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The Parsons family from time immemorial have been successful tillers of the soil. One notable exception must be made to this state- ment, however, Judge Levi Parsons, founder of the Levi Parsons Library of Gloversville. He was a native of Kingsboro, and spent the greater part of his working years in successful business enterprises in California. He was one of the founders of the Whig party in that state in 1849, and was the first judge ap- pointed in San Francisco. He not only gave the first large contribution that made the li- brary possible, but he gave to Union College $50,000, the interest of which is mainly ap- plied to the education of young men from Fulton county. Thirteen scholarships are pro- vided by this fund, the directors of the Levi Parsons Library having the sole right to nom- inate the candidates for these scholarships. Judge Parsons' early desire for a collegiate education inclined him to make this wise pro- vision for the young men of his native county. He was also greatly interested in the preser- vation of the Parsons genealogy, and it is to his generosity that so much has been done to preserve the Parsons' records. He died Octo- ber 23, 1887.
VEDDER The Niskayuna family of Ved- der herein recorded descend from Harmen Albertse Vedder, the first settler of the name in the Mohawk Valley. He was a trader in Beverwyck be- fore the year 1657. In 1660 he returned to Holland. In 1661, as agent for Dirk De Wolfe, merchant of Amsterdam, he erected a salt kettle on Coney Island, New York, which being claimed by the people of Gravesend he brought suit before the governor and coun- cil to make good his claim, and being beaten)
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abandoned the enterprise. In 1663 he leased his "bouwery" at Schenectady to Simon Groot for six years. In 1668, being in Holland with other merchants from the province of New York, he purchased goods and chartered the ship "King Charles," and obtained permission from the King of England to send the ship and goods to New York. In 1667 he lived in Albany. In 1672 he bought land in Sche- nectady. In 1673 he was one of three mag- istrates for Schenectady. He did not show proper respect for the magistrates of Albany, and also pretended to have the right to trade with the Indians. For his presumption he was reprimanded and warned "to regulate himself accordingly." He purchased the village lot of the heirs of Reiner, son of Domine Schaets, of Albany, after his massacre by the Indians in 1690. The following children of Harmen Vedder were living in 1715: Harmanus, Arent, Albert, born May 10, 1671, Johannes, Corset, Angenietje, wife of Jan Danielse Van Antwerpen.
(II) Arent, son of Harmen Albertse Ved- der, settled on land on the south side of the Mohawk river, opposite Hoffman's ferry, which was called Vedder's ferry. He made his will August 10, 1746, and all his children were then living. He married Sara, daughter of Simon Groot. Children: Agnietje, born February II, 1694, in Albany, married Pie- ter Janse Vrooman ; Rebecca, married Willem Brouwer; Harmen, born 1696; Maria, bap- tized September 1, 1699: Susanna, married Pieter Mabie; Sara, married Cornelis Swits; Lysbeth, died young: Simon, died May 17, 1791; Antje, married Pieter Clement ; Lys- beth (2), married Jessais Swart; Albert.
(III) Simon, son of Arent and Sara (Groot) Vedder, was born October 3, 1707, died May 17, 1791. He lived in the "Woe- stine." He married, January 16, 1735, Maria Truax, widow of Simon Groot. Children : Arent, see forward; Philip, baptized July 9, 1737: Harmanus, baptized March 4, 1739: Neeltje, December 6, 1741, married Johannes Van Pelten; Sarah, May 13, 1744, married Myndert Wemple; Annatje, September 14, 1746; Maria, October 15, 1749; Agnieltje, April 5, 1752, married Nicolas Swart : Susan- na, May 18, 1755; Anna, March 12, 1758, married Johannes Myndertse.
(IV) Arent (2), son of Simon and Maria (Truax) (Groot) Vedder, was born August 25, 1735, in Mt. Hope, town of Niskayuna. He was a farmer. He married (first) De- cember 10, 1768, Jannetje, born November, 1744. died April 10, 1780, daughter of Johan- nes Truax. He married (second), February 23, 1782, Annatje Bancker, died July 14, 1813,
aged seventy-two years, daughter of Willem Bancker. Arent Vedder made his will Sep- tember 3. 1811, died November 11, 1811. His second wife was then living, also children, Simon A., John B., Maria and Alida.
(V) Simon A., son of Arent (2) and Jan- netje (Truax) Vedder, was born September I, 1772, died in Niskayuna, December 22, 1844. He married (first) November 14, 1807, Mary Bassett, died January 17, 1823, aged forty-one years. He married (second) De- cember 7, 1824, Elizabeth Gates, died in Sche- nectady, 1870, aged sixty-eight years, and is buried in Vale cemetery. Children by first wife: I. Ann, born August 24, 1808, died August 25, 1871 ; married Richard J. Pearse. 2. Aaron, see forward. 3. Michael Bassett, September 20, 1811, died April 7, 1882; mar- ried ( first ) Agnes Vedder, no issue ; married (second) Catherine Swart, no issue. 4. Corne- lius, see forward. 5. John, born May 26, 1816, died July 27, 1883 : married Margaret Vroo- man. Children: i. M. Margaret, married Rev. William H. Phraner, and has a daugh- ter Olive, of Hempstead, Long Island ; ii. M. Katherine, unmarried, resides at Hempstead. 6. Maria, November 17, 1818, died November 23, 1868; married Stephen P. Hill, of Massa- chusetts, no issue.
(VI) Aaron, son of Simon A. and Mary (Bassett) Vedder, was born at the Niska- yuna farm, Schenectady county, New York, December 27, 1809, died there October 7. 1886. He was a prosperous farmer, and a man of influence. He was a member of the Re- formed church, and a Whig and Republican in politics. He married, January 12, 1843, in Niskayuna, Elizabeth B. Spaun, born in the town of Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, in 1819, died in Niskayuna, June 16, 1903. Children: Mary, married Albert Van Voast ; DeWitt Frank, see forward.
(VII) De Witt Frank, son of Aaron and Elizabeth B. (Spaun) Vedder, was born in Niskayuna, Schenectady county, New York, on the farm he now occupies, September 12, 1852. He was educated in the public schools and grew up on the home farm. He later became owner of one-half the homestead farm. He is a prosperous farmer and a highly re- garded citizen. He is a Republican, following the political faith of his family. He is active in town affairs, and has held several local offices. He married, in Schenectady, Etta, daughter of Aaron and Maria (Haight) Putnam, residents of Schenectady county, town of Duanesburg, married in Schenectady village where they died, he at the age of sixty- three, she at seventy-one. Aaron Putnam was the son of Matthew Putnam, ex-sheriff of
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Schenectady county, who died in Fultonville, ber 15, 1864, daughter of William and Ann New York, aged eighty years. He married Nancy Veeder, who died in Fultonville, New York, aged eighty-two. Children of De Witt Frank and Etta (Putnam) Vedder : Elizabeth, born September 12, 1885, married Vincent Westervelt, D.D.S., of Schenectady; Myra, February 10, 1889: William, March 7, 1890.
(VI) Cornelius, son of Simon A. and Mary (Bassett) Vedder, was born in Niskayuna, Schenectady county, New York, March 15, 1813, died there July 30, 1889. He was a farmer all his years, prosperous and respected. He adhered to the religious faith of his fa- thers-the Dutch Reformed-and was a Whig and Republican in politics, which was the po- litical faith of the Vedders for generations. He married at Lisha's Kill, Albany county, March 3, 1836, Maria A., born in Albany county, New York, November 28, 1815, died November 21, 1890, daughter of Abraham Ver Planck and Helena (Groot) Lansing, both of Albany county, and granddaughter of John V. A. and Harriet (Ver Planck ) Lansing, de- scendants of the old Dutch Lansings of the first settlements. Children of Cornelius and Maria A. (Lansing) Vedder: 1. Abraham, born May 9, 1837, died June 12, 1887; he was a prosperous farmer of Niskayuna ; mar- ried Mary Vrooman, born September 3, 1841, died August 4, 1896 ; children : Cornelius, died young ; John N. V., horn November 28, 1873. unmarried ; Henry S., October 18, 1876, died July, 1906, unmarried ; Alice, August 4, 1879. married George G. Jones, and has a son George Vedder, born August 25, 1907. 2. Mary A., March 30, 1840, died September 1. 1908, unmarried. 3. Helen, October 17, 1842 ; resides with her brother in Niskayuna, unmar- ried. 4. Simon H., see forward. 5. Dr. Lan- sing T., born September 22, 1859, died May 12, 1900: a graduate of Albany Medical Col- lege, and for many years a well-known and skillful practitioner of medicine in Schenec- tady ; he married Susana Smith, of Roches- ter, New York, who survives him, a resident of Los Angeles, California. Children : Annie M., born 1885, died 1899; Cornelius L., July 19, 1887.
(VII) Simon H., son of Cornelius and Ma- ria A. (Lansing) Vedder, was born on the Niskayuna farm, Schenectady county, New York, April 2, 1847. He was educated in the public schools and at Schenectady high school. He is one of the successful, substan- tial farmers of Niskayuna, a member of the Reformed church and a Republican. He is a justice of the peace, and interested in all that pertains to the welfare of his town. He mar- ried, February 11, 1891, Ariet, born Novem-
E. (Palmer ) Steers, and granddaughter of Cornelius Steers, of Albany county, a farmer and contractor. William Steers was a farmer of Niskayuna, where he died aged eighty-three years. His wife, Ann E., died aged sixty- eight years. They were the parents of five children. 1. William, married Juliana Lan- sing. 2. Cornelius, a business man of New York City, married Margaret Bruce, deceased. 3. Ariet, married Simon H. Vedder. 4. Isa- bella. unmarried. 5. Eva, married John M. Ketchum, a farmer of Niskayuna; children: Herbert, and Helen (twins) : Isabel. Children of Simon H. and Ariet (Steers) Vedder : Mi- riam, born February 1, 1895, student at Sche- nectady high school ; Lansing S., July 10, 1897 Chester D., November 15, 1899; Palmer W., twin of Chester D.
VEDDER (II) Johannes, son of Harmen Albertse Vedder (q. v.), was carried away to Canada by the French and Indians, February 9, 1690, and died August 14, 1748. He married (first) Maria, daughter of Johannes Fort (Van Der Vort) July 8, 1705; (second) Engeltje, daughter of Gerrit Symonse Veeder, Novem- ber 25, 1732. Children: Harmen, born April 14, 1706; Angelietje Hermanus; Margarita ; Anna: Johannes; Arent ; Maretje; Abraham ; Albert : Catherina ; Maria ; Anna, born July 8, 1737; the last three were by his second wife.
(III) Albert, youngest son of Johannes and Maria (Fort) Vedder, was born in 1729, and died November 18, 1805. He married, Octo- ber 30, 1756, Hester, died May 12, 1813, in her eightieth year, daughter of Frans Van Der Bogart. Children: Johannes, of whom further : Maria: Maria (2) : Hester: Frans Van Der Bogart ; Barber ; Neeltje; Engeltje; Claas : Annetje, born May 12, 1776.
(IV) Johannes, eldest son of Albert and Hester (Van Der Bogart) Vedder, was bap- tized May 15, 1757. (A John A. Vedder, elder of the church, died between December 3, 1808, and April 6, 1809, who is believed to have been Johannes Albertse-Johannes, son of Albert.) He married, August 22, 1779, Eva, daughter of Jacob Clute. Children, with dates of baptism : Albert, April 23, 1780; Eliz- abeth, September 29, 1782; Esther, January 23, 1785; Johannes, January 15, 1787 ; Eliza- beth (2d), born March 18, 1790; Francis B., of whom further. There was a son Jacob and a daughter Tina whose births or baptisms are not recorded.
(V) Francis B., son of Johannes and Eva (Clute) Vedder, was born in Schenectady,
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New York, March 28, 1801, died May 27, 1873. He married, February 26, 1824. Maria Newkirk, a descendant of the Mohawk Val- ley pioneer Newkirk family; she was born in the town of Florida, April 3. 1804, died in April, 1884. Children : 1. John, born April 8, 1826, died unmarried, March 8, 1898. He inherited the old Vedder farm settled by his grandfather, Johannes Vedder, over a cen- tury ago, in the town of Glen, and now owned by John J. Vedder (1910). 2. Francis F., born October 28, 1826; married; no issue. 3. Eva E., born February 26, 1831, died in Den- ver, Colorado, December, 1905 : married John F. Drevendorf, (deceased), and had Fannie, married Anson Snow, of Denver, and has Anson and Eva Snow. 4. Maud, born March 7, 1833, deceased; married Jan Van Evera (deceased), and had Myra, married Theo- dore Clark. 5. Peter, married Emma Van Evera, and has daughter Ella. 6. David F .; see forward. 7. Jasper, born October 1, 1837 ; resides in Ovid, New York.
(VI) David F., seventh child of Francis B. and Maria (Newkirk) Vedder, was born on the Glen homestead farm, May 12, 1835. died January 22, 1897. He cultivated the farm on which he was born, and resided there all the active years of his life. He married, in Glen, Mary E. Shelp, born in Glen, Feb- ruary 11, 1841, died at the Vedder homestead, May 12, 1887, daughter of James Nelson and Elizabeth (Mount) Shelp. Children : 1. Fran- cis B., born February 29, 1860; farmer of Mohawk; married, March 2, 1860, Margaret Bellinger ; children : Mary N., Charles D., and Bertha, died in infancy. 2. Nelson, born March 21, 1863, died December 6, 1891 ; mar- ried, December 10, 1885, Nettie Ingersoll, born August 28, 1862. He was a farmer of Glen. Children: i. Leland N., born Decem- ber 24, 1886; ii. Earl Ingersoll, born October 12, 1888; now (1910) employed in Puget Sound National Bank, Seattle, Washington ; iii. Zerah, born October 3, 1890. 3. John J .; see forward. 4. Anna M., born March II. 1871 ; married Charles Carpenter, and has is- sue.
(VII) John J., third son of David F. and Mary E. (Shelp) Vedder, was born May 12, 1867. He inherited the old Vedder homestead from his uncle John. He is well known in the town, and honored for his sterling char- acter and kindly characteristics. He is pub- lic spirited, and in his administration of the offices he has held has shown that he has the interest of his town at heart. He was com- missioner of highways, and is now superin- tendent of the entire road system of the town.
Those interested in this feature of local
government appreciate the work done for the cause of good roads, and hold him in the highest esteem. Politically he is a Democrat, and with his family attends the Dutch Reformed Church. Ile be- longs to Fultonville Lodge, No. 521, F. and A. M .; Johnstown Chapter, No. 78, R. A. M .; Tribe No. 121, I. O. R. M .; and Fultonville Lodge No. 340, K. P. He married (first) in Mohawk, October 5. 1887, Gertrude Hanson, born March II, 1870, died December 23, 1903, daughter of Henry D. Hanson, born May II, 1838, and his wife, Sarah M. Lotridge, born August 7, 1846, both present residents of Mohawk. Mr. Vedder married (second) in Mohawk, February 1, 1905, Bertha M. Han- son, sister of his first wife. Children by first marriage : David H., born September 2, 1888; Bertha M., February 18, 1891. Children by second marriage : John D., born May 5, 1907 ; Sarah E., April 29, 1909.
The ancestor of all the Ved- VEDDER ders of Schenectady county, New York, was Harman Al- bertse Vedder, who settled in Schenectady in 1633. He was a trader in Beverwyck in 1657.
The family in Schenectady, herein recorded, descend from the founder through his second son Arent and his wife Sara Groot, their son Simon and his wife Maria Truax, widow of Simon Groot. Their son Harmanus married Annatjie Vedder, November 10, 1770. He made his will, October 14, 1813, proved May 14. 1816. Their son Simon, born July 11, 1773, died before his father, leaving chil- dren : Harmanus, John, Aaron, Philip, Ger- trude and Annatjie.
(VI) Philip, son of Simon Vedder. was born in Rotterdam, Schenectady county, New York, at the homestead at German Flats, near the old fort that was built on the original Schermerhorn farm. He died at the age of thirty-eight years. He married Nellie Scher- merhorn, born in Rotterdam, on the adjoining farm. Children: 1. John D., see forward. 2. James V., a farmer of Rotterdam ; married Jane Ann Sprigg, of Dutch ancestry, and had sons, Simon and William, both of Rotterdam. 3. Mary, married (first) Albert Walker; no issue; married (second) S. A. Wilder. 4. Catherine, married Alonzo French; she died in Chicago, Illinois. 5. Jane, married Byron Knight ; they both died in Amsterdam, New York, leaving Nellie, now the widow of Wil- liam Chism: children: John, Jeannette and Eva Chism.
(VII) John D., eldest son of Philip and Nellie (Schermerhorn) Vedder, was born in
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Rotterdam, Schenectady county, New York, in 1832, died there 1906. He was a farmer all his active years, but passed his latter years retired from all business cares. He was a member of the Second Reformed Church, and a Democrat politically. He married Marga- ret E. Sprigg, sister of Jane A., wife of James V. Vedder. She survives her husband, and resides in Schenectady with her daughter. She is seventy-five years of age. She and her husband were members and co-workers in the same church, the Second Reformed. Chil- dren, all born in Rotterdam: 1. Daniel, died in childhood. 2. Warren W., see forward. 3. Albert, died in infancy. 4. Mary, married Charles Plumly, of Wolcott, Warren county, New York, and has Maude, who married and has a daughter Mary. 5. John D. (2), a grocer of Belle View, a suburb of Schenec- tady, he married Sarah Ward; children : Charles, Edison and John D. (3). 6. Anna, married Charles Russell, of Wolcott, New York: deceased and has no living issue. 7. Margaret, for twenty years has been cashier of one of the leading mercantile houses of Schenectady ; unmarried. 8. Emma, died in girlhood.
(VIII) Warren W., son of John D. and Margaret E. (Sprigg) Vedder, was born on the Rotterdam Vedder homestead, January 22, 1856. He was reared on the farm, and edu- cated in the public schools. In early life he worked on the Erie canal, and was captain of one of the state boats, "Captain Curtis." He spent several years on the canal, and owned his own boat, which he had running as a freighter. In 1880 he settled in Sche- nectady, where he engaged in the lumber trade ; later he conducted a grocery store, and still later was proprietor of a hotel. In 1895 he retired from active business life, having acquired a competency. He was active in city politics, often representing his ward in party conventions and was always a loyal Repub- lican. lle was an active member of St. Paul's Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, in Schenectady, Mary E. Lockwood, born in Rotterdam, New York, in 1860, and was a resident of Schenectady before lier marriage. She is a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bond) Lockwood, botlı born in Rotterdam, but now residents of Schenectady. Children : 1. Mary E., mar- ried Warren W. Vedder. 2. Eliza, married William H. Fogarty, and has a daughter Bes- sie, who married William Putnam, and has a daughter Leona. 3. Caroline, married Harry Dixon, of Schenectady, New York ; children : Maude, Sidney, Harry (2) and William. 4. Dora, married (first) William Cluctt; no is-
sue ; married (second) Augustus Westfall, and has a daughter Anna. 5. Alonzo, died un- married. Children of Warren W. and Mary E. (Lockwood) Vedder: Pearl, married George A. Stone, of Sacketts Harbor, New York, and has a son Warren; Hattie, un- married ; Blanche, unmarried ; Jacob, unmar- ried ; Florence ; Carlisle, died in infancy.
The name Wilson is a familiar WILSON and universal one, and of the thousands of the name in the United States, few comparatively have a com- mon American ancestor or are so near of kin as to have a common ancestor as late as 1630. Genealogical dictionaries dealing with the pe- riod previous to 1700 give long lists of Wil- sons who settled in this country, few of whom are mentioned as being even distantly re- lated. They came from England, Scotland and Ireland. The particular Wilson family of Cohoes trace their ancestor to Scotland. In 1740 two brothers came to America, one settling in Massachusetts, and one coming north to Saratoga county, New York. The first record is of Esau Wilson, son of the Scotch emigrant, who was a farmer of Sara- toga county, married and had a family.
(II) James Sanborn, son of Esau Wilson, was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1818, died in Cohoes, New York, in 1893. He learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1847, after he married, removed to Lowell, Wis- consin, where he was a leading contractor and builder. In 1854 he returned to Saratoga county, and took up his residence at Clifton Park, removed to Cohoes in 1868, where he died. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a Republican in poli- tics. Ile married, in 1835, at Half Moon, Saratoga county, New York, Cynthia Mary Husted, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabethı Wickes Husted, and a descendant of Scotch ancestors. She died in 1891, aged seventy- four years. Children : Ira M., Elizabeth, Win- field S., Mary J., William H., Jeremiah, James Henry, see forward; Julia, Ida M., Lola, Isaac C.
(III) James Henry, son of James Sanborn and Cynthia Mary (Husted) Wilson, was born in Lowell, Wisconsin, July 22, 1854. Shortly after his birth, his parents returned to their old home, Saratoga county, New York, where he attended the public schools. When he was fourteen they removed to Co- hoes (or Waterford) where his education was completed. After his school days were ended, he worked with his father for a time, then for three years clerked in a grocery, and in 1878 began working in the J. C. Sanford box fac-
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tory. In 1880 the plant was sold to John Leg- gett, who in 1881 appointed Mr. Wilson his superintendent. In 1885, in Cohoes, with A. D. Wait, he purchased the business from Mr. Leggett and in 1886 became sole owner, Mr. Wait retiring. The business was successfully prosecuted under the sole direction and own- ership of Mr. Wilson until 1893, when he admitted two young men who were in his em- ploy, William McCrecdy and Jacob W. Ma- yot, and as J. H. Wilson & Company the firm still continues. They own the Empire Paper Box Company, of Cohoes, which manufacture besides their large variety of paper boxes, the Empire band cutting and folding machines. This is only one of the activities in which Mr. Wilson is prominently engaged. In 1892 he organized and incorporated the Continental Knitting Company, and was president the first two years of its corporate existence, and now a director. They are manufacturers of Egyp- tian and Colonial balbriggan underwear, and are rated a highly successful enterprise. In 1896 he was one of the organizers of the Hud- son River Coal and Ice Company, and is the present treasurer. This is a very large and prosperous company, owning private railroad switch grounds of three acres and four hin- dred feet of river front. Politically Mr. Wil- son is a Republican. In 1882 he was elected school commissioner of Cohoes, and in 1884 re-elected ; in 1894 he was appointed and in 1895 elected to the same office, serving until 1898, when he was elected president of the board of education, and in 1900 re-elected ; in 1903 he was elected mayor of the city, serving one term. He has given years to the schools of Colloes, which is the best evidence of his great interest in the cause of education. Dur- ing his long term of service his greatest am- bition has been to raise the standard of ef- ficiency and secure the best possible results from the public school system of the city. In 1889 he was one of thirty who organized and established the Cohoes Hospital Associa- tion, and for several years served as director. He is also a director of the Young Men's Christian Association of the city, and an in- terested, helpful member. In church work he is equally interested and energetic. He is a member of the Baptist church, and has served as trustee fourteen years, and for twelve years was superintendent of the Sunday school. In 1889, when the Island Mission was organized, he was one of those who assisted and was the first superintendent of the Mission Sunday school. His fraternal affiliations are with Co- hoes Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Co- hoes City Lodge, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and D. J. Johnson Lodge, Temple
of Honor. His life has touched every branch of the life of his city, civil, religious, com- mercial and benevolent. In all his business undertakings he has been successful; in his official positions, energetic and faithful, and in his church and benevolent work, willing and helpful. There have been few idle days in his fifty-six years, and in taking a retrospec- tive view of his life he can surely find some cause for satisfaction.
Ile married (first ) in May, 1875, Adelaide Delanoy, of Cohoes, New York, who died June 3, 1898. Children: 1. Francis D., born August, 1876, died April 10, 1892. 2. Wil- liam James, born July 10, 1887, in Cohoes ; graduate of Cohoes high school; now asso- ciated with his father in business: married, July 11, 1906, Charlotte M. Nuttall, of Co- hoes ; children : William, died in infancy, and Helen Frances, born November, 1910. He married (second) March 19, 1900, Hannah Ophelia, the daughter of James Teach- out and Mary Bailey, of Saratoga county, and granddaughter of John Teachout (1769) and Hannah Swartwout ( 1777), who were born in Dutchess county, and whose forefathers came to America from Holland. Mary Bailey Teachout was the daughter of Major Henry Bailey and Eleanor Andrews, and grand- daughter of Lieutenant Henry Bailey and Margaret Losee. On her mother's side she was a descendant of Captain Michael Dunning.
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