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3-30-1940-9884-Ans. Tiverton Probate records, Book 5, p. 265, Oliver Cook, in will, 5-4-1776, men- tions wife Mary; dau. (1) Cynthia, wife David Eddy; (2) Betty, wife Thomas Cook; (3) Peace, wife John Borden; and (4) Louisa, wife of Benjamin Borden; also Gdson, Thomas Cook, son Betty. Long list descendants by George Randall. 4-13-1940-9884-(2)-Ans. From Tiverton Vital records: Benjamin Borden m. 6-11-1775, Lovice Cook. Louisa Cook b. 10-30-1756, dau. Oliver and Hosptiable Cook. (Prob- ably Louisa same as Loice and Salina same as Seline. There is much more of this: Read, Peace Brownell, Brown, Chase, Pea- | body.
6-4-1940 - 186 - George Bell Rich, b., perhaps Medford, Mass., 10-20-1823, m. Laura E. Cook; b. Eastham, Mass, C. 5-2 .- 1824, dau. Joshua and Abigail Cook.
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The 1790 census for Orange Co., N. Y. lists a Henry Point of Corn- wall 'Twp. Would like any infor- mation available on any of his ¿ family. Did a descendant go to Franklin County, Ohio about 1830 or earlier ?
Desire ancestry of Calvin Aborn born about 1811 in Vt. Possioly in the vicinity of Burlington County. He married Eliza (or Elizabeth) born 1818 in N.H. They had a daughter Aenor born in 1841 who married Harmon Clark bom about 1813 in N. Y. Would like data on all the above.
Polly Pratt-Sheld (1795-1835) was a daughter of Samuel and Hannah Hempstead Pratt. Desire ancestry of Samuel and Hannalı. They may have come from Vt. (and or) Mass. into Oneida Co. In 1855 a Abraham Bellinger mar- cended from Samuel and Hannab. help.
(Inqueries submitted by Mrs. Luca M. Dickenson; Montezuma, Iowa.)
EBENEZER LEONARD
Ebenezer Leonard, and his wife Susannah were residents of Burl- The previous issue of the Bul- ington, Otsego Co., N.Y. in 1780. letin was Vol. XII, No. 1, April, He was b.Sept.20,1758. Where? d. 1948. Apr.1,1831 Burlington N.Y. Who The 13th Annual Meeting .This, meeting was held June 18, 1949 at 11 a. m. at the Hotel Mc- Alpin. were his parents and place of his birth, and also of his wife Susan- nah, b.Sept.30,1760. Where ? d.
Nov.24,1838 Burlington N.Y. What was her last name? Their children were born in Burlington, and they were;Leevi, b.Aug.8,1780; Meribah b.Dec.10,1782; M.Arnold Balch went to penn; Calvin b.May1,1785; M. Jane Owen, b.Jan.4,1819; Sam- antha b.Dec.27,1789; M. Joseph proved as read.
Marsh, b.July9,1805; Susannah, b. May12,1792; Olive b.Oct.23,1795 George Washington,' b.Jan.4,1798; Leavina, b.Mar.7,1803; Sevena, b. Mar.14,1806.
I would be glad to correspond with any one who is related to the Dr. A. A. Knapp pleased the above family. It is possible that! members by stating that the pub- descendants are living in "Leon- lication of the genealogy will be a reality. ardsville" Madison Co. This place was originally in Otsego Co.
Is there a D.A.R. chapter in any of these places ? Ebenezer Leon- ard was of an age to have given Revolutionary service. I would like to get in touch with any chapter in these localities.
ROXANNA SALISBURY
Wanted: Parents of Roxanna Salisbury, b.1799-1800, d.1850-55 M. Robert Bailey, lived first per- haps in Schenectady, N.Y. then The Petries In America Saratoga Co, Galway1820. Was in Wayne Co. 1850. Children were named Hannah, .'ornette, Abigail, Joseph, Mary, Cyrus, and John. Was she a descerdant of Joseph Salisbury who was born Little Compton R.I. 1 ~~ 7. m.173.1 ? . his son Gordon, b.17?" m.1737 Punnlea Shaw and moved ! D"chess Co., N.Y., then to Willta- Tarre, Penn. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Served with N.Y. levies.Settled In i notes have been checked, so far central N.Y. state. His son Joseph, as we have been able to do so, and b.1769 and moed from Leuzern Co .; we will try to complete her work. Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y. Penn. to N.Y., perhaps to Renssal- aer Co.,N.Y., then Western N.Y. He had 10 children. Has the town of Salisbury, cemetary records ? of INSTALLMENT 75 Cont. Married Charles Austin. Children :6. graveyards there, or Salisbury Center ? Has any local D.A.R. Chapter made vital records ? Would be glad to hear from any- one who could give me a clue to this Roxanne Salisbury, or give me the address of local D.A.R. chapters where she once resided.
These notes and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were com- plied by the late Mrs. Frederick Staehla, of Munnsville, N. Y. Her
born March 18, 1849. Married Alia Wynne. Children :2. 3032X.B.381. George " Bellinger. 3033.B.382. Sarah Bellinger, born Oct. 7, 1850.
Married Samuel Taylor. No issue 3034X.B.383. Elizabeth Bellinger, Married William Trigloun, He was born April 30, 1852.
mining. engineer. He was born in England. They Ilve in London Eng- land.
Children:5.
3035X.B.384. Thomas Bellinger,
[14, 1888. Married Caroline Eads. She diedin childbirth. Child, 1. L. F. Bellinger.
VI (1521) X. B. 124. Caroline Mc- Chesney, daughter of Anna P. Bel- linger (722 B. 25) and Robert Mc- Chesney. She was born 1811. Married Walter Wager. Had a son, William, deceased. No issue. VI 1523) X. B. 125. Dinah McChes- ney, daughter of Anna P. Bellin- ger (722 B. 25) and Robert Mc- Chesney. She was born in 1814. Married William I. Skinner. was a sawmill owner in 1867. (Beer's Hist. P. 267.) He
Children: 6. 3045X. B. 392. Mar- garet Skinner, born Oct. 31, 1834. Married Elijah Reed, who was born July 28, 1822. Child, 1.
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3048X. B. 395. Willliam J. Skin- ner. Lives in Canastota, N. Y. Married. Child, 1.
3049 B. 396. Honace B. Skin- mer.
3049 A. B. 397. Samuel A. Skin- ner. Lives in Odell Hotel, Spo- kane, Washington.
L. F. Bellinger. (1525) X. B. 128. Christina Mc- Chesney, daughter of Ana P Bellinger (722 B. 25) and Robert McChesney. She was bor nin 1817. Married Edward Amold. Children 3. 3050 B. 398. Delia Arnold. Un- married.
3051 B. 399. Robert Arnold. 3052 B. 400. Peter Arnold. L. . Bellinger VI (1526) X. B. 129. Catherine Mc- Chesney, daughter of Anna P. Bel- linger (722 B. 25) and Robert Mc- Chesney, born April 17, 1819; died Dec. 4, 1897. Married Edward Hali on May 23, 1843. Children, 3. 3055 B. 401. Lott Hall, born April 7, 1844; died Dec. 26, 1932. Lived in Gouverneur, N. Y.
3056 B. 402. Ella M. Hall, born March 26, 1846.
3057 X. B. 403. Walter W. Hall, born Aug. 19, 1849; died Dec. 15,
Following the business meeting 1910. Married Emma M. Lott,
about 20 members sojourned at lon Jan. 1877. Children 3. Schrafft's-Fifth Avenue, for lunch- eon and a pleasant get-together. Query . L. F. Bellinger. VI Who were the parents of Ann. Knapp, who married Ezra Hawley about 1840 in Chatham, Colum- bia County, N. Y. ? (1527) X. B. 130. Hiram Mc- Chesney (named for Hiram (1522 B. 125) deceased.) Son of Anna P. Bellinger (722 B. 25) and Robert McChesney. He was born in 1820. (Editor) Married Mary Vosbung. She was born in 1823 (census 1860, Fam. 1158 in Little Falls, N. Y.)
3060 B. 404. Robert McChesney born 1845. (Given by Mrs. F. B. Roberts, of Tonawanda, N. Y.)
3061 B. 405. Irwin McChesney, born 1849.
3062 B. 406. Emma McChesney, born 1859.
L. F. Bellinger.
1528 X. B. 131. Elizabeth Mc- Chesnev, daughter of Anna P. Bel- linger 722B.25 and Robert MeChes- nev. She was born in 1822; died in 1885. Married Stephen Head Far- nam, Sept. 3, 1844. He was born May 22, 1822;, died 1897. Chil- dren, 3. .
3065 X. B. 407. William Josiah Farnam, born April 30, 1846; died 1922. Married Anna Walker, Jan. 6, 1869 of New Haven, Conn. She was born Aug. 23, 1846. Children 5.
3066 X. B.' 408 Fannie E. Far- n'a.m. Married James Selkramp. They live in Northeast, Pa. Child, 1
.3067 B. 409. Frederick Farnam. Died 1880. . Unmarried. L. F. Bellinger.
.... VI: . /(152991 X B. 132. Marv Mat- caret McChesney, daughter of Anna P. Bellinger (722 B. 25) and Robert McChesney. She was
Society Transactions) I imagine they were married anywhere from 1786 up to early 1790.
Robert Patrick's family were members of the Congregational Chunch, and all their children up to 1785 were baptized in that church. They bought their farm in Columbia, 1786, as Lucinda was married after leaving Lebanon, otherwise their marriage would have been recorded there. Want- ed more data or suggestions of this lineage; also list of children of Hezekiah and Abigail Hanmer Hale. Also searching for parents off Hezekiah Hale, b. 181, and who married Rosanna Barnes in New Haven, Conn. Is there a Colum- bia County Historical Society ? (Attention New York State Li- brary, State "University, Albany, N. Y.i Hezekiah has been proven to be a brother of Minerva. Please send answers to Mrs. John (Gert- rude) Sherwood, (g.g.grand of Hezekiah Hale, Howell, Michigan, 922 South Michigan Ave, or to P. O. Box 899, Church Street An- nex 8, Harrp A. Odell, New York City.
NOTE: Boxes in this P.O. are Zone No. 8, 'mall for carriers in same P.O. are Zone 7.)
COOK, a Correctlon
Mr. Stanley T. Braman writes the statement that he has traced his Cook line back to Henry Cook, 1615-61 is an error. It has been traced to Henry Cook, d. 1885, only.
BRAMAN ORIGIN
Probably this name comes from Medieval Europe, not American Indian. We seem to remember having seen it in some L. D. S. lineage, but cannot find it again just now. A new directory from Utah, now in press, may shed some light when it is issued. There is no Braman in Wurts, but a search of different authorities shows a "Bramante" lived 1444- 1614, was artist, and architect who designed many of the buildings in the Vatican. Probably as is our custom, the English language just dropped the ending: "te."
COOK IN WURTZ
Pages 1308, 1424 and Cooke on p. 464, 459 to 464, under Varde- man: "Z. Gabriel Throckmorton, b. Va. 1665 and d. there July 1737, m. Frances Cooke, dau. Hon. Mor- decai Cooke and wife Frances Ironmonger." One son "*8. Mor- decai, 1695-1768, m. 1740, Mary Reade," Ascends (1824) to Wil- liam de Mowbray a Magna Carta Baron." P. 1307-8. "*4. James Dickinson Cope, 1780-1832, m. 4-7-1803. Rebecca Cook, dau. Thras and Wife Susanna Cook. Rebecca ib. 9-18-1783, lived Fay- ette Co., Pen." Descends (3-1) to Sarah Cope Tait Endsley, object of this Chapter, on p. 1303; from King Edward and 7 M. C. Barons, Sureties that is. Page 1424. "Ma- jor James Harriman Tusten m. Edna May Strother of Virginia, descends through: Lewis, Pendle- ton, Jefferson, Carter, Talifero, Sheppard, Poliard, Dandridge (widow m. George Washington), Palmer and COOK.
COOK In Old Boston Transcript ! 1939, Oct. 7 -- 9316-Salina Cook m. Aaron Clark, Dec. 16, 1790. Oct. 28, Answer. Benjamin (5) Darling b. 7-4-1761, Belingham, Mass., d. 3-21B14; Amherst, Mass. m (1) 3-19-1785, Nancy Cook, 1768-92, dau. Abraham and Eliza- beth (Tilson) .Cook; Benjamin m. (2) 3-23-1794, Celina Clark, 1771- 1847, daug. Abner and Rhoda Cook and widow (Thompson) Alaron Clark, 1765 . ? Celine (Salina) (Ccok) (Clark) had a cister m. Grant; one m. Betts, one Smith and one Fisher; also a sis- ter Thankful Cook m. a brother of Aanon Clark. Aaron and Ce- lina moved to Wardsburg, Ver- mont, lost her husband and two children before shetwas 21.
*1940,-Feb.10 99810^^Thomas Green m. Marp' Cook, When ? Where? Thomas ib. 12-1-1745, West Greenwich, R. I., d. Nan-
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President, Dallas W. Knapp. Terminal Building, Coffeyville,
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Knapp, 706 Wichita, Kan .; Archer L. Knapp, 1147 Harvard Road, Grosse Pointe, 30, Mich .; Mrs. C. E. Carothers, 3047 X. B. 394. Henry A. Skin- 3046 B. 393. Caroline Skinner. No issue. Married Josephine Rofenot. 161 Hall Ave., Washington, Pa .; ner. Mrs. Flora Knapp Dickinson, 489 | Livein Little Falls, N. Y. Children
Fifth Ave., New York 17, N. Y .; Mrs. Lucy Knapp O'Neal, Philippi, W. Va.
Treasurer-Mrs. Heathe Greg- ory, 410 Park Ave., East Orange, N. Y.
Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. Elsie Knapp Jordan, 186 William Street, East Orange, N. J.
Genealogist, Alfred A. Knapp, M.D., 1800 Columbian Terrace, Peoria 5, III.
Mrs. Dickinson read the Min- utes of the last meeting. of the Association, Sept. 14, 1946, which were approved as read.
Mrs. Gregory read her treasur- er's report covering Jan. 1, 1946 to June 18, 1949, which was ap-
The other important business was the electionof officers, for a two year term-listed herein.
Mrs. George A. Kuhner was re- elected custodian of the associa- tion.
GEORGE ELLSWORTH
Ellsworth. George b. abt.1760 Windsor Conn. He died in Steph- entown N.Y. abt. 1800. Are there any descendants in Stephentown or records kept by a D.A.R. Chap- ter? He married Elizabeth Weeks (Wicks) before 1785.Where ? She
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The Old Chapel At Fairfield
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By SILAS KIMM
There stand today on the hills of Fairfield, N. Y., a quaint old building that has existed through changes in our national life for nearly 100 years. How came this old school to be erected in a sec- tion of country which today is so far from the main routes of trav- el? How did a famous old-time school come to be located in Fair- field? A partial answer to this question I quote freely from the writings of Prof. James M. Hall who was connected with this in- stitution in one capacity or an- other for nearly 50 years. He tells us at the beginning of the 19th century pioneers had been coming into the Royal Grant for 15 years and the town of Fairfield had be- come quite thickly settled. Sever- al had penetrated the wilderness of Norway and Newport. All trav- el to the nonth went through Fair- field. From a small collection of cabins roads branched off north, south, east and west, which gave the pioneers of the adjacent ter- ritory easy access to stores and other business establishments. In time there was a hotel on one cor- ner, a sawmill, gristmill, tannery, a wool carding and cloth dressing mill and a potashery where the settler could sell their ashes ob- tained from clearing the land of forests. There was also a black- smith shop, a cooper shop, for making wooden pails, buckets and casks and they even had a shop where were made men's hats. The i people who worked in these es- tablishments needed homes and soon there was quite a large vil- lage even before neighboring com- munities began to emerge from their log houses.
For several miles around this primeval village the settlers were buying sections of the wilderness which they cleared and made into highly productive farms. They
were "Down East" Yankees, dif- fering from the phlegmatic Dutch of the Mohawk Valley in culture and political sagacity. In later years from the hills of Fainfield went men to become county of -! fictals, legislators in Albany and members of Congress in Washing- ton. For years Fairfield was a power in county politics and her! leaders helped to decide measures in the election of state governors. But in the year 1800 these Puri- tan immigrants had no establish- ed religious onganization and the schools indifferently taught the 3 Rs. Such were the kind of people and such was the social life of the village when in 1801 the Rev. Cateh Alexander was sent as & missionary into the wilderness of northern Herkimer County. Hel was anxious to establish a school of what they oalled in those times "higher learning."
He visited several sections and
By mid-forenoon hundreds of people of all ages, even babes in arms began to arrive to see those ; massive hewn timbers put in place and the men to engage in wrestling matches, feats of
strength and the rough sports of frontier days.
By 10 o'clock the carpenters had been assembled and several of the. most athletic young men had been selected from the crowd with pike poles and peavies and other im- plements for lifting, when Prof. Alexander stepped upon a beam of one of the bents and signalled for silence. He then knelt and addressed a fervent prayer t heaven asking that "God would let his blessing rest on this build- ing now and always, that He would sanctify it to the literary, the secular and the religious good of the community, protect from injury and destruction by the ele- ments, give it length of days and an eternity of influence for good."
The Raising
The prayer finished the boss carpenter shouted "Heave Họ" when 50 or more sturdy fellows ilfted one end of the ibent while several held the other end from slipping. When the upper end was as high as the men could reach 20 pike poles, 10, 15, 20 feet long were brought into requisition to elevate the bent to a perpendicular position. The holding the foot of the bent slipped the tenons into the mortice in the sill and the bent stood upright ready to be stay lathed. Thus each of those heavy bents were raised when it became necessary to pin in the cross beams and braces. When all the girders had been put in place the heavy plates were slowly and with difficulty raised to the top of the bents and their montices dropped over the tenons at the tops of the upright posts.
The most reckless and daring young men vied with each other in climbing to place the purlines while the crowd watched and cheered. The exploits of those hardy farmers ' and woodsmen made topics of conservation for months afterward.
By the arrival of the following winter the building was finished. Those who had contributed funds
Prof. Hale, writing for the press years ago said that the first meet- ing of the trustees was held April 6th, 1803. A resolution was pass- ed to give Rev. Caleb Alexander a salary of $300 per year to act as
source of the fire was discovered. A little water put out the blaze. A few years later a fire was discovered between the clapboards and the ceiling in the sohtheast corner above the kitchen. The iblaze soon reached nearly to the roof but was extinguished with some difficulty. Again the old building escaped without damage.
In the month of May a short time before the old school had written "finis" to its career on the 19th a wind of nearly 75 miles velocity was tearing up things gen- erally, making it nearly impossi- ble for a person to stand on his feet. The kitchen chimney stood near and just east of the chapel tower. It was a sheet iron tube reaching up to the bell deck. The wind took a spark from the chim- ney, carried it to the eornice of the upper section where it stuck fast just inside the eaves. The pine wood was quickly ignited and then it was to be seen "how great a matter, a little fire kindleth." Soon resounding through the
campus came the startling cry of fire and the old bell rang out its sonorous peal as if to herald the doom of the time honored structure. The boys rushing from their rooms made desperate ef- fonts to get near enough to throw water on the increasing tongues of flames which greedy gusts of
wind turned the streams of water to spray and blew it away from the fire. There was a rush for ladders' and citizens came with pails of every kind and description .. A double line was formed from the hotel water vat to the foot of the tower. Water was passed to the boys on the bell tower and on the roof. But all attempts to check the fire was in vain and the wind was carrying the sparks to neighboring buildings and on to the roof of the chapel. The only way to put out the fire was to chop off the posts of the. upper deck and tip the whole thing to the ground, where the fire was soon extinguished. Once more the revered building was saved as if in answer to prayer.
The Chapel Bell Up to the time of the principal- ship of Mr. Bamber in 1815, a
conch shell was blown to announce the hours of study and recrea- tion. By this students had been sent to bed by 10 o'clock and a blast by that dread horn routed them out at 5 o'clock in the morn- At 12 noon the blast from ing. The last job was to fasten the rafters on to the plates and pur- lines when the "raising" was done and there stood the "mortice and ear tenon" frame of one of the first academic buildings to be erected east of the Hudson River and des- the academy did not enjoy these tined to house some of the leading characters in American history. that strombus and the strident tones of the dinner horns from the boarding houses in the village made a concatenation of splitting noises that could be heard beyond the summit of Old Barto. Evidently the principal of discordant sounds for he started a subscription to purchase a bell Regents Grant a Charter to hang in the chapel tower. When the, clock was installed it was so arranged that the clapper would strike the hours on the bell and held a meeting and elected from | for more than three quarters of a them 24 men to be a board of century bell and clock worked in trustees, March 15, 1803, the Re- | unison tolling the houns into eter- gents granted a chanter and thenity. Fairfield Academy was born. Tra- dition says the building stands on ground given by Joseph Teall.
The room next to the belfry stairs was known as the bellroom and the bellrope ended in this room. This room was occupied usually by some poor boy who rang the bell to pay his room rent while attending the academy. There was the get up in the morning bell. the breakfast hell.
Foot Vrooman, Seth's Henry, Tur- key Leg Bill, etc.
Minerva 8' Riggs ' Above. Joseph< 4. Wagner, . Jr., The book tracey the descend- ants through ten generations from married probably at Milton, Sara- toga Co., N. Y., (John H. WWal- the coming of the immigrant in | lace's "Geneal, of the Riggs Fam- 1664 down to the present. relationships of various branches
The jily," I, 49, says, "Hilton, N. Y." but no such marriage is listed in erva 8 Riggs, born where? pos- sibly in Saratoga Co., N. Y., or perhaps in Conn., Aug. 12, 1799; died where? in Fort Plain, N. Y. according to family records of descendants) or in Canajoharie, N. Y. (according to the undated of the family are here shown. Only | Hilton records) Feb. 12, 1819, Min- painstaking, continuous research can produce a book of this kind. But the book is more than a .col- lection of bare facts. The book has & soul. In it Vroomans, though dead for over 200 years, still live., Through their descend- ants they speak. Through them obituary pasted in the Wagner- have been gathered stories of mi- grations to Canada and the far west. Through old letters, census records, wills, deeds and ceme- much |tery inscriptions, their wander- ings have been traced.
Riggs Bible), on Sept. 21, 1842. Is the discrepancy of Fort Plain and Canajoharie to be reconciled by the part of Canajoharie which was added to Minden in 1849? Just what was included in this 1849 ad- dition. Minerva's baptismal, mar- mage and death records also want- ed.
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