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Marshall, of Sheshequin. 8. Guy, mentioned below. 9. Wealthy, died August 18, 1868. aged sixty-eight; married Guy Tozer, of Athens, Pennsylvania. 10. Perley, died Sep- tember 4. 1845. killed accidentally in a thresh- ing machine. 11. Mina. married Stephen Smith and removed to Illinois, where he was sheriff of Bureau county. 12. Phebe, died November 17, 1867.
(11) Guy, son of Joseph Kinney, was born at Sheshequin, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1799. died there October 25. 1872. He was edit- cated in the public schools of his native town. where during his entire active life he followed farming for his occupation. In politics he was a Whig. He married Matilda Gore, born November 6, 1800, in Sheshequin, died there February 20. 1861, daughter of Avery and Lucy Gore. Children : Ellen, Newton, Rox- anna, Ada, Avery. Simon, Henry Clay, men- tioned below : Ida.
(HI1) Henry Clay, son of Guy Kinney, was born in Sheshequin, Pennsylvania, August 6. 1839. died there March 11. 1871. He was e 'ucated in the public schools of his native town. lle also followed farming and spent his entire life in Sheshequin. He was well- informed, a constant reader, gifted with a fine mind, sound judgment and sterling character. In politics he was a Republican. He took an active part in public affairs and was honored with various offices of trust and responsibil- ity. He married, November 18, 1863. Ama- zilla Horton, born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1840, and is now living in Wav- erly, New York. daughter of William B. and Melinda ( Blackman ) Horton, and grand- daughter of Elijah Horton. Children, born at Sheshequin: 1. Harry Gordon, born Sep- tember 8, 1864. died December 3. 1864. 2. llorace Horton, mentioned below. 3. Helene Lora. born April 7. 1870: married Howard Conant, principal of the Holyoke high school. Holyoke, Massachusetts ; children : Blanche Conant, born December 31. 1898; Ruth Eliza- beth Conant, March 16, 1901.
(1\ ) Horace Horton, son of Henry Clay Kinney, was born at Sheshequin, Pennsyl- vania. June 6, 1868. After the death of his father, he came with his mother to Waverly. New York, in 1876, when eight years old, and he has made his home there since that time. He attended the Waverly public schools. He studied music in New York and Italy, going abroad for this purpose twice and taking les-
sons of famous teachers there. He has made music his profession and devotes his time to the instruction of his pupils. He has a studio at Waverly.
HUNTER The Hunter family came early to Virginia and Maryland. In 1790 there were twenty-one families of this name in Maryland: David. two by name of Ezekial, three by name of George, three by name of James, two by name of John, Joseph. Joshua, two by name of Pe- ter, Thomas, and five by name of William. The fact that the names George, James and William were favorites in the family indicates that most of the Hunters were likewise of the same family. The records of Maryland are not available for tracing the relationship, how- ever. One of the James Hunters lived in Anne Arundel county, another at North Susque- hanna Hundred, Cecil county, near Pennsyl- vania, and he was a man of years as shown by the fact that he had in his family three males over sixteen, one under that age and four females in 1790. James Hunter, of Tal- bot county, had five in his family.
(1) James Hunter, of the Maryland family, came from Baltimore, Maryland, and settled in Oswego county, New York, where he fol- lowed farming. He married Isabell Crockett. Children : John. Thomas, James C., Margaret.
( J]) John, son of James Hunter, was born at Baltimore, Maryland, died in 1899. He was a farmer of Sterling Valley, Oswego county, New York. He married Mary Conrad. Children : Samuel C., married Helen Tuller ; James Conrad, mentioned below : Thomas, mentioned below : William, married Leona Hall ; John, married Ella Charlton ; Robert B .. married Bella Mosher : Anna B., married Thomas Melvin Slater.
(III) James Conrad, son of John Hunter. was born in Sterling Valley, Oswego county. New York. August 13. 1859. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Business College at Utica, New York. After leaving school he assisted his father on the farm for a year. He then embarked in general contracting, in partnership with his brother, Samuel C. Hunter. For two years the firm was engaged upon a contract for constructing a section of the West Shore railroad. After- wards they built a section of the Beach Creek, Cleerfield & South Western railroad. Sub- sequently he engaged in the manufacture of
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Turk Water Meters in partnership with his father and F. W. Turk. The business was established in Syracuse and afterward re- moved to Fulton, New York. In 1891 he be- came president of the Hunter Fan and Motor Company. He is also treasurer of the Hunter Arms Company, and director of the Battle Island Paper Company. He was formerly a director of the Citizens' National Bank of Fulton, and is a director of the Sleeper Ranch Company of Wyoming. Ile is a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and is treasurer of its mission funds, and in politics is a Republican. fle married, October 2, 1883, Martha E., born in Sterling, New York. (laughter of James and Mary ( Cooper ) Mc- Knight. Children: Florence I., Hazel V., Harold McKnight, Donald Conrad.
(JI1) Thomas Hunter, third son of John and Mary (Conrad) Hunter, was born at Sterling, New York, in 1861. He attended the public schools of his native town, where he acquired a practical education, and later was a student at the Business College of Utica, New York. He then spent two years on his father's farm, after which he was asso- ciated with his father and brother in the build- ing of the Beach Creek, Cleerfield & South Western railroad, and after that was employed for two years with the J. L. Thompson Mann- facturing Company of Syracuse, New York. In 1889 his father and he erected the present plant of the Hunter Arms Company at Fulton, of which company Thomas Hunter is now act- ing in the capacity of president. He is also president of the First National Bank of Ful- ton, president of the Battle Island Paper Com- pany, and treasurer of the Hunter Fan & Mo- tor Company. He is an active member of the Presbyterian Church of Fulton, and his politi- cal allegiance is given to the Republican party. He is one of the enterprising and energetic business men of Fulton, honored and respected for his sterling traits of character. He mar- ried Helen Slocum.
BATEMAN The Bateman family, repre- sentatives of which reside in New York City, also in Cen- tral New York, where they are highly re- spected for their many sterling characteristics, bearing well their part in the various duties assigned them, was founded in this country by Benjamin Bateman, a native of England. (I) Benjamin Bateman, the progenitor of
the family, was born in Yorkshire, England, November 7. 1808, died in Hamilton, Madi- son county, New York, July 25, 1870, buried in Sherburne, Chenango county, New York. He was reared, educated and married in his native land. In early manhood, deciding that the opportunities for advancement were bet- ter in the new than the old world, he left his native land, accompanied by his wife, and set sail for the United States. He settled first in Oneida county, New York, where he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, an.1 later removed to Hamilton, Madison county, New York, where he engaged in the express and transportation business, freighting, etc., and also conducted an omnibus route, which lines of work he followed successfully for the re- mainder of his days. The death of his wife occurred in Sherburne, New York, some time previous to that of his. They were the par- ents of three children, all of whom were born after their arrival in this country: William ( see forward ) : Fannie, married George Frink : George Washington ( see forward ).
( Il ) William, son of Benjamin Bateman, was born May 25. 1841, in New York state. died in New York City in June, 1908, and his remains were interred in Kensico cemetery. After completing his studies he turned his attention to farming, which he followed until the breaking out of the civil war, when he enlisted in the Goth Regiment, New York Infantry ; he received an honorable discharge from the service of the government in 1862: he later reënlisted in the 20th Regiment. New Cavalry, as quartermaster-sergeant, and served to the close of hostilities. He then returned to Hamilton, New York, and engaged in the marble business. In 1872 he removed to Nor- wich, New York, where he also engaged in the marble business, and subsequently removed to New York City, where he followed the same line of work, and where he resided for the re- mainder of his days. He was active in the affairs of the communities where he resided, and held membership in the Grand Army of the Republic of Norwich, New York. He married, in 1860, Elizabeth Mckeon, born in Ireland, came to the United States in 1858-59 : she died in 1897 in New York City and her remains were interred in Kensico cemetery. Children: 1. Jennie S., born March 31, 1861 : married (first ) Euclid B. Rogers ; (second ) Frank R. Davenport. 2. William Irving (see forward). 3. Lillian F., born in Hamilton,
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New York, June 30, 1870: married (first) Harry F. Baldwick: (second) Harry C. Tar- busch.
(II) George Washington, son of Benjamin Bateman, was born in Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, August 25, 1847. He at- tended the common schools adjacent to his home, after which he served an apprenticeship at the marble cutting business, at which he worked for the long period of forty-five years. He is a Baptist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He married, in Hamilton, New York, March 14. 1867, Olivia M. Buell, born in Hamilton, December 5, 1846, daughter of Eli and Phebe Buell, the former of whom was a harnessmaker by trade.
(III) William Irving, son of William and Elizabeth (Mckeon) Bateman, was born in Sherburne, Chenango county, New York, Sep- tember 22, 1863. He obtained a practical edu- cation in the schools of Norwich, New York, and upon attaining young manhood became a salesman for a New York City commercial house, in which capacity he served for about ten years. He then became manager of the United States Trust Company Bank Building, 45 Wall street, New York City, which posi- tion he still retains, discharging his duties in a highly commendable manner. He is a mem- ber of the Royal Arcanum, Loyal Association, Chenango County Association, and the De- fendam Association, which is composed of veterans of the 22nd Regiment Engineers. New York.
He married, in New York City, April 12, 1892, Jennie A. Johnston, born in New York City, daughter of Thomas and Sarah A. (Car- penter ) Johnston. One child, Samuel Irving, born in New York City, September 14, 1893.
The name Martin is of uncer- MARTIN tain derivation. It is not only of frequent occurrence in the old world, but it became common in America from an early period, and may be found amongst the early settlers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Virginia and other colonies. The name is variously spelled even in the records of the same family. as Martin, Martyn, Marten, Marttin, Marteem, Martain and Mortine. In nearly all the coun- tries of western Europe the name Martin is very common, and there is nothing in the name alone to determine the nationality of the family which bears it. The first of whom
record appears was Martin of Tours, a Nor- man, who made a conquest of the territory of Cemmes or Kemeys, in the county of Pem- broke, England, about 1077. Martin was the surname of the Lords of Cemmes for seven generations, when, by the death of William Martin, Lord Cemmes, the line became ex- tinct. The name of Martin was still kept up in Somerset by Robert Martin, a younger son of Nicholas Fitz-Martin, and doubtless by other younger branches of the family, and it is believed that from one of these younger branches are descended those of the name who came to New England.
There are no less than thirty-nine coats-of- arms belonging to Martin families and fifty to Martyn families in England. Some of these families have seats in Lockynge, county Berks ; Bowton, county Cambridge; Bodmin, county Cornwall; Athelhampston, county Dorset, and Long Melford, county Suffolk; Plymouth, county Devon. One of the coats-of-arms sim- ilar to many of the family is: Argent a chev- ron between three mascles sable with a bor- dure engrailed gules. Crest : A cockatrice's head between two wings. Motto: Initium sa- pientiae est timor Domini.
More than a dozen of this name came to New England before 1650. Christopher Mar- tin, who came in the "Mayflower," left no de- scendants; the whole family was swept away by disease in the first infection. Richard Mar- tin, an early settler at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was one of the founders of the church there in 1671; deputy to the General Court, 1672-9; speaker of the house, council- lor. 1680. He married, December 1, 1653, Sarah, daughter of John Tuttle, of Boston. He married (second) the widow of John Deni- son, daughter of Samuel Symonds: (third) Elizabeth, widow of Tobias Lear, daughter of Henry Sherburne; (fourth) Mary, daughter of Benning Wentworth. His wife died Janu- ary 2, 1693. Children of first wife: Mary; Sarah; Richard, graduate of Harvard, 1680, died 1690; Elizabeth ; Hannah ; Michael ; John, soldier in King Philip's War; Elias.
(I) George Martin, doubtless brother of Richard, mentioned above, came from Eng- land in the employ of Samuel Winsley about 1639. He was a commoner when he bought John Cole's rights in 1643, in Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts, and he was an original commoner and lot-layer of Amesbury in 1654-5. He took the oath of fidelity in 1646 and again in 1677.
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His petition to the General Court. 1648, was referred to the Hampton Court. He was a blacksmith by trade. He lived west of the Powow river as early as 1049, and received many grants in what is now Amesbury, from 1654 to 1664. His will was dated January 19. 1683, and proved November 23, 1686. His first wife died in 1646; he married ( second ) August II, 1646, Susanna, daughter of Rich- ard North. His wife was charged with witch- craft during the dreadful delusion of the times, was arrested April 30, 1692, tried at Salem, June 29, and executed July 19, 1692. The most damaging evidence against her was that she went afoot from Amesbury to New- bury in "a dirty season," without getting her clothing wet : she was a short, active woman, of remarkable neatness, "one who scorned to be drabbled." She had been accused of witch- craft before, April 1, 1669, when her hus- band sued Willian Sargent for slander in calling her a witch. The jury found for the defendant, but the court did not concur. Mar- tin then gave bonds for his wife's appearance 011 a charge of witchcraft. Children: Han- nah, born February 1, 1643-4; Richard, born 1647 at Salisbury: George, born October 21, 1648, mentioned below; John, January 26, 1650-1; Esther, April 7, 1653; Jane, Novem- ber 2, 1656; Abigail, September 10, 1659; Wil- liam, December 11, 1662; Samuel, September 29, 1667, died young.
(II) George (2), son of George (I) Mar- tin, was born October 21, 1648, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He settled in that part of Ipswich called Chebacco, later Essex. His name appears among the residents having pas- turage for horses on the common in 1697, and he was a commoner or proprietor in 1707. Abraham and Henry Martin also lived in Ipswich at the same time. He died at Che- bacco, April 14, 1734, aged eighty-six, and his death record corresponds exactly with the birth record given. The "History of Salis- bury and Amesbury" states that he was not mentioned in his father's will. In 1734 let- ters of administration were granted to John Martin and John Howard, his son and son-in- law. The inventory shows an estate valued at eight hundred and eighty-one pounds. The principal street of Chebacco is Martin street, doubtless named for this family. He left a widow, Elizabeth, whose family name is not known. The record of birth of his children is found on the Ipswich records: George.
mentioned below, Elizabeth, September 12, 1682, probably died young; John, born Octo- ber 6, 1686, died about 1760; Mary, born Au- gust 7, 1692; Joseph, December 26, 1694, died about 1726; Ebenezer, April 20, 1697, died July 13, 1775.
(III) George (3), son of George (2) Mar- tin, was born at Chebacco, September 17, 1680. He married Anna, daughter of John Choate, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, November 29, 1706. Although they were married in Ipswich, they must soon have removed to Windham county, Connecticut, as their child Elizabeth was born there, January 17, 1708. From this it would appear that George Martin settled in Con- necticut about the year 1707. His brother Ebenezer probably followed him there some years later. Thus the eldest and the young- est brothers of the family moved from Massa- chusetts to Connecticut, an item of family his- tory which repeated itself more than one hun- dred years afterward, when George Martin's great-grandson, Cyril Martin, the eldest of his family, moved to New York state, to be followed there some years later by his young- est brother Zalmon.
George Martin's first wife died, it would seem, shortly after the birth of their first and only child. He married ( second) Mercy, whose family name is not known. Some think she was a Choate. No record can be found at Ipswich of this marriage, and it probably took place at Windham. Children of George and Mercy (-) Martin: Mercy, born June 25, 1710; George, born April 19, 1712, died July, 1794; Sarah, born March 31, 1721; Anna, born July 17, 1725. George Martin's wife Mercy died August 1, 1730, and he mar- ried (third) Mercy Lincoln, November 5, 1730. He died August 15, 1755, aged seventy- five years. His widow died August 4, 1760.
(IV) George (4), only son of George (3) and Mercy Martin, was born in Windham county, Connecticut, April 19, 1712. He mar- ried, October 23, 1733, Grace Howard, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She probably was a relative of John Howard, who married his aunt, Mary Martin, and may have been his cousin. Children of George Martin and Grace (Howard) Martin : Jonathan, born August 7, 1734, died September 24, 1744; and David, born February 22, 1736, died September 17, 1823. George Martin's wife Grace died No- vember 12, 1736, and he married (second) Sarah, daughter of William and Rebeckah
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Gould Durkee, May 12, 1737; she was born March 3, 1714. Children: 1. Grace Utley, born March 6, 1738: died August, 1775. 2. Sarah, born May 1, 1739; died March 7, 1820. 3. Gideon, born September 24, 1740; died January 19, 1808. 4. Aaron, born July 30, 1742; died 1819. 5. Mary (or Mercy), born April 18, 1744; died January 11, 1817. 6. Jonathan, born May 24, 1746; died September 17, 1746. 7. Rebeckah, born July 3, 1747. 8. Lucy, born May 6, 1749. 9. George (twin), born April 7 (or 13th), 1751 ; died April 29, 1751. 10. William (twin of George), died November 27, 1816. 11. George, born No- vember 16, 1753; died October 21, 1830. George Martin (4) was probably a farmer, and lived in Windham county until his death, in July, 1794, at which time he was eighty-two years of age. His wife Sarah died December 5, 1807.
(\') George (5), youngest child of George (4) and Sarah (Durkee) Martin. was born in Windham county, Connecticut, November 16, 1753. He married, May 7, 1778, Sarah Simmons, of Ashford. Connecticut, who was born December 1, 1755, and died in Cortland county, New York. December 10, 1841. George Martin was a farmer, and lived on what is known as Parrish Hill, situated about equi- distant from the villages of Windham, Scot- land and Chaplin, being about four miles from each. Whether or not he served in the war of the revolution is a question of considerable importance and interest. In "Services of Con- necticut Men in the War of the Revolution," compiled by the state of Connecticut, mention is made of a George Martin, of Windham county, who enlisted and served three years. but the weight of the evidence would seem to prove that this man was a cousin of the George Martin under consideration. How- ever, the matter is a subject of debate and is not as yet definitely settled. George Martin died October 20, (or 21), 1830, at his home on Parrish Hill, aged seventy-seven years. It is said that he died suddenly, probably of some intracranial rupture. His remains were in- terred in the burying-grounds a short dis- tance south of the village of Hampton, Con- necticut. Old inhabitants of the region in which he lived, and who were living in the latter part of the last century, bore testimony to the generosity and kindness of heart of George Martin. He was prominent among those of his neighborhood in carrying relief
and assistance to the poor and afflicted. Not- withstanding this, he was not popular with the religious element, on account of his liberal views in matters of theology, inclining toward Universalism. After the death of George Martin, his son Zalmon made the journey from Solon, New York, and took his widowed mother back with him to that place, where she died, as related above, on December 10, 1841, according to the best information to be obtained, although one report fixes the date as 1835. Children of George Martin and Sarah Simmons: 1. Cyril, born March 5. 1779; died December 9, 1865. 2. Lora. born March 4. 1782; died February 28, 1786. 3. Erastus, born September 11, 1784: died Feb- ruary 21, 1786. 4. Erastus, born December 14, 1786; died August 24. 1868. 5. Elijah. born February 10, 1789; died November 16, 1818. 6. Zalmon, born June 14, 1791 ; died June 4, 1876. 7. Ralph, born October 29, 1793. 8. Sarah, born January 9. 1797: died March 19, 1867.
(VI) Cyril, eldest child of George (5) Mar- tin and Sarah (Simmons ) Martin, was born in Windham county, Connecticut, March 5. 1779. He married, in March, 1803, Lucy Welch. He removed from Connecticut to Solon, Cort- land county, New York, in the spring of 1814. arriving in Solon in the latter part of April of that year. He settled on the main road from Cortland to Solon, about a mile and a half west of the latter place. His farm was of considerable size, and in latter years has been known as the Captain Peck farm. He was a man of considerable education and taught school for several years. He was quite prominent in the affairs of town and county, and was supervisor of Solon in 1823. He was very fond of reading, and had a re- markable memory, especially for dates. He was originally a Democrat, but became a Re- publican in latter life. He died at the resi- dence of his son, Giles Martin, with whom he lived during the last years of his life. on Saturday, December 9. 1865, aged eighty-six years. His wife had died many years pre- viously, on August 19, 1835. They were both buried in the old burying-ground at McGraw- ville, but the burying-ground having been abandoned and left uncared for. their son. Simmons Martin, had the remains of his pa- rents, with those of his infant sister, removed to the family plot in the Cortland cemetery. Children of Cyril and Lucy ( Welch) Martin :
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I. Simmons, born December 7, 1807; died August 16, 1895. 2. Ralph, born December 27, 1809; died July 6, 1899. 3. Laura, born about 1811; died about 1803. 4. Giles, born May 23, 1819; died February 2, 1895. 5. Lydia, born May, 1821 ; died March, 1822, aged ten months.
Of the above children, Ralph, who was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, married, June 7, 1843. Caroline Hammond, and in 1855 re- moved with his family to Belvidere, Illinois, and afterward to Michigan, finally settling on a farm in the town of Walton, Eaton county, where he died. His children and descendants to a considerable number are living, chiefly in Eaton county, Michigan. Laura Martin died in Onondaga county, New York, un- married.
(VI) Zalmon, fifth son of George (5) and Saralı (Simmons) Martin, was born in Wind- ham county, Connecticut, June 14, 1791. He married, December 3, 1814, Harriet Green- slit. who was born September 12, 1789, and died January 13, 1871. Zalmon Martin en- listed in the war of 1812 for a brief period, and was a sergeant from June 7 to June 14, 1813. After his marriage he removed to Burlington, Vermont, and from there to So- lon, New York. The exact date of his re- moval to Solon is not known, but it was be- tween 1815 and 1820, his eldest child being born in Burlington in the former year, and his second child in Solon, in May, 1820. Zal- mon had a considerable local reputation as a wall layer. He died June 4, 1876, aged eiglity - five years. Children of Zalmon and Harriet (Greenslit) Martin: 1. Ralph, born August 31, 1815; died August 28, 1878. 2. Louisa, born May 9, 1820; died August 14, 1885. 3. William, born May 24, 1823. 4. Jeannette, born June 17, 1834. Of the above children, Ralph, who grew to manhood in Solon, where he came with his parents when a small child, married Lydia L. Warner, of Homer, New York, November 22, 1839, and in 1840 re- moved to Waukegan, Illinois, where he re- sided until 1858, when he removed to Trem- pealeau, Wisconsin ; he died at Trempealeau, August 27, 1878, aged sixty-three years ; he had six children, most of whom survived him. Louisa, the eldest daughter, married James Ford Totman, a mason by trade, and who died September 10, 1886; they lived in Cortland county the greater portion of their lives, but spent their latter years at Groton, Tompkins
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