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(II) Henry, son of Deacon Samuel and Cisely Chapin, died August 15, 1718. He was a seafaring man and made several voyages between London and Boston in command of a merchant ship. He was a prominent man of Springfield, and a deputy. He married, December 5, 1664, Bethia Cooley; five chil- dren.
(III) Henry (2), son of Captain Henry (1) Chapin, was born March 19, 1679, died September 15, 1754. He married (first) Feb- ruary 19, 1702, Mary Gurnsey, of Milford, Massachusetts; four children. He married (second) May 10, 1716, Esther Bliss; seven children.
(IV) William, son of Henry (2) and Es- ther (Bliss) Chapin, was born April 19, 1729, died November 10, 1777. He married, Feb- ruary 21, 1754, Martha, daughter of Japhet and Thankful Chapin, died May 10, 1775; eight children.
(V) Japhet, son of William and Martha (Chapin) Chapin, was born August 8, 1760, died October 6, 1822. He was a lumber man- ufacturer and dealer, also a farmer of Chico- pee Centre, Massachusetts. He married Lo- vinia Wright, of Wilbraham ; ten children.
(VI) Whitfield, son of Japhet and Lovinia (Wright) Chapin, was born May 4, 1787, died May 11, 1833. He was a lumber dealer and inspector of Springfield, Massachusetts. He married (first) November 31, 1809, Luna Chapin; (second) Melia Chapin, daughter of Colonel Silas Chapin. Mrs. Luna Chapin died March 6, 1819, leaving three children : Frances
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Julia, George Whitfield and Samuel Lyman. Mrs. Melia Chapin died May 5, 1849, aged fifty-four years; children: Elizabeth Luna, born July 3, 1823; Charles Otis, April 19, 1825; Henry Sheldon, March 12, 1828; Sarah Jane, twin of Henry Sheldon; Amelia Eaton, see forward.
(VII) Amelia Eaton, daughter of Whit- field and Melia (Chapin) Chapin, was born September 6, 1830, died September 9, 1883. She married, George May, born in Cleveland, Ohio, where they resided after marriage.
(VIII) Sarah W., daughter of George and Amelia Eaton (Chapin) May, married, Octo- ber II 1893, Edward Parker Lawton (see Lawton VIII).
(The May Line).
George May is a lineal descendant of John May, immigrant ancestor, who settled in Rox- bury, Massachusetts, 1640. He was a member of Rev. Elliot's church. His first wife is not recorded; he married (second) Sarah
(II) John, son of George May, was born in England, 1631, died September II, 1671. He married, November 9, 1656, Mrs. Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Jo- anna Brewer; eight children.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) and Sa- rah (Brewer-Bruce) May, was born May 19, 1663, died February 24, 1730. He married Prudence Bridges, born January II, 1664, died September 26, 1723; eleven children.
(IV) Eleazer, son of John (2) and Pru- dence (Bridges) May, born July 9, 1705, died February 19, 1783; removed to Pomfret. He inherited property from his father. He mar- ried (first) Dorothy Davis, born November 24, 1710, died April 12, 1750; married (sec- ond) Abigail Suinner ; eight children.
(V) William, son of Eleazer and Dorothy (Davis) May, was born October 21, 1740. He removed to Monson, Massachusetts, thence to Cherry Valley, Otsego county, New York. He had four children.
(VI) Luke, son of William May, was a res- ident of Cherry Valley, New York. He often told his sons that he was in the war of the revolution, but he must have been very young to have done aught but a boy's work in the latter years of the war. He married Lucy Kimball ; ten children.
(VII) Thomas Payne, son of Luke and Lucy (Kimball) May, born 1783, died 1847, was a trader in Cherry Valley, New York, his birthplace. Later he was in business in Cleve- land, Ohio. He married Jeannette Judd, born in Cincinnati, 1793, died December 19, 1870; children : William J., Kate and George.
(VIII) George, son of Thomas Payne and Jeanette (Judd) May, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 22, 1828; died February 4, 1871. He married Amelia Eaton Chapin, and had a daughter, Sarah W. May, married Edward Parker Lawton (see Lawton VIII).
The family of Kimball is from KIMBALL the county of Cumberland, England, and takes its origin from a parish of that name upon the Scottish border. Arms: Argent (Silver) a lion ram- pant, gules (Red) upon a chief (Sable) three crescents of gold. Crest : A lion rampant holding in the dexter paw a dagger au proper. Motto: "Fortis non ferox."
The immigrant ancestor of the Kimballs in the United States, claiming early colonial de- scent, was Richard Kimball, who with his fam- ily embarked at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, April 10, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," Cap- tain William Andrews. His age as given on the ship's list of passengers was thirty-nine years, but he was probably older. On the same ship came Henry Kemball (as this branch spelled the name) said by Bond to have been a brother of Richard, but there seems little to support that claim. Richard Kimball set- tled first at Watertown, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman, May 6, 1635, and was a landed proprietor, 1637. He was by trade a wheelwright and the neighboring town of Ipswich being in need of a wright, they invited him to settle there, which he did. The town granted him a house lot, forty acres of land, and in 1639 right to pasture "two cows free." He had the right to "fell such white oaks as he hath occasion to use about his trade for the town use." In 1660 he was granted right "to fell twenty white oak trees to make weels for the townsmen their use." In 1664 he owned forty-three shares in Plumb Island. He died June 22, 1675, having previously made his will and set his earthly affairs in order. He was then over eighty years of age. He married (first) Ursula, daughter of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk county, England. He married (second) October 23, 1661, Margaret M., daughter of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire. Richard Kim- ball left an estate inventoried at seven hun- dred and thirty-seven pounds, which was a large sum in those days. He had previously given to his children at their marriages. He had eleven children, all by first wife. The first eight were born in Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk county, England, the ninth at Watertown, Massachusetts, the last two at Ipswich. I. Abigail, died June 17, 1658; married, in Eng- land, John Severans; she died in Salisbury,
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Massachusetts, mother of twelve children. 2. Henry, married, about 1640, Mary, daughter of John and Mary Wyatt, a passenger on the "Elizabeth" with him in 1634; married (sec- ond) Elizabeth (Gilbert) Rayner, a widow; Henry was a resident of Watertown, Ipswich, and Wenham, Massachusetts; thirteen chil- dren. 3. Elizabeth, born 1621; living in 1675. 4. Richard (2), see forward. 5. Mary, born 1625; married Robert Dutch, of Gloucester and Ipswich, Massachusetts; six children. 6. Martha, married Joseph Fowler, born in Eng- land, 1642; killed by the Indians, May 19, 1676, near Deerfield, Massachusetts ; four chil- dren. 7. John, born 1631, died May 6, 1698; was a wheelwright and an extensive farm- er, about 1655 married Mary Bradstreet, born in England, 1633; they came to America on the same ship in 1634; thirteen children. 8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 2, 1676; was a mechanic and thrifty farmer, owning over four hundred acres of land and a large amount of personal property ; on the night of May 2, 1676, at his home in Rowley, on the Boxford road, he was killed by three Indians, his wife and five children taken captive and carried forty miles into the wilderness where they were kept forty-one days when they were freed ; married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith ; nine children. 9. Sarah, born 1635, died June 12, 1690; married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich.
(II) Richard (2), second son of Richard (I) and Ursula (Scott) Kimball, was born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, 1623, died in Wenham, Massachusetts, May 26, 1676. He was brought to America by his par- ents on the ship "Elizabeth" 1634. He was of Topsfield, Massachusetts, in 1664. He is styled a wheelwright and yeoman. He re- moved to Wenham, between the years 1652 and 1656, being the first Kimball to settle in that town. He was a large land owner and prominent in the town. He was twice mar- ried, both wives bearing the given name Mary. The second wife was Mary Gott. Children : I. John (called Corporal), born in Ipswich, about 1650, died 1721 ; married (first) Sarah
(second) Hannah Benton, who lived to the great age of one hundred years; seven chil- dren. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Thomas, born November 12, 1657, died October 16, 1732; married Elizabeth Potter; eight chil- dren. 4. Deacon Ephraim, born February 18, 1660, in Wenham, died January 16, 1731- 32 ; married Mary, daughter of Deacon James Friend; nine children. 5. Caleb, born April 9, 1665, died January 25, 1726; was a yeo- man and a mason by trade; married Sarah --; nine children. 6. Christopher, was -
married by Cotton Mather to Sarah Jolts, of Boston; two children. 7. Richard, died in infancy. 8. , - - -. 9. Nathaniel, born 1676, died September 7, 1735.
(III) Ensign Samuel, second son of Rich- ard (2) and Mary Kimball, was born about 1651, died October 3, 1716. He was ensign of the Wenham militia ; surveyor in 1676; con- stable, 1677; selectman, 1682. He married, September 20, 1676, Mary, daughter of John and Sarah Witt, of Lynn, Massachusetts. Children, all born in Wenham, Massachusetts : I. Samuel, born August 19, 1677, died Jan- uary 20, 1745; married (first) Elizabeth Fow- ler ; (second) Abigail Foster ; (third) Joanna (Burnham) Dodge, a widow; seven children. 2. Sarah, born September 6, 1678; married John Herrick, of Beverly, Massachusetts. 3. Martha, died in infancy. 4. Mary, born 1682; married Elisha Dodge. 5. Richard, born 1683, died in Boston, August 1, 1713; married Anne Quarles; two children. 6. Jonathan, born 1686, died February 19, 1758; was cap- tain of the militia company; deacon of the Wenham Church; town clerk, 1751-52; mar- ried Hannah Hopkins; six children. 7. John born November 13, 1687, died in Medford, Massachusetts, 1754 ; married Charity Dodge; six children. 8. Ebenezer, see forward. 9. Martha, born 1692; married John Gott. 10. Thomas, born February 22, 1696, died in Exe- ter, New Hampshire; married Elizabeth Brown, eight children. II. Benjamin, died in childhood.
(IV) Ebenezer, eighth child of Ensign Sam- uel and Mary (Witt) Kimball, was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, 1690, died 1769. He lived in Wenham and Beverly, Massachusetts, and in 1740 moved to Hopkinton, where he died. He was a yeoman and mason. He married, June 9, 1712, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Carr, of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Children : I. Elizabeth, born March 19, 1713. 2. Mary. 3. Dorothy. 4. Ebenezer, born June 22, 1720; married Mary Shattuck, seven chil- dren. 5. Richard, see forward. 6. Abigail, born April 13, 1726. 7. Sarah, born April 16, 1728. 8. Anna, born July II, 1729; mar- ried James Hiscock. 9. Boyce, born June 18, 1731 ; married Rebecca Howard; twelve chil- dren.
(V) Richard (3), second son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Carr) Kimball, was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, December 20, 1722, died in Newton, Massachusetts, March 2, 1803. He went with his father to Hopkinton where he lived until 1764, when he removed to Natick and later to Newton, Massachusetts. He married Sarah . Children : 1. Sarah,. born June 14, 1756; married Abijah Stratton,
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of Natick. 2. Abigail, married War- ner. 3. Mary, married Nathaniel Battle. 4. Elizabeth, married Asa Adams. 5. John, died in boyhood. 6. Thomas, born June 6, 1767, died 1816; married Hannah Fuller ; nine chil- dren. 7. Libella, died young. 8. Richard, born April 17, 1773, died in New Hampshire, November 13, 1845 ; he was a licensed Metho- dist preacher; married Lydia McIntyre; twelve children. 9. Ebenezer, born 1775, died August 19, 1835 ; married (first) Lydia Green- wood; (second) Fanny Rice ; eleven children. IO. John, born September 12. 1778, died No- vember 16, 1821; married Hepzibah Plagg; two children. II. Edmund, see forward.
(VI) Edmund, sixth son of Richard (3) and Sarah Kimball, was born in Natick, Mas- sachusetts, August 15, 1780. He spent the patrimony received from his father and dis- appeared, leaving his wife with a large family of young children to rear and educate. This she did nobly. They all grew to men and women of good reliable character and filled creditable positions in life. He married Bet- sey Hammond, born in Newton, Massachu- setts, September 9, 1782, died in Natick, Mas- sachusetts, June 24, 1872. Children: I. Ed- mund, see forward. 2. Eliza, born November 27, 1804, died January 3, 1893; married Charles Loker. 3. Mary Hammond, born January 2, 1807, died December 27, 1889; married Joseph Moulton. 4. Richard, born February 3, 1809, died July 1, 1884; mar- ried, October 20, 1832, Elizabeth Goodnow ; one child, Joanna E. 5. William Hammond, born in Newton, Massachusetts, March 6, 1812, died in Natick, November 6, 1892; mar- ried (first) Lydia Davis; (second) Mary, sis- ter of his first wife; seven children. 6. Keziah Trull, born March 20, 1815; married, May 7, 1840, Jesse Parmenter; two children, Eliza- beth Augusta and Jesse William. 7. Sally Hayden, born January 20, 1819, died October 23, 1873; married Jolin Stone. 8. Ann Maria H., born April 13, 1822, died February 2, 1871 ; married Joseph Alexander. 9. Thomas, Peach, born July 23, 1825, died at age of ten years.
(VII) Edmund (2), eldest child of Edmund (I) and Betsey (Hammond) Kimball, was born in Newton, Massachusetts, June 29, 1803, died in Wayland, Massachusetts, January 25. 1890. He lived and farmed in Needham and Natick, Massachusetts, for twenty-two years. He then removed to New York, where he lived in Albany and Troy, about thirty-five years, engaged in hotel keeping. He then re- turned to Massachusetts, settled in Cochituate, town of Farmingham, where he was engaged as a shoe manufacturer. He married, Septem-
ber 4, 1827 Betsey Maria, born April 27, 1803, died in Wayland, Massachusetts, February 19, 1867, daughter of Azriel Warner, of Cochi- tuate. Children: I. James Edward, see for- ward. 2. Elizabeth, born December 5, 1829; married, October 20, 1847, William Baxter, born in Whippany, New York, November 22, 1822, died in Jersey City, New Jersey, Oc- tober 27, 1884; children : Jennie, born Troy, New York, August 22, 1848; William (2), born March 8, 1851; 3. Sarah A., born May 4, 1832.
(VIII) James Edward, only son of Edmund (2) and Betsey Maria (Warner) Kimball, was born in Albany, New York, May 5, 1828, died in Troy, December 28, 1896. He was educa- ted in the public schools and Madison, now Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He began business life as a clerk in the firm of Bates & Griffin, where he remained until 1858. In that year he formed a partnership with J. M. Bradley, and as Kimball & Bradley suc- cessfully engaged in the wholesale flour, feed and grain trade at Troy. In 1868 John P. Wright was admitted to the firm, the firm name changing to James E. Kimball & Com- pany. Mr. Wright retired in 1876, and the business was continued by James E. Kimball and his son, Charles P., under the firm name of James E. Kimball & Son. James E. Kim- ball was one of the organizers and a director of the National Bank of Troy, and a man held in the highest regard in business and social circles. He was a Republican in his latter. years, formerly a Whig. He was a large- hearted charitable man, and did a great deal of good with his wealth. Among his bequests was a scholarship to Colgate University, his alma mater. He married, September 27, 1850, Susan Frances, born December 29, 1804, died February 15, 1901, daughter of Alexander and Rebecca (Bliss) Wheeler, of Troy, New York. Children : 1. Charles Price, see forward. 2. Mary Frances, born September 11, 1853, died young. 3. Lizzie, born November 27, 1859, in Troy ; married, April 23, 1878, F. A. Rey- nolds, a loom manufacturer of Stockport, Co- lumbia county, New York ; children : James A., Alice Harrington, Charles Kimball. 4. Ed- mund, born August 29, 1861, died in Bruns- wick, New York, August 25, 1894.
(IX) Charles Price, eldest son of James Edward and Susan Frances (Wheeler) Kim- ball, was born in Troy, July 16, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, graduating from the high school of Troy in 1868. He was taken into the business house of his father on finishing his studies, and in 1875 was admitted to a partnership. After the death of his father, he became sole owner,
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but continued the business as Kimball & Son. This business was originally started in Troy by Russell Sage, the noted New York banker, as the junior partner of Bates, Griffin & Sage, who were succeeded by Kimball & Bradley. Charles P. Kimball continued sole owner and manager, largely extended his lines of opera- tion, establishing branches in other cities and towns, until February 1, 1906, when the "Kim- ball Flour Company" was incorporated and his responsibilities divided among the officers of the corporation. He was chosen treasurer and general manager of the company, which position he amply fills. The company con- tinues its unvarying successful career and transacts a business of great magnitude in grain products. Mr. Kimball is also presi- dent of the Troy Knitting Company ; treasurer of the Trojan Laundry Company; director in The Indian Hill Hydraulic Mining Company. He is a member of Trojan Lodge, No. 141, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Has been a member of volunteer fire department since 1871, when he joined Trojan Hook & Ladder Company. He is a Republican, but is not active in politics. He married, Oc- tober 6, 1875, Matilda Tracy, daughter of Richard and Olive Edson (Richards) Ever- ingham, of Troy. Richard Everingham was born in England, July 2, 1826, and is yet (1910) a resident of Troy. He married Olive Edson Richards, June 28, 1849, and had three daughters. I. Matilda Tracy, married Charles Price Kimball. 2. Anna Frances, married, Oc- tober 8, 1887, Daniel R. McChesney. 3. Emma Kate, married, September 5, 1882, William Clark Geer. Olive Edson (Richards) Ever- ingham was daughter of Thomas and Chris- tiana (Fonda) Richards, born at Troy, New York, died at Troy. Christiana Fonda was a Van Schaick, a descendant of Captain Goos- en Van Schaick. Children of Charles Price and Matilda Tracy (Everingham) Kimball, all born in Troy, New York: I. Jessamine, born November 17, 1878; preparatory educa- tion received in the Troy schools, entered Smith College where she was graduated, class of 1901, with highest honors, and became member of the fraternal society, Alpha, of Smith College; she married Edward Elliott Draper, of Troy ; have one son, Richard El- liott. 2. Richard Everingham, born in Troy, February 6, 1883, died young. 3. James Edward, born in Troy, July 30, 1884; his early education was obtained at Troy Aca- demy; he prepared for college at St. Paul's School, Garden City, Long Island; entered Union College, class of 1908; is now (1910) secretary and assistant manager of the Kim- ball Flour Company; unmarried.
VAN VALKENBURGH
This is one of the old Dutch families of
New Amsterdam and the Valley of the Hud- son that laid the foundations for the present prosperity of that section and reared families whose descendants are the leading citizens of the cities and towns founded by their rugged pioneer ancestors. Lambert and Annatjie Van Valkenburgh in 1645 bought a house and twenty-five "Morgens" of land in New Am- sterdam ( Manhattan). In 1654 he was of Be- verwyck (Albany). He died prior to 1697. His widow died September 17, 1704. His heirs owned a house and lot in "ye Vodder- mark" (now the west corner of Green and Beaver streets, Albany). He had sons: Jo- cliem, baptized in New Amsterdam in 1646. Lambert, baptized July 2, 1652.
(II) Jochem, son of Lambert and Annatjie Van Valkenburgh, settled in Kinderhook, Co- lumbia county, New York, where his descend- ants may yet be found. He married (first) Eva Hendrickse Vrooman, who died 1706; (second) Jannetje Van Alsteyn and had nine children.
(III) Hendrick, son of Jochem Van Val- kenburgh and his first wife, married Anna Huvck. He was a member of the Dutch Church at Kinderhook, New York.
(IV) Jochem (2), son of Hendrick and Anna (Huyck) Van Valkenburgh, married and had issue.
(V) Lawrence, son of Jochem (2) Van Valkenburgh, was born in Kinderhook, New York. After his marriage he removed to St. Armand, Canada, where he died. He mar- ried Elizabeth Krans ; children : Hannah, born at Kinderhook, buried at St. Armand, Can- ada; Peter, born at Kinderhook, buried there; Henry, born at Kinderhook, buried there; Peter, born at St. Armand, buried in Canada ; John L., see forward; Rosannah, buried at St. Armand, Canada; Lydia, buried at Green- bush, now Rensselaer; Henry, buried in Kan- sas; Francis, buried in Poughkeepsie; Eliza, buried in St. Armand, Canada; the last five named were born in St. Armand, Canada.
(VI) John L., son of Lawrence and Eliza- beth (Krans) Van Valkenburgh, was born January 5, 1803, in St. Armand, Canada, where his parents had recently removed. He received his education in that country, but about the time of attaining his majority re- turned to Columbia county, the home of so many of his kindred. The Van Valkenburghs and the Van Derpoels married and intermar- ried until in many instances double cousins were to be found in and around Kinderhook. He began his business life in Hudson, was
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also for a time of Utica and Catskill, New York, and finally settled in Albany, where he was in partnership with Auger Wills. They had a factory and manufactured patent leather. Their factory was located on what is now the north side of Washington Park. Soon after he dissolved the partnership and purchased the tannery at Greenbush (now Rensselaer) where he throve and prospered for forty years. In connection with the tannery he had with partners, Frost and Ruyter, a store at 17-18 Hudson street, Albany, for the sale of leather and findings. This business was destroyed in the great fire in Albany which burned over an acre of buildings extending from Westerloo street to the rear of their store on Hudson street. Much of their stock was saved by re- moving it across the river and storing it on the grounds surrounding his Greenbush home- stead. In 1870 he retired from active business life and devoted himself to building and im- proving his farm, at that time consisting of one hundred and forty-five acres, but after- ward enlarged to two hundred acres, situated at Castleton Heights, town of Schoodic. The loss of his son, Lawrence Hubbell, who died at the age of twenty-nine years, and of his daughter, Mrs. Anna E. Godley, who died within eight months of each other, seriously affected his health, and in the spring of 1873 he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he rallied and enjoyed fairly good health for the following eight years, when another attack left him a cripple for the remaining three years of his life. He died May 4, 1884, leav- ing a record of undisputed integrity, of an industrious and successful business life, and of good citizenship. He was one of the found- ers of the Church of the Messiah and always a helpful member. The church was founded in 1853, and for several years was a mission of Old Trinity Church, New York City. He was for many years a warden as well as a faithful, generous supporter. The founders were Dr. Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, John L. Van Valkenburgh and Benjamin B. Kirtland. He was a strong Democrat and an influential politician. He held many of the offices of the village of Greenbush, among them super- visor, school commissioner and loan commis- sioner under John C. Mathers. In connection with his long business, political and religious career, he had made a wide circle of acquaint- ances and friends, and was perhaps more widely known personally than any man in the community. When he first came to Green- bush the only way of crossing the Hudson from Albany was the horse ferry, and a row boat owned by "Captain Josie," whose familiar cry of "over" could be heard from shore to
shore, and was a source of amusement to the early settlers. Mr. Van Valkenburgh lived to see and watch the building of the "Lower Bridge" directly in front of his house, and when that magnificent structure was completed with the street cars crossing it, he attended the formal opening, and the retrospective view, with the thought that the old order was pass- ing, visibly affected him.
He married, in 1831, Caroline Hubbell, born in Hudson, August 24, 1813, daughter of Lu- ther Hubbell, of revolutionary stock. She died November 8, 1909, in her ninety-seventh year. She was a direct descendant of Gover- nor Slade, of Connecticut, who was governor during the revolution. She was a perfect type of the lady of the colonial days, dignified, re- tiring, yet with a motherly affectionate dis- position that won all hearts. She was most charitable, giving much money and property to the Church of the Messiah, of which she was a member for over half a century. She always led an active life, retained all her fac- ulties to the very last, and but for an unfortu- nate fall that shortened her days would no doubt have reached the century mark. She was always a great reader, although her sight had failed during the last year of her life, which prevented her regular reading habits. During her last four weeks' illness, she never murmured or complained. She was able to be up and around the house previous to her ac- cident and looked forward from year to year to her birthdays. She was a most remarkable woman. In 1881 Mr. and Mrs. Van Valken- burgh celebrated their golden wedding, the husband surviving until three years later. Children of John L. and Caroline (Hubbell) Van Valkenburgh : I. Anna E., died July 10, 1872; married Richard Godley, died July 20, 1872. They left children. John L., died No- vember 1907; Caroline P., unmarried, and Harry Edward, died April 13, 1909. 2. Law- rence ; died at the age of seven years and eight months. 3. Harriet, see forward. 4. Law- rence Hubbell died March, 1873. He married Florence Van De Water, and had a daugh- ter, Amelia Anna, who married Richard An- thony, of New York, and had a son, Richard Allard.
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