Lillian Mae Smith

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1 May 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 16 Jun 1905, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Lillian married Frederick Wendell Burwell on 17 Nov 1909 in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA. Frederick (son of William David Burwell and Mary Darrow Chase) was born on 18 Mar 1883 in , , Minnesota, USA; died on 25 Apr 1967 in Belmont, San Mateo, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Janet Bruce Burwell was born on 30 Jan 1914 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; died on 4 Apr 1987 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA.
2. Suzanne Darrow Burwell was born on 26 Jan 1916 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; died on 3 Sep 2011 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA.
3. Bruce Darrow Burwell was born on 16 Aug 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; died on 30 Nov 1990 in San Mateo, San Mateo, California, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1870, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1880, Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1888, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1905, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Minneapolis, Minnesota Directories, 1889-91

Name Business Name Occupation Location 1 Location 2 City State Year
Reed D Smith W U Tel Co City Hall night manager r 2650 S Dupont avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891
Ida M Smith C N Smith stenogr b 3029 Park avenue Minneapolis MN 1890, 1891
Ida M Smith Rondo north west corner Arundel St. Paul MN 1890, 1891

Birth:
Birth location comes from his daughter Jessie Smith's notes.

Died:
Obituary from Western Union employee newsletter.
Minneapolis, Assembly No 88 - Reed D Smith
Born at Adrian, Mich, Jan. 31, 1851. Died at Minneapolis, Minn, Nov 3, 1922. This office was shocked by the sudden death of Reed D Smith, assistant early night testing and regulating chief, and one of the oldest employees in the service. Mr Smith worked up to Thursday, the day preceding his death, he complaining of not feeling well Thursday evening and went home early. On Friday morning he passed away suddenly due to heart failure. Mr Smith was 71 years old at the time of his death and held the positions of night chief operator and early night assistant testing and regulating chief for 34 years in the Minneapolis office, the latter position being held by him the past five years. He entered the service of the Western Union at the age of 21 years and worked in several small offices in the vicinity of Adrian, Mich, later being transferred to Elkhart, Ind, Chicago, Ill, Sparta, Wis, Sioux Falls, S Dak, and finally Minneapolis, where he rendered long and faithful service in the T and R department. Many of the oldtimers can recall many instances where he remained on duty indefinitely and came to the office at any hour of the night when severe storms ranging from blizzards to tornadoes wrought havoc to the wires. "SM," as he was popularly known, was known by the entire telegraph fraternity of the northwest, who will miss him and mourn his loss. Funeral services were held at 2pm, Monday, November 6, at Lakewood chapel, interment being at Lakewood cemetery. All members of the Association of Western Union employees and the telegraph fraternity as a whole extend their heartfelt sympathy to the family in their bereavement.

Buried:
SECTION 20 LOT 466 GRAVE 7

Reed married Ida Mae Brown on 30 Aug 1878 in Mason, Cass, Michigan, USA. Ida (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Brown and Helen Melissa Schutt) was born on 18 Sep 1857 in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 24 Jun 1945 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; was buried on 27 Jun 1945 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Concord, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, New Lots, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1880, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1885, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1905, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1910, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1930, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Buried:
SECTION 20 LOT 466 GRAVE 8

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , , Michigan, USA
• Patent: 30 Jun 1857, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, USA; US Patent # 17,703
• Residence: 1860, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Patent: 10 Nov 1863, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA; US Patent # 40,578
• Residence: 1864, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1865, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1866, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1870, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1883, Albany, Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1886, Albany, Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1887, Albany, Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1892, Albany, Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1894, Albany, Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1895, Albany, Albany, New York, USA

Notes:

Daniel worked as a blacksmith, filing numerous patents. He eventually ran a truss manufacturing business that sold and fitted the trusses for customers.


Birth:
Comparison of DNA results from about 30 people indicate Daniel C Smith is a grandchild of Edward Smith. Several of Edward's children settled in and around Pittsford county Michigan, but Daniel's father's name has not yet been discovered.

Daniel married Melissa Munger on 7 Oct 1849 in , Hillsdale, Michigan, USA. Melissa (daughter of John Munger and Maria Viele) was born on 4 Jan 1824 in , , New York, USA; died on 1 Jan 1872 in Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , , Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1860, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1870, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Concord, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, New Lots, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1880, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

1880 Federal Census
Benj. F. BROWN
Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1827>
Birthplace OH
Age 53
Occupation Hotel Keeper
Marital Status M
RaceW
Head of Household Benj. F. BROWN
RelationSelf
Father's Birthplace VT
Mother's Birthplace ---
Source Information:
Census Place Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana

Benjamin married Helen Melissa Schutt on 9 Apr 1848 in Lisbon, Noble, Indiana, USA. Helen (daughter of Abraham Schutt and Electa Bruce) was born on 20 Sep 1831 in Yates, Orleans, New York, USA; died on 14 Dec 1912 in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Concord, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, New Lots, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1880, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1910, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Comparison of DNA results from about 30 people indicate Daniel C Smith is a grandchild of Edward Smith. Several of Edward's children settled in and around Pittsford county Michigan, but Daniel's father's name has not yet been discovered.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1833, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA; Moved to Erie, PA
• Residence: 1835, Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA; Patented land and moved family to Michigan
• Residence: 1840, Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1850, Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA

Notes:

JOHN VELIE MUNGER, a prominent and well-to-do farmer of Hudson Township, was born at Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N.Y., July 17, 1829. He is a son of John and Maria (Velie) Munger, both of whom were natives of the Empire State, and pioneers of the wilds of Michigan, having come to this State when it was yet a Territory, in 1835.

The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., May 26, 1796, while yet that part of the State was but sparsely settled and largely covered with primeval forests. When he was some four years old, the family removed to Erie County. Pa., where they made their home until 1835. at which time his father started for the Territory of Michigan, where he hoped to build up a new home in the wilderness. He was accompanied by his wife and eight children, including our subject, and came by way of the lake to Toledo, Ohio. On arriving at the latter place, he left his family and started on foot for his future home in Hillsdale County. He had visited the Bean Creek Valley the year previous, and had entered some Government land on section 36 in what is now Pittsford Township. On his arrival in Hillsdale County, he procured a yoke of oxen and a cart, and returning to Toledo for his family and house hold goods, brought them to their new home. His land at that time was thickly covered by the forest that had grown and luxuriated for centuries undisturbed. Knowing that it would take some time to clear enough of it to raise a crop to support his family, he rented a tract of improved land, on which they lived for that year. During this time he disencumbered a portion of his own place of its leafy covering, and prepared the land for cultivation. Putting up a log cabin in 1836 he therein installed his family, and entering upon the arduous duties of a frontier farmer patiently endured the hardships and privations attendant on a pioneer life.

On this farm, which he had literally hewn out of the forest, the father resided until 1855, when he sold out and removed to Amboy Township, Lee Co., Ill., where he purchased 160 acres of prairie land of the Government, and commenced to break up a new farm, but two years later was called upon by the Angel of death to cross the dark river. His wife, who was before marriage Miss Maria Velie, was also a native of Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and first drew the breath of life on the 25th of May. 1804; she died in Amboy, Ill., in 1875.

John V. Munger, the subject of this sketch, was but six years oid when he came to Michigan with his parents, and is a living witness of the great changes that have taken place since his early days. The deer, wolves, beers and wild turkeys that were so plentiful here in his boyhood, have entirely vanished, and the forest wilderness has given place to beautiful farms and thrifty towns and villages. He remained beneath the parental roof, attending the pioneer schools and assisting his father in his agricultural labors, until he was some nineteen years old, when he commenced an apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner. Having completed that trade, he has followed it ever since, with the exception of about ten years, when he was engaged in the manufacture of extension tables. In 1855 he removed to the village of Hudson, and purchasing a house on West Main street, took up his residence therein, and remained there until 1876, when he moved into a fine brick mansion which he had just erected. He made this latter house his home until February, 1888, when he commenced agricultural pursuits upon the Kenyon farm, where he is now living.

The subject of this sketch has been twice married. April 21. 1855, he entered into a matrimonial alliance with Miss Emily Allen, a native of Seneca County, N.Y., and the daughter of Robert Allen, also a Native of the Empire State. Her parents had settled in Hillsdale County in 1855, locating in Jefferson Township on a farm, and sometime subsequently removed to Reading Township, where they died. Mrs. Munger was called away by death April 25, 1881, leaving one child, Edith, now the now the wife of Lewis Graham of Wheatland Township. The second marriage of Mr. Munger took place May 10, 1882, at which time he espoused Miss Louise M. Kenyon. She is a native of this township and county, having been born on the farm where she now lives Feb. 15, 1840, and is a daughter of Sylvester and Eliza (Goodrich) Kenyon. Her father was one of the earliest settlers of Hudson Township, having located here in 1834. He was born in Hinesburg, Vt., Dec, 4, 1808, and grew to manhood among the green hills and valleys of his native state. May 11, 1834, he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza, a daughter of George and Clamania (Lee) Goodrich, who was born in Williston, Vt., Feb. 22, 1814. On the 14th of May following his marriage. Sylvester Kenyon started with his young bride for the West, to seek in the wilderness a new home. He came by way of the Erie Canal and the Lake to Detroit, and thence by team to Tecumseh, Lenawee County. Arriving at the embryo village, he left his wife and started on foot for the Bean Creek Valley, and found at Lanesville, now Hudson, but one log cabin, then occupied by Beriah Lane. Mr. Kenyon purchased a tract of land of Mr. Lane, adjoining the present site of the village, but after paying for it, he had but a few shillings left in his pocket, and therefore returned to Tecumseh, and worked on the territorial road to earn money enough to carry them through the winter.

Before the snow began to fly, Mr. K. removed to his place, where he had erected a log cabin, and during the winter felled some of the timber that covered the ground. The next season he raised a crop of corn and potatoes among the logs and stumps, which he had not yet time to destroy. After bringing his place to a high state of cultivation, he remained upon it until his death, which occured March 29, 1879. Mrs. Eliza (Goodrich) Kenyon died Dec. 24, 1879, nine months after the death of her husband. They left three children, the eldest, Mrs. G.G. Williams, now a resident of Vanderbilt, Otsego Co., Mich., but still owning the east half of the Kenyon homestead; Mrs. J.V. Munger, of Hudson, and Mr. Martin Kenyon, now a resident of Pittsford, Hillsdale Co., Mich.

Mrs. Kenyon died on the homestead. Mrs. Clamania Goodrich was born in Wells, Vt., June 16, 1790, and after her marriage settled with her husband at Williston, where they remained until 1836. At that time they started for the Territory of Michigan, by way of Lake Champlain to Troy, N.Y.,
and from there by Erie Canal and the Lake to Toledo. From the latter place they proceeded by team to Pittsford Township in Hillsdale County, where they settled upon a farm, where her husband died June 2, 1850. Mrs. Goodrich died on the old homestead, Dec. 13, 1863.

John married Maria Viele on 3 Jun 1823 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA. Maria (daughter of Stephen Viele and Sarah Toll) was born on 25 May 1804 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; died on 6 Feb 1879 in Sublette, Lee, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Pittsford, Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
• Residence: 1860, May, Lee, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 3 Jul 1865, May, Lee, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1870, Amboy, Lee, Illinois, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1830, Clark, Clinton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 2 Sep 1835, , Allen, Indiana, USA; Land Patent, sections 8 & 21
• Residence: 1840, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 10 May 1848, , Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1849, , Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1850, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1865, Austin, Mower, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1870, Beaver, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA

Notes:

Laws of the state of Indiana, passed at the ... session of the General Assembly, by Indiana General Assembly.
Type: Journal, magazine: State or province government publication; English Publisher: Indianapolis : J.P. Chapman, 1853-1982.

CHAPTER CLXXV1II.
Aa met to incorporate the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company. [APPROVED FEBRUARY 12, 1851.]
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, That Asa Brown, Leonard Myers, Jerome Sweet, William M. Clapp, and Alpheus Baker, of the county of Noble, and their successors in office duly elected as hereinafter directed, are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, and by the name and style of the Albion and Lisbon Turnpike Company, shall be able and capable in law and equity to sue and be sued, plead and be impleadunto in any and all courts of justice whatever, to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter, change, or renew at pleasure, and shall be able and capable in law to make contracts and enforce the same, and to make and enforce the necessary by-laws, rales and regulations to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of this act and the objects contemplated by the same, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this State.

Asa Brown

d: 1876

Asa Brown, an early hotelkeeper, was born in Vermont, and married Lucy Baker, of Ohio. After their marriage they located in Indiana, where Asa was one of the contractors on the Wabash canal. After the completion of the canal he located in Noble county, purchased a tract of land, and founded the village of Lisbon. Here he also erected a hotel which he conducted for several years. In 1861 he removed to Alexandria, Minn., built and conducted a feed and flouring mill, and remained three years.

In 1864 he came to Austin, Minn., and purchased what afterward became the Lacy House. Three years later he sold out and purchased a farm in Fillmore county. After farming three years he came to LeRoy and engaged in the hotel business a year. Then he and his wife spent two years in Kentucky, afterward taking up their residence in Lansing township.

Here Asa Brown died in 1876 at the age of eighty-three years. His wife died in June, 1909, at the age of eighty-seven.

HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY, MN. 1911.

Asa married Caroline Baker on 8 Jul 1817 in Granville, Licking, Ohio, USA. Caroline (daughter of Timothy Baker and Prudence Brooks) was born in 1805 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA; died in 1840 in Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
aka: Cyrena Baker, Cerena Baker

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Milford, Otsego, New York, USA
• Residence: 1830, Jerusalem, Yates, New York, USA
• Residence: 1840, Penfield, Monroe, New York, USA
• Residence: 1850, Swan, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA

Notes:

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: IN COUNTY: Noble DIVISION: Swan Township REEL NO: M432-162 PAGE NO: 279a
REFERENCE: Enumerated by me on the 26th day of Oct 1850
=========================================================================================================================
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
=========================================================================================================================
13 90 90 Schult Abraham 52 M Farmer N.y
14 90 90 Schult Eluta 53 F Mass
15 90 90 Schult Jackson 20 M Farmer N.Y
16 90 90 Schult Dilila * 17 F N.Y
17 90 90 Schult Abraham 14 M N.Y X
18 90 90 Schult Elizabeth 13 F N.Y X
19 90 90 Schult Roxanna 10 F N.Y X
20 91 91 Schult Thomas 34 M Farmer 600 N.Y
21 91 91 Schult Hannah 21 F Ohio
22 91 91 Schult Lewis C 2 M Ind
23 91 91 Schult Thomas N 1/12 M Ind

Abraham married Electa Bruce on 14 Feb 1816 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA. Electa (daughter of Charles Bruce and Rachel Warfield) was born on 16 Apr 1796 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 21 Sep 1884 in Kendallville, Noble, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Swan, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1870, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1880, Allen, Noble, Indiana, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1800, Easton, Ontario, New York, USA
• Residence: 1810, Gorham, Ontario, New York, USA
• Residence: 1820, Gorham, Ontario, New York, USA
• Residence: 1818-1832, , , New York, USA
• Residence: 1833, , , New York, USA

Notes:

Edward Smith Revolutionary War Pension
STATE OF NEW YORK ONTARIO COUNTY
On this twenty-first day of August 1820, personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Common Please in and for said county and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) EDWARD SMITH, aged 64 years, resident in the town of Gorham in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Under Capt. Samuel CODMAN (GODMAN); Colonel HALL’S Regiment in the Maryland Line as a Private, commencing in the year 1775 for a term of three years.
And that he made application for a Pension on the fourteenth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate No. 8925. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, “An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or depts. Due to me, nor have I any income other that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz:
1 Cow & Calf $18; one Pig, $1.25 19.25
3 chairs and one old table 1.25
4 knives & forks, .25; 4 cups & saucers, .25 .50
one pot & tea kettle, 1.25; one bake pan, broken .25 1.50 $ 22.50

EDWARD SMITH (his mark)

And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and am by my infirmity and lameness, disabled from doing any labor and state my family consists of my wife, aged fifty-seven years and quite infirm from age; one son, Thomas, fourteen years of age, and one Israel, ten year old and Samuel, eight years of age.

EDWARD SMITH (his mark)

Sworn to and declared this 21st day of August, 1820 in open court before me,

WILLIAM ROGERS
Judge of Ontario (common pleas)

At a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court House in Canandaigua in and for the County of Ontario, before the Judges of said Court, on the 21st day of August of the term of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty:
Present:
MOSES ATWATER
MICAH BROOKS
WILLIAM ROGERS
STEPHEN BATES , all Judges

Ex Parte

In the matter of Edward SMITH a Pensioner residing in the town of Gorham in said County:
The said Edward SMITH as a person placed on the Pension List of the United States, having exhibited a Schedule subscribed by him, containing his whole estate and income, (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted), in pursuance of an act of Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An act in addition to an act”, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War”, passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, paged May 1, 1820; and having taken, subscribed and produced to this Court, the oath or affirmation by the said act required, and the said Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of property mentioned in the said schedule, and duly considered the premises are of the opinion that the property contained in the said schedule is of the value of twenty two dollars and fifty cents, and they hereby order their Clerk to certify the same in due form.

http://www.newyorkroots.org/ontario/military/smithedward.htm

Died:
10 May 1833: Inquest at Canandagua, New York, USA

Edward married Catherine Kate Holbert. Catherine (daughter of Nicholas Haubert and Katherine Ziemet) was born in 1763 in , , Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1825 in Hopewell, Ontario, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1789, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1790, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1810, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1820, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1825, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; Residence at death.

Notes:

As transcribed by Cornelius Emerson Durkee and listed under Stillwater in volume 2, pages 497 – 500 of Durkee's Epitaphs of Saratoga County, New York.

“The foregoing inscriptions were copied from stones standing in an enclosure in an orchard on the south side of the road leading from Bemis Heights to Ketchums Corners, about two miles from the last mentioned place. The inscriptions were copied Sep. 10, 1877 by C.E.Durkee.”

(Munger Cemetery is located on the southwest side of Gronczniak Road, ½ mile north of route 423; 1/10 mile north of Munger Hill Road; 7/10 mile south of Robens Road.)

page 497

Munger, Sarah, dau. of Ezra & Mary B., d. June 23, 1869, a.23ys.
Munger, Edgar, son of Ezra & Mary B., d. May 29, 1849, 1y.6m.
Munger, Amelia, dau. of Ezra & Mary B., d. June 16, 1846, 2y.3m.
Munger, Naomi, dau. of Timothy & Naomi, d. Feb. 27, 1796, 3d yr.
Munger, Naomi, dau. of Timothy & Naomi, d. Apr. 11, 1800, 3d yr.

page 498

Munger, Abner, son of Timothy & Naomi, d. Jan. 12, 1812, 12th yr.
Munger, Timothy, d. Nov. 8, 1825, 62d yr.
Munger, Naomi, widow of Timothy, d. Aug. 5, 1839, 81st yr.
Munger, Daniel, d. Dec. 4, 1855, a. 70y.11m.
Munger, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel, b. June 5, 1788; d. Jan. 31, 1836.
Munger, Lewis, d. Mar. 13, 1840, 23y.10d.
Munger, Shelemiah, d. June 26, 1847, 23 ys.
Cole, Maria, wife of E.W., d. Oct. 12, 1839, 23 ys.

page 499

Munger, Samuel, d. Oct. 1, 1845, 85th yr.
Munger, Hannah, wife of Samuel, d. Jan. 20, 1840, 68th yr.
Reynolds, Mary, wife of Job, d. Feb. 22, 1841, 46th yr.
Munger, Philip, d. Dec. 6, 1809, 74th yr.
Munger, Mary, wife of Philip, d. June 9, 1803, 64th yr.
Olney, Enos, d. Aug. 27, 1796, 30th yr.

Munger, Lydia M., died Mar. 15, 1885, ae 31 yrs. 5 ms. & 18 days.
Munger, Mary B., born Dec. 3, 1815, died Oct. 29, 1898.
Munger, Ezra, born Aug. 1, 1802, died Aug. 26, 1880.
M., B. (no dates, inscribed native stone marker “B.M.”)

Timothy married Naomi Matthews on 25 Mar 1784. Naomi (daughter of Benjamin Matthews and Lucy Clark) was born on 27 May 1759 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; died on 5 Aug 1839 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; was buried in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Between 1776 and 1781, , Albany, New York, USA; Quartermaster, 14th Albany Militia.
• Residence: 1790, Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA
• Residence: 1810, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA
• Residence: 1820, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1830, Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA

Notes:

Wagman Farm

In the west part of the town, near Saratoga lake, settlements were made in 1784 or 1785. An interesting item of history is connected with them. On the 7th day of August, 1781, seven men, sent from Canada, came to Albany and in the evening made an attack upon the house of General Schuyler, where he had been residing after the destruction of his buildings at Schuylerville. Their object was to kill or capture the general, either through deadly hate at his past services against the English government, or perhaps with the design of holding the person of the general as a hostage to secure terms in the future exchange of prisoners. There were in the house with the general at the time John Ward and John Cokely, two of his lifeguards, and also John Tubbs, an army-courier in his service. These three men made a gallant fight with the seven assassins, who had effected an entrance into the hall. John Tubbs, as his children now relate it, had a personal struggle with one, and having pressed him down behind an old oaken chest, with his hand on his throat, tried to draw a knife to finish him, but the knife was gone, and Tubbs was obliged to let him up. Meanwhile General Schuyler had, from the windows above, aroused the town, and the seven men suddenly left, carrying off Tubbs and Cokely with them as prisoners, and as proof that they had actually penetrated to Schuyler's house and made an attempt to execute their appointed work. The prisoners were kept nineteen months on an island on the St. Lawrence. Returning home about the time peace was declared, General Schuyler presented the three men with a deed of two hundred and seventy acres of land. The deed is now in the possession of Simon Tubbs, son of John Tubbs, and recites that "In consideration of five shillings, and that John Cokely, John Ward, and John Tubbs, did gallantly defend the said Philip Schuyler when attacked in his own house, near the city of Albany, on the 7th day of August, 1781, by a party of the enemy in the late war, sent expressly to kill or make prisoner of the said Philip Schuyler," the party of the first part hath granted and sold to the said Ward, Cokely, and Tubbs all that tract and parcel of land "In the Saratoga patent, known and distinguished as the westernmost farm of the south half of lot No. 20 in the grand division of Saratoga patent, made by John B. Bleecker, surveyor, in 1750, containing about two hundred and seventy acres of land."

The land was first divided into three parts, and the men drew for their respective portions, and soon after made their homes in this section. John Tubbs' portion was a part of the present place of Simon Tubbs, his son; John Ward's, the farm occupied until recently by his son; and John Cokely's share is also now owned by Simon Tubbs.

Johannes Viele, in the year 1789, settled on the place still owned by his descendants, east of Bryant's bridge. His brother, Stephen Viele, about the same time also penetrated this new country, and settled on the present farm of Henry Wagman. Another brother, Ludovicus Viele, is also spoken of as having accompanied them. Jesse Toll, a brother-in-law, also came to Saratoga about the year 1790. He owned at one time an entire grand division of the Saratoga patent, - a tract one mile wide, six miles long. It is understood that he built the mills at Grangerville soon after his arrival.

Stephen Viele and Sarah Toll must have moved to Saratoga after the Revolutionary War. SV served in 14th regt, Hoosac and Scaghticoke, during the Rev War. Also, the above suggestssettlement did not start near Saratoga Lake until 1781.


14th Regiment, Albany County Militia. Source cited: New York in the Revolution by Roberts, v. VI, p. 126.
Albany County Militia 14th Regiment Officers
Colonels John Knickerbocker, Peter Yates
Lt. Colonels John Van Rensselaer, Daniel Bratt
1st Lieutenants Samuel Ketcham
2nd Lieutenants Nathaniel Ford
Captains Matthew De Garro, James Hadlock, Hendrick Mandeville
Hendr'k Vanderhoof, John Vanderhoof, Jacob Yates Peter Yates
Ensign Simon Vandercook

The Fourteenth Regiment was under the command of Col. John Knickerbacker, Col. Peter Yates and Col. John Van Rensselaer.

The following information is known about Schaghticoke during the Revolution, and the actions of the 14th Regiment. Maj. Derrick VanVechten, an officer in Col. Knickerbocker's 14th Regiment, was posted at Mechanicsville. He and Samuel Acker visited Old Schaghticoke before the Battle of Saratoga on September 19, to observe their fields of grain. While standing on the hill of Jacob Yates's farm, above the Tomhannock Bridge, the Tories and Indians fired a volley of bullets as they retreated towards the Hudson. Major VanVechten fell mortally wounded, with a bullet in his head, beneath the elm tree on the present road below Reynolds Station. He shouted to Acker to take care of himself saying: "You cannot save me". Acker reached the American camp and a detachment of soldiers was sent to bury Maj. VanVechten's body. A band of hostile Tories and Indians held Fort Schaghticoke and several abandoned houses of the settlers as a British outpost. Col. Johannes Knickerbocker's 14th NY Regiment, composed of officers and men from the Dutch Hoosac and Schaghticoke, was slow in marching to the field of action. It is locally reported that he was fourteen days arriving at General Gate's encampment, which he reached October 7th at dusk just as the scene of the second battle of Old Saratoga was closing and in time only to shout exultingly to the fleeing Britons.

The Tomhannock Road was also guarded by Tories, occupying Abraham Viele's house below Buttermilk Falls. Three officers on horseback advanced to Fort Schaghticoke with messages from General Clinton and Howe to General Burgoyne. They were mistaken for American scouts, and the sharpshooters posted in the Spook Hollow Ravine above Viele's house mortally wounded one of the officers, in front of the Button house, now on the site of Viele's house.(40)

Stephen married Sarah Toll on 14 Sep 1773. Sarah (daughter of Simon Carel Hansense Toll and Hesterjesse DeGraef) was born on 25 Jul 1756 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA; died on 3 Sep 1818 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1754
• Residence: 1780, Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1786, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1790, Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1794, Sullivan, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 26 Sep 1796, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1800, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1810, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA

Notes:

I have come to the conclusion that the Revolutionary War service of Silas Brown, as claimed by his descendants, is non-existent.

The service in question is that detailed in "The Brown-Schutt Genealogy, 1948", and further represented in "Brown-Schutt Ancestral Lines, 1979". The data on Silas Brown's service was compiled by Maude Levering Lawrence and Geraldine Lawrence Hurd. The work of these 2 women shows up in several family genealogies.

Our Silas died in 1813. The Silas who is cited in the above mentioned books was alive in 1834, and living in Essex county New York, when he was awarded a pension on the cited revolutionary service.

Another Silas Brown was found on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls. This Silas was living in Townsend, Wyndham County, Vermont, which is close to Putney. This is also not our Silas since this pension was awarded to a living Silas Brown in 1818. He died in 1826 and is buried in Townsend. Following data from findagrave.com.
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Birth: 1755, USA
Death: Nov. 12, 1826, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Created by: Judith6355
Record added: Nov 12, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100614501
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100614501
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It is still possible our Silas served in the Revolutionary War, but evidence has not been found. Silas Brown was a very common name at the time, making the identification of relevant records more difficult. Since there are no pension documents for Silas, which usually contain enlistment and service data at a minimum, it makes it nearly impossible to say which Silas Brown in the muster rolls is actually him.

The evidence does affirm, however, that our Silas is the one who married Mary Nims Larabee, and settled in Putney Vermont. Though his children were born prior to the family moving to Putney, a number of their marriage records are contained in the Putney Vital Records.

Silas married Mary Nims about 1776. Mary (daughter of Ebenezer Nims and Mercy Smead) was born on 23 May 1756 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Nov 1819 in Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
23 May 1756 is date from town records.
4 Sep 1756 is date from family bible.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1790, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1800, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1810, Cornwall, Addison, Vermont, USA

Notes:

History of the Town of Cornwall, Vermont, in a list of families settled there before 1800.

Page 284:
BAKER, TIMOTHY (as head of family)[spouses of children listed if known]
Fanny married J. Douglass
Phebe
Clarissa
Oliver
Rhoda
Rebecca
Lucy
Alpheus*
Irene (Cerena on most charts)
Nancy
William
Luman

Timothy's wife is not mentioned. It is noted that Timothy Baker, deceased "about 1812", had a large family. He sold the first house they lived in and built a second one nearby. There is a notation in "History of the Town of Cornwall, Vermont" that Timothy Baker and Daniel Foot, in 1791, sold a lot south of Elisha Hurlbut. It was also noted that Timothy Baker settled on a farm opposite Elisha Hurlbut, indicating that these were two separate properties. After Timothy's death, William Hurlbut bought the property. Cemetery records show death date as May 10, 1816. Timothy served in the Revolutionary War and his son Alpheus was involved in the War of 1812.

DAR Chapter House in Cornwall, Vermont, has a plaque listing Revolutionary Soldiers Buried In Cornwall: among them was Timothy Baker. Although Remembrance Baker was involved with Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, it appears Timothy Baker was with a prior group still in Massachusetts.

Timothy Baker is buried at Cornwall and Weybridge Parish, located on Route 30 (Cemetery Records of Addison County, Vermont: Cornwall, Vol. II)

If Prudence was born in 1750, there is a problem with the children listed; that is, Prudence would have been 62 years old when the last child was born. Since the History of the Town of Cornwall, Vermont, lists Timothy Baker and all of his children, but does not include name of his wife, perhaps he had two wives, which would account for the gap in birth dates. However, since death records available in Ohio differ, I would tend to go along with several other trees (have not found any actual birth record for Prudence Brook) which suggest birth date as 1760, (she was christened in Jun 1760, Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass.). Prudence is buried at the Brandon Cemetery, Miller Township, Knox County, Ohio.

After Timothy's death in 1816, the home property was sold and Prudence accompanied several of her children to Ohio. Since those who served in the War of 1812 would have received Bounty Land Grants, it is reasonable to believe this was the motive for relocating to Ohio as that area had been opened up for settlement as Bounty Lands.

Timothy married Prudence Brooks in 1770. Prudence (daughter of James Brooks and Elizabeth Bathrick) was born on 1 Jun 1750 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1816 in , Knox, Ohio, USA; was buried in Brandon Cemetery, Miller, Knox, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1790, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 1793, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 1810, Jefferson, Schoharie, New York, USA
• Residence: 1820, Jerusalem, Yates, New York, USA
• Residence: 1830, Jerusalem, Yates, New York, USA
• Residence: 1840, Barrington, Yates, New York, USA

Notes:

Census analysis for Minard and Catherine Schutt

1810 Jefferson, Schoharie, NY (ancestry image #4 of 8)
Minard Scutt
1 M < 10 (Isaac abt 5)
1 M 10-16 (Abraham 12)
1 M 26-45 (Minard abt 43)
2 F under 10 (Mary 7, Charity abt 2)
1 F 10-16 (Anna 14)
1 F 26-45 (Catherine 36)
[Lena was 17, married to Thomas Hunter. Elizabeth was 16, married to Isaac Shutts. Both listed next to Minard.]

1820 Jerusalem, Ontario, NY (ancestry image #3 of 4)
Minard Scutt
2 M <10 (John 10, Henry 4)
1 M 10-16 (Isaac abt 15)
1 M 45+ (Minard abt 53)
1 F <10 (Eleanor est 2)
1 F 10-16 (Charity abt 12)
1 F 16-26 (Mary 17)
1 F 45+ (Catherine 46)
2 persons in agriculture
[Next to John Tincklepach, son-in-law, husband of Anna.]

1825 Jerusalem, Yates, NY (p. 84-85)
Minard Scutt
4 M and 3 F
1 M subject to militia
1 M qualified to vote
1 F unmarried under 16 (Eleanor est 7)
1 F unmarried 16-45 (Charity abt 17)
30 acres; 9 neat cattle; 11 horses; 40 sheep; 11 hogs; 20 yds. of fulled cloth; 13 yds. of flannel and other woollen cloth; 56 yds of linen, cotton.
[Mary married in 1822 and left household. Next listing on the page is son Abraham Scutt.]

1830 Jerusalem, Yates, NY (ancestry image #29 of 36)
Minard Schutt
1 M 50-60 (Minard abt 63)
1 F 10-15 (Eleanor est 12)
1 F 50-60 (Catharine 56)

1835 Barrington, Yates, NY (p. 22-23)
Minard Scutt
3 M and 3 F (Minard abt 68, John 24, Henry 19)
1 M subject to militia
1 M entitled to vote
1 F unmarried under 16 (??)
1 F unmarried between 16-45 (Eleanor est 17)
60 acres; 2 neat cattle; 0 horses; 14 sheep; 4 hogs; 13 yds of fulled cloth; 70 yds of flannel and other woollen cloths.

1840 Barrington, Yates, NY (ancestry image #19 of 22)
Minard Scutt
1 M 20-30 (John 29 or Henry 24)
1 M 60-70 (Minard abt 73)
1 F 20-30 (Eleanor est 22)
1 F 60-70 (Catherine 66)

1850 Wayland, Steuben, NY (ancestry image #11 of 50)
Goodrich, Allen 50 Farmer b NY
, Charity 42 b NY
, Alpheus 22 Farmer b NY
, Warren 21 Farmer b nY
, William 19 b NY
, Ann 16 b NY
, Charles 15 b NY
Schultz, Catharine 76 b NY

1860 Campbell, Steuben, NY (ancestry image #6 of 42)
Goodrich, Alpheus A. 32 Farmer b NY
, Sarah L. 22 b NY
, William A. 3 b NY
, Maximilian 1 b NY
, Allen 60 Domestic b NY
, Charity 51 Domestic b NY
Schutt, Catherine 96 Domestic b NY
[Catherine was actually 86.]

Meindert married Catherine Schutt on 19 Jan 1792 in Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA. Catherine (daughter of Solomon Schutt and Sarah Loomis) was born on 14 May 1774 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, USA; was christened on 18 May 1774 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, USA; died in 1879 in Campbell, Steuben, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1793, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 1850, Wayland, Steuben, New York, USA; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8490341:8054?ssrc=pt&tid=185959107&pid=272420073889
• Residence: 1860, Campbell, Steuben, New York, USA; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/47833582:7667?ssrc=pt&tid=185959107&pid=272420073889

Charles married Rachel Warfield before 1796 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Eliphalet Warfield and Eleanor Shepard) was born in 1776 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Nov 1848 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1785, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1786, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 26 Apr 1787, , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

Nicholas married Katherine Ziemet in 1740. Katherine was born in 1723 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1767 in , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1758, , , Connecticut, USA
• Residence: 1776, , Albany, New York, USA
• Residence: 1789, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1790, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA

Notes:

The Munger Book by J.B. Munger.
Phillip was the son of Joseph and Miriam Pond Munger (his second wife). Philip was born April 6 1735 in East Guilford Connecticut, and served in the French and Indian War, according to several successive yearly enlistments. From these records he is believed to have lived at or in the vicinity of Cornwall, Conn. It will be noted that this name is variously spelled in these old records.

"Philip Munger, member 2d company, 2e reg't, Lieu't Col" Whiting, enl, April 17, disch'd Nov, 20, 1755." He had just passed his 20th birthday at time of enlisting. "Philop Mongar, member 8th company, 3d reg't, Capt' John Jeffry, enl, Apr. 9, disc'd Aug., 1756. "Add Andrew Barton, 26 weeks; Justus Gibbs 1 mo's pay; Phillip Munger, 1 mo. Endorsed: Cap't John Jeffry. Jan 1757. Muster rolls. "This company marched from Cornwall, Conn." "Philip Monger, member Capt' Nathaniel Evarts' company of the 4th Reg't of Conn., troops, enl, Apr. 10 disch'd Nov. 11, 1758."
Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War.

Phillip Monger was a taxpayer in the Saratoga Patent of Albany County, New York in 1779. Philip Munger's farm was assessed at $35.00 (probably Continental dollars). This indicates that he was a well-established and prosperous farmer.

Philip Munger leased a farm in Great Lott 13 of the Saratoga Patent in 1765. (Now known as the Town of Stillwater Saratoga County, NY)

Philip Munger signed the 1778 Saratoga District Petition to New York Governor George Clinton and the Saratoga District Petition requesting permission to take wheat flour to Boston in order to purchase salt.

Philip Munger was a member of the Stillwater Baptist Church. Church records indicate that he had sons by the name of Timothy, Solomon, Thomas, Samuel and Calvin. However, there is no mention of his wife.

In addition to Philip Munger, the October 23rd 1779 Saratoga District Tax List included the names of Joseph Munger and Increase Munger, both of Great Lott 14.

Phillip Munger is listed in the 1790 census in Saratoga County, New York.

Philip married Mary Ann Smith in 1757. Mary was born in 1739 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; died on 9 Jun 1803 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA; was buried in Jun 1803 in Munger Family Cemetery, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Lucy Clark on 3 Dec 1740 in Meridian, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Lucy (daughter of Joseph Clark and Mary Parker) was born on 28 Jun 1721 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 Jul 1794 in Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Between 1776 and 1781, , Albany, New York, USA; 5th Albany Militia Regiment
• Residence: 1790, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA

Jacob married Eva Fort on 4 Jul 1741 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA. Eva (daughter of Abraham Fort and Anna Barber Clute) was born on 23 Jan 1724 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died on 13 Jul 1797 in Albany, Albany, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An excerpt from
"Historical Tablets and Markers of Glenville, N. Y."

(Part Two)
The Tenth Report of the Town Historian
by Percy M. Van Epps

On the north side of the Mohawk Turnpike at Hoffman's, NY, and but a short distance east of the little stream here crosses the highway, the Van Eps Creek, a memorial, prepared by the State Education Department, will soon be placed near the site of a famous home continuously occupied by the Van Eps family for two centuries. Its inscription will record:

A NOTABLE HOME HERE, BUILT ABOUT 1720, STOOD THE FIRST HOUSE IN THIS PART OF THE VALLEY, HOME OF SEVEN GENERATIONS OF THE VAN EPS FAMILY

Westward from Schenectady the rich flat lands of the Mohawk River, in the early days were distinguished and sold by numbers. The last of these areas on the north side of the river, in the Township of Schenectady was the seventh. This Seventh Flat embraced all the land between the Stream Tequatsera--now mapped as the Verf Kill—and the rocky bulk of Kinaquariones, the western boundary of the township. The northern boundary of this area it seems was rather hazy and indefinite merely specified as the high hills bordering the river. Whether at their base or in their summits, no one seemed to know--nor care.

And here, on the western half of this Seventh Flat, was the Van Eps home, which the marker will commemorate. The manner of the acquisition of this home site of this Dutch family is as follows: In the closing years of the 17th century on Karel Haensen Toll, a Norwegian, and his wife, who was Lybetyea Rinckout, secured title to the entire Seventh Flat, a strip of rich alluvial soil bordering the river for two miles. Coming to this new possession, they at first lived in a dugout hollowed from the high eastern bank of the little stream spoken of above, and here we know that he and his wife, Lybetyea, lived for several years, at least. Finally, back from the brow of the bank, wherein the dugout, a large framed house was built, of rather odd and quaint design, conforming in style, perhaps, to inborn Norwegian ideals of its owner.

Karel Haensen Toll leaving his native land met with surprising adventures on his voyage to America. His vessel was captured by a privateer and he with others was taken to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, where he was imprisoned in the fortress. After some little time in confinement, he with a fellow prisoner managed to evade the guards and make their way to the shore. Here, having seen a strange ship anchored some little distance out, they stripped and boldly plunged in the sea, hoping they might in some way reach this vessel. After swimming for some little time, Toll's companion cried out that he could go no further and forthwith turned back toward the shore. Toll, however, boldly kept his course toward the vessel, whose lights he could see and the sea fortunately being still he was able, after swimming for hours as it seemed to him, to reach the side of the vessel. Here he was seen and taken on board and given clothing and kindly treated. When pursuit and inquiry came in the morning, he was concealed by the captain, who finally safely landed him in New Netherlands, about the year 1680.

Karel Haensen Toll and his wife, Lybetyea, were among the first settlers of the region of Hoffman's, if indeed they were not actually the very first to make their home there. It is true that certain small parcels of land had been sold there slightly before Toll's purchase, but there is no record of any one actually living in that area prior to Toll's coming.

Enduring the privations and hardships of pioneer life in the then wild and uncleared region, the Tolls appeared to have lived for several years in their improvised and temporary dwelling, sort of a dugout; a long shed-like structure, well let into the steep bank of the valley of the little stream, its roof said to have been of slabs supported by long poles. Its front of logs faced the west, thus catching the full afternoon sun, and doubtless it was comfortable in winter and cool in the summer time.

And here, the fifth child was born to Karel and Lybetyea, Nailtje, or Nellie, who in 1720 became the wife of Johannes Van Eps and the mistress of the large new house built on the plateau above, the famous Van Eps home, the subject of this paper. This home, perhaps the earliest in the region, we find indicated and named--"Jo van Eps"-- on a map of the Mohawk Valley in 1757, prepared by a British Engineer during the French and Indian War. This is the only house honored by name on this map, between the Maalywyck at Scotia and the western limits of the Township of Schenectady save that of Adam Swart.

Very soon after its construction Toll's dugout, his "cave" as he called it, became a favorite stopping place for many small parties of Mohawk Indians, always friendly to the early Dutch, passing to and from Schenectady and their nearest villages, some twenty miles up the valley. In their season, laden with packs of beaver and other peltry, destined for the shrewd traders of Schenectady and Albany, who gave in exchange, cloth, trinkets of many kinds, rum, powder and bullets--and sometimes guns, despite edicts of the law, these Indians threw down their packs before Toll's dugout, while Lybetyea regaled them with bread and cake.

The fame of Lybetyea's cookery soon became known to the women of the Mohawk villages up the river, and in the summertime it was not long before small canoes made of the tough bark of the slippery elm, such as were used by the Mohawk women, might be seen paddled down the river and deftly steered to a landing on the gravelly shore just below Karel's dugout, to which, two or three squaws carring their papooses, and with other children running along side, made their way. Here they were always kindly received by the sagacious and diplomatic Lybetyea, who shortly treated the dusky, chattering mothers with cakes and krullers, supplemented with some little gift of cloth, and for the children, tumbling and playing before the door, a few cheap and gaudy trinkets, finger rings and small strings of many-colored Venetian beads--made expressly for the Indian trade. These Lybetyea well knew, would appeal to the mothers as well as the children.

Meanwhile, with a twinkle in his eye, Kin-ge-go (The Fish) looked on, for this was the name, as it is recorded in the archives of the Toll family, bestowed upon Karel by his Mohawk friends after being told of his exploit battling the sea, off Puerto Cabello.

As the little group of shrewd Dutch Families left Fort Orange, now Albany, in 1661 and trekked over the pine barrens to the Mohawk river, founding the village of Schenectady, there better to intercept the red man with his pack of peltry, so likewise Karel, our canny Norwegian, went them one better, making his home in the Woestina (the wilderness), some ten miles west of "Dorp", for so the Dutch new Schenectady. Here, mainly due to Lybetyea's bread and cakes, he was able to select and barter for the choicest skins, before his rival traders had an opportunity to see them. Occasions he never let go by, an herein is the clue to the manner of his soon amassing the fortune that by 1712 enabled him to acquire and remove to valuable and extensive farms at the Maalywyck, the name then given a fertile area just west of Scotia, even today regarded as the very best farm lands of the entire lower Mohawk Valley. Here, at the Maalwyck, Toll was soon numbered among the prominent citizens of his region, being chosen a member of the Colonial Legislature in 1716, serving thus continuously until 1726.

It is related by Dr. Daniel J. Toll, a direct descendant of Karel, in his history of the family, a work printed in 1847, but now well-nigh unobtainable, that so great was the clamor and demand of the Indian trappers for Lybetyea's bread and cakes, that she frequently walked to Schenectady, there buying a skipple of wheat (three pecks) at the town mill, which, ground into flour she would carry on her back or shoulder all the weary ten miles to her home in the Woestina.

In October of the year 1720, Nailtje, daughter of Karel and Lybetyea, was married to Johannes Van Eps of Schenectady, oldest son of Jan Baptist Van Eps (" The Interpreter") and his wife Helena Glen. In April of the following year, 1721, Karel and Lybetyea, by reason of "Love and Affection,"--thus state the deed--gave to the newly-wed couple title to the western half of the Seventh Flat. Therefore, from this year, 1721, we can date the foundation of the Van Eps family at Hoffmans--a place known to the Dutch simply as the Woestina till 1790, when, on the establishment there of a ferry across the Mohawk, by Harmanus Vedder, it became known as Vedders Ferry till 1835, when the name was changed to Hoffmans Ferry.

Simon married Hesterjesse DeGraef on 13 Jun 1731 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA. Hesterjesse (daughter of Nicolaas Claase Vanpetten and Rebecca Groot) was born in 1711 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA; died in 1793 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hester Jesse DeGraaf
• Probate: 14 Aug 1793, , Albany, New York, USA

Notes:

Name:
aka: Oron Brown

Aaron married Rachel Reed on 3 Oct 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Rachel (daughter of Daniel Reed (Read) and Elizabeth Ide) was born on 10 Jun 1728 in Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1758 in , , New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Mercy Smead on 12 Dec 1735 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. Mercy (daughter of Samuel Smead and Mary Weld) was born on 6 Aug 1714 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Jul 1807 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , , USA
• Residence: 1790, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1800, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Aaron married Jemima Clark in 1742 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Jemima (daughter of Increase Clark and Mary Sheldon) was born on 5 Sep 1728 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Nov 1815 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

James married Elizabeth Bathrick on 26 Dec 1745 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bathrick and Mary Boyce) was born on 7 Sep 1724 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1776, New York, Kings, New York, USA
• Residence: 1790, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 2 Aug 1790, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Livingston, Columbia, New York, USA

Abram married Elizabeth Lisabeth Vredenburg in 1756 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac Vredenburgh and Geesjen Pier) was born on 26 Apr 1736 in Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA; died in 1775 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1755, , , New York, USA

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• Residence: 1776, , Ulster, New York, USA; First Regiment
• Residence: 1790, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
• Residence: 1799, Catskill, Ulster, New York, USA
• Residence: 1800, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
• Residence: 1801, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA
• Probate: 1803, , Ulster, New York, USA

Solomon married Sarah Loomis in 1770 in , , New York, USA. Sarah (daughter of James Loomis and Eunice Strickland) was born on 24 Jan 1750 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 Jul 1826 in Warren, Washington, Vermont, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John Eli BRUCE
• Residence: 1790, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1800, Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA
• Residence: 1810, Worcester, Otsego, New York, USA

Eli married Sarah Gibbs on 16 Jan 1773 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Jacob Gibbs and Mary Lilley) was born on 18 Oct 1750 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1788 in Summit, Schoharie, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Louise-Sarah Gibbs

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• Residence: 1790, Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

Eliphalet married Eleanor Shepard on 5 Feb 1767 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Jonathan Shepard and Rachel Langdon) was born on 2 Aug 1748 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Dec 1810 in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]