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1656, he was granted a lot in the city, and February 21, 1657, he was appointed one of the measurers of lime and grain; April 13, 1657, he was enrolled as one of the lesser burghers ; January 22, 1658, he asked for per- mission to return to Communipaw, New Jer- sey, and three years later he was living there on his own farm in competence. He was one of the first magistrates appointed for the court of Bergen, and in December, 1662, he joined in the petition to the governor for a minister of the gospel, to whose support he pledged twenty-five florins. He died in 1663. His wife, Fitje (Hartman) Vreeland, died September 21, 1697. She was a widow of thirty-four years and maintained her place at the head of her household until she died at the age of eighty-six years. She came from Amsterdam, Holland, and was married in 1631. Upon the death of her husband she had the title of the land confirmed to her by Sir Philip Carteret, held it during her lifetime and disposed of it in her will.
Beginning about the year 1760 many of the Bergen and Hudson county Vreelands emi- grated to Pennsylvania, some of them settling there, others going northward into New York state, where they founded settlements and built churches in many different places, in- cluding the town of Cuba, Allegany county.
(I) Simon Vreeland, the ancestor of the line herein recorded, and probably a descen- dant of the founder of the family, mentioned above, was born in 1763, died April 29, 1840. He married and among his children was Si- mon, of whom further.
(II) Simon (2), son of Simon (I) Vree- land, was born in 1820, died in 1887. He fol- lowed the occupation of farming in Cuba, New York, and was an inventor of many devices of value, among which was a steel suspen- sion carriage wheel. He removed to Olean, Cattaraugus county, New York, in 1859, but after a residence of three years there returned to Cuba. He married Jerusha Butterfield. Children: Oliver S., Addison Gardiner, and Edward Butterfield, all of whom are of fur- ther mention.
(III) Judge Oliver S. Vreeland, son of Simon (2) and Jerusha (Butterfield) Vreeland, was born in the town of Cuba, Allegany coun- ty, New York, September 28, 1842, died May 20, 1897. He was reared to farm labor and attended the public schools. In the fall of 1859 his father removed to Olean, and in the
spring he began a two years' course at Olean Academy. In 1862 the family returned to Cuba. In the fall of 1862 he entered Rush- ford Academy, remaining there two years, except two winter terms when he taught the public school in the town of Ischua. He then spent a year at Alfred University, and taught a term at Hume, Allegany county. In the fall of 1865 he entered Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, whence he was graduated A. B., 1869. In July of that year he began the study of law with E. D. Loveridge, of Cuba. In June, 1872, he was admitted to the New York state bar. He at once located at Sala- manca, where he formed a partnership with Hudson Ansley, which continued until 1879. He then practiced alone until 1887, when he was elected county judge of Cattaraugus county, continuing in that office until his death. Judge Vreeland gave much time to the pub- lic service. He was president of the village corporation in 1878-80, and represented his town on the board of supervisors, 1882-86. In 1888 he was appointed counsel to the com- mittee appointed by the New York legisla- ture to investigation the conditions of the In- dians in the state. This committee made a thorough investigation which they embodied in a "Report on the Indian Problem." Judge Vreeland rendered important public service in enabling the committee to settle points hith- erto in controversy. He was an able lawyer, and a wise, impartial judge. In politics he was a Republican, and in town affairs he was interested and helpful. He was a member of the Episcopal church.
He married, September 15, 1870, Anna M. Guilford, born October 2, 1841, daughter of Samuel A. and Irene Guilford. Children: I. Irene J., died January II, 1904. 2. Harry E., born July 9, 1876. 3. Charles G., of whom further.
(III) Addison Gardiner, second son of Si- mon (2) and Jerusha (Butterfield) Vreeland, was born in Cuba. October 27, 1844, died September 9, 1904. He was educated in the public schools and after completing his studies removed to Syracuse, New York, where he was clerk in a drug store. He later became a traveling drug salesman, and spent several years upon the road. Later he settled in Salamanca, New York, where he engaged in mercantile business. He served three terms as postmaster of the New York senate at Al- bany. He then removed to New York City,
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where he was engaged in the ice business un- til his death. During his residence in Sala- manca, he was postmaster of the village. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic order. He married (first) Flora Bradley; (second), February 16, 1880, Mary MacDonald. Child, Elizabeth, born January 5, 1883; married, October 27, 1906, John F. Vauchelle.
(III) Edward Butterfield, youngest son of Simon (2) and Jerusha (Butterfield) Vree- land, was born in the town of Cuba, Alle- gany county, New York, December 7, 1857. He was educated in Friendship Academy, and in 187 I came to Salamanca, entering the Acad- emy there, graduating with the class of 1876. At the age of twenty years he was appointed superintendent of the Salamanca schools, hold- ing that position five years. During this period he began the study of law. In 1881 he was admitted to the bar, but has never been engaged in continuous practice. After resigning the superintendency and while study- ing law, he opened a fire and life insurance office in Salamanca, in which he retained his interest until a few years ago. In 1890 he was elected president of the Salamanca Trust Company, successor to the Salamanca Na- tional Bank, which was founded in 1882 by A. G. Dow, father of the present vice-presi- dent of the Trust Company. In 1899 he was elected to the national house of representa- tives, taking his seat as a member of the fifty- sixth congress, and has served continuously in the fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first and sixty-second con- gresses. At the last election he received thirty-two thousand three hundred and twen- ty-seven votes against nineteen thousand four hundred and sixty-six cast for his opponents. He has served on the following committees : Pensions, merchant, marine and fisheries, la- bor and education, naval affairs, appropria- tions, and is the present chairman of banking and currency. After the panic of 1907 Sena- tor Aldrich introduced the emergency cur- rency act, known as the "Aldrich Act," which passed the senate. Congressman Vreeland framed a similar act, known as the "Vreeland Bill," which passed the house. These bills were consolidated under the name "Aldrich- Vreeland Emergency Currency Bill," which passed both houses. This bill provides for a commission of senators and representatives, whose duty it shall be to make a study of cur-
rency and banking and report to congress, with their recommendations for reform in the banking and currency laws of the United States. Senator Aldrich is chairman and Con- gressman Vreeland vice-chairman of the Na- tional monetary commission. During his long congressional term Mr. Vreeland has rendered. valuable service to his district, to his state and to his country. He has attained a com- manding position in the house, where his ut- terances are received with the closest atten- tion and the greatest respect.
Although deeply immersed in public busi- ness he retains the liveliest interest in the affairs of his village, and has been an impor- tant factor in its growth and development. He is a director in the Salamanca Veneer Panel Company, and the Salamanca Furniture Manufacturing Company. At the expiration of the twenty year charter of the Salamanca National Bank, Mr. Vreeland was active in its re-organization as a trust company, and when the Salamanca Trust company was organized as successor he was elected its first president, and is still at the head of that very prosperous, conservative and well-managed institution. He is president of the Salamanca Business In- stitute; director of the Salamanca Building and Loan Association, and interested in other business enterprises at home and abroad, in- cluding large holdings of oil producing prop- erty. For many years he served on the vil- lage board of education, and is a member of the various literary and historical societies. Always a strong Republican, Mr. Vreeland has, from early life, taken a deep interest in public affairs and early became a leader in the party. He was appointed postmaster of Salamanca in 1889, resigning to take his seat in congress. He is an eloquent public speaker and has rendered valuable assistance as a cam- paign orator as well as a legislator. He is a man of the people and very popular in his district. In his own village of Salamanca he is every man's friend. Whether considered as financier, statesman or citizen, Mr. Vree- land is emphatically a successful man, and all agree that the honors attained have been fairly won and richly deserved. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic Order, belonging to Cat- taraugus Lodge, Salamanca Chapter, Sala- manca Commandery, Jamestown Council of the York Rite, Buffalo Consistory of the Scot- tish Rite, in which he holds the thirty-second degree, and is a noble of the Mystic Shrine.
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He also holds membership in the Salamanca Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias ; and Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. His summer home is Salamanca, his permanent apartments in Washington, District of Columbia, at the Hotel Dewey.
He married, February 27, 1881, Myra S. Price, of Friendship, New York, born De- cember 14, 1860, daughter of Jacob Orson and Laura Cornelia (Bradley) Price, grand- daughter of Zachariah and Elizabeth (Ryan) Price, great-granddaughter of Jacob and Catherine (Barrington) Price. Her maternal grandparents are William Bronson and El- mira (Scott) Bradley. Children: I. Laura Elizabeth, born April 10, 1882; married, No- vember 27, 1902, Burdette Whipple, born April 4, 1878. Children: James Vreeland, born August 2, 1904; Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 31, 19II. 2. Anna Florence, born Novem- ber 20, 1885: married, June 24, 1908, Dr. Harry Reger. 3. Edward Price, born June 14. 1889.
(IV) Charles G., son of Judge Oliver S. Vreeland, was born July 17, 1878. He was educated in the public schools of Salamanca, graduating from the high school. After com- pleting his studies he entered the employ of the Salamanca Trust Company, occupying a clerical position for seven years. His health failing, he was compelled to adopt an occu- pation that would permit him to be more out of doors. He obtained an appointment as letter carrier in Salamanca, a position he has now held for several years, to which he owes his complete restoration to health. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of Cat- taraugus Lodge. No. 236, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, April 2, 1904, Louise Smith, born February 17, 1878, daughter of Dr. Julian G. and Sarah E. (King) Smith. Child: Oliver J., horn November 15, 1907.
WYMAN The name of Wyman is of German derivation and was originally spelled Weymann. The American founders of the family, John and Francis Wyman, were English Puritans, and came to Massachusetts between the years 1620 and 1640. The Wyman brothers were original settlers of the town of Woburn and were both tanners, their home and tanning es- tablishments being on what was known as Wyman's Lane. They were also joint pro-
prietors of extensive tracts in other parts of the town. Their descendants have been many and influential. Up to the time of the revo- lution they were mainly settled in and around Woburn. Thirty-three of the name served in the war of the revolution, from Woburn alone, two of them, Jabez and Nathaniel, meeting death on the battle fields of Lexing- ton and Concord.
(II) John, son of Francis Wyman, of Westmill, Hertford county, England, was baptized at Westmill church, February 3, 1621, one of a family of ten children. He is first mentioned as a subscriber at Charles- town to town orders for Woburn, December, 1640; was taxed at Woburn, September 8, 1645. He was a tanner, prosperous and in- fluential. He was known as "Lieutenant" John Wyman. He married, November 5, 1644, Sarah, daughter of Miles Nutt, of Wo- burn, whom she survived, and married (sec- ond) August 25, 1684. Thomas Fuller, of Woburn. Lieutenant John Wyman died May 9, 1684. Children : Samuel, died in infancy ; John, of whom further: Sarah, married Jo- seph Walker; Solomon, born February 26, 1652; David, a tanner. married Isabel Farmer; Elizabeth, died young; Bathsheba, married Nathaniel Tay; Jonathan, cornet of Woburn train band, married (first) Abigail, Fowle; (second) Hannah Fowle (not sis- ters) ; Seth, lieutenant of Woburn Military Company, married Hester Johnson ; Jacob, married (first) Elizabeth Richardson; (sec- ond) Elizabeth Coggin.
(III) John (2), son of Lieutenant John (1) and Sarah (Nutt) Wyman, was born March 28, 1648. He was slain by the Indians in the Narragansett fight. December 19. 1695. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Thomas Carter, about 1671. She survived him and married (second), October 31, 1696, Nathan- iel Batchelder. Children : John, of whom fur- ther; Mary, born June 25, 1674, married. February 27, 1693, Thomas Peirce.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Mary (Carter) Wyman, was born April 23. 1672. He married, January 28, 1696. Rebecca Reed. Children : Rebecca, born October 14, 1699; John, of whom further; Israel. 1705; Mary, 1709; Ezekiel, 1712; Elizabeth, July 3, 1714; Martha, July 20, 1718; Abigail, 1722.
(V) John (4), son of John (3) and Re- becca (Reed) Wyman, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, October 30, 1702, died Septem-
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ber 9, 1762, at Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca and had issue: Jo- seph, of whom further; Reuben; John, died "in his Majesty's service up Mohawk river, September, 1759, being then twenty years of age"; David, born April 30, 1744.
(VI) Joseph, son of John (4) and Rebecca Wyman, was born in 1734. He married (first) June 21, 1759, Keziah Parker, at Lunenburg ; (second) 1777, Sarah Allen ; (third) Sarah Colton. Children of first wife, born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts: John, born October 14, 1756; David; Joseph, of whom further; Oliver, Thomas, Sarah, Eliza- beth, born November 10, 1773.
(VII) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Keziah (Parker) Wyman, was born April 3, 1764, at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, died at Millville, New York, October 28, 1841. He removed to the state of New Hampshire, later to Orleans county, New York. He married Betsey Whalley, of Shirley, Massachusetts, and had issue.
(VIII) Oliver, son of Joseph and Betsey (Whalley) Wyman, was born at Hillsboro, New Hampshire, March 28, 1800, died at Millville, New York, November 28, 1861. He removed first to Rupert, Vermont, thence to Orleans county, New York, where he and his father were among the pioneers. He married, October 29, 1826, Emily Morse, born at Win- chester, New Hampshire, March 18, 1810, died at Millville, New York, June 16, 1889. Children : Erastus, died in infancy ; Martha E., died aged thirteen years; Albert G., died October 20, 1852, aged twenty-one years ; Orrin T., of whom further; Nelson T., died young ; Mary Ellen, married, 1862, James B. Wyman, died in October, 1895; children : Flora, Hattie, Orrin, Roy, Edith, Fanny.
(IX) Orrin T., youngest son of Oliver and Emily (Morse) Wyman, was born at Mill- ville, Orleans county, New York, August 25, 1836. His early education was obtained in the public school and Millville Academy, after which, in 1855, he entered Meadville Theo- logical School at Meadville, Pennsylvania. The following year he entered Antioch Col- lege, Yellow Springs, Ohio, then under the presidency of Horace Mann. On account of a severe illness he was soon obliged to leave college, and upon his recovery reëntered Meadville Theological School in 1857, grad- uating in 1859. Following the completion of his studies he became pastor for a brief time
of the Christian Church at Oregon, (now Centralia), New York. His ordination to the ministry occurred at De Wittville, New York, May 18, 1862, when a special session of the Erie Christian Conference was con- vened for the purpose. His first charge after ordination was at Conneaut, Ohio, upon which he entered in June, 1862, and where he re- mained until 1874. After a pastorate of two years in South Westerlo, Albany county, New York, he returned to his first charge in Con- neaut, continuing there until 1883. His other pastorates have been De Wittville, New York, 1883-89; Newark, New York, 1889-91 ; De Wittville, New York, 1891-92; East Spring- field, Pennsylvania, 1892-93; West Shelby, New York, 1896-97. For many years his home has been at De Wittville, New York, but in 1910 he removed to Sinclairville, New York, where he acted as supply for nearly two years for the Congregational church. Here he now resides.
In his professional work Mr. Wyman has been unusually successful. As a preacher his sermons are characterized by thoughtful preparation, originality of conception and a clear expression. Several of Mr. Wyman's sermons and addresses have found their way into print, notably, "Doctrines of the Christian Church." The pre-eminent work of his ministry was the pastorate of twenty years in Conneaut, Ohio, where he built up from a defunct organization a large flourish- ing church with a very wide constituency. Here he was the minister at large for many miles around among the unchurched, marry- ing the living and burying the dead, in ad- dition to his own parish duties.
Mr. Wyman married Tacy Victoria, daugh- ter of Newell and Lucy Putnam, of Centralia, New York, September 7, 1859. Their only child is Benson Newell, of whom further.
(X) Benson Newell, son of Orrin T. and Tacy Victoria (Putnam) Wyman. was born in Conneaut, Ohio, June 17, 1863. Here his early education was secured in the public schools, graduating from the high school of Conneaut in 1881. After a year in the pre- paratory department he entered the freshman class of Oberlin College, graduating from the classical course in 1886. In the fall of 1887 he became teacher of classics in Starkey (now Lakemont) Seminary, Yates county. The following year he entered the Divinity School of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,
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graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity in 1891. In the fall of the same year he entered upon his first ministerial charge, the Congregational church of Bald- win, Wisconsin, remaining until the spring of 1893. Here he received his ordination Octo- ber 20, 1891. Called to a small and dis- couraged church at Sinclairville, New York, in four and a half years he succeeded in bringing it to a very flourishing condition. In the spring of 1897, in company with several friends, Mr. Wyman visited Europe, landing at Naples. After visiting the principal cities of Italy, the party proceeded northward through Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, France, England and Scotland, sailing from Glasgow.
In the fall of 1897 Mr. Wyman accepted a call from the Congregational church of Savannah, New York. This was a newly formed organization of only twenty members and without property. Within the eight years of his pastorate the membership more than quadrupled and a beautiful church edi- fice was built with the property practically freed from debt. In 1905 Mr. Wyman ac- cepted a call to the Congregational church of Salamanca, New York, where he is now labor- ing. During the present pastorate of about sented the Western New York Congregational six years there have been added one hundred and seventy-five members to the church and the debt upon the property has been reduced by over $5,000. Although primarily a pas- tor, several published articles have come from the pen of Mr. Wyman, notably, "The Prob- lem of the Country Church," also several articles of travel. In 1910 Mr. Wyman repre- Association as delegate to the National Coun- cil of Congregational Churches held in Bos- ton.
(The Putman Line).
Tacy Victoria (Putnam) Wyman is a de- scendant of the early Puritan family of tlie name so well known throughout the country. Her grandfather, Captain Andrew Putnam, sixth descendant from the original John Put- nam, of Danvers, Massachusetts, was born in Winchester, Massachusetts, March 11, 1769. He was married at Greenfield, Massachusetts, December 7, 1791, to Azuba, daughter of Samuel and Agnes (Anger) Stanhope, of Northfield, Massachusetts. Andrew Putnam with his wife and two children, Harriet and Newell, emigrated from Greenfield, in 1796,
to the township of Brookfield, Madison county, New York, where he had purchased two hun- dred acres of wild land and had erected a temporary dwelling the previous year. The following sons were born to them in Brook- field: Gilbert, Lovell, Hiram. Olvin, Oren, Royal, Union, Worthy. On account of the dangers from hostile Indians, a military com- pany was formed and Andrew Putnam was chosen and commissioned as captain. In the year 1814 the daughter Harriet was married and emigrated to the. wilds of Chautauqua county. Three years later, having received an offer of $2,000 for his farm, Andrew de- cided to remove to the same locality. The undertaking was far from easy. The family was large, consisting of nine boys, ranging in age from six years to twenty-two. The moving outfit comprised one span of horses and sleigh, four yokes of oxen and two sleds, followed by thirteen cows and young cattle. The journey was in February and the snow was deep. Their route led them over the very poor road prepared by the Holland Land Company for the benefit of the prospective settlers on their Western New York lands. The little hamlet of Buffalo had just been destroyed by the British and they passed in sight of its charred dwellings. Eighteen days after starting upon their journey they ar- rived, February 20, 1817, at the home of their married daughter at what is now known as Centralia.
Captain Putnam soon secured a claim upon a tract of land and was the first in the or- ganized town of Stockton to obtain a deed. He soon began the clearing of the land and the erection of a frame house. This was built according to the wish of his wife in the old New England style with a huge chim- ney in the center. The house occupied two years in building and was a most prominent landmark for a period of seventy years. It was the first frame house constructed upon the road uniting the county seats of Chautau- qua and Cattaraugus. In May. 1828. Mr. Putnam had the misfortune to cut one of his knees and from what was regarded a trivial accident he came to his death, June 14, 1828. Thus ended an eventful life. He was a man of great energy and firmness of character. In religious faith he was a Baptist, and his home was a hospitable tarrying place for min- isters of the faith.
Azuba (Stanhope) Putnam was born in
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Northfield, Massachusetts, November 25, 1770, died at the home of her son Newell, Centralia, New York, January 18, 1864, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. For many years after the death of her husband Mrs. Putnam continued to occupy the old homestead, and what became known as the Old Yellow House became the Mecca for her many children and children's children liv- ing nearby. Mrs. Putnam was a woman of strong will and forceful character, well fitted to meet the difficulties of a pioneer life and the responsibilities of a large family.
Newell Putnam, eldest son of Captain An- drew and Azuba (Stanhope) Putnam, was born in the town of Greenfield, Massachu- setts, February 28, 1795. The following year his parents removed to Brookfield, Madison county, New York, where he remained until the family's removal in 1817. In the war of 1812 he enlisted from the town of Brook- field, and for six months was stationed at the barracks of Sacket Harbor. On account of the bad sanitary arrangements here, a fever was contracted that nearly cost him his life. In January, 1817, he was married to Tacy Fenner, of Brookfield, and their wed- ding journey was the long pilgrimage of two hundred and fifty miles to Chautauqua county, where they settled near the paternal home. Here he took up one hundred and fifty acres of unbroken forest land, built hin a log house and cleared the land. In com- mon with other early settlers he suffered many hardships. On one occasion food was so scarce that they were obliged to resort to potato tops. But Mr. Putnam was an ex- cellent marksman and he was able to re- plenish the larder occasionally with venison and other game which was plentiful. As one of the pioneers of this town he helped to lay the foundation of the community life, and for a period of half a century he built himself into its interests. He held several offices of trust and when any affairs of important public interest were considered, Squire Put- nam was consulted.
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