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Leavitt Genealogy
The NYS Leavitt genealogy thru the family of Deacon John Leavitt of Hingham, Mass. and some of its branches.
The "History of Dorchester" by Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Pub. 1850
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Page 62: John Leavitt was here as early as 1634 and about 1638 he sold hls house and land in Dorchester to Mr. Makepeace. He removed to Hingham and was probably the per- son of this name married there.
Chap. 3, pp. 32-39. List of the first settlers of the town.
"John Leavitt, an early emigrant to N. E. was resident of Dorchester In .1634, says the "Genealogical Dic- tionary of Mr. Savage,” but soon came and settled In Hingham," how- er and in 1636 had a grant of a house-lot, which „was bounded by
John Parker, Joseph Hull, William Carlysle and the Training Fleld; 1. e. on Leavitt street in the vicinity lo- cality kn. as "Over the Delaware." He was a freeman 1636; was the dea- con of the Church for many years; representative at the General Court 1656 and 1664; selectman 1661, 1663, 1668, 1672, 1674 and 1675 and fre- quentiy employed on the business of the town. The name of his first wife who died July 4, 1646 does not ap- pear on Hingham records. The chris- tian name of his second wife whom he married Dec. 16, 1646, was Sarah. She died May 26, 1700. He died Nov. 20, 1691, aged 83 years."
John Leavitt's son Josiah (2) had a son Joseph (3) who marrled the daughter Judith Hobart, of David, of Rev. Peter, of Edmund Hobart.
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Page 62: Names are taken in al- phabetical order.
From the "Hobart Genealogy" comes the information that at the time the Hobart family came to New England, they settled at Bears Cove later they changed the name to Hangham, after their old home in England.
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married for his second wife Isabelle Tefft of Remsen, N. Y. They were the parents of seven children, three: sons and four daughters: William T .. Bly, Harvey Bly, Joseph Biy, Polly Biy, and three other daughters: whose names we do not know.
William T. Bly was born Jan. 20, 1812. He entered Madison University- and was ordained a Baptist minister" in Sept., 1840. He married in 1839; Elizabeth R. Miller and went to- Michigan, Indiana, Illincis and Min -- nesota, LaGrange, Comstock, Kala -. mazoo County, Mottsville, St. Joseuh, County, Valpariso, Ind. Washington ;. Ill.,. Berwick, Oquawaka, ctc. (Eldéru William T. Bly from the first half : Century of Madison University, nowy .. Colgate.)
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(From New York Gazetteer, Chen- ango county, page 297. William T. Bly taught the first school at Linck- laen.)
Harvey Bly the second son of Wil- liam and Isabelie Bly was born at. Bergen, N. Y. in 1804, probably when his mother was on a visit there as we find no record of the William Bly family ever living there. Harvey pro- bably ved in the Town of Norway, N. Y. until May 10th, 1837 when he married Amanda E. Simons at Le- Roy, N. Y. The witnesses were A. E. Wilcox and Uriah Compton. After marriage they went to the State of Indiana and later to Ohio where they settied on an 80 acre tract of land where he died in his 89th year. He was a blacksmith by trade. They were the parents of seven children. Children Bly:
Mary Charlotte, Helen Endozia, Is- abelle Ann, Sarah Lavina, Harriette Emaline, William Silas Walter, Caro-i line Elizabeth.
Joseph Bly the third son of Wil- liam and Isabelle Bly was a minister and lived at Elmira, N. Y. or at least he had his picture taken there and he may have lived at Boonville, N. Y. for aome time.
Polly Bly is the only one of the four daughters of William and Isa- belle Bly we find any records of. She married Chester Kent and lived at Boonville, N. Y. and both had their pictures taken there by N. Jenks, which is a Rhode Island name.
I have Kent records. A grandson is living at Constableville, N. Y. and two of Polly's daughters are living in the town of Russia.
My father told me he had 3 half sisters who marrled and went to western New York about 1840 and that William Bly's three daughters went with them and - their names. were Harriet, Caroline and Sarah.
My grandfather's sister Elizabeth born 1787 married Arent Vedder in 1807 and settled on the Hurricane. He died in 1820 and she married Wil- lam Bly, his third wife. One son Clark Bly married Almira Wenover. A son Will Bly died at Oriskany on Jan. 9, 1929. He was the last of the. Blys on the Hurricane.
I was born there in 1867 and have the Jobe Bly records. Joseph was my ancestor.
B. J. Service.
Schenectady, N. Y.
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Many of these persons dissolved their connection with the Dorchester Plantation at this early period; we have therefore collected such facts regarding them as have come to our knowledge, and place them before
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our readers now, In the hope that some of the numerous descendants, better versed in their history, may aid our future numbers by Imparting | to the committee such additional in- formation as they possess.
"Records of 1st Church at Dorches- ter from 1636-1734." No names of compiler.
Pages 1-6 "The Mary and John, which brought the 1st company of Dorchested Settlers was the second of the 17 ships to sail from England to America in 1620 and 1630. Passen- gers for the most part were from De-
von, Dorset, Somersetshire. A list of those made freemen from 1630 to 1636 includes John Leavitt. "The Mary and John arrived in America May 30, 1630."
"Pope's Pioneers of Mass." page 282: "John Leavitt, Tailor, Dorches- ter, 1634, propr. freeman March 3, 1635-6. Removed to Hingham; propr. 1638, Deacon, town officer, deputy. Wife died July 4, 1646. Perhaps Mary "Lovett," mentioned Dorchester Church before 1639 was this person. He married Dec., 1646 Sarah, daugh- ter of Edward Gilman.
"History of Hingham, Vol. 2, page 428, pub. by: the Town.
The following is an alphabetical list of all the Grantees of Dorches- ter lands, whose names appear in the town records previous to January, | 1636 and comprises all the first set- tlers, excepting such as may have ap- peared on the missing pages( prob- ably very few) and whose names were not repeated. John Allen, Thom- as Andrews, Jno. Benham, etc. to the letter L. then: Thomas Lambert, John Leavitt, Capt. William Lovell, Roger Ludiow, John Maverick, etc. John Leavitt, a tailor, died Hingham.
fell to his son, A. C. Philips."
Analysis of Family Tradition: Tak- Ing the salient points out of the above we have:
1. Cornelius Phillips, is stated to
have been grandfather of Rev. Wil- liam Wirt Phillips, and father of William who married Hannah House- man. That much, and no more, I be- lieve to be correct.
2. William Phillips, "son of Cor- nelius, who was killed in the Battle of Oriskany, was called but as he had a. wife and children, his father William Titus Phillips 6 married | took his place." -
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MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
ST. JOHNSVILLE, N. Y.
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943
Questions and Answers
A department devoted to the pursult of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Answers may be sent direct to the inquirer but if submitted for publication the facts will be distributed. Parties possessing only a part of the information are urged to send in what they have.
HELMER
Philip Heimer was one of the early settlers near Fonda's Bush before 1770. He had a son John Helmer, both were Tories, and went to Cana- da during the Revolution and served in the Johnson's Greens. After the Revolution we find a John Helmer with his residence in the E. D'r, Cornwall, Upper Canada and also a second John Helmer. Adam Helmer who lived near Philip was loyal to the Coolnies did not go to Canada. Who was Philip and Adam Heimer and what relation were they ?
Catherine Service, probably a
daughter of John Service the Tory married James Helmer.
Children, Helmer:
Elizabeht born Feb. 21, 1796, Caughnawaga church record. Peter, Jr. born Feb. 21, 1796, Caughnawaga church record.
James born May 6, 1803, Manny's Corners church record.
Hannah born April 12, 1806, bapt. August 12, 1806, Manny's Corners. Jane born July 17, 1808, bapt. July 17, 1808, Manny's Corners.
Who was Catherine Service and James Helmer ?
B. J. Service
Schenectady, N. Y.
HALL
My paternal grandmother was 8 Hall from Shelburne, Vermont, the family stemming from one Burgess `Hall who died at Shelburne on Au- | and Johanna Bly, they did not come gust 29, 1806. The town records place
I his' age at 64 which establishes his
date of birth as 1742. His son, an- other Burgess Hall, died at Shelburne on November 30, 1834 at the age of 60 which places his birth date as 1774.
From Jacobus' "Families of Old Fairfield" It is learned that a burges (note slight difference in spelling) Hall was born about 1743, married Eunice Whitehad at Redding, Conn., on July 23, 1767 and resided with her at Cambridge, Albany County (now Washington county,) New York in 1791.
A Burges or Gurbas Hall served in the American Revolution as a pri- vate in Captain Joseph Well's Com- pany of Colonel Lewis Van Woert's Regiment, which was the 16th or Cambridge Regiment of the Albany County Militia. Certifcate No. 24,639 ! in payment for this service was
transferred to and received by one Ebenezer Allen on March 17, 1785. Even though the foregoing establish- es the fact that Burges (or Burgas or Burgess) Hall was of Cambridge during the Revolution and in 1791, he does not appear as the head of a family in 1790, the only Hall listed there being Enoch Hall. On the oth- |
Susanna (Zantje, Saintje) married July 31, 1741 in Albany Jan. P. Brad. Elizabeth married Oct. 5, 1741, in Albany, Johan Casparse Geefhart.
Maria married June 1, 1744 in Al- bany, Symon Springsteen.
Gerrit Jr. married July 15, 1757, in Albany Wyntje Oliver.
The N. Y. Gen. and Bio. Record, Vol. 47, page 10 offers the possibility that the said Gerrit Segers (father of Susannah Segers Bradt) may have been the son of the Seger Gerritsen of Albany, New York and Staten Is- land, who married in the Dutch Church, N. Y., on Jan. 28, 1677 Jan- netje Hhryssens. Between the years 1696 and 1738 he figured as witness to various baptisms at the Port Rich- mond . Dutch Church, Staten Island. Usually his name was associated with that of Jannetje (Faas) Vlierboom. He and Jannetje Faas were witnesses at the baptism of Zeger, the third child of Cornelis (Seger Cornelise, Cornelis Cornelise Egmont) and Elsje De Camp. Might not that indicate a relationship or should it be dismiss- ed as mere coincidence ?
Arta Bradt Flood.
Mrs. Walter M. Flood Box 265
Auburn, Calif.
THE "JOBE BLY FAMILY
Unlike their brothers Joseph and William Blye, Jobe and Allen Bly, the third and fourth sons of Benjamine
to the "Royal Grant" until 1810 or after.
Jobe Bly was born in 1771 and married Olive Rathbone at the Pres- by Church, Voluntown, Conn., April 8th, 1790. She died before 1800. They were the parents of three children, Jobe Bly, Jr., Thomas Rathbone Bly and Olive" Bly.
Jobe Bly, Jr. married 1811 Free- love Watson, a daughter of Stephen and Mercy Watson of Greenwich, R. I. or Exter, R. I. He lived near Green, Chenango county, N. Y. and had a large family and many de- scendants including his daughter Olive, a chance for confusion.
Thomas Rathbone Bly was born in 1793 at Voluntown, Conn. and was married there to Nancy Tanner. They lived at Green, Chenango county, N. Y. His place of death is not known. Nancy's father Isaac B. Hanner brought the Bly children up and went
in the 1840's but he did not live near the Stillman Valley Blys so far as we know. His name is the reason we think his mother Olive . Rathbone might be a relative of Thomas Rath- bone who married Elsie Ann Cooper who lived on the East Jerseyfield road, Town of Norway.
Olive Rathbone was born in R. I. in 1796. She married Northop Wat- son Young, son of Elias Young, a Revolutionary soldier and his wife Hannah who were also from Exter, R. I. before they moved to Volun- town, Conn. They lived at Green, N. Y., also Tioga county, Pa and may be a trip to Kansas and Nebraska.
Jobe Bly, Sr. married for his sec- ond wife Ester. .. whose other name we do not know. They were the parents of three children: Mary, : Alanson and Josiah Bly.
Jobe Bly came to the Royal Grant . about this time and whether the children were born here we do not know. He bought 25 acres of con- fiscated lands in Lot 50 2nd Allot- ment Royal Grant. This was directly opposite to the Tompkins road on the Hurricane and next to the farm where I was born. This was later owned by his son Alanson Bly. He, married Laula Pullman and a daugh- ter Ruth was my first teacher. He lived near the school house. The old Jobe Bly house had totally disappear- ed before 1870 but the rose bushes ' and apple trees were still blooming as.late as 1890.
Many of the above recoras were given me by others.
B. J. Service.
Schenectady, N. Y
HUNT
I want to trace ancestry of Wil- liam Walter Hunt, the well known inventor, who was born near Martins- burg, New York on July 29th, 1796, and died in New York City, N. Y. on June 8th, 1859.
Mr. Clinton N. Hunt, 120 Broad- way, New York City is a great grand- son of William Walter Hunt and is in- terested in his ancestry. In Volume 9, page 383 of the Dictionary of Ameri- can Biography of Charles Wallace Hunt who was born October 13, 1841. at Candor, Tioga county, N. Y. was educated at Cortland Academy, Ho- mer, N. Y. and died on March 27th, 1911.
This reference shows that Charles Wallace Hunt was a son of William Walter Hunt ,the famous inventor and of Elizabeth Bush Sackett Hunt, his wife.
I would appreciate any informa-} tion which would help trace the an- cestry. including the mother and father of William Walter Hunt, the inventor.
Stanley S. Gillam,
819 Metropolitan Bank Bldg. io Stillman Valley, Oglo county, Ill. Minneapolis, Minn
HALL
My paternal grandmother was a
Hall from Shelburne, Vermont, the family stemming from one Burgess Hall who died at Shelburne on Au- gust 29, 1806. The town records place
l'his age at 64 which establishes hls date of birth as 1742. His son, an- other Burgess Hall, died at Shelburne on November 30, 1834 at the age of 60 which places his birth date as 1774.
From Jacobus' "Families of Old Fairfield" It is learned that a Burges (note slight difference In spelling) Hall was born about 1743, married Eunice Whitehad at Redding, Conn., on July 23, 1767 and resided with her at Cambridge, Albany County (now Washington county,) New York in 1791.
A Burges or Gurbas Hall served In the American Revolution as a pri- vate in Captain Joseph Well's Com- pany of Colonel Lewis Van Woert's Regiment, which was the 16th or Cambridge Regiment of the Albany County Militia. Certifcate No. 24,639 in payment for this service was transferred to and received by one Ebenezer Allen on March 17, 1785. Even though the foregoing establish- es the fact that Burges (or Burgas or Burgess) Hall was of Cambridge during the Revolution and in 1791, he does not appear as the head of a family in 1790, the only Hall listed there being Enoch Hall. On the oth- 1 er hand Ebenezer Ailen who collected Burges.Hali's pay For war service .is: listed in the 1,00 census with two ad .. it maies in ids family.
From the ioregoing it is concluded that my Shelburne ancestor was un- doubtedly born in Connecticut and there married, moved to Cambridge. residing perhaps with a son-in-law, and later moved with a son of Shel- burne, but rather sketchy circum- stantial information, clues or sugges- tions will be gratefully received.
John Soule,
Lieutenant Colonel Corps of . Engineers Army of the U. S. 2327 Shenandoah Ave., N E.,
Atlanta, Ga.
SEGERS
The recently published material on the Segerse Van Voorhoudt Family has been of. great interest to me. Here is another question: Where does the following branch fit into the fam- ily or does it? If not what is its background? According to Prof. Pearson Jan Bratt, Bradt (Pleter 3, Jan 2, Albert Andrlesse 1) bp. Oct. 12, 1716 married Susannah (Zantje, Saintje) Segers (Segerse Van Voor- houdt) July 31, 1742. She was the daughter of Gerrit Seger who mar- ried Maritje ..... The hay elght child- ren:
Staats born 1715, married Dec. 6, 1740 in Albany Susanna Bratt.
Frederick bp. Nov. 2, 1717 in Sche- nectady.
Johannes bp. March 30, 1719 in Schenectady, married Marytje Bratt. Lydia bp. Jan.1, 1721 in Schenec- tady, married Jan. 9, 1740 in Albany, Adam Brad.
THE "JOBE BLY FAMILY
Unlike their brothers Joseph and William Blye, Jobe and Allen Bly, the third and fourth sons of Benjamine and Johanna Bly, they did not come to the "Royal Grant" until 1810 or after.
Jobe Bly was born in 1771 and marrled Olive Rathbone at the Pres- by Church, Voluntown, Conn., April 8th, 1790. She died before 1800. They were the parents of three children, Jobe Bly, Jr., Thomas Rathbone Bly and Olive Bly.
Jobe Bly, Jr. married 1811 Free- love Watson, a daughter of Stephen and Mercy Watson of Greenwich, R. |1911. I. or Exter, R. I. He lived near Green, Chenango county, N. Y. and had a large family and many de- scendants including his daughter Olive, a chance for confusion.
Thomas Rathbone Bly was born in 1793 at Voluntown, Conn. and was married there to Nancy Tanner. They lived at Green, Chenango county, N. Y. His place of death Is not known. Nancy's father Isaac B. Hanner
HUNT
I want to trace ancestry of Wil- liam Walter Hunt, the well known inventor, who was born near Martins- burg, New York on July 29th, 1796, and died in New York City, N. Y. on June 8th, 1859.
Mr. Clinton N. Hunt, 120 Broad-| way, New York City is a great grand- son of William Walter Hunt and is in- terested in his ancestry. In Volume 9, page 383 of the Dictionary of Ameri- can Biography of Charles Wallace Hunt who was born October 13, 1841. at Candor, fioga county, N. Y. was educated at Cortland Academy, Ho- mer, N. Y. and died on March 27th,
This reference shows that Charles Wallace Hunt was a son of William Walter Hunt ,the famous inventor and of Elizabeth Bush Sackett Hunt, his wife.
I would appreciate any informa- tion which would help trace the an- cestry. including the mother and father of William Walter Hunt, the inventor.
Stanley S. Gillam,
brought the Bly children up and went |819 Metropolitan Bank Bldg. io Stillman Valley, Oglo county, Ill. Minneapolis, Minn
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PHILLIPS FAMILY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
(Continued from last week) REV. WM. WIRT PHILLIPS Of Montgomery County (An endeavor to establish the an- cestry and connections of Rev. Wil- liam Wirt Phillips of New York, N. Y.)
By Robert Furman, M. D., (Historian-Genealogist) 621 West 189th Street New York, N. Y.
Early histories are as a rule in- valuable in recording information re- garding families of the the section, however, much of the data printed is not authenticated, or checked against the local archives before publication, and in this way, errors are handed down, as fact. Family tradition as a rule, has some foundation in truth, but nine cases out of ten, it has been misnterpreted, or applied to the
wrong ancestors.
When I was a young man (I am now 80) my father and I discussed family history. Father used to tell me, my grandfather, James Furman (of Ilion, N. Y.) and his family came from Exeter. At the time, the only Exeter I knew of, was Exeter, Eng- land and so I recorded the statement and always believed it, until I found grandfather James Furman's baptism in the old Dutch Church, as born at "Schuyler Lake, N. Y.," and that the family lived for a long time at Exe- ter, not England, but Otsego county, New York. Then father used to' speak of his "uncle Ralph." I had never met any of my granduncles and naturally thought he was Ralph Furman; for years I searched for him. Later gen- ealogical work showed me this man · was my father's uncle "Ralph Earl," his mother's brother. This illustrates the point I have in mind. Unwittng misinterpretation of family data, by descendants, which later makes it weil night impossible to trace a line back.
1. That the eRv. William Wirt Phil- | lips' grandfather was a Cornelius Phillips, I believe, and think we can accept. But there is no proof, and considerable doubt that he was THE | Cornelius Phillips killed at the Battle of Oriskany. The only Cornelius says the printed genealogy, but ac- Phillps that I got any record of, was Cornelus, bapt. Feb. 9, 1745-6, Fort Hunter, N. Y., son of William and Maria (Sixberry) Phillips, that he is probably the one who was killed at Hi Battle of Oriskany, is fairly.cer- tain, but that he could have been father of William Phillips born 1754, is nonsense, as he was only 8 or 9 years of age, at the time.
2. The statements that William Phillips "was called but as he had a wife and children, his father took his place." 3. "William being a mar- red man and havng the care of a farm, his father Cornelius, served as a substitute," is without foundation. Willam Philips was born 1754, his
wife Hannah Houseman, born 1759, their oldest son, as stated on the gravestone record, was born 1781. So they were probably not married much before 1780 after the Battle of Oris- kany. In fact as late as the 1790 Census, no William Phillips is listed as head of a family, in Montgomery County, N. Y.
4. The statement in Beers History of Montgomery County, N. Y. that "Cornelius Phillips owned a farm which passed to his son, William Phillips" is again incorrect. Land transactions and the papers of Miss Frances H. Landreth, show that the Phillips property (ouside of pur- chase) came to William Phillips, thru his marriage to Hannah Houseman, who was the only daughter of Albert and Caty (Shuler) Houseman, who was a mill owner in that section.
In all my work I found just one Cornelius Phillips who could have been father of William Phillips of Florida, N. Y., and grandfather of ev.R William Wirt Phillips and this was a Cornelius Phillips, of Hunter- don`county, N. J. died intestate Jan. 30, 1760. Bond of Robert Muir, of Princeton, Middlesex county as ad- ministrator. Samuel Tucker, Jr., Trenton, Hunterdon county, Fellow Bondsman.
Conclusions: A thorough search of the Hunterdon county records should be made, in order to follow up on the above Cornelins. Next, a more com- plete and thorough search of original land records of William Phillips in Florida, N. Y., probably would show where he originally came from, before his first purchase.
Werts, Kirt, Wirts, Wurtz: I fol- lowed up on this angle, with the pos- sibility in mind, that the Rv.t Wil- liam Wirt Phillps' paternal grand- mother may have been of this sur- name. There are possibilities here worth following up further.
E _Rev. (John in printed family gen- ealogy) Conrad, Conrad, Wirts (1) was born Nov. 30, 1706, Zurich, Swit- zeralnd. Died Sept. 30, 1763, York, Pa., married Anna Goetschi or Goet- schius sister of the Rev. (Henricus, cording to his will) Johannis Mauri- tuis Goetschius, of Long Island and later Ulster county, N. Y. Anna (Goetschius) Phillips was living July 4, 1770, daughter of Rev. Moritz Goetschius. (A full account of this family will be found in Chambers "Early Germans of New Jersey," and the "Wirts Genealogy.") Rev. Conrad Wirts resided at Philadelphia, Pa. (1735); Lehigh County, Pa. (1742-4) Springfield, York county, Pa .; Leb- anon, Hunterdon county, N. J .; Ger- man Valley, Morris County, N. J. and New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N. J. returned to York county, Ja. where he died.
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PHILLIPS FAMILY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
REV. WM. WIRT PHILLIPS Of Montgomery County
(An endeavor to establish the an- cestry and connections of Rev. Wil- liam Wirt Phillips of New York, N. Y.)
By Robert Furman, M. D., (Historian-Genealogist) 621 West 189th Street New York, N. Y.
(Continued from last week)
1770, July 4, proped May 28, 1771. Will of Johannis Mauritius Geochius, of Shawengunk Precinct, Ulster Co., minister of the Gospel. Wife Cath- arina, nephews Henricus and Mauri- tius, sons of brother Henricus Geo- chius George, son of sister Ann and Rev. Coenraad Wirtz deceased. Land in Sbawengunk and in New Poltz Patent. Exrs. the wife; Johannis Jansen Jun and Benj. Smedes Jun.
Wit: Henricus Schoonmaker, Elias van Bunschoten, Joseph Coddington of New Paltz, schoolmaster. (Lib. G2, on file court of appeals, Albany, N. Y.)
It is interesting to note that Rev. Wirt and his wife had a daughter inot generally listed among their 'children) Anna Maria Magdalena Wirts, bapt. August 20, 1735, at Christ Church, Phila., Pa. and when she was of marriageable age, her father, Rev. Wirts, was pastor In the Hunterdon County and nearby sec- tions of New Jersey. Speculating on possibilities, I have wondered If she might not have married Cornellus Phillips, who dicd intestate 1760. Leaving her a widow, her father died 1763 and it may be she joined her un- cle Goetchius, with her brother George Wirts at Shawengunk, and Uew Paltz, N. Y., where I found a "widow Phillips,' residing. The Ca- dy and Shuler families were both originally from the Catskill section of Ulster county. Again the Cady, Shuler, and Werts, Wirtz, Wurtz families migrated to Montgomery county where members are still liv- ing.
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