Genealogical and family history of northern New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume II, Part 36

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994


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(III ) Nicholas, son of Garrett Boshart, was born on the old homestead at Lowville, November 23. 1818. He was brought up on the farm and attended the district school and Lowville Academy. After his marriage he settled on a farm on the east road in the town of Lowville and followed farming for many years. He was also in the commis- sion business, buying butter, cheese and hops, and he was accounted an expert in these lines. He was also in the hardware business in partnership with his son, W. L. Boshart, under the firm name of W. L. Boshart & Company. He was active in pro- moting the annual town fair at Lowville and was frequently chosen marshal. In politics he was a Republican. For several years he was president of the village. He was a prominent member and trustee of the Presbyterian church. He was a useful citi- zen, a man of enterprise and public spirit. upright, honorable and conscientious. He made many friends and enjoyed the confi- dence of the entire community.


He married, December 29, 1841, Onoria. born August 15. 1823. at Lowville, daugh- ter of Elias Wood. She died October 13.


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1858, and he married (second ) April 29. 1863, Sarah A. Sigourney, who died No- vember 4. 1900. He died July 14. 1890. ary 18, 1701-02, who is mentioned below. Children : 1. Ann Eliza Maria, born July 26, 1843. 2. Charles Elias, December 1, 1844. 3. Huldalı Elizabeth, August 22, 1846. 4. George Garrett, November 3, 1847. 5. Mary Louisa, July 10. 1850. 6. Saralı Cornelia, January 26. 1853 : married. Octo- ber 25. 1877. Henry Curtis Abell (see Abell IX). 6. William Lockwood, August II, 1858.


BLACKMAN John Blackman, the im- migrant ancestor, was a brother of Rev. Adam Blackman, of Stratford. Connecticut, and of Rev. Benjamin Blackman, who graduat- ed at Harvard College in 1663. He was born in England. and settled in Dorches- ter, Massachusetts, about 1640. He died April 28, 1675, and his inventory is dated May 28, 1675. He was admitted a freeman in 1665. He married ( first) Mary, daugh- ter of Robert Pond : ( second ) Sarah


who survived him. Children born at Dor- chester: 1. John, August 10, 1656; men- tioned below. 2. Jonathan. January 1. 1658: removed to Little Compton. Rhode Island. 3. Sarah. baptized July 17. 1659. 4. Joseph, June 27. 1661 : removed to Leb- anon, Connecticut. 5. Mary, baptized Octo- ber 18, 1663. 6. Benjamin. December 31. 1665: lived in Dorchester. Children of second wife: 7. Adam, born December o. 1670. 8. Abraham. February S. 1675.


(II ) Jolin (21, son of John ( 1) Black- man, was born at Dorchester. August 10, 1656. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, in Captain Thomas Brattle's company. He married, March 20. 1685. Jane Weeks. Children, born at Dorchester: 1. Thankful. February 12, 1685. 2. John, August 17. 1687. 3. Eliakim, March 26. 1689. 4. Josiah, March 3, 161. 5. Marah, April 30. 1692. 6. Jane, February 20. 1603-04. 7. Joseph. November 4. IODE. Som. Eliza- beth and Sarah ( twins). September 9.


1697. 10. Hannah, March 7, 1699. 11. Ebenezer, June 3. 1700. 12. Samuel, Janu- 13. Renew, August 23. 1704. who died young.


(III ) Samuel, son of John (2) Black- man, was born in Dorchester. January 18. 1701-02. He settled in Hampton. Wind- ham county. Connecticut. near Woodstock. Children : Samuel, born November 23, 1736. mentioned below; Jonathan ( ?), was liv- ing at Windham town. Windham county. 1790; Sarah; Mary, baptized with Sarah, 1739.


(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Blackman, was born November 23, 1736. probably in Windham county, Connecticut. He is buried in the Sauquoit Valley ceme- tery. The inscription on his gravestone reads : "Samuel Blackman. horn Nov. 23. A. D. 1736, d. A. D. 1820, aged 84 years." He settled before the revolution at Part- ridgefield, Massachusetts. He married Phebe Babcock. seventh child of Isaiah Babcock and Elizabeth ( Plumb ). She was born in Stonington, October 5. 1755. and was probably his second wife. She had pre- viously married Thayer. She died at Sauquoit. Oneida county, New York. May 18, 1853. Samuel Babcock was wit- ness to various deeds of land of Isaialı Babcock at Partridgefield. The Babcocks settled there in 1772. A grandson of Phebe, Mr. George Plumb Bacon, wrote of her : "Grandmother Blackman died at father's house in Sauquoit. Oneida county, New York. I was a small boy at the time, but can remember it well. She died of old age. She would sit down and talk about the bat- tle when Cornwallis was taken. Her father was at the battle." The Blackmans appear to have been at Northampton for a time. John and Samuel were accredited to that town in the revolution, but Abraham Black- man was credited to Partridgefield, and was presumably son of. Samuel also. There were also in the revolution Ephraim of Berkshire county and Elijah Blackman of


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Southwick, and Angus Blackman, of Stock- bridge.


(V) Samuel (3). son of Samuel (2) Blackman, was born, according to family record. at Woodstock, Massachusetts. now in Windham county, Connecticut. He en- listed July 14. 1,79. in Captain Cook's company, Colonel Chapin's regiment, giving his age as seventeen, stature five feet four inches, complexion dark. and residence as Northampton. He was discharged April 14, 1780. He went to Oneida county also. In 1790 there was a Samuel Blackman at Kinderhook, Columbia county, with one son under sixteen and two females. It is not known whether this Samuel lived there for a time. He settled at Westmoreland. Oneida county, and finally in Lewis coun- ty, New York. He married Jerusha Bab- cock, presumably related to his stepmother. Children: Polly, Sylvester, Hiram, Eliza, Betsey. Almanzo, Almira, Milo. Adelia and William.


(VI) Dr. Hiram Blackman, son of Sam- uel (3) Blackman, was born December 28. 1797, and died February 8, 1838. He was a regular physician and surgeon, and prac- ticed at Hammond. St. Lawrence county. He was a good citizen and highly respected. He married, June 18. 1822, Harriet Smith. born April 17. 1803. Children: Frederick W. A., mentioned below: Anastasia; Ger- ard: Kate: George Smith.


(VII) Frederick W. A., son of Dr. Hi- ram Blackman, was born July 22. 1824. at Hammond, New York. He married (first ) November 8. 1849. Diadama Franklin, a descendant of Benjamin Franklin: (second ) Christiana Lambie. Children of first wife : Harriet Ann, married D. D. Mover : Mary Loesa, married Rev. W. C. Selleck : Gilbert A .. mentioned below. Children of second wife : George S., Frank Lambie.


( VIII ) Gilbert Atwater, son of Freder- ick W. A. Blackman, was born August 25. 1855. in Hammond. He was educated in the public schools there, and entered busi- nes, life as an employee of Kilmer & Jep-


son at Gouverneur, New York, where he re- mained six years. He came to Lowville in 1877. after which he spent several years as traveling salesman for T. J. Roberts & Com- pany, of New York. About 1886, he ac- quired an interest in the Lowville Iron Works, manufacturers of wood pulp, grin- ders, hydraulic pumps, etc. In 1890. he established a coal and wood yard in Low- ville, which he operated until 1903. In the latter year the construction of a railroad between Lowville and Croghan became strongly desired. Mr. Blackman threw his energy and influence in favor of the propo- sition, had a preliminary survey made, and organized the Lowville & Beaver Railroad Company, with a capital at $150.000. He secured subscriptions for the stock by per- sonal effort, and the road was constructed. with the capital stock increased in the mean- time to $200,000. The road is now in suc- cessful operation under the capable manage- ment of Mr. Blackman as general superin- tendent and member of the board of direc- tors. This short but important line fur- nishes an outlet for the large and fertile agricultural region east of the Black river. and for the products of the pulp. paper and other mills of Lowville and Beaver Falls. The wisdom of its construction has been abundantly demonstrated, and its value to the section made apparent. Mr. Blackman was also intimately connected with raising the money necessary to construct and com- plete the commodious and beautiful club- house owned and occupied by the Lowville Club, of which he is vice-president. He is a member of Lowville Lodge, 134. F. and A. M. He married (first ) November 8. 1881, Olivia, daughter of Chauncey and Mary ( Bosworth ) Crouch, born July 1. 1859. died December 17. 1891. He mar- ried ( secondo) March 4. 1896, Nellie MI .. daughter of Charles D. and Margaret (Quackenbush ) Boshart. Children of first wife : 1. Mary Jessie, born March 11. 1883: gradnatel from Lowville Academy: mar- rie.1 F. L. Parker. January 20, 1903 : child.


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Frederick Blackman. April 28. 1907. 2. Franklin. died in infancy. 3. Gilbert Crouch, born March 31, 1891. Child of second wife: 4. Helen Margaret. born January 16, 1898.


DUNDON The long and memorable period of industrial depres- sion and famine which pre- vailed in Ireland some sixty-five years ago compelled many of its stalwart working peo- ple to emigrate to the United States, where abundant opportunities for labor and social improvement were open to them. The nu- cleus of three large families joined this exo- dus and they have now attained the fourth generation in America.


(I) John and Catherine ( McMahon) Dundon, who resided in Eskatin. Ireland. were the progenitors of the Dundons about to be mentioned. They reared a family cf eight children : John. Edward and Patrick. who will be again referred to: Margaret, came to America: married Patrick Meade ; died in August. 1897 : Mary, came to Amer- ica: married John Meade: resides at what is known as Oswegatchie settlement, town of Diana. New York, at the age of eighty- four years: Ann, who went to Australia. where she married a Mr. Dobson: subse- quently removed to New Zealand and had a large family. two of her sons being of- ficers in the British army; Ellen, who also went to .Australia ; married a Mr. Gibbons, of Melbourne. and had eight children: Kate, who married Thomas Cusic and is still living in Eskatin. Ireland. John and Edward Dundon came to America about 1845. settling in Columbus, Ohio, where they both reared large families, and a son of John was one among the detectives at- tending President Mckinley at Buffalo, when he was assassinated in 1901.


( II) Patrick, son of John and Catherine (McMahon) Dundon, was born in Ireland. March 17. 1835. He emigrated to the United States when young. first locating near Antwerp. Jefferson county, New York,


at what was then known as the Sterling Ore Mines, in which he was employed ier some time, and from there he removed to Diana. Lewis county, where he resided ir the remainder of his life. In politics be acted with the Democratic party, and in his religious belief he was a Roman Catholic. His death occurred February 25. 1907. He married, at Antwerp, New York, 1853. J. - hanna Sullivan, born in Ireland, May 17. 1834. Children: 1. Sarah Ann. born : Antwerp. April 19. 1854: married Stewart Boyce: died in June, 1883. 2. Alice. horn in Diana, July 19. 1856: married (first ) John Maloney: (second ) Daniel J. Waters. who is employed in the pension department at Washington, District of Columbia: she is the mother of six children, all of her first union : Elizabeth, who married C. C. Burns: Lila, married Fred Barrett : William. mar- ried Mabel Radigan: Alice, married John Brehm: Mary. married Ivan Gotham: ard John. 3. Ellen, born March 17, 1858, died in 1892: married Amos Draper, who died in 1900. 4. Edward A., see forward. 5. John D., born May 17. 1866.


( III) Edward A, fourth child of Patrick and Johanna ( Sullivan ) Dundon, was t.rn in Diana. April 24, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of Diana and at Ives Seminary, Antwerp. When ready for the activities of life he engaged in the jobbing of lumber, tan bark and charcoal. and car- ried on that business for several years. About 1803 he entered the hotel business. conducting a hostelry in Lewisburg. News York, some four years, and for the ensuing three years was proprietor of the Dillen House at Watertown, New York. At the present time he is engaged in the boot and shoe business at Harrisville, New York, in company with his son James. He also owns and carries on a dairy farm of two hun Ired and fifty acres of land. situated in Diana. keeping an average of thirty-five cows, and in addition to this property he is the owner of the Kenwood Hotel, which is the lon- ing hostelry in Harrisville. In politics de


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was a Democrat until 1896, and while allied with that party he held the offices of justice of sessions and commissioner of highways. From 1896 to the present time he has sup- ported the Republican party, changing his affiliation on account of the silver question. He affiliates with Natural Bridge Court. In- dependent Order of Foresters, and is a mem- ber of St. Francis Roman Catholic Church. Harrisville. Mr. Dunden married. in Red- wood. October 16. 1883, Eliza Whalen, born in Antwerp, New York. February 3. 1859. daughter of Patrick and Mary ( Pierce ) Whalen. The Whalens were in- dustrious farming people, and in addition to Eliza they had four children : James P .. William F., Robert E., Rose. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Dundon: 1 .. James M. born August 10. 1887. 2. William E., March I, 1893. 3. Robert J .. May 20, 1895. 4. Leo J., N. vember S. ISOS.


The immigrant ancestor BATEMAN of the Bateman family settled in Concord. Mas-


sachusetts.


Some of the family lived in


Charlestown. Massachusetts. Before the revolution Batemans settled in Berk-


shire county. Massachusetts. and Ebenezer Bateman was a soldier in the revolution in a Berkshire county regiment. A branch of the family was early at Fairfield, Connecticut, but only one Bate- man was in the revolution from that state. John Bateman. In 1790 there were only two heads of family of this surname in Connecticut. Benjamin and Stephen Bate- man. and according to the census of 1790, there were also two heads of family of the name in New York. George Bateman. of New York City, and Reuben Bateman, of Albany. There was also a Job Baterman in Washington county and Isaac Baterman of Columbia county, and it is surmised that the name is a variation of Bateman. In 1790 Luther and Thomas Bateman had families in Berkshire county, Massachu- setts. at the town of Lencx : William Bate-


man lived at Bethlehem and John Bateman at Washington, Berkshire county. The family has never been very numerous in this country.


( I ) Adam Bateman was probably born in Herkimer county, New York, a descend- ant of the chl Massachusetts family. He removed to Martinsburg, Lewis county, New York. He married Ann Peebles, who came of a Scotch-Irish family that settled among the first in Hampshire and Berk- shire counties, Massachusetts. He was a shoemaker by trade.


(II) John P., son of Adam Bateman, was born in 1827 in Martinsburg, New York. He was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of harness maker, which he followed at Martinsburg until the civil war. He enlisted December 31, 1863, in Company I, Fifth Regiment. New York Heavy Artillery, and served to the close of the war. being mustered out July 19, 1865. After the war he returned to Martinsburg and followed the business of harness making as long as he lived. He married Ferocia, daughter of Guy Miner. Children : Carroll Henry, Russell E., men- tioned belew, Anna May, Melville L.


( III ) Russell E., son of John P. Bate- man, was born in Martinsburg. June 2. 1858. He attended the public schools of his native town. In 1874 he became clerk in the general store of R. J. Easton & Son, and remained in this position for six years. During the next two years he was clerk in the store of W. T. Brooks in the same line of business. He entered into the firm of Bateman, Mills & Company in March, 1882. He formed a partnership with Amasa S. Stoddard. June 22. 1889, under the firm name of Stoddard & Bateman, and the firm has become of the best known and most successful in northern New York. The store is in the town of Lowville and the firm carries a large stock of dry goods and general merchandise of all kinds. Mr. Bateman is an active and useful citizen, of wide influence and much public spirit. He


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is a member of the Presbyterian church of Lowville and is a member of the board of trustees. In politics he is a Republican. He married, July 30, 1884. Fannie E. Pierce, of Watertown, Jefferson county, New York.


HAYES Jeremiah Haves was born in Ireland and died at Stockholm, New York. He came to this country about 1844 and settled in Norwood, New York, in the town of Potsdam. Aft- erward he removed to Stockholm, where he lived the remainder of his days. He was a man of excellent character, and well regard- ed by the community.


(II) John, son of Jeremiah Hayes, was born about 18244 in Ireland, died in March, 1904, at Colton. He came to America with his father when he was abont twenty years old. He received his early education in his native place. He worked at farming all his active life, and in his younger days made hay on the present site of the village of Norwood. He owned a farm in the town of Pierrepont, St. Lawrence county, New York, and later removed to Colton. New York.


He married (first) Mary O'Brien: (sec- ond ) Ellen O'Brien, born in 1836, at Swan- ton, Vermont, and now living at Colton. Children of first wife: 1. James, living at Hannawa Falls, New York. 2. Mary, liv- ing in Madrid. Children of second wife: 3. Daniel J., mentioned below. 4. Dennis. deceased. 5. Julia, deceased. 6. Katherine, a nun, teaching in the Catholic School at Brasher Falls, New York. 7. John, lives at Newcomb. 8. Josephine, lives at Newcomb. 9. Fred, in business in Childwold. New York. 10. Fannie, lives with her mother.


(III) Daniel Joseph, son of John Hayes, was born at Stockholm, New York, April 23, 1855. He went with his parents to live in Pierrepont. when he was seven years old, and attended the public schools there and at Hannawa Falls, New York. He worked at home on his father's farm until he was twenty-three years Ml. Then he


bought a half interest in a farm at Canton, and conducted it for four years. He sold out and bought a cheese factory near his father's farm and conducted it for seven years. He was successful in this business and took first prizes for his product at various county fairs and exhibitions. In 1890 he sold his business and went west for a time. In 1892 he bought a livery stable at Tupper Lake and since then has had a flourishing business there. In the summer months he has stables at Hiawatha and Wawbeek. He handles all the freight between Tupper Lake and Tupper Lake Junction, and his busses meet every train. He also conducts a farm at Tupper Lake. He is a director of the Tupper Lake National Bank. In politics he is a Republican and he has been highway commissioner and president of the incor- porated village of Tupper Lake. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus.


He married, in March, 1886, Mary Eliza- beth Boyle, born at Pierrepont, New York, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Boyle. both natives of Ireland. Children : 1. Mark Timothy, born at Pierrepont, March 23. 188 ;: graduate of Washington and Jeffer- son College, Pennsylvania, in 1909: now with the Tyler Tube & Pipe Company as chemist, Washington, Pennsylvania. 2. Julia Grace, born at Pierrepont, June 7. 1888, teacher in the Tupper Lake high school: graduate of the New York State Normal College in the class of 1909. 3. Dennis, born at Pierrepont, July 30, 1891. 4. John, bom at Tupper Lake, March 8. 1893. 5. Daniel, born at Tupper Lake. May 14, 1895. 6. James (twin), born at Tupper Lake, July 10, 189 ;: died aged a year and a half. 7. Fred (twin ), killed by the kick of a horse when he was six years old. 8. Margaret, born at Tupper Lake. May 15. 1899. 9. Lawrence, born at Tup- per Lake, January 11. 1901. 10. Frances Hikla, born at Tupper Lake. May 30, 1902 II. Mary E., born at Tupper Lake, August 20. 1907. 12. Robert Emmet, born at Tup- per Lake, November 23, 1908.


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The surname of this family


HAYES was originally Haas, a not un- common German name. It has been Americanized since coming to America to the English form of Hayes.


(I) Andrew Hayes was born in Ger- many, where all his children were born. Late in life, after the death of his wife. he fol- lowed his children, all of whom except his daughter Christine came to America. The son Andrew came first about 1834. and Mathew two years later; both settled in West Turin, near Constableville, New York. while the others scattered to various states. Children of Andrew : Christine. Andrew. mentioned below : Catharine: Mathew, men- tioned below: Gottlieb, and George.


(II) Andrew (2), son of Andrew (1) Hayes, was born in Germany, May 9. 1812; married. October 23. 1837. Magdalina Hal- ler, born in Alsace, July 14. 1817, died January 31. 1888. Ile died at Constable- ville, New York. June 21, 1902. Children : Magdalina, born November 4. 1838: An- drew. February 27. 1841 : Elizabeth. July 27, 1843: Frederick, July 30, 1844: Catha- rine, February 6. 1846: Gottlieb, February 3. 1848: Henry, November 27, 1849: Wil- liam, September 22. 1851 : Albert, July 4. 1853, mentioned below : Samuel, January 4. 1856; Amelia. November 4. 1857.


(III) Albert, son of Andrew ( 2) Hayes, was born July 4. 1853, and educated in the public schools of Constableville. He has been employed by the Steam Mill Com- pany since leaving school. He married. February 7. 1882. at Constableville, Amelia. born August 16. 1856. daughter of Michael and Margaret Heldt. Children: I. Ella M., born May 5. 1883: died May 5. 1902 : married E. W. Findhaut : one daugli- ter. Area. born May 5. 1883. 2. Franklin. born September 25. 1885. died September 25. 1885. 3. Arthur .A .. born September 16. 1886: died September 8, 1887. 4. Nel- son G., born November 24. 1887. 5. Ber- tha A .. April 5. 1800. 6. Alfred W., De- cember 19. 1892. 7. Lulu R. June 8. 1894.


(II) Mathew, son of Andrew ( 1) Hayes, was born in Germany. He came to this country about 1836. and settled in West Turin, near Constableville, New York. He married Catharine Haller. Children: I. Elizabeth, married Jacob Rauscher ; child- ren : Ida Rauscher, married David Berger, and lives in West Leyden : Minnie Rauscher, married - Fenn, of Rome. New York. 2. Minnie, married Jacob Myres : children : Nettie. Myron, Lillian, Albert. Jennie. Eu- gene, and one other. 3. Henry M., born April 5. 1852. drowned March 24, 1893: married Harriet E. Roberts. 4. Wil- liam F .. mentioned below. 5. Addie, died March 30. 1909. 6. Charles R., born December 9. 1879, married Carrie Miller ; sons. Harry and Earl.


( III) William Frederick, son of Mathew Hayes, was born at West Turin, New York. March 10. 1854. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Lowville Academy. He taught school for fourteen terms during the winter months, and worked during the summer in the manu- facture of cheese. He then entered into partnership with his brother. Henry M. Hayes, and built two cheese factories known as the Crofoot Road factory and the Fish Creek factory. After operating them sev- eral years the firm sold out. In 1890 Mr. Hayes, his brother. Henry M. Hayes, and Mr. Mathew L. McMoran, bought a third interest in the Steam Mill Company of Con- stableville, a large and flourishing concern. After the death of his partners Mr. Hayes bought the interests of his brother and now owns a half interest and is general manager of the company. The company manufac- tures sash and all kinds of lumber, and deals in flour, feed and grain of all kinds. The business was established in 1868. Mr. Hayes is a Republican, and has served the town as justice of the peace and member of the town board for a number of years. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. of Mohawk Hill. New York. He married. March 10. 1881. at Boonville.


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Emma C. Auken, born at West Leyden, Au- gust 18, 1859. daughter of Michael and Eliza ( Hushau) Auken. Child: 1. Maud May, born July 13. ISS4 ; educated at Con- stableville Union School, and the Utica Con- servatory of Music; taught music un- til she married: resides at Fulton, New York: married, October 16. 1907. Dr. H. W. Schlappi.


Van Duzee is the


VAN DUZEE Anglicized for rather, Americanized ) form of the Dutch surname Van Der Zee. The fam- ily located early in New York, then a Dutch colony, and has never been numerous. As far as known all of this name are of the same stock.


(I) Albert Andrews Bratt. called "de Noorman," was the immigrant ancestor. At that time surnames were not commonly used among the Dutch, and for several genera- tions many families followed the ancient custom of using the personal name of the father as a designation instead of a family name. In this case, however, Bratt ap- pears to be a surname. He came to Rens- selaerwyck, on the Hudson, in 1630, and most of his descendants have lived in north- ern New York in and about Albany.




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