Generation No. 1

 

1. GREGORY1 BELCHER1,2 was born March 30, 1606 in Aston Parish, Juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England, and died November 25, 1674 in Hancock Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. He married CATHERINE ALLCOCK3,4. She died July 1680 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts4.

Notes for GREGORY BELCHER:

FROM: Dorchester Reporter, 2002

It Happened in Dorchester
Roads, "Rough Trade," and Revelry 
Bits and Pieces of Dorchester's Past 
January 31, 2002 
By Peter F. Stevens 

A roadways project that comes in on time and on budget? In the land of the Big Dig? That's exactly what happened when Nicholas Clap, of Dorchester, with Moses Paine and Gregory Belcher, both of Braintree, designed and built a road from latter-day Quincy to Dorchester and Roxbury in 1655. 

After taking measurements and scouting their route, the trio went to work. They recorded their project in Dorchester's Town Records: 

"First, that the way shall be four Rodd Wide from Brantre [sic] bounds to roxbury bounds: secondly beginning near Henry Crane's house, the Way to Lye on the Sowtheast [sic] side of it in the old Beaten roede waye [sic]: and so to a Low White oake [sic] marked on the same side of the waye and so by the marked trees to the brooke [sic]: so from the Brooke the way being Lade [sic] in the Winter we agreed to take about a rod wide into Anthony Golliford's lot where the fence interrupts the waye: and so to a marked post towards John Gill's howse [sic]: from thence to a stake in Elder Kingsley's yard and from thence to the mill in the old beaten roade waye..." 

The route ended in Roxbury, and while today's contractors and crews might chuckle at the quaint 17th-century "road gang's" reliance upon marked trees and posts, taxpayers now footing the cost overruns might long for the bottom-line efficiency of 1655 Dorchester road-builder Nicholas Clap and his associates: they finished their project on time and met their budget. Who says that change is always for the better? 

Of that Colonial thoroughfare, in the late 19th Century William Dana Orcutt notes: "As nearly as can be estimated, this must have been the road which now runs over Milton Hill, from Quincy, to the Lower Mills, and then over Washington Street, in Dorchester, to Roxbury." No mean engineering feat in 1655. 

Worried about the sort of miscreants who might wander into Dorchester via that engineering feat, Dorchester's Town Meeting enacted a number of laws designed to keep "rough trade" moving along that road and quickly out of town, and, as Dorchester's Colonial records show, the laws were applied. 

Orcutt writes: "Many of the old laws...seem utterly absurd and unreasonable to us of this later date. For instance, an attempt to enforce such a law as that passed in 1659, concerning 'strangers,' would be apt to call forth at least the accusation of inhospitality. This law began by defining what strangers should reside within the jurisdiction [Dorchester], and how they should be licensed, and then went on to state that if any of the townspeople should entertain any sojourner or inmate in his house more than one week without first obtaining a license from the selectmen, he would be liable to a fine." If visitors had not worn out their welcome, a scramble by their hosts to the Town Meeting selectmen was a necessity. 

A pair of "strangers," John Brown and John Hoppin, received the proverbial heave-ho in 1677 for "having no settled place of abode." In the following year, visitor Robert Stiles learned that newcomers who did not yet own their own home or property and "tarried too long" in Dorchester were, in the opinion of the Town Meeting, suspect. He was ordered to report to local leaders to explain his lengthy stay and to provide them an account of the "manner in which he spent his time." 

In 1677, Robert Spur broke the town's "guest laws" and was called in front of the meetinghouse congregation. His offence? "Giving entertainment in his house to loose and vain persons." A fine, as well, perhaps, of a lecture on the perils of vanity, made him think twice about throwing future get-togethers in his home. 

At about the same time when Spur was charged with having too much fun, Samuel Rigby, neither a vagrant nor a visitor just passing through Dorchester, upset his neighbors by "cutting up" around town. Rigby's actions &emdash; "the sin of cursing, excessive drinking, and the neglect of attendance upon the public ordinances" &emdash; led to an uncomfortable session in which he "had to answer" in church to his pastor and neighbors. Apparently, he reformed his ways or else imbibed and cursed afterwards in private. 

As in the case of Samuel Rigby, 17th-century Dorchester resident John Merrifield also had a taste for spirits. To make matters worse in his neighbors' collective eyes, Merrifield, while under the influence, ranted and railed against the "spirit" that most townspeople embraced: when he was hauled in front of the gathered community at the meetinghouse, he was charged with "drunkenness, and also for contempt and slighting the power of Christ in his Church." Merrifield, like his fellow miscreants, left the meetinghouse with his a stern reprimand, a warning against future misdeeds, and a lighter purse. 

In 17th-century Dorchester, the wages of many sins literally had a pricetag, as many who rode or walked into town on Nicholas Clap's road soon learned. Had there been a road sign leading into the settlement, it could have read, "Welcome to Dorchester &emdash; But Behave or Be Gone." 

(Peter F. Stevens's newest book, The Voyage of the Catalpa &emdash; A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels' Flight to Freedom, Carroll & Graf, will be published on March 1, 2002.) 

FROM: Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition

 

Gregory Belcher (1606-1674) Gregory Belcher was a carpenter. He was born in County Warwick in 1606 and received a land grant in Braintree in 1639. His inventory listed a few tools, furniture—"3 chests, 2 boxes, 2 hanging cupboards, 3 tables 6 stools six chairs 6 cushions"—and a "servant" Henry, who was probably an apprentice. Belcher’s earlier servant was "Andrew Rounsimon, . . . a Scotish man dyed 8th 31 1657." Belcher’s widow Katherine died in 1680. Presumably, much of the furniture listed in her inventory was her husband’s: "the cupboard with the lock and some small things 5s," "6 cushions 10s another cupboard 4s," "a great press 20s, 2 chests 2 boxes 20s," and "a press and chairs 45s 6 tables 2 stooles." (Sources: Bates, ed., Records of Braintree, p. 636; SCRP, no. 720; SCRP Misc. Docket; Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree.)

 

FROM: Thayer and Burton Ancestry , 1894

GREGORY BELCHER came from England to this country in 1634, and first settled at Boston, Mass. He soon after removed to Braintree, where, about 1640, he assisted in founding the first church. He afterwards owned the land where the first iron foundry was located in America in 1640. His wife, who probably came from England with him, was Catherine ((???)). He died at Braintree, November 25, 1674. She died in 1680, or soon after.

FROM: Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Massachusetts Vol 2

Gregory was an early settler and an original member of the First Church of Quincy. The relationship existing between the members of the foregoing families is unknown to the Compiler. Gregory Belcher was the ancestor of the Farmington family, and must have been a man of some prominence in Boston, as he was one of the founders of the Old South Church.

 

FROM: Rich Houghton

Gregory Belcher, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1606. He is most likely the Gregory Belcher baptized on 30 March of that year in Aston Parish, Warwickshire, the son of Thomas-A Belcher of the hamlet of Wardend, Aston. This Thomas-A appears to have been the son of Gregory-B Belcher, yeoman, of Berkswell, Warwickshire; Berkswell is about nine miles southeast of Aston. Gregory-B and his wife Joane had at least one child:

i Thomas b. m. ------ ------

Gregory's will was dated 20 March 1620. Thomas-A lived in Aston, where the births of three children were recorded:

i John bpt. 24 August 1604 m. ------ ------

ii Gregory bpt. 30 March 1606 m. Catherine ------

iii Margery bpt. 9 July 1615 m. ------ ------

Although both Thomas and Margery married in Aston, there is no further record in the parish of Gregory, supporting the conclusion that he and the immigrant were the same.

He married CATHERINE ------ , probably in England; it is unknown who her parents were. They had the following children (not necessarily in order):

i Elizabeth b.c. 1629 m. Thomas Gilbert

ii Josiah b.c. 1631 m. Ranis Rainsford

iii John b.c. 1633 m. Sarah ------

iv Moses b.c. 1635 m. Mary Nash

v Samuel b. 24 August 1637 m. Mary Billings

vi Mary b. 8 July 1639 m. Alexander Marsh

vii Joseph b. 25 December 1641 m. Rebecca Gill

Although Savage states that they came to Boston in 1634, it is more probable that they came to New England in 1637. He settled in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where his name first appears in the records on 19 February 1637/8. He was made a freeman there on 13 May 1640, and a Selectman in 1646 – an office in which he served until June 1665.

He was one of the founders of the town's church. On 16 September 1639, he and seven others drafted and signed the covenant of the First Church of Braintree:

" We poor unworthy creatures, who have sometime lived without Christ and without God in the world, and so have deserved rather fellowship with the devil and his angels, than with God and his saints, being called of God out of this world to the fellowship of Christ by the Ministry of the Gospel, and our hearts made willing to join together in Church Fellowship, so by the help and strength of Christ, renounce the devil, the wicked world, a sinful flesh with all the remnants of Anti-Christian pollution, wherein sometimes we have walked, and all our former evil ways, and do give up ourselves, first to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and offer up our proferred subjection to our Lord Jesus Christ as the only Preist, Prophet and King of his Church, beseeching him in his rich grace and free mercy to accept us for his people in the blood of his Covenant, and we give up ourselves also one to another by the will of God, promising in the name and power of our Lord Jesus Christ, who worketh in us both to will and to do according to his good pleasure, to worship the Lord in Spirit and Truth and to walk in brotherly love and the duties thereof according to the will of the Gospel, to the edification of the body and of each member therein, and to be guided in all things according to God's revealed will, seeking to advance the Glory of Jesus Christ, our head, both in Church and Brotherly Communion, thro' the assistance of his Holy Spirit which he hath promised to his Church, and we do manifest our joint consent herein this day in presence of this assembly, by this our present public profesion and by giveing to one another the right hand of fellowship."

On 30 December 1639, he was granted a fifty-two acre lot in the Mount Wollaston area of Braintree for which he paid three shillings per acre. On 6 January 1657/8, he obtained a lease of the Salter farm in Braintree from the estate of William Tyng. On 14 July 1664, he bought nine acres of land in nearby Milton from John Smith, which he later gave to his son Joseph for a marriage portion. On 15 January 1666/7, Gregory and some others bought the Salter Farm for £1,900; he had a one-eighth interest. Finally, he bought forty more acres of land on the Braintree plain from Henry Crane on 18 May 1671.

On 26 March 1670, he and his son-in-law Alexander Marsh bought the town iron works and 200 acres of land. The iron works -- the first established in the United States -- had gone bankrupt in 1653, and its assets were tied up in litigation until acquired by Thomas Wiggin, who in turn conveyed it to Gregory and Alexander.

Gregory died in Braintree on 25 November 1674. His widow presented an inventory of his estate on 29 January 1674/5, signed a bond to administer her late husband's estate on 30 January 1674/5, and another along with her son Josiah on 6 March 1678/9. The inventory listed the following items:

"A Inventory of the Goods & Chattels of Gregory Belcher Deceased 25th November 1674

Imp. wearing apparell 7.05.00

money 3.07.00

1 feather Bed Bolster Bedsted & furniture 10.00.00

2 Bed such furniture 8.00.00

10 pr sheets & table linnen & new Cloath 11.00.00

a Carpit a Coverlid 3 pillows 2.15.00

2 Blankitts a pere [?] & 2 remnants of Cloath 3.02.00

pewter 4.00.00

3 Brass Kettles & warming pan, 3 Iron pots & botle skellit friing pan 3.12.00

2 tramels a paire Cob Irons tongs firepan pot hooks 2.10.00

3 Chest 2 Boxes 2 hanging Coubbord 1.00.00

3 tables 6 Hooks six [knives?] 2.00.00

Bible & other books 2.04.00

6 Cushins 2 spits 3 axes & Bolte rings 1.05.00

halfe the dwelling house & halfe the Barne 2.00.00

10 acres upland at 50 4 acres salt marsh at salter [?] 40 50.00.00

24 acres in Knight neck 90.00.00

106 acres of upland of the [?] ground 70.00.00

land in the woods swamp 50 acres 200.00.00

a servant Henry [Bai?ler] 5.00.00

2 oxen 7: 6 cowes at 15: 2 bulls 3: 2 heiff 2: calfe 28.00.00

old horse old maier 2 young maires & two calfes 6.00.00

30 sheep 7 swine & 6 pigs 8.12.00

2 fat swine 3.00.00

Barly Pese & oates 16.06.00

Cart wheals harrow cart pines & yoake 3.10.00

a plow share fork & shovel 0.15.00

log Chaines 7 load hay 5.00.00

meat Cart Rophooks & Sickles 2.10.00

Lumber 0.12.00

debts due to the estate 11.00.00

debts to be payd out of the estate 102.00.00"

The total value of the estate was £629.05.00.

Catherine died in Braintree in the Spring of 1680. Her will, dated 3 September 1679 and proved 20 July 1680, provided a cow for her son Josiah "if he molest not my son Moses in his present dwelling and possessions;" to son John a cow and a horse; to daughters Elizabeth Gilbert and Mary Marsh some household effects; and to her son Moses "who hath carried himsef so dutifully to myself and his father the Great Bible and the whole house and land he now possesses which I declare his father gave him." On 9 July 1680, Josiah entered a caveat against the probate of his mother's estate "until he be present." It does not appear, though, that any contest was made to the will.

 

 

FROM: http://www.angelfire.com/la2/gen/reasons.html

JOHN WINTHROP, THE WINTHROP SOCIETY :

The following document was found among the papers of governor JOHN WINTHROP:

notes by the elder WINTHROP, dated 1629. written by son JOHN WINTHROP.

Excerpt of this document ...Reasons for coming to America, notice the mention of the Braintree, Belcher Family:

....."all other churches of europe are brought to desolation, and our sins, for which the lord begins already to frown upon us and to cut us short, do threaten evil times to be coming upon us, and who knows, but that god hath provided this place to be a refuge for many whom he means to save out of the general calamity, and seeing the church hath no place left to fly into but the wilderness, what better work can there be, than to go and provide tabernacles and food for her when she be restored"john winthrop."unquote.

.....it began to burn within the hearts of men, as they looked across the seemingly boundless ocean, the call of the new world drove them. it compelled them to seek out a fruitful and untamed land. just as moses had led the israelites into canaan land.

John winthrop wrote in 1629

"for god hath given to the sons of men a double right to the earth --- there is a natural right and a civil right. the first right was natural when men held the earth in common, every man sowing and feeding where he pleased. then as men and their cattle increased, they appropriated certain parcels of ground by enclosing and peculiar cultivation, and this in time got them a civil right."

he felt it was man's duty to bring christianity and european civilization to this new world called america.

.....John Winthrop insisted that God expected man to spread over the earth and subdue it. "the whole earth is the lord's garden, and he hath given it to mankind with a general commission (gen. 1:28) to increase and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it, which was again renewed to noah. the end is double and natural, that mankind might enjoy the fruits of the earth, and god might have his due glory from his creatures." why then should one strive here for places of habitation, at such a cost as would obtain better land in another country, and at the same time suffer a whole continent as fruitful and convenient for the use of man to lie waste without any improvement?

.....but it wasn't just for land that they came, it was for a new rebirth in christ's church that they longed for. "if any such as are known to be godly and live in all wealth and prosperity here, and shall forsake all this to join themselves with this church and to run a hazard with them of a hard and mean condition, it will be an example of great use both for removing the scandal of worldly and sinister respects which is cast upon the adventurer, to give more life to the faith of god's people in their prayers for the plantation, and to encourage others to join the more willingly in it."

.....the whole town was the church and to say anyone was not connected to the early churches would be useless. Belchers were connected to the early churches as deacons, pastors , or listed as a freeman: an upstanding man of the community...male church-member, and must have experienced a transforming spiritual experience by god's grace, as attested by himself and confirmed by church leaders. therefore, a small percentage of the population: became a freeman.

 

FROM: Belcher Families in New England by: Joseph Gardner Bartlett Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society 1906

GREGORY, Braintree, came to Boston 1634, was freem. 13 May 1640, bef. wh. he had assist. in found. of the ch. at Br. had Samuel, b. 24 Aug. 1637; Mary. 8 July 1639; Joseph, 25 Dec. 1641; Gregory, and two other s. earlier or later, and d. 21 June 1659 [sic]. His wid. Catharine, in her will of 1680, names three s. Josiah, Moses, John, and d. Elizabeth Gilbert, whose h. I cannot guess, if she were m. nor her f. if not; beside Mary Marsh, prob. w. of Alexander, m. 19 Dec. 1655. [ref 20]

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BELCHER, Gregory, farmer, Braintree, 1637, propr.; frm. May 13, 1640. He deposed in June, 1665, ae. about 60 years. With wife Katherine sold land land in Br. 6 (4) 1667. Admin of his est. gr. 30 Jan. 1674, to widow Katharine, with whom the son Josiah was afterward joined. [ref 37:43]

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Gregory Belcher, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1606, according to his own deposition. He was in New England as early as 1637, when he was a famer in Braintree, Massachusetts, and a proprietor of the town. On December 30, 1639, he was granted a lot of fifty-two acres on Mount Wollaston (Braintree) where he settled. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640, and served as selectman in 1646. In 1664 he purchased land in Milton which he gave to his son John at his marriage. In 1657-58 he leased the Salter farm in Braintree from the estate of William Tyng, of Boston, and with others in 1666-67 he bought the place, his interest being one-eighth. With his son-in-law, Alexander Marsh, he bought the iron works with two hundred acres of land in Braintree. He died November 25, 1674. He married Katherine ___, who survived him and died in the spring of 1680. Her will, dated September 3, 1670, was proved July 20, 1680. Children: Elizabeth, married Thomas Gilbert; Josiah; John, born about 1633; Samuel, August 24, 1637; Mary, July 8, 1639, married December 19, 1655 Alexander Marsh; Joseph, December 25, 1641. [ref 61:1455]

 

FROM:

Several places show Gregory as Thomas's son:

Others Henry Thomas's son:

In Joseph Bartletts " Belcher Families in New England" 1906:

The will of Gregory Belcher, yeoman of Berkeswell County, Warwickshire, dated March 20 1620 mentions wife Joane, son Thomas H. Belcher: sons-in-law John Bonney and William cook: daus Elizabeth Cook, Isabel Bonney and Alice Pemberton(Putmans Historical Magazine vol 4 page 182)

It seems likely that Thomas H. Belcher , son of Gregory of this will, was the Thomas Belcher who lived int he hamlet of Wardend, Parish of Aston, County Warwickshire where he had three children recorded,at that time

John Belcher, bap 24 Aug 1604, gregory Bap March 30 1606, and Margery 9 July 1615:

Aston is about 9 miles from Berkeswell:

in the early Genealogy lines of England this Gregory Belcher family (1620)is listed in the line of Edmund Belcher:

II....GREGORY BELCHER B 1606 ENGLAND CAME TO AMERICA ON THE WINTHROP FLEET

TO THE MASS BAY COLONY: FARMER: CAME TO BOSTON 1634: WAS A FREEMAN BY 13 MAY 1640:

LEASED THE LAND"BLUE HILLS" OF BOSTON: APRIL 1, 1658

ESTATE ADMINISTERED 30 JAN 1674 TO WIDOW KATHERINE

KATHERINES WILL DATED 3 SEPT 1680 BEQ TO SONS JOSIAH, JOHN, AND MOSES B.

DAUGHTERS ELIZABETH GILBERT AND MARY, WIFE OF ALEXANDER MARSH, AND GR DAU,

MARY MARSH.

HE ASSISTED IN FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH OF BRAINTREE.

MARRIED: CATHERINE? HER WILL IS LISTED 1680 MENTIONING LAST 4 CHILDREN:

KATHERINE SOLD LAND IN BRAINTREE APRIL 6, 1667:

THE GENEALOGY DICTIONARY OF FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND DOES NOT STATE HER SURNAME:

SEVERAL PLACES HAVE THIS GREGORY LISTED AS MARRIED TO: CATHERINE ALLCOCK

NOTE: THIS LINE OF GENEALOGY EXTENDS TO DOUGLAS MACARTHUR:

AND BY A DISTANT ROUTE TO JOHN ALDEN:THORUGH THE BASS FAMILY

AND WINSTON CHURCHILL:

AND FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT THROUGH THE DELANO AND CHURCH FAMILIES

More About GREGORY BELCHER:

Burial: November 27, 1674, Hancock Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

Christening: March 30, 1606, Aston Parish, Juxta Birmingham, Warwicks., Eng

Fact1: September 16, 1639, Gregory Belcher was one of the first settlers in old Braintree. He signed, along with seven others, the covenant of the first church in Braintree.

Fact2: April 06, 1667, Sold land in Braintree, Massachusetts

Fact3: Was granted 52 acres at Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

Fact4: Possibly buried in the old Crosby tomb, whcich has long since been vandalized leaving no inscriptions.5

Fact5: His house was located at the site of a business called, in 1975, the Bargain Center6

Fact6: With his son Lieut. Alexander Marsh, Gregory purchased the first Iron Foundry in America, located in Braintree, Massachusetts

Will Dated: March 20, 1619/20

Notes for CATHERINE ALLCOCK:

Katherine survived Gregory and died in the spring of 1680. Her will dated September 3, 1679 proved July 20, 1680 gives to son Joseph a cow, " if he molest not my son Moses in his present dwelling and possessions", to son John a cow and a horse; to daughters Elizabeth Gilbert and Mary Marsh some household effects;  " to son Moses ( who hath all his life carried himself so dutifully to myself and his father) the great bible and the whole house and land he now possess, which I declare his father gave him"  Son Moses and son-in-law Alexander Marsh  as Executors.

Elizabeth C. METZ, 1502 Brentwood Way, Simpsonville, SC 29680 USA in gedcom file @ KindredKonnection.com list Katherine's surname as "BUCKLEY", however marriage records of The Church of England for Mancetter, Warwickshire, England confirm her name as being ALCOCKE. There is an established relationship  between Katherine's family, the Awcottes, and  the BICKLEY family of Warwickshire, via the marriage of Katherine's brother, William, to Margaret Bickley, and it may be that someone at sometime  having knowledge of  the relationship between the Awcottes and Bickleys mistakenly recorded Katherine as a "Buckley", in regards to a belief she was a Bickley. Notice also, the date and location of their marriage is mistaken,  1627, and  " Manchester"  instead of Mancetter.

HER WILL IS LISTED 1680 MENTIONING LAST 4 CHILDREN: THE GENEALOGY DICTIONARY OF FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND DOES NOT STATE HER SURNAME:

her will dated 3 sep 1679 and proven 20 july 1680, gives to son Josiah a cow, "if he molest not my son Moses in his present dwelling and possessions"; to son John a cow and a horse; to daughters Elizabeth Gilbert and Mary Marsh and Grandaughter Mary marsh, some household effects; to son Moses (who hath all his life carried himself so dutifully to myself and his father) the great bible and the whole house and land he now posesses which I declare his father gave him." Son Moses Belcher and Alexander Marsh executors: On 9 July 1680 Josiah Belcher entered a caveat against the probate of any will said to be made by his late mother Catherine Belcher of Braintree, widow, deceased until he be present.(suffolk co. Probate) It does not appear that the contest was made over the estate.

 

FROM: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1325/page147.html

Katherine survived Gregory and died in the spring of 1680. Her will dated September 3, 1679 proved July 20, 1680 gives to son Joseph a cow, " if he molest not my son Moses in his present dwelling and possessions", to son John a cow and a horse; to daughters Elizabeth Gilbert and Mary Marsh some household effects; " to son Moses ( who hath all his life carried himself so dutifully to myself and his father) the great bible and the whole house and land he now possess, which I declare his father gave him" Son Moses and son-in-law Alexander Marsh as Executors.

More About CATHERINE ALLCOCK:

Burial: 7

 

Children of GREGORY BELCHER and CATHERINE ALLCOCK are:

2. i. JOSEPH2 BELCHER, b. December 25, 1641, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. 1687, Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

ii. SAMUEL BELCHER, b. August 24, 1637, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. June 17, 1679, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; m. MARY BILLINGS, November 15, 1663, Dorchester, Massachusetts; b. September 23, 1645, Dorchester, Massachusetts; d. December 15, 1683, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for SAMUEL BELCHER:

Was the original builder of the house in which John Quincy Adams would be born and which is preserved today as his birthplace by the National Park Service. His son Gregory (1664-1727) lived in the present John Quincy Adams birthplace and rebuilt it in 1716 into its present form.

FROM: National Park Information

John Quincy Adams Birthplace

The house now known as the John Quincy Adams Birthplace was built by Samuel Belcher in 1663 and inhabited by his descendants until Deacon John Adams bought it in 1744. John Adams inherited this home when his father died in 1761. Here he brought his bride Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764. It was in this house that Abigail gave birth on July 11, 1767, to their second child, John Quincy Adams, the future 6th President of the United States. During the American Revolutionary War, while John was distinguishing himself in Philadelphia as the delegate at the second Continental Congress with "the clearest head and the firmest heart," Abigail supervised the education of her children took care of the farm and served as an inspiration to her husband during this critical period of United States History. Abigail penned many of her famous letters to her husband from this Penn’s Hill farm. In 1779, John Adams drafted the Constitution of Massachusetts in his law office in the northeast corner room of this home. After drafting the Massachusetts Constitution, John Adams traveled to Europe and ultimately negotiated and signed the Treaty of Paris, which concluded the American Revolutionary War. With peace secured, John requested his wife and daughter Nabby join him in Europe. After serving as the first U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain, John Adams with his wife Abigail came home in 1788 to their new residence, "Peacefield," also a part of the Adams National Historical Park. While John and Abigail would never again live in their Penn’s Hill cottage, John Quincy Adams resided in his own birthplace during the summers of 1806 through 1808 with his wife, Louisa Catherine.

 

(Suffolk County Probate)

"Samuel Belcher & Mary Billings were married the 12th mo 15th. 1663, by Capt Clapp." Samuels son in law was Joseph Bass, the grandson of Mayflower passengers Several of Samuels grandchildren I have found were wed by the Rev. John Hancock the father of John Hancock who signed the Declaration of Independence. Furthermore their son Gregory Belcher lived in the present John Quincy Adams birthplace and rebuilt it in 1716 into its present form.

FROM: http://www.geocities.com/wells789/gregory.html

May 6 1680 administration his estate was granted " to Roger Billing, Alexander Marsh, and Moses Belcher, his father-in-law and two of his brothers (Suffolk County Probate) The inventory was576 pounds-17shillings-6 pence. On March 4, 1696 Thomas French and Elizabeth his wife conveyed to their brother Gregory Belcher their interst in the estate of their father Samuel Belcher (Suffolk county deeds col 41 page 249) On the same day March 4, 1696 John Sanders of Westerly Rhode Island and Silence his wife conveyed their interest in the estate of their father Samuel Belcherb (Suffolk County deeds vol 41 page 250) On 21 Sept 1693, Moses Belcher of Dorchester, conveyed his interst

in the estate of his father Samuel belcher, to his brother Gregory Belcher (Suffolk County Deeds vol 41 page 252)

FROM: Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition

Samuel Belcher (1637–1679) Samuel was a younger son of Gregory Belcher. Although his inventory does not list any tools, both Samuel and his son, Deacon Gregory Belcher, were carpenters. Perhaps Samuel’s tools went to Gregory, who had yet to finish his training at the time of his father’s death. (Sources: Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree.)

Deacon Gregory Belcher (1664–1727) The son of Samuel Belcher, Gregory was referred to as a wheelwright, carpenter, shipwright, and ship carpenter in Braintree records. He died on July 4, 1727, "in the 63 year of his age being killed with a plough." His estate included barrels, tubs, wooden ware, five "low chairs," six "black chairs," a "great chair," three chests, a "case of drawers," a "square table," "sundry tools," and a "glew pot and kettle." The Selectmen’s Records document work done by Gregory Belcher, but it is unclear whether they refer to Deacon Gregory or his son, Gregory:

1713/14 Gregory Belcher mending the school house 00-14-00

1714/15 Gregory Belcher for a table for the school house and 00-06-00

1715/16 Gregory Belcher mending the school house 00-10-00

1724 Gregory Belcher for G. Welly coffin 00-10-00

 

More About SAMUEL BELCHER:

Burial: Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts

Fact1: General Douglas McArthur is a descendant of Samuel Belcher

Fact2: 1666, Was the original builder of the house in which John Quincy Adams would be born and which is preserved today as his birthplace by the National Park Service.

Fact3: May 06, 1680, Will Administered

Notes for MARY BILLINGS:

After Samuel Belcher's death his widow Mary Billings Belcher and Samuel Niles were married, the 20th. April 1680, by Governor Bradstreet

Marriage Notes for SAMUEL BELCHER and MARY BILLINGS:

wed by Capt. Clapp

iii. JOSIAH BELCHER, b. 1631; d. April 03, 1683, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. RANIS RAINSFORD, March 03, 1654/55; b. June 04, 1638; d. October 02, 1691, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

Notes for JOSIAH BELCHER:

Joseph Belcher is buried in the Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston near the Cheers bar. His gravestone still remains" "was a wheelwright" as well as his age at death. The Granary is a very famous cemetery including members of the Hancock, Adams and many other well know families of the area. The parents of Samuel Adams as well as the original grave of "Mother Goose" are visited by literally hundreds of thousands of visitors a year. I visited the Granary Burying Grounds in 1993 and could actually see bullet holes of the top of some stones from snipers on Bunker Hill.

Founded in 1660, the Granary is the third oldest burying ground in Boston proper. In 1737, when grain was stored where the present Park Street Church stands, the burying ground was renamed the Granary. Along with Massachusetts Governors, Clergymen, and Mayors, three signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here.

With its massive front gate, the Granary Burying Ground serves as the final resting place for may notable Revolutionary-era patriots, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence: John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine and Samuel Adams. Also buried here are Peter Faneuil, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin's parents and the victims of the Boston Massacre.It was originally called South Burying Ground because it was located on the southerly most area of the Boston settlement. As Boston grew toward the south, it was renamed Middle Burying Ground. Its current name comes from the grain storage building, or granary, which stood on the land where the Park Street Church now stands.

 

FROM: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/zimbabwe/
1208/
BelcherFamily/id21.htm

settled in Boston where he acquired an estate on the southeasterly corner of what is now (1906) Essex Street & Harrison Ave., measuring 126 feet on Essex Street and running back 285 feet to the water. He d. 3 Apr 1683, Boston @ age 52; bur. in the Granary Burying Ground

where his gravestone still remains (1906). He m. 3 Mar 1654/55, Ranis, dau. of Edward & Elizabeth Rainsford. After the death of his widow, a partition was made of his estate among his surviving children on 20 Sep 1693.[16] Further deeds in relation to this property show that all his sons, except John & Benjamin, died without issue and apparently unmarried and that the daughter, Dorothy, died without issue soon after her marriage.[17]

 

 

More About JOSIAH BELCHER:

Burial: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Fact1: Josiah Belcher was one of the founders of the Ancient Honorable Artillery Co. Other member families included Lt. Henry Adams the great grandfather of President John Adams. Great great grandfather of John Quincy Adams.

Fact2: Resided in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Fact3: Josiah bought an estate on the corner of what is now Essex St. and Harrrison Ave. In 2003 :HOLLYWOOD is a dance club for women held every Saturday at 41 Essex St in downtown Boston (on the corner of Essex St. and Harrison Ave)

Fact4: Josiah Belcher was a founder of the famous "old South Church" made famous by Paul Revere's ride.

Occupation: Wheelwright

Resided: 1682, Salters Farm

Notes for RANIS RAINSFORD:

FROM: http://www.angelfire.com/la2/gen/puritanbelchers.html

Notes concerning the father of Ranis

Edward Rainsford was age 24 when he came to America on ship Abigail, 1635 96 Born 1611 : Died 28 Ag 1680 English : Origin Naverton,Northants; Came to New England 1630 With Winthrop fleet Resided in Boston : Freeman of MBC Ap 1637, Occupation fisherman,

Elder of the first church and one of the founders.

FROM: http://www.aritek.com/hartgen/htm/rainsford.htm

 

Deacon Edward - occupation: fisherman - admitted to Boston church as member #62 which would be winter of 1630-1; Deacon 1666 and 1667 3rd church.

 

Also came in the fleet of Winthrop. Edward Rainsford is listed on the ship "Abigail" 4 Jun 1635 with 220 passengers from Plymouth England to Boston Mass.

 

Rainsford Island, just off Boston, was named for one of earliest recorded settlers, Edward Rainsford, who had a farm there as early as 1636.

 

After his first wife, Mary, died in June 1632, probably as a result of complications in giving birth to twins, he remarried to Elizabeth, who on 15 December 1633 was "admitted to Boston Church." She died 16 november 1688.

More About RANIS RAINSFORD:

Burial: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Fact1: June 04, 1635, Arrived on the Winthrop Fleet with her father Edward Rainsford and family with 220 other passengers from Plymouth England to Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Fact2: Ranis' father Deacon Edward Rainsford was the first Elder of the famous Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Deacon Edward Rainsford is buried at the famous Kings Chapel in downtown Boston Massachusetts.

iv. JOHN BELCHER, b. 1633; d. 1693; m. SARAH.

Notes for JOHN BELCHER:

FROM: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/zimbabwe/
1208/BelcherFamily/id21.htm

b. c.1633, d. 1693, intestate @ age abt. 60; m. c.1655, Sarah (--?--) who survived him. He was a Husbandman; resided in Braintree. During King Philip's War he performed several month's service in the spring & summer of 1676 in the garrison at Northampton, Milton & Medfield. On his death he left a very small estate, his son Josiah(3) Belcher being appointed administrator, 16 Nov 1693. The inventory of his estate was valued at only 27 pounds & seven shillings and mentions "a poore house and ten acres of land, a piece of salt marsh, a little poorehousehold goods, and an old spitt."[26]

FROM: Thayer and Burton Ancestry , 1894

JOHN BELCHER, son of Gregory and Catherine ((???)) Belcher, was born at Braintree, Mass., about 1635, and married Sarah ((???)), about 1655. They settled at Braintree, where he died in 1694. The town, December 24, 1694, appropriated "œ5 for John Belcher's widow's maintenance."

 

 

v. MOSES BELCHER, b. Abt. 1635, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. July 05, 1691, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; m. MARY NASH, May 23, 1666, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1646.

Notes for MOSES BELCHER:

FROM: http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/zimbabwe/
1208/BelcherFamily/id27.htm

m. 23 May 1666, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Mary Nash, prob. dau. of James & Alice (--?--) Nash, b. Weymouth, Norfolk Co. He was a Husbandman and resided in Braintree, inheriting his father's homestead. He is called "Corporal" Belcher on the records. His Will dated 3 days before his death mentions his wife; dau. Mary Nash; other daughters to have portions equal to that given to Mary; son Moses (then underage) to have the whole homestead; brother, Alexander Nash, and cousin, Joseph Belcher overseers; wife sole executor.[26]

On 30 Dec 1707, Mary Belcher, wid, & Anna Belcher, spinster, Moses Belcher, Joseph Bass, Ichabod

Allen & Elizabeth, his wife; Jabez Athern & Katherine, his wife; and Joseph Brackett & Mehitable,

his wife; being all the children of Moses & Mary Belcher conveyed land of said Moses deceased.[29]

FROM: Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition

 

Moses Belcher (1635–1691) Moses Belcher was the son of immigrant Gregory Belcher. Braintree records refer to Moses as a carpenter, and the quantity and values of furniture in his inventory suggest that he was relatively successful.

seven chests 01-00-00

five boxes one trunk 01-00-00

two chests in parlour 02-00-00

one cupboard 03-00-00

four tables three joint stools 02-05-00

13 chairs 00-16-00

2 dozen cushings 02-00-00

for Richard Russel’s time 08-00-00

one cradle two cupboards 00-14-00

axes saws beetle and wedges 00-10-00

saws augers old iron other lumber 03-00-00

The cupboard valued at £3 is one of the most expensive listed in Braintree inventories. Richard Russel was probably an apprentice. (Sources: Sprague, Genealogies of the Families of Braintree; SCRP, no. 1875.)

 

More About MOSES BELCHER:

Fact1: Refered to as "Corporal"

Fact2: Inherited his father Gregory's family farm in Braintree Massachusetts.

Fact3: Two of Moses daughters married and moved to Martha's Vinyard

More About MARY NASH:

Fact1: May 1686, Transfered her Church membership from Weymouth to Braintree, Massachusetts

vi. MARY BELCHER, b. July 08, 1639, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. June 07, 1706, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; m. LIEUT. ALEXANDER MARSH, October 19, 1655; b. 1628; d. March 07, 1697/98, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

More About MARY BELCHER:

Fact1: Wed by Major Autherton of Dorchester

Notes for LIEUT. ALEXANDER MARSH:

FROM: SAVAGE, VOL 3 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE

MARSH, ALEXANDER, Braintree, was freem. 1654, m. 19 Dec. 1655, I judge, Mary, d. of Gregory Belcher, was rep. under new chart. 1692;

d. 7 Mar. 1698, aged a. 70 says gr.stone.

 

FROM: Marsh Family History, 1995

He came to America in 1654, settling in Braintree, Massachusetts (near Quincy). Alexander married Mary Belcher on December 19, 1655. They had nine children, six of whom are listed in "The History of Braintree, Mass." The nine included Mary (b. 1658), Elizabeth (1660-1662), Hannah (b. 1662) Katherine (b. 1664), Mercy (b. 1669), Nathaniel (b. 1672), Rachel (b. 1673), and John (b. 1678), with one unnamed child. Alexander held the title of Lieutenant in some military organization, but which one is unknown.

In 1674-5 Alexander and his wife's father, Gregory Belcher, purchased a defunct iron works in Braintree. This iron works, or one close nearby was the first to operate in America. No records indicate that they ever made the iron works into a successful business. The property is listed in Alexander's estate, worth 430 pounds. Alexander served as a town "selectman" during the 1690's, helping to govern the affairs of the town. He also assisted in affairs of the church.

Alexander died on March 7, 1698, and his wife Mary died June 7, 1706. Some articles of interest in Alexander's estate include a musket and 3 swords, 4 oxen, 3 steers, 8 cows, 50 sheep, 13 swine, a house and land in Boston, and various household items. The total worth was listed as 1290 pounds (Old Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts by Pattee, 1878, p. 567.)

Alexander and Mary's last child, John, married Sarah Wilson in 1701. They had seven children, all listed in "The History of Braintree, Mass." These include John Jr. (b. 1702), Sarah (b. 1704), Alexander (b. 1705), Wilson (b. 1711), Moses (b. 1714), Samuel (b. 1717), and Edmund (b. 1720).

 

vii. GREGORY BELCHER8, b. 1642, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. 1727; m. MARY MARSH.

More About GREGORY BELCHER:

Fact1: Listed as a Mariner in Braintree, Massachusetts.

viii. ELIZABETH BELCHER, b. June 24, 1632, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. October 17, 1682, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; m. JOSIAH GILBERT, October 04, 1651, Braintree, Massachusetts; b. Bef. November 27, 1625, Yardley, Worcestershire, England; d. August 22, 1688, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

More About ELIZABETH BELCHER:

Burial: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

More About JOSIAH GILBERT:

Burial: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. JOSEPH2 BELCHER (GREGORY1)9,10 was born December 25, 1641 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 1687 in Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He married REBECCA GILL10 May 1664 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN GILL and ANN.

Notes for JOSEPH BELCHER:

FROM: Rich Houghton, Genforum

Joseph Belcher (Gregory-1) was born on 25 December 1641, most probably in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Gregory Belcher and his wife Catherine ------.

Around 1664, he married REBECCA-2 GILL (No. 84:3:1045). Rebecca was the daughter of John Gill and Anne [Billings?], and was baptized in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 7 July 1650.

On the occasion of his marriage his father gave him nine acres of land in Milton, Norfolk County, where the newlyweds settled. These were combined with large tracts that Rebecca, as her father's heir, owned in Dorchester and Milton.

Joseph and Rebecca's life together was not without its problems. The two grew estranged, and temporarily separated. This was a situation that Puritan morality of the time could not tolerate and the couple was summoned before the General Court. By the efforts of friends, however, the two evidently reconciled and remained together.

Sometime around 1674, they moved to Braintree, Norfolk County; Rebecca was dismissed to the Braintree Church on 6 September 1674.

Soon after moving to Braintree, the war with the Indians known as King Philip's War began. Joseph served as quartermaster in the cavalry troop of Capt. Thomas Prentice in the first expedition against them at Mount Hope. In a subsequent engagement against the Indians during King Phillip's War on 28 June 1675, at Swansea, Bristol County, he distinguished himself by great bravery; he was badly wounded in the knee and had his horse shot out from underneath him.

Joseph died in Braintree in late December 1678 or early January 1679. His brief will provided:

" The Will of Joseph Belchar. That Capt. Brackitt & Mr Quinsey shall have the over Seeinge of his estate & his wife to have the estate to bringe up his children & his children to have the estate equally devided & to have there portion at ye day of marrig or when they come of Age & if any or either of them shall dye before ye day of marrig or before they shall be of Age then there portion or portions shall bee devided & given unto those children that shall then bee alive."

The inventory of his estate was presented on 7 February 1678/9:

" An Inventory of the goods & Chattle of the late Joseph Belcher of Milton decd taken 7th Feb 1678 by us subscribed:

Imp. A dwelling house wth a little house that Stephen

Langley dwells in wth 66 Acres of upland

8 Acres of Salt Marsh and 4 Acres of fresh meadow 400.00.00

Wearing Apparell both woolen Linnen with cap hats Bootes & Shoes 7.05.00

The Womans Apparrell & Linnen improved for the benefit of his children 0.00.00

2 pr pistols with holsters and Brest-plates 2.17.00

one Saddle and bridle male pillion & pillion Cloth 0.18.06

one Bed with bedding & Bedsteed curtains & vallents as it stands 3.10.00

Two old Beds fild wth feathers and flocks & 8 blankets with two old Bolsters 3.10.00

3 brass pans & a morter and pestle 1.00.00

3 or 4 old little brass kettles a warming pan & other old brass with one Seive 0.12.00

2 Iron pots and one Iron kettle 1.02.00

a frying pan 2 tramels 1 pr tongs 1 peele 0.13.06

A dripping pan Smoothing Iron & an old Iron pan 0.04.00

7 pewter dishes 2 pots 1 porringer 1 bason sucking bottle and one Chamber pot 1.10.00

Tin Ware 2 pans one funnell one pepar box 1 Lanthorn 0.04.06

4 Augurs 2 Saws one pr Andirons 1.01.00

3 Axes & 2 old Axes one ho 0.08.00

old [Shakes?] and other old Iron 1 Spade 1 Shovell 2 forkes 0.14.00

2 Seiffswith rings and necks 0.05.00

a cupboard 1 table & Spinning Wheele and small tubbs pailes churns trays wth other Lumber 1.00.00

a Cutlash 0.01.00

one Cart & Wheeles 3.10.00

3 Cleveses 1 chain 3 pr hayers 1 yoke 2 plows with Irons 1.16.00

one mare [illeg.]

4 Cows one Calfe 11.00.00

one Sow and 10 piggs 3.10.00

In hay Corn and some other small things 24.11.03

We whose names are hereunder written have prized the Corn belonging to the Estate of Joseph Belcher English & Indian at £9.10.00. Milton 28th 2d 1679."

The total value of the estate was £472.04.19

The date of Rebecca's death is presently unknown, although it was sometime after 11 December 1677 since she was mentioned in her husband's will on that date

 

FROM: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/philip/1-10/ch3pt1.html

Capt. Prentice was appointed captain of the special Troop, June 24, 1675, and sent out with Capt. Henchman, as has been related. On arriving at Swansey, at Miles's garrison, the Indians began firing from the bushes across the river at our guards, and twelve of the troopers volunteered to go over the bridge and drive them off. These were commanded by Quartermaster Joseph Belcher and Corporal John Gill. Mr. Church went along with them, and also a stranger, and William Hammond acted as pilot. As they advanced across the bridge the Indians fired upon them and wounded Mr. Belcher in the knee, killed his horse, and shot Gill in the breast, but his buff coat and several thicknesses of paper saved him from injury. They killed the pilot outright, and the troopers were forced to retreat, bringing off Hammond and his horse. On the renewal of the attack by the Indians next morning, the troop, supported by Mosely's volunteers, charged across the bridge and drove the Indians from the "Neck" and across to Pocasset. June 30th was spent by the army traversing Mount Hope neck, and at evening Capt. Prentice with his troop rode to Rehoboth and quartered over night.

FROM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:
350036&id=I15907573

On his marriage he was given by his father 9 acres of land in Milton, where he settled. His wife, Rebecca, was sole heiress to large tracts of land in Dorchester and Milton, from the estate of her father. However, incompatibility made their domestic life unhappy, causing a temporary separation & a summons before the General Court. However, a reconciliation was finally effected. On the outbreak of the King Philip's War, Joseph served as a Quartermaster in the Cavalry Troop of Capt. Prenyce in the First Expedition against King Philip at Mt. Hope. In a skirmish with the Indians at Swansea, 28 Jun 1675, he distinguished himself by great bravery, being badly wounded in the knee and having his horse shot out from under him. The inventory of his estate amounted to 472 pounds, 4 shillings, and 9 pence was presented, 7 Feb 1678/79.

 

 

 

 

More About JOSEPH BELCHER:

Burial: 1687, Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

 

Children of JOSEPH BELCHER and REBECCA GILL are:

3. i. ANN3 BELCHER, b. September 13, 1663, Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

ii. REV. JOSEPH BELCHER, b. May 14, 1669; d. April 27, 1723, Roxbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. ABIGAIL TOMPSON, March 08, 1693/94.

Notes for REV. JOSEPH BELCHER:

FROM: Rich Houghton, Genforum

Joseph Belcher (Joseph-2 Gregory-1) was born on 14 May 1668, in Milton, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph Belcher and Rebecca Gill, and was named after his father.

His grandfather John Gill, with whom he lived as a child, provided in his will that young Joseph be kept in school until he was fourteen and then apprenticed to a trade. When his widowed maternal grandmother Gill died in 1683, she left Joseph -- at the age of around fifteen -- the heir to a large estate including "the best part of Milton Hill."

With his new-found wealth, the necessity of apprenticing himself to a trade to make a living disappeared. Instead, he decided to go to Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his B.A., and apparently his M.A., from Harvard in 1690.

In the Spring of 1692, he began his career as a preacher at the First Church in Dedham; he occupied the pulpit for the first time on 17 April 1692 and then again on 15 May. The town of Dedham had -- for various reasons -- been without a permanent minister for almost eight years, and Joseph appeared as one of a series of temporary guest speakers paid fifteen shillings per day of engagement. His preaching apparently pleased the congregation, as it was remarked that "[the] church was destitute and in a broken state for eight years, when, to [our] great joy, the Repairer of breaches supplied the vacany with a pastor (we trust) after his own heart, in the Rev. Mr. Joseph Belcher." As a result, on 23 May it was recorded in the town records that "ye Ch[urch] and Town have given a Call [to Joseph Belcher] to come and live and laboure amongst us."

After much soul-searching, he accepted their call. He took the pulpit for the first time after their invitation on 12 June and on 30 October began to preach regularly. On 29 November 1693, he was officially ordained as the minister of the Fisrt Church to replace Rev. Adams, a post in which he served until 1721; his portrait still hangs in the church behind the pulpit. On 23 December, the town voted him a salary of £60 per year.

He married ABIGAIL-3 TOMPSON on 8 March 1693/4 in Braintree, Suffolk (now Norfolk) County, Massachusetts. She was born in Boston on 25 November 1670, and was the daughter of Benjamin Tompson and Susanna Kirkland. The had at least seven children, possibly eight:

i Abigail b. 23 August 1695 m. Perez Bradford

ii Rebecca b. 14 March 1697 m. Thomas Walters

iii Joseph b. 16 October 1699 m. Elizabeth Butt

iv Mary b. 23 July 1701 d. 11 January 1702/3

v Samuel b. 23 March 1704 m. Mabel Stoughton

vi Mary b. 1706 m. Joseph Richards

vii Gill b. 11 October 1711 d. unm. 16 May 1752

viii Patience? b.p. 1711 m. ------ ------

Joseph was greatly admired as a preacher. He took up his ministry at a time when the witchcraft hysteria was sweeping through neighboring towns. It may have been that Joseph's calming influence, rational approach, and generally noninflamatory attitude forestalled its spread into Dedham which was spared the accusations and trials. Five of his sermons survive: One delivered in Boston in 1698 before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; another before the Great and General Assembly of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; two sermons preached in Dedham for "Young Persons" and the "Rising Generation;" and an ordination sermon preached at Bristol at the settlement of Nathaniel Cotton in 1721.

In 1696 the town, which had a history of late payments to its ministers, decided to try a system of voluntary contributions to support the ministry. Apparently it did not work well because in 1704, the old system of a direct tax was reinstated. His salary was later raised to £100 and the congregation supplied him with firewood. Although his predecessors had occupied the house of Rev. John Allin, Joseph built a parsonage to which the town contributed sixty pounds.

Town records reflect that on 8 December 1718, his servants Cesar and Flora were married in Dedham.

In the autumn of 1721, he suffered a paralytic stroke -- a "dangerous paralysis" -- and had to cease his ministry. He was sent to convalesce in Roxbury at the house of his son-in-law Rev. Thomas Walter, where he was treated by his brother-in-law Dr. Philip Tompson.

He died in Roxbury on 27 April 1723. Five of the principal men of Dedham were appointed a committee to hire a coach to return his body to Dedham for burial, and the town voted £2.04.00 towards entertaining the men attending the funeral and their mounts, and -- eight years later -- voted forty pounds to his widow to defray the expenses of his funeral. He was buried in Dedham on 1 May. Cotton Mather wrote a eulogy, which he read at a lecture in May in Boston, entitled "A Good Character, or a Walk with God Illustrated, with Some Dues Paid to the Memory of the Late Reverend and Excellent Pastor of Dedham." Mather called him "the never-to-be-forgotten Joseph Belcher," and said:

" we have had an excellent preacher of a walk with God, who was an excellent pattern of what he preached unto us; God has newly taken to himself one who walked with him; one who lived what he spoke; one who did what he taught, and was a walker in the path of the righteous, as well as a preacher of righteousness . . . .

Among the articles of his piety, very conspicuous, was the well-governed speech, and the management of the helm, with which he very much prevented what, in the computation of the ancients, makes half the sins of our lives. He spoke so little, and what he spoke had such a guard upon it, and he had such an evident aversion for evil speaking, generally choosing to speak nothing of them who could not have much good spoken of them, that I may truly say, to speak with the tongue of men and angels (men possessed by angels) were not a glory equal with that of having a tongue under such an holy regulation. A gentlemanly temper and carriage, with a sweetness of disposition which was a varnish upon those virtues in him, added yet more lustre unto them.

Considered as a preacher, he was greatly admired and followed, -- and yet with what a modest and what a humble self-diffidence did he decline all public appearances, but what he was in some sort compelled to.

Considered as a pastor, how faithfully, how painfully, how patiently did he feed the flock, whreof he was overseer! One would think it impossible for any one mouth to open against a shepherd of so much goodness!"

His will, dated 17 April 1723 and proved in Boston on 7 June of that year, provided:

" In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Belcher of Dedham in the County of Suffolk and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Clerk being very sick and weak of Body but Through Mercy of Sound disposessing mind and memory Do make and Ordain This my last will and Testament in manner & form following hereby Revoking and making Null and Void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made. First and principally I Commit my precious and imortall Soul into the hands of God my Creator relieing solely on his Mercy through the merits and Satisfaction of the Lord Jesus Christ for the pardon of my Sins and Gracious Acceptance with him My Body I Commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executors herein after named And for my Temporal Goods and Estate I will that they be imployed and bestowed in manner as is hereafter expressed That is to Say

Imprs: I Will that all my Just Debts and psonal expenses be well and truly paid and Ordained to be paid by my Exexutors with all Convenient Speed after my Internment.

Item I Will and Order that my Executors by good & Sufficient Deed or Deeds in the Law [?] and [?] of all that my Certain Tract of Land Situate in Dedham Lying at a place commonly called the Saw Mills the better to enable my Executors to Satisfie & pay my Just debts & funeral Expenses.

Item I Give unto my Three Grand Children namely Abigail and Hannah Bradford and Rebecca Walters and to each of the Sum of Five pounds as a Token of my Love.

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my wellbeloved wife All my Personall and moveable Estate whatsoever To be holden by her, her heirs and assigns forever to Enable her to bring up my son Gill Belcher until he is Twenty one years of age and my Daughter Mary until her marriage.

Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my well beloved Son Joseph Belcher all my Land & Real Estate lying Situate in Milton Excepting only those Lands that are in the possession of Nahaniel How to be holden by him his heirs and assigns for ever Provided allways and it is my will that my Said Son Joseph Pay thereout unto my Three Daughters namely Abigail Bradford Rebecca Walters and Mary Belcher the Sum of Sevenhundred pounds in manner following and the Said Lands and Reale Estate are hereby subjected to the payment thereof My said Daughters and Each of them accounting for what they have already had as in my Account Book they are Severally Charged Reckoning also one hundred pounds a piece herein after to be paid them by my son Samuel the Remainder to make up and Compleat the Sum of Four hundred pounds a peice to my Said Three Daughters which shall be their full payment [four words defaced] Estate And further my will is that my sd Son Joseph shall pay to my sd Daughters Abigail Bradford and Rebecca Walters Such Sum & Sums of money as shall make up to Each of them with what they have already had the Sum of Two hundred pounds and that within the Space of Two years next after my decease And also pay the Sum of One hundred and Fifty pounds to my Daughter Mary upon her marriage and the Remainder of my Said Three Daughters Legacyes herein mentioned to be paid by my Son Joseph Shall be paid them within the Space of Five years next after my decease.

Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son Gill Belcher All my Lands lying in the Town of Dorchester with the Mills thereon standing now in the possession of Nathaniel How as also all those Lands in Milton afore reserved and mentioned to be in the Said Hows possession To be holden by the Said Gill Belcher his heirs and assignes forever Reserving the Income & profits there of to my well beloved wife Abigail for her own use until my Said Son Gill shall arrive to Law full age.

Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my wellbeloved Son Samuel all my Lands and Reall Estate in Dedham notherein before disposed of To be holen by him his heirs and assignes forever And my will is that my Said wife Abigail Receive and take the yearly income of ye whole thereof for her own use until my Said Son Samuel attain the age of Twenty one years and after his attaining that age Then my Said wife Abigail shall hold and Receive one moiety of the Income of the whole dureing her natural life And at her Decease the Same Shall Revert and go to my Said Son Samuel Provided he pay thereout unto Each of my Said Three Daughters the Sum of One hundred pounds apece at and upon the Decease of my said wife.

Item I Will and Order that if my Estate should be Deficient or fall Short of fullfilling this my will That then my Legatees Shall abate of these Legacys in proportion. And I Do hereby Solemnly and earnestly Charge all my Family to live in Love and peace with Each other and that they rest Satisfied and Contented with this my will that so the God of Peace may be with them and for ever bless them.

Item I Do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint My Dear and wellbeloved wife Abigail and my wellbeloved Son Joseph Belcher to bee the Executors of this my Last will and Testament.

In Witness whereof I have here unto Set my hand and Seal the Seventeenth day of April Anno Dom. One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty three Annoq RR Georgii Magnee Britania pr. Nono."

There does not appear to be an inventory among his probate documents.

 

 

FROM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?
op=GET&db=
:350036&id=I15907633

In his youth he inherited a considerable estate for those times. This enabled him to obtain a liberal education at Harvard College where he graduated in 1690. He then studied for the ministry and began to prteach in dedham in the spring of 1692. This resulted in a permanent call and he was ordained and settled there on 29 Nov 1693. He remained pastor there for nearly 30 years until the autumn of 1721 when he was incapacitated by a paralytic shock and was removed to his son-in-law Rev. Thomas Walter' home in Roxbury to be under care of his brother-in-law, Dr. Philip Tompson. He died there at the age of 54, 27 Apr 1723. His portrait in oil hangs in the First Church of dedham.

 

More About REV. JOSEPH BELCHER:

Fact1: His portrait currently hangs in the First Church of Dedham

Graduate: 1690, Harvard University in Massachusetts.

Occupation: November 29, 1693, Minister of Dedham, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

iii. MOSES BELCHER, b. August 04, 1672, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. May 04, 1728, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut; m. HANNAH LYON, December 19, 1694, Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; b. November 14, 1673, Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. August 20, 1745, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.

More About MOSES BELCHER:

Burial: Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London Co., Connecticut

More About HANNAH LYON:

Burial: Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London Co., Connecticut

iv. CAPT. GILL BELCHER, b. September 22, 1678; m. MARY HOWARD, September 21, 1702.

Notes for CAPT. GILL BELCHER:

On 26 Oct 1702, power of attorney was given his wife to dispose of his property and on 3 Sep 1703, she m. in Boston, 7 Jun 1716, John Flagg. In 1765, a Gill Belcher of Hebron, CT, perhaps a grandson of Capt. Gill, bought land in Great Barrington.

 

More About CAPT. GILL BELCHER:

Fact1: Was a sea captain in Boston

v. REBECCA BELCHER, b. November 12, 1671; m. (1) SAMUEL MILLER, June 25, 1690; m. (2) THOMAS WALTERS, June 25, 1718; d. January 10, 1724/25.

More About THOMAS WALTERS:

Fact1: January 10, 1724/25, Died of consumption

vi. JOHN BELCHER, b. April 02, 1667; d. February 02, 1681/82.

vii. MARY BELCHER, m. BENJAMIN FENNO, September 23, 1696.

More About MARY BELCHER:

Baptism: November 12, 1676

viii. PATIENCE BELCHER, b. December 05, 1674.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. ANN3 BELCHER (JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)11,12 was born September 13, 1663 in Milton, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. She married ROWLAND STOREY13,14 1680 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. He was born Abt. 1645 in Heydour, Lincolnshire, England, and died July 1709 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

More About ANN BELCHER:

Fact1: July 16, 1683, Was named in her grandmother Ann Gill

Notes for ROWLAND STOREY:

FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

Rowland Story (his name was variously spelled Roland, Rolen, Rolin) was a shipwright of Boston in 1673 when he bought land. In 1696, he signed a petition and was a resident of Boston. He died there, and the inventory of his estate, dated 9 July 1709, was produced by his widow and administratrix, Ann Story, on 14 Sept 1709.

Rowland was married twice. His first wife was named Bethia, and she was the mother of two children. He married secondly on 3 Sept 1683 (1682?) to Anne Belcher, who was born 13 Sept 1663 (1665?) who is said to have been the daughter of Joseph Belcher & Rebecca Gill. She was the mother of 15 children. All of Rowland's children were born in Boston, Suffolk Co. MA.

Apparently, shortly after the death of Rowland Story Sr., his family, or at least some of them, moved to South Carolina, where they remained for many years.

Shortly after the death of Rowland Story Sr., his family, or at least some of them, moved to South Carolina, where they remained for many years.

 

More About ROWLAND STOREY:

Burial: Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Occupation: Shipbuilder

 

Children of ANN BELCHER and ROWLAND STOREY are:

4. i. ZACHARIAH4 STOREY, b. June 27, 1706, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Bet. February 14, 1731/32 - August 25, 1732, James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina.

ii. BENJAMIN STOREY15, b. November 15, 1707, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts15; d. February 23, 1733/34, Zachariah Storey's Island, Granville Co., South Carolina.

Notes for BENJAMIN STOREY:

Benjamin was eaten by an alligator on the north branch of the Story River (misspelled as Stony in the article below) near the island owned by his brother Zachariah Storey I. This island is located next to Fripp Island resort and is called the Old House Island Preserve today.

from the local paper:

South Carolina Gazette, issue of 2 Mar 1734 printed the following obituary: "On the 23rd last past in the morning one Martin Dunn... happened to be with Benjamin Story in his Perianger in the Northern Branch of the Stony River and striking at an alligator fell overboard and down to the ground immediately; no doubt but the alligator made a good breakfast of him."

 

 

More About BENJAMIN STOREY:

Fact1: Was eaten by an alligator

iii. ABIGAIL STOREY16, b. March 11, 1692/93, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) JAMES PIKE, 1708; m. (2) JACOB BLANCHARD, 1713.

5. iv. JEREMIAH STOREY, b. July 02, 1702, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Abt. 1735, South Carolina.

6. v. ROWLAND STOREY, b. September 03, 1683, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. 1734, St. Andrews Parish, Berkeley Co., South Carolina.

vi. BETHIAH STOREY17, b. July 15, 1677, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. June 08, 1690, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts17.

vii. ANN STOREY18, b. March 14, 1690/91, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

viii. JOHN STOREY19, b. February 03, 1686/87, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts19; d. 1736, Charleston, Berkeley Co., South Carolina.

Notes for JOHN STOREY:

John Storey / Story left his entire estate to the Silversmith Solomon Legare, a well known figure in Charleston South Carolina. One of the main streets in the historic district bears his name today with some of the finest homes in Charleston located there.

Legare Street Tour

Thursday, October 23rd, 7-10 PM

Legare Street was named for Solomon Legare, a prosperous Huguenot silversmith, who owned the area of land at the intersection of Legare and Tradd Streets. This tour features some of Charleston’s most significant houses built in the early nineteenth century. Magnificent Charleston single houses, servants quarters, kitchen and carriage houses exhibit interiors reflecting modern lifestyles, yet respecting the character and significance of the city’s historic architecture.

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The Complete Will of John Storey Story

In the Name of God Amen, I John Story of Charles Town in the Province of South Carolina Tanner being very sick and weak of body but of sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be to God, do make this my Last Will and Testament, first and Principally I do recommend my Soul to God, hoping that through the merits of Christ Jesus I shall obtain the full remission of all my sin's any my body I committ to the Earth to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executor herein after named, and as to the worldly goods which God has blessed me with I give and dipose of them in the following manner, first I will that all my just depts and funeral charges be paid off and that being done I give and bequeath unto my Loving Friend Solomon Legare Junr my whole Estate both reall and personall and apoint him the said Solomon Legare to be sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament revoking all former Will by me made at any time here tofore, In witness Whereof I have here to set my hand and the seal the eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty six

John Story , his mark

The within Instrument of Writing was Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator John Story as and for his Last Will and Testament in our presence who here subscribe our names as Witnesses - John Laurens, John Martini, July 15th 1736. Before the honorable John Hammerton Esquire by virtue of a Dedimus potestatem from the honble Thomas Broughton Esqr Lieutenant Governour and Ordinary of this province, Personally came and appeared John Lauren's and John Martini the two witness to the within Instrument who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists declared they were present and saw the a within named John Story sign seal publish and declare the same to be Last Will and Testament, and that he was at the same time of sound and disposing mind and memory and understanding and that they severally subscribed their names as witnesses there to in presince of the said Testator. Eodem die swore the Exect J. Hammerton, recorded the 27th July 1736

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A Just and true Inventory and apraisement of all and Singular the Goods Rights and, Credits Bonds Notes and Ready Money Belonging to the Estate fo John Storey Late Deceased shown to us whose names are under Written by Solomon Legare Junr Vizt the 2nd Day of September 1736,

3 White and Two Speckled Shirts 8"-"-

a parcele of old Cloath's 4"-"-

3 Jacketts 2 pairs Britches and 4 pair of old Stocking's 12"-"-

1 pair of Silk Stocking's and 1 pair of Shoe's 5"-"-

3 Neck's two Cap's and one Handkerchifts 1"10"-

1 pair of shoes 1 pair of Trowser's and 2 old Hatts 4"-"-

2 Stone Jugg's 1 Old Gun and Pistoll 2"10"

1 pair of Gold Button's and 1 Ditto of Silver 9"-"-

1 pair of Mettle Knee Buckles -"5"-

1 Suite of Cloth Cloth's 35"-"-

2 bonds amounting to 880"-"-

2 Notes fo Hands amounting to 214"-"-

In Current Bills 131"6"3

1 Old Chist 1"-"-

1307"11"3

signed , John Milner , Richard Mason, John Lauren's

Memorandum, that on the Second Day of September 1736 personally Came and appeared before me Henry Gilbbs Esqr one of , his Majesty's Justices appointed to Keep the peace in Berkley County John Lauren's Richard Mason, and John Milner, Being three fo the appraiser's, appointed to appraise the Goods and Chattles of John Storey Deseased; and made, Oath on the Holy Evangelists, to make a true and perfect Inventory and appraisement of all and singular the Good's, Rights and Credits, of the said, Deseased and to Return the same into the Secretary's Office of this province, according to the Time prescribed by Law,

Sworn before me this 2nd day of September 1736, Henry Gibbs Examd Recorded the 4th Novembr 1736.

More About JOHN STOREY:

Burial: Berkeley Co., South Carolina

ix. JOSEPH STOREY20, b. March 31, 1683, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts20.

x. REBECCA STOREY21, b. August 28, 170121.

 

Generation No. 4

 

4. ZACHARIAH4 STOREY (ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)22,23 was born June 27, 1706 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts23,24, and died Bet. February 14, 1731/32 - August 25, 1732 in James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina25. He married MARY ELLIS25,26 May 10, 1729 in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston, South Carolina, daughter of THOMAS ELLIS and ELIZABETH AYERS. She was born 1710 in "of James Island".

Notes for ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Zachariah was born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a minor child when his father Rowland Storey I died. In 1719, Zachariah Storey's brother Rowland Storey II (Mariner of Berkeley Co., South Carolina ) was given guardianship of Zachariah and his brother Benjamin after the death of Rowland Storey I their father.

sources: Probate Records, Vol 21; 1718-1720; Suffolk Co., Mass.; page 4 (To Rowland Storey of Berkley Co. in South Carolina, mariner... appoint you...guardian unto Zechariah Story a minor about 13 years and Benjamin Story

aged about 11 years, children of Rowland Story late of Boston, shipwright, dec'd... dated at Boston 5 Jun 1718); FHL Film 0584135.

Zachariah Storey I likely died from the epidemic of 1732. He had two small children and wife Mary who remarried Thomas Sisson at the St. Andrews Parish Church in Charleston, Berkeley Co. South Carolina.

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Map of early James Island, or what is known. I have marked in red the approximate coarse of the Newtown or James Island River as it is called today. At the time of Zachariah Storey's death in 1732 he owned 44 acres on the Newtown Creek. It is likely that he owned property somewhere in or near the red circle on the above map.

It is known that the Storey family married into the family of Joseph Ellicott who owned almost 300 acres on the North west branch of the Newtown Creek (Now call the James Island Creek) on James Island. Joseph's will, probated in 1715 lists the 300 acres on Newtown Creek as well. Joseph also lists Zachariah's brother Rowland Story who is a neighbor and is married to Joseph's sister Elizabeth Ellicott. This 300 acres of land would be VERY close to the Benjamin Stiles (witnessed document) Plantation located today on Paul Revere Dr. Benjamin Stiles' Plantation is also close to the North west branch of the Newtown Creek. Joseph Ellicott goes on to mention that his 300 acres border the land of Charles Armstrong and of Richard Morgan (deceased). Charles Armstrongs' property is also known to border what is today the Wappoo Creek area. Joseph states that his property is partly upon land formerly belonging to Richard Harlston, (Richard Hudson) but now to Mr. Dutch to Westward upon Stono River, to the east upon Newtown Creek, and southward to other land allotted to his brother in law Rowland Story. Considering that Rowland Story , Zachariah.'s brother owned land in the area it is again likely that Zachariah's 44 acre Newtown Creek lot would be very close to his brother Rowland and distant relative Joseph Ellicott.

 

The fact that Benjamin Stiles is familiar and is witnessing documents with Zachariah gives further evidence that Zachariah's lot was in the North East branch of the Newtown Creek area (known today as the James Island Creek). Unfortunately there is no map remaining for the area this early in its history to prove my theory.

 

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FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

Zachariah [Zachary] Story, son of Rowland Story (c1650-1709) & Anne Belcher, was born 27 June 1706 Boston, Suffolk Co MA. He married 10 Mar 1729 St Andrews Parish, Berkeley Co SC to Mary Ellis "of James Island." After the death of Zachariah, she m2. 2 (or 8) Oct 1733 in St Andrews Parish to Thomas Sissons. Zachariah died testate, and his will, written 14 Feb 1732, probated 30 Apr 1732, names wife Mary, son Zachariah (gets land "on James Island, formerly my grandfathers, 44 A. on Perotown Creek"), daughter Elizabeth gets land in Granville County, 372 A. One of the witnesses to this will was Zachariah's brother, Jeremiah Story.

 

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FROM:

Zachariah and Mary were wed at the St. Andrews Parish Church, Charleston, South Carolina. The oldest Church in the state built in 1706.

The grounds and church structure of Old Saint Andrew's Parish Church are a beautiful spiritual and aesthetic setting to get closer to God. Nestled close to the Ashley River and containing ten acres of land, Old Saint Andrew's property is comprised of a cemetery, an education building, and the main building dating back to 1706, the oldest surviving church in South Carolina.

History

Saint Andrew's Parish was one of ten created by the Church Act passed by the Assembly on St. Andrew's Day (November 30th) 1706. Construction of the building began that year, and over the west doors there is a plaque commemorating the date and first wardens. The original portion of the building (now the nave or larger part) measured 40' by 25'. An early rector, the Reverend William Guy, wrote that it was "built of brick, the roof of pine, with five small square windows in it, and not near finished on the inside, with a burying place of seven acres." In 1723, the building was enlarged by the addition of two side transepts and the chancel, thus completing the cruciform or cross-shaped appearance of the floor plan. The brick of the nave is ballast brick, brought over on ships, with that of the addition apparently made on the grounds. The new roof was made of cypress and remains to the present.

The tablets behind the altar, ordered by the Canons of 1604, are called a Reredos, and display the fundamentals of Anglican prayer, law, and belief: the Lord’s Prayer, Ten Commandments, and Apostles' Creed. These are the originals installed about 1723, and are painted on hand-hewn black cypress. Around 1820, they were set in the Honduran mahogany federal capital, and were re-lettered, which accounts for their modern spelling. They were retouched once, in 1855. The railing around the pulpit and the altar is antebellum cast iron.

Originally the pews were high backed which cut down on drafts, and for a number of years they were sold as means of raising revenue. Those in the Church now date from the extensive restoration carried out in 1855 by Colonel the Honorable William Izard Bull of Ashley Hall Plantation. The flooring is original-- the small tile pavers probably date from the original 1706 structure, with the larger stone pavers from the enlargement. The baptismal font is original -- its base (of a later period) consists of three pelicans, an ancient Christian symbol of the Atonement and fidelity, and an heraldic device of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which first sent clergy to the parish.

The surrounding area suffered greatly from Indian, Spanish, French, and British wars, as well as number of hurricanes (the most famous being Hugo in 1989). A historic preservation effort to ensure the proper restoration and to guarantee the architectural integrity of the building is underway as the 300th anniversary date nears.

 

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Zachariah Storey / Story Sr. owned property in both Charleston as well as a 372 acre island in Granville, Co. South Carolina. The island is near Fripp and Hunting Islands in the South Carolina low country. The Story River can be found there today and is named after the Zachariah Storey family line. I had a chance to visit the area in July 2003 and could see Zachariah's island as well as the Story River which ran on one side of the island. Today it is known as the Old Island Heritage Preserve and sits just a few hundred yards from the Fripp Island resort. The "Old House" creek and a small marsh is all that separates Fripp and Zachariah's island. Zachariah Storey I owned the island until his death in 1732 and willed the property to his child Elizabeth Storey who was then a young child. By 1755 the island is mentioned in the will of Ellicott Storey the nephew of Zachariah Storey I. It seems Elizabeth had no interest in the island and Ellicott Storey made a legal claim after Elizabeth had married Ephriam Moshier and was living in New York state. The islands are quite interesting and Zachariah Storey I would have owned his property during the years that so many stories have been written about the area.

The neighboring Fripp island was owned by Capt John Fripp, a well known mariner of Granville Co. South Carolina. He is referred to as a pirate and supposedly buried treasure on the shores of his home. His descendants became well known citizens of Beaufort, South Carolina and owned plantations that stand to this day. Legend says the pirate Black beard hid on Fripp and surrounding islands at times as well, also hiding his treasure. Considering that Zachariah and most of the Storey family were mariners it would be very interesting to know more about the history of the island and any contacts he would have had with Capt. John Fripp or other pirates. For more information and some excellent reading see the following website.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bean95/ft/frippus/links/mshore-01.htm

 

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Legends of Fripp Island

There are several books on sale in South Carolina book stores devoted to ancient tales and legends of the outer barrier islands and the pirate days. It seems as there are more legends connected with this lovely little island than any other on the South Carolina coast. The island had numerous Indian mounds, and various relics of the Red Man's occupancy have been recovered.

It has been written that the Pirate, John Fripp, buried his treasure deep in the sands on Fripp Island at a location known only to him. Later when he needed ready money he would row over to the islands to replenish his coffers. Although several have attempted to locate this treasure, none have been successful.

A modern tourist brochure carries this brief legend: "Captain John Fripp - the island's namesake - did little to secure a reputation for island hospitality .......... Whenever he needed funds Fripp allegedly took a helper with him and sailed to the island. He always returned alone.

The writings of a grant from King Charles II dated 1662, written on vellum or heavy parchment that carried his seal found in previous references, apparently was a legend as well since I have found no substantiating documentation of this event. If there were any records of this in the Proprietary documents I have not been able to find them and if this story is true any record must have been lost or burned.

Fripp Island is said to have been the favourite hideaway of that swaggering reckless pirate of the early eighteenth century, Blackbeard, who roamed the Colonial coast - especially along the Delaware, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Around Fripp Island were many ideal places to evade capture. Small winding creeks, inlets and rivers abound nearby. A high bluff made a perfect look-out. Blackbeard was born in Bristol, England but one seldom hears him referred to by his real name of Edward Teach. His nickname was due to the extraordinary quantity of jet black hair with which his head and face were covered. He was in the habit of twisting it with ribbons in small tails and turning them up about his ears.

Somewhere beneath the sand dunes on Fripp Island, Blackbeard is thought to have buried many treasure chests. In 1708, he anchored off the Port of Charleston and there he plundered incoming and outgoing ships, taking as prisoners some of the important persons of the town. It was not a pleasant sight for the citizens of Charles Town to see the pirate captain's ship guarding their port, its black flag with its cross and white skull fluttering in the breeze. So when Blackbeard sent a messenger bearing a white flag to the settlement saying that he would liberate his prisoners and vacate the port in exchange for much needed medicine for his crew, the offer was quickly accepted.

Early in the morning, in May, Blackbeard, wearing his usual 'three brace of pistols hanging in holsters' marched at the head of his men through Charles Town's streets, to obtain supplies.

In the dignified old city, a tale is whispered that the high born, adventurous Miss O---- living in a large gray house near St. Michael's Church, waved gaily at the bold young pirate, who returned her greeting with a bow and a wide sweep of his hat.

He exchanged his prisoners for medicine as promised, and on his way back to the ship, stopped for a moment where Miss O---- was standing in her gateway. Without a word, Blackbeard swooped her up and carried the frantic, struggling girl aboard the vessel. Immediately he set sail for North Carolina where his friend, Governor Charles Eden, married him to Miss O---- despite her pleadings. Then sailing to what is now called Fripp Island - where much of his treasure had been buried - Blackbeard left his wife there heavily guarded while he resumed his piracy of the high seas.

One end to this story is that Edward Teach's bride in time ceased to exhibit the coldness she first showed, became a loving wife and one day, bedecked in diamonds, pearls and rubies, she sailed away with him to the West Indies. (From "Tales of Beaufort", by Nell S. Graydon. F297 B3, G3)

 

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FROM: http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/wild/heritage/hp/oldi/default.htm

 

Old Island

Heritage Preserve

 

 

Preserve Directions

Old Island Heritage Preserve is only accessible by boat. To reach the preserve, put in at Russ Point Landing at Fripps Inlet on the south end of Hunting Island State Park. Travel across Fripps Inlet to either Old House Creek or the Story River. The preserve is on the right side of Old House Creek and on the left side of the Story River. The uplands are difficult to access without crossing expanses of salt marsh. Perhaps the best way to view the preserve is paddling its boundary in a canoe or kayak. The shallow creeks and salt marsh have good numbers of shorebirds, egrets, herons, gulls, terns and red-winged blackbirds.

There are eight lots on Old Island that are leased for fish camps. These leases were in effect when SCDNR purchased the island and will be honored until they expire in December of 2004. Public access is not allowed at these lease sites while the leases are in effect.

 

Highlights

The 400 acre Old Island Heritage Preserve is located in coastal Beaufort County, near Hunting Island State Park. The property was acquired from The Nature Conservancy's South Carolina Chapter to protect seven coastal habitat types and feeding areas for the federally endangered Wood Stork and federally threatened Bald Eagle. Perhaps the most appealing feature of the property is a relatively undisturbed coastal island. One only has to look across Old House Creek at Fripp Island to see the potential for development on this property.

The preserve consists of one major portion of uplands and several smaller, isolated pieces. The uplands are relict dune ridges surrounded by many acres of salt marsh and tidal creeks. The dune ridges are dominated by live oak, loblolly pine, and cabbage palm. The understory consists of thick stands of yaupon holly and wax myrtle. Several dune ridges have freshwater wetlands between them and some have saltwater wetlands in the middle. This mosaic of habitat types makes the island a very diverse system.

 

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The complete will of Zachariah Storey I.

Will of Zachariah Storey

Zachariah Story Last Will & Testamt

In The Name of God Amen & in the Year of our Lord God one thousand Seven Hundred thrity & two I Zachariah Story being Sick of Body yett Perfect of memory Blessed be God for itt do hereby make & ordain this my Last Will & Testamt Hoping after my Death to Receive free forgivnesses of my Sins through Jesus Christ

First I Commit my Soul to God who Gave itt & my body to be Entered in a decent manner according to the Discression of my Exrs Heare after mentioned

Item I Leave & Bequeath unto my Son Zachariah Story all Yt tract of Land on James Island formerly was my Grandfather & now in my Possession forty & four Acres be it more or Less With all Rights and Propertys thereunto Belonging Lying on Newtown Creek as is spaify by a Plot of the Same.

Item I Leave & Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Story all that tract of land is run or to be run out for me in Granvill County Containing 372 with all the Rights & Propertys thereunto Belonging.

Item I Leave to my beloved Wife Mary one third Part of all my Personal Estate after all my Depts & rents & funreal Charges are Paid & the other two thirds to be Equally Divided between my Son & Daughter above named & the benefitts arising from my Slaves & Substance is to be Imployed for the maintainance of my Wife & Children scooling & Clothing of them dureing my Wifes widowhood & at her Marriage the Same to Divided as above Mentioned in three Equal Shares VITZ to my wife one third to my Son one third & to my Daughter one third of all my Personal Estate

Lastly I do herely Ordain Ben Stylls Zebulon Guy & my beloved Wife Mary & Jeremiah Story to by my Exrs to manage all & everthing for the use of my Wife & Children & I do hereby make & ordain this my Last Will & Testamt revoking all other willl & Testamts

As witnessed my Hand & Seale this the 14th of Febuary 1732,

Zachariah Story

Signed sealed in Present of Will Allin, Mary Harling, Arch Hamilton, April 25th 1733 Before his Excy Robt Johnson Esqr Governour & Ordinary of the Province of South Carolina. Personally came & appeared Wm Allin May Harling & Arch Hamilton the Witnesses to the within instrumt who being duly Sworne declared they were Present & saw the within named Zachariah Story the Testator sign seal publish & Declare the Same to be his Last Will & Testamt and he was at the same time of sound & Disposing mind memory & understanding to the Best of the Deponents knowledge & Belief and Yt they severally Subscribed their Names as Witnesses thereto in Presence of the said Testator Robt Johnson

odem die Sworne the Exrs, Recorded april 30th 1733

 

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Loan from Zachariah Storey I to Elizabeth Aryes in South Carolina. Elizabeth is said to be Zachariah Storey's mother in law. Her last name is Aryes not Ellis so she would have remarried by the time of the loan. Thomas Ellis would have died by that date as well.

I promise to Pay or Cause to be payd unto Zachariah Story the Sum of One Hundred and twenty Pounds Currant money of the Province at or before my Decease well and truly to be payd by me or my Extors As Witness my Hand this the 3rd day of June 1730

her mark, Elizabeth Airs

Witness Present Benjamin Stiles, Arch Hamilton South Carolina. Proved in the Secretary Office by the Oath of Benjamin Stiles, Testator Hon Hargrave, Depty Secty.

 

The witnesses above seem to have a good relationship with Zachariah Storey and some of his family. Archibald Hamilton also witnesses the will of Zachariah Storey I. Archibald's son Paul Hamilton later in 1750 witnesses the will of Zachariah's sister in law Elizabeth Storey (wife of Jeremiah). The Hamiltons were another well known family in the Charleston area. Archibald Hamilton's grandson Paul Hamilton became Governor of the state of South Carolina the mid 1700s.

Benjamin Stiles who was a witness above lived in very close proximity to Zachariah Story on the Newtown Creek, now called the James Island Creek and I suspect was a very close neighbor. Benjamin Stiles built a home which was added on to by his descendants, now called Stiles Plantation. There is a subdivision surrounding the property which still bears his name. If you circle to the back of the home the original structure built by Benjamin Styles can still be seen.

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Zachariah had several documents witnessed by Ben Stiles of James Island. I believe that Ben and Zachariah are likely friends as well as neighbors. Benjamin Stiles owned a large mansion which is still standing on the old Newtown Creek (now called James Island Creek). Furthermore Zachariah Storey I owned fourty four acres on the old Newtown Creek. As of yet I have not found a map of Zachariah's land in Charleston on the Newtown Creek but I suspect it is close in proximity to the Plantation of Benjamin Stiles. The current Stiles Plantation was added to the original home. The original home can be viewed from behind on the street that runs along the water. The original home of Benjamin Stiles is one of the oldest on James Island, South Carolina.

 

 

More About ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Burial: James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina

Census1: 1729, Berkeley Dist., St.Andrews Parish, South Carolina

Fact1: Zachariah died during the Yellow Fever outbreak of 1731-1732. At the time of his death he lived on James Island, Newtown Creek.27

Occupation: Carpenter27

 

Children of ZACHARIAH STOREY and MARY ELLIS are:

7. i. ZACHARIAH5 STOREY, b. 1732, James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina; d. April 30, 1811, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York.

8. ii. ELIZABETH STOREY, b. March 31, 1730, James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina; d. Bef. 1783, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York.

 

5. JEREMIAH4 STOREY (ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)28 was born July 02, 1702 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts28, and died Abt. 1735 in South Carolina29. He married ELIZABETH TOOMER, daughter of JOHN TOOMER. She was born in Wales, and died April 26, 1752 in James Island, Berkeley, South Carolina.

Notes for ELIZABETH TOOMER:

Will of Elizabeth Storey / Story

In the name of God amen I Elizabeth Story of James Island Widow being in an infinite State of Heath but Blessed be God of a Sound and Disposing mind and Judgement and Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life do this tenth day of November ??? Domini one thousand Seven hundred & fifty make this my Last Will and Testament Revoking all other wills by me formerly made Declaring this to be my Last In manner following, Imprimis, my will is that my funeral Charges be justly Paid Immediately after my Decease by my Exers hereafter named.

Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Ann Story one Gold Ring that is to say the least of two which I have Likewise one paid of Gold Buttons.

Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Rebecca Story one Gold Ring that is to say the Largest of two which I have.

Item My Will is that all the rest of my Estate & whatsoever be Immediately Sold at Publick ???? (by my Exers) after my Decease and the money arising therefrom be Placed out at Interest on Good Security and to be Equally Shared and Divided between my two Daughters Ann and Rebecca Story when they arrive at the age of twenty years or day of Marriage which shall first happen that is to say one half to my Daughter Ann Story and the other half to my Daughter Rebecca Story. Lastly I do make Constitute & Appoint John Matthews of Charles Town Exer of this my Last Will & Testament In Witness I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above written

Signed Sealed & Published by Elizabeth Story to be her Last Will & Testament in the Presence of Deborah Miles, Ann Campbell, Paul Hamilton.

Elizabeth Story (L.S.) (Her Mark)

This Will was Proved before his the Govr. the 15th of Mar. 1750 & the Exer Qualified.

Recorded in Will Book 1747-1752. Pg 380

More About ELIZABETH TOOMER:

Burial: Probably James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina

Fact1: 700 acre plat recorded in Craven Co., S.C.

 

Children of JEREMIAH STOREY and ELIZABETH TOOMER are:

i. ANN5 STOREY29, b. Aft. 1730.

ii. REBECCA STOREY29, b. Aft. 1730.

 

6. ROWLAND4 STOREY (ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)30,31 was born September 03, 1683 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts32, and died 1734 in St. Andrews Parish, Berkeley Co., South Carolina. He married ELIZABETH ELLICOTT33,33 February 08, 1709/10. She was born in South Carolina, and died in South Carolina.

Notes for ROWLAND STOREY:

Rowland Storey II died in 1732 most likely of the epidemic of yellow fever that year. Zachariah Storey I the brother of Rowland Storey II died the same year. I suspect they were buried in the St. Andrew Parish graveyard in Charleston, South Carolina.

Inventory of his estate:

The Appraisement of good's and Chatt'lls of the decesed Rowland Storey apraised by us appointed

2 Beds, 1 Paire of Sheets, 1 Blanket,1 quilt and bolster ,1 Bed and Counterpin boulster, 2 pillars, Sea Chests, 1 Table and Covering Cloth, 2 tables and Table Frame, 1 Looking Glass, 2 Old Trunk's, 2 Small Boles, a parcel of feather's, 1 Dish 6 plates old,1 Pair of tong's and i pair of Dogg's , 3 potts, 2 pair of tramells, 2 pair of pot hooks, 2 Bedstids, 1 Cord and Curtain Rods, 1 Gunn 2 Ades, 2 soves, 1 Ship and One Croscutt, 1 Old tankard and Poringer of Silver 42 Ounces, 3 bibles and 3 Old Books, 5 Old Book's,1 tea Kittle 5 Negro Slaves, 1 Corn Mill, One Still of Pewter, 1 Plow shire and Coulter and Old China, 2 Young Mair's never Broke, 1 horse, 1 Cutlash Cuttoch Box, 21 Heads of Cattle, 2 Working Oxen

March 1734 Personally Came and appeared before me Thomas Lambell Esquire One of his Majesty's, witnessed by his brother Jeremiah Storey and James Crawford, Archibald Hamilton, administratrix Elizabeth Storey his widow

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FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

Rowland Story Jr, son of Rowland Story (c1650-1709) & Anne Belcher, was born 3 Sept 1683 Boston, Suffolk Co MA, died 1732 of St Andrew Parish, Berkeley Co SC. The Register of the Province of South Carolina states: 8 Feb 1709/10, Rec'd of Mr Rowland Storey for a Lycense to marry Eliz'a Ellicott. Lb 1.0S.0d. After Rowland's death, Elizabeth (Eliza) married on 11 Feb 1737 Charleston Co SC to Elsworth Darvel/Darvil. She died testate, and the will of Elizabeth Darvel, of St Andrews Parish, James Island, written 5 May 1764, she "being aged" names her son John Story of St Helena's Parish; grandsons William, Ellicott & John Story; granddaughter Elizabeth Story. That Elizabeth was the sister of Joseph Elicott, Gent. of Charleston, is proven by his will, written 11 Jan 1711, probated 28 May 1714 & 10 Sept 1715, leaving wife Mary, brothers John Chapman & Rowland Story; sisters Rebecca wife of John Chapman and Elizabeth wife of Rowland Story.

 

More About ROWLAND STOREY:

Burial: Berkeley Co., South Carolina

Census1: 1717, Census/Enumeration, St.Andrews Parish, Berkeley District, South Carolina

Census2: 1722, Census/Enumeration, St.Andrews Parish, Berkeley District, South Carolina

Notes for ELIZABETH ELLICOTT:

Elizabeth Ellicott is the sister of Joseph Elicott, Gentleman of Charleston, South Carolina. Joseph Elicott's will mentions Rowland and Elizabeth Storey and is on record in South Carolina, written January 11, 1711.

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FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

The Register of the Province of South Carolina states: 8 Feb 1709/10, Rec'd of Mr Rowland Storey for a Lycense to marry Eliz'a Ellicott. Lb 1.0S.0d. After Rowland's death, Elizabeth (Eliza) married on 11 Feb 1737 Charleston Co SC to Elsworth Darvel/Darvil. She died testate, and the will of Elizabeth Darvel, of St Andrews Parish, James Island, written 5 May 1764, she "being aged" names her son John Story of St Helena's Parish; grandsons William, Ellicott & John Story; granddaughter Elizabeth Story. That Elizabeth was the sister of Joseph Elicott, Gent. of Charleston, is proven by his will, written 11 Jan 1711, probated 28 May 1714 & 10 Sept 1715, leaving wife Mary, brothers John Chapman & Rowland Story; sisters Rebecca wife of John Chapman and Elizabeth wife of Rowland Story.

 

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More About ELIZABETH ELLICOTT:

Burial: South Carolina

Will: May 05, 1764, Written

 

Children of ROWLAND STOREY and ELIZABETH ELLICOTT are:

9. i. JOHN5 STORY, b. Abt. 1734; d. 1767, "of St Helena's Parish".

ii. ABIGAIL STORY.

iii. ELLICOTT STORY34, d. May 1755, Granville Co., South Carolina34; m. SARAH WILLIAMSON34, September 27, 1753, South Carolina; d. South Carolina.

Notes for ELLICOTT STORY:

Ellicott Storey was a Mariner who is found in both Granville Co. and Charleston, South Carolina. Ellicott was baptized June 10, 1722 Berkley Co., South Carolina, died testate in 1755; m. 27 Sept 1753 Mrs Sarah Williamson, widow of William Williamson. In his will he mentions no children only his two brothers and wife Sarah. He does leave the 372 acre Island previously owned by Zachariah and other relatives to his wife Sarah. The Island today is called the Old Island Heritage Preserve and is located in coastal Beaufort County, near Hunting Island State Park. Eagles, sea turtles and other wildlife live on the preserve today. See the notes from Zachariah Storey I for further details concerning the Island. Ellicott leaves "two boat with their sails and all the Tackles" as well as a lot "Fronting Broad Street" in Charleston, South Carolina. Also leaves his brother John Story his "boat gun". I assume that Ellicott Storey was living on the Island at the time of his death in 1755. I see no other property in Granville Co. South Carolina where he would be living when this will would have been written there. As well he owns two boats with sails and a boat gun.

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Zachariah's Island is considered part of the nearby "Hunting Islands" in the Council Journal of 1751, Granville Co., South Carolina, mentioning his nephew Ellicott Storey.

FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

In 1751, Granville Co SC, he petitioned as the heir at law of Zachary [Zachariah] Story, his uncle, for whom "one of the hunting islands containing 372 A. was surveyed on 7 July 1732" was approved and granted. His will, dated 19 Mar 1755, probated 16 May 1755 Granville Co SC, bequeathed to his wife Mary an Island containing 372 A. lying between St .Helena and Hunting Island. His will names his brothers James & John, but there is no mention of any children.

 

 

More About ELLICOTT STORY:

Burial: Probably Granville Co., South Carolina

Will Proved: May 16, 1755, Granville County, South Carolina

Notes for SARAH WILLIAMSON:

She was the widow of William Williamson.

More About SARAH WILLIAMSON:

Burial: South Carolina

iv. JAMES STORY34.

 

Generation No. 5

 

7. ZACHARIAH5 STOREY (ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)35 was born 1732 in James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina35, and died April 30, 1811 in Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York35. He married MARY36,37 1756. She was born 173637, and died July 27, 1812 in Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York37.

Notes for ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Zachariah Storey was a loyalists who lived in South Carolina, Nova Scotia and later Dutchess Co., New York. Deed 20-519, December 20, 1780: Forfeiture of 409 acres.

Zachariah and wife Mary Storey are both buried at Baptist Church Cemetery, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York. The following was by transcribed by Nettie J. Stickles from their headstones. For Zachariah, "In Memory of Zachariah Story who died April 30th 1811 the 79th year of his age" and for Mary "In Memory of Mary Story wife of Z. Story who died July 27th 1812 being in the 76th year of her age", (Also small marker M.S.) Cemetery on Cold Spring Road just off Rt. 82 on left side of road. Condition of cemetery: Grounds are kept mowed. Stones for the most part are in poor shape. Many broken, many on ground buried under dirt.

FROM: Will of Zachariah Story

Zachariah's will mentions Benjamin, Jeremiah, Rowland, Amos, Mary wife of Comer Bullock (sp?), Elizabeth Shaw, Sarah Cromwell

 

FROM: http://www.sgrl.f2s.com/rowlandstory.html

Researchers have stated the following: The family were Tories. Zachariah owned land about 20 miles in extent along the James River in SC. During the Rev. War the property was confiscated and they escaped to Nova Scotia about 1783, and after the Rev. War (1788) they moved to Dutchess Co NY and settled in the town of Nine Partners where Elizabeth and her husband Ephraim Mosher were.

In the Council Journal of 1751, Granville Co SC: Petition of Elicot Story, the heir at law of Zachary Story, his uncle, for whom "one of the hunting islands containing 372 A. was surveyed on 7 July 1732" was approved and granted.

 

FROM: Loyalists in the Southern Campaign, Volume III, New York Volunteers, Page 190

Record for Corporal Zachariah Storey, mustered Captain Allen Cameron's Company, New York Volunteers, commanded by Lt. Col. George Turnbull, Savannah Ga.

 

FROM: http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/halew/Raymond36.html

Provincial Regiments

The New York Volunteers

This was one of the first loyalist regiments organized, the commissions of some of its officers dating back to January, 1776. It saw plenty of hard service. The first two companies that were gazetted consisted chiefly of loyal refugees who were mustered at Halifax while New York was still in the hands of the Americans. The companies accompanied General Howe's army in August, 1776, and were present at the taking of Long Island. Captain Archibald Campbell, a very brave officer, and one of the first to fall in the revolution, was killed in a skirmish at Westchester, New York, March 19, 1777. The New York Volunteers were victorious, but could ill afford the loss of their brave leader. As the war progressed, additional companies were formed and the whole placed under the command of Lieut. Col. George Turnbull, who was transferred from Colonel Beverley Robinson's Loyal American Regiment.

The New York Volunteers particularly distinguished themselves at the capture of Fort Montgomery on the 16th Oct., 1777. They were about 300 strong and were enrolled in three companies under Major Alexander Grant. The muster roll of the corps at this period is now in the writers possession. Opposite some of the names are written the words "killed at Fort Montgomery." Among those so named is the name of their brave leader Major Grant.

The New York Volunteers fought well in the gallant defence of Savannah, September 1779, and gained fresh laurels at the taking of Charleston by Sir Henry Clinton in the following April. The siege lasted twelve days and ended with the capture of the city with 5,618 prisoners of war and 400 pieces of artilery besides a great quantity of spoils. Shortly after the corps was attacked at Rocky Mount, on the Wateree river west of Camben, where they were in garrison, by a superior force under Colonel Sumpter, but the latter was handsomely defeated. Col. Turnbull and his men fought at Camden in the great battle of the 16th August, 1779, in which the Americans lost 70 officers and 2,000 men killed, wounded and prisoners.

On the 25th April following, Lord Rawdon with 900 men, the New York Volunteers included, gained a brilliant victory over General Greene at Hobkirk's Hill. Again at Eutaw Springs on the 8th September, the corps behaved well. Major John Coffin had honor of opening the battle on behalf of the King's troops, which he did in gallant style, and a very essential service was rendered by Major Sullivan and another portion of the corps which at a critical moment threw themselves in a brick house from which they could not be dislodged, thereby holding in check the advance of the enemy's right wing until the victory elsewhere was assured.

At the peace the New York Volunteers came to New Brunswick and were allotted lands along the upper valley of the Keswick. Quite a number of the corps made their influence felt in the country of their adoption. Major John Coffin was for years a member for Kings county in the house of assembly and a member of the executive council. In the war of 1812 he raised and commanded a regiment, and eventually rose to the rank of Major General. He died at the Nerepis in 1838, at the age of 87 years. Captain Archibald McLean was distinguished for his bravery at Eutaw Springs. He was a member of the house of assembly for York county, and one [of] the old magistrates. He died at his residence on the Nashwalk in 1830, aged 76 years. Lieut. Garret Clopper of this corps was the first recorder of deeds and wills for York county. He died at Fredericton in 1823 at the age of 67. His son Henry G. Clopper was the founder of the Central Bank of New Brunswick and his portrait is now engraved on the five dollar notes of the People's Bank of Fredericton.

FROM:

30 July 1780. Battle of Rocky Ford (Rocky Mount). Gen. Thomas Sumter with Cols. Bratton, Neal and Hill unsuccessful try to oust Lt. Col. George Turnbull and the Volunteers of New York, Loyalist Provincial soldiers, from fortified log outpost on the road West of the Catawba River at Rocky Mount, S.C.

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Zachariah was likely a follower of the famous loyalist spy Capt. John Walden Meyers of Albany. It is known that several of Zachariah's descendants including Caleb Storey followed John Walden Meyers to Quebec after the American Revolution. Many descendants of Caleb can be found there today. I will need to confirm.

Information about John Walden Meyers

HISTORICAL INFO: "SETTLERS OF THE BEEKMAN PATENT, Dutchess County, New York, An Historical and Genealogical Study of all the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent", by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, New York 12569, 1990", Chapter 10, Page 575. We quote: "The Revolutionary War - III, JOHANNIS WALTER MEYER." "Many of the Ancient Documents at the Dutchess County Clerk's Office contain information about local Tory activity. JOHANNIS WALTER MEYER [or Waltermire, Waldenmier, etc.] was the subject of several of them. He was a noted Tory spy and agitator and several books have been written about his exploits during the Revolution, one of which was the attempted kidnapping of General Schuyler in Albany in 1780. Two of the books are: JOHN WALDEN MEYERS LOYALIST SPY, by Mary Beacock Fryer, (Dundern Press 1983), and HANS WALTIMYER, by Jane Bennett Goddard, 1980. [See also the lengthy accounts in the NEW-YORK JOURNAL and GENERAL ADVERTISER issues of 13 Aug 1781 and 20 Aug. 1781]. Unfortunately, neither of the books mentions much about his activities in Dutchess Co., nor do they tell of his ancestery. He was born 24 Feb 1745, the son of John George Waltermire [who is listed in DAR Graves 2:122 NYSL, because he "made loans to the government"] and Margaret Bard, and was bpt. at the Red Hook Lutheran Ch. {FJD}. John Waltermire spent some time in Beekman in 1778 and on several occasions was able to persuade local men who lived on Mountain Road [in present day LaGrange] to go with him to join the British in New York. Waltermire became captain of the 9th Company of the Loyal Rangers and served for 6 1/2 years for the British."

 

 

 

More About ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York37

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York

Census2: 1800, United States Federal Census for Northeast Dutchess Co., New York

Census3: 1810, United States Federal Census for Northeast Dutchess Co., New York, page 319

Fact1: Zachariah Storey had ties such as his mother and sister Elizabeth in Dutchess Co., New York, while he remained in the James Island South Carolina area.. Zachariah traveled to Dutchess Co., well before the American Rev. It is unclear as to what time frame.

Fact2: Zachariah's grandson Caleb Storey follow the well known loyalist John Walden Meyers to Quebec and his descendants can be found there today.

Will Proved: May 04, 1811, Town of Northeast, Dutchess County, New York, Will Extracts

More About MARY:

Burial: July 1812, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York37

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York

Census2: 1800, United States Federal Census for Northeast Dutchess Co., New York

Census3: 1810, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York

 

Children of ZACHARIAH STOREY and MARY are:

10. i. BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, b. 1769, New York or Berkeley Co., South Carolina; d. August 1844, New York.

ii. AMOS STOREY38, b. 1767, North East Town, Dutchess County, New York; d. April 02, 1826; m. (1) CATHERINE PROUGH; b. 1770; d. July 18, 1839; m. (2) EDE WOLBRIDGE.

11. iii. ZACHARIAH STOREY, b. December 13, 1756, Berkeley Co., South Carolina; d. March 15, 1837, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York.

12. iv. ROWLAND STOREY, b. April 18, 1757, Berkeley Co, South Carolina; d. October 29, 1849, Long Island, New York.

v. SARAH STOREY39, b. 177439; d. March 16, 1805, Dutchess Co., New York39; m. MELANCTON CORNWELL40; b. 175940; d. October 28, 1831, Dutchess Co., New York40.

More About SARAH STOREY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York41

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York

More About MELANCTON CORNWELL:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York42

vi. BENJAMIN STOREY, b. May 02, 1764, North East Town, Dutchess County, New York; d. April 28, 1841; m. ELIZABETH PARKS, August 1782, Bengall Baptist Church, Bengall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York; b. 1767; d. 1846.

13. vii. MARY STOREY, b. February 21, 1762, Berkeley Co, South Carolina; d. April 20, 1843, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York.

 

8. ELIZABETH5 STOREY (ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)43 was born March 31, 1730 in James Island, Berkeley Co, South Carolina43, and died Bef. 1783 in Washington, Dutchess Co., New York. She married EPHRIAM MOSHIER43 1750 in Dutchess Co., New York. He was born September 21, 1726 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts43, and died May 28, 1823 in Washington, Dutchess Co., New York.

Notes for ELIZABETH STOREY:

Elizabeth's father Zachariah Storey I left his 372 acre island to her in his will written 1732. Zachariah I and his brother Rowland likely died of Yellow fever during the epidemic of the Charleston and James Island, South Carolina areas in 1732. By 1755 the island (near Hunting and Fripp Island) is owned by her cousin Ellicott Storey. In 1755 Elizabeth would be living in the Dutchess Co., New York area.

More About ELIZABETH STOREY:

Burial: Dutchess Co., New York

Notes for EPHRIAM MOSHIER:

FROM: Richard Gifford, May 17, 2002

The first two settlers were, according to a history of Dutchess, Tripp Mosher and Ephraim Mosher, shortly before 1760 (Timothy Deuel must be one of the first settlers of this area as well). The two Moshers were not all that closely related, second cousins once-removed, but they were both from Dartmouth and their family connections are interesting.

 

More About EPHRIAM MOSHIER:

Burial: Dutchess Co., New York

Elected: April 04, 1775, Road Overseer (Civil Service), Charlotte Prec, Duchess Co, New York

Resided: Bet. 1753 - 1823, Washington, Dutchess Co, New York

 

Children of ELIZABETH STOREY and EPHRIAM MOSHIER are:

i. ZACHARIAH6 MOSHIER, b. April 21, 1755, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York; d. Bef. March 15, 1827, Stanford, Dutchess Co., New York; m. SARAH MERRIHEW, May 19, 1776; b. January 05, 1760.

ii. STEPHEN MOSHIER44,45, b. February 22, 1751/52, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York46; d. Washington, Dutchess Co., New York.

iii. EPHRIAM MOSHIER46, b. August 01, 1753, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York; d. 1810, Stanford, Dutchess Co., New York; m. MARY46.

iv. ABSALOM MOSHIER46,47, b. August 15, 1761, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York; d. Bef. January 24, 1823, Duaneburg, Schenectady Co., New York; m. ELIZABETH.

v. ELIZABETH MOSHIER48,49, b. September 26, 1763, Washington, Dutchess Co., New York; d. September 29, 1820, Springport, Cayuga Co., New York; m. JEPTHA WILBOR; b. January 18, 1759; d. 1843.

More About ELIZABETH MOSHIER:

Burial: Quaker Cemetery, Union Springs, New York

vi. MARY (MOLLY) MOSHIER50, b. March 17, 1766, Washington Twp, Dutchess Co., New York; d. April 23, 1842, Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont; m. WESSON MACOMBER, 1781.

vii. PHEBE MOSHIER50,51, b. March 03, 1768, Washington Twp, Dutchess Co., New York; d. May 16, 1855, Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont; m. DANIEL HOAG51, April 01, 1774, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York; b. 1761; d. 1809, Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont.

More About PHEBE MOSHIER:

Burial: Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont

Notes for DANIEL HOAG:

Daniel Hoag was a Quaker. There is a rock monument to the Quakers at the Quaker Cemetery, Grand Isle, Vermont

ERECTED A.D. 1899

IN

MEMORY OF

THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

IN

1827

They erected a meeting house near this spot, where

for 50 years they worshiped God. They stood for

freedom of Conscience, universal peace, spirituality

of worship. Having finished their labors they here

lie buried and their works follow them.

"Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you."

--John, 15-14.

Daniel Hoag,

1761-1809

Wesson Macomber,

1764-1818

Wyman Chamberlain,

1772-1838

Warren Corbin,

1769-1834

James Tobias,

1759-1801

Jonathan Griffith,

 

Mosher Hoag,

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Lavinia C. Hoag,

1804-1891

James Hoag,

1805-1897

Anna T. Hoag,

1821-1888

Seth Hoag,

1798-1887

Sarah Hoag,

1798-1880

 

Grand Isle

1787 The Hoag Farm 1962

Close by the lakeshore in the town of Grand Isle, the farm of James O. and J. Byron Hoag has been in the Hoag family for 175 years. It was purchased by Daniel Hoag in 1787, and was then in what was called the "Two Heros", which included the present North Hero, South Hero and Grand Isle. It is said that Ethan Allen gave the name of "Two Heros" for himself and Samuel Herrick. The Hoag farm was in a section later called Middle Hero, which was again renamed Grand Isle.

The father to son list of owners is Daniel Hoag, James, James W., and J. Byron and James O., present co-owners.

The family was originally Quaker. However, a brother of one of the owners gave his life as a Union Soldier in the Civil War.

J. Byron has been a selectman, a representative in the State legislature in Montpelier, and manager of the cooperative creamery.

It is a big dairy farm of 300 acres. The house is 157 years old and the barn is over 100 years old.

There are a 19-year-old son and a 17-year-old daughter to carry on the tradition.

This is the first award to a farm in Grand Isle County.

 

 

More About DANIEL HOAG:

Burial: Quaker Cemetery, Grand Isle, Grand Isle Co., Vermont

viii. BENJAMIN E. MOSHIER52,53, b. September 10, 1770, Washington Twp, Dutchess Co., New York; d. March 16, 1838, Duanesburg, Schenectady Co., New York.

ix. JOSEPH MOSHIER54, b. December 23, 1774, Washington Twp, Dutchess Co., New York; d. October 06, 1838, Washington Twp, Dutchess Co., New York; m. JANE LANGDON; b. March 29, 1773; d. June 27, 1838.

More About JANE LANGDON:

Burial: 1838, Friends Mechanic Cemetery

14. x. SARAH MOSHIER, b. June 07, 1759, Washington, Dutchess County, New York.

 

9. JOHN5 STORY (ROWLAND4 STOREY, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)55 was born Abt. 1734, and died 1767 in "of St Helena's Parish". He married ELIZABETH MIKELL November 23, 175356, daughter of EPHRAIM MIKELL and ELIZABETH HAZZARD. She was born February 02, 1737/38.

Notes for ELIZABETH MIKELL:

Elizabeth was the dau. of Ephraim Mikell Jr., facts about her father and grandfather:

FROM: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ehm4m/docs/sc_extract.html

Ephraim Mikell, Sr., was of English origin, that seems the most likely probability. For he came to this country, late in the seventeenth century, with a group of other Englishmen, led by Lord Cardross. Then, too, the "Mikell Genealogy of South Carolina," by Townsend Mikell, uncle of Dr. Mikell, says: "The name is spelled in the older records, Mikel, Mickel, Michell, The sound variation from "ch" to "k" is one of common occurrence in early records and in early surnames. The theory of English origin of the Mikell family is further strengthened by the fact that Ephraim Mikell, Sr., married Martha Sealey, whose surname and its variants Seeley, Seely, Sely, etc., are of great antiquity in counties Oxford, Norfolk, Gloucester, and Somerset all of England. Of the founding of the family in South Carolina, the "Mikell Genealogy" says, quoting an earlier work by Rev. Dr. Basil Manly, "Historical Sketch of the Baptist Church of South Carolina": "Not long after this period (1682) lord Cardross, a nobleman from the North of England, came over to Carolina, bringing with him a Colony of North Britons, who were chiefly Baptists, and settled at Port Royal Island. But the neighboring Indians and more particularly the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine proving hostile, soon obliged them to remove to a place more secure, and before 1686 we find them settled at the mouth of the Edisto River," One of the prominent members of the Colony was Ephraim Mikell, "a pious, excellent man." He was appointed tax collector for Edisto Island in 1715. He died February 15, 1728-29. His son, Ephraim Mikell, Jr., one of the executors of his father's will, died in 1743. He was captain of the Regiment of Foot in the expedition against St. Augustine in 1740. He married twice: (first) Mary, and (second) Mrs. Elizabeth (Hazzard) McGilvery. The oldest son by his first wife was John Mikell, who was born February 18, 1718, and died between December 13, 1764, and March 15, 1765. He was a prominent planter. His wife's first name was Ann. Their eldest son and child was Ephraim Mikell, horn March 26, 1741, who died June 22, 1809.

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mikell/docs/Townsend.html

 

Children of JOHN STORY and ELIZABETH MIKELL are:

i. WILLIAM6 STORY, b. January 10, 1755.

More About WILLIAM STORY:

Baptism: March 13, 1755

ii. ELLICOTT STORY, b. October 06, 1757.

More About ELLICOTT STORY:

Baptism: January 22, 1758, Berkeley Co., South Carolina

15. iii. JOHN STORY, b. Abt. 1759; d. Abt. 1825, of Greenville Co., So. Carolina.

iv. ELIZABETH STORY.

 

Generation No. 6

 

10. BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY (ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)57,58,59 was born 1769 in New York or Berkeley Co., South Carolina59, and died August 1844 in New York. She married ELIJAH SHAW60,61 October 17, 1784 in Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York. He was born 1759 in North East Town, Dutchess County, New York61, and died 1828 in New York.

More About BETHIAH / ELIZABETH STOREY:

Burial: New York

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

More About ELIJAH SHAW:

Burial: New York

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

Census2: 1810, United States Federal Census for, Rensselearville, Albany Co., New York, page 142

Census3: 1820, United States Federal Census for Berne, Albany Co., New York, page 033

 

Children of BETHIAH STOREY and ELIJAH SHAW are:

16. i. WILSON7 SHAW, b. September 15, 1806, Berne, Albany Co., New York; d. June 20, 1869, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

17. ii. ZACHARIAH SHAW, b. Abt. 1800, New York; d. Aft. 1880.

iii. STEPHEN SHAW62.

Notes for STEPHEN SHAW:

No hard proff that Stephen Shaw is Wilson's brother other than he is living next door to Wilson and Zachariah Shaw on the 1840 United States Federal Census for Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

More About STEPHEN SHAW:

Census1: 1840, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York

iv. POLLY SHAW63.

v. BETHIAH SHAW63.

vi. NOAH SHAW63.

Notes for NOAH SHAW:

Noah Shaw is found in the 1830 United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York. Levi, his wife and six children are living next door to his brothers Levi, William and Coomer Shaw. Clark Waring is also living next door to Levi Shaw.

More About NOAH SHAW:

Census1: 1830, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

vii. ELIJAH SHAW63.

viii. COOMER SHAW63, b. Abt. 1804; d. November 09, 1852; m. JANE.

Notes for COOMER SHAW:

Coomer Shaw is found in the 1830 United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York. Levi, his wife and four children are living next door to his brothers Levi, William and Noah Shaw. Clark Waring is also living next door to Levi Shaw.

More About COOMER SHAW:

Burial: Paine Hollow, Nighman) Cemetery, Leroy Township, Lake County, Ohio

Census1: 1830, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

More About JANE:

Burial: Paine Hollow, Nighman) Cemetery, Leroy Township, Lake County, Ohio

ix. LEVI SHAW63, b. Bet. 1790 - 1800.

Notes for LEVI SHAW:

Levi Shaw is found in the 1830 United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York. Levi, his wife and six children are living next door to his brothers William and Noah Shaw. Clark Waring is also living next door to Levi Shaw.

Levi Shaw witnessed a will for Wheeler Watson of Albany Co., New York

WHEELER WATSON of Rensselaerville, County of Albany, Will Probated September, 21, 1846

Heirs: Sons, Malbone and John; four daughters, Rebecca T., wife of Lyman Dwight of Bern; Mary E., wife of Hon. Zadock Pratt of Prattsville, County of Greene; Elizabett Watson, single woman; two grandchildren, George W. and Julia H, children of deceased daughter Abigail Pratt. Executors: Son, John and son-in-law, Zadock Pratt of Prattsville. Witnesses: Gideon Cornell and Levi Shaw, both of Rensselearville.

 

More About LEVI SHAW:

Census1: 1790, United States Federal Census for Northeast, Dutchess Co., New York

Census2: 1800, United States Federal Census for Northeast, Dutchess Co., New York

Census3: 1830, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

Census4: 1840, United States Federal Census for Rensselaerville, Albany Co., New York

x. WILLIAM SHAW63.

Notes for WILLIAM SHAW:

William Shaw is found in the 1830 United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York. Levi, his wife and two children are living next door to his brothers Levi, Coomer and Noah Shaw. Clark Waring is also living next door to Levi Shaw.

More About WILLIAM SHAW:

Census1: 1830, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York

xi. MORRIS SHAW63, b. Abt. 1810.

More About MORRIS SHAW:

Census1: 1840, United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York

Census2: 1850, United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York

Census3: 1860, United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York

xii. UNKNOWN SHAW63.

Notes for UNKNOWN SHAW:

Died at Birth

xiii. UNKNOWN SHAW63.

Notes for UNKNOWN SHAW:

Died at Birth

 

11. ZACHARIAH6 STOREY (ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)64,65 was born December 13, 1756 in Berkeley Co., South Carolina65, and died March 15, 1837 in Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York65. He married ELIZABETH COREY65 1786. She died December 14, 1846 in Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York65.

Notes for ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Zachariah Story III is buried with his wife Elizabeth at the Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York. Cemetery on Cold Spring Road just off Rt. 82 on left side of road. Condition of cemetery: Grounds are kept mowed. Stones for the most part are in poor shape. Many broken, many on ground buried under dirt. Their headstones read: "In Memory of Zechariah who died March 15, 1837 aged 80 years 3 mos & 2 days" and "In Memory of Elizabeth wife of Zechariah Story who died Dec 14. 1846 aged? years, 7 mo & 13 days"

More About ZACHARIAH STOREY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York65

Census1: 1810, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York, page 319,

Census2: 1830, United States Federal Census for Milan, Dutchess Co., New York

Notes for ELIZABETH COREY:

 

 

 

More About ELIZABETH COREY:

Burial: December 1846, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York65

 

Children of ZACHARIAH STOREY and ELIZABETH COREY are:

i. MARY7 STORY65, b. Abt. 179665; d. April 12, 1804, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York65.

More About MARY STORY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York65

18. ii. ZACHARIAH STORY.

19. iii. GRIFFIN STORY, b. November 30, 1787, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York.

 

12. ROWLAND6 STOREY (ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)66 was born April 18, 1757 in Berkeley Co, South Carolina66, and died October 29, 1849 in Long Island, New York66. He married (1) MARY. He married (2) HANNAH OSTRAM, daughter of JAMES OSTRAM.

Notes for ROWLAND STOREY:

FROM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mfox7/oldtown.html

Old Town Burial Ground

Fulton Ave.

Hempstead, NY 11550

INSCRIPTIONS FROM HEMPSTEAD'S OLD TOWN BURIAL GROUND.

The graves in the Old Town Burial Ground are numbered consecutively from 1 to 543, beginning on the westerly side, & extending, in twenty- one lines, from Fulton Avenue northerly as is indicated upon the map which Engineer Smith has filed in the office of the Village Clerk of Hempstead. While adopting an alphabetical order in this list, for the convenience of reference, we have retained at the left hand side the number of each grave, so that its location may be readily determined by a reference to the map. Some of these graves, which are indicated by a *, appear not to lie within the boundary of the Old Town Burial Ground, but are in the Sammis section instead. The stones marking these graves had not yet been buried, in May, 1923., To a few of the inscriptions in the foregoing list have been added memoranda from the Surrogate's office, showing the dates of probate & the places of record of the wills of the deceased persons. Much interesting family history may be gathered from these wills.

FROM: United States Federal Census

Found on the 1810 United States Federal Census for Queen Co., New York

More About ROWLAND STOREY:

Burial: Hempstead Burial Ground, Hempstead, Long Island, New York66

Fact1: Headstone reads "aged 91 yrs., 6-mth. 11 days"

Will Proved: December 31, 1849, Queens County, Liber 5, p. 77

 

Child of ROWLAND STOREY and MARY is:

i. EMILY RUTH7 STORY67, b. 1834; d. November 14, 1839, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York67.

Notes for EMILY RUTH STORY:

Emily Ruth Story is buried at the Bangall Baptist Church, Dutchess Co. New York. The Bangall Baptist Church was founded in 1759 and the Congregation has occupied three buildings, all of them on The main road leading north from the village of Bangall. The first building was used until 1814, the second 1814-1867, And the third since 1869. There were burials around the First and the second. The second stood near Banall on the East side of the road, the first farther north on the west Side. The inscriptions fron the first churchyard and from the second are given below as list 1 and 2.Note: The inscriptions in this yard were copied by Mr. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin and Published in the N. Y. Gen. Biog. Rec. for July 1910 (Vol 41, p. 181). Mr. Baldwin’s list contains two names not on Dr. Poucher’s list---viz: Joseph Sutherland and George M. Tolman. Dr. Poucher’s list contains eleven names not on Mr. Baldwin’s,---viz: Amy Beckwith, Daniel Butts, H. C. Hannah Cash, Milly Conger, Lois Jackson, Lydia Lawrence, Samuel Mallet, Seneca Potter, Abraham Rundal, (-----) Taber.

 

 

More About EMILY RUTH STORY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York67

 

Children of ROWLAND STOREY and HANNAH OSTRAM are:

ii. JACOB7 STOREY68, b. December 178868; d. January 13, 1810, Long Island, New York68.

More About JACOB STOREY:

Burial: Hempstead Burial Ground, Hempstead, Long Island, New York68

iii. LEWIS STORY68, b. February 22, 179968; d. November 22, 1816, Long Island, New York68.

More About LEWIS STORY:

Burial: Hempstead Burial Ground, Hempstead, Long Island, New York

 

13. MARY6 STOREY (ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1) was born February 21, 1762 in Berkeley Co, South Carolina, and died April 20, 1843 in Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York. She married COMER BULLOCK January 12, 1782. He was born November 07, 1734 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, and died June 10, 1812 in Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York.

More About MARY STOREY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York

Census1: United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York

Fact1: Inscription of headstone "wife of Commer"

Notes for COMER BULLOCK:

FROM: http://users.stargate.net/~qecpaul/history/bullockhistory.htm

Comer Bullock, the cousin of Richard (3), who was born in Rehoboth in 1734, served as Elder of the above mentioned Baptist church (later called the Bangal Baptist Church) for almost 50 years and he is said to have baptized over one thousand persons. An interesting incident in the church was in 1771 when the mother church in Swansea, Massachusetts adopted the singing of Watt's hymns in their services but the local church was divided on the question of "singing by rule of hymns". As a result, several families withdrew from church attendance with Elder Ephriam (1) Bullock among the dissenters. On the other hand, Elder Comer sided with the mother church and after a brief spat the two groups soon patched up their differences. Elder Comer was kept busy farming during the week, pastoring his own church, and starting others. Later on a Baptist church was started in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.

The Bullocks in Stanford were probably all farmers dealing with various kinds of livestock. An important item for the livestock owner during this period was the record of ear marks (Ref.6). "The record of these marks helps differentiate the individual who actually settled the area from that individual who simply owned land." "Comer Bullock's ear mark is a crop of the left ear and two slits in the end of the right ear. Recorded the 7 day of February 1774, by Samuel Rowland, Clerk." The Bullock name appears several times as buyers and sellers of property and as mortgagors in Reference 6.

FROM: http://www.fbinstitute.com/baptist-in-america/benedict17.htm

In the Great Nine Partners a church was formed under the ministry of the late Elder Comer Bullock, about 1779; it has, at times, flourished much, and embraced a multitude of members in many of the surrounding parts of the country. In 1790, according to Asplund’s Register, it contained 870 members, and its preachers, besides Elder Bullock, were Christopher Newcure, Christopher Newcure, Jr., Nicholas Hare, James Purdy, and Abraham Adams. Mr. Bullock was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, probably about 1756; was named after John Comer, once pastor of a church in that town, to which he belonged before his removal to this place, where he was ordained about 1780, by Elders Charles Thompson, then of Warren, and Samuel Hicks of the place of his nativity. Mr. Bullock finished his pious course in 1811.

FROM: (Copied from "A Bullock Family History, Ancestors and Descendants of Morgan Lewis Bullock and Patience Neal Bullock" by John Morgan Peirce, Quincy, CA 1976 {typed copy} ) copied by Wilma Rookus

On Elder Comer Bullock's gravestone: In Memory of The Reverend Elder Comer Bullock Who died June the 10th 1812. Here now lieth my dead body Once engaged to preach the word To proclaim the great salvation Brought from Heaven by Christ my Lord But now I cease to act forever My pilgrimage below is through To such as come to view this statute I have a voice that speaks to you. Prepare to meet thy God.

 

More About COMER BULLOCK:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York

 

Child of MARY STOREY and COMER BULLOCK is:

20. i. SARAH7 BULLOCK, b. April 28, 1785; d. December 29, 1813.

 

14. SARAH6 MOSHIER (ELIZABETH5 STOREY, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)69 was born June 07, 1759 in Washington, Dutchess County, New York69. She married ESEK MOSHER.

 

Child of SARAH MOSHIER and ESEK MOSHER is:

i. LYDIA7 MOSHER, b. October 23, 1785; m. PHILIP WINEGAR, Chatham, Columbia Co., New York; b. August 31, 1785, Amenia, New York.

Notes for PHILIP WINEGAR:

Philip Winegar (1785-1862), who had walked across the State of New York in 1815*, purchased with his father-in-law, Esek Mosher, a large portion of what is presently known as the Village of Union Springs, NY and to develop a woolen industry that was to thrive there for nearly forty years.

 

 

 

15. JOHN6 STORY (JOHN5, ROWLAND4 STOREY, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1) was born Abt. 1759, and died Abt. 1825 in of Greenville Co., So. Carolina. He married MARY.

More About JOHN STORY:

Baptism: December 26, 1759

 

Children of JOHN STORY and MARY are:

i. WILLIAM7 STORY, b. Abt. 1785.

21. ii. NANCY STORY, b. 1787, Greenville, South Carolina.

iii. MARY STORY, b. Abt. 1789.

 

Generation No. 7

 

16. WILSON7 SHAW (BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)70,71,72,73,74 was born September 15, 1806 in Berne, Albany Co., New York75,76,77,78, and died June 20, 1869 in Carlton, Orleans Co., New York79. He married (1) EMILY WARING80 January 01, 182780, daughter of CLARK WARING and SIBYL CROCKER. She was born in Probably Berne, Albany Co., New York, and died February 16, 1849 in Carlton, Orleans Co., New York. He married (2) SARAH E. ESGET81,82,83,84,85 Abt. 1850, daughter of WILLIAM ESGET and MARY HANKS. She was born April 16, 1819 in Orleans Co., New York86,87,88,89,90, and died February 03, 1903 in Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

Notes for WILSON SHAW:

FROM: A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee

"WILSON SHAW, son of Elijah Shaw and wife Bethiah Storer, was born at Berne, Albany County, N.Y. Sept 15th, 1805. He married Emily, oldest daughter of Clark Waring and wife, Sybil Crocker, on Jan 1, 1827, and had the following children: Rufus, Henrietta, b. Jan 2, l831, d. Jan 9, 1850. EMMA. Marcus, Clark, b. June 4, 1838, d. Dec. 1, 1860. Chester C. Wilson and Emily Shaw lived in Albany County till 1837,

when they removed to Carlton, Orleans County, N.Y. Emily Waring Shaw died...." (Unfortuntely I am missing second page)

 

 

 

More About WILSON SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York91

Census1: 1830, United States Federal Census for Rensselaerville, Albany Co., New York

Census2: 1850, United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York (listed as a mason)

Census3: 1855, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York (listed as a mechanic)

Fact1: Wilson Shaw was a stone mason by trade.92

Fact2: 1837, Wilson and Emily moved from Albany Co., to Carlton, Orleans Co., New York93

More About EMILY WARING:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York94

Notes for SARAH E. ESGET:

FROM: 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York, Wilson had died a few years earlier.

SHAW, SARAH (ERGET) 61 WIDOW OF WILSON NY PAR/NY 149

WILBUR 29 SON NY PAR/NY, SINGLE

GEORGE 20 SON NY PAR/NY, SINGLE

 

Was living with her son William D. and family,1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

 

More About SARAH E. ESGET:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York

Fact1: Sarah E. Esget is a 6th generation decendant of Richard Warren, a well known settler of Plymouth, Massachusetts who arrived in 1620 on the ship Mayflower

 

Children of WILSON SHAW and EMILY WARING are:

22. i. MARCUS8 SHAW, b. August 09, 1835, Albany Co., New York; d. September 18, 1921, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

ii. RUFUS SHAW95,96, b. Abt. 1829, New York97; d. May 13, 1855.

More About RUFUS SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York

iii. HENRIETTA SHAW98,99, b. January 02, 183199; d. June 09, 1850, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York99.

More About HENRIETTA SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York99

23. iv. EMMA J SHAW, b. Abt. 1832, Albany Co., New York; d. 1911.

v. CLARK SHAW100,101,102,103, b. Abt. 1837, Orleans Co., New York104,105; d. December 01, 1860, Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

More About CLARK SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York

24. vi. CHESTER C. SHAW, b. Abt. 1842, Orleans Co., New York.

25. vii. WILLIAM D. SHAW, b. December 28, 1845, Orleans Co., New York; d. November 29, 1919, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

viii. EMILY P. SHAW105,106, b. October 26, 1848, New York106,107,108; d. April 09, 1851, Orleans County, New York108.

More About EMILY P. SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York108

 

Children of WILSON SHAW and SARAH ESGET are:

ix. WILBUR8 SHAW109,110,111,112, b. May 1852, Orleans Co., New York113,114,115; d. February 24, 1930, probably New York116.

Notes for WILBUR SHAW:

Living with his sister Hulda and her family on 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York

More About WILBUR SHAW:

Burial: Mt. Albion Cemetery, Town of Albion, Orleans County, New York

Census1: 1900, United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York

Occupation: Farmer117

26. x. HULDA DESIRE SHAW, b. June 12, 1856, New York; d. November 21, 1915, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

xi. GEORGE SHAW118, b. Abt. 1860118; d. Aft. 1892118,119.

xii. MARY E. SHAW120,121,122, b. May 20, 1853, Orleans Co., New York123,124; d. November 08, 1868, Carlton, Orleans County, New York125.

More About MARY E. SHAW:

Burial: Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York125

 

17. ZACHARIAH7 SHAW (BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)126,127,128 was born Abt. 1800 in New York128, and died Aft. 1880. He married MARIA129,130,131. She was born Abt. 1818 in New York131, and died Aft. 1880.

Notes for ZACHARIAH SHAW:

Found on the 1830 United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York

More About ZACHARIAH SHAW:

Census1: 1840, United States Federal Census for Carton, Orleans Co., New York

Occupation: Farmer132

 

Children of ZACHARIAH SHAW and MARIA are:

i. MARY D.8 SHAW132,132, b. Abt. 1840.

27. ii. ORANGE B. SHAW, b. Abt. 1845, New York.

iii. BETHIA SHAW132, b. Abt. 1825.

iv. WILSON SHAW132, b. Abt. 1827.

v. EMELINE SHAW132, b. Abt. 1830.

vi. ANDREW SHAW132, b. Abt. 1837.

 

18. ZACHARIAH7 STORY (ZACHARIAH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1) He married SALLY.

 

Child of ZACHARIAH STORY and SALLY is:

i. JOHN W.8 STORY133, b. Abt. 1835133; d. January 20, 1837, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York133.

More About JOHN W. STORY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York133

 

19. GRIFFIN7 STORY (ZACHARIAH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1) was born November 30, 1787 in Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York. He married ESTHER HICKS February 28, 1808 in Milan Twp., Dutchess Co., New York, daughter of JOHN HICKS and ELIZABETH DOTY. She was born September 17, 1789 in Milan, Dutchess County, New York.

More About GRIFFIN STORY:

Census1: 1810, United States Federal Census for Dutchess Co., New York, page 319,

Census2: 1830, United States Federal Census for Milan, Dutchess Co., New York

 

Children of GRIFFIN STORY and ESTHER HICKS are:

i. LUMAN8 STORY133, b. July 18, 1817, Chestnutridge, Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., New York133; d. November 11, 1828, Bangall, Stanfordville, Dutchess Co., New York133.

More About LUMAN STORY:

Burial: Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York133

Fact1: Headstone reads Luman son of Griffin & Esther, d. 1828, Nov. 11, a. 11-3-29

ii. ZACHARIAH STORY, b. June 28, 1829, Chestnutridge, Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., New York.

 

20. SARAH7 BULLOCK (MARY6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1) was born April 28, 1785, and died December 29, 1813. She married WILLIAM B. SHAW December 27, 1798 in Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York. He was born in Dutchess Co., New York.

More About WILLIAM B. SHAW:

Census1: 1810, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York, page 152

 

Children of SARAH BULLOCK and WILLIAM SHAW are:

i. LOUISA P.8 SHAW, b. May 04, 1823, Broome, Scho., New York; d. June 18, 1902, Cresco., Howard Co., Iowa; m. GEORGE PATRICK, November 1840, Youngstown, Nia, New York; b. March 08, 1818, Cobleskill, Scho., New York.

ii. JULIA SHAW, m. ANDREW ULINE.

iii. COMER SHAW134.

 

21. NANCY7 STORY (JOHN6, JOHN5, ROWLAND4 STOREY, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)135 was born 1787 in Greenville, South Carolina135. She married WILLIAM CHAPMAN135. He was born Abt. 1782 in South Carolina135.

 

Children of NANCY STORY and WILLIAM CHAPMAN are:

i. JESSIE8 CHAPMAN135.

ii. JOHN WILEY CHAPMAN135, b. 1813.

iii. GAVIS GREEN CHAPMAN135, b. 1825.

 

Generation No. 8

 

22. MARCUS8 SHAW (WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144 was born August 09, 1835 in Albany Co., New York145,146,147,148, and died September 18, 1921 in Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri149. He married (1) CORDELIA WHITING150 October 05, 1856 in Mills Co., Iowa150, daughter of CHARLES WHITING and MARTHA HURLBURT. She was born Abt. 1836, and died Aft. 1856 in Possibly Mills Co., Iowa. He married (2) SARAH JANE ROCKWELL REED151 August 12, 1858 in Mills Co., Iowa151, daughter of ORRIN ROCKWELL and LUANA BEEBE. She was born March 25, 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois152, and died October 12, 1922. He married (3) ELIZA ANN STUART153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160 Abt. 1886 in Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri161,162, daughter of CHARLES STUART and PENNELIA ELLIOTT. She was born February 08, 1850 in Hamilton Township, Van Buren Co., Michigan163,164, and died July 04, 1919 in Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri165.

Notes for MARCUS SHAW:

Eliza Stuart was first married to David M. Bentley and later remarried to Marcus Shaw. While living in Missouri Marcus Shaw filed and collected a Civil War pension as a guardian of David's children. U.S. Federal Census, Civil War Pension Index

 

FROM: The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth, taken from "History of Otter Tail Co., MN by John Mason

1868 Marcus Shaw appointed by the Governor to be one of two first county commissioners. Sept. 12, meeting held at the home of Marcus to conduct county business. Marcus Shaw became Otter Tail Co., MN county treasurer after May 20, 1869 and resigned July 3, 1873

 

FROM: The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth

"In 1895 he is in Lamoni, Decorah Co., Iowa which is where Graceland College is located. Marcus was a stone mason, plasterer, etc. I have often wondered if he helped in the construction of the college. I believe he was in Independence, MO by 1900. After Eliza died he moved to Ottumwa, Wapello co., IA where his step-daughter Lilly Bentley Ammenhauser lived."

 

FROM THE BOOK: Church History Volume 4, Chapter 13, 1878

April 7, Elder Marcus Shaw, of Detroit, Minnesota, wrote in behalf of Mrs. Lois Cutler, wife of Alpheus Cutler, as follows:

(page 219)

In order to perform a duty that our late Sr. Lois Cutler had in her mind to attend to before she died, but failed to do it, I write.

After she had united with the Reorganized Church, she asked for additional testimony; and she promised in her prayer that she would make it known unto the world. Her prayer was about as follows:

"Lord, if the present Joseph, the son of the martyred prophet, is truly his father's successor by right, and has been called by thine own power to the presidency of the church, and is accepted of thee as a prophet, wilt thou witness unto me in this manner, by taking this lump off from my finger that has been here for a long time. If this be done, I shall then know that the Reorganized Church is the church, and that Joseph is thy prophet, and I covenant to tell the same to the world."

The facts are as follows: She had a lump on one of her fingers about the size of a large hazlenut, of a bony substance, which had been there some fourteen years, and truly she could ascribe it to some unseen power if it was removed. The good Lord answered her prayer, for it remained only a few days afterward. She had thought for a long time that she would write to the Herald of this miracle, but neglected to do so. And now, to be obedient unto the Spirit, I write for her, and add my testimony, as I was knowing to the fact that the lump was on her finger for several years and that it went away, and I believe that it was in answer to her prayer. Near three years ago she was miraculously healed by the laying on of hands; and also by the laying on of hands and prayer her eyesight was restored.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 25, p. 172.

FROM THE BOOK: Church History Volume 4, Chapter 11, 1877

Bro. Marcus Shaw, of Detroit, Becker County, Minnesota, writes that the Saints there are all doing well, but have some trials. No traveling elder visits them. He is preaching the gospel and expects to devote most of his time this winter to the work.

FROM: History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Volume 4, CHAPTER 31. 1887

The Quorums of High Priests, Seventy, and several of the quorums of elders reported, showing changes in the quorums as follows:

The Seventy had expelled John S. Patterson from the quorum.

The First Quorum of Elders had enrolled Thomas J. Beatty, James Moler, L. W. Torrence, Charles Coombs, John Taylor, Ephraim Thomas, David S. Holmes and Marcus Shaw.

FROM: Mud Creek Township 1860 Census (Now Anderson Twp.) Mills County, Iowa

Page 791

Shaw, Marcus, 25 / m / carpenter / NY

Shaw, Sarah J., 20 / f / IL

Shaw, Henrietta A., 4/12 / f / IA

Also found on the Mud Creek Township 1860 Census, just a few doors down was Orin Rockwell Jr., the son of Orrin Porter Rockwell Sr. The inlaws of Orin Porter Rockwell Sr. (The Beebe family.) can also be found close to the Shaw home.

 

More About MARCUS SHAW:

Burial: September 1921, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

Census1: 1850, United States Federal census Orleans Co., New York with his father Wilson

Census2: 1855, Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York, listed as a mechanic

Census3: 1860, United States Federal census, Mud Creek Twp., Mills Co., Iowa

Census4: 1870, United States Federal census, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota

Census5: 1880, United States Federal census, Becker Co., Minnesota

Fact1: 1864, Marcus was a followers of Culter who removed to Otter Tail, Minnesota

Fact2: County commissioner of Otter Tail Co., Minnesota166,167

Fact3: Bet. May 20, 1869 - July 03, 1873, County treasurer of Otter Tail Co., Minnesota168,169

Occupation: Brick Maker (1880 Census, Becker Co., Minnesota)

Notes for CORDELIA WHITING:

Little is known about Marcus Shaw's first wife Cordelia other than a marriage record in Mills Co. Iowa. It is not believed that they ever had children. Cordelia was the daughter of Charles Whiting and Martha Manna Hurlburt. The Whiting family were longtime Mormon/RLDS Church members for many generations. Several of the Whiting descendants would move to the Independence Mo. area and are buried at Mound Grove Cemetery including Alonzo, Lurette, Editha Ann and Louisa Lida. These would all be first cousins of Cordelia Whiting. The Whitings would eventually follow Adolphus Cutler and his movement to Iowa and Minnesota as Marcus Shaw did.

FROM: http://www.cutlerite.org/history.htm

(Information concerning Chauncey Whiting the uncle of Cordelia Whiting and his association with The Church of Jesus Christ, Cutlerites which later moved to Independence Mo.)

Alpheus Cutler died August 10, 1864, and was succeeded in office by Chauncey Whiting. Shortly after Cutler's death the church moved to Minnesota where they established a thriving community at Clitherall or Old Town, as it is now known. During this next 10 year period they were visited by missionaries of a different restoration group who offered an easier way of life and lead off those who were weak in the faith, and many young members.

Chauncy Whiting passed away in 1902 and was followed by his son, Isaac, in church leadership. Isaac continued in his office until his death in 1922, at which time Emery Fletcher assumed the role of President. About 1912, the Order of Enoch, having been discontinued, for a time, due to the reluctance of some in turning in the homesteads they had proved out upon, it was decided to again set up the Order as originally instituted, and it has been maintained to the present day.

FROM:

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:H129cn-bowEC:
solomonspalding.com/Lib/2000Adam.htm+%22Charles+Whiting
%22+%2B+%22mormon%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Andrew J. Simmonds (1943-1995), in his 1995 Nauvoo Journal article, ("'Thou and all Thy House:' Three Case Studies of Clan and Charisma in the Early Church") tried to link D. P. with two of the daughters-in-law of Mormons "Sally Hulet Whiting, [and] her husband Elisha Whiting, Jr." Simmonds says that "the Hulets were a Massachusetts family settled in Lee, Berkshire County, who moved to Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio, in the Western Reserve in 1814." In his 1979 unpublished Mormon History Association paper, "John Noah and the Hulets: A Study in Charisma in the Early Church," Simmonds identifies these daughter-in-law as sisters Lydia B. Hurlbut, who in 1830 married William E. Whiting (1807-1834) and Martha Mana Hurlbut, who, on Sept. 16, 1835 was married by Joseph Smith, Jr. to Charles Whiting (1811-1841). Lydia remarried Charles English after the death of William in 1841, and after Charles' death in 1839 she married John J. Babcock. Lydia appears to have died on the Iowa trail c. 1847-48. Martha was born at Burlington, Vermont on Aug. 27, 1814. She remarried the infamous Mormon outlaw Jackson Redding (1817-aft. 1850) after the death of Charles Whiting in 1841; she died at Winter Quarters on March 15, 1847.

 

FROM: http://www.swcp.com/~jhafner/whithurlhy.htm (information concerning Cordelias family including her uncles and cousins)

Friction between the Missourians and Mormons continued in Caldwell County resulting in armed conflicts. In the fall of 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued his infamous order to the militia to drive the Mormons out of the state or kill them in the process. By March 1839, the Mormons had abandoned all settlements in Missouri and had moved into Illinois and Iowa. Probable routes are shown on the following map entitled "LDS Winter Exoduss from Missouri, 1838-1839." It seems likely that Lydia and her five children, and Charles English, if still alive, traveled to Illinois with Elisha Whiting, Sally, and other Whitings.

Accordig to Christensen, the Whitings came to the "Morley Settlement" near Lima, Illinois. Also:

William E. Whiting's family was found in the record of membership of Lima Stake. The record showed Lydia B. Babcock with children; Edmond W., Mary M. and Martha B. Whiting. Mary and Martha, the twins, were listed as under eight years; also Morenda, A. English and Charles H. English were under eight years. That pointed to the fact that Lydia had been widowed a second time and had married a third husband named Babcock. She and her children were listed as members of the Lima Stake when it was organized in 1840.

Although the earlier settlers in Illinois had initially welcomed the Mormons driven from Missouri, once again there was friction and mob violence. In the fall of 1845, the Mormons began to gather in Nauvoo for protection and to prepare for a westward migration in the spring. The exodus began in March, 1846. According to Christensen:

The people known to have been traveling in that immediate group which left Nauvoo were: Elisha and Sally Hulet Whiting with their unmarried sons, Sylvester, Almond, and Francis Lewis. Also with Elisha were his widowed daughters-in-law, the former wives of William and Charles Whiting. Their families were composed of William's three children, plus two sons born to Lydia by her second husband, Charles English. Also, Martha Hurlburt Whiting and her three children went along. Chancey and Editha Ann Morley Whiting, with their children were in the group. So were Amos and Philena Morley Cox and their three children. Orville and Elvira Cox and two children were part of the group. F. Walter and Emeline Whiting Cox were there with their five children. In the wagon with Edwin Whiting rode Mary Cox Whiting and Jemima Losee Cox.

An incident in the Journal History is quoted as follows:

28 March 1846. The main camp still remained on Chariton River… A boy by the name of Edmund Whiting shot an otter at the bend of the river; he afterwards discovered that the otter was caught in a trap; he took off the skin and carried it to camp, leaving the trap on the bank. In the course of the day the trapper, who lived a short distance off, came into camp and stated that he had eight traps in the neighborhood, and had lost six of them, intimating that the Camp had stolen them; but this was not believed. In the evening, the Council heard what the boy had done with the otter skin and called him into the post office with the skin, when he related all his doings concerning the matter.

The council were satisfied that he meant no harm and instructed him to go early in the morning and bring the trap, and take it and the skin to the trapper in company with Stephen Markham. President Young instructed Brother Markham to say to the man that if one of his traps were found in the camp within one thousand miles of the place, it should be sent back to him with the man that took it.

30 March 1846. Stephan Markham reported that he could not find Edmund Whiting, the boy that shot the otter in the trap and that he had returned the skin to Mr. Davis, the trapper, who was satisfied with the actions of the officer of the Camp.

Note that there is no mention of John Babcock, nor his children.

The Whitings and related families went on west to a temporary camp they called "Mt Pisgah" (near present Talmage, IA, about 170 miles west of Nauvoo).

A sizable tract of ground at Mt. Pisgah was fenced, the ground was plowed and planted to crops. The families went to work to build temporary homes. Walter Cox built two huts for his family. The Whitings again built a chair shop. Walter Cox cut down trees, split the trunks and made benches for a little school in a grove. The lower benches were for seats and the higher benches for desks.

Christensen mentions Edmond Whiting several times. In response to a request from Mormon leaders for volunteers to serve in the war with Mexico, Edmond and his uncle Almon were mustered into service at Council Bluffs on July 16, 1846. After their return from service in the "Mormon Battalion" (5), presumably 1847, they helped establish a new settlement called Silver Creek or Cutler's Settlement (between present day Silver City and Malvern). Chauncey, Sylvester, and Lewis Whiting were also among those involved. Neither Edmond nor Almon is mentioned in the 1850 US census of Pottawatomie Co, IA, but Chauncey and his family are, as is a group of young Whiting people living together: Sylvester - 24, Louis - 22, Abner - 20, Mary - 17, Martha - 16, Cordelia - 14, (wife of Marcus Shaw) and Elisha - 12. The last three seem likely to be the children of Martha Manna Hurlburt Whiting, who died at Winter Quarters, near present day Omaha, during the spring of 1847. We have wondered if the Mary - 17 could be 'our' Mary, but, if so, where was her twin sister Martha? According to Christensen, Edmond Whiting married Augusta McConoughly on July 19, 1857. His family is listed in the Federal Censuses of 1860 for Fremont Co and in the 1870, 1880, and 1900 censuses for Page Co. He died June 12, 1908 in Shenandoah, IA. According to Christensen, he spent one winter in Minnesota, presumably with other "Cutlerites" in Clitherall, but then returned to southwestern Iowa. His oldest son, William Elisha Whiting was born in Manti on Jan. 25, 1862, became a physician, and in 1890 moved to Brush, CO, the home of his first cousin, Rena Bell McGinnis, and her husband, John. The Colorado State Business Directories for 1895 and 1896 list him as physician and postmaster, and also in the drug business with McGinnis. Dr. Whiting died of typhoid fever on Feb 11, 1896, and was buried near the graves of Rena and John McGinnis in the Brush Cemetary.

FROM: http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:aHZs15Ut8TQC:www.ldsworld.com/
gems/150/display/0,2576,6800,00.html+%22Jackson+Redding%22+%2B+%
22mormon%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

(Information concerning Jackson Redding the brother in law of Cornelia through her sister Martha.)

It was becoming very urgent for the pioneers to complete their journey and to plant a crop as soon as possible in the Salt Lake Valley. The Twelve directed Orson Pratt to lead an advance company of 42 men and 23 wagons to proceed through the mountains. They were instructed to make roads to enable the main company to follow later. Heber C. Kimball returned to The Needles. At 3 p.m., this company started their journey and traveled about eight miles down Red Fork.

[The company consisted of Orson Pratt, Orrin Porter Rockwell, Jackson Redding, Stephen Markham, Nathaniel Fairbanks, Joseph Egbert, John S. Freeman, Marcus B. Thorpe, Robert Crow, Benjamin B. Crow, John Crow, William H. Crow, William P. Crow, George W. Therlkill, James Chesney, Lewis B. Myers, John Brown, Shadrack Roundy, Hans C. Hanson, Levi Jackman, Lyman Curtis, David Powell, Oscar Crosby, Hark Lay, Joseph Matthews, Gilbert Summe, Green Flake, John S. Gleason, Charles Burke, Norman Taylor, Alexander P. Chesley, Seth Taft, Horace Thornton, Stephen Kelsey, James Stewart, Robert Thomas, Charles D. Barnam, John S. Eldredge, Elijah Newman, Francis Boggs, Levi N. Kendall, David Grant.

 

 

 

More About CORDELIA WHITING:

Burial: Possibly Mills Co., Iowa

Census1: 1850, Pottawatomie Co, Iowa (living with her uncle Chauncey Whiting and family)

Fact1: Her parents were wed in Ohio by Joseph Smith Jr. the Mormon Prophet.

Fact2: Cordelia's sister Martha married Erastus Cutler the grandson of Adolphus Cutler. Martha also married Jackson Redding the well known Mormon Danite who often rode with Orrin Rockwell. Orrin Rockwell was also the father in law of Marcus Shaw.

Fact3: Mills Co. marriage records list Cordely Whiting as the wife of Marcus Shaw

Marriage Notes for MARCUS SHAW and CORDELIA WHITING:

Mills Co. marriage records list Cordely Whiting as the wife of Marcus Shaw

Notes for SARAH JANE ROCKWELL REED:

FROM: Linda in Oregon (a cousin through Marcus Shaw)

" I have seen that information about Sarah Shaw being the daughter of Orrin Porter Rockwell. However, the marriage records of Mills Co., IA says Marcus married Sarah Jane REED on Aug. 12, 1858. In the 1856 Mills Co., IA census a Noah and Sarah Reed are living in the household of Luana Perry (Luana Hart Beebe Rockwell Perry Baldwin)who was married to Orrin Porter Rockwell. Before that Marcus was married to Cordelia Whitling. Marcus was a follower of Adolfus Cutler."

Linda stated that Marcus or his children had submitted lineage to the book: A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907 at sometime during its production that had many verifiable facts. The connection of Marcus' wife Sarah Jane as a daughter of Orrin Porter Rockwell was also submitted. As so many know Marcus as the husband of Sarah Jane Rockwell and with the production of the book, it is believed that possibly Sarah Jane listed as Reed on the Mills Co. marriage record had previously married a Reed and hence explaining the confusion with the last names.

 

Marriage Notes for MARCUS SHAW and SARAH REED:

marriage performed by Squire Eggelston MG

Notes for ELIZA ANN STUART:

Eliza Stuart died due to a fall from her bedroom window July 4th 1919. It seems she was sleeping and became hot and leaned out of the top floor window of her home for fresh air. It is assumed that she became faint as well from heart disease which she suffered from at the time. Eliza fell from the window and hit her head, passing days later in a coma. Her home was located in what is now the rear parking of the RLDS Temple in Independence Mo. Eliza's death made frontpage news in the local paper, the Examiner. She was buried at Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

 

FROM THE WEBSITE: The Bingleman Story

Excerpts:

" Memories " by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman 1903 - 1998, written: December 1989

Mother was the youngest of a family of three. Her older sister, Eliza, married a man by the name of Shaw and continued to live in the U S A and a brother Merrit became a sailor on the Great Lakes.

More About ELIZA ANN STUART:

Burial: July 1919, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

Fact: 1911, Was a nurse170

 

Children of MARCUS SHAW and SARAH REED are:

28. i. CLARK A.9 SHAW, b. October 05, 1862, Mills Co., Iowa; d. August 30, 1925, Alameda Co., California.

ii. HENRIETTA ARVILLA SHAW171, b. April 1860, Iowa; d. Bef. September 18, 1921.

iii. CHARLES E. SHAW171, b. 1865, Minnesota; d. of Chicago, Illinois.

Notes for CHARLES E. SHAW:

As per Marcus Shaw obituary, his son Charles E. Shaw is living in Chicago Illinois when Marcus dies in Missouri.

iv. WILLIE SHAW171, b. Abt. 1867, Minnesota.

v. WALTER SHAW171, b. Abt. 1871, Minnesota; d. Bef. September 18, 1921.

vi. CHESTER J. SHAW171,172,173, b. 1876, Minnesota174; d. Aft. 1920; m. MARTHA175.

Notes for CHESTER J. SHAW:

As per Marcus Shaw's obituary, his son Chester C. Shaw is living in Joliet, Illinois when Marcus dies in Missouri.

 

Minnesota land grants listed at St. Cloud about 10 miles from Becker Minnesota, 1903

 

SHAW, CHESTER J

Land Office: ST CLOUD Sequence #:

Document Number: 20108 Total Acres: 80

Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes

Canceled Document: No Issue Date: July 11, 1903

Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No

Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566

Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820

Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Legal Land Description:

# Aliquot Parts Block # Base Line Fractional Section Township Range Section #

1 SWSE 5TH PM No 145 N 34 W 22

2 NWNE 5TH PM No 145 N 34 W 27

 

vii. WILBUR J. SHAW176, b. Abt. 1875, Minnesota176; m. ROSINA W.176; b. Abt. 1876, Iowa176.

Notes for WILBUR J. SHAW:

As per Marcus Shaw's obituary, his son Wilbur Shaw is living in Buhl, Idaho when Marcus dies in Missouri.

More About WILBUR J. SHAW:

Census1: 1920, United States Federal Census for Twin Falls Buhl Co., Idaho

 

Child of MARCUS SHAW and ELIZA STUART is:

29. viii. NINA L.9 SHAW, b. 1890, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri; d. 1950, Jackson Co., Missouri.

 

23. EMMA J8 SHAW (WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)177,178,179 was born Abt. 1832 in Albany Co., New York180,181,182,183, and died 1911184. She married ABNER HINMAN II184,185,186 February 14, 1854. He was born July 10, 1828 in Phelps, Ontario Co, New York187,188, and died 1913 in Oswego Co, New York189.

More About EMMA J SHAW:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York189

More About ABNER HINMAN II:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York189

Census1: 1865, United States Federal Census for Orleans Co., New York

Census2: 1880, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

Occupation: Stone Mason190

 

Children of EMMA SHAW and ABNER HINMAN are:

30. i. WILLIS URBAN9 HINMAN, b. July 01, 1856, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York; d. May 10, 1902, Stillwater, Saratoga Co., New York.

31. ii. ABNER WARD HINMAN, b. March 11, 1863, Phelps, Ontario Co., New York; d. 1944.

32. iii. CLARK EUGENE HINMAN, b. October 02, 1858, Phelps, Ontario Co., New York.

33. iv. ALBERT WARING HINMAN, b. January 16, 1861, Phelps, Ontario Co., New York; d. March 1938, Braddock, Pennsylvania.

v. WARD A. HINMAN191,192,193, b. Abt. 1863, Ontario Co., New York194.

34. vi. EARLE CHESTER HINMAN, b. August 24, 1865, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

35. vii. ELMER LLEWELLYN HINMAN, b. January 16, 1868, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

36. viii. DR ADIN VINCENT HINMAN, b. October 03, 1872, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York; d. August 26, 1952, Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio.

 

24. CHESTER C.8 SHAW (WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)195,196,197 was born Abt. 1842 in Orleans Co., New York198,199. He married ELIZABETH200. She was born Abt. 1842 in New York200.

Notes for CHESTER C. SHAW:

Chester C Shaw

 

Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant

Enlisted as a Corporal on 07 May 1861 at the age of 18

Enlisted in Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment New York on 17 May 1861.

Discharged Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment New York on 28 May 1863 in Albany, NY

 

More About CHESTER C. SHAW:

Census1: 1860, United States Federal Census for Cohoes, Albany Co., New York

Census2: 1880, United States Federal Census for Albany, Albany Co., New York

Occupation: Tailor200

Served: Civil War, Union Forces, New York Infantry.

 

Child of CHESTER SHAW and ELIZABETH is:

i. CHRIS F.9 SHAW200, b. Abt. 1867, New York200.

 

25. WILLIAM D.8 SHAW (WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)201,202,203,204,205 was born December 28, 1845 in Orleans Co., New York206,207, and died November 29, 1919 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York208. He married FIDELIA T. STACY208,209,210,211,212, daughter of RUSSELL STACY and TERRISSA. She was born August 10, 1841 in New York213,214,214, and died July 08, 1921 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York215.

Notes for WILLIAM D. SHAW:

William served in the Union Forces, New York, wife Fidelia T. Shaw files and receives a pension in New York for his service, December 1919 (Application 1150,027)

More About WILLIAM D. SHAW:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Orleans Co., New York215

Census1: 1880, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York (Living with James Shelry)

Occupation: Farmer216

Served: Union Forces, Civil War

More About FIDELIA T. STACY:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Orleans Co., New York

Census1: 1880, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York (Living with William Shaw and James Shelry)

Census2: 1920, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York (Living with her son Milo J. Shaw)

 

Child of WILLIAM SHAW and FIDELIA STACY is:

37. i. MILO J.9 SHAW, b. March 14, 1881, probably New York; d. 1921, probably Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

 

26. HULDA DESIRE8 SHAW (WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)217 was born June 12, 1856 in New York218,219, and died November 21, 1915 in Carlton, Orleans Co., New York. She married HARRIS J. BARNARD220,221,222 Abt. 1879223, son of CHARLES BARNARD. He was born October 26, 1851 in New York223,224,225, and died August 11, 1927 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

More About HULDA DESIRE SHAW:

Burial: Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, Orleans County, New York, Lot 9 MEADW

More About HARRIS J. BARNARD:

Burial: Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, Orleans County, New York, Lot 9 MEADW

Census1: 1900, United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York

Occupation: Grocer226

 

Children of HULDA SHAW and HARRIS BARNARD are:

i. BERTHA M.9 BARNARD226, b. December 1885, New York.

ii. FLORENCE BARNARD, b. November 06, 1883, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York; d. September 24, 1884, Orleans Co., New York.

More About FLORENCE BARNARD:

Burial: Mt. Albion Cemetery, Albion, Orleans County, New York, Lot 9 MEADW

 

27. ORANGE B.8 SHAW (ZACHARIAH7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)227,228,229,230 was born Abt. 1845 in New York231,232. He married CLARINDA P.233,233,234,235. She was born Abt. 1849 in Illinois236,236,237.

Notes for ORANGE B. SHAW:

Name Type Section Sect Township Range Meridian Acres Price Total Date Month Date Day Date Year Reside Volume Page Blank SocStat ID Corr-Tag

SHAW ORANGE B CN LOT12BL74WN 000000 00000 5500 May 08 1868 000 L7B 210 524269 0

SHAW ORANGE B CN LOT6BL75WN 000000 00000 5500 May 20 1868 000 L7B 210 524270 0

SHAW ORANGE B CN LOT11BL74WN 000000 00000 5500 May 27 1868 000 L7B 210 524271 0

SHAW ORANGE B CN LOT7BL75WN 000000 00000 5500 May 20 1868 000 L7B 210 524272 0

 

 

 

 

More About ORANGE B. SHAW:

Census1: 1870, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

Census2: 1880, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

Census3: 1930, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

Occupation: Deputy County Clerk of Winnebago Co., Illinois238

More About CLARINDA P.:

Census1: 1870, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

Census2: 1880, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

Census3: 1930, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

 

Children of ORANGE SHAW and CLARINDA P. are:

38. i. ORANGE LEE9 SHAW, b. October 15, 1873, Illinois; d. September 1969, probably St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.

ii. EDWARD SHAW239, b. Abt. 1870, Illinois239.

More About EDWARD SHAW:

Census: 1870, United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois

 

Generation No. 9

 

28. CLARK A.9 SHAW (MARCUS8, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)240,241,242 was born October 05, 1862 in Mills Co., Iowa243, and died August 30, 1925 in Alameda Co., California243,244. He married MABEL EVELINE BENTLEY245 March 07, 1888 in Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri245, daughter of DAVID BENTLEY and ELIZA STUART. She was born February 09, 1870 in Lawrence, Van Buren Co., Michigan245, and died March 03, 1947 in Los Angeles Co., California245.

 

Children of CLARK SHAW and MABEL BENTLEY are:

i. LELA GERTRUDE10 SHAW245,246, b. 1891, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri247; d. January 27, 1970, Burbank, Los Angeles Co., California247; m. (1) ERNIE F. DOYLE247; d. August 29, 1942, Los Angeles Co., California; m. (2) CLARENCE WILSON247, San Francisco, California247; m. (3) HENRY CHESTER ELLSWORTH247,248, May 20, 1910, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; b. February 22, 1887, Cormorant, Becker Co., Minnesota; d. January 18, 1964.

More About HENRY CHESTER ELLSWORTH:

Fact: 1911, Resided at 800 Lydia Ave., Kansas City, Missouri249

ii. BENTLEY M. SHAW249, b. October 27, 1894, Lamoni, Decatur Co., Iowa250; d. October 11, 1968, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon251; m. CLARA BERTHA KEENAN252, June 29, 1921, Detroit Lakes, Becker Co., Minnesota252.

More About BENTLEY M. SHAW:

Baptism: November 28, 1909, Reorganized LDS252

Served: 1917, US Army from Becker Co., Minnesota 127th Infantry Co. B252

iii. GERHARDT WESLEY SHAW252,253,254, b. November 21, 1897, Lamoni, Decatur Co., Iowa255,256,257,258; d. October 25, 1949, Pawating Hospital, Niles Berrien Co., Michigan259,260,261,262; m. ISABELLA263, probably Minnesota; b. , Minnesota263.

More About GERHARDT WESLEY SHAW:

Served: 1918, US Marines, Becker Co., Minnesota, Private 47th Co., 5th US Marines, 2nd Division, served at Champagne and in the Argonne.264

iv. MERLE LEROY SHAW264,265, b. Abt. 1897, Iowa266,267; m. INEZ267; b. , Germany267.

More About MERLE LEROY SHAW:

Baptism: February 26, 1911, Reorganized LDS268

v. BERTHA MAY SHAW268, b. July 07, 1902, Minnesota268; d. July 30, 1973, Farmers Branch, Dallas Co., Texas268; m. ERNEST RAIZON268, August 11, 1920268.

More About BERTHA MAY SHAW:

Baptism: July 30, 1911, Reorganized LDS268

Burial: Southern Memorial Park, Dade Co., Florida268

 

29. NINA L.9 SHAW (MARCUS8, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)269,270,271 was born 1890 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri272, and died 1950 in Jackson Co., Missouri272. She married ORIN JEFFERSON DUNFEE SR.273 March 03, 1908 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri274, son of FRED DUNFEE and LAURA MAY. He was born 1887 in Nebraska275, and died 1960 in Jackson Co., Missouri275.

More About NINA L. SHAW:

Burial: 1950, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri275

Fact1: Died from Dropsy

More About ORIN JEFFERSON DUNFEE SR.:

Burial: 1960, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri275

Marriage Notes for NINA SHAW and ORIN SR.:

Marriage was performed by V. M. Goodrich, "Minister of the Gospel". Witnessed and permission given by Mrs. Eliza Ann Shaw and Mrs. Laura May Bailey. Mark Smith submitted a certified copy of their marriage license. From this document we learn the full name of Orin's mother Laura.

 

Children of NINA SHAW and ORIN SR. are:

i. DOROTHY MAE10 DUNFEE, b. September 24, 1914, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri; d. 1989, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; m. GEORGE WALLACE THOMPSON I276, March 19, 1932, Lawrence, Kansas; b. December 07, 1911, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; d. April 25, 1996, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

More About DOROTHY MAE DUNFEE:

Baptism: Milo Burnett , RLDS Church, St.Joseph Missouri

Burial: 1989, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

Cause of death (Facts Pg): Lung Cancer

Notes for GEORGE WALLACE THOMPSON I:

Thia is an article about my grandfather George Wallace Thompson 's memories of growing up next door to the Smith family of Independence Mo. This includes the son (Joseph III) and grandson (Isreal Smith) of Joseph Smith Jr., the prophet of the RLDS and LDS (Mormon) Churches. The Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. was murdered by a mob in 1844 in Carthage Ill. Several Cheneys were in the group which brought Joseph Smith Jr. home to Nauvoo Ill. for burial. My great-great grandfather Dr. Levi Cheney would live next door to his son, Joseph Smith III in Independence Mo. Joseph Smith III was the President of the RLDS Church until his death in the early 1900s. My family have been in continuous ownership of the original home of Dr. Levi Cheney since the 1890s. This Biography was also published in the magazine "Spectrum" in 1993 and probably at numerous times. George Wallace Thompson passed away in 1996.

From: "Vision" Magazine 1990

My Memories of Brother Israel's Family, by George Wallace Thompson I

I am thankful for the rich spiritual heritage which has been mine to enjoy, for I grew up in Zion among the saints. I was born to George F. and Samantha Thompson, December 7, 1911. If they had not been members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I might not have survived, for I was born with Pneumonia. My mother often told me of calling the elders to administer to me, and how I was healed. When I was seven months old, I was blessed by President Joseph Smith III and Elder W. H. Garrett.

Brother Joseph Smith III died when I was only three years of age, so I do not remember him. But I was well acquainted with his son, Israel A. Smith, and his beautiful wife Nina. Their sons, Joseph Perrine, who was called Perry, and Don Carlos, were my playmates. They lived at 1214 West Short, and we lived at 1320 West Short, in Independence, MO. So my brothers and I were close playmates of brother Israel's sons.

I was taught the gospel, and when I was nine years of age, I was baptized by Brother W. D. Bullard who lived near by. I knew many of the old time missionaries, and I remember well the visits to Apostle Joseph Luff's home. He was also a doctor, and he allowed me, with the curiosity of a growing boy, to study the many bottles and vials and their contents on the crowded shelves in his living room.

Many of the missionaries visited in our home to have my mother cut their hair. She had a barber shop on the Independence Square prior to her marriage to my father, who also was a barber when they married. Mother had quit work to become a wife and mother. Ever afterwards she looked upon her ability to cut hair as a talent to use for the Lord. She let Brother Israel A. Smith, who at the time was one of the Church's bishops, know that she would like to use her talent for the Lord, and he agreed to send the traveling seventies and elders who needed haircuts to her.

Most traveling missionaries visited Brother Israel when the arrived in Independence, for he was a friend they all loved and trusted, as well as a Saint who sympathized with their financial needs. He and mother worked together to keep the missionaries well groomed. Mothers talents saved the men and the Church much money. Those devoted preachers were on fire with the gospel, and of miracles in God's church as mother cut their hair. When I saw them coming or was at home, young as I was, I went to listen to the stories, for I had faith that their testimonies were true.

However much of my time was spent playing with my brother, John, who was nearest my age, and Don Carlos and Perry. Not far from our home was a little creek in some woods, and we four boys, along with other neighborhood boys, damned up the creek. The water rose to about three feet deep, making a pond. We called it our swimming hole. Our poor mothers nearly worried themselves sick, for they were afraid we would drowned. All we managed to do though was to have a lot of fun and get wet and muddy.

Whenever we were playing, brother Israel would come to check on us from time to time, as we were busy and not paying attention and not paying attention to what he was doing, he would walk up quietly and manage to slyly slip a chocolate drop into each boys pocket. More than once, when I was standing with my hands behind me, I felt him place a little chocolate treat in my open palm. He never was harsh with us boys, but was always gentle and kind and forever giving us little surprises.

My brother and I and Don Carlos and Perry played back and forth and in and around one another's homes. Sometimes I went to Don and Perry's home not only to play, but to listen to their mother sing. To me, she sang like an angel. I would sit out on the porch steps or the concrete steps that lead down to the sidewalks, and listen to her sing the hymns of the restoration, parts of the messiah, and other beautiful pieces. I never grew tired of hearing her sweet voice float from her open door or raised window. And, though I was but a young lad, I would often feel the thrill of the comforting spirit of the Lord as the music feel upon my eager ears.

I am thankful for the rich heritage which has been mine. That rich heritage included the teachings I received from my parents, the testimonies from the fervent missionaries, and the privilege of being close to the prophet Israel A. Smith and his family.

 

The following was written by my grandfather George Wallace Thompson, (grandson of Dr. Levi Cheney) to my older brother about 1970, concerning the history of Dr. Levi Cheney:

"Dear Geo III

Hi Good Buddie:

I received your letter and will help you all I can

My Grandfather, Your Great Great Grandfather was a pioneer Doctor who practiced in the latter part of the eighteen hundreds and up until 1901. In those days there were no drugstores or Pharmaceutical companies who mixed and prepared medicines, so the Doctors had to make their own medicine. They went in the woods and dug herbs and gathered different tree and bush bark which was used in their medicines. In those days most of the medicines and cures were learned from the Indians. He would make his calls in a wagon with a team of horses. If he had to make a long call, sometimes maybe 15 or 20 miles he would just saddle a horse and cut through fields to go the shortest way. If the person was real sick, he would just stay at their house, maybe two or three days or a week if necessary until the person was better and on the way to recovery. When he went on horseback he had a special saddle bag which fit over the horse to keep all his medicine and instruments in. Sometimes he would have to hide in the woods from quarrelsom Indians or Marauders, but most of the time the worst trouble he would have was bad weather-with rivers and streams out of their banks."

George Wallace Thompson I, 1970

 

More About GEORGE WALLACE THOMPSON I:

Baptism: June 15, 1921, W. D. Bullard

Blessing: July 07, 1912, By Joseph Smith III (son of the Mormon Prophet) and W. H. Garrett

Burial: April 1996, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

Cause of death (Facts Pg): Myocardial Infarction

Fact1: Had Diabetes

Fact2: Was a millwright and delivered dry cleaning for his brother-in -law's dry cleaning shop.(AandM Cleaners)

Fact3: October 04, 1959, Ordained to the office of teacher in the RLDS Church.

ii. NIONA DUNFEE, b. September 10, 1908, Probably St. Joseph, Missouri; d. 1918, Probably St. Joseph, Missouri.

More About NIONA DUNFEE:

Burial: Probably St. Joseph, Missouri

iii. RUTH L. DUNFEE277, b. June 10, 1910, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; d. January 1925, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri; m. GEORGE S. WILLIAMS277, July 04, 1924, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri; b. Aft. 1903277.

Notes for RUTH L. DUNFEE:

died of pneumonia after giving birth to Clarence Williams / Frederick Russell Smith.

More About RUTH L. DUNFEE:

Burial: St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri

Marriage Notes for RUTH DUNFEE and GEORGE WILLIAMS:

Performed by W. H. Wyatt, JOP

iv. FREEMONT F. DUNFEE, b. September 05, 1912, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri278; d. July 26, 1978, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri278; m. ANNIE ETHEL HUFFARD; b. September 12, 1910278; d. May 15, 1994, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri278.

More About FREEMONT F. DUNFEE:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri278

More About ANNIE ETHEL HUFFARD:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri278

v. JOHN W. DUNFEE, b. September 15, 1917, Missouri; d. 1992, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; m. ALBERTA M.; b. 1922.

More About JOHN W. DUNFEE:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

vi. MARY ANN DUNFEE, b. September 27, 1918; m. FRANK DAVIDSON.

vii. BETTY JANE DUNFEE, b. December 11, 1920, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri; m. BILL RIGGS.

viii. ORIN JEFFERSON DUNFEE JR, b. May 27, 1923279; d. August 18, 1993, Kansas City, Clay Co., Missouri279; m. MARY ANNA; b. July 30, 1924.

More About ORIN JEFFERSON DUNFEE JR:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

ix. THOMAS DUNFEE, b. February 04, 1926; d. January 15, 1991; m. MAXINE.

x. MILDRED DUNFEE, b. October 21, 1929, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri280; d. October 31, 2001, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri280; m. HAROLD LEROY KEOWN; b. May 24, 1925, Probably Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri; d. December 1970, Probably Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

Notes for MILDRED DUNFEE:

Mildred L. Keown, 72, Independence, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001, at Medical Center of Independence. Mrs. Keown was born Oct. 21, 1929, in Independence, the daughter of Orin and Nina Dunfee. She lived in this area her entire life. She was employed for 20 years as a canner at Stephenson's Apple Orchard, retiring in 1993. She was a member of the RLDS Church and attended the Slover Park Congregation. Her survivors include her five children, H. L. Keown, Jr., Independence,

Stephen Michael Keown, Houston, Texas, John W. Keown, Kenneth Wayne Keown, and Kathy Firkins, both of Independence; eight grandchildren, Todd Allen Keown, H. L. Keown III, Ginger Keown, Jason Keown, John W. Keown II, Marsha Renee Keown, Clayton Ross Firkins and Wesley Edwin Firkins; two sisters, Mary Ann Davidson and Betty Jane Riggs; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Mound Grove Cemetery. Friends can visit from 6:30 until 8 p.m. tonight at Speaks Suburban Chapel.

 

 

 

 

More About MILDRED DUNFEE:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Jackson Co., Missouri280

More About HAROLD LEROY KEOWN:

Burial: Mound Grove Cemetery, Jackson Co., Missouri

 

30. WILLIS URBAN9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)281,282 was born July 01, 1856 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York283,284, and died May 10, 1902 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., New York285. He married MARY EMMA WALL285. She was born 1854285, and died 1935285.

More About WILLIS URBAN HINMAN:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York285

More About MARY EMMA WALL:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York285

 

Children of WILLIS HINMAN and MARY WALL are:

i. WILLIS EDWARD10 HINMAN, b. January 27, 1879, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

ii. ARCHIE STANLEY HINMAN, b. August 29, 1881, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

 

31. ABNER WARD9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)285,286 was born March 11, 1863 in Phelps, Ontario Co., New York287, and died 1944287. He married MINNIE VIOLA ARMSTRONG287 March 11, 1891. She was born March 01, 1872287, and died 1966287.

More About ABNER WARD HINMAN:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York287

More About MINNIE VIOLA ARMSTRONG:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York287

 

Children of ABNER HINMAN and MINNIE ARMSTRONG are:

i. HAROLD THOMAS10 HINMAN287, b. October 05, 1895, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York288; d. May 1969, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York289; m. OLA C.290; b. 1896290; d. 1963291.

More About HAROLD THOMAS HINMAN:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York291

More About OLA C.:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York292

ii. WARD EUGENE HINMAN, b. November 23, 1892, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

 

32. CLARK EUGENE9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)293,294,295 was born October 02, 1858 in Phelps, Ontario Co., New York296,297. He married ROSE ELLEN WALL.

 

Children of CLARK HINMAN and ROSE WALL are:

i. BLANCHE ALICE10 HINMAN, b. September 05, 1887, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

ii. DONALD HINMAN, b. March 01, 1899; d. March 10, 1992.

 

33. ALBERT WARING9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)298,299,300 was born January 16, 1861 in Phelps, Ontario Co., New York301, and died March 1938 in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He married GRACE ELLEN BULLARD302 October 29, 1885, daughter of WILLIAM BULLARD and EMMA CORNELL. She was born July 26, 1865 in Hamlin, New York, and died in Braddock, Allegheney Co, Pennsylvania302.

 

Child of ALBERT HINMAN and GRACE BULLARD is:

i. REV. ROY BULLARD10 HINMAN, b. July 27, 1887, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York; d. 1927, Braddock, Allegheney Co, Pennsylvania; m. MINNIE LANGE BENNETT; b. January 01, 1915, Braddock, Allegheney Co, Pennsylvania; d. Braddock, Allegheney Co, Pennsylvania.

More About REV. ROY BULLARD HINMAN:

Occupation: Postal worker

 

34. EARLE CHESTER9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)303,304,305 was born August 24, 1865 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York305. He married GERTRUDE L. BARBER November 17, 1886. She was born August 01, 1868.

 

Children of EARLE HINMAN and GERTRUDE BARBER are:

i. RUBY ALTA10 HINMAN.

ii. RALPH WESTLE HINMAN.

 

35. ELMER LLEWELLYN9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)306,307 was born January 16, 1868 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York307. He married KATHERINE VAN BENSCHOTE. She was born July 12, 1864 in Newark, New York.

 

Child of ELMER HINMAN and KATHERINE VAN BENSCHOTE is:

i. RUTH KATHERINE10 HINMAN.

 

36. DR ADIN VINCENT9 HINMAN (EMMA J8 SHAW, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)308,309 was born October 03, 1872 in Kendall, Orleans Co., New York310, and died August 26, 1952 in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio310. He married SENA AUGUSTA MACCATHRON June 06, 1898. She was born January 25, 1874.

More About DR ADIN VINCENT HINMAN:

Fact1: Practiced Medicine in Youngstown, Pennsylvania

Fact2: Authored the book, "History of the Hinmans" in 1907

 

Child of DR HINMAN and SENA MACCATHRON is:

i. WILLIS HENRY10 HINMAN, b. April 15, 1908, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, Ohio; d. Mercedes, Texas.

 

37. MILO J.9 SHAW (WILLIAM D.8, WILSON7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)311,312 was born March 14, 1881 in probably New York313,314, and died 1921 in probably Kendall, Orleans Co., New York315. He married MABEL M.315,316,317. She was born 1882 in New York318, and died 1940 in probably Kendall, Orleans Co., New York318.

More About MILO J. SHAW:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Orleans Co., New York318

Census1: 1920, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

Occupation: Farm Labor319

More About MABEL M.:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Orleans Co., New York320

Census1: 1920, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

Census2: 1930, Head of household, United States Federal Census for (Kendall Road South) Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

 

Child of MILO SHAW and MABEL M. is:

i. HELEN G.10 SHAW321,322, b. 1916, New York323,324.

More About HELEN G. SHAW:

Census1: 1920, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

Census2: 1930, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York

 

38. ORANGE LEE9 SHAW (ORANGE B.8, ZACHARIAH7, BETHIAH / ELIZABETH6 STOREY, ZACHARIAH5, ZACHARIAH4, ANN3 BELCHER, JOSEPH2, GREGORY1)325,326 was born October 15, 1873 in Illinois327,328,329, and died September 1969 in probably St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri329. He married DELLA VIOLA COUNTRYMAN330 June 14, 1899, daughter of CALVIN COUNTRYMAN and ABBY SLAFTER. She was born Abt. 1874 in Illinois330.

Notes for ORANGE LEE SHAW:

According to the Social Security Death Index, Orange's last known residence was listed as St. Louis, Missouri.

More About ORANGE LEE SHAW:

Burial: probably St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri

 

Children of ORANGE SHAW and DELLA COUNTRYMAN are:

i. GLADYS VIOLA10 SHAW330,331,332, b. Abt. 1909, Illinois333,334.

ii. ROBERT C. SHAW335,336,336,337,338, b. September 21, 1910, Illinois339; d. January 07, 2000, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri340.

More About ROBERT C. SHAW:

Burial: St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri340

iii. ALICE GERTRUDE SHAW341, b. September 18, 1902341.

iv. ORANGE EDMUND SHAW342, b. May 30, 1905343.

 

 

Endnotes

 

1. Biography of Notible Americans.

2. Will of Catherine Belcher.

3. Biography of Notible Americans.

4. Will of Catherine Belcher.

5. Phil Shepherd, Genforum.

6. Phil Shepherd.

7. Will of Catherine Belcher.

8. Biography of Notible Americans.

9. The History of Milton, Mass 1640-1887.

10. The Belcher Family", by William Henry Belcher & Joseph Warren Belcher.

11. Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass., 1640-1850.

12. The Belcher Family", by William Henry Belcher & Joseph Warren Belcher.

13. Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass., 1640-1850.

14. The Belcher Family", by William Henry Belcher & Joseph Warren Belcher.

15. Boston Town Records, 1700-1800, Boston Births, 1700-1709.

16. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1690-1699, Page 208.

17. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1690-1699, Page 194.

18. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1690-1699, Page 197.

19. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1680-1689, Page 176.

20. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1680-1689, Page 166.

21. Boston Town Records, 1700-1800, Boston Births, 1700-1709.

22. South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol 1,.

23. Boston Town Records, 1700-1800, Boston Births, 1700-1709.

24. Vital Records of Boston, Births, Vol 2-7; 1630-1799; City Clerk, Boston, Mass.; Vol 5 page 103 (Zachariah Storey, male, b. 27 Jun 1706, son of Rowland.

25. South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol 1,.

26. The will of Thomas Ellis of James Island, December 27, 1722. Berkeley, South Carolina.

27. South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol 1,.

28. Boston Town Records, 1700-1800, Boston Births, 1700-1709.

29. The will of Elizabeth Toomer Story.

30. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1680-1689, Page 161.

31. The will of Joseph Ellicott. written January 11, 1711.

32. Boston Town Records, 1630-1699, Boston Births and Baptisms, 1680-1689, Page 161.

33. The will of Joseph Ellicott. written January 11, 1711.

34. The will of Ellicott Storey, Granville Co., South Carolina. written May 1755.

35. Headstone, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York.

36. Will of Zachariah Story.

37. Headstone, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York.

38. 1790, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York.

39. Headstone of Sarah Cornwell, Bangall Baptist Church Cemetery, New York.

40. Headstone of Melancton Cornwell, Bangall Baptist Church Cemetery, New York.

41. Headstone of Sarah Cornwell, Bangall Baptist Church Cemetery, New York.

42. Headstone of Melancton Cornwell, Bangall Baptist Church Cemetery, New York.

43. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

44. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach.

45. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

46. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach.

47. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

48. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach.

49. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

50. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach..

51. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

52. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach..

53. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

54. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations, Rev.Ed. Comp by Mildred (Mosher) Chamberlain and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach..

55. The will of Ellicott Storey, Granville Co., South Carolina. written May 1755.

56. St. Helena Register.

57. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

58. Will of Zachariah Story.

59. 1790, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York.

60. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

61. 1790, United States Federal Census for Albany Co., New York.

62. 1840 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

63. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

64. South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1719-1772, Vol 1,.

65. Headstone, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York.

66. Hempstead Burial Ground, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

67. Headstone, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York.

68. Hempstead Burial Ground, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

69. Journal, kept by Stephen Hoag (1792- 1819), son of Daniel and Phebe (Mosher) Hoag.

70. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

71. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

72. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

73. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

74. History of the Hinmans 1907 by AV Hinman.

75. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

76. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

77. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

78. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

79. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

80. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

81. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

82. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

83. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

84. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

85. 1892 Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

86. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

87. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

88. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

89. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

90. 1892 Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

91. Online transcribes of the Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

92. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

93. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

94. Online transcribes of the Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

95. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

96. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

97. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

98. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

99. Online transcribes of the Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

100. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907.

101. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

102. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

103. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

104. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

105. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

106. Orleans County Vital Statistics, 1847-1850.

107. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

108. Orleans County Vital Statistics, 1847-1850.

109. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

110. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

111. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

112. 1892 Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

113. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

114. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

115. 1892 Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

116. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

117. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

118. 1880 United States Federal Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

119. 1892 Census, Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

120. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907.

121. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

122. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

123. Online transcribes of the Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

124. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

125. Online transcribes of the Kent Cemetery, Hamlet of Kent, Town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York.

126. 1830 United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York.

127. 1850 Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

128. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

129. 1830 United States Federal Census for Knox, Albany Co., New York.

130. 1850 Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

131. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

132. 1850 Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

133. Headstone, Bangall Baptist Church, Bangall, Dutchess Co., New York.

134. 1830 United States Federal Census for Berne, Albany Co., New York.

135. Family Record of Maurine Atkins, 2003.

136. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

137. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

138. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

139. " Memories " by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman 1903 - 1998, written: December 1989 ( a first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee).

140. The Bingleman Story Website.

141. Family Record of Dorothy Mae Dunfee Thompson.

142. Family Record of Helen Bingleman.

143. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

144. 1880 United States Federal Census for Detroit, Becker Co., Minnesota (M. Shaw head of house).

145. Gravestone, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

146. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

147. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

148. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

149. Gravestone, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

150. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

151. Marriage records of Mills Co., Iowa.

152. 1860 United States Federal Census, Mud Creek Township (Now Anderson Twp.) Mills County, Iowa.

153. Van Buren Co., Michigan, Index of Marriages, Compiled by Jack & Marianne Dibean.

154. " Memories " by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman 1903 - 1998, written: December 1989 ( a first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee).

155. Family Record of Dorothy Mae Dunfee Thompson.

156. " Memories " by Wilfrid Knisley Bingleman 1903 - 1998, written: December 1989 ( a first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee).

157. Family Record of Helen Bingleman.

158. The Bingleman Story Website.

159. Family Record of Helen Bingleman, Rootsweb..

160. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

161. Family Record of Dorothy Mae Dunfee Thompson.

162. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

163. Family Record of Helen Bingleman, Rootsweb.

164. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

165. Gravestone, Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

166. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

167. History of Otter Tail Co., Minnesota by John Mason.

168. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

169. History of Otter Tail Co., Minnesota by John Mason.

170. Resided at 800 Lydia Ave., Kansas City, Missouri.

171. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907.

172. 1880 United States Federal Census for Detroit, Becker Co., Minnesota (M. Shaw head of house).

173. 1920 United States Federal Census for Joliet, Will Co., Illinois.

174. 1880 United States Federal Census for Detroit, Becker Co., Minnesota (M. Shaw head of house).

175. 1920 United States Federal Census for Joliet, Will Co., Illinois.

176. 1920 United States Federal Census for Twin Falls Buhl Co., Idaho.

177. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

178. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

179. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

180. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

181. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

182. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

183. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

184. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

185. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

186. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

187. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

188. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

189. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

190. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

191. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

192. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

193. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

194. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

195. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

196. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

197. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

198. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

199. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

200. 1880 United States Federal Census for Albany, Albany Co., New York.

201. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

202. 1855 Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

203. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

204. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

205. 1892 Census Orleans County, New York.

206. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

207. 1850 United States Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

208. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

209. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

210. 1892 Census Orleans County, New York.

211. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

212. 1880, United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York (Living with William Shaw and James Shelry).

213. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

214. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

215. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

216. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

217. 1880 United States Federal Census for Orleans Co., New York.

218. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

219. 1880 United States Federal Census for Orleans Co., New York.

220. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

221. 1880 United States Federal Census for Orleans Co., New York.

222. 1920 United States Federal Census for Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

223. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

224. 1880 United States Federal Census for Orleans Co., New York.

225. 1920 United States Federal Census for Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

226. 1900 United States Federal Census for the Town of Gaines, Orleans Co., New York.

227. 1850 Federal Census, Carlton, Orleans Co., New York.

228. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

229. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

230. 1920 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

231. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

232. 1920 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

233. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

234. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

235. 1920 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

236. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

237. 1920 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

238. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

239. 1870 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

240. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907.

241. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

242. California Death Certificate.

243. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

244. California Death Certificate.

245. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

246. The Roots and Geneology of Israel B. Ellsworth and Mary Ann Gage by Donna Ellsworth Ward.

247. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

248. The Roots and Geneology of Israel B. Ellsworth and Mary Ann Gage by Donna Ellsworth Ward p143, p203

249. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

250. Saints Herald, Feb. 13, 1895.

251. Oregon Death Index, certificate 14059.

252. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

253. 1930 United States Federal Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

254. Social Security Death Index.

255. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

256. Indiana record for Social Security Index..

257. 1930 United States Federal Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

258. Social Security Death Index.

259. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

260. Indiana record for Social Security Index..

261. 1930 United States Federal Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

262. Social Security Death Index.

263. 1930 United States Federal Census for St. Joseph Co., Indiana.

264. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

265. 1930 United States Federal Census for Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.

266. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

267. 1930 United States Federal Census for Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.

268. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

269. 2001 Obituary of Mildred Dunfee Keown.

270. Family Record of Dorothy Mae Dunfee Thompson.

271. The family record of Linda A. Ellsworth.

272. Headstone Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

273. 2001 Obituary of Mildred Dunfee Keown.

274. Marriage License of Orin Dunfee and Nina Shaw, 1908.

275. Headstone Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

276. 1930 United States Federal Census for District 248, Blue, Jackson Co., Missouri (Independence).

277. Marriage License George Williams and Ruth L. Dunfee, copy submitted by their grandson Mark Smith..

278. Headstone Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri.

279. Social Security Death Index.

280. 2001 Obituary of Mildred Dunfee Keown.

281. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

282. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

283. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

284. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

285. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

286. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

287. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

288. reenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

289. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

290. reenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

291. Greenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

292. reenwood Cemetery Index, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

293. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

294. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

295. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

296. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

297. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

298. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

299. History of the Hinmans 1907 by AV Hinman.

300. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

301. United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

302. History of the Hinmans 1907 by AV Hinman.

303. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

304. 1910 United States Federal Census for Summit Co., Ohio.

305. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

306. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

307. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

308. A history of the Hinmans and Kindred Families, 1907, by Dr Adin Vincent Hinman the first cousin of Nina Shaw Dunfee.

309. 1880 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

310. History of the Hinmans 1907 by AV Hinman.

311. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

312. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

313. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

314. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

315. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

316. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

317. 1930 United States Federal Census for (Kendall Road South) Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

318. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

319. 1900 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

320. Greenwood Cemetery Records, Town of Kendall, Orleans County, New York.

321. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

322. 1930 United States Federal Census for (Kendall Road South) Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

323. 1920 United States Federal Census for Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

324. 1930 United States Federal Census for (Kendall Road South) Kendall, Orleans Co., New York.

325. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

326. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

327. 1880 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

328. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

329. Social Security Death Index.

330. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

331. Countryman Genealogy, page 49.

332. Countryman Genealogy.

333. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

334. Countryman Genealogy, page 49.

335. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

336. Countryman Genealogy, page 49.

337. Countryman Genealogy-pg. 49.

338. Social Security Death Index.

339. 1930 United States Federal Census for Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois.

340. Social Security Death Index.

341. Countryman Genealogy.

342. Countryman Genealogy, page 49.

343. Countryman Genealogy