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| 110901 | Samantha, age 8, is on the 1870 Douglas Co., MO census, entry 20/20, in the HH of James B. Stafford. Samantha, age 18, is listed as daughter on the 1880 Webster Co., Missouri census in the HH of J. B. Stafford. 1910 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 76/77 Williams, Andrew J. age 49, married once, 24 yrs. Samantha R., wife age 49, married once, 24yrs.,mother of 8, 5 living Andrew J., Jr., son age 17 Nancy, dau. age 13 Teldie, dau. age 5 George, son age 2 Jacob, father age 70 1920 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 99/107 Williams, John age 58 Samantha, wife age 58 Tilda, dau. age 15 George L., son age 12 1930 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 4/4 Williams, John T. age 69, married when 24 Samantha, wife age 68, married when 23 George F., son age 22 Pogue, Eugene, gr-son age 16 Samantha Stafford Williams on findagrave.com Birth: Jun. 1, 1862, Missouri Death: Apr. 26, 1936, Douglas County, Missouri Burial: Union Chapel Cemetery, Christian Coutny, Missouri, also listed on findagrave in Douglas Co. Burial: Union Chapel Cemetery, Ava, Douglas County, Missouri Spouse: John T Williams (1862 - 1938) Double WILLIAMS Headstone Samantha John T. June 13, 1862 Feb 12, 1861 Apr. 13, 1936 May 4, 1938 Missouri Death Certificate for Samantha Williams names her father as Bart Stafford, and mother as Matilda. Spouse is named as John Williams. Informant was son Harrison Williams. | STAFFORD, Samantha (I784)
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| 110902 | Samantha, age 8, is on the 1870 Douglas Co., MO census, entry 20/20, in the HH of James B. Stafford. Samantha, age 18, is listed as daughter on the 1880 Webster Co., Missouri census in the HH of J. B. Stafford. 1910 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 76/77 Williams, Andrew J. age 49, married once, 24 yrs. Samantha R., wife age 49, married once, 24yrs.,mother of 8, 5 living Andrew J., Jr., son age 17 Nancy, dau. age 13 Teldie, dau. age 5 George, son age 2 Jacob, father age 70 1920 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 99/107 Williams, John age 58 Samantha, wife age 58 Tilda, dau. age 15 George L., son age 12 1930 Douglas Co., Missouri census, entry 4/4 Williams, John T. age 69, married when 24 Samantha, wife age 68, married when 23 George F., son age 22 Pogue, Eugene, gr-son age 16 Samantha Stafford Williams on findagrave.com Birth: Jun. 1, 1862, Missouri Death: Apr. 26, 1936, Douglas County, Missouri Burial: Union Chapel Cemetery, Christian Coutny, Missouri, also listed on findagrave in Douglas Co. Burial: Union Chapel Cemetery, Ava, Douglas County, Missouri Spouse: John T Williams (1862 - 1938) Double WILLIAMS Headstone Samantha John T. June 13, 1862 Feb 12, 1861 Apr. 13, 1936 May 4, 1938 Missouri Death Certificate for Samantha Williams names her father as Bart Stafford, and mother as Matilda. Spouse is named as John Williams. Informant was son Harrison Williams. | STAFFORD, Samantha (I784)
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| 110903 | Same birthdate as Ralph K. Stafford (?) | STAFFORD, Ralph Eaton (I13317)
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| 110904 | Same birthdate as Ralph K. Stafford (?) | STAFFORD, Ralph Eaton (I13317)
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| 110905 | Same birthdate as Ralph K. Stafford (?) | STAFFORD, Ralph Eaton (I13317)
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| 110906 | Same birthdate as Ralph K. Stafford (?) | STAFFORD, Ralph Eaton (I13317)
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| 110907 | Same birthdate as Ralph K. Stafford (?) | STAFFORD, Ralph Eaton (I13317)
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| 110908 | Same stone as Simeon P. Stafford. Name on stone is Linnie J. Harreld. | STAFFORD, Linnie J. (I54532)
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| 110909 | Saml E., age 6, is listed on the 1850 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. Samuel, age 17, is listed on the 1860 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. 1870 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 29/29 Stafford, Samuel age 27 Ann age 26 Mary J. age 3 Susan V. age 2 William T. age 11/12 1880 Beesleys Store, Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 192/197 Stafford, Sam age 35 Ann, wife age 34 Mary, dau. age 13 Victoria, dau. age 12 Thomas, son age 10 John, son age 8 Sammie, son age 7 Cora, dau. age 6 | STAFFORD, Samuel C. (I58211)
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| 110910 | Saml E., age 6, is listed on the 1850 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. Samuel, age 17, is listed on the 1860 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. 1870 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 29/29 Stafford, Samuel age 27 Ann age 26 Mary J. age 3 Susan V. age 2 William T. age 11/12 1880 Beesleys Store, Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 192/197 Stafford, Sam age 35 Ann, wife age 34 Mary, dau. age 13 Victoria, dau. age 12 Thomas, son age 10 John, son age 8 Sammie, son age 7 Cora, dau. age 6 | STAFFORD, Samuel C. (I58211)
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| 110911 | Saml E., age 6, is listed on the 1850 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. Samuel, age 17, is listed on the 1860 Smith Co., Tenn. census in the HH o f John Stafford. 1870 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 29/29 Stafford, Samuel age 27 Ann age 26 Mary J. age 3 Susan V. age 2 William T. age 11/12 1880 Beesleys Store, Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 192/197 Stafford, Sam age 35 Ann, wife age 34 Mary, dau. age 13 Victoria, dau. age 12 Thomas, son age 10 John, son age 8 Sammie, son age 7 Cora, dau. age 6 | STAFFORD, Samuel C. (I58211)
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| 110912 | Sammie L., age 7, is listed as son on the 1920 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Philander & Alcie Terry. | TERRY, Samuel L. (I119702)
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| 110913 | Sammie, age 7, is listed as son on the 1880 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census i n the HH of Sam Stafford. Smith Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Samuel Stafford Spouse: Ophelia Shoulders Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1894 1900 Smith Co., Tenn. census Stafford, Sam, born Dec. 1874, age 25 Ophelia, wife b. 1877, age 23 Mattie, dau. Nov. 1894, ag e 5 1910 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 112/112 Stafford, Sam age 35, married 17 yrs. Ophelia, wife age 34, married 17 yrs., mother of 4, 4 living Mattie, dau. age 15 Lizzie, dau. age 7 Lue, dau. age 4 Web A., son age 9/12 Trousdale Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Sam Stafford Spouse: Flora Brown Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1917 1920 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 197/198 Stafford, Sam age 50 Flora Mai, wife age 20 Lou Annie, dau. age 13 Webb Allen, son age 10 Ethyl B., dau. age 5 Marthia, dau. age 1&5/12 Della, dau. age 1&5/12 Brown, Annie Mai, stepdau. 4&5/12 1930 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 23/23 Stafford, Sam age 58, married when 18 Flora, wife age 28, married when 17 Anne M. age 13 Martha A. age 11 Jennie B. age 8 Samuel age 1&8/12 Samuel Ethebert Stafford http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=g r&GSln=Stafford&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSob= n&GRid=53700172&df=all& Birth: Dec. 26, 1872 Death: Apr. 18, 1940 Son of Samuel E. Stafford and Pamela Ann Watson . Inscription: Father Burial: Stalcup Cemetery, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennes | STAFFORD, Samuel Ethebert (I125266)
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| 110914 | Sammie, age 7, is listed as son on the 1880 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census i n the HH of Sam Stafford. Smith Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Samuel Stafford Spouse: Ophelia Shoulders Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1894 1900 Smith Co., Tenn. census Stafford, Sam, born Dec. 1874, age 25 Ophelia, wife b. 1877, age 23 Mattie, dau. Nov. 1894, ag e 5 1910 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 112/112 Stafford, Sam age 35, married 17 yrs. Ophelia, wife age 34, married 17 yrs., mother of 4, 4 living Mattie, dau. age 15 Lizzie, dau. age 7 Lue, dau. age 4 Web A., son age 9/12 Trousdale Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Sam Stafford Spouse: Flora Brown Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1917 1920 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 197/198 Stafford, Sam age 50 Flora Mai, wife age 20 Lou Annie, dau. age 13 Webb Allen, son age 10 Ethyl B., dau. age 5 Marthia, dau. age 1&5/12 Della, dau. age 1&5/12 Brown, Annie Mai, stepdau. 4&5/12 1930 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 23/23 Stafford, Sam age 58, married when 18 Flora, wife age 28, married when 17 Anne M. age 13 Martha A. age 11 Jennie B. age 8 Samuel age 1&8/12 Samuel Ethebert Stafford http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=g r&GSln=Stafford&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSob= n&GRid=53700172&df=all& Birth: Dec. 26, 1872 Death: Apr. 18, 1940 Son of Samuel E. Stafford and Pamela Ann Watson . Inscription: Father Burial: Stalcup Cemetery, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennes | STAFFORD, Samuel Ethebert (I125266)
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| 110915 | Sammie, age 7, is listed as son on the 1880 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census i n the HH of Sam Stafford. Smith Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Samuel Stafford Spouse: Ophelia Shoulders Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1894 1900 Smith Co., Tenn. census Stafford, Sam, born Dec. 1874, age 25 Ophelia, wife b. 1877, age 23 Mattie, dau. Nov. 1894, ag e 5 1910 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 112/112 Stafford, Sam age 35, married 17 yrs. Ophelia, wife age 34, married 17 yrs., mother of 4, 4 living Mattie, dau. age 15 Lizzie, dau. age 7 Lue, dau. age 4 Web A., son age 9/12 Trousdale Co., Tenn. Marriage Record Name: Sam Stafford Spouse: Flora Brown Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1917 1920 Trousdale Co., Tenn. census, entry 197/198 Stafford, Sam age 50 Flora Mai, wife age 20 Lou Annie, dau. age 13 Webb Allen, son age 10 Ethyl B., dau. age 5 Marthia, dau. age 1&5/12 Della, dau. age 1&5/12 Brown, Annie Mai, stepdau. 4&5/12 1930 Smith Co., Tenn. census, entry 23/23 Stafford, Sam age 58, married when 18 Flora, wife age 28, married when 17 Anne M. age 13 Martha A. age 11 Jennie B. age 8 Samuel age 1&8/12 Samuel Ethebert Stafford http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=g r&GSln=Stafford&GSfn=Samuel&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSob= n&GRid=53700172&df=all& Birth: Dec. 26, 1872 Death: Apr. 18, 1940 Son of Samuel E. Stafford and Pamela Ann Watson . Inscription: Father Burial: Stalcup Cemetery, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennes | STAFFORD, Samuel Ethebert (I125266)
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| 110916 | Samuel "Sam" Murray Stafford, 63, of 199 Ridgewood Drive, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born on Aug. 10, 1941, in Greenville County, he was the son of the late Walter B. Stafford Jr. and Margaret Cook Stafford. He was a mechanical estimator and a "jack of all trades". A graduate of Paris High School, he was employed with Kajama Construction and attended Brookwood Community Church. He was a member of EAA, the National Estimator's Association, held his private pilot's license, and was a proud Crimson Tide fan - Roll Tide. A U.S. Army Signal Corps veteran, he was awarded an accommodation by General Alexander Haig for participation in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Survivors include his wife, Peggy Pye Stafford, of the home; two daughters, Holley Coyle, and her husband, Frank, of Greenwood, and Kristie Owens, and her husband, Darrel, of Moore; a son, Samuel Reese Stafford, of Atlanta, Ga.; two brothers, Jack Stafford, and his wife, Nancy, of Due West, and Joe Stafford, of Pacolet; three sisters, Joyce Dichard, and her husband, Paul, of Mauldin, Georgia Whaley, of Greenville, and Pam Blackwell, of Greer; five granddaughters, Caroline Coyle, Madeline Coyle, Elizabeth Coyle, Shelbie Owens and Josie Owens; and a grandson, Coal Stafford. He was predeceased by two brothers, Jess Stafford and Bill Stafford. Visitation will be from 12 to 1:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the chapel, conducted by the Rev. Carlos Watson. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home. | STAFFORD, Samuel Murray (I87437)
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| 110917 | Samuel (29 yrs old - born Apr. 29, 1820) is listed as #0726 in the 1850 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him is his wife, Candis Caudle (age 28--born Dec. 22, 1821). They were married in Davie County, NC in 1844. Also listed are his children: Elizabeth (age 5 -born Jan. 2, 1845), Amanda (age 4 -born Aug. 13, 1846), Obadiah (age 2 - born Feb. 16, 1848) and Benjamin (age 1(-) -born Feb. 18, 1850) Samuel (39 yrs old- born about 1820) is listed as #907, Farmer, in the 1860 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him are Candis Foster (age 39 yrs old-born about 1821); Elizabeth Foster (age 15 yrs old-born about 1845); Manda/Amanda (age 13 yrs old- born about 1846); Obediah (12 yrs old- born about 1848); Ann Foster (age 7 yrs old - born about 1853) and Elizabeth Foster (age 61 yrs old - born about 1799) who is believed to be Samuel's mother, Elizabeth (Stinchcomb) Foster. All are listed as born in NC. Their son, Benjamin, who was listed in the 1850 census, died July 4, 185 Samuel and his brother Coleman both served in the 42nd Infantry Regt., NC Troops,Confederate Army (Coleman in Company E and Samuel in Company F). Their brother, John, enlisted on July 21, 1862 in Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry Regt., CSA and apparently served in that unit throughout the war. His Regiment (commanded by Major James Phillips towards the end of the war) was surrendered on May 26, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana by General E. K. Smith, CSA to Major E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A.. John was paroled at Shreveport, LA. on June 8, 1865. He attempted to walk home but died of yellow fever somewhere in Georgia. John's second wife, Mary Cantrell (whom he married after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Wyatt) wrote to the Foster and Wyatt families ( in Davie County, NC) after John's death to advise that she was unable financially to continue caring for all seven children --three from John's marriage to Rebecca and four from his marriage to Mary. She asked for someone to come to Lawrence County, Missouri and take Pleasant Lee Foster, Perry Marshall Foster and Hiriam Mitchell Foster to live with John's family in Davie County, North Carolina. John's brothers, Coleman and Samuel--who had just returned home, on foot, to Davie County after General Robert E. Lee's surrender of all Confederate forces at Appomattox, VA--went to Missouri to bring the three boys back to Davie County. The round trip by covered wagon, including crossing the Mississippi River by raft, took nearly three months to complete. Upon arrival back in Davie, Pleasant Lee was given a home by his maternal grandfather, William Wyatt. Hiriam Mitchell was taken in by his Uncle, Coleman Foster and Perry Marshall by his Uncle, Samuel Foster. Samuel and brother, Coleman, were members (circa 1869) of Fork Baptist Church, Davie CO., NC. | FOSTER, Samuel (I86150)
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| 110918 | Samuel (29 yrs old - born Apr. 29, 1820) is listed as #0726 in the 1850 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him is his wife, Candis Caudle (age 28--born Dec. 22, 1821). They were married in Davie County, NC in 1844. Also listed are his children: Elizabeth (age 5 -born Jan. 2, 1845), Amanda (age 4 -born Aug. 13, 1846), Obadiah (age 2 - born Feb. 16, 1848) and Benjamin (age 1(-) -born Feb. 18, 1850) Samuel (39 yrs old- born about 1820) is listed as #907, Farmer, in the 1860 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him are Candis Foster (age 39 yrs old-born about 1821); Elizabeth Foster (age 15 yrs old-born about 1845); Manda/Amanda (age 13 yrs old- born about 1846); Obediah (12 yrs old- born about 1848); Ann Foster (age 7 yrs old - born about 1853) and Elizabeth Foster (age 61 yrs old - born about 1799) who is believed to be Samuel's mother, Elizabeth (Stinchcomb) Foster. All are listed as born in NC. Their son, Benjamin, who was listed in the 1850 census, died July 4, 185 Samuel and his brother Coleman both served in the 42nd Infantry Regt., NC Troops,Confederate Army (Coleman in Company E and Samuel in Company F). Their brother, John, enlisted on July 21, 1862 in Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry Regt., CSA and apparently served in that unit throughout the war. His Regiment (commanded by Major James Phillips towards the end of the war) was surrendered on May 26, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana by General E. K. Smith, CSA to Major E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A.. John was paroled at Shreveport, LA. on June 8, 1865. He attempted to walk home but died of yellow fever somewhere in Georgia. John's second wife, Mary Cantrell (whom he married after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Wyatt) wrote to the Foster and Wyatt families ( in Davie County, NC) after John's death to advise that she was unable financially to continue caring for all seven children --three from John's marriage to Rebecca and four from his marriage to Mary. She asked for someone to come to Lawrence County, Missouri and take Pleasant Lee Foster, Perry Marshall Foster and Hiriam Mitchell Foster to live with John's family in Davie County, North Carolina. John's brothers, Coleman and Samuel--who had just returned home, on foot, to Davie County after General Robert E. Lee's surrender of all Confederate forces at Appomattox, VA--went to Missouri to bring the three boys back to Davie County. The round trip by covered wagon, including crossing the Mississippi River by raft, took nearly three months to complete. Upon arrival back in Davie, Pleasant Lee was given a home by his maternal grandfather, William Wyatt. Hiriam Mitchell was taken in by his Uncle, Coleman Foster and Perry Marshall by his Uncle, Samuel Foster. Samuel and brother, Coleman, were members (circa 1869) of Fork Baptist Church, Davie CO., NC. | FOSTER, Samuel (I86150)
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| 110919 | Samuel (29 yrs old - born Apr. 29, 1820) is listed as #0726 in the 1850 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him is his wife, Candis Caudle (age 28--born Dec. 22, 1821). They were married in Davie County, NC in 1844. Also listed are his children: Elizabeth (age 5 -born Jan. 2, 1845), Amanda (age 4 -born Aug. 13, 1846), Obadiah (age 2 - born Feb. 16, 1848) and Benjamin (age 1(-) -born Feb. 18, 1850) Samuel (39 yrs old- born about 1820) is listed as #907, Farmer, in the 1860 Davie County, NC Census. Living with him are Candis Foster (age 39 yrs old-born about 1821); Elizabeth Foster (age 15 yrs old-born about 1845); Manda/Amanda (age 13 yrs old- born about 1846); Obediah (12 yrs old- born about 1848); Ann Foster (age 7 yrs old - born about 1853) and Elizabeth Foster (age 61 yrs old - born about 1799) who is believed to be Samuel's mother, Elizabeth (Stinchcomb) Foster. All are listed as born in NC. Their son, Benjamin, who was listed in the 1850 census, died July 4, 185 Samuel and his brother Coleman both served in the 42nd Infantry Regt., NC Troops,Confederate Army (Coleman in Company E and Samuel in Company F). Their brother, John, enlisted on July 21, 1862 in Company A, 11th Missouri Infantry Regt., CSA and apparently served in that unit throughout the war. His Regiment (commanded by Major James Phillips towards the end of the war) was surrendered on May 26, 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana by General E. K. Smith, CSA to Major E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A.. John was paroled at Shreveport, LA. on June 8, 1865. He attempted to walk home but died of yellow fever somewhere in Georgia. John's second wife, Mary Cantrell (whom he married after the death of his first wife, Rebecca Wyatt) wrote to the Foster and Wyatt families ( in Davie County, NC) after John's death to advise that she was unable financially to continue caring for all seven children --three from John's marriage to Rebecca and four from his marriage to Mary. She asked for someone to come to Lawrence County, Missouri and take Pleasant Lee Foster, Perry Marshall Foster and Hiriam Mitchell Foster to live with John's family in Davie County, North Carolina. John's brothers, Coleman and Samuel--who had just returned home, on foot, to Davie County after General Robert E. Lee's surrender of all Confederate forces at Appomattox, VA--went to Missouri to bring the three boys back to Davie County. The round trip by covered wagon, including crossing the Mississippi River by raft, took nearly three months to complete. Upon arrival back in Davie, Pleasant Lee was given a home by his maternal grandfather, William Wyatt. Hiriam Mitchell was taken in by his Uncle, Coleman Foster and Perry Marshall by his Uncle, Samuel Foster. Samuel and brother, Coleman, were members (circa 1869) of Fork Baptist Church, Davie CO., NC. | FOSTER, Samuel (I86150)
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| 110920 | Samuel and Elizabeth were married by Elizur Goodrich, J.P. | Family F4706
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| 110921 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110922 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110923 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110924 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110925 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110926 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110927 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110928 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110929 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110930 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110931 | Samuel Bailey, Sr. was married twice but we do not have the name of his second wife. This came from a letter by H. Perkins. Information came from Susan DeHart. Original information came from records of John C. David, Sr. Samuel Sr.'s baptism, endowment and sealing to parents was done under batch #F 5005202 17 AZ. His sealing to spouse was under F505202 AZ. Ida Louise Cramer Merrill, daughter of Olive Jane Bailey and Charles Cramer; Olive Jane Bailey daughter of Sarah Brown and Timothy Bailey; Timothy Bailey son of Olive Sweetlands and Silas Bailey; Silas Bailey son of Miss Clark and Samuel Bailey: Ida wrote to Mr. Sage during 1904: "Samuel Bailey, Jr. had three brothers, Ephraim, Joseph and Comfort. They came to New York from Connecticut. I believe greatgrandfather Bailey had seven brothers, viz.--Timothy, Stephen, Samuel, Charles, Clark, Joel, Whiting and two sisters." In a letter to Mr. Sage from Jay C. Bailey, written in April 1876, Mr. Bailey wrote: "I have been looking up some of my ancestors and relatives for a hundred years back. My great-grandfather's name was Samuel Bailey. He had three brothers. One was Comfort Bailey. He settled in Vermont. One was named Ephraim, and he lived in Albany County. Ephraim had two sons, Solomon who was a doctor, and James. Another of great-grandfather's brothers was Joseph. He lived in Rensselaer Co. Solomon's widow lived in Utica and two of his sons. They lived there since father has lived in Oneida County. My grandfather had seven brothers and two sisters." Edmund Bailey reported before he died: Three Bailey brothers came from England to Connecticut. Their names are not known. One of them had at least four sons, Joseph, Comfort, Ephriam, and Samuel the father of our family. The other two of the three who came from England had several sons among whom it is reported there were Amaziah, John, Timothy and perhaps Richard. The descendants of Amaziah are numerous and several stated to me that it was commonly understood that Amaziah was related to Joseph by some degree of cousinship. At one time Amaziah, Samuel, Richard, Timothy and Joseph Bailey, and Caleb Cummings all lived in the same neighborhood near Stephentown. This was between 1784 and 1790. It is not authoritatively proved that the following are the descendants of Joseph, brother of our Samuel Bailey, but the evidence is so extensive as to leave no doubt that they are. Joseph brother of Samuel lived and died in Rensselaer County. He was married twice, one wife, probably the second being named Lydia. The following are believed to be his children and descendents: By one wife, probably the first, three children: Lewis, Comfort, Polly. By the other wife: five children: Joseph, Jr., born 29 Jul 1786, died 5 Dec 1844, married Maranda Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 6 Feb 1787, died 8 Jan 1832. They lived at Sand Lake. Joseph, Jr.'s children were: Marvin, 1807; Mary, 1809; Josiah, 1820; Alason, 1812, Morgan Lewis, 1814; and Kendrick. Warren born 16 Nov 1787, died 5 Oct 1869, married Jane Buckbee (daughter of Josiah) born 27 Aug 1790, died 18 Apr 1858. They lived at Sand Lake. Warren's children were: Harriet, 1811; William Henry, 1812; Jane Eliza, 184, Stephen Tobias, 1816; James, 1818; Mariah, 1820; Charles Wesley, 1822; Robert 1824; Cyrus Augustus 1826; Samuel Hamilton, 1828; Mary Ann, 1832; George 1834; John Sylvester, 1836. Benjamin. Sinthia born 23 March 1793, married Francis Mulvey born 9 Jul 1787. Lorenzo. Look at "The Indian and Colonial Research Center" correspondence for the information on Samuel Sr. and Samuel Jr.'s service in the French and Indian Wars. !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: !BIRTH: Genealogy page in family Bible of Jeremiah Bailey in possession of Susan DeHart (12542 Pinecrest Rd., Herndon, VA 22071); also Lansing Bailey papers in her possession !MARRIAGE: !DEATH: | BAILEY, Samuel Sr. (I21218)
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| 110932 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110933 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110934 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110935 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110936 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110937 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110938 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110939 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110940 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110941 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110942 | Samuel CHURCHILL settled first in Sheffield, Mass., about 1746, where he married next year, and labored industriously at his farm as well as occasionally at the making of shoes. Here he remained until his family had increased to ten children, six sons and four daughters, when he removed to Vermont. The story of his subsequent career in the new home and his stirring adventures in the border warfare in the Revolution has been published many years ago by his grandson, Amos Churchill, son of Joseph, in sketches of the history of Hubbardton, VT. (the sketches were published first in the "Vermont Historical Gazetteer," Vol III.) We quote the account from the time of the removal from Sheffield. My grandfather having a large family, most of them boys, and some married and beginning to have families, he was anxious to provide for them farms if possible. And, as land was cheap in the then new state of Vermont, he sold his farm in Sheffield, estimated at three thousand dollars($3,000), to a man by the name of Hickok (who pretended to own a large quantity of land in the town of Hubbardton, Rutland County , VT.), and took a quitclaim deed of three thousand (3,000) acres of land lying in Hubbardton aforesaid. He had previously been through the town with Hickok and others. The next season he came on with his surveyor, and located his three thousand (3,000) acres in a different part of the town, chose his place of residence, cleared a piece of land, built a log house, and moved on in the spring of 1775, and went to clearing up his farm. He had been in possession for a little more than two years, and was still attending to his business, when a detachment of soldiers arrived on the morning of the 7th of July 1777, warning him of danger, and advising him to escape. They were two miles north of Warren's encampment. Upon receiving the information they started off as fast as possible, the women and children mounted on three horses and the men on foot. They had gone but a little on their way when the firing commenced. They all pushed on as fast as possible until they were among the bullets, and two of their horses were wounded. The old lady, when she saw that her horse was wounded, jumped from his back, exclaiming, "I wish I had a gun, I would give them what they want." They all retreated except John and Silas who were in the battle. Silas was taken prisoner, but John made his escape and went back to their house. Here they were all surprised, and were taken prisoners by a Tory Captain named Sherwood, with a party of painted Tories and Indians who had been lurking on the hills east of the house during the battle. After plundering the house of all the provisions, most of the clothing, and everything else that they could make use of, the barbarous wretch ordered the woman and children to leave the house or he would burn the whole together; at any rate the house should be burnt. One of the young women taking her bed in her arms proceeded with a heavy heart to the door, let it fall, saying, " You have taken all our men prisoners, and all our provisions, and now how can you be so cruel as to burn our house?"So saying she fainted. This, with the tears and entreaties of the others, so softened his savage heart that he left them their shelter, but deprived them of their provisions and much of their clothing. My grandfather was taken some distance from the house into the woods by the Indians and tied to a tree and dry brush piled around him, they often saying to him, "Tell us where your flour is, you old rebel." Sherwood suspected that he had some concealed which they had not yet found. After keeping him here for two or three hours, questioning him about his flour, threatening and taunting him, and he constantly asserting that he had none, that they had taken it all, etc., and while in the act of setting fire to the brush, Sherwood came forward and ordered them to desist, being thoroughly convinced that he had none. His cattle and hogs were all killed and all such parts as they could use were taken, each one being ordered to take as much as he could carry. William was lame, having cut his foot a few days before, and could not travel, and they released him. Ezekiel being a small boy, they sent him back. The others were marched off to Ticonderoga. The prisoners, inhabitants of Hubbardton, were Samuel Churchill, the father, John and Silas, his sons, Messrs. Uriah Hickok, Henry Keeler, and Elijah Kellogg. The women and children being left destitute of provisions could not remain there. The British Tories and Indians being south, they feared to take a southern direction. One of their horses became lame from the wound he had received, could not travel. They, with what clothing they had left, started off as well as they could with their two horses. The company consisted of four women , two boys (one thirteen years old being lame, and the other eleven years old), two small children (one three years old, and the other but a few months). Those who could not walk were mounted on the two horses with what baggage they had. Thus equipped, this desolate family started off on their dreary and wearisome journey for the place of their former residence in Sheffield. But, instead of taking a southern direction through Bennington, etc., which they feared to do on account of the enemy, they took an eastern direction through the wilderness, across the Green Mountains to the Connecticut River at No.4, now Charlestown, N H; then down the river south to Springfield, then across the mountains again to Sheffield, and the place of their former residence, a distance as they travelled of more than three hundred and fifty (350) miles. Most of the way there were no roads, and but few inhabitants. Their progress was slow and distressing, but the old lady, being a resolute woman, generaled the expedition with much fortitude and perseverance. The first night they stopped at Col. Benjamin Cooley's, in Pittsford. He was very kind, and refreshed them with such as his log house afforded. The second day they arrived at the fort in Rutland. Here they were furnished with some provisions. The third night they encamped in the woods on the mountain. The fourth night they arrived at Captain Coffin's, in Cavendish. Here they stopped two days, and were the recipients of his hospitality. And so on, from place to place, until in about three weeks they arrived safely at the place of destination, among their friends in Sheffield. The men, prisoners at Ticonderoga, were put to work in the daytime where they could be with safety, at night were confined in cells. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok were set to boating wood across the lake. At first, for a while, a number of British soldiers would go with them, but they, working faithfully and manifesting no discontent, were at length sent off with but one soldier. They persuaded him to go with them, and fastening their boat on the eastern shore of the lake they all left. My grandfather and Mr. Hickok went to their places of residence in Hubbardton. Here they found nothing but desolation and putrefaction. On the floor if Mr. Hickok's house lay the putrid body of a dead man. That they buried, and then, proceeding over the battle-ground, they could discover nothing but a promiscuous mass of scattered fragments of men, clothing, firearms, and direful desolation. Proceeding still further to the place of my grandfather's house where he had left his family, and all that he held dear on earth, what a heart-rendering scene did he behold! Nothing was to be seen but death, desolation, and destruction. Here, where a few weeks before was a happy family, and all in health and prosperity, now no living creature could be found. The carcasses of his animals were lying here and there in a state of putrefaction; his harvest had ripened and was perishing; and nothing was left but what was heart-sickening to the sensitive feelings of two escaped, hungry, weary, and desponding searchers of consolation. The whole town was searched, and not a solitary being was left of whom to inquire. They left this dreary, heart-sickening scene, and proceeded to Castleton. Here Mr. Hicock found his family, but my grandfather, not finding his, and gaining no intelligence of them, wended his weary way, on foot and alone, to the south, one hundred and thirty(130) long miles, through dangers that beset him on every side, to the place from which he had formerly moved. Here he found, with a grateful heart, that they had arrived some days before, safe and all in good health. His two sons, John and Silas, remained prisoners until October, when Silas was retaken by Colonel Brown. In the fall, after the capture of Burgoyne, my grandfather moved his family back to Castleton, ten miles from his home. He saved some of his corn and potatoes, cut and laid up some poor hay for his horses, and in the winter moved to his place. Here he remained without interruption until the close of the war. When the town began to be infested with land claimants almost as destructive as the Tories and Indians, on examining his title, he found it worthless, as the man of whom he bought it had no good title to any land in the town. He had given his children each a lot of one hundred(100) acres, and on ten lots they had made a beginning. These were held by the "quieting act." Six more he bought the second time. The rest were given up. He built the first frame barn and the second frame house. The boards for the barn were drawn twelve and one-half miles on an ox sled, and the nails were picked up from the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga after it was burnt. His children, all but one, settled in the town, where they all lived until after his death, except Samuel, who died before. After settling his children, he retired from business and lived a number of years, enjoying a competence, to the advanced age of eighty years. | CHURCHILL, Samuel (I22843)
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| 110943 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110944 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110945 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110946 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110947 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110948 | Samuel D., age 8, is listed as son on the 1910 Overton Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe & Henrietta Allen. Duluth S., age 17, is listed as son on the 1920 Putnam Co., Tenn. census in the HH of Monroe M. & Etta H. Allen. | ALLEN, Samuel Duluth (I119711)
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| 110949 | Samuel DeSerrency enlisted as a private on 18 Sep 1775 and served in the Company of Capt. Samuel Wise in the 3rd regiment of South Carolina Rangers commanded by Col. William Thompson. He lived in Cheraw's District, Craven Co., South Carolina. | SURRENCY, Samuel D. II (I8645)
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| 110950 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | CONNOR, Samuel E. (I122400)
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