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Mr. Tillinghast was by nature an able and far-seeing business man, of indomitable per- severance and energy, he never considered such a word as failure when beginning the accomplishment of any task he had set him- self to perform. Many of the best enterprises of Troy have been aided by his wise counsel and means. His beneficences have been large and numerous, his acts of philanthrophy per- formed in an unostentatious manner, he was an earnest humanitarian and spent much of his busy life in unselfish devotion to the welfare of his fellowmen. Many of those who knew Mr. Tillinghast had but slight knowledge of
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the important positions he has filled and the weighty responsibilities he has carried for himself and others. He was quiet in manner and a pleasing conversationalist. Progressive in his ideas, still his nature was so tempered that he was successful in every undertaking he began. He was a man of unquestioned in- tegrity and his career was marked by deeds of kindness that will live while memory lasts. The magnitude of the operations of the com- mercial house of which he was at the head are alike monumental to the genius of the eminent citizen who has finally answered the Master's call.
Mr. Tillinghast married, December 1, 1852, Mary Bowers Southwick, of Troy. The cele- bration of their golden wedding in 1902 was a social event that will long be remembered. Children: 1. Francis Southwick, who married Stephen Willard Barker. 2. Southwick, died in infancy. Mrs. Tillinghast, Mrs. Barker and her son, Charles Whitney Tillinghast Barker, who is a civil engineer in Philadel- phia, survive. Mr. Tillinghast died April 27, 1910.
(VIII) General Charles Whitney Tilling- hast, youngest son of Thomas Allen and Margaretta Scott (Griffith) Tillinghast, was born in Troy, New York, November 28, 1857. He was educated at Troy Academy, the "Gunnery," at Washington, Connecticut, and at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hamp- shire. He entered Trinity College, but his health failed, and he was obliged to give up a college course. He traveled for a long time in Europe, regained his health, and on his return to Troy entered the employ of the J. M. Warren Company, of which his father was a partner. He was advanced to general manager, and when the J. M. Warren Com- pany became a corporation, in 1887, was one of the incorporators. November 30, 1897, his uncle. Joseph Joslin Tillinghast, died, and he succeeded him as vice-president of the com- pany, an office he still fills. He has other private business interests and has given much of his time to the public service of city and state. He is a veteran fireman of Troy, ex- president of the Young Men's Association, and of the Pafraets Dael Club, being the first president of the latter club. In June, 1877, he enlisted in the National Guard of New York, served in the Troy Citizens' Corps, Sixth Separate Company; was successively corporal, sergeant, third, second and first lieu- tenant. On January 1, 1895, he resigned his commission after a term of eighteen years. He is a Republican in politics, and has al- ways taken an active part in city and state affairs, serving on many public commissions
and sitting in the councils of his party. In 1896 he was appointed by Governor Frank S. Black adjutant general of the state of New York, taking office January 1, 1897. His term of office covered the Spanish-American war, which though apparently an insignificant one, changed the map of the world and made the United States a world power. The state of New York raised and equipped twenty-two thousand men and sent them forward. This involved a vast amount of responsibility on the adjutant general and made his term of office the most important since the close of the civil war. He held the rank of major-general by virtue of that office. He retired from office in 1898. General Tillinghast belongs to many city, state and national social, educational and patriotic societies. He is an ex-president of the Young Men's Association of Troy, was secretary and treasurer and is now vice-presi- dent of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association of Rensselaer County, member of the Sons of the Revolution through the military service in that war of an ancestor, Major Thomas Tillinghast, of the Connecticut State Troops, member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, member of the Military Service Institute of Governor's Island, New York, trustee of the Grant Monument Asso- ciation, an associate member of the Fort Orange Club, Albany, the Troy Club, the Island Golf Club and of the Army and Navy Club of New York City. He is an Episco- palian and a vestryman of St. John's Church of Troy, and trustee of St. Barnabas Episco- pal Church of Troy, and has just been elected a trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum.
He married, February 4, 1889, Marion Chit- tenden Clarke, born at Syracuse, New York. Children : 1. Margaret Chittenden, born June 8, 1890. 2. Theodore Voorhees, March 16, 1892. 3. Charles Whitney, May 5, 1895. 4. Thomas Allen, December 12, 1896, died Feb- ruary 19, 1902.
(The Chittenden Line).
William Chittenden was a magistrate of Guilford, Connecticut, from 1639 to 1643, and a deputy to the general assembly of Connec- ticut, 1646-51-53-60. He was lieutenant of the town militia, 1648. He died in February, 1660-61. He married Joana Sheaff, died Au- gust 16, 1668.
(II) Nathaniel, son of William and Joana (Sheaff) Chittenden, died June, 1691. Mar- ried Sarah
(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel and Sarah Chittenden, was born August 10, 1669; married Elizabeth Stevens, born July 14, 1668, died November 15, 1738.
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(IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) and Elizabeth (Stevens) Chittenden, was born June 6, 1701, died August, 1762; married, January 6, 1735, Lucy Nettleton.
(V) Daniel, son of Nathaniel (3) and Lucy (Nettleton) Chittenden, was born August 27, 1739; married, at Killingworth, Connecticut, Grace Watrons.
(VI) Wise, son of Daniel and Grace (Wat- rons) Chittenden, was born April 17, 1775, died December, 1857; married, October 15, 1798, Huldah Buell, born August 29, 1777, died February 18, 1868.
(VII) Harlow Watrons, son of Wise and Huldah (Buell) Chittenden, was born March 22, 1817, died July 24, 1872. He was the first general superin- tendent of the consolidated New York Central Railroad lines. He married, Decem- ber 18, 1837, Nancy Jane Williams, born Oc- tober 25, 1820.
(VIII) Helen Maria, daughter of Harlow Watrons and Nancy Jane (Williams) Chit- tenden, married, December 13, 1865, Dr. John Seymour Clarke, of Syracuse, New York.
(IX) Marian Chittenden Clarke, daughter of Dr. John Seymour and Helen Maria (Chit- tenden) Clarke, married General Charles Whitney Tillinghast, February 4, 1889.
(The Rogers Line).
Line of descent from Thomas Rogers of the "Mayflower," through Huldah Buell, great- grandmother of Mrs. General C. W. Tilling- hast.
Thomas Rogers, "Mayflower passenger," was the eighteenth signer of the "compact," and died at Plymouth during the "first sick- ness."
(II) Lieutenant Joseph, son of Thomas Rogers, also a passenger on the "Mayflower" with his father, died in Eastham, Massachu- setts, 1677-78; was lieutenant of Mausett county militia 1647; member of council of war 1658; married Hannah -
(III) Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Hannah Rogers, was born Sep- tember 29, 1639; married, January 9, 1660, Jonathan Higgins, born 1637.
(IV) Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins, was born Jan- uary 22, 1682 ; married, February 12, 1706-07, James Young, born April 4, 1685.
(V) Hannah, daughter of James and Mary (Higgins) Young, was born February 12, 1719-20; married, June 13, 1743, Dr. Reuben Buell, born August 24, 1720, died December 16, 1802.
(VI) Azariah, son of Dr. Reuben and Hannah (Young) Buell, was born January 21,
1743 ; married, March 20, 1770, at Westbrook, Connecticut, Elinor Post.
(VII) Huldah, daughter of Azariah and Elinor (Post) Buell, was born August 29, 1777, died February 18, 1868. Married, Octo- ber 15, 1798, Wise Chittenden (sec Chit- tenden VI). Wise Chittenden was a great- great-grandson of Samuel Buell, the emigrant ancestor of the Buell family, who came to America about 1630 from Chesterton, Hunt- ingtonshire, England. He was deputy four- teen terms, between 1692 and 1715: married, November 13 or 18, 1662, Deborah Griswold, born June 28, 1646, died February 7, 1719. Deborah Griswold was a daughter of Edward Griswold, deputy to the general court, Con- necticut, twenty-four terms, between 1656 and 1689. Wise Chittenden was a great-grand- son of Captain Samuel Buell, son of Samuel Buell, the emigrant. Captain Samuel Buell was born in Windsor, Connecticut, July 20, 1663, died in Killingworth, Connecticut, No- vember 2, 1732. He was captain of the West- ern company of the Killingworth Trained Band, October 9, 1718. He married, in 1686, Judith Stevens, died October 31, 1732. Wise Chittenden, through his mother, Grace Wat- rons, was a great-great-grandson of Captain John Clark, who was named in the charter from King Charles II, in 1662. He was deputy to the Connecticut general court nine terms, between 1641 and 1669.
Harlow Watrons Chittenden, grandfather of Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., through his mother, Huldah Buell, was of the seventh generation from Thomas Griggson and his wife Jane. Thomas Griggson was treasurer 1641-42 ; magistrate; commissioner for United Colonies 1643; agent to Parliament of Eng- land 1644 ; signer of articles of Confederation of United Colonies 1643, died at sea 1646. Also through his mother, Huldah Buell Chit- tenden, he was of the sixth generation from Richard Higgins, representative to the general court of Plymouth, 1647, and represented Eastliam, Massachusetts, from 1653 to 1665, at six sessions of the same body. Richard Higgins married, December 11, 1634, Lydia Chandler. Again through the maternal line he was of the sixth generation from Matthew Gilbert, died February, 1680. He was deputy governor of the New Haven colony, 1661- 63; deputy to the general court of Connec- ticut, and magistrate in 1639-40-41-42-58-59- 60-64.
Helen Maria (Chittenden) Clarke, mother of Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., through her mother, Nancy Jane (Williams) Chitten- den, was of the ninth generation from Wil- liam Arnold, of Cheselbourne, Dorset coun-
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ty, England, one of the thirteen original pro- prietors of the Providence plantation, and commissioner in 1661. He married Christian Peak, and died in Providence, Rhode Island, 1670. She is also of the eighth generation of Deputy-Governor Stephen Arnold, son of Wil- liam and Christian (Peak) Arnold. Governor Stephen Arnold was deputy nine terms, be- tween 1664 and 1690; assistant (to the gov- ernor) nine terms, between 1667 and 1698; deputy governor 1674. He married Sarah, daughter of Edward Smith, of Newport, Rhode Island, born in Rehoboth, Massachu- setts ; assistant five terms ; deputy three terms, and commissioner one term, between the years 1654 and 1670. Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Governor Stephen Arnold, married Peter Greene, and we trace the descent from Johu Greene, his grandfather, to Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., in detail.
(The Greene Line).
John Greene was born at Bowridgen Hall, Gillingham, Dorset county, England, in 1597, died in Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1658. He was a founder of the Providence plantation and representative in 1654-57. He marrried, March 4, 1619, Joan Tattersall.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) the emi- grant, and Joan (Tattersall) Greene, was born 1620 in Salisbury, England, died No- vember 27, 1708. He was a resident of War- wick, Rhode Island; commissioner 1651-63; attorney general 1657-59; assistant 1660-73- 77-78-80-86-90; agent to England 1670; dep- uty governor 1690-95-96-98-99; commissioner captain 1664; commissioner major 1685. He married Ann, born 1627, died May 7, 1709, daughter of William and Audrey Almy, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
(III) Peter, son of Governor John (2) and Ann (Almy) Greene, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, February 7, 1655, died August 12, 1723. He was deputy 1698-1701-03-09. He married, December 16, 1680, Elizabeth, born November 2, 1659, died June 5. 1728, daughter of Governor Stephen Arnold, of Rhode Island.
(IV) Barlow, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Arnold) Greene, was born November 2.4, 1695. He married, October 21, 1717, Lydia Harden.
(V) Oliver, son of Barlow and Lydia (Harden) Greene, was born September 10, 1740; married, March 30, 1760, Penelope Wells, born June 18, 1741.
(VI) Dyer, son of Oliver and Penelope (Wells) Greene, was born 1778, died April 7, 1815. He married Sally Edick.
(VII) Phoebe, daughter of Dyer and Sally
(Edick) Greene, was born December 25, 1796, died April, 1830. She married, February 4, 1816, Lodewick Williams.
(VIII) Nancy Jane, daughter of Lodewick and Phoebe (Greene) Williams, was born Oc- tober 25, 1820, married, December 18, 1837, Harlow Watrous Chittenden (see Chittenden VII).
Penelope Wells, who married Oliver Greene (see Greene V), was a great-great-grand- daughter of Randall Holden, born in Salis- bury, Wills county, England, 1612, died in Warwick, Rhode Island, August 23, 1692. He was one of the twelve purchasers of Warwick in 1642; assistant six terms; com- missioner four terms; deputy seven terms ; general treasurer of Providence, Rhode Isl- and, 1652; named in Royal Charter of 1663. He married about 1648, Frances Dungan, born about 1630, died 1697. His son, Charles Holden, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, March 22, 1665-66, died July 2, 1717. He was deputy 1710-16. He married Catherine Greene, born August 15, 1665.
Marion Chittenden Tillinghast is a descen- dant also of the Clarkes and Spencers of Con- necticut. Her grandfather, Elizur Clarke, was. the first of his family to settle in New York state at Syracuse.
(II) Beaumont (2), son of Beaumont (1) Clarke, of Saybrook, Connecticut, was born in Saybrook, died in Green Lake, Michigan, in 1858. He was a farmer, a Whig in poli- tics, and Presbyterian in religion. He mar- ried Nabbe Spencer, born in Connecticut, near Saybrook, died in Green Lake, Michigan.
(III) Elizur, son of Beaumont (2) and Nabbe (Spencer) Clarke, was born in Say- brook, Connecticut, October 5, 1807, died at Lyme, Connecticut, December 27, 1895. In 1821 the family removed to Syracuse, where he became a leading and prominent man of affairs. He was a Democrat in politics ; was alderman of Syracuse ; supervisor of Ononda- ga county, and member of the state legislature. He was a director of the Salt Springs Na- tional Bank, and of the Syracuse Savings Bank. He married Jerusha Norton Spencer, born in Deerfield, New York, October 3, 1806, died at Syracuse, August 13, 1868, daughter of Seth Spencer, of Durham, Connecticut, and his wife Mindwell Johnson.
(IV) Dr. John Seymour, ninth child of Elizur and Jerusha Norton, (Spencer) Clarke, was born in Syracuse, New York, December 3. 1844. He was educated in the public schools and under private tutors. He grad- uated from the medical department of Syra- cuse University in 1876. He practiced his pro- fession in New York City for four years un-
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til his health failed, and he was obliged to go west. He located in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he practiced until 1884, then returned to Syracuse, where he has since resided. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Syracuse. He married, December 13, 1865, at Syracuse, Helen Maria Chittenden, born October 18, 1840, died in Syracuse, September 25, 1906 (see Chittenden VIII). Children : I. Marion Chittenden, married General Charles Whitney Tillinghast 2nd; children: i. Margaret Chit- tenden, died in infancy; ii. Theodore Voor- hees, born March 16, 1892; iii. Charles Whit- ney Jr., born May 5, 1895. iv. Thomas Allen, born December 12, 1896, died February 19, 1902. 2. Harlow Chittenden, born September 16, 1870; married Mary Seymour Cowles. 3. Alice Sabine, married Herbert Savage Ide. Children: i. Helen Chittenden, died in in- fancy ; ii. George P .; iii. Herbert S .; iv. Har- low Chittenden; v. Marion Tillinghast, born September 2, 1909.
MOSHER Hugh Mosher, born in 1633, died 1713, son of Hugh, who came from England in 1632,
landing at Boston from ship "Jane," was of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Isl- and, and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. January 29, 1660, he and five others bought certain lands at Misquamicut (Westerly) of the In- dian Sachem Socho. In 1684 he was ordained pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dart- mouth, Massachusetts. He married (first) Rebecca Harndel. He married (second) Sa- rah He had eight children, all by first wife, of whom the eldest was Nicholas. (II) Nicholas, son of Hugh (2) and Re- becca (Harndel) Mosher, was born 1666, died August 14, 1747. He was of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Tiverton, Rhode Island. He married Elizabeth died 1747. They had ten children, of whom Nicholas (2) was the sixth.
(III) Nicholas (2), son of Nicholas (I), and Elizabeth Mosher, was born January 17, 1703. He was left five pounds in his father's will, and when married and settled in life he resided in Tyringham, Connecticut. He mar- ried Elizabeth Crandall, and had fourteen chil- dren, of whom Rodman was the tenth.
(IV) Rodman, son of Nicholas (2) and Elizabeth (Crandall) Mosher, was born about 1746. He removed after his marriage, and settled on a farm in Sharon, Windsor coun- ty, Vermont. He married and had eight chil- dren, of whom Abijah C. was the eldest.
(V) Abijah C., son of Rodman Mosher, was born in Sharon, Vermont, April 20, 1792,
died December 28, 1874. He married Relief Booth, who died in Sharon, August 27, 1844. Children: 1. Albert B., see forward. 2. Ruth D., married George Dimick; children: Ellen and Emma, the former married Charles Ray- mond, of Ludlow, Vermont, the latter mar- ried Dr. Rufus Barton, of Altamont, Al- bany county, New York. 3. George W., died July 13, 1826, aged five years.
(VI) Albert Booth, eldest son of Abijah C. and Relief (Booth) Mosher, was born in Sharon, Vermont, January 29, 1817, died there May 14, 1895. He always resided in Sharon except for three years spent as a teacher in Schoharie county, New York. He taught five terms in Vermont schools, and ever after was a farmer. He was lister, se- lectman, clerk of the school district for forty- five years, justice of the peace twenty-five years, and twice in 1864-65, represented Sha- ron in the Vermont legislature. He was a man of education and wide reading, known and respected of all men. He married (first) Mary Lucretia Eldredge (see Mosher-Putman VII), daughter of Joseph N. and Betsey (Ty- ler) Eldredge, of Warren, Vermont, who bore him two sons: I. George A., see forward. 2. Charles A., married (first) Lora William- son, and had a son Loren A .; married (sec- ond) Celia P. Howe. Charles A. resides in stimmer on the old homestead in Sharon, and is engaged in the real estate business in Bos- ton. Albert B. Mosher married (second) Maria A. (Bisbee) Ralph, who died May 6, 1887.
(VII) George Abijah, eldest son of Albert Booth and Mary Lucretia (Eldredge) Mosh- er, was born in Sharon, Vermont, October 6, 1845. He was educated in the public schools, Royalton Academy, Vermont, Kim- ball Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hamp- shire, all of which study was preparatory to his entering Dartmouth College, where he was graduated A. B., class of 1867. After leaving college, he was principal for a year over the academy at Champlain, New York, during which time he began the study of law. The following year he located in Troy, and read law with R. A. and F. J. Parmenter. In 1868 he was admitted to the New York bar, and at once began the practice of his profession in Troy. In 1871 he entered into partnership with Judge James Forsyth (pres- ident of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at one time and ex-county judge of Rensselaer county). Forsyth & Mosher continued in suc- cessful practice for several years, after which Mr. Mosher gave most of his attention to "patent law" until 1882, from which time he made it a specialty by entering the office of
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Davenport & Hollister, and taking over their established patent business in exchange for his general practice. In 1893 he gave an in- terest in the business to Frank C. Curtis, who had been several years in his employ, and continued under the firm name of Mosher & Curtis. Henceforth he devoted his entire time to patents and patent causes, being principally occupied in the United States courts, in con- nection with infringement suits. Mr. Mosher is peculiarly adapted for his line of legal work, not only is he fortified with legal lore, but his mechanical mind and inventive talent are great aids in detecting points and arriving at con- clusions that are entirely outside the legal features. In 1894 Mosher & Curtis removed their offices from First street to 301 River street, and in 1902 they moved into their pres- ent quarters in Cannon place (Broadway and Second street). Mr. Mosher stands high in the legal fraternity and was considered an authority on patents. He retired from active practice, May 1, 1910. He is a director and vice-president of the Luxury Sales Company, a director of the Van Schaick Realty Com- pany, and has other varied business interests. He is a Republican in politics, but has not taken an active interest beyond expressing his will at the polls, and retaining his membership in the Republican Club of Rensselaer county. He is an adherent of the First Presbyterian Church, Troy. His college fraternity is Alpha Delta Phi, and he is a member of Alpha Delta Phi Club, 136 West Forty-fourth street, New York City. His secret order is the Elks. His clubs are the Island Golf and Water- vliet Golf, The Troy, Pafraets Dael, and East Side, of Troy, New York, the Alpha Delta Phi Club, of New York, and the Chess and Whist Club of Albany. He belongs to the Troy Chamber of Commerce, the Engi- neers' Society of Eastern New York, and the Sons of Revolution, through the services of his brave old ancestor, General Israel Put- nam. He served for many years as trustee of the East Side and Ionic Club, also as pres- ident of each of those clubs. He is at present one of the "Managers" of the Troy Club. He also served one term as president of the New York State Whist Association. He married (first) September 8, 1870, Belle W. Holden, of Springfield, Vermont, who died November, 1880. He married (second) August, 1883, Jennie C. Underhill Kenyon, of Troy, who died October, 1894. By his first marriage there was a child who died in infancy. Dur- ing the early seventies he acquired title to a large tract of land in that part of the city of Troy known as the East Side, which he divided into city lots and streets. The main
street running lengthwise of the property he named Belle Avenue, in memory of his first wife whose given name was Belle. The loca- tion is one of the best in the suburbs.
(The Putnam Line).
The descendants of Albert Booth Mosher and Mary Lucretia (Eldredge) Mosher (see Mosher VI and VII) trace their ancestry to the famous revolutionary officer, General Is- rael Putnam, who was born in Salem Village, Massachusetts, (now Danvers) January 7, 1718, baptized February 2, 1718, died at Brooklyn, Connecticut, after an illness of two days, May 19, 1790. The house in which he was born is still standing, in a good state of preservation. General Israel Putnam was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Porter) Put- nam, grandson of Lieutenant Thomas and his second wife Mary Veren, widow of Nathaniel Veren. Lieutenant Thomas was a son of John Putnam, the founder of the Salem family, who settled there in 1640. General Putnam was of the fourth generation of his family in America. They came from Buckingham- shire, England. His immediate ancestors on both sides were of the best Essex county, Massachusetts, stock. Israel had little early education, he was fond of sports and feats of strength and daring rather than of books. In 1739 he married, and shortly after removed to Pomfret, Connecticut, and in 1741 became the owner of a tract of five hundred acres of land that in 1786 was included in that part of Pomfret erected into the town of Brooklyn. He was a thrifty, prosperous farmer, fond of horticulture, interested in good schools, public libraries and good books. In 1755 he went out with Connecticut troops in the French war, and was at the defeat of the English at Lake George by the French under Baron Die- skau. The English, under command of Sir William Johnson, followed this with a vic- tory on the spot where Fort William Henry was erected. The next year he served as captain under General Abercrombie. In 1757 he was appointed major. He was at Fort William Henry when it was captured by Montcalm; who followed the capture by al- lowing his Indians to butcher the garrison. Putnam had vainly tried to get reinforce- ments from Fort Edward. His saving the powder magazine of Fort Edward amid the fiery scenes surrounding it was one of the numerous daring deeds which he performed. His descent of the Falls of the Hudson at Fort Miller was witnessed by the Indians who fired at him incessantly as he steered his batteau down the dangerous rapids. While he escaped that time, in 1758 he was taken
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