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(VI) Margaret, daughter of Sylvanus and Rebecca (Lupton) Pierson, married, August 27, 1781, Major John (2) Jermain (see Jer- main II).
(IX ) Robert Clarence Pruyn, son
PRUYN of Hon. Robert Hewson (q. v.) and Jane Ann ( Lansing) Pruyn, was born in Albany, New York, October 23, 1847. His early education was received at the Albany Boys' Academy, following which careful preparation he entered Rutgers Col- lege, graduating in the class of 1869. For a time he was an attaché to the American lega- tion at Tokio, while his father was the United States minister to Japan. Governor John A. Dix appointed him upon his staff. On Feb- ruary 13, 1901, the legislature elected him a regent of the University of the State of New York, on which prominent board he served until its reorganization in 1903, along the lines of new legislative enactment. Mr. Pruyn was for a long time president of the board of com- missioners of Washington Park of Albany, until the park system became a bureau in the department of public works. He was one of the commissioners appointed to erect the new City Hall, whose corner-stone was laid in 1881. He is a member of St. Peter's Episco- jal Church, and for many years has been a vestryman, participating most actively in all affairs concerning the good of the church, and has served a number of times as delegate to national conventions of the Episcopal church in America. Mr. Pruyn was chosen president of the National Commercial Bank of Albany, May 23, 1885, to succeed Hon. Daniel Man- ning, appointed by President Cleveland that spring on his cabinet as secretary of the treas- ury, and who had in turn succeeded Mr. Pruyn's father as president of the bank. It was during the officiate of Mr. Pruyn that this bank erected its own building, at Nos. 38-40 State street, on the line of plans executed by Architect Robert W. Gibson; but the remark- able expansion of its affairs soon necessitated the consideration of acquiring much larger quarters, and on May 2, 1904, this bank re- moved to its new, handsome granite and mar- ble building at No. 60 State street. The ex- terior of this building is a chief ornament of Albany's principal business street, and the in- terior, commodious and replete with all mod- ern methods for convenience of customers and officials, is a subject of unstinted admiration
because of its refined beauty combined with a certain amount of ornateness. Equally as good a barometer of its success and progressiveness under the executive guidance of Mr. Pruyn is the fact that the stock of this bank has en- hanced in value. For several years Mr. Pruyn was vice-president of the Municipal Gas Com- pany, of Albany, and the president of the Al- bany Railway Company, the two largest cor- porations operated in the city. He is a direc- tor of the Union Trust Company, and was one of its organizers; member of the board of governors of the Albany Hospital; a director of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society; member of Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Revolution; of the Hol- land Society; Albany Chamber of Commerce ; Century Association; of the University and Metropolitan clubs of New York City; the Fort Orange, the Albany, the University and Country clubs of Albany.
Mr. Pruyn's residence is at No. 7 Engle- wood place, fronting on the most beautiful portion of Washington Park. The interior exhibits a peculiar charm of refinement in its furnishing, and one of its most admired fea- tures is the collection of ivories brought to this country from Japan by his father, which is ranked as one of the finest in this country. Mr. Pruyn spends his summers on his Adiron- dack preserve, known as Camp Santanoni, attractively located on Newcomb Lake, reached by a drive of about thirty miles north- ward from North Creek. It is here that Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn surround themselves with their family and from ten to twenty guests. They delight in the pleasure of entertaining and are true to the dictum of the old Dutch hospitality. In the winter it has been his cus- tom to spend several weeks at Jekyl Island, as a member of that club. He is especially concerned in everything pertaining to art in its best form ; enjoys riding, books and travel.
Robert C. Pruyn married, at Albany, Oc- tober 22, 1873, Anna Martha, born in Albany, May 7. 1853, daughter of Chauncey Pratt Williams, late president of the National Ex- change Bank, and Martha Andrews (Hough) Williams ( see Williams VI). Children, born in Albany :
I. Edward Lansing, November 23, 1874. 2. Ruth Williams, October 3, 1877 ; married, Al- bany, June 3, 1903, David Marvin Goodrich, born at Akron, Ohio, June 22, 1876, son of Benjamin F. Goodrich and his wife (née) Mary Marvin ; child, Anne, born Boston, April II, 1904. 3. Robert Dunbar, October 11, 1879; married in Church of the Ascension, New York, December 15, 1903, Betty Met- calf, born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September
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30. 1880. daughter of Frederic Wilder Met- calf and his wife née Ruth Moorhead : child-en : Robert Lansing. born. New York City. Vivember 5, 1904: Ruth. New York City. May 5. 1907. 4. Frederic, July 5. 1881 : married in St. George's Church. New York City. February 5. 197. Beatrice Morgan. born in New York City, June 26. 1886. daugh- ter ci Wiliam Fellowe- and Emma Leavitt ) Morgan: children: Frederic, born in Short Hills, New Jersey. February 25. 1908: Fel- lowe: Morgan. Short Hills, New Jersey, De- cember 2, 1909.
The Wheeler family is of WHEELER English origin. It is re- corded that during the reign of Charles II. ( 1649-1685) Sir Charles Wheeler was appointed "Captain General of the Caribee Islands." and that in 1693 the English fleet under command of Sir Francis Wheeler put into Boston to recruit. Orcutt, the historian of Stratford, Connecticut, says "Wheelers were in and around London four hundred years."
Between 1620 and 1650 many families of the name came from England and settled in Mas- sachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. In Hot- ten's "Lists of Emigrants to America," 1600- 1700, it is stated that Henrie Wheeler em- barked at London, May 16, 1635, in the "Plaine Joane." for Virginia; that July 24, 1635, John Wheeler embarked in the "Assur- ance" from London for Virginia ; that August 1, 1679. John Wheeler, junior, sailed on the ship "Returne" from New England. There was a John Wheeler in Newbury, Massachu- sette. whom. Savage says. "came in the 'Mary and John' in 1634." His will ( 1668) men- tions children and grandchildren here, and sons Adam, Edward and William in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. George Joseph and Oba- diah Wheeler were among the early settlers of Concord, Massachusetts, and may have been members of the first party that settled there in 1635. There was a Thomas Wheeler in Boston in 1636; an isaac in Charlestown in 1643; a Joseph in Newbury, who died in 1659; a Thomas in Lynn in 1642; a Moses in Stratford, Connecticut, whom Orcutt says was born in Kent, England, in 1598. Shallick says that between 1650 and 1680 there were in Concord alone thirty distinct families of the name. l'armee records as an interesting fact that twenty-six of the name graduated from New England colleges in 1826. The name is particularly distinguished in medicine, and is a noted one in military history.
(I) The line of Dr. John Thorne Wheeler begin with George Wheeler, who came from
England to Concord. Massachusetts. about 1640. and died before June 2, 1687. He mar- ried Katherine, who died at Concord, Jan- uary 2, 1684.
(II ) Thomas, son of George and Katherine Wheeler. was born in England, died before September 21, 1687. He married, October 10, 1657. Hannah Harrod.
III ) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) and Hannah ( Harrod ) Wheeler, was born at Con- cord, Massachusetts, January 1, 1659, died there October 21, 1734: married, November 13, 1695, Sarah Davis, born March 11, 1555-6, died August 5, 1728.
(IV) Thomas (3). son of Thomas (2) and Sarah (Davis) Wheeler, was born at Con- cord, August 14, 1696, died January 21, 1769; married (first) Mary -, died March 18, 1740.
(\) Henry, son of Thomas (3) and Mary Wheeler, was born September 11, 1717. He married Deborah Underhill, born August 6, 1723, and settled in Dutchess county, New York.
(VI) Thomas (4), son of Henry and De- borah ( Underhill ) Wheeler, was born Octo- ber 23, 1752, died November 23, 1820. He married Elizabeth Connor, born March 19. 1750, died May 4, 1826. Children : Deborah, born December 21, 1774. died September 2, 1784; Rebecca, born January 20, 1777, died September 6, 1798; William, of whom fur- ther : Phoebe, born October 16, 1782; Henry, October 31. 1784: Thomas, February 25, 1787 ; Elizabeth. June 25, 1789, died at Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, December 27, 1836, mar- ried Calvin Philleo.
(VII) William, son of Thomas (4) and Elizabeth (Connor) Wheeler, was born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, June 1, 1780, died December 17. 1851. He was a wheelwright and farmer of the town of Westerlo, Albany county, New York. He married Martha Thorne, born March 3, 1776, died July 21, 1833. Children: 1. Samuel Smith, born July 16, 1801, died March 22, 1835; married Maria Boardman, died June 17, 1836; children: i. William Boardman, died December 19, 1841, aged fifteen years; ii. Samuel Edwin, died March 21, 1855, in his twenty-first year. 2. Phoebe Ann, born April 28, 1803, died at Hempstead (now Mineola), Long Island, May, 1862; married, October 5, 1826, George Jerome, manufacturer of agricultural imple- ments, deceased. 3. Alonzo Wheeler, born January 12. 1805, died in Albany, New York, January 21, 1867. 4. Romelia, born April 10, 1807; married, October 22, 1833, Robert W. Murphy. 5. Mary Eliza, born May 8, 1809; married, December 20, 1832, Solomon Cran-
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dall, a merchant, now deceased. 6. William Connor, born June 21, 1811 : married. Octo- ber 21, 1852, Frances Wright Allen. 7. Alex- ander Frazier, born July IS. 1813: a lawyer : died in Poughkeepsie, New York, August 16, 1863: married, March, 1841, Anna Elizabeth Barnes. 8. Stephen Titus, born May 9, 1815; enlisted in the civil war and is believed to have been killed at the battle of Chancellors- ville. 9. Joseph Thorne, of whom further. 10. Thomas Barnes, born April 11, 1820, died in Albany, New York, June IS, 1862: mar- ried. December 30, 1851. Rebecca C. Markle. The above sons were all members of the agri- cultural implement firm of Wheeler. Melick & Co., the endless chain inventors and patentees. (VIII) Joseph Thorne, son of William and Martha (Thorne) Wheeler, was born at Westerlo, Albany county, New York, Septem- ber 23. 1817, died at Chatham, New York. June 1, 1856. He resided in Coxsackie and Chatham, and later, from 1849 to April 15. 1856. at Albany, New York, where he was the partner of Wheeler, Melick & Company, manufacturers of agricultural implements, corner of Hamilton and Liberty streets. Later the family removed to Chatham, New York, where he died June 1, 1856. He mar- ried. September 29. 1842, Mary Ann Backus, born in Chatham (one mile east of the vil- lage) December 1, 1821, died August 15, 1884. Children : 1. Harriet, born at Chatham, New York, at the Backus homestead. August 15. 1847. and now lives at the old Wheeler home- stead in Chatham. 2. Dr. John Thorne; of whom further. 3. Mary Crandall, born in Al- bany. New York, January 29, 1853, died at Chatham, May 14. 1883.
(IX) Dr. John Thorne Wheeler, only son of Joseph Thorne and Mary (Backus) Wheel- er, was born at Albany. New York, Decem- ber 30, 1850, died at Chatham, New York, December 3. 1908. His father's failing health necessitated his retirement from business, and a few months before his death he purchased a home in Chatham, where he died at the early age of thirty-nine years. Chatham was ever after the family home. John Thorne attended private schools in the village, and for one year was a clerk in the Columbia Bank. He prepared for college at schools in Claverack and Amenia, New York, entering Yale Uni- versity, class of 1873. His health not being equal to the rigorous New Haven climate, he left Yale in his sophomore year and entered Cornell University, where he took special courses, and later prepared for the practice of medicine with Dr. Edward R. Hun, of Al- bany, and there had some hospital experience. He then entered Bellevne Medical College,
New York. Ill health continued seriously to interfere with his plans. His letters home , written during his school and college years give pathetic evidence of his constant struggle to keep the frail body in condition to serve the active mind. In January. 1875, he was de- clared by a high medical authority in New York City as suffering incurably from tuber- culosis. He returned to Chatham to die. but at once began to improve under the open air treatment he had prescribed for himself. He resumed his medical studies, was graduated M.D., and was a successful practitioner in Chatham the remainder of his life. After his graduation in 1875 there were few interrup- tions to his practice. Two seasons were spent in study in New York City and a few months in Europe for rest. In 1895 a serious bicycle accident, resulting in a long and critical ill- ness, withheld him for several months from his usual activities : a few years later a re- currence of pulmonary trouble sent him by advice of physicians to the Adirondacks and thence to Asheville. North Carolina, and led to serious consideration of a change of resi- dence to the western mountain region. At the end of three months, improved in health and convinced anew that his manner of life in Chatham had been on the whole beneficial, he came back to resume with indomitable courage his ministrations to his people.
Dr. Wheeler was greatly interested in edu- cation, and was the most potent influence in establishing the exceptionally fine school in which Chatham takes just pride, and had en- tered upon his tenth term of three years as a member of the village board of education. The securing of a good school library. the enlargement of its scope by the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie of $15,000 for the erection of a fine library building, were ends attained largely through his interest and energy. His ability in his profession was recognized far beyond the limits of his home town. He was a helpful member of the County Medical So- ciety, and for some time its president : was vice-president of the State Medical Society, and a director of the Division of Communi- cable Diseases in the State Department of Health. He was also vice-president of the State Bank of Chatham, and a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church. Although pre- vented from finishing the course at Yale, he was an intensely loyal Yale man, as evinced by his devotion to the University by sending his two sons there, and in attending when- ever possible his class reunions, occasions which he greatly enjoyed and to which he was always heartily welcomed. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity,
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and prominent in the Masonic order, having been made a Mason in 1877. Of the pro- found sorrow and sense of loss which Dr. Wheeler's death occasioned, many testimonials are borne in the local papers of Chatham and Albany, in the Bulletin of the State Depart- ment of Health, and in heartfelt tributes from his associates in the profession and from num- berless friends. A fitting tribute was in the resting of the remains for a brief period in the beautiful library building which stands as an especial monument to his untiring and persistent energy. He was given a Masonic buriel service by his brethren of Columbia Lodge, No. 98, Free and Accepted Masons, conducted by Senator Smith of Albany, past district deputy grand master, after which his remains were returned to the family for pri- vate interment. Many noted physicians from Albany and New York City were present to pay their last respects to their honored broth- er. All business was suspended in Chatham between the hours of two and four p. m.
Dr. Wheeler married, in 1881, Gertrude Lake, of Chatham, born at Shokan, Ulster county, New York, June 20, 1858. They had one son, Thorne Lake, born June 8, 1888, prepared for college at the Chatham School and Albany Boys Academy, and entered Yale University, whence he was graduated in the class of 1909.
On the death of a dear friend, Dr. Wil- liam Duncan, of New York City, his son, Wil- liam Wheeler Duncan, became the adopted son of Dr. and Mrs. Wheeler. He attended the Chatham School, completed his college preparation at Hotchkiss school, Lakeville, Connecticut, and was graduated at Yale Uni- versity in the class of 1902.
Gertrude (Lake) Wheeler survives her hus- band, a resident of Chatham, as does his sister Harriet Wheeler.
(Colonial ancestry of Dr. John Thorne Wheeler).
Robert Feke came to Massachusetts Bay in the fleet with Governor Winthrop in 1630. He married Elizabeth, widow of Henry Win- throp, son of Governor Winthrop, daughter of Thomas and Anne ( Winthrop) Pones, of London. She was also a niece of Gov- ernor John and first cousin of Henry Winthrop, her first husband. Among the children of Robert and Elizabeth Feke was a daughter Hannah, who married May 7, 1656, John Bowne, from Matlock, Eng- land, son of Thomas Bowne, born 1595, at Matlock, Derbyshire, England.
(II) John, son of Thomas Bowne, was born 1627, at Matlock, England, died 1695. He married (first) Hannah Feke. They were
residents of Southold, Long Island. Han- nah was a zealous member of the Society of Friends, and had "received a gift in the min- istry." Her husband embraced that faith, and they together visited England in 1675-76, holding service in Ireland, England and Hol- land. She died January 31, 1677-8, at the residence of John and Mary Elson, at the Peele meeting place in St. John street, Lon- don. She was buried in the Friend's burial place in Cheque Alley, Bunhill Fields, but her grave is unmarked. Among their eight chil- dren was Samuel.
(III) Samuel, son of John and Hannah (Feke) Bowne, was born 1667; married Mary Becket.
(IV) Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Becket) Bowne, married, 1698, John Keese.
(V) John (2), son of John (I) and Mary (Bowne) Keese, was born 1729; married, 1750, Elizabeth Titus.
(VI) Sarah, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Titus) Keese, born 1750, died 1845; married Joseph Thorne, born 1745, died 1819.
(VII) Martha, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Keese) Thorne, married William Wheeler.
(VIII) Joseph Thorne, son of William and Martha (Thorne) Wheeler, was born Sep- tember 23, 1817, died June 1, 1856; mar- ried, September 29, 1842, Mary Ann Backus.
(IX) Dr. John Thorne, son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Backus) Wheeler, married Ger- trude Lake.
(X) Thorne Lake, son of Dr. John Thorne and Gertrude (Lake) Wheeler, born at Chat- ham, New York, June 8, 1888.
(The Titus Line).
Elizabeth Titus, wife of John Keese (2-q. v.), was a descendant of Robert Titus, first of the name in America, who was born in England in 1600, probably in St. Catherine's parish, near Standard Abbey, thirty miles north of London. He embarked for Amer- ica, April 3, 1635, with wife Hannah and two children. He first settled in Boston ( Brookline) then in Weymouth. In 1644 he removed to Rehoboth, where he was court commissioner. He got in trouble with the authorities for harboring a Quaker, and in 1654 removed to Long Island. His son Ed- mund settled in Old Westbury. He became a member of the Society of Friends, for which he suffered much persecution. He married Martha Washburn. Their eldest son, Sam- nel, was born June, 1658, married (second) Elizabeth, daughter of John Bowne and wid- ow of John Prior. Their son, Samnel Titus (2), married Mary Jackson, a descendant of
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Richard Jackson, who had a grant of land in Southold, Long Island in 1640.
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Jackson) Titus, married John Keese (2), son of John and Mary (Bowne) Keese. Sa- rah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Keese, married Joseph Thorne, and they were the parents of Martha Thorne, wife of William Wheeler, the grandparents of Dr. John Thorne Wheeler.
(The Underhill Line).
Deborah Underhill, wife of Henry Wheeler (V), was a descendant of Captain John Un- derhill, born in Harwichshire, England, came with Governor Winthrop to America in 1630. He married (second) Elizabeth Winthrop, daughter of Henry, son of Governor Win- throp and Elizabeth (Pones) Winthrop. Eliz- abeth (Pones) Winthrop later became the wife of Robert Feke (or Feake), through whom Dr. Wheeler traced another line of co- loniał descent. Captain Underhill took a prominent part in all the Indian wars of his time, freely exposing himself in hand-to-hand encounters with the savage foe. He had seen service in the Netherlands during the war of that country before he was selected in 1630 to drill and command the Boston militia. Not- withstanding his life of warfare and hard fighting, Captain Underhill became in his lat- ter days a respected and sincere member of the peace-loving Society of Friends. He was a freeman of Boston, 1630, and subsequently of New Haven, Connecticut, Southold, Long Island, Greenwich, Connecticut, and in 1667 purchased one hundred fifty acres of land from the Indians at Killingworth, Connecticut. One line of descent from Captain Underhill is through his son, Nathaniel.
(II) Nathaniel, son of Captain John and Elizabeth (Winthrop) Underhill, born 1663, married, 1685, Mary Ferris.
(III) Thomas, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ferris) Underhill, married Phoebe Daven- port.
(IV) Charity, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe (Davenport) Underhill, was born about 1752. She had three husbands, of whom the first was Joseph Thorne.
(V) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( 1) and Charity (Underhill) Thorne, married Sarah Keese.
(VI) Martha, daughter of Joseph and Sa- rah (Keese) Thorne, married William Wheel- er, and they were the grandparents of Dr. John Thorne Wheeler.
(The Montagne Line).
Gertrude Lake, wife of Dr. John Wheeler, is a lineal descendant of Dr. Johannes de la
Montagne, born at Saintas, Province of San- toigne, West France, educated in medicine at Leyden University, Holland. Here he became acquainted with Jesse De Forrest, the origi- nator of the famous "Leyden petition" to the English government in 1622 for permission for himself and sixty families to emigrate to Virginia. Among the sixty was Monsieur Jean La Montagne, "Student of Medicine." This matter fell through for want of encour- agement from the British government, and De Forrest then negotiated with the West In- dia Company and in 1623 with thirty fam- ilies sailed in the ship "New Netherlands," and landed in New Amsterdam, making the first permanent settlement there after the trading station. La Montagne accompanied the party being (it is supposed) engaged to the young daughter of De Forrest. Jesse De Forrest died and his family returned with Montagne to Holland. He continued his stud- ies, obtained his degree, and married Rachel De Forrest in the Leyden church. He again emigrated to New Netherlands in 1637, and seems to have interested himself more in the public affairs of the colony than in the prac- tice of his profession. His wife died and he married (second) in 1647, widow Agnes Storm (born Ten Woert), who bore him sons Gillis and Jesse. The children by first wife were Jolant, Jesse, John, Rachel and Mavis.
(II) John, son of Dr. Jean and Rachel (De Forrest) La Montagne, was born in 1632, died 1672-3 ; married, in Holland, Petronelle Pikes, and had John, Vincent, Necissus, Alvan, Je- lente, Isaac, Petronelle and Johanna.
(III) Vincent, son of John and Petronelle (Pikes) La Montagne, born in New Amster- dam, April 29, 1659, married Adriana Aiken.
(IV) Thomas, son of Vincent and Adriana (Aiken) La Montagne, married Rebecca Bruyn.
(V) Vincent (2), son of Thomas and Re- becca (Bruyn) La Montagne, married Cathe- rine Howe.
(VI) Peter, son of Vincent (2) and Cath- erine (Howe) La Montagne, was born De- cember 25, 1757, in New York, died 1828. He was a soldier of the revolution, serving in Colonel Philip Van Cortland's regiment. He married Gertrude Keator.
(VII) Isaac, son of Peter and Gertrude (Keator) La Montagne, married Mary Long- year.
(VIII) Gertrude, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Longyear) La Montagne, born 1810, died 1841, married Thomas Hill.
(IX) Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Ger- trude (La Montagne) Hill, married Rundell J. Lake.
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(X) Gertrude, daughter of Rundell J. and Eliza (Hill) Lake, married Dr. John Thorne Wheeler, whom she survives, a resident of Chatham, New York.
(X) Thorne Lake, only son of Dr. John Thorne and Gertrude (Lake) Wheeler, born June 8, 1888; unmarried; now in the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, class of I9II.
BURKE Rt. Rev. Thomas Martin Aloy- sius Burke, the fourth Bishop of Albany, the subject of this sketch, was born in Ireland, January 10th, 1840. His father was Dr. Peter Ulic Burke, a physician and surgeon, who died in Utica, New York, November 24th, 1868.
In May, 1170, the De Burghs accompanied Richard, the Earl of Strongbow, to Ireland. Although many centuries have elapsed since the advent of the De Burghs to Ireland, their Norman descent is as fresh as if the event had occurred within recent years. The name of De Burgh in the course of years was an- glicized and changed to Burke. In order to perpetuate and to keep fresh the memory of his Norman descent, the name of Ulic, which is very probably a contraction of Guillaume (William), referring to the Conquerer, is al- ways borne by the eldest son of every branch of Dr. Burke's family.
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