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here mean to durn out if we couldat the order refused to retreat and homes would have been devastated, be Lettle fore Ranforced. I should remained on the ground taking many their property forfeited and the Ilves be glad if you desire Col. Klock
to prisoners during the night. In civilof their wives and children left to send some men from Stonreby also life we find the name of Lieutenat the brutal mercy of a ruthless ene- No more as Remain
Wagner a member from the Palatine my. district in the convention of 1801, over which Aaron Burr presided. There is also preserved a record of some of the generous gifts of the two Colonels Wagner for public and religious purposes, to which allusion
is proper.
The old stone Lutheran church at Palatine was erected August 18, 1770. Henrich Nellis gave a deed for the and necessary. The title being made to Colonel Peter Wagner, An- drew . Reber and John Eisenlord, church wardens, January 2, 1769 and Peter Wagner, Andrew Reber and Christian Nellis, Jr., were bowmaster in charge of the erection of the church. Colonel Wagner subscribing for that purpose £100, Mr. Reber the same amount and Mr. Nellis giving £50 and his family are recorded as having given for the support of the minister, in the year 1797, as follows.
Peter Wagner, Sr. £1 4s 0d. George Wagner £1 12s 0d. Peter Wagner £ 1 4s 0d. . John Wagner £ 4s 0d.
Joseph Wagner £1 12s 0d.
and the name of Joseph Wagner who was a member of assembly at the 29th session of 1806, is engraved upon the church bell and the follow- ing receipt is still preserved. To Colonel Peter Wagner, Jr .:
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of .the How-a-da-ga creek in thẻ town of Danube, some two miles easterly of the residence of General Nicholas Herkimer, and was the former residence of King Hendrick and Captain Joseph Brant. The vii- lage of Fort Plain was called by the Iroquois Twa-da-a-la-ha-la, "The Fort on a Hill." The Mohawk Middle Castle being situate on the easterly bank of the O-squa-go creek over- looking the village and was called Ga-na-johi-e, and was the junction of, the great Central and Susquehan- na trails.
trict as a Member of Assembly at
Whelan, Billington Family Tree
(Continued from last week)
Ira's widow said that Ira's birth- day was Aug. 31st , and that he was 62 in 1930 (which makes his birth Aug. 31, 1868), and that he died Sept. 14, 1938. She also said that John, Ira's father, was 72 years and 5 months old when he died in Sept. 1909, which makes him born in April 1837. Elam, father of this John and of David, must have . been, supposed- ly, between 25 and 25 when his son John was born, so he likely was born about 1914. In the U. S. Census of 1860 David was living with his uncle, · Lorenzo, and his age is given as 21, which makes the year of his birth 1839.
Mrs. Busch has old letters written by Lurema Billington Watt and Mar- tha Billington Finley in which they call each other sister, and one writ- ten Dec. 27, 1840 from Ionia (Mich.) by John W. Dexter, Mary Ann Bil- lington's husband, to John Watt, Lurena Billington's husband, in which he says "We had a letter from Fath- er last summer. He informed us of
the death of Elam's wife." Also, "We have been talking of going out to Inrlana this winter if thar should be any slaying; it is about two hun- dren miles from here." (Iona, Mich., is about 200 miles from LaPorte, In- diana. )
A letter written May 5, 1865, by Jane (Billington) Goff to Charles Watt, son of Lurena (Billington) Watt, says "Mary Dexter still lives in Kingsbury."
Lorenzo Billington, son of John and Amelia, must have died in 1871. His wife (2nd? wife) 'was appointed BillIngton who as shown by the U. guardian of their son Frank Sept. 25, S. Census of 1840, was living in 1871. LaPorte Co., Ind., guardian- Franklin township, Lenawee county, shlps, Vol. 1, page 25.
The fact that Nelson Billington
gave his daughter Laura the name Hitchcock for a middle' name would seem to indicate that either his moth- er or grandmother was a Hitchcock. Of course the first wife whom I am convinced he had could have been a Hitchcock and Laura named in her honor, but I do not think' that that is the case, for he named his twin sons Alonzo and Lorenzo which are names often found in the Hitchcock family, and not before in the Billington family except the "Uncle Lorenzo" who was son of John of LaPorte .. (See the Hitchcock Genealogy.)
The name Lurana or Lurania is, not a common one. Please note that. Lurana H. Billington who married:
John Watt was daughter of John's, brother who was the lightning victim .. I believe she was named in honor of Lurania Horton whose intention of marriage to John "Billington March 1, 1784 is to be found in the pub- lished vital records of Brookfield,, Mass.
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CORRECTIONS IN THE
NOVEMBER. 8th INSTALLMENT
Shiaswasse county, is in Michigan not Ohio.
Clark Whelan and his wife died in 1899.
The twins, Alonzo. and Lorenzo Billington were born in 1846.
An omission of two lines concern- ing Julia Whelan and her husband Nelson Billington changes the mean- ing of the entry.
It should read: "The above Julia Whelan, daughter of Harbert and Sylvia (Pratt) Whelan, married in 1843, in Lenawe Co., Mich., Nelson
Mich. In 1840."
Whelan, Billington Family Tree
(Continued from Yast week)
In Liber J., page 270, I find John Billington recorded as of LaPorte Co., INDIANA, when he purchased land in LaPorte Co., Ind., July 9, 1840, of the heirs of Samuel Higley (Heagley). This deed recorded Aug. 29, 1840.
LaPorte Co., Indiana. Will Records, Liber A, page 159, gives "the last will and testament of John Billing- ton of . Scipio township, LaPorte county, Indiana." In it he mentions "My daughter, Martha Finley-the sald Martha Kinley having hereto. fore received a part of her share of my estate." "My daughter, Jane Goff, $1,666.00." . "I also give to John Billington and David Billington, heirs of Elsa Billington deceased, $400.00." "I also give to my son Lo- renzo 'Billington all my real estate upon condition that he pay, or cause to be paid, the several sums above specifled to Martha Finley, Jane Goff, John Billington and David Billing- ton." "I hereby give to Mary A. Dexter my Cottage Bible." (No re- lationship mentioned.) Lorenzo Bil- lington and Brainard Goff named as executors.
Witnesses Thomas Ellsworth and Lucy Ellsworth. Date of will, Juy 4, 1856. Will probated and Lucy Ells- worth testified to it Oct. 10, 1957. Probate record to be found in Book D, page 140, and in it the date of John Billington's death is given as Feb. 26, 1857. The proof of will states that Lorenzo Billington, Mar- tha Finley and Jane Goff are the heirs and only heirs at law of the said John Billington deceased.
(Note that Martha Kinley had previously received a portion of her share, also that Albin Goff said that his mother told him some of the heirs had received their portions ber- fore his father's death. He also said that Martha Finley was a half-sis- ter of his mother and was older than she, and that there were other chil- dren by the first wife. He knew the Dexters were related, but did not know just how they were. He also had knowledge of the Jorin Billing- ton mentioned in the will and his children Ira and Ella. Mrs. Busch did. not know the name of Ira, but did know of Ella and that she had a brother. My knowledge of Ira came from Albin Goff. I wrote to Ira at Galesburg, Illinois, and I re- celved a reply from his widow giving Ira's death as Sept. 14, 1938, and Ella's as June 14, 1936, and that .their father died in Sept. 1909. She said that Ira was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1733.
but I tried in Boston, Mass., at the headquarters of the society. to trace it and they had no record. She must have heard him talk of his / family and that he was eligible to mem- bership in this society, but evi- dently he failed to put it through. In one of Albin Goff's letters he re- ferred me to Ina, saying that he was (Ira was) much interested in his ancestry and probably could give me valuable information. It must be that his records have become lost as I wrote again later to his widow and have received no reply to that letter.
The Elsa Billington mentioned must have been born somewhere around 1814, which is not far from the date of Nelson Billington's birth, given in our records as 1804 and in the U. S. Census as 20 to 30 in 1840 and as 49 in 1860. The 'later wouldmake him, born in 1811. Nel- son was close to these above men- tioned Billingtons, but how the rela- tionship was I have not proven; al- though I think he was the son of John of LaPorte by an earlier mar- riage. Albin Goff said some of John's children had received their portions earlier and that would ac- count for no mention of him in the will.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945
Whelan, Billington Family Tree . .
(Continued from last week)
Also in Brookfield, Mass. V. R., is under baptisms:
Billington, John, s. of John, bapt. July 29, 1792. C. R. 1.
Billington, Polly, d. John and Lu- rana, bap. Oct. 5, 1794. C. R. I.
Billington, Seth, s. of John, bap. July 29, 1792. C. R. I.
This John, baptized with his broth- er Seth, July 29, 1792, is of a proper age to have been the one who died at La Porte, Ind., in 1857, leaving children and grandchildren. Also
note that a Seth Billington married Milly Slack in Franklin Co., Ohio, near Columbus, Jan. 18, 1808. (See Franklin Co., Ohio, Marriage Licens- es, 1803 to 1815.) It 'looks as if the brothers followed each other Ohio.
John Billington is not found in the 1790 U. S. Census of Brookfield, Mass., but in the published 1790 cen- sus, page 216, I find Samuel Horton with four males over 16 years of age, 1 male under 16 and two females. From the number of males over 16 years of age in the family and the fact that John Billington was living in Brookifeld in 1784 and 1792, I be- lieve that he was living in the family of his father-in-law, Samuel Horton, in 1790, and that his first son was born before 1790.
Lurana's baptism is also given in the Brookfield, V. R., thus: "Horton, Lurana, dau. of Samuel, a young woman, bap. Aug. 13, 1780."
Also 4 sons of Samuel and Eliza- beth, bap. Sept. 18, 1785, C. R. 1. `Elizabeth was Lurana's step- mother.
In Mayflower Descendant, vol. II, page 48, I read: Mary Cushing, dau. of. Jeremiah and Mary Cuhing, born March 15,
Luranah Cushing, d. of Jeremiah and Mary Cushing, born Dec. 20, 1735.
The above Cushing records taken from Provincetown,' Mass., V. R ... Mayflower .. . Desc., Voll 5,p. 195; Eastham and Orleans, V. R.
", Samuel Horton ; and Hannah At- wood, married by Mr. Samuel Treat, Jan. 28, 1713-14. Seventh child.
Samuel Horton son of Samuel and Hannah Horton was born Oct. 16, 1729."
M. D. Vol. 16, p. 26; Eastham and Orleans V. R. "April, 1755, then sam- luel horten Jr. and mary Cushing Boath of Eastham ware marid in Eastham By Mr. Edward Chever Clark."
"Lurane Horton, Daughter of Samuel and Mary Horton was Born in Eastham March 15, 1762."
"Mary Horton wife of Samuel Horton Died July 1767."
M. D. Vol. 32, p. 113, Eastham and Orleans, V. R., "Samuel Horten and Elizabeth Collins Both of Eastham was Married att Eastham March ye 24; 1768 By Edward Cheevers, Minis- ter Entered by me Joshua Doane town clerk."
They had sons John and Elnathan b. 1770 and 1772, recorded here ..
These two were. among four bap- tized at Brookfield, Sept. 18, 1785. M. D. gives ancestry of both Sam- uei and Mary 3 or 4 generations back of this, but I will not give it here. They were Plymouth Colony people, as well as the Billingtons. The records show several families closely connected, and traveling westward through the years togeth- er. Cushings, Hortons, Beebes, Pdatts etc., and later Allens, Knights, Whe- lans, Goffs.
The 1790 census of Mass. shows, Hampshire county:
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Ashfield town, Nathaniel Billing- ton, 1 m' over 16, 2 f.
Francis Billington, 1 m. over 16, 1 m. under 16, 2 f.
No other Billingtons in Mass:, but there are 54 Hortons, 30 Goffs, also Knights, Beebes, Remingtons and Bonneys.
In the 1790 census of New York I find in N. Y. City and' county,
Ellias Billington, 1 m. 'over 16, 1 female.
And in Cortland town, Westchester county,
Enoch Billington, 2 m. over 16, 2 m. under 16, 1 female. No other Billingtons in N. Y. fr 1790, and none in Vermont.
to "Book of the First Church o' Christ in Middleborough, Plymout county, Mass. Boston, C. C. P. Mood Printer, Washington St., 1852." Page 4. Francic Billington and Samuel Pratt among first settlers. The first precinct was purcrased in March 7 .. 62.
Page 14. Persons that entered into church fellowship, Isaac Billington .! (To be continued)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945
Whelan, Billington Family Tree
By Mrs. Hoyt E. Whelan 601 W. Chicago Blvd. · Tecumseh, Mich.
(Continued from rast week)
Page 25. James Raymond and John Raymond.
Page 55. Members who became ministers of the Gospel: Beniah Pratt-was not a graduate, but preached in Maine in the new settle- ments.
Page 75. Index of members: Isaac, Mary, Ichabod and Elenor Billington, also many Pratts.
Registry of Deeds, Worcester Co., Mass.
Book 82, p. 43. . Seth Billington, Grantee; Elijah Gilbert, Grantor; of Brookfield, May 170, 1777 for £ 13s, 4 p "paid by me, Seth Billington of Middleboro, Plymouth Co."
Worcester Co., Mass., Registry of Deeds.
Book 82, p. 44. Seth Billington, Grantee; Matthew Brown, Grantor, Brookfield, Dec. 26, 1777. "Pontang Hill-so. part of town 2 acres. so. by town and land of Seth Billing- ton-Paul Crowell by land of self." This looks as if Seth Billington® moved to Brookfield from Middle- boro in 1777 and ,purchased more land adjoining his first purchase that same year. He appears to have sold it in 1779, and perhaps moved away, as below. He is not in the 1790 census ·of Brookfield.
Worcester Co., Mass., Registry of Deeds. Book 82, page 45.
Seth Billington, Grantor; Philip Hoer, Grantee; May 1, 1779 ..
."Sell Pontange Hili, 201/2 acres- land bought of Elijah Gilbert- bought of Mathew Brown, buildings standing £560. Signed, Seth Billing. ton, Betty Biliington."
nebeck county, and I found there:
Billington, Mary K., wife of Seth died May 17, 1848, age 63. Evergreen cemetery.
Biiington, Seth, died July 26, 1868, age 84 years, 10 months, Evergreen cemetery.
This same year Samuel Horton. father-in-law of John ,Billington, makes his appearance in Brookfield, Hiscock Jane, w. Richard, d. April 2, 1825, in 81st year. Damariscotta Cem Book 88, p. 13. Worcester Co., Mass. Samziel Horton, Grantee; Wm. Thomas, Woctor, Brookfield, Grant- Hiscock, Mercy, w. James, d. Dec. 2, 1830, age 58, Damariscotta Cem. Hiscock, Richard, d. March 23, ham, Barnstable or. Samuel Horton, yoeman, of East- Co., Mass., for £2000 mansion house and barn-100 1800 in . 83rd year, Damariscotta
acres. Abbutters; Mathew Brown. Cem.
Adams, Chever, Moses Brown, David Hitchcock. April 29, 1779,
Worcester Co., Mass., Registry of Deeds, Feb. 22, .1792. Samuel Hor- ton, Grantee; James Jackson, Rox- bury, Mass., Grantor. Samuel Horton of Brookfield-meadow land- £10 16s. Book 118, p. 252.
Worcester . Co., Mass., Registry of Deeds, Book 127, p. 233. Samuel Horton, Grantor; Moses Barns, grantee; Sept. 21 1795. ' Meadow land purchased from Jas. Jackson, Roxbury. £32, s105 66c. Worcester Co., Mass., Registry of Deeds Book 128, p. 626. Feb. 21, 1797. Samuei Horton, Grantor; Gershom Makcpeace, Grantee; $1500. Samuel and Elizabeth Horton. (Elizabeth Collins was Sam'l's 2nd wife). This is likely the date at which they left Brookfield. . Note Davld Hitchcock owning land next to John Billington's fath- er-in-law, Samuel Horton.
Buffalo, Erie .Co., N. Y., Registry of Deeds, Liber 6, 280A, April 21; 1819 James James Hitchcock, Gran- tee; Enoch Hitchcock and Matilda his wife, Grantor; Witness Samuel Hitchcock; Recorder, D. Reming- ton.
Lots of Hitchcocks but no Horton in early Grantee Index, or 2nd in- dex.
Adrian, Lenawee Co., Mich., Reg- istry of Deeds. Book F. p. 46. June 25, 1836.
James Hitchcock and hannah his wife, of Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., Grantor.
David R. Dunn ,of Lockport, Ni- agara Co., N. Y., Grantee. Land in Michigan.
Quite a few Hitchcocks in Lena- wee Co., Michigan at an early date. Adrian, Lenawee Co., Mich., coun- ty clerk's vital records. Book A p. 119.
Deaths: Oct. 29, 1874. James Hitch- cock, male, white, age 80, died in Adrian of old age. Born Clinton, N. Y. Farmer. Names of parents un- known. Recorded July 3, 1875. (Clin- ton not far from .Westmoreland.) Must have been born in 1754.
Other Hitchcocks came here from Cazenovia, N. Y., very early.
James Hitchcock, 80 years old in 1874, must have been born in 1754. Please note in the Middleboro
Church History, that Beniah Pratt preached in"Maine in the new settle- ments. At the time I found this I has no interest in the Maine settle- ments, only in the Pratt connection with Billingtons in Middleborough. Were these "new settlements" made by the removal of some of the con-
" In the New England Historic Gen- ealogical Library in Boston I found "General Maine Epitaphs Cemetery Inscriptions." A typed copy, by Ma -!
gregation of the Middleborough In War of 1812. William Knight, ensign. Job Billington and Francis church to Maine? Knight, privates. In company ralsed in vicinity of Wiscassett and Bath. Eilis Sweet of Wayne, Lieut. Col Another Wayne company, with Lieut. Col. Sweet, Seth Billington and Am- bel Goodwin Hall. Wayne is in Ken- asa Dexter, sergeants.
Seth Billington 2nd, Nathaniel Bil- lington, Thomas Raymond and Syl- vanus Raymond, Jr., privates.
Job Fuller, first settler of Wayne, 1773.
History of the Town of Wayne, Kennebech Co., Maine, Geo. Walton. Page 123, intentions of marriage.
1804 Seth Billington 2nd and Poliy Norris, both of Wayne Feb. 22. Sol- omjon Raymond and Mary Smith, both of Wayne, Oct. 27.
1810, Isaac Billington, Jr., of Mon- mouth and , Susannah Norris of Wayne, June 16.
1814 Paul Ladd of Winthrop and Ruhama Billington of Wayne, April
1815, Josiah Curtis of Leeds' arki
Hannah Billington of Wayne April 20.
1824 Truman Billington of Wayne and Eliza Nickerson of Orrington, July 11.
1826 Ephriam Norris and Temper~ ance Billington, both of Wayne Jan- 22.
1827 John Hutchings and Larat& Billington, both of Wayne, June 16." 1827 Charles Nelson of Winthrop and Emily Billington of Wayne, Sept. 19.
(Please note, Nelson Billinghon named one of his children Chantes: Nelson Billington.)
1829 Ephraim Maxim, Jr. and Ruth? P. Billington, both of Wayne, Feb .. 15.
1835 Ichabod Billington and Mrs. Patience Frost, both of" Wayne Feb- 15.
Dexters and Knights are found al -- so in this record.
1845 Daniel C. Billington of Hal- lowell and Mary W. Norris of Wayne: Nov. 2.
1847 Nathaniel . Billington 2nd of- Winthrop and Amanda A. Magner- of Wayne Aug. 8.
Page 21 of this history.
Mrs. Phebe Billington; a remark- able land on account of her long life, was born In Liverpool, Eng. on- Oct. 6, 1762. She died in Wayne Feb ... 9, 1869, being 106 years, 4 months &
Also in the General Maine Epi -.. taphs, typed, by Mabel Goodwin: Hall, I found the following Nelsona ;... Nelson, Bethia, wife of Joseph diede April 7, 1882, age 89 years.
Nelson, Joseph, died Dec. 12, 18415. age 60. Both bur. in the . Clinton cem ._ west of the town house. ' (To be continued)
DATA AVAILABLE. ON BLAKES- iee, Van Cott, Bentley and re -. lated families. Inquire Emilie; Sarter, 268. Newbury St., Bos- 1 ton 16, Mass. 11-13-5t
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Whelan, Billington Family Tree
By Mrs. Hoyt E. Whelan 601 W. Chicago Blvd. Tecumseh, Mich.
(Continued from last week)
Hiscock, Capt. Richard, d. June 30, 1856, age 79, Damariscotta Cem.
This cemetery is near the Bristol line.
There were several Nelsons and many Norris buried in Wayne, also several Dexters, but no Horton or Whelan.
I found there also, "Hist of Kenne- beck Co., Malne," pub. 1892, Kings- bury and Deyo. ol., Military History. Page 113 China Town, War of 1812. Zalmuna Washburn, ensign. Page 114 Gardiner Town. John Wadsworth, fife major.
Page 119 Wayne Town. William Knight, 'sergeant. Another small company from Wayne was commanded by Ebenezer Norris, lieutenant; Amasa Dexter, Seth' Billington, Benjamin Norris, corporas.
The privates numbered only 27 m'en."
No Billington given in this history in any other towns of Kennebeck |3 days old. Her maiden name was. Phebe Doty, dau. of a sea captain ... Co. except Wayne. "The Town Register, 1905. Wayne, etc. By 'Mitchell and Gott." She married first Daniel Cary; they- Page 120, Wayne Milltary Matters. Wayne .In the Revolution. Isaac Bil- lington and James Churchill. had 4 children. She married seconds Nathaniel Billington and they had: five children; , Enoch, Nathaniel ._ Temperance, Emliy ad Locady.
MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville, N. Y.
How to Prove Your Pennsylvania Ancestry
Reprinted by permission of the Na-|picture of the county lines for the tional DAR Magazinc November, particular place and time. 1945
There are many sources, published
and unpublished, which one can use remember that the transcribers could In genealogical work especially in looking for Revolutionary ancestors. The sources available for persons working In Pennsylvania may be list-
not spell. Most names are found with every imaginable form of spelling, phonetic and otherwise. This cannot be too strongly emphasized. In a ed in five general groups: (1) Na- |number of cases the writer felt that tional: pension records, census re- no records were available until he began to search for peculiar forms of spelling, the name. This is partic- ularly true In census and tax records. Another point to be remembered Is ports. (2) State: Philadelphia-His- torical Society of Pennsylvania. Har- risburg-Land Office (Department of 'Internal Affairs), State Library, Pennsylvania Archives (published | that, while traditions are not to be and unpublished). (3) County: court- counted upon, they in many cases point the way. Nearly every tradition goes back to some original fact al- though much distortlon may have taken place. It does give the Inves- tigator a clue for further documen- tary research which would otherwise Yearbook of the Pennsylvania Fed- not be possible. houses -- offices of recorder, regis- trar, pholnonotary, clerk of Orphans Court, County Commissioners (tax records). County histories (not too dependable). Historical aocietles- for complete information see the eration of Historical Societies. (4) Local: histories, church records (published and unpublished), old newspaper files. Besides local files, files of Pennsylvania newspapers are to be found at the State Library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the American Antiquarian Society, Wor- cester, Massachusetts. (5) Family: Bible records, cemetery inscriptions, famlly histories.
In searching in Pennsylvania one must continually be aware of the shifting in county lines. When the Revolution began there were on -. ly eleven counties. Today there are 67. The best reference is the "Gen- neighbors. Even county histories are ealogical Map of the Counties" pub- lished by the Department of Inter- nal Affairs at Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania. All legal records are to be found at the 67 county seats, altho all records dealing with the Revolu- tionary perlod will be found at one of the 11 county seats in existence in 1775. In addition, southwestern Pennsyvania was a part of Virginia until 1781, in so far as court re- cords are concerned. Washington county was formed in 1781.
When a new county was formed, no records were transferred from the parent county. For example, the re- cords of what is now Blair county are to be found at the courthouses of Biair, Huntington, Bedford .and Cumberland counties. An individual may have lived all his life on the same farm, but the records may be Bell In Pennsylvania gave additional found in several parts of Pennsyl- facts concerning his ow branch of the family. vania. The first thing that the in- vestigator must do is to get a clear (To be continued).
GAZETTEER, BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY AND FULTON COUNTIES
(Continued from last week.)
Thompson, A. A., Gloversville, ladies' furnishing goods and agent for the Empire sewing machine, 88 Main.
T Johnetnum
Valentine, James . C., Gloversville, manuf. of goves, 5 Mill. Valone, Nicholas, Gloversville, retir- ed farmer.
Van Allen, Wm. E., Johnstown, stone mason and farmer 100.
Van Alstine, Barney, Keck Center farmer 117. Van Alstine, John, Sammonsville, farmer.
Charles Simmons-
Whelan, Billington Family Tree
By Mrs. Hoyt E. Whelan 601 W. Chicago Blvd. Tecumseh, Mich. .
(Continued from yast week)
Nelson, Catherine, wife of Jona- than died May 17, 1866, age 80 years 3 mo.
Nelson, Jonathan died Sept. 4, 1851 age 67.
Both buried in China Village cem. 1816, age 34, burled in Oakland, up- per cem.
Nelson, Mary, wife of John died Nov. 30, 1854, age 71 yer. 8 mo. bur. in East Winthrop cemetery.
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