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 63

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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Massachusetts, until about 1800, when they 8. 1886. in De Peyster. New York. Some removed to Chesterfield, New Hampshire. . time after the settlement of his younger brother. Benjamin Franklin, in De Puyster, he removed to that town, where he was a prominent member of the Methodist church. and was a successful farmer. He married, July 23. 1823, Abigail. daughter of Captain David and Mary ( Chambers ) Lewis, of Elizabethtown. New York, born July 30, 1800, died December 26, 1885. They were the parents of ten children.


and in 1804 to Peacham. Vermont. In 1809 they located at Keene, Essex county, New York, where they residled until after 1820. when they accompanied their son. Benja- min F. Partridge, to De Peyster, St. Law- rence county. He died January 3, 1844. in Ogdensburg. New York. Their children were: I. Hannah, born August 23. 1784; married Lane Hurd, of Keene, New York. 2. James Oliver, born March 3. 1780, died July 10, 1869; resided in Keene, Essex coun- ty, New York. 3. Alpheus Moore, born Au- gust 27, 1787, died May 19. 1873: also of Keene. 4. Sarah, born July 20, 1789. died November 6, 1853; married Moses Hardy. an early settler of De Peyster. 5. Rachel. born March 19. 1791; married Benjamin Baxter, of Keene. New York. 6. Polly. born August 12. 1792, died November 12. 1847 : married Captam John Finch, one of the first settlers of De Peyster. New York. 7. Amos, mentioned below. 8. Betsey, born July 25. 1796, died February 23, 1875 : mar- ried Jared Thayer, of Wilmington. New York. 9. Sophronia, born April 17. 1798. died February 13. 1853: married Adolphus Ruggles, of Keene. Ogdensburg and ()s- wego, New York. to. Arathusa, born Fel- ruary 27. 1800, die in infancy. II. Eli. born March 9. 1801, died October 22. INII. 12. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned below. 13. Arathisa, born October 30, 1805 : mar- ried Adion Fishbeck, mentioned below. 14. Rufus Harvey. born September 29. 1809. died November 29. 1844: of De Peyster. New York.


(VI) Arathusa, eighth daughter of Amos (I) and Sarah ( Harvey ) Partridge. was born October 30. 1805. in Peachm. Vermont. She married. in 1820. Adam Fishbeck. a pioneer settler of De Peyster. and died March 13. 1891. in that town. (See Fishbeck. )


(VI) Amos (2), third son of Amos ( I) and Sarah ( Harvey) Partridge, was born June 11. 1794. in Athol, and died January


(VII) Jane Aun, daughter of Amos ( 2) and Abigail ( Lewis) Partridge, was born May 12, 1826. in Keene, Essex county, New York, and was married at De Puyster, April 5. 1845. to Julius Augustus Coffin, of that town (see Coffin Xl).


(VE) Benjamin Franklin, fifth son of Amos and Sarah ( Harvey ) Partridge, was born September 17. 1803. in Chesterfield. New Hampshire, and was an early settler of De Perster, where he located in 1820 in what has since been known as the Fish Creck settlement. Mr. Partridge and Cap- tain Jolm Finch, his brother-in-law. built the first bridge across the creek, for which they were allowed Sioo on their land con- tract. They purchased land of Samuel A. Ogden. and here Mlr. Partridge cleared and developed a fine farm. Captain Finch had been an officer in the war of 1812, and through his military -ervice had spied out the land where they settled. This territory wa. then a part of the town of De Kalb, but ve shortly after set off into the town of De Peyster. Mr. Partridge subsequently algodoned his first farm and located upon another ale ut one hundred rods east of the Macomb line. This farm, which consists of about two hundred acres, is now in the possession of two of his grandchildren. He was a self-educated man and a prominent citizen of the town. He was its supervisor for thirty years and justice of the peace for a like period. He maintained an active interest in the general progress of the coun- try and was influential in county and town matters. Alemnt 1852 he succeeded in having


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a postoffice established at his residence. He was appointed postmaster and served as such for over thirty years. This postoffice was continued for fifty-seven years under the name of Edenton, but was abolished in 1909. delivery now being made daily from Het- selton. Mr. Partridge was a member of the Congregational church. He married. in Keene, Essex county, New York. April 6. 1826. Mary Howard Wheeler. born March 9. 1804. died January 19. 1878. daughter of Artemas and Esther ( Cragin ) Wheeler, of Temple, New Hampshire. She was a granddaughter of Abijah Wheeler. who was a lieutenant in the revolutionary service from Temple. Mrs. Partridge was a woman of strong personality and refine- ment. Mr. Partridge died at his home, Au- gust 21. 1893. His children: 1. Orlando Franklin, born July 20. 1827. died Febru- ary 4. 1907. 2. Edwin Henry, born Feb- ruary 27. 1829. died February 21, 1900. 3. Amos Samuel, born May 4. 1831. died September 2. 1910. 4. Artemas Wheeler. hoorn November 15, 1833, died August 25. 1850. 5. James Harvey, bern December 20, 1835. died May 28, 1879. 6. Luther Lee. 1 rn February 20. 1838, died February 21. ISSI. 7. Raphael, born March 4. I&II. ited December In, IN4I. S. Rachel, born March 4. IN41. died April 10, IN41. 9. Benjamin Francis, born July 5. 1842, died January 1. 1902. 10. Engene Augustus. len March 26. 1846, died December 27.


( VII. Luther Lee, sixth son of Benjamin Franklin and Mary ( Wheeler, Parteikke. was born February 20, 1838, in De Peyster. and died February 21. 1881. in Springfield. Missouri, while en route to Hot Strings. Arkansas, for the benefit of his health. He grew up on the home farm. attending the district school and acquiring in this manner a substantial education. When. in April. 1861. the call came from President Lincoln for volunteers to uphold the Union. he en- Hotel as first sergeant of Company G. Six- teenth New York Infantry. N. Martin


Curtis, afterwards major general U. S. A., was captain of this company and a fellow townsman. This organization became a part of the Army of the Potomac and saw much hard service. It participated, among others. in the battles of Bull Run. Fredericksburg. Antietam and Salem Church, and in the last mentioned battle Mr. Partridge received a severe wound, which compelled him to re- tire after two years of service. He applied for a commission as first lieutenant in the Invalid Corps, but the condition of his health prevented him from getting the appoint- ment. . After the war he continued to reside upon the home farm, which he purchased from his father, and was an esteemed and popular citizen. He married December 25. 1866, Laura Adele Heiner, born November 6. 1845. in Fowler, New York, daughter of William and Pamela ( Betts ) Homer. the former a native of Whitesboro, New York, and the latter of Chaumont. Jefferson county, New York. She was a great-grand- daughter of Reuben Hildreth, of Chester- field. New Hampshire, and of Timothy Betts, of Wilton. Connecticut, both of whom were soldiers in the American revi- lution. Mrs. Partridge was a student at the St. Lawrence Academy, afterwards St Lawrence University, Canton, New York. but left just before graduation to take up teaching. She was a woman of more than usual intelligence and rare spirituality of mind. She died August 6. 1908, in De Perster. Their children were: I. Evan- geline. lo ru August 11. 1860. 2. Artemias Loc. In August 4. 18-1. died September 15. 1907. in Webster. New York, where he was past r of the Universalist church: He was graduated from St. Lawrence Uni- versity in 1896. and was ordained the fol- lowing year as a Universalist clergyman at Bridgewater. New York. his first parish. His pastorates were as follows: Bridge- water. New York, ISon-08: Upper Liste. New York. 1899-1900: Corfu. New York. 1002-05: Webster, New York, 1005-07. He married Jame 29. 1905. Edith G. Corp, born


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April 24. 1877, daughter of Henry .A. and Anna (Banton) Corp. of Webster. New York, who survives him. They had no children. 3. George Homer, mentioned le- low.


(VII ) George Homer, junior son of Luther Lee and Laura ( Homer ) Partridge. was born September 8. 1873. in De Pey- ster. New York, where he received his primary education. He subsequently pre- pared for college at the Canton : New York ) high school, and graduated from St. Lawrence University in ISgo. In August of that year he went to New York City, where he was employed as a reporter, On The Commercial Advertiser. now The Globe, for about a year. In January, 18UN. he became associated with The Engineering Record, of New York. in the advertising department, and continued in this position for about five years, being in charge of the Boston office of this periodical from July. 1901, to January, 1003. In May. 1903. he accepted a similar position with The En- gineering Magasine, of New York, and is at present advertising manager of that pub- lication. Mr. Partridge has taken a great interest in historical subjects, and is the au- thor of the "Partridge Genealogy." Bu- ton. 1904, and of the "Descendants of Wil- liam Partridge. of Medfield." published in the New England Historical and Genealogie- al Register, in 1909. He is a fellow of the American Geographical Society and a member of the New York Elist sind S. ciety, the New England Historie-Geneal zic- al Society, the Sons of the American Rein- lution, the St. Lawrence County Society. and the Machinery Club of New York. He is also a member of the St. Lawrence Uni- versity Chapter of the Alpha Tiu Omega fraternity. In political sentiment he is a Republican.


The Hagar family is from the HAGAR county of Suff Ik. England. and probably settled with the Puritans at Salem. Massachusetts, during


the carly mimigration to that point. The coat-of-arms is: Or egoff. Upon a band sable (black, thereon, three lions passant argent tsilvers. The crest : A demi-lion rampant gule- credo) holding a large cross azure ( blue ).


(1) Wilham Hagar. the immigrant an- cestor, is recorded as a freeman in Salem. Massadretts, in logo, and from theuce the family removed to Watertown, Massachu- setts. His death occurred January ro. 1683- 84. and the inventory of his estate was £353 14 shilling .. He married. March 20, 1044. Mary Bemis, Lorn November 20. 1847. died 1703-04. Children: Mary: Samuel, who became the founder of an extensive family : Ruhannah. twin of Samuel : Hannah. Sarah. Susannah, William (see forward ). Rebecca, Algail. Mehitable.


( [ ) William (2), son of William ( I ) Hasar, was born February 12. 1658, and died May 8. 1731. He married. in Wal- than. May 30, 1687. Sarah Benjamin. Chil- dren : William: John. barn April 29. 1607. who become the founder of a family: Ebe- never. I in August 13. FO08, founded a. fanyl. Pone at Northampton, Massachusetts ; Joseph (see forward): Mehitable: Mary: Merci.


(Ill, Joseph, son of William 121 and Sarah ( Benjamin, Hagar, was born Janit- ary 1. 1701-02, and was a selectman. 1747- 48 and 1751-54. He married. January 1. 1720-30, Grace Bigelow. Children : Joseph. Urja! . William. Isaac, Grace, Lydia. Ben- jamin face forward). Jonathan.


il , Beniamin, son of Joseph and Grace ( Bigdown Hagar, was born January 25. [740, and died in Weybridge. Vermont. April 25. 1823. He lived in Waltham. Massachusetts, from whence he 'removed with his family to Weybridge. Vermont He married. September 0. 1771. Esther Child. of Weston, Massachusetts, Children: 1. Benjamin, who remained at Weybridge. and where son Henry, remaining on the homestead, founded a family live there. which removed 6 Middlebury. Vermont:


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ancther son of Benjamin, Martin Luther, became the founder of a family at Bur- Ington, Vermont. 2. Betsey, married


Stevens; five children. 3. Esther, died young. 4. Jonathan, died at Middlebury ; eight daughters. 5. Thomas, died at Mon- treal; five sous and three daughters: his daughter Mary married William Morgan. oi Plattsburgh, New York. 6. Abner. died at Plantagenet, Canada; had son Albert. born January 1, 1827, who became a mem- ber of Parliament, and still lives in Plan- tagenet. 7. Luther, see forward. 8. Cal- vin. settled with his family in Whitehail. Illinois. 9. Jonas, died young. 10. Jonas. settled in Nova Scotia, and whose family removed to Boston, Massachusetts.


(V) Luther, son of Benjamin and Esther (Child) Hagar, was born October 8. 1780. and died May 5. 1853. At an early age he removed from Weybridge to Montreal. where he acquired wealth. Later he lost a considerable portion of his property, re- moved to the old homestead of Major John Addoms, at Cumberland Head. Plattsburgh, New York, where he partially retrieved his fortunes, and where his death occurre !. Ile married Sarah, daughter ci Major John Akdoms, & Ste Addons line forward). Chil- dren : 1. Maria Louisa. 2. Harriet Eliza. 3. Charles Luther, born June ro. rSpo). die] June 29. 1891; was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, and chaplain of the 118th Regiment. New York Volan- teers, during the civil war. Children : Sarah Maria, married Lieut. Charles Knapp, of Mouers. New York: James Annabel: Mary Emily, married Richard York, of Gouver- nem : Charles Wesley, of New York City. 4. John Addoms. 5. Jonathan Townsend. see forward. 6. Albert Craig, died in in- fancy. 7. Albert, Born May IS, IN38, die August 21, 1905 : succeeded to the Addon- Hagar homestead.


(VI) Jonathan Townsend, son of Luther and Sarah ( Addom-) Hagar. was born March 14. 1823. and died September 21. 1804, at Plattsburgh, New York. He was erlain, born January 10, 1870, diul Noven-


one of the most important farmers of Clin- ton county, and widely known as a contrac- tor and builder. Ile married, October 10. 1844. Cornelia J., of Salmon River, daugh- ter of Levi Nichols, who, early in the nine- teenth century, made his home in Clint n county, together with his brother John, who settled at Playshurgh, and his brother Na- thantel, wie settled at Champlain. Levi Nichols was a widower with fourteen chil- dren when he married the widow Thomp- son, who he! eight children, and they had three of when the youngest was Cornelia J. Children of Jonathan Townsend and Cornelia J. ( Nichols) Hagar: 1. Luther. see forward. 2. Sarah Agnes, born Feb- ruary 2, 1840. 3. William Gardiner, born Ap:il 6. 1850; is head of the Hagar Iron & Sapply Company, of St. Louis, Missouri. where he resides; has two sons and two daughters. 4. Frank Nichols, born March 31. 1852: graduated from Cornell Univer- sity, 1873: is a lawyer and author, and re- sides in Plattsburgh. Children: Arthur Merrell. b in September 24. 1882, who has a son. Horace MeNeil: Paul Jonathan, hoorn February 20, 1884, professor at Tarrytown. New York : Cornelia Nichols, born March 23. 1887. instructress of Manual Train- ing at Orange. New Jersey: Sarah Alice. ben November 12, 1889. teacher at Plaits- burgh: and Luther Alfred, born May 12. 1802. about to enter Union College. 5. John Addoms, born August 21, 1857, lives in St. Louis, Missouri, has two sons and one daughter, 6. Grace Livia, born December 19. INEN, married Elmer Sweet, and has one daughter. Margaret.


(VII Luther, son of Jonathan Towns- end and Cornelia J. ( Nichols ) Hagar, was born at Cumberland Head, Plattsburgh. New York. December 28, 1846. Through- out his life he has been a successful and enthusiastic farmer, and now cultivates about four hundred acres. He married ( first) Josephine Chamberlain, who died in November. 1880. Children: Walter Cham-


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ber 28, 1897; Harry Luther, see forward; Mabel Agnes, born May 14, 1875, married, October 10, 1901, Ernest Langdon, and has two children, Dorothy and Walter: Josie Hattie. born June 2. 1877, died December 20, 1879. Frank Wilson, born December 10, 1879, married Virginia Watson and has a son, Frank Watson. Mr. Hagar married (second ). August 10, 1881. Alice Gertrude ( Jackson) Miller, who was born January 13. 1851, and by her first husband had two children: Mulford T. and Flor- ence Winifred Miller. Children of sec- ond marriage: Alice Elizabeth, born (c- tober 15, 1885; William Jackson, Oct ber 4. 1887; Albert Addois, December 12. I891; Benjamin Sheldon. December 14. 1893.


(VIII) Harry Luther, son of Luther and Josephine ( Chamberlain) Hagar, was l rn February 26, 1872. He is a prosperous farmer of the modern type, ready to take advantage of all the improvements made in the agricultural world. He occupies and cultivates the old Addom -- Hagar home- stead, which he purchased from his great- uncle. Albert Hagar. He married. May 2. 1000. Lottie Bordwell.


(The Addons Line)


( I) Jonas Adams, where family seems to have come originally from Connecticut. was born February 13. 1710, old style, and died July 1, 1757. He was a physician. lived in New York City, and he'll wine in the custom house in that city for some years. He married, July. 1730. Elizabeth Sexton. who died at the age of ninety-two years. May 2. 1867, and was buried at the home of her son. Major John Addome, at Cumber- land Head, Plattsburgh. Children: Majer John (see forward) : Jonas, whose numer- ous descendants still live in New York: Sarah (Salle): Betsey.


(II) Major John, son of Jonas and Elizabeth ( Sexton) Addome, was born in New York City. September 9. 1737, ard died at Cumberland Head, June S. 1823.


He located in Dutchess county, New York, about 1705, where he was granted a tract of land. This deed or grant of land, with the seal of King George upon at. is still in the possession of the family and is treas- ured as a valuable heirloom. Upon this land he settled, had a number of slaves, but upon the death of his first wife returned to New York City. At the beginning of the revolutionary war he entered the Continen- tal army as a captain, and served under General: Washington, Putnam and Lee. He was promoted to the rank of major, and also rendered valuable aid to his country as a civil engineer and surveyor. In the com- mis-arg department his services were also of great value, and were invariably rend- ered without any pay throughout his con- nection with the army. He was one of the army oficers present at the execution of Major Andre, and just before the execution Major Andre's hat was removed and hand- el to Major Addoms, who held it during the entire execution. He had command of the artificers who commanded the chevaux- de-frise on the Hudson river. At that time He was superintendent of mechanics and superintended the laying of the cable chain across the Hudson river, which was to pre- vent the British from getting by. The com- mittee of safety of the Provincial Congress had ordered this construction. At the old home of the Townsends at Oyster Bay. a piece of this cable chain may be seen. Ma- jor Addons served in the army until the Trop- Were disbanded at the close of the war. In 1786 he became one of the first set- there and incorporators of the town and vil- lage of Phutsburgh. New York, and for his Fare in the corporation received sixteen hymdred acres of land. He built a residence on Cumberland Head in 1700, six miles from Plattsburgh, and settled there with his fam- ils and slaves. Adjoining his land were the homesteads of General Woolsey and General Moners, also the Commodore Me- D, nough farm of two hundred acres grant- el .: that her , of the battle of Platt-ing's


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by the state of Vermont. On the Addoms homestead is the old fort erected by General Izard for use during this famous battle. The first cannon ball fired by the British fleet during this battle struck near Major Addoms' home; the spot where it struck was notieed by one of his slaves, Old Pete. who afterward got the ball, which is now among the family relics.


Major Addoms was educated as a sur- veyor and engineer, but evidently gave little time to manual labor, depending upon the products of his land and his slaves. two of whom, Cæsar and Hannah. remained with the family after the emancipation of 1827, and were buried at Cumberland Head, although not in the family burying-ground. In politics he appears to have been a stanch Federalist. and he is rather to be likened to Washington and Jefferson in his char- acter, than to the typical Paritan pioneers. The Addoms strain of character is marked by independence, pride, aristocratie reserve, speculative intellectuality and great origi- uality. His children, especially his daugh- ters, had a very high, aristocratic bearing. Major . Addoms was interred in the old fam- ily burying-ground near his home. His grave has recently been marked by a monu- mient with inscriptions of his rank furnished by the United States government at the re- quest of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Plattsburgh. His widow ap- plied for a pension in 1837. and this was re- ceived


Major Addoms married (first). Novem- ber 7. 1763, Charity ( Martha) Smith, why died in 1775. Of their six children: Kich- ard died young : Jonas went to the West In- dies, and died there: Richard (21, diedl young ; Martha, married - - Coe : Eliza- beth, married General Benjamin Mooers. Major Addoms married (second). June 8. 1778. Mary Townsend. of Oyster Bay. Long Island. Children: Mary, married Robert. son of Simon R. Reeves, and moved to Peoria. Illinois: John Townsen i, bern at l'oughkeepsie, New York, 1981. remove 1


with his father to Cumberland Head in 1791, married Harriet Young, and lived in West Plattsburgh, where the descendants of his daughter, Julia Collins. still reside : Phoebe, died young: Charity, married Barlow, went to New Orleans, and died there ; Charles, who never married, was eccentric, lived in Canada and accumulated a large amount of property; Phoebe, who married one of the Barlow brothers ; Sarah. see forward; Harriet, married Horace B. ardman.


( 111 ) Sarah, daughter of Major John and Mary (Townsend) .Addoms, was born at Cumberland Head. December 7, 1791. died there. August 1, 1849, and was buried in the family burial-ground. She married Luther Hagar. ( See Hagar V. ) The Ad- doms homestead. where she was born, was a colonial manor house, with apartment- for claves, new remodeled and occupied Is her great-grandson, Harry L. Hagar. (See Hagar VHI. )


This is one of the oldest fami- AGER lies in America, dating back positively to within a score of years of the Pilgrim landing in Massachu- setts, and is of Scottish descent. The mme has been changed from the original spelling, Eager, and there are probably other families who descend from William Eager, of Mal- den. 1631, who are lost through a change of spelling. The Eager. Auger. Eger. Agar and Ager families are all probably from the same descent. Some occupations, like professions. seem inherent in the blood of families. In this family papermaking has been a branch of manufacturing industry that has appealed to each generation and has been followed for over a century by sometimes all the sons of a generation. Joel Wheeler Ager erected a mill and made the first paper ever made in Lewis county. New York, now the seat of a great papermaking industry. The present generation of his descendants were also in the business.


(I) William Roger was of Malden. Mais-


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sachusetts. Where he was made a freeman in 1631. He moved to Marlborough. Mas- sachusetts, previous to 1682.


(II ) William (2). son of William ( 1 ) Eager, was of Marlborough, Massachusetts. 1682, died April 4. 1000. He was one of the original proprietors of the Ocke Ka- gausett plantation, purchased from the In- dians, 1684. Ile numed. 1050. Ruth Ilill.


(111) Zachariah, son of William ( 2) and Ruth ( Hill) Eager, died July 5. 1742. He married Elizabeth Newton, who died Janu- ary 18. 1756.


(IV ) Aaron, son of Zachariah and Eliza- beth ( Newton )' Eager. was born in Mar !- borough, Massachusetts, February 1. 1713. died there November 2. 1750. He married Mary Morey, who died November 2. 1,59. Children : Solomon, boru January 29. 1735; Mary. July 17. 1730: Lucy, February 7. 1738: William. September 23. 1739: Valley. February 7. 1741 : Aaron. March 28. 1743: Joseph, May 28, 1744: George. May 31. 1746; Catherine. November 1, 1,48.


( V) Solomon, son of Aaron and Mary (Morey ) Eager, was born in Marl : ugh. Massachusetts, January 20. 1735, died in Boylston, Massachusetts, 1810. He married. October 26. 1736. Dinah Goodnow, born July 17. 1736. Children: 1. William, b rn January 20. 1765, died May 14. 1856: mar- ried Lydia Words, born January 25. 1757. died April 13, 1857. 2. James, married Anna Goodale. 3. John. see forward. Sally. 5. Betsey, married Nathan Cl :k. 6. Lucy. 7. Molly, married Sammel Griffin. 8. Dinah. married Joseph Ems. Sol. men Eager married ( secondo) Mrs. Ems, ni Boylston, Massachusetts.


(VI) John, son of Solomon and Dinah ( Goodnow ) Eager, was born in Maribor- ough, Massachusetts. February 20. 1750. died in Boylston, Massachusetts. November 10. 1814. He married Betsey Marble, born June 27. 1771. die January 27. 1841. Chil- dren: 1. John, born in Cambridge, New York. May 22. 1704. died March, 174,6, 2. Asa. horn in Arlington, Vermont. August


5. 1798. died November 15, 1875 : married May 5. 1830. Lois Johnson. of Orange. Massachusetts: she died when forty-four years of age. 3. Fliphaz, see forward. 4. Martha, bern February 5. 1803. 5. Uriah. born December 12. 1804. 6. Bethigh, born in Flexi. Oneida county. New York. Sep- tember 25. 1804. 7. John (2%. bern m Warwick, Massachusetts. Oct her It. 1808. The spelling of the name was changed by the children of John, and henceforth this branch of the family has been Ager. With the sons of John, papermaking was intro- duced into the family and became almost a family industry. Uriah Ager, son of John. was one of the pioneer paper workers in New Hampshire, and a later generation in- treducol the industry into Lewis county, New York.




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