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AMES The relationship of the pioneers of the Ames or Eames family is dif- ficult to establish from the records. Fisher Ames and the Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts, are descended from William Ames, who was baptized at Brinton, Somerset- shire. England, October 8, 1605. His brother John, who came with him, settled at Duxbury, and died in Duxbury, leaving his estate to his brother's children. They were sons of Rich- ard Ames. Anthony Eames or Ames, one of the first settlers of Charlestown, Massachu- setts, was the ancestor of Congressman Butler Ames, of Lowell, Massachusetts. John Ames, a ship carpenter, located in Woburn, Massa- chusetts, gave his age as fifty-five in 1672.
(I) Robert Ames, brother of John Ames, of Woburn, and probably related to Anthony
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Ames, was early at Woburn, Massachusetts, removed to Chelmsford, now the town of Dra- cut, and died there April 25, 1671. He mar- ried Elizabeth His will refers to his cousin Richard, sister Dorothy, and Newman Farnham, of county Surrey, England. Thomas Eames, of Medford, deposed in 1652 that he was aged thirty-one years, giving surety at that time for his brother Robert. The Fram- ingham family was closely related, it is thought. Children of Robert: Samuel, born April 7, 1653; John, 1654, died young ; Elizabeth, June 4, 1659; Mary, June 11, 1661 ; Priscilla, May 2, 1663 ; Samuel, September 2, 1664; Abigail, . 1775, in the revolution. September 22, 1666 ; John, May 9, 1668. There were probably older sons, Robert, of Andover, born about 1640, and David, who settled at New London.
(II) John Ames and David Ames, "prob- ably brothers from Andover, Massachusetts" (p. 264, History of New London), settled east of the river about 1696. Some histories have called John Ames "Richard," but the history of New London is confirmed by the records. The name was spelled Eams and Emms as well as Ames during the first generations in this country. John Ames appears to be son of Rob- ert, brother of Robert, of Andover, and of David. of whom we know no more. After liv- ing in New London about forty years John Ames died June 1, 1735, in that town. His name appears in the probate record of the estate of Peter Branch, 1713 (p. 374 New London History). His sons were : John, men- tioned below : Robert.
( III) John (2), son of John (1) Ames, was born about 1695-1700. Children, born at New London and baptized in the New London church: John, baptized September 20, 1724, died young ; Daniel, October 12, 1729: Abigail, August 13, 1732; John, mentioned below ; Ze- bulon, February 6, 1744. Perhaps others.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Ames, was born in New London, and baptized September 11, 1737. The census of 1790 in New London county is not divided into towns. The heads of families were Joseph (3), John (3), Eben- ezer, Daniel, Comfort, Josiah, Lucy and Sam- uel. Josiah, Joseph and Ebenezer were sons of Joseph, grandsons of Robert, according to the will of Joseph. 1734. Daniel and John were of John's family, so we have reason to believe that all the families of New London county were descended from John Ames, mentioned above. John Ames (p. 122) had two sons
under sixteen and two females in his family ; John Ames (p. 125) had three females in his family, probably a wife and two grown daugh- ters. Another John (p. 113) had two males over sixteen, one under that age and four fe- males in his family. As Comfort Ames was a neighbor, and as Daniel, Ebenczer and John were neighbors (p. 125), we conclude that John (p. 125) was the John born 1737. This John Ames is said to have lived in Montville, New London county. He may have been the John Ames, of Preston, who was in Captain John Tyler's company from May to December.
(\') John (4), son of John (3) \mes, was born in 1760, in New London county, Con- necticut. He removed to Plymouth, New York, about 1807. Under the pension law of 1818 he applied for a pension. His applica- tion states that he enlisted in March, 1779. and served fifteen months under Captain Seth Harding on the United States steamship, "Con- federacy." At the time of enlistment he was of New London, Connecticut, and was fifty- eight years old. The Connecticut revolution- ary records show that he served on this vessel in 1778-79. The "Confederacy" was built on the Thames, below Norwich, Connecticut, a vessel of thirty-six guns, and launched in 1778. She sailed October 20. 1779. from Philadelphia for France. having the French Minister Ger- ard aboard and during a gale November 7 fol- lowing lost her masts and sails. She sought shelter in Martinique, which was reached De- cember 18. In March or April, 1781, she was captured by the British and her crew of one hundred and seventy-four taken to Charles- ton. He married, at Montville, Connecticut. November 24. 1785. Sarah Fargo. Children : Alice, married Phineas Newton; Mehitable, married Jonathan Morton ; Seldon ; John Far- go: Samuel: Rufus; Joseph ; Robert, mention- ed below: Salter, married Leander Haskins.
(VI) Robert (2). son of John (4) Ames, was born in Connecticut. December 31, 1794. died in New York City, November 22, 1826, in the prime of life. He was educated in the public schools. At the time of his death he was employed in a market in New York City. He married. November 13. 1817, Celma At- kvns. born May 3. 1799. died September 18, 1801. Children : Robert, died young : William, died young ; Sarah A., married S. Russell Still- man : Fordyce W., mentioned below.
(VII) Fordyce W., son of Robert (2)
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Ames, was born in Plymouth, New York, Feb- Republican. In 1904 he was appointed deputy county clerk, and he has been connected with the office of the county clerk as assistant and as clerk since that time. He was elected in November, 1909, clerk of the county, and his administration of the office has given the full- est satisfaction to the public. regardless of political opinions. It has been well said that he was the "right man for the right place, by reason of his eminent fitness and qualifications and his experience in the duties of the office." He was deputy clerk for nearly six years and is well known to the bench and bar and citizens ruary 19, 1820, died at Deruyter, New York, April 25, 1901. He was educated in the public schools, and was a farmer by occupation. He lived in Chenango county, New York, in the town of Otselic, in his younger days, and after- ward at Deruyter, Madison county, where most of his life was spent and where he died. He was active in town affairs and held various offices of trust and honor. In politics he was a Republican. He married, September 6, 1843, Electa E. Ray, born in Georgetown, New York, February 25, 1822, died October 16, 1878, daughter of Robert and Betsey (Wight) . of the county generally. He is a member of Ray. Children : 1. Henry Robert, born Janu- the Free and Accepted Masons; Royal Arch Masons ; Royal and Select Masters, and Knights Templar, of Norwich. ary 1. 1845 ; served four years in the civil war in the Second New York Heavy Artillery Regiment : a farmer, living at Deruyter, New He married, September 15, 1886, Cora Cross, of Lincklaen, Chenango county, New York, daughter of David R. and Philura (Miner) Cross. Children: 1. Morse Elliott, born at Deruyter, October 16, 1888; graduate of the Law School of Syracuse University, class of 19II. 2. Ruby Pauline, born at Chicago, Illi- nois, February 21, 1890; graduate of Cornell University, class of 1913. 3. Freda Corinne, born in Bainbridge. Chenango county, New York, August 1I, 1895. York. 2. Hartwell Benjamin, born February 14. 1847 ; a wagon maker at Deruyter, New York. 3. Warren Whitford, born February 25, 1850; editor and publisher ; resides at De- ruyter. 4. Frank Herbert, born October 8, 1852; resides in Brooklyn, New York, and is in business in New York City. 5. George Newell, born March 21, 1854; resides at De- ruyter. 6. John Fremont, born May 13, 1858, died in 1892, killed in a runaway accident ; was a Baptist clergyman. 7. William Elmer, born April 8, 1860: editor and publisher, resides at Chenango Forks, New York. 8. Fred Lin- THOMPSON coln. mentioned below.
(VIII) Fred Lincoln, son of Fordyce W. Ames, was born in Deruyter, New York, Janu- ary 23. 1864. He attended the public schools of his native town. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of printer in the office of his brother in Deruyter, and he continued for four years there. Afterward he was employed at his trade in Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, South Dakota, for several years. In January, 1894, he established a weekly newspaper, called The Erpress, at Bainbridge, New York, and in conducting this paper evinced marked ability as a man of business and editor. In 1897 he came to Norwich, New York, and for six years was city editor of the Chenango Telegraph. In January, 1903, he received a probationary appointment in the government printing office at Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, and in the following July his appointment was made permanent, but he re- signed the position to become city editor of the Norwich Sun at Norwich, New York.
In politics he is an active and influential
Thomas Thompson, immi- grant ancestor, was one of the early settlers of Hart- ford, Connecticut, where he died April 25, 1655. The inventory of his estate amounted to five hundred and forty-nine pounds five shillings five pence, made by Thomas Judd and John Hall. In his will he "desires my two brothers in England and my brother (in-law) Thomas Welles to be overseers" of the will. A committee was appointed to partition the estate, September 21. 1686. At the time the will was made both sons were minors. His widow set- tled the estate. She married ( second) Anthony Hawkins. Children: John ; Thomas, mention- ed below ; Beatrice and Mary. John died in 1711-12, and his inventory was dated March 3, 1711-12, by Joseph Hawley and Ebenezer Steele, his son John being administrator. John, son of John, died in Hartford, in 1741.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Thompson, was born about 1650, died in 1705- 06, at Hartford. His inventory mentions his brother John, Samuel Woodruff Sr. and chil- dren, Samuel, mentioned below; Daniel and Mercy. His will was dated January 18, 1705-
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06, and the estate was distributed April 1, 1708, to Thomas, the eldest, Elizabeth and Mary Woodruff, children of his daughter Mrs. Woodruff; Samuel, mentioned below; Ann; Daniel and Mary or Mercy.
(III) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) Thomp- son, was born about 1690. His will was dated January 17, 1738-39. He married Hannah Children : Samuel, eldest ; Daniel ; Thomas ; Barnabas, born 1725; Ruth, married Judd; Mary, married Wood- ford; Bethiah and Hannah, aged thirteen in 1739; Anne.
(IV) Samuel (2). son of Samuel (1) Thompson, was born about 1725. He resided in Farmington and had a son Samuel, men- tioned below.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Thomp- son, was born about 1760, in Farmington. In 1795 he and Joseph Messenger went from Farmington to Deruyter, New York. At last accounts his descendants still owned part of lot No. 4 on which he settled. He was in later life known as Squire Thompson. He was a marked character, a famous hunter, a wonder- ful marksman, and from his various charac- teristics similar to one of Cooper's heroes was called "Leather Stocking" in this section. In a sketch of Squire Thompson printed some years ago by the Deruyter New Era, a writer said : In his prime he was a bundle of nerves and bone, nothing else. On a time he went to the village of Cazenovia, or as it was termed in those days, 'up to the lake.' His business. which was with the late Colonel Lincklaen, be- ing over, Thompson stepped into the street and passing along unconscious of danger met a sort of crazy drunken chap who without prelude or ceremony struck him a most unexpected blow over the head. Sudden as a flash the assailed returned the 'how d'ye do' with a tre- mendous whack over the other's head, who seeing the stars fall, cried out hastily, 'Oh, you shouldn't strike me! I'm a crazy man.' In- stantly the old squire whose motions were quick as lightning hauled off again, giving him another crack with the retort : 'Damn you. I'm as crazy as you be,' leaving Bedlamite sprawl- ing on the walk to come to his senses as best he might." He died at the age of ninety years. He lived for a time in Chatham, New York, before coming to Deruyter. He married a sis- ter of Chauncey Langdon ( see Langdon ). Chil- dren : Maria ; Chauncey Langdon, mentioned below.
(VI) Chauncey Langdon, son of Samuel (3) Thompson, was born in Deruyter, New York, March 25, 1799. He married Chloe Spear, of Deruyter. In 1809 her father, Eli Spear, was a tavern keeper and owned a potash plant in Deruyter. Children, born in Deruyter : Andrew Jackson, November 27, 1834, died in the service of the civil war, October 17, 1864; Martin Van Buren, June 15, 1835: Samuel, mentioned below; Esther, April II, 1839; Seth D., December 4, 1842, died April 1, 1863 : Henry DeWitt, July 23, 1844, lives in Trux- ton, New York; Franklin Burdette, May 7, 18.16.
(VII) Samuel (4), son of Chauncey Lang- don Thompson, was born in Deruyter, New York, July 1. 1837. He married ( first ) Eliza. daughter of Michael Jepson, of Taylor, New York. Hemarried ( second ) Sarah lline. Child by first wife : Samuel Ellsworth, mentioned be- low. Child by second wife: Anna, married Kenneth.
(VHH ) Samuel Ellsworth, son of Samuel (4) Thompson, was born in Truxton, New York, April 23, 1862. He attended the public schools of his native town, and followed farm- ing for many years in various places. For several years past he has been with the Grand Union Tea Company, of Cortland, New York, as salesman. He is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, and Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Fayetteville. New York. He married, September 4. 1893. Fannie Seacord, of Truxton, New York, daugh- ter of William and Mary N. ( Cole) Seacord, of French Huguenot ancestry. She died in February, 1903. They had one child, Lloyd Seacord, born in DeWitt, New York, August 6. 1895.
(The Langdon Line).
The pioneer ancestor of this family was George Langdon, who located in Wethersfield. Connecticut, about 1636. removed thence to Springfield, Massachusetts, and located finally at Northampton, where he died December 29. 1676. The name is also spelled Lanckton and Langton. John Langdon, a sailmaker of Bos- ton, and Roger Langdon, of Ipswich and Hav- erhill, Massachusetts, were the other early set- tlers of this family. George Langdon was a town officer of Springfield in 1650. He mar- ried, June 29. 1648. Hannah, widow of Ed- mund Haynes, of Springfield. His will was dated November 28, 1676, bequeathing to his wife. to son-in-law, Thomas Hanchett; to
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daughters; son John, and grandson, Samuel Langdon. Children: John, mentioned below ; daughter, married - - Pritchett ; daugh- ter, married - Corbee ; Deliverance, mar- ried Thomas Hanchett ; Esther, married, Au- gust 22, 1649, John Hannum.
( II) Deacon Jolin Langdon, son of George Langdon, was born in England. He settled in Farmington, Connecticut, and represented the town in the general court, October, 1668. He was admitted freeman, October, 1669, and had joined the Farmington Church, July 12, 1653. He was deacon of the church for many years. He died in 1680. His will was dated July 22, 1689. Children : John, had a son John men- tioned in father's will; Samuel, baptized Feb- ruary 13, 1653 : Joseph, mentioned below ; Eliz- abeth, married Luke Hayes.
( III) Joseph, son of Deacon John Langdon, was born in 1660, at Farmington. He married ( first ), in October. 1683, Susannah, daughter of John and Mary ( Kilbourne ) Root. His will was dated September 3, 1733, with codicil January 31, 1735. (One record gives his death as March 31. 1736, another as April, 1749). His wife died December 5, 1712, and he mar- ried ( second ) Mary In his will he mentions Mary, his wife, and children : Joseph, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, Sarah Woodruff. Children, born at Farmington, by first wife : Sarah, April 20, 1685: Joseph, March, 1688; John, April 3, 1601 : Samuel, December, 1692 ; Susannah, October, 1696; Ebenezer, mention- ed below; Mary, April, 1704; Mercy, April, 1704: Thomas, September, 1707.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Joseph Langdon, was born at Farmington,. July 17, 1701, died there April 17, 1756. He married, Novem- ber 30, 1727, Jemima, born September 26, 1707. died May 22, 1793, daughter of Isaac and Mary ( Andrews) Cowles. Children, born at Farmington : Ebenezer, mentioned below : Jo- seph. December 12, 1740. And probably others.
(\') Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Langdon, was born at Farmington about 1735- He married Catherine Green, of New York City, whose parents were born in Holland. Among their children were: Ebenezer, born March 4. 1775, died at Castleton. Vermont, September 18. 1849: married Polly born in 1775, died February 6. 1855 at Castle- ton ; Chauncey. mentioned below : Daughter. married Samuel Thompson (see Thompson ). According to the census of 1790 he was living at Farmington and had in his family three
males over sixteen, one under that age and four females.
(VI) Chauncey, son of Ebenezer (2) Langdon, was born at Farmington, Novem- ber 8, 1763. He graduated at Yale College in 1787 and studied law with Judge Sylvester Gilbert and settled at Castleton, Rutland coun- ty, Vermont, where he practiced law. He was register of probate in 1792-94-96-1813; judge of probate in 1798-99; representative to the legislature in 18:3-14-17-19-20-22 ; member of congress, 1815-17. In 1808 and again from 1823 until his death he was one of the coun- cillors of the state. He was elected a trustee of Middlebury College in 1811 and remained one as long as he lived. From that college he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1803. In religion he was a Congre- gationalist and for years an officer of the Ver- mont Bible Society. He died at Castleton, July 23, 1830. He married, April 7. 1789, Lucy Nona, daughter of Rev. Elijah Lathrop, of Hebron. She died at Castleton, January 14, 1834. Several of his orations were pub- lished. He had son, Benjamin Franklin, who ‹lied September 22, 1796.
Richard Lounsbury, im- LOUNSBERRY migrant ancestor, came from England and set- tled in New York province. He was an early settler and proprietor of Peningo Neck and is mentioned in the records of Rye, West- chester county, New York, as early as 1672. He owned rights in the town from 1673 to 1682. He sold his land, but afterward re- turned and owned land on Budd's Neck, which he bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth and his two sons. His will is dated January 2, 1600. His son. Thomas had by purchase rights in White Plains. He married Elizabeth Dubois, a member of a rich Huguenot family driven from France by Catholic persecution, and later wealthy silk manufacturers in Hol- land. Children : Thomas, Michael, mentioned below : John, of Rye: Richard, Henry, born .August 15. 1684: Mary.
( ]I) Michael, son of Richard Lounsbury, was born about 1680, died January 20, 1730- 31. at Stamford, Connecticut. He bought land in Stamford in 1703 at Pepper Ridge, near Taunton. He married, June 19, 1707. Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant Jonathan Lock- wood, born September 10, 1634. died May 12, 1688, and his wife, Sarah ( Ferris) Lockwood,
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daughter of Geoffrey Ferris. Jonathan was son of Robert Lockwood, the immigrant, who set- tled in Watertown, Massachusetts. 'Children, born at Stamford: Elizabeth and Sarah, twins, born June 13, 1708; Michael, January 23, 1709-10; Jemima, March 17, 1711; Mon- mouth, mentioned below : Joshua, July 1, 1716; Nehemiah, December 23, 1717 ; Abigail, Sep- tember 11, 1719: Jonathan, October 20, 1721.
(III) Monmouth, son of Michael Louns- bury, was born at Stamford, Connecticut. 1713- 14. He married, - -, in 1738. Children : Thomas, born January 16, 1739; Elizabeth, July 25, 1741, died young; Benjamin, men- tioned below; Michael, September 12, 1744; Elizabeth, September 9, 1746; Monmouth, July 31. 1748: William, February 28, 1749, died young : Jemima, December 4, 1751 ; Wil- liam, August 5. 1753: Tamar, September 11, 1755; Abigail.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Monmouth Louns- bury, was born December 23. 1742. died in 1771. He had a son Benjamin, mentioned be- low.
(V) Benjamin (2) Lounsberry (as the name is now spelled ), son of Benjamin Louns- bury, was born April 11, 1767, in Stamford, died in Nichols, New York, May 31, 1857. He was four years old when his father died. His mother married (second) Jonathan Platt and moved to Bedford, Westchester county. New York, where they lived until 1774. In that year they moved to Nichols, New York, where in 1793 Mr. Platt had bought land. Benjamin Lounsberry was the first of the name to move to that part of the country and the village of Lounsberry was named after him and his descendants; he was the first purchaser of the ancestral lands still remain- ing in the family. He married, in 1792, Eliza- beth, daughter of Jonathan Platt by his first wife. She died in 1838. Children: Harriet, born June 7. 1793, married J. W. Lanning : Hannah, May 23. 1795, married Samuel H. Dunham ; Platt, mentioned below : Charles, July 19, 1800; Horace, December 12. 1804: Benjamin, May 4. 1807, died September 20, 1888: James, October 7. 1809: William, De- cember 6, 1812, died July 12, 1887 ; Norman. May -. 1815.
(VI) Platt, son of Benjamin (2) Louns- berry, was born in Nichols. New York. Sep- tember 18, 1797, died September 18, 1892, in Lounsberry. town of Nichols. He was a successful farmer, and owned large tracts of
land in Nichols, where he lived all of his life. He married Sarah Lanning, of Nichols, daugh- ter of Samuel Lanning ; she died January 7, 1877. Children : Sarah, married Robert How- ell; Platt, Mary, Amos, of Tioga; Horacc, mentioned below; Prudence, married James H. Morey; Elizabeth, married Andrew C. Hunt, of Litchfield, Pennsylvania ; Benjamin, of Tioga ; Harriet, George, of Nichols ; Enoch, died aged twenty.
(VHI) Horace, son of Platt Lounsberry, was born August, 1832, in Lounsberry, and is now living there. He conducted the large farm on which his father and grandfather lived, in his younger years. He married, Sep- tember 15, 1857. Martha Ann Morey, born in Nichols, in 1840, died July 27, 1874, daugh- ter of William and Mary Ann ( Howell) Morey. Children: Fred, mentioned below ; Stella A., born August 23, 1800, married Dr. John T. Tucker, of Waverly, New York : Hor- ace Jr., born March 15, 1868, died April 12. 1891.
(VIII) Fred, son of Horace Lounsberry, was born at Lounsberry, May 15, 1858. He also has carried on the large farm which his ancestors owned, and has made a specialty of raising Holstein cattle and Berkshire swine. His farm consists of about two hundred acres, and is conducted in the most modern fashion. He was educated in the district schools, and in the schools of Owego, New York. For several years he has held the office of town assessor. He married, January 3. 1883. Sarah Tucker, born in Ithaca. Tompkins county, New York, November 23, 1857, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Wilkins) Tucker, and granddaughter of Thomas Tucker, who lived and died in England; her father was born in Maidstone, county Kent, England, in 1825. and in 1851 came to America in a sailing ves- sel, settling in Dryden, New York, later re- moving to Varna, where he now lives. Chil- dren : Stephen Morey, mentioned below ; Lee Tucker, born September 15. 1888, educated at Cornell three years and at Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, graduating in 1912: member of Westbrook Lodge. No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons.
(IX) Stephen Morey, son of Fred Louns- berry, was born in Lounsberry, Tioga county, New York, August 17. 1885. He received his education in the district schools and attended school in Waverly for one year. Afterward he spent five years in Owego Free Academy,
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from which he was graduated in 1906. He then attended the Law School at Cornell Uni- versity, from which he was graduated in 1910, and since then has opened a law office in Owego and at Nichols, New York. He is a member of Westbrook Lodge, No. 333, Free and Accepted Masons.
CODNER Hiram Codner was born in Schoharie, Schoharie county, New York, December 13, 1806, died in Owego, Tioga county, New York, April 21, 1894. It is thought that his father may have come from England. The name does not appear in the revolutionary rolls nor in the census of 1790. He moved to Owego about 1840 and bought a large farm about six miles from the village. Here he lived the remainder of his life, a prosperous and suc- cessful farmer. He married Elizabeth Merri- cle, who was born in Schoharie, August 15, 1812, died in Owego, March 20, 1896. Chil- dren : 1. Nelson, mentioned below. 2. Delia, born March 14, 1835, died April 2, 1843. 3 Phebe, February 16, 1837, married John Dan- iels. 4. Nancy. December 29, 1839, died June 10, 1859. 5. John, February 27, 1841. 6. Cynthia, December 30, 1842, died July 15, 1860. 7. Almira, February 1, 1845; married George Townsend. 8. Lucinda, January 17, 1847; married Marvin Ecketer. 9. Hiram Peter, May 26, 1849, died January 12, 1858. IO. Mary Jane, September 29, 1851 ; married Arthur Blow. 11. Amanda, April 5, 1855, died January 16, 1859. 12. Alına Ellen, March 13, 1859; married Walter Tyrrell.
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