Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 78

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


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(IV) George Nelson, son of George W. and Hortense (Lewis) Ostrander, was born at Troy, New York, July II, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of Albany, New York, Troy Conference Seminary, Poultney, Vermont, Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain, New York, and Albany Business Col- lege. He decided on the profession of law, made the necessary preparation, passed the re- quired examinations, and was admitted to the bar of New York state in 1890. Since that time he maintained an office in Albany and continuously practiced his profession. He has other important business interests. In 1890 he engaged with his father in the real estate business in Albany, and since 1906 has been a member of Finch, Pruyn & Company, paper manufacturers of Glens Falls, New York, and manager of their timber land department. He is also a director of the Glens Falls Trust Company, of Glens Falls, New York. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church. Ilis fraternal orders are: The Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His clubs are the Al- bany of Albany, New York; Republican of New York City; Glens Falls of Glens Falls, New York: Saratoga and the Saratoga Golf of Saratoga. New York. He married (first) in Albany, December 22, 1894, Augusta Tur- ner, born in Albany. He married ( second) Tune 22, 1907, Harriet E. Smith, born in Northville, New York. Child of first mar- riage: George N., born November 23. 1898.


Charles Kimball Gallup de-


GALLUP scends in direct line from John Gallop (also Gollop and Gal- lup) born 1590, fourth son of Thomas Gal-


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lop, gentleman, of North Bowood, county Dor- set, England, and whose wife was a daughter of Thomas Crabb, of Nosterne, same county. John Gallop came to America in 1634. His wife. Christobel, followed soon after. They settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he died in 1650.


The Gallup family spread over New Eng- land and adjacent states, a branch settling in Greene county. New York. Charles Kim- ball Gallup is a son of Henry Schuyler Gal- lup, a resident of Coxsackie, Greene county, New York, who was a member of the Meth- odist church and a pronounced Democrat. He married, December 17, 1835. Anna Maria Van Den Berg, born April 9, 1819, at Coxsackie, New York. He died July 9. 1888, aged sev- enty-eight years : his wife died October 10, 1897, aged seventy-seven years. Children :


Horatio Nelson, born December 28, 1836, died January 25, 1837 ; William Henry, December 26, 1838, died 1910: James Harvey, Novem- ber 24, 1841, died August 28, 1844: Charles Kimball, see forward.


(II) Charles Kimball Gallup was born at Coxsackie, New York, September 8. 1845. He was graduated at Coxsackie Academy, one of the best of the academies of that period. He has been connected with one corporation for thirty-seven years, and is still an active business man. He is a Marxian Socialist but rarely exercises his right of franchise, believ- ing it to be in the final analysis a farcical per- formance. He is a member of the Episcopal church. He married, September 3, 1872, Car- rie Nichols (see Gardner VIII ).


(Van Den Berg Line).


Anna Maria (Van Den Berg) Gallup, wife of Henry Schuyler Gallup, and mother of Charles Kimball Gallup, is a direct descend- ant of Richard Janse Van Den Berg, who was living at Coxsackie in 1720. He married, at Albany. November 13. 1699, Catherine (Trynije), daughter of Matthias Houghtaling. who in 1697 received a patent for a large tract of land at Coxsackie. Children hap- tized: Maria, May 12, 1700: Antje, May 17. 1702: Jan, September 19. 1703 ; Matthys, Jan- uary 15. 1706: Racheltje. February 22, 1708: Dorotea. October 30, 1710: Hendrick. Octo- her 19. 1712; Lidia. April 24. 1715: Robert. see forward.


(II) Robert, son of Richard Janse and Catherine (Houghtaling ) Van Den Berg, was born June 30. 1717. He married Catharine Brandow. Children : Wilhelmus (William), and others.


(III) William, son of Robert and Catha- rine (Brandow ) Van Den Berg, was baptized


July 29, 1750, at Albany, New York. married Elizabeth Brandow.


(IV) Richard, son of William and Eliza- beth (Brandow ) Van Den Berg, was born at Coxsackie, New York, March 16, 1786, died October 11, 1826. He married, March II, 1805. Catherine Heath, born January 23, 1789. died March 7, 1848. Children : Angenat, born March 29, 1806: Elizabeth Christina, De- cember 28, 1808: Robert. May 20, 1812; Catherine. December 6, 1813: William, Feb- ruary 4. 1816: Anna Maria, see forward.


(V) Anna Maria, daughter of Richard and Catherine (Heath) Van Den Berg, was born April 9, 1819, at Coxsackie, New York. She married IIenry Schuyler Gallup.


(VI) Charles Kimball, son of Henry Schuy- ler and Anna Maria (Van Den Berg) Gallup, married, September 3, 1872. Carrie Nichols (see Gardner VIII ).


The name of Ford is one of the FORD oldest found in New England rec- ords, John of Plymouth being named as one of the "First Comers" who landed from the "Fortune" in 1621. The first of record in New York state is Simon Ford, of Saratoga county, who settled at an early date, procured land, which he cleared and cul- tivated. He married and had issue.


(II) James, son of Simon Ford, was a farmer of Saratoga county, New York. He married and had issue.


(III) John, son of James Ford, was a farmer of the town of Edinburg. Saratoga county, New York. He married Vilda, daugh- ter of Svrill (or Cyrill) and Anna (Young- love ) Wheeler.


(1\') John Wheeler, son of John and Vilda ( Wheeler ) Ford, was born in the town of Edinburg, Saratoga county, New York, May 15. 1848. He was educated in the public schools and under private tutors. Ile took a course in civil engineering at Bachelorville Academy, completing his professional studies under private instruction. He became a well- known civil engineer and has many important works to his credit. For eleven years he was engineer for the city of Cohoes, and was closely identified with the vast engineering work done in that city in connection with the hydraulic power canals of the Cohoes Com- pany. In 1882 Mr. Ford removed to Water- ford. New York, where he engaged in the manufacture of knit goods, continuing un- til the present. He has been very successful in business and is one of the leading mannfac- turers of his section. Hle is a man of strong character and holds high position among men of mark. lle is a Republican in politics, and


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an attendant of the Presbyterian church of Waterford. He married. September 24, 1873. Minnie Smith, daughter of d tell and Mar- garet ( Cook) Peverly, bem of whom were born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Chil- dren of John W. and Minnie S. ( Peverly ) Ford: Helen, married James D. Shroeder : Peverly W., married Elvira Haight.


( The Younglove Line ).


(1) Anna ( Younglove ) Wheeler, mother of Vilda ( Wheeler ) Ford, is a descendant of Samuel Younglove, aged thirty years, who, with his wife Margaret, aged twenty-eight years, and son Samuel, aged one year, sailed from London, England. in August, 1635, in the "Hopewell," came to America and set- tled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he died, 1668. Children : 1. Samuel, died young. 2. Samuel, a wheelwright : admitted freeman 1671 ; married, August, 1660, Sarah Kens- man and had issue. 3. Joseph. 4. Rev. John, of further mention.


(II) Rev. John Younglove, son of Samuel and Margaret Younglove, died in 1690. He became a minister of the Presbyterian church and a schoolmaster. He lived a life of great usefulness. He married Sarah and had children: 1. John (2), from whom the branch herein recorded descends. 2. Samuel, ancestor of T. S. Pope, of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 3. James. 4. Joseph, an- cestor of James S. Younglove, of Johnstown, New York. 5. Sarah. 6. Mary Hannah. 7. Lydia.


(III) John (2). son of Rev. John and Sarah Younglove, married and had issue.


(IV) John (3). son of John (2) Young- love, married Jemima Children : John, Samuel, Sarah and Jemima.


(V) Jolın (4), son of John (3) and Je- mima Younglove, married, September 30, 1749, Abigail Bloss. Children : Patience, Abi- gail, John, Jemima and Elizabeth.


(VI) John (5), son of John (4) and Abi- gail ( Bloss) Younglove, was born December 11. 1756: died January 13, 1840. lle mar- ried Thankful Copeland, born April 17, 1760, clied September 26, 1839. Children: 1. John, born April 18, 1780 ; married, October 9, 1804. Betsey Tyler. 2. Thankful, born November 13, 1781 : married, February 24, 1805. Weeks Copeland. 3. Abner, born July 8, 1784 : mar- ried. January 26, 1805. Polley Rogers. 4. Anna, twin of Abner, see forward. 5. Wil- liam, born June 5. 1786; died March 26, 1790. 6. Sally Smith, born September 18, 1788 ; mar- ried, November 18, 1806, Solomon Clark Pratt. 7. David Copeland, born February 26, 1701 : married (first) February 17, 1814:


Elizabeth Stimson, of Edinburg, New York. Married ( second ) April, 1852, a widow. Mrs. Anna Smith. Children by first marriage: i. Truman G. Younglove, born October 31, 1815, died September 7, 1882 ; married ( first ) Janu- ary 7, 1841, Elizabeth McMartin; (second) November 6, 1850, Jane McMartin. ii. Moses S. Younglove, born August 7. 1818, died March 20, 1882 ; married. December 25, 1853. Mary Humphreys. iii. John Orlando Young- love, born July 25. 1825 : married, March, 1852, Evelyn Padden. iv. Samuel Abner Younglove, born August 8, 1827. died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, November, 1894: married, May, 1852. Rhoda Main. v. David Earl Younglove, born October 27. 1831, died in Syracuse, New York, February 12. 1896: married Clara -. vi. Mary Jane Young- love, born January 12, 1834. died in child- hood. 8. Zopher, born April 26, 1793. died September 12, 1795. 9. Betsey, born Septem- ber 15. 1795: married. July 28, 1811. Henry Briggs. 10. Nabby, born July 10, 1797. mar- ried, March 24. 1816. William Hicks. 11. Lucy, born November 27, 1799, married, 1851. Peter Benson. 12. Daniel, born January 13. 1802. married. December 3, 1829, Aluora Smith. 13. Vilda, born January 16, 1804, died July 29. 1804.


(VII) Anna, daughter of John (5) and Thankful ( Copeland ) Younglove, born July 8. 1784: married, June 27, 1811, Syrill Wheeler.


(VIII ) Vilda, daughter of Syrill and Anna ( Younglove) Wheeler, married John Ford.


( IX) John Wheeler, son of John and Vilda ( Wheeler ) Ford : married Minnie Smith Pev- erly.


The Haswells of Hoosick. IIASWELL New York, are descendants of John llaswell, born in Brough, Strammore, Westmoreland county, England, April 19. 1728, died in Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, September 22, 1808. Ile married (first) Mary Miller, who died in England. Ile married (second) Mary Haliday, born July 17, 1740, died December 12, 1824. She accompanied him to America, in 1774. on the sailing vessel, "Golden Gate," where they met the family of Thomas Mark. Four sons of John Haswell married four daughters of Thomas Mark, and one daughter of John Haswell married Isaac Mark. Chil- dren of first wife: 1. John, born 1751. died 1777, unmarried. 2. Joseph, born 1753 ; mar- ried Mary Mark. 3. Robert, born March 22, 1755, see forward. 4. Arthur, born March, 1757 : married Mary Coughty. 5. Betsy, born 17:8. 6. Mary, born 1761. Children of sec-


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und wife: 7. Thomas, born 1704: married Elizabeth Mark. 8. Richard, born 1765 : mar- ried Deborah Mark. 9. Margaret, born 1707 : married Isaac Mark. 10. Isabella, born 1770 ; married Jeremiah Wood. II. Edward, born 1773 : married Ann Russell. 12. Hannah, born 1777 : married Jutkins. 13. John, born 1780; married Peggy Burhans. 14. A son, born 1782. 15. William, born 1784: married Elizabeth U'dell.


( H) Robert, son of John and Mary ( Mil- ler ) Haswell, was born March 22, 1755. died January 11, 1820. With his wife, Sarah ( Mark ) Haswell, who died October 11, 1823. aged sixty-two years, he settled in Hoosick. New York, in the year 1799, purchasing a tract of land on the banks of the Hoosick river of five hundred and six acres from the state called the Expense Lot, paying some- thing over three thousand dollars. Children : 1. Mary, born March 1, 1781, died .April 15. 1825, unmarried. 2. Elizabeth, born Jannary 13, 1785, died January 27. 1835 ; married Wil- liam Tweed Dale. 3. John R., born August 8, 1789, died May 30, 1863; married Ann Montgomery. 4. Deborah, born March 10. 1792, died August 25. 1863 : married William Joslin. 5. Robert, born March 16, 1794. died February 12, 1867 ; married Cynthia Haswell, Caroline Hewitt and Mary Hewitt. 6. Joseph, born October 17. 1796, see forward. 7. Har- riet, born July 18, 1799, died February I. 1882; married Isaac Armstrong. 8. Sarah, born August 28, 1801, died March 4, 1858; married Dr. Salmon Moses. 9. Philip, born August 26, 1805, died March 29, 1819. 10. Julia Ann, born February 16, 1808, died 1863 ; married John Lottridge.


( HEF) Joseph, son of Robert and Sarah ( Mark ) Haswell, was born October 17. 1796, died October 22, 1856. He settled on the road from Hoosick to Hoosick Falls, on a farm consisting of about three hundred and fifty acres adjacent to his father's land. The home was beautifully located on a high eleva- tion known in those days as "The Haswell Ilill." It gave a view of the surrounding country which was most picturesque, looking down on the Hoosick Valley. He was a man of sterling qualities, independent in his views, a strong advocate for the cause of temperance which was not popular in those days. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Hoosick Falls. He was one of the first breeders of Spanish Merino sheep in this section of the state, and the first man to bring his flock to such perfection that they sheared five pounds of wool to a sheep. At the time of his death he was the owner of nearly six hundred sheep, which was a large quantity


for those days. He was a stockholder and director of the old stage road whicheran from Albany to Montreal called "The Montreal Adams road." It was the great thoroughfare from New York to Canada, and for many years a large portion was under his super- vision. He was a man that commanded re- spect, a gentleman of the old school and one that hekl an enviable position in the commu- nity where he resided. He married (first ) Adelaide Leet : married (second ) Eliza Haynes ; married (third) at Hoosick, New York, Susan Rogers Whiskey, born Feb- ruary 2, 1815, died April 5. 1870, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Rogers ) Whiskey. Chil- dren: 1. Mary Frances, born May 9. 1843. (lied May 5. 1857. 2. Joseph Mark, born March 10, 1846, died November 15, 1909, at Hoosick: he was educated in the public schools; he inherited many of his father's characteristics and propensities, and one con- spicuous one was his love and rare judgment of blooded stock, and on his farm at Hoosick on the Bennington road he kept blooded stock of all kinds ; he was a member of the Presby- terian church at Hoosick Falls, and a man of high character and firmness of purpose and wonderful energy and courage. In his early days he was a member of "old Capitol police" of Troy under Captain Northrup and Ser- geant Rogers: he married. February, 1875. Elizabeth, born January 4. 1856, daughter of George and Mary (Wallace) Brown: chil- dren : i. Joseph King, born January 10, 1876, (lied April 2. 1883 : ii. William Wallace, born October 16, 1879. married. 1902, Gertrude R. Richmond, born September 16. 1885: child. Joseph Edward, born September 9, 1906; iii. George Albert. twin of William Wal- lace, an Osteopath physician. settled in Springfield, Massachusetts: iv. Mark B .. born June 24. 1884. married, 1908. Mahel Plant Brown ; child, Wallace Mark, born June 9, 1910; v. Thomas King, born Feb- ruary 2, 1893: vi. Kenneth Gorton, born March 18, 1898. 3. Amelia Elizabeth, born in Hoosick, New York, March 11, 1848; re- sides in Troy, where her life is being spent in philanthropic and charitable work; in 1881 she accepted a position as church missionary to the Second Street Presbyterian Church, where she labored faithfully for many years ; she was then called to serve as city mission- ary where there were no limitations to her work : for twenty-one years she has been an ardent worker for fresh air children: for many years she was president of this organ- ized enterprise in Troy : scarcely a poor child in Troy but does not know and love her ; for a number of years she had charge of a Gospel


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rescue mission and held weekly prayer meet- ings at her home known as "Miss Haswell's Tuesday Night Meeting"; one important and special feature of this meeting was the privi- lege of sending requests for prayer which sometimes came through the mails; she is well known in this city as an earnest, strong Christian character; she has her own idea of duty, and like some of her antecedents is not controlled merely by public opinion ; she has a heart full of sympathy and love for those fighting the hard battles of life, and the poor, suffering and down-trodden know they will find a friend in her; she is a woman of un- wavering faith in God, and is not daunted by severe testings; she believes "the things that are impossible with man are possible with God," and this thought inspires in her great courage, perseverance and hope to face great difficulties ; one of her favorite mottoes is "Attempt great things for God, and expect great things from God." 4. Susan, died in infancy. 5. Harriet Josephine, born April 20, 1851 ; married, in 1870, John Dickinson War- ren. son of Dr. Warren, who was a practicing physician at Hoosick for many years, and Susan (Dickinson ) Warren. John D. War- ren is a Presbyterian minister in Elmira, New York, and has labored in this capacity for many years with success here and elsewhere, and with the aid in his church work of his modest, charming, yet efficient wife, who has this work at heart, their united labors have been richly rewarded in many ways; child, Joseph Haswell, died in infancy. 6. Sarah, died in infancy.


Thomas and John Wiswall, both prominent among the WISWALL early settlers of Dorchester, Massachusetts, came from England, 1635, leaving behind them brothers Adam, Abiel and Jonathan. This record deals with the de- scendants of Thomas Wiswall. Both were el- ders of the church, both selectmen and sub- scribers to the school fund. Thomas, the younger brother, was a subscriber in 1641 ; selectman from 1644 to 1652. He died De- cember 6, 1683. No monument marks his grave, but that over the grave of Eller John states he was born in 1601. died in 1687, aged eighty-six years, which gives the approximate birth of Elder Thomas Wiswall. His farm of four hundred acres was in the limits of Dor- chester, and included a pond that bore his name. His house stood upon the southerly bank of the pond, and is described in his will. On the day Rev. John Eliot (2) was ordained pastor of the Dorchester church, July 20, 1664, Thomas Wiswall was ordained ruling elder


and assistant pastor in inspecting and disci- plining the flock. He married (first) Eliza- beth Children : I. Enoch, born 1633. 2. Esther, 1635. 3. Ichabod, 1637. 4. Noah, of further mention. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah, baptized 1643. 7. Ebenezer, 1646. El- der Wiswall married ( second) Isabella Farmer, a widow from Ansley, England. She survived him and died in Billerica, Massachu- setts, May, 1686.


(II) Captain Noah Wiswall, son of Elder Thomas and Elizabeth Wiswall, was baptized in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1638. He was killed in battle with the Indians at Wheel- wrights Pond, July 6, 1690. He was a man of education and was employed, 1681, to transcribe the town records, was selectman in 1685, assessor in 1686, and served on impor- tant committees. He was captain of the mili- tary company. When in 1690 a band of French and Indians were committing depreda- tions Captain Wiswall was slain in a battle with them. Tradition says he had a son John who fell in the same battle. Lands were granted the heirs of Captain Noah Wiswall in 1683 for his patriotic service. He married, December 10, 1664, Theodosia, daughter of John Jackson. Children: 1. Thomas, of fur- ther mention. 2. Elizabeth, born July 30, 1668; married, December 28, 1693, Rev. Thomas Greenwood, of Rehoboth, Massachu- setts. 3. Caleb. 4. John (perhaps). 5. Mar- garet, born January, 1672; married Nathan- iel Parker. 6. Mary. 7. Esther, born Janu- ary 2. 1678. 8. Sarah, May 11, 1680: mar- ried, 1702, Joseph Cheney.


(III) Lieutenant Thomas Wiswall, son of Captain Noah and Theodosia (Jackson) Wis- wall, was born February 28, 1666, died 1709. He inherited the homestead of his father, and was highway surveyor, 1694. constable, 1699, selectman, 1706 and 1707. He married, July, 1696, Hannah Cheney, who survived him and married (second) David Newman, of Rcho- both. Children: 1. Hannah, born October 15. 1607. 2. Noah, of further mention. 3. Sarah, born March 4, 1701 ; married, 1730, John Newman. 4. Mary, born October I, 1702. 5. Elizabeth, born August 25, 1704; married Nathaniel Longley. 6. Thomas. 7. Ichabod.


(IV) Captain Noah (2) Wiswall, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Hannah (Cheney) Wiswall, was born September 7, 1699. died June 13. 1786. ITe inherited the homestead and in 1744 rebuilt the house. He was select- man three years. He was one of the earliest Baptists in Newton, having been baptized in 1754, and was one of the founders of the Bap- tist church in Newton in 1780. The first


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meetings were held in his house, and he gave the land on which their first meeting house was erected. S. F. Smith's life of Rev. Mr. Grafton states that Captain Noah Wiswall was in the battle of Lexington. Three of his sons and some of his sons-in-law were in the East Newton company, commanded by his son, Captain Jeremiah Wiswall. After the company had marched for Lexington he start- ed on foot and alone to follow them, saying, "I wish to see what the boys are doing." It seems almost impossible that he could have endured the march and the fatigues of the day, as he was then seventy-six years of age, but the roll of the East Newton company in the battle of Lexington, now in the office of the secretary of state of Massachusetts, and sworn to by the captain of that company be- fore Judge Fuller, shows that he was in the company, and also several other aged men were volunteers in the ranks of the company on that day. He married (first) in 1720, Thankful, daughter of Jeremiah Fuller. She died in 1745. Married (second) in 1752, De- liverance, daughter of Ebenezer Kenrick, of Brookline. Children by first wife: 1. Thomas. 2. Elizabeth, married, December 17, 1741, Wil- liam Baldwin. 3. Jeremiah, born October 27, 1725. 4. Thankful, born September 1, 1727, died 1728. 5. John. 6. Thankful, born Au- gust II, 1729; married, 1750, Ebenezer Gee. 7. Mary, born April 1, 1731 : married, 1752. Samuel Norcross. 8. Sarah, born December 23, 1734; married, 1761, Dr. John King. 9. Esther, born December 2, 1737 ; married, 1768. Benjamin White. 10. Noah, of further men- tion. 11. Samuel. 12. Ebenezer, born 1742. 13. Margaret, born February 24, 1744; mar- ried, 1766, Thomas Palmer. 14. Hannah, born March 31, 1745: married, 1769, Eben- ezer Richards, of Dedham.


(V) Noah (3), son of Captain Noah (2) and Thankful (Fuller) Wiswall, was born July 7. 1740. He married, December, 1769, Mary Palmer, and settled in Fitchburg, Mas- sachusetts. In 1796 his estate was set off from Fitchburg and annexed to Westminster. Children : 1. Mary, born April 4. 1770; mar- ried - White ; her only child, Juliet, was left an orphan when an infant and was reared and educated by her uncle, Joseph Wiswall, who married her when seventeen years of age. a sin her Puritan mother never forgave her ; they resided in Troy, New York, a few years, then removed to Mobile, Alabama, where she died. 2. Noah, born October 22, 1772: no authentic record of him is found. 3. John Palmer, born January 29, 1775; married (first) Melita Green, settled near Burlington, Vermont ; married (second) Sarah Thurston ;


he is buried in Mount Ida cemetery, Troy. 4. Ebenezer (Eben), a leading business man of Troy. 5. Jane, born April 5, 1779. 6. William, born March 11, 1781. 7. Joseph, born February 2. 1784. 8. Japheth, born No- vember 18, 1785. 9. Seth, of further mention. IO, Sarah, born September 17. 1788. 11. Howard, born February 18, 1791. 12. Nancy, born November 16, 1792.


(VI) Seth, ninth child of Noah (3) and Mary ( Palmer ) Wiswall, was born in West- minster, Massachusetts, May 10, 1787, died in Albany, New York, about 1834. He grew up on the homestead farm and was educated in the town schools. After arriving at ma- ture years he removed to New York state, set- tling in Albany county. He there purchased a farm overlooking the Hudson which he cul- tivated for several years, later selling it to his brother Eben (or Ebenezer ) who had become heavily interested in ferry and real estate en- terprises. Seth, after disposing of his farm (now a part of the corporate limits of West Troy) settled in Albany where he died. He was a man of energy and enterprise, and bore a high reputation in his community. He mar- ried, about 1814, Nancy Pendleton, who died in Albany in 1847, a descendant of the Pen- dleton family of Rhode Island, one of a large family of daughters (eleven) and one son, William Pendleton. Children of Seth Wis- wall: 1. Mary, born about 1815, died 1845, unmarried. 2. Martha Nancy, born October 26, 1817, see forward. 3 and 4. Two sons, died in infancy. 5. Angelica Schuyler, born March, 1823: married Thomas Barber. 6. Elizabeth, twin of Angelica S., died in infancy.




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