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 62

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

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in 1698. His will was dated April 19, 1665, and proved July 18, 1698. Children : Sam- uel, Richard, mentioned below ; Thomas, Abi- gail, married, May 27, 1700, John Emery; John, Hannah, Rebecca, married, September 5, 1700, Isaac Bagley.

(XV) Richard (5) son of Richard (4) Bartlett, was born February 21, 1648-49, died April 17, 1724. He was called a yeoman, and was also a currier and cordwainer. He re- sided first near Oldtown Hill, in Newbury, and afterwards removed to a place now called Bartlett's Bridge, just above the chain bridge in Salisbury. He was four years deputy to the general court. He married Hannah Em- ery, November 18, 1673. She died May 11, 1705, aged fifty. Children: I. Hannah. 2. Richard, married, April 12, 1699, Margaret Woodman. 3. John, married Mary Ordway; resided on the homestead ; children removed to Deerfield and Northwood. 4. Samuel. 5. Daniel. 6. Joseph, soldier in 1707, captured . by French and Indians at Haverhill, August 29, 1708, and ransomed November 8, 1712; recovered his gun from its hiding-place, and the same gun was used in the revolution by a grand-nephew, Richard Bartlett, of Ames- bury, who removed to Warner, and it is now deposited in the museum of the New Hamp- shire Historical Society, though it was partly blown to pieces in a Fourth of July celebra- tion. 7. Hannah, married, December 28, 1706, John Ordway. 8. Samuel, mentioned below. 9. Deacon Stephen, married, December 18, 1712, Hannah Webster; their son, Josiah, was the New Hampshire signer of the Declaration of Independence. 10. Josialı, resided at New- bury and Amesbury ; married, April 13, 1725, Elizabeth Bartlett. II. Thomas, married, No- vember 18, 1718, Hannah Moody. 12. Mary, married Joseph Hills.

(XVI) Samuel, eighth child of Richard (5) Bartlett, was born May 2, 1689. He mar- ried and had a son, Samuel, mentioned below.

(XVII) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) Bartlett, was born about 1725, died about 1765. He settled in what was then Ulster, now Orange county, New York, town of New Windsor. He married Mercy ,who survived him and married a second husband. Children : William, Samuel, Ebenezer, Haynes, mentioned below; Mercy.

(XVIII) Haynes, son of Samuel (2) Bart- lett, was born in Ulster county, New York, 1757, died in Romulus, Seneca county, New

York, October 16, 1841. He was a black- smith and a farmer. He served in the revo- lutionary war and helped to forge the great chain and bolts that was stretched across the Hudson river to impede the passage of British ships. He was an old-time Democrat. He married, in Orange county, November 1, 1791, Hannah Cooley. Children: Thomas, Eben- ezer, Kezia, John, mentioned below; Aaron Burr and Benjamin.

(XIX) John, son of Haynes Bartlett, was born 1797, died July 2, 1839. He was a farmer of the town of Belfast, Allegany county, New York, and a Democrat of the Jacksonian type. He married, in Allegany county, New York, in 1823, Nancy White. Eleven children.

(XX) Ebenezer, son of John Bartlett, was born September 14, 1824, in Allegany county, New York, town of Belfast, died there, No- vember, 1910. He was a farmer and lumber- man; was successful in business and retired about 1895. He married, in Allegany county, Corintha Angell, who survives him, a resident of Belfast, Allegany county. Children: John, of Belfast, New York; Silas, of Caneadea, New York; Frank L., mentioned below.

(XXI) Frank Leverne, youngest son of Ebenezer Bartlett, was born in Allegany county, New York, December 25, 1858. He was educated in the public schools and grew up on the farm. In 1879 he secured a position as clerk or bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Cuba, New York, and on June 14, 1880, came to Olean, where he held a similar position in the Exchange National Bank. In five years he worked his way through succes- sive promotions to the position of cashier, be- ing elected to that office, November 21, 1885. He had found his true vocation and had so established his value as a financier upon his associates that on January 9, 1895, he was elected president of the bank and so continues (19II). Under his wise management, the Exchange National Bank has a most success- ful history. Handsomely located in one of Olean's most attractive buildings with a large combined capital surplus and undivided profits, it challenges comparison with any bank in the United States or situated in a similar locality. This, however, is but one of Mr. Bartlett's activities. He is president of the Olean Glass Company; president of the Sterling Brick Works Company ; treasurer of the Pierce Leather Company ; treasurer of the

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Olean Improvement Company, and officially connected with all the Higgins industries. He is an Independent Democrat in politics, and a leader in public affairs, although never accept- ing office himself. He is a trustee of the Presbyterian church of Olean; president of the Hamilton Country Club and a member of the City Club of Olean. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to lodge, chap- ter and commandery in Olean, and Ismailia Temple. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Buf- falo.

He married, July 15, 1886, Fannie E., born April 6, 1864, only child of John and Mary England, of Tidioute, Pennsylvania. Child, Nancy, born in Tidioute, August 26, 1896.

PORTER This is a branch of an old Eng- lish family that was transplant- ed to the United States in 1851. The English seat was in Lincolnshire, where John Porter was born in the parish of Balling- shay, April 3, 1806. He came to the United States in 1855, locating at Webster, New York, where he engaged in farming until 1866, when he went west, settling in Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he resided for several years. He then returned to Webster, but in a few years again located in Hillsdale county, Michigan, where he died April 27, 1889. He was twice married. He married (first), Oc- tober 24, 1826, Jane Hull; she died Septem- ber 12, 1875. Children: William, born May 24. 1827 ; John H., of whom further ; Thomas, born August 5, 1833 ; Jane, born July 6, 1839, married Henry Leadley ; George, born Octo- ber II. 1845.

Jane (Hull) Porter was a daughter of Will- iam and Mary Hull, the former of whom died August 22, 1824, and the latter April 30, 1809. aged forty-five years. William Hull married (first) Eleanor -, who bore him three children, namely : William, born March 21. 1790 ; Mary Alleybon, February 23, 1792 ; Sarah, March 16, 1794, died July, 1794; El- eanor Hull, died September 12, 1794, aged twenty-three years. Children of William Hull and his second wife, Mary Hull: Sarah, born October 16, 1796; Rebecca, October 21, 1798; Jane. February 3, 1800, died June 27, 1800; Jane. May 5. 1801, died July 1, 1801 ; Jane, October 12, 1802, died August 27, 1803 ; Jane, March 15. 1805, aforementioned as the wife of John Porter.

(II) John H., son of John and Jane (Hull)

Porter, was born in Ballingshay, Lincolnshire, England, February 23, 1830, died at the home of his son, Charles G. Porter, in Albion, New York, May 11, 1911. He preceded his father to the United States, coming in 1851. He settled first in the city of Utica, New York, where he spent two years, then moved to Web- ster, New York, where he spent sixteen years, engaged in farming, and he then removed to Hillsdale, Michigan, but in 1871 re- turned east and resided on a farm in Orleans county, New York, three miles north of Hol- ley, until 1874. He then moved to Carlton, New York, where he remained until 1875, when he purchased another farm near Carl- ton Station, and upon which he remained until 1889, when he sold out and retired from active life. He was a man of many activities and good business capacity. After his retire- ment he lived in Albion for several years, end- ing his days there at the age of eighty-one years. He was an attendant of the Baptist church, and a Republican in politics. He mar- ried, in Webster, New York, in 1858, Amelia Atchinson, of English birth and parentage, born in England, June 30, 1833, died in Al- bion, New York, March 14, 1908, aged sev- enty-five years. She came to the United States at the age of six years. Children: I. Will- iam H., born in Penfield, New York, March 24, 1859. 2. George Thomas, born in Web- ster, New York, November 5, 1860. 3. Charles Grayson, of whom further. 4. John Leslie, born in Jefferson, Michigan, Decem- ber 20, 1869. 5. Burton P., born in Jefferson, Michigan, June 5, 1871.

(III) Charles Grayson, third son of John H. and Amelia (Atchinson) Porter, was born in Webster, Monroe county, New York, April 28, 1863. He was educated in the public schools, completing his studies at Bingham- ton Business College, from which he was graduated. In the fall of 1884 he went to Washington, D. C., where for two years he was a clerk in the office of a firm selling type- writing machines. He next took a position with the Hammond Typewriter Company in New York City, and for three years was in their employ and with the American Writing Machine Company. He then returned to Washington, D. C., and for eleven years, until October 15, 1900, he was with the Smith Premier Typewriter Company. On the lat- ter date he came to Albion, New York, where he established a retail coal and wood

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yard, which he conducted for five years. In January, 1906, he disposed of his Albion busi- ness, and on April 3, 1906, purchased what is known locally as the "Old Sanford Farm." This property, consisting of one hundred and seventy-five acres, is situated four miles north of Albion. He has devoted twenty-three acres to fruit culture and the remainder to general farming purposes. Mr. Porter resides in Al- bion, is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and since 1906 has served as trustee. He is a member of Renovation Lodge, No. 97, Free and Accepted Masons ; Orleans Chap- ter, No. 75, Royal Arch Masons; is secretary and treasurer of the Orleans County Fruit Growers' Association, member of the execu- tive committee of the New York State Fruit Growers' Association, and treasurer of the Orleans County Pioneer Association, and a member of the board of directors of the Roch- ester Industrial Exposition Association. He is active and energetic in business, and one of the successful men of Orleans county.

Mr. Porter married, at Oxford, Connecticut, August 2, 1887, Nellie E. Scott, born at Nau- gatuck, Connecticut, May 28, 1861. Child, Eleanor Amelia, born June 27, 1895. The Scotts, of Naugatuck, were large land owners and leading citizens. Asahel Scott, grand- father of Mrs. Nellie E. Porter, was born there in 1783, died November, 1837. He mar- ried, in 1808, Hannah Bouton, also born in Naugatuck, 1793, died January 6, 1844. Chil- dren : I. Laura O., born September 28, 1813, died March 17, 1883. 2. Sarah S., born April 2, 1816, died March 25, 1888. 3. Mary, born November 28, 1818. 4. Edwin W., born No- vember 3, 1820. 5. Nelson T., born Au- gust 10, 1821, died Thanksgiving Day, 1909; he was a carriage manufacturer ; he married Ellen Augusta Scott, and their daughter, Nellie E., married Charles Grayson Porter.

About the year 1640

VAN BERGEN there came to New

Netherland, Martinsen Gerretson Van Bergen, or Marte Gerritse (Martin, son of Gerritt) as he called him- self, who is said to have been a cousin or nephew of Killian Van Rensselaer, of Am- sterdam, and to have come to Rensselaer- wyck (Albany) under his patronage. Marte Gerritse soon became a man of note in the colony, and for many years was komissaries of Fort Orange (Albany), an office of varied

civil function and considerable profit. He was also a member of the governor's council, one of the justices of the peace for the county of Albany, and captain of a company of foot. He seems to have been a punctual, industrious man, but was covetous of land and fond of the power which wealth and office confer. He gave freely of his substance when the colony or his church was in need. In 1689 few sub- scribed a greater sum than he for the defense of the frontier. No man, even Van Rensse- laer or Livingston, the richest men of their day in the upper Hudson valley, paid a larger sum towards the support of Godfrey Dellins, the zealous minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Albany. Marte Gerritse died at his "bouwerie," an estate of several hundred acres on the west side of the Hudson, which after- ward was owned by James Van Rensselaer. It is a well-founded family tradition that Marte Gerritse was killed while resisting an attack upon his house by a party of Canadian Indians, who intended to carry him off as prisoner. He left a large estate in land, lots in Albany, a farm just below on the Hudson, and an undivided interest in the Catskill pat- ent, the Coxsackie patent and the Corlaers Kill patent. He married (first) Janetje Martinse ; (second) at Albany, January 21, 1686, Neelt- je, daughter of Myndert Frederickse Van Iveren, who survived him and married a sec- ond husband. Children, baptized at Albany : I. Gerritt, November 27, 1687 ; married, June I, 17II, Annatje Meyer. 2. Myndert, Septem- ber. 1689, died young. 3. Marten, March 28, 1692 ; married, June 7, 1715, Catrina Meyer. 4. Pieter (Petrus), of whom further. 5. Jo- hannes, October 4, 1695, died without issue.

(II) Pieter (Petrus), fourth son of Marte Gerritse Van Bergen, was baptized in Albany, New York, February 21, 1694, died at Cox- sackie, New York, January 4, 1778. He set- tled on the Coxsackie Patent, and founded a family prominent in the annals of Greene county. He married, November 7, 1724, Christina, born 1700, died December, 1777, daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Ten Broeck) Costar. Children: I. Martin Ger- retsen, born September 9, 1725, a prominent burgher of Albany ; a magistrate and member of the governor's council. He never married and was familiarly known as "Mart Gers, the bachelor." 2. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 3. Anthony, of whom further. 4. Henry, No- vember 6, 1731, died March 16, 1817; mar-

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ried Neeltje Staats. 5. Elizabeth (2), born January 8, 1733, died September 4, 1814; married, 1771, Hermanus Cuyler. 6. Myn- dert, baptized in Coxsackie, October 16, 1739. 7. Peter, born April 23, 1742; married Eliza- beth Fryer.

(III) Anthony, second son of Pieter Van Bergen, was born November 1, 1729. His will bears date of February 10, 1792. He was a revolutionary soldier, colonel of the Elev- enth Regiment, Albany County Militia. He married, at 'Catskill, New York, in 1762, Maria Salisbury, baptized April 22, 1739, daughter of Abraham and Rachel (Ten Broeck) Salisbury, granddaughter of Francis and Maria (Van Gaasbeck) Salisbury, great- granddaughter of Silvester Salisbury (who came to New Netherlands from England, 1664; married Elizabeth Beck, and had only one son who survived childhood, Francis, born 1679). Children of Anthony Van Bergen: 1. Abraham, born December 3, 1761, died No- vember 11, 1848. 2. Peter A., of whom fur- ther. 3. Myndert, baptized at Coxsackie, Jan- uary 17, 1767. 4. Catharina, baptized January 17, 1767; married Coenradt Hoogtilling. 5. Marten Gerretsen, born December 17, 1768; married, March 30, 1793, Sally Conyn. 6. Christina, baptized July 17, 1774; married Ar- thur MacCloskey. 7. Henry Costar, born 1777, died August 11, 1816. 8. Rachel, baptized July 16, 1780.

(IV) Peter A., second son of Anthony and Maria (Salisbury) Van Bergen, was born July 11, 1763, died August 30, 1804. He was a large land owner and a state senator, 1802-04, dying while in office. He married Hester Hoogtilling, baptized at Coxsackie, June 5, 1768. She survived her husband and married (second) Dr. James Oliver, of Marbletown, Ulster county, New York. Child, Anthony A., . of whom further.

(V) Anthony A., only son of Peter A. Van Bergen, was born 1786, died December 27, 1859. He was judge of county court and president of the New York State Agricultural Society. He married Clarine, who died at Coxsackie, October 30, 1872, aged eighty- seven years, daughter of John Peck, of Lyme, Connecticut. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born July 13, 1807. 2. Lucy Ann, born 1809; mar- ried, January 7, 1836, Rev. Leonard B. Van Dyck. 3. Peter A., born at Coxsackie, Janu- ary 12, 1812; married, June 20, 1849, Lucy Smart, of Flushing, Long Island. 4. John P.,

married Margaret Baker, of New Orleans. 5. James Oliver, married Harriet Lay. 6. Es- ther, married Stephen J. Matson. 7. Rebecca, married Roswell Read (2). 8. Anthony A., of whom further. 9. Maria, died July 31, 1879; unmarried.

(VI) Anthony A. (2), fourth son of An- thony A. (1) and Clarine (Peck) Van Ber- gen, was born at Coxsackie, January 1, 1824, and is still living. He has acquired large business interests abroad, become very wealthy, and has permanently removed his residence to Paris, France, where he has held high position, and was an officer of the Legion of Honor. He married Julia Peirson. Chil- dren : Charles, of whom further ; Henry, mar- ried Ethel Irving; Alice, married Otto Graf Grote, of Varchenten.

(VII) Dr. Charles Van Bergen, eldest son of Anthony A. (2) and Julia (Peirson) Van Bergen, was born in Paris, France, July 28, 1869. He was graduated Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, University of Paris, 1887, and Doctor of Medicine from an Eng- lish University, 1896, holding the last degree also from other European universities, but never practiced his profession. Dr. Van Ber- gen divides his time between his Paris mansion and his beautiful Buffalo residence. He mar- ried, December 15, 1896, Amelia Louise, daughter of Francis and Georgianna (Stev- enson) Thorn, of Buffalo (see Stevenson and Thorn).

EDSON Among the early New England names, the family name of Ed- son has not been so widely dis- seminated as some others. Its representatives have, however, fully sustained the New Eng- land characteristics of intelligence, industry and integrity. They have borne a part in every movement calculated to develop the best interests of the country. Some have been prom- inently identified with Eastern and Central, and some with Western New York from the first settlement down to the present time.

(I) Deacon Samuel Edson, was born in Fil- longley, Warwickshire, England, in 1612-13. He was a descendant of Thomas and Julianna (Bustard) Edson, of Addenburg, Oxford- shire, England. Thomas Edson was the earli- est identified male ancestor of the Edsons in England and America. He was born about 1480, twelve years before the discovery of America, and died in the reign of Henry VIII.

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Samuel Edson, when about twenty-five years of age, immediately after his marriage to Su- sanna Orcutt, then aged twenty-one, embarked in England on board of a ship with his young wife, for America. He arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, in July, 1639, and had granted to him land near Catt Cove, where he first resided, and later also at Mackerel Cove. He engaged, perhaps at first, in catching and cur- ing fish, as did many of the immigrants on first reaching America. He continued to re- side in Salem until not later than 1651, when he removed to Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was one of the fifty-six original propri- etors of that town, and became one of the earliest, if not its first settler. Besides his original share in the town he purchased other lands and became a very large farmer. He owned two saw mills, and built the first corn mill there, for which he was given an addi- tional share of the proprietary lands. The mill irons were brought from England. The mill was built upon Town river. The site of his mills has been continually occupied by a mill ever since. The site of his residence was south of Town river, in what is now West Bridgewater. In 1676 he represented the town in the general court or legislature of Plymouth. For nine years he was selectman of Bridgewater. He was an active member of the council of war from 1667 to the end of King Philip's war, and also of the com- mittee to distribute contributions made by the Irish people for that war, and also to those entitled thereto in Bridgewater. He was on the committee with two others to negotiate for, and received from the Indian Chief Pomo- noho a conveyance of the Titcut purchase, also from the Chief Wampatuck a- confirmatory deed of lands of the town, previously con- veyed by Massasoit. In 1680 he, with two others, was appointed to settle the boundary line between Bridgewater and Middleboro, and also the line between Bridgewater and Taun- ton. Samuel Edson had a large robust frame, and a strong countenance. Although he had not received the liberal education for his day, he had a keen intelligence, was enterprising and in every sense was a man of affairs. He had a strong individuality and an unblemished character. When he spoke at the town meet- ings he carried great influence, and was chosen to fill many offices in the town of Bridgewater. He was one of the first dea- cons of the Bridgewater Church, elected in

1664, and so continued until his death. His wife, Susanna, had a happy disposition, mod- est deportment, dignified presence and grace- ful manners. Her education and natural abili- ties were said to be fully equal to his. He died July 19, 1692. She died February 20, 1699. In the old burying ground at Bridge- water, the oldest monument of the kind is that standing over their graves. They had three sons and five daughters. Susanna, their eld- est daughter, married Rev. James Keith, the first minister in Bridgewater.

(II) Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (1) Edson, was born in 1645, in Salem, and died in Bridgewater in 1719. In August, 1667, he and eighteen other settlers of Bridgewater, while on their way to join Captain Church, in King Philip's war, surprised a party of Indian warriors, killed some, and captured seventeen. Upon being reinforced, they pursued the In- dians, and finally returned to Bridgewater, having killed and captured 173 of them. Sam- uel Edson was a prominent and highly re- spected citizen of Bridgewater. He was chosen in 1697 to represent that town in the general court of Boston, and again 1713, and was elected town selectman in 1709-12-19. He was regarded as wealthy by his townsmen. He owned, in different parcels, 1,500 acres of land, much personal property, and also two negro servants, or slaves, George and Sarah. In 1678 he married Susannah, daughter of Nicholas and Susannah (Shaw) Byram. They had one son and two daughters.

(III) Samuel (3), only son of Samuel (2) and Susannah (Byram) Edson, was born January 14, 1690, in Bridgewater, where he died in 1771. He was the first of the family to affiliate with the English Church, and gave a deed, January 23, 1747, of fourteen acres of land to the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. This applied to the use of the Episcopal Church in Bridge- water, and was leased for a period of nine hundred years at twenty-one dollars per year. The religious faith of the people of his town and of the colony generally being intensely Puritan, he and his excellent and intelligent wife were subjected to the criticisms that such differences in religious faith would invite, and he, although an intelligent citizen of irre- proachable character, took little part in the affairs of the town. His numerous posterity are scattered wide over the United States, are largely of the Episcopalian faith, and are rep-

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resented by many ministers of that denomina- tion. He married, in 1707, Mary, daughter of Benjamin Dean, of Taunton, born 1687, died 1770. Children: Susannah, born 1708; Bethiah, 1710; Mary, 1712; Samuel, 1714; Nathan, 1716; Abel, 1718; Obed, mentioned below; Elizabeth, 1722; Sarah, 1724; Silence, 1726; Ebenezer, 1727; John, 1729; Ezra, 1730. (IV) Obed, fourth son of Samuel (3) and Mary (Dean) Edson, was born December 31, 1720, in Bridgewater, and died in Richfield, New York, September 8, 1804. He was a sergeant in the French and Indian war, having served against the French in several expedi- tions in Nova Scotia and against Crown Point. He probably went to Richfield in his old age to join his son and namesake. He married (first), November 11, 1741, Katurah, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Abigail (Stoughton) Willis, of Bridgewater, born 1722, died 1750. He married (second), about 1750, Martha, whose surname is not preserved. Children of first marriage: Jesse, born 1744; Obed, men- tioned below; Lewis, 1748. Of the second marriage: Katurah, born 1751; Thomas, 1753: Lydia, 1754; Silence, 1756; Isaac, 1758. (V) Obed (2), second son of Obed (I) and Katurah (Willis) Edson, was born May 2, 1747, in Bridgewater, and died in Richfield, New York, May 9, 1840, aged ninety-three years and seven days. He served in the French and Indian war. For some years he resided at Lanesboro, Massachusetts, where he was connected with a foundry. Between 1790 and 1793 he settled in what is now Rich- field, Otsego county, then a part of the town of German Flats, Montgomery county, New York, where he engaged in farming, and also kept a hotel in the locality now known as Monticello. He had previously been a farmer in Massachusetts, and purchased a tract of land on his arrival in Richfield. He does not appear in the census of 1790, but in 1793 he was among the citizens of the town. He was on a committee of three to divide the town chosen at a special meeting, December 18, 1798, and this action resulted in the erection of the towns of Exeter and Plainfield the fol- lowing year. He was in his religion a strong Episcopalian, acquainted with and a close friend of Rev. Daniel Nash, a celebrated Epis- copalian clergyman, distinguished in the fron- tier history of that region. He possessed large musical talent, and had much natural ability. He was a Jeffersonian Republican,

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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 62

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