Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 77

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


USA > New York > Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV > Part 77


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99


(\') Maas (2), son of Hendrick (2) and Aaltie ( Winne) Van Buren, was baptized at Albany, June 6, 1736 or 1738. He married, February 14. 1767. Rebecca Bogart, baptized January 26, 1743. daughter of Douw and Wil- lempie ( Bratt ) Bogart. Children : Hendrick : Douw. born May 29, 1771 : Marytje, April 18. 1779.


(VE) Hendrick (3), eldest son of Maas ( 2) and Rebecca ( Bogart ) Van Buren, was born at Schodack Landing, December 6. 1768, died December 10, 1841. He was educated in the public schools, and followed the occupation of a farmer. He was a Democrat, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. lle married Magdalena Burhans, born July 2. 1777. died March 2, 1852, daughter of Jo- hannes (3) and Temperance (Van Orden) Burhans. Temperance, baptized at German- town. New York, was a daughter of Willem and Sarah ( DuBois) Van Orden. Johannes was a son of Johannes (2) Burhans, bap- tized at Kingston, New York, February 18, 1700, died 1794 : married. September 4, 1731. Jannetje, daughter of Ariaan and Altjen ( Bo- gard ) Newkirk. Johannes (2) was a son of Johannes ( 1) Burhans, baptized at Kingston, New York, August 27, 1682, died before May, 1720: married Margriet Leg. Johannes ( 1) was the third son of Jan and Helen ( Trapha- gen ) Burhans. Jan Burhans, son of Jacob, the first of the name in America, arrived in this country, April 16, 1663. in the ship "Bonte


I794


HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS


Koe" (Spotted Cow). Helen Traphagen, wife of Jan Burhans, was the daughter of William Jansen Traphagen by his first wife, Jannetje Claessen Groenvis, of Meppett. William Trap- hagen settled in America in 1660 at Bush- wick, Long Island. Hendrick and Magda- lena (Burhans) Van Buren had eleven chil- dren, all born in the town of Bethlehem, Al- bany county, New York. I. Rebecca, born June 2, 1797, died December 17. 186 ; mar- ried, at Bethlehem, Albany county. New York, January 28, 1824, Peter G. Van Zandt, born January 29, 1796, died May 13, 1865, son of Gilbert and Rachel ( Lucas) Van Zandt. 2. Johannes, born October 10, 1798, died January 20, 1852, unmarried, in the house Mrs. Schuy- ler now occupies. 3. Moses, born September 25, 1800, died 1866, unmarried. 4. Daniel, born July 14, 1802, died at Middleburg, New York ; married ( first ), October 3, 1827, Rebecca Van Zandt, born April 9. 1807, died at Albany, December 26, 1843, daughter of Nicholas Van Zandt. He married (second), May 11, 1851, Catherine Wormer, born October 12, 1815, died March 17, 1884, daughter of John and Maria ( Henry ) Wormer ; had a son John, now married and lives on the old farm in Mid- dleburg. 5. Peter, of whom further. 6. Wil- liam, born 1806, was drowned in Schoharie creek, June 18, 1843: unmarried. 7. Tem- perance, born September 27, 1808, died at Bath-on-Hudson, Rensselaer county, New York, March 11, 1877; married, May 10, 1846, at Albany, George H. Cook, born in Germany, November 29, 1815, son of John G. and Elizabeth ( Schnell ) Cook ; left daughter, Adelaide, wife of John Lane, of Albany, and has son Arthur. 8. Douw, died in childhood. 9. Ilezekiah Burhans, born March 27, 1813. died in Delmar, New York; married ( first), May 27, 1837, at Albany, Rebecca Van Zandt, born June 15, 1815, died March 17, 1850, darghter of David and Matilda (Hogan ) Van Zandt. Ile married (second), in town of Coeymans, New York, February 25, 1851. Ilannah Van Zandt, born January 2, 1822, died August 5. 1861, sister of his first wife. He married (third), September 2, 1865, Mrs. Sarah Jane ( McNab) Nelson, born May 28, 1836, daughter of Jaspar and Maria ( Pier ) McNab. 10. Henry, born March 14, 1815, (lied 1831. 11. Sarah Maria, born April 16, 1817. died 1823.


(VII) Peter, fifth child and fourth son of Hendrick (3) and Magdalena ( Burhans ) Van Buren, was born September 13, 1805, and died in what is now known as Coeymans Square, town of Coeymans, Albany county, New York, November 7, 1885. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the carpenter's


trade. He became a well known contractor and builder, also owning a farm which he cultivated. The farm in greater part is now owned by his daughter, Anna L., and is now the site of the greater part of the village of Ravena. "Coeymans Square" is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was the meeting place of an early Lodge of Free Masons. Peter was a well-to-do man and stood high in his community. He was a Democrat, and a warm friend of the Union cause during the civil war. He was a mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed church. He mar- ried, February 27, 1840, Mary Ann Baker, born February 14, 1818, died January 14, 1886, daughter of John and Margaret ( Vroo- man) Baker, of Coeymans Square. Her par- ents died in 1885-86. Mary Ann Baker de- scended from Joab Baker, who came from England and settled in Roxbury, Connecti- cutt. His son, Joab (2) Baker, settled in the town of Coeymans, Albany county, in 1791 : married Hannah Ashmore, of London, Eng- land, daughter of John Ashmore, a brewer of note in England, who came to the United States and made large land purchases in Coey- mans; he died in New York City, of yellow fever. They had seven children, of whom the eldest was John, born at Coeymans Square, now Ravena, Albany county, and died at the age of eighty-six years. He was a leather merchant; he married at Pictua, Albany county, New York, Margaret Vrooman ; children: 1. Mary Ann, married Peter Van Buren and their only child was Anna Louise, see forward. 2. Cornelis Vrooman Baker, a prominent farmer of the town of Bethlehem; he married Caroline Lasher of Bethlehem ; children: Alexander, Charles, Abbie S. and Edward. 3. Margaret Jane, married Cornelius Vrooman, a farmer of Bethlehem, where their deaths occurred ; children : Albert ; Anna A. : Caroline; Mary, died aged seven years ; John F.


(VIII) Anna Louise, only child of Peter and Mary Ann (Baker) Van Buren, was born at Coeymans Square, on the farm she now owns and in the house she now occupies, now the village of Ravena, Albany county, New York, April 22, 1860. She was educated in the high school of Coeymans, and after the death of her parents, in 1885 and 1886, in- herited the entire estate. She married Philip Schuyler, born October, 1840, died Novem- ber 10, 1905, son of John Cuyler and Anna Maria ( Schuyler) Schuyler, of Watervliet, Albany county, New York. Philip Schuyler received a good education in the public schools. After his marriage he removed to Ravena and managed the Van Buren farm.


Peter Van Buren


Mary Ann Van Buren


1795


HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS


He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Dutch Reformed church. Since his death Mrs. Schuyler has continued her resi- dence in Ravena, where she is held in univer- sal esteem. She is an active member of the Dutch Reformed church, and owns the pew formerly owned by her parents, and is in- terested in all worthy objects, a member of both home and foreign missions, and extends her charity to every good cause. She has no children. ( See Schuyler Genealogy for Schuy- ler family. )


GREENE The Greene family of Amster- dam, New York, are descen- dants of Thomas Greene, of England, the final e of the name being dropped by the second generation in America. There were other families of the same name who set- tled in New England at an early date, and there were others by the name of Thomas. There was a Thomas who was on record in Roxbury in 1648; Thomas, who came in the "Speedwell" in 1636; and Thomas, of Middle- sex. These must not be confounded with the Thomas Greene, of Malden, who founded the family under consideration in this sketch.


( I) Thomas Greene, the immigrant, was born in England, probably in Leicestershire, about 1606, died in New England, December 19, 1667. The first record extant of him is dated 1653, when his youngest daughter, Dor- cas, was born, but it is exceedingly probable that he was an early settler in the Massachu- setts Colony ; that he remained temporarily in one of the new settlements inntil about 1649-50, when he removed to the northern part of Malden, now Melrose, where he se- cured his farm of sixty-three acres; that all his children lived with him or near him with the exception of daughter Hannah, who mar- ried and lived in Woburn. It is certain that he lived in Malden, Massachusetts, as early as October 28, 1651, when his wife Elizabeth and daughter of the same name, signed a peti- tion to the general court concerning the Rev. Marmaduke Matthews. A portion of his farm in Malden was still in the possession of some of his descendants two hundred years later. He was selectman of Malden in 1658, served several times on the Middlesex county grand jury and was known as Thomas Greene, Sr .. to distinguish him from his son, Thomas, Jr .. and another Thomas Greene of the town, who had no suffix. His ten children who had been living near him commenced to separate about 1676. Four of his sons-Samuel, William, Nathaniel and Jabez-removed to Leicester, and their descendants are found to-day in every state in the Union. Another son,


Henry, removed to Killingly, Connecticut, as did the children of his son Jacob. Another son, David, removed to Amherst, New Hamp- shire; two others, Jacob and Benjamin, to Hanover, New Jersey. Thomas Greene, Sr., in his will, dated November 12, 1667, does not mention any wife, but makes bequests to his "eldest son" Thomas, to sons John, William, Henry, Samuel and to daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Martha and Dorcas. This shows that all his children were living at the date of his death. Some of them were born in England, but it is not on record how many. He married (first) Elizabeth -, who died August 22, 1658, and is believed to have been the mother of all his children. He mar- ried (second) Frances, born in 1608, widow of Richard Cook, previously widow of Isaac Wheeler, who had had children by her first two husbands.


(II) Thomas (2) Green, son of Thomas (I) and Elizabeth Greene, was born in Eng- land about 1630, died in Malden, Massachu- setts, February 13, 1671-72, having made his will the previous day. He was a farmer and always lived in Malden, where he was admit- ted freeman, May 31, 1670. He married, about 1653, Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Ilills. She was one of the thirty-six women who signed the petition to the general court, pray- ing that body to exense some errors and fail- ings of Rev. Marmaduke Matthews, first min- ister to Malden, who had fallen under the cen- sure of that honorable body. Children: I. Rebecca, married Thomas Newell. 2.


Thomas, not mentioned in his father's will, be- ing probably then deceased. 3. Ilannah, died in infancy. 4. Hannah. married John Vinton, of Woburn, and had a numerous posterity, which is fully recorded in the "Vinton Memo- rial." 5. Samuel, see forward.


(III) Captain Samuel Green, youngest child of Thomas (2) and Rebecca (IIills) Green, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, October 5. 1670, died January 2, 1735-36. He resided in Malden until 1717, when he re- moved to Leicester, being one of the original founders of that town. Leicester was granted by the general court, February 10. 1713-14. and Captain Green was appointed one of the committee by the proprietors to settle it. He had one hundred and eighty acres of land granted him in five parcels, and was a very in- fluential man in all the affairs of the new set- tlement, the part of the town once occupied by him being still Greenville in his honor. It is a village in the southern part of Leicester, about one mile north of the South Leicester railroad depot. Ilis title of captain was be- stowed upon him for service in the militia.


1796


HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS


rendered during the Narragansett war. He married Elizabeth, born 1658, died 1720. daughter of Deacon Phineas Upham, grand- daughter of Lieutenant Phineas Upham, who was severely wounded at the storming of the Narragansett fort, December 19, 1675; and great-granddaughter of Deacon John Upham, born in England, and founder of the Upham family in America. Captain Samuel Green mentioned in his will, dated April 18, 1717, wife Elizabeth, son Thomas and daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca (twins), Ruth, Lydia, Bathsheba, Abigail and Anna.


(IV) Rev. Thomas (3) Green, only son of Captain Samuel and Elizabeth ( Upham) Green, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1699, died in Leicester, August 19. 1773. He acquired a knowledge of medicine and surgery from two surgeons of the English buccaneers. who hoarded with his father for many years. they having come in and surrendered them- selves under an offer of pardon from the Eng- lish government. They instructed Thomas in what they knew of medicine, gave him a few medical books, and with this equipment and an uncommon amount of practical wisdom, he was enabled to enter upon and pursue the practice of medicine with great success. This practice extended into various parts of the col- ony, and into Rhode Island and Connecticut. He was not, however, more eminent as a phy- sician than he was as a minister of the Gospel. Having embraced the Baptist faith, he organ- ized a church and society of that denomination in South Leicester, and was ordained their pastor in 1736. He supplied their pulpit for many years, and his church grew and flour- ished. He donated a farm for a parsonage, a lot of land for the meeting house, and for a burial ground, in which he and his wife were buried, but their remains, together with those of his father, were afterward removed by their descendant, Dr. John Green, to Rural ceme- tery. in Worcester, Massachusetts, He married. January 13. 1725-26, Martha, born in Maklen, July 6. 1700, died in Leicester, June 20. 1780. daughter of Captain John Lynde by his third wife. who was Mrs. Judith ( Worth) Buck- man. Children : 1. Samuel, see forward. 2. Martha. married Robert Green, who studied medicine with her father, but never practiced the profession, becoming a manufacturer of spinning wheels. 3. Isaac. married Sarah Howe. 4. Thomas, married ( first ) Hannah Fox. (second ) Anna Hovey. 5. John, mar- ried ( first ) Mary Osgood, (second) Mary Ruggles. 6. Solomon, married Elizabeth Page. 7. Elizabeth, married ( first) Daniel Hovey, ( second) Rev. Benjamin Foster, D.D .. a graduate of Yale College, who succeeded


his father-in-law as pastor of the Leicester Baptist Church, from whence he was called to Newport, Rhode Island : then to the church in Gold street, New York City, where he died of yellow fever in 1798. He had received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Brown University.


(\') Deacon Samnel (2) Green, eldest child of Rev. Thomas (3) and Martha (Lynde) Green, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, 1726, died in the autumn of 1810. He served as deacon in the Baptist church in Leicester for more than fifty years. After the dismis- sion of Rev. Dr. Foster, the church was with- out a pastor for a period of several years, and during this time Deacon Samuel Green de- voted himself with much energy, ability and piety to the interests of the church, which continued to prosper. He was greatly be- loved in the town and his death was deeply and sincerely mourned. He married (first ) January 28, 1753. Zeviah Dana, born 1733, died May 25, 1797. Married (second )


Fisk, a widow, of Sturbridge, who died July 2, 1810. Children of first wife : Three. names not recorded, who died in infancy. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Elijah, died in the service of his country in camp at Roxbury. Massachusetts, December 25, 1776, at the age of sixteen years.


(VI) Samuel (3), son of Deacon Samuel (2) and Zeviah (Dana) Green, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, November 22, 1757. died at Pembroke, New York, February 2. 1832. Hle resided in Leicester on the old homestead of his grandfather, Rev. Thomas Green, but, meeting with financial reverses and losing much of his property, he removed from Massachusetts, settling in Pembroke, New York, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was an eminently pious man. and his wife enjoyed a similar reputation. lle married. April 15. 1779. Hannah Kin- ney, of Sutton, who died December 22, 1842, "aged ninety-two years, two months and four- teen days." After the death of her husband she returned to Leicester, where she lived with her son-in-law, John King. Children: 1. Elijah, died young. 2. Anderson Dana, died young. 3. Lucretia, married Daniel Fair- banks. 4. Sophia, married John King, of Lei- cester. 5. Samuel, died young. 6. Samuel Dana, married Susan Gibbs, of Providence. Rhode Island. 7. William Kinney, see for- ward. 8. IJadassah, married Asa Mann. of Leicester : she removed to St. Catharines. Can- ada, where she died, leaving three children. 9. Patty, died young. 10. Hannah, died young.


(\'ll) William Kinney, fifth son and sev-


1797


HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS


enth child of Samuel (3) and Hannah ( Kin- ney ) Greene was born in Leicester. January 9, 1790, died in Amsterdam, New York, Octo- ber 13, 1864. lle settled in Amsterdam, in 1840, becoming a pioneer carpet manufac- turer there, and being associated there .for a time with John Sanford, of the Sanford Car- pet Mills. He was later in the manufactur- ing business alone, and was a highly respected and energetic man of affairs in the city. He married, December 10, 1812, Betsey, daughter of Deacon Jedediah Kimball, of Woodstock, Connecticut. Children : 1. AAlmeria, married Lyman Bennett. 2. William Kimball, see for- ward. 3. Harriet Newell, married Nicholas Anthony Wemple. 4. Samuel Dana, married Marietta Willoughby. 5. llenry Eckford. 6. Andrew Harding, married Mary E. Davis.


(VIII ) William Kimball, eldest son and sec- ond child of William Kinney and Betsey (Kimball) Greene, was born July 18, 1816, died in Rome, Italy, while on a European tour, January, 1870. He was one of the potent factors in securing for the city of Amsterdam the water supply and power which gave it its full impetus as a great manufacturing center, and was the founder of two of its most im- portant industries. He was a member of the firm of Wait, Greene & Company, manufactur- ers of satinet, at Hagamans Mills in 1840, but in 1842 withdrew from that firm and located in Amsterdam, where he started a carpet fac- tory in a small building, afterward the site of the Greene Knitting Company's works. This was the forerunner and foundation of the car- pet industry in Amsterdam and of the present immense business of S. Sanford & Sons. Mr. Greene ran his business alone for a few years, then John Sanford acquired an interest, and the plant was removed to the old Harris mill. further up the stream. Prior to 1856 Mr. Greene retired from the firm, which after other changes became. in 1853, the sole property of Stephen Sanford, who later admitted his sons. In 1856 William K. Greene and John Mc- Donnell began the manufacture of knit goods in the small building where later stood the extensive plant of the Greene Knitting Com- pany. In 1868 Mr. McDonnell withdrew. the business henceforth being conducted by Mr. Greene, who increased it by the erection of a much larger mill on the same site, operating with thirteen sets of machinery. In 1870 he died and was succeeded by his sons, Elijah P. and Henry E. Greene, with John K. War- nick, under the firm name of W. K. Greene's Sons & Company. Upon the death of E. P. Greene, the firm became W. K. Greene's Son & Company. In 1881 Henry E. Greene died, and in 1882 the Greene Knitting Company,


manufacturers of knit underwear, was formed. if any one man can be called the father of manufacturing interests in Amsterdam, it is William K. Greene, these two great industries, carpets and knit goods, both being founded by him.


Amsterdam originally had sufficient water power from Chuctenunda creek to run its mills, but with the denuding of the northern hills and mountains, the supply was decreased. Dams were resorted to, but in 1855 it was necessary to again increase the supply of water. In that year a reservoir was con- structed in Galway, covering four hundred and fifty acres, which was enlarged in 1865 to five hundred and fifty acres. In 1875 the banks of the reservoir were raised, increasing the area of stored water to one thousand acres. Through all these operations Mr. Greene bore a conspicuous part. He was one of the in- corporators of the water supply company and, when the first board of trustees was formed, for the purpose of maintaining the supply, he was chosen one of the Water Supply Com- pany. This permanent settlement of the ques- tion of power has been of immense advantage to .Amsterdam, as it attracted many new in- dustries, and has resulted in making the city one of the most noted manufacturing centers in Central New York. In this, as in the start- ing of pioneer industries, great credit must be awarded William Kimball Greene. He was a man of great energy and initiative and a born leader of men. He was interested in all forms of charity and benevolence for the benefit of those less fortunately situated than himself, and he and his wife gave generous aid to the institutions of the city. The record he left is a noble one, and his memory is still warmly cherished. Mr. Greene married, December 22, 1838. Jane M. Priest. Children: 1. Elijah Priest, see forward. 2. Ilenry Eckford, see forward.


(IX) Elijah Priest, eldest son of William Kimball and Jane M. ( Priest) Greene was born May 22, 1843, died December 9. 1876. To a great degree he inherited the mechani- cal ability of his father. He was an exten- sive traveler. a great lover of beauty in art and nature, his collection of geological speci- mens showing him to have been a geologist of no mean merit. On September 28, 1865. he married at Ilion, New York, Ella, born June, 1845. daughter of Philo Remington. well known to the world as the inventor and manufacturer of the Remington typewriters and rifles. Children: 1. Fred Remington, see forward. 2. William Kimball, born December 15. 1869. 3. Ilarry Priest, born November 27. 1871, died in New Haven, Connecticut, June


1798


HUDSON AND MOHAWK VALLEYS


10, 1892, just prior to his graduation from Yale University.


(IX) Henry Eckford, second son of Wil- liam Kimball and Jane M. ( Priest ) Greene, was born April 10, 1849, died September 20, 1881. He was a prominent knit goods manu- facturer in Amsterdam, New York, and was highly honored and respected for his sterling worth as a business man and as a citizen. He married Helen K., born in Troy, New York, June 28. 1851, died May 26, 1880, daughter of Ransom Baldwin and Elizabeth (Winne) Moore; granddaughter of Charles Moore, a soldier of the revolution, who died September 21, 1821; also a granddaughter of Robert Winne, and great-granddaughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Adams) Winne, who were among the first settlers in the Hudson-Mo- hawk valley. Children: I. Jane M., married Hon. Spencer K. Warnick, born September 9, 1874, a graduate of Yale University, and an attorney at law in Amsterdam. Children : Spencer K., born May 20, 1899 ; Henry Greene, April 17, 1902. 2. Henry E., born May 2, 1880, is engaged in business in Amsterdam ; married, October 8, 1902, Florence Irene Tay- lor : son, Henry E., born Sept 24, 1903.


(X) Fred Remington, eldest child of Elijah Priest and Ella (Remington) Greene, was born in Amsterdam, New York, November 4, 1867. He married, January 4, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia, Harriet Estelle Delbridge, born July 24, 1873, and has one child: Emily Hughey Delbridge, born November 30, 1907. Mrs. Greene is the daughter of Dr. George Wash- ington and Emily Mandeville (Hughey) Del- bridge, the latter born May 5. 1847, daugh- ter of Joseph, and granddaughter of John Hughey, of South Carolina, whose family dates back to the Huguenot settlers of early colonial days. Dr. Delbridge, born in Peters- burg, Virginia. November 18, 1826, was a well-known physician of Atlanta, Georgia, where he died June 1, 1900. His father was James Kimmeburgh, his grandfather Edward Delbridge, of Virginia, the latter being a sol- dier during the revolution. The line goes back to Richard Delbridge, the immigrant an- cestor, who came from England to America in 1619, and had special rights granted him with reference to the Atlantic coast fisheries.


The Ostranders have been OSTRANDER for several generations residents and natives of New York state. The first of the line herein recorded was John Ostrander, who lived near Round Lake, Saratoga county. He married Rebecca, daughter of Stephen Southard, who served in the revolutionary army as sergeant


of Colonel Pope's Tenth Massachusetts regi- ment. He fought at the battle of Saratoga, and soon afterward made permanent settle- ment near Round Lake.


(II) Nelson, son of John and Rebecca (Southard) Ostrander, was born at Stillwa- ter, Saratoga county, New York. He was a farmer, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. In politics he was a Whig and Republican. He married Eliza Baker. Chil- dren : George W., Perry N., Bell, Rose, Helen and Frankie.


(III) George W., eldest son of Nelson and Eliza (Baker) Ostrander, was born in Still- water, Saratoga county, New York, in 1840. He was a real estate broker and a lumberman. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served three years in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was a Republican in politics. He married Hortense Lewis, born 1853, died 1898.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.