€¦ · intro du ctio n . to all the cou sins of every degree, descendants of the twelve children...

FAM ILY MEM O RIALS.

CO M PILED

ANTO INETTE BRADSHAW SHATTUCK

JO HN HERM AN BRADSHAW.

CHOCAO O

nou m a m an go-«m o CO M PANY.

l890.

About ten years m ore or less, after the generation in ad

vance of ou r own has all d ied off, it oc c u rs to u s all at once

“There $ I can ask m y old friend what he knows of that

pictu re , wh ich m u st be a Copley. of that hou se and its legends.

about wh ich there is su ch a m ystery , He (or she) m u st know

all about them . Too late $ Too —O . W. HO LM ES.

INTR O DU CTIO N .

To all the cou sins of every degree, descendants of thetwelve children of John Bradshawand Rebecca Knicker

bocker, hi s wife, and of the eleven children of Jeded iah

Boynton and Clarinda Comstock, his wife, these me

m or ials of the various families are inscribed.

The fact that nearly all the “old friends who could

have answered questions abou t ou r ancestors had already

passed away, led me to use su ch sources of information

as still remained, and to note down the results in a little

book intended only for the eyes of John Herman Brad

shaw and his family.

He entered with earnestness into the work, and has

added much to the records by hi s own correspondence,and now puts them in print

,that any one who desires

them may possess a copy.

For much information relating to the first and second

generations of Bradshaws,and the families connected with

them, we are indebted to Mrs. Elizabeth Fairbanks, ou r“Au nt Betsey. $ A born historian

,whose memory was

always a proverb in the family circle,she still retains, at

the age of nine ty-four, all her facu lties and a vivid re

m em b ran ce of the events of her long life. She lives with

her dau ghter, Mrs. E . B. Fish, of Oakland, California,who has written ou t her accou nt of many things that

would otherwise pass into oblivion with her,the last one

living who has a personal knowledge of them .

These pages do not contain a com plete genealogy of any

family or line . Many blanks have to be left,and equ al

prominence is given to the male and to the female lines.

More personal items wou ld gladly have been inclu ded

had they been furn ished.

In printing, space is given to each name of persons

living, for completing the record as time m ay requ ire it .

If it serves no other pu rpose, it may, at least, stimulate

others to fill out the blanks and continu e the record

F IRST GENERATIO N.

John Bradshaw and Mary Wool, his wife, from whom

ou r family is descended, came to America from Antrim

County,I reland, in the year 1740.

The Saxon name, Bradshaw, sign ifying broad shade,taken with their protestant faith

,indicates an English

origin. They may have been among those who found an

asylum in Ireland u pon the restoration of Charles II of

England, as one of the ju dges who condemned Charles I

bore the name of John Bradshaw .

John and Mary left their eldest and only child, another

John, in Ireland, b u t the day before they landed in New

Jersey a second son was born to them . How long they

remained in New Jersey I do not know the parents,probably for life .

The record of their other children, as far as known,

will be found on page 9.

In 1765 William Bradshaw , the sea-born child, married

Sarah M acKi l l ip , of Cambridge, Washington Co. , New

York,and settled, then or soon after, in Halfmoon, Sara

toga Co. , N. Y. He was a carpenter by trade .

6 F IRST GENERATION.

In 1781 he bought of General Philip Schu yler a farm

of 200acres in the N. E . corner of the town. The local

ity was then called “The Bu rough, but is nowincluded in

the village of Mechanicville. The price, $600, was paid in

continental money, which the next day was good for

nothing.

Gen. Schuyler u sed to drive u p from Albany in a little

old wagon drawn by an old brown horse,to collect his

rents . As he passed he would call ou t to Squ ire Billy

Bradshaw How goes time, Billy And the reply

would be Well, how goes Continental, General$$

The farm stretched from the Hudson river across a

beau tifu l intervale u p on to the hills on the west . It i n

cluded also two islands in the river. The great road from

Albany to the northern settlements passed through it.

There were two houses on it when he bought it. One

stood just northwest of the canal bridge, the other at the

foot of the hill in front of the house Father built, now

called the Sears place . The one by the bridge was a fine

hou se in its day. I remem ber the double door with brass

knocker,the corner cupboards and the carved woodwork.

They mu st both have been bu ilt long before the Revolu

tion. Father took them down in 1840.

Squ ire Billy built himself a house in 1805. The site

was well chosen on the east side of the road. The barn

with an immense roof that came within a few feet of the

ground,and the garden and orchard lay to the east toward

the river. The hou se was a squ are two-story u pright,with a low wing fdr a kitchen on the east side . A broad

rm s'r GENERATION. 7

hall ran through the hou se with a door at each end ;heavy doors they were, divided into an upper and lower

half, a cu stom originating in times when it was not al

ways safe to open the whole door at once,and continuing

as a fashion after the danger had ceased . There were

hu ge fire places in all the larger rooms and a great garret

above all. This garret had its suspicion of a ghost,as so

many places had in those days . In this house his wife

Sarah died in 1822 . From that time his grand-dau ghter

Elizabeth, ou r“Au nt Betsey,

$ was his housekeeper u ntil

his death in 1824.

None of his children exdept John, ou r grandfather,survived him. A few weeks before his death he stood

sponsor at the baptism of his first great-grandchildren,

Uncle John’ s twin daughters Charlotte and Mary Ann.

He is described as a genial,kind-hearted

,honest man.

O u r father, his oldest grandson and namesake, is said to

have been mu ch like him in person and disposition, and

he,too

, was kn own for years as Squ ire .$

It was a sore trial to Squ ire Billy when the progress of

the age drove Gov. Clinton’ s Ditch,

$ the Champlain

canal,right throu gh his dooryard west of the hou se . Bu t

fortu nately he did not live to see the railroad from Troy

to Saratoga ru n within ten feet of his kitchen on the

other side .

Aunt Betsey says of the canal . The contract for bu ild

ing it throu gh Mechan icville was taken by rods instead

of miles . By the house it was difficu lt to dig, being

throu gh such hard slate rock that it requ ired much blast

Waterford to Wood Creek. The di r t from the canal was

well. The boys and gir ls who have skated there well

rem em ber the spot that nev er froze.

Squ i re Bi lly u sed to tell of a v is i t to the battlefield at

Bem is H eights the day after the su r render of Bu rgoyn e,when the dead lay so thi ck u pon the hi ll that he cou ld

ha rdly step wi thou t tou chi ng them .

Afte r the death of W illiam Bradshawhis wi ll gav e all

his property to his only son John , except to each

of his grandchildren W i ll iam B. Viele and M ary An n

Boyd. The hou se he bu ilt was n early always occ u pied

by one of John’

s child r en , by Henr y , by Rebecca, an d

lastly for a short time b y Willi am whil e he bu i lt the

hou se on the hi ll near it i n 1810. After that it was sold

to good Dom i n i c Cook, who pain ted i t a br ight yellow

with sky -blu e door s, anti cipating by forty years the tastes

of the present day and hor r i fying the people of that gen

eration. It has su r v i ved numerou s alte rations , u n til lit

tle is left of the or iginal house b u t the stou t old frame,

which is good for another centu ry.

Squ ire Billy laid ou t the family bu ri al place. The first

interment in i twas the oldest child of John and Rebecca,in 1796. In 1848 a number of acres adjoinin g wer e laid

ou t for a pu blic cemete ry which, after the bu r ial there of

Col. Elmer E . Ellsworth was called after him Ellsworth

SECO ND GENERATION. 9

Cemetery, but the family plat still belongs to them and

contains the graves of five generations.i t

The following notes of the family of John and Mary

Wool Bradshaw, and of the M acKi ll ip family, Au nt

Betsey gives from mem ory, and I copy them as Mrs . Fish

took them down in her own words. I have lately met

people from Antrim Cou nty, Ireland, who told me there

were many of the name of Bradshaw there and assu red me

they were very respectable people.

SECO ND GENERATIO N.

Children of John and Mary Wool Bradshaw, of Antrim

Co. , Ireland

1. JO HN, born in Ireland and left there when his parents

came to America in 1740. He married and had

three daughters. The husband of one of them

cam e to this cou ntry and received his wife ’ s por

tion of her grandfather’s estate about 1825.

2. WILLIAM, b. on shipboard ju st before landing in New

Jersey, 1740, m. Sarah M acKi ll ip Feb. 7 . 1765 ,

d. Halfmoon, N . Y. , Ju ne 18, 1824.

3. PETER, b. in New Jersey, m . Lizzie M acKi ll ip (sister

of Sarah ) . He was the father of Mrs. Margaret

Comstock,i

of Stillwater,N . Y. , Aunt Peggy.

$

4. GEO RGE, m . Naomi

was a very capable woman.

5. MARGARET, m. a m an named Fitzsim mons in New

Jersey.

name forgotten, but she

10 sEcO Nn GENERATION.

6. ANN, m . Patrick Callahan, of Charlton, Saratoga Co. ,N . Y. Their dau ghter Kate m . Rev. Mr. Hunting

ton, an Episcopal clergyman of Charlton, after

ward of New York City. Patrick Callahan was a

Catholic, b u t a very respectable, liberal-minded

man. His son John was a prominent man in

Charlton ; was a school teacher and did official

bu siness for the town .

7 . JAMES , m . Rachel Schem erhorn , and was the father of

Anne Bradshaw, or“Aunt Anne . $

AUNT ANNE.

Au nt Anne— she was very particular abou t the e

was an old-time tailoress, who made the garments and

knew the affairs of half the people in town. She was a

spinster . Her tall,broad-shou ldered form was m y child

ish ideal of an Amazon,and to this day that word i nvar i

ably recalls her memory.

When ou a set day in fall or spring she appeared with

pinball and shears hung at her side and goose and press

board in hand all trifling affairs gave way. The rolls of

sheep’ s gray homespun or of linen and tow were

brou ght ou t and with the air of an empress she summoned

her su bjects for measurement. There was authority in

the snip of her shears and power in the thump of her

goose . Bu t her work was well done ; no machine stitch

i ng to give way in the most em barrassing times and

places ; no bu ttons coming off at the end of the week.

The children stood in awe of her, but they could not

resist the snu ff-box,which, as a special reward of merit,

SECOND GENERATION. 11

they were allowed to inspect and sniff at the edges. She

used Scotch snuff, and her sneeze was in proportion to

her size.

Still , under all her self-reliance and mascu line ways,she had a woman’ s heart in which she enshrined a worth

less brother. After years of toiling and scrimping she i n

vested her savings i n a poor little farm and took him and

his family to live with her. He rewarded her by ab

scond ing with another man’ s wife, leaving his own wife

and children for Au n t Anne to su pport. How she slaved

in house and field to carry the load, the pitifu l change in

her great frame told only too plainly . But it did not

last many years before release and rest came— the rest

of the grave .

AUNT PEGGY.

Another prominen t figu re in ou r childish recollections.

Her visits were not so frequent as “Au n t Anne ’ s b u t

more momentou s. They meant always a new name in

the family register, and the accession of a n ew“ Bald

headed Tyrant from No Man’ s Land . $

She once said to me, Child , if you outlive me remem

ber I was born the year of the battle of Stillwater. $ She

was a little woman qu ick in her motions and very straight—as u nlike her cousin Anne as possible. She wore

always,within m y remembrance , a close cap with wide

full border and a kerchief crossed over the breast of her

home-made flannel gown. Two pairs of spectacles, one in

use and one over the top of her head, and a marvelou s

12 SEO O ND GENERATION.

patchwork pocket tied around her waist were parts of her

costume. When she stepped at her brisk pace across

the floor the cap border stood at right angles like a

halo round her face .

She had a warm heart big enough to hold al l “ her

babies, as she called most of the third and fourth gener

ation of Bradshaws. She, too, carried a wonderfu l snu ff

box, b u t it held mild Maccaboy scented with a sweet

vanilla bean. She was left a widow with a large family,

for whom she toiled u nceasingly. They all married ex

cept the youngest, the son of her old age, her darling

William. He was all that a son could be to her except

for his enemy drink.

The last time I saw her she was 86 years old and al

most blind. She took from her old Bible a scrap of

newspaper and gave to me to read a little poem , Wait

ing Alone . Then she told me how her boy had eu

listed at the breaking ou t of the war, and in one of the

dreadfu l marches of those early days had fallen by the

way and died, gasping ou t with his last breath, Tell my

dear O ld mother I died sober.

Au nt Peggy lived u ntil she was 97. She left descend

ants of the fifth generation and was tenderly cared for in

her last years by a great-granddau ghter. She and Aunt

Anne were alienated in their girlhood by som e trifl ing af

fair abou t a veil . Let u s hope that “ beyond the veil

they have fou nd their dear ones and each other’s hearts

of gold .


M ACKILLIP FAM ILY .

They came from Antrim Co. , Ireland, and settled in

Cambridge , Washington Co. , N. Y.

JO HN, a physician , m . Nancy Simpson, of Wash. Co.

Their children

JO HN, m . Miss Howard.

SALLY,m . John M cCreary .

DAVID, m . Sarah M cLean .

JANE, m . John Dobbin, of Cambridge .

PEGGY.

PO LLY.

WILLIAM .

SIMPSO N.

THO MAS, owned farm and Sawmill, m . Miss Lovejoy ,of Sodom

,Wash . Co. , had four children, all very

pretty girls.

SALLY,111. Dr. Gray

,n ear Cambridge.

ZUBA

MAGGIE, m . Mr. Lovejoy , of Sodom .

LIZZIE.

DAVID, a bachelor, lived with Thomas, was very witty,created mu ch amu sement for the family .

SARAH, m . William Bradshaw

LIZZIE, m . Peter Bradshaw and settled in New Js r

sey

MARY, m . John Daniels.

PEGGY, m. David Rou se, of Cambridge.

14 TRIED GENERATION.

JANE, m. John Blakely, of Courtwright, now Hobart,

on the Hudson.

TH IRD GENERATI O N .

Children of William and Sarah M acKi ll ipBradshaw

Copied from the Bible of their daughter, Mrs. Margaret

Viele in possession of her grandson, Capt. Eugene Viele,

Rou ses Point, N. Y.

8. JAMES,b. NCV. 10, 1765,(1. Jan. 19, 1766.

9. JAMES , second,b. Jan. 19, 1767,d. May 16, 1768.

10. JO HN,b. May 8, 1769,d. Feb. 6, 1834,m. Aug. 5, 1792,Rebecca Knickerbocker,b. 1775,

d. Ju ly 12, 1836.

11 . MARGARET,b. April 12, 1771,In . Nov . 17, 1793,

John A. Viele,d. July 13, 1819.

12. SARAH,b. July 17, 1775,d. Sept. 19, 1777.

THIRD GENERATIO N. 15

MARY,b. Feb. 24, 1776,d. May 20, 1804.

ANN,b. Aug. 30, 1780,m .

Hamilton Boyd,d. May 8, 1807 .

Children of John A. andMargaret Bradshaw Viele

15. MARGARET ANN,

b . May 26, 1804,d. June 28, 1808.

16. WILLIAM BRADSHAW,b. Sept. 14, 1808,m .

Celinda Boyn ton ,d. April 24, 1877 .

Children of Hamilton and Ann Bradshaw

17 . WILLIAM BRADSHAW,b. Feb. 9, 1802,d. Dec . 15, 1815.

18. MARY ANN,b. (abou t ) 1805,m.

Dr. James Boyd, of Alban y,(1.

16 EO DRTR GENERATIO N.

F O URTH GENERATIO N .

John Bradshaw, (10) son of William and Sarah M ac

Killip Bradshaw, was a you ng man of good character and

prospects. In person, he was tall, with dark eyes and

hair ; in disposition, kind and gentle. He was a major in

the militia, and was called by that title . He was thrown

by his horse, falling throu gh a bridge, and injured so that

he was always slightly lame afterwards.

Across the Hudson, east from Halfmoon and Stillwater,lies the Dutch town of Schaghticoke. The settlers on

the west side were largely of English or Yankee blood,and no love was lost between them and their Dutch

neighbors , so it was with little pleasu re that John

Knickerbocker saw the young Iri shman from Half

moon coming to woo Rebecca, the eldest of his seven

daughters. He had, like a certain other John, a great

grandson of his, no faith in an Ir i shm an. When he finally

gave a reluctant consent he took care to brand all the

fu rniture of the bride ’s amp le“setting ou t$ with his own

initials, J . K. , in case of any fu ture rascality on the part

of his new son-in -law. Bu t he learned in after years to

like and trust him as thoroughly as any of the seven.

Rebecca possessed in a marked degree the typical Dutch

traits of neatness, thrift and a Sharp tongue, which could

scold in two languages. A part O f her dower was two

slaves, a boy and a girl. The boy was a ne’ er-do-well, and

absconded after a time . The girl was the faithful nu rse,

as long as she lived, of the children, who, I’ve heard

https://www.forgottenbooks.com/join

18 F O URTH GENERATION.

20. ELIZABETH K. ,b. June 10, 1796, Halfmoon,

d.

m. Dec. 5, 1832 .

David Fairbanks,b. 1782 , M ass ,(1. August 5, 1853, Mechanicville.

WILLIAM,b. March 3, 1798, Halfmoon,d. September 12, 1880, Chicago, E l ,111 . June 10, 1829, H i nesb u rgh, Vt.

Lucy Boynton,b. Jan. 20, 1801, Shelburne, Vt. ,

(1. Sept, 15, 1843, Mechanicville.

REBECCA,b. Feb. 19, 1801, Halfmoon,d. F eb . 14, 1861, Stillwater,m. Sept. 15, 1824,

Henry Andrews,

b. April 18,1802, Stillwater,

(1. Sept. 23, 1880, Cleveland, Ohio.

23. JO HN,b. May 26, 1802, Halfmoon,d. Aug. 1874, Nebraska,In . Feb. 25, 1823, Albany, N . Y. ,

Ann Eliza Dunbar,b. Aug. 8, 1800, Albany,

(1. Dec. 19, 1841.

F O URTH GENERATIO N. 19

24. JAMES VIELE,b. May 26, 1804, Halfmoon,d. Aug. 5, 1884, Lowell, Vt ,In . April 2, 1828, Charlotte, Vt.

M rs. Jane Edwards Pease,

b. Bri dgeport, Conn .,d. May 6, 1859, Mechanicville .

25. HENRY,b. Sept. 3, 1806, Halfmoon,d. May 9, 1878, Stillwater,In . April 22, 1834, Schaghticoke,Juliette Tallmadge

,

b. Feb. 20, 1809, Schaghticoke,

d. Oct. 31, 1837, Mechanicville.

MARY ANN,b. Sept. 3, 1808, Halfmoon,d. Oct. 15, 1871, Mechanicville,m. Nov. 11, 1833.

Edward A. Buckhout,

b. June 8, 1807,d. April 18, 1873.

ELEANO R DERIAH .

SARAH CATALINA,b. Sept. 26, 1811, Halfmoon.

ELEANO R D. ,

d. June, 8. 1889, Grinnell, Iowa,m. Oct. 25

, 1834,

Ben jamin K. Bryan,b. Jan. 9, 1801, Schaghticoke,

20 F OURTH GENERATION.

d . July 26, 1887, Grinnell, Ia.

SARAH C. ,d.

In . Feb. 10, 1839, Mechanicville,Dr. James Cromwell

,

b. Sept. 27, 1811, Carlyle, N . Y. ,(1. Dec. 7, 1875, Caldwell, N . Y.

He studied medicine in Albany. Was settled for a

time at Mechanicville, and later at Caldwell, Lake

George,where for many years he had a large practice, and

the respect and confidence of the community .

29. HERMAN KNICEERRO GKER,b. Feb. 12, 1815,d.

In . Dec. 27, 1853, Alexandria, Va.

Mary Jane Wright,b. Jan. 2, 1835,d. Ju ne 2, 1865, Alexandria.

30. HAMILTO N BO YD,b. Oct. 6, 1817, Halfmoon,

d.

m . Nov. 19, 1846.

Caroline A. Peck,

b. Keeseville, N. Y. ,d.

FIFTH GENERATIO N.

Chi ldren of Elizabeth K. Bradshaw and David Fair

banks. (20)

F IF TH GENERATION. 21

ELIZARETH BRADSHAW,b. Jan. 6, 1836, New York City,(1.

In . Sept. 7, 1869, Mechan icsville .

James Harvey Fish ,b.

d. Jan. 13, 1889, Oakland, Cal.

SARAH JANE,b. Nov. 16, 1837, New York City,

(1. Dec . 1855, Mechanicville,

m . June. 7, 1855,A. Waters Pardee.

JO HN BRADSHAW,b. May 17, 1840, Mechanicville ,

d May 24, 1844, Mechanicville.

About 1835 William and James V. Bradshawand Wil

liam B.Viele were partners in a cou ntry store in Charlotte,

Vt. , where the brick store now stands. They all found

wives and had children born du ring their stay there.

William and James sold their interest to W . B . Viele,about 1832, and removed to Saranac, in Northern New

York, Where William lived in a log house and traded

principally with Indians, judging from some O ld account

books. Two years later William returned to Halfmoon ,on account of his father’ s failing health, at whose death,

a fewm onths after, he moved into the homestead —now

the Pruyn farm —an d rem ained there fiv e years. D u ring

this time John Herman and Juliette Were born . In the

22 F IF TH GENERATIO N.

Spring of 1840he moved into the house he had built on

the hill. There M aria was born, and there his wife Lucy

Boynton died. In 1848 the farm was sold to Lewis Smith,for his daughter, Mrs. Robert Sears, and has since been

known as the Sears farm . In 1851 William removed to

Newark, N. J. He was in the grocery business at first,but for the last twenty y ears of his active life was justice

of peace and police justice in the First Ward,of that city.

The last five years of his life were spent with his son,in Chicago, Illinois.

He married a second time.

Eveline Augusta Payne of Fort Edward, N. Y. , May

21, 1846,

b. 1808, Moreau, N. Y. ,(1. June 14, 1856, Newark, N. J .

Children of William and Lucy Boynton Bradshaw (21

34. CLARINDA ANTO INETTE,b. April 18, I830, Charlotte , Vt. ,d.

m. Nov. 2, 1859, Newark, N . J.

Rev. Calvin S. Shattuck,

b. Sept. 8, 1822, Springfield M ass ,(1.

35. MARGARET ANN,b. April 26, 1834, Mechanicville,

(1. Jan. 22, 1855, Newark, N. J.

36. JO HN HERM AN,b. May 4, 1836, Halfmoon,

F IF TH GENERATIO N. 23

d.

m . June 16, 1875, Charlotte, Vt. ,Frances Adelaide Stone

,

b. May 20, 1851, Charlotte, Vt. ,d .

37. JULIETTE PENNIMAN,b. Feb. 14, 1838, Halfmoon,d. Aug. 19, 1889, Amite City, La.

Most of her life was passed in Newark, N . J . The fol

lowing notice was taken from the Da i ly Adver ti ser“Miss Bradshaw was formerly a teacher in the Newark

Acadamy, and still later for many years vice-principal of

the Washington Street Public School. She was one of

the most su ccessfu l O f that self-sacr ific i ng and devoted

band who have given their strength , and in some instances

their lives to the public schools of this city . For years

she struggled heroc i ally against failing strength, and

when obl iged to give u p her work, the board of education

held her position open for a long time, hoping she might

be able to return to it.“Her life was marked by active and earnest devotion to

du ty, and characterized by Christian faith and tru st .

Many of her pupils in their mature lives will bless her

for those precepts and that example which was effective

in shaping their characters in right ways. After leaving

Newark She passed several years in the South, hoping

that rest in a milder climate might restore her. She died

at the residence of her brother-in -law,the Rev. Mr. Shat

tuck. Retaining her faculties to the last, she met her

24 rm n GENERATION

death calm ly and triumphantly in the hope a blessed

future. $

38. MARIA LUCY,

b. May 21, 1841 , Mechanicville,

(1. Jan. 12, 1852, Newark, N . J.

Children of Rebecca Bradshaw and Henry Andrews.

(22 )

39. JO HN,b. June 12, 1825,

d.

In .

Wen t with one of the first companies overland to Cali

fornis , in 1849. Settled in Sacramento, where he married

and had children ; nam es and dates unknown.

40. GEO RGE,b. July 2, 1827,

d. O ct. 31, 1837.

41. ELIZABETH,

b. Dec. 23 , 1828,

d. Aug. 28, 1852, Stillwater.

42 . MARY,b. Nov. 27, 1832,

d .

In . Sept. 15, 1857, Cleveland, Ohio,

Lucien Hills,

b.

d.

26 F IF TH GENERATION.

John Kirk,b. Aug. 19, 1822, Albany,d.

Served in the 76th N. Y. Regt. 1860, and 34th N. Y .

Infantry as l st Lieu t. in 1861 ; was elected Capt. in 1863.

46 . ARCHIBALD,

b. Oct. 16, 1826.

d.

In . 1849.

Jane Jenkins,b.

(1.

Son of Jam es Viele and Jane Edwards Bradshaw

47. JO HN EDWARDS,b. 1828, Charlotte, Vt. ,

d. Oct. 1, 1850, Mechanicville, N . Y.

He was a young man of more than ordinary promise

and universally beloved. He was gradu ated at W esleyan

University,Middletown , Conn. , in 1849, and began the

stu dy of medicine with Dr. Bu rton, of Lansingbu rgh. He

died of blood poisoning from the prick of a needle during

a post mortem.

Children of Henry and Juliette Tallmadge Bradshaw

48. FRANCES,b. March 13, 1835, Mechanicville ,

d. Aug. 18, 1836, Mechanicville .

F IFTH GENERATION. 27

LUCINDA TALLMADGE,b. Sept. 8, 1836,d.

In . May 6, 1857, Schaghticoke,

John M acF ar lan e,b.

d.

Children of Mary Ann Bradshaw and Edward A. Buck

hout (26

50. CARO LINE AUGUSTA,

b. Jan. 21, 1840, Mechanicville,

d. May 25, 1844.

51. FRANCES ARABELLA,b. Ju ne 15, 1842, Mechanicville,

d.

m . Dec. 11, 1861,

David H . M ot‘r‘

at,

b.

(1.

Children of Eleanor D. Bradshaw Benjamin K .

Bryan

52. JO HN BRADSHAW,b. June 21, 1835,

d.

m. June 30, 1858.

28 F IFTH GENERATION.

Mary L. Nutting,b.

d. Ju ly 22, 1886.

53. LEO NARD K. ,

b. August 12, 1837,d.

m . 1869.

Sallie L. Lyon,b.

d.

4. GEO RGE A .

55. ELLEN MARY, twins,b. Ju ly 2, 1839.

ELLENMARY ,d. April 1, 1853.

GEO RGE A. ,d. June 16, 1864.

He was l st Lieu t. of 125th Regt. Y. Vol . and

killed in front of Petersburg, Va.

56. LYDIA ANN,b. April 4, 1848,d.

m. Jan. 9, 1879,William F. Waite, of Syracuse, N. Y. ,

b.

(1.

Children of Sarah C . Bradshaw and Dr. James J.

Cromwell

F IF TH GENERATIO N . 29

57. EDWARD A

b. Nov, 8, 1841, Mantua, O . ,

d. Aug. 30, 1862, Bull Ru n , Va.

Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, Co. B . 22d Regt. , N. Y. Vol

Was 3d Corporal when he died. Was shot through the

bowels and lay on the battlefield fifteen hours, when he

was transferred to a shed and by his own request was

baptized and a few hours after died. He was held in

high esteem by all who knew him .

58. ELLEN B

b. July 12, 1840, Mantua, O . ,

(1.

m . Oct. -11, 1860, Caldwell, N. Y.

Thomas Nelson Conant,

b .

d.

59. SARAH LO UISA,b. July 15, 1843,

d. in infancy.

60. JO HN BRADSHAW,b. Jan. 17, 1846, Mechanicville,

d.

In . July 31, 1880, Denver, Col.

Mary A. Wheaton ,

b.

d.

30 F IF TH GENERATIO N.

PHILIP I. ,b. July 17, 1848, Queensbury , N. Y. ,(1.

m. Nov. 7, 1874, Cleveland, N. Y.

Kate Halligan,b.

(1.

JAMES J

b. Dec . 7, 1849, Queensbury, N. Y. ,(1.

m . Jan. 10, 1877, Caldwell, N. Y.

Eliza Fox,b.

d.

63. MARY ELIZABETH,b. Nov. 8, 1851, Queensbury,d.

m. Dec. 5, 1875, Caldwell.

Jerome N. Hubbell,b. Aug. 9, 1851,(1.

Children of Hamilton Boyd and Caroline Peck Brad

shaw

64. SAMUEL PECH,b. Nov. 14, 1847, Brooklyn , N. Y. ,(1.

m. Dec . 15, 1875, Au Sable Forks, N. Y.

SIxTH GENERATIO N. 31

Juliette G. Burt,b.

d.

65. CHARLES,

b. May 18, 1854, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,d.

m. March 15, 1876, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Eliza A. Light,

b.

(1. Jan. 22, 1888, Brooklyn, N. Y.

MARY WILSO N,b. Jan. 25, 1857, Brooklyn,(1. May 13, 1859, Brooklyn.

SIXTH GENERATIO N.

Children of John Herman and Frances Stone Brad

shaw

67. ANTO INETTE,b. Sept. 16, 1877. 531 Washington street, Chicago,(1. Oct. 21, 1879, 531 Washington street, Chicago.

68. GRACE LO UISE,b. Jan. 2, 1879, 531 Washington street, Chicago,(1.

m.

69. EUGENIA FULTO N,b. Oct. 29, 1881, 513 W. Monroe street, Chicago.

(1.

m.

32 SIXTH GENERATIO N.

70. AGNES BO YNTO N,b. March 21, 1883, 513W. Monroe street, Chicago .

(1.

In .

Children O f Mary Andrews Lucien

71. GEO RGE E ,b. Nov. 17, 1858.

d. Aug. 5, 1867.

72. KATIE,b. Sept. 18, 1864.

d. Nov. 17 1866.

73. MARY LUCIA,b. March 21, 1869.

d.

m.

74. FANNY TRACY,b. Sep t. 12, 1871,d.

In .

Children of Jane B. Andrews and Alfred Lee

75. M ARY ELIZABETH,b. Oct. 19, 1860, Troy, N. Y. ,

(1. Nov. 14, 1860, TrO y , N. Y.

76. REBECCA,b. Aug. 16, 1862, Troy, N. Y. ,

(1.

m. Oct. 12, 1887 , Indianapolis, Ind. ,

34 SIXTH GENERATION.

RO BERT DUNBAR ,

b. May 18, 1848.

d.

In . June 14, 1883,

M ary Elizabeth Belknap,

b.

d.1

Children of Lu cinda T. Bradshaw and John M acfar

lane

81. I. TALLMADGE,

b. March 13, 1858, Schaghticoke,

d.

m .

82. CHARLES,b . Ju ly 20, 1859, Easton, N . Y. ,

(1.

m .

83 . HELEN, b . April 8, 1864, Easton , N . Y. ,

(1.

In .

ELO ISE,

b. Ju ne 23, 1866, Easton, N. Y. ,

(1.

m . Jan. 16, 1886, Troy, N . Y. ,

Charles H. Harden,

b.

d.

SIXTH GENERATION . 35

Children O f Frances A . Bu ckhou t and David H . M otfatt

85. MARCIA ALLEY,

b. O ct. 9, 1863, Denver, Col.

(1.

m . Feb. 11, 1889, Denver, Col .

James A . M cClu rg,b.

(1.

Children of John B . and Nutting Bryan.

86. ELLEN ELIZABETH,b. June 3, 1859,d.

In . June 24, 1880.

Philip K . Card inell ,b.

d.

87. GEO RGE A. ,b. Ju ne 25, 1862,d.

m .

88. JO HN B .,

b. March 19, 1866,

d.

m. Oct. 12, 1887 ,Lizzie M . Murray

,

b.

d.

36 SIXTH GENERATION.

89. CHARLES,

b. May 27, 1870.

d.

111.

Children of Leon ard Sallie

90. JESSIE L . ,

b. July 1,2872,

d.

m .

91 . ADDIE,b . July 9

, 1875,

d.

m .

Children of Lydia A . William F . IVai te

92 . WILLIAM BRYAN,

b. July 16, 1882,

d .

111.

Children of John B. and Wheaten Cromwell

93. ARTHUR WHEATO N,b. Aug. 17, 1884,d.

m .

SIXTH GENERATION . 37

Children of Philip and Kate Halligan Cromwell

94. EDWARD C. ,b. Ju ly 19, 1876, De Kalb, Ill . ,d.

m .

KATE NELSO N,b . Oct. 7, 1878, De Kalb, Ill. ,d. Feb. 2 , 1879, De Kalb, Ill.

HARRY DUDLEY,b. Jan . 15, 1880, De Kalb, Ill . ,

d.

m .

CLINTO N BRADSHAW,

b. Ju ne 22, 1882 , De Kalb, Ill. ,d.

m .

98. GEO RGE BAKER ,b . Au g. 2 , 1884,

d .

In .

Children of James J. and Eliza Fox Cromwell

99. JAMES,b. April 5, 1877 , Lake George , N . Y. ,

d .

In .

Children of Mary E . Cromwell and Jerom e N. Hu bbell

38 SIXTH GENERATION .

100. MARY CRO WM ELL,b. Dec. 15, 1877, Lake George,(1.

m .

6

Shi ldren of Samu el P. and Ju liette Bradshaw

101 . GEO RGE BURT,b. Sept. 30, 1879, DeKalb , Ill . ,

d.

m .

102 . HAMILTO N,b. Dec. 31, 1881, DeKalb , Ill. ,

d.

m .

103 . WILLIAM HENRY,

b . Dec . 10, 1883, DeKalb , Ill . ,

d.

m.

104. ISABEL,b. Nov. 26, 1885, DeKalb , Ill. ,

d.

In .

Children of Charles and Elsie Light Bradshaw

105 . JOHN LAWRENCE,b. Ju ly 13, 1880, Brooklyn , N. Y. ,

I$.

m .

SIXTH GENERATION. 39

ALICE,b. May 23, 1883, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,(1.

m.

MARIAN,b. March 15, 1886, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,

(1.

m.

ELSIE,b. Jan. 22, 1888, Brooklyn, N. Y. ,

d.

m.

SEVENTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Elizabeth D. Frederick Chapin

(79)

109. CHARLO TTE WILFRED,

b. June 30, 1867,d .

m. April 12, 1886.

Harold Graham,b. Oct. 16, 1863,d.

110. EDWIN HUBBELL,b. Dec. 18, 1869,

d.

m.

40 SEVENTH GENERATION.

Children of Robert D . and Belknap

111. RO BERT BELKNAP,b. May 4

, 1884,

d.

m .

Children of Elmore H . Charlotte Benn ett Hazleton

112. MAUD,b. Sept. 29. 1878,In .

113. FLO RENCE,b . Aug.

(1. Jan . 7, 1882.

Children of Mary E . Bryan Philip K. Card inell

114. MARY O LIv E,b. Feb . 1, 1884,

d.

m .

John B . , Lizzie Mu rry


KNICIIERBO CXER CO AT O E ARM S.

KN ICKERB O CKER FAM ILY .

1 . JO HN VANBERGEN KNICKERBO CKER, third son of God

frey,Count Von Gr i nbergen by Honorine Van

Horn,his wife, was an officer in the Du tch navy.

He came to America during the political changes

that followed thedeath of William Second, Prince

of Orange,in 1652. By his wife, Julianne De

Marine, he had two sons.

GERRITT,d. at Antwerp 1655.

F IRST GENERATION. 43

2 . HERMAN JANSEN,

b. at F elen , Friesland, March 18, 1648,d. April 2, 1721,In . Elizabeth, daughter of M yn der t Herman Van

De Bogert ; had seven children : John, Lawrence,Corn eliu s

,Evet

,Peter

,Joanna

,Cornelia .

3. JO HN, son of Herman and Elizabeth ,b. March 16, 1679,d. Oct. 5, 1749,

m . Anna Quackenbu sh,left Six children : Eliza

beth,Helen

,Herman

,Walter, Cornelia, John.

JO HN, son of John and Anna,

b. March 17, 1723,

d. August 16, 1802,

commission ed Colonel in the Revolu tionary War

Oct. 20, 1785,In . Rebecca, dau ghter of Nicholas Fonda, Feb. ,

1750. She was

b. April 12, 1718,

d. Jan. 6, 1800.

5 . JO HN,son of Col . John and Rebecca,

b . Jan . 29, 1751 ,

d. Nov. 10, 1827 ,

m . Feb. 29, 1769, Elizabeth, dau ghter of Capt. Wil

liam Winne and Mariah De Vandel i er , his wife.

b. April 6th, 1752,

d. Nov. 10, 1826.


He inherited the family estate in Schaghticoke from

his uncle Herman. He was a m ember of the State Leg

i slatu re in 1798. He left eleven children .

The seat of the family in Holland was Bergen at Zoan

(Bergen op Zoom ) in N . Braban t. They came to Amer

ica in 1652 and settled in Schaghticoke in 1709.

The foregoing record is copied from one Obtained by

Mrs. E. B . Fish, from the original documents in Schagh

ti coke. What follows is from my own recollections, or

gathered from variou s sou rces .

The eleven children of John and Elizabeth Winne

Knickerbocker were fou r sons and seven dau ghters.

WILLIAM,b. May 9, 1773,d. July 11, 1848,In . M ay 9, 1793, Der iah, dau ghter O f Derrick Van

Veghten , and for his second wife Eve , dau ghter of

Abraham Viele .

He served as Colonel du ring the war of 1812. He left

ten children. The following item copied from a Chicago

paper of June 16, 1886, relates to two of his dau ghters :

SINGULAR CO INCIDENCE.

HARVARD, ILL . , Ju ne 15.E di tor of the Tr i bu ne

“Mrs. Rebecca Ann Knickerbocker Groesbeck was born

June 17, 1801, in the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer

County, N. Y. , died June 4. 1886, in the town of Alden,

M cHen ry Cou nty, and was buried June 6, 1886, at

a. m . Mrs . Annah Knickerbocker Devon was born


June 17 , 1818, in the town of Schaghticoke , Rensselaer

County,N . Y.

,died June 4

,1886, at Westm inster, Conn. ,

and was buried June 6, 1886, at a. m. They were

Sisters, both having the same birthday ; both died and

were bu ried the same day and yet lived over 1500miles

apart. Mr. and Mrs. Groesbeck celebrated their sixty

second wedding anniversary May 13,J . W . G.

HERMAN,

b.

(1. Jan. 30, 1855.

He was three times married. The third wife was a

Miss Bu ell and the mother of Rt. Rev. David Bu ell

Knickerbocker,of the diocese of Indiana

,from whom the

following account was received throu gh Mrs . J . B . Lee :

He is the one alluded to in the preface to Irving’ s

Kn ickerbocker’ s History of New York as his “cou sin

german,$ the Prince of Schagti coke, which sou briqu et he

had received long before b y virtu e of his social qu alities

and princely hospitality. Washington Irving was often

his gu est and Mrs. Lee well remem bers seeing him there

when She was a child so small as to be frightened at the

ticking of the great corner clock. Mr. Irv ing, noticing

it,took her on his knee and explained the sou nd to her

and tau ght her how to tell the time .

He was bred to the law and held many prominent and

responsible positions and was representative in Congress

during Madison’ s administration and for many years first

ju dge of Rensselaer Cou nty.


He was widely known and everywhere respected as one

of the finest specimens of the O ld Du tch chivalry. He

was remarkable for brilliance and aptness in repartee

and for felicity in relating an ecdotes and adventures. The

quaint and laughable stories of which he is the hero are

alm ost innumerable.

JO HN, third son of John and Elizabeth, was five times

married. He lived in Waterford, and was for

many years presiden t of the Waterford Bank.

ABRAM, fou rth son and youngest child O f John and

Elizabeth,b. 1796.

d. 1869.

In . first,Miss Nazro, mother of Joseph F . ; second ,

Miss Hale,of Troy, the mother of Mary Elizabeth,

who died at the age of sixteen John Hale, who

Studied medicine and died young ; Henry, who

married Helen Blood, of Ballston. He is a banker

in New York and present owner of the old home

stead i n Schaghticoke.

Joseph F .,son of Abram

,was a remarkable man. His

arms were deformed from birth, extending only to the

elbow. Bu t in spite of this disability, he was an elegant

and rapid penman,and qu ite devoid of awkwardness in

appearance. He was a lawyer by profession, but not in

practice. He was a gentleman of fine taste, and possessed

the antiquarian spirit, which made him a fit owner for the

old mansion and its heirlooms . He died suddenly in

New York Nov. 17, 1882, at the age of 57.

r IRST GENERATIO N. 47

The seven daughters of John and Elizabeth Winne

Knickerbocker were, as near as I can ascertain :

REBECO A, who married John Bradshaw, of Halfmoon ,Saratoga Co. , N. Y. , (p

RACHEL, married John Defreest (or Devries ) , of

Greenbush, N . Y.

CATALINA, married John L. Viele, of Albany, a suc

cessfu l lawyer.

DERIAH , married Evet (or Everts ) Van Allen, of

Bergen, N . J.

ELIZABETH, married John Groesbeck, of Schaghti

coke .

MARIA, marr i ed John Van Vechten , of Schaghticoke .

ELEANO R, married Jacob Pruyn, of Schaghticoke.

They had three sons : Francis, John and Jacob.

Jacob died you ng.

Francis, or Frank , m ade a large fortune in lumbering.

He bought the John Bradshaw homestead in Halfmoon,

and died some years ago, leaving his property to the

daughters of his brother John. John m arried Miss

Lansing and had two daughters.

H arp er’

s M onthly M agazi ne, Dec. 1876, contains an

illu strated article by Gen . Egbert L. Viele, son of Catalina

and John L. Viele, entitled“The Knickerbockers of New

York Two Centu ries Ago. $ It gives a description of the

old homestead at.

Schaghticoke, and life there a hundred

years ago, and also the h i story of the settlement of the

Valley by John, son of Herman and Elizabeth De Bogert


Knickerbocker in 1709, as a measure of protection against

the French and Indians, who con tinually menaced the

settlements on the Hu dson. He was accompanied by

Wou ter Qu ackenbu sh , Ludovicu s Viele, Johannes De

Wandelaer , David Ki ttlehu yn , Dei dr i ch Van Vechten ,Johannes Herm anus Vi sscher , Martin De La Monte ,Wou ter Groesbeck, Philip Livi ngstone , Corset Voeder ,David Schuyler, Peter Yates, Corneliu s Vandenburg and

Ignace Kip. Their descendants still occu py many of the

family estates and have intermarried until almost every

one is i n some way related to all the others.

The Vieles having in term arried with the Bradshaws,the Kn ickerbockers and the Boyntons . I in sert the notes

Au nt Betsy has given from memory of that family. They

are curiou s at least, in showing the mingling of the fami

lies of the original settlers.


JO HN A. , married Margaret Bradshaw (p and had

by her two children,Margaret Ann, who died

you ng, and William B. , who married Celinda

Boynton , (p.

EVE, married William Knickerbocker (p . They

were own cousins.

SARAH, Sister of Ludovic and Abram, married William

Groesbeck, of Schaghticoke, father of John Groes

beck, who married a Sister of Wm . K .

Sarah and William Groesbeck had seven children.

JACO B, son of Ludovic, Sr. , had children :

Eveline Switz, of Bu skirk’s Bridge.

Catherine Vedder,of Schenectady.

Margaret Jane, u nmarried.

John J called Gen. Viele,inherited his father’ s farm .

Why called General is not known . At his death he left

the farm to his nephew, Livingston Swi tz, Who lived in

Tecumseh,Mich .

SIMO N, son of Ludovic, Sr. , had two sons, one a minis

ter of the Reformed Du tch Chu rch .

HESTER,Mrs. Carpenter

,had one son, Washington

Carpenter.

Mrs. Fish, who wrote down these notes for her mother,says,

“She only knew as far back as Abram , Sa rah and

Ludovic,

$ but that is “far$ indeed,since their children

married her uncles and au nts,she being 94 years O ld at

this date,1890.

F IRST GENERATION . 51

«fa/77724 Jetc u

B O YNT O N FAM ILY .

In these memorials I have not attempted to trace any

line b u t that O f Jeded iah Boynton, nor to go back of his

father, who came from New Hampshire to Vermont about

1780.

Dr. John Farnham Boynton,of Syracu se, N . Y. , has

made exhau stiv e researches into the history of the family


in this cou ntry and in England ‘and published a volume

which is for sale if any one desires to continue the study.

He says : “There were two original Boyntons,John and

William, who came from England in 1638 and settled in

Rowley, Mass. There have been distinguished Boyn tons

in all the profession s, and Boyntons have fought in every

war that ever occurred in this cou ntry. Thomas Boynton

fou ght at Lexington and Bunker Hill , and his diary is in

the Boston Historical Room s ; David and his five sons

fou ght in the Revolution ; one Boynton invented a trom

bocel i con , and another a steam wagon, and O ld Uncle

Jonathan Boynton , of W oodstock, Vt. ,— he that married

the widow More— cou ld bend his left knee both ways. $

Uncle Ray Boynton was much interested in the family

history and had an extensive correspondence on the sub

ject. When in England in 1840, he fou nd and had

engraved the same “coat of arms$ which is u sed by Dr. J.

F. Boynton, which, he says,“was born e by Sir Matthew

Boyn ton in 1638. There is much history connecting him

with the early Colonial Settlemen ts. $

From an Obitu ary notice in a Plattsbu rg, N . Y. , paper,Sept , 1877, I take the following accou nt O f the early days

of the Boyntons of the Cham plain Valley“The life of Capt. John Boynton, who di ed on the 20th

inst , makes a chapter in our local history of u niversal

interest. Born in Burlington, Vt. , Nov. 10, 1787, he was

one of a family of nine children, seven son s and two

dau ghters. His father came there from New Ham pshire

about 1780, through an unbroken wilderness, marking his

F IRST GENERATIO N. 53

rou te by blazing trees . Returning, he brou ght his family

to Bu rlington on horseback. The father and all the son s

were among the first engaged in the n avigation of Lake

Champlain for the transportation of merchandise and

passengers.“Capt. John Boynton commenced sailing on the lake as

ear ly as 1806 and afterward was the owner and bu ilder of

many vessels, some of which played a very important part

in the naval history of the lake .“When the war of 1812 broke out, Capt. Boynton had a

vessel afloat and was ju st com pleting a second, both of

which were seized$ and purchased by the U. S . govern

ment, fitted up for the naval service by Com . M cDon

ough, and formed a part of the fleet engaged in the battle

of Plattsbu rgh, 1814. Im mediately after the sale of the

vessels he commenced building a third and took ou t let

ters of m arque from the U. S. for privateering in the

waters of Lake Champlain. Bu t before the vessel was

ready peace was declared, and he returned to his original

business of transportation.“Soon after the close of the war he went to Canada and

built one of the largest vessels on the St. Lawrence and

engaged in the transportation of freight and passengers

between Montreal and Qu ebec. His v essel being su perior

to those of his Canadian competitors, he monopoli zed their

bu siness and excited their jealou sy . They u nearthed an

O ld law which prohibited the navigation of the waters of

Canada by vessels owned exclu sively by fore igner s an d

rendered the foreigners liable to arrest and pu nishment.

54 F IRST GENERATION .

He sold hi s boat at Qu ebec, bought a bark canoe, and

with the American portion of his crew came up the St.

Lawrence to the Sore$ river and thence to Lake Cham

plain, thus escaping arrest. The canoe was long kept

about his premises. He built another vessel and resu med

business on the lake.

He was at Plattsbu rgh withhis vessel when the Phoen ix

was bu rned ofl’ Colchester Point , and was first to arrive at

the scene of the disaster.

Capt. Boynton was married to 1814 to Rebecca Sm ith,of Shelbu rne

,Vt. He left the lake abou t 1820and took

up his residence on a farm on the northern ou tskirts O f

Plattsbu rgh, which is still the homestead. He did not

relinqu ish entirely the supervision of affairs till within

the last ten or twelve years, and he retained all his facu l

ties till struck with total paralysis b u t three days before

his death at the age of 90years.

He was am an of prepossessing appearance, of stalwart

frame and sound ju dgment, reserved and dign ified, but

kind and social among his friends. He became 9. Chris

tian and u nited with the First Presbyterian Church in

1830. Within another year he was chosen elder. He was

alive to all the interests O f rel igion . His death was as

qu iet as the sleep of a little child at nightfall .

“The surviving members of the family are his widow,

82 years of age , two sons, DeW i tt C . an d Stephen D. , and

one dau ghter, Marion C. , wife of Wm . P . Mooers.$


FIRST GENERATIO N.

1 . JEDEDIAH and MARY BO YNTO N came from New Hamp

shire to Bu rlington. Vt. , in 1780.

SECO ND GENERATIO N.

Children of Jededi ah and Mary Boynton (1

2. JEDEDIAH , m . Clarinda Comstock, lived in Hines

bu rgh, Vt. , had thirteen children.

3. JO B, married , lived in Willsborou gh, N . Y. , had three

children .

4. JO HN,m . Rebecca Sm ith

,lived in Plattsburgh, had

three children : Dewitt C. , Stephen D . and MarionC. , who m . W . P. Mooers.

5. PETER,m. Cyn th i a Geer, lived in H i nesbu rgh, had Six

children

NO BLE L . , m . (1 ) M ar l on Goodyear ; (2 ) Ellen

Benedict. Lives in Bristol , Vt.

SIDNEY,m . , lives i n Iowa.

FIDELIA, In . Dr. J . F. Miles, H in esb u rgh.

EDGAR, m . Jennie Bowe . Lives in Wayn e, Ill .

CECELIA C. , m . E . E . Lewis, Geneva, N . Y.

JANE, In . E . B. Baldwin . Chicago, Ill .

6. ELIJAH, m . (1 ) Miss Wiley. Lived in Whitehall, N .

Y. Had Six dau ghters and two son s,and by second

marriage fou r children . The daughters were

MARY, m . Elisha Martin , Whitehall.

CO RNELIA, m . Mr. Tomlinson.

BETSEY, In . Mr. Hitchcock, Magnolia, Miss .

56 SECO ND GENERATION .

CLARINDA, In . (1 ) Mr. Henry, (2 ) Mr. Baker.

FANNY, m. (1 ) Mr. Cook, (3 ) Mr. Holmes.

RO SAMO ND, In . Mr. Chapman, Whitehall.

7 . PAUL, died unmarried.

8. AMASA, m . , lived in Whitehall, had four children .

MARIA, m . Capt. H. Tisdale, Whitehall .

EURETTA, m. Philander Bennett, Mechanicv ille.

ELIZABETH .

CHARLES, captain on the lakes, and keeper of light

house at Chicago, and afterward at Evanston , 111.

9. Polly, In . Mr. Lyon, lived in Willsborough , had one

daughter and seVeral son s.

10. BETSEY, m . (1 ) Mr. Akin, (2 ) Mr. Martin. Had

several daughters and one son . Her parents spent

their last years with her, and lived to be‘

very old .

Jeded i ah Boynton (2 ) was married in Shelbu rn e, -and

lived there until 1811, when he removed to H i nesb u rgh,where he engaged in farming, manufactur ing and milling,and was for forty years one of the lead ing m en of the

town. By his first wife , Clarinda Comstock, he had eleven

children, and by his second, Mrs . Hannah Peck, widow of

Dr. George Dudley , two m ore. A step-dau ghter, Emme

lin e Dudley, with his own , made fourteen children who

grew u p in the O ld homestead to manhood and woman

hood, except the youngest, who died at the age of fou r

teen.

The following extract, from the“History of Chittenden

Cou nty,$ gives an idea of the man and his bu siness

career

58 THIRD GENERATIO N .

H e m ade liberal donations for pu blic pu rposes . He

gave deeds for the land occu pied as a cem etery in the v i l

lage, for the site of the academ y, and of the Baptist

Chu rch. $

JEDEDIAH BO YNTO N

b. Ju ne 16, 1774, New Hampshire,(1. Ju ne 14, 1848, H i n esb u rgh, Vt.

m. Dec. 5, 1798, Shelbu rne, Vt. ,

Clar inda Comstock,b . June 5, 1779, Conn.

(1. Sept. 27, 1822 , H i nesbu rgh.

M rs . Hannah Peck Du dley , second wife ,

In . April 13, 1823, H i nesbu rgh,

d. Nov. 1859, H in esb u rgh.

I‘

l l IRD GEN ERATI O N .

Children of Jeded iah and Clarinda Comstock Boynton

11 . MARIA,

b. Sept. 26, 1799, Shelbu rne,d. 1833

,Colchester,

In . May 10, 1821, H i nesb u rgh,

Udney H. Penniman,

b.

(1.

He was a son of Hon. Jabez Penniman and hi s wife ,

whose first husband had been Gen. Ethan Allen.

THIRD GENERATION . 59

LUCY,b. Jan. 20, 1801, Shelbu rne,(1. Sept. 15, 1843 , Mechanicville, N. Y . ,In . June 10, 1829, Vt. ,

William Bradshaw, (p.

GUY,b. Oct. 19, 1802 , Shelbu rne,d. Oct. 30. 1832, H i nesb u rgh,m .

Lau ra M. Hurlbut, who died July 9, 1849, Qu incy,Ill. , (having married a second time, Lyman Pren

tiss ) . They had a son who died in infancy.

RAY,b. Dec . 13, 1804, Shelbu rne,d. Dec. 1854, New York City,In . 1832, New York City,

Anna Brookes,b. 1814

,New York

,

d. 1874, Rome, Italy, was bu ried in the

Protestant cemetery ou tside the walls. They had

no children.

ALMA,b. Nov. 17, 1806, Shelbu rne,d. Ju ly 24

,1860, Charlotte,

m. M ch. 15 , 1832, H inesb u rgh,

Dr. Joel Ston e,b. Oct. 30, 1792, Arlington, Vt. ,d. Apr. 4, 1869, Charlotte .

60 THIRD GENERATIO N.

He was for m any years the only practicing physician in

Charlotte,and had the respect and confidence of the

whole commu nity.

16. BIAL,b. June 22, 1809, Shelbu rne.

d. Apr. 8, 1851, H i nesbu rgh,

In .

Sarah Dorwin,b. 1812,

d. Feb. 1, 1868.

17. CELINDA,b. Aug. 11, 1811, Shelbu rn e ,

d. May 30, 1888, H in esbu rgh,m . , H in esb u rgh,William B. Viele, (p 15 ) .

Of a large family of children she was for m any years

the sole survivor. She was the personification of that

dignity and courtesy of manner and speech so rare in

these days, bu t which obtained in the best circles of half

a cen tu r v ago, and which left a most pleasing impression

upon all who met her. She was SO pleasing to all, b u t in

her home life the sweetness of her disposition had its full

development. She reigned in the hearts of her children.

The Christian sweetness of her life,like a rare perfume

,

made her presence delightfu l an d her absence dou bly

missed. Yet her works do follow her and the m emory O f

all those graces which adorned her life,her great faith

and consistent Christian character, will influ ence forever

her family and acqu aintances.

THIRD GENERATION . 61

It was in the little acts O f kindness,the little courtesies

of life, the absence of selfishness and the constant thou ght

fu lness of others that She excelled. Of her it can be truly

said She sanctified the home in whi ch She dwelt, and in

the fu lness of years when her life was like a well-ripened

and rounded sheaf,the loving Father has led her into the

joys O f that Eternal home which He has prepared for His

children. $

18. HENRY,

b. Au g. 29, 1814, H i nesbu rgh,

d. Nov. 14, 1880, New York City ,

m . Nov. 29, 1847, H in esb u rgh,

Sarah Hoyt,

b . March 29, 1824.

(1.

She was the dau ghter of Rev . Otto Hoyt,for many

years the faithfu l pastor of the Congregati onal Church in

H i nesb u rgh. They had no children.

19. EDWARD,

b . Jun e 9, 1817 , H i n esbu rgh,

d. March 1860, New York City,

u nmarried.

20. O VETTE,

b. Dec. 1, 1818, H i n esbu rgh,

d. Aug. 1879, NewYork City,

unmarried.

62 F O URTH GENERATIO N.

21. MARY CLARINDA,b. Aug. 8, 1822, H in esb u rh,(1. Sept. 7, 1857, Jericho, Vt. ,m. Au g. 27, 1846, H i nesb u rgh,

George Lee Lvm an ,b. Feb. 23, 1818, Jericho,

d. Ju ne 4, 1862, Jericho.

A gradu ate of U. V. M . , a successful teacher in Hines

bu rgh Academy and elsewhere, and a skilfu l physician.

Children of Jeded iah and Hannah Bovn ton .

22 . ALDIS,b. Ju ly 21, 1826, H i nesb u rgh,d . 1884, California,unmarried.

23 . GEO RGE DUDLEY,b. Sept. 29, 1828, H in esb u rgh,d. April 9

, 1843 , H i nesb u rgh.

FO URTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Maria Boynton and Udney H. Penniman

24. CLARINDA ADELIA,

b. Sept. 8, 1822, Colchester, Vt. ,d.

In . May 12, 1847,

F O URTH GENERATION . 63

James B. Moore,

b. Burlington,

(1. Dec. 26, 1884, California,

25. JULIETTA OCTAVIA,

b. Colchester,

d. New Jersey,

m . l st, William Burritt, of H inesb u rgh ;Parsons.

Children of Lucy Boynton (12 ) and William Bradshaw

(p.

Children of Alm a Boynton (15 ) and Stone .

26. EDWARD,

b. July 27, 1834, Charlotte, Vt. ,d.

In . Jan . 24, 1872, Chicago, Ill. ,

M rs. Annie Donaldson,

b.

d.

27. ELLEN,b. Nov. 20, 1836, Charlotte ,(1. Ju ne 7, 1863, Charlotte .

28. GEO RGE B. ,b. May 1 , 1842, Charlotte ,(1.

m. Sept. 29,1862

,

64 F OURTH GENERATION.

Celia Dake,b.

d. 1872,One child died in infancy.

29. O VETTE E . ,

b. Dec. 6, 1843, Charlotte,

(1.

m . 1862, Charlotte ,

Ellen Hazard,

b. July 4, 1847, Charlotte

(1.

HENRY,b. Ju ly 29, 1845, Charlotte ,

(1.

In .

ADA HENRIETTA,

b. March 20, 1853, Charlotte,(1.

RI . Oct. 19, 1880, Chicago, Ill. ,

Edward L. Jacob u s, of Albert Lea, Minn.

b.

(1.

Children of Bial and Sarah Dorwin Boynton

32 . H ENRIETTA,

b. 1835 , H in esbu rgh,d. May 5, 1854, H i nesbu rgh.

66 F O URTH GENERATIO N.

tenant, and afterward commissioned Captain. In 1864 he

was appointed ordnan ce officer of the 25th army corps.

He was said to be one of the best ordnance Officers of the

army of the James. He was in many battles, and won

high praise for his bravery. He received the injury,which eventually caused his death, by his horse falling

u pon him du ring the Yorktown expedition .

36. MARY C. ,b. Apr. 30, 1836,

d.

In . Feb. 23, 1852, H in esb u rgh,

Leonard Andrews,

b. Aug. 13, 1827 ,

d.

37. JANE BRADSHAW,

b . Au g. 30, 1839,d.

In . Feb. 3, 1869, H i nesbu rgh,

Henry Benedict,b.

(1.

Children of Mary C . Boynton (21 ) George

Lyman.

38. ANNA M ARY,

b. Dec. 15, 1847, H i nesbu rgh,

d. July 29, 1848, Jericho.


ELLA MARIA,

b. May 25, 1849, H inesbu rgh,d.

111. Sept. 8, 1869, Jericho,

William Henry Lee,b. Jan. 26, 1841,d.

FIFTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Clarinda A. Penniman James B. Moore

(24 )

40. ELLEN E. ,b.

d.

m. Dec. 2, 1868,

G . W. Curtis,

b .

d.

41. MARY SANGER,b. 1854,d .

m .


Children of Ju l ietta O. Penniman William Burritt

(25 )43. MARIA,

b .

d.

m.

B. Filer,b .

(1.

Children of John H. and Frances Stone Bradshaw,

(p.

Children of O vette E . and Ellen Hazard Ston e

44. EDWARD J

b. Aug. 23, 1864, Charlotte ,

d.

m .

45. HENRY J O EL,

b. Au g. 24, 1865,

d.

m . Jan. 2, 1890, Prophetstown , Ill . ,

Minnie A. Greene,

b.

d.

46. CHARLES GEO RGE,

b. Sept. 27, 1867 ,

d.

m .


47. PO RTER OSMO ND,b. Jan. 19, 1869,d.

48. MINNIE ELECTA,b. June 21, 1872,

d.

m.

CLAYTO N,b. Sept. 26, 1875,d.

m .

ALMA BO YNTO N,b. Aug. 9, 1877,(1. Sept. 5, 1878.

BABY,b. Jan. 19, 1879,d. Oct. 9, 1879.

NETTIE,b. July 29, 1880,d. Dec. 27, 1881.

FANNIE BRADSHAW,b. Oct. 11, 1881,d.

m.

HARRISO N MO RTO N,b. May 21, 1885,d.

m.

70 F IFTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Guy D. and Helen Boynton

55. BIAL JO HN,b. Ju ly 27, 1868,

d.

In .

Children of Lyman D . and Sarah Hersey Boynton

56. HO WARD HERSEY,b. Sept, 11, 1869, Waukon, Ia. ,

d.

m.

57 . GUY DO RWIN,b. Nov. 10, 1872, Parkersburg, Ia. ,

d.

m .

58. FRANCIS LYMAN,b. Ju ne 10, 1876, Nashu a, Ia . ,

d.

m .

Children of Eugene and Mary Blodgett Viele

59. ANNA BO YNTO N,b. 1870,

d.

m. Dec . 1889, Rou se’ s Point,

Charles Rochester,

b.

d.

F IFTH GENERATIO N. 71

Children of MaryV iele and Leonard Andrews

60. FLO RENCE CELINDA,b. Jan. 1, 1854,

d.

m . Nov. 4, 1874, H in esbu rgh,

John Patrick,b.

d.

61. FRANK LEO NARD,b. May 29, 1858,d.

m . M ch. 13, 1882 , H inesb u rgh,Lu tie Flanagan ,b.

d.

62 . WILLIAM EUGENE,b. Jan . 9, 1863, H inesbu rgh,

d.

In . May 1, 1889, H inesb u rgh,Mary Antoinette Kendall,

b.

d .

63 . MINNIE JANE,b. Jan . 20, 1864, H i nesbu rgh,d.

m . Sept. 19, 1888,

Henry L . Billings, Boston, Mass ,b.

d.

72 FIFTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Jane B. Viele and Hen ry Benedict

64. FRANK LEvI,b. Oct. 19, 1873, Burlington, Vt. ,

d.

m.

65. WILLIAM VIELE,b. Nov. 5, 1879, Montreal, Canada,

d.

m.

66. EUGENE HENRY,b. Nov. 11, 1881, Montreal, Canada,

(1. Dec. 13, 1882, Montreal, Canada.

SIXTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Ellen E . Moore and G . W . Curtis

67. HENRY LO O MIS,b. Ju ly 3, 1869, Burlington,

(1.

m.

WALTER M O O RE,

b . Dec. 29, 1871, Bu r l ingto

d. Ju ne 24, 1871, Bu rlington.

ARTHUR MO O RE,b. May 7, 1872, Philadelphia, Pa. ,

(1. Aug. 3, 1890, Philadelphia, Pa.

F IRST GENERATIO N. 75

BEECH ER FAM ILY .

EMMELINE, daughter of Dr. George and Hann ah Peck

Dudl ey, and step-daughter of Jeded iah Boynton

b. May 14, 1817, H i nesbu rgh,d.

m. June 16, 1842, H i nesb u rgh,Dr. Elmer Beecher

,

b. Ju ne 10, 1811, H i nesb u rgh,d.

Their children

ANTO INETTE E. ,b. May 26, 1844, H in esb u rgh,d. Oct. 9, 1884, Washington, D . C .

CATHERINE,b. Apr il 20, 1846, H inesbu rgh,d.

m . Dec. 1872, H i n esb u rgh,Ju liu s Ru ssell, O f Burlington, Vt. ,b.

d.


HARRIET STO WE,b. April 2, 1850, H i nesbu rgh,d. Feb. 6, 1867, H inesbu rgh.

FLO RENCE,FLO RA, twins,b. Feb. 1, 1853, H i nesbu rgh,

FLO RA,

(1. Sept. 23, 1879.

FLO RENCE,d.

m. Au g. 1877, H inesb u rgh,Willis Jenn ison ,b.

d.


CO MST O CK FAM ILY .

These notes are mostly copied from the “Directory of

Chittenden County,$

1882-3 :

Capt. Daniel Comstock came from Connecticut and

located in 1783 upon a farm in the western part of the

town O f Shelbu rne, Vt. , on a point which has ever Since

borne hi s name. Capt. Comstock was an honest, upright

man and filled many ofli ces of trust, and died highly hon

ored, Jan. 11, 1816, aged 74 years. He had a family of

Six children, three son s, Zachariah , Levi and Elisha, and

three daughters, Clarinda, Lu cy, and Abiel.

Levi settled near the lake in 1784. He was town clerk

for many years, justice O f the peace, and held variou s

town Offices until hi s death, May 10, 1847, aged 81 years.

He had two children, Levi and Lu cia. Lucia died u n m ar

r ied,aged 36 years.

Levi,Jr. was born 1793, died 1887, m arried Maria

Lewis and had five children, Lucy, O rville, Lu cia, Agnes

Abiel and Charles.

Lu cy married a Mr. Holabird , and died without chil

dren.

Orville died in California in 1849, unmarried.


Lu cia married Wm. M cNiel , of Charlotte, and occupied

the old homestead u ntil it was sold to Dr. Webb, who

now includes all the original Comstock property in his“Shelbu rne Farms. Lucia had three children, Clinton

L. , George C. and Fanny M.

Agnes A. married John Thorp, of Charlotte, had one

son,who died in infancy.

Charles married but died young, leaving no children .

Elisha, son of Daniel, occupied the original farm after

his father’s death, and from him it reverted to his son,Hezekiah.

Clarinda m arried Jedediah Boynton and had eleven

children, (p

Lucy died unmarried. Lucy Boynton was nam ed for

her and received from her gifts, fragments of which are

still in the family.

Abial married Dr. Anderson, of Plattsbu rgh . Mrs.

Agnes A. Thorp was named for her. She was an elegant

lady. Mrs. Leonard Andrews, her grand-niece, has her

portrait and that of her hu sband, and other mementoes of

her are in the family.

F RIST GENERATION. 79

R O GERS FAM ILY .

1. JO HN RO GERS, the martyr,b. 1500,burned at the stake, 1555.

He had ten children, names not known. Tradition says

that the Rogers family in this cou ntry descended from

the youngest son of the martyr. However this may be , i t

is a fact, that one of the m artyr’

s sons had a son ,2. REV. J O HN RO GERS,

b. 1572,d. 1639. His sons,

3. JO HN, THO MAS and NATHANIEL, who came to this

cou ntry in 1636. John and Thomas settled in

M arshfield, M ass. Nathaniel settled in Ipswich,N . H. John had a son,

4. THO MAS, who had a son,5. JO HN. He had a son,6. JO HN,

b. 1714, In . Sarah Wing. Their son,7. STEPHEN,

b. 1748,d. M ch. 27, 1826,m.

Lydi a Lapham ,b. M ay 28, 1752 ,d. M oh. 3, 1832 .

80 F IRST GENERATIO N.

8. JO SEPH,

b. Apr. 2, 1773,d. Aug. 31, 1865,m. Feb. 20, 1794,Jemima Holmes,b. May 10, 1772,d. June 16, 1849. Their daughter,

9. RUTH,b. Dec. 12, 1805,d. Au g. 29, 1864,

m .

Nathan Lapham Keese ,b. Oct. 31, 1803,d. Feb. 16, 1864. Their dau ghter,

PHEBE RO GERS,b. Aug. 10, 1827,d.

m . Sept. 12, 1849,Luther D . Stone

,

b. May 17, 1823,d. Apr. 5, 1886. Their dau ghter ,

FRANCES ADELAIDE,b. May 20, 1851, (p.

d.

m . Ju ne 16, 1875,John Herm an Bradshaw . Their chu dren ,GRACE LO UISE, EUGENIA FULTO N and AGNES BO YNTO N .

82 THIRD GENERATION.

THIRD GENERATIO N.

Children of Dr. Luther and Eunice Fuller Stone

4. AMMI,b. 1820, Charlotte ,

(1. 1886, Bu rlington,m. 1849,Ju lia Wright, Burlington .

b.

(1.

Their children

LO UISE M . , In . Geo. S . Wright, Burlington.

JULIA M . , m . A. A . Taft, Burlington.

AGNES T. , m. Dr. Trigg, New York.

WILLIAM LUTHER, m . Etta Stannard, daughter

Gen. Stannard.

HARRIET WRIGHT.

5 . LO UISA,

b. 1825, Charlotte ,

d . Dec. 19, 1881, Charlotte,m . 1849, Charlotte,

Capt. T. D . Chapman,

b.

(1.

No children.

6. LUTHER D. ,b. May 17, 1823, Charlotte,(1. April 5, 1886, Charlotte,m . Sept. 12, 1849, Ferrisburgh,

FO URTH GENERATION. 83

Phebe Rogers Keese, (p.

b. Aug 10, 1827, Keeseville, N. Y.

(1.

FO URTH GENERATIO N.

Children of. Luther D. and Phebe Keese Stone

7. FRANCES A. ,b. May 20, 1851,d.

In . Ju ne 16, 1875,John H. Bradshaw, (p. 22

8. J O SEPHINE,b. Nov. 18, 1854,d.

111 . Sept. 27, 1883 ,Charles S . Wooster,b. Feb. 1849,d . Au g. 16, 1887 .

9. RUTH E . ,b. April 1. 1858,d

m . Au g. 10, 1887,Rev . H . S. Harrison. of Chicago, Ill . ,b. 1850,

d.

10. JANE E . ,b. March 9, 1861, Charlotte,(1

m . M ay 12, 1886.

84 IrO URTH GENERATIO N.

Frederick H . Horsford,

b .

d.

FLO RENCE P. ,b. Nov. 13, 1864, Charlotte,

(1. Ju ly 3, 1878.

ISABELLE,b. Nov. 30, 1866, Charlotte ,

(1.

m .

FIFTH GENERATIO N.

Children of Frances A. Stone and J. H. Bradshaw,(p.

Children of Josephine Stone and Charles Wooster

ANNA VERNO N,b. Aug. 12, 1886, Charlotte,d. Sept. 27, 1888, Charlotte.

CARLENE STO NE,b . Dec. 16, 1887, Charlotte,(1.

In .

Children of Ru th E . Stone and Rev. H. Harrison

FAITH,b. March 16, 1890, Chicago,(1.

EIETH GENERATION. 85

Children of Jane E. Stone and Frederick H. Horsford

CYRUS PRINGLE ,b . April 9, 1887, Charlotte, Vt. ,d.

m.

PHEBE STO NE,b. June 13, 1890, Southwick, Mass ,

d.

m .

CO NTENTS .

Bradshaw Family

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fou rth Generation

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

Seventh Generation

Eighth Generation

M acKi ll ip Family

Knickerbocker Family

Viele Family

Boynton Family

Jeded i ah Boynton

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

Fou rth Gen eration

Fifth Generation

Sixth Generation

Beecher Fam ily

Comstock Family

Rogers Family

Stone Family

€¦ · intro du ctio n . to all the cou sins of every degree, descendants of the twelve children...

Documents