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(III) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (1) and Elizabeth (Pawter) Danforth, was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, February 18, 1658- 59, died June 17, 1710. He married, January 27, 1682, Rebecca, born May 27, 1661, died March 25, 1754, daughter of Jacob Parker, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. She survived her husband and became the third wife of Joseph Foster. Children, all born in Billerica: I. Rebecca, married Thomas Parker. 2. Thom- as, married Rebecca Simonds. 3. Lieutenant Jonathan, born March 22, 1688; married Elizabeth Manning. 4. Elizabeth, born Au- gust 31, 1690; married Christopher Osgood. 5. Samuel, see forward. 6. Nicholas, born August 17, 1695, died 1748. 7. Captain Jacob, born February 6, 1697-98; married Rebecca, daughter of Deacon William Patten. 8. Sarah, born August 18, 1700; married Solomon Keyes, who was killed in the battle of Lake George in 1755. 9. John, born June 3, 1703; married Tabitha Johnson.
(IV) Samuel, son of Jonathan (2) and Rebecca (Parker) Danforth, was born in Bil- lerica, Massachusetts, September 16, 1692, died in the same town about 1749. The in- ventory of his estate included "one right in a township granted to the soldiers that weare in the Naragansett wars." He married, Au- gust 5, 1714, Dorothy, daughter of John and Sarah (Chamberlain ) Shed. Children, all born in Billerica: 1. Dorothy, married Walter Pollard. 2. Rebecca, married Ephraim Davis. 3. Samuel, died in infancy. 4. Lieutenant Jo- seph, born June 30, 1720: married Mary A. Richardson. 5. Samuel, born June 24, 1722; married Mary, daughter of Seth Ross. 6. Thomas, born May 11, 1724; a revolutionary soldier ; married Sarah Butterfield. 7. Ben- jamin, living in 1749. 8. Sarah, married her cousin, David Osgood. 9. John, born Febru- ary 14, 1730; married Elizabeth Wilson. 10. Joshua, born February 24, 1732; married Kezia Reed. 11. Lucy, married Joseph, son of Seth and Mary Ross. 12. Jonathan, see forward.
(V) Captain Jonathan (3), son of Samuel and Dorothy (Shed) Danforth, was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, June 14, 1736, died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, February, 1802. He removed to Western (now Warren) and thence to Williamstown. He was ser- geant in Captain Reuben Reed's company of minute-men which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service seventeen days; also cap- tain, Colonel David Brewer's regiment ; list of officers in camp at Roxbury, recommended in committee of safety, June 12 and June 17, 1775; that said officers be commissioned by congress ; also, captain in Colonel Brewster's (Ninth) regiment, muster roll dated August 1, 1775, engaged April 24, 1776, service three months fifteen days; also, company return dated October 7, 1773; also, captain Eighth Company, Colonel Whitcomb's regiment, mus- ter roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga; Novem- ber 27, 1776; appointed January 1, 1775; re- ported re-engaged November 14, 1776, as cap- tain in Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment ; also list of captains Colonel Whitcomb's regiment from whose companies articles were stolen on evening of December 25, 1776. He married (first) at Warren, Massachusetts, April 22, 1759, Lydia Reed, died August 9, 1769. Mar- ried (second) September 13, 1770, Miriam Coowie, of Western (Warren). Children of first marriage: 1. Joshua, born November 26, 1759, died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Jan- mary 30, 1837; enlisted in his father's camp at age of fifteen ; was corporal and surgeon's mate ; ensign lieutenant 1778; paymaster and captain 1781 ; was at Bunker Hill, Ticonder- oga, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth and Tappan Bay. In 1787 was appointed aide-de- camp to Major-General Patterson; 1794 ap- pointed postmaster of Pittsfield by President Washington and lived to be the oldest post- master in the country. Was town clerk, treas- urer, selectman, assessor, representative to the legislature five years, 1807 associate judge, 1808 chief justice of court of sessions, ap- pointed by President Madison United States marshal, also principal assessor and collector of revenue for eighteenth Massachusetts dis- trict, 1827 member of governor's council, where he ranked as colonel. He married Sa- lome Noble and had nine children. 2. Colonel Jonathan, born March 2, 1761 ; soldier of the revolution and pensioner ; married Abigail Johnson and had ten children. 3. Lydia, mar- ried William Woodward. 4. Dolly, married Ebenezer Billings: removed to Cambridge, New York. 5. Phebe, married Barnabas Carey (2). 6. Hannah, died about 1786. 7. Coowie, died in infancy. 8. Coowie, married
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Clarissa Tyler. 9. Keyes, see forward. IO. Clarissa, married John Hickox. 11. William Woodward, married Cynthia Noble; was a farmer of Sodus, New York, where he died.
(VI) Keyes, son of Jonathan (3) and Miriam (Coowie) Danforth, was born in Wil- liamstown, Massachusetts, June 6, 1778, died in the same town, October 6, 1851. He was for three years county commissioner, repre- sented his district in the legislature several years, was widely known and esteemed for his sound judgment and firmness of purpose. For years he was leader of the Democratic party of Berkshire county. Three of his sons were lawyers, and his daughters were women of un- common beauty, intelligence and education, all of them marrying professional men. He mar- ried, in 1800, Mary Bushnell, born in Say- brook, Connecticut, September 28, 1784, died in Williamstown, January 27, 1867, daughter of Ephraim Bushnell, of Saybrook. Chil- dren, all born in Williamstown, Massachu- setts: 1. Charles, born February 5, 1804, died at Washington D. C., December 14, 1885; graduated at Williams College; settled in Leroy, New York, in the practice of law; county judge; removed to Washington, D. C .; married (first) Charity Foster, of Leroy ; (second) Diana E. Jones, of noted ancestry, who survived him, a resident of Forest Glen, Maryland. 2. Ephraim Bushnell, born June II, 1806; married Elizabeth Pingry Foster. 3. George, born July 24, 1808; graduate of Williams College ; studied law ; settled at Ann Harbor, Michigan ; state senator ; postmaster ; eminent in the law ; married Mary B. Foster. 4. Mary Bushnell, born August 31, 1811 ; mar- ried Judge Abraham B. Olin, graduate of Wil- liams College, member of congress four terms from Troy, New York, judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia until he was seventy years of age; no children. 5. Han- nah Maria, born October 20, 1815; married Hon. Joseph White, graduate of Williams College, studied law in Troy, New York, partner of Judge Olin until 1848; superin- tendent of Massachusetts Mills ; state senator, bank commissioner, secretary board of educa- tion, trustee treasurer and secretary of Wil- liams College many years. 6. Harriet Newell, born April 14. 1818; married Colonel George Huntington Browne, of Providence, Rhode Island ; graduate Brown University ; lawyer ; member of state assembly. congressman, United States district attorney, delegate Democratic convention at Charleston, South Carolina ; 1860, colonel Twelfth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry ; state sen- ator, elected chief justice supreme court of Rhode Island, but ill health forbade his ac-
ceptance ; three children. 7. Keyes, born Jan- uary II, 1822 ; graduate of Williams College ; studied law with Colonel Browne; practiced in Williamstown ; judge of local court; assistant treasurer Williams College; town treasurer twenty years, selectman, assessor, member of legislature, and an original member of Sons of the American Revolution. Married (first) Anna L. Lyon ; (second ) Caroline M. Smith, of Albany, New York. 8. Helen Augusta, see forward.
(VII) Helen Augusta, youngest daughter of Keyes and Mary (Bushnell) Danforth, was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, January 31, 1828. She is a highly educated, intellectual woman, especially accomplished in the lan- guages, one of the "finest types of the old New England woman." Lived the first ten years of her married life in Troy, where her pastor, Rev. Dr. Coit, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, pronounced her the "most accomplished woman of his congregation." Dr. John Lord said she was the "most re- markable woman he had ever known; her beauty and grace won all hearts." She was one of the earliest members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in 1893 was vice-president general of the National Society. She married, in Providence, Rhode Island, January 24. 1856, Asahel Clarke Geer (see Geer VI), born in Glens Falls, New York, January 6, 1823, died in Williamstown, Massa- chusetts, July 21, 1902. Children, all born in Williamstown, Massachusetts: 1. Walter, born August 19, 1857 : graduate of Williams College, 1878; studied law in Washington, D. C .; was assistant manager of Walter A. Wood Company, Chicago office, now presi- dent of New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company of New York City and Ravenswood, Long Island. Married Mary, daughter of Or- lando B. Potter. 2. Danforth, see forward. 3. Olin White, born June 25. 1866. died May 19, 1884, at Hoosick Falls, New York.
(VIII) Danforth, son of Asahiel Clarke and Helen Augusta (Danforth) Geer, was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, May 25, 1859. He entered Williams College, where he was graduated B.A., class of 1879. After leaving college he entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Company as office boy. He rose through suc- cessive promotions to the offices of assistant secretary, secretary and treasurer, vice-presi- dent and finally president, which important office he now ( 1910) most worthily fills. Since 1893 he has been a director of the company. The record from office boy to president of so large and important a corporation is one sel- dom equalled and should prove an inspiration
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to young men. He is a director of the Se- curity Trust Company of Troy, and has other varied business interests. He is an active Re- publican and is solicitous for the welfare of the village of Hoosick, which he has served as trustee. He is also a member of the Public Improvement Commission, created by special act of the legislature, on the sewer commis- sion, and president of Hoosick Falls board of trade. He is public-spirited, progressive, and a natural leader. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His college fraternity is the Delta Psi. His clubs are the Hoosac of Hoosick Falls, of which he has been president since its organization, the Troy, of Troy, the University and St. An- thony of New York City. He belongs to the Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of Founders and Patriots. He married, June 6, 1888, Amy, daughter of Wil- lard Gay, born in Albany, died in Troy, April 1, 1891, treasurer of the Walter A. Wood Company from its incorporation until his death, cashier and then president of the National State Bank of Troy, New York. He married Ann Bishop, daughter of William and (Suydam) Bishop. Children of Dan- forth and Amy (Gay) Geer: I. Danforth, born April 12, 1889; educated in public and private schools; entered Williams College, 1907, now (1910) in his senior year. 2. Mary Ellis, born February 28, 1891 ; educated at the Misses Master's private school, Dobbs Ferry, New York. 3. Augusta Danforth, born De- cember 5, 1892; educated at Misses Master's school, class of 1910.
JERMAIN Major John Jermain, of Long Island, New York, was a grandson of Ozcé Jourdain, who was born in La Rochelle, France. He married Elizabeth Coudres, born in the same city. They were Protestant in religion, and after the death of his wife Ozce Jourdain fled with his son, Jean, to Scotland, about the time of the massacre of the Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's day, 1685. Jean Jourdain, his son, was born in La Rochelle, France, and fled with his father to Scotland ; married and lived in Edinburgh. The American history begins with John, son of Jean, and grandson of Ozcé and Elizabeth (Coudres) Jourdain. The name became in the second generation in America, Jermain.
(I) John Jordan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1729. In 1755 he came to Amer- ica where he settled at White Plains, West- chester county, New York. In 1757 he mar- ried Mary Ann Daniels, of Dutch ancestors, who settled in England, later coming to New
York, where Mary Ann was born in 1725. In 1776, at the outbreak of the war of the revolution, John Jordan with his family, ex- cepting his son John, later known as Major John Jermain, removed to Saint John, Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick), where he died in 1799. The graves of John and Mary Ann (Daniels) Jordan are now covered by the cathedral in that city.
(II) Major John (2), son of John (I) and Mary Ann (Daniels) Jordan, was born in Westchester county, New York, May 20, 1758. After the removal of his parents to Nova Scotia, he took the name of Jermain and therefore may be considered the founder of his family in this country. He was a well- educated man, located in Sag Harbor, where he had a successful business career. He re- moved to Sag Harbor about the time of the family removal to Nova Scotia. He is be- lieved to have served in the Westchester coun- ty militia during the war for independence. During the second war with Great Britain, 1812-14, he was in command of the fort at Sag Harbor, one of the most exposed points on Long Island. His title of major was not ornamental, but earned by actual military ser- vice. He accumulated a substantial estate at Sag Harbor and gave hearty support to every enterprise that tended to the betterment of his adopted town. He was public-spirited and progressive, and had an extensive acquaint- ance throughout Suffolk county, where he was held in highest esteem. He died at Sag Har- bor, February 17, 1819, leaving a will equita- bly distributing his property. His "beloved wife," Margaret, and three sons, were named as executors of his estate. He married, Au- gust 27, 1781, Margaret, daughter of Syl- vanus and Rebecca (Lupton) Pierson, of Bridgehampton, Long Island (see Pierson VI). Children: I. Mary, born May 7, 1782, died at Sag Harbor, Long Island, January 28, 18II. She married, at Sag Harbor, Febru- ary 19, 1800, Daniel Latham, who died at Sag Harbor, November 15, 1830. 2. Sylvanus Pierson, of whom further. 3. Rebecca, born October 2, 1787, died at Brooklyn, New York, November 15, 1824. She married, February 24, 1807, Colonel Alden Spooner, died in Brooklyn, November 24, 1848. 4. Julia Ann, born January 31, 1789, died at White Plains, New York, August 24, 1874. She married, at Sag Harbor, July 8, 1808, Rev. Nathaniel Scudder Prime, D.D., died at White Plains, New York, March 27, 1855. 5. Alanson, born February 10, 1781. died November 5, 1885. He married, at Albany, New York, Jan- uary 12, 1820, Sabra Rice, died in New York City, May 13, 1841. 6. Caroline, born Jan-
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uary 25, 1794, died at Geneva, New York, June 18, 1877. She married, at Sag Harbor, June 9, 1812, Rev. Stephen Porter. 7. John, born March 22, 1796, died at Detroit, Mich- igan, March 15, 1881. He married, at Ovid, New York, April 13, 1820, Sarah Delevan, died January 14, 1890. 8. George Washing- ton, born September 29, 1798, died at Gen- eva, New York, September 21, 1879. He married (first) January 13, 1820, Cornelia Wendell, died at Lockport, New York, Sep- tember 6, 1857. He married (second) Janti- ary 9, 1859, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Abi- gail P. Warner. 9. Margaret Pierson, mar- ried Joseph Slocum, of Syracuse, New York. Their daughter, Margaret Olivia Sage (widow of Russell Sage, of New York) in addition to her many generous gifts for phil- anthropic and educational purposes has not forgotten to pay tribute to the memory of her grandparents in the erection of the Henry Pierson high school and the John Jermain Memorial Library at Sag Harbor, Long Island.
(III) Sylvanus Pierson, eldest son of Ma- jor John (2) and Margaret (Pierson) Jer- main, was born January 31, 1784. died at Albany, New York, August 20, 1869. He set- tled in Albany about 1806. He was a man of the highest integrity and of untiring de- votion to business, the produce and commis- sion business, at that time so important a feature of Albany's commercial life, and he abundantly prospered. He was one of the first managers of the Albany Savings Bank, or- ganized in 1820, and was its first secretary. With the Mechanics and Farmers Bank he was closely connected, entering its directorate early in the century. He married, at Albany, August 1, 1807, Catherine, daughter of James Barclay and Janet Barker, his wife, natives of Scotland. She died January 24. 1816. Children : 1. Janet Elizabeth, born May II, 1808, died July 3, 1808. 2. James Barclay, August 13, 1809, of whom further. 3. John Pierson, January 25, 1812, died March 10, 1835, married Frances Mallory at Troy, New York, May 14, 1832; they had one son, Sylvanus P. Jermain, born Au- gust 29, 1833 ; married Emily E. Franklin, of Brooklyn, New York, September 6, 1856; Syl- vanus P. Jermain, died January 2, 1857. 4. William, April 20. 1814. died November 29, 1814. 5. Infant daughter, October 21, 1815, died three days later.
(IV) James Barclay, son of Sylvanus Pier- son and Catherine (Barclay) Jermain, was born in Albany, New York, August 13, 1809. He was deprived of a mother's care when he was but seven years of age and became an
inmate of the home of his uncle, Rev. Nathan- iel S. Prime, by whom he was prepared for college. He entered Middlebury College in 1824 and later was a student at Yale. 111 health interrupted his studies which were later resumed at Amherst College, whence he was graduated in 1831. He chose the profession of law and was admitted to the New York bar in 1836. He was engaged in the practice of law, especially in connection with his father's estate. In 1869, on the death of his father he inherited his property, and henceforth his life was marked by an unostentatious philan- thropy and by the promotion of practical Christianity. His private benefactions were many and only known to a few. He was chief founder and patron of the "Home for Aged Men," and gave the Young Men's Christian Association building, erected on a lot provided by the citizens of Albany. The Fairview Home for Friendless Children near Watervliet owes its existence to his generos- ity. As a memorial to his only son, he en- dowed the Barclay Jermain professorship in Williams College. Himself a devoted Chris- tian, he erected for the cause he loved and as an enduring family monument the Jer- main Memorial Church at Watervliet, New York, a structure of grace and beauty. His memory is lovingly cherished. Mr. Jermain's interest in these benefactions continued until his death and by will he carefully provided for their continuance. His wisdom and prac- tical humanity were everywhere acknowl- edged. In 1892 Williams College conferred upon him the degree of LL.D.
He married, in 1842, Catherine Ann Rice, of Cambridge, New York, born February 27, 1823, died April 21, 1873, daughter of Col- onel Clark and Ann (Hilton) Rice, both of Washington county, New York. Children of James Barclay and Catherine Ann (Rice) Jermain: 1. Catherine Barclay, married Wil- liam H. McClure, of Albany ; children : i. Julia Jermain, died November 3, 1889, at the age of nineteen years; ii. Archibald Jermain, mar- ried Anna Cassin, of Rensselaer, New York, and has one son, Barclay Jermain McClure, born August 30, 1900. 2. Ann Rice, married Rev. Frederick B. Savage, of Newburg, who died in 1873. Child, Katharine Jermain, mar- ried Frederick de Peyster Townsend and had children : i. Marie Jermain, born June 4, 1896; ii. Elizabeth K., August 20, 1897, died No- vember 7, 1909; iii. Edith, January 17, 1899; iv. Frederick de Peyster, April 23, 1900; v. Katherine Savage, December 9, 1902; vi. Ma- rianne, September 24, 1906; vii. James Bar- clay, June 12, 1910. 3. Maria Cumings, un- married. 4. Julia Prime, married Robert
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MacCartee, of New York. 5. Barclay, the ' only son, married Katharine Sophia Thayer, of Troy, New York. He died in 1882, at the early age of twenty-nine. He was a young man of fine promise and had already won the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He was a charter member of the Committee of Thirteen, one of the commissioners for the new building of the City Hall, and in the
town of Watervliet was chairman of the com- mittee of the Taxpayers' Association which carried on a vigorous and successful fight against corrupt administration of the town finances. He was at one time director in the Young Men's Christian Association. While interested in whatever related to Albany's im- provement, Mr. Jermain dearly loved his home in the country, the house on the Troy and Albany road, where his father and mother took up their residence in the first year of their marriage and where all their children were born. The original house was built by General Worth.
(The Pierson Line).
Henry Pierson, of Southampton, Long Isl- and, and Rev. Abraham Pierson were brothers, sons of Abraham and Christian (Johnson) Pierson, of Shadwell, parish of Stepney, Middlesex, England. The family were of considerable distinction and had been honored by their sovereign, as shown by their armorial bearings: Arms: Three suns in pale, or, between two palets erminois. Crest : A demi lion proper, holding in the dexter paw a sun, or. Motto: "Mea spes est in Deo." (My hope is in God.)
(I) Abraham Pierson, of Middlesex, Eng- land, born 1590, married, July 31, 1615, Christian Johnson, widow, and had children: I. Abraham, born 1616, graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1632, A.M .; came to New England in 1639; settled first in Lynn, Massachusetts; resident of South- ampton, Long Island, 1640-47. Brandford, Connecticut, 1647-66: Newark, New Jersey, 1666. A strong, useful character and a leader among men, of whom much is written. 2. Henry, of whom further.
(II) Henry, son of Abraham and Christian (Johnson) Pierson, was born in England, in 1618, came to New England with Rev. Abra- ham Pierson in 1639, settled with him at Lynn, and at Southampton in 1640. He was clerk of Suffolk county, Long Island, 1669. holding the office until 1681. He was, like his brother, a man of deep piety, strong re- ligious convictions and scholarly attainments. They labored together for temporal and spirit- ual betterment until Rev. Abraham Pierson
removed to Brandford in 1647. From that time Henry was the leader in his town and shares the honor of being a founder of the public school system of America. He married Mary, daughter of John Cooper, of Lynn, Massachusetts, John Cooper came from Eng- land in the "Hopewell," in 1635, aged forty- one, with his wife, Wibroe, and four children: Mary, aged thirteen; John, ten; Thomas,. seven ; Martha, five years of age. Children of Henry and Mary (Cooper) Pierson : Abi- gail, born 1649; Henry, of whom further ; Joseph, 1656; Benjamin, removed to New Jer- sey ; Theodore, born 1669; Sarah.
(III) Colonel Henry (2), son of Henry (I) and Mary (Cooper) Pierson, was born at Southampton, Long Island, 1652. He was well educated and rose to great prominence- in the colony of New York. He was elected to the general assembly of the province of New York, and was successively re-elected for several terms. He served on important committees and did much in shaping legisla- tion and laying the foundations of the colonial and state laws. He was speaker of the house from 1690 to 1695, and the peer of the great public men of his period. He married Susannah, daughter of Major John Howell, and granddaughter of Edward Howell, who. came with his family to Boston in 1639. settled on Long Island, 1640, where he was a magistrate and member of the Connecticut general court (Southampton then being un- der Connecticut jurisdiction). Major John,. son of Edward and his wife Frances, was baptized November 22, 1624. He was a man of distinction and was entrusted with the man- agement of much public business. By his wife Susannah he had eleven children, of whom Susannah was the sixth. The Howells were a knightly family of North Wales ancestry. Their coat-of-arms was: "Three towers triple towered, argent." Crest : Out of a ducal cor- onet or, a rose argent, stalked and leaved vert, between wings endorsed of the last." Chil- dren of Colonel Henry (2) and Susannah (Howell) Pierson : John, born November 30, 1685; David, 1688: Hannah; Theophilus, 1690; Sarah; Abraham, 1693: Josiah, of whom further ; Mary.
(IV) Josiah, son of Colonel Henry (2) and Susannah (Howell) Pierson, was born 1695. He was a farmer with no ambition for public or military life. He had four wives and eleven children : Silas, Matthew, Sylvanus, of whom further, Paul, Timothy, Josiah, Jos- eph, Benjamin, John, Martha, married Ste- phen Jagger; Susannah, married David Hodges.
(V.) Sylvanus, son of Josiah Pierson, was
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born March 2, 1725, died at Bridgehampton, Long Island, August 23, 1795. He married Rebecca, daughter of David Lupton, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts. Children: Rebecca, Mar- garet, Sally, Margaret.
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