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(IX) Henry, son of Jabez Benedict (2)
and Sarah Elizabeth (Butler) Bull, was born in Buffalo, New York, February 6, 1844. He married, June 26, 1872. Frances, daughter of Martin and Esther (Charles) Adsit, of Hor- nellsville, New York. They now reside in Buffalo, where their children were born: Chil- dren : I. Henry Adsit, see forward. 2. Rob- ert Wilson, born October 13, 1874; married, July 25. 1898, Maud, daughter of Jonathan and Mary ( McCabe) Sayre; now living in Kelly, New Mexico. 3. Katherine, born Feb- ruary 28, 1877, died in Washington, D. C., March, 1911, unmarried.
(IX) Charles, third son of Jabez Benedict (2) and Sarah Elizabeth ( Butler ) Bull, was born October 27, 1857, in Buffalo. He at- tended the public schools of that city, after which he entered Lehigh University, from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of mechanical engineer. Shortly after this he became assistant superintendent of a cot- ton mill at Woonsocket. Rhode Island, where he remained five years. Following this he was bursar and assistant librarian of the General Theological Seminary of New York City, and is now employed by the estate of E. A. Hoff- man, of New York City, with office on Broad- way. He is a member of the Sigma Phi, a college fraternity, and of the Protestant Epis- copal church.
(X) Henry Adsit, son of Henry and Frances (Adsit) Bull, was born in Buffalo, New York, May 19, 1873, and is now living there. He married, December 7. 1901, Cor- nelia Rumsey, daughter of Ansley and Cor- nelia (Rumsey ) Wilcox. Children : Kather- ine, born December 22, 1902: Henry Adsit Jr., April 4, 1905 ; Marian. October 6, 1906.
William Compton, immigrant COMPTON ancestor of the family in New Jersey, was an early settler at Monmouth, New Jersey. He was there in 1667 and paid quit-rent from 1679 to 1686. He recorded the ear mark for liis cattle-a half-penny under the left ear-in 1679. He had land on Shoal Ilarbor, Middle- town. New Jersey, adjoining John Smith's, in 1680. He was at Gravesend. Long Island, probably before he located permanently at Middletown, and in 1677 gave his residence as Gravesend in the West Riding of York- shire, Long Island. He was constable of Gravesend and a witness in court there in 1678. He had a grant of two hundred and
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eighty acres, May 8, 1679, at Middletown, and appears to have removed there about that time.
Cornelius Compton, doubtless his son, filed his ear mark, July 18, 1702, and his son Cor- nelius filed the same, October 2, 1750, a slit in the top of the left ear of the animal and a half penny under the ear. John Compton, son of Cornelius Jr., also lived at Middle- town, and filed the same ear mark, December 28, 1771. Richard Compton, another son of the first settler, appears to have died about I7II, as in that year his mark was filed by Abram Watson.
(I) Samuel Compton, several generations from William Compton, was born in New Jer- sey and came from Newark, in that province, bringing his goods and chattels in a wagon to Seneca county, New York. He married Polly - and they had fifteen children : Sam- uel, Reuben, James, Jonas, Jacob, Mercy, Har- riet, Abner, Benjamin, Polly, Abbie, Mary and three died young.
(II) James, son of Samuel Compton, was born in New Jersey, July 9, 1806, died Janu- ary 12, 1881, at Middleport, New York. He came from New Jersey with his parents and settled there. He was a farmer by occupa- tion. Later in life he moved to Orleans county, New York, and still later to Niagara county where he bought a farm. Afterward he bought another farm located partly in Or- leans and partly in Niagara county. His last years were spent on a place in Middleport, where he died. In early life he was a Whig, afterward a Republican. He married, Septem- ber 18, 1825, at Romulus, Seneca county, New York, Caroline Bailey, born at South East, New York, April 20. 1805, died at Middleport, in 1882. Children: Seymour (mentioned be- low) ; Eunice T., born November 3. 1828, died July 29, 1874; Squire T., born May 31, 1831 ; Rachel C., born September 2, 1832, died September 11, 1861 ; Nancy, October 19, 1834 ; Samuel, born January 24, 1837; James Jr., born September 16. 1846, a Republican in politics, clerk of Niagara county, a man of business.
(III) Seymour, son of James Compton, was born in Ovid, Seneca county, New York, December 2, 1826. He was educated in the public schools of Ovid and of Royalton. Ni- agara county, New York. He assisted his father in the work of the farm until he came of age, and then became a farmer on his own
account, conducting the old Dewey farm in the town of Royalton for ten years. After- ward he bought a farm of fifty acres, sold it after a time, and in 1862 bought the farm of one hundred and twenty-six acres, upon which he has since lived. It is partly in Or- leans and partly in Niagara county. During the civil war he supplied horses to the govern- ment, and afterward, for twenty-six years, in partnership with D. H. Meade, he was a cat- tle dealer. At the same time he conducted his farm, and in later years he has been asso- ciated with his sons in the cattle business. He is a member of Cataract Lodge, No. 295, Free and Accepted Masons, of Middleport, and one of the oldest members. In politics he is a Democrat.
He married, at Shelby, Orleans county, New York, in May, 1847, Catherine Travers, born 1830, died 1903. Children: I. Seymour, died in infancy. 2. Charles, died in infancy. 3. Ida, born September 4, 1855; married Ed- ward Knapp. 4. William, born May 1, 1858; married Sarah Allen; children: Zoie Leona and Seymour D. 5. Inez, born January 10, 1863; married George Helenbolt. 6. John, born August 29, 1870.
COMPTON Joseph Compton was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1802, died in 1900 at Middle-
port, New York, his death being caused by injuries by fire. In childhood he was adopted by Arunah Bennett, of New Jersey, but re- tained the Compton name. When Mr. Ben- nett moved to Niagara county the lad came with him. They made the journey with ox teams and settled on wild timber land near the village of Middleport. Mr. Bennett was one of the earliest settlers in that section and his adopted son experienced all the toil and privation of the pioneer. He helped to build the log cabin, clear the ground of timber and cultivate the fields, wrested foot by foot, acre by acre and field by field from the virgin for- est. Mr. Bennett was a surveyor and did considerable work for the Holland Land Com- pany, taking his pay largely in land. As Jo- seph Compton grew to manhood he began buying land of Mr. Bennett and later became a tanner, then a merchant and a manufacturer of fan mills. He also carried on farming op- erations. In his different business enterprises he was very successful and accumulated a good fortune for his day. He caught the oil
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fever, went to Pennsylvania and in oil specu- lation lost his money. He came back to Mid- dleport and died as stated. He married Bet- sey Bennett, born in Lima, New York. Chil- dren : Cordelia, married Linus Spaulding ; Don Carlos, Arunah, John, James P., of whom further : Joseph, Emily, married James Watson ; Elizabeth, died young ; Wilbur.
(II) James P., son of Joseph and Betsey (Bennett ) Compton, was born at Middleport, Niagara county, New York, January 12, 1836. He was educated in the public schools, and on arriving at a suitable age learned the trade of tinner, which he followed for several years. In 1860 he established a hardware and tin- ning business at Clifton Springs, New York, and was nicely started in business when, in 1861, he was drafted into the United States service, but discharged on account of poor teeth. In 1864 he settled in Canandaigua, New York, and for two years engaged in the tin and hardware business. In 1866 he re- turned to Middleport, engaged in the same business (hardware and tinning), and con- tinued successfully until 1898, when he retired from active business and moved to Medina, New York, where he now resides ( 1912). He is a land owner and interested in real es- tate outside his private holdings. He is a Republican in politics, and an attendant of the Episcopal church. He is well known and bears an honorable name in his community.
He married, January 1, 1861, Sarah Coo- per, born September 15, 1844, died April 13, I9II, daughter of William Cooper, of Ge- neva, New York. Children: I. Mary Cor- delia, born September 28, 1861: married (first) H. T. Underhill: has daughter. Sata : (second) Joseph Blaba. 2. Linus, born Janu- ary 25, 1865; now a manufacturer and real estate dealer at Rochester, New York; mar- ried Cora Murdock. 3. Florence A., born August 18, 1874 : married John Sousie, of Me- dina ; children: James, Minnie, and Grace Dorothy.
The Stout family of Schenec- STOUT tady. New York, shows in its history one of the early instances of that intermingling of the English and Dutch stocks which afterward became so com- mon. No two peoples seem to assimilate more freely. They may come together in antagon- ism, as in the early days of New York, or as at the end of the nineteenth century in South
Africa, yet a few years suffice to show that the antagonism is not deeply rooted, and that the Dutch easily take their place of honor and usefulness in an English community. In this family the union occurs in the first genera- tion, so that from the very beginning of their American history the family is half English. half Dutch.
(I) Richard Stout, founder of this fam- ily, was son of John Stout, a gentleman of Nottinghamshire, England; he died about 1705. his will having been proved in Octo- ber of that year (dated June 9, 1703). When quite young, Richard Stout paid his addresses to a young woman of whom his father disap- proved. In consequence, he left home and entered the British navy. After serving seven years on a man-of-war he was dis- charged at New Amsterdam, now New York, January 25. 1664, and he, with a few others, all of Gravesend, made the first purchase of land at what is now Monmouth, New Jersey, of the Indians. He was one of the twelve men named in the Monmouth patent. He married, about 1622, Penelope Van Princes. A ship from Amsterdam, Holland, on its way to New Amsterdam was driven ashore at or near Middletown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, loaded with passengers. This wom- an's husband was killed by the Indians, and she was horribly and dangerously wounded. but escaped. An Indian found her some days later ; taking pity on her, he cured her of her injuries, carried her to New Amsterdam, and sold her to the Dutch. At New Amsterdam Richard Stout and she met, and after their marriage they settled near the place where the vessel had been wrecked. There were but six white families at Middletown in 1648. It is said that at her decease in 1712 Penelope Stout had five hundred descendants. Chil- dren of Richard and Penelope (Van Princes) Stout : John, born in 1650; married. Janu- ary 12, 1671-72, Elizabeth -; Richard, born in 1655. married Frances - -: James, of whom further ; Peter, born in 1658. died in 1703, married - Bullen : Jonathan, born in 1664, died in March, 1723, married, August 27, 1685, Ann Bullen ; Benjamin ; David, born in 1669, married, in 1688. Rebecca Ashton ; Deliverance, married - Throckmorton : Sa-
rah, married - Pike; Penelope, married Brown.
(II) James, son of Richard and Penelope (Van Princes) Stout, was born in 1656, died
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before 1697. He married Elizabeth
Children : Benjamin, of whom further ; James, married Johanna Johnson; Joseph ; Penelope, married - Jewell; Elizabeth, married - Warford ; Mercy, married
Warner ; Anne, married Cornelius Johnson.
(III) Benjamin, son of James and Eliz- abeth Stout, married Ruth Bogart, of Salem, New Jersey. Children: Joseph, married Huff : Benjamin, of whom further ; Elizabeth, married John Quick ; perhaps also the follow- ing: Sarah; Mary, married - Hunt : Ra- chel, married Stephen Howell: Ruth ; Anne, married Abraham Stout.
(1\') Benjamin (2) son of Benjamin (1) and Ruth ( Bogart ) Stout, married Elizabeth Anderson, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, daughter of William Anderson, by whom he is said to have had "a great number of chil- dren." Among these was Zebedee, of whom further.
(V) Zebedee, son of Benjamin (2) and Elizabeth ( Anderson ) Stout, was born July 6, 1770, died March 23. 1850. He was known as "Colonel." He was a farmer and settled on the old homestead, which is in the pos- session of the family at the present time. He married Eunice Hagaman, of Hunterdon county, New Jersey, and came to Olcott, New York, in 1815. Children: John, born August 8, 1798; Francis, June 7. 1800; Benjamin, of whom further; Sarah, March 31, 1804; Ar- mida, March 31, 1806; Isaac, 1808; Seneca, November 14, 1810.
(VI) Benjamin (3) son of Zebedee and Eunice ( Hagaman ) Stout, was born August 12, 1802, died April 2, 1882. He resided on the Lake road at Olcott, New York, and was a farmer by occupation. He married, March 27, 1827, Louisa Olmsted, at Newfane. Chil- dren : William T .. born February 2. 1828; Dexter, June 3, 1829; Mariette, April 23, 1831 : Dolphin E., April 4, 1834: Martin, of whom further : Benjamin Frank, February 18. 1842.
(VII) Martin, son of Benjamin (3) and Louisa (Olmsted) Stout, was born October 26, 1839. Ile resides in Newfane on a portion of the old original Stout homestead. He fol- lowed agricultural pursuits throughout the ac- tive years of his life, and is now living re- tired, enjoying to the full the fruits of well- earned labor. Ile is a Democrat in politics. He married, in January, 1860, Alice Hearn, born in 1838, died 1889. Children: 1. Nel-
lie, born October 29, 1861, died 1910; mar- ried J. B. Chapman. 2. Mary, January 17, 1863. 3. Cicero F., of whom further. 4. Benjamin, August 9, 1867 ; living at Bay City, Michigan ; married Jessie Ray ; they have two children : Marion and Frank. 5. Seymour E., May 3, 1870, died in 1898.
(VIII ) Cicero F., son of Martin and Alice (Ilearn) Stout, of Olcott, New York, was born at Olcott, New York, May 9, 1865. He was educated in the public school, and at Wilson union school at Wilson, New York. He grew up a farmer, and when starting life for himself made nursery and fruit growing his specialty. He had a nursery at Olcott un- til after his marriage, when he settled on the old Burroughs farm belonging to his wife's father. He continued in the nursery business until the farm was sold. He then purchased the old Miller homestead lying along the shores of Lake Ontario, at Olcott. In 1899 he bought part of the Phillips farm, part of which he later sold. He retains ninety-two acres, forty of which is a thrifty full bearing peach orchard. He has been successful in business, and occupies an influential position in his town.
Mr. Stout is a member of the Masonic order, affiliated with Red Jacket Lodge, at Lockport, New York. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and a member of the Universalist church. He married, October 4. 1892, at Ol- cott, New York, Nettie Burroughs (see Bur- roughs II). Children: Alice L., born Octo- ber 26, 1893: Charlotte B., December 23, 1903.
(The Burroughs Line).
This family name is spelled in a great va- riety of ways. Such forms even as Berg, Bergo, and Dee Bergo are found in early writings. In the fourteenth century there were of this name an English secular priest, and a monk who wrote some books of travels ; in the sixteenth century there was a naviga- tor and discoverer of the same name. Many of this name and its modern variants served in revolutionary troops of New York state; in fact eight are noted in the state revolution- ary records, who spelled their name in the exact way that this family use.
(1) James Burroughs, the first member of this family about whom we have definite in- formation, died in Wyoming. Wyoming county, New York, in 1860. He married Anne Bates. Children: Calvin M .; James
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H .; Charles, of whom further; Anzolette, married Wyman Raymond.
(II) Charles, son of James and Anne ( Bates) Burroughs, was born June 27, 1824, at La Grange, New York, died 1897. He was educated in the public school and Mit- dlebury Academy, Wyoming village, New York. He followed farming for a time with his father, then engaged in fire insurance. making a specialty of Western New York farm property. In 1867 he removed to West- ern Iowa, remaining nine years, engaging in farming. In 1875 he returned to New York state, settling at Olcott, Niagara county, where he purchased the old Albright farm of seventy-six acres, which he cultivated until his death. He was a Whig and a strong Aboli- tionist, later a Republican. He belonged to the Universalist church. He married Lucetta Perry. Their only child, Nettie, married Ci- cero F. Stout (see Stout VIII ).
Patrick Foley, father of Peter C.
FOLEY Foley, was born in Leitrim county, Ireland, landed as an emigrant in Montreal, Canada, and at the age of fifteen came to this country alone, after which he learned the marble working trade. He married Catherine Deitrich, born in Cologne, Germany, who came to this coun- try at the age of eleven with parents and a family of twelve children. His surviving brothers are Martin, John P. and Henry W. Foley.
Peter C. Foley was born in Boonville, Oneida county, New York, October 8, 1862. He received his education in his native town, and then learned the trade of marble cutter and worked in various places throughout the United States before locating in Olean, New York, where he engaged in the marble and granite monument business in the spring of 1886, place of business at that time being lo- cated on West State street, near the corner of First. The business has continued to the pres- ent time, known as Foley Brothers Company, of which Peter C. Foley is the sole proprietor. The business was started with the assistance of one boy that was paid $3.00 per week. and there is now employed, and has been for many years, from thirty to fifty men, and the pro- ducts of this firm are shipped to nearly every city and town in Western New York, Penn- sylvania and Ohio. Mr. Foley is a Democrat in politics and has always taken an active in-
terest in the affairs of his party, and has been elected mayor of the city of Olean three times, the first time in 1902, the second time in 1909, and the third time succeeding himself at the election held in 1911, which office he still holds.
Mr. Foley has always taken an active in- terest in music and musicians, having in his early life been a member of the Tenth Regi- ment Band, and Albany City Band of Albany, New York, and has traveled extensively with circus companies and shows, having mastered the clarionet, one of the most difficult of wind instruments, studying from early childhood. For many years he took an active interest in Olean bands, and at one time furnished the uniforms and instruments for a band known as Foley's Forty-third Separate Company Band. Of late years his business required his attention and made it necessary to abandon what has been a great pleasure to him. Mr. Foley is a member of the City Club, Country Club, Eagles, and also life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. Foley married, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Zoda Coast Faulkner, in the year 1907.
The name Clark is derived from
CLARK the Latin clericus. This word at first meant a person in Orders ( whether Holy Orders or minor orders ) : later any one who had been educated by the clergy : and finally any one who could read and write. As a surname, Clark or Clarke is probably as old as the eleventh century. . At least one case is recorded where another sur- name was changed to Clarke, probably as be- ing more honorable.
Not less than thirty Clark (e) families set- tled in New England colonies before 1700: there were, in fact, twelve Thomas Clarkes in New England between 1623 and 1680.
A full record of many of the present Clarks. including the family now under consideration, cannot be given. Nevertheless, the repeated occurrence of the same. even unusual, chris- tian names, and the family tradition of con- nection with Rev. John Clarke removes all reasonable doubt as to the immigrant ances- tor. Moreover, this Rev. John Clarke brought with him from England a Bible, preserved to the present day, which gives three genera- tions before the immigration. The ancestry is traced to the parish of Westhorpe. Suffolk county, England. In the earlier generations.
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as by many of the present-day descendants, the name is spelled with the final e.
(I) John Clarke, of Westhorpe, the first member of this family of whom we have knowledge, was buried March 3, 1559. Chil- dren : John, of whom further; Thomas, bap- tized January 4, 1553, buried May 10, 1588.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Clarke, of Westhorpe, was baptized February II, 1541, died April 4, 1598. He married Catlı- erine, daughter of John Cooke, who was bap- tized February 12, 1546, died March 27, 1598. Children : John, born April 25, 1569, buried December 9, 1594 ; Thomas, of whom further ; Carewe, baptized August 17, 1572; Christo- pher, baptized December 6, 1574; John, bap- tized March 17, 1577; Margaret, born June 8, 1579; Mary, baptized September 21, 1581.
(III) Thomas, son of John (2) Clarke, of Westhorpe, was born November 1, 1570, died July 29, 1627. He married Rose Herrige or Keridge, who died September 19, 1727. Chil- dren: I. Margaret, born February 1, 1600. 2. Carewe, February 3, 1602; married Datre 3. Thomas, born or baptized March 31, 1605, died December 2, 1674 ; married Jane 4. Mary, baptized July 17, 1607, died in 1648; married John Peckham. 5. Rev. John, of whom further. 6. William. baptized February II, 1611. 7. Joseph, of whom fur- ther. Of these children, Carewe, Thomas, Mary, John and Joseph all came to America : but of these four sons Joseph only left sur- viving issue.
(IV) Rev. John (3) Clarke, son of Thomas and Rose Clarke, the immigrant, was born in England, October 8, 1609, died April 20, 1676. He was probably a graduate of Cam- bridge University ; he was a physician and Baptist minister, and had knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. With his first wife he arrived in Boston, in November, 1637. His first winter was spent at Exeter, New Hamp- shire : in the spring he returned to Boston, and associated himself with a colony which settled on Conanicut Island, on what is now Ports- mouth. Rhode Island. He removed to New- port. and in 1644 became pastor of the first Baptist church at that place. In 1651 he went with Roger Williams to England on matters concerning the welfare of the colony, and remained twelve years. He was frequently the guest of Sir Harry Vane and other lead- ing men of the Commonwealth. In 1663 he obtained from King Charles II. a most liberal
charter, which was the basis of the govern- ment of Rhode Island until 1843. In June, 1664, he returned to Rhode Island. Both before and after his visit to England, he held many offices of high importance and trust. Although he was a Baptist, he had a decided Calvinistic tendency. He published a concord- ance of the Scriptures. He married (first) Elizabeth Harges, (second) February 1, 1671, Jane Fletcher, (third) Sarah Davis. He is known to have had a daughter by his second wife, but no issue survived him.
(IV) Joseph, son of Thomas and Rose Clarke, the immigrant, was born in England, December 9, 1618, died at Newport, Rhode Island, June 1, 1694. He must have left Eng- land about 1637, and settled immediately in Rhode Island, for he was elected an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck in 1638. March 17, 1641, he was made a freeman. In 1644 he was one of the original members of the Baptist church at Newport, of which his brother was made minister. He was men- tioned by name in the charter granted by King Charles II. He seems to have lived for a while at Westerly, but to have returned to Newport. He held many important offices in the colony. He married twice ; his second wife, Margaret, died at Newport. in 1694. Children : 1. Joseph, born February II, 1642, died January II, 1726-27; married (first). November 16, 1664, Bethiah Hubbard, (second) Hannah (Weeden-Clarke) Peck- ham. 2. William, died September 30, 1683; married Hannalı Weeden. 3.
Mary, died in 1695 ; married Tobias Saunders. 4. Sarah, born January 29, 1663: married, October 11, 1683, Thomas Reynolds. 5. John, died April II, 1704. 6. Susanna. 7. Joshua, married Alice Phillips. 8. Thomas, died in 1705 ; said to have married Elizabeth
8. Carew or Cary (he is called by both names ; in this family, Carewe, Carew, Carey and Cary are to be regarded as the same name) married, February 14, 1693, Ann Dyer. 9. Elizabeth. Either Susanna or Elizabeth married Rev. William Peckham. The son Carew or Cary had a son, born September 20, 1696, and at least three grandsons, bearing forms of this name : it is highly probable that Carey Clark, of whom below, was his grandson or great- grandson.
(I) Carey Clark, progenitor of the line herein traced, removed from Providence. Rhode Island, to the vicinity of Crooked Lake,
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