Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1945-1946], Part 27

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ROWLEY, ORPHA

Wife of Timothy Larrabee died 1 March 1843; born 19 Aug. 1795. Who was her father? Betsy Rowley mar- ried Obidiah Bass. Who was her father? (Shoreham V. R.)

ROWLEY, CHARLOTTE

Married Solomon Cook 11 July 1816. (Shoreham V. R.) Who was her father?

ROWLEY, SAMUEL

Admitted as freeman and sworn. the first Tuesday of Sept. 1808 in Townof Pittsford, Vt. Who was his father '(Pittsford Town Records.) Was this Samuel Rowley the same Samuel Rowley of . Whiting, Ver- mont (see above ?), Age "would be

correct .--- - Stanley L. Moore,

(To be continued)

Mrs. James R. Spraker, 64 Dorchester Road, Buffalo 13, N. Y.

OLDS

George Oids, Rev. soldier born June 24, 1750, No. Ashford, Conn. died 1844 Underhill, Vt .. Want name of his wife, fuli list of their children, Known are George, Gideon, James and Ramon, (who went west; prob- ably to Ohio.)

George Olds, Jr., born 1771 died April 11, 1848, Brandon, Vt., mar- ried Lucy Ormsby. Want names of their children. Have record, without reference, that George and Lucy (Ormsby) Olds lived in Nine Part- ners, N. Y. for nine years, then re- moved to Manchester, Vt. What present name for Nine Partners? MORSE

Gershom Morse 5 (Gershom, Josh- ua, Joseph, Anthony 1) was born Wareham, Mass. June 4, 1754. With wife Thankful Seeley removed from Norwich, Vt. to some place in New York state. Of their children, Ab- ple. mer and Gershom; daughter Ruby (Samuel Hollenbeck); and Sophronia Richardson) lived

ECKLER

Peter Eckler, Revolutionary sol- dier, according to a summary sheet regarding his record (P. 3-217) in The National Archives, Washington was born at Fort Plain in 1754 and died in Warren, N. Y. Nov. 28, 1834. His brother Christopher born 12-25- 1748) also was a Rev. soldier. Peter had seven children: Peter, Henry,| Benjamin, John, Maria, Eve and Betsey. His widow, Hannah Cronki- (probably second wife) had issued to her warrant No. 53,754 for 160 acres of bounty land. Can the son, Peter, be identified as the Peter C. Eckler (born April 7, 1777, died July 26, 1865) who married March 19, 1816. Hannah Brown ?

Joseph H. Schaeffer.

619 E. Fayette street, Syracuse 3, N. Y.

Send in your queries.

Utita MalIny Kvadr

1795.

Mrs. F. F. Weinard,

713 Iowa,

Urbana, Ill.

Supposed to have been born in the old farm of Thomas Rowley, Jr.

son of Thomas Rowley, Sr.I it is known that Thomas Rowley, Jr. was with Ethan Allen when he captur- ed Ticonderoga in 1775. (Shoreham History.) If Thomas Rowley, Jr. and Capt. Thomas Rowley are identical, how and when did 'he obtain the rank of captain ?

ROWLEY, ORPHA

Wife of Timothy Larrabee died 1 March 1843; born 19 Aug. 1795. Who was her father? Betsy Rowley mar- ried Obidiah Bass, Who was her father? (Shoreham V. R.)

ROWLEY, CHARLOTTE

Married Solomon Cook 11 July 1816. (Shoreham V. R.) Who was her father?

ROWLEY, SAMUEL

Admitted as freeman and sworn the first Tuesday of Sept. 1808 in Townof Pittsford, Vt. Who was his father '(Pittsford Town Records.) Was this Samuel Rowley the same Samuel Rowley of Whiting, Ver- mont (see above .? ) Age would

correct. Stanley L. Moore,

735 Chautauqua, Norman, Okla.

(To be continued)

FANCIER

Information of the early settlers in. Central New York by name of Fan- cher.

AUSTIN, MANSER Ancestry of Jesse Pomeroy Austin, born about 18285-30. Married Sa- brina Manser whose data also want- ed. They lived in West Burlington, Otsego Co., in later years. He was known as "Pom" Austin. Died 1903.

ROWLEY, SILAS

Sold land to Timothy Larrabee, Jr. in 1823, Shoreham records Book 7, page 338. Who was his father and did he have children ?' ROWLEY,, ELISHA

P.ojrietors NORTON, CHANDLER

Data wanted of .Joseph Norton, born 1761, died 1831. Married Mary, born 1760, died 1848. Lived Ben-

Mortgaged some land in 1817 to nington, Vt. Son Calvin was born 1785, married 1809 at Rowe, Mass,, Sarah Chandler, whose ancestry is wanted. She was possibly a daughter of Lewis Chandler of Rowe, Mass ...

ROWLEY. JOSEPII Listed in Rueland county, Pitts- ford Town, census of 178) 1-1-1. ' Probably son of Jonathan and Es- ther, above. Who was the son?

ROWLEY, ISRAEL

Listed in Windham Coun' y, Hins- dale Town, census of 170), 1-0-1. Further data requested.

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ROWLEY, WILLIAM

Died at age 17, 14 Aug. 1803 while atteding school in Albany, N. Y., son of Capt. Thomas Rowley and Eunice. (Jennison Cemetery, Shoreham, Vt.) The Jennison ceme- tery was on land which was a part. of

ROWLEY, JONATHAN

Massachusetts, lived for a while in Richmond, Berkshire Co., removed to Pittsford, Vermont in Rutland Co. in 1773, married Esther. Children, sons-Hopkins married and remov- ed to Shoreham, Vt .; Jonathan, kill- ed on Lake Champlain, 1777; Joseph; John; (in Sept. 1778 Joseph and John were taken prisoner and car- ried to Canada; Joseph then 15 years and John 11 years of age; John was killed on Lake Champlain in the war of 1812;) Elihu; Isaac, moved to Ohio; Jonathan, 2d; Samuel, mar- ried Betsey Ward, moved to Ohio about 1812; Levi, married Esther Woodward, and lived on the old homestead in Pittsford, Daughters- Mary, married John Mott; Anna Elizabeth, died Jan. 16, 1779; Rebec- ca; Esther, married Phineas Squires, moved to Pennsylvania; Sally, mar- ried B. Squires. Request further da- ta concerning this family. (Hist. of Pittsford.)

ROWLEY, HOPKINS ..

Rowley, Hopkins, above came to Pittsford with father in 1773 in -his late teens; married Elizabeth, died age 73 1 Sept. 1831; Elizabeth died age 58, 29 July 1825; both buried in Lake View cemetery, Town of Shore- ham, Vt. Hopkins was with Ethan Allen at capture of Ticonderoga in 1775. Desire wife's family name and list of children. Hopkins Rowley sold land in Shoreham about 1823 to Tim- othy Larrabee, Jr., book 7, page 339, Proprietors Records. (Hist. of Pittsford; Hist. of Shoreham; Grave Records). Listed in Pittsford cen- sus 1790, 1-0-2.

John S. and S. H. Halley. Sı.oreham Proprietors records Book G page 76. Further data requested.

L. N. Fancher, RED 4, Troy, N. Y.

TOBEY

Do you readers know of a Tobey family in the Mohawk Valley with a son Mos'es 'Tobey, born about 1828 3 . 1 Edgar G. Criswell,

From Hebron, Conn., settled at 1060 Amsterdam avenue, Danby before 1769; lived for a while ew York 25, N. Y.

St Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville, N. Y.

Fib, 7 1946

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HALE, COOK

Can anyone give me information of the ancestry of Samuel Hale and his wife Mary Ann 'Cook. He was born about 1800 and they resided In Eimira and Whitestown, N. Y. Their daughter, Mary Ann was born Au- gust 11, 1828. They also had a son, Samuel, Jr. Would like this marriage and birth records, also ancestry. Mrs. Gladys J. Busby,

256 E. First Street,

Mesa, Arizona

JONES,POTTER

„Want data on parents of Nancy Van Rensselaer Jones, born October 26, 1801, Otsego Co., N. Y. died Jan. 9, 1864 at Taylor, N. Y., married Paris Potter Feb. 18, 1820 (Potter Family , Genealogy gives Jonathan Jones as name of Nancy's father.)

The children of Parls and .Nancy born Solon, N. Y. were ' Url, John Van Rensselaer, Rhoda Ann born Sept. 26, 1824 marrled 1st Nathan C. Reynolds, 2nd Lemuel Ide; Emer- anci, Polly Marle, Emory, Job, Eliz- abeth Ann, Oscar C. and Wm. Bram- weli Potter.

COBB, GIBBS

Wanta data on Martha (Patty) Cobb born 1762, died Gibbs farm, Guilford, N. Y. April 23, 1828, age 66. Married Nov. 30, 1788 at Prince- town, Mass. Wm. Gibbs, Jr. born Aug. 22, 1764. Children of this cou- ple were born at Sterling, Mass. Then the family moved to Gullford and Rutland, N. Y. where Wm. was a deacon In the Presbyterian church. Their children: .

Wm Gibbs marrled Dennis Saxton, Ezra Gibbs married Abigail Sex- ton.

John married Lavina Baker. Harry marrled Julia Spencer .. Nancy married John Rice Mary married Dr. Reuben Rice Martha married Westcott. Agusta unmarried.

SAXTON, ALCOTT, OLCOTT

. . Want data on Mary Aleott or'ol- cott born June 6, 1767, dled Aug. 28, 1846 (gravestone data),

married Henry Saxton, born Sheffield, Mass. Oct. 26, 1767. The couple lived *on a farm at Butternuts, N. Y. where the following children were born: William Henry, Isaac, Jacob Temper- ance, Mary, Elisha, Abram, Russeil, and Noble. These children marrled and lived In New York State. Surely some of the descendants have Infor- mation as to Henry Saxton's wife's correct name and parentage.

Mrs. C. A. Reynolds,

601 No. 16th Street, Lincoln, Neb.

DE LONG

Would like the parentage and an- cestry of Eleanor De Long who mar- ried William Dunlap, son of William and Jane (Campbell) Dunlap of Cherry Valley, N. Y. William, Jr. was born In 1753. They had:

Samuel Eleanor Rachael

Jane

Smith Z

Smith Dunlap married Eleanor Lane, daughter of Mathias and Mar- garet (Phoenix) Lane. Would Ilke ancestry of Mathias Lane born July 1, 1748 in Somerset, N. J. and dled at Buel, N. Y. in 1811.

RICHARDSON

Ancestry of Aaron Richardson of Falrfax, Vt. who dled there In 1816. He married Lucinda, daughter of James and Pennel (Fletcher) Taylor of Falrfax. The widow and chlidren Aaron Taylor, Charles and Lucinda removed to Morristown, N. Y.

RAUGHT

Parents of Adam Raught (Rought, Rauth, Raut, Rath, Roth) who mar- rled Elizabeth Herder (Harter, Haer- ter, Herter) and had children:

Peter born 1776.

Jacob born 1778. Michel born 1780.

Anna born 1783.

Adam lived Claverack, German- town, Minden.

Also would like parents of above Elizabeth Herder and presumed brothers, Peter and Michel. Mrs. J. H. Moe,

217 N. Oak Park avenue,

Oak Park, Ill.

DARROW

Data on George Darrow born Nov. 29, 1777, Saratoga, N. Y., died Jan. 23, 1843, believe Pompey, N. Y., mar- ried 1st Beulah Beers, no informa- tion and had Hannah, Deborah and Phydella. Hannah married Graves Jan. 1, 1822 and Deborah Isaac married a Berber ( ?). George mar- rled 2nd Mary Ann (Polly) Gifford, born April 30, 1790, New Haven, Conn. and had Beulah born 1812, marrled Timothy Sprague, Polly born 1813, Vernon, N. Y., marrled Elias Clark and died 1862, Betsey born 1816 Vlenna, N. Y., married Wm. W Patten, Wm. born 1818, Reu-

ben, Amanda born 1828 and Dar- win. Want parents of George and Beulah Beers. Mary Ann (Polly) Gifford married 1st John Peck Chi- dester who died 1809 in Pompey and had David Starr and John Madison Chidester. Jchn Peck's father was John David and mother Hannah? John David was a physician. The name may be Chichester or Chittis- ter as that Is an old name of Long Island and Conn. Will pay $10 for in- formation on John David's family or $15 for authentle proof of both his parents. Hannah may be a Peck as their first son was John Peck Chl- dester.

Thelma C. Anderson,

2012 West Rosita avenue, Burbank, Calif.

St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.

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NORTON, RUDD

Ancestry wanted of Luman Norton who married Sabrina Rudd, born Bern, Vt. 1786, died 1854 and wife Betsy Wood born 1791, died 1856. Luman Norton and Sabrina had sons David and Marshall.

CLARK, PARKER

Ancestry wanted of Benjamin Ciark who marrled Olive Parker. They were In Washington Co., N. Y. about 1800. Son John was born 1814 in St. Lawrence county and married Matilda Post.

John Clark and Matilda had a

daughter Amanda born 1841 In

Granby, N. Y.

KELLOGG, BORST

William Borst 1776-1824 of Scho- harie county married 1794 Eve Rick- ard 1776-1859. Ancestry of both wanted.

Their son Marcus 1800-1881 mar- ried 1833 Harriet A, Kellogg 1817- 1896. Both buried Cobleskill, N. Y.

Who were Harrlet A. Kellogg's parents ?

VAUGHAN, CADY

Who was Lucy Vaughan 1801- 1873, who was second wife of Lewis Cady born 1794 Killingly, Conn., died Benn., 1864: His first wife was Sally Smith born 1798, died 18814 leaving a son Horace born 1814.

Was Lucy Vaughan related to Da- vid Vaughan who married Lewis Ca- dy's aunt, Susanna Cady born 1793, probably Reading, Vt., daughter of Nedabiah Cady and Mary C. Buck of Killingly, Conn. and Reading , Vt.

Lucla N. Fancher,

RFD 4, Troy, N. Y. 1

KESSLER (Casler), BELLINGER PETRIE

Johannes Kessler (probably from near Herkimer), patentee 1725, vol-' unteer against Canada 1711, married Ann Margaret (who?) Their daugh- ter Ana Eva married Macus Petrie, who was born 1706-10, Fort Stanwix 1755-6, Lieut. Col 1767, dled 1776. Did his daughter Maria Elizabeth marry Lt. Adam Beilinger ?Dorothy Kess- ler (dau., of Johannes ?) married John Marcus, first son of Marcus Petrle. Catherine and Jacob Kessler, relationship unknown, married other Marcus Petrie children. Want ances- try and data of those involved. Was Maria Elizabeth Petrie above (born 1740 died Dec. 16, 1808) dau. of Mar- cus or Johan Petrie who died 1783 ? BELLINGER

.Want ancestry of Johannes Bel- linger (Patentee Burnetsfleld), his wife Margaret (Who?), his son Ad- am's wife Appollina (who?) also data.

CLOSE, KNAPP

Want ancestry, data of Goodman or Joseph Close and wife Elizabeth, parents of Hannah born 1632 mar- ried Joshua Knapp, 2nd John Bow- ers. Want Bowers data.

YOUNG, ANDREW

Andrew (Andreas) Young, son of Theobaid Jung, owned land near what is now Warren, Herkimer Co., also land in what Is now Sharon twp., Schoharle Co. His wife Eliz- abeth. Want her ancestry, vital dates of both and complete list of child- ren. Known children: David (oldest son) born Dec. 30, 1761; John; Ja- cob; and probably Susanna born 1765 and Elizabeth. The Andrew Young family went from the Mohawk to the Susquehanna after the Revolu- tlon, probably in a company which Included the familles of Frederick Hess and Henry, David and George Scrambling. Andrew owned 600 acres of Sir Wm. Johnson's "Dreamland Tract" at the mouth of Otego Creek between Otego and Oneonta, N. Y., which he bought from Mr. Banyar and Mr. Livingston, and there he died 1791-1796.

HENTON, MILLS, REYNOLDS, RUNDELL, SMITH, WESTON

Want ancestry, data Samuel and Sarah (Denton) Mills' daughter Abi- gail married Wm. Rundell (Rundle, Randall) and had Sarah, wife of Ca- leb Knapp whose grandson Caleb married Amy Rundell, dau. of Wm .. and Mary (Reynolds) Rundell of Greenwich, Conn. Amy born Oct. 23, 1730, married 2nd Palmer. Amy Ke- ziah, dau. of Caleb and Amy Knapp, married James Allison (what were his Revolutionary services ?) who died Goshen 1822, she married 2nd James Smith of Oxford, Orange Co. and their daughter married a Rey- nolds. Want data on all, also Samuel and Sarah (Weston) Mills, whose dau. Clemens married Caleb, son of Caleb and Sarah Rundell Knapp. ALLISON

Joseph Allison was a Southold, L. I. 1720,' prob. brother of John and Richard (want data), moved to Go- shen 1725-6, died there 1755. Who was his wife? His son Richardson married Anne or Anna; want her an- cetry. Richardson, father of James in query above, died 1769 Gochen. ROE, SAYRE, CAMPBELL

Want data on descendants and an- cestors of Timothy Roe born about 1759, Orange Co., married Martha Sayre (want ancestry), had 1 son, 6 daughters; he died 1830. Would like proof that a dau. Sarah married first Col. Wm. Alilson, 2nd James Campbell.

ROTH, VOLZ, HIPP

Would like to correspond with de- scendants of Carl, Paul, or Schneid- er Roth of Wurtemberg, Ger .. any, also Volz and Hipp descendants of Switzerland or Germany.

Carl H. Zwinck,

904 Packard, Ann Arbor, Mich.

YOUNG, DAVID Born Dec. 30, 1761 (Stone Arabia 7. 26.7.1986 D . R. Church Record); died Otego, twp., Otsego Co., N. Y. April 24, 1814, age 52 years, 4 months. (Bible Record.) Want the name of his first wife by whom he had at least one daughter, Madalene, born about May 31, 1784; died March 31, 1849, Otego twp .; married March 27, 1808 John! Van Woert of near Oneonta, N. Y. David Young married (2) Nov. 3, 1788, Maria Elizabeth Lipe, daugh- ter of Jost Leib (deceased). She was born about 1770, died Feb. 19, 1808, Oneonta, N. Y. Want data of Jost Leib, name of wife and iist of chiid- ren. Want children of David and Maria Young, which included Joseph Edwin, born Jan. 1, 1793; Elizabeth, born May 3, 1796; Margaret, born Dec. 27, 1799; and Polly, .born ?

David Young married (3) Eva who 'died in June, 1815, near Oneonta. Want proof that she was or was not Eva Sommers (daughter of Rev. Sommers) who by her first marriage to Daniel McDougal had Nancy born about 1778 who married George Scrambling; Polly who married

Frederick Hess and lived in Iowa ;. Saliy who lived in Albany; Peter ir Syracuse; Daniel in Steuben Co,; and by her second marriage to Henry Scrambling of Oneonta had Abra- ham, born 1796 and Margaret, born 1799.

John Young 1763-70 (son of An- drew) married Molly, daughter of John (Yokam) Van Derkerker of Schoharie and Oneonta, N. Y. Want any information about the family Were they parents of David Young who married Christina and had son Livingston baptized Oneonta 1834? Jacob Young born 1767-70 (son of Andrew) probably married Anna Jor- dan (Yerdon) Jan. 23, 1791 (Sand Hill Church Rec.) Want any infor- mation about this family.

Susanna Young born 1765 died Dec. 31, 1820, Oneonta, N. Y. mar- ried June 5, 1786? David Ccramb- ling, her cousin. Children: Peter,

Elizabeth, Catherine, Andrew, Geo. D., Anna, Madalin, Daniel and David. Want proof that Susanna Young was daughter of Andrew.

Elizabeth Young married about 1792 George Scrambling, son of Henry, of Oneonta, N. Y. Children: Elizabeth married Jacob Hess; Dan- icl born 1796; Jacob; George, born 1803; 'and Andrew, born 1809. Want proof that Elizabeth Young was daughter of Andrew. This family went to Ontario, Canada from On- eonta, N. Y. about 1820. Descend- ants were living in Iowa and Paris and Delhi, Ontario in 1911. Want any information of those who stayed in Canada and any connection with a Bunton family.

Want any connection between An- drew Young and Jacob Wolf of Her- per Town 1791; between Andrew Young and Daniei Ogden, Sr., Stoughton Alger and Jacob Alter of Oneonta, 1791.

Want proof of any military ser- vice of Andrew Young or his son Da- vid, born Dec. 30, 1761.

Margaret Young born Dec. 27, 1799 near Oneonta, N. Y., daughter of David and Maria Elizabeth (Leib) Young died Dec, 7, 1849 near Kala- mazoo, Mich. About 1828 in Oneon- ta, she married as his second wife, William Roe, born about 1798, son of John and Martha (Hess) Roe. Want ancestry of Martha Hess. Children of William and Margaret (Young) Roe: Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Margar-

Jane; Joseph Edmond annd William. Want ail vital dates, marriages and children. The William Roe family came to Kalamazoo Co., Mich 1836- 49.

VAN NESS, VAN DENBERGH

Want ancestry of John Van Ness, and Madalen Van Den Bergh, born July 29, 1730, married Feb. 25, 1753 probably in Albany, N. Y. (Bible Re- cords). Want complete list of children which included Sarah born March 15, 1754; died April 22, 1832 near Oneonta, N. Y. on March 30, 1777 she married Jacob Van Woert,. son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fort) Van Woert. Want ancestry of Eliz- abeth Fort, born about 1727; died March 27, 1785, probably in Albany. VAN WOERT

Peter Van Woert born Feb. 15, 1785, son of Jacob and Sarah (Van, Ness ) Van Woert, died April 20-1, 1876, Oneonta, N. Y., married May 17, 1810 Phoebe or Rhody Potter who died Juiy 5, 1842. Want a com- plete list of their children with dates and marriages.

Mrs. H. M. Stevens,

RD 4, Albion, Mich.

ARMITAGE, LYAL

'Names of persons for whom mar- riage licenses were issued by Sec- rotary of the Province of N. Y., printed by order of Gideon J. Tuck- er, secretary of state, gives Jan. 5, 1771 James Armitage and Abigail Lyal (Lyle.). The records giving church where this couple was mar- ried were lost in fire in Albany in 1911. Can anyone supply me with this information or has any one any et and Cornelia Jane, both baptized information concerning Abigail Ly -; June 30, 1833 in Oneonta. . Maria al's family. Am prepared to pay for. this information.

Lyal Caughy Boice,

Mrs. Edmund S. Boice, 534 Falls Road, . Rocky Mount, N. C.

march 14- 194-6

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1945-1946], Part 27

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 276

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 276