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(Borodino.)
Paul A. Harvey, (son of Mark and Henrietta (Colton) Harvey). Born June 11, 1871, died March 21, 1891. " Trusting that all be well."
(Borodino.)
Harry J. Harvey, (son of Mark and Henrietta (Colton) Harvey). Born December 22, 1869, died March 15, 1891. " To die is gain."
(Borodino.)
Jessie, daughter of Frank and Josie A. Harvey. Died January 6, 1887, age 2 years, 11 months, 15 days.
(Frank Harvey, son of Mark and Henrietta (Colton) Harvey, married Josie A.
(Borodino.)
HAY.
Bethany Hay, (daughter of Henry and Bathsheba (Sat- terly) Hay. Who departed this life March 15, 1832, in her 12th year.
" God calls and I must go
And leave all fleeting earthly things below."
(Henry Hay lived on the Samuel Gale place, on the Skan- eateles and Homer road, next to the county line on lot 42, Tully. He moved from Spafford in the Spring of 1835.)
(Spafford.)
HAYES.
Maria S., daughter of Erastus and Irena Hayes. Died May 13. 1829, age 20 years, 7 months, 9 days.
" She is forever gone from things below, Gone from a world where sorrow grows, Gone to a world of joy and rest, To dwell forever with the happy blest."
(Thorn Hill.)
Hosea Horace Briggs, son of Erastus and Irena Hayes. Died September 3, 1828, age 15 years, 5 months, 11 days.
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(He was accidentally killed. Erastus Hayes first settled on the east part of lot 89, Marcellus, April 11, 1825, moved from there to lot 22, Tully, February 12, 1835, and from thence went West about 1850, with his only surviving child and son, Hiram W. Hayes. Erastus Hayes originally came from Otsego County, N. Y., and settled on Lot 50, Homer, N. Y., in 1807, and from there to the Marcellus end of this town, as above stated, in 1825.
Hiram W. Hayes, son of Erastus and Irena Hayes, mar- ried Almeda Tinkham, daughter of Daniel and Adah (Wind- sor) Tinkham, and by her had: Cynthia Maria, married Orphaniel Bessey, she died in Spafford, leaving no issue; Briggs, married Mary McCormack, he died in Michigan; Candace, married Dana Root, husband dead, and she now residing in Quincy, Mich. (four children) ; Calvin, married (1) Calista Ripley, daughter of John L. and Clarissa (Loss) Ripley, and (2) out West, he is now (1899) residing in Pomona, California; Olive, died unmarried in Spafford, N. Y., and Arzena, married a Mr. Slocum, and died in Michigan. Hiram W. Hayes was in 1898 residing with his son Calvin, in Pomona, California.)
(Thorn Hill.)
HAYFORD.
Mercy, wife of John Hayford. Died January 10, 1849, in her 82nd year.
(Borodino.)
Benjamin Hayford. Born in 1812, died in 1887.
(He married (1) Elizabeth French, daughter of Titus and Elizabeth French, (2) Mercy French, sister of his first wife, and (3) Lottie M. Baker. In the application for Letters of Administration by Orrin I. Hayford, his son, or Borodino, N. Y., filed March 31, 1887, mention is made of Lottie (Loretta) M. Hayford, his widow (since deceased), and of the following children : Orrin I. Hayford, of Boro- dino, N. Y .; Annette L. Harrington, of Berren Springs, Mich .; William Francis Hayfrod, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Eliza J. Quick, wife of Charles B. Quick, of Borodino, N. Y .; and Cyrus Duane Hayford, born October 18, 1840, (by second wife), married Mary Schoonmaker, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Barker) Schoonmaker, resides in Tully,
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N. Y. Cyrus D. Hayford had two children : Blanche and Alice M. Hayford. Blanche is now deceased.)
(Borodino.)
Elizabeth (French), wife of Benjamin Hayford. Born in 1812, died in 1846.
(Borodino.)
Mercy (French), wife of Benjamin Hayford. Born in 1822, died in 1858.
(Borodino.)
Lottie M. (Baker), wife of Benjamin Hayford. Died August 5, 1895, age 66 years.
(Borodino.)
William Hayford. Died at Borodino.
(He married Asenath French.)
(Borodino.)
HAVENS.
(Borodino.)
Ebenezer Havens, son of Daniel W. and Abigail (Burling) Havens. Born March 23, 1803, died January 18, 1875.
Daniel W. Havens was born in Washington County, R. I., about March 20, 1762, and settled in Scott Hollow, at the head of Skaneateles Lake. He was a shoemaker by occu- pation ; a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and was buried in the Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery at Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y. His wife, Abigail Burling, of German extraction, survived him about three years, and then died and was buried at the same place. Their children were: Abbie, married Joseph Cummings of Cortland County, N. Y .; Whitman, enlisted in the War of 1812, nothing more of him; Clark B., married Robey Barber, daughter of Rath- bone and Robe (Wilcox) Barber, both dead; Ebenezer, mar- ried Laura Pettis, daughter of Joseph Pettis; and Daniel, he also enlisted in the War of 1812, and never returned.
Clark B. Havens, son of Daniel and Abigail (Burling) Havens, by his wife, Robey Barber, had the following chil- dren, all born in Spafford: Adelia, married Dr. Charles Merrell, formerly of Skaneateles, N. Y., now deceased; Hezekiah, married Daintha Oland, of Skaneateles, N. Y .; he was killed by a falling limb of a tree; Sally, married Stephen Randall, son of Stephen and Ruth Randall, she died and Randall married for a second wife Diantha Oland,
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widow of Hezekiah Havens. Randall was finally drowned in Skaneateles Lake; Christina, married Jessey Pullman, son of John and Mabel (Pettis) Pullman; Annette, married , now deceased; twin of Annette, died young; and Elizabeth (" Betsey "), married Gordon Mason and moved to Illinois. Clark B. Havens married a second wife in Illinois, where he resided for a time before his decease, but by her had no issue.
Ebenezer Havens, son of Daniel and Abigail (Burling) Havens, married Laura Pettis, March 9, 1825, on Randall's Point, on Skaneateles Lake, in the town of Spafford N. Y. By her he had the following children, all born in this town : Mary Jane, born July 29, 1827, married (1) James Apple- bee, and (2) William Bulfinch Allen, son of Sumner and Mary (Sherman) Allen, resides in Spafford, has one son by Allen : William B., Jr., married Mrs. Ann Thompson; Joseph, and Daniel, twins, born December 4, 1829, died young ; Dwight, born July 13, 1830, married (1) Henrietta Ball, (2) Mary Willett, he starved to death in Danville Rebel Prison, N. C., in the War of 1861; Abigail E., born May 27, 1832, married (1) Washington Morris, son of Samuel and Jane (Springer) Morris, dead, and (2) Samuel Allen; Nancy Maria, born March 11, 1837, married (1) Andrew Newman, and (2) John Jacob Volkart; Matilda A., born December 25, 1838, married (1) Nathan Bond, and (2) Harvey Randall, son of Stephen and Ruth Randall, she resides in Wisconsin; Lauretta E., born May 23, 1840, mar- ried Ichabod J. Wallace, son of William and Pamelia (Eddy) Wallace, her husband is dead, and she resides at Glen Haven, N. Y., had one son Morgan, married widow Flora B. Wallace, and died June 9, 1891; Cornelia, born December 15, 1841, died young; and Ebenezer, born May 19, 1843, married Myra Bradford, March 17, 1879, resides at Glen Haven N. Y.). (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
Laura Pettis, wife of Ebenezer Havens. Born May 23, 1805, died March, 1884.
(She was a daughter of Joseph Pettis, and was born in Jefferson County, N. Y. She came to this town when a small child, and resided until her marriage on Randall's Point, on the east side of Skaneateles Lake. She and her husband, Ebenezer Havens, were two honest, upright, pure
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minded and good people, and were generally respectd. They were well known to the writer in his boyhood, and he treasures their memory with the warmest affection.) (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
HENRY.
Phebe, wife of Alexander Henry. Died August 9, 1866, age 42 years, 2 months, 26 days.
" Go home, dear friends, and dry your tears, For I must lie here until Jesus appears."
(Alexander Henry married for a second wife Harriet Anthony, sister of George H.)
(Cold Brook.)
HIBBARD.
Jane (Brown), wife of James Hibbard, and daughter of Jacob and Deborah (Morris) Brown. Born April 10, 1846, died May 24, 1876.
(Spafford.)
HIGBEY.
Eugene A., son of William A. and Jane Higbey. Died July 23, 1842, age 11 months, 3 days.
(Mr. Higbey also had a son John, and a daughter, Fidelia Higbey.)
(Spafford Hollow.)
HILL.
John C. Hill. Died April 18, 1882, age 47 years.
(He was born in England. He had the following: George, married Nancy Randall, daughter of George Henry and Harriet (Knight) Randall; -, married Wilson Scribner ; -, married Walter Moxsie, son of Charles Moxsie, and William B. Hill.)
(Spafford Hollow.) William B. Hill, (son of John C. Hill). Died February 28, 1889.
(Spafford Hollow.)
Mary A., wife of Edward Hill. Died February 15, 1869, age 18 years.
(Spafford Hollow.)
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Ella J., daughter of Edward and Caroline Hill. Died May 21, 1881, age 6 years, 2 months.
(Edward Hill was a brother of John C. Hill.)
(Spafford Hollow.)
James Hill, son of Alexander and Ann (Kinyon) Hill. Born June 19, 1828, died in 1892.
(Alexander Hill married Ann Kinyon; they came from Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y., and settled first on the Vincent Farm, in the town of Scott, and afterwards on a farm on the Saneateles and Homer road, just south of the county line, in the town of Scott, Cortland County, N. Y. His wife died in Scott and was buried there; after her death he returned to Cambridge, his native place, where he died and was buried. His children by his wife, Ann Kinyon, were: Patience, died unmarried and was buried in Scott, N. Y .; William, moved to California, where he married and still (1898) resides; Ann, died unmarried and was buried in Scott; James, married Orphana Doty, daughter of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty, no issue; Avaline, married Charles B. Lyon, son of David and Harriet (Arnold) Lyon, husband dead, and she resides in Spafford, no issue. Alex- ander had a brother, William Hill, who died in this town.) (Spafford.)
Orphana (Doty), wife of James Hill. Born in Lewis County, March 26, 1834, died May 31, 1898. (No stone.)
(She was descended from Edward Doty, who came from England in the ship, " Mayflower," and settled at Plymouth, Mass., in the year 1620, as follows: Orphana, Willard, Warren, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Edward Edward. She left no issue of her marriage with Mr. Hill. In her will, dated May 25, 1878, and probated June 21, 1898, she men- tions no husband or children, but the following next of kin: Warren Doty (brother), of Homer, N. Y .; Abigail Eadie (sister), of Spafford, N. Y .; Caroline Cleveland (sister), of Spafford, N. Y .; Bertha Churchill (niece), of Onondaga Valley, N. Y .; Mary Robinson, (niece), of Spafford, N. Y .; Floyd Harrington (grand nephew), of Spafford, N. Y .; Job Harvey (executor but not related), of Spafford, N. Y .; Mary Norton (grand niece), of Homer, N. Y., and Nellie Barber (grand niece), of Scott, N. Y.)
(Spafford.)
William Hill. Died May 3, 1877, age 66 years.
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(He was a brother of Alexander Hill, and came from Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y. He married the widow Mary Jane Cotteral, daughter of Michael Vincent of Scott, N. Y. Their children, all born in Spafford, were: Juila A., born June 18, 1847, married Jerome Mason, son of Hiram and Maria (Green) Mason, resides at Thorn Hill, N. Y .; Alice A., born January 19, 1852, married Jay C. Roundy, son of Uriah and Mary Ann (Tinkham) Roundy, she resides at Thorn Hill, N. Y .; and Sarah M., born July 23, 1857, married John Burns, son of Frank and Harriet M. (Streeter) Burns, resides at Borodino, N. Y.)
Mary J. Vincent, died March 24, 1911, age 89. (Borodino.)
HILLEBERT.
John C. Hillebert. Died February 15, 1844, age 72 years, 1 month, 24 days.
(He married first Elizabeth Berry, sister of Jonathan Berry, and second Anna Phillips, (widow), mother of Mrs. Dr. Isaac Morrell. In his will, dated December 28, 1843, and probated March 25, 1844, and in the petition for pro- bate, mention is made of his widow: Anne Hillebert, of Spafford, N. Y., and his children : Elizabeth, married Elisha Newell, of Spafford, N. Y .; Mary, married William B. Bax- ter, of Spafford, N. Y .; Charlotte, married Mr. Merritt of Spafford, N. Y .; Sophia, married Zara Berry, of Spafford, N. Y .; Jane, married John M. Weston, (brother of Edmund C. Weston), of Spafford, N. Y .; Amelia Ann Hillebert, of Spafford, N. Y .; John J., married Elizabeth Berry, daughter of Jonathan and Thankful Berry, of Ellery, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; James M., married -, of Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Nelson, married (1) Emeline Peck, and (2) Eleanor Harvey, daughter of Paul and Sally (Hiscock) Harvey, of Chautauqua County, N. Y .; and Warren, who died at 27 years, unmarried.)
(Borodino.)
Elizabeth (Berry), wife of John C. Hillebert. Died Sep- tember 18, 1822, age 45 years, 4 months, 28 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
Warren, son of John C. and Elizabeth (Berry) Hillebert. Died February 18, 1839, age 27 years, 5 months, 23 days.
(Borodino.)
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HINMAN.
Wait Hinman was a threshing machine manufacturer, and resided in the Village of Borodino, where he purchased in 1829; he married Maria Albro, daughter of Stephen and Freelove Albro, (Stephen Albro was a Revolutionary sol- dier) and by her had the following children: Albert, married Clarissa Spaulding, daughter of George and Mary (Westgate) Spaulding, he died in Waterloo, N. Y .; George, married Ruth Smith and died in Manlius, N. Y .; Aaron, died when a young man, unmarried, in Syracuse, N. Y .; John, residing in 1898 in Syracuse, N. Y., unmarried ; and Harriet, married Jerry Woodmansee, and died in Tully, N. Y.
George Hinman (son of Wait and Maria (Albro) Hin- man) by his wife, Ruth Smith, had the following children : Henry, married (1) Caroline Klein, (2) Rose Wealthy, and (3) Harriet Sheldon, daughter of Lansing and Emily A. (Ferris) Sheldon, he is an expressman, residing in Syra- cuse, N. Y .; Frank, civil engineer, resides in Syracuse, N. Y., unmarried ; and Anna, married (1) Irving Northrup, (2) Howard Penoyer, and (3) Frank Bower, resides in Syracuse, N. Y.
Truman Hinman and his wife, Delia, came to the Mar- cellus end of the town before 1810, and for several years after that date resided on lot 76, Marcellus, near Willow Glen, and at one time owned the State's One Hundred Acres on that lot. How they are related to Wait Hinman, if at all, is not known. He sold out his interest on that lot about 1822.
HINDS.
Adin Hinds. Died September 16, 1833, age 42 years.
" He died in the triumphs of faith, Through a crucified Redeemer."
(Thorn Hill.)
George L. Hinds, a member of the 149th Regt. N. Y. Vols. Inft. Died December 18, 1878, age 35 years.
(He married Lucy Maria Green, daughter of Henry and Anna Maria (Coon) Green. After his decease his widow married Charles H. Sweet and moved to Missouri.)
(Spafford.)
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HISCOCK.
James Hiscock. Died February 24, 1834, age 75 years.
He and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Cody, came to this town from Madison, Madison County, N. Y., in 1812, and settled on lot 69, Marcellus, they were the father and mother of Sally Hiscock, who married Paul Harvey, son of Medad and Anar Buell Harvey. Job Harvey, grandson of James His- cock, claims he was a soldier of the Revolution.
(Thorn Hill.)
Elizabeth, wife of James Hiscock. Died December 24, 1827, age 73 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
HOLMES.
John Holmes, (son of Samuel and Mercy Ann (Winsor) Holmes). Died July 8, 1846, age 62 years, 9 months, 26 days.
(Samuel Holmes, of the town of Scituate, in the County of Providence, R. I., married Elnathan Brown, of Cumber- land, R. I., at the latter place, August 15, 1751, and by her had the following children, recorded in Scituate: Molley, born November 2, 1752; Samuel, born November 17, 1754; and Margaret, born September 9, 1757. We have no record of other children, although there may have been others.
Samuel Holmes, son of Samuel and Elnathan (Brown) Holmes, married at Smithfield, R. I., Mercy Ann Winsor, daughter of Elder John and Mary (Smith) Winsor, Decem- ber 19, 1779, and by her had the following children, born in Smithfield, R. I .; Salome, born May 5, 1780; Stephen, born August 8, 1781; John, born September 12, 1783; Cynthia, born June 6, 1787, married Larned; Sydney; and Samuel, born April 23, 1795, died at Brocton, N. Y., at the age of 82 years, married at Spafford, N. Y., about 1814, by John Babcock Justice, Eunice Calkins, of the same place. Samuel Holmes, Sr., was a gunsmith by trade. He served during the Revolution as First Lieutenant and Captain, in the 3rd Company of the Smithfield Battalion, in the R. I. Militia. After 1795 he first moved with his family to Little Falls, N. Y., and thence to Spafford, where he was a resident at the organization of that town and was selected as one of the road masters at the first election in 1812. His
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son, Samuel, during the War of 1812, enlisted in the United States Service and was at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., during the year 1814, as a part of the command of General Jacob Brown. After the war he was a pensioner of the United States, by reason of his service during that war. Samuel Holmes, Sr., was a brother-in-law of Daniel Tink- ham, formerly of this town, they having married sisters. After the war of 1812 he moved from this town, and died near Canandaigua, N. Y.
John Holmes, son of Samuel and Mercy Ann (Winsor) Holmes, married Lydia Barnes, and by her had the follow- ing children, born in this town : Avalinda, married Harvey Barnes of Spafford; Winsor, married Candace Ripley, daughter of John L. and Clarissa E. (Loss) Ripley, (no issue), resides at Spafford, N. Y .; Mercy, died in 1897, unmarried, Borodino cemetery. (No stone.) Juliette, married Rev. Windsor Brown, resides at Borodino, N. Y .; Ann Eliza, married H. Linus Darling, son of Jacob W. and Mary (Buffington) Darling, both dead, Borodino cemetery ; John, Jr., married Rebecca Crane, daughter of George W. and Mary Ann Crane, he and his wife are both dead, the latter died at Fairmount, November 9, 1894, at the age of 57 years, and was buried in Borodino Cemetery. (No stone). And Sidney, he moved to Evans, Erie County, N. Y. Mr. Holmes resided at the time of his decease in the Nunnery Neighborhood.
John Holmes, Jr., son of John and Lydia (Barnes) Holmes, married Rebecca Crane, and by her had the follow- ing, born in Spafford: Georgie, married, David Olmsted, son of Jeremiah and Lavina Olmsted, resides In Geddes, N. Y .; Nettie, married Frank Streeter, of Borodino, N. Y .; Jay Stanley Holmes, of Geddes, N. Y .; Ann Eliza, and Francis A., died young.)
(Borodino.)
Lydia (Barnes) Holmes, (wife of John Holmes, Sr.) Died January 10, 1878, age 84 years, 9 months, 29 days.
" Children dear, weep not for me, For you'r not long to stay ; If Jesus permits I will sit And wait for you at the gate."
(Borodino.)
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John Holmes, Jr., (son of John and Lydia (Barnes) Holmes). Died February 13, 1888, age 57 years.
(Borodino.) ber 9, 1894, age 57 years. (No stone.)
Rebecca Crane, wife of John Holmes, Jr. Died Novem-
(Borodino.)
Ann Eliza, daughter of John, Jr., and Rebecca (Crane) Holmes. Died August 14, 1859, age 15 months.
(Borodino.)
Francis A., son of John, Jr., and Rebecca (Crane) Holmes. Died February 18, 1862, age 2 months. (Borodino.)
HOWTIN.
Nettie. Died March 14, 1875, age 8 months.
Charles R. Died October 5, 1880, age 2 years. Children of W. H. and Ann Howtin.
(Thorn Hill.)
HOXSIE.
Rowland Hoxsie, (son of John B. and Ruhamah (Bentley) Hoxsie). Died September 1, 1869, age 78 years, 9 months, 28 days.
(Rowland Robinson Hoxsie came to this town from Greenwich, Washington County, N. Y., about October 19, 1816, and first settled on the east part of lot 71, Marcellus, bordering on the west shore of Otisco Lake; from there he moved to Thorn Hill where he remained until his decease. He was a stone mason by trade and assisted in building some of the locks on the Erie Canal, but in this town and in Marcellus he followed farming. He married (1) Almira Chapman, daughter of Amasa and Lydia (Hunt) Chapman, and by her had four children : Theodore, married
Alexander; Lydia, married Briggs, of Buffalo,
N. Y .; Mary Jane, married Dudley; and Dr Augustus Chapman, married Anna Poole, he died in Buffalo, N. Y. For a second wife Rowland R. Hoxsie married Lucy Griffin of Otisco, N. Y., and by her had: Rowland Robin- son, Jr., born in 1846, married and resides in Skaneateles, N. Y .; John Adams, born in 1848, married ex-Sheriff of Onondags County, resides in Syracuse, N. Y .;
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and Albert Mitchell, born in 1850, married
and resides in Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr. Rowland R. Hoxsie had a brother, John B. Hoxsie, who also resided in this town on lot 69, Marcellus, and who died after 1833 and before 1837. His widow, Lucy Hoxsie, after his decease, married John M. Cowan, of this town. By his wife Lucy he had one son: Wanton Hoxsie, who died April 15, 1837, aged three years. Where he or his son were buried is not known.
R. is omitted on two stones.
(Thorn Hill.)
Almira (Chapman), wife of Rowland R. Hoxsie. Died September 23, 1840, age 35 years, 6 months, 1 day.
(Thorn Hill.) Lucy (Griffin), wife of Rowland R. Hoxsie. Died October 22, 1852, age 33 years, 3 months, 8 days.
(Thorn Hill.)
Ruhamah (Bentley), wife of John B. Hoxsie. Died November 19, 1826, age 59 years, 11 days.
(Where her husband, John B. Hoxsie, is buried is not known.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Hamilton, son of John B. and Ruhamah (Bentley) Hoxsie. Died November 17, 1823, age 18 years, 10 months.
HUFFMAN. (Thorn Hill.)
James D. Huffman (son of George Huffman) . Still living in 1898.
HUNT. (Cold Brook.)
James Hunt. Died June 24, 1895, age 66 years.
(He married Lavina M. Orton, daughter of Zenas and Sally Orton.)
(Borodino.)
Lavina M. (Orton), wife of James Hunt. Died January 7, 1884, age 45 years.
(Borodino.)
Infant son of James and Lavina M. (Orton) Hunt. Died March 16, 1870, age 3 months, 4 days.
(Borodino.)
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Nancy (Converse)' wife of Alvinza Hunt. Died Jan- uary, 1831, age 20 years, 6 months.
(Mr. Hunt married (1) Nancy Converse, and (2) Phebe Converse, step-daughter of Samuel Conklin. He moved to Michigan .. )
(Thorn Hill.)
HURD.
Charlotte (Brown), wife of Charles Hurd, and daughter of Jacob and Deborah (Morris) Brown. Born April 10, 1846.
(She was living in 1898. She married first Byron Van Benschoten, and second Charles Hurd. She was a twin sister of Jane Brown, wife of James Hibbard. Resides at Glen Haven, N. Y.)
(Spafford.)
HUTCHENS.
Col. Phineas Hutchens. Died June 17, 1870, age 85 years, 3 months.
(Colonel Hutchens was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., March 16, 1785, and came to this town among the first settlers and prior to 1812, and settled on Lot 22, Tully, and remained there until his decease. Among his brothers and sisters were the following, some of whom also came to this town: John, married Maria Roundy, daughter of Uriah and Lucretia (Needham) Roundy, in Spafford in 1816, went West, where they both died and were buried; Levius; Ros- well, married a Miss Sennett and settled in Oakland County, Mich .; Parthena, married Orrin Britt and settled in Medina, N. Y .; Albanus, married Anna ---; and a sister, who married a Mr. Bennett.
Col. Hutchens married (1) Margaret Giberson, January 27, 1811, and by her had two children: Caroline, born November 8, 1812, died in 1891, married Chester Patterson, son of Calvin and Sarah (Thompson) Patterson, February 28, 1834, in Spafford, both dead, buried in Borodino; and Margaret, born February 19, 1814, married Nathan P. Thompson, son of Reuben and Sally Thompson, March 3, 1836, husband dead, and she residing in 1898 in Homer, N. Y. Mr. Hutchens' first wife died in Spafford, February
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 139
23, 1814, and he married for a second wife Betsey Bocker, January 11, 1815, and by her had eight children: Louisa, born October 19, 1815, died May 2, 1883, married Frederick Mckay, son of Augustin and Polly (Partridge) Mckay, October 8, 1837, both dead, buried in Spafford Cemetery; Parthena, born August 12, 1817, died January 29, 1862, married (1) Lewis B. Marshall and (2) Samuel Crane, both dead; Jane, born February 22, 1819, died September 5, 1849, married (1) Kimberly, and (2) Lark S. Livermore, she died before her father and left one son: Charles B. Livermore, then a minor, residing at Chariton, Iowa; Roswell, born May 14, 1821, died January 16, 1854, at Spafford, unmarried; Phineas, Jr., born May 9, 1823, died June, 1880, married Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John R. and Roxana (Moon) Lewis, he left no issue, wife moved to Illinois; Clarissa, born July 7, 1825, died September 11, 1831; Orrin, born November 17, 1827, married Mary Mc- Daniels, March, 1854, no issue, resides in Spafford in 1899; and Lucy, born April 6, 1830, died April 5, 1882 married Lyman C. Bennett, son of Stephen and Waity (Hill) Ben- nett, she had one child : Phineas H. Bennett, who died young, she was buried in Spafford Cemetery. Mrs. Hutchens died July 25, 1831, and Mr. Hutchens married for a third wife Lydia Smith, but by her had no issue, her death occurring January 25, 1856. Mr. Hutchens, during the war of 1812, was First Lieutenant in Capt. Asahel Roundy's Company, in the 98th Regt., N. Y. Militia, (Lieut. Col. Christopher Clark commanding), which served for a short tour of duty near Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., in the year 1814. He subse- quently obtained the rank of Colonel in the New York Militia. Col. Hutchens, during his residence in this town, was an active, public spirited and useful citizen, and served his town in a creditable manner, in the discharge of the duties of the various town offices to which, from time to time, he was elected, including among others: Supervisor, Assessor, Poor Master, Town Trustee, Commissioner of Highways, and School Commissioner. He was a man of marked character, great physical strength, and had a pleas- ing sense of humor. Between him and Capt. Asahel Roundy there was always an intimate relation and abiding friend- ship, and the two men, who generally acted in unison in public affairs, had a strong influence in shaping the political
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