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dren : Winifred, Harlan Wheadon, Harriet, Guy Barton, Franklin. 9. Henry Wilbur, re- sides in New York City; married Fanny Sperry ; daughters : Gertrude and Florence.
( III ) Orville Hammon, eldest son of Ham- mon and Dorcas (Weaver) Short, was born November 28, 1828, at Homer, New York. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Cortland Academy. He was clerk in the store of Edward F. Thomas in Homer for eight years, thereby acquiring a thorough knowledge of the trade, and en- abling him to engage in the general store busi- ness, which he established in Truxton, New York. under the firm name of Bliss & Short, which continued four years. He then pur- chased the interest of his partner, and moved the stock to Homer, where he continued in business until 1868. He then went to Kansas City and purchased the transfer business in company with his brother, Franklin E. Short. In 1880 he came to Syracuse, New York, and engaged in the manufacture of carriages, sup- plying the wholesale trade, and continued until 1896. He came to New York City in 1903 and is now associated with his son, Orville E. Short, at 1648 Broadway. While a resi- dent of Kansas City he served as a member of the city council for two years.
He married ( first) October 2, 1855, at El- bridge. New York, Sarah L., daughter of Tobias and Sally (Lee) Clements, of that place. She died January 6, 1873, in Kansas City, Missouri. He married (second) in Kan- sas City, June 17, 1874, Clara O. Young, born in Gambier, Ohio, died September 22, 1903. Children of first wife: 1. Edward Clements, born in Truxton, New York, 1856, died when three years old. 2. Annie Louisa, horn at Homer, 1858; married James Milburn, of St. Louis ; child, Orville Hugh. 3. Orville Ed- ward, mentioned below. 4. Emily Clements, born at Jordan, New York, 1861: married Charles Carroll Smith, at Syracuse, New York ; child, Margaret Louisa, now wife of Edward J. Flynn, of Utica, New York.
(IV) Orville Edward, son of Orville H. and Sarah L. (Clements) Short, was born in Homer, New York, in 1859. He was reared and educated in his native place, attending the public schools and Cortland Academy, and when twenty-six years of age removed to New York City and engaged in the wholesale carriage trade, disposing of his stock to the dealers, and achieving success as the result
of industry, perseverance and excellent busi- ness qualifications. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and holds membership in the Knicker- bocker Club. Mr. Short is unmarried.
This old and honorable surname
YALE was well known in England for some time before the settlement of America, and members of the family who bore it were numerous in various parts of New England early in the seventeenth century. The family here described was one of the most prominent in early Connecticut history, rep- resentative of the best interests of the com- munity where they lived, and respected as upright and public-spirited citizens.
(I) Thomas Yale was born in 1616 in Chester, England, and came to America in 1637, with his mother, stepfather. Governor Theophilus Eaton, and other members of the family. The company of which they formed a part landed at Boston, but preferred to go into the wilderness and choose a suitable loca- tion for a settlement of their own. Mr. Eaton, with a few companions, explored the coast south of Boston and along the northern part of Long Island sound, until they came to what is now New Haven harbor, and there spent the winter. In the following spring they brought word to the remainder of the com- pany, who sailed from Boston to the place where Eaton and a few others had passed the winter. Thus in 1638 was begun the settle- ment of New Haven, and in the month of April, under a tree, Rev. Davenport, who was one of their number, preached his first ser- mon in the wilderness, the remainder of the day being spent in fasting and prayer. A government was formed and the settlers pledged themselves "to be governed in all things by the rules which the Scripture held forth to them." They purchased a right to the land from the Indians, and in October, 1639, Theophilus Eaton was chosen as gover- nor, which office he held by re-election for the succeeding twenty years. In 1643 Mr. Eaton was prominent in helping to organize the New England Confederation, and in 1655, with the assistance of Rev. Davenport, drew up what became known as the "Connecticut Blue Laws." In 1638 Thomas Yale settled in New Haven, with an estate of two hundred pounds. In 1659 Mr. Eaton being deceased, Mr. Yale accompanied his mother and step- sister, Hannah Eaton, back to England, but
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returned to New Haven and purchased land in that part of the town now called North Haven, where he settled as early as 1660. He was one of the prominent men in the colony, a signer of the Plantation Covenant of New Haven, and filled various public offices with ability and credit. He left an estate of four hundred and seventy-nine pounds, his death occurring in New Haven, March 27, 1683.
In 1645 he married Mary, daughter of Cap- tain Nathaniel Turner, of New Haven. Cap- tain Turner was of Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1630, and removed to New Haven in 1638. He was lost at sea in his ship "Phantom," which sailed from New Haven in January, 1646. Mrs. Yale died October 15, 1704. Chil- dren: John, Thomas, Mary, Nathaniel, Mar- tha, Abigail, Hannah, Elizabeth.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) and Mary (Turner ) Yale, was born about 1647 in New Haven, died January 26, 1736, in Wallingford. About the time of his first marriage he, with others, began to agitate the settlement of Wallingford, to which place he removed in May, 1670, under the guidance of the "New Haven committee." as it was called. Mr. Yale was one of the most active and prominent citizens of the new town and assisted very materially in the formation of the church, February 15, 1675. also in the call of the first and second ministers-Rev. Samuel Treat in 1672 and Rev. Samuel Whit- tlesley, April 4, 1709. In 1710 he and Rev. Samuel Street were the only surviving sign- ers of the Plantation Covenant of Walling- ford, and September 19th of that year he was one of a committe of three appointed to sell Indian lands in the town. He served as jus- tice of the peace, captain of the train band, land surveyor and moderator. He kept the records of the town proceedings for nearly twenty years. Mr. Yale married (first ) De- cember 11, 1667, Rebecca, daughter of Will- iam Hibbards, of New Haven, who was born February 26, 1650, in New Haven, and died in Wallingford. He married ( second) Saralı, daughter of John Nash, who died May 27, 1716. He married (third ) July 31, 1716, May Bench, of Wallingford. His children, all born of his first marriage, were: Hannah, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Theophilus, Thomas, Nathaniel, Mary, John.
(III) John, youngest son of Thomas (2) and Rebecca (Gibbards) Yale, was born De- cember 8, 1687, in Wallingford, died January
6, 1782, aged ninety-five years. He settled in that part of the town which is now Meriden, near the residence of a later John Yale, who lived there, and was a farmer by occupation. He married, July 22, 1711, Sarah Payne, of the same town. Children : Hannah, Elizabeth, Nash, Thomas, Nathaniel, Eunice, Mary, Bar- nabus. John, Solomon, Joseph.
( IV) Nash, eldest son of John and Sarah ( Payne) Yale, was born September 4, 1715, in Wallingford, died March 30, 1802, in Meri- den, Connecticut. Ile was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He married, February 28, 1737, Sarah Amerton, who died in October, 1798, aged eighty-four years. Children : Lois, died young ; Nash, Lois, Amerton.
(\') Nash (2), son of Nash (I) and Sa- rah (Amerton ) Yale, was born April 29, 1744, died September 30, 1789. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a soldier in the revolu- tion, serving in the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line, formation of 1781-83, re- ceiving pay for the period between January, 1781, and December 31st of the same year. In 1770 he married Anna Coats, who died in 1821, aged about seventy-five years, and they had children : Lois, died young ; Divan Berry, Joseph Coats.
(VI) Divan Berry, son of Nash (2) and Anna (Coats) Yale, was born April 13, 1772, died at the home of his son, Burrage Yale, at Utica, New York, March 23, 1849. He re- moved to Middletown, Connecticut, and sub- sequently to Salisbury, Herkimer county, New York, where he resided for a number of years. He married, August 22, 1792, Rosetta Bron- son, born January 5. 1775, died April 17, 1822, at the age of forty-seven years. Children : Allen, Truman, Linus, Welcome, Rosetta, Leander, Burrage, Lucy, Lois A., Jane.
(VII) Allen, son of Divan Berry and Ro- setta (Bronson) Yale, was born February 27, 1793, in Middletown, Connecticut, died Au- ust II, 1865. He removed from Middletown to Salisbury Center, New York. By occupa- tion he was a farmer and mechanic. He mar- ried, November 15, 1813, Laura Smith, of Bullstown, New York, born September 21, 1795, and resided at Salisbury at the time of her marriage. Children: Truman I., Lucetta, died young ; Leander S., Lucetta P .. William Wallace, Burrage W., Lucretia M.
(VIII) Truman Ives, son of Allen and Laura (Smith) Vale, was born at Salisbury, New York, March 15, 1816, died August 9,
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1886, at Canastota, Madison county, New York. He attended the district school in his native place, and during his minority learned the trade of carpenter, which for a number of years he followed in Herkimer county. Prior to 1850 he served for a time as post- master at Aldercreek, New York. He en- gaged in the manufacture of chairs at that place. and also made wagons during the pe- riod of his residence there. Returning to Sal- isbury, he engaged in the lumber trade and operated a mill for the manufacture of all kinds of interior and exterior house finishing material. In 1865 he removed to Canastota, where he purchased a sixty-acre farm, which he operated, but a few years later sold this property, retired from active life and resided in the village for the remainder of his life. He was highly esteemed for his many good qualities of mind and heart. and was charitable and kindly in his relations with his fellowmen. He was a member of the Universalist church. and in politics was a Republican. He served seven years as justice of the peace while liv- ing at AAldercreek, and also served as town assessor in Salisbury. He married ( first ) January 9. 1839. Nancy Churchill, of Boon- ville. who died April 21. 1841. He married ( second ) April 7. 1843, Mary Ann Churchill. daughter of Isaac Churchill, of Little Falls, New York, who died May 29, 1849. He mar- ried ( third) January 10, 1852, Francine Jane Kyser. of Salisbury. By his first marriage he had one child : Annetta ; by his second mar- riage he had three children : Milton H., Jane P. and Isaac ; by his third marriage he had three children : Dema Laura, Sarah Jane. Maie Delia.
( IX ) Milton Harvey, son of Truman Ives and Mary Ann ( Churchill) Yale, was born at Aldercreek, Oneida county, New York, Jan- uary 9. 1845. At the age of four years he removed with his parents to Salisbury, Herki- mer county, where he attended the district school. He later attended the Fairfield (New York ) AAcademy, and completed a course in Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, where he graduated at the age of nineteen years. For the following six years he taught school during the winter months, and during the remainder of the time worked at farming. Before reaching the age of thirty years he had established a general store at Beaver Meadow. Chenango county, New York, where he lived two years, and during this time his marriage
occurred. Ile subsequently closed out this business and moved to Angelica, Allegany county, New York, where for thirteen years he conducted a general store. Ile also owned a branch store at Belmont, a nearby town. Upon disposing of this business he removed to Syracuse and for fourteen months con- ducted a real estate business there. In 1890 he established himself in mercantile business in Cortland. and for two years dealt in dry goods. During the ten years of his residence in that city he organized the Yale Land Im- provement Company, of which concern he was president, their headquarters being Baltimore, Maryland. In 1900 Mr. Vale removed to New York City and there continued in the real estate business, his office being located at 38 Park Row for some years, but in 1911 the firm removed to West Thirty-fourth street. The officers of the Yale Land Company are: Mil- ton H. Yale, president : William T. Yale, vice- president, and Fred S. Yale, secretary and treasurer. This concern has improved and de- velored many very desirable localities in Brooklyn and Queens boroughs, New York City, and New Jersey. They are owners of Yale Terrace, Jamaica : Yale Park. Brooklyn : Ridgewood East and Ridgewood North, Ridgewood, Queens Borough ; Irvington Ter- race, Newark, New Jersey ; and Park Heights, New Jersey, all of which they have developed. They are also interested in the Eaton Land Company and the Thompson Property Com- pany. The members of the firm are known as upright and enterprising business men and have a good standing in financial circles. In religious matters Mr. Yale leans toward the Presbyterian faith, being an attendant of that church. In politics he is favorable to the prin- ciples of the Republican party. He is not af- filiated with any order or society, but takes great pleasure in his membership in the Or- chard Lake Fishing Club, of Sullivan county, New York, of which he is vice-president.
He married (first ) at Salisbury, New York, January 14. 1873, Clara, daughter of William J. and Elizabeth B. (Ford) Thompson, of Sal- isbury, born there July 20, 1847. died at Ja- maica. Long Island, June 9, 1907. Her father was a farmer and capitalist. Children : I. William Truman, born May 22, 1875 ; married. May 8, 1907, Carolyn, daughter of - - and Martha J. Dexter, of Jamaica, Long Island. 2. Fred Silas, born July 18, 1881 ; married, De- cember 15. 1909, Irene. daughter of Frank H.
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Graham, of Friendship, New York. Ile mar- ried ( second ) Clara J. Baker, of Pawtucket. Rhode Island.
This old Dutch name has DURLAND many spellings among the de- scendants such as Dorland. Dorlin and numerous other forms. It has been conspicuous in the settlement of various dis- tricts in New York, and was chiefly identified for many generations with agriculture and mechanical arts. In recent generations it has been largely connected with mercantile and professional life.
(1) Jan Gerretse Dorlandt, born about 1625-27, came from llolland in 1652, and set- tled in the village of Brooklyn. His first resi- dence was near the Fulton street ferry, and he removed later to the village of Bedford in Brooklyn township, where he was residing in 1657. He had a farm of forty acres at the east end of Bedford, adjoining what is now Fulton street. His name is on the assessment roll of Brooklyn township in 1675, and on April 6. 1077, he purchased meadow lot No. 18 in Flatbush. In a list of taxpayers in 1683 his property is valued at one hundred and twenty-three pounds, including four horses and nine head of meat cattle of various ages, twenty morgens of land, and one poll, eighteen pounds. In 1687 he subscribed to the oath of allegiance to the English government, and in that year was elected town commissioner of Brooklyn, continuing to fill that office, which was equiv- alent to the modern town supervisor, until 1701 or later. In 1699 he was collector of Brooklyn, and he was living in 1711. The name of his first wife is unknown, but he was married before 1655 when he had a son born. The mother died between 1663 and 1666, and he married (second ) in 1667, Anna Remsen, daughter of Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck and Jannetji Rapalie. Both were members of the Reformed Dutch church of Brooklyn in 1677. and he was an elder of this church in 1711. where several of his children were baptized. They included Gerret Gerretse. Elias, Samuel, Christina, Gertrude, Rem, Mary, Anna, Elsie, John.
(II) Gerret Gerretse Durland, eldest child of Jan Gerretse Dorlandt, was born in 1655, in Brooklyn, where he resided, and died after 1741. In that year he was a witness in a case involving the location and value of lands with which he was familiar through a lifelong resi-
dence in the district, which was at Wale Bocht ( Wallabout ). He was a member of the Re- formed Dutch church from 1677 to 1687, and probably later, as was also his wife. He sub- scribed to the oath of allegiance to England in September, 1687, and on March 22, 1689, he bought two lots of thirty acres each in the "New Lotts" of Flatbush, on the third kill. This property he mortgaged June 5. 1680, for one hundred and sixty pounds. In the census of 1698 he is noted as a resident of "flack- bush." In 1738 he resided in Gravesend, but eventually returned to Flatbush, as he was liv- ing in the latter place in 1741, as before noted. lle married ( first ) May 25, 1682, Cornelia de Beauvoise, who was baptized March 3. 1659. in New Amsterdam ( New York ), and died in 1682-83. lle married (second ) Gertrude Aukes Van Nuys. Children: Charles, Ger- ret. John, Hermina, Anna.
( 11] ) John, third son of Gerret G. Durland, was the child of his second wife, born about 1688. and died after 1744. He resided in Norwich, near Oyster Bay, and married Mary Birdsall. Children: Gerret, John, Cornelia, Ilenry, Anna, Mary, Charles, Joseph, Daniel, Mercy. His wife was undoubtedly of Eng- lish family which accounts for the introduction of English names among their children.
( IV) Charles, fourth son of John and Mary ( Birdsall ) Durland, was born March 19, 1731, near Oyster Bay, died December 17, 1798, in Chester, Orange county, New York, where he was an early resident and a farmer in Goshen precinct. He is said to have engaged in the French and Indian war, and moved to Orange county in 1754. He married, in 1755, Jane Swartwout, born 1730, died in 1812. Children: Mary, Catherine, Gerret. Joseph, Elizabeth, Charles. Roxannah, John, Samuel.
(\') Charles (2), third son of Charles ( I) and Jane (Swartwout ) Durland, was born May 24, 1768, in Chester, died February 27, 1851. in Ridgebury, Orange county, New York. He was a farmer residing at Minisink. Hle married Lydia Terry, of Southold, Long Island, born March 16, 1782, died February 3. 1866. Children : Thomas Terry, died young : John. Joseph, Charles, Addison, Daniel Terry, Esther Jane, Stewart Terry, Ezra T .. Sarah, Thomas Terry. It is presumed that the mother was a daughter of Thomas Terry.
(VI) Joseph, third son of Charles (2) and Lydia (Terry ) Durland. was born December 14, 1803. in Orange county, New York. died
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there January 19, 1841. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Catherine Maria Dunning, born June 1, 1806, died July 19, 1896. daughter of Daniel and Jemima (Hal- lock) Dunning, born and died respectively 1770-1849, and 1772-1852, married 1792. After his death his widow boarded teachers and pupils of the Ridgebury Academy, and managed to give her children a good educa- tion. Three of these, Lydia Jane, Jacob D., and Sarah, had died in infancy. The survivors were: 1. Harriet, born February 18, 1832; she was a teacher at sixteen years of age ; married George B. Perkins; now resides in Binghamton, New York. 2. Daniel Terry, mentioned below. 3. Charles Oscar, born April 6, 1838, died January 19, 1886, at El- mira, New York; he was a lieutenant in the civil war, and later a wholesale merchant be- longing to the firm of Durland & Barton, El- mira.
(VII) Daniel Terry, eldest son of Joseph and Catherine M. (Dunning) Durland, was born March 18, 1834, in Ridgebury, New York. His father died before he was seven years old. He lived with and upon the farm of his paternal grandfather until nineteen years old. He went to Athens, Pennsylvania, in 1853, and clerked for George A. Perkins, father of George B. Perkins, above-mentioned. He went to Elmira, New York, in the spring of 1857, where he was employed in the store of (David H.) Tuttle & Brooks, large dry goods merchants of that town, and on March 4, 1861, he formed a partnership with R. C. Rice and T. S. Pratt under the name of Rice. Durland & Pratt, dealers in dry goods and carpets. This firm was dissolved in March, 1865, by the retirement of R. C. Rice. The firm then became Durland & Pratt (Timothy S. Pratt), and was continued until 1893, when Mr. Durland retired. He then engaged in the manufacture of harness with his son, Harry C. Durland, under the title of D. T. Durland & Son, and subsequently engaged in lumbering near Seneca Lake, New York, where he realized handsome returns upon his investment. He was always fond of rural life and interested in rearing live stock, and this led to his purchase of a farm above Fitch's Bridge, west of Elmira, after he had retired from active business life. His home was on West Church street. bounded by Eu- clid avenue, First street and Hoffman creek. He bitilt it in 1872, and lived there until his
death, January 15, 1908. The property is still owned by his children, except a lot on the corner of First street and Euclid avenue, and house which he built in 1898 and sold in 1905. He was an active and useful citizen of Elmira, where he served two years, 1894-95, as alderman, and was chairman of the com- mittee that built the new bridge over the Chemung river at Madison street. He was a trustee of the Lake Street Presbyterian Church of Elmira for many years, and in early life was a singer in its choir. In politi- cal matters he adhered to the Democratic party.
He married Susan, born March 16, 1837. died January 2, 1895, daughter of Robert H. and Betsey (Curtis) Lovejoy. Robert H. Lovejoy was born in 1807, died in 1890. He and Betsey (Curtis) Lovejoy had three chil- dren, at least : Elizabeth, married Elias Tre- man, of Ithaca, New York; Susan, above- mentioned, married Daniel T. Durland ; Fred- erick, formerly president of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company, and vice- president and general manager of the Adams Express Company. Children of Daniel T. and Susan (Lovejoy) Durland : I. Frederick Lovejoy, mentioned below. 2. Charles Ed- ward, born November 10, 1873, died before one year old. 3. Harry Courtney, April 10, 1875; now a resident of Elmira. 4. Louise, January 29, 1879; wife of Harry C. Horton, now a resident of New York City.
(VIII) Frederick Lovejoy, eldest child of Daniel Terry and Susan (Lovejoy) Durland, was born February 3. 1868, in Elmira, New York. In his boyhood he attended public school No. 2 of that city. He was subse- quently a student of the academy there, grad- uating in 1885. and entered Cornell Univer- sity, from which he was graduated in 1889, with the degree of Bachelor of Letters. He spent the next year in Cornell Law School, and the following year in the office of Rey- nolds, Stanchfield & Collin, in Elmira, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1891. In the spring of 1892 he settled in New York City, and was for two years associated with the firm of attorneys, Cannon & Atwater. He next entered the employ of the Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Company of New York City, with which he continued until the spring of 1898. After four months travel abroad he established himself in the practice of law, with an office at 18 Wall street, and in De-
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cember, 1901, again returned to the Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Company. At pres- ent he is assistant solicitor of the law depart- ment of that corporation. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of New York, New York Historical Society, American Geograph- ical Society, Cornell University Club, Atlantic Yacht Club and Psi Upsilon fraternity. His home is in the borough of Manhattan, or New York, and he maintains a summer residence at Sea Gate, Long Island. He is an attendant of St. Thomas ( Protestant Episcopal) Church at Fifty-third street and Fifth avenue, Man- hattan. In political matters he adheres to the tenets of his forefathers and acts with the Democratic party.
He married, April 25, 1903, Agatha Adel- aide, daughter of John W. and Adelaide (Parker) Alling, of New Haven, Connecticut. Her father is an attorney and president of the Security Fire Insurance Company of New Haven, and of the Southern New England Telephone Company.
STEELE The surname Steel and Steele is of Scotch origin and the clan bearing it had its home in Les- mahagow, seventeen miles from the seat of the ancient abbey of Glasgow, later the seat of a university founded in 1451 by Bishop Turnbull. In 1580 the first of the name in Lanarkshire that attracted attention were Rob- ert Steele and his two sons, David and John. Waterhead, a beautiful and fertile farm near Lesmahagow, was owned by John, and like his father and brother David he was a pros- perous landowner, David living at Skellyhill Farm, which estate remained in the possession of the family for over three hundred years. David Steele was shot and killed and the in- cident is recorded in the "Traditions of the Covenanters" written by the Rev. Robert Simpson, as follows: "The Steeles of Les- mahagow were men of renown and faithful witnesses to Jesus Christ." The death of David Steele, who was shot at Skellyhill in 1686 in the thirty-third year of his age, is in all its circumstances equally affecting with the death of John Brown, of Priesthill. He was after a promise of quarter murdered before his door, and Mary Weir, his youthful and Chris- tian wife, who it is said cherished an uncom- mon attachment to her husband, having bound up his shattered head with a napkin and closed down his eyelids with her own hand, looked
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