Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume I, Part 64

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 656

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poration as a city, and was clerk of the board of trustees for a number of years. In poli- tics he is a Democrat; in religious faith a Presbyterian. Mr. De Long married, July,. 1871, Mary, daughter of George and Mary (Hunt) Clendon, of England. Children : I. Mary, born June 8, 1872 ; married Charles F. West, of Glens Falls ; children : Mary, Nancy,. Cutler, Edith, Catherine. 2. Annie, April 27, 1874; married James S. Warren, of Glens. Falls. 3. Helen, September 11, 1875; mar- ried Howard J. Bush, of Glens Falls, and has- a son Clendon. 4. Catherine, April, 1877 ;. married Robert C. Carter, of Glens Falls ; children : Eleanor, Robert.

(V) Daniel P., son of Zopher I. and Cath- erine Lewis (Scott) De Long, was born in, the town of Day, Saratoga county, New York, April 10, 1850. He was educated at Glen' Falls Academy. He began his business ca- reer in the dry goods store of Lasher & Freleigh, where he remained seven years. He then formed a partnership with William' H. Robbins, as Robbins & De Long. They conducted a successful dry goods business in. Glens Falls. Mr. De Long withdrew from: the dry goods business and became interested' in the Glens Falls Brick Company, organized in 1840. In 1886 he became sole owner of the company, which has continued under his wise management, and is known as one of the most prosperous concerns of the county. He is an able, conservative and energetic man! of business and fully equal to his responsi- bilities, both of a business and public nature. He served three terms as supervisor of the. town of Queensbury, Warren county, and for- one term was chairman of the board. His. wise business ideas were of great value in conducting county business. He is first vice- president of the Glens Falls Trust Company, one of the organizers and a director of the. Empire Real Estate & Theatre Company, president and general manager of the Granite. Brick Company, and president of the Glens Falls Hospital. He is a member of the Ma -- sonic order, belonging to Senate Lodge, No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons, being raised a Mason in 1871, immediately on reaching his- majority. Politically he is a Democrat. In 1909 he was the successful candidate of his party for the state legislature. During the. session he served on assembly committees, In- dian affairs and villages. He married Emily P., daughter of Archibald. C. and Catherine- (Pierce) Tearse (see Tearse III). She was. born at Stillwater, Saratoga county, New York. Children: 1. Walter J., born October- 9, 1874. 2. Archibald Z., August 4, 1876 ;: married, January 24, 1905, Ella Hall, daugh --

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ter of William Shields, of Boston. 3. Robert B., January 9, 1879. 4. Daniel P. (2), Feb- ruary 24, 1887. 5. Chester, April 24, 1882, died December 7. 1882. 6. Elsie, January 16, 1886, died November 6, 1888.

(The Fraser and Campbell Lines).

Sarah Fraser, great-great-great-grand- mother of Mrs. Emma (Thompson) De Long, was a daughter of Simon Fraser, of Balrain, Invernesshire, Scotland, and was born in that shire. Her father's brother, Alexander Fraser, was the father of General Simon Fraser, who was killed in the battle of Sara- toga in 1777. Sarah Fraser married Alexan- der Campbell, and went to live in Argyle, Scotland. They had one daughter Katherine, who married Robert Hunter. He died shortly after the birth of a daughter "Polly." On account of religious differences (they having espoused the cause of the Church of Eng- land), the Campbells decided to come to America. They accordingly sailed, bringing with them their daughter Katherine and granddaughter Polly. During the passage Mr. Campbell died, and Mrs. Hunter died a year after her arrival in America. Mrs. Campbell, being possessed of considerable wealth, decided in spite of these troubles to remain in America. She made a great many friends, and after a time married a Mr. Mc- Neil. They removed to the town of Queens- bury, where they bought a large tract of land. Mr. McNeil died, but revolutionary war his- tory, as well as family records, show that the widow, Mrs. McNeil, and her granddaughter Polly Hunter, were living in comfort at Fort Edward. She was devotedly attached to her adopted country, and would not listen to the entreaties of her friends to return to Scot- land. While in New York she made many acquaintances among the Huguenots, and to one of them, Adjutant Peter B. Tearse, an officer in the continental army, Polly Hunter became engaged. On the approach of Bur- goyne's army, July, 1777, Adjutant Tearse urged them to go to Albany. They were pre- paring to go on the morning of the capture and murder of Jane McCrea, who was visiting Mrs. McNeil at that time. She and Polly Hunter escaped to the camp of General Fraser, and from there proceeded to Albany. When General Fraser was wounded she was able to reach him before his death. At the close of the war, Polly Hunter married Peter Bailey Tearse, who was descended from French Huguenots, and was born in New York in 1753. His family were among the few who escaped the massacre of St. Barthol- omew in 1572. They made their way to this

country by way of England. He was lieu- tenant, captain, and finally adjutant in Col- onel Willett's company, whose daring bravery won one of the most brilliant victories of the war. He was one of the most able men of his day. Upon his return to Fort Edward, he rebuilt the old home which is one of the three oldest houses in the town. He owned a house in Albany, where he resided during the winter. He died in 1803.

(II) Katherine, daugliter of Alexander and Sarah (Fraser) Campbell, married Robert Hunter.

(III) Polly, daughter of Robert and Kath- erine (Campbell) Hunter, married Peter Bailey Tearse.

(IV) William Hunter, son of Peter Bailey and Polly (Hunter) Tearse, married Mary Stewart.

(V) Annis, daughter of William Hunter and Mary (Stewart) Tearse, married John S. Thompson.

(VI) Emma, daughter of John S. and Annis (Tearse) Thompson, married John Barker De Long.

(The Tearse Line).

Peter Barclay Tearse was born in New York City (probably) in 1755. He served in the revolutionary war at the battle of Fort Stanwix, and was later in an Albany regi- ment. He was descended from French Hug- uenots. His family was among the few who escaped the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572. They made their way to England and thence to this country. He was a lieuten- ant, captain and finally adjutant in Colonel Willett's company. In the New York land papers mention is made of the claim of Peter B. Tearse of fifteen hundred acres of land in lieu of his services during the war. He stud- ied law with Yates (afterward governor of New York), and was a member of assembly in 1786-87-88-89, also town moderator. He was one of the most able men of his day. Upon his return to Fort Edward after the war, he rebuilt the homestead which today is one of the oldest houses in the town. He owned a house in Albany, and resided there during the winter. He died in 1803. He married Polly Hunter. Children : William H., see forward: Archibald ; Mary, married Peter Finn: Catherine, married John Rey- nolds ; Elizabeth, married Archibald Derby ; Ann, married Amos Green.

(II) William H., son of Peter Barclay and Polly (Hunter) Tearse, was born at Glens Falls. In 1813 he married Mary Stewart. He was prominent in Masonic circles; was a member of Hamilton Lodge, No. 144, Glens

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Falls : advanced to honorable degree of mark master in Glens Falls Chapter, No. 55, June 20, 1819; presided as master in the chair, July 10, 1819; received and acknowledged as most high master, July 10, 1819: exalted to the most sublime degree of the Royal Lodge, July 10, 1819. Children: Archibald C., see for- ward ; Peter William, married Lorinda Moore- house : Robert Hunter, married Lucinda John- son : Micajah Potter, died young, shot by ac- cident while hunting : Annis Derby, married John S. Thompson.

(III) Archibald C., son of William H. and Mary (Stewart) Tearse, was born in Glens Falls, August 10, 1814, died in Michigan, Jan- uary 25, 1877. He married Catherine Pierce, born at Bolton, New York, January 12, 1817, died June 13, 1903. He was a miller in Glens Falls, and later removed to Grand Rapids. Michigan, where he continued in the same business. Children : 1. William P., born June 22, 1844: married Ione De Long. 2. Editha C., August 27, 1848, died August 1, 1872; married Avery Selleck, and has a daughter Catherine. 3. Addison, died young. 4. Emily P., December II, 1851 ; married Daniel P. De Long. 5. Frederick C., March 3, 1854, died March 1, 1880. 6. Jennie C., July 24, 1856. 7. Robert E., November 27, 1859.

(The Barker Line).

The Barker ancestry of Lydia (Barker) Scott, mother of Catherine Lewis Scott, wife of Zopher I. De Long.

(1) Jesse Barker was a soldier in the rev- olution in 1778.

(II) Jesse (2), son of Jesse (1) Barker, was born April 21, 1761, died March 19, 1804. He married Prudence Paine, of "Mayflower" ancestry, born May 3, 1755, died March 26, 1848. Hle entered as private, May 20, 1775, term of service two months and seventeen days, from Brimfield, Massachusetts, Captain Edward Seagreave's company, Colonel Joseph Reade's regiment, August 1, 1775. Afterward he re-cnlisted and appears in bounty coat rolls, dated December 21, 1775, enlisted from Brimfield, Massachusetts, in continental army, March 29, 1779, term to expire in 1780. He appears in the continental army pay accounts of Sixth Company, Colonel Bailey's regiment, for service from April 3, 1777, to October 8. 1778. He appears as a private in the re- turns of Captain Isaac Warren's company. Colonel John Bailey's regiment, dated from camp, Valley Forge. January 24, 1778-a most excellent record.

(III) Lydia, daughter of Jesse (2) Barker born 1795, died 1846: married Simon Scott.

(IV) Catherine Lewis, daughter of Simon

and Lydia (Barker) Scott, married Zopher I. De Long.

Adam Barttelot, an esquire, BARTLETT came with William the Con- queror and seated himself in Ferring, Sussex county, England ; was bur- ied at Stopham. From Adam the line con- tinues through ten generations to Edmund Barttelot, of Ernly, who died 1591. He had four sons, three of whom, John, Richard and Thomas, born between 1589 and 1590, came to America, John and Richard locating at Newbury, Thomas at Watertown, Massachu- setts. Richard is the American ancestor of Dr. Ezra A. Bartlett, of Albany, New York.

(I) Richard Bartlett came to Newbury in the ship "Mary and John" in 1634, being one of the earliest settlers. Newbury was not incorporated until 1635, which was the date of his settlement there. He died May 25. 1647. There is no record of his wife; she probably having died in England. Chil- dren: I. Richard (2), of further mention. 2. Christopher, born 1623. 3. John. 4. Joanna, married William Titcomb, one of the early settlers and proprietors of the town of New- bury.

(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (I) Bartlett, was born in England in 1621, died at Newbury, Massachusetts, 1698. He was, says Coffin, a very facetious and intelligent man, resided at first near Old Town Hill, but afterwards moved to a place known as Bart- lett's corner. He represented Newbury for four years in the general court. He mar-

ried Abigail - -. Children: 1. Samuel, born February 20, 1646, married Elizabeth Titcomb. 2. Richard of further mention. 3. Thomas, September 7. 1650, married Tirza Titcomb. 4. Abigail, March, 1653. 5. John, June 22, 1655, married Mary Rust. 6. Han- nah, December 18, 1657, died June 17, 1676. 7. Rebecca, May 23, 1661.

(III) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) and Abigail Bartlett, was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, February 21. 1649. He mar- ried, November 18, 1673, Hannah Emery, of Newbury. Children: I. Hannah, born No- vember 8, 1674, married John Ordway. 2. Richard, October 20, 1676, married, April 12, 1699, Margaret Woodman; his descend- ants became prominent citizens of the state of New Hampshire. 3. John, September 23, 1678, married Mary Ordway and resided on a part of the "old place" at Newbury and was a weaver by trade. 4. Samuel, died young. 5. Daniel, born August 8, 1682. re- sided at Newbury and there died, his death being caused by the extraction of a tooth.

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6. Joseph, November 18, 1686, died 1754; in 1707 he was drafted and sent with others to Haverhill to defend the town against an ex- pected attack by the French and Indians from Canada ; August 29, 1708, he with others were obliged to surrender to the enemy, Jos- eph first secreting his gun in the chimney of Captain Wainwright's house; he was carried a prisoner to Canada where he was held a ·captive over four years; he afterwards visited Haverhill, found his gun where he had se- creted it, and it finally came into the hands of the grandnephew, Richard Bartlett, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, who carried it while a soldier in the revolutionary war; the old gun afterwards exploded at a fourth of July celebration and can now be seen in the rooms of the New Hampshire Historical So- ciety ; Joseph after his return from Canada settled on a farm in Newton, New Hamp- shire, where he was justice of the peace and a deacon of the church; he was twice mar- ried and left many descendants. 7. Samuel (2). May 16, 1689. 8. Stephen, of further mention. 9. Thomas, July 14, 1695, was a tanner and lived on the "old place." IO. Mary, September 15, 1697, married Hill, and was the last surviving member of her family; at her funeral the minister took for his text "Last of all the woman died :also."

(IV) Stephen, son of Richard (3) and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett, was born April 21, 1691. He was a shoemaker by trade ; accumu- lated property ; built a large house a short distance above Amesbury ferry ; later pur- chasing a farm in the northwestern part of Amesbury called, "The Lion's Mouth" on which he built a home and there spent the remainder of his days. He married Hannah Webster, of Salisbury, whose father was "wealthy in landed property." Children: I Stephen, died October 5, 1759, aged thirty- two years; he married - Currier, who lived to be ninety years of age. Their son, Captain Enoch Bartlett, kept a store in Ames- bury for over fifty years and held many po- sitions of honor and trust in the town. 2. Joseph, married a daughter of Ichabod Colby ; his son, Joseph (2), was the first physician located in Salisbury, New Hampshire, hav- ing studied his profession with his uncle, Gov- ernor Josiah Bartlett, of Kingston, New Hampshire; his descendants were especially distinguished in the professions and in the public service of the state of New Hamp- shire. 3. Simon, born June 17, 1727 ; he in- herited his father's farm and for many years was one of the prominent business men of Amesbury ; he was an ardent patriot of the

revolution and chairman of the New Hamp- shire "Committee of Safety"; the old farm was later owned by the town of Amesbury, and on it was built the town almshouse; he was twice married, his second wife being Hannah Herbert, sister of Lieutenant Richard Herbert, of Concord. 4. Josiah, of further mention. 5. Levi, resided in Amesbury and had sons and daughters. 6. Hannah.

(V) Josiah, son of Stephen and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, November, 1728. He was highly-educated and at the age of sixteen be- gan the study of medicine with Dr. Ordway, a distant relative. He completed his medical education in 1750, at the age of twenty-one years, and at once began the practice of his profession at Kingston, New Hampshire. He became popular as a physician and secured a large share of practice. He held various town offices, including that of magistrate, and was appointed by Governor John Wentworth colonel of the New Hampshire regiment. In 1765 Colonel Bartlett began his political career as representative for the town of Kingston, in the state legislature, becoming one of the principal leaders in the house where a strong party had become opposed to Governor Went- worth. In February, 1775, he was deprived of his commission as justice of the peace and dismissed from his command in the militia by Governor Wentworth on account of his Whig principles. In the summer of 1775 he was chosen a delegate to the continental congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the roll was called for a vote on the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, beginning with the northernmost state "New Hampshire," Colonel Bartlett's name was first called, who answered in the affirmative. The president of congress, John Hancock, first signed the Dec- laration and Colonel Bartlett was the second signer, thus being the first who voted for it and the first after the president who signed this immortal document. He returned from congress in 1776 worn down with fatigue and ill health and did not again attend the sittings until 1778. In the meantime he engaged in public duties at home and in providing for the forces of the gallant General Stark at Bennington, Vermont, whose troops were solely under the control of New Hampshire. In May, 1778, he again attended as delegate in congress which sat at Yorktown, Virginia, the British then occupying Philadelphia. In 1780 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas, also in the same year was appointed muster-master. In 1782, on the resignation of Judge Thornton, he was appointed a justice of the supreme court,

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which office he held until he was appointed chief justice in 1788. In 1787 the convention assembled at New York to devise a plan for the government of the confederation of states. He was an active member of the convention in 1788 which adopted it and was chosen sena- tor from New Hampshire to the first congress his associate being Colonel Langdon. This honor he declined through the infirmities of age. In 1790 he was elected chief magistrate of New Hampshire, under the title of presi- dent. By the constitution of 1792 the title was changed to that of governor and he was elected to that office in 1792, and 1793, being the first governor of the state. Of the total number of votes cast, he received all except 297. In 1792 he was presidential elector. În 1794 Governor Bartlett retired from the chair of chief magistrate of New Hampshire, ad- dressing a letter to the legislature in which he declined being again a candidate for any public office, wishing, as he says "to retire to the repose of a quiet life, with a grateful sense of the repeated marks of trust and con- fidence that my fellow citizens have reposed in me, and with my best wishes for the future Peace and Prosperity for the state." On the 19th of May, 1795, this distinguished patriot died, being in his sixty-sixth year.

He married Mary Bartlett, of Newton, New Hampshire, who died in 1789. Children: I. Mary, born December 28, 1754, married, March 12, 1780, Jonathan Greeley. 2. Lois, June 1, 1756, died unmarried. 3. Miriam, June 19. 1758, died May 17, 1785; married Joseph Caleb. 4. Rhoda, May 22, 1760, mar- ried Reuben True, of Salisbury, New Hamp- shire. 5. Hannah, August 31, 1762, died Sep- teniber, 1762. 6. Dr. Levi, born at Kingston, New Hampshire, September, 1763, died Janu- ary 30, 1828; he prepared at the celebrated "Dummer School," Newbury, Massachusetts, and after studying medicine one year with his father completed his professional studies with Dr. Thomas Kittredge, of Andover; he set- tled in Kingston, New Hampshire, where and in adjoining times he soon acquired an ex- tensive practice, being as well a skillful and successful surgeon ; he was justice of the peace and quorom throughout the state; colonel in the militia, postmaster for many years, fre- quently represented Kingston in the legisla- ture ; a member of the executive council ; presi- dential elector; chief justice of the court of common pleas and judge of the circuit court ; he married (first) Sarah Hook; (second) Abigail Stevens; his children were equally eminent. 7. Dr. Josiah (2), born at King- ston, August 29, 1768, died April 16, 1838, like his father and brothers, Josiah was an

eminent and very popular physician and was also prominent in public life: in 1809-10 he was a member of the state senate; in the lat- ter year was elected to congress and for sev- eral years was treasurer of Rockingham county ; in 1824 was again elected to the sen- ate of New Hampshire and was chosen presi- dent of that body, in the same year was presi- dential elector; in his latter years was to- tally blind ; he married (first ) . - Wingate, of Stratham; married (second) Hannah, daughter of Major William Weeks; no issue by either wife. 8. Dr. Ezra, of further men- tion. 9. Sarah, born July 29, 1773; mar- ried, April 24, 1796, Dr. Amos Gale. 10. Hannah (2), born December 13, 1776, died April 17, 1777.

(VI) Dr. Ezra Bartlett, son of Governor Josiah Bartlett, "the Signer," and his wife, Mary (Bartlett) Bartlett, was born Septem- ber 13, 1770, died December 5, 1848. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College and like his father and brothers embraced the profession of medicine. For several years he practiced in Warren, Grafton county, New Hampshire, removing to Haverhill in the same county in 1812. He was a distinguished man in his day, often representing the towns of Warren and Coventry in the state legislature. He was a side judge in the court of common pleas ; state senator and member of the governor's council. In 1806 he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas for Grafton county ; in 1816 judge of the circuit court ; in 1820 chief justice of the court of sessions ; in 1822-23-24 councilor ; in 1820 presidential elector and again in 1828 collector of internal revenue, third district of New Hampshire. He married, January 30, 1790, Hannah Gale, of Kingston, New Hampshire, it being her twen- ty-second birthday; she died September 8, 1855. Children: 1. Laura, born October 20, 1799, married Jacob Bell, farmer and mer- chant at Haverhill, New Hampshire. 2. Josiah, died young. 3. Josiah, born May 3, 1803. a skillful physician and esteemed citizen of Stratham, New Hampshire; he met his death May 9, 1853, being a passenger on the ill-fated train at the draw-bridge disaster at Norwalk, Connecticut ; he married and had is- sue. 4. Hannah, born January 7, 1805, mar- ried John Blaisdell and removed to Alton, Il- linois. 5. Levi, born October 4, 1806, grad- uate of Dartmouth College, 1827, studied medicine with his father at Haverhill and at Dartmouth College, graduating M.D., 1837; practiced in Syracuse, New York, a short time, then removed to Skaneateles, New York ; he married (first) Amelia Homman, of Philadelphia; (second) Harriet Elizabeth,

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daughter of Dr. J. B. Hopkins, of Skaneateles. 6. Mary, born August 23, 1808, died August 6, 1830. 7. Sarah, born April 23, 1810. 8. Ezra, born September 28, 1811, a physician at Exeter, New Hampshire ; his son, Joseph C., a graduate of Harvard College, was later pro- fessor of mathematics at the same college. 9. Amos Gilman, of further mention. 10. Al- bert, born May 2, 1815, died March 8, 1842. 11. Stephen Madison, born June 22, 1817, a physician, practiced for several years at Tus- keegec, Alabama; his health failing he relin- quished his profession and was professor in the Female College from 1852 to 1871, and in the latter year was appointed to a clerkship in the United States treasury department ; he married a daughter of George Hendee, of Richmond, Virginia.

(VII) Rev. Amos Gilman Bartlett, son of Dr. Ezra and Hannah (Gale) Bartlett, was born 1814, died in 1880. He prepared for the ministry and was ordained and preached in New Hampshire. He resided in Vineland, New Jersey, several years.

He married Georgianna Matilda Pike, of New England ancestry, born in 1820, died 1874, daughter of Joseph S. and Sally ( Pet- ingill) Pike ; children : Joseph A., Francis P., Ezra A., Mary Jane, died in infancy.

(VIII) Dr. Ezra Albert Bartlett, son of Rev. Amos Gilman and Georgianna Matilda (Pike) Bartlett, was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, July 18, 1845. He graduated from the Atkinson (New Hampshire) Acad- emy ; entered the sophomore class of Amherst College, and in September, 1863, enlisted in Battery M, Fourth United States Artillery, serving until 1866. He passed through the non-commissioned rank and in 1865 was pro- moted first lieutenant of Seventh Massachu- setts Heavy Artillery unattached, but never mustered. He graduated from Rochester Uni- versity in 1870; studied medicine with his un- cle, Dr. Levi Bartlett, of Skaneateles, New York, and with Dr. Samuel B. Ward, of Al- bany; received the degree of M.D. from the Albany Medical College in 1879, and since then has practiced his profession in Albany. He is ex-president of the Albany County Med- ical Society ; member of the American Elec- tro-Therapeutic Association ; member of the faculty of the National College of Electro- Therapeutics at Indianapolis, Indiana ; mem- ber of the staff of the Albany City Hospital ; member of the Medical Society of the State of New York and American Medical Asso- ciation, and a member of George S. Dawson Post, No. 63, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Sons of the Revolution. He has been a lecturer in the Albany Medical College since

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Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume I, Part 64

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 656

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 656