USA > New York > Onondaga County > Spafford > Mortuary records with genealogical notes of the town of Spafford, Onondaga County, New York > Part 11
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21
140
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
and economic policy of the town during their active career, which extended down to nearly the close of their joint lives. Mr. Hutchens and his family generally attended the Baptist Church, of which part, at least, were members.)
(Spafford.)
Margaret (Giberson), wife of Col. Phineas Hutchens. Died February 23, 1814, age 23 years.
(Spafford.)
Betsey (Bocker), wife of Col. Phineas Hutchens. Died July 25, 1831, age 40 years.
(Spafford.)
Lydia (Smith), wife of Col. Phineas Hutchens. Died January 25, 1856, age 74 years.
(Spafford.)
Clarissa, daughter of Col. Phineas and Betsey (Bocker) Hutchens. Died September 11, 1831, age 6 years, 2 months, 4 days.
(Spafford.)
Roswell Hutchens, (son of Col. Phineas and Betsey (Bocker) Hutchens). Died January 16, 1854, in his 33rd year.
" Thy name, dear brother, is engraved
On the hearts that loved thee."
(Spafford.)
In memory of Urania,, daughter of John and Maria (Roundy) Hutchens, who died December 21, 1816, age two days.
" We'd scarce received the blooming gift, When mourned the pleasure gone."
(Spafford.)
HUTTON.
Caleb Hutton. Died July 21, 1881, age 75 years.
(Mr. Hutton was Low Dutch and came from Ulster County, N. Y. He married Hannah Sessions, half sister of Amasa Sessions. After her decease he moved to Grand Ledge, Mich., where he married a second time. After his death, which occurred at Grand Ledge, his body was brought. back and buried beside his first wife. His widow Martha, subsequently married Albert E. Fulton, as his second wife.) (Thorn Hill.)
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 141
Hannah (Sessions), wife of Caleb Hutton. Died Novem- ber 25, 1865, age 68 years, 9 months.
(Thorn Hill.)
HYDE.
Oliver Hyde. Died November 15, 1837, age 83 years, 13 days.
(He was a soldier of the Revolution. By his wife Polly, he had a daughter, Prudy, who married Isaac Mills as his second wife. His daughter, Esther E. Hyde, died unmar- ried; he also had two daughters, Roxana and Lydia.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Polly, wife of Oliver Hyde. Died October 1, 1833, age 75 years, 3 months.
(Thorn Hill.)
Esther E. Hyde, (daughter of Oliver and Polly Hyde). Died November 24, 1840, age 40 years, 5 months, 15 days. " We trust she's gone to the world of bliss Where sorrow ends and suffering ceases, To join the happy throng above, And shout free grace to the God of Love."
(Thorn Hill.)
IDE.
Rev. Rogers Ide. Died June 2, 1863, age 75 years, 1 month.
" I have gone home."
(The given name of his first wife was Esther. In the application for letters upon his estate by Daniel P. Anthony, guardian, etc., dated February 13, 1864, mention is made of his widow : Ada Ide, of Dillsburg, Dearborn County, Ind., and the following children: Charity married Alanson E. Colton, of Spafford, N. Y .; David Ide, of Eaton Valley, Erie County, N. Y .; and Esther Mary, married Elkanah Bur- roughs, of Danville, Vemellia County, Illinois. Mention is also made of the following: David H. Ide, son of Daniel M. Ide, then a minor residing in Illinois; Roger Ide, Lemuel Ide, Eliza Ide, and Daniel Ide, four children, and two grand- children of his deceased son, Hiram Ide, all then residing in Illinois.)
(Borodino.)
142
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Esther Ide, wife of Elder Rogers Ide. Died December 21, 1855, age 76 years, 4 months, 24 days.
(Borodino.)
Henry Ide, (son of Rogers and Esther Ide). Died December 21, 1892, age 83 years, 9 months, 3 days.
(He married (1) Harriet Colton, daughter of Gideon and Rhoda (Fowler) Colton, and (2) Elizabeth, and had the following children by his first wife: Francis, married Mary Olmstead, daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Case) Olmstead ; Henry, Jr., married Jannette Rathbone, daughter of La- Grand and Juliette (Legg) Rathbone; Hortense, married Otis Cross, son of Truman and Eunice (Legg) Cross; Mary Jane, married John Kinyon, of Otisco, N. Y .; and Harriet, who died at the age of four years. By his second wife he had one daughter, Blanche, who married a Mr. Borden, and was at that time of the age of nineteen years and resided in Auburn, N. Y. All others whose residence is not given then resided in Spafford, N. Y.)
(Borodino.)
Harriet (Colton), wife of Henry Ide. Died January 13, 1871, age 59 years, 1 month, 11 days.
(Borodino.)
Harriet Ide, daughter of Henry and Harriet (Colton) Ide. Died November 23, 1837, age 4 years.
(Borodino.)
Ina, daughter of Henry, Jr., and Jennette (Rathbone) Ide. Died 25, 1881, age 10 years, 3 months, 28 days.
" The angels their kind watch are keeping
Over our Ina's safe sleeping,
No pain and no sorrow or weeping in Heaven."
(Borodino.)
Maud, daughter of Henry, Jr., and Jetnette (Rathbone) Ide. Died July 22, 1881, age 6 years, 6 months, 4 days. " That little voice no more I hear, No laughing child I see, No little arms around my neck, No maid upon my knee.
No kiss drop upon my cheek, These lips are sealed to me,
Dear Lord ! how could we give her up To any but to Thee." (Borodino.)
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 143
Hattie A., daughter of Francis and Mary J. (Olmstead) Ide. Died January 19, 1876, age 15 years, 3 months.
(Borodino.)
INGHAM.
Jonathan Ingham. Died April 23, 1863, age 78 years, 2 months.
(He married Sarah Hicks. In his will, dated April 8, 1852, and probated May 24, 1861, he mentions his wife, Sarah Ingham, but she died before his decease and the pro- bating said will. In the will and petition for its probate dated May 24, 1861, the following additional heirs are men- tioned: His daughter, Cordelia, married Moses P. Maul, residing in Spafford, N. Y .; and Cordelia Simmons and Sarah I. Butts, both of Smyrna, Chenango County, N. Y., children of his deceased daughter, Hannah Butts. All were of full age, except Sarah I. Butts, who was a minor.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Sarah (Hicks), wife of Jonathan Ingham. Died April 14, 1855, age 63 years.
INGERSON.
(Peter Ingerson, died at Vesper, N. Y., July 5, 1891, but formerly resided in Spafford Hollow. In his will, dated June 1, 1891, and probated January 9, 1893, he mentions his wife, Elizabeth Ingerson, and the following children: Henry Ingerson, of Tully, N. Y .; Emily Barker, widow of Joshua Barker of Tully, N. Y ; his adopted daughter, Phebe Maycumber, wife of Randall Maycumber, of Tully, N. Y., and formerly widow of William E. Fisher of Spafford, N. Y .; and his daughter, Mary Ann Brown, widow of Her- bert Brown, of Truxton, N. Y.)
ISDELL.
Mary (Harris), wife on Andrew Isdell. Died May 4, 1843, age 49 years, 2 months.
(Andrew Isdell married (1) Mary Harris, and (2) Sabina Maxson, sister of the first wife of Albert Foster. He had the following children by his first wife and none by his second: James H., married Samantha Young, widow of Ruluf Jerome Barber; Mary, married Erastus Norton, son
144
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
of Moses and Percy (Barber) Norton, husband dead and she resides in Spafford, N. Y .; Emily, married Seymour Doty, son of Willard and Achsah (Bacon) Doty, both dead and left no issue; Jane, married Lyman Carpenter (mem- ber of firm of Carpenter and Coleman), resides in Syracuse, N. Y .; Phebe, married William Bacon, son of Amos and Abigail (Cady) Bacon; and Margaret, married Orrin Cook of Gloversville, N. Y.)
(Cold Brook.)
Jewett A., son of James H. and Samantha (Young) Isdell. Died September 20, 1849, age 2 years, 2 months, 26 days.
(James H. Isdell and his wife, Samantha, are both dead, he having died at Syracuse, N. Y., October, 1886. Their children were: Jewett A., Bradford D., Majesta H., who each died young, and Dorwin, who still survives, was mar- ried, and at the time of his father's decease resided in Syracuse, N. Y.)
(Cold Brook.)
Bradford D., son of James H. and Samantha (Young) Isdell. Died September 29, 1847, age 3 years, 5 months, 4 days.
" God took from us our loved ones, And though our tear drops swell, We would not dare murmur He doeth all things well."
(Cold Brook.)
Majesta H., daughter of James H. and Samantha (Young) Isdell. Died December 12, 1860, age 18 years, 7 months, 12 days.
" She died as she had lived beloved, Without an enemy on earth, In word and deed she breathed and moved The soul of honor and of worth.
Her hand was open as the day, Her bearing high, her nature true, And when from life she passed away Our hearts went with her to the grave."
(Cold Brook.)
JACKSON.
Elias Jackson. Died November 1, 1830, age 76 years. (Nunnery.)
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 145
JACOBS.
" Our Father "-Elias Jacobs. Died April 30, 1877, age 85 years, 10 months, 15 days.
(His wife, Betsey J., died in 1867. In his will, dated July 25, 1876, and probated June 16, 1877, he mentions no wife, but the following children: Betsey Jane, married Hiram Seeley, son of Samuel G. and Adah (Fowler) Seeley, both dead, and buried in Spafford Cemetery; Marie J., mar- ried Rev. James Gutsell, then of Van Ettenville, Chemung Co., N. Y .; and Milo E, married Caroline O'Farrell, daughter of William and Dinah O'Farrell. Milo E. Jacobs and his wife and family moved West, where his death preceded that of his father. In the petition for probate of his father's will, mention is made of his son's children as follows: Francis J., of Chicago, Ill .; Charles, of Winnebago, Ill .; and Wilber F. Jacobs, of Winnebago, Ill .; all of full age, except the latter, who was a minor over 14 years of age.)
(Spafford.)
" Our Mother'-Betsey G., wife of Elias Jacobs. Died August 14, 1867, age 69 years, 23 days.
(Spafford.)
JOHNSON.
Loami W. Johnson. Died April 22, 1861, age 76 years, 1 month, 22 days.
(He came to this town from Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y., about 1818, and settled on Lot 75, Marcellus; he having, however, purchased an interest in lands there before that time, in the Spring of 1810. H was a cooper by occupation and pursued that avocation in connection with farming, down to the time of his decease. From the Marcellus end of the town he moved to Lot 10, Sempronius, in the town of Spafford, about 1825, and afterwards to Lot 21, Tully, in the Village of Spafford Corners, where he remained, carrying on the business of cooper until his decease. He first married before coming to this town, Margaret Berry, sister of Jonathan Berry, by whom he had three children: Joseph B., died at 28 years, unmarried ; Jonathan, married Esther Woodworth, daughter of Elias and Diadama (Bassett) Woodworth, both dead, and buried in Spafford, N. Y .; and Esther, died at 22 years, unmarried.
146
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
For a second wife Mr. Johnson married Rebecca Stanley of Pompey, but by her had no issue.)
(Borodino.)
Margaret (Berry), wife of Loami W. Johnson. Died September 1, 1837, age 52 years, 6 months, 18 days.
(Borodino.)
Rebecca (Stanley), wife of Loami W. Johnson. Died December 29, 1860, age 60 years.
(Borodino.)
Mr. Joseph B. Johnson, (son of Loami W. and Margaret (Berry) Johnson). Died March 7, 1835, age 28 years, 2 months, 9 days.
" Depart my friends, dry up your tears,
I must lie here 'till Christ appears."
(Borodino.)
Miss Esther Johnson, (daughter of Loami W. and Mar- garet (Berry) Johnson). Died September 21, 1835, age 22 years, 4 months, 1 day.
" Her gentle spirit soars away,
To dwell with God in endless day."
(Borodino.)
Jonathan Johnson, (son of Loami W. and Margaret (Berry) Johnson). Died June 22, 1874, age 66 years, 2 months, 5 days.
(Jonathan Johnson, by his wife, Esther Woodworth, had four children : Fortunatus B., died in 1854, unmarried ; Edwin, married Helen L. Breed, daughter of Reuben T. and Purlina M. (Patchen) Breed, both dead, left one son, Grove E. Johnson, married in Syracuse, N. Y .; Mary Eliza- beth, born June 18, 1842, married in Sempronius, December 27, 1860. Fernando C. Prindle son of Moses and Purlina M. (Patchen) Prindle, no issue, residing in Spafford, N. Y .; and Martha J., who died young. Mr. Johnson was a cooper by trade, but followed farming and practiced law in Justice Courts.)
(Spafford.)
Esther (Woodworth), wife of Jonathan Johnson. Died September 18, 1893, age 83 years.
" God's word we trust."
After the decease of her husband, Jonathan Johnson, she married for a second husband a Mr. Smith, but by him had no issue.) (Spafford.)
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 147
Fortunatus B., son of Jonathan and Esther (Woodworth) Johnson. ,Died January 14, 1854, age 18 years, 6 months, 8 days.
" None knew him but to praise."
(Spafford.)
Martha J., daughter of Jonathan and Esther (Wood- worth) Johnson. Died April 8, 1847, age 10 months, 3 days.
" Sweetest little bud for earth too fair,
Has gone to Heaven to blossom there."
(Spafford.)
Edwin Johnson, (son of Jonathan and Esther (Wood- worth) Johnson). Died April 5, 1874, age 37 years, 7 months, 5 days.
(Spafford.)
Helen L. (Breed) Johnson, wife of Edwin Johnson. Died March 10, 1874, age 29 years, 3 months, 3 days.
(Spafford.) Infant son of Edwin and Helen L. (Breed) Johnson. Died March 1, 1866, age 7 weeks.
(Spafford.)
Edwin C. Johnson, son of Grove E. Johnson. Died age 2 months. (No stone.)
(Grove E. Johnson was a son of Edwin and Helen L. (Breed) Johnson.)
(Spafford.)
KELLOGG.
Olive Chloe (Churchill), wife of William Kellogg. Died September 13, 1875, age 31 years.
(She was a daughter of Chauncey and Catherine (Merry) Churchill.)
(Cold Brook.)
KELSEY.
Olive A. (Sharp), wife of William Kelsey. Died April 10, 1863, age 23 years, 10 months.
(She was a daughter of John Wm. and Lydia A. (Under- wood) Sharp.)
(Cold Brook.)
148
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
KING.
Clarence C. King, son of Caleb E. and Mary E. (Lam- phire) King. Died September 11, 1888, age 4 months, 3 days.
(Caleb E. King married Mary E. Lamphire, daughter of John Lamphire; he is a store keeper at Spafford Corners, and was Supervisor of the town for the year 1898-9.) (Spafford.)
KINGSBURY.
Dr. David Kingsbury. Died March 7, 1841, age 64 years, 6 months, 19 days.
"Lo! where this silent marble weeps A friend, a husband, a father sleeps,
A heart within whose sacred cell, The peaceful virtues lov'd to dwell."
(Dr. Kingsbury practiced medicine in Clintonville, Mar- cellus, N. Y .; he married Delia Bowen.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Ann Gennett, daughter of David and Delina (Bowen) Kingsbury. Died September 9, 1822, age 3 years. (Thorn Hill.)
KIRKPATRICK.
William Kirkpatrick. Died February 1, 1861, age 66 years, 11 months, 5 days.
(Borodino.)
Caroline F., daughter of William and Lucy Kirkpatrick. Died September 29, 1856, age 15 years.
(Borodino.)
KNAPP.
Peter Knapp. Died July 13, 1839, age 84 years, 4 months, 18 days.
(He came from Westchester County, N. Y., first to Brutus, N. Y., and then to Spafford, where he settled on Lot 42, Tully, in 1806. His purchase consisted of the whole of that lot, excepting the State's Hundred Acres, and his residence was located near where William Barker's house now (1899) stands. He married his wife, Dinah Guion, in Westchester
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 149
County, May 18, 1775. She was born May 7, 1757, and died in Spafford, October 17, 1835. By her he had the following children : Sarah, born April 28, 1776, died December, 1794, married Elijah Hadden, in Westchester, December, 1794; Anna, born October 13, 1777, died unmarried, October 26, 1828; Cynthia born May 13, 1780, died April 18, 1867, married Ellis Taft, October 8, 1809; Elijah, born December 9, 1782, died January 27, 1867, married December 9, 1812, at Scott, N. Y. Betsey Burdick, daughter of Thompson and Tabitha (Wilcox) Burdick; John, born August 22, 1785, died in Michigan, January 17, 1874, married Mamra Hotchkiss, February 13, 1806; Hannah, born March 9, 1789, died in Ovid Seneca County, N. Y., December 14, 1868, married John Ingersoll, August 20, 1807; Peter, Jr., born February 14, 1791, died March 24, 1875, married Saberah Babcock, daughter of Ezra Babcock of Scott, N. Y., born July 3, 1796, died April 20, 1872, they died and were buried in Scott; Mary, born July 29, 1793, (dead), married Jonathan Pat- terson, son of Ebenezer and Dinah Patterson, resided and died in Ohio; Isaac, born August 29, 1795, died in Michigan, married Polly Berry, daughter of Jonathan and Thankful Berry ; Silas, born December 30, 1797, died in Medina, N. Y., December 16, 1888, married Flora Barber, daughter of Erastus and Joanna Barber ; James Desbrosses, born March 23, 1800, died in Michigan, September 28, 1855, married Lois Ingersoll; and Kortright, born April 30, 1803, died January 17, 1883, married Ginsey Skinner, he died in Michigan.)
(Spafford.)
Peter Knapp, Jr., by his wife Saberah Babcock, had the following children: Stephen C., born January 17, 1816, married Elizabeth Smith of Napoli, N. Y., both living (1899), in Preble, N. Y. (They have the following: Ed- ward, Cynthia, Burdett, Adelbert, Alice, and Annice (twins), Sarah, Orville, Willard and Ezra Fred.) ; Euretta born October 1, 1817, married H. Lee Burdick of Scott, N. Y., where they now reside, (their children are: Emerson, Elbert, and Mary) ; Sally Ann, born February 16, 1820, married William Davis, of Lincklaen, N. Y., where they now reside. (They have two children, names not known) ; Asher M., born May 16, 1822, died in Wisconsin, September 25, 1897, married Amy Potter of Truxton, N. Y.
150
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
(three children) ; J. Riley, born April 29, 1825, married Caroline Knoor of Bloomsburg, Pa., he resides in Scott, N. Y. (Two children : Harry and Maggie) ; Minerva S., born December 14, 1827, resides in New Hope, N. Y, un- married; Ezra B., born February 26, 1830, married Loretta E. Wilson of Skaneateles, N. Y., where they now reside, no issue; Epinetus H., born August 13, 1833, married (1) Nancy Vandenburg, of Preble, N. Y., and (2) Amelia Dyke- man of New York City, resides in Scranton, Pa. (one child, Minnie) ; and Clarence N., born April 22, 1836, married Olivia Barber of Scott, N. Y., where they now reside, no issue. (Spafford.) Dinah (Guion), wife of Peter Knapp. Born May 7, 1757, died October 17, 1835. (No stone.)
(Spafford.)
In memory of Ann Knapp, (daughter of Peter and Dinah (Guion) Knapp), who died October 26, 1828, age 51 years, 13 days.
" Affictions sore with patience bore, Physicians were in vain, 'Till God did please to give me ease And take me from my pain."
Elijah Knapp, (son of Peter and Dinah (Guion) Knapp). Died January 27, 1867, age 84 years, 1 month, 18 days.
(Elijah Knapp married Betsey Burdick at Scott, N. Y., December 9, 1812, and by her had : Angeline, born July 19, 1814, and died April 16, 1824; George Frink, born October 9, 1815, married Betsey Ann Gale, daughter of Samuel and Sally (Manley) Gale; Emeline, born January 30, 1817, married William Collins, son of John and Lucy (Bur- dick) Collins, she resides in Spafford, N. Y .; and Betsey Ann, born August 14, 1825, married William Barker, son of Darius and Mary (Cooper) Barker. Elijah Knapp resided on the Skaneateles and Homer road, on Lot 42, Tully, on lands received from his father, Peter Knapp. He and his family attended the Baptist Church. He was a farmer.) (Spafford.)
Betsey (Burdick), wife of Elijah Knapp. Died Decem- ber 30, 1872, age 79 years, 1 month.
(She was a daughter of Thompson and Tabitha (Wilcox) Burdick, and born (probably), in Stonington, Conn., Nov- ember 30, 1793. She came with her parents to Brookfield,
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 151
Madison County, N. Y., about 1796, and a few years after- wards to Scott, N. Y., where she remained until the time of her marriage. She was descended from Robert Burdick, first of Newport and afterwards of Westerly, R. I., as follows: Betsey, Thompson, John, Hubbard, Robert. Her father and mother are both buried near her grave in this cemetery.)
(Spafford.)
In memory of Angeline, daughter of Elijah and Betsey (Burdick) Knapp. Died April 16, 1821, age 9 years, 8 months, 17 days.
" Sleep on dear child and take thy rest, For Jesus called you when he thought best."
(Spafford.)
Martin E. Knapp, (son of Alanson Knapp). Died March 28, 1875, age 76 years.
(Martin Elmer Knapp was born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn. The name of his mother is not known, but the given name of his stepmother was Hannah. After leav- ing Salisbury he first settled in Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y., and after a few years, according to the memory of his daughter, Mrs. Kinney, moved to Delaware County, and about 1835 or 1836 came to this town, where he finally settled on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Justin N. Knapp, on Lot 43, Tully, Cold Brook, in 1837. This farm he subsequently sold to his son, and he moved to Scott, N. Y., where he died in 1875. His first wife was Lucinda Niles, and his second wife Phebe Van Benschoten ; he had no issue by his second wife, but by the first he had the following: Justin Niles, married Polly P. McKay, daughter of Augustin and Polly (Partridge) Mckay, he is dead and his wife resides in Cold Brook, P. O., South Spafford, N. Y .; Josiah Niles, was a minister and died at the age of 25 years, un- married; and Eunice A., married (1) Sanford B. Kinney, and (2) Loami Kinney, both husbands are dead and she resides in Homer, N. Y.)
(Cold Brook.)
Lucinda (Niles), wife of Martin E. Knapp. Died Novem- ber 24, 1846, age 46 years.
(Cold Brook.)
152
ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Rev. Josiah N. Knapp, (son of Martin E. and Lucinda (Niles) Knapp). Died August 15, 1846, age 25 years.
(Cold Brook.)
Justin N. Knapp, (son of Martin E. and Lucinda (Niles) Knapp). Died May 10, 1893, age 74 years.
(By his wife, Polly P. McKay, born September 30, 1821, and living in 1899, he had the following children: Martin Augustus, married Marion H. Hotchkiss, resides in Wash- ington, D. C., Interstate Commissioner ; Mary L,, died at 29 years, unmarried; Justin Niles, married Mary Sterling Hobart ,of Homer, N. Y .; he resides in Syracuse, N. Y .; and Alice Arzena, married Charles Kellogg, resides in New York City, N. Y.)
(Cold Brook.)
Mary L., daughter of Justus N. and Polly P. (McKay) Knapp. Died October 20, 1875, age 29 years.
(Cold Brook.)
KNEELAND.
Amasa Kneeland, (son of Jonathan and Mary (Spencer) Kneeland). Died April 22, 1845, age 68 years, 7 months,. 15 days.
(Amasa Kneeland was born at East Haddam, Conn., September 7, 1776, married Charlotte Kidder in 1807, and by her had the following children, born in Marcellus (now Spafford) : Stella, born January 13, 1808, died September 3, 1891, married Cephas Bassett, she was educated in Homer and Cortland Academies, and went to East India with her husband, as a missionary; Ellen, born April 2, 1809, died December 3, 1888, married Seymour Tracy, and formerly resided at Junction City, Mo .; Hon. Samuel Stillman, born April 2, 1811, died at Skaneateles at the age of 85 years, married Cordelia Wrgiht of Marcellus, October 17, 1848. He was a member of Assembly from this town in 1853, and represented the town in the Board of Supervisors from 1857 to 1860. He also served the town in various other minor offices, such as Assessor, and School Inspector. He was a Republican in politics. (He had three daughters who sur- vived him, of whom-Ellen, married a Mr. Thorne, the other two are unmarried) ; Persis, born in 1813, died unmarried in 1844; Amasa Spencer, born October 22, 1814, now dead, He was a Baptist minister. Married Almira E. Foot ;.
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 153
had three children, now residing at Strikersville, N. Y. Mary, born August, 1817, died October 8, 1882, married George Sessions and moved to Jefferson County, Colorado; John Kidder, born April, 1819, married and resides in Michigan; Hon. A. Judson, born May 5, 1821, married Esther Griswold, lawyer, died 1884 in Homer, N. Y .; Jane Ann, born March 30, 1823, married Martin Spencer, and resides in Galva, Illinois; Benjamin Trumbull, born June 3, 1825, married Harriet Mills resides at Dalton, N. Y .; and Dolphus Bennett, born 1827, married Miranda Charles and lives in Ionia. The Kneeland family attended the Baptist Church at Thorn Hill. Mr. Kneeland was descended from Edward Kneeland, who came to this country in 1630, and finally settled in Ipswick, Mass., as follows: Amasa, Jona- than, John, Benjamin, Edward, Edward. According to the Kneeland genealogy the family were of Scotch origin, and trace their line back into the middle of the thirteenth century.)
(Thorn Hill.)
Persis, daughter of Amasa and Charlotte (Kidder) Knee- land. Died November 4, 1844, age 32 years.
(Thorn Hill.)
Among the other members of the Kneeland family who came to this town, but left no dead, were the following:
John Kneeland, son of John and Mary (Spencer) Knee- land, and brother of Amasa, born at East Haddam, Conn., May 10, 1769, married Sally Benson, and by her had: Ichabod, married Anna Prentice of Skaneateles, N. Y .; Warren, married Fanny Hyde; Amasa; Whitfield, married Sarah Fry; Nathan ; John B., born in 1812, married Lucinda Sickles in 1845; Clarinda, married Benjamin Howe; Philura, died in 1879, unmarried; Minerva; Mary, married David D. G. Chandler; Zipporah; and Sarah. John Knee- land moved at an early date from this town to Livingston County, N. Y., where he remained until his death. About 1835 his five sons moved from Livingston County, in this State, to Livingston County, in Michigan, and their descen- dants now largely reside in that State.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.