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(VII) Lucius, second son of James and Rhoda (Spaulding) Upham, was born in Westminster, Vermont, May 9, 1798, died at Cohoes, New York, September 1, 1879. He was a successful business man of Cohoes, to which city he removed in 1848. He employed many men and teams in his business of team- ster and contractor. He was a Republican in politics, and an attendant of the Methodist church, contributing liberally to its support. When advancing years came his eyesight failed him, but fifteen years preceding his de- cease he received his second sight and could read the finest print with the unaided eye .* He married, April 12, 1827, Sarah Harding, born at Putney, Vermont, January 26, 1802, died at Cohoes, December 4, 1884, daughter of Henry and Polly (Minott) Harding. Chil- dren, four of whom died in infancy.
1. Rhoda Jane, born at Putney, Vermont, December 30, 1827; married November I, 1852, Timothy P. Hildreth, born August 26, 1823, died November 14, 1894, at Cohoes. He was highly educated, and for many years was a furniture dealer, also engaged in the un- dertaking business in Cohoes. He disposed of the latter branch and continued the former until his death. He was prosperous in his business, and a business block in the city bears his name. Children: I. Sarah, died in infancy. 2. Prescott T., died December, 1906, aged fifty-one years. 3. Nellie J., married Robert Mott, and had a daughter Bertha H. Mott, who married, September 27, 1890, Thomas H. Sprague, born December 14, 1879; children: Raymond H., Robert A., Thomas P., and Helen E. Sprague. 4. Albert H., married (first) Josy Teirny ; (second) Katherine Teirny; children by first wife: Howard P., and Frances M.
2. Willard H., only son of Lucius Upham, born November 18, 1828, died Feb- ruary 2, 1891 ; married, November 12, 1868, Maria Theresa Hyde. He was a veteran of the civil war, in Company K, Ninety-first Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and serving until the end of the war.
3. Sarah A., a resident of Cohoes.
4. Lucy E., born January 31, 1839, at Bennington, Vermont; married, March 28, 1871, George Rockwood, who died December 24, 1889; she survives him and resides in Bennington, Vermont, where she has a son, Arthur W. Rockwood, proprietor of the knit- ting mill formerly owned and operated by his father, George Rockwood. Four other chil- dren died in infancy.
*The editor is advised that this was a really remarkable instance of sight recovery after the ·case was deemed hopeless.
UPHAM
(III) Sergeant Nathaniel
Upham, second son of Lieuten-
ant Phineas (q. v.) and Ruth (Wood) Upham, was born in Malden, Mas- sachusetts, 1661, died November II, 1717, and left an estate by will. On his gravestone at Malden he is called "sergeant." He mar- ried Sarah Floyd, who died October 14, 1715, aged fifty-three years. Children: I. Nathan- iel, see forward. 2. Sarah, born 1688-89, mar- ried Samuel Grover. 3. Ruth, born 1691, mar- ried Nathaniel Nichols. 4. Dorothy, married John Coleman. 5. Noah, born 1694; moved to Pomfret, Connecticut; later to Mansfield; married (first) Naomi Dana; (second) Thankful Dana (sister of Naomi) ; (third) Elizabeth Robinson; seven children. 6. Abi- gail, born 1696. 7. Joanna, born 1699, mar- ried Samuel Wesson. 8. Lois, born 1701, mar- ried James Hill. 9. Eunice, born 1707, mar- ried Benjamin Wesson.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) and Sarah (Floyd) Upham, was born in Mal- den, Massachusetts, 1685-88, died at Leices- ter, Massachusetts, 1765. He married Mary Tuthill, of Boston, February 6, 1706. Chil- dren: 1. Mary, died young. 2. Phebe, died in her sixteenth year. 3. Martha, died in her fif- teenth year. 4. Daniel, died in infancy. 5. Nathaniel, see forward. 6. Sarah, born 1718. married Samuel Hussey, of Boston. 7. Daniel, died at age of nineteen years. 8. Abigail, died at age of fourteen years. 9. Mary, died in infancy.
(V) Nathaniel (3), only son of Nathaniel (2) and Mary (Tuthill) Upham to reach ma- turity, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1715. He removed to Leicester, Massachu- setts. He married, November 4, 1736, Rebec- ca Dill, in Newtown. Children: 1. Daniel, born December 18, 1743; married Sarah Sprague and had eleven children; lived in Templeton, Massachusetts. 2. Nathaniel, see forward. 3. Thomas, born August 25, 1747; was a soldier of the revolution ; married Mary Lewis and had five children ; finally settled at Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, New York. 4. Mehitable, born 1750 ; married - · Met- calf ; lived in Marlborough, New Hampshire. 5. Rebecca, born 1753; married John Lewis, brother of her sister-in-law, Mary; lived in Marlborough, New Hampshire.
(VI) Nathaniel (4), son of Nathaniel (3) and Rebecca (Dill) Upham, was born in Mal- den, Massachusetts, June 22, 1745. He served in the revolutionary army. He lived in Leices- ter and Hubbardstown, Massachusetts, dy- ing in the latter place March 27, 1833, aged eighty-eight years. He married (first) Abi- gail Ward, who died April 9, 1812; (second)
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Phebe Kimbill, January 11, 1814. Children by first marriage: I. Joel, born November 2, 1769; married Polly Pike, and had seven children. 2. Catherine, born October 8, 1771, died May 3, 1794. 3. Calvin, born July 18, 1773; married Hannah Heald, and had four children. 4. Willard, born December 18, 1775 ; married Ann Eddy, and had seven children. 5. Ruth, born November 24, 1777, died 1839, unmarried. 6. Thatcher, born November 22, 1779; went to sea and was never again heard from. 7. Allen, born December 23, 1781, mar- ried Lydia Fay, and had two children; lived in western Vermont and Hull, Canada. 8. Hannah, see forward. 9. Moses, born Septem- ber 16, 1786; married Prudence Pike; one child, Lorinda, married David Myers, and in 1879 was living near Syracuse, New York. IO. Rufus, born about 1789, married Olivia Sylvester and had two children.
(VII) Hannah, third daughter and seventh child of Nathaniel (4) and Abigail (Ward) Upham, was born July 25, 1784, died in Troy, New York, December 29, 1867. She married at Hubbardstown, Massachusetts, 1810, Jabez Upham, born May 18, 1777, died in Troy, De- . cember 14, 1836. (Several of the descend- ants of John Upham, the emigrant, lived in Hubbardstown, but whose son Jabez was has not been ascertained.) Children: Lovinia, died in infancy; Susan Abigail, died at age of five years; Ruth Miranda, died at age of two years; Hiram Jabez, died at age of four- teen years; Moses Allen, see forward.
(VIII) Moses Allen, only child of Jabez and Hannah (Upham) Upham to reach ma- ture years, was born in Troy, New York, June 9, 1820, died in that city, February 24, 1890. He learned the trade of carpenter with Henry Sage (brother of Russell Sage, the famous New York banker), beginning his ap- prenticeship immediately on completing his studies in the Eighth Ward public school. After finishing his years of service with Mr. Sage he worked as a journeyman for a time, then began contracting for the erection of buildings on his own account. He continued in business throughout the active years of his life, and became one of the leading contrac- tors of the city. He built the Park Presby- terian Church, the Jewish Synagogue, and many of the noted public and private build- ings of Troy. He was a Republican and ac- tive in Eighth Ward local politics. He was a member and trustee of Park Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Mt. Zion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Apollo Chapter, No. 48, Royal Arch Masons ; Bloss Council, Royal and Select Masters ; Apollo Commandery,
Knights Templar, and was a thirty-second degree Mason of the Scottish Rite. He was also a member of Athenaeum Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Troy. He was for many years connected with the National Guard of New York, and at the dis- banding of the Twenty-fourth Regiment was captain of Company I, and the oldest cap- tain, in point of service, in the regiment. He married (first) August 13, 1841, Mary Mid- firth, born in England, died August 30, 1845. Married (second) October 23, 1846, Mary Louisa Remmey. Children: I. Susan Abi- gail. 2. Hannah Elizabeth. 3. Augusta Paul- ena, born October 15, 1847, died 1850. 4. Martha Viola, born February 27, 1849, died October 3, 1909. 5. Harriet Marcelena, died at age of ten years. 6. Mary Louisa, died aged seven years. 7. Hiram Jabez, born March 29, 1856; deceased. 8. James Francis, see for- ward. 9. Moses Allen, died aged two years. IO-II. Mary Louisa and Moses Allen (twins), born December 23, 1863.
(IX) James Francis, eighth child and sec- ond son of Moses Allen and Mary Louisa (Remmey) Upham, was born in Troy, New York, April 6, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, and in 1875 began his business career as a clerk in the wholesale drug house of Robinson & Church, where he remained six years, becoming head bookkeep- er. From 1881 to 1882 he was bookkeeper for Oliver Wemett, decorator. From 1882 to 1901 he was bookkeeper for the Gallup Novelty Works of Troy. From 1901 to 1909 was bookkeeper for Chauncey D. Bradt. In the latter year he became bookkeeper for the Tibbets estate, a position he now (1910) holds. Like his father, except in 1886-89, he has always resided in the Eighth Ward of Troy, where he is an active worker in the Republican party. He was ward committee- man and frequent delegate to local and con- gressional conventions. He was a volunteer fireman, serving in Arba Read Steam Fire Engine Co. No. I, of Troy. He has been for many years a member of St. John's Epis- copal Church, active worker in church socie- ties; usher in the church, superintendent of the Sunday school, president of the parish Young Men's Association and for past six years vice-president of the "Churchman's League" of Troy and vicinity since 1908. He married, April 28, 1886, Fannie Amelia Hein- zenberg, of West Troy, New York, daughter of John Heinzenberg, born in Prussia, and his wife, Fannie Amelia MacElroy. Chil- dren: 1. Carrie Viola, educated in the Troy public and high school; now a student in the School of Arts and Crafts, Troy. 2. John
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Heinzenberg, born May 6, 1889, died July 15, 1895. 3. Fannie Louisa, born February 12, 1895; student in Troy high school, class of 1913.
VAIL The immigrant ancestor of the
Vails of Troy was John Vail, of Wales or England, who settled in Rye, 1683, went to Southold, Long Island, about 1700, and died there previous to 1770, at the age of ninety-four years. The family, originally Vaill, went into France in 1513, beginning with John Vaill, born in Glouces- ter, who went into France with Henry VIII. as ensign. John, the American ancestor, was an English emmigrant, but is said to have been living in Wales prior to his coming to this country. He married and had a son, Benjamin.
(II) Benjamin, son of John Vail, lived on Long Island. He married and had a son Samuel.
(III) Samuel, son of Benjamin Vail, was born at Southold, Long Island, died at Go- shen, New York, a farmer. He was one of the twenty men who in 1730 organized the town of Shelter Island. In 1740 he settled in Goshen. He married Hannah Pelty, and had issue.
(IV) Gilbert Townsend, son of Samuel and Hannah (Pelty) Vail, was born in Goshen, New York, 1740, and died a soldier of the revolution, July 22, 1779, killed in the battle of Minisink. He was a minute-man in Col- onel Hatfield's regiment, member of Captain John Wood's company. His name is on the monument at Goshen, reared to the memory of the men who died at that unequal fight. He married Hannah Arnot and had issue.
(V) Joseph, son of Gilbert Townsend Vail, was born at Goshen, New York, April 27, 1770 (or 1768), died 1828. Was ensign in Colonel Hatfield's regiment, 1789; was a weaver by trade. He married Mary (or Ju- lia) Smith. Children: Pelty, born March 20, 1789; Edmund, 1792; John, January 24, 1800; Townsend McCoun, see forward.
(VI) Townsend McCoun, son of Joseph and Mary (or Julia) (Smith) Vail, was born in Montgomery county, New York, February 28, 1803, died in Troy, September 17, 1869. He early became a resident of Troy, where he was prominently engaged in the flour trade. He was at the head of a large business and as his sons grew to manhood they were ad- mitted as partners. He was an active mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and a man of high character and principles. He mar- ried, May 31, 1831, Martha Maria, daughter of Joseph Card, born in Newport, Rhode
Island, July 5, 1766, died May 7, 1837, at Troy, New York, who married Hannah Mc- Coun, born September 24, 1776, died De- cember 1, 1849. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Card: Elizabeth Grace, born May 12, 1796; John McCoun, April 26, 1799, died April 27, 1847; Richard William, October 10, 1804, died March 23, 1862; Martha Maria, Decem- ber 2, 1807; Samuel McCoun, January 29, 1820, died in October 25, 1848. Children of Townsend M. and Martha Maria Vail: Samuel McCoun, see forward; Mary Eliza- beth, born July 30, 1837, married Charles R. Church; Ezra Reed, April 5, 1841; an active business man of Troy; Joseph Card, May 25, 1845.
(VII) Samuel McCoun, eldest son of Townsend M. and Martha Maria (Card) Vail, was born in Troy, New York, June 7, 1832, died April 24, 1889. He was educated in public and private schools of Troy. He was taken into the business house of Vail & Hayner, flour merchants, and later admitted a partner, the new firm of T. M. Vail & Son, succeeding Vail & Hayner. He succeeded his father as head of the business which was car- ried on most successfully until freight rates and a decreased supply of home grown wheat made the business less profitable. Mr. Vail was intimately connected with many of the important Troy enterprises. He was active in the directorate of the Troy Savings Bank, was trustee, 1869, second vice-president, 1879, and first vice-president, 1886. He was most deeply interested and earnest in promoting the erection of the Troy Savings Bank build- ing. He was a director of the old Troy and Boston Railroad, and interested in other rail- road enterprises. He was one of the directors of the Congress Street Bridge Company ; the Troy Gaslight Company, and an organizer of the Troy Club. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and served many years as trustee. He was a member of the building committee, who rebuilt and enlarged that church. He was executor of the large estate of Betsey A. Hart, and in his various capacities was instrumental in having many good residences erected in the city. He was a valuable citizen, and one whose support of any good enterprise to benefit Troy could be relied upon. His public spirit was well-known and he was always consulted on important city matters. Politically he was a Democrat. He married, June 7, 1858, Frances, daughter of Richard P. Hart, of Troy (see Hart VII). Children: Thomas, see forward ; Fannie Hart, married Sydney G. Ashmore. Martha Card.
(VIII) Thomas, son of Samuel M. and Frances (Hart) Vail, was born in Troy, Oc-
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tober 26, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of Troy ; preparatory school of Washington, Connecticut ; preparatory school at South Williamstown, Massachusetts. Af- ter completing his studies, he entered the em- ploy of J. M. Warren & Company, at Troy, later became purchasing agent for the Fuller & Warren Company, and on the death of his father took charge of Mrs. Vail's prop- erty. He became prominently identified with the banking interests of Troy, and for many years has confined himself exclusively to the banking business. He was vice-president of the National City Bank of Troy, and in 1909 was elected president. He is a trustee of the Troy Savings Bank and in 1910 was made first vice-president ; president of the Troy and Cohoes Railroad Company; director of the Troy & West Troy Bridge Company ; Troy & Bennington Railroad Company ; Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad Company; Albany & Vermont Railroad Company ; Lansingburg & Cohoes Railroad Company, and the Fuller & Warren Company. Notwithstanding his many and varied business interests, Mr. Vail devotes much time to the charitable institu- tions and churches of his city. He is a trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum; director of the Samaritan Hospital; trustee of the Presbyte- rian Church Home; has been a member for forty years of the Second Street Presbyterian Church, (now united with the First Presby- terian Church of Troy). He was treasurer of the old church for ten years and a trustee for many years; he is president of the board of trustees of the present church. To these institutions he gives the closest attention and the benefit of years of business experience and skill as a financier. He is independent in pol- itics, and in 1909 was the unsuccessful can- didate for city treasurer. For ten years he was a member of the Citizens' Corp, and is a member of the Troy Club. He married, No- vember 5, 1896, Mary Eliza, daughter of Col- onel Walter P. Warren. Children, born in Troy: Martha Warren, Frances Hart, Mary Warren, Phoebe Hart.
(The Hart Line).
The American ancestor of Frances (Hart) Vail, of Troy, New York, was Nicholas Hart. The "Savage Genealogy" says: "Nicholas Hart was of Taunton, Massachusetts, 1642, and was ex-communed there and came to Boston, Massachusetts, 1643, remained there until 1648, a merchant." He was a colonial soldier in William Pool's company, 1643. He married Joanna, youngest daughter of Ed- ward Rossiter, who came from England with Governor John Winthrop, of Massachusetts.
The "Austin Genealogy" says: "Nicholas Hart of Warwick, Rhode Island, left one son only; Richard, born probably in England in 1635." See forward.
(II) Richard, only son of Nicholas Hart, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was a mariner. December 10, 1657, he received a grant of eight acres of land in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Letters of administration were granted on his estate, February 4, 1694-95. He was probably lost in a gale at sea. He mar- ried Hannah Keen; children, born at Ports- mouth : Alice, born March 8, 1664; married George Reace: Richard, see forward; Mary married John Tripp, of Portsmouth; Nicho- las, born 1673, lived at Little Compton ; Wil- liam, lived at Dartmouth, now New Bedford, Massachusetts; Samuel, lived at Tiverton, Rhode Island.
(III) Richard (2), oldest son of Richard (I) and Hannah (Keen) Hart, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1667. His will was made April 19, 1745, probated June 10, 1745. He resided in Little Compton, Rhode Island, near the Tiverton line. Tradition says his second wife, Amy, long survived him; there was a path on the farm leading to five graves of Hart families with only plain gran- ite stones, called the "Amy Hart" path. She frequently visited these graves and wore the path. He married (first) in 1693, Hannah (supposed to have been Hannah Williams). He married (second) October 3, 1708, Amy Gibbs. Children of first wife, born in Little Compton: Alice, married Nathan Closson ; Mary, married Peasham; Sarah, mar- ried Daniel Wilcox; Richard, see forward; Comfort, married John Gifford ; Stephen, born August 2, 1712.
(IV) Captain Richard (3), eldest son of Richard (2) and Hannah Hart, was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, December 22, 1704, died there July 22, 1792. He was a farmer. He married (first) at Little Comp- ton, February 4, 1725, Mary Taber, died No- vember, 1760. He married (second) at Tiv- erton, Rhode Island, Abigail Taber. Chil- dren of first wife, born in little Compton : John, born April 4. 1729; Hannah, married John Macomber ; William, born January 3, 1733; Phoebe, married Howard ; Richard, of Saratoga, New York; Mary, married Nicho- las Lapham ; Lombard, born February 3, 1742, Susannah, married Philip Macomber ; Jere- miah, who sold his interest in the Dutchess county farm, taken jointly with his brothers, Richard and Philip, and settled later on a farm in Saratoga county, New York, on the shores of Saratoga Lake; he was a scout in the American army during the revolution;
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he married Abigail Pearsall; he died on the Saratoga county farm in a log house by the lake; Philip, see forward.
(V) Philip, youngest son of Captain Rich- ard (3) and Mary (Taber) Hart, was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, January 12, 1749, died on the farm in Dutchess coun- ty, New York, August 31, 1837. He went with his brothers, Richard and Jeremiah, about 1770, to Dutchess county, and bought a large farm on the turnpike leading from Poughkeepsie, New York, to Sharon, Connec- ticut, about fifteen miles east of the former city. On this farm Richard Hart built a house which was later occupied by Philip and is yet standing (1903). Soon after 1770 many families from Dartmouth, Massachusetts, set- tled at this point, including several Hart families and a Benjamin Aiken (2) and fam- ily. It became known as Hart's Village, now Millbrook. On January 7, 1784, he bought out the equity of his brothers, Richard and Jeremiah, in the farm and later purchased the dower right of his stepmother, Abigail Hart, and became sole owner of the Dutchess coun- ty farm. He built a new house on the farm in which he resided until his death. Family tradition states that he was a soldier of the revolution in 1776. He married, December 18, 1774, Susannah Aiken, born in Dart- mouth, Massachusetts, daughter of Benjamin (2) and Mary (Alen) Aiken. Children : Mary, married Jacob Merritt; Richard Philip, see forward; Catherine, married Dr. Alfred Tredway ; Philip, lived at Hart's Village; Ja- cob Aiken, born October 28, 1786; Benja- min, April 22, 1789; William, died in child- hood; Susannah, married Willis Harlan ; Phoebe, twin of Susannah, married Joseph Lapham; William, died unmarried. Eliza, married Isaac Merritt ; Isaac, married Harriet E. Griswold, and resided in Troy.
(VI) Richard Philip, eldest son of Philip and Susannah (Aiken) Hart, was born in Hart's Village, New York, February 11, 1780, died December 27, 1843. He became one of Troy's most successful merchants and left a large estate. He married (first) January 9, 1800, Phoebe Bloom, of Clinton, New York, daughter of Judge Isaac Bloom. Mar- ried (second) February 10, 1805, Delia Ma- ria, daughter of James Dole. Married (third) February 8, 1816, Betsey Amelia Howard (his cousin), daughter of William and Rebecca (French) Howard, of Quaker Hill, Dutchess county, New York. He had fourteen chil- dren, all by his last wife: I. Mary Amelia, born November 17, 1816; married, April 25, 1837, Harrison Durkee. 2. Harriet Howard, May II, 1818, died September 10, 1870; mar-
ried, September 29, 1836, Thompson Doughty, of Troy. 3. Phoebe Bloom, June 30, 1819, died October 24, 1870; married, November 20, 1838, David Thomas Vail, of Troy. 4. Wil- liam Howard, April 7, 1820, died April 3, 1883 ; married Mary Elizabeth Lane. 5. Eliza- beth H., July 2, 1822 ; married John A. Gris- wold, of Troy. 6. Jane Rebecca, June 20, 1824, died November 15, 1861 ; married Sam- uel Gale Doughty. 7. Richard, May 21, 1826, married Maria Davis Tillman, of Troy. 8. Joseph Moss, November 4, 1827. 9. Susan, September 21, 1829, died young. 10. Caroline, February 23, 1831; married, February 20, 1851, Hamilton Le Roy Shields, of the United States army. II. Julia Ann, March 20, 1833; married William Burden, of Troy. 12. Sa- rah Wool, October 14, 1834, died unmarried. 13. Frances, July 14, 1835; married Samuel McCoun Vail. 14. Austin Spencer, March 7, 1841, died December 6, 1842.
(VII) Frances, twelfth child of Richard P. and Betsey Amelia (Howard) Hart, married Samuel M. Vail, (see Vail VII), and they are the parents of Thomas Vail, of Troy.
That the Strongs of Ireland, STRONG Scotland and England are of a different origin respectively, would seem to be manifest from the variety of their family crests. The crest of the Strongs of Ireland is a lion rampant azure, supporting a pillar argent; of those of Scot- land, a cluster of grapes stalked and leaved; while those of England have three from which to choose. Which belongs to the Strongs of America, Benjamin W. Dwight, the historian of the Strong family, says is a matter of doubt. The Strong family of England was originally of the county of Shropshire. One of the family married an heiress of Griffith, in the county of Caernarvon, Wales, and took up his residence there in 1545.
(I) Richard Strong, of this branch of the family, was born in Caernarvon, Wales, in 1561. In 1590 he removed to Taunton, Som- ersetshire, England, where he died in 1613, leaving a son John and a daughter Eleanor. The name is said to have originally been McStrachan, passing through the various forms of Strachan, Strachn, becoming finally Strong.
(II) John, son of Richard Strong, was born in Taunton, England, in 1605. He re- moved to London and afterward to Ply- mouth. Having a deeply religious mind, he was in fullest sympathy with the Puritans, and when in 1630 a company of one hundred and forty were sailing for the New World, he accompanied them, sailing in the ship "Mary
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