Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1947], Part 59

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468. Anna Petry, daughter of Jo- annis D: Petry and Gertrude his wife. Married Jacobus M: Small, a son of Melchoir Shmall and Dorohea Petry, on March 8, 1821. (Herk. 1 .I-207). Melchoir Small died 14 Dec. 1847, aged 68 years. Jacob Schmall was bapt. 30 Dec. 1801. Spon. were Jacob Schmall and Ana Poter (Herk. I-6). 4th Col. leo Xatoph Bellinger. Called Nancy.

469. Gertraud Petri born 27 Sept. 22 Oct. Xbina. Sponsors Chrisian Schell and Catharine his wife. 4669X. Charity Petri.

84. Daniel Petri (Someone has suggested there might have been a Daniel, but we have found no record of him). aid to have been Jost D. and John D. (Benton's History) ? (To be continued)

Legal Notices

X TERMS OF THE COUNTY COURT OF MONTGOMERY

The terms of County Court of Montgomery County, New York, for the year 1947 are hereby appointed and designated as folows:

Terms of the trial of issues by a jury and for all other business which may properly come before the County Court at the County Court House in the Village of Fon- da, New York, at 10 o'clock a. m., on the following days:

Monday, September 29, 1947.

A panel of trial jurors will be drawn for and will attend each of the above designated terms.

Terms for hearing appeals and motions and for all other business, except trials by jury will be held at the Chambers of the County Judge, No. 51 West Main street, in the Village of St. Johnsville, N. Y., on each Tuesday at 11 o'clock a. m., except in the month of August. A special term for hearing ap- peals and motions will be held at Room No. 404, First National Bank Buliding, in the City of .Amster- dam,, N. Y., on each Saturday at 11 o'clock a. m.

William J. Crangle,

Andrustown-a Page from Herkimer County's Past

(Continued from lat 'week)

Richard Pell did not long survive. their homesteads with the fixed de- freeodm and the hardships of his termination to re-establish firesides, boyhood, and he was laid to rest be- once more. They had dwelt during an uninterrupted career in many cabins side his friends. Mrs. Passage and Mrs. Lepper both lived to reach near- in the valle and though many of the the century mark, but their lives

. settlers had reached life's autumn, were sort of shattered and family | they knew the Indian summer still links had been broken during the ten remained, and one of the great mis- long years spent on the Indian re- servation.

Early in the spring of 1786 Sam- uel Clealand journeyed hither from the New England States with the in- | But a home is built of loving deeds, That stands a thousand years."

tention of purchasing a farm in the vicinity of Andrustown. He bought ! land adjoining the tract. on which [ the early settlers had built the ham- let of Hendersonton. The survivors of the Indian raids had as yet not returned to rebuild their cabins. While digging a cellar he found the charred bones of a man. It was thought the remains were those of Paul Grimms' son-in-law, Frederick Pell. Still the Andrustown .men and women did not leave the shelter of the peaceful valley for the uncertain- ties of life on the bleak Heledrbergs. Oft from out of the forest bush would suddenly appear a flock of half-starved guinea hens belonging to a former settler. They would fly to the top of some tall chimney which sentinel-lige, guarded the deserted border town ,or perch upon the bleached bones of slaughtered cattle and utter their shrill cackle, "Come back! come back! come back!"

At last a day of freedom came, and the human vipers who had raid- ed, pilfered and murdered broadcast throughout the border and the valley were crushed out of existence. A year elapsed before the settlers left the river's brink passing over the old trail road, now grass grown and rough, to the summit on the great

bluffs. Back to the former sites of

sions left for them was to found a home again. For,

"A house is built of brick and stone, Of sills and posts and piers;

Near the close of the eighteenth century Paul Grimm built the first frame house, followed shortly by George Hoyer. Grimm's ' is still standing on the original tract. the Tory rose planed before the battle of Oriskany blooms and blossoms and the breeze sweeps its petals from the marks of the old doorsteps of the Tory cabin to the ashy sepulchre of Brantz. And a lone tree guards the grave of Passage, and each summer and autumn the petals of the pink rose and the red leaves of that soli- trya maple scatter their symbols about the ruins of the Tory cabin and the grave of the martyred Brantz as if to blot out the past with their beauiful emblems.

Gone are the sons of bow and ar- row by the banks of the once ma- jestic Mohawk, and from the depth of the thinned primeval forest the name of Andrustown is but an echo of the past. Many of its inhabitants sleep the eternal slumber in unknown and unmarked graves in the val- ley and on the hill, under the green grass and the blue skies of the great republic for which they fought and won in the days of '7'.

THE END

The Germans of Salisbury and the Hessian Village-their Home

By S. C. Kimm (Continued from last week) Klipples and Sassmans

A few rods north of Gramp Klip- ples' house lived the Sassmans in a log house by a little creek. I do not know whether the Sassmans were Hessians but I recall from memory every member of the family. I re- call as of yesterday the big charcoal pits that Grandpa Sassman made while clearing land on which to graze his cow and raise crops. He would make a large circular pile of logs 6 or 7 feet long standing on end. In the center of the pile was an op- ening in which to keep a smoulder- ing fire which was never allowed to break out in a blaze lest the whole pile would be consumed. The whole pile was covered with sod and dirt and had to be carefully watched night and day. After many weary days the smoking, slow fire would ha most out the dirty outside cover-

ters. Mary married and died when a young woman. Susie married Jake Roth and moved to Brooklyn. She had three children. Letty's son, Jake, married Maria Young. David married a Cedarville girl and they had three children. Jake and David were for many years two of the best farmers in their respective townships. David's three children own adjoining farms in Litchfield, six miles south of Ilion and are the most progressive farm- ers in their neighborhood.

Another daughter of the shoemak- r married Henry Kimm, and died when a young woman. Her grave is in Deerfield, two miles north of Uti- ca. Her husband went to Iowa, mar- ried again and had a family of 17 children.

Cedarville and Ilon Kilpples

Henry Klipple married Katherine Kimm. They moved to Iowa and raised a large family. Their son, Silas Klipple, years ago was pro- prietor of the brick hotel in Ilion

and John D. (Benton's History) ? (To be continued)

Legal Notices

TERMS OF THE COUNTY COURT OF MONTGOMERY

The terms of County Court of Montgomery County, New York, for the year 1947 are hereby appointed and designated as folows:

Terms of the trial of issues by a jury and for all other business which may properly come before the County Court at the County Court House' in the Village of Fon- da, New York, at 10 o'clock a. m., on the following days:

Monday, September 29, 1947. A panel of trial jurors will be drawn for and will attend each of the above designated terms.

Terms for hearing appeals and motions and for all other business, except trials by jury will be held at the Chambers of the County Judge, No. 51 West Main street, in the Village of St. Johnsville, N. Y., on each Tuesday at 11 o'clock a. m., except in the month of August. A special term for hearing ap- peals and motions will be held at Room No. 404, First National Bank Building, in the City of Amster- dam,, N. Y., on each Saturday at 11 o'clock a. m. William J. Crangle,

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Montgomery County Judge Dated St. Johnsville, N. Y .. , Jan- uary 2, 19,47.

NOTICE OF SURROGATE'S COURT

County' of Montgomery

At the Surrogate's Court room in the old court house at the Vil_ lage of Fonda, N. Y., each Monday at 10 a. m., except during the month of August. When Monday is a public holiday court will be held ! on the Tuesday following at the same hour.

Until ordered and designated oth- erwise, the Surrogate of the County of Montgomery will attend and hold court as follows:

At the Surrogate's Court room in the Blood Building, at No. 20 Mar- ket street, In the City of Amster- When Friday is a public holiday, court will be held on the Saturday following at the same hour.

A trial term with a jury will. be designated whenever one or more jury are on the calendar.

Felix J. Aulisi, Surrogate |

were crushed out of existence. A year elapsed before the settlers left the river's brink passing over the old trail road, now grass grown and rough, to the summit on the great

.... Iey alu UL LIG IHHIL, MA grass and the blue skies of the great republic for which they fought and won in the days of '7'.

THE END

The Germans of Salisbury and the Hessian Village-their Home

By S. C. Kimm

(Continued from last week) Klipples and Sassmans

A few rods north of Gramp Klip- pies' house lived the Sassmans in a iog house by a little creek. I do not know whether the Sassmans were Hessians but I recali from memory every member of the family. I re- call as of yesterday the big charcoal pits that Grandpa Sassman made while clearing land on which to graze his cow and raise crops. He would make a large circular pile of logs 6 or 7 feet long standing on end. In the center of the pile was an op- ening in which to keep a smoulder- ing fire which was never allowed to break out in a blaze lest the whole pile would be consumed. The whole pile was covered with sod and dirt and had to be carefully watched night and day. After many weary days the smoking, slow fire would be put out, the dirty outside cover- ing pulled away and there would be a pile of nice charcoal ready for the market. I recall when I was a little boy how in limestone sections were lime kilns to burn limestone into lime and also how the settlers burn- ed their best hard wood piles of logs to get ashes to carry to market to sell for soap making. These were some of the ways to pick up a little cash 75 years ago.

The Klipples were one of the most prominent families in their ancestral viliage, and the old shoemaker is the ancestor of all the Klipples i Herkimer county and possibly in New York and the United States. He had five sons and three daughters. His son Conrad 50 years ago lived in a little frame house, still stand- ing half a mile north of Curtis school house on Keeler brook. Their daugh- ter Letty, married Leonard Kimm who died in early life. Their son be- came a banker in Iowa. Her second husband was David Metzger and they lived a short time in the Cur- tis Corners district from where they moved to a farm near Cedarville. , There were two sons and two daugh-

Another daughter of the shoemak- er married Henry Kimm, and died when a young woman. Her grave is in Deerfield, two miles north of Uti- ca. Her husband went to Iowa, mar- ried again and had a family of 17 children.

Cedarville and Ilion Klipples

Henry Klipple married Katherine Kimm. They moved to Iowa and raised a large family. Their son, Silas Klipple, years ago was pro- prietor of the brick hotel in Ilion Gorge. He had children and grand- children still doing business in Ilion. A grandson of Henry and Katherine Klipple, Floyd Klipple, Is an insur- ance adjustor in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He made a flying trip to Herkimer county to visit the sections of New York where his ancestors lived near- ly 40 years ago. He it is who inspir- ed the writing of this sketch of his ancestors and their Hessian neigh- bors. 1

I do not remember the Shoemak- er's son, Silas, who also went to Iowa. Their son Fred married Kate Sasman and they had a family of six sons and a daughter. Only one of the family is still living, Fred Klip- ple, Jr. in Cedarville. Two of the sons were prominent business men In Ilion for several years. One was a carpenter and another had a fine farm In Litohfieid now owned by Leonard Metzger. Fred and his wife and family, except Fred, Jr., and the old Shoemaker and his wife are all taking their last long sleep in the beautiful Cedarville cemetery, as is his two wives.

After coming from Germany, a

mere youth, he spent the rest of his life in his adopted state of New York. When a young man he mar- ried the widow Schoonfelt who had two sons .. They had a child or child- ren and when his wife died he went to Germany and captured an inteili- gent and pretty widow. who had two pretty daughters. They grew up and one of them married Irving Klipple of Ilion and the other married a farmer politician living in a pretty cottage In Illon Gorge.

Such was the spiendid contribu- tion which the Hessian village of Sant In Germany made to Herkimer county through the Klipple family, sons and daughters of the quaint old shoemaker who patched the boots and shoes of us north woods children 80 years ago.

(To be continued)

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MOHAWK VALLEY GENEALOGY AND HISTORY

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

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947

Questions and Answers

A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge

to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not. is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.

BOYD, HASWELL

John Boyd was born in the year 1725, of Scotch parentage, and as conclusive evidence shows, was of KLOCK, WAGGONER, STAHRING Unpublished notes of W. P. Web- ster list the following as children of Henry Johannes Klock and Maria Margaretha Waggoner (born Jan. 26, 1755), daughter of Lt. Col. Johan Peter Waggoner and Barbara Eliz- abetha Dockstader: the Boyd family of Kilmarnock, Scotland, some of whom settled in the north of Ireland, county Antrim, where he was either born or taken by his parents at an early age. He married, in 1757, in Ireland, Ann Lo- gan, daughter of James Logan. Ann Logan was born in 1739. John Boyd 1. Catharine married Peter Eysa- man. with his wife and three children ar- rived at New York in 1762. With him 2. Peter. This is the Peter (1778- 1873), married Anna Nancy Stah- ring, mentioned in the Stahring query of Sept. 18. was his brother-in-law, John Rogers, who married Agnes Logan just be- fore the party started for America. John Boyd resided at Albany until 3. Johannes married whom? 1793, when, as appears on hte ses- 4. Robert married whom ? sions record of the First Presbyter- 5. Elizabeth married Jacob Hel- mer. ian church, of which he was an elder, he removed to the country, meaning 6. Margaret, married ca. 1799 Fred- Johnstown, N. Y. John Rogers, who | erick Casler (born 1779-, died Oct. Fairfield, Conn.

was a wheelwright, accompanied

him and there they erected saw mills. John Boyd died in Johnstown July 6, 1799 and was buried there. His wife, Ann (Logan) Boyd surviv- ed him, dying in Albany February 9, 1815, and was buried in Johnstown. I would like to know the names and location of the cemetery where they 9. Laney married whom? Web- were buried. The children of John and ster's notes have two lists of this

Ann (Logan) Boyd were:

1. John Logan married Anna Nor- throp.

2. Nancy (Agnes), married Peter McHench.

3. James married Alida Conde.

4. Alexander married Elizabeth Becker.

5. Hugh (see forward).

6. David married Margaret Max- well.

7. Thomas married Sarah Graham. 8. William married Hannah Hook, 9. Hamilton married 1. Ann Brad- shaw, 2. Eliza Kirby.

Captain Hugh Boyd, son of John and Ann (Logan) Boyd, was born in Lansingburgh, Resselaer, Co. (then Albany Co.), N. Y. January 25, 1767. He married in Albany January 14, 1796, Catherine Staats, daughter of Barent J. and Anna (Winne) Staats of Albany. She was born in Albany January 11, 1774. When and where did she die? Captain Hugh Boyd, in association with his brother, Hamil- ton Boyd, operated a line of Hudson river sloops with headquarters at Troy, N. Y. Tradition says Hugh and Hamilton Boyd were pilots on the first steamboat that ever came to Albany from New York. He was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany in 1807. Captain Hugh Boyd died in Albany December 29, 1816.

Ann Boyd, daughter of Captain Hugh and Catherine (Staats) Boyd,

married ? Who was the wife of this Col. Klock (1749-1810) and his child- ren ?

19, 1849).

7. Nancy married whom ?

8. Barbara born Feb. 10, 1788 mar- ried March, 1804 Henry Keller, died July 8, 1810, of Manheim, N. Y .; she married second Aug. 3, 1812 Benja- min Starling. The Starling family removed to Evans Mills, N. Y.

family. In one list, Laney is not in- cluded. Should she be omitted ?

I shall appreciate corrections and additions to any of the above. Marie Lyle,

Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Calif.

WEED

Detailed information, both family and military, asked on all John Weeds of New York State who saw service in the American Revolution. I should like to correspond with de- scendants of any such John Weed. Following is a verbatim copy just received from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C .:

"The records show that several men named John Weed served in the Revolutionary War in various New York organizations, but none of them is shown to have served as a Lieutenant and from the information furnished, this office is unable to identify the military service of a man of that name that served from New York.

"The records show that one John Weed served in said war as Lieuten- ant in Piermont's 5th Company, 12 New Hampshire Regiment. Neither the date of his entry into service nor the date of his separation therefrom is shown. His name appears only' on a list dated 5 September 1775 and shows that he received supplies for

semble family data from descend- ants of all New York John Weeds in the Am. Rev. Cany anyone help ? Marie. Lyle,

Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Calif.

3NOW

Wanted ancestry of Hannah Snow who married Loudon Coleman April 28, 1947. She is incorrectly given in History of Whately, Mass. by Crafts as daughter of Lemuel and Margaret Snow. Lemuel died in 1777. Accord- Ing to gravestone, Winsor Bush cem- etery, Winsor, Mass. Hannah died in 1850, aged 67, therefore must have been born about 1783, a number of years after Lemuel's death. Wa: Lemuel's son, Solomon Snow, Han. han's father? His wife, Lavinia (Guild) Snow is buried in the rov in the cemetery next to Willian (young son of Loudon and Hannal Coleman). They are on the other 'ide of the child.

Hannah and Loudon Coleman mar- riage is recorded in Hatfield, Mass. Mrs. Mildred Blake Coleman,

255 Crestwood Road,

STALEY

Have you any information concern- ing the descendants of Rudolf Staley. He was a patentee of 1755 (Staley's 1st patent) with Herkimer and oth- ers. Thomas D. Ferguson,

101 West Gansevoort street. Little Falls, N. Y.

KLOCK .

Desire data on the following sons of Hans Hendrick Klock, (1663- 1760) :

1. Honorich, Jr.

2. Johangurgh.

3. Coonrad.

4. Hannarum.

5. Honjost.

6. Adam.

Mrs. W. R. Carden,

Apt. 2 Nelson Herkimer, N. L.

HARROUN

Thanks for the article in your is- sue of November 27. O notice a queer item in it as follows. My father, Charles H. Petrie was born in 1857 and I was born in 1850. Should have been 1880 for me.

I would like to get the name of my great grandmother. Harround, wife of Solomon Harroun, if it were possible.

Eugene C. Petrie,

3027 W. Alderwood, Bellingham, Wash.

WELLS

Palmer Wells was the first child

were buried. The children of John and ster's notes have two lists of this Ann (Logan) Boyd were:

1. John Logan married Anna Nor- throp.

2. Nancy (Agnes), married Peter McHench.

3. James married Alida Conde.

4. Alexander married Elizabeth Becker.

5. Hugh (see forward).

6. David married Margaret Max- well.

7. Thomas married Sarah Graham. 8. William married Hannah Hook.

9. Hamilton married 1. Ann Brad- shaw, 2. Eliza Kirby.

Captain Hugh Boyd, son of John and Ann (Logan) Boyd, was born in Lansingburgh, Resselaer, Co. (then Albany Co.), N. Y. January 25, 1767. He married in Albany January 14, 1796, Catherine Staats, daughter of Barent J. and Anna (Winne) Staats of Albany. She was born in Albany January 11, 1774. When and where did she die? Captain Hugh Boyd, In association with his brother, Hamil- ton Boyd, operated a line of Hudson river sloops with headquarters at Troy, N. Y. Traditlon says Hugh and Hamilton Boyd were pllots on the first steamboat that ever came to Albany from New York. He was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of Albany in 1807. Captain .Hugh Boyd died in Albany December 29, 1816.

Ann Boyd, daughter of Captain Hugh and Catherine (Staats) Boyd, was born in Albany January 6 (7), 1797. She died in the town of Glen- ville, Schenectady county, N. Y. Jan- uary 16, 1873 and is buried in the cemetery of the First Glenville Re- formed Church. She married (when and where ?) Robert R. Haswell who was born September 24, 1796 (where) and died in Glenville October 18, 1838. What were the names of her parents? Their children Elizabeth, Sarah Maria and Hugh Boyd Has- well were baptized in the First Glen- ville Reformed church on May 19, | 1777. He served 1 month and 13 days 1842. The known children of Robert R. and Ann (Boyd) Haswell were:

1. Ann Matilda Haswell, born April 26, 1827 (where ?) died In Glenville May 13, 1864, married (when and where ?) John E. Milroy, born in 1823, died in Glenville October 23, 1875. They were my great great grandparents.

2. Elizabeth Haswell born Sept. 6, 1833.

3. Sarah Maria Haswell, born June 18, 1835, died Sept. 3, 1905, married (when and where ?) her brother-in- law George M. DuBois.

4. Hugh Boyd Hasweli, born Aug. 31, 1836.

5. Louisa M. Haswell, born Jan. 11, 1837, died April 2, 1876, married (when and where ?) George M. Du- Bois.

I would greatly appreciate any further information on my Boyd and Haswell families.

Donald A. Keefer, RD 2 Sacandaga Road, Schenectady, N. Y.

WAGGONER, KLOCK

Does the querist of Sept. 18, 1947 know the name of the Wagoner who Maria Margaretha Klock, the daughter of Col. John Peter Klock

family. In one list, Laney is not in- cluded. Should she be omitted ? I shall appreciate corrections and additions to any of the above. Marie Lyle,

Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Calif.

WEED

"The records show that several men named John Weed served In the Revolutionary War in various New York organizations, but none of them Is shown to have served as a Lieutenant and from the information furnished, this office Is unable to identify the military service of a man of that name that served from New York.

"The records show that one John Weed served in said war as Lleuten- ant in Piermont's 5th Company, 12 New Hampshire Regiment. Neither the date of his entry into service nor the date of his separation therefrom is shown. His name appears only on a list dated 5 September 1775 and shows that he received supplies for the Alarms on the Frontiers.

"The records also show that one John Weed served in said war as a Sergeant in Capt. Sloan's New Hampshire Company, which was rals- ed at Orford, Piermont, Lyme and Cohoes and embodied in Col. Joseph Marsh's Regiment of Militia belong- Ing to the State .of New York, oth- erwise called Vermont, which com- pany marched to reinforce General Starks, but on their march to Ben- nington was ordered by General Lincoln to Mount Independence Sept. from August 18, 1777 to Sept. 30, 1777 and received 9 pounds, 2S, 10D."

From Miss Edna L. Jacobssen, Mss. and Hist. Section of the , New York State Library, I received the follow- ing:

"John Weed appears as an enlisted man in the Artillery Regiments (not identieifd), New York Line, com- manded by Lt. Col. Ebenezer Stev- ens; in the Levies commanded by Col. Frederick Weissenfeis; in the 2nd Regt., Dutchess Co. Militia, com- manded by Col. Abraham Brinker- hoff; in 3rd Regt., Dutchess Co. Mil., commanded by Coi. John Field and Col. Andrew Morehouse; In an Independent Company, Ulster Co. Militia, commanded by Samuel Clark. (See N. Y. in the Rev. as Col. and State, Vol. 1, pp. 66, 73, 139, 140, 203).

"Cert. No. 3687 issued, date burned, to John Weed for 21 pounds, 6S, 8D for services as a private in Capt. Thomas Hunts' Co. of Lt. Col. Fred- erick Weissenfels Regt. of Levies. (See Certificates of Treasurer (ms. rc.), vol. I, p. 146)."

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1947], Part 59

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 222

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 222