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the gift of his fellow-workmen in the Buf- falo & Erie railroad shops. For a few years after his return from the service he was a time-keeper for the Lake Shore railroad. From 1870 to 1890 he was a clerk in the Buf- falo post office, and since then he has made his home at East Aurora, New York. He is a member of Arthur Smith Post, No. 306, Grand Army of the Republic, of East Aurora. He is a communicant of the Protestant Epis- copal church, and for several years was a vestryman of St. James' Church of Buffalo, and is now a member of St. Matthew's Pro- testant Episcopal Church of East Aurora. In politics he is a Republican.
He married, September 10, 1849, Olive Maples Ford, born September 16, 1826, daughter of Samuel Sherwood and Sarah (Maples) Ford, of Bozrah, Connecticut, granddaughter of Joseph Ford and of Ste- phen Maples. Children: I. Charles Fitch, born in Norwich, Connecticut, March 12, 1853; married, May 10, 1873, Kate Fieler, of Buffalo; child: Edward Max, born in Buf- falo, November 4, 1874, resides at Hamburg, New York. 2. Alice Isabel, born in Norwich, September 1I, 1855; married, November 6, 1873, John E. Wellington Lynn, of Buffalo; she died at Buffalo July 6, 1877; children : John Franklin Adams Lynn, born at Port Hope, Ontario, December 6, 1874; Everett Harvey Lynn, born in Buffalo, January 2, 1876. 3. John Franklin, born in Buffalo, March 10, 1857; married, June 20, 1882, at Omaha, Nebraska, Alice Cornwell, who died July 28, 1898; resides at Buffalo; child: Ruth Cornwell, born in Buffalo, September 15, 1884. 4. Mary Nellie, born in Buffalo, Octo- ber 31, 1861, resides at Willink, New York.
RICHMOND William E. Richmond, son of Dean (q. v.) and Mary E. (Mead) Richmond, was born in Attica, New York, August 12, 1848. He was educated in private schools or with tutors, and at Oxford. After finishing school he traveled for about two years on the conti- nent. On returning home, he worked for a time in the New York Central railroad offices. Later he became interested in the lake-carry- ing trade. He was the owner of several ves- sels and managed them successfully for many years. Toward the close of his life he bought a large farm near Hamburg, in which he be- came much interested. He was a Democrat
in politics, but was no office-seeker. He was a member of the Buffalo Club, a Mason, and an Elk. He belonged to the Episcopal church, in which he was greatly interested.
He married, in 1871, Clarice Nims, daugh- ter of Ozias and Sarah (King) Nims, who was born in Fremont, Ohio. He died in Buf- falo, May 14, 1906. Children, born in Mil- ford, Connecticut : 1. Watts Lansing, April 29, 1872; married, 1899, Mabel Wood; re- sides in Batavia, New York. 2. Eugene, born April, 1873; married, May 6, 1906, May Bar- nard; is a manufacturer in Buffalo, where he lives. 3. Adelaide K., born in 1878. 4. Har- old, born September 17, 1881. 5. Clarice N., born 1883, died in 1886. 6. Frances N., born September 8, 1889: educated in Buffalo. 7. Dean, born 1895.
The Mills family of Livingston MILLS county is of New England origin and Puritan stock. It has had distinguished representatives in this state in the ministry, in the militia and public affairs of the country, and in the profession of medi- cine. Rev. Samuel Mills, first of the name to settle here, was the first ordained minister in the Genesee Valley. General William Augus- tus Mills was the founder of the village of Mt. Morris, and of note as major general of the citizen soldiery. Dr. Myron Holley Mills was a surgeon in the Mexican war and the first to introduce what is known as the "flap operation" in amputations.
(I) Rev. Samuel Mills, first of the family to settle in this state, was a native of Derby, Connecticut, born there in 1744. He was a graduate of Yale, and came to the Genesee country in middle life and located at a place between Mt. Morris and Geneseo, then known as Williamsburg, but which has since disap- peared from the map. He was a distinguished scholar and we are told, "possessed in a marked degree, the Christian graces." He died of what was known as the Geneseo or spotted fever, one of the ailments character- istic of the opening era of that then new country.
(II) General William Augustus Mills, son of Rev. Samuel Mills, was born at New Bed- ford, Massachusetts, May 27, 1777. He be- gan his career at an early age. When his father died the family returned to New Bed- ford, but William A. remained behind. At seventeen we find him tramping across the
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valley from Williamsburg to Mt. Morris, then Allan's Hill, to take up land. His possessions were simply a suit of clothes, the indispen- sable axe of the pioneer day, and a five-franc piece, the equivalent of a dollar bill. Here on land of Robert Morris, he built a cabin and settled. The Indians were his neighbors ; he was very friendly with them; they called him "So-no-jo-na," the big kettle or generous man, and it is said that Mt. Morris, as his place of residence is known by that name among the survivors of "red blood" on the Cattaraugus reservation to this day. Mr. Mills paid thirty dollars an acre for a portion of the land on which he settled in 1811. He was exceedingly energetic and enterprising and later as his means grew bought more and more land. When he died he was a very ex- tensive land owner and one of the most pros- perous and prominent citizens of the county. He was the founder of the village of Mt. Morris. He saw early the need for develop- ment of water power there and the inconveni- ence of going twenty miles to mill, and it was through his arguments and advocacy that the general assembly, in spite of strong objection made by the boating interests, granted the right for the dam.
General Mills was patriotic. Upon the out- break of the war of 1812, he organized a mi- litia company in Livingston county, which he commanded and rose afterward in the service to the rank of major general, his command then comprising the state soldiery of six coun- ties. He was a kindly man, of liberal dispo- sition, as his Indian nickname shows. He "went good" often also for the land pay- ments of struggling pioneers, and is credited with many charitable acts. He married at the age of twenty-six, Susannah H. Harris, of Ti- oga Point, Pennsylvania. By this union he had ten children, of whom nine reached ma- turity. One of the most distinguished of these was the surgeon Dr. Myron H. Mills, who after graduation from the Geneva Medical College, practiced a while in St. Louis, Mis- souri, and saw service in the field in the Mexi- can war. After that war he lived in Roches- ter some twenty years, and then returned to pass the remainder of his days in Mt. Morris.
General Mills, the father, passed away sud- denly, April 7, 1844, at the age of sixty-seven. While still in apparent vigor, he was stricken with heart failure. He left a large landed estate, and an unclouded memory.
Peter Worden, the immigrant WORDEN ancestor, came probably from Clayton, Lancashire, England, and lived in Lynn, Massachusetts, for a short time. He was among the early settlers of the section of Cape Cod just north from Nantucket. His will was dated February 9, 1639, and it was proved March 9 same year. He was the first among the English to die there. He called himself a hatter, and in the Plymouth records was said to be "old." He had lands at Yarmouth Port, Barnstable county, Mas- sachusetts, and doubtless was buried there. His will is on record at Plymouth, Massa- chusetts. He had one son, Peter, mentioned below. It is said there was a daughter Elea- nor, who married John Adams and Kenelm Winslow, but she was not mentioned in the will.
(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (1) Worden, inherited his father's estates in England and in America. He was executor of the estates. He was born probably in England in 1609. He is often spoken of in the records as juror. In 1643 he was one of fifty-two who were enrolled at Yarmouth with those required "to provide a place of defence against sudden assault." In 1648 he was given a grant of land and probably moved at that time to "Se- suet," in the eastern part of the town. He and one other person were fined a few shill- ings in 1667 "for disturbance at the Yarmouth meeting-house." In 1676 he was taxed for the war £8 2s. 3d. This was during the time of the wars with the Narragansetts and King Philip. His tax was one of the largest in town. His will was dated January 9, 1680, and proved March 3, 1681. He was seventy- two years of age when he died. He married Mary (Sears? or Winslow?), who survived him six years, and died aged seventy-seven (?) years. Her will was dated March, 1686, and proved May, 1687. In the northeast part of the town of Dennis, which was formed from the east end of Yarmouth, near the line of the town of Brewster, is the Worden grave- yard, which sometimes is called the Winslow graveyard from the fact that the Winslow family keep it in good condition, since they live near and have intermarried with the Wor- dens. It is situated on a slight elevation south of the highway. There is a fine view of Cape Cod Bay from the graveyard; in front of it are works for evaporating salt from the bay water, and in the back is an old windmill.
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Peter Worden and his wife are thought to be buried in about the center of the yard. Several of the Winslow and Burgess families are buried there, as well as other relatives and neighbors. Children: Mary, born 1639; Mercy, 1640; Martha, 1643 ?; Samuel, men- tioned below.
(III) Dr. Samuel Worden, son of Peter (2) Worden, was born in 1646, and died Au- gust 26, 1716. He was a physician and land holder. Among other offices he served as juryman in Yarmouth. In 1695 he bought lands in the Pettiquamscut purchase, Rhode Island, of Benedict and James Arnold. In December, 1696, he was one of those active in organizing Kingstowne. Worden's pond, at the "head of the Pawcatuck," was named after him. He moved before 1715 to Ston- ington, Connecticut. In the town clerk's book at Norwich is this record: "Sept. 13, 1715, it was to me that woful day in which my dear and tender and loving wife departed this life and was buried on ye 15th day. Samuel Wor- den." On February 12, 1696-7, he deeded to Isaac Chapman, of Bristol, his farm in Se- suet, Yarmouth, except for a half-acre which he reserved for a burying place. The farm included 145 to 150 acres. He married (1665?) Hopestill Holley, born 1646, died 1715, aged seventy years. Children : Peter, born in Yarmouth, 1668; Samuel, mentioned below; Isaac, born 1673 ?; Dr. Thomas, born 1675.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Dr. Samuel (1) Worden, was born in 1670. He was made freeman in 1694 in Massachusetts, and at Kingstown in 1696. His father in 1715 deeded him 100 acres on the Great Neck. He probably died in 1729 or before, as his five sons and daughter deeded each other twenty-five acres of land, valued at £200 a portion. He married Rose - Children : Samuel, married Abigail - -; Edmund; Daniel; James; Jeremiah; Hannah, married J. Collins. The five brothers were made free- men from 1723 to 1735.
(V) Probably Samuel, Jeremiah, James or Edmund Worden was father of the Samuel mentioned below. Daniel Worden moved to Stonington and had a Samuel in 1745. A Samuel Worden and his wife Thankful, daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Worden, in Green- wich records, had a Samuel in 1742; this Samuel had a Samuel in 1766. Samuel, son of Samuel, mentioned above, who married
Rose, is last on the records in 1740, when he and his mother Rose sold lands to James Perry.
(VI) Samuel (3) Worden was born in South Kingstown, in 1753. In 1771 he bought twenty acres from Nathan Lewis in Charles- town for £37, and in 1773 he sold Jeremiah Worden twenty acres for £41. On June I, 1774, he had two daughters under sixteen, at Richmond. In 1780 he was of Charles- town, when he bought 421/2 acres of Miel Salisbury for £2,700. In 1786 he bought 403/4 acres of Daniel Crandal for £305. In 1788 Christopher, Samuel, and Benjamin Worden voted against adopting the federal constitu- tion, and probably these were his brothers. He died in 1828, aged seventy-five. Children : James, born 1778; Isaac; Susan ; Patience, and another daughter, both of whom married and moved West.
(VI) Christopher, brother or cousin of Samuel Worden, was probably born at Charlestown, Rhode Island. According to the Rhode Island census of 1774 he was at Charlestown, and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under that age, and one fe- male. In 1790 he was also at Charlestown, according to the first federal census, and had in his family then one son under sixteen and five females. Neither his birth nor that of his children are on record. The marriage record of Gardner or Garner, proves that he was a son of Christopher, however. In 1788, Chris- topher, Samuel and Benjamin, believed to be brothers (p. 141 Worden Genealogy), voted against the federal constitution.
(VII) Garner, son of Christopher Wor- den, was born at Charlestown, in 1760. He married, according to the town records (by Peleg Cross, magistrate) March 18, 1793, at Charlestown, Rhode Island, Nancy, daughter of William Worden, a relative of Garner. In 1810 we find a deed of Benjamin Worden, of Richmond, Rhode Island, to Garner Wor- den. In 1794, Garner and Nancy Worden, of Charlestown, deeded land to Christopher Worden, of Charlestown, land at Hopkinton, Rhode Island. In 1834 Garner and his sec- ond wife Lucy deeded land. Garner had one child, Gardner, or Garner, mentioned below. He is said to have been the largest landowner in the state.
(VIII) Garner (2), son of Garner (1) Worden, was born, according to family rec- ords, January 6, 1793 (if the marriage record
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is correct, this should be 1794). He married Esther Prosser, who was born in Charles- town, according to family records, July 8, 1797. Her mother was a Larkin. Garner Jr. located at Alfred, New York. He was a tavern keeper. Children of Garner and Es- ther Worden: William A., married Eastman; Frances, died young ; John Patent, mentioned below; Mary Ann; Jane; Alexan- der Dexter ; George P., now living at Hornell, New York.
(IX) John Patent Worden, son of Garner Worden, was born May 1, 1826, and died March 26, 1908. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man worked in a saw mill and in the lumber business. Some time after 1849, when gold was discov- ered in California, and in 1853 or thereabouts, he went out as a gold seeker. In 1857 he returned to settle his father's estate and took charge of the farm. He made a specialty of cheese manufacture and did some lumbering. In politics he was a prominent Democrat. He was a member of the blue lodge, and a Royal Arch Mason. He married Susan Pendleton Barber, who was born in 1836 and died Feb- ruary 1, 1879, daughter of Hosea and Eunice ( Pendleton) Barber. Her father settled in Alfred, New York, at Five Corners, and was a manufacturer of leather, boots and shoes, and was a quiet, industrious citizen, highly respected by his neighbors. Children of Ho- sea and Eunice Barber : William; Amos; Freelove, married Jefferson M. Thomas; Susan, mentioned above; John, died in ser- vice in the civil war; Charles, and Harrison Barber. Children of John Patent and Susan (Pendleton) Worden: I. Irving Eugene, mentioned below. 2. Wilson E., born Sep- tember 1, 1861, married and has three chil- dren. 3. Ethel L., born March 10, 1870, mar- ried Allaire A. Crowell.
(X) Irving Eugene Worden, son of John Patent Worden, was born in Ward, Alle- gany county, New York, December 17, 1859. He attended the public schools, and Friend- ship Academy, from which he was graduated in 1880. From 1882 to 1884 he was employed in the First National Bank of Richburg. New York, and in the following year was teller of the State Bank at Bolivar, New York. He came to the Exchange National Bank of Olean, New York, June 1, 1885, and has con- tinued there to the present time, winning pro- motion by faithful service and being elected
cashier in January, 1907, an office he still fills. He has been treasurer of the board of educa- tion of Olean. He ranks high among the bankers of Western New York, having a na- tural aptitude for the business, as well as the best of experience. He has also been occu- pied much with the settlement of large estates and the administration of private trusts. He is a member of Olean Lodge, No. 252, Free Masons, of Olean; of Olean Chapter, No. 150, Royal Arch Masons; of St. John's Comman- dery, No. 24, Knights Templar; of Ismailia Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Buffalo. He is also a member of the City Club, and of the Hamilton Country Club ; a director in the Ex- change National Bank, and member of the Chamber of Commerce. He has a financial interest in various industrial companies of Olean. In religion he is an Episcopalian, and is a vestryman of St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church of Olean.
He married, April 22, 1896, Bessie Sart- well, who was born in June, 1873, daughter of Henry Solomon and Kate B. (Coleman) Sartwell. She has one sister, Ethel B. Sart- well, born January 19, 1875, married May 28, 1900, George B. Cowper, born May 25, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Worden have two children: John Sartwell, born December 29, 1898, and Katherine, born October 8, 1900.
John Sibley, immigrant ancestor, SIBLEY born in England, came to New England on the ship "Fleet," in 1629, with the Higginson fleet. Richard Sib- ley, believed to be his brother, was with him. He settled at Salem, and was admitted a free- man there May 6, 1635. He may be the son of John Sibley, of Charlestown, who with his wife Sarah was admitted to the church there February 21, 1634-35, and who was admitted a freeman there September 3, 1634; he was a proprietor of Charlestown, and may have been selectman of Salem in 1636, instead of the John Sibley first mentioned. There are rea- sons for believing that John Sibley (I) was too young to have held such an important office at that date. John Sibley, of Charles- town, died November 30, 1649. But for this death record, all the references to John Sib- ley in both towns could refer to one and the same man. It may be that this death was of an infant son. John Sibley was a proprietor of Salem, served on the jury in 1636, was constable, and member of the church. He re-
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sided at Manchester then called Jeffreys Creek, in 1637. He died in 1661. He mar- ried Rachel, daughter of John Pickworth. Children, with dates of baptism: 1. Sarah, born in Salem, baptized September 18, 1642. 2. Mary, September 8, 1644; married Jona- than Walcott. 3. Rachel, May 3, 1646; mar- ried - Bishop. 4. John, May 4, 1648. 5. Hannah, June 22, 1657; married Stephen Small. 6. Samuel, April 12, 1657. 7. Abi- gail, July 3, 1659. 8. Joseph, mentioned below.
(II) Joseph, son of John Sibley, was born probably in 1655, in Salem. He was a fisher- man. On his return from a fishing voyage he was impressed on a British frigate and put to hard service for seven weeks, then re- leased and sent home. His five sons settled in Sutton, and were ancestors of a numerous family there. Joseph, John and Jonathan were among the thirty original settlers there. He married, February 4, 1684, Susanna, daughter of William Follett, of Dover, New Hampshire. Children: I. Joseph, born No- vember 9, 1684. 2. John, September 18, 1687. 3. Jonathan, May 1, 1690. 4. Hannah, bap- tized May 9, 1695; married, August 10, 1722, Ebenezer Daggett. 5. Samuel, born 1697. 6. William, September 7, 1700, died October 18, 1763 ; married, July 4, 1726, Sarah Dike. 7. Benjamin, mentioned below.
(III) Benjamin, son of Joseph Sibley, was born in Salem, September 19, 1703. He re- moved with his brothers to Sutton, Massa- chusetts, and settled there. About 1729 he removed to the adjacent town of Oxford, Worcester county, where the daughter Zeru- iah was born August 31, 1729. He went with his family soon afterward to Union, Connec- ticut, lived also at Ashford and Ellington, Connecticut, and died at Ashford or Union. Children, born at Sutton: Priscilla ; Benja- min Jr. Child born at Oxford: Zeruiah, Au- gust 31, 1729. Children born at Union: Jo- seph; Ezekiel, mentioned below; Samuel; Jonathan.
(IV) Ezekiel, third son of Benjamin Sibley, was born in Union, Connecticut, about 1735. He resided in Ellington, Connecticut, where other members of his family also settled. He married Sarah Yeomans and had issue: John, Ezekiel, Moses, Aaron, and three daughters.
(V) John, son of Ezekiel Sibley, was born at Ellington, Connecticut, April 26, 1774, died in Westford, Otsego county, New York, in
1849. In 1807 he moved to Otsego county, New York, being the founder of this branch in that state. He married, April 7, 1793, Esther Bellamy, born May 16, 1777, a rela- tive of Governor Bellamy, of Massachusetts. Children : 1. Esther, born March 15, 1794, died 1870. 2. John (2), June 6, 1797, died June, 1878. 3. Aaron, April 16, 1799; killed by a falling tree in New Albion, New York, April 28, 1842. 4. Charles, mentioned below. 5. Orrin, April 14, 1803, died March, 1878. 6. Ira, November 16, 1805, died November 12, 1891; married (first) Polly Hazen; (second) Miranda Sprague Gowan. 7. Sarah, 1808, died in infancy. 8. Cynthia, July 29, 1811, died 1870. 9. Laura, December 12, 1813, died in 1836.
(VI) Charles, third son of John Sibley, was born in Ashford, Connecticut, July 4, 1801, died in Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 14, 1869. He was six years of age when his parents moved to Ot- sego county, where he was educated, grew to manhood and married. In 1832 he moved with his family to the town of New Albion, Cattaraugus county, New York. After a resi- dence there of ten years he moved to the town of Napoli, same county. In 1836 he erected the first grist mill in New Albion. It was located on a branch of Conewango creek and was used for a mill about twenty years. He was elected justice of the peace in 1833.
He married, in Otsego county, Sarah Darl- ing, born in Columbia county, New York, February 15, 1798, died in Napoli, Cattarau- gus county, February 21, 1885, daughter of Ebenezer Darling, born March 16, 1775, died October 9, 1815 : married Rebecca Allen, born May 23, 1779, died April 23, 1865. Children : Sarah, married Charles Sibley; John, Allen, Phoebe, Luther, Diana, Smyrna, William and Rebecca. Children of Charles and Sarah Sib- ley : I. Harriet, born February 26, 1819, died December, 1891 ; married Stephen A. Green. 2. Sherman, born November 27, 1820, died March 14, 1888; married Mary Ann Moshier. 3. Charlotte, born September 6, 1822; mar- ried George S. Boyle. 4. Amanda, born Feb- ruary 27, 1824, died August 27, 1903; mar- ried, March 16, 1838, Francis Allen. 5. Jud- son, mentioned below. 6. Horace C., born November 16. 1827, died January 30, 1852; married, October 2, 1850, Mary Kendall. 7. Orrin, born November 11, 1829; he left home in 1847 with a drove of cattle for Philadel-
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phia; visited his home once or twice there- after, then disappeared. 8. Eben, born July 20, 1831, died September 26, 1896; he mar- ried (first) January 1, 1851, Sarah A. Glad- den; married (second) December 25, 1866, Mary Gladden, sister of his first wife. 9. Amenzo, born April 24, 1838; married, March 7, 1858, Alzina Stratton.
(VII) Judson, second son and fifth child of Charles Sibley, was born near Cooperstown, Otsego county, New York, May 30, 1826. He was six years old when his parents came to New Albion, Cattaraugus county, where he was educated in the public schools. As a boy and young man he worked with his father on the farm, in the mill, at lumbering, and in making potash, also driving a team to Buf- falo, where the potash was sold. Later he went to Albany, New York, where he entered the State Normal College, graduating in 1848. After his graduation he taught school for sev- eral years in Cattaraugus county. Among other positions he held was the principalship of schools in Gowanda and Randolph. He then returned to Napoli, going from thence to Little Valley, New York, his present home. He is a member of the Congregational church and a Democrat.
He married, October 1, 1850, Ann Eliza, born October 17, 1826, died June 26, 1889, daughter of Silas and Nancy (Crane) Mil- ler. Silas Miller was born March 14, 1799, died December 12, 1876; married, January 23, 1825, Nancy Crane, born May 24, 1800, died April 16, 1881. Silas was a son of Moses Miller, born August 13, 1766, died June I, 1851 ; married, February 22, 1791, Elizabeth, born April 2, 1771, died 1848, daughter of Silas Hopping, born on Long Island, 1740. Silas and Nancy (Crane) Miller had two chil- dren: I. Ann Eliza, married Judson Sibley. 2. Betsey Ann, born February 8, 1831 ; mar- ried, October 3, 1855, George E. Thorpe, born March II, 1831, died November 19, 1887; children: Clayton M., born December 27, 1857; Minnie A., born December 22, 1859; Kate M., born March 25, 1862; Lewis S., born September 22, 1872. Children of Jud- son and Ann Eliza (Miller) Sibley: 1. Ella, born February 7, 1852; married, December 23, 1880, Charles E. Van Aken ; children : Edith V., born August 28, 1882, a teacher ; Harry Clinton, born September 28, 1884; em- ployed on The Olean Herald. Charles E. is a son of Martin Van Aken, born September
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