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White House Library at Hartwick
By W. N. P. Dailey
Over in Otsego County a new library of 60,000 volumes, six thousand of they purely historic, was opened a few months ago in an old 1792 house, by dts present owners, Roger L. and Mrs, Butter- field
The original house was erected by Major James Butterfield, an- cestor of the present ownens. It had passed out of the family pos- session but was repurchased by Roy Lyman Butterfield in 1935, when it had been reduced to a state of ruin. After years of pa- tient toil it was rehabilitated and brought back to its original con- dition, even the intentor hardware and lumber restored, such as the heavy timbers and planks being salvaged together with the hinges locks, door handles, etc.
'Aside from the books, modern and rare first eitions, there ds an amunance of scarce memorabilia, historical prints and a lange va- riety of other articles of historical material. This revived library or historical house aptly illustrates what can be done in many a com- munity in the Mohawk Valley. A beginning has begun in the Reaney Library at St. Johnsville, and in the Fonda 'Archives. While there are irreplaceable losses such as the Collin's Library and the Van Horne collections, there is still ample historical material remain- ing to build up a wonderful array of historic and modern books. A hundred guests from near and far were welcomed at the opening of the library by Roger Butterfieldl. Mrs, Roger Butterfield gave an interesting paper on the political songs of the century past. . Ly- man H. Butterfield, a, professor at Princeton, who is editing the writ- ings of Jefferson, spoke of the life of Judge William Cooper, while Roger Butterfield discussed "The American Tragedy," a celebrated crime of half a century ago that Theodore Dreiser wrote into a novel. The father of Roger But- terfield was & reporter on. a Cort- land paper when the case broke.
After a dinner on the lewn, Al- fred C. Butterfield showed a series of movies, among them "Old
Hickory," and "Drums Along the Mohawk." The White House is on Route 205, two miles north of the village of Hartwick and is one of the oldest frame buildings in Cen- tral New York.
Its architecture is similar to many well known inns and houses of colonial New England, as the Munroe 'tavern at Lexington, Maiss. When it was built the dominant types of domestic archi- tecture in upper New York state were the frontier log cabin. and the Dutch stone houses of the
CAPTAIN WHITE
Can any one give me informa- tion about the ancestry of a Cap- tain White (of the Revolutionary War), who must have been 'born around 1756, and dled around 1814 or 1815? He presumably served from, New York state since at least one of his children was born at Worcester, Otsego !town, New York,
His wifes' given name was Lois. They had four children: Seba, the oldest; Amos, my grandfather; George C. and Cynthia.
Seba, married a woman whose given name was Sarah LL. They had no children. Amos, the sec- ond child, was born April 24, 1810 at Worcester, Otsego town, N. Y., according to our old family regis- ter. He married Catharine Brit- ton, who was born July 23, 1816, st Pine Plains, N. Y. They were married at Onondago, N. Y., April 28, 1836. They lived in Schroep- pel, near Caughdenoy, at least most of their early married life, and all of their seven children were born there, Three, Amanda, Richar and Mina White, died early and' were buried alt Caughenoy. There were four others: Henry Amson (my father), Albert De- enia, Loren and Lois, twins. His wife, Catharine Britton White, died August 13, 1862 and he died June 26, 1867, born at or near Syracuse, N. Y., an were buried
in the Rose Hill Cemetery at
Syracuse.
George C., the third child of my great grandfather was born in 1813, in Oswego Co., N. Y. He married & woman whose given name was Hannah. They moved to Illinois in 1842, taking with them his mother "Lois." They
hod three . sons: George C., Jr., Fred and John.
The fourth child of my great grandfather, Cynthia, married William B, Mack and they had at least three children, Harvey, Robert Emmit and Kate.
After the death of my great grandfather White, his wife, Lois, married a man by the name of Aaron Warner. They had two children by this marriage: John and Albert Warner. . John, the oldest, was born Nov. 13, '1816 and died Jan. 5, 1858. He moved sometime to Winslow, Illinois, Had a family of five children: Fred, John, Minty, Clifford and Charley.
Albert D, Warner, the younger son married a Miss Babcock. They had one child, Eva Glen, and the father worked as a millwright and wagon maker, at Fulton, N. Y.
Would also like any information possible on the Britton family, my grandmother Catharine Brit- ton White's ancestors. Her father was Israel Britton, born around 1760, died in winter time around 1847. Enlisted in the War of 1812 families are mentioned. Married Lanah (Margaret)
who died about 1868. Both she and Israel Britton, were buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Syra- cuse, N. Y. They had 10 children: Polly who married Hiram Curtis, Eliazbeth, Almon who married Aurelia Schneidecker; Darius who
(Sandens) Groot: Catalina Eliza- beth Groot, born May 16, 1836; Catherine Beekman Groot, born April 22, 1839, and James Bleeck- er Groot, born in Albany in 1848. Catalina Elizabeth and Catherine Beekman Groot were baptized in the First Reformed Church of Scotia Donald A. Keefer R.D. 2 Sacandaga Road Schenectady, N. Y.
CATHER-HUYETTE SHAULL-POWELL
I am interested in the follow- ing persons or families: Joseph Va .; Cather, Winchester, Mary Huyette, Winchester, Va .; David Shaul, Winchester, Va .; Walter Randolph Powell, Centerville, Va. I will exchange data.
Mrs.) Adrian Moncure Cather Miller, 2000 N. Glebe Rd., Arling- ion, Va. .
ECKLER FAMILY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY
By W. N. P. Dailey
The Eckler family is undoubt- edly of German origin though some members are inclined to re- late them to the Dutch and |three county histories so affirm. The
German word for German being Deutch confuses some historians. A recently multigraphed history of the Ecklers has been put out by A. Ross Eckler, Jr., of Wash- ington, D. C. (5 pp index) cover- ing five generations of the fam- Hly from Hendrick and Margaret Young Eckler of Canajoharle and Warren, N. Y.
Hendrick Eckler was born Oct. 16, 1711. He married Margaret Jung (Young) who was born Nov. 14, 1716. The marriage occurring in 1738. Hendrick died between 1790 (census report) and 1794. Margaret died Oct. 24, 1802. Burial was probably at Warren, Margaret was likely the daugh- ter of Theobald and Maria Cath- arine Young who had come to America in 1710 from the Palati- nate and were neighbors of Hen- drick Eckler of Canajoharie in the late 1730s. The name of Hend- rick Eckler is to be found in "Co- lonial Laws." There were 10 chil- dren in the . family of Hendrick and Margaret, About 1767 the family moved into Warren Town- ship, near Otsquago Creek in s district locally known as Chyle (Kyle, Chuyl). The word signi- fies a hole in the ground into which a stream disappears. The
land bought in 1764 (200 accres) was part of a 14,000 acre patent deed to Andreas and Theobaid
Yung by George II of England in | Katharine Herkimer (821) and 1st 1752
husband, Elijah Strong. Married Katharine Cristman, daughter of Jacob Bashouer Cristman and
Mary Elizabeth Small (Cristman Gen.). She was born July 13, 1779; married Mar. 28, 1820; died 1866. Children: 6.
3620X. Mary Catharine Strong, died July 1, 1903. Married Jacob Murphy, died 1866. Chilren: 1. 3621X. Elijah John Strong, 1823-
1896. Married Harriet Wheeler. Children: 2.
3622. Emily Strong, born 1827. Married Ephraim Wordworth. No children.
3623X. Jacob William Strong, 1830; died 4-1902. Married Amelia |1811. Zeeman. Child: 1.
3624X. Hubert Strong. Married Grace Marsh. Child: 1.
3625. Darius Wellington Strong. Unmarried.
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was living at Exeter, Oswego Co., N. Y. - Child: 1.
3645. T. A. Caswell in 1901 was Supt. of Schools at Catskill and later at Rochester, N. Y.
INSTALLMENT NO. 85
VI.
(1900) X. Jacob Marshall, Jr., son of Margaret Herkimer (926)
Harriet Burrows of Oriskany, N. Y., in 1852. Child: 1. 3660X. .. Marshall. Mar- ried Eva Melissa Wolcott. She. was the mother of A. L. Marshall.
VI. (1911)X. Timothy Herkimer, son of Timothy Herkimer (929A) and Eliza ... ... He was born Sept. 20, 1805; died Aug. 6. 1881. Mar- ried Maria Tunnicliff, born June 5, 1802; died Dec. 7, 1876 (Cemetery record from old farm at Schuyler Lake). Chilren: 3.
3685. Maria Caroline Herkimer. died March 5, 1840, aged 2 years. 3686. Irving Herkimer, died Feb. 1852, age 6-6-2.
3687. Warren J. Herkimer, born June 5, 1846; died Oct. 7, 1907. (1912)X. Nelson Tunnicliff Her- kimer, son of Timothy Herkimer He (929A) and Eliza was born May 9, 1841; died Jan. 18, 1906. Married Child
1. 3690. May Herkimer, bom April 21, 1877; died Nov. 21, 1877.
(1915)X. Johannes (John Dy- gert, son of Severinus Dygert (960) and Anna Suits. (Son of Anna Dorothea Schumaker (225) and Captain Johannes Dygert.) He was born May 13, 1783. Married Catharine Lambert. She was the daughter of Peter Lambert and Nancy Lipe. Children: 10.
3900X. Marianne Dygert, born Sept. 11, 1811. Sponsors Johannes Klock and wife Maria Elizabeth. Married Hudson Yordon, born Nov. 30, 1811; died Apr. 20, 1890. Resid- ed in California. No further rec- ord. Children: 7.
3901. Mary Ann (Anna) Dygert, born March 30, 1814. Sponsors These notes and records of the Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants in America were com- Peter Lambert an wife Anna. 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. 84
VI.
(1800)X. Margaret Tyge rt daughter of Mary Herkimer (820) and William Tygert. Mar- ried John I. Christman, son of Ja- cob Bashoeur Christman and Mary Elizabeth Small. He was born March 5, 1797; died Apr. 1876. Married Feb. 2, 1819. (Note: See Christman geneology). Children :
3600. Mary Cristman, born 1838. 3601. Eliza Cristman, born 1838. Married Dr. Eli Fox, of Mohawk, N. Y.
2.
Hendrick Eckier served in the French and Indian War and was a sergeant in Capt. Jacob Klock's company. Hendrick's family Bible
is the source of many of the
above facts preserved now for 200 years. A page of bibliography is given Incluing MacWethey's "Book of Names" and records of the Reformed churches at Fort Plain, Herkimer, Columbia, Ger- man Flats and Geisenberg. The unpublished Draper Manuscript on Brant is quoted. Nearly 300 allied
England, Just Prior to
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erary and dramatic. than Parkman in his representation of the strug- gle involved.
When William Pitt came into power England began to fare bet- ter, the chief drawback being in the indifference of the colonies, with their manpower and means, to aid the cause of the British Particular censure was given New England, but severe castigation
is it well to recall that no small part of Maryland's colonists were' former England's poor, even her prison population who were inden- tured to rich landlords, a sort of a white slavery, and they had no love for the mother country.
The cause of the French began to wane in 1758 when the fortress \ of Louisburg, with its immense wealth, was captured. Fort Du- quesne was abandoned and the | Ohio Amerind espoused the cause of England. These victories and the surrender. of Niagara along with the fall of Quebec the year following, more than offset the dismal defeat of Abercrombie by Montcalm at Fort Ticonderoga.
Gipson had access to original documents of that time that Park- man did not, and so reveals some interesting data heretofore un- known. General Wolfe needlessly ex posed himself and his forces on the Plains of Abraham, with dis- astrous effect to himself and his soldiers. Some historians, and Gipson is one of them (but not Parkman) arraign the colonists for not aiding the English against the French, but the colonists had every reason to act as they did, and the years since have proven that their cause was just and rea- sonable.
The Petries In America
Married John A. Vrooman. 3902, Peter Dygert, born Sept. 25, 1815. Sponsors George A. Garlock and wife Peggy. Mar- ried ... Child: Owen Dy- gert.
3903. Catharina Dygert, born Jan. 22, 1817, Sponsors John G. Hess and Christina Lambert, Mar- ried Peter Miller.
3904. Elizabeth (Betsy) Dygert, born Feb. 8, 1819, Sponsons John G. Jordon and wife Maria, She died June 11, 1907. Married David Holtzinger.
3905. Jeremiah Dygert, born Sept. 11, 1820. Sponsors Peter Lambert, Jr. Married Catharine Cook. She died Dec. 11, 1872. 3906. John Jacob Dygert, born Sept. 16, 1822. Sponsors John Lambert and wife Margaret.
3907. Abram or Abraham Lam- bert Dygert, born Feb. 21, 1825. Sponsors Abraham Miller and Eva Lambert.
3908. Margaret (Peggy Ann) Dy- gent, born March 22 or 23, 1828. Spon. John Moyer-and wife Nancy She died Feb. 8, 1890. Married Lyman Stetson.
3909. Sefrenus Dygert, born Oct. 2, 1831. Sponsors John Lambert and Peggy Hess. F. M. Deuel, in E.N.)
VI.
(1918) X. Catharina Dygert, daughter of Severinus Dygert (960) and Anna Suits. Married Michael Paris. They remained in the valley. Children: 4. ---
3910. John Paris, born Feb. 19, 1810. 3911. Anna Paris, born July 17,
3912. Marianne Paris, born Sept. 14, 1813. 3913. Urias Paris, born Aug. 14, 1819.
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VI (1810)X. John Strong, son of
was meted out to Maryland. But and Jacob Marshall Sr. Married
mauerzu. mas revaveu morary or syracuse. historical house aptly illustrates what can be done in many a con- munity in the Mohawk Valley. A beginning has begun the Reaney Library at St. Johnsville, and in the Fonda Archives. While there are irreplaceable losses such as the Collin's Library and the Van Horne collections, there is ample historical material remain- ing to build up a wonderful array of historic and modern books. A hundred guests from near and far were welcomed at the opening of the library by Roger Butterfield. Mrs. Roger Butterfield gave an interesting paper on the political songs of the century past. ' Ly- man H. Butterfield, a professor at Princeton, who is editing the writ- ings of Jefferson, spoke of the life of Judge Willian Cooper, while Roger Butterfield discussed "The American Tragedy," a celebrated crime of half a century ago that Theodore Dreiser wrote into a novel. The father of Roger But- terfield was a reporter on. a Cort- land paper when the case broke.
After a dinner on the lawn, Al- fred C. Butterfield showed a series of movies, among them "Old Hickory," and "Drums Along the Mohawk." The White House is on Route 205, two miles north of the village of Hartwick and is one of the oldest frame buildings in Cen- tral New York.
Its architecture is similar to many well known inns and houses of colonial New England, as the Munroe 'tavern at Lexington, Mass. When It was built the dominant Itypes of domestic archi- tecture in upper New York state were the frontier log cabin. and the Dutch stone houses of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys. Tra- dition says that this Butterfield tavern, west of Albany, that was painted white, thus affording the name White House and this name was popularly given the section which environed it.
The White House was erected on a rise of ground overlooking two branches of Otego Creek near their junction point. It was on the trail that led through the forest to Cooperstown. In the original house the timbers were from the best black cherry trees which were hand hewed into rough beams seven to 10 inches square. They were fastened together with hickory pegs an inch square. One can see today the bark that still adheres to some of the beams. The wrought iron nails, hand made, were saved in the recon- struction and used again.
LOOMIS-FINCH
(1) Eber Loomis, eldest child of Jonathan and Martha (Black- man) Loomis, was b. Pittsfield, Mass., 1779 and d. LaGrange, Ohio 1845; m. (1) 12 May, 1808, 1 Champion, N. Y., Rebecca Collins, b. 20 Oct., 1785, d. Lorain Co., Ohio, 1823. Her (Rebecca's) an- cestry asked.
(2) Ancestry of Nathaniel Finch, early grantee of the town of DeRuyter, Chenango County, N Y., when he appears on a deed of 1800 as "Nathaniel " ~~~ of Scho- hary Town, in the county of Scho- hary, New York state." He had wife Hannah who d. 12 Feb. 1808 ae. 68 y., and she is buried, or rather her memorial stone is in the Finch family cemetery at Ken- yon Corner, near Pitcher Springs Chenango County, on the old Ja- cob Finch farm. Her ancestry is also asked.
Mrs. W. Arthur Smith, 609 Mitchell St. Ithaca, N. Y.
RILEY GRAY
Would like any information con- cerning Riley Gray, born prob- ably soon after 1800. He married Lucy Lund who was bom about! Feb. 1, 1811. No place names ex- cept that a son, Alvah Gray, was born 1840, is buried at Wells, N. Y.
Norman B. Evans, Georgetown, N. Y.
George C., the third child of my great grandfather was born in 1813, in Oswego Co., N. Y. He married a woman whose given name was Hannah. They moved to Illinois in 1842, taking with them his mother "Lois," They
had three . sons: George C., Jr., Fred and John.
'The fourth child of my great grandfather, Cynthia, married William B. Mack and they had at least three children, Harvey, Robert Emmit and Kate.
After the death of my great grandfather White, his wife, Lois, married a man by the name of Aaron Warner. They had two children by this marrlage: John
and Albert Warner. . John, the | was part of a 14,000 acre patent oldest, was born Nov. 13, '1816 | deed to Andreas and Theobaid
and died Jan. 5, 1858. He moved sometime to Winslow, Illinois. Had a family of five children: Fred, John, Minty, Clifford and Charley.
Albert D. Warner, the younger son married a Miss Babcock. They had one child, Eva Glen, and the father worked as a millwright and wagon maker, at Fulton, N. Y.
Would also like any information possible on the Britton family, my grandmother Catharine Brit- ton White's ancestors. Her father was Israel Britton, born around 1760, died in winter time around 1847. Enlisted in the War of 1812 Married Lanah (Margaret)
who died about 1868. Both she and Israel Britton, were burled in Rose Hill Cemetery at Syra- cuse, N. Y. They had 10 children: Polly who married Hiram' Curtis, Eliazbeth, Almon who married Aurelia Schneidecker; Darius who married Mercy ...; Laura, died early; Margaret, who mar- ried Kendrick Keeler; Catharine my granmother ;Matthias, mar- ried Frances Sophia Hibbard; Henry, died early, and Hannah, who ied around 25 years. Ethel G. White 401 Cayuga St. Storm Lake, Iowa
GROOT-SANDERS
Deborah S. Sanders, daughter of BarentJ. and Catalina (Bleecker) Sanders, was born Feb. 9, (12), 1814 (where ?) and died June 28, 1872 :(where ?). Barent J. San- ders, son of John and Deborah (Glen) Sanders, was born in the ancient Glen-Sanders Mansion in Scotia, N. Y. Jan. 12, 1779. died June 5, 1854 (where ?). On June 9, 1910 (where ? ) he married Catalina Bleecker daughter of Ja- cobus (James) and Rachel (Van Zandt) Bleecker of Albany, N. Y. She was born in Albany, Dec. 22, 1787. Deborah S. Sanders married (when and where?) Philip Wen- dell Groot, son of Nicholas and Susanna (Wendell) Groot of Nis- kayuna, N. Y. He was born April 1, 1807 and was baptized in the Niskayuna Reformed Church, Apr. 5, 1807. Philip W. Groot died about 1870 (where ?). Where are Philip W. Groot and his wife buried? He was for many years a broker in New York City. In 1840 he went to Albany where he en- gaged in the dry goods and real estate business, later returning to New York to resume his business as a broker. He was agent for the City Fire Insurance Company of New York, at Albany, In, 1849. His office was then located at 49 State Street. While a resident of Albany he was a member of the St. Nicholas Benevolent Society. It is believed he resided at one time at Fonda, N. Y. Nicholas Groot, father of Philip W. Groot, was a son of Abraham, D. and Rachel (DeGraaf) Groot. He was born about 1762 (where ?) and rlied in · Niskayuna, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1813, aged 51 years. He mar- ried (when and where ?) Susanne (h) Wendell, who was born July 4. 1778 and died in "Niskayuna, July 7, 1835, aged 67 years and 3 days. The names of her parents
wante. They are buried in the cemetery of the Niskayuna Re- formed Church. . Further data wanted on the following children of Philip Wendell and Deborah S.
Margaret died Oct. 24, 1802. Burial was probably at Warren, Margaret was likely the daugh- ter of Theobald and Maria Cath- arine Young who had come to America in 1710 from the Palati- nate and were neighbors of Hen- drick Eckler of Canajoharie in the late 1730s. The name of Hend- rick Eckler is to be found in "Co- lonial Laws." There were 10 chil- dren in the family of Hendrick and Margaret. About 1767 the family moved into Warren Town- ship, near Otsquago Creek in a district locally known as Chyle (Kyle, Chuyl). The word signi- The fies a hole in the ground into which a stream disappears. land bought in 1764 (200 accres)
Yung by George II of England in 1752.
Hendrick Eckler served in the French and Indian War and was a sergeant in Capt. Jacob Klock's company. Hendrick's family Bible
is the source of many of the above facts preserved now for 200 years. A page of bibliography is given incluing MaoWethey's "Book of Names" and records of the Reformed churches at Fort Plain, Herkimer, Columbia, Ger- man Flats and Geisenberg. The unpublished Draper Manuscript on Brant is quoted. Nearly 300 allied families are mentioned.
England, Just Prior to The Revolution
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W. N. P. Dalley
to see the bitterness of the titan- ic struggle on the part of England and France for the possession of this western world. There were many elements that are considered by the historians of our day. Many diverse views of the personalities leading the military and naval ef- forts to conquer this then un- knownland, and those who re- search in the archives of our li- braries and in those abroad still hold different opinions of praise and blame, of reason and result of the century oll conflict with its wavering victories and defeats.
It was in 1754 that the great powers of the old world England and France, began their final de- cision, the contest, with a few truces, carrying on for nearly a decade (1763). Each of these na- tions had a two-fold plan in view, namely colonial supremacy and territorial empire. The English were not concerned with any ben- efit for the American colonies, their sole object was to defeat the French wherever they found them, on land or sea. In America the colonists, preponderately of Brit- Ish extraction, were not unaware of this situation and their exper- lence in previous struggles made them hesitant to enlist with any enthusiasm for England in these wars.
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