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and Sarah (Marvin) Goodrich. Children : John, Thomas, Sarah, Elizabeth (died young), David, Ephraim, Charles, Elizabeth, Mary.
(III) Thomas, second son of John (2) and Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister, was born June 14, 1672, in Glastonbury, died there, October 12, 1741. In the town records he is called "The Weaver," and he was deacon of the Glastonbury church. He married Dorothy, born about 1677. died October 5, 1741, dangh- ter of Joseph Hills of Glastonbury. Chil- dren: Josiah, Dorothy, Gershom, Charles, Elizabeth, Anna, died young ; Thomas, Ruth, Rachel, Hannah, Eunice. Susannah, Elisha.
(IV) Josiah, eldest son of Thomas and Dorothy (Hills ) Hollister, was born June 7, 1696, in Glastonbury, where he died, Janu- ary 3, 1749. In 1742 he bought land in Sharon, Connecticut, and perhaps lived there for some time, although he was buried in the old South Yard in Glastonbury. He married, January 18, 1718, Martha, daughter of Will- iam Miller, of Glastonbury, who died there, July 12, 1777, aged seventy-nine years. Chil- dren : Josialı, Lazarus, Samuel, Amos, Elijah. (V) Amos, fourth son of Josiah and Martha (Miller ) Hollister, was born May 5, 1726, in Glastonbury, died November 6, 1786, in that town, where he probably passed his life. He married, April 27, 1749, Bathsheba, daughter of David and Charity (Hollister ) Wadsworth, born June 20, 1728, died May I, 1808, almost eighty years old. Children: Bathsheba, Esther, died young: Esther. Da- vid, Prudence, Ashbel, Jeannette. Amos, Martha, Amelia, Josiah.
(VI) Ashbel, second son of Amos and Bathsheba ( Wadsworth) Hollister, was born March 4. 1759, in Glastonbury, died May 4, 1840, in Pawlet, Vermont. He was a soldier under Kosciusko in the revolution, and set- tled at Pawlet in 1781. He married. Janu- ary 10, 1790, Mary Pepper. born March 19, 1766, died March 14, 1848. Children: Ash- bel, Woodbridge. Orange, David. Algernon. Sidney, Horace, Harvey. Mary, Hiel.
(VII) David, fourth son of Ashbel and Mary (Pepper) Hollister, was born March 19, 1794, in Pawlet, died in Truxton. New York, April 30, 1853. In 1833-34 he removed to Cincinnatus, New York, and later to Trix- ton, where he died. He married, June 17. 1819, Sarah Zilpha Brooks, born January I. 1800, in Pawlet, died June 16, 1882, in her
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eighty-third year. Children : Theron N., born 1821, died 1888; Mary E., born 1824, married Pliny Ayer, and died in 1890; Julia E., died in childhood; Harvey David, men- tioned below.
(VIII) Harvey David, youngest child of David and Sarah Zilpha ( Brooks) Hollister, was born March 27, 1835, in Cincinnatiis, died in Cortland, January 12, 1907. He at- tended the schools of his native town, and subsequently was a student in the Homer Academy at Homer, New York, and became an educator, making teaching his life work. For more than thirty-five years he was an instructor in various towns of Cortland county and Central New York. His religious affilia- tions were with the Presbyterian church, of which he was a member. He married, May 1. 1856, Martha Elizabeth Thompson, born June 24, 1839, in New Berlin, New York, died February 1, 1909, daughter of Peter and Sarah ( King ) Thompson. Children : I. Herbert Thompson, born July 12, 1858, in the town of Taylor, New York, died April 29, 1892. He was the founder of the hardware and plumbing business now carried on under the name of the Hollister Hardware & Plumb- ing Company. He married, June 15. 1881. Mary Seaman, of Virgil, New York, daughter of Avery J. and Fanny B. (Morse) Seaman. Children : Mabel Claridine, born June 24, 1882, died March, 1883. Grace Magee, May 8, 1886, died February 16, 1887. Fanny Martha, February 27, 1892. 2. Sarah Zilpha, born March 27. 1860, died before one year old. 3. Marcia E., January 1, 1862, became the wife of W. J. Buchanan, of McGraw. 4. Theron Norton, mentioned below. 5. Harlan P .. June 6, 1867, in McGraw : conducts a bak- ery business in Cortland. He married, De- cember 3. 1884, Ella E., daughter of William and Lydia Maria ( Brown) Gross, of Smith- ville, New York. They have an only son, Floyd Harlan, born June 26, 1886, married, May 29, 1905, Harriet Cecil Smith, and has three children: Sheldon Delroy, born June 29, 1907 ; Duane Augustus, February 21, 1909: Harriet Evelyn, April 10, 1910. 6. William King, mentioned below. 7. Fred Ar- thur. June 6, 1873. in Deruyter, New York : is treasurer of the Cortland Baking Company. of Cortland. He married. June 17, 1896, Ar- delle S., daughter of Luther and Sarah Ar- delle (Kinney) Ileath. They have three chil- dren : Eloise Ruth, born November 28, 1897 :
Helen Heath, August 16, 1899; Robert Charles, July 4, 1901. 8. Mary Weeks. Au- gust 5, 1876; she married Fred I. Graham, of Cortland, September 30, 1896, and died January 31, 1905. 9. Harvey Dell, born July 16, 1879, in Deruyter ; is vice-president of the Cortland Baking Company. He married, De- cember 15. 1900, Cora B., daughter of Syl- vester D. and Cora (Boyd ) Armstrong, of Corry, Pennsylvania. They have three chil- dren : Dell de Forest, born March 21, 1902; Lawrence Sylvester, March 19, 1903; Boyd Thompson, February 20, 1908. 10. George mentioned below.
(IX) Theron Norton, second son of Har- vey David and Martha E. (Thompson ) Hol- lister, was born July 4, 1864, in McGraw, New York. He was educated in the public schools of Truxton and Deruyter, New York. For several years he was engaged in the dry goods business with the Warren Tan- ner Company of Cortland, and in 1902 formed a partnership with his brother, Will- iam K. Hollister, under the name of Hollis- ter Hardware & Plumbing Company, and has continued in that line of business to the pres- ent time. Under the industrious care of its proprietors the business has flourished and Mr. Hollister has made extensive investments in real estate. He is a member of Cortland- ville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Royal Arch Chapter; Knights Templar ; Ka- lurah Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Binghamton. He is also affiliated with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Episcopal church. He married, November 27, 1906. Hannah Eliza- beth, daughter of Charles and Margaret (Ca- ruthers) Turner, the former a native of Philadelphia, and the latter of Carlisle, Eng- land.
(IX) William King, fourth son of Har- vey David and Martha E. ( Thompson ) Hol- lister, was born February 13. 1870, in Trux- ton, New York. He received such education as the common schools afforded. At the age of fifteen years he entered the employ of his brother, Herbert T. Hollister, in Cortland. where he learned the plumbing trade, and subsequently worked at this and the tinning business with various firms for several years. In 1896 he entered into partnership with Law- rence S. Cramer, under the firm name of Cramer & Hollister, located at No. 19 Rail- road street, Cortland, dealers in hardware,
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plumbers and steam fitters supplies. This partnership was succeeded in 1902 by the Hol- lister Brothers, Theron N. and William K., under the style of the Hollister Hardware & Plumbing Company, as above noted. Mr. Hollister has been closely attentive to his business, and has secured the rewards belong- ing to industry and upright business methods. He married, March 2, 1898, Maude La Verne Loucks, born June 8, 1876, in Cortland, daughter of George Addison and Harriet (Monroe) Loucks. Children: Lillian Har- riet, born May 31, 1899: Edgar Pierce, Octo- ber 22, 1900; Herbert Le Roy, December 15. 1901 ; Gladys Arlene, January 18, 1903 : Mil- dred La Verne, April 5, 1904; Kenneth Al- bert, April 1, 1905; Margie May, June 10, 1906; Dorothy Louise, July 25. 1908: Charles Ivan, November 6, 1909, died March 20. 1910 : Pearne Harvey, April 27, 191I.
(IX) George, youngest child of Harvey David and Martha E. (Thompson) Hollister, was born October 4, 1883, in McGraw. He received his education in the Cortland high school and Normal School. For some years he was employed with the Warren Tanner dry goods establishment of Cortland, and when the Hollister Hardware & Plumbing Company was formed in 1902. he engaged with that concern, and has thus continued since. He is a shrewd and competent busi- ness man, and has contributed his share to the commercial success of the concern. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers of Cortland. He married, July 31, 1905. Anna, daughter of Charles and Bridget (Col- lins) Kelly. Children: Margaret Marcella, born February 20, 1907, died six days later ; Georgianna and Elizabeth May (twins) born June II, 19II.
The origin of this family CUMMINGS is uncertain : the name was taken from the town of Comines, near Lille, on the frontier between France and Belgium. Various traditions ac- count for earlier origin of the family, but all of them are entitled to no more credit than mere traditions. The name has been vari- ously spelled Comines. Comynges, Comyns, Comings. Comyn, Cumings and Cummungs. Tradition states that the emigrant ancestor of this family descended from "Red Cumin." of Badenoch in the southeastern district of Iver- nessshire, a wild mountainous country pre-
senting wide stretches of bleak moorland. Here the clan flourished from 1080 to 1330, and then began to decline. According to the Chronicle of Melrose, the first of the name who immigrated permanently was slain with Malcom III., at Alnwick, in 1093, leaving two sons, John and William. From John all the Cumins in Scotland are said to be descended. Sir John, the Red Cumin of Comyn, was the first Lord of Badenoch, and in 1240 was an ambassador from Alexander II. to Louis IX. of France. His son John, called the Black Lord of Badenoch, was not inferior to any subject in Scotland for wealth and power, and was one of those who vowed to support Queen Margaret, daughter of Alexander III. in her title to the crown of Scotland. At her death he became a competitor for the crown of Scotland, "as a son and heir of John who was son and heir of Donald, King of Scot- land." The son of this Lord, called in turn the Red Cumin, was the last Lord of Bade- noch of the surname of Cumin. In 1335 a number of the Cumin clan were slain in the feudal battle of Calbleau, in Glenwick, where a stone now marks the spot. The badge of the clan. in Gaelic, was "Lus Mhic Cuiminn," in English, the Cummin plant.
(I) Deacon Isaac Cummings is supposed to have come from England to America in 1627, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts. He was the first Cummings known to have immigrated to New England. In a deposition made by him in March, 1666, he gave his age as sixty-five years, establishing his birth in 1601. The probate records of Essex county contain a copy of his last will and testament, dated "8th of 3d Mth., 1667." also inventory filed "This 22 Maye 1667," and his will was probated June 14, 1667, thus establishing his death between "8th of 3d Mth. and Maye 22, 1677;" of his wife we know nothing ex- cept that she died before him, no mention being made of her in his will; he left four children. The first mention in Essex county of Isaac Cummings is in the entry made by the town clerk of Watertown, where his name appears in the records of land grants as re- ceiving a grant of thirty-five acres in the ear- liest generation land grants in 1636. called the "Great Dividens." Also we find a record made by the town clerk of Ipswich showing that he owned a planting lot near Reedy Marsh in that town previous to July 25, 1638. On the 9th of the second month, 1639. he
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also owned a house lot in Ipswich village, on the street called the eastern end, next to the lot owned by Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. He was a commoner in 1639, and the same year sold land near the highway leading to Jef- frey's Neck. He also possessed in 1639 a farm partly in Ipswich and partly in Tops- field. He was made a freeman, May 18, 1642, and was a proprietor in Watertown the same year, and at Topsfield afterwards where he was one of thirty commoners. As an Ips- wich commoner, he was one of those "that have right of commonage there last of the last month, 1641." On the first day of the second month, 1652, Isaac Cummings for thirty pounds bought of Samuel Symonds one hundred and fifty acres of land in Topsfield. Other records in Essex county show that he was defendant in the suit brought by John Fuller, March 28, 1654; that he was a witness against William Duglas in March, 1656; that he was sued for debt by Jerobabell Phillips. of Ipswich, March, 1657. That he was plain- tiff in the case, December 31, 1656, against Jolın Fuller for damage done in his corn by swine belonging to said Fuller; and that he was grand juryman in 1675, and moderator of the town meeting in 1676. He was deacon of the church in Topsfield for many years. His children were: John, Isaac, Elizabeth, Ann.
(II) John, eldest child of Deacon Isaac Cummings, was born in 1630, died December I, 1700. By the terms of his father's will he received the homestead consisting of forty acres with house, barns, orchards and fences, and in 1680 sold same to Edward Nealand (Kneeland). About 1658 he removed to Box- ford. In 1673 he was made a freeman. He and his wife were members of the church in Topsfield, December 7, 1685, when the church "voted dismission to John Cummings with- out commendation and dismissed his wife with commendation to the church to be shortly gathered at Dunstable." He removed with his family to Dunstable about 1680, where he was one of the first settlers. He was a select- man in 1682, and a member of the church in 1684. He married Sarah, daughter of Ensign Thomas and Alice (French) Howlett, of Ips- wich. She died December 7, 1700, just six days after the death of her husband. Their children were: John, Thomas, Nathaniel, Sarah, Abraham, Isaac, Ebenezer, William, Eleazer, Benjamin, Samuel.
(III) John (2), eldest son of John (1) and Sarah (Howlett) Cummings, was born in Boxford in 1657, and lived in Dunstable. He married, September 15, 1680, Elizabeth Kinsley, born in Braintree, November 22, 1657, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Bracket ) Kinsley. They settled on the Na- thaniel Cutler place in the south part of Nashua, where the wife was killed by Indi- ans, July 3, 1706, and he was wounded, hav- ing his arm broken, but escaped to a swamp about half a mile south, and near the present state line, where he remained in hiding over night and then made his escape to the "Fare- well block house." His children were: John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Ebenezer, Anna, Lydia, William.
(IV) Deacon John (3) Cummings, eldest child of John (2) and Elizabeth (Kinsley) Cummings, was born July 7, 1682, died April 27, 1759. He was an original member of the church in Chelmsford. Massachusetts, and the first deacon, to which office he was elected December 3, 1727. He was moderator of the first town meeting, was chosen selectman, and was town clerk in 1736. His farm included the land around Westford railroad station, on both sides of the track, and is now partly oc- cupied by one of his descendants. He mar- ried, October 3, 1705, Elizabeth Adams, of Chelmsford, born April 26, 1680, died April 30. 1759, daughter of Peletiah and Ruth Adams. Their children were: Elizabeth, Mary, John, William, Thomas, Abigail, Sam- 11el, Ephraim, Bridget, Ebenezer.
(V) William, second son of Deacon John (3) and Elizabeth (Adams) Cummings, was born July 29, 1712, in Chelmsford, and lived in the region known as "One pine hill." There was a long dispute between Hollis and Dunstable as to whether the people residing there should belong to one or the other of the towns, and in 1763 it was added to Hollis. Seven of William Cummings' children are recorded in Groton. He was in West Dun- stable precinct in 1744, and was chosen dea- con of the church there in 1745. He was ensign in the company commanded by Cap- tain Peter Powers in the war of 1755. His intention of marriage was published July 12, In 1734, to Lucy Colburn, of Dunstable. 1770 Samuel Tarbell was made guardian over Caleb, son of William Cummings, of Dun- stable, then over fourteen years old, from which it would seem that Caleb belongs
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among his children. Others recorded are : Ebenezer, Lucy, Bridget, Philip, Rebecca.
(VI) Philip, second son of William and Lucy (Colburn) Cummings, was born No- vember 26, 1745: recorded in Groton, and died March 29, 1826, in Homer, Cortland county, New York, at the home of his son William, and was buried there, but his body was afterwards removed to Sully, New York. He was in the revolutionary army from Hol- lis in 1775, and resided in Peterborough, New Hampshire, for some time thereafter. About 1805 he removed to Cortland county, New York. He married Mary Carter, born No- vember 15, 1751, died October 2, 1815. Chil- dren : Philip, Thomas, Edward, Caleb, Joshua, Mary, Lucy. Rebecca. Leonard, William, died young : William, Betsy.
(VII) Edward, third son of Philip and Mary (Carter) Cummings, was born Novem- ber 17. 1774, in Hollis, died July 6, 1846, in Preble, New York. He removed to that town in 1804, and settled on lot 59, purchasing one hundred acres in the wilderness. He built a log house with basswood slabs for floor, and the chest in which he brought his goods served as a table. It is said that he had only one plate and knife and fork each for himself, wife and one child. The farm on which he settled is now owned by a grand- son. He married (first ) November 17, 1801, Sally Farr, born October 9, 1784, died Octo- ber 12, 1826. He married (second) Angust 19. 1829, Abigail Robertson, born December I, 1799, died July 14, 1846. Children : Polly, Silas, Harriet, Sally, Celona, William, Ches- ter, Edward, Harvey, Lucinda. Lucy Ann, John B., James.
(VIII) Silas, eldest son of Edward and Sally (Farr) Cummings, was born August 7. 1804, in Preble. New York. He married (first) January 26, 1830, Jane Duncan, and on November 22, 1831, a daughter Elizabeth Jane was born to them. The mother died June 25, 1832, and Silas Cummings married (second) Amanda Taggart, November 8. 1832. Five more children were born of this union : Samuel Edward, Mary Eliza, Daniel Miller, John Newton, Harlan Page. His second wife died June 5. 1841. On February 23. 1842, he married ( third) Emily Hobart. born October 10, 1813. Five more children were born to them: Ann Augusta, Francina Celona, Amelia Homer, Emily Hobart, Jo- seph Hobart. Silas Cummings died Septem-
ber 4, 1875, having spent his entire life as a farmer on the farm next adjoining on the south the original one hundred acres pur- chased by his father when coming into the country to settle.
(IX) Samnel Edward, eldest son of Silas and Amanda (Taggart) Cummings, was born March 22, 1834. He married, January 27. 1859, Mary E. Highmoor. Son: Silas Highmoor.
( X) Silas Highmoor, son of Samuel Ed- ward and Mary E. (Highmoor) Cummings, was born Jannary 30, 1861. He married, De- cember 23, 1885, at Cortland, New York, Mary F. Burst. He is now a resident of Brooklyn, New York.
The surname Roberson is ROBERSON identical with Robertson. The Westchester county, New York, family of Robertson originally settled in Connecticut. John Roberson was in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1677. William Robertson, born about 1720. in Fairfield county, Connecticut, it is believed came from Greenville, Connecticut, to Bedford, West- chester county, in 1744, and bought the Daniel Merritt farm in that town. History says that the Robertson family of Bedford were of Scotch origin.
Jabez Robertson, son of William, was born about 1750. By his second wife he had Jabez, born August 22, 1787: Laurence and Henry, twins, born November 30 and De- cember I. 1791, respectively. Henry married Huldah H. Fanton and was father of Hon. William H. Robertson, for many years the Republican leader of Westchester county.
With the Robertson family the Delavans appear to have intermarried, whence the name Delavan ' Roberson, mentioned below. We find the Delavan family first at Norwalk, Connecticut. John Delavan married, at Nor- wich, January 5. 1748-49, Mary Hait, and had a son, John, born October 21. 1750. Tim- othy Delavan, doubtless a brother of John, married, February 23, 1737-38, in Norwalk, Hannah Bouton, and had children : Timothy, born May 27. 1738: Abraham, September 8. 1739: Mathew, December 20. 1741 ; John, January 30, 1743-44; Nathaniel. September 14, 1746: Samuel, March 23, 1752. The entire family moved to North Salem, New York. the history of which mentions the following children: Timothy, Nathaniel, John, Corne-
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lius, Daniel, Abraham, Stephen and Mathew. Of these, six sons were born at Stamford, and the dates given are from the town records.
In 1790, the first federal census shows that William Robertson was living at Bedford, Westchester county, and had in his family three females; Jabez Robertson had in his family two males over sixteen, one under six- teen and six females. The town and family records are wanting and full details of the early generations have not been found, al- though a careful search has been made. The descendants of William Robertson in West- chester country are unable to give the name of Delavan Roberson's father.
(I) Delavan Roberson, undoubtedly a de- scendant of the Robertson and Delavan fam- ilies of Westchester county, described above, was born July 25, 1792, died January II, 1861. He married Abigail Ferguson, born January 4, 1795, died November 8, 1871. Children : I. Reuben, born May 25, 1813. died in September, 1881 ; married Lodema Prindle and had children: William, Louis, Theron, Mary, George, Jane and Edwin. 2. Samuel, born April 6, 1815, died May 27, 1897; married Margaret Martin, May 25, 1837, and had children: Theodore M., Sam- uel D., William J., Martha A., Fremont D., Mary Jane and Margaret A. 3. William H., born March 21, 1819, died July 13, 1904; married (first) Martha; (second) Sarah Cleveland, June 17. 1857; (third) Mrs. Louisa Ward, about 1879; children : William C., born July 13, 1858; Sarah T., born Octo- ber 2, 1861 ; Emma G., born March 12, 1866. 4. Elbert, born March 21, 1823, died March 13, 1895 ; married Sarah Maria Requa, born July 23, 1826; had children: Elbert, Ed- mund, Alfonso, Josephine and Francis A. 5. Isaac, born July 19, 1825, died April 5, 1890; married Mary Bookstaver, and had a daugh- ter, Kate. 6. John, born May 21, 1827, died June 27, 1895 : married Mary Jane Watts, in April, 1869, and had a daughter, Kitty. 7. Sarah Jane, born June 17, 1829, died March 27, 1901 ; married, September 25, 1851, Phil- lip T. Deyo. 8. Alonzo, mentioned below. 9. Lodima, born August 2, 1833, died June 29, 1908; married (first) Peter Ransom: (sec- ond) Samuel R. Benedict, and had child, Wil- bur R. Benedict, born October 14, 1860.
(II) Alonzo, son of Delavan Roberson. was born October 9, 1831, died June 15, 1899.
He had a common school education, and learned the trade of carpenter. For some years he was employed in the old Marsh & Gilbert planing mill on Chenango street, Binghamton, whither he came in 1853. Af- ter Marsh & Gilbert retired from business, Mr. Roberson bought the property and car- ried on the mill with notable success. In 1892 he built a new and larger mill to accom- modate his business and ceased to operate the old mill. The new plant is on the western border of the city of Binghamton, and is ad- mirably equipped to manufacture sash, doors, blinds and builders' finish. In 1882 his son, Alonzo, Jr., was admitted to partnership, and he has continued the business since the death of his father in the spring of 1899. Mr. Rob- erson took a keen interest in public affairs and was honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. In 1876 he was elected alderman of the city of Binghamton, and he served in 1876-77. In 1884 he was again elected alderman and could have been nomin- ated and elected mayor if he had consented, but he was not ambitious for political honors and he repeatedly declined to become a candi- date for mayor. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the People's Bank. He was one of the most active, progressive and useful citizens, of wide influence, sterling character and absolute integrity in all the re- lations of life. In religion a Methodist, mem- ber of "Centenary Church," and in politics he was a Democrat.
He married (first) February 10, 1853, Ly- dia Titus, born April 23, 1830, daughter of James and Hannah Titus. She died June 26, 1866. He married (second) September 13, 1870, Sarah Eliza Dunk, born June 4, 1845, daughter of Alfred and Mary ( Allen ) ( Bal- lard) Dunk. Children, all by first wife: I. Anna Frances, born November 23, 1853, died January 31, 1854. 2. Alonzo, mentioned be- low. 3. Lydia Rosella, born June 9, 1866, died in infancy.
(III) Alonzo (2), son of Alonzo (I) Rob- erson, was born in Binghamton, New York, November 16, 1861. He attended the public schools of his native city. At the age of six- teen he began to work for his father and was associated in business with him as long as he lived. He became a partner of his father as soon as he was of age under the firm name of A. Roberson & Son. After the senior partner died the business was incorpor-
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