Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1949], Part 54

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Over 20 years have been spent in gathering the data found in / this book. The volume is on dig- play at the Old Stone Font Mus- eum in Schoharie, and a few copies have been left for sale with the curator, Myron Vrooman. The

volume 'is well indexed and the Edward 3, 2, 1,) and Margaret 3 format is excellent.

at dates which I have not yet found. My guess would be in the 1790's or possibly the 1780's. .

Riggs, Ressegule Erroneously

ascribed to Min- ervas 'grandfather, Joseph 6 Riggs (m, Margaret 3 Resseguie), who was born in Stamford, Conn., May 18, 1738 and died in Malta, Sara- toga Co., N. Y., June 15, 1805, has been the Revolutionary War serv- ice rendered by another Joseph 6 Riggs in the New Jersey Militia in Silvanus Seeley's Regt. This other Joseph 6 Riggs (Gideon 5, Joseph 4, Edward 3, 2; 1), who was a cousin of Minerva's grand- father, was born in Orange or Morristown, N. J., 1743, died in Amity, Washington Co., Pa., Aug. 1814, and was the great-grand- father of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Brown 9 Riggs, who by a coin- cidence was the pastor of the Fort Plain, N. Y. Reformed Dutch Church, 1870-76. (see pp. 42, 71 of "Our Pioneer Ancestors" by Hen- ry Earle Riggs and DAR Lineages No. 68913, No. 68915, No. 57776).

Help asked in finding the Revo- lutionary War record of Minerva's grandfather Joseph 6 Riggs (son of Miles 5 Riggs and Elizabeth Whitney and husband of Margaret Ressequie) who may have served in Connecticut or New York State troops or possibly in Vermont troops. Has this Joseph Riggs' grave in the Armstrong Ceme- tery of Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y., been marked by the DAR as that of a Rev. War soldier? Or is his grave-stone inscription in- cluded in "Epitaphs of Saratoga County" by Durkee ?

Wagner-Riggs Children

Aforesaid Joseph 4 Wagner and Minerva 8 Riggs had 11 children as follows: Their baptismal, mar- riage and death records wanted to correct discrepancies in family data

1. Mary Lucinda 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y. Feb. 6, 1820; d. there, June 4, 1861; m., as his 1st wife, where? Jan. 18, 1843, Osman Orestes Austin. Whom did he marry 2nd?

2. Catherine Candace 5 Wag-

1821; d. Cooperstown, N. Y., Mar. George W. Johnson, 1st cousin of James Fenimore Cooper, the nov- elist.

. Emeline F. 5 (her middle name wanted) Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y. Feb. 3, 1823; d. Mal- Said Joseph's undated obituary, marked in the margin "June 13, 1855," in the handwriting of his dau. Louise Matilda (Wagner) Havens and pasted in the Scrap Book kept by her dau. Mary Hav- den-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. April 6, ens, reads: "Obituary - Joseph |1897 m. where? June 17, 1850, De-

Minerva (Riggs) Wagner was a dau. of Timothy 7 Riggs and Can- dace 6 Weed and a granddau. of Joseph 6 Riggs (Miles 5, Joseph 4, Resseguie (Alexander 2, 1) and of Lt. John 5 Weed (Reuben 4, Dan- iel 3, 2 Jonas 1) and Hannah 5 WAGNER-RIGGS BRANCH INSTALLMENT 1 Joseph 4 Wagner, Jr. Mann (Joseph 4, Nathaniel 3, Richand 2 1). All possible informa- Joseph 4 Waggoner or Wagner tion asked on Minerva's parents and grandparents, all 6 of whom Jr., was a son of Johan Jost or removed to Saratoga Co., N. Y., Joseph 3 Waggoner or Wagner and Catharine 5 Abeel and a grandson of Lt. Col. Johan Peter 2 Waggoner (Johan Peter 1) and Barbara Elizabeth 2 Dockstader (George 1) and of Johannes 4 Abeel (Christoffel 3, Johannes 2, Christopher Janse 1) and Maria Knouts or Knautz.

He was born' at Wagner's Hol- low, Palatine, N. Y., on Sept. 22, 1791, according to his bap. rec. and 'Johan Peter Wagner and wind were lapping up the soft pine | Desc.," pp. 11, 17; on Oct. 12, 1792 wood of the cornice, but the high according to his own Bible rec- ord and the record in the Austin- Wagner-Hall .Bib .; on Oct. 12, 1791, as figured from his age at death, 63 yns. 8 mos. 2 days, ac- cording to the entry made in his Bible.

His' baptismal record, Stone Arabia Lutheran Trinity Church, p. 243, gives: "John Jost, born Sept. 22, 1791. Parents: John

Jost Waggoner and Catarina. Sponsons: John Jost Waggoner and Catarina. Sponsors: John Jost Hans and Maria Striher. (Who were the sponsors?) The old Jos- eph Waggoner Jr .- Minerva Riggs Bible now in my possession gives: "Joseph Waggoner Jr., was born Odt. 12 A. D. 1792." hTe Austin- was born Oct. 12, 1792." Family Wagner-Hall Bible now in the pos session of a great-granddau. Jean Hall gives; "Joseph Wagner, Jr., A. D. 1792." The Austin-Wagner- Hall Bible, now in the possession of a great-granddau. Jean Hall, gives: "Joseph Wagner, Jr., was born Oct. 12, 1792." Family data me by other descendants sent give either Sept. 22, 1791 or Oct. 12, 1792. The correct birth-date therefore seems problematical, and unless further records are found there appears to be no way of reconciling these discrepancies.

He died in Fort Plain, N. Y. (according to' family records of descendants), on June 13, 1855 (according to his gravestone in- scription in the Fort Plain Ceme- tery), but the entry in his . Bible gives June' 14 instead of June 13. His inscription in Font Plain Cem. reads: "Joseph Wagner Jr. died June 13, 1855, age 63 yrs." (sent by Supt. H. A. Rapp). The en- try in his Bible reads: "Joseph 14th 1855. Age 63 yrs. 8 months

Wagner departed his life June ner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y. May 12,

2 days." This gives the 3rd fbirth 18, 1855; m. where? Nov. 8, 1849, date as noted above.

time unere was a noter on one our- 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 / 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 seations 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 Fairfield went men to become county of- ficials, 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 organization 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. Caleb Alexander was sent as a missionary into the wilderness of northern Herkimer County. He was anxious to establish a school of what they called in those times "higher learning."

He visited several sections and settlements and finally decided that Fairfield was the most prom- ising place in which to establish such a school. After consulting with some of the most prominent citizens Ive returned to his home in Manchester. In the spring he brought his family to Fairfield and spent his time in preaching and soliciting to build a school house in which to house his insti- tution of higher learning. Being neither persuasive in preaching nor in soliciting funds he was on the point of giving up the whole project wien a wide awake young man by, the name of Moses Math- er living ,on Banto Hill volunteer- ed to go throughout the settle- ment and collect funds to erect the first building of the projected school. He gave a goodly sum himself and in a short time raised sufficient funds to start building The dow carpenter, Jacob Wilsey, was given the contract to erect according to specifications what was to be the largest building in all the country round.

He took his men into the woods just west of the village and with broadaxe and adz they hewed out the timbers so quickly that July 3rd they were framed and the bents were placed on the walls, ready to be raised and pinned to- gether on the morrow.

A Great Celebration

In the years just subsequent to the Revolution, July 4th, was al- ways a gala day, but on July 4th, 1802, the people of Fairfield, not only celebrated their freedom from England but they had great cause to i celebrate the erection of building for the education of their children and their children's chil- dren's for generations yet to come.

Word was sent to all the settle- ments for miles around-Salisbury Corner, the King's Grant, to New- port and Norway, to the crude v'Mages of the Mohawk Valley, Witzt there was to be a combined 4th of July celebration and a "raising." The erection of a frame f rl a large building even up to the time of the Civil War was always madle an occasion for fun and a jolly good time.

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.

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 tenon" frame of one of the first academic buildings to be ereoted

heard beyond the summit of Old Barto. Evidently the principal of east of the Hudson River and des- the academy did not enjoy these. tined to house some of the leading characters in American history.

Regents Grant a Charter By the arrival of the following winter the building was finished. Those who had contributed funds held a meeting and elected from them 24 men to be a board of | century bell and clock worked in trustees, March 15, 1803, the Re- unison tolling, the hours into eter- gents granted a chanter and the nity.

Fairfield Academy was born. Tra- dition says the building stands on ground given by Joseph Teall.

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 ( morning bell, the breakfast bell, principal. The school opened early in June with 50 pupils, some had rooms in the academy and the rest boarded outside.

The academy was a building 40 by 50 feet, two stories high with a belfry 40 feet in height. The style of architecture probably or- iginated with the builder, not a very imposing structure but from the first it supplied a great want for purposes of non-academic At different times it was used as a dormitory; for a primary school: a public lecture room; a church; a room for dancing; for town meetings and for dramatic pur- poses for which a wide stage was built across the south end of the room.

The old building has suffered many changes during the long years of its existence, but it still stands attesting the skill and care- ful construction of its builder. This fact has been attributed by some' of the old ciitzens to the care of Divine Providence, in an- swer to Ithe prayer of the min- ister on the 4th of July "raising" but however that may be it bears the scars of some pretty severe burnings. Back in the 40s it caught fire either by carelessness or the intention of a student, but no serious damage was done.

Along about '84 or '86 & fire

Which had been smouldering for It does not confine itself only to some time between the ceiling of those of the Vrooman name, but the dining hall and the floor of includes many families related by marriage. The following names appear: Becker, Ballinger, Bouck, Bradt, Dockstader, Deltz, Hager, Kellogg, Lawyer, Lowe, Mattice, Morris, Newkirk, Pruyn, Swart, Schermerhorn, Ten Eyck, Vander- vont, VanderWerken, Van Deusen, Van Vechten, Veeder, Wemple, Zeile and many others well known in Schoharie County. the rooms above began pouring out smoke and by the time this was discovered flames was break- ing through the floor, Captain Da- vid Hill, who occupied the bell ro", a big strong iad with a powerful voloe, ran down the stairs shouting fire "Fire"! With the help of students and neighbors he fire was soon extinguished vithout doing much harm. How- aver, quite a piece of flooring had to be re-laid.

The end pages are attractively decorated with a composite map More Fires showing the Old Stone Fort 1772, the Upper Fort 1777, Vrooman's Land 1731, the coat of arms, In 1873 one day while the stu- lents were taking their midday meal one of the boys left the table und returned saying the whole up- per story was filled with smoke. A rush was made upstairs but no The years to come were destin- ed to see many celebrations in Fairfield, but none of them ever equalled the intense interest and far; reaching influence of that backwoods jolllfioation in the 'lire could be discovered and no excuse for the smoke, but some ›ne quoted the old saying "where "here Is smoke there is fire." Fur- ther investigation led to cutting Vrooman's Nose, etc. Pictures of representative Vroomans are scat- tered throughout the book. A list of the Vroomang from New York State who fought in the Revolu- tion is given, 107 names in all. An- other list gives interesting names applied to members of the fam- ily, as, Aunt Plank, Cornelius of Lisha's Kil, Blg Mace, Duck Leg tway a partition which rested Bill, Granny Van Slyke, Hazel hamlet of Fairfield, July 4th, 1802. against the chimney and there the Pete, Little Adam, Loween, Pull, wanted.

check the fire was in vain and | Jost Waggoner and Catarina. 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 itip 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. Sponsors: John Jost Waggoner and Catarina. Sponsors: John Jost Hans and Maria Striher. (Who were the sponsors?) The old Jos- eph Waggoner Jr .- Minerva Riggs Bible now in my possession gives: "Joseph Waggoner Jr., was born Odt. 12 A. D. 1792." hTe Austin- was born Oct. 12, 1792." Family Wagner-Hall Bible now in the pos ... The Chapel Bell Up to the time of the principal- ship of Mr. Barber in 1815, a conch shell was blown to announce the hours of study and recrea- session of a great-granddau. Jean Hall gives; "Joseph Wagner, Jr., 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- A. D. 1792." The Austin-Wagner- Hall Bible, now in the possession of a great-granddau. Jean Hall, gives: "Joseph Wagner, Jr., was born Oct. 12, 1792." Family data sent me by other descendants give either Sept. 22, 1791 or Oct. 12, 1792. The correct birth-dats therefore seems problematical, and unless further records are found there appears to be no way of reconciling these discrepancies.

He died in Fort Plain, N. Y., (according to' family records of descendants), on June 13, 1855 (according to his gravestone in- scription in the Fort Plain Ceme- tery), but the entry in his . Bible gives June 14 instead of June 13. His inscription in Font Plain Cem. reads: "Joseph Wagner Jr. died June '13, 1855, age 63 yrs." (sent by Supt. H. A. Rapp). The en- try in his Bible reads: "Joseph Wagner departed his life June 14th 1855. Age 63 yrs. 8 months 2 days." This gives the 3rd birth date as noted above.

Said Joseph's undated obituary, marked in the margin "June 13, 1855," in the handwriting of his dau. Louise Matilda (Wagner) Havens and pasted in the Scrap Book kept by her dau. Mary Hav- ens, reads: "Obituary - Joseph Wagner, Jr. Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock, while Mr. Joseph Wagner, Jr., an old and respect- ed citien of Fort Plain, was en- gaged in assisting others in lead- ing a barrel of flour into a wag- on, in front of Keller and Wag- ner's Store, he fell upon the side- of walk and died almost instantly; the effect, it is supposed of a dis- ease of the heant." Identity of Joseph Wagner's partner, Keller, wanted; also coples other obituaries.

From the foregoing obituary it would seem that the Keller and Wagner Store dealt in flour. Wag it a general grocery store, or did it deal in grains exclusively ? When was the firm organized, and where was it located? The 1852 Fort Plain Map shows a Solomon Keller, merchant, on Canal Street near Prospect, but gives no Keller and Wagner Store. This map, sent me by Mr. N. Berton Altan, shows Joseph's bro. Peter J. Wag- ner with three lots near the Ot- squago Creek one marked "Flour Mills" on Cain and South Streets also and two on Willet between River Street and the creek. It shows a lot between the Erie Ca- nal and Willet Street, near the Creek, In the possession of said Joseph's son, Alfred J. Wagner merchant. Information asked on Joseph 4 Wagner Jr.s' business ac- tivities. Perhaps it should be noted that said Joseph Jr.'s fa- ther Joseph 3 Waggoner, operated a wholesale and retail store from his residence, the Isaac Paris ICas- tle, sometime before 1835. This is the house which Joseph 3 sold in 1835 to his step-son, . Willlam E. Bleecker, now the Fort Plain DAR Chapter House.'

W. P. Webster, p. 11 of, "Jo- han Peter Wagner and His De- sendants," states that said Jos- eph 4 Wagner Jr. "lived in the house that had been ooccupied by his father near the aqueduct." Was this the old Wagner Tavern of the toto dances, where Joseph 3 Waggoner Sr. and his family Mved from 1805 until the year (what ?) [that they moved into the Isaac Paris Castle ?

It is to be noted that Joseph 4 Wagner Jr. probably died intes- tate, since no will is on file in the Montgomery Co. Surrogate's Court. The administration papers in the settlement of. his estate

Plain, N. Y. Reformed Dutch, Church, 1870-76. (see pp. 42, 71 of "Our Pioneer Ancestors" by Hen- ry Earle Riggs and DAR Lineages No. 68913, No. 68915, No. 57776). Help asked in finding the Revo- lutionary War record of Minerva's grandfather Joseph 6 Riggs (son of Miles 5 Riggs and Elizabeth Whitney and husband of Margaret Ressequie) who may have served in Connecticut or New York State troops or possibly in Vermont troops. Has this Joseph Riggs' grave in the Armstrong Ceme- tery of Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y., been marked by the DAR as that of a Rev. War soldier? Or is his grave-stone inscription in- cluded in "Epitaphs of Saratoga County" by Durkee?

Wagner-Riggs Children

Aforesaid Joseph 4 Wagner and Minerva 8 Riggs had 11 children as follows: Their baptismal, mar- rlage and death records wanted to. correct, discrepancies in family data.

1. Mary Lucinda 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y. Feb. 6, 1820; d. there, June 4, 1861; m., as his 1st wife, where? Jan. 18, 1843, Osman Orestes Austin.' Whon did he marry 2nd ?

2. Catherine Candace 5 Wag- ner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y. May 12, 1821; d. Cooperstown, N. Y., Mar. 18, 1855; m. where? Nov. 8, 1849, George W. Johnson, 1st cousin of James Fenimore Cooper, the nov- elist. 3. Emellne F. 5 (her middle name wanted) Wagner, b: Fort Plain, N. Y. Feb. 3, 1823; d. Mal- den-on-the-Hudson, N. Y. April 6, 1897 m. where? June 17, 1850, De- lancey D. Starin.

4 ;. Louisa Matilda 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1825; d. Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1896; m. Fort Plain, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1853, Joseph William Hen- ry Harrison Havens, generaly called "Harrison."

5. Alfred Joseph 5 Wagner, b. Font Plain, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1827; d. there, Apr. 4, 1903 m. there Nov. 5, 1852, ;Catharine M. Crouse.

. Augusta Jane Wagner, oall- ed "Jane;" b. Fort Plain, N. Y ... Dec. 29, 1828; d. Johnstown, N. Y., July 4, 1907; m. Fort Plain, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1852, James Hooker Congdon.

7. Riggs 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y., July 7; 1831; d. there, Apr. 25, 1832, ae. 9 mos. 18 days.

8. DeWitt Riggs 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1833; d. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 4, 1906 m. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 3, 1862, Mary Cecelia Briscoe.

9. James Ransford 5 Wagner, b. Fort Plain, N. Y., July 24, 1836; d. there .Mar. 27, 1837, ae 8 mos., 3 days.

10 James Ransford 5 Wagner, 2nd b. Fort Plain, N. Y. Jan 14, 1838 ;d. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1892 (on a business trip; m. where? (was it in Saratoga Co., N. Y.,) Jan. 1, 1863, Lucy Height. 11. Marvin Joseph 5 Wagner. b. Fort Plain, N. Y., Mar. 1, 1841; d. there, June 26, 1842, ae. 1 yr. 3 mos. 26 d.

Marie Lyle, Lyle Heights, Paso Robles, Calif.

SELL WITH CLASSIFIED ADS

EYES EXAMINED

GLASSES FITTED Hours 9-5:30 Daily Wednesday 9-12 Evenings by Appointment GEORGE W. GLENN 1

Optometrist (Samuels Blk.,) Main Street Phone 44743 Fort Plain, N. Y.

discordant sounds for he started a subscription to purchase a bell 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 for more than three quarters of a

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 got up in the

the bell tolling the times of classes. The bell which the students especially liked was the midday dinner bell and that announcing the end of classes in the afternoonl. Supper over, all too soon sounded the 7 p. m. study bell, when all the students Were supposed to be in their respeotive rooms. The last bell of the day pealed forth "lights out and to bed' 'at 10 p. m. Herkimer, Dec. 7, 1949.

Vrooman History Is Produced

The History of the Vrooman Family in America has been pub- Ilshed. The co-authors of this 350 page book are Mrs. Grace Vroo- man Wickersham of Junea, Alas- ka and Ernest B. Comstock, of Dallas, Texas.

It The first search for data printed in this volume was made in Al- bany and Schoharle counties. was here in the Mohawk Valley that the Dutch family located in 1664 when Hendrick Meese Vroo- man. brought his family to this country from Holland. The book is 'the story of his desccendants.

ear

that ing. At 12 noon the blast from strombus and the strident tones of the dinner horns from the boarding houses in the village made a concatenation of

splitting noises : that could

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WAGNER HOUSES, HOTELS OR TAVERNS

Johan Jost or Joseph 3 Wag- goner or Wagner (Johan Peter 2, 1) owned the so-called "Wagner Tavern" in Fort Plain, Montgom- ery County, N. Y., now the re- modeled Gros residence on State and Main Streets. (Who is the present owner?) How did Joseph 3 Waggoner secure the property on which this Tavern stood ? Was it part of the purchase which he made in 1805 from Jost Driesbach

There was also a Hotel Wagner in Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y., in the 1920's and 1930's perhaps earlier than 1920). Was the pro- which included the old Isaac Paris prietor of the Penn Yan Wagner "Castle," later the Bleecker man- Hotel, who was a Mr. sion, and now the Fort Plain DAR Wagner, a descendant of the Mo- hawk Valley Waggoners or Wag- ners ? Chapter House, or was it prop- erty which he received from his 1st wife, Catherine 5 Abeel, from All possible information asked on any of the above and on any other Hotel Wagner or Wagner House. the Eistate of her father Johannes 4 Abeel? Was this Tavern erect- ed by Joseph 3 Waggoner, or was it an older building? (The deed of Sale by Jost Driesback, in 1805 to Joseph 3 Waggoner wanted).

Nelson Greene, in his ."Fort Plain-Nelliston Area" p. 3, de- scribes the old toto dances at the above Wagner Tavern "in the years after 1800" and states that the dances were so popular that for a time Fort Plain was joking- ly called "Totoville."

Pasted in the old Congdon-Wag- ner-Wells Scrap Book are two old invitations, 1812 and 1814 to the annual ball "at the house of Mr. Joseph Waggoner in Minden." Is this Waggoner House in Minden the same as the Wagner Tavern of the toto dances?

Both of these invitations were sent to "Miss Angelica Uttamark" lor "Utemark." The earlier invi- tation reads "Annual Ball. The company of Miss Angelica Utta- mark is solicitied at the house of Mr. Joseph Waggoner, in Minden, on Friday, the 10th inst. at 1 o'clock P. M. Managers: J. Stick- ney, R. Crouse; H. Caswell, C. Newkkeark, Jr., D. B. Davis, J. W. Semon. January 1st, 1812," The other invitation reads: "Ann: nl Ball. Agreeably to the usage of our predecessors, we appoint a Bali at Mr. Joseph Waggoner's in Minden, on the 26th inst, at 3 o'clock P. M. and solicit the com- pany of Miss Angelica Utermark. Managers: John Holms, John Hackney, William Joyce, Lebbeus Doty, J. Waggoner, Jr., Henry Caswell, Minden, January 1st,' 1814.' Identity asked of any of the above managers. J. Stickney and R. Crouse were related by marriage to said Joseph 3 Wag- goner and J. Waggoner Jr., was 8. son. Who were the others? Who was Angelica Uttermark ?

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1949], Part 54

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 190

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 190