Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 37

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646

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(VI) James Warren, son of John and Susan Maria (Blood) Campbell, was born in 1833, and died January 1, 1892. He was a lumber dealer. He married Adaline Holmes, born 1844, died 1905. Children: I. Emmett L.,. of whom further. 2. Bertha, married Thomas

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Waters; children: Irene, Anna and Edna. 3. Edna.

(VII) Emmett L., only son of James War- ren and Adaline (Holmes) Campbell, was born in South Valley (now Elko), Cattarau- gus county, New York, March 18, 1872. He was educated in the public schools and at Chamberlain Institution. He began business life as a clerk in a lumber yard at Quaker Bridge. After a term of service there he went to Jamestown, and pursued a course of study in the Jamestown Business College. During the years 1893-94 he was bookkeeper in a knitting mill in Jamestown, and for a year was in a lumber business. In 1895 he located in Little Valley, Cattaraugus county, and opened a grocery store. The telephone · company installed a pay station in his store, and he thus became familiar with that busi- ness, with the result that he disposed of his store and entered the employ of the telephone company in order to build up its rural busi- ness. How well he succeeded is made ap- parent by the fact that in a remarkably short time he established in the territory committed to his charge five offices numbering one thou- sand subscribers-a result far surpassing the expectations of his superiors, and winning for him high commendation for his ability and energy. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a Republican in politics.

He married, February 25, 1897, Adelene L. Burrell, born July 13, 1875, daughter of Wil- liam H. Burrell, of Cattaraugus county, and granddaughter of Adonijah Burrell, of New Albion, born 1799, died 1878, a farmer, held in good repute, married Betsey Gilleland, born 1801, died 1876. William H. Burrell was born in Otsego county, 1835, died in Cattaraugus county, 1902. He came early in life to New Albion, where his father had taken up land. He was educated in the public schools, and was a farmer, and later kept a hotel in Little Valley. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics was a Demo- crat. He married, July 29, 1874, Almeda Ridout, born September 18, 1852, a daughter of Hiram Ridout, born July 29, 1824, died May 12, 1878, married, November, 1848, Julia Filley, born April 1, 1832, died January 29, 1886, daughter of Austin and Martha (Flan- ders) Filley, who came front Vermont, and

settled in the town of Leon. Hiram was a son of Ezra and Mahala (Dye) Ridout, old settlers in Cattaraugus county. Children of William H. Burrell: Maude, died aged two years ; Adelene L., wife of Emmett L. Camp- bell ; Harold W.

Children of Emmett L. and Adelene L. (Burrell) Campbell: Burrell, born December 28, 1897; Malcolm, April 29, 1903 ; Corydon, January 31, 1906.

This name was well known in GIBBS England prior to the emigration of the Puritans to America. Wil- liam Gibbs, of Lenharn, Yorkshire, England, for signal service, received a grant from the King of England embracing a tract of land four miles square in the centre of the town. Tradition says he had three sons, the eldest of whom inherited the paternal estate and re- mained thereon ; the younger learned the trade of ship carpenter, and on arriving at maturity received funds from his elder brother, with which he and the other brother came to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, where they separated. Matthew Gibbs, the third son, is the American ancestor of a large family.

The family of Gibbs, whose descendants are herein traced, was founded in Chautauqua county by Preserved Gibbs. He had brothers, William, Harris and Guy, who came from England together. The three brothers settled in the west while Preserved located first in Chautauqua county, New York. He purchased wild land, on which he lived for a time, later settling near Batavia, New York, where he engaged in agriculture until his death. His wife was Hannah Wood ; his children : Daniel, Delos, Betsey, Erastus and Hannah.

Erastus, youngest son of Preserved and Hannah (Wood) Gibbs, was born near Ba- tavia, New York, February 26, 1810, died in 1876 in Chautauqua county. He was a man of education and well read in the literature of his day. He settled in Chautauqua county, where he was a prosperous farmer. He mar- ried Nancy E. Eades, born in Batavia, New York, died in Chautauqua county, April 3, 1893, aged seventy-six years, eight months and twenty-two days, daughter of Elisha A. and Sophia (Dorman) Eades, who came to Ba- tavia from Vermont, settling in Chautauqua county, in 1822. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Her mother, Sophia (Dor- man) Eades, was born in New Haven, Con-

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necticut, daughter of Captain John Dorman, a mariner. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs:

I. Helen, born May 1, 1837; married, May 14. 1871, in Chautauqua county, New York, Lyman White Skinner, of Chautauqua county, born in Pomfret, April 21, 1829, died in Sher- man, May 4, 1910. He was educated in the public schools and in early life learned the trade of carpenter ; he also engaged in farm- ing, devoting his life to these occupations. He was a man of upright character and highly estcemed in the county. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a Republican in politics. He is survived by his wife Helen, who continues her residence in Sherman. Child: Alice Martha, born in Chautauqua county, December 8, 1878; married Clifford H. Newall, of Sherman; children: Lyman Thomas, born May 30, 1905: Helen Julietta and Elizabeth Jean, twins, born August 26, 1907.

2. Alice, born August 26, 1841. died in Sherman, August 26, 1903. She married De- Witt Clinton Pratt, of New York. Children : i. Lee Sheldon, born 1878; married Olive Page: child, Leland DeWitt, born 1910. ii. William Fred, born July 30, 1880. iii. James Gibbs, born July, 1882 ; married Susan Thay- er : children: Philip, born 1908, and Julia Alice, born August, 1909.

3. Sophia, born July 29, 1845; married, March 19, 1863, in Chautauqua, New York, Charles Murray Harrington, born in West- field, New York, November 9, 1839; he is a well-known auctioneer and a farmer. He is a Republican in politics, and a man highly re- garded in his county. The family residence is in Westfield. They have no children.

4. George Washington, born February 21, 1849. He is a leading dairy farmer of Chant- tauqua county and an extensive cattle dealer. He married, September 24, 1878, in Westfield, Anna Jane Reid, born there September 22. 1856. Children: i. Charles Erastus, born June 3, 1879 ; married, September, 1904, Clau- dine Kidder : children: Geraldine, born Octo- ber 16, 1906, and Anna Kathlyn, born Febru- ary 22, 1910, both born in Fredonia, New York. ii. Alice Helen, born November 17, 1882. iii. Emma Martha, born July 30, 1887 ; married, August 26, 1908, Hugh C. Howe.

5. Charles Franklin, born March 26, 1853. died May 24, 1904; he was a farmer and an extensive dealer in agricultural implements. He married, December 1, 1875, Mary Stan-

ton, born in Ripley, New York,. 1855, died September, 1909, daughter of Charles and Martha Maria (Aspinwall) Stanton. Five children: i. Gerald Gilman, born August 25, 1876; educated in the public schools ; graduate of Sherman high school and of Cornell Uni- versity, class of 1902 (law school). He was admitted to the bar the same year, and at once began practice in Westfield, New York. His first partner was James H. Pendergast ; later he associated with Henry C. Kingsbury. Upon the death of the latter he formed a law partnership with Henry C. Williamson, under the firm name of Gibbs & Williamson, which still continues, they being engaged in success- ful practice. He married, June 26, 1907, Nel- lie L. Herron, born in Westfield, June, 1883, daughter of John and Rose (Wood) Herron. ii. Sophia, born March 8, 1880; married, De- cember 30, 1907, Charles Harvey ; children : Franklin DeWitt, born 1908, and Mary Ann, born 1910. iii. Glenn Stanton, born Septem- ber 25, 1889; married, July 18, 1911, Nellie Irene Bates, of Westfield. iv. George David, born August 31, 1894. v. Murray, died in in- fancy.

This name appears in early STEVENSON colonial records as both Stevenson and Stephenson, with other occasional variations of spelling. Stevenson families in New York state spring from both Scotch and English ancestors, but the family herein recorded are of English de- scent. It is not possible from available rec- ords to give the line in detail, but all evidence points to Edward Stevenson, a freeholder of Sonthold, Long Island, in 1686, as the Ameri- can ancestor. From Long Island members of the family crossed the Sound, settling in Connecticut, where Edward Stevenson, found- er of the Buffalo family, was born in 1770. The Stevenson family of Salem, New York, descend from James Stevenson, of Ayrshire, Scotland, 1746.

(I) Edward Stevenson was born June I, 1770, at Greenwich, Connecticut, died in Buf- falo, New York, October 5, 1834. After his marriage he came with his wife to New York, settling at Auburn, Cayuga county. He was a prosperous merchant in Auburn for many years, retiring from business and coming to Buffalo about 1822. He did not engage in any business in Buffalo, but served the city in several public capacities. He married, Jan-

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uary 16, 1805, Ann Lockwood, born August 13, 1786, in Massachusetts, died in Buffalo, November 7, 1862. Children, all born in Au- burn, New York: 1. Edward L., March 31, 1806, died May, 1890. He was for many years associated with Chauncey H. Coe, of Auburn and Buffalo, and in charge of a division of the great stage route between Buffalo and Albany, an enterprise in that day of consider- able magnitude. At one time four regular lines of coaches left Buffalo, making the dis- tance to Albany in forty-eight hours and charging fifteen dollars fare. He invested largely in real estate, and for twenty-five years was engaged with his brother, George Platt Stevenson, in the livery business in Buffalo. He was alderman of the Third ward; trustee of the Buffalo Savings Bank; vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and a man of high character and standing. He married, in 1832, Amelia S., daughter of William and Sally Geer, of Shelburne, Vermont ; children : Edward Henry, died in childhood, and George Platt (2), born May 9, 1849, died May 23, 1878. 2. Henry E., born July 11, 1807 ; died unmarried, in Buffalo. 3. George Platt (q. v.), August 11, 1812, died May 17, 1864. 4. John Savage, March 31, 1819: married Han- nah Richardson. 5. James Isaac, of whom further.

(II) James Isaac, fifth son of Edward and Ann (Lockwood) Stevenson, was born in Auburn, New York, March 5, 1821, died in Buffalo, New York, November 27, 1897. He came to Buffalo when a boy, and nearly seventy years of his life were spent in that city, and for nearly fifty years he lived at 203 East Eagle street. He was connected early in life with the stage lines that crossed the state, but his entire life was spent in the livery business, the Stevensons at one time having a practical monopoly of that trade in the city, occupying the present site of the J. N. Adam stores, the partners being George, John and James Stevenson. This was his life work and continued till about ten years prior to his death, when he retired. He was a staunch Republican, but would never accept office. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and in his quiet way did a great deal of good. He was a greathearted, generous man, and quick to relieve distress, doing a great deal of charitable work in his business at funerals, etc. No one ever knew of his giving, as it was done quietly and where it was both needed

and appreciated. In his younger days he was a member of a military company, but aside from that belonged to no clubs or societies. His genial, kindly manner won him a host of friends.

He married, September 7, 1845, Eliza Avery Sage, born October 22, 1822, at Ypsilante, Michigan, died at Buffalo, January 19, 1878, daughter of Abraham (2) Sage. Children: I. Kate, married, December 30, 1870, Augus- tus Van Cleve; children: Kate and Antoin- ette, both students of music in Boston; this family resides in Michigan. 2. Ann Lock- wood, a resident of Buffalo.

(The Sage Line).

The Sage family without doubt is of Scandinavian origin, and the name at first was Saga. When the Norsemen conquered Nor- mandy, in France, they generally softened the final "a" tone, thus making Saga, Sage, and added a French suffix to denote landed occu- pation. To the first Norman Saga or Sage was added "ville," thus making it Sageville, or Sagetown, or Sageland. As the name spread to other countries it was subjected to other changes-in Germany, Saige or Sauge ; in Switzerland the same, while in France it became Le Sage. The name first appears in England on the roll of Battle Abbey, pre- pared by the monks of Battle Abbey at the command of William the Conqueror, to per- petuate the names of those who took part in the battle of Hastings, which gave him the English throne. It is there recorded Sageville.

(I) David Sage, American ancestor of Ann Lockwood Stevenson, was born in 1639, a na- tive of Wales. He was one of the first set- tlers of Middletown, Connecticut, where he is of record in 1652. He settled upon a tract of land now part of the town of Cornwell, upon the banks of the Connecticut river, where some of his descendants yet reside. His will, dated March 27, 1703, is in the probate office at Hartford, Connecticut. The stone marking his grave is still standing in Riverside ceme- tery, on the bank of the Connecticut, at the north end of Main street, Middletown. It gives the date of his death as March, 1703, O. S., and his age as sixty-four years. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Kirby, in February, 1664. He married (second) in 1673. Mary Wilcox. Children by first wife' David, born 1665; John, 1668; Elizabeth, 1670; Mary, 1672. Children of second wife :

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Jonathan. born 1674; Timothy, 1678, ancestor of Russell Sage, the great financier who left a fortune of $70,000,000 ; Nathaniel, 1680, and Mercy, twin of Nathaniel.

(II) John, son of David Sage, the emigrant, was born in 1668; married Hannah Starr. Children: Hannah, born 1694; John, 1696; Elizabeth and Mary (twins), 1699; Elizabeth (2), 1701; Ann, 1702; David and Benjamin (twins), 1703; Jemima, 1704; Nathaniel, 1707; Ebenezer, 1709; Comfort, 1710; Prud- ence, 1713: Thankful, 1717; Gideon, 1718.

(III) Captain David Sage, son of John Sage, was born in 1703; married Bathsheba Judd. Children : David (2), born 1732; Rhoda, 1734 ; Solomon, 1737; Jedediah, 1739; Bathsheba, 1743; Mindwell, 1746; Zaddock, 1748; Candace, 1762.

(IV) David (2), son of Captain David (I) Sage, was born 1732; married Lois Harris. Children: Lois, born 1752; Abraham, 1754; David, 1756; Ann, 1757 ; Haines, 1759; David and Jonathan (twins), 1761: Ann (2). 1763; Mehitable, 1765 : Bathsheba, 1768; Seth, 1770 ; Ruth, 1772: Lois (2), 1775; David (2), 1778.

(V) Abraham, son of David (2) Sage, was born 1754; married Candace Chil- dren: Harris, born 1779; James, 1780; Ruth (married a Thompson), 1787 ; Betsey (mar- ried an Avery), 1789; Abraham (2), 1793; Emily (married a Martin), 1794; George, 1799.

(VI) Abraham (2), son of Abraham (I) Sage, was born 1793; married Patty Luce. Children: Morris, born 1818; Seth, 1823; Robert, and Eliza Avery.

(VII) Eliza Avery, only daughter of Abraham (2) and Patty (Luce) Sage, mar- ried James Isaac Stevenson.

(VIII) Ann Lockwood, daughter of James Isaac and Eliza Avery (Sage) Stevenson.

Line of descent of Russell Sage: (I) David Sage, married Elizabeth Kirby. (II) Timothy Sage, married Margaret Holebert. (III) Amos Sage, married Rebecca Wilcox. (IV) Elisha Sage, married Martha Montague. (V) Elisha (2) Sage, who married Prudence Ris- ley, of an old family.

(VI) Russell, youngest son of Elisha (2) Sage, was born in 1816. He became one of the leading and wealthiest financiers of New York City, and at his death left his immense for- tune to his widow, who is dispensing it in charitable and philanthropic benevolences. He was a Member of Congress from New York

City. In private life he was most unassuming and democratic. He left no children.

STEVENSON

(II) George Platt Steven- son, third son of Edward (q. v.) and Ann (Lock-

wood) Stevenson, was born in Auburn, New York, August II, 1812, died in Buffalo, May 17. 1864. He came to the latter city with his father and brother in 1822, and soon after es- tablished in the livery business, continuing un- til his death. He had as partner for twenty- five years his brother. Edward L., and at one time they practically controlled the livery busi- ness of Buffalo. His place of business was on Main street, where the stores of J. N. Adam now stand. He was a man of good business and executive ability, active and ener- getic, with an agreeable, kind manner that en- deared him to all. He was social in disposi- tion, and a man held in high esteem. He was a Republican in politics, and held several city offices. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Ruth Ann Thayer, born in Palmyra, New York, April 22, 1817, died in Buffalo, June 29, 1864, daughter of Amasa Thayer, a descendant of Richard Thayer, who came from England and settled in Braintree, 1640. Children: I. George L., born September 1, 1839, died March 14, 1844. 2. Edward L., born April 21, 1841, died June 14. 1849. 3. Joel Thayer, born April 11, 1843, died July 26, 1877, at Toledo, Ohio. 4. Amelia, born January 18, 1845 : a resident of Buffalo. 5. Georgianna, born October 24, 1846, died at Ashville, New York, in August, 1899 ; mar- ried Francis Shaw Thorn, of Utica, New York (see Thorn). 6. Amasa, born April 24, 1849, died August 30, 1849.

WHITE William White was born in Mas- sachusetts in 1742, and died in Bainbridge, New York, in April, 1827. According to family tradition he was a descendant of Peregrine White, the first child born in Plymouth, of the "Mayflower" colony, but his ancestry has not been traced definitely as yet. He married, May 12, 1767, at Guil- ford, Vermont, Eunice Rogers, who was born February 6, 1745, and died in 1818, daughter of Abijah Rogers, a descendant in the seventh generation from John Rogers, the English Puritan. William White was a soldier in the revolution, from Guilford, Vermont, a private in Captain David Stowell's company, Colonel

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William Williams' regiment, in the fall of 1777; also in Captain William Dyer's com- pany, Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge's regiment, in 1781. He was lieutenant of the First Guil- ford Company in the same regiment in 1782. He was granted, on account of his revolution- ary service, a section of land, 640 acres, in Chenango county, New York, where he lo- cated and cleared a farm. He became well- to-do for his day, and was highly respected in the community. He was well educated, a lifelong student and reader of books, and one of the best-informed and most influential men of the county. The Guilford history states that in 1772 he had a family of five children (p. 19, vol. v). Children: 1. Eunice, born February 6, 1768; died October 14, 1776. 2. Isabelle, born August 14, 1770; died Octo- ber 10, 1776. 3. Asa, born April 30, 1772; died in 1818-9. 4. Ezra, born March 30, 1774. 5. William, born May 20, 1776; died July 4, 1803. 6. Eunice, born June 18, 1778; died December 14, 1827. 7. Royal, born July 29, 1780; died 1848. 8. Garner, born December 21, 1781, died in 1825. (Royal and Garner, the two last mentioned, were early settlers of Binghamton, New York, and owners of land now in the heart of that thriving city.) 9. Dr. Squire, mentioned below.

(II) Dr. Squire White, son of William White, was born in Guilford, Vermont, No- vember 20, 1785. He attended the public schools, and under the instruction of Dr. Pet- til, of Cazenovia, New York, began the study of medicine. Afterward he was a student un- der Dr. Joseph White, of Cherry Valley, New York, and at the medical school of Columbia College, now Columbia College of New York, where he received his degree of doctor of medicine. In 1808 he came to Fredonia, New York, to practice his profession. For a time he taught school at Sheridan township, but his practice grew so large that he had to de- vote all his time to it. For fifty years he was in active and successful practice, and he was highly esteemed not only for his professional ability but for his kindness, charity and up- rightness. Hezekiah Barker, whose daughter Dr. White married for his first wife, in 1804 purchased four hundred acres of land in Fre- donia. situated in what is now the village, and in 1811 Dr. White purchased of Mr. Barker twenty-five acres of that tract, part of which now comprises Forest Hill Cemetery. In the same year Dr. White erected a frame building

on the corner of Main and White streets, and there all his children were born. In 1868 this building was moved back on White street, and Devillo Asa White, the doctor's son, built the present home of the family. The old house was afterward demolished. Dr. White was the first surrogate of Chautauqua county, New York, being appointed February 9, 1811, by Governor David D. Tompkins, and he filled the office with fidelity for several years. He was elected to the New York state assembly in November, 1830, and served with credit. At the time of the burning of Buffalo in 1812 by the British forces, he was there on business and was impressed into service by the United States army, and made surgeon of the 169th Regiment of New York Infantry.

Dr. White died at Fredonia, April 2, 1857. He married (first) Sarah Barker, who was born February 1, 1795, and died July 13, 1823, a daughter of Hezekiah and Sarah (Wood) Barker. The Wood family came originally of Rhode Island stock. The Barker family was among the pioneers and founders of Fre- donia, New York. Hezekiah Barker was a leading man in Fredonia, and was the donor of the ground for the public park, the old cemetery, and the academy. The family came of old New England ancestry. Dr. White married (second) Lydia Cook Cushing, born March 14, 1798, died January 2, 1886, daugh- ter of Judge Zatter Cushing. Children by first wife, born at Fredonia: 1. William D., born September 10, 1814; died October 18, 1892; married Susan Blondel, of Kentucky. 2.

Devillo Asa, mentioned below. 3. Julia Scully, born March 3, 1819 ; died September 14, 1856; married Francis Edwards. 4. Edward, born June 25, 1823 ; died July 13, 1825. Children by second wife, born at Fredonia: 5. Ellen Douglas, born June 20, 1827; died December 19, 1887. 6. George Hinckley, born Septem- ber 11, 1829; died 1906. 7. Mary Sturgis, died young.

(III) Devillo Asa White, son of Dr. Squire White, was born at Fredonia, New York, July 2, 1816. He was educated in the public schools and at Fredonia Academy. He studied medi- cine, and engaged in business as a druggist at Fredonia for many years, retiring on ac- count of age a few years ago. He is now (1911) in his ninety-fifth year, well preserved mentally and physically. His mind is a store- house of early history of the town of Fre- donia. With the entire history of the town

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he is personally familiar, and in most of the events of the community he has been an actor or witness. In 1849, when gold was dis- covered in California, he joined the "Argo- nauts," but remained in the gold fields but a short time. He has invested his money largely in real estate, and has built many resi- dences in Fredonia. He married Lamaria Jones, who died December 20, 1892, aged seventy-one years, daughter of Harry and Laura (Tucker) Jones. Laura Tucker was a daughter of Samuel Tucker, a soldier in the revolution. Children: Child, died in infancy ; Mary, married George S. Josselyn, of Fre- donia, now engaged very extensively in the nursery business; Isabelle, unmarried, regis- trar of the Benjamin Prescott Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fre- donia.

STORM The Storm family of Westfield, New York, represented in the present generation by Captain Stephen V. Storm, descends from Dirck Storm, who came from Utrecht, Holland, to Harlem, New York, in 1662. The family in Holland bore arms: Field, A ship at sea under storm sail .. Crest: The helm of a knight visor closed, affronte surrounded by eagle's wings. Motto: Vetrouwt. (In God we trust). Dirck Storm came from the district in or near the province or diocese of Utrecht, in Holland, sailing from Amsterdam, September 2, 1662, with his wife, Marie ( Pisters) Storm, and three young children. In 1670 he succeeded Carel de Bearevoks, deceased, as secretary at Brooklyn ; afterward served nine years as town clerk .at Flatbush ; was made clerk of the ses- sions for Orange county, in 1691, holding that office until 1703. In 1697 he and his family were living at Phillips Manor, Westchester county, where his descendants became numer- ous and noted. Children: Gregoris (of whom further) ; Peter, David, Maria, married Cas- par Springsteen.

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Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II, Part 37

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1912 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 646

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 646