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who married (second) Eleazer Jewett. 4. Dr. Solomon, married (first) Sarah, daughter of Deacon Simon Huntington, the first, and had : Simon, Solomon and Lydia. Married ( sec- ond) Sarah Bliss, widow of Thomas Soluman, and had one son. 5. Daniel, married (first) Abigail, daughter of Deacon - - and Mary (Bushnell) Adgate, and had: Daniel and Abi- gail. He married (second) Widow Hannah (Backus) Bingham, and had: Samuel and Elizabeth. 6. Samuel, died without issue. 7. Miriam, married Lieutenant Thomas, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Bourn) Waterman, of Marshfield.
(XXVIII) Captain John Tracy, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Mary (Mason) Tracy, was born at Wethersfield in 1642, died at Norwich, August 16, 1702. He was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, jus- tice of the peace, represented his town in the legislature at six sessions, and was prominent in all public affairs. He married, August 17, 1670, Mary, born in 1646, died July 21, 1721, daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Bourn) Winslow, and niece of Governor Winslow of the "Mayflower." Children: I. Josiah, died young. 2. John, married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas Leffingwell, of Norwich, and had: John, Hezekiah, Joshua, Isaac, Eliza- beth, Anne and Ruth. 3. Joseph, see for- ward. 4. Winslow, married Rachel, daugh- ter of Joshua and Hannah (Bradford) Rip- ley, and had: Joshua, Perez, Josiah, Elipha- let. Nehemiah, Samuel, Solomon. 5. Eliza- beth, married Nathaniel, son of William and Elizabeth (Pratt ) Backus.
(XXIX) Captain Joseph Tracy, son of Captain John and Mary (Winslow) Tracy, was born at Norwich, April 20, 1682, died April 10, 1765. He was a justice of the peace, and frequently a representative in the legisla- ture. He married, at Norwich, December 31, 1705, Margaret, born at Norwich in 1685, died January 17, 1751, daughter of Caleb and Mar- garet (Post) Abel. Children : I. Joseph, married Anna, daughter of Gresham and Mary (Buel) Hinkley, and had: Jared, Fred- erick, Uriah, Ruby, Anna and Lois. 2. Dr. Elisha, married (first) Lucy, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Leffingwell) Hunting- ton : children: Lucy, Alice, Lucretia, Lydia and Philura; married (second) Elizabeth Door, and had: Phineas, Philemon, Elisha, Joseph, Winslow, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Mary, and Deborah Door; married (third) Lois (Hinkley) Huntington, widow of Nehemiah Huntington, Esq., of Bozrah. 3. Phineas, died unmarried. 4. Mary, married Wentworth. 5. Margaret, married William Waterman and had six children. 6. Zervia,
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died unmarried. 7. Lydia, married Elisha, son of William Hyde. 8. Irene, married Dan- iel, son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Waterman) Burnham, and had four children. 9. Jeru- sha, see forward. 10. Elizabeth, married An- drew, son of Benjamin and Lydia (IIazen) Abel.
(XXX) Jerusha, daughter of Captain Jo- seph and Margaret Abel, married Rev. Jede- diah Hyde (see Hyde IV).
(Noyes Line).
(I) William the Conqueror, King of Eng- land.
(II) Lady Gungreda, daughter of William the Conqueror, married William de Warren, Earl of Surrey.
(III) William, son of William and Lady Gundreda de Warren, was the second earl of Warren and Surrey, and died 1131.
(IV) Lady Isabel, daughter of Earl Wil- liam de Warren and Surrey, married Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk.
(V) Hugh, son of Roger and Lady Isabel Bigod, was the third earl of Norfolk, and died in 1225.
(VI) Ralph, third son of Hugh Bigod, mar- ried Lady Berta Furnival.
(VII) Lady Isabel, daughter of Ralph and Lady Berta (Furnival) Bigod, married (sec- ond) John Fitz-Piers Fitz-Geoffrey, lord of Birkhampstead, who was justice of Ireland in 1246.
( VIII) John Fitz-John, son of the pre- ceding, was chief-justice of Ireland in 1258.
(IX) Lady Maud, daughter of John Fitz- John, married (first) Gerard de Furnival, (second) William, sixth Baron Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
(X) Guy, second Earl of Warwick, mar- ried Lady Alice, daughter of Ralph, Baron de Toni, and widow of Thomas de Layburne.
(XI) Thomas, third Earl of Warwick, was one of the original Knights of the Garter. He married Lady Catherine de Mortimer, daugh- ter of Roger, Earl of Marche.
(XII) Thomas, fourth Earl of Warwick, Knight of the Garter, married Lady Marga- ret, daughter of William, third Lord Ferrers, of Groby.
(XIII) Richard, fifth Earl of Warwick, and Earl of Albemarle, was also a Knight of the Garter, and guardian of Henry VI. He married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, twelfth Baron Berkeley.
(XIV) Lady Margaret Beauchamp, daugh- ter of the preceding, was the second wife and widow of General Sir John, sixth Baron Tal- bot, created Earl of Shrewsbury. She mar- ried (second) Sir William Cavendish.
(XV) Thomas, only son of Sir William and Lady Margaret (Beauchamp) Cavendish, died in 1524. He married Alice, daughter of John Smith, of Padbroke Hall, Suffolk.
(XVI) Sir William Cavendish, Knight, was of Chadsworth. Ile married (first) Lady Elizabeth, daughter of John Hardwick, of Hardwick, Derby, and widow of Richard Barley, of Barley. Among his children was: William, Earl of Devonshire, who was active in establishing the colonies in America, par- ticularly those in Virginia.
(XVII) Lady Frances, daughter of Sir William Cavendish, married Sir Henry Pierrepont, Knight.
(XVIII) William Pierrepont.
(XIX) James, son of William Pierrepont, was of London, England, died at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married Margaret and had children : 1. Hon. John, see forward. 2. Robert, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Lynde. 3. Mary. 4. Anne. 5. Mar- tha, married Rev. William Eaton, of county Dorset.
(XX) Hon. John Pierpont (as the name was now spelled), son of James and Marga- ret Pierrepont, was born in London, Eng- land, in 1619, died at Roxbury, Massachu- setts, December 7, 1682. He settled near Bos- ton in 1640. He married Thankful Stowe.
(XXI) Rev. James Pierpont. son of Hon- John and Thankful (Stowe) Pierpont, was born in 1660, died in 1714. He was of New Haven, Connecticut, and was one of the founders of Yale College. He married (first) : (second) Sarah, daughter of Rev. Jo- seph Hayne, minister of Hartford, who died May 14, 1672. He married (third) Mary Hooker, granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker.
(XXII) Abigail, daughter of Rev. James and Sarah (Haynes) Pierpont, married, No- vember 6, 1746, Rev. Joseph Noyes, horn in 1688. died in 1761.
(XXIII) Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Abigail (Pierpont) Noyes, married Hon. John Chester (see Chester VII).
The Barker family of Troy, BARKER New York, is of English an- cestry, the present being the third generation in the United States on the paternal side. The maternal lines they trace back to the landing of the Pilgrims and the "Mayflower." Their line connects with sev- eral of the oldest New England families-the Molines, Aldens, Daytons, Gallups, Averys and others. The English line is traced three generations in England to the first authentic date and record.
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(I) Francis Barker, of Halthaw, York- shire, England, married, March 11, 1777, Elizabeth Fieldhouse, after the banns had been duly published by the rector of the parish church, Rev. J. Stittingfleet, on the four pre- ceding Sabbaths.
(II) Francis (2), son of Francis (1) and Elizabeth (Fieldhouse) Barker, was born at Halthaw, England, January 21, 1778, died at Scalter, Lincolnshire, England, August 9, 1842. He was a gamekeeper on the estate of the Earl of Yarborough. His wife kept a small store in the village. He married Re- becca Whitlow, born in Lincolnshire, Eng- land, June 19, 1788, died August 5, 1844. Children: Francis, Rebecca, William, Eliza- beth, Thomas and Mary.
(III) Thomas, son of Francis (2) and Re- becca (Whitlow ) Barker, was born at Scalter, Lincolnshire, England, April 3, 1819, died at Watervliet, Albany county, New York, De- cember 22, 1900. He was a blacksmith by trade. He emigrated to the United States in 1848 and settled at West Troy, New York (now city of Watervliet), where he lived and worked at his trade. He was a devout fol- lower of John Wesley, and was an exhorter or local preacher. He was an original member of the Troy Praying Band, and for some time the leader. This was a church organization of note in Troy in that day. During the civil war he served on the Christian Commission and rendered such service as he was able. He married, at Martin, Gainsboro, Lincolnshire, England, October 2, 1841, Eliza Cook, born in that shire, September 11, 1819, died at Water- vliet, New York. She was a milliner by trade and kept a shop in West Troy. She was a de- voted Methodist, and was noted in the church for her sweet singing at the revival meetings and other services. Children: Twin daugh- ters, died at birth; John, died in infancy ; William (see forward).
(IV) William, only child to survive infancy of Thomas and Eliza (Cook) Barker, was born in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, Octo- ber 4, 1844. He was brought to the United States in 1848 by his parents, and in West Troy, New York, was educated and taught the blacksmith's trade by his father. In Au- gust, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Com- pany HI, One Hundred and Thirteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, afterward New York Heavy Artillery, again an infantry regi- ment, nicknamed "Hancock's Cavalry." He was mustered in August, 1862, promoted cor- poral, June 6, 1863, promoted sergeant, De- cember 14, 1863, mustered out June 16. 1865, at the close of the war, at Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland. He saw hard service
with the Army of the Potomac, and engaged in many of the hard-fought battles which made that army famous. After the war, be- ing still a young man, hardly out of his teens, he served an apprenticeship at collar cutting, and worked at that with several firms, finally becoming manager for Douglass Corning. This was the forerunner of several partner- ship agreements, D. Corning & Company, Corning & Barker, and on the death of Mr. Corning, Mr. Barker assumed the business under his own name and so continued until 1899. In that year, desiring to admit his son and some others to an interest in the business, a corporation was formed called the William Barker Company, of which he was the first president and so continues (1910). The com- pany manufactures the Barker brand of col- lars and cuffs ; their plant is located at Water- vliet, New York. Mr. Barker has other busi- ness interests and connections. He is di- rector of the Union National Bank, Troy, and of the National Bank of Watervliet, New York. He was a director of the Round Lake Camp Meeting Association, and of the Ameri- can Bank and Trust Company, of Pasadena, California, as well as having an interest in other corporations in which he held no offi- cial connection. Although he has retired from the more arduous labors of business, he re- mains at the head of William Barker Com- pany and retains all the interest of his younger days. He is a Republican in political sympathy, but never took active part in public affairs. He is a member of many of Troy's social and out-of-doors clubs, namely: The Troy, Colonial, Island Golf, Round Lake Golf and others.
He married, at West Troy, Albany county, New York, June 23, 1868, Mary Emeline Day- ton, born in West Troy, December 15, 1844. daughter of Nathan Crary and Margaret (MacGillway) Dayton (see "Mayflower" line forward). The family residences have been at West Troy, Troy, Round Lake, New York, and Pasadena, California. The latter resi- dence is used a great deal by Mrs. Barker, who finds in that genial climate relief from bodily ailments that afflict her. Children: I. Edwin Dayton, died at age of nine years. 2. William, see forward. 3. Frank Halliday, died aged five years. 4. Charles Moore, died aged three years. 5. Douglass Corning, died in infancy. 6. Irving Haynes, born at West Troy, May 31, 1882. 7. Mary Dayton, born March 23, 1886. Four sons died in December, 1879, two on one day, during an epidemic of scarlet fever.
(\') William (2), son of William (1) and Mary E. (Dayton) Barker, was born in West
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Troy, Albany county, New York, August I, 1873. He escaped the epidemic that carried off four of the brothers. He was an attend- ant at the private school of Miss Harris ; later at Troy Academy and Albany Academy. He left school at the holiday recess, 1889, to go to work, starting as an apprentice in the cut- ting room of his father's factory the first Monday in January, 1890. He rose through successive grades to be a member of the Wil- liam Barker Company. He is a member of the Troy Citizens Corps, Pafraet Dael Club, Colonial Club, Chamber of Commerce, Albany Academy Alumni Association, Island Golf Club, Lametide Fish and Game Club, Beck Literary Society, and others. He is secretary of the Society Sons of the Revolution, and greatly interested in the compiling and pres- ervation of family records and genealogies. It is from his perfectly kept and arranged rec- ords that the material for this family line is obtained. He married, October 12, 1899, Florence Herring, born in Harrington Park, Bergen county, New Jersey, and educated at the Englewood and Paterson, New Jersey, high schools. Child: William, born in Troy, New York, March 25, 1908. Mr. Barker re- sides in Troy, New York.
("Mayflower" line of Mary E. Dayton, wife of William Barker).
The Dayton family of England can be traced to Robert de Deighton, and the year I 305. In America the family begins with Ralph Dayton and the year 1636. He was born in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, 1598; married there Agnes, daugh- ter of Henry Pool, and by her had two sons, Robert and Samuel. After the death of his wife he emigrated to New England (Boston), where he arrived in 1636. In 1639 he was of New Haven, Connecticut, where he is men- tioned at length in the early records, church and town. He was one of the original set- tlers at Easthampton, Long Island, where his deed to land is the earliest on record except perhaps the Indian deed. He was constable and a man of importance. He married (sec- ond) in New Haven it is believed, Dorothy Brewster, by whom he had a son, Brewster Dayton. He married (third) Mary, widow of John Haynes, in June, 1656. He died at Easthampton in 1658.
(II) Robert, eldest son of Ralph and his first wife, Agnes (Pool) Dayton, was born in London, England, in 1630, died at East- hampton. Long Island, April 16, 1712. He married, 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of John (2) and granddaughter of John ( I ) and An- nie Woodruff, the first settlers. Children : Elizabeth, Samuel (see forward ), Beriah.
(III) Samuel, eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Woodruff) Dayton, was born in Easthampton, Long Island, in 1665, died there January 30, 1746. He married Dorothy -, who died March 22, 1750, aged eighty-six years. Children: Robert, Daniel, Joanna, Nathan, Jonathan, Samuel and Eliza- beth.
(IV) Nathan, son of Samuel and Dorothy Dayton, was born at Easthampton, Long Island, 1702, died there October 3, 1763. He married, November 11, 1725, Amy Stratton, born 1698, died September 25, 1749. Chil- dren : Samuel, Nathan, Nathan, Amy, Eliza- beth, Abraham, Joana, Abraham, Jonathan.
(V) Captain Nathan (2), son of Nathan (1) and Amy (Stratton) Dayton, was bap- tized at Easthampton. Long Island, 1728, died there 1773. He married, January 27, 1751, Phebe Mulford. Children: Nathan, Jonathan, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Abraham, Elias, Joana, Amy and Phoebe.
(VI) Nathan (3), son of Nathan (2) and Phoebe (Mulford) Dayton, was born at East- hampton, Long Island, about 1754, died in Rensselaerville, Albany county, New York, October 26, 1842. He left Long Island about 1800 and settled in Albany county, where he died. He served in the revolutionary war, enlisting in March or April, 1776, as private in Captain John Davis's company, Colonel Henry B. Livingston's regiment, New York militia, served nine months. He drew a revo- lutionary pension, and the papers, still pre- served, show his service. He was a farmer of Albany county, New York.
Nathan Dayton married Mehitable Hutch- inson, and they were the parents of twelve children. He married (second) Ruth, widow of Nathan Crary, of Mystic, Connecticut. Children : Nathan, Abraham, Hannah, Phoebe, Elias, Maria, Henry, Lewis M., Helen, Sam- uel H., Eliza C.
(VII) Samuel H., son of Nathan (3) and Mehitable ( Hutchinson) Dayton, was born in Easthampton, Long Island, where he was bap- tized 1790; he died in Troy, New York, July, 1864. He was a farmer of Albany county ; later removed to near Troy, Rensselaer coun- ty, New York, where he died. He served in the war of 1812. He married, in 1812, Sarah Searles Crary, born in Groton, Con- necticut, May 25, 1793, died in Troy, New York, March 6, 1846, daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Searles) Crary. Her widowed mother became the second wife of Nathan Dayton. Children of Samuel H. and Sarah S. (Crary) Dayton: Harriet, Nathan C .. Clarice, Emma P., Edwin C., Jesse C., George C., Helen, Eliza C., Mary A. It is through
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the Searles marriage that the line of descent to the "Mayflower" is traced.
(VIII) Nathan Crary, son of Samuel H. and Sarah S. (Crary) Dayton, was born in Rensselaerville, Albany county, New York, April 2, 1816, died at West Troy, same county, December 21, 1859. He was a farmer. He married, March, 1841, Margaret MacGilvray, born in Troy, New York, July 24, 1826, died in West Troy, February 11, 1878. Children : Mary Emmeline, Delia Searles, Emma Jane.
(IX) Mary Emmeline, daughter of Nathan Crary and Margaret (MacGilvray) Dayton, was born December 15. 1844. She married William Barker (see Barker IV).
(The Crary Line).
(I) The American ancestor was Peter Crary, born in Scotland, about 1640 ; settled at New London, Connecticut, 1663; married Christobel, daughter of John and Hannah (Lake) Gallup, and granddaughter of John and Christobel Gallup, of Massachusetts.
(II) Peter (2), son of Peter (I) and Chris- tobel (Gallup) Crary, was born in Stoning- ton, Connecticut, April 30, 1682; married, January II, 1709-10, Ann Culver.
(III) Nathan, son of Peter (2) and Ann (Culver) Crary, was born in Groton, Connecti- cut, October 7, 1717. He was a soldier of the revolution. He was in Captain Cady's com- pany, Colonel Chapman's regiment, August 2, 1778; discharged September 12, 1778. He married Ruth Searles (see Searles), born at Preston, Connecticut, in 1773. Children : Jesse, and Sarah Searles Crary, the latter of whom married Samuel H. Dayton (see Day- ton VII).
(The Searles Line).
( I) The emigrant ancestor was Robert Searles, who died in Dorchester, Massachu- setts, February 17, 1717. He married, in 1660, Deborah -, who died March 2, 1714.
(11) Nathaniel, son of Robert and Deborah Searles, was born June 9, 1662, died 1749-50. He was of Little Compton, Rhode Island, about 1696, where he was the first school teacher in the town. Ile married, about 1694, Sarah Rogers, born in Duxbury, Mas- sachusetts, May 4, 1677, died January 19, 1770, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pea- bodie) Rogers. (It is through the Peabodie family the line continues to the "Mayflower.") John Rogers was a son of John and Ann (Churchman) Rogers, and grandson of Thomas Rogers, a "Mayflower" passenger.
(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) and Sarah (Rogers) Searles, was born April
26, 1703, died December 8, 1781. He mar- ried, January 18, 1722, Elizabeth Kunnicutt, born 1701, died December 11, 1781, dangh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Luther) Kunni- cutt, and granddaughter of Roger and Joana (Stephenson) Kunnicutt, who were married November, 1661.
(IV) Constant, son of Nathaniel (2) and Elizabeth (Kunnicutt) Searles, was born at Little Compton, Rhode Island, June 17, 1728, died July 3, 1778. He married, and in 1773; moved to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylva- nia. He served in Captain Samuel Ransom's. independent company during the revolution, fought at Millstone River, Round Brook, Brandywine and Germantown, under Washington ; went into camp at Valley Forge and suffered to the full extent the privations of the awful winter of 1777-78. In the spring of 1778 he returned to Wyoming and perished with his son-in-law, Captain Delhi Hewitt, in the Wyoming massacre. Ruth Searles, his daughter, with her sister Sarah, escaped the massacre, and with some of their cousins, the Gallups, made their way back to Connecticut. On the day of the massacre Ruth wore a string of gold beads around her neck, which an Indian snatched from her ; the string broke, and some of the beads caught in her clothing. These beads are still preserved as relics of that dreadful day. Constant Searles mar- ried, May 16, 1751, in Stonington, Connecti- cut, Hannah Miner, daughter of Simon and Hannah (Wheeler) Miner, of the fifth gen- eration on the paternal side from Thomas Mi- ner and his wife, Grace (Palmer) Miner, the latter the daughter of Walter Palmer; dicd 1661. On the maternal side (Wheeler) she was of the fifth generation from Thomas and Mary Wheeler, who were married 1645. Through the Wheelers she traced descent to Benadau Gallup and his wife, Hester (Pren- tiss) Gallup, and to Robert Park and his wife, Martha (Chapin) Park, the American progenitors of their respective families.
(\') Ruth, daughter of Constant and Han- nah (Miner) Searles, was born March 1, 1765, in Preston, Connecticut. After her escape from Wyoming and return to Connecticut, she taught school. She became the wife of Nathan Crary when she was twenty-one years of age and he seventy (see Crary III). After his death she went to Knox, Albany county, New York, and there married Nathan Day- ton, whose first wife was her cousin. (See Dayton VI.)
(VI) Sarah Scarles, daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Searles) Crary, married Samuel HI. Dayton, grandfather of Mary Emmeline (Dayton) Barker.
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Elizabeth Peabodie, mother of Sarah Rog- ers, born April 24, 1647, died 1707, was the daughter of William Peabodie, born 1620, died December 13, 1707. He married Eliza- beth Alden, born 1623-24, died May 31, 1717. Elizabeth Alden was daughter of John Al- den, born 1599, died September 12, 1687; married Priscilla Molines, daughter of Wil- liam Molines, died February 21, 1621, and his wife Alice. William Molines was a passen- ger on the "Mayflower," as was his daughter Priscilla, later wife of John Alden, immor- talized by the poet Longfellow in his poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish."
Jolın Rogers (2), who married Elizabeth Peabodie, was a grandson of Thomas Rogers, who was the eighteenth signer of the "May- flower Compact," and died during the "first sickness."
It is through Hannah Miner, wife of Con- stant Searles, the Wyoming "martyr," that descent is traced from the Barkers of Troy to Christopher Avery, born 1590, died 1670, founder of the Connecticut family of Avery. The names traced in this brief genealogy in all cases lead to the first settlers in America and there are many not mentioned. The Mul- fords of Southampton, Long Island: Thomp- sons of Roxbury, Massachusetts ; Palmers of Stonington, Connecticut : Wheelers of Ston- ington, Connecticut ; Parks of Salem, Massa- chusetts; Lakes, Gallups, Woodruffs, and others, were all of English ancestry, and were among the very earliest settlers in America. The lines traced from Barker to the "May- flower" are fully authenticated and no link is missing to complete the record from William Barker (2) to Thomas Rogers and John Al- den and Priscilla Molines. Volumes could have been written concerning the pioneers of these families in settling early towns, in Mas- sachusetts and Connecticut, of their prowess as Indian fighters in King Philip's war, the French and Indian wars, the revolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war and the great civil war : of their services in colony and state as officials ; of their piety and concern for the welfare of the church; of their part in es- tablishing new industries and carrying them forward until the fame of New England as a manufacturing center was world-wide. Men high in the professions, in public life and in business bear these names which are now to be found in every part of the United States.
Thomas Laing, the first of the LAING line here under consideration, was born in Langholm, Scotland, about the year 1723, died in Salem, New York, August 27, 1825, aged one hundred and
two years. He came to this country when about forty years of age. The supposition. is that he came with the company of Scotch under Campbell who came to Saratoga county, New York, under promises of grants which were not kept. On the voyage he met and' became enamored with Agnes Miller, born in Scotland, 1747, whom he subsequently mar- ried. They settled in Saratoga county, New York. Some time later, according to tradi- tion, they walked over to Cambridge, Wash- ington county, a distance of eighteen miles, in order to be married by a Scotch preacher,. located at that place in the wilderness. They later removed to Hebron, Washington county, where he purchased land and became a. farmer. They later settled in Saratoga county, where they reared a family of eight children. 1. John, moved into the wilds of Canada after the last war with England and was not heard from again. 2. Thomas, ac- companied his brother to Canada, was not heard from again. 3. Jennette, born about 1777, died in Salem, New York, June 20, 1839; married, about 1798, Ephraim Edic, born 1775, died July 6, 1838, son of James- and Jane (Miller) Edic, of Glen Ross, Scot- land. 4. Mary, horn about 1779, died at Rouse's Point, 1870; married, 1802, Robert Irvin, born in Scotland, died in Salem, New York, 1835; they were the parents of nine- children. 5. Adam, born May 15, 1780, see forward. 6. Nancy, born 1782, died in Har- wich, Ontario, 1874: married, February 23, 1809, Niel McQuasie, reared a large family. 7. Margaret, born 1784, died February 23, 1864, unmarried. 8. Eleanor, born 1791, died' July 10, 1877, at Edinburg, New York : mar- ried. 1808, Israel Stiles; children : Thomas and Margaret, who have left descendants.
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