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(VI) Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, sixth child of General Stephen and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York. July 8,
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1812, died in New York City, January 16, 1890. She married, New York, New York, February 16, 1847, Robert James Turnbull, M.D., born at Charleston, South Carolina, October 3, 1807, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4, 1854, son of Robert James Turnbull, of Charleston, and Clandia Butler ( Gervais) Turnbull, of a Huguenot family of South Caro- lina. Dr. Turnbull's father was one of the most prominent publicists and respected states- men of his state, and was the intimate friend and coadjutor of Calhoun. Although Dr. Turnbull studied medicine and graduated as a physician, he was not a general practitioner, as he early inherited from his father the lat- ter's extensive estates in Issaguena county, Mississippi, comprising six thousand acres of productive cotton plantations. It was on these he passed his winters, personally superintend- ing the details of business management and caring for the welfare of his dependents, among whom his knowledge of medicine was most useful and highly appreciated. His summer residence and the family home was "Everton," at Throgg's Neck, now incorpor- ated in Greater New York. On his way north in June, 1854, he stopped at Cincinnati, where cholera was then prevalent ; was seized with sudden illness, and expired after a few hours. He was buried in old St. Philip's historic churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina. Chil- dren: 1. Cornelia Paterson, born in New York City, December, 1848, died at "Everton,"" Westchester, May, 1850. 2. Katharine Enphe- mia, born in New York City, March 6, 1851 : unmarried ; residing in 1911, at "Paterson Lodge," Princeton, New Jersey.
(VI) Alexander Van Rensselaer, seventh child of General Stephen and Cornelia ( Pat- erson) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York, Novem- ber 5, 1814. died in New York City, May 8, 1878. After his early education, he studied medicine and took his degree, but never prac- ticed. He traveled much and was highly es- teemed. He married (first), October 20, 1851, Mary Ann, born August 4, 1830, died May 13, 1855, daughter of Samuel Shaw and Joanna Esther (Howe) Howland; two chil- dren : Samuel Howland, born in 1852; died at Nice Italy, November 26, 1859, and Mary llowland, born November 24. 1854, died at Nice, Italy, November 26, 1859. He married (second ) at New York, New York, June 30, 1864, Louisa, daughter of William and Clem- entina ( Rutgers) Barnewall, who was born at New York, New York, October 12, 1836. Chil- dren : I.Louisa, born at Paris, France, Decem- ber 18, 1865 ; married. New York City, Janu- ary 18, 1886, Edmund Lincoln Baylies, born in
New York City, December 2, 1857, son of Ed- mund Lincoln Baylies, born in Boston, Massa- chusetts, May 18, 1829, died in Geneva, Swit- zerland. November 28, 1869, who married, No- vember 27, 1856, Nathalie Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Ray, who was born at New York, New York, September 9. 1837. No issue. 2. Mabel, born at New York, New York, No- vember 19, 1868; married, April 26, 1899, Rev. James LeBaron Johnson : no issue. 3. Alice, born at New York, New York, Decem- ber 22, 1872: unmarried.
(VI) Euphemia White Van Rensselaer, eighth child of General Stephen and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Manor House at Albany, New York, Septem- ber 25, 1816, died at Cruger's Island, Barry- town, Dutchess county, New York, April 27, 1888. She married, at "Stone Cottage." Bur- lington, New Jersey, May 2, 1843, John Church Cruger, born at Union Hall, October 13, 1807; died in New York City, November 16, 1879, son of Bertram Peter Cruger, born at St. Croix, D. W. I., March 25, 1774. died at Brompton, England, September 3. 1854, who married, March 25, 1802, Catherine Church, born in Boston, Massachusetts, No- vember 4, 1779, died in New York City, 1839. Children, born in New York City: 1. Stephen Van Rensselaer, born May 9, 1844, died at "Idlesse," Bayville, Long Island, June 23, 1898 ; married, New York City. April 21, 1868, Julie Grinnell, daughter of Thomas Went- worth and Sarah ( Paris) Storrow, and she married (second) Wade Chance. 2. Cornelia, born January 19, 1847; residing in 1911 at Cruger's Island, New York : unmarried. 3. Catherine Church, born February 7, 1851, re- siding in 1911 at Cruger's Island, New York : unmarried.
(Hendrick Van Rensselaer Descent. ).
(II) Hendrick Van Rensselaer, third child of Colonel Jeremias (the third Patroon) and Maria (Van Cortlandt ) Van Rensselaer (q.v.) was born in Rensselaerswyck, October 23. 1667, died there, July 2, 1740. His eldest brother. Kiliaen, was the fourth Patroon, and was known as the "Second Lord of the Manor," being the second patroon to reside in and manage affairs of the colony. Besides Kiliaen, he had no other brother, and only two sisters, consequently to him came an important share in the vast landed property of the Manor. A settlement was made in New York City, No- vember 1, 1695, with all those living in Hol- land in any way concerned through blood re- lationship with the estate in this country, and following that solution of the future status of the land, a division was made by Kiliaen, as the oldest child, by which he conveyed to
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Hendrick, on June 1, 1704, the Claverack patent and some one thousand five hundred acres on the east side of the Hudson river, in Columbia county, located opposite Albany. This was commonly called the "Lower Manor." The name Greenbush was derived from the Dutch, Greyne Bosch, a title applied to the woods covering this tract, by the first patroon when corresponding with his managers residing in the colony.
Hendrick Van Rensselaer married, New York, New York, March 19, 1688, Catharina Van Brugh (Van Bruggen or Verbrugge), daughter of Johannes Pieterse and Catharina ( Roeloffse ) Van Brugh, the latter the daugh- ter of Annke Jans. She died at her home in Greenbush ( later known as Rensselaer ), New York, December 6, 1730. Children : I. Maria, baptised in New York City, March 29, 1689: married Samuel Ten Broeck. 2. Catrina, bap- tised in Albany ( as were the following chil- dren), January 1, 1692; married Jonathan Ten Broeck. 3. Anna, baptised October I. 1693, died young. 4. Anna, baptised February 2, 1606; married, October 8, 1717, Petrus Douw. 5. Elizabeth, baptised May 8, 1698, died young. 6. Elizabeth, baptised July 21, 1700 : married John Richard. 7. Helena, bap- tised October 4, 1702; married, December 19. 1728, Jacob Wendell. 8. Jeremias, baptised April 29, 1705: buried October 5. 1730. 9. Johannes, born February II, 1708, see for- ward. 10. Hendrick, born April 20, 1712, baptised May 8, 1712 : died July 9, 1793 : mar- ried (first) October 16, 1735, Elizabeth Van Brugh ; married (second ) November 20, 1762, Mrs. Alida ( Livingston ) Rutsen. 11. Kiliaen, baptised November 27, 1717.
(III) Johannes, ninth child (and second son ) of Hendrick and Catharina (Van Brugh) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Crailo house at Greenbush, New York, February II, 1708. died in 1783. Jeremias, his elder brother, died about ten years before the death of their father, hence he inherited the Crailo, which was the name given to the house built close to the east bank of the Hudson river, and was constructed with the idea of being a place of defence in case of attack by the Indians, for in several places in the brickwork were stone pieces, pierced for the operation of a gun. It has been said that the bricks were brought from Holland in 1642, and the house then erected, by Van Rensselaer; but one should notice in this connection that Colonel Jeremias Van Rensselaer was born in Amster- dam, Holland, only ten years previous to this ‹late, and did not come to Rensselaerswyck (or America) until 1658, and the first of the name to come to this country was his older
brother, Jan Baptist, who came in 1651, or nearly ten years after the date attributed to the erection of this house, mostly by tradition. He was a member of the twenty-first provin- cial assembly; was appointed captain of a company of foot in 1743, and promoted to be colonel. Although at the time of the revolu- tion he was too aged to participate in its con- flicts, he was a strong patriot, and three of his sons took active part, as commissioned officers. It was. here that General Abercrombie made his headquarters, with his troops encamped upon his property along the river shore. in June, 1758, on which date "Yankee Doodle" was composed by Surgeon Shackburg, while seated in Van Rensselaer's garden, before the army proceeded northward against Montcalm. All his children were born in this house and all were by his first wife.
Johannes Van Rensselaer married ( first ), January 3, 1734, Angelica Livingston. She was baptised July 17. 1698, daughter of Mayor Robert Livingston, Jr., who married Margar- ita Schuyler, August 26, 1697. He married (second) Gertrude Van Cortlandt. Children : I. Catherine, born November 4, 1734. died in the Schuyler Mansion at Albany, March 7. 1803 : married, Claverack, New York, Septem- ber 17, 1755. Major-General Philip Schuyler. 2. Jeremias, born in 1738, see forward. 3. Robert, born December 16, 1740; was a gen- eral, commissioned June 16, 1780; fought at Ticonderoga : participated in defeat of Sir John Johnson, when on his Mohawk valley raid in 1780; died in the Crailo, Greenbush, 1765, Rachel Douw. 5. James, born in 1747 : Cornelia Rutsen. 4. Hendrick Johannes, born October 23, 1742, died Claverack, March 22, 1814: was a captain of foot in the British army, and in 1777, commissioned colonel of Continental army ; married, November 16, 1765, Rachel Douw. 6. James, born in 1747 : was aide-de-camp, rank of captain, under Major-General Richard Montgomery in 1775, serving in the entire Canadian campaign ; in April, 1776, made captain in the Second Regi- ment, New York, under Colonel James Clin- ton, and aide-de-camp, rank of major, under General Philip Schuyler: died at "Crystal llill," February 1, 1827; married (first) Ca- therine Van Cortlandt ; married ( second) June 24, 1789. Mrs. Elsie ( Schuyler ) Bogert.
(IV) Jeremias, second child of Johannes and Angelica (Livingston) Van Rensselaer, was born in the Crailo at Greenbush, New York, in 1738, died in 17(x). As his death occurred about fourteen years before that of his father, he did not. of course, inherit the Crailo property as the oldest son; but it was given instead, by will, to his only son as his
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by right of primogeniture. He married, July 3, 1758, Judith Bayard, by whom one child : and after his death, his widow married Archi- bald Bruce, M.D., of New York City, and thus much of the Van Rensselaer silver and household effects passed into another family.
(\') Johannes Jeremias, only son of Jere- mias and Judith ( Bayard) Van Rensselaer. was born about 1769 in the Crailo, died there, September 22, 1828. He inherited the prop- erty under the will of his grandfather, and made some important changes to the interior of what had been a fortified residence. lle was a soldier, as so many of his relatives had been before his day, serving as lieutenant- colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment, Albany county militia. He married Catharina Glen, born in 1765, died September 23, 1807, daugh- ter of Johannes and Katarina (Veeder) Glen. Children. 1. Catharina Glen, baptised March 31, 1785, died in Greenbush, July 5. 1865 ; married Johannes Visscher. 2. John Jeremias, born June 6, 1790, died young. 3. Dr. Jere- mias, born August 4, 1793, died in New York City, March 7, 1871 ; married ( first ) Charlotte Foster, of Boston, Massachusetts; by whom Jeremias and Francis : married ( second ) Anne F. Waddington. 4. Glen, born June 22, 1795. died at Greenbush, January 9. 1871, unmar- ried. 5. Elizabeth Bayard, born September 15, 1797, died in New York City, August 28, 1807. 6. Cornelius Glen, born July 27, 1801, see forward. 7. Archibald, born February 6, 1803, unmarried.
(VI) Cornelius Glen, sixth child of Lieu- tenant-Colonel Johannes Jeremias and Cathar- ina (Glen) Van Rensselaer, was born in Greenbush ( Rensselaer ), New York, July 27, 1801, died there, June 27. 1871. He married, Albany, New York, October 31, 1826, Cather- ine Westerlo Bleecker, born at Albany, Octo- ber 1. 1809. died at Greenbush, September 12. 1886, daughter of John Bleecker, born Albany, May 11, 1766, who married, Albany, Novem- ber 17. 1800. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer ( Schuyler ), the latter born at Albany. August 15, 1768. died at her home on North Pearl street. Albany, March 20. 1841, being the daughter of Seventh Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer, and the widow of John Bradstreet Schuyler, son of General Philip Schuyler. Elizabeth Van Rensselaer's mother was Catherine Livingston. daughter of Philip Livingston, signer of the Declaration of In- dependence. Children, born in Greenbush: I. John, born August 20. 1827. died an infant. 2. Stephen Bleecker, born September 26, 1828, died young. 3. Cornelia, born March 19, 1831 ; married. September 11, 1856, Rev. Cor- nelius Winter Bolton, of Pelham, New York ;
no issue. 4. Katharine Westerlo. born Octo- ber 22, 1834: residing in 1911, in the old mansion on Riverside avenue, Rensselaer, New York, facing the Hudson river ; unmarried. 5. John Jeremiah, M.D., born September 13, 1836; residing in Swartswood, New Jersey, in 1911 ; married, Baltimore, Maryland, October 20, 1864. Florence Taylor : children : Florence. born at Baltimore, Maryland, November 7, 1865, and Lyndsay, born at New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, September 21. 1870, who married Lolita A. Coffin, and had Cather- ine Glen. 6. Visscher, born October 12, 1838.
(VII) Visscher, sixth child of Cornelius Glen and Catherine Westerlo ( Bleecker ) Van Rensselaer, was born in Greenbush ( Rensse- laer ), New York, October 12, 1838, and was residing there, with his wife, in 1911. He married, Schoharie, New York, September 5, 1866, Mary Augusta Miller, born at Schoharie, New York, April 22, 1847. daughter of Charles L. and Sarah ( Markle) Miller. Children: 1. Katharine Westerlo, born at Esperance, New York, September 3, 1867, died in Albany. New York, February 12, 1896: married, Greenbush, New York, Jann- ary 23, 1894, Benjamin Walworth Arnold, Jr., born in Albany, April 30, 1865, son of Ben- jamin W. and Frances Treat (Avery ) Arnold ; child, Katharine Westerlo Van Rensselaer, born at No. 13 Ten Broeck street. Albany, January 28. 1896. 2. Cornelius Glen, born in Esperance, New York, September 24, 1869 ; married, New York, New York, October 8, 1898, Genevieve, daughter of Philip John and Nancy Stewart (Keating) Vesel, born at llion, New York, October 20, 1868 ; children : Katharine Stewart, born at Schenectady, New York, June 4. 1903, died at Rensselaer, New York, February 15. 1909, and Justine Livings- ton, born at Schenectady. February 26, 1907. 3. Cornelia Livingston, born at Quaker Street. New York, New York, June 5, 1879 : she mar- ried at Rensselaer, New York, March 21, 1900. Hon. Theodore Strong, of "Stronghold," New Brunswick. New Jersey, son of Hon. Benja- min Ruggles Woodbridge and Harriet A. ( Hartwell ) Strong : children, all born at New Brunswick, New Jersey: Theodore, Jr., born Jannary 3, 1901 : Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer, born November 16. 1002; Kathar- ine Van Rensselaer, born November 10, 1904: Stephen Van Rensselaer, born November 30, 1906: Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, born May 17. 1910.
George Mcclellan, son of
MCCLELLAN Judge Hugh W. and Emma (Marvin) Mcclellan, was born in the town of Schodack, Rensselaer coun
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ty, New York, October 10, 1856. His early edu- cation was obtained in the public schools. supplemented by full courses at the academies of Chatham and Spencertown. He chose the profession of law: entered Albany Law School, whence he was graduated LL.B., class of 1880. He was admitted to the bar the same year and opening an office in Chatham prac- ticed alone for a time. When the firm of McClellan & Brown was dissolved, he formed a law partnership with his father under the firm name of H. W. & G. McClellan. January 1, 1804, John W. Dardess was admitted and the firm name changed to McClellans & Dar- (less. Judge Mcclellan, the senior partner, died October 12, 1896, since which time the business has been conducted as Mcclellan & Dardess. The firm has always been a highly regarded one and transacts a large volume of important business. For twenty years Mr. Mcclellan has been a member of the Columbia County Agricultural Society and for the past ten years has been president. He was twice elected police justice of Chatham, serv- ing until the office was abolished by legislative enactment. In 1907 he was elected surrogate of Columbia county and has most capably discharged the duties of this responsible office. These are the only offices he has ever run for. He is a Democrat in politics, and a mem- her of the Reformed Church. In both public and private life, he is highly respected and honored. His unfailing patience, tact, and good nature peculiarly fit him for his office. while his knowledge of the law and its just application command the respect of the entire bar. He married, November 22, 1882. Eliza- beth Shufelt. who died April 4. 1894. Chil- dren : Laura C., Hugh W. (2), George.
The Van Olindas of Wa- VAN OLINDA tervliet descend from Pieter Danielse Van O'Linda, who married Hilletje Cornelise, sis- ter of Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck. She was the daughter of a Mohawk mother and Cor- nelis Antonissen Van Slyck. For several years Ililletje was employed with Jan Bap- tiste Van Epps and Lourens Claese Van Der Volgen, as provincial interpreter to the In- dians. The Mohawk sachems gave her the great island in the Mohawk river at Niska- yuna in 1667, which her husband, Van O'Linda. sold to Captain Johannes Clute in 1669. The sachems also gave her land at Willow Flat. below Port Jackson, and at Watervliet. She died February 10, 1707. Her husband, Pieter Danielse, made his will August 1, 1715, which was proved December 27. 1716. He gave to his eldest son ten shillings, probably having
given him his share previously. To his son, Jacob, he gave the use of the land above Schenectady, called the Willow Flat, "pat- ented to me and William Van Coppernol till my son Matthew (now non compos mentis) shall die." He also spoke of lands in Water- vliet.
(II) Daniel, eldest son of Pieter Danielse and Hilletje (Van Slyck ) Van O'Linda, mar- ried Lysbeth, daughter of Mortimer Cregier, of Niskayuna. June 11, 1696, at Albany. Children: Pieter, born November 8, 1696; Johannes, September 3, 1699: Martinus, Oc- tober 25. 1702: Maria, 1704.
(II ) Jacob, son of Pieter Danielse and Hil- letje (Van Slyck) Van O'Linda, inherited the use of a large portion of his father's estate as shown. He married Eva. daughter of Claas De Graff. Children baptized: Pieter. Febru- ary, 1712, in Albany : Willem, October 13. 1716: Martin, January 18, 1718; Nicholas. May 30, 1719: Helena, February 12, 1721 : liza- beth, June 16, 1723.
(III ) Martin, son of Jacob and Eva (De Graff) Van O'Linda, was born January 18. 1718. He married (first) July 25, 1741, He married (second ) December 7. 1754, Cornelia, daughter of Benjamin Van Vleck. Children baptized: Jacob, June 13. 1742; Francyntje, January 15. 1744; Eva, No- vember 24. 1745: Pieter. January 17. 1748: Frederick, May 13. 1750: Catherine, August 10. 1755: Benjamin. December 25, 1757 : Wil- lem, April 27, 1760, died young ; Willem (2), February 2, 1766; Johannes, October 3. 1768.
(IV) Johannes, youngest child of Martin and Cornelia (Van Vleck) Van O'Linda, was born October 3, 1768. Ile married and had issue.
(\') Jacob Van O'Linda, son of Johannes Van O'Linda, was born in 1796. He married and had issue.
(\'I) Abraham, son of Jacob Van O'Linda, married and had issue.
(VII) Garrett, son of Abraham Van ()'1.inda, married.
(VIII) Mary G., daughter of Garret Van Olinda, resides in Watervliet, New York. where she is a teacher in the public schools.
The name in England was for STEARNS centuries Sterne, coming from Germany with the Norman in- vaders under William the Conqueror. For a brief period in America, the spelling remained the same, but changes soon crept in until we have not only the prevalent form Stearns, but Stearnes, Sternes. Sterns. Starnes and Starns, all simple variations of the old English name. The ancestors of this family in America
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came from England in the "Arabella," landing at Salem, Massachusetts, June 12, 1630. O.S. These is a tradition prevalent in Lynn, Mas- sachusetts, that three brothers, Daniel, Shu- bael and Isaac, came from England in 1630 and settled near Watertown, Massachusetts ; that Daniel died unmarried ; that Shubael and Isaac brought their families with them; that Shubael and wife died soon after landing, leaving two sons, Charles and Nathaniel, eight and ten years of age, who were reared and cared for by their uncle, Isaac; that these sons married, and each, as well as their uncle Isaac, left a large family, from whom are descended all of the name of Stearns with its variations of spelling, excepting that of Stern, which is distinctly Jewish.
The family crest is formed with a chevron and three crosses on a field of gold, together with various ornamental variations.
(I) Charles Sterne, born in England, date and place uncertain. He was admitted a free- man of Watertown, May 6, 1646 (this shows him to have been of legal age and a church member ). "Isaac Sternes" mentions him in his will as "My kinsman, Charles Sternes," showing the first change in the spelling. He was elected constable in 1681, but refused to take the oath : in that year he sold his land in Watertown to his son, Samuel, and moved to Lynn with his son Shubael. He married ( first ) Ilannah -, who died June 30, 1651, leaving one son, Samuel : ( second) Rebecca Gibson, June 22, 1654. daughter of John and Rebecca Gibson. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Seven children were born to hin: Samuel, Shubael (of fur- ther mention ), John. Isaac, Charles, slain in the King's service prior to 1695 : Rebecca and Martha.
(II) Shubael Sternes, son of Charles and Rebecca ( Gibson ) Sterne, was born Septem- ber 20. 1655. He settled in Lynn. Massa- chusetts, and was a member of the famous Narragansett expedition. His will is dated November 19, 1733, and probated September 2, 1734. There has been discovered no record of his marriage, but "Mary Upton, of Read- ing. Massachusetts, married Shubael Stearns, of Lynn ( here showing for the first time the present spelling of the name). There were nine children : Shubael (2d), Samuel : Han- nah, who married Dr. Charles Stimson ; Mary ; John : Ebenezer, of further mention ; Martha ; Eleanor, and Rebecca.
( III ) Ebenezer Stearns, son of Shubael and Mary ( Upton) Sternes, was born in 1693. He settled in Sutton, Massachusetts, and mar- ried Martha Burnap, of Reading. Massachu- setts. Ile had a family of ten children, all
born in Sutton: Ebenezer (2d), of further mention : Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, Hannah, David, Mary, Bethia, Thomas and Ruben.
(IV) Ebenezer Stearns (2d), son of Ebene- zer and Martha ( Burnap) Stearns, was born February 26, 1720, in Sutton, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and died in the garrison at Lake George, New York. He married, in 1742, Jane Stock- well, who was born in 1722, and died July 16, 1808, at Hinsboro, Vermont. After his mar- riage he settled in Sutton, Massachusetts, where his five children were born: Ebenezer Isaac, of further mention ; Jonathan, a captain in the revolutionary war : Rebecca, Abigail and a daughter.
(V) Ebenezer Isaac Stearns, son of Ebene- zer and Jane (Stockwell) Stearns, born in Sutton, Massachusetts, in 1743. He settled in Northampton, Massachusetts, and married in 1776, Thankful, daughter of Jonathan Alvord, of Northampton. He died in 1801, and was the father of seven children: Olive: Achsah : Ebenezer : Nathaniel Stockwell, of further mention ; Erastus. Benoni and Jonathan Al- vord.
(VI) Nathaniel Stockwell Stearns, son of Ebenezer Isaac and Thankful ( Alvord, Stearns, was born in Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, May 28, 1783, and died June 12, 1861. in Lyden. Massachusetts. He was commonly known as Stockwell Stearns, and lived in Westhampton, Massachusetts. He married, October 31. 1805. Seviah, daughter of Zebulon and Mary (Litchfield ) Willcutt, of Goshen. Massachusetts. His wife was born September 23, 1780, in Cohassett, Massachusetts, and died February 22, 1859, in Coleraine, Massachusetts. Her name is variously spelled Zerviah, Serviah and Seviah. There were eight children : Ebenezer, Rev. Joseph Willentt, of further mention : Minerva, Ursula, Rev. Anson Hooker, Mercy L., and Edwin F.
(VII) Rev. Joseph Willcutt Stearns, son of Nathaniel S. and Seviah (Willcutt) Stearns, was born February 21, 1808, at West- hampton, Massachusetts, and died at South Berlin, New York, April. 1888. He was edu- cated for the ministry and became a leading divine of the Christian church, and was a man of rare ability as an orator and logician. He was a close personal friend of Garritt Smith, and an uncompromising Abolitionist. His home in West Groton, "The old white house on the corner," was one of the promin- ent stations on "The Underground Railroad to Canada," where many a runaway slave found refuge by day, and at night was taken north by "that damned Abolitionist, Elder Stearns,"
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