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(VI) Reuben, son of Samuel (3) Wads- worth, was born at Tyringham, Massachusetts, December 6, 1762, died in 1837. He married Ruth Children, born at Tyringham : Electa, born 1784, married Gideon Hobart : Archibald, mentioned below: Berenice, 1793; Sylvester ; Samuel F., born 1798.
(VII) Archibald, son of Reuben Wads- worth, was born at Tyringham, in 1787, died in 1873. He settled at Homer, New York, and became a prominent and respected farmer of that town. He was a member of the Congre- gational church. He married Eunice Main, who died in 1872, aged seventy-nine years. Children, born at Homer : Manly, born 1817; Ela, mentioned below; Waty Jane, married Erastus Goodell: Electa, 1831, married Syl- vester Kinney.
(VHI1) Ela, son of Archibald Wadsworth, was born in Homer, New York, in 1826. He was a farmer in Cortland all his active life.
He married, in 1847, Amanda Howe. Chil- dren : Alvea A., born 1849, died 1863: Helen MI .. 1851, married David C. Beers (see Beers XIII) ; William H., 1852, died 1861 ; Harvey E., 1856, died 1858; Myron H., 1858, died 1861 ; Mary L., 1861, married George T. Latti- mer ; Clark H., 1863. married Estella Pierce ; Marvin W., 1866, married Xenia Doran ; Mil- ton E., 1869.
The family of Edgcomb is a EDGCOMB very old and distinguished family in Devonshire, Eng- land, and has been settled in the parish of Mil- ton Abbot from a remote period. Certain old documents relative to them are written in the Norman-French, and in them the name ap- pears as "de Eggescombe." In the mansion of the elder family there is an inscription on an old gateway dated "R. E.," 1202. The name was derived from the seat and is spelled variously in old documents as Eggescombe, Edgescombe, Edgecomb and Edgecumbe.
( I) John Edgcomb, immigrant ancestor, was the son of Nicholas Edgecomb, of Plym- outh, England, and is supposed to have set- tled first in Kittery, Maine, as early as 1640. A Nicholas Edgecomb, probably the father of John, was instrumental in establishing a settle- ment on Casco Bay, and visited it in 1658. John Edgcomb did not remain permanently in Kittery, but removed to New London, Con- necticut, where he settled about 1673. He re- ceived a grant of land through the Connecti- cut assembly in 1663. His estate consisted of a "homestead in the town plot and two con- siderable farms." He married (first), Febru- ary 9. 1673, Sarah, daughter of Edward Stal- lion. He married (second ) Elizabeth, widow of Joshua Hempstead. Children: John, born November 14. 1675: Sarah, July 29. 1678; Joanna, March 3, 1679; Nicholas, January 23, 1681-82; Samuel, 1689: Thomas, mentioned below.
( II) Thomas, son of John Edgcomb, was born 1694. in New London, and settled in Norwich before 1720. He married (first) Catherine Copp. He married ( second) Esther Post. The latter survived him but a few months. While on her way to New London, she was thrown from her horse and severely hurt. She lived for two weeks in great agony, and though the best medical skill was em- ploved, she died May 20, 1746, at the age of forty. He died in Norwich, September 16,
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1745. Children of first wife: Thomas, died in Norwich, April 29, 1755; John, was in the expedition against Cape Breton, and died there after the surrender in 1746, aged twenty ; Jon- athan, a seaman by occupation, taken by a Spanish privateer August 3, 1752, carried to Spain, and imprisoned there for several months. he escaped and reached a French port in safety, worked his passage to England on an English vessel, but was seized by a press gang and forced on board a man-of-war ; after a year's service he again escaped, and finally reached home, November 30, 1754. is said to have settled in Vermont ; Samuel, mentioned below.
(II1) Samuel, son of Thomas Edgcomb, was born 1730, and married, May 7, 1752, Dorothy Smith, of Groton, Connecticut. Ile settled there, and was by trade a cabinet- maker, also a farmer. He was an important member of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. He was deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, vestryman or warden from 1765 to 1767. and a man of great worth. He died August 14, 1795, and his wife, January 14, 1813, aged eighty-four. Children : Katherine, born March 8, 1753, died March 14, 1759; Dorothy, December 8, 1754; David, June 8, 1756; Elizabeth, January 15, 1758: Samuel, February 28, 1760; Gilbert, March 3, 1762. mentioned below ; Jabez, Octo- ber 6, 1763 : Hannah, May 27, 1765: Thomas, June 29, 1767 ; Asa, April 14, 1772, died Sep- tember 4, 1774.
(IV) Gilbert, son of Samuel Edgcomb, was born March 3, 1762, and married, June 21, :|1790, Lucy Allyn, of North Groton, Connecti- cut, now Ledyard. He removed thence to ยท Broughton, where his children were born. He w was a soldier of the revolution, and enlisted n when only fifteen years old. He was with ; Washington at Valley Forge, and served 3, through a three years' campaign. He received d'an honorable discharge in 1780. September 6, 1781, he volunteered in defence of Fort as Griswold. The garrison consisted of one hun- in dred and sixty men, of whom eighty-four were t) killed on the spot. The remaining seventy-six er were taken prisoners, placed on board a man- wof-war and carried to New York. Here they on, were imprisoned in an old sugar house until ely after the surrender of General Cornwallis, ny, when they were discharged. In 1820 he re- m moved to Cortland, New York. He was a of farmer by occupation : a man of sound mind 16, und unyielding will. Children, born in Brough-
ton : Lucy, April 14, 1795; Gilbert, September 27, 1797; Erastus, October 15, 1803; Isaac Allyn, mentioned below.
(\') Isaac Allyn, son of Gilbert Edgcomb, was born May 12, 1806, in Groton, died July 6, 1860. He married, 1828, Clarissa Wood- ruff, born in Farmington, Connecticut, August 19, 1800, died October 15, 1865, daughter of Gedor and Sarah ( Ingham) Woodruff. Her father, Gedor Woodruff, was born July 20. 1761, served three years in the revolutionary war, he was the son of Zebulon Woodruff, born March 11, 1718. The latter was the son of Joseph, born in 1679, son of John, born 1643, son of Matthew Woodruff. Children : I. Charles A., born May 9, 1829 ; married Mary J. Tucker, November 6, 1876; child, Charles R., born July 25, 1882, lived in Spafford. New York. 2. Frances J., November 23, 1830; married Irving A. Wheeler, of Stonington, Connecticut, 1859: lived in Providence. 3. Sarah T., June 16, 1832; married, in 1858, Gilbert I. Honywell; lived in Homer, New York. 4. Isaac, October 16, 1834. mentioned below. 5. Martin, June 7, 1836; married, No- vember 13, 1866, Emily G. Merritt, a shoe dealer by occupation, in Cortland; six chil- dren : Lena E., born December 23, 1867 : Louis E., August 24, 1869; J. Grace., November 23. 1873: M. Glenn, October 3, 1875; Allyn I., April 25, 1878; R. Irene, June 28, 1891. 6. George W., November 23, 1840; married F. Eudell Squires, July 9, 1872 ; child, James E., born July 9, 1873, died November 24. 1878. 7. Clark A., January 22, 1843; married, Novem- ber, 1868, Addie Lyon; children: Oliver C., born 1870: Addie A., July 18, 1875; lived in South Frankfort, Michigan.
(VI) Isaac, son of Isaac Allyn Edgcomb, was born in Groton, New York, October 16. 1834, and received his education in the com- mon schools of his native town. In 1852 he came to Cortland, New York, and learned the harness-maker's trade. He continued in this business until 1900, when he retired. He has always been actively identified with the Meth- odist church, in Cortland, and, for forty years, has been its steward and trustee. He married, March 13, 1861, Evaline D., daughter of Isaac and Nancy ( Peabody ) Spencer, born in Virgil, New York, December 25, 1834. Her father was the son of Amos Spencer, who married Dorcas Woodcock ; they had twelve children. ten sons and two daughters. Amos Spencer was the son of Thomas Spencer, who was a
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descendant of William Spencer, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1631. Both Thomas and Amos Spencer served as captains in the revolu- tion. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Edgcomb : Ernest Isaac, born January 10, 1867 ; he was educated in the State Normal School, in Cortland, and graduated in 1884; also at Syracuse Univer- sity, from which he graduated in 1888. He then studied law in the office of Nottingham & Goodell, of Syracuse, and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He practices law in Syracuse, and is also professor of law in Syracuse Uni- versity. He is at present attorney for the Beebe trolley lines, which run out of Syracuse, and surveyor of customs for the port of that city. For several terms he was chairman of the board of supervisors in Syracuse, and offi- ciated as such when the new courthouse was erected, as well as member of the building committee, the building costing $1,400,000. He is a member of several college fraternities and other fraternal organizations, and steward in the First Methodist Church. He married, April 20, 1898, Grace, daughter of Frank J. Webb, of Syracuse. They have one son, Julian Webb, born December 3, 1902.
NEWTON The Newton family, which is one of the most numerous in New England, is of English origin, and was founded in America early in the colonial period. It is still very numerously represented throughout New England, and is identified with the best interests of that sec- tion, contributing its proportionate share to its development and progress. Representatives are now scattered over distant states.
(I) Richard Newton, whose birthplace and ancestry has been the subject of many years study by well equipped genealogists, arrived in Massachusetts prior to 1645, in which year he was admitted a freeman of the colony and resided for several years in Sudbury. In com- pany with John Howe and others he petition- ed for the settlement of Marlborough, whose incorporation as a town they secured in 1666, and removing thither, he located in that part of the town which was afterwards set off as Southborough. He lived to be nearly one hundred years old, and died about August 24, 1701. The Christian name of his wife was either Anna or Hannah, and she died Decem- ber 5. 1697. Their children, as shown by the records of Marlborough, were: John, born 1641 : Moses, 1646; Ezekiel ; Joseph ; Hannah,
April 13, 1654, died unmarried; Daniel, De- cember 21, 1655. There may have been others.
(II) Daniel, fifth son of Richard and Anna (probably Loker) Newton, was born Decem- ber 21, 1655, probably in Sudbury, and died November 20, 1739, in Marlborough. He lived in that part of the town which was subsequent- ly set off as Southborough. He married, in Marlborough, December 30, 1679, Susannah Morse, born January 11, 1663, in Watertown. Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph and Sus- annah (Shattuck ) Morse. Children : I. Dan- iel, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, born May 1. 1683; married, October 3, 1712, Abigail Knapp, of Newton. 3. Susanna, born Febru- ary 14, 1684. 4. Isaac, born March 12, 1686; married Sarah - -. 5. Ephraim, born Feb- ruary 12, 1689 ; married, May 29, 1711, Chris- tian Ripley. 6. Abraham, born March 2, 1691 ; married, October 20, 1709, Rachel Newton. 7. Mary, born July 26, 1693, died August 12, 1711. 8. Samuel, born August 10, 1695, died 1771. 9. Nathaniel, born September 4, 1697. Io. Lydia, born August 24, 1699; married, Au- gust 12, 1719, Samuel Morse. II. Mary, born May 10, 1702; married, September 1, 1725, Othniel Taylor, of Worcester.
(III) Daniel (2), eldest child of Daniel ( I) and Susanna ( Morse) Newton, was born May 29, 1681, in Marlborough, where he probably passed his life. He married Sarah Hutton, and they were the parents of Daniel ; Ezekiel, mentioned below ; Elizabeth ; William; Judith, died young : Judith ; Robert, and Joanna.
(IV) Ezekiel, second son of Daniel (2) and Sarah (Hutton) Newton, was born August 27, 1707, in Marlborough, and resided in South- borough, where he was a farmer. No record of his death appears. He married, May 31, 1731, in Marlborough, Tirzah, daughter of Jonathan and Bethiah (Rice) Newton, whose ancestry is as follows :
Moses, son of Richard Newton, was born in 1646, and resided in Marlborough. October 27, 1668, he married Joanna Larkin, who died December 25, 1713, and, on April 14, 1714. he married for his second wife, Sarah Joslin. She died November 4, 1723. Moses was the father of eleven children. He distinguished himself in defending the town against the savages dur- ing King Philip's war. In relation to this inci- dent the Rev. Asa Packard wrote the follow- ing account :
The Sabbath when Mr. Brimsmead was in sermon (March 20, 1676), the worshiping was somewhat
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dispersed by the outcry of "Indians at the dor." The confusion of the first moment was instantly increased by a fire from the enemy; but the God whom they were worshiping shielded their lives and limbs, excepting the arms of one Moses Newton, who was carrying an elderly and infirm woman to a place of safety. In a few moments they were sheltered in their fort, with the mutual feelings peculiar to such a scene. Their meeting house and their dwelling houses left without protection, were burnt. Fruit-trees pulled and hacked and other valuable effects rendered useless perpetuated the barbarity of the savages many years after the inhabitants returned. The enemy retired soon after their first onset, declining to risk the enterprise and martial prowess of the young plantation.
Jonathan, son of Moses and Joanna (Lar- kin) Newton, was born September 30, 1679, in Marlborough, and married there, October 26, 1708, Bethiah Rice, born October 29, 1682, daughter of Daniel and Bethiah (Ward) Rice. Children: Tirzah, married Ezekiel Newton ; Jonathan, Tabitha, Bethiah, Johanna, Heph- ziba, David, Thankful, Gideon, Nathan and Elnathan.
Children of Ezekiel and Tirzah (Newton) Newton : Elizabeth, born February 19, 1832, in Marlborough ; Alexander, February 14, 1733 ; Nehemiah, June 23, 1736; Persis, February 18, 1741 ; Ezekiel, mentioned below ; Daniel, May 20, 1749. All except the first are record- ed in Southborough.
(V) Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel (I) and Tirzah (Newton) Newton, was born August 30, 1745, in Southborough, and resided in Marlborough until 1776, or later, and probably resided elsewhere thereafter. He was a private in Captain Josiah White's company, of Lieu- tenant-Colonel Benjamin Flagg's division, Colo- nel Samuel Denney's ( Worcester county ) regi- ment, which marched, August 21, 1777, on alarm and was turned back. He is credited with five days' service, including two days' ( forty miles) march home. Roll dated Spen- cer. He died December 5, 1792, but this date does not appear on any public records. He probably resided in Marlborough at the time. Diligent search fails to disclose the maiden name of his wife Tabitha, who was born Au- gust 14, 1746. Four of his children are re- corded in Marlborough: Persis, born March 16, 1771 ; Polly, March 29, 1772; Haven, De- cember 29, 1773; Windsor, January 15, 1776. Private records indicate four other children. (VI) Ezekiel (3), son of Ezekiel (2) and Tabitha (-) Newton, was born April 12, 1788, in Northborough, and died February II,
1852, at Groton, New York. He was a shoe- maker by trade and lived for some years in North Concord, now Lisbon, New Hampshire, where he was toll-keeper of the bridge over the Ammonusuc river. The present name of Lisbon was adopted in 1824. For fifty years previous there had been two Concords in the state of New Hampshire. In 1811 he removed from Lisbon to Tompkins county, New York, and settled first at Groton City, New York. Soon after removing to Summer Hill, New York. He married in Bolton, Massachusetts, April 16, 1810, Rebecca Moore, born January 9, 1787. in that town ; died June 9, 1871, in Cortland, New York. The record of his mar- riage in Bolton calls him "Ezekial Newton of North Concord, New Hampshire." Children : I. Charles, mentioned below. 2. Elihu Reed, born September 18, 1812, died October 7, 1899, at Wayne, Pennsylvania. 3. Ezekiel A., born October 25, 1814, at Groton, New York, died there, July 9, 1859. 4. Orissa, born April 14. 1816, at Groton. 5. Albert, born July 10, 1817, at Groton, died December 6, 1906. 6. Nancy E., born April 14, 1820, died Novem- ber, 1868. 7. Adelia C., born August 13, 1822, died March 10, 1897. 8. Caroline M., born June 13. 1824, died September, 1896. 9. George M., born August 24, 1826, living at Groton, New York. 10. Andrew, born Sep- tember 10, 1828, died February 12, 1837.
(VII) Charles, eldest child of Ezekiel (3) and Rebecca ( Moore) Newton, was born April 23, 1811, in North Concord, New Hampshire, and died November 14, 1894. in Groton, New York, where he was a farmer. He married, June 15, 1834, at Summer Hill, New York, Mary Woolsey, of that town, born August 1, 1812, died June 2, 1891, in Groton. Children : I. George, born March 19, 1835, died June 5. 1857. 2. Rebecca Jane, born December 6, 1837 : married Myron F. Thomas, of Groton, New York : resides in Pasadena. 3. Charles Burdette, born August 16, 1840, resides in Groton. 4. Hiram, born March 6, 1848, died May 22, 1849. 5. William Henry, born De- cember 29. 1850, died July 25, 1851. 6. Will- iam Henry, mentioned below.
(VIII) William Henry, son of Charles and Mary ( Woolsey) Newton, was born Septem- ber 15, 1853, in Locke, New York, and learn- ed the trade of carriage trimming. He was in the coal and lumber business in his younger days, in Groton, New York. In 1883 he locat- ed at Cortland, New York, where he engaged
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in the manufacture of carriage goods and is still conducting a prosperous business at that place. He isa member of the Baptist church. He married, June 6, 1876, in Groton, Mary Alida Williams, born June 6, 1856, in that town, daughter of James Williams, a native of the same place, and Lydia Ellen (Brown) Williams, born August 6, 1726, daughter of David Brown, of Groton, Massachusetts, who was son of David Brown, of Plum Hollow, Vermont, who served in the revolutionary war.
(IX) Earle Williams, only child of William Henry and Mary A. (Williams) Newton, was born February 9, 1879. in Groton, New York. He was educated at Cortland Normal School and Phillips Andover Academy, graduating in 1899. After graduation he went into the office of his father's manufacturing plant until De- cember 1, 1901, when he was taken into part- nership with his father at Cortland, and to- getlier they conducted a business under the firm name of W. II. Newton & Son. He married, June 22, 1909, in Colora, Maryland, Anna Moore, born February 16, 1883, in that town, daughter of William H. Moore, whose father was a Quaker farmer living at that place, and India S. (Christie) Moore, of Col- ora, Maryland.
(The Williams Line).
(1) Deacon William Williams, of Salem, Massachusetts, born November II. 1749, died August 8, 1854. He married Hiphza Samson, and they had ten children.
(2) Benjamin, son of Deacon William Will- iams, born, Savoy, Massachusetts, November 14, 1783. died June 2, 1872 ; married, April 6, 1808, Rebeckah Morton. He came to Groton, New York, in 1809. They had eight children.
(3) James, son of Benjamin Williams, was born in Groton, New York, April 1, 1821, and died March 26, 1899. He married Lydia Ellen Brown, born August 6, 1826. Child: Mary Alida, born June 6, 1856, in Groton, New York, married, January 6, 1876, William Henry Newton (see Newton VIII).
KNOX William Knox, according to the history of Blandford, Massachu- setts, came to that town from Bel- fast, Ireland, in 1737. There was a large settle- ment of Scotch-Irish in this town. His brother, Adam Knox, said to have been born in 1719, in Ulster province, north of Ireland, settled in Boston, in 1737. William had three sons : John.
mentioned below; William, and Adam; and probably daugliters.
(II) John, son of William Knox, was born about 1730, and probably came with his father to Blandford, Massachusetts. The name of his wife is not known. He lived at Blandford, evi- dently following farming, as did his father. He had sons: William; James, mentioned below ; Elijah, and John ; and probably daugh- ters.
(III) Captain James Knox, son of John Knox, was born as early as 1760. He was a private in Captain John Ferguson's company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's regiment, from Blandford, from April 20, 1775, to August. and later in the year. He was sergeant from Blandford, in Captain Aaron Coe's company, Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Robinson's regi- ment. Oliver and John, sons of Adam Knox, were soldiers from Blandford, also David, son of William. Afterward James Knox was known as captain, and doubtless held a com- mission in the militia as captain. He was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Windsor, Broome county, New York, whither he went after the war, living for a time, apparently at Hillside. In 1790 he appears to be a resident of Hillside, according to the first federal cen- sus, but he must have removed soon to Broome county, as the history states that he came there in 1786, or a little later. The same authority states that he was an officer in the revolution, and we have given his record as sergeant. He may have had other service not appearing on the records, which, of course, are not complete. He is said to have been one of Washington's Lifeguards. With his family he located near the north part of the valley on the old home- stead, lately owned by Milton Knox, a descend- ant. He married Lydia Stratton. Children : James, Hezekiah, Charles, Henry, William, Caleb and Ira, mentioned below.
(IV) Ira, son of Captain James Knox, was born in Windsor, Broome county, New York, November 17, 1801, died March 10, 1871. Edu- cated in his native town, he turned naturally to the calling of agriculture and followed it suc- cessfully. In all matters pertaining to the wel- fare of the community, political and otherwise, he was keenly interested, and he served in the state militia when a young man.
He married, September 2, 1835, Anna Doo- little, born at Colesville, New York, August 27, 1811, died March 4, 1884, daughter of Abel Doolittle, who was born July 27, 1780, and died
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March II, 1868. Her father married, June 14, 1804, Hannah Sage, born November 26, 1778, died April 13, 1854. Children of Ira and Anna (Doolittle) Knox : Milton; Stratton Sage, mentioned below ; James.
(V) Hon. Stratton Sage Knox, son of Ira Knox, was born in Colesville, Broome county, New York, February 5, 1845. His early school- ing was received in the public schools, and at Windsor Academy. Later, he spent part of his time teaching school and part in getting a higher education. In 1869 he came to Cort- land, and two years later was graduated from the State Normal School, of that town. In the fall of 1871 he entered upon an optional course at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and in the following year, left college to begin the study of law in the office of M. M. Waters, of Cortland, where he con- tinued until he was admitted to the bar, in September, 1875, at the general term in Schnec- tady, New York. Before the close of the year he had entered intopartnership with Mr. Waters and the firm continued until 1881, when Mr. Waters removed to Syracuse. During the years 1883-89 he was county judge and surro- gate. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1895 he was retained by the National Bank of Cort- land, as attorney, having charge of its legal affairs, and, since 1897, he has been president. Judge Knox was a prime mover in the plan to provide a sewer system for Cortland, and he was appointed on the first board of sewer commissioners in 1892, and has been president of the board ever since. During the years 1895-97 he was attorney of the village corpor- ation, and it was during his term of office that the village began to pave the streets, and the Railroad street paving was done. He is vice- president of the Cortland Savings Bank. He is a member of the Cortlandville Lodge of Free Masons; of Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, was master of the lodge for five years, and district deputy of twenty-seventh district for two years. He has held many positions of private trust, especially in the set- tlement of important estates, and for many years has had one of the largest practices in the surrogate's court of this county.
He married, December 25, 1873, Myra WV., daughter of Merton M. and Elizabeth ( Bra- don) Waters. She died May 8, 1905. They had no children. His home is in the city of Cortland.
The family of Lusk is of Scotch LUSK origin, and first appeared in Amer- ica in the early part of the eight- eenth century. At that time three brothers of the name, John, Thomas and William, settled in Connecticut, and from them have descend- ed all of the name in that state. Their history, however, is but fragmentary, and is gathered mostly from town and church records and gravestone inscriptions, in the towns of New- ington, Farmington, New Britain, Enfield and other places in Connecticut. From these sources we learn that there was a Stephen Lusk in Newington, in 1715. also a John Lusk, of New- ington, about 1740, the latter apparently an earlier settler of Plainfield, Windham county, Connecticut. John's two brothers, Thomas and William, the latter with his wife, came to Newington church, by letter, from Meriden, Connecticut, August 13, 1749. General Levi Lusk, a soldier in the revolution, is supposed to have been a son of this William. All these families lived in that part of Farmington which adjoined Newington, and were practically con- temporary. James, of Farmington, is sup- posed to have been a younger brother of the three above mentioned.
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