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2475 Morris Timmerman. Mar- + ried Phoebe Bert.
2476 Eleanor Timmerman.
2477 Gilbert Timmerman, Mar- ried Janette Sanderson.
2478 John A. Timmerman, Mar- ried Mary Powers.
2479 Arville M. Timmerman. Married Egbert Symonds.
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DEVENDORF FAMILY by Col. O. W. Bell. Traces the descend- ants of Johannes and Jacob De- vendorf, early pioneer settlers of the Mohawk Valley. Opens many new lines for membership in, the DAIR. Traces lines of descent to the living generations and shows cross alliances with many prom- inent Mohawk Valley families. Col. Bell has devoted many years to the work. Ilustrated and con- tains blank pages for extending family record. Over 120 pages 6x9 fully indexed. $5.00
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Revolutionary soldier, in the
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2473X Mary Timmerman. b. in 1826 D .; 6-5 1902 (Ft. Plain Cem.)
A.g. 76 Married Reuben Groff. b. data, 812 by 11 inches:
1822, D. 7-13 1891 Alg. 69 yrs. Child 1.
2474 Irena Timmerman. Marrled Baldwin Greene.
2474A. Margaret (Peggy) Tim- merman (1820-1886) Unmarried. buried at Schnellsbush. (Spon. Henry Garlock and Peggy Snell). 2474B Jesse Timmerman, Went West. Tailor by trade. Married Mary Wilson in Newark Ohio. 2474℃ Benjamin Timmerman. 2474D Adam Timmerman.
2474 EX Ina Timmerman b. 4-26 1828; d. 1904. Married Adeline Heller (1827-1890) Ch. 2.
2474F Caroline (Carrie) Tim- merman. Marrled .. Dunkle. (Son of Jeremiah Dunkle.) +
2474GX Myron Timmerman Married .. Timmerman (daughter was Dr. Eiia Timmerman of Lit- tle Falls, N. Y.)
(From Timmerman Family
Bible also . Records of Mrs. Ira Holmes, Johnstown, N. Y., C. Hill- abrandt, E. Creek, N. Y.)
(1181)X Jacob A. Timmerman, son of Adam H. Timmerman and Catharine Snell, born at Manheim, N. Y. August 23, 1795; died Dec. 6. 1874. Married Nancy Snell in 1817. Settled on a farm at, Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y. Children 6. 2475 Morris Timmerman. Mar- iried Phoebe Bert.
2476 Eleanor Timmerman. 2477 Gilbert Timmerman. Mar- ried Janette Sanderson.
2478 John A. Timmerman, Mar- ried Mary Powers. 2479 Arvllie M. Timmerman. Married Egbert Symonds. 2479A Andrew L. Timmerman. Married Jennie Bartson.
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ST. JOHNSVILLE, (N. Y.) ENTE.
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949
Genealogy and History
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SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON
Sir William Johnson was born in Ireland in 1715 and at the age of twenty-three came to America to act as an agent for his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, who had acquired a title to a track of land of 15,000 acres in the town of Florida, Montgomery County. In correspondence his uncle speaks of William as a wayward yocth in the home land" who is being sent to the new world in the hope that its experience will discipline him." One of the elements of this perversity was his attachment to an Irish collene which met the serious objection of his parents and uncle. So when the youth was ready to take up his new work he left behind him in the port town of Drogheda a broken-hearted girl, to whom, however he pledged loy- alty and soon return for marriage. But he knew and the girl knew that it was to break up this al-
sent
liance that he was being
away and that probably they would never see each other again.
Johnson later was made the agent of the English government for the Iroquois or Six Nations He adopted their customs, wore their dress, and learning their language was made a chief sach- em, entering into all the privileges of the tribes, and enjoying them in various ways to the full ex- tent. While advancing his own personal interests he also kept the Amerind loyal to the English cause. He began an extensive fur trade with the Indians. His alli- ances with Molly Brant, whom he called in his will his "housekeep-
It is said that Sir William was married to Catherine Weisenberg on her death bed by Rev. Barclay of the Episcopal church, thus le- gitimatizing the three children she had borne him. One of the estates Sir William had was at what is now known as the Fish er" and previously, with Caroline | House where he built some fine ! (D.A.R. 7954 from Luke.
Hendrick, the niece of King Hend- rick ,by whom he had three child- ren, together with many other al- liances with the wives of the head men of the various tribes, gave him increasing power over the red men, and until his death made his name a tower of strength and influence in the valley in the deal- ings of the Indians with the white settlers.
Johnson's first housekeeper was a "High Dutch" girl, Catherine Weisenberg, whom he secured for fifteen pounds ($37.50) from Mr. Phillips of the now Phillips Locks settlement. It was customary for the captains of sailing vessels to bring over certain immigrants and these were bound out to the set- tlers for the passage money. Phil- lips had made a trip to New York to meet one of these vessels and had secured the girl. '
County being named Elizabeth- Johnson had already founded a settlement beyond Fort Hunter to which he gave the name of War- rens' Bush, called after his uncle Peter Warren, whose agent he was. Johnson's plan was to give, port. I met the author Caroline to the first five hundred Protes- tant families migrating from Eu- rope a homestead. In the five years he had disposed of two- thirds of his uncle's holdings all on the south side west of Sche- nectady.
Halstead Royce on my trip to learned nothing about m" ancest- ors not in her history, which I think is one of the best ever pub- lished of any town. But I did find out one thing of most importance to genealogists. Do not take your vacation in any country town ex- pecting to obtain information from town or county officials, for while
The Petries In America
These notes and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were com- piled by the late Mrs. Frederick Staehla, of Munnsville, N. Y. Her notes have been checked, so far as we have been able to do so, and we will try to complete her work. Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y.
Installment No. 64
(1170)X. P. R. B. 1641 Anna (Nancy) Bellinger, daughter of John (Ad) Bellinger (289A P. R. B 439C, and Anna Eva Timmer- man or Zimmerman, She was born John Feb. 28 1800 died Jan. 14, 1862, aged 61-10-14 (Manheim Cem. Rec.) 1st wife. Married (Henry) Broat, son of Henry Broat M. on March 31, 1819. He was born March 6, 1795 in Stone Arabia, died Oct. 30, 1866, aged 71 years, 8 months. He served in War of 1812. (D. A. R. 179661). He married (2) Betsy Loucks Pe- trie in 1866. Children ;5 by Nancy 2480X Hieram Brodt, born July 21, 1819 (Beer's Hist.) died Oct. 22, 1894. (Cem. Rec. b. July 21, 1819, in Manheim). Married Mar- ietta Snell. She died July 15, 1886. Children 11.
2481 Henry Broat, born Jan. 9, 1821.
2482 Mary Broat born Jan. 26, 1823 2483 Amanda Broat born Sept. 5, 1825. 2484 Martha Ann Broat, born March 20, 1833.
(1171)X P. R. B. 1642 Richard Be'linger, son of John (Ad.) Bell- inger (289A. P. R. B. 439 C)., and Anna Eva Timmerman. He was born in 1802 died Feb. 1832, agea 29 yrs. 10 months. Married Nancy Keller. Children 1.
2485 Sandusky Bellinger, born
July 20, 1830. Married Amy Snell. Then
buildings on the south bank of the P. R. B. 1409A George P. Snell, and (371) Anna Kilts (Spin. rec.) This is the line of Richard Curley of Little Falls, N. Y. also Mrs. Edward Goddell and Mrs.
Ricer.
Nos. 1180 and 1181 listed in in; stallment No. 63.
(1190)X Margaret (Peggy) Klock, daughter of Dorothy Zim- merman or Timmerman (332) who was a daughter of Lieut. Henry Timmerman and his 3rd wife, Mar- garet Elizabeth Petri and Capt. Joseph G. Klock of the War of 1812. She was born Dec. 1 1792; died March 1, 1872. He was brother of John and 'Peter Klock and a son of George Klock. Mar- ried John Beekman Klock, who was a son of Judge Jacob G. Klock and Maritje Beekman of King- ston, N. Y. Margaret and her sis- ter Catharine married brothers, the latter married David Klock. He died in Sheffield, Illinois Oct. 12, 1860 .Both families soon after marriage, left their father's home,
town after his wife; but fate fuled otherwise ,and Westport . is the name. So "Bessboro" is the name given the history of West- and took up in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Later, John Beekman Klock's family moved to Sheffield, Westport in 1936. From her I Ill. Children 9.
2486X John Chandler Klock, Married .. Chiid: 1. Note: Earl Henbert Klock (4890) son of, the above, whose home was in Hot Springs, S. Da- kota in 1836, sent the 'Letters of Joseph G. Klock," his g. grand- father, to the Enterprise and
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FERRIS
The first part of these Ferris Items were sent by Mrs. Eggles- ton who is a descendant from Pet- er Ferris of Crum Elbow ,Dut- chess Co., and first settler for Fer- ris Bay, or Odells' Bay, now I believed called Arnold's Bay, and later of Panton, Vermont, and father of the Jacob Ferris (wife Sarah "Coel") mentioned in 'Bess- boro' notes. Peter Ferris of the notes was a grandson or great grandson of this first Peter, b. about 1724.
Now so far as I know, the 1st Ferris to settle in (then) Albany Co., was John Ferris 5, son of Joshua 4, Moses 3, Joseph 2, Jef- fery 1; although his cousin Peter Ferris 5, son of Peter 4, John 3, Joseph 2, Jeffrey 1, had also gone north to Lake Champlain, before the Revolution. Both were mar- ried, and it is said that Peter mar- ried three times left his sons by his first wife (one of whom was Jacob) back in Dutchess Co., and some of them later moved north- ward. Many of the Ferrises found in Albany, Saratoga, Washington, Clinton, Essex; where Elizabeth- town is the county seat and West- port the largest town, or was in those days; and other counties along Lake Champlain, are des- cended from these two men. (More data asked on these points.) We are trying to add to the list of their children. John was a brother of Col. Reuben Ferris of Rev. fame; an older brother, The Rev. soldier Ezra Feris, who died in Saratoga Co., b. 1760 in Freder- ickstown, New York (where Reu- ben lived) is said to have been Reuben's youngest . brother, but Stamford deeds make me think that Reuben died early, and the' Rev. War Soldier Ezra may have been Reubens' son or nephew, son of John.
Reuben Ferris was married about 1755-60. If Ezra was & brother, he'd be about 30 years younger than Reubens' brother John, and it seems likelier that he was of 'a later generation. It is quite posible that the wife of Robert Odell, Sr. was a gddau. of one of these Ferrises. I have no record of children of John Ferris of Albany Co., New York, but Peter Ferris of Crum Elbow and Panton, had known sons Ja- cob, Squire (father of Hiram), James Darius and probably John of Plattsburg, New York, Lewis of Plattsburg, Jesse and Omar. Two of the sons he left in Dut- chess Co., and others. Very little documentary proof can be found. The Eggleston data ends here.
From Royce's History of West- port, New York, we quote, page 210; 'The pilot Hiram Ferris of Panton, a descendant of that Fer- ris who entertained Benjamin Franklin in the spring of 1776," when Franklin journeyed to Que- bec in a vain effort to influence the Canada Government to join the other colonies in the war on Great Britian. In 1857-58-59 he, Peter Ferris, was' Poor Master in 1859 a Julius Ferris was Path- master. In 1861 Peter was again. appointed Poor Master to take the place of Reuel Arnold who went to the front in the Civil War as Capt. of Co. A of the 77th. During the war he, Peter, was honorary member of the Ladies' Soldiers Aid and "ferried their packages acoss the lake free of all change;" so he must have own- ed the ferry. Mrs. Robert Ferris Odell (Roxy Ann Hanchett) is mentioned as a member of the Ladies' Aid. All from the history of, Westport-'Bessboro".
Ellen Ferris, grdau. of Stephen Gano Ferris, b. Hillsdale, Colum- bia Co., N. Y. c. 1788; son of Israel Ferris, b. 1751, Greenwich, Conn. (Horseneck); lived Dutchess Co., Chenago Co., Yates Co .; and Whitewater, Mich. Israel's par- entage wanted. He had four broth- ers; Benjamin of Smyrna, N. Y .; Timothy of near Norwich, N. Y .;
It was while oJhnson was set- tled at Warren's Bush that his alliance with Catherine Weisen- hare hocon The Great hrothers
hawk between the east and west Canada creeks ,containing more
than 60,000 acres, some say 100,- 000 acres, called The Royal Grant. Sir William Johnson had three children by Catherine Weisenberg. They were baptised at the Fort Hunter Indian Mission chapel as Weisenbergs, not Johnsons. They were John Johnson and 2 daugh- ters one of whom married Sir Williams' Irish nephew, Guy Johnson and another married Col. Daniel Claus. Mrs. Guy Johnson died a short time after her re- moval to Canada in the latter part of 1776:
Sir William's first residence was at Fort Johnson now the property of the Montgomery County His- torical Society which he built in 1749. In 1764 or 1765 he built Johnson Hall at Johnstown. East of the Fort Johnson home Sir William built a two story stone house for Mrs. Guy Johnson, and midway between he built a second a home for Mrs. Col. Claus, which burned not long after its con- struction. Fort Johnson was the residence of Polly Watts, & scion of one of New York's aristocratic families, whom Sir 'Johnson mar- ried after he had wooed and won the beautiful Clara Putman, and by whom he had several children. But Sir William prevented any marriage here.
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