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History & Directory of Yates Co., Vol II, Pub 1873, by Stafford C. Cleveland
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Buckley JOHNSON came to Starkey with Deliverance SAYWER in 1814, settling in the same neighborhood. His first wife was Anna, daughter of Azariah NEWCOMB, and his second, Julia YOUNGS of Barrington. He died there an old man and his second wife in 1870. He was a citizen of worth. The children by the first marriage were Lyman, Rebecca, William and Sylvia; by the second, Eliza and Ana.
Lyman, born in 1804, married first Clarissa, daughter of Evert VOSBURGH. He married in 1833 a second wife, Ann, daughter of Anthony SHARP. He died in 1869, leaving by his second marriage, one son, Buckley, born in 1834. He married in 1858, Margaret MC MANNERS. She was born in 1838. They reside on the old Buckley JOHNSON homestead farm, and have two children, Eliza and Carrie.
Rebecca married Isaac VAN GORDEN. Their surviving children are, Sylvia J., Martha A., Catharine, Francis, Olive and Elizabeth. Sylvia J. married Caleb C. GARDINER, a softer son of Caleb COWING. He died leaving a daughter, Mary, now the wife of Wells D. CAPRON of Penn Yan. Sylvia J. lives in Starkey, her father residing with her. None of the others resides in Yates county, except Martha A., who married Lorenzo STANTON, and lives in Bennett’s Settlement. Rebecca died in 1871.
William JOHNSON married first, Ann, daughter of Samuel ROSS and had a second wife, Delia NORTHROP. He lived some years in Starkey, and finally moved to Big Flats. His children by the first marriage were John, John L., and Ulissa; by the second, Emma, Anna and Ann (twins).
Sylvia married first, George SWARTS, son of Tewalt SWARTS 2nd, and her second husband is Alva WRIGHT. They reside at Watkins, and are persons of more than common worth. By the first marriage she had a son, William, and by the second, the children are Harriet, Marian, Mary and Helen.
Eliza married Philetus YOUNGS of Barrington. They live in Chautauqua county.
Ana married at the west and had two
children.
Benjamin E. JONES, son of Edward and Elizabeth JONES was born at Clarkstown, Rockland county, in 1787, learned the carpenter’s trade and worked at it there till 1815. He married at twenty one, Polly JONES. They came to Reading in 1815 and settled half a mile west of Rock Stream, where he lived about 20 years, when he purchased the tavern property at Rock Stream, formerly kept and first opened as a tavern by Rufus HENDERSON, afterwards kept by WEBB and later by Philip WARD and also Daniel G. HUNTER. For a few years he kept the public house and these premises he still occupies. He also owns that property and the farm he first bought. He owned three saw mills on rock Stream, also a distillery. His wife died many years ago. Their children are Absolom, Levingston, Erastus, Wakefield, Pierson, Ralph D., Benjamin E. and Mary.
Absolom married Jerusha STURDEVANT. He died about 30 years ago, by accidental drowning. Their children were James, Albert, Dwight and Henry. Albert was a Union soldier.
Levingston married Hannah WOODWARD. They reside with his father. Their children are Mary, Rachel, Ann, Huldah, Rosetta, Winfield S. and Hannah. Mary married David WILCOX, and their children are Hannah J., Levingston, Scott, Nellie, Frank and Rachel. The other descendants of Levingston reside without the county. He and four of his sons in law were effective Union soldiers.
Erastus married Sarah J. BROWN. He died and has two surviving children, Fanny and Maria, who married Wesley STANLEY, a solider who was killed in the battle at Petersburg, fighting for the Union.
Wakefield married Maria, daughter of Hampton MILLER.
Pierson married Margaret, daughter of David HAWKINS 2nd. They had several children, one of whom died a Union soldier.
Ralph married Mary Jane CLARK. They have two children, Mary and Ida.
Benjamin E. married and died early, and Mary
died a young woman.
Caleb KEELER was the original settler where Dennis W. DISBORW now resides, at Eddytown. He was a soldier of 1812.
Enoch KELSEY and his wife, Sarah ROGERS were among the early settlers of Starkey, living in or about Eddytown. They were New England people and a family of intelligence. Both the parents were buried at Eddytown nearly half a century since. Their children were, William R., Maria A. Betsey, Zenas P. Pamelia E. Alexander and Clarissa.
William R. married Polly, daughter of Andrew HARRISON and was a citizen of Starkey many years.
Marie Ann (or Ann Marie) was the wife of Judge Richard SMITH of Hector, and the mother of an interesting family. One of her daughters was the second wife of David LACY, formerly of Starkey.
Betsey married Patrick BRODERICK, who was many years a Presbyterian deacon at Eddytown and was a worthy citizen. He lived on the farm now owned by William E. GABRIEL, where his wife died in 1827. Their children were James, George, Ann and Eliza. Patrick BROIDERICK was a son of James BORDERICK of NJ and had three brothers, Anthony, Brice and John. Minor T. BRODERCIK, a leading citizen of Havana, is the only child of Anthony, who was born in 1774.
Zenas P. married Retta, daughter of Simeon ROYCE and lived many years in Starkey.
Pamelia E., born in Cobbleskill, NY, married Jeremiah CUTLER. He has been Deputy County clerk of Monroe county during the life of one generation without interruption. She died in 1871.
Alexander was a physician and a leading citizen of Rochester. In 1841 he was a member of Assembly form Monroe county. For many years he was a prominent Whig politician.
Clarissa M. resides single, at the house of
Jeremiah CUTLER at Rochester.
Stephen KIMBEL was born in New Jersey in 1800. His father was Caleb KIMBEL and his mother before her marriage, Rachel PERRIGO. He came to Reading in 1816 with James O’NIEL, his foster father, whose second wife, Catharine, was a sister of Caleb KIMBEL. Stephen KIMBEL learned the carpenter’s trade with Robert D. BENJAMIN, and married in 1825, Margaret, daughter of David HALLOCK. She was born in Orange county in 1810. They have always lived near Rock Stream, are members of the Christian Church and are persons of estimable character.
James O’NEIL had three children by a former wife, Patrick, Jane and Charles. Patrick married Sally PERRIGO in New Jersey. Jane married James UPDEGRAFF in New Jersey. All these came to Reading together; and Charles afterwards married Sarah, daughter of David HAY. UPDEGRAFF settled in Shannontown and afterwards moved elsewhere.
James O’NIEL and his son, Charles, were the original settlers of the Sharp homestead, now occupied by Calvin SHARP.
Andrew KINGIN was a native of Ireland and a tailor by trade. He came from Philadelphia to Newtown, thence to Reading in 1811, and settled at Reeder’s Corners, since known as Starkey Corners, where he lived five years plying his trade, and then moved to Shannon’s Corners. At the latter place he remained 40 years, and then moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he died in 1864, well advanced in years. He married in Pennsylvania, Anna YOUNG, who survived him by two years. Their children were William, James, Jane, John H., Eliza, Joshua T., Harry H. and Sally T. William died at 19 years.
James married Sally, daughter of Peter WALLING. They moved west.
Jane born in 1807, married Royal LINCOLN of Connecticut. They were married by John STARKEY, Justice, in 1827. They have always resided in Starkey. He was for many years a canal boat captain and is a man of good character, residing now at Big Stream Point, a dealer in merchandise. Their children are Patrick Q., Laura A., Joshua K., Russel A., David, and Alzada J.. Patrick Q. married Elizabeth, daughter of John O’DONNEL and died leaving two children, Marcus and Francis. Laura A. married Lewis HILL. Their children are: Cora B., Myron and Moran (twins). Joshua K. married Mary PEASE, and died at aged 34 years in 1868, leaving three children, Adille, Frank and Fred. Russell A. married Anna TIMS. He died in 1863, at 28 years. Their children are Royal, Carrie and Lizzie. Davie married Jane HARVEY. Alzada J. married David SHEAR. Their children are Maud and Glen.
John H., married Eliza, daughter of William MURDOUGH. They had a daughter, Mary, who married Dr. J. H. CHAPMAN of Dundee.
Eliza married Greenwood SEMANS, half brother of David SEAMANS (1860 census in VA; children William & Ann).
Joshua T. married Jane CHANDER. He died at 28 years in 1841.
Harry H. married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel STOUT. They live near Grand Rapids, MIch. and have a large family.
Sally T., married Robinson SHEARMAN. They live in Tyrone and have a son, William.
Samuel KRESS was a native of Orange county, born in 1763. He there married Catharine SLAUGHTER, and they moved at an early period to Newtown, where he worked at his trade as a miller. In 1804 they took up their residence in what is now Starkey, buying 50 acres of the Potter Location of Philo INGRAHAM, in 1806, and remaining thereon while they lived. He was a zealous Methodist and one of the earliest class leaders in his vicinity. He was in all respects a good citizen and accumulated a good estate. His wife died at 72 years, in 1837, and he in 1845, at 82 years. Their children were John J., Samuel, Mary, Leah, William, Rebecca, Sarah, James and Isaac. Samuel KRESS Sr., married in 1840, a second wife, Mehetabel, widow of Deacon LA FEVER, who is still living.
John J. KRESS, born in 1787, married Margaret MURDOUGH in 1810. She was born in 1789. They resided in Starkey and she died in 1867 and he in 1869. Their children were Maria, Catharine, Eliza Ann. Semantha, Jane, Margaret H., John S., William, Mary B., Andrew J., Susan A. S. Minerva, Halsey S. and George W. Maria married Isaac WILKIN and their children were John and Catharine. Catharine married Elisha REED and their children were George, John, Mary and Wallace. Eliza married Shannon MC LOUD, and their children were Huldah, Montgomery, Emery and Bell. Semantha married Joshua NORRIS and their children were Nelson, John, Mary, James and Susan. Nelson died at the South of wounds received while in the service of the Union, during the Rebellion, and Susan died at the age of 17 years. Jane married John O’BRIEN and their children were Myron, Ann, Horace, Mary and Ida. Margaret H. married William KETCHUM and they had a son, James L. John S. married Rachel, daughter of Anthony B. RYAL and they had a son, Charles. William married Lucy, daughter of Anthony B. RYAL, and their children were Zeruah, Elizabeth, Jane, Anthony, Margaret and William C. Mary B. married Peter BUNCE and their children were Spencer, John, Alida, Charles, George and Melvin. Andrew J. married Adaline SHANNON and their children were John, George and Melissa. Susan A. married J. Wesley SLAUGTHER, and their children were Maggie and Ida. S. Minerva died young. Halsey S. married Martha AYRES and their children were Ida and Arthur. George W. married Sarah RAPLEE and they have one child, Lee ELLSWORTH. Thirteen of this family grew up to adult age and had families of their own. The parents reared also tow of their grandchildren, and lived to see them all married and well settled.
Samuel KRESS Jr., born in 1789, married first, Betsey, sister of John STARKEY and had a second wife, Asenath KEYES. He had two children, Catharine and Andrew P. T., by the first marriage and four, Charles, Mary E., Emily and Harriet by the second marriage. He had a third wife, Sarah HUTCHINS. He lived in Starkey and died there at the age of 63 years.
Mary born in 1791, married Levi WALLING of Starkey and had five daughters, Rebecca, Alvira, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. They moved to Rockford, Ill., where Mrs. WALLING lives, a widow.
Leah born in 1795, married Jacob WALLING. Their children were Hannah, Catharine, Sarah A., Clinton, Amanda and Samuel. Samuel WALLYING was Captain of a Company of the 161st NYV in the war of the Rebellion, and died in the service. The mother of this family resides at Nunda, NY.
William born in 1798, married Eliza, daughter of Peter GABRIEL. Their children were Charles W., Susan, Adelaid, Isaac, Grandison, Scott, Genette and Olivette. Grandison lives at Addison, NY, a mechanic. Schott is City Marshall at Elmira. Charles is a joiner and a local Methodist preacher at Hornellsville, NY. Isaac is a carpenter at Hornellsville.
Rebecca born in 1800, married Dr. Richard HUSON. She now resides at Lawrence, Kansas.
Sarah born in 1802, married Orison SEAMAN. They lived and died at Watkins, and their children were James, Clinton, Catharine, Samuel, Eliza and DeZeng.
James born in 1806 married Mary HULSE. They reside in Michigan and have six children, Thompson, Mary, Garwood, Theodore, Richard and Rachel A. Thompson was a soldier in the Mexican war.
Isaac KRESS born in 1809, is still a resident of Starkey . He married Joanna, daughter of Wilson AYERS. They formerly occupied the homestead of Samuel KRESS Sr. He was supervisor of Starkey in 1870. Their surviving children are Elizabeth, Melissa and Samuel H. Elizabeth married James MOORE, Melissa married Jephtha F. RANDOLPH, youngest son of Daniel F. RANDOLPH. They have a son, Orville Y. Samuel H. is a classical student.
George KRESS, a brother of Samuel KRESS Sr., was a very early resident, living on the Judson MILLARD place, near Dundee, where he was the original settler. He was some years a Justice of the Peace. John KRESS, another brother, was an early resident of Barrington.
Moses DEAN resided on the place now owned
and occupied by Isaac KRESS.
Richard LANNING was born in Sussex Co., NJ in 1765, and there married Martha BIGGER, born in 1762. They moved to Danville, PA in 1796, thence to the Lake Country in 1806, and settled on lot 10, of the eleventh section of Watson’s Purchase. Their farm of 100 acres between Eddytown and Dundee, was purchased for $343. They made that place their home while they lived. He was early appointed a Justice of the Peace, and held the office 30 years to the entire satisfaction of the people. As Commissioner of Highways, he and his associates established many of the first roads in Starkey and Reading. He died in 1842, and his wife in 1843. Their children were John, Isaac and James B. (twins) and Eliza.
John LANNING, married Hannah, daughter of Arthur SUTPHEN Sr., and settled on a farm west of Eddytonw. After some years he moved to Ohio, where his wife died. He then returned to Starkey and finally removed to Woodhull, where he died in 1864. His second wife, Margaret, sister of Aaron JOHNSON, survives him. The children by his first marriage were Richard, Arthur S., Hannah and Eliza, and by his second, Henry and William. They all reside out of the county. Eliza married Philo MILLARD, a young man of intelligence and good education and highly esteemed. They reside in Woodhull.
Isaac LANNING was born July 4, 1793. At seventeen he was made an apprentice in a blacksmith shop started by his father and “Black Harry SMITH” in Eddy’s settlement. He finished his apprenticeship in ha shop conducted by his father near his own residence. In 1812 he started a shop on his own account, directly opposite his present residence in Eddytown and on the spot where Simeon ROYCE had a tailor’s shop many years. He was a Corporal in Captain Timothy HURD’S company of Light Infantry, said to have been the best drilled company in Western New York. In September 1813, they were three months “on the lines” under Gen. George MC CLURE. Caleb COWING was a Lieutenant of this company.
Isaac LANNING married Catharine, daughter of Tewalt SWARTS Sr., Feb 3, 1814. They moved soon after into a small log house that stood west of the road, and south of the brook, between his present residence and that of Matthew ROYCE, paying $50 and built a house thereon in which he lived several years. He then bought of Samuel COLT and Harry SMITH, assignees of William HUSTON, the lot upon which HUSTON had erected a large frame house. This he moved across the road, and it forms the front of his present residence. He built his present shop, in which he put a furnace, and a horizontal wheel propelled by horsepower, to blow the bellows, by which heat was generated for melting iron. This was the first blast furnace established in the county and people far and near were furnished from this foundry with plow points and other castings. Isaac LANNING was the first supervisor of the town of Starkey, and was repeatedly re-elected, and also held many other town offices. He was County Superintendent of the Poor six years, Excise Commissioner six years, and Loan Commissioner six years. In 1831 he was the Anti-Masonic candidate for Sheriff. He was the first postmaster of Eddytown. His first wife died in 1848. He married a second wife, Lydia MYERS, who died in 1853. His third wife, Emeline PALMER he married in 1854. By his first marriage the children were Daniel, Richard, Eliza, James C. and Dorcas; by the third marriage, Seward P., Ethel A. and Hattie C.
Daniel LANNING born in 1816, married in 1836, Mary MYERS. He was for some years a prosperous farmer in Starkey, was a captain in the 206th Militia regiment, and a prompt and popular officer. He was Supervisor of Starkey in 1853 and was elected Sheriff of Yates county in 1855, holding the office one term. He has since resided in Penn Yan and is now a member of the firm of D. Lanning & co., prosperous dealers in lumber and coal. He is an efficient and enterprising businessman.
Richard, born in 1820, married Adaline, daughter of Hiram BELL. He died in 1858, much lamented as a man of sterling worth. Eliza is the wife of Reuben b. HENDERSON.
James C., married Frances, daughter of John Tims RAPLEEE. They have one child. He was Under Sheriff during the official term of his brother, Daniel. Dorcas LANNING is single, residing with her father.
Isaac LANNING has borne an honorable and conspicuous part in the history of Yates county. His life has been one of laborious industry, and still at the age of nearly 80 years, he swings the blacksmith’s hammer in the same place where he begun his trade more than 60 years ago. In politics, religion and all social, moral and public concerns, he has been a positive and effective man, leaning uniformly to the right side, without regard to temporary expediency, or the direction of the popular breeze. He ahs always endeavored to do with his might, whatever the cause for which he enlisted expected at his hands, and such is his bold outspoken sincerity that he always has the respect of those who oppose him. He is one of the few early pioneers, yet remaining for whom the later generations can never entertain too high a degree of respect and esteem.
James B., twin brother of Isaac LANNING, married Sally, daughter of Andrew RAPLEE. They resided in Starkey, but many years ago moved to Belvidere, Ill., where he died in 1869. Their children were Amos, Uriah, John, Richard, James, Martha, Jane, Huldah and Sarah. Martha is a widow of Henry TITSWORTH and has a daughter, Ann.
Eliza, sister of Isaac LANNING, married Arthur SUTPHIN Jr. Their children were Martha, Mary, Retta, Isaac and James. They moved west and Mary alone resides in this county. She married Walter BENNETT and resides in Milo.
Isaac LANNING relates that when he came to Eddytown in 1806, Caleb FULKERSON had a long tavern at the south end of Eddy’s Settlement, on the west side of the highway. Stephen RAPLEE lived in a long house where James P. HENDERSON now lives; one KEELER in a log house where Simpson HALLECK now lives. Sherman HURD was the occupant of a log house where William e. GABRIEL resides, and Ransom HURD where James M. HALL now lives. Abner HURD lived in a double log house, half a mile south of Eddytown, on the east side of the road. Simeon ROYCE lived in a log house where James c. HENDERSON is the present resident. There was a log school house on the north side of the road near the corner leading west from Starkey Seminary. This was the meeting house for all sects and preachers from far and near for many years. Mr. LANNING remembers attending school there very soon after coming into the country. Zophar ROBERTS was one of the early teachers and Rhoda ROYCE was the first teacher. Reuben HENDERSON lived in a log house where Seeley BAILEY now lives, Mathew ROYCE in a log house east of the road, and Salmon STILLSON in another where Isaac LANNING’S house stands. Timothy HURD lived in a log house where now stands the Presbyterian church. It was in this house that Mrs. HURD had a thrilling experience with a black snake. Going out one day for a short time, she returned, took up her baby from the cradle and found a huge black snake, six feet in length coiled directly under the child. Nobody remembers what was done with the snake. The parties to the encounter probably parted company as soon as possible.
Andrew HARRISON’S log tavern, said to have
been the first there, was the next house north of Timothy HURD, on the west side
of the road. J. MC MILLAN lives now
on the same spot. The log house of
Phineas CLARK was where the residence of Peleg BRIGGS now stands. Benjamin FRENCH lived where the widow of his son, Levi, now
resides. A Baptist preacher, whose
name is not remembered, lived in a hewed log house where Stout SMITH resides, on
the old Griffin B. HAZARD place. There
was no other dwelling between that and the log tavern kept by Stephen CARD, a
short distance south of Himrods. Such
was Eddy’s settlement in 1806. Westward
was mostly, unbroken woods, and all the native wildness of the wilderness
prevailed. But Eddytown grew space.
The first building used expressly as a store was opened in 1813.
Previous to that time the people went chiefly to Hopeton to do their
trading. In a few years Eddytown
became an important point, the most so of any between Geneva and Newtown, and on
the route of a daily line of stages between those points. A steamboat on Seneca Lake finally broke up the stage line.
Had the owners of land at Eddytown been liberal in its disposal, that
place would have been a large village, and Dundee, probably a small one, now.
Joseph C. LEWIS was born at Fredericksburg, Dutchess co. in 1794. His parents were emigrants direct from Holland. His wife was Hannah BOYD, who was born in 1797. In 1811 they moved to Genoa, Cayuga county, and two years later, located on a place entirely new, on the Phillip’s Location. They died there, she in 1846 and he in 1848. Their children were Addison B., Harry P., Sally, Merritt C., Susan M., James M. and Thomas J. (twins), Hiram M., Melinda and Hannah.
Addison B. born in 1798, married Harriet, daughter of Alfred RICH of Starkey and settled in Starkey. He had a second wife, Mary CORYELL of Starkey. He was a blacksmith and now resides in Barrington. The children by the first marriage were Sally, Adaline, Livia, Polly, David and Joseph; by the second, Mott, Frank and Emma. Sally married George LAMAN of Ulysses. She died leaving three children, Harriet, Frank and Eliza A. Adaline married Erasmus EDDY. Livia is single. Polly married Azariah FINCH. Their children are Liveria and Charles. David married Mary SPINK. They live in Kansas and have three children. Joseph married Mary J. HYLAND, and resides in Richmond, Ontario Co. Mott died single. Emma married Charles SMITH of Barrington and resides in Wayne. Frank resides in Barrington.
Harry P. born in 1802, married Eliza WINFIELD of Starkey, and now resides at Grass Lake, Mich. Their children are Maria, William, John, Emeline, Hannah, Sarah and James K. Maria married Elisha COLE of Jerusalem. They reside at Clinton, Iowa, and have a son, William. William LEWIS married Mariette WILLETT of Jerusalem. She died leaving a daughter, Mariette, and he died in California. John married Arabell CRETHERS of Jerusalem. He is an enterprising grain buyer in Penn Yan. Their children are Mary and Ida. Emeline married Simeon BAINES of Ohio and resides in Clinton Co., Michigan. Hannah married Frank CAMPBELL and resides at North Camden, Ohio. Sarah is married and resides in Michigan. James K. is married and resides at Battle Creek, Mich.
Sally, born in 1804, married Joel COYKENDALL of Starkey and resides in Canadice, Ontario Co.
Merritt C., born in 1806, married Sally COYKENDALL. They reside in Barrington and their children are Harlem, Joel, Mary J. and Dennis. Harlem married Mary, daughter of Ezra RAPLEE. They reside in Barrington and their children are Ezra and Edward. Joel married Melissa VAN GORDEN of Barrington. Their children are George and Ida. Mary J. married Nelson HALL. They reside in Starkey and their children are Delmer, Ida and Sarah. Dennis married Millie COYKENDALL of Tyrone. They live in Starkey. He was a solder of the 148th Regiment.
Susan M. born in 1809 married James SHANNON.
James M. born in 1811, married Mary B., daughter of David SEMANS. They reside on the VORCE farm in Milo. Their children are Clayton, John E. and Robert B.
Clayton married Nancy TAYLOR and resides in Torrey. John E., is single, and a Treasury Clerk at Washington. Robert B. married Mary J. HAYES. He was a soldier of the 14th NY Heavy Artillery.
Thomas J., twin brother of James M., married Sally A., daughter of Wilson AYRES. They reside on lot 46 in Benton, where he is a thrifty farmer. Their children are, Charles G., Agnes A., Wilson A., Eli and Frank E. Charles G. married Emma MORGAN of Canadice. Their children are Hattie, Adell and Emma. He was a soldier of the 23 NYV, serving one year, and was afterwards a volunteer of the 33rd Independent Battery. He was engaged in several severe battles. Agnes A. is single. Wilson A. was a soldier of the 20th Michigan Infantry. He died in the service at Knoxville, Tenn. Eli was four months a volunteer in the State Militia during the war. Frank E. married Mary H., daughter of Norman WASHBURN and resides on his paternal homestead.
Hiram M., born in 1815, married Charlotte, daughter of Ephraim MERRITT. They reside on lot 27 in Milo, and have a son, Eugene.
Merinda born in 1816, married Harrison SHANNON of Starkey.
Hanna born in 1823, married Joshua, son of
Ezra RAPLEE. They reside at Ovid,
Mich. and their children are Viola and Merinda.
Robert LOGAN was an Irishman and a distiller by trade, at which he wrought prior to 1806, for the father of John B. MITCHELL, at Wayne, Steuben Co., whence he came to Reading and purchased of the POTTER’S the farm adjoining the Daniel SHANNON Sr. homestead, east of Shannontown, and near the stone school house on the Potter Location. His wife was Betsey ROWE of Steuben county. They settled on this place in 1807, and there resided till about 1824, when he exchanged it with Josiah HENRY for a farm near Bath, and removed thereon with his family, where he died about 1830, at 58 years. His widow afterwards became the wife of Josiah HENRY, and died in Steuben county many years ago. HENRY occupied the LOGAN place in Starkey till 1833, and then sold it to George W. SHANNON, and returned to Steuben county. Robert LOGAN was a man of strong and decided convictions, inclined to the Baptist faith. He was a stirring well informed man, of approved integrity; a soldier in Capt. Timothy HURD’S company in the War of 1812, afterwards Lieutenant of the same company (light infantry), his commission as such bearing date April 6, 1815. The children of Robert LOGAN and wife were Barbara, Betsey, Sally Ann, Smith and one other. Barbara married a merchant at Bath, and resided there. None of the descendants of Robert LOGAN are residents of Yates county.
Henry LONGCOR was from New Jersey and a miller. His wife was Catharine, sister of Jacob MIZNER. They came to Reading quite early and he wrought at his trade in several of the early mills of Starkey, and principally that of Clarkson MARTIN. Their children were Anthony, Mizner, Emanuel, Nehemiah, Jane Anna, Margery and Susan.
Anthony married a sister of Benjamin ROSS.
Mizner married Margaret, daughter of Henry TITSWORTH.
Emanuel married Margaret, daughter of Azariah FINCH.
Nehemiah married Alzada, daughter of Abner SKIFF.
Jane was the first wife of Joshua RAPLEE Jr. Anna was the wife of Squier COYKENDALL. Margery married Ezra RAPLEE, son of Joshua RAPLEE Sr.,
Susan married Stephen SHARP.
James LOCKWOOD was from Orange county. His wife was Ann CARPENTER. They settled in what is now Starkey, about 1820. He was a carpenter and builder and his shop was Benjamin CHEEVER’S mill that failed to run. They lived at Eddytown some years. Their children were Maria, Robert, John, Hiram, Hiel, Eliza, Nancy, Emmett, Dunning and William. Robert born in 1818, married in 1840, Elizabeth DORCETT who died in 1843. He married in 1845 a second wife, Jane CLARK. She was born in 1821. He was elected sheriff of Schuyler county in 1859 and held the office one term. He died a few years later.
Samuel LOCKWOOD was a son of David LOCKWOOD and was born in North Stanford, Conn., in 1788 and married in 1809, in Orange Co., Phebe, daughter of Peter WALLING. She was born in 1790. They moved to Geneva in 1812, thence to the GANUNG farm in Benton, thence to Reading, previous to 1819, residing on the place now occupied by Benjamin POTTER. They moved some years later to Barrington, residing thereafter on lot 45. He was a prominent citizen and a man of influence and good repute. For several years he was an Associate Judge in Yates county. His wife died in 1843 and he in 1853. Their children were Cynthia, Lewis, Peter, David, Sally, Hannah, Daniel, George and Harriet.
Cynthia, born in 1810, married William O. BAILEY in Barrington. They resided some years in that town, and moved to Steuben county where both died. Their children were Joseph, William, Samuel and Sarah.
Lewis born in 1812, married in 1835, Eleanor, daughter of George KELS Sr. or Barrington. They lived 10 years in Canadice and have since resided in Sunderlin Hollow, where he is a prosperous farmer and a respected citizen.
Peter born in 1815, married first, Viletta, daughter of John WARD of Barrington and has a second wife, Nettie RADIKER. He inherited the homestead of his father in Barrington and resided there many years, finally moving to Watkins where he now resides. The children by the first marriage were Phebe and Eunice. Phebe married John RYAL, son of Anthony B. RYAL of Torrey and Eunice married George DAILEY.
David born in 1817, married Susan, daughter of Joseph FINTON. They reside in Barrington where he died in 1853, leaving two children, Samuel and Joseph. Samuel married Katy GRACE, lives in Tyrone and has a daughter, Susan May. Joseph is single. The widow of David LOCKWOOD married George KELS Jr. and they have a daughter, Elizabeth.
Sally born in 1819, married Truman WARD and lives in Milo. Their children are John, Hannah and Eunice. John married Elizabeth SMITH and lives in Urbana, and has two children, Truman and William.
Hannah born in 1821, married Lewis SHERWOOD of Barrington and lives in Bradford.
Daniel born in 1825, married Eliza SHERWOOD; was long a tavern keeper at Warsaw, and lived in Barrington.
George born in 1827, married Nancy, daughter of James MILES and resides in Barrington.
Harriet born in 1829, married David MROSE.
She lives in Wayne, a widow.
Robert LOGAN was an Irishman and a distiller by trade, at which he wrought prior to 1806, for the father of John B. MITCHELL, at Wayne, Steuben Co., whence he came to Reading and purchased of the POTTER’S the farm adjoining the Daniel SHANNON Sr. homestead, east of Shannontown, and near the stone school house on the Potter Location. His wife was Betsey ROWE of Steuben county. They settled on this place in 1807, and there resided till about 1824, when he exchanged it with Josiah HENRY for a farm near Bath, and removed thereon with his family, where he died about 1830, at 58 years. His widow afterwards became the wife of Josiah HENRY, and died in Steuben county many years ago. HENRY occupied the LOGAN place in Starkey till 1833, and then sold it to George W. SHANNON, and returned to Steuben county. Robert LOGAN was a man of strong and decided convictions, inclined to the Baptist faith. He was a stirring well informed man, of approved integrity; a soldier in Capt. Timothy HURD’S company in the War of 1812, afterwards Lieutenant of the same company (light infantry), his commission as such bearing date April 6, 1815. The children of Robert LOGAN and wife were Barbara, Betsey, Sally Ann, Smith and one other. Barbara married a merchant at Bath, and resided there. None of the descendants of Robert LOGAN are residents of Yates county.
Henry LORD was a native of Maine, born in
1755. He married there, Ann
VAN DYKE, who was born in 1761. They
settled one mile directly west of Rock Stream in 1812.
He was the original settler on that place, and died in 1834 and his wife
in 1837. Their children were Polly,
William, Helen, Thomas, Henry, Nancy, Lucy, Harriet, James, Cornelius and John.
Polly married Charles FRASER. William
married Polly TOMPKINS. Helen
married Col. Philo HURD. Thomas
married Susan HURD. Henry married
Sally MC CLARY. Nancy died single. Lucy married “Dill” SAWYER.
Harriet married Charles AVERY. James
married Sally, daughter of Daniel WASHBURN.
Cornelius married Mary STURDEVANT. John,
born in 1805, married in 1831, Charlotte T., daughter of Samuel SPINK, of
Barrington. She was born in 1810.
They still reside on his paternal homestead in Starkey, and have a son
John, born in 1833, who resides with his parents.
The foregoing families have chiefly moved out of the county.
Ebenezer LORD, son of Ebenezer and Catharine LORD, was born in Connecticut in 1771. At sixteen he moved with his father’s family to Ballston, NY. The father was a man of great force of character, and died in 1812, bequeathing a competency to all his children, eight sons and three daughters. Ebenezer LORD Jr., married Mary MORRIS and they had ten children, Catharine, Benjamin W., Sherwood, William, Joseph W., Mary Ellen, Sarah Ann, George P., Robert D. and Mary. In the spring of 1824, Benjamin W. and Sherwood purchased a lot of forest land near Irelandville in Reading, and the following summer their father purchased 250 acres , one mile west of Warsaw, for $1,000 and to this place the family of Ebenezer LORD Jr., with three sons, Anson, Jarvis and Daniel, moved to Pittsford. Jarvis LORD and his sons are now wealthy and influential citizens of Monroe County, the father twice a State Senator, and his son, George D. LORD, twice a member of Assembly. Ebenezer LORD Jr., was an Episcopalian, and one of the founders of St. Mark’s Church, Penn Yan. He died in Barrington in 1949 at aged 76 years, and his wife in 1855 at about the same age.
Catharine married Thomas SHERWOOD and
removed to Saratoga County. (on the
1850
Ballston census)
Benjamin W. and Sherwood sold their farms in Reading and bought land near the father in Barrington. Sherwood moved finally to Mc Henry county, Illinois.
Benjamin W., born in 1801 at Ballston, married in 1827, Elizabeth FLEMING. She was born in New Jersey in 1806. he died in 1857 and his wife survives. Their children were Rachel, Mary, George P., Charles B., Kate and Libbie. Rachel, born in 1828, married Horace KENYON of Barrington where they now reside. Their children are Benjamin J. and Lucretia. Mary, born in 1829, married Albert OVENSHIRE of Barrington. Their children are Maud and Guy.
George P. LORD born in 1831, married in 1858, Eliza Ann, daughter of Loomis BUNCE. She was born in 1838. He graduated from Hobart College in 1856 and followed teaching and surveying at the West, two years. He was elected School Commissioner of Yates County in 1860 and held the office two terms of three years each. He has since resided in Dundee, and was elected member of Assembly in 1870 and 1871. During his second legislative term, he was chosen chairman of the Assembly Committee on Education.
Charles B., born in 1832, married Ellen CHANDLER. They have five children, George, Ella, Kate, Edith and Ray. Kate, the third daughter of Benjamin W. LORD, born in 1834, married Emmett SHEPPARD of Saratoga County, and died in 1858. Libbie, born in 1841, married Theron R. WHEELER. They reside in Barrington and have three children, Kate, Georgianna and Carrie.
William LORD married Nancy CORBETT of
Reading and resides in Newark, NY. Rev.
William H. LORD or Ruthford park and E. E. LORD of Newark, are his sons. Joseph W. LORD has a wife and daughter, and resides at
Newark. Sarah married Alanson
BASSETT and resides in Kane county, Illinois, a widow with seven children.
George P., brother of Benjamin W. LORD, resides in the town of Wayne.
Robert D. has a family and resides at Marysville, California. He was a Union officer of note in the War of the Rebellion.
Mary married Seymour SWARTHOUT and died in 1854, leaving five children.
Joshua MAPES, son of James, and his wife, Elizabeth HALLOCK, was born in 1793 at Sugar Loaf, Orange county, NY and was a tailor by trade. HE came to Eddytown in 1817, with his mother, then a widow, and two sisters, Ann and Elizabeth. He conducted the tailoring business there many years as a partner of Simeon ROYCE 2nd, and had 25 acres near the village. He moved in 1849 to the town of Orange, Schuyler county, where he still lives in vigorous health and preservation. He married Martha, daughter of Isaac BAKER, of Jefferson county. She was born in 1803 and died in 1839. she was a sister of Benjamin M. BAKER of Rochester, Proprietor of the iron works at Charlotte. He married a second wife, Rosanna RICH (widow PHILLIPS). She died in 1847, at 32 years. The children all of whom were by the first marriage, were Eugene B., Sabra P. James and Isaac B.
Eugene B. born in 1825, married first, Lenora KIMBLE, and had a son Henry, who became a Printer. Mr. MAPES has a second wife, Mima, daughter of Alvin DOLPH, and their children are Hezekiah, Lillie, Charles, Alvin D., and Cora. Eugene B. MAPES has been several years clerk of the Schuyler Count Board of Supervisors, and resides at Monterey. He has been one of the Commissioners of Loans for Schuyler county.
Sabra P., born in 1821, married James KING. They reside at Dundee and have a son, James.
James born in 1829, married Elizabeth, daughter of Alvin DOLPH. They live in Orange and their children are Frank and Flora.
Isaac B. born in 1831, lives single in Kane Co., Illinois.
Ann MAPES, sister of Joshua, born in 1800, was the wife of Isaac P. SEYMOUR.
Major MARSHALL was born of Quaker parentage in 1767, and married Millicent GEROW, who was born in 1765. She was also of the Quaker faith, to which both adhered through life. They came from Dutchess county about 1816, and settled on the place where William L. SHARP now resides. In 1819, he was assessed for 650 acres of land, which he owned in separate packets, and which was valued by the assessor at $1700. On this with the addition of $132 personal property, he was taxed, $7,68. They were people of unobtrusive worth, and exemplified the best traits of the Quaker character. He died in 1821 and his wife in 1848. Their children were, Susan, Andrew G., James, Ija, Catharine, Oliver and Jane.
Susan married Austin CROSS, a tanner and currier. They had a large family and both died in Rochester a few years ago.
Andrew G. born in 1791, married in 1824, Mary, daughter of Jesse COOK. He inherited his father’s homestead, and remained thereon through life. He was a citizen of prominence and a man of much worth. They belonged to the Christian church. She died in 1849 and he in 1856. Their children were Major A., Wellington, Mary Ann and Elizabeth. Major A. born in 1826, married in 1851, Caroline RYNDERS of Newark, NY. She was born in 1824. They lived at the Rock Stream railway station. He died very suddenly in 1867, leaving two sons, James and Andrew B., who reside at Rock Stream with their mother. Wellington born in 1828, married Ellen FLINT of Lockport. He was a Union solider and after one visit home, was not heard from. They had a son, George A. Mary Ann born in 1833, married James MARSHALL of Ithaca. They reside west and have four children, Anna, Arthur, James H. and one other. Elizabeth born in 1840, married first, David MARSHALL, brother of James MARSHALL. She had a second husband, Mr. KELLOGG of Ithaca. The children by the first marriage were Jennie and Louise; by the second, Mary.
James and his wife Harriet, moved early from Starkey whither is not known to the writer.
Ija married in 1824, Mary C., sister of Clarkson MARTIN. They moved west in 1852 and had a family of several children.
Catharine was the wife of Dr. David S. WICKES.
Oliver married Eliza HAWLEY. They resided in Starkey some years, south of Dundee, and now
reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. They
had two daughters. Jane was the wife of Clarkson
MARTIN.
Clarkson MARTIN was born in the city of New York in 1797. His father was Peter MARTIN, who was born in 1772. His mother, Sarah, was born in 1776. Peter and Sarah were married in 1794. He died in New York city in 1804. Their children were Clarkson, Anna and Mary C.
Clarkson came to Reading in 1816, bringing his mother, then a widow, and his sisters. In 1819 he owned 100 acres of land, valued at $577 and Taxes $2,41. In 1824 he married Jane, daughter of Major MARSHALL. She was born in 1806. They lived thereafter on the farm now owned and occupied by Nicholas WEBB. He owned and operated a mill property on Big Stream, the next above Crandall & Petersons, and now known as the stone mill. That mill he built in 1836. Previously he had built a sawmill at the same point. He was an active citizen, industrious and enterprising, and in military times, a captain of cavalry. In politics he was an ardent Anti-Mason and Whig, and was supervisor of Starkey seven years in succession and once again some years later. He was elected County Clerk in 1852. In 1856 he moved to Illinois and died at Marseilles in that State, in 1858. He was a man highly esteemed and many years a member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife died at Plymouth, PA in 1867. Their children were Mulford, Oliver M., John c., Mary A., Clarkson, Marshall and Hiram T.
Mulford born in 1826, is single, residing at Walla, Walla, Washington Territory, engaged in stock raising.
Oliver M. born in 1828, is a Methodist minister of the Wyoming PA conference. He married in 1850, Harriett CALKINS at Geneva. They have a daughter, Maggie. He is a man of eminent moral worth, highly useful and exemplary in his life and profession.
John C. born in 1832, married Amelia MARSHALL and resides in Michigan, a lumber dealer.
Mary A. born in 1834, married in 1866, Capt John B. MILLER and resides at Albion, NY. Their children are Lulu and Jane.
Clarkson Jr., born in 1839, is single and a merchant at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Marshall born in 1842, is a blacksmith. He married in 1866, Mary DAVENPORT of Plymouth, PA and they now reside at Walla Walla, in Washington Territory. They have one son.
Hiram T., born in 1850, is a cabinet maker
at Plymouth, PA.
Anna, sister of Clarkson MARTIN Sr., born in 1801, married John C. SHANNON in 1818.
Mary C. MARTIN, born in 1804, married Ija
MARSHALL in 1824. Sarah, the mother
of Clarkson MARTIN Sr., accompanied her youngest daughter to Michigan, and died
there in 1858.
Doctor MILLARD was a native of Great Barrington, Mass., and a son of Joshua MILLARD and Lydia, his wife. He was born in 1790 and married in 1811, Alvira, daughter of Ackley ATWOOD. She was born in 1791. They settled in 1826 in Bennett’s Settlement, where Daniel SUPPLEE now resides, buying the place of Capt. Frederick HAINES. They resided there many years, and he was a substantial citizen of the town. They moved to Michigan, where he has since died. Their children are John A., Malinda, Elizabeth, Charles, Thomas B., Leander, Nancy J, Girdon J., Lydia M., and Mary M.
John A. born in 1812, married in 1834, Charity, daughter of Moses DEAN. They lived some time in Starkey and finally moved to Michigan. Their children are Electa Ann, Phinney, Lester, Harrison, Susan, Baltus and Melvina. Phinney was a Union soldier.
Malinda, born in 1814, married in 1831, Madison RAPLEE.
Elizabeth, born in 1816, married in 1835 Baltus TITSWORTH.
Charles, born in 1819, married Catharine, daughter if Ira FISHER. They lived in Michigan, and their children are Fidelia, Alvira, LeRoy and Lucy.
Thomas B., born in 1822, married in 1846 May Jennings, in Michigan. Their children are William, Jay and Lewis.
Leander, born in 1824, married in 1846, in Michigan, Sarah VAN VLECK. Their children are Matthew, Seymour, Frank and Lucy.
Nancy J., born in 1826, married in 1845, in Michigan, Nathaniel BARNES. They reside in Starkey, on the old Richard LANNING place. He is the son of Loren BARNES and Nancy Ann GOUNDRY, his wife. They have a daughter, Emma, born in 1846, and married in 1865 to Edwin JESSUP.
Girdon J., born in 1829, married Joanna FREEMAN in Michigan. Their children are Francis and Spencer.
Lydia M., born in 1831, married in Michigan, Jerome REYNOLDS. They have a son, Oscar.
Mary M., born in 1834, married Peleg COREY
in Michigan. Their children are
Morley, Willie, Frank and one other.
Jacob MIZNER was a stone mason and came from New Jersey, settling in Starkey at an early date. His wife was Mary HAND. She died in 1861 at aged 83 years, and he in 1866, at aged 87 years. Their children were Daniel, Ann, Lewis A., Catharine, B. Halsey, Betsey, James, Mary and Phebe.
Daniel married Polly SAGER lived in Penn Yan and died leaving three children, Ann, Elizabeth and Louis.
Ann married Jonathan SUPPLEE and had a second husband, Henry STRUBLE.
Lewis A., born in 1807, is a mason by trade and has resided more than 40 years at Shannontown. He married in 1827 to Sarah T. BANGHART. She was born in 1809. He is an exemplary man and a good mechanic. Their children are Michael B. Sarah E. and Angeline. Michael B., born in 1828, married in 1857 to Minerva, daughter of James SHANNON. He was a lieutenant in an infantry company and two years in the army of the Potomac. Afterwards he raised a company of cavalry, of which he was chosen captain, and served under SHERIDAN till the end of the war, making a good record. Sarah E., born in 1832 married in 1852, William, son of Elder Alonzo W. SUNDERLIN. He died leaving a son, Delmer and she has a second husband. Theodore CASSELMANN. They live in Jersey City, NJ. Angeline born in 1834, married in 1855, James E. BAILEY and has a daughter, Velnette S.
Catharine born in 1809 married Hiram WHITE. They live in Iowa and have several children.
B. Halsey married Lucinda RAPLEE and now lives at Monterey, Schuyler county.
Betsey married Levi LONGCOR. He is a son of John LONGCOR and a blacksmith at Himrod. They have a daughter, Mary.
James married Hannah, daughter of
Christopher CHAMBERS. Mary married
Levi STRUBLE. Phebe married Gabriel
LONGCOR, son of John LONGCOR. She
lives a widow in Michigan, and the mother of a numerous family.
Buell NEWCOMB was a son of Azariah NEWCOMB, of Salisbury, Conn. And was born in 1785. His wife was Dorothea, daughter of Deliverance SAWYER. She was born in 1791. They were married in 1810 in Vermont. They settled in Ormstown, district of Montreal, Canada, and remained there till the outbreak of the War of 1812. Rather than take the oath of allegiance to the British king, they left Canada, and in March 1813, moved into Reading, now Starkey, buying 160 acres on the Little Gore, directly south of Big Stream, and in the locality still know as Canada Settlement, form its being chiefly settled by Canadian refugees. They lived there till 1824, when they moved to Reading, and located on the farm next north of that of David CULVER. In 1832, after selling his Reading farm, he bought the farm of Harry HURD, near Rock Stream, now owned by George A. REEDER. There he died the same year, of consumption. His wife survived till 1834. Their children were: Hiram A., Hester Ann, Sarah, Harvey B., Algerson S., Louisa A., Alvah M. and William M.
Hiram A. born in 1811, married in 1837, Louisa S., daughter of Thomas S. PAGE of Dundee. He was many years a prominent school teacher in Starkey, and a school officer of some kin in the town for a period of 16 years. His firs school was taught At Harpending’s Corners in 1831, five months at thirteen dollars a month, at Starkey Corners. He continued to teach in these two districts about six years, receiving some instruction in the meantime at the Yates Academy in Penn Yan. He settled after his marriage on his paternal homestead, and was a farmer, merchant, and teacher at Rock Stream till 1852, when he moved to Orange, Schuyler county, where he still resides. He was one of the founders of Starkey Seminary, one of the building committee, a trustee, and secretary of the Board while he lived in Yates county. He was also prominent in military affairs and rose to be Colonel of the old 206th Regiment of Infantry. His children are Charlotte A., Clay M., Hiram S., Thomas W., Scott K., Buell F. and Carrie.
Hester Ann born in 1814, died a young woman.
Sarah born in 1817, married dr. Lorenzo D. WIGGINS. She died in Starkey, leaving a son Frank. H.
Harvey B. born in 1819, married Maria A., daughter of Milton WHEELER. He was a merchant some years at Rock Stream associated with his brother, Hiram A., and now resides in New York.
Algernon S., born in 1821, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas CULVER and granddaughter of Caleb FULKERSON Sr. He has been many years a merchant at Monterey, in the ton of Orange, also county clerk of Schuyler county. His children are Caius Cassius, Marcus Brutus, Cora A. and Sarah J.
Louisa A., born in 1823, died early.
Alvah M. born in 1827, married Mary E, daughter of Rev. Charles CHAPMAN, and resides in Starkey. Their children are Charles and Hiram.
William M. born in 1830, married in 1860, Mary Eliza, daughter of George W. SIMMONS. They reside on the Horace HENDERSON farm, between Big Stream and Rock Stream. Their children are Willard S., Hattie l., George and Hiram. M.
Among the brothers and sisters of Buell
NEWCOMB were Anna, Abigail, Sarah, Hiram, Alvah and Amanda, all of whom died in
Starkey. Anna was the wife of
Buckley JOHNSON. Abigail was the
wife of Deliverance SAWYER Jr. The
others died single. Hiram and
Amanda lived together many years on the Garrett HARING farm on the Starkey line,
southeast of Rock Stream, dying of old age.
They accumulated a large estate, which was left chiefly to Alvah M., son
of Buell NEWCOMB. “Uncle Hiram”
and “Aunt Amanda” were excellent persons, and sterling members of the
Methodist church. Hiram died in
1864 at 66 years and Amanda six days later.
James NORTON was a native of Vermont, born in 1783 and married first, Charlotte OTIS. They settled in the Rock Stream ravine in 1809, where he pursued his business as a wool carder and cloth dresser. He had a carding machine and fulling mill a few rods below the Eddytown road. His was the first establishment of the kind in Reading, and his house was near by. In 1817 he built on Big Stream, a short distance east of Gen. Timothy HURD’S mills, a grist mill, fulling mill and carding machine. The mill frame was raised on the fourth of July. The buildings are now used for the manufacture of grape boxes and other mechanical work. He afterwards lived at Eddytown. His first wife died at 27 in 1814, and he married a second wife, Betsey HOWARD, a widow. She died in 1829 at 42 years. He died at Big Stream in 1831.
He was Town Clerk of Reading, 8 years in succession, Justice of the Peace many years, Associate Jude of Common Pleas in Steuben when Yates county was organized, and Associate Judge in this county. He was a man of character, and a Presbyterian. His children by the first marriage were Philander, Agnes and Otis; by the second, Warren, Norman, Celinda, Aurora, James and Charles.
Philander married an adopted daughter of Elmer KEELER, and resides in Elmira, a railway general agent.
Agnes married Edward WILLIAMS, brother of Judge Henry S. WILLIAMS of Tyrone. They are now at the south.
Otis married and lived in Milwaukee. The whereabouts of the remaining children, is not known, except Norman, who resides in Elmira. Charles was a foster son of Benjamin CHEEVER.
Betsey HOWARD, the second wife of Judge
NORTON, had two daughters, Amanda and Caroline by her previous marriage.
Amanda was the wife of Frederic A. KING, an early merchant at Eddytown.
Caroline married Jonathan T. ABELLL, who was also an early merchant at
Rock Stream and Shannontown.
Dr. Jacob PEASE, was born at Keene, New Hampshire in 1759, and married Experience FISHER in 1782. He married a second wife, Bernice STONE in 1785. She was born in 1761. They moved into the town of Hector in 1802 and thence to Reading, now Starkey, in 1804, locating where Nicholas WEBB now resides. He was a good physician, and resided there about 6 years, when he moved to Canada, and thence to Detroit, where they were at the time of Hull’s surrender. Both died in that city shortly after.
He built the second sawmill on Big Stream,
near the mill know known as the Stone Mill.
His was the first framed barn raised in the town of Reading, and the
occasion was one of great jollification. His children were, William F., by his
first marriage, and Experience, Laura, Louisa, Amanda, Clarissa, Emily and Henry
by the second. William F. was a
carpenter and resided a few years in Starkey.
David PETERSON was a son of John PETERSON, who settled in Starkey in 1807, locating half a mile south of the original residence of Dr. Jacob PEASE. John PETERSON’S wife was a widow, Hannah RUSSEL. She had a son, Demas RUSSEL, by her first marriage. Her children by the second marriage were David, Nancy and Mary. The daughters went single with their father to Indiana in 1815.
David PETERSON was a gunsmith and married
Mitty Ann, daughter of James ACKERSON. They
had a daughter, Joana, who married Calvin PURDY and they have a son, Russel.
Mr. PETERESON was a mechanic of exquisite ingenuity, and was a celebrated
fifer. After the death of his
partner, Ira CRANDALL, moved disconsolate to Iowa and died there soon after.
ACKERSON settled in Starkey in 1816, buying the mill property of Wickham
and Murray, also the farm now owned by Peter SMITH.
His wife was Sally HALLOCK. He
moved to Michigan in 1829 and is now about 100 years old.
Abel, Samuel and Abner PIERCE, natives of Otsego county, were sons of Abner PIERCE, a native of Massachusetts and a patriot solider of the Revolution. The three sons came to Reading in 1818 and located along side each other, directly south of Dundee, about two miles from that place.
Abel born in 1788, married first Belinda LISK and had a second wife, Nancy LEWIS, whom he marred in Otsego county. He was a leading citizen and a Justice of the Peace in Starkey, also a Methodist, as were his brothers. He died in 1862. His first wife died in 1815 and his second in 1863, at 76 years. He had a daughter, Adaline, by the first marriage and by the second marriage, a son, Horatio L.
Adaline born in 1810, was the wife of Alexander ROSS.
Horatio L. born in 1820, married in 1845, Sophia, daughter of Israel MEAD, who died the same year. In 1846 he married Dorothea E., daughter of Jacob Y. CARPENTER. He resides on his paternal homestead and is a citizen of independence and much personal worth. They have a daughter, Sophia, born in 1849.
Samuel PIERCE born in 1790, married first, Sally Maria WRIGHT, who was a native of Connecticut. She died in 1833 at 39 year. He married for his second wife, Nancy THOMPSON, who died in 1853 at aged 48 year. His third wife was widow CHRUCHILL, a sister of Nancy. He died in 1864, a respected citizen. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. All his children were by his first marriage. Their names were Herschell W., Levi S. and Eli S. (twins), Sarah E. and Jerusha Maria.
Hershell W. born in 1818 is an architect and builder and in early life was an able and popular teacher. While quite a young man he was First Lieutenant of an Independent Artillery Company in Starkey, commissioned by Gov. Silas WRIGHT, and was a popular officer. His brother, Levi S., was at the same time a Second Lieutenant of the same Company. In 1861 he enlisted 25 men, united with the 76th NYV and was mustered as a private. He was promoted a Second Lieutenant, Jan 13, 1862. In the following battles he was engaged with his company having many narrow risks for his life: First and Second Fredericksburg, Chancelorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Polopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Bethesda Church, Petersburgh, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Grove and Chapel House. Few soldiers did harder or more meritorious service. He married Marietta, daughter of Abner PIERCE. They reside in Dundee and have two surviving children, Joseph H. and William H.
Levi S. born in 1820, is also a carpenter and joiner, a skillful workman, a man of solid merit and superior intelligence. He married Eliza, daughter of Abner PIERCE. They reside in DUNDEE and have a daughter, Caroline.
Eli S. married Cyrena LINDSEY, and is a farmer residing on his father’s homestead. Their children are Mary and George O. Sarah E. born in 1822, married Benedict GABRIEL.
Jerusha Maria born in 1831, was the first wife of Henry A. BRUNER and died in 1865, leaving a daughter, Lizzie P. Mr. BRUNER grew up to manhood in Starkey, acquiring the trade of harness maker with Gilbert A. LAYTON. He was a teacher of note, and six years School commissioner of Yates county being first chosen in 1856 by the Board of Supervisors and afterwards elected by the people. Subsequently in company with his brother, David S., he became Editor and proprietor of the Orleans American, at Albion, NY and is now its sole owner and Editor and Postmaster at that place.
Abner PIERCE born in 1792, married Betsey DEWEY. After living till 1850 in Starkey, they moved to Virginia, where he died in 1862 and she at a later period. Their children were Eliza, Marietta, Helen, Jane, Dewey, Ralph and Huldah.
Eliza is the wife of Levi S. PIERCE and Marietta of Capt. Herschell W. PIERCE.
Helen married Dr. Franklin LOCKWOOD. They reside in Bradford and Huldah resides single with them.
Jane married in Virginia, Dr. Joseph HART and resides in that State.
Dewey died a young man in Virginia.
Ralph married Mary COON of Barrington and
they have a son, Ernest.
George PLUMMER came from Belvidere, New Jersey. He was a son of William PLUMMER and was born in 1763. He married Hannah MC MURTREE in 1787. She was born in 1769. They settled half a mile west of Eddytown in 1807, on section 13 of Watson’s Purchase, residing there through life. He was a steady going, respectable citizen, and accumulated a large estate. Their children were William, Elizabeth, Jane, Nancy and Mary.
William born in 1789, married Delilah, daughter of Thomas FITZSIMMONS and settled near his father. Late in life he moved to Illinois and died there. He was an active Democratic politician in Starkey many years, and a good citizen. His children were George, Thomas, Susan, Hannah, John, Abraham, Oliver, Mary and Harry T. George married Hannah, daughter of David B. BARTHOLOMEW. The live at St. Charles, Ill., and have a daughter, Mary A. Thomas was drowned at aged 15, in Seneca Lake. Susan married Thomas ROSS. Hannah married Daniel COOK. John married Caroline, daughter of David B. BARTHOLMEW. They live in California and their children are David and Josephine. Abraham and Oliver married and have families in California. Mary married Isaac BABCOC and lives in Wisconsin. Harry T. married and lives in Illinois.
Elizabeth born in 1791, married Richard SOVEREIGN. They finally moved to Illinois. Their children were Hannah, Plummer, Mary A., Clark, Emily and Joshua. Mary A. resides single in Starkey.
Jane born in 1800, married Thomas CLARK Jr. They settled near Martin’s Mill in Starkey. They moved to Illinois after many years residence in Starkey. Their children were Malin, John, Desdemona, George, Thomas, William, Mary and Barton. The mother of Thomas CLARK Jr., the father of this family, was a sister of Rachel and Margaret MALIN.
Nancy born in 1807, married David, son of John J. SMITH and Nancy CLARK, his wife. They lived a short distance east of Dundee. David was a devout and earnest Methodist exhorter, very effective in protracted meetings, also a prosperous farmer and a good man. Their children were, Julia A., John, George, Clark and Martin. Julia A. was the first wife of Uriah HAIR. John married first, Harriet HEDERSON, and has a second wife. He has a son, Clarence, by his first marriage and a daughter, Cora, by the second. He resides at Starkey Landing, and keeps the warehouse at the Point. George married first, Sarah A., daughter of James WRIGHT; second, Martha, daughter of James SHANNON and third, Charity, daughter of Robert L. SHANNON. By his first marriage he has a daughter, Sarah; and by the third marriage the children are Nellie, Clark and Ella. Clark married Mary A., daughter of Chillion HEADLY, and is a merchant in Dundee. He was supervisor of Starkey in 1871. Martin married first, Anna, daughter of Moses B. HEADLEY, and second, Elizabeth HOYT, and resides in Dundee.
Mary born in 1810, married Lewis BEAM.
(note from pg 1067) William DURALAND was another pioneer, who lived near the residence of George PLUMMER.
Benjamin POTTER was an early tavern keeper
and blacksmith on Big Stream, within the present limits of Dundee, preceding
Samuel HARPENDING and John WALTON. POTTER
was from New Jersey. His wife was
Ann KING and their children were Alexander, George, William, another son and
Catharine, Maria and Eliza. They
moved to Ohio in 1812.
Patrick QUIN came to America from Ireland in 1794. With him were his wife, Tomason CAFFERY and two children, Patrick and Jane. From New York the moved the same year to Bath, where he, entered into the service of Charles WILLIAMSON, and remained till 1800, when he moved to Hopeton. There he died in 1803. In 1807 his widow married William REED with whom she and her younger children lived till her death in 1810. Dominic, Daniel and Edward, were three sons of Edward QUIN, born after his emigration to this country.
Patrick QUIN, born in 1789 in Dulick, Westmayth county, Ireland was at 18 years, apprenticed to Morris F. SHEPPARD to learn the trade of tanner and currier. After learning his trade he worked one year in Canandaigua. Returning to Penn Yan he married in 1811, Betsey, a sister of Dr. Walter WOILCOTT. In 1813 he bought a farm and tannery at Eddytown and remained there till 1834. In that year he purchased a tannery at Millport (Chemung Co) and lived there till 1865. He then moved to Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., where he still lives. His wife who is seven years younger, keeps house without assistance and takes care of her husband, a victim of paralysis, and a feeble daughter. Patrick QUIN in the vigor of his life was a man of uncommon talent, and though a workingman was a lawyer of no trifling ability in Justices’ Courts. He was also a prominent Democratic politician, and a man of integrity and honor. He was a Deputy Sheriff under John MAGEE and for a long period, a magistrate in Chemung county. Their children are Alexander H., Hannah W., Erastus W, George E., Olive W., Daniel, Betsey and Harriet. Alexandra H., born in 1812, married in 1831, Philena A. THOMPSON. They live at Hinsdale and have a daughter, Theresa, and wife of Christopher WILLOVER, a wealthy lumber dealer at that place. Hannah W. born in 1814, lives single with her parents. Erastus W. was born in 1817, died at 27 years. George E., born in 1818 studied and practiced law at Watkins with his uncle, Edward. He married Winifred, daughter of Gen. William KERNAN. In 1858 he moved to Utica, and was in practice with Francis KERNAN, till his death in 1863. He was an accomplished lawyer and a man of genial character. Their children were seven sons. Olive W., born in 1810, married Augustus H. PHELPS. They live at Hinsdale, and their children are Hamilton and Betsey. Daniel born in 1823, died in 1847. Betsey born in 1825 married in 1852, Edwin J. SHAUT. Harriet died young.
Jane QUIN married David CULVER of Reading. He died many years ago. She now lives in Bath, Steuben Co.
Dominic married Mary SMITH. HE died at Bath in 1828 leaving two children, Edward and Andrew.
Daniel died single in Missouri in 1821.
Edwin QUIN studied law with James TAYLOR and
Judge William M. OLIVER. He
practiced law some years at Watkins, where he was Postmaster when the place was
know as Salubria. He moved from
Watkins to Elmira and was elected District Attorney of Chemung Co., and died in
1855. He was a sound and able
lawyer. He married Margaret,
daughter of Gen. William KERNAN. She
died in 1845. Their children were
Maria and Jane. Maria is the wife
of F.X. MANAHAN of Utica, and Jane is the wife of Peter BURKE of Brooklyn.
The pioneer member of this family was Stephen RAPLEE, a son of James. He came to Eddy’s Settlement with Thomas ROSWELL, his brother in law, in 1801 and both lived in the same log house located where James P. HENDERSON now lives. Of ROSWELL, we have only to say that his wife, Anna ADAMS, was a sister of Stephen RAPLEE’S wife and a most worthy woman, long and well know in that town. They afterwards lived in Bennett’s Settlement, on the John SUTPHIN farm, but died on a place about one mille and a half south of Dundee, occupied by Roswell RAPLEE, their foster son, to whom their property was left. Thomas ROSWELL was a respected citizen and died at 64 years. His wife died at 78 years.
James RAPLEE was a native of New Jersey, as was his wife, Byer MORSE. They followed their son, Stephen, with the residue of their family and settled near the Lake on Indian Run, in the neighborhood of the Shannon Mill in 1805. Their children who were all born in New Jersey, were, Andrew, Stephen, Joshua, Ezra, James, Thomas, Lurcretia, Lydia, Byer, Elizabeth, Sarah and Polly. In its descendents this is the most numerous family in Yates county.
The name which was at first “ROBLYER”, was changed by Judge Nehemiah RAPLEE of Dundee, to its present orthography, and by common consent that is now the family name. It was of French origin.
Andrew married Catharine ADAMS, and they lived in Bennett’s Settlement, on Owen’s Patent, about half a mile north of Dundee, where they kept a Tavern at an early day, and where they both died. Their children were Patty, Anna, Susan, Polly, Jane, Lydia, Catharine, Sally and Madison. Patty married Samuel VANCE. They settled on Phillipp’s Location, where he is still living. Their children were John, William and Andrew. Anna married John S. SUTPHIN. Susan married Daniel HAUGHT, who was for some years a merchant at Dresden. Their children were Andrew N., Sylvenus, Hiram, Jacob, George, Susan and Sarah. Polly married first, Luther HAIR. He died in Starkey leaving three children, Huldah, Mary A. and Uriah. Of these, Huldah married Tewalt SWARTS, son of Tewalt SWARTS 2nd; Uriah married first, Julia A., daughter of David SMITH. They had a daughter, Mary, who married William STANTON of Barrington. Uriah had a second wife, Emily, daughter of Calvin HUSON. They have a son, Luther. Polly, widow of Luther HAIR, has a second husband, Peter H. CROSBY, of Barrington. Jane was the first wife of Jephtha F. RANDOLPH and has a second husband, Uriah BENNETT, residing in Torrey. Their children are Josephine, Ray, Madison and Lee Ellsworth. Lydia married George FITZSIMMONS. They had a large family and moved to Michigan where he was a leading citizen, and a member of the Legislature. Catharine married Robert WILSON. Sally was the wife of James B. LANNING. Madison born in 1810, married Melinda, daughter of Doctor MILLARD in 1831. She was born in 1814. He resided on the homestead of his father and died there in 1870. His widow survives. Their children were Dorcilla, Marilla and Melissa. The first died a young woman. Marilla married Frank BENEDICT of Dundee. They had a son, Charles. She had a second husband, Samuel S. WICKHAM, residing at Middletown, Orange Co. Melissa married Reuben VOSBURG, merchant at Dundee. They have a son, Freddie.
Stephen RAPLEE born in 1774, married Sarah, daughter of Uriah ADAMS. She was born in 1779. After residing in Starkey till 1827, he moved to Steuben Co., and died there in 1867. His first wife died at 61 years in Starkey. He had a second wife, Rebecca MC SQAYNE, widow and sister of the wife of Stephen REEDER. His children, all by his first marriage, were: James, Anna, Sally, Byer, Roswell, Uriah, Thomas, Martha and Andrew.
James born in 1797, married Keziah GREEN. He lived many years in Starkey and he and his son, Stephen, and his third wife. Alvira, now live at Madison, Ohio. Anna born in 1799, married Elam ROBERTS and afterwards a second husband, Elias PERRY, whom she survives residing in Michigan. She had a daughter, Sarah Ann, by her first marriage, and the children by the second marriage are Erasmus, Phirson, Zalotus and Uriah. Sally born in 1801, married Joseph CARPENTER. Their children are Jacob, Burrows, Stephen, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Dorcas and Uriah. Stephen was a Union soldier. Byer born in 1804, married William JONES. They have three sons, Stephen William and George. The last was a Union soldier.
Roswell RAPLEE born in 1806, was reared by his uncle, Thomas ROSWELL, whose estate he inherited. He married in 1826, Dorcas, daughter of Benjamin REYNOLDS and Sarah WESTCOTT his wife. She was born in 1806. They were married by Elder Samuel BIGELOW. She died in 1826 leaving a son, Joseph. He married a second wife, Louisa, daughter of Richard TOWNSEND. She died in 1836 and he married a third wife, Susan, sister of his second. She died in 1837, and he married a fourth wife, Martha, daughter of William AYRES. By the second married he had a daughter, Sarah; by the third, a son, Thomas; and by the fourth, three children, Dorcas A., Anson A. and Eli T. Joseph married Mehetable, daughter of Abner SKIFF. Their children are Anna and Byron. Ann married Norton SAGE and has a son, Bertie. Sarah, born in 1829, married in 1852, Ira NICKERSON. They have a daughter, Lois, who married James WILMOT. Thomas born in 1836, married Patty Jane ALLEN. Their children are Cora and Nettie. Thomas was a Union soldier. Dorcas A. born in 1838, married Ebenezer HAVENS. Their children are Eddie A. and Roswell R. Anson A., born in 1850, was a soldier of Co. B., 148th NYV. He was wonded before Petersburg, VA and died in hospital at Fort Mc Dongal in 1865. Eli T. born in 1857, died at Keokuk, Iowa, at 23 years. Roswell RAPLEE was quite a military character and rose to be Lieut. Colonel in the old 206th Regiment of Militia.
Uriah, son of Stephen RAPLEE, born in 1808, married Lucretia ANDERSON in Indiana. He now resides at Keokuk, Iowa, where he has been many years a successful merchant. Their children are Sarah B. and Emma. Thomas born in 1811, married Sally STORMS. They lived in Steuben Co., and moved to Michigan. Their children are Martha, Madison, Dorcas, Sally, Elizabeth and James. Martha born in 1813, married Christopher WHEELER. They resided at Naples, Ontario Co., where he still lives, surviving her. (On 1880 census he has a 2nd wife, Sarah). Their children are, Amelia, John, Jane, Shepherd, Ann, James, Rhoda, and Emma. Andrew J., born in 1815, married Rebecca GARDNER of Reading. They reside now at Hillsdale, Michigan and their children are Sarah, Zalotus, Stephen and Elizabeth.
Joshua RAPLEE born in 1767, married Keziah, sister of Solomon FINCH. When they first came to the Lake country, they stopped one years, east of Seneca Lake, coming to the west side in 1807. They settled on lot 21, of the Potter Location, on the bank of Seneca Lake, where they remained through life. They had several hundred acres of land, 208 acres of which is still retained by his son, Miles G. He died in 1823 and his wife in 1863, at the age of 92 years. Their children were Daniel, Lewis, Ezra, Ira, Joshua, Hiram, Miles G. and Minor.
Daniel married Betsey MC COLLUM, half sister of Adam CLARK. They lived first in Barrington, keeping the old TEEPLES tavern, which place they traded for that of John SHOEMAKER on lot 6 in Barrington, where the family still resides. Their children were Ursula, Joshua, Clinton, Mary Jane, John, Melvin, Myron and Castner.
Lewis, son of Joshua RAPLEE, born in 1797, married Christiana FINCH. They lived many years in Milo and moved to Michigan and thence to Illinois, about 30 years ago, with a family of several children. Ezra, born in 1799, married Margery LONGCOR, and settled near Seneca Lake on lot 14, of the Potter Location, where they still live. Their children are Joshua, Henry, Elcena, Miles and Keziah. Joshua (b. 1822) married Hannah, daughter of Joseph C. LEWIS and moved to Michigan (had a daughter, Rinda). Henry married Mary, daughter of John PRATT. They live on the homestead and have a daughter, Florence. Elcena married Henry DEPEW, and both died leaving a daughter, Adnora. Miles married Mary DEMING and resides on the paternal homestead. They have a daughter, Frances. Keziah married Ezra COLE of Jerusalem, and finally moved to Michigan.
Ira RAPLEE, fourth son of Joshua, born in 1804, married first Polly, daughter of Uriah SMITH, in 1827. They lived 12 years on lot 9, of the Potter Location, and 11 years on lot 8 of the Potter Location, on the farm next north of Dr. Henry SPENCE. He next resided at Dundee till 1870, when he moved to Penn Yan. His first wife died in 1846, and he married her sister, Caroline. His children were all by the first marriage, were William R. Keziah, Sarah, and Arvilla. William R. married Lydia, daughter of Abner SKIFF of Starkey. He resides on the farm last occupied by his father, and has two children, Carrie and Ira. Keziah married Henry ELLIS of Starkey. They live in Tyrone and their children are Polly A., Viola and Ida. Sara married Oliver G. BRYANT of Penn Yan. Arivlla married John T. ANDREWS 2nd, of Starkey. They reside in Penn Yan.
Joshua RAPLEE Jr., born in 1808, married first Jane LONGCOR of Milo and settled in Barrington on the Ezekiel BLUE farm, on lot 23, where he still resides. His second wife was Rebecca Jane BELCHER, his third, Elizabeth WELKER, and his fourth Abigail, widow of George T. FITZWATER. He is a noted stock grower, celebrated for high blood horses and merino sheep and has a farm of 441 acres. The children by his first marriage were Anthony, Erastus, Hiram, Elizabeth, Calista and Mary; by the second, one son, Oliver; by the third, three, Daniel, George and Jane. Anthony died west and the others of this branch are married and live out of the county. Oliver was a soldier of Co. I, 33rd NYV. He married Matilda, daughter of Nathaniel HUSON Jr., and resides in Barrington. Daniel married Frances, daughter of James SNOOK. George married a daughter (Lydia Dyvern) of Milton PULVER. Jane married Hiram ARWINE. All these reside in Barrington. Joshua RAPLEE has lived over 40 years on the same farm.
Hiram RAPLEE born in 1808, married Phebe Ann HEADLEY, and soon after moved to Gorham, where he still lives. Their children were Christina, Mary and Arvilla.
Miles G., born in 1811, married Maria WESTBROOK, and has since resided on his father’s homestead. He is a noted stock grower. His wife died in 1871. Their children were Margaret, Amanda, Mariette, Miles, and Minor. Margaret married Nelson JONES of Milo. They have a son, Herbert. Amanda married Mr. JOHNSON of Chicago and settled west. Mariette married William HENDERSON of Starkey. Miles married Emma, daughter of Peleg BRIGGS of Starkey. Minor is single.
Minor, son of Joshua RAPLEE Sr., married a daughter (Arminda) of Solomon NORMAN and moved to Illinois about 1830.
Ezra, son of James RAPLEE the elder, married Amarillis, daughter of Jesse DAINS. They lived on a farm one mile north of Himrods, where he died and his wife survives in advanced age. Their children were Arnold, Aurelia, Almira, Jesse, Jeremiah and Delanson. Arnold married Rebecca, daughter of David DAINS. Their daughter, Susan, married Thomas ELDRED of Milo. They have a daughter, Eva. Sarah, daughter of Arnold, married George KRESS of Starkey. They have a son, Lee E. Aurelia married Benjamin NORRIS. Almira married Charles, son of Micajah BROWN of Dresden. She survives him with three children, Minor D., Ann M. and George J. Jesse married Naomi WESTBROOK. They finally settled in Illinois and have three children, Hannah J, Hester and Miles. Jeremiah married Caroline, daughter of Cyrus KIDDER of Benton, and resides on his paternal homestead. She died there leaving five children, Ada, Ursula, Gertrude, George and Emma. Delanson married Arvilla PERRY. They reside on a portion of the homestead, where she died leaving two children, Frances and Frederick D.
James RAPLEE Jr., married Betsey CULVER and settled near his brother Ezra. They had four children, Robert, Betsey, Lucinda and James.
Thomas RAPLEE born in 1777, died in Milo in 1848. He married Anna BOUNTAIN. She was born in New Jersey in 1780 and lived to the same age at which her husband died to a day. They settled in 1805 near Goff’s Ferry, west side of Seneca Lake, where they remained through life. Their children were Nehemiah, Electa, Moses, John T., Keziah and Ann.
Nehemiah RAPLEE born in 1800, was at an early age a clerk of John STARKEY and was many years a merchant and grain buyer, and a conspicuous businessman at Dundee. He became in military rank, a Colonel of cavalry, and later ,General of the 28th Brigade of NY State Militia. He was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Yates county, and represented the county in the Assembly in 1847. During fourteen years he was Postmaster at Dundee. He has held many other civil positions and has always been regarded as a substantial and worthy citizen. He married first, Minerva, daughter of Samuel TUTHILL in 1821. They had three sons, Jefferson, T., Myron and Spencer S. His second wife was Mrs. Eliza HAIR; his third, Mary E., a widow of Dr. Benjamin NICHOLS and his fourth, Rebecca, daughter of Richard HEDERSON Sr., and widow of George B. NICHOLS. Jefferson T. RAPLEE was for some years a merchant at Dundee and afterwards became a banker there. Subsequently he moved to Penn Yan and occupied the old Yates County Bank edifice about 11 years as a banker. He failed disastrously in 1869, and has not since resided in the county
Myron married Elizabeth JOHNSON of Jefferson Co. He has been a merchant. They have three children, Minerva, Nehemiah and Jefferson. Spencer S. married Harriet, daughter of Co.. Harvey G. STAFFORD. He has been Cashier of J. T. Raplee’s Bank, Insurance Agent and Secretary of the Cascade Paper Company. He is now a banker at North Springfield, MO. Their children are Ida, Eva and Cora.
Electa, daughter of Thomas RAPLEE, married Thomas NORRIS.
Moses married Caroline BUCKINGHAM of Mio. They reside near Himrods. Their children are Minerva, Newton, Harriet, Eliza and Mary.
John Tims RAPLEE married Caroline, daughter of Thomas HATHAWAY Jr. They live in Milo, where she died leaving two daughters, Cornelia and Frank. He married a second wife, Julia, daughter of Alfred ARNOLD. They now reside in Geneva. Cornelia married Orrin HAGGERTY of Starkey. Frank is the wife of James C. LANNING. They have a daughter, Linda.
Keziah married John W. RANDALL of Milo. He died leaving four children, Ceylon, Wheeler, Byron and Sophia.
Ann is the wife of William S. SEMANS.
Lucretia, daughter of James RAPLEE Sr., married the father of James and David HYATT, in New Jersey. She came to this county at an early period, a widow with four children, among whom were James and David. She purchased 50 acres of land near Plum Point, which she paid for by spinning and weaving, in which arts she was a notable expert. She subsequently married Philip MORSE, and the children by this marriage were, John, Philip, Stephen, Nehemiah and Cynthia. Her son, James HYATT, married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard SUTPHIN Sr., They settled on the Potter Location, and later on the GANO farm west of Starkey Corners. His wife died there, and he moved to West Benton, where he is still living and nearly 90 years old. He has a second wife, Margaret READING, widow of William KETCHUM of Starkey. His children, all of whom were by the first marriage, were Harrison, John, Uriah, Newell and Douglass. Harrison born in 1814, married Hannah, daughter of William SCOFIELD. She was born in 1815. They reside in Benton and are held in high respect. John married Abby MINOR and moved to Michigan. Uriah married Sarah, daughter of Jacob CRWAFORD and Phebe, his wife, who was a sister of Robert BOYD of Benton. They reside in Dundee and their children are Charlotte, Eugene and Eddie. Newell married at Buffalo, and lives in Cattaraugus county. Douglass married Susan, daughter of Robert ROBSON of Benton. They live in Michigan and their children are Phebe, Harriet, Elizabeth and James.
David HYATT married Jane, daughter of Richard SUTPHIN Sr., and moved to Michigan.
Lydia, daughter of James RAPLEE Jr., was the second wife of Daniel SHANNON.
Byer married Matthew TURNEY, an Irishman. They lived and died in Starkey. Their children were Bartholomew, William, Lydia and Nancy. Bartholomew married Betsey, daughter of David HAY. William and Lydia moved single, to the West. Nancy married Chapman MC CONNELL of Starkey and they had two sons, Aaron and William. Aaron married Emily BREWER and lives in Dundee. They have one daughter, Mary. William married Sarah, daughter of Marvin BYINGTON. He died in 1869, leaving one daughter, Frances.
Elizabeth married William BASKIN, of Irish birth, who became a wealthy citizen of Starkey and both died well advanced in years. They had fourteen children. The survivors were Stephen, Edwin, James, John, Daniel S., Robert, George, William, Margaret, Ann, Lucretia and Elizabeth.
Sarah RAPLEE married George CULVER of New Jersey and settled in Starkey. They had seven children, Thomas, Susan, Ann, Clara, Lewis, George and Sarah (twins). Thomas married Anna FULKERSON of Eddytown. Susan married Pierson HOWELL of Orange Co., and settled at Millport, where he died and she still resides with their children. Ann married Thomas L SPINK of Starkey. Clara is married and lives in Wayne. Lewis married Eliza, sister of Horace WINFIELD and resides in Starkey. He is a skillful millwright and a respected citizen. Their children are Solon and Mulford. Solon married Frances, daughter of Robert BASKIN. Sarah married John ROSS of Milo and moved West.
Polly RAPLKEE married Isaac OSMUN and finally moved to Livingston county.
Nancy, daughter of James RAPLEE Sr., and
Byer, his wife, married Robert HAIR of Starkey, where they resided many years.
Their surviving children are James, Byer, Mary, Elias, Ezra and William.
Byer HAIR married Cornelius ELLIS and always resided in Starkey, where
they reared a numerous family. Ezra
HAIR married Eliza Ann, daughter of Joel TOMER and lives in Jerusalem.
Their children are Elwyn, Levi, Mary and Althea.
He has a second wife, Sarah GARDNER.
Elwyn married Melinda, daughter of Elias CHASE of Penn Yan.
None of the other descendants of Nancy reside in this county.
(pg 1067) Benjamin GREEN was an early settler who lived near the tavern of Andrew RAPLEE, in Bennett’s Settlement.
Lazarus REED in mentioned as another early settler, but his location is not known.
Stephen REEDER was a son of Samuel REEDER and Amy, his wife, of Orange County. He was born in 1773 and married Catharine DRAKE at Newtown in 1802. she was born in 1778. The moved from there to Romulus and thence in 1810 to the place now known as Starkey Corners, where James M. REEDER resides. He built a tavern in 1818, the first there, and kept it ten years. He died in 1830 and his wife in 1834. Their children were: Adaline, Sylvester, Joseph W., Amy, James M., Susan, Maria and Benjamin F.
Adaline born in 1803, married Joseph B. GANO of NJ. He as a son of Richard GANO and Martha BEVERS, his wife. He came to Reeder’s Corners as a clerk in 1822 and was married in 1827 by Rev. Samuel WHITE. They resided in Starkey and he was a prominent citizen of worthy character. Their children were: Francis M., Martha, J. Elbridge, Darwin S. and Emmet J. Francis M. born in 1827 married Joseph R. BELL of Dundee and their children are Mary, Charles S. and Fanny. Martha born in 1833 and J. Elbridge born in 1837 are single, residing on the homestead. Darwin S., died at aged 23 years.
Sylvester born in 1805 married in 1822 to Aletta PRUDEN. He died in Starkey in 1834 leaving a son, Stephen, now in the west.
Joseph W. born in 1807, died single in middle life.
Amy born in 1809, married Jabez BEERS. After many years residence in Starkey they moved to Wisconsin. Their children are Judson, Elma, Melissa, Sylvester, Seymour, Spencer and Eddie.
James M., born in 1811, married Angeline ADAMS, adopted daughter and niece of Benjamin CHEEVER. She was born in 1814 and came to Eddytown to live at the age of 12 years. They reside on the old homestead of Stephen REEDER, all of which is retained by them. He is a prominent citizen and a member of the Presbyterian church. Their children are: George A., Maria, James H., Lyman and Lucy. George A., born in 1835, married Cornelia KOON and they reside near Rock Stream. Maria born in 1838, died at aged 21 years. The others are single, residing on the homestead.
Susan born in 1814, married George W. VAN ALLEN in 1833. They lived many years about half a mile west of Shannon’s Corners, and moved thence to Ionia, Mich. Their children are Gertrude, Sylvester, Catharine, Marion, Daniel D. and Harmon. Gertrude married Larmon B., son of Larmon G. TOWNSEND, formerly of Big Stream Point. They live at Iona, Mich., and their children are Julia, Susan, Gertrude and Larmon G.
Maria died at 21 years, and Benjamin F. in
early manhood.
Josiah REEDER was a brother of Stephen, born in 1786 and came into the county in 1812. He married in Orange Co., Fanny, daughter of William SEELEY. They settled directly opposite the residence of Benjamin FRENCH in Eddytown, and he died there in 1829. His wife also died at the same place in 1858 at 75 years. Their children were: George S., Coe S., Sarah and Morris B.
George S. born in 1805, is single, still residing on the homestead.
Coe S. born in 1807, married Perlina BOOTH and finally moved west.
Sarah born in 1809, married Abner, son of Gen. Timothy HURD. Morris B. died in 1837 at aged 25 years.
Among the earlier residents of Reading, were
Ansel and Alfred RICH. They were
sons of John RICH, who followed them to the new country from Connecticut, coming
two or three years later. The sons
settled in the year 1805 on 200 acres of land near the New Pre-emption Line in
what is now Reading, just across the Starkey Line.
In 1806, their brother, Elias, settled adjoining them.
When their father came, he took 100 acres, Elias 50 and Ansel 50 of the
first purchase. Alfred then moved
to Eddy Settlement ad purchased the farm now owned by Peleg BRIGGS.
He afterwards traded that farm with Elisha CLARK for the farm now owned
by Rochester RAPLEE. Fifteen years
later, he traded with his brother Ansel, who had before traded with his father,
and returned where he first settled, and died there in 1847 at aged 61 years.
Ansel finally settled on the Patrick QUIN place near Eddytown, and died
there in 1852 at 68 years. Elias
died where he first settled in Reading. John
RICH, the father, settled in “Beartown” and died there in 1815.
Ansel the oldest of the sons, married Rhoda, daughter of John GRISWOLD at Fort Ann, NY. She died in 1853 at 66 years. Their children were John, Milo, Richard, Henry, Sanford and Phila Ann.
John was born in 1803, married in 1823, Lany HORNING and died a farmer in 1848, in Starkey. Their children were Maria, Julia Ann, Theodorus, John, George, Richard, Otis, Alonzo and Melissa. The family resides in Illinois, except Richard, who married Elizabeth FOSDECK and lives in Elmira.
Milo born in 1813, married Elizabeth, daughter of John SUTPHEN of Milo and moved West. Their children were Rhoda, Polly, Ansel, John , George, Milo and Cass.
Richard died at 19 years in 1838.
Henry born in 1820, married in 1841, Serepta, daughter of Belden RICH. He did in 1866 in Michigan. His family reside at Grand Rapids in that State. Their children are Nelson, Franklin and Ralph.
Sanford, born in 1824 married Eliza VAN HORN. They live in Dix, Schuyler county and have two daughters, Emily and Mary. Emily married Henry ARMSTRONG of Watkins and Mary married James POPE, school commissioner of Schuyler county.
Phila Ann born in 1826, married in 1841, Simpson HALLOCK, and resides on her paternal homestead in Starkey. Their children are Lydia, James H., Stephen K., Martha, Theresa, William H., Elizabeth, Simpson and George F. Stephen K., was a soldier of the 148th NYV and hand a leg amputated on the field in consequence of a wound received at the battle of Fair Oaks.
Alfred RICH, brother to Ansel, married first, Sarah GRISWOLD, sister of the wife of Ansel. She died in 1823 at aged 37 years. His second wife was Almy ROBERTS. She was born in 1802 and died in 1853. The children by the first marriage were Harriet, Polly and Sarah Ann; by the second, a son, Alfred. Harriet born in 1805, was the wife of Addison B. LEWIS. Polly born in 1810, married Joseph REYNOLDS. They reside in Dundee and have abundant means. Sarah Ann, born in 1821, married James HAWLEY and died in 1852. Their children were Erastus, Edgar, Alfred, Mary and Joseph. They reside in the town of Howard. Alfred RICH Jr., born in 1824 in Starkey, on the RAPLEE place, married in 1850, Abigail C., daughter of Thomas DRAKE and Mary Ann SWEEZEY, his wife. They reside on the original homestead of the RICH family in Reading, a wealthy and excellent family. Their children are, Charles B. and Flora A. The son is a student of Starkey Seminary.
Elias RICH, another brother of Ansel, had two children, Amanda and Richard. Amanda married Luck OLDS Jr., and has three children, Elias, Albert and Frank. Richard moved West.
The brothers RICH had an only sister, Clara, whose first husband was one RICH, a sea captain. She had a second husband, whose name was SMITH. By the first marriage she had a son, Harris RICH, who married in 1819, Sally Ann BUNCE and they had two sons, Harrison and Washington. By the second marriage, Clara RICH had a son, Silas SMITH, who married Eliza, sister of John BAKER. Their children were Albert, Clarissa, Alfred, Almeda and George. The family of Clara RICH lived many years in “Beartown” and her mother, who as a maiden was Elizabeth AIKENS, died there at the house of Silas SMITH at 97 years.
Samuel ROSS was born in 1773, in Sherman’s Valley, Perry Co., PA. His father was also Samuel ROSS, and his mother was Miss BUCHANAN, a cousin of the late President BUCHANAN. He was a tanner and currier by trade. He married at Landisburg, PA, Margaret, daughter of James DIVEN, and cousin of William DIVEN of Reading. They came in 1808 to what is now Starkey, and lived in one part of a double log house, where the present residence of William E. GABRIEL now stands, Sherman HURD occupying the other part. The same year he bought of Philemon E. FRENCH, on the east side of the road, the tannery lot, and built a log tannery, also a house near by it, residing there till 1813. He thus started the first tannery in Starkey. Patrick QUINN bought the tannery in 1813, and ROSS moved on a farm northward of that of William EDDY, in “Beartown”. He was a soldier in the Company of Captain Timothy HURD, and lived in Starkey, a farmer, till 1836, when he moved to Reading, where he died at 86 years, in 1858. His wife died in 1830 at 53 years. Their children were James, Alexander, Margaret, Samuel, William, John, Thomas, Ann, Joseph, Mary and Jane.
James born in 1800, married Cynthia, daughter of William BASKIN. Their children are William, Margaret, Catharine, Oscar, Terissa, Mary and Emma.
Alexander born in 1802, married Adaline, daughter of Abel PIERCE of Starkey. Their children were Alonzo, Abel and John.
Margaret born in 1803, married William BASKIN Jr. Their surviving children are Susan and Maria. Susan married John BATTHOLOMEW of Bradford. Their children are Daniel D. and Alice. Daniel D., is a Homeopathic physician at Dundee.
Samuel born in 1805, married Thankful, daughter of Jacob and Ruth MYERS. Their children are Austa, Eli T., Almeda and Alzada (twins), William P. and D. Lanning. Austa married Nathaniel TOWSNED. Their children are Bell and Willie. Elit T. married Louisa, daughter of Roswell SHEPHERD of Altay. He died leaving a daughter, Maud. Almeda married Leverett SHEPHERD. Their children are Eliza and Harriet. Alzada married John R. SAGE. They live at Mitchelvlle, Iowa. William married Ann, daughter of George SWARTS, of Himrods. They live in Wisconsin. D. Lanning married Anna, daughter of Ezra LOSEY.
William born in 1807, married Theresa, daughter of Sylvester FROST of Starkey. Their children are Hyatt D., Louisa and Sarah. Hyatt D., married Ellen, daughter of Thomas ARCHER and adopted daughter of Eli TOWNSEND. Sarah married Manly, son of Nash SAWYER.
John born in 1807, married Polly WEBSTER of Horseheads. Their children are Heman H., Francis M., Webster, Enoch W., Henry and Myron. Enoch W. was a bank clerk with Jefferson T. RAPLEE and resides now at Owego, Kansas.
Thomas born in 1811, married Susan, daughter of William PLUMMER. They now reside at Elgin, Ill. Their children are Mary, Joseph and Myron. Thomas ROSS was a partner of Samuel H. STAFFORD, merchant at Rock Stream in 1842, and John D. WOLCOTT was their chief clerk. Stafford & Ross were the immediate successors of Alonzo SIMMONS, who built the store in 1831. They sold to H.A. & H. B. Newcomb, who in their turn, sold to Barnes & Sharp. William L. SHARP of this firm, sold afterwards to Charles W. BARNES, his partner, who still continues the business at the same place.
Ann born in 1813, married William, son of Buckley JOHNSON. Their children are John and Ullyra.
Joseph born in 1815, died in 1840, single, a young man of much worth and promise.
Mary born in 1821, married William TUTTLE, a merchant at Big Flats, Chemung Co. He was Supervisor of his town 16 years successively. Their children are Margaret, Edgar, Henry and Charles.
Jane born in 1823, married Morris, son of
Comfort BENNETT, of Big Flats. They
live at Horseheads and their children are Frances, Ella and Stella.
One of the most noted of the notable Sandgate (VT) colony that settled in Reading, was Matthew ROYCE. He resided 70 years on his farm on the southerly outskirts of Eddytown. He was born in Woodbury, Conn., March 10, 1771, and died in Starkey at the age of nearly 99 years. He had two brothers, Simeon and Reuben and two sisters, Rhoda and Mehetable. He married Jane HENDERSON in Salem, NY in 1799. She was born at Salem in 1784. His father also Matthew, was born in Woodbury, Conn., in 1744. His mother was Mercy PORTER. The ROYCES were also residents of Sandgate, VT, before emigrating to Reading.
The father and mother of this family of ROYCES, soon after came into the country to live among their children. The father died in Reading as it was then called, in 1814, and the mother at the house of Caleb COWING, in the town of Seneca, in 1823. The children of Matthew and Jane ROCYE were: James H., born in 1800, John born in 1805, Simeon born in 1806, Harvey born in 1810, Caleb C. born in 1812, Eliza born in 1819, and David L. born in 1826. The youngest of these is the only descendant of his parents now living in Yates county. He resides on the old homestead. David L. married Elizabeth, daughter of Eli TOWNSEND and is a worthy son of his excellent father.
John ROYCE was captain of a company of artillery attached to the old 206th Regiment and was a true military man and a good officer. He moved from Starkey to Thurston, Steuben county ,and has been supervisor of that town. Simeon resided many years in Eddytown, and also moved to Steuben Coutny. Harvey died young and Caleb C. was a devout Christian minister, and an amiable conscientious man. He was drowned in Seneca Lake, Aug 16, 1850, by the upsetting of a boat. Attempting to cross to Hector Falls in a sail boat with two young ladies, a flaw of wind upset the boat. He succeeded in fastening the young ladies to the boat and kept afloat nearly two hours, when he attempted to swim ashore and was drowned, it is supposed from chills. Eliza, the only daughter, died in 1823. Mrs. ROYCE, the mother, died in 1860.
Reuben ROYCE, brother of Matthew, married Lucinda, daughter of Andrew BOOTH Sr. Her sister Mabel was the wife of Gen. Timothy HURD. He died in Starkey in 1839. They had seven children, Maria, Dennis K., Harvey, Harriet Jerusha, Ruby and Rhoda (twins) and Sophia. Maria became the third wife of Philip L. DRAVE, whose second wife was Rebecca BROWN, who was well and favorably known among the older settlers in Starkey. He kept the “Yates Hotel” at Eddytown, at the time when there was a line of our house stages running from Elmira through Eddytown to Geneva. DRAKE also kept a tavern at Milo Center several years, and finally moved to Steuben county. He now lives in this county, and his wife too, at James HENDERSON’S, his son in law, who married his first wife’s daughter, Martha.
Dennis K. was an early merchant at Eddytown, also at Shannontown and later at Weston in Tyrone. He now lives in Starkey, a bachelor.
Harvey died in 1834 at the age of 23 years, by eating the roots of cicuta, which he mistook for spikenard.
Harriet Jerusha, married Alva WRIGHT, a tanner and currier. She died in 1837, the next year after her marriage at the age of 20, leaving a son, Harvey. Mr. WRIHGT was a partner of Alexander h. QYUINN in the tannery business at Eddytown, and afterwards followed the business at Dundee. He was a man held in good esteem and was supervisor of Starkey in 1845.
Rhoda married John ROOF and died at 25 in 1846, leaving one child. Mr. ROOF afterwards married Cornelia, daughter or Alexander HEMIUP of Eddytown.
Ruby married William G. FULKERSON and lives west. Sophia is married and lives at Horseheads.
Reuben ROYCE, the father, lived after his marriage some years in the town of Seneca. He returned to Starkey, owned and resided on a farm near Starkey Seminary, now owned by Seeley BAILEY. He was a Colonel of the Militia at an early day.
Simeon ROYCE, another brother of Matthew,
first settled on the farm now owned and occupied by James C. HENDERSON.
His son James died in 1827. His
daughter Retta, married Zenas P. KELSEY. About
1830, Simeon ROYCE sold his farm to Caleb COWING and he and his wife Sarah,
moved with Kelsey and family to Erie, PA., where “Uncle Sam,” and “Aunt
Sarah” now lie buried.
Conrad ROYER was a brother in law of John
GLEASON, who was the man that started the first Ferry, interfering with that of
John GOODWIN. His Ferry started
from the east side. The wife of
ROYER was Isabel OWEN, and GLEASON’S wife was her sister.
Their descendants are in Steuben County. Their children were Hiram, Betsey, Margaret and Catharine.
Betsey married Clement TUBBS of Eddytown, a blacksmith.
Margaret married Christopher SCHENCK.
Catharine married Joseph WHITE.
Nathaniel RUSCO was born in Huntington, Long Island, in 1756. His father, David RUSCO was a Revolutionary soldier. British officers made his house their headquarters, permitting the family to reside in the barn. They were seeking recruits for the British service. They asked Mr. RUSCO, “where are your sons!” He replied, “they are in Connecticut.”
Nathaniel and his brother were then in Connecticut, in the American service. Nathaniel married in Albany County, Catharine CARPENTER. She was born in 1763. They moved to into Starkey in 1824, and settled on lot 10 of Watson’s Purchase, “between the streams”. They lived there till his death in 1844 and hers in 1847. They were people of the highest worth, and members of the Presbyterian church. Their children were Sarah R., David, Eliza, Amelia, Maria A., George W. and Albert.
Sarah R. born in 1788, married in 1810, Hartman SHEER, a German. They had six children.
David married Elizabeth SNYDER and came to Starkey with his father, bought of Zebulon WILLIAMS the farm where Reuben B. HENDERSON now resides, and where he died in 1825. Their children were Eliza and Maria A. They are single residing at Lansingburg, NY, where their mother died.
Eliza married in 1826, Sheldon BASSETT, still residing in Hector, where he has long lived. He was born in 1778. Their children were Mary, Joseph and Charles.
Mary married in 1853, Rev. Newton HURD. They went as missionaries to Madras in India, where she died two or three years later, leaving one son. Joseph and Charles are single.
Amelia born in 1809, married Francis CRANDALL of Starkey.
George W. born in 1808, married in 1843, Charlotte, daughter of Holbrook BENSON and Susan POTTER, his wife. They own and reside on his paternal homestead, where he is a thrifty and respected citizen. In military days, he was Adjutant in the old 206th Regiment and Major in the 59th.
Albert married Lydia TOGOOD, and their family resides in Buffalo. Maria A. died in Troy, at 19 years.
Mrs. Sheldon BASSETT (Eliza RUSCO) gives the
following history of an English Bible, still preserved in the RUSCO family.
It was printed in 1599, 11 years before the publication of the present
translation, and was purchased at a cost of $140.
Through eight generations of this family it has been carefully preserved.
One matron kept it in a box fitted to it’s size under the seat of her
chair. She sat in this chair when
the house was searched and other books seized and burned.
Two brothers brought it to America in 1644, landing in New York after a
long and perilous voyage. It
finally became the property of Nathaniel RUSCO, and is now in the possession of
Mrs. BASSETT.
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