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(VII) Augustine, son of Asa and Hannah (Cotton) Streeter, was born in Plainfield, Massachusetts, February 24, 1799; died May 7, 1853, at Cummington, Massachusetts. He married, September 6, 1827, Wealthy Packard, born November 18, 1802, died June 9, 1874. Children, all born in Cummington : 1. Henry A., April 3, 1830; married Jane Tirrell, Jan- uary 28, 1858; children : William H., E. Rol- den, Emily F., Almond P., George E., Mary I., Edward B., Franklin R., Ward L, Hattie M., Florence, Howard. 2. George Austin, born April 19, 1832; resided in Johnstown, New York; married March 25, 1858, Hannah G. Anthony ; children born in Johnstown: Anna Mary, Flora Wealthy, George Leueus, Sarah, Alice. 3. Charles Cotton, born April 15, 1834, married May 11, 1859, Sarah Hallock: chil- dren, all born in Cummington: Nellie K., Arthur H., Charles W., Albert R., Stella Georgiana, Theodore Warren. 4. Keziah, born April 3. 1836, died November 10, 1855. 5- Lucius Leonard (see forward) 6. Leueus,.
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born August 16, 1839, died November 6, .I865.
(VIII) Lucius Leonard, fourth son and fifth child of Augustine and Wealthy (Pack- ard) Streeter, was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, August 10, 1837, and was reared on his father's farm. He was educated in the public schools and under private tutors. He remained at the home farm until 1865, when he removed to New York and settled in Johnstown. In the same year he formed a partnership with his brother, George A. Street- er, and until 1893 they were associated in the milling business. They built and operated a grist mill, and conducted a wholesale and re- tail flour, feed and grain business, under the firm name of G. A. Streeter & Brother. In 1893, George A. retired from the firm, his place being taken by Lucius P. Streeter (2), when the firm name became L. L. Streeter & Son. About three years later Jacob Bur- ton Streeter, second son of Lucius L., was ad- mitted to the firm, thereafter known as L. L. Streeter & Sons. In addition to the business in Johnstown the firm has a branch in Gloversville and conducts an extensive bus- iness in their special line. Mr. Lucius Leon- ard, Sr., gratifies his inborn love of the soil by conducting a small farm near Johnstown, which furnishes him both recreation and pleasure. He is a member of the First Pres- byterian Church of Johnstown, which he served for many years as elder. He is an ardent advocate of temperance and a strong believer in constitutional prohibition, and casts his ballot for the candidates of the Prohibition party. He is deeply interested in historical and genealogical research, and is president of the Johnstown Historical Society and the re- cently appointed custodian of "Johnson Hall," the ancient historical residence of Sir William Johnson. He married, November 22, 1864, Catherine A. Burton, born December 12, 1835, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Green) Bur- ton. Jacob Burton was twice married. By his first wife, Maria Green, he had: I. Mar- garett, married J. E. Wells. 2. Catherine. 3. Susan M., married James Parish ; children : Margaret, married Andrew Minchert ; Ed- ward; James, married Louise Bennett : John ; Burton ; Elizabeth, married Edward Wells; Paul Parish. 4. Sabra Jane, married Charles E. Briggs; children: Charles E., Archibald and Sabra. By his second wife, Elizabeth Wells, he had: I. Amy, married W. J. Sage- man; children: Louise, married Fay Wood; J. Burton, married Sophie Hirsch. 2. Eliz- abeth, married W. W. Wood ; child : Elizabeth, married John E. Hayes. 3. Sarah, married J. W. Green ; children living : George W., Wil-
liam, James W., Elizabeth. 4. Jacob, married Alice Cottrell; children: Clara and George. Children of Lucius Leonard and Catherine A. (Burton) Streeter : I. Kate, born April 18, 1866. 2. Lucius Packard, September II, 1868; a partner of L. L. Streeter & Sons, grain merchants of Johnstown; married, Jan- uary 19, 1891, Addie Vosburgh, and has a daughter, Mildred, born September 29, 1891. 3. Jacob Burton, November 1, 1871 ; partner of L. L. Streeter & Sons; married, May 28, 1903, Coral Abrams ; children: Catherine and Mary. 4. Maria G., October 20, 1873. 5. Amy, October 30, 1877.
The Mcclellans of Troy,
MCCLELLAN New York, descend from Michael McClellan, who was a native of Ireland. The American settle- ment made at Colrain (now Colerain), Massa- chusetts, where the lands of the first settler re- mained in the family name for about a cen- tury and a half. The family settled in New York after the revolution (in which they bore their part) and settled in Rensselaer county, Samuel being the first of the family known to have settled there. He was the father of Robert Henry Mcclellan, of Troy, surrogate of Renssalear county in 1855; author of the "Executor's Guide," and "Surrogate's Court Practice," standard legal works.
(I) Michael McClellan was born at Cur- ran, Londonderry, Ireland, of pure Scotch parentage. He came to the United States in 1749, and settled with the Scotch-Irish colony at Colerain, Massachusetts, many of whom were from his own county in Ireland. He married, in Ireland, Jane Henry (spoken of as a "brave, resolute red haired woman"). She was a sister of "ensign" Hugh and John Henry of Colerain, leading men of the town. He crossed the ocean with his wife and eight children, and settled on a farm in Colerain, which he cultivated until his death. Two chil- dren were born after coming to the United States, ten in all. The eldest daughter, Jean- nette, married Joseph Thompson, in Ireland, and came over with her parents. Joseph also settled in Colerain, where his five daughters married. Ann McClellan, another daughter, married John Stewart and has numerous de- scendants yet living in and near Colerain. A third daughter, Margaret, married Robert Miller, from whom a goodly line has de- scended. Of the son's Colonel Hugh McClel- lan is next considered.
(II) Colonel Hugh, son of Michael and Jane (Henry) McClellan, was born in Cur- ran, Londonderry, Ireland, April 4, 1747, died in Colerain, Massachusetts, 1816. He became
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a prominent man of the latter town. In 1875 he served first on the committee of cor- respondence, and on the news from Lexing- ton reaching Colerain he marched the next day (April 20, 1775), at the head of a com- pany of forty-six minute-men to the scene of action. He was with his company two weeks at this time, ranking as captain ; later he was with the Army of the North under General Gates. He obtained his title of colo- nel from service in the state during "Shay's" rebellion. In political life he was deputy for thirty years, and was also prominent in the church. He married Sarah Wilson, and had ten children, all born in Colerain.
(III) Michael (2), son of Colonel Hugh and Sarah (Wilson) McClellan, died July 29, 1858. He was a farmer and a man of promi- nence. He was active in public affairs, and represented Colerain for several terms in the Massachusetts legislature. He married Jane Patterson, an active worker in the Colerain church. They were both born in Colerain, where their lives were passed.
(IV) Hugh (2), son of Michael (2) and Jane (Patterson) McClellan, was born in Colerain, Massachusetts, about 1815, died Feb- ruary, 1869. He was a farmer and spent his entire life at Colerain. He married Margaret Washburn, born in Colerain, November, 1816. Children : An infant unnamed; Margaret Washburn, married Henry A. Smith; no is- sue ; Charles Herbert, see forward.
(V) Charles Herbert, son of Hugh (2) and Margaret (Washburn) McClellan, was born in Colerain, Massachusetts, February 15, 1845, died in Brandon, Vermont, February 27, 1900. He received his early education in the Colerain schools, and after settling in Troy pursued a course at the Troy Business College. He worked on the farm until at- taining his majority, then began clerking in a dry goods store. He later engaged in bus- iness for himself at Greenfield, Massachu- setts, operating a dry goods store at that place. In November, 1886, having disposed of his Greenfield store, he located in Troy, New York. He became, by purchase, a partner
in the shirt and collar manufacturing business of Flack & Wales, the firm becoming Mc- Clellan, Miller & Company. They began bus- iness November 2, 1887, and continued until January 1, 1889, when Mr. McClellan became the sole owner and operated thereafter under the firm name of C. H. McClellan, at 553 and 559 Federal street, Troy. His specialties were "Peerless" shirts and "American Eagle" linen collars and cuffs. The original factory and business to which he succeeded was founded in 1864 by William H. Gallup and Sidney D.
Tucker, as Gallup & Tucker. He was a suc- cessful manufacturer, and left a prosperous business that is now (1910) conducted and owned by his two sons, Hugh H. and Joseph WV. McClellan. He was always a student, and was particularly interested in the early history of his country. On Decoration Day, 1885, he was invited to deliver the address before H. S. Greenleaf Post, No. 20, Grand Army of the Republic, of Colerain, Massachusetts, his native town. The address he delivered was entirely historical and reminiscent, and was considered of such value that it was afterward published under the title of "The Early Set- tlers of Colrain, Massachusetts," or "Some ac- count of ye early settlement of Boston Town- ship No. 2, alias Colrain, adjoyning on ye North side of Deerfield."" He was made a Mason in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and al- ways retained his membership there. He was a member of the Congregational church, and supported the Republican party.
He married, October 8, 1873, Mary A. Smart, born at Merrick. Long Island, daugh- ter of Joseph Washington and Abigail Jane (Smith) Smart, and granddaughter of Joseph and Jane (Cockefair) Smart, of Merrick, Long Island. Joseph Smart was born in Eng- land, died in Hempstead, Long Island. He was for many years engaged in paper manu- facturing at Merrick, Long Island. He mar- ried Jane Cockefair (Coqufar), who died in Hempstead. Their children were: Robert, Thomas, Joseph W., Andrew J., Mary Ann, Sarah, Matilda and Catherine J. Joseph Washington, son of Joseph and Jane Smart, was born at Hempstead Harbor, Long Isl- and, in 1825, died in Troy, August 24, 1893. He was employed in his father's paper mill until 1849, when he joined the "Gold seekers" and went to California. He could not endure the hardship of a pioneer, and finding his health becoming broken he returned to the east. For several years he was engaged in paper manufacturing. Later he sold his in- terests and became a silent partner of his son- in-law, Charles H. McClellan, in the firm of Mcclellan, Miller & Company. He was a prominent, public-spirited man and stood high in the Masonic order. He married Abi- gail Jane Smith, born in Merrick, Long Isl- and, in 1825. Children: Edmund Peter : Mary Ann, married Charles H. McClellan ; Sarah M. T., died at the age of four years. Charles Herbert and Mary A. (Smart) Mc- Clellan were the parents of two sons : 1. Hugh Herbert, born 1874 in Greenfield, Massachu- setts ; graduated at Cornell University, class of 1897 : engaged in the shirt and collar bus- iness with his brother on Hawthorne avenue,
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Troy ; married Elizabeth S. Calkins, and has a daughter Lois Margaret McClellan. 2. Jos- eph W., born 1880 at Greenfield, Massachu- setts ; associated with his brother in the man- ufacturing business in Troy; married Ma- veret E. Williams and has Margaret E. and Helen Williams Mcclellan.
Under varied spellings, "Reigh- RECTOR tor," "Reighter," "Righter" and Rector, this family appears in the early history of the counties of Dutch- ess and Columbia. One of the early settlers of the town of Benton, Yates county, New York, was Andrew Rector, of Copake (origi- nally Taghkanick), Columbia county, born in 1762. He married Charity Rockefellow, of the same place, and they had nine children all of whom married and left a numerous posterity. A son of the same generation as Andrew was:
(I) Jacob Rector was born in Kinderhook, Columbia county, New York, about 1780. He married Catherine Whittier, and after the birth of two of his children settled in the town of Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, where he died about 1822. He is bur- ied in Kinderhook. His widow married (sec- ond) Cornelius Vedder, who died at the age of sixty and is buried in the burying ground of the Dutch Reformed church in Scotia. Catherine Rector-Vedder outlived both her husbands, and is buried in the Scotia grave- yard. Jacob Rector was a farmer, and both he and his wife were pious, God-fearing peo- ple, members of the Dutch church. Children : Angeline, married and had issue; Jeremiah, unmarried ; William, see forward.
(II) William, youngest child of Jacob and Catherine (Whittier) Rector, was born in Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, Oc- tober 10, 1818. He was about five years of age when his father died. He was educated in the Glenville and Albany public schools. He began business life as a clerk in a store in Albany, and rose so rapidly that in 1850 he was junior partner of Tucker, Crawford & Rector, importers and dealers in glass, crockery and Queensware, Albany, with a large store on Broadway. He continued there in successful business until 1862, when he re- tired from the firm and located on the home- stead farm in Glenville. In 1875 he pur- chased a house on Front street, Schenectady, where he resided until his death. He was well known and greatly beloved, dignified, courteous and charitable. He was the perfect type of a Christian gentleman. He was orig- inally a member of the Dutch Reformed church, but in later years became a Presby-
terian that he might be more nearly in accord with his wife's religious views and both wor- ship in the same church. He was a Democrat politically, but his retiring, modest disposition was opposed to his seeking public office. He married, in Glenville, in 1845, Margaret Van Patten, born in that town, March 23, 1822, died in Schenectady, January 22, 1906, daugh- ter of Cornelius and Nancy (Cuyler) Van Patten. Cornelius Van Patten died in Glen- ville at the age of fifty, and Nancy (Cuyler) Van Patten died at the age of seventy. Their children were:
I. Margaret, who married William Rec- tor. 2. Elizabeth, married Samuel Free- man, both deceased; living issue Oakley F. and Fred B. Freeman, both of New York City. 3. Rebecca, died unmarried. 4. Jane, died unmarried at an advanced age. 5. Adam, died young. 6. Adam (2), married and re- moved to Salem, Oregon, where he died. Adam, deceased, was a retired farmer at the time of his death. 7. Volkert, a prosperous merchant tailor of Port Jervis, New York. Cornelius Van Patten was a descendant of Claas Frederickse Van Patten, of Albany, born in Holland, May 30, 1641, died in Al- bany, October 3, 1728; settled in Schenectady in 1664 and hired William Tellers' bouwery. In 1668 he bought, in company with Cornelius Viete, the bouwery of Martin Cornelise Van Isselsteyn, a property that long remained in the family. In 1683-84 he owned a farm at Papsknee, below Albany. In 1690 he was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Leisler. He married Aeffie, daughter of Ar- ent and Catalyntje (Devos) Bradt. They had seven children, and are the progenitors of the family in the Mohawk Valley. Nancy Cuyler, wife of Cornelius Van Patten, was a descendant of Hendrick Cuyler, born in 1637, who came to Albany about 1664, died in 1691. His wife Anna died in 1703. They had five children. William and Margaret (Van Patten) Rector had five children, three of whom, Alonzo, Madison and Clarence C., died in childhood. Their fourth child was Emma, see forward. Anna Cuyler, the young- est child, married Professor J. M. Furman, principal of the "Irving School," Tarrytown, New York, and has two daughters: Rae- Alcha and Helen Cuyler Freeman.
(III) Emma, eldest daughter of William and Margaret (Van Patten) Rector, was born in Albany, New York, and educated in the public schools. She was her father's de- voted homekeeper, and retains her residence in the Schenectady home on Front street. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and other organizations.
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PEEK In early records Maria Peek is called in 1664 "one of the oldest inhabitants of New Amsterdam." She was the wife of Jan Peek, an early set- tler of New Amsterdam, who for many years kept an inn. In 1655 he sold two houses in Fort Orange to Johannes Dyckman. His wife was Maria (De Truy) Volchers, a wid- ow whom he married February 20, 1650. They had a son Jacobus, who took up land on the second flat, south side of the Mohawk river. He married Elizabeth Leunise and had many children. It is from this ancestry that the Peek family herein considered un- doubtedly sprang, although the true line of descent cannot be given.
(I) James C. Peek was born in 1755, died March 7, 1826. He married Nancy who died January 30, 1829. They settled on new land in the southwestern part of the town of Florida, Montgomery county, New York, where they cleared a farm and made a home in the wilderness. They endured all the hard- ships and were exposed to all the dangers of the pioneer. In that heavily timbered section the labor of clearing a farm was a long and arduous task. They reared a family, whose names with a single exception cannot at this time be given.
(II) John, son of James C. and Nancy Peek, was born on the homestead not far from the Mohawk river in Florida, 1784, died there in 1859. He inherited the homestead farm, which he still further brought under cultiva- tion, and lived on it all his days. He married Nancy Van Voorhees, a daughter of another pioneer settler of Florida, where she was born. She survived her husband and lived to the age of eighty years. Children: 1. James, who was a farmer of Florida for over forty years ; he married - - Cady, who lived to be eighty years of age, and left children, Wal- ter and Hannah, both of whom survive. 2. Walter, see forward. 3. Margaret, married Chester Cooley, of Florida; they settled on a farm in the town of Amsterdam where they lived to be very old people. 4. Cornelius, lived and died in the town of Amsterdam, New York ; he was a blacksmith ; he married Annie Swart and reared a family.
(III) Walter, second child of John and Nancy (Van Voorhees) Peek, was born on the farm in Florida, January 24, 1812, and there died January 29, 1853. He followed the pursuit of agriculture all his life. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a man of high standing in his community. He married, January 12, 1837, Katherine Peek (a cousin), born October 23, 1820, died April 28, 1908. She was also a Presbyterian. She
survived her husband and became the wife of Dr. Grant Vanken, a widower with two chil- dren, Ida and Frank. Children of Walter and Katherine (Peek) Peek: I. John H., see for- ward. 2. Ann Elizabeth, born June 15, 1845 ; married James R. Robb, a farmer of Florida ; they reside on the farm ; children : Agnes, wife of V. Turnbull, and Alexander Robb; a daughter, Dorothy Robb, is deceased.
(IV) John H., only son of Walter and Katherine (Peek) Peek, was born March 8, 1835, on the homestead farm, where he was reared and has always lived. He is of the fourth generation to own and cultivate the fertile acres which James C. Peek located and cleared. He, like the members of his family, is a member of the Presbyterian church. In political faith he is a Republican. He mar- ried, in Florida, June 8, 1871, Katherine O'Breen, born in the village of Ames, town of Canajoharie, Montgomery county, New York, January 25, 1842. Children: I. Henrietta, born June 23, 1873; now resides with her father ; she is the widow of Peter Sibel, born in the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady coun- ty, New York, May 4, 1865, died on his farm in that town, January 31, 1909. He was of German parentage, a progressive, successful farmer. She is the mother of Louise Sibel, born August II, 1894; Walter Sibel, Decem- ber 6, 1895; Alta Sibel, May 2, 1896; Irene and Loreen Sibel (twins), March 3, 1905. 2. Tracy W., born July 31, 1875; educated in the schools of Albany ; married Albert Tyron, who is an electrician, and with his family re- sides in Schenectady, New York. They have two children: John F. Tyron, born May 21, 1908, and Ralph Tyron, born October 29, 1909.
The Ireland family of Johns- IRELAND town, New York, trace their descent to David Ireland, who married a Miss Honeymoon. He lived in St. Andrews, Scotland, and they were the parents of two children: Rev. James, mentioned be- low and Margaret, married Professor Durey.
(II) Rev. James Ireland, son of David and (Honeymoon) Ireland, was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, situated on the Scotch coast, where all of his children were born. He married Agnes Stuart, a descendant of the ancient family of Stuart, who prior to the days of Mary Queen of Scots always spelled their name Steward and Stewart, the name being derived from the office held by an an- cestor, Lord High Steward of Scotland. In the year 1860 Rev. James with wife and chil- dren came to America, settling first at Three Rivers, Canada. After remaining there one
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year the family crossed to the United States, and settled in the town of Broadalbin, Fulton county, New York; later at the village of Sodus, Wayne county, where Rev. James Ire- land was pastor for ten years. He later was at Marion, Wayne county, where he died Sep- tember, 1873. He was a Presbyterian minis- ter. Children, all born in Scotland: I. Ellen, married Edwin Danford (or Danforth) ; two children : i. Marion, married Henry Butts; ii. Edwin W., married Genevieve McGeorge. 2. John N. Stuart, born May 18, 1843; he came to the United States with his parents, and af- ter several years spent in Niles and Cleveland, Ohio, in mercantile life, he settled in Jolins- town, New York; in association with Thomas Rowles, and later with his brothers, he was extensively engaged in glove manufacture ; he was vice-president of the former First Nation- al Bank, village trustee and water commis- sioner. He married, May 6, 1873, Kate M., daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth Dorn, of Johnstown ; children : i. James Stuart, married Anna Stewart; children : Isabel, born August 18, 1898, and Helene, born February 7, 1903 ; ii. Nellie Pierson, born February 20, 1877; married James Evans, and has a son John ; iii. Elizabeth D., born January 28, 1879; iv. John, born August 21, 1881; v. Katheryn,
born August 7, 1884. 3. James, a glove man- ufacturer of Johnstown, married Susetta Ed- gar ; children: i. Stuart, married Isabella Stanton ; children: Eleanor, Robert and Mar- ion : ii. Louise; iii. James (2). 4. David, see forward.
(II) David, youngest son of Rev. James and Agnes (Stuart) Ireland, was born at Forfer, Scotland, August 30, 1856, died May 7, 1909. He was four years of age when his parents settled in Canada, and five when they came to New York state. He was educated in the public schools of the different towns in which the family resided, finishing at the Sodus Academy. Not inclining to a profes- sional life like his father, he became a com- mercial traveler for the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, one of the leading dry goods houses of Rochester. He remained with them for several years, and in 1874 settled in Johns- town and engaged in the glove business with his brothers, John and James, the former hav- ing already been located there for some time. They built the brick factory opposite the Co- lonial cemetery on Green street, but in 1879 their business had so increased that they were compelled to erect the factory now used by the firm on West State street, which they subse- quently enlarged. After the death of the sen- ior members of the firm, John N. S. Ireland, his sons, James S. and Jolin,
were taken in as partners, the business still being conducted under the original firm name, Ireland Brothers. Later the Bridge street mill was purchased antl David Ireland gave it his own personal attention, having given up representing the firm on the road, which he had done since the organization of the house. Some three years prior to his death, failing health compelled him to close the mill, and from henceforth he was not as actively en- gaged as heretofore. Mr. Ireland was happily adapted to his calling of commercial traveler, having a keen mentality that made him more than an ordinary business man, and being a ready talker and of a very genial nature, he applied his energies in such a way that success must surely follow. He also allied himself with interests outside of his firm, being a member of the Board of Trade, a director of the Peo- ple's Bank, the Grand Opera House Com- pany, and the Diana Knitting Company, of which he had served as treasurer. He was an attendant of the Presbyterian church, and in- terested in all good works. He was a Repub- lican in politics, being a member of the coun- ty committee for several years, and serving as treasurer at time of his death, and his ad- vice and opinions had great weight in the party's councils. Socially he was a member of the Lotus and Colonial clubs. Mr. Ireland possessed acknowledged business ability, was always approachable and affable to his friends, cordial and pleasant, and possessed that broad view of life gained in his long years of travel, that made him generous and tolerant of other peoples' opinions. He was honorable and just in all his relations with his fellowmen, high principled and upright. He married, October 30, 1879, Elizabeth D. Pierson, born January 25, 1860, daughter of Abram Veghte and Jane (Dunn) Pierson, of Johnstown. Children : 1. Clara, born January 1I, 1881, died Decem- ber 23, 1883. 2. Harriet, born April 3. 1885, died August 14, 1908. 3. Leah, born October 30, 1887. 4. William, born November 7, 1889. 5. Elizabeth, born September 12, 1891. Abram Veghte and Jane (Dunn) Pierson had other children : James D., Amanda, 'married John J. Russell, M.D .: Charles. Eli, married Nora E. Dement. Mrs. Elizabeth (Pierson) Ire- land survives her husband, and is a resident of Johnstown, New York.
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