Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 60

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 660


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The Everts family of Gran- EVERTS ville, Washington county, New York, are of English descent. The name was also early written Evarts, Everst. The family was early in New Eng- land, the emigrant ancestor being John Evarts, of Concord, Massachusetts.


( I) John Evart», founder of the family in New England, was made a freeman of Con- cord, Massachusetts, March, 1637-38. He re- sided there for several years, having at least two children born there. He removed to Guil- ford, Connecticut, where he took the freeman's oath, February 5, 1651-52. In 1655 he was in court in two civil suits as defendant. In 1667 he was appointed tithingman. He is said to have lived for a time in New llaven. He died May 9, 1669. He married ( first ) Elizabeth -: (second) May 27, 1663, Elizabeth, widow of John Parmalee. She died Novem- ber. 1688. Children by first marriage: I. John, born February 29, 1639-40, at Concord, died December 28, 1602. 3. Judah, October 27, 1642, died November. 1696. 3. Daniel, 1645, died December 5, 1692. 4. James, of further mention. 5. Elizabeth, married, 1665, Peter Abbott.


(II) James, son of John and Elizabeth Ev-


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arts, was born in 1648, died April, 1682. He married, in 1660, Lydia, daughter of Richard Goodrich. Children: 1. Mary, born March 26. 1661. died young. 2. John, 1664, sergeant of the Guilford training band; married, 1688, Sarah Crampton. 3. Lydia, died December 27, 1750: married. August 19, 1692, Caleb Bishop. 4. James, 1667, died January 3. 1739: married, March 7, 1694, Mary Carter. 5. Jo- seph. 1669. died 1679. 6. Judah, of further mention. 7. Mary, May 1, 1674, died June, 1734; married, June 8, 1694. John Munger. 8. Hannah, September 22, 1677. 9. Joseph, February 24. 1679. died 1710; married Han- nah Scranton. 10. Dorothy, 1683 ; married, April 6, 1710, Samuel Munger. II. Jonathan, died unmarried, October, 1696.


(III) Judah, son of James and Lydia (Goodrich) Everts, was born 1673, died Oc- tober 28. 1748. He was of Guilford, Connecti- cut. He married. September 5, 1706, Mary, daughter of Samuel Eggleston, of Middle- town, Connecticut. She died April 2, 1762. Children : 1. Caleb, of further mention. 2. Ju- dah, born May 19, 1712: married Abigail Dudley. 3. Ebenezer, July 11, 1720, died prior to 1748. 4. Amos, September 23, 1725 ; mar- ried. March 5. 1747, Mary Eggleston, perhaps a kinswoman of his mother ; had a daughter, Mary, died 1785.


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(IV) Caleb, son of Judah and Mary (Eg- gleston) Evarts, was born in Guilford, Con- necticut, May 27, 1707, died August 21. 1751. He married (first ) November 19, 1729. Mind- well Cook, of Wallingford, Connecticut, died December 31, 1736; married (second) 1740, Elizabeth Stocker. Children of first marriage. 1. Mindwell, born November 4. 1730, died un- married, 1756. 2. Ebenezer. October 22, 1732, died November 18. 1765 : married Ruth Chit- tenden, who survived him and married ( sec- ond ) Eber Norton. 3. Sarah, October 9, 1736. Children of second wife: 4. Caleb, August 29. 1740, died August 21, 1751. 5. Judah, Oc- tober 20, 1745. 6. Amaziah, of further men- tion. 7. Edward, March 3, 1752. died 1836; married Selphenia Culver.


(V) Amaziah, son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Stocker) Evearts (as this generation spells the name, was born in Guilford, Connecticut, June 30, 1747. He married, June 5. 1776, Su- sannah Crittenden, daughter of Zachary Dowd, and widow of Gilbert Crittenden (this name is in the Guilford records, Crittenden, Cruttenden and Crittendon), and died in Sun- derland. Vermont, April 16, 1790. He was corporal in the Guilford company under Cap- tain Noah Fowler. that went to the relief of Boston from Guilford in the first Lexington alarm, April, 1775. Children : I. Elihu


Bragg, born March 4, 1777 ; married, May 30, 1830, Polly (Spalding-Graves) Young ; lived in Granville, New York; after marriage re- moved to Freedom, New York; died 1861. 2. Amaziah, June 22, 1779. 3. Caleb, of fur- ther mention. 4. Ruth, May 10, 1782, died in infancy. 5. Gilbert, 1783-84; took part in the battle at Plattsburg in 1812; lived in Pawlet, Vermont : removed to Wheatland. Monroe county, New York, in 1819, and died Febru- ary 14, 1827 ; married Polly , who died April 4. 1833: children: Caleb, Ormus Eu- gene. Sarah, married Edgar Chandler; Phy- lena, married Israel P. Jakway, October 10, 1844, she died March 4, 1899: two other daughters. 6. Cyrus, May 10, 1782; lived in Granville. New York, for a time, and had a son Jonathan. 7. Polly, married Alva Button. It would seem that Amaziah Everts had a sec- ond wife, named Ruth, for it appears in the records of the town of Sunderland, Vermont, that "Ruth, wife of Amaziah Everts, died June Ist, 1789."


(VI) Caleb (2), son of Amaziah and S11- sannah (Dowd-Crittenden ) Evearts, was born June 27, 1781, at Guilford, Connecticut, died in Pawlet, Vermont, 1822. He was a man of feeble constitution, and poorly equipped phys- ically to fight life's battle. He was left a widower with five young children and did not long survive his wife. He married Sarah, sister of Gershom Gifford. Children: I. John Alonzo, of whom further. 2. William, mar- ried Nancy Martin : children, Samuel and Al- bert. 3. Don Alphonso, horn in Pawlet, Ver- mont. October 22, 1806: married Sophia Hos- ford : child, Edna Annette. 4. Gershom, died without issue. 5. Sarah, born January 14, 1813: married Peter Gowcy, March 17, 1836, died June 26, 1860 : child. Ella Gertrude, born August 26, 1854.


(VII) John Alonzo, son of Caleb (2) and Sarah (Gifford) Everts, was born in Pawlet, Vermont, February 29. 1808, died in Gran- ville. Washington county, New York, Janu- ary 26, 1866. Hle settled on a farm in Gran- ville, where he spent his subsequent life en- gaged in agriculture. He was prosperous and influential, a Democrat in politics and a warden of Trinity Episcopal Church. He married, in 1842, Mary Ann Barker, born December 25. 1818. at White Creek. New York, died in Poultney, Vermont, May 25, 1889, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Bowen) Barker. Children: 1. Palmer D. of further mention. 2. Silas W., born July, 1846. un- married. 3. John L., born May 27. 1850 : mar- ried (first) Alice N. Norton ; (second) Ella A. Scofield, born October 16, 1852, at Med- ford, Massachusetts, married. October 24,


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1886, resides in Ashby, Minnesota. 4. Mar- tha Ann, born May 25, 1856, died in Poult- ney, Vermont, June, 1888; married Harry Tay and had George and Clarence.


(VIII) Palmer D., son of John Alonzo and Mary Ann (Barker ) Everts, was born in Granville, Washington county, New York, February 22, 1843. died October 17, 1894. He was educated in the public schools, finishing at Fort Edward Collegiate Institute. He taught for a time, and was principal of the Middle Granville school. Later he engaged in agriculture and became one of the leading men of his town. He was prominent in local poli- tics, served as supervisor and held other of- fices. Ile was a member and warden of Trin- ity Episcopal Church. He married, Decem- ber 20, 1866, Elizabeth Ruth Perry, born April 25. 1842, died July 24. 1907, danghter of Dr. Asahel and Eveline (Slocum) Perry, who was a graduate of the Ladies' Seminary of North Granville. Dr. Perry was born at Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1806, died March 16, 1878. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege and a leading physician of Washington county, practicing in South Easton. He mar- ried, in 1840, Eveline Slocum.


Eveline (7) Slocum, born at Easton, New York. June 24. 1821, died at Granville, New York. August 17, 1879. daughter of Alexan- der Slocum.


Alexander Slocum (6), horn 1796, died March 4. 1873, was a son of Matthew (5), born March 21, 1752, and Ruth Hoag, born 1764, died November 19, 1866.


Matthew Slocum (5) was the son of Giles (4) Slocum, born May 15, 1713, and Susanna Brownell (daughter of Stephen Brownell and Martha Brownell). He removed from Rhode Island to Easton, New York, among early set- tlers there.


Giles (4) Slocum was the son of Giles (3) Slocum, the son of Giles (2) Slocum, born March 26, 1607; married Anna Lawton, March 26, 1669.


Giles (2) Slocum was the son of Anthony (1) Slocum, who was born in Somersetshire, England, and settled near Newport, Connecti- cnt, in 1638, died in 1682. (See published history of Slocum family.)


Palmer D. and Elizabeth R. Everts had two children :


(IX) Silas E., son of Palmer D. and Eliza- beth Ruth ( Perry) Everts, was born in Gran- ville, Washington county, New York, Sep- tember 17, 1867. Ile was educated at North Granville Military Academy, graduating in 1887, Williams College, where he was grad- uated A. B., in 1890, entered the law depart- ment of the University of the City of New


York, graduated LL.B., 1892. After his ad- mission to the bar in 1892 he established an office for the practice of his profession in Granville and is one of the leading members of the Washington county bar. He was elected special county judge of Washington county, and is prominently identified with the leading interests of his town and county. He is a director of the Granville National Bank, and interested in several other enterprises. He is warden of Trinity Episcopal Church, and in politics a Republican. He is a member of the State Bar Association, State Historical Association, and stands high in the Masonic Order, belonging to Granville Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted Masons, and Granville Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, and Washing- ton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Sara- toga. He married, June, 1892, Lucina, daugh- ter of Daniel and Miriam (McNitt ) Wood- ard. Children: Palmer W., born September 2, 1893: Miriam, July 12, 1897; Roscoe S., February 20, 1902.


(IX ) Ruth L., daughter of Palmer D. and Elizabeth R. (Perry ) Evarts, was born April 7. 1872: married, August 24. 1904, Lewis Dougan, principal of a public school in St. Louis, Missouri. Children: Alice and Eliza- beth.


(The Woodard Line ).


The following material is largely furnished by Rev. D. H. Woodward, North AAbington, Massachusetts, to whom credit is freely given. The name Woodward or Woodard is supposed to be a trade name, probably derived from the English common noun woodward. The Woodwards were park and forest keepers.


(I) Richard Woodward embarked at Ips- wich, England, April 10, 1634, with his wife, Rose, and their two sons. George and John. Ile was forty-five years of age ; was admitted a freeman, September 2, 1635. at Watertown, Massachusetts, and his name is on the earliest list of proprietors of that town. He owned fourteen lots of land amounting to over three hundred acres. His wife, Rose, died October 6, 1662, aged eighty years, and he soon after married Ann Gates, widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. His sons George and John were his administrators. (See Bond's History of Watertown, Massa- chusetts). He died February 16. 1664-65.


(11) George, son of Richard Woodward, was born in 1619. He was admitted a free- man at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 6, 1646. He was selectman in 1674, died May 31, 1676. (Bond's-Watertown). By his first wife, Mary, he had eight children: Mary, Sarah, Amos, Rebecca, John, Susanna, Daniel and Mary (probably Mercy). He married


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(second) Elizabeth Hammond, August 17, 1659, and they had five children: George, Thomas, Elizabeth, Nathaniel and Sarah.


(III) John, son of George Woodward, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, March 28, 1649. He removed from Watertown to New- town, Massachusetts, about 1675. He married (first) Rebecca, daughter of Richard Robbins ; ( second) Sarah Bancroft, who died Septem- ber 22, 1723. He was a weaver by trade and owned and resided on a farm near Newton Upper Falls. He died November 3, 1732. His will dated February 26, 1727-28, mentions his children : John, Richard, Daniel and Jona- than, and heirs of his son Joseph, Ebenezer, Rebecca Hunting and Abigail Greenwood. Of these children, John, Richard and Joseph, set- tled in Connecticut early in the eighteenth century.


(I\') John (2), son of John (I) Wood- ward, was born in Newtown, Massachusetts, or possibly Watertown, Massachusetts, April 16, 1675. He married, January, 1698, Hannah Hyde, born March 1, 1677-78, died January 15. 1724. Children : Hannah, Mary, John, Ephraim and Deliverance. John Woodward married (second) Abigail There is no record of any children. He was elected first deacon of the first church of Brooklyn, Connecticut, in the second quarter of the eighteenth century, and was moderator of the town meeting in Canterbury, December 10, 1717. His will dated April 15, 1743, men- tions his wife, daughter Mary Cleveland, chil- dren of daughter Hannah Bacom, and sons John, Ephraim and Deliverance. He died April 1. 1767, at Brooklyn, Connecticut. (See "Larned's History of Windham county, Con- necticut.")


(\') John (3), son of John (2) Woodward, was born at Newtown, Massachusetts, March 2, 1702, died at Pawling, Dutchess county, New York. He married, December 28, 1727, Mary Spalding; he removed to province of New York in 1749: died in 1773. Children : 1. Hannah, born August 8, 1728. 2. John, May 9, 1730. 3. Samuel, July 24, 1732, died young. 4. Phineas, December 9, 1734. 5. Mary, March 26, 1737. 6. Bridget, February 28, 1739-40. 7. Samuel, of whom further. 8. Jonathan, June 12, 1744. 9. Sibbil, February 14, 1745-46. 10. Josiah, April 28, 1748. 11. Ephraim, Septem- ber 16, 1750. 12. Joseph, October 7, 1754. The will of John Woodward, of Pawling, Dutchess county, New York, is on record in the surrogate's office of the county and gives Samuel Woodward his Duroy coat.


(VI) Samuel, son of John and Mary (Spalding) Woodward, was born June 5, 1742. He served in Colonel Swartwout's regi-


ment in the American revolutionary war, and probably removed to Washington county shortly before 1790. (See census record.) He married and had issue: Samuel, John, Archibald, of whom further.


(VII) Archibald, son of Samuel Woodward, was born April 16, 1769, died February 5, 1841. He settled in Hebron, New York, pre- vious to 1790. He married Anna, daughter of Peter Scott, and had issue: Squire, died aged five; Daniel, of whom further; Benja- min : Sally, born June 10, 1797 ; Polly, August 14. 1799: John; Anne: Phoebe: Archibald; William ; Samuel.


(VIII) Daniel, son of Archibald and Anna (Scott) Woodward, was born at North He- bron, New York, January, 1792, died May, 1877. He was a prominent farmer of North Hebron, and a leading member of the Baptist church. He married, January, 1813, Anna Case, born August 8, 1795, died May, 1877. She was a daughter of Abram Case. of He- bron, New York, and granddaughter of Phillip Case and Othneil Preston, both in the revo- lutionary service. Children: 1. Lucina, born 1814, died May 6, 1900 ; married Daniel Bray- mer. 2. Abraham, married Hercelora Thomp- son ; child, Hercelora. 3. Archibald, born 1818, died May 10, 1885, married Mary Her- ron ; children : Fannie and Archibald. 4. Wil- liam, born 1820, died in Allens Grove, Wis- consin, December 23, 1883, married Achsa Nelson ; children: William, Harriet and Al- mond and one son who died in childhood. 5. Lucinda, born September 24, 1824, married, March 1. 1849, Jesse Sherman ; children : Sterling, Daniel, Cora, William, Carrie and Emma. 6. Mary, born March 21, 1827, mar- ried Edwin Temple ; children: Charlotte, Or- ley, Ralph. 7. Martha, born December 1, 1831, married, March 1, 1852, John Qua ; children : Andrew, Mary, Anna and Adelaide. 8. Daniel (2), of whom further. 9. Anna, born October 4, 1830, married, January 31, 1850, Joseph Ely : children : John D .. Helen and Annita. 10. Phebe, January 19. 1837, married, March 25, 1856, James E. Pratt ; child, Carrie. 11. Ely, diced young.


(IX) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) and Anna ( Case) Woodard, was born in North Hebron, New York, August 31, 1822, died June 13, 1887. He married, January 7, 1845, Miriam McNitt, born March 2, 1826, died October 20, 1902, daughter of James and Lydia (Martin) McNitt. James McNitt was born January 17, 1782, died January 22, 1861. He was a son of Daniel McNitt, born 1750, died November 21, 1829, at Salem, New York, a sergeant in a Salem company in the revolu- tion, and a grandson of Captain Alexander


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McNitt. Alexander McNitt, born in Scot- land in 1720, died November 29, 1807. On coming to America he settled first at Pough- keepsie, New York, later removed to Salem, Washington county, New York. He served in the revolution as captain of militia and saw service in the campaign against Burgoyne. Lydia ( Martin) McNitt, born in 1792, died May 17, 1846, was a daughter of Moses Mar- tin, born 1744 (adjutant in Colonel Williams' regiment from Washington county), and Lydia (Moore) Martin, and granddaughter of Adam and Sarah ( Newell) Martin, and great-granddaughter of John Newell. Chil- dren of Daniel and Miriam (McNitt ) Wood- ard: 1. Lydia, born January 30. 1846; mar- ried William Shaw, died April 18, 1900; chil- dren : Carrie, Emma, John and Woodard. 2. Emma, born December 29, 1847 : married Cap- tain Joseph Hays ; children : Miriam, Roscoe, Horton, Georgia, died unmarried, and Mary. 3. James McNitt. born September 8. 1849; married (first) Georgia Bockes: children : Bertie and Ross: (second) Elizabeth Stetson ; child, Marion. 4. Francis, born December 22, 1851. unmarried. 5. Daniel D., born Janti- ary 7, 1854 : married, January 29, 1879, Eliza- beth Westcott: children: Ethel, born 1882; Allan, born 1885. Madeline, born 1890. 6. Martin, born January 19. 1856, died April 5, 1899: married - -: children : Frankie and Mabel. 7. Eli, born January 13, 1857 ; mar- ried Nettie Bush; children: Irene, died in childhood. and Henry. 8. Archibald, born Oc- tober 27, 1859, died in childhood. 9. Marian, born May 10, 1863 ; married S. F. Farrar, re- moved to Braymer, Missouri. 10. Lucina, br n .August 9, 1867 : married Silas E. Everts.


( IX ) Lucina, daughter of Daniel and Anna (Case ) Woodard, was born in Hebron, Wash- ington county, New York, July 17, 1814, died May 6, 1900. She married Daniel Braymer (see Braymer III), son of Jacob and Anna ( Blakslee) Braymer. Children: Jenette. Ja- cob, Alfred, Daniel, Rosalinda. George, Win- field.


( X) Rosalinda, daughter of Daniel and Lu1- cina (Woodard) Braymer, was born June 3, 1846. She married, March 12, 1868, Richard Durham, son of Durfee and Anna (Hall) Durham, born May 6, 1838, at Easton, Wash- ington county, New York. He died December 9, 1901 (see Durham IV ).


The Braymer family of BRAYMER Granville, New York. de- scend from German ances- tors. The first of the line here under con- sideration of whom we have information was David Braymer, born in Baden, Germany,


March 23, 1733. Ile was pressed into the British army while pursuing studies at a med- ical college in England, given the rank of sur- geon, came to America in the British army in 1754. served throughout the French and In- dian war, and was discharged. He returned to Germany, married, and again returned to. America, settling in Nova Scotia, where he engaged in the tanning trade. Hle left Nova Scotia in the year 1776, going to New York City, where he followed the trade of tanner and furrier until 1781, when he moved to. the town of Hebron, Washington county. New York, engaging in the trade of tanner. A child named George was born to David Bray- mer by his first wife in 1765. but beyond this there is no knowledge concerning his first marriage. He married (second) Phryria -, of German descent. Children: An- drew, of whom there is no information : Wil- liam, went to Erie county, Pennsylvania : Ja- cob, see forward : John, died August 27, 1817, aged eighteen years; David, went to Craw- ford county, Pennsylvania. Both David Bray- mer and his second wife are buried in the Braymer burying ground in the town of He- bron, Washington county, New York. He died February 23, 1814, aged eighty years ; she died January 28, 1825, aged eighty-one years.


(11) Jacob, son of David Braymer, was born February 8, 1779. He located in the town of Hebron, Washington county, New York, followed the trade of tanner in addition to farming, made shoes, and lived on the same farm until his death. Some traces of the old vats can be seen there today. As he pros- pered, he remodeled the buildings and built the brick house which still stands there. He was married, January 7. 1802, at the old Blaks- lee homestead in Granville, Washington county, New York, by Phineas Hitchcock, Esq., to Anna Blakslee, born 1782, died Jan- uary 25, 1857. He died March 2, 1855. Chil- dren : 1. Sarah, born December 25, 1802, died February 10, 1881 ; married. September 12, 1824, Stephen McFadden, born in Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland. September 22. 1795. died May 8, 1870: children, born in Waterford, New York: i. Michael, born Au- gust 30, 1825. died April 17. 1904. married, December 23, 1858, Margaret A. Mcclellan, born April 11. 1833: children: (a) Stephen John, born September 21, 1859, married (first) December 1, 1881. Mary Luella Tem- ple, no children ; she died August 17. 1894: married (second) October 30, 1897, Harriet Crosier, born February 20, 1870: children : Jessie, born May 24, 1898, and Elsie Marga- ret, June 13, 1900; (b) Sarah Margaret, born


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December 19, 1860, married (first) Bert Holmes, no children; married (second) George Ely, no children; (c) James Henry, born April 18, 1862, married (first) February 17. 1890, Elizabeth A. Kieffe, born June 25, 1864, died August 14, 1908, married (second) September 7, 1908, Mrs. Chloe B. Lee, born September 22, 1867; children by first wife: Herman C., born January 27, 1892; Marion H., May 31, 1898; John Joseph, March 5. 1902: Elizabeth Ann, February 21, 1908; no ·children by second wife: (d) Cornelius, born January 28, 1864, married Mary Beebe, no children : (e) Mary Jane, born October 7, 1866, married Will O. Jones, no children ; (f) infant son, born October 10, 1865; (g) Ja- son, born August 31, 1869, died December 13, 1869: (h) Emma C., born August 7, 1871, married Eugene Barden : child, Azelda, born August 3, 1901. ii. Henry McFadden, born December 2, 1826, died January 1I, 1905; married (first), December 25, 1850, Calista Rogers, born August 9, 1830, died February 25, 1872; married ( second) Mrs. Ellen Paul, born April 3, 1843, was thrown out of a sleigh and killed January 14, 1900; children of first wife: (a) Charles Edward, born October 9. 1851, married, November 25, 1875, Lenora Clough, born May 24, 1853, no children : (b) Mary Esther, born July 16, 1853, died July 5, 1863; (c) Sarah Emily, born April 18, 1857, died July 4, 1863: both buried in one coffin : (d) Alice Emeroy, born January 29, 1859, married Charles Porter; (e) Benjamin Rog- ers, born May 17. 1862, died November 26, 1885. at Greenburg, Kansas; (f) Albert Henry, born April 15, 1867; (g) Florence, born January 9, 1872, married Frank Brom- ley, no children. iii. Edward McFadden, born August 18, 1828, died May 2, 1896, at Patoka, Illinois ; married, June 13, 1865, Bridget Ken- nedy, ten children. iv. Jacob McFadden, born May 17, 1830, died November 18, 1903 ; mar- ried, September 27, 1863, Charlotte C. Whe- don, born April 19, 1842 ; children : (a) infant daughter, born April 19, 1866, died same day ; (b) Fay, born April 9, 1870, married Grace G. Garfield at Waltham, Massachusetts; child, Athena, born May 1, 1900; (c) Mary Whe- don, born August 9, 1874, married, March 14, 1900, Eugene Hanscom : he died at Pensacola, Florida, August 26, 1905, no children. 2. Dan- iel, see forward. 3. Henry, born January II. 1800, died August 9, 1874: married Eliza Montgomery, born January 13, 1816, died No- vember 7, 1893: children: i. Sarah E., born July 13, 1835, died August 16, 1835 ; ii. James F., born April 29, 1837, married, December 19, 1860, Susan Welch, born June 8, 1841 ; -children : (a) Frank H., born September 22,


1861, married, June 5, 1889, Jennie A. Goss, of North Granville, Washington county, New York : children : Clarence J., born July 5. 1893, and Marion B., September 24, 1898; (b) Jen- nie E., born February 1, 1867, married, De- cember 25. 1883. Henry C. Hitt, born at Ru- pert, Bennington county, Vermont ; children : Lulu E., born April 26, 1886, and James H., August 24, 1891 ; iii. Ann, born May 19, 1839, married (first ) Merritt Phelps, of East Ru- pert : child: Albert, born December 25, 1862, married Nettie Garfield, children: Guy and Roy ; Ann married (second) - Stur- devant : no children. 4. Frederick Augustus, born April 2, 1814; married (first)


Flowers ; no children ; married ( second) Cor- delia Blakslee, who died October 25, 1846. aged eighteen years; child, Cornelia ; married (third) February II, 1847, Louisa A. Wait, born in 1818, died February 10, 1891; chil- dren: (a) Frederick Augustus, born February 16. 1848, married; (b) Marron Wait, born November 18, 1850, died September 10, 1868; (c) Albert Ernest, born February 16, 1852, married Crosby.


(III) Daniel, son of Jacob Braymer, was born at Hebron, Washington county. New York, October 26, 1806, died May 20, 1890. He passed his early life on his father's farm and during that time received his education at the district schools. He was a farmer all his life, owning about nine hundred acres of land in one body. He married, January 2, 1834, Lucina Woodard, born July 17, 1814, died May 6, 1900. Children : I. Jennette, born September 17, 1834, died December 19, 1857. 2. Jacob, born February 6, 1836, died July 17, 1903; married, December 1, 1857, Charlotte Dibble, born August 24. 1835, died October 1, 1892 ; children : i. Jennette, born November 9, 1858, died February 16, 1888 ; married Dan- iel Sherman, born March 11, 1854, died , children : (a) Milton J., born July 6, 1880, married Rose Gannon Vans Worth, April 20, 1908; (b) Stanley B., born Octo- ber II, 1881, married Adelaide ; child, Stanley Braymer Sherman, Jr., born 1909. ii. Mary, born October 1, 1860, mar- ried, June 3, 1892, Daniel Sherman, who mar- ried (first) her sister Jennette ; child, Fred, born June 24, 1893. iii. Eli Daniel, born Feb- ruary 8, 1874, married, June 12, 1894, Nettie Rafter, born March 11, 1876; children: Er- nest, born May 29, 1895, and Gladys Mae, Au- gust 15, 1907. iv. Richard Jacob, born January 15. 1879. 3. Alfred, born February 25, 1837, married, November 5. 1859, Antoinette Nel- son ; children: i. Anna Lenora, born June 28, 1861, married, March 21, 1889. Frank Peets, born June 12, 1859; child, Howard; ii. Albert,




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