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He married, in 1880, Mary Givens, of Dry- den, daughter of William R. and Nancy (La- mont) Givens (see Givens). They had one
child, Laura, born June 6, 1884, died July 27. 1905 ; married R. F. Smith, of Cortland ; child, Laura Jennings Smith, born July 27, 1905.
(The Givens Line).
(I) Samuel Givens, immigrant ancestor, was born in Ireland, and brought up in England. He came to America with his father, when a young boy. His father's name is thought to have been Samuel. He fought in the war of the revolution in 1776, when only sixteen years of age, and his father was in the same war. He lived in Orange county, New York, where he married Jane King. He removed to Dry- den, Tompkins county, New York, in 1804. He had a large grant of land there from the state, and this was very likely given for serv- ices rendered in the revolutionary war. Chil- dren : Amos ; Charles, mentioned below ; Will- iam, Margaret, Letty, Sarah, Katie and Jane.
(II) Colonel Charles Givens, son of Sam- uel Givens, was born in Orange county, New York, and came to Dryden, New York, with his parents, when he was six years of age. He was colonel in the New York state militia, and was very prominent in the affairs of the town of Dryden, being supervisor, and holding other offices all his life, until he was obliged to decline the nominations offered him. He married Laura Kingsley. Children : Thomas ; William R., mentioned below; Edward, Lor- etta, Harrison, Charles and Laura.
(III) William R., son of Colonel Charles Givens, was born in Dryden, New York, April 15, 1821. He was educated in the common schools and at the old Ithaca Academy. After leaving here he taught school for twelve years and worked on the farm summers. In 1862 he bought the Fortner place of one hundred and fifty acres, and, in 1865, he bought the William Trapp property of fifty-eight acres, and a part of the Scofield property and the Allen property, all adjoining each other. In politics he was a Republican, and held many offices in town, being a prominent and re- spected citizen. He was generous in support- ing school and church affairs, and was a con- scientious and well-to-do citizen. When twen- ty-seven years of age he married Nancy, daugh- ter of Archibald Lamont, of the Isle of Bute, Scotland. She was born in 1824, died May 18. 1901. He died October 22. 1892. Children : Archibald, Ella, Laura; Mary, married Dr. Frank Smith Jennings (see Jennings IX).
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Jacob Crutts ( formerly spelled
CRUTTS Krutz) was one of the pioneers in Dryden, New York, in 1800, from Oxford, New Jersey. He had a son Jacob.
(II) Jacob (2), son of Jacob ( [) Crutts, was born in Dryden, 1819, and died there. He was a miller by trade. He married Mary Ann Banfield, who died in 1892, aged eighty-one years. Children: 1. Edwin, born January 31, 1836, died in 1911 ; had a common school edu- cation, and attended high school at Ithaca. under Professor S. D. Carr; married Ellen, daughter of Solomon Whipple, of Barton. Tioga county, New York ; in 1891 he inherited one hundred and seventy-five acres of his father's estate; in 1889 he bought the Henry Sayle's property in Varna, which is a part of Dryden, and also owns, together with his brother, three other farms and village property, and the Varna gristmills; one of the largest farmers in the town ; children : Mrs. Alice L. Mix: Emma L., married George Frisbie, and Ella P., married Myron English. 2. William B., mentioned below. 3. Merenus. 4. Burt, deceased. 5. Emma, married Charles Whipple.
(III) William B., son of Jacob (2) Crutts, was born in Dryden, August 27, 1838. He had a common school education, and also attended the high school at Ithaca, under Professor S. D. Carr. He owned the Crutts homestead of one hundred and forty acres, which has been in the family since 1800. He owned other property, and was a farmer and miller by trade, running the Varna gristmills, in com- pany with his brother. He died May 20, 1891, mourned by a large number of friends, who well appreciated his high character and great ability. He married Olive Bryant, of Ithaca, born in 1849, daughter of Solomon and Abigail ( Freeman ) Bryant. Children : 1. Minnie, mar- ried Edwin S. Burr, of Dryden, and they have one child, Abigail. 2. Cora. 3. Fred, married Ella Wescott, and have Pauline ; lives on homestead in Dryden. 4. Lewis Solomon, mentioned below. 5. Carrie, married Burt Miller, of Dryden, has one son, DeWitt. 6. Jacob, a miller in Varna, married Mary Emhart.
(IV) Lewis Solomon, son of William B. Crutts, was born in Dryden, May 13, 1870. Ile was educated in the public schools of his native town, and during his boyhood worked on his father's farm there, and in the mill. He and his brother succeeded to the ownership of the mill of their father and they continued in
the milling business until 1897. From that time to 1905 Mr. Crutts conducted a mill at Varna, New York. During the next two years he was engaged in farming. He came to Cort- land in 1907, and since then has been in the milling business there, and a dealer in flour, fced, grain and hay, farm implements, etc. He occupies a leading position among the mer- chants of this section. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married. November 7, 1895, Carrie MI., daughter of Ernest and Ida (Nixon) Snyder ( see Snyder \'). MIr. and Mrs. Crutts have no children. They reside in an attractive home at Cortland.
(The Snyder Line).
(I) Christopher Snyder, immigrant ances- tor, came to America in 1746-47, and settled in Oxford, New Jersey. In the spring of 1801, he came from New Jersey, with his son Peter, to the town of Dryden, and purchased lot 43 of William Goodwin. In the fall of 1802 he moved his family there, coming in a party of thirty-two persons, on a journey which was full of happenings and lasted eighteen days. The eastern half of the lot fell to him, and the western to Peter. He had a son Peter, and a daughter who married George Dart.
(II) Peter, son of Christopher Snyder, was born in Oxford, New Jersey, December 26, 1752, died July 23, 1832. He was a soldier in the revolutionary army, enlisting in. New Jer- sey, and his flintlock musket was brought home and remained in the family until recently, when it was sold at a vendue. In 1801 he came from New Jersey with his father, and purchased the lot of William Goodwin. In choosing he had the western half of this lot. and, in the fall of 1802. he moved with his family and household goods in two wagons to their new home. His sons, William, John and Abraham, drove twenty-five cows the whole distance. Before the moving he, with the other men, had chopped the timber on six acres, and in the fall had cleared the land and sowed it with wheat, before they returned to New Jer- scy. He later purchased the whole of lot 42, six hundred and forty acres, and of this he gave one hundred and six acres to each of his sons and fifty-three to each of his daughters. Among the party of thirty-two to move to Dryden were Jacob Crutts and wife, Henry Naile, wife and child, and Christopher Snyder with his family. Peter Snyder married Mary Shanc, in 1776. The children mentioned are : Henry,
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mentioned below; William, John, and Abra- ham.
(III) Henry, son of Peter Snyder, was born May 2, 1781, died in Dryden, August 29, 1870. He came with his father in 1801, and helped to clear the land before the family moved to Dryden. He received one hundred and six acres of land from his father, when it was given to the children. He married Mary Teeter, who died aged ninety-two years. He had a son Peter T., mentioned below.
(IV) Peter T., son of Henry Snyder, was born May 6, 1808, in Dryden, died May I, 1874. He was a farmer. He married Ann Maria Lason, born July 5. 1810, died April 19. 1891. He had a son Ernest, mentioned below.
(V) Ernest, son of Peter T. Snyder, was born in Dryden, March 2, 1844. He had a common school education, and is a self-edu- cated and self-made man. His first business enterprise was started in Cortland, New York, and was a meat business, which he conduct- ed until his father's death. In 1878 he bought the homestead and his father's estate, which consisted of eighty-six acres, and has been in the family since 1801. He is a man of influ- ence in the town and takes an active interest in school matters. He is a man highly re- spected for his fine character. At the age of twenty-four, he married (first) Ida, born De- cember 14, 1849, died April 21, 1885, daughter of William and Priscilla (Chadwick) Nixon. In 1890 he married ( second) Olive, daughter of Jacob Seaman. Children by first wife: 1. Carrie M., married Lewis Solomon Crutts ( see Crutts IV). 2. Eva M., married Leroy Sny- der, of Cortland, New York. 3. Ina B., mar- ried Archibald Davenport. of Ithaca. New York, and has three children: Gwendolyn, Doris, Kermit E.
The name of Benson, or as it was BENSON originally spelled, Bensingh, is supposed to have been Swed- ish. The first family of the name in America was largely identified with the history and landed interests of the town of Harlem, now a part of New York City.
Dirck Benson, the immigrant ancestor, came from Gröningen, Holland, and had lived also at Amsterdam, where he married Catalina, daugh- ter of Samson Berck and Tryntie van Rech- teren. He came to this country about 1648, and settled first in New Amsterdam. Here he
bought a house and lot near the fort, August 23, 1649, and the following year, one on Broad- way. On June 29, 1654, at his desire, the director and council allowed him "to leave this place to promote his own affairs." He went to Fort Orange, where he built, upon a lot which had been granted him, October 25, 1653. He was a carpenter by trade and proved him- self a worthy and industrious citizen. He worked on the new church built in 1656, and, in 1658, loaned the deacons one hundred guilders. He died February 12, 1659, three years later, his widow marrying IIarman Tomasz Hun. Children: Dirck, born 1650; Samson, mentioned below; Johannes, 1655; Catrina, 1657; Maria, 1659.
(II) Samson, son of Dirck Benson, was horn in 1652, and married (first) Tryntie van Densen, sister to the wife of John van Dett- sen, who was the mother of all his children but one. He married ( second ) Grietie, daugh- ter of Abraham Kermer, and widow of Cap- tain Jacob van Tilburg. Benson was her third husband and survived her. He was a potter by trade and was known as the "pottebacker." His pottery has not been located, but he owned a house and lot on Smith, now William street, below Maiden Lane. He died June 2. 1730. Children : Catalina, born 1675, died 1706; Derick, 1677; Teuwes or Matthew, mentioned below ; Harman, 1681 ; Samson, 1684: Robert, 1686; William, 1687; Elizabeth. 1689; Johan- nes, 1692: Helena, 1694: Maria, 1696; Hen- ricus, 1698. Child of second wife: Catalina, 1707.
( III) Matthew, son of Samson (1) Benson, was born in 1679, and died in 1721. He mar- ried, 1706, Catrina, daughter of Jonathan Pro- vost. He was a mason by trade. Children : Samson, mentioned below: Catharine, born 1716: Catalina, 1719.
( IV) Samson (2), son of Matthew Ben- son, was born 1713, and married, 1735. Jan- netie Arment. Children : Matthew, born 1741 ; Jonathan, mentioned below : Lucas, 1746 ; Cor- nelius, 1748.
(\') Jonathan, son of Samson (2) Benson, was born in 1744, and appears to have been the Jonathan who settled in Montgomery coun- ty. According to the census of 1790 he had two sons under sixteen and seven females in his family.
(VI) Zacheus, son of Jonathan Benson, it is believed, settled in Oneida county, New York. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
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His wife Polly died in 1817. They had sons: Francis, mentioned below, and Gideon, and perhaps other children.
(VHI) Francis, son of Zacheus Benson, was born in Oneida county, New York, in 1806, and died in 1887, at the age of eighty-one years. He followed farming all his active life, mostly in Broome county, New York. He married Sally M. Lovejoy and they had one son, James Herbert, mentioned below.
(VIII) Dr. James Herbert Benson, son of Francis Benson, was born in Broome county, New York, May 16, 1848. In his youth he worked on his father's farm and attended the district school. He received his medical edu- cation in the eclectic colleges of New York and Chicago, and began to practice in Otsego county, New York. After fifteen years there he came to Delaware county, where he prac- ticed two years, and then went to Illinois, where he practiced for the next seven years. Returning to his native state in 1901, he locat- ed at Cortland, New York, where he has since practiced. Dr. Benson is a member of Orient Lodge of Free Masons, of Delaware county.
He married, in 1870, Delia A. Heath, of Windsor, Broome county, New York, daugh- ter of Sylvester Heath. Children : 1. Lila J .. married Edward J. Dickson, of Delaware county, New York, private secretary of Dr. Cameron in the agricultural department, Wash- ington, D. C. 2. Orton, born January 15, 1872, a tobacco dealer at Springfield, Massachusetts ; married Lena Irish, of Otsego county, New York, and had Clarence and Woodruff. 3. Bessie E., married John Tyler Betts, a marble and granite dealer, at Cortland, New York.
EGGLESTON The origin of this name is remote and some clue to its beginning may be found in the spelling Eaglestone, as sometimes found in early records. It also appears as Eglestone, Egleston, and in various other forms. Previ- ous to the revolution in the New England rec- ords it appears Egleston, and after the revolu- tion the second "g" is added. It has been long conspicuous in the professions in New England and New York, as well as many other states, and has contributed many worthy citizens in all sections of the country.
The immigrant ancestor of those bearing the name in this country was born about 1590, in England, and came to Dorchester, Massachu- setts, in the ship "Mary and John," in 1630.
His name appears with a great variety of spell- ings, such as Begat, Bagget, Beget and Bigod. The form usually accepted is the first above given. He was made a freeman at Dorchester in 1631, and was one of the original members of Mr. Warham's church, which removed from Dorchester to Windsor, Connecticut, in 1635. He died there September 1, 1674, "ner 100 yer ould." It is evident that the recorder of his deatlı had no definite means of ascertaining the age. In court at Hartford, in 1645, Begat Egleston testified that he was fifty-five years of age. His first wife, Mary, died December 8, 1657, and he married ( second) Mary Tal- cott, of Hartford, who survived him. She . contributed four shillings in cloth for the re- lief of the poor in other colonies in 1676. Chil- dren, all born of the first wife: James and Samuel (twins), born in England; Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Abigail, Joseph and Benjamin.
(II) James, son of Begat and Mary Egles- ton, was born in England, about 1620, was a freeman at Windsor. in 1637, and died Decem- ber 1, 1679. in that town. He was a soldier and participated in the Pequot fight for which he received a grant of fifty acres of land in 1671. About 1648 he acquired by purchase his first piece of land in Windsor, formerly the property of Samuel Allen, being the first south of Broad street, and the road running east of it. In 1676 he contributed one shilling one pence for the relief of the poor in other colonies.
llis death occurred at the early age of fifty- nine years, after a very short illness, and he made no will. His children at that time were all minors. He left considerable land which was divided among his sons by mutual agreement, August 28, 1701. He married Esther, or Hes- ter, sister of Roger Williams, of Windsor, who was early at Dorchester and returned to that town in 1647, or earlier. She was said to have been the first white female child born in Hartford. She died July 10, 1720. Children : James, John ; Thomas, mentioned below ; Hes- ter, Nathaniel, Isaac, Abigail, Deborah and Hannah.
(III) Thomas, third son of James and Hes- ter (Williams) Egleston, was born July 27, 1661, in Windsor, where he died April 6, 1732. He was a farmer in that town, probably on the lot north of St. Gabriel's Church, and his estate was valued at three hundred and eighty-seven pounds nine shillings four pence. He married
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Grace Hoskins, born July 28, 1666, in Wind- sor, died March 27, 1739, daughter of Anthony and Isabel (Brown) Hoskins, of Windsor, granddaughter of John Hoskins, who came to Dorchester from England in 1630. Children : Thomas, Grace, Mary, Hannah; Jedediah, mentioned below : Isabel; Deborah, Mary, Mindwell, Joseph, Ephraim and Hester.
(IV) Jedediah, second son of Thomas and Grace (Hoskins) Egleston, was born June II, 1696, in Windsor, where he was a farmer, and died July 15, 1766. The inventory of his estate was made January 6, 1767, and it was admin- istered by his son Thomas. He married Sarah Moore, born September 12, 1704, daughter of John (3) and Abigail ( Strong) Moore, grand- daughter of John (2), who was a son of Dea- con John (I) Moore, the last named a son of Thomas Moore, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Children : Sarah, Lydia, Grace (died young), Isabel, Jedediah, Thomas (died young), Lois, Grace, Thomas and Elijah.
(V) Thomas (2) Egleston, third son of Jedediah and Sarah ( Moore) Egleston, was born September 26, 1746, in Windsor, and was a noted fisherman. With his sons he owned the best fishing place on the Connecticut river, north of Middletown. This was situated on the Deerfield lot, four miles north of the state house, and is still known as "Thomas Egles- ton's Fishing Place." In 1859 this was owned by the heirs of Timothy Mills. Opposite, on the west side of the street, stands a brick build- ing, erected in 1760, the bricks said to have been made by Thomas Egleston. He was a revolutionary soldier, enlisting June 24, 1776, in Captain Job Couch's company, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley's regiment. This body was sta- tioned during the summer and early fall, of that year, at Bergen Heights and Paulus Hook, now Jersey City. In November it was trans- ferred across the river to the defence of Fort Washington, where, with hundreds of others, Thomas Egleston was captured by the British forces, November 16, of that year. He mar- ried (first), February 13, 1766, Rebecca, daugh- ter of Samuel and Rebecca Drake, born Janu- ary 24, baptized February 2, 1745, and died 1775. He married (second). February 26, 1778, Ann Clark. Children, born of the first wife, and baptized at Windsor : Sarah, Rebecca. Jedediah, Elijah, Francis, Elihu, Joseph (men- tioned below ). Henry, George and Ann.
(VI) Joseph Eggleston, fifth son of Thomas (2) and Rebecca (Drake) Egleston, was bap-
tized August 11. 1782, at the Windsor church. and removed to Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, about 1808. Some fourteen years later, he settled in the town of Cort- landville, Cortland county, New York, where he was a farmer, and died. He married. October 14, 1802, Harriet Goodrich, of Cole- brook, Connecticut, who died in Cortland- ville, 1850. Children : 1. Joseph Francis, bap- tized at Windsor, July 3, 1803. 2. Ann, died young. 3. Fanny, baptized July 5, 1807, in Windsor ; died in 1862, in Cortland. 4. Hiram, resided in Alden, New York, where he died childless. 5. Asahel G., mentioned below. 6. George. 7. Julia, married Cortland Corwin, of Cortland, and had two daughters. 8. Emily, died young. 9. Delia, married George Ban- croft, resided in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and had three children.
(VII) Asahel G., third son of Joseph and Harriet (Goodrich) Eggleston, was born in 1810, in Sherburne ; died June 23, 1897. He was about twelve years of age when his par- ents removed to Cortlandville. He always fol- lowed farming in Cortland county, New York ; he had a large farm, and was active up to the time of his death. He held various town and village offices. He was a Presbyterian. He married, July 7. 1842, Louise Kenney, born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1814, died July 1, 1897, daughter of Jabez Kenney. Children : Antoinette, deceased ; Joseph Emmett, men- tioned below.
(VIII) Joseph Emmett, only son of Asahel G. and Louise ( Kenney) Eggleston, was born in Cortland, New York, November 1, 1847. He received his education in the academy and State Normal School, of Cortland, New York : studied law in the office of Waters & Waters, in Cortland ; admitted to New York state bar in 1875, and to United States courts in 1881. He practiced law for a time in company with Mr. Waters, under firm name of Waters & Eggleston, and later was alone in practice. In 1889 he was elected county judge and surro- gate of Cortland county, New York, which office he has held ever since. He is a director in the Second National Bank, of Cortland, and trustee of the State Firemen's Home Associa- tion. He is a member of Cortlandville Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons.
He married, September 2, 1874, Alta B .. daughter of Rensselaer R. and Olive Moore. of Cincinnatus, New York. They have one daughter. Arla, a graduate of the State Normal
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School, at Cortland, also of the National Park Seminary, Washington, D. C., and she took a course at the Currie Oratory School, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, and is now a teacher.
Dr. Johannes Mounies de la Montanye was born in MONTANYE OR Saintonge, France, 1595. He MANTANYE married Rachel De Forest, sister of Jesse De Forest, at Leyden, December 12, 1626. He came to Harlem in 1637, took up Montanye Flats, was secretary of the Harlem Colony, and later was in command at Fort Orange (now Albany ). as vice-director, until 1664, when possession was taken by the British. He died in Holland, in 1670, having gone there with Governor Stuy- vesant, after the British occupation of New York.
(II) Jan (or John), son of Dr. Johannes Mounies de la Montanye, came to Harlem soon after his father, and entered business with Vin- cent Pikes. He returned to Holland and mar- ried Peternella Pikes there, about 1654. Re- turned to New York in 1655, and soon after settled in Harlem and took up Montanye Point ; was secretary and teacher at Harlem until his cleath, in 1672. His first wife died and he married ( second ) Maria Vermilye, June 10, 1663.
(III) Vincent, son of Jan or John Mon- tanye, was born in Harlem, New York, 1657. He married, March 5, 1684, Adriana, daughter of Jan Thomas Aken. He was living in 1713, but died soon after.
(IV) Thomas, son of Vincent Montanye, born 1691, was shopkeeper in New York ; lived and died in Prince street, New York ; his death occurring October 12, 1761. He married, No- vember 25, 1718, Rebecca Bruyn ; she survived him : they had fifteen children.
(V) John T., son of Thomas Montanye, was born 1743; lived in New York on the breaking out of the war of the revolution. He married Mary Blain.
(VI) Peter, son of John T. Montanye, later called also Mintonye, born in New York, in 1775, with brothers, Isaac and Jacob, came to Western New York. Peter settled in Dryden, but later in Sempronius, New York, and died there, in 1856. He married
(VII) William, youngest son of Peter Mon- tanye, was born in Dryden, New York, May 24, 1808; died in Florida, in 1880. His edu- cation was received in common schools ; he
learned the carriage maker's trade in Dryden, New York, and carried on wagon making, and later was a merchant in Freetown, New York, up to 1865, when he removed to Cortland, New York. He was supervisor at Freetown during the war, and for some years previous was a member of county board of supervisors. Dur- ing the war he was active in enlisting men for the service and keeping up supplies for them. He married Betsey Fuller, daughter of Eleazer Fuller, of Freetown, a descendant of the Fullers who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower." Here the name began to be "Mantanye." Chil- dren : 1. Cornelia, married J. H. Delavan, she (lied August, 1907. 2. William Jameson, see forward. 3. Austin F., living at present time.
(VIII) William Jameson, son of William Mantanye, was born at Freetown, Cortland county, New York, October 17, 1843. He remained at Freetown until the civil war. He attended the district school, and after he was twelve years old worked on a farm every summer. As a student he was quick to learn, and he was a great reader. In the fall of 1859, and again in 1860, he attended the Homer Academy, then one of the most famous schools in the state. In the winter of 1860-61 he taught school in the lumbering district, on the north fork of the Cowanesque, near Westfield, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, where a brother of his father resided, returning to farm work in the spring, intending to resume study at Ilomer the following autumn. But the civil war broke out that spring, and, after the dis- aster at Bull Run and on the first call for three years troops, he enlisted in Company D, Sev- enty-sixth New York Infantry, at the age of seventeen, and served through the war at the front in the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded at second Bull Run, August 29, 1862. but not seriously, and returned to his regiment next day. At Gettysburg he was taken pris- oner, July 1, 1863, and paroled on the field July 4, but as the government held the parole to be illegal he soon after returned to his company without exchange. In the fall of 1863 he was called to Washington to take a commission in the First Regiment of the United States Color- ed Troops, then being organized, but conclud- ing he was not suited for the position, being then only nineteen years of age, he declined it and returned to his company. In January, 1864. he reënlisted as a veteran volunteer in his old company, and, in October, 1864, on the expira- tion of the term of the regiments he was trans-
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