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efforts and working hand in hand with him for the betterment of humanity. Children, all born in Middletown: 1. Iluldah C., mar- ried James Baird, andl resides in Marlboro, New Jersey : has sons, Alexander and Carlton A. 2. Charles II., now a real estate dealer of Brooklyn, New York : married Jennie Con- over ; children: Lafayette C. Josephine S. Eleanor C. and Charles E. 3. Harriet, resides in New York City, unmarried. 4. John B., now a hardware merchant of Spo kane, Wash- ingten : married and has Sloan and Barriclo. 5. Sarah E., married William A. Conger and resides in Albany, New York Ice Conger IV). 6. Catherine L. T., died in early child- hood.
GORDON The Gordon family is doubt- less of Norman origin, but was prominent in Scotland before the year 1150. No Scotch urname is more honored and perhaps none more widely k own. The family is found as early as 1150 In Aber- deenshire, Kirkcidbrightshire, Banff-hire. Ber- wickshire, Sutherlandshire and in other coun- ties of Scotland. The family possess the dukedon and marquisate of Gord man! Hunt ley : earldoms of Aberdeen, Aboyne. Fozie. Huntley. Moray : viscounties of Formartine. Inverness. Kemmure, Meldrum: lordships of Badenech, etc., Haddo, etc., Lochinvar, Strathaven, etc. Various branches bear coats- of-arms. A branch of the family went to Scotland about 1610 when Ulster was settled by the Scotch Presbyterians by brder of king James, and many of the American Gordons descend from this branch.
Before the revolution the family was numer- ons in New York state. The New York Tev- hitionary rolls show that Abraham. Charles, Robert, Alexander, Cornelius, Lichtenant- Colonel James, Jo-eph and William Gordon were in the service. Doubtless there were others. Joseph, Charles and Robert were of Albany county.
( harleston was part of the old town of Mo- hawk, and was incorporated in 1793. \ cording to the town history. Ezra Gordon was one of the numerous New In Hand set tlers who came there firectely after the revo- lution. The county of Montgomery was set off from Allany county in 1773 and called Tryon county until the eluse of the revolution. In 1790 there were several heads of tandlies. according to the first foleral cen-n-, in Mont- gomery county. In Mohawk we find Joseph Gordon with three males under Isteen and four females in his family : Timothy Gordon. with three males under sixteen anl four fe- males. Evidently they were of about the ame
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age and born not earlier than 1750. Mary Gordon lived at German Flats and William at Harpersfield, in the same county. An older man, James Gordon, was living in 1790 in Ballstown, Albany county, and had in his family four males over sixteen, two under six- teen and four females. Ezekiel Gordon, men- tioned below, was a son of James Gordon, and afterwards moved from Albany county to Montgomery county. James Gordon, also of Ballstown, had a family, and was the son of the James Gordon mentioned heretofore. Eze- kiel Gordon was born about 1773-80. He settled in Charleston Four Corners in what is now the town of Root, Montgomery county, and followed farming. It is more than likely that his family was Scotch-Irish coming with a flood of emigrants before the revolution to New England and New York. He was a member of the Christian church in later life, and a Whig in politics. Children: David, mentioned below; James Schuyler and Peter. (II) David, son of Ezekiel Gordon, was born in Montgomery county, about 1800. He was educated in the district schools, and was a farmer. He was a deputy sheriff of Mont- gomery county, 1838-40. He was an expert cheese-maker, and used to travel from town to town in following this trade. He was a member of the Christian church, and a Whig in politics. His home was at Brown's Hol- low, Montgomery county. He married Lydia Hoag. Children: 1. Frank, married Henri- etta Davis; children: Luella, married Wil- liam Allen ; Hattie; Horace. 2. William James, mentioned below. 3. Burton, married Ellen Zoller, children : Florence and Helene. 4. Mary, married Edward Clark : children : Eugenia and Hattie Clark.
(III) William James, son of David Gor- don, was born in Montgomery county, August 29, 1835. died at Johnstown, New York, Feb- ruary 13, 1907. . He attended the district schools of Browns Hollow, his native village. When a young man he engaged in the trade of cheese-making, and also learned the trade of miller in a grist mill at Browns Ifollow. He then moved to the town of Carlisle. Scho- harie county, and followed the occupation of miller until shortly before his death, when he sold his mill and business and retired. He was interested in town affairs and held the office of commissioner of highways. Ile be- longed to the Christian church. In early life he was a Whig, afterward a Republican. He married, in March, 1863. Emma, born March 13, 1843, daughter of John and Maria Tyme- son, whose children were: Henry ; Jay ; Nor- man, married Mary Heagle and had Cora, Maud, and Leslie Tymeson; Charles; Cor-
nelius ; John ; Emma; Jane, married Samuel Reynolds, of Racine, Wisconsin, and had a son, Jay Reynolds. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon: Edgar D., mentioned below : Wil- liam J., Jr., born November 27, 1869, married, October 11, 1904, Elda Hutton.
(IV) Edgar D., son of William James Gor- don, was born at Browns Hollow. Montgom- ery county, May 17, 1865. He attended the public schools of his native town, and after- wards for a period of six years was clerk in a general store at Ames, Montgomery county, New York. In 1890 he came to Johnstown, New York, and for eighteen years was in charge of the bookmaking of the firm of J. H. Decker & Son & Company. He has held many offices of trust and honor. He was for four years water commissioner of Johnstown ; in 1905 he was alderman-at-large for four months, and mayor the remainder of the year ; in 1907 he was elected county clerk of Fulton county and took office January 1, 1908; he served three years, and in 1910 was reelected for a second term of three years. He is a
member of Knights of Pythias; Oliver Com- pany, Uniformed Rank of Knights of Pythias, and Grand Orient: Royal Arcanum : Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows: Acorn Re- becca Lodge ; Council of the Order of United American Mechanics, in which he has held all the offices and has been state councillor. He is a member of the Lotus club and the Board of Trade. In religion he is a Baptist and is trustee of the society. In politics he is a Re- publican. He married, November 21, 1886, Mina D., born April 9, 1867, daughter of Samuel and Marion (Dingman) Collins, granddaughter of James and Charlotte K. (Geantier) Collins, also granddaughter of John A. and Electa E. (Goodemote) Ding- man, father and mother of Marion (Ding- man) Collins. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Col- lins: 1. Ella, married (first ) Phillip Conrad and had son Sherman Conrad; married (sec- ond) Smith Fay, and had son Theron Fay. 2. Mina, married Edgar D. Gordon, men- tioned above. 3. Elizabeth, married Theron Sipperly. 4. Lottie, married Charles Ives. 5. Merritt, married Lulu Van Kie. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have one child, Merritt W., born October 23, 1895.
The Speed family in America de- SPEED scend from James, son of Dr. John Speed, of Southampton, England, where James was born September 28. 1679. He settled in Virginia in 1605 and became a wealthy planter. He married, 1711, Mary Putley and had four sons : James, John, William T. and Thomas. Branches of the
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family settled in New York state, in Tomp- kins and Columbia counties. The line in the Hudson Valley begins with Richard Speed, a farmer of Columbia county, New York, who married and had issue.
(II) Abraham, son of Richard Speed, was born in Columbia county, New York, 1814, died in West Ghent, same county, 1885. He learned the carpenter's trade and became a well-known builder and contractor of the county. Ile was an elder of the Dutch Re- formed church, and a Republican in politics. He married Caty Snyder Smith and had issue. (III) Sylvanus, son of Abraham and Caty Snyder (Smith) Speed, was born in town of Ghent, Columbia county, New York, May 13, 1839. died there January 31, 1879. Ile was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of builder with his father, continu- ing in business with him until his death. Ile was a deacon of the Dutch Reformed church, and a Republican in politics. He married, Oc- tober 18, 1860, at Ghent, Jane Helen Leggett, born March 10, 1836, died January 28, 1906, at Hudson, New York, daughter of William Leggett (see Leggett III). Children : Wil- liam Leggett and Harry S., of further men- tion.
(IV) William Leggett, son of Sylvanus and Jane Helen (Leggett) Speed, was born in town of Chatham, Columbia county, New York, May 2, 1862. He was educated in the public schools, and is now engaged in a hard- ware and carriage business in Hudson. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed church, and a Republican in politics. He married, Au- gust 13, 1885, Augusta, daughter of Dr. Charles W. Hinsdale, born in Claverack, New York, May 2, 1828, died April 19, 1887, at Iludson, a druggist and physician; married Amelia Harnes Shepherd. Dr. Charles W. Hinsdale was the son of Dr. Stephen IIins- dale, of Claverack town, who married Eliza Cain. Amelia HIarnes Shepherd was the daughter of Abraham and Margaret J. Shep- erd, the latter a daughter of Robert and Sally Rorick, and granddaughter of Gasper Rorick, who fought in the revolutionary war.
(IV) Harry Sargent, son of Sylvanus and Jane Helen (Leggett) Speed, was born in West Ghent, Columbia county, New York, August 26, 1864. Ile was educated in the public schools, and began his business career as clerk in a shoe store in Hudson. In 1889 he established in business for himself as retail shoe merchant and as such still continues (1911). He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, July 25, 1888, Emma, horn in Ilud- son, New York, October 13, 1865, daughter
of Francis Henry Bagley : died at Hudson, October 20, 1902 (see Bagley I\ ). Child, Sherwood Bagley, born October 8, 1891 ; now a student at Williston Seminary, classout 1911.
(The Leggett Line)
Jane IIelen Leggett, wife of Sylvanus Speed, was a great-granddaughter of Jacobus Leggett, of Ghent, born 1729. (lied 1,85 : mar- ried. 1760, Catherine Reyne (or Pevne).
(11) John, son of Jacobus and Catherine Leggett, was born in town of Ghent, Colum- bia county, New York : married, February 12, 1795, Mary Van Alstyne, born Janvary 6. 1771, at Ghent, died there, April 15. 1863. Children : Catherine, born November 9, 1795 : James, November 18, 1797 ; Maria, No- vember 30, 1799; Bertha, February 3. 1805; William, of further mention.
(III) William, son of John and Mary (Van Alstyne) Leggett, was born in Ghent, Sep- tember 9, 1811, died there in the same house in which he was born, March 17, 1874. Ile was a farmer, elder of the Dutch Reformed church of Claverack, and a Democrat in poli- tics. lle married, October 28, 1833. L.mily Augusta Sargent, born at West Boylston, Mas- sachusetts, June 13, 1813, died at Hudson, New York, August 13, 1885. Children: I. Mary Persis, died in infancy. 2. Jane 1Ielen, born March 10, 1836; married Sylvanus Speed (see Speed III). 3. Julia Ilarriet, twin of Jane lIelen, died March 25, 186 -; married, June 19, 1856, Robert Lapham; children : Mary Augusta and Walter. 4. John, born March 27, 1838, died aged eight years. 5. Frazier, died in infancy. 6. Mary Catherine. 7. Persis Ann. 8. Charles Frazier, born \11- gust 27, 1845 ; now living in Brooklyn, New York : married Ilelen \. Ferguson, October 25, 1870; child, William Ferguson. 9. Wil- liam James, born October 12. 1848: now of Chatham, New York. 10. Georgiana, died in infancy.
(The Bagley Linie)
The earliest Bagley given in Savage's "Gen- ealogical Dictionary," is John Bagley, of Say- brook, Connecticut, 1637.
Orlando Bagley, of Salisbury (perhaps son of Jolin Bagley), married, March 6, 1654, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Colby ; both were living in 1662 and both died in 1700. Chil- dren: Orlando, of further mention : Sarah, married April 5. 1081. John Mack.
Orlando (21, son of Orlando [1 ] and Sarah (Colby) Bagky, married (first) December 22, 1081, Sarah, daughter of William Sar- gent ; she died October 3. 1701 ; married (sec- ond), 1704, Sarah Anms. He was made a freeman in 1090 : con-table in 1692. Chiken:
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'Orlando (3), Sarah, John, Jacob, Judith, Jo- seph, Benjamin, Anne, Hannah. From this branch, the family in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and other New England states must have come. The first ancestor of whom we have authentic information was Luther Bagley, of Providence, Rhode Island, although a great many Bagleys served in the revolution from different parts of Massachusetts and ·other colonies.
(1) Luther Bagley, born about 1775 in Providence, Rhode Island, was a marble cut- ter and dealt in monuments: was justice of the peace; prominent in the Masonic order. Ile married Sarah Baker.
(II) John, son of Luther and Sarah (Ba- ker) Bagley, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, September 9, 1806. He married Clem- entine Nye, born October 11, 1808. died 1888, daughter of Moses and Chloe (Gifford) Nye. Chloe Gifford was daughter of David and Temperance (Dimmock) Gifford, of Fal- mouth, Massachusetts. Moses Nye, born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1774. died there November 16, 1869, was son of Lemuel, born January 29, 1741, died before 1797. married, February 7, 1774, Mary, daughter of David and Thankful ( Hatch) Dimmick. Lemuel was the son of Meletiah (2) Nye, born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, April 13, 1719. died in Pocassett, Massachusetts, December 23, 1777, married, December 18, 1740, Ruth, daughter of Moses and Mary Swift. Mele- tiah (2) was the son of Meletiah (1) Nye. born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1682. died there 1749; married ( first ). December II, 1712, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Hatch) Wing. She was the mother of all his children and died 1734. Meletiah (1) Nye was the son of Ebenezer Nye: married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Gibbs. He was selectman of Falmouth, 1705-06; died, 1734, according to town records ; family records say 1744. Ebenezer was the son of Benjamin Nye, the American ancestor, born at Bidlen- den, Kent, England, May 4. 1620, son of Thomas and Agnes Nye. Benjamin Nye came' to America in the ship "Abigail" to Lyun. Massachusetts, in 1635. with Edmund Free- man's company. In 1636 he removed to Sand- wich, Massachusetts, where he built both saw and fulling mills. In 1661 he was constable and juryman. In 1673 he was again chosen constable. He married Katherine, daughter of Rev. Thomas Tupper, October 19, 1640.
(11I ) Francis Henry, son of John and Clem- entine (Nye ) Bagley, was born at Hudson, New York, October 26, 1830, died there, Oc- tober 20. 1902. He was connected with the New York Central railroad ; Democrat in poli-
tics ; member of the Dutch Reformed church. He married, at Athens, New York, January 26, 1853, Phoebe Ann Van Hoesen, born March 1. 1833, died December 15. 1891.
(IV) Emma, daughter of Francis Henry and Phoebe Ann (Van Hoesen) Bagley, was born in Hudson: married. July 25. 1888, Harry Sargent Speed (see Speed I\').
(The Van Hoesen Line).
In 1645, Jans Frause Van Hussuen, with his wife, Volkie Jurrianse, and son Jurrian, came to America and settled at Fort Orange and Beverwyck (now Albany), where he pur- chased land. His principal purchase was that of Claverack land, made June 5. 1662, of several hundred acres, including the site on which the city of Hudson now stands. It was bought for the sum of five hundred guild- ers, in beavers. The land was owned by two Indians, Parnetepiet and Tatan Kenaut : the sale was confirmed June II, all the signatures being made with signs or marks. He died about 1667 and letters of administration were issued to his son Jurrian, August 2, 1703. Jurrian, eldest son of Jans Frause, by the laws of primogenture became seized of the land, but an amiable petition was made by which he conveyed the lands adjoining the Hudson river, southerly of the ferry, to his brother Johannes, and notherly to his broth- er-in-law. Francis Harding, and wife Cath- erine and brother, Jacob Jans Van Hoesen. The deed was executed January 7. 1704. and recorded in Albany. Children of Jans Frause Van Ilussuen: Jurrian ; Jacob Jans: Anna, married Laykas Gerrites ; Styntie, married Fan Tys Goes: Maria, married Hendrick Cocu- raltse: Catherine, married Frank Harding ; Johannes : Volkert.
(11) Jacob Jans Van Hoesen, son of Jans Frause and Volkie ( Jurrainse ) Van Husstien, was a freeholder in Claverack in 1720. He married Judith Cleaum. Children: Francis ; Jan or Jan Jacob: Elsie, twin of Jan, born February 12, 1696.
( 1}}) Francis, son of Jacob Jans and Judith (Cleaum) Van Hoesen, married Martije Van De Kar, widow of Garret Van Hloesen, in 1739. One child.
( IV) Jacob F., son of Francis and Martije (Van De Kar) (Van Hoesen) Van Hoesen, was born February 13, 1740, died November 14. 1819: married Rachel, born December 5. 1738, died 1796, daughter of Jan Casper and Hendriske Van Hoesen. Children: Cas- per, born June 23. 1768: Maria, March 31, 1770, died March 7, 1790: Francis, August 9, 1772, died February 20, 1847.
(V) Casper, son of Jacob F. and Rachel
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(Van Hoesen ) Van Hoesen, was born June 23. 1768, died January 5, 1855. He married Elsie Clow, died February 7, 1829. Chil- dren : Rachel, born December 4, 1790, died August 30, 1832; Jacob C., October 29, 1794; Garret. September 5, 1798; John, March 24, 1800: Isaac, September 10, 1802.
(VI) Jacob C., son of Casper and Elsie (Clow) Van Hoesen, was born October 29, 1794. died August 30, 1832; married, Octo- ber 28, 1826, Sophia Van Dyke, born Decem- ber 28. 1790, died July 13. 1857. Children : John, born November, 1827, died August 3, 1830 : Catherine, October, 1829. died August, 1830: Catherine Sophia, June 31, 1831, died January 29, 1832 ; Phoebe Ann.
(VII) Phoebe Ann, daughter of Jacob C. and Sophia (Van Dyke) Van Hoesen, was born March 1. 1833: married. January 26. 1853. Francis H. Bagley (see Bagley III ). Child, Emma.
(VIII) Emma, daughter of Francis H. and Phoebe .Ann (Van Iloesen) Bagley, born Sep- tember 13, 1864, married Harry Sargent Speed (see Speed IV).
The clan Armstrong was ARMSTRONG famed in Scotland for
courage and patriotism. Scott, in the "Lay of the Last Minstrel." make- the chief say, when about to assemble the clans for some daring enterprise :
"Ye need not go to Liddisdale, For when they see the blazing bale Elliots and Armstrongs never fail "
The family tradition is that the name was originally bestowed upon a Highland chief for his great courage and physical powers. An- other and better authenticated tradition is that the name Armstrong is derived from the fol- lowing circumstance: "An ancient king of Scotland, having his horse killed under him in battle, was immediately remounted by Fair- baim, his armor bearer, who took the king by the thigh and placed him in the saddle, al- though heavily weighted by armor. For this timely assistance and feat of strength, the king amply rewarded him with lands on the border ; gave him the name of Armstrong, and as- signed him for crest an armed hand and arm ; in the left hand a leg and foot in armor couped at the thigh all proper."
(I) The emigrant ancestor of the Arm- strongs of Hudson, herein recorded, is Wil- liam, a descendant of the Scotch family that settled in the north of Ireland. He may have been connected with the Armstrongs of Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut, but seems to be an independent branch in this country. Wil- liam came from Ireland and settled early in
the town of Warwick, Orange county, New York. He had several children whe were grown up at the time of the revolution. The family tradition is that his wife was a descend- ant of Bishop Lattimore.
(11) Benjamin, son of William AArmstrong, was born about 1760. Hle settled in Albany county. New York, later becoming a farmer of the town of Duanesburg, Schenecta ly county, where he rearel a family and chied. He married and had William.
(III) William (2), son of Benjamin Arm- strong, of Albany and Schenectady counties, New York, was born about 1770, died in New York City, early in the nineteenth century. He was by occupation a weaver and settled in New York City after learning his trade. He married Elizabeth Reed, died in New York City prior to 1834.
(IV) William (3), son of William (2) and Elizabeth (Reed) Armstrong, was born in Schenectady, New York, October 22, 1800, died in Hudson, New York, April 18. 1891. When nine years of age his parents removed to New York City, where he was educated and learned the tailor's trade. About 1830 he removed to Hudson, where he started a merchant tailoring establishment, continuing successfully until his retirement in 1860. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Hudson, and a Democrat, although never ac- tively engaged in politics. He married, in Hudson, November 20, 1834. Mary Clark, born in that city July 5, 1807, died there. May 3. 1889. daughter of Cornelius Clark, born in 1773, died in Catskill, New York. January, 1814: married, 1805, in Albany, New York, Elizabeth Case, born in Rhode Island in 1790, reared by her Grandmother Johnson in Leba- non, New York, died in Hudson, August 3. 1834, a devoted member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Children: 1. Ellen E .. married William Hedges, a wood engraver of New York City, their present home. 2. Mary J., married Edwin Hedges, whom she sur- vives, a resident of Washington, D. C. ; child, George P. 3. Lou M., resident of New York City. 4. James Clark, of further mention. 5. Charles O., for many years a locomotive engineer, now of New York City.
(V) James Clark, son of William (3) and Mary (Clark) Armstrong, was born in Ilud- son, New York, January 30, 1843. lle was educated in the public schools. On April 20, 1863. he began his career as a railroad man, taking a position as fireman on the Western railroad (now Boston & Albany ). April 15. 1864. he was promoted engineer, and is still running on the same road. In 1886 he was elected alderman from the second ward of
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Hudson. He has been connected with the fire department of Hudson since 1863, and in 1873-74 was chief engineer of the department. In 1905 he was appointed fire commissioner, serving until elected mayor of Hudson in 1909. He has admirably filled the office of chief magistrate of his city and still continues in that office (1911). He is an active Demo- crat and influential in his party. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Lodge, Chapter, Council, and Commandery of Knights Templar, all of Hudson. He is a member of Greenbush Division No. 59, Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers. He mar- ried, February 22, 1869, Mary, daughter of Eli Abbey, a blacksmith of Albany, where he is buried in Rural cemetery, and Mary (Col- lings) Abbey. Children: 1. Mary Abbey, married Fred N. Spencer, an optician of Hud- son, son of Edmund Spencer ; children, Ralph and Margery A. 2. James Clark (2), born August 13, 1880, educated in the city schools, now in the plumbing business in Hudson.
DALEY The founder of this branch of the Daley family, which has been seated in the town of Chat- ham, Columbia county, New York, for nearly a century and a half, was Obadiah Daley, born in the north of Ireland, between the years 1750 and 1760. He was a Protestant in religious faith and a communicant of the Presbyterian church. He married, in Chatham, New York, a widow, Mrs. Betsey Chadwick. They were the parents of a large family, all members of the Presbyterian church. They settled in the town of Chatham, New York, in the part known as Old Chatham, where they are both buried.
(II) Joseph, son of Obadiah and Betsey (Chadwick) Daley, was born in Old Chatham, Columbia county, New York, in 1785. He became a farmer of the town, and was noted for his methodical, thorough habits. A stone wall, built by him to enclose his farm, well illustrates his character. Though built a cen- tury ago, it still stands in good condition, serving the purpose for which it was intended. Some years after the death of his first wife he removed to the state of Ohio, where he died, aged eighty years. He was Whig in politics, affiliating late in life with the Republican party. He continued in the family faith, a consistent member of the Presbyterian church of Chatham.
Ile married (first) Hannah Sonn, who died in Chatham, New York, prior to his re- moval to Ohio. Ile married (second) a wife who died without issue. Children : Daniel, of further mention ; Lewis, Hiram, Henry,
William, Hezekiah, John, Dyer, Lester, Sa- phronia.
(III) Daniel, son of Joseph and Hannah (Sonn) Daley, was born in Chatham, New York, in 1814, died there in 1890. He was a life-long resident of Chatham. Early in life, he was a blacksmith, and later a farmer of the town, successful and highly respected. He was an active Republican, and an exem- plary member of the East Chatham Baptist church. He married, in Chatham, Mary A. Champlin, who, like her husband, was a de- voted Baptist, and a truly good Christian woman. She was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, a descendant of the early pioneer of that name. Her parents were William and Polly (Kenyon) Champlin, who came from Westerly to Chatham, where all their children were born except the eldest, Mary A. Chil- dren of Daniel and Mary A. Daley: 1. Mary, died unmarried. 2. Sarah J., married James Albertson, whom she survives, a resident of Millbrook, New York, having issue. 3. Lucy, died young. 4. William, an attorney at law, now deceased ; he married Kitty Bailey, who survives him with issue. 5. George K., of further mention. 6. James B., who is yet liv- ing, a widower with issue. 7. Henry, of Cox- sackie, New York, married Harriet Osborne, and has issue. 8. Charles, resident of Chat- ham, married Maria Palmer, who died leaving issue. 9. Joseph, died young.
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