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Columbia County,

New York

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Catherine Van Alen Van Valkenburgh
b. May4,1787
d. April 20,1874
Wife of John Jay Van Valkenburgh
daughter of Gilbert and Annis Moore Van Alen
Residence-Chatham Center, New York

 

Eveline Wilbor
b. 1817
d. 1911
Wife of James Gilbert Van Valkenburgh
Daughter of Samuel S. Wilbor and Hannah Fitch

 

James Gilbert Van Valkenburgh

B. 1819

D. 1906

Son of John Jay and Catherine (Van Alen) Van Valkenburgh

Residence:  Chatham Center, Columbia County, New York

 

Edward Wilbor

b. 1807

d. 1869

Son of Samuel S. Wilbor and Hannah Fitch

Father of Lieut. George Fitch Wilbor

 

Maria Wilbor Sutherland

b. 1806

d. 1886

Wife of Dr. John Sutherland

Residence:  Chatham Center, Columbia County, New York

 

Caroline Sutherland

b. 1832

d. 1855

Daughter of Maria Wilbor and Dr. John Sutherland

 

James Van Valkenburgh at age 100 years
b. 1782
d. 1882 in Indiana
Son of James and Pamela Sutherland Van Valkenburgh
Brother of John Jay Van Valkenburgh

 

Sylvester Van Valkenburgh
b. 1792
d. 1875
Brother of John Jay Van Valkenburgh
Son of James and Pamela Sutherland Van Valkenburgh

 

Mary Chesterman

Second wife of Sylvester Van Valkenburgh

Residence:  Chatham Center, Columbia County, New York

 

Louisa Phelps
b. 1809
d. 1892
Wife of Edward Wilbor
Mother of Lieut George Fitch Wilbor
Residence-town of Chatham, Columbia County, New York
 

Samuel Wilbor

b.1809
d.1906
Son of Samuel S. and Hannah Fitch Wilbor
Husband of Elsie Maria Van Valkenburgh
 

Hannah Fitch Wilbor

b.1782, Cornwallis, Kings county, Nova Scotia, Canada
d.17 June 1872. Old Chatham, Columbia County, New York


Married Samuel S. Wilbor on 23 December 1804 in Canaan, Columbia County, New York

 

Mabel Tracy Daley Williams
b. 1877
d. 1918
Daughter of William Champlin Daley and Katherine Experience Bailey of Chatham, Columbia County, New York
Wife of Fletcher Ford Williams
Residence: Chatham/Chatham Center, NY
 

Katharine Van Valkenburgh Williams
b. 1847
d. 1941
Wife of Aaron Ford Williams
Residence: Chatham Center, Columbia County, New York
 

Katherine Experience Bailey( Kittie)
b. 1846
d.1933 Chatham NY
Daughter of Dr. William Cady and Elizabeth Hayden Bailey
Wife of William Champlin Daley
Parents of Mabel Tracy, Robert, Morris, Louise, William B., Blanche, Pauline Dewitt and Louis Daley
 

William C. Daley
b. 1839 East Chatham, Columbia County, New York
d. 1899 Chatham NY
Son of Daniel and Mary Ann Champlin Daley
Husband of Katherine Experience Bailey
 

Frederick Fitch Folger
b. 24 December 1812, Kortright, Delaware County, New York

d. 26 March 26, 1891, Hudson, Columbia County, New York
Son of Obed Worth Folger and Mary Mayhew Fitch
Husband of Harriette A. Camp

For his biography Click Here.

 

Mary Polly Mayhew Fitch
b. 22 January 1784 in Nova Scotia

d. 21 December 1884

Wife of Obediah Folger

Mother of Frederick Fitch Folger (above)

 

Frederick Wilbor

To read Frederick's biography-click here.
 

 

Anna Fredenburgh Vosburgh (mother) b 11 February 1841 and Agnes Vosburgh Garner born 19 July1880

From Ghent, New York

 

 Agnes Vosburgh Garner Woodman circa 1961

Standing in front of Vosburgh Farm.  She wrote: "Vosburgh farm, Ghent, Columbia Co., NY.  This was originally the Fredenburgh farm.  After marriage of Maria Fredenburgh to William P. Vosburgh (son of Peter Isaac Vosburgh) it was known  as the Vosburgh Farm.  I was born on the first floor room left of the doorway.  (my mother & grandmother were born there also).  House was second house of farm and was built in 1798.  Land was bought by the Fredenburghs from the Indians.  (Graves back of old barn site)"

 

To read the 1900 biography of Abram Vosburgh, brother of Agnes, click here

 

Jeremiah Garner and R. S. Woodman 1913

 

Agnes V. Woodman and R. G. Woodman 1909

Aaron Ford born 1780, died 1845.  Son of Jacob Ford and Abigail Curtice of Austerlitz.
   

Polly RICHMOND RANSFORD
b 11 Mar 1794
m 19 May 1816
d 09 Mar 1873 in Chatham NY buried in Chatham Union Cemetery
Tombstone standing Oct 2000 says "Polly wife of Henry Ransford" the rest I could not read.  She is the daughter of Capt Simeon RICHMOND and Mary WALKER.  Simeon b 22 Feb 1758 Middleborough, Massachusetts.
d 24 June 1827 buried Chatham Union Cemetery.  Blacksmith
Captain in Rev. War served as Pvt.& Sgt Van Alstyn's (7th)Regmt
Albany County Militia. (Note to self-I don't think there is a RW marker on this grave).  Lived in Middleboro, Kinderhook/Chatham, NY settled on father's homestead in Middleboro. later removed to Kinderhook.
 For more information, Email Julie a descendant.
 

John J. Wilbor

b. 16 May 1844

d. 20 October 1919

No marriage record.

Son of Samuel Wilbor (1809-1905) and Elsie Maria Van Valkenburgh (1816-1844).

John is listed as grandson in the will of John J. Van Valkenburgh.  Click here to read the will.

Samuel Wilbor, Jr.

b. 18 June 1840

d. 1919

Son of Samuel Wilbor (1809-1905) and Elsie Maria Van Valkenburgh (1816-1844)

m. Ella A. Gifford 15 June 1864.

John is listed as grandson in the will of John J. Van Valkenburgh.  Click here to read the will.
   

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