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her that she rose up cheerfully and prepared for the journey. Nine years after she died, those two grandsons, John and William, sons of Samuel and Isaac (Isaac, the founder of Williams College, descended from Eleazer, the son of Isaac, grandson of Robert), came out of Harvard College, and the day of fulfilment began."
He is said to have married (second) Mar- garet Fearing, widow of John, November 3, 1676, and (third) Martha Strong, who died December 22, 1704,- aged ninety-one years. Children: Isaac, mentioned below; Stephen, born November 8, 1640; John, died October 6, 1658; Samuel.
(II) Captain Isaac Williams, son of Robert Williams, was born in Roxbury, September I, 1638. He settled in Newton, Massachusetts, and was deputy to the general court five or six years, and captain of a troop of horse. His will was proved July 27, 1706. He married (first) Martha Park; (second) Judith Cooper. Children, born at Newton: Isaac, December II, 1661; Martha, December 27, 1663; Rev. William, February 2, 1665; John, August 31, 1667, settled in Connecticut ; Ebenezer, Octo- ber 22, 1669, settled in Stonington, Connecti- cut ; Thomas, October 23, 1673. Children of second wife: Peter, August 31, 1680; Sarah, October 2, 1683; and Ephraim, October 21, 1691.
(III) Captain Isaac (2) Williams, son of Captain Isaac (1) Williams, was born at Newton, December 11, 1661, and died in 1739. He married Elizabeth and lived at Roxbury. She died there June 26, 1699. Children : Isaac, born November 1, 1686; Jonathan, November 5, 1687 ; Mary, February 27, 1688; John, April 30, 1689 ; William, Sep- tember 19, 1690; Ebenezer, June 18, 1691; Samuel, February 11, 1692. Martha, Septem- ber II, 1693; Daniel, mentioned below ; Eliza- beth, September 23, 1697.
(IV) Daniel, son of Captain Isaac (2) Will- iams, was born in Roxbury, October 22, 1695. He settled at Canterbury, Connecticut. Sev- eral of his family and many other Roxbury men located in Woodstock and other parts of Windham county, Connecticut. He married, in 1724, Hannah Holbrook. Children: Daniel, mentioned below ; Isaac, August 5, 1726; Ben- jamin, January 9, 1730; Phebe; Mary.
(V) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) Will- iams, was born August 15, 1725. He lived at Canterbury, Connecticut, but for want of
records the details of his family have not been learned.
(VI) Alexander, son or nephew of Daniel (2) Williams, was born about 1750, at Can- terbury, or an adjacent town. He was a sol- dier in the revolution from Voluntown, in Major James Gordon's company on the Lex- ington alarm. Afterward in 1775 he was in Captain Obadiah Johnson's company from Canterbury, and in 1776 he was in Captain Gallup's company, Colonel Parsons's regiment. In the same company we find Solomon, Isaac, Robert, David and John Williams, his brothers or cousins.
(VII) Alexander (2), son of Alexander (1) Williams, was born about 1775-80, in Windham county, Connecticut. He removed to Vermont, and settled in what is known as the Black River Country. As the name of Alexander Williams is not found in the census of 1790 as a head of a family (only the heads of families ar mentioned by name), we con- clude that he was married after that date, and that his father died before that date. Early in the nineteenth century he moved to New York state, and died at Pembroke, Genesee county, New York. He married Sally ( Morey or Drake) at Clarence Hollow, New York, now called Williamsville for his family. His widow died at Crescent City, Illinois. Chil- dren : Hannah, born at Geneva, New York; married Erastus Sawyer ; children: Helen, Chauncey, Henry, Walter, Louise, Augusta and Carrie. 2. Lydia, married Alvin D. Har- roun ; children : Eliza, Alvin D. Jr., Sylvanus, Henry, Edgar and Ellen Harroun. 3. John, married Emeline Allen ; children: Cytheria, Allen E. and Almer A. 4. Alexander, men- tioned below. 5. Sylvanus, married Sarah Robinson ; children : Edward, Mary Jane and Charles.
(VIII) Alexander (3), son of Alexander (2) Williams, was born in Pembroke, New York, in 1811, and died August 26, 1853, in the town of Sheridan, New York. He spent most of his life in Pembroke, and held the office of constable while living there. After- ward he was in the hotel business at Irving, on Cattaugus creek, New York, and finally became the owner of the old Kensington Hotel at Sheridan, New York, and conducted it un- til about two years before he died. He mar- ried Caroline Cone, born in 1817, in May- ville, New York, and died in September, 1858 (see Cone). Children: 1. Alexander, men-
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tioned below. 2. John, died aged about twenty years, of disease contracted in army service at Folly Island, South Carolina ; was sergeant of the 112th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry.
(IX) Alexander (4), son of Alexander (3) Williams, was born February 24, 1839, at Pembroke, New York. After the death of his father he went to live with Aaron Fisk, who married a cousin of his mother, on a farm in Sheridan, New York, and lived with him for three years, during which he attended the spring and fall terms of the Fredonia Acad- emy. Afterward he became a clerk in the store of L. B. Grant, at Fredonia. In 1861, when the civil war came, he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company K, Ninth Regiment, New York Cavalry, September II, and was mus- tered into service at Fredonia, New York, Oc- tober 2 following. He was promoted sergeant October 4, 1861, and became quartermaster- sergeant December 1, 1861. He was trans- ferred to the regimental non-commissioned staff, February 26, 1863, as hospital steward, and continued in this department until he was discharged, October 1, 1864, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. Before his bat- talion was mounted, it was transferred to Hunt's Regular Reserve Artillery, and he was assigned to Battery M, under Lieutenant Sin- clair. He served in the artillery with the rank of brigade sergeant major from March 9 to May 22, 1862, when his battalion was ordered to Washington to be mounted. His first active service was the siege of Yorktown, and later he took part in the battles of Will- iamsburg, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Upperville, Beverly Ford, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Boonesboro, Frederickstown, Falling Waters, Maryland, and in many other minor engagements. He was never wounded nor taken prisoner. He was sent to Judiciary Square Hosital in No- vember, 1863, and remained there until mus- tered out.
As soon as he was able, after coming to the hospital, he was assigned to duty in the dispensary, and during the last few months was in charge of that department. Mr. Williams's regiment was the first to enter Gettysburg the day before the battle, and fired the first shot of the great fight, losing the first man killed and capturing the first prison- er. In the evening, when the regiment fell back through Gettysburg to the new line, the
Confederates followed so close that the Fed- erals had to dismount and drive them back.
After his discharge from the army, Mr. Williams lived in Lockport, for three years, working as a clerk in a dry goods store. In March, 1868, he opened a fancy goods store in partnership with Clinton H. Smith, under the firm name of Williams & Smith, at Dun- kirk, New York, and built up a large retail and wholesale trade. In 1874 they sold the retail business, and it seemed advisable to remove the business of the firm to New York City. In 1876 their store was burned, and the firm thereupon was dissolved, and Mr. Williams returned to Dunkirk and engaged in the retail dry goods trade there. In 1882 he sold his store and engaged in the manu- facture of shirts, with abundant success, em- ploying about one hundred hands and contin- uing until 1904.
Not only in business, but in public affairs, Mr. Williams has been prominent and distin- guished. He served several terms in the com- mon council of the city of Dunkirk, from the third ward, and in 1898 he was elected mayor for one year, but owing to a legislative change in the city charter his term was extended to January 1, 1900. In 1904 he was elected re- ceiver of taxes of Dunkirk, and re-elected in 1906, 1908 and 1910. He is a Republican in politics. In all of the offices he has held he has performed his duties with characteristic fidelity and zeal, thoroughness and upright- ness. He is a member of Dunkirk Lodge, No. 367, Free Masons, of Dunkirk,; Dunkirk Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Dunkirk Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters; and Dunkirk Commandery, Knights Templar. He served three terms as the head of the council and two as commander of the commandery. He is also a member of the Buffalo Consistory. He belongs to W. O. Stevens Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and was for many years and is at present its commander. He attends the Dunkirk Presbyterian Church and is one of its trustees.
He married, October 15, 1861, at Lockport, New York, Evelina P. Baright, born at Lock- port, September 15, 1841, daughter of Allen and Evelina (Peck) Baright. Her father was born at Chatham, Columbia county, New York, May 5, 1810, and died August 17, 1888 ; her mother was a native of Westmoreland, Oneida county, New York. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Williams: 1. Carrie E., born at
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Lockport, June 30, 1866. 2. Zella B., born at Dunkirk, New York, September 1, 1873. 3. Alexander Jr., born at Brooklyn, New York, June 22, 1875 ; married Elizabeth D. Scott, of Dunkirk, and had: Alexander, born January 18, 1899; Roger Scott, January 30, 1901. 4. Evelina B., born November 3, 1876, at Dun- kirk, New York; married Owen F. Asberry, of Houston, Texas; child: John Egbert As- berry, born December 9, 1911. 5. John Eg- bert, born July 21, 1879; died April 16, 1880.
(The Cone Line).
(I) Daniel Cone, the immigrant ancestor, settled at Haddam, Connecticut. He married Mehitable Spencer, of Hartford, daughter of Jared and Alice Spencer. Her father settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634; at Lynn, 1637; and at Hartford in 1660; finally at Haddam in 1662. Cone married (second) Rebecca Wakeley, widow of Richard, in 1692. He lived at Haddam until 1680, removed to the east side of the river at Machi-Moodus in 1695, and returned to Haddam, where he died October 24, 1706, aged eighty years. He deeded land on the west side of the river to his son Caleb. Children: Ruth, born Janu- ary 7, 1662; Hannah, April 6, 1664; Daniel, January 21, 1666; Jared, January 7, 1668 ; Re- becca, February 6, 1670; Ebenezer, baptized March 25, 1673; Nathaniel, mentioned below ; Stephen, baptized March 26, 1678 ; Caleb, born at Haddam, 1679, baptized March 19, 1682, at Middletown.
(II) Nathaniel, son of Daniel Cone, was born in Haddam, Connecticut, in 1674, and baptized in Middletown, Connecticut, June 6, 1675. He married, in East Haddam, Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Gray) Hun- gerford. She was born in New London, Con- necticut, 1679, and died in East Haddam, Sep- tember 25, 1753. They were both members of the First Congregational Church at East Had- dam. He died there, 1731-32. Children : James, born August 24, 1698; Daniel, men- tioned below; Sarah, born February II, 1703; Nathaniel, baptized June 18, 1704, died young ; Esther, born April 27, 1705; Lucy, May 27, 1707; Mehitable, May 10, 1710; Nathaniel, January 19, 1712; Jemima, March 20, 1714; Jonathan, January II, 1716.
(III) Daniel, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hungerford) Cone, was born in East Had- dam, May 9, 1701. He married Mary, daugh- ter of Isaac Spencer, March 14, 1728. He
was justice of the peace for over twenty years, and held other local offices. He was admitted to the church July 23, 1721, and died in East Haddam, in June, 1756. His wife married (second) Phineas Norton, in 1760. Children : Daniel, born November 2, 1728; Temperance, September 29, 1730; Lydia, February 5, 1732; Rachel, October 9, 1735 ; Elihu, mentioned be- low ; Mahitable, 1739; Mary, 1742; Ann, 1745.
(IV) Elihu, son of Daniel and Mary (Spen- cer) Cone, was born at East Haddam, Connec- ticut, about 1737. He married (first) Mary Spencer, 1770, and she died soon afterwards. He married (second) Dorothy Smith, Novem- ber 2, 1775. In 1790 they moved to Spafford, Onondaga county, New York, where they lived until death. Children: Horatio, died in Ripley, New York; Elihu, committed suicide in LaPorte, Indiana, in 1850; Marcia, married Laban Crehore; Spencer, mentioned below ; Ophir, born July 29, 1785, married Sarah Fisher, and died September 7, 1860; Obed W., born February 12, 1789, married Sabrina Whaley, died March 28, 1867; Marinda, born September 24, 1796, married Winsor Brig- ham, and died December 25, 1885.
(V) Spencer, son of Elihu Cone, married Clarissa, daughter of Amos and Margaret Fisher, and lived in Mayville, New York. She was born in 1785, and died in 1852, in Pem- broke, New York. Children: Eliza, born July 20, 1815, married Joseph Stockwell, had George B., Ella M. and Clara I., and died Au- gust 20, 1864; Caroline, born 1817, married Alex. Williams, and died September, 1858 (see Williams) ; Marinda, born December 26, 1818, married Charles Harroun, and died January 16, 1898; children : Sarah A., Alkenzar, Mary.
This family is of English ori- WALLER gin, and was early found in America, both north and south, being largely represented in Virginia. It was early established at Boston, where many of the descendants continued and has thence spread over many sections of the United States.
(I) Joseph Waller is found of record in Boston as early as 1670, and others of the name were residing there at the same time. He soon removed to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he died in 1672. The inventory of his estate, made December 25, that year, showed a very small provision for the support of his widow and two children. His wife Lydia
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soon after married John Davis, with whom she removed to Woodbury, Connecticut. Jo- seph Waller's children were Joseph and Lydia. (II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and Lydia Waller, was born February 3, 1670, in Boston, and grew up in Woodbury, Connecti- cut, where he died in 1727, "in the great sick- ness." His wife's name was Abigail. Their first three children, Sarah, Lydia and Abigail, were baptized September 25, 1698, in Wood- bury. Others were Joseph, born April 3, 1701 ; Samuel, mentioned below ; Martha, September 6, 1705; Mary, baptized 1708; Bathsheba, May 19, 1710; Daniel, May 23, 1713.
(III) Samuel, second son of Joseph (2) and Abigail Waller, was baptized March 8, 1703, in Woodbury, and died there in 1745. His wife Esther survived him four years, dy- ing October 6, 1749. Children: Jane, bap- tized June 22, 1729; Lydia, April 18, 1731 ; Joseph, born June, 1733; Samuel, April 17, 1735; Elijah, baptized April 3, 1737; Esther, born December, 1738; David, December, 1740; Martha, baptized July 7, 1745; Peter, August 3, 1747. It seems that some of this family settled in Washington county, New York, but the absence of vital records in this state makes it impossible to trace the line to connection with the family below.
(IV) The earliest of the descendants of Samuel Waller of whom we have knowledge was Philander Waller, a farmer of the town of Hartford, New York, who was an active and influential member of the Methodist church. He married Thankful Kenyon, born 1802, died February 22, 1876, and they were the parents of eight children.
(V) Eli, eldest child of Philander and Thankful (Kenyon) Waller, was born in Hartford, Washington county, New York, in 1821, died 1898. He was educated in the public schools and grew up a farmer. After his marriage he purchased a tract of one hun- dred acres which he cleared and cultivated until 1867. In that year he closed out his Washington county interests and came to Cat- taraugus county, settling in the town of Day- ton, where he rented a farm which he culti- vated for many years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Re- publican. He married Elizabeth Elkins. Chil- dren: I. Amelia, died January, 1892, married Luther Luce, of Dunkirk, New York; chil- dren: Rollin, married Ethel Topping ; Mabel, married Marcia Adams; Bert, married Bertha
Miller ; Minnie. 2. Estella, died in infancy. 3. Loraine, died in infancy. 4. George E., of further mention. 5. Flora, married William Easton. 6. Clarence, married Elsie Schofield; children: Emma, Iva, Edna, Gerald, Leone, and Alice. 7. May, died July, 1894; married Charles Hartway ; child, Gladys. 8. Bertha, married Daniel Henderson ; children : Rheva, Margaret and Ruth.
(VI) George E., son of Eli and Elizabeth (Elkins) Waller, was born in Hartford, Washington county, New York, November 21, 1860. He was six years of age when his father came to Cattaraugus county, where George attended the public schools of Dayton. He took a course at Houghton Academy, Alle- gany county, New York, and later a special course in the Chautauqua Summer School. He taught one year at Well's Hill, Leon, one year at Wesley, then at Perrysburg and Day- ton, then was appointed principal of the Little Valley high school, which latter position he occupied most satisfactorily for seven years. On April 7, 1899, he was appointed school commissioner for the third district of Catta- raugus county, a position he still holds ( 19II). He is in charge of the schools of ten town- ships, and under his administration he has been able to accomplish a great deal for the cause of education. He is a member and trus- tee of the Methodist Episcopal church ; mem- ber of the Masonic order, Lodge No. 812, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 671. Politically he is a Republi- can.
He married, August 12, 1891, Lottie W. Graves, born August 26, 1860, daughter of Charles F. Graves, born March 19, 1825, died March 15, 1890, married, September 11, 1854, Melissa Atwell, born 1833, died August 28, 1895. Charles F. was a son of Lester Graves, born December 21, 1790, died January 24, 1869, married, October 20, 1817, Sophia Rans- ford, born January 6, 1794, died February 28, 1863. Lester was a son of Jonathan Graves, born 1750, married, August 15, 1771, Jemima Scott. Jonathan was a son of Elisha Graves, born 1724, of the French and Indian war ; he married, December 29, 1748, Rachel Scott, who died August 7, 1762. Elisha was the son of Jonathan Graves, one of the first set- tlers of Sunderland, Massachusetts ; he mar- ried (first), June 2, 1715, Mrs. Elizabeth Coombs, who died 1721 ; he married (second) Hannah -- . Jonathan was a son of Sam-
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uel Graves, born about 1657, one of the early first settlers of Sunderland, died March II, 1731, married Sarah -- , who died Octo- ber 15, 1734. Samuel was the son of John Graves, born in England, lived in Wethers- field, and Hatfield, Massachusetts, 1661, mar- ried Mary, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Smith, born 1630, died 1668; he married (second), 1671, Mary, daughter of John Bronson, and widow of John Wyatt, of Had- dam, Connecticut. John Graves was killed by the Indians at the attack on Hatfield, Septem- ber 19, 1667. John was the son of Thomas Graves, the American ancestor, born in Eng- land before 1585; was of Hartford, Con- necticut, 1645, moved to Hatfield, Massa- chusetts, 1661, where he lived with his son Isaac until his death, November, 1662 leaving estates in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. His wife Sarah died December 17, 1666. Charles F. Graves was a farmer and a Metho- dist. His wife, Melissa Atwell, was a daugh- ter of William and Betsey (Leggett) Atwell, of Steuben county. Children of Charles F. Graves : I. Burt, born November 9, 1855, married Jennie B. Stillson; children: i. Byron, married Leah Searle ; children, Helen, John A. ii. Elizabeth. iii. Charles F. (2). iv. Arthur B. 2. Cora Es- tella, born July 10, 1859, died June 14, 1866. 3. Nora G., born November 26, 1858, died June 17, 1884: married Frank E. Haight ; child, Charles F., died December 5, 1908. 4. Lottie W., married, August 12, 1891, George E. Waller. 5. Edith E., born June 8, 1867, died November, 1895. 6. George R., born October 24, 1869: married Millie F. John- son : child, Norris.
Child of George and Lottie W. (Graves) Waller : Harold (Graves, born October 7, 1895
FREEMAN The grandfather of George WV. Freeman, of Jamestown, New York, William Free- man, married Lydia Jane Perkins. He was a farmer of Hartfield, New York.
(II) Leon Wellington, only child of Will- iam and Lydia Jane (Perkins) Freeman, was born at Hartfield, New York, April 29, 1852. He was a lumberman and farmer of New York until 1889, when he moved to Iowa, lo- cating in Keswick, Keokuk county, where he conducted a restaurant. In 1890 he invented and patented the Freeman roller-bed washing
machine. Since 1895 he has lived on a farm in the town of Ellington, Chautauqua county, New York. He is a Spiritualist in religious belief, and a Socialist in politics. He married, at Nashville, New York, October 7, 1883, Mary Ann Gibbs, of English parentage, born in Saratoga county, New York, January 3, 1865, daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann (Larington) Gibbs. Children: George W., of further mention ; Alice Edith, born October 17, 1886; Elsie Dora, July 26, 1888; William Henry, August 18, 1893; Calla Lillian, July 16, 1896; Jennie Belle, June 6, 1904.
(III) George Wellington, son of Leon Wellington and Mary Ann (Gibbs) Freeman, was born at Nashville, Chautauqua county, New York, February 19, 1885. He was edu- cated in the district schools of Chautauqua county, which he attended until he was fifteen years of age. At that age he was obliged to leave school and work on a farm. This did not quench his thirst for an education, but he continued his studies evenings and such times as he could manage during working hours. He entered as a student in the Home Corre- spondence School of Springfield. Massachu- setts, taking first a business course, later math- ematics and the common school branches. At the age of eighteen years he had so improved his limited opportunities that he secured a teacher's certificate. A review of the years from seven to fifteen reveals some of the hardships of an ambitious boy without means. At seven years he was a canvasser for a paper, and at eight he dug sassafras roots and carried them six miles to Kennedy for a market, earning in this way several dollars. This continued until at fourteen he traveled with his mother, who gave an illustrated lec- ture on Cuba and the Philippine Islands. The lad was enthusiastic over the war between the United States and Spain, and composed sev- eral patriotic songs, which he sang to the crowds who attended the lectures. At fifteen he began farm work, as stated, and at eighteen entered the schoolroom as a teacher. His first school was in District No. 6, Gerry, Chautau- qua county, but he continued his private study and added to his mental equipment. From that time he taught school winters and worked at different vocations during the summers, gradually working his way into higher schools and better salaries. When he was twenty- three he entered Ellington high school, from which he was graduated at the head of his
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class after five months' work. He also took a course in electric lighting and railways, un- der the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania; a course in taxi- dermy, under the Northwestern School of Taxidermy, Omaha, Nebraska; also a course in civil investigation and business law, under the American Police and Secret Service Schools. In the autumn of 1906 he visited Florida, where he engaged in teaching. While there he became interested in the universal language, "Esperanto," which he studied until he gained proficiency, and conducted a corre- spondence school for the purpose of teaching the language to others. In 1909 he started a school at Lily Dale, New York, for the pur- pose of teaching "Esperanto," but this enter- prise failed through the illness of his business associate, A. W. Damon. In the autumn of 1909 he again visited Florida with his wife, but failing health compelled an early return in the spring. During the summer of 1910 he taught several weeks at Berlin Heights, Ohio, and in the fall he was chosen principal of the Union School, at Portland, Chautauqua county, New York.
Professor Freeman married, at Stockton, Chautauqua county, New York, June 5, 1909, Dorothea M. Gampp, born at East Otto, Cat- taraugus county, New York, August 22, 1889, eldest daughter of Abraham and Eleanor (Burchard) Gampp, whose children are : Dor- othea M., Leslie M., Genevieve and George. Abraham Gampp is a resident of Hamlet, New York, where he is engaged in cheese and but- ter making.
ARMSTRONG The clan Armstrong was famed in Scotland for courage and patriotism. Scott, in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel," makes the chief say, when about to assemble the clans for some daring enterprise :
"Ye need not go to Liddisdale, For when they see the blazing bale Eliots and Armstrongs never fail."
The family tradition is that the name was originally bestowed upon a Highland chief for his great courage and physical powers. An- other and better authenticated tradition is that the name Armstrong is derived from the fol- lowing circumstance: "An ancient king of Scotland, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately remounted by
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