(VIII) Josiah, son of Samuel B. and Mary Ann (Brundage) Townsend, was born at Hartsdale, October 6, 1848.  He was educated in the public schools.  In early life he was a salesman for a wholesale grocery house in New York City, and subsequently engaged in the butter and cheese business there.  For a year after his marriage he lived in Ulysses, New York, and then removed to Hartsdale.  In 1893 he became the first real estate agent in that town and sold a very large section of land, which is now its choice residential section.

          He married, April 20, 1871, at Jacksonville, Tompkins County, New York, Armine J. Stevens, daughter of Nicholas H. and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Stevens, of Ulysses, New York.  Children, the first three born in Jacksonville, and the others in Hartsdale, New York:  1. Bertha E., born April 1, 1872; married, January 27, 1892, Robert W. McKee, of Mt. Vernon. Children: i. Howard Edgar, born March 12, 1893, ii. Jeannette,  iii. Edytha Ermine, born in New Rochelle, June 13, 1896, iv. Althea Elizabeth, born August 12, 1898, in New Rochelle.  2. Edgar Howard, born July 18, 1875; married (first), June 24, 1900, Bertha Schetter, of Mystic, Connecticut, (second) December 25, 1905, Frances J., daughter of Dr. Abram Chase, of Ulysses, New York.  Child: Nicholas Howard, born November 3, 1906, in Hartsdale.  3. Minnie Ethelinda, born September 4, 1876; married, July 22, 1894, Abner Wood, in White Plains.  Children: i. Helen J., born in white Plains, August 28, 1895, died December 2, 1898, ii. Harold A., born in New Rochelle, January 19, 1901, iii. Sterling, born in New Rochelle, September 25, 1907.  4. Helen Lavinia, born October 29, 1881; married, November 15, 1901, Frederick J. Riler, of Farmington, Connecticut, died September 6, 1881.  6. Lelia Euhpemy, born September 25, 1885.  7. Hattie Maude, born July 23, 1889; married November 1908, John C. Moore, of Brooklyn New York.

CARPENTER.     This is one of the most widely distributed names in the United States, as well as one of the oldest, and has been notable among the pioneers of many states. It is traced to an early period in England, and is conspicuous in the annals of the American Revolution, and also in civil life through many generations and representatives.  It has carried with it New England standards and has given its sons to the public service in many commonwealths.  There were three families of this name among the pioneer settlers of America, the most numerous being that founded by William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  Another large New England family was founded by William Carpenter, of Providence, Rhode Island, and a third family was established early in Philadelphia.  A fourth pioneer was David Carpenter, who died at Farmington, Connecticut, in 1651.

          (I) William, heir of Richard Carpenter, of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, was the founder of the Providence family.  Amesbury is seven and one-half miles south of Salisbury, England, and seventy-eight miles west of London.  William Carpenter's wife, Elizabeth, born November 23, 1611, in Cheselbourne, Dorsetshire, England, was a daughter of William and Christina (Peck) Arnold.  They were married before sailing fro America, and on Friday, may 1, 1636, set sail from Dartmouth, England, and arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, June 24, of the same year, having had a very prosperous voyage, which consumed less than two months, an unusual thing in those days.  They settled at providence, April 20, 1637, and William Carpenter became one of the original proprietors of that town, holding equal rights with Roger Williams.  The entire plantation was held by Wiliams, who gave provisional deeds to his associates and on December 23, 1661, William Carpenter received a confirmatory deed. His home lot was on what is now Meeting Street, where the Friends' meeting house stand which gave to the street its name, and his residence was used as a block house for defense against the Indians.  He was one

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of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Providence, organized 1638-9, and his name appears frequently in the records of the colony.  He was a member of the committee on boundaries, to lay out roads and build bridges, and served as a selectman.  He was elected representative to the general court, march 10, 1658, and served also in 1659-60-61-62-63, was assistant in 1665-66-67-68-69-70-71-72, and was deputy to the general court in 1679.  During King Philip's war he lost two hundred sheep, fifty cattle, and fifteen horses.  In May of that year his house was attacked by three hundred Indians and set on fire.  But the fire was extinguished, although two persons in the garrison were killed in action.  He left houses and land to his heirs, was the last survivor of the thirteen original proprietors, and as commissioner gave deeds to their heirs, April 25, 1683.  He made his will, January 10, 1680, to which he added a codicil, march 15, 1684, on account of the death of a son, and died September 7, 1685, having divided his estate among his heirs.  His property after his death was valued at twenty-two pounds.  His wife survived him.  Children:  1. Joseph, of whom further.  2. Lydia.  3. Ephraim.  4. Timothy.  5. William.  6. Priscilla.  7. Silas.  8. Benjamin. 

          (II)  Joseph, eldest child of William and Elizabeth (Arnold) Carpenter, was born about 1635, in England, and appears in Providence records as witness to a deed May 3, 1656, being then of age.  He resided in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he had a corn mill, his house being on the south side of the Partuxet River, at the ford near the falls, on land received from his father.  As early as 1663 he was on Long Island negotiating with the Indians for the purchase of lands, and in 1667 moved to Hempstead.  The following year he purchased from the Indians three thousand acres at Musketa Cove, which was granted in 1667 by Governor Nichols, and thus his title was made secure.  He was very kind to his Indian neighbors, who were always his friends.  Having four associates, he was the proprietor of the Musketa Cove plantations, which continued under that name until the Revolution.  He built his fist house on his home lot in 1668, and this stood until 1835.  The settlement of the district was rapid, and he built grist and saw mills, about half way between the present upper and lower dams at Musketa Cove.  By contract with the town he built the mill house which was finished in 1679.  He died in 1684.  He married (first), April 21, 1659, Hannah Carpenter, of Rehoboth, daughter of William and Abigail Carpenter, pioneer settlers of that town.  She was born February 3, 1640, in Rehoboth, and died at Hempstead in 1673.  She was a woman of rare intelligence and culture for her day, and beside inheriting land from her father at Pawtuxet, she also received many of his books.  Joseph Carpenter married (second), in 1674, Ann, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Luther) Weekes, baptized in 1647 in the Dutch Church of New York.  Francis Weekes was one of the five who came in a canoe with  Williams to Providence, and settled early at Hempstead, where he was fined on account of kindnesses to the Quakers, and he moved on this account to Oyster Bay.  Children by his first wife:  1. Joseph, born in 1660, at Pawtuxet, had a daughter who married William Thorncreft.  2. Tamsen, 1664, married John Williams.  3. William, 1666.  4. Nathaniel, 1668, the first white child born at Musketa Cove.  5. Hannah, 1673, married Jacob Hicks in 1690.  Children of second wife:  6. Ann, born in 1676, married Joseph Weekes.  7. Benjamin, born in 1680.  8. John, of whom further.

          (III) John, youngest child of Joseph and Ann (Weekes) Carpenter, was born in 1683, in Hempstead, and became a saddler by occupation.  He bought from his nephew, Joseph Carpenter, the homestead of the latter's father, October 20, 1715, and probably resided there until his death.  He deeded land to his son, Jacob, June 4, 1759, and die after 1760.  He married, June 12, 1713, Martha, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Prior) Feake, born August 27, 1688.  Children:  1. John, of whom further.  2. Jacob, born 1716.  3. Isaac, 1718.  3. Mary,. 1721.  4. Martha, 1724.

          (IV) John (2), eldest child of John (1) and Martha (Feake) Carpenter, was born, July 1, 1714, in Hempstead, settled on Budd's or Little Neck, near Mamaroneck, Westchester County, on land which his father had purchased as early as 1720.  He married, about 1736, Charity, daughter of Samuel Weeks, of Cedar Swamp, born Feb-

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ruary 17, 1713, and probably settled at Rye.  He owned land in the town of Northcastle and may have lived there.  No record of his death appears.  Children:  1. Daniel, born November 20, 1737.  2. Abraham, of whom further.  3. Anne, November 2, 1740, married James Gedney, 1745.  4. Daniel, April 17, 1747.  5. Zipporah, April 6, 1749, married (first) James Kipp, and (second) Caleb Carpenter.  6. Jesse, September 23, 1751.  7. Gilbert, September 14, 1754.

          (V) Abraham, second son of John (2) and Charity (Weeks) Carpenter, was born December 237, 1738, probably at Musketa Cove, and lived upon a farm in Northcastle where he also kept an inn.  His will made in 1780, was proved September 10, 1784, indicating that he died in the latter year.  He married, September 20, 1759, Lydia, daughter of peter Totten, an innholder of Northcastle.  Children:  1. Stephen, born August 5, 1763.  2. Peter, March 15, 1765.  3. Freelove, October 12, 1767.  4. Anna, died young.  5. James, of whom further.  6. Elizabeth, January 22, 1774.  7. Daniel, May 30, 1775.  8. Abraham, September 10, 1777.  9 & 10. Isaac and Jacob (twins), October 10, 1779.  11. Thomas, January 3, 1782.  12. Eliza.  13. Phoebe. 

          (VI) James, third son of Abraham and Lydia (Totten) Carpenter, was born August 4, 1772, in Northcastle, and died there in 1858.  He was a tanner and currier, as well as a farmer, and was an industrious and successful citizen.  He married Elizabeth, daughter or Joseph Totten, born July 7, 1779, died February 15, 1850.  They had children: 1. Joseph, February 15, 1800, 2. Zophar, of whom further.

          (VII) Zophar, younger son of James and Elizabeth (Totten) Carpenter, was born, August 5, 1805, in Northcastle, and died April 2, 1890.  He was large farmer of Newcastle, and was supervisor of that town from 1862 to 1864.  For twenty years he was a justice of the peace.  At the age of sixty-eight he retired from active business and resided at Mount Kisco.  He was a regular attendant of the Quaker meetings at Chappaqua and Mount Kisco.  In early life he was a Democrat, but was later a Whig and sustained the Republican party from its organization.  He married Phebe Marshall, born March 22, 1810, died July 30, 1898, daughter of Francis Marshall, who was born October 3, 1770, and his wife, Elizabeth Carpenter, born July 5, 1784.  Children:  1. Francis M., of whom further.  2. James Theodore, born September 11, 1835, married Cordelia Lyon and had a daughter, Elizabeth.

          (VIII) Francis M., eldest son of Zophar and Phebe (Marshall) Carpenter, was born July 10, 1834.  He attended the district school near his home and the Union Academy at Bedford, where he graduated in 1853.  For the next ten years he was connected with a mercantile business in Mount Kisco, and for ten years succeeding that he cultivated the paternal homestead which he had purchased.  In 1873 he sold his farm and engaged in coal business in New York City for twenty years, until 1893.  In 1875 he purchased another farm at Mount Kisco, on which is located his present home, one of the handsomest and most delightfully situated residences in that region.  In 1903 he became treasurer of the Westchester & Bronx Trust Company, and in 1906 to the responsibilities of this position were added those of president of the same company, since which time hew has held both positions.  He has held the office of vice-president of Westchester Trust Company, Yonkers, since its origination in 1898, also vice-president of Mount Kisco National Bank since its organization in 1895; and director in the First National Bank of White Plains.  Being an energetic and successful business man, Mr. Carpenter was naturally called upon by his fellows to assist in caring for he public interests.  For a period  of thirty-two years, beginning with 1862, he served as supervisor of Newcastle, and in 1896 he was elected county treasurer, and held the office for two terms of three years each.  From 1893 to 1898 he represented his district as state senator.  Ion 1909 he was elected by the legislature regent of the University of the State of New York for a twelve year term.  Mr. Carpenter was made a Mason in 1906, being initiated in Mount Kisco Lodge, No. 708, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.  He is a member of the Republican Club, of New York City.  In religious faith he is a Methodist and is respected and esteemed by a wide circle of acquaintances.

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January 15, 1885, daughter of John A. Miller, of Bedford.  He married, (second), march 3, 1887, Mrs. Catherine A. Moger, widow fo Joseph E. Moger, and daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (Fish) Raymond.  Children:  1. Carrie, born September 15, 1860, married, in September, 1885, Charles Matthews, and has children: I.. Mary, born September 15, 1893, and 2. Dorothy, September, 1894.  2. Zophar, born December 6, 1869; married, in March, 1891, Florence Freeman, and they have a daughter, Florence, born June 6. 1902.

WEBER.      Joseph Weber, the founder of this family, was born in Germany in 1824, and died in Mount Vernon, Westchester Count, New York, February 20, 1900.  His parentage is unknown, but he had at least one brother, George Weber. Joseph Weber received his early education in Germany, and came to this country in 1847 and for a time worked for others.  He later started a bakery of his own in New York City, which he conducted until 1852, when he disposed of this and turned his attention to the business he had established in Mount Vernon in 1849, and settled there where his bakery had been established.  He was one of the pioneers of that now prosperous city, there being but five houses there at the time.  His business rapidly increased and spread throughout the surrounding country and nearby towns, and in 1890, when he sold out and took his family back to Germany for a pleasure trip, his business was one of the most prosperous in that section of the country.  Mr. Weber was also extensively engaged in the real estate business in Mount Vernon and erected the building, now one of the best hotels in the place, known as the Weber House.  He was often sought for positions of public trust, but always refused, was at one time member of the state militia as well as of many of the German societies.  He married (first) Margaret Walters, a native of Germany, and (second) in Mount Vernon, about 1880, Eva M. Miller, who was born in Baden, Germany, in 1850.  Children, nine by first wife: 1. Peter.  2. Joseph.  3. Charles.  4. Mary.  5. Rose.  6. Fanny.  7. Louise.  8. Theodore.  9. George.  10. Edward W., of whom further.  11. Francis Xavier, born November 7, 1883.  The two latter were by the second marriage.

          (II) Dr. Edward W., son of Joseph and Eva M. (Miller) Weber, was born in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, February 7, 1881, and is now living in White Plains, Westchester County.  He received his education in the public schools of Mount Vernon and graduated from the high school there in 1899.  In the following fall he entered Cornell University, where he had won a scholarship and graduated with degree of M. D. in 1903.  The next two years he spent studying in the German Hospital, Brooklyn, and in the Kingston Avenue Hospital for contagious diseases; in 1905 he came to White Plains and set up for himself in the practice of his profession.  While his practice is general, he specializes in obstetrics and anesthesia, being the official anesthetist.  He is a member of the Cornell University Chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and of the medical fraternity Nu sigma Nu.  He is secretary of the Westchester County Medical Society and a member of the New York State Medical Association, of the American Medical Association, of the Society of Ex-Internes of the German Hospital, Brooklyn, and of the Physicians' Mutual Aid Association of New York.  He is also a member of the White Plains Club, of the Owl Bowling Club, in the Five Hundred Club, and of the Cornell Club of New York, also University Club of White Plains and Country Tennis Club of Westchester; the American Geographical Society and the Milk Commission of the medical Society of the County of Westchester, New York, and medical inspector of public schools of White Plains. He is attending physician of the White Plains Hospital.  He married, February 7, 1906, Eleanor, daughter of James Jackson, of Ottawa, Canada, who was born there February 7, 1879.  Children:  1. Edith Marguerite, born November 26, 1906.  2. Edward Jackson, born December 31, 1908.

SCHMID.     Henry August Schmid was born near Leipzig, in the kingdom of Saxony, Germany.  He was a publisher of books, and editor of a newspaper, and Lutheran in his religious views.  His father was a Lutheran clergy

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man, and his mother the daughter of one of the most prominent publishes of Leipzig.  They had eight children, seven sons and one daughter.  He was, through his mother, a near relative of Bernard Tauchnitz, the publisher of the "Collection of British authors," whom Queen Victoria knighted for the promotion of English literature upon the continent.  Henry August Schmid is not known, and became the father of Henry Ernest Schmid. 

          (II) Dr. Henry Ernest Schmid, son of Henry August Schmid, is a prominent and well known member of the medical profession, and was born in Thuringia, Saxony, Prussia, on May 1, 1834.  His father intended him to follow his own business, that of publisher, and gave him an excellent education.  He first attended the Latin college (Lateinische Schule), which was a part of the great institution called Frank's Waisenhaus, in the city of Halle, Saxony.  He then commenced a higher literary course, but his father unfortunately incurred the censure of the government, and this changed the whole tenor of the son's life, who then came to this country in 1853.  Soon after his arrival he went to Winchester, Virginia, and having a predilection for the study of medicine took a course in the medical school there, taking courses also at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.  He began the practice of medicine in White Plains, New York, in 1858, continuing until the following year.  He was then sent under the auspices of the Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions as medical missionary to Japan.  He resided at Nagasaki until the year 1862, and established a small hospital within a Buddhist Temple, the idol of course having been removed. He soon had a very extensive practice among the natives, who were quick to appreciate the superiority of foreign physicians, and he became extremely popular amongst them.  His health failed, however, and he readily accepted the invitation of the commander of the English surveying fleet to go with him through the inland sea, which he was going to survey.  While on board the flagship he made himself very useful as interpreter, preventing bloodshed on several occasions as the natives at that time were very hostile to foreigners.  Later on, having made up his mind to go back to America in the same English man-of-war he left Japan and visited Corea, northern China, Java and Sumatra.  He also made an extensive tour in southern Africa as his ship, having narrowly escaped destruction ina typhoon, went to Cape Town for repairs.  After this he visited St. Helena, the Azores and then England, returning to this country and settling again in White Plains after three years absence.  He resumed the practice which had been so eventfully interrupted, and has remained with increasing honor and prestige to the present time, being esteemed one of the leading physicians of the state.

          As an enthusiast in the cause of Science Dr. Schmid made many valuable collections for the Smithsonian Institution, while he was in Japan, and this led to his being made a member of the Oriental Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He is also a member of the American Medical Association, the State medical Society, and the Westchester county Medical Society.  He started St. Vincent's Retreat for Insane, Nervous and Alcoholic Diseases, and is now consultant of that institution; also consultant of the County Branch of the New York Orthopedic Hospital.  He is chief of the White Plains Hospital, and physician at Caroline Rest, Hartsdale, and the Presbyterian Rest at White Plains.  Besides which he is president of the board of health of the town.  He is a prominent citizen of White Plains, and has been president of its board of education for thirty years. In his political convictions Dr. Schmid is a Democrat but is not a partisan, reserving to himself always the privilege of voting for the best man.  He is a Mason, and has been senior warden in the Masonic Lodge of White Post, Virginia.  Dr. Schmid is also a member of the White Plains Club, the American Yacht Club at Milton Point, the New York Athletic Club, the New York Arion Society, the Nineteenth Century Club, and the Arts Club of New York City.  He is connected prominently with the Protestant Episcopal Church, being a vestryman and senior

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Warden of Grace Church at White Plains.

          Dr. Schmid married (first) Eugenie Preud'homme, of Auburn, New York, daughter of Eugene T. Preud'homme, owner and manipulator of the village gas works and builder of many houses. Her mother was a native of Watertown, New York.  There were three children born to this marriage.  Theodora Morrill, born in June, 1863, now the wife of E. H. P. Squire, a lawyer of White Plains.  2. Gertrude Pernetta, born in December, 1864, organist of Grace church and teacher of instrumentation.  3. Pernetta Eugenia, born in July, 1871.  Dr. Schmid married (second), September, 1892, Lucie Sutherland, of White Plains.  Her father was the editor and owner of the Eastern State Journal, and was an active politician, having been state senator for a long time.  Dr. Schmid is a fine-looking man, of distinctly German type, smooth faced, with an abundance of hair waving back from a broad, high, intellectual forehead.  His features are all strongly marked, eyes clear and penetrating, mouth firm and sensitive, and characteristic well-set nose and chin.  The whole countenance is indicative of the integrity and purposefulness of his career. 

YOUNG.      This is a very old American family, the American ancestor arriving soon after the historical voyage of the "Mayflower," and has numerous representatives scattered all over the United States.  The family was conspicuously identified with early settlement of Sullivan County, New York, where the village of Youngsville was named in its honor.

          (I) John Young, was born in England and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, before October 31, 1638, at which time he received a grant of land there. Another grant was made November 31, 1638, and his name appears on the list of those able to bear arms in 1643.  He married, December 13, 1648, Abigail, daughter of Henry (2) and Mary (Newland) Howland.  About 1650 John Young settled in Eastham, Massachusetts, where he died January 29, 1691, bequeathing property by his will to his wife, Abigail, sons, John, Joseph, Nathaniel, David, Robert, Henry, and three daughters.  The widow died April 7, 1692, and her estate was divided April 19, 1692.

          (II) Robert, fifth son of John and Abigail (Howland) Young, was born in August, 1667, in Eastham, died there soon after November 12, 1742, on which day his will was executed.  He married, March 22, 1694, Joanne, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Doane) Hicks, of Eastham, subsequently of Barnstable and Dartmouth.  She was a descendant in the seventh generation of Sir Ellis Hicks, who was knighted at Poitier in 1536 for bravery in capturing a set of colors from the French. Robert Hicks, a descendant of Sir Ellis in the fifth generation, came to Plymouth, Massachusetts in the "Fortune" December 9, 1621, followed by his wife, Margaret, and their children, in the ship "Anne" August 16, 1623.  The eldest of these, Samuel, was deputy to the general court from Eastham in 1647-48.  He married, in 1645, Lydia, daughter of Deacon John Doane, an immigrant from England.  Children of Robert and Joanne Young:  1. Robert, died young.  2. Robert, of whom further.  3. Lydia, born May 29, 1699.  4. Joanne, June 1, 1703; married Theophilius Higgins.  5. Jannet, died young.

          (III) Robert (2), second son of Robert (1) and Joanna (Hicks) Young, was born December 11, 1696, at Eastham, and died at Maromas, Connecticut, May 1, 1775.  In 1740 he settled at Middletown, Connecticut and was admitted to full communion in the church at Middle Haddam in 1751.  He was among the first settlers in the district of Middletown, known as Maromas, and was appointed distributor for several years. the inventory of his estate amounted to one hundred and fifty-nine pounds, four shilling, and four pence.  He married, October 3, 1717, at Eastham, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac and Apphia (Freeman) Pepper, born July 11, 1698.  Children:  1. Hannah, born July 11, 1720, married Robert Pelton.  2. John, born 1722, married Hannah, widow of Joseph Ingraham.  3. Samuel, born December 12, 1728, died 1753, unmarried.  4. Robert, born August 17, 1728, married Sarah Baker.  5. Abigail, born December 3, 1730, married Andrew Carrier.  6. Elizabeth, born August 26, 1733.  7. Silvanus, of whom further.  8. Simeon, born November 23, 1738, had wife Mehitable.

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          (IV) Silvanus, fourth son of Robert (2) and Elizabeth (Pepper) Young, was born April 23, 1735, in Eastham, died in 1807 at Middletown.  According to the census of 1790 he had a family numbering eight.  He married, April 6, 1761, Ruth, born August 14, 1736, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca (Rockwell) Carrier, of Marlborough Parish, Colchester.  She was a descendant in the fourth generation of Thomas Carrier, a Welshman who belonged to the body guard of King Charles I., of Great Britain, and who was notorious for his fleetness of foot even after he was more then one hundred years old.  He came to Billerica, Massachusetts, before 1664, and removed to Andover, thence to Colchester, Connecticut, where he was among the original proprietors of the parish.  He was accustomed to walk from Colchester to Glastonbury carrying a sack of corn on his shoulder, stopping only once in the entire distance of eighteen miles.  He died in Colchester, May 16, 1736, said he was one hundred and thirteen years old.  He was neither gray nor bald, walked erect, and shortly before his death, walked a distance of six miles.  He married in Billerica, May 7, 1664, Martha, daughter of Andrew and Faith Allen, of Andover, Massachusetts.  She was a victim of the witchcraft delusion and was executed August 19, 1692, on Salem Hill.  Children of Silvanus and Ruth (Carrier) Young:  1. Samuel, born January 26, 1762, married Elizabeth Brainerd.  2. Robert, of whom further.  3. Silvanus, born September 2, 1765.  4. Elizabeth, born September 2, 1767; married Seth Morse, of Chelsea, Vermont.  5. Isaac, born May 10, 1770; married Rachel Bronson.  6. Thomas born July 17, 1772; married Ruth Gale.  7. Ruth, born May 27, 1774; married Simon Closson and moved to Thetford, Vermont.  8. Enoch, July 10, 1778, was killed by a falling tree; unmarried.  9. William, born April 19, 1780; married Elizabeth Bailey. 

          (V) Robert (3), second son of Silvanus and Ruth (Carrier) Young, was born October 10, 1763, in that part of Middletown, which is now Chatham, Connecticut, died January 20, 1831, in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.  In early manhood he resided in Westchester parish in the town of Colchester, Connecticut, where he was successively ensign, lieutenant and corporal in the Twenty-fourth Connecticut Militia Regiment from 1801 to 1807.  In the latter year, he removed to Liberty, where he cleared up a farm and passed the remainder of his life.  He married about January 1, 1787, Susannah Isham, born September 4, 1765, in Colchester, died October 27, 1850, in Liberty, surviving him nearly twenty years.  she was a daughter of Captain John and Eunice (Baldwin) Isham, of Colchester.  Children:  1. Joseph,. Of whom further.  2. Erastus, born May 10, 1789, died unmarried.  3. Susannah, married (first) Elam Fish, (second) Judge Joseph Grant.  4. Robert, born June 23, 1793, resided in Liberty.  5. John Isham, born January 27, 1795, lived and died in Liberty.  6. Francis, born August 19, 1798, also resided and died in Liberty.  7. Asaph, born about 1800, died in Liberty.  8. William, born May 11, 1802, died in Liberty.  9. Eunice, born about 1804, married Calvin Bush, of Liberty.  10. Elizabeth, born January 21, 1810, in Liberty, died there, unmarried in her seventeenth year.

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