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| 51 | Alice and her son Fred were Seventh Day Adventists. She was about 3 years old when her parents went to Michigan. | RICHARDSON, Alice Katherine (I168)
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| 52 | Alice graduated from Onaway High School in 1915. Alice's first husband, Howard Wands suffered from "nervous prostration". He had been in World War I. After she married her second husband, they moved to California. Alice came to the 1960 reunion and died shortly afterwards in McAllister, OK | DEMICK, Alice Adelaide (I82)
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| 53 | Alice McGillis Redding said that John McGillis died of Typhoid Fever. However, he may really have died of an accident at work. He was a lumber scaler. He also worked as foreman in a sawmill. On Roy's birth certificate, John McGillis is listed as a "foreman". Check death date...Alice said February 12, 1905. 1900 Census Presque Isle Co. MI, Case Twp., Millersburg. Supervisor's district 10, Enumeration Dist., 154, sheet no 5 McGillis, John head w m Sept 1873 26 m 5 b. MI, parents Canada Emma S. wife w f Apr 1875 25 m 5 b. MI, parents Canada Ethel F. daughter w f July 1896 3 b. MI, parents MI John McGillis listed with Emma and Ethel, and is listed as being married "five years". CFB... "Ha Ha" Emma claimed to be born in Michigan, but she was born in Canada | MCGILLIS, John D. (I301)
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| 54 | Amy's heart had a defective valve. She seemed healthy, but at about three weeks began to have problems. She was taken to ____ Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was to be transfered to a hospital in Toledo, OH, for surgery, but she died. Her body was donated to University of Michigan Hospital. | GROSSWILER, Amy Lee (I677)
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| 55 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I849)
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| 56 | Antoon Reintjes, in an email dated 8 Jan 2003, said that this family had seven male children, and two daughters, nine children. | REINTJENS, Francisci (Franck) (I645)
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| 57 | Archives of St. Oedenrode, at Veghel. December 5, 2002 Mr. J.P. Klaver, archivist, offered a possible reason for Hendirkus settling in St. Oedenrode. At the Congress of Vienna in 1813, boundry lines were redrawn in Europe. William I of the House of Orange became the King of Holland. The Napoleanic Wars ended in 1815, and in that year William I absorbed Belgium and called it the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This absorbtion was confirmed by the Congress of Vienna. On November 18, 1830 the people of Brussles rebelled, declaring their independence from The Netherlands. Northern Holland and William I worried that all of Brabant would go over to the rebels. Brabant had been a virtual colony of the northern part of Holland (the Maas River divided the country). Also, the population of Brabant was mostly Roman Catholic and the north was mostly Protestant. To control the population, William I put an army of five divisions, about 100,000 soldiers in Brabant. They came from all over the north. St. Oedenrode was one of the large headquarters. Soldiers were quartered in homes of the local population at that time. This situation lasted until 1839, with the Treaty of London, which legalized the status quo. Belgium became a separate country, and North Brabant went to The Netherlands and South Brabant to Belgium. According to the Military Record of Hendirkus Reintjes, there was a National Lottery for military service. He drew a number seventy, and entered the service in August 20, 1837, in the twelfth section of the infantry. The period of service was two years. He married his first wife on September 13, 1839, probably just shortly after he completed his service. --------------------------------------------- | REINTJES, Hendrikus (I797)
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| 58 | Belle was a Methodist. | BENHAM, Belle Dollie (I257)
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| 59 | Beulah and her daughter Vinnie were Spiritualists. CFB...Ed Pittman boarded with Aunt Buelah for 10 years. They lived in Muskegon in a little green house across from the paper mill in Lakeside, 2527 Lakeshore Drive. 1900 Census Onaway Village, Allis Twp., Presque Isle Co., MI June 4 & 5, 1900 Supervisor's dist. 10, Enumeration dist 146, sheet 5, line 17 Dubois, Samuel head w m Sept 1871 28 m 7 self and parents b. NY Beulah wife w f July 1872 27 m 7 b MI, parents NY Vinnie daughter w f Sept 1894 5 s b MI Charley son w m Jan 1899 1 s b MI Sam is listed as a day laborer. They own their home with no mortgage. | BENHAM, Beulah Bertha (I179)
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| 60 | Bibliography: Sharples, Stephen Paschall. Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England 1632 - 1830. Eben Putnam, Boston, 1906. "Cambridge Births". pgs. 596 - 599. Richardson Abiel, s. of Abiel adn Abigail, June 28, 1753. Abigail, d. of Abiel, bp Jan. 19, 1755. C.R.I. Frances, d. of Abiel and Abigail, Feb 2, 1756, Godfrey, s. of Abiel and Abigail, Sept. 15, 1757. Sarah, d. of Abiel and Sarah, Nov. 15, 1749. Susanna, d. of Abiel and Sarah, May 2, 1751. "Cambridge Deaths". pg 718. Richardson Sarah, w. of Abiel, May 24, 1751, a. 27 y. 9 m. 27 d. "Cambridge Marriages". pg. 330. Richardson Abiel and Abigail Converse, July 9, 1751. Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630 - 1877. H.O. Houghton and Co., Boston, 1977. pg. 640. " Richardson, Abiel, parentage not ascertained, has a w. Sarah, who d. 24 May 1751, a. nearly 28, and he m. Abigail Convers 9 July 1751. His chil. were Sarah, b. 15 Nov. 1749, m. Jonathan Winship 4 May 1769; Susanna, b. 2 May 1751; Abiel, b. 28 June 1753; Abigail, bap. 19 Jan 1755; Frances, b. 2 Feb. 1756; Godfrey, b. 15 Sept 1757. Abiel the f. rem. to Cumberland, N.S. where he and his son Abiel were drowned 14 Nov. 1765." Bailey, Frederic W., ed. Early Masssachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1968,. Woburn, page 117. "Abiel Richardson & Sarah Smith. January 14, 1742" Letter from Sarah A. Richardson Lindsey (daughter of Israel Richardson, b. 1783) to Alice Richardson Benham in 1901. "My great grandfather was a Captain of a whaling shiip and lost at sea. His widow married a rich man (do not know his name) that furnished beef for the French army. (I think it was at the time of our war with France before the Revolution, but not sure) and took of them at on time for beef as much silver as eight horses could draw. Do not know how many?. But by great grandfather's children did not inherit that property." (letter continues with information about Godfrey and Israel Richardson.) | RICHARDSON, Abiel (I26)
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| 61 | Both Joseph and Celia are buried in Brooklyn, NY in Montefiore Cemetary. Arlene visited there in 1993 and gave wrote down this information: Brandt Joseph Celia Died March 27, 1958 Died February 15, 1953 81 yrs. Beloved father Beloved wife and grandfather Dear mother Directions: Go down Monefiore to 7th Ave. Go left on 7th to Carmel. Go left on Carmel. On the left see a section designated "Jacob Levinson Society" Block 227, Row 3, Grove 2 | Family: / (F160)
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| 62 | Census 1810, Gorham Benham, Ebenr., Sr. 1 M under 10 This could be Ebenezer, aged 79 (b. 1731), and his son John (b. just before 1 M 45 + Ebenezer died in 1811). Desire died Aug 26, 1809, and Ebenezer married 1 F under 10 Unknown in 1809. This could be the female 26 - 44. 2 F 10 - 15 The other three female could be domestic help and/or her daughters from a 1 F 26 - 44 previous marriage. Ebenezer Benham., Jr. was living nearby. ------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- | BENHAM, Ebenezer 2 (I529)
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| 63 | CFB made a trip to Hopewell....There is a Benham Cemetary in Hopewell, NY. There was a Methodist Church on the grounds in the 1820's and 1830's. The was church moved to Eli Benham's farm. It was added to the back of the barn and used as a sheep shed. The shed is still there, about 1/2 mile from the cemetary. The cemetary is behind a hous that is 20 - 30 years old. CFB found: Waterbury, CT Vital Records. Eli Benham marriage, about 1788 to ?. Left CT 1799. 1800 Census. Amenia, Dutchess Co., NY Eli Benham 3 m under 10 (Beecher, Horace?) 1 m 26-45 (Eli, 32) 3 f under 10 (Desire, Maria, Rebecca) 1 f 10-26 1 f 26-45 (first wife?) Married Delana? before 1810. He was in Hopewell, Ontario Co., NY in 1809 | BENHAM, Eli (I524)
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| 64 | CFB made a visit to Montrose, PA. Liberty Twp. is five miles from Montrose. In the Old Bailey Burying Ground are buried: Lucy Richardson d. 1860 Israel Richardson d. 1859 Ira Richardson 20 years (d. 7 Apr 1851) baby Richardson 2 years (this would be Mason Denison, d. 1 Feb 1828) CFB met Robert Miner, who lives in the Richardson homestead in Liberty Twp. Chuck talked with him and Robert told him that the house is a plank style and is rumored to be built on the site of an old log house. Ira's obituary says that he "rests on a hill overlooking the place of his youth." Israel moved from Windsor, VT to Great Bend, PA. He was a school teacher for several years. He married Lucy Adams of Franklin Forks, about 10 miles downstream from the Richardsons. Letter from Sarah A. Richardson Lindsey (daughter of Israel Richardson, b. 1783) to Alice Richardson Benham in 1901. (Letter starts with information about Abiel and Godfrey Richardson.) " My father Israel Richardson, married Lucy Adams March 5th, 1810. The next year he moved on to the farm in Liberty township, Susquehanna, Pa, where he lived most fifty years, and died, where all of his children were born, where you lived before you wnet to Michigan, where my mother died six months later June 22nd 1860. they are both buried 1/2 mile below in the Bailey burrying ground, with my brothers Ira and Mason." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1810 Census. Luzerne 151 Willingboro, PA 49 M252 Israel Richardson Males 1 26-45 Israel, 27 Females 1 26-45 Lucy, 22 Abiel Richardson lived nearby, 1 male 16-26. page 151 A There were 351 people counted in Willingboro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1820 Census. Susquehanna Co., 027 Lawsville 112 M33 (In 1810 Susquehanna Co., was formed from Luzerne Co.) Israel Richardson Males 1 to 10 Israel, infant 1 26-45 Israel, 37 Females 2 to 10 Azalina, 9; Lucy 2 1 26-45 Lucy, 32 One person engaged in agriculture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1830 Census. Susquehanna Co., 089 Lawsville 162 M19 Israel Richardson Males 1 to 5 1 5-10 (Ira,8) 2 10-15 (Israel, 10) (Israel, 47) Females 2 to 5 1 10 - 15 1 45 - 50 (Lucy, 42) *Check this again, to verify ages of family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1840 Census. Libery Twp, Susquehanna Co., PA 476 704 Israel Richardson Males 1 15-20 (Ira, 18) 1 50-60 (Israel, 57) Females 1 to 5 (Sarah, 2) 1 5-10 (Phebe Ann, 7) 1 15-20 (Polly Rose, 16) 1 50-60 (Lucy, 52) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1850 Census. Liberty Twp. page 133 Roll 829 M432. Richardson, Israel 67 m farmer 1200 Vt. Lucy 62 f Pa Ira B. 28 m farmer 300 Pa Mary(Polly Rose)26 f Pa Phebe A. 17 f Pa Sarah 12 f Pa Delia 10 f Pa Israel died in 1859. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | RICHARDSON, Israel Eustace (1) (I494)
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| 65 | CFB says Jedidiah Adams is buried behind Franklin Church. 1800 Census. Luzerne Co., Willingboro, PA 119:05 LZRN WL Jedadiah Adams Males 3 under 10 (John died 1879; Daniel, 8; Asahel,6; ?) 1 26 - 45 (Jedadiah, 38) Females 2 under 10 1 10 - 16 (Lucy, 12) 1 26 - 45 Betsy, 35) Does not include Polly, born 1796, Betsey, and born 1798. *Check this census record again, might be Asa Adams) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1810 Census. LUZE 149 Willingb Jedadiah Adams Males 2 under 10 (Joseph,8; Eli, 4) 3 16 - 26 (Daniel, 18, Asahel, 16; ? 1 45 and over (Jedadiah, 48) Females 2 10 - 16 (Betsy, 12; Polly, 14) 1 45 and over (Betsy, 45) Lucy married Israel Richardson in March, 1810. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1820 Census. Lawsville, PA (population 473, including seven free blacks.) Adams, Jedadiah Males 1 10 - 16 (Eli, 14) 1 16 - 26 (Joseph, 18) 1 26 - 45 (Daniel 28 or someone else) 1 45 + (Jedadiah, 58) Females 1 16 to 26 (Betsy,22 or Polly 24) 1 45+ (Betsy, 55) Two people engaged in agriculture, no foreign-born. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1830 Census. Jedadiah 68, Betsy, 65 1840 Census Jedadiah 78, Betsy, 75 Susq 345 Franklin Jedadiah died Jul 1849; Betsy died Oct 1841 | ADAMS, Jedediah (I499)
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| 66 | CFB went to E. Bethel, VT in the mid 80's. JLBW went to Royalton, VT, in the late 80's. CFB... Robert Hydes of E. Bethel has cemetary records and the plot of East Bethel Cemetary. Godfrey, Anna and Patty are all buried there. Mary Perrin (CFB talked with her) lives across from Godfrey's house in E. Bethel. Godfrey Richardson was a private in Capt. William Upham's Company, and served for two days starting on October 17, 1780. They responded to the Indian raid at Royalton. He received pay for 2 days service, traveling 21 miles. It was paid from the Treasurer's Office in Charlestown. Letter from Sarah A. Richardson Lindsey (daughter of Israel Richardson, b. 1783) to Alice Richardson Benham in 1901. (Letter starts with information about Abiel Richardson.) "My grandfather's name was Godfrey Richardson, he was a Colonel in the Revolutionary war and lived at Royalton and East Bethel, Vermont. He died in 1856, aged ninety-four years. His children were Eunice, H? Israel (my father) Abigail, Abiel, Godfrey, Ira, Converse, Anna, Timothy. Grandmother died many years before. Abiel settled in DeKalb Center, DeKalb county, Illinois, and I wrote him at the time of my father's death, December 18, 1859, and got a reply telling about his family. I have the letter saved but do not remember about them. Godfrey settled in Defiance, Ohio. Converse andTimothy lived with a rich uncle in New Brunswick. I think all of my aunts died early. I know two did." (Letter continues with information about Israel Richardson) Bibliography: Application for DAR membership of Bertha Kingsley Richardson, March 8, 1910. DAR National number 79330. (for information on Timothy Richardson.) Application for DAR membership of Helen Martha Palmer Buckley, Feb 26, 1930. DAR National number 227592-233. (for information on Anna Richardson.) Goodrich, John E., comp. & ed. State of Vermont. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Rutland, VT, Tuttle & Co. 1904. --------------------------------------------- 1790 Census. Windsor County, Royalton Town Richardson, Godfrey 1 white male 16+ incl head of household (Godfrey, 31) 2 free white males under 16 (2 sons, Israel and Abiel ?) 3 free white females (Anna and ?) 0 other Richardson, Jesse 1 male 16+ incl head of household 2 free white males under 16 3 free white females 0 other Richardson, Sanford 1 male 16+ 1 male under 16 2 females 0 other 1800 Census. Royalton, Windsor Co., VT Richardson, Godfrey 3 males under 10 (Godfrey, Ira, and Converse) 1 male 10 - 16 (Abiel. Israel married in March of 1800) 1 male 26 - 46 (Godfrey would be 41 years old) 1 female under 10 (Abigail or Anna) 1 female 10 - 16 1 female 16 - 26 (daughters Eunice and ?) 1 female 26 - 45 (Anna about 37 years old) 1810 Census. Royalton, Windsor Co., Vt., p 551 Godfrey Richardson 1 male under 10 (Timothy) 1 male 10 - 16 (Godfrey or Ira) 1 male 16 - 26 (Converse) 1 male 45 and over (Godfrey, 51) 1 female 10 - 16 (Abigail) 1 female 45 and over (Anna about 47) Two daughters may have died young. Both Godfrey, 10, and Ira, 13, were between 10 and 16. One may have been somewhere else. 1820 Census. Royalton, Windsor Co., Vt., page 181 M33-128, Image 226 Richardson, Godfrey 4 males under 10 2 males 16-26 (Timothy, Godfrey , Ira) 1 male 45 and over (Godfrey, 61) 1 female 26 - 45 1 female 45 and over (Anna, 57, d. 1825) Three engaged in agriculture. Another young family may be living with Godfrey and Anna. 1830 Census. Braintree Twp., Orange Co., Vt. page 138. Richardson, Godfrey 1 male 70 - 80 (Godfrey, 71) 1 female 5 - 10 1 female 40 - 50 (Patty 29) 1840 Census. Bethel, Windsor Co., Vt., page 362. Richardson, Godfrey 2 males 20 - 30 1 male 80 - 90 (Godfrey, 81) 1 female 15 - 20 1 female 40 - 50 (Patty 39) 1850 Census. Bethel, Windsor Co., Vt., page 183 Godfrey Richardson 91 m laborer $2,500 Mass. Patty 49 f Vt. Philander House 25 m manufacturer NY Althera " 25 f Vt. Harvey " 1 m Vt. -------------------------------------------------------- Godfrey Richardson by Judith L. Benham Weinstein On October 16, 1780, an alarm spread among the settlements of the Connecticut Valley in Vermont and New Hampshire the Royalton, Vermont, had been attacked by a band of Indians and British that morning. During the day militia men from throughout the area gathered their weapons and ammunition, formed into units and traveled to Randolph, Vermont. Col. John House of Hanover, New Hampshire, was chosen to be commander. One of the privates was Godfrey Richardson, then about twenty years old. The militia, composed of about three hundred men, began its march around midnight, hoping to catch up with the band of Indians by daylight. Instead, they almost immediately stumbled upon the Indian's rear guard. Shots were exchanged, but, probably because he feared reprisals against the prisoners, Col. House ordered the firing and chase to stop. As they had threatened to do if attacked, the Indians killed two of their prisoners before escaping, but in their haste, left most of their plunder behind. At daylight the militia realized the enemy was gone. They pursued them as far as Brookfield, Vermont, but not finding them, disbanded. The militia men returned to their homes. (1) Godfrey Richardson had served for two days, traveling twenty-one miles, and a year later received nine shillings eight pence for his service. (2) Godfrey Richardson was born in Little Cambridge, later called Brighton, Massachusetts, on September 13, 1759. His father died in November of 1765, when Godfrey was about six years old. By the beginning of the Revolution he was living in Rindge, NH, and almost immediately responded to the battle at Lexington and Concord. On April 19, 1775, a force of British troops marching from Boston was attacked at Lexington and Concord. The British retreated back to Boston, harassed by Americans along the way. In response men from all over New England converged on the towns around Boston. The New Hampshire convention of delegates met on April 21, and supported Massachusetts by appointing officers and providing supplies to the New Hampshire men who had congregated near Boston to support the uprising and prevent the British forces from marching out of Boston again. "The total number of Americans then encamped around Boston may have slightly exceeded that number (4, 000 British troops). There were no professional soldiers among them. They were volunteers in the strictest sense of that word, and brought with them their muskets, which were of different calibers and hence not adapted to the use of prepared cartridges. Some of them were not organized in any formal way, but generally they were in companies and regiments. There were no brigades or divisions. They wore no prescribed uniforms, and few, if any, of the soldiers had them. There was no recognized flag, and it is not probable that any flag floated over either the redoubt or the rail fence during the battle." (3) On April 30, 1775, at the age of seventeen, Godfrey Richardson enlisted for eight months in the Seventh Company, New Hampshire Continental Line, commanded by Col. James Reed and made up of men mostly from Rindge and Jaffrey, NH. In his second wife's obituary, the story is told that he enlisted with a neighbor boy, Nathaniel Draper, "keeping the fact a secret from his father for fear of being forbidden if known." (4) His unit trained for almost two months at Medford, Mass. On the night of June 16, 1775, he and Nathaniel Draper helped build the redoubts on Breed's Hill (5) The next day, promising each other they would not run away they fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. They held this redoubt against two attacks, and long enough in the third so that the Americans on Breed's Hill, out of ammunition, could retreat before the advancing British, and escape to Charlestown. (6) After the battle he was stationed in Winter Hill in Charlestown where fortifications had been raised. When he had completed his term of enlistment in December, 1775, he was dismissed at Charlestown. He immediately reenlisted for two months to serve as a substitute for a Thomas Henderson in the same regiment (Col. Reed's). In June, 1776, he enlisted as a private again, this time in the Massachusetts militia, enlisting at Medford (then called Mystic) for six months. Under Captain Warren from Little Cambridge, he marched to Ticonderoga or Crown Point, NY. He was stationed on Mount Independence and helped mount 40 cannon for the defense of Ticonderoga. In testimony for his pension, he named W. Wheeler, M. Goddard and Moses Richardson as men who were with him at that time. Two years later in 1778 he again enlisted from Rindge, NH. His company went to Rhode Island to join the Sullivan Expedition. "I was appointed surgeon's Mate in Said Hale's Regiment and acted as such while I continued in service which was two months or more. There were 3 (?) Regiments Called from N.H. and when we arrived it was expected we should soon take the British but by delay the plan was defeated and we (?) to retreat off the north part of the Island where we were soon dismissed. (7) After his service in the war, he was on the staff of his uncle, who was a surgeon in Providence. (8) Then he moved to Weathersfield in southeastern Vermont and in 1780 he was living in the Connecticut Valley and responded to the militia call-up after the raid on Royalton. In early 1781 he married Anna Burlingame (b. 1763), then about 18 years old. In the spring of 1781 (9) they moved from Windsor, Vermont, to Royalton, about fifteen miles to the northwest. What might have attracted them to Royalton? Perhaps it was the prosperity of the town and vitality of its inhabitants that drew Godfrey Richardson and his new wife there. Royalton was founded in 1771 by five households. At that time it was on the frontier, and from 1776-1780 the settlers were protected by a fort commissioned to be built by the New Hampshire Legislature. But the frontier moved north and in the summer 1780 the fort was dismantled and moved to Bethel, becoming Fort Fortitude. (10) By 1780 the thick forests around the settlement had been pushed back to make homesteads for at least twenty-eight families, the number of houses burned in the raid. The rich farmland was well-watered by several branches of the White River, which also supplied power for its mills and transportation to the Connecticut River. Then devastation struck. On October 15, 1780, the raiding party encamped near the settlement to observe the people and their movements. Then in the early morning of the 16th the Indians split into several bands and attacked the farms just as the settlers were beginning their day. During the raid thirty-two men and boys were taken prisoner to Canada, four men were killed, twenty-eight houses burned and all the sheep, cattle and pigs were killed, according to a report by the British commander in chare of the raid, Lieutenant Richard Houghton .(11) The winter was hard for the survivors. The majority remained, and were supported by assistance and provisions from other towns. Temporary houses were built and a community effort rebuilt the saw mill. In spite of this setback, the town regained its vigor and prosperity. The prisoners, except one who died in Canada, were exchanged and most returned to Royalton. By 1791 ninety-seven family names were on the Grand List for taxation. The town continued to grow and by 1797 one hundred and forty houses were listed. (12) In the years immediately after the raid the town raided money by taxation, subscription, and lottery to build a house for the Congregational minister, to lay out roads, and to build bridges and a meeting house. To quote the biographical sketch from Lovejoy, (13) "Godfrey removed to Royalton in the spring or 1781, and settled on the Fowler-Benson farm, 32 T.P., near E. Bethel. His first house was of logs, fourteen feet square, located near the Second Branch, opposite the present Dearing house. The train up the branch then ran on the west side, and access to his house was by a ford. He brought his wife and household goods from Windsor on horseback. In making the ford to reach his house, his wife with the household goods was nearly swept away, as the stream was swollen with heavy rains. As illustrative of her courage, it is told that once when her husband was away, hearing a commotion among the pigs, she went out to investigate, and found a bear, which she drove away with a fire brand. Mr. Richardson cleared this land where he settled. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, judgment, and executive ability. He erected a good house and other buildings, about halfway from the present buildings to the branch." His second wife's obituary says, "He picked out his farm and returned to Weathersfield for his bride... He build a log cabin ten by twelve feet, as that was the length of his boards." (14) Godfrey Richard seems to have settled into the life of a farmer. In addition, he is mentioned as having been appointed as the surveyor for the seventh highway district (of eight) in Royalton by the town selectmen on June 25, 1782. His job was to layout, extend and repair the roads in his district. (15) Sometime between 1801 and 1806 he was one of forty-one people in Royalton who asked to be excused from supporting the majority, Congregational, church. His reason was that he was a communicant of the Church of England. (16) In 1832 on of the people who supported his claim for a pension was Asahel C. Washburn, a clergyman. The other was Oel Billings, who had represented the town in the General Assembly in 1825. Beginning in 1783 the first of Godfrey and Anna's eight children were born. They were: 1. Israel (m) b. June 19, 1783, Royalton 2. Abial (m) b. May 20, 1785, Royalton 3. Converse (m), took freedman's oath in 1815 4. Abigail (f), may have married Ezra Gould of Bethel, June 3, 1810. She was called Abigail Durfee at the time of her father's death. 5 Ira (m), took freeman's oath in 1818 6. Anna (f), married Orlan Palmer of Bethel, December 14, 1817. 7. Godfrey (m) 8. Timothy (m), took freeman's oath in 1822 (17). Our family records list Godfrey Ira as one son and list a daughter, Eunice. It also says that two daughters died young, and that Converse and Timothy lived with a rich uncle in New Brunswick, Canada. We are descendants of Israel Eustace Richardson, their first child. On February 1, 1825, Anna Burlingame Richardson, aged 62 years, died. Seven years later, April 8, 1832, Godfrey senior married Patty (or Martha) Flint Vinton (b. 1801), the widow of Samuel Vinton, who had died in 1826. They were married in Braintree, Orange County, Vermont, northwest of Royalton, by Gurdon Randall, a Justice of the Peace from Northfield, Vermont. (18) She was 31 years old and he was 73. Royalton was very proud of two eminent visitors who went there in the early years. On July 23, 1817, President James Monroe passed through Royalton on a trip he made to acquaint himself with the country. They were especially proud of a visit by General Lafayette. In 1825 he made a tour of the country he had helped liberate. States and towns vied with one another to be able to honor this highly esteemed national hero. On June 28, 1825, he passed through Royalton on his way from Windsor to Montpelier. He rode with the governor in an open barouche pulled by six white horses. He was met two miles outside of town by the Turnbridge Cavalry. As the procession entered Royalton, it was met with a salvo fired by the Royalton Revolutionary patriots, men who had fought in the Revolutionary War. In front of Col. Smith's hotel, he was given a formal welcome. Afterwards he was introduced to each of about twenty Revolutionary soldiers. It is doubtful if Godfrey Richardson would have passed up such an honor. Godfrey Richardson applied for, and on October 11, 1833, began to receive a pension of $55.33 per year for his Revolutionary War service. Pension laws had been passed starting in 1776. They initially restricted eligibility, but gradually became more inclusive. Godfrey Richardson applied under the law passed by Congress on June 7, 1832, which allowed pensions to those who served in the Continental Line, or state troops, volunteers or militia. After his death, his widow continued to receive a pension until her death in 1895. He and his wife left the farm and moved to East Bethel, Vermont, in 1836, where they lived with his wife's daughter, Philander Chase House. (19) Godfrey Richardson lived to be ninety-four years old. "When he was ninety years old he was present at a public gathering, and supported on either side he made a speech." (20) He died on April 1, 1854, in East Bethel, Vermont. Patty Richardson died on December 28, 1895, at the age of ninety-four. "Patty retained here bodily and mental powers to a remarkable degree. At the time of her death she was the oldest living person in Bethel." (21). Both were buried in East Bethel. References 1. Lovejoy, Evelyn M. Wood. History of Royalton, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1769 - 1911. Published by the Town and the Royalton Woman's Club. 2 vols. Burlington, Vermont, Free Press Printing Co. 1911. pg 136 - 137 2. Goodrich, John E., Comp. and ed. The State of Vermont. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 - 1783. Rutland, Vt., Tuttle & Co., 1904. pg. 278 - 279 3. Baker, Henry Moore. New Hampshire at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Hampton, N.H., Peter E. Randall, Publisher, 1973, pg. 5. 4. "Death of Aunt Patty Richardson". Mirror and Farmer (Bethel, Vermont), December 28, 1895. 5. Ibid. 6. Baker, pg. 10 - 11. 7. Pension Claim #W26370 of Godfrey Richardson, filed August 24, 1832. 8. "Death of Aunt Patty Richardson". op.cit. 9. In his pension claim he said he had moved to Royalton "about the year 1782." 10. Lovejoy, pg. 88 - 95. 11. Lovejoy, pg. 140 - 141. 12. Lovejoy, pg. 531 - 533. 13. Lovejoy, pg. 922. 14. "Death of Aunt Patty Richardson." 15. Lovejoy, pg. 246. 16. Note: In 1783 the Vermont Legislature passed the Ministerial Act, which enabled towns to tax citizens in order to erect a church and pay a minister. These taxes supported the church of the majority. Later it was amended to allow non-support to any taxpayer who brought a certificate from specified persons stating that the bearer belonged to a different persuasion from the one to which the majority belonged. Later the person only had to say he didn't agree with the majority to be excused. Lovejoy, pf. 221- 222. 17. Lovejoy, pg. 922. 18. Randell, Gurdon. Account Book. Gurdon Randell Papers in the manuscript collecton of the Burton Historical Collection. Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI. 19. Lovejoy, pg. 921 - 922. 20. Lovejoy, pg 921. 21. 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| 67 | CFB... in about 1915 he bought 40 acres south of Onaway. Before that he probably lived in the logging woods. A lot of people in Onaway area worked for logging companies. 1910 Census. Onaway, Presque Isle Co., MI p.625, reel 176 April 26, 1910 Belknap Twp. Mother Father Perkins, David H. 41 Mich farmer general farm Canada/English Canada/English Emma 38 Can/English Canada/English Canada/English Alice d 2 Mich McGillis, Ethel sd 13 Mich Maud sd 9 Mich Roy ss 5 Mich Both married for the second time. Married 3 years. Oldest three children inschool. Farm mortgaged. | PERKINS, Dave (I312)
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| 68 | Charles thinks her maiden name was Woodbuck, but it could have been Woodbeck. Jamestown, NY is near an Alleghany Indian Reservation, so she may have come from there if she was indeed part Indian. In the 1880 Census Eliza was living in Milan, MI. The census noted that she could neither read nor write. Charles Gould wrote a poem, The Cornish Lady, and signed and dated it, June 21, 1855, Chatham, Canada, West. Charles Gould was a Spiritualist, Eliza was a Methodist. 1830 Census. With the name Woodbeck, this may not be her family.) Wayne Co., NY, Acadia (or Lyons.. it is near the Erie Canal) Jasper Woodbeck Males 5-10 1 15-20 3 40-50 1 Females 0-5 2 1-10 2 10-15 1 (Eliza ? 12) 15-20 1 40-50 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1840 Census. No Fileston in MA or NY on Ancestry. 1850 Census. Seneca township (included Geneva then), Ontario Co., NY Ancestry Database M432_572, page 466, image 380. Charles H. Fileston age 32 born in Mass. Esther 26 NY (Her maiden name was Greene.) Margaret 6 NY Augusta L. 4 NY Henrietta W. 1 NY Eliza Benham 32 NY Charles H. Benham 1 NY His occupation is hard to read, but something like Ruiss ----------------------------------- 1855 Census, Ontario Co., NY Eliza Willcox and Charles Benahm William Willcox _________________________- Chronology for Eliza (by Charles F. Benham) 1816 born September 17. (mother Proctor, father John or Jasper Woodbeck or Woodbuck) Jamestown, Wayne Co., NY, 10 miles north of Geneva. An Alleghany Indian reservation abutts Jamestown and she may have come from there. Worked in hotels along the Erie Canal. 1842 Sarah born 1848 Charles born 1850 Census shows her with Charles H. in the listing with Fileston. Seneca, Ontario Co., NY. 1855 NY Census she is married to William Willcox. Charles H. is with her. 1857 MI Sarah marries BF Thomas in Belleville. Eliza marries Charles Gould in Detroit, MI. BF Thomas is a witness. 1860 Census Eliza in Belleville MI. Charles H. is 11 and with her. 1883 Charles Gould died. 1909 Eliza died in Onaway, MI ---------------------------------------- When she died, the undertaker was T.T. Barnett and the medical attendant was L.C. Kent. The cause of death on the registar of death was seniltiy. This information was found in "Death Certificate Book". It is held by E.L. Porter, Onaway, the township supervisor for 50 years. He died in February, 1985. He was Kaye Willis's father-in-law. | WOODBUCK, Eliza (I334)
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| 69 | Charlie married and had six children, including Charles Jr. and Sonny. They lived in Angelica, NY | DEMICK, Charles Byron (I86)
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| 70 | CHB... could also be Woodbuck in the census. (Wayne County, NY) Look for him in Ontario County Record Center and Archives Candaiagua, NY 14429 (tel) 716) 396-4376 Found a Jasper Woodbeck, Lyon NY, Wayne Co, NY (historian there, Mrs Perez) Fenton Historical Society "Alleghany Indians" Historical Center Library 67 Washington St. Jamestown, NY 14701-6697 1830 Census. NY, County of Wayne, Town of Arcadia, page 66. Jasper Woodbeck males - 5-10 1 15-20 3 40-50 1 females- under 5 2 5-10 2 10 - 15 1 (Eliza would be 14) 15-20 1 40-50 1 | WOODBUCK, John (I869)
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| 72 | Chuck says Floyd was epiletic and his wife was retarded. They had Suzie and Bennie. They were living in Angelica in 1986, when CHB visted there. | DEMICK, Floyd George (I85)
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| 75 | Converse and his brother Timothy lived with a "rich uncle" in New Brunswick according to a family history written by Sarah A. (Richardson) Lindsey in 1901. In Wright. page 131 - 2. Converse probably went to Cumberland, New Burnswick in 1815 with his father on a business trip. He was in New Brunswick in 1821, whe he was appointed administrator for the estate of Jesse Converse. Converse died in Waterside, New Brunswick. 1820 Census. Royalton, Windsor co., VT. page 181 Converse? Richardson Males 2 under 10 (aged 26) 2 10 - 16 1 45 and over Females 1 under 10 1 10 - 16 1 26 - 45 One person engaged in agriculture. Converse does not appear in any other census. | RICHARDSON, Converse (I516)
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| 76 | Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Page 240 Jabish Truesdell served as a private in the Revolution under Gen. George Washington. DAR Patriot Index, pg. 689 Jabish listed as Jabish Jr. "Sol NY" (means soldier from New York State) Records from the National Archives relating to Revolutionary War Service and Pensions, Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. Book E, Vol 4, page 32 Jabish Truesdell enlisted at North Salem, Westchester County, New York where he was born, and lived in January 1776. He was in the Battle of White Plains and the Battle of Long Island. He served for several short periods in the Westchester area until his discharge at the end of the war. In these records in 1832 he testified that he was born in North Salem, Westchester County. New York on February 24, 1757. He lived there until 1784, when he went to Frederickstown, Dutchess County. In 1793 he moved to Coxackie, Green County, New York. In 1801 he moved to Vestal, Broome County, NY. From "Revolutionary War Veterans of Broome Co" Published by Binghamton Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, 1960, p. 89. (Lawyer pp 26 gives the name Davis who served in Col. Delavan's Cav also in other branchs of the Army. Settled in Vestal in 1801.) Note: Jabish or Davis may be the same person; the above notes compare with that of Jabish. It is possible that brothers could have given almost identical service; however, we are going to settle for Jabish since the name Jabish is on the gravestone. Jabish - b. 2-24-1759 and D. 2-11-1838. Settled in Vestal, NY. Enl. in 1776 as a pvt. in the Winchester Co. Militia under Col. Drake & Col. Graham. In the battles of White Plains, Port Independence and Danbury, Conn. One of a number to escort Gen. Washington & Clinton into New York City after the evacuation by the British. In 1777 he served in Capt. Delevan's Company of New York State Troops. Also under Capt. Henry Slosson, in Drake's Regt in Gen Scott's Brigade. Also in the New York State Militia under Col. Heath and Col. Olmstead. In service till the end of the War. Reference (D), N.Y. State Pension Roll, Act of 1832: Rank, pvt.; yearly allowance $80.00; sums rec'd $200.00; description of service, N.Y. Militia, com't of pension 3-4-1831. Buried in Vestal Center Cemetary. Inscirption on gravestone, "He was seven years in the service of his country. Escorted Gen. Washington into New York when he disbandoned the Army. Member of the Presbyterian Church upwards of 50 years and died in the hopes of a blessed immortality." SAR marker. Census Records. 1790 Frederickstown, Dutchess County, NY Trusdell, Jabez 1 free white male 16 years and up (Jabish, 33) 2 free white males under 16 years (Silas and Jesse) 4 free white females (Bethiah,30, Ruth, Abiel, and ?) Trusdell Joseph Sr. 1 free white male over 16 Trusdell Joseph Jr. 1 free white male over 16 2 free white males uner 16 6 free white females 1800 Tioga Co. (Vestal is here) Jabish Broome County formed from Tioga County in 1806. 1820 Jabez (sic) 1m 45 up (Jabish would be 63) 1m 26 --45 1m 16 - 26 (Samuel aged 20 ?) 1m 10 - 16 1f 45 up (Bethiah aged 60 1f 26 - 44 1f 0 - 10 Ebenejar (26 - 45) Seth (26 - 45) Silas P (26 - 45) Vestal formed from Union in 1823. 1830 Jabez (sic) 1m 70 - 80 Jabish aged 73) 1m 10 - 15 1f 60 - 70 (Bethiah aged 70)) 1f 15 - 20 1f 10 - 15 Silas (40 - 50) Ebenezer Seth 1840 Samuel 30 - 34 Parthina 30 - 40 wife 1m 10- 15 (William J., 10 yrs. b. 1830) 2f under 5 (Catherine, 3yrs. b. 1837, Melissa, 1yr, b 1839) 1f 5 - 10 (Sonzia, 6 yrs, b. 1834) 1f 10 - 15 (daughter b 1835 0 40 married or died by 1850, or boarder or hired help) 1f 15 - 20 (Cordelia, 17 yrs, b 1823 Silas 50 - 60 1850 Samuel 49 Perthina 47 Soniza 16 William J. 20 Catherine 14 Malissa 11 Terrisa 7 1855 (New York census) Samuel 54 b. Broome Co. Parthina 53 b. Broome Co. Maliska 17 Terissia 11 Brown, James 17 (later married Terissa) William 24 b. Seneca Co Selina (sic) 22 b. Schoharie Catherine 2 Jane 1 1860 Samuel 60 Perthina 58 Melissa 22 Teressa 17 1865n (New York census) Samuel 65 Perthina 62 Brown, Terrisa 22 daughter James C. 27, son-in-law (in Civil War) Wilson 35 Perlina 39 Catherine 12 Mary J. 11 Norman W. 5 Delly 2 1870 Samuel 69 Perthina 56 Brown, James C. 32 Theressa 26 Pertha E. 2 Hill, Samuel 12 Wilson 40 Perlina 39 Mary Jane 16 1875 Truesdell, Parhina 72 (Samuel died in 1873) Brown, James 37 Teressa 33 David 2 6/12 Clara 2/12 Edwin 66 father Truesdell, Wilson 45 Pline (sic) 44 Mary Jane 21 Forman (sic) 15 Della 11 Elvin 3 4/12 1880 Truesdell, Wilson 50 Perlina 49 Norman 20 Delia 16 Irving 8 1892 Truesdell, Wilson 62 Perlina 62 Irvie 20 1900 Truesdell, Wilson 70 Perlina 69 1905 Truesdell, Wilson J. 75 (died 1920) Perlina 74 (died 1908) | TRUESDELL, Jabish (I808)
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| 78 | Death certificate for Mabel is in the Presque Isle Court House, County Clerk's office. Her cause of death is Tuberculosis of Lungs. Her first husband, Del Crothers died when struck by lightening while standing in his barn. Written by a family member: "When they were married Del had 80 acres across for Grandma and Grandpa Benham (CHB & AKRB) on Presque Isle County Line farm. Del farmed and logged some there. Del died and Mabel sold 80 acres of a thousand dollars. She married Myron Gillet. They bought Hinckley's store (grocery and hardware) in Onaway, and lived in a house behind the store. Myron was seduced by Et Erwin. It broke Mabels heart. She died and Myron married his friend. They moved to Ronan Montana with Myron and Mabel's children, Mildred and sister who died young." CFB... When Del Crothers died he left a 240 acre farm and $1000.00. Myron Gillet married Mabel, took the money, sold the farm and bought out Annabelle, a general store. Myron was seduced by Et Erwin. They moved to Minnisota (or Montana) with Mabel and Myron's daughter. Mabel died of a broken heart when Myron Gillet ran off. 1900 Census. Forest Twp, Cheboygan Co., page 15 Crothers, Delison head w m Aug, 1872 27 m 8 years b. MI Mabel wife w f Dec. 1875 24 m 8 years b. MI Demick, Daisy sister- in-law w f Apr.1877 23 m 3 years b. MI Alice neice w f Jan, 1899 1 s b. MI 1910 Census. Onaway, Presque Isle Co. MI Gillett, Myron head m w 34 m-1 5 yrs b. MI parents b. MI Mabel wife f w 35 m-2 5 yrs 3 ch,2 living b. MI parents b. MI Mildred dau f w 3 s b. MI parents b. MI Merle dau f w 7/12 s b. MI parents b. MI | BENHAM, Mabel Genivieve (I190)
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| 79 | Dellison Crothers died when struck by lightning. He and a friend were sitting out a storm in a barn, but the lightning struck the barn and killed Del. | CROTHERS, Dellison (I77)
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| 80 | Demick was also spelled Dimick sometimes. There are Dimicks buried in Wolverine Cemetery near Onaway. Information from Charles Frances Benham in the 1990's. He made a trip to Angelica and met some Demick relatives. George and Daisy went to Angelica, NY, in 1932. They had a small farm and he did logging. In 1923 they went to Oregon, traveling in Montana traveling on one lane roads through the mountains. They returned for a visit to Muskegon in 1932, before they went on to Angelica, NY . We have a picture of them when they visited Chrystal Springs, MI, north of Muskegon. Beulah and Sam lived there. George Demick was a full blooded Indian. They may have gone to Angelica, NY, because there is an Allegany Indian Reservation nearby and he may have had relatives there. (Salamaka, NY) On a 1902 map of Wilmot Township, Ira Demick, George Demick, B. Demick (Byron, their father) and Sam DuBois, all have property close to each other. Wilmot Township was between Wildwood and Wolverine. They also lived in Wolverine and Flint in Michigan. ----------------------------------------- 1910 Census. Wilmot Twp. Page 1792 Demick George 34 Daisy 32 Alice dau 11 John R. 7 Floyd E. 5/12 Page 1342 Perkins Isaac 38 b. Can Ida E. 30 Narcissus 12 b. Mich 1900 Census. Wilmot Twp. page 83 Demick Byron 51 widower Ira son 13 b. Mich Perkins (none in Wilmot Twp.) Crothers Dell Mabel Daisy sister-in-law (Mabel's sister and her daughter were living with them.) Alice dau 1 | DEMICK, George Francis (I81)
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| 81 | Died during a flu epidemic. | BARDEN, Lucille (I93)
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| 82 | Earl lived in Ypsilanti. | PEPPER, Earl (I1044)
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| 83 | Eli Benham B. 1819 in Hopewell, Ontario Co. N.Y. and died ? Maybe married to Agnes, who was born 1831 (or was she his sister in the 1850 Census) Married to Flavilla in Ind., born 1832, VT, died ? In the 1850 Census Eli was in Middlebury Twp., Elkhart Co., In (73-145-983) Nancy Madison 54 800 born Pa Eli Benham 30 farmer NY Agnes Benham 19 NY Andrew J. Madison 13 NY In the 1860 Census, same place (73-240-499) Eli D. Benham 41 farmer 550 born NY Flavilla 28 VT John Melvin Benham 3 Ind Cassius H. 1 Ind. Nancy 67 (his mother) 2000 Pa In 1890 Elkhart, Ind Directory Melvin J. Benham has a livery stabel. With him was H. Cash Benham. In 1900 no M. J., but Cassius H. and wife, Charlotte, in Elkhart, In. Children: 1. John Melvin B. 1857 in Ind. 2. Cassius H.(or M. or E.) B. 1859. In addition to the notes above which may apply to him, there was a Cassius ?. Benham who studied Mechanical engineering at the U. of Ill .from 1894 to 1896, at which time he lived at 505 Garfield Ave. in Elkhart, Ind. According to the U. of Ill Register Cassius ?. was married to Jessie L. by 1940. Could this be the same person? Charles Benham 2649 Del Ray Dr. Muskegon, Ml 49441 | BENHAM, Eli (I434)
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| 84 | Email address: [email protected] In her Jan 5, 2003 email she said she has two brothers, who live in Eindhoven. She lives in Liempde with her husband, Tiny. She said her mother's name was Dora. | VAN DIJK, Mieke (I1128)
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| 85 | Email from Gert Reintjes, February 8, 2003. He, his wife Anny and Aunt Mary got this information at the archives in Boxtel. "Many years ago there was a Mr. Jan Beekmans. He was very interested in 26 Zouaves which came from Boxtel. After several years research he made one big file of all the Zouaves, with one of them Jan Gerard Reintjes. We got a lot of information and I made copies which I sent to you yesterday by post. A little summary: Jan Gerard Reintjes was born 19-01-1850 at St. Oedenrode. Moved to Dinther in 1862 or 1872 (not clear) I think 1862. 1870 he went to Rome for fighting as Zouave (soldier for the Pope) voluntary from July 14, 1870 til September 20, 1870, to defend the States fo the Church. He earned a distinction "Bene Merenti Med". After the "war" he returned to Dinther, and moved to Boxtel December 21, 1874. He married Petronella Paulina Raaijmakers!! May 8, 1876 at Boxtel. They became 4 daughters and 5 sons. He died January 27, 1920 at Boxtel." | REINTJES, Jan Gerardus (I651)
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| 89 | Emma probably went to Onaway because her brother, Homer K. Stockwell was living there (until 1909). A Mr. Mulligan saw her get off the train in Onaway, with a child. Mulligan worked in a sawmill with John McGillis. Did she know John McGillis from Bay City? She may have gone to Onaway in 1898. Maude was born August 3, 1899. John and Ethel must have been together (married?) by November, 1898. In 1923 she bought a house in Hart. After she died in 1937, Roy lived there, and after Roy died, David Benham, Charles F.'s son lived there. Emma Stockwell ("Grandma Perkins") and Roy, her son, lived in an apartment above a store on Lakeshore Drive, near Ruddiman. Interview with Alice Perkins Redding. August 3, 1986 Alice said that after Dave Perkins died, Emma stayed with Roy in Onaway. Then she went to Adrian and lived with Jim Stockwell. Jim was blind, she said from his job that required hitting concrete with a sledge hamner.Then she went to Hart. At one point, Alice and Emma lived in Lakeside with Maude and Norman Russell. | STOCKWELL, Emma Eleanor (I290)
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| 90 | Family lore says Beecher Jr. was a jockey and gone from home for long periods of time, and also that he raced horses in New Orleans. Also, that he was a sailor on the Great Lakes (?). He left his wife when Charles H. was a "little boy." He was lazy. Buelah wrote that Eliza heard the he drowned in Lake Erie, then she married William Willcox. Beulah thought Charles H. was about 12 when Eliza married Charles Gould. Maxine Benham Spink says that Grandma Gould was very dark and if there is Indian blood, it may have come from her. ---------------------------------------------------------- CFB.. Finger Lakes Racing Association Rt 96 Victor, NY 14564 (near Canadiagua, NY) tel( 924-3232 ----------------------------------------- 1840 Census No Beecher in the Ancestry.com Census Index anywhere in NY State ------------------------------------ Census 1850, Elkhart Co, Middlebury Twp. Reel 144, Page 72A Benum Beecher age 29 M Laborer born NY His brothers Eli and Robert Dickson, and his mother Nancy Madison also lived in Middlebury Twp. Ancestry database. M432_144, pag 76, image 154 Madison, Sidney 19 m laborer NY Benham, R. D. 34 m farmer 1500 NY Martha 30 f Canada Mary A. 10 f in school Canada Nancy 5 f Canada Cordelia 1 f Indiana Ancestry database. M432_144, PAG 73, IMAGE 148 Madison, Nancy 54 f 800 PA Benham, Eli 30 m farmer NY Agnes 19 f NY Andrew J. Madison 12 m NY Ancestry database. M432_144, pg 74, image 150 Benham, Alvira ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 Census, Hopewell (Canandagua Post Office), Ontario Co., NY Serice M 653, Roll 831, Page 236 Real Personal Estate Estate Harris Andrews 43 m Farmer 6835 1468 Mary I. " 35 f Margaret " 18 f Sarah " 17 f school teacher Charlie " 14 f Beecher Benham 40 m Farm hand Harris Andrews is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery in Candaguya, NY. (born 1817. died 1892) . Thomas Benham, aged 60, also a farmer, lived next to Harris Andrews. | BENHAM, Beecher Bryant Jr (I323)
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| 91 | For a history of the Stockwell family, see Stockwells, Then and Now, by Wanda LeVeck, 2002. | STOCKWELL, James (I1069)
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| 92 | Forrest left Onaway in 1936. He worked as a page boy in the State Legislature, and then for he Michigan Highway Department. | BARDEN, Forrest Charles (I92)
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| 93 | Fred started out as a farmer. He is listed in the 1870 Census in Juddville, Shiawasse Co., MI. In 1883 the Charles H. Benham family went there. Belle and Mary were born there. They stayed until 1888, when they moved to Onaway. Fred was in that area, in Harbor Springs and was a Seventh Day Adventist by then. Fred had one child, Archie, by Florence Emery. They were divorced, and he married Carey ?. He became an Adventist missionary and minister. Their two children died in Africa about the time they were born. Archie and his mother lived in Montana? Fred was a missionary in Jamaica, before he went to Africa. When he returned from Africa he went through the "Holy Land". CFB had an olive wood souvenir that Fred gave to Alice, his sister. He spent the last years of his life in San Bernardino, CA, where he founded the Adventist San Bernardino Sanatorium. 1880 Census. Michigan Richardson, Fred w m 30 farming born NY Florence L. w f 29 wife teaching born NY Archie w m 8 son at school b Mich | RICHARDSON, Israel Ferdinand 'Fred' (I471)
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| 94 | From "History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan" By John S. Schenck. Philadelphia: D.W. Ensign & CO., 1881. Page 260. Lyons John R. Dougherty came to Michigan with his mother in 1857, and located near Lyons, Ionia Co. He remained at home until he was twenty, supporting his mother by working on a farm summers, and going to school winters. In August 1862 he enlisted in the Eighth Michigan Infantry, and served three years. After the war he engaged in the grocery and provision business. In 1868 he purchased an unimproved farm. In 1862 he married Melissa J. Truesdell, of Broome Co., NY. She was the daughter of Smauel and Perthina Truesdell, who were early settlers in that region. His mother died on July 19, 1876. Mr. Dougherty is now the senoir member of the banking firm of John R. Dougherty & Co., and also of the mercantile firm of Dougherty & Gleason, at Lyons, Mich. | DOUGHERTY, John R. (I1000)
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| 95 | From his obituary in Goshen, IN, March 21, 1909 He started working at aged 14. He worked for ten years in a distillery. He and Martha Stewart, of Smithville, Canada, were married in 1839 in Manchester, NY. They moved to Elkhart Co., October 9, 1847. They lived on a farm near Middlebury for fifteen years, then purchased and conducted for two years, the Middlebury House. Then they moved to Goshen where they took charge of the National Hotel. Thy subsequently resided in White Pigeon, Elkhart and Warsw. Mr. Benham aquired considerble real estate, including three business blocks in Goshen. He was a member of the First M.E. church. He had six children, one dying in infancy. For other preceded their parents in death, Mrs. C. D. Sherwin, Mrs. Mary Hill, Mrs. Delia Swartz, and Frank Benham. Mrs. John Wurster is the only surviving child, and Robert Wurster, the only grandchild. ------------------------------------------- Robert Dickson Benham B. Aug. 25, 1818 in Hopewell, Ont. Co. N:.Y. Died March 21,1909, in Goshen Ind buried in Oak Ridge Gem. Goshen. Married May 26, 1839 to Martha Stewart of Smithville Ont. Can. B. Mar 8, 1820, died Dec. 7, 1901 .Married in Manchester, N.Y. They moved to Elkhart Co. on Oct. 9, 1847. In the 1850 Census he was in Middlebury Twp., Elkhart Co., Ind. Robert D. Benham 34 farmer 1500.00 born NY Martha nee Stewart 30 Can Mary A. 10 Can Nancy 5 Can Cordelia 1 Ind. In the 1860 Census, same location Robert D. Benham 42 farmer 4025 700 born NY Martha 39 Can Mary A. 20 Can Nancy 14 Can Cordelia 10 Ind Emma 9 Ind Frank 3 Ind Chauncy Smith Laborer In the 1870 Census, Elkhart Twp, Elkhart Co., Goshen, Ind. Robert D. Benham 53 farmer 10,000 2500 born NY Martha 50 Can Mary Ann "Hill" 24 Can Cordelia "Swartz" 21 Ind Emma "Wurster" 19 Ind Frank 13 Ind N. Madison *Mattison 73 Pa (this must bw Nancy Dickson, Robert's mother) In the 1900 Census 1027 S. Main St., Goshen, Ind. Robert D. Benham 81 Married 61 years born NY Martha 80 Naturalized Can Clara Howard 24 Domestic Ind Children: Mary Ann born 1840, Canada died 1884, Goshen, Ind. aged 44 Nancy 1845, Canada 1888, Goshen, Ind., aged 43 Cordelia 1848, Indiana 1873, Goshen, Ind, aged 25 Emma 1851, Indiana married John Wurster, had a son Robert J. Wurster Frank 1857 Indiana March 4, 1883, Elkhart, Ind., aged 26 In a letter from Robert to Walter A. Hamilton of Grand Rapids, MI in 1905, stated that this Robert was a grandson of Eli, who had a brother Eben., who had a brother Eben. He said ther was a cousin in too named Eben. whose son John was in Hopewell at the time of this letter (This is our #15552, father of John H.) He said he had a daughter Emma married to a John Wurster who lived at 712 E. Madison, Goshen, Ind. An only grandson at his death was Robert J. Wurster, who was an actor. The Robert D. Benham burial plot is in Oak Ridge Cem. Goshen Ind. Charles Benham 2649 Del Ray Dr. Muskegon , MI 49441 | BENHAM, Robert Dickson (I423)
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| 96 | From Records at St. Oedenrode. (Dec, 2002). Petrus was a brushmaker. He lived with his mother in St. Oedenrode until her death in 1895, when he was 17. He became a boarder in the home of A. van Hastenberg for one year, then moved to Woensel (now part of Eindhoven). He returned to St. Oedenrode in 1903 and lived as a boarder with the family of P. van der Horst until his marriage in 1906. He stayed in St. Oedenrode until November 9, 1914, when he and his family moved to Woensel. In the Eindhoven phonebook there are 14 entries with the last name Reintjes. (Dec. 2002) | REINTJES, Petrus Hendrikus (I802)
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| 97 | From Records of St. Oedenrode. (Dec, 2002) Jacobus left St. Oedenrode on August 8, 1891 for Boxtel, a nearby city. His professions are mentioned as journeyman baker. ------------------------------------ Bay City Directory. 1893-4 Reintjes, Jacob, baker, F. J. Ackermann, bds 920 N. Water 1894 Reintjes, Jacques, baker, res 622 Jefferson 1899-1900 Reintjes, Jacques, painter, M. Lamont, res 504 14th 1901-2 Reintjes, Jacques, painter, res 1614 3rd 1907 Reintjes, Jacob H., painter, res 1734 McKinley 1908 Reintjes, Jacob H., painter, res 1734 McKinley 1909 Koch & Reintjes (Henry G. Koch, Jacob H. Reintjes), Exterior and Interior Decorators and Hardwood Finishers, Painting, Sign Writing, Papering, Enameling and Frescoing, 704 Adams, Mich Tel 906J, (see left bottom lines). 1913 Reintjes, Jacob H. (Koch & Reintjes), rms YMCA 1914 Koch, Henry G, Interior Decorator adn Fresco Painter, 704 Adams, Mich Tel 906-J, res 913 Pendleton, Mich Tel 1085-J ----------- Bay County Clerk records, 1902, File number 3370. Elizabeth Reintjes, plaintiff, filed for divorce from Jacques H. Reintjes, defendant, but there was no final order for divorce. It was dropped. ---------------- Bay County Clerk records, July 19, 1912, Number 5262. Jacques Reintjes, plaintiff, was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Reintjes, defendant. The court agreed that she had been guilty of several acts of cruelty. The child was placed in the care of Elizabeth, and Joseph had to pay $10.00 per month in child support plus provide suitable clothing. ---------------------------------------------- Application for Citizenship: Jacob, "Jacques Henry Rientjes," declared his intention on June 20, 1912. He said he was 34 years old, but he was born in September of 1875, according to his birth certificate in Holland. Thus he was almost 37. He was described as dark complexion, 140 pounds, black hair, blue eyes. He ahd a scar on his forehead above the right eye. He said he was born in St Oedenrode, Norht Brabant, Netherlands on September 22, 1876. He was living at 704 Adams Street, Bay City. He emigrated from Rotterdam on the ship "Zaamdam". He last resided in S'Hertogenbosch. He arrived in New York City on October, 15, 1893. Declaration number 331, Bay County, MI. ----------------------------- Information from Jean Mepham, December, 2000 Jacobus Hendrikus Reintjes was my late husband's grandfather. He arrived in Michigan, Bay City, to be exact, when he was just 16. (JLBW - If he was born in 1874, he arrived in Bay City in 1890.) I believe that his sister Mary was with him, but have no proof. We were told that he left Holland because of the transcription of young men to fight in the Boer War. Also, that he never was in touch with his mother again. So that leaves me to believe, of course that she was still alive when they left St. Oedenrode. Interesting, isn't it. He married young, had two children, a girl and a son, ( who unfortunately drowned at around 7 years of age), and was divorced quite early in the marriage. He then moved to Highland Park, Michigan, where he had a small "decorating" business. He had already re-married, by the way. The daughter, Edna, was my husband's mother. Jean Mepham 10041 Balfour Allen Park, MI 48101-1225 [email protected] In email on 10Jan2001 Jean said: His daughter Edna married when she was 16 and moved California with her husband. At the time of her marriage, her parents were aleady divorced. Jacob marred a woman amed Margaret Wilson, who had a 7 year old daughter named Katherine. Jean thought they married in Bay City. After that he moved ot Highland Park. Jean also said that he lived in Highland Park from the early 1900's until his death in 1970. He was known as Jacob or "Jake". In email on 10Jan2001 Jean said: Jacob and Kate just showed up at the door one day after we had been married about five years (thus about 1951), and actually had to introduce themselves. They'd looked up our names and came and found us. They became frequent visitors, but Tom never knew, nor did we ask why there was such a "distance" between Jacob adn his daughter, Edna, and the other children of the Mepham family. Although I surmised there was a lot of raw feelings between them and it wasn't a good subject. In email on 18 April 2001 Jean said that "Jacob was buried from the Catholic Church, although whether that was his religion or his second wife's, I don't know. He was buried in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on March 25, 1970, and reinterred on May 5, 1970. His daughter, Edna, was of the Protestant faith." She said that Jacob and his sister, Mary, came to visit their father in Bay City, and they were teenagers then. ----------------------- December, 2002. Jean Mepham in email told me that Kate Wilson, the daughter of his second wife, Margaret Wilson, was Jacob's third wife. She was living when he died in 1970. She said they married for "legal economic concerns." December, 2003. Jean said Jake and Kate were glad to be in touch. When they came to their door the first time, Margaret stayed in the back seat of the car. She was ill, and died shortly afterwards. Kate was a nurse, and worked in a hospital in Highland Park. She was seven years old when her mother married Jacob. Jean said Jacob married Kate so when he died she would inherit, not his daughter, Edna. Jean said that Jacob, Kate and Margaret would go to Florida every year. They drove and it took about two weeks. They stayed in a tent and bought food from farmers along the way. Kate went to school in Florida. Jake lost his Florida property in Florida during the Depression. Jean said that Jacob was very funny and liked to tease. He told them that in Holland he lived upstairs, in a house with animals below. He had no accent. About his first marriage, Jean said Lizzie applied for the marriage license. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Security Application No. 261-30-6290 Jacob Henry Reintjes (name given present employer) Jacobus Henrecus Reintjes (name given at birth) 95 S.W. 30th Ave, Miami FL 64 age last birthday 22 Sept 1878 (date of birth) Holland North Brabant Martin William Reintjes (father) Antonetta der Kinderen (mother) A. Petri 9305 N E 9th Ave., Miami FL 10-6-42 (date signed) ------------------------------------------------------- Death Certificate, Michigan Department of Public Health # 4309 Died at Crittenton Hospital, Detroit. Occupation- Retired Decorator, Painting and decorating business Wife, Katherine Wilson Mailing address, 47 Church St. Highland Pk., MI 48203 Died of pnuemonia, with athersclesic cerbrovascular and cardiovascular disease and with diabetes Cemetery records say he was buried on May 5, 1970. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- His birth certificate from Holland lists his birth date as September 18, 1875. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1900 Census. Bay Co., MI, Bay City, Ward 2, page 274 - 276. Roll number 701 1614 Hampton St. DOB age where born Reintjes, Jacob Sept 1874 25 Holland citizenship al Lizzie w Apr 1877 23 Mich Edna M. d Mar 1896 4 Mich Jacob H. s Sept 1897 2 Mich This record says he emmigrated in 1893. They had been married five years. Her father was born in Ireland, her mother in Michigan. He had emigrated in 1893, an was a housepainter, renting his house. He listed his date of birth as September 1874. 1910 Census. Bay Co., MI Bay City ED 40, family 384, page 16A (Ancesry Bay County, Other Townships, Ed 40 image 31 of 47) District 405, Ward 3, Precinct 2. Between center of Sixth adn Eleventh Streest and east of Farragut. 1734 Mc Kinley Ave. Reintjes, Jacob head m w 34 m1 15 Contractor Printing self &Decorating employed Lizzie wife f w 31 m1 15 Edna M. dau f w 14 s He was listed as self and parents borh in "Gen German," He immigrated in 1891 and was naturalized He owned his house, and it was mortgaged. She had two children, one living. Her self and mother were born in Michigan, but her father was Canadian English. 1930 Census. Highland Park, Wayne Co., MI April 10, 1930. Sheet 9, Enumeration 82-1002. Twenty-first district. 47 Church St. Reintjes, Jacques H head 50 Margarite A. wife 50 Wilson, Kathern M. step-dau 19 They owned their house, with a value of $8,000. They did not have a radio. Margarite and her parents were born in English Canada. Kathern and her father were born in Michigan. Margarite was first married when she was 16, and Jacques when he was 20. He was a decorator in the interior, home industry. | REINTJES, Jacobus Hendrikus (I793)
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| 98 | Godfrey settled in Defiance, Ohio to a family history written by Sarah A. (Richardson) Lindsey in 1901. She had a letter from Abiel in December, 1859 with this information. | RICHARDSON, Godfrey (I521)
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| 99 | Gordon lived in California. In 1988 Scott was in Sacramento and George in Del Rio, Texas. | DEMICK, Gordon Howard (I87)
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| 100 | Guy M. Benham said, "Aunt Mary worked in the Post Office in Onaway. She wore white clothing. She met Frank in Flint." She was buried from the Brown Street Pilgrim Holiness Church in Flint. Information from the funeral home information. | BENHAM, Mary Mildred (I223)
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