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tember 18, 1671. and he left the whole estate to his widow, unless she married again.
He married (first ) -, of the Nether- lands, whom he brought with him to Boston. In the records of the old South Church of Bos- ton, "Helena. wife of our brother John Un- (lerhill," was admitted to the church, Septem- ber 15, 1633. He married (second ) about 1658. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Eliza- beth Feakes, and sister of John Bowne, of Flushing. one of the most prominent members of the Society of Friends. Captain John Un- derhill became a member of the society in his old age. while living at Killingworth. Chil- dren of Captain John Underhill and his first wife: 1. Elizabeth, baptized February 14. 1636. 2. John, baptized April 24. 1642, aged thirteen. Children of Captain John and Eliza- beth Underhill, born at Killingworth: 3. Deborah, born November 29. 1659. 4. Na- thaniel, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, De- cember 2, 1666. 6. Elizabeth, July 2. 1669. 7. David, April. 1672.
( Il ) Nathaniel, son of Captain John Under- hill. was born February 22, 1663. He re- moved to Westchester county and bought land of John Turner at Westchester, where he was living in 1687. He married. December, 1685. Mary, daughter of John Ferris. He died about 1710. Children : Nathaniel, mentioned below : Thomas, of New Castle, Westchester county : Abraham, of White Plains, married Hannah Cromwell : Benjamin, of New Castle : Tolin : "son ( Bartow ), residing southeast"; Mary Horton.
( III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( I) Underhill, was born August 11, 1690. died November 27. 1775. He married Mary Hony- well. His will was dated February 25. 1775, and proved May 19. 1776. bequeathing to wife Mary and children, Israel, Bartow, Elizabeth, married Purdy, Mary, married Dr. Nicholas Bayley. Nathaniel, Helena, Sarah and John. Children: Phebe, November 6, 1713: Sarah, March 9. 1715 : John, mentioned below : Mary. Jannary 2, 1720: Nathaniel. of West- chester. August 31. 1723 : Bartow, October 23. 1725: William, of Yonkers, February 16, 1727 : Helena, January 26. 1729: Israel. Sep- tember 21. 1731 : Elizabeth, February 17. 1735-
(IV) John (2), son of Nathaniel (2) Un- derhill, was born August 8, 1718. He lived at Yonkers. He married Ann Bown, born De- cember 19, 1722, died August 16, 1786. Chil- dren. born at Yonkers: John. mentioned be-
low: Benjamin, of Scarsdale, died 1818: Lan- caster, of Eastchester, born 1746; Nathaniel, of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia ; Frederick, of Yonkers, born March 27, 1749; Nicholas, of Yonkers, died 1857: Peter, of Yonkers; Sarah, married Noah Bishop: Susan : Effie ; Hannah; Elizabeth ; Nancy.
(\) John (3), son of John (2) Underhill, was born about 1740. He settled at Newtown, Connecticut. He married (first), Anne Bar- ker, who died August 16, 1786. He married ( second ) Dulhorisa Outhouse. Children by first wife: John, mentioned below; Barnas, born 1778; William, died without issue; Eli- nor : Sarah : Fanny. Children by second wife : Susan, Sarah. Elizabeth, Simon, Isaac. David. (VI) John (4). son of John (3) Under- hill, was born about 1765. He removed from Newtown, Connecticut, to Greene county, New York. The record of his family is incomplete, btit as he appears to be the only one of the family to locate in this section, it is concluded that William, mentioned below, was his son, named for his brother William.
(VII) William, son of John (4) Under- hill, was born about 1790-95. probably in Greene county, New York. He was a farmer in Dutchess and Greene counties. He mar- ried ", and among his children was Charles H., mentioned below.
(VIII ) Rev. Charles H. Underhill, son of . William Underhill, was born in 1810. His youth was spent on his father's farm. He re- ceived his early education in private schools and studied for the ministry. About 1835 he was ordained as a minister of the Baptist church at or near Catskill, New York. His first charge was at Bedford, Westchester county. He was afterward the first pastor of the Baptist church at Carmel. Putnam county. He was pastor of the Bedford Baptist church from August. 1838, to April, 1840, and was called to the First Baptist church of Tarry- town in 1843. This church was organized as the Beekman Baptist Church by a council of delegates from varions Baptist churches of New York City and Westchester county late in November. 1843, with twelve members by letter. Services were held in the old building at the southeast corner of Cortlandt and Col- lege avenues. His salary was $200, fuel and a donation party with $200 from the Hudson River Baptist Association. In two years the church had sixty-three members, and largely through the efforts of Mr. Underhill land
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was bought at the corner of Main and Wash- ington streets and a church erected. In June. 1849, he accepted a call to the Baptist church at Peekskill. He also preached for a time at Attica, New York. He became one of the leading Baptist ministers of this section. He was a zealous and devout Christian, an able preacher and a conscientious and highly re- spected pastor, honored among men of all denominations. He was buried in the Bap- tist church plot in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, Greenburgh, New York. He died in 1856.
He married, about 1835, Caroline Wager, born at Ghent, Columbia county, New York. died in 1800, daughter of Rev. Daniel and Susannah (Bogardus) Wager. Children : Eu- gene B., resides at Pine Plains, New York ; Charles W .. mentioned below : Susan, married Charles H. Fordham.
(IX) Captain Charles W. Underhill, son of Rev. Charles H. Underhill, was born at Bedford, Westchester county, New York. De- cember 27. 1839. He attended the public schools, Alexander high school, Claverack Academy and entered Colgate College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1862 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He en- listed in the federal army in the civil war and took an honorable part. He raised Company G. One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, was commis- sioned captain and left for the front on the afternoon of his college commencement day. He participated in many important battles. He was at the siege of Port Hudson and was with Sheridan at Winchester. He took part in the battles of Cedar Creek and Fisher Hill. He was wounded three times and was captured at Cedar Creek while carrying dispatches. During much of his service he was judge ad- vocate of the first division of the Nineteenth Army Corps. He was mustered out with his command at the close of the war. He came home and began to study law at Hamilton. New York. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar at Binghamton, New York, and since that time has been practicing continuously at Ham- ilton. He has served the town as justice of the peace. In politics he is a Republican. He was one of the founders of Brooks Post. Grand Army of the Republic, at Hamilton, and is a past commander. For a number of years he has been president of the One Hun- dred and Fourteenth Regimental Association.
While in college he was elected to the Delta Kappa Epsilon and the Phi Beta Kappa, and he received from his alma mater the degree of Master of Arts. In religion he is a mem- ber of the Baptist church.
He married, June, 1868, Marian Root, of East Hamilton, New York, daughter of Dr. Franklin and Emma (Sheldon ) Root. Her father was a native of Vermont. Children of Captain and Mrs. Underhill: Caroline W. : Mary B .. married Dr. S. D. Lucas, of New York: Frank R., resides in Chicago; Gene- vieve L.
This name is of Norse origin, and ROE came into Normandy with the Norse- men, where the spelling became Roo, Rou, Rous, Roux and Le Roux. One of the chiefs of William the Conqueror bore the name Rou. The name became common in England as a surname after the custom of bearing surnames was adopted, and the spell- ing has generally been Roe. The English Roes trace their ancestry to Turchil Rufus. or Le Roux, who came with the Conqueror and held lands in county Norfolk. The Earls of Stanbroke are of this family. The Irish Roe family is a branch of the English stock. In 1260 Donnel Roe was a chief of the Irish house of McCarthy. In 1384 the last of the O'Conor kings of Connaught died, and the common inheritance was divided between the O'Conor Don and the O'Conor Roe. In 1489 the Earldoms of Ossory and Ormond were held by a Roe. The family arms is de- scribed as follows in old records: "Roe. Bart. Suffs. On a mount rest. a roebuck statant, gardant, attired and hoofed: between attires a quatre-foil gold. Motto: Tramite Recta. ( Without coronet, quatre-foil. )" "Roe : Ire .- A roebuck springing." Both on Norman shield. (I) John Roe (or Rowe as the name is also spelled) was the American immigrant. Al- though tradition says he came from Ireland. he was of the English religion and of Eng- lish ancestry, and settled in an English colony. He was born abont 1628. He located in Drowned Meadow, now Port Jefferson, New York, in 1667. He came to America, how- ever, as early as 1655, and was for a time at Southampton, Long Island. He was a shoe- maker by trade, and agreed to follow his trade there. In his will, dated 1711, he calls himself cordwainer (shoemaker). To him was assigned a tract of land at the head of
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Brookhaven harbor. In 1797 there were but five houses in Brookhaven, and one of them was that built by Roe. He married Hannah Purrier, a native of England. Children : Na- thaniel, mentioned below; John; Elizabeth ; Hannah and Deborah.
(II) Nathaniel, son of John Roe, was born in 1670, and died in 1752. He married Han- nalı Reeve, born 1678, died August 16, 1759. Children: Nathaniel ; John, mentioned below ; Elizabeth : Hannah and Deborah.
( III) John (2), son of Nathaniel Roe, mar- ried Joanna ( Miller ) Helme, of Miller's Place, Brookhaven. He and Nathaniel appear to have settled together in Orange county, New York. Children: John, mentioned below ; Jonas, settled in Orange county as early as 1737, and had Nathaniel, William, Jonas, Ben- jamin, George and seven daughters. Perhaps other children.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Roe, was born about 1730, and was killed in the French and Indian war near Lake Champlain, under General Abercrombie, probably at the attack on Ticonderoga. Children: Dr. Stephen, re- sided at East Broadway, New York City, and died in 1845; Benjamin, born September 25, 1759, married Mary Ware; John, mentioned below; Charles, drowned while a young man.
(V) John (4). son of John (3) Roe, was born near Newburg, Orange county, New York, April 4, 1755, and died at Havana, New York, in 1831. He was a soldier in the revo- lution, in an Orange county regiment, paymas- ter and quartermaster. He owned the ground on which the battle of White Plains was fought. He lived at Plattskill, Dryden and Havana, New York. He married, in 1812, Sarah Harris, horn 1761, died at Elmira, New York, March 10, 1837. He lost all his prop- erties on account of Tory raids during the revolution. He went to Plattskill, Ulster county, after the revolution, and about 1812 came to Dryden, Tompkins county. Late in life he was a pensioner on account of his service in the revolution. He died at the home of his son, Harris Roe, aged about sev- enty-seven. Children : I. Benjamin, horn April 3, 1779, died unmarried, at Plattskill, Ulster county. 2. Elizabeth, May 4, 1781 ; married (first) Don McDonald: (second) William Phillips, and died at Newburg. 3. Harris, born May 10, 1783 ; married (second) Katherine Rowlington; (third) Eunice Fox ; he died at Dryden. 4. William, August 22,
1785 ; died unmarried, in New York, aged about twenty-one. 5. Isaac, March 2, 1788, in Newburg ; married, October 10. 1807, Hannah Drake, and died June 19, 1858, in Elmira. 6. Sarah, January 27, 1791 ; married Ainsworth, and died in New York. 7. Phœbe, married John D. Terwilliger, and died at Dryden. 8. Martha Julia, July 5, 1799; married Joseph R. Miller, and died in Florida, in 1881. 9. John Charles. mentioned below. 10. James, died in infancy.
(VI) John Charles, son of John (4) Roe, was born October 27, 1801, in New York City. He was a tailor by trade. He settled at El- mira. He was a director of the Elmira Me- chanics Society. He married, December 23, 1830, at Somerstown, New York, Elizabeth Ann Reynolds, born September 29, 1811, died January 27, 1882, daughter of Isaac and Jane (Dean) Reynolds, granddaughter of Solomon and Abby (Miller) Reynolds, great-grand- daughter of John and Rebecca ( Randall) Rey- nolds. John Reynolds was an active patriot during the revolution, serving frequently as scout and on call. His home was on the road from New York to West Point. Chil- dren, born at Elmira: 1. John Milton, Sep- tember 29, 1831, died October 6, 1866; mar- ried November 9, 1859, Laura B. Temple. 2. William Henry, February 28, 1834; died at Aurora, Illinois. August 26, 1865; married, May 15, 1859, Julia S. Buck. 3. Joseph Mil- ler, October 6, 1837: married. December 3, 1879, Matilda Nichols. 4. Charles Fletcher, mentioned below.
(VII) Charles Fletcher, son of John Charles Roe, was born at Elmira, September 25, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of machin- ist there. He became a manufacturer in El- mira. He also conducted a commission gro- cery business. He is now retired from active business. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Ivy Lodge, Free Masons ; El- mira Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; St. Omar Commandery, Knights Templar. He is a member of the Century Club of Elmira, New York. With his family he is a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church. Mr. Roe mar- ried, October 13, 1875, at Elmira, New York, Miriam Allen Lowman, born June 21, 1849, daughter of Lyman Levere and Prudence Al- len (Cassel) Lowman. Children, born at El- mira : 1. Edward Lowman, January 29, 1878 ; with National Salesbook Company of Elmira ;
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Char F. Rue
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married Anna Sophia Potter; child, Ruth Elizabeth, born March 1, 1895. 2. Elizabeth, April 8, 1880. 3. Lenna, September 24, 1881 ; married Edgar Allen Thomas; with the Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corporation, Los An- geles, California. 4. John Charles, July 17. 1887 ; engaged in the insurance business.
Lyman L. Lowman, who was a farmer by occupation, was the second son of George Lowman, of Chemung, New York, and Lillis ( Harrington ) Lowman. George Lowman was the eldest son of Jacob Lowman, of Middle- town, Pennsylvania, and Hulda ( Bosworth) Lowman, of Connecticut. Jacob Lowman was son of George Lowman, probably Ludwig George Lowman, the ancestor, who emigrated to America from Hesse, Prussia, settled in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and married Es- ther Maria King, sister of Jacob and Chris- tian King. Hulda (Bosworth ) Lowman was daughter of David and Mindwell (Fitch) Bosworth, and granddaughter of David and Mary (Strong ) Bosworth, who were married June 27, 1743. Prudence Allen (Cassel) Low- man was the daughter of John Cassel, born in Pennsylvania, November 1, 1790, and his wife, Miriam ( Allen) Cassel. John Cassel was son of Jacob Cassel, born August 15. 1766. of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, later of York or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania : he married for his first wife a Miss Desh. Jacob Cassel was son of the pioneer, born in 1740, of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, who emigrated from Cassel or Kassel Hesse, a city of Nassau, Prussia. Cassel was the daughter of William, born 1754, and Lydia (Richards) Allen, born 1755, married June 24, 1776. This family was close- ly related to the family of Ethan Allen. They moved from Connecticut to Vermont, and later to Tioga, New York, where they died.
Miriam (Allen) . June 10, 1669.
(The Ballou Line).
The American families of Ballou are of Norman French descent. Their earliest an- cestor. Quinebond Balou, was, it is supposed. a marshal in the army of William the Con- queror, and fought in the battle of Hastings, 1066. His descendants lived in the county of Sussex, England, until late in the fourteenth century, where they were extensive landholders, and held important governmental offices, both in church and state. Later many of them settled in other counties of England and Ire- land and held large baronial estates there.
In England and Ireland they have preserved an unbroken descent and titles for at least six hundred years, and in the county of Devon- shire they have long enjoyed distinguished heritage and honors. The name has been variously spelled Belou, Ballowe, Bellone, Bel- lew, but at present is usually written Ballou.
(I) Maturin Ballou, immigrant ancestor, was born in the county of Devonshire, Eng- land, between 1610 and 1620, and came to America previous to 1645, the exact date and place of landing being unknown. He is first mentioned as a co-proprietor of the Provi- dence plantations in the colony of Rhode Island, January 19, 1646-47. He was admit- ted a freeman of Providence, May 18, 1658, together with Robert Pike, who became his father-in-law, and with whom he was inti- mately associated all his life. Their home lots stood adjacent, in the north part of the town of Providence, as originally settled. Various parcels of land are recorded to have been subsequently assigned to him, but nothing defi- nite concerning his character and standing has come down. He died between February 24, 1661, when he had land assigned to him, and January 31, 1663. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Robert and Catherine Pike, whom he married between 1646 and 1649, probably in Providence, Rhode Island. She died at the age of eighty-eight years. Children, born in Providence: John. 1650; James, mentioned below : Peter, 1654; Hannah, 1656; Nathaniel, died in early manhood ; Samuel, 1660, drowned
(II) James, son of Maturin Ballou, was born in 1652, in Providence. He married, July 23. 1683, Susanna, daughter of Valentine and Mary Whitman. born February 28, 1658. in Providence, died probably in 1725. Soon after his marriage, he settled in Loquasquis- suck, originally a part of Providence, now Lincoln. It is supposed that he began prepar- ations to settle there some time before, and his original log house was erected in 1685. His second home, a framed house, stood near the same site, and the well still remains. Oc- tober 22, 1707, his mother and sister Han- nah deeded to him all the property which had come to them from his father, and this, with his own inheritance of lands from his father. made him the owner of several hundred acres. together with his own homestead. To this he added other tracts by purchase until he be- came the owner of about a thousand acres.
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His most important acquisitions were in what was then Dedham and Wrentham, most of which became the north section of Cumber- land. Rhode Island. His first purchase in this locality was made early in 1690, thie grantor being William Avery, of Dedham. In 1706 he added to this enough to make several farms, which he afterwards conveyed to his three sons. James, Nathaniel and Obadiah. This division was made April 11, 1713. In July, 1726, he made a gift deed to his youngest son. Nehemiah, of lands situated in Gloucester. Rhode Island, and at the same time gave to Samuel his home farm. His will was made April 20. 1734, and in 1741 he appears to have made other arrangements of his affairs, in relation to his personal estate, which he distributed among his children. The exact date of his death is not known, but it is sup- posed to have been soon after the settlement of his affairs. He was a man of superior ability. enterprise and judgment. Children : James, born November 1, 1684; Nathaniel, April 9, 1687; Obadiah, mentioned below ; Samuel. January 23. 1692-93 ; Susanna, Janu- ary 3, 1693-94: Bathsheba, February 15. 1698: Nehemiah, January 20, 1702.
(III ) Obadiah, son of James Ballou, was born September 6. 1689, in Providence. He married (first), January 5, 1717-18, Damaris, daughter of John and Sara (Aldrich) Bart- lett. He married (second). December 26, 1740. Sarah (Whipple) Salisbury, widow of Jonathan Salisbury, and daughter of Israel Whipple, son of David, son of Captain John . Whipple, of Cumberland. She was born De- cember 26, 1701, in Cumberland. In July, 1726. he had received from his father a gift deed of land in Gloucester, and later a supple- mentary deed, which conveyed to him ten acres, and included the famous Iron Rock Hill. February 23. 1749-50, he made a gift deed of this section of his homestead to his son Abner. together with other land. He reserved. how- ever, a half acre of the hill for a burying ground for himself, his friends and neighbors. His house stood on the east side of the road. nearly opposite Iron Rock Hill, and remained until 1817. He disposed of his estate partly by gift deeds and partly by will. His will was made September 18. 1763, and he died October 12, 1768. Children, born in Wren- thai, afterwards Cumberland, Massachusetts : Ezekiel, January 5. 1718-19 : Susanna, Decem- ber 7. 1720; Daniel, December 7, 1722: Rev.
Abner, October 28. 1725 : Anna. December 20, 1727 : Obadiah, mentioned below : Esther, Au- gust 24. 1733: Aaron, March 2, 1738, died young.
( IV) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (1) Ballou, was born in Wrentham, September 29, 1730. He married (first ), May 3, 1753, Mar- tha Smith. He married (second). in Cumber- land, Ann Fairfield. He was endowed by his father either with land or with means to pur- chase a farm, and settled in that part of Gloucester. Rhode Island, afterwards incorpo- rated as Burrillville. After his second mar- riage he removed to Thurman, Warren county, New York, but later returned to Burrillville, where he died. Children of first wife, born in Burrillville : Cynthia, November 7, 1758; Isaac, August 17. 1765; Paulina, May 17, 1768. died at seventeen years of age: Phebe. mentioned below : Lydia, February 27, 1774, married Wilkinson : Esther, April 10, 1777, married - Mowry.
(V) Phebe, daughter of Obadiah (2) Bal- lou, was born at Gloucester, now Burrillville. Rhode Island. October 11. 1770. She married Preserved Harrington, of Providence. After- ward, having lost his wealth, he removed with his family to Vermont. In 1816 he settled in Chemung county, New York. He died there in middle life. His widow died at her home in Chemung. November 2, 1865, aged ninety- five years and nineteen days. Her mental gifts were remarkable as well as the physical endowments attested by her great age. She was a devout Methodist and a profound thinker. She was a child when the nation was born and she lived to the close of the great civil war, in which she gave her voice and influence to encourage the volunteers for the Union. Her death was hastened by. if not immediately due to, severe injuries received in a fall. Her daughter Lillis married George Lowman.
Isaac H. Owen lived in Orange
OWEN county, New York, where he died about 1805 or 1806. He married Abigail, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wisner. of Orange county, New York, inilitia in revolution, and his wife, Susan- nah Goldsmith : he was son of Captain John Wisner, of Orange county, who also was in the New York militia in the revolution : Cap- tain John was son of Hendrick Wisner and Mary Shaw, and Hendrick was son of Jo-
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hannes Weesner and Elizabeth Hendrick, who came to America from Switzerland about 1714, and settled in Orange county. They had a son, Henry Wisner Owen, mentioned below. and a daughter who married Gabriel Houston.
(II) Henry Wisner, son of Isaac H. Owen, was born in 1801, in Orange county, and died in Elmira, New York, in 1883. He married Erminda Oldfield, who was born in 1806, and died in Elmira in 1893, daughter of Jesse and Sally (Owen) Oldfield.
(III) Jesse Owen, only son of Henry Wis- ner Owen, was born at Warwick, Orange county, New York, in 1826, and died in EI- mira, New York, March 10, 1900. He owned three valuable farms. He was one of the three commissioners appointed to build the suspension bridge over the Chemung river at Chemung, New York. He was an officer of the New York State Fair at Elmira, and also of the Chemung County Fair. He moved to Chemung, March II, 1863, where, with his father, he bought the "Minniedale" farm, as well as a large lumber tract. Here they en- gaged for many years in the farming and lum- bering business. He and his son James H. owned the "Minniedale" farm and carried on butter dairying for special New York trade on a large scale. General Sullivan, on his memorable march through the Chemung valley in 1779, destroyed 175 acres of corn on this farm. A few of the barn holes where the Indians buried their grain are still visible. One of the council-houses of the Six Nations was near the situation of the large barn, a part of which was built by Captain Dan- iel McDowell before the Indians left, forty- two of whom assisted him in the raising. Also on this farm is the famous spring where Captain McDowell and his Indian captors halted to rest, when he was on his way as a prisoner to Niagara. Jesse Owen married Emily Board, September 26, 1848 (see Board). Children : 1. James Henry, mentioned below. 2. Mary Emily, born 1852, died 1874: married Robert Steven, manager of the Bank of North America in Chicago. 3. Minnie, born 1854. died in 1860. 4. Minnie Wadsworth, born about 1860: married William H. Frost, died 1902 ; children : Robert and Emily.
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