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(IV) Edward (2), eldest child of Edward
(1) and Elizabeth (Clap) Sumner, was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He removed to Ashford, Connecticut, where he died in 1780. He married Sarah Children, all born in Ashford: Edward (3), married Experi- ence - -; Sarah, married Solomon Keyes ; Elizabeth, born in 1732; Mary, died in child- hood; John, see forward; Hannah, married Christopher Webber; Mary, married Daniel Allen; Bridget, was of Corinth, Vermont, in 1819; Clap, removed to Corinth, Vermont, where he was a captain of militia, he mar- ried (first) Keziah ( second) Mehit- able Lassel, (third) Mary Stevens, who sur- vived him and was afterwards twice married.
(V) John, fifth child of Edward (2) and Sarah Sumner, was born at Ashford, Con- necticut, in 1736, died in Edinburg, New York, August 6, 1804. He served in the revo- lution, attaining the rank of captain. Prior to 1800, with wife and family, he removed to the town of Edinburg, Saratoga county, New York, settling near Batchellerville, on the north side of the river. The sons, John, Rob -. ert, Amasa and Benjamin, all took up farms in the neighborhood. John Sumner built the first saw mill on Batcheller creek. Two of his sons, Robert and Benjamin, served in the revolution ; Benjamin was taken prisoner and conveyed to England in chains. The long confinement and galling chains broke down his health and he never recovered. He is buried on his farm in Saratoga county. John Sum- ner was a cousin of the father of the illustri- ous Charles Sumner, United States senator from Massachusetts. He married, January 1, 1761, Mehitable Perry, of Ashford, where all his children were born: Robert, see forward; Mary (Polly), married Jonathan Smith, of Edinburg, she lived to be one hundred years old, dying in 1862; Benjamin, the revolution- ary soldier of previous mention, married Ruth Palmer ; Amasa, married and had issue ; Me- hitable, married Milliard Trowbridge; Jane, died in childhood; Sarah, married Steelson Benson; John, married and had issne; Eliza- beth (Betsey), married George Bradford and lived to the age of ninety-four years; Piercy, married James Perry ; Ebenezer, married and had issue.
(VI) Robert, eldest child of John and Me- hitable (Perry) Sumner, was born in Ash- ford, Connecticut, September 18, 1761, died at Edinburg, New York, November 19, 1845. He served in the revolution, and was the first supervisor of Edinburg, serving four years. He married, December 22, 1784. Jemima, daughter of John Younglove, of Thompson, Connecticut, and later removed to Edinburg, New York, where he died. His wife died May
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5, 1849. Children, first four born in Connec- ticut, the last five in Edinburg : Clarissa, mar- ried Peter Thompson; Elsie, married David Page, of Northampton, New York; Abigail, married Lebbeus Olcott, of Fabius, New York; Sarah, married (first) Good- win, (second) Elias Sheldon, of Fabius, New York; Amasa, see forward; Jane, married David Benson, of Fabius; Robert, died in childhood ; Alanson, married (first) Emily D. Beecher, (second) Diadama B. Fay, he re- moved to Albany, New York, where he died ; Jemima, married Joseph Covell.
(VII) Amasa, fifth child and eldest son of Robert and Jemima (Younglove) Sumner, was born in Edinburg, New York, February 10, 1794. He lived in Edinburg all his days and died there May 2, 1871. He married, February 10, 1816, Abigail Ellithorp, who died in 1848. Children, all born in Edinburg : Emily, died in infancy : Elsie, born in 1821 ; Robert T., born March 12, 1824, married Mary Smith and removed to Brewerton, New York; children : Courtland L., David C., Emma A. and Emily E .; Solomon, born in 1827, married Mehitable Sumner, a kins- woman ; Alamson A., born February, 1829; Jackson A., see forward ; Cyrus, born in 1833, married Mary Pullen ; children : Charles M., William C. and Emma Helena ; Helena, born in 1835, married B. R. Jenkins, of Batcheller- ville, New York.
(VIII) Jackson Amasa, sixth child of Amasa and Abigail (Ellithorp) Sumner, was born in Edinburg, New York, October 16, 1831, died in Albany, New York, March 13, 1870. He was actively engaged in the lum- ber business in Albany. He was of political prominence in the Democratic party. He mar- ried. January 29, 1862, Katherine Elizabeth Smith, of Troy, born at Clifton Park, New York (see Smith III). Children: Georgi- anna, born February 22, 1863, married Charles Dunning Campbell (see Campbell VI) ; Rob- ert, born June 30, 1868, died July 31, 1869.
(The Smith Line).
The family line of Katherine E. Smith (Mrs. Jackson A. Sumner) was founded in America by Johannes Schmidt, of Germany, son of Ludwig. Smith's "History of Rhine- beck, New York," records one Johannes Schmidt who was baptized there April 5, 1730, and married Elizabeth Zipperlee, February 3, 1761, and had a son Frederick. The name being the same and the dates being nearly so, it is strongly probable that Johannes of Rhine- beck and Johannes of Brunswick are the same.
(I) Johannes Schmidt, son of Ludwig Schmidt, was born in Germany, emigrated to
America, and is found associated in Rensselaer county, New York, at an early date with the Wager family, with whom he is said to have emigrated. He married and had issue.
(II) Frederick, son of Johannes Schmidt, was born in the town of Brunswick, Rens- selaer county, New York, I.cbruary 19, 1783. He was a farmer there all his days. He mar- ried Eva File, born September 9, 1783. daugh- ter of an early settler of the town. Children : Katherine, John F., see forward, David, Bet- sey, Jonas, Sarah, Moses, Daniel and Silas. The File family are frequently found in the early records of Brunswick. The Schmidts were members of Gilead Lutheran church, where their family records are found.
(III) John Frederick, eldest son of Fred- erick and Eva (File) Schmidt, was born in Brunswick, Rensselaer county, New York, De- cember 6, 1804, died at Clifton Park, New York, November 16, 1846. Ile was a farmer of the town and a member of the Lutheran church. He married Lanah Wager, born in Brunswick, Rensselaer county, New York, November 3, 1810. Children : Mary Savilla, born October 6, 1831, married Francis A. Fales, of Troy ; Evelyn, born May 7, 183-, married Fales, brother of Francis A. Fales ; children : Louis II., a practicing physi- cian of Madison, Wisconsin, and Ida B. Fales ; Katherine Elizabeth, married Jackson A. Sum- ner (see Sumner VIII) ; Francetta, married Richard James Richardson.
CAMPBELL (IV) Archibald (2), young- est son and child of Archi- bald (q. v.) and Flora (Mc- Neil) Campbell, was born in 1790, died in Schenectady, New York. He was prominent in politics, and served the county of Sche- nectady as county clerk from 1837 until 1843. He was a successful man of business, dealing in wholesale tobacco, and a leading member of the Episcopal church. Ilis residence in the city was the finest at the time of its erection, located on Union near Center street. Ile mar- ried and had issue.
(V) Jacob, son of Archibald (2) Campbell. was born in the city of Schenectady, New York, May 3. 1818, died September 12, 1845. Ile succeeded to the business established by his father, which he enlarged and extended (wholesale tobacconist ). Ile was a member of St. George's Episcopal Church. He was buried in the churchyard of that church ; when the church was enlarged the extension covered his grave so that it cannot he seen. He married, December 10, 1840, Sarah H., born January 26. 1820, died March 20, 1897, daughter of Elias Lyon, born January 27,
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1796, died January 25, 1857, a contractor and builder of Schenectady, son of Jacob Lyon, born in England, died in Schenectady, Febru- ary 27, 1826, and his wife Catherine Von Ant- werp, born in Schenectady, December 27, 1799. Jacob and Sarah H. (Lyon) Campbell were the parents of an infant, Elias L., born July 7, 1841, died December 11, 1845, and Charles J., see forward.
(VI) Charles Jacob, youngest child of Ja- cob and Sarah H. (Lyon) Campbell, was born in Schenectady, New York, May 31, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of Schenec- tady and the Business College of Bryant and Stratton at Albany. He is connected with some of the business interests of the city, and - devotes his time to the care of his personal estate. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted at age of sixteen as drummer boy in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regi- ment, New York Volunteer Infantry. He served with the Army of the Potomac up to and including the battle of Gettysburg. He is a member of St. George's Episcopal Church, and St. George's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, May 27, 1869, Annie Elizabeth, born in Schenectady, daughter of Joshua Barker, of that city. Children, all born in Schenectady: 1. Maud, April 7, 1870, died March 12, 1874. 2. Bertha, July 1, 1871, died October 15, 1871. 3. Elias Lyon, April II, 1873, died June 7, 1873. 4. Charles Tracy, April 22. 1874, died January 6, 1875. 5. Madge E., February 14, 1876; married Ar- thur Savage; children: Elizabeth, Mary, Kathlenn and Charles Campbell Savage. 6. Leah B., June 8, 1880; married John J. Mc- Mullin ; children : Marjorie C. and Douglass E. McMullin.
The Baxters are of English BAXTER descent and first appear in America in 1630. They were numerous in all the New England states, many settling in Cape Cod, where they were sea- faring men and masters of ships. There was a numerous branch in Connecticut, but the emigrant cannot be stated. As far as can be learned, the progenitor of the branch herein recorded was Elihu Baxter, born December 18, 1750, at Norwich, Connecticut, died Att- gust 6, 1836, at Norwick, Vermont. IIe mar- ried, October 24, 1777, Triphena Taylor, horn at Pelham, Connecticut, September 24, 1762, died at Norwich, Vermont, March 14, 1825. Children: I. William, a lawyer; married Lydia Ashley; had eight children. 2. Ira, married Arsena Sprague; nine children. 3. Elihu (2), a physician ; married Sarah Cone ; died at Portland, Maine, 1863; six children.
4. Chester, married Hannah Root; died at Sharon, Vermont, October 16, 1865 ; one child, Hannah. 5. Triphena, married Josiah Root, brother of Hannah Root, who was the wife of Chester Baxter. 6. Lavenia, died young. 7. Erastus, of whom further. 8. Lavenia, died in infancy. 9. Elimena, twin of Lavenia, died at Norwich, Vermont, aged twenty years. 10. James, a merchant of Stamstead Plain, Can- ada, a member of the Canadian provincial par- liament, 1829; member legislative council, 1832 ; married his cousin, Caroline, daughter of William and Deborah (Buett) Baxter, of Rutland; eight children. 11. John, married Harriet Baxter. 12. Zilpah, married Dr. Sweet; died at Unionville, Vermont. 13. Harry, married (first) Sophronia Steele ; (second) Avaline 14. Hiram, died young. 15. Statira, married - Shepard. Of the eight sons of Elihu Baxter reaching maturity, seven became men of great wealth for their day, although each started with little capital except muscle and brain.
(II) Erastus, seventh child and fifth son of Elihu and Triphena (Taylor) Baxter, was born at Norwich, Vermont, December 14, 1787, died at Gorham, New York. He mar- ried Lucy Freeman ; children: 1. John F., married Elizabeth Russell ; died without issue. 2. Caroline, born January 10, 1815; married Stephen Brown, of Thetford, New York; no issue. 3. George, of whom further. 4. James, born 1822; married Eliza Hazard, of Penn- sylvania ; six children. 5. Statira, born 1825; married Charles W. Fish, of Weymouth, Mas- sachusetts. 6. Marcia, died unmarried. 7- Mary, married Thomas Mccullough, of Ban- gor, New York. 8. Morris, married Julia Renwick, of Elgin, Wisconsin. 9. Heartley, married Belle McIntosh, of Malonc, New York : eight daughters.
(III) George, second son and third child of Erastus and Lucy (Freeman) Baxter, was born at Norwich, Vermont, September 14, 1818. He married, 1850, Adaline Peray, of Chateaugay, New York. She died at Goshen, New York, 1878. Children: Marice, born 1851; Charles M., of whom further ; Lucy, born 1854; John, 1856, died January 18, 1871 ; William, 1858, died January 23, 1871 ; Henry, 1860, died January 8, 1862; Adaline, 1862; Ella, 1864; Bertha, 1865; Heartley, 1868; Elmer, 1871.
(IV) Charles M., son of George and Ada- line (Peray) Baxter, was born at Fort Ann, New York, in.1852, died November 8, 1906, at Fort Edward, New York. He was a well- educated man and began business life as a farmer, operating a farm near Fort Ann, New York. Later he purchased and conducted a
Charles . Hertemer Baxter
Robert Fulton
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hotel at Argyle, Washington county, for sev- veral years, after which he purchased a farm near there on which he lived for a time; later he lived at Fort Edward, where he enjoyed the life of a retired gentleman of wealth. He was a big, generous-hearted man and gave freely of his abundance to those less fortunate. He was a member of the Masonic order and was buried with full Masonic honors at Fort Ann, his birthplace. He was a Democrat in politics, and an attendant of the Baptist church, of which he was a most liberal sup- porter. He was highly respected by all who knew him and left a memory yet tenderly cherished. He married Jane Ann Allen, who died December 15, 1905. They had two chil- dren who died in infancy, and an adopted daughter, Mary J. Allen, whom they took when she was a young girl and reared and educated as their own. She married, but her husband only lived about a year, and she re- turned to the Baxter home and remained with them until both died. Although never taking the Baxter name, she was regularly adopted and had for her adopted parents the deepest affection and received from them the utmost kindness, Mr. Baxter also generously provid- ing for her future.
(The Allen Line).
Mary J. Allen was a daughter of Samuel Allen and granddaughter of George Allen, born in England, a soldier in the English army. He came to the United States when a young man and settled in New York state. He married Charlotte McArthur ; children : Mary, Jane Ann, John, George, Richard, Samuel and Abijah. George Allen, the father, was a tailor by trade, settled in Delhi, New York. Both he and his wife were attendants of the Scotch Presbyterian church, she being a member. He was a well-informed, intelli- . gent man and stood well among his acquaint- ances. His wife was a native of Scotland.
(II) Samuel, son of George and Charlotte (McArthur) Allen, married Agnes, daughter of Colonel John Fulton, an officer in the Brit- ish army, "The Queen's Own." He died near Ayrshire, Scotland, a pensioner of the British government. They had three children : Mary J., of whom further; a son who died in in- fancy ; Ruth, born in New York City, July, 1879. died August 9. 1908, was adopted by a member of the Fulton family who reside near Washington, D. C.
(III) Mary J., daughter of Samuel and Agnes (Fulton) Allen, was born in New York City, April 15. 1872. When about twelve years of age she was adopted by Charles M. Baxter, who had married her aunt, Jane Ann
Allen. She received a good education and remained with the Baxters until her marriage, November 11, 1897, to Oscar C. Burritt, born at Hydeville, Vermont, July, 1864, died at \r- gyle, New York, May, 1899. He was a civil engincer, being a graduate of a technical school, and later he took up railroad engineer- ing. and while in the employ of the Delaware & Hudson railroad received an injury that caused his death six months later. He mar- ried (first) Mary Sadler, who bore him three children, two deceased, and Nelson Burritt, a resident of Saratoga, New York. Oscar D. was a son of Oscar D. and Abigail (Grey) Burritt. Children : Richard Nelson, Oscar D., Bertha and William L. The Burritts were early in New England, and Rev. Blacklcach Burritt was a soldier of the revolution. Oscar D. and Mary J. (Allen) Burritt had one child (posthumous), Ruth J., born August 9, 1899, who resides with her mother in Albany, New York, in attendance at the public schools.
The branches of the Amster- HOWGATE dam branch of the Howgate family were founded by Jo- seph Howgate, who was born in England. The family in that country is a large one, and is found all over the kingdom. They are farm- ers, manufacturers, business and professional men of standing in these localities.
(I) Joseph Howgate came to Florida, Montgomery county, from England, early in the nineteenth century. When a young man he married Ann, daughter of David Brown, one of the old-time school masters of the county. Joseph and his wife settled on a farm in Saratoga county, where she died. Af- ter her death Joseph removed to Grand Rap- ids, Michigan, where he died at an advanced age. He was a man of prominence in both communities. He had one son and four daughters, all now deccased.
(II) John A., son of Joseph and Ann (Brown) Ilowgate, was born in Florida, Montgomery county, New York, February 7. 1849, died at his home in Rockton, a suburb of Amsterdam, New York, November 17, 1893. He received his education in the town schools, and at the age of seventeen entered the em- ploy of Stephen Sanford in the carpet mills. He became an expert in rug manufacture, and after twenty years of faithful service with the Sanfords, left their employ to become the head of his own company, Howgate & McCleary, rug manufacturers. Toward the successful development of this business he devoted all his wonderful skill and enterprise. IIc brought to the company a lifelong experience and a determination to succeed. He was successful
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in his efforts, and the company is to-day one of Amsterdam's solid and prosperous con- cerns. Under the strain of excessive effort, both mental and physical, his health broke and caused his death at the early age of forty- four, just at the time when the business was firmly established on a sure and profitable foot- ing. His loss was a severe one to both the company and his family. He was a man of devout religious principles, being an elder in the church and superintendent of the Sabbath school. In politics he was a Republican, but beyond exercising his right as a citizen, took little part in public affairs. He married, in Troy, New York, October 18, 1872, Josephine Shadbolt (see forward). She bore him four children, one of whom, Jessie, died in infancy. I. Fred, born May 30, 1876; was educated in the public schools, attended Troy Conference Academy at Poultney, Vermont, and Albany Business College; engaged in the automobile business ; married Jessie Wilkes, born at Syl- van Beach, Oneida county, New York, March 14. 1877, of an old Mohawk Valley family. 2. Effie May, August 14, 1878; married Rev. Putnam Cady, D.D., F. R. G. S., pastor of Emanuel Presbyterian Church in Amsterdam, New York. 3. Archer, May 9, 1883; was educated in Amsterdam common and high schools and at Union College, Schenectady, New York; he is with his brother Fred in the automobile business : unmarried. Mrs. Josephine (Shadbolt) Howgate survives her husband and resides in Amsterdam. She is a member of the Presbyterian church.
(The Shadbolt Line).
Israel Shadbolt. grandfather of Mrs. How- gate, was of Welsh parentage. He was prob- ably born in the city of New York. He settled in Troy, New York, where he became prominent in the public life of that city. He was an educated, well-read man, dignified and manly in appearance, a gentleman of the old school. He represented Troy in the state legislature and was a justice of the peace. He died in 1858. at the age of sixty-four. He married Marilla Stevenson, who died in Troy about 1869, aged eighty. She was active in the Baptist church of Troy. Their children were: Charles, Maria, Martha Jane, LaFay- ette and James.
(II) James, father of Mrs. Howgate. youngest son of Israel and Marilla (Steven- son) Shadbolt, was born in 1816, while his parents were residents of Dutchess county, New York, and died in Troy in 1889. He was known for his honest, upright character. He married, at Clinton Hollow. Effie Eighma, of an old Dutchess county family ; she died in
Troy, in 1895, aged eighty-three years. She- was a member of the Christian Church, and. mother of Mrs. Josephine Howgate, her only daughter.
FRYER The founder of the Fryer family in Albany county, and of the present day fortunes, was John Fryer, born October 4, 1759. Tradition has different stories to tell of him. One is that he was a fisherman and rendered some one high in authority a specially valuable service. For this he received a grant of several hun- dred acres of choice land lying at the gate- way to the Helderburgs, near the "Indian Ladder." Why the grant was allowed is tra- dition, but the grant of land is a fact. The. tract allowed John Fryer is the only land that was not leased to the early settlers by the Patroon, and later acquired by "soil title." The Fryer properties have never been held under lease, but title has always been held and passed from father to son down to the pres- ent. John Fryer built a log cabin on his prop- erty, and with the aid of his sons, who came- with him, cleared away the timber, broke the fields, and brought a good part of it under cultivation. The land in turn passed to his descendants, and the "Fryer farms" are noted all through the Helderburg section. He was strict in his observance of his church duties. and reared his sons to habits of industry and thrift. They have always been a hard-work- ing race, and have been richly repaid, as their well-kept fields and bountiful orchards tes- tify. John Fryer married, May 25. 1783, Maria Volweider, born February 16, 1764. Children : Maria, born April 14, 1786; John, January 7, 1788, settled on a farm in Ohio; Hannah, October 3. 1790, married James Mesick : Elizabeth, September 12, 1793, mar- ried Frank Crounse ; Jacob, born July 18, 1797 ; Abram, see forward ; Alexander, born June 23, 1802, married Fanny Dollar ; Barbara (twin of Alexander), married Peter Van Schaick, and lived in Berne, Albany county ; Richard, born April 6, 1805, married Huldah Beebe ; William, August 1, 1808, became a merchant of Amsterdam, New York.
(II) Abram, son of John and Maria (Vol- weider) Fryer, was born October 23. 1799, and lived to a very old age. He inherited the. farms granted to his father under the Helder- burgs, which he still further improved and brought under successful cultivation. These properties now came to be known as the "Fryer Farms." a name they still retain, and were among the most productive of that sec- tion. Abram Fryer voted with the Whig party during his earlier years, and in his latter
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life with the Republican. He married Nancy Crounse, born in the town of Bethlehem, Al- bany county, died in Bethlehem at the age of ninety-five years. She was an active mem- ber of the Lutheran church, as was her hus- band. Children: Conrad, a farmer of New Scotland; John F., see forward; James, a farmer of Guilderland ; Richard, a farmer of Schenectady county; Harrison; Margaret, married and had issue; Ellen, married An- drew McCard and left issue.
(III) John F., son of Abram and Nancy (Crounse) Fryer, was born in Guilderland, Albany county, New York, June 23, 1827, died in the same town in June, 1880. He in- herited a large portion of the Fryer proper- ties, to which he added and still further im- proved. He was a man of few words, but of great energy and untiring industry. He spared neither himself nor those around him. Idle- ness was to him a sin, and no one on the Fryer farms sinned in that particular. He demanded no more of others, however, than he himself performed. He accumulated a substantial competence, which was willed to his children. He was a member of the Luth- eran church, and displayed the same activity in religious affairs as in temporal. He was a trustee of the church, and worked hard for its upbuilding. He was a Republican in politics. He married, in Guilderland, November 3, 1847, Eliza, born in that town, March IO, 1824, died February 14, 1907, daughter of Peter Crounse, born in Guilderland, where he died at the age of ninety-six years. He mar- ried Margaret Smith, born in Dutchess county, died in Guilderland, in her eighty-fifth year. They reared a large family, one of whom, William P. Crounse, a farmer of Guilderland, is one of two survivors (1910). Peter Crounse and his wife were active members of the Lutheran church, helpful and earnest in their religion. Children of John F. and Eliza (Crounse ) Fryer : Abram, see forward ; Peter, October 9, 1852, died aged sixteen years ; Emma, born May 1, 1855, married Seward Waggoner, now a retired farmer and justice of the peace of Guilderland Center ; Margaret, November 22, 1859, died in 1888, married Abram Tygert; Alburtus, see forward ; John H., born July 15, 1867, since 1888 has been mechanical engineer in the employ of the General Electric Works, Schenectady, New York ; married Clara Norman ; child, Leroy.
(IV) Abram (2), eldest son of John F. and Eliza (Crounse) Fryer, was born on the Fryer homestead in the Helderburgs, in the region known as the "Indian Ladder," Au- gust 8, 1848. He inherited three hundred acres of the farm, to which he has added
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