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1870, Jonathan Columbus Latimer (see Lati- mer VII).
Alexander Thompson, pro-
THOMPSON genitor of this family, was
born, according to an old family Bible, December 19, 1718, died March 7, 1788. He married Martha ,who died April 29, 1789, aged sixty-six years.
(II ) Samuel son of Alexander Thompson, was born in 1744, died August 13, 1808. He married Elizabeth , who died May 5. 1820, aged seventy-four years. Children : Leonard, mentioned below; Luther, Calvin, David.
(III) Leonard, son of Samuel Thompson, was born August 23, 1788, died April 17, 1842. With his brothers Calvin and Luther he came to Cortland county, New York, in 1800, and settled on the hill between Cortland and McGrawville, among the earliest settlers of that section. He cleared a farm and fol- lowed agriculture for an occupation. He be- came a leading citizen and was justice of the peace for a number of years and by virtue of his office member of the town board. He mar- ried, May 18, 1817, Sally Van Valkenburg, born November 20, 1788, died March 26, 1865 (see Van Valkenburg VI). Children : I. Caroline, born February 4, 1818; married Joel Lewis, of Blodgetts Mills. 2. Eliza J., No- vember 30, 1819; married Samuel E. Welch, a prominent merchant of Cortland. 3. James S., mentioned below. 4. Alonzo G., January 19, 1831 ; settled in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was a hardware merchant there; died .April 18, 1900.
(IV) James S. Thompson, son of Leonard Thompson, was born in Cortlandville, New York, June 28, 1823, on the homestead, died at Spafford, Onondaga county, New York, October 3, 1892. For a number of years he lived in Virgil, New York, and he made his home for six years in Broome county in the same state, but finally located at Spafford in Onondaga county, where he was living at the time of his death. Throughout his active life he was a farmer. In religion he was a Con- gregationalist, and in politics a Republican. He married, January 5, 1852. Eliza Jane Houpt, of Dryden, New York, born Septem- ber 9, 1823, died October 5, 1907, daughter of Philip T. and Mary Houpt. Philip T. Houpt was born in Huntington, Pennsylvania, Octo- ber 9, 1777, died November 10, 1866; his wife
Mary was born August 22, 1778, died Novem- ber 12, 1855; they were married September 12, 1802, and had children : Lewis, born July 18, 1803; Anna, February 16, 1805; John, No- vember 22, 1806; Andrew, January 22, 1808; Alpheus F., August 29, 1811; Henry H., March 4, 1814; Parley, June 1, 1817; Eliza Jane, mentioned above. Children of James S. Thompson : I. Sarah Frances, born July 10, 1854, died August 2, 1862. 2. George Alonzo, June 27, 1858, of Homer, New York : mar- ried, January 19, 1880, Rose Mott, of Scott, New York; children: Ethel A., Guy Lester, Earl H., died in infancy, and Glenn A. 3. Charles Eugene, mentioned below. 4. Fred- erick Elliott, September 5, 1866, died October 28, 1910; married Belle Barber, of Scott, New York : children : Viola and Harold B.
(V) Charles Eugene, son of James S. Thompson, was born at Virgil, New York, January 3, 1864. He received his education in the district schools and at Homer Academy. He began his business career as clerk in the general store of his uncle, Samuel E. Welch, of Cortland, and continued there for four years. For several years he was in charge of the books in the office of the Elmira Re- formatory. Returning to Cortland in 1888. he entered the employ of the Howe Ventilat- ing Stone Company. From 1892 to 1902 he was in charge of the bookkeeping at the large wholesale house of the T. H. Wheeler Com- pany, a branch of the G. H. Hammond Com- pany, in New York City, and during the fol- lowing two years he was manager of the fac- tory of Keator & Wells, wagon builders, at Cortland. He then engaged in his present business as real estate and insurance broker at Cortland and in this business he has been very successful.
He is chairman of the board of supervisors of the county and has represented the second ward of the city of Cortland for a number of years. In politics he is an active and influ- ential Republican. He is a member and past master of Cortlandville Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; past high priest of Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; member of Central City Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters ; past commander of Cortland Command- ery, Knights Templar ; member of Syracuse Consistory ; of Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, of New York City, and has attained the thirty- second degree in Masonry. He is also a mem- ber of Cortland Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
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and of the fire department, of which he was chief engineer for two years, and he is at present treasurer and a member of Hitchcock Hose Company. Since its organization in 1881 he has been a member of the First Con- gregational Church, for many years one of the trustees, and at present treasurer of the society and superintendent of the Sunday school.
He married, January 19, 1888, Minna B. Stanton, of Georgetown, Madison county, New York, born October 26, 1864, daughter of Albert C. and Susan ( Brown) Stanton. They have one daughter, Gladys E., born De- cember 28, 1892.
(The Van Valkenburg Line).
(1) Lambert Van Valkenburg, immigrant ancestor, came to New Netherlands from Hol- land. He married Annatje In 1645 he bought a house and twenty-five morgens of land in Manhattan. In 1654 he was settled in Veverwyck, New York, and died before 1697. His widow died September 17, 1724. His heirs owned a house and lot in 170? bounded west by the burying ground, north and east by the highway at what is now the corner of Green and Beaver streets. Children : Jocham, mentioned below ; Lambert, baptized at New Amsterdam, July 21, 1650.
( 11) Jocham, son of Lambert Van Valken- burg, was baptized at New Amsterdam, No- vember 4. 1646. He was living in Kinder- hook, New York, in 1720. He married ( first ) Eva Hendricks Vrooman, who died in 1706, and (second ) February 23, 1713, Jannetje Mingaal, widow of Lambert Van Alsteyn. Children : Johannes, mentioned below : Hen- drick, Abraham, Bartholomew, Lambert, Isaac, Forn July 4, 1686: Jacobus. April 4. 1689; Jocham, June 5, 1602 : Engeltie, June 5, 1695.
(H11) Johannes, son of Jocham Van Val- kenburg, was born about 1680. He married Child, Hieronomus, mentioned be- low.
(IV) Hieronomus, son of Johannes Van Valkenburg, married Marytje Van Buren. Children : Ariantje, baptized June 17, 1739; Margaretta, baptized July 31, 1743: Peter, baptized June 12. 1748: Joachim ; Solomon.
(V) Solomon, son or nephew of Ilierono- mus Van Valkenburg, was born about 1740. In 1790, according to the first federal census, he was living at Watervliet, Albany county.
New York, and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under sixteen, and six fe- males. Joachim, doubtless a brother, was also of that town and had a son under sixteen and five females in his family, and one slave. According to this census we find Herman and Joseph Van Valkenburg in Schoharie; James, Lambert and Isaac in Catskill: Abraham and Jonannes in Hurleytown, Ulster county, and Levi at Granville.
(VI) Solomon (2), son of Solomon (1) Van Valkenburg, was born about 1765 at Watervliet, or near there, died June 20, 1845. His wife Sarah died August 1. 1840. Chil- dren : Sally and Caroline, twins, born Novem- ber 20, 1788: Sally married Leonard Thomp- son (see Thompson II): Charlotte, born February 13, 1789: James, October 29, 1704: Alanson, March 30, 1798; Alonzo G., October 23. 1799.
HOLDRIDGE This is an old New Eng- land name found chiefly in Connecticut where it was prominently identified with the settlement of Stonington, Groton and other towns in that vicinity. The family does not seem to be a large one and is little found outside of that section. Owing to the lack of records it is impossible to trace this family to the original ancestor.
(1) The first one known was Elisha Hold- ridge, born December 30, 1783, probably in Groton, Connecticut, but his birth is not re- corded there. Ile was among the early settlers of Groton. Tompkins county, New York. Ilere he remained a short time, removing to Montrose, Pennsylvania, about 1808. In the spring of 1822 he purchased a farm in Spen- cer, Tioga county, New York, and in 1837 he moved to Genoa, Cayuga county, New York, where he remained until his death, March 28, 1852. He married. April 27, 1806, Mary Shoff, born April 23, 1785, died March 5. 1855. Children: Sally, Mary, Felix. Amos, Pamelia, Jessie, Austin, Samuel, Adeline, Will- iam. Samuel resided in Hillsdale, Michigan.
( Il ) Amos, second son of Elisha and Mary ( Shoff ) Holdridge, was born July 13, 1813. in Montrose, Pennsylvania, died July 9. 180}, in Spencer, New York, where he was a farmer and captain in the state militia. He married. January 28, 1841, Wealthy Loring, born April 22, 1816, in Spencer, died there, March 18. 1903, daughter of William Loring, a native
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of Connecticut. Children : Edgar Parker and William Augustus, both mentioned below.
(III) Edgar Parker, elder son of Amos and Wealthy (Loring) Holdridge, was born November 17, 1841, in Spencer. His elemen- tary educational training was gained in the district school, and this was supplemented by a course at Owego Academy, from which he was graduated, and among his classmates were some who subsequently became the greatest statesmen and most successful business men of the state, among whom were United States Senator Thomas Platt, General Benjamin F. Tracy, General Isaac S. Catlin and Jolin D. Rockefeller. After graduation Mr. Holdridge passed one year at a very small salary in pur- suit of a business training as salesman, and on attaining his majority he engaged in busi- ness on his own behalf, becoming a member of the hardware firm of Bean, Stanbrough & Holdridge at Candor, and was later a promin- ent clothing merchant of Owego. Before 1890 he removed to New York City and was shortly associated with the well known firm of Hoff- man Brothers, then among the most active and leading real estate brokers in the city, and through the efficiency of Mr. Holdridge some of the largest and most successful deals of this concern were effected. On January 7. 1898, the firm of Holdridge & Ward was formed, the junior member being Francis E. Ward, with headquarters at 4 Warren street. During the existence of this firm many im- portant real estate transfers were consumi- mated, one of them being a four-million dol- lar deal in Fifth avenue property, when Dean E. A. Hoffman and the firm of Hoffman Brothers acquired new buildings in the vicin- ity of Eighteenth street. The firm of Hold- ridge & Ward was dissolved November 1. 1902. and Mr. Holdridge immediately estab- lished the firm of Holdridge, Dennis & Pres- ton. including Warren E. Dennis and Louis B. Preston with Mr. Holdridge as president. After two years this firm was dissolved and Mr. Holdridge entered the field alone. For five years he made a specialty of selling in- vestments and speculative properties along the line of Broadway and Wall street, Fifth ave- nue and adjacent thoroughfares. During this period he sold for Henry Corn, the builder. some of the best investment property on Broadway and Fifth avenue, including several prominent corners, to the value of more than five million dollars. He sold among other.
large properties 58-60-62 Wall street, running through to Pine street, to the International Banking Company, which later erected a large office structure on the site. During the same period the property at 70 Wall street, running through to Pine, was sold by Mr. Holdridge. Among the important deals carried through by his firm were the entire block on Broadway between Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets, running through to Eighth avenue, valued at one million dollars, a block at Broad- way and One Hundred and Fortieth street and various other properties on Broadway and Cortland street, and the Electrical Exchange Building, Liberty, Washington, William and Cedar streets. The whole transaction amounted to about four million dollars. The latter was perhaps the largest private sale that had been made in New York City up to that time. Mr. Holdridge's career as a real estate expert covered a period of more than a quarter of a century, and on account of his superior knowledge of real estate values he was often employed as an expert in litigation. It is said by the best authorities that he had few equals and his judgment was never ques- tioned in matters of property value. He died at his home on President street. Brooklyn, April 30, 1909. He was blessed with a most amiable and genial disposition; was an at- tendant of the Baptist church of which John D. Rockefeller was a member, and was widely esteemed socially as well as in business circles. In political affiliation Mr. Holdridge was closely allied with the Republican party ; was always among its most staunch supporters and took a great personal interest in every campaign.
He married ( first ) October 9. 1866, Melis- sa. daughter of Samuel Babcock, of Homer, New York. Children : Muriel, Harry, Eugene and Florence. The first two died young. The last is the wife of Charles Babcock, of Way- zata, Minnesota. He married ( second ) Mabel G. Olmstead, of Rosehill, Onondaga county, New York.
(III) William Augustus, junior son of Amos and Wealthy ( Loring ) Holdridge, was born September 13. 1843, in Spencer. He received his education in the common schools of his native town. He engaged in farming, and is now a merchant at Candor, Tioga coun- ty, New York. He is a member of the Ma- sonic order, a Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist church. He married
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Catherine M .. born September 14, 1850, in Berkshire, Tioga county, New York, daughter of Luther and Jane (Manning ) Andrews. They have one son. George A.
SANDERS This name appears in Buck- inghamshire, Northampton- shire and Wiltshire, England, where the family has been well known and prominent since the eleventh century. It is derived from the Christian name Alexander, and at various times has been spelled : San- ders, Saunders and Sander, from which have sprung the closely related Saunderson, Sandi- son, Sandie and Sandison. \ genealogy of the family described below has been prepared by Dr. Charles W. Sanders, of New York City, to whom the publishers of this work are indebted for valuable assistance in gathering material for this article.
(I) The earliest known ancestor of this family to locate in America was John San- ders, a native of Weeks, Downton parish, Wiltshire, England. who with his family came with the Massachusetts Bay Colony and lo- cated in Salen, Massachusetts, in 1630. The remainder of his life was spent there. He was married in his native parish, February 4, 1610, to Alice Cole, probably a native of the same town. Their children, born in Eng- land, were: Jolin, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Moses.
(II) John ( 2), eldest child of John (1) and Alice ( Cole) Sanders, was born in Weeks, England, in 1613, died at Salem, Massachu- setts, in 1643, shortly after the making of his will, which was dated October 12th of that year and probated at Salem in the De- cember following. He was made a freeman in 1636, and in 1639 was admitted to the First Church of Salem. In his will he left a valt- able estate. He left his son John Fr. his "ten aker lot with mehouse now built on the com- mon side front knoll over against Solon when he comes to the twenty-five years, or at the death of his mother, with the aker and pas- ture of meadow belonging to it." The re- mainder of his estate was left to his widow, and he names his father-in-law and Goodman Hardie administrators. He was married in 1636 to Priscilla, daughter of Joseph and Mary Grafton, of Salem. They were parents of two children. John, born in December, 1640, died in 1694. and whose wife was Han- nah Pickman, and James, mentioned below.
After the death of Mr. Sanders his widow married ( second) February 20, 1654, John Gardner, of Salem.
( III ) James, son of John (2) and Priscilla (Grafton ) Sanders, was born at Salem, Mas- sachusetts, in 1043, after the death of his father, and died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, December 9, 1721. He was living in Haver- hill in 1675, and doubtless located there soon after his marriage. He erected a house at the foot of what became known as Sanders Hill, where he spent the remainder of his life, and where in 1701 the town ordered the gar- rison to be kept for the east part of the set- tlement, to guard against the encroachments of the Indians. He was a prominent and tise- ful citizen in the affairs of the town. In 1692 he was elected highway surveyor, and he served as representative to the general court at Boston in 1706-07-09. In 1711 his name appeared on a petition for a school-house in the northeastern part of the town. His will, dated November 1, 1718, proved January 10, 1722, names him as a farmer, makes his son John sole executor, and provides for his widow and each of his children in either lands or money, with remembrances to his grandchil- dren and a servant girl. He left the bulk of his estate to his son Nathaniel, who received the home, barn, orchard, and movable effects.
Ile married (first ) January 14, 1660, Sarah Page, born July 18, 1651, died May 23, 1685- 86, daughter of John and Mary ( March ) Page, of Haverhill. Children: James, born May 30, 1671, died young ; John, mentioned below ; Sarah, born August 6, 1674, married Jonathan Eaton ; Elizabeth ; James, born April 24, 1679, married Elizabeth Whittier : Avery, born August 3, 1683. He married ( second ) October 20, 1687, Hannah, daughter of Henry Tuxbury, and she died September 24, 1746: they had the following children : IIenry, born August 6, 1688: Jacob, November 6, 1689. died young ; Judith, June 17, 1696; Nathaniel. December 27, 1700.
(IV) John (3), second son of James and Sarah (Page) Sanders, was born at Haver- hill, June 6, 1672, died there September 2. 1737. . He resided and held lands in Haver- hill, and until 1710 was a sea captain. In that year he served as selectman of the town and he was representative to the general court at Boston in 1718-20-24. In 1726 he received a grant of land in Pennycook ( Concord), New Hampshire, and during the same year signed
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a petition with his brother James and son John for permission, with other inhabitants of the town, to worship at Amesbury. His name appears in various public documents for many years, and by a deed dated July 2. 1725, he transferred to his son John his homestead at Haverhill "near the Amesbury line, on ve county road." Administration on his estate was granted at Ilaverhill, October 3. 1737. Ile married, at Topsfield, Massachusetts, De- cember 26, 1695. Mary Sargent, born Octo- ber 14, 1674. died April 25, 1752, daughter of Thomas and Rachel ( Barnes ) Sargent. Children : John, born .August 25. 1696. mar- ried Lydia Dayton : Sarah, June 16, 1639, mar- ried John Swett; Thomas, May 14, 1701, died December 27, 1718: Mary, February 2. 1703, married Edward Woodman ; James, July TI, 1707. married Elizabeth Estes; Jacob, men- tioned below ; Rachel, April 22, 1713, married Benjamin Hill.
(\') Jacob, fourth son of John (3) and Mary (Sargent ) Sanders, was born at llav- erhill, July 4, 1710. He resided in the east part of the town, but prior to 1733 probably moved to Swansea, as the birth of his first child, Benjamin. is recorded in the latter place. He married, about 1732, Anne, born May 5. 1713, died in 1760, daughter of Cap- tain Joseph and Constance ( Davis) Barney. Children : Benjamin, mentioned below : Jo- seph, born 1735, died February 3, 1783. mar- ried (first ) March 30, 1760, Anna Barney, ( second ) Hopestill Luther ; James, 1738, died December 27. 1790: Annie, married Jabez Barney : Jacob, married Elizabeth Whitney.
(\'l) Benjamin, eldest child of Jacob and Anne ( Barney ) Sanders, was born at Swan- sea, Massachusetts, 1733-34, died there Janu- ary 16, 1808. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, and his estate was in the southern part of the town. Ile enlisted from Swansea for service in the revolutionary war, becoming a "sargeant in Capt. Jabez Barney's company. Lieut .- Col. Luke Drury's regiment, engaged and marched. July 23, 1781, joined regiment at West Point, August 7. 1781. discharged November 8, 1781 ; service three months and twenty-seven days, at West Point, by his Ex- cellency John Hancock, including ten days ( two hundred miles ) travel home. Residence Swanzey, engaged for town of Swanzey, re- ported in command at Redoubt ; regiment de- tached from militia to re-enforce Continental army for three months." He married, about
1767-68, Mary Davis, born 1745, died 1799, daughter of Daniel and Esther ( Barney) Da- vis. Children: Benjamin, born 1769, died May 26, 1824, married Anna Wheaton : Jacob, mentioned below ; Anna, married Joshua Chase; Daniel, married .Anne Davis: Esther, married Ezra Peirce; James, married Hannah Martin : Davis.
(VII) Jacob (2), son of Benjamin and Mary ( Davis) Sanders, was born at Swansea, Massachusetts, July 17. 1771, died at Homer, New York, April 22, 1854. He was reared on his father's farm and received the educa- tion usually received by a farmer's son in that period. About 1804 he removed with his wife and five children to Newport. Herkimer coun- ty, New York, and engaged in farming in that vicinity, where he resided about ten years, and in 1814 removed to Homer, Cortland county. He entered wild land, which he cleared and developed into a fine farm. He followed the trade of blacksmith there for a number of years, and while not a man of wealth gave to each one of his children a fair education, which was his great desire in life. He died April 22, 1854. at the home of his son Jacob in Homer, New York, and he and his wife, who died November 12, 1845. are buried in Cortland cemetery.
He married, at Rehoboth. Massachusetts, July 27, 17 34, Lydia, born at Rehoboth, March 25, 1775, daughter of Hezekiah and Mary ( Pierce ) Martin. Hezekiah Martin was also born in that town, March 22, 1748, and re- sided on the same Rock river farm where his father and grandfather lived before him. He was representative to the general court in 1812-13. Children : Polly B., born March 11. 1795, married Hiram Wood; Huldab, March 29. 1797, married ( first ) Earl Inman, ( second ) Jesse Hakes, ( third ) William Hicks ; Jacob Jr., July 8, 1799. married Tirzah Loom- is: Martin, March 5. 1801, married Phebe Cravath ; Hezekiah M., April 10, 1803, mar- ried Elnora Pike: Charles Walton, mentioned below; Esther, April 3, 1857, married David W. Reed; Lydia Martin, October 22, 1809. married James B. Bacon; Darius, November 23. 18[1, married { first ) Caroline Rowley, and (second) Celia Rowley: Joshua C., January 28. 1815. married Elizabeth E. Sands.
(VIII ) Charles Walton, fourth son of Jacob ( 2) and Lydia ( Martin) Sanders, was born at Newport, New York, March 24, 1805, died in New York City. July 5, 1889. At the early
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age of four years he entered the district school near his father's farm, where the qualifications demanded .of the instructors were that they could read the Bible, do a few sums and spell from Webster's spelling book. He was an ambitious boy, and after attending school for a period of four years had about exhausted the possibilities of the institution. When he was nine years old his father went with his family to Homer. and by the time he had reached the age of fourteen years he had completed his education. Two years later he was licensed to teach and began his career in this profession, meeting the difficulties usu- ally encountered by a young teacher in those times in instructing many pupils older than himself. He found his work very trying and for a time he considered the advisability of becoming a clergyman, but decided to enter the field of business, although he subsequently followed his natural bent and continued in the profession of teacher. At the age of twen- ty-four years he was elected one of the in- spectors of the common schools of Homer. New York, in which position he served sev- eral years. After teaching seventeen years in Homer and Cortland he began the compila- tion of a speller and reader for all grades of pupils. He made selections for his reader from the masterpieces of English literature. supplementing the course for the first few years by productions from his own pen. These text books were used by many millions of children and youths throughout the country, and it was estimated that thirteen million copies had been sold in the United States between 1838 and 1860. Mlr. Sanders realized a good income from the sale of his works, and became recognized as one of the foremost educators of his time. His early productions included a primer, with pea-green cover, and five graded readers. Those who studied these text-books held lively recollections of the il- lustrations, which showed prim little girls roll- ing hoops in a well bred way, or boys in the dress of the times, and various other subjects supposed to be interesting and instructive to the youthful mind. In 1860, he began a new series, and to his former field of work added text-books on chemistry and natural philoso- phy, with various charts on elocution and phio- netics. He also published a series of five juvenile singing books, in collaboration with W. B. Bradbury and B. A. Russell, making a total of forty-two books of which he was
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