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Connecticut, January 26, 1835.  He had both farming and commercial interests and was much interested in the conduct of affairs in the town.  He served as a soldier in the American Revolution.  He married (first), at Stamford, Connecticut, April 6, 1769, Hannah, born March 29, 1746, died May, 1792, daughter of John and Hannah (Ferris) Waterbury; married (second) at Stamford, Connecticut, October 24, 1793, Rebecca Waterbury, a sister of his first wife.  Children, by first marriage:  1. Jonathan.  2. John, mentioned below, 3. Peter.  4. Hannah.  5. Anna.  6. Nathan.  7. Uzal.  8. Sally.  Child by second marriage:  9. Henry. 

          (VII) John, second son of Jonathan (2) and Hannah (Waterbury), Husted, was born at Stamford, Connecticut, august 1, 1773, died at Long ridge, Connecticut, June 6, 1847.  He was a vestryman of the St. Matthew's Episcopal Church at Bedford, New York.  He was too young to take any active part in the Revolutionary War even toward its close but he was a witness to not a few stirring incidents.  He married, at Stamford, Connecticut, December 22, 1796, Rebekah Leeds, born March 27, 1778, died January 24, 1847, daughter of Cary and Mary (Gibbs) Leeds.  Children:  1. John William, of whom further.  2. Rebecca. 3. Nathan.  4. James Harvey.  5. Nancy.  6. Charles.  7. Edward.  8. David.

          (VIII) John William, eldest son of John and Rebekah (Leeds) Husted, was born in Stamford, Connecticut, April 30, 1800, died March 15, 1876, at Bedford, New York.  He was supervisor of the town of Bedford, and was a vestryman of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church for many years.  He married, November 5, 1823, Caroline Raymond, born March 13, 1798, died August 4, 1876, at Bedford, New York, daughter of Uriah and Sarah (Lounsbury) Raymond, and grand-daughter of Captain James Raymond, of Revolutionary service.  Captain James Raymond was a member of the committee of safety and in the early days of the war served in the active service for a time, also contributing several sums.  He was a large landowner and a man of considerable wealth. His parents were Joshua and Elizabeth (Fitch) Raymond, of Norwalk, Connecticut.  Elizabeth Fitch was a sister of Governor Thomas Fitch, of Connecticut; she married (second) the Rev. Elisha Kent and was the grandmother of Chancellor Kent.  Children of John William and Caroline (Raymond) Husted:  1. Sarah Rebecca.  2. Caroline Augusta.  3. Charles Bates.  4. James William, of whom further.  5. Anna Mead.

          (IX) General James William Husted, son of John William and Caroline (Raymond) Husted, was born at Bedford, new York, October 30, 1833, died at Peekskill, New York, September 25, 1892.  He graduated from Yale University, class of 1854, with the degree of B. A. He then began to read law with Edward Wells at Peekskill, New York, and was admitted to the bar of the state.  He practiced for some time and entered public life, holding first the office of school commissioner.  He was then insurance commissioner under William Barnes and successively harbor master and captain of the port of New York.  He was for twenty-two years a member of the New York assembly and was six times speaker of the house.  He was appointed by Governor John A. Dix major general of the National Guard of New York, and was grand master of the Masons of the state of New York.  He also served as vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  He married, December 21, 1859, at Peekskill, New York, Helen Mar Southard, born March 14, 1841, at Croton, New York, died January 20, 1909, at Peekskill.  She was the daughter of Thomas D. and Harriet (Jordan) Southard.  Children:  1. Thomas Daniel.  2. Carrie.  3., James William, of whom further.  4. Helen S.  5. Harriet Anna.

          (X) James William (2), son of General James Williams (1) and Helen Mar (Southard) Husted, was born at Peekskill, New York, March 16, 1870.  Reared in his native village he acquired his primary education at the Peekskill Military Academy.  He afterward pursued his studies at Cutler's School, New York City, and at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, from which ancient school he was graduated in 1888.  In the autumn of 1888 he entered Yale University, where he was graduated in 1892.  He then entered the new York Law School and was graduated from that institution in 1894 with the degree of LL. B., and was admitted to the bar in May of the same year.  in the autumn of that year Mr. Hus-

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ted began to practice, and about the same time gained considerable political distinction and became a recognized leader of the Republican Party in Westchester County.  He was nominated for the position of member of the assembly, and was elected over Francis Larkin, Democrat, of Sing Sing.  In the following year he was again elected, defeating Thaddeus K. Green, of Katonah, and a third time he was chosen for the same office by the vote of the people, his opponent being Ralph H. Barker, of Sing Sing.  While a member of the house he was instrumental in securing the passage of a number of important measures, including what is known as the "Retaliatory Insurance Law."  He studied closely all subjects that came up for consideration and gave an intelligent support to all measures which he believed would advance the welfare of the state.  Since his retirement from office Mr. Husted has opened a law office in White Plains and one in New York City, and has from the beginning enjoyed a large and constantly growing practice.  He was president of the village of Peekskill in 1904-05, has been on the board of education since 1903, and was Republican candidate for member of Congress, Twenty-fifth District, 1912.  He is a member of Free and Accepted Masons, lodge and chapter.  He was first exalted ruler of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Westchester County, New York, and is a member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the New York Historical Society, the Republican Club of the City of New York, and D. K. E., fraternity.  He was founder of the Peekskill National Bank and was director and counsel of it afterward; president of the new England Pin Company, of Winsted, Connecticut; treasurer of the Mohegan Stove company; treasurer of the T. J. Maxwell Company, treasurer of the Washington Park Land Company; president of the Riverside Park Land Company, director of the New England Knitting Company.  He is also vestryman of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. 

          He married, June 12, 1895, Louise Wetmore Spaulding, born in Winsted, Connecticut, August 30, 1873, daughter of J. F. and Eliza (Wetmore) Spaulding, both now deceased.  She is a lineal descendant of John Alden and Priscilla  (Molines) Alden, as well as of the first John Wetmore.  Children:  1. James W. (3).  2. John G. W.  3. Priscilla A.  4. David R.  5. Ellery S.  6. Robert.

MORRISON.    George Morrison, the founder of this family, was born in London, England, and died in Liverpool, England, in 1879 or 1881.  After reaching manhood he became a cotton merchant in Liverpool, England, and later coming to new York City he founded with others the firm of Morrison, Rudge & Company.  He remained in New York City until 1860, when he returned to England.  He was a Mason.,  he married, September 5, 1855, in New York City, Juliette, daughter of John Paxton and Mary Brown (Rathbone) Atkinson, who was born July 11, 1837, died in June, 1860 (see Rathbone VIII).  Children, the first born in Brooklyn, the other in Orange, New Jersey.  1. John Atkinson, born August 20, 1856; married, in 1881, Ida Leech, of Liverpool, England.  2. Mary Rathbone, born June 24, 1856.  3. Richard Rundle, of whom further. 

          (II) Richard Rundle, son of George and Juliette (Atkinson) Morrison, was born in Orange, New Jersey, August 20, 1859, and is now living at White Plains, Westchester County, New York.  His mother died before he was a year old, and his father took him to England where he grew up and received his education.  He then served for a while as cadet on Her Majesty's ship, "Conway," afterwards went as a sailor, and later went to the gold mines of Australia.  He next took two trips around the world, and finally returned to New York City in 1887, and graduated from the Veterinary College of New York in 1889.  For the next year he was veterinary surgeon for the College Hospital of New York, and then he began the study of medicine in the University of the City of New York.  Subsequently he accepted the position of chief veterinary surgeon to Barnum & Bailey's Circus.  He next moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he remained for six months, and then in 1891 he settled in White Plains where he has built up for himself a large and lucrative practice.  In 1897 he took a trip to South Africa, and after an absence of six months returned to White Plains and re-

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sumed his practice.  He is first sergeant of the Medical Corps of the Tenth Regiment, New York State National Guard, a member of Lodge No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons, of White Plains, of the Elks, of the Union Hook and Ladder Company, of the White Plains Club, the O. D. O. of Mount Vernon, New York, and of the Choral Society of White Plains. 

          Mr. Morrison married in 1894, Carrie E., daughter of John Hart Taylor, of Rye, Westchester County, New York.  They have one child:  Caroline Juliette, born February 10, 1896. 

(The Rathbone Line.)

          (I) Richard Rathbone, the founder of this family, was born about 1574.  He married Marion, sister of Captain John Whipple, who mentions her in his will made at Ipswich, December 19, 1616.  Children:  1. William, born in 1598.  2. Joseph, born in 1600.  3. Thomas.  4. John, of whom further. 

          (II) John, son of Richard and Marion (Whipple) Rathbone, was born about 1610.  He married about 1633.  His wife's name is unknown.  Among his children was John (2), of whom further.

          (III) John (2), son of John (1) Rathbone, was born about 1634, and died before October 6, 1702, the date of the proving of his will.  On august 17, 1660, he was one of the gathering at the house of Dr. John Alcock, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, which conferred about the purchase of Block Island.  In 1664 he was admitted freeman of the Rhode Island general assembly.  In 1683 he was representative from Block Island to the Rhode Island general Assembly.  In 1688 he was a member of the Rhode Island grand jury.  He married Margaret, daughter of Tristram Dodge, of Block Island.  Children;  1.  Thomas, born in 1657, died December 20, 1733; married April 21, 1685, Mary Dickens.  2. John (3), of whom further.  3. Sarah, born June 10, 1659; married (first), December 20, 1678, Samuel George, and (second), September 1, 1710, John Ball.  4. William, born in 1661, died in 1727; married December 18, 1680, Sarah ---------.  5. Joseph, born in 1670, died in 1749; married may 19, 1691, Mary Mosher.  6. Samuel, born August 3, 1672, died January 24, 1757; married November 3, 1692, Patience Throckmorton Coggeshall. 

          (IV) John (3), son of John (2) and Margaret (Dodge) Rathbone, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, about 1658, and died after April 28, 1717.  He was admitted a freeman of Rhode Island, May 1, 1696, and on October 13, 1696, was appointed deputy tot he general court for New Shoreham.  In 1676 he was surveyor of highways, and from 1681 to 1684, deputy.  He married (first), June 20, 1680, ---------, and (second) November 11, 1686, Ann Dodge.  Children, all by second marriage:  1.  Mercy, born October 3, 1688.  2. Jonathan, born May 22, 1691, died April 1, 1760; married about 1714, Katharine ---------.  3. Joshua, of whom further.  4. Benjamin, born February 11, 1701, died after 1745; married October 31, 1732, Hannah Carpenter.  5. Anna, born August 9, 1703; married June 20, 1728, William Dodge, Jr.  6. Nathaniel B., born February 6, 1708; married Ann Peck.  7. Thomas, born March 2, 1709, died in 1784; married December 31, 1732, Charity Perkins.

          (V) Rev. Joshua Rathbone, son of John (3) and Ann (Dodge) Rathbone, was born at Newport, Rhode Island, February 11, 1696, and died June 6, 1779.  He settled in Stonington, Connecticut.  He married (first), November 30, 1721, Martha, daughter of Job and Martha (Acres) Card, who was born September 15, 1705.  He married (second), February 17, 1724, Mary, daughter of Rev. Valentine Wightman, who was born, December 18, 1704, and died in 1777.  She was a lineal descendant of the Rev. Edward Wightman, who was burned at the stake for non-conformity, at Litchfield, England, in 1612.  Children, all but first by second marriage:  1. Joshua, born May 17, , 1723, died August 14, 1801; married May 4, 1723, Dorcas Wells.  2. Valentine Wightman, born December 23, 1724; married Tabatha, daughter of Humphrey and Tabatha (Houtridge) Brown.  3. Mary, born October 17, 1726; married Jedediah Stevens, of Wyoming, Pennsylvania.  4. Martha, born March 1, 1728, died in infancy.  5. John, born June 26, 1729, died August 2, 1826; married January 8, 1751, Content, daughter of Humphrey and Tabatha (Houtridge) Brown.  6. Daniel, born February 27, 1731, died January 17, 1823; married May 4, 1758, Sarah Higbee.  7. Jacob, born November 4, 1732, died January 1, 1778, unmarried.  8. Job, born January 2, 1736; married Abigail Coats.  9. Martha, born January 2, 1736, twin of Job, living in 1826; married Uriah Stevens.  10. Amos, born January 25, 1738, died July 24, 1817; married Martha Robinson.  11. Anna, born July 19, 1740; married February 20, 1757, John Thompson.  12. Susanna, born April 24, 1742, died in 1812; married Edward Robinson.  13. Wait, of whom further. 

          (VI) Captain Wait Rathbone, son of Rev. Joshua and Mary (Wightman) Rathbone, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, August 18, 1744, and died in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the residence of this son, William F. Rathbone.  He served as captain during the Revolution and also in the War of 1812, and for some time lived in Lansingburgh and Troy, New York.  he married (first), May 22, 1765, Susannah Dodge, of Westerly, Rhode Island, who was born November 12, 1747, and died November 28, 1777.  He married (second) Mary, daughter of Samuel and Phebe Brown, and widow of William Palmer who had died in 1775.  She was born January 11, 1740, and died October 10, 1834.  Children, three by first marriage:  1. Mary C., born April 4, 1770, died in 1864; married in 1791, Dr. William Willard.  2. Wait (2), born July 10, 1773, died about 1833; married (first), Emeline Fuller, and (second), August 28, 1808, Elizabeth Frances.  3. Rhoda, born March 14, 1776; married -------- McDonald.  4. Susannah, born March 6, 1779; married (first) -------- Curtis, and (second) in February, 1813, Cornelius P. Hermans.  5. Delia Julia, born September 6, 1781, died May 8, 1791.  7. Samuel Brown, born November 19, 1786, died in 1812, unmarried.  8. Sophia, twin of Samuel Brown, born November 19, 1786, died July 30, 1825; married Orange Ferris.  9. Elizabeth Maria, born February 28, 1789, died in 1790.

          (VII) William Palmer, son of Captain Wait and Mary (Brown-Palmer) Rathbone, was born in New Jersey, September 3, 1782, and died in 1862, in Parkersburg, West Virginia.  He moved first to New York City, then to Bergen, New Jersey, and lastly to Parkersburg.  He was a paymaster in the United States Army.  He married, October 3, 1810, Martha Ming Valleau, of New York City, who was born there in 1793 and died in 1846.  Children:  1. Child, born in November, 1811, died the same day.  2. Juliette, born July 9, 1812, died February 10, 1844, married (first) in 1830, Peter G. Van Winkle, and (second) W. Sinclair, of West Virginia.  3. Mary Brown, of whom further.  4.-5. Twins, born in 1815, died the same day.  6. Charlotte.  7. John Castello, born October 10, 1818, married January 29, 1839, Elizabeth Vanderbeek.  8, John Valleau, born January 4, 1821, died January 23, 1897; married in 1841, Anna M. Doremus.  9. Samuel Brown, born February 16, 1823; married (first) Amanda F. Burrows, (second) Mahaley Jane Grant, and (third), July 30, 1883, Caroline Smith.  10. Ella Sophia, born March 4, 1826, died about 1880; married in 1864, Edward Daniel Frost.  11. William Van Allen, born May 9, 1837; married (first) Ellen Devers, and (second) ------------.

          (VIII) Mary Sophia, daughter of William Palmer and Martha Ming (Valleau) Rathbone, was born in New York City, June 24, 1814, and died there, February 12, 1858.  She married, May 125, 1836, John Paxton, son of Edward and Jessie (Paxton) Atkinson, who was born about 1805, and died in Brooklyn, New York, December 28, 1890.  His mother died in May, 1829, aged sixty years.  His father was lost at sea about 1801.  Children:  1. Juliette, born July 11, 1837, died in June, 1860; married, September 5, 1855, George Morrison, of London, England (see Morrison).  2. Cole Hoffman, born November 20, 1839; married (first) Louisa Baker, and (second) in 1887, Sophia Durance Hepburn.  3. Jerome Gill, born August 19, 1843; married in 1870, ---------- McDonald.  4. Edward Spear, born September 1, 1845; married February 15, 1877, Annette Russell.  5. William Rathbone, born September 7, 1847, died in 1854.  6. Harold Valleau, born in 1851, died in 1854.  7. John Paxton, born May 11, 1853, died in 1855.  8. George Morrison, born January 6, 1856; married September 13, 1887, Caroline Hiers. 

ROBBINS.     Cornelius Robbins was a native of Maine, a descendants of an old Maine Family.  He married Lavinia Morton and removed to Middletown, New York, where he was a prosperous farmer during most of his active life, owning three hundred acres of land.

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Children:  Henry, mentioned below.

          (II) Henry, son of Cornelius Robbins, was born at Midland Lake, New York, November 26, 1840, died January 9, 1911.  He attended the public schools in his native town and was graduated from the Middletown High School.  He worked on his father's farm during his youth and continued when a young man to assist his father until 1872, when he bought a hotel in Bloomingburg, which he conducted for nine years.  In 1888 he bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres and conducted it during the remainder of his life.  In politics he was a Democrat.  He attended the Reformed Dutch Church, he married, December 31, 1878, in Orange County, New York, Helen Lawton Slee, born April 19, 1854, daughter of Richard and Ellen (Burton) Slee, of Jersey City, New Jersey (see Slee III).  His widow survives him.  Children:  1. Elinor, born January 26, 1880; married Henry Calvin Robbins, a lawyer in New York City.  2. William Henry, born May 28, 1882, died in infancy.  3. Walter Wilkinson, mentioned below.  4. Elizabeth Burton, born May 13, 1887; married March 12, 1908, Frank H. Dayton, and lives in Middletown.  5. Richard Edgar, born February 7, 1894; resides in Middletown.

          (III) Walter Wilkinson, son of Henry Robbins, was born in Bloomingburg, New York, August 4, 1885.  He attended the district schools and the high school, and graduated from Elston's Select School.  He supplemented his education with a course in Wood's Business College.  He is with the New York Telephone Company,  he is a member of the Jamaica Yacht Club, the Harlem Lodge, Modern Woodmen of America, and Bloomingburg Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.  In politics he is a Democrat and a member of the Democratic town committee of Bloomingburg.  He married, April 17, 1912, Lenore, daughter of john Bryan Driscoll.

(The Slee Line.)

          The surname Slee is identical with Sleigh and Sly, according to Patronimica Brittanica.  Originally, doubtless, it was a nickname, and implied unusual ability and cleverness, in accordance with the ancient meaning of the word sly.  Shakespeare used Sly as a surname in the Taming of the Shrew.  The surname appears as early as the year 1273, in the Hundred Rolls in England, at least twice, Richard Sle and John le Siege.  The Hundred rolls are two folio volumes compiled by order of Edward I, on his return from Palestine after the death of his father Henry III, to ascertain the state of his defenses and the rights and revenues the Crown and they contain the names of seventy thousand persons, principally landowners of that time.  A hundred was a division of a county.  The ancient seat of the Slee family is Ashe in Derbyshire, and the coat-of-arms of this branch of the family is described:  Gules a chevron between three owls or .  Other branches of the Slee or Sleigh family had similar arms.  One belonging to a branch spelling the name Slee is described:  Vert a one-masted galley with oars in action sails furled or flags gules.  Crest:  A chapeau sable with a plume of three ostrich feathers in front.  A family of Sley lived in Ireland and a family of Sley in Derbyshire, the latter bearing arms similar to sleigh as described above.  A Slie family also had a coat-of-arms.  (See Burke's General Armory.)

          (I) The progenitor of this branch of the Slee family in America was Ambrose Slee, in Torrington, England, who settled in New York State. 

          (II) Richard, son of Ambrose Slee, was born in Torrington, England, from whence he came to America.  He married Sarah Baber.  Children:  1. Charles.  2. Ellen.  3. Richard.  4. Valentine, a soldier in the Civil War.  5. Joseph.  6. Edward. 

          (III) Richard (2), son of Richard (1) Slee, was born at Lansingburgh.  He married Ellen, daughter of John Burton, a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  Children:  1. Helen Lawton, born April 19, 1854; married, December 31, 1878, Henry Robbins (see Robbins).  2. Richard Burton, born 1856, lives on the home farm in Circleville, Orange County, New York. 

ABBOTT.     George Abbott, the immigrant ancestor, came to New England in 1640 from Yorkshire, England, and was one of the earliest settlers in Andover, Massachusetts.  His name was

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nineteenth on the list of householders showing the order in which they came to town, and he was a proprietor there in 1643.  According to his testimony in Joseph Parker's suit, June 17, 1673, he was about sixty years old, and if this was correct, he was born in 1613.  His house was well built and was used as a garrison house both before and long after his death.  His farm descended through eight generations of his descendants.  He married, December 12, 1646, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, Hannah, daughter of William and Annis Chandler.  He died December 24, 1681, and his widow married Rev. Francis Dane, and died June 11, 1711, aged eighty-two years.  His will was dated December 12, 1681, and proved at Ipswich, March 22, 1682.  Children:  1. John, mentioned below.  2. Joseph, born March 11, 1649.  3. Hannah, June 9, 1650.  4. Joseph, March 30, 1652.  5. George, June 7, 1655.  6. William, November 18, 1657.  7. Sarah, November 14, 1659.  8. Benjamin, December 20, 1661.  9. Timothy, November 17, 1663.  10. Thomas, May 9, 1666.  11. Edward, drowned in boyhood.  12. Nathaniel, July 4, 1671.  13. Elizabeth, February 9, 1673. 

          (II) John, son of George Abbott, was born March 2, 1648, at Andover.  He lived with his father in the garrison house and was a leading citizen of Andover, and a selectman for many years.  In 1711 he was the first deacon of the church.  He married, in 1673, Sarah, daughter of Richard Barker, one of the first settlers.  She died at Andover, February 10, 1729.  Children, born at Andover:  1. John, November 2, 1674.  2. Joseph, December 29, 1676.  3. Stephen, March 16, 1678.  4. Sarah, December 7, 1680.  5. Ephraim, mentioned below.  6. Joshua, June 16, 1685.  7. Mary, January 2, 1687.  8. Ebenezer, September 27, 1689.  9. Priscilla, July 7, 1691.

          (III) Ephraim, son of John Abbott, was born at Andover, August 15, 1682.  He married there, in 1715, Sarah Hunt.  Children, born at Andover:  1. Sarah, March 8, 1716.  2. Ephraim, August, 1718.  3. Mary, July 20, 1720.  4. Joshua, October 1, 1722.  5. Daniel, September 14, 1724.  6. Elizabeth, July 10, 1726.  7. Josiah, mentioned below.  8. Ebenezer, March 3, 1731.  9. Martha, April 10, 1733.  10. Peter, May 19, 1734.  11. Martha, July 24, 1737. 

          (IV) Josiah, son of Ephraim Abott, was born at Andover, September 4, 1728, died in December, 1777.  He lived at Amherst, New Hampshire, and married Hannah Hobbs.  Children, born at Amherst:  1. Hannah, September 18, 1755, married S. Chamberlain.  2. Amy, June 5, 1757, died 1777.  3. Josiah, December 18, 1759.  4. William, December 21, 1761, died December 23, 1764.  5. Lemuel, mentioned below.  6. William, April 28, 1766, died May 10, 1766.  7. Daniel, July 13, 1769, married Sally Allison.

          (V) Lemuel, son of Josiah Abbott, was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, May 10, 1764, died January 19, 1841, at Windham, Vermont, where he settled early in life.  He married Deborah Balch.  Children;  1. Lemuel.  2. Hart, married Elizabeth Morse and had four children  i. Loretta, ii. Sarah, iii. Henry, iv. Rhoda, all born in Windham.  3. Lemuel, married Esther Goddard and had five children:  i. Everett, ii. Ora S., iii. Marcia, iv. Rose, v. Charles E.  4. Lucia, married john Farnsworth and had two children:  i. Sally, ii. Marcius.  5. Marcius, engaged in the brick business at Crugers, New York; a Democrat in politics and for many years a justice of the peace; a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Peekskill; died January 21, 1858;  married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Maria (King) Griggs, of Newburg, New York, parents of five children: i. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1817, died in 1890, ii. Jane, iii. Louise, iv. Loretta, who resides at Trenton, New Jersey, v. Rose.  Marcius and Elizabeth Abbot had five children:  i. Mary, ii. Emily, iii. Lucia, iv. Alice M., v. John, all born at Peekskill, New York, all deceased except alice M. and buried in Peekskill.  Alice M. Abbott, daughter of Marcius Abbott, has been a teacher in the Oakside School, Peekskill, for thirty-five years; a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Peekskill and of the Travelers Club, a literary organization, and of the Woman's Musical Club of Peekskill.

GRAY.     Milton Lorenzo Gray, the first member of this family for whom we have definite information, was born November 13, 1836, died June 30, 1906.  He was a farmer at Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, where he had a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres of land.  He married, October 17, 1860, Ada Elizabeth, born November 26, 1841, daughter of Benjamin and Harriet Jane (Fuller) Neal

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(see Fuller IX).  Child:  1. Russell Aduah, of whom further.

          (II) Russell Aduah, son of Milton Lorenzo and Ada Elizabeth (Neal) Gray, was born at Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York, April 11, 1886.  He received his education in the schools of Fallsburg, and at his father's death succeeded in the possession and management of the homestead.

          He married, June 26, 1912, Gertrude Eugenie, born April 15, 1884, in Jersey City Heights, New Jersey, daughter of Oscar Alfred and Eugenie (Flohr) Vielmuth.

(The Fuller Line.)

          The Fullers of the United States are descended from at least eight original emigrants who came to America in the seventeenth century.  Hence those who bear the name are very numerous and are to be found all over the country.  By the middle of the eighteenth century, two of these families, those who sprang respectively from Edward Fuller of the "mayflower" and the descendants of Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth of Massachusetts, had representatives living in the town of Carmel, Dutchess County, New York.  the records of the descendants of both of these Dutchess (now Putnam) county families are imperfect, but the records which still exist and family tradition both point to the following as the ancestry of Harriet Jane (Fuller) Neal. 

          (I) Edward Fuller, the founder of the family, was baptized in the parish of Redenhall, County Norfolk, England, September 4, 1575, died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, early in 1621.  His father was Robert Fuller, a butcher, and is believed that Edward joined the "Mayflower" pilgrims at Southampton.  He was one of the signers of the compact as was also his brother Samuel.  His wife, whose maiden name is unknown, died about the same time that he did, leaving an only son, Samuel, of whom further.

          (II) Samuel, son of Edward Fuller, was born in England about 1612, died at Barnstable, Massachusetts, October 31, 1683.  He came over with his father in the "Mayflower" and was brought up after his father's death, by his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, of Plymouth.  He was made freeman of the colony in 1634 and settled at Scituate, Massachusetts, although he afterwards returned to Barnstable.  He was one of the last of the "Mayflower" pilgrims to die.  He married, at Scituate, April 8, 1635, Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Lathrop.  Children:  1. Hannah, married, January 1, 1658-59, Nicholas Bonham.  2. Samuel, of whom further.  3. Elizabeth, married --------- Taylor.  4. Sarah, baptized August 1, 1641, died about 1652.  5. Mary, baptized June 16, 1644, died in 1720; married, November 18, 1674, Joseph Williams.  6. Thomas, born May 18, 1651.  7. Sarah, born December 10, 1654.  8. John, born about 1656, died in 1720; married, about 1678, Mehitabel Rowley.  9. Child, born February 8, 1658, died February 23, 1658. 

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