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(XII) Darwin Ware, son of Augustus Sherman, was born in Hadley, New York, March 31, 1837, died December 13, 1894. He was educated in the common schools of Had- ley and Glens Falls, and when a young man he engaged in the lumbering business for his father, and upon the death of his father he continued to operate the industry established by his father and he became one of the repre- sentative business men and capitalists of the section. He married. October 13, 1856, Ma- rion Robbins, born July 16, 1838, died June 28. 1890. Children : William A., born Janu- ary 7, 1861, married, October 31, 1882, Ger- trude Snow; children : Ruth and Richard; Henry L., mentioned below.
(XIII) Henry L., son of Darwin Ware Sherman, was born at Glens Falls, May 5, 1865. He was educated in the public schools and the Glens Falls Academy. He has been for many years engaged in the lumber and lime business and is at present secretary of the Sherman Lime Company. For sixteen years he was interested in the hotel business, conducting the Marion House on Lake ·George. He was trustee of Glens Falls vil-
lage for two years before it was incorporated as a city, and he served on the board of edu- cation for six years and was secretary of the Glens Falls Hospital Association for ten years. He is a life member of the following Masonic organizations: Senate Lodge No. 456, Free and Accepted Masons, Glens Falls ; Glens Falls Chapter, No. 55; Washington Commandery No. 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York; Oriental Temple, Ancient Ar- ahic Order, Nobles Mystic Shrine, of Troy, New York, and Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, of Troy and Albany. He married, May 12, 1885, at Glens Falls, Jennie Wait, born January 30, 1864. They have one child, Darwin Wait, born February 5, 1890, who is a sophomore (1910), Yale.
The family is of English ori- LOOMIS gin, and for a long period the principal home of the family in England has been in the vicinity of Derby- shire. For more than a century the name has been spelled Lomas in England, but ear- lier Lumas, Lommas or Lomes were used. Other variations are Lomys, Lomis, Lomas, while the American spelling is generally Loomis. The name occurred in England in the early part of the fifteenth century, and is supposed to have been a place name. In France and Switzerland, Lomis is a common- place name. The Lomas coat-of-arms is : Argent between two palets, gules three fleurs de lis in pale sable a chief azure. Crest : On a chapeau a pelican vulning herself proper.
(I) Joseph Loomis, immigrant ancestor, was probably born about 1590. He was a woollen draper in Braintree, county Essex, England, and sailed from London, April 11, 1638, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," arriving at Boston, July 17, 1638. He settled at Windsor, Connecticut, and February 2, 1640, was granted twenty-one acres of land adjoin- ing the Farmington river, on the west side of the Connecticut river, and also had several large tracts on the east side of the Connecti- cut river, by purchase and grant. He is sup- posed to have come to Windsor in company with Rev. Ephraim Huet, who arrived there August 17, 1639. Joseph Loomis brought with him five sons and three daughters. His house was near the mouth of Farmington river on what was known as the Island, be- cause at every freshet it became temporarily one. His wife died August 23. 1652, and he died November 25. 1653. Children : Joseph, horn in England about 1616; daughter, mar- ried, 1640, Captain Nicholas Olmstead ; Eliza- beth, married, May 20, 1641, Josiah Hull; Deacon John, born 1622, in England;
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Thomas, born in England, married, Novem- ber 1, 1653, Hannah Fox; Nathaniel, men- tioned below; Mary, died August 19, 1680; Samuel, born in England.
(II) Nathaniel, son of Joseph Loomis, was born in England, and came to America with his father in 1638. He married, November 24, 1653, Elizabeth, daughter of John Moore. He was made a freeman in 1654, and admit- ted to the church, May 3, 1663. He died August 19, 1688, and his will was dated Au- gust 17, 1688, signed Nathaniel Loomys. His wife survived him. Children : Elizabeth, born August 7, 1655; Lieutenant Nathaniel, March 20, 1657: Abigail, March 27, 1659; Josiah, February 17, 1660-61; Jonathan, March 30, 1664; David, January 11, 1667-68; Hezekiah, February 21, 1668-69, mentioned below; Moses, May 15, 1671; Mindwell, July 20, 1673; Ebenezer, March 22, 1675; Mary, January 5, 1680 ; Rebecca, December 10, 1682.
(III) Hezekiah, son of Nathaniel Loomis, was born February 21, 1668-69, died in 1758. He married. April 30, 1690, Mary Porter, born November 20, 1672, died August 12, 1752. Children, born in Windsor: Noah, April 1, 1692; Mary, November 15, 1694; Hezekiah, November 7, 1697; Ensign Solo- mon, July 14. 1700, mentioned below ; Joanna, December 4, 1702; Jonah, April 1, 1705; Elizabeth, August 13, 1708; Ann, February 20, 1710-II.
(IV) Ensign Solomon, son of Hezekiah Loomis, was born at Windsor, July 14. 1700. He married, June 28, 1727, Abigail Strong, who died May 6, 1773, aged seventy-two. He bought land in Tolland in 1724, and died in Tolland, August 26, 1772. Children, born in Tolland : Abigail. April 18, 1728; daugh- ter, May 20, 1730, died same day ; Michal, a daughter, May 20, 1730; Solomon, Novem- ber 4, 1732, mentioned below; Anna, March 29, 1735; Esther, July 8, 1738.
(\') Solomon (2), son of Ensign Solomon (1) Loomis, was born in Tolland, November 4, 1732, died there August 5, 1805. He mar- ried (first ) Mary Chapman, who died Feb- ruary 11, 1774. aged forty-two. He mar- ried (second ), December 21, 1775, Mary Johnson. Children, born in Tolland: Simon, March 7, 1758; Solomon, September 27, 1760; Luke, April 11, 1764, died April 27, 1764; Nathaniel, January 5, 1766; Ppaphras, Sep- tember 20, 1768; Jeduthun, November 10, 1777, mentioned below; Elisha, January 27, 1779: Mary. November 5, 1780; Justin, July 10, 1783; Ralph, February 28, 1785; Ruth, April 11, 1787 : Joel, August 18, 1789.
(VI) Jeduthun, son of Solomon (2) Loomis, was born at Tolland, November 10,
1777. He removed to Cambridge, Washing- ton county, New York, in 1800, and died there, October 22, 1838. He married, July 26, 1801, Abigail Adams; she died January 14, 1868, aged eighty-six. Children, born in Cambridge: Son. May 25, 1802, died July 16, 1802; Alanson D., June 20, 1803; Leon- ard M., December 18, 1804; Benjamin M., November 23, 1806; son, August 14, 1808, died August 28, 1808; Abigail S., September 23, 1809; Jeduthun, June 9, 1811; Ezekiel A., July 4, 1813, mentioned below ; son, June 24, 1815, died July 4, 1815: Joel, April 13, 1817; Mary A. W., July 8, 1819; Nathaniel S. P., July 15, 1821; Syla Ann, June 25, 1825.
(VII) Ezekiel A., son of Jeduthun Loomis, was born July 4. 1813, at Cambridge, died November 18, 1858, at Granby, Oswego county, New York. He married, April 6, 1839, Ann Rice. Child, John R., mentioned' below.
(VIII) John R., son of Ezekiel A. Loomis, was born January 15, 1846. He lived in Jer- sey City, New Jersey. He married. October 6, 1868, Emma Little. Children: Kate L., Russell M. L., John R. Jr. and George L .; all but John R. being deceased.
(IX) John R. (2), son of John R. (1) Loomis, was born January 25, 1873. He was- educated in the public schools and at Glens- Falls Academy. He has been engaged in the insurance business at Glens Falls since. leaving school and is now a member of the firm of Little & Loomis, doing an insurance- business in Glens Falls, New York, and in Montreal, Canada. He is a member of Glens- Falls club. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Presbyterian. He married, March 2, 1807, Alice E. Rugge, daughter of George and Martha Mahala (Sherman) Rugge. They have one child, Martha Ma- hala, born November 26, 1902.
The earliest record of the.
OSTROM namie, which is of good old Holland Dutch origin, was one. Gerret Willeinese Oesteroem (notice the- spelling, which is one of the most peculiar and puzzling of the Dutch characteristics), who came to this country and settled in Bev- erwyck ( Albany), 1631, but all record of his descendants is lost. Hendrick Janse Oes- teroem, of Bushwick ( Flatbush ), Long Island, 1600, had descendants who went to. Bergen, New Jersey, and thence up the Hud- son river to Kingston, Poughkeepsie and else- where. An Ostrom in the Netherlands pos- sessed a coat-of-arms. They were banished' from Holland on account of their religion,
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either in 1600 or 1620. There is a town by the name "Ostromdorp" (village) in the prov- ince of Friesland, Holland.
(I) Captain Henry Ostram was born in Holland, November 26, 1741, died near Al- bany. New York, January 14, 1797. He came to America and settled in Schenectady county, New York, about the year 1765. He enlisted in the war of the revolution, and was a captain in the Third Regiment, Albany county, New York, militia. He married Abi- gail Davenport, born May 12, 1748. They were residents of Ulster county, New York, for a time. Children: I. John, see forward. 2. Thomas, born October 8, 1765. died Feb- ruary 16, 1848. 3. Joshua, twin of Thomas. 4. Stephen, October 30, 1767. 5. Daniel, Sep- tember 17, 1769; married, January. 1796, Elizabeth Bombsby, and lived in West Charl- ton, Saratoga county, New York. Children : i. Phoebe; ii. Maria (wife of David I. Os- trom) ; iii. Henry, born April 22, 1809. died March 19, 1884, married Grace McCredie, February 2, 1832; children : Daniel H., born August 14, 1833; Jane Maria, wife of Rev. Joshua R. Kyle, born August 28, 1836, died fall of 1877; Elizabeth Johnston, wife of Dr. Carson, of Canandaigua, born October 6, 1841 : William Henry, born February 1, 1844, deceased ; Harriet, second wife of Rev. J. R. Kyle, born September 7, 1848. iv. Daniel H., married Annie F. Gilchrist, December 22. 1858; children : Grace, wife of Edward Whiteside, of South Cambridge, New York, born July 1, 1860; Mary Bell, born July 24, 1864, married P. A. Finley, died March 7. 1901; John H., born March 5, 1867, married Cornelia Chalmers, November 22, 1898. 6. Abigail, January 4, 1782. 7. Hendrick, Oc- tober 10, 1784. 8. David, January 17, 1787. 9. Oliver, born November 1, 1790, died in Schenectady, September 17, 1896.
(II) John, eldest son and child of Captain Henry and Abigail (Davenport) Ostrom, was born April 1, 1764, in Ulster county, New York, died in the town of Glen, December 20, 1846. He was a militiaman under General Van Rensselaer in the pursuit of Sir John Johnson and of whom reference is made by Jeptha R. Simms, author of "History of Scho- harie County," and "Border Wars of New York." also "Frontiersmen of New York." He was attached to the company of which his father was captain, having joined the Albany troops. He came with a brother in 1785 to Montgomery county, where they located a tract of two hundred acres of unbroken land lying in the town of Glen, west of Auries creek, where they cleared the farm of timber and erected a house. This has been brought
to a high state of cultivation and still remains in the possession of the family. It is being occupied by the third generation of Ostroms, covering a period of one hundred and twenty- five years. He married, in Montgomery county, February 8. 1787. Anne Lane, born April 14, 1765, died November 4. 1830. Chil- dren : 1. Henry, born June 30, 1789, died January, 1792. 2. Elizabeth, born August, 1791. died January 13, 1858; married John Vedder: children: i. Abigail Vedder, mar- ried John P. Yates, of Root; children : Peter Yates, born October 19, 1814: Catherine Ann Yates, married Dr. Hezekiah Leonardson ; Oliver Yates; Sarah Yates, married James H. Pettingell; Dr. David H. Yates; Elizabeth Yates, married C. J. Lansing, state senator of California ; Maria Yates, second wife of Sena- tor C. J. Lansing : Stephen Ostrom Yates. ii. Maria Vedder, married John D. Still; chil- dren: Daniel O. Still; David V. Still, a prominent physician of Johnstown, New York; Anna Still, married Jesse Swabe, of Albany. iii. Nancy Vedder, born October I, 1814, married Peter Yates, a kinsman ; chil- dren: J. Ostrom Yates, born May 18, 1838; David H. Yates, born July 5, 1841; Theo- dore Yates, born September 30, 1844; Sarah M. Yates, born April 25, 1846, married, February 7, 1871, Milton Pruyn; Hezekiah Yates, born May 21. 1848; Vedder Yates, born April 17, 1850; Edmond Yates, born November 24, 1851 ; Elizabeth Yates, born August 12, 1853; Oliver Yates, born April 6, 1855. iv. David Vedder, married Anna Schuyler ; child: Dr. John D. Vedder, of Johnstown. v. John Ostrom Vedder, married Jane A. Lasher, of Sprakers, New York; children : Elizabeth, married M. Mount Ed- wards; Anna M., married William B. Dieven- dorf, of Sprakers, New York. 3. John, born November 30, 1797, died June 23, 1843 ; mar- ried Anna Maria Enders; no issue. 4. Dan- iel, born February 28. 1800, died February 13, 1801. 5. David I., born December 15, 1801; married Maria Ostrom, a kinswoman, May 15, 1823; children: i. Elizabeth, born May 19, 1824; ii. Ann Maria, November I, 1825; iii. John, April 28, 1828; iv. Daniel D., February 21, 1830; v. John, July 23, 1832 ; vi. Phoebe, October 11, 1834; vii. David Henry, May 10, 1836; viii. Emma, November 4, 1838; ix. Abigail, December 28, 1839; x. Abigail Yates, March 6, 1842; xi. Stephen, June 25, 1848. 6. Ann, born August 28, 1804, died in October. 1830; married Rynear Van Evera; child, Ann Van Evera. 7. Ste- phen, see forward. John Ostrom married (second), September 21, 1832, Mrs. Nancy Banker, who died September 27, 1832, just
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one week after her marriage; cholera was then epidemic in Schenectady, and she was one of its victims. He married (third) Mrs. Alida Van Dorn, born December 16, 1834, died June 12. 1842; no issue.
(III) Stephen, seventh son and youngest child of John and Anne (Lane) Ostrom, was born February 13, 1812, died August 19, 1886. He was born, lived and died on the homestead farm. He married (first). October 31, 1832, Mary Antoynette Schuyler. Rev. Alanson B. Chittenden, of Glen, officiating ; she was born February 10, 1816, died May 18, 1839. Children: 1. John H., born June 9, 1834; married, March 3, 1857, Rev. Adam H. Van Vranken, of Glen, officiating, Julia C. Quackenbush, born November 25, 1836, died July 28, 1901 ; children : i. Jacob Schuy- ler Ostrom, born March 27, 1858, died May 7, 1859; ii. Estella Ostrom, born January II, 1860, married Harvey D. Shelp, September I, 1880, Rev. Richard L. Schoonmaker. of Glen, officiating; iii. Eugene Ostrom, born May 22, 1863, married Winona Van Derveer, July 3, 1884, Rev. C. D. Hainer, of Randall, New York, officiating : iv. John Schuyler Os- trom, born June 15, 1874, died December 31, 1909, married Ella Van Valkenburg. January I, 1896, Rev. Edward C. Hall, of Charleston Four Corners, officiating. 2. Mary Antoy- nette, born March 26, 1836, died November 19, 1841. Stephen Ostrom married (second) in the town of Glen, October 1, 1839, Rev. Charles Jukes, of Glen, officiating, Anna Ma- ria Edwards, born March 9, 1818, died Sep- tember 26, 1899. Children : 3. Charles Jukes, born November 5, 1840; unmarried ; is an invalid and resides on the home farm; is a man of unusual mental attainments ; member of Free and Accepted Masons. 4. Anna M. Enders, born January 12, 1843; married, March 15, 1882, Richard Winne, Rev. Francis M. Kip Jr., of Fultonville, offi- ciating ; Richard Winne was born November 3, 1830, died June 15, 1902, son of Major James and Jemima (Van Cise) Winne; no issue. 5. Elizabeth, born May 19, 1845 ; mar- ried, December 29, 1896, Rev. Frank V. Van Vranken officiating, Walter B. Cross, justice of the peace at Fultonville, New York : chil- dren: i. Susan Brown Cross, married Dr. Frederick I. Jansen, January 11, 1899, Rev. William Schmitz, of Fultonville, officiating ; now residents of Salt Lake City, Utah ; ii. An- toinette Edwards Cross, born March 4, 1873, married, October 15, 1902, Rev. I. J. Van Hee, of Fultonville, officiating, C. Van Dyke See, of New York City; iii. Edward Ostrom Cross, born January 2, 1876, married, July II, 1903, Florence Anderson, of Midland,
Michigan, Rev. G. F. A. MacKelcan officiat- ing ; children : Frederic S. Cross, born March 18, 1804: Elizabeth Ostrom Cross, born Sep- tember 23, 1905; Ruth E. Cross, born Sep- tember 16, 1907. 6. Miriam Collins, born in town of Glen, November 29, 1847, see for- ward. 7. Margaretta Edwards, born Novem- ber 10. 1850, died November 8, 1876, unmar- ried. 8. David I., born May 30, 1853, died April 5, 1900; member of Free and Accepted Masons ; married Mary Van Epps, September 20, 1876, Rev. Francis M. Kip Jr., of Fulton- ville, officiating; children : i. Victoria Ostrom, born July 31, 1881, married John W. Brill, June 6, 1907, Rev J. Edward Grant, of Ful- tonville, officiating; ii. Earl, born March 19, 1883, married Ruamy Olmstead Lehman, Jan- uary 2, 1905, Rev. J. C. Gould, of Northville, officiating. Mrs. Mary (Van Epps) Ostrom married (second). October 19, 1907, Rev. J. Edward Grant officiating, N. V. Lasher, a farmer of Crescent, Saratoga county, New York, and occupies the old Van Epps home- stead farm. 9. Stephen, born December 9, 1855, resides on the Ostrom homestead; un- married. 10. Ella Louisa, born September 7, 1858 ; married, February 21, 1883. Rev. Sid- ney O. Lausing and Rev. Frank V. Van Vranken officiating, Jacob H. Nellis, of Cana- joharie, now of Paterson, New Jersey ; chil- dren : i. Clara Louise Nellis, born March 15, 1885, married, Rev. George W. Labaw offi- ciating, October 18, 1909, Bird Berdan ; child : Dorcas Louise, born August 5, 1910; ii. Mar- garet Antoinette Nellis, born February 9, 1887; iii. Joseph I. Nellis, born January I, 1892; iv. Grace Van Derveer Nellis, born August 11, 1896, died September 21, 1897; v. Anna M. O. Nellis, born September 14, 1898. Anna Maria ( Edwards) Ostrom, sec- ond wife of Stephen Ostrom, was the daugh- ter of John and Ann (Van Schaick) Ed- wards, and one of nine children : 1. William H., born January 2, 1817, died June 25, 1881. 2. Anna Maria, married Stephen Ostrom. 3. Margaret Lord, born October 17, 1819, died January 23, 1908. 4. John V. S., born Feb- ruary 17, 1822, died July 2, 1887; married Mrs. Mary M. Horsford ; children : J. S. Glen, a prominent citizen of Glen, now on a tour round the world; Edward, Mary and Geddes H. 5. Eleanor E., born July 1, 1824. died October 5, 1896; unmarried. 6. Thomas V. S., born July 9. 1827, died May 12. 1852; unmarried. 7. James W., born June 18, 1829, died June 17, 1830. 8. Antoinette, born May 22, 1831, died August 25, 1899; married James H. Barhyte, of Schenectady. 9. Jane, born July 9. 1833 ; married Newton Van Der- veer, now of St. Joseph, Michigan. Ann
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(Van Schaick) Edwards, wife of John Ed- wards, was the daughter of John and Eleanor (Geran) Van Schaick.
(IV) Miriam Collins, fourth child of Ste- phen and Anna Maria (Edwards) Ostrom, was born in Glen, New York, November 29, 1847. She married, September 29, 1875, Rev. J. P. Dysart officiating and Rev. Frank V. Van Vranken assisting, W. Hoagland Baird, born in Charleston, Montgomery county, New York, February 10, 1849, see forward. Chil-
dren : I. Nellie Ostrom, born October 29, 1877; member of Cayadutta Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of Gloversville. 2. Ben- jamin H., born June 23. 1884; member of Fultonville Lodge, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, and Johnstown Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; he is a Democrat in politics. Mar- ried, December 23. 1910, Grace Catherine Mead, Rev. Henry B. Kimmey, of Albany, of- ficiating. Both children reside at home. Mr. Baird, Sr., is a member of Fultonville Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; he is a Democrat in politics, and served two terms as super- visor. Mrs. Baird is a charter member of Caughnawaga Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, also charter member of Mohawk Valley Order of Eastern Star.
(The Baird Line).
Major William Baird, great-grandfather of WV. Hoagland Baird, was born in Scotland, February 24, 1704, died 1793, son of Scotch parents who settled in New Jersey directly on their arrival from Scotland. During the war of the revolution Major Baird served in the Second Battalion Somerset County Mi- litia or State Troops. He was captain of the battalion, afterwards first major. He mar- ried and reared a family.
(II) William (2), son of Major William (1) Baird, born in Somerset county, New Jersey, December 22, 1742, died ()cto- ber 5. 1830: married, July 23, 1775. Cathnah Hoagland, born February 27, 1753, died July II, 1887.
(III) Hon. Benjamin, son of William (2) Baird, was born October II, 1787, died 1873. He was elected a member of assembly in 1846. He married. November 13, 1817, Eleanor Miller, born May 4, 1798, died June 20, 1882.
(IV) William (3), son of Hon. Benjamin Baird, was born September 23, 1818, died July 19, 1893. He married D. Malina Abel, born in Glen, May 10, 1816, died December 6, 1904, Rev. Christian Zabriskie Paulison officiating. Children: I. Mary E., married John H. Serviss, and resides in Closter, New Jersey ; child, Ethel, married David D. Ack-
erman. 2. Hepzibah Abel, married M. Mount Shelp; child, Willis Baird, a resident of Am- sterdam. 3. W. Hoagland, mentioned above.
The Scott family of Saratoga
SCOTT Springs, New York, descend from an English ancestor, Ben- jamin Scott, who settled in Ireland in the reign of James I.
(I) George Scott, born in Londonderry county, Ireland, came to the American colo- nies in 1773 and located on a farm in the town of Ballston, Saratoga county, New York, near the Milton line, on the "Middle Line Road." This was then but a clearing in the great northern wilderness, and the in- habitants were in a state of constant watch- fulness against the wild things of the forest. The danger from the Indians was very great, and in October, 1780, a band of Tories and Indians, under the leadership of Captain Munro, attacked the Scott homestead, which they pillaged and left the owner supposedly dead from a blow on the head from a toma- hawk. It was during this raid that General James Gordon and almost every settler along the "Middle Line," was captured and taken to Canada, some being killed. George Scott married a sister of General Gordon. She was born and married in Kilcaid county, An- trim, Ireland, and was of Scotch ancestors on both sides. Her brother, General Gordon, born October 31, 1739, came to America when a boy of seventeen, went back to Ireland, then came again to America, and after being in the Indian trade at Albany and army con- tracting, settled in Ballston in 1771-72. He was active in the revolutionary service, and was promoted through successive rank to that of brigadier-general by Governor Clinton in 1785. On October 3, 1780, he arrived at his home in Ballston from Poughkeepsie, where he had been attending an extra session con- vened by Governor Clinton. Some of the Tories in the neighborhood inforined Munro, and the raid was made for the purpose of capturing the general. He was awakened by bayonets being thrust through the windows of his home. After his capture the mau- rauders went to the house of George Scott, who was felled by the blows from three toma- hawks. The Indians rushed forward to take his scalp, but were prevented. General Gor- don was carried to Quebec, thence to the Isle of Orleans, from whence he escaped with some of his old neighbors taken in the second raid of 1781. He was a large land owner and erected mills in Ballston. It was through his efforts that his brother-in-law, George Scott, located in that section. He married, March.
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16, 1775, Mary, daughter of Rev. Eliphalet Ball, who came from Bedford, Westchester county, New York, in 1700, purchased four hundred acres of land and established the first Presbyterian church. The town of Balls- ton is named in his honor. Rev. Eliphalet Ball was a second cousin of Mary Ball, mother of General Washington. He had three sons, Stephen, John a colonel in the revolution, Flamen, and a daughter Mary, who married General James Gordon. Gen- eral Gordon had a distinguished civil as well as military career. He was the first super- visor of the town of Ballston, a member of the assembly, state senator for nine years, and representative in the second and third United States congresses. He was honored by a visit from President Washington at his home in Ballston when the president visited northern New York. He was judge of the Saratoga court of common pleas. He died in Ballston, January 17, 1810, leaving a daughter Melinda. Children of George Scott : James, see forward; Mary, married William Marshall; Margaret, unmarried; Susan, mar- ried Daniel Starr.
(II) James, only son of George and (Gordon) Scott, was born at the Gordon homestead in Ballston, New York, January 31, 1774, died in the same town in 1857. He was .a well-known surveyor of his day. He mar- ried Mary Botsford, born in Derby, Connecti- cut, died the year of her marriage, leaving an only child.
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