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 49

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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son, William. It is generally conceded that he married Mary Burt, of Lynn. William Bassett, who came at the age of nine and settled in Lynn, married Sarah Burt, a sis- ter of Mary. These Williams were prob- ably related. Children: 1. Mary, born No- vember 21, 1654. 2. William, mentioned below.


( III) Colonel William ( 3), son of Wil- liam (2) Bassett, was born in 1656. Gov- ernor Hinckley was his guardian after his father died. He married, October 9, 1675. Rachel Willison, of Taunton. Children : I. Mary, born October 20, 1676. 2. Nathan, mentioned below. 3. Rachel, October 25, 1679. 4. William. 5. Jonathan. 6. Daughter.


(IV) Nathan, son of Colonel William (3) Bassett, was born in 1677, died at Chil- mark, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, November 16, 1743. His wife, Mary ( Huck- ins) Bassett, died at Chilmark, November 8. 1743, aged seventy years. Children: I. Ruth, born at Chilmark, February 17, 1691, died young. 2. Samuel, February 4, 1693. died November 20, 1770. 3. Cornelius, April 21, 1695. drowned January 12, 1714. 4. Mary, May 10, 1697, died March 8. 1785, unmarried. 5. Elizabeth, September 2, 1699. died young. 6. Nathan, February 14, 1701- 02, drowned June 26, 1730. 7. William. December 17, 1702. 8. Barachial, March 2. 1704. 9. John, April 25. 1706. IO. Hope, July 26, 1708. 11. Nathaniel, Au- gust 2. 1715. 12. Cornelius.


(V) William (4), son of Nathan Bas- sett, was born December 17. 1702. died De- cember 24. 1;82. at Chilmark. He married Ann Mayhew. Children: 1. Nathaniel, born November 16. 1727. 2. Jedidiah. July 17. 1729. John. Barakiah, Nathan, Mary, Su- sannah. Abijah, Fortunatus, Jedidiah and Ebenezer.


(VI) Nathan (2), son of William (4) Bassett, was born about 1740. He married. June 9. 1763. Mercy - He married ( second ). March 17, 1776. Martha Bassett. She died November 21. 1790, aged thirty-


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five. He married (third), September 22. 1791, at Chilmark, Lydia, daughter of Major Peter and Sarah ( Bassett ) Norton. She died October 20, 1815. aged sixty-eight years. Children of first wife : 1. Peres, born at Chilmark, May 12, 1764. 2. Lydia, Au- gust 18. 1766. 3. Clement. April 17, 1768. 4 William, May 25. 1770. 5. Polly, June 28. 1773. Children of second wife: 6. Nathan, mentioned below. Perhaps others.


(VII) Nathan ( 3), son of Nathan (2) Bassett, was born at Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, July 28. 1785. He settled at Lowville, New York, and conducted a hotel. lle married (first) Rhoda Merry, born at Kent, Connecticut, April 26. 1781. died Feb- ruary 6, 1816; married ( second ) February 18. 1827. Laura Loomis, born at Westmore- land. Oneida county, New York. February 17. 1799. died at Deer River. 1893. Among his chiklren was Nathan, mentioned below.


(VIII) Nathan (4), son of Nathan (3) Bassett, was born at Lowville, New York. May 8, 1813. He married, March 18. 1841, Clarissa Hall, born February 27. 1808, at Lewlen, New York, daughter of Isaac and Ruth ( Wetmore) Hall ( see Hall VI). He was educated in the common schools. He went to work for his father in the hotel business and afterward learned the trade of carpenter. He was in business for a time as a builder, but preferred farming. and de- voted most of his active life to that pursuit. Children: 1. Ellen Ruth, born January 23. 1844: married Abijah Merrill, and lives in Boonville, New York. 2. John Jay, men- t: medl below.


( IX) John Jay, son of Nathan ( 4) Bas- sett. was born in Leyden, New York, No- vember 18, 1848, and was educated in the common schools and at the Watertown Com- mercial College, from which he graduated in the class of 1869. He worked on his father's farm and in the course of time took vier the management. When his father dol he succeeded to the homestead on which he has always lived. As a farmer he was : gressive and successful. but was not satis-


fied. His health was not good, and after a time he gave up farming and engaged in more congenial occupations. He has been treasurer of the Leyden Building Associa- tion and is at the present time one of the directors. He belongs to the Boonville Fair Association. In politics he is a Republican, taking an active part in party and public affairs. He was appointed postmaster at Talcottville in 1908 and his appointment has given general satisfaction. He is a mem- ber of Boonville Lodge, No. 165, Free and Accepted Masons : Salina Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star: Leyden Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, of which he is master at the present time. He and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church. He has an at- tractive home in the village of Talcottville. Kindly and courteous in manner, of genial disposition. he attracts many friends, and is held in high esteem by his townsmen. Ile married. December 28, 1870. Ella Beatrice Hall, born July 6, 1852. daughter of Major Isaac and Amelia ( Thayer) Hall. Their only child died in infancy.


(The Hall Line).


John Hall, immigrant ancestor of the Halls of Wallingford. Connecticut, was born about 1005. in England, and came to America in 1633, and was a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony in 1634. His aut)- graph signature is found in the colonial rec- ords of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1639. His name appears often in these records. mostly in reference to pieces of land. He fought in the Pequot war, and was freed from training in 1665. being then in his six- tieth year of age. Several of his sons joined a company and settled Walling- ford in 1670. The father went with them at that time, or soon after, and became one of the original proprietors. He married Jean or Jane Woolen. She had lived with William Wilkes in Boston, and probably came over with him. as he paid her fare and gave her three pounds a year for services in his family for five years. He also prom-


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ised her ten pounds when she should marry, but did not do so, and her husband obtained it from his estate by litigation, an account of which is found on the records of New Haven. He died March 3. 1670-77, mak- ing an oral will on his deathbed. Children : I. John ( twin ), baptized . August 9, 1645. 2. Sarah (twin), baptized August 9, 1649. 3. Richard, born July 11. 1645. 4. Samuel, May 21. 1646. 5. Daniel, about 1647 or 1648. 6. Thomas, March 25. 1649, men- tioned below. 7. Jonathan. April 5. 1651. 8. David, March 17, 1652-53.


( II ) Thomas, son of John Hall, was born March 25, 1649, in New Haven, died in Wallingford, September 17. 1,31. He married, June 5, 1675, Grace ---- -, died May 1. 1731. This was the first marriage in Wallingford. Children: 1. Abigail. born January 7, 1674. 2. Thomas, July 1 ;. 1676. 3. Mary, November 22, 1677. 4. Jonathan. July 25, 1679. mentionedI below. 5. Joseph. July 8, 1681. 6. Esther. Febru- ary 23. 1682. 7. Benjamin, April 19. 1684. 8. Peter. December 28, 1686. 9. Daniel. January 27. 1689. 10. Rebecca, January 6, 1691. II. Israel, October 8. 1606.


( III) Jonathan, son of Thomas Hall, was born July 25. 1679. died January 15. 1,60. He lived in Wallingford. He marrie l. May 12, 1703. Dinah Andrews, born 1684. died 1763. Children: 1. David, born Oc- tober 16, 1705. 2. Jonathan, January 13. 1708. 3. Joseph, May 31. 1710. 4. Anna, January IS, 1713. 5. Isaac. July 11. 1714. 6. Phebe. February 12. 1717, diedl May 11. 1735. 7. Ezekiel, May 13. 1710. 8. Thankful. September 20, 1722. 0. Benja- min, October 20. 1726. 10. Temperance. April 16, 1727.


(IV) Dr. Isaac, son of Jonathan Hall, was born July 11. 1714, in Wallingford. died March 7. 1781. Dr. Isaac Hall prac- ticed medicine in Wallingford and was the first physician in Meriden. He took a deep interest in the church in Meriden. His name occurs first on a petition to the general court in 1768 and another in 17to, in behalf


of the minority of the church who opposed the settlement of Rev. John Hubbard, who was accused of heresy and had been dis- owned by the consociation of Saybrook. He lived in the east part of the town. He married, November 5. 1739. Mary Morse or Moss, born April 22, 1716, died October 9, 1791, probably daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hall) Moss. Her father, John Moss, born November 10, 1682. was the son of John and Mary ( Lathrop ) Moss, son of John Moss, Esq., the distinguished immi- grant ancestor, and one of the prime movers of originating the settlement of Walling- ford. He was in New Haven as early as 1645, and frequently represented that town. and in 1670 procured the incorporation of his new settlement as Wallingford, which he also represented. Her mother. Eliza- beth ( Hall) Moss. daughter of Samuel Hall, son of John Hall, the immigrant, was born March 6, 1690, died January 27. 1754. She married Jolin Moss, February 25, 170S. and had eight children. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Hall: 1. Mary, October 6. 1742. 2. Isaac, May 7. 1745. 3. Joel, April 3. 1747. 4. Esther, March 18. 1751. 5. Elizabeth, June 11, 1752. 6. Jonathan, men- tioned below.


(V) Jonathan ( 2), son of Dr. Isaac Hall. was born December 11, 1757. in Meriden. died June 6, 1832. He married, May 14. 1777. Martha Collins, who died May, 1841. aged eighty-three. He was a physician and removed to New Hartford, New York, in 1787. Children: 1. Isaac, born Febru- ary 22. 1778. mentioned below. 2. Keturah, November 17. 1780. 3. Sylvia, September I8, 1782. 4. Jonathan, August 14. 1784. 5. Eli, May 14. 1786. 6. Ira. July 10. 1788. 7. Mary Moss. April 12. 1790. 8. Agnes Collins, August 6. 1793. 9. Amos Hull. February 12, 1796. 10. Jedediah


Sanger. November 2, 1797. II. Sarah T .. May 6, 1799.


(VI) Isaac (2), son of Jonathan (2) Hall, was born February 22. 1778. and married Ruth Wetmore. They had a


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daughter, Clarissa, born February 27. 1808. married Nathan Bassett ( see Bassett. VIII ).


The surname Ballard was


B.ALLARD in use as early as the twelfth century from the very beginning of the use of surnames in England. It is an ancient baptismal name. and became a surname in the same way that most personal or baptismal names became surnames at that time. The name of Bal- lard is found in the Hundred Rolls.


The Ballard family at Horton and at Wadhurst, county Sussex, are of the same stock and bear the same arms: Sable a grif- fin segreant ermine armed and gorged with a crown or. Crest: A demi-griffin with wings endorsed ermine beaked and legged or. The Ballards of Evesham. county Worcester, have the same arms slightly var- ied: Sable a griffin segreant erinine. Crest : A griffin's head erased ermine. This sim- ple device may be the oldest. The same arms are borne by the family at Greenwich, Kent, and Southwell. Nottinghamshire.


From a visitation of Nottinghamshire in 1614 we get this pedigree : Philip Ballard. of Greenwich, Kent. married Joane, daugh- tensof Edward Fitzwilliams.


William, son of Philip Ballard, lived at Southwell, Nottingshamshire, and married Ann Lunn, of Welley, Nottingshamshire.


Henry, son of William Ballard, lived also at Southwell; married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Townsend. of Testerton, Not- tingshamshire. Children: Thomas, born 1600: Catherine: Ann: William ( perhaps the immigrant. though no definite proof is found ) : Philip: Elizabeth.


(1) William Ballard, immigrant ancestor. was born in England as early as 1603. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, coming on the ship "James", in July, 1635. stating his age as thirty-two, with wife Mary, aged twenty-six. children Hester, aged two. and John, aged one. He was a magistrate at Salem in 1638 and a proprietor of Salem. als of Lynn. He was admitted freeman.


May 2, 1638, and was a member of the ar- tillery company of Boston ( The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company ) in 1638. He died in 1639, leaving a nuncupative will proved by Nicholas Browne and Gerard Spencer. Jr., leaving half his estate to his wife, the remainder to be divided among his children. These children had land assigned them at Reading in 1644. though they ap- pear to have settled elsewhere. He mar- ried ( second ) Elizabeth -- , born 1609. Children: 1. William, mentioned below. 2. Hester, born 1633 : married Joseph Jenks, Jr .. of Lynn. blacksmith, whose father was of Hammersmith, Lynn, had a patent for engines for water mills, and he had a con- tract to build fire engines for Boston in 1658. 3. John, born 1634. 4. Nathaniel, of Lynn, married. December 16, 1662, Re- becca Hudson ( Hutson) and had eight or inore children. 5. Elizabeth. born before 1641.


( II) William (2). son of William (1) Ballard, immigrant. probably came over in the ship "Mary and John", aged about seventeen, and settled at Andover and New- bury, Massachusetts: deposed 1662, aged about forty-five years. For various reasons the ages of immigrants in ship lists were understated. He died July 10, 1689. He married Grace -, who died April 27. 1604. Children: John, born January 17. 1653-54: Hannah. August 14, 1655 : Lydia. April 13. 1657: William: Abigail. (Will- iam Blunt. Henry Holt. Samuel and Joseph Butterfield, and John Spalding were sons- in-law 1.


(III) William (3), son of William (2) Ballard, was born at .Andover. He had sons Enoch. John, Peleg and Thomas.


( IV) Thomas, son of William (3) Bal- lard, was born at Andover. Massachusetts.


(V) Thomas (2). son or nephew of Thomas ( 1) Ballard, settled early in New York state. Ile married Anna Davis. He was a soldier in the revolution, first lieuten- ant of the Thirteenth Regiment. Fourth Company, of Saratoga. New York, enlisted


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June 22. 1778 ( see vol. i., page 175. Calen- dar of Historical Manuscripts at Albany ; also in the original manuscripts ). Thomas Ballard was living at Ballstown. New York, the only head of a family of this surname, when the first federal census was taken. He then had in his family three males over six- teen, one under that age and four females. The family states that he lived to be more than one hundred years old. He died in Wayne county, New York. Children : Ru- fus ; Thomas, mentioned below : Adolphus ; Dorcas, married - Strane, and went to Illinois; Anna, died unmarried: Polly. married Burtis: Narcissus, married Hantes; Harriet, married Cronkrite.


(VI) Thomas ( 3), son of Lieutenant Thomas (2) Ballard, was born probably in New York state. He married ( first ) Anna Force: (second) Mercy Slade. Children : Adaline, Maria, Rhoda, Volney, had chil- dren : Thomas, Volney. Anna and Addie : Homer, mentioned below: Milton, Betsey.


(VII) Homer, son of Themas ( 3) and Mercy ( Slade ) Ballard, was born in La- Fargeville, New York, May 22, 1816, died October 12. 188 ;. He lived at Mexico. New York, where he followed farming throughout the active years of his life. He married Almira D .. born September 13. 1822, died April 28. 1875, daughter of Ed- mund G. and Emily Ely. the former born September 30. 1797, and the latter April 3, 1800. Children: 1. LaGrange, born De- cember 20, 1842. residing in Mexico, New York. 2. Homer Larue, born January 11. 1854. died March 5. 1854. 3. Jay Olin. see forward.


(VIII) Jay Olin, son of Homer and Al- mira D. ( Ely) Ballard, was born in Mex- ico, New York, January 8. 1858. He at- tended the public schools and academy in Mexico. For ten years he was a traveling salesman, from 1878 to 1888, for a dry goods concern and traveled extensively in New York and New England. In 1888 he engaged in the woolen business at Malone.


He has made a specialty of the manufac- ture of pants and has built up a fine reputa- tion and very flourishing business. He does business under the name of Malone Woolen Mills, or J. O. Ballard & Company ( incor- porated ). of which Mr. Ballard is president. He was for ten years vestryman of St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church : mem- ber of Northern Constellation Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons: of Northern Constel- lation Chapter. No. 28. Royal Arch Masons : of Franklin Commandery, No. 60, Knights Templar: the Knights of Pythias, the Ma- lone Club, the Malone Winter Sports Club, and is president of the Malone Gun Club. He was elected captain of Company K. First Infantry, New York National Guard. Feb- ruary 22, 1907. In politics he is a Republi- can. He married. in 1886. Elizabeth Caro- line. youngest daughter of Dr. Calvin Skin- ner.


LEWIS This is one of the oldest names in English history and one of the most numerous and distinguished in American history. It is claimed by many genealogists that the name was originally spelled Louis, and was known in France as early as the eighth cen- tury, when that country was a part of the Roman Empire. Genealogists also attempt to establish the fact that all of the Lewis name in America descended from one com- mon stock of Huguenot refugees. who fled from France. on the revocation of the "Edict of Nantes" in 1685: but the records show that in many counties of England there were many of the name to be found centuries before that event. and indeed there were many of them in Virginia pre- vious to 1685. The name of Louis in con- tinental Europe and Lewis in England is too old and too numerous to be traced to a common origin. The name doubtless had a common origin, but it would be worse than useless to attempt to trace it. Indeed. the name Lewis is too numerous in America. too widely dispersed. and traceable to the


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many different sources to admit vi any "common origin" theory even here. It is asserted that General Robert Lewis was the first of the name in America known to his- tory or genealogy. He was a native of Brecon, Wales, and came here in 1635. with his wife Elizabeth, sailing from Gravesend. England, in April of that year, and settling in Gloucester county. Virginia. These facts are all denied and even his existence is doubted. But the proofs are substantial, and he may be accepted as a faet. The rec- ords of Massachusetts Bay colony name Humphrey Lewis in May, 1629.


William Lewis and his wife and only son William came to Boston in 1632. in the ship "Lion." The family is exceedingly numer- ous in New York, there being several Lewis Associations and a periodical published called The Lewis Letter. In the Mohawk valley David Lewes kept an inn near Sche- nectady, in 1713. Lewis county. New York, is named in honor of Major-General Morgan Lewis of French ancestry, son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a famous general of the Revolutionary and 1812 wars with Great Britain, and governor of New York. 1804-07. defeating Aaron Burr.


(I) Joseph Lewis was born October 26, 1766: died at Northville. New York. Octo- ber 21. 1842. He resided in Hoosic. New York, for a time, then settled in Northville. He married Hannah Gifford, died at North- ville March 1, 1838, and had issue.


( II) Hiram, son of Joseph and Hannah ( Gifford ) Lewis, was born at Northhamp- ton, New York, January 22. 1804 : died De- cember 22, 1857. He began life as a farmi- er. and later operated a large tannery at Beaver Falls, New York, but after several years the tanning business undermined his health, compelling him to return to the farm. His remaining days were passed on the same farm where he began his business life. During his years in Beaver Falls he had kept it under his control. and now he returned there to end his days. In religious


conviction and preference he was a Baptist. and in politics a Democrat. At various times he held the offices of supervisor, high- way commissioner and overseer of the pour. He was a charter member of Golden Rule Lodge. No. 384. F and A. M. He was interested in the local military company, a part of the State National Guard, and rose through the various ranks of service to the captaincy. His life was a busy one, well spent, and much successful endeavor was crowded into his fifty-three years. He mar- ried ( first ) Minerva Ressequie, and had three children: 1. Mariah B., born October 10, 1832. 2. Celestia. September 22, 1835. 3. Hannah, born in Northville, New York. He married ( second ) Margaret Doige. born December 15. 1817: died January 23. 1889. She was born in East Greenwich. Washington county, New York, daughter of John Doige, born in Scotland. March 15. 1783. He came to the United States, and settled in East Greenwich, but after- wards removed to the town of Hope. Ham- ilton county. New York. He lived for a time in Lewis county, and is credited with telling the first tree in what was then the county scat. Martinsburg. Most of his life he was a farmer, but in his later years kept a hotel. He ended his days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Lewis. He was a Scotch Presbyterian, and after the formation of the Republican party supported their candidate. He married Margaret Dunn, about 1813. and had three children: Margaret Dudge, born De- cember 15. 1813. William. December 15, 1813. Janet. October 15, 1815.


Children of Hiram and Margaret ( Doige ) Lewis, all born at Northville, New York, except Ella are : 1. Margaret J., born September 20. 1841 ; died June 14. 1845. 2. Matilda J .. September 1. 1843; died May 31, 1845. 3. James P., February 14. 1845 (see forward ). 4. Helen L., February 23, 1850, married Charles Nuffer. 5. Ella V .. at Beaver Falls. New York. December 26. 1854.


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(III) James P., only son of Hiram and Margaret (Doige) Lewis, was born in the town of Northampton, Fulton county, New York, on the home farm of about one mile from Northville, February 14, 1845. He was educated in the public schools of the town, but the death of his father necessi- tated his leaving school at the age of fifteen years and assuming the management of the home farm, owned by the estate, which in spite of his youth he manfully and faith- fully conducted until reaching his twenty- first year, attending part of the winters the town school. Being thrown thus early upon his own resources developed his character and a wise judgment that has made him the successful business man of to-day. A seri- ous accident, when he was twenty-one. changed somewhat his life plans. . liter re- covering from a broken ankle he entered a foundry and machine shop, remaining five years and mastering that trade. After his marriage, in 1870, he engaged in the tan- ning business at Beaver Falls, New York, in company with a brother-in-law. Remov- ing to Beaver Falls in 1871, he remained there nine years. He held this position nine years. excepting that for two years Mr. Lewis conducted the tannery store for his own account. About the year 1881 he en- tered the wood pulp business, then in its in- fancy, which has been his principal and most successful undertaking. The early habit of self-reliance gained in farm man- agement, his mechanical ability developed in the machine shop, his business experience acquired in the tannery, now bore legitimate fruit, producing the well-equipped man ci affairs. The Beaver Falls Pulp Company. with a mill and plant costing $25.000. was not a financial success during its first five years of existence. Ilis partners becoming discouraged and wishing to retire, Mr. Lewis, in February. 188o, purchased their entire interests and became sole owner. Be- lieving in the future of the pulp industry, he made needed improvements in machinery and introduced new methods, and at the en 1


of two years had so increased the profits and demand for his product that he built an- other mill, known as the Riverside. the orig- inal plant being known as the Pine Grove mill. In 1899, in company with J. N. Slo- cum (a brother of his wife; he built at Beaver Falls the first paper mill erected there. This mill, operated as "Lewis and Slocum," was built at a heavy expense, and is still in successful operation. In 1892 the J. P. Lewis Company was formed, with an- other brother-in-law, H. E. Slocum, as si- lent partner ; ancther paper mill was built and successfully operated until 1901, when the plant burned. In six months the mill was rebuilt on a large scale and in success- ful operation. In 1890 he organized the National Wood Pulp Board Company. an organization composed of about fifty differ- ent mills, with official headquarters in New York city. He managed the affairs of this corporation for six years, when it was dis- solved by mutual consent. In 1902 the pa- per mills owned by Lewis and Slocum and the J. P. Lewis Company had so gained on the production of the pulp mill that a new pulp mill was a necessity.


With J. N. Slocum and a nephew. H. I. LeFevre. he formed the Lewis, Slocum and LeFevre Company, and built a large pulp mill, which carries their firm name. This mill, since thoroughly overhauled and equipped with new and improved machin- ery, is still in successful operation. During the year 1905 the J. P. Lewis Company built what is known as the "Brick Mill." the material being reinforced concrete and concrete brick, made upon the ground. This is the largest of all the company mills, and is a successfully operated plant. The mills combined have a capacity ci forty tons of finished product daily. At a time when the market was depressed. it became necessary to manufacture the mill product into fin- ished material. To this end the Lewis Manufacturing Company was formed, and under the management of a son. Harry S. Lewis, continent until igog, when it was




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