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Rev. Jonathan (2) Ingersoll, son of Tona- than ( 1) Ingersoll, was born in 1713, at Strat-
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ford. Connecticut. He graduated at Yale Col- lege in 1736, and entered the ministry, being licensed by the Presbytery of New Jersey, at Elizabethtown, February 18, 1736. He lived for a time in Newark, New Jersey, and was afterward installed as pastor of the Congre- gational church, at Ridgefield, Connecticut, the second pastor of that church. He was a man of fine mind and good heart, and served his parish with great ability and fidelity until he died, October 2. 1778, in the fortieth year of his ministry. In 1758 he was chaplain of the colonial troops in the French and Indian war, and served at Lake Champlain. He mar- ried, in 1740, Dorcas, daughter of Rev. Joseph Moss, of Derby, Connecticut. She died No- vember 29. 1811. in her eighty-sixth year. Chil- dren : Sarah, born October 28, 1741 ; Dorcas, October 15, 1743; Jonathan, April 16, 1747 ; Mary, December 20, 1748 ; Mary ( 2d) : Abigail, May 2, 1751 ; Joseph, August II. 1753; Han- nah. April 9, 1756; Esther, August 10, 1760; Moss, June 6, 1763; Anne, April 5, 1765.
Jared, brother of Rev. Jonathan (2) Inger- soll, was born June 3, 1722, in Milford. He was graduated from Yale College in 1742, and soon afterward settled in the practice of law at New Haven. In 1757 he went to Great Britain as agent of the colony, receiving a special appointment from the general assem- bly of Connecticut. He went again in 1764. and was appointed stamp master. At that time he was a popular and influential lawyer, but the indignation against the Stamp Act ex- tended to the official in charge of the enforce- ment of the law and a mob assembled and compelled him to resign his office. The resig- nation was dated at Wethersfield, September 19. 1765. In 1770 he was appointed by the Crown, judge of the vice-admiralty court, in the middle district of the colony, and went to Philadelphia to reside. At the beginning of the revolution he returned to New Haven, and died there. He earned the reputation of being one of the ablest and most eloquent lawyers of his time. He was of open, frank and engaging manner and very successful in his practice. He married (first) Hannah Whiting, who died in 1779, daughter of Colonel Whiting, and granddaughter of Rev. John Whiting. He married (second), in 1780, Hannah Alling.
(I) Isaac Ingersoll, a descendant of the Connecticut family mentioned above, was born in Connecticut. He settled, after the revolu- tion, in the town of Pawling, Dutchess county,
New York, where he was living, according to the first federal census in 1790, and had in his family two males over sixteen, one under that age, and two females.
(II) Daniel D., son of Isaac Ingersoll, was born in 1787, in Connecticut, and removed with the family to New York state, when very young. He came to Cincinnatus, New York, abont 1825, among the first settlers, and lived there the remainder of his life. He died there, March 8, 1857. He had a common school edu- cation and learned several trades, being natur- ally skillful with all sorts of tools. He was an excellent cabinet-maker, and an expert ma- chinist. For many years he operated a saw- mill, and he devised the first successful shingle- sawing machine. A gifted musician, he played the violin remarkably well and made many ex- cellent violins. He married Eunice Burton, born in 1790, died at Cincinnatus, New York. May 28, 1853, daughter of Lewis and Lois Burton. Children : Stephen Miles, mentioned below, and Amanda.
( HI1) Stephen Miles, son of Daniel D. In- gersoll, was born in Connecticut, or New York, July 8, 1819, and moved with his parents to Dutchess county. He died at North Pitcher. New York, May 14, 1899. He came to Cin- cinnatus in childhood with his parents and was educated there in the common schools. He learned the trade of painter and wagon maker, and for many years had a wheelwright and carriage shop at Willet, New York. He lived some years in Chenango county, and later located at Taylor, Cortland county, New York. In religion he was a Methodist: in politics a Democrat. He married, February 3, 1842, Betsey Mericle, of Cincinnatus, born there May 1, 1822, died there January 12, 1901. Children : David Franklin, born February 8. 1843, settled in the west ; Francis Miles, men- tioned below; George Alfred, born April 14, 1847. died October 21, 1901 ; Adelbert E., born June 18. 1849, a farmer and dealer in country produce ; Henry DeWitt, born May 30, 1851, a dealer in livestock at North Pitcher, New York.
(IV) Francis Miles, son of Stephen Miles Ingersoll, was born in Willet, New York, February 22, 1845, and was educated there in the public schools. He began to work in his father's carriage shop and afterward learned the trade of carpenter, working at that trade until 1873, when he came to Cortland, New York, in the employ of the Cortland Wagon
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Company. He was associated with this con- cern in various important relations for a period of twenty-three years. Since 1893 he has de- voted his attention to his private affairs, hav- ing extensive real estate interests in Cortland and elsewhere. He is a member of John L. Lewis Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Cortland; of the Cortland Encampment and Canton Cort- land, and of Bright Light Rebekah Lodge. In religion he is a Congregationalist, in politics a Democrat. He married (first ). 1866, Melissa Hinman, of Marathon, died in 1872, daughter of Lyman Hinman. He married ( second ). July 4, 1874, Sarah Hammond, of Marathon, daughter of Delos and Betsey ( Cleveland ) Hammond. Child of first wife: Lettie, mar- ried John Bowen, of Marathon. Child of sec- ond wife: Fred M. D., born October 23, 1877, employed in the office of the Pilot Generator Company, in the Hudson Terminal Building, 50 Church street. New York City; married Edith Niver, of Cortland, and has one son, Donald B., born July 12, 1904.
Deacon John Warfield, im- WARFIELD migrant ancestor of the Mas- sachusetts family, settled first at Dedham, and later at Mendon, Massachu- setts, in 1685. He resided on the George place, Mendon, and was a prominent citizen, deacon and sexton of the church, and the first school- master of the town. He married (first ) Eliza- beth Sanford, who died March 24, 1669; (sec- ond ) Pergrina - -, who died April 1, 1671 ; (third) Hannah Randall. Children of first wife: 1. John, born August 20, 1662, married Hannah - , deeded homestead to son Sam- uel before he died, providing for daughter Mary, and mentioning son Elihu in the deed. 2. Elizabeth, August 29. 1665. Children of third wife: 3. Ithamar, March 28, 1676 (an Ithamar was living in western Massachusetts in 1790, probably a grandson). 4. Ephraim, October 4, 1679 : married Hannah -, and had Samuel, Eliphalet, Hannah. John, Lydia, Experience, Rachel and Ephraim, as shown by the will of Eliphalet in 1749. 5. Elihu, men- tioned below. 6. Mary, at Mendon. April 17. 1685. 7. Elizabeth, March 8, 1688.
(II) Elihu, son of John Warfield, was born at Dedham, April 27, 1682. His wife Mary died September 15, 1717, and he married ( sec- ond) Sarah - -. Ilis estate was distributed, in 1744, to widow Sarah, then wife of William Sprague, and the children, as follows (by first
wife) : 1. Mary, born November 7, 1715 ; mar- ritd Jonathan Hayward. 2. Elizabeth, April 29. 1717 : married Eleazer Carpenter, of Reho- both. Children of second wife: 3. Elihu, born October 24, 1722. 4. Saralı, October 5, 1724; married John Albee. 5. Job, July 7, 1726: married, June 12, 1751, Huldah Thayer.
( III) Josiah, nephew of Elihu Warfield, was born about 1720. In 1774 Josiah and Job Warfield, undoubtedly cousins, had settled in Charlemont. Hampshire county, Massachu- setts, coming with other settlers from Mendon and vicinity ( see "History of Charlemont"). The names of his grandchildren indicate a close relationship with Elihu Warfield. As he came with Job, son of Elihu ; and as Elihu, a son of John, was guardian of Job when he was fourteen years old, it is probable that Jo- siah was son of John, mentioned above, among the children of the immigrant. The records are not available to prove his parentage, but his place in the family is not to be doubted.
()\') Joshua, son of Josiah Warfield, was born at Mendon. April 15. 1757. and went with his father to Charlemont, locating in the por- tion now known as the town of Coleraine. He was a soldier in the revolution from Coleraine, in Captain Lawrence Kemp's company. Febru- ary 23 to April 10, 1777, at Ticonderoga ; also a fifer in Captain Nahum Ward's company, Colonel David Wells' regiment ( Hampshire county). from September 22 to October 18. 1777, and was at the taking of Burgoyne. Sep- tember 23. 1777. From July 13 to October 10. 1780, he was in Captain Isaac Newton's com- pany, Colonel S. Murray's regiment. He was on a descriptive list of date, April 28, 1781, when his age was stated as twenty-three years. his height five feet five inches, and complexion light, a farmer by occupation. He enlisted for three years, and. in 1782, we find him in Cap- tain Noah Allen's company. Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment, at Quarters York Hutts. For five years or more he was almost constantly in the army. He died July 21, 1835. He mar- ried, March 25, 1784, Prudence Buck, born November 4, 1760, died June 7, 1853. Chil- dren: I. Betsey, born March 25. 1785. 2. Josiah, February 6, 1787. 3. Sary, November 21, 1788. 4. Joshua, August 10, 1790. 5. Job, April 21, 1792. 6. Prudence, August 6, 1794. 7. Palmer. May 25, 1796. 8. Jerusha, June 8, 1798. 9. Elihu. April 8, 1801. 10. Dorothea. June 1. 1803.
(\') Joshua (2), son of Joshua (1) War-
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field, was born in Coleraine, August 10, 1790, and died 1870. He came to New York state in 1827, and settled at Groton, Tompkins coun- ty, driving to Albany from his former home and thence coming by the Erie canal to Syra- cuse, New York. He was one of the pioneers in the town and lived there the remainder of his life. He married, December 20, 1815. Catherine Thompson, born June 23. 1793. died December 21, 1869, daughter of Stephen Thompson, who was a soldier in the revolu- tion. Children : 1. William Lyman, born De- cember 2, 1816, died April, 1877. 2. Thurber, January 29, 1818, mentioned below. 3. Asa H., December 14, 1819. 4. Catherine, July 29, 1821, died August 22, 1845. 5. Eliza A., July 22, 1823. 6. Samuel N., December 8, 1826, died September 29. 1857. 7. Nancy, February 26, 1829, died August 27. 1855. 8. Phebe, born September 3, 1836.
(VI) Thurber, son of Joshua (2) Warfield, was born in Massachusetts, at Coleraine, or vicinity, January 29, 1818, died at Cortland, New York, September 17, 1900. He was nine years old when he came to New York with his parents, and he lived at Groton, Tompkins county, until 1857, and was educated there in the public schools. All his life he was a farmer. After 1857 he made his home at Cortland, New York. In politics he was a Whig, and in later years was a great admirer and earnest follower of Horace Greeley, the great editor of the New York Tribune, from the time it was founded until he died. The only time he voted any other than the Republican ticket, after the Republican party was founded, was when Greeley himself was candidate for President on the Democratic ticket. In religion he was liberal in his views and belonged to no denomi- nation. He married (first ). November 26, 1840, Rhoda Little, born in Tompkins county, September 3. 1817, died July 12, 1874, daugh- ter of Barzilla and Hepsibah (Howe) Little. He married (second ) Lucy A. ( Perigo) War- field, widow of William L. Warfield, and she survives him. Children, all by first wife: 1. Hepsy, died in childhood. 2. Hepsy Catherine, born November 6, 1843, died April 23. 1880: married, January 1, 1861. George D. Calkins, who died December 22, 1883. 3. Elbert Joshua. mentioned below.
(VII) Elbert Joshua, son of Thurber War- field, was born in Groton, Tompkins county, New York. March 27, 1855. He was but two years old when the family came to Cortland.
and he attended the district schools there and the Cortland Normal School. He worked at farming in his boyhood and for three years after leaving school, and then for three years engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese. While in the west he learned the trade of brick mason and followed it for four years, returning to New York state in 1882, and for a short time he was employed at his trade in Syracuse. In 1884 he came to Cortland again, and in partnership with D. C. Beers, under the firm name of Beers & Warfield, engaged in the business he has since followed as a mason and contractor. The firm has had the contract for mason work on many of the business buildings and manufacturing plants in the city of Cort- land, such as the great Wickwire plant, the Cortland Wagon Company, the Garrison Block, the Cortland House, the Wallace Block. In their line of trade the members of this firm stand among the foremost in the city. Mr. Warfield was trustee of the incorporated vil- lage of Cortland for four years, and has also been on the board of fire commissioners and the board of police commissioners of the city. He is a member of Vesta Lodge, Odd Fellows.
He married. October 3, 1883. Eva F. Town- ley, born at MeLean, New York, November 10. 1859. daughter of Lucius and Octavia (Marsh) Townley. Her father was born at Ludlowville, Tompkins county, New York, February 7. 1822. son of Smith Townley, who lived in Pennsylvania. Charles Townley, father of Smith Townley, was born in 1762, and served in the revolutionary war. Effingham Townley, father of Charles Townley, was born in 1729, and married Jemima Earle. Richard Townley, father of Effingham Townley, set- tled in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Nicholas Town- ley, father of Richard Townley, died in 1687, aged seventy-six years. The ancestry of the Townley line in England has been traced to the year 1475. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Warfield: 1. Louise, born July 7. 1887 : mar- ried. December 15. 1909. Joseph F. Twenty- man, electrician of Cortland. 2. Claude Town- ley, born September 2, 1895. 3. Mildred lone, born December 15, 1896.
BEERS The Beers family appears to have originated in the parish of West- cliffe, county of Kent, England, at a place called Bere's of Byer's Court. William de Bere, of Bere's Court, was bailiff of Dover about 1275. and Nicholas de Bere held the
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Manor of Bere's Court in the twentieth year of the reign of Henry III. Of this family was Roger Byer, or Bere, who died in the reign of Queen Mary. In 1542 his son John purchased the Horsman Place, in Dartford, said to have been a mansion of some note. In his will, dated 1572, John Beer founded four almis- houses in Dartford, and devised his mansion to his eldest son Henry. His grandson, Ed- ward Beer, died unmarried in 1627, bequeath- ing Horsman Place to John Twistleton, of Drax.
(I) Martin Beer, or Bere, of Rochester, is the first ancestor to which the American fam- ily can be traced in an unbroken line. He was living in Rochester, county Kent, in 1486; married a daughter of Thomas Nyssell, of Wrotham, England.
(II) John Beer, son of Martin Beer, or Bere, married Faith, daughter of John Roy- den, of Rochester, and had James and Mary.
(III) James Beer, son of John Beer, mar- ried Dorothy, daughter of John Kingswood, gentleman, of Rochester, and had two sons, John and James.
(IV) John (2) Beer, son of James Beer. lived at Gravesend ; married Mary, daughter of Robert Selby, of Yorkshire. Children : John; Samuel; Richard, known as captain, born 1607, came to America in 1635, and locat- ed at Watertown, Massachusetts, represented his town in the general court thirteen years, commanded a company in the Pequot war and was slain by Indians near Northfield, Septem- ber 4. 1675; James, mentioned below ; Mary.
(V) James (2) Beer, son of John (2) Beer, of Gravesend, was a mariner and died before 1635. His widow Hester died in 1635, and in the same year their two sons, Anthony and James, accompanied their uncle, Richard Beers, to America. James located in Fairfield, Con- necticut, in 1657, and purchased a house and lot in 1659, and another lot in 1661, in Green- field. He was admitted a freeman in 1664. He died in 1694. Anthony, the other son, is men- tioned below.
(VI) Anthony Beers, from whom most of the Connecticut families of this surname are descended, son of James (2) Beers, was born at Gravesend, England. He came to Water- town, Massachusetts, with his uncle, Richard Beers, and took the freeman's oath there, May 6, 1657. Ile then removed to the adjacent town of Roxbury, and, in 1658, to Fairfield, Connecticut. He was a mariner. and was lost
at sea in 1676, his widow Elizabeth surviving him. Children : Samuel, born at Watertown, May 9, 1647, died young; Ephraim, July 5, 1648; John, mentioned below ; Esther, October 16, 1654; Samuel, May 2, 1657, died aged four months; Barnabas, September 6, 1658; Eliza- beth, April, 1661, at Fairfield.
(VII) John (3), son of Anthony Beers, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 20, 1652. He was a soldier and was severe ly wounded in King Philip's war, December 19, 1675, took part in the Narragansett fight, and died soon afterward. He joined the church at Stratford. Connecticut. About 1667 he bought a house lot, "bounded east by the street, west by the burying place, south by a highway four rods wide, and north on the common land." That highway now leads to the Strat- ford Congregational burying-ground. He and his wife had but one child recorded, Samuel, mentioned below.
(VIII) Samuel, son of John (3) Beers, was born November 9, 1679. died at Newtown, March 12, 1725. He married, in 1706, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Titharton ) Sherman, the latter a daughter of Daniel and Jane Titharton. Children : Mary, born July 9. 1708, in Stratford; John, September 1, 1710; Samuel, June 26, 1712 ; Daniel, November 23, 1714: Abraham, at Newtown; Nathan, men- tioned below; Hannah, May, 1722; Abigail, April 17, 1724.
(IX ) Nathan, son of Samuel Beers, was born at Newtown, Connecticut, February 10, 1719, and followed the trade of blacksmith in his native town and at Norwalk. He died June 18, 1805, and his wife, Lydia ( Hawley) Beers. (lied June 30, 1776, aged seventy-one. Chil- dren: Nathan ; Ebenezer, mentioned below : Samuel, Lydia, Hannah, Abijah, Ezekiel. Sarah, Abigail, Mary, Anna and Esther.
(X) Ebenezer, son of Nathan Beers, was born about 1740, in Norwalk or vicinity. He settled in Minisink, Orange county, New York. According to the census of 1790 he had two sons (three males) over sixteen, one under sixteen and two females in his family.
(XI) A son of Ebenezer remained in Orange county. Among his children were John ; Joseph, mentioned below ; Irene and Rebecca.
(XII) Joseph, son of Beers, came from Orange county, New York, and settled in Cortland, New York, where he died, aged sixty-seven years. For many years he follow- ed his trade as brick mason, at Cortland, and
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for about twenty years he followed farming. He married Mehitable Winters, of Long Island, who died February 19, 1873, aged sixty-one years. Children : John, Jonas, Elmira ; David Clark, mentioned below ; Charles F. and Henry.
(XIII) David Clark, son of Joseph Beers, was born in Middletown, Orange county, New York, December 21, 1843, and came with his parents to Cortlandville, New York, when he was four years old, and received a common school education there. He enlisted, October 4, 1861, in Company A, Seventy-sixth Regi- ment, New York Infantry, and served until September 1, 1865, when his company was mustered out, at the close of the civil war. His company was in the Army of the Potomac, and he took part in the second battle of Bull Run, the battles of Gettysburg, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, and all the other engagements in which his company participated. He was wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg. At the close of the term of his enlistment Mr. Beers returned to Cortland, learned the trade of mason and worked at it a number of years. In 1884 he formed a partnership with E. J. Warfield, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. The firm of Beers & Warfield prospered from the first and has done a large share of the business in its line as contractors and builders in the city of Cortland. Many of the business buildings, mills, factories, hotels and residences have been built by this firm. Mr. Beers served the village corporation for two years as trustee, before Cortland was in- corporated as a city. He is a member of Grover Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander.
He married, in 1871, Helen M. Wadsworth, born in Homer, April 26, 1851, daughter of Ela and Amanda (Howe) Wadsworth (see Wadsworth VIII). Children : Carrie, died in childhood ; Harry, born January 11, 1878, a mason by trade; Gertrude, died aged twelve years; William, born March 22, 1884, mar- ried Catherine Dugan, of Binghamton, New York; Lena, October 19, 1888, married John M. Smith, of Syracuse, New York.
(The Wadsworth Line).
The surname Wadsworth is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words Waldes-worth, mean- ing Wood's Court, and from very ancient times has been in use in Yorkshire, England, where it is still common. The surname Walworth had the same origin. The only coat-of-arms
of Wadsworth is of the Yorkshire family, and is described : Gules, three fleurs-de-lis, stalked and slipped, argent. Two immigrants of the family, probably sons of Thomas Wadsworth, came from England to America in the early settlement, Christopher, William, mentioned below. The Bible that Christopher brought with him is still preserved in the Cowler fam- ily of Hartford. He settled in Duxbury, Mas- sachusetts, and became a prominent citizen.
(I) William Wadsworth came with his brother Christopher in the ship "Lion," land- ing at Boston, Sunday, September 16, 1632, after a voyage of twelve weeks. It is believed that he was here earlier and had returned to England. He was born about 1600. He was admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, November 6, 1633. He settled in Cam- bridge, and when the town was organized was elected to the first board of selectmen, and served in 1634-35. From Cambridge he came to Hartford, Connecticut, in the Hooker com- pany, and lived there the remainder of his days. He died in 1675. He was among the more wealthy and substantial proprietors of the town. He was collector in 1637; select- man, 1642-47, and active in church and state affairs. His home lot was co-extensive with the present square bounded by Asylum, Trum- bull and West Pearl streets, and the road to the river, and continued in the family until 1773, when it went into the hands of George and William Burr, relatives. He married ( sec- ond) Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stone. Children of first wife: Sarah, married John Wilcox ; William, died in infancy ; Mary, married Thomas Stoughton ; John, mentioned below. Children of second wife: Elizabeth, 1645; Samuel, 1646; Joseph, captain, immor- talized in history by his exploit in hiding the colonial charter in the Charter Oak; Saralı, 1650; Thomas, 1651 ; Rebecca, 1656.
(II) John, son of William Wadsworth, was born in Hartford. He was an early settler of Farmington, Connecticut, where he lived until his death, in 1659. He was one of the most prosperous and influential citizens. In 1669 of eighty-four taxable estates his was third, with a valuation of one hundred and eighty- three pounds. He was sergeant of the mili- tary company, and member of what was later called the state senate. He was present when his brother, Captain Joseph Wadsworth, con- cealed the charter. He married Sarah Stanley, also born in Hartford, who survived him.
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Children: Sarah, born 1657; Samuel, 1660, mentioned below: John, 1662; Mercy, 1665; William, 1671 ; Nathaniel ( twin), 1677 ; James (twin ). 1677 ; Thomas, 1680; Hezekiah, 1683.
(III) Samuel, son of John Wadsworth, was born in 1660, in Farmington, Connecticut. In 1699 and 1711 he represented the town in the general assembly, and, in 1713, he was a lieu- tenant in the militia. He married, at Farming- ton, in 1689, Hannah Judson. Children, born at Farmington: Hannah, 1693: Sarah, 1695; Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( 1) Wads- worth, was born in Farmington, in 1689, died there, in 1745. He married (first), in 1728, Susanna Fenn, who died in 1732, and ( sec- ond), in 1737, Rebecca Porter. Child of first wife: James, born 1729. Children of second wife : Samuel, mentioned below ; Asa, married, at Tyringham, Massachusetts, February 19, 1761, Sarah Hill : Hannah.
(\') Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Wads- worth, was born at Farmington, and settled with his brothers at Tyringham. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Ezekiel Herrick's company, Colonel Brown's regiment (Berkshire county), from Tyringham, June 29 to July 21. 1777, reinforcing the northern army. He married Thankful Chil- dren, born at Tyringham : Reuben, mentioned below ; Susanna and Ezekiel (twins), June 7. 1767: Silas, May, 1770: Sarah, May 23 or June 15, 1773; Amos and James, September 30, 1775 ( twins).
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