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ber 19, 1894, Fanny M., daughter of William N. and Edith ( Hine) Brockway.
(The Tremain Line).
The Tremain or Truman family traces its ancestry to Sydenham. Devonshire, England. The surname is derived from the Manor of Tremayne in the parish of St. Martin on the banks of Helford-Haven, England.
(I) Joseph Tremain, immigrant ancestor of the American family, settled at New London, Connecticut, in 1666. He had sons Joseph ; Thomas, mentioned below.
(II) Thomas, son of Joseph Tremain, had sons : John, mentioned below : Simeon, Na- than, Benjamin.
(III) John, son of Thomas Tremain, set- tled near Pittsfield, Berkshire county, Massa- chusetts, a section from which many of the pioneers in Tompkins county came, and he was a man of ability and character, honored with various offices of trust. He lived also at Hillsdale. New York. His sons: Philip, Gains, John. Daniel, Jared, Abner, mentioned below : Jonathan.
(IV) Abner, son of John Tremain, was born December 25, 1761, at Hillsdale. New York. Four of his brothers were soldiers in the American army in the revolution. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in Colonel Van Courtland's regiment and served in the Fifth Company to the end of the war. His courage, firmness and ability were such that he was selected by Washington himself as one of those to assist in the capture of Stony Point on the Hudson river. General Wayne was in command of the expedition: Lieutenant Colonel Fleury had immediate command of the right wing, which was composed of one hundred and fifty volunteers, and these were led by twenty men under Lieutenant Gibbon as a forlorn hope. Of these twenty men Ab- ner Tremain was one. He was in General Sullivan's army in the expedition through the Wyoming valley and up the Susquehanna ; was successively corporal, sergeant and ser- geant-major, and he was honored with a badge of merit for faithful service. He re- ceived as a bounty six hundred and sixty acres of land in what was then Herkimer county, lot 2, township 22, two miles long and three- fourths of a mile in width, the present site of the village of Trumansburg. He came thither in 1792 with his wife, three children. brother Philip and Philip's son Benjamin and
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his wife's brother, John McLallen. In 17944 he concluded to build a grist mill and went east to Chenango Point, now Binghamton, to purchase machinery. On his return he stopped over night at Davenport's Tavern, a mile from Trumansburg, on West Hill. It was in Feb- ruary and snow fell to the depth of two feet. He left the tavern at nine in the morning and after walking all day and until midnight he sought shelter at the house of Mr. Wayburn on Goodwin's Point, about two miles from home. He was cared for to the best of the ability of the family, but one of his feet was so badly frozen that amputation was neces- sary. He died August 18, 1823. His brother Philip located in Ledyard, Cayuga county. New York.
Abner Tremain married Mary McLallen. Their first house was on a lot opposite the present Methodist church. Children : 1. Mary, born 1788, died 1869; married Leroy Valen- tine. 2. Jonathan, July 17. 1790 : married An- nis Tremblay. 3. Annis, June 27. 1792 ; mar- ried General Isaiah Smith. 4. Lucinda, Au- gust 17, 1793: married Jeremiah Ayers. 5. Calvin, September 13. 1794: married Ann Ay- ers. 6. Ashbel, September 1, 1796; married Mary Ayers. 7. Jared. October 5, 1800. 8. Abner. January 12, 1803, died January 30, 1883. 9. Charlotte, June 30. 1806; married Minor King. 10. Alfred, January 31, 1811. II. Erastus, July 31, 1813.
REYNOLDS John Reynolds, immigrant ancestor, was born in Eng- land in 1612. He was un- doubtedly a brother of Robert Reynolds. and is thought by many to have been a brother of James of Narragansett and William of Provi- dence. The first record of him in New Eng- land is in Watertown. Massachusetts. 1634, when his wife. Sarah. and others associated with him at Watertown. Wethersfield and Stamford, sailed from Ipswich on the ship "Elizabeth." On May 5. 1635. he was ad- mitted a freeman at Watertown. Several months later he moved to Wethersfield, Con- necticut, with other settlers. In 1641 he moved to Stamford, Connecticut, where his wife died August 21, 1657. He married Sarah
Children : Elizabeth, born about 1624, mar- ried. July 15. 1654. Peter Ferris: Jonathan. about 1636. married, 1657. -. died 1673: John, mentioned below.
(II) John (2), son of John ( 1) Reynolds.
was born about 1638, died in 1702. He mar- ried Judah Children : John, born about 1670, died 1732; Mary, about 1672; James, 1674; Judah, about 1679; Jonathan, about 1682: Joshua, mentioned below ; David, about 1689.
(III) Joshua, son of John (2) Reynolds, was born about 1686. He married Children : John, mentioned below : Daniel, born 1714, died 1803: Caleb, 1717, died 1765; Mary. April 28, 1723.
(IV) John (3). son of Joshua Reynolds, was born in 1712. He married, February 16, 1740. Joanna Winens. Children : Elizabeth, born April 5, 1742 : Joshua, mentioned below : Sarah. April 15, 1746; Geradus, October 17, 1748; John. October 29, 1750: Joanna, De- cember 11, 1753; Jacob. May 23, 1756, mar- ried Martha Winens, died 1828: Alpheus, May II, 1760.
(V) Joshua (2). son of John (3) Reynolds, was born at Greenwich, Connecticut. He and Jonathan Reynolds settled at Rutland, Ver- mont. Jonathan, son of Hezekiah and Sarah (Webb) Reynolds, was born in Greenwich, February 28, 1740. The history of Rutland, Vermont, tells us that Jonathan came thither from Nine Partners. New York, a town to which many Greenwich men went, including several of the Reynolds family, and everything indicates that Joshua went with Jonathan to Nine Partners and that they went together to Vermont. Jonathan Reynolds bought two.hun- dred and seventy-five acres of land in Rutland of James Mead for three hundred pounds, the same farm that was later owned by J. & Graf- ton Griggs : he was a lieutenant during the revolution. he died in 1840, lacking four days of a hundred years old. There was a Lieu- tenant Jonathan Reynolds in Colonel Robert \'an Rensselaer's regiment. Eighth Albany County.
Caleb Reynolds. another of this family. located at Pine Plains and remained there ; Dr. Israel Reynolds. also of the Greenwich family, a son of Stephen, of Dutchess county, died at Pine Plains. 1797, aged fifty-one years. The first federal census of 1700. of Vermont, shows that Jonathan and Joshua were the only heads of family of this surname. Joshua had three males over sixteen. four under that age and four females in his family: Jonathan had three males over sixteen, four under that age and three females in his family. Among the sons of Joshua Reynolds were Joshua. men-
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tioned below: Waldo; Polly, married Ford ; and others.
(VI) Joshua (3), son of Joshua (2) Rey- nolds, was born in Rutland, Rutland county, Vermont, July 14, 1785. When a young man he left Vermont and located at what is now LeRoy township, Bradford county, Pennsyl- vania. built a log house there and cleared a large farm. He married Sophia Gillett, born May 19, 1787, died October 6, 1821. Children. born in Bradford county : Julian, February 8. 1807, married Hayward; Henrietta, November 1, 1808: Lucinda, May 21, 1811, married Samuel Elliott ; Nelson. mentioned below : Hiram, born October 6, 1821. married Betsey Taylor ; Charlotte E., born August 9, 1830, married Daniel Spaulding.
(VII) Nelson, son of Joshua ( 3) Reynolds. was born December 30, 1816, at LeRoy, Penn- sylvania, died at Canton, September 8, 1877. He settled in his native town, and was edu- cated there in the public schools. When a young man he also cleared a farm in that town. then called Canton. He married Clarissa Knapp, born October 18, 1821, died September 7, 1909. Children, born at Canton, New York : Solon A., mentioned below ; Garland H .. born June 14, 1847: Mahlon D., April 17, 1848; Chellen N .. January 27. 1858: Alice M., April 23. 1863. All were living in 1912.
(VIII ) Solon A., son of Nelson Reynolds, was born at Canton, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1843. He was reared on his father's farm, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. He enlisted in the union army in the civil war, September 16, 1863, and was honorably discharged, June 23, 1865, after the close of the war. He was taken prisoner and confined sixty days in Salisbury prison. from which he made his escape and traveled over the mountains, suffering great hardship. reaching the union lines at Greenville, Tennes- see. After the war he resumed farming and has continued in that occupation at Canton to the present time. He married, in the fall of 1865, Mary Goff, born 1847, at North To- wanda, Pennsylvania, daughter of George and (Kellogg) Goff. Children, born at Canton : William, 1866, died 1898 ; Leon, 1869, died 1903; Oscar, 1874, receiving teller of the Second National Bank at Elmira, New York ; George Goff, mentioned below : Howard Mil- ton, 1880, druggist at Sayre, Pennsylvania ; Linda : Leslie, a merchant in Sayre.
(IX) Dr. George Goff Reynolds, son of
Solon A. Reynolds, was born at Canton, Penn- sylvania, June 5, 1877. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town and the Canton high school. Afterward he taught school at Athens and Canton for three years. He be- gan to study medicine at the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland, where he was a student for three years. Ile took his medical degree, however, at the Uni- versity of Buffalo in 1908. In the following year he located at Nichols, New York, where he has since been practicing medicine. He is a member of the county and state medical so- cieties and of various college fraternities. Ile also belongs to Westbrook Lodge, Free and . Accepted Masons, of Nichols. In religion he is a member of the Church of the Disciples ; in politics a Democrat.
He married, August 19, 1903, Lulu Gustin, of Burlington, Pennsylvania, born May 9. 1878, daughter of Burton K. and Anna Gustin. Children : Dorothy, born May 21, 1904; Don- ald. October 16, 1910.
FRINK (III) Samuel Frink, son of John Frink (q. v. ), was born February, 14. 1668-69 in Stonington, Con- necticut. He married. January 6, 1692, Han- nah, daughter of Ephraim Miner. Children : Samuel, mentioned below ; Andrew, born Au- gust 7, 1694: Grace. December 18, 1695 : James, November 5, 1697; Hannah, baptized March 17, 1700; Jedediah, baptized June 7. 1702; Jerusha, baptized May 24, 1704: Elias, baptized December 22, 1706; Abigail. baptized May 2, 1708, married John Holmes.
( IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel ( 1 ) Frink, was born February 14, 1693. He married. May 26, 1714, Margaret Wheeler. Children : Samuel, born February 26, 1715: Isaac, De- cember 25, 1717: David. mentioned below : Margaret, September 2. 1722: Andrew. Feb- ruary 23, 1724; Hannah, May 28, 1727: Abi- gail, May 6, 1729; Jabez, January 16, 1732; Mary, November 10, 1734.
(\') David, son of Samuel (2) Frink, was born May 30, 1720. He married Eunice Gal- lup, in 1744. They lived in Stonington, Con- necticut. Children : Eunice, born December 4, 1745 : Lois, April 8. 1746; Abigail, Febru- ary 12, 1747: Hannah, December 30. 1748: David. June 12, 1750: Mary, January 20, 1752; Esther, October 21, 1754: Adam, Marchi 8, 1756: Nathan, mentioned below: Isaac. February 4, 1761.
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(VI) Captain Nathan Frink, son of David Frink, was born April 8, 1759, in Stonington, Connecticut, died in Pharsalia, New York, about 1840. He was one of the pioneers of Pharsalia, making the overland trip with an ox-cart, about 1820. He served as a private in the revolution under Captain David Dor- rance, of Voluntown. He was a pensioner in 1818, then being a resident of New York state. Children : Nathan, Hiram, mentioned below ; Gilbert, John, Delight. Coddington.
(\'II) Hiram, son of Captain Nathan Frink, was born in Stonington, March 22, 1805, died at North Pharsalia, New York, January 13, 1880. When about fifteen years of age he came from Connecticut with his parents to Pharsalia, where he resided for the remainder of his life. He was a shoemaker by trade, al- though in his later years he was a farmer. He also conducted a hotel at Pharsalia for so.ne years. He married, December 10, 1828, Melinda, born in Scipio, New York, Septem-" ber 3. 1809. died August 6, 1893. daughter of Peter Barton. Children, born in Pharsalia : Hannah M., born September 14, 1829: Rufus Bennett, February 15, 1831 ; Horace H., Au- gust 16, 1833: Orlando, March 11, 1835 : Or- ville N., February 28, 1837. died April 3, 1910; Morris, January 20, 1839, died February 20, 1843: Marcelia, November 20, 1842, died March 17. 1900: Barton, July 18, 1843, died March 19, 1889: Samuel, mentioned below ; David, December 14. 1847 : Ursula, March II, 1850 , died May 10, 1893.
(VIII) Samuel (3), son of Hiram Frink, was born at Pharsalia, New York, August 24, 1845. He was educated in the public schools, and lived most of his life in Chenango coun- ty, New York. He is a farmer, and is still active in his work. He has lived for fifteen vears in Schoharie county, New York. In politics he always has been a strong Demo- crat. He married Samantha, daughter of Steven and Laura (Crandall ) Harrington. Child, Adelbert, irentioned below.
(IX) Adelbert, son of Samuel (3) Frink. was born in Pharsalia, Chenango county, New York, May 30, 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Norwich high school. Then he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Chenango Telegraph of Norwich, and for several years he worked at his trade there. In 1902, in partnership with L. D. Haight, he founded the Plain Deal- er, a weekly newspaper, at Norwich, under the
firm name of Haight & Frink. Mr. Frink bought the interest of his partner in May, IgII, and since then has been sole proprietor and editor. The Plain Dealer is an influential Democratic newspaper. Mr. Frink also con- ducts an extensive printing business, and is also at the head of the Frink Commercial Agency. In politics he is a Democrat.
He married (first ) about 1887, Minnie Lambourn. He married (second) August, 1909, Minne E., daughter of James S. Lund- ington. By his first wife he had one child, Maud, who married George N. Rhodes, of Norwich, New York.
BENNETT The surname Bennett, Ben- nitt or Benet, as spelled by different branches of the fam-
ily, is of ancient English origin, and is found in all parts of the United Kingdom, and widely scattered in the United States. No less than nine of this family came to Massa- chusetts before 1650.
(I) John Bennett, immigrant ancestor of the New London county family, settled at New London, and removed in 1691 to Stonington, Connecticut. Children, born at New London : John. 1658, died 1660; William, April 18. 1660; John, mentioned below : Elizabeth, Oc- tober 28, 1672; Joseph, March 20, 1681.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Bennett, was born at New London, February 19, 1666. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. He married, at Stonington, March 8, 1687, Eliza- beth Park. Children, born at Stonington : Hannah, April 2, 1688; John, January 24, 1691 : Samuel, September 7, 1694; Thomas, November 14, 1697 : Joseph, February 8, 1699: Elizabeth, July 31, 1702; Isaac, July 4, 1705 ; Nathan, or Nathaniel, mentioned below.
(III) Nathan, or Nathaniel, son of John (2) Bennett, was born at Stonington, July 14, 1709. He removed about 1751 to Mansfield, Connecticut. He married Mary - -. Chil- dren: Joshua; Stephen; James: Nahamie (probably meant for Nathaniel. who married, November 26, 1776, Edna Little), born at Stonington, recorded at Mansfield, August 7, 1750: Asa, mentioned below ; Mary. Decem- ber 22, 1754: Sarah, April 12, 1756; Israel, July 20, 1758; William, December 6, 1762, married, 1787, Ann Hunt; Phebe, May 25, 1767.
(IV) Lieutenant Asa Bennett, son of Na- than, or Nathaniel. Bennett, was born at Mans-
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field, Connecticut, June 9, 1752, died at Mans- field, August 21, 1827. He was a soldier from Mansfield in the revolution. He married, at Mansfield, February 10, 1774, Mary, born Oc- tober 28, 1754, daughter of Lieutenant Thom- as Barrows. Children, born at Mansfield : 1. Rhoda, January 13, 1775, died October 14, 1776. 2. Asa, mentioned below. 3. Rev. Al- fred, September 26, 1780, a noted Baptist preacher, who founded the Baptist church in Homer, New York, from which the Cortland and Blodgett's Mills Baptist churches were formed by him later. 4. AAlvin, April 14, 1783. 5. Eleazer. May 4, 1785. 6. Sarah, or Sally. June 23. 1788.
(V) Asa (2), son of Lieutenant Asa (I) Bennett, was born at Mansfield. July 10, 1778 (town records ), died at Homer, New York, November 9. 1825. He and his brother Al- fred came from Mansfield to Homer about . 1805 and were pioneers of Cortland county. Asa located on what is now known as the Johnson place on East Hill, and was a well-to- do farmer and respected citizen. He was for many years deacon of the Baptist church at Homer. For a number of years he was su- perintendent of the poor of Cortland county. He married, at Mansfield, March 17, 1803, Chloe Grow, born October 18, 1773, died Oc- tober 21, 1862. She was descended from the Earl of Warwick. Children: Phila, born at Mansfield (town record ), March 26, 1804: Mary. Eliza, Lucius, Lorenzo, mentioned be- low ; Asa. Chloe, Amelia.
(VI) Lorenzo, son of Asa (2) Bennett, was born at Homer, New York, March 19, 1812, died July 9, 1891. The Mansfield rec- ords mention hini as son of Asa, and give the year of his birth. He attended the public schools of his native town, and the old Cort- land Academy at Homer, but he was largely self-educated. When a young man he taught school in New Jersey, and through life he was a student and scholar. In 1845 he re- turned to his native town and embarked in business for himself as a dealer in boots and shoes in which he deserved and won success. His last years were spent in retirement at Homer village. In early life he was a Whig in politics, and he held various offices of trust. He had an excellent memory and well-trained mental faculties, and though naturally quiet and reserved he possessed to an unusual de- gree the confidence and esteem of his towns- men. He married. April 5. 1837. Almira, born
March 29, 1815, died November 3. 1879, daughter of Nathan and Mary ( Wolcott) Stone, granddaughter of Parmenia Wolcott, great-granddaughter of Governor Roger Wol- cott, of Connecticut. Roger Wolcott, father of Governor Roger, was son of Simon and grandson of Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, Con- necticut, the American immigrant, whose an- cestry has been traced to Sir John Wolcott in England. Children of Lorenzo and Almira Bennett : Cleora Melissa, born April 14, 1838, married Porter C. Kingsbury ; Augustus Hen- ry, mentioned below: Mary Hadassah, born January 17, 1845, married Benjamin W. John- son : Edward Lorenzo, born February 8. 1851. died September 5. 1852.
(V'll ) Augustus Henry, son of Lorenzo Bennett, was born at Homer. New York. April 14, 1840, died April 25, 1904. He was born on the farm, but when two years old was brought with the family to the village of Ho- iner. where he attended the public schools and Homer Academy. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of William Sherman as clerk in his general store at Homer, and after- ward he was clerk in the store of George J. J. Barber. in the same village. When he came of age he started in business in partnership with D. B. Corey under the firm name of Bennett & Corey, and the firm conducted a retail boot and shoe store in Homer until 1877. when Mr. Corey died. From that time to 1884 Mr. Bennett continued the business without a partner. He then sold a half inter- est to E. W. Tripp and the firm was known as Bennett & Tripp for two years, when he sold his interests to Mr. Tripp. Some years later he and his son, Lester P., repurchased the business, conducting the same under the firm name of A. H. & L. P. Bennett : later 1 .. I'. sold his interests to Mr. Starr, and soon after he disposed of his interests to his son Fred- erick, retiring from mercantile business. It is interesting to note that in the early days of this business practically all of the boots and shoes sold were manufactured on the premises. as many as fifteen shoemakers being employed. In 1834 Mr. Bennett was one of the founders of the Homer National Bank, the original capital of which was $75,000, and he was the first cashier, and continued in the office until he was made president, which office he filled until the time of his death. In politics Mr. Bennett was a Republican. He was a member of the board of trustees of the old
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Homer Academy and when this became a pub- lic school he became a member of the first board of education of the Homer Academy and Union School, which office he held for many years, retiring from it to take the office of treasurer of the school district, holding this office almost continuously until his death. In early years he was identified with the fire department, holding various company and de- partment offices. He was trustee of the vil- lage for a number of years, and for many years was treasurer of the village. He served a number of terms as supervisor of the town of Homer, and held this office at the time of his death. He was a trustee of the First Re- ligious Society of the town of Homer, (the Congregational church ) for many years, and also for a long period was treasurer and clerk of the society. He was very popular socially and had the confidence of the community in a high degree. Of sound judgment and excep- tional financial ability. he was successful as a banker and merchant, and his advice was constantly sought.
He married, June 27. 1866, Emma Gertrude Pratt, born at Pompey, New York, September 20, 1843, daughter of Dr. Lester M. and Ade- line ( Castle ) Pratt. Her father was a pron- inent physician at Albany, New York. Chil- dren, born at Homer :
I. AAdeline Castle Bennett, born December 20. 1867 ; married, in 1893, Herbert L. Smith, of Cortland, president of the Champion Milk Cooler Company, secretary and treasurer of the Ekenberg Company, manufacturers of milk powder, formerly cashier of the Second National Bank. Cortland; children: Vernon Pennett, Emma Cleora, Florence Adeline, Harriet Ruth.
2. Lester Pratt Bennett, born Jannary 18. 1870: vice-president and general manager of the Ekenberg Company, vice-president of the Champion Milk Cooler Company, both of Cortland, New York. He married. June 29. 1905, Alice Ruth Watson, born in West Al- mond. Allegany county, New York. daughter of Joseph Deriah and Mary Ann (Worden ) Watson, granddaughter of Beriah and ( Hoxey ) Watson. Children : Porter Kings- Jury, born September 5. 1906, at Homer : Mal- colm Watson, born at Homer, January 17. 1910.
3. Frederick Vernon Bennett, born May 3. 1873: resident of Elsie, Michigan ; manager of the Ekenberg Company's plants manufac-
turing milk powder in Michigan ; married, in June, 1897, Sarie E. Bedell ; children : Eliza- beth Bedell, born June 1, 1898; Augustus Henry, March 9, 1900: Lester Curtis, June 3, 1902; Sarie Louise, October 15, 1905.
4. Ralph Stone Bennett, born October 12, 1880; secretary, treasurer and manager of the Champion Milk Cooler Company of Cortland ; married, October 6, 1908, Lydia Schaefer, of Syracuse, New York, daughter of Rev. Jo- hannes and Emilie ( Schlachter ) Schaefer ; children : John Benjamin and Maria Schaefer ( twins ), born August 12, 1910.
Caleb Moore was one of the or-
MOORE iginal settlers of the town .of Woodford, Bennington county, Vermont. Matthew and Zarah Scott were the other two of the first pioneers of the town. Caleb Moore with others took the freeman's oath at the town meeting. March 10, 1792. The town was incorporated in 1789. Accord- ing to the first federal census, taken in 1790, Caleb Moore was living in Woodford and had in his family two males over sixteen, four un- der that age, and one female. He was a sol- dier in the revolution from Vermont. From November 14, 1783, to March, 1784, accord- ing to the revolutionary rolls, presumably on Indian service. He went south and became a large property owner there, and died it is believed of yellow fever. According to tra- dition he was related to Sir Thomas More. He had several children, among whom was Oli- ver, mentioned below.
(II ) Oliver, son of Caleb Moore, was born March 8, 1783, in Massachusetts or Vermont. and died in Towanda, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1881, nearly a hundred years old. He came to New York state when quite young and set- tled in Allegany county at Great Valley or Hume, and followed farming. He was also a drover and cattle dealer. His last years were spent at the home of his son at Towanda, where he died. He married Charlotte Frary, who died in Hume, Allegany county, New York. They had two sons, John, who lived in Angelica, New York, and Hopkins Porter, mentioned below.
(III) Hopkins Porter, son of Oliver Moore, was born in Great Valley, or Hume, Allegany county, New York, January 16, 1816, died at Towanda, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1888. He was educated in the common schools, and at an early age came to Pennsylvania and
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