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(IX ) Charles Emery, son of Calvin J. Bliss, was born July 5, 1851, at Willet, and was edu- cated in the public schools of Binghamton and in the academy. He followed farming for a number of years, and then engaged in the dry goods business at Binghamton. He was deacon of the Baptist church and superin- tendent of the Sunday school for many years. He died July 30, 1900. He married, June 25, 1874, Florence, daughter of Hon. George Sher- wood ( see Sherwood VII). They had one son, George C. S., mentioned below.
(X) George C. S., son of Charles Emery Bliss, was born April 18, 1877, at Towanda. Pennsylvania. Engaged in wholesale dry goods business in Binghamton. He married, June 25, 1902, Katherine Shieder. Children : George Emery, born February 24. 1904: Robert Leon,
November 19, 1907; Barbara Ruth, February 27, 1909.
(The Sherwood Line).
(II) Isaac Sherwood, youngest son of Thomas (q. v. ) and Mary ( Fitch) Sherwood, was born in 1055, died in 1739. He had land grants at Eastchester, New York. In 1678 he was of Rye, New York, and, in 1687, of West- port, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Jack- son. Children : Daniel, Isaac, John, David, Abigail, Thomas (mentioned below), Eliza- beth.
(III) Thomas, son of Isaac Sherwood, mar- ried Eleanor Churchill, of Green Farms, Con- necticut. He died at Albany, New York, Au- gust 5, 1756, in the French and Indian war, in which he was captain of Whitney's company. His wife died October 1, 1754.
(IV) John, son of Thomas Sherwood, mar- ried, March 24, 1761, Mary Gorham. Chil- dren : Asa, mentioned below ; Levi, born June 17, 1764; Ellen, February 23, 1766; Abigail, November 18, 1770; John, September 10, 1773 ; Hezekiah, twin of John; Hannah, July 28, 1776.
(V) Asa, son of John Sherwood, was born July 4, 1762. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, enlisting at Fairfield, Connecticut, Febru- ary I, 1777; also in the Second Connecticut Regiment, under Colonel Swift, and in the Fourth Connecticut, under Colonel Meigs. He married Molly Phillips, daughter of a New York City merchant, who had also a son in the continental army, captured by the British and confined in one of the prison ships, but finally released through the influence of the father. Children: Isaac ( mentioned below), William, Asa, David, Gorham, John, Sally and Nabby.
(VI) Isaac (2), son of Asa Sherwood, was born probably at Guilford, New York : mar- ried Amy Budlong, of Cassville, New York. Children: Johan, married Frank U'rsley and lived at Waverly ; Ira, married Mary Wallace. and lived at Genegan, Connecticut ; Asa, died young; Mary, married William Thomas, and lived at Pontusac, Illinois; Eliza, married David Leach, and lived at Webster, Illinois ; Stephen, married Clara Babcock, and lived at Greene; Sarah, married Albert Sprague, and lived at Binghamton ; George, mentioned below ; Amy, married Myron Stanton, and lived at Greene ; Lucy, married Joseph Bixby, and lived
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at Waverly ; Sophronia, married Thomas Cow- an, and lived at Port Crane; Daniel, died in infancy ; Mandana, married Edwin Adams, and lived at Binghamton ; David, married Ros- anna Warner, and lived at Greene.
(VII) Hon. George Sherwood, son of Isaac (2) Sherwood, was born in McDonough, Chen- ango county, New York, January 21, 1821, died in Binghamton, New York, May 24, 1903. He was a farmer, owning land in Binghamton, and a prominent citizen. He represented his district in the state assembly, in 1874-75, and was active in the temperance movement, both as a legislator and a citizen. Before the war he was an earnest Abolitionist. He was for many years a leading member and local preach- er of the First Baptist Church. He was bap- tized by the late Rev. R. A. Washburn into the fellowship of the Baptist church, at Gene- gantslet Corners (now extinct or merged into other Baptist churches), and later was a mem- ber of the church at Upper Lisle. He removed to the town of Windsor, Broome county, in 1857. and while there was a member of the Baptist church in that place. He came to Binghamton and became a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served faithfully, and was an honored and valued member. In 1894. on the organization of the Park Avenue Church, he became a constituent member of that church. In all of his church life, of more than three score years, he was an earnest and faithful laborer in the Master's service, and was ever ready to do any work that he could to pro- mote the interest of the church and to advance the cause of Christ. To this end he contributed liberally of his money, time and talents, of which he was abundantly resourceful. In him his pastor always found a true, wise and help- ful counselor, and he was ever ready to render any assistance he could. He was a ready and an earnest speaker, and very often occupied the pulpit of the pastorless churches in a very acceptable manner. He was kind and good to the aged and infirm, and often conducted relig- ious services in the homes of those who were unable to attend church. He was a man of strong and deep convictions, ever battling for the right, and yet he always did it in his quiet, unassuming, yet firm and impressive way. He only wanted to know what was right and from that he never swerved in the path of duty. His Christian home life in the family was delight- ful and winning, and his children now look
back upon it with sweet pleasure and the kind- liest remembrances.
In public life he was most highly respected and admired, and his integrity was never ques- tioned in any way or manner, for he always lived above reproach, and was as consistent, firm and true in all his public duties and mat- ters entrusted to him as he was in his private and church life. He held the office of super- visor of his town when the present county poor house was erected, and was one of the committee in charge of and entrusted with that work. He represented the county in the state legislature for the years 1873-74-75. There was the crowning work of his life, for in that body, through his earnest, heroic and inde- fatigable efforts, he secured the passage of the bill, and the appropriation from the state, that gave to us and this section of the state the Susquehanna Valley Home, of this city, for orphan and destitute children, one of the worth- iest institutions of its kind in the country. When others said to him he could never suc- ceed in accomplishing these measures, he only worked the harder and adopted other methods and was untiring in his efforts to carry out his long cherished plans, and he left no stone un- turned, but from the governor and the leading politicians of both parties, down to the in- dividual members, he continued his persistent and unceasing efforts until they were crowned with abundant success. In this matter, as in all others he was interested in, he had the respect and confidence of the leading men of the legislature. They felt that he was right and they admired his perseverance, his cour- age, his energy and his integrity of character. He succeeded in his efforts and was one of the trustees of the home from that time until his death. He was a recognized leader in the tem- perance cause and was much sought for to ad- dress the people upon this subject far and wide. He was always very earnest, enter- taining and interesting in his addresses, and it was a pleasure to listen to him.
He married, April 8, 1849. Mary Ann Jef- fords, born February 17, 1828, died November 28, 1906, daughter of Allen Cleveland and Ann Eliza ( Robinson ) Jeffords. Allen C. Jef- fords was a son of Amasa Jeffords, who was born in 1748, at Woodstock, Connecticut, and married ( first ) Sally Cleveland, and ( second) Sarah Clifford. John Jeffords, father of Amasa, was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill, in
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1775. and his father was killed in the French and Indian war. George Sherwood died May 24, 1903. His children : Florence, married, June 25, 1874, Charles Emery Bliss ( see Bliss IX) : Viola, died July 1, 1903; Carl G., who resides in South Dakota, in the political affairs of which state he had taken an active part, having been a state senator and a member of the first constitutional convention, married, February 10, 1885. Nellie Fountain, children : George Fountain, Harry Allen ( deceased ), Mary Carlton and Dolly Viola : William J., married, October 31, 1902, lona May Bills, and had: Nellie, Mason William ( deceased ) and Harold; Grace Eliza, mentioned below.
(VIII) Grace Eliza, daughter of Hon. George Sherwood, was born in Binghamton, married Charles F. Parker, born September 11, 1871 ( scc Parker III).
(The Parker Line).
(1) Asa Parker, first of the family in New York state, came thither from the village of Green Mountain, Vermont, and settled at Port Crane, near Binghamton. He married Mary Wilson. Children: Polly, married Matthew Carroll: Caroline, married Joel Scott: Eliza, married Hervey Cronk ; Henry, married ( first ) Olive Prentice, (second) Sarah Scoville ; Mor- gan : Obadiah, mentioned below ; Emily, mar- ried Norman Bacon : Daniel.
(II) Obadiah, son of Asa Parker, was born June 23, 1824, died March 10, 1906. Hle mar- ried, June 18, 1859, Candace White. Children : Delphine, married, December 25, 1878, Ed- ward Hopkins, and had Elizabeth, Hattie, Freeman, Amelia, Edward and George; Ida May, born February 4, 1865, married, Febru- ary 15, 1888, Emory Wells: Carrie J., April 3, 1866, married, November 17, 1905, Avery Dart : George H., October 3. 1867, married, November 16, 1802, Emma Pond, and had Florence and Howard; Edith May; Frank, born February 20, 1869; Charles F., mention- ed below.
(III ) Charles F., son of Obadiah Parker, was born September 11, 1871; married, Sep- tember 1, 1898, Grace Eliza, daughter of George and Mary Ann Sherwood ( see Sherwood III ). Children : Sherwood, born May 30, 1902; Carl Sherwood, November 14, 1905.
(The Howland Line).
(1) John Howland, the "Mayflower" ances- tor, was born in England, in 1593, and came in
the "Mayflower," with the first company of Pilgrims, in 1620.
(II) Desire Howland, daughter of John Howland, was born at Plymouth, in 1623. She married Captain John Gorham, of Briersfield, England, who won fame in King Philip's war, and the town of Gorham, Maine, named for him, has erected a monument in his memory.
( III) Jabez Gorham, son of John and De- sire ( Howland ) Gorham, married Hannah (Sturges) Gray, a widow, and had a son Jo- seph, mentioned below.
(IV) Joseph, son of Jabez Gorham, was born at Bristol, Rhode Island, August 22, 1692, The MacDonalds of Bing- MACDONALD hamton, New York, de- scend from the famous Scotch clan of that name, who, both numerous and powerful, have figured so prominently in the history of Scotland, known as the Flora MacDonald clan. The maternal line traces to the Marquis de Boquet, of France, a Huguenot, who escaped from the King's palace on the night of the "Massacre of St. Bartholomew," and found asylum in England, where he mar- ried and had a daughter. She married a nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir William Arnold. The first generation of MacDonalds in America be- gins with Thomas MacDonald, of Scotland, who came to America with his family, settling in Hoboken, later at Guttenburg, Hudson coun- ty, New Jersey, where he purchased land, erected a home and cultivated the soil until his (leath. ( II) Thomas ( 2), son of Thomas ( 1) Mac- Donald, was born in Scotland, about the year 1740. He came to America with his parents, settled with them on the Guttenburg, New Jersey, farm which he afterward owned. He followed the occupation of a farmer, supple- menting this by that of a fisherman of the neighboring bays and rivers, then most bounti- fully stocked with the finest of food fish. The produce raised on the farm found ready sale in New York City, being transported across the Hudson in small boats or barges. He mar- ried and among his children was Thomas, see forward. (III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) 39 NEW YORK. MacDonald, was born on the homestead farm in Guttenburg, Hudson county, New Jersey, about 1770. He followed the occupations of farmer and fisherman, and passed a life similar to that of his father, cultivating his fields and in the season drawing his nets, and finding a good market for all he could produce in the city across the river. He married - Children : 1. Thomas (4), married Jennie English. 2. Jeremiah, of further men- tion. 3. James, married Elizabeth 4. Sarah Maria, married James Demorest Mc- Donald. 5. Rudolphus, married Sarah Ann Gardner. 6. David, married Mary Sedore. (\\') Jeremiah, son of Thomas (3) Mac- Donald, was born in Guttenburg, Hudson coun- ty. New Jersey. December 19. 1807, died July 26, 1880. He was educated in the town schools, and forsaking the farm and bays learned the trade of cabinet-maker with Henry Lee, of New York City. After completing his years of apprenticeship, he began as a journeyman with Joseph Bradley, at 317 Pearl street, New York City. They sold out their business to Creore & Rogers, who were succeeded by James T. Pratt & Company. they in turn selling out to Swaim & Company, with whom Jeremiah MacDonald was connected for many years, continuing until within a few years of his de- ccase. During all the firm changes mentionedl. he remained with each succeeding firm, work- ing for forty-seven years at his trade in the same building, at the same number, 317 Pearl street. His residence was in New York City, at 129 East Fiftieth street, between Third and Lexington avenues ( now No. 151). He was a member of the Baptist church; a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Tammany Hall organization from its foundation. He mar- ried ( first ), February 16, 1832, Susan Whit- church, born April 1, 1812, died May 7, 1848: married ( second ), May 1. 1852, Rebecca Ann Howland, born July 7, 1817, died January 7, 1904 (see Howland). Children by first wife : 1. Thomas Whitchurch, born November 20, 1832, died August 11, 1836. 2. Charles H., born June 2, 1835. died June 16, 1863, prob- ably at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while serving as a soldier in the Union army, during the civil war. 3. Thomas Whitchurch (2), born October 15. 1839. died August 7, 1847. Child by second wife: 4. Jeremiah (2), of further mention. (V) Dr. Jeremiah (2) MacDonald, son of Jeremiah (1) and Rebecca Ann (Howland) MacDonald, was born in New York City, 129 East Fiftieth street, May 22, 1859. He was educated in the city schools, public and private, and as a child and youth became deeply inter- ested in the "Occult Science." When a lad of six years he says "I remember my grand- mother Howland telling hair-raising stories ( she died at age of ninety-six years ), and the next day I would tell them over again to the children at school (a small private school kept by Miss Rose Failing ). I heard so much about visions, apparitions and clairvoyance that at abont fourteen years of age I also began to 'see things' and foretell things that would hap- pen, until I became the wonder of the neigh- borhood and began to apply myself diligently to the study of everything in that line, devot- ing especial attention to astronomy, geography. mathematics, clairvoyance, medicine, and every species of mystery." Notwithstanding this early predilection for the "mysterious." he began life as a real estate agent in New York City, and continued for several years with offices at 17: Broadway. At last he decided to follow his natural inclinations and entered Chicago Medical College, where he was gradu- ated M. D. in 1893. He located in Detroit, Michigan, later removing to Middletown, New York, removing to Binghamton, New York, in 1895, where he continued the practice of medicine, later engaging in the manufacture and sale of a proprietary medicine, known as Atlas Compound, which he still continues (19II). During these years he continued his investigation, giving especial attention to astro- logy and clairvoyance ; traveling as he says "Many thousands of miles ; accumulated thou- sands of rare books; cast more than one hitin- dre 1 thousand nativities : treated another one hundred thousand sick and ailing people ; cheer- ed the discouraged and foretold peril and dan- ger." He is the author of a work on astrology. published in 1904. He is a graduate of the Chicago School of Psychology; and of the American Academy of Physics and Medical College : member of St. Luke's Hospital, Niles, Michigan: Surgeon's American College of Science. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the New York Osteopathic Physicians' Society. He married. June 8, 1881, Alida MacDonald (a third cousin ), born March I, 1859, daugh- ter of Abraham and Sarah Ellen MacDonald. Children : 1. Reuben Howland, born March 14, 1882; married, October 27, 1910, Lillian, daughter of Nathaniel Livermore. 2. Arthur 40 NEW YORK. Cleveland, born August 28, 1884; married, September 12, 1906, Fanny M. Noyes, of Port Dickinson, New York. 3. Elsie Dinsmore, born May 6, 1887, died July 19, 1888. 4. Edgar Coe, born March 1, 1889, died February, 1890. (The Howland Line). Rebecca Ann ( Howland ) MacDonald, mother of Dr. Jeremiah MacDonald, is a descendant of the Marquis de Boquet, born in France, in 1542. He was apposed to the Duke of Guise, who ruled the kingdom under King Francis Il .. and to whom the Protestants attributed all their calamities. The Duke owed his ascend- ency in the kingdom through the marriage of his niece Mary, Queen of Scots, with the young King, Francis II., who was only fifteen years of age when married, and died one year after ascending the throne. The Huguenots were oath-bound Protestants, who were much dread- ed by the Duke of Guise on account of their views on personal freedom. When Francis II. died, the Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici, gave tolerance to free worship throughout France. The Duke rashly infringed this ordi- nance by disturbing a Huguenot congregation, which had assembled for worship. The Duke's suite attacked the place, stones were thrown and swords drawn. The Duke was wounded and forty-nine of the Huguenots slain. This was in 1562. at Rouen, and then followed the frightful religions war, that arrayed family against family, noble against noble, town against town, until 1572, when Catherine open- ed her court to the linguenots. On August 23, 1572. the King, Charles IX., gave orders, "Kill all, let none be left to reproach me." At midnight, on the eve of St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572, while the palace was fill- ed with Huguenot gentlemen, who were attend- ant on the King of Navarre, the great bell of St. Germain rang out as a signal and the slaughter began in the palace. The King, mad- dened by horror, killed his nurse and surgeon and would have killed the Spanish King of Navarre, if his (Charles IX.) wife, Elizabeth of Austria, had not stepped between them. The Marquis of Boquet escaped from the palace, fled from Paris, reached the coast in safety and continued his flight to England. There he married an English lady of title, who, in 1584, bore him a daughter, who, in 1616, married Sir William Arnold, a nephew of Sir Walter Raleigh. In 1619 Sir William Arnold sailed for America, on a vessel that sailed a few weeks after the "Mayflower" ; was wreck- ed on the Connecticut coast, and was rescued from the waves by a man named Abijah Brown. Sir William in his gratitude declared that if ever he had a child born it should be called Abijah. In 1624 a daughter was born whom he called Abijah ; she was later of Am- sterdam, Holland, where, in 1659, she married Jacob Van Zanett. In 1661 they had a daugh- ter born to whom was also given the name Abijah .. In 1686 she married Jacob Arden. In 1702 their daughter, Boquet Arden, was born, who, in 1735, married Jacob Beekman. Their daughter Rebecca, born 1742, married Henry Wilt. Their daughter, Rebecca Wilt, was born March 22, 1784, married Henry How- land, a descendant of the English family through the New York City branch. Their daughter, Rebecca Ann, married Jeremiah MacDonald, and they are the parents of Dr. Jeremiah MacDonakl, of Binghamton, New York. SESSIONS The Sessions family had its origin in Wantage, Berkshire, England. There is at present but one family of the name to be found in England, in the county of Gloucester. The head of this family is, or was lately, Hon. J. Sessions, who was mayor of the town of Gloucester, at the age of eighty years. His three sons were associated with him in a large manufacturing business in both Gloucester and Cardiff ( Wales), under the firm name of J. Sessions & Sons. There is also a daughter who is actively engaged in benevolent and re- formatory work. The mother established and built a "Home for the Fallen," which is man- aged by members of the family. The entire family belongs to the "Society of Friends," and Frederick Sessions, besides being at the head of a large business, gives his entire time, without salary, to reformatory work, lecturing and organizing Sunday schools, temperance and other beneficient societies. The crest of the English Sessions family is a griffin's head. This mythological creature was sacred to the sun, and according to tradi- 2 tion, kept guard over hidden treasure. (1) Samuel Sessions, immigrant ancestor, came to this country in 1630. He had a son Alexander, mentioned below. ( II) Alexander, son of Samuel Sessions, was born in 1645, and lived in Andover, Massa- chusetts, in 1660, at the age of twenty-four 41 NEW YORK. years, according to a deposition made by him, January 27, 1669. He married, April 24, 1672, Elizabeth, daughter of John Spofford, of Row- ley, Massachusetts. After his death, his wife married a Mr. Low. Both Alexander Sessions and his wife were members of the church in Andover, and continued so until their death. He was freeman there, in 1677, and was also one of the proprietors of the town, as appears by a vote. He died there, February 26, 1689- 90. His will was admitted to probate, March 8, 1696-97, and inventoried at one hundred and nineteen pounds. His widow was named as administratrix. His name was originally spell- ed "Sessins," or "Sutchins." Children : John, born October 4, 1674: Alexander, October 4. 1676; Timothy, April 14, 1678; Samuel, March 8, 1680, drowned at Bosford, 1750; Nathaniel, August 8, 1681, mentioned below ; Josiah, May 2, 1684; Joseph, March 28, 1686. (III) Nathaniel, son of Alexander Sessions, was born Angust 8, 1681, and was one of the first settlers of Pomfret, Connecticut. Ile was also a large proprietor of Union, Connecticut, and bought there, June 12, 1721, of William McCoy, one-thirteenth of the town, but never lived there. He sold it to his son Darius, in January, 1742. He married Joanna and died at Pomfret, in 1771. Children : Eliz- abeth, born December 15, 1707; Nathaniel, October 22, 1709; John, August 18, 1711; Alexander. October 4, 1713, at Warren, Massa- chusetts : Amasa, 1715 : Daritis, August 11, 1717, graduated from Yale College, 1737, lieutenant- governor of colony of Rhode Island, 1745: Simeon, February II, 1720; Abner, March 4, 1722, mentioned below ; Mary, Anguist 4, 1724 ; Abijah, February 1, 1726, mentioned below ; Joanna, January 19, 1729. (IV) Abner, son of Nathaniel Sessions, was born March 4, 1722. He settled in Union, Connecticut. He was town clerk from 1747 until 1780; was captain of the militia and justice of the peace some thirty years; was active in the struggle for independence and was for many years deacon of the Congregational church. He died February, 1781. He mar- ried Mary Wyman, widow of Ebenezer, Wy- man, first Congregational minister of Union. Children : Ebenezer, mentioned below ; Silence, born 1749; Mary, 1751. (V) Ebenezer, son of Abner Sessions, was born at Union, March 6, 1748. He married, May 13, 1769, Huldah Hayward, of Ashford, Connecticut. Children : Anna, married Cap- tain Robert Paul, and their daughter Marcia married Lyman Sessions ( see Sessions VI) ; Abner ; Ebenezer. ( IV) Abijah, son of Nathaniel Sessions, was born February 1, 1726, in Pomfret. He was a farmer by occupation, and, about 1752, removed to Union, Tolland county, Connecti- cuit. He had a gift deed of two hundred and ninety acres of land there. March 4, 1750. from his father. He married, about 1752, Jo- anna, daughter of Isaac Dana, of Pomfret, who died March 20, 1797. He is said to have been a large, strongly-built man, and died April 12, 1753, in consequence of over-exertion and fatigue, caused by participation in a wolf hunt. His widow never married and was rendered partly insane by grief over his death. Child, Abijah, mentioned below. (V) Abijah (2), son of Abijah (1) Ses- sions, was born June 2, 1751. He passed his early life in Pomfret, but went back to Union when twenty-one years of age. He was a soldier in the revolution ; served first as a per- sonal attendant of General Israel Putnam and afterwards as ensign. He served through three campaigns ; was at Cambridge and at the battle of White Plains, where he was slightly wound- Ed. After the war he settled in Union, and was known as Colonel Sessions, from holding that office in the state militia for a long time. He was a selectman for many years, justice of the peace thirty years, and also in the state legislature for many years. He died July 6, 1834. He married Hannah May, of Holland, Massachusetts, February 8, 1778. She was born February 17, 1754, died April 14, 1845. daughter of Nehemiah May, of Holland. Chil- dren : William Pitt, born February 6, 1779: Sarah W., September 5, 1780; Louisa, March IO, 1782; Joanna, February II, 1784; Hannah, December II, 1789: Abijah, April 12, 1791 ; Lyman, April 7, 1793, mentioned below ; Olive, November 11, 1794: Mary, married Dana, same family as Richard H. and Charles A. Dana; they had two children, Jared and Alexander. Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.