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Revolutionary Soldiers 
 
 Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y. 
 With Supplementary List of Possible Veterans 
 
 Based on a Pension List of Franklin H. Chase, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Prepared by Rev. W. M. Beauchamp, S. T. D., for the 
 
 Onondaga Historical Association 
 
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ONONDAGA 
 HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Vol. I APKIL, 1912 No. 2 
 
 REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN ONONDAGA 
 
 COUNTY 
 
 This account is founded on the excellent one compiled 
 by Mr. Franklin H. Chase, in 1895, from the county records 
 of 1820 and subsequent years, and from the pension list of 
 1840. But for this fine record the present work would not 
 have been undertaken. By visits to 175 cemeteries and 
 comparison with rolls and the census of 1790, the former 
 list of over 300 has been more than doubled. Epitaphs 
 have been added, wherever available, but most of the 
 pioneers had no stones, and on early ones it was rarely the 
 case that Revolutionary soldiers were mentioned as such. 
 All the family and local histories in the Syracuse Public 
 Library have been consulted, and many names were thus 
 secured. Personal reports of others have been furnished by 
 descendants, and the Surrogate's records have been closely 
 inspected. All have been submitted to the judgment of Mrs. 
 Minnie L. Kellogg, an excellent genealogist, who, in other 
 wiays, has greatly aided in this patriotic work. 
 
 Beside the definite list there is a secondary one of those 
 old enough for service and with nominal records, but whose 
 identity is not established. Probably more than mflf these 
 saw some service. A further list might be added from 
 pioneers whose names are on Revolutionary rolls, but whose 
 age is not definitely known. There is little doubt that some 
 of these were soldiers, and will yet be known as such. Lastly 
 there are the unknown veterans and pioneers who have left 
 no trace behind. In exploring old cemeteries Miss Virginia 
 Beauchamp has rendered valuable aid in a work of no small 
 
2 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 magnitude. To explore abandoned burial places, to accu- 
 rately transcribe difficult inscriptions, requires laborious 
 zeal. Often a stone can be reached only through briers, 
 and a prostrate epitaph has to be dug out of leaves and 
 dirt. Many cemeteries have been revisited to secure accu- 
 racy, but slight errors are possible. 
 
 Early use of a military title or appointment to a 
 military office is a fair but not conclusive indication of 
 Revolutionary service, but some of these names are not in 
 available rolls, and most of them are omitted here. It is 
 well known that some pensioners' names are not in these 
 records, while the veterans were yet able to prove excellent 
 claims. Another difficulty is in the record of names. Some 
 old Dutch forms are hardly recognizable in modern use, and 
 the prefixes of 0' and Mc were dropped or used at pleasure. 
 Even common names varied much in spelling, as will appear. 
 Middle names or initials were rarely given. Considering 
 all this it will be seen that this is not a perfect list — ^which 
 probably never will be made — but one representing ad- 
 vanced knowledge. 
 
 A WORD ON LOCAL HISTORY. 
 
 In July, '77, Ck)l. St. Leger came up Oswego river to 
 Three River point, where he met some Senecas and Missis- 
 saugas, and then ascended Oneida river on his way to Fort 
 Stanwix. The next year the Americans destroyed Oswego. 
 The Onondaga chiefs and old men restrained their warriors 
 as far as possible, but an expedition from Fort Stanwix 
 destroyed their towns on the west bank of Onondaga creek, 
 in April, '79. The troops landed at Brewerton, passed 
 through the present site of Syracuse, surprised and burned 
 the towns, and returned with captives and laden with spoils. 
 Thenceforward the Onondagas shared in the war, but left 
 their homes. In September of that year Col. Gansevoort, 
 with 100 men, left Sullivan's army and marched eastward 
 through Onondaga, meeting no foes. In 1780 Sir John 
 Johnson made his raid on the Mohawk valley by way of 
 Oneida river and Chittenango creek. Brant camped in 
 Onondaga valley in the spring of '81. Col. Willetts' sleigh 
 expedition, Feb., '83, against Oswego, failed after much 
 suffering. In April, Capt. Alexander Thompson was sent 
 to that place with news of peace. He went by way of Oneida 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 3 
 
 and Oswego rivers, meeting a war party on the way. This 
 is a brief summary of Onondaga in the Revolution. 
 
 There are many documents preserved in Onondaga 
 County relating to Revolutionary soldiers, and one may be 
 seen in a frame in the Skaneateles Library, which reads 
 thus : 
 
 "By His Excellency | George Washington, Esq.| General 
 & Commander in Chief of the Forces of the | United States 
 of America | These are to Certify that the Bearer hereof | 
 Emmanuel Waggerman Soldier | in the first New York 
 Regiment, having faithfully served the United States seven 
 years | and being inlisted for the War only is | hereby Dis- 
 charged from the American Army, | Given at Head-Quar- 
 ters the 8th June | 1783. | G«o. Washington | 
 
 By His Excellency's | Command | Jo. Trumbull, Jr. 
 S'y I Registered in the Books | of the Regiment | J. H. Wan- 
 dell, Adjutant. | The above Emman'l Waggerman | has been 
 honored with the Badge of Merit for Seven | Years' faithful 
 Service | Com. Van Dyck, Lt. Colo." 
 
 The name of Emmanuel Waggerman is in Capt. Bleeck- 
 er's Co. of Light Infantry, in Col. Van Schaick's 1st N. Y. 
 Regiment, and this was in the attack on the Onondaga towns 
 in '79, so that he served here, if he did not live here. He 
 drew lot 17, tp. 17, (Milton), and in 1790 appeared as Em- 
 anuel Waggoner, in Schenectady, south of the Mohawk. 
 
 Another of these discharges belongs to Miss Sevenoaks 
 of Skaneateles, from whom the other came. It was for 
 William McConnell of the 1st N. Y. Line, He afterward 
 dropped the Mc, as many others did. On the reverse, and 
 probably on Waggerman's, is the following, all printed : 
 
 "Head-Quarters, June 8th, 1783. | The within Certifi- 
 cate shall not avail the | Bearer as a Discharge, until the 
 Ratification of the definitive | Treaty of Peace ; previous to 
 which Time, and until Procla- | mation shall be mad^He is 
 to be considered as being on | Furlough. | GEORGE WASH- 
 INGTON. 
 
 His grant of land reads as follows: 
 
 "The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of 
 God, free | and Independent : TO ALL to whom these pres- 
 ents shall come: Greeting: | KNOW YE, that, in pQrsuance 
 of an act of our legislature, passed the sixth day of April, 
 
4 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 one thousand, seven hundred and ninety; | entitled "an act 
 to carry into effect the concurrent resolutions and acts of 
 the legislature, for granting certain lands, promised to be | 
 given as bounty lands, and for other purposes therein men- 
 tioned," I WE HAVE Given, Granted, and Confirmed, and 
 by I these presents, DO Give, Grant and confirm unto 
 William McConnell ALL that certain tract or lot of land | 
 situate, lying and being in the County of Montgomery, and 
 in the Township of Milton, known and distinguished | on a 
 map of the said Township | Filed by our Surveyor General, 
 in our Secretary's Office, agreeable to law | by Lot number | 
 Four, Containing Six hundred acres | Together with all and 
 singular the rights, hereditaments and appurtenances to the 
 same belonging, or in any wise appertaining: | Excepting 
 and Reserving to ourselves all gold and silver mines | and 
 also five acres of every five hundred acres of the said tract or 
 lot of land for highways : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the 
 above | described and granted premises, unto the said 
 William McConnell, his heirs and assigns, as a good and 
 indefeasible estate or inheritance forever. | ON CONDI- 
 TION NEVERTHELESS, that within the term of seven 
 years, to be | computed from the first day of January next 
 ensuing the date hereof, there shall be one actual settlement 
 made on the said tract | or lot of land hereby granted, other- 
 wise these our Letters Patent, and the estate hereby 
 granted, shall cease, determine and become void | In Testi- 
 mony whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made 
 Patent, and the Great Seal of our said State, to be hereunto | 
 affixed. Witness our trusty and well-beloved George Clinton, 
 Esquire, Governor of our said State, General and Com- 
 mander I in chief of all the militia, and Admiral of the navy 
 of the same, at our City of New-York, this Eighth day of 
 July I in the year of our LORD one thousand, seven hundred 
 and ninety, and in the Fifteenth year of our Independence. 
 
 Approved of by the Commissioners of the Land Office, 
 and passed | the Secretary's-Office, the 21st day of November 
 1791. I Lewis H. Scott, Secretary. | Geo. Clinton." 
 
 To this was added the following deposition : 
 
 "I William Connell do | swear on the holy Evangelists 
 of Almighty God, That | I have not sold or otherwise dis- 
 posed of the Land | that I am entitled to either from 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 5 
 
 Congress, or from | the State of New- York, to any Person 
 
 or Persons. | So help me God. | 
 
 Sworn before me | this day of | June, 1784. his 
 
 Willm X Connell. 
 S. J. Claggs, Jr., Aldn." Mark 
 
 He served in the 1st N. Y. Line, in Capt. Parsons' Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Col. Vredenburgh, greatgrandfather of Miss Sevenoaks, 
 dealt largely in these lands, and thus had many like papers. 
 
 A brief history of the Military Tract seems desirable. 
 In 1776 Congress resolved to raise 88 battalions for the war, 
 four of these being the quota of New York, then a compara- 
 tively small State. Bounties in money and lands were of- 
 fered, ranging from 100 acres for privates to 500 acres for 
 colonels. In 1780 larger land bounties were provided for 
 higher officers. In 1781-82 New York offered State land 
 bounties, and set apart a tract for this which was not yet 
 in its possession. It lay between the western limits of the 
 Oneidas and Tusoaroras and Seneca Lake. 
 
 In 1783 it was provided that townships of six miles 
 square should be laid out, with 150 lots of 150 acres in each. 
 Major generals were to have 5,500 acres ; brigadier generals, 
 4,250; colonels, 2,500; lieut.-colonels, 2,250; majors and 
 chaplains, 2,000; captains and surgeons, 1,200; subalterns 
 and surgeons' mates, 1,000; and non-commissioned officers 
 and privates, each 500 acres. In 1784 commissioners were 
 appointed to take charge. These named the townships, and 
 not Simeon De Witt. Each township was to have 100 lots 
 of 600 acres each, properly numbered. Those benefitted 
 were to surrender their claims to U. S. lands to the State of 
 New York. Fifty acres in one corner of each lot, known as 
 the "Survey Fifty," were reserved for expenses, but the 
 tax might be paid within two years, and full title obtained. 
 In 1789 six lots were reserved in each township, one for 
 gospel and public school fund, and one for the li^rature 
 fund of the State. Four were to be used in certain emer- 
 gencies. 
 
 July 3, 1790, maps of 25 townships were laid before the 
 board, and one was added later. Thosie wholly or partially 
 still in Onondaga County were Lysander, Camillus, Cicero, 
 Manlius, Marcellus, Pompey, Sempronius, TuUy and Fabius. 
 Balloting for the lots commenced January, 1791, but trouble 
 and frauds were common. An act to remedy these was 
 
6 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 passed Jan. 8, 1794, and with much difficulty they were 
 afterward settled. Most of Sempronius, part of Lysander, 
 TuUy and Fabius, are now outside of Onondaga County, 
 and all the townships in it have lost part of their 100 lots. 
 The original Onondaga and Salt Springs reservations 
 formed no part of the Military Tract, so that lots in Geddes, 
 Onondaga and Salina are not like those in other towns. 
 None but N. Y. soldiers drew lots, and their names are often 
 misspelled, just as they are in the military rolls. Though 
 they drew no N. Y. lands, unless in the service of that State, 
 many New England soldiers settled here. Those living near 
 the eastern line of New York, especially in Vermont and 
 Connecticut, were often enrolled on both sides of that line. 
 Some also came from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mary- 
 land. 
 
 Besides the graves of Revolutionary soldiers, many 
 memorials will be found of those who served in the war of 
 1812, the Florida and Mexican wars, the war for the Union, 
 and the Spanish war. But few who served in the first three 
 have any mention of this on their tombstones, even when 
 such stones are found. Their names appear — ^not their 
 deeds. 
 
 CAMILLUS. 
 
 Peter Bowman | died May 29, 1835. | In the 74th year 
 of I his age. ] 
 
 Mary Bowman | 1768-1837. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. He was enrolled in Middlesex, 
 N. J.., the family having recently come from Holland. His 
 brother Samuel, two years his senior and unmarried, served 
 through most of the war and died in prison. The family 
 tradition is that Peter waited on Gen. Washington. Mary, 
 his wife, died Nov. 16, 1837. Her son, John, was born in 
 Trenton, N. J., in 1788, going to Albany with his parents 
 five years later, and to Camillus in 1807. He had twelve 
 children, and died in Van Buren, Oct. 13, 1869, leaving 
 prominent descendants. 
 
 In Memory of | Isaac Brown, | who died Aug. 16, 1837, | 
 In the 81st year of | his age. | 
 
 Servant of God, well done. | 
 Thy glorious warfares past, | 
 
 The battles fought the victory won, | 
 And thou art crowned at last. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 7 
 
 In Memory of | Sarah, wife of | Isaac Brown, | who died 
 June 15, 1837, | in the 82nd year of her age. | 
 
 Alas that we bury her ! | 'Tis hard, but we must ; | 
 The mandate is spoken, | Now dust unto dust ! | 
 Make ye her resting place | Mid fragrance and bloom, | 
 That sweetness and beauty | May weep round the tomb.j 
 Fairmount cemetery. A frequent name in Conn, and 
 Mass. rolls, and in the census of 1790, but a family history 
 says he "was a soldier, and he married Sarah Shute." 
 
 Benjamin Bucklin, | Died Oct. 9, 1849, | Aged 85 years, 
 11 months. | All must die. | 
 
 Old cemetery west of Camillus village. The name 
 occurs in Mass. rolls, in Capt. Cole's Co., Col. Dean's regi- 
 ment, March 6-15, '81, and in Capt. Low's Co., Col. Simonds' 
 regiment, '77. In 1790 he was the head of a family in Guil- 
 ford, Vt., and a little later he was prominent among the 
 early settlers of Camillus. 
 
 John Clark | Private | Capt. Tho's, Hotchkin's Co. | 
 2d. N. Y. Art. | Died | June 1, 1840, | aged 87 years. | 
 
 KUTH I wife of I John Clark | Died | Apr. 2, 1857 | Ae. 
 87 y'rs. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. He served in Col. Lamb's 2d N. Y. 
 Art., as above, and was a pensioner. In 1820 he called him- 
 self 64 years old and was then living with his wife and three 
 children. Richard Fox was then 15, May 14, and Hannah 11 
 years of age, so that he probably married late in life. He 
 had property worth $17, and owed $386.47. In 1840 he 
 lived with Joel Chapman. 
 
 In memory of | Isaac Clute, who was a true Pa- \ triot 
 in the Revolution | fought under Gates | at Saratoga & died 
 I June 27th 1831, in | the 81st year of his | age. | 
 
 Oswego Bitter cemetery. Served in Albany To. Land 
 Bounty Rights regiment, under Col. Abraham Wemple and 
 Major Jelles Fonda. Helen Clute, his widow, was a pen- 
 sioner in 1840, aged 77. 
 
 CoL. John Dill. | One of the Patriots | of the Revolu- 
 tion. I Died Sept. 21, | 1846 | Aged 88 years | 10 Ms. & 24 | 
 Days. I 
 
8 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Wheeler cemetery, in Camillus village. He enlisted as 
 orderly sergeant for 5 months in Capt. John Graham's Co., 
 Col. Paulding's regiment, and was in one of the battles near 
 New York. In October, '77, he was in Fort Montgomery, 
 but escaped when the British stormed Fort Clinton, by 
 swimming a small creek. Afterward he marched to Kings- 
 ton, on the burning of that place. After Burgoyne's sur- 
 render he became an artificer in the army, being in Capt. 
 James Young's company, later Capt. Sheppard's. He was 
 dicharged in 1780 and was placed on Col. Christopher 
 Ming's staff, then in Gen. Pickering's department. In 1840 
 he was a pensioner, living with Samuel Dill. 
 
 JEREMIAH Dunham | Soldier | of the Revolution ] Died 
 Feb. 1833, | Aged 75 Y'rs. | 
 
 Old cemetery west of Camillus village. In Mass. rolls 
 the name is in Capt. Downing's Co., Col. Ashley's regiment, 
 transferred to Capt. Stone's Co., Col. Brewer's regiment for 
 3 years. Also in same company, Berkshire Co., '77-'78. In 
 Continental service to Dec. 31, '80. 
 
 Samuel Gilbert — His name is on the Baldwinsville 
 monument, and in Conn., Mass. and N. Y. Rolls, as well as 
 among heads of families in 1790. Apparently the one in 
 Capt. Asa Danforth's company, who was born in 1759 and 
 died in 1812. 
 
 Solomon Huntley | Private | Capt. Troop's Co. | Col. 
 Starr's Conn. Line, | died | March 4, 1847 | aged 93 y'rs. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. He was a pensioner in 1840, hav- 
 ing applied in 1820. He enlisted in Capt. Throop's Co., Col. 
 Starr's regiment. Conn. Line, in '77, and served three years, 
 being discharged in Morristown, N. J. In 1820 he had a 
 wife and four children, a five pail kettle, and was worth 
 $42.24. He is said to have come from Norwich, Ct., but 
 the name appears in Bennington, Vt., in 1790. His second 
 marriage was to Mrs. Abigail A. Platto of Syracuse, Feb. 12, 
 1835. She was born in Chatham, Ct., May 1, 1782, and died 
 in Syracuse, Dec. 10, 1867, her tomb being in Oakwood. 
 
 Thomas Hutchinson — This veteran's intention of 
 marriage to Molly Fitch was published March 15, 1771. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 9 
 
 She was born Nov. 23, 1752. In 71 they moved from Ashby, 
 Mass., to Rindge, N. H. After the Revolution he went to 
 Clarendon, Vt., then to Camillus, N. Y., and back to Ver- 
 mont in 1815. In 1790 he was in Tinmouth, Vt. The family 
 history says he served in Capt. Thomas's Co., Col. Reed's 
 regiment, at Bunker Hill, and commenced three year's ser- 
 vice in '77, in N. H. Line. 
 
 In memory of | Zebulon Isham | who departed this life 
 Nov. 19th, 1828 | aged 72 years 7 | months & 12 days. 
 
 If death could break our union past | 
 Frail though endeared the tie ! | 
 
 The stronger bonds of grace shall last | 
 When death itself shall die. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. The name is that of a private in 
 Capt. Joseph Raymond's Co., Col. Israel Chapen's regiment, 
 in '77. He served 19 days on an expedition to Claverack, 
 N. Y. In the census of 1790 Zebulon Isom was the head of a 
 family in Pittsfield, Mass., and seems the same, names being 
 often carelessly recorded. His wife, Mary, survived him. 
 
 Reuben Kidder | Soldier | of the Revolution | Died 
 1828, I Aged 68 y'rs. | 
 
 Old cemetery, west of Camillus village. In 1820 Reuben 
 Kidder limped into court on crutches and with his hip out 
 of joint, reporting that his debts were $15 and assets $70.10. 
 A cooper by trade, he was in Capt. Daniel Livermore's Co., 
 Col. Reed's Regt. of N. H. Infantry, and served till the war 
 closed. His wife was then 46 years old, and his children 
 were Noah, Debora, Lemina and Eli. No stone marks his 
 wife's grave, nor does he appear in the census of 1790. 
 
 In memory of Capt. William McCracken | wh|| de- 
 parted this life I on the 9 day of July | A. D. 1830, | Aged 66 
 years. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. William McCracken enlisted in 
 Capt. Joseph McCracken's Co., Col. Van Schaick's Regt., 
 toward the end of the war, serving 3 years and 3 months. 
 In 1820 his debts were $100, his property was worth $24.87, 
 and he had $15 owing him. His wife had been a widow 
 with two daughters, and he had three sons and a daughter 
 
10 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 of his own. In 1790 he was in Hebron, Washington Co., 
 
 N. Y. 
 
 Robert Paine | Soldier 1776 1 Capt. Pratt's 4th Mass. 
 Regt. I died | Dec. 2, 1862 | aged 73 y'rs. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. This soldier made the following 
 statement which is a sample of others : — 
 
 State of New York, Onondaga County, ss. :— 
 
 On the 27th day of February, 1822, personally appeared 
 in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the 
 county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding ac- 
 cording to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction 
 unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their 
 proceedings, Robert Pain, aged 73 years, resident in 
 Oamillus, in said county, who, being first duly sworn, ac- 
 cording to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the 
 revolutionary war as follows : That he enlisted into the ser- 
 vice of the United States in the year 1780, and in July of 
 said year, at West Point, in New York, he joined a company 
 commanded by Capt. Pratt, in the Fourth Massachusetts 
 regiment, and continued in the service until the month of 
 July, 1783, when he was discharged at West Point ; that he 
 has lost his discharge. Enlistment was for three years, and I 
 do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United 
 States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have 
 not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed 
 of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so 
 to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an 
 act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain 
 persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United 
 States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day 
 of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in 
 trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debts, 
 due to me; nor have I any income other than what is con- 
 tained in the schedule annexed, and by me subscribed. 
 
 Schedule of property : — 
 
 Besides clothing, which is barely sufficient, I 
 
 have but a knife which cost 12 V^ cents 
 
 And a cane worth perhaps 121/^ cents 
 
 25 cents 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 11 
 
 That he now lives with his son, John L. Pain, in the town 
 of Camillus, upon whom he is wholly dependent for support. 
 He has no family ; has lost the sight of one eye entirely, and 
 nearly blind of the other — and without charity of a public 
 or private nature is totally unable to support himself. That 
 on the 23d of April, 1818, he made an application for a pen- 
 sion to William Rogers, a judge of Ontario county, which 
 has been sent to and returned from the War office. 
 
 His 
 Robert X Pain. 
 Mark 
 Subscribed and sworn in open court this 27th day of 
 February, 1822. 
 
 N. H. EARLL. 
 Judge of Onon. Com. Pleas. 
 Property valued at 0.25. 
 
 Stephen Robinson | Soldier | of the Rev. | died | March 
 4, 1834 I aged 71 y'rs. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. He was in Col. Van Cortlandt's 2d 
 Regt. N. Y. Line, in the company first commanded by Lieut. 
 James Fairlie, and then by Lieut. Spalding. In 1790 his 
 name appeared in Clarendon, Vt. In 1820 he said he was 57 
 years old, had a wife and four children, and his assets were 
 $33.98. Erastus Robinson, adminstrator, Nov. 29, 1834. 
 
 John Scott, 3d. — He had a frequent name and enlisted 
 in Capt. Hinckley's Co., Col. Sherman's Regt., Conn. Line, in 
 '77, serving 3 years. He was a pensioner, 59 years old in 
 1820, had a stepson and stepdaughter, and property worth 
 $36.92. His wife was then 52 years old. 
 
 EsEK Taber. — Lieut, in Capt. Jonathan Taber's Co., 2d 
 Bristol Co. regiment, Mass., 6 days in '80. His wife, Roby, 
 executed his will, made April 2, 1814, probated May 2ith. 
 
 Stephen Thompson, | Soldier | of the Revolution | Died 
 I Feb. 22, 1835. | Aged 75 Y'rs. | 
 
 Fairmount cemetery. In Lieut. Col. Sill's New Levies, 
 1st Conn. Regt., '80, town of Union. Enlisted in Capt. 
 Rogers' Co. for war in '82. Five of the name enrolled in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
12 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 George Wagonek. — ^His name is on the Baldwinsville 
 monument and in N. Y. rolls. It appears in Tryon Co. Militia, 
 1st Regt. and as ensign in the 2d. Also as lieutenant in 3d 
 Albany Co. Regt., and is found in Willett's Levies. Several 
 in N. Y. census of 1790. 
 
 John Walter | Private ] Capt. Titus Watson's Co. | 
 Col. Herman Swift's 7th Conn. Regt. | Died | Aug. 17, 1830, i 
 Aged 73 y'rs. 
 
 Belle Isle. The Conn, rolls place him in this company, 
 but under Col. Charles Burrell, '76, and also in Conn. Line, 
 '77-'81. In 1820 he was reported as 63 years old and in the 
 town of Onondaga, having served for three years under Col. 
 Swift. He was then worth $33, but could not support him- 
 self without aid. As a pensioner he prospered, for he made 
 a will March 30, 1830, which was proved Oct. 2d. His wife 
 was Rhoda Walter. 
 
 Dennison Whedon I Soldier | of the Revolution | Died 
 I Dec. 1827. | Aged 67 Y'rs. | 
 
 Fairmount cemetery. He made two affidavits of his 
 services in 1825, being then 65 years old. In 1775 he served 
 for 8 months in Capt. Malachi Henry's Co., Col. David 
 Brewer's Regt. of Mass. Line. In '76 he enlisted for one 
 year in Capt. Park's Co., Col. Learned's Regt. The first 
 enlistment was at Westfield and the second at Roxbury, 
 Mass. He was discharged by Gen. Glover at East Chester, 
 N. Y. He was a farmer, and had a wife and one son, Samuel, 
 but in the same cemetery is the stone of William Whedon, a 
 soldier of 1812, who died Dec. 1851, aged 67 years. Whedon 
 was a farmer, worth $123.21. He married Sarah Blodget, 
 both being of Deerfield, Mass. A biographical notice in Past 
 and Present of Onondaga County says : "Denison served in 
 the Revolutionary war, and Dr. [Geo. Denison] Whedon has 
 to-day in his possession a seven dollar bill that was paid to 
 his ancestor for service in the war. This bill is numbered 
 16,735, and was issued at Philadelphia, July 22, 1776. He 
 also has a note for forty shillings. No. 3,376.. It was also 
 printed at Philadelphia, Nov. 3, 1775. The patriot soldier 
 was likewise given a farm at Camillus, as compensation for 
 the aid which he rendered the colonists in their struggle for 
 independence, and this tract of land has been the homestead 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 13 
 
 of three generations of the family." Of course he had no 
 grant of land. 
 
 Aaron White | Sept. 4, 1747 | Nov. 28, 1833 i Lucy 
 Kellogg | His Wife | Jan. 19, 1760 ; | Mar. 3, 1848. | 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. From West Springfield, Mass. A 
 frequent name. He was brother of the next and probably 
 was in Capt. Stebbins' Co., West Springfield, '82. The John 
 White Genealogy calls him a Revolutionary soldier. He was 
 the son of Dea. Jonathan White, and married Lucy, daughter 
 of Joseph Kellogg, Aug. 23, 1785, coming to Camillus in 
 1812. 
 
 Joseph White | Dec. 24, 1749. | Dec. 24, 1830. Phebe 
 Clapp I His Wife | Dec. 26, 1752 ; | Jul. 21, 1829. | 
 
 Another face of the same monument. From West Spring- 
 field, Mass. He was sergeant in Capt. Chapin's Co., West 
 Springfield in 1775, and served in others later. He first 
 married Sarah Leonard, April 1, 1775, (b. May 8, '52 ; d. 
 Nov. 27, '88) ; and afterward Phebe Clapp of Easthampton, 
 Mass. Coming to Camillus at a surveyor, he settled at 
 Amboy in 1804, just north of the bridge over Nine Mile 
 creek. While surveying a highway he was injured by a 
 falling tree and never recovered. 
 
 Enoch Wood, | born Dec. 24, 1763, | died Aug. 27, | 
 1847. I 
 
 ELIZABETH, I Wife of Enoch | Wood, | born May 5, | 
 1776, I died June 6, 1831. | 
 
 Old cemetery west of Camillus village. He married 
 Elizabeth Taylor. In 1840 he was a pensioner, living with 
 his family in Camillus. The name occurs in the 12th regi- 
 ment of Albany Co., and in Capt. Robinson's Co., Vt., 1780. 
 Many enrolled in Albany Co. lived in Vermont. The D. A. R. 
 Lineage book says he enlisted in '79, in Capt. Tjifennis 
 Collins' Co. and was a prisoner in Canada for two years. 
 The census of 1790 placed him in Ballston, N. Y. 
 
 Nathan Wood. — This pioneer was born in Sharon, Ct., 
 Sept. 16, 1761, where he married Zilpah Sprague, July 31, 
 '83. She was also born there, but died in South Butler, N. 
 Y., Jan. 20, 1849, and was buried there. He left Sharon in 
 
14 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 '92, going to Milton, Saratoga Co., and then to Camillus in 
 1805, where he died May 31, 1839. He enlisted in Capt. 
 Wales' Co. in '77, and served through the war. 
 
 The following in Camillus were old enough for service, 
 and their names are on Revolutionary rolls, while they are 
 not clearly identified. All are probable. 
 
 In I memory of | Benj'n Culver, | who died | Aug. 8, 
 1827, I aged 82 years. | Also of | Tamar his wife | who died ] 
 March 26, 1830, | aged 82 years. | 
 
 Oswego Bitter. In 1790 the name was recorded in 
 Conn., and in Albany and Columbia Cos., N. Y., and it is in 
 the 9th regiment. Land Bounty Rights, Albany Co. — 
 Probable. 
 
 Samuel Hopkins | Died | Feb'y 6, 1820, | Ae. 69 Y'rs, 6 
 Mo. i & 4 D's. I 
 
 Mary, | Wife of | Samuel Hopkins, | Died | June 16, 
 1834, I Ae. 69 Y'rs 7 Mo. | & 29 D's. 
 
 Belle Isle cemetery. They came there from Salem, N. 
 Y., in 1807. His name is in 1st Regt., N. Y. Line, and also 
 appears in Mass. rolls. Probable. 
 
 In memory of | JosiAH Marshbll, | who died Jan. 9, 
 1814. I aged 63 years. | Also | Kezia, | wife of | Josiah Mar- 
 shell : I died May 25, 1837. | aged 84 years. | 
 
 Oswego Bitter. In 1790 the name was recorded in 
 Mass. and N. Y. At the Lexington alarm this appears in 
 Capt. Oliver Voce's (Milton) company, serving 10 days from 
 Dorchester, Mass., and also in Capt. George Gould's com- 
 pany, later that year. Probable. 
 
 Daniel Moore. — This pioneer was bom at Bridgeham- 
 ton, L. I., about 1744, and married Elsie (Younglove?), 
 bom in New Jersey and probably of Dutch parentage. He 
 went to Albany, then to Cherry Valley, and died in Camillus, 
 aged about 88. His name is in Graham's Levies and in 
 Albany Co. militia. Probable. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 15 
 
 Nathaniel Richman. — This pioneer of Camillus was 
 probably the one from Pelham, Mass., who re-enlisted for 
 the war in Col. Bailey's regiment, Sept. 30, '79. He was then 
 17, and had a light complexion and brown hair. Except in 
 this case the name is usually given as Richmond. 
 
 Stephen Walker, | Died | Jan. 16, 1845, | Aged 80 
 
 y's. I 
 
 Lydia, I Wife of I Stephen Walker | Died | October 23, 
 1838. I Aged 63 years. | 
 
 Fairmount cemetery. There is a flag at his grave, but 
 this might indicate a later war. Five out of seven Massa- 
 chusetts entries were from Berkshire Co., and one in Capt. 
 Lemont's Co., '79, and in Gen. Patterson's Brigade, '80, may 
 be this person. The only one in the census of 1790 was in 
 Plainfleld, Mass. 
 
 John Wigent. — This pioneer's wife Mary became his 
 administrator May 30, 1823. He came to Camillus, now Van 
 Buren, in 1796, and the name is in the 4th Ulster regiment, 
 and in the same county in 1790. 
 
 CICERO. 
 
 RoswELL Barnes. — There are two cemeteries at Bridge- 
 port, the older one on the east side of Chittenango creek, 
 and both used by people on either side. For this reason 
 notice is taken of Roswill Barns or Roswell Barnes, as the 
 name appears on different stones. His first wife, Hannah, 
 died July 16, 1806, aged 48. Hannah, the second, died Jan. 
 15, 1811, aged 46. Sarah, the third, died March 17, 1833, in 
 her 63d year. He has no stone, though a long resident, and 
 evidently bom before 1760. A private of this name in the 
 3d Berkshire Co. Regt. Mass., in Capt. Enoch Noble's Co., 
 marched to Bennington, Vt,, in Oct., 1780. One from 
 Stockbridge, '77, was the same. In 1778 he was said tUbe 
 19 years old. He also appears in Vermont rolls. There was 
 a younger man of the same name at Delphi in Pompey. In 
 1790 the name appeared in Connecticut and at Rensselaer- 
 ville, N. y., the latter probably this one. 
 
 Samuel Billington | Died Aug. | 20, 1836, | aged 71 
 years. I 
 
16 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Catharine | Wife of | S. Billington i Died July 26, | 
 1848. I Ae. 69 Years 9 Ms. | 
 
 These names are in the same cemetery. Enrolled in 
 Essex Militia, N. J. 
 
 Rial Bingham. — Major Bingham was Lieut, Rial Bing- 
 ham in the proposed N. Y. Independent Corps of 1,000 men 
 in 1779. In Conn, he was in Capt. Stoddard's Co., Feb., '76, 
 and under Capt. Ensign in '78. Clark dates his coming here 
 in 1789-91, but he was in Caughnawaga, Montgomery Co., 
 in 1790. Vanderkemp met him at Brewerton in 1792, where 
 he was known as Capt. Bingham. Thence he went to Three 
 River Point in Clay, and at his tavern there was held the 
 first town meeting for Lysander in 1794. He was still there 
 in 1795, and the Duke de Rochefoucauld described his stay 
 at his house : "Every one in the house was ill. The landlord, 
 another Squire, was just recovering from the ague, but his 
 wife was still indisposed with it and in bed. His children 
 
 and servants were in the same condition The spot on 
 
 which the inn stands belongs to Squire Bingham, who also 
 possesses a few acres contiguous to the building, and a con- 
 siderable quantity at some distance from it." Baker, the 
 first comer, had preceded him in 1791. Bingham became a 
 salt boiler at Salina, and in 1796-97 was justice of peace 
 there. He could execute as well as pronounce a sentence, 
 but does not appear later. 
 
 John Caldwell. — Pensioner Caldwell was 67 when he 
 appeared in court May 29, 1827. He enlisted at Colerain, 
 Mass., for 9 months, in May, '78 or '79, in Capt. Keith's Co., 
 Col. Jackson's Regt., of the Mass. Line, and was discharged 
 at West Point. At this time he was in Quartermaster Hay's 
 department. In September he went into Capt. Adiel Sher- 
 wood's Co., Col. Livingston's Regt., N. Y. Line. In October 
 he was taken prisoner at Fort Ann, carried to Montreal, and 
 kept there till Nov., 1782, when he was shipped to Boston and 
 exchanged. His full term of service, exclusive of imprison- 
 ment, was two years and nine months. He had four acres of 
 land in Ohio, valued at $40, and a common and garden hoe 
 worth nine shillings. Being a farmer and without children, 
 he lived with Eben T. Dennis of Cicero. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 17 
 
 Henry Desbeow. — This pensioner said he was 67 when 
 he came into court Feb. 26, 1821. He enlisted in the spring 
 of '77, in Capt. Chapman's Co., Col. Swift's Regt., Conn. 
 Line, and was in the battles of Monmouth and Germantown. 
 In 1780 he was discharged in New Jersey. He held small 
 notes to the amount of $67.81, and gave the names of the 
 makers. To Smith Desbrow he owed $50. His wife was 50 
 years old and he had two children. Polly was 13, and Clar- 
 issa 7 years of age. 
 
 Hezekiah Joslyn. — Onondaga's Centennial, p. 816, 
 says of Dr. Hezekiah Joslyn: "The doctor's father, a 
 Revolutionary soldier, died at his house in 1836." No stone 
 appears. The family name is frequent in Revolutionary 
 rolls, and in this county. The D. A. R. Lineage book says 
 he was bom in Killingly, Ct., 1757, and died in Cicero in 
 1836. He moved to Tyringham, Mass., and was a private in 
 the Berkshire militia in '76, becoming a pensioner later. In 
 1784 he married Chloe Hall, and in 1790 was still in 
 'IVringham. 
 
 Elijah Loomis | Died | Dec. 29, 1848. | Ae. 87 Y'rs 5 
 Mo. I & 14 D's. I 
 
 You must soon behold me enshrouded in death, | 
 Without pulse or motion & no signs of breath, | 
 Then my poor remains to the tomb must be hurl'd, | 
 And my winged spirit survey a new world. | 
 Rachel, | Wife of | Elijah Loomis, | Died | March 1st, 
 1855 : I Aged | 90 Years. 
 
 The above are in the Stone Arabia cemetery, east of 
 Cicero village. Elijah, son of Elijah and Rachel Loomis, 
 was born in Connecticut, July 17, 1761, and married Rachel 
 Chapman. Clark said : "Elijah Loomis was the first settler 
 at South Bay, on the lake shore, in 1804. He and his wife 
 now (1847) reside on the lot he first purchased. They mve 
 lived together sixty-four years. He was a Revolutionary 
 soldier and received a pension.!' This places his marriage 
 in 1783, when he was 22 years old. In 1790 he lived at 
 Windsor, Ct. He appeared in court Sept. 10, 1830, and then 
 had a life lease of 25 acres in Cicero. His property was 
 worth $146. 63, and included an old clock and many kettles. 
 He was in Capt. Abijah Rowlee's Co., Col. Charles Webb's 
 
18 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Regt, Ct., in 75, his whole service being '75-'81. He was 
 wounded in the battle of Monmouth and pensioned for life. 
 In '78 he was in Capt. Bissell's Co., Col. Huntington's Regt. 
 Four of his children were bom at North Bolton, Ct. He 
 joined the church in Vernon, Oct. 27, 1782, and moved to N. 
 Y. about 1800. 
 
 Thomas Newcomb. — In the Tafft Settlement cemetery 
 is the unmarked grave of this soldier, who was born in 
 Lebanon, Ct., May 12, 1761, and died in Cicero, Oct. 8, 1851, 
 aged 90 years, 4 months and 26 days. At 16 he entered the 
 army and was at Saratoga. At one time he was a marine 
 on the frigate Warren. His name appears for two months 
 in Capt. Skinner's Co., '77, and Capt. Dewey's, '78. Also 
 from Lebanon in the Short Term Levies, '81, for three 
 months at Fort Griswold. In 1825 he was at Onondaga 
 Valley, but moved several times before going there. He 
 married (1) Lucretia Webster, Aug. 30, 1787. She was born 
 in Mansfield, Ct., Feb. 3, 1770, and died at Onondaga Valley, 
 Sept. 2, 1831. He then married Mrs. Sylvia Bronson, May 
 9, 1836. She was born May 9, 1778, and died in LaFayette, 
 May 15, 1858. She drew a land warrant for his services, 
 which continued almost to the end of the war. He moved to 
 Cicero in 1836, to Van Buren in 1838, and returned to Cicero, 
 where he died. 
 
 Rev. John Shepard, | Bom | May 25, | 1757. | Died 
 Jan. 29, 1822. 
 
 Soldier of the Cross. | Well done. Rest from | thy loved 
 employ. | 
 
 Millicent Edsall I Wife of | Rev. John Shepard | Died 
 Nov. 12, 1805 I Aged 50 years. 
 
 On the family monument the name is Shepard, but 
 varies elsewhere. He applied for pension Feb. 27, 1821, the 
 year before he died. He enlisted in '77, in Capt. James 
 Young's Co., and was in Quartermaster Hay's department, 
 taking part in the battle of Stony Point. In '79 the company 
 was annexed to Baldwin's Regt. and Shepard became cap- 
 tain. His commission he sent to Albany in getting title to 
 bounty land, and it never came back. He left the army in 
 the fall of '81, from ill health and did not serve again. In 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 19 
 
 1821 he had no real estate, but his personal property he 
 valued at $66.96, out of which he owed $16. He drew lot 11, 
 Cicero, and lived on it till his death, being buried in a small 
 cemetery at Shepard Point. He was ordained in North 
 Stamford Congregational church, Conn., June 27, 1787, and 
 was dismissed June 11, 1794. Several deeds describe him 
 as of Stamford as late as '96, and in some he is styled 
 "Reverend." On June 7, 1783, he married Mrs. Melisent 
 Edsall, widow of Nehemiah Finor, by whom he had four 
 children. After leaving Stamford he lived in Orange Co., 
 N. Y., which was partly peopled from that part of West- 
 chester which Stamford claimed. Clark said : "At an early 
 day he took possession of his lot, sold a part of it, cleared 
 and cultivated the residue, and with his family, lived happily 
 upon it till his death in 1824." He married again, and his 
 wife, Sally, was 60 in 1821, and was appointed administrator 
 March 8, 1822. 
 
 Oliver Stevens — The grave of this pioneer is un- 
 marked, but in the Cicero cemetery is this : 
 
 "Nancy, | Wife of | Oliver Stevens, | died | Nov. 21, 
 1842 ; I in the 84, y'r | of her age." 
 
 He was the son of Andrew and Esther Stevens and was 
 bom in Canaan, Ct., in 1759, dying in Cicero in 1813. In 
 Aug., 1740, he married Nancy Crittendon of Salisbury, Ct. 
 He enlisted in Capt. John Stevens' Co., Jan. 22, '76, and went 
 to Quebec. He was also in Capt. Scofield's Co., '79, for one 
 month. He and Rial Bingham were the earliest settlers at 
 Brewerton, where Vanderkemp found both in 1792. Clark 
 said he "was induced to settle at Fort Brewerton in 1789, 
 by the representations of two brothers, who had been in 
 garrison there in 1756-7-8. Upon their statement, he came 
 on, took possession, and opened a trader's store." The gen- 
 eral account may be true, but the fort was built in 11^9. 
 In 1794 "Mr. Stevens was commissioned by Gov. Clinton, 
 
 to erect a block house at this place He moved to the 
 
 south of the river where he died in 1813." 
 
 The remains of this house could be seen when Clark 
 wrote his history. Hon. John L. Stevens, his son, was born 
 at Salina in 1802, and his monument is at Brewerton. Many 
 interesting stories are told of this pioneer. 
 
20 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Those names which follow have records but are not cer- 
 tainly identified. 
 
 Stephen Benedict | died Nov. 23, 1833 | aged 78 yrs. | 
 Miriam, his wife, | died Aug. 4, 1822 | aged 60 years. | 
 Buried at Greenville, Greene Co., N. Y. 
 
 These names are in the Stone Arabia cemetery. The 
 name appears as Lieut, in the 13th Regt., Albany Co., and as 
 a private in 3rd Regt., Dutchess Co. The former is prefer- 
 able. In 1790 there were two in Albany Co., and one in Dan- 
 bury, Ct. 
 
 William Paksons | Died | Aug. 5, 1842. | Aged | 76 years 
 11 I mo. & 13 days. | 
 
 This is from the Cicero village cemetery, and the name 
 is in Capt. Barron's Co., N. H., '80. A frequent name in 
 1790, and therefore doubtful. 
 
 In I Memory of | David Porter | who died May 26th, '| 
 1820, I aged 57 years. 
 
 The aged friend of man lies heare | 
 
 that pity care and attendance could not save. | 
 
 In I Memory of Esther | wife of | David Porter | who 
 
 died Sept. | 6th, 1835, | ag'd | 63 years, | 6 months & 15 
 
 days. I 
 
 These are in the Stone Arabia cemetery. Nine of the 
 name were enrolled in Mass., and others in N. Y. and Ver- 
 mont. The nam^ was frequent in 1790. 
 
 Mr. Porter was born in Salisbury, Ct., December 4, 
 1763, and was too young for Conn, records. He married 
 Esther Burr, of Canaan, N. Y., '88, who was bom there 
 Feb. 22, 1772. He was a carpenter, and after living in 
 Pompey and De Ruyter, he bought a farm in Cicero, on 
 Oneida Lake, in 1812 or '13. He may have been in Capt. 
 McClure's Co., Vt., '81, but more probably was enrolled in 
 7th Regiment, Westchester Co., N. Y. The name appears 
 in several Conn, companies, but he was too young for these. 
 
 In I Memory of | Jacob T. Teneyck, | who departed 
 this life I July 4, 1839 | aged 79 years | 5 mo. & 3 ds, I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 21 
 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, | 
 
 Till the last trumpets joyful sound, | 
 Then burst the chains in sweet surprise, ] 
 And in my saviour's image rise. | 
 This is in the Cicero village cemetery. The name occurs 
 in the 2d and 11th Albany Co. regiments, and in 1790 two 
 were in New York. Probable. 
 
 CLAY. 
 
 William Beagle [ Died | April 19, 1841, | Aged | 78 
 years. | 
 
 Susannah Beagle | Died ] Aug. 7, 1845, | Aged 78 
 years. | 
 
 Euclid cemetery. Enrolled in Capt. William McMire's 
 company, N. J. 
 
 Henry Becker — His name appears on the Baldwins- 
 ville monument and several times in N. Y. Revolutionary 
 rolls. In 1790 he was in Palatine, N. Y. Though assigned 
 to Camillus in recent lists, his name is among the founders 
 of the English Lutheran church, near Clay station, about 
 1826, and he is probably interred in the Sand Plains or 
 Euclid cemetery, where his son Henry and others of the 
 family lie. No stone was found in memory of the veteran. 
 
 Samuel Bragden — This pensioner of 1840 lived with 
 Thomas Bragden of Clay, and was then 78 years old. Three 
 of the name were enrolled in Massachusetts, and two heads 
 of families were in Maine in 1790. 
 
 Samuel Buckman — This veteran married Kesiah 
 Wood, March 6, 1780. (Cosiah in Amherst marriages) . He 
 was married in Pelham, Mass., but was in Amherst when 
 he marched on the Lexington alarm. It is said he livecPin 
 Castleton, Vt., before coming to N. Y., but he was recorded 
 in Stamford, Vt., in 1790. He applied for a pension while 
 in Nunda, N. Y., but drew his last quarter, March, 1835, in 
 Clay, where he had then lived for two years. 
 
 Jonathan Hall | A Soldier of 1776, | Died | April 
 16th, I 1827, aged 71 years 1 Mo. I & 16 D's, I 
 
22 
 
 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 This inscription is at Caughdenoy, Oswego Co., where 
 one cemetery suffices for both sides of the river. Ten of 
 this name are in the Mass. rolls, one of whom, from Middle- 
 borough, was 22 years old in '78, nearly the same as above. 
 He was 5 feet 11 inches high, and of light complexion. 
 
 John Lynn — In 1840 this pensioner was living in Clay, 
 at the age of 88, and had been one of the early settlers. He 
 was buried in the Euclid cemetery, but no stone has been 
 reported. Clarke made the age a little more, saying that 
 "In 1800, John Lyme (Lynn) settled near the centre of the 
 town and is now (1847) living at the advanced age of 97 
 years." He was in the Connecticut service, and may have 
 been the John Lynd of Duanesburg, Albany Co., in 1790. 
 His wife's stone reads : "Sally | wife of | John Lynn | died 
 April I 5, 1830 | aged 63 years." 
 
 Joel Marshall | died | Jan. 14th | 1838 | in the 79th 
 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 'Tis finished, 'tis done, the spirit has fled, | 
 
 The christian is living, the christian is dead. | 
 
 The christian is living, by Jesus love, | 
 
 And gladly receiving a kingdom above. | 
 
 HULDAH I wife of I Joel Marshall | died | March 26th 
 
 1840 I Aged 79 years | 5 m. & 26 d's. | 
 
 At length 'tis finished, yes the conflict's o'er | 
 
 And pain and sorrow shall molest no more. | 
 
 blissful state where joys that never end | 
 
 Reward the tender Mother, dearest friend | 
 
 Self love be silent, dare no more to complain | 
 
 Compare your loss with her eternal gain. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. In 1790 he was living in Tewks- 
 
 bury, Mass., and marched from that place in the Lexington 
 
 alarm, as a private in Capt. Jonathan Brown's Co., Col. 
 
 Moses Little's regiment. 
 
 Patrick McGee.— The age, date of death and grave of 
 this pioneer are unknown, but Clark said he was taken by 
 Sir John Johnson in 1779, adding that "On the first night 
 of their departure, they encamped for the night at Three 
 River Point, where the prisoners were bound and tied to 
 trees until morning. Capt. Patrick McGee was one of the 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 23 
 
 prisoners, and was so much pleased with the beauty of the 
 place at this time, at the junction of the rivers, that at the 
 close of the war, he selected it for his residence, spent the 
 residue of his life there, and was buried on the spot he had 
 previously selected for that purpose. These facts were re- 
 lated by him during his life." In this account Clark errone- 
 ously thought Johnson's boats were left at Harbor Brook. 
 He erred also in saying that "Patrick McGee settled at 
 Brewerton, in Cicero, in 1791, and that year erected the first 
 frame house in this town, which was occupied as a tav- 
 ern by him." Bingham and Stevens at that time were 
 there alone with their families. In 1793 he was not the 
 first settler at Three River Point. Barker was keeping tavern 
 there two years before, but McGee may have succeeded 
 Bingham at a later day. It is said that the town meeting of 
 1807 was held at his house. In 1790 his name was recorded 
 at Stephentown, N. Y. The name appears three times in the 
 Berkshire Co. rolls, Mass., but may refer to one person only. 
 One was from Pittsfield, born in 1756, and served '77-'79. 
 He was of dark complexion and 5 feet 5 inches high. It is 
 also the name of a corporal of '78, in Capt. Campbell's Co., 
 Col. Moses Hazen's regiment, N. H. Both these dates of 
 service are earlier than Johnson's raid. 
 
 Zebulon Patchett I died | April 26, 1847 | Aged 84 
 Y'rs. I 
 
 Euclid cemetery. In 1790 he was living in Hoosick, 
 N. Y. He was enrolled in 8th Albany Co. regiment, and 
 later in the 17th Land Bounty Rights regiment of that 
 county. There are others in this cemetery who might have 
 served but they lack records. 
 
 James Smith. — This pensioner was 80 years oM in 
 1840, and lived with Leonard Smith. The name is fre*ent 
 in N. Y. and New England rolls, there being 72 entries in 
 Massachusetts alone. We give no record now. 
 
 Ellis Thayer. — This veteran was born in Richmond, 
 N. H., Sept. 10, 1752, and died in Clay, N. Y., 1840. He mar- 
 ried Polly Shafter, March 15, '73, who was born April 16, 
 '55. Afterward he lived in Brooklyn, Windham Co., Vt. In 
 
24 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Sept., '76, Allis Thayer, of N. H., served in Capt. Houghton's 
 Co., Col. Baldwin's regiment, for New York. 
 
 DE WITT. 
 Stephen Angel. — This pioneer came to Jamesville be- 
 fore 1800, dying in 1804, and was head of a family in 
 Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1790. He served from Norwich, 
 Mass., and enlisted for 3 years, April 10, '81. He was then 
 17 years old, and 5 feet 6 inches high. Letters of adminis- 
 tration to Asael Saunders, April 10, 1804, place him in 
 Pompey. 
 
 Anthony Badgley, | Died | July 23, 1829, | Ae. 78 Y'rs 
 8 Mo. & 11 D's. I 
 
 Mary Bookhout, ] Wife of | Anthony Badgley, | Died | 
 Sept. 23, 1820. | Ae. 66 Y'rs 8 Mo. & 24 ds. | 
 
 These are in the cemetery north of Orville, where sev- 
 eral veterans lie. The name is in Dutchess Co., 4th Land 
 Bounty Rights regiment, and in 1790 at Watervliet, N. Y. 
 The wife may have been the sister of a Revolutionary soldier 
 in Pompey. 
 
 Andrew Balsley. — This pensioner was 85 in 1840 and 
 lived with James Balsley. He may be the Andrew Baltly of 
 1790, at Palatine, N. Y. 
 
 Eliakim Barnum I an Officer of | the Revolution | Died 
 Sept'r 18, 1835 | Ae. 86 Y'rs. | 
 
 Sarah | his Wife died Nov. 20th, 1825; | Ae. 73 Y'rs. | 
 Jamesville cemetery. The name is in the 3d Dutchess 
 Co. regiment, but he was not a N. Y. officer. In Col. Zebulon 
 Butler's 2d Conn, regiment, Ensign Eli Barnum ranked as 
 2d lieutenant. As names were often shortened in common 
 use, this was probably his rank. In 1790 he was in Ballston, 
 N. Y. 
 
 In memory of Freelove Blake | who Died May 27th | 
 A. D. 1815 I in the 65th year | of his age. | 
 
 In the Orville cemetery. In Capt. James Arnold's Co., 
 Middletown, Conn., '75, and in the same place in 1790. Felove 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 25 
 
 Blake appears in Col. Van Cortland's 2d N. Y. Line, and may 
 have been the same man, as soldiers often enlisted in more 
 than one state. His sons became administrators, July 4, 
 1815. 
 
 Henry Bogardus, | A soldier | of the revolution ] Died [ 
 June 21, 1841. | Ae. 77 Y'rs. 
 
 MARY, I Wife of I Henry Bogardus | Died | Feb. 3, 1868 | 
 Aged 92 Years. | 
 
 In memory of Deborah, Wife of | Cornelius Bogardus, | 
 who died Nov. 18th, 1817. | Aged 73 years 10 | months & 
 21 days. 
 
 These are in the Orville cemetery. Cornelius Bogardus, 
 whose wife was buried here, was in the 2d Dutchess Co. 
 Regt. The pensioner, Henry Bogardus, was living with 
 Henry P. Bogardus in 1840, giving his age as 77 years. He 
 was a prominent citizen, and his name appears both in the 
 N. Y. Line and in the 6th Regt. of Dutchess Co. Timothy 
 C. Cheney, in his Reminiscences, speaks of stopping at the 
 little tavern — 20 by 30 feet square and a story and a half 
 high — "on the present site of the Empire block, kept by Mr. 
 Bogardus, an old Revolutionary soldier." This was built in 
 1805. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | Peter Bogardus |who de- 
 parted I this life, April 3d, | 1826, | in the 71st year | of his 
 
 age. 
 
 In I Memory of | Martha, wife of | Peter Bogardus, | 
 who died March 31st | 1823. Aged 61 years | 4 months & 
 
 24 days. 
 
 Also in Orville cemetery. His name is in the N. Y. 
 Line, the 6th Regt. of Dutchess Co. and other N. Y. organi- 
 zations, being a frequent name along the Hudson river. At 
 a celebration in Syracuse, July 5, 1824, thirty Revoluliniary 
 soldiers were present, walking in the procession. Th^yra- 
 cuse Gazette said : "It was a truly interesting sight to see 
 among our fellow citizens who participated in the festivities 
 of this day, about thirty of the remnant of that gallant band 
 of patriots who fought in the Revolution. These spared 
 monuments of our country's boast honored the cwnpany 
 with their presence throughout the day, giving a zest to the 
 festivities rarely to be found in common celebrations of this 
 
26 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 national anniversary." The veterans thus expressed their 
 pleasure : — 
 
 To Col. Amos P. Granger, and through him to the Committee 
 of Arrangements : 
 
 At the request of those soldiers of the revolution present 
 at this day's celebration, the undersigned take this occasion 
 to express their gratitude for the polite and generous atten- 
 tion shown them on this interesting occasion. To us who are 
 now tottering on the down hill of life, whose now feeble 
 limbs were once strong in our country's cause, who went 
 forth to perish or gain that liberty we this day enjoy; the 
 satisfaction of a cheerful welcome, responded by our 
 children and our children's children, cannot fail to reach 
 our hearts and inspire us with respectful gratitude. In 
 you we witness that republican spirit which actuated us in 
 times past, and sustained us in the dreadful conflict, and 
 now holds the world in awe. In the height of your prosper- 
 ity you were not unmindful of us, a small remnant of the 
 army of the revolution, but conferred on us the honor of 
 leading you to the festive board, under the banners of our 
 hard earned independence. Gentlemen, accept our thanks, 
 and may the God of mercy lengthen your days, strengthen 
 your hands and unite your hearts, in patriotic devotion to 
 the honor and welfare of our beloved country. 
 
 JOHN YOUNG, 
 BENJAMIN DARLING, 
 GAD MILLER, 
 ASA PARK, 
 HENRY BOGARDUS, 
 PETER BOGARDUS, 
 Committee in behalf of the '76 men. 
 Syracuse, July 5, 1824, 
 
 This proved a farewell address, for they marched no 
 more but rode in carriages. 
 
 In I memory | of | Philip Britton ] who departed this 
 I life August 30th | 1812. | in the 53rd year | of his age. | 
 
 In I memory of | Bashaby, | wife of | Philip Britton, I 
 who departed this life | April 5th 1821, | in the 63d year I 
 of her age. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 27 
 
 Collamer. In Capt. Josiah Keith's Co., Col. John Dag- 
 gett's regiment, Easton, Mass., 21 days in '76. In 1790 he 
 was recorded in Surry, N. H. 
 
 Silas Burk | Born | Apr. 10, 1765 I Died I Aug. 21, 
 1843. I 
 
 Martha Millington | Wife of | S. Burk | Bom | Feb. 
 6, 1775 j Died | Oct. 21, 1835. | 
 
 Orville cemetery. A pensioner in 1840, aged 75. He is 
 said to have been born in Massachusetts, but the name is in 
 Vermont rolls, 1780-82, and also in 1790 at Westminster, 
 Windham Co., Vt. 
 
 In Memory of | Nehemiah Carpenter, | who Died Feb. 
 24, 1832 ; | Aged 74 Y'rs 7 Mo's & 25 Da's. | also [ In Memory 
 of Ann, I Wife of Nehemiah Carpenter, | Who Died July | 
 22, 1834, I Aged 71 Y'rs 3 Mo's & 21 Days. | 
 
 Collamer cemetery. Mr. Carpenter was born in Queens 
 Co., N. Y., June 29, 1757, and settled in Dutchess Co., going 
 to Manlius in 1816, according to Clayton. The name occurs 
 in four regiments of the N. Y. Line, and also in Pawlett's 
 Levies. Three of the name were heads of families in N. Y. 
 in 1790. He was bom at Jamaica, L. I., June 29, 1757, and 
 married Ann Bookout, Feb. 13, 1782. She was born April 
 1, 1768. The Carpenter Memorial says : "He died Feb. 24, 
 1832, at Dewitt or Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and was 
 buried on the farm of his son Vliet, now the center of East 
 Syracuse. His remains were removed to the burying ground 
 of Collamer. He is recognized as a veteran of the Eevolu- 
 tion." He enlisted several times. After the war he removed 
 to Dutchess Co., and then to Manlius in 1816. 
 
 Thomas Dixon | died | April 2, 1850 '» .c. 91 years. | 
 He served in the capacity of Artilleryman in the Revolution j 
 And died in the faith of the Gospel of Christ. | a 
 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground | 
 
 Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, | 
 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise | 
 
 And in my saviour's image rise. | 
 
 Amy Dixon, | Died | Deer 26, 1854, | Aged | 85 Years 1 
 Mo. & 21 I Days. | 
 
 Mother, thou hast gone before us, & thy saintly soul has 
 flown I 
 
28 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Where tears are wiped from every eye, and sorrow is 
 unknown. | 
 
 There thou art sure to meet the good | And all the 
 faithful blest, | 
 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary 
 are at rest. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. In 1840 Dixon was a pensioner, 
 aged 80 years, who married Amy Knapp. He drew lot 4, 
 Pompey, and Clark said that in 1848 he was one of the last 
 four survivors of Col. Lamb's N. Y. Artillery. His residence 
 was then given as LaFayette, but his lot was next east of the 
 town line. He was a matross, a term applied to one who 
 assists in traversing, sponging, loading and firing cannon. 
 The name occurred both in Columbia and Montgomery 
 counties in 1790. In the Revolution it was in Malcolm's 
 Levies, N. Y. 
 
 In memory of ] Thomas Donnelly, | who died Feb. 4th 
 1835. 1 In the 71 year | of his age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Ruth, | Wife of | Tho. Donnelly, ] who 
 died July | 7, 1838. | In the 71st year | of her age. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. Mr. Donnelly was enrolled in the 
 4th Regt., Ulster Co., and in 1790 was in Greenburg, West- 
 chester Co., N. Y. His will was made Jan. 26, 1835 and 
 proved April 15th. 
 
 In memory of | DocT. GEORGE Eager | who departed this 
 life I Feb. 2, 1821, | age 72 years. | One of the early settlers | 
 of the town of Hanover, |New Hampshire. | 
 
 In memory of | Polly Eager | wife of | Doct'r George 
 Eager, | who departed this life | Oct. 16, 1818 ; | in the 63. 
 year | of her age. | Numbers 23.10. | Let me die the death of 
 the I righteous, and let my | last end be like his. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. When he appeared in court, Sept. 
 20, 1820, Dr. Eager said he was 74 years old, probably in- 
 tended for 71. He was surgeon's mlate in Col. Timothy 
 Bedell's Regt., N. H., serving during the war and losing his 
 property. He enlisted in '76. For a pensioner, however, he 
 was then well off, his property being worth $1,173, with 
 debts of only $500. He had also a half right to over 80 acres 
 on lot 94, Manlius, partly paid for. He had a mare 7 years 
 old, and an old sleigh which he could not use, having no har- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 29 
 
 ness. They were worth $45. Then he had "one spare bed 
 and bedding, one bedstead, crockery barely sufficient to make 
 the family decently comfortable, ironware and other articles 
 of household furniture barely sufficient to be comfortable, 
 articles of provision likewise," all worth $52. How the six 
 members of his family slept he did not say, but there may 
 have been more than one bedstead, after all. He thought he 
 might "have an honest claim to two swine, nine geese and 
 perhaps six barn-yard fowls," worth $11. It is to be hoped 
 he had, for he had a crippled arm, so that he could not work, 
 and he was too old for a doctor. He had a son, Samuel Eager, 
 aged 26; a grandson, Charles Heath, who was 17; and he 
 evidently had married again, for his wife was 51, and had 
 two daughters, Dulcene and Eunice Hammond. Samuel 
 Eager was his administrator, April 17, 1821. 
 
 George Edick. — This pensioner, aged 84 in 1840, lived 
 with his family in DeWitt. In 1790 he was in the town of 
 Herkimer, Montgomery Co., N. Y. The name of George 
 Eatick appears in Willett's N. Y. Levies. He died in 1842. 
 
 Jeremiah Gould | Died | Dec. 19, 1821 | Aged. | 71 
 Y'rs 5 Mo's & 15 | Days. 
 
 Mary Putnam | Wife of ] Jeremiah Gould | Died | May 
 21, 1850 I Aged 93 Y'rs 1 Mo. & 6 | Days. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. Col. Jeremiah Gould married 
 Mary Putnam in Warren, Mass., intention dated Aug. 30, 
 1777. She was born April 15, 1757, and had seven children. 
 In the fall of 1788 he came to Westmoreland, N. Y., and 
 thence to Onondaga, bringing his family to De Witt in 1790. 
 Phares Gould was one of his children. In the Mass. rolls 
 the name appears in Charlemtot and Worcester, both 
 marching at the Lexington alarm, but without farther re- 
 corded service. He was made major of militia in On^daga 
 Co. in 1798. 
 
 In memory of | Elias Gumaer | who departed | this 
 life Novr. 7th | 1820: | aged 72 years | 9 months and 11 
 days. I 
 
 In I Memory of | Margaret, | Wife of | Elias Gumaer; | 
 who died Septr. I 10th, 1834. | In the 82nd year of | her age. 
 
30 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. Enrolled in 2d Land Bounty 
 Rights Regt., Ulster Co. Part of this is now in Orange Co., 
 after being set oflf as Sullivan. The History of Deer Park 
 says : "Elias Gumaer, son of Peter and Charity (De Witt) 
 Gumaer, of Rochester, Orange Co., N. Y. b. Jan. 22, 1748, 
 mar. Margaret De Puy, dau. of Benjamin, and had 4 sons, 
 Benjamin, Elias Jr., Samuel and Pet^r E., and 2 dau. Charity 
 and Elizabeth. Elias, sen. and wife removed in their old 
 age to the western part of N. Y., and are buried in James- 
 ville. He died in 1820." In 1790 the name appeared as 
 Elias Gamaer, Mamakating, N. Y. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory | of | Dr. David | Holbrook, | 
 who died | Nov. 29, 1832 | Ae. 72 years. | Dr. David Holbrook 
 I was one of the | earliest settlers of this | county — an | 
 eminent Physician and | one of those | who took an active 
 part 1 in our revolutionary struggle, for | the liberty we | 
 enjoy as a nation. | 
 
 Dr. Holbrook applied for a pension Nov. 26, 1829, being 
 obliged to do so by sickness. His wife died Oct. 8, 1826, and 
 in 1829 he was living with his son-in-law, Conrad G. 
 Hotaling. He was the earliest physician in the county, and 
 in 1806 became a member of the Onon. Co. Medical Society. 
 July 1, 1779, at Adams, Berkshire Co., Mass, he enlisted for 
 nine months in Lieut. Philord's Co., in the 13th Mass. Line, 
 Gen. Glover's brigade. He served till April 20, 1780, when 
 he was discharged near West Point. He had some old 
 medical books and surgical instruments, worth $27.25, but 
 had lost his farm of 50 acres on lot 92, Manlius. He had 
 given it to his son, Henry, in consideration of life support, 
 but without security. He, in turn, deeded it to a younger 
 son and left New York. However there was a mortgage on 
 on it, and the annual product was but $45. 
 
 In Memory of | Stephen Hungerford | who died | June 
 the 10th 1814 | Aged 71 Years. | 
 
 Death conquers all the sons of men ; | 
 Few reach the three score years and ten | 
 Though here and there one may trace | 
 Let none presume 'twill be their case. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 31 
 
 In memory of | ALATHEAH | wife of | Stephen Hunger- 
 ford I who died March 14th ] 1820 Aged 70 years | & 10 
 months. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. Capt. Johnson's Light Horse 
 Militia. Served for one month in N. Y. in '76. In 1790 in 
 Bristol, Ct. 
 
 To the memory | of Stephen Leonard, | who departed 
 this I life March | 25, 1831, | aged 77 years. | 8 mo's & 8 days. 
 
 You readers of this stone, | 
 
 Must quickly hither come. | 
 
 Orville cemetery. In 1820, being 67 years old, Mr. 
 Leonard appeared in court. His property was then valued 
 at $56.29 and his debts were about $80. On account of his 
 wealth his nam'e had been dropped from the rolls in 1824, 
 when he made a second application. Being unable to walk 
 he could not personally appear. His property he valued at 
 $29.92, but a house and lot had been sold on mortgage, and 
 he now had to pay rent. In his family were his wife Lois, 
 aged 61, and daughter, Hannah Goodrich, with her five chil- 
 dren. They were paupers, however, and he thought the 
 town of Pompey should support them. He enlisted in 1778 
 in the N. J. Line, in Capt. Cox's Co., Col. Jonathan Dayton's 
 Regt., serving his full time, and being discharged at 
 Elizabethtown, N. J. His name appears in the Western 
 Battalion, Morris, N. J. 
 
 Jacob G. Low | Died Apr. | 9, 1845, | In the 90 year of 
 his age. | 
 
 Elizabeth | Wife of | Jacob I. Low ] Died | Oct. 14, 
 1849 I In the 65 year of her age. | 
 
 When the above inscriptions were copied at Jamesville, 
 both these graves were marked by flags, the first inference 
 being that they were husband and wife. In that case there 
 would have been a difference of 29 years, and a Revolimon- 
 ary widow did not often go over a score. Elizabeth, how- 
 ever, was a daughter-in-law, and Mr. Low lived with his 
 son, John G. Low, in 1840, being then 84. He served in Col. 
 James Clinton's 3d Regt., N. Y. Line, and was in Ulster Co., 
 in 1790. The name has been given as Gow. 
 
 ROGER Merrill— This pioneer came to Jamesville be- 
 fore 1800. He was in Col. Mooney's regiment, from West 
 
32 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Nottingham, N. H., serving in R. I. '79-'80, in Capt. Daniel 
 Emerson's company. 
 
 In memory of | Dea. Peter R. Messenger | who de- 
 parted this life I in Pompey | March 25, 1821 | in the 58 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 Jesus can make a dying bed | 
 
 Seem soft as downy pillows are, | 
 While on his breast I rest my head, | 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there. | 
 Jamesville cemetery. In Capt. Wells' detachment, 3d 
 Berkshire Regt., Oct. 30 to Nov. 7, '81, and at Saratoga. In 
 1790 at Ballston, N. Y. Abigail, his wife, was executor of 
 his will, made July 24, 1820, and proved May 23, 1821. 
 
 In I Memory of | Gad Miller | who died 1 Nov. 23, 
 18^38, I Ae. 72 years. 
 
 In Memory of | Anna, | wife of | Gad Miller | who 
 died I March 16, 1838, | Ae, 68 years. 
 
 Orville. In Capt. Samuel Clark's Co., Col. Benj. Si- 
 monds' Reg., Berkshire Co., Mass., enlisted Oct. 26, 1780. 
 Three days' service in alarm. In 1790, Williamstown, Mass. 
 
 In I memory of | Benjamin Morehouse, | one of the 
 first settlers | of the town of Manlius, | who departed | this 
 life I April 26, 1813, | aged 61 | years. ] 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. Enrolled in 4th Regt., Westches- 
 ter Co. He was the first settler in De Witt, coming from 
 Fredericksburg, Dutchess Co., and arriving April 26, 1789, 
 with his wife and three small children. He settled at More- 
 house's Flats, east of Janiesville, and there, said Clark, 
 "Opened the first tavern kept in the county, in 1790. From 
 his dignified deportment, he soon received the sobriquet of 
 Governor, from travelers and the few surrounding inhabi- 
 tants." At his house was held the first Manlius town meet- 
 ing in 1794. Jay Morehouse and William Eager were ad- 
 ministrators. May 3, 1813. 
 
 In memory of | COL. David Olmsted, | a native of | 
 Ridgefield, Connecticut, | who departed this life | Feb. 8, 
 1813 ; I Aged 64 years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 33 
 
 In memory of | George W. Olmsted | son of ] Col. 
 David Olmsted | Born April 27, 1776. | Died 1840. | In the 
 65th Year | of his age. | Also of | Abigail Ingersoll ] First 
 wife of I Col. David Olmsted. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. David Olmsted was captain of 
 a company in Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment, '79, in 
 Connecticut. One entry has "Capt'n David Olmstid Ridge- 
 field." He also served in the Conn, legislature in the war. 
 He was great-grandfather of the Rt. Rev. Charles Tyler 
 Olmsted, Bishop of Central New York. In 1790 he was still 
 in Ridgefield, but soon came here, and in 1806 his house 
 at Jamesville "was considered the best tavern west of 
 Utica." The name of his first wife, Abigail Ingersoll, 
 daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll, Congregational 
 minister of Ridgefield, is on the stone with her son, who 
 was County Clerk in 1810, and who married Comfort Tyler's 
 daughter, Mary. Abigail Ingersoll was born May 7, 1751, 
 married Col. Olmsted in 1769, he being then 20, and was 
 probably mother of all his children. The oldest was born 
 in 1770, and George W. was the third. Col. Olmsted after- 
 ward married another Abigail, legatee in his will, made 
 Jan. 16, 1813, proved March 10, 1913, agreeing with 
 stone. As in other cases, many of his men afterward came 
 here, one naturally drawing another. Hannah Ingersoll, 
 sister of Abigail and born in 1756, married Josiah Raymond, 
 afterward of Manlius. 
 
 Oliver Owen — This pioneer built a sawmill at James- 
 ville in 1795, and was at Mamakating, N. Y., in '90. There 
 he had been enrolled in 2d Ulster regiment. Nathaniel Owen 
 was his administrator, June 2, 1802. 
 
 John Post | Died | Dec. 6, 1830 | in the 83 year | of his 
 age. I 
 
 Margaretta I Wife of | John Post, | Died | July 6, 18|6| 
 In the 81 | year | of her age. | 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. This veteran was a zealous Free 
 Mason, aiding in establishing early lodges in Oneida Co., 
 while residing there. In an address on the order in that 
 county Mr. Res Williams gave a sketch of his life. He 
 was born Dec. 28, 1748, and married Margaretji Bellinger, 
 Jan, 7, '76. They had eleven children. The name occurs in 
 
34 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 several N, Y. companies, and he was a staff officer much of 
 the time, being at Burgoyne's surrender, in Sulhvan's ex- 
 pedition, and also at Monmouth and Yorktown. In 1790 he 
 began trading with the Six Nations, and afterward estab- 
 lished a line of packet and freight boats between Albany and 
 Utica. He was the first postmaster in the latter place, and 
 long a merchant there. A disastrous fire in 1806 destroyed 
 his wealth, and he came to Manlius, settling about a mile 
 east of Jamesville, where he died. 
 
 Pelham Ripley, | A Soldier | of the Revolution | Died | 
 May 31, 1841, | Aged | 76 Y'rs & 10 Mo's. | 
 
 HULDAH, 1 Wife of I Pelham Ripley ] Died | July 3, 
 1864 I Aged 87 Years 1 Mo. & | 25 Days. 1 
 
 Orville. In the census of 1840 it is Pelham W. Ripley, 
 aged 76. He may have been one of those called Pirum Rip- 
 ley in the rolls, one being another pensioner living in New 
 York. 
 
 In memory of | Simon | Terwilliger | who died Aug. | 
 5th 1839 I aged 79 years, 5 m's | & 16 days. | 
 
 Jane | Wife of j Simon Terwilliger | died April 4, | 
 1846 ; I Ae. 75 yrs. & 6 | months. J 
 
 Collamer cemetery. Enrolled in 5th Ulster Co. regi- 
 ment. In Shawangunk in 1790. 
 
 William Vermilyea — His name appears in the 7th 
 regiment of Dutchess Co., and he was a pensioner, aged 74 
 in 1840. Several of the name were heads of families in 
 N. Y. in 1790. 
 
 Major Watson — The name is not a title, and as a pen- 
 sioner he resided with Daniel Downs in 1840, being then 93 
 years old. He served under Col. Goose Van Schaick, in the 
 1st Regiment, N. Y, Line, and does not appear in the cen- 
 sus of 1790. 
 
 Mr. I Matthew | Willcox | died Nov. | 2nd 1833 Aet. 
 82 Y. 
 
 Death is a debt | To nature due | 
 Which I have paid | And so must you. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 35 
 
 In I memory of | Rachel, wife | of Matthew | Willcox 
 who I died Dec. 13th, | 1818. | Aged 57 | years. ] 
 
 Jamesville cemetery. He served in Capt. Vail's Co., 
 defense of seacoast at Guilford, Ct., 8 months and 20 days 
 in '81, and was in Tyringham, Mass., in 1790. 
 
 Samuel Wilcox ] 1740-1827 | Lois Wilcox | 1744- 
 1824. I 
 
 Orville cemetery. According to some accounts this 
 soldier was born in Peru, Mass., Jan. 2, 1744. One says 
 he died June 28, 1827, aged 83 years, and this is the state- 
 ment in Onondaga's Centennial : "In 1798 Capt Samuel Wil- 
 cox, an officer land a prisoner in the Revolutionary war, 
 came from Peru, Mass., (where he was born January 2, 
 1744), and located on 640 acres at what is now Lyndon, W. 
 of and near FayetteVille, where he died June 28, 1827." 
 Samuel Wilcocks was a 2d Lieutenant in Patterson's regi- 
 ment, and was at Bunker Hill and also at Quebec. He re- 
 turned thence in '76. Afterward he was captured and 
 placed in a prison ship. In 1790 his name was recorded at 
 Westport, Mass. In contrast to the above. Polly Wilcox 
 appears as administrator of Samuel, Nov. 22, 1809, of 
 course another man. 
 
 In I Memory of | John Young, Esq. | who departed this 
 life I Sept. 9, 1834 | Aged 82 years. | 
 
 Here lies the body of John Young | 
 God's praises dwelt upon his tongue | 
 His heart was often filled with love, | 
 While hei:e below, but now he's gone ] 
 To join God's saints around the throne | 
 And shout and praise redeeming love. | 
 In memory of | Elizabeth Young, | the wife of John 
 Young, I who departed this life | the ISthi of Oct. 1825, | aged 
 75 years. | • 
 
 When the last trump shall rend the skies | 
 Her sleeping dust then will arise ; | 
 The King of Glory joyful meet, | 
 And cast her crown at Jesus feet. | 
 These graves are in the old cemtetery in the village of 
 Orville. A family sketch says "John Young was born in 
 Windsor, Conn., Oct. 4, 1752, and in 1772 married Elizabeth 
 
36 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Parsons, a daughter of John Parsons, of Windsor. When 
 the war of the Revolution was declared he was living at 
 Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he enlisted as a private, 
 afterward serving as sergeant under Capt. Collins and Col. 
 White in the American army. Following the close of the 
 war he removed from Ballston in 1788 ( ?) to Onondaga Co., 
 and settled on the military tract, lot 62, town of Manlius. 
 He was the first resident of that part of the town." His 
 second wife, widow Prudence Elliott, survived him and mar- 
 ried again. The date of settlement is too early. He came 
 to Orville in 1791, and it was at first called after him. He 
 built the first frame house and kept the first tavern there, 
 being also the first justice of peace in Manlius and holding 
 that office a long time. 
 
 The following are of Revolutionary age, with records 
 but not identified. 
 
 Abijah Adams | Died | Feb. 3rd, | 1841. | In the 83 | 
 year of | his age. | 
 
 Cemetery on the Salt Springs road, east of Syracuse. 
 Onon. Cent, says : "Abijah Adams, one of the first settlers 
 in De Witt, came from Ct. about 1800, and took up a sol- 
 dier's claim, about four miles east of Syracuse, on the Gen- 
 esee turnpike." Four appear in Mass. rolls, but some may 
 be records of second service. The name is not in Conn, 
 rolls or census. 
 
 William Brewster | died June 30, 1820; | aged 60 
 years. | 
 
 Abigail | Wife of Wm. Brewster | Died Jan. 10, 1839, | 
 Aged 70 years. | 
 
 Jamesville. The name is in the 3d Regiment, N. Y. 
 Line. Among seven entries in Mass., is a suggestive one 
 of a soldier from Boston, July 22, '80, who was then 21, 
 and enlisted for 3 years in Capt. Loring's Co. In 1790 there 
 were three of the name in Mass. 
 
 Henry Burhans | Died | Sept. 18, 1848 | Ae. 82 Y'rs. 
 
 Lydia, I Wife of I Henry Burhans | Died | March 2, 
 1847 I Ae. 70 Y'rs 1 Mo. | & 15 D's. | 
 
 Orville cemetery. His name was in the Albany Co. 
 Land Bounty Rights regiment, and in 1790 in Watervliet, 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 37 
 
 N. Y. He was bom June 22, 1766 and in 1797 married 
 Lydia Churchill, born Jan. 11, '77. . Though young at the 
 time he may have served late in the war. The family his- 
 tory says: "At the time of his death Henry was living at 
 Syracuse, N. Y., and many of his descendants still live in 
 that village." 
 
 In I memory of | John Burton, | who died | April 8th, 
 1822 I aged 57 years. | Erected by his son. | 
 
 CoUamer cemetery. Out of several names in rolls 
 the only one suitable is found in Capt. Timothy Bush's Co., 
 1780. There were three of the name in New England in 
 1790. 
 
 JOHN Devoe I Died | Sept. 14, 1836 | Ae. 87 Y'rs. ] 
 Collamer. The name is in three Albany regiments, one 
 of Dutchess and one of Westchester Co., and occurs several 
 times in 1790, mostly in Albany Co. Probable. Will made 
 Sept. 24, 1836, which does not agree with the stone. Proved 
 Dec. 14th. His wife was Phebe Devoe. 
 
 Isaac Dodge, | died | Feb. 2, 1851, | Aged 92 years. | 
 Firm and true & steadfast | ever, few so upright in 
 
 endeavor, | of that noble generous nature. | 
 
 Jamesville. Several appear in the Mass. rolls and in 
 
 the census of 1790. 
 
 In I Memory of | Daniel Hare, | who died ] March 12th, 
 1838, I in the 94 Year 1 of His Age. 
 
 Sarah | Wife of | Daniel Hare, | Died | Jan. 17, 1858. | 
 Aged I 81 Years. 
 
 Here anxious cares no more invade her breast | 
 
 But peaceful slumbers lull her soul to rest, | 
 
 Till the last trump shall rise her from the dust | % 
 
 To joys eternal, which await the just. | 
 
 Collamer. Name in Albany Co., 7th Regt. Two in 
 Albany Co., 1790. Probable. 
 
 Job Keen | Died | June 9, 1843 ; | Ae. 83 Years. 
 Nancy Keene, | Died | June 28, 1865, | Ae. 89 y'rs. 
 Jamesville. In Mass. rolls the name is in Capt. Benj- 
 amin Lawrence's Co., Col. George Williams' Regt., '77 ; and 
 
38 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 in Capt. Benj. Reed's (Freetown) Co., Col. Hathaway's 
 Regt., enlisted July 29, '80. In 1790, Pembroke, Mass. 
 Probable. 
 
 In memory of | Dea. Joseph Leavitt | who died May | 
 30, 1835 I In the 82. year | of his age. 
 
 Come hither friends, diy up your tears, | 
 I must lie here till Christ appears 
 And at his coming I will have 
 A joyful rising form the grave. 
 Jamesville A frequent name in rolls and census in New 
 England. Probable. Will made April 22 and proved Aug. 
 21, 1835, Abigail Leavitt, executrix. 
 
 In I Memory of | Joseph Reed, | who departed this life | 
 April 13th 1825, | in the 60th year of | his age. 
 
 In I Memory of | Elizabeth, | wife of | Joseph Reed, | 
 who died March 3d, 1834 ; | aged 57 years. 
 
 Jamesville. Several of this name were enrolled in New 
 York and New England. 
 
 Robert Mark Richardson | Died | Feb. 22, 1842 | Aged 
 75 Y'rs 8 Mo I & 4 D's. | 
 
 Betsey, | Wife of ] R. M. Richardson | Died July 29, 
 1839 J Aged 58 Y'rs, 5 Mo's | & 25 Days. | 
 
 Jamesville, where a flag marked his grave. The name 
 appears in Lamb's Art. and 1st N. Y. Line, and also as appli- 
 cant for a pension in N. Y. It was also in Capt. McConnell's 
 Co., N. H., and in 1790 at Fishkill, N. Y. The flag may have 
 indicated a soldier of 1812. 
 
 Samuel Shepard | Died | July 7, 1849 | Aged 87 Y's & 
 5 M's. I 
 
 Jemima, Wife of | Samuel Shepard | Died Oct. 21, 
 1856, I Aged 86 Y's & 6 M's. | 
 
 Jamesville. Name in Capt. Peter Talbot's Co., Stough- 
 ton, Mass., '75-'76. Also in Capt. Timothy Clements' Co., 
 N. H., '76. In 1790 in Amesbury, Mass. 
 
 In I Memory of | Elijah Sprague, | who departed this 
 life I Oct. 12, 1817, I Aged 50 Years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 39 
 
 Jamesville. Name in 12th regiment, Albany Co., and in 
 N. Y. and Mass. in 1790. William Eager was his adminis- 
 trator, Dec. 3, 1817. 
 
 Andrew Thompson | Died | Sept. 23, 1839, | Ae. 73 
 Y'rs. I 
 
 Elizabeth Thompson | Died | March 24, 1819, | Ae. 
 46 Y'rs. I 
 
 Village cemetery, Orville. In 1790 in Albany Co. In 
 Albany regiments and elsewhere in New York. 
 
 ELBRIDGE. 
 
 In I memory of | Gabriel Bennett. | who died | May 
 7th 1825, I aged 86 | years 11 months | and 13 | days. | 
 
 In I memory of | Deboeah Bennett | wife of Gabriel 
 Bennett | who died | June 28th 1820, | aged 82 years 2 | 
 month & 15 | days. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery, east of the village. Corporal in 
 Capt. Hine's Co., Ridgefield, Ct., July, '79. He was still 
 there in 1790 and no other appears. 
 
 Nathan Bennett, | Born | March 28, 1755, | Died | 
 April 8, 1831, | Ag'd 76 Years j & 11 days. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. His wife, Huldah Barlow, had two 
 brothers in the army. Onon. Cent, says he was a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier and "was taken prisoner at the battle of 
 Monmouth." The name occurs as ensign in Col. Samuel 
 Whiting's regiment, Ct, in '77. His son David was born in 
 Ridgefield, Ct., and died in Elbridge Dec. 18, 1882, aged 96 
 years, being one of thirteen children. The father served in 
 Connecticut, and is said to have been a pensioner, but it is 
 absurd to say that he "at the age of fourteen entered the 
 Revolutionary army," though he marched at the Lexington 
 alarm. 
 
 James Betts, | Died Sept. 17, 1843, | In the 85 year | 
 of his age. | 
 
 A patriot of 76 who serv'd | his country 6 & half years | 
 to gain our liberties. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Jordan. A pioneer there in 1840, re- 
 ported as 80 years old, and a corporal in Capt. Hamtramck's 
 
40 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Co. of Light Infantry, Col. Van Cortlandt's 2d N. Y. Line. 
 He drew lot 10 of township 16, or Ovid. 
 
 In memory of | Mr. Thomas | Bond, | who died Dec. | 
 12, 1831, I in his 79th y'r. | 
 
 When God the sleeping | dead shall raise, \ 
 
 And light from dark | ness burst, | 
 His form shall speak \ his savor's praise, | 
 And prove this trib | ute gust. | 
 In memory of | Mrs. Sarah, | Wife of | Thomas Bond, | 
 who died Dec. | 28, 1832, | in her 75th y'r. | 
 In thy fair book of | life divine, | My God inscribe my | 
 
 name, | 
 Thear let it fill | some humble place, | Beneath the slaug- | 
 hter'd Lamb. | 
 
 This and the next two are in old cemetery, Elbridge 
 village. Six soldiers of this name appear in Mass. rolls, and 
 two heads of families only in 1790. 
 
 Levi Campbell | Private | Capt. John Hunter's Co. \ 
 2d Ulster N. Y. Line. | 
 
 There is no date on this stone. He was in the township 
 of Montgomery, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 In memory of | MosES Carpenter | who died Feb. 23, | 
 1829 in his 78 [ year. | 
 The dust shall return unto | dust as it was, and the spirit | 
 
 unto God who gave it. | 
 
 In memory of | Hannah, | wife of | Moses Carpenter, 
 Esq. I and daughter of | Henry & Joanna Smith, | died Aug. 
 30, I 1838. I in the 83d year ] of her age. | 
 
 He came from Orange Co., N. Y., where he lived at 
 Warwick in 1790. His name appears in the 3d N. Y. Line. 
 He came to Elbridge in 1794 and established his noted tavern 
 near Carpenter's Brook. It was the second in the town. 
 
 Curtis, | Chappell, | died Dec. 19, | 1821, | ag'd 70 
 years. | 
 
 Sarah, | wife of | Curtis Chappell | died May 11, | 1838, 
 I ag'd 84 years. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Elbridge village. This pensioner said in 
 1820, "I enlisted in 1777 into Catlin's company, Col. Meigs' 
 regiment, Connecticut line, and was transferred to the com- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 41 
 
 mand of Capt. Tinybe, under Col. Zebulon Butler, where I 
 remained until the close of the war." He was then 65 years 
 old and his wife 62, — ^not as above — owed $51.40, but his 
 property was worth $64. 91. In the family was a son, 
 Truman, aged 18, and a daughter, Lucinda, 16 years old. 
 
 Reuben Clark. — This pensioner was 61 in 1820, his 
 wife being 54 years old. Julian Clark, a grandchild, lived 
 with them. He enlisted in Capt. Ball's Co., Col. Arnold's 
 Regt., Mass. Line, in '76, serving one year. Col. Sheppard 
 held command when he was discharged. His assets were 
 $182.63, and liabilities nearly the same. One bill of $34 was 
 against Henry Seymour, the thriving Pompey merchant. 
 
 Ebe'r Daggett, ] Born | May 16, 1762, | Died | Mar. 
 30, 1848. I 
 
 JANETT Daggett | Born | Nov. 24, 1767, | Died | May 
 5, 1847. I 
 
 Old cemetery, Jordan village. He was born in Need- 
 ham, Mass., close to the Suffolk line, and was enrolled in the 
 4th regiment of that county, in 1780, in Capt. Samuel 
 Cowel's company. He married Janett Patterson. The family 
 history says she was born in Enfield, Mass., Apr. 24, 1767, 
 and died in Jordan, May 13, 1848. The stones remain in the 
 old cemetery but the bodies have been placed in the new 
 ground. 
 
 Ephraim Gorham I Died | Aug. 1830 | Ag'd 76 Y'rs. | 
 
 (Flag on grave.) 
 
 Sarah | His wife | Died | May 1841 | Ag'd 84 Y'rs. | 
 Mount Hope cemetery, west of Elbridge village. Name 
 
 in Capt. Elderkins' Co., Canterbury, Ct., 1776. 
 
 Gaius M. Harmon | A Native of | Bennington Vt. | & 
 one of the | Pioneers of Elbridge | Died | In the Year 1807. | 
 Aged I 46 Years. | 
 
 Mary, | widow of Gaius | Harmon. | died Jan. 19, | 
 1845, I in her 84th y'r. | v 
 
 God my Redeemer lives, | And ever from the skies | 
 Looks down & watches all my dust, \ Till he shall bid it rise. | 
 
42 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. Sergeant in Col. Herrick's Regt., 
 1780, in Vt. In Capt. Tichenor's Co., '81. 
 
 John Hess, | Born | Dec. 22, 1747, | Died i May 22, 
 1805, I Ag'd 57 Y'rs | & 5 M. | He was a soldier of | the 
 Revolution and | was wounded at the | battle of Oriscany, | 
 Aug. 6, 1777. I This monument was erected by | Reuben L. 
 Hess, I his youngest son | in 1854. | 
 
 Margaret, | Wife of | John Hess, | Bom | Feb. 18, 
 1748. I Died ] July 25, 1821, | Ag'd 73 Y'rs | 5 M. & 7 D. | 
 This monument was erected by | Reuben L. Hess in 1854. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. John Hess was born in Warren, 
 Herkimer Co., N. Y. Private in Capt. Michael Ittick's Co., 
 Col. Bellinger's Regt., N. Y. He was disabled at Oriskany, 
 for which he received a pension. The name occurs in Wil- 
 lett's Levies, and in 2d and 3d Tryon Co, regiments. In 
 1790 one of the name was at German Flats, and another at 
 Palatine, N. Y. 
 
 Horace Kellogg | Died | March 22, 1825, | Aged | 59 
 years, 11 months & 2 days. | Having a fit of the apoplexy he 
 lived I only about three hours after being taken. | 
 Time how short, | Eternity! oh, how long. | How safe how 
 
 careless and secure | Mankind by nature are. | 
 Each one must die this thing is sure; | O then for Death 
 prepare. | 
 
 Under the act of 1818 he was a Connecticut pensioner 
 living in New York. He enlisted in Hartford in Battalion 
 men of the Conn. Line. Elbridge cemetery. 
 
 John Kester | who departed this | life April 19th | 
 1817. I aged 68 years. | 
 
 Matross and gunner in various Mass. companies, '77- 
 '82. His name is not among the heads of families in 1790. 
 Elbridge cemetery. Wife's name Charity. Will made April 
 14, 1817, and proved May 29. 
 
 Abner Lee | Bom at Middletown, Ct., Feb. 20, 1759. | 
 In the Revolution he engaged | for his country, was with | 
 Arnold in his defeat at Quebec, | with Washington at Tren- 
 ton, I Princeton and Red Bank, at sea | was taken by a 
 British man I of war, carried in irons to | Bermuda, im- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 43 
 
 prisoned some | weeks. In 1812 united with the | Baptist 
 Church, having while | young entertained a hope in Christ. | 
 He died January 30, 1843 | aged 84 years, 4 months and 10 
 days. 
 
 He sleeps in Jesus and is blest, | 
 How sweet his slumbers are, | 
 
 From suffering and from sin released, | 
 And freed from every care. | 
 This inscription was furnished by Mr. H. L. Preston of 
 Jordan, from the Meech cemetery, a mile southeast of the 
 village line, and just west of that of the county. He may 
 have lived on either side of the latter, but his business and 
 social relations were probably with Jordan. In '75 his 
 name appears in a regiment from Woodbury, and in the 
 Conn. Line, '77-'81. His final discharge was in 1783. 
 
 Gilbert Mallory. | Soldier | of the | Revolution | Died 
 1841 I Aged 86 y'rs. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery, and always styled "Gill" except on 
 the stone. In 1840 he was a pensioner aged 85, living with 
 Joel Mallory, Elbridge. He enlisted in Capt. Daniel Culver's 
 Co., Vt., and marched to Ticonderoga, June, '77, serving 
 also in Capt. Abel Merriman's Co., Oct. 1780. Gill Mallory 
 was in Wells, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1790, and this was proba- 
 bly his name instead of Gilbert. 
 
 Hon. Dea I Squire Manro, | born | Rehoboth Mass. | 
 June 27, 1757, | died | March 31, 1835 | in his 78. y'r. | A 
 respected Citizen; | a kind Husband; | an affectionate 
 Parent ; | an unwavering Christian. | As a steward for God | 
 Benevolent — | The Christian companion, | & the poor 
 man's friend. | 
 
 Mary, | wife of | Squire | Manro, born in | Rehoboth 
 Mass. I March 16. | 1755. | died March 25. | 1845. | ^ 
 If life be not in length of days ; | 
 
 In silvered locks, and furrowed brow ; | 
 But living to the Saviour's praise, | 
 How few have lived as long as thou. | 
 To them who by patient continuance | in well doing seek for 
 glory & I honour & immortality, eternal life. | 
 Elbridge cemetery. Onon. Cent, styles Squire Manro 
 "a veteran of the Revolution," who settled on lot 31 in 1799. 
 
44 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Chase also called him "the Revolutionary soldier, Squire 
 Manro," and Clayton used similar words. That his name 
 does not appear on the rolls, notoriously defective, will not 
 militate against the claim when his military tastes are con- 
 sidered. It is scarcely conceivable that he had no part in 
 the conflict. In 1790 he was in Lanesborough, Mass., and in 
 the S. A. R. membership of Henry M. LeRoy he is called a 
 corporal. 
 
 David Perry | Private ] Capt. Lathrop Allen's Co. | Col. 
 John Harper's N. Y. Line. | Died 1820 | Aged — yrs. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. The inscription is sufficient. In 
 1790 three of the name were in N. Y. 
 
 Nicholas Pickard | Soldier | of the | Revolution | Died 
 1824. I Aged 74 y'rs. | 
 
 Mary, | Wife of | Dr. Nicholas Pickard, | Died | Aug, 
 igth, I 1831, I ag'd 68 y'rs. | & 8 m's. | Erected by N. N. 
 Pickard. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. First Regt. of Tryon Co., N. Y. In 
 1790, Chenango township, Montg. Co. 
 
 Stephen Pratt | Died | June 2, 1845, | Ag'd 85 Y'rs | 
 5 M's, & I 13 D. I "Children's children are the crown | of old 
 men ; and the glory of ] children are their fathers." | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. This pensioner in Elbridge in 1840 
 gave his age as 79, and resided then with Mary Lillie, his 
 daughter. Several of the name were enrolled in Mass., but 
 one from Braintree agrees in age and was engaged for that 
 town. He enlisted from 5th Suffolk Co. Regt., Col. Thayer, 
 in Capt. Winslow's Co., Col. Marshall's Regt. for 3 years, 
 from March 11, '77, to the same date 1780, and was allowed 
 additional time for return home. In '80 he was 19, dark, 
 and 5 feet 7 inches high. 
 
 David Redman | Died | Dec. 9th, 1838, | in the 80th 
 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 Respected while living, | Lamented though dead, | 
 
 His sanctified spirit, | To Jesus has fled. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. Name in 4th Orange and 4th Ulster 
 
 regiments. In 1790 at Newburg, N. Y. Michael Redman 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 45 
 
 and Levi Clark, executors of will, Feb. 26, 1839. This was 
 made Oct. 7, 1837. 
 
 Feeelove Roberts | Soldier | of the | Revolution. | Died 
 1825, I Aged 68 y'rs. | 
 
 Anna B. wife of | Freelove Roberts | died May 4th | 
 1821. I Aged 59 years. | 
 
 Life how short! Eternity how long! | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. This pensioner, aged 63 in 1820, 
 enlisted in Col. Sheldon's Regt., Conn. Line, and served six 
 years and one month, or to the end of the war. His wife 
 was then 60. He had ten dollars in cash, (lucky man), and 
 $83.20 in other property, but unfortunately he owed $90. 
 In 1790 he was in Bristol, Ct. 
 
 In I memory | of | William Stevens, | who died | 
 March 1st, 1801, | Aged 51 years. | 
 
 Also Betsey, | wife of William Stevens, | who died | 
 Feb. 26th | 1795, Aged 41 years | & 10 days. | 
 
 Hannah, | relict of Col. William Stevens, | died April 
 23, 1843, 1 in her 98th y'r. | 
 
 Farewell my earthly friends beloved, | 
 Though all so kind & dear to me ; | 
 My Jesus calls & I must go, | 
 And try a vast eternity. | 
 
 Mount Hope cemetery, Elbridge village. Elizabeth 
 Gurney, of Dedham, Mass., was his first wife, and when she 
 died, there being no clergyman available, he made an ad- 
 dress at her funeral. This eulogy, delivered March 2, 1795, 
 was published in the Syracuse Herald, Sept. 1, 1886. She 
 was the first person buried in Mount Hope cemetery. His 
 second wife was Hannah Frisbie. He was an Englishman 
 by birth, but came early to this country, and at the age of 
 26 years enlisted in the 51st Boston Light Artillery as cap- 
 tain. He was a member of the Boston tea party, an^ 2d 
 Lieut, in Capt. Edward Craft's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's 
 Art. Regt., Boston, May 29, '75, to end of July. He was also 
 Capt. Stevens of Lieut. Col. Lamb's N. Y. Art., Jan. 1 '77, 
 to Jan. 29, '80. After the war he settled in Colerain, Mass., 
 as a merchant and was still there in 1790. In December, 
 1793, he came to Elbridge and settled on lot 83, part of 
 which is now in Elbridge village, and built the first saw mill 
 
46 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 there. In this county he was a judge of Common Pleas and 
 superintendent of salt works. It has been erroneously 
 stated that he drew 3,600 acres for services, but it was just 
 half that, a captain's allowance, and one lot was in this 
 county. Administrators appointed March 10, 1801. 
 
 Isaac Strong. — This pioneer was born in Salisbury, 
 Ct., Jan. 28, 1765, and married Miriam Bacon, born in 
 Shaftsbury, Vt., Dec. 31, '68. He was a millwright in 
 Brandon, Vt., and in Elbridge, N. Y. In the latter place he 
 and his brother Reuben built the first grist mill and sawmill. 
 Afterward he bought a farm of 250 acres in Sennett, where 
 he died Feb. 18, 1829. His wife died there June 16, 1847. 
 He was in Capt. Israel Hurlbut's company, Vt., '81. 
 
 Reuben Strong. — This pioneer, brother of the last, 
 was born in Salisbury, Nov. 2, 1762, and married Elizabeth 
 Farraud of Brandon, Vt., Oct. 7, '84. About 1793 he went 
 to Westmoreland, N. Y., where he died Sept. 12, '96. He had 
 built mills and a dwelling house in Elbridge, and died "when 
 on the point of removing his family to Elbridge, Onondaga 
 Co., N. Y., and when on a return visit to them for that pur- 
 pose. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and was present at 
 the surrender of Lord Cornwallis." He served in Col. 
 Warren's regiment, '77-'81. 
 
 In I memory of | William Tailor | who died March | 
 12, 1830 in his 80 | year. | 
 
 Phebe, I wife of I Wm. Tailor, | died April 1, 1836 ; | 
 aged 74 years | & 11 m's. | 
 O death, where is thy sting? | O grave where is thy victory ? | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. The name, as above, is in the Sims- 
 bury Volunteers, Ct., in '75, and as Wm. Taylor in Major 
 Walbridge's Co., in Simsbury in '77. Also in Capt. Aaron 
 Austin's Co., '76. It is not in the census of 1790 as recorded 
 on this stone and in '75. It seems proper to call him a 
 soldier. 
 
 Samuel P. Treat. — This veteran was born in Milford, 
 Ct., Sept. 29, 1754, and died July 5, 1837, in Russia, N. Y., 
 having gone there from the village of Jordan in this county. 
 He moved several times, his earlier homes being in New 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 47 
 
 Haven, Watertown and Washington, Ct. In the latter place 
 he enlisted in Capt. Bostwick's Co., Col. Webb's regiment, 
 Jan. 1, '76, for one year, and was in the seige of Boston and 
 the battles about New York. He married Sarah Thompson 
 of New Haven, who was born Aug. 22, 1763, and died Jan. 
 13, 1830. In 1790 he was in Washington, Ct., but the length 
 of his residence here is not given. 
 
 Daniel Vail, | Died | Feb. 23rd 1832. | Aged 87 years | 
 & 4 days. | 
 
 In memory of | Elizabeth, Consort | of Daniel Vail, 
 who died | March 12, 1815 | Aged 71 years. | 
 Prepare in time for you must die | 
 And sleep in death as well as I. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. Enrolled in 4th Regt., Orange Co., 
 N. Y. Leslie (Skaneateles) said he came from Goshen, 
 Orange Co., "in 1791 with Moses Carpenter; was also a 
 farmer, west of Mottville (town line) ; was Norman 
 Leonard's distiller, on the outlet." He was born in South- 
 old, N. J., Feb. 19, 1745, and married Elizabeth Smith in 
 Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., Jan. 3, 1764, who was born 
 March 11, 1744. He moved from Orange Co. to New Jersey, 
 lived there six years, and went to Camillus, now Elbridge, 
 in 1792. They had seven children. 
 
 Elijah Ward | Soldier | of the | Revolution | Died | 
 Aug. 11, 1832 I Aged 73 Yrs. 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. This pensioner appeared in 1820, 
 and said he served in Capt. Hugh Twogood's Co., Col. 
 Thomas Nixon's Regt. This was afterward under Capts. 
 Haywood and Clois. He had no real estate, and his whole 
 outfit might be worth $16.35. Nor could he work. _ His 
 daughter, Almira, was 15 years old. Mr. Ward was bcmi in 
 Uni<»i, Ct., May 21, 1761, but this does not agree exactly 
 with stone and pension list. He married Marano Colburn, of 
 Manlius, N. Y., who was born May 30, 17 — , and died Dec. 
 13, 1817. She probably lies beside him, but has no stone. 
 His and some other stones were erected by the town of 
 Elbridge. In 1790 his name was recorded in Mass. 
 
48 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, with records but not 
 identified : 
 
 JONATHAN Babcock. — This pioneer came in 1798, and 
 his name is in 3d regiment Short Levies, Conn., '81, and in 
 13th Albany regiment. Ethan Babcock, his son, was ad- 
 ministrator, Dec. 1, 1829. 
 
 Aaron Coleman. — This pioneer was in Elbridge vil- 
 lage, 1794-5, and the name appears in Col. William Prescott's 
 regiment from Ashby, Mass., '75-6. 
 
 In memory of Daniel Hammond | who died | Feb-y | 
 1818, I Aged 54 years. | 
 
 Elbridge cemetery. Name in 16 regiment, Dutchess Co., 
 and in 1st N. Y. Line. Also in Mass. rolls. In 1790 one 
 lived in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 
 
 John Page | died June 30th | 1832 | aged 72 years. | 
 
 Marian Page, | Died | May 7, 1851 | Aged | 87 years. | 
 
 Mount Hope cemetery. Six appear in Mass. rolls. In 
 
 N. H. rolls, in Capt. Joseph Clifford's company, '75, and 
 
 Capt. Jeremiah Eames' company, '76. It was a frequent 
 
 name in 1790. 
 
 Jonathan Rowley. — This pioneer came in 1798, and 
 was in Pittsford, Vt., in 1790. His name is in Capt. 
 Sawyer's Co., '78, and as prisoner in '79. Died in 1849, and 
 property went to children and grandchildren. 
 
 Samuel Sands | Died April 19th | 1821 | in the 77th 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 Old cemetery southeast of Jordan. The name appears 
 in 2d Westchester regiment, but more probably in the Lex- 
 ington alarm, in Capt. John Elder's company, Buxton, Mass. 
 ington alarm, in Capt. John Eldren's company, Buxton, 
 Mass. His son, Ephraim, born Nov. 17, 1767, lies beside 
 him, and the name is in the same company, perhaps that of 
 his uncle. Samuel appears several times in 1790. 
 
 It is probable that Josiah Buck, the early settler and 
 surveyor in Elbridge, was also a veteran, especially as he 
 was appointed 2d major in an Onondaga regiment in 1796. 
 The name occurs in Capt. Starr's company, Ct., '75, in the 
 Quebec expedition, and as an ensign from New Milford in 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 49 
 
 2d Conn. Line, '77-'80. He may have been the Josiah Buck 
 who was born April 23, 1742, and died Oct. 6, 1807, marry- 
 ing Hannah Dean, of Groton, Ct., Jan. '75, but no certain 
 information is available. 
 
 FABIUS. 
 Capt. Josiah Andrews — This pioneer is described as a 
 captain in the militia, apparently in the Revolution, in a 
 family history, but seems the one who served in Connecti- 
 cut for six years in Sheldon's Dragoons, and who applied 
 for a pension. He was born Oct. 27, 1752, in Southington, 
 Ct., where he afterward taught school, going to Fabius in 
 1795, where he died. He was baptized May 5, 1754, and 
 married Abigail Gridley, June 3, 1779, who was born April 
 5, 1756. 
 
 Heartwell Barnes — This pensioner said he was 72 in 
 1820, and his wife was then 55 years old. Both had cramps, 
 rheumatism, etc. He had a son, Elias Jeiferson Barnes, 
 aged 19, and a daughter, Lydia Clark Barnes, aged 17, all 
 dependent on this son. The father was a laborer, but re- 
 versed the Sabbath law, as he could work but one day in 
 seven. He then had four cents in money, and a few articles 
 valued at a little over $32. Unfortunately he owed $20. He 
 served under Capt. Judd, Col. Wylly's regiment, Connecticut 
 Line, until the end of the war. His name appeared in 1790 
 in Farrington, Ct. Joseph L. Barnes was his administrator, 
 April 4, 1821, so that a few weeks brought him prosperity. 
 
 Augustus Belden — This pioneer was born in North- 
 field, Mass., Jan. 13, 1753, married Desire Denison Nov. 23, 
 1786, and died in Fabius, Aug. 20, 1831. He was married 
 in Guilford, Vt., where he lived till 1800. He was a private 
 in Capt. Eldad Wright's Co., Col. Col. Williams' regt., which 
 marched from Northfield in April, '75, and was in the Mr- 
 vice later. In 1790 he was recorded in Guilford, Vt. Deni- 
 son and Lovinia Belden were administrators, Nov. 21, 1834. 
 
 Amos Benedict | Died 1848, Jan. 11, | Ae. 91 Y'rs 2 Mo. 
 11 D's. I A Patriot of the Revolution. | 
 
 Polly Benedict | Died 1851, Jan. 20. | Ae. 81 Y'rs 11 
 Mo. 16 D's. I God was their refuge. | 
 
50 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Apulia cemetery. This pensioner said he was 62 years 
 old in December, 1819, and his wife 52, differing a little from 
 the stone. He had five children, Alonzo, Daniel, Polly, Ira 
 and Anna. He was born Nov. 30, 1756, and married Tabitha 
 Ferry, Oct. 10, 1779, and afterward Mary Munn, March 15, 
 1790. Her name is Polly on the stone, as above. Chase 
 placed him in Pompey, where he had a blacksmith's shop in 
 1806, two miles north of Delphi. In 1820 his debts were 
 $1,000 and assets $126.86. He had bad luck : "Proceedings 
 of ejectment have been commenced against me, to put me off 
 the farm, as it has been sold on execution ;" and thought its 
 loss came through fraud. In '75 he was in Capt. Joseph 
 Smith's Co., Col. Waterbury's regiment. Conn. Line, but 
 after seven months' service was discharged because of ill- 
 ness. In '78 he enlisted in Capt. Stone's Co., Col. Brewer's 
 regiment, Mass. Line, at Sheffield, Mass., serving ten months 
 in this. 
 
 Erected to | the Memory of | William Benson, | who 
 died May 21, 1834 | Aged 71 years 6 | months and 18 days. 
 Behold & see as you pass by | 
 
 As you are now so once was I | 
 As I am now so you must be | 
 Prepare yourselves to follow me. | 
 Evergreen cemetery, Fabius village. The name occurs 
 in the 14th Albany Co. regiment, in the 2d N. Y. Line, and in 
 the 3d Dutchess Co. regiment. In 1790 it was recorded in 
 N. Y. and Massachusetts. In the Watervale cemetery is a 
 stone for "Hannah | Wife of | William Benson | Died | July 
 16, 1847 I Ae. 70 Y'rs 1 Mo. | «& 7 D's." This is suggestive, 
 though perhaps of another family. Stutson R. Benson was 
 an administrator, December 26, 1834. 
 
 Jonathan Brooks — This pensioner said he was 56 in 
 1820, while his wife Mary Anne, was but 35 years old. She 
 had a daughter, Mariette Pope, but two years of age, so that 
 her widowhood was short. With him were His four children, 
 Alfred, aged 17, Betsey, Gemima and Eunice. Though a 
 farmer he had little property. It was worth $66.74 and he 
 owed $74. In '81 he enlisted in Capt. Houdin's Co., Col. Put- 
 nam's 5th Mass. regiment, and afterward in Capt. Mills' Co., 
 Col. Vose's 1st Mass. regiment. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 51 
 
 John Cadwell — Mr. Chase's statement follows in full : 
 "The pension papers of John Cadwell are not with those of 
 the other Revolutionary soldiers, but there is an affidavit 
 sworn to the day after his death. The affidavit is that of 
 Denison Belding and Olive Belding. It states that Olive was 
 the daughter and Denison the son-in-law of John Cadwell, 
 who was a pensioner under the law of Congress of January 
 7, 1832, and that he died on the 3d day of March, 1834, at 
 his home in Fabius, and that the deponents were present at 
 the time. The affidavit goes on to state that the pensioner 
 left a widow residing in the town, 'Annar' Cadwell, aged 71, 
 with whom the deceased lived and brought up a family of 
 children. George Pettit took the deposition and both the 
 husband and wife signed their names as Belding." In the 
 Belden Family is a fuller account. He was a pensioner in 
 Fabius in July, 1832, and was then 74 years old, having 
 
 been born Jan. 9, 1758. He married Annar , born 
 
 Oct. 9, 1762, who died Feb. 2, 1835. He died in Fabius 
 March 3, 1834. All his service was in Conn, companies. He 
 enlisted May, '76, in Capt. Jonathan Wells' Co. for 8 months ; 
 in March, '77, in Capt. Jared Cone's Co. for 2 months; in 
 Aug., '78, in Capt. Pitkins' Co. for the same time, and in 
 July, '80, was sergeant in Capt. Booth's company. 
 
 Reuben Cadwell, | Died Sept. 1 23, 1842, | aged 79 
 years. | 
 
 Rebecca, | Wife of | Reuben Cadwell | Died | Feb. 15, 
 1845. I In the 80. year \ of her age. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Fabius village. The names are also on 
 the family monument. Evergreen cemetery, where he is 
 called "A soldier of the Revolutionary War." This pen- 
 sioner was assigned to Truxton in 1840, being then 77 years 
 old. His name is in the Conn, rolls, and in 1790 he was in 
 East Hartford, Ct. Jan., '78, the name appears in the 18th 
 Regt., Conn. Line, hired by Abel Loomis of South HarMord ; 
 in Col. Webb's Regt. Jan. 1, '80, to Jan. 1, '81 ; in Light In- 
 fantry '81, which went south under LaFayette in '82; and 
 in Capt. Welles' Co., '82. 
 
 Phineas Cadwell. — This pensioner was reported in 
 Sullivan, Madison Co., in 1840 aged 83, but came to Fabius 
 in 1845, where he became resident. In 1849 he removed to 
 
52 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Wisconsin, where he died aged 99 years, 11 months and 11 
 days, thus placing his death in 1857. In Madison Co. he was 
 an early pensioner, coming from Connecticut, where he 
 served in the 18th Regt. of militia and other organizations. 
 In 1790 he was in Litchfield. 
 
 RUFUS Carter. — This pensioner was living in 1840, 
 aged 75, and served in Mass., but was born in Connecticut. 
 His wife's name was Ruth, but her age is unknown. The 
 Carter Genealogy says he was "b. Warren, Ct., April 19, 
 
 1762 ; d. TuUy, N. Y. ; m. Green. Mrs. Luna (Carter) 
 
 Roberts lived at Tully, N. Y., with her great-uncle, Rufus 
 Carter from the age of 8 years to 18 years. She went to 
 live with him on account of the death of his youngest daugh- 
 ter. She lived with him from about 1813 to 1823 Miss 
 
 Jane E. Carter lived when a child in 'Markham Hollow,' 
 (now Fabius,) N. Y., and Rufus Carter, then an old man, 
 lived near. Had no family but a wife." As some of his 
 children are buried in the Miles cemetery, on the town line, 
 it is probable the parents are buried there also. He served 
 in Capt. Thomas Cowdin's Co., Col. Samuel Deming's Regt., 
 Nov., '79. His will was proved Aug. 5, 1844, his children, 
 Philip and Rowland Carter, and Mrs. Sally Davis being 
 legatee?. 
 
 William Clark. — When Mr. Clark applied for a pen- 
 sion in 1820 he said he was then 59 years old, and added 
 that "three years ago this fall I married the Widow Cluff, 
 who had six children." They were from 11 to 26 years old, 
 but the oldest two were married. In an affidavit made 
 Nov. 25, 1823, the widow's name was Esther Clough, aged 
 58. Her daughter, Sally, then lived with them. Abel 
 Clough, the widow's first husband, had a farm of 108 acres, 
 which his son, Abel, worked on shares. In 1820 Clark 
 thought his property worth about $19, and his debts $400, 
 but in 1823 he had only $4.37 1/2. His son, Lewis, "had 
 been put out to a trade," and he wished his pension restored. 
 His military record was good, for he enlisted May ], 1777, 
 in Wethersfield, Ct., in Capt. Tallmadge's dragoons. Col. 
 Elisha Sheldon's Regt., Conn. Line, serving in the corps 
 till the summer of '82 when he was discharged in Danbury, 
 Ct. He said he was in the battle at White Plains as well as 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 53 
 
 Round Ridge, and was with Tallmadge on an expedition to 
 the east end of Long Island. Official changes were frequent, 
 and in one affidavit he said he was in Capt. Webb's Co. of 
 the same regiment when discharged. Of this soldier Onon. 
 Cent, says: "William Clark was a native of Connecticut, 
 and one of the first seven who came to the town of Fabius, 
 and helped cut the road from Pompey Hill to Fabius; he 
 owned land near Fabius village, where he died. He was a 
 soldier in the Revolution." 
 
 Daniel Conner. — In 1820 this pensioner was 67 years 
 old, his wife 56, and he had three daughters, aged 24, 14 and 
 12. He was a laborer, working half the time, and all his 
 property he valued at $56. While his house utensils suf- 
 ficed for the family, he had none for guests. On the Lex- 
 ington alarm he enlisted and served for six months in Capt. 
 William King's Co., afterward re-enlisting in the same, being 
 then in Col. Wood's Regt., changed to Col. Fellows, of the 
 Mass. Line. This good soldier, after his second six months' 
 service, enlisted for three years in Capt. Warren's Co., Col. 
 Bailey's 2d Mass. Regt., serving out his time and then en- 
 listing for the war in Capt. Bradford's Co., Col. Sprout's 
 Regt., Mass. Line. He was discharged at New Windsor in 
 June or July, 1783, his military record covering the whole 
 war. In 1790 his name appeared at Great Barrington. 
 Mary Cadwell was his administrator, June 25, 1831. 
 
 1776 I In I Memory of | John CROSS, | who died ] Janu- 
 ary 15, 1836, I In the 72 year of | his age. | 
 "The memory of the Just is | blessed." | 
 Abigail | Wife of | John Cross | died | Dec. 18, 1850. | 
 In the 98 Year | Of Her Age. | 
 God my Redeemer lives 
 
 And often from the skies | ^ 
 
 Looks down and watches all my dust | 
 Till he shall bid it rise. | 
 Apulia cemetery. His name is in Hooper's N. Y. Levies, 
 2d and 4th N. Y. Levies, and Green Mountain Boys, Ulster 
 and Westchester Co. Militia. In 1790 the name was recorded 
 as the head of a family in Poundridge, Westchester Co., 
 N. Y. 
 
54 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Ebenezer Foot. — This pensioner was 87 in 1840, and 
 lived with Thomas J. Beden. He was a pensioner from 
 Connecticut, but the name occurs in Col. Burrell's regiment, 
 3d brigade, Mass. 
 
 William Fox, | A Soldier of | the Revolution | Died | 
 Apr. 3, 1852 | In the 90 Year | of His age. | 
 
 Eunice | wife of | William Fox | who died July | 3, 
 1830. I aged 60 years. | 
 
 Apulia cemetery. His name occurs in N. Y. and New 
 England troops. 
 
 Nathan Goodale. — This pensioner was a farmer, aged 
 60 years in 1820, but his wife was only 41. His mother, 
 Eunice Goodale, lived with him, and also his son Henry, 
 aged 13, and his daughters, Sarah and Julia, aged 9 and 4 
 years. He owned 30 acres on lot 13, Fabius, which he thought 
 worth $150. This was a little north of the present Apulia 
 station. He had also a pair of 3 year old steers worth $29. 
 Altogether he was worth $212.25, had many debts and was 
 a cripple. At the age of 16 he enlisted in Capt. Eobert 
 Oliver's Co., Col. Greaton's 3d Mass. regiment, Jan. 1, 1777. 
 The company was afterward under Capt. Thomas Pritchard 
 and he served in it till June. '83. 
 
 JACOB Goodrich | A Soldier | of the Revolution | Died 
 Dec. 1840 I ag'd 86 y'rs. | 
 
 Bethiah, I Wife of | Jacob Goodrich, | died Jan. 23 ; | 
 1832. I Ae. 75 years. | 
 
 Apulia cemetery. This pensioner was in LaFayette in 
 1840 and lived with Elijah Goodrich. The name is in several 
 Mass. regiments, and in 1790 at Ballston, N. Y. 
 
 Ambrose Grow. — This pensioner appears as Gron in 
 the census of 1840, being then 83 years old. Ambrose Grow 
 was in Capt. Abner Robinson's Co., Conn., in '77, which went 
 to Rhode Island. The name is also in Capt. Elias Wheeler's 
 Co., Vt., Oct., 1780. He had probably gone there for a time, 
 but in 1790 was in Litchfield, Ct., and not in Vermont. 
 Stones in an old cemetery in Fabius have the name of Graw, 
 perhaps abbreviated from McGraw. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 55 
 
 Dea. Matthew Hart. — This veteran, born in Kensing- 
 ton, Ct,, Aug. 12, 1760, married Urania Hooker of that place, 
 Jan. 11, 1782, and was living with her in Fabius in 1803. 
 She died in 1840. He then married Widow Rogers, of Wal- 
 lingford, Ct. In 1790 he was in Berlin, Ct. He served in 
 Capt. Heart's Co. in '76, and as corporal in Capt. James 
 Stodard's Co., '78. His brother Joseph, born 1764, and 
 Simon, born 1766, lived in Pompey, but they have no records. 
 
 Daniel Hills. — This pensioner was 78 years old in 
 1840, was born in Hartford, Ct., Dec. 14, 1761, and died in 
 Fabius in 1851. He married Ruth Dickinson, and the Hills 
 Genealogy says, "He was of that detachment which laid the 
 iron chain across the Hudson River in the Revolution." 
 His name occurs, '77-'81, in a company from Glastonbury, 
 Ct., where all his children were born. In '81 he was in Capt. 
 John Cook's Co., Col. Canfield's regiment, stationed at West 
 Point. In 1790 the name appears in Bradford, Ct. Samuel 
 Hills became administrator, Nov. 9, 1853. 
 
 Joseph Hill. — This veteran was born in Glastonbury, 
 Ct., about 1759, and died in Mosiertown, Pa., about 1849. 
 The family history says : "In 1828 he was at Fabius, Onon- 
 daga Co., N. Y." About 1832, his fourth wife having died, 
 he went to Geneseo and lived with his son Obed. He had 
 dwelt there before, his third wife dying there in November, 
 1811. "He was of the Army of the Revolution from Aug. 
 11, 1777, to July 29, 1779, and from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 
 31, 1780." He is described as a "noble man," and easily 
 found wives. 
 
 John Hurlbuet. — The name varies. In 1820 he was 
 69, had a wife and lived with his son. His wife used all her 
 clothes daily, though he was worth $86.50. According to 
 the family history he was born in Wethersfield, Ct.,%.pril 
 10, 1751, and died in Fabius, March 2, 1832. He married 
 Judith Horner, born April 28, 1757, who died Nov. 19, 1839. 
 He said he enlisted from Farmington for one year in Col. 
 Samuel Wyllys's regiment, Dec, '75, and in Capt. Cham- 
 pion's company in the same regiment in the spring of '77. 
 He served in and about New York, but the rolls place him 
 in the regiment of Col. Hezekiah Wyllys. As a pensioner 
 
56 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 he prospered, and Philo B. Castle, of Pompey, was his ad- 
 ministrator, July 30, 1832. 
 
 John Ives. — This Connecticut pensioner, living in New 
 York, was 58 years old in 1820, and his wife a year younger. 
 In '77 he enlisted in Capt. Strong's Co., Col. Bradley's regi- 
 ment. Conn. Line, serving in this 13 months and six days. 
 Then he was transferred to Washington's Life Guard, under 
 Capt. Colfax. For three years he served in this, and was 
 discharged at Morristown, N. J. In 1816 he bought 8 acres 
 of land, paying $80 of the purchase money, but the man of 
 whom he bought went to Ohio insolvent, and without giving 
 him a deed. Thus his remaining property was but $14.37i^, 
 while his debts amounted to $4,371/^. He was fortunate in 
 having a balance of $10 in his favor. John B. Ives was ad- 
 ministrator, April 19, 1844. 
 
 Timothy Jerome. — This pioneer was born in 1757, 
 coming from Stockbridge, Mass., to Fabius in 1794, where 
 he was the first supervisor in 1798. In Stockbridge he mar- 
 ried Mary Isaacs and her grave is in Oakwood cemetery, 
 Syracuse. The inscription is "The Grave | of | Mary, | 
 Wife of I Timothy Jerome Esq. | Died July 20th 1834. | Aged 
 80 Years. | To whose memory this stone | was erected by her 
 grandson | George Geddes." Their daughter Lucy married 
 James Geddes, a case of love at first sight. Onondaga's 
 Centennial says he lived on lot 5, in the northern part of the 
 town. "He died May 9, 1802, and was buried in the open 
 square in the center of the village of Pompey, whence the 
 remains were subsequently removed to the cemetery on the 
 high ground east of that village." No stone appears there, 
 and an earlier date has been given, but he subscribed $75 
 for the proposed Pompey Academy in 1800. His service was 
 in Capt. Elisha Whittlesey's Co., Lieut. Col. Rossiter's 3d 
 Berkshire regiment, '77-'80. John Jerome and James 
 Geddes were administrators, July 6, 1802, and Mary Jerome, 
 June 5, 1807. 
 
 David Joy. — This veteran was born in Rehoboth, Mass., 
 July 5, 1754, and died in Fabius March 7, 1813. He served 
 in Capt. Tuttle's Co., Col. Charles Webb's regiment, July 
 17-Dec. 19, '75, the family having removed to Guilford, Vt., 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 57 
 
 in 1766. There he married Hannah Partridge of that place, 
 in March '76. She was born in Barre, Mass., in 1757, and 
 died in Clarkson, N. Y., April 13, 1830. They settled in 
 Fabius in 1800, where the family became prominent. 
 
 Dea. Simon Keeney, | Son of Simon & Margaret 
 Keeney | Born at East Hartford Ct. | Died Sept 17, 1831 | 
 Ae. 65 y'rs 8 m's & 2 d's. | 
 
 Polly Bates, His Wife | Born at Chatham Ct. | Died 
 June 4, 1843 | Ae. 78 y'rs 11 m's & 7 d's. | 
 
 Evergreen cemetery. He has a separate stone, with a 
 verse, but on the family monument are his parents' names, 
 dates and ages, both born at East Hartford, where all were 
 resident in 1790. Simeon Kinney, of Hartford, served in 
 Lieut. Col. Canfield's regiment, '81, but this form of the 
 name does not appear in the census of 1790, and is best ap- 
 plied to the son. 
 
 Abraham Lansing, | died April 29th. | 1836, | in the 
 71st Year ] of his age. | 
 
 Maria | Wife of | Abraham Lansing | Died | April 19,' 
 1847 I Aged 80 y'rs 19 d's. | 
 
 Old cemetery on lot 28, three miles southeast of Fabius 
 village. The name is in the 3d and 6th Land Bounty Rights 
 regiments of Albany Co., and in 1790 he was in Schenectady, 
 N. Y. 
 
 In Memory of | Mr. Patrick McDan- | old, who died 
 June I the 15, 1809, in the | 47 Year of his age. | 
 
 He liv'd with peace | and pardon bless'd | 
 He found in Christ | a constant rest | 
 Hfe dy'd assur'd | of future bliss | 
 And everlasting happiness. | ^ 
 
 In the same abandoned cemetery. He served to Col. 
 Philip Van Cortlandt's 2d N. Y. regiment, and lived in 
 Kingston, N. Y., in 1790. A veteran of the same regiment 
 lies near him. 
 
 Nathaniel | Miles | A Soldier of the | Revolution, 
 Died May 29, 1819 | Age 82 Y'rs. | 
 
58 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Theodore J. | Miles | A Soldier of the | Rebellion. | 
 Died Jan. 13, 1877 | Age 30 y'rs. | 
 
 On one shaft in the Miles cemetery, west of Apulia and 
 at the town line, are the names of two soldiers, one descended 
 from the other and serving in the war for the Union. The 
 name of Nathaniel Miles is in the roll of Lieut. Converse's 
 Co., in '76. Nathan occurs in Mass., and also at Canajoharie 
 in 1790. He came to Fabius in 1796, and soon after his 
 daughter Polly married Hiram Rocks of TuUy. Sally Mig- 
 hell and Piatt Miles were administrators for the estate of 
 Nathaniel Mighell, Fabius, Dec. 2, 1822, and this seems the 
 original name. 
 
 In mtemory of | Pliny Miller | who departed | this life, 
 april I 15th 1818 ; | in the 64th | year of his age, 
 
 Apulia cemetery. This pioneer was from Connecticut, 
 and served in Lieut. Joel Hays' Co., '76, being sent to N. Y. 
 that year, on an expedition of 34 days. 
 
 In I Memory of | James Penoyer | who died May 17th | 
 1820. I Aged 74 years & | 21 days. | 
 
 The sweet remembrance of the just | 
 
 Shall flourish when they sleep in dust. | 
 In memory of | Sarah, | wife of | James Penoyer, | who 
 died Sept. 14th | 1813 | Aged 64 years 10 | months & 24 | 
 days. I 
 
 Come hither friends and cast an eye | 
 
 Then go away, prepare to die. | 
 Apulia cemetery. In Capt. Aaron Rowley's Co., Berk- 
 shire Co. militia, Mass., '77; and in Col. Daniel Rossiter's 
 regiment, '80. In 1790 he was in Berkshire Co, still. He 
 married Sarah Doty, April 26, 1768, who was born in 
 Sharon, Ct., Oct. 5, 1748, moved to Apulia and died Sept., 
 1813. 
 
 1776 I William Perry. | Died | Oct. 18, 1843. | Ae. 91 
 Y'rs & 6 Mo's. | 
 
 CONTENT I Wife of I Wm. Perry, | Died Mar. 19, 1824. | 
 Ae. 67 Y'rs & 11 Mo's. | 
 
 Apulia cemetery. In Lee, Mass., in 1790. The name- 
 appears 13 times in Mass, rolls, where several may refer to 
 one person. It is also in Conn, rolls. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 69 
 
 Luke Romme. — Onon. Cent. 2 : 380, says : "Luke Rome, 
 maternal grandfather of Cornelius Wells, was an early set- 
 tler in Fabius, and a captain in the Revolutionary war." He 
 came from Ulster county. The name of Luke Roome appears 
 in N. Y. rolls, but not as a soldier. Window leads were 
 taken from his house in New York city in '76, for making 
 bullets. Luke Romme's will was probated June 10, 1834, 
 George Pettit and Elizabeth St. John, executors. 
 
 David | Rowland | died Feb. 5, | 1843. | Ae. 81 Y. | 
 
 5 D. I 
 
 My children dear assemble here | 
 
 A father's grave to see | 
 Not long ago i dwelt blow | 
 
 And soon youU dwell with me. | 
 ZURVIAH I Widow of I David Rowland | Died | Dec. 31, 
 1849, I Ae. 72 Years. | 
 
 Friends nor physicians could not save | 
 This mortal body from the grave | 
 Nor can the grave confine it here | 
 When Christ shall bid it to appear. | 
 Apulia cemetery. The name is that of a seaman on the 
 brig Hazard, and was also recorded in 1790 in Ballston, N. Y. 
 
 In I Memory | of | Patrick Sinnot Esq. | who died 
 March 24th | 1813 : | Aged 51 years. | 
 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground | 
 Till the last trumpets joyful sound; | 
 Then burst the chains with sweet surprise | 
 And in my saviours image rise. | 
 Abandoned cemetery on lot 28. He served in Col. Van 
 Cortlandt's 2d N. Y. regiment, but was not recorded in 
 1790. In 1776 he was one of the refugees from Long Island 
 who were cared for by Connecticut, after the capture of 
 New York. 
 
 James Steward. — This pensioner in Fabius, was said 
 to have been 70 in 1840 ; probably a mistake for 79. 
 
 Some pioneers follow whose names are in rolls but who 
 are not identified : 
 
60 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Rev. John Alexander | who departed 
 this life I Aug. 28, 1830 | aged 65 years. | 
 The pious pilgrim & messenger | of Jesus now sleeps in dust 
 to. I be wak'd in due season to life | everlasting. | 
 
 Apulia cemetery. The name is frequent in New Eng- 
 land rolls. His wife lies beside him. 
 
 Elijah | Father of | Eleazar Andrews | Born | Dec. 
 25, 1758 : | Died | June 19, 1826. | 
 
 Mabel, | Mother of | Eleazar Andrews | Bom | March 
 15, 1762 I Died | Nov. 6, 1846. | 
 
 Evergreen cemetery. The name appears in the Conn. 
 Line, Litchfield, 8 m. in '78, but there was a pensioner of 
 this name in Hartford Co. in 1832. 
 
 Thomas Andrews. — This pioneer came to Fabius with 
 his son Josiah and was born in 1720. He married Hannah 
 Winston Nov. 7, 1751, who was born Sept. 24, 1724. He 
 was old for service unless very zealous, but the name appears 
 in Capt. Spencer's Co., East Haddam, Ct., for 7 weeks in 
 '75, and in Capt. Holmes' Co. of the same place in '77; also 
 in Capt. Sizer's Co. of Artificers, Simsbury, May 1, '78, and 
 in Capt. Hungerford's Co. in '81. He was in Southington, 
 Ct., in 1790. 
 
 Mr. Step- | hen Davis | Died May | 20th 1827 | Ae. 76 | 
 Y. & 6 M. I 
 
 & Marga- I ret his I Wife Died \ July 9th | 1826. Ae. | 
 70 Y. 10 M. I & 15 D. I 
 
 Blessed are the dead | who die in the Lord | from henceforth 
 yea saith | the spirit that they may | rest from 
 their labours & | their works do follow them. | 
 
 Apulia cemetery. Eight are in the Mass. rolls and it 
 was a frequent name in 1790. He was probably a soldi'er. 
 He was born in Monson or South Brimfield, Mass., and mar- 
 ried Margaret Chapin, Sept., 1787, who was born Sept. 14, 
 1755. They probably lived in Pittstown, N. Y., and went 
 to Delphi about 1814. They had several children. — Chapin 
 Gen. p. 27. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 61 
 
 JOSIAH Hills. | died July 28th 1822 ; | aged 62 years. | 
 Lydia Hills | died March 6th, 1814, | aged 60 years. | 
 Evergreen cemetery, Fabius. He was a brother of 
 Daniel before mentioned, and according to Hills Genealogy 
 was born in Glastonbury, Ct., in 1757, where he lived in 
 1790. He has no Connecticut record but the name is in the 
 Mass. rolls. 
 
 In I Memory of | Abner Hubbard | who died April | 22, 
 1831 ; I Aged 65 years | & 6 months, | 
 
 In I Memory of | Elizabeth, | consort of | Abner Hub- 
 bard, I who departed this life | March 22d 1829, | In the 
 61st year | of her age. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Fabius village. The name is in Mass. 
 rolls for '79-'82, but he was too young for those in Conn, 
 rolls. In 1790 there were three of the name in Connecticut 
 and none in Massachusetts. 
 
 Isaac Negas | Died | Nov. 22, 1847, | Aged | 84 Years. | 
 Priscilla I Wife of | Isaac Negas | Died May | 30, 
 1848, I Ae. 85 Years. | 
 
 Beach cemetery, northeast corner of Fabius. Probably 
 a soldier, as he was appointed lieutenant in the 3d company 
 of Tiverton militia, R. I., in 1789, this indicating previous 
 experience. Only rolls of R. I. officers are easily accessible. 
 He was resident in Tiverton in 1790. 
 
 Capt. John Swift | Died Mar. | 10, 1838, ] Aged 76 
 Y'rs. I 
 
 Anna | Wife of | Capt. John Swift | Died Apr. 21, 
 1848 I Aged 87 Y'rs. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Fabius village. Name in Conn. Line from 
 Middletown, Capt. Clark's Co., '77-'83, but the nai^ was 
 frequent in 1790. The title would indicate Revolutionary 
 service. In the same cemetery David Waters, '65-'12, ap- 
 pears in Conn, rolls, but was too young for the dates given, 
 except in the case of one reported as dead. 
 
 In I memory of | John P. | Wallace | who departed 
 this I life, december the | 30th, 1811 ; | aged 58 I years. I 
 
62 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Cemetery on lot 28. In rolls and census the middle 
 name was usually omitted, and that of John Wallace is fre- 
 quent in both. 
 
 LA FAYETTE. 
 
 Ruben Bryan, | Died | May 20, 1850, | Ae. 87 Y'rs 3 
 M's I & 15 D's. I 
 
 Olive, | Wife of | Reuben Bryan | Died | April 11, 
 1850, I Ae. 77 Y'rs 8 Mo. | & 2 D's. | 
 
 Sherman Hollow. Enrolled in 6th regiment, Dutchess 
 Co., N. Y. He was in Amenia, N. Y., in 1790, and came to 
 LaFayette in '94. 
 
 Here lie interred | the Remains of | MosEs De Witt | 
 Major of Militia & a Judge | of the County Court; | one of 
 the first, most active, & useful | Settlers of this County | 
 He was born on the 15th of October, 1776 | and died on the 
 25th day of August 1794. 
 
 This inscription is on a large and broken marble slab, 
 lying on the ground in an abandoned cemetery, in the town 
 of LaFayette and a mile south of Jamesville, west of the 
 reservoir. Part of the cemetery has been removed and there 
 are several rude stones. This one has a Revolutionary 
 marker and an annual flag. It seems to have been placed on 
 a substructure originally. Major De Witt was a nephew of 
 Gen. James Clinton and of Simeon De Witt, assisting the 
 latter in surveying the Military Tract. As a surveyor sev- 
 eral thousand acres were his for services, and he was buried 
 with military honors in a time of warlike excitement. The 
 De Witt mansion was garrisoned during the Revolution, 
 and with his strong military tastes it is probable he saw 
 service, though not enrolled. Some of the office work of that 
 day naturally fell to him. Across the reservoir and directly 
 east, was the Onondaga town destroyed at Frontenac's in- 
 vasion in 1696. 
 
 Asa Drake | died | Jan. 28, 1849, | Ae. 83 Years. | 
 Experience | Wife of | Asa Drake, | died | May 29, 
 1844, I Ae. 79 Years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 63 
 
 Pine Grove cemetery. Onondaga's Centennial said: 
 "Another prominent settler of 1792 was Asa Drake, who 
 was born near Boston, Mass., Dec. 13, 1765, and first visited 
 this section in 1785," which is too early. He then purchased 
 half of lot 24, settling on it in 1794. "Feb. 11, 1799, he mar- 
 ried Experience Estey and they had six daughters and two 
 
 sons He was long an influential citizen, active in 
 
 church and school aifairs, and died here at the age of eighty- 
 three." Clayton called him a Revolutionary soldier, and it 
 is hardly probable he saw no service. Clark, however, 
 (1847) merely said: "In the northern section of the town 
 
 lived Asa Drake, who removed from near Boston. He 
 
 distinctly recollects hearing the firing at the battle of Bunker 
 Hill. He still survives and speaks of the struggles of the 
 Revolution, and the privations of the wilderness, with a 
 lively interest." He was but ten when the struggle began, 
 but old enough before the end. 
 
 William Drake. — This pioneer was born in Easton, 
 Mass., April 23, 1746, living there till 1815, as is said, when 
 he went to LaFayette, where he died Oct. 9, 1824. He 
 married Keziah Andrews of Easton, Nov. 24, '67, who died 
 in LaFayette. In 1790 the name occurred in Taunton, Mass., 
 and in the same place the services of William Drake are re- 
 corded in Capt. Blake's Co., '77, and in those of Capts. 
 Haskins and Crocker in '78. His wife's epitaph is: "Kezia 
 Drake, | Died | April 26, 1845, I Aged 99 years." 
 
 To the memory of | Jonathan Emmons, | A Patriot of 
 the Revolution, | who after a long life | of usefulness | died 
 in the triumph of | faith Dec. 9, 1835, aged 74 Y'rs., | leaving 
 a large family and a | disconsolate widow to mourn | his loss.j 
 In him, the poor lost a | FRIEND. | 
 
 Nancy, | wife of | Jon. Emmonds | Died | July 31, 1841. | 
 Aged 60 y'rs | 11 mo. & 16 ds. | ^ 
 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley | of the shadow of 
 death, I will fear no | evil : for thou art with me ; 
 thy rod and | thy staff they comfort me. | 
 
 LaFayette cemetery. "B. Hartford, Conn., 31 Dec, 
 1761 ; m. Hartland, Conn., 4 April, 1782, Mary Brainard of 
 Litchfield, N. Y., b. Dec. 1758, d. Nassau, N. Y., 31 July, 
 1801 ; m. 2d 26 June, 1803, Nancy Avery, b. Catskill, N. Y., 
 
64 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 14 Aug., 1780, d. Lafayette, N. Y., 31 July, 1841; he d. La- 
 fayette, 9 Dec. 1835."— The Emmons Family. 
 
 He went to Stephentown, N. Y., about 1789, and thence 
 to Nassau ; thence to Brewerton in 1804, and to LaFayette 
 in 1811. He returned to Brewerton in 1813, and ran a ferry 
 till the bridge was built, returning to LaFayette in 1822, 
 and dying from the kick of a colt. Fifteen of his 17 chil- 
 dren attended his funeral. He enlisted as a private in Capt. 
 Elisha Chapman's Light Infantry, 5th Conn, regiment, 
 July, 1780, and was under Col. Philip B. Bradley, July 1 to 
 Dec. 16, and during the winter under Col. Benjamin H. 
 Hutchins. 
 
 NATHANIEL Gage | Died I April 19, 1844, | Aged 81 
 Years. | 
 
 Cardiff cemetery. This pensioner, aged 77 in 1840, 
 lived with Amos Gage. The name was common, but he was 
 born in Pelham, N. H., June 13, 1763, and was a soldier from 
 Amherst, Mass., in the Lexington alarm, settling in La- 
 Fayette in 1840. 
 
 In I Memory of | CALEB GREEN | who died | March 29th, 
 1817 I aged 63 years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Elizabeth, | wife of | Caleb Green. | 
 who died Feb. 6th 1828 : | aged 73 | years. | 
 
 This veteran was born in Coventry, R. I., moved to 
 Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., N. Y., before the Revolution, 
 and thence to Easton, N. Y., in 1783. He married Elizabeth 
 Moon about '73. His name appears in Du Bois' N. Y. 
 Levies, and in 3d, 4th and 6th Dutchess Co. regiments. 
 Chase said he came from Easton, Washington Co., in 1806, 
 and was probably in one relief expedition to Fort Stanwix 
 in '77. Several of the name were in N. Y. in 1790. LaFay- 
 ette cemetery. 
 
 Sacred | to the Memory of | Gen. Isaac Hall, | a Sol- 
 dier of the Revolution | who departed this life | September 
 22d. I 1830 I aged 66 years. | As a tribute of respect to | the 
 memory of a kind and affectionate Parent, his chil- | dren 
 have caused this monu- I ment to be erected. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 65 
 
 In I Memory of | Mrs. Vashtey Hall | Consort of | 
 Genl. Isaac Hall | who died November | 19th 1813 in the 
 48th I year of her age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Sarah Hall | 2nd Consort of Genl. | 
 Isaac Hall | Who departed this life | November 16th 1819 | 
 Aged 42 years. 
 
 Martha, | Wife of | Gen. Isaac Hall | Died | Oct. 18, 
 1859, I Ae. 79 Y'rs 5 Mo. i & 13 D's. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in | the Lord from hence- 
 forth : Yea, saith | the spirit that they may rest | from 
 their labours and their works do | follow them. | 
 La Fayette cemetery. This veteran was too young for 
 the record given by Chase. In the Mass. rolls one who en- 
 listed in 1780 fits best, being then 17 years old, of light 
 complexion, and 5 feet 5 inches high. He served also in 
 '81-'82. Gen Hall came from Great Harrington, Mass., 
 settling about a mile south of La Fayette village, and build- 
 ing the second frame house in the town in 1801. Tradi- 
 tionally he brought half a bushel of silver dollars with him, 
 bought land and raised cattle. His property was valued at 
 $70,000 at his death, — a large sum then. He was born in 
 New Marlborough, Mass., and his first wife was Vashtey 
 Johnson, mother of Judge Johnson Hall. 
 
 William Haskins — This pioneer was in the Charlotte 
 Co., N. Y. Militia, and in 1790 lived in Canajoharie. In 
 1792 he settled on lot 13 of Pompey, the site of a recent 
 Indian village, now (known) (and then) as Indian Orchard. 
 He bought part of this May 30, 1797, but first purchased 
 lot 48. In 1794 he was both assessor and supervisor in 
 Pompey, but does not appear after 1796 in public life, and 
 sold his farm on lot 13, April 4, '98. 
 
 In memory of | John Houghtaling, | who died ^ly | 
 6, 1840, I in the 80. year | of his age. | 
 
 Jane | Wife of John Houghtaling | Died April 28, | 
 1848, I Aged 72 years. | 
 
 Neglected cemetery in Houghtaling Hollow north of 
 Onativia. The name appears in both Graham's and Mal- 
 colm's N. Y. Levies. In 1790 he was at Harpersfield, Mont- 
 gomery Co., N. Y., coming here in 1794. His wife, Jane, 
 
66 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 appears in his will, made June 12, 1840, and proved Aug. 
 26, 1841. 
 
 Erected | to the memory of | Noah Hoyt, ] who died 
 Dec. 23, I 1827. | Aged 74 Years. | 
 
 Erected. | to the Memory of | Mary, | wife of | Noah 
 Hoyt, I who died May 18, | 1834. | In the 75th year | of her 
 age. I 
 
 No longer erect, these stones are in an abandoned ceme- 
 tery on lot 35, La Fayette. This is the name which Chase 
 left incomplete, and it occurs in Conn, rolls, as in Capt. 
 Jonah Benedict's Co., '76 ; Capt. Skinner's, '77 ; and in Capt. 
 Barnum's Co. of horse, Danbury, Ct., July, '79. He was in 
 Danbury in 1790, coming here in '98 from Saratoga Co. 
 Deacon Noah Hoyt was one of the organizers of the La Fay- 
 ette Congregational church in 1809. Clayton said he was 
 a captain in the Eevolution, but he is not so recorded. In 
 the record of the Hoyt family it is said he was born in Nor- 
 walk, Ct., Nov. 8, 1753, and baptized Nov. 11. He married 
 Jerusha Abbott of that place, March 28, 1773, who died 
 June 28, 1783. Then, Dec. 10, '83, he married Mary Seely 
 of Poundridge, N. Y., removing to Saratoga Co. and thence 
 to that part of Pompey which is now in La Fayette. There 
 he bought 50 acres on lot 85, May 30, 1796. 
 
 Samuel Humphreys — This pensioner was born March 
 12, 1756, and in 1820 made an affidavit to help John Wilcox 
 get a pension. He said he was then 63, but called himself 84 
 in 1840, living then with Elijah Humphreys, and was still 
 drawing a pension in 1847. He came from Simsbury, Ct., 
 a place which sent many pioneers here. In 1777 he enlisted 
 in a company of artificers under Capt. Pigeon or Peon, 
 (name not found) afterward commanded by Capt. Moses 
 Cook, of Col. Hughes' Regt. The company was mostly of 
 Connecticut men. He married Zeruiah Wilcox of Canton, 
 Conn. 
 
 Benjamin June, | Died [ Feb. 9, 1850, | Ae. 99 Years. 
 Ruth, | Wife of | Benjamin June, | Died May 17, 1835, | 
 Ae. 64 Years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 67 
 
 This veteran came to Sherman Hollow, where he is 
 buried, with three others in 1794. In 1840 he called himself 
 87. Onon. Cent, says, "Benjamin June died at the age of 103 
 years in Fabius. He came from Hudson, near Albany, his 
 father having come from Scotland to that place in an early 
 day." Clark said in 1847 : "Mr. June was a soldier of the 
 Revolution. His ancestors came from France; he is still 
 living and receives a pension." In 1790 he was at Great 
 Barrington, Mass., but his military record cannot now be 
 given. 
 
 Orange King — Onondaga's Centennial says that Wm. 
 J. Cook of La Fayette, in 1832, "married Sophia, daughter 
 of Orange King, a Revolutionary soldier and long a tavern 
 keeper in La Fayette Square." In the La Fayette cemetery 
 is the grave of "Anna | Wife of | Orange King | Died Sept. | 
 7, 1847, I Ae. 74 Years." Ori King of Wethersfield, Ct., who 
 was in Capt. Bull's Co., Feb. 28, '77, and was discharged 
 March 26, 1780, may be this veteran. 
 
 Erected to | Ambrose Morton, | who died Jan. 8th, 
 1832, I in the 76th Year | of his Age. | 
 
 With cares he crowded life's contracted span, | 
 A useful, busy & an honest man. | 
 An honest man is the noblest work of God.. 
 In Memory of | Sarah, wife of | Ambrose Morton | 
 who died Sept. 5, 1821, | in the 66th year of her age. | 
 Hear what the voice from Heaven declares | 
 
 To those in Christ who die | 
 Releas'd from all their earthly cares | 
 They reign with him on high. | 
 Pine Grove cemetery, 2 miles south of Jamesville. He 
 was of Stoughton, Mass., in Capt. Wm. Briggs' Co., Col. 
 Reed's Regt., '75. Also in Capt. Simeon Leach's Co., Col. 
 Benjamin Gill's Regt., which marched from Stougj|ton, 
 March 4, '76, to Dorchester Heights. In 1790 there were 
 six in his family at Stoughton. 
 
 OziAS NORTHWAY — Of this pensioner and his brother 
 Zenas, Chase said: "Both were Revolutionary soldiers and 
 pensioners." Ozias served in Capt. Hooker's Co., Ct., '76, 
 and was reported as a Conn, pensioner living in N. Y. He 
 
68 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 was born in 1758. In 1820 he gave the town of Onondaga 
 as his residence, being 62 years old. He enlisted in Capt. 
 Pettibone's Co., Col. Mill's Regt., Nov. '75, and was in the 
 battle of Long Island and the retreat from New York. In 
 January, '77, he was discharged. His property was worth 
 $50, and included eight turkeys, which would have made 
 quite an asset now. His wife, evidently a young woman, 
 had three or four gowns and a bonnet, all worth $15, and 
 he owed more than he could pay. A son was 18, and a 
 daughter 3 years old. 
 
 In memory of | Zenas Northway | Born Dec. 29, 1764 | 
 Died Dec. 29, 1843, | Ae. 79 | A Soldier of the Revolution. [ 
 In I Memory of | Rhoda, | wife of [ Zenas Northway. | 
 who died March 15th | 1832. | in the 69th year | of her age. j 
 Friends nor Physicians could not save | 
 My mortal body from the grave. | 
 Nor can the grave retain it here | 
 When Christ shall call it to appear. | 
 Cardiff cemetery. This pensioner gave his age in 1840 
 as 75, his birthday being at the close of the year. He kept 
 tavern in La Fayette at one time with his brother. He was 
 at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Mass., in 1790. His will, made 
 Dec. 22, 1834 and proved Feb. 26, 1844, mentions Abigail, a 
 later wife. 
 
 Solomon Owen — This pioneer came to Sherman Hol- 
 low in 1793, from Mamakating, N. Y., where he was en- 
 rolled in the 2d Ulster regiment. 
 
 Ebenezee Potter — This Conn, pensioner, living in N. 
 Y., had his home in Sherman Hollow. He was enrolled at 
 Fitzwilliam or Marlborough, Mass., and was a private in 
 Capt. Daniel Barns' Co., Col. James Ward's Regt., Cam- 
 bridge, '75, serving 13 weeks and 6 days. Also on "Com- 
 mand at Quebec." In 1790 the name appeared only in Litch- 
 field, Ct. 
 
 Augustinus Shue I 1745-1828 | MARIA Shue | 1752- 
 1841. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 69 
 
 Cardiff cemetery. He came from Esopus, Ulster C, in 
 1808, where he was enrolled in the Revolution in Col. Sny- 
 der's 1st Regt. of Ulster Co. militia. He brought two slaves 
 with him, and gave Jack to his son John, whence came an 
 inscription on the family monument: "Jack, | 1800-1880. | 27 
 Years a Slave in I N. Y. State." 
 
 R. Snippin I died March 24, 1838 | aged 89 years. | 
 Cardiff cemetery. Reuben Sniffin was in the 2d West- 
 chester Co., Regt., and Reuben Sniffin, Sen. and Jr., were at 
 North Castle in that county in 1790. 
 
 Benjamin Webb, | died | August 16, 1840, | aged 84 
 years. | 
 
 In early youth my country call'd | 
 
 And I it's voice obey'd, | 
 By foes my body was inthra'd, | 
 And now in dust is laid. | 
 Webb Hollow cemetery. In 1840 he was a pensioner, 
 living with Hiram Leonard. A frequent name in New 
 England rolls. There were several of prominence in Con- 
 necticut, but he does not appear in the list of Conn, pen- 
 sioners in N. Y. The name is also in Col. Anthony Wayne's 
 Regt., Pa. 
 
 Daniel Winchell | died | Jan. 9, 1808 | Aged 78 
 years. | 
 
 Lois | Wife of | Daniel Winchell | died | Feb. 5, 1818 | 
 Aged 88 years. | 
 
 Cardiff cemetery. In Light Infantry, Torrington, Ct., 
 '77. In 1790 at Southington, Hartford Co., Ct. 
 
 Jadediah Winchell | a soldier of 1776, | Died | Nov. 
 26, 1840 I Aged 89 Y'rs. # 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. This pensioner lived with Jacob 
 Winchell in 1840. He served in Capt. Allen's Co., Col. Wig- 
 glesworth's Regt., New Marlborough, Mass., and was in 
 Berkshire Co. in 1790. 
 
 The following may have served, their names being- in 
 rolls but not yet identified : 
 
70 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Nathan Abbott | Died March 24, 
 1836 I aged 72 Years. 
 
 Also HULDAH his wife | Died April 15, 1848, | Aged 70 
 Years. | Remembered though absent. | 
 
 Cardiff cemetery. Several of the name were enrolled 
 in N. Y. and New England, and it was frequent in 1790. 
 
 In I Memory of | William Campbell ] who died Sept. 
 4th I 1822, I in the 79th year | of his age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Mary, | Consort of | William Camp- 
 bell I who died Deer. 16th, 1821, | in the 78th year | of her 
 age. I 
 
 Pine Grove cemetery. The name is in Dubois' N. Y. 
 Levies, in Mass. companies, and was frequent in 1790. 
 
 Daniel Cole | died | May 6, 1840 | in the 83d | Year | of 
 his age. | 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. The name appears thirteen 
 times in Mass. rolls, whence the family came. 
 
 In I memory of | JOSEPH S. Cole. | Who died | June 
 9th, I 1833, I aged 70 years. | 
 
 Erected | to the Memory of | Saeah, | wife of | Joseph 
 S. Cole. I who died | Jan. | 17, 1837, | aged 70 years. | 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. He was born in Mass., and came 
 to La Fayette about 1801. His wife was Sarah Rhodes. "He 
 built the turnpike from Binghamton to Newburg," and, 
 though an early settler, was in Pennsylvania awhile. The 
 name is frequent in Mass. and N. Y. rolls. 
 
 Stephen Cole — The "Baker Genealogy" says, "Not 
 long after the Revolution the tide of emigration set strongly 
 toward 'York State,' and in 1801 Erastus (Baker) first 
 
 taken by it, came with Stephen ('Ensign') Cole and 
 
 Rhoades to La Fayette, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and settled 
 on a tract on the hill just west of the village of L." They 
 were from Chesterfield, Mass., and some of Baker's broth- 
 ers followed. Cole's title suggests Revolutionary service, 
 and he may have been Stephen Cole of Sutton, Mass., who 
 enlisted for 3 years in Capt. Chase's Co., Col. Davis's regi- 
 ment, 1781. He was then 21 ; of dark complexion, 5 feet 6 
 inches high, and a farmer. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 71 
 
 Samuel Coleman | Died | June 25, 1825 | Ae. 76 Y'rs. | 
 Rachel | Wife of | Samuel Coleman | Died | Dec. 19, 
 1839. I Ae. 76 Y'rs. | 
 
 Cardiff cemetery. This pioneer came in 1794. The 
 name occurs in the 4th N. Y. Levies, and also in Mass. and 
 N. J. In 1790 it appeared in Ipswich, Mass., and elsewhere. 
 
 James A. Davis | died | Sept. 21, 1850 | Ae. 90 Yrs. 6 
 Mo. & 26 D's. 
 
 In I Memory of | Deborah, | wife of | J. A. Davis, | who 
 died I Jan. 13, 1885. | Aged 68 years. | 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. The name occurs in three N. Y. 
 companies, and in N. Y. there were six of the name in the 
 census of 1790. 
 
 Mr. Enoch Drake, | was born | Dec. 31, 1766, | and 
 died May 19, 1826. | aged 59 years. | 
 
 Tremble, my soul and kiss the Son ; | 
 Sinner obey the Saviour's call; | 
 Else great damnation hastens on, | 
 And Hell gapes wide to wait your fall. | 
 Pine Grove cemteery. The name appears in Capt. 
 Tucker's Co., N. J., 1st Regt. at Hunterdon, but he could 
 not have served till late in the war, if at all. 
 
 In memory of | Jeremiah Fuller | who died Aug. | 
 23th 1816 in the | 49th year of his age. | 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. In 1790 the name appears in 
 N. Y. and New England. Though young he may have 
 served in Mass., in Capt. Amos Lincoln's Co., '81-'83. His 
 son, Jeremiah, was administrator, Sept. 3, 1816. 
 
 James Pierce | Died | Aug. 28, 1846, | In the 83 Year | 
 of his age. " 
 
 Mabel, | wife of | James Pierce | Died | July 9, 1852, | 
 Aged I 86 years. | 
 
 Sherman Hollow. Nine of the name were enrolled in 
 Mass., and one in Capt. Hutchins' Co., Vt. 
 
 Elijah Reed | Died Mar. 31, 1836 | Ae. 69 Yr's 11 Mo. 
 12 D's. I 
 
72 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Saeah I His Wife | Died May 13, 1842. | Ae. 76 Yr's 
 27 D's. 1 
 
 Pine Grove cemetery. Several of the name were re- 
 corded in 1790, one in Amenia, N. Y., who may have been the 
 one in the 6th L. B. R. Dutchess Co. regiment. The one here 
 may have been Ehjah Reed 2d, of Capt. Sprout's and Capt. 
 Ebenezer Smith's company, Mass., 1781-'83. 
 
 In I Memory of | James Sherman, | who died July | 
 14th 1813: I Aged 63. | 
 
 A friend to the poor acquainted with woe ; | 
 Resign'd to linger but rejoic'd to go. | 
 Erectum Filio suo. | 
 Sherman Hollow cemetery. He came there in 1793, 
 and soon after, with Solomon Owen, built saw and grist 
 mills. Four of the name were enrolled in Mass., and it is 
 probable he was one of them. Nancy Sherman became ad- 
 ministrator, July 29, 1813. 
 
 In I Memory of | Joseph Smith, | who died | June 3rd 
 1816, I aged 57 years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Hannah, wife of | Joseph Smith, | 
 who died | February, 1826, | Aged 69 years. | 
 
 La Fayette cemetery. As there were 83 of the name 
 enrolled in Mass. alone, no attempt has been made to trace 
 his history. 
 
 LYSANDER. 
 
 Some veterans belonging to this town will be recorded 
 in Van Buren, the Baldwinsville cemeteries being on that 
 side of the river. 
 
 Parmenio I Adams. | Born Jan. 22, 1748. | Died March 
 18, I 1809. I ag'd 61 y'rs | 1 mo. & 26 | days. | 
 
 In the Adams' cemetery, south of Plainville and near 
 the river. He was born in Simsbury, Ct., being the son of 
 Daniel Adams, and married Chloe Nearing of that place. 
 May 7, 1772. His son, Charlora, was born there Jan. 22, 
 '73, and died near Plainville, March 4, 1829, he and his 
 wife lying beside his father. Parmenio Adams served in 
 the 6th company of Simsbury Volunteers, for six months 
 in '75, being called out on the Lexington alarm. Also in 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 73 
 
 Lieut. Case's company for 1 month in '76. His name ap- 
 peared at Duanesburg, N. Y., in 1790. His son, Charlora, 
 was administrator, May 10, 1809. 
 
 Nathan Betts, | a revolutionary | Soldier, died | 
 March 26, 1844, | in the 91 year | of his age. | 
 
 This stone lies flat on his grave in the old and aban- 
 doned Presbyterian cemetery of Lysander village, which 
 was once Betts' Corners. He was born in Ridgefield, Ct., 
 Aug. 13, 1753, and came to Lysander in 1818. His name 
 appears as a private in Capt. Abijah Gilbert's Co., 2d West- 
 chester regiment, N. Y., and also in the 4th. Several of the 
 name were in Fairfield Co., Ct., in 1790. 
 
 Nathan Borden | Died | Jan. 18, 1851. | Ae. 85 Y'rs 10 
 Mo. I & 13 Ds. I 
 
 Thy bosom faithful tomb unveil | 
 And give these sacred relics room, | 
 Take this new treasure to thy breast | 
 They seek a slumber in thy dust | 
 So Jesus slept God's only son.| 
 In I memory of | Elizabeth | wife of | Nathan Borden | 
 who departed this | life May 16, 1833, | aged 68 years. | 
 No sickness, or sorrow, or pain | 
 
 Shall ever disquiet her now, | 
 For death to her spirit was gain | 
 
 Since Christ was her life when below. | 
 Her soul has now taken its flight | 
 
 To mansions of glory above | 
 To mingle with angels of light | 
 And dwell in the kingdom of love. | 
 Her stone is at Pompey Hill and his at Jacksonville. 
 He and his father served from Freetown, Mass., before they 
 moved to Pompey, where his wife died. He afterv^rds 
 went to the town of Lysander. He was born March 4, r/65, 
 and has descendants here. 
 
 Benajah Bowen — In the Bowen Family, p. 196 of 
 "Hughes and Allied Families," it is said : "Since the fore- 
 going pages were printed it has been ascertained that Elijah 
 Bowen, (2-1) and Benajah Bowen (2-2) both served for a 
 time in the American army in the Revolutionary war." 
 
74 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Benajah was born at Cheshire, Mass., and married Hannah 
 Cody, 1786. She died in 1836, and was sister to Patty Cody, 
 who married Elijah Bowen. The widow Cody was promin- 
 ent in pioneer life. Benajah went from Conn, to Utica in 
 1791; then to Skaneateles with his brother in '95, and to 
 Lysander in 1817. His name is not in the Mass. rolls, but 
 omissions were common. His brother's appears. 
 
 John Davenport, | Died July 13, | 1821 | Aged 69 
 Years | And | 
 
 Sarah his wife | died Sept. 25, 1820 | Ae. 54 Y'rs. | who 
 was formerly wife of | Wm. Robinson Jr. | of Philadelphia. | 
 For others see Records. | 
 
 This humble but curious stone is in the older part of 
 the Baldwinsville cemetery. In the Buffalo Patriot, July 25, 
 1821, among deaths of Revolutionary soldiers is this notice : 
 "Davenport. In Lysander, Onondaga Co., the Rev. John 
 Davenport, aged 69 years." He came there in 1810, and was 
 the first Moderator of the Onondaga Presbytery, in 1811. 
 For five years he was a Presbyterian pastor at Baldwinsville, 
 dying there as above. He was born at Freehold, N. J., Aug. 
 11, 1752; graduated at Princeton in '69; and was ordained 
 at Mattituck, Suffolk Co., N. Y., June 4, '75, serving there 
 two years. He married Elizabeth Barker, widow of his 
 predecessor, Dec. 18, '75, and was dismissed from the Suf- 
 folk Presbytery, April 12, '86. He then settled in Bedford, 
 N. Y., and afterward in Deerfield, whence he was dismissed 
 because of feeble health in 1805. Returning to N. Y. in 
 1809, he began work in Lysander. While the name is a 
 frequent one, he may have been merely enrolled without 
 farther service, or may have acted as chaplain, as he still 
 held his pastoral charge. 
 
 Joseph De Long — This pensioner said he was 59 when 
 he appeared in court, Sept. 1, 1820. He enlisted in Capt. 
 Swarthout's Co., Col. Lamb's regiment, in '82, for three 
 years. Then he was under Capt. Bliss till the war was 
 closed. He finished his 3 years' service under Capt. Bryant, 
 and was discharged at West Point by Capt. Johnson. Till 
 pensioned he was not worth $10, but had already saved 
 $113.60, well invested. His wife was 40 years old and he 
 had four children. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 75 
 
 Benjamin De Puy — This veteran's name is on the 
 Baldwinsville monument, but little is recorded of him. He 
 was of an Ulster Co. family, and Jacobus De Puy was an 
 early and prominent pioneer. Benjamin's name is in the 
 2d and 3d Ulster regiments, and he was a fence viewer in 
 Lysander in 1808. 
 
 Adam Emerick — This pioneer served in 8th Albany 
 Co. regiment, and was at Claverack in 1790. His wife was 
 Catharine, and his will, made Feb. 11, 1809, was proved 
 Feb. 28. The name has been changed in form, and he had 
 many descendants. 
 
 Wm. B. Fleming | Private | Col. Philip Van Cortland | 
 2nd N. y. I Died Sept. 4, 1838, | aged 83 y'rs.| 
 
 Abandoned Belgium cemetery. The grave is annually 
 marked by a flag. 
 
 William Foster — This pensioner was 88 in 1840, and 
 lived with Ira Foster. The name often occurs in N. Y., 
 Conn, and Mass. rolls ; 25 times in the last. From his age 
 he may have been a sergeant in Canterbury, Ct., who 
 marched at the Lexington alarm. 
 
 Our Father, | George Fravor, | Died | Dec. 17, 1858, | 
 aged 102 years, j 
 
 Chase's cemetery, northeast of Lamson station. En- 
 rolled in 6th Dutchess Co. regiment. The name is Travor 
 in rolls and census of 1790, but Fravor on headstone and 
 Baldwinsville monument. In 1790 there were two in Dutch- 
 ess Co. and one in Columbia. 
 
 Stiles Freeman | Died | July 9, 1853, | 75 Yeai% | 
 Ever remembered. | 
 
 Chase's cemetery. His name is on the Baldwinsville 
 monument, and in 1840 as a Revolutionary pensioner aged 
 52 years, placing his birth in 1788, instead of 1778 as on the 
 stone. Of course these dates would not allow of Revolution- 
 ary service, and he may have been a pensioner of 1812 mis- 
 placed. The name is provisionally retained as possibly be- 
 ing the father of the one whose inscription is given. 
 
76 THE ONONDAGA HISTOKICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 John Grey — ^In Chase's cemetery. Mrs, A. M. Rice 
 vwites that he was a Revolutionary soldier with no head- 
 stone. "Sylvester Grey, a descendant, promised a marker 
 for the grave, but on Memorial day (1909) I found it devoid 
 of remembrance of any kind, save the little flagstaff placed 
 there the previous year." This is a frequent name in Revo- 
 lutionary rolls. 
 
 Israel Hooker — This veteran was 62 in 1820, while 
 his wife, Mary C, was 63, and his son, Israel, was 25. He 
 was a common laborer, "but unable to labor, as he had but 
 one eye and one arm." However, he had the use of 18 acres 
 of land for his life, only four acres being improved. His 
 assets were $71 . 98, and debts about $100. He enlisted for 
 one year in Capt. Jacob Head's Co., Col. James Reid's Regt., 
 in '76, and served his full time. He wlas still a pensioner 
 in Lysander in 1840. In 1790 the name of S. Israel Hooker 
 appeared in Athens, Vt., and earlier in Vt. rolls. 
 
 William Johnson, Sen — This pensioner reported 
 himself as 64 years old in 1820, his wife and two daughters 
 living with him. Betsey was 12, and Jenny 8 years old. He 
 aged fast, however, and was 88 in 1840. He served in Capt. 
 William King's Co., Col. Ward's Regt., Mass. In August, 
 1807, there was a malignant fever in Baldwinsville. Clark 
 said, "Not one escaped, except a Revolutionary soldier 
 known as 'Uncle Bill Johnson,' (recently deceased), [1847] 
 and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin." 
 
 Nathan Kellogg, | A Soldier of | the Revolutionary 
 War I Died July 4, 1838, | Aged 72 Years. | 
 
 Clara Bryant, | His Wife | Died Sept. 1824, | Aged 
 54 Years. | 
 
 Jacksonville cemetery. In Ridgefield, Ct., in 1790. He 
 may have been in Col. Canfield's Ct. Regt., at West Point, 
 '81, but seems too young for Capt. David Olmsted's Co., of 
 Ridgefield, in '79. The name occurred in the service there 
 in '76, and it may have been his father's. 
 
 Jacob Northrop — This pensioner lived in or near the 
 village of Lysander, where a stone marks his wife's grave. 
 It reads "Abigail Northrip | died | Sept. 5, 1844; | ag'd 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 77 
 
 94 y'rs | 10 m's & 13 days." When she drew his pension in 
 1840 she was called 88. His son's grave is in the same 
 cemetery. "Jacob Northrop | Died | July 28, 1848 ; | Aged | 
 78 Years." As he was born as early as 1770, and his mother 
 in 1749, the father may have been born about 1745. His 
 name is on the Baldwinsville monument, and occurs in Mass. 
 and Conn, rolls. 
 
 Timothy Olmsted | Died | Aug. 15, 1848, | in the 89th 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Phoenix, which served for both sides of 
 the river. He was born in East Hartford, Ct., Nov. 12, 
 1759, and married Alice Olmsted, May 2, '82. She was born 
 there Feb. 14, '62, and died at Rome, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1813. 
 They removed to Hartland, Ct., in '85, and then to Rome. 
 A noted teacher and composer of sacred music, who pub- 
 lished the Musical Olio in 1811. He marched with the East 
 Hartford company on the Lexington alarm, and was fifer 
 in the 7th Conn. Regiment, May 5-Dec. 7, '75, and in the 9th 
 regiment in '80. He enlisted May 1, '77, in Capt. Whiting's 
 Co., Col. Webb's regiment, for three years, and also served 
 in the war of 1812, Aug. 18-Oct. 28, 1814, in Capt. Erastus 
 Strong's company at New London. 
 
 Jonathan Palmer — The family have no record of the 
 birth or death of this soldier and pioneer, and his grave is 
 unknown, but is at Jacksonville. He drew lot 36, which is 
 partially the site of Jacksonville, once called Palmerton. 
 Capt. A. S. Sheldon thought he was buried in the family 
 plat, old Bogardus farm, Jacksonville. He was probably 
 removed to the present cemetery, but with no record of the 
 grave. He was the cousin of Nathaniel, not the brother as 
 commonly reported, and came to Jacksonville in 1793. He 
 was enrolled in the 14th Regt. of Albany Co., at Windham, 
 now in Greene Co., and is said to have had six brothers in 
 the army, which may be an error. Dying intestate in 1813, 
 Nathaniel Palmer, of Greene Co., was made administrator, 
 July 7th. 
 
 In memory of | Nathaniel Palmer, | who died Feb. 
 15, 1826; I aged 73 years. | 
 
78 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Also Elizabeth, | his wife died July 2d 1825; | aged 
 
 66 years. | 
 
 Laid in the dust he must abide, [ 
 Here sleeping by his consort's side. | 
 Ye children living, come and see | 
 Where both your once lov'd parents be, | 
 Then follow in the path they trod, | 
 Till you shall rest with Christ in God. | 
 Jacksonville cemetery. He was in the same regiment 
 
 with his cousin, and both were recorded in Coxsackie, Albany 
 
 Co., in 1790. It is said he aided in placing a chain across 
 
 the Hudson to impede the British fleet. 
 
 Shubael Peeston I Private | Capt. Reuben Marcy's 
 Co. 1 Col. John Chester's Battalion, | Wadsworth's Brigade, 
 Conn. Line. | Died | Oct. 17, 1846, | aged 88 y'rs. | 
 
 Old Belgium cemetery, where a new stone is hidden in 
 dense underbrush, but annually decorated. This pensioner 
 was 82 in 1840, and lived with his son Shubael, who now lies 
 beside him. The Preston Genealogy says of him : "Shubael 
 Preston, b. in Ashford, Ct., Nov. 20, 1758. Enl. as private 
 in Capt. Marcy's Co., 1776 ; in battles of Flatbush and White 
 Plains ; member of Capt. Hill's Co. 1778-9. In Hampton in 
 1817; pensioner in Homer, 1833, and also in Lysander, 
 1840." 
 
 Nathaniel Root — This pensioner lived with his family 
 in 1840, and was then 73 ; probably a little more. The D. A. 
 R. Lineage book says he was born in Canaan, Ct., 1766, and 
 died in Salina in 1845. He enlisted in Conn, militia in '82, 
 as substitute for his brother. His wife was Lois Barnes. 
 He was a Conn, pensioner, and the name occurs in Lieut. 
 Col. Bradley's Co., Canaan, Ct., and in Tolland Co., 1790. His 
 wife's inscription at Baldwinsville is: "Lois, | Wife of | 
 Nathaniel Root | died Oct. 20, 1844. | In the 76 year | of her 
 age." 
 
 In I Memory of | Silas Scofield | who died | Nov. 
 22, 1837 : aged | 78 years. | 
 
 Plainville cemetery. Enrolled in 4th regiment of N. Y. 
 Line. He lived with his son, Amasa B. Scofield, born in 
 1793. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 79 
 
 John Slauson — This veteran was 76 in 1840, and lived 
 with his family. The name occurs in Weissenfel's Levies 
 and the 2d N, Y. Artillery. In 1790 it appeared at Half 
 Moon and North Castle, N. Y. 
 
 Austin Smith ] A Soldier of the Revolution, | Died | 
 Dec. 10, 1846, | Ae. 92 y'rs 11 mo. | & 20 d's. | 
 
 Rebecca | his Wife | Nov. 13, 1846, | Ae. 70 y'rs. 4 
 mo. & 9 d's. I 
 
 In erly life our country called, | 
 
 And we its voice obeyed; | 
 By foes our bodies was inthralled, | 
 But now in earth we are laid. | 
 Jacksonville cemetery. The verse applies only to the 
 husband ; the wife, being bom in '76, might then have been 
 classed as light infantry. The soldier was a pensioner in 
 1840, and then lived with Sidney Tracy in Granby, N. Y. 
 He served during the war from Stamford, Ct., was wounded 
 at Monmouth, and his name appears in Capt. Waterbury's 
 Co., '75; Capt. Whitney's Co., '76, and as sergeant in Col. 
 Bradley's regiment, '77-'80. He married Rebecca Reynolds. 
 
 Hezekiah Tuttle — This veteran, probably born about 
 1758, "died in Panesville, N. Y.," which seems Little Utica, 
 called Paynsville in 1832. The family history gives only 
 place of death, parentage, and the fact that he saw service. 
 The name is in Conn, rolls, but he probably served in the 
 companies of Capt. Nathaniel Blanchard and Capt. Ichabod 
 Robinson, Vt., 1780, as he was in Chittenden, Vt., in '90. 
 
 Edward Tylee | Died | Oct. 18, 1850, | Ae. 92 yrs. | 11 
 mos & 27 d's. | 
 
 Weeping friends as you pass by, | 
 
 As you are now so once was I. | 
 As I am now so you must be | % 
 
 Prepare to die and follow me. | 
 Chase's cemetery. Mr. Tylee was called a Revolution- 
 ary soldier and a Troy merchant of some means. His grave 
 has a marker, and the stone is laid flat upon it. The name 
 may have been written Tyler in the rolls, as it is not found 
 in these nor in the census. Deacon Tylee once lived near 
 Warner, coming in 1834-6, and having descendants there. 
 
80 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 There follow pioneers of Revolutionary age and record, 
 but not identified. 
 
 Daniel Chase | Died July | 28, 1838 | In the 85 Year | 
 of his age. | 
 
 Charlota, I Wife of ] Daniel Chase, | Died | June 17, 
 1844, I Aged 62 years | 
 
 Chase's cemetery. The name is in 16th Albany regi- 
 ment, and three were enrolled in Massachusetts. 
 
 Isaac Dolsen. | Died |Sept. 23, 1843. | Ae. 76 Years. | 
 Plainville cemetery. In 1790 in Orange Co. Perhaps 
 
 in 4th L. B. regiment there as Isaac Dolsen, Jr., but only 
 
 possible. 
 
 Joseph Gordon | Born Nov. 30, 1748. | Died Mar. 27, 
 1829. I 
 
 Sister Schermerhorn | His wife | Born Feb. 10, 1757. 
 I Died June 3, 1842. | 
 
 Lysander village. Name in Col. John Stark's N. H. 
 regiment, as corporal in Capt. Allen's Co., '76. Enlisted 
 for 3 years in '77 from 4th regiment. Also 2d Albany regi- 
 ment, N. Y. Probable. 
 
 In I Memory of | John Mastin | who died | Dec. 20, 
 1834 I Ae. 75 y'rs. 3 ms. | & 15 days. | 
 
 Charity | wife of | John Mastin, | died Feb, 2, 1835, | 
 in the 74 Y'r | of her age. | 
 
 Lysander cemetery. 4th Ulster regiment. In 1790, 
 Dutchess Co. and New England. Probable. 
 
 In memory | of Joel Rose | who died Augt. | 31, 1819 | 
 in the 72 year | of his age. | 
 
 Oh when at last death's forms shall rise | 
 And flowers & stars desist to moralise | 
 Shall then my soul by thee inform'd survey | 
 And breathe the splendor of celestial day. | 
 In memory of | Rachel wife of | Joel Rose who died | 
 July 29, 1819, in the | 68 year of her age. | 
 
 Oh let my name engraven stand. | ****** * 
 Old family cemetery, IV^ miles west of Baldwinsville. 
 This frequent name was in Capt. Gideon Ormsby's company. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 81 
 
 Vt. In 1790 it appeared in Manchester, Vt., and elsewhere. 
 Probable. Lewis Kose, administrator, Sept. 7, 1819. 
 
 Elijah Snow, | died | Nov. 18, 1841 | Aged 81 Y'rs. | 
 Abigail | Wife of | Elijah Snow | died Apr, 14, 1810 | 
 Aged 44 Y'rs. | 
 
 Plainville cemetery. In Mass. rolls in 3d regiment of 
 Bristol Co. Continentals, the name appears, and at German 
 Flats, N. Y., and in New England in 1790. Probable. He 
 built Snow's Bridge, and in 1808 was supervisor of 
 Lysander. 
 
 Lucy Clark — This pensioner was 74 in 1840, and was 
 then living with Theodore C. Clark in Lysander. Probably 
 widow of Reuben Clark, for whom Agnes Clark was ad- 
 ministrator, Oct. 14, 1816, and who was not the one else- 
 where mentioned. 
 
 MANLIUS. 
 
 Elisha Backus — This soldier was bom May 3, 1752, 
 and married Betsey Johnson in Canterbury, Ct., Feb. 12, 
 1777. He died March 21, 1801, and was interred at Manlius. 
 In the Lexington alarm he served for 17 days from Canter- 
 bury, and was also at Bunker Hill under Putnam. He was 
 major and aid de camp on Gen. Gates' staff, and in '76 served 
 tAVO months in Capt. Hall's Co., Major Ebenezer Backus' 
 regiment of Light Horse. In 1790 he was still in Canter- 
 bury. His wife, Betsey, died Aug. 12, 1839, aged 86 years, 
 9 months, and was buried in Utica but afterward trans- 
 ferred to Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn. Betsey Backus 
 and Luther Bingham, administrators, March 27, 1801, ^ 
 
 Nathan Benedict — This pioneer was born March 9, 
 1753, in New Canaan, Ct., or in Salem, N. Y,, and in '76 
 married Deborah Todd of Long Ridge, Ct. She was bom in 
 1755, and died in Volney, N. Y., in 1836. He removed from 
 Salem in '83, and died in Manlius Feb. 13, 1802. Enrolled 
 in 4th regiment, Westchester Co., and in Capt, Marvin's Co., 
 Norwalk, Ct., in '82. 
 
82 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Luther Bingham— The name of this early settler from 
 Connecticut is in Capt. Moses Branch's Co. as drummer, in 
 '78, and he was in Canterbury, Ct., in 1790. He married 
 Abigail Johnson, and was a friend of Elisha Backus. 
 
 Levi Bishop | 1760-1849. | Nancy, | His Wife | 1764- 
 
 1852. I 
 
 Fayetteville cemetery. On the pension list he was 79 
 in 1840, and was incorrectly called Lewis Bishop. He then 
 lived with his son and was one of the last three survivors 
 of Col. Lamb's Art. Regt. of N. Y., in which he was a mat- 
 ross. His name is also in Col. Stevens' Art. Regt., Pawling's 
 Levies, and in Major Ebenezer Wood's Scouts for 3 months, 
 of Windsor, Vt., where he lived in 1790. He drew lot 76, 
 Manlius. 
 
 In memory of Eld. Gershom Breed | who died Septr. | 
 
 5th I 1815 ; in the 60th year | of his age. | 
 
 With suffering saints he could sympathise | 
 And wipe the trembling tear from sorrow's eyes | 
 He served his God and when his summons came | 
 He died believing on his Savior's name, | 
 The sweet remembrance of the just | 
 Shall flourish though they sleep in dust j 
 In I Memory of | Hannah, | consort of | Eld. Gershom 
 
 Breed, | who died June 22, 1828, J in the 71st year of | her 
 
 age. I 
 
 Best, dear sister, from thy toils, | Thy work is done on earth.] 
 Breed cemetery, east of Fayetteville. In Conn, rolls in 
 
 Capt. Prentice's Co., Col. Parsons' regiment, '75, and also 
 
 corporal and sergeant in Capt. Holmes' Co., 8th regiment of 
 
 militia in '76. An early settler and prominent Baptist, who 
 
 became a preacher. 
 
 Ebenezer Calkins — This pioneer was an Indian trader 
 in Manlius in 1800, and his name appears in Capt, John 
 Vaughan's Independent company, Lebanon, Ct. He mar- 
 ried Sarah Wentworth at Livingston Manor, N. Y., who 
 died about 1802, and whose father died in 1772. In Manlius 
 three of his daughters married. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 83 
 
 Levi Caer — This pensioner was 59 when he made his 
 statement in 1820, and was still a pensioner in 1840, but 
 then aged 78. In 1820 his wife was 55, a daughter was 14, 
 and a son 16. Two grandchildren were also dependent on 
 him. This was hard, for while his assets were $174.64, his 
 debts amounted to $409.80. He served in Mass., in Capt. 
 Zebulon King's Co., Col. Brooks' regiment. Two of this 
 name were in this regiment. The family history says he 
 was born in 1762 and was in the battle of Saratoga with his 
 father, who was made deaf for life by heavy cannonading. 
 Levi married his wife Ruth Fordyce, in or near Saratoga, 
 about 1790, and afterward settled in Manlius, where he died 
 
 in 1849. After his wife's death he married Betsey at 
 
 Fayetteville, who was 70 in Feb., 1853, and was then living 
 in Woodstock, N. Y. The Mass. rolls place him in Capt. 
 Day's Co., Lt. Col. Brooks' Regt., enlisting from Ipswich or 
 Watertown, but born in Durham, The muster roll made him 
 21 in '82, of light complexion and 5 feet, 9 inches high, and 
 placed him also under Capt. Coburn by a change of officers. 
 
 Paul Clapp | Died | Apr. 24, 1845. | In the 92. | Year 
 of his I Age. | 
 
 In memory of | Hephsivah | wife of | Paul CIapp| who 
 died Oct. | 30, 1820, | Aged 66 years & | 5 months. | 
 Soul of the just, companion of the dead, | 
 Where is thy home and whether art thou fled | 
 Back to the heavenly source thy being goes | 
 Swift as the comet wheels from whence it rose. | 
 
 ACHSAH I wife of I Paul Clapp | Died 1830, | in the 73 
 year | of her age. | To die is gain. | 
 
 Buried in Manlius cemetery, with others from Pompey. 
 He was bom in Chesterfield, Mass., married Hephsibah 
 Guilford, and came to Pompey in 1798, being still in Chester- 
 field in 1790. Chase said : "While a soldier during the war 
 of the Revolution, he was a member of an expedition thi^gh 
 the northern wilderness, which made an aggressive war 
 upon the Indians and Tories, and was taken prisoner, car- 
 ried to Canada, and suffered great hardships. He took up 
 a large tract of land in Pompey, and was a farmer until his 
 death in 1845, upon the land which he had reclaimed from 
 the wilderness." He was in Capt. Jonathan Allen's Co. of 
 Minute Men of Northampton, and was out for 8 days on 
 
84 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 the Lexington alarm, enlisting in the army April 27, '75 in 
 the same company. Col. Fellows' Regt., and serving 3 
 months and 11 days. Then he was in Major Allen's Co., 
 under Col. Rufus Putnam, Mass. Line, April 1, '77, to Dec. 
 31, '79, and in 1780 was reported as 26 years old, of dark 
 hair and complexion, and 5 feet 8 inches high. The des- 
 cription may belong to the time of his enlistment. 
 
 Samuel Clark — This veteran applied for a pension 
 May 29, 1827, being then 71 years old. He served in Capt. 
 Caleb Carr's Co., Col. Archibald Crary's Regt., under Gen. 
 Sullivan, and was discharged in March, '79, at Rowland's 
 Ferry, R. I., after a service of 9 months. It was lucky he 
 had no family, as he reported, "Real estate none and never 
 had any. Personal estate none, except my wearing apparel, 
 consisting of one suit of home-made clothes, one spare shirt 
 and an old great coat." Of course no one erected a stone. 
 
 RoswELL Cleveland | Died | June 9, 1848 | Ae, 89 
 Years. | 
 
 Temperance, | Wife of | Roswell Cleveland | Died June 
 13, 1824 I Aged 61 Years. | 
 
 Cazenovia cemetery. This Manlius pensioner was bom 
 in Williamsburg, Mass., July 2, 1759, and was in Capt. Kel- 
 logg's Co., Col. Woodbridge's regiment, Mass., in '77. In 
 1790 he was in Williamsburg, and applied for a pension in 
 Cazenovia, in 1818. In 1840 he was in Manlius, where he 
 died. He married Temperance Finney, Dec. 9, 1781, born 
 in Williamsburg, May 30, 1763, and is buried beside her. 
 
 John Cockley— This veteran was 64 in 1820, a farmer 
 living with and dependent on his son Cornelius. Thus he 
 had little use for worldly goods, and his property was worth 
 but $2.37, including two dollars in cash, spectacles and to- 
 bacco box. Yet he had served from July, '75, to June, '83. 
 At first he was under Col. Goose Van Schaick ; then under 
 Col. Nicholson. In Feb., '77, he was again under Van 
 Schaick, in Capt. McKean's Co., but was transferred to 
 others while in service. Though he served in N. Y. the name 
 appeared in the census of 1790 only in Cumberland, Pa. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 85 
 
 John Cole — This pensioner lived with his family in 
 1840, being then 75 years old. He came from Saratoga, and 
 was probably in Capt. John Pratt's Co., Vt., '81, but several 
 of this name served in N. Y. and New England. In '97 he 
 went from Galway to Pompey, near the Williams farms. 
 
 Benjamin Darling | A soldier of the | Revolutionary 
 war I Died | March 4, 1851 | aged 90 yrs. & | 9 months. | 
 
 Farozina I wife of | Benj. Darling | died June 20 | 
 1843 I Ae. 84 y'rs & 14 | days. ] 
 
 Collamer cemetery. This veteran was 78 in 1840, and 
 made his first affidavit when 54 years old, being then worth 
 $67.37. Three years later his 49 acres and a few other 
 things were worth $270.37, but his debts were $715.37. He 
 owed Judge Miller $600 of this, beside- $111 interest. His 
 wife was then 60, his son Ezra 17, and Alexander 13 years 
 old. For 9 months he was in Capt. Andrew Moodie's Co., 
 Col. Lamb's N. Y. Line, in '82. The name was in Dubois' 
 N. Y. Levies, and in 1790 in Beekmantown, Dutchess Co. 
 He died March 2, 1851. 
 
 Absalom Denny — In 1840 this pensioner lived with 
 Abigail Miles, and his age Was reported as 73, probably in- 
 tended for 78. His name occurs in Capt. Simeon Smith's 
 company, Ct., '76, and he was taken prisoner at Fort Wash- 
 ington. In 1790 he was in Amenia, N. Y. 
 
 Richard Dermot — This veteran, living in Manlius in 
 1795, with his wife Elizabeth transferred the title to part 
 of lot 62, Camillus, which he had drawn, to Thomas Farrell 
 of Marcellus. 
 
 In I memory of | Aaron Eaton | who died Jun^27, 
 1816 I aged 53 years. | ' 
 
 Remember Lord our mortal state | 
 How frail our life, how short our date | 
 Where is the man that draws his breath | 
 Safe from disease, secure from death. | 
 Cemetery near Manlius Center. He came from Conn, 
 before 1800, and in 1790 the name occurred at Stafford, Ct., 
 and Schenectady, N. Y. His wife was bom April 2, '74, and 
 
86 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 died March 3, 1829. He served 2 months 11 days in Capt. 
 Rogers' Co., Col. Samuel B. Webb's Conn, regiment, '82-'83. 
 His age was given as 19 in '82, height 5 feet 7 inches, light 
 complexion and hair, and light brown eyes. He enlisted at 
 Danbury for one year, April 8, '82. Tryphena, his wife, was 
 administrator, July 20, 1818. 
 
 Efhraim Eaton — This pensioner was 65 in 1820, when 
 Catharine, his wife, was 46 years old. His son, William, was 
 10, and his daughter, Hester Ann, was 7 years of age. For 
 a family of four he had but two dishes, and his assets were 
 but $15.36, with debts doubling this. He served in Col. 
 Michael Jackson's 7th regiment, but was transferred to 
 Capt. Mills' company, in the Mass. Line. In 1790 he was in 
 Schenectady. 
 
 Origen Eaton. | Died Sept. 23, 1839. | ae. 74. | 
 Erected To | Sophia Eaton, | Who Died August 10, 
 1834; I Aged 63 Years. | 
 
 Fayetteville cemetery. He was born in Ashford, Ct., 
 May 8, 1765, and enlisted in '81 for three years, in the Conn. 
 Line. The date of his coming to Fayetteville is 1801 in the 
 family history, but earlier in other accounts. He married 
 Sophia Reed in Ashford, who was born in 1771, Six weeks 
 after her death he married Mrs. Ellsworth, who was also 
 buried in Fayetteville. His older brother, Ira, lived there 
 for a time, but had no military record. Origen's name ap- 
 pears in Rensselaerville, N. Y., in 1790, and he served in 
 the war of 1812. 
 
 Joseph Eaton — He was born May 10, 1730, and mar- 
 ried (1) Elizabeth ; (2) Sarah Smith. He lived at 
 
 Tolland, Ct., then went to Kent, and to this state, his de- 
 scendants being mostly in this county. In the Lexington 
 alarm he was in Capt. Josiah Steam's Co., Col. Doolittle's 
 regiment. 
 
 Thomas Eaton — He was bom in Kent, Ct., in 1733, 
 and married at Dummerstrom, Vt., Amy, daughter of David 
 Hibbard, a Revolutionary soldier, settling at Matthews' 
 Mills or North Manlius. He marched from Woodstock, Ct, 
 in Lexington alarm, under Lieut. Mark Elwell. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 87 
 
 In Memory of | Samuel Edwards | who died August | 
 5th 1833 I Aged 82 years | A patriot of the revolution. | 
 Oh! death where is thy sting? | Oh! grave where is thy 
 victory? | 
 
 In memory of [ Jane, consort of | Samuel Edwards, | 
 who departed this life | Nov, 4th, 1830, | Aged 50 years. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. The name occurs in three N. Y. 
 companies, and four times in the Mass. rolls. In 1790 Dea. 
 Samuel Edwards lived at Westhampton, Mass. 
 
 John Everson — In S. A. R. list of this county. He 
 was an early settler in Manlius, had lived in Pennsylvania 
 and in Herkimer Co., N. Y., and was enrolled in the Asso- 
 ciated Exempts of Tyron Co. His name also appears in a 
 regiment in Dutchess Co. 
 
 John Foster — This veteran appeared before Judge 
 William Stevens of Onondaga Co., Oct. 21, 1795, and testi- 
 fied to the identity of Jacob Walter of Manlius, who served 
 in the same company with him in Col. Van Schaick's 1st 
 N. Y. Line. 
 
 Wm. Gardiner, | Died | Sept. 6, 1831, | aged 69 years. | 
 He walked with God. | 
 
 Rebecca Gardiner, | Died | Jan. 30, 1841, | Aged 76 
 Years. | She chose the, good part "that shall not | be taken 
 from her." | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. The D. A. R. Lineage book gives his 
 age as '61~'33, and says he served toward the close of the 
 war in the Mass. militia. He was bom in Brookline, Mass., 
 in 1761, and married Rebecca Raymond about 1785, when 
 he went to Rindge, N. H. There he became a colonel in the 
 militia and served in the Legislature. In 1809 he weht to 
 Boston, and soon after to Manlius, where he became a i#os- 
 perous merchant. His father was killed at Lexington, and 
 his death was a great public loss. 
 
 But to die. | Here lies the body of | DOCT. Amos 
 Granger, | who was born in Suffield, | Connt. | Oct. 16th 
 A. D. 1748. I & died in Manlius Nov. | 14th A. D. 1811. | To 
 a vigorous and cultivated | understanding, were added | all 
 
88 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 those virtues, that adorn the character of man. | Here 
 then let it rest. | So man lieth down, and riseth | not up, 
 till the heavens be no | more, they shall not awake, | nor 
 be raised out of their sleep. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. Dr. Granger married Ann Phelps 
 of Windsor, Ct., Sept. 14, '75. She was born May 22, 1753, 
 and died at Springfield, Sept. 26, 1806. He was still in 
 Suffield in 1790, having served with Gen. Gates at Saratoga, 
 and in the Conn. Assembly, 1788-91. His son was a promi- 
 nent citizen of Syracuse and a member of Congress. 
 
 George Grinnell | Died Mar. | 4, 1825, | Aged 71 y'rs.| 
 Mary | Wife of | George Grinnell | Died Sept. | 29, 
 
 1819, I Aged 60 years. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. This pensioner said he was 64 in 
 
 1820, differing from the inscription. His three daughters, 
 Polly, Hannah and Lucy, were 28, 24, and 22 years of age, 
 but may not have thanked him for telling this. George 
 F. Grinnell, his son, was then 17 years old. He was a com- 
 mon laborer, but had a colt worth $40, and other property 
 valued at $8.25. He owed $47 to prominent pioneers, as 
 Azariah Smith, M. Hull & Co., Elijah Rhoades, Col. James 
 O. Wattles, and John Meeker, the great merchant of those 
 days. He served in Rhode Island, under Capt. Arnold, in 
 Col. Lippitt's regiment. 
 
 Lawrence Hartbr — This veteran, says Onondaga's 
 Centennial, "died in 1832. During the Revolutionary war 
 he was taken prisoner by the Indians and English and taken 
 to Canada, where he was held for two years." His name is 
 in the 4th Tryon Co. regiment as Lawrence Herter, and in 
 1791 he was made lieutenant, and in 1793 captain in Her- 
 kimer Co., which then included Onondaga. He came to 
 Manlius in 1802, settling on lot 46. For many years he lived 
 in Columbia, Herkimer Co. On a stone recording Shoe- 
 maker names in Minoa is "Lawrence Harter & wife." 
 
 Joseph Hennigan — This pensioner was 61 in 1820, 
 and against his assets of $167.72 were debts of $110.25, but 
 the balance was in his favor. William H. Sabin and Dr. 
 Gordon Needham of Onondaga Valley, were among his 
 creditors. He served for one year in Col. Wynkoop's Regt., 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 89 
 
 N. Y. Line. Then he was in the same company, Col. Moses 
 Hazen's Eegt., for three years, being discharged at Fishkill 
 before peace was proclaimed. The name is also spelled 
 Hannigan, and was found at Westfield, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 Hendrick Higbee— In 1820 this old soldier was 61, 
 lame and almost blind. His wife was 62, and an orphan 
 grandson lived with them, who was 10 or 12 years old. 
 Chase said : "In his list of property, which was valued at 
 $62.09, Higbee put down his cow as worth $12, two pigs at 
 $6, and seven sheep and four lambs at $11. For 
 his table he had $2 worth of dishes and ladles. 
 But his library was more extensive than those usu- 
 ally found in the soldiers' homes. He owned a 
 Bible and three other books, Wallace's 'Balm of Gilead,' 
 'Life of Joseph,' and 'Western Gazetteer.' Patriot Higbee 
 didn't thing much of his creditors. Jonathan Russell of 
 Salina, owed him $20, but he said that he was insolvent, and 
 John Sparling owed him $9, and he was unable to pay. The 
 pensioner owed John and Daniel Higbee $12." Sparling 
 was another old soldier. Higbee was a blacksmith, and had 
 served in Capt. John Polhemus's Co., 1st Regt. of N. Y. Line, 
 for one year. He was discharged at Ticonderoga. 
 
 Samuel Hyatt — This Conn, pensioner, living in N. Y., 
 was an early settler in Fayetteville, and also reported in 
 LaFayette in 1794, where he lived in Sherman Hollow, and 
 was an overseer of highways for Pompey in 1796. His 
 name appears in Ct. rolls in Capt. Matthew Mead's Co., '75, 
 for 6 months; Capt. Gregory's Co., '76, for 6 months; as 
 sergeant in Capt. Betts' Co., '77-'78; and in Capt. Lock- 
 wood's Coast Guards, '80-'83. He was then at Saybrook. 
 In 1790 the name appeared in Norwalk, Ct., and Westchester 
 Co., N. Y. 
 
 Uriah Keeler — This pensioner was 66 in 1820, was 
 born in Norwalk, Ct., in 1754, and served in the Conn. Line 
 almost throughput the war. In '76 he was in Capt. North- 
 rop's Co. for 9 months, and in April, '77, he enlisted in Capt. 
 Comstock's Co., Col. Chandler's Regt., for the war. Then he 
 was transferred to Capt. Munson's Co., Col. Sherman's Regt. 
 of light infantry, where he served out his time. He shared 
 
90 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 in the battles of Flatbush, Long Island, and in the retreat 
 from New York. He was also in engagements at White 
 Plains, at Richfield, Ct., after the burning of Danbury, at 
 Red Bank, Germantown, and at the taking of Stony Point. 
 He was a farmer, living with his wife, aged 53, and a daugh- 
 ter of 12. Six other children cared for themselves. He 
 owed $245, and his assets were but $43.83. In these were 
 included "a cherry bureau, two old Windsor chairs, a small 
 lanthom, a Bible, Prayer Book and Catechism." His name 
 is on a family monument at Pompey Hill, giving only year 
 of birth. It also appears in the list of Conn, pensioners in 
 N. Y., and in 1790 at Hubbardston, Vt. 
 
 Phineas KellogG! — In 1820 this veteran said he was 
 64, and better off than most old soldiers. His property was 
 worth $790.20, and he owed only $365.13. His farm of 251/2 
 acres, with house and barn, was worth $500, and was well 
 furnished for those days. His wife, Olive, was 67 years old, 
 and his daughter Julia was 25. He served from Nov. '75, to 
 Nov., '76, in Capt. Ebenezer F. Bissell's Co., Col. Jedediah 
 Huntington's regiment. In 1790 he was in Whitestown, N. 
 Y., then of vast extent. He was born in New Hartford, Ct., 
 June 7, 1765, and died in New Hartford, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1835, 
 but lived in Manlius in 1818. He married Olive Frazer Jan. 
 24, '78, who was born April 2, 1753. His second wife was 
 Ruth , who died Oct. 12, 1833. 
 
 In memory of | Cyrus Kinne, | Died Aug. 1, | 1808. | 
 Aged 61 years | 11 Months | & 20 days. | 
 
 In memory of Comport, | Consort of ] Cyrus Kinne, 
 Esq. I who Died Dec. 25 | 1812 | Aged 61 years | 7 Months 
 & I 20 days. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Fayetteville. The wife's tombstone is 
 erect but much worn. The pioneer's is prostrate and broken. 
 The date on the stone is Aug. 1, but the family history 
 makes it Aug. 8. In this abandoned cemetery others of the 
 family are buried. Past and Present of Onondaga Co. says : 
 "Cyrus Kinne, the great grandfather of D. E. Olin Kinne, 
 served with the American army throughout the Revolution- 
 ary war." He was bom, it is added, in Voluntown, Ct., 
 Aug. 11, 1746, came to Fayetteville in 1792, and died Aug. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 91 
 
 8, 1808. In 1779 he went to Rensselaer Co., N. Y., where 
 he was enrolled in the Albany Co. Land Bounty Rights 
 regiment, and there his name appeared at Stephentown in 
 the census of 1790. At the first Manlius town meeting, 
 1794, held at Morehouse's tavern, he was chosen chairman. 
 Three of his brothers were also in the army. In 1768 he 
 married Comfort Palmer, and had a large family. Having 
 bought lands in the Military Tract in 1791, he came to 
 Fayetteville with four sons in March, 1792, the rest of the 
 family coming in June. Being both a mechanic and farmer 
 he did the first blacksmithing there, and was also a leader 
 in organizing the Baptist church. The deed of his land, 
 lot 65, Manlius, is still preserved. It was given to Cyrus 
 Keeney in 1795, and was signed by Gov. John Jay. 
 
 Caleb B. MEREELL-^This veteran, born at Great Bar- 
 rington, Mass., 1754, died in Manlius, July 2, 1842. He was 
 in Whitestown in 1790, and came to Manlius before 1802. 
 He is mentioned in Lakin's history of Military Lodge, Man- 
 lius, as holding a commission in the Revolutionary army, 
 but the rolls do not show this. The same record says he 
 was in all the engagements in and near Saratoga, and saw 
 Burgoyne's surrender. Also that he was a prisoner in 
 Canada. He was a Manlius bookseller and first Master of 
 Military Lodge. 
 
 Asa Mereill — This pensioner, at the age of 58, re- 
 ported his services in 1820, extending from May, '77, to 
 May, '80. He enlisted in Townsend, Middlesex Co., Mass., 
 in Capt. Hugh Maxwell's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt., and was 
 regularly discharged. He was a cooper, crippled by rheu- 
 matism, and could work but a quarter of the time. He was 
 worth $378.95, and his debts were $600.25. His wife, Sarah, 
 was 43, and had five chidren : Betsey, Franklin and iUron 
 Cooley, aged 17, 15, and 13; and Mary E. and Marm F. 
 Merrill, aged 4 and 2 years. His pension soon ceased, and 
 he made a second application. May 26, 1823, making a piti- 
 ful account of property used up or depreciated. He owed 
 $349.50, and wlas worth $118.09. In his possession were 
 30 books, three pocket books, a washboard, umbrella and 
 secretary. He was still alive in 1840, aged 80. In 1790 he 
 was in Boxford, Mass. 
 
92 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Caleb Merrill — ^In 1820 this pensioner was 56, and 
 his wife Sally was 54. He had two daughters, Charlotte 
 and Helena, 17 and 13 years old. In 1790 the name ap- 
 peared only in Waterbury, Ct., as head of a family, and he 
 probably married much later. In '81 he enlisted for 3 years 
 or through the war, and was discharged in June, '83. He 
 began in Capt. Hunt's Co., Col. Henry Jackson's 9th Mass. 
 regiment, but was transferred the next year to the 2d Mass., 
 under Col. Sprout and in Capt. Bradford's company. All 
 he owned was a tobacco box and knife, both together worth 
 37 cents, but the unfortunate soldier owed $3,000. He was 
 a captain in the militia in 1791, but a log had rolled upon 
 and disabled him. 
 
 To I the memory of [ MosES Mills, | who died | Oct. 
 I 23, 1830. I aged 85 years. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. Name in Col. Hutchins' regiment, 
 serving from Conn, at West Point. In 1790 in Litchfield, Ct. 
 
 Israel Nims — 1751-1825. He served several enlist- 
 ments in Mass. militia, was born there in Deerfield, and 
 died in Manlius while visiting his son. He married his 
 second wife, Bethiah Bangs, in 1788, and appears in the 
 Lineage book. 
 
 JosiAH Olcott, Jr. — This pioneer was born in East 
 Hartford, Ct., Oct. 30, 1749, married Mary Babcock of 
 Coventry, Ct., and moved to Manlius soon after, according 
 to family history. Under Capt. Timothy Cheney of Hart- 
 ford, he served in the Lexington alarm. He does not ap- 
 pear in the census of 1790, but became paymaster in Onon- 
 daga militia in 1805. Josiah B. Olcott, of Manlius, had for 
 his administrator his widow, Cecinda, Sept. 4, 1826. 
 
 William Orcutt — This pensioner, then 69, lived with 
 his wife and three sons in 1820. The latter were 17, 14, 
 and 11 years old. He served under Capt. John Mills, in Col. 
 Vose's 1st Mass. regiment. His property was worth but 
 $132.64, and he owed $283.50. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 93 
 
 Abel Owen — A history of Rensselaer Co. says: "Abel 
 Owen, a Revolutionary soldier, soon after the close of the 
 War emigrated from Connecticut or Rhode Island, and set- 
 tled on the farm where Steward Allen now lives 
 
 Abel Owen occupied his farm until about the year 1796, 
 when he sold his possessions to Lemuel Steward, Esq., and 
 with the rest of the Owens, removed to Manlius, and 
 settled on a lot which fell to him as a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier." Of course he drew no lot, but the name appears in 
 Col. Van Cortlandt's 2d Regt. N. Y. Line. In 1790 he was 
 in Stephentown, N. Y. 
 
 In memory of | Capt. Sanpord Palmer | who Died | 
 Oct. 11, 1828, I in the 66" year | of his age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Welthy, wife of | Capt. Sanford 
 Palmer, | who died June | 30, 1831, | aged 63 years. | 
 
 Fayetteville. He served in Capt. Prentice's Co., Conn, 
 militia for three months in '82, and was in New London Co. 
 in 1790. He was born in Stonington, Ct., Aug. 4, 1763, and 
 married Wealthy Grant, Feb. 10, '88. — History of Stoning- 
 ton, 522. 
 
 Sacred | to the | Memory | of Major Parke, | Aged 58. | 
 He died July 6, 1819. | 
 
 Time was like me | 
 
 He life possess'd. | 
 And time will be | 
 When I shall rest. | 
 Manlius cemetery. The name is in many rolls, but in 
 the "Parks of Connecticut" he is said to have enlisted there 
 at the age of sixteen, serving through the war. As a ser- 
 geant he was present at the execution of Andre, and often 
 described it. In 1798 he was commissioned as major in 
 the 23d Conn, militia by Gov. Trumbull. He was bom in 
 Chatham, Ct., in 1760, and married Bethia Smith, July 1, 
 1784. She died in Middle Haddam in 1802. He first moved 
 to Camden, N. Y., and then to Manlius. 
 
 Asa Parks — In 1820 this pensioner was 65 years old, 
 and had a grandchild, George W. Parks, aged 12, who was 
 living with him. He was a cordwainer by trade, and had 
 
94 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 property worth $39, but it was all pledged to Pearl Kellogg 
 for a debt of $20, except some shoemaker's tools worth $3. 
 He served for one year, Jan. 1, '76 to Jan. 1, '77, under Capt. 
 Allen, in Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, Mass. troops. He 
 was a signer of thanks in 1824. 
 
 Simeon Phillips | Died | Feb. 7 | 1826: ] Aged 66 
 
 Years. | 
 
 Phebe, I Widow of I Simeon Phillips, | & Wife of | 
 Samuel Usher | Died Aug. 15, 1858, | Ae. 72 Y'rs 9 Mo's | 
 & 8 D's. I 
 
 Far from this world of toil and strife | 
 
 She's present with the Lord | 
 The labors of this mortal life | 
 End in a large reward. | 
 Breed cemetery. His name is in Capt. Nathan Rowle's 
 Co., Hampshire Co., Mass., in '77, but not in Mass. census 
 of 1790, his wife being then but five years old. 
 
 Zebedee Potter | Died | dec. 9 1845. | Aged | 92 Years 
 2 mo I & 3 days. | 
 
 In I memory of | Rosemon, | wife of | Zebedee Potter, | 
 who died Oct. 27th 1828 | in the 76 year | of her age. | 
 
 This pensioner, now resting in the Manlius cemetery, 
 said he was 86 in 1840. He was at Ballston, N. Y., in 1790, 
 and his name appears in Col. Hathaway's regiment, Mass., 
 '80, and also in Capt. Jonathan Taber's Co., 2d regiment of 
 Bristol Co., Mass. 
 
 Geo. Ransear | Died | April 14th | 1844 | Aged 88 year? 
 I & 4 mo's. I 
 
 Erected to | the Memory of | Anna Barberry | wife of 
 George Ransier, | who died April 3d | 1835 | Aged 79 years, j 
 O grave, where is thy victory | O death, where is thy sting, j 
 
 This pensioner, also in the Manlius cemetery, lived 
 with his son George in 1840. He made an affidavit Jan. 25, 
 1825, calling himself 69 then, but failed to get a pension at 
 that time, though he made ample statements, supported by 
 three affidavits annexed, made by H. Lyon, Christopher 
 Glazier and John Smith, probably not Revolutionary sol- 
 diers. At least the proof was not thought sufficient. Early 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 95 
 
 in '76 he volunteered, with his whole company, in the cam- 
 paign in and around New York. In '72 he served 12 months, 
 three of them with Capt. Herrick's Rangers, and afterward 
 under Capt. Hill and others near West Point, as well as 
 under Col. Dubois. In April, '78, he enlisted in Capt. Jona- 
 than Titus's Co., Col. Henry B. Livingston's regiment, for 9 
 months, serving the full period and six weeks more. This 
 time he enlisted at Fishkill and joined his regiment at Valley 
 Forge. He was stationed at White Plains and Peekskill, 
 N. Y., and was discharged near Fort Plain, in the Mohawk 
 valley, in Feb., '79. Then he went into Capt. McKean's Co., 
 Col. Van Rensselaer's Regt., as sergeant for 9 months, serv- 
 ing in a fort on the Mohawk. On that river he served at 
 bateauman for 8 months in 1780. Early in '81 he went into 
 Col. Willett's regiment for nine months, sharing in the bor- 
 der warfare in the Mohawk region. 
 
 He again went before the court Sept. 29, 1830, and gain- 
 ed his case. In 1825 he and his wife, Anna Barbara, lived 
 with their son, to whom he had conveyed his farm of 88 
 acres for $25. It cost him $1,250 in 1807, and was probably 
 encumbered, as he said in 1830, "I have never been in the 
 possession of money enough to go in search of evidence of 
 my services in the Revolution, and even now have to rely 
 upon the charity of my friends to get evidence." He then 
 owned a quarter of an acre in Manlius, not worth fencing. 
 His farm he held till 1817 or 1818, when he became involved 
 and dependent on one of his sons for its management, so he 
 conveyed it to him. In 1825 he thought his property worth 
 about $18.87, besides some debts which he could not collect. 
 His name is in several N. Y. companies. A family account 
 says he was born in New York city Dec. 21, 1756, settled at 
 Frey's Bush, Herkimer Co., after the war, bought 80 acres 
 in Manlius in 1802, built a house and moved there in 1804. 
 He was bom at New Brunswick, N. J. 
 
 # 
 
 JosiAH Raymond — ^In 1780 this pioneer married Han- 
 nah IngersoU, bom in 1765 at Ridgefield, Ct. She was a 
 sister of Col. Olmsted's first wife. In '76 he was in Capt. 
 Jonathan Bell's Co., and for three months later in that year 
 in that of Capt. Gregory. The name appeared in Norwalk 
 and New London, Ct., in 1790, and he afterward lived in 
 Manlius. 
 
96 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Jacob Shaver — This pensioner was 78 in 1840. The 
 name appears in the 6th Land Bounty Regt. of Dutchess Co., 
 and also at Rhinebeck, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 Erected to | the memory of | SAMUEL SHERMAN | who 
 died Nov. | 19. 1834: | aged 78 years. ] Nothing in my 
 hand I bring | Jesus, to thy cross I cling. | 
 
 In Memory of | Betsey | wife of | Samuel Sherman, | 
 who died Apr. 12, 1839, | in the 56th Y'r of her age. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. Samuel Sherman was born Oct. 28, 
 1756, and died as above. His first wife was Abigail, and his 
 second Betsey. One son married Wealthy Gates of Chit- 
 tenango and a daughter, Betsey Elvira, married Hiram H. 
 Scoville of Manlius, March 23, 1819. Mr. Sherman enlisted 
 at Coventry, R. I., May 3, '75, in the 12th Continental In- 
 fantry for 8 months, and re-enlisted, Jan. 1, '76, for a year 
 in the 9th regiment. At Cambridge, Mass., he was trans- 
 ferred to Washington's Life Guards, and discharged Dec. 
 14. Then he enlisted for three years, and after various 
 assignments was discharged at Schuylkill Barracks, Phil., 
 Dec. 13. '79. 
 
 Rudolph Shoemaker — This pioneer served in the 3d 
 regiment of Tryon Co., N. Y. In the certificate of marriage 
 mentioned below the name is spelled Schumacher. Onon. 
 Cent, says: "Rudolph Shoemaker, one of the early settlers 
 of Herkimer Co., was married in 1777 to Mary Rosencrans, 
 whose mother was a sister of Gen. Herkimer. Rudolph was 
 the second or third settler in the town of Manlius, coming 
 here in 1780. Rudolph Shoemaker took up a tract of 100 
 acres." The date of settlement is wrong. In the Herkimer 
 family history his father is said to have married Gertrude 
 Herkimer, widow of Lieut. Warmuth, who was killed at 
 Oriskany. Mrs. Estelle E. Schuyler of Minoa, a lineal de- 
 scendant, sends this note : "Rudolph Schumacher, Jr., mar- 
 ried Mary Rosencranz in the year 1789, June 5th. She was 
 a niece of Gen. Herkimer, his sister having married the Rev. 
 Rosencranz. In the same book is a record of children's 
 births. 'My son Hanyost, died April 12, 1800, was 11 months 
 23 days, was born 4 of May, 1799. My oldest daughter 
 Margaret was born 12 of April, 1791 ; dead when born. My 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 97 
 
 second daughter died two months. My daughter Gartrout 
 was born 3rd of October, 1793.' " In Tryon Co. Records it 
 is said his father was a captain in the German Flats regi- 
 ment, and that he had a son, "Rudolph, Jr., a captain in 
 the same regiment, and who was at Oriskany, though 
 but a mere boy of fifteen," thus placing his birth in 1762. 
 A will made June 17, 1827, and proved Oct. 31, 1835, seems 
 that of his son. 
 
 John Smith — In September, 1820, this veteran said he 
 was 84 years old. He had long been entirely blind, and his 
 clothing was all he had. The town supported him, all his 
 children had married off, and his first wife would not live 
 with him, he was so poor. In 1776 he enlisted for one year 
 in Capt. Jacob W. Seeber's Co., Col. Wynkoop's Regt., N. Y. 
 Line. He was sent, as a sergeant, to Fort Stanwix to stop 
 all boats on the river, and was discharged near Fort Plain 
 some time the next spring. Next he was a lieutenant in 
 Capt. Robert McKean's company for two years, when he re- 
 signed. He enlisted again, as he said in '78, and wanted a 
 pension for this before, but the application was rejected 
 because this service was in the levies. July 19, 1820, Albert 
 Van de Werker testified before Joshua Forman that he was 
 a lieutenant in McKean's company in '76, and then knew 
 John Smith as a soldier in Seeber's company from some time 
 in Feb. to the latter part of Dec. of that year. Smith served 
 as sergeant, and Van de Werker became acquainted with him 
 at Canajoharie. He understood that Smith was discharged 
 at Fort Plain, but was not present, his own company being 
 discharged at Johnstown in the latter part of '76. Nicholas 
 Pickard also testified regarding Smith's services, Aug. 2, 
 1820. He was in McKean's company, but being at an out- 
 post they did not see Col. Wynkoop during his nine months' 
 service. He knew that Smith was a sergeant in Seeb^s 
 company, and Judge Forman added a note that he thought 
 Pickard a man to be believed. 
 
 John Sparling — In 1820 this veteran was 65, and his 
 wife 63, their only son, Joseph, being 16. He served in Capt. 
 Daniel Pratt's company, Col. Winds' 1st N. J. regiment, for 
 one year. In 1790 he was in Catskill, N. Y. He had 16 acres 
 
98 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL. ASSOCIATION 
 
 of wild land, but Benjamin Darling held a mortgage, and the 
 land was worth but $48. He had other debts, and among his 
 possessions was a log chain worth $1.50. 
 
 John Sweeting — This pensioner was supervisor of 
 Manlius in 1800. He served in the E. I. alarm, '80, from 
 Attleborough, Mass., under Capt. Thomas Carpenter, and 
 was in the same place in 1790. 
 
 Lewis Sweeting, Sen — The D. A. E. Lineage Book tells 
 this about this pioneer : "Lewis Sweeting was on the Com- 
 mittee of Safety, and turned out at the Lexington Alarm 
 in Capt. Abeil Camp's company of minute men. With him 
 were his three sons, Lewis, Eliphalet and Nathaniel. He 
 seized as surgeon through the war, and became a life-long 
 friend of Lafayette. He died at Manlius, N. Y., in 1804, 
 aged eighty^one." His son, Lewis, was a pensioner in Salina 
 in 1840, and married Abia Cobb. The father, who was a 
 pioneer of Manlius, and a member of its first Baptist church, 
 was born in Eehoboth, Mass., 1723, and married Abiah Cobb 
 in Norton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1744, who was also buried in 
 Manlius. One account says four of his sons were in the ser- 
 vice, but his son Lewis's marriage may be an error. 
 
 Timothy Teall — This local head of a well known 
 family came to Manlius from Killingworth, Ct., in 1791, with 
 Phebe Hull, his wife. He served in Capt. Aaron Stevens' 
 company, Killingworth, at the time of the Lexington alarm ; 
 then in Capt. Samuel Gale's company, of the same place, in 
 the same year. In '77 he was in Capt. Kirtland's company, 
 and was taken prisoner in 1780. In all he served six years, 
 but eighteen months of that time he was a prisoner, having 
 been taken at Horse Neck, when Gen. Putnam made his 
 famous escape. Dr. Teall had six brothers in the service. 
 At the first Manlius town meeting he was made assessor, 
 and became town clerk in 1800. He was the first Senior 
 Warden of Military Lodge, but the dates of his birth and 
 death do not appear. Jonathan Worden and Allen Breed 
 were administrators, July 3, 1820. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 99 
 
 Sylvenus Tousley — This pioneer was a blacksmith in 
 Manlius in 1800, and a county judge in 1812. His service 
 was in Capt. Stoddard's company, Conn., in '76. Azariah 
 Smith and E. W. Leavenworth were his executors, June 11, 
 1838, his will being dated Jan. 13th. Harriet D., his wife, 
 survived him. 
 
 David Tripp — This pioneer's father came from Ballston, 
 N. Y., and died in Manlius in 1792, very old. David and six 
 other Tripps were enrolled in the 18th regiment of Albany 
 county. Joshua Tripp's administrator was Caleb Pratt, 
 July 17, 1799. 
 
 Grandfather | Harmanus Van Slyck | 82 Years Old | 
 Died 1829. | 
 
 On the Cook lot, Manlius Center cemetery. He was 
 enrolled in the 2d regiment of Albany county. 
 
 In memory of | Cornelius Van Tassel, | who died 
 April I 28th, 1830, | In the 83 year | of his age. | 
 
 In memory of | Elsa | wife of | Cornelius Van Tassel | 
 who died July 13, 1839 | aged 84 years | 1 month & 24 | days.j 
 
 Manlius Center cemetery. Three of the name were in the 
 N. Y. Line, and as many in Westchester regiments, where 
 the name appeared in 1790. One drew lot 43, Pompey, but 
 died the same year. One was a lieutenant in the 1st West- 
 chester regiment. Wm. P. Hilton and Ozias Sherwood were 
 administrators, Nov. 3, 1830, but his will, made April 14, 
 '29, was proved Oct. 22, 1830. 
 
 Jacob Walter — This pioneer drew lot 79 and lived on 
 it. He was from Massachusetts, but served in Capt. Gregg's 
 Co., Col. Van Schaick's 1st N. Y. regiment. w 
 
 Thomas Whipple — This pensioner was 60 in 1820, his 
 wife 59, a son was 18, and a daughter 13 years old. He was 
 a mason worth $24,82, while he owed but $6. He served in 
 Capt. Flower's Co., Col. Greaton's 2d Mass. Regt., and after- 
 ward in Capt. Sonney's Co. in the same regiment, and was 
 regularly discharged. 
 
100 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Amos Wilkins — This veteran was but 54 in 1820, but 
 after the Revolution had seen later hard service, having been 
 wounded in the war of 1812, at the battle of Sackett's Har- 
 bor. Besides his clothing he had a pair of spectacles worth 
 fifty cents. A hero of two wars he was dependent on his 
 pension and charity. He served in Capt. Watson's Co., Col. 
 Henry Jackson's Regt., Mass., for one year, and was then 
 transferred to Lieut. White's Co. of Light Infantry, 3d Regt., 
 Mass. Line, where he served till discharged. 
 
 David Williams — This veteran has been confused with 
 his son David, who was buried in the Manlius cemetery, Nov. 
 1875, aged 92 years. It is also said that "David Williams set- 
 tled in Pompey in 1801, where he lived to the advanced age 
 of 93 years. His farm was situated about a mile and a half 
 north of Watervale." Which David this was does not ap- 
 pear in this but it was the son. The father, with three others, 
 built a sawmill at Edwards' Falls, but he soon exchanged 
 his interest for 60 acres of land. He was overseer of the 
 poor, 1794-6; lieutenant in a new Onondaga company in '97; 
 captain in '98; 2d major in 1st Onon. Regt., in 1801, and 
 lieut. colonel in 1803. He was ensign in 1793, when his son 
 David was but eleven years old. Of the son the Pompey Re- 
 union said : "The subject of this sketch was born in Halifax, 
 (Mass.) July 16th, 1782, and when nine years old came to 
 Pompey. At the age of twenty-one he married Mary East- 
 man who was born July 4th, 1782 Mrs. Williams' father, 
 
 Timothy Eastman, served seven years in the war of the revo- 
 lution." Whether he also lived in Pompey was not stated. 
 
 In Lakin's history of Military Lodge David Williams is 
 mentioned as a captain in tjie Revolution, but he evidently 
 had not this rank. Lakin adds: "In 1802, when Military 
 Lodge was instituted, he presented it with a sword that he 
 secured on the battle field of Yorktown, This old relic is 
 held in high esteem — a prize without price." He was the 
 first Junior Warden. It now appears that he was born May 
 7, 1744, made his will July 26, 1827, which was proved Sept. 
 9, 1829, in the year of his death, making him 85 years old. 
 His wife survived him. 
 
 Joseph Williams— According to Lakin, Joseph Wil- 
 liams was also a captain, but the records do not show this. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 101 
 
 In Conn, rolls he was in Capt. Joseph Perkins' Co., which 
 was called out on the Lexington alarm. When he arrived 
 from Connecticut in 1795 he had but fifty cents in cash. He 
 bought land at 20 shillings an acre, cleared five acres all 
 alone and built a house, and brought his family the next 
 year, with an ox team and sled. He was also an early mem- 
 ber of Military Lodge, called after those lodges instituted 
 for the army. A later Capt. Joseph was born in 1770, and 
 died in 1836. 
 
 Robert Wilson — This veteran was but 13 when he 
 went to Fort Stanwix with his uncle, Capt, Gregg. At the 
 age of 18 he was an ensign, and soon after a lieutenant. As 
 such he superintended the reception of 48 British standards 
 at Yorktown, receiving and passing them to the sergeants 
 as he passed between the ranks. He was the second post- 
 master in Manlius. In 1790 his name appeared in Volun- 
 town, Ct. Thaddeus M. Wood was administrator, Sept. 18, 
 1811. 
 
 In I Memory of | Ichabod Wood | who died | October 
 4th, 1817. I In the 72d year | of his age. | 
 
 In I memory of | Elizabeth, | wife of | Ichabod Wood, | 
 who departed this life | August 27th, 1827, | in the 80 year | 
 of her age. | 
 
 He is said to have been born at Little Compton, R. I., 
 March 4, 1745-6, and married Elizabeth Brownell, March 15, 
 '70, dying as above. They had five children bom there. He 
 was a lieutenant in the 2d company of Little Compton, R^ I., 
 in June, 1769, but declined this office in Feb., '79. Another 
 of the name, from Middleborough, Mass., was called out on 
 various alarms in Rhode Island. Manlius cemetery. 
 
 Capt. Walter WoRden, | Died near Batavia, Sept. 20, 
 1814 1 Served through the Revolution. \ Volunteered in \|pr 
 of 1812. I Fought at Lundy's Lane. | 
 
 LUCRETIA, I wife of I Walter Worden. | Who died May 
 10, 1834, I aged 78 years. | 
 
 When I lie buried deep in dust | 
 
 My flesh shall be thy care. | 
 These withering limbs with thee I trust | 
 To raise them strong and fair, j 
 
102 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Fayetteville cemetery; but he was not buried there, 
 dying from fever while in service. He came from Hoosack, 
 N. Y., to that place, 1803-4, having married Lucretia Hicks, 
 who was born in 1756. He settled on land adjoining the 
 northwest corner of the present cemetery, and was born in 
 Stonington, Ct., in 1757. The name appears in Capt. Odle's 
 Co., Vt., but he has been credited to Capt. Eldredge's Co., 
 Conn., Col. Jedidiah Huntington's regiment. In 1790 he was 
 in Stephentown, N. Y. 
 
 William Yabrington — This pensioner was 59 in 1820, 
 his wife was 56, and a daughter was 13 years old. He had 
 property amounting to $110.77, and owed but $30. He 
 served in Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Van Cortlandt's regiment, 
 and was in Frederickstown, Dutchess Co., N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 Some follow with records, who are not identified : 
 
 In Memory of | Mary, | Consort of | Ichabod Brown | 
 late Widow of | Stephen Maine | Mother of | Stephen, Perez,] 
 Paul, Phebe, | & Mary Maine, | Who died Sept. | 15, 1808 j 
 in her 65, year. | 
 
 Lo ! where this silent marble weeps, | 
 
 A friend, a wife, a mother sleeps; ] 
 A heart whose warm affections clung | 
 The love of all, the old, the young.] 
 Old cemetery, Fayetteville. It may be supposed that 
 Mr. Brown survived his wife. In 1790 he was in Ballston, 
 N. Y., and Stephen Maine in Stephentown, near by. Brown's 
 name appears in the 8th Conn, regiment, as 2d lieutenant in 
 Wheelock's company, and in that of Capt. Rogers', Cornwall, 
 Ct., '76. Maine was in the same regiment, Capt. Holmes' 
 company, in which Gersham Breed was corporal. The Maine 
 family became prominent in Manlius. 
 
 Sacred | to the ] memory of ] Henry Clarke | who died 
 Jan. 21, 1809, ] aged 45 | years. ] 
 
 Manlius cemetery. Brother of Dr. Hezekiah Clarke. 
 He came from Mass., but the name is in Capt. Bigelow Law- 
 rence's company and elsewhere. Probably not a soldier. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 103 
 
 John Clark — This pioneer was born in Haddam, Ct., 
 but lived in New Marlboro, Mass., and married Chloe At- 
 water, born Sept. 21, 1763, died about 1828. He died in 
 1841. He was long a citizen of Manlius, but both were 
 buried in Geneva, N. Y. Frequent name in rolls. His son, 
 the Eev. Wm. A. Clark, was a prominent (P. E.) clergyman 
 in early Onondaga. 
 
 Erected to the | memory of | David Dewey, | who died 
 May I 20th 1827, | In the 63d year of | his age. | 
 
 Margaret | Wife of | David Dewey | Died | June 9, 
 1855, I Aged | 77 Y'rs 10 M's & 4 | Days. | 
 
 Friends nor physicians could not save | 
 
 This mortal body from the grave | 
 Nor can the grave confine me here | 
 When Christ commands me to appear. | 
 North Manlius cemetery. Two of this name were in 
 Mass. rolls, and three were there in 1790. 
 
 John Ferguson. | Died | March 17, 1834 ; | In the 70th 
 y'r of his, | Age. | 
 
 Esther Ferguson. | Died | January 8, 1857; | In the 
 88th y'r of her | Age. | 
 
 North Manlius cemetery. The name is in N, Y., N. H. 
 and Mass. rolls. 
 
 John Fleming, | Died | Oct. | 14th, 1841, | in the 89th 
 I year of his | Age. | 
 
 Asenath, I Wife of | John Fleming, | Died Dec. 3rd | 
 1828, I aged 71 years. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. One in Mass., Suffolk Co. militia, 
 was 23 (perhaps 25) in '80. He was from Boston, of light 
 complexion, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Name recorde4|in 
 New York only in 1790. 
 
 In 1 Memory of Mr. | Solomon | Hatch. He Died ] 
 Sept. 23rd A. D. | 1803 Ae. 38 Years | 5 Months & 16 | Days.| 
 
 North Manlius cemetery. Four in Mass. rolls. Also in 
 Weissenfell's N. Y. Levies. In Coxsackie, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
104 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In I memory of | Thomas Haywood | who departed this 
 hfe i June 6th, 1829 | in the 65th year | of his age. | 
 
 North Manlius cemetery. Three in Mass. rolls. The 
 most probable was a private in Capt. Houghton's company, 
 detached for special duty, Nov. 13-19, '78, from the 7th 
 regiment. 
 
 In Memory of | Samuel Hopkins, | Born A. D. 1750. | 
 Died A. D. 1828. | 
 He lived and died | in the faith of our \ Lord Jesus Christ. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. A frequent name in New England 
 rolls; and probably a soldier. Wife Elizabeth in will made 
 July 11, 1828, proved Sept. 26th. 
 
 In memory of | Daniel Hubbard | who died Aug. 14, 
 1836. I aged 71 years. | 
 
 Same cemetery. Five of the name in Mass. rolls. His 
 wife was Lydia, and his will was made March 31, 1823, and 
 proved Nov. 16, 1836. 
 
 In memory of | Benjamin Peck, ] who died April | 3, 
 1829, I aged 69 years. | 
 
 North Manlius. In N. Y., Conn., and Mass. rolls. In 
 1790, Dalton, Mass. 
 
 Elias Stilwell — This pioneer had land at Eagle vil- 
 lage in 1793, and the name appears as a captain in 3d Conn. 
 Line in '78. Senior and junior are in Conn, rolls. Probable. 
 In 1790 the name was registered there and in New Hamp- 
 shire. His wife was Sally Stilwell, and he made a will Jan. 
 18, 1845, which was proved June 24th. 
 
 John Tomb ] Died August 22nd | 1829 aged 65 years. ] 
 Jane | Mother of ] John Tomb 1 died September 1813 j 
 
 aged 82 years. | 
 
 North Manlius cemetery. The name is in the 1st N. Y. 
 
 Line as Tombs. 
 
 Erected | to the memory of | Capt. William Tryon 
 who died Septr. | 17, 1839. | in the 83 year of | his age. j 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 105 
 
 In I Memory of | Hannah Tryon | consort of | Capt. 
 
 W'm Tryon | who died Sept. 17, | 1828, aged 48 | years. | 
 Blessed are the dead who die | in the Lord. | 
 Manlius cemetery. The name is in Mass. rolls, '75-'83, 
 
 and also in Capt. William Willetts' N. Y. Levies. In 1790 
 
 the name was recorded in Deerfield, Mass., and it is probable 
 
 that he served there. 
 
 In I Memory of | Adam Walter, | Who died March | 13, 
 1834, I Aged 81 Years | 9 Months | & 28 Days. | 
 
 Adam Walter, | Father of | William Walter | Died | 
 March 13, 1834, | Aged | 82 Y'rs 10 Mo's & 28 D'ys. | 
 
 The first of the above is in the Gates cemetery, a little 
 east of Deep Spring ; the second is in the Manlius cemetery. 
 The name appears in the Tryon Co. Rangers, N. Y., and in 
 the 2d regiment of that county. Probable. 
 
 In I memory of | William Ward | who died 7th Sept. | 
 1795 I Aged 49 years. | 
 
 In memory of | SUSANNA | Consort of Wm. Ward, | who 
 departed this li | fe Sept. 2, 1819 | aged 66 years & 8 months.] 
 
 Manlius cemetery. This pioneer settled on lot 97 in the 
 spring of 1793, and was sole proprietor of that lot in '94. 
 That year he was made justice of peace. In the present 
 town he built the first grist mill. In Conn, rolls his name 
 appears in Capt. R. J. Meigs' Co., '75 ; as corporal in Capt. 
 Throop's Co., Conn. Line, '77-'79, and in Col. Swift's Levies, 
 1780. Probable. Susannah, an administrator, Dec. 3, 1795. 
 
 MARCELLUS. 
 
 A number of Revolutionary soldiers will be credited to 
 this town who lived in Spafford and Skaneateles, simply^jpe- 
 cause they were buried at Thorn Hill, near the lines of 
 those towns. 
 
 " DocT. Edward Annable | 1753 — 1836 | One of the 
 Guards | At the Execution of | Major Andre. 
 
 Jemima Smith, | Wife of | Lieut. Edward Annable. | 
 1761—1834. I 
 
106 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 The family record follows from the Mack Genealogy: 
 "Lieut. Edward Annable, b. June 22, 1753, in Ashfield, 
 Mass., mar. Jemima Smith, Nov. 24, 1782, and had 11 chil- 
 dren. She d. in Marcellus. Both bur. there." Then follows 
 an account of the children. He "was also a soldier of the 
 revolution, and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. He 
 continued in the service till the close of the war, and was 
 one of six men who attempted to blow up a British frigate 
 in the North river." He was in Capt. Benjamin Phillips' 
 Co., Hampshire Co. Regt., '79. Also joined Capt. Allen's 
 Co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Regt., enlisting for three 
 years in '75, and became a sergeant. His home was still in 
 Ashfield in 1790, but he died in Marcellus, June 10. 1836. 
 where he rests in the old cemetery. His wife was born 
 March 18, 1761, and died Feb. 13, 1835, according to one 
 account. Ten of the children were born in Ashfield. 
 
 EzEKlEL Baker — In 1840 this pensioner was 75 years 
 old, and lived with Anson Baker. Two were enrolled in 
 Mass., and he was the one from Pelham, in Col. Porter's 
 regiment in 1780, who was described as 16 years old, 4 feet 
 10 inches high, and of light complexion. That year he served 
 in Capt. Job Alvord's Co., Col. Murray's Hampshire Regt., 
 July 16-Oct. 10. He was unusually short for a soldier, but 
 made a smaller mark and perhaps shot just as well. One 
 man was six inches shorter, but the array was short of men. 
 
 James Bakee — This pensioner was 64 in 1820, his wife 
 Sarah was the same, and they had a little girl aged 9, who 
 could not have been her child. He was a laborer without 
 real estate, and all his personal property was worth but 
 $11.24. In this he included a three-pail kettle, and a fire 
 shovel and tongs worth $1. He served in Capt. Luke Day's 
 Co., Col. John Brooks' regiment. James Baker, Sen. died in 
 Marcellus in the spring of 1798, and may also have been a 
 soldier. 
 
 Jonathan Baker — This pensioner lived in Marcellus in 
 1840, being then 78. His family lived with him. The name 
 occurs in Mass. and N. Y. rolls. It is probable that he may 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 107 
 
 have been a farmer from Barnstable, Mass., who was 18 
 when he enlisted April 2, '81. He was of light complexion, 
 and 5 feet 5 inches high, and served in N. Y. for Mass. 
 1781-2. 
 
 Louis Baker — This pensioner was 58 in 1820, and had 
 two sons and a daughter. Elisha was 9, Thomas 19, and 
 Huldah 16 years old. Nothing is said of a wife, but Lois 
 Baker, aged 73, lived with William Baker in 1840, and may 
 have been his widow. 
 
 BiLDAD Barber — This pioneer was the posthumous child 
 of Jonathan and Jemima (Cornish) Barber, and was born in 
 Canton (West Simsbury) Ct., in 1745. He married there 
 Lois Humphrey in 1768, and had 4 children. He came to 
 Marcellus before 1802, and died in 1816, aged 71. His wife 
 died in 1810, aged 64. So states the W. Simsbury and 
 Humphrey Genealogy. Elsewhere it is said she was born 
 July 20, 1748. He was still in Simsbury in 1790. He has 
 been called a brother of Job Barber, and more probably a 
 cousin. In 1804 they lived together. Bildad was in Capt, 
 Brown's Co. of Ct., which arrived in New York, Aug. 19, 
 '76, and was discharged Sept. 25. 
 
 Daniel Barber, Jr. — Two Daniel Barbers served as 
 fifers from Simsbury, and the older one died Sept, 29, '76, 
 in the Long Island campaign. On that day Job B. was dis- 
 charged, perhaps on that account. The younger man served 
 5 months in '75, and also under Capt. Job Case of Simsbury, 
 '77. He is said to have died Sept., 1829, but one Daniel B., 
 of Marcellus, had for administrators, Hannah and Timothy 
 Barber, and Stephen Cobb, Jan. 2, 1815. 
 
 # 
 
 Job Barber | born | March 18th 1753 | Died | Jan'y 11th 
 
 1846. I 
 
 Lowly, | Wife of Job Barber | Died | April 13th, 1818 | 
 
 Aged 57 Years. | 
 
 In 1840 the pensioner lived with Erastus Whiting, who 
 married his daughter Delilah, and called himself 86. Phelps' 
 History of West Simsbury said he died in 1848, aged 92. The 
 
108 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 above inscription is from the family monument, in the old 
 cemetery in Marcellus village. He married Lowly Mills. 
 His daughter, Delilah, died Oct. 13, 1833, aged 36 years. 
 He was in Capt. Abel Pettibone's Co., Simsbury, Ct., May 5- 
 Sept. 29, '75, and in the same regiment were Eliphalet Cur- 
 tis, Roderick and Parmenio Adams, Timothy Cossitt and 
 William Tailor. He was also in Capt. Brown's Co., '76 and 
 '78. 
 
 DiRCK Banta (now Bonta) . This pioneer was bom in 
 Schraalenburgh, N. J., Dec. 5, 1749. "Dirck Banta married 
 
 at Hackensack, May 12, 1776, Elizabeth Benson They 
 
 were members of the church in Schraalenburgh in 1782. 
 They moved to Fonda's Bush, Montgomery Co., N. Y., about 
 1791, and he was Elder at the organization of the church in 
 1798. He subsequently removed to Marcellus, near Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y., where he died, March 26, 1820. A Dirck Banta 
 was a soldier of the Revolution, in a New Jersey regiment, 
 from Bergen Co., probably this one. His widow deceased 
 Dec. 17, 1834. His descendants generally spell their name 
 'Bonta,' to correspond with the original Dutch pronouncia- 
 tion." — Bonta Genealogy. His name occurs as a private in 
 Col. Dey's regiment of Bergen Co. Militia. The Syracuse 
 Bontas say that though Dirck lived or may have been in 
 Marcellus, he was not buried there. There was a Bunda 
 there in 1802, and a Bonta in 1825. 
 
 Lemuel Barrows — This pensioner was 78 in 1840, and 
 lived with Ezekiel Baker, Jr. In Conn, rolls he was of 
 Killingly, and in 1780 served in Capt. Stillwell's Co., llth 
 Regt. of Conn. Line. The name appeared in Mansfield, 
 Windham Co., Ct, in 1790. 
 
 Dr. Elnathan Beach — This pioneer was born Aug. 
 30, 1760, in Cheshire, Ct., and died in Marcellus in 1801. 
 He came to Marcellus, 1795-6, and built the first frame 
 house there. He was in New Haven Co., Ct., in 1790. His 
 name appears in Capt. Bunnell's Co., Wallingford, Ct., in 
 '76, and in Short Term Levies, Cornwall, July 26, '78 — Jan. 
 15, '79. Nabby (Abigail) Beach was an administrator, Jan. 
 27, 1801. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 109 
 
 Joseph Bishop | died | March 18, 1845 | Ae. 86 Years. | 
 A Soldier of the Revolution. 
 
 Ruth, | Wife of | Joseph Bishop, | Died | July 20, 
 1858 I Ae. 92 Y'rs. | 
 
 In 1840 this pensioner lived with Ira Bishop, being 
 then 81 years old. His name is in Capt. Baldwin's Co., of 
 Canaan, Ct., in '80, Col. Swift's Short Term Levies, and in 
 Col. Canfield's regiment at West Point in '81. Old ceme- 
 tery, Marcellus village. He was from Bolton, Ct. 
 
 Elijah Bowen, | Died | May 20, 1807, | Ae. 50 y'rs. | 
 Patty Bowen, | Died | July 15, 1851, | Ae. 90 y'rs. 
 Thorn Hill cemetery. Mr. Bowen came to Skaneateles 
 with his brother, Benajah, in 1793, and settled on lot 39, 
 building a house there that year, to which he brought his 
 wife, Patty Cody, and six children in 1794. She was bom 
 in Hopkinton, Mass. For some years his house was the 
 first resort of those coming from New England, he having 
 been born in Cheshire, Mass., but credited to Adams in 
 1790. He served in a Berkshire regiment, was at Ben- 
 nington, and was married in '88. His son Elijah, commonly 
 called Col. Bowen, served in the war of 1812. 
 
 In memory of | John G. Burtis | who died | Sept. 25, 
 1824 I a patriot of the American revolu- | tion, in the 60. | 
 Year of his age. | 
 
 In memory of | Abigail. | wife of John | G. Burtis, | 
 who died Feb. ] 2, 1830 ; in | the 70th year | of her age. | 
 Laid in the dust she must abide | 
 Thus sleeping by her consort's side. | 
 Ye children living come and see | % 
 
 Where both your once lov'd parents be. ] 
 Cemetery at Marietta, where he drew lot 63, on part of 
 which some of his descendants still live. The name is 
 Burges on the list of lots drawn, and the family tradition 
 is that he came from Connecticut, but he certainly was in 
 N. Y. rolls or he could have drawn no lot. He was probably 
 in Col. Lamb's Artillery. In 1790 he seems to have been at 
 Hills^le, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
 
110 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Elisha Chapman, M. D. | Born | in Norwich Ct. ] 
 Sept. 13, 1750 I Formerly of New Haven | Died Nov. 10, 
 
 1819. I 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. The name appears in N. H. 
 rolls and census, but the family history says he was the son 
 of Simon Chapman, and was born in Norwich, Sept. 2, 1750, 
 serving as a surgeon in the Revolutionary war. "After the 
 war he removed to Hamden, then to New Haven, and thence 
 to Marcellus, N. Y., where he died in 1820. He was thrice 
 married: 1, to Miss Bellamy, by whom he had three chil- 
 dren; 2, to Mary Bristol, by whom he had one child; 3, to 
 Phebe Gates, of Branford, by whom he had six children," 
 The rolls give him the rank of captain instead of surgeon, 
 in no less than five companies, '76 to '79. 
 
 In memory of | Wm. Cobb, Esq. | who departed | this 
 life March | 8, 1826 ; aged | 77 years. 
 
 With pain & toil I long did till the ground 
 But in it now a resting place hath found | 
 Old age & wearied toil without repose. | 
 At 77 years in death my eyes did close. | 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus village. It is said he fought 
 at Bunker Hill, side by side with David Barber, whose son 
 married his daughter Hannah. He came, however, from 
 Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1794, where he was in Capt. Bigelow 
 Lawrence's Co. in '80. In 1790 he was credited to Hart- 
 land, Vt. He had three sons. Daniel, the oldest, was bom 
 in '76 and died in 1852. This son and his wife, Betsey Tink- 
 ham, came on horseback from Vermont on their wedding 
 journey. The Carpenter Genealogy says Molly Carpenter 
 married William Cobb, a Revolutionary soldier who died in 
 Marcellus. Mary Cobb, his wife, survived him. He made 
 his will, Dec. 28, 1825, and it was recorded April 26, 1826, 
 Milo Hickok and Josiah Welsh being executors. 
 
 Timothy Copp Esq. | died March | 24, 1836, | in the 
 81st I year of his age. ] 
 
 Thorn Hill cemetery. He was from Cumberland, Mass., 
 and his wife. Patience, survived him. His name appears 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 111 
 
 in Capt. West's Co., Col. Eddy's Regt., Nov. 14-Dec. 16, 
 1776, in Mass. rolls, but it is not in the census of 1790. He 
 was a pioneer farmer at Thorn Hill. His will was made 
 May 1, 1835, and proved Aug. 10, 1837. Ebenezer Seeley 
 and Winston Day were administrators for one Timothy 
 Copp, May 9, 1798. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of ( Martin Cossit, | who de- 
 parted this Life | Dec. 23d 1824, | in the 68th year | .of his 
 age. I 
 
 Olive Cossit | d. Feb. 8, 1839 | in the 81 yr. | of her 
 age. I 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. Onon. Centennial says, 
 "Major Martin Cossitt, a Revolutionary soldier, settled in 
 the village in 1798." It is also said that he "derived his title 
 from official services in the State militia, and was prominent 
 in the early settlement of Marcellus;" but he held no com- 
 mission in the militia of New York. He was in Simsbury, 
 Ct., in 1790, but is said to have come from Granby to Mar- 
 cellus, the family being originally Huguenots. His name 
 does not appear in Revolutionary rolls, but that of his 
 brother Timothy does, and it is every way probable his 
 should. 
 
 Margaret Dyer, | widow of | Capt. Eliphalet Curtis, | 
 A Revolutionary soldier. ] 1739-1821. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. There is no stone for Capt. 
 Curtis, whose wife survived him, and it might be inferred 
 that he died in Simsbury, Ct., where he was living in 1790, 
 but the family history says he was buried in Marcellus in 
 1806. He Was in the Simsbury Volunteers in '75, and a 
 captain in the 18th Conn, Regt. in '78. He was baptized in 
 Meriden, Ct., Feb., 1736, and married Margaret Dy^of 
 Simsbury, March 24, 1757. He was representative for that 
 place in 1780, and went to Marcellus in 1800. Enlisting in 
 the Lexington alarm, he served as sergeant in Capt. Abel 
 Pettibone's Co., May 4-Dec. 14, 1775. He was also a second 
 lieutenant in Col. Mott's Co., at Saratoga and Ticonderoga, 
 a captain in the Danbury raid and in the New Haven alarm, 
 as well as later. His Marcellus descendants were prominent 
 people. 
 
112 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 JOHN Dalliba, I Born | June 14, 1765, | Died | Dec. 13, 
 1843. I A Patriot in the sanguinary | struggle which achieved 
 that I American Independence. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. He was a pensioner in 1840, 
 then aged 75, and living with Sanford Dalliba. His record 
 has not been obtained. 
 
 In Memory of \ REUBEN DORCHESTER. ] who died | Jan. 
 17, 1843, I Ae. 93 Y'rs. | 
 
 In memory of | Betty, | wife of | Reuben Dorchester, | 
 who died | June 1832, | in the 79th year | of her age. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. This pensioner was reported 
 in 1840, as living at the age of 92 with EUakim Dorchester. 
 According to the stone this should have been 90, In 1790 
 he was in Cheshire, Ct., and came thence to Marcellus. In 
 '75 he was corporal in Capt. James Arnold's Co., Col. 
 Wooster's regiment. 
 
 In memory of | David Earll, | Died | Aug. 16th 1818 | 
 Aged 66 I years. | 
 
 Anna Earll, | Relict of | David Earll | Died | Feb. 2, 
 1843. I Ae. 86 Y'rs. | 
 
 Thorn Hill. Sergeant in Col. Abbott's regiment, Ver- 
 mont. 
 
 In I memory of | Jeremiah Fitzgerald | Died Sept. 25, 
 1816 I Aged 65 years. | 
 
 Mrs. I Anna | wife of | Jeremiah | Fitzgerald | died 
 Aug. 15, 1834, Ae. | 85 Y. j 
 
 Thorn Hill. He was from Walkill, N. Y., and enrolled 
 in the 2d Regt. of Ulster Co. Two of the name were heads 
 of families there in 1790. He lived on lot 70. His will made 
 Aug. 20, 1810, (Avith mark) was probated Feb. 17, 1817. 
 
 JOSIAH Frost | Died May 3, 1826, | Aged 63, y'rs. | 
 Electa Frost | Oct. 3, 1765 — March 27, 1857. | 
 This notice is in "The Frost Family" : — " Josiah, s. of 
 Amasa, b. W'msburg, Mass., March, 1763, a soldier Revolu- 
 tion, following record: "Private Capt. Joseph Clap's Co. 
 Col. Israel Chapin's (3d) Regt., enlisted Oct. 16, 1779; dis- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 113 
 
 charged Nov. 21, 1779 ; served 1 mo. 12 days, travel included 
 at Claverack; regiment raised to reinforce the Continental 
 army for 3 mos. Also Capt. Ebenezer Strong's Co., Col. 
 Sears' (Hampshire Co.) regt., enlisted Aug. 10, 1781, serv- 
 ing 3 mos. 10 days at Saratoga," He married Electa Paine, 
 Jan. 11, 1787, and removed to Marcellus in 1803. He was 
 still at Williamsburg in 1790. His wife was born in Ash- 
 field, Mass., and had 9 children. Buried in old cemetery, 
 Marcellus village. 
 
 Chauncey Gaylord — This pensioner lived with Asaph 
 Gaylord in 1840, and was then 83 years old. He served 8 
 months in '78, under Capt. Kimball of the Conn. Line. In 
 1790 he lived in Harwintown, Ct. A later one rests in the 
 Marcellus cemetery. The D. A. R. Lineage book says he 
 died in Otisco in 1844. He married Ruth Bennett. 
 
 Wm. Giles | Died | May 13, 1858, | Ag'd 94 Y'rs. | 4 M. 
 & 18 D. I 
 
 He said that he was chief gunner in Col. John Crane's 
 Regt., 3d Mass. Art., Capt. Wm. Treadwell's Co., and was 
 discharged in '81. He also gave his age as 63 in 1820, which 
 differs widely from that on the stone. He had no real estate, 
 but his goods were worth $41.60, and his debts were $40; 
 so he was a little ahead. Of his three children the son was 
 aged 21, and the daughters 14 and 16. The roll assigns 
 him to Whately, Mass., in 1780, enlisting under Lieut. Jack- 
 son for 6 months in Col. Crane's regiment, but he also served 
 in other regiments later. He was of ruddy complexion and 
 5 feet 4 inches high. Another of the name is on record from 
 Whately, and may be the same. Old cemetery, Marcellus. 
 
 Noble Gunn — This pensioner was 58 in 1820, and had 
 a daughter, Martha Ann Gunn, and four sons, King, Burr^, 
 Westill and Orin, aged from 18 to 7 years. His prope^ 
 was worth $44, and his debts were $50. He said : "I am a 
 miller, and have been lame ever since the war in consequence 
 of having my knee broken in the service of the Revolution." 
 Perhaps he endorsed the old song : "How happy is the miller 
 who lives by the mill ; | As the mill rolls round he may do 
 as he will." He served for three years in Capt. Jenkins' Co., 
 Col. Samuel Brewer's Regt., Gen. Patterson's brigade. 
 
114 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Stephen Hagar — This veteran was 60 in 1820, his 
 wife 50, and his daughters 23, 17, 15 and 13. He mentioned 
 no sons, though a Hager family Hved in Skaneateles at a 
 later day. He owed $35, but his property was worth $34.02, 
 and included a Bible, hymn book, and Baxter's Saints' Rest, 
 for many veterans were strongly religious men. He served 
 through the war in Capt. Sumner's Co., Col. William Hull's 
 regiment. The name occurred in Westchester Co., in 1790. 
 Betsey Hager was administrator, April 17, 1823. 
 
 James Hiscock, | Died | Feb. 24, 1831. | Ae. 75 Y'rs. | 
 Elizabeth, wife of | James Hiscock | Died | Dec. 24, 
 
 1827, I Ae. 73 Y'rs. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the | Lord. | 
 Thorn Hill. Name in Col. Abner Perry's Regt., '80; 
 
 and in Col. Dean's Regt., '81, of Mass. rolls. The name also 
 
 was recorded in Duanesburg, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 Jonathan Howard — This veteran applied for a pension 
 Feb. 5, 1823, saying he was 70 years old and worth $30.50. 
 Early in '76 he was enlisted by Major Van Buren in a 
 Rensselaer company under Capt. Bentley. He added: "I 
 embarked at Albany for West Point, where I served part of 
 the time as an artillery man in the eleven-gun battery in 
 Fort Constitution, and was discharged December 1, by 
 Moses R. Vranken, lieutenant, and Major Van Buren said 
 it was for nine months. Also, early in the spring following, 
 1777, I was called out in the service of the State of New 
 York, to the northward, under General Schuyler, and after 
 retreating before General Burgoyne to Fort Edward, Gen- 
 eral Schuyler proposed to the troop whose time of service 
 was about to end, that all who should enter the service to 
 continue during the campaign, should be made equal in 
 compensation with the Continental troop for the whole time 
 of service. Accordingly I volunteered and served until the 
 surrender of Burgoyne, and I was in the battle of Saratoga, 
 and was at the storming of the enemy's breastworks under 
 General Arnold, besides performing many tours of service.'* 
 
 Reuben Humphreys | Died I Aug. 10, 1832. I Ae. 75 
 Y'rs. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 115 
 
 Anna | wife of | Reuben Humphreys | Died | April 1, 
 1827. I Ae. 68 years, j 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. Major or Hon. Reuben 
 Humphreys, was born Sept. 2, 1757, in West Simsbury, Ct., 
 and married Anna Pettibone of that place, bom in 1758. 
 Her birth has also been claimed for June 20, '61. He enlisted 
 in the Revolution as a private, but became a captain before 
 the close of the war. After this he held several offices in 
 Conn., and was keeper of the Newgate State prison in Sims- 
 bury for five years. About 1801 he removed to a place four 
 miles east of Marcellus, toward Onondaga Hill, but was 
 buried in the old cemetery in Marcellus. In 1804 he was 
 appointed the first county judge, holding that office till his 
 election to Congress in 1807. Two years sufficed for a busy 
 man, and he declined a re-election, though he served in the 
 N. Y. Senate, 1811-15. The Erie canal he strongly favored, 
 taking an active part in public affairs, while his efficient 
 Wife managed the farm and household; no small task, for 
 he had twelve children. He was not always pleased with the 
 number, and when his venerable grandmother said, "Why, 
 Reuben, children are a blessing." "Yes," he replied, "so is 
 snow a blessing ; but who wants it twelve feet deep ?" Once 
 he did not like the singing of a hymn to a tune called "An- 
 tigua," and gave the chorister a dollar never to sing it again. 
 Hence it became a saying that he bought Antigua for a dol- 
 lar. He was a large and muscular man, usually weighing 
 about 250 pounds. In spite of her maiden name his wife 
 matched him well. 
 
 Oliver Hyde | died, Nov. 15 | 1837 | Ae. 83 Y. 13 D. | 
 Go home my friends dry up your tears 
 we'll meet | Again when Christ appears. | 
 Polly wife of | Oliver Hyde | died Oct. 1 | 1833 | Ae. 
 75 Y. & 3 M. I 
 
 My glass is out my race | is run 
 My work in | Christ is now begun. | 
 Thorn Hill. This veteran applied for a pension Nov. 
 22, 1822, being then, he said, 67 years old. His invalid wife 
 and daughter formed his whole family. His property was, 
 worth $47, and included a "yearling bull that had his feet 
 frozen off." At Lebanon, Ct., in the spring of '77, he en- 
 listed for three years in Capt. Brigham's Co., Col. Putnam's 
 
116 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Eegt., Conn. Line. He served out his time and was dis- 
 charged in New Jersey, having been in the battles of 
 Germantown and Monmouth, and at the storming of Stony 
 Point. The Conn, rolls also credit him to Capt. James 
 Clark's Co., Lebanon, in '75. His name is in the list of Conn, 
 pensioners in N. Y., and he has been claimed as an early 
 settler in TuUy. 
 
 Jesse Kellogg | Born | In New Hartford Conn. | 1760. | 
 Died Feb. 28, 1813. | 
 
 Susanna Griswold, | wife of | Jesse Kellogg, ] Born in 
 New Hartford Conn. | Died | at New Hartford, N. Y. | 1793. | 
 
 Mary, ] wife of | Jesse Kellogg, | Born | in Branford 
 Conn. I 1765, | Died May 1836. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. According to the family his- 
 tory this pioneer was born Sept. 25, 1759, in New Hartford, 
 Conn., and married Susannah Griswold at that place, May 
 10, '81. She was born June 4, '61, and died at New Hart- 
 ford, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1793. He next married Mrs. Mary, 
 widow of Capt. Parish, in 1794. She died in Marcellus, aged 
 84, but her inscription materially differs from this. He 
 served in the 18th Conn. Regt., Aug. 19-Sept. 25, '76, in Capt. 
 Nehemiah Merrell's Co., and bought land in Camillus, Aug. 
 9, 1803, afterward living on East Hill, Marcellus, and dying 
 there in 1811, according to the family history, but not the 
 monument. Leslie says he was Judge Sanger's agent for 
 his Skaneateles property in 1803, built the first dam there, 
 and a house, and that his son, Dorastus, was born in that 
 town, Jan. 10, 1808. This is probably correct. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | George Kennedy, | who 
 died I May 18, 1828 ; | aged 77 years. | 
 
 Sacred to | the memory of | Mindwell, | wife of | 
 George Kennedy. | who departed | this life July | 30th, 1835. | 
 aged 76 years | & 10 months. | 
 
 In speaking of Judge George N. Kennedy it was said: 
 "In the paternal line he came of Irish descent, his grand- 
 father, George Kennedy, Sr., being a native of the Emerald 
 Isle, whence he crossed the Atlantic to America in 1760. 
 When the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of British 
 oppression, he joined the Continental army."— Past o»d 
 Present of Onon. Co., 2:34.9. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 117 
 
 Onon. Cent, said: "George Kennedy, jr., came from 
 Saratoga county to Marcellus about 1816, and in 1831 re- 
 moved his family to Skaneateles, where he remained three 
 years, that his children might have the advantages of the 
 academy there." He was thus in that place six years after 
 the death of his father, who may have lived with him for 
 some years, being buried in the old Marcellus cemetery. The 
 latter, however, was in Ballston, N. Y., in 1790, and his 
 name appears in the 12th regiment of Albany Co. 
 
 Ariel Lawrence — This brother of Col. Bigelow Law- 
 rence and his wife are buried in the old Marcellus cemetery. 
 In the Mills Family record it is said he was born June 21, 
 1743, Killingly, Ct., and married Lucy Wilcox. This appears 
 in the Simsbury records, but he left a widow, Lucretia. The 
 Mills' account says he served two short terms in the Conn, 
 militia, was at the battle of Saratoga, and after the surren- 
 der took his gun and knapsack and walked to Norfolk, Ct., 
 making great speed. His name is not in New England rolls. 
 He came from Norfolk to Paris, N. Y., 1797, and the next 
 January to Marcellus, on the Widow Leonard place, having 
 the nicest log house in the county. His will, made March 1, 
 1805, was probated Aug. 5, 1807. 
 
 A Memorial of | CoL. Bigalow Lawrence | who died 
 January 19th 1818 | in the 77th year | of his age. | 
 The brittle clay alas ! has broke, | 
 
 And let the spirit fly : | 
 Prepare for Death's severest stroke [ 
 For all are born to die. | 
 In I Memory of | Asbnath, ] wife of | Col. Bigelow 
 Lawrence, | who died j Sept. 28, 1831, | aged 87 years. | 
 
 This veteran and pioneer was both captain and major 
 in Vermont, 1780-84. He is usually assigned to Shaftsbv^y, 
 but was in Hubbardston, Rutland Co., Vt., in 1790. He mar- 
 ried Asenath Curtis, and all his children were bom in Sims- 
 bury, Ct., where he was sergeant in Capt. Hays' Co. in '76. 
 In 1797 he had eight sons settled in Marcellus, four each on 
 East and West Hill, all in sight of each other. The family 
 graves are in the old Marcellus cemetery. He was a con- 
 spicuous man in the military history of Vermont, and was 
 born in Killingly, Ct., May 24, 1741. 
 
118 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | Bigelow Lawrence, | Jr., 
 who died | Aug. 4, 1825, | in the 62 year | of his age. | 
 How lov'd, how valued once avails me not, | 
 To whom related, or by whom forgot ; | 
 A heap of dust alone remains of me, | 
 'Tis all I am, & all that you can be. | 
 Sacred to the | memory of | EUNICE, wife of | Bigelow 
 Lawrence | who died | April 20, 1828 ; | aged 67 years. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. He was born in Simsbury, 
 Oct., 17, 1762, according to the town records, thus making 
 him a year older than the inscription. He was corporal in 
 his father's company, Oct., 1781, and was in this at Cam- 
 bridge and Saratoga in July. 
 
 Sacred to | the memory of | Joab Lawrence | who died 
 Nov. 20th 1832 | aged 68 years | 10 mos & 27 days. | 
 
 Jemima | Wife of | Joab Lawrence | Died | Mar. 23, 
 1847, 1 Aged | 79 Y'rs 9 M. & | 23 D. | 
 
 In the same cemetery, and a pioneer on East Hill. He 
 was born in Simsbury, Feb. 17, 1764, but was with his 
 father in Hubbardston, Vt., in 1790. In 1780 he served in 
 Vt., in Capt. Dyre's company. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | Peter Lawrence Esq. | 
 who died August | 7th, 1823, | aged 57 years. | 
 This languishing head is at rest, | 
 
 The trials he met with are o'er. | 
 His quiet immovable breast, | 
 Is heaved by affliction no more. | 
 Sarah Lawrence, | Bom | March 2, 1766, | Died | Jan. 
 20, 1860. I 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus, Another son who lived on 
 East Hill. In Vt. rolls he was in Col. Wallbridge's regiment 
 in 1780, and in his father's company in '82. He lived in 
 Shaftsbury in 1790, and was born in Simsbury, Nov. 25, 
 1765. 
 
 Luther Manley | Died Jan. 9th, 1824, | Aged 66. Years 
 9 I Mo. and 14 Day's. | Was born at Sanders- | field, Mass. | 
 
 Thorn Hill. He was a fifer in a Berkshire regiment, 
 Mass. In 1790 he was recorded in Sandisfields, Berkshire 
 county. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 119 
 
 Ephraim Marble — This pensioner was 68 in 1820, and 
 his wife, Hannah, was 56. He had a daughter Rachel, who 
 was 15, a son, Jonas, aged 11. His assets were but $61.15, 
 while his debts were $46.75, He served in the Mass. troops, 
 being ten months in Capt. Sloan's Co., Col. Patterson's Regt., 
 as well as in Capt. Ashley's Co., of the same regiment for 
 six weeks. 
 
 William Miles — This pensioner was 63 in 1820, and 
 had three children: a son aged 21, and two daughters, 16 
 and 14 years old. He had no real estate, but his goods were 
 worth $41.60, and he owed only $40. He was chief gunner 
 in Col. John Crane's regiment, which was the 3d Artillery of 
 Mass., serving in Capt. William Treadwell's Co. till dis- 
 charged in 1781. Eri Miles was his administrator. May 11, 
 1840. 
 
 In memory of | Timothy Mills | who died | April 21, 
 1818, I Aged 72 Y's. | 3 Ms. 29 Ds. | 
 
 In Memory of | Sophia Mills. | Died | March 23, 1823, | 
 Ag'd 78 Ys. 7 M. I & 15 days. | 
 
 Thorn Hill. The name appears in Vermont rolls in 
 Capt. Abraham Underbill's Co., '78, and as ensign in Capt. 
 Daniel Smith's Co., Cumberland Co., '80. In 1790 it was re- 
 corded in Bridport, Addison Co., Vt. 
 
 Robert McCullock [ Died | Dec. 16, 1855 | Ae. 96 Yrs. ] 
 A patriot of the American Revolution. | 
 
 Mary, | Died | Apr. 12, 1812 | Aged 37 Y'rs. | 
 
 Seneh, I Died | Apr. 19, 1845 | Aged 73 Y'rs. | 
 
 Wives of Robert McCullock. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. This pensioner lived with his 
 family in 1840, calling himself 79 then, which does not s^ee 
 with the stone. His wives were daughters of Noadiah nol- 
 comb. Three of the name served with the Mass. troops, and 
 one was recorded in Pelham, Mass., in 1790, where he was 
 bom Oct. 9, 1759. Probably the one in Capt. Cowden's Co., 
 4th Hampshire Co. regiment. One of his sisters married 
 Martin Cossitt, and another Seth Dunbar of Marcellus. He 
 was of Irish parentage and came to Marcellus in 1806. He 
 was never sick and died from falling down the cellar stairs. 
 
120 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Zebulon Moffett — This veteran was 72 in 1820, and 
 his wife 67. He was then worth $16.13, and owed $55.50. 
 He was in the N. H. Line for one year, in Capt, Joseph 
 Hinds' Co., Col. James Reed's regiment. In 1790 his name 
 appeared in Arlington, Vt. 
 
 Caleb Munson, Je. — This pioneer was born Jan. 27, 
 1765, in Waterbury, Ct., where he and his father were resi- 
 dent in 1790. He married Mabel Tuttle of Woodbury, April 
 20, 1790, who was baptized April 4, '69, and died Aug. 9, 
 1841. He died Aug. 15, 1826. They went to Winchester, and 
 in 1807 to Tyler Hollow in Marcellus, then to Vesper, and at 
 last to Sodus, N. Y. Their youngest son, Abner, was born in 
 Skaneateles, Jan. 22, 1812. He served from Goshen in the 
 Conn. Line, '81-'83. 
 
 David Northrup — This pensioner was 64 in 1820, and 
 his wife 56. He was not rich, his whole property being a 
 pair of spectacles worth 25 cents, and a pen knife worth 
 37V^ cents. He first enlisted in Capt. Lewis's Co., Col. Chris- 
 topher Greene's Regt., Jan. 1, 1780, serving in it for three 
 months at Old Providence, getting wood for the regiment. 
 April 1st he was transferred to Capt. Dexter's Co., in the 
 same regiment, and spent six weeks in butchering. Then he 
 worked on Col. Greene's boat the rest of the year. His 
 name was recorded in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., in 
 1790. 
 
 Freeman Norton | Mariner on Frigate Warren | in 
 Navy of the Revolution. | Died | Feb. 9, 1837, | aged 93 y'rs. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. He served on this vessel for 
 one year. In 1820 he gave his age as 66, or ten years young- 
 er than it is on the stone. He then had a wife and five chil- 
 dren depending on him, and his assets were but $11.50, 
 against debts of $29.50. 
 
 Eleazer Porter | Died | Oct. 14, 1836. | Ae. 82 y'rs. | 
 Lois, his Wife | Died | Dec. 21, 1845. | Ae. 82 Y'rs. | 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. This name appears among 
 the Conn, pensioners living in N. Y. He was in Capt, Wor- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 121 
 
 thy Waters' Co., Hebron, Ct., serving 21 days in the Lexing- 
 ton alarm, and was also for seven months in Capt. Hezekiah 
 Parsons' Co., at the siege of Boston. In the family history 
 he is said to have married Hannah Fowler about 1776, and 
 had five children. 
 
 JONATHAN Randall | Soldier | of the Revolution. | Died 
 I 1827. I aged 84 yrs. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. The name occurs in the 6th 
 Regt. Land Bounty Rights, of Albany Co., N. Y., and in 
 Capt. EliHu 'Adams' Co., Braintree, Mass., in Lexington 
 alarm. In 1790 it was recorded in Stephentown, N. Y., and 
 Easton, Mass. 
 
 Rathbun or Rathbone Family — There was a Valen- 
 tine Rathbun in the Pittsfield Militia, Mass., in '76-7, who 
 may have been the son of the Valentine Rathbone, buried on 
 his farm in Marcellus, near Marietta. The latter was a 
 Baptist cleryman and probably not a soldier, but was active 
 in Revolutionary affairs. He was still in Pittsfield in 1790, 
 but came to Marcellus in 1801. The family record is that 
 he was born Wed., Dec. 23, 1724, at 2 p. m. He married 
 Tabitha Brown, and died Feb., 1814, aged 90 years. The 
 burial place is ruined, but on the ground lies a stone "In 
 memory | of Saxton Rathbun, | who died Sept. | 23, 1828, 
 aged I 66 years." and another of "Esther, | Wife of | Saxton 
 Rathbun, | Died | Deer. 18th 1826, | Aged 60 years." Valen- 
 tine's will was made Nov. 17, 1808, and proved Feb. 17, 1814. 
 Saxton R., son and heir, was to care for the widow. 
 
 James Rathbone — This son of Valentine has a record 
 of service in the History of Pittsfield, in Capt. Wm. Wells' 
 company, in '81. He married Margaret Ashley, and lived on 
 lot 54, Marcellus, where he was buried. In 1801 he was cap- 
 tain in the local militia, and lieut. colonel in 1807. In the 
 Skaneateles cemetery is a monument to Clorinda, wife of his 
 son, Major James H. Rathbone, who lived at Five Mile point, 
 where his father had a woolen mill. Peggy, wife of James 
 Rathbone, became administrator of his estate, Oct. 3, 1814. 
 
122 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Reuben Rathbonb — This son of Valentine, who was 
 born in 1760, and killed by a falling tree in Marcellus, was 
 in a company which marched from Pittsfield to Kinderhook, 
 May 4, '77, and was discharged May 11. Also in Capt. John 
 Strong's company, June 30-July 26, '77, marching from 
 Pittsfield to Fort Ann. Another brother here has no mili- 
 tary record. 
 
 Samuel Rounds — May 23, 1825, this pensioner said he 
 was 65 years old, and was worth $61.19. Willett and Henry 
 Raynor, Onondaga merchants, owed him $60 in store pay. 
 In '76 he enlisted for one year in Col. Brewer's regiment, 
 Mass. Line, and then for three years in Capt. Knapp's Co., 
 Col. Sheppard's regiment. He again enlisted in this com- 
 pany at Rehoboth, for nine months, and then for a year in 
 Col. Vose's regiment, under Capt. Seagrave, being dis- 
 charged at Peekskill, in '82. He fought at White Plains, 
 Saratoga and Monmouth, and was wounded in Rhode Island. 
 
 Daniel Sherman — This pioneer died in 1824, and was 
 buried at Marcellus with Masonic honors. It is said he was 
 with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga and through the war. He 
 was born about 1750 in Smithfield, R. I., and married Ruth 
 Howard, settling early in Danby, Vt. About '96 he came to 
 a farm 6 miles west of Onondaga Hill, being assessor there, 
 1801-03. One account makes his wife Eunice Stanton of 
 Westerly, R. I., possibly a second marriage. 
 
 Daniel Smith — This pensioner was 65 in 1820, and his 
 wife was 67, He was a farmer, with property worth $181, 
 but he owed $186. In '75 he served seven months in Capt. 
 Knowlton's Co., Col. Putnam's regiment, and in '76 a year in 
 that of Col. Durkee. 
 
 Jared Smith — This veteran settled in Marcellus before 
 1800, coming from Lanesboro, Mass., and served as 2d lieu- 
 tenant in Col. Whitcomb's regiment, Mass., from May to 
 December, '75, holding the same office in the 12th Continent- 
 als from Jan. 1, '76, and enlisting from Ipswich. His later 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 123 
 
 record was lost. He was born in Dedham, Mass., in 1741, 
 married Rebecca Wood, came to Onondaga Co. in 1795, and 
 died there. He is said to been at Yorktown. 
 
 In memory of | Job Smith Esq. | Who departed this 
 Life, I Jan. 16th 1827, | In the 80th year | of his age. | 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth | wife of | Job Smith, | Died | Aug. 31, 
 1835, I Aged 87 Years. | 
 
 Thorn Hill, but residents of Spafford, to which town 
 they came about 1790, as stated in the family history, but in 
 1806 according to Collins. He was originally from Ridge- 
 field, Ct., and after marrying Elizabeth Keeler of Norwalk, 
 Ct., he lived for some years in Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., 
 where the census placed him in 1790. From Ridgefield he 
 served in the 5th Conn. Line, under Col. Philip B. Bradley. 
 He was commissioned paymaster and 2d lieutenant, Jan. 1, 
 '77, and again as 1st lieutenant, Aug. 17, 1779. This com- 
 mission is kept by the family, and bears the signature of 
 John Jay. Dr. Stephen Smith, of New York City, is one of 
 his eminent descendants. 
 
 Eli Terry — This pioneer was born in Springfield, 
 Mass., Feb. 26, 1738, and died in Locke, N. Y., in 1816. He 
 married Elizabeth Olds, who died there in 1818. He was 
 married in Connecticut, removing to Vermont later, and 
 going to Marcellus about 1800. Thence he went to Catta- 
 raugus, to Marcellus again, and to Locke, where he died. His 
 name is in Capt. Noble's Co., '77, at Saratoga, and in Capt. 
 Downing's Co., Berkshire Co., Mass., in '79. Also in that of 
 Capt. Parmalee Allen, Vt., May 21-Dec. 1, '81. 
 
 # 
 
 Remains of | Samuel | Tyler Esq. | Bom April 
 12th, I 1759: Died | Sept. 4th A. D. 1825: | Aged 66 
 Years. 4 | Months. & 22 Days. | He served in the | Army 
 & Navy of | the American Revolution.] 
 
 He came to Tyler Hollow in Marcellus in 1794. De- 
 liverance Tyler was his wife, but no stone records her 
 death. There are stones for him and some children in 
 the old Marcellus cemetery. The name occurs in N. Y., 
 
124 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Conn, and Mass. rolls, and in both the latter States in 
 1790. His wife, Deliverance, survived him, and was ad- 
 ministrator, Sept. 17, 1825. 
 
 Henry Wentworth — This veteran and Hannah 
 Romer, his wife and of Marcellus, transferred title of lot 
 77 of that town, Nov. 15, 1797. They had children born 
 there. In the ballot list he is Henry Wynford, but neither 
 name is in N. Y. rolls. He was a fife major, born in Co- 
 lumbia Co., and after this sale at some time went back to 
 the older settlements, dying in Woodstock, Ulster Co., 
 aged about 70 years. His wife died Dec. 30, 1852, being 
 much younger than her husband, who was probably born 
 about 1752. 
 
 Jerusha Rockwell | daughter of | John Taylor | A 
 Soldier of the Revolution | and member of Washington's 
 Life Guards. | 1824-1901. | Erected by Onondaga Chapter 
 D. A. R. I 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. It does not appear where 
 the father lived. 
 
 Sarah Van Meter — This pensioner, aged 76 in 1840, 
 lived with Garret Sharp of Marcellus. Her monument 
 is beside his in the Navarino cemetery, and, according to 
 this, she died Aug. 25, 1847, in her 86th year. 
 
 Pioneers whose names are in rolls, but not identified: 
 
 Dan Bradley, | Died | Sept. 19th 1833, | in the 72nd 
 year | of his age. | 
 
 In I memory of Mrs. EUNICE, | wife of Dan Bradley 
 Esq. I who died July | 19th 1804, | aged 38 years. | 
 
 Nancy, | wife of | Dan Bradley, | Died i May 25, 
 1843, I Ag'd 62 Y'rs. | 
 
 Judge Bradley came from Hamden, Ct., and was at 
 first a clergyman, and afterward a farmer and judge. 
 The name of Daniel Bradley is frequent in Conn, rolls, 
 but that of Dan does not appear, perhaps through a nat- 
 ural error. Old cemetery. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 125 
 
 Joseph Chapee | died May 3, 1832 | in the 66 of his | 
 age. I 
 
 On Seymour farm, lot 47. In 1790 the name appears 
 in Rehoboth, Mass., and Ashford, Ct. One of the name 
 enlisted in Mass. July 18, '81, and was discharged Nov. 2. 
 He was in Capt. Samuel Clark's Co., Col. Sear's regiment, 
 served on the Mohawk river 3 months and 21 days, and 
 was wounded Oct. 25. This would do for age, but not for 
 residence. The family history says he was born in Wood- 
 stock, Ct., marrying Clarissa Griggs there, May 26, '91, 
 and afterward Roxy Griggs. It says also that he was a 
 farmer of medium height, who moved to Marcellus in 
 1834, and died there the following year. 
 
 Amos Cook | Died | July 1813, | Aged 78 Years. | 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus. Hingham Continentals, 
 
 Mass., but the name was recorded in Haddam, Ct., in 1790. 
 
 Probably a soldier. 
 
 Samuel Conklin, died Nov. 22, 1839, aged 73 years. ] 
 Elizabeth, his wife, died April 1, 1821, aged 58 years.] 
 Capt. Collins thus gives these names at Thorn Hill. 
 
 Name in 3d N. Y. Line and 7th Regt., Dutchess Co. In 
 
 1790, Saratoga, N. Y. Probable. 
 
 Joshua Chandler, | Died | Aug. 19, 1834. | aged 71 
 years. | 
 
 Thorn Hill. His wife, Hannah Farnum, survived him. 
 He was from Connecticut, but the name appears in Mass. 
 rolls and census. His wife was born Nov. 2, 1765, and they 
 were married in Ashford, Ct., but had no children. He has 
 not been claimed as a soldier. 
 
 # 
 
 In memory of | Stephen Horton, | who died August 
 6th 1816 I aged 56 years. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead who die in | the Lord. | 
 In memory of | Heltjie, | wife of | Stephen Horton 
 who died Sept. | 25th, 1831, | aged 74 | years. [ 
 
 Precious in the sight of the | Lord is the death of his 
 saints. I 
 
126 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In same cemetery. The name is in the 3d Regt. of 
 Westchester Co., and also in Mass. rolls, '76-'77. In 1790 it 
 was recorded in Milton, Mass., and Hebron, Conn. He was 
 probably a soldier, and his wife's name is suggestive of 
 New York. 
 
 In Memory | of Nathan Kelcey | Sen. who died Nov. | 
 20. 1812 : in | the 84 year | of his age. | 
 
 Meek and humble in his Christian walk, | He died in 
 the hope of a glorious immortality. | 
 In Memory of | Saeah Kelcey, | wife of Nathan Kel- 
 cey Sen., who | died March 16. | 1811 : in the 84. | year of 
 her I Age., | 
 
 Our age to seventy years is set, | 
 How short the term, how frail the state ; | 
 And if to eighty we arrive | 
 We rather sigh and groan, than live. | 
 Nathaniel seems often shortened to Nathan, and there 
 was a Lieut. Nathaniel K. in 4th Ulster Co. Regt., but Na- 
 than K. enlisted for three years, March 3, '77, in Major 
 Leavenworth's Co., 6th Conn. Regt. One was in Capt. Gale's 
 Co., Killingworth Ct., '75, and Capt. Barker's Co., '77-'80. 
 In 1790 one was in Whitestown, N. Y., and two in Connecti- 
 cut. 
 
 Nathan Kelcey, | died | Sept. 7th, 1844, | aged 82. 
 years. | 
 
 Thankful Kelcey, | died | Aug. 29, 1824, | aged 60 
 years. | 
 
 Mortals, behold, as you this tomb pass by, | 
 Beneath this stone, a sister's ashes lie. | 
 Calmly resign'd, in God was all her trust, | 
 Her hopes in Christ, to rise with all the just. | 
 The four mentioned are in the old cemetery, Marcellus, 
 and the foregoing remarks partly apply to the last named. 
 In his family Nathan K. Hall, Postmaster General under 
 Fillmore, was reared. It is probable the younger Nathan 
 was a soldier. 
 
 In Memory of | Thomas North, | who died April | 29th 
 1830. I in the 85th year | of his age. | 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 127 
 
 In I Memory of |LUCY, wife of Tho- | mas North, who 
 died I July 5th 1815, | in the 70th year | of her age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | | Wife of | Tho- | mas North | 
 
 departed this life Oct. | 13th 1830, in j the 63 year of her 
 age. I 
 
 In same cemetery. Name in Berkshire Co. Regt., which 
 went to Saratoga, and in 1790 at Granville, Washington Co., 
 N. Y., and Haverstraw. Probable. 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | Henry S. Platt | who died 
 Oct. I 21, 1829 I Aged 69 | Years. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from | 
 
 henceforth ; Yea, saith the spirit, that they may j 
 
 rest from their labours and their works | do follow 
 
 them. I 
 
 In I Memory of | Deborah, wife of | Henery S. Platt, | 
 
 who slept in Jesus | Jan. 19, 1833 | Ae. 69 Years. | 
 
 In same cemetery. The name occurs in 6th Regt., Land 
 Bounty Rights, of Dutchess Co., and in 1890 in Clinton in 
 the same county. Probably a soldier. His first wife was 
 Miss Wood, and the second Mrs. Deborah Dickerson. — Platt 
 Lineage, H8. 
 
 John Rhodes — This pioneer "was a manufacturer, and 
 conducted a woolen mill in Marcellus. He was born in 1760, 
 and died in 1826," coming there in 1816. Several of the 
 name appear in Mass. rolls. One from Wrentham, enUsted 
 July 19, '80, was then 19, dark, and 5 feet 9 inches high. 
 
 In I Memory of | Dea. Samuel Rice, | who died Aug. 
 13th I 1834, I In the 83d Year of his | Age. ] 
 
 In Memory of | Hannah Beach Rice, | Relict of | Dea- 
 con Samuel Rice, | Died Feb. 10, 1844. | Ae. 88 Y'rs. | • 
 
 The name of this worthy pioneer appears in New Eng- 
 land rolls very often, and it is quite probable that he was 
 somewhere enrolled. His orderly inn was a noted stopping 
 place, and to please him, Aug. 9, 1802, the Rev. Thomas 
 Robbins said he "Drew a plan of a public house in this 
 place." Some of his descendants are also in the old Mar- 
 cellus cemetery. 
 
128 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 TOWN OF ONONDAGA. 
 
 William Abbe — In 1820 this pensioner said he was 52 
 years old and his wife 62, The age is probably wrong, for 
 this would place his birth in 1768, making him but 14 when 
 the war practically closed. He may have been ten years 
 older, which was the age of his wife. He said he served in 
 Col. John Durkee's regiment, Capt. John Keyes' company, 
 in the Conn. Line, and was regularly discharged. His name, 
 however, does not appear in Col. Durkee's roll. The name 
 occurs also in Capt. Nichols' company, of Mansfield, Ct., in 
 the Lexington alarm, and in Capt. Starr's company in the 
 3d regiment in '75, but these would require the suggested 
 and probable age. He was prosperous in spite of ailments, 
 for his property was worth $68.75 and he owed but $12. 
 His daughter Isabel was 22 years old; Lizzie was 20, and 
 his son Nathan was 33, which would place his birth in his 
 father's reported 19th year. He had also a grandchild 
 named Reane Abbe, and he added "all of which I provide 
 for and support besides myself, who have not done a day's 
 work this twelve years past on account of infirmity." 
 
 RODEKICK Adams | A soldier of the | Revolution | died 
 Dec. 18th, 1824 | aged 77 years. | 
 
 Respected while living, | Lamented though dead, | 
 His sanctified spirit, | To Jesus has fled. | 
 HiTTY, I Relict of I Rhoderick Adams | Died | Dec. 7, 
 1844, I in the 85th year | of her age. | 
 
 Walnut Grove cemetery, Onondaga Hill. He was from 
 Simsbury, Ct., and was-^till there in 1790. He served in 
 Sheldon's Dragoons, and was described as being dark and 
 5 feet 10 inches high. He married Isabel Case of Simsbury, 
 Jan. 28, 1773, and his second wife, Hitty, one of the execu- 
 tors of his will, is buried in Marcellus village. The will was 
 made in September, 1824, and proved Dec. 24, 1824. 
 
 The Grave of | Jacob Amidon | who died | Sept. 17th, 
 1838. I Aged 74 Years | 6 Months & | 12 days. | 
 He has gone to a mansion of rest, | 
 
 From a region of sorrow and pain | 
 To the glorious land of the blest | 
 Where he never can suffer again. 1 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 129 
 
 Hannah, | Wife of | Jacob | Amidon, ] died Oct. 21, 
 1847, I in the 77, y'r ] of her age. | 
 
 Pine Eidge cemetery, near Navarino. This pioneer 
 and soldier was bom in Willington, Ct., March 5, 1764, 
 where he married Hannah Pool. He was a private in Capt. 
 Durkee's company, Aug. 12, '82, to Aug. 12, '83, and a pen- 
 sioner in 1833. In 1806 he settled near Navarino and died 
 there. 
 
 In Memory of | Joseph Amidon | who died Nov. 27, 
 1810. I Ae. 86 Years. | Also | Patience, | wife of | Joseph 
 Amidon | who died 1816 | Ae. 73 Years. | 
 
 This soldier and pioneer is said to have been born at 
 Rehoboth or Oxford, Mass., April 20, 1725, and he died at 
 South Onondaga, as above, in his 86th year. Another fam- 
 ily history says he was bom in Ashford, Ct., Feb., 1725. 
 He served from Charlton in the Lexington alarm, and was 
 still in Worcester Co. in 1790. He had a light complexion 
 and blue eyes. Being 50 years old at the outbreak of hos- 
 tilities he did not serve again. In Ashford, Ct., 1762, he 
 married Patience Chaffee, bom in Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 
 16, 1743, who died in 1816 arid rests with him in Pine Ridge 
 cemetery. Their son, Cheney, born Sept. 3, 1788, married 
 Mary, (Polly on the stone) daughter of Benony Reynolds, 
 another Revolutionary soldier. These three are buried at 
 South Onondaga. 
 
 In memory of | William Bacon. ] A Patriot of the | 
 American Revolution | who departed | this life | August 11, 
 1823 : I Aged 71 Years. | 
 
 The traveler worn out with life's pilgrimage dreary | 
 
 Lays down his rude staff like one that is weary | 
 And sweetly reposes to rest. | 
 
 Howlett Hill cemetery. The name appears in 
 Lamb's 2d N. Y. Artillery. Others of the name were 
 rolled in Mass. 
 
 Col. 
 
 ! CTl- 
 
 JESSB Bannister — This pensioner was a farmer, aged 
 66 in 1820, and not a prosperous one. His assets were but 
 $26.75, and in these was included "half a pew in the meet- 
 ing house at Windsor, Vt.," valued at $23. On the other 
 
130 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 hand he owed $500. He enlisted in Capt. Peter Harwood's 
 Co., Col. Ebenezer Lamed's Re^., Mass. Line, April 24, '75, 
 and was discharged Jan. 1, '76, but at once enlisted again 
 in Capt. Asa Danforth's Co. in the same regiment. This 
 was for one year, but he said he stayed in the service six 
 months longer, at Gen. Washington's request. He was at 
 the battle of Trenton, when the Hessians were taken.. Also 
 at Princeton, and as a volunteer at Stillwater, against Bur- 
 goyne. 
 
 Sacred | To the memory of | Capt. Jambs Beebee. | 
 who served in the | Army of the Revolution. | died Sept. 
 20th, 1812 I Aged 60 years. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill cemetery, where two daughters lie be- 
 side him, Betsey, who died Aug. 24, 1810, aged 23 years, 
 and Sarah, who died Nov. 7, 1810, aged 21 years. His wife, 
 Mehitable Fairchild Beebe, died in Pompey, Dec, 1836, aged 
 82, and is buried on the Birdseye lot, where also sleeps her 
 daughter Hephsibah, born in 1782— died in 1860, and Electa 
 Beebee, 1783-1860, the wife of Hon, Victory Birdseye. A 
 son, named Lewis, died in Fayetteville. In 1790 Capt. 
 Beebee was living in Stratford, Ct. The final syllable of the 
 name is now shortened. He married in Danbury, and im- 
 mediately left for the army with a company he had raised, 
 when the British destroyed the stores near the coast. He 
 was in the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth, being 
 wounded in the latter. He was also at Valley Forge, where 
 Mrs. Beebee came on horseback to meet him, not having 
 seen him since the wedding. In 1793 he moved to Solon, 
 N. Y., and two years later to Pompey, settling three miles 
 east of Pompey Hill. Some years later he went to Onondaga 
 Hill, where he owned and kept the public house near the 
 Court House, and also kept the jail. In 1812 he was cus- 
 todian of the old arsenal, supplying troops going to the 
 frontier. Jasper Hopper was his deputy, and his failure to 
 secure a receipt for supplies made it necessary for his 
 superior to go to Oswego. On his return he was drowned 
 in Seneca river. Some debtors escaped from jail while the 
 funeral services were in progress, and the family had to 
 make good the debts. 
 
 Jonathan Belding — This pensioner was living in this 
 town in 184D, aged 80 years. It is said he was buried in 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 131 
 
 South Onondaga. One of Northfield, Mass., served in sev- 
 eral companies, and was 19 years old in 1780. 
 
 Sacred | To the Memory of ] J. W. Brewster M. D. | 
 who departed this life | in the hope of a glorious | immor- 
 tality, Sept. 6, 1849. | Born at Lebanon Ct. | Feb. 23, 1764. | 
 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrec- 
 tion. I 
 
 In memory of | Mrs. Lovice, Wife of | Doct. Joseph W. | 
 Brewster, | who died Dec. 16th 1822, | in the 62d year | of 
 her age. | 
 
 At the age of 16 Dr. Brewster joined the army, and 
 was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, Oct. 19, '81. 
 He afterward studied medicine, came to Onondaga Valley 
 in the S'pring of 1818, and became a member of the Onon. 
 Co. Med. Society in 1820. He studied with his brother in 
 Becket, Mass., beginning practice when 21 years old. In 
 1805 he went to Chatham, N. Y., having a fine practice 
 there, and thence came to Onondaga. April 13, 1788, he 
 married Lovisa Badger, bom in Wilbraham, Mass., July 
 28, 1761. 
 
 In I memory of | JosiAH Bronson | who died | June 
 2nd, 1829 | aged 77 | years, | 
 
 Mrs. Tabitha Bronson, | Died | Aug. 1, 1845, | Ae. 91 
 Y'rs I & 2 Mo. 1 
 
 Her youth was innocent, her riper age, | 
 
 Marked with some act of goodness every day ! 
 And watched by eyes that loved her, calm & sage, | 
 
 Faded her last declining years away. 
 Cheerful she gave her being up, & went | 
 To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent. 
 This pioneer was born in Waterbury, Ct., and rests in 
 Walnut Grove cemetery with his wife, Tabitha Tuttle, whQ|i 
 he married Jan. 20, 1780. She was born Oct. 22, 1754. His 
 name appears as Josiah Brownson in Capt. Mills' Co., '76, 
 and in Woodbury in 1790. The Connecticut name was 
 shortened in New York. 
 
 To the Memory of | Giles Case, | who died Oct. 5, 
 1837. I In the 81st year of his | Age. | 
 
132 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 To the Memory of | Dorcas, | Relict of | Giles Case, | 
 Died, I Aug. 25, 1850. | Ae. 90 Y'rs. | 
 
 In life useful and respected | In death deeply lamented. | 
 Death is swallowed up in victory. | 
 
 Hewlett Hill. In 1840 Dorcas was a pensioner living 
 in Camillus with John Case, and aged 80 years. In 1790 
 they lived in Simsbury, Ct., whence several Howlett Hill 
 people came. His name is in Capt. Carr's Co., Col. Hooker's 
 Regt., in Conn, rolls, '77, and in Capt. Burr's Co., Col. Mose- 
 ley's regiment in '78. 
 
 Richard Caten | Died | July 21, 1845, | Aged 83 Years. | 
 Rebecca | His Wife | Died Sept. 19, 1833, | Aged 79 
 Years. | 
 
 Leonard Caten | Died | May 18, 1878, | Aged 93 Years. | 
 These inscriptions are in Oakwood cemetery, Syracuse, 
 with those of his son's three wives and others of the family. 
 The name is Caton in the list of 1840. This pensioner lived 
 with Leonard Caten in 1840, and was then 77 years old, but 
 he called himself 56 in 1821, his wife, Rebecca, being then 
 66. He was a farmer and spelled his name in three diifer- 
 ent ways, and may not have been strong in arithmetic. In 
 1821 he was worth $61.62, and but $42.38 a year later. Of 
 course he was in debt, like other old soldiers. In '81 he en- 
 listed in Capt. Christopher Woodbridge's Co., Col. John 
 Greaton's Regt., Mass. Line, and was then a farmer from 
 Conway, of light complexion, 19 years old, and 5 feet 5 
 inches high. His second statement varied from the first 
 and both from the records. In this he enlisted in '81 in Capt. 
 G. M. Houdin's Co., Col. Rufus Putnam's Regt., and after- 
 ward in Capt. Mills' Co., Col. Vose's Regt., making in all 
 three distinct regiments. He could work but little, having 
 been wounded at the taking of Little York, (Toronto) in 
 Canada, in the war of 1812. 
 
 George Clarke — This pensioner lived with David D. 
 Fellows in 1840, and was then 82 years old. His name ap- 
 pears in Lieut. Col. Stevens' N. Y. Artillery, in the 4th 
 Regt. of Orange Co. and 2d of Ulster, as well as in New 
 England. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 133 
 
 Jabesh Cole [ Died Dec. | 20, 1840, | Aged 83 y's. | 
 South Onondaga. This pensioner lived with Sterling 
 Cole in 1840, and was then called 80 years old, disagreeing 
 with the stone. His name appears as enlisting April 15, 
 '82, in Capt. Hopkins' Co., Col. Webb's Regt, Conn. Line, 
 and also in Capt. Sloper's Co., Major Sheldon's Light Horse 
 regiment. 
 
 JONATHAN CONKLING— In 1840 this pensioner was 
 called 80 years old. The name is in the 3d N. Y. Line, and in 
 Westchester regiments. It was recorded in Westchester 
 in 1790. 
 
 The graves of | JoEL & Susan L. | Cornish, | 
 ' Joel Cornish | A soldier of the | Revolution. | died | 
 July 28, 1851. | Ae. 90 Y'rs. | 
 
 Susan L. Cornish | died | April 20, 1833. | Ae. 65 Y'rs. | 
 Our flesh shall slumber in the | ground, | 
 Till the last trump shall joyful | sound. | 
 Then burst the chains with sweet | surprise. | 
 And in our Savior's image rise. ( 
 Howlett Hill. In the Simsbury record the birth of 
 this veteran is March 22, 1763. He was living there in 1790, 
 and served for George Cornish of that place in '77, in Col. 
 McClellan's regiment. He married Susannah Lorinda Petti- 
 bone in 1786. She was born in October, 1768. They moved 
 to Marcellus in 1808. 
 
 In I memory of | Ebenezer Covil, | who died March. | 
 19th, 1833. I aged 84 years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Elizabeth; | wife of | Ebenezer 
 Covil, I who died Aug. 22nd. | 1827 in the 64th | year of her 
 age. I Prepare in time to follow me. /j^ 
 
 Onondaga Hill. This pensioner asked to be restored to 
 the list, Jan, 26, 1829, having been dropped on account of 
 his wealth. He was then 79, and Mr. Chase's account fol- 
 lows : "He said he had a farm in Onondaga of eighty acres, 
 about fifty acres of which was under improvement. Upon 
 this land there was a mortgage to the State for part of the 
 purchase price, with $150 due. The annual product of the 
 farm he considered worth but $50, But it was in the des- 
 
134 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 cription of his property that Patriot Covil was especially 
 interesting, as he had been dropped from the roll once be- 
 cause of his wealth. Everything which he possessed was 
 either old, worn out or small, with the exception of his 
 Bible; that was large. The value of all his property he 
 placed at $105. Unable to work, he boarded with his two 
 sons, Edward and Nelson. They worked and managed the 
 farm, and had the use and profits in part pay for the support 
 of himself and his daughter, Anna. Up to date Covil said 
 the profits had not been sufficient to pay the board. The law 
 required he should account for all the property he had dis- 
 posed of since 1818. In 1824 he said he sold one old horse 
 to Constant Fenn for $20, which was paid in lumber and 
 boards, and in 1825, another old horse to one Cornell for 
 $50, paid for by a lumber wagon worth $40, a pair of boots 
 at $5, and $5 remaining, but Cornell had absconded without 
 paying for it. A small amount of stock had also been sold." 
 
 Samuel Crane — A sketch of this pioneer is in the his- 
 tory of the Crane family. He was born May 29, 1752, in 
 Wethersfield, Ct., and married Charity Higley, Nov. 7, '76. 
 She was born Sept. 13, '56, and died in Bennington, N. Y., 
 Oct. 10, 1842. He settled in Simsbury, Ct., moving thence 
 to Onondaga Hill in 1802, where he died July 28, 1818. He 
 enlisted April 26, '77, in Capt. Peter Porter's Co., Col. 
 Benjamin Simonds' Berkshire regiment, Mass., and was at 
 Saratoga. In 1790 the name was recorded in Killingworth, 
 Ct. 
 
 Asa Danporth — This soldier and pioneer was bom in 
 Dunstable, Mass., July 6, 1746, and settled in Onondaga val- 
 ley, south of the present village. May 22, 1788. He joined 
 the regiment of Col. Danf orth Keys, and is said to have been 
 in the battle of Lexington, However this may be he served 
 through the war, as a commissioned officer, his home being 
 then in Worcester Co. His commission may be seen in the 
 rooms of the Onondaga Historical Association, as follows: 
 
 / The Major Part of the Committee 
 
 " State op the \ of the Massachusetts Bay in | 
 
 < New England. | 
 
 Massachusetts Bay j To Asa Danf orth — Gentleman — 
 
 V Greeting. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 135 
 
 You being appointed Captain of the Fourth Company 
 in I the Fourth Regiment of MiHtia in County of Wor- 
 cester I Whereof James Converse Esqr is Colonel | By 
 Virtue of the Power vested in us, We do by these Presents, 
 (reposing special Trust and | Confidence in your Loyalty, 
 Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly. | 
 — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge 
 the Duty of a Captain — | in leading, ordering, and exer- 
 cising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers | and 
 Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline; 
 And they are hereby | commanded to obey you as their 
 Captain — and you are yourself to observe | and follow such 
 Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time 
 receive from | the Major part of the Committee or your 
 Superiour Officers. | 
 
 Given under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State 
 at Boston, the | Twenty-Ninth Day of July in the Year of 
 our Lord, 1777. | 
 
 By the Command of the | Major Part of the Commit- 
 tee : I John Avery, Depy. Secy." 
 
 A column of sixteen names is on the left side of the 
 page. 
 
 Captain Danforth's official papers are in charge of the 
 Worcester Hist. Society. He lost property in the war, and 
 after its close went to Mayfield, N. Y., and thence to Onon- 
 daga, where he became a judge and State senator, and rose 
 from major to major general in the local militia. In all 
 public affairs he was a leading spirit, and was cordially 
 hated by Gov. Simcoe of Canada. The Indians called him 
 Ha-te-col-hot-was, the man who plows the ground, for he 
 was the pioneer farmer. 
 
 The intention of marriage between him and Hannah 
 Whelor was published at Warren, Mass., March 5, 1767. 
 She was born in Lenox, Mass., about 1747, and died Jar* 6, 
 1837, aged 90 years. Gen. Thaddeus M. Wood married their 
 daughter Patty in 1800, and Gen. Danforth is supposed to 
 be buried on his lot in the Valley cemetery, having died 
 Sept 2 1818 Mr. T. C. Cheney knew him well, and was at 
 his funeral, but as a child. He said, in 1857: "He was 
 buried on the knoll, next north of the old stone arsenal, and 
 was removed from that place to the family burying ground 
 of Thaddeus M. Wood, and a few years ago his remains 
 
136 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 were again removed and placed in the cemetery at Onon- 
 daga Hollow." No stone marks his grave. In 1857 two of 
 the pall bearers were still living — Dr. Gordon Needham and 
 Arthur Patterson. 
 
 Erected by | Hannah Wyman, to | the memory of Capt. 
 Isaac Danks, | who died June 17th, | 1819, in the 72d Year | 
 of his Age. | 
 
 He was the father of Hannah Danks, Ephraim Web- 
 ster's wife, and the title points to Revolutionary service, 
 though without record. His name is on the list at the Syra- 
 cuse post office, and probably this is right. Though he had 
 quite a family his name does not appear in the census of 
 1790. Buried at Onondaga Valley. 
 
 John Dunn — The Lineage book says this veteran was 
 born in Ireland, served in Canadian campaign and Col. 
 Lamb's Artillery, and died in Onondaga in 1820. 
 
 Gen. John Ellis, | Died | June 20, 1820, | Ae. 56 Y'rs. | 
 Mrs. Submit, | Relict of Gen. John Ellis, | Died | May 
 9, 1843. I Ae. 67 Y'rs. | 
 
 Family cemetery, Onondaga Hill. He is said to have 
 been born in Hebron, Ct., in 1763, but served in the Mass. 
 Line, the family having gone to Pittsfield. Mr. Chase said : 
 "At the age of 14, John Ellis ran away from his home in 
 Pittsfield, Mass., and began his services in the Continental 
 army. He served throughout the war." He was made col- 
 onel in Onondaga Co. in 1812, and brigadier general in 1817 
 by Gov. Clinton. For a while he lived in Manlius, before 
 settling at Onondaga Hill. His wife was Submit Olds. He 
 introduced Merino sheep in Onondaga, and took a warm in- 
 terest in all improvements. 
 
 Wm. Evans, | Born | Dec. 4, 1759. | Died | June 28, 
 1852. I Ae. 92 Y'rs 6 Mo. | & 24 D's. | 
 
 In memory of | Mrs. Abigail | Wife of | Mr. Wm. 
 Evans | who died July 15th | 1825. | aged 68 years. | 
 Adieu, my friends, a long adieu | 
 
 Till time shall be no more 
 May you the way to heaven persue | 
 And greet me on that shore. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 137 
 
 Onondaga Hill. This pensioner was 80 in 1840 and 
 lived with Noah Evans. His name is in the N. Y. Levies of 
 Col. Dubois, and also in Capt. Strong's Co., Brattleboro, Vt. 
 He may have served in both. He was in Brattleboro in 1790. 
 
 William Fay — Onon. Cent, says that this pioneer, from 
 Great Barrington, Mass., served seven years in the Revolu- 
 tion. The statement is that "For his services he received 
 a military tract in the town of Onondaga, where he settled 
 in 1796, bringing with him his two sons, Aaron and Augus- 
 tus. The latter resided in this town 74 years and died here." 
 There were no military lots in the town. A family history 
 is more definite. He was born in Westboro, later Northboro, 
 Mass., July 15, 1752, and married Bethiah Bassett, then 
 
 widow Wright, and last Dinah . "Settled in Faytown, 
 
 Onondaga Co., N. Y., near a valuable spring, which with an 
 old pear tree, indicates the site of his first log cabin, when 
 his nearest neighbor was two miles distant. He was in the 
 war of the Revolution. 9 children." The first of these was 
 born in 1780, and Aaron inherited the homestead here. The 
 father was a private in Capt. Samuel Wood's company of 
 Northboro minute men in the Lexington alarm, and several 
 times later that year, and seems the one who served in '76 
 and '77. Faytown, of early days, was half way from Fair- 
 mount and Onondaga Hill. 
 
 Deacon | Joseph Forman | Died Jan. 15, 1824 | Aged 
 72 years. | "Mark the perfect Man | and behold the upright | 
 for the end of that Man | is Peace. [ Theirs were the bright 
 and I Glorious hopes | Which chase away all darkness | from 
 the soul I That throws itself on Heaven." | * 
 
 Mrs. Hannah Forman, | wife of | Deacon Joseph | 
 Forman died | May 24th, 1816 : | aged 61 years. | 
 
 Onondaga Valley. He came from Pleasant Valley, 
 Dutchess Co., in 1802, and was father of Joshua and Samuel 
 Forman. He was born in Monmouth, N. J., July 27, 1752, 
 and was ensign, 1st and 2d lieut. in Capt. Lemuel Conklin's 
 Co., 4th Dutchess Co. Regt., April 12, '81, to end of the war. 
 His wife was Hannah Ward. 
 
138 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 AZAKIAH Hall | Died | July 6th, 1832, | Aged 75 years. | 
 Respected while living, | Lamented though dead, | 
 His sanctified spirit | to Jesus has fled. | 
 Hannah, | Wife of | Azariah Hall, | Died | Feb. 16, 
 1846; I Aged | 86 Years 6 M's | «& 8 Days. | 
 
 Pine Ridge, near Navarino. The name of this pioneer 
 appears in Capt. Hill's company, Ct., in 1778. Navarino 
 was once called Hall's Corners, from the prominence of the 
 family there. 
 
 Ephraim Hall, | Died | June 8, 1842, | aged 82 years. | 
 In I Memory of 1 Jerusha, | wife of | Ephraim Hall, j 
 
 who died | March 25th 1816 | aged 56 years 2 Mo. | & 6 D's. j 
 Pine Ridge cemetery. Pensioner in 1840, aged 79. 
 
 There are fifteen entries of the name in the Mass. rolls, 
 
 and three were reported there in 1790. One was in Albany 
 
 Co., N. Y. 
 
 James Herrington — This pensioner lived with Henry 
 C. Herrington in 1840, and through some error was called 
 70 years old. In 1780 he was in Capt. Galusha's company, 
 Shaftsbury, Vt., and in 1790 lived in Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 Ebenezer Hill — This veteran was born in Conn., but 
 served in the N. Y. militia, having moved to Saratoga Co. 
 and living there during the Revolution. He settled at Onon- 
 daga Hill, but died in 1840 at Wellsboro, Tioga Co. His 
 wife was Margaret Montgomery. 
 
 Increase M. Hooker | Died | Sept. 10, 1847. | Ae. 83 
 Y'rs. I 
 
 Onondaga Valley cemetery. In Goodwin's Pioneer His- 
 tory of Cortland Co. it is said : "Increase M. Hooker was 
 a native of Bennington, Vt. He was with Ethan Allen 
 during a part of the Revolution, and witnessed the terrible 
 conflict at Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777. He married in 
 Litchfield, Conn., and some years after moved to Greene 
 Co., N. Y., In 1797 he moved to Solon, on lot 88, and the 
 
 next year came to Truxton, and settled on lot 94 In 
 
 1812 he removed to New Jersey. In 1848 he visited his son 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 139 
 
 in Illinois, and on his return died at Onondaga Hollow." In 
 the Hooker Family it is said that he was bom in Woodbury, 
 Ct., Nov. 4, 1765, and married Lois Wilcox, who died in 
 Truxton, N. Y., in 1813. His name is not in the Vermont 
 rolls, which are even more defective than others, but if he 
 was with Ethan Allen he was sure to see service. 
 
 To the memory of | Mr. Judah Hopkins. | & Hannah 
 his wife | who died the former | Oct. 28 1824, aged | 73 
 years the latter died | Nov. 4 1823, aged | 70 years. | this 
 monument is erected, j 
 
 Onondaga Valley. He was a corporal in Capt. Joseph 
 Carter's company, Ct., in '76. The Boardman Genealogy 
 says : "Mr. Hopkins is said to have been a lawyer, and to 
 have served as an officer in the Revolutionary army." The 
 name appeared only in Freehold, N. Y., in 1790. His daugh- 
 ter, Rachel, married Timothy Boardman of Otisco. 
 
 Jonathan House | Died | Oct. 7, 1804, | Aged 56 
 Years. | 
 
 Mary, | Wife of | Jonathan House, | Died | Mar. 15, 
 1839, I Aged 85 Years. | 
 
 Howlett Hill. In Major Brown's detachment of Green 
 Mountain Boys, in N. Y. Line, in '75, when he went to Mont- 
 real. Also in Capt. Hutchins' company, Vt., '80-'81, and in 
 Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co., July, '81. In 1790 in Shafts- 
 bury, Vt., and probably came thence with Parley Howlett. 
 John Sutherland and Mary House, administrators, Oct. 23, 
 1804. 
 
 In I Memory of ] Mr. Parley Howlett, | who died 
 July 29, 1803. | In the 49 Year of his | Age. | • 
 
 In Memory of | Bathsheba Howlett, | who | died July 
 20, 1837 in her | 86 year. | 
 
 Howlett Hill. He served in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's 
 Co. in '82, and was still in Shaftsbury in 1790. Onon. Cent, 
 said : "Parley Howlett, sr., was one of three brothers who 
 came from England, but sailed from France, and settled in 
 Shaftsbury, Vt. He married Barsheba Parker, and in 1797 
 came to Onondaga county, locating in Onondaga Hollow, 
 
140 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 whence he removed in the same year to Howlett Hill, where 
 he died in 1803. He had five sons and three daughters." 
 Bathsheba and Dan Howlett, administrators, Aug. 13, 1803. 
 Bigelow Lawrence took the place of Dan, 
 
 Justus Johnson | a Soldier of the Revolution | Died | 
 Aug. 16, 1848 I Ae. 92 Years. | 
 
 Sarah | Wife of | Justus Johnson | Died | March 8, 
 1840, I Ae. 88 Years. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill. This pensioner lived with his family 
 in 1840, being then 84. His name is in Col. Van Cortlandt's 
 2d Regt., N. Y. Line, and in 11th Conn. Regt., Woodstock. 
 In 1790 it was recorded in Southbury, Ct. His wife, Sarah, 
 appears in his will, made Feb. 3, 1826, and proved Sept. 26, 
 1848. 
 
 Joseph Kenyon | Died | Sep. 8, 1831, | aged 79 years. | 
 Ruth, | His Wife | Died | Oct. 10, 1827, | aged 77 years, j 
 Browning cemetery, lot 168, Onondaga. Lieut. Joseph 
 
 Kinyon served in Capt. Asa Bennet's 4th company, Coventry, 
 
 R. I., in 1777. 
 
 Benjamin Lamson, | Died | Nov, 11, 1833, | Ae, 77 
 Years. | 
 
 Gilbert cemetery, northwest of Cedarvale. Onon. Cen- 
 tennial speaks of "Benjamin Lamson, a Revolutionary sol- 
 dier, who came with his family to Cedarville (then called 
 Terry Hollow), Onondaga Co., in 1809. With him came 
 his son. Sterling, who on April 1, 1821, married Miss Olive, 
 eldest daughter of Benjamin Crocker, a soldier in the Revo- 
 lutionary war." Benjamin Lampson in 1790 was in Granby, 
 Ct. He was born in Simsbury, Ct., Oct. 22, '56, being the 
 son of Reuben, 
 
 Major | David Lawrence | Died Oct. 15, 1815. | Sarah 
 I His Wife | Died June 1813 | Their Bodies were removed | 
 From the Farm 1870, by their | Son, Thomas Lawrence — j 
 who has erected this stone to their | Memory. | 
 
 South Onondaga cemetery. The name appears in N. 
 Y. and New England rolls, but he may have been the David 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 141 
 
 Lawrence who enlisted in Capt. Rogers' company, '76, in 
 Conn., or for three years in Capt. Childs' company, '78. The 
 name appears in Litchfield, Ct., in 1790. In 1805 he was a 
 captain in Onondaga Co. militia, and may have been the one 
 who married Sarah Tubbs and had children born in Canaan, 
 Ct. Jonathan Ellis was his administrator, Nov. 1, 1815. 
 
 Ebenezer Moore — This pensioner lived with Almira 
 Wilson in 1840, being then 81 years old. In 1820 he called 
 himself 60 and his wife 42. His son Ebenezer was then 7 
 years old. He absolutely owned $2.25. He served for three 
 years, to the close of the war, in Col. Olney's regiment, R. I. 
 Line. Ebenezer Moore's name appears in Worcester, Mass., 
 in 1790. Mr. Cheney told the story of La Fayette and "Cab- 
 bagehead Moore" of Onondaga Valley: "While passing 
 through the Hollow, Moore was brought before him, and he 
 was asked who it was. La Fayette regarded the man a mom- 
 ent, and then exclaimed: 'Why its Cabbage Head.' This 
 story will serve to show the remarkable memory of the great 
 La Fayette. He had not seen "Cabbage Head" for forty-two 
 years, and yet his memory of the man was perfect." He was 
 a large, athletic man, familiarly called "Donakeedee." The 
 identification is strengthened by the statement of a daughter 
 of Dr. Nathan R, Tefft, now living in Syracuse, that her 
 father took him from the county house, as being no fit place 
 for an old soldier, and procured him a pension. Ebenezer 
 was certainly poor, before he had a pension, and perhaps Dr. 
 Tefft only prevented this final resort. 
 
 AzARiAH Newcomb — This veteran was bom in Pough- 
 keepsie, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1762. The Washington record is 
 Aug. 15, 1763.' He died in Hector, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1843. He 
 served as a substitute in Aug., '78, and afterward enlisted 
 for three months, Aug., '80, for Salisbury, Ct., in Capt. John 
 Perier's Co., Col. Canfield's regiment. This marche# to 
 Horse Neck, White Plains, etc., and was discharged the same 
 year. He was wounded at Stamford, Ct. In 1781 he mar- 
 ried Rebecca Bradley of Salisbury, Ct., who died in Malone, 
 N. Y., Feb., 1804. He moved to Amenia, and to New Haven, 
 Vt., and then to the town of Onondaga, where he lived for 
 many years. Last of all he went to Hector, where his second 
 wife died in 1851. 
 
142 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Capt. Joseph Peck | Died | March 5th. | 1829, | in the 
 72nd year | of his age. | "that mortality | might be swal- 
 lowed up of life." 
 
 Onondaga Valley. He was born in Milford, Ct., Aug. 
 26, 1757, and married Hannah Lambert there, Feb. 16, '78. 
 They settled in Milbury, where most of his children were 
 bom, and moved to Onondaga about 1814. He seems the 
 one in New Haven Co. who marched on the Lexington alarm, 
 then enlisted for three years in Capt. Horton's Co., Feb. 20, 
 '78, and was 2d lieutenant in Capt. Van Deusen's Co., '81. 
 
 Daniel Peck — This pensioner was 82 years old in 
 1840. His name appears in Col. John Reed's 20th Mass. 
 regiment, as being from Stoughtonham. In 1790 it was re- 
 corded at Royalton. Another Daniel Peck, of Onondaga, 
 made a will Oct. 3, 1815, recorded Oct. 19, 1815, of which 
 Luna, his wife, was executor. 
 
 Simeon Phares — Mr. Chase says this Revolutionary 
 soldier settled in Onondaga in 1803, and was a brother of 
 Andrew Phares, who lived in Sahna. "Simeon built, a log 
 house upon the site of the Lake Shore house in Geddes, and 
 lived there until his death in 1820." He was buried in a 
 small cemetery near Geddes village, now "^obliterated. In 
 the South Onondaga cemetery is a stone for "Anna, | Wife 
 -of I Simon Phares | Died | April 11, 1849, | Ae. 66 y'rs. & 
 10 d's." He married Anna Lamb, much younger than him- 
 self, and daughter of the first innkeeper in Geddes. Their 
 son, Andrew, lived at South Onondaga. On his petition the 
 administrator, Andrew Phares, was cited to render an ac- 
 count, April 16, 1829, with a final hearing, July 23d. He 
 was charged to pay interest from Jan. 5, 1820, so that Simon 
 must have died the preceding year. 
 
 Rev. Davenport Phelps — This soldier and clergyman 
 was born in Hebron, Ct., in 1755, and graduated at Yale in 
 '75. According to Stone, in Life of Brant, he served in Col. 
 Beadle's regiment and was a prisoner at Montreal, married 
 Catharine, daughter of President Wheelock in 1785; lived 
 awhile in Canada, was recommended by Brant for the min- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 143 
 
 istry; made deacon in Trinity church, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1801, 
 and priest in St. Peter's, Albany, in 1803; removed family 
 to Onondaga in 1805, and to Geneva, N. Y., later, where he 
 spent several years. The Phelps Family History says that 
 Stone mistook, his mother being Wheelock's daughter. He 
 was born in Hebron, Ct., Aug. 12, '55; removed to New 
 Hampshire in '66; graduated from Dartmouth in '75, and 
 then studied law. He married about '85, Catharine, daugh- 
 ter of Dr. Gideon Tiffany, of Hanover, N. H., who was bom 
 there in '69, and died Nov. 17, 1836, aged 66 years and 11 
 months. He went to Canada as stated. His name is in N. 
 H. rolls as Capt. Davenport Phelps, in Col. Timothy Bedel's 
 regiment, '78. He was recommended for assistant commis- 
 sary that year, and was quarter master on Col. David 
 Hobart's staff, July, '77. 
 
 In the history of the diocese of Western New York, the 
 Rev. Charles W. Hayes said he organized St. John's church, 
 Onondaga Hill, Nov. 27, 1803, and described his grave at 
 Pultneyville, N. Y. On a large slab of red sandstone are these 
 words: "Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Davenport 
 Phelps, who departed this life on the 27th day of June, 1813, 
 aged 57 years. He was for many years a Missionary of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church, for the western part of the 
 State of New York, and by his indefatigable exertions in 
 the discharge of all the duties of the pastoral office, suc- 
 ceeded in diffusing much religious knowledge, and in form- 
 ing many churches. He was the devoted servant of God, 
 and the warm and unwearied friend of man." 
 
 The elder Bishop Doane, who often saw him at Geneva, 
 said : "I can see him a perfect gentleman of the old school, 
 as he rode upon his white horse, putting me in mind of 
 General Washington." 
 
 Gideon Pitts | Died | Nov. 16th, 1826, | aged 67 years. | 
 My children dear assemble here, j 
 
 A father's grave to see, | 
 Not long ago I dwelt with you, | 
 But soon you'll dwell with me. | 
 Margaret, | wife of | Gideon Pitts, | Died | Sept. 28th, 
 1835. I aged 71 years. | 
 
144 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 O mother, dear mother, thy trials are o're, | 
 Temptations and sorrows betide thee no more. ] 
 Unto thy dear Saviour thy spirit is gone, | 
 Reposeing in Heaven, 0, yes happy one. | 
 Pine Ridge cemetery, near Navarino. This pensioner 
 called himself 63 in 1820, and his wife 57, differing a little 
 from the above. His son Samuel was 12 years old. He 
 served in Col. Shepherd's Regt., Mass., and was discharged 
 from Captain Arnold's company. He was worth $24.49, but 
 owed $50. In 1790 his name appeared in Cambridge, N. Y. 
 
 Caleb Pottek | A Pensioner | Died | March 19, 1850. | 
 Ae. 86 Y'rs 7 mo. | & 11 d's. | 
 
 Sabah, I Wife of | Caleb Potter | Died | Jan. 26th, 
 1844. I Aged 79 years | 8 mo. & 25 days. | 
 
 South Onondaga. This veteran gave his age as 78 in 
 1840. If he was the one in Capt. Thomas Rice's Co., Mass., 
 in 1777, he must have been very young when in service, but 
 he was more probably from Rhode Island, where the name 
 was frequent in 1790. 
 
 Daniel Raynor — This soldier and his wife have no 
 stones, but are buried at Onondaga Hill. In the family 
 register are these entries: 
 
 "Daniel Raynor, born April 16, 1745; died Jan. 28, 
 1815, 
 
 "Elizabeth Baldwin Raynor, born April 17, 1747 ; died 
 Aug. 5, 1827." 
 
 He was enrolled in 2d Dutchess Co. regiment. 
 
 Richard Reed — This pensioner was 63 in 1820, and 
 was called "Duke." He had neither wife nor child, but 
 had an ax worth $2, and some persons in all owed him $5. 
 He said that "from my wound received at the battle of 
 Monmouth" and rheumatism, he could not support him- 
 self. He was in "Captain Ely's company in Colonel Meigs' 
 regiment, and in Colonel Wyllys' regiment in the company 
 commanded by Lieutenant Heath, and in Spalding's com- 
 pany in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee, and 
 which was commanded part of the time by Lieutenant San- 
 derson, all in the Connecticut line." His administrator was 
 Jacob Aldridge, April 19, 1824. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIB3RS 145 
 
 Benony Reynolds | Died | Feb. 9, 1854 | Aged 99 y'rs 
 9 mo's & I 29 D's. | 
 
 South Onondaga, where his son John, 1783-1865, rests 
 beside him. As a pensioner he was placed in Marcellus in 
 1840, aged 86 years. His name occurs in the 6th Regt. of 
 Dutchess Co., and 13th of Albany; also in Capt. Safford's 
 Co., Vt., in '82. In 1790 he was in Easton, Albany Co., 
 N. Y. 
 
 Benoby Bobbins | Died | Aug. 1, 1814, | in his 82nd 
 Year. | 
 
 Phebe Robbins I Died | Dec. 3, 1833, | in her 80th 
 Year. | 
 
 Howlett Hill. This should be Benony. He served in 
 the 3rd Regt., Conn. Short Levies, '81-'82, and was at Marl- 
 borough, N. H., in 1790. 
 
 Benjamin Robinson — This pensioner was 64 in 1820, 
 and had served one year in Col. Durkee's Regt., Conn. Line. 
 His assets were valued at $46.57, and included shoemaker's 
 tools, a gun, steel traps, and other things in a hunter's out- 
 fit. He was among the Conn, pensioners living in New 
 York. He married Sarah Winston, and is said to have died 
 in 1828. 
 
 Gideon Seely Esq. | Died | Feb. 16, 1844. i Ae. 79 
 Years | & 6 Months. | A Soldier of the Revolution. | 
 He's gone to the mansions of rest, | 
 
 From the regions of sorrow and pain, | 
 To dwell with the glorified blest, | 
 He never can suffer again. | 
 The grave of | Esther | Wife of | Gideon Seely | died 
 Sept. 27, 1839. | in the 75th Year of | Her Age. | # 
 
 Lo where this silent marble weeps, | 
 A friend, a wife, a mother sleeps, | 
 A heart within whose sacred cell, | 
 The peaceful virtues, loved to dwell, | 
 Affection warm and faith sincere, | 
 And soft humanity were there. | 
 South Onondaga. The name appears in three West- 
 chester regiments, but he was Gideon Seely, Jr., of the 4th 
 
146 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 regiment, and was on picket duty when Andre was cap- 
 tured. The name was also in that county in the census of 
 1790. He married Esther Owen. Being a surveyor he bought 
 a good deal of land on the original Onondaga reservation, 
 and also laid out a road and built a bridge on West Onon- 
 daga Creek. 
 
 Andrew Shakes | Died | Jan. 9, 1847. | Ae. 85 Years. | 
 Polly Share | died | June 23, 1852, | Aged 84 years. | 
 East Hill cemetery. He was recorded as Andrew 
 Shears of Mamakating, N. Y., in the census of 1790, and 
 in a similar way in the 1st Ulster Co. regiment. Otherwise 
 the name nowhere appears. 
 
 Simeon Smith — This pensioner of 1820 enlisted in 
 '76, at the age of 16, in Capt. Soule's Co., Col. Tappan's regi- 
 ment, Mass. Line, as a drummer. This was for three years, 
 but he served till peace was declared, being discharged at 
 Newburg, N. Y. His possessions were "One eow, 6 cups and 
 saucers, 1 dozen plates, 1 teapot, 1 sugar bowl, 1 cream pot, 
 1 dish kettle, 1 tea kettle, 1 spider, 1 bake pan, 1 razor, meat 
 barrel and trowel, and a wife aged 40 yea.rs and 5 children." 
 The family value he did not give, but the rest amounted to 
 $24.89, and he owed $50. His own age was 60 years. 
 
 Samuel Stone — This applicant for a pension was 56 
 in 1820, and had served in the regiments of Col. Meigs, 
 Scammel and Webb, in Connecticut. He had a wife and two 
 children, and owed but little. His property was worth 
 $1,224.62, consisting of 30 acres of land, 22 being improved, 
 a small house, barn, stock, etc. Such wealth made it a doubt- 
 ful case, but his name is among the Connecticut pensioners 
 in N. Y. 
 
 Jonathan Strong, | Born June 7, 1741. I Died Nov. 16, 
 1813. I 
 
 Amy Ripley, | Wife of | Jonathan Strong | Born 1751. | 
 Died Nov. 16, 1827. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill. He was born at Coventry, Ct., and his 
 first wife was Mary Brewster, who died Sept. 22, 1779, and 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 147 
 
 was born in Lebanon, Ct., April 10, 1745. He bought land in 
 Lebanon in 1766, and was in an independent company there 
 during part of the war. This farm he sold March 14, 1783, 
 and was for a time in Jefferson Co., N. Y. He enlisted in 
 Col. Philip Bradley's 5th Conn, regiment, Sept. 1, 1780, 
 and was discharged Dec. 9th. After coming to Onondaga 
 he became deputy sheriff. He married, Feb. 17, 1780, the 
 widow Amy (Ripley) Spaulding, who was born Nov. 20, 
 1751. 
 
 Peter Ten Broeck — ^This veteran was once a prom- 
 inent figure at Onondaga Valley, and seems to have been 
 in the department of Quartermaster Timothy Pickering, at 
 the close of the war. The name also appears in the 8th 
 Albany Co. regiment and in Malcolm's Levies. The family 
 history adds details. The father's register reads thus: — 
 "1762. Nov'r — 7th at 12 — o'clock on Sunday was bom our 
 Son — Peter — ^and on Sunday the 28th of Nov'r baptized by 
 Domine Jackson in Church at Millstone," Ulster Co. He 
 went to college and also served through the Revolution, 
 being at Yorktown. After the war he was a surveyor, liv- 
 ing for several years at Cooperstown, and figuring in one 
 of Cooper's tales. Last he settled at Onondaga Valley, 
 where he died, unmarried, from injuries received by a fall 
 on the ice. His will was proved Oct. 1, 1808, leaving his 
 property to his mother and others. 
 
 Grandfather of C. Tyler Longstreet. | In Memory of | 
 Comfort Tyler, who died August 5, 1827, | Aged 63 years. | 
 His remains with this stone were removed from Monte- 
 zuma, N. Y., June | 4, 1885, by his grandchildren of three 
 generations. | 
 
 Deborah Wemple, | first wife of Comfort TylerA| 
 Half sister of General Herkimer and Grandmother of C. 
 Tyler Longstreet. | Died at Caughnawaga, Mohawk Valley, | 
 1785. I 
 
 In Memory of | Elizabeth, wife of Comfort Tyler, | 
 Who died October 21, 1827, | Aged 58 Years. Removed 
 from Montezuma, N. Y. | 
 
 These stones are now in Oakwood cemetery, the sec- 
 ond, of course, being added to the others, and it errs in date. 
 
148 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Comfort Tyler married his first wife at what is now Fonda,, 
 N. Y., April 9, 1786. She was bom in 1768, and died in 
 1787, after the birth of her- daughter, Deborah, in March of 
 that year. After coming to Onondaga in 1788, he returned 
 to marry Betsey Brown in 1789, whom he brought to Onon- 
 daga Valley, his new home. He was born Feb. 22, 1764, 
 and came to Onondaga with Asa Danforth. He was in 
 service from Ashford, Ct., his birthplace, '77-'79, in Capt. 
 Abbe's company. He was a brilliant man and famous in 
 the salt business, being a pioneer in this at Salina and found- 
 ing salt works at Montezuma, where he died. His connec- 
 tion with Aaron Burr's plans gave him some trouble. In 
 the local militia he was ensign in 1792, and lieutenant in '93. 
 
 David Vinton — This veteran was born in Stoughton, 
 Mass., March 18, 1759, and married Persis Newton, March 
 10, '78. He was a brother of the next, and both marched at 
 the Lexington alarm. David was a private under his un- 
 cle, Capt. Seth Turner, May 22, '76-Jan. 1, '77, and then 
 served till April 1. He married soon after, went to Staf- 
 ford, Ct., and then to Onondaga, where he died about 1820, 
 as appears in the Vinton Memorial. He was buried in Pine 
 Ridge cemetery, but has no stone. 
 
 Samuel Vinton — This early settler was also bom in 
 Stoughton, Sept. 7, 1754, and married in '77, Hannah 
 Allen of that place, born Aug. 5, '57. He was a private in 
 Capt. Wm. Briggs' company in the Lexington alarm, and 
 in Capt. Robert Swan's company in '76. He settled in 
 Stafford, Ct., in '82, and afterward went to Onondaga Co., 
 where he died. There he married again. Neither of these 
 are in the census of 1790. Pine Ridge cemetery, but with- 
 out stone. 
 
 Stephen N. Ward, | Died | July 7, 1828. [ Aged 87 
 years. | I would not live always. | 
 
 Abigail Ward, | Died May 18, 1825, | Aged 81 years. | 
 Blessed are the dead that die in | the Lord. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill. This soldier applied for a pension in 
 N. Y., with satisfactory papers, but without record, as 
 was often the case. He served in New York, but was cred- 
 ited to Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1790. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 149 
 
 Elisha Waters — In 1820 this soldier was 63 and his 
 wife was 60. His son, Melancthon S. Waters, was 17 years 
 old and lived with him. His other children were of age. 
 People helped him, and he had a cow and an old horse and 
 wagon, altogether worth $78. When he took out his second 
 papers he had come down to one cow, worth $10. He 
 served in Capt. Darius Wilcox's company, Major Elisha 
 Painter's battalion. Conn. Line in '77, and was afterwards 
 transferred to Col. Baldwin's Regt., Mass. Line, from which 
 he was discharged in 1780. 
 
 Jabez Webb — This pioneer was town clerk in Onon- 
 daga in 1798, was killed by a falling tree in 1807, and buried 
 on the Davis Cossitt farm. He served from Windham, Ct., 
 in the Lexington alarm, under Capt. Kingsley, and was in 
 Ashford in 1790. Abigail Webb became administrator, Jan. 
 28, 1808. 
 
 George D. Webber | Died Jan. 12, 1804 | Aged 76 Y'rs.| 
 Pine Ridge, near Navarino. Capt. Wheelwright's Co., 
 
 Wells, Mass., '78; sergeant in Capt. Pilsbury's Co., '82; 
 
 served during the war. In 1790, Marblehead, Mass. 
 
 Ephraim Webster | Born in Hempsted, N. H. | Died in 
 Tonawanda, N. Y. | 1824 | The First White Settler | in 
 Onondaga. | 
 
 Hannah | Wife of | Samuel Wyman | Died | Jan. 29, 
 1837. I Ae. 58 Y'rs. | 
 
 Onondaga Valley. Capt. Webster's wife, Hannah 
 Danks, married Samuel Wyman after her first husband's 
 death. He was about her own age. The noted pioneer, 
 trader and interpreter left a history full of interest, ^e 
 was born in Hampstead, June 30, 1762, his father, Ephraim, 
 being one of the Selectmen in 1772, but moving to Newbury, 
 Vt., the next year. In 1776 the son enlisted in the Cumber- 
 land Co. Rangers, under Major Hoisington, employed in 
 scouting alone. In Sept., 1777 he enlisted under Col. 
 Thomas Johnson. It was at this time he and a companion 
 swam three miles across Lake Champlain, bearing dis- 
 patches, and barely escaped with their lives. His third en- 
 
150 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 listment is in the Mass. records, reading thus: "Ephraim 
 Webster enlisted from Bradford, Essex County, to service in 
 the Continental army, July 10, 1779, for nine months; age 
 seventeen years; height, five feet, four inches; complexion 
 light." He was discharged April 10, 1780, having served 
 out his time. After the close of the war he became an In- 
 dian trader, took an Indian wife, and left half-breed chil- 
 dren of high character. Webster's Mile Square was given 
 him by the State of New York, and he married Miss Han- 
 nah Danks, Nov. 19, 1796. He filled several offices, civil and 
 military, was a prosperous business man, and must have 
 been of some learning, at least of a business kind. Pursh, 
 the botanist, met him in 1806, and said "I found him to be 
 a plain, friendly man," who knew well the Indian names of 
 herbs and trees. His death took place on the Tonawanda 
 Indian reservation, Oct. 16, 1824, and he was buried near 
 Alabama Center, N. Y. 
 
 In memory of | Stephen Wickham | who died July 31 | 
 1801 aged 57 years. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead which | die in the Lord that they 
 may | rest from their labours. | 
 Margaket, I Wife of I Stephen Wickham | Died | April 
 18, 1844 I aged 86 years. | 
 
 Her children shall rise & call her blessed. | 
 Pine Ridge cemetery. Served in 5th and 7th N. Y. Line. 
 In 1790 in Hudson, N. Y. 
 
 William Wyman — Mrs. Lloyd Wyman, Painsville, 
 Ohio, wrote in 1910 for information of "a Revolutionary 
 soldier, whom it is supposed is buried in Onon. Valley. He 
 is William Wyman, who served for Vt., and was 84 years 
 old when he died at the home of son Samuel." Samuel 
 and his wife have stones, but William has none. She 
 added: "William must have died not far from 1810, per- 
 haps '12 or '13, and we hardly suppose Samuel was mar. 
 at that time, as he mar. late in life, and the widow of 
 Ephraim Webster. She was Hannah Danks Webster Wy- 
 man Everything points to the fact that Wm. d. while 
 
 on a visit to his son Samuel He is called Wm. Sen. in 
 
 Rev. rolls. He went to Putney, Windham Co. in 1768, 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 151 
 
 where he spent the remainder of his Ufe till his family 
 broke up." He married Margaret Holmes Patten between 
 1752 and '62. Webster died in 1824 and in his last letter 
 mentioned Samuel's Indian trade. Wyman served in Capt. 
 Josiah Fish's Co., '81, and Capt. Benj. Whitney's Co., Guil- 
 ford, Vt., '83. Two of his sons were Revolutionary pen- 
 sioners, and his wife had a son, Benoni Patten, born Jan. 
 27, 1757, who served in Mass. and Vermont. 
 
 John Lathrop — This pioneer was not enrolled as a 
 soldier, but is placed here as one aiding in the. Revolution 
 in an official way. In the town records of Norwich, Ct., 
 he appears as a member of the committee for classifying 
 the inhabitants in raising the quota for the Continental 
 army in 1782. He was born in that town in 1736, and died 
 in Onondaga Valley in December (probably), 1814. Sim- 
 eon West was appointed administrator of his estate Feb. 1, 
 1815, With his son-in-law, Thomas Southworth, and their 
 families, he entered the Onondaga valley early in 1802. 
 During the typhus fever epidemic of 1810, Thomas South- 
 worth, two of his children and his mother-in-law, Lydia 
 (Freeman) Lathrop, wife of John, died. John Lathrop 
 survived and lived until the closing months of 1814. A 
 great-great-granddaughter, Miss Grace M. Pierce, State 
 Historian of the D. A. R., furnishes this information. 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, whose names are in 
 rolls but not identified. 
 
 John Adams — This pioneer was father of the next, 
 and is said to have been brought up by Gen. Livingston. He 
 lived in Nine Partners' tract, which is in Amenia, Dutchess 
 
 Co., N. Y., where he married (1) Dec. 20, 1759, Sarah ; 
 
 (2) Hannah Frost. He moved first to Easton, WashiUf- 
 ton Co., in 1803, and died in Onondaga Co., Jan. 12, 1822, 
 aged 86 years. John Adams, of Onondaga Valley, was the 
 oldest son of his first wife, and Miles, born in '98, was the 
 youngest of his 14 children. It is probable that the two 
 Johns enrolled in 1st and 2d Dutchess regiments, were the 
 two here mentioned. In the Taft settlement cemetery is 
 a stone for Hannah Adams, died May 7, 1847, aged 87 
 years, 5 months, and mother of Miles. 
 
152 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 JOHN ADAMS I Died I July 17th 1825 aged 64 | years 
 4 mo. & 14 Ds. I 
 
 His wife | Priscilla, | died Feb. 14th 1837 aged | 78 
 years 4 Mo. & 11 Ds. | 
 
 Since the dear dust they leave behind, | 
 
 Sleeps in thy bosom sacred tomb, | 
 Soft be their bed their slumbers kind, | 
 And all their dreams of joy to come. | 
 This esteemed pioneer and popular inn-keeper was 
 probably a soldier, but a host of this name volunteered. 
 Many of his descendants are buried with him in Onondaga 
 Valley. He married Priscilla Beebe March 16, 1780, who 
 was born Oct. 3, 1759. He was bom March 3, 1761, and 
 was the oldest son of the preceding. The two enrolled in 
 Dutchess Co., his birthplace, were probably those here re- 
 corded. 
 
 William Carpenter — This early settler was also born 
 in Dutchess Co., in 1761, and came to Onondaga in 1816, 
 but he died in Herkimer Co. in 1821, his wife, Lois, dying in 
 Washington Co., N. Y., April 30, 1814. The name appears 
 several times in N. Y. rolls, and it is quite probable he was 
 in the army. 
 
 Wm. H. Church | Died | Aug. 20th, 1829, | aged 78 
 years. | 
 
 Respected while living | Lamented though dead | 
 His sanctiiied spirit | To Jesus has fled. | 
 Molly, wife of | Wm. H. Church, | Died | Feb. 15th, 
 1827, I aged 74 years. | 
 
 Here rests my lovely mother, | 
 
 She's bid us all farewell, | 
 She's left this world of sorrow, | 
 With her Saviour gone to dwell. | 
 Pine Ridge, near Navarino. Four entries are in the 
 Mass. rolls, and in 1790 the name was recorded in Middle- 
 sex and Scituate. Probably a soldier. 
 
 Benjamin Cook — He was bom in Cambridge, Mass., 
 Feb. 26, 1767, married Ann McNeal Hoogs of Newton, 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 153 
 
 Mass., and came to Onondaga Hill. His son, William, mar- 
 ried Harriet B., daughter of Gen. John Ellis. He may have 
 been the Benjamin Cook who enlisted in Capt. Nathaniel 
 Woods' Co., Mass., in Oct., '81, but this is merely possible. 
 
 Solomon Day | Died | Dec. 5, 1846, | Ae, 94 Years. | 
 Sally, | Wife of | Solomon Day, | Died | Dec. 11, 1853, | 
 Ae. 96 Y'rs. & 8 Mo. | We loved her. | 
 
 South Onondaga. The name occurs in the N. H., Conn, 
 and Mass. rolls, but there is no local tradition that Mr. Day 
 ever saw service. Probabilities would otherwise favor it. 
 
 James.Gambell I Died | Sept. 15, 1853, | Ae. 88 Y'rs 6 | 
 M's & 12 d's. I 
 
 Pine Ridge or Navarino cemetery. The name appears 
 in Major Brown's Green Mountain Boys in N. Y., '75-'76. 
 He was too young for this, but may have served in Col. 
 Dubois' 5th N. Y. Line. In Pa. rolls also. 
 
 Benjamin Griffin | Died | Sept. 21, 1846. | Ae. 79 
 Y'rs 5 M's & I 29 D's. | 
 
 "Respected while living, | Lamented though dead ; | 
 His sanctified spirit | To Jesus has fled." | 
 Ruth, | Wife of | Benjamin Griffin | Died | Feb. 11, 
 1857 I Ae. 90 Y'rs & 5 | Mo. | 
 
 South Onondaga. In Salisbury, Mass., in 1790. The 
 only one of the name in Mass. rolls was from Dracut in Mass. 
 line, '82. His son Benjamin, a soldier of 1812, lies beside 
 him, showing the military instinct of the family. The lat- 
 ter was but 16 when that war began. 
 
 # 
 
 John Henderson, | died July 9, | 1825, | aged 62 y'rs, | 
 Pine Ridge cemetery. He may have been the one who 
 enlisted in Mass., Sept., '81, but there were others of the 
 name. But two were recorded in 1790. Mary Henderson 
 was executor of his will, made July 1, 1825, and proved 
 Aug. 27th. 
 
154 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In Memory of | Ebenezer Judd | & Maey | his wife who 
 departed | this life the former | Sept. 27, 1823 in the 86 | 
 year of his age the latter | June 25, 1821 in | the 77 year of 
 her age. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill. The name appears in Dutchess Co. 
 Minute Men, and also as ensign in the 4th regiment of 
 Albany Co. He is quite likely to have been a soldier, but 
 one in Conn, rolls seems another man. The family history 
 says he first married Anna Charles of Waterbury, Ct., Feb. 
 9, 1769, and then Betsey Hill, Oct. 8, '82, who died Nov. 23, 
 1807, in her 53d year. He next married Mary Hulbert, 
 who died in Onondaga, as above. He moved to Cornwall, 
 Vt., in 1807, and then to Onondaga. 
 
 David King Senior | Died | Nov. 3, 1814. | Ae. 63 
 Years. | 
 
 Sarah, Wife of | David King Senior | Died | July 28, 
 1814. I Ae. 57 Years. | 
 
 Onondaga Valley. Parents of Polaski King. Dutchess 
 Co. 7th regiment, and four in Mass. In 1790, Conn, and 
 Mass. Probable. 
 
 Jonathan Potter | Born | May 11, 1765, | Died | 
 Sept. 30, 1835. | 
 
 Mary Potter | Born | March 2, 1772, | Died ] Nov. 4, 
 1852. I 
 
 Onondaga Hill. In Mass. rolls, Capt, Richardson's Co., 
 '79 ; Capt. Jenne's Co., '81. In Ipswich in 1790. Probable. 
 
 John Roberts — This pioneer was born in Middletown, 
 Ct., Oct. 6, 1743, and married Hannah Payton or Preston, 
 Jan. 5, '69, removing from Northfield to Onondaga about 
 1810. The name is common, but appears as a trumpeter 
 under Capt. Butler, '76, and enlisted as such from Middle- 
 town for the war, Jan. 13, '77, in 1st company of Sheldon's 
 Light Dragoons. Also in Conn. Line, '81-'83. 
 
 John Smith | Died | May 3, 1840, | Ae. 92 Y'rs. | 
 Dorothy, | wife of | John Smith. | Died | May 4, 1839. 
 Ae. 81 Y'rs. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 155 
 
 In the abandoned Conklin cemetery. It is too hard to 
 identify John Smith. 
 
 Joseph Tubes | Died | Aug. 30, 1819, | In the 75, Year [ 
 of his ag'e. | 
 
 Help, Lord, for the Godly man ceaseth; | the faith- 
 ful fail from among the | children of men. | 
 
 Hannah | Wife of | Joseph Tubbs, | Died | Aug. 16, 
 1806, I Ae. 59 Y'rs. | Naked came I into the world. | Naked 
 I return thither. The Lord | gave and the Lord taketh 
 away | and blessed be the name of the Lord. | 
 
 Howlett Hill. Five entries are in the Mass. rolls, but 
 the head of a family only in Pembroke, Mass. in '90. . 
 
 Ebbnezbr White | Died | April 10, 1839, | Aged | 75 
 Years. | 
 
 Lucy, | Wife of | Ebenezer White | Died | Oct. 10, 
 1837, I Aged | 71 Years. | 
 
 Onondaga Hill. A frequent name in Mass. and occurs 
 in Vt. and N. Y. rolls. 
 
 Jambs Whiting | died Dec. 5th 1822, | aged 86 years. | 
 Mahitable I wife of | James Whiting | died March j 
 16th 1830, I aged 91 years. | 
 
 Howlett Hill. Probable. The name several times oc- 
 curs in N. H. and Mass. rolls, but only twice in 1790. With 
 the above is the stone of Wilson Whiting, who died Jan. 9th, 
 1826, aged 67 years, but he has no military record, like many 
 other pioneers. 
 
 John Wiggins | 1763-1839. | Amelia his Wife | 1764- 
 
 1840. I 
 
 Onondaga Hill. Several in Mass., the most probable 
 being in the Middlesex Co. regiment, '79-'82. In 1790 t»re 
 were three of the name in New York. 
 
 A Tribute | of Respect | by | Patty D. Wood. | 
 The grave of | Aaeon Wood, Esq. | Who died Febru- 
 ary. I 24. 1812, I Aged 63 Years. | Also | DOROTHY, | his 
 wife I who died in the | triumphs of faith at Lockport, Octo- 
 ber, I 1. 1831. I Aged 82 Years. | 
 
156 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Onondaga Valley. In the Mass. rolls the name appears 
 in sixteen notices, not necessarily all of different persons. 
 One was recorded in the census of 1790, in Ballston, N. Y. 
 Aaron was Gen. Thaddeus M. Wood's father, Patty D. Wood 
 being Gen. Danforth's daughter, and it is every way prob- 
 able he was a soldier of the Revolution. It is supposed that 
 Gen. Danforth was buried on this lot. His will was pro- 
 bated Feb. 9, 1814, and he died in Manlius. He married 
 Dorothy Mead in Easton parish, Fairfield, Ct., Jan. 1770, 
 and their son. Gen. Thaddeus M. Wood, a notable pioneer, 
 was baptized March 3, '73, in New Ashford. Their other 
 children baptized in Pittsfield, were Benjamin, Jasper, Doro- 
 thy, Rebecca, and Aaron, Jr. 
 
 TOWN OF OTISCO. 
 
 Chauncey Atkins — This pensioner was 77 in 1840, 
 and lived with Hiram Perkins. He was from the prolific 
 town of Simsbury, Ct., and served in Capt. Ten Eyck's 
 company, 1780, in the Conn. Line. He died Oct. 15, 1840, 
 his wife, Rachel, surviving him. His will was made Aug. 
 6, 1836, and proved Feb. 5, 1841. 
 
 John Balch, | died Nov. 10, | 1845, ] aged 86 years. | 
 A Revolutionary soldier, | A patriot gone, on earth no more | 
 To fight the battles red with gore. | 
 
 Lucy, | wife of | John Balch, | Died | Nov. 10, 1849. | 
 Ae. 88 yrs. | 
 
 Her wearisome head is at rest, | 
 
 Its thinkings and acheings are o'er, | 
 Her quiet immoveable breast, | 
 Is heaved by affliction no more. | 
 Amber cemetery. In 1840 this pensioner, living in 
 Marcellus, was said to be 80 years old, and was from Con- 
 necticut as a pensioner. He was born in Mansfield, Ct., 
 Sept. 2, 1759, and married Lucy Bowen of Lebanon, April 
 6, '85. Their children were all bom in Conn, — Balch. Gen. 
 Reg. 71. lSO-1. He enlisted from Mansfield in 1st Conn. 
 Line, April 26, '77, was at Stony Point, and served three 
 years. His pension application was made in April, 1818. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 157 
 
 Leavitt Billings | Died | Aug. 17, 1828, | Aged 76 
 years, | 3 Mo. & 13 Da. | 
 
 "The righteous hath hope in his death." 
 
 Anna, | Wife of | Leavitt Bilhngs, | Died 1 March 22, 
 1837, I Aged 83 years '| 6 Mo. & 15 Da. 1 
 
 Octagon schoolhouse cemetery. In 1820 this pensioner 
 said he was 67, and his wife 66 years old. He was a com- 
 mon laborer and owed $55.49, but his property was worth 
 $73.32. He served three years in Capt. Haines' company. 
 Col. Wiggleworth's regiment, Mass. Line, and had an hon- 
 orable discharge. Of the battle of Monmouth he often said 
 that he "never was so glad to see the backs of any men as 
 he was those of the British when they turned to run." 
 
 Joshua Boardman — The history of the Bordman fam- 
 ily has an account of this pioneer, who was born in Sheffield, 
 Mass., in 1739, and died in Otisco in 1820. He married 
 Dorothy Case, Feb. 6, 1762, in Sheffield, where she died. In 
 1790 he moved to Freehold, Greene Co., N. Y., and then to 
 Otisco, where he executed a deed for his New England land, 
 July 1, 1816. He was a private in Capt. Enoch Noble's com- 
 pany. Col. Ashley's Berkshire regiment, Aug. 21-Oct. 21, 
 '77; and was also in the same regiment in 1780. His son 
 Timothy married Rachel, daughter of Judah Hopkins, an- 
 other Revolutionary soldier. 
 
 A Soldier of the | Revolution | Capt. | Eliakim Clark | 
 Died I April 21, 1828. | Aged 65 y'rs 10 m's | & 19 d's. | 
 Erected by his Brother Charles. | 
 
 In I memory of | Lucy, | widow of | Eliakim Clark, | 
 who died | May 17th, | 1840, | aged 76. | The memory of the 
 just is blessed. | 
 
 The first of these stones is in the cemetery about a imle 
 east, and the other in another about the same distance west 
 of Otisco village. In the latter most of their children are 
 buried, a very large upright slab containing the names of 
 all, including Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, once 
 among our most popular writers. Eliakim was born in 
 Northampton, Mass., in 1762. He served in 1780 and then 
 had junior added to his name. In '81 he was described as 
 18 years old, light, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Eliakim senior. 
 
158 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 from the same place, served in '78-'79. In 1790 the name 
 was recorded in Easthampton, Mass. Willis Gaylord, the 
 early and noted agricultural writer, was a kinsman of Mrs. 
 Clark, and her brother, Lemon Gaylord, lies in the same 
 cemetery, but has no Revolutionary record. 
 
 Peleg Corey, | died Oct. 6, | 1847. | aged 95 years. | 
 Mercy Corey, | died July 20, | 1830 | aged 76 years. | 
 Corey family cemetery, south of Maple Grove. His 
 name appears as boatman in an expedition to Rhode Is- 
 land, Oct., '78, in Capt. Esek Eddy's Co. of Artificers, and 
 in 1790 at North Kingston, R. I. It does not appear that 
 he was a soldier, but was enrolled in public service as sail- 
 ors were. The family history says he was born at North 
 Kingston, July 12, 1754, and married Mercy Warner, dif- 
 fering from the stone in date. 
 
 Amos C. CowIiES — Inquiry has been made for this Rev- 
 olutionary soldier, who died and was buried in Otisco, prob- 
 ably west of Otisco village. In N, H. rolls the name appears 
 at Claremont, in Capt. Oliver Ashley's company, and in 1790 
 in Farmington, Ct., and Tyringham, Mass. He settled in 
 Otisco in 1802, and soon after helped organize the Congre- 
 gational church. His wife, Lydia, was an executor of his 
 will, made Jan. 23, 1830, and proved March 31st. 
 
 Dr. John Davis, | a Revolutionary | soldier died ] 
 March 20, 1846, | aged 85 years, | 11 mo. & 10 days. | As for 
 man his days are as grass; | as a flower of the field, so he 
 flourisheth. | 
 
 Susanna, | wife of Dr. John | Davis, | died June 5, 
 1831, I aged 69 years, | & 3 mo. | All flesh is grass, & all 
 the I goodliness thereof is as the | flower of the field. | 
 
 Amber cemetery. Probably from Simsbury, Conn. 
 Line, but the name was everywhere frequent, and especially 
 so in Massachusetts. 
 
 Ebenezer French | Died | Nov. 17, 1844. | Aged 87 
 years, 5 mo. & 11 days. | A Soldier of the Revolution. | 
 
 Rachel, | Relict of | Ebenezer French | Died [ Jan. 21, 
 1833, I Ae. 64 years | 9 mo. & 22 days. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 159 
 
 In 1820 this pensioner said he was 63 and his wife 52 
 years old. His son Volney was 9, and he himself was a 
 fanner, with property valued at $221.60 and debts of 
 $247.35. He served in Mass. troops for one year in Capt. 
 Allen's company, Col. Artemas Ward's regiment, and lost a 
 finger at the crossing of the Delaware. In Otisco he was 
 one of the early settlers and rests in the Octagon school- 
 house cemetery. 
 
 Israel Frisbie | Died Feb. 8, 1825 | Aged 71 years. | 
 Esther | Wife of | Israel Frisbie | Died | June 16, 1842 1 
 Aged 85 years. | 
 
 In same cemetery, five veterans being buried there. 
 He was in the Conn. Line and a sergeant in Capt. Camp's 
 company, 1777. In 1790 he was recorded in Waterbury, Ct. 
 
 Apollos King | Died | Dec. 18, 1842 | In the 80, year | 
 of his age. | 
 
 Mary | wife of Apollos | King, | died July 11, 1848. | 
 in her 86, year. | 
 
 In same cemetery. This pensioner was called 76 in 
 1840. He served in Col. Nathan Tyler's regiment, from 
 Chesterfield, Mass., in '79 and again in '80, and was in 
 Chesterfield in 1790. According to the roll he was 5 feet 9 
 inches high, and of a light complexion. He was bom in 
 Northampton, Mass., and married Mary Rhodes. 
 
 John Ladow — This pensioner was a farmer in 1820, 
 and was then 63 years old. He served in Capt. Williams' 
 company of the N. Y. Line, and afterward in Capt. Gray's 
 company, Col. Weissenfell's regiment. He had property 
 valued at $42.69, and owed $26.75. His wife was 63 years 
 old, but they had wonderfully young children : a son 6 years 
 old, and two daughters of 10 and 15 years. His son, Isaac 
 Ladow, became administrator, Jan. 29, 1823, indicating 
 error in reported age. % 
 
 In I memory of | Charles | Merriman, | who died May| 
 27th 1823 : | aged 71 | years. | 
 
 Laid in the dust he must abide | 
 Thus sleeping by his consort's side | 
 Ye children living come and see | 
 Where both your once loved parents be. I 
 
160 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Cemetery east of Otisco village. He came from Conn, 
 and was drum major in the 4th regiment, Conn. Line, from 
 Wallingford. The name appeared in Ballston, N. Y., in 
 1790, and he taught school for several years from 1793, in a 
 log house in Pompey Hollow. Benoni and Benjamin Merri- 
 man were administrators, July 8, 1823. 
 
 Christopher Monk | Died | Feb. 10, 1845, | Ae. 87 
 y'rs 8 mo's | & 7 d's. | He was a soldier of the Revolution. | 
 
 HANNAH I Wife of I Christopher Monk | Died | May 17, 
 1836 I Ae. 77 y's 7 m's | & 7 d's. | 
 
 Octagon schoolhouse. A pensioner of 1840, aged 82, 
 and living with Anna Monk. He enlisted at Stoughton, 
 Mass., in Capt. Webb's Co., Col. Sheppard's Regt., Mass. 
 Line, for nine months, and was discharged at West Point by 
 Major Bull, the commandant. He stated his services in 
 court, May 24, 1825, being then, he said, 67 years old. He 
 was worth $86.12, and held a worthless mortgage for $369. 
 His wife was then 66. In 1831 he again asked for a pension. 
 He was then worth $46.90, and had been supported since 
 1824 by his sons, Joseph and Benjamin. 
 
 Elon Norton — This pensioner was 62 in 1820, and his 
 wife the same. He served in Capt. Stephen Hall's Co., Col. 
 Heman Swift's Regt., of Conn, troops, from March, '77, to 
 the close of the war, when he was discharged at West Point. 
 He had property worth about $30.49, owed $823, and he 
 "didn't know that any one was indebted to him for one cent." 
 He was a carpenter, and had lost all but the little finger 
 from the left hand." In 1790 he was in Freehold, N. Y. 
 
 In memory of | Ebenezer Pomeroy | who departed 
 this I life Sept. 7, 1826 | in the 86th year | of his age. | 
 
 Mrs. I Experience | Wife of Eben'r | Pomeroy Died I 
 March 5, | 1834 Ae. | 89 Y. | 
 
 Octagon schoolhouse. The New England Register 
 says: "Ebenezer Pomeroy, born in Southampton, Mass., 
 Jan. 7, 1740-1 ; mar. Sept. 3, 1766, Experience Clarke, dau. 
 of Aaron, and died Sept. 7, 1826, in Onondaga Co. Wife 
 born Dec. 9, 1745, d. Mar. 4, 1836." He served in Capt. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 161 
 
 Lemuel Lovejoy's Co., Col. John Dickerson's regiment, '77, 
 and was at Saratoga under Col. Ezra May. In 1790 Eleazer 
 Pomeroy, of Southampton, probably represents him. 
 
 Ira Pomeeoy | Died | June 9, 1840 | Ae. 81 yrs. | 
 Experience | Wife of | Ira Pomeroy | Died Sept. 30 
 1849 I Ae. 81 Y'rs. | 
 
 In same cemetery, and also in Southampton in 1790. 
 In Capt. Elijah Clapp's Co., Col. Dickerson's Regt. ; also in 
 '79 and '80. He was dark, and 5 feet 9 inches high. 
 
 Isaac Robinson — The Pompey Re-Union says : "Isaac 
 Robinson was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died 
 in Otisco, Onondaga Co., having early come to that toAvn 
 from Saratoga Co., N. Y." He was enrolled in the 4th regi- 
 ment of Albany Co., and is said to have been bom in 1759, 
 but may prove to be the next. 
 
 IssACHAR Robinson, Senior — ^Between this veteran 
 and the preceding there are points of disagreement and 
 identity. The Robinson Genealogy does not mention Isaac, 
 but says that Issachar was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer 
 Co., N. Y., in 1753, went to Edinburg, N. Y., in 1792, and to 
 Otisco in 1830, where he died in 1833. He served in Col. 
 Lamb's N. Y. Artillery, and under Gates at Saratoga. One 
 of the name was in the 2d N. Y. Line. He married Huldah 
 Millard in '72, who died in Otisco. 
 
 Edward Ross | Died | Dec. 13, 1837 | Aged 81 years. | 
 Tacy I Wife of I Edward Ross, | Died | Sept. 2, 1850, | 
 Ae. 86 Years. | 
 
 Cemetery east of Otisco village. Ensign in 2d com- 
 pany. Westerly, R. I., '81, with previous service. In 1790 in 
 Providence, R. I. He married Tacy Babcock, and was thi|^- 
 set and erect. 
 
 Erected to | the memory of | Lieut. Lemuel Rust | who 
 died July 30 1813 | in the 73d year | of his age. | The mem- 
 ory of the I just is blessed. | 
 
 The al3ove inscription was furnished by his great 
 grandson, Mr. S. N. Dada of .Syracuse, and was taken from 
 
162 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 the stone on Lieut. Rust's early farm in Otisco. His widow, 
 Azuba Kingsley Rust, died in Otisco, Jan. 22, 1827. She 
 was bom Nov. 29, 1741, in Southampton, Mass., where they 
 were married (or intention published) Dec. 23, 1762. He 
 was born in Coventry, Ct., Feb. 2, (N. S.) 1740. July 27, 
 1785, he sold his Southampton farm. He served for eight 
 months at Cambridge in '78, and also under Capt. Lemuel 
 Pomeroy, Col. Ezra May's regiment, Sept. 20-Oct. 14, '77, 
 at Saratoga. The family history makes them members of 
 the Otisco Congregational Church in 1803, but Clark places 
 this organization in 1804 ; all others in 1808. 
 
 Sam'l Stewart, | died Sept. 14, 1840, | in his 84th. | 
 year. | 
 
 Amber cemetery. Onondaga's Centennial calls him a 
 Revolutionary soldier. In N. H. rolls his name is in Capt. 
 Brown's Co., Col. Pierce Long's regiment. In 1824 he was a 
 trustee of the Amber church. 
 
 Oliver Tuttle — This pioneer was born in Cheshire, 
 Ct., Dec. 28, 1739, but lived in Claremont, N. H., whence he 
 came about 1790, being on record there that year. He was 
 in Capt. Oliver Ashley's Co., Claremont, in '77. He married 
 
 Hannah . From Paris, N. Y., he went to Cortland 
 
 Co. In '98 he went, with two sons, to his farm at the head 
 of Otisco lake, as the first settler there, clearing some land. 
 Becoming sick he was taken back to Cincinnatus, but four 
 years later returned to Otisco, then partly settled. He died 
 in Freetown, N. Y. 
 
 ASAHEL Yale— This pioneer is said to have lived in 
 Meriden, Ct., in the family history, where he was born Sept. 
 17, 1764, but the census of 1790 places him in Wallingford 
 He served in place of Noah Yale, Aug. '79, in Capt. John 
 Hough's company, of Wallingford, Ct. He married Sarah 
 Mernman, May 24, 1786, who was bbm March 28, 1766, and 
 died m Lima, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1848. He settled in Otisco, 
 afterward removing to Aurelius, N. Y., where he died Feb. 6 
 1836, aged 72 years. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 163 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, with records but not 
 identified : 
 
 In I memory of | Benjamin Cowles | who died | July 
 30, 1838, I Aged 73 years. ] The memory of the just is 
 blessed. | 
 
 Cemetery west of Otisco village. The name is in 
 Berkshire regiments, Mass., but he was too young for most 
 of these. In 1790 it was recorded in Sheffield, Berkshire 
 Co. 
 
 Seth Clark | Died | June 17th, 1845 | Ae. 88 years | 
 & 9 months. | 
 
 Hannah | wife of | Stephen Clark | Died May 17, 1843 1 
 in the 83rd year | of her age. | 
 
 Same cemetery. Two of first name in Mass. rolls. The 
 second may point to another. 
 
 In I memory of | DBA. Samuel French | who died July 
 13th I 1832, aged 88. | 
 
 Cemetery east of Otisco village. A frequent name in 
 New England rolls. 
 
 In I Memory of | John G. Fellers | died April 19th | 
 1813, I In the 59th | year of his age. | 
 
 My children and companion dear, | 
 
 Don't weep for me as you stand here, | 
 
 Repent believe your savior love, | 
 
 & we shall meet again above. | 
 Same cemetery. John J. Fellers was in the 6th regi- 
 ment of Dutchess Co. Desire Fellows and Joseph Arnold 
 became administrators for John G. Fellows of Otisco, A 
 30, 1813. 
 
 f- 
 
 Samuel Hall, | Died | July 26, 1851 : | aged 88 years. 
 1 mo. I & 12 days. | 
 
 As I am now so you must be, | 
 Prepare for death and follow me. | 
 Jerusha I Wife of | Samuel Hall, | Died | Oct. 18, 1861, | 
 Aged 84 years. | 
 
164 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Amber cemetery. Frequent in N- Y. and New England 
 rolls. 
 
 MICHAEL 1 Johnston | Died | Nov. 26, 1845 | Aged | 80 
 years & 6 | months, | 
 
 Behold the upright, for the | end of that man is 
 
 peace. | 
 Cemetery east of Otisco village. Name in Capt. Ladd's 
 Co., N. H., '78. Probably too young for this. Capt. Fish's 
 Co., Vt., '82, and Ulster Co. 4th regiment. 
 
 JONATHAN KiNGSLEY | Died i July 28, 1845, | Ae. 79 
 Y'rs 7 Mo. I & 21 D's. | 
 
 Same cemetery. A frequent name in New England 
 rolls. 
 
 David Mooke | Born | Nov. 7, 1760, | Died | Sept. 11, 
 1826. I 
 
 Amber cemetery. Name in Capt. John Moore's Co., 
 N. H., 1775, and frequent in 1790. 
 
 MoSES Pelton I Died Feb. 5 | 1842. | Ae. 80 Y'rs. 
 Farewell my friends a long farewell, | 
 
 You once I loved sincere; | 
 This monument to you may tell, | 
 That I your friend am here. | 
 MiNDWELL I Wife of I Moses Pelton. | Died | Oct. 31, 
 1841. I Ae. 80 Y'rs. | 
 
 My children dear assemble here, | 
 
 A mother's grave to see, | 
 Not long ago I dwelt with you, | 
 But soon you'll dwell with me. | 
 Cemetery west of Otisco. Name in Capt. Samuel Gran- 
 ger's Co., Ct., 1781, and also on the brig Minerva, Capt. Hall, 
 '75. As he was long a sailor and sea captain, this seems a 
 good identification. He was born in Portland, Ct., March 
 4, 1761, and married Mindwell Horsford in Marlborough, 
 Ct., May 14, 1791, going to Otisco in 1820. The name was 
 in other Conn, companies, appearing in '90 in Chatham. He 
 was fair, with dark eyes and Roman nose. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 165 
 
 Jonah Rice. | Died June 16, 1833, | in the 70, y'r of his 
 age. I 
 
 Mary, | his wife, | died Feb. 8, 1858. | in the 85, y'r of 
 her age. 
 
 Same cemetery. In N. Y. and New England rolls. 
 Probable. 
 
 TOWN OF POMPEY. 
 
 Elisha Baldwin — This veteran applied for a pension 
 Sept. 1, 1820, being then 61 yearg old and his wife 48. They 
 had five children, from 10 to 18 years old. He said he served 
 in Capt. Thomas Converse's Co., Col. Heman Swift's regi- 
 ment. Conn. Line, for three years. His assets were $45.74, 
 including $18 due him as yet unpaid. He owed $46, which 
 made a nearly even balance. Besides this he was weak and 
 had physical troubles but did some reading, it is hoped, for 
 he had a Bible, a Clerk's Magazine, Columbian Orator, Eng- 
 lish Reader and three school books, worth altogether $2.25. 
 Mr, Chase told of his other possessions, "His cow he valued 
 at $15, and a hog at $4.50. Six hundred feet of pine boards 
 were put in at $4. Of two chests one was calculated to be 
 worth $5 and the other but 50 cents. The table was placed 
 at $3.50, and this is the cost of its furnishings : 1 tea pot, 
 9 cents; 6 knives and forks, 75 cents; 6 table spoons, 35 
 cents ; 6 tea spoons, 20 cents ; 3 earthenware bowls, 25 cents ; 
 1 set of cups and saucers, 25 cents ; 6 table plates, 50 cents ; 
 and 3 knives, 30 cents. Two kettles and a spider made up a 
 value of $4.50." 
 
 To the Memory | of | IsAac Baldwin. | Esquire. Who 
 died I At Pompey | Dec. 22, 1818. | In the 66 Year | of his | 
 Age. I % 
 
 Hannah, | Widow of | Isaac Baldwin, | died June 26, 
 1836, I aged 84 years. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. His name is in New England rolls. In 
 the family history it is said he was born in Litchfield, Ct., 
 Nov. 12, 1753, graduated at Yale in '74, and married, Oct., 
 '79, Hannah, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Sackett, who sur- 
 vived him. The mention of a second marriage is thus a 
 mistake. The Baldwin history says he was one of those who 
 
166 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 escaped at the Wyoming massacre, where he served as ad- 
 jutant for Col. Zebulon Butler, but his name does not appear 
 there. It is more probable he was the one seizing in 
 Seymour's Light Dragoons, 79, with George Catlin and 
 Ebenezer Butler. He represented Litchfield in the General 
 Assembly, 1782-84, and came to Pompey in 1811. In 1780 
 he was a sergeant in the Conn. Line. 
 
 Lebbeus Ball — The following notes on this veteran 
 were furnished by Mr. Fred A. M. Ball of Syracuse, his 
 great grandson: "Lebbeus Ball was born in Granville, 
 Mass., 1738, moved to Saratoga Co., N. Y., after the Revo- 
 lutionary war, and to Pompey in 1800, where he died in 
 1806, and was buried in Rural cemetery, about one mile 
 west of Watervale. His wife's maiden name was Thankful 
 Stowe. In military service he appeared at Concord, April 
 20, 1775, with a company of 60 men, and afterwards served 
 as captain of a company in Col. Sheppard's regiment, and 
 also in Jamison's regiment. He was severely wounded, 
 captured and re-captured, and on recovery was promoted 
 to major. Finally mustered out June, 1782." He is men- 
 tioned in Onondaga's Centennial, with his son Lebbeus B., 
 Jr., who died in Pompey in 1802, but not as a resident. 
 They came together, and the son was born in 1770. Major 
 Ball had a conspicuous scai", caused by a bullet along the 
 top of his head. 
 
 Asa Barns, | Died Jan. 8, 1824, | Ae. 64 Y's. | 
 
 Polly, | His wife, | Died Oct. 28, 1825, | Ae. 57 Y's. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. He came to Oran in 1793. Two of 
 
 the same name were in Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, 
 
 Marlborough, Mass., and marched on the Lexington alarm. 
 
 One was enrolled at Lanesborough, and there were two 
 
 juniors. In 1790 in Charlotte, Vt. 
 
 In I memory of | Phineas Barns | who died Sept. | 
 3rd 1828, ] aged 73. ] 
 
 Mary, | wife of | Phineas Barns | Died | Dec. 12, 1842 | 
 Ae. 82 y'rs. | 
 
 Oran. Col. Brown's regiment, '77, Stockbridge, Mass. 
 In 1790 at Great Barrington. So few are mentioned of the 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 167 
 
 foregoing two names after the war, that identification 
 seems good. 
 
 In I memory of | Joseph Bartholomew, | who departed 
 this hfe I May 21st 1808 : | In the 54th year of | his age. | 
 Children and friends when here you walk | 
 Remember well I once could talk. | (Rest buried.) 
 
 In memory of | ESTHER, wife of | Jacob Cleveland, |and 
 relict of | Joseph Bartholomew, | who departed this life | 
 Jany 4th 1827, | In the 71 year of | her age, | 
 
 Worn out by pain and sore disease | My spirit now is fled. 
 
 (Rest buried.) 
 
 Oran. He was bom in Wallingford, Ct., Aug. 25, 1752, 
 and married Esther Cleveland. He moved to Harwinton, 
 then to Cornwall, Ct., and in '93 settled on lot 11, Pompey, 
 building the first tavern there in '96, which he kept till his 
 death. He served in Capt. Cook's Co., Wallingford, in the 
 Lexington alarm, and his name appears in Capt. Norris's 
 Co., 11th Conn, regiment in '78, from Killingly. In 1790 
 his name was recorded in Branford, Ct., and Canajoharie, 
 N. Y. He was appointed ensign in '76, in 3d company, 2d 
 regiment. Conn, militia. Esther, his wife, became adminis- 
 trator of the estate, June 21, 1808. 
 
 David Beard | Died | Dec'r 16th | 1840 | aged 85 years 
 6 mo's & I 9 days. | A soldier of the Revolution. | 
 
 This pensioner, buried at Pompey Hill, appears in the 
 census of 1840, aged 85 years. The name appears as ser- 
 geant in Capt. Ford's Co., Wilmington, Mass., but as it was 
 recorded only in Conn, in 1790, it may be referred to its 
 rolls, where it is in Capt. Yeats' Co., '77, and Capt. Nichols' 
 Light Dragoons in '79. 
 
 # 
 
 Abijah Benedict — This pioneer was born Feb. 22, 
 1755, and married Amelia Buckley Jan. 17, '81. She was 
 born May 31, '55, and died Aug., 1837. He left Ridgefield, 
 Ct., June 2, 1805, removing to Pompey, where he died March 
 2, 1818. He served in Capt. Jonah Benedict's Co. for 3 
 months in '76, and was sergeant in Capt. David Olmsted's 
 Co., Ct., in 1778. 
 
168 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Jonathan Benedict — The family history says this 
 Revolutionary soldier was born in Danbury, Ct., April 12, 
 1744, and died in Pompey July 20, 1834. He married Huldah 
 Seelye, born July 11, 1765, died in 1857. He was a teacher 
 in early life, and his name appears in the 16th regiment, 
 Conn. Line, '80. 
 
 Stutson Benson | Died March 1, 1820, | Aged | 70 
 Years. | 
 
 Bersheba I Consort of | Stutson Benson | Died | July 
 18, 1830, I Ae. 84 Years. | 
 
 Delphi village cemetery. The stone should read "Aged 
 79 Years," as he was born in 1741. He was enrolled in the 
 14th regiment, Albany Co., and served in Col. John Abbott's 
 Co., Vt., then claimed as part of New York. Mr. F. H. Ben- 
 son, of Syracuse, N. Y., says "He was bom at Rochester, 
 Mass., 1741, and died at Delphi, N. Y., 1820." He married 
 Bersheba Lewis Dec. 15, 1760, in Dutchess Co. Elizabeth, 
 his daughter, born in 1761, married William Marsh in 
 March, '79. They had a large family. Marsh was a Revolu- 
 tionary soldier in the 14th Albany Co. militia. He lived for 
 a time at White Creek, Washington Co., N. Y., and near 
 Vermont. The Pompey Re-Union said Stutson Benson could 
 not read or write when married, but learned the alphabet of 
 his wife and became well read. He settled on lot 84, near 
 Delphi, and William and Peter Benson were administrators, 
 June 2, 1820. 
 
 Sylvanus Bishop — This veteran lived to 95 years and 
 died in Oswego, June, 1860. Onon. Cent, says he "was one 
 of six brothers who settled in Pompey in 1793-4. Sylvanus 
 had served in the Revolutionary war, came from Columbia 
 Co. in 1793, and bought land in the vicinity of Pompey Hill, 
 which he began to clear. In the next year he brought his 
 wife and eldest child, making the journey on horseback, and 
 carrying the baby, six months old, in their arms. About 
 twenty years later he removed to Oswego." In 1840 he was 
 a pensioner, aged 74 — ^probably older as above — and living 
 with Lewis Bishop in Oswego. Of three enrolled in Mass. 
 the nearest in description was in South Brimfield, being 16 
 years old in 1780, of light complexion and 5 feet 4 inches 
 high. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 169 
 
 David Blackman — This soldier applied for a pension, 
 September, 1820, being then 62 years old. His daughter, 
 Matilda Catharine, lived with him, and her son, Andrew 
 Blackman, who was two years of age. His assets were 
 $36.97, and his debts $26. Part of this was owing to two 
 pioneers, Isaac and John Delamater, the former also a vet- 
 eran. Blackman was a day laborer, unable to support him- 
 self, and had a certificate of wounds received. We would not 
 expect that a stone would mark his grave. In May, '77, he 
 enlisted in Capt. Whiting's Co., Col. Samuel Webb's regi- 
 ment of Conn, troops, serving three years and being regular- 
 ly discharged. In 1790 he was in Huntington, Ct., and is in 
 the Conn, list of pensioners in New York. 
 
 James Bookhout ( Died | Feb. 25, 1841 | aged 80 years | 
 1 month & 3 days. | 
 
 Margaret, | wife of ] James Bookhout | Died | Feb. 5, 
 1857 I Aged 85 y'rs 8 mo's. | 
 
 In the cemetery 2 miles southeast of Pompey Hill. This 
 pensioner was credited 79 years in 1840, as James Bookhunt. 
 It is James Buckhout in the N. Y. Line, in Weissenfel's 
 Levies, and in Lee's Legion. In 1790 in Westchester Co. 
 Will made March 4, 1839, and proved Oct. 15, 1841. 
 
 Elijah Borden — This veteran was born May 29, 1737, 
 at Fall River, Mass., and married Sarah Baker, Dec. 9, 1759. 
 He went to Pompey with his son, Nathan, and died there 
 May 25, 1822. With Nathan he served from Freetown, 
 Mass., and also under Capt. Brightman in '80. In 1790 he 
 was recorded in Westhampton, Mass. 
 
 John Bostwick — In the history of the Bostwick fj^iily 
 it is stated that John Bostwick was born in Brookfield, Ct., 
 in 1758, and died near Pompey, N. Y., in 1820. In New Mil- 
 ford he married Patience Hubbell, May 26, '79, born there 
 April 11, 1757, and died July 10, 1791. He married next 
 Samantha Lilly, Jan. 15, 1797. She died in Arcade, N. Y., 
 July, 1863, aged 84 years. He served as private in Capt. 
 Benedict's Co., Gen. Wadsworth's brigade, Aug., 24-Dec. 25, 
 1776, and was captured at Fort Washington. 
 
170 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Daniel Bunce— This pioneer was 71 in 1820, his deli- 
 cate wife 45, and the oldest of their three children was but 
 12 years old. Asthma had kept him from work for four or 
 five years, yet he owed but $50, and his property was valued 
 at $41.36. In 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Miller's Co., 1st Mass. 
 regiment, and was discharged from this in 1783, when the 
 war closed. The name was recorded in Hartford, Ct., in the 
 census of 1790, but he may not have been the head of 
 a family then. His daughter, Martha H. Bunce, became ad- 
 ministrator, May 28, 1825. 
 
 This monument | to the memory of | OziAS BUER Esq. | 
 Died Feb. 20, 1813, | aged 54 years | is erected by one of his 
 family. | 
 
 His Children mourn, the rest let | friendship tell, | 
 Fame spread his worth, the public knew it well. | 
 In memory of | Rhoda, | second wife of | Ozias Burr 
 Esq. I and after his death | the wife of | Simon Remsen, | 
 died May 29, 1826, | In the 59th year | of her age. | 
 The world is vain and full of pain, | 
 
 With care and trouble sore, | 
 But they are blest who are at rest, | 
 With Christ forevermore. 
 Pompey Hollow. He came from Lebanon, N. Y., with 
 William Cook, buying lot 54, Oct. 24, 1792, and was enrolled 
 in the 17th regiment of Albany Co., which then embraced 
 some later counties. For eight years he was supervisor of 
 Pompey, and County Judge for several more. He was also 
 in the N. Y. Assembly in 1807. It is said he always wore a 
 ruffled shirt and yet often sat barefoot in court. He was 
 born June 26, 1759, and married Olive Atwell of Conn., Feb. 
 1, 1780. After her death he married Rhoda Messenger. Her 
 second husband, Simon Remsen, died in 1840 and is buried 
 in Cazenovia by his first wife. Mr. Burr had seven children 
 by each wife, and his monument was probably erected by 
 one of the second family. 
 
 Conrad Bush | Died | Dec. 19 1854 | Ae. 101 yrs. 1 mo. | 
 & 20 days. | 
 
 Mary | wife of | Conrad Bush | Died | Dec. 3. 1848 ] Ae. 
 81 yrs. 11 mos. I & 15 days. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 171 
 
 Family cemetery, north of Pompey Hill. This pensioner 
 said he was 84 in 1840, while Clark made him two years 
 older, both younger than the inscription. He also said he 
 was in a Pennsylvania regiment in the battle of Long Island, 
 and in 1790 he was in Franklin Co. in that state. He was 
 also a matross in Lamb's Artillery, and in 1848 was one of 
 the four survivors of that noted regiment. Clark also said 
 that he then lived "on the lot for which he served," which 
 was lot 47. When he took possession in 1790 he had to eject 
 squatters. Mr. Chase comments on this : "Yet the County 
 Clerk's record shows that six years after receiving his deed 
 from the State Bush sold his lot to Elias Jackson for £450." 
 There may have been default in payment. He was born in 
 Germany in 1753,. and married Mary Watson. 
 
 Ebenezer Butler ] 1733-1829 | A Soldier of the | Revo- 
 lution. I 
 
 This is a recent stone at Pompey Hill. The veteran 
 saw service in the French and Indian war before sharing 
 in that of the Revolution. ' He was born in Connecticut and 
 was one of the first settlers of Pompey, where he died. After 
 the Revolution he aided in suppressing Shay's rebellion. In 
 1790 the name was recorded in Whitestown, Montgomery 
 Co., of which Onondaga was then a part, but this seems to 
 refer to his son. 
 
 Rebecca Butler, ] Wife of | Ebenezer Butler Esq. | 
 died Nov. 16, 1808, | Aged 42 | years. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Ebenezer Butler, Jr., son of the last 
 named veteran, was the first settler at Pompey Hill and in 
 the present limits of the town. He was born in Harwinton, 
 Ct., in 1761, was confined in a prison ship in New York har- 
 bor, and on his release at the close of the war, went h^e, 
 married Miss Rebecca Davis and moved to Clinton, N. Y., 
 where he lived in 1790. Buying a soldier's claim to lot 65, 
 Pompey, he came there in 1791 or '92, bringing his father, 
 about 60 years old, his wife and four daughters, and a 
 maiden sister, to Pompey Hill. He was a stirring man and 
 filled many public offices, but soon went to Manlius to live, 
 remaining there till 1811, moving then to Ohio, where he 
 died Sept., 1829, leaving many descendants there. The 
 
172 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 name of the soldier is in Capt. Munson's Co., Conn. Line, '77, 
 and in Capt. Moses Seymour's Co. of Light Dragoons, '79. 
 The name of Ebenezer's brother Jesse also appears in the 
 Pompey Hill cemetery, and he is claimed as a Revolutionary 
 soldier by his descendants, though his name is not in the 
 rolls. It is quite likely that he served in some way. He was 
 born in Bradford, Ct., Oct. 30, 1764, married Louisa Soper 
 in 1786, came to Pompey in 1793, and died Nov. 30, 1856, 
 aged 92 years and one month. His wife died April 30, 1857, 
 aged 92 years and 9 months. Zacheus Butler, 1738-1811, lies 
 in the Sweet cemetery, near Watervale. 
 
 Sacred to | the memory of | Daniel Canda | who died 
 Aug. I 9th, 1831, I aged 69 years | 6 months & 21 days. | 
 
 Lydia I Wife of I Daniel Candee | Died ] Aug. 27, 1850, | 
 Aged 83 Years. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. The D. A. R. Lineage book says that 
 he was born in Oxford, Ct., serving as sergeant at West 
 Point in '81, in Conn, militia. His wife was Lydia Wilmot. 
 He was born Feb. 19, 1762, was in New Haven in 1805, and 
 in Pompey in 1817. 
 
 John J. Carman — Onondaga's Centennial says : "Mr. 
 Carman was a wealthy man when he enlisted in the Conti- 
 nental Army, but the depreciation of government money left 
 him at the ctose of the war without a dollar. He was in the 
 battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, and in many others, in- 
 cluding Bunker Hill." His daughter, Catherine Eliza, 
 married Ele Cook, son of another Revolutionary soldier. 
 Mr. Carman was born in Woodbridge, N. J., Oct. 4, 1751, 
 and died in Delphi, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1837. His wife, Deborah, 
 was born April 4, 1756, and died in Cincinnatus, May 24, 
 1830. He is said to have served in the N. J. Line, so that he 
 may not have been at Bunker Hill. The name appears in 
 several N. Y. regiments. 
 
 Caleb Carr — This pioneer was in the battle of Saratoga 
 with his son Levi, and the heavy cannonading made him 
 deaf for life. He married Margaret Adams in Milford, 
 Mass., and settled in Galway, N. Y., where so many of our 
 pioneers lived for a time, but died in Pompey, Feb. 1, 1818, 
 his wife dying there Dec. 23, 1831. In 1790 he was re- 
 
ONONBAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 173 
 
 corded in Washington Co., N. Y. Watervale was once known 
 as Carr's Hollow. 
 
 Capt. Sely Castle, | Born I Nov. 24, 1754, I Died I 
 Feb. 8, 1817. | 
 
 Abigail Castle, | Born | Jan. 28, 1756 I Died I June 
 10, 1825. I ' 
 
 Pompey Hill. There is also there a stone for "Mary 
 Ann Castle | Born | Nov. 2, 1719. | Died | Sept. 11, 1806." 
 This was Capt. Castle's mother. He has been called a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier, and probably was, his title also indicating 
 this, but his name does not appear in the rolls examined. He 
 was bom, as above, near Woodbury, Ct., the son of Jabez 
 and Mary Ann Castle, and married Abigail Jennings, by 
 whom he had nine children. In the census of 1790 he was 
 Selah Castle of Canaan, N. Y. In 1787 he was made lieu- 
 tenant in Col. Henry Livingston's regiment of Columbia 
 Co., N. Y., captain in 1793, and resigned in '98. This ap- 
 pointment indicates previous experience. 
 
 George Catlin — This pioneer came to Pompey in 1793, 
 with his wife, Sophia Davis, sister of Mrs. Ebenezer Butler, 
 Jr. He was made assessor the following year. His name 
 appears in Capt. Seymour's Light Dragoons, '79, with those 
 of Butler and Isaac Baldwin; and also in Capt. Judson's 
 Light Horse, '76, and under Capt. Foot, '77. He was an 
 early inn-keeper and a subscriber to the Pompey Academy. 
 
 Dr. Hezekiah Clarke, | Born | Dec. 19, 1757, | Died | 
 March 2, 1826. | Dr. Clarke was an eminent physician | and 
 surgeon, and served his country in the | Medical Staff of 
 the army of the Revolution. | 
 
 Lucy, | Wife of | Dr. Hezekiah Clarke | Died | Jan. i&, 
 1850 I Ae. 83 Y'rs & 7 Mo. | She was a daughter of Moses 
 Bliss Esq. of Springfield | Mass. & third in descent from 
 Rev. Timothy Edwards, | the Father of President Edwards. 
 I She sleeps in Jesus. | 
 
 An affidavit was made for Dr. Clarke, Nov. 29, 1822, 
 by Daniel Gilbert of Salina as a committee, the doctor being 
 then a lunatic. The latter was appointed by Gov. Trum- 
 bull, surgeon's mate in the 3d Conn, regiment, being in the 
 
174 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 army for two years and then discharged on account of sick- 
 ness. After the massacre at Fort Griswold he went to the 
 scene and gave professional aid. Three of those whom he 
 helped came to Pompey thirty years later, to thank him for 
 this. In 1822 he was with his son, John F. Clarke of Pom- 
 pey, where he had lived for seventeen years. Before that 
 he had lived in Lanesboro, Mass. His assets were but $30, 
 and his liabilities quite large. He became a member of the 
 Onon. Medical Society in 1807. He married Lucy Bliss 
 June 2, '85, who was born June 19, 1756. 
 
 In memory of | Dea. Jbdediah Cleaveland, | who died 
 Sept. I 28, 1831, aged 72 years. | 
 
 Soul of the just companion of | the dead | 
 Where is thy home, & whether | art thou fled, j 
 In memory of | Lydia, Wife of | Jedediah | Cleaveland | 
 who died Nov. | 18, 1823, | aged 60 years | & 9 months. | 
 Reader forego your vain delights, | 
 
 For more substantial bliss, | 
 And when like me you sleep in death | 
 You'll reign where Jesus is. | 
 Oran cemetery. Private in Capt. Wm. Clark's Co., Col. 
 Simonds' Regt., 8 days in '77. Sergeant in Capt. Wm. 
 White's Co., Berkshire Co., Mass., 3 months and 10 days in 
 1780. In 1790 in Dalton, Mass. He married Lydia Merrill 
 of Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 14, 1780, who was born Feb. 7, 
 1768, and died in Pompey. Then he married Widow Polly 
 Johnson of Baldwinsville, and afterward Prudence Van 
 Kirk, who died at that place. He officiated as deacon before 
 and after coming to Pompey. 
 
 Lemuel Cook — This prominent pioneer of Pompey was 
 55 in 1820, while his wife Hannah was 51 years old. He 
 was worth $24.19, but had subscribed $25 for the erection 
 of the Pompey academy in 1810, being one of the incorpora- 
 tors. He had one daughter, Hannah, and two sons, Gilbert 
 and Selah. Injuries during his service rendered him now 
 unable to support his family, and so he appears in the list 
 of Conn, pensioners. At Watertown, Ct., he enlisted June 
 30, '81, in Sheldon's Light Dragoons for six months; and 
 from Wallingford in the same for six months longer. He 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 175 
 
 gave his whole term of service as two years and a half, from 
 Dec, 1780, to June, '83. The Conn, rolls place him six 
 months earlier. 
 
 William Cook | Died | Feb. 22, 1841 | aged 80 years | 
 A Soldier of the Eevolution. | 
 
 ASENATH I Wife of I William Cook | Died | July 25, 
 1856 I aged 78 years. | I am the resurrection and the life. | 
 
 Pompey Hollow cemetery. In 1840 this pensioner lived 
 with Albert Cook. He was supervisor in 1813, an early 
 assessor and one of the founders of Pompey academy. He 
 was born in New Canaan, Ct., in 1761, married Hannah 
 Pond about '80 and had five children. Next he married 
 Asenath Butler and had three more. In 1803 he came from 
 Lebanon, N. Y., to Pompey Hollow with Ozias Burr. His son, 
 Ele Cook, was born in New Canaan in 1782, and married 
 Catharine E., daughter of John J. Carman, of Revolutionary 
 fame. Onondaga's Centennial says of the father : "At the 
 age of sixteen he had enlisted as a corporal in the Revolu- 
 tionary war and served on the staff of Washington and La 
 Fayette. Jan. 24, 1801, he was commissioned 'for patriot- 
 ism, conduct, loyalty, and valor,' captain in a regiment of 
 Onondaga militia whereof Jeremiah Gould was lieutenant- 
 colonel. This commission was signed by Daniel Hale, sec- 
 retary ; attested by Comfort Tyler, clerk ; and dated May 2, 
 1801; and was also signed by John Jay, governor of New 
 York. March 9, 1803, Mr. Cook was commissioned major 
 of Lieut.-Col. David Williams's Onondaga County Militia 
 Regiment, his commission being dated June 6, 1803, and 
 signed by Thomas Tillotson, secretary; attested by Jasper 
 Hopper, clerk; and signed by George Clinton, governor." 
 He served also in 1812. The name will be found in Dutchess 
 Co. Land Bounty Rights regiment. 
 
 # 
 
 In memory of | Timothy Cossitt | who died Oct. 10, | 
 1836. I aged 82 years | & 1 month | Also | Chloe | Wife of | 
 Timothy Cossitt | who died Dec. 26 1 1839 | aged 83 years | 
 & 7 months. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. He was a brother of Martin Cossitt of 
 Marcellus, and also from Simsbury, but credited to Granby 
 in census of 1790. He was 2d lieutenant in Capt. Pettibone's 
 company in '77, and lived on the Pompey farm long owned 
 
176 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 by his son Calvin. It is said that Rene Cossitt, of Simsbury, 
 was father of seventeen children, was grandfather of 
 Timothy and Martin, and that both were Revolutionary 
 soldiers. 
 
 In Memory of | Mrs. Sarah | Wadsworth, Wife | of Mr. 
 Adonijah | Cowl Who Depart- | ed this life July 8th 1818, in 
 the 53rd | Year of her | Age. | 
 
 Millie Cowls | Died | Feb. 1834 | Aged 68 Y'rs 1 mo. ] 
 & 18 days. | 
 
 Pompey Hollow. These may both be wives of Adonijah 
 Cowles, though the second is uncertain. This pensioner, 
 then 83, lived with Chauncey Cooper in 1840, and probably 
 died soon after. He served in Capt. Parker's Co., Col. 
 Leonard's regiment, Hampshire Co., Mass., in '77. A 
 prominent pioneer, he was overseer of highways in 1795. 
 In record of wills and elsewhere, he is Adonijah Cowles, and 
 his will, made in the winter of 1837-8, in a rather peculiar 
 way, was not proved till Sept. 1, 1847. Ephraim Tillotson 
 became executor. 
 
 In memory of | Jeremiah | Crandall | Died \ October 
 30, 1840, I aged 85 years & | 1 month. | 
 
 In memory of | Freelovb, | wife of | Jeremiah Cran- 
 dell I who died Feb. | 29th 1836 | In the 73d year of her age. | 
 
 Delphi cemetery. This pensioner's age was given as 84 
 in 1840, and he then lived with Elanson Watkins. The name 
 is in both the Albany and Dutchess county rolls. 
 
 In I Memory of | Dr. Zechariah | Cutting, ] Died | 
 June 15, 1808, | aged 52 years.. | 
 
 Death brings a melancholy gloom, | 
 
 And leaves an empty seat, | 
 Behold my friends the solemn tomb | 
 The last of your retreat. | 
 In I Memory of | Joanna | Wife of | Z. Cutting, | who 
 died I Dec. 13, 1829, | aged 66 years. | 
 
 Farewell my friends | Prepare to die. | 
 For die you must | As well as I. | 
 Pompey Hollow. The name is in a Berkshire Co. regi- 
 ment, Mass., and in 1790 in Canaan, N. Y. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 177 
 
 In I Memory of | Deac. Isaiah Dean | who died August 
 I 4th, 1818, Aged | 66 years. | 
 
 Gently he laid his dieing head, [ 
 
 Upon his maker's brest, | 
 His Saveiour call'd his soul away, | 
 And laid his flesh to rest. | 
 In I Memory of | Eleanor wife | of Isaiah Dean | who 
 died April | 1st 1825, | Aged 66 | years. | 
 
 Pompey Hollow. Name in Westchester Co. 3d regi- 
 ment. Land Bounty Rights. In 1790 at Ballston, N. Y. 
 
 William Dean — This pensioner was 62 in 1820, and 
 infirm from falling from a wagon. His wife Anna, who 
 survived him, was then 57, and he had with him his son 
 Rial, aged 18,. and Lucy Denny, aged 10, the orphan child 
 of a soldier who died in the war of 1812. His assets were 
 $169.38, and debts $13.50, a good showing for an old soldier. 
 He was a farmer, and enlisted Jan. 1, '76, serving just a 
 year in Col. John Durkee's Conn, regiment, first under Capt. 
 Thomas Dyer, and then under Capt. Daniel Tilden. His will 
 was proved Jan. 1, 1836, and was dated in Pompey. 
 
 In I Memory of | Isaac De Lamatter | who died March 
 12th, 1830, I in the 78th year | of his age. | 
 
 Friends nor physicians could not save | 
 
 My mortal body from the grave | 
 
 Nor can the grave retain it here | 
 
 When Christ shall call it to appear. | 
 Oran cemetery. He was born at Oblong, now Amenia, 
 Dutchess Co., N, Y., Dec. 13, 1752, and married Hannah 
 Barlow, Feb. 8, '75. In '76 he enlisted and served as com- 
 missary through the war. In 1791 he went to Duanesburg, 
 N. Y., and in 1801 to Pompey. He was a prominent business 
 man and became a large cattle dealer, a calling for whi#i 
 his army experience had fitted him. After his death his 
 wife went to Michigan, where she died April 17, 1845. They 
 had seven children, some of whom are buried at Oran, the 
 form of the name being slightly changed. 
 
 Samuel Roswell Dewey — This veteran was bom in 
 Hebron, Ct., Dec. 25, 1757, and died in Pompey, 1829, while 
 
178 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 visiting a daughter there. He served in Capt. Daniel 
 Dewey's Co., of Lebanon, Ct., and then moved to Worthing- 
 ton, Mass., serving in various companies till '82. After the 
 Revolution he lived in Peru, Clinton Co., N. Y., having chil- 
 dren. As a widower he married there Mrs. Edith (Palmer) 
 Van Deusen, May 15, 1823. She was born in 1769, and ap- 
 plied for pension, July 8, 1853, when she was living in 
 EUenburg, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas Dyer, | Died | Nov. 24, 1849 | in the 86 Year | 
 of his age. | A soldier of the Revolution. | 
 
 Polly | Wife of | Thomas Dyer | Died | Apr. 27, 1845 | 
 Ae. 75 years. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Five were enrolled in Capt. Bigelow's 
 regiment, '77-'80, Charlton, Mass. 
 
 In I Memory of | Stephen Eaton | Died | Oct. 28, 1838. 
 I Ae. 77 years. | 
 
 How blest is our brother bereft | 
 
 Of all that could burden his mind; | 
 How easy the soul that has left | 
 The wearisome body behind. | 
 In I Memory of | Phanelly, wife of | Stephen Eaton, | 
 who died | May 8, 1831, | Aged 66 years. | 
 
 Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims, | 
 
 For all the pious dead, | 
 Sweet is the saviour of their names, | 
 
 And soft their sleeping bed. | 
 They die in Jesus and are bless'd, | 
 
 How kind their slumbers are, | 
 From suffering and from sins releas'd | 
 And freed from every care. | 
 Oran. He was born in Ashford, Ct., May 4, 1761, and 
 married Phanelly Knowlton Nov. 12, '81, The family his- 
 tory says that after her death he married Harmony 
 Knowlton. He served in Capt. Daniel Allen's Co., Ashford, 
 Ct., '77-'80, with Comfort Tyler, and moved to Albany Co. 
 in '86, going thence to Manlius in 1790. His wife, Hanna, 
 appears in his will, made May 18, 1833, and proved Jan. 22, 
 1839. She was the one named as Harmony. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 179 
 
 Mr. Zebulun Edgerton | died April 25th | 1822. [ aged 
 68 years. 
 
 Friends & physicians could not save, | 
 This mortal body from the grave : | 
 Nor can the grave confine me here | 
 When Christ commands me to appear. | 
 Delphi cemetery. Capt. Nehemiah Waterman's Co., 
 Conn., '79. In New London Co. in 1790. His wife, Abigail, 
 appears in his will, made Dec, 2, 1819, and proved May 28, 
 1822. 
 
 Dr. Joseph Ely — He lived awhile at Delphi, and was in 
 Col. John Moseley's Hampshire Co. Regt., Mass., in '77. He 
 served two years as surgeon's mate. In 1790 two of the 
 name were in West Springfield, Mass. In 1806 he was made 
 a member of the Onon. Co. Medical Society, but afterward 
 removed. 
 
 Erected to | the memory of | Daniel J. Fort, | who de- 
 parted I this life Oct. 9th, | 1837. | aged 80 years | 2 months 
 & 2 I days. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Enrolled in 12th and 16th regiments of 
 Albany Co. In 1790 he was in the township of Schenectady, 
 He was born Aug. 7, '57, at Half Moon, N. Y., the son of 
 John N. and Maria Van Vraken Fort of that place, marry- 
 ing first, Nancy Visscher, and second, Maria Van den Bergh, 
 Dec. 22, 1792. She died in Fabius, June 30, 1824, and he 
 died in the same town. 
 
 Jehiel Foot — This pensioner is in the list of those from 
 Connecticut, and in 1790 was living there in Newtown. In 
 1820 he said he was 60 years old, and he was still living in 
 1840. April 22, 1781, he enlisted under Capt. Drew, Col. 
 Ebenezer Sprout's 2d Mass. regiment, and later under Ca|||. 
 Cooper, serving till June, 1783. In 1820 his wife, Lucretia, 
 was 45, and three daughters lived with him. These were 
 Elizabeth, 23 years old ; Dorothy, 7, and Lucinda, 5. Four 
 other children — Benjamin, Catharine, Samuel A, and Sally 
 — were away from home. His assets were $71.10, and his 
 debts but $55.67. Among his goods was a broken bake ket- 
 tle, three salt barrels, a candle mold, 100 sheaves of wheat 
 and a flail. 
 
180 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In Memory | of | Elisha Gage | who died | May 31, 
 1833, I aged 80 years. | 
 
 weep not o'er the pious dead, | 
 They're free from all their pain, | 
 
 And with their everliving head, | 
 In highest glory reign. | 
 
 In Memory | of | Olive, | wife of | Elisha Gage, | who 
 died July 13, 1836, | aged 79 years. | 
 
 1 would not weep myself to die | 
 With such a scene in view : | 
 
 With Christ and Heaven in my eye | 
 I'd bid this world adieu. | 
 
 Delphi cemetery. In the History of New Woodstock, 
 N. Y., is something about this pioneer, who was bom in 
 Woodstock, Ct., and died as above recorded. He married 
 Olive Underwood in '78, and had ten children. In 1790 he 
 was still in his birthplace, but came to Madison Co. in 1799, 
 and to Pompey in 1830. He marched in Capt. Lynn's Co. 
 from Woodstock on the Lexington alarm, and was in Capt. 
 Manning's Co., Woodstock, in '75. In Conn, list a pensioner 
 living in N. Y. 
 
 Phila Goodrich — This Pompey pioneer died March 17, 
 1821, and was born at Rocky Hill, Ct., Jan. 27, 1761. He 
 married Lucretia Williams, Oct. 9, 1783. He was drafted 
 into Col. S. B. Webb's regiment, and served July 23-Dec. 14, 
 '80. 
 
 Ends Gkeenpield — This pensioner was 71 in 1820, 
 and having no family dependent on him, he lived with his 
 son-in-law, Thomas Grimes, who married his daughter Mary, 
 His property was worth $87.25, and included a cow valued 
 at $11; (she was not a Holstein) plow irons worth $3; and 
 seven old drag teeth worth $2.50. Besides this, Thomas Dyer, 
 before mentioned, owed him $4, and an absconding debtor 
 something more. He enlisted for one year in Dec, '75, in 
 New London, in Col. Charles Webb's Regt., Conn. Line, and 
 was discharged at Fishkill, N. Y., Jan. 1, '77, after being 
 in the battles of White Plains and Long Island. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLBIERS 181 
 
 ASAHEL Gridley | Died | May 15, 1811, | Aged | 49 
 Years. | 
 
 Though I am Dead and buried, | 
 
 And my body doth decay. | 
 Yet I shall rise, in sweet surprise, | 
 And meet my Judge in endless day. | 
 Elizabeth Percival | Widow of | Asahel Gridley Dec'd 
 I Died I Aug. 12, 1824 | Aged 58 Y'rs. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. Name in Capt. Stanley's Co., Conn., 
 '76; Capt. Stoddard's, '78; and Short Term Levies, Conn. 
 Line, '82. 
 
 Elijah Gridley | Died | May 9, 1845 | Ae. 85 Y'rs. | 
 A Soldier of the Eevolution. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. | 
 In Memory of | Mrs. Abigail Gridley | wife of | Mr. | 
 Elijah Gridley, | who departed this | life July 24th 1813 | in 
 the 54th Year | of her age. | 
 
 Why should we tremble to convey | 
 
 Their bodies to the tomb | 
 There the dear flesh of Jesus lay | 
 And left a long perfume. | 
 Oran. He was a pensioner in 1840, whose name was in 
 Capt. Judson's Co., Conn., '76. Also in Capt. Bray's, and in 
 1790 in Farmington, Ct. In the same cemetery are the 
 stones of Clement Gridley, died Jan. 22, 1822, in his 90th 
 year, and of Sarah, his wife, died Jan. 27, 1821, in her 84th 
 year. 
 
 Francis Hale | Died | Jan. 28, 1834 | aged 75, years. | 
 Olive | Wife of | Francis Hale | Died | Dec. 29, 1858 | 
 aged 92, years. | 
 
 Oran. In 1820 this pensioner called himself 64, and his 
 wife 57, which would have been their ages in 1828, thus suji- 
 gesting an error in date. His daughter was said to be 18, 
 and his son 13 years old. He enlisted in Capt. James Buck- 
 ston's Co., and was transferred to Capt. Oliver Rouse's Co., 
 Col. Jackson's regiment, serving till the war closed. The 
 name was reported in Branford, Ct., in 1790, but some of 
 these officers are in the Mass. rolls, where one of the name 
 served from Sandisfield, Mass., '76 to '80, who was 24 in '81, 
 dark and 5 feet 8 inches high. 
 
182 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Benjamin Hayes — This pensioner was reported in 
 1840 as being 82, and the Simsbury records say he was born 
 there July 28, 1758. His name appears in Granby, Ct., in 
 1790, and in the Mst of Connecticut pensioners in New York. 
 Onon. Cent., however, says : "Homer Hayes came to Pom- 
 pey in 1815 with his parents, Benjamin and Alithere Bacon; 
 he a native of Wales, born in 1746, who came to America 
 when a young man and was in the Revolution. He settled 
 in Pompey, where he died in 1842." His wife's name was 
 Alathea. At Simsbury he was hired by Micah Hays to enlist 
 for the war in the 3d Conn. Line. He was corporal in, Capt. 
 Pettibone's Co. in '77, and private in Capt. Allen's Co., '77 
 '80. 
 
 Zenas Hays | Died Jan. 7, 1837. | Ae. 77. | A soldier 
 of the Revolution. | 
 
 Sarah | Wife of | Zenas Hayes | Died | May 17, 1865, \ 
 aged 89 years. | 
 
 The grave is on the western slope of the hills east of 
 Pompey Hollow, and naturally belongs there, though within 
 the lines of Madison Co. He was the son of Dudley Hayes, 
 and was born at Simsbury, Oct. 31, 1759. He served for 
 Ozias Higley, of Simsbury, under Capt. Judd, Col. Hum- 
 phrey's Regt., 3d Conn. Line, and his name is also in the 
 Short Term Levies, 5th Conn. Line, '79-'80. In Granby, Ct., 
 in 1790. 
 
 Erected to the memory of | Allen Heydon, | (A sol- 
 dier of the Revolution) | who died March 10, 1837, | In the 
 85 year of his age, | (Also) | 
 
 Annis I wife of I Allen Heydon | who died March 26, 
 1825, I In the 69 year of her age. | 
 
 Death is a debt that is due | 
 This I have paid and so must you. | 
 I own the debt tis just and true | 
 And I am come to sleep with you. | 
 
 I Erected by their son A. W. H. | 
 He was from Harwinton, Ct., and was enrolled there in 
 '75 as Alyn Haydon. Onondaga's Centennial says: "Allyn 
 Heydon was a Revolutionary soldier whose commis- 
 sion (now in the possession of the subject of this sketch) 
 was signed by Matthew Griswold, of Connecticut. Allyn 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 183 
 
 Heydon came from Connecticut and took up a soldier's claim 
 m Pompey in 1800, and his remains lie in the beautiful 
 cemetery at Pompey Hill, marked by a simple monument 
 commemorating his record as a soldier of the Revolution." 
 The land he bought was about a mile east of Pompey 
 Academy. He married Annis Peck, April 9, 1778, who was 
 born in Harwinton. 
 
 David Hibbard— a family sketch of this pioneer says 
 that he was a Revolutionary soldier, who settled on lot 6 
 about 1794. This was near the north line of the town. He 
 bought this lot Aug. 6, 1792, for 200 pounds or $500. He 
 was a carpenter as well as farmer, and in 1790 was in Balls- 
 ton, N. Y., but was born in Greenwich, Ct., April 23, 1748, 
 and married, in 1768, Leah Cronkhite of Kinderhook,' N. y! 
 Though thus resident in Pompey he died in Milton, N. Y., 
 Sept. 29, 1817, and was buried in Galway, where he had 
 formerly lived. In the Revolution he was baggage-master 
 of ammunition wagons. After the war he removed to Gal- 
 way in 1784, and to Pompey in '94, where his tenth and 
 youngest child was born. The family history says that Polly, 
 his eldest child, born in 1772, taught the first school in Onon- 
 daga Co., at Morehouse's Fl'ats, east of Jamesville. He was 
 a prosperous man and gave his children a good education. 
 
 Sacred | To the | Memory of | David Hinsdell | who 
 died Nov. 8, 1822. | Aet. 68 Y. 4 M. & 8 D. | 
 
 Be ye also ready : for in | such an hour as ye think | 
 not, the Son of Man cometh. | 
 
 In I memory of | Farozina Hinsdell | Wife of | David 
 Hinsdell, | who died May 15th | 1829, | aged 75 years. | 
 
 Sweet cemetery, west of Watervale. This pioneer was 
 born in Salisbury, Ct., June 30, 1754, and died as above. He 
 married Farozina Bemis, who was born March 24, 1753. 
 While he was still a child his parents moved to Lenox, Massif 
 and he went to Galway, N. Y., in 1787, and to Pompey in 
 1796. In '77 he was a private in Capt. Erastus Sergeant's 
 Co., Col. Simonds' regiment, and in Capt. Oliver Belding's 
 Co., Sept. 21-Oct. 14, '77. He also served in '81. He was a 
 prominent man and had a family of 12 children. 
 
 Richard Hiscock | Died | June 17th 1840, | aged 81 
 years I 9 Mo. & 2 Ds. | 
 
184 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Sarah, | Wife of | Richard Hiscock, | Died | Jan. 1, 
 1844, I Ae. 81 years | 5 mo. & 23 days. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. This pensioner lived with Luther Hiscock 
 in 1840, and was grandfather of ex-Senator Frank Hiscock ( 
 He was enrolled among the Mass. troops and was an early 
 settler in Pompey, though the name appeared in Wards- 
 borough, Vt., in the census of 1790. A family history says 
 that he "served during the entire period of the Revolutionary 
 War," and came to Pompey at its close. He had children 
 born there, and was himself born at Hopkinton, Mass., Sept. 
 15, 1758. In the same place, July 7, 1763, Sarah Cody, his 
 wife, was bom, and they were married Nov. 16, 1780. He 
 bought 100 acres on lot 27, Dec. 10, 1794. 
 
 Baruch Holbrook — In the history of Military Lodge, 
 Manlius, this pioneer is given as a soldier commissioned as 
 major, and on Washington's staff. His early military record 
 is not at hand, but he was a lieutenant in the Onondaga 
 militia in 1808. He came from New England to Pompey 
 Center in 1794, and bought part of lot 53 of Josiah Holbrook, 
 May 23, 1794. One account makes him son of Josiah, senior, 
 and born Feb. 11, 1769, disagreeing with Lakin. 
 
 In I memory of | JosiAH | HOLBROOK | who died Nov. 
 16, I 1831, I aged 76 years. | 
 
 In I memory of | RACHEL | wife of | Josiah | Holbrook | 
 who died Oct. | 20, 1821, | aged 64 years. | 
 
 Souls of the just, companions of the dead | 
 Where is thy home and whither art thou fled | 
 Back to its heavenly source thy being goes | 
 Swiftly the comet wheels from whence it rose. | 
 Pompey Hollow. He came from Adams, Mass., in 1792 
 with his father, having a hard j ourney. Several of the name 
 are in Mass. rolls, some of them in Berkshire Co. He was 
 baptized in Sturbridge, Mass., May 11, 1755, and married 
 in Adams, Rachel Wright. One account says she died Nov. 
 16, 1831, aged 76. His brother. Dr. David H., of Jamesville, 
 was also a soldier, and married Mehetable Wells of Goshen, 
 N. Y. Baruch, another, born Feb. 11, 1769, married Diana 
 Duguid and went to Ohio. He bought 300 acres on lot 53, 
 May 1, 1792. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 185 
 
 Hezekiah Hopkins | Died | May 18, 1834 | Aged 76 
 Yrs. I 
 
 Eunice | wife of | Hez. Hopkins, | Died Sept, 2, 1839, | 
 Aged 76 Yrs. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. In Conn, rolls the name is in Capt. Foot's 
 company of militia in '77, and this may be accepted, as in 
 1790 the name occurred only in Harwinton, Ct., whence he 
 came. His title would also favor this. The Pompey Re- 
 Union says : "Col. Hezekiah Hopkins was born in Harwin- 
 ton, Litchfield Co., Conn., and moved thence with his family 
 in 1800 to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. Here he remained 
 two years, and then came to Pompey Hill. He was married 
 
 to Eunice Hubbell, by whom he had nine children Col. 
 
 Hopkins kept the hotel on the site now (1874) occupied by 
 Peter Oley, some twenty-four years, very much to the satis- 
 faction of the public, keeping a very temperate, quiet and 
 orderly place. He sold to his son Harry, and purchased a 
 small farm near the village, where he and his wife lived with 
 their son Hezekiah, being at the time of their decease about 
 seventy-eight years of age." 
 
 Col. Jeremiah Jackson — In Clark's Onondaga we are 
 told that this pioneer "was at the taking of Quebec, under 
 Gen. Wolfe, in 1759. He afterwards married and settled in 
 Massachusetts, and in the struggle for independence, entered 
 the American army with a captain's commission, and served 
 with credit to himself and country through a great part of 
 the war. He had three sons with him. While in the army 
 he made the acquaintance of Major Danforth, through 
 whose instrumentality he was induced to move to this county 
 in 1791, and became the purchaser of Danforth's mills. He 
 subsequently moved to the town of Pompey, and died on his 
 farm in what is since LaFayette, in 1802, and was buried 
 with military honors." In 1794 he was a captain in the l^al 
 militia, and lieut. colonel in 1802, dying in office. He was 
 born in Cumberland, R. I., in 1739, and married Phebe Mur- 
 ray. The name appears at Caughnawaga and Rensselaer- 
 ville, N. Y., in 1790, including the next. Thaddeus M. Wood 
 was administrator, July 16, 1803. 
 
 Jeremiah Jackson — This pensioner, son of the above, 
 was 60 years old in 1820, his wife 55, and their two sons 
 
186 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 were 14 and 19. He had 80 acres of land, worth $1,000, and 
 $806.72 in other property. In this were included two wine 
 glasses and a decanter, two fire shovels, two pairs of and- 
 irons and two pairs of tongs. He enlisted in Col. Wm. 
 Shepard's regiment, Mass. Line, and served for three years. 
 No monuments for father or son have been reported, but a 
 stone for the wife of the latter is in the First Ward ceme- 
 tery, Syracuse, inscribed "Sally, | Wife of | Jeremiah 
 Jackson | Died July 29, 1851. | Ae. 85 Y'rs." 
 
 John Jerome | 1756-1839. | Mary Jerome | 1755-1836. | 
 Pompey Hill. This veteran was born in Middletown, 
 Ct., in 1756, but removed to Stockbridge, Mass., where he 
 was a private in the Berkshire militia. He married Mary 
 St. John, and went to Pompey where he died. He was long 
 a prominent citizen. 
 
 In I memory of | Levi Jerome, ] Who died June | 11th, 
 1838, I Aged 77 years. | 
 
 Dolly Smith, | Wife of | Levi Jerome | Died Dec. 1846, 
 I Aged 71 Years. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. In Capt. Ezra Whittlesey's Co., 3d Berk- 
 shire regiment, Mass. In 1790 he was in Ballston, Saratoga 
 Co., N. Y., but soon came to Pompey, where he was long 
 town clerk. He bought lot 12, July 17, 1795. 
 
 Samuel Jerome, Sen — This pioneer served in the Revo- 
 lution, and it is not easy to distinguish his service from that 
 of Samuel, Jr. His will was probated April 9, 1796, and he 
 left his wife, Lucy, and sons Chauncey, Samuel, Timothy, 
 John and Levi, and several daughters. 
 
 Samuel Jerome, Jr. — This pioneer came to Salina from 
 Saratoga Co. in 1791, and then to Pompey, his three brothers 
 soon following. He was the son of Samuel and Lucy (Fos- 
 ter) Jerome, the former born in Wallingford, Ct., in 1728, 
 and dying in 1796. Both the father and sons served in the 
 Berkshire militia. After coming here Samuel was a lieu- 
 tenant in the Onondaga militia, and a captain in '97. In '98 
 he had irregularly resigned and is not mentioned later. In 
 1794 he was an overseer of highways in Pompey, but his 
 age has not been reported. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 187 
 
 Samuel Johnson — This pensioner was 68 in 1820, and 
 said, "I have no family and I reside in the family of 
 Adolphus Sweet, and I depend on his charity for my daily 
 support, except the amount of my pension." He served in 
 Capt. Starr's Co., Col. Huntington's Regt., Conn. Line. 
 
 Samuel Jones | died | June 26, 1847 | Ae. 89 Y'rs. | 
 Telatha 1 Wife of | Samuel Jones | Died | June 13, 
 
 1856. I in the 90 y'r | of her age. | 
 
 Watervale cemetery. This pensioner was called 80 in 
 
 1840, and the name is in N. Y. and New England rolls. 
 
 Daniel Judd — This pioneer came to Pompey in 1800, 
 died there May 29, 1805, and his wife died there at her son 
 Ansel's in 1830. The veteran served as sergeant in the 
 Conn. Line, '77-'81, from Colchester, where he was bom. 
 His brother Timothy also lived in Pompey but has no record. 
 Daniel married Mehitable Clark, Nov. 13, '71, and lived in 
 Marlborough till 1783. 
 
 Moses Knapp — In 1840 this pensioner was 86 years old. 
 His name is in several companies in the Conn, rolls, from '75 
 to '79. In the census of 1790 it was recorded in New Fair- 
 field, Ct., and in Rensslaerville, N. Y. Will made Nov. 3, 
 1846, and proved March 11, 1847. 
 
 James Lankton — This pioneer is reported as certainly 
 a soldier, though his name does not appear. He was from 
 Harwinton, Ct., where he married Tirzah Catlin, who died 
 in 1799. He bought land in Pompey about 1806, and there 
 he married Mrs. Sophia Butler. Levi Clark became his ad- 
 ministrator, Oct. 28, 1835. • 
 
 In Memory of | Ephraim Leech | Born at New London 
 I Conn. I Sept. 15, 1752. | Died at Delphi | State of N. York, | 
 Sept. 20, 1843. | 
 
 Delphi cemetery. One is in the Mass. but none in the 
 Conn, rolls, yet the D. A. R. Lineage book says he served "in 
 the Danbury Alarm, when the drum was beat on the steps 
 
188 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 of the meeting-house at Goshen. He removed to New York 
 in 1800, where he died in Onondaga Co." He married Phebe 
 Coombs, and was still in New London Go. in 1790. 
 
 Benjamin | Lewis | died | Apr. 14, 1823, | In the 76 
 Y'r I of his age. | 
 
 In I Memory of | SuRViAH, wife | of Benjamin | Lewis | 
 Who died Jan. 19, | 1802. | In the 54 year | of her Age. | 
 Come husband children friends & view | 
 What you are all a hastning too | 
 And while you live prepare to die | 
 And dwell with Christ eternally. 
 Cemetery in Pompey Hollow. This pioneer "came to 
 the valley near Delphi, town of Pompey, from Shaftsbury, 
 Vt., in 1796, and had a large family of sons and daughters." 
 The sons soon had their own farms in Fabius. In 1790 he 
 was at Sunderland, Vt., and later his name appeared among 
 Conn, pensioners in New York. Also in Capt. Comstock's 
 Co., '78 ; Capt. Bush's Co., '80 ; Capt. Ira Allen's Co., '81 ; and 
 Capt. Brownson's Co., '82. It was a common New England 
 name. 
 
 William Maesh— This veteran married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Stutson Benson, in March, '79, and had a large 
 family, all the sons going west except David. The father 
 also went from Delphi to Illinois, where he died in 1834, his 
 wife surviving till 1846. He was enrolled in Capt. James 
 Hadlock's Co., 14th regiment of Albany Co. 
 
 Joseph McMillen— This pensioner was 63 when he 
 made his affidavit, M^y 31, 1821, and said he had served both 
 by land and sea. He served on the frigate Warren, "rising 
 of one year," Sept., '77, till late in the fall of *78. He was a 
 gardener, but his 25 acres, worth $300, were mortgaged for 
 $428. Aside from' this he had property worth $25.50. He 
 had no wife living, and added a statement for his brother 
 Peter. 
 
 Peter McMillen— This former sailor served with his 
 brother, and was 71 in 1821. The overseers of Pompey had 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 189 
 
 supported him since August, 1819. His wife was 65 in 1821, 
 and had lived with him for 46 years. All he possessed might 
 be worth $40.87, and a sea chest and transit were in the 
 schedule. 
 
 Christopher Midler — This veteran had his name 
 originally written "Medler," and came to Pompey before 
 1800, having drawn lot 53 before this. In 1790 he was re- 
 corded as Christian Medler, Columbia Co., N. Y. His name 
 appears in the 4th Regt., N. Y. Line, Harper's Levies and 
 Col. Ebenezer Stevens' Artillery. Also as corporal in Col. 
 Lamb's Artillery. He was wounded at Fort Montgomery, 
 Oct. 6, '77. The Lineage book says he died in 1796, at Oran. 
 He married Mary Miller in 1781. In 1796 he was appointed 
 lieutenant in N. Y. militia and his death was reported in 
 1798. 
 
 James Midler — The Pompey Re-Union says: "James 
 Midler, who was a revolutionary soldier and the grandfather 
 of Columbus C. Midler of Pompey, and of Philip P. Midler 
 of De Witt, came with his brothers Christopher and Philip, 
 and occupied his soldier's claim." No record has been found 
 of either grant or services, but the latter seem probable. 
 His wife, Amanda, appears in his will, made April 11, 1848, 
 and proved Aug. 28, 1849. 
 
 Isaac Moore — This pensioner was 56 in 1820, and 
 served in Capt. Isaac Bubble's Co., Col. Lamb's N. Y. Artil- 
 lery. His property amounted to $131, partly in debts due 
 to him. 
 
 Moses Moulthrop — This pensioner was also 56 in 1820, 
 and served two years and seven months in Capt. Peter 
 Robertson's Co., Col. Swift's Regt. of Conn, troops. His 
 property was worth $9, and his debts were $100. His wife, 
 Anna, was 60, and his son Charles 20 years old. He himself 
 was a farmer and lived with his son-in-law. In 1840 he 
 lived alone. In 1802 he was a captain in the Onondaga 
 militia. 
 
190 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 To the I Memory of | Reuben Murray, | Esq. Who de- 
 parted I This life Nov. 26th, 1810 : | Aged 67 | years. | 
 
 Sweet cemetery, west of Watervale. Lieutenant in 
 Albany Co. Militia. At Canaan, Albany Co., N. Y., in 1790. 
 On the family monument are two later Reubens, the oldest 
 born in '76. The above inscription is from a separate stone. 
 
 John Nearing — In 1820 this pensioner said he was 67 
 years old and very feeble. His wife was 64. His property 
 was valued at $212.70, and included what was owed him by 
 David Case, Chester Chadwick, Abner Hamblin, Henry 
 Lyman and I. Nearing. He served in Capt. Aaron Austin's 
 Co., Col. Charles Burrell's Regt., of Conn, troops. The rolls 
 also make him sergeant in Capt. Mills' Co., '78. In 1790 he 
 was in Bristol, Ct. Guy Nearing was administrator, Dec. 16, 
 1837. 
 
 Hezekiah Olcott — This pioneer's name is in Capt. 
 Aaron Austin's Co., Ct., '76, and as lieutenant in Capt. Pen- 
 dleton's Co., New Hartford. In 1790 he was living at Hart- 
 ford, Ct., according to the census. In 1791 he was a lieu- 
 tenant in our local militia, captain in '92, and 1st major in 
 '94. Mr. Chase gives his record as follows : "The record of 
 Col. 'Olcutt,' as it is spelled in the Revolutionary Register, 
 is that of sergeant of Baldwin's Artillery Artificer Regiment 
 (Conn.), 1st of October, 1777, and second lieutenant, 12th 
 of November, 1779, in which he served to the close of the 
 war." While surveying the State road from Cazenovia to 
 Skaneateles, in 1804, as stated, Col. Olcott died of fever at 
 Pompey West Hill, now in LaFayette. He was buried with 
 military honors at Pompey Hill, where he lived. The date 
 is wrong, for Ebenezer Butler, Jr., and Joseph Colton were 
 his administrators, Dec. 22, 1800. 
 
 Erected to the | memory of | Noah Palmer, | Who Died 
 May I 23, 1835 : | In the 71st Year | of his Age. | 
 
 Beneath this stone, till Christ shall bid | him rise, | 
 A much loved Husband, Father, Brother, lies, | 
 In vain were tears, death came at heaven's command, | 
 Cease then each murmur at the sovereign hand. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 191 
 
 Oran cemetery. He came, it is said, from Brantford, 
 Ct., in 1790, but the name, that year, appears only in Man- 
 chester, Vt. It is also in 11th Regt., Albany Co. Land Bounty 
 Rights. There is no record in Connecticut. 
 
 In Memory of | Aaron Parkinson | a soldier of the ( 
 Revolutionary war | who departed this | life July 20, 1835, | 
 In the 74th year | of his age. | 
 
 Adieu, deceitful world, adieu | My Saviour calls away. | 
 
 In Memory of | Elizabeth | wife of | Aaron Parkinson 
 I Died I Feb. 21, 1845, | Aged 93 years. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. Somerset militia, N. J. Nothing more 
 of his history appears. 
 
 William Pease — In the 17th Regt., Land Bounty 
 Rights, Albany Co., is the name of William Pease, and he 
 was still in Canaan, N. Y., in 1790. Onon. Cent, says he was 
 "one of the earliest settlers of Onondaga Co. Born in 
 Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1752. Removed to 
 
 Pompey Hollow, then an unbroken forest, in 1793 
 
 Subsequently removed to Illinois, where he died in 1823. His 
 wife's maiden name was Rhoda Tolls." 
 
 In memory of | Capt. Ends Peck | who died May | 28d 
 1835 : I In the 83d year | of his age. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. Clayton's Onondaga says that Enos 
 Peck, father of Enos Peck of Camillus, came to Pompey 
 from Vermont, and went thence to Cato, N. Y., in 1806. He 
 served in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. in '81, and was also 
 at Bennington and Saratoga. In 1790 he lived in New Haven, 
 Addison Co., Vt. He bought lot 23, May 12, 1798. 
 
 Lot Phelps — This pioneer was born in Windsor, ||^., 
 in 1724, living in Colebrook later, whence he removed to 
 Pompey. His son Luther, born in 1755, came with him, but 
 does not appear in the Conn, rolls. The father was in Capt. 
 David Barber's Co., Windsor, Ct. 
 
 In memory of | Timothy Phelps | who died July | 3, 
 1830, I aged 83, years. | 5, months & | 29, days. | 
 
 y 
 
192 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Persis | Wife of | Timothy Phelps | who 
 died March | 27, 1811 | aged 56 years 9 | months & 8 days. | 
 
 In memory of | Tempeeance | Wife of | Timothy 
 Phelps I Died June 8, 1830 | Ae. 70 y'rs. 2 m's. | & 6 D'ys. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Two wives are buried by him. Persis 
 Baxter, the first, died March 27, 1811. Temperance Mc- 
 Gonegall, the second and a widow, died June 8, 1830. The 
 Phelps family history says he was born in Hebron, Ct., Dec. 
 29, 1749, and adds that he "served in the Revolutionary War, 
 enlisting in Sullivan's Division, with his brother Samuel. 
 He was at New York at the time it was evacuated." He 
 had five children born in Pompey. The name is frequent 
 in New England rolls. 
 
 Samuel Pitts — This veteran died in Pompey, Feb., 
 1833. He was a private from Westfield, Mass., in Capt. 
 Warham Parks' Co., Col. Danielson's Regt., for three months 
 and four days in '75, and seems the one who enlisted for 
 three years for Warwick in '81, in Capt. Adam Bailey's Co. 
 Age then 43 years ; height 5 feet 10 inches ; dark complexion. 
 He married Hannah Noble, July 26, 1769. She was born in 
 Westfield, Nov. 22, 1752, and died in Pompey in 1832. They 
 removed to Hinsdale, Mass., in 1798, and then to Pompey. 
 
 Elias Pratt — Mr. F. H. Benson gives this record: 
 "Pension office gives him as applying for a pension in 1831, 
 and then living with his daughter Laura, wife of Zophar 
 Adams, who lived where Rensselaer Northrup now lives. 
 He died in 1834, and was quarter-master's sergeant, and was 
 present at the battle of Monmouth." Conn, rolls have his 
 name in Capt. John Ely's Co., Saybrook, '75, and as musician 
 '77-'80. He was born April 21, 1754, at Saybrook, being the 
 son of Humphrey Pratt, and married Patience Clark, by 
 whom he had six children. 
 
 Abel Roberts | Died | Nov. 16, 1844 | Aged | 82 Years. | 
 Delphi cemetery. Family supplies were provided for 
 Abial Roberts, in Waterbury, Ct., while away on service be- 
 fore '80. In 1790 Abel Roberts lived in Ballston, N. Y., and 
 no other is recorded. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 193 
 
 In memory of | David Scoville, | born Sept. 1st 1758 | 
 died October 7th 1826 | aged 68 years | one month & ] seven 
 days. I 
 
 Stop stranger stop and drop a tear | 
 
 To wash this silent grave. | 
 The aged friend of man lies here | 
 
 Whom naught from death could save. | 
 Oran. He was bom in Meriden, Ct., and married Sarah 
 Stanley, May 13, 1779, who died in Meriden, 1797, and he 
 came to Oran soon after. He enlisted as a private from 
 Meriden, in Capt. Hough's company. — Scoville Rec. 2:13. 
 
 Zadock Seymour | 1757-1845 | Revolutionary Soldier | 
 Naoma I His Wife 1 1765-1840. ] 
 
 Pompey Hill. This pensioner lived with Eliza Seymour 
 in 1840, and was in Capt. Mansfield's Co., Conn. Line, '77- 
 '80. He married Naomi Munger in Hartford, Ct., Jan. 19, 
 1786, and was a prominent pioneer. He was born April 30, 
 1757, and died Nov. 2, 1845. His wife died in Pompey, Nov. 
 24, 1840. A family sketch says he was in Saratoga Co., 1790- 
 1802, and then moved to Pompey; also that he enlisted for 
 the war in Waterbury, Ct., and was discharged at Morris- 
 town, N. J. 
 
 William Shankland — Of this pensioner, 79 years old 
 in 1840, the Pompey Re-Union said : "About the year 1808, 
 William Shankland, father of Judge Shankland of Cortland, 
 settled in this [Delphi] valley, his house being located on 
 the east side of the creek and of the county line. He was a 
 member* of this community, although a resident of Madison 
 county." He served '76-'81, and was at the Cherry Valley 
 massacre. The name was at first Shanklin, but he changed 
 it because his brother was a loyalist, H 
 
 Joseph Shattuck — This veteran was bom in Deerfield, 
 Mass., Sept. 22, 1749, and married Chloe Scott, Nov. 23, '75. 
 She was bom in Ashfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1755, and died in 
 Cohocton, N. Y., March 2, 1824. About 1795 he went to 
 Pompey, and some years later to Cohocton, where he died 
 Dec. 29, 1819. He was engaged for six months' service for 
 
194 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 the town of Ashfield in '80, and served 2 months and 20 days 
 under Capt. Isaac Pope. He was then described as 30 years 
 old, of dark complexion, and 5 feet 8 inches high. He came 
 to Pompey with nine sons, "grown up men," settling on 
 Conrad Bush's lot, No. 47. He had bought this of a man 
 who claimed ownership, and put up a double cabin. The 
 title proved defective, and he had to give up the land, getting 
 nothing for his improvements. He bought another place 
 with the same result. Then he found a permanent home in 
 Cohocton, with his wife and six sons. Three remained in 
 Pompey, becoming prominent citizens. "The Onondaga 
 Commission" at last cleared up conflicting claims. 
 
 In Memory of | Maj'r. Samuel Sher | wood. Died Sept. 
 15th I 1811 I in the 51st Year | of his Age. | 
 
 My friends adieu, your grief suppress, | 
 God's will is done, I am gone to rest. | 
 
 Delphi cemetery. Onondaga's Centennial says : "Samuel 
 Sherwood was probably the first comer in the locality, and 
 settled on lot 84 in 1795, on the farm afterwards owned by 
 Patrick Shields. Mr. Sherwood held the rank of major 
 general in the army." The name is in several N. Y. rolls, 
 but he was probably in Capt. Noble's Co., Mass., '78-'79. 
 The title of major he may have acquired at a later day, 
 being a captain in the Onondaga militia in 1806. The name 
 appeared in Williamstown, Mass., and elsewhere in 1790. 
 His will was probated Jan, 27, 1812, and Nancy, his sec- 
 ond wife, had a life interest in the farm. She suppressed 
 her grief and married Patrick Shields. 
 
 John Shields | 1747-1832. | Jane his Wife I 1751- 
 1839. I 
 
 Delphi. His name is in the 1st N. Y, Line, and also in 
 Penn. rolls in Capt. James McClure's company as corporal 
 in '77, and in Capt. John Alexander's company, '78. He was 
 the father of Patrick, who died July 20, 1867, aged 91 years. 
 
 Israel Sloan Sr. | Died | July 9, 1836 1 Ae. 77 y'rs. | 
 Rev. Soldier. | 
 
 Rebecca Wilson I Sloan. | Died Dec. 14, 1841, I Ae. 
 84 y'rs. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARy SOLDIERS 195 
 
 Pompey Hill. This veteran came from Rindge, N. H., 
 about 1804, and purchased land. He served in Capt. 
 Nathaniel Lakin's company, North Kingston, Mass., in '77. 
 
 John Slosson | 1762-1855. | Chloe Doty | His Wife 1 
 1768-1844. I 
 
 In same cemetery. Private in Capt. William Ford's 
 Co., Col. John Brown's regiment, Mass. Served three 
 months for Berkshire Co., in 1780; also in Col. Simonds' 
 Berkshire regiment, '77. He married Chloe Doty, born in 
 Amenia, N. Y., and baptized March 19, 1769, according to 
 family history. 
 
 Elisha Smith — Onon. Cent, says that John Smith came 
 to Pompey from Buckland, Hampshire Co., Mass., with his 
 father, Elisha Smith, a Revolutionary soldier, and settled 
 one mile northwest of Pompey Hill. The veteran was in 
 Gates' army and at the capture of Burgoyne. 
 
 John Spoor — This veteran applied for a pension Mar. 
 3, 1821, being then 71 years old. He said he owned "nine- 
 teen acres of very poor land in Pompey worth not over $5 
 per acre." There is some very poor land there yet. He had 
 other property, all amounting to $265.81, and in this was a 
 pair of "old andirons with the feet off." His credit wa.s so 
 good that he owed $200. His wife was 69 years old, and 
 their daughter lived with them. In '76 he enhsted in Capt. 
 Thomas De Witt's Co., Col. Gansevoort's regiment, N. Y. 
 Line, and served four yeors as ensign. In 1790 he was in 
 Chittenden, Vt. 
 
 To ] the memory of | Calvin Sprague, | who died April 
 I 27, 1822, I in the 78 year of | his age. | 
 
 Farewell O vain, delusive world, | 
 
 Too vain to claim a mortal's love, | w 
 
 I've found through Christ's, | redeeming grace, | 
 A better, happier, home above. | 
 Oran. Two of this name served from Berkshire Co., 
 Mass., and one of these was still in Dalton in 1790. 
 
 John Sprague — This pioneer was born in Sharon, 
 Ct., April 25, 1755, and married Polly Kennedy in Broad- 
 
196 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 albin, N. Y., who was born in Limerick, Ireland, August, 
 1749, and died in Pompey, Feb. 7, 1831. They lived in 
 Milton, N. Y., till '96, and then settled on lot 17, Pompey. 
 He was taken by the British and Indians in '80, and kept in 
 prison in Montreal till Oct., '81. Then he was removed to 
 Prison island, 45 miles above that city, and escaped with 
 twenty others, Sept. 10, '82, reaching the fort at Pittsford, 
 Vt., Oct. 2d. In 1810 he sailed for Jamaica as supercargo, 
 and was never heard from again. The name occurs in Capt. 
 Clark's Co., Lebanon, Ct., in '76. 
 
 Ambrose Squires — This pensioner was but 54 in 1820, 
 but served in Capt. Pray's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's regiment, 
 from '81 to the fall of '83. His assets were $52.50, includ- 
 ing a cow, two hogs and a pig, and he owed $17. He was a 
 common laborer, and he had a wife and three children living 
 with him. The name appears in the census of 1790 at Dur- 
 ham, Ct. 
 
 Benjamin Sutton — On the first of Sept., 1820, this 
 pensioner said he was 75 years old, and lived with his sons, 
 Roswell and Moses. Twenty years before he lived in Onon- 
 daga. He was worth just $21.37. He served for three years, 
 Jan. 1, '77, to Jan. 1, '80, in the regiments of Col. Seth 
 Warner and Jeremiah Burroughs. 
 
 Erected to the | memory of | Timothy Sweet, | who 
 died March ] 7, 1837. | Aged 85 years. | 
 
 Eunice | Wife of | Timothy Sweet | Died ] Jan. 25, 
 1845, I Ae. 82 years 2 m's | & 3 days. | 
 
 Sweet cemetery, west of Watervale. He also is said to 
 have served under Col. Warner, and was at the capture of 
 Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In '75 he was taken prisoner 
 in the Canadian expedition, carried to Halifax, and then to 
 the prison ships in New York. After a long time he es- 
 caped. He came to Pompey in 1794, and the name was 
 recorded in Ballston in 1790, but as Timothy Sweet, Jr., in 
 Stephentown, N. Y. He was born in East Greenwich, R. I., 
 Oct. 24, 1753, and married Eunice, daughter of Abner Wood- 
 worth and Hannah Dyer, Sept., 1780. She was born in 
 Canaan, Ct., Nov. 22, 1762, and died in Pompey, Jan. 25, 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 197 
 
 1845. It is said she learned to read and write after she was 
 married. Oliver Sweet, 1758-1825, lies in the same cemetery. 
 
 Richard Townsend — This veteran applied for a pen- 
 sion March 1, 1822, being then 63 years old. His wife was 
 59, and had been blind for four years. His property was 
 worth $18.46, and his goods were "barely enough to get 
 victuals on the table." In 1778, he said, he lived in Char- 
 mont, now Greene Co., and in April or May he enlisted at 
 Esopus in Ulster Co., in Capt. Johnson's Co., Col. Ganse- 
 voort's regiment. He remained in this till the spring of '80. 
 Then he had Col. G.'s permission to act as waiter for Robert 
 R. Livingston, member of Congress. With him he served 
 the remainder of his time till the close of the war. 
 
 David Watkins — This pensioner was 58 in 1820, his 
 wife, Betsey, was but 37, and his daughter, Polly, was 22 
 years old. He had married a widow, whose two children, 
 Lewis and Polly Neeley, were 10 and 12 ; beside these there 
 was a second family, Stuart, David W. and Thomas Watkins, 
 aged 6 and 4 years, and the last 9 months. His daughter 
 had a child 3 years old. He was a cordwainer and said he 
 was "tolerably healthy," as was certainly necessary. He had 
 50 acres of land, but did not estimate this as it was mort- 
 gaged for its full value. His other property was worth 
 $227.95, but he owed $226. Writing to Daniel Moseley, Aug. 
 6, 1821, Azariah Smith said : "Please send me the returns 
 and memorandum from the war office in the cases of Asa 
 Merrill, David Watkins and Stephen Leonard, pensioners. 
 Also, please send David Watkins' original schedule, which 
 I shall return in two or three days." He served from June, 
 '77, to June 4, '80. His regiment (the 2d Mass.) was first 
 commanded by Col. John Bailey, then by Lieut. Col. Badl^, 
 by whom he was discharged into Capt. Hugh Maxw«'s 
 company. 
 
 Ralph Wheelock | died | Aug. 28, 1847 | Ae. 89 Y'rs. | 
 Abigal, I Wife of I Ralph Wheelock, ] Died | Feb. 15, 
 
 1819. I Ae. 57 Y'rs. | 
 
 Watervale cemetery. This pensioner called himself 81 
 
 in 1840, and then lived with Gershom B. Wheelock. His wife 
 
198 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 was Abigail Blashfield, and he served in Col. Dike's regi- 
 ment, Stockbridge, Mass., in '76, and in Col. Holmes' regi- 
 ment, '77. In 1790 he was in Worcester, Mass. 
 
 John Whitney — This veteran was born in Ridgefield, 
 Ct., April 21, 1747, and married Rebecca Morehouse at South 
 Salem, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1768. She was the mother of all his 
 children and died after 1792. He was probably in South 
 Salem till 1791, according to family traditions. In Jan., 
 1804, he was living in Manlius, when his daughter Electa 
 was married there, but bought a farm in Pompey, 1808-10, 
 living on it till March, 1825, when he went to Henderson, 
 N. Y., dying there March, 1832, aged 85 years. In Pompey 
 he married Sarah Osborn, who died there Dec, 1812. She 
 was born in Ridgefield, May 3, 1756. He was 6 feet 2 inches 
 high, was in the battle of Long Island, etc., at Saratoga, and 
 at Valley Forge, '77-'78, and kept his cocked hat, musket, 
 etc. The former had a bullet hole, made in a skirmish. The 
 latter burst in 1834. He was in Capt. Rogers' company, 
 Cornwall, in '76, and in 1790 was in Litchfield, Ct., according 
 to the census. 
 
 John Wilcox — This pensioner was another of the Sims- 
 bury men. He made an unsuccessful application April 15, 
 1818, the artificers not then drawing pensions. In 1820 he 
 fared better, and was then 59 years old, not well off, though 
 he had a punch bowl. He enlisted at Simsbury, Dec. 12, '77, 
 in a company of artificers which went to West Point. His 
 captain had crooked ways and was cashiered. Then, in 
 Simsbury, he enlisted in Capt. Abner Granger's company. 
 Col. Samuel Campbell's regiment in April, '81, joining his 
 company at Stamford, May 15th. He was discharged there 
 a year later. He is said to have been the first white settler 
 in the original town of Pompey, settling on lot 13, on the 
 site of the Indian village of Tu-e-yah-das-soo, his residence 
 being in the present town of LaFayette, two miles north of 
 LaFayette village. 
 
 Godfrey | Williston | died Dec. | 23, 1832 | aged 69 
 years. | 
 
 Lydia Williston | Died | Jan. 17, 1848 | Ae. 85 Years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 199 
 
 Pompey Hill. He lived in Springfield, Mass., and his 
 name is in several Hampshire Co. companies, '77 to '82. 
 His daughters, Hannah, born 1793, and Mary, born 1797, lie 
 beside him. 
 
 Ebenezer Wood — In 1820 this pensioner was 66, and 
 his crippled son, aged 17, lived with him and his wife. He 
 was a cooper, worth $367.93, but owed debts of $452.75, 
 which made a difference. In '76 he was in Capt. Samuel 
 Sloan's company. Col. Patterson's regiment for ten months, 
 being discharged Jan. 1, '77, at Trenton, N. J. His house 
 and an acre and a quarter lot he valued at $300, so that he 
 did not live in a palace. 
 
 Elisha Woodworth — This pioneer was bom in Salis- 
 bury, Ct., in 1751, and went to Pompey in 1798 with two 
 sons. With their aid he cleared some land, sowed eight 
 acres and returned. In January he came back with wife and 
 eight children. He married Ann Bradley of Dutchess Co., 
 N. Y., June 11, '76, who died in Pompey in 1828. He died 
 there in 1808. His service was in the 10th Co. of 8th Conn. 
 Continentals, July 8-Nov. 23, '75. No military record ap- 
 pears for his father, Abner Woodworth, who came afoot to 
 Pompey, where four of his children joined him, and where 
 he died in 1809, aged 84, at the home of his daughter, Molly 
 Benton. He was born in Little Compton, R. I., Aug. 2, 1724, 
 married Hannah Dyer of Norwalk, Ct., and settled in Salis- 
 bury, where he may have had irregular service. His wife 
 died before 1790. 
 
 Pioneers whose names are in Revolutionary rolls, but not 
 
 identified. 
 
 Maj. Daniel Allen | Died | Nov, 5, 1846 | Aged | ^. 
 
 Years. | 
 
 His children mourn — the rest let friendship tell | 
 Fame spreads his worth, the public knew it well. | 
 Delphi. He lived two miles north of that village, but 
 
 is buried there with his wife, Abi Burr, sister of Ozias Burr, 
 
 whom he married in 1790, in Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y. 
 
 His name is in the Dutchess Co. militia, and in Capt. Buell's 
 
 Co., Waterbury, Ct. Very probable. 
 
200 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Erected in memory of | Nicholas Baetlett | who died 
 1836. I In the 91st year of his age. | Also | Mary | his wife 
 who died | 1826 In the 80th year | of her age. | 
 
 Cemetery two miles southeast of Pompey Hill. Name 
 in Capt. Kellogg's Co., Hadley, Mass., '75-'77. Probable. 
 Two were in Mass. in 1790. 
 
 In memory of | JONATHAN BuEL, | who died April 13th | 
 1823 I aged 77 years. | 
 
 No mortal woes | Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, | 
 
 For angels watch his soft repose. | 
 
 Oran. In Conn, rolls in Capt. Barns' Co., Col. Hooper's 
 regiment, '77, and also in Willett's N. Y. Levies. Probable. 
 In Conn, and Vt. in 1790. 
 
 Erected by their Son | Joab Bigelow, Esq. | of Michigan, 
 in 1847. 
 
 JosiAH BiGELOW, | Died I December 17, 1803, | Aged 
 48 years. | 
 
 Sarah, | Wife of | Josiah Bigelow, ] Died September 5, 
 1804, I aged 48 years. | 
 
 The saints belief outlives the tomb. | 
 I know that my redeemer liveth. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. The family history says he was born in 
 Holden, Mass., April 17, 1754, going to Guilford, Vt., as a 
 child, and marrying Sarah Culver there. He went to Pom- 
 pey March 10, 1800, buying 590 acres, and dying soon after. 
 His name is in Whitmore's Artillery, which marched from 
 Weston, Mass., on the Lexington alarm, but is not in the 
 census. 
 
 In I memory of | James Cameron | who died July | 7th 
 1819, I In the 55th | year of his | age. | 
 
 Delphi. In several Boston regiments, and also in 1st 
 regiment of Orange Co., N. Y. Probable, as the name oc- 
 curs in 1790 only in Queensbury, N. Y. 
 
 Jeremiah Case — This pioneer was bom in Simsbury, 
 Ct., and married Judith Humphrey, who w;as born July 11, 
 1729, and died June 5, 1808. He moved to Pompey. The 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 201 
 
 name is in Conn. Line from Simsbury, '81-'83, but this may 
 have been his son Jeremiah, born March 17, 1747, who mar- 
 ried Phelps. Judith married (2) Jonathan Case, born 
 
 Nov. 24, 1823. 
 
 Ephraim Clark — This pioneer married Sarah Smith 
 in Ridgefield, Ct., Jan. 8, 1784, where she was born Sept. 4, 
 1759. She died in Pompey in April, 1847, where they had 
 settled. The name is in the roll of the Continentals from 
 Durham, Ct., in '75, and in Southington in 1790. Probable. 
 His will was made July 10, 1823, and proved Oct. 16, 1826, 
 his wife, Sarah, surviving him. 
 
 In memory of | Benjamin Coats | who died Dec. | 25, 
 1839, I in the 90 year | of his age. | 
 
 In memory of | Elizabeth | Wife of | Benjamin Coats | 
 who died Feb. | 8, 1823, | in the 69. year of | her age. | 
 
 Delphi. From Lebanon, N. Y. Name in 6th regiment, 
 Albany Co. Probable. 
 
 Daniel Curtis f Died | Nov. 28, 1828. | Ae. 67 Y'rs. 7 
 Mo. I & 10 D's. I 
 
 Cemetery southeast of Pompey Hill. Name in N. Y., 
 Conn, and Mass. rolls. 
 
 In memory of | Dea. Daniel Dunham who | died | May 
 
 21, 1822, I aged 78 years. | 
 
 Blessed are the ded yea saith the Lord | 
 Who die in Christ the living Lord | 
 And on the other side of death | 
 They joyful spend their praising breath. ] 
 In Memory | of | Mrs. Anne Dunham wife of | Deac' 
 
 Daniel Dunham | who Died March 6th 1815 | in the 6^h 
 
 Year | of her age. | 
 
 Our faith forbids the murmuring sigh, | 
 And sees the resurrection nigh. | 
 The grave her prisoners must restore | 
 And saints shall rise to die no more. | 
 Oran. He came from Windham, Ct., where there were 
 
 four of the name in 1790. In Conn, rolls it occurs several 
 
 times, as in Col. Webb's regiment. 
 
202 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Nathaniel Dunham — This pioneer was born in 1763, 
 and died at Delphi, Aug. 20, 1830, or '32. He married 
 Lucretia Noble. His name is in a Tyringham roll, in Capt. 
 Ezekiel Herrick's company, Col. Ashley's regiment, Mass., 
 serving 14 days in '77. 
 
 In I memory of | Thomas Foster | who fell immediately 
 dead | in the open field | Dec. 4th 1824. | aged 62 years. | 
 Therefore be ye also ready | for in such an hour as ye | 
 think not the son of man cometh. | 
 
 Sally | Wife of | Thomas Foster | Died | Mar. 22, 1853 | 
 In the 93 year | of her age. | 
 
 Oran cemetery. N. Y. and New England rolls. 
 
 Wm. Garrett | Died | Mar. 24, 1825, | Aged 70 years. | 
 Pompey Hill. This name is that of a private in Lieut. 
 Col. Wm. Washington's Light Dragoons, Mass., Jan. 1, '77, 
 to Dec. 13, '79, and quite probably his. In the census of 
 1790 it is not in the Mass. records, but this appears in Hali- 
 fax and Harwich, Vt. 
 
 In I Memory of | REV. JOSEPH GILBERT, who | died Sept. 
 3rd. I 1806. Aged | 71 years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Sarah, wife of | Rev. Joseph Gil | bert, 
 who died | Aug. 12th 1806 | Aged 56 | years. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. The name is in many rolls and other sol- 
 diers became clergymen. 
 
 Sacred | To the Memory of | Dea. Joseph Hart | who 
 died Oct. 26, | 1837, aged 72 | Years. | 
 
 "For which cause we faint not; but though | 
 our outward man perish, yet the inward | 
 man is renewed day by day." | 
 BULAH I Wife of I Dea. Joseph Hart | Died | Aug. 9, 
 1848, I Aged 71 Y'rs. | 
 
 Oran. Name in Capt. Treker's Co., 1st regiment, 
 Hunterdon, N. J., and in 1790 several in N. Y. and New Eng- 
 land. He was born, however, in Kensington, Ct., in 1764 
 and baptized there March 17, '65. His parents went to 
 Stockbridge, Mass., and he afterward married Beulah 
 Warner and moved to Pompey. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 203 
 
 Nathan Hibbard — This pioneer was born in Scotland, 
 Ct., Jan. 16, 1739, and married (1) Mehitable Crosby, Sept. 
 27, 1759. She died June 12, '73, and he married (2) Phebe 
 Fitch of Norwich, Ct., Dec. 9, '73. He then moved to Hins- 
 dale, Mass., and some years later to Pompey, where he died 
 in 1825. He was still in Berkshire Co. in 1790, and his name 
 appeared in Col. Simonds' Berkshire regiment, Oct. 13, '80, 
 in the Pawlet alarm. The Bordman Genealogy makes Mary 
 Bordman, baptized May 29, 1767, wife of Nathan Hibbard 
 of Pompey, of course a much younger man, but who may 
 have served in 1780, or even earlier. Both men may have 
 been soldiers. 
 
 Jacob Hobart | died Oct. 9, 1846 | Ae. 81 Y'rs. | 
 Charlotte, Wife of | Jacob Hobart | Died March 23, 
 
 1842 I Ae. 77 Y'rs. | Erected by Thomas F. Minor. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Name in Col. Nichols' regiment. Holies, 
 
 N. H., '79. 
 
 JOSIAH HOLBROOK | Born at I Billingham, Mass. |In 
 1714 ; died | Sept. 1798 | Age 84 Y'rs. | 
 
 In Pompey Hollow, but he may have been too old for 
 service. The family came "toward Pompey in 1792, with a 
 sled, a yoke of oxen, and a single horse. Stopping at Spring- 
 field, Otsego Co., till March, 1793, they finished their pil- 
 grimage, and settled on lot 53, E. of Pompey Center. The 
 family then consisted of Josiah Holbrook, his wife, father 
 and mother, and six children." In Morse's Gen., it is said 
 he was born in Brimfield, Jan. 17, 14-15, and married (1) 
 Margaret Ives; (2) Mary Moffitt, 1754, in Sturbridge, 
 Mass. Morse puts his death Feb. 4, 1783. He served in two 
 French wars. 
 
 James King, | Died | June 9, 1837 | Ae. 73 Yrs. | # 
 Elizabeth | Wife of | James King. ] Died | Mar. 4, | 
 
 1831. I Ae. 65 y'rs. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. A frequent name in N. Y. and New 
 
 England rolls. 
 
 Sacred | to the Memory of | Thomas W. Lewis, | who 
 departed this life | June 27' 1831 ; aged | 83 years. | Behold 
 
204 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 I show you a mystery ; we shall not | all sleep, but we shall 
 all be changed, in a | moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at 
 the last I trump and the dead shall be raised incorrupti- | ble 
 and we shall be changed. | 
 
 Sacred | to the Memory of | Hannah, | Wife of | 
 Thomas W. Lewis, | who died June 28, 1830, | aged 83 years. 
 I But godliness with contentment is great | gain, for we 
 Ijrought nothing into this world | and it is certain we can 
 carry nothing out. | 
 
 Cemetery south of Oran. A frequent name in New 
 England rolls. His wife was Hannah Johnson. At first a 
 teacher he took up 300 acres in Pompey, part of which still 
 belongs to the family. 
 
 In memory of [ John Miller | who departed | this life 
 June I 22, 1830, | aged 75 years | & 10 days. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. Many of the name were enrolled in N. Y. 
 and New England. 
 
 Samuel Morris | Died | Apr. 29, 1858 | aged 92 years. | 
 Yes, Faith shall triumph o'er the grave, | 
 
 And trample on the tombs : | 
 My Jesus, my Redeemer lives, | 
 My God, my Saviour comes. | 
 Oran. The name is in the Sussex militia, N. J., but he 
 was too young for the dates in Conn, rolls. 
 
 Caleb Rice — This pioneer came to Pompey in 1806, and 
 died there Nov. 4, 1809, in his 56th year. His wife died 
 three weeks later, aged 54. He married Sarah Abbott, June 
 6, 1775, both being of Brookfield, Mass., whence they went 
 to Sturbridge, and he was still there in 1790. The name ap- 
 pears in Capt. Drury's Co. (Grafton) in the Lexington alarm 
 and in Capt. Eliot's Co., which was at Saratoga in '77. Also 
 in Capt. Cranston's Co. in '76. Probably a soldier. 
 
 In memory of Thomas Scott, | who departed | this life 
 July I 28th, 1811 ; | aged 61 years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 205 
 
 Within this tomb by death o'ercome, | 
 
 A tender Parent rests. | 
 With love sincere his children dear | 
 
 He frequently caress'd | 
 A master's part, with generous heart, | 
 
 Its known he acted well. | 
 May those he's left of him bereft, | 
 
 His virtuous ways excel. | 
 Block schoolhouse cemetery, two miles west of Delphi. 
 In N. Y. and Mass. rolls, and probably a soldier. 
 
 In I memory of David Sweet, | who died | March the | 
 11th 1813, I Aged 63 | years. | 
 
 Delphi. Albany Co., 16th regiment. In 1790 the name 
 was recorded in Ballston and Cambridge, N. Y. Probably a 
 soldier. 
 
 Elisha Thomas | Died | Feb. 5, 1814, | In the 83, Year | 
 of his age. | 
 
 Margaret [ Wife of | Elisha Thomas | Died | Aug. 22, 
 1811, I In the 75 Year | of her age. | 
 
 Oran. In N. H. and Mass. rolls. Probably a soldier. 
 
 John Todd | Died | Jan. 26, 1855 | Aged 92 Y'rs. | 
 Bethiah I Wife of I John Todd | Died Sept. 30, 1847 : 
 Age 86 Y'rs & | 3 Days. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. The name is in N. H. rolls. 
 
 In memory of | Elijah Wallis | who died | April 5th 
 1832, I aged 75 years | 7 months & | 23 days. | % 
 
 In, memory of | DORCAS | wife of | Elijah Wallis | who 
 died I Sept. 15, 1854 | aged 94 y'rs 11 | mo's, | 
 
 Cemetery southeast of Pompey Hill. He was from Fair- 
 field, Ct., and one account says he was born there in 1749. 
 He married Dorcas Burdick, and his name is in Capt. 
 Matthias Button's Co., Col. Abbott's Regt., of New York. 
 Probably a soldier. In 1790 Elijah Wallace was at Hoosick, 
 N. Y. 
 
206 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Nathaniel Weston — This pioneer went to Pompey, in 
 1795, from Vermont, where his son Elijah was bom Jan. 23, 
 1778. His name is not in Vt. rolls, but the Mass. rolls have 
 four entries. In 1790 he was in Springfield, Vt. 
 
 Samuel Wheelock | Died | Jan. 13th 1827 | Aged 69 
 years | & 8 months. | 
 
 Respected while living | Lamented though dead | 
 His sanctified spirit | To Jesus has fied. | 
 Susanna | Wife of | Samuel Wheelock | Died April 30 | 
 1845 I Aged 82 years. | 
 
 Calm on the bosome of thy God | 
 
 Fare spirit rest thee now | 
 Even while with thee our spirits trod | 
 
 His seal was on thy brow. | 
 Dust to its narrow house beneath, | 
 
 Soul to its place on high | 
 They that have seen thy look in death | 
 No more may fear to die. | 
 Pompey Hill. He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., as is 
 said May 6, 1755, and married Susannah Hoppin, said to be 
 a daughter of John Hancock's sister. He had children bom 
 in Brookfield, Mass., where he was living in 1790. In the 
 Revolution one of the name served for Worcester Co. and 
 one for Charlton, Mass. All the places mentioned are in 
 Worcester Co. Probable. 
 
 In memory of | John White. | who died Apl. 4th 1817, | 
 in the 55th year of his | age. | 
 
 Rachel, | Wife of | John White | Died | Sept. 29, 1857, | 
 Aged 90 y'rs | 4 mo's 19 da's. | 
 
 Oran. A frequent name in N. Y. and New England 
 rolls. 
 
 Jabez Whitmore — This Pompey pioneer was born in 
 1766, and the name is in Capt. Spalding's company. Conn., 
 Jan. 1-Dec. 1, 1781, and also in Bristol and Thompson, Conn., 
 in 1790. Probable. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 207 
 
 In Memory of | Job Williams | who died July | 17, 
 1832, I Aged 73 Years | 10 Months & | 21 Days. | 
 
 For to me to live is Christ, and to | die is gain. 
 Philipians 1.21. | 
 
 Erected to the | memory of | Zilpha, | Wife of | Job 
 Williams | who died Sept. 17th | 1837. | Aged 71 years. | 
 Almighty God, 'tis right, 'tis just, | 
 That mortal forms should turn to dust; | 
 But oh! forgive the wishful tear, [ 
 That would detain her spirit here. | 
 Oran. Name in Capt. Dickinson's Co., Col. Wells' Regt., 
 Deerfield, Mass. In July, '78, age 19, height 5 feet 10 inches, 
 dark complexion and hair. Two others in Mass., one in N. 
 H., and one in N. Y. In 1790 only in Plainfield, N. H. 
 Probable. 
 
 In memory | of | William Will- | son, who died | April 
 the 25th | 1812, aged 89 | years & 4 m. | 
 Joyful I lay my body down | 
 
 And leave this lifeless clay, | 
 Without a sigh without a groan | 
 And sing & soar away. | 
 Pompey Hill. A frequent name in rolls. This is a curi- 
 ous stone. 
 
 In I Memory of | Moses Wood, | who died April | 18th. 
 1818. Ae. I 70 years & | 9 Months. | 
 
 Pompey Hill. The name is in N. Y. and Mass. rolls, 
 but in 1790 only in Arlington, Vt., and Lincoln, N. H. 
 Probable. Henry Wood was administrator, June 1, 1818. 
 
 In memory of | Ebenezer Wright | who departed this | 
 life June 14th 1840 | aged | 80 years. | 
 
 In memory of | Eachel, | wife of | Ebenezer Wright, | 
 who died Mar. | 18, 1845, | Ae. 83 Years. | 
 
 Oran. There were many of the name in New England 
 rolls and census of 1790. 
 
208 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 TOWN OF SALINA. 
 
 Samuel Blackman | a Soldier | of the Revolution | 
 Died I Jan. 28, 1857, | Ae. 96 Y'rs. | 
 
 JEEUSHA Blackmon, | Died I Feb. 17, 1860, | Aged 89 
 Y'rs I & 11 Mo's. I 
 
 "When her weak hand grew palsied, | 
 and her eye dim with the mist of 
 years, | then it was her time to die." 
 Liverpool cemetery. He enlisted for the war from 
 Stratford, Ct., in '78. He was discharged in 1780, and 
 again enlisted for three years. 
 
 Timothy Coleman, '52-'31. — This veteran was born in 
 Ulster Co., N. Y., and married Elizabeth De Witt. In '78 
 he was appointed ensign, and served as lieutenant in '80. 
 He died in Salina in 1831. 
 
 William Conner — In 1820 this pensioner said he was 
 62 years old, and disabled by age and infirmities. Beside 
 his clothing he owned a pair of spectacles and a tobacco 
 box. He enlisted in the spring of '75 in Col. Van Cort- 
 landt's regiment, joining the army at Valley Forge. He 
 was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in Ulster 
 Co., Feb. 1, 1779. Of course he had no tombstone. 
 
 Edwaed Connor — The name of this salt boiler and 
 teacher, who came to Salina about 1797, is sometimes 
 spelled O'Connor. His school had a high reputation. His 
 daughter, Mrs. Alvin Bronson of Oswego, was born in 
 Salina, 1797, and his later days were passed in Oswego. 
 He was in Col. Willett's expedition against that place in '83, 
 and Clark said he headed a company, calling him Capt. 
 Edward Connor. The name is that of a quartermaster in 
 Weissenfel's N. Y. Levies. In 1790 he was in Watervliet, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Vine Coy — This pensioner was 74 in 1840, and lived 
 with William Ranger. In 1790 Vine McCoy was in Hins- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 209 
 
 dale, N. H., but the prefix is often dropped. He is in the list 
 of Conn, pensioners in N. Y., but seems young for any date 
 in the Conn, rolls. 
 
 John Danforth — This younger brother of Asa Dan- 
 forth was born in Dunstable, Mass., Feb. 17, 1748, and is 
 said to have come here in 1789, keeping a tavern in Liver- 
 pool. In Billerica, Mass., May 6, '79, he married Mercy 
 Wait. His son John was administrator, Dec. 25, 1810. The 
 record assigned to him in the family history is from 
 Western, (now Warren) Mass., extending from the Lexing- 
 ton alarm to '81, in various companies. He was one of the 
 committee of safety which staked out the ground for a 
 blockhouse at the salt springs, in 1794. The others were 
 Moses De Witt, Isaac Van Vleck, Simon Phares and Thomas 
 Orman. At that time Gov. Simcoe proposed anticipating 
 hostilities by having a party from Oswego seize Brewerton, 
 Salina and Three River Point. 
 
 Samuel Danpoeth — He was born in Norton, Mass., 
 about 1762, and married Margaret Mather Ball. He was 
 deputy sheriff in Salina, and died there in 1845. The fainily 
 history supposed he served in Lieut. Dean's company in R. 
 I. alarm of '76 and in that of '80. 
 
 HOBART — This early resident was mentioned 
 
 by Clark as one of a party of Sullivan's men, who passed 
 westward through this county in '79, and also afterward 
 lived in Salina. The supposed road was not cut then nor 
 did a party go westward, but Clark had the story from sev- 
 eral, "and particularly a Mr. Hobart, late of Salina, who 
 was one of the expedition." 
 
 Thomas Ingersoll | A Soldier of | the Revolutioif ] 
 and I of the War of 1812, | Born at | Great Barrington, 
 Mass. I 1747. | Died 1843. | 
 
 Hannah Joiner | Wife of | Thomas Ingersoll, | Bom 
 1767. I Died 1844. | 
 
 Liverpool cemetery. Great Barrington records do not 
 mention him, but he was there in 1790. His first wife was 
 Lydia Dewey ; the second as above. 
 
210 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Peter Miller — This pioneer was a gunsmith, who 
 came to Salina in 1795 and died there of fever the next 
 spring. He was from Charlestown, some miles south of 
 Fonda, N. Y., and served in the N. Y. Line, but several of 
 the name were enrolled. He was buried near the Genentaha 
 spring, and had descendants in the town of Clay. 
 
 Andrew Phares — This pioneer came to Salina in 
 1796, was ensign in militia in 1803, justice of peace 1808-21, 
 and died May 16, 1843. He served in militia of Middlesex 
 Co., N. J., and married Ruth Biles. In 1812 she went to 
 Brunswick, N. J., on horseback. He seems to have removed 
 about 1830. 
 
 "JosiAH Richmond, (1747-1821), served as a private 
 in the Mass. militia at the Rhode Island alarms. He was 
 bom in Dighton, Mass., and died in Salina." — Lin. Book. 
 Probably buried in the First Ward where later Richmonds 
 rest. 
 
 Lewis Sweeting — This pensioner was 88 in 1840, and 
 was enrolled in the 4th regiment of Albany Co. In 1790 he 
 was in Stephentown, N. Y., and about 1800 he discovered 
 the Messina Springs. His father was also a Revolutionary 
 soldier, who died in Manlius. 
 
 Calvin Tripp — This pensioner, aged 82 in 1840, then 
 lived with Elijah Tripp, but was in Duanesburg, N. Y., in 
 1790. 
 
 Calvin Turner | Died | Sept. 17, 1830, | Aged 77 Y'rs. | 
 Betsey' his Wife | Died Jan. 9, 1813, | Aged 48 Y'rs, | 
 Liverpool cemetery. Col. Dyke's Regt., '76, Pembroke, 
 Mass. No record in 1790. 
 
 Albert Van de Werker — This pensioner was 75 in 
 1820, had no landed property, and all his goods were valued 
 at $20.62, He was a lieutenant in Capt. Robert McKean's 
 Co., Col. Wynkoop's Regt., N. Y. Line. His company was 
 discharged at Johnstown in the latter part of '76, and in 
 1790 he was in Albany Co. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 211 
 
 Asa West | died Aug. 26th, 1820, | aged 60 years 5 
 mo's & I 7 Days. | 
 
 Susannah, | His Wife | died Feb. 3rd, 1830, | aged 71 
 years 9 mo. & | 19 Days. | 
 
 Liverpool. Served in 4th Regt., N. Y. Line, and was 
 in Pittsford, Vt., in 1790. 
 
 Joseph Wilson— This pensioner was 81 in 1840, and 
 lived with Jonas Mann. His name is in Capt. Bulkley's Co., 
 Conn., '82-3, and also in Vermont. 
 
 Peter Young — Relatives claim this pioneer as a Revo- 
 lutionary soldier. He was of German descent and probably 
 one who served from Tryon Co., N. Y. Either his son or 
 grandson was in the war of 1812. 
 
 The following are probable, though not certain : 
 
 Asa Foote — This pioneer was bom in Lyme, Mass., 
 not later than 1748, and died in Salina, N. Y., in 1828, leav- 
 ing children there. The name is not in the Mass. rolls, but 
 appears in the 17th Land Bounty Rights Regt. of Albany Co. 
 
 In I memory | of | George Harris, | Died Sept. 23, | 
 1817. I Aged 62 years | & 6 months. | 
 
 Liverpool. The name is in the 4th Conn. Line, from 
 Saybrook, and also in the N. Y. Line, but was too frequent 
 for certainty without farther knowledge. Quite probably 
 he was a soldier. 
 
 Gershom Hinckley | Bom | Aug. 28, 1763, | Died | 
 Feb. 20, 1848. | 
 
 Prudence Hinckley | Born | Aug. 8, 1770 | Died | 
 April 3, 1852. | 
 
 Liverpool. Name in 14th Albany Co. regiment, and 
 Gershom Hinckley, Jr., in the 4th. Probably the latter. In 
 Thetford, Vt., in 1790. 
 
212 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 TOWN OF SKANEATELES. 
 
 Edward Barbee — ^In a brief history of Skaneateles Mr. 
 John D. Barrow said "Then came Ezra or Edward Barber 
 who settled on the lot which he had drawn as a soldier. 
 This farm he divided among his sons and it is now known 
 [1876] as the Lawton and Calvin Brown farms." Lot 58 
 is on the west side of the lake, but he did not draw it. No 
 Ezra appears and the only Edward Barber enrolled was in 
 the 4th Albany Co. regiment. In 1790 he was in Stephen- 
 town, N. Y., and may have been the one in Richmond Co., 
 R. I., who married Charity Briggs of Pawling, N. Y. The 
 Briggs family were early settlers here. Ira Barber, one of 
 Edward's sons, married a daughter of Barnabas Hall, an 
 early settler who owned the Mile Point. 
 
 John Beach — This pensioner was 76 in 1840, and lived 
 with Samuel P. Rhoades. He served in the Conn. Line 
 from Stratford. 
 
 Elkanah Benson, | died | May 6, 1844, | in his 79th 
 I year. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery in Dutch Hollow, Skaneateles. He 
 served in Capt. Philip Amidon's Co., Col. Dean's regiment, 
 Mass., in '81, and was still in Mendon in 1790. His wife was 
 Deborah Wheelock. 
 
 Stephen Benson, | Died | July 30, 1823. | Aged 81 
 Years | & 15 D's. | 
 
 Mary Holbrook | Wife of | Stephen Benson, | Died | 
 Nov. 20, 1833, I Aged 88 Years | 3 Mo's & | 25 D's. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. He was corporal in Capt. Joseph 
 Daniels' Co., Mendon, Mass., which marched to Roxbury on 
 the Lexington alarm. He settled in Skaneateles, between 
 Owasco and Mandana in 1799, and a road to Skaneateles 
 is still known as Benson Street. His parents were Benoni 
 and Abigail Benson, and his thirteen children were born in 
 Mendon. His father served in the French and Indian war 
 and in the Revolution. Stephen left Mendon in 1797, was 
 two years in Westmoreland, N. Y., and came to lot 84, 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 213 
 
 southwest corner of Skaneateles in 1799. His oldest son 
 bought this land in New York city, took the yellow fever 
 there, but died at home. 
 
 Joseph Billings | died Oct. 30, 1836. | Aged 77 years. | 
 A patriot and soldier of the | American Revolution. | 
 
 Mottville cemetery. At one time this Conn, pensioner 
 lived in Vermont. He served in Capt. John Tyler's Co., 6th 
 regiment of Conn. Continentals, for 7 months in '75, and in 
 Capt. Eldridge's company, April 1, '77-June 1, '80, being 
 advanced from corporal to sergeant. His home was then in 
 Preston, Ct. 
 
 Col. Seba Brainerd— "The Brainerd Family" says he 
 was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, but his age is op- 
 posed to this, nor is his name in the Conn, rolls. He was 
 born in Chatham, Ct., April 14, 1763, so that the claim of 
 service may reasonably be allowed, in view of his later rank. 
 He moved to Winchester, Ct., then to Paris, N. Y., then to 
 Skaneateles, leaving there in 1807, and dying in Genesee 
 Co., 1844 or '45. He was a farmer on the east side of 
 Skaneateles lake, a captain in 1801, and was lieut. colonel 
 of militia in 1806. From this comes his title. He married 
 Anna Pardee, who died March 15, 1849. 
 
 John Bristol — This pensioner was 83 years old in 
 1825, and was a potash boiler for Winston Day, the first 
 merchant in Skaneateles. His property was worth $57.61. 
 In October or November, '75, he enlisted for one year in 
 Capt. Titus Watson's Co., Col. Burrell's regiment. Conn., 
 went on the Canadian expedition, and was discharged Aug. 
 15, '76. ^ 
 
 Eli Clark, | Died | Aug. 22, 1835, | Aged 72 Y'rs. | 
 Anna, | Wife of | Eli Clark, | died Jan. 20, 1860. | Aged 
 87 Years. | 
 
 Lake View cemetery, Skaneateles village. He came to 
 that place from Northampton, Mass., in Oct., 1800, bought 
 50 acres on lot 35, and 50 more adjoining, Jan. 22, 1801, 
 and brought his family by ox-sled in February, He served 
 
214 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 from Petersham, '81, under Col. Sibley, and was still there 
 in 1790. This was east of Northampton, but in the same 
 county. 
 
 Dea. Nehemiah I Cleaveland I Died Oct. 25, | 1843 | 
 Ag'd 90 y'rs. | 
 
 All you who read with little care, | 
 
 Who walk away and leave me here, | 
 Remember, too, that you must die | 
 And be entombed as well as I. | 
 
 Hannah, | Wife of | Dea. Nehemiah | Cleaveland, | 
 Died I June 14, 1861, | Aged 104 Yrs. 7 Mo. | 
 
 In same cemetery. He was born in Mansfield, Mass., 
 April 5, 1753 ; removed to Williamsburg in 1769, his father's 
 name being also Nehemiah. He married Hannah Parsons 
 of that place, Oct. 4, '81, who was born there Nov. 14, 1756. 
 He applied for a pension in 1829, and then had a wife and 
 two children. His personal property was worth $50, but he 
 had a life lease of 30 acres on lot 36. Early in '76 he en- 
 listed for one year at Hampshire, Mass., in Capt. Jonathan 
 Allen's Co., Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment, and served on 
 Long Island and at New York, being discharged at Peeks- 
 kill in '77. In 1840 he lived with his son, Lewis W. Cleave- 
 land, who delighted in taking his mother to the town fairs 
 after she was a hundred years old. 
 
 In I memory of | Joseph Clift | who died | May 19, 
 1827; I in the 77 year | of his age. ] 
 
 An angels arm cant snatch me | from the 
 grave. Legions of angels | cant con- 
 fine me there. | 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Wife of | Mr. Joseph Clift | Died 28th 
 Nov. 1820, I in the 70th year of her age. | 
 
 happy dead in Christ that sleep | 
 While o'er their mould'ring dust we weep ; | 
 Through tears our triumphs shall be shown | 
 Though round their graves & near our own. j 
 In the same cemetery. The name appears in the 4th 
 N. Y. Levies, in which he may have served, it being common, 
 during the Revolution, to class Vermont people as N. Y. 
 men. In 1790 he was in Shaftsbury, Vt., whence he came 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 215 
 
 to Skaneateles. He was born in Plainfield, Ct., Sept. 13, 
 1750, where he married Elizabeth Stanton. In the Lexing- 
 ton alarm he may have marched under Capt. Belcher of 
 Preston, Ct., but was in Vermont during most of the 
 struggle. 
 
 Bethuel I Cole, | died June 28, 1828. | ag'd 77 years. | 
 Also I 
 
 Lois, | his wife died Sep. | 30, 1806, | aged 44 years. | 
 In the same cemetery. He was born in Rehoboth, 
 Mass., May 22, 1750, married Lois Bennett, Aug. 31, 75, 
 and afterward lived in Shaftsbury, Vt., where seven chil- 
 dren were born, and where he still made his home in 1790. 
 He was a private in Capt. Galusha's Co., Col. Herrick's 
 regiment, enlisting from Shaftsbury in '78. He came to 
 Skaneateles with the children of his brother Aaron, and in 
 1804 had a log house and 200 acres of land on the Luther 
 Clark place. The present house he built later. 
 
 Sylvester Cortright — This pioneer, father of Wil- 
 helmus Cortright, lived on the east side of Skaneateles lake 
 in 1803. He was enrolled in 2d Ulster regiment. 
 
 Garret | Cownover | died June 22 | 1823; | aged 91 
 years | & 8 months. | 
 
 Anne, | wife of | Garret | Cownover, | died May 24, 
 1818 I aged 86 years & | 4 days. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. He was enrolled as Garrett Coven- 
 hoven in Capt. Carhart's Co., Monmouth, N. J. 
 
 In memory of | Joseph Coy, | Who | Departed tms 
 life I May 17, 1823, | in the 85, year | of his age. | 
 
 Here lies in silent sleep the patriot's dust | 
 Resigned to fate in God was all his trust. | 
 With zeal he did his country's cause defend | 
 And did to those in need assistance extend, j 
 JERUSHA Sawyer, | Wife of | Joseph McCoy. | Died 
 Mar. 1826 I Aged 89 Years. I 
 
216 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Shepard Settlement. He was 79 in 1820, with assets 
 of $160.03, and debts of $56.87. He was once a shoemaker, 
 and served Dec. 1, '75-Jan. 3, '77, in Capt. Jedediah Water- 
 man's Co., Col. John Durkee's regiment. Conn, rolls, how- 
 ever, place him in Capt. Wm. Warner's Co., Windham, Ct., 
 which marched on the Lexington alarm, and make him 
 lieutenant in Capt. Robinson's Co., '77. In 1790 he was in 
 Lebanon, Ct. 
 
 In I memory of | Abraham Cuddeback, who died | 
 Aug. 18, 1796 : | aged 83. | Also | 
 
 Esther, his wife | died April 11, 1798: | aged 65. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. According to family tradition 
 he came from Minisink, Orange Co., but the name is not in 
 the Orange Co. militia, and the census of 1790 places father 
 and son in Mamakating, Ulster Co. There was a Capt. A. 
 C. in 2d Ulster militia and a private of the same name. The 
 son came here before the father. 
 
 In I memory of | Abraham A. | Cuddeback, | who died | 
 Oct. 22, 1831 : | aged 73 years | 7 months & 11 days. | 
 
 In memory of | Jane, | wife of | Abraham A. | Cudde- 
 back, I who died | Feb. 27, 1836; | ag'd 71 y'rs 2 | m's & 14 
 days. I 
 
 In the same cemetery, but the stones were in a family 
 burial ground at an early day. This pioneer was a son of 
 the last, and was the first settler on Skaneateles lake, reach- 
 ing there June 14, 1794. He married one of J. R. De Witt's 
 daughters, also ascribed to Minisink, but the De Witt family 
 lived at Peempack, now Deer Park. Major Moses De Witt 
 was her brother. The oldest daughter married Wm. Rosa, 
 who settled near Lodi, now in Syracuse. Rachel married 
 Robert, father of Moses Burnett of Syracuse; Peter and 
 Abraham A. Cuddeback married Margaret and Jane. 
 Hannah married James Ennis, and came to Skaneateles. 
 One sister married James De Puy and lived at Jaraesville. 
 Another married James Coleman and lived near Onondaga 
 Hill. It is quite probable that some of these men served in 
 the Revolution. Mr. Cuddeback left his wife and five chil- 
 dren at Coleman's, while he and two others went to Skaneat- 
 eles. His father and mother, with Peter Cuddeback and 
 James Ennis went there in 1795. Service in Ulster Co. 
 militia. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 217 
 
 Martin Cuykbndall, | died | Dec. 14, 1843, | ag'd 79 
 y'rs 9 m. I & 26 days. | 
 
 Anna, | wife of | Martin | Cuykendall, | died Feb. 7, | 
 1841, I ag'd 74 y'rs 5 m. | & 29 days. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. A pensioner in 1840, aged 76 years. 
 In 1803 he was a captain in Orange Co., but left there that 
 year. 
 
 WiLHELMUs Cuykendall | Died | Nov. 17, 1843, | Aged 
 89 Yrs. I 
 
 Mary, His Wife | Died | Dec. 2, 1859, | aged 58 Yrs. | 
 Owasco cemetery. The name is Kuykendall in the roll 
 of Pawling's N. Y. Levies, as sergeant in Capt. Abraham 
 Westfall's company, but is not in the census of 1790. He 
 married Miss Gumaer and was the son of Peter, who lived 
 at Deer Park. 
 
 William Dascomb — He was an innkeeper in Skaneate- 
 les in 1803, and in Norwalk, Ct., 1790. His wife, Ruth, died 
 in Skaneateles, May 9, 1823, the stone making her age 53 
 years. He enlisted in Capt. Granger's Co., for the war, 
 March 28, '77, and in Capt. David Parsons' Co. in '81. 
 
 Cornelius D. De Witt, | Died | Feb. 28, 1845, | Aged 
 85 years. | 
 
 Margaret, | His Wife | Died | Jan. 28, 1858, | Aged 
 91 years. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. In Pawling's N. Y. Levies, and in 
 1790 in Rochester, Ulster Co. Many of the people in Dutch 
 Hollow were from that county, or the lower Hudson. 
 
 Elijah Drake, | Departed this life | July 6, 1834; | 
 Aged 78 years, | 8 months & 20 days. | 
 
 Phebe, I Wife of I Elijah Drake, | died Jan. 4, 1844 | 
 Ae. 75 Yrs. 8 Mo. 24 D. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. Name in Col. Pierre Van Cort- 
 landt's 3d Westchester regiment, and in the same county in 
 1790. 
 
218 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Daniel Earll, | died March 27, 1817. | Aged 87 years. | 
 Mottville cemetery. "At the outbreak of the Revolu- 
 tionary war he enlisted and raised a company in Suffolk 
 Co., Mass." says one family sketch, but this note has not 
 been verified, though it may be true. A little later he went 
 to Whitehall, N. Y., where one Daniel Earll died Nov. 25, 
 1838, aged 82. The name is in the 16th regiment of Albany 
 Co. militia. Mr. Earll came to Onondaga Valley in 1810, 
 afterward living near his sons Robert and Abijah, both 
 buried at Mottville. 
 
 Jonas Earll — This pioneer died at Mottville, Oct., 
 1847, aged 96 years. The inscription has been lost from the 
 stone, but his wife's headstone reads : "Experience, | wife 
 of Jonas Earll Esq. | died April 7th | 1832. | in the 75th 
 year | of her age." He married Experience Sprague at 
 Whitehall, N. Y. It is said he was in Nova Scotia in the 
 beginning of the war, and was arrested for piloting an 
 American vessel. There is no further record. He removed 
 to Whitehall, and in 1802 to Onondaga, settling on lot 19 of 
 Marcellus. 
 
 In memory of | Gen. Robert Earll | who departed 
 this I life Nov. 25, 1833. | in his 74th | year. | 
 
 Elizabeth, | consort of | the late Gen. Robert | Earll, | 
 died April 14, 1851, | in her 89 year. | 
 
 Mottville cemetery. Enrolled in 16th Regt., Albany 
 Co. Lived awhile in Whitehall, N. Y., and came thence to 
 Skaneateles, 1794-5, settling on lot 27, and being the first 
 tanner and shoemaker in the town. He married Elizabeth 
 Hodge and had six sons. The family came early from Wales 
 to Nova Scotia, then to New England and Whitehall. It is 
 said he raised a company for defense of Machias, Maine, 
 and to go against Nova Scotia in '79. 
 
 Simeon Edwards | died | July 16th, 1830, | Ae. 75. 
 The memory of the Just is Blessed. | Also, | 
 
 Lydia Edwards, | died | Aug. 4th, 1834, | Ae. 75, | 
 
 Teach me O, Parent, from on high, | 
 
 Like her to live, like her to die. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 219 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. In Capt. Oliver Lyman's Co., 
 Northampton, Mass., and perhaps in others. He came from 
 Northampton, with his family in 1809, returned there, and 
 then came back to Skaneateles again in 1816, his wife and 
 daughter Clarissa bringing a church letter. His funeral 
 was the first in the new brick (Pres.) church in Skaneate- 
 les. He was baptized Nov. 17, 1754, and married Lydia 
 Edwards Nov. 25, 1784. 
 
 Solomon | Edwards | died Aug. 23, | 1834, | in his 
 82d year. | 
 
 Catharine, | wife of | Solomon | Edwards | died Jan. 
 22, I 1833, I in her 81st year. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. He was born at Northampton, 
 Mass., July 19, 1753, being a brother of Thaddeus, and mar- 
 ried Catharine Clark. He was enrolled in Capt. Oliver 
 Lyman's Co., Northampton, in '77. The census of 1790 
 places him near by, in Easthampton. In speaking of the 
 first church in Skaneateles, Mr. Leslie said: "Solomon 
 Edwards and family came to Skaneateles the last of Febru- 
 ary, 1809, and thought they were exceedingly fortunate to 
 be here at the dedication, as that was a notable event." He 
 bought the farm on the east lake road, known by his name. 
 
 Thaddeus Edwards, | Born at Northampton, | Mass, 
 Aug. 4th, 1763, I died April 3d | 1832, | Aged 69 years. | 
 
 Electa, | wife of | Thaddeus Edwards, | bom at Wil- 
 liamstown. Mass, | Jan. 19, 1767, | died | April 25, 1841, | 
 ag'd 74 y'rs. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. His name is in Col. Sears' 
 Hampshire Co. regiment, Mass., and also in the 2d regiment 
 of that county. Th first enhstment was Aug. 10, '81, and 
 the company was discharged Nov. 20, after a march to 
 Albany. The second was at Northampton, '82. He marri|d 
 Electa Symons. 
 
 In I memory of | Nathaniel Eells, | who died | Jan. 
 7, 1815, I aged 66 years, | 3 months & 18 days. | 
 
 Also of I Huldah, his Wife, | who died Aug. 2, 1830. | 
 aged 78 years, | 5 months & 11 days. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. Served in 3d Scituate company, 
 Mass. He was born in Middletown, (now Cromwell,) Ct., 
 
220 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Sept. 11, 1748, and married Huldah White, Feb. 22, '76, who 
 was born Feb. 10, 1751. He was in the battle of Bunker 
 Hill with his brother Daniel. An erroneous account made 
 him born in Scituate, 1746, married to Sarah Woodward, '81, 
 and to Elizabeth Randall in '92. He was an early and 
 prominent citizen of Skaneateles, 
 
 Daniel Ennis, | Died | Dec. 24, 1838, | Aged 94 Years 
 & I 24 Days. | 
 
 Eleanor, | Wife of | Daniel Ennes; | Died | Feb. 14, 
 1837, I Aged 91 Years, | 1 Month & | 7 Days. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. He was born in Sussex Co., N. J. 
 and served as ensign in the company of his brother-in-law, 
 Capt. John Westbrook, 3d Battalion, N. J. He married 
 Eleanor Hombeck. 
 
 James Ennis — This pioneer married Hannah De Witt, 
 and came to Skaneateles with the Cuddebacks, living first 
 south of the village and then keeping a tavern. His name 
 — sometimes written Jacobus Annis — is found in Col. 
 Hardenburgh's regiment, and in the 4th regiment of Ulster 
 Co. 
 
 Reuben Farnham — This pensioner was 71 in 1820, and 
 a mason by trade. He had property valued at $106, but it 
 was not to be desired. He had "one mare, ring-boned, $10 ; 
 one old cow, hipped, $5 ; one small calf, $1.50 ;" etc. Besides, 
 he owed $145.81. He served for one year in '76, in Capt. 
 Thomas Grosvenor's Co., Col. John Durkee's 20th Conn, 
 regiment. Onondaga's Centennial says his son Amasa came 
 from Vermont in 1790, with Col. Bigelow Lawrence, and 
 that "Reuben, with the remainder of the family, consisting 
 of wife, six sons and three daughters, came a few years 
 later, and settled in what is now known as Skaneateles, a 
 part of the original town of Marcellus. Reuben was born in 
 Connecticut." He died in 1826, and his wife was Lydia 
 Moulton. 
 
 Zaccheus Granger — This pioneer was born in 1734, in 
 Westfield, Mass., and died in Skaneateles about 1812, being 
 buried on the farm of John Burroughs, who had married 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 221 
 
 his daughter Mary. The probable soldier, however, was his 
 son Zaccheus, born in Sheffield, Mass., Oct. 27, 1760, who 
 also lived in Skaneateles, but went west. The name is not in 
 Mass. rolls, but appears in Col. Seth Warner's regiment, as 
 enlisting from Hartland, Ct., for the war, Aug. 5, '79. It 
 was easy to enlist in this popular regiment, which was filled 
 up from many sources. He was taken prisoner at Fort 
 George, and exchanged before Jan. 1, 1783. The name was 
 not in the census of 1790, but Zachariah Granger was then 
 at Whitehall, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas Greves, | Died Oct. 1802 ; | aged 56 years. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Enrolled in 5th regiment, 
 Dutchess Co. His son Thomas was living in Skaneateles at 
 the time of his death, and was also buried there. 
 
 Jacob Gumaer — This Skaneateles pioneer was enrolled 
 in the 2d Ulster Co. regiment, and was in Mamakating in 
 that county, in 1790. He lived west of the lake, and was the 
 first of the name in the town. 
 
 Barnabas Hall — This pioneer, mentioned by J. D. 
 Barrow, served under Capt. Micah Chapman, in two alarms 
 in '78. In 1790 he lived in Yarmouth, Mass., and had several 
 daughters, one of whom married Ira Barber, son of another 
 Revolutionary soldier in Skaneateles. Mr. Hall owned the 
 Mile Point, coming there before 1805. 
 
 In Remembrance of | Asa Hatch | Who died Jan. 4th 
 1813 I Aged 71 Years. | 
 
 Also of his wife | Lucy Hatch | Who died Jan. 30t^ 
 1813 I Aged 66 Years. | 
 
 Blessed are they who die in the Lord, | for they 
 have assurance of being transferred | from a 
 world of sin and sorrow to that of | peace and 
 happiness. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. On his daughter's headstone he 
 is called captain, and was at Bennington. The name is in 
 Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co., '80; Capt. Timothy Bush's 
 
222 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Co., '80, and Capt. Isaac Tichenor's, '81. The latter service 
 may be that of his son Asa, who rests in the same cemetery. 
 Four were enrolled in Mass., but in 1790 the name was re- 
 corded only in Shaftsbury, Vt. They formed a pioneer 
 family from that place. 
 
 Phineas Keith — This pioneer was in Skaneateles in 
 1803, and in Pittstown, Albany Co., in 1790. He served in 
 Capt. Taft's Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's 3d Worcester regiment, 
 Mass., for 14 days in the R. I. alarm, '80. 
 
 Moses Legg J Died | April 12, 1815, | Ae. 63 y'rs. | 
 
 Mary his Wife | Died | May 3, 1849. | Ae. 92 y'rs. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. In Col. Joseph Reed's regiment, 
 
 Mass., in '75. He came from Mendon with his wife Mary, 
 
 but is not in the Mass. census of 1790. 
 
 Nathan Leonard Esqr. | died Oct. 13th, 1813, | in the 
 71st year | of his age. | 
 
 What tho' in solemn silence I, | 
 Within this tomb awhile must lie, | 
 Yet hark the trumpets joyful sound | 
 Arise ye just to judgment come. | 
 
 Amittai, I wife of | Nathan | Leonard, | died Oct. 26, | 
 1840, I ag'd 92 y'rs, & | 3 mo's. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead which | die in the Lord. — ^Rev. 
 14 Ch. 13 V. I • 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. He was born at Hardwick, 
 Mass., Sept. 25, 1743, and married Amittai Cutler of Lex- 
 ington, Nov. 26, '66, who was born July 15, 1748. He was 
 a captain of militia, marched on Lexington alarm, and also 
 served as captain, "78, in Col. Nathan Wade's regiment. In 
 '77 he went to Shaftsbury, and thence to Skaneateles in Feb., 
 1797. He served in Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's Co. while in 
 Shaftsbury. Leslie says : "Nathan Leonard was the original 
 settler on the Joab Clift farm. The Leonards came from 
 Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1795. Nathan Leonard brought with 
 
 him from Vermont eight children He built the present 
 
 Joab Clift house in 1798, which was originally occupied as a 
 public inn. The old signboard of this inn has been preserved 
 by the family and is now in the attic. It reads as follows : 
 'Nathan Leonard's Inn.' " 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 223 
 
 RiCHAKD Lord — This veteran was born in Lyme, Ct., 
 Jan. 14, 1765, and married Deborah Jewett, his second 
 cousin, born Aug. 24, 1769. He was a saddler and moved to 
 Skaneateles, where his wife died March 15, 1838. He died 
 in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1844, and was an original member 
 of the Presbyterian church at Onondaga Valley. He enlisted 
 for the war from Lyme, Dec. 12, '79, in Col. Zebulon Butler's 
 regiment, and was in New London, Ct, in 1790. 
 
 In I memory of | John | Moppet | who died Sept. | 6, 
 1830 ; aged | 76 years, 4 | months & | 28 days. | 
 
 Margret, I wife of | John MofFet, | died Feb. 7, 1829, | 
 aged 67 years | 10 months | & 1 day. | 
 
 Benson Street cemetery. Enrolled in 4th Orange Co. 
 regiment, and in 1790 at New Cornwall in that county. 
 
 Charles Pardee, | died Dec. 21, 1835, | Ae. 75 y'rs, 5 
 m's, I & 21 days. | 
 
 Rebeccah, I wife of Charles | Pardee, | died Sept. 27, | 
 1829, I Ae. 70 y'rs. 6 m's. | & 9 days. | 
 
 In Lake View cemetery. Leslie said : "Charles Pardee 
 was born in Norfolk, Litchfield Co., Conn., in 1760. He had 
 ten children, of whom six lived to become adults. He emi- 
 grated to this town Sept. 27, 1804, with his family 
 
 Charles Pardee died in the year 1836, at the age of 76 years. 
 He had been a soldier of the Revolutionary war, was 
 wounded in his arm, and received a pension of $96 a year." 
 Charles Pardy was recorded in the census of 1790 at Litch- 
 field, Ct. He was the father of Amos Pardee. In his will, 
 made March 19, 1834, and proved Feb. 24, Patty is called his 
 wife. This must be another of the name. 
 
 JARED I Patchen Esq. ] Died May 11, | 1826: | in the 
 76 year | of his age. | 
 
 MARY, I Wife of I Jared | Patchen, | Died July 27,a| 
 1832, I in the 63 year | of her age. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. He was ensign in Capt. Richard 
 Shute's Co., Col. Bardsley's Ct. Regt., '79, and was in 
 Ballston, N. Y., in 1790. He was a farmer, living on the 
 east side of Skaneateles lake, and in his house his mother-in- 
 law lived in 1811. She was Phebe How, widow of Capt. John 
 Stevens, a Revolutionary soldier. Mrs. Patchen was born 
 Oct. 19, 1769. 
 
224 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL. ASSOCIATION 
 
 Silas Pease — This early resident was born in Sufiield, 
 Ct., about 1760, and died in New York state about 1834, over 
 70 years old. The family history says he served through the 
 war, was a pensioner, and lost money. "He is said to have 
 lived some time at Skaneateles," and was married at Never- 
 sink, N. Y. He enlisted for the war, Dec. 4, '77, in Capt. 
 Allen's Co., Conn. Line, and was a corporal but afterward 
 reduced. He served under LaFayette. 
 
 In I Memory of | Capt. Samuel | Rhoades, | Who died 
 March | 18th 1823 : | Aged 86 | Years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Mrs. Sarah. | Wife of Capt. | Samuel 
 Rhoades, | Who died | Dec. 24th 1809 : | Aged 70 Years. | 
 
 In Lake View cemetery. "Samuel Rhoades, Jr., was 
 born in 1737. He was a mason by trade, and was a captain 
 under George III. before the Revolutionary War, and also 
 under the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary 
 War. He died in Skaneateles, at the home of Capt. Samuel 
 Rhoades, his son, March 18, 1823, aged 86 years. His wife, 
 Sarah Frotheringham, was bom in 1740, and died in 1809." 
 The name is in Col. Benjamin Haw's Regt. in '78-9, and in 
 Capt. A. Parker's Co. in '80. In 1790 it was recorded in 
 Pelham, Mass. 
 
 Isaac Selover — This pioneer was in Skaneateles in 
 1801, Where he left descendants. He built the first church 
 there, and served in Dubois' N. Y. Levies. 
 
 Elijah Seymour — This pioneer came to New Hartford, 
 N. Y., in 1791, and thence to Skaneateles, where he died in 
 1806. He married Mary Marsh, July 3, 1777, who was born 
 in New Hartford, Ct., July 22, 1754, and died June 19, 1839, 
 aged 84 years, 10 months and 27 days. She lived with a son 
 and with a daughter (Mrs. Edwards) east side of Skaneate- 
 les lake, one mile south of village. He was a sergeant in 
 Capt. Sedgwick's Co., '76, and also in the 3d Conn. Line, 
 Aug. 15-Dec. 11, '80. In 1790 the name was in Wethersfield, 
 Ct., only. He was born in West Hartford, Ct., Aug. 6, 1744, 
 and married Asenath Hurlbut in New Hartford, in Jan., '67. 
 She was born July 19, 1742. "Removed to Whitesboro, N. Y. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 225 
 
 She died 1768. Mr. S. was a saddler. He married again and 
 died in Skaneateles, N. Y. 22 July, 1806. He was an officer 
 in the Light Dragoons of the Revolutionary army." — 
 Hurlburt Gen. 
 
 Simeon Skeels — This pensioner was 61 in 1820, his 
 wife 50, and his son 16 years old. He was a farmer on the 
 east side of Skaneateles lake, had property worth $19.81, 
 and owed $25. He served in Capt. Nathaniel Tuttle's Co., 
 Col. Charles Webb's Regt., Conn. Line. Luman Skeels was 
 his administrator, June 28, 1823. 
 
 Isaac Staples — This pensioner said he was 56 in 1820, 
 and a sufferer from rheumatism. Esther, his wife, cared for 
 him, and his son Warren was 15, and his daughter Eveline 
 was 13 years old. He served in Capt. Joseph Kellin's Co., 
 Col. Vose's 1st Mass. regiment, and was in Mendon, Mass., 
 in 1790. In 1840 he still lived in Skaneateles, at the age of 
 75. 
 
 In I memory | of Abraham | Stryker, | Died March | 
 25th, 1816, I in his | 82 year of | his age. | 
 
 In I memory | of | Gitty, wife of | Abraham Stryker, | 
 Died August | 10th 1819, | In the 69 year | of her age. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. Willett's N. Y. Levies. No record 
 in 1790. 
 
 Peter | Tallman, | Died | Nov. 17, 1826, | aged 67 
 years | & 25 days. | 
 
 Margaret, | Wife of | Peter Tallman | Died | Nov. 20, 
 1838, I aged 76 years | 5 months & 3 days- | 
 
 In the same cemetery. Enrolled in the 2d Regt. o^ 
 Orange Co., N. Y. In 1790 the name was recorded at 
 Pawling and Haverstraw, N. Y. One of these may have 
 been Peter Tallman of CoUamer, who died Sept. 15, 1844, 
 aged 89, making it uncertain which was the soldier. 
 
 Isaac Trowbridge — This veteran was born in Oxford, 
 Ct., 1758, and died in Brutus, N. Y., July 10, 1822. He mar- 
 
226 
 
 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 ried Rachel Hodges in Pennsylvania about 1795, and she 
 died at Mottville, N. Y., about 1804. He enlisted in Milton, 
 Ct., Feb. 22, '76, in the 6th Co., Capt. Luther Stoddard, Col. 
 Burrall's Battalion, went to Quebec and afterward to Ticon- 
 deroga, and was discharged Jan. 19, 1777. He enlisted for 
 the war in Col. Samuel Brewer's regiment, serving as cor- 
 poral, and was discharged at Newburg, N. Y., June 3, 1783. 
 He afterward lived in Pennsylvania, then in Skaneateles, 
 and then in Brutus. 
 
 Resolvikt Van Houtten, | died March 16th, | 1831, | 
 in the 82 year | of his age. | 
 
 Mary Van Houtten, | died Nov. 8th, | 1830, | in the 
 79 year | of her age. | 
 
 In Owasco cemetery. Resolved T. was a lieutenant in 
 the 2d Orange Co., and Resolved R. was a lieutenant in the 
 2d Orange Co. Land Bounty Rights regiment. In 1790 there 
 were three Resolved Van Houttens at Haverstraw, N. Y. 
 
 Sacred | to the Memory of | W. I. Vkedenburgh. | who 
 departed this life | May 9, 1813. | Aged 53 | Years. | 
 Life's uncertain. | Death is sure. | 
 Sin's the wound. | Christ the cure. | 
 
 Mary Vredenburgh, | Widow of | W. I. Vredenburgh, | 
 Passed from Earth to the higher life | In 1842, | Aged 82 
 Years. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. The name appears in the West- 
 chester Co. regiment and in the N. Y. Line. In one family 
 sketch his name is William John Vredenburgh. According 
 to Mr. Leslie this early and prominent settler was born in 
 New York city, April 18, 1757, and was brought up as a 
 merchant and shipper. "In person. Colonel Vredenburg was 
 in height about six feet, had a handsome and commanding 
 face, and was a fine specimen of the perfect gentleman. He 
 had been colonel in the army, and ever afterward retained 
 that title." In the N. Y. rolls he appears only as a private, 
 his military titles coming later. After the war he bought 
 and sold soldiers' claims, making his first visit to Skaneate- 
 les in 1799, and bringing his wife and six children to reside 
 there in 1803. He was, at one time, a judge of the County 
 Court, and in 1805-6 a member of the Assembly. In New 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 227 
 
 York city he was lieutenant in 1786, 2d major in '96, 1st 
 major in '97, and lieut. col. of 5th regiment in 1802. Agree- 
 ing with the stone a family record says he was born April 
 18, 1760, and died May 9, 1813, but says he married Eliza- 
 beth Townsend, born 1763, died '98. She was his first wife, 
 and from her the Burnett family and others of Skaneateles 
 are descended. 
 
 Thomas Wait | Died | May 2d, 1826, I Aged 73 years 
 & 1 Mo. I 
 
 Mottville cemetery. Sergeant at Bennington, Vt., in 
 Capt. Barney's Co., '81. Four entries are in the Mass. rolls. 
 In 1790 one was recorded in Granville, Washington Co., 
 N. Y., and one in Mass. He was probably the former. John 
 Reynolds, his son-in-law, became administrator, Nov. 4, 
 1826. 
 
 In I memory of | John Walsh, | who died | Jan. 28, 
 1826, I aged 87 years. | 
 
 Cemetery on Benson Street, five miles south of Skane- 
 ateles village. The broken stone lies on the ground. In 1820 
 this pensioner said he was 81 years old, had no property, was 
 blind, and depended on the charity of his friends. At a later 
 day these even provided a headstone. In '75, he said, he 
 enlisted in Capt. Wm. Scott's Co., Col. Paul Dudley Loyrant's 
 regiment, serving as a private for six months. In the spring 
 of '76 he again enlisted for six months in Capt. John Vader's 
 Co., Col. Van Schaick's regiment, and helped make roads 
 from Albany to Lake George. In the fall he again enlisted, 
 this time for the war, in the same regiment, but in Capt. 
 John Copp's Co., and afterward in that of Capt. Charles 
 Parsons, till his discharge in 1783. Part of the time he was 
 a sergeant. In 1790 he was in Thetf ord, Vt. 
 
 # 
 
 William Webber — In 1820 this pensioner was a com- 
 mon laborer, and his wife and son lived with him. He was 
 both religious and musical, his entire property consisting of 
 a Bible and psalm book, the total value being 70 cents. March 
 1, '81, he enlisted in Capt. Pray's Co., of the 1st Regt. in the 
 Mass. Line, and served till June, '83. He owed $35.50, and 
 in 1840 was living in Skaneateles, at the age of 77 years. 
 
228 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 David Welch — This veteran is said to have come to 
 Skaneateles in 1798 from Fort Ann, N. Y,, but his age is 
 not on record. He was one of Col. Ethan Allen's Green 
 Mountain Boys, and settled on lot 73, north of Mandana. 
 Mr. Leslie said: "He was a private in the Revolutionary 
 War, and was at the battle of Bennington, where he was 
 wounded in the shoulder." In 1790 the name was recorded 
 at Stillwater and Westfield, Washington Co., N. Y. 
 
 John West | Soldier | Of the Revolution | Died | Dec. 
 
 20, 1833 I Aged 77 Yrs. | 
 
 Louis, | His Wife | Died | Dec. 31, 1822, | Aged 66 
 
 Years. | 
 
 Farewell dear Father and Mother thou art gone before, | 
 May thy blessed spirit greet us on the blissful shore. | 
 There are two stones for this veteran in the Shepard 
 
 Settlement cemetery, the older and simpler being like that of 
 
 his wife. Many of this name were enrolled. 
 
 JONATHAN I Weston, | departed this | life March 31st | 
 1828 ; aged 74 | years, 11 Months | & 12 days. | 
 With in this tomb by death overcome, | 
 
 A tender parent rests. | 
 With love sincere his children dear | 
 
 He frequently caress'd. | 
 A master's part with generous heart | 
 
 It's known he acted well. | 
 May those he's left of him bereft | 
 His virtuous ways excell. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. The family tradition is that he 
 was at Lexington and Bunker Hill, but a proposed identifi- 
 cation does not fit. That soldier was born in 1731, and seems 
 the father of this one, but serving in the same regiment. 
 Both the older and the younger were from Reading, Mass., 
 and marched under Col. Green, April 19, '75. The son was 
 then 18, and served in the same company later in the year. 
 The name occurs five times in Mass. rolls and he was 
 probably the Jonathan Weston of Whitestown, N. Y., in 
 1790. He was the first settler within the present limits of 
 Skaneateles village. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 229 
 
 Jabez Wilder, | Died | Jan, 4, 1813, | aged 76 yrs. | 9 
 mo. I 
 
 Martha, | his wife | Died | May 21, 1827, ] aged 82 yrs, 
 9 mo. I 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. The name occurs in Mass. rolls, 
 in March, '76, in Capt. Pyram Cushing's Co., Col. Lovell's 
 regiment; lieutenant under Col. Lothrop of Hull in '78 ; com- 
 missioned as captain in Col. David Cushing's regiment, 
 March 10, '79. In 1790 in Hingham, Mass. 
 
 John Wilkinson, 1758-1802. | Elizabeth Wilkinson, 
 1764-1848. I 
 
 This pioneer and soldier was first buried in a family 
 cemetery on his farm, IV^ miles east of Skaneateles village, 
 but was afterward removed to Lake View cemetery. He was 
 born Nov. 13, 1758, in what is now Providence, R. I., and 
 enlisted in '76, spending nine months in the Jersey prison- 
 shop, and when exchanged was much broken in health. In 
 December, 1782, he married Elizabeth Tower, lived for some 
 years in Cumberland, R. I., and moved to Troy, N. Y., in 
 1790. In February, 1799, he emigrated to Skaneateles, tak- 
 ing his family on an ox-sled. There he settled on a farm 
 over a mile east of the lake, but in less than three years he 
 died from injuries received while building a barn. His son, 
 John, who named Syracuse, was born in Troy, "Sept. 30, 1798, 
 and became a prominent and useful man. 
 
 There follow some of Revolutionary age and with records, 
 who are not clearly identified. 
 
 Mr. I Abijah Baker | died April 16, | 1815, aged 54 | 
 
 years. | - 
 
 Owasco cemetery. Two of this name were enrolled iif 
 Mass., one being in Capt. Asa Fairbank's Co., Wrentham, 
 in '77, and two were there in 1790. Probable. 
 
 Samuel Beebee, | who died Nov. 13, | 1812. | in the 56 
 year of his age. | 
 
 Why should we mourn depart- | ing friends. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Several in Mass. rolls. Probable. 
 
230 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Samuel Bevier, | who departed this | 
 life July I 20, 1831 ; | aged 63 years | 9 months & | 23 days, j 
 
 In I memory of | Elizabeth, | consort of | Samuel 
 Bevier, | who died June 10, 1828 ; | aged 57 years | 7 months 
 & I 22 days. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. He was young for service but the 
 name is in Col. John Hardenburgh's 4th Ulster regiment. In 
 1790 he was in New Paltz, N. Y., and in '96 he was quarter- 
 master in N. Y. militia. Probable. Col. Hardenburgh was 
 the founder of Auburn, for awhile called after him. 
 
 John Briggs | born | Sept. 9, 1757. | died | June 25, 
 1839. I 
 
 God my Redeemer lives, | 
 
 And often from the skies | 
 Looks down & watches o'er my dust, | 
 Till he shall bid it rise. | 
 In I Memory of | Polly, | wife of | John Briggs Esq. | 
 who died May 25, 1802. | In the | 44 Year of her Age. | 
 
 ROXA, I Wife of I John Briggs, Esq. born at Goshen, 
 Conn. I Nov. 17, 1764, | died July 3d 1841. | 
 
 For I know that my Redeemer | liveth & shall stand 
 at the latter | day upon the earth. Job 19.25. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. In most State rolls. Early set- 
 tler and probably a soldier. His wife's was the first inter- 
 ment in this cemetery. 
 
 John Burroughs, | Died | May 22, 1833, | Aged | 76 
 Years. | 
 
 Rest worthy sire thy race is run, | 
 Thy toil is o'er thy work is done, j 
 Thy God propitious sits above, | 
 To bless thee with a saviors love. | 
 Mary Burroughs | Died | Oct. 26, 1830, | Aged | 68 
 years, 5 months & 20 days. | 
 
 She calmly laid her dying head, | 
 
 On the Redeemer's breast, | 
 He gently called her soul away, | 
 
 And laid her to her rest. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 231 
 
 Shepard Settlement. The name occurs in Capt. Wether- 
 bee's Co., N. H., and in Col. James Clinton's Regt., N. Y. 
 Line; also in Mass. rolls. Probable. His wife was the 
 daughter of Zaccheus Granger, and was born May 2, 1762, 
 according to family history. 
 
 Benjamin Bush, | Died | Oct. 11, 1830, | Aged 85 Years 
 I and 5 Months. | 
 
 His standard justice; | truth his leading star; | 
 Honour his reins ; | humanity his care. | 
 Shepard Settlement. The name is in the 13th Regt. of 
 Albany Co., and also in Capt. Beacon's Co. of Minute Men, 
 April, '75, and in the rolls of '76, '77 and '80. Three were in 
 Mass. in 1790. Probable. 
 
 Peter Decker, | Died ] May 31, 1833, | Aged 66 Years, | 
 4 Months & I 23 Days. | 
 
 Owasco cemetery. The name appears in the 4th regi- 
 ments of both Orange and Ulster counties, and also in the 
 militia of Somerset, N. J., but he was young for service. 
 
 David Hall, | Died Sept. 6, 1816. | Aged 72 years. | 
 Molly Hall, | Died Oct. 8, 1839. | Aged 94 years. | 
 Skaneateles cemetery. He came from Salem, Mass., 
 
 where he married Mary Petty. The name is frequent in 
 
 Mass. rolls. 
 
 Asa Hatch | Died | July 9, 1844. ] In the 78 year | of 
 his age. | 
 
 Abigail | Wife of | Asa Hatch | Died | March 28, 1849, | 
 
 Ae. 88 Yrs. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. He may have served in a Vejk 
 mont company in '81, and reference is made to his father s 
 record. Both were pioneers in this town. 
 
 Sacred to the | memory of | Daniel Ludlow, Esq., | of 
 the City of N. Y., | Born Aug. 2, 1750. | Died Sept. 26, 1814. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. The name is in the 1st regiment 
 of the N. Y. Line. He came to Skaneateles in 1810, and had 
 
232 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 once been a merchant in New York. Probable. His son 
 Daniel, of New York city, was administrator, July 12, 1823. 
 
 Benjamin Nye | Died 1830, | Aged 66 years. | 
 Nancy, | Wife of | Benjamin Nye, | Died 1833, | Aged 
 61 Years. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Benjamin Nye, Jr., was in Capt. 
 Simon Fish's Co., Mass., and may have been this pioneer, 
 who came from Lee, Mass., in 1788, and made the first bricks 
 in Skaneateles. To save his time and make a final payment 
 on their land, his wife went alone to Utica and brought back 
 the required money. His wife, Nancy, was one of the execu- 
 tors of his will, proved Oct. 4, 1830. He died Sept. 14th. 
 
 In memory of | Oliver Peck, | who died | Oct. 9th, 
 1829, I in the 70th year | of his age. | 
 
 Susanna | Wife of | Oliver Peck, | Died | Sept. 29, 
 1854, I in the 83. year. | of her age. | 
 
 Peck family cemetery, Octagon schoolhouse. Name in 
 Mass. Minute Men, '75-77. In 1790 recorded in New Eng- 
 land. One enrolled in N. Y. was an older man. 
 
 Joseph Rhoades, | Died | July 8, 1842, | Aged 78. | The 
 Lord is the portion of mine inheritance. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Name in 2d and 5th N. Y. Line. 
 In 1790 in New Marlboro, Ulster Co. and also in New Eng- 
 land, whence the family came. 
 
 Dea. Joseph Root | Died | Aug. 7, 1813, 1 Ag'd 63 Y'rs | 
 & 11 M's. I 
 
 In the same cemetery. His wife was Tryphena Root, 
 as appears from the tombstones of their children. He came 
 from Westfield, Hampshire Co., Mass., but the name is in 
 the Short Term Levies from Woodbury, Ct., and in 1790 only 
 in Waterbury and Somers, Ct. 
 
 Joseph Stevens | Died | Feb. 22, 1836, | Aged | 87 
 years. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 233 
 
 Abigail, | Wife of | Joseph Stevens | Died | Oct. 31, 
 1831, I Aged 70 years. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Fifteen of the name were en- 
 rolled in Mass., and it was in the 13th Albany and 4th 
 Orange Co. regiment. Probable. 
 
 In I Memory of | John Ten Eyck. Esqr | Late of the 
 City of New York | Who departed this life, | the 5th day of 
 March, j A. D. 1817. | Aged 53 Years & 7 months. | 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. His name appears several times 
 in N. Y. rolls. He was an early postmaster and justice of 
 the peace, and lived on the site of St. James' church. 
 
 Ephraim Thomas, | died | Jan. 1, 1833; | aged 89 yrs. | 
 Martha, | his wife ] died | Sept. 20, 1823. | aged 1 74 
 y'rs. I 
 
 Skaneateles cemetery. Four enrolled in Mass., and the 
 name is in Thomas's Levies and the 2d regiment of Ulster 
 Co., N. Y. Probable. In 1790 it was recorded only in Wood- 
 bridge, Ct. 
 
 Samuel Whipple — This pioneer was born at Hardwick, 
 Mass., Dec. 7, 1751, married March 30, '75, Sarah, sister of 
 Nathan Leonard, and came to Skaneateles about the same 
 time. She was born Sept. 8, 1751. He may have been the 
 one who served from Grafton, Mass., in Lexington alarm, 
 in Capt. Kimball's Co., Col. Artemas Ward's regiment. Mrs. 
 Sarah (Whipple) Tower, mother of Mrs. Wilkinson, may 
 have been his sister. She died in Skaneateles, July 31, 1825, 
 aged 81 years, 11 months and 4 days. 
 
 TOWN OF SPAFFORD. 
 
 Stephen Albro — This pensioner said he was 59 in 
 1820; his wife was of the same age, and his daughter Maria 
 was 18. She was Mrs. Maria Hinman, of Spafford, when he 
 lived with her 20 years later, but he thought he was then 81. 
 In 1820 he thought he was worth $67.38, if he valued his cat 
 
234 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL, ASSOCIATION 
 
 at six cents, but he owed $100. He was a farmer, infirm 
 through wounds but lived to old age. His wife's headstone, 
 in the Borodino cemetery, reads thus: "Freelove, | wife 
 of I Stephen Albro, | died Jan. 23, 1838; | aged 75 years." 
 No stone marks his grave. He served in Capt. Peckham's 
 Co., Col. Jeremiah Olney's regiment, of Rhode Island. In 
 1790 he was in South Kingston, R. I., but he was born in 
 Narragansett, where he was baptized in 1759. 
 
 Blood — A Revolutionary soldier of this name 
 
 is said to lie in the Cold Brook cemetery, and perhaps may 
 be Asa Blood of Preble, a pensioner aged 76 in 1840, prob- 
 ably from New Hampshire. One there enlisted for three 
 years for the town of Mason in '81, but others were in 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 Allen Breed — Capt. George K. Collins says that Allen 
 Breed was born in Marblehead, Mass., July 14, 1759, and 
 died in Spafford April 2, 1842. He was buried in Spafford 
 cemetery but has no stone. This pensioner, aged 81 in 1840, 
 then lived with Rufus Breed. He was in Capt. Thomas 
 Heald's Co., New Ipswich, N. H., in '75, and marched on the 
 Lexington alarm. He was also in Capt. Joseph Palmer's Co., 
 July 18, '76, and in the N. H. Line from New Ipswich in '80, 
 when he was 21 years old. Mr. Collins said he was advanced 
 from private to lieutenant. The name was recorded in 1790 
 at Hillsborough and Cheshire, N. H. His wife was Lucy 
 Taylor, whom he married in '81. She was born in 1762 and 
 died in Mayfield, N. Y., March 23, 1825. He became a pen- 
 sioner in 1833. 
 
 In Memory of | THOMPSON | BURDICK, | who died Oct. 
 5th I 1830 Aged 77 | Years. | 
 
 For the great day | of his wrath cometh | and who 
 shall be able to stand. | 
 
 In Memory of | Tabothy the wife of Thompson Bur- ] 
 dick, who Died | Dec. 4, 1827, aged 71 Years | 8 Ms. & 11 | 
 Days. I 
 
 Spafford cemetery. Capt. Collins' valuable inscriptions 
 were not always literal, and the local cemeteries were again 
 visited for exact transcripts. When Mr. Burdick applied for 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 235 
 
 a pension in 1820, he said he was 68, but he proved too 
 wealthy to obtain one. He tried again in 1822, and with bet- 
 ter success in 1823. In 1820 he was worth $237.68, his 30 
 acres of land being valued at $5 per acre, but he owed 
 $191.11. In 1822 the land went on a judgment, and he had 
 $35.55 to his credit. In 1823 he had but $23.81, and received 
 a pension. In 1820 his wife, Tabitha, was 64, "very fleshy, 
 troubled with asthma, and not able to cook a meal of 
 victuals." He had also a daughter, Sophia, and two grand- 
 children, Avery and Arrilla. Mrs. Burdick could also "spin 
 a little now and then on a small wheel." At the very opening 
 of the war in '75, Mr. Burdick enlisted in Westerly, R. I., 
 in Col. Vamum's regiment, R. I. Line, for 8 months. In 
 Feb., '76, he enlisted for a year in Capt. Elijah Lewis's Co., 
 of the same regiment, and was discharged Jan. 1, '77, at 
 Crosswicks, Pa. In the battle of White Plains a musket ball 
 pierced his knee. In 1790 he was in New London Co., Ct., 
 married Tabitha Wilcox of Stonington, and went to Brook- 
 field, N. Y., in 1796. Thence he went to Scott in 1802, and 
 to lot 41 of TuUy in 1819. Capt. Collins says that after his 
 discharge he "served on different tours of duty as part of 
 the militia of his native state, among which was one made in 
 an endeavor to drive the British from Newport, R. I. On 
 this latter occasion he came near losing his life from drown- 
 ing, off Point Judith, R. I., by the capsizing of barges used 
 in carrying soldiers in that expedition; sixteen in all were 
 thrown into the water, of whom only eight were saved; 
 among the latter was Thompson Burdick." He was born in 
 Hopkinton, R. I. 
 
 James Churchell, | Died | March 8, 1821, | aged 60 
 years, | 4 months, 23 days. | 
 
 Hannah, | wife of | James Churchell | Died June 17, 
 1843, I aged 72 years, | 5 Mo. & 24 D's. | 
 
 We leave you here till Christ shall come | ^ 
 
 The sleep of death to break | 
 Then may'st thou leave this silent tomb | 
 And in his likeness wake. | 
 Spafford cemetery. He came from Rensselaer Co., but 
 in 1790 was recorded in Greenburg, Westchester Co. He 
 served in Dubois' N. Y. Levies, and settled on lots 1 and 2 of 
 TuUy in 1816. These are now in Spafford. His wife was 
 Hannah Dobbs. 
 
236 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | John Churchell | who departed | this 
 life I Sept. 27th 1817 ; | aged 59 years, | 6 months, | & 15 
 days I 
 
 Maetha I Wife of | John Churchill | Died | Feb. 13, 
 1839, I Aged 63 y'rs. | 
 
 Cold Brook or South Spafford cemetery. According to 
 the history of the Churchill family he was born in Sheffield, 
 Mass., March 12, 1758, removing to Hubbardstown, Vt., '75, 
 and being in the battle there July 7, '77. He was taken 
 prisoner and kept at Ticonderoga, but released after Bur- 
 goyne's surrender. It is said he probably served under Capt. 
 Roger Alden, Lebanon, Ct., for one year in '81, and removed 
 to Tully in 1805. The date of his marriage to Martha 
 Baldwin is not given. 
 
 Solomon Cleveland — This pioneer was born in Farm- 
 ington, Ct., Sept. 17, 1756, and died in Spafford Hollow, 
 Sept. 27, 1836. In Bennington, Vt., he married Esther 
 Knight, of Norwich, Ct., born Sept., 1760, She died in Spaf- 
 ford, March 21, 1836. The family history says : "Solomon 
 Cleveland enlisted Mar. 1, 1776, in Capt. Samuel Sloan's Co., 
 Col. John Patterson's Reg." A certificate of this was sworn 
 to in Bennington, Sept. 28, 1819, but this differs from the 
 Mass. rolls. He also served in Capt. Lemuel Hyde's Co., 
 Bennington, in '81. He bought land there Feb. 27, 1786, 
 and was still there in 1790. 
 
 Elias Davis, born 1763, died June 18, 1851, aged 88 
 years. (Collins.) 
 
 Freelove, I wife of I Elias Davis | died | Aug. 20, 1840, | 
 aged 72 years | 1 Mo. & 21 Da. | Her glass is out her race is 
 run. I Her work in Christ is done. | 
 
 Davis cemetery, but the husband has no stone. Onon. 
 Cent, says : "Elias Davis, a Revolutionary soldier, arrived 
 in a boat from Skaneateles, (where he had settled in 1803) 
 and lived here until his death in June 17, 1851, at the age of 
 88." He killed a great bear there. His name appears among 
 the Green Mountain Boys and in the N. Y. Line, as well as 
 in Mass. rolls. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 237 
 
 In I memory of | Robert Fulton, | who died | March 
 28, 1829 ; | Aged | 78 years. | 
 
 Let not the dead forgotten lie, | 
 Lest living men forget to die. | 
 
 In memory of | Sarah Fulton | Wife of Robert Fulton, 
 I Who Died | May 4, 1846, | Aged 82 Years | & 4 Months. | 
 
 Borodino cemetery. Inscriptions from this and the 
 Nunnery cemetery were copied by the compiler of these 
 notes. Heman D. Fulton's father "was a son of Robert 
 Fulton, a soldier of the Revolutionary war." He came in 
 1794, and in that year shared with Col. Wm. Stevens in the 
 bear adventure on Skaneateles creek. They were probably 
 old friends in Colerain, Mass., where the name was recorded 
 in 1790. In Mass. rolls, a private in Capt. Hugh Mc Clallen's 
 Co., Col. Samuel Williams' Regt., in Lexington alarm. Also 
 3 months and 8 days in Capt. Robert Oliver's Co., Col. Doo- 
 little's Regt., in '75, and corporal in Capt. Agrippa Wells' 
 Co., Col. Porter's Regt., for 38 days in 1777. 
 
 John Green — This Conn, pensioner, resident in N. Y., 
 was buried in the Stanton cemetery. Capt. Collins says: 
 "John Green, the father of Christopher, in the United States 
 census for the year 1840 was returned as a Revolutionary 
 soldier resident in Spafford, aged 79 years. He was bom in 
 R. I., 1760-1, married Mary Hill, and resided first in Hoosick, 
 Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and from thence came to Spafford, 
 where he died after 1840." Mr. Chase called him Jacob 
 Green. His name appears in Capt. Roger Enos's Co., 2d 
 Conn. Continental Regt., in '75 ; Capt. Walbridge's Co., Conn. 
 Line, '77-80; and in '81 in Militia regiment, Litchfield, Ct. 
 
 Samuel Holmes — This veteran was born Nov. 17, 1754, 
 and died in 1812. The name is frequent in N. Y. and New 
 England rolls. Mr. Collins says : "Samuel Holmes marriad 
 
 at Smithfield, R. I., Mercy Ann Winsor Dec. 19, 1779. 
 
 He served during the Revolution as First Lieutenant and 
 Captain in the 3rd Company of the Smithfield Battalion in 
 the R. I. Militia. After 1795 he first moved with his family 
 
 to Little Falls, N. Y., and thence to Spafford After the 
 
 war of 1812 he moved from this town, and died near Can- 
 andaigua, N. Y." He was a gunsmith by trade, and in 1790 
 was in Smithfield, R. I. 
 
238 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Capt. Eliphalet Hyde — This veteran was born in 
 Lebanon, Ct., May 9, 1744, and married Naoma Flint, May 
 20, '66. ' She was born in Farmington, Ct., and died in 
 Lebanon, May 21, '68. He then married Abigail Washburn. 
 The family history says he was an officer in the Revolution, 
 and Conn, records make him corporal in Capt. James Clark's 
 Co., Lebanon, in the Lexington alarm. He went to Whitring- 
 ham, Vt., and was the first town clerk there. Then he went 
 to Pittstown, N. Y., where his wife died before 1816. He 
 died in SpafFord, March, 1825. 
 
 Elias Jackson, | died | Nov. 1, 1830, | aged 76 years. | 
 Nunnery cemetery. This Conn, pensioner lived in 
 Voluntown, Ct., in 1790, and served in Capt. Douglass's Co., 
 Col. Huntington's Regt., in 1775. His wife, Betsey, died 
 Aug. 14, 1867, aged 69 years, being youthful compared with 
 him. 
 
 Peter Knapp | Died | July 13, 1839, | aged 84 years | 
 4 Mo. & 18 D's. I 
 
 Dinah, wife of Peter Knapp, born May 7, 1757, died 
 Oct. 17, 1835. I 
 
 Spaff ord cemetery. There is no stone for the wife, but 
 her record above is that of Capt. Collins. From Ezra F. 
 Knapp's note book comes the following : "Peter Knapp, son 
 of Jonathan and Susannah Knapp, of Greenwich, Ct., mar- 
 ried, May 18, 1775, at Rye, N. Y., Dinah Guion. A Revolu- 
 tionary soldier in Capt. Abraham Mead's Co., April, 1775, 
 march'^.d to relief of N. Y.; private in Westchester Co. 
 militia, discharged as corporal Jan. 22, 1777 ; lived in Stam- 
 ford, N. Y., came to Spafford from Brutus in 1806. Had 12 
 children. Died in Spafford, April 13, 1839." The latter 
 date differs from that given by Collins, which agrees with 
 the stone. He lived on lot 42. The census of 1790 placed 
 him in Norwalk, Ct. His name appears as corporal in Capt. 
 Whitney's Co., 9th Conn, militia, '76. 
 
 Joseph Lewis, died Feby. 16, 1838, aged 86 years, 10 
 months. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 239 
 
 Mary Lewis, died Aug. 30, 1831, aged 76 years, 9 
 months. | 
 
 The head that oft the pillow prest, | 
 This aching head is now at rest. | 
 My flesh shall slumber in the ground | 
 'Till the last trumpet sounds, | 
 Then burst the chain in sweet surprise | 
 And in my Saviour's image rise. | 
 Lewis cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Sarah 
 Barber Lewis, and born in Exeter, Rhode Island, April 7, 
 1750. He married Mary Stanton in Foster, R. I., Jan. 6, 
 1774. She was born Nov. 23, 1754. The name is frequent 
 in Revolutionary rolls, and appeared in Exeter, R. I., in 1790. 
 
 Jesse Manley, | Died | July 10, 1832 [ in his 78, year. | 
 Also Eunice, | his wife | died Apr. 20, 1853 | in her 98, 
 year. | 
 
 Borodino cemetery. In Mass. Minute Men of '75. In 
 1790 in Dummerston, Vt. 
 
 Reuben Maxson— According to Collins this pioneer 
 died at Borodino Jan. 20, 1833, aged 77 years, 3 months and 
 20 days. His first wife, Polly, died in Scott, and he after- 
 ward married EmeUne Pressey, who died at Borodino. His 
 name appears as Reuben Maxom, in Patterson's brigade, 
 Mass., serving six months in 1780. 
 
 » 
 
 Jere Olmsted | Died | Dec. 18, 1846 | Aged 84 Ys. 11 
 Ms. I 18 Days. | 
 
 Mercy | Wife of | Jere Olmsted, [ Died | Apr. 29, 1861. | 
 Aged 92 y'rs 9 ms | & 13 days. | 
 
 Spafford cemetery. Said to be from Connecticut, wherj 
 the name appears in Col. Beardsley's regiment, but a studeir 
 of the family history says he was born in Williamstown, 
 Mass., Jan. 1, 1762, removed to Hope, Hamilton Co., N. Y., 
 and then to Spafford. He was a private in Capt. Sylvanus 
 Wilcox's Co., Col. Ashley's (Berkshire) regiment from Oct. 
 15, '80. His brother Jabez serve^ in the same company, and 
 his father, Jabez Olmsted, was in another Berkshire regi- 
 ment, from May 1, '75, to his death at Yalley Forge, Dec. '77. 
 
240 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Daniel Owen — This pensioner was 61 in 1820, his wife 
 63, and a daughter and granddaughter lived with them. He 
 was a common laborer, owed $150, and had property worth 
 $103.62. He served in Capt. William Hall's Co., Col. Charles 
 Webb's Regt., Conn. Line, for one year, and was discharged 
 at Morristown, N. J., in '76. He was a Conn, pensioner liv- 
 ing in N. Y., but his name is not in the roll of the company 
 mentioned. The age of the wife seems not correctly stated, 
 as Lydia Owen, a pensioner living with Thomas Babcock, 
 was 81 in 1840. She survived her husband, being executor 
 of his will, made March 27, 1826. 
 
 Gilbert Palmer — Clark (1847) said: "The first settler 
 within the present limits of the town was Gilbert Palmer, 
 who located himself on lot 76, township of Marcellus, in the 
 fall of 1794. He was a Eevolutionary soldier, and served 
 for the lot on which he settled. He came from Dutchess or 
 Westchester County, and died about ten years ago." He 
 drew no lot in this county, but may have purchased this. 
 A thrilling story is told of an accident to his son, of the sum- 
 moning of surgical aid from the village of Clinton, and of 
 the wonderful skill of an Indian guide. Collins said that 
 though he did not draw this lot, he lived on it till 1814, when 
 his son moved into Borodino, working there as a tailor, and 
 going to Oswego Co. in 1819. Both may have died there. 
 He was a farmer from Amawalk or Yorktown, N. Y., but his 
 name appears in the 9th regiment of Albany Co. One from 
 Dutchess Co., buried in the Quaker cemetery, Danby, Vt., 
 has been suggested as this pioneer, but on no good grounds. 
 
 Samuel Prindle, Esq. | A Soldier | of the Revolution, | 
 Died I Sept. 12, 1850, | Aged 92 years. | 
 
 Spafford cemetery. He gave his age as 63 in 1820, and 
 was then living with his son Samuel. He was a blacksmith, 
 with assets of $39.54, and debt of $151.41. It is pleasant 
 to remember how people would trust these old soldiers, for 
 most of them were in debt. He served in Capt. Williams' 
 Co., Col. Patterson's Regt., Mass., for nine months, and then 
 enlisted for three years in Capt. Orrin Stoddard's Regt., and 
 was part of this time in Capt. HoUister's company. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 241 
 
 Mr. Isaac | Town, | died Jan. | 10, 1819, I Ae. 62 Y. | 
 «& 1 M. I & I Judith | his wife | died July | 15, 1821, | Ae. 62 
 Y. I & 7 M. I 
 
 Cold Brook cemetery. The name is in Capt. Rice's Co., 
 from Killingly, Ct., with service from July 16 to Oct. 25, 
 1780. He married Judith Turner. His will was made Dec, 
 12, 1818, and proved Feb. 4, 1819. 
 
 Benjamin Wallace — Collins said this pioneer came 
 from Pittston, Rensselaer Co., N. Y,, to Skaneateles, March, 
 1805, with his wife, his son Daniel and his family. Daniel 
 was born March 1, 1770. He gives no farther dates for the 
 father, whose name is in the 4th N. Y. Line, Col. Benjamin 
 Holmes, and in Col. Graham's Levies, as well as the 1st 
 Albany Co. Regt., Land Bounty Rights. In 1790 he was in 
 Albany Co., but he died in Spafford and was buried on his 
 farm. 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, with records but not 
 identified : 
 
 In memory of | Timothy Adams, | Who died 16 August, 
 1812, I in the 52 year | of his age. | 
 
 Old Borodino cemetery. He came in 1806, and was the 
 son of Mrs. Riley Adams, who survived him. Several of 
 the name enlisted in Mass. 
 
 In memory of | Gideon | Colton, | who departed | 
 this life Sept. | 10th 1832 ; | aged 70 years | 3 months & | 2 
 
 days. I I 
 
 Nunnery cemetery. He came in 1806 from Whites- 
 town, N. Y., probably from Vt. there, and originally from 
 Mass. Private In Capt, John Carpenter's Guards, Mass., 
 March 11-May 24, 1779, seems a probable record. His wife, 
 Rhoda Fowler, survived him, and was buried in the Boro- 
 dino cemetery. She died April 9, 1848, aged 65 years. Two 
 of the name were in Mass. in 1790, and he was probably a 
 soldier. 
 
242 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Elihu Cone — This pioneer was born in East Haddam, 
 Ct., in 1737, and came to Spafford in 1790, where he and his 
 second wife died. He married Mary Spencer in 1770, and 
 Dorothy Smith, Nov. 2, '75. There may be a confusion of 
 names. Elijah Cone served from East Haddam, and was 
 not there in '90, while Elihu Cone was, and the family his- 
 tory mentions no Elijah there. 
 
 Sacred | to the Memory of | AMOS Fisher, | who died | 
 October 28th, 1833 ; | aged 82 years | and 6 days. | 
 
 Davis cemetery. His wife, Margaret, survived. He 
 came from Springfield, Otsego Co., but was at Canajoharie, 
 N. Y., in 1790. His name is in the 16th Albany Co. regi- 
 ment, and he was probably a soldier. 
 
 JOHN I Gale, Esq. | died May | 17, 1886, | Ae, 71 Y. | 
 Mrs. I Martha | Wife of | John Gale. | died May | 23, 
 
 1834, I Ae. 69 Y. 2 I M. & 14 I D. I 
 
 Borodino cemetery. In N. Y. rolls the name is in the 
 
 Orange Co. militia, and in Dubois' and Pawling's Levies. 
 
 Also in Mass. rolls. His property was left to relatives by 
 
 will of April 28, 1836, proved July 1st. 
 
 Dr. Ebenezer Patterson — This pioneer died in Spaf- 
 ford, but has no stone. His wife, Dinah, died Jan. 30, 1836, 
 aged 69 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Her headstone is in 
 the Spafford cemetery. As she was bom in 1766, his birth 
 may have been earlier. One Ebenezer Patterson, in a Hamp- 
 shire Co., Mass. regiment, '79-'80, was 19 years old in '80. 
 The name was recorded at Blandford, in that county, in 
 1790. Probable. 
 
 Rhoda, I wife of | Benjamin Pressey | died | Dec. 24, 
 1841, I aged | 87 years | 3 months & | 25 days. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. | 
 
 Davis cemetery. The name is in Mass. and N. H. rolls, 
 and Phebe Pressey, a pensioner, lived with Moses Pressey 
 in 1840. In 1790 Benjamin's name appeared only at Haver- 
 hill, Mass. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 243 
 
 CITY OF SYRACUSE. 
 
 William Adams— In the D. A. R. Lineage book this 
 veteran is said to have been a surgeon in the Continental 
 Artillery, and to have died in Syracuse. His wife's name 
 was Mary. 
 
 Denison Avery | of Salina, N. Y., I Died | Oct. 11, 
 1846. I Ae. 97 Years. | 
 
 Died in Salina | May 21, 1851, | Hannah, | Wife of | 
 Denison Avery. | Ae. 81 Y'rs. | 
 
 Myrtle Hill cemetery, Geddes. Mr. Avery was born 
 June 11, 1749, and married Hannah Babcock in Groton, Ct, 
 about 1790. She was born June 23, 1770. He was then in 
 Tolland, Ct., and his service was 37 days in '76, in Capt. 
 Gallup's company. This gave him a pension. 
 
 William Case — This veteran, born in Canton, Ct., in 
 1751, died near Syracuse in 1807, according to the D. A. R. 
 lineage book. He married Sarah Hickox, and served in the 
 2nd Conn. Continentals. 
 
 James Geddes, | Senior (Chief) Engineer | of the New 
 York Canals | His public history may be found | in the 
 Archives of the General | and State Governments; | His 
 private virtues in the memory | of his acquaintances. | Born 
 in Pennsylvania | July 22, 1763, | Died August 19, 1838. | 
 
 Lucy Jerome | Wife of | James Geddes | Bom Feb. 28, 
 1779, I Died | Nov. 23, 1857. | 
 
 The stones are placed on the graves in Oakwood. The 
 early home of this eminent pioneer was in Carlisle, Pa.^ 
 whence he first came to Onondaga in 1793 and as a settler 
 the following year. In May, 1799, he married Miss Lucy 
 Jerome of Fabius, who long survived him. His name appears 
 in an alphabetic list of the soldiers of Pennsylvania, whose 
 records are very imperfect. 
 
 Abraham Gbnung — This veteran was in Syracuse in 
 1827, and died there, but the dates of birth and death are 
 
244 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 not exactly known. He was born, however, before 1746, 
 and probably in Morris Co., N. J., where he was a private 
 in the Revolution, his home being near Morristown. He 
 married Hannah Johnson, Oct. 25, 1785, who was born in 
 Orange Co., N. Y., and this became his home. In 1790 he 
 was recorded in Warwick, N. Y,, where he was a trustee 
 of the Presbyterian church in 1802, and whence he went 
 to Onondaga Co. in 1806. In 1793 he was appointed en- 
 sign in the Orange Co. militia, and lieutenant in '95. 
 
 David Hamilton — ^According to the D. A. R. Lineage 
 book this veteran was born in 1756, and died in Syracuse 
 in 1840. He married Rachel Churchill, and enlisted from 
 Sharon, Ct., in a company of dragoons. In 1790 his name 
 appeared in Blandford, Mass. Mr. Wm. T. Matson, how- 
 ever, writes: "There is one David Hamilton buried at the 
 Ira and South Hannibal Union cemetery, about four miles 
 N. W. from the village of Lysander. The inscription on his 
 headstone shows that he was born Dec. 18th, 1756, and died 
 March 14th, 1840." 
 
 Solomon Kellogg — This pioneer was born Dec. 10, 
 1751, and died in Syracuse, Sept. 13, 1795. He was a drum- 
 mer in the Conn. Line, '81, from Killingly, and married 
 Ruth Kellogg, Nov. 16, '73. She was born in Sheffield, 
 Mass., Oct. 20, 1749, and died at Oneida Castle in 1845. He 
 moved from New Hartford, Ct., '87, to Paris, N. Y., and 
 then bought land in Onondaga Co., where he had a family 
 at Syracuse, being one of the early salt boilers there. 
 
 William | Kellogg, | Died March | 21, 1819. | aged 63 | 
 Here life and all its comforts end | 
 
 Here mourners wonder read & weep | 
 Soon each succeeds his fallen friend | 
 And in the same cold bed must sleep | 
 First Ward cemetery. He came from Vermont and 
 settled at Salina about 1809. He may have been a Conn, 
 veteran living in N. Y., but seems the one in Vt. rolls, who 
 served in Capt. Little's Co., '78, Capt. Hutchins' and Capt. 
 Sawyer's in '79, and Capt. John Stark's in '80. He was 
 bom in Colchester, Ct., Jan. 28, 1756, and his son, Ashbel, 
 was the first clerk of the village of Syracuse. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 245 
 
 Benjamin Nukerck | Died the 7th Dec. | 1787 | Aged 
 37 years. | 
 
 In Oakwood cemetery is a small antique stone with the 
 above inscription, and a footstone marked "B. N." Bruce's 
 Memorial History says: "He died December 7, 1787, and 
 was buried on a little eminence which overlooks the Onon- 
 daga Lake and its shores, now embraced in farm lot No. 
 310, lying directly in the rear of the residence of William 
 Judson, on West Genesee street." Who erected the stone 
 for this early trader is not known. Ephraim Webster, who 
 buried him, gave a graphic account of the interment. His 
 name appears in the 1st Land Bounty Rights regiment of 
 Ulster Co., but not in the census of 1790. The stone indi- 
 cates precise knowledge, and it is safe to say the early 
 trader was thus enrolled. 
 
 Thomas Orman — This early salt boiler came from 
 Dauphin Go., Pa., and was properly recorded there in 1790. 
 In Gapt. Reed's Go., Pa., '76, his name appears as Orram, 
 and elsewhere as Orme. He was one of the blockhouse 
 committee of '94, and gave the name to Orman's Landing in 
 Harbor Brook. In 1797 he was appointed lieut. command- 
 ant of a company in Lysander. 
 
 John Pierce, Jr. — This veteran had a wandering life, 
 according to the Farnsworth Memorial. He was born in 
 Massachusetts, May 12, 1753, but lived in Maine and twice 
 in Vermont and New Hampshire, dying in Syracuse, Jan., 
 1827. In '76 he married Sally Farnsworth, who was born 
 April 12, 1755, and died Aug., 1833. In the Revolution he 
 served near Boston. 
 
 William Rosa— This veteran married Mary, Moses 
 De Witt's oldest sister. May 17, 1774, in New Windsor, 
 N. Y., and settled in Lodi. He was a lieutenant in the 2d 
 Ulster regiment, and appeared as Wilhelmus Roosa of Mar- 
 bletown, in the census of 1790. Robert Burnet, father of 
 Moses D. Burnet of Syracuse, married another sister and 
 was in the same regiment. Rosa probably returned to his 
 early home, having inherited property there. 
 
246 TH£3 ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Ebbnezbr Kingslby Rust — The family history de- 
 scribes this veteran, who was born in Southampton, Mass., 
 Nov. 8, 1763. He was still there in 1790. There he mar- 
 ried Lydia Lyman, who was bom Jan. 6, 1765, and died 
 in 1800. Then he married Mary Sheldon, Aug. 9, 1801. 
 Having settled here, 1802-03, he died in Geddes, Aug, 2, 
 1819. He enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon's Co., Col. 
 Seth Murray's regiment, July 10, '80, from Hampshire Co., 
 and was discharged Oct. 10, being then 17 years old, of light 
 complexion, and 5 feet 11 inches high. 
 
 Zebulon Rust — This pioneer came from Massachu- 
 setts about 1800, first to Onondaga Hill and then to Syra- 
 cuse, where he was both farmer and inn-keeper. He served 
 in Capt. John Carpenter's Co., Springfield, Mass., May 28- 
 Aug. 28, '81, and was born Feb. 18, 1766. He married 
 Aurelia Norton of Westhampton, who was born in North- 
 ampton, Nov. 18, 1769, and died in Syracuse, Feb. 10, 1844. 
 He died there June 25, 1836. 
 
 A Veteran of 1776. | Jacob Sammons | Nov. 4, 1815, | 
 Aged 64 Years. | 
 
 Eva Veedee | His Wife | Died June 10, 1834, | Aged 
 73 Years. | 
 
 Myrtle Hill cemetery. Beside him lies his son Thomas, 
 "a Veteran of 1812," and a grandson, now living in Syra- 
 cuse, served in the war for the Union. The story of Jacob's 
 captivity has been well told in Stone's Life of Brant. In 
 1790 the census placed him in Shawangunk, N. Y., where he 
 was enrolled in the Revolution. Yet in 1786 he was a 
 militia captain in Montgomery Co., then embracing Onon- 
 daga and other counties. In 1802 he came to Geddes, 
 moved to Baldwinsville in 1803, and returned to Geddes in 
 1805. 
 
 Amos Stanton, | Died Aug. 14, 18o6. | Ae. 66 Y'rs. | 
 Marcy. I Wife of I Amos Stanton | Died Sept. 17, 1814, | 
 Ae. 68 Y'rs. | 
 
 Oakwood cemetery. He served in Capt. Elisha Whitt- 
 lesey's Co., 3rd Berkshire Regt., Mass., in '80, and went 
 first to Mayfield, N. Y. from Lee, Mass., to Jamesville in 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 247 
 
 '91, and to Syracuse in 1805, Rufus, their thirteenth child, 
 was born in Mayfield, in 1788, as is said, but the family was 
 recorded in Westfield in 1790. There was another 
 of the name who was killed. Mr. S. was first interred in 
 Salina, then in Oakwood. He was a short, thick-set man, 
 with light hair and blue eyes. 
 
 Nathan Stanton — This early settler was bom in 
 Stonington, Ct., in 1749, and died in Syracuse in 1835. 
 Anna Stanton was his wife. He served as ensign in the 
 company of his brother, Capt. William Stanton, Conn, mili- 
 tia, in '76. In 1790 he was in New London, Ct. 
 
 Elias Steenbergh I Died | July 28, 1836 | Ae. 79 Y'rs 
 11 mo. I & 1 day. | 
 
 Farewell dear friends, Dry up | your tears | 
 I must lie here till christ | appears. | 
 
 This veteran lies in the ruined Lodi cemetery on South 
 Beech street. In the 12th Albany Co. regiment was a cap- 
 tain of this name, and also a younger man, who was his son 
 and who married Catharine Hoffman. The father was born 
 in Saratoga Co., and in 1790 the name was recorded in 
 Half Moon, N. Y. 
 
 Manuel Teuair | Died Sep. 24, 1841 | Ae. 84 Yrs. | 
 
 He was a Soldier | of the Eevolution. | 
 Rev. John Truair | Died Apr. 25, 1845 | Ae. 64. Yrs. | 
 Oakwood cemetery. This pensioner was reported in 
 Fabius in 1840, living with John Truair, whose name is on 
 the same stone. He was the ancestor of the Truairs of 
 Fabius, some of whom came to Syracuse. In 1790 he was in 
 Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. His military record is 
 not available. % 
 
 In memory of | Isaac Van Vleck | who died May 19th | 
 1801 I aged 58 years. | Also | 
 
 Bata Van Vleck | wife of | Isaac Van Vleck; | who 
 died March 1st | 1816, | aged 53 years. | 
 
 Oakwood cemetery. Enrolled in 7th Land Bounty regi- 
 ment, Albany Co. He is said to have come from Kinder- 
 
248 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 hook to Salina in March, 1792, and his wife removed to 
 Pittston, N. Y., for a time after his death. Mr. Cheney, 
 however, said he came from North Galway, Saratoga Co., 
 and his name was recorded in Ballston in 1790. Mr. Clark 
 said the Onondagas called him Ka-hunk-a-ta-wah, One spry 
 enough to skip over water, and his wife, Con-o-roo-quah, 
 One of pleasant disposition. Their children remained here, 
 and all had Indian names. 
 
 GUSTAVUS Walbridge — This veteran was born in Nor- 
 wich, Ct., Oct. 4, 1755, and died in Syracuse, Sept. 23, 1828. 
 In Norwich he married Anna Sanford, May 23, 1790. She 
 was born June 11, 1755, and died in Bennington, Vt., April 
 11, 1819. In 1790 he was in New London Co., Ct., went to 
 Vermont in 1804, and thence to Onondaga Co. In '76 he 
 was in Capt. Huntington's Co., Norwich, Ct., and served in 
 Wadsworth's Brigade, Col. Selden's Regt., in battles around 
 New York, June-Dec, '76. 
 
 Rev. Daniel Waldo — This aged clergyman was born 
 in Windham, Ct., Sept. 10, 1762, and died in Syracuse, July 
 30, 1864, in his 102d year. The Rev. Dr. Sprague preached 
 his funeral sermon, Aug. 2d. Mr. Waldo wrote the fol- 
 lowing letter (preserved in the Public Library, Syracuse) 
 while Chaplain of Congress : 
 
 "Washington, March 12-56. 
 
 "Dear Sir — I received your letter a few days since, and 
 now inform you, that when the Revolution came I was a 
 boy, 13 or 14 years old. When a little over 16, I was drafted 
 and went to New London for a month. After that I enlisted 
 for eight months in the State service of Conn., was taken 
 a captive near the close of my term of service, and incar- 
 cerated two months in the Sugar House N. York. Of course 
 I could not be Chaplain in the revolution. In the war of 
 1812 I was Chaplain in Col. Belcher's regiment at Groton, 
 Conn. I have no letters that can be of service to you. 
 Yours with due respect, 
 
 Daniel Waldo. 
 
 Mr. Franklin Henry, Scotland Parish, Philadelphia." 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 249 
 
 He was buried in Rose Hill cemetery, beside his wife 
 Nancy, daughter of Capt. Oliver and Rachel Hanchett, who 
 was born in Suffield, Ct., June 27, 1777 and died in 1855. 
 They were married Sept. 14, 1795. He was drafted into 
 Capt. Howard's Co., Hampton, Windham Co., Ct., in April, 
 '79, enlisted in State troops the same year, was taken priso- 
 ner, and released Feb. 25, 1780. His application for a pen- 
 sion has also been printed. 
 
 Charles Warner — 1762-1837. He was born in Wind- 
 ham, Ct., and died in Syracuse. The Lineage book says 
 he was placed among Onondaga pensioners for services in 
 militia, but gives no date. He enlisted from Windham when 
 but 17, under Capt. Samuel Williams, and in the same regi- 
 ment in '82. He married Sarah Stockwell. In 1790 he was 
 in Sandisfield, Mass. 
 
 Thomas Willis — A Syracuse paper, Dec, 1846, has 
 this death notice: "In this village on the 7th inst., Mr. 
 Thomas Willis, aged 85 years, a soldier of the Revolution. 
 Mr. Willis was formerly a resident of the town of Lyons. 
 His funeral will take place to-morrow at 2 o'clock from the 
 residence of his son, on Hawley st., near Brewster's Brew- 
 ery." The name is frequent in rolls, and he may have been 
 the one who lived in Saratoga in 1790, and was in various 
 companies from Boston, '77-'80. 
 
 Maj. Reuben Woodworth. | Feb. 15, 1842. | Ae. 80 
 Y'rs. I A soldier of the Revolution. | 
 
 My children dear assemble here | 
 
 A parent's grave to see. | 
 Not long ago I dwelt with you, | 
 
 You soon will dwell with me. | % 
 
 Olive | Wife of | Maj. Reuben Woodworth. | Died | 
 Sept. 10, 1848. I Ae. 84 Y'rs. | 
 
 Farewell Mother here we leave thee | 
 
 To thy bliss we hope to rise. | 
 And forever dwell beside thee | 
 With our Lord in Paradise. | 
 Oakwood cemetery. Reuben Woodworth appears as a 
 pensioner in Sempronius, N. Y., aged 79 in 1840, but the 
 
250 
 
 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 family history says he was born in Lebanon, Ct., Dec. 22, 
 1755. His headstone differs from both. He came to N. Y. 
 quite early, and served as private, corporal and drummer in 
 Col. Ephraim Woodworth's 13th regiment, of Albany Co. 
 He was afterward drum major. He married Olive Millard 
 and settled in Sempronius, part of which township is still 
 in this county. 
 
 Peter Young — ^An early resident of Syracuse and a 
 Revolutionary soldier. He was of German descent and 
 probably from Tryon Co., N. Y., where the name was en- 
 rolled. His son or grandson was in the war of 1812, and 
 died in 1860, aged 74. 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, with records but not 
 identified : 
 
 In I Memory of | MosES Averill, | Who died Oct. 4, 
 1811. I in the 46 year | of his age. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead | Who die in the Lord. | 
 
 First Ward cemetery. In N. H. rolls in Capt. Glass's 
 Co., '77, and Capt. Nathan's Co., '79, N. H. Line. Too young 
 for the first. In 1790 the name appeared in Wilton, N. H., 
 and Pawlet, Vt. 
 
 In I Memory of | Ichabod Brac- | kett, Senior, | who 
 died I January A. D. | 1824, | Aged 83 years. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Mary Hilton | wife of Ichabod Brac-| 
 kett Senior, | who died | A. D. 1822, | Aged 74 years. | 
 
 First Ward cemetery. In 1790 he was in Canterbury, 
 N. H. He was born in New Market, N. H., and was executor 
 of his father's estate in 1767. He was appointed to a minor 
 town ofiice, March 9, '64, and married Mary Hilton, who, it 
 is said, was born Feb. 14, 1737. The stone raises this to 
 1748, which seems better. The Brackett Genealogy says: 
 "There has been nothing published to show that Ichabod 
 Brackett served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. 
 However there is this known, that he with his brother 
 Joshua in 1775, furnished 'pinchon wood and other com- 
 bustibles,' for fire rafts to be used for the defence of Ports- 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 251 
 
 mouth harbor." It is every way probable he did more than 
 this. The date of the bill for these supplies is later in N. H. 
 rolls. In 1790 he was in Canterbury, N. H. 
 
 Capt. Moses Burt, | late of Springfield, Mass. | Died 
 Feb. 13, 1840, | Ae. 77 Years. | 
 
 Blessed are the pure in heart for | they shall see God.| 
 
 Rose Hill cemetery. This does not agree with Moses 
 Burt in an account of the family in Springfield, and those 
 of the name in Mass. rolls must have been older than the 
 one buried here, yet it is probable he saw service. Moses 
 and Sarah Burt joined First Pres. Church here by letter. 
 May 5, 1833. 
 
 The Grave of | James Clark, | Died | Oct. 7, 1839. | 
 Ae. 73 Yrs | 10 Mo. & 17 Ds. ] Respected in life lamented in 
 death. | 
 
 Sarah | Wife of | James Clark, | Died | May 2, 1855, | 
 Aged 1 81 Yrs. 11 Mo's & 6 | Days. | 
 
 First Ward cemetery. Several of the name appear in 
 N. Y. and New England rolls. He was young for service, 
 but others served who were still younger. A family sketch 
 says : "James Clark was born at Windsor, Conn., Nov. 20, 
 1765, and in 1800 came to the town of Marcellus and engaged 
 in farming. In 1820 he went to the town of Salina and en- 
 gaged in the manufacture of salt. Jan. 31, 1792, he married 
 Eunice Payson, who died in 1805. He afterward married 
 Sarah Crane" and had a large family. 
 
 Benjamin Cook | Born | In Cambridge Mass. | Feb. 
 26, 1767. I Died | April 5, 1830. | 
 
 Oakwood. For possible service see Onondaga. ^ 
 
 Capt. John Fitch | Died Aug. 8, 1840, | Ae. 91 Y'rs. | 
 Irene | Wife of | Capt. John Fitch | Died Nov. 1, 1817, | 
 
 Ae. 66 Y'rs. | 
 
 Oakwood. The name is in N. Y., Conn, and Mass. rolls, 
 but in 1790 was mostly in Connecticut. He was probably a 
 soldier but exact information has not been obtained. 
 
252 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Capt. Samuel Peck | Died | Sept. 20, 1828. | Ae. 63 
 Y'rs 6 Mo. & 17 | D's. | 
 
 Elizabeth Rust | wife of | Capt. Samuel Peck | Died 
 Jan. 18, 1838. | Aged 78 Y'rs. | 
 
 Oakwood cemetery. The name occurs in New England 
 rolls, and he was probably a soldier. 
 
 TOWN OF TULLY. 
 
 Enoch | Bailey, | died March | 18, 1842 Ae. | 83 Y. & | 
 18 D. I 
 
 Jerusha I wife of I Enoch Bailey | died | Feb. 13, 1837, | 
 Ae. 75 Y. 6 M. I & 23 D. | 
 
 Cemetery at Vesper. A pensioner aged 81 in 1840. It 
 is said that he came from Mass., settled in Madison Co., but 
 died and was buried at Vesper. In 1790 the name did not 
 appear among Mass. heads of families, but it did in Derby, 
 Ct. In Conn, rolls it is also found in Capt. Whitney's Co.. 
 Col. Waterbury's regiment, from Stratford. 
 
 Elijah Beonson | Bom | May 15, 1755, | Died | March 
 17, 1822. I Erected by his grand children | 1878. | 
 
 TuUy cemetery. The name appears in Hartford Co., 
 Ct., in 1790, and again in Col. Bradley's regiment, serving 
 in N. Y., where he was made a prisoner, being released Dec. 
 26, '76. The name was unusual, and was in Capt. Beebe's 
 company in '76. 
 
 Michael Christian — He was a matross in Lieut. Col. 
 Stevens' N. Y. Artillery, and drew lot 18 in Christian Hol- 
 low, which had its name from him and not from the piety 
 of its early inhabitants. He came there in 1792, and was 
 one of the few who lived on lots which they drew. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 253 
 
 In memory of | Mr. Ichabod Cone | who died | Oct. 3, 
 1831 I Ae. 74 Y. | Also of | MRS. ANNA | wife of | Ichabod 
 Cone, I who died Oct. 5, 1838 | Ae. 74 Y. | 
 My children dear assemble here, | 
 
 Your parents grave to view | 
 As is with us, remember well | 
 It must be thus with you. | 
 
 TuUy village cemetery. According to the family history 
 he was born in 1757, possibly in Middlesex Co., Ct., and mar- 
 ried Anna Holmes of Saybrook, Ct., about 1786. She was 
 born in Saybrook April 1, 1764. Both died in Preble, but 
 are buried in Tully. He was a shoemaker, and enlisted at 
 East Haddam under Capt. Eliphalet Holmes, in May, '76, 
 and was in Col. Samuel Selden's regiment from June to De- 
 cember of that year. Toward the close of the war he served 
 in Col. Willett's N. Y. regiment. In 1790 he was in Stephen- 
 town, N. Y. 
 
 Mr. I Andrew | English | Esq. Died May 20th | 1832 
 Ae. I 80 Y. 3 M. & I 11 D. I 
 
 Friends or physicians | Could not save | 
 This mortal body | From the grave | 
 Nor can the grave | Confine him here | 
 When Christ shall call him | To appear. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. The name appears in Capt. Joseph 
 Bard's Co., Col. Woodbridge's 25th Mass. regiment, from 
 Stockbridge, in '75. Also as sergeant in Capt. Peter Porter's 
 Co., Col. Brown's regiment, '76. In 1790 it was recorded in 
 Salem, Mass., and the grave is locally known as that of a 
 soldier. Onon. Cent, says he was "a captain in the Revo- 
 lution." His wife, Rachel, was administrator, June ^, 
 1833. ' 
 
 James | Fuller died | June 26, 1837 | Ae. 75 Y. 3 M. 
 5D. I 
 
 My glass is out | my race is run | 
 My work in Christ | is now begun. | 
 
254 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 MARY, I wife of I James Fuller, | died | Jan. 27, 1846, | 
 aged 76 y'rs & | 9 ms. | 
 
 This languishing head is at rest, | 
 
 Its aching and thinking are o'er, | 
 This quiet unmoveable breast, | 
 Is heav'd by affliction no more. | 
 
 Vesper cemetery. James Fuller first applied for a pen- 
 sion May 23, 1825, living then in Otisco, on which Vesper 
 borders. When he renewed his application, March 1, 1831, 
 he lived in TuUy. His two statements differ. In the first 
 he said he enlisted in '81, at Barrington, Mass., under Capt. 
 John Nash, joining the 6th Mass. regiment for three years. 
 He served till Jan., 1784, when he was discharged at West 
 Point, under Gen. Knox, having been in New York and New 
 Jersey. In the second statement he enlisted at Great Bar- 
 rington in '80, for three years, in Capt. Frost's Co., Col. 
 Smith's regiment, Mass. Line, and was discharged in Jan., 
 '83. In 1825 he thought himself worth $95.81, and was 63 
 years old. He lived with his son, and had two daughters 
 living with him: Mary, aged 18, and Hannah, aged 20. 
 Nothing was said of his wife, whom he may have married 
 later. That year he sold his farm on lot 6, for $500, to sup- 
 port himself. In 1831, being then 67, as he said, he was 
 worth but $43,421/2 in all. He had a wife then, and since 
 1825 had been supported by his sons. 
 
 DocT. Samuel Hutchinson, | Died | Nov. 23, 1846, | 
 in the 83d Y'r of his age. | 
 
 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ | shall all 
 be made alive. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. He is locally reported as a Revolution- 
 ary soldier, probably serving from Vermont, but the name 
 appears five times in Mass., and was frequent in 1790. 
 
 Paul James | Died | Oct. 9, 1843 | Ae. 87 Years. | A 
 revolutionary Soldier. | 
 
 Mary, | wife of | Paul | James | died Aug. 9, 1828, | 
 aged 73 Y. I 8 m. 4 d. I 
 
 My body is laid in the dust ] 
 
 My spirit has taken its wing | 
 My Saviour in whom I do trust | 
 Will teach me with angels to sing. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 255 
 
 Tully cemetery. A pensioner reported in Truxton in 
 1840, and then 84 years old. He was living with Sheffield 
 James, who now lies beside him A prisoner sent from New- 
 port to Bristol in '78, is the only available record, but he 
 was probably enrolled in the Rhode Island troops, as he lived 
 at Greenwich in that state in 1790. 
 
 Capt. John Sagek — This veteran, whose name appears 
 in town histories, was in the Revolutionary rolls with his 
 cousin Thomas, but there seems no direct proof that he lived 
 in Tully, though it is probable. In 1790 he was in Water- 
 vliet, N. Y. 
 
 Samuel Trowbridge — In the history of the Trowbridge 
 family is an account of Samuel Trowbridge, baptized in 
 Wilton, Ct., Sept. 18, 1743, who enlisted for the war in Capt. 
 Comstock's Co., 8th regiment Conn. Line. He went to Tully, 
 was a great hunter there, and died unmarried about 1833. 
 Several of the family settled in this vicinity, but he has no 
 stone. 
 
 Samuel Trowbridge | Died | Aug. 14, 1850 | Aged 89 
 Years. | 
 
 Miriam, | Wife of | S. Trowbridge | Died | Nov. 8, 1851 | 
 Aged 88 Years. | 
 
 Preble cemetery. This veteran lived just over the Tully 
 line, in Preble, and in his house the first Tully town meeting 
 was held. May 1, 1803. He was born in Wilton, Ct., July 17, 
 1761, and married Miriam Winslow, Jan. 18, 1784, who was 
 born in Salisbury, Ct., March 25, 1764. He enlisted from 
 Sheffield, Mass., June 27, '80, in Capt. John King's Co., Col. 
 John Ashley's regiment. He went to Florida, N. Y., in 
 1790, and thence to Tully. ^ 
 
 Seth Trowbridge | Died | May 10, 1836. | Ae. 73 years. | 
 LUCRETIA, I his Wife | Died Sept. 12, 1855, | in her 90 
 
 y'r. I 
 
 Tully cemetery. He was born June 1, 1763, in Wilton, 
 Ct., and died in Preble, his farm being on the town line and 
 his associations with this county. He lived awhile in Shef- 
 
256 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 field, Mass., where he married Lucretia Spoor of that place. 
 In '81 he enlisted in Capt. Nathan Dick's Co., Col. Michael 
 Jackson's regiment, Mass. Line. He went to West Point 
 and then to Newburg, where he helped build huts for the 
 winter. His company was sent to guard the Westchester 
 jail before returning to West Point. Then he went to 
 Morristown, N. J., and back to West Point, where he was 
 discharged, Feb. '83. In '87 he moved from SheflSeld to 
 Williston, Vt., in '94 to Florida, N. Y., and in 1800 to Preble. 
 His wife was a pensioner in 1840, being then 77 years old. 
 The Lineage Book places him in N. Y. (Vt.) militia, for 17 
 months. 
 
 Stephen Trowbridge | Died | May 10, 1836 | Ae. 73 
 years. | 
 
 Phebe Trowbridge | Died | Jan. 22, 1819, | aged 44 
 years. | 
 
 Reader behold and drop a tear, | 
 Think on the dead that slumbers here | 
 And when you read remember me, | 
 Look on the glass that runs for thee. | 
 TuUy cemetery. The name is in Major Brown's de- 
 tachment of Green Mountain Boys, and there was a Conn, 
 pensioner of the name living in Vermont. In the history of 
 the Trowbridge family there is no one exactly corresponding 
 to this Stephen, though several Trowbrldges appear in 
 TuUy. One described was baptized in Wilton, Ct., June 22, 
 1760, lived awhile in Preble, but is said to have died in 
 Berkshire, Vt., Dec. 6, 1830. He served in the Green Moun- 
 tain Boys, etc., and married Isabella Frasier in Skenes- 
 borough, N. Y., May 10, 1780. She was born in Schenec- 
 tady in 1763, and died in Preble in 1850. He lived in several 
 places and some of his children married in Fabius. 
 
 In memory of | W'M Trowbridge ; | who died Oct. | 30, 
 1837, I aged 89 years | & 11, days. | 
 
 In memory of | Hephzabah | wife of | William Trow- 
 bridge I who died Oct. 9th | 1821 | Aged 73 years. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. This Revolutionary soldier served in 
 Col. Bradley's 5th regiment, Conn. Line, July 26, '79, to Jan. 
 15, '80, and under Putnam in the Lexington alarm. He was 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 257 
 
 baptized in Wilton, Ct., Dec. 30, 1747, and married Hephzi- 
 bah Weller in New Milford, Aug. 7, '72. She was born Aug. 
 6, 1749. He first went to Vermont, and thence to TuUy about 
 1795, where he was the second postmaster. 
 
 Moses Tuttle | died Feb. 24th | 1837 | aged 78 | A 
 Soldier | of the Revolution. | 
 
 In memory of | ANNA, | wife of | Moses Tuttle, | who 
 departed this | life Sept. 5th, | 1828, in the 66th | year of 
 her age. | 
 
 The months of affliction are o'er | 
 The days and the nights of distress | 
 
 We see her in anguish no more | 
 She's gained her happy release. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. The date of his birth is given as Feb. 
 22, 1760, which would have made him but just 77 at his 
 death. He was a pensioner in 1832 and was at the storming 
 of Stony Point. He served in Capt. Bunnell's Co., Walling- 
 ford, Ct., in '76, and the name also appears in the 5th regi- 
 ment, N. Y. Line. Being a blacksmith he was much of the 
 time employed in shoeing soldiers' horses. He married his 
 cousin, Anna Tuttle, who was born July 7, 1763, and by 
 whom he had three children. In 1790 the name was re- 
 corded only in Connecticut, but he soon settled on a farm in 
 Tully. 
 
 In I Memory of | Capt. Gerrit Van Hoosen, | who de- 
 parted this life i April 17th | 1821 : | In the 67th year of 
 his age. { 
 
 This earth is affected no more | 
 
 With sickness, or shaken with pain, | # 
 
 The war in the members is o'er, | 
 
 And never shall vex him again. | 
 
 Tully cemetery His name is in the 8th regiment of 
 Albany Co., and he was in Catskill in 1790. There is an 
 older Garret Van Hoesen, buried in Preble, who was bom 
 in 1732 and died in 1815. The latter is the one in the Line- 
 age book. 
 
258 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Henry White, | A Soldier of the Revolution, | Died | 
 Feb. 9th 1839 : | Aged 86 years. | 
 
 May he be so happy among those glad numbers | 
 
 That pass seas of trouble and reach the blessed shore | 
 
 Where noisy confusion no more breaks his slumbers | 
 Nor the thunder of Munmoth disturbs him no more. | 
 
 Small cemetery on lot 45, west of the Tully lakes. The 
 stone lies on the ground and there is none for his wife. This 
 pensioner said he was 67 when he appeared in court, Sept. 1, 
 1820. He added : "I have a wife aged 64 years who is an in- 
 valid, and a son aged 21 years, who is incapable of main- 
 taining himself, both depending on me" for support. I am 
 not able to do a day's work and am a farmer by profession." 
 It was a hard case, even for a professional man. His prop- 
 erty was worth $36.80, and his debts amounted to $49.50. 
 Mr. Chase gave his inventory: One cow, $12.50; 11 sheep, 
 $11.00; 1 wooden pail, $1.39; iron kettle, $3; small kettle, 
 3 cents; 9 earthenware plates, 40 cts. ; 6 knives and forks, 
 25 cts. ; table, $1.50 ; 2 pails, 50 cts. ; 2 bowls, $1.00 ; 3 wooden 
 bowls, 75 cts. ; 2 hogs, $4 ; 1 frying pan, 75 cts., and 4 chairs, 
 50 cents. He served in Capt. Isaac Warren's Co., Col. 
 Bailey's regiment, Mass., for his full term. Among others 
 he owed Capt. Van Hoesen's son $10. 
 
 Wm. White | Died | Sept. 22, 1850. | Ae. 87 Y'rs. | 
 This pensioner lies in the same cemetery, but lived in 
 
 Preble in 1840, being then 77 years old. Many of this name 
 
 were enrolled. 
 
 Jairus Williams — "Enlisted as private in Capt. Cyrus 
 Parsons' company of New Jersey militia, 1776; was cap- 
 tured ; made his escape and served to the close of the war. 
 He was born in Newark, N. J, ; died in Tully. N. Y." — Lin. 
 Book. He married Lydia Harrison. 
 
 John G. Wilson, | Died | Nov. 4, 1850, | Ae. 89 Y'rs. | 
 A Revolutionary Soldier | & formerly of | Blanford, Mass. | 
 
 In memory of | Margaret | wife of | John G. Wilson | 
 who died | Nov. 21, 1838, | Ae. 77 | Years. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. Several of the name were enrolled in 
 N. Y. and New England. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 259 
 
 Joseph Wilson, | Died | May 17, 1846, | Ae. 85 Years. | 
 Tully cemetery. There was a flag on this grave, and 
 the name is frequent in rolls, but appears only in Conn, in 
 1790. One served in Capt. Bulkley's Co., Conn., and has 
 been referred to under Salina, but the pensioner there would 
 have been 87 in 1846. 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, probable but not identified. 
 
 Amos Carr | Died | Oct. 22, 1845 | aged 87 years. | 
 Mary, | Wife of | Amos Carr | Died | Aug. 15, 1848 | 
 aged 86 years. ] 
 
 Vesper cemetery. One of this name enlisted in Mans- 
 field, Mass., in Mass. Line, and the name was recorded in 
 Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1790. Probable. 
 
 Joseph Goodell | Died | Aug. 21, 1828. | In the 71 Year 
 of his I age. | 
 
 Ruined cemetery south of Tully village. Joseph Good- 
 ale was in the 1st Suffolk Co. militia, Mass., and the name 
 was recorded in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1790. Probable. 
 
 In I Memory of | Shubil Knifpin, | who died | July 
 18th I 1823 I in the 85 year | of his age. ] 
 
 Deborah | Widow of | Subal Kniffin | died | Apr. 25, 
 1849, I In The | 84 Yr of her age. | 
 
 Tully cemetery. The name does not occur in the census 
 or N. Y. rolls, but that of Shubil Sniffen does in both. He 
 was enrolled in the 6th regiment of Dutchess Co., under Col. 
 Morris Graham. As both surnames were frequent there,it 
 is probable there was an error in recording the name, or" 
 may have been changed, as sometimes happened. Local 
 histories make the forms synonymous, a father and son 
 differing in the form. 
 
 In I memory of | Timothy Walker | who died | Febru- 
 ary 18th, 1836, I Aged 71 years | 6 months | & 10 days. | 
 
260 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Easter wife of | T. Walker who | de- 
 parted this life I Jan. 22, 1804 | aged 25 years. | 
 
 In I memory of | Charlott | wife of | Timothy Walker, 
 I who died Jan. | 2nd 1830, | in the 58 year of | her age. | 
 
 TuUy cemetery. A frequent name. He may have been 
 the one who served from Sutton, Mass., Capt. Reuben Davis' 
 Co., Col. Drury's regiment, 3 months in '81. 
 
 TOWN OF VAN BUREN. 
 
 Daniel Bennet — This pensioner was recorded as 51 
 in 1840, perhaps for 81. The name is in Conn, rolls, one 
 being in Capt. Mead's Co., Fairfield. In 1790 in New London 
 county. 
 
 Miles Bennett | Soldier of the Revolution | Died | 
 Sept. 1852, I Aged 90 Y'rs. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. As a pensioner his age appears as 
 74 in 1840, with residence in Camillus. He served in Capt. 
 Rogers' Co., 3d regiment Conn. Line in '82, and in 1790 was 
 in Reading, Ct. 
 
 John C. Brittin, | a native of New Jersey, ] died | July 
 21, 1842, I ag'd 85 y'rs. | 
 
 Dosha, | Wife of | John | C. Brittin, died | Aug. 15th 
 1817, I Aged 51 years. | 
 
 Ionia cemetery. This pensioner, from Morristown, N. 
 J., lived in Memphis in 1820, aged 64 years. He had prop- 
 erty worth $73.75, but owed $101. He owned 50 acres on 
 lot 37, fifteen cultivated. On his land was a 15-year-old log 
 cabin. All this was valueless to him, as there was a suit for 
 ejectment. His andirons were worth $2, and might be 
 priceless now. An ox-yoke ring might find no present use. 
 In 1840 he was aged 84, but town division had placed him 
 in Van Buren, and he lived with John Conets. He enlisted 
 in Capt. Jonathan Pierson's Co., N. J., June 1, '77, for three 
 years. His wife, Theodosia Munson, was a sister of Mrs. 
 Sarah Tappen. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 261 
 
 Betsey | Wife of | Sherebiah Evans | died April 22, | 
 1841, I in the 67 year of | her age. | 
 
 Ionia cemetery. In Mr. Chase's list his death is placed 
 in 1820. His wife made an affidavit and his property was 
 valued at $92.76. He had a daughter aged 13, and three 
 sons, who were 16, 10 and 7 years old. Thomas, the oldest, 
 is buried by him. It is said that Mr. Evans ran the first mill 
 at Marcellus. He was from Wilmington, Mass., and served 
 in Capt. Foster's Co., '77, and in others later. After the war 
 he went to Vermont before coming to New York, and is said 
 to have been born in Wales. He married Elizabeth Dudley, 
 who, as Betsey, was administrator. Sept. 2, 1820, showing 
 an error on the stone. He came to Boston in 1774 as a ship- 
 wright, and after finishing some work, enlisted. In 1798 he 
 wentto Marcellus, and afterward built and operated a grist- 
 mill at Sand Springs, Van Buren. While building a dam at 
 Baldwinsville a fever ended his life. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of | Thomas Faerington, | Died 
 1815, I Aged 55 Years. | An officer in | the Revolutionary 
 War. I 
 
 Elizabeth Holden | His Wife | Died May 14, 1841. | 
 Aged 78 Years. | Erected by their daughter | Mary F. 
 Norton. | 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. He was too young for an 
 officer, but enlisted for three years in '77, in Capt. Rufus 
 Putnam's Co., Mass. In 1790 the name was recorded in 
 Boston. His wife, Betsey, was administrator, Feb. 18, 1815, 
 so that he may have died in January. 
 
 Eber Haet, I Died | July 21, 1842; | in his 89th Y'r. | 
 Alice, | Wife of | Eber Hart, | Died | Sept. 9, 1841 ; | 
 in her 87th Y'r. | 
 
 Sorrel Hill cemetery. He has been called a Revolution 
 ary soldier and probably was, but no record has been quoted. 
 He was a native of Rhode Island, but was in Westport, 
 Mass., in 1790. Rolls of R. I. privates have not been pub- 
 lished. 
 
 Capt. John Hereick | A Rev. Soldier | B. 1760. D. 
 1826. I Father of O. B. Herrick. | 
 
262 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Daniel Cornell — Mr. Louis D. Sisco mentions this 
 pioneer as a Revolutionary soldier in Van Buren. He was in 
 the 6th Dutchess L. B. R. regiment, and in 1790 lived in 
 Mohawk, N. Y. His wife, Silvia, appears in his will, made 
 Dec. 13, 1823, and proved Oct. 7, 1824. His sons, Peleg and 
 David, were executors, and he lived on lot 29. 
 
 John Cunningham | Soldier | of the | Revolution | 
 Died 1820, | aged 76 y'rs. | 
 
 Sorrel Hill cemetery. Mr. Louis J. Sears- says: "He 
 was buried in a field southwest from here. The exact spot 
 is not now known, so a soldier's marker was placed on his 
 son-in-law's lot." He was a bombardier in Capt.Machin's 
 N. Y. Artillery, and drew lot 38, Camillus. His wife, Eliza- 
 beth Nicholson, died about 1832. He was in Rutland, Vt., 
 in 1790, and was of Irish birth. Capt. Machin was in the 
 Onondaga raid in 1779, but his company is not directly men- 
 tioned. Mr. Cunningham was married in New Windsor, 
 N. Y., July 17. 1782. 
 
 Benjamen De Puy I Soldier | Of The Revolution. | 
 Died, 1842 j Aged 90 Yrs. | 
 
 Riverview cemetery. (See Lysander.) This veteran's 
 service has been recorded in Lysander. He married Sally 
 Van Auken before leaving Ulster Co., perhaps the one who 
 was baptized in Minisink, June 25, 1757. In Albany there 
 is an early map of De Puy's island in Seneca river. 
 
 James Dunham | Soldier | of the | Revolution | Died 
 1825, I aged 67 y'rs. | 
 
 Ionia cemetery. This pensioner was 62 in 1820, and 
 his wife Mary was but 38. He had four children, Mary Ann 
 being 12, and James W., Hiram B. and William P. Dunham 
 being 6, 4 and 1 years of age. He was a farmer and carpen- 
 ter, and worth $21.34, but he reported no debts. In Morris- 
 town, N. J., he enlisted for nine months in the spring of '78, 
 in Capt. Mead's Co., Col. De Heart's Regt., N. J, Line. 
 
 Sherebiah Evans | a soldier of the | revolution | died 
 Aug. I 1821, I in the 65 year I of his age. | 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 263 
 
 Hannah S. | Widow of John Herrick I died Sept. 30th I 
 1835 Ae. 76 Yrs & 2 Mo. | ' 
 
 'Tis finished 'tis done the spirit is fled | 
 The prisoner is gone, the Christian is dead | 
 The Christian is living through Jesus blood | 
 And gladly receiving a kingdom above. | 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. He was born in Coventry, Ct., 
 May 16, 1760, and married Hannah Spring in 1780. The 
 name appears in the Conn. Line, from Woodbury, and is re- 
 corded ten times in Mass. He moved from Schoharie, N. Y., 
 to Albany, and thence to Baldwinsville in 1822, where he 
 settled a little south of the village. 
 
 Rynard House, | died Sept. 8th | 1828, | aged 75 years. | 
 Catharine, | wife of | Rynard House died | Aug. 11th 
 1829, I aged 74 years. | 
 
 Baldwinsville. cemetery. Father and son of the same 
 name were enrolled in the 2d Orange Co., and both lived in 
 Haverstraw, N. Y., in 1790. This was the son. 
 
 In I Memory of | David How, | who died Sept. 7th | 
 1834. aged 76 Years, | & 10 Months. | 
 
 In memory of | Eunice, | wife of David How, | who 
 died Oct. 2d | 1834. | in the 71st Year of her | Age. | 
 
 Sorrel Hill, where he lived. He is said to have served 
 under his father, and his name also appears in Capt. Allen's 
 Co., '76, from Conn, and in garrison at Fort Dayton, German 
 Flats, N. Y. It is also in Willett's N. Y. Levies and in the 
 12th regiment of Albany Co. At Ballston, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 In I Memory of | John Ingalsbe, | who died Aug. 17, | 
 1836, aged 83 years | 3 months & 2 days. | 
 
 Sorrel Hill. This pensioner was lame and infirm Jk 
 1820, and his daughter, Olive, was then 23 years old. He 
 had sons, but they were not mentioned. He saved $589.95, 
 and his property amounted to $620.93, including his equity 
 in 100 acres of farm land. He was a Lexington man, and 
 also served in Capt. Wheeler's Co., Col. Nixon's Regt., Mass. 
 Line, but was discharged under Capt. Thomas Barnes. He 
 came here in 1812. 
 
264 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 William Lakin | a soldier of the | revolution | Died | 
 Feb. 23, 1835 | In the 78 year | of his age. | 
 
 Elizabeth | Wife of | William Lakin | Died | Aug. 11, 
 1822 I In the 52 year | of her age. | 
 
 Ionia cemetery. In his affidavit of Aug. 31, 1821, 
 Mr. Lakin said he was then 64 years old, unable to work be- 
 cause of wounds in the body and left hand, his right hand 
 being also diseased. He was wounded in the battle of Bemis' 
 Heights. He was worth $84.89, and he held, with John 
 Lakin, an agreement to buy 20 acres of land at $12 per acre. 
 With him lived his wife, aged 59, (error), and her daughter, 
 Emia Simmons, aged 16. He said he enlisted in April, '77, 
 in Capt. Clois's Co., 2d N. H. regiment, serving three years 
 in this. Then he enlisted for the war in Capt. Scott's Co., 
 1st N. H. regiment, and was discharged Nov. 9, 1782. In 
 1790 he was in Hancock, N. H., where the Lineage book says 
 he was born. Onon. Cent, says : "William Lakin, a native 
 of Groton, Mass., where he was born on October 11, 1758, 
 settled in this town about 1796. He had served through the 
 Revolutionary war and was wounded. Finding his way to 
 Washington Co., N. Y., he there married Elizabeth, daugh- 
 ter of Joseph Wilson (before mentioned) whom he followed 
 westward. He settled near the site of Memphis, died on 
 Feb. 23, 1835, and was buried at Ionia." His grandson, 
 Charles A. Lakin of Manlius, says he first came to West 
 Hebron, N. Y., then to Bennett's Corners, Camillus, and 
 then to lot 37. The family have a cane which he cut at 
 Valley Forge, in winter of '77-'78. 
 
 Thomas Marvin | died May 11 | 1835 | aged 72 years. | 
 Also I 
 
 Anna | wife of | Thomas Marvin: | died Dec. 10. | 
 1827 I aged 54 years. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. His wife was Anna Norton. He ap- 
 plied for a pension Sept. 7, 1832, but had lost his papers. He 
 was born in Lebanon, Ct., Jan. 15, 1763, and enlisted July 1, 
 '79, in the town of Coventry, for 8 months under Capt. 
 Daniel Tilden, remaining at New London till December. 
 Then they marched to Fairfield, Ct., and were discharged 
 Feb. 28, '80. He then went to Hebron, Ct., living there till 
 the first of July. There he again enlisted for 6 months, and 
 marched to New Jersey, joining Capt. Hart's Co., Col. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 265 
 
 Webb's regiment, finally going to West Point, where he was 
 discharged July 1, '81. In Lebanon, Ct., he again enlisted 
 for 6 months, and was sent to Peekskill, N. Y., joining Capt. 
 Cull's Co., "in the regiment of Leather Caps" in Gen. 
 Parsons' brigade. There he saw La Fayette and the French 
 army march by, and helped ferry them across the river. 
 When the army went southward he remained at Peekskill, 
 but was soon sent to Stamford, Ct., remaining there about 
 six weeks, and driving off plundering parties. There, too, 
 he saw some service in whale boats, going with these to 
 East Chester, N. Y., inside the British lines. They hid in a 
 cellar till the following night, and then carried a boat across 
 a neck of land to East Chester creek, captured a small sloop 
 there and sailed down the creek. At the mouth was a ten 
 gun sloop, unsuspicious of danger, which was taken after a 
 brief conflict. Altogether they had 26 prisoners, and sailed 
 for Stamford. Before they reached there they captured a 
 sloop and schooner loaded with wood. While at Stamford 
 they heard of the surrender of Cornwallis, which they duly 
 celebrated. A little later they joined the main army near 
 Peekskill, and he was discharged at the end of his time, his 
 whole service in the army then being one year and eight 
 months. Besides this, however, he had served on two occa- 
 sions, a month at a time. He could find none of his former 
 comrades, but Andrew Weaver and Seth Warner would 
 certify to his veracity and their belief that he was a soldier. 
 The record of his name as Thomas Marble was the source of 
 his difficulty. He was so registered in 1790. 
 
 In I memory of | John McHarie | who died | Nov. 26th 
 1807. I Aged 55 years. | 
 
 In I memory of | Lydia McHarie, | Wife of | John Mc- 
 Harie, I died April 14, 1818. | Aged 70 years. | 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. He served in the Maryland 
 troops and in 1790 was in North Susquehanna Hundred 
 Cecil Co., Md. He was the earliest settler in Van Buren and 
 did a good business in taking boats over the rifts in the 
 river at Baldwinsville, the old Ste-ha-hah, or Stones in the 
 Water. His wife, Lydia, was administrator, June 6, 1808. 
 
 Stephen Mead — Onon. Cent, says that Stephen Mead 
 was a Revolutionary soldier, and that his son. Jay Mead, was 
 
266 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 born in Van Buren. One Stephen Mead, buried at Ionia, 
 died April 1, 1848, in his 63d year, being born after the Revo- 
 lution, and perhaps was another son, but the name is in 
 Conn, rolls, in Capt. Halt's Co., '76, and Capt. Charles 
 Smith's Co., '76-'77. It appeared in Greenwich, Ct., in 1790. 
 
 Phineas Meigs, | Died | May 1, 1835, | Ae. 77 Years. | 
 Elizabeth, | wife of | Phineas Meigs, | died Aug. 22, 
 1829, I aged 68 years. | Blessed are the dead who die | in 
 the Lord. | 
 
 Sorrel Hill. When he appeared Nov. 27, 1820, Mr. 
 Meigs said he was 64 years old. He served in Capt. Samuel 
 Barker's Co., Col. Meigs' Regt., Conn. Line, for three years. 
 He had a wife, and a son 16 years old. He then lived in 
 Pompey, and had a house and half an acre of land worth 
 $100. His other property was worth $39.92, but he owed 
 $219.55. This was discouraging, so he soon went to Van 
 Buren and prospered. He is on the list of Conn, pensioners 
 living in N. Y. 
 
 Atchinson Mellin I Soldier | of the Revolution j Died | 
 June 8, 1825, | aged 75 y'rs. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. This pensioner said he was 72 in 
 1820, differing from the above. He was worth $17, nor 
 wanted that little long. Beside, he lived with his children 
 and had no family to support. In July, '75, he enlisted for 
 one year in Capt. Matthew Smith's Co., Col. William 
 Thompson's Regt., Pa. Then he enlisted in the same regi- 
 ment for two years more, under Capt. Michael Simpson and 
 Col. Howe. The rolls give ample records. 
 
 In I Memory of | Ebenezer Morlby | who died Oct. 
 19th I 1832 I in the 77th year | of his age. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. Mr. Chase gave the name as Moseley 
 in application of 1820, but Mr. Sisco mentioned only Morley 
 as a soldier. In 1820 the veteran said he enlisted in '76 in 
 Capt. Joseph Thompson's Co., Col. Nixon's regiment, Mass., 
 troops, serving till discharged. The roll gives this enlist- 
 ment to Morley, in various ways extending his service to '82. 
 In this he was from Springfield, 25 years old in '81, of dark 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 267 
 
 complexion, 5 feet 6 inches high, and a shoemaker by trade. 
 In his application he was a shoemaker, but infirm from 
 rheumatism and old age, things hard to be rid of. He was 
 then 64, and his wife Prudence was 61, both dependent on 
 their son for support. His property amounted to $120.03, 
 and his debts were $53.50. He had "seven old hens," 
 probably very old, for the whole lot was valued at 44 cents. 
 He lived about half way from Warner to Baldwinsville, and 
 was twelve years a pensioner. 
 
 LOAMI Nbaring. I Died | Sept. 15, 1821, | in his 64th 
 year. | 
 
 Eunice, | Wife of | Laomi Nearing, | Died | Sept. 3, 
 1820, I In her 62d year. | 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. This pensioner was supported 
 by his son when he made his application in 1820, and had 
 property worth $47.61, while his debts were but $25.93. He 
 enlisted in June, '76, in Col. Huntington's 17th regiment. 
 Conn. Line, being in the battle of Long Island, when nearly 
 all in his regiment were cut off. He was in Capt. E. F. Bis- 
 sell's company, and his name appears elsewhere in that 
 State. Beside him lies his son, Jefferson, who died Nov. 1, 
 1845, aged 66 years. 
 
 Thomas Rewey, | died in 1836 | aged 84 years. | 
 Depart, my friends, dry up your tears ; | 
 I shall lie here till Christ appears. | 
 Warner. His name is in Capt. Noah Lankton's com, 
 pany, Col. Ashley's 1st Berkshire regiment, Mass., but the 
 only thing suggesting it in 1790 is Thomas Rhewee, of 
 Salem, Mass. Only heads of families were then recorded. • 
 
 In I Memory of | Samuel | Shead who died Jan. 5 | 
 1830. Ae. 81 Y'rs. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. Of five enrolled in Mass., two were 
 in Berkshire Co. in 1790. 
 
268 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Dow Smith, | Born march 10, 1737, | Died feb. 26, 
 1841. I 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. This pensioner has been re- 
 corded as being 105 in 1840. He served in Connecticut, and 
 the family have his record from Washington, though his 
 name is not in the published rolls. He was in Brantford, 
 Ct., in 1790, left New Hartford in 1810, and settled on lot 
 20 in Van Buren in 1814. To show how defective the rolls 
 are, the Washington record is here summarized. He was 
 in Middlefield, N. Y., when he applied for a pension, and was 
 born in Branford, Ct., in 1737, enlisting there as a private. 
 The first date was in the spring of '75, when he served for 
 14 days under Capt. Fowler, in the Lexington alarm. In 
 April, '76, he was one month under Capt. Russell ; another 
 under Capt. Reuben Rose; V/z months under Capt. Samuel 
 Ellis, and 5 weeks in the fall with Capt. Baldwin. In '77 he 
 acted as a seaman for a month under Capt. Wm. Quinn, 
 in guard boat service, and 5 weeks under Capt. Josiah Har- 
 rison. 
 
 Jerremiah Steves, | Born | Sept. 2, 1720, | Died | June 
 6, 1796. I Ae. 76. | 
 
 Jemima, | his wife | Born | Dec. 28, 1740, | Died | Sept. 
 22, 1782, I Ae. 42. | Father & Mother of | J. R. Steves. | 
 
 Warner. This may be simply a family memorial, and 
 probably is, but might record original burial or reinter- 
 ment of the husband. He was in the 1st Westchester regi- 
 ment, and in 1790 was in Canajoharie. 
 
 In I memory of | Dea. John Tappen | who died Nov. 
 29, 1818. I Aged 62 years. | 
 
 In I memory of | Sarah the, | Wife of Dea. John Tap- 
 pen I died March 19, 1819. | Aet. 59. | 
 
 Blessed are the Dead, that | Die in the Lord. | Yea— 
 saith the Spirit they | shall rest from their labors. | 
 Ionia cemetery. Onondaga's Centennial says that John 
 Tappen, a native of New Jersey, where he was born about 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 269 
 
 1756, was a Revolutionary soldier and settled west of Ionia 
 in 1796, dying as above. His wife died four months later, 
 and both were buried on a corner of his tract, which he 
 had set aside for this purpose. Several soldiers were buried 
 there, but the place has suffered from neglect. He was en- 
 rolled in Morris, N. J., whence J. C. Brittin also came. They 
 married sisters. Sarah Munson, wife of John Tappen, was 
 baptized Nov. 7, 1762. 
 
 Daniel Van Fleet, | died May | 19th, 1840, | aged 88 
 years | 1 Mo. & 10 Ds. | 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. He was enrolled in the 3d 
 Ulster Co. regiment, and in 1790 the name appeared in New 
 Cornwall. N. Y. 
 
 Margery, | wife of | Ebenezer Wells | died | Jan. 3, 
 1833; I aged 75 years | beloved & lamented. | 
 
 Baldwinsville cemetery. There is a stone only for the 
 wife. Onondaga's Centennial says: "About 1806-7 Eben- 
 ezer Wells, of Wethersfield, Mass., settled on lot 
 
 7. Wells was born in 1756, lived for a time in Rensselaer 
 Co., (where his son James was bom in 1783, died May 8, 
 1873) and died Feb. 22, 1812, and his remains lie in the 
 academy lot, on the Baldwinsville north side." He lived on 
 the south side. His name is in Capt. Chester Wells' Co., Ct., 
 '76, and in Albany Co. 4th regiment. In 1790 in Hartford, 
 Ct. His son James was in the war of 1812, and was ap- 
 pointed ensign at its close. 
 
 # 
 
 Calvin Waterman | Soldier | of the Revolution | Died 
 1838. I aged 88 years. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. According to the census this pen- 
 sioner was living in 1840, aged 85, differing from the stone. 
 His wife was 60 in 1827, and he was then a fanner and 
 shoemaker. His 20 acres were not worth over $15 per 
 
270 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 acre. Personal property might amount to $360.82, but he 
 owed several men. In the autumn of '75 he enlisted in Capt. 
 Brewster's company, Col. Huntington's regiment, Conn. 
 Line, serving till Aug. 27, '76, and being a prisoner till the 
 following spring, when he was sent to New London, ex- 
 changed and discharged. In 1790 his name was recorded 
 in Pittsfield, Mass. His wife, Priscilla, appears in will 
 made Aug. 28, 1839, and proved April 7, 1841, so that the 
 date on the stone is wrong. He lived on lot 29. 
 
 Adonijah White | Died | Oct. 29, 1827. | Aged 75 
 Years. | 
 
 Hannah Kingsbury | His wife | Died Aug. 28th, | 
 1851 I Aged 95 ears. | 
 
 Warner cemetery. He was a private, marching April 
 22, '75, in the Lexington alarm, and was corporal in '76, in 
 Capt. Hutchinson's Co., Conn. Though these inscriptions 
 appear here, the originals are in Andover, Ct., where they 
 rest. This note will prevent error. 
 
 John Wygant — Two men of this name appear in the 
 N. Y. rolls, and this seems the one recorded in the 4th Or- 
 ange Co. regiment and at New Cornwall in 1790. He came 
 to Van Buren in '98, and his wife Mary became his admin- 
 istrator. May 30, 1823. The other soldier was born in New 
 Marlboro, Ulster Co., 1748, enrolled in an Ulster regiment, 
 married Catharine Powell, and was still in his birthplace in 
 1790. The name varies in form, but was commonly written 
 Wygant until recently, when it became Wigent. No others 
 are on record. 
 
 Pioneers of Revolutionary age, with records but not 
 identified : 
 
 Moses How, | Died ] March 25, 1849 | Ae. 85 Y'rs 4 
 Mo. I & 23 D's. I 
 
 Precious in the sight of the Lord | is the death of his 
 saints. I 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 271 
 
 Warner. Seven of the name were enrolled in Mass., 
 but only two were recorded there in 1790. He came here 
 about 1812. His wife, Polly, appears in will of March 7, 
 1843, proved May 28, 1849. He lived near Ionia in 1825. 
 
 Benjamin Jones | Died i May 17, 1814. | Aged 87 Y'rs.| 
 
 Mehetabel Terrell | his Wife I Died May 25 I 1814 I 
 Aged 77 Y'rs. | i • i 
 
 Warner. A frequent name and several were enrolled 
 in Massachusetts. Probable. 
 
 John P. Pelton— This early settler was born in New 
 York City, April 19, 1767, and died in Van Buren, March 19, 
 1839. He was young and his name is not in the rolls, but 
 his father was an officer and he probably had camp duties. 
 The family history says: "At 16 years of age he entered 
 New York City with Washington and his troops on the day 
 of its evacuation by the British." He married about 1796, 
 Mary Guion of New York, and afterward, about 1816, Wid- 
 ow Isabella Marvin of Camillus. 
 
 SOME NAMES NOT ASSIGNED TO TOWNS. 
 
 Chester Allen — This is in S. A. R. list, but does not 
 appear in the census of 1790. He went from Stafford, Ct., 
 for 18 days in the Lexington alarm, and was in Capt. Olive^v 
 Hanchett's Co., Suffield, May 8-Dec. 17, '75. * 
 
 James Daggett — In the same list. Served from Reho- 
 both, Mass., in '77, and for three months in '78, in Col. John 
 Daggett's Co., and seven days in '80, and the name was 
 recorded there in 1790. 
 
272 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 David Deming — The D. A. R. Lineage book says this 
 pioneer was on the Onondaga pension list of 1818, probably 
 referring to the pension act of that year, and that he was 
 a private in the Conn. Line. He was born 1762 and died in 
 1833. He married Elizabeth Ann Curtis, and his name ap- 
 peared in Hartford Co., Ct., in 1790. 
 
 Samuel English — This soldier, in 1798, acknowledged 
 transfer of June 19, '91, before Judge Phelps of Onondaga. 
 He served in the 3d N. Y. Line. Lieut. Samuel English drew 
 lot 58, Cicero. 
 
 John Helmer — This pensioner was 62 in 1820, hving 
 with his wife Mary, his son John, aged 27, Henry, aged 15, 
 and Eve, aged 13. He was a tailor, with property worth 
 $45.21. He enlisted early in Col. Willett's regiment, at 
 German Flats, N. Y., and helped rebuild Fort Stanwix, 
 where he fought. In Aug., '75, he went into Dubois' regi- 
 ment. This was disbanded in April, '77, but he continued 
 in the service and was in Sullivan's expedition as a boat- 
 man. Afterwards the Indians carried him to Canada and 
 placed him in irons, the scars from which were still visible. 
 He was released at the end of the war, and in 1790 was in 
 Herkimer, N. Y. He may have lived near Minoa. 
 
 Joel Holcomb — This pioneer was born in Granby, 
 Hartford Co., Ct., in 1760, and enlisted at the age of 18 in 
 Capt. Judd's Co., Col. Samuel Wyllys' regiment. Conn. Line, 
 serving from April 26 to Dec. 28, '78. He married Sarah 
 Warner, moved to Mass., and then to Onondaga Co., where 
 his five children grew up. In 1820 he went to Ohio, where 
 he died. The oldest daughter, Sally, married Elisha Patchin, 
 but went to Ohio with her parents. They probably lived in 
 or near Onondaga Valley. He was again married to Lovisa 
 Brooks, Feb. .27, 1833. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 273 
 
 Thomas Keeney— The D. A. R. Lineage book says this 
 veteran was placed on the Onondaga pension list in 1833, 
 for three years actual service in Conn, militia. His wife 
 was Mercy Lamb. He was born in Hartford, Ct., in 1751, 
 and died in Tioga Co., Pa., in 1840, being buried in Che- 
 mung, N. Y. In 1790 he was in East Hartford. Here he 
 may have lived in Fabius. 
 
 John Robinson— This veteran was born in Scotland in 
 1746, and died in Onondaga Co. in 1833. He married Eunice 
 Wilcox, served in the Revolution, and had a land grant ac- 
 cording to the Lineage book. Both surnames are frequent 
 about Baldwinsville, and also elsewhere in the county. 
 
 Daniel Scovill— This pensioner of 1840 served in 
 Capt. Hand's Co., Conn., in '76. It is a Pompey and Manlius 
 name and might be assigned to either town. 
 
 Jesse Teague — This pensioner's age is not given, but 
 his wife Peggy was 49 in 1820, and there were six younger 
 people in the family; Maria Bayard, their daughter, with 
 infant daughter, Eliza Ann ; also William Teague, aged 16 ; 
 Jemima, 15 ; Jane Ann, 12, and Elmina, aged 6 years. Mr. 
 Teague was a mason, worth $83.35, and owing but $68. As 
 his creditors were Onondaga and Pompey people he may be 
 assigned to one of those towns. He was probably about 60 
 years old in 1820, not serving till near the end of the war. 
 He enlisted at Weston, Mass., in Capt. Hill's Co., Col. Jack- 
 son's regiment, in May, '81, but was transferred in '82 to 
 Col. Ebenezer Sprout's regiment, and soon after volunteered 
 in Capt. Pritchard's Rangers. This statement does not agree 
 at all with the Mass. rolls, where he seems the one who en- 
 listed from Western, (now Warren) in Capt. Dix's Co., Gen. 
 Patterson's brigade, and who was 21 years old in '80, of a 
 dark complexion, and 5 feet 4 inches high. Two earlier en- 
 tries — '77 and '78 — may be the same person. The old pen- 
 sioners were seldom accurate in accounts of services, es- 
 pecially in names of officers. 
 
274 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Ezra Turner — This veteran served in the Burgoyne 
 campaign, under Capt. Salmon White, Col. Ezra May's regi- 
 ment. He was born in Guilford, Ct., in 1743, and died in 
 Onondaga Co., in 1828, according to the Lineage book. 
 Ruhamah Jeffries was his second wife. 
 
 Martin Van Slyke — This old soldier deposed before 
 Judge Stevens, in Onondaga Co., Dec. 16, 1797, that he knew 
 Albert Blum in '76, when they were both in Capt. Fink's 
 Co., Col. Van Schaick's regiment. Mr. Blum was then non- 
 resident, and the name was also spelled Bloom. 
 
ADDENDA 
 
 In I memory of | Patrick Carson, | who died April | 
 27th, 1828 I aged 66 years. | I know that my Redeemer 
 liveth, I and that he shall stand in the latter day | upon the 
 earth. | 
 
 Old cemetery in Jordan. The name is in Capt. Bentley's 
 company, 8th Pa. battalion, and also in Chester Co., Pa., in 
 1790. From him came a once noted family. 
 
 Garret Cole — This pioneer came from Columbia Co. to 
 Manlius in 1812, where one of his grandsons was born in 
 1821. His own son. Garret, was born in 1775. His name is 
 in Col. James Clinton's 3d N. Y. Line, and he was in Duanes- 
 burg in 1790. 
 
 David Colton — ^He was born in Longmeadow, Mass., 
 June 3, 1756, married Dolly Powers, went to Rupert, Vt., 
 about 1790, removed to Jamesville, N. Y., about 1822, and 
 then to Cato, where the family history records his death in 
 1836. This also places him in Capt. Elijah Dwight's com- 
 pany, Greenwich, Mass., between '76 and '79. His daughter 
 Betsey married Dea. Elijah Weston, and died in Jamesville, 
 Sept. 18, 1816, in her fortieth year. 
 
 Sylvester Cortright — (See Skaneateles.) He was 
 baptized in Deer Park, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1748, and married 
 Annetje Davis. Their first child, Janneke, was baptized Oct. 
 20, '80, and the second, Wilhelmus, Aug. 18, '82. # 
 
 In memory of | Jason Damon | who died May | 31th 
 1835 I aged 71 years | & 10 months. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Bridgeport. The name of Jason Demmon 
 is in Capt. John Carpenter's company, Mass., with service 
 from May 6, '80, to Feb. 6, '81. Probable. 
 
276 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Benjamin Darling | A soldier of the | Revolutionary 
 war I Died | March 4, 1851 | aged 90 yrs. & | 9 months. | 
 
 Faeozina I wife of | Benj. Darling | died June 20 | 1843 
 I Ae. 84 y'rs & 14 | days. | 
 
 Collamer. (See Manlius.) These small stones at first 
 escaped notice, but the veteran's services have been already 
 given. He lived in that part of Manlius set off to DeWitt 
 and some of his descendants lie beside him. 
 
 Thomas King — This pioneer came from Vermont to 
 Marcellus in 1805, where his third grandchild was born in 
 1830. His age is in doubt, but the name appears in Ethan 
 Allen's Green Mountain Boys and at Quebec, and also in 
 Capt. Downer's company, '80-'81, Shaftsbury, whence came 
 so many of our pioneers. 
 
 William Parsons | Died | Aug. 5, 1842. | Aged | 76 
 years 11 mo. & 7 | Days. 
 
 Cicero village cemetery. The name is in many rolls. 
 
 Peter Tallman | Died | Sept. 15, 1844 | Ae. 89 Y'rs. | 
 Life's story is o'er & I'm at rest so weep not for me. | 
 
 Collamer. Two of this name were in the census of 1790, 
 and but one in the N. Y. rolls, but Peter Taulman appears in 
 Malcolm's Levies and in the 2d Orange Co. L. B. R. regi- 
 ment, thus making it probable that both those of this name 
 here were enrolled. 
 
 Peter Terpening | Died Dec. 20, 1842, | aged 82 years. | 
 Here to thy bosom, mother Earth | 
 
 Take back in peace what thou hast given | 
 And all that is of heavenly birth, | 
 God in peace recall to Heaven. | 
 Mary | wife of | Peter Tarpenny | Died | Sept. 18, 1836 | 
 Ae. 70 Years. | 
 
 Affliction sore long time I bore | 
 !^ Physicians were in vain | 
 
 :' Till God was pleased to give me ease | 
 
 I And free me from my puin. | 
 
 Terpening cemetery, Cicero. Kfe was enrolled in the 4th 
 Orange Co. regiment, and in 1790 was in Kingston. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 277 
 
 John Wallace — This veteran married Margaret Van 
 Inwegen, and lived in Ulster Co. till after the Revolution, in 
 which he was enrolled in the 4th Ulster regiment. Some 
 years later he moved to Onondaga Co. Both he and his wife 
 died when 80 years old. 
 
 In I Memory of | Mr. Daniel Wattles | who died July 
 3d I 1812 Ae. 57 Years. | 
 
 Manlius cemetery. Enrolled in Capt. Moulton's com- 
 pany, Lebanon, Ct., in 1781, and in the same place in 1790. 
 A veteran. 
 
 John Wbtsel | Died | Dec. 20, 1846 | Aged | 82 Y'rs. | 
 Euclid cemetery in Clay. His name appears in 2d L. B. 
 
 R. regiment, Dutchess Co., and only in New York City in 
 
 1790. 
 
 The following are added from the Town of Fabius : 
 
 RUFUS Carter, | died June 21, ] 1844, ] ag'd 80 y'rs & 
 17 d's. I Let me die the death of the | righteous, & let my 
 last end | be like his. | 
 
 Ruth Carter | died June 9, 1840. | ag'd 70 y'rs 5 m. | 
 & 15 d's. I "Blessed are the pure in heart: for | they shall 
 see God." | 
 
 Miles cemetery. (See Fabius for this and next.) 
 Stones broken and in piles. 
 
 Sally | wife of | Nathan'l Miles, 1 Died 1 May 30, 1846, | 
 In the 65 year of | her age. | 
 
 Miles cemetery. If this is the widow of the soldier 
 there is a great disparity in age, and it is more probable 
 that she was the widow of Nathaniel Mighell, buried therif 
 who died in 1822, aged 50 years. 
 
 In memory of | WiLiAM Andrews | who died July 15, 
 1831 ; I in the 65th | year of his age. 
 
 Lucy | Wife of | Wm. Andrews. | Died | Sept. 16, 1863, | 
 Aged 92 Years. | 
 
278 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 The name is in Conn, and Mass. rolls and census. This 
 and the following ten are in the Keeney Settlement ceme- 
 tery, Fabius. 
 
 Nathaniel Bacon | Died | Aug. 1, 1806. Aged | 58 
 Years. | (Flag.) 
 
 Anna | Wife of | Nathaniel Bacon | Feb. 4, 1806, Aged| 
 56 Years. 
 
 Private in Capt. Alexander McClellan's Co., Mass. 
 Served 2 months and 18 days in '79, in expedition against 
 Penobscot. Name in both Vt. and N. Y. in 1790. 
 
 In memory of mr. | Azariel Blanchard, | He di'd 
 march the | 27th 1818 in the 77. | Year of his age.| 
 
 Death is a debt | To nature due, | Which I have paid | 
 And so must you. | Here we must lie | Beneath the tombs j 
 Till Jesus Christ | In glory comes. | 
 
 Mrs. Thankful | Wife of Aza- | riel Blanchard | died 
 June 29th | 1833 Aet. 75 | Y. 4 M. & | 27 D. | 
 
 Hur gentle spirit | Soars away j To dwell with God | 
 In endless day. | 
 
 He served in Brown's detachment of Green Mountain 
 Boys in '76, and in Capt. Ephraim Buell's Co., Vt., as ser- 
 geant in '79 and '80. 
 
 Benjamin Brown | 1767-1857 | (Flag.) 
 
 Dorinda I Wife of Benj. Brown Esq. | Died | July 25, 
 
 1858, I Ae. 84 y'rs. | 
 
 Probably in Capt. Josiah Fish's Co., Vt. in '81. Others 
 
 in New England. 
 
 In I memory of | John Cadwell, | who died March 3, 
 1834; I aged 75 years. | 
 
 God my Redeemer lives | And ever from the skies | 
 Looks down & watches all my dust | Till he shall bid 
 it rise. | 
 For record see Fabius. 
 
 In memory of | Stephen Couch, | who died April 5, 
 1834; I aged 76 years. | 
 
 He served in Capt. Welles' Co., Ct., in '76, and the 
 name appeared in Fairfield and Hartford counties in 1790. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 279 
 
 In Memory of | John Daniels, | Who Departed This 
 life I November 7, 1807 | Aged 66. | 
 
 A frequent name in rolls and census, and probably a 
 soldier. 
 
 David Griswold, | Died | Jan. 7, 1853, | In his | 93, 
 Year. | (Flag.) 
 
 Mary, | Wife of | David Griswold | Died ] Mar. 2, 1833 | 
 In her 67, Y'r.| 
 
 He served in several Vt. companies, and was there in 
 1790. 
 
 In I Memory of | Simon Keeney | Who Departed this | 
 life May 27th 1809. | Aged 73 | years. | (Flag) 
 
 Death is a debt to nature due | That I have paid & so 
 must I you. | 
 In 1 Memory of | Marganet | wife of Simon | Keeney 
 who De- I parted this life | May 29th 1817 | Aged 77 | years. | 
 Go home my friends dry up your tears | 
 I must lie here till Christ appears. | 
 Names on family monument in Evergreen cemetery, 
 Fabius, which see. Wife's name misspelled on stone. 
 
 Samuel Webster, | died Dec. 11th, 1834 | aged 80 
 years & 7 Months. | 
 
 Margaret, | wife of | Samuel Webster, | died May 20th, 
 1839, I aged 83 years. | 
 
 This name is frequent in N. Y. and New England rolls. 
 
 In I Memory of | Gurdin Woodruff | who died April 
 6, I 1830 ; I in the 75 year of | his age. \ (Flag) 
 
 Death is a debt to nature due | I've paid that debt 
 and so | must you. | 
 In I memory of | Philena, | wife of 1 Gurdin Woodruff, 
 Jr. I who departed this | life | April 21st 1822: 1 aged 54 
 
 years. I A 
 
 Anna | Wife of | Gurdin Woodruff | Died | July^9, 
 
 1849. I Ae. 88 years. | 
 
 Farewell mother her we leave thee; |To thy bliss we 
 
 hope to rise, | 
 And for ever dwell beside thee | In the bloom of 
 
 He served in Capt. J. Wells' Co., Ct., '76, and was in 
 Hartford Co. in 1790. 
 
280 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | David Merrill, | who departed | this life, 
 Dec. 4th I 1821 ; | in the 86th year | f o his age. | 
 
 In cemetery west of Gooseville, Fabius. The name is 
 in Mass. rolls as a private from Tewksbury, in various com- 
 panies '75 to '80, and it is also in Vt. rolls. His son Barzillai, 
 whose tomb is by his, died April 14, 1850, aged 85 years and 
 5 months, but did not serve. 
 
 Stephen Jackson | 1741-1820 | Deborah Jackson | 
 His Wife | 1745-1822 | 
 
 Delphi. He may have served under Capt. Eliphalet 
 Holmes, East Haddam, Ct., in '76, and in Conn. Line, '80. 
 The name appears in Fairfield Co., in census of 1790. 
 
 Daniel Davis | 1765-1842 | Polly Jackson Davis | 
 1766-1852 I 
 
 Delphi. The name is in N. Y. and often in Mass. and 
 Conn, rolls. 
 
 William Shankland | And | Margaret | his wife. 
 The former | Died | Apr. 17, 1850 | Aged 88 Y's | The latter 
 died Nov. 10, 1850 | Aged 80 Y's. | He was Bom in | Amer- 
 ica and was | A soldier of the Revolution | She was Bom in ] 
 Scotland. | 
 
 Delphi. For record see Pompey names. 
 
 Robert Paine — On page 10 read 1822 for 1862. 
 
 Daniel Hills — In cemetery near Gooseville is the 
 stone for his wife : Phebe | wife of | Daniel Hills | Died | 
 July 31, 1846 | Aged | 82 years & 10 | months. | 
 
 See Fabius. 
 
 Samuel Sherwood-^HIs widow married again, and her 
 stone in Delphi cemetery reads : Nancy | Wife of | Patrick 
 Shields. | Died | Dec. 23, 1860 | Aged 84 y'rs. | See Pompey. 
 The graves of many soldiers* wives have been found but are 
 not recorded here because of uncertainty as to which sur- 
 vived. 
 
 James Cameron — His wife's record in Delphi is: 
 Margaret Cameron [ Died | July 4, 1862, | Aged 84 Y'rs. | 
 See Pompey. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 281 
 
 Chauncey Gayloed — See Marcellus for record. His 
 will was made there Sept. 1, 1843, and recorded May 25, 
 1844. Two of the witnesses were Charles H. and Ruth M. 
 Gaylord. The legatees were his sons, Jesse, Eber, Oren, 
 Roys, Levi and Asaph. The latter was executor and residu- 
 ary legatee. No wife was mentioned and the witnesses may 
 have been grand-children. Died March 21, 1844, aged 87 
 years. 
 
 Zebulon Rust, | Died 1 June 25, 1836, | Ae. 70 Y'rs. | 
 AURELIA Rust, | Died | Feb. 10, 1844, | Ae. 75 Y'rs. j 
 Oakwood cemetery. For record see Syracuse. They 
 
 were married Jan. 24, 1788, and the register of this early 
 
 family is preserved here in fine condition. 
 
 Ebenezer Pearce — Descendants of this veteran state 
 that he lived in Hancock, Mass., and came to Fabius in 1804 
 with his sons Caleb and Daniel. Also that he may have 
 been buried in DeWitt. That these names occur in no ceme- 
 tery or list of early settlers is of little account. The only 
 merely suggestive inscription is in Jacksonville cemetery, 
 that of Ruth Pearse, who died in 1845, aged 92 years. The 
 veteran, however, seems the one who enlisted for New 
 Salem, July 1, 1780, for 3 months. His age was then 16, 
 stature 5 feet 5 inches, and complexion light. He had 
 grown when he enlisted in '82 for 3 years, being then 5 feet 
 71/2 inches high. There was another soldier of this name 
 who served for a few days with the Mass. troops. 
 
 In I memory of | Isaac Strong, | who died | Feb. 18, 
 1829 ; I aged 64 years | & 21 days. | 
 
 In I memory of | Dezire Strong, | who died Dec. 19th | 
 A. D. 1821. I in the 90th Year | of her Age, | 
 
 Sennett Rural cemetery. For record see Elbridge. His 
 wife's stone was not observed, and the above is that of «s 
 mother, a rarer thing here. 
 
 Sacred to the memory | Of I Col. John Ward, 1 who 
 died Dec. 8, 1808 ; | aged 57 years ] & 9 months. | 
 
 Sacred to the memory | Of | Christania, | consort of | 
 John Ward, | who departed | this life | Sept. 9, 1832; | 
 aged 68 years | & 2 months. | 
 
282 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Meech cemetery, just west of Elbridge town line, and 
 used by Elbridge families. It was an early name in that 
 town, and occurs in most New England rolls, and in those 
 of New York and New Jersey. 
 
 Me. Nathan | Abbott | Died Feb. | 19th 1831 | Aet. 
 89 I Years. | 
 
 My children dear | Assemble here | A father's grave 
 
 to see I 
 Not long ago | I dwelt with you | And soon you'll 
 dwell with me. | 
 
 Mrs. I Mercy | Wife of | Nathan ] Ab- 1 bott Died | Feb. 
 18th 1813 I Aet. 68 | Y. | 
 
 beneath this sod doth lie | As much virtue as could 
 
 die I 
 But when alive did vigor give | To as much virtue as 
 could live. | 
 In an abandoned cemetery on lot 88, LaFayette, 2 miles 
 south of Cardiff, and called TuUy Valley on the latest map. 
 These seem the parents of Nathan Abbott who is buried in 
 Cardiff, and the same notes may be applied to probable 
 service. 
 
 AUGUSTINUS Shue | Died | Mar. 15, 1828 | In the 83 
 year of | his age. | 
 
 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. | 
 
 Maria H. | wife of | Augustus Shue | Died | May 24, 
 1841 I In the 89 Y'r | of her age. | 
 
 In the same cemetery, the inscriptions being fuller than 
 those on the family monument in Cardiff, already given in 
 the town of La Fayette. 
 
 In Memory of | Maj. Jonathan Irish | who died Nov. 
 12th I 1819 I In the 56 year | of his | age. | 
 
 Mrs. Fanna | Wife of | Major J. Irish | Died May 4th | 
 1825 Aet. 56 Y. I 4 Mo. & 22 D. | 
 
 In the same cemetery. The name appears in N. Y. and 
 New England rolls and he was in Stephentown, N. Y., in 
 1790. There he was appointed ensign in the militia in 1800, 
 captain in 1802, and 2d major in 1807, vacating this office 
 when he removed in 1809. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 283 
 
 Sacred | to the memory of | DBA. David White | who 
 died Aprl. 18, 1837 | aged 78 years 6 mo. & 7 days. | Blessed 
 are the dead who die in the lord | from henceforth; yea 
 saith the spi- | rit for they rest from their la- | bors, and 
 their works do follow them. | 
 
 Tully Valley cemetery. Many of the name are enrolled 
 in New England, but he may have been the private who 
 was in Col. Cornelius D. Wynkoop's N. Y. regiment, and 
 who lived in Canajoharie in 1790. In the same cemetery 
 are two pioneers of Revolutionary age, probably soldiers 
 but without record. These are John and Richard Ackles, 
 whose wives rest there also. Three other brothers came 
 with them to this town, leaving many descendants there 
 and in Spafford. It is probable that the veteran Michael 
 Christian was buried here, as it was the cemetery nearest 
 to his farm in Christian Hollow, and as the surname appears 
 on one stone at least. The place is densely overgrown and 
 some may have escaped notice. Of course there are many 
 unmarked graves. In most cemeteries there are soldiers' 
 wives with no memorials of their husbands, and no indica- 
 tion of which survived the other. These inscriptions have 
 been recorded, with those of all pioneers observed who were 
 old enough to have served in the war. 
 
 Samuel Humphrey | Died | June 15, 1850 | Ae. 95 Y'rs 
 
 5 Mo. I & 1 day. | A Revolutionary Soldier. | 
 
 Zeruah I Wife of I Samuel Humphrey | Died | March 
 1, 1848 I Ae. 85 years, 4 Mos. | & 11 D's. | 
 
 Berwyn cemetery, lot 92, LaFayette, near the old Conk- 
 lin mill. Through kindness of Dr. F. A. Hunt of Pompey 
 Hill, these inscriptions were first secured, leading to a visit 
 to this old and pleasant cemetery and the record of other in- 
 scriptions. For record see Pompey. 
 
 # 
 
 In memory of | John Nearing | who departed this ] 
 life April | 22, 1826 | aged 74 years | & 10 days. | 
 
 In memory of | Lucy | wife of John | Nearing | who de- 
 parted this I life Aug. 24th | 1828 aged 74 | years 4 months | 
 
 6 12 days. | 
 
 Same cemetery. For record see Pompey. John Near- 
 ing, who died in 1837, was their son, born in 1780. 
 
284 THi3 ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 James Beach | Died | Mar. 11, 1828, | Aged 76 Years. | 
 Sarah | Wife of | James Beach | Died | Apr. 30, 1824, | 
 Aged 66 Years. | 
 
 In the same cemetery with the following four, all hav- 
 ing records, but not identified. This pioneer's most probable 
 record is in Capt. Kimball's company. Conn. Line, for 8 
 months in '77, but the name appears in other rolls. 
 
 In I Memory of | Jacob Conklin, | who died Febr. 2nd | 
 1814. Aged I 78 years. 
 
 In I Memory of | Katharine, | wife of | Jacob | Conklin 
 who I died Ap. 18th | 1808. Aged | 73 years. | 
 
 The Conklins are said to have come from Long Island, 
 but may have lived in Connecticut. Jacob's name occurs in 
 N. Y. rolls, but he may have served from Greenwich, Ct., in 
 the Lexington alarm, and in a Continental regiment the same 
 year. He seems the one who was with Isaac in Guilford, Ct., 
 1790. The date of 1819 appears on these stones, the year in 
 which they were made. 
 
 In I Memory | of Isaac | Conklin who ] died Sept. 
 29th, I 1807. Aged | 45 years. | 1819 | R. & N. Hubbard en- 
 graveiour of Sherburn. | 
 
 Elizabeth | Wife of | Isaac Conklin | Died Feb. 14, 
 1841 I Ae. 77 Y'rs 1 Mo. | «& 16 Ds. | 
 
 Beneath this cloth her dust remains, | Free from all 
 
 her anxious pains, | 
 Christ was her choice, she's gone on high, | To dwell 
 with him eternally. | 
 The name appears in Orange and Albany Co. rolls, but 
 not in Connecticut, where it was recorded in Guilford in 
 1790. Doubtful. 
 
 In I Memory of | Daniel Dean | who died Sept. 5, 
 1821. I Aged 82 years. | 
 
 This stone is erected by his | children, as a mark of re- 
 spect I to an affectionate Father. | 
 
 In I Memory of | Elizabeth Dean | wife of | Daniel 
 Dean | who died Mar. 27, | 1825 | Aged 75 years. | 
 
 The name occurs in Capt. Noadiah Hooker's company, 
 Conn., in '75, and as corporal in his regiment in '77. Also 
 as sergeant in Capt. Webster's company, '79, in Mass. Prob- 
 able. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 285 
 
 William Reed | Died | Feb. 6, 1830, in | The 74 year of I 
 His Age. I 
 
 God my Redeemer lives. | And often from the skies. | 
 Looks down and watches all my dust | Till he shall 
 bid it rise. | 
 JENEVRETH, | Wife Of I William Reed, | Died Sept. 19, 
 1838, in I the 72, yr. of | Her Age. | 
 
 God my Redeemer lives, | & ever from the skies | 
 Looks down & watches all my dust, | Till he shall bid 
 it rise. | 
 Frequent in New England rolls and probably a soldier. 
 Some other pioneers in this cemetery lack records. 
 
 Jonathan Rowley — This Jordan pioneer, mentioned 
 in Elbridge and buried in the Meech cemetery, proves too 
 young for service. He died Oct. 2, 1849, aged 80 years, and 
 his wife Amy in March. 
 
 Major Richard Baily — The Onondaga Register re- 
 corded his death in Christian Hollow, LaFayette, Nov. 14, 
 1828, aged 88 years, saying that he was an officer in the 
 Revolution. Early papers might reveal other veterans. One 
 of this name was a lieutenant in a Mass. company, and an- 
 other a captain in N. Y. in the 4th Orange Co. regiment. 
 This one was captain of a R. I. company, '76-'80, and major 
 in 3d King's Co. regiment, R. I., '80 to end of the war. In '81 
 he commanded a battalion of 500 men. 
 
 To the memory of | Elijah Borden | & Sarah his wife, 
 who I departed this life the former | May 25th, 1822, in the 
 86th I year of his age, the latter | Oct. 11th, 1816, aged 76 
 years. | 
 
 Great God we own thy sentence just | And nature 
 
 must decay, | 
 We yield our bodies to the dust | To dwell with f eUow 
 clay. I 
 For record see Pompey. They are interred in the family 
 cemetery, at the edge of woodland, lot 37. The family his- 
 tory erroneously makes another Sarah wife of their son 
 Nathan. 
 
 In memory of | Francis Lusk | who died Feb. 19, 
 1822, aged 65 years. | 
 
286 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 In memory of | Phebe wife of | Francis Lusk, | who 
 died Aug. 23, | 1828, aged 73 years. | 
 
 Wheeler cemetery, Camillus. He served in Col. James 
 Clinton's regiment, 3d N. Y. Line, and was enrolled in 2d 
 Ulster regiment, being still in Ulster Co. in 1790. 
 
 James C. Millen. | Died | March 26, 1807, | in the 57. 
 Y'r I of his age. | 
 
 Sarah M. | wife of J. C. Millen, jDied Sept. 21, 1822 | 
 in the 71. Y'r of her age. | 
 
 Friends and physicians could not save | Nor keep 
 these bodies from the grave, | 
 Nor can the grave confine them here, |When Christ in judg- 
 ment shall appear. | 
 
 Old cemetery, Marcellus village. Four of their sons 
 also died in the spring of 1807. The family was from Pel- 
 ham, Mass., but the name in the rolls is much farther east. 
 Prefixes were often dropped on removal, and the pioneer 
 may have been James C. McMillen of Col. Porter's regiment, 
 Hampshire Co., making a local agreement. This seems 
 probable. 
 
 Reuben Murray — See Pompey. He was born in Guil- 
 ford, Ct., Feb. 17, 1743, and the family history says he was 
 a soldier and at Ticonderoga. In '66 he married Sarah 
 Guthrie in Kent, Ct., who was born in Woodbury, April 13, 
 1744 and died in Pompey in '92. 
 
 Joseph Stevens — See Skaneateles. In a local notice of 
 his death he is called a pensioner. 
 
 Lewis Sweeting. | Died | April 2nd, 1842, | Aged 90 
 years 2 m's & | 16 days. | 
 
 Naomi | Wife of | Lewis Sweeting, | Died | May 7, 1848, 
 I Aged I 76 Years. | 
 
 Messina Springs cemetery. See Salina for record of 
 this pioneer, who rests in the town of De Witt, His daugh- 
 ter Martha, aged 59, lies beside her parents, and also some 
 younger children. 
 
 John Meeker — In a Skaneateles Columbian of 1834, is 
 quaintly announced the marriage in Tully, May 23, of "John 
 Meeker, aged about 70 and Miss Eliza Moseley, aged about 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 287 
 
 17 !" This may have been the famous merchant who had so 
 many stores in Onondaga Co., in early days, and who was 
 not averse to a good bargain, but in any case he was old 
 enough for Revolutionary service, and the name occurs in 
 the 3d N. Y. Line, 4th Conn. Line, and the Essex Co., N. J. 
 militia. In 1790 it was twice recorded in Connecticut. Prob- 
 able. Eliza Meeker, Russell Chase and Henry K. King were 
 appointed his administrators, July 21, 1840. 
 
 Henry Van Deusen — This pioneer was born in 
 Dutchess Co. in 1760, and probably was the one enrolled in 
 the 8th Albany regiment, marrying Mary Loop in 1782 and 
 living awhile in Copake, N. Y. In 1790 he was recorded as 
 Hendrick in Montgomery Co., coming to Geddes soon after, 
 and dying there in 1824. Some of his children were bom 
 there. 
 
 John Welch — He was born near Hartford, Ct., in 
 1745, and died in Ohio in 1831, but lived here for a time, 
 marrying Deborah Monroe near Syracuse in 1809. Tradi- 
 tionally he was a soldier who was shot in the abdomen, but 
 recovered. His exact service is not reported, but the name 
 is in Conn, rolls and he seems the one who served in the Lex- 
 ington alarm and later. 
 
 Ralph Wheelock — See Pompey. He was born in Stur- 
 bridge, Mass., Sept. 6, 1758, and lived there till '88. There 
 he married Abigail Blashfleld, July 7, '84, who was born in 
 Brimfield, Feb. 27, 1762. They had five children, and lived 
 in Peru, Mass., '94-'99. He was a lieutenant in '94, and 
 captain in '97. 
 
 JAMES Bakbe, I Died I March 17, 1824, ] Aged 67 Years. 
 1 A Revolutionary soldier, an honest | man. | 
 
 SAEAH, I Relict of I James Baker, | Died | April 2, 1^1, 
 
 I Aged 88 years. \ „ „ . aj^j. +v. 
 
 See Marcellus for this and four foUowmg. After the 
 
 foregoing addenda were in type, Mr. Belus North called at- 
 tention to an unrecorded cemetery on lot 49 Marcellus, 
 where several veterans repose. It is of considerable size 
 and for some time disused. Another small family cemetery 
 is about 2 miles northwest. The above stones are badly 
 broken, and are on the Jackson farm. 
 
288 THS ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Mr. I Lewis Bakee, | Died Feb. 18, | 1834, | Aged 73 
 years j 1 month & | 23 days. | 
 
 His wife was probably the pensioner of 1840. 
 
 Dea. Ezekiel Baker | Died | May 23, 1842, | Ae. 77 
 Y'rs. I 
 
 Hannah | Relict of | Ezekiel Baker | Died | Aug. 15, 
 1841, I Ae. 75 Y'rs. | 
 
 Many of this family are buried here. 
 
 Jonathan Baker, | Died | Feb. 4, 1850, | Aged [ 87 
 Years. | 
 
 Sarah, | wife of | Jonathan Baker, | died April 30, 
 1833, I aged 68 years | & 8 mo. | 
 
 'Tis finished 'tis done, the spirit is fled, | 
 The prisoner is gone, the christian is dead. | 
 The christian is living through Jesus's blood, | 
 And gladly receiving a kingdom above. I 
 
 Dea. Lemuel Barrows, | Died | Aug. 16, 1842, | Ae. 
 80 Y'rs 3 Mo. I & 24 D's. | 
 
 Abigail, | wife of | Capt. Lemuel Barrows, | A native 
 of Thompson, | Conn, died April 2, 1813, | aged 50 years. | 
 
 Abigail | Wife of | Dea. Lemuel Barrows | Died | Oct. 
 7, 1856, I Aged | 92 Years. | 
 
 His later title superseded the earlier. 
 
 John Gordon | died Aug. 18th. | 1830, | aged 75 years | 
 10 months & | 4 days. | 
 
 In same cemetery. Many in New England rolls and in 
 census of 1790. 
 
 Gideon-Marlett I died Dec. 13th | 1822, | aged 73 
 years | & 10 Mo. | 
 
 With songs let us follow his flight, | 
 And meet with his spirit above, | 
 Escap'd to the mansions of light, | 
 And lodg'd in the Eden of love. | 
 Mary M. | wife of | Gideon-Marlett | Died Nov. 25, 
 1825 Ae. I 72 Years 8 Mo. & 17 Ds. | 
 
 'Tis finished 'tis done, the spirit is fled | 
 The prisoner is gone, the Christian is dead : | 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 289 
 
 The Christian is living through Jesus's blood | 
 And gladly receiving a kingdom above. | 
 In same cemetery. Adjutant in 3d Tryon Co. regiment, 
 N. Y,, but is not in the census of 1790. A younger Gideon 
 was in the same regiment. He was appointed adjutant in 
 Montgomery Co. in 1786, but declined the office in 1799. 
 This was the earlier Tryon Co. 
 
 Cornell Wiltse. | Died | June 9, 1854, I Ae. 86 Y'rs 
 10 Mo. I & 6 D's. I 
 
 Elizabeth, | Wife of | Cornell Wiltse, | died Nov. 26, | 
 1827, I aged 58 years | & 2 Mo. | 
 
 In same cemetery. The name is probably abbreviated 
 from that of Cornelius, Jr., 8th Albany Co. regiment, appear- 
 ing thus in 1790 in Amenia and Hillsdale. 
 
 In Memory of | Maj. Amaziah Bo | yce, who departed 
 July I 30, 1814 : In the 49 year | of his age. | 
 
 Depart my friends | Dry up your tears | 
 I must lie here | Til Christ appears. | 
 
 This curious and antique stone in the old cemetery, 
 Marcellus, is mentioned with hesitancy. The name appears 
 in no accessible rolls and is not in the census of 1790, yet so 
 high a title at so early a day would indicate Revolutionary 
 service. The name does not appear among our pioneers, 
 but an old Mrs. Boyce died in Skaneateles village, Jan. 15, 
 1837, and was buried on the 19th. His footstone has "Maj. 
 A. B." 
 
 Philemon and Philinda Andrews — They had three 
 sons who removed from Homer to Pomfret, N. Y. : Wilson, 
 born in Conn., 1788 ; James, born in Vt., '94, but probably in 
 N. Y., and Asa, bom in Pompey, '99, so that they then lived 
 in Onondaga Co. In 1790 he was in Hoosick, N. Y., withfts 
 wife and two children. He served July 1-Dec. 13, 1780, in 
 the Short Levy for the Conn. Line. 
 
 Capt. John Beach — See Skaneateles, the following 
 notes being gathered from imperfect files of its newspapers. 
 He died Dec. 23, 1844, aged 80 years and 7 months, at the 
 home of his son-in-law, S. Porter Rhoades. 
 
290 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Joseph Billings — See Skaneateles. His wife, Sarah, 
 died Aug. 10, 1836, aged 77 years. 
 
 Capt. Anthony Burgess — This veteran died in Geddes, 
 March 17, 1853, aged 93 years and 5 months. He served in 
 Capt. John Carpenter's company of guards, Springfield, 
 Mass., May 1-July 31, 1781. 
 
 Samuel Chase — This pioneer seems Samuel Chase, Jr., 
 who served three months in '81, from Newbury, Mass., and 
 was still there in 1790. The name also appears in the 16th 
 Albany regiment and in Cambridge, N. Y., in '90. He died 
 in Fabius, April 16, 1857, in his 91st year. A biographical 
 note says he came from Massachusetts and settled on Arab 
 Hill, being one of the earliest pioneers of Fabius. 
 
 Seth Claek — See Otisco. He came from Northamp- 
 ton, Mass., and seems the one who enlisted for three months 
 from that place, in Capt. Wales' Co., to go to Horse Neck. 
 He was still in Hampshire Co. in 1790. 
 
 Samuel Eggleston — This pioneer died in Skaneateles, 
 June 20, 1840, aged 96. He served under Capt. John Skin- 
 ner, Oct. 23-Dec. 4, '76, in Conn. Line, and was in Windsor 
 in 1790. 
 
 Aaron Keeler — This veteran died in Skaneateles, Aug. 
 8, 1851, aged 87 years. He was probably the one enrolled in 
 the 4th Westechester Regiment, N. Y., and who was placed 
 in Norwalk or Stamford, Ct., in 1790. The line there was 
 then in dispute. 
 
 William Evans — See Onondaga. A notice says : "At 
 Onondaga Hill, June 28th, 1852, Mr. William Evans, a sol- 
 dier of the Revolution, in the 93d year of his age. He re- 
 moved to the town of Onondaga in 1804, where he has since 
 continued to reside." He may have served in Capt Strong's 
 company, Vt., in '76. 
 
 Daniel Peck— "At Onondaga West Hill, Feb. 20th, 
 1853, aged 99 years and 5 months. Mr. Peck was a soldier 
 in the war which separated this country from Great Britain 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 291 
 
 and received a pension. He was a zealous and consistent 
 Christian of the Methodist denomination." He may have 
 served in the 2d Albany regiment. It will be seen that he 
 aged rapidly after 1840. See Onondaga. 
 
 Andrew Phares — See Syracuse. This veteran died in 
 Salina, May 16, 1843, aged 81 years. 
 
 Jeremiah Spaulding — See Skaneateles. This veteran 
 is said to have died in Spafford, May 2, 1847, a "soldier of 
 the Revolution, aged 85 years, 11 months and 18 days. Mr. 
 S. was present at the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga, the 
 surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and the battle of Ben- 
 nington, Vt., and served through several campaigns during 
 the revolutionary struggle. He lived a pious and devout 
 life." His stone arrests attention in the simple Quaker 
 cemetery. 
 
 John Spoor — See Pompey, in which La Fayette was 
 once included. Mrs. Rachel, wife of John Spoor, died in La 
 Fayette, June 16, 1843, aged 91 years. 
 
 John Greenman — This revolutionary veteran died in 
 Skaneateles, Feb. 27, 1848, aged 92 years. 
 
 Daniel Hills— See Fabius. He died Feb. 26, 1851, in 
 his 89th year. "Mr. Hills was employed in the army about 
 one year, but enrolled as a soldier only half that time." 
 
 John Lynn— See Clay. He died March 1, 1848, and 
 the Syracuse Star made his age 101 years, 9 months and 14 
 days. This is specific, but much in excess of previous 
 records. 
 
 Joseph Wilson— See Tully. In noting his death 
 1846, at the home of H. Van Dusen, his son-in-law, the Sy: 
 cuse Star said, "Mr. Wilson was a soldier of the Revolution, 
 and served during the whole of the war." 
 
CEMETERIES 
 
 TOWN OF CAMILLUS. 
 
 Lot numbers are prefixed, and those having known 
 Revolutionary graves marked with *. 
 
 36. Cemetery west of Fairmount,* on turnpike. In- 
 teresting. 
 
 38. Geddes family cemetery. Removed to Oakwood. 
 
 41. Greenlawn cemetery, south of Warner. New and 
 little used. 
 
 56. Belle Isle.* Old, large and interesting. 
 
 63. Oswego Bitter.* Old and overgrown. 
 
 80. Wheeler,* Camillus village. Neglected but of 
 interest. 
 
 89. Old cemetery* west of village. Neglected. 
 
 89. Maple Grove. New and well kept. 
 
 TOWN OF CICERO. 
 
 9. Emmons, west of town line. Disused. 
 
 10. Riverside, Brewerton. A few early names. 
 
 11. Shepard cemetery,* Shepard Point. 
 41. Cicero cemetery,* north of village. 
 
 46. Terpening cemetery,* east of South Bay. 
 
 57. Stone Arabia cemetery,* east of Cicero. 
 
 73. New Bridgeport. The older one* is east of creek. 
 
 80. North Syracuse. Large and with pioneers. 
 
 92. Taft Settlement.* Well kept. 
 
 TOWN OF CLAY. 
 
 1. North of river and used for both sides is the 
 Caughdenoy cemetery.* 
 
 25. Sand Plains or Euclid cemetey.* Large and old. 
 
 62. Woodard cemetery near Morgan meeting-house. 
 Of slight interest. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 293 
 
 TOWN OP DE WITT. 
 
 12. Collamer.* Large and interesting. 
 
 32. Messina Springs. Old and ruinous. 
 
 42. East Syracuse,* removed to Collamer. 
 
 49. Neglected cemetery* on Salt Springs road. 
 
 61. New St. Mary's, (for Syracuse.) 
 
 62. Orville. Old cemetery* in village. 
 62. Orville,* north of village. Large. 
 81. Rumrill cemetery. Small and ruined. 
 91. Neighborhood cemetery, old and ruined. 
 93. Jamesville,* old and well kept. 
 
 TOWN OF ELBRIDGE. 
 
 Meech cemetery,* just west of town line. 
 
 57. Roman Catholic cemetery, Jordan. 
 
 58. Old Jordan cemetery,* partly removed. 
 58. Disused cemetery* southeast of Jordan. 
 
 58. New cemetery* southeast of village. Large. 
 62. Old cemetery at Laird's, neglected. Recent. 
 73. Large cemetery* east of Elbridge village. Early 
 and well kept. Interesting. 
 
 82. Mount Hope,* west of village. Old, of interest. 
 
 TOWN OF FABIUS. 
 
 9. Beach cemetery, near Delphi. Neglected. Pioneers. ^ 
 
 13. Apulia cemetery,* east of village. Interesting. 
 
 16. Old cemetery,* Fabius village. Neglected. 
 
 16. Evergreen,* Fabius village. Large and fine. 
 
 19. West of Gooseville.* Ruinous. 
 
 21. Miles' cemetery,* west town line. Small. 
 
 28. Bodfish cemetery,* southeast of Fabius. •Over- 
 grown. Some small cemeteries abandoned. 
 
 46. Keeney Settlement.* Old and interesting. 
 
 TOWN OF LA FAYETTE. 
 
 2. De Witt cemetery,* west of reservoir. Ruinous. 
 14. Pine Grove,* 2V2 miles southeast of Jamesville. 
 
294 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 22. Webb Hollow.* Both small and well kept. 
 
 35. Hoyt cemetery.* Ruined. Stones prostrate. 
 
 46. Houghtaling Hollow.* Neglected family lot. 
 
 57. Cardiff cemetery.* Old and well kept. 
 
 74. La Fayette.* Large and interesting. 
 
 91. Sherman Hollow.* Old and neglected. 
 
 TOWN OF LYSANDER. 
 
 37. Jacksonville.* Large and well kept. 
 
 40. Chase's,* northeast of Lamson's. Early. 
 
 43. Dutch Reformed, Lysander, leveled. 
 
 43. Presbjrterian.* Mostly removed. 
 
 43. New cemetery,* west of village. Large. 
 
 66. Hortontown. Old and neat. Pioneers. 
 
 73. Plainville.* Old and in good order. 
 
 77. Haight cemetery on river bank. Removed. 
 
 78. Rose family cemetery, Adsit farm. Old. 
 
 82. Belgium.* Abandoned and overgrown. Mostly 
 removed to next. 
 
 82. Myrtle Grove, a mile west of last. 
 
 96. Adams' family cemetery,* south of Plainville.Old. 
 
 97. Cold Spring, near river bridge. Neglected. 
 
 TOWN OF MANLIUS. 
 
 15. North Manlius cemetery, east of creek in Madison 
 county. Used by both sides. 
 
 34. Old St. Mary's cemetery, north of Minoa. Curious. 
 
 35. New St. Mary's, Minoa village. Well kept. 
 35. New village cemetery, Minoa. Well kept. 
 35. Old Shoemaker cemetery,* Minoa. Neglected. 
 35. Family cemetery northeast of Minoa. 
 
 44. Chase family cemetery. Neglected. 
 
 45. Manlius Center,* northeast of village. Neglected. 
 45. Clements' family cemetery, half a mile north of 
 
 last. Well kept but stones removed. 
 
 48. Huntley family cem., north of Hartsville. Old. 
 
 48. Kirkville. In fair condition but not old. 
 
 59. Hartsville. Neglected. Many rude stones. 
 
 75. Kinne cemetery,* Fayetteville. Neglected. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 295 
 
 75. Fayetteville.* Large, with many pioneers. 
 
 77. Breed cemetery,* II/2 miles southeast of last. Old. 
 
 79. Gates' cemetery,* east of Deep Spring and town 
 line. 
 
 98. Manlius village.* Fine, old and interesting. 
 
 TOWN OF MARCELLUS. 
 
 15. Old cemetery,* Marcellus. Large and of great 
 interest. 
 
 23. New cemetery, west of village. Well kept. 
 
 23. Roman Catholic cemetery, west line of village. 
 
 47. Thornton lot, one grave on Chapman farm. 
 
 47. Family lot* on Seymour farm, ruinous. 
 
 54. Rathbun lot,* north of Marietta. Stones prostrate. 
 
 61. Thorn Hill.* Old and of high interest. 
 
 62. Marietta.* Mostly of Burtis family. Neglected. 
 
 TOWN OF ONONDAGA. 
 
 Mr. W. W. Newman, who founded a county cemetery 
 association of brief duration, gave a list of fifty cemeteries 
 in this town, mostly obliterated. His notes were fuller than 
 those which follow, but he omitted the Hebrew and other 
 cemeteries on the Jamesville road. The lots in this town 
 are mostly smaller than in others and less regularly ar- 
 ranged. 
 
 80. Howlett Hill.* Interesting and well kept. Early. 
 
 84. A. Fyler, pioneer. Removed. 
 
 85. Loomis Hill. Neglected and many removed. 
 100. E. Lynch, family ground. Obliterated. 
 
 103. Gen. Ellis,* well enclosed lot. Overgrown. 
 
 104. County House. Hundreds of graves; nojd;ones. 
 
 105. Walnut Grove,* Onondaga Hill. Fine ancHjld. 
 
 106. Soldiers of 1812, roadside by Hopper's Glen. 
 
 107. St. Agnes, properly a city cemetery. 
 
 118. Jabez Webb,* on Davis Cossitt's farm. 
 
 119. Another on same farm. Both obliterated. 
 
 120. Thaddeus M. Wood's family.* Removed. 
 
 121. A. House's cemetery near Arsenal. 
 
 127. Orrin Hutchinson, removed to Walnut Grove. 
 
296 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 128. Levi Pitts, on or near Boggs' farm. Removed. 
 Webster's Mile Square, Valley cemetery.* Pioneers. 
 
 151. Gilbert cemetery,* north of Cedarvale. 
 
 151. Obliterated cemetery of whites and Indians. 
 
 152. Solomon Allen, pioneer of Balcomb's mill. 
 
 153. John Montgomery, pioneer. Partly removed. 
 
 154. Robert Elliott, pioneer. Partly removed. 
 
 155. Jerome, near stone schoolhouse. Obliterated. 
 
 162. C. C. Conklin, east of Rockwell Springs. Ruined. 
 
 163. Tilden. But one burial and removed. 
 
 164. Ephraim Fellows, west town line. Ruined. 
 
 168. Welcome Browning, for neighborhood. 
 
 169. Augustus Norton, neighborhood. Partly gone. 
 
 169. Anson Johnson, pioneer. Headstones remain. 
 
 170. David Lawrence,* pioneer. Removed. 
 
 171. Warren Higley, died of small pox. 
 
 172. Samuel Bronson, pioneer. Removed. 
 
 175. Peter B. Hull. Neighborhood and cared for. 
 
 178. De Groats and Days, colored people. 
 12 of 1817 purchase. East Hill.* Neglected. 
 
 182. John Hunt's monument, north of Pine Ridge. 
 
 193. Creekside knoll, corner of Chase's farm. 
 
 194. South Onondaga.* Fine and well kept. 
 196. Gilbert Pinckney, pioneer. Removed. 
 200. Small pox burial. 
 
 200. Anderson family. Removed. 
 
 204. Turner Fenner, pioneer. Overgrown. 
 
 208. Pine Ridge* (Navarino.) Large and interesting. 
 
 210. Carter family, pioneers. Removed. 
 
 210. Zabina Titus, pioneer. Removed. 
 
 211. Obadiah Nichols, pioneer. Ruinous. 
 215. Elihu Wells, pioneer. Overgrown. 
 
 219. John Hitchings, pioneer. Removed. 
 
 220. Gideon Seely,* pioneer and soldier. Removed. 
 Indian cemetery, south of council house. Many civil 
 
 war soldiers buried there. 
 
 Creekside cemetery with Aunt Dinah's grave. 
 Grave and monument of Handsome Lake. 
 
 TOWN OF OTISCO. 
 
 4. Octagon schoolhouse.* Old and interesting. 
 71. Amber.* North of village, old and fine. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 297 
 
 79. Redway family. Abandoned and ruined. 
 
 95. Corey family.* In woods and ruinous. 
 
 95. Maple Grove. West of Church and recent. 
 
 98. Cowles' cemetery,* west of Otisco village. 
 
 100. Otisco,* a mile east of village. Early. 
 
 100. Roman Catholic, a mile east of village. 
 
 TOWN OF POMPEY. 
 
 11. Oran.* Old, interesting and well kept. 
 
 18. Sweet.* West of Watervale. A fine spot. 
 
 30. Watervale.* Well kept ; many pioneers. 
 
 33. Lewis,* south of Oran. Ruinous. 
 
 42. Pompey Center. Mostly new stones. 
 
 47. Conrad Bush family.* 
 
 50. Dodge schoolhouse. Disused and overgrown. 
 
 54. Pompey Hill.* Early and large. 
 
 54. Roman Catholic cemetery, Pompey Hill. 
 
 65. Pompey Hollow.* Old and in fair condition. An- 
 other on east side of valley.* 
 
 81. Southeast of the Hill.* Disused but well kept. 
 
 98. Block schoolhouse,* west of Delphi. 
 
 100. Old and interesting cemetery* at Delphi. 
 
 100. New cemetery south of Delphi. Some obscure 
 farm cemeteries not listed. 
 
 TOWN OF SALINA. 
 
 2. Abandoned ground by schoolhouse, 2 miles east 
 of Liverpool. Small. 
 
 33. Liverpool cemetery,* north of village, is old, in- 
 teresting, and in fair condition. 
 
 # 
 
 TOWN OF SKANEATELES. 
 
 There were early cemeteries not given here, in and 
 about Skaneateles village. 
 
 2. Chatfield cemetery near Skaneateles Junction and 
 southeast. Long obliterated. 
 
 4. Shepard settlement.* Old and of interest. 
 
298 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 10. Mottville.* Old and neglected. 
 27. Roman Catholic. Well kept. 
 
 36. Wilkinson family.* Removed. 
 
 37. Lakeview.* Old and interesting but crowded. 
 Mr. Newman said that in 1895 there had been recorded 2300 
 burials there, and of many there is no record. 
 
 50. Peck family, Octagon schoolhouse. Wired in. 
 50. Friends' ground near last. Now disused. 
 65. Old ground on Benson Street.* Neglected. 
 84. Owasco cemetery* in Dutch Hollow, Skaneateles. 
 Old, interesting and well kept. 
 
 TOWN OF SP AFFORD. 
 
 11. Grave of Mrs. Parker, on Breed farm. 
 
 12. Nunnery.* Abandoned but some stones remain. 
 
 13. Lewis cemetery.* Overgrown. 
 
 13. Stanton.* In good condition. 
 
 14. Davis.* Overgrown. These three are family lots. 
 22. Spafford.* Large and in fair condition. 
 
 24. Spafford Creek.* Sandy and little grass. 
 
 43. Cold Brook,* or South Spafford. Well kept. 
 
 89. Borodino.* Well kept. Also Old Borodino. 
 
 77. Unmarked graves on lot 77. Many Spafford 
 people are buried at Thorn Hill, over the town line. 
 
 CITY OF SYRACUSE. 
 
 Some early cemeteries have been obliterated, as on 
 Fayette and Clinton streets, and Water and Franklin streets, 
 and changes were made in the First Ward. 
 
 Myrtle Hill,* formerly Geddes. Early. 
 
 Woodlawn, recent and well kept. 
 
 First Vv'^ard,* now our oldest cemetery. 
 
 Rose Hill,* later, but interesting. 
 
 Lodi,* on South Beech street. Ruinous. 
 
 Oakwood,* picturesque. Pioneers. 
 
 Morningside is new. 
 
 Rose, on Jamesville road. Ruinous. 
 
 Several Hebrew cemeteries on this road. 
 
 Assumption, (R. C.) in 2d Ward. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 299 
 
 St. Joseph's (R. C.) has foreign features. 
 St. Mary's (R. C.) is being removed, 
 St. Agnes (R. C.) commands fine views. 
 
 TOWN OF TULLY. 
 
 26. Vesper.* Old and well kept. 
 
 45. Neighborhood cemetery,* west of lakes. 
 
 48. Ruined cemetery,* south of Tully. 
 
 49. Tully village.* Old and large. 
 49. R. C. cemetery, south of village. 
 
 TOWN OF VAN BUREN. 
 
 6. Rouse family. Small and neglected. 
 
 7. R. C. cemetery, Baldwinsville. Large. 
 
 7. Several village cemeteries* forming one. Large 
 and well kept, with many pioneers. Riverside. 
 
 9. Kingdom. Not old, but neglected. 
 
 22. Old cemetery at Hardscrabble. Overgrown. 
 
 25. Ionia.* Interesting but neglected. 
 
 27. Sorrel Hill.* Old and well kept. 
 
 40. Old ground west side of Warner. Neglected. 
 
 40. Warner.* Old, large and interesting. 
 
 Messina Springs,* lot 30, De Witt. 
 Keeney Settlement,* lot 46, Fabius. Interesting. 
 Gooseville,* lot 19, Fabius. Abandoned. 
 Tully Valley,* lot 88, LaFayette. Overgrown. 
 Berwyn,* lot 92, in same town. Well kept. 
 Thomas family, lot 33, Marcellus. 
 Jackson Farm,* lot 49, Marcellus. Disused. 
 Bums family, lot 54, in same town. Well kept. 
 Coleman family, lot 27, Pompey. Overgrown. 
 Borden family,* lot 37, in same town. Well kept. 
 Spence family, lot 8, Tully. Overgrown. 
 
300 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 ERRATA 
 
 John Rhodes — See Marcellus. In the village cemetery 
 are stones for him and his wife, Hester J. Rhodes, both bom 
 in Queens Co., Ireland, and probably married there, eliminat- 
 ing possible service. He died April 29, 1826, aged 66, and 
 she died Nov. 12, 1831, aged 59 years. 
 
 Sylvenus Tousley — This prominent pioneer was not 
 the veteran, but probably his son, having been born in 1780, 
 as appears in the Manlius cemetery. One or two other 
 errors have been corrected. 
 
ONONDAGA'S REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS 301 
 
 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 In Memory of | Ebenezer | Conklin, who died | Jany 
 6, 1810. Ae. 55 | Years, 4 Mo. | Being a brand plucked | From 
 the burning. | 
 
 South Onondaga. Served in 2d Westchester regiment, 
 and was in Bedford, N. Y., in 1790. 
 
 John Everingham | Died | Feb. 15, 1852, | Ae. 87 Y'rs, 
 I 10 Mo. I 
 
 In Memory of | Nancy | wife of ] John Everingham | 
 who died | March | 18, 1840. 1 Aged 73 Years | & 5 months. | 
 
 Sherman Hollow. Name in Monmouth, N. J. militia. 
 Pioneer. 
 
 Isaiah Gridley — This veteran enlisted in '76, before 
 he was 16, was made prisoner, carried to Canada and es- 
 caped, serving at Valley Forge and to the end of the war. He 
 married Lucy Lindsley in Connecticut, and died in Salina in 
 1813. 
 
 George Stearns | Died | Jan. 10, 1852. | Ag'd 89 y'rs 8 
 m's & 25 d's. I 
 
 Hannah Stearns | Died April 24, 1854 | Aged 78 years 
 I & 8 days. I 
 
 Cardiff. Perhaps the one who served in Capt. Cooper's 
 Co., Waltham, Mass., July 15, 1780, being 18 years old, 5 feet 
 6 inches high, and of light complexion. 
 
 Martin Walter — This Manlius veteran was 68 when 
 seeking a pension in 1820, his wife Phebe 39, and their|^ns, 
 Isaac and Azariah, 8 and 10 years old. He served in ColTVan 
 Schaick's N. Y. Line, March, '76— June, '83. His debts were 
 $63.51 and assets $33.95. 
 
 John Parke — Insert John in Major Parke's epitaph, 
 Manlius. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Addenda 275 
 
 Affidavit 10 
 
 Cemeteries 292 
 
 Commission 134 
 
 Discharge 3 
 
 Errata 300 
 
 General Plan 1 
 
 Land Grant 3 
 
 Local History 2 
 
 Military Tract 6 
 
 Names 6 
 
 Abbe, William 128 
 
 Abbott, Nathan 282 
 
 Abbott, Nathan 70 
 
 Adams, Abijah 36 
 
 " John 151 
 
 " John 1B2 
 
 " Parmenio 72 
 
 " Roderick 128 
 
 " Timothy 241 
 
 " William 243 
 
 Albro, Stephen 283 
 
 Alexandel', John 60 
 
 Allen, Chester 271 
 
 " Daniel 199 
 
 Amidon, Jacob 128 
 
 " Joseph 129 
 
 Andrews, Elijah 60 
 
 " Josiali 49 
 
 " Philemon 289 
 
 " Thomas 60 
 
 " William 277 
 
 Angel, Stephen 24 
 
 Annable, Edward 105 
 
 Atlcins, Chauncey 156 
 
 Averill, Moses 250 
 
 Avery, Dennison 243 
 
 Babcock, Jonathan 48 
 
 Backus, Elisha 81 
 
 Bacon, Nathaniel 278 
 
 ■' William 129 
 
 Badgley, Anthony 24 
 
 Bailey, Enoch 252 
 
 Baily, Richard 285 
 
 Baker, Abijah 229 
 
 " Ezekiel 106, 288 
 
 " James 106, 287 
 
 " Jonathan 106, 288 
 
 ■' Lewis 107, 288 
 
 Balch, John - 156 
 
 Baldwin, Ellsha 166 
 
 " Isaac 165 
 
 Bali, Lebbeua 166 
 
 Balsley, Andrew 24 
 
 Bannister, Jesse 129 
 
 Banta, Dlrck 108 
 
 Barber, Blldad 107 
 
 " Daniel 107 
 
 " Edward 212 
 
 " Job 107 
 
 Barnes, Heartwell 49 
 
 Barns, Asa 166 
 
 " Phineas 166 
 
 " Roswell 15 
 
 Barnum, Eliakim 24 
 
 Barrows, Lemuel 108, 288 
 
 Bartholomew, Joseph 167 
 
 Bartlett, Nicholas 200 
 
 Beach, Elnathan 108 
 
 " James 284 
 
 " John 212, 289 
 
 Beagle, William 21 
 
 Beard, David 167 
 
 Becker, Henry 21 
 
 Beebe, James 130 
 
 " Samuel 229 
 
 Belden, Augustus 49 
 
 Belding, Jonathan 130 
 
 Benedict, Abijah 167 
 
 " Amos 49 
 
 " Jonathan 168 
 
 " Nathan 81 
 
 " Stephen 20 
 
 Bennet, Daniel 260 
 
 Bennett, Gabriel 39 
 
 " Miles 260 
 
 " Nathan 39 
 
 Benson, Elkanah 212 
 
 " Stephen 212 
 
 " Stutson 168 
 
 " William BO 
 
 Betts, James 39 
 
 " Nathan 73 
 
 Bevier, Samuel 230 
 
 Bigelow, Josiah 200 
 
 Billings, Joseph 213, 290 
 
 " Leavitt 157 
 
 Billington, Samuel 15 
 
 Bingham, Luther 81 
 
 " Rial 16 
 
 Bishop, Joseph 109 
 
 " Levi 82 
 
 " Sylvanus 168 
 
 Blackman, David 169 
 
 " Samuel 208 
 
 Blake, Freelove 24 
 
 Blanchard, Azarlel 278 
 
 Blood, Asa 234 
 
 Bogardus, Henry 25 
 
 " Peter 25 
 
 Bond, John 40 
 
 ' Bookhout, James 169 
 
 Borden, Elijah 169, 285 
 
 " Nathan 73 
 
 Boardman, Joshua 157 
 
 Bostwick, John 169 
 
 Bowen, Benajah 73 
 
 " Elijah 109 
 
 Bowman, Peter 6 
 
 Boyce, Amaziah 290 
 
 Brackett, Ichabod 250 
 
 Bradley, Dan 124 
 
 Bragden, Samuel 21 
 
 Brainerd, Seba 213 
 
 Breed, Allen 234 
 
 " Gershom 82 
 
 Brewster, J. W 131 
 
 •' William 36 
 
 Briggs, John 230 
 
 Bristol, John 213 
 
 Brittin, John C 260 
 
 Britton, Philip 26 
 
 Bronson, Elijah 252 
 
 " Josiah 131 
 
 Brooks, Jonathan 50 
 
 Brown, Benjamin 178 
 
 " Ichabod 102 
 
 " Isaac 6 
 
 Bryan, Reuben 62 
 
 Buck, Josiah 48 
 
 Bucklln, Benjamin 7 
 
 Buckman, Samuel 21 
 
 Buel, Jonathan 200 
 
 Bunce, Daniel 170 
 
INDEX— Continued 
 
 303 
 
 Burdfck, Thompson 235 
 
 Burgess, Anthony 290 
 
 Burhans, Henry 36 
 
 Burk, Silas 27 
 
 Burr, Ozlas 170 
 
 Burroughs, John 230 
 
 Burt, Moses 261 
 
 Burtls, John C 109 
 
 Burton, John 37 
 
 Bush, Benjamin 231 
 
 " Conradt 170 
 
 Butler, Ebenezer 171 
 
 " Ebenezer, Jr 171 
 
 " Jesse 172 
 
 " Zacheus 172 
 
 Cadwell, John 51, 278 
 
 " Phlneas 51 
 
 " Reuben 51 
 
 Caldwell, John 16 
 
 Calkins, Bbenezer 82 
 
 Cameron, James 200, 280 
 
 Campbell, Levi 40 
 
 " William 70 
 
 Canda, Daniel 172 
 
 Carman, John J 172 
 
 Carpenter, Moses 40 
 
 " Nehemiah 27 
 
 " William 152 
 
 Carr, Amos 259 
 
 " Caleb 172 
 
 " Levi 83 
 
 Carson, Patrick 275 
 
 Carter, Rufus 52, 277 
 
 Case, Giles 131 
 
 " Jeremiah 200 
 
 " William 243 
 
 Castle, Sely 173 
 
 Caten, Richard 132 
 
 Catlin, George , . 173 
 
 Chaf ee, Joseph 125 
 
 Chandler, Joshua 125 
 
 Chapman, Elisha 110 
 
 Chappell, Curtis 40 
 
 Chase, Daniel 80 
 
 " Samuel 290 
 
 Christian, Michael 252 
 
 Church, Wm. H 162 
 
 Churchill, James 236 
 
 " John 236 
 
 Clapp, Paul 83 
 
 Clark, Eli 213 
 
 " Eliakim 157 
 
 " Ephraim 201 
 
 " James 261 
 
 " John 7 
 
 " John 103 
 
 " Lucy 81 
 
 " Reuben 41 
 
 " Samuel 84 
 
 " Seth 163, 290 
 
 •• William 62 
 
 Clarke, George 132 
 
 " Henry 102 
 
 •' Hezekiah 173 
 
 Cleaveland, Jedediah 174 
 
 " Nehemiah 214 
 
 Cleveland, Roswell 84 
 
 " Solomon 236 
 
 Cllft, Joseph 214 
 
 Clute, Isaac 7 
 
 Coats, Benjamin 201 
 
 Cobb, William 110 
 
 Cockley, John 84 
 
 Cole, Bethuel 216 
 
 " Daniel 70 
 
 " Garret 276 
 
 " Jabesh 123 
 
 " John 84 
 
 " Joseph S 70 
 
 " Stephen 70 
 
 Coleman, Samuel 71 
 
 ■' Timothy 208 
 
 " Aaron 48 
 
 Colton, David 276 
 
 " Gideon 241 
 
 Cone, Elihu 242 
 
 " Ichabod 253 
 
 Conklin, Jacob 284 
 
 *' Isaac 284 
 
 " Samuel 125 
 
 Conkling, Ebenezer 301 
 
 " Jonathan 133 
 
 Conner, Daniel 53 
 
 " Edward 208 
 
 " William 208 
 
 Cook, Amos 126 
 
 " Benjamin 152, 261 
 
 " Lemuel 174 
 
 " William 175 
 
 Copp, Timothy 110 
 
 Corey, Peleg 168 
 
 Cornell, Daniel 261 
 
 Cornish, Joel 133 
 
 Cortright, Sylvester 216, 275 
 
 Cossitt, Martin Ill 
 
 " Timothy 175 
 
 Couch, Stephen 278 
 
 Covil, Ebenezer 133 
 
 Cowles, Adonijah 176 
 
 " Amos C 158 
 
 " Benjamin 163 
 
 Cownover, Garrett 216 
 
 Coy, Joseph 216 
 
 " Vine 208 
 
 Crandall, Jeremiah 176 
 
 Crane, Samuel 134 
 
 Cross, John 53 
 
 Cuddeback, Abraham 216 
 
 " Abraham C 216 
 
 Culver, Benjamin 14 
 
 Cunningham, John 261 
 
 Curtis, Daniel 201 
 
 '■ Bliphalet Ill 
 
 Cutting, Zachariah 176 
 
 Cuykendall, Martin 217 
 
 Daggett, Ebenezer 41 
 
 " James 271 
 
 Dalliba, John 112 
 
 Damon, Jason 276 
 
 Danforth, Asa 134 
 
 " John 209 
 
 " Samuel 209 
 
 Daniels, John 279 
 
 Danks, Isaac 136 
 
 Darling, Benjamin 86, 276 
 
 Dascomb, William 217 
 
 Davenport, John 74 
 
 Davis, Daniel 280 
 
 " Ellas 236 
 
 " James A 71 
 
 " John 158 
 
 •■ Stephen 60 
 
 Day, Solomon 153 
 
 Dean, Daniel 284 
 
 ■' Isaiah 177 
 
 " William 177 
 
 Decker, Peter 231 
 
 Delamater, Isaac 177 
 
 Delong, Joseph 74 
 
 Deming, David 272 
 
 Denny, Absalom 85 
 
 De Puy, Benjamin 75, 261 
 
 Dermott, Richard 85 
 
 Desbrow, Henry ^ • 17 
 
 Devoe, John ^w. ■ 37 
 
 Dewey, David 103 
 
 " Samuel R 177 
 
 De Witt, Cornelius D 217 
 
 " Moses 62 
 
 Dill, John 7 
 
 Dixon, Thomas 27 
 
 Dodge, Isaac 37 
 
 Dolsen, Isaac 80 
 
 Donnelly, Thomas 28 
 
 Dorchester, Robert 112 
 
 Drake, Asa 62 
 
 " Elijah 217 
 
 " Enoch 71 
 
 •' William 63 
 
304 
 
 INDEX— Continued 
 
 Dunham, Daniel 201 
 
 " James 261 
 
 " Jeremiah 8 
 
 •• Nathaniel 202 
 
 Dunn, John 136 
 
 Dyer, Thomaa 178 
 
 Imager, George 28 
 
 Earn, Daniel 218 
 
 " David 112 
 
 " Jonas 218 
 
 '■ Robert 218 
 
 Baton, Aaron 85 
 
 " Ephralm 86 
 
 " Joseph 86 
 
 " Origen 86 
 
 " Stephen 178 
 
 " Thomas 86 
 
 Bdgerton, Zebulon 179 
 
 Edick, George 29 
 
 Edwards, Samuel 87 
 
 " Simeon 218 
 
 " Solomon 219 
 
 " Thaddeus 219 
 
 Eells, Nathaniel 219 
 
 Bggleston, Samuel 290 
 
 Ellis, John 136 
 
 Ely, Joseph 179 
 
 Emerick, Adam 75 
 
 Emmons, Jonathan 63 
 
 English, Andrew 263 
 
 " Samuel 272 
 
 Ennis, Daniel 220 
 
 " James 220 
 
 Bvans, Sherebiah 261 
 
 " William 136, 290 
 
 Bveringham, John 301 
 
 Everson, John 87 
 
 Farnham, Reuben 220 
 
 Farrington, Thomas 262 
 
 Fay, William 137 
 
 Fellers, John G 163 
 
 Ferguson John 103 
 
 Fisher, Amos 242 
 
 Fitch, John 251 
 
 Fitzgerald, Jeremiah 112 
 
 Fleming, John 103 
 
 " Wm. B 75 
 
 Foot, Bbenezer 54 
 
 " Jehiel 179 
 
 Foote, Asa 211 
 
 Forman, Joseph 137 
 
 Fort, Daniel J 179 
 
 Foster, John 87 
 
 " Thomas 202 
 
 " William 76 
 
 Fox, William 54 
 
 Fravor, George 75 
 
 Freeman, Stiles 75 
 
 French, Bbenezer 158 
 
 " Samuel 163 
 
 Frlsble, Israel 159 
 
 Frost, Josiah 112 
 
 Fuller, James 253 
 
 " Jeremiah 71 
 
 Fulton, Robert 237 
 
 Gage, Blisha - 180 
 
 " Nathaniel 64 
 
 Gale, John 242 
 
 Gambell, James 163 
 
 Gardiner, William 87 
 
 Garret, William 202 
 
 Gaylord, Chaunoey 113, 281 
 
 Geddes, James 243 
 
 Genung, Abraham 243 
 
 Gilbert, Joseph 202 
 
 " Samuel 8 
 
 Giles, William 113 
 
 Goodale, Nathan 64 
 
 Goodell, Joseph 269 
 
 Goodrich, Jacob 64 
 
 " Phila 180 
 
 Gordon, Joseph 80 
 
 " John 288 
 
 Gorham, Bphralm 41 
 
 Gould, Jeremiah 29 
 
 Granger, Amos 87 
 
 " Zaocheus 220 
 
 Green, Caleb 64 
 
 " John 237 
 
 Greenfield, Enos 180 
 
 Greenman, John 291 
 
 Greves, Thomas 221 
 
 Grey, John 76 
 
 Gridley, Asahel 181 
 
 " Elijah 181 
 
 " Isaiah 301 
 
 Griffin, Benjamin 163 
 
 Grinnell, George 88 
 
 Griswold, David 279 
 
 Grow, Ambrose 54 
 
 Gumaer, Ellas 29 
 
 " Jacob 221 
 
 Gunn. Noble 113 
 
 Hagar, Stephen 114 
 
 Hale, Francis 181 
 
 Hall, Azariah 138 
 
 " Barnabas 221 
 
 " David 231 
 
 " Bphraim 138 
 
 " Isaac 64 
 
 " Jonathan 21 
 
 " Samuel 163 
 
 Hamilton, David 244 
 
 Hammond, Daniel 48 
 
 Hare, Daniel 37 
 
 Harmon, Gaius M 41 
 
 Harris, George 211 
 
 Hart, Eber 262 
 
 " Joseph 202 
 
 " Matthew 56 
 
 Harter, Lawrence 88 
 
 Haskins, William o5 
 
 Hatch, Asa 221 
 
 " Asa, Jr 251 
 
 " Solomon 103 
 
 Hayes, Benjamin 182 
 
 " Zenas 182 
 
 Haywood, Thomas 104 
 
 Helmer, John 272 
 
 Henderson, John 163 
 
 Hennigan, Joseph 88 
 
 Herrick, John 262 
 
 Herrington, James 138 
 
 Hess. John 42 
 
 Heydon, Allen 182 
 
 Hibbard, David 183 
 
 " Nathan 203 
 
 Higbee, Hendrlck 89 
 
 Hill, Bbenezer 1S8 
 
 '* Joseph 55 
 
 Hills, Daniel 66, 280, 291 
 
 " Josiah 61 
 
 Hinckley, Gershom 211 
 
 Hinsdale, David 183 
 
 Hiscock, James 114 
 
 " Richard 183 
 
 Hobart, 209 
 
 " Jacob 203 
 
 Holbrook, Baruch 184 
 
 " David 30 
 
 " Josiah 184 
 
 " Josiah, Jr 203 
 
 Holcomb, Joel 272 
 
 Holmes, Samuel 237 
 
 Hooker, Increase M 138 
 
 " Israel 76 
 
 Hopltins, Hezekiah 185 
 
 " Judah 139 
 
 " Samuel 14 
 
 " Samuel 104 
 
 Horton, Stephen 126 
 
 Houghtaling, John 65 
 
 House, Jonathan 139 
 
 " Rynard 263 
 
 How, David 263 
 
 " Moses 270 
 
 Howard, Jonathan 114 
 
 Hewlett, Parley 139 
 
 Hoyt, Noah 66 
 
INDEX— Continued 
 
 305 
 
 Hubbard, Abner 61 
 
 " Daniel 104 
 
 Humphreys, Heuben 114 
 
 Humphrey, Samuel 66, 283 
 
 Hungerford, Stephen 30 
 
 Huntley, Solomon 8 
 
 Hurlbert, John 56 
 
 Hutchinson, Samuel 254 
 
 " Thomas 8 
 
 Hyatt, Samuel 89 
 
 Hyde, Sllphalet 238 
 
 •• Oliver 115 
 
 Ing-alsbe, John 263 
 
 IngersoU, Thomas 209 
 
 Irish, Jonathan 282 
 
 Isham, Zebulon 9 
 
 Ives, John 66 
 
 Jackson, Ellas 238 
 
 " Jeremiah 186 
 
 " Jeremiah 185 
 
 " Stephen 280 
 
 James, Paul 254 
 
 Jerome, John 186 
 
 " Levi 186 
 
 " Samuel, Sr 186 
 
 " Samuel 186 
 
 " Timothy 66 
 
 Johnson, Justus 140 
 
 " Samuel 187 
 
 " William 76 
 
 Johnston, Michael 164 
 
 Jones, Benjamin 271 
 
 " Samuel 187 
 
 Joslyn, Hezekiah 17 
 
 Joy, David 66 
 
 Judd, Daniel 187 
 
 " Ebenezer 154 
 
 June, Benjamin 66 
 
 Keeler, Aaron 290 
 
 " Uriah 89 
 
 Keen, Job 37 
 
 Keeney, Simon 67, 279 
 
 " Thomas 273 
 
 Keith, Fhlneas 222 
 
 Kellogg, Horace 42 
 
 " Jesse 116 
 
 " Nathan 76 
 
 " Phineas 90 
 
 " Solomon 244 
 
 " William 244 
 
 Kelcey, Nathan 126 
 
 •' Nathan, Jr 126 
 
 Kennedy, George 116 
 
 Kenyon, Joseph 140 
 
 Kester, John 42 
 
 Kidder, Reuben 9 
 
 King, Apollos 169 
 
 " David 164 
 
 " James 203 
 
 " Orange 67 
 
 " Thomas 276 
 
 Kingsley, Jonathan 164 
 
 Kinne, Cyrus 90 
 
 Knapp, Moses 187 
 
 " Peter 238 
 
 Kniffln, Shubil 259 
 
 Ladow, John 159 
 
 Lakin, William 264 
 
 Lawson, Benjamin 140 
 
 Lankton, James 187 
 
 Lansing, Abraham 57 
 
 Lathrop, John IBl 
 
 Lawrence, Ariel 117 
 
 " Blgelow 117 
 
 " Blgelow, Jr 118 
 
 " David 140 
 
 " Joab lis 
 
 " Peter 118 
 
 Leavitt, Joseph 38 
 
 Lee, Abner 42 
 
 Leech, Ephralm 187 
 
 Legg, Moses 222 
 
 Leonard, Nathan 222 
 
 " Stephen 31 
 
 Lewis, Benjamin 188 
 
 " Joseph 238 
 
 " Thomas W 203 
 
 Loomis, Ellijah 17 
 
 Lord, Richard 223 
 
 Low, Jacob G 31 
 
 Ludlow, David 231 
 
 Lusk, Francis 285 
 
 Lynn, John 22, 291 
 
 Mallory, Gill 43 
 
 Manley, Jesse 239 
 
 " Luther 118 
 
 Manro, Squire 43 
 
 Marble, Ephralm 119 
 
 Marlett, Gideon 288 
 
 Marsh, William 188 
 
 Marshall, Joel 22 
 
 " Josiah 14 
 
 Marvin, Thomas 264 
 
 Mastln, John 80 
 
 Maxson, Reuben 239 
 
 McCracken, William 9 
 
 MoCullocic, Robert 119 
 
 McDonald, Patrick 57 
 
 McGee, Patrick 22 
 
 McHarrle, John 265 
 
 McMillen, Joseph 188 
 
 " Peter <-r. 188 
 
 Mead, Stephen 266 
 
 Meeker, John 286 
 
 Meigs, Phineas 266 
 
 Mellin, Atchison 266 
 
 Merrell, Caleb B 91 
 
 Merrill, Asa 91 
 
 " Caleb 92 
 
 " David 280 
 
 " Roger 31 
 
 Merriman, Charles 169 
 
 Messenger, Peter R 32 
 
 Midler, Christopher 189 
 
 " James 189 
 
 Miles, Nathaniel ; 57, 277 
 
 " William 119 
 
 Millen, James C 286 
 
 Miller, Gad 32 
 
 " John 204 
 
 " Peter 210 
 
 " Pliny 68 
 
 Mills, Moses 92 
 
 " Timothy 119 
 
 Mottett, John 223 
 
 " Zebulon 120 
 
 Monk, Christopher 160 
 
 Moore, Daniel 14 
 
 " David 164 
 
 " Ebenezer 141 
 
 " Isaac 189 
 
 Morehouse, Benjamin 32 
 
 Morley, Ebenezer 266 
 
 Morris, Samuel 204 
 
 Morton, Ambrose 67 
 
 Moulthrop, Moses 189 
 
 Munson, Caleb 120 
 
 Murray, Reuben 190, 286 
 
 Nearlng, John 190, 283 
 
 " Loaml 267 
 
 Negas, Isaac 61 
 
 Newcomb, 'Azariah 141 
 
 " Thomas 18 
 
 Nims, Israel g^ ... 92 
 
 North, Thomas V - • ■ ^^^ 
 
 Northrup, David 120 
 
 " Jacob ''6 
 
 Northway, Ozias 67 
 
 " Zenas 68 
 
 Norton, Elon 160 
 
 " Freeman 120 
 
 Nukerck, Benjamin 246 
 
 Nye, Benjamin 232 
 
 Olcott, Hezekiah 190 
 
 " Josiah 92 
 
 Olmsted, David 32 
 
 " Jere 239 
 
 •■ Timothy " 
 
 Orcutt, William 92 
 
 Orman, Thomas 245 
 
306 
 
 INDEX— Continued 
 
 Owen, Abel 93 
 
 " Daniel 240 
 
 " Oliver 33 
 
 " Solomon 68 
 
 Page, John 48 
 
 Pain, Robert 10, 280 
 
 Palmer, Gilbert 240 
 
 " Jonathan 77 
 
 •' Nathaniel 77 
 
 " Noah 190 
 
 " Sanford 93 
 
 Pardee, Charles 223 
 
 Parke, John 93, 301 
 
 Parkinson, Aaron 191 
 
 Parks, Asa 93 
 
 Parsons, William 20, 276 
 
 Patchen, Jared : 223 
 
 Patterson, Ebenezer 242 
 
 Patchett, Zebulon 23 
 
 Pearoe, Ebenezer 281 
 
 Pease, Silas 224 
 
 " William 191 
 
 Peck, Benjamin 104 
 
 " Daniel 142, 290 
 
 " Enos 191 
 
 " Joseph 142 
 
 " Oliver 232 
 
 " Samuel 252 
 
 Pelton, Moses 164 
 
 " John P 271 
 
 Penoyer, James 58 
 
 Perry, David 44 
 
 " William 68 
 
 Phares, Andrew 210, 291 
 
 " Simeon 142 
 
 Phelps, Davenport 142 
 
 " Lot 191 
 
 " Timothy 191 
 
 Phillips, Simeon 94 
 
 Pickard, Nicholas 44 
 
 Pierce, Jam^s 71 
 
 " John \ 245 
 
 Pitts, Gideon 143 
 
 " Samuel 192 
 
 Piatt, Henry S 127 
 
 Pomeroy, Ebenezer ' leo 
 
 „" Ira 161 
 
 Porter, Sleazer 12o 
 
 Post, John ' * 33 
 
 Potter, C4,leb ',,['_ 144 
 
 " Ebenezer ]][ gg 
 
 " Jonathan 154 
 
 " Zebedee '' 94 
 
 Pratt, Ellas ' ' 192 
 
 " Stephen \\] 44 
 
 Pressey, Benjamin ..'. 242 
 
 Preston, Shubael 78 
 
 Prlndle, Samuel ,. . . 240 
 
 Randall, Jonathan ,/ 121 
 
 Ransler, George ,. ,[ 95 
 
 Rathbone, James !!!..! 121 
 
 " Reuben ] I22 
 
 " Valentine '.'..'' 121 
 
 Raymond, Josiah .' 95 
 
 Raynor, Daniel ]" ' 144 
 
 Redman, David 44 
 
 Reed, Elijah '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 71 
 
 Joseph 00 
 
 " Richard 144 
 
 ■■ William :;:::: 2,5 
 
 Rewey, Thomas 267 
 
 Reynolds, Benony 145 
 
 Rhoades, Joseph [[' 932 
 
 " Samuel !!!!'.!!! 224 
 
 Rhodes, John '. . , .12*7* 300 
 
 Rice, Caleb ' 204 
 
 " Jonah Ig5 
 
 " Samuel !!!!*' 127 
 
 Richardson, Robert M 38 
 
 Richman, Nathaniel ....'. 16 
 
 Richmond, Josiah 210 
 
 Ripley, Pelham W ',[ 34 
 
 Robbins, Benoby 146 
 
 Roberts, Abel ][ 192 
 
 " Freelove 45 
 
 " John 154 
 
 Robinson, Benjamin 145 
 
 " Isaac 161 
 
 " Issachar 161 
 
 " John 273 
 
 " Stephen 11 
 
 Homme, Lake 59 
 
 Root, Joseph 232 
 
 " Nathaniel 78 
 
 Rosa, William 246 
 
 Rose, Joel 80 
 
 Ross, Edward 161 
 
 Rounds, Samuel 122 
 
 Rowland, David 69 
 
 Rowley, Jonathan 48, 285 
 
 Rust, Ebenezer K 246 
 
 " Lemuel 161 
 
 " Zebulon 246, 281 
 
 Sager, John 255 
 
 Sammons, Jacob 246 
 
 Sands, Samuel 48 
 
 Scofield, Silas 78 
 
 Scott, John 11 
 
 •' Thomas 204 
 
 ScoviU, David 193, 273 
 
 Seely, Gideon 145 
 
 Selover, Isaac 224 
 
 Seymour, Elijah 224 
 
 " Zadock 193 
 
 Shankland, William 193, 280 
 
 Shares, Andrew 146 
 
 Shattuck, Joseph 193 
 
 Shaver, Jacob 96, 267 
 
 Shead, Samuel 267 
 
 Shepard, John 18 
 
 " Samuel 38 
 
 Sherman, Daniel 122 
 
 " James 72 
 
 " Samuel 96 
 
 Sherwood, Samuel 194, 280 
 
 Shields, John 194 
 
 Shoemaker, Rudolph 96 
 
 Shue, Augustlnus 68, 282 
 
 Sinnot, Patrick 59 
 
 Skeels, Simeon 225 
 
 Slauson, John 79 
 
 Sloan, Israel 194 
 
 Slosson, John 195 
 
 Smith, Austin 79 
 
 " Daniel 122 
 
 " Dow 268 
 
 " Elisha 195 
 
 " James 23 
 
 " Jared 122 
 
 " Job 123 
 
 " John 97 
 
 " John 164 
 
 " Joseph 72 
 
 " Simeon 146 
 
 Sniffln, R 69 
 
 Snow, Elijah 81 
 
 Spalding, Jeremiah 291 
 
 Sparling, John 97 
 
 Spoor, John 195, 291 
 
 Sprague, Calvin 195 
 
 " Elijah 38 
 
 " John 195 
 
 Squires, Ambrose 196 
 
 Stanton, Amos 246 
 
 " Nathan 247 
 
 Staples, Isaac 225 
 
 Stearns, George 301 
 
 Steenburgh, Ellas 247 
 
 Stevens, Joseph 286 
 
 Oliver 19 
 
 " William 45 
 
 Steves, Jeremiah 268 
 
 Steward, James 59 
 
 Stewart, Samuel 162 
 
 Stilwell, Blias 104 
 
 Stone, Samuel 146 
 
 Strong, Isaac 46. 281 
 
 " Jonathan 146 
 
 " Reuben 46 
 
 Stryker, Abraham 225 
 
INDEX — Continued 
 
 307 
 
 Sutton, Benjamin 196 
 
 Sweet, David 206 
 
 ■■ Timothy 196 
 
 Sweeting, John 98 
 
 '* Lewis 98 
 
 Sweeting, Lewis, Jr 210, 286 
 
 Switt, John 61 
 
 Taber, IDsek 11 
 
 Tailor, William 46 
 
 Tallman, Peter 276 
 
 Tallman, Peter 226 
 
 Tappen, John 268 
 
 Teague, Jesse 273 
 
 Teall, Timothy 98 
 
 Ten Broeck, Peter 147 
 
 Ten Byok, Jacob 20 
 
 " John 233 
 
 Terpening, Peter 276 
 
 Terry, Eli 123 
 
 Terwilliger, Simeon 34 
 
 Thayer, Ellis 23 
 
 Thomas, Blisha 206 
 
 " Bphraim 233 
 
 Thompson, Andrew 39 
 
 " Stephen 11 
 
 Todd, John 205 
 
 Tomb, John 104 
 
 Tousley, SylvenuB 99, 300 
 
 Town, Isaac 241 
 
 Townsend, Richard 197 
 
 Treat, Samuel B 46 
 
 Tripp, Calvin 210 
 
 " David 99 
 
 Trowbridge, Isaac 225 
 
 " Samuel 255 
 
 " Samuel 255 
 
 " Seth 266 
 
 " Stephen 256 
 
 " William 266 
 
 Truair, Manuel 247 
 
 Tryon, William 104 
 
 Tubbs, Joseph 155 
 
 Turner, Calvin 210 
 
 " Ezra 274 
 
 Tuttle, Hezekiah 79 
 
 " Moses 267 
 
 " Oliver 162 
 
 Tylee, Edward 79 
 
 Tyler, Comfort 147 
 
 " Samuel 123 
 
 Vail, Daniel 47 
 
 Van de Worker, Albert 210 
 
 Van Deusen, Henry 287 
 
 Van Fleet, Daniel 269 
 
 Van Hoosen, Gerrltt 267 
 
 Van Houtten, Resolvirta 226 
 
 Van Meter, Sarah 124 
 
 Van Slyck, Harmanus 99 
 
 " Martin 274 
 
 Van Tassell, Cornelius 99 
 
 Van VIeck, Isaac 247 
 
 Vermilyea, William 34 
 
 Vinton, David 148 
 
 " Samuel 148 
 
 Vredenburgh, Wm. 1 226 
 
 Wagoner, George 12 
 
 Wait, Thomas ; 226 
 
 Waldo, Daniel 248 
 
 Walker, Stephen 16 
 
 " Timothy 269 
 
 Wallace, Benjamin 241 
 
 " John P 61 
 
 " John 277 
 
 Wallbridge, GustavuB 248 
 
 Wallis, Elijah 206 
 
 Walsh, John 227 
 
 Walter, Adam 106 
 
 " Jacob 99 
 
 " John 12 
 
 " Martin 301 
 
 Ward, Elijah 47 
 
 " John 281 
 
 " Stephen N 148 
 
 " William 106 
 
 Warner, Charles 249 
 
 Waterman, Calvin 269 
 
 Waters, Elisha 149 
 
 Watklns, David 197 
 
 Watson, Major 34 
 
 Wattles, Daniel 277 
 
 Webb, Benjamin 09 
 
 " Jabez 149 
 
 Webber, George D 149 
 
 " William 227 
 
 Webster, Ephralm 149 
 
 •' Samuel 279 
 
 Welch, David 228 
 
 " John 287 
 
 Wells, Ebenezer 269 
 
 Wentworth, Henry 124 
 
 West, Asa 211 
 
 " John 228 
 
 Weston, Jonathan 228 
 
 " Nathaniel 206 
 
 Wetsel, John 277 
 
 Whedon, Dennison 12 
 
 Wheelook, Ralph 197, 287 
 
 " Samuel 206 
 
 Whipple, Samuel 233 
 
 " Thomas 99 
 
 White, Aaron 13 
 
 ■' Adonljah 270 
 
 " David 283 
 
 " Ebenezer 165 
 
 " Henry 268 
 
 '■ John 206 
 
 " Joseph 13 
 
 " William 258 
 
 Whiting, James 166 
 
 Whitney, John 198 
 
 Whitmore, Jabez 206 
 
 Wickham, Stephen 160 
 
 Wiggins, John 155 
 
 Wilcox, John 198 
 
 " Samuel 35 
 
 Wilder, Jabez 229 
 
 Wilklns, Amos 100 
 
 Wilkinson, John 229 
 
 Willcox, Matthew 34 
 
 Williams, David 100 
 
 " Jairus 258 
 
 " Job 207 
 
 •• Joseph 100 
 
 Willis, Thomas 249 
 
 Williston, Godfrey 198 
 
 WillBon, William 207 
 
 Wilson, John G 258 
 
 " Joseph 211 
 
 " Joseph 259. 291 
 
 " Robert 101 
 
 Wiltoe, Cornell 289 
 
 Wlnehell, Daniel 69 
 
 " Jededlah 69 
 
 Wood, Aaron 155 
 
 " Ebenezer 199 
 
 " Enoch 13 
 
 " Ichabod 101 
 
 " Moses 207 
 
 " Nathan ^. 13 
 
 Woodruff, Gurdln A 279 
 
 Woodworth, Elisha .~ 199 
 
 " Reuben 249 
 
 Worden, Walter 101 
 
 Wright, Ebenezer 207 
 
 Wygant, John 15, 270 
 
 Wyman, William 150 
 
 Tale, Asahel 162 
 
 Yarrington, William 102 
 
 Young, John 35 
 
 " Peter 211, 250 
 
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