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 57

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


USA > New York > 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 57


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66


land. with stock and farm fixtures. If suc- cess was ever fairly and honestly earned. John Murphy's was. He died March 1 ;. 1876. Julia, his wife, died April 12, 1805. They are buried in the cemetery at Car- thage.


( II) Philip. son of John and Julia ( Quinn ) Murphy, was born in county Meath, Ireland. December 11. 1822. died January 26. 1905. He was brought to Lew - is county, New York, by his parents in I$30. and shared with them the toil and priva- tions of the years already described. After leaving the homestead he settled in the town of Harrisburg, Lewis county, where he owned a farm and lived until his death. He was a Catholic in religion and a Democrat in politics. He married, October 24. 1844. Catherine McDonald. born in county Queens, Ireland. September 4. 1823. Chil- dien : 1. Julia A., boin July 17, 1850. 2. Mary J., August 16. 1851. 3. Jane E., Au- gust 26. 1852, married Edward Carroll. 4 John P .. see forward. 5. Philip B., March II. 1862. 6. William C., February 10. 1865. died January 29. 1906.


(III) John Patrick, eldest son and fourth child of Philip and Catherine ( Mc- Donald) Murphy, was born in Harrisburg. Lewis county, New York, April 16. 1857 He received a good education in the pub- lic schools and at Lowville Academy. He was reared to farm labor. and on arriving at manhood adopted it as his permanent oc- cupation. He is a dairy farmer of Har- risburg town. and owns an interest in a form of 372 acres on which he maintains a herd of one hundred fine Ayrshire cattle. He is successful and prosperous in business. well known and respected throughout the county. He is an active worker in the Democratic party. and whenever he has solicited the votes of his county friends and neighbor- has always met hearty support. He was assessor of the town of Harrisburg in 1884. and in 1890 was the candidate of his party for sheriff of Lewis county. He was elected and served his term. In 190; he was the


799


NORTHERN NEW YORK


successful candidate for supervisor, and again elected in 1909, making three terms :" the office he now occupies. He is a :unber of the Patrons of Husbandry, Co- · enhagen Grange, and a communicant of the catholic church of Copenhagen. Mr. Mur- phy is unmarried.


MILTON The Walton family settled early in New York state. Jacob and John Walton were soldiers in the revolution from New York state. The New York City family of Walton was even, in colonial days, of great wealth and social standing, and several of the men were distinguished. In 1790 Abra- : an. Gereard Henry and William Walton Tere heads of this branch f the family in New York City; Elisha Walton, of Gran- ville, Washington county, had one son un- der sixteen and one female, doubtless his : ffe. in his family.


(I) Oliver Walton, said by family tradi- : , to be of Dutch descent. lived in Essex anty, New York, and died in the town : St. Armond. near Bloomingdale. Chil- .: 01: Oliver, Alfred. George, Rufus, Lu- da and Mary.


,Il) Rufus, son of Oliver Walton, was rn in Keene. Essex county. New York. Egyust 20, 1809. died at Brighton, Frank- county, New York. 1883. He had a ammon school education. He was a pros- w us fariner and lumberman. He spent - last years, after he retired from business. the homes of his children. He was a Re- Jean in politics and served the town on y board of assessors. In religion he was a Ihmist. He married Jane Rork, born in Hand. December 10. 1819. died in 1861. ghter of John and Jane Rork. She Me to this country with her parents when · was only two years old. Children; I. niel, a soldier in the civil war. 2. Wil- .a. killed in the service during the civil tr. 3. John O., mentioned below. 4. Wes- lives at St. Armon1. New York. 5. um Orrin. 6. Margaret Am. ;. Fan-


nie Amelia, lives at Bloomingdale. Rufus Walton married ( second ) Mrs. ( Russell ) Webster. a widow.


( III ) John Oliver, son of Rufus Walton, was born in Keene. Essex county, New York. December 22, 1842. He was educated in the public schools of St. Armond's, New York, whither the family moved when he was a child and at the schools in Saranac Lake. In his youth and early manhood he followed farming. Then he learned the trade of mason, and worked as journeyman and master mason in this trade for a period of thirty years, in St. Armond and vicinity. He enlisted from Malone, New York. March 15. 1865. in Company G, One Hundred and Ninety-third Regiment, New York Volun- teers. under Captain S. W. Ainsworth. Ile served on patrol duty and was commissary sergeant on detached duty for six months. He was mustered out at Harper's Ferry. Virginia, January 18, 1866. After the war he settled at St. Armond and followed his trade. In 180; he was appointed mail mes- senger to carry the mail to and from the railroad station at Bloomingdale in the town of St. Armend. In 1907 he resigned and re- tired fr in active life, and is now living with his children at Lake Placid, New York. In politics he is a Republican : in religion a Metho.list.


He married. September 8, 1864. Sarah .A. Mussen, born at Odletown, Canada. June 6. 1844. Children: 1. William Allison, nien- tiened below. 2. Frank Grant. born at Bloomingdale. New York, January 29. 186 ;: is in the hardware business at Lake Placid. New York: married Nellie Brown ; children : John. Francis, William and Don- ald. 3. Carrie Eveline, born at Blooming- dale. February 11, 1869: married Marian D. Trumbull, a merchant of Saranac Lake. New York. 4. Sarah Gertrude, October 20. 1872: married Roy MeNeil, who is in busi- ness in Florida : child, Herbert McNeil. 5. Rufus, March 10. 1878: a plumber at Lake Placid : married Lizzie Adams : child. Ruth. 6. John Scot. September 3. 1879: clerk in


Soo


NORTHERN NEW YORK


the Adirondack National Bank at Saranac Lake: married Gertrude Evans: child. Philip. 7. Lillian, April 16, 1882; lives with father at Lake Placid.


(IV ) William Allison, son of Ihn Oli- ver Walton, was born at Bloomingdale. New York. January 11. ISO5. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. When thirteen years old he started to learn the trade of tinsmith in the employ of R. H. MeIntyre, with whom he continued as ap- prentice and journeyman for about eight years. He had stores in Blooming !ale and Saranac Lake. In 1889, in partnership with Michael J. Callanan, he formed the firm of Walton & Callanan, which bought the stores of Mr. McIntyre. In 1804. after five years of prosperous business. George Starks was admitted to the firm and after that all the business of the firm was done at Sarame Lake in the store now occupied by the Adi- rondack Hardware Company. The firm name was changed to Walton. Starks & Company, and in 1900, after Mr. Walton sold his interests. the name became Starks & Callanan. Mr. Walton then entered part- nership with H. H. Tousley and bought the block on Main street, where his business is now located. For six years the firm con- tinted as Walton & Tousley, and in 1906 the business was incorporated and is now Wal- ton & Tousley, Inc .. Mr. Walton being presi- dent and general manager. The firm deals in hardware. plumbing and heating. In p li- tics Mr. Walton i- a Republican, and heis ac- tive and influential in public affairs. For five years in succession he was town clerk; for four years he was supervisor of the town, and he has been a member of the village board of trustees. He was for four years a member of the board of water commis- sioners of the village. He is an appraiser of the Building and Loan Association. He be- longs to White Face Mountain Lodge. F. A. M., of Saranac Lake. Ile is active and prominent in the Methodist church and sec- retary of the society. He married in 18en. Jennie S. born in Ray Brook, daughter of


Duncan and Lydia ( Ames ) Cameron. Chil- dren : Mildred, died in childhood : Marjo: :.. died in infancy: Nathalie, born at Saran ... Lake, June, 1899.


William Koster, or Coste".


KOSTER as the name was also spelled. born in New York City. ISIo, was a paper manufacturer. He set- tled in Lee, Massachusetts, 1841, and was a partner in the firm of Sturges & Cost.r. which built a paper mill and operated i about three years at Lee. The firm soldi: to Orton Heath. He died at Palmer, Ma -- sachusetts. 1857. He married Elizabeth Ann Greenleaf. Among their children were: John S., mentioned below : William, born at Lee. February 2, 1843.


(II) John S., son of William Koster, ur Coster, was born at Lee. Massachusetts. June 21. 1841. He attended the pulley schools in his native town, and early in lift learned the trade of papermaking in li- father's mill. For a time he worked in : newspaper office in Springfield. Massache- setts. but soon returned to assist his father in the paper mill. After his father died ". accepted the position of foreman in the Seymour Paper Company mills at Win's " Locks, Connecticut. Thenee he went to Pal- mer. Massachusetts, to take a better posi- tien. and he was working there when .1. civil war broke out. He was one of the fir -. to enlist. He went to the front and four' bravely in the Twenty-first Massachuse Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. Ile t part in all the battles in which his regime . was engaged to the battle of Cold Hart June 2. 1864. He was badly wounded the body and his right arm was shattered a bullet in that fight: his arm was any tated. He was honored with the comy : sion of major by Governor John A. 1. drew. He was a government officer for . en years at the port of Boston, and perintendent of a paper mill at Lano.' New Hampshire. In 18;6 he came t I onsdale. Lewis county, New York, as 1:


بيجـ


WFa. Maltous


801


NORTHERN NEW YORK


-


ness manager of the Herkimer Paper Com- pany mills at Kosterville on Moose river and was a stockholder in the company. In poli- ties he was a Republican. He was a presi- dential elector in 1888 and messenger to the United States court. In 1800-97 he repre- sented his district in the assembly of the state of New York. He was department commander of New York Grand Army . i the Republic, 1903-04. He married. April 6. 1865. Mary L., born in New York City. February 7, 1847. daughter of Owen Kin- zey, of New York City. Chiklren: Minnie E .. born January 27. 1806 ; George Edmond. April 27, 1869. mentioned below: J. Ever- ett, Somerville, Massachusetts, March II. 1871 : Grace B., Lancaster. New Hampshire, April 19. 1873: Irene L., Lyons Falls, New York. December 1, 1882.


(II) George Edmond. son of John S. Koster, was born at Somerville. Massachu- setts, April 27. 1866. He attended the pub- lie schools, the Ives Seminary at Antwerp, New York, and the Lake Cayuga Military Academy at Aurora. When he was about eighteen years old. he entered the employ of the Herkimer Paper Company at Lyons Falls. After the mill had been acquired by the International Paper Company. Mr. Ko- ter became superintendent and cashier for the new owners. In June. 1907, the prop- erty of the International Paper Company was absorbed by the Gould Paper Com- pany, but Mr. Koster has remained at the head of the business. In polities he is a Republican. He is a member of Port Ley- den Lodge. No. 660. Free and Accepted Masons: of Lowville Chapter, No. 223. Roy- al Arch Masons: of Watertown Command- ery. No. 11. Knights Templar; of Media Temple, Mystic Shrine. He married. at Camden. New York. December 6. 1893. Clara S. Baker.


Roswell F. Murray, grand- MURRAY father of Charles L. Mur- ray. was born about 1822. and lived in Lowville. New York, where he


had a book and stationery store. He died in 1905. Children: 1. Carroll J. 2. Herman Roswell. 3. Frank Jennings, born April 30, 1854. mentioned below. 4. Alice M., mar- ried John Styles, of Constableville, Lev. is county. New York. 5. Howard.


( Il ) Frank Jennings, son of Roswell F. Murray, was born April 30. 1854, at Low- ville, and was educated at Lowville Acad- emy. He worked at farming in his younger days, and went west some time after 1870. Later he located in Fort Collins, Colorado. where he was living at the time of his death. He carried on the grocery business, and also dealt in cattle and sheep. In politics he was a Republican, and served on the board of aldermen several times in Fort Collins. He married. March 11, 1879. Frances A., dangh- ter of Ilarrison Hammond. She was born October. 1853. in Deer River, died April 12, 1002. He died January 12. 1901. Chil- dren : 1. Harrisen Hammond, born at Fort Collins, died at the same place, aged nine- teen years. 2. Charles Leland, mentioned below.


( III) Charles Leland, son of Frank Jen- nings Murray, was born at Fort Collins. March 24. 1883. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and in 1901 eame east to attend Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie. New York. He lived in Car- thage. New York, for a time, and came to Potsdam. New York, in 1904. In 1905 he went into business there, but sold out in 1900, and returned to Fort Collins, where he was in the mercantile business until 1907, when he went back to Potsdam to engage in the meat and provision business. In this latter he has continued since. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Rac- quette River Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons. of Potsdam: St. Lawrence Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Potsdam: St. Law- rence Commandery, Knights Templar. Can- ton : Media Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Wa- tertown. He is also a member of Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, Ogdens- burg, and the Eagles, of Potsdam. In reli-


802


NORTHERN NEW YORK


gion he is an Episcopalian. He married, January 26, 1906. Alice Grace, daughter of Myron H. and Frances Hull Cary, of Can- ton, New York. Children: 1. Evelyn Fran- ces, born June 24, 1907. 2. Hugh Jennings, June 4. 1909. died September 24, 1909.


Chloda Snyder was a native


SNYDER of Germany. He came, when a young man, to this country and made his home at Croghan. Lewis coun- ty, New York. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He had two sons and a daughter.


(H) Jolmn R., son of Chloda Snyder, was born May 3. 1842. He learned the black- smith's trade and followed it for many years at Lowville. New York. He married. May 16, 1865. Harriet L .. born at Tyler- ville, Jefferson county, New York. August 31, 1846. daughter of Isaac and Nancy ( Bigelow) Clements. Isaac Clements was born at Baldwin. Vermont, and came to Northern New York when a young man. Mr. Snyder died December 7. 1867. leaving one son, Fay Clements. mentioned below. Mrs. Snyder married (second), May I. 1873, Hiram C. Oatman, who died March 31, 1903. They had one son, Fred F. Oat- man, born May 6. 1874.


(III) Fay Clements, son of John R. and Harriet L. (Clements ) Snyder, was born in Lowville, New York, January IS. 1867. His father died when he was eleven months old. and he was thrown upon his own resources early in life. He had a common school edu- cation and attended Lowville Academy. When he was fifteen years old he entered the employ of Horace Bush. druggist. of Low- ville. continuing for thirteen years. He then engaged in business on his own account. in partnership with D. Dorrence Bronson, buy- ing the drug store of W. H. Morrison. The business was conducted under the firm name of Bronson & Snyder until May I. 1903. with much success. Since that time, when Mr. Snyder bought the share of his partner. he has conducted the business alone From


a humble beginning, with no advantages, Mr. Snyder has become one of the most in- fluential and substantial business men of the town. In politics he is a staunch Republi- can, but has never sought public office, but has served as a member of the board of edu- cation. He is a member of the Lowville Club. For many years he was a member of the Active Hose Company of Lowville, and now holds an exempt fireman's certificate. He married, June 15. 1892, at Lowville, Hetta M., born in Martinsburg. November 9. 1868. daughter of Halsey E. and Mary (Thankful ) Kellogg. ( See Kellogg. ) They have one child. Dorothy C. K., born at Low- ville. February 6, 1893. now a student in Lowville Academy.


Lieutenant William Crook.


CROOK the first ancestor in this coun- try, as indicated by the public records of New England, was born in 1736. and died at Westminster, Vermont. Janu- ary II. 1819, at the advanced age of eighty- three years. His gravestone is still stand- ing. bearing this inscription :


"My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in the Saviour's image rise."


His wife. Rebecca, who died October 22, 1810. in her seventy-first year, has this in- scription on her gravestone :


"Dear friends, don't mourn for me nor weep. I am not dead. but here to sleep: And here I must and shall remain Till Christ shall raise me up again."


William Crook was a soldier in the revolu- tion. in Captain Abijah -'s company. from Putney. Vermont, on the Lexington alarm. April 23. 1775 : also in Captain John Wood's company. Colonel Philip Dudley Sargent's regiment, in the summer of 1775. and in Captain Philip Amidon's company. Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, in 1780 In the revolution were a number of the Crook family in Plymouth county, Massachusetts.


---


803


NORTHERN NEW YORK


and in all likelihood he was related to them. According to the census of 1790. William and William, Jr., were heads of families at Westminster. Charles, Reuben and Thom- as, doubtless of the same family, were then living in Corinth, Orange county, Ver- mont.


The foregoing record of revolutionary service was in the Massachusetts Rolls. We find in the Vermont records that William was in Captain Azariah Wright's company, 1,68-70; ensign in John Averill's company ; also in 1777. in Captain John Petty's com- pany, Colonel William Williams's regiment ; also. in 1778. in Captain Jesse Safford's company, with the rank of lieutenant ; also lieutenant in Major Elkanah Day's battalion at Westminster in 1780. Children: Wil- liam, married, and lived at Westminster ; James, mentioned below; and others.


( II) James, son of Lieutenant William Crook, was born in Westminster, February 17. 1777: died September 12, 1838. He was a farmer at Westminster. Vermont. He married, October, 1797, Hannah Martin, born June, 1767, died June 17. 1834. Chil- dren : Thomas, mentioned belay ; Sylvanus; William.


( III ) Thomas, son of James Crook, was born at Westminster. May 22, 1798. and died October 3. 1879. He settled in Beek- mantown. Clinton county. New York, be- fore the war of 1812, coming thither with his father and brother Sylvanus. Thomas bought a farm there. Sylvanus moved west. and little has been beard of his family since then. Thomas became a prosperous farmer and influential citizen. held the office of sheriff of Clinton county, was county clerk for a time and then deputy collector of cus- toms, and forthirteen years in all represented bis district in the state senate. He moved to Plattsburgh at the time he was elected sheriff. and made his home there the rest of his life. In politics he was a Demo- mat. He married. March 21. 1821, Han- 1ph Elizabeth Delong, bern March 11. 1805. died November 2. 1874. daughter of churches of the community as well. He was


Lawrence and Elizabeth ( Jersey ) De Long. Her parents were married April 26, 1804. Her father, Lawrence De Long, was born October 4, 1775, and died July 4. 1830; her mother was born April 1, 1786, and died August 11. 1842. Children : 1. James Law- rence, born December 29. 1822, died May If, 1823. 2. William Thomas, June 16, 1824. mentioned below. 3. Mary Elizabeth, August 5. 1827. died November 17, 1882; married Harvey Hewitt. 4. Lawrence, born March 15, 1830, died July 4, 1830. 5. Lucy Ann. September 3, 1831 : married, Decem- ber 6, 1860, Jesse, son of Jorastus and Anna ( Crook ) Pardy; child, George F. Pardy, born April 15, 1865, married Dollie Turner, of Rouse's Point. 6. Anna Cornelia, born November 24, 1835: died April 22, 1847. 7. Emily Adelaide. September 20, 1842 ; died September 9, 1843. 8. Helen Augusta, born December 15. 1844: married Captain James Henton: children : Grace. Stanhope.


( IV ) William Thomas, son of Thomas Crook, was born at Beekmantown, New York. June 16. 1824: died August 17, 1897. He spent his boyhood at Plattsburgh, and was educated there in the public schools. He entered the employ of Nathan Webb, of Rouse's Point. June 5. 1843, as clerk in the old general store in the old stone building now standing, opposite the New Windsor Hotel. A few years later he entered part- nership with Nathan F. Webb, son of his employer, under the firm name of Webb & Crook, and purchased the business. A few years later the firm was dissolved and Mr. Crock became sole owner and conducted it very successfully until he retired in [804 on account of ill health. He was succeeded by his sons Thomas, Ralph and Frank. He was active in town affairs, but never sought public office for himself. though he served on the school committee and in other posi- tions of trust. In politics he was a Demo- crat. He was a faithful member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and a liberal supporter of what denomination and other


804


NORTHERN NEW YORK


a citizen of ofte : demonstrated public spirit and enterprise and was highly esteemed by his townsmen.


He marrie 1. January 4. 1849, Sarah Re- becca Kellogg. bern March 4. 1825. died May 16. 1902. sister of Judge S. A. Kel- logg. of Plattsburgh. ( See Kellogg). Children, born at Rouse's Point: 1. William. May 1, 1850: married Martha Hawks, and had Ralph W. and Sarah Avis. 2. Carrie F. September 26, 1851 : married John W. Lovell : children: Jobn K. Lovell. Alice. Frederick K. Lovell. and William C. Lov- ell ( twin of the preceding ). 3. Ella MI .. born February 18. 1853. died August 12. 1871. 4. Thomas. April 25. 1855: unmar- ried. 5. John Henry. August 6, 1857: men- tioned below. 6. Charles, March 5. 1859: died May 18. 1863. 7. Ralph, January 10. 1861: married Clora H. De les Dernier- : children : Wilham, born December 2. 1895. died September 8. 1904: John C., born April 26. 1900: Katherine R .. May 12. 1900. 8 Sarah. September 11. 1802: died December 14. 1879. 0. Frank 11 .. August 15. 1804: unmarried. 10. lek .. E .. November 1. 1866: died January 20. 1870.


( V) John Henry, son of William Thomas Crook, was born in Rouse's Point. August 6. 1857. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at La-Colle. Canada. JJe began life as a clerk in bis father's store. and was associated in basi -. ness with him from 1852 to ISSO. when he became cashier of the First National Bank at Champlain. New York. He has hel! this office to the present time, and is we'l known throughout this section of the state and highly respected for his ability and good judgment in banking and business circles. He is also a director in the bank. He is a Democrat in politics : a member of the board of education of Champlain for nine years, and a vestryman in the Protestant Episcopal church at Champlain for many vears. He married. September II. 1895. Helen S. Richards, barn So ember LI. It daughter of George and Harriet .A. ( Bel-


cher ) Richards. Children, born at Cham- plain : Richard Henry, July 20. 1891 ; Mau- rice William. August 1. 1893 : Helen, April 29. 1895: Laura Katherine, July 6, 1897; Alice Rebecca. November 2, 1902.


The surname Dunham is de- DUNHAM rived from an old English place name, and is spelled in various ways-Denham, Downham. Dun- ham. Donham; at the present time members of the family use Donham and Dunham. The ancient coat-of-arms of the Dunhams in England is described: Azure on a chief in- dented or a label gules. The arms borne by Sir John Dunham ( 1498) were quartered with those of Bowett, Zonche, Berge. Bella- quer. The family genealogist. Isaac Wat- son Dunham. of Hartford, Connecticut, has traced the ancestry of the American immi- grant to the beginning of the use of sur- names in England.


(I) Rychant Donham is of record as early as 1294. in Devonshire, England, and doubtless his ancestors lived there for many generations. He bought a large estate in Beamin-ter, Somersetshire, England.


( II ) Robert Dunham ( or Donham), son of Rychert Donham, was born in Devon- shire. in 1318. Children: Elizabeth, born 1345. at Beaminister, married a Mahtray- ers. ( second ) Humphrey Stafford, the Sil- ver Hand sheriff of Dorsetshire and Somer- setshire: Robert, born 1348. mentioned be- low : Geoffrey, born 1350: John, born 1351. removed to Norfolk and founded Norwich and Great Dunham in that county.


(III ) Robert (2), son of Robert (D) Dunham, was born in 1348.


(IV) Gregory, son of Robert (2) Dun- ham. was born in 1382. He married Eliza- beth Mariuge, of Danby.


(V) Robert (3), son of Gregory Dun- ham, was born in 1430. He married Mar- garet Stafford. born 1435. daughter of S- Humphrey Stafford. granddaughter of Fl mund Stafford.


(VT) Sir John, son of Robert (3) Ds


4


PHOTO BY M. L.WRIGHT, CHAMPLAIN, NY.


To Ht. Crook


805


NORTHERN NEW YORK


ham, was born in 1450, in the parish of Dunhani-on-the-Trent, and died at Kirkling- ton, November 9. 1524 : he married, 1471. Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas and Eliza- beth (Zouche) Bowett. Her mother was daughter of Sir John La Touche t Zouche! and Margaret de Bergh, daughter of John, son of Thomas de Burgh and Lucie de Bel- laquer. Children : Kathryn, married Ralph O'Kever, (second) Henry de Rushall, of Stafford ; John, born 1474. mentioned below ; Frances, married John Hazelwood; Anne, married Neville ; Marie, married Thomas Grantham, of Lincolnshire.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.