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(VII) Richard, son of James and Deborah (Hall) Rosa, was born on the Rosa home- stead estate in Schenectady county, New York, November 27, 1819, died November 7, 1894. He was well educated in the public schools, and was a successful farmer. He managed the extensive Rosa farm which he brought to a high state of cultivation, and otherwise great- ly improved it, making it one of the best prop- erties in the immediate neighborhood of county. He was an active Democrat and stood high in local party councils. As the growth of the city brought the Rosa farm within the city limits, he became eligible and was elected alderman of the eleventh ward. He served for several years and was success- ful in his efforts to secure favorable legisla- tion for the ward. He had previously served
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as supervisor on the county board. He was an attendant of the Reformed church. He married, October 6, 1857, Jane Esther, born in Brunswick, Rensselaer county, New York, December 8, 1833, daughter of Mordecai and Frances (Yates) Lottridge. Mordecai Lott- ridge was born in Rensselaer county, 1801, died 1882. He married Frances Yates, born in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, New York, died April 14, 1885, at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Richard Rosa, in Schenectady, where she had been a cherished inmate for several years. Mordecai was a son of Robert Lott- ridge, born of English ancestry, died at Hoo- sick Falls, New York. He married Esther Bull, of the old Albany family of that name. She survived her husband and died in Ohio. The Lottridges of the three generations named were members of the Baptist church. Chil- dren of Richard and Jane Esther (Lottridge) Rosa: 1. Frances, born June 11, 1859; was well educated and resides at home with her mother and brothers who are devoted to her. 2. Mordecai James, September 26, 1861, en- gaged in farming with his brother. He is an active Democrat and politician, a member of the county committee for many years and a delegate to the state and national conven- tions of his party. He married Margaret Walsh of Utica. 3. Richard, see forward.
(VIII) Richard (2), youngest son of Rich- ard (1) and Jane Esther (Lottridge) Rosa, was born on the estate of which he is now the acknowledged manager and head of the family, December 8, 1863. He was educated in the public schools, and early succeeded to the management of his father's estate. He is up-to-date in his methods, and with the as- sistance of his brother has maintained the high standard set by his father. The three children of Richard (I) with their widowed mother reside in the old homestead and are a devoted family. They all are members of the Presbyterian church. Richard Rosa (2) mar- ried Jane, daughter of James R. and Sarah (Taylor) Kellock, of Scotland. James R. Kel- lock emigrated to the United States and locat- ed in Brooklyn, New York, where he is chief of the fire department. Children of Richard and Jane (Kellock) Rosa: I. Richard Kel- lock, born October 14, 1899. 2. Esther Tay- lor, September 4, 1901. 3. Francis Yates, De- cember 9, 1906.
(VII) Henry, son of James and Deborah (Hall). Rosa, was born on the Rosa estate in Schenectady county, New York, October 28, 1821, died November 7, 1900. He received a good education, attending Union College, class of 1844, and lived his entire life in and near Schenectady. He established the first
coal yard in Schenectady in 1845. He was alderman and recorder. He was a Democrat, and in religious belief was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married in 1855, Harriet Louise Hinckley, born Decem- ber, 1829. Children : I. Sophie, married Clark Whitbeck. 2. Alfred. 3. Louise Hinck- ley, married P. P. S. Crane, and has one child, Edith Louise. 4. Nelson W., see for- ward. 5. Blanche.
(VIII) Nelson W., son of Henry and Harriet Louise (Hinckley) Rosa, was born in Schenec- tady, Schenectady county, New York. He was educated in Schenectady Union School. In 1900 he engaged in the retail coal business in Schenectady, which he has since success- fully conducted. He is a member of St. George's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, St. George's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, St. George's Commandery, Knights Templar, Al- bany Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; a director of Chatiemac Lake Club, Antlers Golf Club, staff officer of Albany Bur- gess Corps, life member of Society Colonial Wars, Society of 1812, and Society Sons of American Revolution, life member of S. B. C., of Schenectady, N. Y. He married, in Schenectady, Isabelle Dunbar, born and edu- cated in that city, daughter of Frederick Dun- bar, for many years an engineer on the New York Central railroad. She is a granddaugh- ter of James Dunbar, a native of Schenectady, and a great-granddaughter of George Dun- bar, born in Scotland, who came to the United States about 1815.
(The Hinckley Line).
Samuel Hinckley, ancestor of Mrs. Henry Rosa, was born in Kent county, England. He came to America about 1634, settling at Sci- tuate, Massachusetts, and in 1639 was of Barnstable, where he died October 31. 1632. His will was dated October 8. 1632. He was prominent in public affairs, as shown by town records. His first wife Sarah died August 18, 1656. He married (second) December 15, 1657, Bridget Bodfish.
(II) Governor Thomas Hinckley, son of Samuel and Sarah Hinckley, was born in Eng- land about 1618, died April 25. 1706. He came to America with his parents, settling in Barnstable in 1639, where he rose to promi- nence in town and colony. He was deputy in 1645, magistrate and assistant to the governor of Plymouth colony from 1658 to 1680, and governor from 1681 until 1692. He married (first) December 7. 1641, Mary, died June 6, 1659, daughter of Thomas Richards. He
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married (second) Sarah, widow of Nathaniel Glove. She was born in Lancaster, England, daughter of Quartermaster John Smith. She died July 29, 1703.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Governor Thomas and Sarah Hinckley, was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, September 23, 1673, died Oc- tober 17, 1721. He married, in Sudbury, No- vember, 1706, Mary Stone.
(IV) Ebenezer (2), only son of Ebenezer (I) and Mary (Stone) Hinckley, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, March 14, 1713. He had an only sister Rachel. He was a ship- master and sailed for the West Indies and was never heard from again. He married, July II, 1732, Harriet Nightingale.
(V) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2) and Harriet (Nightingale) Hinckley, married Annie, daughter of Joseph Morton.
(VI) John, son of Ebenezer (3) and Annie (Morton) Hinckley, was born February 19, 1768, died at Albany, New York, where he had been a resident several years. He mar- ried Eunice Warren, born August II, 1779.
(VII) Joseph, son of John and Eunice (Warren) Hinckley, was born in 1800, died in 1880. He was a wholesale dealer in paints, and was burned out in 1842. He was one of the organizers of the Albany Burgess Corps. He married, in 1829, Sophia Leister, born 1806, died 1895.
(VIII) Harriet Louise, daughter of Joseph and Sophia (Leister) Hinckley, married, in 1855, Henry Rosa.
BEEBE The name Beebe is one of great antiquity, being found in various forms of spelling, as far back as Bebi, an Egyptian King of the second Dy- nasty, 3000 years B. C. In Roman history Quintius Baebius figures 534 A. D. The tra- dition in the family of French origin is very plausible. Richard and William de Boebe were of the Royal Guard of William the Con- queror and passed over to England with him and were granted manors in Warwickshire where the family lived up to the close of the Commonwealth. At East Farndon, England, John Beby was pastor of the Church of St. John Baptist, prior to the year I4II. One branch of the English family has the right and titles to a coat-of-arms : a blue shield with golden chevron and three gold bees. Crest : A golden beehive (indicative of industry, vigi- lance and persistence of purpose). Motto: "Suo Defendo." The church register of St. Andrews, in the village of Broughton, North- amptonshire, England, dating from 1560, con- tains the names of Jolin Beebe and his chil- dren who emigrated to America about the
year 1650. John Beebe is the American an- cestor, although he never saw the shores of this country, dying on shipboard. His three sons, John, Samuel and James, landed in Bos- ton, worked their way westward, were promi- nent in the early settlement of Connecticut, and from there branched out in all directions. In New York they settled in Columbia county about 1760, and from there came to Albany county. They are of frequent mention in the annals of the early wars of the colonies. John Beebe with his men marched through the wilderness to the relief of Major Talcott, dur- ing King Philip's war. They were among the minute-men of 1776, and in the armies of the revolution as privates and officers. They . fought from Bunker Hill to Yorktown and James Beebe was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. The pension rolls of the revolution contain a number of names of the family. It is spelled Bebe, Beby, Beeby and Beebe.
(I) John Beebe, the emigrant of 1650, died on shipboard and left a will in which mention is made of his children, and of the fact that he came from Broughton, Northamptonshire, England. Neither his wife Rebecca, nor daughter Hannah are mentioned in the will which was written on shipboard. The infer- ence is that they were dead. The children mentioned are Thomas, Nathaniel, James, Re- becca and Mary. Two sons of John Beebe had preceded him to America, Samuel, see forward, and John (2). John (2), the eldest child, was then twenty-two years of age, and Mary, the youngest, thirteen. The sons all became very prominent in colonial Connecti- cut and were widely known as the Beebe Brothers. Rebecca married, but no mention can be found of the marriage of Mary.
(II) Samuel, son of John and Rebecca Beebe, was baptized in Broughton, England, June 23, 1633. He was a twin of Thomas Beebe and their baptisms are recorded on the same date. He arrived in New England in 1650, and settled at New London, Connecti- cut, where land was granted him December 2, 1651, and several times thereafter. In 1708 he testified that he and his brother made the fence surrounding Mr. Winthrop's ox pasture "sixty years ago." He removed to Plum Is- land and died there early in 1712, letters of administration being granted, April 6, 1712, to his widow Mary. He married (first) Agnes, daughter of William Keeney, and (second) Mary, her sister. Children: Samuel (2), William, Agnes, Nathaniel, Ann, Jonathan, Mary and Thomas.
(III) Thomas, youngest son of Samuel and Mary (Keeney) Beebe, was born about 1682.
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The earmark of his cattle was recorded at New London, Connecticut, August 5, 1712, "A croppe and half croppe on the left ear, which was his father Samuel's ear mark." September 2, 1714, he bought land in Colchester, which he sold in 1720. In 1725 he was of Haddam, Connecticut. He married Anna Hobson, at New London, December 17, 1707. Children : Edward, Agnes and Peter.
(IV) Edward, eldest son of Thomas and Anna (Hobson) Beebe, was born about 1708. He married Hannah Pratt, and had children : Edward, John, Thomas T., see forward ; Han- nah, Samuel and Samuel (2).
(V) Ensign Thomas T., son of Edward and Hannah (Pratt) Beebe, was born Febru- ary 7, 1743, died February 24, 1792. He was a ship carpenter and on leaving Connecticut came to Albany county, New York, where he was engaged in farming. He was a brave soldier of the Revolution, serving as ensign in the Sixth and Seventh Connecticut regiments. He fought at the battle of Bunker Hill, and in the thick of the fight secured a fine musket that dropped from the grasp of a mortally wounded English soldier. He used the gun during the battle, as long as he had ammuni- tion. This gun is now in the possession of a descendant, Thomas T. Beebe, of Albany, who also has a bugle used in the battle and a sabre used by Ensign Thomas. He married Olive Hall, born March 24, 1743, died February I, 1828, in Columbia county, New York, daugh- ter of Captain Hall. Children: Hannah, Thomas William, Gilbert, Mary, Betsey, John, Joseph, Abijah, Sarah, Huldah, William Sam- uel, and Joshua Hall.
(VI) Thomas William, son of Ensign Thomas T. and Olive (Hall) Beebe, was born in Albany county, New York, at or near Voor- heesville, October 7, 1769, died June 18, 1848. After his marriage he settled in Guilderland, Albany county, and devoted himself to agri- culture. He married, January 24, 1793, Helen S. Van Patten, of Dutch parentage, born Au- gust 10, 1775, died April 14. 1869. Thomas W. and wife are buried at Voorheesville, Al- bany county, New York. Children : I. Thomas T., born July 13, 1794, died April 22, 1876; married (first) Philey A. Wood, (second) Maria (Van Zant) Beebe. Children by first marriage only. 2. Nicholas, born March 29, 1796, died April 21, 1879; married Betsey Passage, born in 1808, died Septem- ber 12. 1873. They had issue. 3. Elizabeth, born January 9, 1798; married - -- Passage; six children. 4. Sarah, born September 9, 1800, died January 19, 1896; married Zacha- riah Smith, who still survives her (1910). 5. Margaret, born February 6, 1803, died June
29, 1849; married Benjamin Van Norman and had issue. 6. Peter, August 2, 1805, died March 13, 1890; married Abigail Hand. 7. John T., see forward. 8. William. 9. Helen Susanne. 10. John Hall. II. Henry Thomas, living in 1910, at Omaha, Nebraska. 12. Ja- cob. 13. Huldah.
(VII) John T., son of Thomas W. and Helen S. (Van Patten) Beebe, was born in the town of Guilderland, Albany county, New York, August 28, 1807, died April 21, 1886. Practically his whole life was spent in Albany county. Early in life he learned the trade of finisher of silk hats, but soon after returned to his father's farm in Guilderland. Later he learned the carpenter's trade. He was indus- trious and a man much respected. In early life he was a Democrat but after the civil war he joined the Republican party. He married, in Knox, Albany county, Mary Ann Chase, born December 1, 1807, daughter of Job and Lois (Toll) Chase, of prominent Connecticut ancestry. After his marriage he settled in town of Knox and lived there until his death. Children : 1. Huldah, born in Albany county, New York, married (first) Jacob I. Messick, (second) Samuel Gray ; no living issue, a son Samuel Gray (2) dying at the age of twenty- two years. 2. Lois, deceased, married Elisha Gray of Altamont, New York. They had Mary, Augusta, and Albert Gray, all resi- dents of New York City. 3. William Henry, see forward. 4. Mary, died in 1908; married John E. Hellenbeck, who survives her, living in Albany. Children : i. William, a well known business man of Albany; married Elizabeth Schwericker, and has a son Robert Hellen- beck, and a married daughter, Mrs. Vedder, of Schenectady, New York. ii. Charles, de- ceased. iii. Frank. iv. Sarah, deceased, mar- ried Edward Conroy. v. Jennie. 5. Sarah, died at the age of fourteen years.
(VIII) William Henry, third child of John T. and Mary A. (Chase) Beebe, was born on his father's farm in the town of Knox, New York, November 6, 1832. He was given lim- ited opportunity to acquire an education, but was early placed at work in the fields and pastures looking after the sheep and cattle with which the farm was stocked ; later he was taught the carpenter's trade by his father. He was possessed of a restless ambition to go out in the world and seek his fortune and in 1856, broke away from home ties and went to Chi- cago. His knowledge of mechanics stood him in good turn and he secured employment in an establishment making milling machinery. He acquired a good mechanical knowledge in the different departments, but was obliged to resign his position on account of failing health.
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He learned photography, then in its earlier stages of development, and with his usual ap- titude soon became a skillful artist. In a few years he had accumulated considerable capital. He returned to his home in Albany county, married, and later settled in the city of Al- bany, where he invested heavily in south end real estate. These investments have made Mr. Beebe a very wealthy man. He made extensive improvements and erected many homes. The growth of the city has made his property very valuable and from it he derives a large income. His career of successful en- deavor has been marked with no failures. His keen perception and wise judgment have guid- ed him aright, while his untiring energy has pushed to successful issue the plans suggested by his active brain. By no lucky turn of For- tune's wheel have his possessions been ac- quired, but by hard work, constant application and wise foresight. The term a "self made man" is hackneyed and often misapplied but there are no better words to apply to Mr. Beebe. Starting life with little education, he has acquired a remarkable fund of general in- formation; is a fluent and interesting talker and a clear headed, sagacious man of busi- ness ; conducts a large estate successfully and is recognized as a capable man of affairs whose integrity is as unquestioned as is his financial responsibility. When these results are known to have been attained without cap- ital or influential friends in the beginning the superior quality of the man must be admitted. For many years he was the leader of his party in his home ward but repeatedly and persist- ently refused office for himself. He was orig- inally a Democrat, but is now a supporter of the Republican party. He is a member of Blue Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Albany. He married, July 3, 1859, in Knox, New York, Eugenia A. Champion, born in Berne, Albany county, New York, daughter of Ezra and Margaret (Bartley) Champion, promi- nent residents of the town. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Beebe have passed the fiftieth an- niversary of their wedding day and have spent their useful lives in the most perfect marital happiness. Of congenial minds and similar tastes they are enjoying an ideal old age, he, now at the age of seventy-eight and she, sev- enty-two years ( (1910). Children: I. Ida, born September 3, 1865, died aged thirteen months, thirteen days. 2. Anna B., born Au- gust 28, 1870, died September, 1899; married Alfred Batcher, who was accidentally killed in 1908 by injuries received from a vicious horse ; children : i. Hamilton, died in infancy ; ii. Earl, born September 8, 1892, attended the public schools of Albany and now attending
Albany Business College; has resided with his grandparents since six years of age; iii. Flor- ence, died aged five years ; she resided for two years after her mother's death with her grand- parents. 3. and 4. Carrie and Clara, twins, born April 3, 1875, both died in infancy. 5. John T., born November 14, 1878, died July 15, 1879.
This is an English family origi- WINNE nally, although the emigrant was from Holland. The name is an English one, and the family probably fled to Holland during the days of religious persecu- tion when that country was a haven for the oppressed of all lands, many of whom after- ward came to America.
(I) Peter Winne, emigrant ancestor of the Albany family of that name, was born in the city of Ghent, Flanders. He married Tam- atjie Adams, born in the city of Leauwaerden in Vrieslandt. They came to America and settled at Bethlehem, near Albany, New York, July 6, 1684. He owned considerable farm property, saw mills and timber lands. He and his wife made a joint will, dated 1677, of which the following is a synopsis: "Winne, Pieter, of New Albany, born in the city of Ghent, Flanders, and wife Jannettie Adams, born in the city of Leuwaerden, Friesland. Son by first wife Archie Jans, vizt. Pieter, other children mentioned, but not by name. Real and personal estate. The survivor to be executor. Witnesses Jan Verbuck, Mr. Cornelis van Dyck and Adriaen van Ilpendam. Notary Public. Albany Co. Records, Notarial Papers, II, p. 11." Their children were : Pie- ter Peterse, Adam, Lavinus, Frans, Alette, Killian, Thomas Lyntie, Marten, Jacobus, Eva, Daniel and Rachel.
(II) Lavinus, son of Peter and Tamatjie (Adams) Winne, was born in Holland in 1647. He came to America with his father and was then thirty-seven years of age. His first wife was Teuntje Martense, whom he probably married in Holland. He married (second) Williamje Viele Schermerhorn and had children: Benjamin, Killian, Petrus, Marten, Bata, Maria Sara and Bluyan.
(III) Benjamin, son of Lavinus, and Wil- liamje V. (Schermerhorn) Winne, was born in New York, near Albany, 1705, died in 1797. He married Rachel Van Arnam and had chil- dren : Willempie, Hester, Rebecca, Jannetie, Lavinus, Levinus and Lena.
(IV) Lavinus (2), son of Benjamin and Rachel (Van Arnam) Winne, was born in 1745, died in 1825. He married Margytje Lansing, daughter of an early settler of Al- bany county. Children : Benjamin, Maria, Jo-
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hannes, David, Rachel, Hendrick, Sara, La- vinus, Sara and Jacob.
(V) Lavinus (3), son of Lavinus (2) and Margytje (Lansing) Winne, was born in 1783, died in 1816. He was a graduate of Union College, Schenectady, New York, and studied law, becoming a practicing attorney. . is vice-president of that associaton and act- He served in the United States army during the second war with Great Britain in 1812, and rose to the rank of captain. He married Ann Visscher and had three children: Ten Brock Wessell, Nanning Visscher (of whom further), and Maria.
(VI) Dr. Nanning Visscher, son of Lavi- nus (3) and Ann (Visscher) Winne, was born in 1807, died in 1858. He was graduated from Union College in 1824, and from Yale College in 1826. He studied medicine and was a regularly accredited physician. He had the unique distinction of never having prac- ticed his profession for other compensation than the gratitude of his patients. His skill as a physician was for the benefit of those unable to employ a man of medicine, and he never took a dollar for medical service. His literary attainments were of the highest order. After passing through Union and Yale col- leges, he studied abroad and completed his education. He was a lover of nature in every form and particularly loved a good horse and kept in his stables some of the finest of blooded stock. He was a most genial com- panionable man, and retained all his life a large circle of friends. He was a member of the Episcopal church and for many years a warden. He was a Democrat in politics. He was surgeon with the rank of lieutenant-col- onel on the staff of Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer. He passed most of his life in Albany, New York, where he married, Feb- ruary 25, 1829, Rachel, daughter of Garrett Van Sant Bleecker. She was born September 25, 18II, died March 10, 1890. Children : Margaret Ann, Garrett Bleecker, Elizabeth, Jane Maria, William Henry, James Edward, Louisa, John Lansing, Charles Visscher, Min- nie Sanders, Henry Allen, Alice. Of these Louise and Charles Visscher are living (1910).
(VII) Charles Visscher, son of Dr. Nan- ning Visscher and Rachel (Bleecker) Winne, was born at the Bleecker homestead, New Scotland, Albany county, New York, January 27, 1849. He was educated in a private school and Albany Academy. In 1872 he entered the engineering corps of the Delaware and Hud- son Canal Company ; in 1874 he was appointed assistant paymaster and in January, 1891, pay- master of the road, which responsible posi- tion he now fills. Mr. Winne is a Republican
in politics, and is an ex-president of the Young Men's Association, a non-political and very influential city organization, the oldest of its kind in the United States. The Albany In- stitute and Historical and Art Association has always claimed his interest and support. He
ing president. He was for ten years treasurer of the Albany City Homoeopathic Hospital and for three years president. For more than ten years he has been treasurer of the Albany Country Club, and is a member of the Fort Orange Club. His favorite out-door sport is canoeing, and in both local and national asso- ciations fostering this sport or pastime, he is a prominent and familiar figure. He is ex- commodore of the American Canoe Associa- tion (1892) ; for six years captain of the Mo- hican Canoe Club, and is an ex-president of the Albany Canoe Club. He holds member- ship in the patriotic societies of Military Or- der of Foreign Wars and the Holland Society of New York. He is a veteran of the Old Guard, Albany Zouave Cadets, and served fourteen years in the National Guard of the State of New York, seven of which he was second lieutenant of Company B, Tenth Bat- talion. His fraternal relations are Masonic, being a Master Mason of Temple Lodge, No. 14, Free and Accepted Masons, and a compan- ion of Temple Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch Masons. He was president of the Camera Club of Albany. He is a member of the Mad- ison Avenue Reformed Church, Albany, and is an active worker in the Sunday school and in the church societies. He is unmarried, but his home is enlivened by the constant presence of nieces and nephews, with whom he shares his material prosperity and supplies with an affection equalling that of which they have been deprived by the loss of parents.
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