Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 8

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

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(II) Hiram, ellest child of James and Katherine (Cain) Levey, was born in Mont- gomery county, New York, August 29, 1830, died October 19, 1905. Early in life he re- moved to Fulton county, New York, where all his subsequent life was passed. He was a farmer. Ile married, at Broadalbin, Ful- ton county, Rachel H. Ockart, born in Al- bany, New York, June 14, 1839. She sur- vives her husband and resides with a daugh- ter, Carrie B., in Troy, New York. She is the daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (Ruben) Ockart, who were born in France,

reared in Germany, came to the United States, to Albany, New York, where they were mar- ried ; following the birth of their second child they removed to Mayfield, Fulton county, where they died. Children of Anthony and Elizabeth Ockart: 1. Joseph Samuel F. C., resident of Gloversville, New York; by first wife has Philander and Alice. 2. Rachel H. (Mrs. Hiram Levey). Children of Hiram and Rachel H. (Ockart) Levey: 1. James, born 1855: of Amsterdam; married Christina Beck, and has Laura B., married Marcus Rasmussen, and Urban. 2. Frank H., see forward. 3. Carrie B., 1871, married Walter McClellan, of Troy, New York; has a son, Ockart McClellan, born January 25, 1897.

(III) Frank H., son of Hiram and Rachel H. (Ockart) Levey, was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery county, New York, September 30, 1857. He grew to manhood and was educated in his native town. On reaching man's estate he removed to the city of Am- sterdam and obtained employment in a box factory, remaining until he became an expert workman and thoroughly understood every detail of box manufacturing. Having only a limited capital, he erected a small factory and began business for himself; without machinery he operated in a small way, making all his boxes by hand labor. He was industrious, ambitious, and bound to succeed. In a few years he had a large factory fully equipped with modern box-making machinery. After sixteen years close application to business, having an opportunity, he disposed of his entire business in 1900 and retired from ac- tive business life, to his beautiful home in Amsterdam, which he built. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is Mrs. Levey. Never taking an active part in politics, he has always been a stalwart Republican. He is fraternally connected with Amsterdam Lodge, No. 134, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, and Chuctenunda Lodge, No. 100, Knights of Pythias. In the days of the volunteer fire department in Amster- dam he was a member of the "Bronson Hose Company," now known as the Bronson Social and Benevolent Association. He is an exempt member of Bronson Hose Company. He married, February 22, 1880, in Amsterdam city. Christina Miller, born in Saratoga county, May 24, 1858. She has been an ac- tive and important factor in his business career, assisting him in the earlier days by personal work, laboring by his side in the little shop until a safe start was secured, and now enjoying, with him, their well-earned competence. She is a daughter of Augustus and Mary (Saunders) Miller, born in Ger-

Frank H Jewery

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many, he in Berlin; she in Pommern, West- phalia. They came to the United States be- fore their marriage, which occurred in Sara- toga county, New York, where they resided for several years, afterward removing to Rockton (now part of the city of Amster- dam) where he was a farmer and where he died May 19, 1893. aged seventy-four. His wife Mary survives him at the age of seventy- seven, The Millers were members of the German Lutheran church, as were their fore- bears. Children: 1. Frederika, married Wil- liam Kernan. 2. Christina ( Mrs. Frank H. Levey). 3. Augustus, farmer of Perth, Ful- ton county ; married Minnie Strumz. 4. John, of Red River, New York: married Marga- ret Pargo. 5. Charles, of Amsterdam ; mar- ried Annie M. Lebeahn. 6. Mary, married George Shuler, of Amsterdam. 7. Lizzie, married Nazarre Ross, of Broadalbin, New York. 8. George, of Amsterdam, unmarried. 9. Frank, married Jessie Ross. Children of Frank H. and Christina ( Miller) Levey: I. Harriet, born April 7, 1881. 2. Francis, Oc- tober 5, 1894; both residing at home.

WAYNE The Wayne family are men- tioned in the early records of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, Eng- land, where for centuries they held position among the lesser gentry. These old Waynes bore the Christian names of Anthony, Gabriel and Francis, and many of them were soldiers by profession, some of them in the "War of the Roses," and mostly upon the side of their king. Among them was Captain Gabriel Wayne, apparently a near kinsman of Captain Anthony Wayne, the founder of the Waynes in America. The family in Eng- land bore arms: "Gules a chevron ermine between three inside quantlets or." Anthony Wayne was born near the border line of Yorkshire and Derbyshire in the year 1666. He early became a soldier, and while yet a lad saw service in the low countries, it is said, under John Churchill, later the great Duke of Marlborough. He was with the English army in Ireland, and commanded a troop of horse at the "Boyne Water." in company with his lifelong friend. John Hunter, both of whom later settled down as farmers in county Wicklow, one having married a French woman, the other a native of Holland. An- thony Wayne settled near Rathdrum, Wick- low, Ireland, after 1690. His wife was named Faulkner, and he had seven sons, five of whom came to America. Anthony Wayne and family landed near Boston, Massachu- setts, in 1723, and almost immediately pro- ceeded to Pennsylvania, where they settled

in Chester county. Here he found Ju- old companion-in-arms, John Ilunter, who had settled there in 1722. He purchased Lanl at Easttown, Chester county, and is de cribed in the deed as "Anthony Wayne, gentleman." Captain Anthony Wayne died in Fastown, December 2, 1739, and was buried in old St. David's, Radnor, where he was a vestryman and pewholder. Children : Francis, Gabriel, Isaac, Humphrey, Jacob, William, John, Sarah, Ann and Mary. The home Captain Anthony Wayne founded in Chester county was called Waynesborough, and is yet the home of descendants.

(II) Isaac, third son of Captain Anthony Wayne, was born in Ireland, and died in Chester county, Pennsylvania. He was a cap- tain in the colonial wars, 1755, and is said to have been at Braddock's defeat. He served with honor all through his military career, and died on the eve of the American revolu- tion, leaving a son whose brilliant record, cov- ering the entire period of the war, and ex- tending from the frozen Canada's to the tropic Florida, fills some of the most important pages of the history of our country.

(III) Anthony (2), son of Isaac Wayne, and known as "Mad" Anthony Wayne, the hero of everywhere, was brigadier-general in 1777; major-general by brevet, 1783-92; nominated by Washington as commander-in- chief of the army, which position he held un- til his death, near Erie, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 15, 1796. The Wayne family, of New Scotland, Albany county, New York, herein recorded, were planted in that county by Anthony Wayne, a grandson of Captain An- thony, the American founder. Ile was a cousin of General Anthony Wayne, and was of the third generation of Waynes in Amer- ica, and one of the carly settlers in the town of New Scotland, the date of his settlement being during, or immediately after. the revolu- tion. He was an active patriot, and did not fall one whit behind his illustrious relative in devotion to the colonial cause. New Scot- land then had few inhabitants, and among the loyal ones were William MeCullock, Anthony Wayne. John Furbeck, John Wands, Robert Hilton, Albert Bradt, and the La Grange fam- ily. He married and had issue.

(IV) George, son of Anthony (2) Wayne, was born on the home farm in New Scotland, Albany county, New York, December 8. 1779, died May 10, 1837. He spent his life as a farmer of the town. prospered, and was a man of influence. He married, January 27, 1805. Elizabeth Coughtry, horn August 17, 1783. died October 11, 1842. Children: 1. Anthony, born January 19, 1806, died August

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14. 1877; married, September 22, 1842, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller. 2. James, August 12, 1808, died March 28, 1873; married, September 12, 1833. Judith Russell. 3. John Haswell, see forward. 4. Sarah Ann, September 12, 1813, died April 18, 1848; married, March 26, 1834, George W. Bender. 5. William, June 19. 1816, died April 13. 1892; married, Decem- ber 28, 1843, Mary Cook. 6. Elizabeth, De- cember 30, 1818, died May 25, 1868 ; married, November 23, 1842, William H. Slingerland, who died in 1910, an honored citizen of the village of Slingerland. 7. Jane, November 16, 1821. died March 22, 1902; became the second wife of her brother-in-law. George W. Bender. 8. Adaline, July 9, 1824, died July 25, 1869; married George M. Blodgett. 9. Susanna, July 22, 1826, died October 2, 1828.

(\') John Haswell, son of George and Elizabeth (Coughtry) Wayne, was born in the town of New Scotland, Albany county, New York, January 12, 1811, died February 20, 1893, on the farm which had been his home for fifty-six years. He was a man of high character and purest purpose, and he commanded the respect of the community of which he was for so long a most prominent figure. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Republican in politics after the formation of that party. He married Catherine Stanton, born in Coeymans, Albany county. New York, October 19, 1823, died in New Scotland, same county, December 17, 1887. She was a devout Presbyterian, and reared her family of five in conformity with the tenets of that faith. Children : 1. George, born August 10, 1846: after three attempts he succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his parents, ran away to camp, and enlisted (be- ing only eighteen years old) in the Union army : he saw some active service, sickened and died in the hospital at Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia. 2. Ilelen, August 23, 1848, died February 27, 1871 ; unmarried. 3. James, sce forward. 4. Sarah Ann, born Sep- tember 4. 1852, died August 16, 1861. 5. Mary Jane, October 8, 1856, died August 19, 1861.

(VI) James, son of John Haswell and Catherine (Stanton) Wayne, was born in the village of Slingerlands, Albany county, New York, September 6, 1850, died in New Scot- land, same county, May 23, 1910. He received a good education, and was a high-minded, public-spirited citizen. Ile was a leading farmer and stock raiser of the county, and was officially connected with the Albany County Agricultural Association. His farm, well stocked and beautifully situated, was noted

for its fine orchards and well-kept, highly-cul- tivated condition. He was an active man in politics, but never worked for his own private advancement, and never accepted office. He was liberal and helpful, always lending the hand of assistance to those in misfortune. He attended the Presbyterian church, and was a Republican in politics. He married, Decem- ber 23, 1875, in New Scotland, Alice, born December 9, 1856, daughter of David (2) and Lucretia (Reamer) Bradt, and granddaughter of David (1) Bradt, of New Scotland, a farmer, member of the Dutch Reformed church, and a Republican. He married Winne, a member of the old Dutch Winne family, so prominent in Albany county annals. David (2) Bradt was born in Knox, Albany county, New York, in 1818, and died in 1902. He married Lucretia Reamer, born June 25, 1830. Still lives in Voorheesville, and is very smart for her eighty years. These families date from the earlier Dutch settlement of Albany county. Children of David (2) and Lucretia (Reamer) Bradt : I. Catherine, born October 10, 1850, in the town of Knox, died in the village of Voor- heesville, July 29, 1895 ; married James Good- fellow, who survived her, and who married (second), a widow, Louisa (Hungerford) Taylor, who bore him a child, George. 2. Alice, married James Wayne. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne: I. Jennie W., born January 6, 1877; married Professor Newton J. Ferguson, principal of a Brooklyn, New York, school; child, Helen O., born August 23. 1903. 2. Bertha, May 30, 1880; married De Forest S. Dunlap, now of Ravena, New York. 3. Dorothy C., November 18, 1883; unmarried : prominent in local and church work. 4. David H., July 9, 1887 ; a gradu- ate of Albany Business College; was two years page in the New York state legislature ; now department clerk ; married Jeane Wayne Bender, a graduate of Albany high school; child, James Edward, born October 4, 1909. 5. Helen P., May 13, 1891 ; received a musi- cal education ; resides at home. 6. Catherine Stanton, February 16, 1895: a student at Al- bany high school. Mrs. Alice Bradt Wayne survives her husband, and resides on her beautiful estate in New Scotland with her unmarried children. They are all well known in the social life of the town. Mrs. Wayne attends the Presbyterian church.

The first of this branch of the Rich

RICH family in America was John Rich, born in Kentmoor parish, England,

1754. He married there Elizabeth Aiken, born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1740. The

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date of their coming to the United States is not given, but they were residents of the town of Chatham, Hartford county, Connecti- cut, before they came to New York state in 1810. They settled in the town of Starkey, Yates county, New York, where John Rich died. May 10, 1815: Elizabeth survived him until December 17, 1837. Both are buried in the town of Starkey. Children: I. Richard, of whom further. 2. Ansel, born March 4. 1784. died July 30, 1852 ; married Rhoda Gris- wold, born November 14, 1786, died April 12, 1853; children: i. Minor, born January 28, 1805, died January 14. 1819 ; ii. John, born August 3. 1808, died June 15, 1848, and married Lany Horning, 1823; iii. George, born August 5. 1810, died March 6. 1821: iv. Milo, born August 13. 1813, died 1886, married, December, 1832, Elizabeth Sutphen : v. Richard, born August 24, 1816, died February 23, 1838; vi. Henry, born No- vember 30, 1820. died 18,8, married, Febru- ary 14. 1841, Sarepta Rich, a widow ; vii. Sanford, born January 9, 1824: viii. Philann, born August II, 1826, died October 5, 1800, married, December 5. 1841, Simpson Hal- lock. 3. Alfred, born April 21, 1786, died De- cember 10. 1847; married (first) Sarah Gris- wold, born 1785, died November 12, 1823; children : i. Harriet, born February 2, 1805, married Addison Lewis, and has a daughter Adaline : ii. Erastus, born May 7. 1808, killed when young while engaged in a wrestling match ; iii. Polly Ann, born October 10, 1809, died October 9, 1886, married, October 29, 1829. Joseph Reynolds, who died in Dundee, New York, a very old man ; iv. Sarah Ann, born January 7, 1821, died 1852; married James Hawley; had a son Erastus. Alfred Rich married (second) Almy Roberts and had a son Alfred, born December 7, 1824, died January, 1888; married Drake; they were both killed by a runaway team; chil- dren : Charles B., and a daughter. 4. Elias, married, and had Richard and Amanda ; this family removed to Michigan, where all died ; Amanda married and left children. 5. Clara.

(II) Richard, eldest child of John and Elizabeth (Aiken) Rich, was born, probably in England, November 4. 1778, died July, 1839. He settled at Mason's Hollow, near Comstock's Landing. Washington county, New York. He married Amy Mason, born 1782, died 1862. Children : 1. Lyman, mar- ried Kate Dailey ; children : Sarah Jane, mar- ried - - Ogden; Richard Henry : Owen ; Mary Ann ; Leonard ; Emma, married

Livingstone ; Olin ; Kate, married and removed to Canada. 2. Warren, married Helen Dailey ; children : i. Cornelia, married War-

ren Wilson ; ii. Seymour. 3. Rosanna, mar-

ried Barker Mason : children : Adilison, George. Edgar, and three others. 4. D'un .. married Cyrus Ferris; children: i. Charle- Edward, married Rogers, and removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; ii. Marian, married Rufus Gardiner ; iii. Walter, married Fliza Kingsley: iv. Maria, married Noble Clark ; children : Nellie, William and Sophia ; v. Leti- tia, married Russell Ilall; children: Anna Sweet, Harriet, Charles and Kitty ; vi. I.yman. married Minerva Miller ; children: George, Noble and James. 5. Maria, married Bel- den Rich, a kinsman, and removed to Michi- gan. 6. Jane, married John Gillette : chil- dren : Charles, Melvin, Avery, and a son set- tled at Clyde, Warren county, New York. 7. Lucy, married Charles C. Rich, a kinsman ; children : Charles, Henry, Cyrus, Amy. Jane and Alice. 8. Ellen, married Adolphus Hawes; children : i. Ada: ii. Cora E., died February 14, 1905; iii. Clinton: iv. Ida; v. Lina. married H. F. Woodward; vi. Amy, married B. F. Irish, and removed to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, thence to Wapato, Washing- ton : has daughter Nina. 9. Cyrus Ferris, of whom further.

(III) Cyrus Ferris, youngest child of Rich- ard and Amy ( Mason) Rich, was born at Comstock, Washington county, New York. December 23. 1826, died at Saratoga Springs, New York, November 1, 1897. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and, after com- pleting his school years, began the study of dentistry. He was regularly admitted to practice and followed this profession in Schuylersville until 1865, when he removed to Saratoga Springs, his business home and residence until death. He was master of his profession and was well known and highly regarded. During the civil war he enlisted in Company K, Seventy-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of lieutenant. He was a Republican in poli- tics. He married, November 11, 1852, Har- riet E. Cooke, born 1835, died June. 1872, daughter of Peter J. Cooke, of Fdinburg, Saratoga county, New York. Children : Waldo Leon, of whom further ; Amos Cooke, born April 5. 1856, married Ella Bristol ; Leigh, August, 1859, died October, 1861 ; Guy Cyrus, July, 1861, married Mrs. Katherine Nason : Lynn Richard, September 11, 1864.

(IV) Waldo Icon, eldest son of Cyrus Fer- ris and Harriet E. (Cooke) Rich, was born in Schuylersville, Saratoga county, New York. November 11, 1853. His early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Schuylersville and Saratoga Springs, after which he entered Williams Col-

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lege, where he was graduated A.B., class of 1876. He decided upon the profession of law and pursued a course of legal study under Judge Lester, of Saratoga, was admitted to the bar, but never practised. In 1876 he en- tered the employ of the old Commercial Bank (now out of existence), from there going to the First National Bank of Saratoga, where he remained until 1894. Then he formed a connection with the Adirondack Trust Com- pany, of Saratoga, and is now (1910) paying tell of that institution. In politics he is a Republican. His social club is the Saratoga, and he holds fraternal membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Saratoga Business Men's Association. He married, April 25. 1883. Sarah W., daughter of Alembert and Elizabeth (Lester) Pond.

MCKINNEY The founder of the McKin- ney family was Calinas Fitz- gerald, of Ireland, who as- sisted Alexander III, of Scotland, to repel the invasion of Haco, of Norway, 1261, and was rewarded by a grant of the lands of Kin- tail, county of Ross, in the north of Scot- land, and which was erected into a barony. The third baron assumed in name (in Gaelic), Kenneth McKenneth, hence the names Mc- Kennie, Mckinney, and Mckenzie, Members of the family bearing the last two names have been able, in this century, to trace their ancestry to an identical source.

Alexander McKenzie, of Inverness, Scot- land, in his genealogies, traces the family back to the beginning of the ninth century. He finally states : "It scarcely needs to be pointed out that, through intermarriages the McKs. are also descended from the ancient Celtic McAlpine line of Scottish kings, from the original Anglo-Saxon kings, of England, and from the oldest Scandinavian, Charlemagne and Capetian lines, as far back as the begin- ning of the ninth century, forming a network of cousinship which ultimately included all the leading families in the Highlands, every one of which, through these alliances, have the royal blood of all the English, Scottish and Scandinavian kings, and many of the earlier foreign monarchs, coursing through their veins."

Passing along the centuries, we come to that remarkable man, the Rev. James McKin- ney, grandfather of James McKinney, He was born in Cookstown, Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1759. This county was included in that portion of Ulster made "Sword-land" by the Scots. He entered Glasgow College, where he took the regular course, and remained

there several years after, engaged in the study of theology and of medicine. In due time he was ordained and installed pastor of Kirkhills, or Dervock congregations, in the county of Antrim, a county exposed to the inroads of the Danes, and also of the northern Scots, who ultimately effected permanent set- tlements. Antrim has always been one of the most decidedly Protestant counties in Ire- land. and of the Protestants a very great pro- portion are Presbyterians.

(1) The last decade of the eighteenth cen- tury was pre-eminently distinguished for its revolutionary character in several European nations. Rev. James McKinney lived in revo- lutionary times. He came to America in 1793. As a friend of liberty, civil and re- ligious, he saw and felt with disapprobation the oppression of his native land, and, though he did not belong to the Society of United Irishmen, yet he was charged with influencing and encouraging them to throw off the Brit- ish yoke. The true cause of his leaving his native land was his sermon on the "Rights of God." This was denounced as treasonable by the secret spies of the British government. An indictment was found against him, and being feared by the government and an ob- ject of jealousy, they determined to seize and imprison him. He was providentially away from home when the soldiers came to arrest him, and as bail on a charge of treason would not be accepted, he escaped to America in the summer of 1793.

Though not sent immediately by the church in Ireland to aid in promoting the Covenant- ing cause in this country, it is evident that he was sent by the Head of the Church him- self. In an article on "The Life and Times of Rev. James Mckinney," by Rev. S. Car- lisle, he says: "We do not state too much when we assert he was the founder, under God, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States, after the secession and backsliding in 1783." Dr. Glasgow, in his "History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America," and Sprague's "Annals of the American Pulpit." state that "for schol- arship and eloquence combined, he was not only the greatest man in the Covenanter Church in his day, but he was a great man among men of that age. His sermons were a continuous stream of thought, and for grandeur of conception and impressiveness of delivery such displays of eloquence were sel- com heard." They also quote an eminent divine as saying, "I have met with many con- siderable and some great men, but not one equal to James Mckinney." Another said, "Ile is like Leviathan-made without fear."

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Such are the testimonies of men on both sides of the Atlantic to the character of Rev. James Mckinney.

Prior to 1812 four brothers of Rev. James McKinney had emigrated to America : Rev. Samuel McKinney, D.D., of Texas; Dr. Archibald Mckinney, who was for some time partner of Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, and died at Cincinnati, Ohio; Robert Mckinney, who located, and died near Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania ; and Hon. John A. Mckinney, one of the framers of the constitution of Tennes- see, and who died at Rogersville, East Ten- nessee.

Rev. James Mckinney was called to the congregation of Rocky Creek, Chester Dis- trict, South Carolina, whither he removed, died in a few months, away from his family, and was buried in the old graveyard on Rocky Creek. It may be said of this family that they inherited and illustrated all the noble qualities of their heroic ancestors, and veri- fied the promise, "I will be a God to thee and thy children after thee." Freedom, civil and religious, was dearer to them than titles and wealth.

(II) Four years later, in 1797, Mary (Mitchell) Mckinney, wife of Rev. James Mckinney, followed, with their five children, one of whom was James (2) Mckinney, father of James (3) Mckinney of this re- view. He was born in 1792. He was edu- cated for the ministry, but was not ordained. He lived a quiet, uneventful life, was se- dentary in his habits, and devoted to his books.

James McKinney's maternal grandfather was John I. Netterville, who forfeited his succession to the peerage by coming to America. The family of Netterville is of Norman descent, and of considerable an- tiquity ; it took from an early period an im- portant and historic position in Ireland, and made high connections and alliances. It was settled at Douth, county Meath, in the reign of Henry II. During the persecution of the Protestants this family left France for the North of Ireland, and sailed up the coast. His maternal grandmother was Lady Ann Whitely, daughter of Lord Edward Whitely, North of Ireland. Jane Frances ( Netter- ville) Mckinney, mother of James McKinney, came to America in 1802, when nine years of age. Such were the forebears of James Mc- Kinney, indicating that the blood flowing in his veins was of that sturdy, self-reliant qual- ity which knew no discouragement and feared nothing so much as untrustworthiness.

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Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume IV, Part 8

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

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