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life he was a surveyor and also managed his farming interests. He died July 11, 1819. His portrait is yet in his granddaughter's house.
John Pumpelly married (first) Eppen Hille- branz Meijer, a lady of birth, of Dutch extrac- tion, by whom he had the following children : I. Bennett, married E. Merrill. 2. Barnet, served through much of the revolution. 3. Elizabeth, died young. 4. John, married Mary French. 5. Eppen, married Seth Samson. 6. Samuel, married Sarah True.
John Pumpelly married (second) Hannah Bushnell, of Salisbury, Connecticut. She was born in 1756, died at Owego, New York, De- cember 31, 1832, daughter of Captain Samuel Bushnell, of Salisbury, who was a sea captain and came from Saybrook. The arms of the Bushnell family, used ever since coming to this country, are as follows: Argent, five fu- sils in fess gules, in chief three mullets sable. Crest : On a ducal coronet a wivern, sans feet.
Children of John Pumpelly and Hannah Bushnell: 1. John, born at Salisbury, Con- necticut, 1775, died at Owego, New York : married Mary Pixley Tinkham (daughter of Col. David Pixley and widow of Rev. Dr. Samuel Tinkham) who was born at Stock- bridge, Massachusetts, May 11, 1777, died at Owego, New York, June 4, 1848: three chil- dren : George James, Lydia Abbey and Fred- erick Henry. 2. Charles, born at Salisbury, Connecticut. 1776; removed to Owego, New York, in 1803: died there in 1855; married, September 2, 1803, Frances Avery, born Janu- ary 9. 1775; children : John Charles, Mary Ann, Susan Isabella, Frances Eliza, Catherine Ann, Harriet Amelia, Stella Avery, Caroline Augusta, James and Lydia Abbey. 3. Jerusha, died without issue. 4. Maria, born 1786, died 1855 : married, at Owego, Abner Beers : chil- dren: Harmon Pumpelly. Dr. Eli. David, Emma. Abner, Frances, John James, Mary Pumpelly, Charles, Edward, and John James. 5. William, born at Salisbury, Connecticut, June 17, 1788 ; president of the Bank of Owe- go : died there in 1876; married (first) Sarah Emily Tinkham (died 1822). daughter of Dr. Samuel and Mary Tinkham ; one child, Sarah Emily : married (second), October 24, 1824. Mary H. Welles (born Athens, Pa., May 6, 1803: died at Paris, France, December 4, 1879 ). daughter of George Welles: children : John Hollenbeck, Susan Mary, Marie An- toinette, Josephine and Raphael. 6. Harriet, born 1791, died August 25, 1863; married. March 3. 1809. David Quigg, merchant, of Ithaca, New York, who was born June 2, 1781, died December 17, 1862; children : Ben-
jamin D., Emeline, Harriet M., John Wil- liam. James, Edward and Helen. 7. Harmon, born at Salisbury, Connecticut, August I, 1795, died at Albany, New York, September 28. 1882; married (first) Delphine Drake; (second) Maria Brinckerhoff (see forward).
(IV) Harmon, youngest child of John Pum- pelly and Hannah Bushnell, was born at Salis- bury, Connecticut. August 1. 1795. He re- sided in Albany, New York, most of his life, and when he died there. September 28, 1882, was one of the oldest men in that city, besides being one of the most conspicuous and es- teemed.
At the age of six years he removed with his father's family to Owego, New York, where his youth and manhood were spent. He early learned to rely upon his own resources, and without much further education than that which he received from constantly reading well-selected books, he set out in the battle of life with an equipment in which sturdy energy and indomitable perseverance more than compensated for any lack of training. He was an omniverous reader, and from every book he gleaned some useful knowledge, lay- ing it by for future service. Among other accomplishments of a practical kind he gained a knowledge of surveying, and at the age of twenty-one was found in that occupation in connection with his brother James, who had charge of the extensive Harper and Caton es- tates in the vicinity of Tioga county, New York. His energy of character and spirit of enterprise soon led him beyond the routine of surveying. He threw into everything he did his habits of promptness, forethought and in- tegrity, and almost everything he touched prospered. Much of his time in those years having been occupied as land agent for sev- eral large capitalists of New York City, he began the purchase and sale of lands on his own account, and thus laid the foundation of his large fortune. Together with his brothers he dealt in lumber and cattle, always display- ing unusual tact, and not infrequently clear- ing goodly sums in his transactions. He was made president of the board of trustees of Owego in 1835, and so long as he remained there was the foremost man of the place. He was captain of a cavalry company noted for the beautiful uniforms they wore and the fine horses they rode; before this he was lieu- tenant of riflemen.
About 1841 he married and then removed to Albany. Having no business save the care of his property, which had gradually accumu- lated on his hands, he had been but a few ycars in that city when he became identified with its three oldest business institutions, the
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Albany Savings Bank, the Albany Insurance Company, and the Albany Gaslight Company, and was soon elected president of all three of these large corporations. Aside from his pri- vate or social position, this gave him a promi- nence in the city's big affairs practically be- yond all other men. The energy and prudence which he exercised in the administration of these concerns contributed much to their finan- cial prosperity and the high position they have occupied in the confidence of the community.
After the death of his first wife he placed his two children at school and went to Europe, traveling in splendid style in a beautiful car- riage with four horses and postillions in blue livery and an outrider also in blue. He went to Italy, Switzerland, France, England and Germany.
He continued to be successful in all that he undertook, and preserved all his mental facul- ties to the very last day of his life. He en- joyed excellent health, for he had been en- dowed with a wonderfully vigorous constitu- tion. A great lover of good horses and an accomplished equestrian, he undoubtedly pro- longed his life several years by his daily habit of horseback riding. He never lost his love of books, and notwithstanding his diminishing eyesight, was a constant reader until his fatal illness. His life was singularly happy, un- doubtedly due in large measure to personal traits of character, moral and mental, which insured success and commanded respect of his fellow-men. He was an affectionate hus- band and father, a faithful and genial friend. He was truly all of these, and in every rela- tion he undeviatingly proved himself a man of high principles and upright life. His Chris- tianity was large and broad, well-informed. and based upon an earnest faith. For many years he was a vestryman of St. Peter's Epis- copal Church at Albany, and for the last seven years of his life was senior warden of the parish. To his memory a beautiful window has been placed in the nave of that handsome edifice.
Following his death, the vestry of St. Pe- ter's church bore testimony to the fact of "his even temper, his sagacity, his unyielding fidel- ity and his genial manner made him at once a wise counsellor, a discreet leader and a charm- ing companion. He loved the church and con- tributed liberally towards its support. Though a man of strong will and positive opinion, he was broad and charitable towards those with whom he differed in deed and doctrine. He left a record of a life unsullied ; in character a true, Christian gentleman."
The directors of the Albany Gaslight Com- pany testified : "For the last thirty-six years,
Mr. Pumpelly was president of this board and chief manager of the affairs of the company. He was a man of marked business capacity. of excellent judgment, of stern dignity, and of great fidelity to his trust. The prosperity it enjoyed is due to him."
Harmon Pumpelly married (first), at Owego, New York, November 16, 1830, Rev. Mr. Putnam officiating, Delphine Drake, and he married (second), at Albany, New York, October 19, 1841, by Rev. John A. Yates, Maria Brinckerhoff, daughter of Peter Brinckerhoff, of New York City, and his wife, Elizabeth Bleecker, daughter of Rutger Bleecker and Catherine Elmendorf. Maria Brinckerhoff was born in New York City, January 30, 1803, and died at the Pumpelly home, No. I. Elk street, Albany; by her he had no issue.
Delphine Drake was born at Owego, New York, April 11, 1811, and died at Owego, February 27, 1839, aged twenty-seven years, ten months and sixteen days. She was the daughter of Judge John Reuben Drake and Jerusha Roberts. Judge Drake was born at Pleasant Valley, New York, November 28, 1782, and died at Owego, March 24, 1857. He was a projector of the New York & Erie railroad : supervisor, 1813; first judge of Broome county, 1815-1823; reappointed that year and served until April 18, 1838; member of congress, 1817-1819 ; member of assembly, 1834; president of Owego village, 1841 to 1845, inclusive ; in 1823 was one of three com- missioners to supervise the construction of the first Tioga county courthouse ; a man of great vigor of mind and body, and throughout his life a factor in affairs of the county and that portion of the state where he lived ; Master of the Free Masons' lodge of Owego. His father was the Rev. Reuben Drake, a Baptist minister, owner of large property, living in a fine, stone house, and married Phoebe Sher- wood. His father was William Drake. a large land owner and a man of wealth. The coat- of-arms of the Drakes is yet to be seen on a ring belonging to Judge Drake; it is a shield argent, and a hibern tailel nowed sable.
Harmon Pumpelly and Delphine Drake had issue :
1. Adeline Jerusha. born at Owego, New York, April 27, 1832 ; residing in 1911 at No. 7 Elk street, Albany ; married at Albany, May 13, 1874, James Kidd ; no issue ( see forward). She is a woman possessing the kindest of in- stincts towards all with whom she comes in contact, and her unknown acts of charity are of daily occurrence. Her home is regarded as one of the leading salons in Albany, where people of note and refinement are wont to
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James Koil. son of Archibald Kidd. of Dallesin. New York, was a successful and premier: Albanian. In a number of ways he Azared in the city's public life. as well as in :« hruness affair :. When he died he was well classed as one who had been among Albany : most earnest and progressive citizens. and had contributed a full share to its leading
He was paymaster general of the State. with the rank i colonel. January 1. 18:7. He was Albany county treasurer for the three years commencing in 18:" He was appointed post-
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master of Albany and held office 18:8-61. He was in 1863 and for a number of years a mem- ber of the board of water commissioners, and did all he could towards the adoption of the system to yield an adequate supply. He was one of the first board of trustees of the Albany City Savings Institution when incorporated. March 29. 1850. When the Albany Railway Company was incorporated. September 14. 1863, he was a member of the board. and upon organizing was elected the first president cf that concern, which was one of the most im- portant in the city. He was a trustee of the Albany Savings Bank and a director of the Albany Insurance Company. In many re- spects he was a self-made man. imbued with public spirit and ever ready to help others to do as he had done. Charities likewise engaged his attention as a delight. and he gave to the Albany Guardian Society the site for its Home for the Friendless, which was opened. free from debt. May 5. 18;0. at the corner of Clin- ton avenue and Perry street.
Securing a position in the dry-goods house of Isaac W. Staats, at the northwest corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane. on beginning his business career. he applied himself with such perseverance to his vocation. that he was enabled six years later to engage in the busi- ness for himself in the Athenaeum Building on Broadway. north of State street. After a few years he turned his attention to a new branch and opened a carpet store on the prom- inent corner of Broadway and State street. He was a Whig in politics, and when given office in recognition of personal worth and for et- ficient party services, always filled the same with unimpeachable integrity.
His home was at No. 7 Elk street, and he died there May 20. 1879. The Albany Gas- light Company's directors voiced the senti- ment : "He had long been a member of the board and a constant and sagacious trustee of the many interests he was called to preserve. His judgment was always the result of careful consideration and his ac- tion was both prudent and wise." The Albany Savings Bank testified: "His ex- cellent business qualifications and experi- ence. his strict integrity and sound judg- ment, made his services useful, and the kind- ness of his heart made intercourse pleasant." The Albany Insurance Company directors sub- scribed: "An intercourse of many years has made this board the witness of his great integ- rity and stability of character, of his uniform courtesy and urbanity of manner : his sound and practical judgment, together with the value and warmth of his friendship."
Probably no institution in Albany missed his
assistance so much as S :. Peter's Episcopal Church, bi which vestry he was a member and which resolved: "With profound grief and a deep sense of personal bereavement. the Ves- try of St. Peter's Church recoris the death. He was for many years one of the mos: in- fuential citizens of this community. His quiet courtesy, his wise forethought. his high sense of mercantile hond: and unimpeachable in- tegrity, gave him an eminent position among his associates. He was a man ni singularly sound judgment and honorable life. of large and discriminating charity. and of a thought- ful and intelligent concern in questions touch- ing public good. He was devotedly attached to the parish of which he was for many years vestryman, and he had an unflagging interes: in its welfare. He was prompt to aid every department of its religious and charitable work with judicious counsel and generous gifts, and at the same time unremitting in his attendance."
James Kidd married (first) Jane Maria Shepard: by whom: 1. Tames. the well known artist, and who held various military commissions. 2. William. bern at Albany. March 7. 1842: residing in Washington. D. C .. in 1011 : married. June 23. 1860. Caroline Minerva Martindale, who was born at Ba- tavia. New York, October 17, 1851. daughter of General Martindale : by whom : Harry Mar- tindale. and Jane Martindale. who married Amasa J. Parker. Jr. 3. Robert, born at Al- bany. March 7. 1842 (twin). 4. Howard. born at Albany: married Elizabeth ( daughter of Judge Nott), who died at Scarsdale. New York. January 22, 1011.
James Kidd married ( second). Adeline J. Pumpelly, at Albany. New York, May 13. IS74.
The maternal ancestor of
STOCKWELL Ulysses G. Stockwell, of Albany. New York. is
John Wetherbee, born in England and an early settler at Sudbury and Marlboro. Massa- chusetts. The earliest form of the name in New England was Witherby. but has since passed through several changes, as Wetherby. Witherbee, Wetherbee, Weatherby. etc. The New York family generally use the form. Witherbee. John Wetherbee married (first) in Marlboro, Massachusetts. September 18, 1672. Mary Howe. born June 18. 1654. died in Stow, Massachusetts. Inne 5. 1084. daughter of John and Mary Howe. He married ( second ) Lydia More, who survived him.
(II) John (2). son of John ( 1) and Mary (Howe) Wetherbee, was born in Marlboro. Massachusetts. March 26. 1675. He resided
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in Stow, Massachusetts, where he died about 1720. By wife Catherine he had seven sons and one daughter.
(III) Hezekiah, son of John (2) and Cath- erine Wetherbee, married, April 23, 1728, Huldalı, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Gove) Martyn. They resided a short time in Marlboro, where their eldest child was born. In 1729 he removed to Lunenburg, Massa- chusetts, and there resided until his death. The exact date of his demise is not known, but was prior to 1759, as on that date inten- tions of marriage were published between "Abel Platts of Rowley, Canada, to Phebe Wetherbee, daughter of Widow Wether- bee from over beyond Mulpus." Mulpus is the name of a brook in Lunenburg. Widow Huldah Wetherbee married (second) January 12, 1773. Deacon Ephraim Peirce, of Lunenburg, whom she survived, later remov- ing to Rindge, New Hampshire, with her chil- dren. Children: Benjamin, died young ; Thomas : Phebe, died young ; Sarah, married Noah Dodge, a soldier of the revolution ; John; Abraham: Hezekiah; Rachel; Benja- min (2), a soldier of the revolution; Mary ; Kezia.
(J\') Thomas, son of Hezekiah and Huldah (Martyn) Wetherbee, was born in Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, November 27, 1730. He removed to Rindge, Massachusetts, between 1777 and 1780, and to New Ipswich, same state, in 1800. He married, April 22, 1756, Hannah Munroe, of Carlisle, Massachusetts. Children, all born in Lunenburg: I. Thomas, August 7, 1757; married Maria Sawtell. 2. Daniel, December 16, 1758; married Hepsibah Merriam. 3. Hepsibalı, February 28, 1760; married Nathan Hewett. 4. Isaac, September 2. 1761 : married Hannah Knapp. 5. Sarah. March 30, 1763; married (first) Joshua Heald; (second) a Mr. Hamblin : (third) a Mr. Nesmith. 6. David, of further mention. 7. Hannah, February 16, 1766; married Tilley Mason. 8. Lucy, August 4, 1767; married Gregory Fairlic. 9. Josiah, March 17. 1769 ; married Lavina Hydc. 10. Martha, October 16, 1771 : married Benjamin Bacheller. II. Molley, November 14, 1773.
(V) David, son of Thomas and Hannah (Munroe) Wetherbee, was born in Lunen- burg, Massachusetts, May 31, 1764. He re- moved to the state of Maine, later settling in Washington county, New York. He served in the war of 1812 against Great Britain and re- ceived an award of money for his services. After the war he removed to Oswego county, New York, where he died. He married, in Massachusetts, Esther Hathorne, of the Mas- sachusetts family of Judge Hathorne, the
"Witchcraft" judge, and of Nathaniel Haw- thorne. the distinguished author.
(VI) Waldron S., son of David and Esther (Hathorne) Witherbee (as the name is now used in the family), was born in 1802 (per- haps in Connecticut, where David may have lived for a time) ; came to Washington coun- ty, New York, in 1818, settled in the town of Dresden, where he died in 1883, aged eighty-one years. He was collector of the town in 1865; a prosperous farmer ; member of the Baptist church ; a Republican in politics. He married Paulina Guilford, born in Hamp- ton, Washington county, New York, in 1810, died 1876. She was also an active member of the Baptist church. Children: 1. Marcena, of further mention. 2. Robins M., born Novem- ber 16, 1843; became a leading wholesale and retail merchant of Whitehall, New York: a veteran of the civil war and prominent in his community ; married Mary L. Mclaughlin ; children : Minnie E., married Emmet L. Gray ; Clayton R .; Ada J. 3. Waldron. 4. John J .. of Dresden, New York.
(VII) Marcena, daughter of Waldron S. and Paulina (Guilford) Witherbee, was born in the town of Dresden, Washington county, New York, in 1833, died in 1870. She mar- ried Isaac Hall, the revolutionary soldier and the adopted son of Abraham Stockwell, born 1792, a prosperous farmer of Dresden, married but without children. Abraham was no doubt a descendant of Abel (3) Stockwell, of Marl- borough, Vermont, born in Massachusetts, 1744, kept an inn which was a great resort for the "Green Mountain Boys" during the revolution, served as a soldier during almost the entire revolutionary period, received a sol- dier's grant of land in New York state. His father. Abel (2) Stockwell, born in 1708, was the first actual settler of Marlborough, Ver- mont, where he was sheriff and inn keeper. Sessions of court were frequently held at his inn. Abel (1) Stockwell was of Salem, Mas- sachusetts, had a brother Quinton who was captured by the Indians from his home in Deerfield, Massachusetts, September 19, 1677, taken to Canada, ransomed in 1678 and re- turned to his home by way of Albany, New York. Isaac Hall was born in the town of Queensbury, Warren county, New York. March 23, 1838. Ile was educated in the public schools. After his adoption by Abra- liam Stockwell (whose name he took legally) he lived in Dresden, Washington county, where he grew to manhood. He was a boat- man on the canal and river, later worked at the carpenter's trade. His residence is now (1910) at Ticonderoga. He married Mar- cena Witherbee. She was a devout Congrega-
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tionalist. Children: 1. Abraham, born 1863, died February 6, 1905 : married but had no children. 2. Ulysses G., of further mention. 3. Dorcas, died in infancy.
(VIII) Ulysses Grant, second son of Isaac and Marcena (Witherbee) Stockwell, was born in Dresden, New York, April 6, 1867. He was educated in the town schools of Dres- den, New York, and West Haven, Vermont, and at Troy Business College, where he was graduated in 1886. He began his business career as a life insurance agent in Troy, New York, and was so successful and well adapted to the business that he made rapid strides upward. He was appointed general agent for the state of Vermont by the Washington Life Insurance Company, with offices at Rutland, and continued until 1890. For the following three years he was manager for the United States Life Insurance Company with head- quarters at Scranton and Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. From 1893 to 1896 he was superin- tendent of agencies for the Netherland Life Insurance Company with offices in New York city and Albany. This company retiring from business, Mr. Stockwell assumed a similar position with the American Life Insurance Company, continuing with that company until 1898. In that year he retired from the life insurance field and has since been engaged as a real estate operator and general contractor in Albany. He has been a potent factor in the improvement of the city, where he has erected two hundred and twenty-five dwellings. His greatest activity has been in the erection of houses and modern apartments, in the latter having introduced features and conveniences hitherto unknown in Albany. He is a man of great energy and has gained his prominence in Albany solely by his own force of character and acknowledged reliability in business deal- ings. He is well-known and highly respected by all who know him. He is of the Presby- terian faith, and a Republican in politics. He holds all degrees in the Masonic order except the thirty-third degree of the Scottish Rite. He is affiliated with Temple Lodge, No. 14. Free and Accepted Masons ; Champlain Chap- ter, No. 25, Royal Arch Masons, of Whitehall, New York; DeWitt Clinton Council, No. 22, Royal and Select Masters; Temple Comman- dery, No. 2: Knights Templar : Cyprus Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine: Albany Sovereign Con- sistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He married, June 30, 1891, Florence, daughter of William and granddaughter of Samuel Clark, born in Sharon, Vermont, who had children: Harry. Emmeline. Amanda and William. William Clark was born in 1819, and died
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