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Abner Murray married (first) December 25, 1797, Dorothea Harris; ( second ) Nancy Ely ( White) of Owego. He died at Tioga Point. Children of first wife: Harris, men tioned below : Eliza, married Simon Spalding. and lived and died at Milltown; Mary Ann, moved to Ohio; there were other children
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also. Child by second wife: Edward A., married Marianne, daughter of Thomas Page, and inherited the homestead, where he lived and died, and the homestead is now owned by children-Millard P. Murray and Henri- etta (Murray) Vandyke. Edward A. also had children-E. Ely Murray, Charles F. and Anna P. Murray.
(V) Harris, son of Abner Murray, was born at Athens, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1800, and died August 4, 1877, at South Waverly, Bradford county, Pennsylvania. He moved to South Waverly about 1820, and was a pros- perous farmer there, owning large tracts of land. He built a fine stone house which is still standing on property owned by John H. Murray. He married (first) Eleanor ( E)- len ) Gordon; (second) Sophia Canfield. Children, by first wife: Eliza, married Dan- iel Fairchild; John Harris, mentioned below ; Mary, died in infancy.
(VI) John Harris, son of Harris Murray, was born at South Waverly, Pennsylvania, in 1826, and died July 21, 1901. He lived on his father's farm, which he carried on in ad- dition to lumber business. He was noted for being especially upright in all dealings, and became very successful and prosperous. In politics he was a Democrat, and was burgess of the village at the time of his death. He had been candidate for county treasurer. He married Jane Morley, of Athens, Pennsyl- vania, born June 6, 1832, died April 13, 1888, daughter of Alvin and Eliza (Parmenter ) Morley. Alvin Morley was son of Isaac, who was born in 1742, served in the revolution, and married Beulah Harmon; Isaac was son of Isaac and Hannah (Miller) Morley, son of Abel and Susanna (Kilborne) Morley, son of Thomas and Martha ( Wright ) Morley. Children: 1. Eliza, born May 4, 1862; was her father's housekeeper after the mother's death, and after her father's death has looked after his estate, consisting of several farms to the present time; she is a very successful business woman. 2. John H., mentioned be- low.
(VII) John Harris Murray Jr., son of John Harris Murray, was born in South Waverly, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1867, and was educated there in the public schools. He has always lived in the house in which he was born. Since 1890 he has been a retail coal dealer in his native town. For ten years he was in
partnership with E. S. Wheeler under the firm naine of Wheeler & Murray, but since 1900 he has been in business alone under his own name, and is one of the leading mer- chants of the town. He is interested in other lines of business, a director of the Sayre Elec- tric Company, director and treasurer of the Scranton Sand Company, director, secretary and treasurer of the Sayre Sand and Plaster Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Waverly Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is a prominent Democrat. For three years he served as county commissioner. He has taken the thirty-second degree of Scottish Rite Masonry, and is well known in Masonic circles. He is a member of Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70, of Free Masons, Athens, Pennsylvania : Union Chapter, No. 161, Royal Arch Masons, of Towanda; Northern Com- mandery, No. 16, Knights Templar, of To- wanda, and Williamsport Consistory, S. P. R. S. He is also a member of Waverly Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Waverly, and of Greens Landing Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
He married, December 28, 1897, Carolyn B. Johnson, born at Towanda, Pennsylvania, daughter of Dr. T. Benjamin and Henrietta ( Barstow ) Johnson. Children: Henrietta Barstow, born February 3, 1899; John Har- ris (3d), born March 6, 1901 ; Jane, July 5. 1 908.
CORTRIGHT
The Bastiaensens were the immigrant ancestors
of all the Kortright, Court- right, or Cortright families in New York and New Jersey. The two brothers came over in the ship, "Spotted Cow," and went first to Stuyvesant's Bowery. and soon afterwards to Harlem where they settled permanently. Sebastian or Bastiaen van Kortryk, because of religious troubles in Flanders, had moved to Leerdam, where the two sons, Jan and Michael, were born. Jan settled on the Linge, near Wolfswaert Castle. in the village of Beest, where he lived until he came to Amer- ica. Michiel or Chiel Kortright lived in "the Prince's Land, near Schoonrewoerd," for some years. Finally the contagion for emi- gration came to him and his brother, Jan Bastiaensen, and with his three or four chil- dren, and Jan with his three sons, he started from Amsterdam, April 16, 1663. Cornelis Jansen, son of Jan Bastiaensen, was born at Beest in 1645, in Gelderland, and married, in
John f. Murray !!
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1665. Metje, daughter of Bastiaen Elyessen, and widow of Claes Teunisz van Appeklorn. Cornelis Jansen died in 1689, and his will. dated February 25. 1680, was proved March 18, 1706. He was a trooper, and left his whole equipment to his son Johannes, as well as a good share of the estate. His children were: Johannes, Laurens, Actie, who mar- ried. 1688, Jonas Lewis, English, and, 1698, Marcus Tiebaut, and Annetie, who married Adrian Quackenbos. These children were known by the name "Cornelissen." His wid- ow managed the estate after his death, and had many grants of land in the several divi- sions. In 1715 the estate consisted of two hundred and forty-six acres. The son Laur- ens held seventy-seven acres of this, and the remainder was owned by them all jointly.
Johannes Cornelissen Kortright was born in 1673, died in 1711. He married, 1701. Wyntie, daughter of Cornelis Dyckman, and in 1717 she married (second) Zacharias Sick- els. Johannes was made constable in 1702. His children were Metje, married John Bus- sing : Nicholas, Jannetje, married Johannes Van Wyck.
Nicholas, son of Johannes Cornelissen Kortright, was constable in 1729, and after- ward. He married (first), 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of Eide van Huyse, of Blooming- dale, and (second), 1739, Widow Elizabeth Peltrong. He received his portion of the Kortright estate at the death of his Uncle Laurens, and with various purchases, he owned a hundred and forty-four acres in 1729. He died November 19, 1751. Chil- dren: John. born, 1732; Nicholas, 1733; Frances, 1741, married John Norris, peruke- maker. Nicholas was a sail-maker and lived in New York, where he owned property ; he was vestryman in Trinity church from 1787 to 1792, and he died in 1820.
Laurens Cornelissen Kortright, son of Cor- nelis Jansen, who was son of Jan Bastiaen- sen, was the ancestor of the main branch of tbe family. He was born at Harlem in 1681. He married (first). 1703. Helena, daughter of Captain John Benson, and ( second ), about 1708, Margaret, daughter of Arent Bussing. He was constable in 1708-09. He was heir to the homestead on Harlem lane, which he left to his widow Grietie. This with other of her land she left to her sons. Aaron and Lawrence, the latter inheriting the homestead. Children of Laurens Kortright by his first
wife were Cornelius, and Elizabeth, married. 1753, Gilbert Garrison, of New York, and by second wife, Aaron, Lawrence, Eve, mar- ried Adolph Benson, Mattie, married Abra- ham Myer, and Susannah, married Aaron Meyer.
Lawrence, son of Laurens Kortright, was the last to hold the homestead, and he died unmarried, in 1761. He had formerly left the estate to Sarah Gilmore, wife of William Nutter, but in a later will revoked it, declar- ing the will had been obtained by fraud, and in the latter will he bequeathed his property to relatives. Valentine Nutter, only child of Sarah, brought an ejectment suit against the second heirs, in 1771, and at last a compro- mise was made in which the Kortrights for a consideration gave up their claims by deeds clated September 12, 1789, and February 28, 1799, and the homestead passed into the hands of Mr. Nutter.
Aaron, son of Laurens C. Kortright, mar- ried Margaret, daughter of John Delameter, and lived on the Delameter farm which he bought, March 15, 1742. In 1772 he received lands by deed from Lawrence in Wawayanda patent, in Orange county, where he removed, and where descendants still live.
Cornelius, eldest son of Laurens Cornelis- sen Kortright, was born in 1704. He mar- ried Hester, daughter of John Cannon, of New York. He carried on the baking busi- ness on Queen (Pearl ) street, and after his death, April 15. 1745, his wife and son Cor- nelius continued in it. He was assistant al- derman of Montgomery Ward, 1738-40. He had two negro slaves who became implicated in the Negro Plot and were transported to San Domingo. His children were : Lawrence, born 1728; John, 1731: Cornelius, 1732: Maria, 1736, married John Wilkinson Ilan- son : Helena. 1739. married Abraham Brash- er ; Elizabeth, 1742, married William Ricketts V'an Cortlandt. Lawrence, the eldest son, be- came a wealthy merchant, and in the old French war he owned several privateers fitted out against the enemy. He was a founder of the chamber of commerce in 1768: had a large interest in Tryon county lands and after his purchase the town of Kortright was settled1. He was identified with the Episcopal church, and although he remained neutral during the war, his sympathies were with his country. Through his influence principally Judge Fell was released from imprisonment in the Pro-
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vost. His only son John inherited the farm at Ifarlem; he died in 1794; his wife was Hannah Aspinwall. Children were: Captain John: Sarah, married, 1775, Colonel John Heyliger, of Santa Cruz; Hester, married, 1790. Nicholas Gouveneur Esq .; Elizabeth, married. 1786, Hon. James Monroe, after- wards president of the United States; Mary. married. 1793, Thomas Knox Esq. Captain John Kortright, son of Lawrence, married, May 2, 1793, Catherine, daughter of Edmund Seaman ; she married (second) Henry B. Livingston Esq. ; he died 1810 and his farm at llarlem was left to his children: John L., Edmund. Robert, Nicholas G., Eliza, married Nicholas Cruger, and Ilester-Mary, married Billop B. Seaman.
When the first federal census was taken in 1790, most of the Cortrights continued to live in Harlem and New York City. In the whole state we find the following heads of families under the two spellings: Abraham, Benjamin, John (3). Henry, Lawrence (2), Michael. Nicholas, Widow Kortright, under the spell- ing Kortright, and Abraham, Daniel, John (2), Lawrence, Moses, Moss, and Sylvester, spelled Cortright. Evidently the two spell- ings were used interchangeably by the fam- ily. In Montgomery county we find John, John Jr., and another John, heads of fam- ilies in 1790. One John had two males over sixteen, two under that age, and three fe- males: the other had only himself and wife and was either very old or very young, while John Jr. had one son under sixteen and three females. Henry Kortright was of Living- ston, Columbia county. This Henry was probably the same who settled at Deerpark and had sons Daniel, born May 3. 1743. and Moses. 1745, mentioned below, both remor- ing to western New York after the revolu- tion.
(I) Moses Cortright, son of Henry Cort- right, was born in 1745. He served as a major in the revolution. In 1796 he removed from Orange county, New York, to Western New York, accompanied by his family and Hannah Parsell, who married his son Saffar- ine. They made the journey on horseback. He married (first) Maria Van Etten, and ( second) Widow Cortright. He was a well- to-do farmer in Owasco, New York, where he died, and was buried in Parsell cemetery. there. His wife's wedding dress was made of calico, and the cost was one dollar per
yard, showing the expense of cloth at that time. He was evidently wealthy for the times, as he had a number of slaves which he set free. One of the slaves, Black Tom, re- mained with the family all his life, and was buried like one of the family. Children :
Ephraim, married Guykendall and had Jacob, Sally, Betsey, and Mary, who mar- ried a Mormon and went to Utah, to the great sorrow of the family and was heard from only once the remainder of her life. 2. Saffarine, mentioned below. 3. Martin, married (first) Brand; children : Moses, John and George; married (second ) Sallie Bigelow : children: Horace, Ephraim, Cornelius, Jackson, Anna Maria. 4. Isaiah, married Hannah Depew ; children : Moses, Anthony, Edward. Thomas, Philip. George, James, Sallie, Maria Jane, Malanee. 5. Jen- nie, married George Brinkerhoff; children: Levi, David, Ann, Hannah, Maria. 6. Mar- garet, married Depew ; children : Abram, Margaret, Sallie. 7. Phoebe, married Guykendall. 8. Betsey, married Cornelius Guykendall.
( II) Saffarine, son of Moses Cortright, married Hannah Posell, and in 1815 moved from Owasco to Wolcott, where he settled on lot No. 42, formerly owned by Martin Cortright. In 1816 there were only twelve houses in Jackson village, now Red Creek, and all in the village were sick with malaria. Hannah Cortright went through the woods in a path marked only with trees, to take care of the sick, until she herself was stricken with it. She was noted for her kindness and good- ness to others.
Isaac Posell, father of Hannah, married Jacomyntie -, and came from London to Owasco, where he was buried. His chil- dren were: 1. John, who had Maria, named after his first wife, married Porter Philow. and by second wife, Peter, Isaac, Margaret, Catherine, Amanda. 2. Hannah, born No- vember 8. 1786, died July 23, 1856; married Saffarine Cortright. 3. Hetty, married Luke Brinkerhoff, who was buried in Red Creek cemetery, the first one to be buried there, 1819: children: James. Polly, married Peter Snyder and had no children, Katie, married Henry Mack, no children, Daughter, married Gilbert Brewster, and had Brinkerhoff and Harriet, Daughter, married Brine
and had Melissa. 4. Polly, married
Peterson : child, Hannah. 5. Katie, married
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- Van Gorder, and had four children, a daughter, married David King, William, and two whose names have not been found. 6. Richard, married Margaret Brinkerhoff ; children: Isaac, Ralph, Hardenboge, George, Maria, Isabelle.
Children of Saffarine and Hannah ( Posell) Cortright: 1. Anna, who married Alanson Frost ; children : Saffarine, Clemenia, Hannah, Posell, Edward. Martin, Lovisa, Henry, Os- car. Maria, Harriet, Delbert. 2. Maria, mar- ried Jacob Shaw. 3. Hettie, married Nelson De Vinne ; children : Cordelia, Columbus C., Lucy Ann, Newton. 4. Betsey, or Elizabeth, married David Brinkerhoff ; children : Myron, Osmond. Oswald, Isador, Orson. 5. Isaac, mentioned below. 6. Martin, married Mahala Duncan; children: Saffarine, Albert, Burton.
(111) Isaac, son of Saffarine Cortright, was born at Red Creek. Ile was educated in the public schools, and was a farmer in Wayne county, New York. He married Permelia, daughter of Dr. and - ( Mack ) Wright, the latter a sister of John and Henry Mack. Children : 1. Chester, enlisted in the Ninth Heavy Artillery. 2. Curtis, enlisted in the One Hundred and Eleventh New York Regiment in the civil war and was killed in the service. 3. Sarah, married Alfred Fridd. 4. Hannah, married Amasa Quincy. 5. James H. 6. Ira A., mentioned below. 7. Louisa. 8. David. y. Julia, married John Chamberlain. 10. Ed- ward. II. Lizzie.
(IV) Ira A., son of Isaac Cortright, was born in Wayne county, New York, October 31, 1849. He was educated in the public schools of Red Creek, New York. For two years he was clerk in a store, and for one year was employed in Syracuse, New York. From 1869 he was clerk in a store in Baldwinsville, and at that time removed to Rollingfork, Mississippi, and in partnership with his brother, James H. Cortright, con- ducted a general store and a cotton planta- tion.
Eventually he retired from the mer- cantile business and made his home in Bald- winsville. but he continues to own an interest in the cotton plantation and he has also Nova Scotia gold mining properties. He is a mem- ber of Seneca River Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married. October 4. 1881, Sarah MI. Greenfield, born at Baldwinsville, August 31,
1852, daughter of DeWitt C. and Harriet ( Foster ) Greenfieldl.
John Taylor, immigrant ances- TAYLOR tor, was born in England, and came carly to Boston. In 1039 he came with Rev. Ephraim Hewett to Wind sor, Connecticut, and a lot was granted to him in 1640. In 1044 he served on a jury there. Ile sailed from near New Ilaven in the first ship built in the colony in January, 1045-46, and was lost. This was the famous and mysterious Phantom Ship of New Haven. His will was dated November 4. 1645. ilis widow Rhoda married Hart and re- moved with son Thomas to Norwalk, Con- necticut. Children of John and Rhoda Tay- lor : John, settled at Northampton, Massachu- setts, and was killed by Indians in 1704; Thomas, mentioned below ; Abigail, died in 1043; Anna, died 1044: Hannah, died 1650.
( Il ) Thomas, son of John Taylor, was born in Windsor in 1043, died at Danbury, January, 1735. He went to Norwalk, Fairfield county. Connecticut, with his mother, and in 1685 his was one of eight families that founded the town of Danbury. He became a prominent citizen. He married ( first ) -: (second), February 14, 1677, at Norwalk, Rebecca. daughter of Edward Ketcham. llis children were remarkable for longevity. Children: 1. Thomas, born November 26, 1669, died 1758: married l'hebe Benedict. 2. Deborah, born January. 1670-71, died aged eighty. 3. Jo- seph, born 1672-73, died aged ninety. 4.
John, twin of Joseph, died aged seventy. 5. Daniel, mentioned below. 6. Timothy, born 1678. died aged fifty-six. 7. Nathan, born 1682, died aged one hundred. 8. Theophilus, born 1687, died aged ninety. 9. Rebecca. dlied aged ninety-eight. 10. Eunice, died aged ninety.
( III) Daniel, son of Thomas Taylor, was born in 1676, died 1770, aged ninety-four years. According to some accounts his first wife was named Elizabeth, daughter of James Benedict, his second, Starr, but no rec- ord is found, and it is likely that the second marriage is confused with the marriage of his son Daniel, as given here. Children: 1. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Rev. Nathaniel. who with others of the family settled at New Milford, and died December 9. 1800, aged seventy-eight. 3. Captain Daniel, died at New Milford, September 23. 1791, aged seventy-
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seven; married (first) June 10, 1739, Rachel Starr; (second) Elizabeth, daughter of Cap- tain Samuel Boughton, a farmer of Danbury. Probably others. Rev. Nathaniel and family are given in the New Milford history, and the others are not carried down in that work.
(IV) Thomas (2), son of Daniel Taylor. was born about 1708, probably at Danbury. and settled with his brothers in New Milford, where he died between .August 20, 1773, and March 17, 1775. He appears to have lived in Fairfield in 1754. His wife was of Fairfield. He lived two miles north of the village of New Milford, near the old paper mill, and owned considerable land in that vicinity. He mar- ried Catherine, born at Fairfield, June 22, 1714, died at New Milford, May 30, 1790. daughter of Sergeant Daniel and Hannah (Adams) Morehouse. Her father, Sergeant Daniel Morehouse, was son of Samuel and Mary (Sherwood ) Morehouse, and grand- son of the first settler of the family, Thomas Morehouse. Children: 1. Abraham, born about 1732, died September 8, 1755, at Lake George in the French and Indian war. 2. Daniel, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, about 1739; married, April 19, 1759, Caleb Dayton. 4. Hannah, born about 1741, died about 1793 : married John Main. 5. Rev. Nathaniel, about 1752; married Johanna Smith. 6. Elizabeth. about 1754; married - Dile.
(\') Daniel (2), son of Thomas (2) Tay- lor, was born about 1735, died May 10, 1805. He married Abigail Elliott, and resided at New Milford. Children, born at New Mil- ford: I. Abraham, mentioned below. 2. Wil- liam, born about 1767, died October, 1836: married Jabez Williams, who served six years in the revolutionary war. 3. Thomas, born 1768. died December 27, 1841, unmarried. 4. Eunice, married Abraham Anson and moved to Amenia, Dutchess county, New York. 5. Laura, married Draper. 6. Mabel, married Albert Campbell. 7. Daughter, mar- ried - Small. 8. Nathaniel, died Septen- ber 7, 1851 : married Thalia Stilson. 9. Na- than Elliott, born February 11, 1781, died Oc- tober 8, 1865: married Sally Giddings. IO. Betsey, married Noah Seeley and Isaac Beers. II. Elizabeth, mentioned in Daniel's will.
(VI) Abraham. son of Daniel (2) Taylor, was born at New Milford, May 17, 1765, died June 9. 1839. He served in the revolutionary war from June 1, 1780, to the following De- cember, and was mustered out at Morristown,
New Jersey. He was in Captain Daniel Camp's company, Colonel Canfield's regiment of Connecticut. He removed from New Mil- ford to Bradford county, Pennsylvania, and settled on the Wyalusing creek about a mile below Stevensville. The property he bought was owned by Samuel Meredith, first treasurer of the United States. He married, March 30, 1785, Mary, daughter of Ithiel and Martha (Baldwin) Stone. She was born December 28, 1767, died November 8, 1836. Children : 1. Polly, born October 7, 1786, at New Mil- ford; married, June 22, 1808, William Brad- comb and Lively successively. 5. Melli- son, born April 2, 1791, died March 4, 1814. 4. Nathan, born June 26, 1793, died in 1835; married Anna Ross, Betsey ( Fairchild ) New- comb and Lively successively. 5. Nelli- son, born April 26, 1796, died August 10, 1861; married Roswell Kingsley. 6. Ed- mond, born March 2, 1799, died May 3, 1799. 7. Esther, born March 2, 1800, died July 6, 1831 ; married ( first ) Walker Stone, and ( sec- ond) Elijah Rouse. 8. Abraham, born No- vember 29, 1803, died September 14, 1886; married Eunice Gregory. 9. Eunice, born May 20, 1805; married Henry Fessenden. 10. Charles, born August 15, 1807, died October 17, 1818. 11. Ithiel, born February 15, 1809, died August 8, 1860; married Immira Stev- ens.
(VII) Daniel (3). son of Abraham Taylor, was born December 19, 1788, at New Milford. died May 28, 1865. He came with his father to Pennsylvania when he was four years old. When his son Edwin moved to Montrose, he went with him and lived there several years ; afterward he made his home with his son Alan- son at Rummefield, Pennsylvania, where he and his second wife are buried. He married (first) November 27, 1810, Olive, born Sep- tember 26, 1789. died January 14, 1823, daugh- ter of Reuben and Abigail (Turrell) Wells. He married (second) -.
Children : I. Orrin, born February 3, 1812, died February 15. 1875; married (first) Fidelia Gregory. ( second) Philena -, (third) Caroline Williams. 2. Alanson, September 10. 1815. died December 3, 1881: married Margaret Houk and Osse Van Ness. 3. Mary Abigail, born October 27, 1817; married, January. 1837. Orlando Eldridge. 4. Edwin, mentioned below. 5. Olive, born January 15, 1822, died June 15, 1837.
(VIII) Edwin, son of Daniel (3) Taylor,
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was born October 8, 1819, in l'ennsylvania, died June 18, 1885. He was a soldier in the civil war in Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun- teers. He married, February 28, 1841, Angel- ina Atherton Snell, born at Deposit, New York, May 3, 1821, died June 1, 1897, daugh- ter of Joseph Snell. Children : 1. Amanda 1., born in 1842, died August 21, 1856. 2. Daughter, born .August 12, 1844, died soon. 3. Charles Edward, mentioned below.
( 1X) Charles Edward, son of Edwin Tay- lor, was born March 23, 1847, near Stevens- ville, Bradford county, Pennsylvania. He at- tended school at Montrose in his native state, and then served an apprenticeship in the jew- eler's trade. Thence he moved to Waymart, Wayne county, Pennsylvania, and afterward to Binghamton, New York. He was a travel- ing salesman for the firm of E. D. Vosburg & Company, wholesale jewelers, for three years. He then started in business on his own account in partnership with W. H. Wright, afterward with Mason Lowell. Since the last firm was dissolved he has continued with much success in the wholesale jewelry business with- out a partner at Binghamton. He married, October 16, 1871, Agnes Case, born July 28, 1847, near Waymart, Pennsylvania, daughter of Ralph and Maria (Jenkins) Case. Her parents came from Walling's Hill, a village in Connecticut. Children : 1. Louis Benjamin, born January 2, 1873, resides at Pleasanton, California, owns a stock farm and is agent for the New York Life Insurance Company. 2. Lizzie, born May 8, 1876, died February 1, 1877.
(The Snell Line).
The Snell family came before the revolu- tion, and had a grant of three thousand acres of land near what is now Little Falls, then Tryon county, now Herkimer county, in the Mohawk valley, New York. Five generations or more have lived on this original grant, and the name is still common in that section. Many served in the revolution from Palatine town, and the ancestry is thought to be Dutch or Palatine. It is said that nine brothers in one Snell family served at the battle of Oriskany in the revolution.
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