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"The local physicians attended in a body acting as pall-bearers. The burial was in the village cemetery.
"WHEREAS, In the death of Dr. Nelson Fanning of Catskill, New York, this Society has lost its oldest and most prominent mem- ber, therefore be it
"RESOLVED, That the Society hereby express its sense of loss and sympathy with the family of the deceased in their bereavement, and fur- ther be it
"RESOLVED, That a copy of this record of the life of our late member, together with these resolutions, be inscribed in the minutes of this Society ; a copy sent to the family of the deceased, and a copy furnished the Cat- skill Recorder and Examiner for publication.
"COMMITTEE, Robert Selden, M. D .; Charles E. Willard, M.D .; Elmore E. Elliott, M.D."
Anna H. Fanning
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Dr. Fanning married Anna Howell, daugh- ter of Richard and Sarah Hoy, of Albany, where Richard Hoy was engaged as a mer- chant. Children: 1. Mary who died in in- fancy. 2. Benjamin, of Gilboa, New York. 3. Nelson, who was a prominent physician, and met with an accident that resulted in his death. 4. Walter Dies, died, aged five years. 5. John Tuttle, died at the age of fifteen years. 6. Harriet C. 7. Sarah E. Mrs. Anna (Nancy) H. Fanning died January 24, 1893.
LESTER This name is a corruption of Leicester which as a surname is taken from the locality of that name and has been borne by some of the most powerful nobles of Great Britain. The first authentic record in New England is of Andrew Lester, 1648, although in June and July, 1635, John Lester was master of the ship "Blessing." As early as 1623, Thomas Leister, aged thirty-three, was living at or near "James Cittye," Virginia. Andrew Les- ter first appears at Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was licensed to keep a house of entertainment by the county court, February 26, 1648-49. The births of four of his chil- dren are recorded at Gloucester. He removed to New London, Connecticut, in 1651, where he was constable and collector in 1668. He died June 7, 1669. His first wife, Barbara, died February 2, 1653-54, and is the first death of a woman recorded at New London. He married (second) Joanna, believed to be a daughter of Isaac Willey and widow of Robert Hemstead. She died without issue prior to 1660. He married (third) Anna -, who survived him and married ( sec- ond) Isaac Willey, died 1692. Children by first wife: Daniel, born April 15, 1642, set- tled in Bolton, Connecticut ; Andrew, born De- cember 26, 1644, married Lydia Bailey ; Mary, born December 26, 1647, married Samuel Fox; Anna, born March 21, 1651, married Thomas Way. Children by third wife: Tim- othy, born July 4, 1662; Joseph, born June 15, 1664: Benjamin, of further mention.
(II) Benjamin, youngest child of Andrew and Anna Lester, was born in New London, 'Connecticut. He was an inhabitant of New London all his life, and died there in 1737. · He married Ann, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Isabell) Stedman. She died Janu- ary 27, 1711, "after living with her husband twenty-two years, left nine sons and two daughters." Only six children are found re- corded at New London. Timothy, John, Ann, Benjamin, Isaac and Jonathan. Where the other five were born, or if in New London, why they were not recorded cannot be ex-
plained. One of the five was undoubtedly Simeon, born early in the year 1700.
(IV) Simeon, grandson of Benjamin and Ann (Stedman) Lester, removed to Lester Junction, Vermont, where he married Sally, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Gove, of Ver- mont, a descendant of Major Nathan Gove, of Fairfield, Connecticut, assistant 1657-95, a "Gentleman" of high reputation in New Eng- land. His son Nathan (2) was long engaged in the public service, was recorder of the town of Fairfield for many years, assistant 1094-1723: lieutenant-governor, 1698, chief justice of the supreme court of Connecticut, 1712, Captain Nathaniel Gove was an officer of the revolution. Children of Simeon and Sally (Gove) Lester : Charles Gove; Maria, married Ralph Taylor, of St. Albans, Ver- mont.
(V) Charles Gove, only son of Simeon and Sally (Gove) Lester, was born 1780, died in Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, 1836. He was a graduate of Middleburg College, Vermont, and was for a long time engaged in mercantile business at Montreal, Canada. Later he settled in Albany county. He mar- ried Susan Wells Smith, born in Massachu- setts. Children: Charles Smith, of further mention ; Elizabeth Curtis, married Alembert Pond, of Saratoga Springs, New York, a law- yer and member of the New York constitu- tional convention of 1867-68.
(VI) Charles Smith, only son of Charles Gove and Susan Wells (Smith) Lester, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, March 15, 1824, died at Saratoga Springs, No- vember 17, 1904. He was educated in the public schools and at Washington Academy, Salem, New York. In September, 1841, he entered the law office of Crary & Fairchild as a clerk, and in October, 1843, removed to Sar- atoga Springs where he continued his law studies with his uncle, Judge John Willard, then circuit judge and vice-chancellor of the fourth district. He was admitted to the bar as solicitor and counsellor in chancery at the age of twenty-one years, and in 1845 to prac- tice in the supreme court. He established his practice in Saratoga and quickly won pop- ular favor. In 1859 he was elected district attorney on the Democratic ticket, although that party was then in the minority in Sara- toga county. He held the office three years, and then retired to private practice. In 1870 he was elected county judge, holding the of- fice six years, and after quitting the bench again retired to private practice. He had a large and varied practice and was especially noted for his fidelity and devotion to his chi- ents. He was an orator of high order, direct,
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forcible and logical in his argument, yet pleas- ing and happy in his lighter vein. As a judge he was noted for his quick dispatch of busi- ness and the justice and impartiality of his decisions. He held many positions of honor and trust other than those mentioned. He was supervisor of the town; president of the village corporation ; president of the board of education ; president of the commercial bank and business agent for A. T. Stewart, the merchant prince of New York City, after his purchase of the Grand Union Hotel in 1872.
Judge Lester possessed literary merit of a high order, in recognition of which Yale Col- lege conferred upon him in 1854 the degree of A.M. He married, in 1849, Lucy L. Cooke, of Otsego county, New York, born 1828, daughter of Timothy Cooke. She survives her husband and is now (1910) a resident of Saratoga Springs. Children : I. Charles Cooke, of further mention. 2. John Willard, a graduate of Union College. 3. Susan, mar- ried Professor Bernadotte Perrin, of Yale University. 4. Colonel James W., born at Saratoga, September 8, 1859, a graduate of Union College, A.B., class of 1881 ; Columbia Law School; served in the New York Na- tional Guard, entering as private, and rising through the intervening ranks to colonel, sec- ond Regiment, served in the United States army during the Spanish-American war as major, Second Regiment New York Volun- teers, May 2, 1895, to October 25, 1898. He is a member of the law firm of C. S. & C. C. Lester, of Saratoga Springs, and secretary of the United States Hotel Company ; member of the State Bar Association. He married, Bertha North Dowd. Children: James Dowd; Charles Willard, Dudley Gove, Ralph Westcott.
(VII) Charles Cooke, eldest son of Judge Charles Smith and Lucy L. (Cooke) Lester, was born at Milford, New York, June 27, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of Saratoga Springs and was graduated from Union University, A.B., class of 1870, enter- ing at the age of sixteen years, receiving the A.M. degree three years later in 1873. He decided upon the legal profession and began his studies with his father. In 1873 he was admitted to the bar and at once formed a partnership with Judge Lester under the title of C. S. & C. C. Lester, the firm continuing until the death of his father in 1904. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1894, and in 1901 was elected surrogate of Saratoga county, serving until January 1, 1906, when he resigned. In November, 1905, he was appointed miscellaneous reporter by Governor Higgins; reappointed to same office
by Governor Hughes, January, 1907. He is the author of the law framed in 1904, sim- plifying the proceedings for the sale of real estate of decedents for the payment of debts and funeral expenses, also of the bill provid- ing for recording agreements for the settle- ment of estates. He is a learned lawyer and a skillful practitioner. He is a member of the State Bar Association ; has been a trustee of Union College; representing the Alumni ; trustee of Albany Law School; member Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; State Historical So- ciety, and Saratoga Club of Saratoga. He married (first) 1876, Catherine Perrin, died 1886, daughter of Dr. Lavelette Perrin, a member of Yale University Corporation. He married (second ) December 24, 1889, Mary Lane, daughter of George O. and Sarah (Strachan) Tuck, of Petersburg, Virginia. Children : Charles Tuck, born December 14, 1893 ; Bernadotte Perrin, May 19, 1896.
WEATHERBE
Aaron Weatherbe was-
born September 5, 1780, died May 25, 1840. He married in August, 1801, Sarah Smith, born April 23, 1783, died May 8, 1847. Children: Eliza, born February 9, 1803; died Decem- ber 16, 1842; Sally, January 22, 1805; Aaron, July 17, 1808; Orril, mentioned below ; War- ren Smith, March 4, 1812, died in March, 1888; Mary, October 12, 1814; James, De- cember 10, 1817; Charlotte, September 13, 1820; Caroline, April 7, 1823, died Novem- ber 10, 1844.
(II) Orril, daughter of Aaron Weatherbe, was born March 12, 1810; died May 26, 1891. She married (first) Bliss; (second) Henry V. Middleworth, who was born in Greenwich, Saratoga county, New York, De- cember 7, 1813, son of Henry and Jemima (Flagler) Middleworth. Henry V. Middle- worth came to Sandy Hill, New York, about 1840 from Adamsville, New York, and be- came an apprentice to Philip Neer, a wagon maker and blacksmith, and in 1831 estab- lished himself as a manufacturer of wagons. He continued in this business for a number of years. Afterward he bought land and erected houses in various parts of Washing- ton county, New York. His building opera- tions in Sandy Hill were very extensive and lie contributed materially toward the devel- opment and improvement of the village. He- built the Middleworth House, which is one of the most important business buildings of Sandy Hill. He opened River street and laid out Walnut street, which he gave to the village. Mr. Middleworth was also for a time owner of a livery stable. He was kindly,.
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sympathetic and generous to a fault, and held the confidence and esteem of the entire com- munity. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Middle- worth: 1. James Henry, died in infancy. 2. Ella Josephine, born August 21, 1843: mar- ried (first) October 25, 1859, Frederick C. Burdick; (second) April 16, 1867, Burton Cuyler Dennis, of Albany, New York, who died October 23, 1890, aged fifty-eight years : Mr. Dennis was a clerk for a number of years in Albany, coming to Sandy Hill in 1865 and conducted the Middleworth House to the time of his death; child of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis: Fred M. Dennis, born February 21, 1874, died June, 1881. 3. Warren H., born June 4, 1848: married, May 27, 1870, Eunice, daugh- ter of Perry and Sophia (Ives) Scoville.
DE LAMATER The ancestor of all who inherit the name De Lamater in the United States is Claude Le Maitre (De Lamater ), a native of Richebourg in Artois, France, a scion of an ancient family in Picardy. He was a Huguenot who, like the Puritan of England, found in Holland a temporary home as well as a safe refuge from the storm of persecution that swept over both countries and drove thousands of the best families into exile. He located in Amsterdam, Holland, where, April 24, 1652, he married Hester, daughter of Pierre Du Bois, of that city.
Claude and Hester Le Maitre came to Ameri- ca, where they resided at Flatbush, Long Is- land, from 1652 until 1662. Here four of their children were born. In 1662 they re- moved to Harlem, New York, which was their home the remainder of their days. Claude was one of the sturdy, successful pio- neers of early New York. He secured lands by allotment and purchase; held various civil and church trusts; aided in the defense against hostile Indians; and by industry and thrift accumulated a fortune. He was of a determined and obstinate temperament. Be- tween 1666 and 1673 he served four terms as magistrate. He died about 1683. Hester, his widow, survived him many years. Children : first four born at Flatbush: 1. Jan (John), born 1653, died 1702; married Ruth, daugh- ter of Resolved Waldron. and had six chil- dren. 2. Abraham, born 1656, removed in early manhood with his brother Jacobus to Esopus (Kingston), Ulster county, New York; became an elder in the church, and prominent in public affairs; married (first) Celeste, daughter of Cornelius Vernoye ; (sec- ond) Elsie Tappan ; seven children. 3. Isaac, born 1658; married Cornelia Evarts, of Al- bany, eight children, was deacon of the Har-
lem church; constable and prommissommer 4. Susannah, born about 1660: married Albert Hermans Bussing, two children. 5. Hester, born at Harlem, 1662; married Meses Le Count De Graf, and resided in Kingston. 6. Jacobus, of further mention.
(II) Jacobus (James), youngest child of Claude and Hester (Du Bois) Le Maitre, was born at Harlem, about 1665, died 1741. In 1680 he settled at Kingston, New York, where he resided in the section called Marbletown, on a farm of two hundred and ninety-six acres bought in 1715. He was trustee of Kingston village, and a devout member of the Dutch Reformed church. Ile married, in 1688, at Kingston, Gertrude, daughter of Martin Cornelis Ysselsteyn, of Claverack. Children : 1. Claude, of further mention. 2. Isaac, born June 3, 1694, died at Amenia, 1775; he was known as Captain Isaac, served in the French and Indian war; was justice of the peace ; married his cousin, Rebecca De Lamater. 3. Martha, November 8, 1696. 4. Jacobus, 1699. 5. Martin, 1701, married Elizabeth Nottingham. 6. Bata, 1705; mar- ried John Leg. 7. Ilester, 1706. 8. Cor- nelius, 1708; married Catalyna Osterhout. 9. Jannetke, 1711; married Joris Middagh. 10. Susannah, 1713; married Thomas Notting- ham.
(III) Claude (2), eldest son of Jacobus and Gertrude (Ysselsteyn) De Lamater (as the name was then written), was born 1692, died at Claverack, New York, 1770. He resided on the farm at Claverack left him by his fa- ther, who divided the Marbletown farm be- tween his sons Isaac and Martin. Claude De Lamater married Christina -, and had sons : Jeremiah Jacobus. John, Dirck : daugh- ters : Gertrude, married John M. Van Valken- burgh ; Catalina Christina, married John Van Deusen ; Rachel, married John Leggett.
(IV) Dirck, son of Claude (2) and Chris- tina De Lamater, was born at Claverack, died at Greenport, New York. He married Thiryn- tie Osterhout and had issue, including a son Claudius.
(V) Claudius, son of Dirck and Thryntic (Osterhout ) De Lamater, was born at Clav- erack, later settling at Greenport, New York. He was a farmer, and a strong supporter of the Whig party. lle married - Elting and had issue.
(VI) Tunis Osterhout, son of Claudius and (Elting ) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, where he died. He was a Whig and Repub- lican, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married Mary (always known as Polly), daughter of Nicholas Decker, a
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prominent, wealthy farmer of the town, de- scendant of one of the old families of the Hudson Valley. Twelve children, seven of whom grew to maturity: I. Jane Ann. 2. Henry, see forward. 3. Christina, married Henry Scism. 4. Harriet D., married, Feb- ruary 14, 1876, Jacob Mandeville Rivenburg, born June, 1835, died December, 1900, a prominent merchant of Hudson. 5. George, ·of further mention. 6. Albert, born in .Greenport, New York, 1842, died at Hudson, June 18, 1900; a merchant of Hudson; Re- publican in politics, member of the Dutch Re- formed church, and of the Masonic order ; married Albertina, daughter of Jeremiah and Ann Sagendorph; children : i. Maud, married John Lee, now of Oklahoma; two children : Jeannette, died in infancy, and Agatha; ii. Clarence, of Poughkeepsie. iii. Jessie, grad- uate of State Normal College, Albany, class of 1899: teacher in the public schools of New York City; iv. Jennie, twin of Jessie, grad- uate of the Nurses' Training School, Hudson Hospital. 7. Mary Adalah, married Luke Wynds, now a retired educator living in Fish- kill, New York.
(VII) George, son of Tunis Osterhout and Mary (Decker) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, June 17, 1838. He has followed farming on a very large scale and is an extensive and success- ful stock breeder and dealer. His farming operations included a large dairy, although the feature is not now so prominent. He is an ardent Republican, and supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in 1865, Sarah Louise, daughter of Dr. Richard Henry Mesick, of Mellenville, a prominent physician noted for his skill and liberal treat- ment of those unable to pay for his services. Dr. Mesick married (first ) -
- -; married (second) Mary Groot, of a prominent family of the town of Ghent ; she died at the age of forty-five years; married (third) Mary, daughter of Dr. Elton Palmer, of Mellen- ville. Sarah Louise is the daughter of Dr. Mesick and his second wife, Mary Groot. Children of George and Sarah Louise De Lamater : 1. Harriet, married Martin H. Sim- mons, of Hillsdale, New York; children : Blanche Louise, a teacher, and Myrtle, a senior at Hillsdale Free School. 2. Harry, born August, 1867, a progressive, successful farmer of Hillsdale: married, March 19, 1894, Valona Tyler. 3. Andrew, August 25, 1870, educated at Troy Business College and for twelve years bookkeeper for his uncle, Jacob Rivenburg; now with the Van Deusen Com- pany of Hudson. 4. Wilbur Mesick, January 22, 1880; a successful modern farmer with
farm in Hillsdale; married Lillian, daughter of James and Philena (Dickey) Benner ; children: Ira George, born April, 1909; Douglas, May, 1910. 5. Ira George, of fur- ther mention.
(VIII) Ira George, son of George and Sarah Louise ( Mesick) De Lamater, was born on the homestead farm (where his par- ents have lived ever since their marriage and where all their children were born) at Hills- dale, New York, September 1. 1883. He was educated in the public schools of Hillsdale and New Paltz Normal School, spending three years at the latter institution and graduating with honor, class of 1904. On the high recom- mendation of the principal of his alma mater, he secured a position as teacher and for two years taught at Hillsdale. Not being satis- fied with a teacher's life he took a course at Eastman's Business College,took the necessary examinations, and was appointed, February I, 1909, clerk in the railway mail service with headquarters at Albany. He has also land and farming interests that are cared for by others. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the North Hillsdale Methodist Episcopal Church. He is unmarried.
(VII) Henry De Lamater, eldest son of Tunis Osterhout (q. v.) and Mary (Decker) De Lamater, was born at the homestead farm in Columbia county, New York, January 7, 1820; died at Hudson, New York, April 5, 1900. He was educated in the public schools and spent his minor years on the farm. He later learned the carpenter trade and became a well-known contractor and huilder. In connection with his trade and building opera- tions, he owned and operated a farm in the town. He was a man of quiet tastes and habits; a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and a supporter of the Republican party. He figured little in public official life beyond serving as commissioner of highways. His character was of the highest and no man was more truly respected. He married, De- cember 5. 1849, Cornelia, twin sister of Cor- nelius F. Moul. Children, five dying in in- fancy : 1. Charles, deceased. 2. Richard, born in Greenport, March 6, 1855: educated in the public schools, worked with his father on the farm, also learned the trade of carpenter; at the age of twenty-three years he went to Texas where he spent several years; then re- turned to Greenport where he was associated with his father in contracting and building ; since 1900 he has been in business alone ; he is a Republican in politics; he married, Au- gust 8, 1902, Anna M., daughter of Philip Coons, of Germantown; no issue. 3. Frank Spoor, of further mention. 4. Mary Louise,
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married, December 12, 1882, Charles Henry, son of Charles and Frances Bronk, and grandson of Henry and. Anna (Sharp) Bronk, of Stuyvesant Landing, New York, and grandson of Foy Bronk, a descendant of Jonas Bronk, one of the founders of upper New York in the region now known as the "Bronx": Mr. Bronk resides in Hudson, where he is engaged in the jewelry business ; children : Edward Henry, born March 15, 1884; in New York Central railroad employ, married, December 19, 1905, Blanche Wes- cott ; Bessie Louise, born January 31, 1889. died October 16, 1889; Florence Cornelia, born December 20, 1894, died Februay 13. 1895.
(VIII) Frank Spoor, third son of Henry and Cornelia (Moul) De Lamater, was born in Greenport, Columbia county, New York, on the home farm, September 17, 1856. He was educated in the public schools, and re- mained on the farm with his parents until 1879, when he purchased the homestead farm of his father, and until 1887 remained there, engaged in cultivating his own acres. In that year he removed to the city of Hudson. He had learned the carpenter's trade during the years spent with his father, and after his re- moval to Hudson worked at this trade, be- coming a well-known building contractor. He has always been a Republican in politics, and while living in Greenport served as commis- sioner of highways, town clerk and inspector of elections ; in 1887 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Columbia county, holding that posi- tion three years. He married, May 20, 1879, at Hudson, Mary A., born April 12, 1856, daughter of Thomas and Harriet (Clum) Lasher, of Germantown, New York, a de- scendant of Sebastian Loescher (Lasher),
(The Lasher Line).
Little is known further of Sebastian Loescher (Lasher) than he was in all probability a Ger- man ; was at West Camp, now town of Saguer- ties, Ulster county, New York, in 1710; was in the list willing to stay at Livingston Man- or. East Camp, now Germantown, Columbia county, on lands surveyed to them, date of August 26, 1724, and that his wife's name was Elizabeth. Children: I. Sebastian, born 1696, married Elizabeth Livingston and had nine children. 2. Conrad, of further mention. 3. George, married Elizabeth Hemmon and had eight children. 4. Maria Elizabeth, born April (June) I. 1710.
(II) Conrad, son of Sebastian and Eliza- beth Lasher, was born in 1708. He married Angeline Sestis and had children, baptized at Athens, Germantown and Rhinebeck, New
York : 1. Gerrit, baptized December 29, 1723 : lived at Germantown and served in the Eleventh Regiment. Albany county militia. during the revolution. 2. Sebastian, of fur- ther mention. 3. John, baptized November 27. 1733; married, April 6, 1756. Christina Holtzappel. 4. Anna Maria, baptized March 6, 1735, died March 15, 1813. 5. George. baptized January 1. 1739. 6. Conrad, bap- tized January 18, 1741.
(III) Sebastian (2), son of Conrad and Angeline ( Sestis) Lasher, was baptized 1729. He married Margaret Schumacher, April 4, 1748. and lived at Germantown, New York. Children : 1. Conrad B., baptized August 2, 1749. died 1824; served as a soldier of the revolution in the Tenth Regiment, Albany county militia, and was later second lieuten- ant of the First Regiment, Dutchess county troops ; he married Catharine Clum. 2. John B., baptized November 28, 1756, died 1834; he was a soldier of the revolution, serving in the Eleventh Regiment, Albany county mili- tia ; married Annie Moore. 3. Jacob B., oi further mention. 4. Philip B., baptized Oc- tober 29, 1774; married Catharine Moore: four children. 5. George B., died 1849; was a soldier of the revolution, serving in the Eleventh Regiment, Albany county militia ; married Christina Clum. 6. Christina. 7. Peter B., married Gertrude Lasher. 8. Se- bastian. 9. Mark, married Christina Best. IO. Adam, married Catharine Schoonmaker. (IV) Jacob B., son of Sebastian (2) and Margaret (Schumacher) Lasher, was bap- tized August 22, 1773, (lied 1857. He made his will May 5, 1853, proved July 9, 1857. He married (first) Maria Saulpaugh (second), when about fifty-seven years of age. Cather- ine, widow of Jacob Finger. Children, all by first wife: I. Maria, baptized June 8, 1799. 2. Jacob (2), baptized June 17, 1801 ; mar- ried Catharine Malinda Rifenberg. 3. Eliza- beth, baptized November 12, 1805, died 1831. 4. Elias, baptized July 3, 1808; married Polly E. Rockefeller. 5. Thomas, of further men- tion. 6. Sally, baptized May 20, 1815, married Jacob I. Lasher. 7. Ephraim, baptized July 19, 1818: married Jane A. Cole.
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