(I) Josiah Valentine was born in Greenwood, Orange County, New York, and died there about 1850.  He was a mason by occupation and plied his trade in Greenwood and the surrounding district.  He married (fit) Mary Ann, daughter of a Mr. Dalson, who lived in the same district; and (second) a Miss Babcock.  Child by first marriage: Joshua, mentioned below.  Elizabeth, by second marriage.

          (II) Joshua, son of Josiah and Mary Ann (Dalson) Valentine, was born at Greenwood, died at Warwick, New York.  he combined the occupations of farmer and stonemason, and was successful in both capacities.  He did not take much interest in politics, most of his time being taken up by his work on the farm and in building in the surrounding district.  He was, however, of a religious turn of mind and a steady attendant at the services in the local church.  He married Mary, born in Ireland, daughter of -------------- Fitzgerald.  Children:  1. Mary E., married Thomas Lincoln, of Brooklyn now deceased; she is now living in Philadelphia.  2. James, married Mary Hanlon, of New York City, and lived at Monroe, where their eight children were born:  i. George, ii. Joshua, iii. James,  iv. Frank,  v. Arthur,  vi. Grace, vii. Sadie, viii. Mary.  3. George D., mentioned below.  4. Sarah Ann, married Garnie Vance, of Monroe, New York, and had six children:  i. Willington, ii. Jennie,  iii. Anna,  iv. Roy,  v. Josephine,  vi. Orvill,  all born in Monroe, New York. 

          (III) George D., second son of Joshua and Mary (Fitzgerald) Valentine, was born in the town of Warwick, New York.  He is engaged in the foundry business in Walden, where he and his family live, and is a member of the Patriotic Order Sons of America.  He married Mary A., daughter of William and Harriet (Sears) Conklin, of Greenwood, New York (see Conklin III).  Children, all born at Highland Mills, new York:  1. William H., born 1894.  2. John A., 1896.  3. Edwin L., 1903.  4. Hattie, 1905.  5. Walter, 1908, deceased.

(The Conklin Line.)

          There are branches of the Conklings or Conklins in Massachusetts as well as at Southold, Easthampton, Shelter Island, and in Orange County.  John Conkling and Ananias Conkling were in Salem in 1638; in the records they wee deemed proprietors at that time and they may have been there in 1737 or earlier.  They are generally supposed to have come from Nottingham, England.  There is a conflict in the reports as to the relation existing between John and Ananias Conkling.  In Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Ananias is said to be probably the son of John; else where they are said to have been brothers and this assumption would on general grounds appear the more probable of the two.  It is also said that they were the sons of another Ananias and were born and bred in Nottingham, England, though on what grounds it is difficult to ascertain.

          There is moreover considerable speculation as to the derivation or origin of the name Conkling.  Though it is assumed, like many others on as slender grounds, to be English or Anglo-Saxon, the name is extremely rare in England, if it is now known there at all.  Some allege that the name is

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Dutch, some say it is Irish or Gaelic, and some lain that it is Welsh.  The family name was spelled ina dozen different ways, prior to one hundred years ago.  It was often used as Conkling, and frequently occurred as Conklin, Conkelin, and similarly with the "g" as a termination.  In rare instances K was used instead of C.  The off spellings have disappeared, however, during the past century and seldom is the name now found written in any other way than as Conklin or Conkling.  The experience of this family in the matter of orthography in regard to its nomenclature has found a counterpart in that of many other families.  At the time when there was little printing, when there were no newspapers, few books and almost no stationery, names, and in fact words in general, were apt to be written just as they appeared to sound. 

          Ananias Conkling is reported to have been a "glass man" at Salem in 1638.  That year on the twenty-fifth of the fourth month it was recorded in the book of land grants at Salem that  "It is ordered that Ananias Conclane and Willm Osborne shall have an acre a piece for house lotts."  On the "25^th day of the twelvemonth" of the same year appears in the book the following record: "Granted to Edmond Marshall three acres nere the 10 acre lot of Ananias Conclane."  Other references are:  "At a genll meeting granted to Ananias Concklyn one acre nere unto his dwelling house." "Granted unto John Conclyne, Ananias Conclyne and Thomas Scudder to each of them 4 acres to be laid out in the meadow aforesaid."

          (I) Charles Conklin was born at Greenwood, New York, about 1812, and died there.  He was a farmer, though he was also engaged in business in one or two side lines.  He married Hannah, daughter of ----------Babcock, who lived in the same district.  Children, all born at Greenwood, New York:  1. Lucinda.  2. Thomas.  3. Mills.  4. Nichols.  5. John.  6. William, mentioned below.

          (II) William, the youngest son of Charles and Hannah (Babcock) Conklin, was born in Greenwood, New York.  He was a farmer and lived for many years at Monroe, New York.  He married Harriet, daughter of Abram and Mary (Van Zile) Sears (see Sears II), of Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York.  Children, all born at Monroe, New York:  1. Mary A., mentioned below.  2. Julia, married James Baker, of Suffern, New York, and had two children;  Laura and Helen.  3. Ida, married Edward Compton, and had five children:  i. Mabel, ii. Minnie, iii. Clara, iv. Sadie, v. Edna; all now living at Southfield.  4. Orville, married Livinia Brush, of Walden, and had one son, Frank.  5. Charles, died unmarried.  6. Elizabeth, married Robert Connely, of Highland Falls, New York, and had three children:  i. Elizabeth, ii. Harriet, iii. Edward.  7. Christina, married William Cox, of Highland Falls, New York, and had two daughters.  8. Richard, married Ada Rosedick, of Washingtonville, New York, and had three children:  i. Andrew, ii. Anna, iii. Ellis.

                   (III) Mary A., eldest daughter of William and Harriet (Sears) Conklin, was born at Monroe, New York.  She married George D. Valentine, (see Valentine (III).  Mrs. Mary A. Valentine is a thrifty and enterprising business woman and conducts a very successful laundry business in Walden, New York. 

(The Sears Line.)

          Lower says that the name of Sears might be a form of Sares or Sayers, the plural of Sayer--meaning an essayer of metals.  Dixon says that the name--which has been written Sare, Sayer, and Sayers--first occurred in England in the reign of Edmund Ironside, and a few centuries after, the family was found possessed of landed estates in the county of Essex, .some of which remained in the name as late as the year 1770.  The name of Richard who landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1630, was originally Scearstan, and by lapse of time was contracted into the various forms of Sarre, Syer, Sayer, and Sears.

          (I) Abram Sears, was born and died at Sloatsburg, New York.  He was by occupation an engineer.  He married Mary, daughter of ------------ Van Zile, of Sloatsburg.  Children:  1. James, married Lida smith, of Sloatsburg, having children:  i. James, ii. Andrew, ii. Emma, iv. Lucy,  all living at Sloatsburg.  2. Harriet, mentioned below.  3. Julia, married Charles Smith.  4. Jane, married Charles Miller.  5. Cornelius, married Ida Ganner.  6. Lucy. 

          (II) Harriet, daughter of Abram and Mary (Van Zile) Sears, was born at sloats-

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burg, New York.  She married William Conklin (see Conklin II).

VAN ZANDT.      Jan Van Santen, the founder of this family, was probably born in Spain; for the family is Spanish not Dutch, and his son Joseph was of Spanish birth.  He lived in Albany.  He married Jannetie ----------.  Children;  1. Johannes, of whom further.  2. Joseph, married, in 1688, Seitje Marcelis, and was buried October 16, 1753. 

          (II) Johannes Van Zandt, son of Jan and Jannetie Van Santen, was probably born in Spain, and died in 1724.  About 17693 he moved from Albany to New York City, and afterward to Newton, Queens County, New York.  He married (first) Margaret Vander Poel, (second) Margaret Wynants.  Children. first eight by first marriage, and dates of baptism:  1. Wynant, of whom further.  2. Jannetje, March 17, 1686.  3. Adam, December 18, 1687.  4. Johannes, August 3, 1690.  5. Catharina, November 27, 1692.  6. Isaac, March 10, 1695.  7. Margaret, February 7, 1697.  8. Maria, August 10, 1698.  9. Barnardus, November 3, 1700.  10. Cornelia, August 15, 1703. 

          (III) Wynant, son of Johannes and Margaret (Vander Poel) Van Zandt, was baptized at Albany, December 23, 1683, died about 1757.  He married (first) Maria, born in 1688, daughter of Peter and Maria (Ha-Molenser) Praa; (second) Catharine Ten Eyck.  Children, two by first marriage, and dates of baptism:  1. Johannes, of whom further.  2. Peter Praa, of whom further.  3. Elizabeth, August 24, 1712.  4. Margaret, September 12, 1714.  5. Tobias, May 6, 1716.  6. Tobias, March 23, 1718.  7. Catharine, October 14, 1719.  8. Wynant, January 22, 1721.  9. Catharina, November 4, 1722, married (first), February 8, 1741, Daniel Stiles, (second), May 17, 1748, Thomas Witter.  10. Elizabeth, July 29, 1724.  11. Jacob, September 4, 1726. 12. Maria, February 4, 1728.  13. Wynant, May 30, 1731.  14. Tobias, November 1, 1732.  15. Johannes, married Austin Lawrence.

          (IV) Johannes, (2), son of Wynant and Maria, (Praa) Van Zandt, was baptized in New York City, August 11, 1706, and died probably about 1768.  He married Fryntje Bensing.  Children:  1. Wynant, baptized October 23, 1728.  2. Peter Praa, of whom further. )Van Zandt, was baptized in New York City, May 30, 1708.  He married (first) May 29, 1730, Sara Williams, (second), Maria Springsteen, and (third), probably August 16, 1766, Mary Johnson.  Children, four by first marriage, and dates of baptism:  1. Wynant, March 21, 1731.  2. Maria, December 10, 1732.  3. Peter Praa, February 2, 1735.  4. Maria, October 19, 1737.  5. Johannes, December 5, 1740.  6. Catharina, May 13, 1748.  7. Abraham. 

          (V) Peter Praa, probably son of Johannes (2) and Fryntje (Bensing) Van Zandt, was baptized in New York city, August 16, 1730.  He may have been the son of Peter Praa, but this person is not mentioned as one of several grandchildren are in his grandfather's will, dated December 29, 1753.  He lived in New York City.  He married, January 11, 1758, Sara Marshalk.  Children, with dates of baptism:  1. Maria, November 23, 1758.  2. Johannes, of whom further.  3. Annetje, April 18, 1762.  4. Peter, January 29, 1764.  5. Mathew, February 11, 1770.  6. Thomas, March 17, 1771.  7. James, April 4, 1773.  8. Sara, November 13, 1774.

          (VI) Johannes (3), son of Peter Praa and Sara (Marshalk) Van Zandt, was baptized in New York City, September 10, 1760.  He had a farm on the old Harlem road.  He married Sara Van Steenburgh, of New York City,  Children:  1. Rebecca, born December 11, 1788.  2. Cornelia, March 6, 1791.  3. Amelia, February 14, 1794.  4. Matthew Thomas, of whom further.  5. Matilda Emmaline, August 31, 1799.

          (VII) Matthew Thomas, son of Johannes (3) and Sara (Van Steenburgh) Van Zandt, was born September 30, 1796.  He married Maria Johnson, born October 18, 1808, daughter of Rem and Maria (Johnson) Suydam (see Suydam V).  Children:  1. Rem, of whom further.  2. Mary, married, October 18, 1865, William Henry Cady, whose sketch follows.

          (VIII) Rem, son of Matthew Thomas and Maria Johnson (Suydam) Van Zandt, was born in Kingston, New York, in 1830, died in New York City, in 1867.  He attended school at Kingston.  He was a clerk in various stores in New York City, and learned mercantile business.  About 1859 he went

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into business for himself,  having a general store at Jamaica, Long Island, but he was in business only about five years, when his health failed.  He then moved to New York City.  He married, at Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, in 1860, Emily, daughter of William and Elizabeth Ann (Stammers) Sandford, who survived her husband and is now living at Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.  The Sandford family came from Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey; William was born in New Jersey, and his father's name was also William.  Elizabeth Ann (Stammers) Sandford was born in England.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Van Zandt:  1. Emily, died in 1907; married Frank Lains Sevenoak, of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York; he is now principal of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey; no children.  2, Annie, married William Carter Hanford, who died in 1894; she now lives at Liberty with her mother; they came to Liberty in 1896, having previously lived for two yeas in Monticello, Sullivan County, New York; no children. 

(The Suydam Line.)

          (I) Hendrick Rycken, the founder of his family, died in 1701.  He came from Holland in 1663.  He settled in the suburbs of New Amsterdam, but being annoyed, tradition says by the snakes which infested that region, moved to Flatbush, Long Island, about 1679.  He was doubtless a relative of Gysvert Rycken, the ancestor of the Riker and Lent families.  He married Ida Jacobs.  Children:  1. Jacob, of whom further.  2. Hendrick, married Bennetje ---------.  3. Ryck, born in 1675, died in 1741.  4. Ida.  5. Gertrude.  6. Jane, baptized June 27, 1680.

          (II) Jacob Suydam, son of Hendrick and ida (Jacob) Rycken, was born in 1666, died in 1738.  He was a farmer and smith at Flatbush, and served twice as supervisor.  About 1710 he and his brothers, assumed the surname Suydam, from the place of family origin in Holland, but this place cannot be identified.  He married Seytie Jacobs.  Children:  1. Jacob.  2. Hendrick, of whom further.  3. Johannes, died in 1791, married Cornelia ------------.  4. Jan.  5. Ryck, born about 1703, died in 1798, married Mary -----------.  6. Cornelius, died in 1798, married Margaret Van Sickelen.  7. Dow, born about 1707, died in 1794, married Sarah Vanderveer.  8. Ida.  9. Andriana.  10. Gertrude.  11. Isabella.  12. Jane.  13. Seytie.

          (III) Hendrick (2), son of Jacob and Seytie (Jacobs) Suydam, was born in 1696, died in 1774. He lived at Flatbush.  He married, in 1719, Geertie, daughter of Evert Van Wicklen.  Children;  i. Evert, born march 25, 1720, died October 14, 1797, married Maria Bogart,  ii. Jacob,  iii. Hendrick, born about 1730, died may 16, 1791, married Maria Ammerman,  iv. John, of whom further, v. Seytie, married Evert Hegeman,  vi. Metie, married Samuel Garretson,  vii. Pieternella, married Jacobus Vanderveer, viii. Geertie.

          (IV) John, son of Hendrick (2) and Geertie (Van Wicklen) Suydam, was born in 1737, died January 11, 1809.  He was a farmer at Hempstead Swamp, in Newtown, Long Island, and repeatedly served as an elder in the Dutch church at Newtown.  He married Femmitie, daughter of Rem Hegeman, who was born about 1737, died March 16, 1799.  Children:  1. Nellie, married Johannes Lott.  2. Re, of whom further.

          (V) Rem, son of John and Femmetie (Hegeman) Suydam, was born January 22, 1767, died November 22, 1829.  He lived on the farm inherited from his father.  He married, November 30, 1798, Maria, daughter of Martin Johnson.  Children:  1. Phebe Hegeman, born September 18, 1799; married (first) Dominicus Snedicker, (second) Jonathan Burnet.  2.  Catalina Johnson, born August 25, 1803; married Dow D. Rapelje.  3. John, born February 7, 1806, died March 3, 1844.  4. Maria Johnson, born August 18, 1808; married Matthew Thomas Van Zandt (see Van Zandt VII). 5. Nelly, born November 29, 1810; married Ansel H. Concklin.  6. Martin Johnson, born April 7, 1813, married Henrietta Shoonmaker.  7. Gertrude, born March 17, 1817; married John R. Briggs.  8. George, born December 11, 1821.  9. Henry, born December 11, 1821, married Ellen Hegeman.  Three others died young. 

CADY.     Nicholas Cady, the founder of this family, was born in England, and died before 1713.  He came to Massachusetts, and lived first at Watertown, Middlesex County, removing about 1668 to Groton, Middlesex County.

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When the Indians burned Groton he probably took refuge at Cambridge, where he was living in 1678, but he returned to Groton and probably lived there the remainder of his days.  He married Judith, daughter of William Knapp, of Watertown.  Children:  1. John, born January 15, 1650; married Joanna -----.  2. Judith, born September 2, 1653, married, May 15, 1672, Alexander Rouse.  3. James, referred to below.  4.  Nicholas, born August 2, 1657, died January 21, 1658.  5. Daniel, born November 27, 1683, Mary Green.  6. Ezekiel, born August 14, 1662.  7. Nicholas, born February 20, 1663-64, died September 3, 1724; married, March 20, 1683, Patience Redland.  8. Joseph, born May 28, 1666, died December 29, 1742; married Sarah Davis.

          (II) James, son of Nicholas and Judith (Knapp) Cady, was born at Watertown, August 28, 1655, and died at Groton, December 2, 1690.  He married, June 14, 1678, Hannah, daughter of Ellis and Hannah (Hawkins) Barron, who was born March 6, 1658.  Children:  1. James, referred to below.  2. John, born about 1680, died September 6, 1751; married (first), about 1698, Elizabeth -----------, and married (second), Elizabeth -----------------.  3. Daniel, born about 1682, died in 1744; married Abigail Philbrick.  4. Abigail, born about 1684, died April 11, 1757; married, April 24, 1707, Ezekiel Cady.  5. Elizabeth, born April 10, 1686.  6. Aaron, born April 7, 1688; married (first), March 23, 1709-10, Mary Fuller, and (second), August 25, 1741, Eleanor Berg. 

          (III) James (2), son of James (1), and Hannah (Barron) Cady, was born at Watertown, April 1, 1679, and died at Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, January 18, 1742.  He removed from Sherbun, Massachusetts, thence to Marlboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and in 1716 to Pomfret.  He married, April 26, 1710, Thankful, daughter of Isaac and Frances how, who was born June 22, 1691, and died at Pomfret, May 18, 1741.  Children:  1. 1. Hannah, born October 15, 1711.  2. Elias, born September 6, 1712, died January 28, 1751.  3. Joseph, born March 5, 1713-14; married, December 3, 1741, Phebe Cady.  4. Sibyl, born November 20, 1715.  5. Silas, born November 10, 1717.  6. Sarah, born July 22, 1719.  7. Resinah, born September 12, 1721.  8. Peletiah, born December 16, 1723, died January 17, 1728.  9. Amariah, born April 21, 1726, died January 6, 1728.  10. Mary, born December, 1728.  11. Cornelius, referred to below.  12, Thankful, born November 12, 1734. 

          (IV) Cornelius, son of James (2) and Thankful (How) Cady, was born at Pomfret, in 1731; and died at Bennington, Vermont, April 15, 1809.  He became a member of the military company at Bennington in 1764.  He married, January 25, 1759, Elizabeth Safford, of Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, who was born December 2, 1734, and died at Bennington, May 18, 1815.  Children:  1. Lucy, born May 6, 1760, died in 1783.  2. Walter, born July 26, 1762; married Mary Tracy.  3. Amasa, born April 10, 1765, died in 1842; married Ann Palmer.  4. Joseph, born June 6, 1767; married Martha Whitcomb.  5. Cyrus, born August 17, 1769, probably the settler in Sullivan County, New York, referred to below.  6. Sybil, born May 10, 1772.  7. Sullivan, born July 24, 1775, died April 7, 1821; married Lydia Beman.  8. Lucy, born August 11, 1778, died May 4, 1883; married Joseph Beman. 

          (V) Cyrus Americus Cady, probably the Cyrus referred to above, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Safford) Cady, was a physician.  He came in 1810, from Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, to the town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.  He married Sarah Russell, of Branford, Connecticut.  Children, both born at Branford:  1. Henry V., died young.  2. William E., referred to below.

          (VI) William E., son of Cyrus Americus and Sarah (Russell) Cady, was born at Branford, Connecticut, about 1802, and died in March, 1851.  He was a merchant at Thompson, in 1834 he was elected county clerk.  He married, in 1826, Lydia, daughter of Malachi and Polly Rockwell Foote, who died in 1849.  Her father was a physician, and came from Connecticut to Sullivan County about 1810, living near Bridgeville.  Children:  1. John Russell, born in 1827, died young.  2. William Henry, referred to below.

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educated at Bloomington, New York, and at Newburg Academy, Newburg, New York.  he spent his life at Monticello, where he kept a general store.  He was the owner of a very large amount of real estate in which he dealt very successfully.  He also took a deep interest in the promotion and completion of the railroad from Port Jervis to Monticello.  He was a communicant of the Episcopal Church at Monticello, holding the offices of vestryman, treasurer, and warden.  He married, at Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, October 18, 1865, the Rev. E. K. Fowler, of Monticello, officiating, Mary, daughter of Matthew Thomas and Maria Johnson (Suydam) Van Zandt. 

STRATTON.       William Stratton, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, died in Shrivenham, county Berks, England, between September 16, 1601, and may 12, 1604, the dates of the execution and proving of his will, in which he calls himself "an aged man."  He was probably the son of Thomas Stratton, who was buried in the churchyard at Shrivenham in April, 1587, whose son Thomas married Anne, aunt to John Locke, the distinguished philosopher and author of the "Essay on the Human Understanding."  William Stratton names in his will three children;  1. Joan, married James Saunders.  2. Christian, married ---------- Cox, and 3. John, of whom further.

          (II) John, son of William Stratton, of Shrivenham, was executor of his father's will/.  Among his children was William,. of whom further. 

          (III) William (2), son of John Stratton, of Shrivenham, was born there in 1585, died in Tenterden, county Kent, England, in 1647.  From 1606 to 1636 he lived in London.  He married (first) Elizabeth ----------, (second), after 1632, Margaret ------------.  Children, ten by first marriage:  1. Sarah, born in 1613, married Isaac Pickering.  2. John, 1614, died in infancy.  3. Rebecca, 1615, died in 1620.  4. William, baptized March 6, 1618, died in 1675; married (first), December 27, 1642, Sarah Wyatt, (second), in 1647-48, Susanna -----------, (third), in 1663, Anne Waldegrave.  5. Richard, baptized November 309, 1619, died between April 7, 1674, and August 24, 1675; about 1643 he emigrated to East Hampton, Long Island; he married Elizabeth Edwards, of East Hampton.  6. John, of whom further.  7. Joseph, baptized March 10, 1624-25; perhaps married, in 1648, Anne Kerbey.  8. Benjamin, baptized March 10, 1624, died in 1662.  9. Bartholomew, baptized January 12, 1627-28, died January 9, 1686; emigrated to Boston; married Eliphal, daughter of Governor John and Bridget (Hutchinson) Sanford, of Rhode Island.  10. Elizabeth, born in 1631; married Thomas Couch.  11. Samuel, baptized July 23, 1633; married Rebecca Graves.  12. Caleb, baptized June 10, 1635, emigrated to Boston; married Mary Adams, of Dorchester.  13, Mary, born in 1637, died in 1638.  14. Thomas, baptized February 10, 1638-39.  15. Nathaniel, baptized March 5, 1642-43, died in 1693, married Elizabeth -------------.

          (IV) John (2), son of William (2) and Elizabeth Stratton, of Shrivenham, London, and Tenterden, was born in London, and baptized there August 14, 1621.  He died in East Hampton, Long Island, between August 30, 1684 and March 16, 1685.  In 1649 he was one of the "first setters" of East Hampton, and it is possible he came to Southampton, Long Island, with his brother Richard, in 1644.  He was a prominent man among the settlers, and March 1, 1664, was deputy from East Hampton to Hempstead, to declare loyalty to the British crown.  He married, before 1645, Sarah -----------, and two of his children were born before he came to East Hampton.  Children;  1. John, born about 1645, died February 19, 1735-36; married Mary James.  2. A daughter died before 1684; married Stephen Hand.  3. Joseph, born in 1649, died December 23, 1722; married (first) ------------- ----------, (second) Sarah ----------.  4. Stephen, died April 8, 1697; married Hannah Reeves.  5. Cornelius, of whom further.  6. Abigail, married henry Norris.  7. Rebecca, married --------- Bushnell.  8. A daughter, married Stephen Hedges.  9. Ruth, married, November 24, 1675, James White. 

          (V) Cornelius, son of John (20 and Sarah Stratton of London, England, and East Hampton, Long Island, died at East Hampton, March 27, 1704.  He married Martha, daughter of Cornelius Hull, of Fairfield,

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Connecticut, who survived him and married (second) ------- Adams, of Huntington, Long Island.  Children:  1. Joseph, of whom further.  2. Eliphalet, born in 1696, or 1697, died September 21, 1753; married, March 15, 1715, Phebe Conkling.  3. Samuel, baptized December 10, 1699, died March 10, 1791; married, April 2, 1728, Ruth Platt.  4. Rebecca, baptized August 8, 1793, died February 3, 1721, unmarried.

          (VI) Joseph, son of Cornelius and Martha (Hull) Stratton, was born in East Hampton, Long Island, died in Huntington, Long Island, between February 3, 1749-50, and September 12, 1751.  He was brought up by his uncle, Samuel Hull, of Fairfield, Connecticut, and in 1717 settled in Huntington.  He married Elizabeth ----------.  Children;  1. Rebecca, married, may 30, 1745, James Chichester.  2. Elizabeth, married December 24, 1739, Epenetus Bryan.  3. Joseph, baptized November 19, 1724; married, May 13, 1747, Ruth wicks.  4. John, of whom further.  5. Martha, married, June 9, 1753, John McGear.  6. Stephen, baptized December 10, 1732; perhaps married, in 1778, Jane Eustick, of West Farms, Connecticut.  7. Ann, baptized November 24, 1734; married Daniel Sherwood.  8. Cornelius, baptized April 3, 1737, died August 11, 1810; married, August 15, 1764, Abigail Hull.

          (VII) John (3), son of Joseph and Elizabeth Stratton, of Huntington, Long Island, was born there, and baptized there October 22, 1727.  He died in Fairfield, Connecticut, February 2, 1817, aged ninety years.  He settled in Fairfield after his marriage, and was Revolutionary soldier, enlisting with his three sons in Captain Deamon's company, of Fairfield, Colonel Beebe's regiment.  He married, January 18, 1740, Grace Osborne, who died aged eighty-three years.  Children:  1. Joseph, born in 1751, died in 1827, settled in Roxbury, Delaware County, New York.  2. Stephen, of whom further.  3. Samuel, born in 1755, died in 1838; one of the first settlers of Roxbury, New York.  4. Elizabeth, baptized January 27, 1760; married Daniel Bradley.  5. Grace, baptized July 6, 1763; married Thomas Darrow.  6. Dorothy, baptized April, 1765.

          (VIII) Stephan, son of John (3) and Grace (Osborne) Stratton, was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1754, died in Thompsonville, Sullivan County, new York, in 1842.  He removed from Fairfield to Thompsonville about 1800.  His wife's name is unknown.  Children:  1. Eliphalet, of whom further.  2. Uriah.  3. Stephen.  4. Jonathan.  5. Laura.  6. Elizabeth.  7. Sarah.  8. Thomas. 

          (IX) Eliphalet, son of Stephen Stratton, of Fairfield and Thompsonville, was born at Fairfield, in 1785, died in Thompsonville, Sullivan County, New York, in 1859.  He accompanied hi father from Fairfield and settled near him on a farm.  He was also a carpenter.  He married Rachel, born in 1792, died in 1888, aged ninety-six years, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Lauson.  Children;  1. William Benjamin.  2. Sarah.  3. Nancy.  4. Levi Luckey.  5. John Edgar.  6. Eliza,  7. Abraham Nelson.  8. Samuel, died aged three years.  9. Maryetta.  10. Henrietta, twin with Maryetta.  11. Leonard B.  12. James Hiram.  13. Henry W., of whom further.  14. George Sheldon. 

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