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 77

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

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17, 1827 ; married, May 25, 1854, Martha N. Swain, born January 31, 1830, daughter of John B. and Elmira ( Tyler) Swain ; children : Lucius, Lena I. and Charles E. Martin was a son of Peter M. and - (Cole) Van Aken. 2. Herbert Delano, mentioned below.

(VIII) Herbert Delano, only son of Jud- son and Ann Eliza ( Miller) Sibley, was born in the town of Napoli, Cattaraugus county, New York, December 8, 1861. He was edu- cated in the public schools, Chamberlain In- stitute (under Dr. Edwards), Auburn high school, entered Cornell University, whence he was graduated, class of 1884, with the degrec of Bachelor of Arts. He, early in his college life, evinced great adaptability and interest in newspaper work; was one of the editors of The Cornell Daily Sun, published by the stu- dents, and was an associate on the editorial staff of The Ithaca Daily Democrat, a city paper. After graduation he was connected with The Rochester Morning Herald, con- tinuing until January, 1885, when he located in Olean, New York, where he secured an in- terest in The Olean Herald, in association with Charles F. Persons, who in 1888 went to New York with the American Press Asso- ciation. Mr. Persons advanced through vari- ous offices until his death, when he was vice- president and general manager of the Ameri- can Press Association. Mr. Sibley greatly improved the character and value of The Herald, and in 1894 admitted his brother-in- law, W. L. Ostrom, to a partnership. Later the business was incorporated as The Olean Herald Company, with Mr. Sibley president and treasurer, Mr. Ostrom, vice-president and secretary. The Herald is a recognized organ of the Democratic party in Cattaraugus county, and through it the editor wields a strong influence in molding public opinion. When Mr. Sibley first came to Olean The Herald was only a weekly and Sunday paper and it was made a daily in June, 1885. He is a member of the New York Associated Dailies, the City Club of Olean, and the Ham- ilton Country Club. He has served for a number of years on the water board of Olean, and has been secretary of the board of trus- tees of the Olean Public Library. He and his wife are members of the First Presby- terian Church, of Olean, of which he has long been a member of the board of trustees.

Mr. Sibley married, June 16, 1884. Mar- garet Eleanor, born April 1, 1860, daughter

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of Rev. John and Elizabeth (Reed) Camp- bell. Prior to his death the Rev. John Campbell was a Presbyterian clergyman in Markham, Canada. His brother, Rev. Rob- ert Campbell, has been pastor of the Presby- terian church in Montreal for the past fifty years.

AMES

William Ames, the immigrant ancestor, was son of Richard Ames, of Bruton, Somersetshire,

England. He came to America with his brother John, and settled in Braintree, Mas- sachusetts, as early as 1640. He died in 1654. He married Hannah -

- -. John Ames, his brother, came from Duxbury to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he was an original proprietor ; he married Elizabeth Hayward, in 1645; no children; he left his large estate by deeds in 1697 to his nephew John, mentioned below, and to the sons of his nephew ; he died in 1698: Children of William and Hannah Ames : Hannah, born 1641; Rebecca, 1642; Lydia, 1645; John, mentioned below; Sarah, 1650; Deliverance, 1653.

(II) John, son of William Ames and ne- phew of John Ames, was born in 1647. He settled in West Bridgewater as early as 1672, probably earlier. His estate was settled in 1723. He married Sarah, daughter of John Willis. Children: John, born 1672; William, 1673; Nathaniel, 1677; Elizabeth, 1680; Thomas, mentioned below; Sarah, 1685; Da- vid, 1688; Hannah.

(III) Thomas, son of John Ames, was born in 1682. He married Mary, daughter of Jo- seph Hayward, in 1706. She may have mar- ried (second) in 1739, John Buck, or it may have been her daughter Mary who married him. Children: Thomas, mentioned below ; Solomon, born 1709; Joseph, 1711 ; Ebenezer, 1715; Mary, 1717; Susanna, 1720; Nathan, 1722; Sarah, 1724; Betty, 1727.

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Ames, was born in 1707, died in 1774, aged sixty-seven years. He married Keziah, daughter of Jonathan Howard, in 1731. Children: Keziah, born 1732; Susanna, 1734; Thomas, 1736; John, mentioned below; Me- hitable, 1740; Silvanus, 1744.

(V) Captain John (2) Ames, son of Thomas (2) Ames, was born in 1738. He married Susanna, daughter of Ephraim How- ard, in 1759. Children: David, mentioned below; Keziah; Susanna; Huldah, born 1768;

Abigail, 1769; Cynthia, 1772; John, 1775; Olive, 1777.

(VI) David, son of Captain John (2) Ames, was born in 1760. He and his family moved to Springfield from West Bridgewa- ter. The first six of his children were bap- tized at West Bridgewater. He married Re- beckah, daughter of Major Isaac Johnson, in 1781. Children: Lucinda, Mary, Rebecca, Susanna, David (mentioned below), Abigail, Galen, Charlotte, John.

(VII) David (2), son of David (I) Ames, was born about 1788. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Nahum Mitchell, of Bridgewater ; (second) Sarah Hardy. Among the children of the second marriage was Da- vid, mentioned below.

(VIII) David (3), son of David (2) Ames, was born in 1817, died at Charlotte, Chautau- qua county, New York, in 1893. He was a farmer by occupation, and resided near Cas- adaga. He married Clarissa Edson, born in 1816, died in 1889. Children : David Edson, mentioned below; Homer Adelbert, who was a captain in the 154th Regiment New York Volunteers, married Maria Darrow; Adeline Adelia, married Thomas Henry Hart, in 1867, and moved to the state of Kansas the same year; Jonathan Milton, a soldier in the 154th Regiment New York Volunteers, married Sylvia Tarbox; Charles Quincy, died at age of fourteen years ; Mary A., married Dr. Will- jam A. Putnam.

(IX) David Edson, son of David (3) Ames, was born in Charlotte, Chautauqua county, New York, October 14, 1840. He received his education in the public schools. He en- listed in Company F, 154th Regiment New York volunteer Infantry, August 15, 1862 ; he was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, but escaped ; was wounded in the battle of Rocky Face Ridge ; was discharged with his regiment, June II, 1865, at Bladensburg, Maryland. In March, 1867, accompanied by his wife, he moved to Great Valley, Cattaraugus county, New York, where he engaged in farming and the wholesale produce business. He retired from business several years ago, and is now located in his pleasant home at Ellicottville, New York. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a strong Republican in politics. He is a member of Van Aernam Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He married, January 1, 1867, Clementine Carolyn, daughter of Thomas and Loruhama ( Abbey) Hart. Thomas Hart was

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born in 1805, died 1870; his wife was born in 1815, died 1888; their children were: I. Thomas Henry, married, 1867, Adeline A. Ames ; children : Hattie, deceased; Dr. Clinton T., deceased ; Harry, of Hutchinson, Kansas ; Mrs. Alice Swan, of Pittsburg, Kansas; Thomas Henry Hart died in 1910. 2. Cath- erine, married, 1875, William O. Ensign ; chil- dren: Guert W., graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, assistant superintendent of public highways for state of Pennsylvania, located at Harrisburg; Earl H., deceased. 3. Clementine Carolyn, afore- mentioned as wife of David Edson Ames. 4. De Witt Clinton, married, 1877, Emma Stephens; died 1909, leaving one son, Dr. Floyd T. Hart, of Jamestown, New York, class of 1905, Buffalo Dental College. Chil- dren of David Edson and Clementine Carolyn (Hart) Ames :

I. Adelbert David, son of David Edson Ames, was born September 18, 1869, at Humphrey, New York. He was reared on the home farm, and is still interested in agri- culture, owning a large dairy farm. Early in life he engaged in the mercantile business, and later took up the study of dentistry, grad- uating from the Kansas City Dental College, of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1898, and has since practiced his profession at Ellicottville, New York. He is closely allied with the busi- ness interests of the town, and holds offices in many of the stock companies. He is a member of the Masonic bodies at Ellicottville and Salamanca, and also of Ismailia Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Buffalo, New York.

2. De Hart Henry, born January 30, 1872, at Great Valley, New York. He was reared on the home farm, and graduated from Ten Broeck Academy at Franklinville, New York, in 1892. He became interested in politics, his allegiance being given to the Republican party, and was employed in the county clerk's office from 1893 to 1901, when he received the ap- pointment of under sheriff for the county, which position he held for six years, and in the fall of 1906 was elected to the office of sheriff of the county for a term of three years. He is now (1912) interested in the real es- tate business with his brother, Guy Clarence, at Franklinville, New York. He is the owner of an extensive dairy farm. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

3. Guy Clarence, born October 5, 1873, at

Great Valley, New York. He was reared on the home farm, and received his education at Ten Broeck Academy and Fredonia Nor- mal School. He engaged in banking and later in real estate and insurance business at Frank- linville, New York, where he now resides. He is the owner of a large dairy farm, and is a stockholder in various enterprises of the town. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity. He married, July 11, 1900, Josephine, daughter of F. M. Perley, one of the first editors of a weekly newspaper in Cattaraugus county, New York, and granddaughter of Samuel Perley, an associate of Horace Gree- ley in the ownership of a paper published at Erie, Pennsylvania. Children : Elizabeth Per- ley, born September 12, 1901; Russell De Hart, January 30, 1904 ; Virginia Josephine, January 8, 1909.

4. Allan Edson, born September 13, 1875, at Great Valley, New York. He was reared on the home farm, and graduated from Ten Broeck Academy in 1897. He engaged in mercantile business at Ellicottville, New York, and is a member of the firm of Ames & Clark, dealers in men's furnishings, clothing, boots and shoes. He is also interested in several of the manufacturing plants of the town, and in agriculture, being the owner of an exten- sive dairy farm. He is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity. He married, August 30, 1910, Julia H., daughter of J. W. Mudgett, one of the leading wholesale produce dealers in Western New York.

5. Lora Kathryn, born March 20, 1880, at Great Valley, New York. She was reared on the home farm, educated at Ten Broeck Academy and Fredonia Normal School, and is a graduate of Ithaca Conservatory of Mu- sic, class of 1905. She married, October 6, 1906, Charles M. Cross, of Hartford, Connec- ticut, a graduate of Cornell University, in electrical and mechanical engineering, class of 1904, now connected with the Ridgway Dyna- mo Works at Ridgway, Pennsylvania. One child, Robert A., born February 6, 191I.

COLE This branch of the Cole family was founded in America by Rev. Ben- nett Coleman, born in the parish of Thules, county Clare, Ireland, August 5, 1754. He was a graduate of Dublin University, and educated for the priesthood, but did not take holy orders. In 1776 he came to the Ameri- can colonies as a British soldier with the army

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of Lord Howe. He was in the battles around New York, and at White Plains managed to be taken prisoner by Captain Lee, of Wash- ington's army. He was taken to Washing- ton's headquarters, where he declared his wish to become a soldier of the army of in- dependence, October 3, 1776. He was en- listed in Troop B, Second Light Dragoons, under the name which he ever afterward bore, Benjamin Cole. He was detailed as clerk in the office of the adjutant-general, serving until the close of the war, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown. He was mustered out of the service at Charles- ton, South Carolina, twelve hundred miles from Franklin, Massachusetts, where he set- tled, covering the distance on foot. He was borne on the rolls as a revolutionary pen- sioner from March 18, 1818, until his death. His papers, etc., are now in the possession of Barnard Salisbury, Ellicottville, New York. In Franklin he taught school, married, and then entered the employ of the original Ameri- can Baptist Home Missionary Society, travel- ing and preaching in every one of the thirteen states of the original Union. He moved his residence to Marlboro, Vermont, from thence to Phelps, Ontario county, New York, finally coming to Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, in 1824, where he died in January 1834. He married, Rachel Salisbury. Chil- dren : Mary, married General Phineas E. Mather; Seth, married Lucretia Stephen S., of further mention; Benjamin ; Betsey, married Foster B. Salisbury; Sarah, married David Wheeler (2) ; Elijah, died at the age of twenty-four years.

(II) Stephen S., son of Rev. Benjamin Cole, was born in Marlboro, Wyndham county, Vermont, 1804, died 1887. He grew up on a Vermont farm but in early youth went to Phelps, New York, and lived with a relative until he was thirteen years of age, then with his brother Benjamin, he came to Humphrey, New York, in March, 1822, and settled near his older brother Seth. He took up land, prospered, and added other parcels until his farm comprised four hundred acres, on which he built a comfortable home. He rose to prominence in public life; was supervisor, justice of the peace many years, and in 1850 and 1851 was elected a member of the New York legislature. He stumped Cattaraugus county for the first Republican candidate, Gen- eral John C. Fremont, and was always allied

with that party. He was offered the nomina- tion of his party for congress when Fenton was nominated, but declined the honor. He took an active part in recruiting volunteers for the Union army during the civil war, and used his voice and influence in opposition to the extension of slavery. He was a man of extraordinary talents. As an orator he was unsurpassed in the county, having a wonder- ful voice and a well stored mind. He spent his last days in retirement on the farm, but retained an active interest in public affairs until his death. He was a generous contribu- tor to all churches and was everywhere re- garded a good man and a most useful citizen. He married, in January, 1838, Lemira P., daughter of Alonzo P. Berry, of Humphrey, New York. Children: 1. Marvin S., of fur- ther mention. 2. Rosalia, married (first) Mark Sill; (second) Eugene Reynolds; chil- dren : i. Minnie, married, and had Ona and Claire. ii. Lemira. 3. Helen L., married Al- bert McKoon; children: i. Bertha, married Frank Hyatt, of Auburn, New York; eight children. ii. Vera, married Lyman Phipps ; three children. iii. Eusebia, married Julius Vahne; three children. iv. Kitty. 4. Delia, married - Reynolds. 5. George Wilson (q. v.).

(III) Marvin S., eldest son of Stephen S. Cole, was born in Humphrey, Cattaraugus county, New York, February 25, 1839. He was educated in the public schools, and was engaged as a teacher until the first call for volunteers at the outbreak of the civil war. He enlisted for two years in Company H, 37th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and served in all the battles in which this hard fought regiment took part. At the battle of Charles City Cross Roads he received two buckshot in his leg; a bullet was turned aside by a combination knife, fork and spoon he was carrying in his trousers pocket. Beyond inflicting a severe bruise, this bullet did no other damage, one of the miraculous escapes of the war. Mr. Cole enlisted as sergeant, and by bravery and soldierly conduct was pro- moted first sergeant of Company H, being mustered out with that rank and receiving an honorable discharge. After his two years spent in a brave defense of his country's flag he returned home and resumed his profession of teaching. In 1868 he located in Olean, New York, and in 1870 reorganized the union graded school there, with academic

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department. He was principal of this school for five years, after which he taught in Lime- stone for three years. He then discontinued teaching and entered the employ of the West- ern New York & Pennsylvania railroad as cashier, at Eldred, Pennsylvania, in 1883 he came to Machias, New York, where for six- teen years he was station agent. In 1899 he went to Fanning, Cattaraugus county. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster by Presi- dent Mckinley, an office he still holds. He has held the office of justice of the peace eight years, and is one of the best known men in his section. His long life of activity, mostly .spent in Cattaraugus county, brought him in contact with representatives of every walk of life. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Freewill Baptist church. He belongs to Phillips Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a man of marked ability and is held in high esteem in his town. He has met every demand made upon him and whether as teacher, soldier, business man or citizen, has borne well his part.

He married Mary Jane, born January 2, 1842, daughter of Rev. D. W. McKoon. Chil- dren: I. Rhoba C., married George R. Price, of Perry, New York; three children : Mary J., Mildred C., George R. 2. Mamie C., married Martin W. Bookman; children : Martha W., Ada and Marvin J. (2). 3. Claude C., married Elizabeth Manning ; child : La Derne S.

SHATTUCK A brave, hardy, patriotic and liberty-loving race in America have sprung from early colonists of this name in Massachusetts. The citizens of this cognomen performed yeo- man service in the Colonial days in the found- ing of the civil liberties that their descendants, in common with all other Americans, now enjoy. A goodly per cent of Shattucks have fought in all the principal wars of the nation, and a due proportion have filled places of in- fluence, honor and trust in the various pro- fessions and institutions of learning, and un- der the government. The number of persons of this name now living in the United States is probably about fifteen thousand. The American spelling of the name is Shattuck, the old English form Shattocke. There are many other early forms now in use.

(I) William Shattuck is the most remote ancestor with whom the persons of the Shat- tuck family in America are enabled to con-

nect themselves. Of his parentage and birth- place nothing definite is known, though there is no doubt that his immediate ancestors and connections were residents of England, and that they were either of Lancashire, Somer- setshire or Berkshire. William Shattuck was born in England in 1621 or 1622, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, August 14, 1672. He was a weaver, and in addition to his trade also engaged in agriculture. His name ap- pears in the old list of proprietors of Water- town, made about 1642, twelve years after its first settlement, although he was but twenty years of age. The first allotment of land to him was a homestall of one acre, by estima- tion, and three acres of upland by estimation. To this estate he made large additions by subsequent grants and purchases. Among other parcels of land the records show a house, garden and thirty acres of land sit- uated on Common Hill, near his own estate; a farm at Stony Brook near the present bounds of Weston, also a dwelling house and a large farm in another part of the town. He resided in Watertown about thirty years, and acquired for the times in which he lived a large property, the inventory of which at his death amounted to four hundred and thirty- four pounds, nineteen shillings, eleven and a half pence sterling, of which two hundred pounds was in real estate, and two hundred and thirty-four pounds, nineteen shillings and eleven and one-half pence in personal estate, including one hundred and three pounds, seventeen shillings, seven and one-half pence in money. He appears, so far as can be as- certained from contemporary records, to have sustained the character of a sagacious, ener- getic and successful business man ; of an hon- est, upright and worthy citizen ; and of a good and peaceful neighbor. He held a respectable social position among his fellow townsmen, and his family and the families to whom they were allied by marriage were highly re- spected, and among the most wealthy and influential in Watertown. He was buried in the ancient burying ground situated on the old road leading from Cambridge to Water- town, a short distance westerly of Mount Au- burn.

He married, about 1642, Susan or Susanna She married (second) fifteen months after his death, November 18, 1673, Richard Norcross, who survived her. She died in Watertown, December 11, 1686. The chil-

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dren of this union were: Susanna, Mary, John, Philip, Joanna, William, Rebecca, Abi- gail, Benjamin, Samuel.

(II) John, eldest son and third child of William and Susan or Susanna Shattuck, was born in Watertown, February 11, 1647, and according to the records of that town "was drowned as he was passing over Charlestown ferry, September 14, 1675," aged twenty-eight years. He had lands granted to him in Groton in 1664, but it does not appear that he was an inhabitant of that town for any length of time, if at all. He was a carpenter and resided principally in the Middle District-the present village of Watertown-where he was employed by the town in 1669 and subsequently to keep the town mill, then situated near the present bridge leading to Newton Corner. In 1675, the year of the outbreak of King Philip's war, John Shattuck was appointed sergeant in Captain Richard Beer's company, which pro- ceeded to Hadley. Hearing that Squaw- keague, now Northfield, had been attacked, they marched to its relief, September 4, 1675, and while on their route were ambushed by a large force of Indians and twenty of the thirty-six men of the company were killed. Sergeant Shattuck was one of the sixteen who escaped, and was immediately dispatched as a messenger to the governor of the colony to announce the result of the expedition. September 14, ten days after the battle, he was drowned as above stated.

He married, June 20, 1664, Ruth, born in Watertown, April 15, 1645, daughter of John Whitney. She married (second) March 6, 1677, Enoch Lawrence, and in 1678 they re- moved to Groton with several of his relatives at the resettlement of that town, taking with them the four children by her first husband, and probably occupied the land granted to John Shattuck, in 1664. From this family the Shattucks in Groton and Pepperell orig- inated. Mr. Lawrence died September 28, 1744, aged ninety-five years. The date of his wife's death is not known. Children of John and Ruth Shattuck: John, Ruth, William, Samuel.

(III) Samuel, son of John Shattuck, was born in Watertown, 1673, died in Groton, Massachusetts, July 22, 1758. He married Elizabeth, born April 27, 1675, daughter of James Blood, killed by the Indians, Septem- ber 13, 1692; son of Richard Blood, one of

the original proprietors of the town of Gro- ton; son of James Blood, who came to Con- cord about 1638, died there December 17, 1683; an Englishman, said to have been a brother or near relative of Colonel Thomas Blood, distinguished in history during the reign of Charles II. as one of the most re- markable characters of his day (see note in Scott's novel, "Peveril of the Peak"). She died October 20, 1759. She united with the church in 1705 and her husband in 1709. Children, born in Groton: Samuel, married Anna Williams; James, married Sarah Cham- berlain; Jeremiah, of whom further; Eliza- beth, married John Shad; Ruth, married Jacob Ames; John, married Sarah Hobart; David, married Dorothy Varnum ; Sarah, mar- ried James Green ; Rachel, married Nehemiah Hobart; Joseph (supposed), married Joana Chandler.

(IV) Captain Jeremiah Shattuck, third son of Samuel Shattuck, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, June 11, 1703, died in Pepper- ell, August 2, 1798, aged ninety-five years one month twenty-one days. He was a blacksmith, was often chosen selectman and to other offices; was captain of a military company and a very prominent man of Pep- perell. He marriel (first), July 2, 1723, Sarah Parker, born April 12, 1705, died June 8. 1789, in her eighty-fifth year, daughter of Nathaniel, son of Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Parker, one of the original proprietors of Chelmsford and Groton. He married ( sec- ond) February 28, 1792, Ruth Bixby. The Columbian Centinel of March 10 following, chronicles his second marriage there: "In Pepperell, Captain Jeremiah Shattuck, aged ninety, to Mrs. Ruth Bixby, aged seventy- five." Children of first wife, all born in Pepperell : 1. Nathaniel, of whom further. 2. Jeremiah, married (first) Lydia Lakin; (sec- ond) Kezia Shattuck. 3. Elizabeth, married John Shattuck. 4. Oliver, died aged ninety- six years, eleven months; married Mary Reed, died aged eighty-nine years; no issue. 5. Sarah, married Patrick White. 6. David, married (first) Sarah Burt; (second) Lucy Sawtell; he lived to be nearly eighty-five. 7. Solomon, married Hepzibah Perkins. 8. Ne- hemiah, married Betsey Hosley. 9. Sybil. IO. Parker, died unmarried.

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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 77

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