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(VI) Cornelius, son of William and Cath- erine (Putnam) Van Buren, was born Sep- tember 14, 1792. He left the Valley of the Hudson and following the Mohawk Valley settled in the town of Glen, Montgomery county, where he cleared and improved a farm. He married Magdelene Martine and had issue. Cornelius and wife, like their an- cestors, were members of the Dutch Reformed church.
(VII) Peter Putnam, son of Cornelius and Magdelene (Martine) Van Buren, was born in the town of Glen, Montgomery county, January 24, 1814; lived there all his life a farmer ; died May 17, 1851. He married, De- cember 27, 1838, Rachel Maria Enders, born December 6, 1816, died July 16, 1873. She was a relative of Captain Philip Christian Enders, born July 22, 1740, in Braunsijweiler, District of Zugenheim, Nassau, Germany, died February 26, 1809, in Dauphin county, Penn- sylvania. After completing his education he entered the military service of his Sovereign, William Heinrich, Prince of Nassau, partici- pating in numerous battles of the "Seven
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Years War." For gallantry and other soldier- ly qualities he was promoted to a captaincy in the Royal Cavalry. He subsequently re- signed his commission, and May 13, 1764, married Anna, daughter of Conrad Degen, of Slippertsfield, Nassau. A few months later he came to America, with his bride; settled first in Philadelphia, later in what was then Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Pennsyl- vania. In 1788 he purchased a tract of thir- teen hundred acres in Upper Paxtang on which lie located, lived and died. His wife died in 1796. He survived her thirteen years. They were the parents of thirteen children, eight sons, four of whom married and reared large families ; four of the daughters married sons of the Kreeger, Baughman, Miller and Phillips families. It is believed that the End- ers family came to America with the second emigration from the lower Palitinate, settling in the Schoharie Valley in 1712-13. The family is numerous in Schoharie county, and during the revolution many of the name served in the militia of Albany and other counties. The ancestor was Bertram Enders; his son Peter settled near Schoharie Junction. He was a revolutionary soldier. During the raid of Sir John Johnston and Brant, in the Schoharie Valley in 1780, his buildings were burned. He had two brothers, Jacob and John. It is from this line that Rachel Maria Enders (wife of Peter Putnam Van Buren) de- scended, but the connection is not clearly shown by the records. Children of Peter P. and Rachel M. (Enders) Van Buren: I. Cor- nelius, see forward. 2. Emily, born April 15, 1842 ; married Boyd R. Hudson ; children : Ag- nes, deceased; Van Buren, deceased ; and Em- ily (Mrs. Lewis of Fort Hunter). 3. Helen, September 10, 1844; married (first) Dotus V. Morris, (second) David Getman, no issue. 4. Enders, December 10, 1847, died July, 1881. 5. Martin E., June 17, 1850; cashier of City National Bank, Amsterdam, New York; mar- ried Marcia Craig; died October, 1898. Chil- dren : John C. and Martin E. Jr.
(VIII) Cornelius, eldest child of Peter Put- nam and Rachel Maria (Enders) Van Buren, was born in Glen, Montgomery county, New York, January 25, 1840, and is living in Am- sterdam, New York. He was educated in the public schools of the district, Johnstown Acad- emy, Amsterdam Academy, and at Claverack, New York. His first essay in business was as a grocer's clerk at Aurresville, where he remained two years, 1858-60. For the next three years he was clerk for Voorhees, Van Antwerp & Company, proprietors of the Ful- tonville & New York Transportation Com- pany, with office at Fultonville. This was be-
fore the railroads did all the business and the company had a large trade. He was later pro- moted to manager of the New York office. In 1866 he returned permanently to Amsterdam, moving there and remaining in that city three years, where he associated himself with John C. Putnam in the flour, feed, grain and coal business. He was successful in business and prominent in the public life of Amsterdam, In 1881, he purchased Mr. Putnam's interest, and still continues, under the style of C. Van Buren Company. He· is a Republican and served as the representative of that party. He was school trustee several years, supervisor three years, member of state legislature, 1881- 82, the historical session that witnessed the political downfall of Roscoe Conkling. In 1887 he was elected alderman of the city, was one of the board of sewer commissioners, trustee and president of the City Hospital, was an organizer and vice-president of the Merchants National Bank until its closing out, director of the City National Bank from 1890 until the present time, and a director of the Amsterdam Savings Bank. His continuance in public offices of trust is the best encomium that could be uttered.
He married, January 24, 1867, in Boston, Massachusetts, Marion B., born November 3, 1844, died January 21, 1889, daughter of John G. and Ann (McConnell) Gove, of New Hampshire. John Greenleaf Gove was born January 24, 1809, died 1884, son of Rev. John Gove, of New Hampshire, born January 17, 1777, died June 6, 1866; married June II, 1805; Lydia Herrick, born February 2, 1785, died 1844, daughter of Ebenezer Herrick, born in Reading, Massachusetts, March 2, 1759, died January 9, 1842, at Marlborough, Massa- chusetts; was a soldier of the revolution, serv- ing in Captain Amos Upton's company. His wife was Ivdia Eaton. Ebenezer Herrick was son of Samuel Herrick, of Reading, Massa- chusetts, and his wife, Elizabeth Jones, of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Children of Cornelius and Marion B. (Gove) Van Buren : I. George G., born June 16, 1868; resident of Amsterdam, New York; twice married; has children : Marion, born June 2, 1891, and Cornelius, August 13, 1896. 2. Florence, Jan- uary 10, 1870, died in infancy. 3. Grace, fur- ther mentioned.
(IX) Grace, only daughter of Cornelius and Marion B. (Gove) Van Buren, was born in Amsterdam, New York, January 6, 1879. She was educated in private schools, at college, and studied art in Boston; she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and other organizations. She married, December 21, 1901, Karl Isburghı, born in Melrose, Mas-
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sachusetts, August 25, 1878; was educated in private schools and at Chauncey Hall, Boston. He is in active business in Amsterdam, asso- ciated with C. Van Buren Company. He is a member of leading social organizations of the city. He is a son of Charles H., and a grand- son of Alexander and Mary A. (Pray) Is- burgh, both born in Stockholm, Sweden, later of Boston, Massachusetts, where they died. Charles H. Isburgh by his first wife had a son Frederick T., of Lynn, Massachusetts. By his second wife, Ida Josephine (Kimball) Is- burgh, he had: I. Elsie, married Walter B. Peabody, of Waban, Massachusetts, and has Gretchen and Mildred Peabody. 2. Karl, of previous mention. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Isburgh are the parents of Donald, born January 8, 1903, and Marion Van Buren, Isburgh, August .5, 1904.
BRADT Two brothers of this name, (Bradt, Brat or Bratt) Albert Andriese and Arent Andriese, were among the early settlers of Albany. They often went by the name of "De Noormen. The former remained in Albany, and is the ancestor of most of the earlier families in Albany county.
(I) Arent Andriese Bratt became one of the first proprietors of Schenectady in 1662, about which time he died, leaving a widow and six children. His wife was Cataleynte, daughter of Andries De Vos, deputy director of Rensselaerwyck. After the death of her husband, the grants of land allotted to him were confirmed to her. Her home lot in the village of Schenectady was the west quarter of the block bounded by Washington, Union, Church and State streets. On this lot her grandson, Arent A. Bratt, brewer, built the ancient Dutch House that stood so long on the north side of State street near Wash- ington. November 12, 1664, being about to marry a second husband, she contracted with the guardian of her children to set off for them from her estate one thousand guilders. Her second husband, Barent Janse Van Dit- mars, was killed in the Indian massacre of 1690. She married (third) 1691 ; Chaas Janse Van Boekhoven, whom she also outlived. She died in 1712. In the marriage contract with Van Ditmars, the following children were mentioned; Aeffie, aged fifteen years; she la- ter married Claas Van Pelten ; Ariantje, aged thirteen; married Ryer Schermerhorn; An- dries Arentse, aged eleven years; Cornelia, aged nine years; married Jan Pootman, and with her husband was killed at the massacre of 1690; Samuel, aged five years ; Dirk, aged three years.
(II) Samuel, son of Arent Andriese and Cataleynte (De Vos) Bratt, was born in 1659. His farm numbered No. I among the twenty farms into which the "Great Flats" was di- vided, was originally patented to his mother, later in 1713 it was conveyed to Samuel Bratt. It contained fifteen morgens and four hundred and sixty-seven rods. He married Susanna, daughter of Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck (son of the settler). Children: Arent, see for- ward; Margaretta, married Captain Daniel Toll; Anna; Jacobus, married Margarita Clute ; Cornelia; Johannes; Catalyntje, mar- ried Jacobus Van Slyck; Susanna, married Bartholomew Vrooman; Andreas, married Anna De Graff; Samuel, married Catarina Van Peyten ; Ephraim, married Claartje Bosie, widow of Cornelius Viele (2).
(III) Arent, son of Samuel and Susanna (Van Slyck) Bratt, built and resided in the ancient brick house that was standing in 1873, southwest of the first lock above the city. The brick house mentioned remained in the family until 1839. He fell heir to a great deal of the property left by his grandparents. He married Catarina, died 1773, in her eighty-third year, daughter of Jan Pieterse Mebie. Children : Samuel, married Catharine Van Guysling ; Johannes, married Anna Van Antwerpen ; Su- sanna, married Jacques Peck; Annetje, mar- ried Johannes Helmerse Veeder; Margaret, married Cornelis Vrooman; Eva; Abraham, see forward ; Jacobus ; Engeltye, married Dan- iel Campbell.
(IV) Abraham, son of Arent and Catarina (Mebie) Bratt, was baptized December 13, 1727. He was a farmer of the town of Rot- terdam, Schenectady county, which became the family seat during the lifetime of his father. He made his will August 4, 1806, proved April 12, 1816, in which he spoke of all his children as then living, except Arent and Re- becca. He married, February 7, 1761, Sarah, died September 8, 1783, in her forty-sixth year, daughter of Frederic Van Pelten. Chil- dren : Arent, died young. Arent (2), mar- ried (first) Engeltje Van Pelten; (second) Jannetje Van Schaick; Elisabeth; Frederick ; Johannes, see forward; Nicholas, died aged seventy ; married Margarita, daughter of Cor- nelius Mebie ; Catarina ; Rebecca ; Eva ; Angel- ica and Sarah.
(V) Johannes (John), son of Abraham of the Woestine and Sarah (Van Pelten) Bratt, was born in the town of Rotterdam, New York, April 1, 1770, died there July 14, 1846. He was a farmer, member of the Dutch Re- formed church, and a Democrat. He married, January 19, 1793, Willempie (Willamette), died January 4, 1862, in her eighty-eighth
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year, daughter of Cornelius Mebie, and sister of Jacob Mebie, accidentally killed at the age of sixty. (His wife, Eva Van Patten, died at the age of ninety.) Children : I. Abraham, born June 9, 1793, died young. 2. Cornelius, July 2, 1796; married Rebecca Van Patten. 3. Abraham A., see forward. 4. Esther, born July 30, 1803, died 1873; married Albert H. Ved- der, farmer of Gloversville, died at the age of eighty. 5. Arent, (Aaron) born August 13, 1806; married Jane Van Schaick. 6. Sara, born April 18, 1809; married Aaron Barin- ger, of Rotterdam, died in Schenectady, leav- ing a daughter Martha, who married Frank Bessel. 7. Catharine, born July 4, 1812, died January 5, 1850; married Cornelius Becker, a veteran of the civil war, who died in the army from wounds received in battle, his body was sent north and he lies beside his wife in the Rotterdam burying ground. Governor Levi P. Morton before retiring from office was the appointment of Mr. Bradt treas- urer of Schenectady county, a vacancy then existing. He represented the third ward in the city council for six years, and has always been an active 'party worker. He was the treasurer of the Republican county committee ; delegate to numerous conventions of his party, and was a leader. His first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln for a second term. He and wife are members of the Re- formed church. He married, in Rotterdam, in 1863, Jane Ann Thoma, born in Florida, Mont- gomery county, February 3, 1836, daughter of Alva and Maria (Bunn) Thoma. Alva Tho- ma was born in the province of Baden-Baden, Germany, came to the United States when a young man, married in Amsterdam, and died in Schenectady in 1898, in his ninety-fourth year. He was a Methodist and a Republican. (VI) Abraham A., son of John and Wil- lamette (Mebie) Bradt, was born June 3, 1800, in the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady county, New York. He was reared on the farm and later in life owned and operated a farm in the town of his birth. He was pros- perous and a man of high standing in his community. He married Sarah Van Slyck, born in Schenectady, 1798, died 1841. Chil- dren : I. Annie, died 1908, aged eighty-five years ; married David Van Slyck. 2. Aaron, died in California. 3. Garret V., died in Rot- His wife, Maria Bunn, survived him and had also attained the great age of ninety-three years, dying July 28, 1910. She resided in Schenectady with her youngest son, James C. Thoma. She had other sons, Alfred W., of Burlington, Iowa; married Berthina Magee; George, a physician of Reno, Nevada. Chil- dren of Henry and Jane (Thoma) Bradt : I. George T., born August 4, 1869 ; prepared for college at Schenectady high school ; was grad- uated at Union University, class of 1893; is connected with the General Electric Company ; terdam, unmarried, aged twenty-two years. 4. . married Ada Kirste; children: Adaline K.
Harman, died unmarried at the age of twenty- seven years. 5. David, died in 1880, leaving four children. 6. Maria, married William H. Van Vranken. 7. John, of San Francisco, California; married Mary Kelly, now de- ceased, leaving a daughter Mary, who married David Warfield, the noted actor. 8. Sarah, unmarried. 9. Joseph, of New York City. 10. Henry, see forward.
(VII) Henry, youngest child of Abraham A. and Sarah (Van Slyck) Bradt, was born in Rotterdam, New York, December 31, 1842. He was reared on the home farm, educated in the town schools, and in early life was em- ployed in the manufacture of brooms. In 1867 he located in Schenectady and in partnership with James C. Thoma conducted a grocery store, continuing four years when the firm dis- solved. Mr. Bradt then returned to his origi- nal business, started a factory in Schenectady and began the manufacture of brooms. He conducted the business successfully until his retirement. He served as trustee of the Sche- nectady Savings Bank several years. He is Re- publican in politics; was elected supervisor from the second ward of Schenectady and served several years. The last official act of
and Dorothy T. 2. William H., born 1876; graduate of high school; he began early to show a taste for public life; was page in the legislature, secretary of the board of city su- pervisors ; appointed 1905 private secretary to superintendent of public works, John N. Park- er, continuing with his successor in office; he is a member of the firm of Odell & Bradt, coal dealers; married Mary Rexford. 3. Fred A., born 1882; graduate of high school; de- partment foreman General Electric Company ; married Hazel Miller; daughter Ada M.
LAWTON
The early records of the Law- tons do not show the date of arrival of the emigrant ances-
tor nor from whence he came. Both Savage and Austin give as the first of record George Lawton, who with a brother Thomas was of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The first record, probably that of the emigrant, as no earlier Lawton can be found.
(I) George Lawton in 1638 was admitted an inhabitant to the island of Aquidneck. In 1639 he signed a compact with twenty-eight others acknowledging themselves loyal sub- jects of King Charles. In 1648 had a grant
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of forty acres of land "near his brother Thom- as;" in 1648 he was made member of the court of trials ; 1655 became a freeman ; 1665- 72-75-76-79 was deputy to the general court. From 1671 to 1678 the settlement was greatly disturbed by Indian troubles in which George Lawton is frequently mentioned in various responsibilities, 1680-81-82-83-84-85-86-89-90. He was assistant to the governor. He owned land and followed farming as an occupation. He was a member of the Society of Friends as were following generations. He died Oc- tober 5, 1693, and was buried in his orchard at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Martha Hazard, of Portsmouth. Children: I. Isabel, married Samuel Albro; four children. 2. John, married Mary Boomer, one son. 3. Mary, mar- ried John Babcock, ten children. 4. George (2), see forward. 5. Robert, married Mary Woodell, four children. 6. Susanna, married Thomas Cornell, three children. 7. Ruth, married William Woodell, no issue. 8. Mercy, married James Tripp, no issue. 9. Job, un- married. 10. Elizabeth, married Robert Carr, two children.
Thomas Lawton, brother of George Law- ton, married (second) Grace Bailey, and had five children : Elizabeth, had fourteen children ; Daniel, twelve children; Ann, two children; Sarah, eleven children; Isaac, had three wives and eleven children, all by first wife. There was also a John Lawton admitted an inhabi- tant of Aquidneck (Portsmouth) who may have been a brother of George and Thomas. (II) George (2), son of George (I) and Elizabeth (Hazard) Lawton, died at Ports- mouth, Rhode Island, September II, 1697. He was a wealthy farmer. His will proved Sep- tember 24, 1697, leaves lands, money, stock, slaves and personal property to be divided equally between his four children and his wife. He married, January 17, 1677, Naomi, daugh- ter of Bartholomew and Ann Hunt, who bore him four children. She survived her husband and became the third wife of his cousin, Isaac, son of Thomas Lawton. Children: Elizabeth, born November 15, 1678; George, see for- ward; Robert, October 14, 1688; Job, Janu- ary 22, 1692.
(III) George (3), son of George (2) and Naomi (Hunt) Lawton, was born at Aquid- neck, April 30, 1683, died April 11, 1740. He inherited lands and property under his father's will and spent his life as a husbandman. He was of the family faith in religion, as his father before him. He married, February 26, 1707, Mary Gould, born November 29, 1688, and had issue.
(IV) Robert, son of George (3) and Mary
(Gould) Lawton, was born February 4, 1708, in the same house as his father and grand- father at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He mar- ried, November 11, 1748, at the same town and place, Mary Hall, born March 3, 1721. He was "a man just and upright in all his acts," "A man who dearly loves justice."
(V) William, son of Robert and Mary (Hall) Lawton, was born in the old home- stead, December 26, 1755. He was a farmer, and served in the revolutionary war as a pri- vate in spite of his Quaker ancestry and prin- ciples. He was commissioner of the Rhode Island militia, May 7, 1796, was made cap- tain, and in June, 1803, promoted major of the First Regiment of Rhode Island militia. He married, April 24, 1778, Sarah Barker, born January 28, 1758, and had twelve chil- dren. Sarah Barker was the daughter of Pet- er and Ruth (Lawton) Barker. Ruth Law- ton was the fourth in line from Thomas Law- ton, the immigrant brother of George Lawton.
(VI) George (4), second child of Major William and Sarah (Barker) Lawton, was born August 31, 1799, died September 18, 1824. He lived in Providence, Rhode Island, and was a mechanic. He married Maria E. Baker, born November 26, 1802, died Janu- ary 13, 1858, at Troy, New York.
(VII) George Franklin, son of George (4) and Maria E. (Baker) Lawton, was born September 8, 1824, died March 24, 1902. He was a hat manufacturer of Providence, Rhode Island, owning and operating his own factory. In 1869 he removed to Troy, New York, where he continued in the same business as manager of the hat factory of E. W. Bough- ton. He continued in this position for about twenty years, when he again began manufac- turing in his own factory, where he continued in successful business until 1889, when he re- tired. He enlisted October 10, 1862, as first lieutenant of Company F, Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, and was in the most bloody battle of the war, Fredericks- burg. He was severely wounded in the first battle fought there, receiving a piece of shell over the left eye and after a long illness recovered, but had lost the sight of that eye. Prior to going to the front he was appointed recruiting officer by Governor Sprague of Rhode Island, August 14, 1862, and after serv- ing two months was commissioned lieutenant and went to the front with his regiment. He was an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a Republican. He mar- ried (first) October 27, 1844, Mary E., born August 19, 1824, died October 6, 1857, daugh- ter of Thomas J. and Abigail (Snow) Earl.
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He married (second) January 25, 1859, Mrs. Marah A. (Marsh) Doane, born August 12, 1826, died April 24, 1895, daughter of John C. Marsh, born July 9, 1800, died December 23, 1870, farmer and blacksmith of Leverett, Massachusetts, who married Elcipha Marsh, born February 6, 1802, died February 5, 1859. John C. Marsh was a descendant of John Marsh, of Hartford, 1636. Coming down through Samuel (3) Ebenezer, (4) Enos, (5) Joshua, (6) John C. Children of first wife, Mary E. Earl: I. Lucy M., married (first) Cyril B. Manchester, June 4, 1867; married (second) Frank G. Spencer, Septem- ber 20, 1876; children: Gertrude, Lawton, Frank G. (2). 2. George Franklin (2), born August 15, 1848; married Ruby A. Balkem, November 22, 1871 ; children : Frank E., Ken- neth E., Ethel. 3. Thomas Earl, born March 18, 1853; married (first) November 26, 1879, Elizabeth Franklin, born January 26, 1853, died May 21, 1883, and left a child Eliza- beth ; married (second) April 25, 1887, Jose- phine Evans; children: Earl E., born Au- gust 29, 1889; Vivian, January 31, 1894; Ken- neth Van Zandt, October 12, 1900. Children ·of second wife, Marah A. Doane. 4. William M., born November 12, 1859, now of the Lake Erie Nail & Supply Company, Cleve- land, Ohio; married, September 22, 1886, Mil- lie Woodward ; no children. 5. Edward Park- er, see forward. 6. Mary Elizabeth, married, September 21, 1892, Charles D. Wiswall, of Watervliet, New York, veternarian dentist ; children : Charles L., Frank L. 7. Eva Flor- ence, born March 16, 1869, died in infancy. (VIII) Edward Parker, youngest son of George Franklin and Marah A. (Marsh- Doane) Lawton, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, November 25, 1863. He was six years of age when his father removed to Troy, New York, where he was educated in the public schools of that city, and of Green Island. He began his business career as caslı- ier in the shoe store of C. E. Sheffer, of Troy, where he remained three years. For a short time he was bookkeeper for a Provi- dence, Rhode Island firm, then returned to Troy where he was assistant to the postmaster at Green Island. He next engaged with Neher & Calder, later Neher & Carpenter, insurance and bankers, as bookkeeper and cashier. De- cember 15, 1886, he entered the employ of the Troy Savings Bank, where he now (1910) oc- cupies the position of receiving teller. He is a member of the Baptist church and a Re- publican. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Lodge, Chapter, Com- mandery and Shrine. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution, through the patriotic
services of his great-grandfather, Major Wil- liam Lawton, of Rhode Island. He married, October 11, 1893, Sarah W. May, of Troy, daughter of George and Amelia Eaton (Cha- pin) May; children: I. Edward Parker (2), born July 22, 1894; graduate of Troy high school, class of 1911. 2. Katherine May, born September 24, 1899, died June 8, 1905. 3. Allan, born January 22, 1907.
(The Chapin Line).
Mrs. Amelia Eaton (Chapin) May, mother of Mrs. Sarah W. (May) Lawton, is a lineal descendant in the seventh generation of Dea- con Samuel Chapin, who took the freeman's oath in Boston, June 2, 1640. He is believed to be the progenitor of all the Chapins of early ancestry in New England. Tradition and evidence would indicate that he was of Welsh parentage. He removed with his fam- ily to Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1642. He was a magistrate and much employed in the public business. He was a deacon of the Springfield church and of highest repute. He married Cisely - -; eight children.
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