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(XI) Jesse Hakes, son of John Homer Phelps, was born in Cortland, May 3, 1887. He received his education in the public schools, the Cortland high school and the Cortland Business College and began his business career in the employ of his brother in the dairy and produce business. In December, 1909, he en- tered the insurance business, and, in January, 1910, was appointed general agent of the North American Insurance Company, a position he now holds. He is a member of Cortland City Lodge, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is an independent, and in religion a Methodist. He married, July 15. 1905, Lillian M. Howard, bern at Cortland, New York, September 23, 1884. daughter of William A. and Catherine ( Hulbert ) Howard. Children: John Howard, born February 14. 1908; Olive Katherine, July 8, 1910.
(X) Frank Augustus, youngest son of Philo Phelps, was born at Cortland, New York, Feb- ruary 14. 1854. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Cortlandville Academy and the State Normal School, at Cortland. Dur- ing his youth he worked on his father's farm and he learned the trade of blacksmith when a young man. He was a clerk for four years in stores at Scranton, Pennsylvania; Auburn and Cortland, New York. For twenty-five years he was employed in the H. F. Benton Lumber Company mill, manufacturing sash and blinds. Since 1902 he has been in the emplov of the United States government, being a rural free delivery carrier of mails from the
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Cortland post office. He has always taken a keen interest in politics and has served the town as collector of taxes, and city as super- visor in sixth ward two terms. He resigned the office of supervisor to accept his present office in the mail service. He has been chair- man of the Republican village committee. In religion he is a Baptist, an active member and deacon of the First Baptist Church, of Cort- land. For four years he was superintendent of the Sunday school, and for seven years a trustee, most of that time being chairman of the board. His home is in Cortland.
He married, September 9, 1874, Harriet Lu- ella Van Buren, born in Cortland, November 26, 1853, daughter of John Calvin Van Buren, born April 25, 1834, died May 2, 1906, and Rosalthea M. (Chaffee) Van Buren, born April 3. 1837, died July 17, 1910. Moses Van Buren, father of John Calvin Van Buren, was born April 4, 1811, died June 2, 1876, married, Feb- ruary 9, 1832, Anna Maria Baker, born March 20, 1812, died November 11. 1870. Dow Van Buren, father of Moses Van Buren, was born March 15, 1781, died March 24, 1856, married Maria Gardner, born May 7, 1781, died Janu- ary 25, 1854. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Phelps : 1. Henry Emmett, born September 29. 1875, a gas fitter and plumber in Irvington, New Jersey ; married, September 8, 1897, Flor- ence Foote, of Ithaca, New York, born April 27, 1879; child, Margaret Beatrice, born July 7, 1899, in Cortland. 2. Millicent Louise, born November 14, 1880; married, September 1, 1909, Floyd Eugene McAllister, of the firm of John McAllister & Son, commission mer- chants of Cortland. 3. Robert Arthur, born November 15, 1884, now with the Pough- keepsie Light, Heat and Power Company, Poughkeepsie, New York; married, June 26, 1907, Katherine T. Uniacke, of Poughkeepsie. 4. Frank Eugene, born April 9, 1887, a plumber by trade; married Jessie Whiting, December 31, 1907. 5. Benjamin Harrison, born April 10, 1889, lives with his parents ; has been in the government mail service since he was seven- teen, first as substitute postman, and, since 1908, as regular carrier.
(III) William (2) Phelps, son
PHELPS of William ( I) Phelps (q. v.). was baptized in Tewksbury Ab- bey Church, Tewksbury, England, August 19, 1599. There is no record of his wife or date of his marriage. He lived for a time in Tewks-
bury, however, and his first child was born there. Shortly afterwards, he removed to one of the southern counties, and, March 20, 1630, with his wife, six children and brother George, emigrated to New England in the ship "Mary and John." This ship carried one hundred and forty passengers, who had been organized into a church before sailing. They landed at Nantasket, now Hull, Massachusetts, May 30, 1630, and settled in Dorchester, the first settlers and founders of that town. William Phelps took an active part in town affairs and was made freeman during the first six months. No- vember 9, 1630, he was one of a jury of twelve, at the first jury trial in the New England colony. September 27, 1631, he was chosen constable ; May 9, 1632, one of a committee of sixteen, chosen by the colony to see about the raising of a public stock. In 1635 he was a delegate to the general court. He was sev- eral times appointed, with others, to lay out and settle the bounds between towns. In 1635 Rev. Mr. Warham, with sixty of his church in Dorchester, removed to the settling of Wind- sor. Connecticut. Among his followers were William Phelps and his family, and brother George.
From the beginning, William Phelps took a prominent place in the town of Windsor, and, March 3, 1636, was one of seven com- missioners appointed to govern the new colony, then under the control of the Massachusetts Company. In 1638 the settlers of Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford met at the latter place, and adopted a constitution for the Con- necticut colony, now declared to be outside the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. This docu- ment was drawn up by the presiding magis- trate, Roger Ludlow, with the assistance of the magistrates, of whom William Phelps was one. He held the office of magistrate from 1639 to 1643, 1656 to 1662. He was also deputy in 1651. Many records of purchase and sale of land by him are to be found in the land records of Windsor. He was one of the most promi- nent and highly respected men in the colony, and was accorded the title of Mr., given only to people of distinction. His first wife died in 1635, and he married (second), in 1638, Mary Dover, one of the passengers on the ship "Mary and John," and a member of the Dor- chester and Windsor church. He died in Windsor, July 14, 1672, and his wife, Novem- ber 27, 1675. Children of first wife, born in England : Richard, baptized in Tewksbury, De-
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cember 26, 1619; William, born 1620; Sarah, 1623; Samuel, 1625; Nathaniel, 1627; Joseph, 1629. Children of second wife : Timothy, born in Windsor, mentioned below; Mary, born in Windsor, March 2, 1644.
(IV) Lieutenant Timothy Phelps, son of William (2) Phelps, was born in Windsor, September 1, 1639, died in 1719. He lived in Windsor, on the old homestead, on land pur- chased by his father from the Indians. He was freeman, May 2, 1664. He was chosen lieutenant of the train band in Windsor, May, 1690, and captain, May, 1696. He was ap- pointed a lieutenant by the general court, in 1709, and served in Queen Anne's war, under Colonel William Whiting, Captain Matthew Allyn's company. He married, March 19, 1661, Mary, daughter of Edward Griswold, of Killingworth, Connecticut, born in Windsor, baptized October 13, 1644, died before her husband. Children, born in Windsor: Timo- thy, November 1, 1663; Joseph, September 27, 1666, mentioned below ; William, February 4, 1669; Cornelius, April 26, 1671; Mary, Au- gust 14. 1673; Samuel, January 29, 1675; Na- thaniel, January 7, 1677 ; Sarah, December 27, 1679; Abigail, June 3, 1682; Hannah, August 2, 1684; Anne, October 2, 1686; Martha, No- vember 12, 1688.
(V) Joseph, son of Timothy Phelps, was born in Windsor, September 27, 1666, died August 30, 1716. He married, November 18. 1686, Sarah, daughter of Jolin and Phillury (Thrall) Hosford, born in Windsor, Septem- ber 27, 1666, died probably in Hebron. Her father was a man of considerable property for those times, and left her on his death, one hun- dred pounds. Joseph Phelps settled first in Windsor, but removed about 1710 to Hebron, where he owned a large amount of land. Chil- dren, born in Windsor: Sarah, August 14, 1687 ; Mary, June 8, 1689; Joseph, March 16, 1692; Abigail, October 15, 1693, died young ; Edward, 1697; Benoni, June 24, 1699, prob- ably died young; John, September 20, 1703, mentioned below; Abel, February 19, 1705 : Daniel, March 28, 1707; Ichabod, April 3, 1708; Jonathan, 1710; Abigail, December, 1714.
(VI) John, son of Joseph Phelps, was born in Windsor, September 20, 1703, died in Heb- ron, February 10, 1769. He married (first) Anna, daughter of Obadiah and Mindwell (Phelps) Hosford (of line of George Phelps), February 11 or 14, 1725. She was born in
Windsor, February 23, 1705, died in Hebron, in 1740. He married (second), 1742, Mind- well Hosford, sister of his first wife. Chil- dren of first wife, born in Hebron: Aaron, March 25, 1728-29, died April 7, 1743; Anna, March 25, 1728-29; Jolin, September 27, 1730, mentioned below; Sarah, October 4, 1733; Amos, May 30, 1736; Roger, December 24, 1738. Children of second wife: Aaron, March 31, 1743; Mindwell, 1744; Sarah, March 30, 1745: Nathan, 1750, died young, unmarried.
(VII) Sergeant John (2) Phelps, son of John (1) Phelps, was born in Hebron, Sep- tember 27, 1730, died there. He served as a soldier in the revolution, Fourth Connecticut Regiment, Colonel John Durkee, Captain Hin- man's company, for three years. He was made sergeant, August 27, 1778, discharged March 14, 1780. He was for a time under General Sullivan in New York, and after his discharge soon reënlisted. He was a farmer by occupa- tion and settled in Hebron. He married, Janu- ary 16. 1755. in Lebanon, Deborah Dewey, born in Lebanon, died in Hebron. Children, born in Hebron: Anna, November 12, 1755; John, October 19, 1757 ; Obadiah, January 21, 1759; Jared, October 15, 1760; Norman, No- vember 8, 1763; Nathan, December 31, 1765, mentioned below ; Benjamin, February 3, 1768; Dudley, March 8, 1771 ; Keziah, June 10, 1773; Sarah, June 10, 1778.
(VIII) Nathan, son of Sergeant John (2) Phelps, was born in Hebron, December 31. 1765, died in Becket, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 5, 1841. He married, April 6, 1786, Abi- gail Fuller, born Hebron, November 25, 1766, died in Becket, April 5, 1853. She was a sis- ter of his brother Jared's wife. He settled in Becket. Children, born in Becket: Cynthia, January 16, 1787 ; Abigail, July 19, 1789, died August 18, 1791 ; Abigail, May 26, 1791 ; Alvah, June 5, 1793, died August 22, 1793; Nathan, August 19, 1794; Elizabeth, June 3, 1797 ; Harvey, March 19, 1800; Dudley, June 10, 1802, died August 9, 1817 : Denise, Octo- ber 5, 1804; Benjamin, July 14, 1807 ; Alvah, August 2, 1810 ; Gideon, mentioned below.
(IX) Gideon, son of Nathan Phelps, died in Triangle, New York, about 1871. The gene- alogy does not give his name in the list of chil- dren. He was a farmer at Triangle, Broome county. He married Martha Chil- dren : Rudolphus, Harvey, Dudley, Philip; Seth, mentioned below ; Baruch.
(X) Seth, son of Gideon Phelps, was born
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in Triangle, August 22, 1836, died December 14, 1910. He was educated in the district schools of his native town and afterward taught school there. In later years he fol- lowed farming for his occupation. He was a member of the Baptist church of Triangle and for many years superintendent of its Sunday school. In politics he was a Republican. He married. April 14, 1858, Caroline Brockett, born May, 1836, in Chenango county, daugh- ter of Willis and Martha (Hubbard) Brockett. Children : Theodore, mentioned below ; Carrie, October 28, 1862, married ( first) George Har- rison, of Smithville, New York, and had one child, Rollin T., married (second) Edward J. Jones, of Triangle, a farmer; Eugene, born March 17, 1870, contractor, living in Staten Island, New York ; Mary D., twin of Eugene, a school teacher.
(XI) Theodore, son of Seth Phelps, was born in Triangle, Broome county, New York, November II, 1859. He attended the public and select schools of his native town. He fol- lowed the lumber business for three years in Broome and Chenango counties, for nine years carried on farming in Triangle, and for nine years was in the retail grocery business in Itaska, Broome county, New York. In 1905 he came to Homer, New York, and since then has been engaged in the grocery business in that town with abundant success. Since 1905 he has been postmaster of Little York. He married, May 18, 1887, Hattie Edson, of Wind- sor, Broome county, New York, daughter of Charles and Chloe ( Edwards) Edson. Chil- dren : Helen E., born September 25, 1890, a student of Syracuse University ; Genevieve I., October 18, 1893, attending Homer high school.
ADAMS The pedigree of this family traces the ancestor, according to one ac- count, to Ap Adam, the father of John, or Lord Ap Adam, who was called to parliament by Edward I., as Baron of the Realm, from 1296 to 1301, and states that he came out of the Marches or Borders of Wales into Devonshire. This statement has been dis- credited by genealogists, though proof of error seems as much wanting as proof of correct- ness. If correct, the lineage includes kings of England and France, and goes back to Charle- magne.
(I) Henry Adams, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and came from Braintree, England, to Braintree, Massachusetts, about
1632-33. He was allotted forty acres of land for the ten persons in his family, Feb- ruary 24, 1639-40. President John Adams, a descendant, believed that Henry Adams came from Devonshire, and erected a monu- ment to him in the old burying-ground at Braintree, now Quincy, with this inscription, "In memory of Henry Adams, who took flight from the Dragon persecution in Devonshire, England, and alighted with eight sons near Mount Wallaston. One of the sons returned to England ; and after taking time to explore the country, four removed to Medfield, and two to Chelmsford. One only, Joseph, who lies here at his left hand, remained here-an orig- inal proprietor in the township of Braintree." The monument commemorates "the piety, hu- mility, simplicity, prudence, patience, temper- ance, frugality, industry and perseverance" of the Adams ancestors.
President John Quincy Adams, however, dissented from the conclusion of his father that Henry Adams was from Devonshire. Sav- age agrees with the younger Adams that the immigrant was from Braintree, county Essex, England, and some of the sons were from Chelmsford, in that county. It is generally be- lieved that the wife of Henry Adams returned to England, with the daughter Ursula, and died there. Henry Adams died at Braintree, October 6, 1646, and was buried on the 8th. In his will, proved June 8, 1647, he mentions sons Peter, John, Joseph, Edward, Samuel, and daughter Ursula. Children, born in Eng- land: Lieutenant Henry, born 1604, married, November 17, 1643, in Braintree, Elizabeth Paine, settled in Medfield ; Lieutenant Thomas, 1616; Captain Samuel, 1617; Deacon Jona- than, 1619; Peter, 1622; John, about 1624; Joseph, 1626; Ensign Edward, mentioned below.
(II) Ensign Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams, was born in 1630, in England, and came with his parents to Braintree, Massa- chusetts, in 1632 or 1633. He settled with three other brothers, in Medfield, Massachu- setts. He was ensign and selectman and repre- sented the town in the general court in 1689- 92-1702. He died November 12, 1716, in Med- field, "the last of the original settlers." He married (first), 1652, Lydia, daughter of Rich- ard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rockwood. She died March 3, 1676-77 ; he married ( second), 1678, Widow Abigail (Craft) Ruggles, of Rox- bury, Massachusetts, who died in 1707; mar-
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ried (third ), January 6, 1709-10, Sarah Tay- lor. Children, born in Medfield: Lydia, born July 12, 1653 ; Captain Jonathan, April 4, 1655 ; John, February 18, 1657-58; Elias, February 18, 1658-59, married a great-granddaughter of Miles Standish; Sarah, May 29, 1660; Lieu- tenant James, January 4, 1661-62 ; Henry, Oc- tober 29, 1663, mentioned below ; Mehitable, March 30, 1665 : Elisha, August 25, 1666; Ed- ward, June 28, 1668; Bethia, April 12, 1670, died 1672: Bethia, August 18, 1672, died young : Abigail, June 25, 1675, died young ; Miriam, February 26, 1676-77, died young.
(III) Henry (2), son of Ensign Edward Adams, was born October 29, 1663, in Med- field. He married ( first ), December 10, 1691, Patience, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Wight ) Ellis. She was born February 22, 1668-69, died 1695. He married (second ). 1697-98, in Providence, Rhode Island, Ruth Ellis, sister of Patience, born October 31, 1670. He married (third) Mrs. Hannah Adams, at Canterbury, Connecticut. He removed first to Providence, where he married his second wife, and had several children born. Thence he removed to Canterbury, about 1706, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died there, June 22, 1749. His last wife, Hannah, died March 20, 1748-49. His will was made September 10, 1748, and proved July 21, 1749. He bequeathed to his wife the goods she brought with her for her three daughters. names his three sons, David, Solomon and Ebenezer, giving to the first mentioned twenty pounds, and to the other two, ten pounds each. To his three daughters, Hannah Burnap, Ruth Kingaley and Patience, he gave four hundred pounds in bills of credit. A residue of his property was to go to Henry and Joseph, and his son David and son-in-law, Abraham Bur- nap, were named as executors. Children, born in Medfield, of first wife: David, September 3. 1692 ; Hannah, February 21, 1693-04. Chil- dren of second wife, born in Providence : Solo- mon, April 23, 1699 ; Henry, October 14, 1700 ; Ruth, April 10, 1702; Ebenezer (twin), Feb- ruary 11, 1704: Patience (twin) ; Joseph, men- tioned below.
(IV) Joseph, son of Henry (2) Adams, was born in Providence, July 28, 1706, died in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, October, 1760. He settled in New Marlborough, and was one of the five persons who formed the first church in that town. He married, 1738, Miriam, daughter of Moses and Mary (John-
son ) Cleveland, born January 30, 1718-19, died in New Marlborough, June 18, 1766. Her father, Moses Cleveland, had a brother Aaron, who was the father of Grover Cleveland. Her mother was Mary ( Johnson ) Cleveland, daugh- ter of Obadiah Johnson, of Canterbury, Con- necticut. Children, born in Canterbury : Mary, September 23, 1738; Aaron, April 14, 1741, died young ; Huldah, June 26, 1743. Born in New Marlborough : Captain Simon, March 12, 1746, a soldier in the revolution; Corporal Moses. November 30, 1748, mentioned below : Henry, September 30, 1750; Sergeant Zebe- diah, July 5, 1753, soldier in the revolution : Alice, December 8, 1755 : Joseph, April 3. 1758. died August 18, 1858; Aaron, July 20, 1761. soldier in the revolution.
(V) Moses, son of Joseph Adams, was born in New Marlborough, November 30, 1748. He was a soldier in the revolution, enlisted from Lenox, Massachusetts, corporal in Captain Soul's company, April 19, 1775, served seven- teen days ; enlisted May 8, 1775. Captain Noah Allen's company, Colonel Edward Wiggles- worth's regiment, served one month, one day ; reported dead. August, 1777, at Valley Forge. He married Ann Willard, a sister of Dr. Will- iam Willard. Children, born in Lenox : Nor- man, died young of yellow fever, at Philadel- phia; Moses, born about 1772-73, mentioned below ; Captain Lyman, April 12. 1775.
(VI) Moses (2), son of Moses ( 1) Adams, was born in Lenox, about 1772-73, died in Wayne county, New York, in 1842. He mar- ried Sylvia Johnson, who died December 5. 1852, aged seventy-five. He removed from Lenox to Union (now Lisle), Broome county, New York. Children, born in Union (now Lisle ) : Norman, August 10, 1794: Charles, June 14, 1797; Louisa, March 7, 1798; Har- riet. September 24. 1799; Moses, January 10, 1802, mentioned below ; Edward, June 30, 1804: George, April 13, 1806; Walter, Febru- ary 25, 1808; Valentine, February, 1810, died March 11, 1811.
(\'II) Moses (3), son of Moses (2) Adams, was born in Union village, town of Lisle, Jan- uary 10, 1802, died in Marathon, New York. January 21, 1890. He was bound out at the age of eight years, and lived with his guardian, with the exception of a few years, until the death of the latter. He was left, by will, the farm, the farming utensils, and one-half of the stock. He continued to live on this farm and to carry it on until 1861, when he removed to
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Marathon. In politics he was originally a Whig, but upon the formation of the Repub- lican party became a member of the latter party. He served as assessor and supervisor of his town for a number of years. He mar- ried, October 28, 1824, Ann, daughter of Moses Lockwood, born in Pound Ridge, Westchester county, New York, April 6, 1803, died in Marathon, March, 1893. Children : Lyman, born October 31. 1825, mentioned below : Mary Ann, July 24, 1828, married Charles Brink, deceased : Eveline, January 29, 1830, married Benjamin B. Woodworth, lived in Cortland ; Charles C., May 30, 1832; Helen A., August 21, 1834, married Edward Dunham Robie, a retired United States naval engineer, lives in Washington, D. C .; John Q., April 7. 1837 ; Walter, February 6, 1840, of Marathon, New York.
(VIII) Lyman, son of Moses (3) Adams, was born in Marathon, October 31, 1825, and received a common school education in the town of Lisle. Here he remained until he was twenty-two years old. He then taught school for three months, and later went into a store in Broome county as a clerk, and also clerked in a store at East Virgil. At the end of a few months, in 1849, he returned to his native town, Marathon, and stayed there as a clerk for about five years. In October, 1853. he went into a general mercantile business with R. P. Burhans as partner. At the end of a year they took into partnership Anson Peck, and after two years more Mr. Burhans went out of the business, which was then conducted under the firm name of Peck & Adams. In 1860 James H. Tripp was taken into the firm and the name became Peck. Adams & Tripp. After a short time they closed out the business, and dissolved the partnership. Messrs. Adams and Tripp then removed to Canandaigua, New York, where they were employed in a bank. At the end of a year there, they returned to Marathon, leased their old storeroom, and car- ried on a mercantile business until 1883, when they again closed it out. Before this they had together conducted a private banking business, which had been highly successful, and, in 1883. set about organizing a bank, into which they merged their own banking interests. In 1884 the First National Bank of Marathon, was started, with Mr. Tripp as president, and Mr. Adams held the position of cashier until his death. Mr. Adams distinguished himself in business as a shrewd, practical and conserva-
tive man, of good judgment and unquestion- ed integrity. He was a Republican in poli- tics, but had given little time to political mat- ters. He served, however, as supervisor of the town for two years.
He married ( first), September 15, 1853, Ruth, daughter of William and Lucy ( Church ) Squires, of Marathon, died January 6, 1863. lle married (second), September 11, 1865, Louisa M., daughter of William L. Denton. Child of first wife, born in Marathon: Edgar L., April 27. 1857, mentioned below. Child of second wife, born in Marathon: Augusta D., August 15, 1873, died January 30. 1904, mar- ried Thaddeus R. Clark, of Marathon.
(IX) Edgar L., son of Lyman Adams, was born at Marathon, New York, April 27, 1857. He began his education in the public schools of his native town, and, like many successful men, is still educating himself. The Mara- thon Independent was established in July, 1870, and in the following April he became an ap- prentice in the office of that newspaper. In the fall of 1872 he entered the employ of his father's firm as clerk, but a mercantile life was not attractive, and, in 1874, he returned to the office of the Independent, and worked in vari- ous positions until April, 1876, when he ac- cepted a position as local editor of the Cort- land Democrat, then owned by B. B. Jones. Two months later he was called back to Mara- thon to take charge of the Independent, on ac- count of the failing health of its publisher, Wallace Kelley, and when the business was sold, in December following, he continued as editor of the paper, in the employ of the new owners, Brooks & Day. This firm was suc- ceeded, May 1, 1878, by Brooks & Adams, the interests of the junior partner having been ac- quired by Mr. Adams, and with the exception of a brief period, Mr. Adams has been editor and proprietor ever since. For a time he was on the staff of the Syracuse Sunday Times, having leased the Independent from 1880 to 1881. As a writer, especially of humorous paragraphs, Mr. Adams has won a national reputation. The paragraphs that brightened his newspaper week after week gave it a wide circulation and were copied extensively in other publications. In recent years the pressure of numerous business interests and public duties have restricted his output as a writer, but his wit is in evidence from time to time in the Independent and in after-dinner speeches.
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