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United States with his wife, who was born in Hesse-Darmstadt. They settled in New York, where he became known as one of the most skillful lithographers of that city and one of the prominent manufacturers of that line of printing. Mrs. Henry Becker died in 1881, leaving six children: I. Emma, born in New York; married William C. Crouse, a lumber dealer of West Galway, New York; children: Louise M., Henry B., William J. and Harold Crouse. 2. Louise, married Sam- uel Ruddleson, a mill operator of Amsterdam. 3. Caroline, unmarried, resides with her father in Amsterdam. Three children, Katie, Henry and Margaret, died in infancy. Mr. Becker married (second) in Amsterdam, 1883, Walla, born in Bavaria, Germany, daughter of John and Barbara Berg, of Albany, New York, where they died in old age. By his second marriage Mr. Becker has a son, Henry C., born July 2, 1885, living at home, and a daughter, Walla, born February 2, 1887. Both were educated in Amsterdam schools and re- side with their parents.
The Troy branch of the Ives fam-
IVES ily descend from Lazarus Ives, who was born in Wales, 1733, died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, New York, 1812. He came to America when a young man in company with his brothers, John and Benjamin. Lazarus settled in Connecticut, but before the revolution removed to New York, settling at Sand Lake, where he leased several hundred acres of ground, engaging in farming and stock raising. He prospered, be- came a large owner and the founder of a numerous and influential family of the coun- ty. His wife, Lydia Gremes, died 1824, aged eighty-three. She bore him sons: Lazarus, Christopher, see forward, and three daughters.
(II) Christopher, son of Lazarus and Lydia (Gremes) Ives, was born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, New York, 1764. He was a farmer. He married and has sons: Jacob, born 1789; he was a noted wrestler in his younger days ; he removed to Illinois, where he died; Abijah; Ranson; Truman, see for- ward ; John.
(III) Truman, son of Christopher Ives, was born in Poestenkill, Rensselaer county, New York, died in Troy at the age of eighty-four. He was reared on the farm and followed agri- cultural pursuits for a great part of his active life. He removed to Troy, where he was con- nected with the city's business enterprise until his years prevented active effort. He married Betsy Snyder, who bore him seven children: I. Augustus, soldier of the civil war. 2.
Chester. 3. Harrison, also a veteran of the civil war. 4. Chester, served in the war with his brothers, Augustus and Harrison. 5. Tru- man, see forward. 6. Amanda. 7. Elizabeth, married George Mosley, of Albany. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Ives are buried in Mt. Ida Ceme- tery, Troy, New York.
(IV) Truman (2), son of Truman (I) and Betsy (Snyder) Ives, was born in Poesten- kill, Rensselaer county, New York, September 24, 1817, died in Troy, December 18, 1899. He was educated in the public schools of his district, and was reared on the farm of his father, where he acquired the practical knowl- edge that decided the future. When young he removed to Troy, New York, and began market gardening for the Troy market. He at first cultivated rented ground, and as his means allowed he purchased small tracts of land, and in this way acquired a large holding of real estate that increased in value with the growth of the city. He conducted a large wholesale business, supplying hotels, steam- ers and other dealers. He had a retail stand in Fulton market which he occupied for fifty years, becoming a well-known figure to the patrons of the market of two generations. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married (first) Martha Cushing, who died in Troy, 1861. She bore him six children: I. Catherine, born 1838. 2. Sarah E., December 28, 1841 ; mar- ried Reuben S. Goodfellow. 3. Charles H., May 17, 1844. 4. Lionel, April 4, 1850. 5. Myron C., January 1, 1855. 6. Walter, died May 17, 1860, an infant. Mr. Ives married (second) January 16, 1867, Mary Augusta Bates, born in Troy, New York, December 2, 1838. Children, all born in Troy : I. Truman C., April 10, 1868; married (first) Norma Ham; children: Truman E., Leland H., George and Harold; married (second) Flora Seymour ; children: Norma, Donald S., Edna and Willard H .; he is engaged in the grocery business in Troy. 2. Lillian Bates, January 12, 1870; married Charles A. Roemer. 3. George Henry, August 14, 1872; married Margaret Hale. 4. Reuben Goodfellow, July 23, 1874; married Maria Rattigan. 5. Mary Frances, March 25, 1876, unmarried. 6. Charles C., February 25, 1878 ; a bookkeeper and real es- tate agent. 7. Grace, September 18, 1883, died January 10, 1885. Mrs. Truman Ives survives her husband and resides in Troy, near her children, who are all well settled in life. Mrs. Ives is the daughter of Calvin Bates, whose life and business was ordered very much as was her husband's. He was a market gar- dener and was a familiar figure in Fulton market, Troy, where he had a stand for about
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fifty years. He was a son of David Bates, of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Her mother was Phoebe Miranda Harmon, born 1820, died 1888, in Troy, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bates are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy. They were the parents of seven chil- dren, of whom Mrs. Ives (Mary Augusta) was the eldest; Lorena E., Cornelia, Anna, Frances, George H. and Julia.
(IV) Chester, fourth child of Truman (q. v.) and Betsy (Snyder) Ives, was born in Troy, New York, 1827, died there in 1903. He was educated in the Troy schools, and during the earlier years of his life was engaged with his brother Truman in raising market produce. Later he apprenticed himself to a mason and builder with whom he served until he had mas- tered the mason's trade. After sufficient ex- perience had been gained as a journeyman, he started in business as a contractor. He became well and favorably known as a reliable, compe- tent builder and continued in business during his active life, but was living retired at the time of his death. He was a Republican in politics, but never took an active part in public affairs. He was a man of quiet, domestic tastes, very charitable, known and respected by all. He married Bridget, born in Troy, New York, 1830, died there in September, 1871, daughter of John Pratt, of Troy. Chil- dren : I. Chester John, see forward. 2. Mary, born 1850; wife of M. Broderick; resides in Troy. 3. Anna, 1853; married John H. Tap- pan, of Troy. 4. Elizabeth, died young. 5. Al- bert, married, and a resident of Denver, Col- orado. 6. Josephine, died in infancy.
(V) Chester John, eldest child of Chester and Bridget (Pratt) Ives, was born in Troy, New York, November 3, 1848. He attended the Troy schools until the age of twelve, when he went to Chicago with his father and began working in a grocery store there. Upon at- taining a suitable age, he began working with his father at mason work, continuing for sever- al years, becoming an expert workman. His ambition was to become an employing con- tractor, which he later accomplished. He has built many of the blocks and residences of Troy and is rated a successful, reliable con- tractor. He has always taken an active part in the political life of his city, and is now serv- ing his second term as supervisor of the first ward. He is an alert, energetic man with a high sense of his obligations as a citizen. He serves his ward faithfully, and is keenly alive to all that pertains to their welfare. He is a Democrat, and is highly regarded by his party. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church and faithfully fulfils his obligations as a Chris- tian man. He belongs to the fraternal order of
that church, the C. M. B. A., in which he takes a deep interest. Mr. Ives married (first) De- lia, born 1849 in Waterford, New York, died in Troy, September 8, 1871, daughter of Pat- rick Raney. No children. Married (second) Marsella Cooney, born in Victory Mills, Sara- toga county, New York, January 28, 1856, died in Troy, New York, December 6, 1884. Children : 1. Bridget, born March 31, 1874. 2. Marietta, born October 4, 1875, in Troy ; mar- ried Myron Lawson, of Troy. 3. Chester, born in Troy, September 10, 1877, died Febru- ary 14, 1890. 4. Charles A., born July 26, 1879, in Troy; he follows the trade of his father and grandfather, and is a skillful mason and bricklayer ; married Mary Cannon and has a son, Chester. 5. Marsella. Mr. Ives mar- ried (third) 1886, at Troy, Elizabeth Carroll, born 1856, in Troy, died there December II, 1908.
The Jewetts are of English JEWETT ancestry and are said to de- scend from Henri de Juatt, a knight of the First Crusades. In America the earliest Jewett record is of Maximilian, of Rowley, Massachusetts, born 1607, died 1684, who came from England in 1638 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and sixty others who settled at Rowley in April, 1639. Maximilian Jewett was a son of Edward Jewett, of Brad- ford, Yorkshire, England. From Rowley the family spread over New England and other states until they may be found in every state in the Union. The New York family are of record in many counties of the state. They were pioneers in many of them. They de- scend from the branch that first settled in New Jersey after leaving New England. They are now found in the Mohawk Valley, descendants of the pioneers of one hundred and fifty years ago.
(I) Henry W. Jewett, M. D., son of Eli- jah Jewett, grandson of Thomas Jewett, a revolutionary pensioner from New Jersey, was born near Rome, New York, March 24, 1823, died January 21, 1899. He received the usual district school education, but he was an ambitious lad and determined to have a better education and a profession. With this object in view he read such medical books as he could secure in Rome, and then placed himself under the preceptorship of Dr. Pope. a well known physician of Rome, New York. He read and studied with him for some years, then at the Geneva, New York, Medical School, finishing his studies and receiving from that institution his degree and diploma. He was still a young man when he began practice at Depauville, Jefferson county, New
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York; he later located at Chaumont, same county. There he practiced long and suc- cessfully. In 1868, he was one of the found- ers of the Jefferson County Medical Asso- ciation, and in 1872 was elected president. Retiring from active practice, Dr. Jewett died while on a visit to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the home of a brother. He married, in Jefferson county, New York, Mary Allen (see Allen family), born December 29, -1828, died February 27, 1884. She bore him chil- dren: I. Ella Cornelia, horn April II, 1850, died March 28, 1890; married (first) Herbert Reed, by whom she had a daughter, Mollie, born 1875, died February 5, 1890; married (second) Albert Fish, who died without is- sue. 2. Charles Allen, see forward. 3. Mary E., born February 26, 1861, died May 12, 1895; married John F. George ; he resides in Chaumont, Jefferson county, with their only son, Charles Jewett George, born July 9, 1893.
(II) Charles Allen, only son of Dr. Henry WV. and Mary (Allen) Jewett, was born No- vember II, 1854. He has now retired from active business, resides in Amsterdam, New York, where he was for many years engaged in mercantile life. He was influential in the public affairs of the city, and served on the board of water commissioners. He is a mem- ber of the board of trade. He is connected with the Reformed church. He married, Sep- tember 6, 1876, Georgiana Gray, born Feb- ruary 23, 1856. They have one child, Flor- ence G., born November 30, 1877. She married George H. Churchill, a successful jeweler of Amsterdam. He is a member of the board of trade, the Antlers and Fort Johnson clubs.
(The Allen Line).
The Allen ancestry is traced to England and Wales. There are many sources of infor- mation that are closed by the fact that gen- ealogists cannot agree on the common Amer- ican ancestor. In fact there are several Al- lens who settled in Massachusetts, Rhode Isl- and and Connecticut, at a date so early that it is impossible to prove whether they were emi- grants or children of emigrants, names, dates and places of residence being the same.
(I) William Allen, from whom Mary (Al- len) Jewett descended, was of Portsmouth, Rhode Island (Prudence Island), where he died in 1685. He is believed to have been born in Wales in 1640. In his will proved June 29, 1685, he names wife Elizabeth, sons William, John, Thomas, Matthew, daughters Mercy and Sarah.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) and Elizabeth Allen, was born at Portsmouth,
Rhode Island (Prudence Island). December 13, 1687, he was fined for refusing to take oath as grand juryman. This may have been a matter of conscience as many of the family were members of the Society of Friends. In 1705 he was deputy to the general court. He married and had three sons, the elder being John.
(III) John, son of William (2) Allen, was born at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He was a soldier of the revolution. His name is on the list of non-commissioned officers of the Rhode Island regiment in February, 1781, as sergeant. He married Susan, daughter of Captain Goddard, a ship owner of Provi- dence, Rhode Island.
(IV) James, son of John and Susan (God- dard) Allen, was born at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, February 25, 1744, died in Amster- dam, New York, April 12, 1811. He was also a soldier of the revolution in the Rhode Isl- and regiment, enlisting from Portsmouth. With the money received from the govern- ment for military service, he removed to Montgomery county, New York, and pur- chased land in the town of Amsterdam. He married Martha Pease, of the well known Rhode Island family of that name.
(V) Caleb, son of James and Martha (Pease) Allen, was born in Rhode Island, 1776, died in Amsterdam, New York. It was at his house that the first town meeting was held in the town of Amsterdam. He married Sarah Fairbanks, of the New England Fair- banks family.
(VI) Cyrus, son of Caleb and Sarah (Fairbanks) Allen, was born in the town of Amsterdam, Montgomery county, New York, April 22, 1798, died October 3. 1879. He married Cornelia, daughter of Garrett Rose- boom, of Albany, New York.
(VII) Mary, daughter of Cyrus and Cor- nelia (Roseboom) Allen, was born in Am- sterdam, New York, December 29, 1828, died February 27, 1884. She married Dr. Henry W. Jewett, (see Jewett I).
(The Gray-Grey Line).
Most genealogists derive this ancient and noble family from Fulbert, Chamberlain to Robert Duke of Normandy, who held by his gift the castle of Croy in Picardy from which the name is assumed to have been borrowed. There is, however, no evidence for this for the pedigree is only traced to Henry de Grey to whom Richard Coeur de Lion gave the manor of Thurrock in Essex, which manor was subsequently known as Grey's Thurrock. From D'Ainsy it appears that the family came from Grai or Gray, a village near Caen.
Bhart Short
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There were Grays in the train of William the Conqueror. In England the name is usually Grey, in Scotland Gray. They intermarried with royalty, sometimes to their sorrow as in the case of Lady Jane Grey. The Gray family in America is numerous, widespread, and of many diverse branches. They were among the Pilgrims of New England. The Quakers of Pennsylvania were early settlers in Virginia, as well as other southern states. From 1620 to 1720 at least twenty different families of Grays emigrated to this country and made their homes in the new world. It is a historic fact, worthy of mention, that Mrs. Desire Kent, daughter of Edward Gray, who came over on the "Mayflower," was the first woman to land at Plymouth Rock. The family to which Mrs. Georgiana (Gray) Jew- ett belongs was undoubtedly founded in America by John Gray, of Beverly, Massa- chusetts, who was born in England, a son of John Gray (1), a pensioner of the British navy in which he had lost an arm. John Gray (2) married at Beverly, Massachusetts, April 28, 1704, Ruth Hubbard. He had sons and from him the Montgomery county family descend.
(I) Major Samuel Gray was born in the town of Palatine, Montgomery county, New York, January 23, 1751, died March 19, 1832. He was a brave soldier of the revolution and commanded troops at the disastrous battle of Oriskany. He married, April 28, 1776, Cath- erine Suits, born August 31, 1753, died March 8, 1825. They had several children.
(II) Jacob, son of Major Samuel and Catherine (Suits) Gray, was born in Palatine, New York, 1792, died April 15, 1862. He married Hannah Everson, a native of Mont- gomery county. They had an only son.
(III) John Joseph, only son of Jacob and Hannah (Everson) Gray, was born at Pala- tine, New York, July 2, 1814, died January I, 1899, in Amsterdam, New York. For many years he was a successful contractor of large undertakings in Vermont and New Hampshire. He came to Amsterdam, New York, and secured contracts, enlarging, deep- ening and widening a portion of the Erie Ca- nal. In Amsterdam, July 21, 1842, he mar- ried Maria Curtiss, born there May 16, 1819, died October 10, 1890. They were the par- ents of Georgiana Gray who became the wife of Charles Allen Jewett and the mother of Florence G. Jewett (Mrs. George H.
Churchill).
Another line of colonial and revolutionary ancestry is that of Maria Curtiss, mother of Mrs. Jewett. She was a daughter of Warren H. and Catherine (Pettingill) Curtiss. Cath-
erine Pettingill's grandfather, Samuel Pettin- gill, was a soldier of the revolution. He was killed at the battle of Oriskany where the brave General Herkimer fell and Major Sam- uel Gray was engaged. Samuel Pettingill married Catherine Cline, who was born in Holland. Their son Samuel married Chris- tiana, daughter of Captain William Snook, of Snooks Corners, Florida. Captain Snook was a descendant of the Emigrant Snook, who settled on a grant of six hundred and forty acres in Florida.
This was a common name in UPHAM England as early as 1200, and is supposed to be of Saxon ori- gin. The first to bear the name who arrived in America was John Upham, who is buried at Chelsea, Massachusetts, beneath a monu- ment on which is engraved: "Here Lys ye body of John Upham, aged 84 years, Died Feb. 25, 1681." He was born in England, it is thought in Somersetshire. He came to America with the Hull colony consisting of twenty-one families numbering one hundred and five souls, that sailed from Weymouth, in old Dorset, England, March 20, 1635, for the lands of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in Boston after a passage of forty- six days. They settled at Weymouth, Mas- sachusetts, where a small settlement already existed, called Wessaquscus. The following shows the Uphams who came over with the Hull colony as taken from the records. The relationship can be readily inferred: John Upham, aged thirty-five years; Elizabeth Up- ham, aged thirty-two years; Sarah Upham, aged twenty-four years; John Upham, Jr., aged seven years; Nathaniel Upham, aged five years; Elizabeth Upham, aged three years.
Saralı Upham is believed to have been sis- ter of John Upham. He was a resident of Weymouth at least thirteen years. He was selectman ; commissioner to treat with the In- dians; court officer with power to try small causes in Weymouth, and held other town of- fices. In 1648 he removed to Malden, where he was selectman and commissioner of the supreme court. He was frequently called to settle estates and manage the affairs of wid- ows and orphans. He was an earnest Chris- tian and for over twenty-five years was a deacon of the church. He was a inan of vigorous constitution, and at the age of eigh- ty-three, only a short time before his death presided as moderator. His first wife was Elizabeth Webb, whom he married in Eng- land, and was the mother of all his children. In 1671, book 7, p. 224, Suffolk Deeds, has
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the following record: "John Upham, Know all whom it may concern that whereas there is a consummation of marriage between me John Upham Sen, of Malden in New Eng- land, and Katherine Hollard, widow and re- lict of Angell Hollard, late deceased. I, the said John Upham do hereby wholly disclaim and utterly refuse to receive and take any goods, estate or appurtenances anyway what- soever belonging to the said Katherine, and especially any money, goods, estates or mov- ables whatsoever that have been formerly or now are anyways belonging to the estate of her former husband Angell Hollard: signed John Upham," and seal. The marriage was actually consummated, as the record shows, in August 1671, O. S. Children: 1. John Jr., left no issue. 2. Nathaniel, married Eliza- beth Steadman, March 5, 1651-2; he became a minister of the gospel; no issue. 3. Eliza- beth, married Thomas Welch; had thirteen children. 4. Lieutenant Phineas (see for- ward). 5. Mary, married John Whittemore. 6. Priscilla, was wife of Thomas Crosswell, and died a widow, having twelve children. There was in the family of Deacon John Upham an adopted son, John Upham, whom he reared. He died November 25, 1677.
(II) Lieutenant Phineas, son of John and Elizabeth (Webb) Upham, was the only son of the founders who left posterity. He was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1635, as on December 21, 1671, he made oath that he was "thirty-six years old." He died Octo- ber, 1676. He became a very important man in the new community in civil and military life. He had several land grants from the town, was selectman, constable, appraiser, and served on important committees, transacting town business. He was a lieutenant of militia and served in the Indian wars (King Philip's). At the battle of "The Great Swamp" he was wounded during the assault on Fort Canonicus. He was sent to Rhode Island to convalesce, but never recovered from his wound, dying in Boston, August, 1676, aged forty-one years. He evidently did not leave much property, for soon after his death the court "judgeth it meet to order that all bills of surgeons and doctors * be * *
payed by the treasurer of the county, and in consideration of the good and long services of her husband for the country, and great loss the widow sustains by his death, being left with seven small children * * for
* the support of herself and family do hereby order the treasurer of the county to pay unto the said widow, ten pounds." (Court Records.) He married, February 14, 1658, Ruth Wood, who died January 18, 1696,
aged sixty years. Children : Phineas (2) Nathaniel, Ruth, John, see forward, Elizabeth Thomas and Richard.
(III) John, fourth child of Lieutenant Phi- neas and Ruth (Wood) Upham, was born at Malden, Massachusetts, December 9, 1666, and died there January 19, 1723. He mar- ried (first) Abigail Hayward, who died Au- gust 23, 1717, daughter of Samuel Hayward. He married (second) Tamzen Ong. Chil- dren by first wife: John, Samuel (see for- ward), Abigail, Ezekiel, and David. By sec- ond wife, Jacob, who died in infancy.
(IV) Samuel, second child of John and Abigail (Hayward) Upham, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1691. His will, made at Leicester, Massachusetts, to which place he removed from Malden, is dated Feb- ruary 1, 1741. He married, in 1714, Mary, daughter of Lazarus Grover. Children : Mary, Abigail, Mercy, Samuel. Jonathan : Ebenezer, a lieutenant in the revolution ; Jacob (see for- ward), Phebe, John and William.
(V) Jacob, seventh child of Samuel and Mary (Grover) Upham, was born at Malden, Massachusetts, 1729. He was killed by a fall from his horse, April 15, 1786. He married, in 1751, Sarah Stower, who died April, 1758. He married (second) April 1758, Zuriah (Pulnann) Smith, widow of James Smith. Children by first wife: Phebe, Jacob and Abi- gail. By second wife: Sarah, James, see for- ward, Mary, Lucy, Esther, Elizabeth, Jacob (2), and William.
(VI) James, fifth child of Jacob and Sa- rah (Stower) Upham, was born at Spencer, Massachusetts, October 6, 1761, died in Put- ney, Vermont, March 8, 1833. He was a sol- dier of the revolution, enlisting at the age of sixteen, and served through several enlist- ments. He was always known as Major Up- ham, but his youth would indicate that the title was not for revolutionary service. His granddaughter, Miss Sarah Upham, treasures as a priceless relic the sword he carried. He married Rhoda Spaulding, born June 22, 1764, died July 12, 1825. Children : I. James, born October 30, 1794, died in Georgia, Sep- tember 20, 1829. 2. Lucius, see forward. 3. Jacob, born May 4, 1806, died in Cohoes, 1859. 4. William, born in Westminster, Ver- mont, January 11, 1810, died September 26, 1871, at Cohoes; married Angeline Shattuck, born December 22, 1827, died December 23, 1898, who bore him seven children-James, William (2), Mary Jane, Joseph F., a lieu- tenant of the Twenty-sixth Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry, during the civil war, Angelina, Harriet Ann, and William Harry.
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