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(III) George Roswell, son of Chester and Sally A. (Powell) Phelps, was born in Johns- town, Fulton county, New York, June 2, 1830, died May 19, 1903. He was born and reared on the old homestead first settled by Oliver Phelps. He was educated in the public school, and always followed the occupation of agriculture. He succeeded his father in the ownership of the farm, which he converted into a veritable garden and orchard. He specialized in small fruits and berries, raising them in very large quantities, and continued the personal oversight of his farm until his death. In 1899 he purchased a city home in Gloversville and removed there, traveling back and forth each day to the farm. His heart was in his work and success came to him abundantly. He had business interests in Gloversville and always had a lively concern for the advancement and welfare of that city. He was a Prohibitionist in party principle and
an out-spoken man on the subject of temper- ance. He married, March 17, 1858, Joseph- ine Matilda Whitney, born April 18, 1838, daughter of Asa Hervey Whitney, born 1812, died May 1, 1846; married, September 1, 1836, Almira Matilda Wait, born February 8, 1815, died February 7, 1897. Asa H. Whitney was engaged in the lumber business but contracted consumption and died a young man. Children of George Roswell and Josephine M. Phelps : I. Inez Marian, born July 15, 1859, died June IO, 1887. 2. William Edwin, born November 12, 1860; married (first) December 27, 1882, Emily Ann Banks, born December 9, 1860, died May 29, 1888; children : i. Jessie Marian, born July 6, 1885, married, December 25, 1908, Walter A. Deford and has William Phelps, born January 26, 1910; ii. Harry Chester, June 24, 1887, died July 20, 1888. William Edwin married (second) April 6, 1898, Jane Munns, born November 9, 1862; child, Raymond Chester, born December 28, 1900. 3. Warren Whitney, born August 23, 1863 ; married, August 30, 1884. Abbie Lan- sing, born September 21, 1867, died March 9, 1903 ; child, Florence Catherine, born May 31, 1895. 4. Emma Belle, born December 28, 1865; married, February 15, 1884. Elmer J. Staley, born March 19, 1861, died February 20, 1900; child, Harold Phelps, born August 20, 1899. 5. Lillian Almira, born January II, 1870 ; married, April 7, 1899, John M. Smith, born February 1, 1869. 6. Alma Leona, born October 26, 1877: married, September 15, 1910, Clifton Elliot Sanborn, born September 4, 1877. Mrs. Josephine M. Phelps survives her husband, a resident of Gloversville, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps were active mem- bers of First Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Phelps was steward several years and Mrs. Phelps was active for over forty- five years in every department. in Sabbath school work as well as in church work.
Tracing the gene- SCHIFFERDECKER alogy of this fam- ily back brings the searcher to the Duchy of Baden-Baden, now empire of Germany. There for generation after generation the family of Schifferdecker were prosperous and influential. They were intimately associated with public affairs and furnished soldiers that made reputations for bravery on the field of battle. The first of the family to arrive in the United States was Henry Schifferdecker, born in Baden-Baden in 1798. He was a butcher and dealer in meats, etc. This has been the prevailing family occupation and business down to the present generation. He married and had a
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family of eight children, all born in Baden- Baden. He remained in business in Germany until his family were well grown and his sons liable to conscription for military duty in the Germany army. In 1849, with his wife and entire family, he took passage for the United States, where they arrived eight weeks later. The family settled in Albany where Henry began business anew, following the same line as in Germany. He continued the butcher business, assisted by his son, until his death in 1858. He was thrifty, indus- trious and highly respected. His widow sur- vived him until October 17, 1890, dying on her birthday, which was October 17, just eighty-four years earlier in the century, 1806. Children : Carl, deceased; Frederick A., see forward: Morris; Henry, deceased; Louisa, deceased ; Caroline; Lizzie, deceased ; Rosa.
(II) Captain Frederick A., second son of Henry Schifferdecker, was born in Baden- Baden, Germany, February 2, 1836, died in Albany, New York, November 24, 1908. He came to Albany with his father in 1849, and assisted him in the meat business until he arrived at the age of twenty-one, when he began business for himself. He was a suc- cessful business man and became prominent in city politics. In 1862 he responded to Presi- dent Lincoln's call for men to crush out the rebellion then existing in the southern states. He enlisted as a private in the Forty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and came home after three years valiant service as captain. He won his commission for bravery on the field of battle and demon- strated the quality of his courage on more than one hard-fought battlefield. A proof of his valor now decorates the Hall of Flags in the State Capitol at Albany. It is a battle-flag captured from the enemy in battle and is a special credit to his company. He represented his ward in Albany as supervisor several terms, and in 1874 was elected a member of the state assembly of New York. He was a stalwart Republican and always active in politics. He was a member of Ver- non Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and a highly respected citizen. He was a Luth- eran in religious faith. He married, Anna Rapp, of Hanover, Germany. Children : 1. Charles F., see forward. 2. Frederick A., born July 19, 1860; was well educated in the public schools of Albany; became an as- sistant in his father's meat market; was su- pervisor of his ward several terms; president of the first ward Republican committee for sixteen years, and was slated for the Re- publican party nomination for treasurer of Albany county, an intention frustrated by his
death ; he was a rising and most prom-ing young man, whose death was keenl. re- gretted; married Louise Heidrich, who sur- vives him, living in Albany with children : Edna, Dorothy, Anna, Charles F. and George N. 3. Anna, married John Heidrich, of Al- bany ; children : John, Frederick, Irene. Anna and Arthur. 4. Loisetta, married Henry H. Wadbil, a gauger in the United States inter- nal revenue service, stationed at Plattsburg, New York; children. Jeannette, Elizabeth Doris, William, Mildred and Marvin.
(III) Charles F., eldest son of Frederick A. and Anna (Rapp) Schifferdecker, was born in Albany, New York, April 4, 1858. He was educated in the public schools, worked with his father in the meat business until 1877, when he and his brothers established the ice business under firm name of Schifferdecker Brothers. He has developed this to large proportions and is one of the largest dealers in Albany. He has a cold storage plant in Albany with a capacity of twenty thousand tons. He is a prominent and active member of the Republican party. In 1897 he was elected sheriff of Albany county, and gave a practical business administration of the affairs of that important office. He was a member of the Republican committee of the first ward for six years. He is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery. His position in the city of Albany is an enviable one and has been gained by earnest, conscientious effort, doing well whatever came in his line of duty. Ilis private affairs were no more carefully conducted than have been the public trusts committed to him. He married, May 16, 1883, in Albany, Elizabeth Bildhauser, born in Albany, Octo- ber 17, 1859, daughter of Frederick and Cathe- rine (Damm) Bildhauser, who came to the United States from Laubauch, Hesse-Darm- stadt, Germany, and were married in Albany. Frederick Bildhauser died in Albany, June 24, 1909, at the age of seventy-four, after a life of fifty years in West Albany. His
widow Catherine survives him, residing at 174 Broad street, Albany. Charles F. and Eliza- beth Schifferdecker have one child, Fred- erick G., born September 21, 1884, educated in the common and high schools of Albany; associated in business with his father.
The Rose family that first settled
ROSE in Stephentown, Rensselaer countv. New York, came from Connecti- cut and were descendants of Robert Rose, of Scotch birth and ancestry, who was born in 1594, came in the ship "Frances" from Ips- wich, Suffolk county, England, in 1634, and
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settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was listed a resident in 1639. The ages of his children were given to the officers of the Crown upon his receiving license to emigrate to America. Had wife Margaret and chil- dren : John and Robert (twins), born 1619; Elizabeth, 1621; Mary, 1623; Samuel, 1625; Sarah, 1627; Daniel, 1631; Dorcas, 1632. It is from this family that Nathaniel Rose, the founder of the family in Rensselaer county, New York, sprung. Nathaniel shares with others the distinction of being the first set- tlers of the town of Stephentown, Rensselaer county, prior to the revolution. He settled about two miles from the village of Stephen- town and planted a homestead in what was then a wild and uncultivated region. He was a man of energy and possessed the attributes of character that successful pioneers must have. He married and had issue.
(II) Charles, son of Nathaniel Rose, "the pioneer," was born about the year 1770. He was a farmer of Stephentown and was pos- sessed of considerable land. He was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. He later removed from Rensselaer to Fulton county where he owned and operated a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He married and had Willard, Charles, Rhoda, Molly and Sarah.
(III) Charles (2), son of Charles (I) Rose, succeeded to the family homestead in Fulton county, which he successfully operated as a grain, stock and dairy farm all his life. He was a Republican in politics and a Pres- byterian in religion. He married Christy Ann, daughter of John and Christy Ann (McNab) Carmichael. Children: John C., went west where he was twice married and had issue; Charles W., of whom further; Mary E., born June 5, 1836, married George Brownell, born 1827, died 1871; child, Frank R., married Emma Newkirk and had Helen, born July 17, 1872; Helen, married George Worcester ; Wil- lard, a farmer and glove manufacturer, mar- ried Fanny Washburn; Thomas Scott, died aged two years; Anna; Jennie, born Septem- ber 28, 1848; Simon Scott, married Ella Tim- merman : children : Scott, Fred, William, John, Jennie and Katherine.
(IV) Charles W., son of Charles (2) and Christy Ann ( Carmichael) Rose, was born on the Rose homestead in Fulton county, New York, January 18, 1833. He was educated in the public schools and Kingsboro Academy. He worked on the farm for a time, then in 1860 began his long career as a glove manti- facturer. Ile first began cutting at Bennett's Corners. Fulton county, at which place his uncle, Willard Rose, had been engaged as a
glove manufacturer and farmer for many years. He first occupied a shop in Glovers- ville in 1862. In 1872 he erected a factory building at the corner of Pine and Mill streets, to which frequent additions have been made as the demands of his growing business needed. He has always made a specialty of fine goods for ladies' and gentlemen's wear, using principally imported kid leather. From a small beginning he has built up a very large business and is one of the oldest manufac- turers in his city. He is also a director of Gloversville Knitting Company. He was trus- tee of the village, and in his quiet way bore his full share in the development of Glovers- ville. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Presbyterian church. He mar- ried, February 7, 1861, Ann Eliza Benedict, born July 7, 1835. Children : Ida, born May 3, 1863, died 1873: Charles, born and died 1867 ; Henry, born May 3, 1874, died October 4, 1910, married Eva Place ; Harriet, June 5, 1878.
Ann Eliza (Benedict) Rose is a daughter of John M. Benedict, and a granddaughter of Ira and Agnes ( Mitchell) Benedict, of the Rhode Island family. John M. Benedict was born June 6, 1791, died June 12, 1880. He married, January 31, 1828, Bridget Tabor, born August 18, 1803, died April 7, 1866, daughter of Gideon and Rachel (Durfee) Ta- bor, of Rhode Island. Children of John M. and Bridget Benedict: Ira, born November 28, 1828; Gideon, March 21, 1830, dicd Sep- tember 5, 1858; Thomas Scott, March 8, 1833, died January 30, 1845; Ann Eliza, married Charles W. Rose; Ira, born December 30, 1836, died April 24. 1858; Rachel Agnes, born May 31, 1838, died August 6, 1866, married George B. Smalley ; Harriet, born September 9, 1839, died October 1, 1839; Sophia, born October 19, 1840, died February 1, 1843; Catherine Jemime, born January 13, 1842, dicd April 5, 1844; Francis, born March 27, 1844, died September 1, 1844 ; Harriet Newell, born April 24. 1846, died January 24, 1875; Angelica, born January 12, 1848.
PALMER The first authentic record of Walter Palmer, born 1585, (the American ancestor of the Palmers of Troy, herein considered) is found in Charlestown, Middlesex county, Massachu- setts. January 26, 1638. Abraham Palmer was chosen by the town "for kecing the Towne Booke." In his "Book of Possessions," page 31. was recorded "The possessions of Walter Palmer within Charlestowne." His acres were described as "Two acres in the East Field," and thus through his many parcels of land,
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January 6, 1637, Walter and son John shared in a division of lands on "Mystic Side." He and his close friend, William Cheseborough, were among the original proprietors and set- tlers of "Seacuncke" (Rehoboth), until in 1645 Walter Palmer represented the new town at the general court of Plymouth Colony. In 1643 he gave in the value of his estate as £419. In 1645 young John Winthrop induces William Cheseborough to New London to begin a settlement there. He viewed the land and selecting a large tract in the Pequot county called "Wequeteguoc" quickly induced Walter Palmer to join him. With his entire family excepting son Jonas, he started south in 1652-53. buying land on the east bank of Wequeteguoc Cove. He secured twelve hun- dred acres in the neighborhood. Troubles arose between Massachusetts and Connecticut, which were unsettled for years. but finally in 1665 the name was changed to Stonington and the territory awarded to Connecticut. In 1668 an act for the census was passed and on this were the names of Gershom, Moses and Benjamin Palmer, Gershom signing for Mrs. Rebecca Palmer. Walter Palmer's will was made May 19. 1658. At the general court heard May 11, 1762, the will was filed and approved.
Walter Palmer married (first) in England, Ann (called Elizabeth to distinguish her from her mother). He married (second) (it is thought in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where she had been admitted a member of the Rev. John Elliot's First Church) Rebecca Short. They both joined the First Church of Charlestown in 1632, and his daughter Grace was admitted the same date. He died in Stonington, November 10. 1661. Children by first wife: I. Grace, married Thomas Mi- nor: ten children. 2. John, died unmarried. 3. William, died unmarried ; removed to Kil- lingworth, Connecticut. 4. Jonas, married (first) Elizabeth Griswold: (second) Mrs. Abigail Titus. 5. Elizabeth, married (first) Thomas Sloan: (second) Thomas Chapman. Children by second wife: 6. Hannah, married (first) Thomas Hewitt: (second) Roger Sterry ; (third) John Fish. 7. Elihu, died aged twenty-nine years. 8. Nehemiah, deputy fif- teen sessions ; married Hannah Stanton. 9. Moses, a founder of the first church of Ston- ington ; married Dorothy Gilbert. 10. Captain Benjamin, married, August 10, 1691. but wife's name not known. II. Gershom, see forward. 12. Rebecca, married Elisha Chese- borough, her father's most intimate friend ; (second) John Baldwin.
(II) Deacon Gershom, eleventh child of Walter Palmer and sixth by his second wife,
Rebecca (Short) Palmer, wa baptized in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He aomired a large amount of land, most of which he deeded to his sons before his death. He married (first) in Stonington, November 28, 1667, Ann, daughter of Captain and Ann ( Bo- rodel) Denison. ller mother was of a good English family and from her Mrs. Palmer inherited such stately and gracious manners that she was commonly styled "Lady Ann." She was born May 20, 1649, died in Stoning- ton, 1694. Hle married (second) Mrs. Eliza- beth Mason ( maiden name Peck), of Reho- both. Massachusetts. Children by first wife: I. Mercy. married John Breed: he died at ninety years of age, and she at eighty-three ; they were the parents of twelve children. 2. Gershom, married Sarah Palmer. 3. Captain Ichabod, married Hannah Palmer. 4. William, married Grace Minor. 5. George, see for- ward. 6. Rebecca, died young. 7. Ann, mar- ried Benjamin Hewitt. 8. Walter, married Grace Vose. 9. Elihu, died young. 10. Mary married her cousin, Joseph Palmer. II. Re- becca, baptized July 1, 1694.
(III) George, son of Deacon Gershom and Ann (Denison) Palmer, was baptized in Ston- ington. May 29, 1680, died May 28, 1728. He married. March 11, 1711. in Stonington, Han- nah, born May 31, 1694. daughter of Joseph and Frances (Prentice) Palmer. She sur- vived him and married (second) William York. Children: 1. Ensign Christopher, mar- ried Esther Prentice. 2. Zebulon, married (first) Comfort Fairbanks; (second) Deborah York. 3. Joseph, married (first) Zipporah Billings; (second) Mrs. Elizabeth (Stevens) Stewart. 4. George, removed to Stillwater, Saratoga county, New York, where he bought five hundred acres of land on which there were mills, his farm was about three miles from the scene of Burgoyne's surrender : he mar- ried (first) Hannah Marsh; (second) Amy Blodgett. 5. Gershom, see forward. By her second husband, Mrs. Hannah Palmer had Amos, Molly and Jonathan York.
(IV) Rev. Gershom (2) Palmer, son of George and Hannah ( Palmer) Palmer, was born in Stonington, October 12, 1725, died November 6, 1810. He was a minister of the Gospel. He was located at what is now Gris- wold. New London county, Connecticut. He married. November 5. 1747, Dorothy Brown. born in Preston, Connecticut, where she died March 1, 1808. Children: 1. Prudence, mar- ried (first) William Breed: (second) James Thompson. 2. Dolly ( Dorothy ), married Na- than Randall: they removed to Paris, New York. 3. Zeruiah, born in Preston, 1756. 4. Naomi. 5. Esther. 6. Reuben, see forward.
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7. Lois, born April 23, 1761. 8. Lucretia. 9. Keturah. 10. Amy.
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(\') Rev. Reuben Palmer, son of Rev. Gershom (2) and Dorothy (Brown) Palmer, was born in Stonington, June 12, 1759. He was ordained first an elder of the Baptist church of Preston and while there called to the old Baptist church in Montville. New London county, Connecticut. He served until he was publicly installed, December 25, 1798, and from then until his death, April 22, 1822. He married, November 16, 1780, Lucretia, born in Preston, No- vember 12. 1764, died in Montville, Au- gust 15, 1855. daughter of Caleb and Han- nah (Barnes) Tyler. Children: 1. Hannah, born December 25, 1781. 2. Sally, October 16, 1783. 3. Rev. Reuben, December 26, 1784. 4. Lucretia, April 25, 1786. 5. Mary, De- cember 17, 1787. 6. Caleb. June 29, 1790. 7. Tyler, March 4, 1792. 8. Gideon, October 23, 1793. 9. Joshua, October 15, 1795. I IO. Gershom, August 6, 1796. 11. Samuel, Feb- ruary II, 1798. 12. Rhoda, October 18, 1799. 13. Peter Avery, see forward. 14. Achsah, May 12, 1803. 15. Lois, December 30, 1804. 16. Emma, December 30, 1807. 17. Thank- ful. January 29, 1809.
(VI) Peter Avery, son of Rev. Reuben and Lucretia (Tyler) Palmer, was born in (Montville), New London county, Connecti- cut, May II, 1801, died at Lansingburg, New York. January 28, 1892. He removed from his Connecticut home when twenty-two years of age, and located at Le Roy, New York, as one of the first settlers and took a prominent part in the building up of the town. While here he became interested in the stove busi- ness and invented various types of stoves and appliances, among which were the elevated oven stove, and the rotary grate. In 1858 he removed to Troy on account of the manu- facture of his stoves and established the firm of Peter A. Palmer. He was a Republican in political sympathy and a citizen held in high esteem. In 1875 he removed to Lansing- burg, where he resided the remainder of his life. Ile married, September 2, 1821, at New London, Connecticut, Naomi Caulkins, born December 5. 1803. died in Lansingburg, New York. May 27. 1892. Children: 1. Eliza- beth A., born August 1. 1823, at New Lon- don, Connecticut, died May II, 1844, at Le Roy. New York. 2. Frances White. born September 20, 1825, died July, 1828. 3. James Thomas, born December 3, 1827, died June 12, 1871 : married Julia Starbuck, April 26, 1860, and had one daughter, May Evelyn, born April 27. 1868. 4. Frances Wright, born Jan- uary 31, 1830; married (first) Walter Simp-
son, October 13. 1852; (second) David Link, February 22, 1895. 5. Etzler, born September 20. 1832, died May 25, 1842. 6. Caleb Win- slow, born November 10, 1834: married, Grace Boynton, June 10, 1869 : children : Flor- ence S., born April 3, 1873, and Robert Clin- ton, born May 18, 1875. 7. Clinton E., born December 6, 1838, died May 4, 1845. 8. Wil- liam B., born November 28, 1840, died Janu- ary 26, 1892. 9. Grace Greenwood, born August 25, 1849; married Herbert Bellows Millard, May 18, 1870 ; children : Maud Lovell, born September 2, 1871; Bertha Grace, born August 2, 1884; Herbert Palmer, born Feb- ruary 2, 1886.
MILLARD The family of Millard came originally from the county of Southampton, England, where they possessed considerable estates now in the occupation of John Millard, of that county. The name first appears in American colonial records in 1654 when lands in Massachusetts, and afterwards in New Hampshire, were granted to Luke Millard. In 1670 John Mil- lard had a grant of land from William Penn in Pennsylvania, and another brother had lands in Virginia. John Millard, of South- ampton, England, was admitted a freeman of Newport, Rhode Island. He married Eliza- beth - He later was of Rehoboth, Mas- sachusetts, and had issue. Through intermar- riages, the Millards are connected with the old- est English, Scotch and Dutch families of the United States, notably the Coffins, Folgers and Starbucks of Nantucket, and Massachusetts ; the Greenes and Brownes of Rhode Island, the Akins of Dutchess county, New York, the Ten Eyckes of Albany, the Bellows and Goulds of New Haven, and many others.
(II) Robert, son of John Millard, was born in 1632, died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, March 16, 1699. He married. November 24, 1663, Elizabeth, second child of William Sa- bin, the progenitor of the Sabins of America. William Sabin first appears in 1643, at the organization of the county of Rehoboth. Mas- sachusetts. It is not known when or how he came to America. He was a Huguenot, and it is believed that after his flight from France he found refuge in Wales or the South of England. He was a man of wealth and culture, and of an exceedingly kind, generous nature if one can judge from his gifts to re- lieve the wants of those who suffered from Indian raids. He was a leader in Plymouth public affairs and in the church and schools of Rehoboth. His first wife died in 1660. Her name is not known. lle married ( second) Martha, born December 11, 1641. (twin of
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Mary) daughter of James and Anna Allen, of Medfield. William Sabin died about 1687. His will was probated in Boston, July 17, 1687. In it he names sixteen of his twenty chil- dren. His eldest daughter and second child died February 7, 1717 ; married (first) Robert Millard.
(III) Nehemiah, son of Robert and Eliza- beth (Sabin) Millard, was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, June 8, 1668. died July 23, 1751. He married (first) Judith Mason ; (sec- ond) Phoebe Shore, who died March 11, 1717. She bore him three sons, and two daughters.
(IV) Rev. Robert (2) Millard, fourth child of Nehemiah and Phoebe (Shore) Millard, was born in Rehoboth, April 2, 1700, at Nine Partners, New York, died March 7, 1780. He was a minister of the Baptist church, his last charge being Pawling, Dutchess county, New York, where he continued until a short time before his death at the age of eighty years.
He married, March 7. 1726, Hannah, born in Bristol, Rhode Island, daughter of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Cobb) Eddy, grand- daughter of John and Deliverance (Owen) Eddy, great-granddaughter of the American ancestor, Samuel Eddy, and his wife, Eliza- beth. Samuel Eddy was the son of Rev. Wil- liam Eddye, vicar of St. Dunstans, Cranbrook, England.
(V) Jonathan, son of Rev. Robert (2) and Hannah (Eddy) Millard, was born at Pawl- ing, Dutchess county, New York, May 27, 1748, died 1785. He was of good education and in his younger days taught school in Con- necticut. He returned to Dutchess county, where he established and operated a tannery until his death at Nine Partners. He mar- ried Mary Akin, born September 24, 1747, died July 25, 1795, at Pawling, New York. She was of the family of John Akin, born in Scotland, 1663, founder of the Akin family in America. He was a Quaker and fled from Scotland in 1680 to escape the persecution his sect had to endure under English rule. He settled in Massachusetts, and after seeing four of his faith hanged on Boston Common, left that colony and went to the New Netherlands where the Dutch really allowed religious free- dom. David, son of John Akin, settled on "Quaker Hill." Pawling. Dutchess county. New York, a locality that has long been the headquarters for those of the name. William Akin, of the same family, moved from Quaker Hill to Rensselaer county, New York, where he purchased (with two others) a square mile of land from the Van Rensselaers, upon which in 1810 he founded the village of Greenbush, now the city of Rensselaer. He was foremost
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