Brown Eunice

Notes:

A solitary grave in the forks of the old and new Oregon Roads, each 15 rods from Brown's Crossing Cemetery, near River Road intersection is the resting place of Eunice Etta, who died at the young age of 16 years, five months. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Eunice M. Annable/Annible Brown. She was a twin sister of Emmitt Loghry Brown.

Brown's Crossing is directly across the road from this area, next to a steel bridge over the Canisteo River, located on River Road in Steuben, Steuben County, NY.

An attempt to find this grave by the writer was impossible with the overgrowth of brush, trees and the investation of rattlesnakes in the area.

Notes:

Robert E. Brown married Mary Loghry from Canisteo, Stueben County, NY., dau. of Joseph Leander and Mary Nancy ( Santee) Loghry on 14 Aug. 1831. They were married the same day in a double wedding with his sister, Juliette to Charles E.Loghry. Robert was known to his family as "Emm" as referred to in letters written in later years by his brother-in-law, Charles Loghry to Wm. Henry Harrison, (Henry) Loghry.

After "Emm" and Mary (Molly) were married, they lived for many years at Brown's Crossing where they conducted a tavern. This they sold in 1855 to Curtis Allen and removed to the Mitchell Ellison farm on North Hill, Cameron, where Emm died.

In a letter written by Charles Loghry to his son, Henry, from Cameron, March 15, 1880; "your unkel Emm is very poorley this winter he lais A bed the most of the time. He haint bin from home in nine years. He is nothing but skin and bones."

In the 1870 census for Cameron, Steuben county, NY, it mentioned one of the daughters, Anna, age 20, was idiotic.

The farm on North Hill is still in Loghry (Gerald and Sylvia Loghry) possession in 1998.

According to the History of Saratoga County, NY by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, 1878, Robert's father, Samuel R. Brown and family were in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, NY between the years 1809 and April of 1812 at which time he took his family to Albany, NY.

Robert married Loghry Mary on 14 Aug 1831 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY. Mary (daughter of Loghry Joseph Leander and Santee Mary) was born on 17 Oct 1815 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY; died on 29 Sep 1881 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a letter from the County Clerk's Office, Bath, NY; Virginia Dickey writes that Mary was born in 1807. After she married Robert E. Brown, they afterward resided in the vicinity of Brown's Crossing. Brown operated the sawmill, that of her father's at Brown's Crossing for many years and also resided up on the Robert Waters farm at the gulf. (This must be near the old school house up on Oregon Road.)

In a letter from the County Clerk's Office, Bath, NY; Virginia Dickey writes that Mary was born in 1807. After she married Robert E. Brown, they afterward resided in the vicinity of Brown's Crossing. Brown operated the sawmill, that of her father's at Brown's Crossing for many years and also resided up on the Robert Waters farm at the gulf. (This must be near the old school house up on Oregon Road.)

Notes:

SAMUEL RIGHT (WRIGHT) BROWN, 1775-1817


Samuel was a noted journalist, author and publisher in the upper New York area from 1807 to his death in 1817. His first newspaper, the New York Guardian in Albany, was published in Johnstown in 1807-1808. He was in Ballston Spa, 1809, Milton in 1810, in Saratoga Springs, 1812, in Albany, 1813 and 1814 started the Cayuga Patriot in Auburn, NY. He and his family lived in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY at the time of his death in 1817.

On Feb 5, 1814, he established the Geographical and Military Museum paper. It was a quarto size with eight pages to an issue. He listed twenty three distributors for the Museum, including publishers in New York City, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The paper gave detailed accounts of geographical areas, reported on the War of 1812 and other military events such as the war in France.

In 1804, David C. Miller began at Court-house Hill the publication of the Saratoga Advertiser, size of page, thirteen by eighteen, or one-fourth that of the present Ballston Journal; terms of subscription not stated; politics anti-Federal. In the issue of Sept. 23, 1806, appeared the following advertisement:

"FOR SALE. -A healthy middle-aged negro wench and child. For particulars, inquire of the printer."

In that year a man named Riggs was taken into partnership. He was bought out in 1807 by Samuel R. Brown, and the name was coolly changed to The Aurora Borealis and Saratoga Advertiser. In 1808, Mr. Brown retired from the establishment, and Mr. Miller restored the original name. It was discontinued in 1811, and the office merged into that of of The Independent American. Mr. Brown went to Saratoga Springs in 1809, and in that year began the publication of the Saratoga Patriot. He moved his establishment to Albany in April, 1812, and gave his paper the name of the Albany Republican. He sold out in the latter part of the year 1813, and went to Auburn, Cayuga Co., where in 1814 he started the Cayuga Patriot, which he conducted for several years until his death in 1817.

It is apparent from the books he authored, Samuel had a wandering spirit. He also had a curious mind and a wonderful sense of humor that becomes obvious when one reads his newspaper articles and his books.

In the autobiography of Thurlow Weed, who later became a famous politician and journalist, he writes that he came to work for Samuel in the fall of 1814 in the upstairs printing office on Lumber Lane, an old street following an Indian trail situated between what was later known as Mechanic Street and the creek, in the small village of Auburn.

"When I arrived at Utica, I learned that Samuel R. Brown, editor of a paper at Auburn was about to publish a "History of the War" and wanted a Journeyman. I lost no time in making my way to Auburn, and became immediately an inmate of Mr. Brown's printing office and dwelling.

Out of my seven weeks residence there, Mr. Dickens would have found characters and incidents for a novel as rich and as original as that of "David Copperfield" or "Nicholas Nickleby."

Mr. Brown, himself was an even-tempered, easy-going, good natured man, who took no thought of what he should eat or what he should drink or wherewithal he should be clothed. He wrote his editorials and his "History of the War" upon his knee, with two or three children about him, playing or crying as the humor took them. Mrs. Brown was placid, emotionless and slipshod. Both were inperturbable. Nothing disturbed either. There was no regular hour for breakfast or dinner, but meals were always under or over-done. In short, like a household described by an early English author, "everything upon the table was sour, except the vinegar." The printing sympathized with the housekeeping. We worked at intervals during the day; and while making a pretense of working in the evening, those hours were generally devoted to blindman's bluff with two or three neighboring girls, or to juvenile concerts by Richard Oliphant, an amateur vocalist and type-setter, to whom I became much attached."

Auburn, NY was then a small village without a sidewalk or a pavement, and, with the exception of Sacketts Harbor, the muddiest place I ever saw. It was muddy, rought-hewn, and straggling."
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In the book, "History of Auburn" pp. 117-119 reads of Hon. Thurlow Weed;
These are the circumstances in his own words: (Some what different than above.)

"Nor shall we ever forget the upper story of a wagon-maker's shop, where the "Cayuga Patriot" was first printed; for there we worked, and larghed, and played away most of the winter of 1814. Samuel R. Brown, who published the "Patriot", was an honest, amiable, easy, slip-shod sort of man, whose patient, good-natured wife was 'cut from the same piece.' Mr. Brown, the year before, had been established at Albany, with a paper called the "Republican, " under the auspices of Governor Tompkins, Chief-Justice Spencer, and other distinguished Republicans, with whom Mr.Southwick, of the "Register", and then State printer, had quarreled. The enterprise, like everything in our old friend Brown's hands, failed. and he next found himself at Auburn, then a small village, without a sidewalk or a pavement, and, save for Sackett's Harbor, the muddiest place we ever saw. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were originals. Neither of them, so far as we remember,ever lost their temper or ever fretted. The work in the office was always behind-hand, and the house always in confusion. The paper was never out in season, and neither breakfast nor dinner were ever ready. But it was all the same. Subscibers waited for the paper till it was printed, and we waited for our meals till they were cooked. The office was always full of loungers communicating or receiving news; and but for an amateur type-setter, Richard Oliphant, late editor of the "Oswego County Whig" and brother of the editor of the "Auburn Journal", to whom we became much attached, and who, though a mere boy, used to do a full share of the work, the business would have fallen still further behind-hand."

The same article appeared in "The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879" by Elliot Storke, p. 55 but added:

We will close the Chapter on the History of the Press, with brief, characteristic sketches of a few of the "men of the Press", who, by long and conspicuous connection with it, have won a place in its annals.

The "Cayuga Patriot" was the first paper published in the County that became thoroughly established and continued for a long series of years, under the management, for the most part, of the same persons. The first publisher of that paper, of whom recollections are preserved, was Samuel R. Brown, with whom in 1814, that veteran journalist, Thurlow Weed worked, and of whom he writes: (The same as above.)
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A letter from the American Antiquarian Society of Boston, MA gives the following information:

"We have several issues of the "Cayuga Patriot" printed by Samuel R. Brown at Auburn, NY running from 1814 to 1819. (Others published it because he died in 1817.) Occasional other issues are to be found in various libraries, chiefly in upper New York state. He also published the "Albany Republican", "The Rural Visitor" at Ballston Spa, NY in 1812. "The Saratoga Advertiser" at Ballston Spa, NY until 1813. "The Geographical and Military Museum" at Albany in 1814.
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History of Saratoga County, NY by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, 1878, Chapter XXII, History of the Press:

In that year a man named Riggs was taken into partnership. He was bought out in 1807 by Samuel R. Brown, and the name was coolly changed to The Aurora Borealis and Saratoga Advertiser. In 1808, Mr. Brown retired from the establishment, and Mr. Miller restored the original name. It was discontinued in 1811, and the office merged into that of The Independent American. Mr. Miller moved to Batavia, Genesee Co., and there, in connection with Benjamin Blodgett, started the Republican Advocate, which is still published. Mr. Miller continued to issue the Advocate until near the end of the year 1828. He printed the Morgan pamphlet, which professed to disclose the secrets of the first three degrees of Freemasonry; and a weekly paper, called The Morgan Investigator, was issued from his office in 1827, continuing about a year. At that day he was a conspicuous and famous man. Mr. Brown went to Saratoga Springs in 1809, and in that year began the publication of the Saratoga Patriot. He moved his establishment to Albany in April, 1812, and gave his paper the name of the Albany Republican. He sold out in the latter part of the year 1813, and went to Auburn, Cayuga Co., where in 1814 he started the Cayuga Patriot, which he conducted for several years.


"The Cayuga Patriot was established in Auburn in 1814. It was the first competitor of the "Western Federalist." Representing the views of the Democratic Party, which was fast rising into importance in the State, and contained in it's ranks some of the finest men of the country and district, it was well received and supported. It was a dusky-looking little quarto of eight pages and was printed in a shop on Lumber Lane- an old street following an Indian trail, situated between what is now Mechanic Street and the creek. In this office the Honorable Thurlow Weed set type for several months. (Thurlow Weed later became a journalist and famous politician.)

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OBITUARY FOR SAMUEL R. (WRIGHT) BROWN, given to Ruby Wilson Mortensen in 1940 by Maude Dodd, descendant of Samuel Right Brown, Jr. This was published in the Auburn, NY newspaper:

'Departed this life, on Monday evening past, in the 42nd year of his age.
After a short but very painful illness, Mr Samuel R. Brown. For sometime Mr. Brown had been a resident of this village. Business called him to New York for a few days, where he contracted a fever which terminated in his sudden death. He, however, had returned from the city, as far as Messrs. Gurdon and Mason Fitch, near the village of Cherry Valley, before relinquishing the hope of once more beholding his wife and little ones. Here his desease grew more alarming, his natural strength of body was subdued by suffering..his hopes of home vanished..every worldly prospect fled and he yielded up his spirit to his God, and left his body in the hands of strangers.

"the Clouds and Sunbeams o'er his eye, that once their shades and glory threw, Have left on yonder silent sky, no vestage where they flew."

Mr. Brown was an ardent and sincere friend; possessed of a noble and ingenious disposition, and endowed with a liberal and discriminating mind..and although he had not the advantage of an early classical education, he had, however, by dint of industry and application to the study of men and things, acquire a large fund of practical knowledge and useful information. He spent much time in traveling, particularly in exploring our Western Territories; and as the fruit of his statistical researches in that section of our Country, he wrote the "Western Gazetteer" or "Emigrants Directory" recently published by H. C. Southwick. He was also the author of the "Views of the Campaigns of the Northwestern Army'" and a "History of the Late War" in two volumes. His "Gazetteer" has undergone the criticisms of scientific men and travelers of eminince, and from them received the commendation of a valuable work, especially valuable to those emigrants desirous of settling in our Western Hemisphere.

Mr. Brown was a rational lover of our free, Republican Institutions; warmly attached to the best interests of his country, and ever vigilant and prompt to promote it's prosperity, and defend and enhance it's glory. On the tented field he was a patriotic soldier. In the heat of battle, he stood a hero, undismayed by the crash of arms, unappalled by the sight of blood, and, proud and fearless in the front of danger, he did breast himself against...

"....his country's foe" "......to roll.....onward"

In the late War,(1812) Mr. Brown evinced the spirit of a freeman, under the immediate command of Col. Johnson of Kentucky. Not until Proctor was vanquished and Tucumseh slain upon the battlefield did the unfortunate Brown quit the frontiers of his country and return to the bosom of his family, his kindred and his friends.

In the death of this man, society must deplore the loss of a valuable citizen, but none can so well appreciate his worth and so tenderly feel the bereavement, as his amiable wife and six fatherless and almost helpless children; for from the dutiful husband and affectionate father, they have inherited neither riches or renown, nothing but the remembrance of the paternal sympathies and honorable and patriotic virtues of their friend and sire.

"O Let his babes and wife be cherished and protected in the country which their father loved and defended. Let the hand of Christian charity be opened to succour the needy.....the soul of sympathy awake to welcome. "Weary pilgrims! Welcome here" "Welcome family of grief, welcome to my warmest cheer."

The family and friends of the deceased, return their warmest gratitude to the Messrs. Fitches, and to Doctors White, Little and Pringle, for their kind and diligent attention to Mr. Brown during his illness.'

Auburn Bank..Advocate of the people, by H. C. Southwick.


Samuel's death notice was published in many newspapers including The New York Evening Post
Monday, Sept. 29, 1817 issue:

Died: At Cherry Valley, on the 15th inst.in the 42d yeaar of his age, Mr. Samuel Barown. He was on his return from New-York to Auburn his place of residence. He was the author of the "Western Gazetteer or Emigrant's Directory"--"Views of the campaigns of the Northwestern Army," and a "History of the late war in 2 volumes.

His body is buried in Cherry Valley, Ostego County, NY, perhaps in an unmarked grave. Just outside of Cherry Valley, there is a family cemetery belonging to a Brown family where he may be buried with relatives who came to Cherry Valley area earlier.

In the 1880 Federal Census for St. Anne, Kankakee County, IL, his son, Erasmus Darwin Brown states both Samuel and Eunice were born in CT.

In the 1810 Census for Milton, Saratoga Co., NY, Samuel is listed as having 4 sons under the age of 10, and one son age 10 thru 15. Since none of his shown sons were old enough to be 10 and over in 1810, was he married previously to someone else and had a son by another woman? His first son by Eunice was born in 1804. They were married in 1803. It could possibly have been a younger half-brother staying with them as well.

Samuel married Annable Eunice Mary on 13 Feb 1803 in Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York. Eunice (daughter of Annable Isaac and Swain Eunice, daughter of Annable Isaac and Peckham Lydia) was born on 01 Apr 1780 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA; died on 24 Mar 1874 in Torrey, Yates Co., NY; was buried in City Hill Cemetery, Dresden, Yates County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It has been a family tradition that Eunice was born in New Bedford, but land records show the family was still in Dartmouth at the time of her birth. No birth records have not been found for the children of Lydia and Isaac Annable in Dartmouth. However, Lydia and Isaac were married and lived in Dartmouth until December of 1780 according to land records, when they moved to New Bedford, MA.

Census records show an Isaac Annable lived in Stillwater in 1800. This is probably Eunice's father.

She and Samuel Right Brown were married in Saratoga on 13 February, 1803. (This information was on a petition to the government to inquire of her eligibility for a land grant because Samuel had served as a volunteer and correspondant in the Volunteer Army in the War of 1812. She was denied the grant.) In this petition, it states that she never remarried but remained a widow of Samuel Right Brown for the rest of her life.

In the autobiography, "The Life of Thurlow Weed" , Weed who once worked for Samuel R. Brown in Auburn's Cuyuga Patriot printing office, wrote; 'Mrs. Brown was placid, emotionless and slipshod. Both were imperturbable. Nothing disturbed either. There was no regular hour for breakfast or dinner, but meals were always under or over done. In short, like a household described by an early English author,"everything upon the table was sour, except the vinegar." The printing sympathized with the housekeeping. This was certainly telling of her personality and character.

Weed also described the village of the Auburn, "as exceedingly muddy, rough-hewn and struggling."

Eunice was head of her household in the census of 1820 and 1825, listing six males and one female. She was not in any census in 1830. She could have moved to Cameron, Steuben County, NY and living with one of her children.

In the census for Torrey, Yates Co., in June 9, 1855, Eunice is listed in the household of her youngest son, Samuel Right Brown, Jr.

By June 19, 1860, she is listed in the household of her son, William Henry Harrison Brown and his wife, Elenor Jane. Samuel, Jr. and family had moved to Indiana and IL by this time.

It has been said that she became almost blind by the time she died. She is buried near her son, William Henry Harrison (Henry) and his wife, Jane; her son, Charles Volney and grandchild, John in the Brown family plot in City Hill Cemetery in Torry, Yates County, NY. All of the graves are next to the Uriah Townsend family plot and are notibly marked by a large brown granite monument marked,"Brown". On the backside of the Brown monument, it mentions Samuel R. Brown as being buried in Cherry Valley, NY.

Notes:

Joseph Leander Loghry, generally called "Land Joe", was one of the first settlers of the Brown's Crossing area of the Canisteo Valley. Joseph Loughry, who very early ran a saw-mill on the Canisteo river.

He was a mill owner/operator on the Canisteo River at Brown's Crossing. The mill was below (south) and to the left of the area where the new steel bridge stands today.

He bought, probably of Elisha Brown, the original "proprietor" four hundred acres of land for six shillings per acre. This land lay upon both sides of the Canisteo River and later was included in the farms of George Dawson, Isaac Roosa, Jefferson Hadley and Ira Lane.

At this point he built and operated the saw mill which probably stood on the South bank of the river about 50 rods above the river bridge where there appears to be the outlines of a race.

History says in reference to this family, "Among the early settlers west of Cameron were Andrew and Joseph Loughry, who early ran a sawmill on the river".

Joseph, in his youth was an athlete holding records in his native village near Wilkesbarre, PA. He was born about 1777, and married in Pennsylvania, Mary Santee who was born about 1785, daughter of Valentine Santee of Huntington, Pa. (The above is history written by Stacy Jackson of Steuben County in 1923.)

Brown's Crossing Cemetery is just to the right (north) of the bridge and above the site of the old mill. It is the place where the Brown, Loghry, Santee and Moore families buried their dead. All were related to each other.
Joseph, who died at the age of 54 years, and his wife, Mary, who was 45 at the time of her death, are both buried at Brown's Crossing Cemetery. CANISTEO BROWN'S CROSSING CEMETERY - On County Route 119 Eastbound at Brown's Crossing near the Canisteo/Cameron Town line.


When seen in 1995, the cemetery only had one stone left after the river flooded and washed out gravestones and bodies from their resting places. This one gravestone is that of Isaac Santee.

At one time the river was much larger than today. It was used to transport the settlers coming up the river on flatbed boats and barges moving their cattle, household goods and families from Pennslyvania.

There also was a Michael Loghry, who was one of the five residents in Cameron township, west of Cameron Corners in 1824. It was supposed that he was the father of "Squire Joe" but it is possible that they were brothers.

Michael settled in Cameron at a somewhat later date than did Willaim or "Squire Joe" and that he was from Tyrone, Pa. He married but his wife is not known. He probably died sometime before 1835. Mrs. Loghry married a second time to Mr. VanAuker, generally known in later years as grandfather "Nauker".
Mrs. Hannah Jones of Cameron in 1923 said Mrs. Van Auker died at the home of her son, "Squire Joe Loghry" of Cameron.

It is believed that Michael's children were; "Squire Joe", Andrew, William Anson, and Nancy (Snediker).

There was also a James Loghry who resided in Cameron in 1823. There is no record of him other than he was Town Accountant that year.



WILL OF JOSEPH LEANDER LOGHRY
I, Joseph Loghry of the town of Canisteo in the County of Steuben and State of New York being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following:

To my daughter Nancy Santee, I bequeath the equal and undivided west half of lot No. 115 in the NE quarter of Township no. 4 in 5th Range said lot containing ninety six and one half acres; the east half of said lot No. 115.

I give and bequeath to the heirs of my son William Loghry, the said William to have the use and benefit of said property during his natural life.
To my son Isaac Loghry, I give an bequeath fifty acres of land in the northwest corner of lot No. 104 in Township No. 4 in fifth Range (lately owned?) by John Loghry containing about one hundred and eleven acres.
To my son George Loghry, I bequeath five dollars the residue of my real estate consisting of the homestead on which I now reside together with two-thirds of the saw-mill and all the personal property of whatever name or nature to remain for the support of myself and my aged father during our natural lives and at my death to become the property of my two little daughters Mary Loghry and Lettice Loghry containing about two hundred and eighty acres of land after paying all legal demands which may remain against me and I hereby revoke all other and former wills by me at any heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty. (In the margin on the first page, it is written: To my son Charles, I give the ______ the residence of said lot No. 104.)Joseph Loghry
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There is also a Joseph Loghry buried at the Lower Swale Cemetery, also known as the Peter Drake Burying Ground in Cameron, Steuben County, NY.

Joseph married Santee Mary. Mary (daughter of Santee Valentine and Craig Mary) was born in 1785 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY; died on 15 Mar 1830 in Cameron, Steuben Co., NY; was buried on 17 Mar 1830 in Brown's Crossing, Cameron, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Santee, known by Maby, was the dau. of Valentine Santee and his wife Mary Craig. She died at the age of 45 years. No records of her birth have been found.

There is a record of an Elijah Santee, whose birth records are found in the Dryland Church Records of Hecktown, PA. The church is located about 8 miles from Bethleham. (1898). These are also in the Pennsylvania State Archives. It is not known to me who this Elijah is, but certainly an ancestor or relative of Mary.

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1 Jul 1748 - 25 Apr 1837

Wright Samuel Brown.(Samuel Wright Brown?) was the first son of Deacon Timothy Brown and third wife, Hannah (Burke) Wright of Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH. Hannah was the daughter of Jonas Burke and his wife, Hannah Johnson of Stowe, Middlesex county, MA and widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA, son of Capt. Samuel Wright and Mary Stevens. Wright S. Brown is a descendant of William and Susannah White and their son, Resolved, of the Mayflower and is written up in, "The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 13, p. 72, William White."

Wright was born in Ware River Parish, Hampshire county, MA on 1 Jul 1748 when the family had to quickly leave Swanzey to return to his grandfather, Thomas Brown's family farm in MA to avoid the savagery of the French-Indian wars. Swanzey was burned to the ground in the spring of 1747. Timothy and Hannah did not return to Swanzey until sometime in early 1752 after the wars ceased to be a problem. Wright and his siblings,Thankful and Joel grew to adulthood in Swanzey.

Wright had 2 half-brothers; Ephraim, b. 1 Feb 1733/34; and Timothy, b. 16 Apr 1742 and 4 half-sisters; Anna T. b. 23 Apr 1730; Mable, b. 28 Jan 1732/33; Silence, b. 19 Oct 1737 and Ruth, b. 26 Dec 1742 by his father's first marriage to Thankful Olmstead, daughter of Jabez Olmstead and Thankful Barnes of Deerfield and Ware, MA. Wife, Thankful d. 6 Oct 1743.

Timothy, Wright's father, remarried on 8 Apr 1744 to Keziah Cooley Goss, widow of his second cousin, Capt. Philip Goss. She died within a year. He then remarried for a third and final time on 27 Feb 1745 to widow, Hannah Burke Wright. She brought three sons by Cyprian Wright into this marriage; William, Samuel and John. Samuel and John required guardians appointed them. William had to be the age of 14 or older. John died at the age of 10.

Timothy Brown and Hannah Burke Wright had three children of record; Thankful, b. 1746 in Swanzey, NH then called Lower Ashulot; Wright S. b. 1 Jul 1748 in Ware River Parish, and Joel, b. 1750, also born in Ware. (A Hannah was also born, mentioned in the History of Yates co., NY but no recored has been found.)

Wright and Hannah Newland married about 1770 but no record of their marriage has been found. It is not know if she was living in Swanzey before they were married. Also, no records of their children's births have been found either except Isaac, bapt. on 18 Jan 1784, by Rev. John Dempster in Stillwater. This is the first date found for their arrival in Stillwater, then Albany County, NY.

Wright and Hannah, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH probably in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Stillwater after they sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright, the above son of Hannah and Cyprian Wright in June of 1783.

When Wright and Hannah sold their property in Swanzey, one of the witnesses to the contract was Rial (Arial) Newland of Stillwater. By 1789, when the farm was paid off, Hannah's name did not appear on the signing off of the property. It is presumed she died shortly after the birth of their son, Arial Newland Brown, born about 1788/89 in Stillwater. Wright remarried Bethiah (Bertha)Olney about 1790. They had at least four children together. Only two are known of this marriage; Wright S. Brown, Jr. b. 1 Jun 1796, in Stillwater who was the second child of the four born. He was born on the same battle field where his father fought earlier according to his obituary and Sarah Marie, b. abt 1799 probably also in Stillwater.

At age 28 years, Wright fought under the command of Col. Joseph Hammond of Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH; Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment, and under the company of Captain John Houghton of Keene. Wright was "mustered in" on September 22, 1776 with his group in Keene, Cheshire County, NH. He served two and a half months at York and drawing a salary of nine pounds, eight shillings and four pellowing. He participated in the battles at White Plains and at Stillwater, Albany County, NY. He was discharged and left his company from Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH.

A Revolutionary War plaque was placed in City Hill Cemetery, Torrey, Yates County, NY by the D.A. R. commemorating Wright Brown's tour of duty in the war. The Revolutionary War grave marker was placed in the Wright Brown family plot after many inquiries into his war record. The D.A.R. marker mistakenly recorded Wright's birth date as 1747 instead of 1748 and also the commanding officer as corporal instead of Colonel in the Rev. War. (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol. 1,p. Serial: 12978; Vol 1.)

"Although he had served seven years, Wright sternly refused to accept a pension for his services, to the day of his death, from personal pride and early educational influences" according to his son, Wright, Jr's obituary. Without pension records the DAR had a difficult time tracing his record of service. I don't know where his son got the seven years of service unless his father participated in the French-Indian Wars as well along with his father, Deacon Timothy Brown.

Wright and Hannah Newland married about 1770 but no record of their marriage has been found. It is not known if she was living in Swanzey before they were married. Also no records of their children's births have been found either except Isaac, bapt. on 18 Jan 1784, by Rev. John Dempster in Stillwater. This is the first date found for their arrival in Stillwater.

Wright and wife, Hannah Newland, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH probably in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Saratoga, then Albany County, NY after they sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright in June of 1783. William was one of three sons, of Hannah Burke Wright, widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA. She after Cyprian's death became the third wife of Deacon Timothy Brown and had three children on record by him; Thankful, Wright and Joel. Other children have not been found but there probably were more.


The son's obituary goes on to say Wright, Sr. fought along side his father, Timothy in the French-Indian Wars but again that would not have been possible because the French-Indian wars were over in that part of the country in 1752, four years after Wright was born. Father, Timothy, died, 3 Jan. 1770 in Swanzey. No record of a will in Cheshire Co., has been found found to date.

Wright,Sr., his wife, Bertha and Wright Jr. and family are buried together in the Brown family plot in City Hill Cemetery in Torrey, Yates County, NY. Adjoining the plot is the grave of Dorcas Annable. She may have been a daughter of Wright's, married to an Annable. Wright was a witness to the will of Ephraim Annable of Providence, Saratoga co. NY. Perhaps Dorcas married a son of his.

Samuel Right Brown, traditional thought to be the son of Wright, Sr.,by his first marriage, married Eunice M. Annable, daughter of Isaac Annable (Annibal) and Lydia Peckham Delano. Isaac and Lydia also lived in Stillwater, having moved there sometime after 1790 but before 1800. Wright was a witness to the will of Ephraim Annable of Providence. This Ephraim, b. 1765 in NS, was the son of Isaac. Perhaps Dorcas married a son of his.

Wright and his 1st wife, Hannah Newland, probably the daughter of Joseph Newland and Abigail Babbitt of Norton, Bristol County, MA, left Swanzey, NH in the spring of 1783 and relocated to Stillwater, then Albany County, NY. They sold their adjoining farm to Wright's half-brother, William Wright. William was one of three sons, of Hannah Burke Wright, widow of Cyprian Wright of Rutland, Worcester Co., MA. She after Cyprian's death became the third wife of Deacon Timothy Brown and had three children on record by him; Thankful, Wright and Joel. Other children have not been found but there probably were more.

When Wright and Hannah sold their property in Swanzey, one of the witnesses to the contract was Rial (Arial) Newland of Stillwater. By 1789, when the farm was paid off, Hannah's name did not appear on the signing off of the property. It is presumed she died shortly after the birth of their son, Arial Newland Brown, born about 1788/89 in Stillwater. Wright remarried a woman by the name of Bethiah (Bertha) about 1790. They had at least four children together. Only two are know of this marriage; Wright S. Brown, Jr.
b. 1 Jun 1796, in Stillwater on the same battle field where his father fought earlier, and Sarah Marie, b. abt 1799 probably also in Stillwater.

No land records are recorded for Wright in Stillwater, only taxes paid on personal property. According to a researcher on the area, this does not mean he didn't own property there. 1790 census for Saratoga Wright is listed as Wright Bacon.

In the 1800 Census, Wright and family are shown living in Saratoga, Saratoga County. He may have moved to Stillwater sometime after 1800.

In 1808, Wright, Bertha and family moved to Benton, Ontario County, which later became Milo, Yates County, NY and living in "The Gore." He purchased 40 acres very close to Lake Keuka's shore. After a few years, he purchased more land and continued to live on the same farm until his death on 25 Apr. 1837. His wife proceeded him in death by 12 years. She died 5 Mar 1825.

The census for Yates County shows Wright living in Benton in 1810 and in Milo in the years of 1820, 25, and 1835. The place of residence was the same, just the name of the village was changed.

According to genealogical records in "The History of Swanzey, NH, 1734-1890, p. 301" by Hon. Benjamin Reade, Published by The Salem Press in Salem, MA, 1892, p. 301, Wright, son of Timothy, had a child who died on 4 March 1780 and a son, Joel, who died on 21 March 1780. This may have been due to smallpox. His mother, Hannah, succumb to smallpox about the same time.

Wright and wife, Hannah Newland probably left Swanzey in the Spring of 1783 when he sold his adjoining property to his half-brother, William Wright. Both Wright Brown and his wife, Hannah, signed the land sale. A Rial Newland of Stillwater, NY witnessed the sale of the property. The final land deal was completed in 1787, but signed only by Wright Brown in Stillwater, Albany Co. NY. This is a good indication that Hannah had died between 1784 and 1787, after the first agreement to sell the property in 1783.

A child, Isaac was baptized in Stillwater on January 18, 1784. This is the last known living record of Hannah to date. No death records or grave can be found in Stillwater.

In 1793, Wright was back in Swanzey, selling more of his land to a Benjamin Hewes. The document says he is of Swanzey. He perhaps moved back after the death of Hannah until 1800 when he is back to New York and was remarried to Bethiah Olney Brown, known as Bertha.

NY census records for 1800 show that Wright was living in Providence, had was one male under 10yr. (Wright S. Brown, Jr.), 1 male between the ages of 10-16, (Ariel N.), one male between the ages of 16-26 (Isaac), one male 45 yrs. and older,(Wright, Sr.), 2 females under 10 years of age,(Sarah Marie, 1 yr. and ?) 2 females from 10-16 yrs. of age,1 female from ages 16-26, and one female, 26-45 (Bertha/ Bethiah, his wife.)

In the "History of Yates County," Wright is mentioned as owning 40 acres in "the Gore", Milo, NY where he became a resident in 1808. According to land records, he bought the south half of lot number 17 in Benton, then in Ontario County, from Thomas and Mary Hathaway for the price of $140.00. The land purchased was witnessed by Lewis French and Arial N.(Newland) Brown.

The 1800 NY Federal Census show a Calvin and JamesBrown, both living in Stillwater, Albany County. Are these his children or brothers? A William Brown was also in Saratoga, Albany County, as was a Thomas. (A part of Albany county became Saratoga county in 1790.)


Wright Brown is listed in the tax list of 1787 in Saratoga district.

On June 5, 1803, Wright S. Brown witnessed the signing of the will of Russell Allington of Northcumberland, Saratoga County, NY along with Andrew Mc Carty and William Angle, Jr.

On April 3, 1805, Wright witnessed the signing of a will for Oliver Perkins. Ephraim Annable and H. Metcalfe were also witnesses. His connection to the above people is unknown. They could be relatives or just friends.


American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) BROWN, Wright Birth Date: 175? Birth Place: New Hampshire (Information incorrect. He was born in Ware Parish, Hampshire Co. MA in 1748)Volume: 20 Page Number: 370 Reference: Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War, 1775 to May, 1777; and diaries of Lt. Jona Burton, Ed. By Issac Weare Hammond, v. 1 of War Rolls, NH. 1885. (13,3,) 799p.) Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War May 1777 to 1780: with names of NH. Men in Ms. regiments. V.2 of War Rolls. Concord, NH. 1886. (14,2,847p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War, including some Indian and French rolls. V.3 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1887. (10,2, 1021p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War. Pt.11. Misc. Provincial papers from 1629 to 1725. V. 4 of War Rolls. Machester, NH. 1889. (22,2,819p.):1:428 (His place of birth is incorrect as is the birthdate)


On the Wright Brown monument in the City Hill Cemetery there is another name which can not be deciphered, but is a daughter born ?/8/1820 and died Feb 24, 1884. Who is she?

1813: In Benton, Ontario County, Wright owned a house and 41 acres. It also mentions he was worth $300. and taxed $.21.

1816: In Benton, Ontario County, Wright still owned a house and 40 acres, valued at $400. and taxed $1.4p.

1818: Tax roll for Milo, then Ontario County, listed Wright Brown's total estate including personal property as having 342 acres and paying a tax of $1.02. Arial Newland (N.) Brown, is listed as owning 304 acres and owing $.90.

1818: Arial sold land to Wright and by 1819, Wright is shown as owning 548 acres. Arial no longer lived in Milo. He sold Wright 206 acres. What Arial did with the other 98 acres needs to be researched. Arial moved to Ontario, Chemung Co., also a short time in VT and then to Cato, Manitowoc Co., WI by the late 1850s where he died late in life.

1800 Census for Wright Brown in Saratoga, Saratoga County, NY
Males: 1 under 10, 1 from 10-16, 1 from 16-12, and 1 over 45yrs.
Females: 2 under 10, 2 from 10-16, 1 from 16-26, and 1 from 26-45.


Abstract of Graves of Rev. War Veterans:

Wright Sr Brown Cemetery: City Hill Cem Location: Torrey, Yates CO NY 70 Reference: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. Serial: 12978; Volume: 1

In the book, "The History of Yates County, NY by Lewis Cass Aldrich, p. 437, Wright and his wife are mentioned as buried in City Hill Cemetery. This cemetery began as a cemetery for followers of Jemima Wilkenson, The Public Universal Friend. Wright and Bertha's daughter, Sarah married to Luther Sisson, was a prominent member of Jemima Wilkenson, Leader and founder of the "Friends" in Milo, Yates Co.

This information below is from the American Genealogical/Biographical Index. Date of birth and birth place are incorrect.

Name: Wright Brown Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: New Hampshire
Volume: 20 Page Number: 370 Reference: Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War, 1775 to May, 1777; and diaries of Lt. Jona Burton, Ed. By Issac Weare Hammond, v. 1 of War Rolls, NH. 1885. (13,3,) 799p.) Rolls of the soldiers in the Rev. War May 1777 to 1780: with names of NH. Men in Ms. regiments. V.2 of War Rolls. Concord, NH. 1886. (14,2,847p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War, including some Indian and French rolls. V.3 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1887. (10,2, 1021p.), Rolls and documents relating to soldiers in the Rev. War. Pt.11. Misc. Provincial papers from 1629 to 1725. V. 4 of War Rolls. Manchester, NH. 1889. (22,2,819p.):1:428

Wright married NEWLAND Hannah about Jan 1770. Hannah (daughter of Newland Joseph and Babbitt Abigail) was born about 1747; died about 1789 in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah's signature was on a land agreement to sell land she and Wright, Sr.owned in Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH to Wright's half brother, William Wright of Swanzey. It did not appear on the final deed when it was finalized in 1787.

In the book, "Compendium of Early Mohawk Valley Families" by Maryly B. Penrose, C.G., A.S.I, Vol. 1 p. 81, it mentions under Births/Baptisms the following:

Births/Baptisms: Brown, Wright and Hannah (Nollin), Stillwater, Isaac, bapt. 1/18/1784.(JDR:16). Her birth, marriage, parents and siblings have not been found as yet.

Hannah's last name is still to be documented. It could be Newland, Kneeland, Knowland, Knowlton or Nolton. In a land document signed in 1791 in Swanzey, Wright sold land to Joshua Prime and an Ariel Newland witnessed the sale. This probably was a relative, if not a brother.

The original Newlin immigrants came from Ulster in 1683 according to sources at LDS.

Died:
ABT 1788/1789
abt ABT 1788
their graves are found in City Hill Cemetery, Torry, Yates Co., NY. Hannah's death was probably in Saratoga, then Albany co., NY but no records or grave has yet been found.

Notes:

Isaac, a tailor, from Dartmouth, Bristol, County, MA was among the first to settle the town of Barrington, Nova Scotia about 1761. He was joined by Nathan Snow, a cousin. (VR/Barrington, NS) He had lot No. 49 in the town of Barrington, next to John Coffin who later became his father-in-law. This however, may have been his brother, Ephraim, who married Margaret Coffin.

Isaac was first married to Eunice Swain of Nantucket, Nantucket Co. MA. Their daughter Abigail, was born in Nantucket and a son, Ephraim, was been born in Barrington, Nova Scotia on 3 March 1765. After the death of Eunice, he married Margaret Coffin, daughter of John Coffin who was also originally from Nantucket. I am not convinced it wasn't Isaac's brother, Ephraim who married Margaret Coffin instead of Isaac.

Margaret died sometime before 1772. It is unknown if they had children together.

According to The History of Barrington Township, by Edwin Crowell, page 432/433, Isaac sold in 1785 to Richard Pinkham for 25 pounds his lot and dwelling house. His 2nd Division lot, No. 97 was laid out to him in 1784 but drawn by Richard Pinkham. As his name was not in the 1770 census, it is likely he had moved to Halifax by then. He is listed as having charged rum in Doane's Mog-book. His name also survives in Annable's Shoal, west of Blackberry Island.

Isaac is listed as living in Halifax when his marriage intention to widow, Lydia (Peckham) Delano was announced according to the vital records of Dartmouth, MA.(6 July 1772)

The below are records from Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Vol. 1, p, 274:

Annabell, Isaac, Dartmouth, was a Sergeant , Capt. Luen Pope's Co., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service; 5 days.

Annable, Isaac, Dartmouth, corporal, Capt. Daniel Egery's Co., Col. Timothy Danielson's reg't.; muster roll dated Aug. 1., 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos., 4 days; also, company return dated Roxbury, Oct. 6, 1775;also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.

Vol. 1,p. 272
Annable, Isaac, Private, Capt. Henry Jenne's co., enlisted March 14, 1781, discharged March 18, 1781, service four days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.

Vol. 1, p. 274
Isaac Annibal was a Private in Capt. Benjamin Alton's Co. Col. John Rand's Regt.; enlisted July 9, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service , 3 mos. 11 days, at West Point; enlistmant, 3 months; also order for wages dated Oxford, April 2, 1782; money payable to Col. Jacob Davis.

Bristol County, MA land records (62-164) show that Isaac purchased land in Dartmouth 6 Jan 1781 and sold the same land 10 Apr 1793 and the transaction was recorded 12 Sept 1793 (72-171) when he moved to Saratoga, NY. Lydia signed the deed under Isaac's signature, which would indicate that she removed with him to New York. This land was in Dartmouth, which would later become part of New Bedford. Other property was sold in December of 1780. They were still there when the 1800 census was taken but by 1803, they were in Saratoga, NY. There is some confusion as to whether this is the correct Isaac, still living in New Bedford in 1800 as you will read below.

In the 1790 Federal Census for New Bedford, Bristol County, MA, it lists Isaac as head of the household with 2 males over 16, 2 males under 16 and 4 females. Probably Isaac,Sr. and Isaac, Jr. are over 16, John and Prince, under 16 and three daughters and his wife would be the females. Cornelius was probably born after the census was taken in 1790. Ephraim would have been gone from home at the age of 25 when the census was taken.

Isaac is listed in the Stillwater, Albany County, NY census for the year of 1799. He lived next door to Samuel Leggitt and Gabriel Leggett, then Ephraim Annable. Next door to Ephraim was Thomas Leggitt.

I saac had $26. in real extate and he was taxed $2.00. fro that year. Ephraim, perhaps his son, had $832. in real property and $135. in personal property. He was taxed $96. for the year.

Daughter, Eunice married Samuel Right Brown on February 13, 1803 in Saratoga.

A family history, "Home Folks Book of the Darius Myer's Family" by Violet M. Beck, 1968, a descendant of Prince Annable,states that Isaac, Sr. died at the age of 95 years.

In 1800, the New York census shows two Isaac Annables. One of them lived in Stillwater, Saratoga County, while the other lived in Cambridge, Washington County. The one in Saratoga could be this Isaac and his son in Washington County. Daughter, Eunice was married in Saratoga so this is more than likely correct.

Multiple births in this family first appear with the Snow/Smalley line of ancestors and have followed through for many generations.

Ephriam Annable, who lived in Saratoga, NY during the early 1800's and whose Rev. War records state that he was born in Nova Scotia in 1765 is probably the same as above. There are no vital records in Barrington, Nova Scotia for any Annables. According to the 1790 census in New Bedford, Massachusetts, no other previous children are listed that would fit the age group. Ephraim would have been seven years old at the time Isaac married Lydia. It is, however, according to family tradition, that an Ephraim was born to Isaac and was a half brother to Isaac's children by Lydia.

Audrey Annable Franklin says that Isaac died on 5 June, 1798 but location is unknown.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD

Annable, Isaac, Darmouth; Corporal, Captain Daniel Egery's Company, Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt. Muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 months, 4 days; also Company return date Roxbury, Oct 6, 1775; also, order for bountycoat or it's equivelent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.

There was also another Isaac Annable, private, Capt. Henry Jenne's Co; enlisted Mar. 14, 1781; discharged Mar. 18, 1781, service, 4 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island. Could this be the same one?

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
Vol. 1, p. 271:
Annabell, Isaac, Dartmouth, Sergeant, Capt Luen Pope's Co., which marched April 21, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Roxbury; service, 5 days.

Vol. 1,p. 272:
Annable, Isaac, Dartmouth, Corporal, Sapt. Daniel Egery's co., Col. Timothy Danielson's regt; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlised May 4, 1775; service, 3 months, 4 days; also, company return dated Roxbury, Oct 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1775.


Daughter, Eunice married Samuel Right Brown on February 13, 1803 in Saratoga.

1: Isaac Annable, born 1738 in Mass. went to Nova Scotia in about 1759-60 with his cousins: Capt. Jabez and Joshua Snow. They remained in Nova Scotia and Isaac returned to NY state sometime after 1765 when Ephraim was born in Nova Scotia to him and his wife, Eunice Swain. He is my GGGGgrandfather through another wife.
2. Information sent me from Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax through Queens Cty Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. ANNIBLE, CORNELIUS, Capt. Perkins, Jan 11, 1767; "I hear that the schr. Liverpool Packet goes to the West Indies, Cornelius Annible." Perkins, Aug. 15, 1767: At evening arrives the Schr. Success. Capt. Martin, from Turks Island, Cornelius Annable is his mae. They were at St. Croix. Perkins, Aug, 26, 1783: Capt. Annible sails for Connecticut. I write to Doc. Moseley & Capt. Perkins. Perkins, Aug, 27, 1783: Capt. Annible comes in again, Joshua Boomer is passenger with him & Thomas Burnsby. Perkins, Aug. 28, 1783: Capt. Annible sails again.
3: From same source as #2: ANNABLE, WILLIAM, francis Tupper says that Robert Plaiceway, Acue Trip, Wm. Annable, Jonathan Wood, Peleg Coffin and one Isaac Coffee, a negro, very early in settlement of Lpool established a fishery on
Coffin Island, with Peleg Coff as shoreman, and, apparently, the only one with house on Island. Long, Page 63: One of the deeds is from Robert Plaiceway, Acue Tripp, William ANnable, Isaac Cuffey (Coffee?), and Jonathan Wood, conveying to Daniel Torrey "a certain island at the entrance of the harbor know as Bear Island". This is now Coffin's Island.

Isaac married Peckham Lydia. Lydia (daughter of Peckham James and HAMMOND Deborah P.) was born in 1749 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA; died after 1803 in NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notice was from BCM...church of Dartmouth?
In the 1840 census for Nichols, Tioga County,NY a Lydia Annable is listed.

Will of Jonathon Delano, Jr. Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA

In the name of God, Amen.

I, Jonahton Delano, Junior of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Marriner, being weak in body but sound and disposing mind and in memory, thanks be to God. Therefore I do make and devise this my last will and testament in manner and form following vs first and principally, I commend my soul into the honor of God that gave it: and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried therein at the direction of my Executor. Herein after named and touching my temporal Estate wherewith God hath blessed , I give and dispose thereof as followeth. I will that all my last debts and funeral charges be paid out of my personal estate by my Executor.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife, Lydia Delano, all my personal estate that I have after my just debts and funeral charges are paid to be her and hereafter heirs and assigns for ever. I also give her the profit and improvement on one half of my farm where on my Honoured father and mother now live during the time she remains my widow. All which give her in lue of the right of dowry and prower of thirds and to inable her to bring the chld if she have one born of her body in nine month after a date of these ---?

Item: I give unto my Honoured father and mother: Jonathon Delano and Abigail Delano a profit and improvement of the other half of my farm aforesaid during their natural lives and they allowing my brother, Amasa to live with them.

Item: I give unto my child if my wife hath one born of her body in the nine months after the date of those present all my real estate in the township of Dartmouth to be to said child and to said heirs and ofsprings of the child forever excepting to profit and improvements as above expressed.

Item: Further my will is that if the child before expressed should have no lawful heir before it arrive to the age of twenty one years, not live it self to the age of twenty one years therefor my two brothers Amasa Delano and Stephen Delano to have the aforesaid real estae as the child was to have if it had lived to go to them, their heirs and assigns forever.

Lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my Honoured father, Jonathon Delano of Dartmouth to be my Executor of this my last will and testament: Hereby revoking, disallowing and making void all former Will or Wills by me hereto fore made.

Ratifying and allowing this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in witness Whereof I have there unto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of July in the seventh year of His Majesties Reign, George, the third, King of Great Britten. 22nd of Domini 1767. Signed, Jonathon Delano, Jr.

Signed and Sealed, Published and Declared by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of

Signed:
James Smith
Job, Jab or Jabez Moffet ?
Abrham Shearman

At the bottom of the will is written " April 25th 1768 Proved"

Notes:

Little is know of William B. Loghry. It is tradition that he came from Ireland. He resided for sometime in eastern Pennsylvania probably in the Northumberland County and also in Luzerne County about ten miles from Wilkes-Barre. One of the same and undoubtedly the above, was a Pennsylvania soldier during the Revolutionary War.

The 1790 Census shows one William Lockry residing then in Luzerne County whose family consisted of one male child under 10 years of age and a wife and one daughter. This coincides with the tradition of the family as told by Mrs. Hannah Jones of Steuben County, NY. Mrs. Jones said that when William came to the area, he went back into the woods ten miles from any house and cleared a place and built a log house to which he took his family, which then consisted of a daughter and two sons, who were then two years of age. When absent from home shortly after they had settled there, one of the sons sickened and died. As the weather was warm, decomposition soon set in and as the father did not return and there was no help at hand, Mrs. Loghry alone dug the grave and buried her child. This had to be a heart-breaking job.

In the tax list of Tioga Point, now Athens,Pa, for the year 1796, there was a William Loughry assessed for $1034 and Michael Loughry for twelve dollars but both names are missing from the census roll of 1800 when it was possible they had both removed to Steuben County, New York.


It is unknown where he married his wife, Nancy Santee whose family also came from Pennsylvania.

Both he and his wife, Nancy are buried at Brown's Crossing, Cameron, Steuben County, NY.

William married Purdy Nancy before 1770. Nancy (daughter of Purdy) was born in 1748 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland; died on 01 Sep 1828 in Canisteo, Steuben Co., NY; was buried on 03 Sep 1828 in Brown's Crossing, Steuben, Steuben County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy, wife of William Loghry lived to be 80 years old. It is tradition that she was from Ireland, and possibly from Clones, County Monaghan. A descendant of the same Purdy family from Belfast got in touch with me via email and was interested in her descendants. She was a descendant from the same family as his mother's. This fellow said the Purdys originated about 800 years ago from Normandy. Many of them in Ireland came over from Yorkshire, England. There were many Purdys in clones in the 18th and 19th century. ( Information from John Caughey of Londonderry, Ireland whose mother was a Purdy and related to ours.)

According to Revolutionary War records from the state of Pennsylvania, there was a James Purdy, Lt. Col. in the Cumberland Militia who could be Nancy's father. Certificate 11, 221, was paid 49 lbs. Register, vol. B, p. 48 Issued 18 March, 1786. On 31 Mar, 1790, he was paid 40.5.9, Certificate 16680

There also is a James Purdy at Lancaster County, in the 6th Battn. 7th Company, Class 7th, who enrolled Oct. 20, 1781 under the command of Capt. John Patton, Militia. He was on tour of duty in Lancaster. Muster Roll, 1781. A (5), VII, 592-595 also A (5) VII 617-620.


It appears there was another James Purdy,(Purdie) Jr. who was in Cumberland, 7th Battn. 5th Class under the command of Captain McAlister.
He had an appeal to be excused until the next call because he and his brother were building a mill. It was granted.
The appeal return was on Aug. 26, 1780.

Pvt. Robert, who lived in Lancaster; Pvt. William served in the 2nd Battn. 1st Company, 3rd Class, Duty "M". Return of 3d class on 22 July, 1782. Robert Purdie was in Philadelphia City with the 1st Battn. 4th Company, 2nd Class, under the command of Capt. John Byrn.
He was called in July, 1777. Gen. Ret. Bk. No. 1, p. 8. P. A. (6) 1, p. 41.

William Purdy, Private, served at Cumberland in the 7th Battn., 4th Class under the command of Capt. William Blain. Remarks on his card were "Abt" Order of Council, July 14, 1778. Fine Book of John Carothers, Cnty, Lt., p. 355. 2nd Tour, 3rd and 4th Classes-300 man to Ye Standing Stone. He had a Muster Fine of 80Lbs. (60 paid)

Another William Purdy, Pvt. at Cumberland, possibly the same person as above, served in the 5th Battn. 4th Class, Company 8...Published A (5) Vol. 1, 365-366. These could all be brothers to Nancy except for James, sr.

Notes:

According to DAR 43331, Valentine may have died in Huntington twp., Luzerne County, PA.

Luzernne County Biographies:

Valentime was a son of John Santee, a Frenchman, and Catherine (Smith) Santee of Easton, PA. With five sons and three daughters. Valentine was among the pioneers of Salem Twp. Lazerne County and did much for the advancement of agriculture in those days. He was a good businessman and a sturdy pioneer.

Valentine married Craig Mary about 1801. Mary (daughter of Craig Isaac) was born about 1744 in Of, Northhampton County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]