recent settlement. From the days of Ann Hutchinson in Massa- chusetts the women in the family have been noted for piety and philanthropy, the present generation in no wise being an exception. The progenitor of the late Hannah Hutchinson, of Lockport, New York, was James Hutchinson, son of John, who was born in Ireland, emi- grated to the United States, married and rear- ed a family. But little can be told of him fur- ther than this.

(II) James Hutchinson was born in Niagara county, New York, was educated in the public schools, and grew up a farmer. After leaving home he purchased a farm and for many years was engaged in its cultivation. He was a man of industry, thrift and prosperity. After see- ing his children grow to maturity and settle in life he traded his Niagara county farm for property in Canada. He removed there and continued his residence until death. He mar- ried, in Niagara county, Alice Donnelly, who labored with him hand in hand, and was a true helpmeet. Children : Rose, Ann, Heigh, Han- nah, of further mention ; James, Margaret and John.

(III) Hannah, second daughter and third child of James and Alice (Donnelly) Hutchin- son, was born in the town of Porter, Niagara

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county, New York. She grew up on the farm and attended the public schools. After her school years were over and she had reached a suitable age she determined to have her own means of support and be independent. She went to Niagara Falls where she learned the dressmaker's art, and later established there in business on her own account. Here she built up a profitable business and so success- fully conducted it through many succeeding years that she was able to retire not only with a competency but with means to gratify her charitable and philanthropic disposition. She was for many years a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which she not only supported by her presence and influence, but with a generous, open hand. Her benev- olences were many and given in a quiet manner when possible. Her interest in the Home for the Friendless was constant and untiring. The beautiful gates and entrance to the building are her personal gift to the institution, and an enduring memorial to her memory and good- ness. She resided in Lockport, which was her home for many years. She had many friends to whom her home was always open. She died August 19, 1911.

NORTH Charles Jackson North was born May 13, 1847, in Chazy, Clinton county, New York. His parents were Samuel Churchill, born May 28, 1823, in Champlain, New York, and Jemima Deuel Jackson, born May 13, 1825, in Peru, New York. They were married, September 3, 1846, in Plattsburgh, New York. Mr. North was born Churchill, but for various reasons the name of North became so fastened upon him that he had it made his legal name by order of the superior court in Buffalo, just prior to his marriage, June 30, 1881, to Dora C., daugh- ter of Horace and Catherine (Morse) Briggs.

Mr. North's grandparents were Darius Churchill, born April 25, 1793, in Hubbardton, Vermont; Tryphenia Adaline Newton, born October 1, 1796, in Shoreham, Vermont; Israel Jackson, born 2nd mo. 5, 1798, in Peru, New York; and Esther Allen, born 5th mo. 4, 1798, in Cambridge, New York. His great-grand- parents were all pioneers in the Champlain Valley. William Churchill, born February 10, 1763, in Sheffield, Massachusetts, father of Darius Churchill, came as a young lad with his parents, Samuel Churchill, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Thankful Hewitt, of New-

ington, Connecticut, to Hubbardton, Vermont, in 1772. This Samuel Churchill, born April 27, 1721, was the first settler in Hubbardton, bringing with him several sons and sons-in- law; they had established very comfortable homes for that time, when in 1777 the battle of Hubbardton was fought, near their clear- ings. The tories and Indians destroyed all their crops, burned their houses, killed all their live stock, took away all their provisions, and bound the elder Churchill to a tree, preparatory to burning him alive, when one of the British officers came up and compelled his release. All the men were then taken prisoners to Fort Ticonderoga, compelled to carry the plunder from their own homes. The women and chil- dren were left destitute, to find their way over the mountains to the Connecticut river and down the river to their old home in Sheffield, Massachusetts, which they reached safely after a journey of three weeks on foot, sleeping much of the time on the ground, in the woods, and subsisting principally for the first week on berries and other wilderness food. In the war of 1812, William revenged himself by turning out with his five sons, each one with a rifle and axe, when the British passed through the town of Champlain to harass the invaders on the march to their defeat at Plattsburgh in 1814. William Churchill married, March 26, 1787, Eunice Colver, born December 31, 1762, in Litchfield, Connecticut, daughter of Lieu- tenant Zebulon Culver, born November 30, 1716, and Eleanor Taylor, his wife, born May 5, 1723; he settled first in Hubbardton, Ver- mont, and in 1806 removed to Champlain, New York, where as a farmer and justice of the peace he spent the remainder of his life. Lib- erty Newton was born May 8, 1766, in Shrews- bury, Massachusetts, son of Lieutenant Mar- shall Newton, born August 23, 1729, and Han- nah Willard, his wife, born March 17, 1726. He served in the revolution, and after the war went to Shoreham, Vermont, of which town his father was one of the original proprietors. Here he married Asintha North, born April 30, 1768, in Goshen, Connecticut, daughter of Abijah North, born October 19, 1743, and his wife, Tryphenia Grant, born January 16, 1738. Abijah North came to Shoreham before the revolution, cleared up a piece of ground, built a log house, put in his first crop, and went back to Goshen for his family, but the war just then breaking out, he joined the army and did not move his family to Shoreham until peace had

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been declared. His wife died soon after 1783, the first of the women of the first settlers to die, and he dying the next year, the five young children were divided up between the relatives and neighbors, Tryphenia Adaline was adopted by her uncle, Daniel Newton, of Shoreham, where she lived until her marriage, in 1818, to Darius Churchill, when she went on horseback with her husband to her new home in Champ- lain, New York. Liberty Newton built the first iron forge in the Champlain Valley, at the Upper Falls, in Ticonderoga, in 1801. This fact is noted in the "History of the Champlain Valley," but the name is there erroneously given as Liberty "Newman." Daniel Jackson, a Quaker, was born 4th mo. 22, 1757, in Hempstead, Long Island, son of Daniel and Jane (Titus) Jackson. He went to the Little Nine Partners, Dutchess county, New York, soon after the revolution; here he married Mary Green, born 6th mo. 14, 1759, daughter of Caleb Green, born 3rd mo. 22, 1734, and Catherine Bull, his wife, born 5th mo. 9, 1736, in the Island of Barbadoes ; soon after, about 1790, together with a little company of Quak- ers, Daniel and Mary went into the wilderness in Peru, New York, to what is now called the Quaker Union, and built new homes where they could be apart by themselves, away from the "world's people." Caleb Green was a broth- er of that Anna Green who married Peter Hallock and became the grandmother of Fitz- Greene Halleck, the poet. Both Caleb Green and Anna (Green) Hallock came later to Peru, to live with their respective children, and both now rest near each other in the Friends' burial ground at the "Union." Mary Green, as a young woman, helped to care for the American sick and wounded soldiers, in their "meeting house," still standing at Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, New York, at the time Wash- ington's army camped in that vicinity and used the meeting house as an army hospital. Israel Jackson, son of Daniel, married in Peru, 12th mo. 10, 1818, Esther Allen, daughter of John Allen, born IIth mo. 28, 1752, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and his wife, Phoebe Deuel, born in the "Oblong," Dutchess county, New York, Ist mo. 21, 1757. Israel and Esther settled first at Peru, and about 1821 took up a clearing on Cumberland Head, opposite Platts- burgh, New York, where they lived the quiet uneventful life of the "Friends" until death. John Allen was the son of Elisha Allen, born September 7, 1722, in Dartmouth, Massachu-

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Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, Volume I, Part 85

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 680

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 680