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In addition to his military and his execu- tive ability, he possessed considerable literary talent. His "Relation of the Pequot Wars," and "Letters to John Winthrop Jr.," were dis- covered in manuscript form and published in 1833, and 1865, respectively.
He married, about the time of his contract to come to America, Mary, daughter of De- rike Wilemson, of the city of Woerdon, Hol- land. She accompanied him, shared with him the dangers and privations of the life at Say- brooke Fort, and died in 1665, aged sixty- four, at East Hampton. Children, the first two born at Saybrooke: David. \pril 29. 1636, the first child born of English parents in Connecticut : Mary. August 30, 1638, married Jeremiah Conkling, of East Hampton, son of Ananias Conkling, the immigrant ancestor of the Conkling family of New York, including Judge Alfre l Conkling, his sons, Ilon. Roscoe
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Conkling and Colonel Frederick .A. Conkling ; Elizabeth. September 14, 1641.
( 11) David, son of Lion Gardner, was born in Saybrooke Fort, April 29, 1636, died July IO, 1080, at Hartford, Connecticut. Abont 1056 he visited England, it is supposed to be educated. While there he married, June 4. 1657. Mary Leringman, widow, of the parish of St. Margaret, in the city of Westminster. England. Ile was back in East Hampton, June 10, 1658, on which date his name occurs in the records of that town as a witness. Ilis father died in 1663, and by his will left his entire estate to his wife. His mother left to David, however, the Island of Wight during his life. In 1664 the English dispossessed the Dutch at New Netherlands, and proceeded to issue new patents to the townships and in- dividuals who held large tracts of land. In compliance with this order, David Gardner applied for and obtained, October 5, 1665, a new grant for the island, and September II, 1686, a confirmatory grant. reciting all former grants and confirming them, and making the island into "one lordship and manor of Gardi- ner's Island." He appears to have been a prominent landholder also in Sonthold, and was once a resident there. He died in Hart- ford, while attending the general assembly of the colony of Connecticut. in behalf of the east-end towns of Long Island. He was in- terre 1 in the burying ground of Center Church and his tombstone is still standing there. Children, order of birth not known: John. April 19, 1661, mentioned below ; David ; Lion ; Elizabeth, married James Parshall, of South- old, sometimes called "Gent of the Isle of Wight."
(IH ) John, son of David. Gardner, was born April 19, 1661, died at Groton, Connecti- cut, June 25. 1738, by accident, caused by a fall from a horse. He married ( first) Mary, daughter of Sammel and Abigail ( Lidllam) King, of Southold, born 1670, died July 4. 1707. He married (second), September 2. 1708, Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Douglass ) Chandler, of Woodstock, Connec- ticut, and widow of William Coit, of New London died July 3. 1711. lle married (third) Elizabeth, daughter of John Allyn. who was a son of Matthew Allyn, an early settler of Hartford, and widow of Alexander Allen, of Windsor, Connecticut. She died on Gardner's Island, and was buried there, date unknown. Ile married (fourth), October
4, 1733. Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Hedges, and widow of Daniel Osborne, of East Hampton. She died May 19, 1747. He came into possession of Gardner's Island on the death of his father, by entail. He and his brother, Lion, appear as witnesses, De- cember 27, 1676, to the deed of confirmation of the patentees of Southold, and July 2, 1690, he and his brothers, David and Lion, appear in a deed of settlement, as heirs to the estate of their father. He also appears as a grantor in several deeds of land. He quit-claimed to his aunt, Mary (Gardner) Conkling, all the land willed by his grandmother. Mary Gard- ner, to the first named Mary.
There is a strong tradition in the family that during the proprietorship of John the island was surprised by a visit from the notor- ious Captain Kidd, but the only authentic ac- count of such an event is found in a docu- ment which contains a verbatim report of John Gardner's testimony taken before a board of government commissioners at Bos- ton, dated July 17, 1099.
John Gardner is described as "a hearty, ac- tive, robust man ; generous and upright ; sober at home but jovial abroad, and swore some- times; always kept his chaplain; he was a good farmer and made great improvements on the island ; he made a great deal of money, al- though a high liver, and had a great deal to do for his four wives' connections; he had an expensive family of children; he gave them, for those times, large portions.". He was in- terred in the old burying ground at New Lon- don, and a brownstone slab, supported by six ornamented stone pillars, marks his grave. On top of the slab, on a square piece of blue slate-stone, is engraved a coat-of-arms with a lettered inscription.
Children of first wife, birth dates not cer- tain : David, January 3. 1691 : John, 1693; Samuel, 1695: Joseph, April 22, 1697, men- tioned below : Hannah, December 11, 1699 ; Mary, September 1. 1702: Elizabeth, married Thomas Greene, son of Nathaniel and Ann (Gold ) Greene, of Boston ; children of second wife: Jonathan, born 1709; Sarah, 1710.
(IV) Joseph, son of John Gardner, was born April 22, 1697. He married, October 1, 1729, Sarah, born January 8, 1699-1700, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Pinney) Grant, granddaughter of Tahan and Hannah (Palmer) Grant, great-granddaughter of Mat- thew and Susannah Grant, the English immi-
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grant, who settled first in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, and afterwards in Windsor, Con- necticut. General U. S. Grant was of this same family, descended from Samuel, next older brother of Tahan, mentioned above. Samuel, Noah, Noah, Noah, and Jesse Root Grant, his father. Joseph Gardner settled in Groton, Connecticut, and was a farmer and trader by occupation. In 1719 a brig was built for him at Coit's ship yard in New Lon- lon. His father deeded to him a valuable farm in Groton, March 27. 1733. He died in Groton, May 15, 1752, and his wife, also in Groton, September 17, 1754. On the inscrip- tion on his gravestone he is called captain. Children: Mary, August 30, 1730 : John, Sep- tember 25. 1732: Joseph, died aged fifteen months, nine days; Jonathan, died December. 1737, aged eight months, ten days : Sarah, died February, 1739, aged twenty-four days : Will- iam, mentioned below.
(\') William, son of Joseph Gardner, was born September 5. 1741, died at Chenango Forks. New York, March 31, 1800. He mar- ried, April 6, 1761, Esther, daughter of Dan- iel and Esther Denison, of Stonington, Con- necticut, born October 17, 1743. died at Che- nango Forks, May 21, 1824. He went to sea when a young man. After his marriage he lived in Stonington, and about 1793 removed to Chenango Forks, where he spent the re- mainder of his life. Children, born in Sto- nington: Joseph, July 28, 1762, died young . Sarah, December 28, 1763: Esther, March 23. 1766, married Bigelow Waters ( see Waters 1) ; Joseph, February 9, 1768; Hannah, March 21, 1770; Daniel Denison, March 28, 1773: Henry, February 13, 1775; Isaac, May 22, 1784: William, July 3, 1787.
Robert Lang, immigrant ancestor, LANG is thought to have been born in Scotland about 1645 and to have removed to England, where he married, it is thought, before coming to America. He set- tled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was known as "The Fisherman of the Isle of Shoals." In 1670 the names of Robert Lang and his family appeared on a list of members of the Portsmouth Church. According to the records in the war department at Washington. Robert Lang furnished a man and team to work on the old Fort Constitution at Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, in 1690, and his son John received pay for the service. He died
February 10. 1715, and the probate records of his estate are shown in Vol. D. now at the New Hampshire State Library, Concord. He had sons: Stephen, mentioned below ; Na- thaniel, Robert, John.
(11) Stephen, son of Robert Lang, was born about 1075. His name is found in the public records as early as 1699 in a list of church members of the Portsmouth Church. He was living at Sagamore Creek (Ports- month) in 1734. lle was a shipwright. 11c married Children: 1. Stephen. boil 1703, died 1790: married Elizabeth Rice. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Thomas. 4. William, married Sarah Bennett. 5. Deliver- ance, married Nathaniel Nelson. 6. Sarah, married Nathaniel Muchmore. 7. Abigail. married Abraham Elliot.
( III ) Samuel, son of Stephen Lang, was born about 1715, and died in 1799, aged eighty-four years: In 1736 he and his brother Thomas bought two acres of land on Saga- more Creek, adjoining their father's place. Samuel sold his share of this property to Thomas, May 11, 1750, and is supposed to have left the locality at that time. Samuel was a shipwright. He married Mary Sher- born. They had a son Samuel, mentioned be- low, and probably a son William.
(IV) Sammel (2), son of Samuel ( 1 ) Lang. was born at Portsmouth in 1754, died in Bath. New Hampshire. November 8, 1829. He set- tled in Bath, was deacon of the First Congre- gational Church there, and is mentioned in the town history as being noted for his "adapta- bility in prayers." He married. at Haverhill. New Hampshire, April 30, 1778, Susan Sal- ter, born in Boston in 1755, died in Bath, ()c- tober 5. 1843. Children: 1. Jacob Hurd, born February 29, 1779. died at Charleston, Ver- mont. in 1862; married, May 19. 1808. Sarah Sherborn. 2. William, born August 24. 1780. died in infancy. 3. Sherborn, born February 25. 1782, died in Bath in 1859: married. March 4, 1816, Mehitable Ricker, born in Newbury, Vermont. April 5. 1797, died De- cember 24. 1865. 4. Samuel, mentioned below. 5. Mary ( Polly), born May 22. 1786, died in 1844 at Bath : married Ebenezer Ricker. 6. Anna Salter, born June 26, 1788, died at War- ren. New Hampshire, in 1873 : married Charles Abbott. 7. Hannah, born in 1790, died in in- fancy. 8. William, born March 21, 1792, died in Concord, New Hampshire. in 1875 : married (first ), March 14. 1822, Martha Child: (sec-
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ond ) January 1, 1833, Susan Child. 9. Henry Hancock, born in 1794. died at Bath, New Hampshire, August 19, 1865 : married Lucia Child. 10. Hannah B., born in 1795, died in 1865 at Bath. 11. John, born in 1798, died in Calais. Maine.
(V) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Lang, was born in Bath, New Hampshire, March 9, 1784, died in Palmyra, Maine, Marchi 4, 1879. nearly ninety-five years old. In 1803, when he was nineteen years old, he left home and settled on a farm, three-fourths of a mile from the village of Palmyra, where he lived the remainder of his life. He married, in 1808, Sally Smith, born in Concord, Massachusetts, in December, 1792. died in Palmyra, Maine. March 21, 1857, daughter of Captain Isaac Smith, born at Concord, Massachusetts. in December, 1754, of English parentage. Cap- tain Smith was the first white man to spend the winter farther north than Augusta, on the Kennebec river. Children of Samuel Lang, born at Palmyra : 1. Rev. John Sherborn, born March 13, 1810: a minister of the Chris- tian church; married -, and had eight children. 2. Mary Sherborn, born March 2, 1812; married, June 7, 1831, William Ste- phens, of Dixmont, and had three children. 3. Dona Zaida, born June 24. 1814, died in 1887 : married. November 14, 1836, Alvin Mann, and had seven children. 4. Sarah, born July 31, 1816, died in Canada. August 10, 1850: married, June 18, 1850, Henry Dear- born. 5. Susan Salter, born February 14, 1821, died February 4. 1899 ; married, in 1842, Alfred Elliot, of Monroe, and had five chil- dren. 6. William, born March 15, 1824, died May 9, 1837. 7. Alfred H., born March 3, 1826, died in Placerville, California, January 5. 1852; married, January 14, 1849, Mary L. Lancy, and had one son. Alfred H. 8. Rev. Samuel Salter, born January 22, 1827, died in Palmyra, Maine, February 2, 1897; was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman : married, Sep- temher 22, 1845, Sarah J. Burgess, and had one son. Gershom Burgess. 9. Peter H., horn February 25, 1828, died July 1. 1903: held various town offices and was representative to the state legislature : member of the Society of Friends; married, February 20, 1852, Nancy E. Farnham and had five children. 10. Andrew Jackson. mentioned below. 11. Luvia Childs, born January 7, 1833; married, May 21, 1849, Nahum L. Hayden, who died July 7, 1876; they had six children.
(VI) Andrew Jackson, son of Samuel (3) Lang, was born in Palmyra, Maine, September 3, 1831, died in Waverly, New York, August 22, 1870. He was graduated from Union Col- lege, class of 1856. He married, April 9, 1857, Elvira Lyford, born at St. Albans. Maine, February 21, 1834, died at Waverly, New York, December 20, 1910, daughter of Albert and Phebe (Bates) Lyford (see Ly- ford VI). Children: 1. Louis Jay, born at Waverly, December 18. 1859; married, De- cember 24, 1883, Clara Terhune, of Brooklyn, New York. 2. Percy Lyford, mentioned be- low. 3. Gertrude Josephine, born at Waverly, March 3, 1870, died January 31, 1871.
(VII) Percy Lyford, son of Andrew Jack- son Lang, was born in Waverly, Tioga county, New York, June 8. 1861. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Elmira Free Academy, from which he was graduated in 1879, and Hillsdale College, Michigan. He became afterward a student in Williston Sem- inary at Easthampton, Massachusetts. H entered Yale College and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1885. He then started in business at Waverly in partnership with James A. Clark, under the firm name of Clark & Lang, dealers in hard- ware. In 1887 he sold out his share in the business, and in February of that year became assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Waverly. In 1891 he was made cashier. and he has held that position to the present time. He has taken a lively interest in pub- lic affairs. He was appointed loan commis- sioner of Tioga county by Governor Levi P. Morton, and in 1897 he was appointed by Governor Frank S. Black one of the managers of the Craig Colony at Sonyea. New York,
and he is president of the board of managers. He has been a member of the board of educa- tion. He has financial interests in many other lines of business. He is a member of Waverly Lodge, No. 407, Free and Accepted Masons ; of Cayuta Chapter, No. 245, Royal Arch Ma- sons, of Waverly, New York; of St. Omar Commandery, Knights Templar. of Elmira ; Otseningo Bodies, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, of Binghamton ; Kalurah Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, of Binghamton. He is also a mem- ber of Manoca Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. No. 219, and of Lodge No. 1039, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Waverly, New York ; Elmira City
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Club: Elmira Country Club ; Quarry Glen Country Club ; Susquewanda Country Club, and Rapshaw Fishing Club.
He married ( first), November 18, 1885, Alice Smith Johnson, born at Ansonia. Con- necticut. July 12. 1860, died in Waverly, Au- gust 7, 1903. daughter of Nathan S. and Bes- sie (Cable ) Johnson. He married ( second), September 1, 1906, Mrs. Marie Louise Hos- kins King, born in Owego, New York, April 8, 1867. Children, all by first wife: I. Ger- trude Adele, born November 10, 1886; mar- ried E. Barton Hall, of Waverly ; children : Percy Lang Hall and E. Barton Hall Jr. 2. Alice Marion, born December 13. 1888; a graduate of Wellesley College. 3. Helen Ly- ford, born 1893, died in 1900. 4. Percy Ly- ford Jr., born June 25. 1898.
( The Lyford Line).
(I) Francis Lyford. immigrant ancestor, was in Boston, Massachusetts, as early as 1667. He owned land on the water front, and was called a mariner. He removed to Exeter, New Hampshire. about 1689, when he sold his Boston estate to the father of his first wife. He bought a farm in Exeter and was select- man in 1689-90. He received a grant of two hundred acres in 1698. He served in King William's war from February 6 to March 5. 1696, in Captain Kinsley Hall's company of militia in Exeter. He was commander of the sloop "Elizabeth" of Exeter. He was chosen constable in 1709, but "being acc'ted Very in- firm by sundry ailments, whereby he seems very unfit for that service," another was chosen in his place. His will was dated De- cember 17. 1723. proved September 2, 1724. He married (first ) in Boston, about June. 1671, Elizabeth, born November 6, 1646, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. He married (second ) in Exeter, New Hampshire, November 21, 1681. Rebecca, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley, and granddaughter of Governor Thomas Dudley. Children of first wife: Thomas, born March 25, 1672: Eliza- beth, July 19, 1673: Francis. Children of second wife: Stephen, mentioned below ; Ann, married Timothy Leavitt: Deborah, married -- Follett ; Rebecca, married - Har- dy : Sarah, married John Folsom ; Mary, mar- ried -- Hall.
(II) Stephen, son of Francis Lyford, was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, died Decem- ber 20, 1774. He received a grant of one
hundred acres in Exeter. He was selectman in 1734. His will was dated March 23. 1773. and proved January 13, 1774. His estate was appraised at fifteen hundred and seventy-five pounds, ten shillings and nine pence, and com- prised, among other items, a negro woman, value ten pounds, and a negro girl (Nance ). value thirty pounds. He married, at Exeter, Sarah Leavitt, who died October 13, 1781. daughter of Moses and Dorothy (Dudley) Leavitt. Children: Biley, mentioned below ; Stephen, born April 12, 1723, in Newmarket, New Hampshire ; Moses ; Samuel, died Feb- ruary 8, 1788, unmarried : Francis ; Theophi- lus, died January 31, 1796, married Lois James; Betsey, married Joshua Wiggin. of Stratham, New Hampshire.
(III) Biley, son of Stephen Lyford, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1716, died at Brentwood, February 10, 1792. He was in the revolution in Colonel Nicholas Gilman's regiment of militia, September 12. 1777, and in Captain Porter Kimball's company, Colonel Stephen Evans' regiment, at Saratoga, in September, 1777. In his will he says: "My will is that my two negroes shall live with any of my children they see fit or otherwise to have their freedom as they choose." He leaves Molly and Judith each one hundred Spanish milled dollars. His estate was valued at one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, seven shillings, five pence. He mar- ried, August 25, 1743, Judith, born February 18, 1717, died 1789, daughter of Thomas Wil- son. Children: Rebecca, born July 26, 1744; Dorothy, September 5. 1746; Alice, baptized June 26, 1748. died July 3, 1748; Mary. born August 10, 1749: Alice (Elsey), April 19, 1751 ; Anne, July 13, 1753 : Biley Dudley, men- tioned below : Sarah, February 22. 1757 : Ju- dith, March 29. 1760: John. August 12, 1762.
(IV) Biley Dudley, son of Biley Lyford, was born October 19. 1755, died April 16, 1830, at Fremont, New Hampshire. He mar- ried (first) Mary Robinson, and (second) Dorothy Blake, born April 4, 1770. died April 9. 1835. Child of first wife: John, mentioned below. Children of second wife: Dudley, born October 14, 1793: James, February 25, 1795: Ezekiel, November 24, 1796; Mary, September 27, 1798; Epaphras Kibby, July 21, 1800: Henry, July 31. 1803; Washington, March 10, 1805 : Dorothy, June 6, 1810.
(V) John, son of Biley Dudley Lyford, was born January 1, 1782, died at St. Albans,
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Maine, January 1. 1854. He married ( first ) Marian Rowe, of Brentwood. New Hamp- shire. He married ( second). March 2, 1817, Abigail ( Fogg ) Baine, widow of William Baine. She was born June 10, 1792, at Ray- mond, New Hampshire, died December 20, 1878, daughter of Samuel and Ruth ( Lane) Fogg. Children of first wife: Biley, born at St. Albans, January 22, 1805: Mary, at St. Albans, November 30, 1807 : Albert, mentioned below : Dolly, at Brentwood, January 16, 1812. Children of second wife: John Fogg, born February 17, 1818; James Robinson, April 10. 1819: William King. August 13, 1820, died January 12, 1836; Maria Rowe, November 13, 1821, died June 21, 1840: Pamelia, January 5. 1823: Sullivan, May 25. 1824: Abigail, De- cember 27. 1825: Frances H., July 7. 1828: Samuel Fogg, May 15. 1830; Lois Ann, Feb- rnary 5, 1832: Sarah W .. July 4, 1836.
(VI) Albert, son of John Lyford, was born June 26, 1810, at St. Albans, Maine, died at Waterville, Maine, September 13, 1867. He married, January 1. 1833. Phebe Bates, of Fairfield, Maine. Children : I. Elvira, born February 21. 1834: married, April 9, 1857. Andrew Jackson Lang, and died in Waverly. New York. December 20, 1910 (see Lang VI). 2. William Albert, March 20, 1836, died July 17, 1846. 3. Louisa Stnart. November 20. 1837. 4. Sarah Abigail, October 5, 1839. died May 7, 1840. 5. Anne Maria, May 27, 1842. 6. Charles Franklin, Jannary 15. 1844. at Waterville, Maine, died December, 1862. 7. James Monroe, November 5. 1845, at Water- erville. 8. Frederick Eugene, January 26. 1853. at Waterville.
HIGGINS The name of Higgins, known in New England from the earliest colonial days, was well established in the first generation on American soil. It was a sturdy stock, and intermarried with families of similar qualities and worth. The early generations were inured to hard- ships in their struggle with nature ; were per- severingly industrious, and self-trained to the use of tools. They developed splendid phy- siques, were of a deeply religious nature, and their excellent traits have been transmitted to their descendants to the present day.
(1) Richard Higgins, the immigrant ances- tor, was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1633. when his name appears on the list of taxpayers. He was a tailor by trade : was
admitted a freeman in 1034: was one of the first seven settlers and founders of Eastham, Massachusetts, in 1044: was selectman of Eastham for three years and deputy to the general court in 1649-61-67. In 1670 he re- moved to Piscataway. New Jersey, and died there in 1675. He married ( first ). Novem- ber 23. 1634. Lydia, daughter of Edward Chandler, of Scituate, Massachusetts; ( sec- ond). Mary Yates, widow of John Yates, of Duxbury. Children of first wife: Jonathan, born July, 1637 : Benjamin, mentioned below. Children of second wife: Mary. September 27. 1652: Elizabeth, October 20. 1654: Will- iam. December 15. 1655: Jedediah. March 5. 1657 : Zerviah. June. 1658 : Thomas, January, 1661: Lydia, July, 1664.
(II) Benjamin. son of Richard Higgins, was born in Plymouth, July 6. 1640. and died March 14, 1691. He settled in Eastham, and in 1675 applied to the court for land in the right of his father. He married. December 24, 1661, Lydia, daughter of Edward Bangs, who came from England in the ship "Ann." in 1623. Children. born at Eastham: Ichabod. November 14, 1662: Richard. October 15. 1664: John. November 20, 1666: Joshna, Oc- tober 1, 1668; Lydia, May, 1670: Isaac, An- gust 31. 1672; Benjamin. June 14, 1674; Samuel, mentioned below : Benjamin, Septem- ber 15. 1681.
(III) Samnel, son of Benjamin Higgins, was born at Eastham, Massachusetts, March 7, 1676-77. He married there. Hannah. daughter of Isaac and Mary ( Payne) Cole.
(IV) Israel, son of Samnel Higgins, was born at Eastham. April 26, 1706. He married Ruth Brown, and had ten children, the first five of whom were born at Eastham, the rest at Chatham, Connecticut, whither he moved in 1740.
(V) Sylvanus, son of Israel Higgins, was born at Eastham, June 8. 1735. and died at Chatham, Connecticut. He married. July 2. 1757. Lucy Stocking, of Middle Haddam, Middlesex county, Connecticut. They had six children, all born in Connecticut.
(VI) James, son of Sylvanus Higgins, was born in Middle Haddam. Connecticut, May 3, 1761 (or 1766-67, as given by some other rec- ords ) : died in Madison county. New York, September 1, 1827. He removed to Hamilton, Madison county, New York. in 1810, and opened the first cabinetmaker's shop in that town in the same year. and continued to fol-
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low his trade until 1825. when he sold his busi- ness to Erastus Wheeler. He was one of the first settlers and founders of the town. He erected a brick house on Madison street in Hamilton, and afterward kept a hotel in East Ilamilton, New York, and conducted a tan- nery at Earlville, New York, and was engaged in the tannery business at the time of his death. He married ( first), May 10, 1789 or 1790, Lydia Smith, who died June 1, 1816; ( second ) in Enfield, Connecticut, February 21. 1819, Betsey Collins, who died in 1838, de- scendant of one of the early settlers of En- field. Children by first wife: 1. Sophia, born May 1, 1791 ; married Beckwith. 2. Justin, December 21, 1792 : died February 17, 1825. 3. Eliza, October 3, 1793 : died, August 7. 1818; married John C. Clark. 4. Lucy S. H., born August 28, 1795 ; died September 30, 1872; married Thomas Greenly. 5. Sylvester Wesley, born March 29, 1798. 6. James, April 6. died May 10, 1802. 7. James William, born July 21, 1803. 8. Mary Ann, September 7, 1804: married Joseph Rockwell. 9. Francois De Nogue, mentioned below. 10. Harriet Maria, born October 19, 1813. Children by second wife: 11. Betsey Collins, born Feb- ruary 17, 1822, died November 5, 1910; mar- ried ---- Greenleaf.
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