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The 
 Ancestors and Descendants 
 
 OF 
 
 RULEF SCHENCK 
 
 A GENEALOGY OF THE ONONDAGA COUNTY, 
 
 NEW YORK, BRANCH OF THE 
 
 SCHENCK FAMILY 
 
 BY 
 
 BENJAMIN ROBINSON SCHENCK, M. D. 
 
 FROM 
 
 RECORDS AND NOTES 
 COMPILED 
 
 BY 
 
 ADRIAN ADELBERT SCHENCK 
 
 DETROIT, MICHIGAN 
 
 1911 
 
The Wilson printing Company 
 Detroit, Michigan 
 
ADRIAN ADELBERT SCHENC'K 
 
 1842-1909 
 
THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED 
 
 IN 
 MEMORY OF 
 
 ADRIAN ADELBERT SCHENCK 
 
 WHO DEVOTED MANY OF THE LEISURE HOURS 
 
 OF A BUSY LIFE TO COLLECTING THE 
 
 FACTS HEREIN RECORDED 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 For many years my beloved father, Adrian Adalbert 
 Schenck, cherished the ambition of putting on record the 
 genealogy of that branch of the Schenck family which 
 originally resided in or near Onondaga County, New 
 York. The exigencies of an active business life left him 
 but little time for working upon the thousands of details 
 of a book of this kind, yet as opportunity offered, he 
 corresponded with those from whom information could 
 be obtained and carefully recorded names and dates, with 
 that wonderful patience which was such a predominant 
 trait of his character. One who has not tried to gather 
 together facts about which there are no books and no 
 authorities, little realizes the difficulties which beset such 
 work. Letters are carelessly answered or are entirely 
 ignored, records are imperfect as to full names and com- 
 plete dates, and the memory often fails at a critical point. 
 Unless one has the time to work continuously at such 
 a task, it progresses but slowly and it therefore took 
 many years for my father to collect the facts here 
 recorded. 
 
 After the death of my father, which occurred Feb- 
 ruary 25, 1909, I found a large number of letters, 
 written records and newspaper clippings, which he had 
 gathered and which he had just begun to arrange in 
 
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 chronological order for publication. It has required some 
 time to complete the information and put it in form for 
 the printer. My thanks are due to a number of cousins 
 who have willingly and enthusiastically supplied missing 
 names and dates. I am especially indebted to Mr. James 
 Shulcr Schenck for his energetic aid. Nearly all of the 
 latter part of the book has been submitted in manuscript 
 form to some member of the various families for inspec- 
 tion and correction, and no little trouble has been taken 
 to have the records complete and correct. It can hardly 
 be hoped, however, that there are no errors; for such 
 as may occur, I ask the indulgence of the reader. 
 
 For many of the facts In the early history of the 
 family in America, we are greatly indebted to the late 
 Rev. Garret C. Schenck of Marlborough, New Jersey, 
 who spent upwards of fifty years in the preparation of 
 a complete genealogy of the Schenck family. This, how- 
 ever, has never been published. In 1883, father spent 
 some time in New Jersey, looking up the records of the 
 second, third, fourth and fifth generations in America, 
 and I know that he was greatly aided by the Rev. Mr. 
 Schenck. We owe much also to the records of Lieut. 
 A. D. Schenck, U. S. A., whose book. Rev. William 
 Schenck, His Ancestry and Descendants, has supplied me 
 with many valuable facts. The connection between the 
 Rev. William Schenck and the Ohio branch of the family 
 on the one hand and Rulef Schenck and the Onondaga 
 branch on the other is recorded on page 60. 
 
 The genealogy in Holland was compiled by Jonkheer 
 William Frederic George Louis van der Dussen, Knight 
 of the Order of the Oak Crown, Lieutenant Colonel 
 
Preface 7 
 
 and Commandant in 1873, of the Fortress of Nimeguen. 
 He was editor of a genealogical journal at the Hague 
 and one of the genealogical authorities of Holland. His 
 work, formerly in the possession of Rev. Garret C. 
 Schenck, is an immense volume, handsomely bound and 
 clasped. 
 
 In 1885, there appeared a twenty-six page pamphlet 
 entitled The Blyenbeck and Afferden Branch of the Fam- 
 ily of Schenck van Nydeck. This was reprinted from a 
 work, The Family of Schenck van Nydeggen, which was 
 published in Cologne, Germany, in i860. From this 
 pamphlet I have obtained many of the facts contained 
 in the first part of this book. 
 
 In 1876, P. L. Schenck, M. D., of Flatbush, L. I., 
 published J Memoir of Johannes Schenck, the progenitor 
 of the Bushwick branch of the family. This has been 
 of great help in elucidating a number of important points 
 in the early American history of the family. There are 
 many descendants of Johannes Schenck and their rela- 
 tionship to our branch of the family is clearly shown on 
 page 60. 
 
 The present book has been prepared primarily to serve 
 as a record for those descendants of Rulef Schenck who 
 are now living. The arrangement and method of num- 
 bering are modifications of those recommended by the 
 New England Genealogical Society. It will be readily 
 understood, yet a word of explanation on the significance 
 of the numbers and the use of Roman numerals may 
 not be out of place. The genealogy is in three parts: — 
 (i) From the year 1346 to 1650, where the unbroken 
 line of descent is traced from Heinrich Schenck van 
 
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 Nydeck to Roelof Martense Schenck, who was the first 
 of the name in America; (2) from 1650 to 1776, in 
 which section the American ancestry of Rulef Schenck is 
 given; (3) from 1776 down to the present day, where 
 may be found the descendants of Rulef Schenck in all 
 the collateral branches. In section one (Part II.) the 
 name of each individual mentioned is preceded by an 
 Arabic numeral followed by a capital A. This is the 
 key number. The Roman numeral preceding a name sig- 
 nifies the individual's place among the brothers and sisters 
 of the immediate family, i. e., whether first, second, fifth 
 or sixth, etc., child. The Roman numeral following the 
 name signifies the generation. To avoid confusion the 
 generations in Part III. date back to Roelof Martense 
 Schenck, that is, they refer only to the generations in 
 America. Roelof Martense represented the ninth gen- 
 eration from Heinrich. In some of the families among 
 the descendants there are now children of the eleventh 
 generation in America. They can therefore trace their 
 ancestry back through twenty generations, or approxi- 
 mately five hundred years. In section two of Part II., 
 from Roelof to Rulef, covering five generations, the key 
 number before the name of each individual is followed 
 by a lower case a, thus 12a. In Part III., the key 
 number stands alone. Whenever an individual is men- 
 tioned the name is followed by the key number, thus 
 avoiding the possibility of any confusion on account of 
 similarity in names. Each individual who has married 
 is carried forward into the next generation, a reference 
 being given to the page. By the use of the key numbers, 
 it is very easy to trace back a line of descent. 
 
Preface 9 
 
 This book is published and distributed as a memorial 
 to Adrian Adelbert Schenck, who died February 25, 1909. 
 He believed, as did the children of Israel, that each 
 generation should leave to posterity its own record and 
 that these records should be carefully preserved. It 
 was his expectation and hope that when his book should 
 appear, it would be carefully preserved for the children 
 and the children's children of all who received a copy. 
 Care has, therefore, been taken to select a paper which 
 will endure and an ink which will not fade. 
 
 The editorial work has not been done so well as would 
 have been the case had he who first planned the book 
 been graciously spared to have completed it, yet it is his 
 spirit which permeates it and the credit for whatever of 
 merit it possesses belongs to him. 
 
 B. R. S. 
 
 Detroit, Mich., June i, 191 1. 
 
 SCHENCK— Ic Syracuse Thnrsd^,^ 
 February 25, 1909, of angina pectoris, I 
 Adrian A. Schenck, aged 67 years. [ 
 Funeral sfervices were held at his late j 
 home in Syracn»e Sunday. Mr. j 
 Scbeuok was born in Plainville but I 
 has lived in Syracuse since 1863. Ho 
 is survived by his wife,- one son. Dr. 
 jitt too i ^, Sohenck of Detroit, and one 
 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Part I 
 
 Page 
 
 Coat of Arms - - - 13 
 
 Derivation of the Name - 14 
 
 Holland History - 17 
 
 Early American History - - 27 
 
 Part II 
 
 The Holland Ancestry of Rulef Schenck 55 
 
 The American Ancestry of Rulef Schenck 61 
 
 Part III 
 
 The Descendants of Rulef Schenck 65 
 
 Seventh Generation in America - 66 
 
 Eighth Generation in America 80 
 
 Ninth Generation in America - - 100 
 
 Tenth Generation in America 126 
 
 Index - - 133 
 
PART I. 
 
 COAT OF ARMS. 
 
 Seipmacher is the authority quoted by A. D. Schenck 
 for the arms and crest of the van Nydeck branch of the 
 family. In the language of heraldry the description is 
 as follows: — 
 
 Arms — Sable, a lion rampant, or., langued et arme. 
 Gu and az. 
 
 Crest — Out of a coronet, or., a demi-lion rampant, or., 
 langued et arme. Gu and az. 
 
 In explanation it may be said that it was the custom 
 among the knights of the middle ages to display their 
 armorial ensigns, or arms, upon their shields and banners, 
 and their crest, or cognizance, also worn by their fol- 
 lowers, upon their helmets. When not engaged in battle, 
 a coat of light material was worn over the steel armor 
 and on this was worked, in colors, the arms and crest. 
 This is the origin of the term coat-of-arms, a translation 
 of the French, cotte d'armes. 
 
 A "coat-of-arms," as we use the term to-day, consists 
 of two parts: — (i) The arms, displayed usually on a 
 shield or banner, and above this, (2) the crest, usually 
 resting on a crown in the case of a sovereign family or 
 on a coronet, in the case of families of lower rank. 
 
14 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 By referring to the colored frontispiece, the description 
 of the arms and crest, as given above, will be under- 
 stood. 
 
 On the sable (black) banner is a lion rampant 
 (charging). This is painted in gold (or). The lion's 
 tongue is protruding (langued) and he shows his talons 
 (arme). The tongue is red (gu.) and the talons blue 
 (az.) 
 
 The crest represents a demi-lion or half lion, similar 
 to the Hon of the arms, charging out of a coronet. 
 
 DERIVATION OF THE NAME. 
 
 The family names of all the countries of Europe are 
 derived from one of five sources, and it is possible to 
 trace every surname to one or another of these five 
 divisions, which are: — 
 
 1. Baptismal or personal names, such as Thompson, 
 Williamson or Richardson. As Bardsley says, it is easy 
 to see how they came into existence, for nothing could 
 be more natural than that children should often pass in 
 the community as the son of Thomas, or the son of 
 William, or the son of Richard. In some particular 
 generation the sobriquet became permanent and passed 
 on to future generations as an hereditary surname. 
 
 2. Local surnames, such as Lane, Styles, or Wood 
 have survived from such designations as John of the 
 Lane, William atte Style, or John atte Wood. There 
 are many instances of this source in every language. 
 
Derivation of Name 15 
 
 3. Official surnames have been bequeathed to us by 
 the dignitaries of mediaeval times. Examples are Mayor, 
 Baron and Bishop. 
 
 4. Surnames of occupation are very numerous, as a 
 moment's thought will readily convince one. 
 
 5. Sobriquet or nicknames form a large class. Applied 
 originally to individuals on account, perhaps, of certain 
 personal characteristics they at some period became hered- 
 itary and survive today. 
 
 In attempting to classify a given name in any one of 
 these divisions, however, it must not be forgotten that 
 many names, especially in America, are not what they 
 seem, but are in some instances corruptions and in other 
 cases translations. 
 
 The name Schenck undoubtedly belongs to the third 
 class, that of official surnames. The name signifies cup 
 bearer and is derived from the same root as the German 
 verb schenken, meaning "to pour out." Lieutenant A. 
 D. Schenck in his Rev. William Schenck, His Ancestry 
 and Descendants, explains the origin of the word. 
 
 The oldest term designating the office of cup-bearer, 
 is Skinker, of Sanskrit origin. A more recent origin is 
 possible, however, as it may be connected with either of 
 the Anglo Saxon words scaene, a cup, or scanca, a shank. 
 The first of these derivations is easily understood, the 
 second requires an explanation. It has been supposed that 
 the shank bone of an ox was used as a spout for a 
 leathern wine bag. This use of a bone is said to be the 
 origin of the cups of the butlers of England, the little 
 knobs on the covers representing the shank-bone spouts 
 of ancient times. 
 
16 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Whatever may be the origin of the word, it is common 
 in several European languages, thus in Icelandic, skenka, 
 in Danish, skencke, in Dutch and German, schenk, and 
 In French, eschanson. 
 
 Several of our ancestors are referred to as Pincerna. 
 This is the Latin translation of the same vi'ord. Thus 
 the first of the Van Nydeck branch of the family is 
 referred to as Christianus Pincerna. He was cup bearer 
 to the Count van Julich, whose residence was the famous 
 castle of Nydeggen. There are records of Julich in 
 which he speaks of Pincerna noster (our cup bearer) . All 
 legal documents of this time (1225) are in Latin and this 
 form of the name, Pincerna, appears in them. In "low" 
 Latin, the name became buticularius, bucellarius, busel- 
 larius, and similar words, all denoting the "leather bag 
 man." From these is derived the French bouteiller, and 
 the English butler. 
 
 Cup bearers were probably employed long before his- 
 tory takes notice of them. We know that among the 
 ancient Kings of Media the cup bearer held the first 
 rank in the royal household. He had charge of the 
 household arrangements and was the King's chief attend- 
 ant when at home, guarding him from interruptions 
 when engaged, and acting, in fact, as master of cere- 
 monies. Both in ancient and mediaeval times, it was 
 one of the duties of this officer to taste the wine before 
 it was served. This was done by pouring some into 
 the palm of the hand and was to guard against the 
 possibility of poisoning the master. The oflSce was always 
 held by a noble and in feudal times became hereditary. 
 
Holland History 17 
 
 Thus it was that many noble families, in the middle 
 ages, bore the name of Schenck. There are sixty-eight 
 families of the name mentioned in the Kueschke Deutches 
 Adels-Lexicon. 
 
 HOLLAND HISTORY. 
 
 The Holland ancestry of Rulef Schenck may be traced 
 in an unbroken line to the year 1346. At this time the 
 head of the family was the Knight Heinrich Schenck 
 van Nydeck, Lord of Afferden and Walbeck, from whom 
 the line of descent, as given later (Part IL), has been 
 recorded by van der Dussen, formerly one of the most 
 noted genealogical authorities in Holland, who searched 
 long and patiently to complete the work. While there 
 are breaks in the record previous to 1346, we are fortun- 
 ate in possessing not a little information concerning the 
 family as early as the year 878. 
 
 Before relating these facts, however, it may be of 
 
 interest to briefly sketch, in outline, the history of the 
 
 Netherlands and attempt to form some conception of 
 the character of its people. 
 
 The Netherlands, or nether lands, was the name given 
 to the countries situated in the small triangle between 
 the France and Germany of today and the sea, the ter- 
 ritory which is now about equally divided between the 
 modern countries of Holland and Belgium. It was a 
 country traversed by overflowing rivers, harassed by the 
 sea and devoid of beauty. Of its earliest inhabitants we 
 know little, for history records nothing previous to the 
 
18 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 epoch of Julius Caesar. The wars waged by the con- 
 queror, rescued from oblivion the Celtic and German 
 tribes, whom he found in this hollow land, or Holland, 
 and Tacitus, the Roman historian, has minutely described 
 their characteristics. Motley, whose Rise of the Dutch 
 Republic, The United Netherlands and John of Barne- 
 veld will long remain the authorities on early Holland 
 history, thus translates and embellishes the more prosaic 
 paragraphs of the Latin: — 
 
 "Physically the two races resembled each other. Both 
 were of vast stature and the gigantic Gaul derided the 
 Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies. Both were fair, 
 with fierce blue eyes, and clear blonde complexions. Their 
 hands and feet were small. The especial mark of high 
 rank was the brightness of the eye, and long hair was 
 considered beautiful. They were races remarkable for 
 personal dignity, which early became corrupted into 
 excessive pride, and for a boundless spirit of individual 
 enterprise. With these traits, they united a simplicity 
 and truthfulness, which was always observed by stran- 
 gers. They were notoriously reckless of their own lives 
 and cruel to enemies ; fond of the chase and of adventure, 
 especially on the sea, preferring whatever involved peril 
 and hardships ; greedy for booty and given to the pleasures 
 of the table and to gaming." 
 
 The government of the tribes differed somewhat, yet 
 with all of them, it was essentially republican. Clanship 
 was a predominant feature. The Gauls were an agri- 
 cultural people, while the Germans were more given to 
 war and carnage. The Gauls were priest ridden and 
 their Druids were a predominant class. The German 
 
Holland History 19 
 
 tribes, however, held to a simpler faith, believing in a 
 single, supreme, almighty God. 
 
 First conquered by Caesar, these truculent tribes, 
 despite many revolts, several unsuccessful confederacies 
 and numerous rebellions, remained subject to Roman rule 
 for about five centuries. With the decline of the Empire, 
 the Netherlands w^ere "successively or simultaneously 
 trampled by Franks, Vandals, Alani, Suevi, Saxons, 
 Fresians and Sclavonians, as the great march of Germany 
 to universal empire went majestically forward." 
 
 The Frank dominion succeeded the Roman and the 
 history of the Franks became the history of the Nether^ 
 lands. Against this dominion struggled through several 
 centuries, the Fresians, who held the northern part of 
 the territory, until finally conquered by Charlemagne 
 in 785. That great emperor, however, was succeeded 
 by unworthy and incapable men who had not the sense 
 to comprehend, far less to develop, the plans of their 
 ancestor. Charles ihe Simple was the last of the Franks 
 to govern Lotharingia, in which was comprised most of 
 the Netherlands and Freisland, and the sovereignty, in 
 925, passed to Henry the Fowler. Thus, the Nether- 
 lands passed out of France into Germany, remaining still 
 provinces of a loose, disjointed empire. At this period 
 the various petty earldoms, dukedoms, etc., became 
 hereditary. Sovereign counts became numerous and 
 autocratic, and the force of arms became dominant. 
 
 "Five centuries of isolation succeeded. In the Neth- 
 erlands, as throughout Europe, a thousand obscure and 
 slender rills were slowly preparing the great stream of 
 
20 ScHE NCK Genealogy 
 
 universal culture. Five dismal centuries of feudalism, 
 during which period there is little talk of human right, 
 little ohedience to divine reason. Rights there were 
 none; only forces." 
 
 Out of the chaos of these dark ages gradually evolved 
 a people, three million strong, whom Motley in his 
 enthusiasm, calls "the most industrious, the most pros- 
 perous and perhaps the most intelligent under the sun." 
 The Hollanders of the sixteenth century were unequalled 
 as agriculturists, as merchants, as mariners, and as artis- 
 ans. Their natural industry was untiring; their pros- 
 perity unexampled ; their love of liberty indomitable ; 
 their pugnacity proverbial. "Within the little circle 
 which inclosed the seventeen provinces were two hundred 
 and eight walled cities, many of them the most stately 
 in Christendom, one hundred and fifty chartered towns, 
 sixty-three hundred villages with their watch towers and 
 steeples, besides numerous other more insignificant ham- 
 lets; the whole guarded by a belt of sixty fortresses of 
 surpassing strength." 
 
 Such, very briefly, is the history of the Netherlands — 
 a mere outline serving to show inadequately the char- 
 acteristics of the people among whom were our ancestors. 
 The reader who is interested, will find a lengthy and 
 most picturesque account in the historical works of Mot- 
 ley, to which reference has been made and from which 
 I have freely quoted. 
 
 The first information which we have of the Schenck 
 family concerns Colve de Witte, Baron van Toutenburg, 
 who was killed in the battle of Clodius against the Dane 
 
Holland History 21 
 
 in 878. The records of the successors to this title and 
 barony are imperfect, but, according to A. D. Schenck, 
 sufficient have escaped destruction in the wars of the 
 middle and succeeding ages, to establish the fact that 
 the same family held possession down to, and even much 
 later than, the year 1234 when one of the cadets became 
 the first of the family of Schenck van Nydeck. 
 
 Following Colve de Witte, there is a record of : — 
 
 Hermanus Schenck, Baron van Toutenburg. Then : — 
 
 Willem, who perished at the first tournament held in 
 Germany, at Magdeburg in 939. He was followed by 
 
 Hermanus II., in turn succeeded by 
 
 Willaim, who is recorded as taking part in the seventh 
 tournament, held at Halle, by the Emperor Henricus 
 n., in 1042. The next record concerns 
 
 Reynier Schenck, Baron van Toutenburg, who had 
 three sons, Theodorus, Christianus and Albertus. 
 
 Theodorus Schenck, the eldest son, became the next 
 Baron van Toutenburg. There was a succession of Barons 
 in this family, through seventeen generations, down to 
 Joost, or George, who in 1521 was Governor of Fries- 
 land, Groningen and Overyssel. His son, Fredericus, 
 the last Archbishop of Utrecht, noted for his learning 
 and many literary productions, died August 25, 1580. 
 This branch of the family became extinct in the twentieth 
 generation, when an only son, Jacob, died when a child. 
 
 The second son of Reynier, Christianus Schenck, 
 became attached to the retinue of Count van Julich, whose 
 residence was the famous castle of Nydeggen. He was 
 
22 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 called Christianus Pincerna and his name is to be found 
 as witness to various documents of Julich between 1225 
 and 1246. He held the important office of cup bearer 
 to the Count. It may be said, in explanation, that the 
 cup bearer of these times was the head of the household, 
 the protector and confidant of his chief and the master 
 of ceremonies at the court. Christianus was apparently 
 held in high esteem by the Count, who in a document 
 of 1234 affectionately mentions him as Pincerna noster 
 (our cup bearer). On September 10, 1250, he was 
 appointed, together with Marschall van Kelser and Renad 
 van Druse, a court of justice to settle a dispute between 
 the Count and Conrad van Hochsteden, Archbishop of 
 Cologne. In some of the documents he is spoken of as 
 Christianus Pincerna de Nidke, the Dutch form of which 
 is Christianus Schenck van Nydeck. His coat of arms, 
 as given by Seipmacher, forms the frontispiece of this 
 book. Christianus had one son, 
 
 Wilhelmus, whose name appears in 1275 and 1287 
 as witness, and in 1275 as a court of justice in a dispute 
 between the monastery at Kerpen and the Lord of the 
 castle. On April i, 1279, he and his four sons sold to 
 the church syndicate of Cologne all their estates in Geyen, 
 namely, "one manses cultivated land, the decram of every- 
 thing raised thereon and their rights and privileges of 
 patrons of the church of Geyen." Wilhelmus' wife died 
 in 1 27 1 and was buried in the New Cloister, Graeven- 
 dael, near Goch. In her memory Wilhelmus presented 
 to the convent an annual revenue; the document, bearing 
 the date of March 13, 1271, tied with red silk threads 
 
Holland History 23 
 
 and sealed with green wax, being now in the archives 
 at the Hague. Wilhelmus had seven children, four of 
 whom were living as late as 1301. 
 
 There are then no records of the family until 1346 
 when Heinrich Schenck van Nydeck (lA)* is mentioned. 
 He was a grandson of Wilhelmus, but there is no infor- 
 mation as to which of the latter's sons was Heinrich's 
 father. In the year 1359, the lords, knights and yeomen 
 of the counties of Geldern and Cleve concluded a treaty, 
 in which Heinrich was assessed "four men and horses, 
 completely equipped and armed." On January 13, 1379, 
 he offered to the Duke of Cleve, the privileges of his 
 castle of Afferden. He sold, July 12, 1389, to Elbricht 
 van Eyll, son of Evert, the court of Munster, afterwards 
 called Munster Mannshof, situated in the county of 
 Geldern. 
 
 Heinrich Schenck van Nydeck was Lord of Afferden, 
 a small village in the province of Geldern, and was also 
 Feoffer of Wachtendonk. He married Aleid van Rayde 
 who inherited the castle of Walbeck, thus bringing that 
 estate into the Schenck family. One-half of all the 
 revenues of Walbeck were transferred, in 138 1, to the 
 Duke of Geldern, Wilhelm van Julich, in return for 
 which the Duke was to protect and defend the village 
 and parish as if his own. Heinrich had two sons, 
 Wynand and Heinrich (3A), and one daughter, Lis- 
 beth. The latter became a nun at Gravendael. She 
 provided annually for the Convent of Gaesdonk, "thirty- 
 
 *NoTE. — The numbers following the names correspond to those 
 used in Part II, and serve to identify the individuals. 
 
24 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 three pairs of shoes, upon the condition that they be 
 given every year on St. Martin's, by the prior and the 
 convent, to the poor, namely: eleven pairs to poor males, 
 eleven pairs to poor females, and eleven pairs to poor 
 boys and girls to age of fifteen years." For this she 
 gave to the convent for a number of years, seventy golden 
 guilders. 
 
 There is no record as to the date of Heinrich's death, 
 but we know that the family estates were divided 
 December 31, 1403. The elder son, Wynand, received 
 Aflerden, while the younger son, Heinrich, was given 
 some revenues, the court Ten Broke in Kampen and an 
 estate at Ottersum. Walbeck and other property not 
 mentioned in the division, the parents designated should 
 go, after their death, to the sons. Wynand, however, 
 renounced his equity and gave to Heinrich his share "of 
 the house Walbeck with its outhouses, orchards and 
 gardens, just as it stands and is situated within its ditches 
 and limits." Wynand purchased Blyenbeck in 1405. He 
 married Aleid van Bellinghoven and they had one son, 
 who died young. The titles and estates, therefore, went 
 to the younger brother Heinrich (3A) who thus became 
 Lord of Afferden, Walbeck and Blyenbeck, Feoffer of 
 Wachtendonk and Bailiff of Geldern. There is a record 
 of his marriage and of his death, which occurred Decem- 
 ber 8, 1452. He and his wife, were, as especial benefac- 
 tors of the convent of Gaesdonk, declared entitled to all 
 the good offices on the part of the convent and promise 
 was given them that holy mass was to be read daily for 
 all time and eternity, for the benefit of their souls. 
 
Holland History 25 
 
 On the death of Heinrich, in 1452, the estates went 
 to the eldest of Heinrich's three children, Diederich (5A), 
 who became possessed of very considerable property in 
 addition to his inheritance. As heir of the Knight Goesen 
 Stek, he received the house Cradenborch and appurte- 
 nances and all of his estate with their complete rights and 
 privileges. Like his father and aunt Lisbeth, he became 
 a benefactor of the convent of Gaesdonk, giving on June 
 I, 1443, an estate, Hazengest, in Baerls, the revenues of 
 which were to be used for the benefit of the convent. 
 Of his eleven children, two became monks and three 
 nuns. He died in 1487 and August 7th of that year 
 the estate was divided, Derick (iiA), the fourth son, 
 receiving some of the less important property. However, 
 on the death of his brothers, he inherited their share and 
 became Lord of Aflerden and Blyenbeck. He had two 
 morganatic wives, Catherine Rutgen and Gertgen Brug- 
 ers, and later married Albeit Custers, of Arssen. 
 
 For the next seventy years there waged a contest for 
 the estate of Derick. Derick's eldest brother, Winand 
 (8A), had a daughter, Adelheid by name, who married 
 for her second husband, Diderick van der Lippe, Lord 
 of Betgenhausen. He was a trusty retainer of the Duke 
 Carl van Egmont, and no sooner had he secured the 
 hand of the widow than he began his designs against the 
 estate of the family. In this he was aided by one Godart 
 Haes, who was a follower of the Archbishop of Cologne, 
 and who had married Catherine, Lady van Huls, a daugh- 
 ter of Petronella Schenck van Nydeck (13A), a sister 
 of Derick. These two men, supported by their influential 
 and powerful superiors, caused an immense amount of 
 
26 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 trouble for the Schenck family. They based their claim 
 on the allegation that Dferick's marriage to Alheit Custers 
 was illegal on account of a relationship in the third 
 degrf;e between Alheit and Gertgen Brugers. 
 
 1 he dispute was carried to the Pope at Rome and was 
 before the courts of the Netherlands for many years. 
 Rome rendered its final decision in 1546, against the 
 children of Derick, while the civil courts had issued 
 decrees in their favor. The matter was carried to the 
 Emperor Charles V., who declared the lawsuit at Cologne 
 and its sentence void, and ordered the children of Derick 
 to comply with the sentence passed at Rome and desist 
 disputing possession of the estates. This decision was 
 "given in our imperial capital, Spain, the 21st of October 
 in the year of our Lord, 1549." 
 
 However, from 1559 until the death of Martin 
 Schenck van Nydeck (29A), in 1589, during which 
 years the war between Spain and the Netherlands tore 
 the country into shreds, there was constant fighting 
 between the forces of Martin and those of van der Lippe 
 for possession of Blyenbeck. These knights were first 
 on the one side and then on the other, Martin for the 
 most part fighting against Spain and Catholicism, for the 
 sake of the Netherlands and protestantism. 
 
 Many interesting events in the life of Martin are 
 related by Motley in his The United Netherlands and 
 in the pamphlet The Blyenbeck and Afferden Branch of 
 the Family of Schenck van Nydeck, an excerpt from the 
 Family of Schenck van Nydeggen, published in Cologne 
 in i860. At the time of Martin's death, Blyenbeck was 
 
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 in the hands of the Spanish, and after much trouble Cas- 
 par van der Lippe, a son of Diderick van der Lippe, 
 received an order from the Prince of Parma that the 
 Spanish garrison should leave Blyenbeck and restore it 
 to Caspar. A daughter of Caspar became heiress to the 
 estate and by her marriage vi^ith Christoffle Schenck van 
 Nydeck, Lord van Hillenrath, carried the ancient estates 
 to that branch of the family. 
 
 During these troublesome times Peter Schenck van 
 Nydeck (30A), was a follower of his more famous 
 brother, Martin. Peter's son, Martin (35A), is said to 
 have emigrated with his children to America, but no 
 trace of him has been found in this country. It is likely 
 that the misfortunes and reverses which overtook the 
 family caused them to seek anew their fortunes in the 
 land of promise — the Nieu Netherlands. 
 
 EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY. 
 
 The immigrant ancestor of Rulef Schenck was Roelof 
 Martense Schenck, who was born at Amersfoort, Hol- 
 land, in 1619. Misfortunes had overtaken the family 
 during the almost constant wars which occurred during 
 the sixteenth century in the Netherlands and in addition 
 the Emperor Charles V. had, after seventy years, ren- 
 dered a decision which was adverse to Roelof's grand- 
 father, Peter (30A)*, thus depriving this branch of the 
 family of the title to the ancestral estates. Roelof's grand- 
 
 *NoTE — The numbers following the names are the same as appear 
 in Part II. and serve to identify the individuals. 
 
28 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 uncle, Sir Martin Schenck van Nydeck, was heir to the 
 castle of Blyenbeck, but the title was contested by his 
 cousin, Caspar van der Lippe, and Martin was besieged 
 in his castle. After a long campaign, Martin was ousted. 
 His brother Peter, a gallant soldier, who had supported 
 Sir Martin, lost favor with the authorities and was 
 deprived of the greater part of his possessions. Thus it 
 was that Peter's son, with his children, sought to renew 
 his fortune by coming to the Nieu Netherlands. 
 
 It is probable that Roelof with his brother, Jan, and 
 sister, Anetje, sailed in the ship "de Valckner," arriving 
 in New Amsterdam, June 28, 1650. That they arrived 
 some time during 1650 is certain, as will be shown later. 
 In this ship came also Jacob van Couwenhoven, who 
 with Adrian van der Donck and Jan Eversten Bout, had 
 made a contract with the West India Company, dated 
 at Amsterdam, March 19, 1650, to take "to the Nieu 
 Netherlands, before ist June, prox., 200 passengers, lOO 
 to be farmers, and farm servants, and lOO such as the 
 Amsterdam Chamber usually send over." 
 
 Roelof lived for a few years in Breuklyn and in 1660 
 married Neeltje Geretsen van Couwenhoven, a niece of 
 Jacob van Couwenhoven. He then settled at Amersfoort 
 (later Flatlands), Long Island, where he resided until 
 his death in 1704, and where he is buried. 
 
 In the early colonial records of the New Netherlands, 
 Roelof's name first appears in connection with a grant of 
 land at Amersfoort, consisting of twenty-three morgans, 
 or about forty-six acres. This grant is dated January 
 29, 1661. In 1664, he was one of the magistrates of the 
 
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 five towns on Nassau Island (Lxjng Island) who joined 
 in a protest against the outrages of the English. The 
 Director-General called a meeting of delegates at Mid- 
 wout, February 26, 1664, and they tlien made accusa- 
 tions against the English Captain Scott and voted a 
 remonstrance. It was in this year that the English took 
 over the government of New Amsterdam and the so-called 
 Knickerbocker rule ceased. 
 
 The English required new patents to be taken out and 
 the following patent for the town of Amersfoort was 
 issued by Governor Richard Nicoll: — 
 
 Richard Nicholl, Esq., Gov., &c., &c. : Whereas, there is a 
 certain town within this Government situate and being in the 
 West Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island, commonly called or 
 known by ye name of Amersfoort, als. Flattlands, which said 
 town is now in ye tenure or occupation of several freeholders 
 and inhabitants who have heretofore been seated there by author- 
 ity, and likewise made lawful purchasers of ye granted part of 
 ye lands thereunto belonging, have also improved the greater 
 part thereof, and settled a competent number of families there- 
 upon; ^010 for a confirmation unto ye Freeholders and inhabit- 
 ants of the premises, Know ye, that by virtue of ye Commission 
 and Authority unto me given by His Royal Highness, I have 
 given, ratified, confirm and grant unto Elbert Elbertse (StoothofiE), 
 Gerrit Loockemans, Roelof Martense (Schenck), Pieter Claes 
 (Wyckoff), Wellem Gerrits (van Couwenhoven), Tho. Hille- 
 brants, Stephen Coerten (van Voorhees), and Coert Stephens 
 (van Voorhees), as Patentees for and on behalf of themselves 
 and their associates, ye Freeholders and inhabitants of ye said 
 town, their heirs, successors and assigns. All ye tract together 
 with ye several parcels, &c. 
 Mathias, Secretary. 
 
 (Signed) Richard Nicholl. (L. S.) 
 
 Fort James, 4th October, 1667, etc. 
 
30 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Governor Cleve appointed Roelof Schenck one of the 
 Schepens for Flatlands, August i8, 1673, and October 
 25 th of the same year, he was chosen a lieutenant of 
 militia. He was a deputy to the council held at the city 
 hall in New Amsterdam, March 26, 1674. 
 
 In volume II. of the Documentary History of New 
 York, a valuation of property shows that Roelof Schenck 
 
 possessed 2 polls, 4 horses, 1 do. of years old, lO 
 
 cows, 2 do. of 2 years old, 4 do. of i year old, 3 hogs: — 
 Total 152 pounds, 14 shillings. Also 52 morgans of 
 valley land, 104 pounds. Total 256 pounds, 14 shillings. 
 
 He was next to the wealthiest man in town and sixth 
 or seventh on Long Island in point of possessions. In 
 i6q8 he had four slaves. 
 
 The inhabitants of the New Netherlands were required 
 to take the oath of allegiance to the English king and 
 these documents show whether the individual was a native 
 or an immigrant. If the latter, the length of residence 
 in the New Netherlands was given. Roelof took this 
 oath of allegiance in 1687 and it is stated that he and his 
 brother, Jan, had been "thirty-seven years in the coun- 
 try," thus confirming the date of arrival as 1650. 
 
 There are documents showing that Roelof was com- 
 missioned a justice of Kings County in 1689 and a Cap- 
 tain of Horse in 1690. 
 
 Roelof was three times married. His first wife, by 
 whom he had six children, Martin, Annetje, Jonica, 
 Marike, Jan and Gerret Roelofse, died in 1673. Two 
 years later, he married Anetje Pieterse Wyckofif, by whom 
 he had four children, Margaretta, Neeltje, Mayke and 
 
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 Sara. The date of the death of the second wife is 
 unknown. In 1688, however, Roelof married Catrina 
 Crigers, widow of Christopher Hoogland. This mar- 
 riage contract is of interest. A translation of the original 
 Dutch document is as follows: — 
 
 Today, date underwritten, Mr. Roelof Martensen Schenck, 
 widower of the late Anneke Pieters, on the one side, and Mrs. 
 Catherine Creugiers, widow of the late Christopher Hoogland 
 on the other side, declared that they had agreed between them- 
 selves to the honor of God, to enter into matrimony; but before 
 the solemnization thereof, they had convened that the same 
 should be confirmed in following manner, to wit: That the afore- 
 said bridegroom shall bring for the maintenance of himself and 
 his future wife such property as by the blessing of God he has 
 become possessed of; nothing excepted; but he shall not acquire 
 any ownership in the estate and property of the aforesaid future 
 bride nor in those which she shall obtain hereafter ; and that the 
 future bride shall bring nothing into the wedded state for the 
 maintenance of the couple, but out of the estate and property 
 of her future husband she and her son Hermanus Hoogland, 
 shall be supported and maintained in board and clothing as is 
 decent and proper. It is further conditioned and stipulated 
 that her property, moveable and immoveable, present and future, 
 nothing excepted, shall not be held in commonalty with the estate 
 and property of the aforesaid bridegroom, but that she shall 
 keep and administer her estate separately, either personally or 
 by others, and dispose of it as she shall think fit without the 
 future bridegroom having or claiming any guardianship, order, 
 or administration over her estate against her will or pleasure, 
 but that all this property with its increments and gains shall 
 remain her own forever and subject to testamentary disposition; 
 and after her decease to her children and their lawful descend- 
 ants. 
 
 Subject to the above written conditions, an inventory shall be 
 taken of the property of the future bride and signed by both 
 and attached hereto; which inventory the future man and wife 
 
32 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 desire to be so binding and inviolable as if the same was herein 
 mentioned and inserted. It is further stipulated and conditioned 
 that if the bridegroom should first die the aforesaid future bride 
 shall throughout her life, whether she remains single or marries 
 again, remain in full possession and usufruct of his bowery 
 bought from the widow and heirs of Govert Lockermans with 
 the house, orchard, negroes, one half of the horses and cattle 
 found there; provided that out of the revenue thereof she shall 
 keep it in good condition without being held responsible and 
 accountable in any manner for misfortunes; provided further: 
 that she shall maintain and support, educate and have instructed 
 in reading and writing, and taught a trade to which they are 
 adapted, the minor children now then living who shall then 
 live, and the child or children which they together may beget, 
 and after the death of the said bride all the property, viz: 
 Bowery, said house, farm, orchard, negroes, horses and cattle 
 shall be subject to the disposition and order of the aforesaid 
 bridegroom; but in case the future bride should die before her 
 aforesaid bridegroom she shall have no right to claim anything 
 beyond her clothing of silk, woolen and linen and her jewels 
 which she has used and owned during her lifetime, out of the 
 estate and property of the aforesaid bridegroom, than a decent 
 burial. It is further expressly conditioned and stipulated, that 
 on account of any debts and obligations contracted before the 
 date of proposed marriage by either of the parties hereto, the 
 other one shall not be dunned, moleste,d or called upon, much less 
 shall they be legally collected, as all community of property and 
 debts between the parties aforesaid is hereby expressly excluded 
 and disclaimed. 
 
 This Contract of Marriage has been agreed upon and con- 
 cluded under the above conditions; and the bridegroom binds 
 himself, his executors, administrators, heirs and descendants that 
 it shall have full effect under the aforesaid stipulations and 
 conditions, and to make it still more binding, the aforesaid bride 
 has chosen for her assistant and Trustee in this matter her son 
 Derick Hoogland with his heirs and descendants to receive the 
 above for the behoof of the said bride and her heirs and for 
 
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 the behoof of nobody else ; and, furthermore, the said bridegroom 
 binds himself and promises for himself and Tor his executors, 
 administrators and heirs and descendants to give, satisfy and 
 allow to enjoy, the said Derick Hoogland as chosen Trustee of 
 the aforesaid bride, or his heirs and descendants, all which has 
 hereinbefore been convened and agreed for and to the behoof 
 of the aforesaid bride or her heirs and for the behoof of nobody 
 else, anything heretofore done or agreed upon to the contrary 
 notwithstanding, either in law or outside of law thereto apper- 
 taining. This done, agreed and concluded at New York and for 
 its further confirmation, it is signed and sealed by them the 9th 
 of November, 1688. 
 
 Catryntyna Crigers. (Seal) 
 RoELOF Martensen. (Seal) 
 
 Attested: Willem Bogardus, 
 Notary Public. 
 Witnesses : 
 Nicholas Gerret. 
 Cornelius Dircksen. 
 
 Roelof Martense Schenck died, either in 1704. or 1705. 
 The records of the late Garret C. Schenck give the date 
 as 1705, while Lieut. A. D. Schenck, in his Rev. William 
 Schenck, His Ancestry and Descendants, from which most 
 of the foregoing facts are taken, states that the date was 
 
 1704. At all events, his will was probated August 3, 
 
 1705, and may be found in the New York Surrogate's 
 Office, liber 7, pp. 209. It is as follows: — 
 
 In the name of God Amen,— ye fourth day of September in 
 ye third year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Annie now of 
 England &c., Queen, and in ye year of our Lord one thousand 
 seven hundred and four,— I, Roelof Schenck, of Flatlands, in 
 Kings County, on Nassau Island, in the Colony of New York- 
 being of good and perfect memory — praised be Almighty God, 
 therefore doe make this, my last Will and Testament in manner 
 and form following — that is to say: 
 
34 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 First, recommending my soul unto Almighty God who gave 
 it, and my body to ye earth to be buried in such decent and 
 Christianlike manner and in such place as by my Executor, here- 
 after named, shall be thought fitt and convenient — hoping for a 
 glorious resurrection at the last day. 
 
 Item — I give, grant, devise, and bequeath unto my loving 
 wife Catharine Schenck, for and during her natural life, all my 
 farm or tenement at Flatlands aforesaid, now in my possession 
 and whereon I now live with ye House, Garden, Barne, orchard, 
 and premises thereunto belonging. To have, hold, occupy, and 
 enjoy for her use only, without impeachment of waste — for and 
 during her natural life — and all according to a contract and 
 agreement made between my said wife Catharine and myself 
 before marriage, bearing date ye ninth day of November, 1688, 
 reference being thereunto had, may at large appear. Provided, 
 always, that if my said wife Catharine happens to re-marry 
 after my decease, then ray gift, grant, devise and bequeath afore- 
 said, to be null and voyd to all intents and purposes. 
 
 Item — I give, grant, devise, and bequeath unto my loving son 
 Martin Schenck, his heyres and assigns, forever, after the de- 
 cease or re-marriage of my said wife Catharine, all my Houses, 
 Lands, Tenements, orchards. Gardens, meadows, and heredita- 
 ments in Possession, Reversion, or Remainder, Either within the 
 Town and Libertyes of Flatlands aforesaid, or elsewhere. To 
 Have and To Hold all ye said Houses and lands as afore exprest 
 unto the said Martin Schenck, his heirs and assigns forever, upon 
 this condition, he paying the legacies hereafter mentioned unto 
 my children hereafter named, within six years after possession 
 taken by him — the said Martin — of my houses and lands afore- 
 said. That is to say — to my daughter Jonica, sixty-four pounds 
 and ten shillings in money — to my daughter Mayke — sixty-four 
 pounds and ten shillings in money — to my son John, sixty-four 
 pounds and ten shillings in money — to my son Garrett sixty-four 
 pounds and ten shillings in money — to my daughter Margrieta 
 sixty-four pounds and ten shillings in money — to my daughter 
 Neltie sixty-four pounds and ten shillings in money — to my 
 daughter Mayke sixty-four pounds and ten shillings in money — 
 
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 to my daughter Sara sixty-four pounds and ten shillings in 
 money — and to ye two children of my daughter Anneke deceased, 
 by name Roeloft and Albert, each ten pounds in money — and 
 farther it is my will that said legacys be paid to ye legatees 
 aforesaid within six years time as aforementioned and that those 
 of the legatees that are in most need or want shall be first 
 payed, always provided that if my son Martin refuses, denyes 
 or delays to pay ye legacys above mentioned — then my houses 
 and lands above exprest to be equally divided among my chil- 
 dren aforementioned and sold to the highest bidder. 
 
 Item — I give, grant, devise, and bequeath unto my loving 
 children by name Martin, Jonica, Marifce, John, Garrett, Mar- 
 grieta, Neltie, Mayke, and Sarah, their executors and assigns 
 forever after ye decease or remaryage of my said wife Catharine, 
 all and singular my goods and Chattels, rights and credits, 
 whatsoever or whensoever the same are, or shall become due in 
 equal proportion be divided between them, that is to say, the 
 one-half immediately after my decease and the other half after 
 my wife's decease or remaryage as aforesaid, and that there be 
 an Inventory taken of all my goods and Chattels soon after my 
 decease by my Executors hereafter named. That my children 
 or creditors may not be defrauded, and that my said wife 
 Catharine shall give in bond and security to deliver or cause 
 to be delivered upon her remaryage or death to my children 
 above named what goods and chattels she shall enjoy as ye 
 one-half part thereof, death of living creatures and wearing out 
 of goods only excepted; and farther, it is my will that my 
 daughter Sarah aforesaid, before any division of ye moveables 
 have a good outsetting equal as my other children have had, and 
 then to share equally with the rest, and that my son Martin, 
 for his birthright as Eldest son, shall have my negro boy Anthony, 
 my said wife only to have ye profit or use of ye one-half of ye 
 labor or service of said boy during her life time or remaryage. 
 
 I do hereby make, appoint, and ordain my loving son, Martin 
 Schenck, whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and 
 Testament to see it performed according to ye true intent and 
 meaning thereof. In witness whereof, I, the said Roelof Schenck, 
 
36 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 have hereunto set my hand and seal ye day and year first above 
 
 written. 
 
 (Signed) Roelof Schenck, [L. S.] 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us: 
 
 COERT STEVENSE. 
 
 Garret Stoothoff. 
 Henry Filkin. 
 
 The next in our line of descent is the fifth child and 
 second son of Roelof (la), namely Jan Schenck (6a). 
 Born at Flatlands, L. I., in 1670, he married Sara 
 Willemse van Couwenhoven in 1692. Subsequently, 
 Jan's sisters, Margaretta and Neeltje, married brothers 
 of Sara. In 1698, Jan removed to a tract of land in 
 Pleasant Valley, near Holmdel, New Jersey. This tract, 
 consisting of 500 acres, had been purchased from John 
 Brown, a merchant of Middletown, N. Y., in 1696, by 
 Cornelius van Couwenhoven (who later married Jan's 
 sister, Margaretta), Coert van Voorhees and Peter 
 Wyckoff. The two latter sold out their equity to Garret 
 and Jan and the tract was divided into three farms,* 
 those of Garret (7a) and Jan Schenck and their future 
 brother-in-law, Cornelius van Couwenhoven. At the 
 corner where these three farms met was dedicated a plot, 
 containing about one-half acre of land, for a family bury- 
 
 •NoTE. — These farms were visited by Adrian A. Schenck in 1883. 
 I find amonK his notes' the following: — "In August, 1883, I visited the 
 house in which Jan and Sara lived. Only a part, the sitting room and 
 adjoining bedroom, remains. The door jams were hewn from pine 
 logs, and dressed down with a plane, no saw having been used. The 
 bedroom door was in one piece, hewn from a log, and on the inside 
 was painted the coat of arms of the van Couwenhoven family, still 
 quite distinct. In the burying ground were some 20 graves, marked 
 either Schenck or Couwenhoven." — B. IL S. 
 
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 ing ground. It was afterwards also used by other fami- 
 lies. 
 
 From Garret Schenck has descended a very large 
 branch of the family, including a number of illustrious 
 men, among them the Rev. William Schenck; General 
 William C. Schenck, who was prominent in the war of 
 1812, and who first surveyed and founded Port Lawrence, 
 now Toledo, Ohio; Col. William Rogers Schenck; 
 Admiral James Findlay Schenck; General Robert C. 
 Schenck, Minister to Brazil, Congressman from Ohio, 
 Minister to England; Lieutenant WoodhuU S. Schenck, 
 U. S. N. ; and Lieutenant Alexander D. Schenck, U. S. A. 
 
 But little can be learned concerning the life of Jan 
 and Sara. For over fifty years they lived on their New 
 Jersey farm, bringing up a family of four sons and six 
 daughters. 
 
 The first of these sons was Roelof (12a), born at Flat- 
 lands, L. L, in 1692, and at the age of six years going, 
 with the family, from Long Island to New Jersey. He 
 lived on the farm of his father and was apparently a 
 well known man in the community. The only informa- 
 tion we have concerning him is to be found in a small 
 volume, published in 1905, edited by The Rev. A. I. 
 Martine of Marlborough, N. J., and entitled Bi-Cen- 
 tennial Celebration of the Reformed Church of the 
 Navasink and Its Two Branches ( 1699-1899) . A major- 
 ity of the settlers of the present Monmouth County, New 
 Jersey, came from Long Island, and these families, with 
 a few others, constituted the congregation to which the 
 Long Island pastors ministered. Stated preaching was 
 
38 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 begun in 1699, various ministers coming from Long 
 Island, but finding their duties exceedingly burdensome 
 "because of the distance they were compelled to travel, 
 and the danger of crossing the great bay in small boats." 
 This continued for ten years when the Reformed Church 
 of Freehold and Middletown (the Congregation of the 
 Navasink) was organized. The Consistory was com- 
 posed of Peter van Deventer and John Wyckoff, elders, 
 and Jacob van Dorn and Garret Schenck, deacons. In 
 1 7 14, the parsonage, consisting of a house and a tract 
 of "one hundred acres of good arable land, as good as 
 any in Freehold, on which a family may subsist com- 
 fortably," was conveyed by Jacobus Romain, to John 
 Schenck and Cornelius Couwenhoven of Middletown, 
 and Peter Tyson of Freehold, in trust for the use of the 
 congregation. It was located "five quarters of an hour's 
 distance from the church." The first edifice — probably 
 used both as a school and a church — termed by the Dutch, 
 "Gabat House," or prayer house, was located near by, on 
 Hendrickson's Hill. The first pastor was Rev. Guil- 
 laume Bertholf, the second. Rev. Joseph Morgan, 
 who served until 1731, when the Rev. Gerardus Haeg- 
 hoort was called from Holland. The next year it was 
 decided to erect a new edifice. The congregation, how- 
 ever, was so evenly divided on the question of where the 
 new church should be located that they agreed that it 
 should be built on the site to which the first load of stone 
 for building purposes was carted. It was late in the 
 afternoon when the meeting adjourned, but "Mr. Roelof 
 Schenck (12a), more frequently called "Black Roelof," 
 immediately went home, hitched' up his team, gathered 
 
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 the stones and carted them to the lot on which the build- 
 ing now stands," That settled the matter. 
 
 The edifice which was then built was in use over ninety 
 years and was taken down in 1826 to make room for 
 the present church, the Old Brick Church of Marlbor- 
 ough. 
 
 For many years there were no pews in the original 
 church. The congregation sat on benches, the men 
 around the wall, the women in the center. Some used 
 double chairSj such as were generally used in wagons in 
 those days. Some of the families would ride to church 
 sitting on these chairs, and then, taking them out of their 
 wagons, would carry them into the church for use during 
 service. A great many would go on horseback ; one horse 
 generally carried a man and his wife, and very frequently 
 a baby also. Carriages were unknown and farm wagons 
 without springs were thought to be comfortable. There 
 was no means of healing the church, for stoves were not 
 in existence. Private houses were made warm by the use 
 of large fireplaces, but churches were built without chim- 
 neys. The women brought with them small foot-stoves, 
 which kept their feet warm, while good homespun cloth 
 in ample folds protected their persons. 
 
 Roelof Schenck (12a) was frequently called "Black 
 Roelof" to distinguish him from a cousin of the same 
 name. He was of a swarthy complexion, was large, 
 muscular and very strong. The following anecdote is 
 told of him. According to the tradition, a professional 
 prize fighter having heard of Roelof's strength, sought 
 to obtain a match and prove his superiority. He paid 
 
40 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 him a visit and encountered Roelof as the latter was 
 returning from the fields with the plow on his shoulder. 
 Engaging in conversation, Roelof placed the plow on 
 the ground; becoming deeply interested as the talk con- 
 tinued, he grasped the handle of the plow in one hand, 
 and holding it at arm's length like a cane, used it to point 
 out the various places of interest. The prize fighter looked 
 on in utter amazement, then suddenly remembered that 
 he wished to see another man by the name of Schenck, 
 and started out to find him. 
 
 Roelof (12a) died January 19, 1766, and was buried 
 in the old burying ground at Pleasant Valley. In August, 
 1883, the stone was still standing and a sassafras tree, 
 more than five inches in diameter, was growing from the 
 center of the grave. On the stone appeared the follow- 
 ing: — 
 
 "Here Lies Interred the Body of Roelof Schenck, 
 Son of John, who Departed this Life the Nineteenth of 
 January in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven 
 Hundred and Sixty-six, aged Seventy-three Years, Ten 
 Months and Twenty-eight Days." 
 
 By the side of this stone was another giving the record 
 of the death of his wife, Geesie. 
 
 We have little information concerning John Schenck 
 (24a), the third child and first son of Roelof (12a), 
 beyond the facts of his birth, marriage and death. Born 
 January 22, 1720, he married when twenty-one years of 
 age, Jacamyntie van Couwenhoven, who was some two 
 j'ears his senior. They had two sons and one daughter. 
 
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 The first son, Rulief, married Sarah Lippert, had three 
 sons, and about 1800 removed to Ohio, locating near 
 Cincinnati. John Schenck (24a) died June 27, 1749- 
 His gravestone bears the following inscription: — 
 
 "Here Lies the Body of John Schenck, who Departed 
 this Life, June 27, Anno Domini, 1749, Aged Twenty- 
 nine Years, Two Months and Five Days." 
 
 This would make his birthday April 22, 1720, and 
 not January 22, as given in the records. 
 
 Cornelius Schenck (28a) , the second son of John (24a) , 
 was born September 19, 1744, and for some years lived 
 on a farm in Pleasant Valley, Monmouth County, New 
 Jersey. For some reason he left this farm and removed 
 to a farm near Charleston, Montgomery County, New 
 York, a few miles south of the present city of Fonda. 
 The date of the removal is uncertain, but it was appar- 
 ently subsequent to 1776, as all of his children were 
 born in New Jersey, Rulef, the youngest, being born 
 in that year. The probable cause of the removal was the 
 barrenness of the New Jersey land, which before the 
 discovery of marl, was most unproductive. Two amus- 
 ing anecdotes are told in connection with Cornelius and 
 his Jersey farm. Soon after he had located there, two 
 of his relatives rode over on horseback to see him. In 
 those days all the farm buildings were erected in the 
 center of the farm, without regard to the highway, and 
 the buildings were surrounded by a door yard. After 
 riding across the fields and coming into the yard, the 
 two visitors dismounted and one of them throwing his 
 bridle over his arm, began walking about as though look- 
 
42 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 ing for something, at the same time apparently crying. 
 When asked what the trouble was, he replied — "It is 
 really too bad, too bad; Cornelius is heie on a farm so 
 poor that it won't raise a mullin stalk to tie one's horse 
 to." 
 
 About the time Cornelius was leaving for New York 
 State, the same relative, lamenting the sad condition of 
 affairs, remarked, "too bad, too bad, Cornelius continues 
 in such bad luck; he has left a farm too poor to produce 
 a mullin stalk and gone into New York State where the 
 stones are so thick there isn't room for a mullin stalk 
 to grow." Whether the latter statement was descrip- 
 tive of the new location, or only a fancy of the wag, is 
 not known. 
 
 Cornelius Schenck (28a) and his wife, Margaret Tay- 
 lor, had six children. The first son, John, removed to 
 Cayuga County, brought up a family of fourteen children 
 and died at Springport, June 8, 1850. The youngest 
 son was Rulef, all of whose descendants we propose to 
 trace in a subsequent chapter. Cornelius died January 
 14, 1790. 
 
 It will be noted that Rulef represents the sixth gen- 
 eration in America and the fourteenth of the generations 
 whose unbroken records we possess. In some of the 
 descendant families of Rulef there are now children of 
 the eleventh generation in America and the nineteenth 
 from Heinrich Schenck van Nydeck. 
 
 Little is known of the boyhood of Rulef, and we have 
 no record as to when he came to Charleston. In i8o2 
 
ELSIE BAIKD SCHENCK 
 
 1785-1857 
 
 RULEF SCHENCK 
 
 1776-1852 
 
American History 43 
 
 he married Elsie Baird,* and the first six of their eleven 
 children were born in Montgomery County. In 1814, 
 when 38 years of age, he made a journey westward and 
 purchased a tract of land in Lysander Township, Onon- 
 daga County. In April, 181 5, he removed to this prop- 
 erty, then in the midst of the wilderness. When cleared, 
 it proved to be productive and Rulef became a successful 
 and prosperous farmer. He reared a family of eleven 
 children and helped all of them, more or less, to a start 
 in life. He resided on this farm until his death, which 
 occurred April 15, 1852. 
 
 Rulef Schenck and his wife Elsie (Baird) Schenck are 
 buried at the cemetery in Plainville, 
 
 A brief sketch of the early history of Onondaga County 
 and a few of its villages in Lysander Township may not 
 be out of place at this point. 
 
 Originally, all that part of New York State situated 
 west of Schoharie County comprised Montgomery County. 
 In 1789, the territory west of a north and south line run- 
 ning through Seneca Lake was set oft and called Ontario 
 
 *NoTE.— We have but meager information concerning Elsie Baird 
 and her family. The family first appeared in Monmouth County, New 
 Jersey, about 16S0. The first of the name was named John. Tradi- 
 tion relates that he introduced a new method of courtship. John 
 chanced one day to meet in the woods Mary Hall, whom he after- 
 wards married. As both were bashful, they halted at some distance 
 from one another under a tree. It was love at first sight, and in a 
 short time John, who was a Quaker, broke the painful silence, by 
 saying, "If thou wilt marry me, say yea; if thou wilt not, say nay." 
 Mary said *'yea" and proved a noble wife and mother. 
 
 It is presumed that Elsie Baird's family removed from New Jersey 
 to Montgomery County, New York, between 1780 and 1800, but I 
 have no information concerning the date. The Baird family in the 
 vicinity of Fonda and Gloversville is a large one, and reunions are held 
 annually, usually at Sacandaga Park. 
 
44 Sc HENCK Genealogy 
 
 County. In 1791, Herkimer County was formed from 
 the western part of Montgomery and comprised the por- 
 tion of Herkimer lying west of Whitestown, and east of 
 Seneca Lake. In 1794, the original Onondaga County 
 was formed by the present counties of Cortland, Cayuga, 
 Onondaga and Seneca with parts of Wayne, Oswego, 
 Thompkins and Schuyler, and it was not until 181 6 that 
 Onondaga County assumed its present size. 
 
 Baldwinsville was founded in the spring of 1807, when 
 Dr. James C. Baldwin built a dam and erected a mill 
 there. The settlement was first called Columbia, but in 
 1 81 7, in which year the post office was established, the 
 name of Baldwin's Bridge was given to the village. The 
 present name was, however, preferred by the residents, 
 and it later became recognized by the post office depart- 
 ment. The town was very prosperous until 181 9, when 
 the opening of the Erie Canal diverted much of the com- 
 merce which previously had passed through the Seneca 
 River, and for a time the village's growth was retarded. 
 
 The village was incorporated June 3, 1848. 
 
 The first newspaper in this part of the country was 
 started by Samuel B. West in 1844, under the name of 
 the Baldwinsville Republican. Two years later it became 
 the property of C. M. Hosmer, who changed the name to 
 the Onondaga Gazette. In 1 878 it became, and has since 
 remained, the Baldwinsville Gazette. Its files contain a 
 wealth of local matter of interest to the historian. 
 
 Plainville, located in the western part of the Town- 
 ship of Lysander, was originally called fVilson's Corners, 
 from the fact that William Wilson located there in 1806. 
 
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 Other early settlers were A. B. Scofield, Elias Scofield, 
 David Carroll, and Peter Voorhees, grandfather of James 
 L. Voorhees of Baldwinsville. Abram Daily, Marvin 
 Adams, Rulef Schenck and John Bratt located nearby in 
 1815 and 1 8 16. When the post office was opened in 
 1 82 1, the inhabitants suggested the name Farmersville, 
 but there was another office in the state by this name and 
 the department designated the place Plainville. Mr. 
 Stoddard, Simon Town, John Buck, B. B. Schenck and 
 Lyman Norton were the early postmasters. The mail 
 was received and dispatched weekly and came through 
 the Camillus office. 
 
 The first school house was erected in 18 19 and Amos 
 Adams was the first teacher. The Christian Church was 
 organized in 1820; the edifice, built in 183 1, was burned 
 in April, 1852, and replaced by the present structure in 
 1854. For thirty-nine years, until 1876, the people looked 
 to Dr. B. B. Schenck for medical service. 
 
 Lysander was settled in 18 11, being first called Vickery's 
 Corners, from several families of that name who located 
 there. In 181 7, Chauncey Betts established there a gen- 
 eral store, built a small distillery and erected a potash 
 factory. It then became known as Beit's Corners, until 
 the establishment of a post office a few years later. Among 
 the early settlers of this section were W. P. Bump, 
 Richard Smith, Grover Buel, Abram van Doren and 
 Alfred Smith. 
 
 No better description of the pioneer days of Lysander 
 and of the people who lived there can be given than that 
 which was read by Dr. B. B. Schenck at a family gath- 
 
46 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 ering in 1881. On October 13th. of that year a reunion 
 was held at the residence of John Schenck, in Plainville, 
 attended by four brothers and four sisters of the eleven 
 children of Rulef Schenck. After dinner, Benjamin Baird 
 Schenck read the following: — 
 
 The present gathering is at the end of a long series of years 
 and with some of us it furnishes an opportunity for a retro- 
 spect of nearly two-thirds of a century. 
 
 The review with me, as respects our immediate family, opens 
 with the vision of a train of five wagons, loaded with house- 
 hold effects, moving westward. One wagon carried the head of 
 the family with the children, six in number, and his niece, our 
 cousin. We were journeying from a region occupied for several 
 years to the far off West, and though then very young in years, 
 I have a memory of the moving procession made very solemn 
 by the spoken farewells of parting friends, and particularly of a 
 father and mother with children and grand children. 
 
 The tardy movements of the vehicles along the muddy roads 
 of a March season, (the frost but lately going out of the ground 
 making places almost mirey) made probable a slow and tedious 
 journey. 
 
 The season of the year, March 8, 1815, was the time for 
 expected rough and disagreeable weather. The distance to be 
 traveled, 120 miles, which was duly made in nine days, is now 
 made in nine hours. 
 
 Starting from a locality in Montgomery County, some six or 
 seven miles south of the Mohawk River, town of Charleston, 
 we came that day to its very banks. Then we drove westward 
 to the fabled region of fever, ague and Indians, in the far off 
 Onondaga County. This was before the days of steam and 
 electricity, those annihilators of space and time. 
 
 The new locality, but a mile or so from this very spot, fur- 
 nished a hospitable domicil, a log house, for us to occupy. That 
 spot had been secured by purchase in advance of our coming, 
 so that the tenure of the place was not doubtful; indeed, it 
 
American History 47 
 
 furnished permanently the place of residence for both our parents 
 for the balance of their worthy lives — the one for 37 years, and 
 the other for 42 years — and is still the residence of Rulef, the 
 youngest born, but how changed ! 
 
 Then the unappropriated wilds furnished pasturage of leeks 
 and leaves for the stock and the ample range in territory, with 
 the adventurous inclination to wander therein, made necessary 
 the clanging cow-bell; hours of search and hunt were often nec- 
 essary, and miles of travel gone over to return them to the fold. 
 
 Myself, at first too young for this particular pursuit, it was 
 duly performed by the older ones, often by him who now fur- 
 nishes the invitation to this family gathering. The extent of 
 wilderness being nearly the whole domain, rendered this peregri- 
 nation extremely lonesome and tiresome. The heavy growth 
 of stinging nettles, now nearly obsolete, were frightful impedi- 
 ments to the often, if not always, barefooted boy. The hooting 
 owl and buzzing partridge suddenly breaking the gloomy silence 
 of the dense forest, would thrill the hunter with emotions such 
 as fright gives to broken contemplations. 
 
 The people, or neighbors as we say, were those living any 
 distance ofiE, either in the town or out of it. Neighborhood was 
 not the exact word, an individual dweller not making a neigh- 
 borhood. Joseph Howe, of whom our father purchased, had 
 just left the premises, but I could name a David Carrol, a 
 land holder, who would have been a farmer if he had given 
 his time to working the soil instead of fishing and hunting; 
 also a Simon Town and a William Wilson, whose son William, 
 one year after, viz., April 14, 1816, took to him for wife, our 
 esteemed cousin, Polly Shepard. She fell a victim to the inci- 
 dents and frailties of life and left him and us in 1826; and of 
 the same neighbor Wilson, his son Alfred took, December 22, 
 1820, one of our sisters, Sally, from our household, for his life 
 companion. That association and companionship continued for 
 some 35 years, when he was called by death to leave behind her, 
 who so long had kindly ministered to his every want. Aged 
 now, and widowed over 27 years, she is with us today, the eldest 
 of the group. 
 
48 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 I could name an Abram Dailey, who was soon followed by 
 a John Bratt, whose son Peter, in due course of time, March 
 1827, came into the family for a place and relation, and worth- 
 ily he sustained that relation for 46 years, when death severed 
 him from us. A year or so later, our sister Margaret, his con- 
 sort, yielded to disease and followed him, January 31, 1875. 
 
 I also readily recognize a Peter Voorhees, whose family in 
 later times was prominent in all these parts, and whose grand- 
 son, James L., by marriage with Eleanor, our niece, the daughter 
 of our present host, gave him a relationship to our family. 
 Eleanor in a few short years of aggravated suffering, sank into 
 her quiet grave. James L. changed his widowed state in a 
 couple of years, by marriage to Sarah C, our niece, youngest 
 daughter of sister Margaret and Peter Bratt. 
 
 West of us, across the Great Bear Swamp, came the muffled 
 sounds of ox drivers, log rollers and ax men — of a Sanborn, a 
 Critchet, a Van Blaricom, a Hulet, a Bartlett, a Wright, and 
 later a Marselus, a Carncross, a Van Horn, a Simmons, a Rel- 
 yea, a Morrill and others, a succession to the present time. The 
 whoop of the lost cow hunter in the late evenings, was replied 
 to by other whoops, or by pounding with a beetle or an ax on a 
 hollow log lying at the wood pile. Again I turn my eye south- 
 ward and I spy an Elijah Snow, with his little whisky distillery 
 on the bank near where now lives B. F. Davis. I see a 
 Stoddard just north, and recognize in him the first Post Master 
 for our present post office, viz. Plainville. As a post office 
 is the most public institution of any in the country, the frequency 
 of the mails is the best announcer of such a recognition. This 
 received a weekly mail bag, carried on horse back, and put up 
 at Camillus, coming through Canal, (now Memphis) and ter- 
 minating at Lysander and return, all on Saturday of each week. 
 
 I see at a glance right here the succession of Post Masters 
 for this office. Next to Stoddard, William Wilson, Simon Town, 
 John Buck, B. B. Schenck, Lyman Norton, and B. B. Schenck, 
 the present incumbent. Before Simon Town was Post Master, 
 we received our mail at Lysander and I presume there was not 
 
JOHN SCHENCK 
 
 1804-1884 
 
American History 49 
 
 a subscriber to a regular newspaper in the whole delivery of 
 this office for the first ten years. Post riders or others might 
 obtain patrons for papers and deliver them to such patrons with- 
 out such papers entering the mails. When a small boy, I was 
 gratified by our parents to receive the Weedsport Sentinel in ray 
 own name, through Herman Pangburn, for a bushel of corn for 
 the paper six months. 
 
 A little to the westward of this Stoddard, I see a Daniel 
 Dutcher, a Major Sayles, a Costen, a Whitman and several 
 others. I could not very well forget a Richard Sullivan, a 
 military musician, an officer of the town, and father of daugh- 
 ters enough for four wives, for three of our fraternity. Two of 
 these, Perlina and Parna, the eldest of his family, in succession 
 became the wives of him who is the centre of this gathering, 
 the one, from October 13, 1831, for nearly twenty years, the 
 other, for the brief period of three years. 
 
 By a third marriage, in the autumn of 1858, with Mrs. Julia 
 Parsels Hall, he was comforted for nearly twenty-two years, or 
 until April 19, 1880. Her death left him alone for the third 
 time. [He just now tells me that this is fifty years from his 
 first marriage, October 13, 1831.] 
 
 Our neighbor Sullivan could not be forgotten, though death 
 took him from us more than twelve years ago. The strong link 
 that binds my memory to him is she, of his worthy daughters 
 Harriet, who has been my prized and loved companion and wife 
 for more than forty-two years, and who by the blessing of God 
 is with me today, the partner of my declining years. 
 
 Nor do I fail to remember him, when I review the past, and 
 see in the pathway of a brother, James L., -whose union with 
 the daughter of another neighbor, was dissolved by that ruthless 
 monster, Death. His widowed heart was comforted by the 
 youngest of his daughters, N. Maria, with whom he has jour- 
 neyed on in wedded life for more than thirty years, and both 
 are with us here today. 
 
 Not far out of the direction of the last named neighbor, I 
 see an Abram Emerick, who out of a large family of children. 
 
50 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 furnished, in his youngest child, Emerancy, a fit and worthy 
 consort for our youngest brother Rulef, latest born of our par- 
 ents, and who today, although far beyond the meridian of life, 
 and after a union of more than thirty-one years is here to indi- 
 cate the "rear line" in age, of this, one of the pioneer families 
 of the town. 
 
 Again in looking for neighbors, I see a John P. Schuyler, 
 with a model number of children for a new country, viz. — 
 fourteen. A Miles Upson, a Garner Smith, a Job Loomis, a 
 Ben Stevens, a Sam Perry, and a James L. Fenner. The last 
 named neighbor furnished two worthy sons for husbands for two 
 of our sisters. F. W., the elder of the two, took from our already 
 lessened throng of family inmates, our lively sister Eleanor S., 
 the eldest born of our parents in this, our new home. Their 
 marriage relations began in 1834 and continued in pleasant har- 
 mony till 1876, a period of forty-two years. How long and yet 
 how short! Her widowed heart felt keenly the loss of her genial 
 partner and valued husband. Wearied of the lonesomeness of 
 her so greatly changed situation, and being found by a worthy 
 citizen, Perry H. Hinsdell, of another town (Salina), in this 
 county, whose home had been invaded by the death of a beloved 
 wife, they changed both of their situations, by vowing to each 
 other and receiving the rites matrimonial. They are here present 
 today to affiliate in this commemoration of family friendship 
 and allegiance. 
 
 Russel B., the other son, and the younger of the two— as 
 neighbors' sons sometimes will, if well behaved — found a wel- 
 come reception to the abode of our parents, where was yet re- 
 maining in single life, our blithe and youngest sister, Hannah. 
 With lover's art and brimful worth of character and sense, no 
 wonder of his conquest there. Who would not yield to such 
 attack? He took, as it were, the nest-egg. The household was 
 robbed, so to speak, yet the robber, if he were one, was greeted 
 with the favor of a true friend, yea a family relative. A few 
 brief years, say half-a-dozen, and a feeling of Western advan- 
 tages operated to change of residence, and October, 1844, found 
 them severing the social surroundings, by removing from the 
 
American History 51 
 
 state, the only instance in all this large family of taking up 
 abode outside the state, and but one other outside the county. A 
 fair grade of prosperity attended them. Several times have they 
 in the long thirty-seven years of Michigan life, returned to visit 
 and enliven us. Once he came with the dead body of our Rush 
 (who died at his home in Michigan), that it might be safely 
 guarded on its passage home, so that it might have its long and 
 last rest in the cemetery of his native town. 
 
 Now they come to make us a long and may be a final visit, 
 to view again their native soil, to enter the cemeteries of their 
 former home and read from the tomb-stones the well remem- 
 bered names of former acquaintances, friends and kin — a gloomy 
 pleasantry. But they are here, and right welcome are they too, 
 ,to all that we can do for their entertainment and enjoyment. 
 Although the final farewells must come, the present is full of 
 genuine pleasure on account of their presence. 
 
 I name here, for we cannot forget that other sister, one of 
 the party from the East, the record of whose birth says: — 
 "Catharine Schenck, born February ii, 1806," and though an- 
 other record says she "died June 21, 1859," yet we all remember 
 her well, and her many years of terrible suffering though not 
 all spent in our presence, affix in our memory indelibly, that 
 one of our number in the lingering thrall of disease, had re- 
 ceived the unbroken care of a kind mother while she lived, and 
 when her home was broken up by the death of our parents, 
 another kind sister assumed the task of care and was to her all 
 that a sister could be. 
 
 I go again in search of neighbors of that early period, or a 
 little later. 
 
 Turning my eyes northwest it meets a Daniel Servoss, a Suel 
 Helton, a Frederick I. Tator, whose youngest daughter Ann L. 
 was for a brief period the wife of our brother, James L. referred 
 to in another part of this review. Then a Josiah Smith, a 
 Dennis Kennedy, a Northrop Preston, a Theophilus Beebe, a 
 Samuel Star, a Richard Smith, a Willfam VanDorn, an Aaron 
 F. Vedder, one of whose sons, James S, became the son-in-law 
 
52 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 of our host, and with his family now resides in Washington, 
 Kansas. Then a Stuffle Forncrook, a Cornelius Hubbard, a 
 Chauncey Betts, a Cornelius Mount. 
 
 These, or most of them have little to do with our history, 
 only to point to them and name them as early residents. 
 
 Later on and a little east of some of these, I discern a Gar- 
 ret Vanderveer, and 1 am reminded that our brother, William 
 B., found and married, January i8, 1843, in the family of this 
 neighbor, a wife, a prize invaluable to him, and accepted, be- 
 loved and cherished by us. They journeyed prosperously and 
 happily together for some ten years. His record reads: "W. B. 
 Schenck, born in Lysander November 5, 1819, died in Lysander, 
 March 17, 1853, aged 33 years." Over twenty-seven years have 
 rolled by since the separation, yet the widow has continued and 
 remained in perfect fraternity, presenting and receiving the 
 kindly reciprocities of the entire relationship. Thanks for her 
 willing presence today, for without it, would be a vacuum that 
 she alone can fill, for she only can represent our deceased 
 brother. 
 
 Among farmer neighbors and contemporaries, we have found 
 sons-in-Iaws and daughters-in-law for all but one. About 1830 
 or '31 came Solomon B. Spaulding, a tradesman of the order 
 of Crispin, and presented inducements acceptable to our sister 
 Eliza, the youngest of Montgomery birth. 
 
 He was duly installed, by universal consent, a member of 
 the family, by matrimonial rites, July 14, 1832. His and her 
 struggles in life's controversies were severe, and many of them 
 of doubtful issue. Industry was their habit and hard labor was 
 their fortune, honesty, integrity and hospitality their character- 
 istics. Companionable and well informed, his position in society 
 was well maintained. Many helps and encouragements from 
 him have I received and I know not the time he was not my 
 friend, my fast friend. Nor did I ever enter their door that I 
 did not recognize a hearty welcome from them both, and I 
 know not that any of us can say otherwise. She seemed the 
 nearest to me in age, and though two years my junior her 
 precocity made her almost my equal in the frequent and long 
 searches in the dense and distant forests for the straying cow. 
 
ELIZA SCHENCK SPAULDING 
 ISl 1-1895 
 
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 Our memories both run back to that almost dangerous avoca- 
 tion, when we were scarcely more than ten years of age, mere 
 "Babes in the Woods," ever the sister, ever the friend. The 
 words here written may possibly be seen by other eyes, in the 
 coming future, but they will not give the full impression felt 
 then and now by us, so much does each live his own live. How 
 very much would memory suggest, but I forbear. I am always 
 glad to meet you but doubly glad to meet you here today. 
 
 Some six years ago a few of us met here to celebrate the 
 seventy-first anniversary of the birth of our host. Then was 
 Solomon with you. You have both been here since, several times 
 perhaps, he in his state of morbid health, and long, almost a 
 wreck. Today he is not here and the reason as stated I copy 
 "Fulton, N. Y., June 13, 1881. Dear Uncle:— Father died at 8 
 o'clock Saturday night, June ii. His funeral will be at lo 
 o'clock, Wednesday, at the house. Will be buried at Plainville. 
 Please notify friends." — Mary Phelps. 
 
 Widowed at seventy years when almost the period had 
 arrived for your Golden Wedding, only a year or so. Having 
 now reached your three-score years and ten, the allotment to 
 man so often repeated, bare your bereavement, as you hare 
 borne all your vicissitudes of life, with fortitude and heroism. 
 
 A few statistics and I am done. The years of human life 
 lived by the eleven children of our family sum up 685 years 
 and 8 months. Average age, 62 3-n years. Of the eleven, 
 eight remain, three are gone ! The sum of the ages of the three 
 is 154 years. The average of their age is 51 1-3 years. The 
 sum of the years of the eight remaining is 531 years and 8 
 months. Average age is 66 years 5 months. The eldest is 78 
 years 8 months. The youngest is 54 years minus ten days. Yet 
 there has been bereavement and mourning in this family. Hear 
 the necrologic list : 
 
 Wives four, sisters two, husbands four, brothers one, equals 
 eleven. Children and nieces ten, children and nephews seven, 
 equals seventeen. Making twenty-eight of those occasions. Add 
 our parents and we have thirty. 
 
54 ScHENCK Genea logy 
 
 We might appropriately say with the pious poet Watis: 
 
 "Save us O ! Lord, aloud we pray, 
 Nor let our sun go down at noon, 
 Thy years are one eternal day, 
 And must Thy children die so soon?" 
 
 Our sisters given in marriage to our neighbors' sons, and our 
 brothers taking wives from similar sources of neighbors' daugh- 
 ters, somewhat like the Banian tree that has given as many 
 stems and stalks to the family tree. The boughs and branches 
 of these stems or stalks are in a manner covering or shading 
 the territory of and about the original homestead. Their fruits 
 have appeared as the consecutive years have passed. The whole 
 number born to a name is forty-seven, seventeen of whom have 
 gone from off the stage of life, while thirty remain; the latter 
 comparatively sound and healthy as any similar number taken 
 from any family record of the country. 
 
 BENJAMIN. 
 
PART II. 
 
 THE HOLLAND ANCESTORS OF RULEF 
 SCHENCK. 
 
 The ancestry of Roelof Martense Schenck, the first of 
 the family in America, and from whom Rulef Schenck 
 is traced in a following chapter, has been worked out, 
 without a break, to the year 1346. The records of one or 
 perhaps two generations are here missing, but thanks 
 to the researches of van der Dussen, considerable infor- 
 mation is at hand concerning the family as far back as 
 939, a brief outline of which has already been given. 
 
 It is our purpose here to trace the unbroken line of 
 descent from 1346 to 1650, in the latter of which years 
 Roelof Martense Schenck with his brother, Jan, and 
 sister, Anetje, came to America. 
 
 In 1346, the head of the family was: — 
 
 lA. Heinrich Schenck van Nydeck, I., Knight, Lord 
 
 of Aflerden and Walbeck and Feoffor of Wachtendonk. 
 
 He married Aleid van Rayde, heiress of Walbeck. 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 2A. I. Wynand, married Aleid van Bellinghoven, 
 heiress of Walbriclc. They had one son who 
 died young, and the title and estates on Wyn- 
 and's death, went to his brother, Heinrich (3A). 
 
56 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 3A. II. Heinrich, see below. 
 
 4A. III. Lisbeth, a nun at Graevendael. Lisbeth died 
 September 29, 1443. 
 
 5A. Heinrich Schenck van Nydeck, II., son of Hein- 
 rich (lA) and Aleid van Rayde, Knight, Lord of AfEer- 
 den, Walbeck and Blyenbeck (the latter purchased by 
 Wynand in 1405), Feoffer of Wachtendonk, married 
 Alheid van Goen van Kaldenbrock, daughter of Allard, 
 Lord van Kaldenbrock and Anna Monfoort. Heinrich 
 died December 8, 1452. 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 5A. I. Diederich. See below. 
 
 6A. II. Johann, Lord of Walbeck, Mayor of MIddlelaer, 
 1491, married Inugard van Schonan. His son, 
 Arnold, married Isabella van Oest, heiress of 
 Hillenrath, and thus became the head of that 
 branch of the family. Johann died May 24, 
 1491. 
 
 7A. III. Alheit, married Engelbert van Brempt, Mayor 
 of Straden. 
 
 5A. Diederich Schenck van Nydeck, III., son of Hein- 
 rich (3A) and Alheid van Goen van Kaldenbrock, Lord 
 of Afferden and Blyenbeck, Walbeck, and Arrsen, mar- 
 ried Adelheit van Buren, daughter of Johann van Buren 
 and Aleid van Arendahl. He died in August, 1487. 
 
 They had eleven children: — 
 
 Winand, Lord of Arssen. 
 
 Johann, Lord of Blyenbeck and ASerden. 
 
 Roelmann, Lord of Walbeck. 
 
 Derick. See below. 
 
 Heinrich, Lord of Horst. 
 
 Petronella, married Frederich van Huls. 
 
 Otto, monk at Leigburg. 
 
 8A. 
 
 I. 
 
 gA. 
 
 II. 
 
 loA. 
 
 III. 
 
 uA. 
 
 IV. 
 
 12A. 
 
 V. 
 
 13A. 
 
 VI. 
 
 14A. 
 
 VII. 
 
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 isA. VIII. Thomas, monk at Cornell Munsttr. 
 
 i6A. IX. Alheid, nun at Grafenthal. 
 
 lyA. X. Anna, ntin at Grafenthal. 
 
 i8A. XI. Lisbeth, nun in Gelden. 
 
 II A. Derick Schenck van Nydeck, IV., son of Died- 
 «rich (5A) and Adelheit van Buren, in the division of 
 his father's property received an estate in the Province 
 of Geldern, the estates of Nyfterich, Myllingen and 
 Loet and the court Ter Neirssan, near Hurst. About 
 15 1 5, after the death of his brothers, he became Lord 
 of Blyenbeck and AfEerden, He married Alheit Custers 
 of Arssen. 
 
 They had nine children: — 
 
 19A. I. Otto, died before 1485. 
 
 20A. II. Derick, born about 1485. See below. 
 
 21A. III. Peter, became Bailiff of Gibberfort. 
 
 22A. IV. Heinrich, born about 1490. 
 
 23A. V. Johann, born about 1495. 
 
 24A. VI. Winand, became a priest. 
 
 25A. VII, Adelheid. 
 
 26 A. VIII. Maria. 
 
 27A. IX. Margaretha. 
 
 20A. Derick Schenck van Nydeck, V., son of Derick 
 (iiA) and Alheit Custers, was born about 1485. He 
 lived at Goch and was Lord of Afferden and Blyenbeck. 
 He married Maria van Galen. 
 
 They had one child: — 
 
 28A. I. Dederick, born about 1507. 
 
 28A. Dederick Schenck van Nydeck, VI., son of 
 Derick (20A) and Maria van Galen, was born about 
 1507. He was Lord of Afferden and Blyenbeck. He 
 lived at Goch and married Anna van Berlaer. 
 
58 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 They had five children: — 
 
 39 A. I. Martin, born at Goch, 1543, Knight. General 
 in the Netherlands army, killed in a night at- 
 tack upon the City of Nimeguen, August ii, 
 1589. 
 
 30A. II. Peter, born 1547. See below. 
 
 31A. III. Johann, Colonel in the Spanish service. 
 
 32A. IV. Maria Margaretha. 
 
 33A. V. Maria Magdelina. 
 
 30A. Peter Schenck vnn Nydeck, VII., son of Deder- 
 ick (28A) and Anna van Berlaer, was born at Goch in 
 1547. He served with great distinction in the almost 
 constant wars of his time, attaining the rank of General 
 in the service of the Netherlands. He married at Does- 
 burg, May 17, 1580, Johanna van Scherpenzeel. 
 
 They had two children: — 
 34A. I. Wilhelmina. 
 35A. II. Martin, born August 7, 1584. 
 
 35A. Martin Schenck van Nydeck, VIII., son of 
 Peter (30A) and Johanna van Scherpenzeel, was born 
 at Doesburg, August 7, 1584. There is no record of 
 his marriage. 
 
 He had three children: — 
 36A. I. Roelof Martense, IX., born 1619. See American 
 
 Ancestors of Rulef Schenck, p. 6x. 
 37A. II. Jan, born at Amersfoort; married at Flatlands, 
 
 Long Island, Jannetje Stephens van Voorhees. 
 38A. III. Anetje, married at Flatlands, L. I., July 29, 
 
 1659, to Adrian Reyersz. 
 
 In 1650, these three children came to America. It is 
 thought, but not absolutely proven, that they embarked 
 from Holland on the ship "de Valckener," Wilheim 
 Thomassen, Captain, sailing some time in March and 
 
Holland Ancestry 59 
 
 landing in New Amsterdam June twenty-eighth. No 
 record of the father, Martin, has been found in this coun- 
 try, but it is probable that he came with the family and 
 being well advanced in years, may have died shortly after 
 their arrival. 
 
 From Roelof and Jan, who had large families, there 
 are many descendants now scattered throughout the 
 United States. In addition to these families, there are 
 also the descendants of Johannes Schenck, who at the 
 age of 27 years, came with his wife, Maria Magdalena 
 de Haes, to America in 1683. He resided for a time at 
 New Amsterdam, Esopus (now Kingston) and Flat- 
 bush, and finally located permanently at Bushwick, Long 
 Island. 
 
 The relationship between the descendants of Roelof 
 and Jan on the one hand and those of Johannes on the 
 other, may be accurately traced, as each family goes back 
 to Derick Schenck van Nydeck and Albeit Custers. They 
 had nine children, the second of whom was Derick and 
 the third Peter. From Derick descended in the fourth 
 generation Roelof and Jan; from Peter descended, also 
 in the fourth generation, Johannes. The following dia- 
 gram shows the relation of these two families. 
 
 There is no other family by the name for any long 
 period in this country except one. In 1740, Michael 
 Schenck emigrated from the Palatinate of the Rhine 
 and located near Lancaster, Pa., and his descendants are 
 fairly numerous in Pennsylvania, Virginia and North 
 Carolina. They are of German and not Dutch extrac- 
 tion. 
 
60 
 
 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Roelof Martense Schenck (la)— Neeltje Geretsen van Couwen- 
 hoven. 
 
 Jan (6a) 
 
 I 
 Roelof (i2a) 
 
 I 
 John (24a) 
 
 Cornelius (28a) 
 
 Garret Roelof se (7a) 
 
 Koert 
 Rev. William Schenck 
 
 Rulef Schenck (36a) 
 Diagram showing the relationship between Rulef Schenck 
 and Rev. William Schenck, from the latter of whom is descended 
 the Ohio branch of the family. 
 
 Heinrich (lA) 1346 
 
 Heinrich (3A) 
 
 Diederich (5A) 
 
 Derick (iiA) — Albeit Custers 
 
 Derick (20A) 
 Dederick (28A) 
 Peter (30A) 
 Martin (35A) 
 
 Peter (21A) 
 Martin (b. 1510) 
 
 Theodore 
 
 .1 
 Martin (b. 1633) 
 
 Roelof Jan Johannes 
 
 Flatlands, L. I., 1650 Bushwich, L. I., K83 
 
 Diagram showing the relationship of the Flatlands and 
 Bushwick branches of the Schenck family. 
 
American Ancestry 61 
 
 THE AMERICAN ANCESTORS OF RULEF 
 SCHENCK. 
 
 I a. Roelof Martense Schenck, I., was born at Amers- 
 foort, Holland, in 1619, and in 1650 came to New Ams- 
 terdam, settling at Flatlands, Long Island. In 1660, 
 he married Neeltje Geretsen van Couwenhoven, daughter 
 of Garret Wolphertson van Couwenhoven. She was born 
 at Flatlands and baptized September 20, 1641. 
 
 They had six children: — 
 
 2a. I. Martin, born at Flatlands, L. I., June 23, 1661 ; 
 
 married June 20, 1686, Susanna Abrahamse 
 Brinkerhoff; married, second, April 11, 1693, 
 Elizabeth Minnen van Voorhees; married, third, 
 Janetye van Voorhees. Martin was left the 
 homestead farm and resided there until his 
 death. May 2, 1721. 
 
 3a. 11. Anetje was born at Flatlands, L. I., about 1663 
 and June 10, i68i, married Jan Alberte Ter- 
 hune. She died about 1685. 
 
 4a. III. Jonica was born at Flatlands, L. I., about 1665 
 and June 7, 1684, married Peter Neefus. 
 
 5a. IV. Marike was born at Flatlands, L. I., February 
 14, 1667, and February 15, 1687, married Isaac 
 Hegeman. 
 
 6a. V. Jan, born March i, 1670. See p. 62. 
 
 7a. VI. Gerret Roelofse was born at Flatlands, L. I., 
 October 27, 1671, and 1693 married Neeltje 
 Coerton van Voorhees, baptized December 5, 
 1680. He died at Pleasant Valley, Monmouth 
 County, N. J., September 5, 1745. From Gerret 
 Roelofse descended the Rev. William Schenck 
 and the Ohio branch of the family. 
 
 « 
 
62 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Neeltje Geretsen (van Couwenhoven) Schenck died 
 in 1673 and in 1675 Roelof Martense Schenck (la) mar- 
 ried Anetje Pieterse Wyckoff. 
 
 They had four children : — 
 
 8a. VII. Margaretta was born at Flatlands, L. I., Jan- 
 uary 16, 1668, and September 8, 1700, married 
 Cornelius Willemse van Couwenhoven. She 
 died at Middletown, N. J., December 16, 1751. 
 9a. VIII. Neeltje was born at Flatlands, L. I., January 3, 
 1 68 1, and about 1701 married Albert Willemse 
 van Couwenhoven. She died at West Pleasant 
 Valley, Monmouth County, N. J., July 7, 1751. 
 
 loa. IX. Mayke was born at. Flatlands, L. I., January 27, 
 1684, and March 5, 1704, married Jan Lucase 
 van Voorhees. She died at Flatlands, November 
 »5. J73«- 
 
 IJ«. X. Sara was born at Flatlands, L. I., baptized De- 
 cember 18, 1685, and November 12, 1705, mar- 
 ried Jacob Willemse van Couwenhoven. She 
 died at Middletown, N. J., December i, 1744. 
 
 Anetje Pieterse (WyckofE) Schenck died and November 
 9, 1688, Roelof (la) married Catryntyna Crigers. Roelof 
 (la) died in 1704. His will was probated August 3, 
 1705. 
 
 6a. Jan Schenck, II., son of Roelof Martense (la) 
 and Neeltje Geretsen (van Couwenhoven) Schenck, was 
 born at Flatlands, L. I., N. Y., March, 1670, and mar- 
 ried Sara Willemse van Couwenhoven. She was born at 
 Flatlands, L. I., December 27, 1674. 
 
 They had ten children. 
 
 iza. I. Roelof, born February 21, 1692. See p. 63. 
 
 13 a. II. Peter. 
 
American Ancestry 63 
 
 14a. 
 
 III. 
 
 John, baptized in 1722. 
 
 15a. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ann. 
 
 1 6a. 
 
 V. 
 
 Allchy. 
 
 17a. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Maria. 
 
 iSa. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Sarah. 
 
 19a. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Nellie. 
 
 3oa. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Leah. 
 
 21 a. 
 
 X. 
 
 Jane. 
 
 Jan Schenck (6a) died at Pleasant Valley, Monmouth 
 County, N. J., January 30, 1753. Sara Willemse (van 
 Gjuwenhoven) Schenck died January 31, 1761. 
 
 I2a. Roelof Schenck, III., son of Jan (6a) and Sara 
 Willemse (van Couwenhoven) Schenck, was born at Flat- 
 lands, Long Island, N. Y., February 21, 1692, and in 
 17 16 married Geesie Hendrickson. She was born in 
 October, 1696. 
 
 They had five children: 
 
 22a. I. Sarah was baptized in 1717 and married Joseph 
 
 van Mater. 
 
 23a. II. Catherine was baptized in 1718 and married 
 de Hart of Long Island. 
 
 24a. III. John, born January 22, 1720. See below. 
 
 25a. IV. Eleanor was baptized in 1725 and married Gar- 
 ret Conover. 
 
 26a. V. Hendrick was born in 1731 ; married Katherine 
 Holmes; died August 21,. 1766. 
 
 Roelof Schenck (12a) died January 19, 1766. Geesie 
 (Hendrickson) Schenck died September 20, 1747. They 
 are buried at Pleasant Valley, N. J. 
 
 24a. John Schenck, IV., son of Roelof (12a) and 
 Geesie (Hendrickson) Schenck, was born at Pleasant 
 Valley, January 22, 1720, and November 26, 1 741, mar- 
 
64 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 ried Jacamyntie van Couwenhoven. She was born October 
 4, 1717- 
 
 They had four children: 
 
 27a. I. Rulief was born July 21, 1742, and married 
 
 Sarah Lippert. They had three sons, Rulief 
 (VI), Daniel and Moses. About 1800 the fam- 
 ily removed to Ohio, locating near Cincinnati. 
 
 28a. II. Cornelius, born September 19, 1744. See below. 
 
 29a. III. Gasha was born September 14, 1748. Married 
 Aaron van Dorn. 
 
 John Schenck (24a) died June 27, 1749. 
 
 28a. Cornelius Schenck, V., son of John (24a) and 
 Jacamyntie (van Couvirenhoven) Schenck, was born 
 September 19, 1744, and July 3, 1765, married Margaret 
 (Taylor), the widow of James Hankenson. She was 
 born in New Jersey, in November, 1742. 
 
 They had six children: 
 
 30a. I. Eleanor was born July 11, 1766. 
 
 31a. II. Gasha was born September 18, 1767. 
 
 32a- III. John was born in New Jersey, April 7, 1770. 
 He married Mary Quackenbush. They had 
 fourteen children. He died January 8, 1850, at 
 Springport, Cayuga County, N. Y. 
 
 33a- IV. Mary was born March 29, 1772. 
 
 34a. V. Margaret was born April 21, 1774. 
 
 35a- VI. Rulef, born August 4, 1776. See p. 65. 
 
 Cornelius Schenck (28a) died in January, 1790. 
 
PART III. 
 
 THE DESCENDANTS OF RULEF SCHENCK 
 
 I. Rulef Schenck, VI. was born in Freehold, Mon- 
 mouth Co., New Jersey, August 4, 1776. In 1802, he 
 married Elsie Baird, daughter of William and Caroline 
 Baird. She was born in Millstone, Somerset Co., N. J., 
 March 8, 1785. 
 
 They had twelve children: 
 
 2 I. Sally, born February 2, 1803. See p. 66. 
 3 II. John, born June 12, 1804. See p. 67. 
 
 4 III. Catherine was born February ii, 1806, at Charles- 
 
 ton, Montgomery County, New York. In 1815 
 she removed with the family to Onondaga County 
 and lived on the Homestead in Lysander until the 
 death of her parents. After the death of her 
 mother in 1857, she resided with her sister Eliza 
 in Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., where 
 she died June 21, 1859. Catherine never married. 
 
 5 IV. Margaret, born August 26, 1807. See p. 70. 
 
 6 V. Benjamin Baird, born July 20, 1809. See p. 70. 
 7 VI. Eliza, born April 13, 1811. See p. 74. 
 8 VII. Son, unnamed, born June 17, 1813; died July 4, 
 1813. 
 
 9 VIII. Eleanor, born April 30, 1815. See p. 74. 
 
 10 IX. Hannah V , born August 13, 1817. See p. 76. 
 
 n X. William Baird, born November 5, 1819. See p. 78. 
 
 12 XI. James L., born May 25, 1823. See p. 79. 
 13 XII. Rulef, born October 23, 1827. See p. 80. 
 
66 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Rulef Schenck ( i ) died at the Homestead, near Plain- 
 ville, N. Y., April 15, 1852. Elsie died at the same place 
 five years later, November 3, 1857. 
 
 There were born of these parents twelve children, of 
 whom one died in infancy and one at the age of 33 years. 
 Of the other ten, Sally, Eliza, Eleanor and Hannah lived 
 to be 80 or more years of age. The average age of the 
 eleven children who lived to sdult life, was 70 years, I 
 month and 15 days. 
 
 SEVENTH GENERATION IN AMERICA. 
 
 2. Sally Schenck, VII., daughter of Rulef (i) and 
 Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born at Charleston, Mont- 
 gomery County, N. Y., February 2, 1803, and December 
 22, 1830, married Alfred Wilson,* son of William and 
 Mary Wilson. He was born in Vermont, April 29, 1798. 
 
 They had nine children: 
 
 14 I. Austin Wycoff, born October 18, i8zi. See p. 80. 
 15 II. Charlotte M., born February 25, 1824. See p. 81. 
 i6 III. Dennis Kennedy, born August 23, 1825. See p. 81. 
 17 IV. Jane Ann, born July 23, 1827. See p. 81. 
 18 V. Orinda M., was born November 17, 1830. She re- 
 mained single and died at Plainville, N. Y., Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1851. 
 19 VI. Louisa A., born March 27, 1834. See p. 82. 
 
 •Note on the Wilson Family. — William Wilson, the father of 
 Alfred Wilson, was a preacher in the Christian Church. In 1806 
 he and his family removed from Vermont to the wilderness of Cen- 
 tral New York. He located in Lysander Township and the little 
 settlement which grew in the vicinity of his residence became known 
 as Wilson's Corners. In 1821 a post office was established and the 
 name was changed to Plainville. 
 
SALLY SCHENCK WILSON 
 
 1803-1883 
 
Seventh Generation 67 
 
 ao VII. James Alfred was born November iz, 1837. He 
 remained on the homestead of his father and be- 
 fore attaining his majority came into possession of 
 the farm by purchase, but owing to failing health, 
 he relinquished the property and sought to regain 
 his strength by a trip to Florida. He died at Jack- 
 sonville, Florida, January 8, 1858. James never 
 married. 
 21 Vin. William H. was born June 15, 1840, and died Feb- 
 8, 1841. 
 22 IX. Francis A. was born June 28, 1842, and died May 
 28, 1845. 
 
 Alfred and Sally lived on the Wilson Farm in the 
 Township of Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., until 
 Alfred's death, which occurred February 4, 1 854- Sally 
 continued to reside there until April, 1868, when she 
 removed to Meridian, Cayuga County, N. Y., where she 
 made her home with her daughter, Charlotte, until July, 
 1882. She then removed to the home of her daughter, 
 Jane Ann, dying there December 15, 1883. 
 
 3. John Schenck, VII., son of Rulef (i) and Elsie 
 (Baird) Schenck, was born at Charleston, Montgomery 
 County, N. Y., June 12, 1804, and October 13, 1830, 
 married Perlina, daughter of Richard and Nancy Sullivan. 
 (See pp. 68, 70 and 79.) She was born December 
 19, 1810. 
 
 They had seven children: 
 
 23 I. Elsie was born August 3, 1831, and died April 24, 
 
 1832. 
 24 II. Parna Eleanora, born September 2, 1833. See p. 
 82. 
 25 III. Harriet Livona, born September 12, 1836. See p. 
 
 83- 
 
68 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 26 IV. James Harvey was born July 11, 1840, and died 
 
 February 5, 1843. 
 2,^ V. John Sullivan, born March i, 1844. See p. 83. 
 28 VI. Nancy Theresa was born December 1, 1846, and 
 
 died May 19, 1851. 
 
 29 VII. Perlina Adele, born May 5, 1851. See p. 84. 
 
 Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck died June 6, 1 85 1. John 
 Schenck (3) married, July 21, 1852, Mrs. Parna Gorham, 
 widow of Freeman Gorham, daughter of Richard* and 
 Nancy Sullivan, and sister of his first wife. 
 
 They had one child : 
 
 30 I. Benjamin Freeman, born January 11, 1854. See p. 84. 
 Parna (Sullivan) Schenck died January 27, 1857. On 
 
 September 7, 1858, John again married, taking for his 
 third wife, Mrs. Julia Hall, who resided at Conquest, 
 Cayuga County, N. Y. fhey had no children. Julia 
 (Hall) Schenck died at Plainville, N. Y., April 19, 1880. 
 John Schenck (3) died at Plainville, N. Y., May 3, 
 1884, and was buried in the village cemetery. 
 
 The following obituary, published at the time of John 
 Schenck's death, gives a vivid picture of the man and 
 his sterling character: 
 
 The community of Plainville has just been called to experi- 
 ence a common sorrow in the demise of Deacon John Schenck, 
 who departed this life on Saturday last, after a week's illness! 
 All the ministrations of the affectionate son and daughter-in-law, 
 and of the skillful and worthy physician, were unavailing to 
 restore health; and so we bow in sorrow to the inscrutable way 
 and will of Providence. 
 
 •Note.— Richard Sullivan was a son of John and Sybal Sullivan 
 and was born May 13, 1798. He was married August 19, 1809, to 
 Nancy Faulkner, at Green, Chenango County, N. Y. Nancy (Faulk- 
 ner) Sullivan was born October 11, 1790, and died February 14, 1850. 
 
Seventh Generation 
 
 69 
 
 For sixty-nine years, John Schenck has been a worthy and 
 respected citizen of the town of Lysander. Many important 
 trusts were committed to his care, and his integrity remains un- 
 questioned. In every question relating to the public good, he 
 was actively and deeply interested. He was a modest man, and 
 yet was fearless for and in the right. Keen perception, honest 
 judgment, strong convictions, with moral courage, were among 
 bis characteristics as a parent, a citizen, and a man. He en- 
 couraged and assisted the young, helped the unfortunate, min- 
 istered to the poor, and sjTnpathized with the sorrowing. 
 
 In 1842 he publicly professed loyalty to God, united with 
 the Christian Church at Plainville, and remained an honored 
 and respected member until called to "join the choir invisible." 
 
 Forty years of Christian service revealed the true character 
 of the man. His faithfulness, self-sacrifice, and devotion to 
 religion are well-known. He was a contented burden-bearer, 
 counting it a pleasure to not only live but work for his God 
 and Savior. Here he will be sadly missed, for his seat is empty. 
 In soc ial life, his^ pr esence was an^inspiration and a welcome 
 
 Deatb of a Notable Man 
 
 John Schenck, whose death at his home in 
 Plainville is announced, had lived in the tovrn 
 of Lysander for a period of 69 years, during 
 ■which time he had tecome widely and favor- 
 ably known to a large class of citizens. The 
 record he leaves is to his honor and glory. The 
 ancestry from which Deacon Schenck sprung 
 dated back to days of Charlemagne. His birth 
 place was Charleston, Montgomery county, and 
 the date of his hirth June 12, 180i. At Cnarles- 
 ton the first eleven years of his life were spent, 
 with scant privileges, as far as education and 
 enjoyment were concerned. In 1815 the family 
 took up a residence in Lysander, then a howling 
 wilderness, accessible from their former situa- 
 tion only by caravan over pathless wastes. 
 Nine days were consumed in making the trip. 
 How they succeeded in their endeavors let the 
 ■well-cleared andfinely-productive farms, now in 
 possession of the family, testify. 
 
 On every question of interest to the public 
 weltare he was deeply interested. In politics he 
 ■was a staunch Republican, and only so because 
 lie loved his country, and thought that party the 
 preserver of its liberties. He trusted his party 
 implicitly -with true devotion to its principles. 
 He was a modest man, and yet he was fearless 
 for and in the right. Keen perception, honest 
 judgment, strong con^victions and moral courage 
 ■were his characteristics as a parent, ma» and 
 citizen. He was thrice married, first to Perlina 
 Sullivan, second Mrs. Parna Gorham and third 
 
 His counsel was wise, his 
 xemplary. He was every- 
 lled "Uncle John" by all. 
 nd confidence toward him, 
 Truly, our loss is great 
 ve that that which is our 
 more exceeding weight of 
 f the Church and society 
 kind Providence. 
 is late residence and also 
 The large gathering of 
 
 the sincere sorrow of all. 
 
 ife-long friend of the ae- 
 
 to the personal request of 
 rices, assisted by Rev. E. E. 
 
 Good Templars presented 
 mark of appreciation to 
 
 and interested member of 
 
68 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 26 IV. James Harvey was born July 11, 1840, and died 
 
 February 5, 1843. 
 27 V. John Sullivan, born March 1, 1844. See p. 83. 
 28 VI. Nancy Theresa was born December i, 1846, and 
 
 died May 19, 1851. 
 
 29 VII. Perlina Adele, born May 5, 1851. See p. 84. 
 
 Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck died June 6, 1 85 1. John 
 Schenck (3) married, July 21, 1852, Mrs. Parna Gorham, 
 widow of Freeman Gorham, daughter of Richard* and 
 Nancy Sullivan, and sister of his first wife. 
 
 They had one child : 
 
 30 I. Benjamin Freeman, born January ii, 1854. See p. 84. 
 Parna (Sullivan) Schenck died January 27, 1857. On 
 
 September 7, 1858, John again married, taking for his 
 third wife, Mrs. Julia Hall, who resided at Conquest, 
 Cayuga County, N. Y. Tfiey had no children. Julia 
 
 ^TTnll^ 9pllpnf-1r rliprl -it Pl-if— •"'•i'—^''^^ rin. me season jipiTiloLu lui uol ttjid 
 (.tiaii; SCnenCK aiea at -riai^ia mineral baths, it has been newly fitted, up 
 
 John Schenck (3) died at ^l^Pr'JtSel^"'^'"'^''"' '' g'^^^''^"'^^'^- ^°,^^ 
 1884, and was buried in theT^ANGEE-ASK YOUJR DOCTOK IF COM- 
 
 J— » bustloillnaroomlshealthv. All gasstoves 
 Xhp folInwzinfT nbitiiarv iWlth open burners emit Caibonio DxW« (oarbon- 
 Aiic lOiiuwiiig uuuudry, Ijo acid) anfl other deleterious ««sos. aiid persons 
 
 Rrhpnrlr'<! dpath crivps a ^With delicate lungs or eyes will be blood poisoned 
 OCnenCK S aeatn, gives a Vl;, ^j^^y ^^^ ^-^^^^^ j^ ^j^^ sheldon Gas Ranges, 
 
 }iie cf-prlincr rViarnrtpr- warranted not explosive; just, JiKe a coal stove. 
 
 nib sterling cnaracter . Qg^n ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ j^ operation, butler &, 
 
 ~i, .^ r ni • .,J>IEL, East Genesee street. 
 
 The community of Plainvil rl , ' — ^ „ ^ ■ 
 
 • .u 1i1 n Ann ^ loan on watches, 
 
 ence a common sorrow in the «pXU.UUv7 Watches, Diamonds, House- 
 who rfpnart-pd tVii-i lifp on Sati-''*''^ Furniture, Pianos, Notes, Mortgages, terms 
 wno aepartea tnis ine on &atLj.g3^gojjg^^jj3 S. Benda, Note Broker, 34 and 36 
 
 All the ministrations of the affeSyraouseHou.se block. (Separate Ladies Room.) 
 and of the skillful and worth y. ^^- THOUSAND UKCPT NEWSPAP- 
 restore health; and so we bow X ers fur sale at low price at the SrAKDAhD 
 
 and will of Providence. ^22: . ■ J^^""" 
 
 rriHE SHELDON GAS EAN6ES THE 
 
 .„ ^. , , ^ ,,. ■''~ only ones that have a water back to connect 
 
 •Note.— Richard Sullivan waswlth your boiler. BUTLER & DIEL, sole 
 
 and was born May 13, 1798. H *sents. .5 8 Iw* 
 
 Na»cy Faulkner, at Green, Chen; A LL PEKSOISB AKE HEliEBy JSOlli'lliU 
 ner) Sullivan was born October l,-^^ that we forbid shooting, Ashing or trespass- 
 ing on our premises, situated in the town ol I)e- 
 Witt, and anv violation ot this notice will be 
 prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 
 mchldSm HOYfLETT & KINGSLEY. 
 
 0¥ CAN BOEROW MONET OF M. 
 Shriber, Broker, Room 16 Lamed block, on 
 all kinds of personal property. Also take chattel 
 mortgages on furniture. aplSIni* 
 
 ,1 
 
 WTTFTMonM y, nnMmnr 
 
Seventh Generation 69 
 
 For sixty-nine years, John Schenck has been a worthy and 
 respected citizen of the town of Lysander. Many important 
 trusts were committed to his care, and his integrity remains un- 
 questioned. In every question relating to the public good, he 
 was actively and deeply interested. He was a modest man, and 
 yet was fearless for and in the right. Keen perception, honest 
 judgment, strong convictions, with moral courage, were among 
 his characteristics as a parent, a citizen, and a man. He en- 
 couraged and assisted the young, helped the unfortunate, min- 
 istered to the poor, and sjTnpathized with the sorrowing. 
 
 In 1842 he publicly professed loyalty to God, united with 
 the Christian Church at Plainville, and remained an honored 
 and respected member until called to "join the choir invisible." 
 
 Forty years of Christian service revealed the true character 
 of the man. His faithfulness, self-sacrifice, and devotion to 
 religion are well-known. He was a contented burden-bearer, 
 counting it 1 pleasure to not only live but work for his God 
 and Savior. Here he will be sadly missed, for his seat is empty. 
 In social life, his presence was an inspiration and a welcome 
 addition to every circle of society. His counsel was wise, his 
 influence great, his life, as a whole, exemplary. He was every- 
 body's friend, and was familiarly called "Uncle John" by all. 
 The young were attracted in love and confidence toward him, 
 and the aged respected him, worthily. Truly, our loss is great 
 in his death; but we confidently believe that that which is our 
 affliction, works out for him a far more exceeding weight of 
 glory. The united, sincere sorrow of the Church and society 
 can only be healed by the grace of a kind Providence. 
 
 Funeral services were held at his late residence and also 
 at the Church in Plainville, Tuesday. The large gathering of 
 relatives and friends bore witness to the sincere sorrow of all. 
 Rev. W. J. Grimes, of Memphis, a life-long friend of the ae- 
 ceased, was present, and in obedience to the personal request of 
 the deceased, conducted the funeral services, assisted by Rev. E. E. 
 Colburn, pastor of the Chxirch. The Good Templars presented 
 a beautiful floral pillow, as a slight mark of appreciation to 
 the memory of one who was a true and interested member of 
 their order. 
 
'" ScHENCK Gen ealogy 
 
 Thus all that was mortal of our father, brother, friend, was 
 laid in the house appointed for all living, to await God's call 
 to life and love in eternity. The family of the deceased have 
 the sympathy of all in their bereavement. E. E. C. 
 
 5. Margaret Schenck, VII., daughter of Rulef (i) 
 and Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born at Charleston, 
 Montgomery County, N. Y., August 26, 1807, and April 
 II, 1827, married Peter Bratt, son of John and Rebecca 
 Bratt. He was born July 21, 1802. 
 
 They had five children : 
 
 31 I. Eliza Ann was born April lo, 1828, and died Feb- 
 ruary 2, 1842. 
 32 II. John, born December 17, 1831. See p. 85. 
 33 III. Elsie, born September 19, 1833. See p. 85. 
 34 IV. Sarah Catherine, born July 12, 1838. See p. 86. 
 35 V. Peter Schenck, born February 7, 1846. See p. 86. 
 
 Peter Bratt died at Plainville, N. Y., April 14, 1874. 
 Margaret (Schenck) Bratt (5) died at Plainville, Jan- 
 uary 31, 1875. 
 
 6. Benjamin Baird Schenck, VII., son of Rulef (1) 
 and Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born at Charleston, 
 Montgomery County, N. Y., July 20, 1809, and June 
 21, 1838 married Harriet, daughter of Richard and 
 Nancy Sullivan. (See pp. 67, 68 and 79). She was 
 
 born near Cross Lake, in the Town of Lysander, On- 
 ondaga County, N. Y., January 10, 1817. 
 
 They had three children : 
 
 36 I. Benjamin Rush was born at Plainville, June 12, 
 1839. At the age of four years he was able to read 
 and manifested a remarkable interest in nature and 
 scientific facts. At the age of ten his father, who 
 
MARGARET SCHENCK BRATT 
 1807-1875 
 
.were of„tlie mo st int erestiii G^kit] (1-/1111 gfj ifeajanl I 
 
 
 OBITUARY. 
 
 Died— lB"Elainw£ll, Allegan Cotinty, ftichigan, 
 on thel4tB of Sept. lS61,i.itBe 23ajearo{ hisage, 
 be:;, J. RUSH SCHENi .K, son of Dr. B. B, and 
 .lET ScBiENCK, of Plainvjlle. 
 
 iPhe subject of the.above notice was the oldest of 
 th.ee children of B. B. and Harriet Schemk and 
 was born in Plainvilie.N.Y., June 12th 1839. At 
 »thrf age of four j ears, he manifested a readiness of 
 fccientiflo attainment!!. His ipportunities ■nere 
 those of a common pr district School, eight or nine 
 mo 1 tlia of eacjj'year. 
 
 *At ton years of age, he was found capablefor the 
 dutiisof the village Post Office, th e Tvhich he pur. 
 sued to t!ie satisfaction of all parties, for nearly four 
 years, treating, every per.^oa with respect, cor was 
 he ever remiss or fiegligeiit. His father, at that ear- 
 ly agff; divided with him the profits of tlie office^ 
 and it lyas found at ths.eud of the 4th year, that he 
 had accvmulated a library of nearly fifty- dollars- 
 worth. They yere of such' interesting worKs 
 were advertised in the nfiw^papers of the diffefe 
 
Seventh Generation 71 
 
 was then postmaster, found him capable of doing 
 the routine work of the office and divided the in- 
 come with him. By his fourteenth year, Benjamin 
 had accumulated a library, extensive for that per- 
 iod. Although he had but meager advantages in 
 the way of education, he obtained a teacher's cer- 
 tificate at sixteen years of age and taught school 
 in Van Buren. The following summer he attended 
 the Monroe Collegiate Institute at Elbridge, N. Y., 
 where he became the intimate friend of Professor 
 Wilson. In 1856-57, he taught at Lysander, and 
 the next year returned to the Institute at Elbridge. 
 The winter of 1857 ^^'^ '^S^ he spent teaching a 
 select school, held in the hall above the store of 
 his father in Plainville. 
 
 Benjamin Rush, or Rush as he was called, then 
 attended the Academy at Homer. In '59 and '60 
 he taught at Truxton, Cortland County, but he had 
 to relinquish the school on account of failing health. 
 
 In the spring of 1861 he visited relatives in 
 Michigan and Illinois and obtained a position to 
 teach at Berrien, Michigan. In a letter sent to his 
 home, he stated that "it was just the situation he 
 had so earnestly longed for," but added that it 
 seemed to him that he would never teach the school. 
 While waiting for the term to open, he remained 
 with his aunt, Hannah Schenck Fenner, at Plain- 
 well. On the 3rd. of September he was taken ill 
 and died September 14, i86t. He was interred at ^ 
 Plainville, N. Y. ' ^ 
 
 Benjamin Rush Schenck possessed in a remark- 
 able degree that intellectual superiority which over- 
 comes surrounding obstacles, and which local seclu- 
 sion cannot withhold from general appreciation. 
 37 II. Adrian Adelbert, born March 26, 1842. See p. 87. 
 38 III. Henrietta Maria, born November 10, 1843. See p. 
 91. 
 
72 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Benjamin Baird Schenck (6) died at Memphis, N. 
 Y., March 22, 1883. Harriet (Sullivan) Schenck died 
 at Memphis, February 2, 1899. They are buried in the 
 cemetery at Plainville. 
 
 Benjamin Baird Schenck, M. D., was the fifth child and the 
 second son of Rulef and Elsie Baird Schenck. When a lad of 
 six years, he removed with the family from Montgomery County 
 to Onondaga County and his early years were spent on the farm 
 which his father took up in Lysander Township. As he grew 
 to manhood, it became evident that physically he was not strong 
 enough for the strenuous life of the farm, and at the age of 
 twenty-three he entered the private school of T. W. ^llis, in 
 Skaneateles, where he remained eighteen months, except Tcr a 
 short interval during which he was engaged in teaching district 
 school. In 1834 he attended one term at the Homer Academy, and 
 the following spring began the study of medicine under Dr. Joseph 
 H. Skinner, of Plainville. In the winter of 1835 and 1836, he 
 attended lectures at the medical college at Fairfield, N. Y., and 
 his final course was pursued at the Geneva Medical College, 
 from which he received a diploma to practice February 10, 1835. 
 Soon after this he began practice in Plainville. 
 
 Not being satisfied with the science of regular medicine, as 
 taught and practiced at that time. Doctor Schenck took up the 
 subject of homeopathy and after several years of investigation 
 adopted it as his mode of practice. 
 
 In 1844 he united with the Christian Church of Plainville 
 and two years subsequently, June, 1846, at the Christian Con- 
 ference in Dundee, he was admitted a member of that body and 
 given the credentials of "an ordained minister of the Gospel of 
 Jesus Christ." He was a close student of the Bible and spent 
 much of his time, not taken up with the activities of practice, 
 in searching the Scriptures. Four years after his ordination, a 
 conference of the Christian Church declared him "'out of har- 
 mony with the church on account of his literal interpretation 
 of the Bible." He continued, however, for several years to 
 preach the doctrines he had imbued from his study of the Scrip- 
 
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 Benjaimln Baird Scbencl^, IS. D. 
 
 Died at Uempbis, N. Y., Thursday, March 
 ^3, 1SS3; Banlamin Baird gchenck, M. D. 
 
 fienjamia Baltd Scbencik, M. ti., wes boin Iti 
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 20, 1600. dis ;athe<-, Halef BcliaDCk, was of 
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 emierttted to tfeis country In 164(1, sufl settfed 
 in FlSitlands, New Jersey. Ben3j.m1n was' the 
 Mth ihSJd fiSid secctod ?ohV end at the age of elz 
 years cai^e with hi; ^&i9tm to Qnonds^ coun- 
 ty, who settled in the town of l/yBaMer, then 
 a wilderness, in 1815. His early advantage tot 
 edncatlon were limited, bis boyhood days being 
 occupied in helping bis father in clearing land 
 and other farm duties. 
 
 Kot BBtll the age ' of twenty-thres, when 
 tailioft heMtb showed bis constitution unfitted 
 for the then roG^h l\t» (ti a farmer, did be turn 
 bis attention toward a pfofesDlnn. At that time 
 he entered the private school of T. '^7. AlBs, of 
 Skaneateles, where he remained some eighteen 
 months. In 1834 he attended one term at aomer 
 Academy, th«n one of Che flourishing schools of 
 the Dtetsi and the (oliowinK spring began the 
 study of Hiedldihe lb tbe office of Dr. J. p. 
 Skiimerj of l>lainfil!e, ItttbiidiDg a Oourse of 
 lectured at. the Medical College, at Fairfield, St. 
 Y„ in 183S-6, gradtiatipg February 10, iSSS, 
 at G«ne<^a Oollegdi in ^coe, 1838, be married 
 HarHet, detiighter of C&piiia B. Snlltvah, of 
 Seneca doa^ty,' \Mio survives bled. In 1933 h6 
 began the practice of. inedictne In {'i6fntni& 
 which he Oontintiedj w&b intervaliof rest, until 
 1876. In 1844 he nnlted wit^ the Christian' 
 Church; Booq after was ordained aidihiStsf and 
 preached frequently fpr many years. 
 
 Barly tn 1851, .letter thorough investigation, 
 bs adopted Homoeopathy as his niode of prac- 
 tice, carrying with him into tbe new eohool all 
 but. two of bis former patrons. From 1857 to 
 1^64 he was eng.aged. in mercantile pursuits, 
 in tbe meen time tsacbing -several terms of a 
 select school, fie ti^^ a lieutenant's commis- 
 sion in tbe State militia four yS^s, « e^ntaln'g 
 seven, and was honorably disohargea. In 
 1849 he was appointed postmaster at 
 PlainvlUe, held tbe office until Pierce's 
 administration in 1853; was reappointed In 
 1863, and held the commission at his death. 
 Always a Whig in polit'i^s he was quite active 
 in his (Jafty's c^ks until' ISSd, whed the defeat 
 of Scott and Srabatsi took hlnl oiit of eMtltS 
 politics, since which tiiiJe fa6 fioOtlnSed tt strohg 
 Republican In principal, though n«K pa)tti6t- 
 pating in tiie matter of :^ot{hg. 
 
 One Son, A. A, Scb/snck, of this city, tbA 
 one daughter, Mrsi S. T. Bortb'ii, of Memphis, 
 also survive him. , 
 
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Seventh Generation 73 
 
 tures. In 1862 he commenced the study of Greek and read 
 most of the Bible in that language. 
 
 In 1853 he took his brother-in-law, Doctor Sullivan, who for 
 three years had been his student, into partnership with him and 
 two years later withdrew from practice to enter into mercantile 
 business. He opened a general store in Plainville. The panic of 
 1857 and the Civil War seriously embarrassed him and he re- 
 sumed practice. He was postmaster from 1849 to 1853, was re- 
 appointed in 1863 and held the office until he retired from busi- 
 ness life. He held a lieutenant's commission in the State Militia 
 for four years and a captain's for seven years. He continued 
 to practice medicine until 1876, when he removed to Memphis, 
 N. Y., to make his home with his daughter, Henrietta. While 
 residing there his professional services were frequently sought, 
 especially in consultation. He died at Memphis, March Z2, 1883. 
 
 Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck was untiring in his energy and 
 industry. He was possessed of a genial disposition which won 
 him many friends and was ever ready to help those in sorrow 
 or in distress. 
 
 The following tribute to his memory was adopted by the 
 Central New York Medical Society at a meeting held on Sep- 
 tember 20, 1883 : 
 
 "Benjamin Baird Schenck, M. D., was among the earliest 
 converts from the Old School to Homeopathy in the County of 
 Onondaga, and was always faithful to its law in his treatment 
 of the sick. He was an organic member of this society and 
 almost always present at, and active in its meetings. He passed 
 away from us on the 22nd. of March, 1883. In his death, we 
 as a society, feel that we have lost one of our best. 
 
 "A man true in all the relations of life; skillful, modest, and 
 sympathetic as a physician; patriotic and public-spirited as a 
 citizen; and noble, just and true as a man; a Christian gentle- 
 man. 
 
 "As a society, we extend our sympathies to his family and 
 friends in their loss. 
 
 Wm. a. Hawley, 
 A. J. Brewster, 
 Wm. M. Gwynn, 
 
 Committee." 
 
74 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 7. Eliza Schenck, VII., daughter of Rulef (i) and 
 Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born in Charleston, Mont- 
 gomery County, N. Y., April 13, 181 1, and July 14, 
 1832, married Solomon B. Spaulding, son of Solomon 
 and Mary Spaulding. He was born at Boston, Mass., 
 January 27, 1808. 
 
 They had four children : 
 
 39 I. Burns, born March 25, 1833. See p. 91. 
 40 II. Mary C, born October 30, 1837. See p. 92. 
 
 41 III. Annie Laura, born April 28, 1843. See p. 92. 
 
 42 IV. Dealia, born February 2, i85o. See p. 92. 
 
 Solomon B. Spaulding died at Fulton, Oswego County, 
 N. Y., June 11, 1881 and was buried at Plainville, N. Y. 
 Eliza (Schenck) Spaulding (7) died at the home of her 
 daughter, Mary C. Phelps, Fulton, N. Y., on February 
 27, 1895. The funeral was held at Fulton and burial 
 took place at Plainville. 
 
 9. Eleanor Schenck, VII., daughter of Rulef ( i ) and 
 Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born in the Township of 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., April 30, 18 15, and 
 June 26, 1834, she married Frederick W. Fenner,* son 
 
 *NoTE ON THE Fehner Familv. — The History of the Fenner Family, 
 compiled by Lucinda T. Fenner, of Plainwell, Mich., and published 
 in 1908, gives in a very interesting manner the early history of this 
 family. 
 
 Captain Arthur Fenner, the ancestor of Frederick W. and Russell 
 B. Fenner, was born in England in 1622. He arrived at Providence, 
 R. I., February 27, 1649, and until his death in 1703 lived about four 
 miles from that city. His second son, Thomas, had eleven children, 
 the sixth, Joseph, having been born in 1693. The latter had six 
 children, the youngest of whom, born in 1737, was Asahel, who had 
 two sons, James L. and Joseph. 
 
 James L. Fenner was born in Rhode Island in 1777. In 1801 he 
 married Betsey Perry, a relative of Commodore Perry, tiie naval hero 
 of the war of 1812. The spring following their marriage they moved 
 to New York State, settling temporarily in the vicinity of Manlius 
 Onondaga County. In 1804 they located at Pompey, where James 
 erected the first saw mill and was a partner in the first grist mills 
 During the residence in Pompey six children were born the fourth 
 being Frederick W., and the fifth, Russell B. Fenner. These brothers 
 
F.LEANOR SCHENCK FENNER 
 1815-1899 
 
 FREDERICK W. FENNER 
 1811-1876 
 
Seventh Generation 75 
 
 of James L. and Betsey (Perry) Fenner. He was born 
 September 9, 181 1, at Pompey, Onondaga County, N. Y. 
 
 They had six children: 
 
 43 I. Frederick Byron was born February 7, 1835, and 
 died May 30, 1836. 
 44 II. James Rulef, born August I2, 1836. See p. 93. 
 
 45 III. Avis Melissa, born in Lysander, N. Y., June 6, 1839. 
 
 46 IV. Sarah Ellen, born September 3, 1841. See p. 93. 
 47 V. Frederick William, born June 11, 1847. See p. 94. 
 
 48 VI. Franklin Eddy was born in Lysander, April 15, 
 1853, ^t"! 'I'S'J April 10, 1857. 
 
 Frederick W. Fenner died near Jacksonville, N. Y., 
 February 24, 1876. Eleanor (Schenck) Fenner (9) 
 married December 12, 1878, Perry Hazard Hinsdell, of 
 the Township of Salina, Onondaga County, N. Y. ; he 
 was born April 21, 1820, and died at Syracuse, N. Y., 
 March 12, 1907. 
 
 Eleanor (Schenck Fenner) Hinsdell (9), died Decem- 
 ber 31, 1899, and was buried beside her first husband at 
 Jacksonville, N. Y. An obituary notice pubished at the 
 time of her death is as follows: 
 
 were of the sixth generation in America. 
 
 In 1818 the family removed to Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
 where James L. died January 16, 1851. Three of the sons, Darius 
 P., Russell B., and Luther, removed to Michigan, the former in 1840, 
 the two latter in 1844. 
 
 Frederick W. Fenner, the fourth son of James L. and Betsey 
 Perry Fenner, removed from Pompey to Lysander, with the others 
 of the family, when six years of ige. It has been said of him: He 
 was an earnest advocate of reform and a prominent temperance worker, 
 alive to all educational progress. His opportunities for attending 
 school were limited, but being a great reader and thinker, he kept 
 pace with the times, although he was a busy, hardworking farmer. 
 He taught school when eighteen years of age with success, and also 
 taught several terms after he was married. He was the first town 
 superintendent of schools appointed by the governor. Whatever office 
 he held, he was conscientious in administering for the public good 
 and not for self-interest or gain. He was a friend to the needy. He 
 was a fluent speaker and his impromptu speeches would do credit to 
 those who have the present opportunities. History of the Fenner 
 Family. 
 
76 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Eleanor Schenck Fenner Hinsdell entered into rest December 
 31, 1899. 
 
 In the passing of "Aunt Ellen'' from this life, disappears the 
 last of the generation, and the last of the hoosehold of one of 
 the pioneers of Lysander Township. 
 
 In March, 1815, Rulef Schenck and his wife Elsie Baird 
 Schenck, with their six children left Charleston, Montgomery 
 County, N. Y., and journeyed in a wagon train to Lysander, 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., to take op their abode in a log house 
 which had been built for them in the wilderness. 
 
 Soon after their arrival Eleanor was born and grew to 
 womanhood on the farm, doing her share of the household duties 
 as she grew into them, which in those days were very arduous, 
 as all the cloth for the garments worn by the family had to be 
 spun and woven in the home. As she grew to womanhood she 
 developed traits of character that were a blessing to all with 
 whom she came in contact in after life — "in her mouth was the 
 law of kindness," and she always had in mind the comfort and 
 happiness of others. 
 
 In June, 1834, at the age of nineteen, she married Frederick 
 W. Fenner, of the town of Pompey and their married life was 
 one of continued harmony for forty-two years, when her husband 
 passed away. They had six children, two of whom died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 She was again united in marriage December I2, 1878, to 
 Perry H. Hinsdell, of North Syracuse. While young her educa- 
 tional advantages were limited, yet she was always well in- 
 formed on the leading questions of her day, and her society was 
 sought after by many friends and greatly enjoyed. 
 
 If to have been a loving and dutiful wife, an affectionate 
 mother, a hospitable, charitable, and generous neighbor, and to 
 have lived a consistent Christian all the years of her life, may 
 it not be worthily said of her — "Well done, good and faithful 
 servant, enter now into the joy of thy Lord." 
 
 10. Hannah V. Schenck, VII., daughter of Rulef (i) 
 and Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born in the Township of 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 13, 1817, 
 
HANNAH SCHENC'K FENNER 
 1817-1898 
 
5° 
 
 II. 
 
 SI 
 
 III. 
 
 52 
 
 IV. 
 
 S3 
 
 1 V. 
 
 Seventh Generation 77 
 
 and September 28, 1837, married Russell B. Fenner, son 
 of James L. and Betsey (Perry) Fenner and brother of 
 Frederick W. Fenner. (See p. 74). He was born at 
 Pompey, N. Y., February 9, 181 4. 
 
 They had five children: — 
 
 49 I. Byron Russell, born March 4, 1839. See p. 95 . 
 Eliza Eleanor, born April t, 1842. See p. 95. 
 William Perry, born December 22, 1844. See p. 
 96. 
 
 Rulef James, born September 17, 1850. See p. 96. 
 Franklin Monroe, born October 11, 1854. See p. 97. 
 
 Russell B. and Hannah (Schenck) Fenner (10) re- 
 moved from Onondaga County to Martin, Allegan 
 County, Michigan, in 1844. He died March 27, 1896, 
 and Hannah (Schenck) Fenner (10), April 25, 1898. 
 
 Russell B. Fenner grew up to manhood in Lysander Township, 
 N. Y. Seven years after his marriage to Hannah Schenck they re- 
 moved to Michigan, arriving in Martin, Allegan County, October 10, 
 1844. The History of the Fenner Family says of them: The ap- 
 pearance of the country was anything but inviting to the young 
 couple who had left parents, brothers, sisters, and the friends of their 
 youth in a well-settled neighborhood, to seek a home in the unbroken 
 wilderness. He at once began cutting logs with which to build • 
 house, succeeding so well that they were able to live in it that winter. 
 He spent the winter in chopping off the timber for the purpose of 
 clearing his farm. 
 
 There were many Indians in the country at that time, and they 
 often came for him to take his dog and go with them to catch the 
 deer which they had wounded. The squaws sometimes came to the 
 house with their baskets, trading them with Mrs. Fenner for salt pork, 
 flour, or such eatables as she had. The Indians often wanted to stay 
 all night, and frequently they were allowed to roll up in their blankets 
 and sleep beside the kitchen fire. 
 
 Three sons were added to the family after their removal to Mich- 
 igan: Perry, James and Franklin. The earliest recollections of these 
 boys are those of an almost unbroken wilderness, dotted here and 
 there with small clearings upon which were built log houses and 
 barns. In many cases the clearings were enclosed with brush fences, 
 as was also the heavily timbered land, which was a range for all the 
 
78 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 stock of the neighborhood as well as deer and other wild animals 
 in plenty. Some of the finest farms and farm buildings in the state 
 are now upon that land. 
 
 To the older boys of the family fell the task of hunting the cows 
 in the woods. To boys of today that would be a hard task, but they 
 rather enjoyed it, especially when they found a sleek deer with the 
 cows, as they often did. It was one of their chief means of excite- 
 ment. 
 
 At this time very few of the roads were on section lines, as they 
 now are, but ran angling through the woods, around big trees and 
 swampy places. 
 
 After living in Martin nine years, Mr. Fenner moved to North 
 Gunplain. There he bought eighty acres of land and built a com- 
 modious farmhouse and barns upon it. He was a man who was gifted 
 in many respects. He had a keen insight into human nature which 
 enabled him to make many friends. His farm and stock showed 
 thrift and good management. Besides his interest in agricultural 
 pursuits he was deeply interested in medical science, which he studied 
 with much success, many times curing or helping sick people whom 
 the doctors had given up. He was always active in promoting the 
 intellectual advancement of the young. When meetings were held in 
 the schoolhouse near his home, he and his wife contributed largely to 
 their success, aiding in the singing and by their kindly, friendly man- 
 ners encouraging others to help. 
 
 Genial and social in his nature, he always delighted to welcome 
 a large circle of relatives and friends to his pleasant home. It was 
 A delightful custom for many years before his death to have the 
 children, grandchildren, and other relatives gather there on his birth- 
 day. Those occasions will long be remembered by the participants. 
 On September 28, 1887, he and his wife celebrated the fiftieth anni- 
 versary of their marriage with a golden wedding. Relatives came from 
 the East and West to add their gifts and join with their children, 
 children's children, and other relatives, in making the day a memor- 
 able one to all who were present, as well as to the honored couple 
 who had walked side by side for fifty years. 
 
 A few years before his death he bought a pleasant place in the 
 village of Plainwell, still retaining his farm. For a few years after 
 this he still retained mental and physical vigor remarkable for one of 
 his years, but gradually his health failed, and he died March 87, 
 1896, survived by his wife and five chidren. 
 
 II. William Baird Schenck, VII., son of Rulef (i) 
 and Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born in the Township of 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., November 5, 1819, 
 and January 12, 1843, married Catherine M. Vanderveer, 
 
CATHF.RINE VANDERVEER SCHENCK 
 1822-1903 
 
 WILLIAM BAIRD SCHKXCK 
 1819-1853 
 
y OMtaary. 
 
 ' Jam^3 I/. SoUenck. son of Bulef and Elsns ' 
 
 Bctlettok, ■wiff'boril In the town of tiysander. On- 1 
 
 endasa' oountr. W. "?., dn the ^ath daj- of Ka|*j 
 
 1S23, . Receiving a fair edueatloii at the digtrKifr 
 
 atd BBjfeet BBitools iu tea native town, he devoteff 
 
 a tf oHloia bf the time duHUg his eatly manhood to 
 
 tedcliiiig and farmiilg. He was first married to 
 
 Anna Tator, September 13, 1817. She died the 
 
 following IVbruary. He married N. Maria SijlU- 
 
 van December 31, 1850, who, with 
 
 their dalightel-, Mri. tidsraf Fomerosr, 
 
 survive him. He was for many years an 
 
 I aoti* membec of Mohegan Ijodge of O id Fel- 
 
 ! toiTSt SeijeBa BlVer Lodge F. & A. M., at Bajd- 
 
 i WlnsvlUe, NiY.i and later a member of the Chapr 
 
 i,ter,lodire ttt^sjtid place. He was for some time 
 
 bOhnected with tbtS Stdte iililitia, dhd held a 
 
 1 Bairtain'S commlsaidn. In the caValr^ branch m. 
 
 \ the Service under Brlgadier-Oener&l Jbnn A, 
 
 d'reeii 
 
 lii iSfO ie rem^ted to Syrtiouse add eii^agSd 
 in tttfe h«*dware trade, Whlfch proving unsuooess- 
 fiil he eiysed it out and fbc a few years rep- 
 resented the Williams Mowor and Beaper 
 coranany, and liiter the Bradley Manufac- 
 turing company's agricultural implements 
 in Minnesota and othe.- Western State?: 
 Since severing his connection with the last named 
 company he tvas not engaged in any extended 
 business enterprises. For the past two or three 
 years be has been somewhat out of health, and 
 three weeks prior to his death he received a par- 
 tial stroke 01 paralysis from which he partially 
 raliied, but complications heart disease set In 
 and he died at his home, 204 Orape-st., iu this 
 city, at 7:3.1 p. m., the 12th lost. 
 
 The surviving friends are comforted with the 
 knowledge that he died with a Ohristian's hope. 
 Ho die^ quietly, without a struggle. 
 
 Fuanmi services will be held oi the house at 2 
 5. m., Friday. Interment atPiaiaville, Saturday. 
 
JAMES L. SCHF.NCK 
 1823-1886 
 
Seventh Generation 79 
 
 daughter of Garret and Ann Vanderveer. She was born 
 at Florida, Montgomery County, N. Y., December 31, 
 1822. 
 They had three children: 
 
 54 I. Hulbert Luke, born December 6, 1843. See p. 97. 
 55 II. Irwin Vanderveer, born November 2, 1846. See p. 
 98. 
 56 III. James Shuler, born August 19, 1851. See p. 98. 
 
 William Baird Schenck (li) died in Lysander Tow^n- 
 ship, March 17, 1853. Catherine (Vanderveer) Schenck 
 died on the "William Baird Farm," March 3, 1903. 
 
 12. James L. Schenck, VII., son of Rulef (i) and 
 
 Elsie (Baird) Schenck, was born in the Township of 
 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 25, 1823, and 
 
 September 15, 1847, married Ann Tator, daughter of 
 
 Frederick I. and Polly Tator. (See note on page 81). 
 
 She was born in the Township of Lysander. They had 
 
 no children. Ann (Tator) Schenck died February 18, 
 
 1848. On December 31, 1850, James L. married Nancy 
 
 Maria Sullivan, daughter of Richard and Nancy SuUivan. 
 
 (See pages 67 and 68). She was born September 27, 
 
 1823. 
 
 They had two children: 
 
 57 I. James Warren was born at Plainville, N. Y., May 
 12, 1854, and died at the home of his parents on 
 Geddes Street, Syracuse, N. Y., November 24, 1883. 
 He never married. 
 58 II. Leiia Maria, born November 8, 1856. See p. 98. 
 James L. Schenck (12) died at his home, 204 Grape 
 Street, Syracuse, N. Y., January 16, 1886. Nancy 
 (Sullivan) Schenck died at Syracuse, July i, 1906. They 
 are both buried at Plainville. 
 
80 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 13. Rulef Schenck, VII., son of Rulef (i) and Elsie 
 (Baird) Schenck was born in Lysander Township, Onon- 
 daga County, N. Y., October 23, 1827, and February 27, 
 1850, married Emerancy Jane Emerick, daughter of 
 Abraham and Hannah Emerick. She was born in Ly- 
 sander Township, August 6, 1831. 
 
 They had three children : 
 
 59 I. Alice Maladine, born at the Homestead, Lysander 
 Township, June 12, 1851. Address, Plainville, 
 N. Y. 
 60 II. Effie Isadore, born February I2, 1854. See p. 99. 
 61 III. William Baird, born July 21, 1859. See p. 99. 
 
 In 1883, Rulef Schenck (13) removed to the residence 
 of his brother, Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck (6) in 
 Plainville and resided there until his death, June 28. 
 1888. Emerancy (Emerick) Schenck died at the same 
 place October 20, 1905. Both are buried in the ceme- 
 tery at Plainville. 
 
 EIGHTH GENERATION IN AMERICA. 
 
 14. Austin Wycoff Wilson, VIII., son of Alfred and 
 Sally (Schenck) Wilson (2) was born in Lysander, N. 
 Y., October 18, 1821, and February 2, 1843, married 
 Mary Ann Verity, daughter of James G. and Eunice 
 Verity. She was born April 2, 1823. 
 
 They had one child : 
 
 62 I. Mervin James, born May 5, 1850. See p. too. 
 
 Mary (Verity) Wilson died June 28, 1851, and Jan- 
 uary 13, 1853, Austin W. Wilson (14) married Mrs. 
 Eunice Snow. They had no children. Austin died at 
 Plainville, N. Y., April 3, 1858. Eunice (Snow) Wilson 
 died March 10, 1889. 
 
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 1827-1888 
 
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Eighth Generation 81 
 
 15. Charlotte M. Wilson, VIII., daughter of Alfred 
 and Sally (Schenck) Wilson (2), was born February 25, 
 
 1824, and February 6, 1842, married Jehial E. Tator, 
 son of Frederick I. and Polly Tator. (See note below). 
 He was born at Lysander, N. Y., November 14, 1820, 
 and died November 30, 1884. Charlotte M. (Wilson) 
 Tator married June 28, 1892, Samuel Wells. He diea 
 September 20, 1895, and Charlotte M. (Wilson, Tator) 
 Wells married December 21, 1898, Benjamin Coats. 
 Charlotte died at Meridian, Cayuga County, N. Y., May 
 I, 1907. Benjamin Coats died September 12, 1910. 
 
 16. Dennis Kennedy Wilson, VIII., son of Alfred 
 and Sally (Schenck) Wilson (2), was born August 23, 
 
 1825, and October 29, 1846, married Lydia Amanda 
 Tator, daughter of Frederick I. and Polly Tator. (See 
 note below). She was born October 19, 1826. 
 
 They had one child : 
 
 63 I. Orinda More, born November 23, 1850. See p. 100. 
 
 Lydia Amanda (Tator) Wilson died February i, 1854, 
 and March 4, 1857, Dennis Kennedy Wilson (16) mar- 
 ried Louisa B. Irish. They had no children. Dennis 
 died July 5, 1865 and Louisa married in 1867, John 
 Hunt. She died in November, 1868. 
 
 17. Jane Ann Wilson, VIII. , daughter of Alfred and 
 Sally (Schenck) Wilson (2), was born July 23, 1827, 
 and February 5, 1847, married James M. Tator* son of 
 
 •Note. — It will be noticed that the first wife of James L. Schenck 
 (12), the first husband of Charlotte M. Wilson (15), the wife of Dennis 
 Kennedy Wilson (16) and the husband of Jane Ann Wilson (17) 
 were brothers and sisters. 
 
82 ScHENCK Genea logy 
 
 Frederick I. and Polly Tator. He was born at Lysan- 
 der, N. Y., December i6, 1824. 
 
 They had two children: 
 
 64 I. Anna Hubble, born September 7, 1849. See p. loi. 
 65 II. Willard Jehial was born May 8, 1857, and died 
 January 18, 1870. 
 
 James M. Tator died November 28, 1901. Jane Ann 
 (Wilson) Tator (17). Address, R. F. D., Memphis, 
 N. Y. 
 
 19. Louisa A. Wilson, VIII., daughter of Alfred and 
 Sally (Schenck) Wilson (2), was born March 27, 1834, 
 and August 24, 1853, married Samuel W. Bates, son of 
 James and Deborah Bates. They had no children. 
 
 Louisa A. (Wilson) Bates (19) died December 28, 
 1854- 
 
 24. Parna Eleanora Schenck, VIII., daughter of John 
 (3) and Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck, was born September 
 2, 1833, and February 1, 1854, married James Leslie 
 Voorhees, son of James L. and Martha Voorhees. He 
 was born at Whig Hill, near Plainville, N. Y., December 
 I, 1831. 
 
 They had four children : 
 
 66 I. Martha Northrop was born October 3, 1854, and 
 died November 19, 1871. 
 67 II. John Schenck, born August 11, 1856. See p. loi. 
 
 68 III. James Hubbell was born December 23, i86o, and 
 
 died January 13, 1861. 
 
 69 IV. Henry Peter, born December i, 1861. See p. loi. 
 
 Parna (Schenck) Voorhees (24) died June 17, 1865. 
 James Leslie Voorhees married April 10, 1867, Sarah 
 Catherine Bratt (34). See p. 86. 
 
Eighth Generation 83 
 
 25. Harriet Livona Schenck, VIII., daughter of John 
 (3) and Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck, was born September 
 12, 1836, and October 2, 1853, married James S. Vedder, 
 son of Aaron F. and Nancy Vedder. He was born at 
 Lysander, N. Y., July 23, 1828. Soon after their mar- 
 riage, they removed to CarroUton, Greene County, 111., 
 where they remained until 1872. They then removed to 
 Washington, Kansas. 
 
 They had four children : 
 
 70 I. Inez Ann, born July 25, 1854. See p. loi. 
 
 71 II. Harriet Elnora, born December i, 1856. See p. I02. 
 
 72 III. Lyman Norton, born November 27, 1858. See p. 
 
 103. 
 
 73 IV. Jennie Leslie was born at CarroUton, 111., December 
 
 9, 1862, and died at Washington, Kan., October 
 18, 1873. 
 
 James S. Vedder was successively Register of Deeds, 
 Tax Collector, Clerk of Courts and Sheriff of Greene 
 County, 111., and was for three terms Mayor of Washing- 
 ton, Kansas, as well as Postmaster, a position which he 
 held at the time of his death, November 12, 1888. Har- 
 riet Livona (Schenck) Vedder: Address, Ventura, Cal. 
 
 27. John Sullivan Schenck, VIII., son of John (3) 
 and Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck, was born at Plainville, 
 N. Y., March i, 1844, and January 3, 1865, married 
 Jane Leslie Tomlinson, daughter of John H. and Harriet 
 Tomlinson, and niece of James Leslie Voorhees. (See p. 
 82). She was born at Plainville, N. Y., January 5, 
 1845. They had no children. Jane (Tomlinson) Schenck 
 died November 12, 1865, and March i, 1866, John mar- 
 ried Adaline Day, daughter of Hezekiah and Eliza Ann 
 Day. (See p. 94.) She was born at Little Utica, 
 N. Y., May 13, 1845. 
 
84 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 They had one child: 
 
 74 I. Floyd Sullivan, born September 21, 1874. See p. 
 
 103. 
 
 Adaline (Day) Schenck died near Plainville, N. Y., 
 November 25, 1908, and June 12, 1910, John Sullivan 
 Schenck (27), married Mrs. Sarah C. Winchel, daughter 
 of Richard and Frances (Cogswell) Smith. She was 
 born at Lysander, N. Y., September 23, 1833. John 
 Sullivan Schenck (27) : Address, Lysander, N. Y. 
 
 29. Perlina Adele Schenck, VIII., daughter of John 
 (3) and Perlina (Sullivan) Schenck, was born May 5, 
 1851, and January 25, 1874, married at Washington, 
 Kansas, Charles Smith, son of Stevens and Sophia C. 
 Smith. He was born at Gorham, Cumberland County, 
 Me., August 29, 1845. 
 
 They had five children: 
 
 75 I. Charles Fred, born December 12, 1874. See p. 104. 
 76 II. Nellie Leslie, born January 27, 1876. See p. 104. 
 
 77 III. Joseph Lowe, born November 23, 1877. See p. 105. 
 
 78 IV. Harry James, born September 30, 1883. See p. 105. 
 79 V. Harriet Marie, born May 16, 1885. See p. 105. 
 
 Perlina Adele (Schenck) Smith: Address, Washington, 
 Kansas. 
 
 30. Benjamin Freeman Schenck, VIII., son of John 
 (3) and Parna (Sullivan, Gorham) Schenck, was born 
 at Plainville, N. Y., January 11, 1854, and December 
 31, 1874, married Ella Eliza Chittenden, daughter of 
 Samuel Mallory and Julia Eliza (Parish) Chittenden. 
 She was born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., December 24, 
 1854. 
 
Eighth Generation 85 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 80 I. Julia was born at Plainville, N. Y., January 1, 
 1877, and died January 14, 1877. 
 81 II. Lisle John, born June 10, 1879. See p. 106. 
 82 III. Elsie May, born May 7, i88i. See p. 106. 
 
 Benjamin Freeman Schenck (30) died at Plainville, 
 March 13, 1906. Ella Eliza (Chittenden) Schenck: 
 Address, Plainville, N. Y. ^ 
 
 32. John Bratt, VIII., son of Peter and Margaret 
 (Schenck) Bratt (5), was born December 17, 1831, and 
 March 7, 1854, rnarried Matilda Wilson, daughter of 
 William and Hannah Wilson (William Wilson was a 
 brother of Alfred Wilson, husband of Sally (Schenck) 
 Wilson (2)). Matilda (Wilson) Bratt was born at 
 Plainville, N. Y., June 13, 1832. 
 
 They had seven children: — 
 
 83 I. Frank Leslie, born November i, 1857. See p. 106. 
 84 II. Charles Willis, born May 31, 1859. See p. 107. 
 85 III. Ella May, born September 21, 1862. See p. 107. 
 86 IV. Anna Isabell, born August 9, 1864. See p. 108. 
 87 V. Alice Merriman, born September 11, 1866. See 
 p. 108. 
 88 VI. Ernest Wilson, born December 26, i86q. See p. 109. 
 89 VII. Sarah Elsie, born November 12, 1872. See p. 109. 
 John Bratt (32) died at Baldwinsville, N. Y., April 
 II, 1902. Matilda (Wilson) Bratt died at Baldwins- 
 ville, N. Y., November 26, 1898. They are both buried 
 in the cemetery at Plainville, N. Y. 
 
 33. Elsie Bratt, VIII., daughter of Peter and Mar- 
 garet (Schenck) Bratt (5), was born September 19, 1833, 
 and January 16, 1 85 1, married Chauncey Hubbard, son 
 of Elijah and Eliza Hubbard. He was born in Albany 
 County, N. Y., November 19, 1826. 
 
86 SCHENCK Genfalogy 
 
 They had one child : — 
 
 90 1. Ella Lillian, born December 31, 1854. See p. 109. 
 Elsie (Bratt) Hubbard (33) died at Plainville, N. Y., 
 
 September 12, 1879. Chauncey Hubbard died at the 
 same place, July 4, 1906. 
 
 34. Sarah Catherine Bratt*, VHI., daughter of Peter 
 and Margaret (Schenck) Bratt (5), was born July 12, 
 1838, and April 10, 1867, married James Leslie Voorhees. 
 (See p. 82). 
 
 They had six children : — 
 
 91 I. Leslie Eleanora, born January 12, 1870. 
 
 92 n. Sophia, born October 11, 1872. Graduated at Well- 
 esley College in 1895, and received the degree of 
 M. A. at the University of Michigan in 1910. 
 
 93 III. James Leslie vras born June i, 1874, and died 
 
 March 8, 1875. 
 
 94 IV. Margaret was born July 5, 1877, and died February 
 
 13, 1889. 
 95 V. Martha, born November 3, 1878. Graduated from 
 
 Wellesley College in 1903. 
 96 VI. James Leslie, 3rd, born September 8, 1880. Address, 
 Reno, Nev. 
 Sarah Catherine (Bratt) Voorhees (34) died at Bald- 
 winsville, N. Y., June i, 1905. James Leslie Voorhees: 
 Address, Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
 
 35. Peter Schenck Bratt, VIIL, son of Peter and 
 Margaret (Schenck) Bratt (5), was born February 7, 
 1846, and March 15, 1869, married Marta Nettie Car- 
 penter, daughter of George and Ruth Carpenter. She 
 was born in the Township of Granby, Oswego County, 
 N. Y., June 3, 1848. 
 
 •Sarah Catherine retained the original spelling of her name, i. e., 
 Bradt. While this is undoubtedly correct, it is here given Bratt in 
 order to retain uniformity. 
 
Eighth Generation 87 
 
 They had seven children : — 
 
 97 I. Herbert Eugene, born February 13, 1870. See p. 
 no. 
 98 II. LeRoy, born July 23, 1872. See p. no. 
 99 III. Arthur, born February 28, 1874. See p. in. 
 100 IV. William Peter, born December 17, 18S2. See p. in. 
 
 loi V. Harry, born August 26, 1884. See p. ni. 
 102 VI. Raymond, born August 24, 1888. See p. 112. 
 103 VII. Ruth, born September 14, 1891. Address, 251 Fitch 
 St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Peter Schenck Bratt (35) died January 13, 1904. 
 Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt died at Jordan, N. Y., 
 May 3, 1906. They are buried in the Plainville ceme- 
 tery. 
 
 37. Adrian Adelbert Schenck, VIII., son of Benjamin 
 Baird (6) and Harriet (Sullivan) Schenck, was born 
 at Plainville, N. Y., March 26, 1842, and married Octo- 
 ber 23, 1866, Harriet Parthenia Robinson, daughter of 
 Horatio N. Robinson, A. M., LL. D., and Emma R. 
 (Tj'ler) Robinson. She was born at Cincinnati, O., 
 September 29, 1845. 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 104 I. Elsie, born at Syracuse, N. Y., September 26, 1867. 
 105 II. Benjamin Robinson, born August 19, 1872. See p. 
 112. 
 106 III. Frederick Tyler was born at Syracuse, N. Y., March 
 
 21, 1878, and died March 25, 1878. 
 Adrian Adelbert Schenck (37) died at Syracuse, N. Y., 
 February 25, 1909, and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery 
 jn Syracuse. 
 
 Adrian Adelbert Schenck was born in Plainville, N. Y., 
 March 26, 1842. His education was obtained at the Monroe 
 Collegiate Institute, at Elbridge, N. Y., which at that time was 
 
ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 an academy of very considerable reputation. After leaving 
 Elbridge he went to Syracuse in 1864, entering the office of the 
 Provost Marshal, where he remained until obtaining a position 
 in 1865, in the canal office. 
 
 The next ten years were devoted to work in the offices of the 
 Internal Revenue Service and County Clerk of Onondaga County. 
 From 1876 to 1880 he held the important position of clerk of the 
 courts. In 1880 he returned to the Revenue Service, being Dep- 
 uty Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-fifth District. 
 This position he held until the election of Cleveland to the 
 Presidency in 1887, when he resigned. During the sessions of 
 the New York Legislature of 18S8 and 1889, he was clerk of 
 the Committee on Cities of the Senate, spending four days each 
 week in Albany. During these years he was prominent in poli- 
 tics in the Republican party, in whose tenets he was an uncom- 
 promising believer throughout his whole life. 
 
 On October 6, 1888, he was instrumental in the organization 
 of the Engelberg HuUer Company, becoming its first secretary 
 and general manager, a position which he held continuously 
 until his death, a period of over twenty-three years. The suc- 
 cess which attended this organization was largely due to his 
 efforts and he was rewarded by seeing it grow into one of the 
 most stable and prosperous of the manufacturing industries of 
 Syracuse. 
 
 After the marriage of Mr. Schenck and Harriet P. Robinson, 
 a daughter of Horatio N. Robinson, LL. D., in 1866, they resided 
 on Montgomery Street until May, 1869, when they removed to a 
 residence which they built at No. 8 Holland Street. In 1894 a 
 second home was built at 615 Park Avenue. 
 
 Mr. Schenck was a member of the Central City Lodge No. 
 305, F. and A. M., of the Royal Arcanum and many other or- 
 ganizations. He was much interested in manufacturing and 
 industrial questions and in 1907 and 1908 was the vice-president 
 for the State of New York of the National Association of Manu- 
 facturers, the Board of Directors of which passed the following 
 resolution : 
 
__^ Eighth Generation 89 
 
 At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the 
 National Association of Manufacturers, held at Niagara 
 Falls, New York, on July i6th, 1909, the following min- 
 ute was unanimously adopted and spread upon the rec- 
 ords: 
 
 Resolved: That in the death of our honored Vice- 
 President for the State of New York, Mr. Adrian A. 
 Schenck, the association sustains a severe and deplorable 
 loss. 
 
 The elevation of Mr. Schenck to the Vice-Presidency 
 having taken place at the instance of the delegates of his 
 State at the annual convention of 1907 and his re-election 
 following, gave abundant evidence of his popularity with 
 his fellow members. The performance of his official 
 duties during his term of office was such as to win for 
 him the approval and admiration of his fellow members 
 of the Board of Directors. 
 
 As a man of excellent judgment and unblemished 
 character in his private and business affairs, he won the 
 sincere affection and regard of all whose pleasure it was 
 to know him. 
 
 We shall cherish his memory and the recollection of 
 his virtues and the inspiration of his example will remain 
 as a stimulus to others in the pursuit of lofty ideals and 
 worthy achievements. 
 
 And we extend to his sorrowing family this token of 
 our high regard for him whose loss to them, to us and 
 to mankind at large is felt with deep affliction. 
 
 J. KlRBY, Jr., Pres't. 
 Geo. T. Bondinot, Sec'y. 
 
 Committee: 
 
 LUDWIG Dessen, 
 C. C. Hanch, 
 Ends Paullin. 
 
 During May, 190S, Mr. Schenck's health failed, but he was 
 able to attend to his business affairs until the day of his death, 
 the 2sth. day of February, 1909. 
 
90 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 The gentleness of his character, combined with his high 
 ideals, lifted him above the petty trials of every-day life, seeming 
 to cause him to radiate good cheer, helpfulness and optimism 
 wherever he went. To him no one ever appealed for help in 
 vain. He lived for others and died mourned by a host of 
 sincere friends. The esteem in which he was held by his inti- 
 mate business associates is attested in the following: 
 
 At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Engel- 
 berg Huller Company, held Monday, March ist, at their 
 office in Fayette Street, the following preamble and reso- 
 lutions relative to the death of their late Secretary and 
 Treasurer, Mr. A. A. Schenck, were presented and ap- 
 proved : 
 
 Whereas, For the fourth time during the history of 
 this Company, we are called upon to mourn and record 
 the death of a Director; and, in the death of our co- 
 worker. Secretary, Treasurer, and friend, we have lost 
 the greatest of them all; for while others had different 
 interests, Mr. Schenck gave twenty of the best years of 
 his life, with undivided devotion to the welfare of this 
 organization. During all this time he worked for its 
 interests and battled for its success. We alone know of 
 its success and that no one has done more to achieve it, 
 and we alone can measure our loss. As time has gone 
 on we have learned to respect and love him and as time 
 goes on we shall miss him more. Our loss and sorrow 
 can only be exceeded by that of his family. Therefore, 
 as an evidence of our appreciation and respect be it 
 
 Resolved, That his chair as Director remain unfilled ; 
 that a copy of this tribute be engraved, signed by the 
 Board and presented to his family, and these proceedings 
 recorded in the books of this Company and its purport be 
 published in the daily papers. 
 J. R. Montague John E. Sweet 
 
 J. P. Crowell C. p. Remore 
 
 C. E. Hutchinson W. C. Life 
 
 F. P. Fell 
 
0<RATB OF S V. NOR'ION. 
 
 Startllnir and Vnexpected Intelligence 
 orblH Keaib in Kio de Janeiro.Brazll, 
 of Vellotv Fever— 1\ Skoicb of tain His- 
 tory, and Events Connecteii iTiih bin 
 Vlkit to Brazil and hndden Deatit. 
 
 We are palaed to announce the death of 
 Mr. John V. Norton, of Memphis, in this 
 £Ounty, which occurred in the city ol Rio 
 Janeiro, Brazil, on the 11th of February 
 Mr. A. A. Schenck, brother-in-law 
 3fr. Norton, was informed this morning 
 Mr. Charles A. Sweet, that Mr. D. Val- 
 entine had received a letter from Mr. Ford, 
 who has charge of a railway running from 
 the city of Rio to a place called Regurda, 
 some 160 miles back in the country, enclos- 
 ing a letter addressed to J. H. Norton, esq., 
 of Plainville, a brother ot the deceased, and 
 stating to Mr. YaleotiDe that the letter must 
 he delivered to Mr. J. H. Norton in person, 
 and to no one else. Mr. V. wrote to Mr. 
 J. H. Norton the fact of his having such a 
 letter for bim. Both Mr. Sweet and Mr. 
 ScheucK, '•"owing that the deceased was 
 engaged in i^t; iness in the city of Bi • ue 
 Jaatfiro, and th« communication taiog from 
 Mr. Ford at Rpgarda. had hopes, idough 
 faint, »U dt.y that ii'«- ^Oiiimurjicaiion mlgnt 
 prove to !je oce t^^-a'aut bUf;:.'<38 matteis, 
 tjut feared t^HB'^i'.. Mr ,4 "" ^■' - - 
 arrived ii< 'o^H^i.e 7 P K 
 
 the ; \>'i- '■ ^ir. BoUucck. when' 
 t sioreof Mr. Valentiu 
 i >sii8 delivered, and which 
 jti iiieir worsi fears. 
 
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Eighth Generation 91 
 
 38. Henrietta Maria Schenck, VIII., daughter of 
 Benjamin Baird (6) and Harriet (Sullivan) Schenck, 
 was born at Plainville, N. Y., November 10, 1843, and 
 March 20, 1864, married John Vedder Norton, son of 
 Lyman and Ann Norton, and grandson of Aaron F. and 
 Nancy Vedder. (See p. 83.) He was born November 
 7, 1840. 
 
 They had three children: — ^ i^ 
 
 107 I. Georgianna Belle, born at Plainville, N. Y., Oc- . 
 tober 16, 1864. Address, 3719 W. sand. Ave., 
 Denver, Colo. 
 108 II. Harriet Maria was born at Plainville, N. Y., June 
 20, 1866, and died at Memphis, N. Y., August 18, 
 1877. 
 109 III. Ann vyas born at Plainville, N. Y., January 13, 
 1869, and died at the same place, May 6, 1876. 
 
 John Vedder Norton died at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Feb- 
 ruary II, 1879, and January 31, 1883, Henrietta 
 (Schenck) Norton (38) married Daniel James Fitzger- 
 ald, son of John and Nancy Fitzgerald. He was born 
 at Syracuse, N. Y., June 27, 1834, and died at Denver, 
 Colo., December 26, 1904. 
 
 Henrietta (Schenck, Norton) Fitzgerald: Address,- 
 3719 W. 32nd. Ave., Denver, Colo. 
 
 39. Burns Spaulding, VIII., son of Solomon B. and 
 Eliza (Schenck) Spaulding (7), was born at Plainville, 
 N. Y., March 25, 1833, and October 26, 1856, married 
 Caroline A. Phelps, daughter of H. Nelson and Mary 
 Phelps. (See p. 92.) She was born in Sullivan Town- 
 ship, Madison County, N. Y., October 18, 1835- 
 
92 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 They had two children : — 
 
 no I. Inez Eudora, born November 22, 1857. See p. H2. 
 
 HI II. Irving Burns was born at Rochester, N. Y., May 4, 
 
 1869, and died there October 14, 1869. 
 
 Burns Spaulding (39) died at Kankakee, 111., April 24, 
 
 1893. Caroline A. (Phelps) Spaulding died at Chicago, 
 
 111., May 2, 1907. 
 
 40. Mary C. Spaulding, VIII., daughter of Solomon 
 B. and Eliza (Schenck) Spaulding (7), was born at 
 Plainville, N. Y., October 30, 1837, and February 2, 
 i860, married Major Fitts Phelps, son of H. Nelson and 
 Mary Phelps. (See p. 91.) He was born at Chitte- 
 nango, Madison County, N. Y., March 15, 1834. 
 
 They had two children: — 
 
 112 I. Louis Spaulding, born May 27, 1862. See p. 113. 
 
 113 II. Homer Jay, born September 5, 1866. See p. 113. 
 
 Mary (Spaulding) Phelps (40) died June 21, 1906. 
 
 Major F. Phelps died at Fulton, N. Y., June 20, 1907. 
 
 41. Annie Laura Spaulding, VIII., daughter of Solo- 
 mon B. and Eliza (Schenck) Spaulding (7), was born 
 at Plainville, N. Y., April 28, 1843, and December 17, 
 1863, married J. Edward Perkins, son of Erastus B. and 
 Sarah Perkins. He was born at Syracuse, N. Y., March 
 13. 1834. They have no children. 
 
 Annie Laura (Spaulding) Perkins (41): Address, 
 KirkviUe, N. Y. 
 
 42. Dealia Spaulding, VIII., daughter of Solomon B. 
 and Eliza (Schenck) Spaulding (7), was born at Plain- 
 ville, N. Y., February 2, 1850, and October 15, 1874, 
 married L. Austin Chapman, son of Austin and Adelia 
 Chapman. He was born at South Granby, Oswego 
 County, N. Y., February 18, 1853. 
 
Eighth Generation 93 
 
 They had three children: 
 
 114 I. Irwin B. was born at South Granby, N. Y., March 
 
 4, 1879, and died June 16, 1879. 
 115 II. Earl Burns, born June 12, i88o. See p. 114. 
 n6 III. Hazel Eliza, born February 6, 1889. See p. 114. 
 
 Dealia (Spaulding) Chapman (42) died at Fulton, 
 N. Y., June a8, 1890. L. Austin Chapman: Address, 
 Fulton, N. Y. 
 
 44. James Rulef Fenner, VIII., son of Frederick W. 
 and Eleanor (Schenck) Fenner (9) was born in Lysander 
 Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 12, 1836, 
 and March 27, 1859, married Ellen A. Savage, daughter 
 of Seth and Emily Savage. She was born at Cazenovia, 
 N. Y., July 8, 1839. 
 
 They had two children : — 
 
 117 I. James Emory, born June 4, 1862. See p. iij. 
 ii8 II. Florence Ellen, born February ig, 1877. See p. 115. 
 
 Ellen A. (Savage) Fenner died at Delphi, N. Y., Feb- 
 ruary 13, 1897, 2"^ January 19, 1898, James Rulef (44) 
 married Mrs. Addie E. Barber, born at Fabius, Onon- 
 daga County, N. Y., November 28, 1843. 
 
 Addie E. (Barber) Fenner died May 3, 1899, and Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1900, James Rulef (44) married Mrs. Leida 
 Jones, born at Burwell, Ontario, January 27, 1856. 
 James Rulef Fenner (44) died March i, 1909, at Delphi 
 Falls, N. Y. 
 
 46. Sarah Ellen Fenner, VIII., daughter of Frederick 
 W. and Eleanor (Schenck) Fenner (9) was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., Septem- 
 ber 3, 1841, and September 8, 1863, married Sylvester 
 
94 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 A. Vedder, son of Francis P. and Wilmina (Terhune) 
 Vedder, cousin of John Vedder Norton (see p. 91) 
 and nephew of James S. Vedder. (See p. 83.) Sylves- 
 ter A. Vedder was born at Plainville, N. Y., September 
 19, 1834. 
 
 They had seven children : 
 
 119 I. Frederick Fenner, born October 26, 1866. See p. 
 116. 
 I20 II. Nicholas was born October 19, 1868, and died 
 
 October 20, 1868. 
 121 III. Wilmina Wyco£F, born September 17, 1872. See 
 p. 116. 
 
 122 IV. Ross Sylvtster, born November 8, 1874. See p. 116. 
 
 123 V. George Barry was born at Carrollton, 111., January 
 
 25, 1878, and died there August 26, 1898. 
 
 124 VI. Neil Davis, born October 29, 1880. See p. 117. 
 125 VII. Clyde Byron was born at Carrollton, July 25, 1883, 
 
 and died there January 5, 1885. 
 
 Sylvester A. Vedder died at Carrollton, 111., March 19, 
 1907. Sarah Ellen (Fenner) Vedder (46) : Address, 
 Carrollton, 111. 
 
 47. Frederick William Fenner, VIII., son of Fred- 
 erick W. and Eleanor (Schenck) Fenner (9), was born 
 in Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., June 11, 1847, 
 and March 17, 1866, married Eliza Day, daughter of 
 Hezekiah and Eliza Ann Day, and a sister of Adaline 
 (Day) Schenck. (See p. 83.) She was born in Lysan- 
 der Township, September 19, 1847. 
 
 They had two children: — 
 
 126 I. Charles Day, born August 18, 1867. See p. 117. 
 127 II. Frederick William, born November 10, 1869. See 
 p. 117. 
 
Eighth Generation 95 
 
 Frederick William Fanner (47) : Address, Baldwins- 
 
 viUe, N. Y. 
 
 49. Byron Russell Fanner, VIII., son of Russell B. 
 and Hannah (Schenck) Fenner (10), was born at Lysan- 
 der, Onondaga County, N. Y., March 4, 1839, and Jan- 
 uary I, i86i, married Carolina V. Nash, daughter of 
 Major D. and Phoebe Nash. She was born in Gun- 
 plain, Allegan County, Mich., June 30, 1841. 
 
 They had four children : — 
 ia8 I. Byron Nash, born in Gunplain, Mich., July 4, 
 
 1862. Address, Cressey, Mich. 
 129 II. Jennie, born August 15, 1864. See p. 118. 
 130 III. William Perry was born in Gunplain, Mich., Oc- 
 tober 17, 1866, and died there May 8, 1869. 
 131 IV. Nina Vanderveer, born at Prairieville, Barry Coun- 
 ty, Mich., April zi, 1879. 
 Byron Russell Fenner (49) died July 18, 1904. Caro- 
 line (Nash) Fenner: Address, Cressey, Mich. 
 
 50. Eliza Eleanor Fenner, VIII., daughter of Russell 
 B. and Hannah V. (Schenck) Fenner (lo), was born in 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., April i, 1842, and 
 July 3, 1859, married Henry Robley Scdtt, son of Ira 
 and Mary B. Scott. He was born at LeRoy, Genesee 
 County, N. Y., August 17, 1836. 
 
 They had eight children: — 
 
 132 I. Mary Eleanor was born in Gunplain, Allegan 
 County, Mich., May zi, i860, and died January i, 
 1864. 
 133 II. William Henry, born January 28, 1863. See p. 118. 
 
 134 III. Kittie Belle, born December zi, 1864. See p. 119. 
 
 135 IV. Charles Seneca, born January 12, 1869. See p. 119. 
 136 V. Herbert Russell, born September 27, 1871. See p. 
 
 119. 
 
96 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 137 VI. Franklin James, born September 30, 1873. See p. 
 
 120. 
 
 138 VII. Bertha May, born August 4, 1875. See p. 120. 
 
 139 VIII. Caroline Eleanor, born August 2, 1877. See p. 120. 
 
 Henry Robley Scott died June 8, 1905. Eliza Eleanor 
 (Fenner) Scott (50): Address, Plainwell, Mich. 
 
 51. William Perry Fenner, VIII., son of Russell B. 
 and Hannah V. (Schenck) Fenner (10), was born at 
 Martin, Allegan County, Mich., December 22, 1844, 
 and December 22, 1869, married Mina L. Sornbury, 
 daughter of Horace and Elizabeth (Hicks) Sornbury. 
 She was born at Martin, Mich., December 31, 1844. 
 
 They had six children: — 
 
 140 I. Ernest William, born September 24, 1870. See p. 
 
 121. 
 
 141 II. Nellie May, born September i, 1872. See p. 121. 
 142 III. James Bruce, born September 28, 1874. See p. 121. 
 143 IV. Hannah Jane, born in Gunplain Township, Alle- 
 gan County, Mich., January 3, 1877. 
 144 V. Pearl Eliza, born in Gunplain Township, Allegan 
 County, Mich., August 10, 1880. 
 14s VI. Orlio Perry, born December 20, 1884. See p. 122. 
 
 Mina (Sornbury) Fenner died at Martin, Mich., Feb- 
 ruary II, 1908. William Perry Fenner (51): Address, 
 Martin, Mich. 
 
 52. Rulef James Fenner, VIII., son of Russell B. and 
 Hannah V. (Schenck) Fenner (10) was born at Mar- 
 tin, Allegan County, Mich., September 17, 1850, and 
 April 12, 1876, married Mary Elizabeth Case, daughter 
 of Stephen and Sarah Case. She was born at Lynden, 
 Cattaraugus County, N. Y., October 5, 1851. 
 
Eighth Generation 97 
 
 Children:— 
 
 146 I. Elton Perry, born in Watson, Allegan County, 
 
 Mich., July 26, 1881. Address, Martin, Mich. 
 Rulef James Fenner (52) : Address, Martin, Mich. 
 
 53. Franklin Monroe Fenner, VIII., son of Russell 
 B. and Hannah V. (Schenck) Fenner (10), was born 
 in Martin, Allegan County, Mich., October 11, 1854, 
 and October 11, 1877, married Hannah Ida Honeysett, 
 daughter of James and Hannah Honeysett. She was 
 born in Gunplain, Mich., July 24, 1858. 
 
 Children :— 
 
 147 I. Edith May. born October 23, 1878. See p. laa. 
 148 II. Ida Myrtle, born July 17, 1880. See p. 123. 
 
 149 III. Starr Franklin, born February 24, 1886. See p. 123. 
 150 IV. Clay Earl, born in Gunplain, Mich., March 15, 
 
 1889. Address, Plainwell, Mich. 
 151 V. Wave lola, born in Gunplain, ' Mich., May 25, 
 
 1895. Address, PlainTOell, Mich. 
 
 Franklin Monroe Fenner (53): Address, R. F. D. 
 No. 2, Plainwell, Mich. 
 
 54. Hulbert Luke Schenck, VIII., son of William 
 Baird (11) and Catherine (Vanderveer) Schenck, was 
 born in Savannah, Wayne County, N. Y., December 6, 
 1843, and January 12, 1865, married Betsey Fenner, 
 daughter of John and Zilpha (Washburn) Fenner and 
 niece of Frederick W. and Russell B. Fenner (see p. 
 74). She was born in Lysander, Onondaga County, 
 N. Y., March 12, 1844. 
 
 They had two children : — 
 
 152 I. Nellie Maria, born September 11, 1867. See p. 123. 
 153 II. William Vanderveer, born January 22, 1875. See 
 p. 124. 
 
98 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Hulbert Luke Schenck (54) died in Lysander, N. Y., 
 March 14, 1879. Betsey (Fenner) Schenck: Address, 
 R. F. D., Memphis, N. Y. 
 
 55. Irwin Vanderveer Schenck, VIII., son of William 
 Baird (11) and Catherine M. (Vanderveer) Schenck, 
 was born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. 
 Y., November 2, 1846, and Deceir.ber 9, 1868, married 
 Ann Hubble Tator (64), daughter of James M. and 
 Jane Ann (Wilson) Tator (17). She was born Sep- 
 tember 7, 1849, and died August 17, 1894. Irwin Van- 
 derveer Schenck (55) died October 5, 1902. They left 
 no children. 
 
 56. James Shuler Schenck, VIII., son of William 
 Baird (11) and Catherine M. (Vanderveer) Schenck, 
 was born in the Township of Lysander, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., August 19, 1851, and December 17, 1873, 
 married Ella Lucretia Wormuth, daughter of Solomon 
 and Charlotte Wormuth. She was born in Lysander, N. 
 Y., July 31, 1854. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 154 I. Lester Hulbert, born August 4, 1880. See p. 124.. 
 
 James Shuler Schenck (56) : Address, R. F. D., Mem- 
 phis, N. Y. 
 
 58. Lelia Maria Schenck, VIII., daughter of James 
 L. (12) and Nancy Maria (Sullivan) Schenck, was 
 born at Plainville, N. Y., November 8, 1856, and June 
 26, 1883, married T. Edgar Pomeroy, son of Dr. Theo- 
 dore C. and Theresa M. (Elder) Pomeroy. He was 
 born at Onondaga Valley, N. Y., December 25, 1846. 
 
 DIED. 
 
 POMEEtOY— Wednesday morning, Oct. 19 
 1892, Leila M, Schenck, wife olT. Edgar Pom- 
 eroy, aged 85 years. Funeral .at tbe family 
 resWeuoe, 808 Van Buren street, Syracuse. 
 Friends are invited. Burial private. 
 
 DEATHS. 
 
 POMKROY— ni the, town of Sallna, Deo. 
 27, 1905, Edgar Pom^X)y, aged 68 years. 
 
 Private funeral services from his late 
 home, lis Ha.rold-st., Friday, Deo. 29. 
 Burial at Oakwood. 
 
Eighth Generation 99 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 15s I. Clara Lelia was born at Syracuse, N. Y., Septem- 
 ber 24, 1886, and died there January 10, 1887. 
 
 156 II. Edgar Schenck, born at Syacuse, N. Y., July 17, 
 
 1889. Address, 104 Lynhurst St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 157 III. Harold Eltweed was born at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb- 
 
 ruary 6, 1891, and died there October 15, 1891. 
 
 Lelia Maria (Schenck) Pomeroy (58) died at Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y., October 19, 1892, and June 23, 1903, T. 
 Edgar Pomeroy married Melissa Almira Weller. He 
 died at Syracuse, December 27, 1905. 
 
 60. EfEe Isadore Schenck, VIII., daughter of Rulef 
 (13) and Emerancy Jane (Emerick) Schenck, was born 
 at the Homestead, Lysander Township, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., February 12, 1854, and May 4, 1871, 
 married George William Simmons, son of Peter and 
 Elizabeth Simmons. He was born in New Scotland, Al- 
 bany County, N. Y., July 28, 1851. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 158 I. Elva, born August 31, 1871. See page 125. 
 159 II. Raymond Percy was born in Cato Township, Cay- 
 uga County, N. Y., September 8, 1874, and died 
 there March 20, 1889. 
 EfEe Isadore (Schenck) Simmons (60): Address, R. 
 F. D., Cato, N. Y. 
 
 61. William Baird Schenck, VIII., son of Rulef (13) 
 and Emerancy Jane (Emerick) Schenck, was born at 
 the Homestead, Lysander Township, Onondaga County, 
 N. Y., July 21, 1859. and July I3, 1879. married Flor- 
 ence Loretta Osborn, daughter of David and Margaret 
 Ann Osborn. She was born in Lysander, N. Y., July 
 8, 1863. 
 
100 S cHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 i6o I. Florence Loretta, born August 3, 1880. See p. 125. 
 161 n. Rultf David, born January 21, 1885. See p. 125. 
 
 William Baird Schenck (61): Address, 13 W. Main 
 
 St., Cortland, N. Y. 
 
 NINTH GENERATION IN AMERICA. 
 
 62. Mervin James Wilson, IX., son of Austin Wycoff 
 (14) and Mary Ann (Verity) Wilson, was born at 
 Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 5, 1850, and 
 June 27, 1 87 1, married Minnie Ann Locke, daughter of 
 John V. N. and Ann Locke. She was born February 
 24. 1853, and died July 15, 1872. They had no children. 
 Mervin James married March 23, 1880, Cornelia Har- 
 rington, daughter of Thomas and Catherine Harrington. 
 She was born at Jordan, N. Y., May 12, 1861. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 162 I. Ada Mary, born January t, i88i. See p. 126. 
 Mervin James Wilson (62) : Address, Meridian, N. V. 
 
 63. Orinda More Wilson, IX., daughter of Dennis 
 Kennedy (16) and Lydia Amanda (Tator) Wilson, was 
 born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
 November 23, 1850, and February 19, 1867, married 
 Delancy Duyane Stone, son of Alpheus and Lucy Ann 
 Stone. He was born January 8, 1846. 
 
 They had three children: — 
 
 163 I. Willard Dennis, born June 7, 1870. See p. iz6. 
 164 II. Rosa Anna, born October 5, 1879. See p. 127. 
 
 165 in. Jennie Lucy was born in Lysander Township, 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., July 2, 1884, and died 
 at Baldwinsville, N. Y., December 9, 1887. 
 
Ninth Generation 101 
 
 Delancy Duyane Stone died August i, 1898. Orinda 
 More (Wilson) Stone (63) : Address, Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 64. Ann Hubble Tator, IX., daughter of James M. 
 and Jane Ann (Wilson) Tator (17), was born Septem- 
 ber 7, 1849, and December 9, 1868, married Irwin Van- 
 derveer Schenck (55). (Seep. 98.) 
 
 67. John Schenck Voorhees, IX., son of James L. and 
 Parna Eleanora (Schenck) Voorhees (24), was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 
 II, 1856, and June 7, 1905, married Anna Cornelia 
 Moerschler, daughter of John and Caroline (Nulty) 
 Moerschler. She was born at Syracuse, N. Y., July 2, 
 1877- 
 
 Children : — 
 
 166 I. Son, born May 31, 1906. Died in infancy. 
 167 II. Henry Austin, born May 27, 1907. 
 
 John Schenck Voorhees (67) : Address, Baldwinsville, 
 N. Y. 
 
 69. Henry Peter Voorhees, IX., son of James L. and 
 Parna Eleanora (Schenck) Voorhees (24), was born De- 
 cember I, 1861, and March 21, 1886, married Lillian B, 
 Wells, daughter of Dr. James F. and Eveline (Bailey) 
 Wells. She was born February 10, 1863. They had no 
 children. 
 
 Henry Peter Voorhees (69) died at Baldwinsville, N. 
 Y., February 9, 1889. Lillian (Wells) Voorhees mar- 
 ried, June 6, 1 901, Ralph Sheldon. 
 
 70. Inez Ann Vedder, IX., daughter of James S. and 
 Harriet Livona (Schenck) Vedder (25), was born at 
 CarroUton, Greene County, III, July 25, 1854, and Sep- 
 
102 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 tember 3, 1873, married Joseph Garret Lowe, son of Aus- 
 born E. and Sarah J. Lowe. He was born at Rushville, 
 Ind., December 31, 1846. 
 They had eight children: — 
 
 168 I. Harriet Belle, born June 23, 1874. See p. 127. 
 
 169 II. Russell Gordon, born November 12, 1877. See p. 
 
 127. 
 
 170 III. Clara Leslie, born May 31, 1880. See p. 128. 
 
 171 IV. Joseph Garret, born October 22, 1883. Address, 
 
 First National Bank, Wellston, Mo. 
 
 172 V. Richard Vedder was born at Washington, Kan., 
 
 September 12, 1886, and died at El Reno, Okla., 
 June 4, 1902. 
 
 173 VI. Bessie Inez, born at Washington, Kan., March 30, 
 
 1891. 
 174 VII. Mildred Adeline, born at Washington, Kan., Jan- 
 uary 8, 1894. 
 17s VIII. Ruth Marjorie, born at Washington, Kan., Septem- 
 ber 12, 1895. 
 Joseph Garret Lowe died at Piedmont, Okla., Sep- 
 tember II, 1908. Inez Ann (Vedder) Lowe (70): Ad- 
 dress, El Reno, Okla. 
 
 71. Harriet Elnora Vedder, IX., daughter of James 
 S. and Harriet Livona (Schenck) Vedder (25), was born 
 at Carrollton, Greene County, 111., December I, 1856, 
 and September 3, 1874, married Alfred Mortimer Hallo- 
 well, son of Jesse R. and Penelope A. Hallowell. He was 
 born at Middletown, O., February 20, 1847. 
 
 They had five children: — 
 
 176 I. Maud May, born April 13, 1876. See p. 128. 
 177 II. Roscoe Vedder was born at Washington, Kan., De- 
 cember 17, 1877, and died there January 7, i88o. 
 178 III. Henry Raymond was born at Washington, Kan., 
 April 2, 1881, and died there July 24, 1882. 
 
Ninth Generation 103 
 
 179 IV. Edith Leona was born at Washington, Kan., No- 
 vember 20, 1882. Address, Ventura, Cal. 
 180 V. Lyman Earl was born at Washington, Kan., April 
 21, 1885. Address, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 
 Harriet Elnora (Vedder) Hallowell (71) married, 
 January i, 1903, Charles Gordon Burtnett, born Decem- 
 ber 13, 1852. Harriet Elnora (Vedder-Hollowell) Burt- 
 nett (71): Address, Ventura, Cal. 
 
 72. Lyman Norton Vedder, IX., son of James S. and 
 Harriet Livona (Schenck) Vedder (25), was born at Car- 
 roUton, Greene County, 111., November 27, 1858, and 
 July 13, 1896, married Ernestine Adele Eddy, daughter 
 of Lucien Crane and Amy (Kennedy) Eddy. She was 
 born at Pella, Iowa, November 23, 1870. 
 
 Lyman Norton Vedder (72) : Address, Anadarko, 
 Okla. 
 
 74. Floyd Sullivan Schenck, IX., son of John Sul- 
 livan (27) and Adaline (Day) Schenck, was born at 
 Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., September 21, 1874, 
 and November 3, 1895, married Olive Mastin, daughter 
 of Allen Snyder and Lillian (Lindsay) Mastin. She was 
 born at Plainville, N. Y., August 19, 1877. 
 
 They had one child : — 
 
 181 I. Mildred Louise, born at Plainville, N. Y., January 
 19, 1897. 
 
 Floyd Sullivan Schenck (74) died at Plainville, N. Y., 
 August 29, 1898, and January 14, 1902, Olive (Mastin) 
 Schenck married Sardis A. EXunham, son of Joseph and 
 Mary A. (Greenfield) Dunham. He was born at Bald- 
 winsville, N. Y., July 10, 1876. 
 
 Olive (Mastin-Schenck) Dunham: Address, 545 Cedar 
 St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
104 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 75. Charles Fred Smith, IX., son of Charles and Per- 
 lina Adele (Schenck) Smith (29), was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kan., December 12, 1874, and June 29, 1 908, 
 married Elizabeth Abigail Townsend, daughter ol Joseph 
 R. and Mary J. (Baker) Townsend. She was born at 
 Cottage Home, 111., March 13, 1878. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 182 I. Elizabeth Gertrude, born at Oklahoma City, Okla., 
 
 August 28, 1909. 
 
 Charles Fred Smith (75) : Attorney-at-Law, Address, 
 335 Lee Building, Oklahoma City, Okla. 
 
 76. Nellie Leslie Smith, IX., daughter of Charles and 
 Perlina Adele (Schenck) Smith (29), was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kan., January 27, 1876, and February 20, 1894, 
 married Eddie A. Vincent, son of Reuben and Alice 
 (Larabee) Vincent. He was born at Crown Point, Ind., 
 February 17, 1 87 1. 
 
 They had one child : — 
 
 183 I. Adele Pauline was born at Washington, Kan., 
 
 October 11, .1897. 
 
 Eddie A. Vincent died at Albuquerque, N. M., Sep- 
 tember 18, 1903, and May i, 1908, Nellie Leslie (Smith) 
 Vincent (76) married John A. Kinch, son of Samuel R. 
 and Abigail Ann (GrofE) Kinch. He was born at Colum- 
 bia, Pa., September 23, 1876. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 184 I. Infant, unnamed, born and died at Oklahoma City, 
 
 January 31, 1909. 
 185 II. Kathryn Augusta, born at Oklahoma City, Okla., 
 April 19, 1910. 
 
 Nellie Leslie (Smith-Vincent) Kinch (76) : Address, 
 432 West 6th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. 
 
Ninth Generation 105 
 
 77. Joseph Lowe Smith, IX., son of Charles and Per- 
 lina Adele (Schenck) Smith (29), was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kan., November 23, 1877, and March 20, 1904, 
 married Florence Elser, daughter of John Joshua and 
 Anna (Burke) Elser. She was born at Harlan, Iowa, 
 February 25, 1881. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 186 I. Charles Elser, born at Washington, Kan., April 
 23, 1907. 
 
 Joseph Lowe Smith (77) received the degree of 
 D. D. S. at the Dental Department of Denver University, 
 in 1906. Address: First National Bank Building, Wash- 
 ington, Kan. 
 
 78. Harry James Smith, IX., son of Charles and Per- 
 lina Adele (Schenck) Smith (29), was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kan., September 30, 1883, and May 24, 1905, 
 married Loula Anna Hill, daughter of Harvey Cooney 
 and Elizabeth (Finley) Hill. She was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kan., October 13, 1882. 
 
 Harry James Smith (78) : Address, 340 Board of 
 Trade, Kansas City, Mo. 
 
 79. Harriet Marie Smith, IX., daughter of Charles 
 and Perlina Adele (Schenck) Smith (29), was born at 
 Washington, Kan., May 16, 1885, and May 31, 1910, 
 married Axel Walfred Erickson, son of Erik Axel and 
 Hedda Louise (Jonson) Erickson. He was born at 
 Trosa, Sweden, August 2, 1882. 
 
 Harriet Marie (Smith) Erickson (79): Address, 
 Lindsborg, Kan. 
 
106 ScHE NCK Genealogy 
 
 81. Lisle John Schenck, IX., son of Benjamin Free- 
 man (30) and Eliza (Chittenden) Schenck, was born at 
 Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., June 10, 1879, and 
 October 27, 1910, married Lulu Alay Wilson, daughter 
 of George W. and Margaret (Otis) Wilson. She was 
 born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., May 10, 1883. 
 
 Lisle John Schenck (81): Address, Baldwinsville, N. 
 Y. 
 
 82. Elsie May Schenck, IX., daughter of Benjamin 
 Freeman (30) and Ella Eliza (Chittenden) Schenck, was 
 born at Plainville, N. Y., May 7, 188 1, and June 22, 
 1904, married Frederick L. Huntington, son of Henry 
 L. and Mary (Fisher) Huntington. He was born at 
 Lysander, N. Y., September 3, 1883. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 187 I. Lisle Schenck, born at Plainville, N. Y., May 21, 
 1906. 
 
 Elsie May (Schenck) Huntington (82): Address, 
 Plainville, N. Y. 
 
 83. Frank Leslie Bratt, IX., son of John (32) and 
 Matilda Wilson Bratt, was born in Lysander Township, 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., November I, 1857, and Sep- 
 tember 8, 1878, married Jennie Stickle, daughter of 
 Elizabeth and Jacob Stickle. She was born at Peru, N. 
 Y., July 14, i860. They had no children. 
 
 Jennie (Stickle) Bratt died February 26, 1885, and 
 August 6, 1886, Frank Leslie Bratt (83) married Ella 
 Babcock, daughter of David and Margaret Babcock. She 
 was born at Belleville, Ont., December 25, 1866. They 
 had no children. 
 
Ninth Generation 107 
 
 Ella (Babcock) Bratt died January 14, 1903, afid Sep- 
 tember 4, 1904, Frank Leslie Bratt (83) married Lillian 
 Miller, daughter of Albert and Mary Miller. She was 
 born at West Leyden, N. Y., February I, 1872. 
 
 Frank Leslie Bratt (83) died at Munnsville, N. Y., 
 December 27, 19 10. 
 
 84. Charles Willis Bratt, IX., son of John (32) and 
 Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Togg, Lysander 
 Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 31, 1859, and 
 April 5, 1883, married Nettie Matilda Horton, daughter 
 of Edward and Mary Horton. She was born at Horton- 
 town, Lysander Township, N. Y., June 3, 1859. 
 
 They had two children: — 
 
 188 I. Jessie Belle, born May 2, 1884. See p. 128. 
 1S9 II. Leia Jane, born November 25, 1889, and died Au- 
 gust 7, 1890. 
 Nettie Matilda (Horton) Bratt died December 25, 
 1894, and March, 1904, Charles Willis Bratt (84) mar- 
 ried Hattie Osborn Humphrey, born June 6, 1859. 
 Charles Willis Bratt (84) : Address, 79 Scribner St., 
 Grand Rapid^, Mich. 
 
 85. Ella May Bratt, IX., daughter of John (32) and 
 Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Togg, Lysander 
 Township, Onandaga County, N. Y., September 21, 1862, 
 and December 9, 1879, married Garret L. Vanderveer, 
 son of Henry and Agnes Mary Vanderveer and grand- 
 son of Garret Vanderveer. (See p. 79.) He was born 
 near Plainville, N. Y., September 27, 1858. 
 
 They had three children : — 
 
 190 I. Hattie May, born October 5, i88i. See p. 129. 
 191 II. Henry was born at Plainville, N. Y., May 15, 
 1884, and died June 7, 1892. 
 
108 ScHENCK Genfalogy 
 
 192 III. John Pomyea, born at Plainville, N. Y., January 17, 
 1886. Address, Lysander, N. V. 
 
 Ella May (Bratt) Vanderveer (85) died at Plainville, 
 N. Y., December 11, 1888. Garret L. Vanderveer died 
 at Meridian, N. Y., July 3, 1907. 
 
 86. Anna Isabell Bratt, IX., daughter of John (32) 
 and Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Plainville, N. 
 Y., August 9, 1864, and January 17, 1885, married John 
 Wesley Albright, son of Jacob and Eliza (Reed) Albright. 
 He was born at New Scotland, Albany County, N. Y., 
 May 8, 1859. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 193 I. Charles Wesley, born at Hurstville, Albany Coun- 
 ty, N. Y., May 14, 1889. 
 194 II. Howard Baxter, born at Hurstville, N. Y., July 2j, 
 i«9S- 
 
 195 III. Wesley Alfred, born at Hurstville, N. Y., April 9, 
 
 1897. 
 
 196 IV. Henry Cary, born at New Scotland, Albany County, 
 
 N. Y., August 23, 1903. 
 Anna Isabell (Bratt) Albright (86): Address, R. F. 
 D., Voorheesville, N. Y. 
 
 87. Alice Merriman Bratt, PX., daughter of John 
 (32) and Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Plain- 
 ville, Onondaga County, N. Y., September 11, 1866, and 
 January 14, 1885, married Edward Alexander Jackson, 
 son of Richard and Mary (Clark) Jackson. He was born 
 at Scroepples, N. Y., December 30, i860. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 197 I. Eyola Bratt, born at Plainville, N. Y., October 
 21, 1888. 
 198 II. Reba Mary was born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., June 
 4, 1894, and died June 21, 1898. 
 
Ninth Generation 109 
 
 Alice Merriman (Bratt) Jackson (87) : Address, Bald 
 winsville, N. Y. 
 
 88. Ernest Wilson Bratt, IX., son of John (32) and 
 Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Plainville, Onon- 
 daga County, N. Y., December 26, 1869, and February 
 II, 1 89 1, married Julia Stevens, daughter of John and 
 Eleanor Stevens. She was born at Buffalo, N. Y., No- 
 vember 20, 1869. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 199 I. Florence May, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., Juive 
 7, 1892. 
 200 n. Alice Viola, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., March 
 13, 1896. 
 Ernest Wilson Bratt (88) : Address, Edgerton, Mich. 
 
 89. Sarah Elsie Bratt, IX., daughter of John (32) 
 and Matilda (Wilson) Bratt, was born at Plainville, 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., November 12, 1872, and Jan- 
 uary 20, 1897, married Franklin Mills Adsit, son of 
 Francis and Mary (Mills) Adsit. He was born at Little 
 Utica, Onondaga County, N. Y., March 21, 1871. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 201 I. Elon Bratt, born at Little Utica, N. Y., January 15, 
 1899. 
 Sarah Elsie (Bratt) Adsit (89) : Address, Baldwins- 
 ville, N. Y. 
 
 90. Ella Lillian Hubbard, IX., daughter of Chauncey 
 and Elsie (Bratt) Hubbard (33), was born at Plainville, 
 Onondaga County, N. Y., December 31, 1854, and March 
 26, 1878, married Miles Clarence Carncross, son of John 
 and Mary Ann (Elsworth) Carncross. He was born at 
 Meridian, Cayuga County, N. Y., October 22, 1855. 
 
110 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 202 I. Avis May, born January 31, 1884. See p. 129. 
 203 II. Frank Hubbard, born at Plainville, N. Y., March 
 23, 1893. 
 
 Ella Lillian (Hubbard) Carncross (90) : Address, 
 Plainville, N. Y. 
 
 97. Herbert Eugene Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck 
 (35) and Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt, was born in 
 
 the Township of Lysander, Onondaga County, February 
 13, 1870, and January 26, 1890, married Frances E. 
 Hammond, daughter of George and Hettie Hammond. 
 She was born at Lysander, N. Y., May 12, 1868. 
 Children : — 
 
 204 I. Earl, born in Lysander Township, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., February 18, 1891. 
 205 II. Glenn, born in Lysander Township, N. Y., Au- 
 gust 18, 1892. 
 
 206 III. Frances was born in Lysander Township, N. Y., 
 
 March 12, 1895, and died March 30, 1895. 
 
 207 IV. Mabel was born in Lysander Township, N. Y., 
 
 May 12, 1896. 
 208 V. Ethel, born in Lysander Township, N. Y., October 
 12, 1898. 
 209 VI. Edith, born in Lysander Township, N. Y., January 
 
 7, 1901. 
 Herbert Eugene Bratt (97) : Address, R. F. D Mem- 
 phis, N. Y. 
 
 98. LeRoy Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck (35) and 
 Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt, was born in Lysander 
 Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., July 23, 1872, and 
 October 24, 1890, married Grace Hall, daughter of Rob- 
 ert and Frances (Carson) Hall. She was born at Maus- 
 ton. Wis., September 8, 1870. 
 
Ninth Generation 111 
 
 Children : — 
 
 2IO I. Florence Louise, born at Syracuse, N. Y., August 
 
 30, 1902. 
 2n II. Gertrude Ruth, born at Syracuse, N. Y., September 
 1 6, 1907. 
 
 LeRoy Bratt (98) : Address, 257 Fitch St., Syracuse, 
 N. Y. 
 
 99. Arthur Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck (35) 
 and Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt, was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., Febru- 
 ary 28, 1874, and April 7, 1897, married Grace Edna 
 Gibbs, daughter of William and Augusta Gibbs. She 
 was born at Jordan, N. Y., April 15, 1872. 
 
 Arthur Bratt (99) : Address, Jordan, N. Y. 
 
 100. William Peter Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck 
 (35) and Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt, was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y. , Decem- 
 ber 17, 1882, and January 4, 1905, married Maude Bow- 
 man, daughter of Willis and Alice (Farley) Bowman. 
 She was born at Memphis, N. Y., July 10, 1878. 
 
 William Peter Bratt (100) : Address, Memphis, N. Y. 
 
 loi. Harry Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck (35) 
 and Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt, was born in the 
 Township of Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 
 26, 1884, and June 24, 1909, married lona Leona Doane, 
 daughter of Adelbert and Anna (Van Slyck) Doane. She 
 was born at Syracuse, N. Y., November 22, 1883. 
 
 Harry Bratt (loi): Address, 402 Arthur St., Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y. 
 
112 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 I02. Raymond Bratt, IX., son of Peter Schenck (35) 
 and Marta Nettie (Carpenter) Bratt was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 
 24, 1888, and January I, 1910, married Martha Jessie 
 Rogers, daughter of Frank Adelbert and Elizabeth 
 (Bittel) Rogers. She was born in Lysander Township, 
 April I, 1888. 
 
 Raymond Bratt (102): Address, Baldwinsville, N. Y. 
 
 105. Benjamin Robinson Schenck, IX., son of Adrian 
 Adelbert (37) ,and Harriet Parthenia (Robinson) 
 Schenck, was born at Syracuse, N. Y., August 19, 1872, 
 and August 17, 1904, married Jessie Jane McCallum, 
 daughter of Peter and Agnes (Mclndoe) McCallum. 
 She was born at St. Catharines, Ont., August 10, 1872. 
 Children :— 
 
 312 I. Le!Ia Marion, born at Detroit, Mich., September 
 30, 1905. 
 213 n. John Tyler, born at Detroit, Mich., September 18, 
 1907. 
 Benjamin Robinson Schenck (105) received the degree 
 of A. B. from Williams College in 1894, an^ the degree 
 of M. D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1898. Ad- 
 dress: 32 Adams Ave., W., Detroit, Mich. 
 
 1 10. Inez Eudora Spaulding, IX., daughter of Burns 
 (39) and Caroline A. (Phelps) Spaulding, was born at 
 Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., November 22, 1857, 
 and April 10, 1878, married Charles Watson Kyle, son 
 of Alexander and Caroline A. Kyle. He was born in 
 New York City, May 13, 1844. 
 They had one child : — 
 
 214 I. Caroline Inez, born at Detroit, Mich., August 22, 
 1879. 
 
Ninth Generation 113 
 
 Inez Eudora (Spaulding) Kyle (no), married ^ay 
 24, 1894, Almeron Ward Diunsmore, son of Phineas H. 
 and Lucy Juliette (Peters) Dunsmore. He was born at 
 Fowlersville, N. Y., August 14, 1854. 
 
 Inez Eudora (Spaulding) Dunsmore (no): Address, 
 7300 Princeton Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 112. Louis Spaulding Phelps, IX., son of Major Fitts 
 and Mary (Spaulding) Phelps (40), was born at Granby, 
 Oswego County, N. Y., May 27, 1862, and September 
 16, 1885, married Carrie M. Barnard, daughter of Selah 
 Smith and Melissa (Parker) Barnard. She was born at 
 Volney, N. Y., September 16, 1865. 
 
 They had three children : — 
 
 215 I. Harry Barrett, born August 9, 1886. See p. ijo. 
 
 216 II. Homer Spaulding, born April 11, 1888. See p. 130. 
 
 217 III. Lena Marion, born at Fulton, N. Y., March 2, 1896. 
 
 Louis Spaulding Phelps (112) died at Banks, Oregon, 
 June 17, 1908. Carrie M. (Barnard) Phelps: Address, 
 Fulton, N. Y. 
 
 113. Homer Jay Phelps, IX., son of Major Fitts and 
 Mary (Spaulding) Phelps (40), was born in Granby 
 Township, Oswego County, N. Y., September 5, 1866, 
 and July 3, 1890, married Sarah Agnes Ostrander, daugh- 
 ter of William Henry and Sarah Ellen (Goodman) 
 Ostrander. She was born at Mottville, Onondaga Coun- 
 ty, N. Y., May 11, 1866. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 218 I. Eliza Eleanor, born at South Granby, N. Y., May 
 30, 1891. 
 Z19 II. Harold Major, born at Fulton, N. Y,, March a$, 
 1893. 
 
114 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 220 III. Anna Laura, born at South Granby, N. Y., No- 
 
 vember 9, 1894, 
 
 221 IV. Mildred Bessie, born at Fulton, N. Y., January 17, 
 
 1896. 
 222 V. Gertrude, born at Fulton, N. Y., February 7, 1898. 
 223 VI. Raymond Lee, born at Fulton, N. Y., April 4, 1900. 
 224 VII. Alfred was born at Fulton, N. Y., December 8, 
 1902, and died there May 23, 1903. 
 225 VIII. Ruth Marjorie, born at Fulton, N. Y., June 20, 
 1904. 
 
 Homer Jay Phelps (113): Address, Fulton, N. Y. 
 
 115. Earl Burns Chapman, IX., son of L. Austin and 
 Dealia (Spaulding) Chapman (42), was born at South 
 Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., June 12, 1880, and 
 October 30, 1903, married Minnie Mae Schall, daughter 
 of Ephraim and Ellen (McKinney) Schall. She was 
 born at Beach Bottom, Elk County, Pa., April 12, i88i. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 226 I. Minnie Geraldine, born at Burton, O., June 14, 
 
 1909. 
 
 Earl Burns Chapman (115): Address, American Ex- 
 press Company, Cleveland, O. 
 
 116. Hazel Eliza Chapman, IX., daughter of L. 
 Austin and Dealia (Spaulding) Chapman (42), was born 
 at South Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., February 6, 
 1889, and July 28, 1906, married Harry Albertus 
 Ketchum, son of James Robert and Isadora (Ceathoat) 
 Ketchum. He was born at Alger, Mich., December 26, 
 1886. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 227 I. Robert Burns, born at Fulton, N. Y., February 17, 
 
 1908. 
 
Ninth Generation 115 
 
 Hazel Eliza (Chapman) Ketchum (ii6): Address, 
 
 Fulton, N. Y. 
 
 117. James Emory Fenner, IX., son of James Rulef 
 (44) and Ellen A. (Savage) Fenner, was born at Caze- 
 novia, N. Y., June 4, 1862, and August 9, 1883, married 
 Lou A. Pinckney, daughter of Alpheus and Julia Pinck- 
 ney. She was born at Onondaga Valley, N. Y., March 
 12, 1864. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 228 1. Frederick Munroe, born at Onondaga Valley, N. 
 Y., November 3, 1883, and now in the United 
 States Marine Service. Enlisted September 17, 
 1906. 
 229 II. Harry Rulef, born at Delphi Falls, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., September 23, 1886. 
 
 230 III. Frank Clifton was born at Delphi Falls, N. Y., 
 
 August 9, 1889, and died there September 7, 1890. 
 
 231 IV. Raymond Erasmus, born at Delphi Falls, N. Y., 
 
 August 28, 1903. 
 
 James Emeroy Fenner (117): Address, Delphi Falls, 
 N. Y. 
 
 118. Florence Ellen Fenner, IX., daughter of James 
 Rulef (44) and Ellen A. (Savage) Fenner, was born at 
 Delphi, Onondaga County, N. Y., February i8, 1877, 
 and August 27, 1895, married Frederick Thomas Gallo- 
 way, son of Henry and Harriet E. (Hitchcock) Gallo- 
 way. He was born in Delphi, N. Y., September 6, 1871. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 232 I. Wilbur Fenner, born at Delphi, N. Y., March 29, 
 1896. 
 Florence Ellen (Fenner) Galloway (118): Address, 
 722 Cannon St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
116 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 119. Frederick Fenner Vedder, IX., son of Sylvester 
 A. and Sarah Ellen (Fenner) Vedder (46), was born at 
 Carrollton, 111., October 26, 1866, and February 25, 1892, 
 married Cornelia Edna Vertrees, daughter of John and 
 Frances (Fishback) Vertrees. She was born at Carroll- 
 ton, 111., April 14, 1868. 
 Children : — 
 
 233 I. Virginia Vertrees, born at Carrollton, III., Decem- 
 ber 8, 1892. 
 234 II. George Sidney, born at Carrollton, III., October 20, 
 1894. 
 Frederick Fenner Vedder (119) graduated from the 
 Department of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, in 
 1886. Address, La Harpe, 111, 
 
 121. Wilmina Wycoff Vedder, IX., daughter of Syl- 
 vester A. and Sarah Ellen (Fenner) Vedder (46), was 
 born at Carrollton, 111., September 17, 1872, and Sep- 
 tember 28, 1887, married John Cowan Wilson, son of 
 Dr. Eberle and Lucy (Cannedy) Wilson. He was born 
 at Fayette, Green County, 111., August 21, 1869. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 235 I. Eberle Irving, born at Carrollton, III., April 25, 
 1888. 
 Wilmina Wycoff (Vedder) Wilson (i2i) graduated 
 at the Female Academy, Jacksonville, 111., and at the 
 Musical Conservatory of the same place. She later studied 
 two years in the College of Music, Chicago. Address, 
 6938 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, 111. 
 
 122. Ross Sylvester Vedder, IX., son of Sylvester A. 
 and Sarah Ellen (Fenner) Vedder (46), was born at 
 Carrollton, 111., November 8, 1874, and August 22, 1900, 
 married Kathleen Witherbee, daughter of Thomas F. and 
 
Ninth Generation 117 
 
 Caroline (Pease) Witherbee. She was born at Port 
 Henry, N. Y., June 9, 1880. 
 
 Ross Sylvester Vedder (122) graduated at the Chicago 
 Dental College in 1897. Address, Nevada, Mo. 
 
 124. Neil Davis Vedder, IX., son of Sylvester A. and 
 Sarah Ellen (Fenner) Vedder (46), was born at Car- 
 rollton. 111., October 29, 1880, and June 6, 1906, married 
 Edna Rumrill, daughter of Edvvrard and Ella (Landiss) 
 Rumrill. She was born at Carrollton, 111., September 6, 
 1879. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 236 I. Herbert Edward, born at Carrollton, III., June 19, 
 1907. 
 
 Neil Davis Vedder (124) graduated from the Depart- 
 ment of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1901. Ad- 
 dress, Carrollton, 111, 
 
 126. Charles Day Fenner, IX., son of Frederick Wil- 
 liam (47) and Eliza (Day) Fenner, was born at Lysan- 
 der, Onondaga County, N. Y., August 18, 1867, and 
 June 4, 1S90, married Mabel Keller, daughter of James 
 Henry and Margaret (Martin) Keller. She was born at 
 Lysander, N. Y., June 20, 1869. 
 
 Charles Day Fenner (126): Address, Baldwinsville, 
 N. Y. 
 
 127. Frederick William Fenner, IX., son of Frederick 
 William (47) and Eliza (Day) Fenner, was born at 
 Lysander, Onondaga County, N. Y., November 10, 1869, 
 and June 16, 1892, married Jessie Mead Kelly. She was 
 born at Lysander, N. Y., May 11, 1872. 
 
118 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 237 I. Halcyon Edith, born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., May 
 28, 1894. 
 Frederick William Fenner (127) : Address, 529 Tall- 
 man St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 129. Jennie Fenner, IX., daughter of Byron Russell 
 (49) and Caroline V. (Nash) Fenner, was born in Gun- 
 plain Township, Allegan County, Mich., August 15, 
 1864, and February 12, 1890, married Manley Maurice 
 Chase, son of Hiram and Sarah (Holden) Chase. He 
 was born at Prairieville, Mich., October 21, 1858. 
 Children : — 
 
 238. I. Herbert Fenner was born at Prairieville, Mich., 
 October 26, 1893, and died there January 15, 1894. 
 239 11. Maurice Manley was born at Prairieville, Mich., 
 March 28, 1896, and died there July 30, 1896. 
 
 240 III. Elliott Leo was born at Prairieville, Mich., Feb- 
 
 ruary 12, 1898, and died there April i, 1899. 
 
 241 IV. Cecile Caroline, born at Prairieville, Mich., March 
 
 15, 1899. 
 Jennie (Fenner) Chase (129): Address, Prairieville, 
 Mich. 
 
 133. William Henry Scott, IX., son of Henry Robley 
 and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born in 
 Gunplain Township, Allegan County, Mich, January 
 28, 1863, and July 2, 1882, married Allie Belle Phillips, 
 daughter of Albert and Harriet (Amsden) Phillips. She 
 tvas born at Kendall Mills, Monroe County, N. Y , 
 April 22, 1864. 
 Children :— 
 
 242 I. Maude Belle, born September 28, 1883. See p. 130. 
 243 n. Harry Agatha, born November 25, 1889. See p. 
 131. 
 
Ninth Generation 119 
 
 William Henry Scott (133): Address, 1607 E. Main 
 St., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
 134- Kittie Belle Scott, IX., daughter of Henry Rob- 
 ley and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born 
 in Gunplain Township, Allegan County, Mich., De- 
 cember 21, 1864, and September 8, 1885, married John 
 Franklin Eesley, son of Albert and Jennette (Goldie) 
 Eesley. He was born at Hamilton, Ont., December 11, 
 1859. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 244 I. Iva Belle was born at Plainwell, Mich., June 8, 
 1887, and died there February 10, 1888. 
 245 II. Harold John, born in Plainwell, Mich., April 3, 
 1893. 
 246 III. Franklin R. B., was born In Plainwell, Mich., Feb- 
 ruary 9, 1898, and died there October 21, 1898. 
 Kittie Belle (Scott) Eesley (134) : Address, Plainwell, 
 Mich. 
 
 135. Charles Seneca Scott, IX., son of Henry Robley 
 and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born at 
 Plainwell, Mich., January 12, 1869, and April 5, 1893, 
 married Belle A. Moulton, daughter of Irvin L. and 
 Betsy E. (Wall) Moulton. She was born at Martin, 
 Allegan County, Mich., October 20, 1872. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 247 I. Dorothea Moulton, born August 18, 1897. 
 Charles Seneca Scott (135) : Address, Plainwell, Mich. 
 
 136. Herbert Russell Scott, IX., son of Henry Robley 
 and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born at 
 Plainwell, Mich., September 27, 1871, and March 15, 
 1900, married Maud May Notter, daughter of John A. 
 
120 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 and Jennie Lavinia (Burrows) Notter. She was born 
 at Flint, Mich., February 8, 1875. 
 Children : — 
 
 248 I. Herbert Russell, born June 20, 1903. 
 249 II. Donald Notter, born July 9, 1904. 
 
 250 III. Nathan Burrows, born October 23, 1908. 
 
 251 IV. Gerald Notter, born August 10, 1910. 
 
 Herbert Russell Scott (136): Address, 831 Clinton 
 Ave., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
 137. Franklin James Scott, IX., son of Henry Robley 
 and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born at 
 Plainwell, Mich., September 30, 1873, and November 
 24, 1908, married Fannie Elizabeth Ransom, daughter 
 of John Noyes ahd Caroline (Hydorn) Ransom. She 
 was born at Alamo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., October 
 3> 1872. 
 
 Franklin James Scott (137): Address, Plainwell, 
 Mich. 
 
 138. Bertha May Scott, IX., daughter of Henry 
 Robley and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was born 
 at Plainwell, Mich., August 4, 1875, and November 11, 
 1904, married John Samuel McColl, son of John Thomas 
 and Isabella (McLean) McColl. He was born at Jack- 
 son, Mich., November 19, 1876. 
 
 Bertha May (Scott) McColl (138): Address, 415 
 Locust St., Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
 139. Caroline Eleanor Scott, IX., daughter of Henry 
 Robley and Eliza Eleanor (Fenner) Scott (50), was 
 born at Plainwell, Mich., August 2, 1877, and July 8, 
 1908, married Ira R. Bullock, son of Ira and M. Jose- 
 phine (Ensign) Bullock. He was born at Lynn, Mich., 
 May II, 1870. 
 
Ninth Generation 121 
 
 Caroline Eleanor (Scott) Bullock (139): Address, 
 Plainwell, Mich. 
 
 140. Ernest William Fenner, IX., son of William 
 Perry (51) and Mina L. (Sornbury) Fenner, was born 
 at Martin, Allegan County, Mich., September 24, 1870, 
 and October 24, 1895, married Grace Nichols, daughter 
 of Dr. George Byron and Eunice M. (Watkins) Nichols. 
 She was born at Martin, Mich., November 9, 1870. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 252 I. Horace Alfred, born at Martin, Mich., July 12, 
 
 1897. 
 253 II. Helen Angeline, born at Martin, Mich., March 21, 
 1908. 
 254 III. Byron Nichols, born at Martin, Mich., August 4, 
 1910. 
 
 Ernest William Fenner (140): Address, Martin, 
 Mich. 
 
 141. Nellie May Fenner, IX., daughter of William 
 Perry (51) and Mina L. (Sornbury) Fenner, was born 
 in Gunplain Township, Allegan County, Mich., Septem- 
 ber I, 1872, and January 30, 1896, married Frank A. 
 Pratt, son of William and Emma (Buchanan) Pratt. He 
 was born at Martin, Mich., January 25, 1872. Nellie 
 (Fenner) Pratt died April 10, 1898, leaving no children. 
 
 142. James Bruce Fenner, IX., son of William Perry 
 (51) and Mina L. (Sornbury; Fenner, was born in Gun- 
 plain Township, Allegan County, Mich., September 28, 
 1874, and April 14, 1897, married Wilma Belle Stayman, 
 daughter of William D. and Mary J. ( Swaney) Stayman. 
 She was born at La Grange, Ind., December 7, 1875. 
 
122 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 Z55 I. Russell William, born at Martin, Mich., February 
 28, 1898. 
 
 256 II. Gertrude Helen, born at Martin, Mich., July 23, 
 
 1899. 
 James Bruce Fenner (142) died April 21, 1904. 
 Wilma Belle (Stayman) Fenner: Address, Martin, Mich. 
 
 145. Orlie Perry Fenner, IX., son of William Perry 
 (51) and Mina L. (Sornbury) Fenner, was born in 
 Gunplain, Allegan County, Mich., December 20, 1884, 
 and March 8, 1906, married Isabella Ketchum, daughter 
 of Fernando and Roxie (Presley) Ketchum. She was 
 born at Martin, Mich., December 24, 1885. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 257 I. Gerald James, born in Martin, Allegan County, 
 
 Mich., February 2, 1907. 
 
 258 II. Dorothy Isabelle, born in Martin, November 26, 
 
 1909. 
 Orlie Perry Fenner (145) now resides on the Home- 
 stead Farm in the Township of Martin, Allegan County, 
 granted by the government to his grandfather Sornbury, 
 about 1840. Address: Martin, Mich. 
 
 147. Edith May Fenner, IX., daughter of Franklin 
 Monroe (53) and Hannah Ida (Honeysett) Fenner, was 
 born in the Township of Gunplain, Allegan County, 
 Mich., October 23, 1878, and October 28, 1896, married 
 David Edward Brown, son of Henry and Jane (Wood) 
 Brown. He was born in Gunplain Township, Mich., 
 October 27, 1874. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 259 I. Verne LeRoy, born in Gunplain, October 10, 1899. 
 260 II. Reon David, born in Gunplain, February 23, 1904. 
 
Ninth Generation 123 
 
 z6i III. Tola May, born in Gunplain, August zS, 1909. 
 Edith May (Fenner) Brown (147): Address, Plain- 
 well, Mich. 
 
 148. Ida Myrtle Fenner, IX., daughter of Franklin 
 Monroe (53) and Hannah Ida (Honeysett) Fenner, was 
 born in Gunplain Township, Allegan County, Mich., 
 July 17, 1880, and February 4, 1901, married Boaz Cam- 
 field, son of Boaz and Anna (Bellingham) Camfield. He 
 was born at Rotherfield, Sussex, England, October 1 1 , 
 1872. 
 
 Children : — 
 262 I. Nordah Lavee, born in Gunplain, Allegan Coun- 
 ty, Mich., October 4, 1902. 
 
 263 II. Franklin Boaz, born in Gunplain, Allegan County, 
 Mich., June 18, 1905. 
 
 Ida Myrtle (Fenner) Camfield (148): Address, Plain- 
 well, Mich. 
 
 149. Starr Franklin Fenner, IX., son of Franklin 
 Monroe (53) and Hannah Ida (Honeysett) Fenner, was 
 born in Gunplain, Allegan County, Mich., February 24, 
 1886, and February 24, 19 10, married Frances M. 
 Greene, daughter of Abner and Marion D. (Root) 
 Greene. She was born at Kendalls, Mich., May 23, 1891. 
 Starr Franklin Fenner (149): Address, Plainwell, 
 Mich. 
 
 152. Nellie Maria Schenck, IX., daughter of Hulbert 
 Luke (54) and Betsey (Fenner) Schenck, was born in 
 Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., September 
 II, 1867, and November 6, 1890, married Edmund Har- 
 vey Turner, son of Samuel and Ellen f Mills) Turner. 
 He was born in Lysander Township, January 24, 1866. 
 
124 ScHENCK. Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 264 I. Hattie Betsey was born in Lysander Township, 
 June 10, 1891, and died August 3, 1903. 
 265 II. Anna Nellie, born in Lysander Township, May iS, 
 
 1900. 
 266 III. Ellen May, born in Lysander Township, Septem- 
 ber 14, 1 901. 
 Nellie M. (Schenck) Turner (152): Address, R. 
 F. D., Memphis, N. Y. 
 
 153. William Vanderveer Schenck, IX., son of Hul- 
 bert Luke (54) and Betsey (Fenner) Schenck, was born 
 in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., Jan- 
 uary 22, 1875, and December I, 1895, married Nellie 
 Wright, daughter of Charles and Caroline (Miller) 
 Wright. She was born in Ira, Cayuga County, N. Y., 
 March 22, 1874. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 267 I. John Hulbert, born in Lysander Township, Feb- 
 
 ruary 3, 1900. 
 
 268 II. Lillian May, born in Lysander Township, July 9, 
 
 1909. 
 William Vanderveer Schenck (153): Address, R. F. 
 D., Memphis, N. Y. 
 
 154. Lester Hulbert Schenck, IX., son of James 
 Shuler (56) and Ella Lucretia (Wormuth) Schenck, 
 was born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. 
 Y., August 4, 1880, and October 21, 1903, married Thola 
 Nett Tabor, daughter of Ernest Grant and Nett (Clark) 
 Tabor. She was born in the Township of Cato, Cayuga 
 County, N. Y., August 16, 1885. 
 
 Lester Hulbert Schenck (154): Address, R. F. D., 
 Memphis, N. Y. 
 
Ninth Generation 125 
 
 158. Elva Simmons, IX., daughter of George Wil- 
 liam and Effie Isadore (Schenck) Simmons (60), was 
 born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
 August 31, 1871, and September 4, 1895, married Edward 
 Bela Kaple, son of Dr. John Delmar and Martha (Good- 
 rich) Kaple. He was born at Hartwich, N. Y., March 
 I, 1872. 
 
 Elva (Simmons) Kaple (158): Address, Elbridge, 
 N. Y. 
 
 160. Florence Loretta Schenck, IX., daughter of Wil- 
 liam Baird (61) and Florence Loretta (Osborn) 
 Schenck, was born in Lysander Township, Onondaga 
 County, N. Y., August 3, 1880, and October 5, 1898, 
 married Ceylon Charles Shearer, son of William Charles 
 and Ann (Murray) Shearer. He was born at Homer, 
 N. Y., January 5, 1872. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 269 I. Alice Loretta, born at Homer, N. Y., September a, 
 
 1900. 
 270 II. Grace Reba, born at Cortland, N. Y., December 
 2z, 1902. 
 
 271 III. Marion Nellie, born at Cortland, N. Y., August 
 
 II, 1904. 
 
 272 IV. Neva Estella, born at Cortland, N. Y., December 
 
 19, 1908. 
 Florence Loretta (Schenck) Shearer (160): Address, 
 3 Wadsworth St., Cortland, N. Y. 
 
 161. Rulef David Schenck, IX., son of William 
 Beard (61) and Florence Loretta (Osborn) Schenck, 
 was born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. 
 v., January 21, 1885, and September 6, 1905, married 
 
126 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Irma Louise Givens, daughter of George E. and Hattie 
 (Harter) Givens. She was born at Ithaca, N. Y., 
 October 2, 1884. 
 Children : — 
 
 273 I. Lawrence David, born at Cortland, N. Y., Decem- 
 
 ber 12, 1906. 
 
 274 II. Luthera Jane, born at Cortland, N. Y., May 6, 1910. 
 Rulef David Schenck (161): Address, 92 Lincoln 
 
 Av., Cortland, N. Y. 
 
 TENTH GENERATION IN AMERICA. 
 
 162. Ada Mary Wilson, X., daughter of Mervin 
 James (62) and Cornelia (Harrington) Wilson, was 
 born at Memphis, Onondaga County, N. Y., January i, 
 j88i, and March 12, 1902, married Frederick W. Corey, 
 son of Charles H. and Helen (Knight) Corey. He was 
 born at Jordan, N. Y., July 5, 1873. 
 
 Children :— 
 
 27s I. Eunice Catherine was born at Syracuse, N. Y., 
 July 15, 1903, and died there April i8, 1904. 
 Ada M. (Wilson) Corey (162): Address, 919 W. 
 Onondaga St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 163. Willard Dennis Stone, X., son of Delancy 
 Duyane and Orinda More (Wilson) Stone (63), was 
 born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County, N. Y., 
 June 7, 1870, and February 12, 1894, married Hilda 
 Norman, daughter of Olif Norman. She was born July 
 9, 1871. 
 
 They had two children : — 
 
 276 I. Norman D., born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., Novem- 
 
 ber I, 1894. 
 
 277 II. Donald D., born at Baldwinsville, N. Y., December 
 
 13, 1895. 
 
Tenth Generation 127 
 
 Willard Dennis Stone (163) married again, February, 
 1904, Eunice Howe. His address is Cato, N. Y. 
 
 164. Rosa Anna Stone, X., daughter of Delancy 
 Duyane and Orinda More (Wilson) Stone (63), was 
 born in Lysander Township, Onondaga County., N. Y., 
 October 5, 1879, and April 3, 1907, married Dr. William 
 T. Hudson, son of Watson N. and Mary (French) 
 Hudson. He was born at Auburn, N. Y., July 6, 1874. 
 
 Ro&a Anna (Stone) Hudson (164) : Address, Auburn, 
 N. Y. 
 
 168. Harriet Belle Lowe, X., daughter of Joseph 
 Garret and Inez Ann (Vedder) Lowe (70), was born 
 at Washington, Kas., June 23, 1874, and January 22, 
 1903, married Frederic Tobey Stackpole, son of Frederic 
 W. and S. Elizabeth (Tobey) Stackpole. He was born 
 at Thomastown, Me., November 18, 1874. 
 
 Children : — 
 278 I. Joseph Frederic, born at Seattle, Wash., April 14, 
 
 1904. 
 379 II. Frederic Tobey, born at El Reno, Okla., December 
 23, 1908. 
 
 Harriet Belle (Lowe) Stackpole (168): Address, El 
 Reno, Okla. 
 
 169. Russell Gordon Lowe, X., son of Joseph Garret 
 and Inez Ann (Vedder) Lowe (70), was born at Wash- 
 ington, Kas., November 12, 1877, and July 4, 1901, mar- 
 ried Doris Pearl Carlock, daughter of Andrew Means 
 and Luella (Cullom) Carlock. She was born at 
 Cleburne, Tex., April 26, 1879. 
 
128 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Children : — 
 
 280 I. Helen Marjorie, born at Perry, Okla., June 25, 1902. 
 
 281 II. Gordon Cullom, born at Perry, Okla., March u, 
 
 1906. 
 
 Russell Gordon Lowe (169): Address, Oklahoma 
 City, Okla. 
 
 170. Clara Leslie Lowe, X., daughter of Joseph Gar- 
 ret and Inez Ann (Vedder) Lowe (70), was born at 
 Washington, Kas., May 31, 1880, and October 12, 1904, 
 married Dr. Ralph Evans Runkle, son of Winfield S. and 
 Mirium (Evans) Runkle. He was born at Mingo, O., 
 February 26, 1878. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 282 I. Winfield Lowe, born at El Reno, Okla, June 22, 
 
 1908. 
 Clara Leslie (Lowe) Runkle (170): Address, El 
 Reno, Okla. 
 
 176. Maud May Hallowell, X., daughter of 
 Alfred Mortimer and Harriet Elnora (Vedder) Hallo- 
 well (71) was born at Washington, Kas., April 13, 1876, 
 and June 30, 1894, married Claude Clinton Needham, 
 son of Nathan B. and Mary A. (Graves) Needham. He 
 was born at Clifton, Kas., May 7, 1876. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 283 I. Claude Raymond, born at El Reno, Okla., June i8, 
 
 1899. 
 Maud May (Hallowell) Needham (176): Address, 
 Ventura, Cal. 
 
 188. Jessie Belle Bratt, X., daughter of Charles 
 Willis (84) and Nettie Matilda (Horton) Bratt, 
 was born at Plainville, Onondaga County, N. Y., May 2, 
 
Tenth Generation 129 
 
 1884, and December 24, 1903, married Earl Lewis John- 
 son, son of George H. and Emily (Lewis) Johnson, He 
 was born at Granby, N. Y., August 21, 1883. 
 Children : — 
 
 284 I. Lela Bratt, born at Fulton, N. Y., January 14, 1907. 
 285 II. Kenneth Charles, born at Fulton, N. Y., September 9, 
 
 1908. 
 Jessie Belle (Bratt) Johnson (188): Address, 407 
 Wilbur Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 190. Hattie May Vanderveer, X., daughter of Garret 
 L. and Ella May (Bratt) Vanderveer (85), was born 
 at Plainville, N. Y., October 5, 1881, and November 22, 
 1899, married Charles Theodore Lange, son ot Frederick 
 and Elizabeth (Kwitz) Lange. He was born at South 
 Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., June 18, 1881. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 286 I. Raymond Charles, born at South Grandy, N. Y, 
 
 April 30, 1901. 
 
 287 II. Ernest William, born at South Granby, N. Y., 
 
 July 5, 1904. 
 Hattie May (Vanderveer) Lange (190): Address, 
 South Granby, N. Y. 
 
 202. Avis May Carncross, X., daughter of Miles 
 Clarence and Ella Lillian (Hubbard) Carncross (90), 
 was born at Meridian, Cayuga County, N. Y., January 
 31, 1884, and December 14, 1905, married Charles Egbert 
 Cox, son of William B. and Mary Frances (Gordon) 
 Cox. He was born at Hortontown, Onondaga County, 
 N. Y., December 27, 1879. 
 Children : — 
 
 288 I. Maurice Egbert, born at Syracuse, N. Y., July 9, 
 1908. 
 
130 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Avis May (Carncross) Cox (202) : Address, 219 
 West Corning Av., Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 215. Harry Barrett Phelps, X., son of Louis Spauld- 
 ing (112) and Carrie M. (Barnard) Phelps, was born at 
 Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., August 9, 1886, and 
 February 4, 1905, married Harriet L. Osborn. 
 
 Harry Barrett Phelps (215): Address, United States 
 Navy, Washington, D. C. 
 
 216. Homer Spaulding Phelps, X., son of Louis 
 Spaulding (112) and Carrie M. (Barnard) Phelps, was 
 born at Granby, Oswego County, N. Y., April 11, 1888, 
 and June 26, 1907, married Nellie Mae Wolcott, 
 daughter of John and Elizabeth Mae (Tillapaugh) Wol- 
 cott. She was born at Pulaski, N. Y., May 8, 1889. 
 
 Children : — 
 
 289 I. Lena Mae was born at Fulton, IV. Y., February 17, 
 1908, and died there October 7, 1908. 
 
 Homer Spaulding Phelps (216) : Address, 423 
 Columbia St., Utica, N. Y. 
 
 242. Maude Belle Scott, X., daughter of William 
 Henry (133) and Alice Belle (Phillips) Scott, was born 
 at Ludington, Mich., September 28, 1883, and January 28, 
 1 910, married William Howard Rice, son of William L. 
 and Emily Ann (Corsin) Rice. He was born at Mendon, 
 Mich., August 13, 1884. 
 
 Maude Belle (Scott) Rice (242): Address, 713 
 Southworth Place, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
Tenth Generation 131 
 
 243. Harry Agatha Scott, X., son of William Henry 
 (133) and AUie Belle (Phillips) Scott, was born at 
 Plainwell, Mich., November 25, 1889, and July 14, 1909, 
 married Bessie Lenora Lum, daughter of Harrison V. 
 and Harriet Emeline (Brininstool) Lum. She was born 
 at Galesburg, Kalamazoo County, Mich., December 20, 
 1884. 
 
 Harry Agatha Scott (243): — Address, 1521 Fairbanks 
 Court, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Adams, Amos n ^ 
 
 Marvin 45 
 
 Adsit, Elon Bratt (201) ioq 
 
 Francis 109 
 
 Franklin Mills 109 
 
 Sarah Bratt (89) 85-109 
 
 Afferden, Lord of 23, 24, 25 55, 56, 'i 
 
 Albright, Anna Bratt (86) 85-io8 
 
 Charles Wesley (193) 108 
 
 Henry Clay (196) ic8 
 
 Howard Baxter (194) 108 
 
 Jacob 108 
 
 John Wesley _ 108 
 
 Wesley Alfred (195) 108 
 
 Allis, T. W 72 
 
 American History, Early 27 
 
 Amersfoort (Flatlands, L. I.) 28-29 
 
 Amsden, Harriet 118 
 
 Arssen, Lord of 56 
 
 Babcock, David 106 
 
 Ella _ 106 
 
 Margaret - 106 
 
 Baird, Caroline 6 ■; 
 
 Elsie 43-^5 
 
 Family, Note on +^ 
 
 John 43 
 
 William 65 
 
134 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Baker, Mary J - »04 
 
 Baldwin, Dr. James C 44 
 
 Baldwin's Bridge, N. Y 44 
 
 Baldwinsville, N. Y 44 
 
 "Baldwinsville Gazette" 44 
 
 'Baldwinsville Republican" 44 
 
 Barber, Addie E 93 
 
 Barnard, Carrie M _ 113 
 
 Selah Smith 1 13 
 
 Bates, Deborah _ 82 
 
 James 82 
 
 Louisa Wilson (19) 66-82 
 
 Samuel W 82 
 
 Bellingham, Anna _ _ 123 
 
 Bertholf, Rev. Guillaume 38 
 
 Betts, Chauncey 45-52 
 
 Betts' Corners, N. Y 45 
 
 Bittel, Elizabeth 112 
 
 Blyenbeclc, Castle of 24, 25, 26, 28, 56, 57 
 
 Bout, Jan Everston 28 
 
 Bowman, Maude 1 1 1 
 
 Willis in 
 
 Bradt, See note 86 
 
 Bratt, Alice Merriman (87) 85, 108 
 
 Alice Viola (200) 109 
 
 Anna Isabel (86) 85, 108 
 
 Arthur (99) 87, III 
 
 Charles Willis (84) 85, 107 
 
 Earl (204) no 
 
 Edith (209) no 
 
 Ella May (85) 85, 107 
 
 Eliza Ann (31) _ _ 70 
 
 Elsie (33) - 70. 85 
 
 Ernest Wilson (88) _ 85, 109 
 
 Ethel (208) no 
 
 Florence Louise (210) _ „ m 
 
 Florence May (199) _ ,09 
 
 Frances (206) no 
 
Index 135 
 
 Bratt, Frank Leslie (83) 85, 106 
 
 Glenn (205) no 
 
 Gertrude Ruth (211) m 
 
 Harry (loi) 87,111 
 
 Herbert Eugene (97) 87, no 
 
 Jessie Belle (188) 107,128 
 
 John 4.5^ 48, 70 
 
 John (32) 70,85 
 
 Lela Jane (189) 107 
 
 LeRoy (98) 87,110 
 
 Mabel (207) no 
 
 Margaret Schenck (5) 48,65,70 
 
 Peter 48, 70 
 
 Peter Schenck (35) 70,86 
 
 Raymond (102) _ 87,112 
 
 Rebecca 70 
 
 Ruth (103) 87 
 
 Sarah Catharine (34) 48, 70, 82, 86 
 
 Sarah Elsie (89) "^ 85, 109 
 
 William Peter (loo) 87, in 
 
 Brininstool, Harriet Emeline 13 1 
 
 Brinkerhoff, Susanna Abrahamse „ 61 
 
 Brown, David Edward 122 
 
 Edith Fenner (147) 97, t22 
 
 Henry _ 122 
 
 Ida May (261) 123 
 
 John „ 36 
 
 Reon David (260) 122 
 
 Verne Le Roy (259) 122 
 
 Brugers, Gertgen 25, 26 
 
 Buchanan, Emma 121 
 
 Buck, John - 45, 48 
 
 Buel, Grover 45 
 
 Bullock, Caroline Scott (139) 96, 120 
 
 Ira 120 
 
 Ira R 120 
 
 Bump, W. P 45 
 
 Burke, Anna 105 
 
136 ScHENCK Genealogy _^ 
 
 Burrows, Jennie Lavinia 120 
 
 Burtnett, Charles Gordon 10^ 
 
 Harriet Vedder (71) 83,102 
 
 Carafield, Boas 123 
 
 Franklin Boas (263) 123 
 
 Ida Fenner (148) 97,123 
 
 Nordah Lavee (262) 123 
 
 Cannedy, Lucy Ii6 
 
 Carlock, Andrew Means 127 
 
 Doris Pearl 127 
 
 Carncross, Avis Mav (202) , no, 129 
 
 Ella Hubbard (90) 86,109 
 
 Frank Hubbard (203) no 
 
 John 109 
 
 Miles Clarence 109 
 
 Carpenter, George 86 
 
 Marta Nettie 86 
 
 Ruth 86 
 
 Carroll, David 45>47 
 
 Carson, Frances no 
 
 Case, Mary Elizabeth 96 
 
 Sarah 96 
 
 Stephen 96 
 
 Cayuga County, Branch of Family in 42, 64 
 
 Ceathoat, Isadora 114 
 
 Chapman, Adelia 92 
 
 Austin 92 
 
 Delia Spaulding (42) 74,92 
 
 Ear] Burns (115) 93, 114 
 
 Hazel Eliza (116) 93, "4 
 
 Irwin B. (114) 93 
 
 L. Austin 92 
 
 Minnie Geraldine (226'( 114 
 
 Charlemagne 19 
 
 Charles V., Emperor 26,27 
 
 Charles the Simple 19 
 
 Charleston, N. Y 41,46 
 
 Chase, Cecile Caroline (241) ng 
 
Index 137 
 
 Chase, Elliott Leo (240) 118 
 
 Herbert Fenner (238) 118 
 
 Hiram ng 
 
 Jennie Fenner (129) 95, Ii8 
 
 Manley Maurice iig 
 
 Maurice Manley (239) 118 
 
 Chittenden, Ella Eliza 84 
 
 Samuel Mallory 84 
 
 Christian Church at Plainville 45 
 
 Clark, Mary 108 
 
 Nett ia4 
 
 Cleve, Duke of 23 
 
 Governor 30 
 
 Coat of Arms 13 
 
 Coats, Benjamin 81 
 
 Charlotte Wilson (15) 66,67,81 
 
 Cogswell, Frances 84 
 
 Colburn, Rev. E. E 69 
 
 Columbia, N. Y 44 
 
 Conover, Garret 63 
 
 Corey, Ada Wilson (162) 100,126 
 
 Charles H 126 
 
 Eunice Catherine (275) 126 
 
 Frederick W. 126 
 
 Corsin, Emily Ann 130 
 
 Cox, Avis Carncross (202) no, 129 
 
 Charles Egbert 129 
 
 Maurice Egbert (288) 129 
 
 William B 129 
 
 Cradenborch, House at. 25 
 
 Crigers, Catrina S'l 62 
 
 Cullum, Luella 127 
 
 Custers, Alheit 25, 26, 57, 59 
 
 Dailey, Abram 45i 4* 
 
 Davis, B. F +8 
 
 Day, Adaline 83, 94 
 
 Eliza Ann 83> 94 
 
 Eliza 94 
 
138 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Day, Hezekiah 83, 94 
 
 de Haes, Marie Magdalena 59 
 
 de Hart 63 
 
 de Witte, Colve 20 
 
 Doane, Adelbert m 
 
 lona Leona m 
 
 Dunham, Joseph 103 
 
 Sardis A 103 
 
 Dunsmore, Almeron Ward iij 
 
 Inez Spaulding (no) 92,112 
 
 Phineas H 113 
 
 Dutcher, Daniel 49 
 
 Eddy, Ernestine Adele 103 
 
 Lucien Crane 103 
 
 Eesley, Albert 119 
 
 Franklin R. B. (246) 119 
 
 Harold John {245) 119 
 
 Iva Belle (244) 119 
 
 John Franklin 119 
 
 Kittle Scott (134) 95, 119 
 
 Elder, Theresa M 98 
 
 Elser, Florence 105 
 
 John Joshua 105 
 
 Elsworth, Mary Ann 109 
 
 Emerick, Abraham 49, 80 
 
 Eraerancy 50, 80 
 
 Erickson, Axel Walfred „ 105 
 
 Erik Axel 105 
 
 Harriet Smith (79) 84, 105 
 
 Ensign, Josephine 120 
 
 Evans, Mirium 128 
 
 Farley, Alice in 
 
 Farmersville, N. Y 45 
 
 Faulkner, Nancy 68 
 
 Fenner, Arthur, Capt 74 
 
 Avis, Melissa (45) 75 
 
 Betsey 97 
 
 Betsey Perry 75, 77 
 
Index 139 
 
 Fenner, Byron Nash (128) 9=; 
 
 Byron Nichols (254) 12 1 
 
 Byron Russell (49) 77^ 55 
 
 Charles Day (126) 94, 117 
 
 Clay Earl (150) 97 
 
 Dorothy Isabella (258) 122 
 
 Edith May (147) 97, ,22 
 
 Eleanor Schenck (9) ,..50, 65, 66, 74, 76 
 
 Eliza Eleanor (50) 77, 95 
 
 Elton Perry (146) 97 
 
 Ernest William (140) 96, 121 
 
 Florence Ellen (118) 93, 115 
 
 Frank Clifton (230) 115 
 
 Franklin Eddy (48) 75 
 
 Franklin Monroe (53) 77, 97 
 
 Frederick Byron (43) 75 
 
 Frederick Munroe (228) 115 
 
 Frederick W 50, 74, 97 
 
 Frederick William (47) 75, 94 
 
 Frederick William (127) 94, 117 
 
 Gerald James (257) 122 
 
 Gertrude Helen (256) 122 
 
 Halcj-on Edith (237) iig 
 
 Hannah Jane (143) _ 96 
 
 Hannah Schenck (10) 50, 65, 7i, 76 
 
 Harry Rulef (229) 115 
 
 Helen Angeline (253) 121 
 
 Horace Alfred (252) 121 
 
 Ida Myrtle (148) 97, 123 
 
 James Bruce (142) 96, 121 
 
 James Emory (117) 93, 115 
 
 James L _ 50, 75, 77 
 
 James Rulef (44) 75, 93 
 
 Jennie (129) 95, 118 
 
 John 97 
 
 Lucinda T .". 74 
 
 Nellie May (141) 96, 121 
 
 Nina Vanderveer (131) 95 
 
140 ScHEN CK Genealogy 
 
 Fenner, Orlie Perry (145) 0, '22 
 
 Pearl Eliza (144) 96 
 
 Raymond Erasmus (331) 115 
 
 Rulef James (52) 77, 96 
 
 Russell B 50, 77, 97 
 
 Russell William (255) 122 
 
 Sarah Ellen (46) 75, 93 
 
 Starr Franklin (149) 97, 123 
 
 Wave lola (151) 97 
 
 William Perry (51) 77, 96 
 
 William Perry (130) 95 
 
 Finley, Elizabeth 105 
 
 Fishback, Frances 116 
 
 Fisher, Mary 106 
 
 Fitzgerald, Daniel James 91 
 
 Henrietta Schenck (38) 71, 91 
 
 John 91 
 
 Nancy 91 
 
 Forncrook, Stuffle 52 
 
 French, Mary 127 
 
 Gaesdonk, Convent of 23, 24, 25 
 
 Galloway, Florence Fenner (118) 93, 115 
 
 Frederick Thomas 115 
 
 Henry 115 
 
 Wilbur Fenner (232) 115 
 
 Geldern, Bailiff of 24 
 
 Geyen, Church of 22 
 
 Gibberfort, Bailiff of 57 
 
 Gibbs, Augusta in 
 
 Grace Edna in 
 
 William in 
 
 Givens, George E 126 
 
 Irma Louise 126 
 
 Goldie, Jennette 119 
 
 Goodman, Sarah Ellen 113 
 
 Goodrich, Martha 125 
 
 Gordon, Mary Frances 129 
 
 Gorham, Freeman ...^ 68 
 
Index 141 
 
 Gorham, Pama Sullivan 49, 68 
 
 Graves, Mary A 128 
 
 Greene, Abner ^ 123 
 
 Francis M 123 
 
 Greenfield, Mary A „ X03 
 
 Grimes, Rev. W. J _ _ 69 
 
 Groff, Abigail Ann _ 104 
 
 Haeghoort, Rev. Gerardus „_ 38 
 
 Haes, Godart ~ 25 
 
 Hall, Grace „ no 
 
 Julia Parsels « 49, <8 
 
 Mary _ _ 43 
 
 Robert „ no 
 
 Hallowell, Alfred Mortimer . _ io« 
 
 Edith Leona (179) 103 
 
 Harriet Vedder (71) 83, 102 
 
 Henry Raymond (178) 102 
 
 Jesse R loa 
 
 Lyman Earl {180) 103 
 
 Maud May (176) 102, 128 
 
 Penelope A _ 102 
 
 Roscoe Vedder (177) "» 
 
 Hammond, Frances E — "o 
 
 George ' 'O 
 
 Hettie »io 
 
 Hankenson, James — - - ^4 
 
 Harrington, Catherine ._ »o» 
 
 Cornelia '<» 
 
 Thomas ~ »°° 
 
 Hazengest, Estate of — - - *J 
 
 Hegeman, Isaac - - ** 
 
 Hendrickson, Geesie ~ — - - <>3 
 
 Henry the Fowler '9 
 
 Hicks, Elizabeth - 9« 
 
 Hill, Harvey Cooney »°5 
 
 Loula Anna '°S 
 
 Hillenrath, Heiress of S< 
 
 Hinsdell, Eleanor Schenck (9) 5°. <<• 66, 74, 7* 
 
142 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Hinsdell, Perry H. 5°, 75 
 
 Hitchcock, Harriet E "5 
 
 Holden, Sarah "8 
 
 Holland History 17 
 
 Holmes, Katherine 63 
 
 Holton, Suel 51 
 
 Honeysett, Hannah 97 
 
 Hannah Ida 97 
 
 James 97 
 
 Horst, Lord of _ 56 
 
 Horton Edward 107 
 
 Mary 107 
 
 Nettie Matilda 107 
 
 Hosmer, C. M 44 
 
 Howe, Eunice 127 
 
 Joseph 47 
 
 Hubbard Chauncey 85 
 
 Cornelius ^ 52 
 
 Elijah 85 
 
 Eliza 85 
 
 Elsie Bratt (33) 70, 85 
 
 Ella Lillian (90) 86, 109 
 
 Hudson, Rosa Stone (164) 100, 127 
 
 Watson N 127 
 
 William T 127 
 
 Humphrey, Hattie Osborn 107 
 
 Hunt, John 81 
 
 Huntington, Elsie Schenck (82) 85, 106 
 
 Frederick L 106 
 
 Henry L 106 
 
 Lisle Schenck (187) io6 
 
 Hydorn, Caroline 120 
 
 Irish, Louise B 81 
 
 Jackson, Alice Bratt (87) 85, 108 
 
 Edward Alexander 108 
 
 Eyola Bratt (197) 108 
 
 Reba Mary (198) _ 108 
 
 Richard 108 
 
Index 143 
 
 Johnson, Earl Lewis 129 
 
 George H 129 
 
 Jessie Bratt (i88) 107, 12S 
 
 Kenneth Charles (285) 129 
 
 Lela Bratt (284) 129 
 
 Jones, Leid a 93 
 
 Jonson, Hedda Louise 105 
 
 Kaple, Edward Bela . 125 
 
 Elva Simmons (158) 99, 125 
 
 John Delraar 125 
 
 Keller, James _ „ 117 
 
 Mabel 117 
 
 Kelly, Jessie Mead X17 
 
 Kennedy, Amy 103 
 
 Dennis - 51 
 
 Kerpen, Monastery of . 22 
 
 Ketchum, Fernando I2» 
 
 Harry Albertus ~ 114 
 
 Hazel Chapman (116) 93. "4 
 
 Isabella 122 
 
 James Robert - *i4 
 
 Robert Burns (227) - "4 
 
 Kinch, John A io4 
 
 Kathryn Augusta (185) 104 
 
 Nellie Smith (76) — *4. io4 
 
 Samuel R '°+ 
 
 Knight, Helen '2* 
 
 Kwitz, Elizabeth »29 
 
 Kyle, Alexander "* 
 
 Caroline A - '" 
 
 Caroline Inez (214) "* 
 
 Charles Watson - "' 
 
 Inez Spaulding (no) 92. "2 
 
 Landiss, Ella "7 
 
 Lange, Charles Theodore '^9 
 
 Ernest Wililam (287) "9 
 
 Frederick - '^9 
 
 Hattie Vanderveer (190) '07. »29 
 
144 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Lange, Raymond Charles (286) 129 
 
 Larabee, Alice 104 
 
 Lewis, Emily 129 
 
 Lindsay, Lillian 103 
 
 Lippert, Sarah 41, 64 
 
 Locke, Ann 100 
 
 John V. N 100 
 
 Minnie Ann 100 
 
 Loet, Estate of 57 
 
 Lowe, Ausborn E 102 
 
 Bessie Inez (173) 102 
 
 Clara Leslie (170) 102, 128 
 
 Gordon Cullom (281) 128 
 
 Harriet Belle (168) io2, 127 
 
 Helen Marjorie (280) 128 
 
 Inez Vedder (70) 83, loi 
 
 Joseph Garret 102 
 
 Joseph Garret (171) 102 
 
 Mildred Adeline (174) 102 
 
 Richard Vedder (172) 102 
 
 Russell Gordon (169) 102, 127 
 
 Ruth Marjorie (175) tcj 
 
 Sarah J 102 
 
 Lum, Bessie Lenora 131 
 
 Harrison V 131 
 
 Lysander, N. Y 45 
 
 Early settlers of 45 
 
 Pioneer days of 46 
 
 McCallum, Jessie Jane 112 
 
 Peter 112 
 
 McColl, Bertha Scott (138) 96, 120 
 
 John Samuel _ 120 
 
 John Thomas 120 
 
 Mclndoe, Agnes _ 112 
 
 McKinney, Ellen 1 14 
 
 McLean, Isabella 120 
 
 Marlborough, Old Brick Church of 39 
 
 Martin, Margaret 117 
 
Index 145 
 
 Mastin, Allen Snyder loj 
 
 Olive 103 
 
 Miller, Albert 107 
 
 Caroline 124 
 
 Lillian 107 
 
 Mary 107 
 
 Mills, Ellen 123 
 
 Mary 109 
 
 Moerschler, Anna Cornelia loi 
 
 John loi 
 
 Monfoort, Anna 56 
 
 Morgan, Rev. Joseph _ 38 
 
 Motley 18, 26 
 
 Moulton, Belle A 119 
 
 Irvin L n 9 
 
 Mount, Cornelius 52 
 
 Munster Mannshof _ 23 
 
 Murray, Ann 125 
 
 Mylligen, Estate of 57 
 
 Nash, Caroline V 95 
 
 Major D 95 
 
 Phoebe 95 
 
 Navasink, Church of 37i 3* 
 
 Needham, Claude Clinton 128 
 
 Claude Raymond (283) — 128 
 
 Maud Hallowell (176) 102, 128 
 
 Nathan B -, - "8 
 
 Nefus, Peter ~ *' 
 
 Netherlands, History of '7 
 
 Nichols, George '^' 
 
 Grace "i 
 
 Nicoll, Gov. Richard ^9 
 
 Norman, Hilda "^^ 
 
 Olif '^^ 
 
 Norton, Ann — 9' 
 
 Ann ( 109) '' 
 
 Georgianna Belle (107) 9» 
 
 Harriet Maria ( 108 ) 9' 
 
146 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Norton, Henrietta Schenck (38) 7T, 91 
 
 John Vedder 91, 94 
 
 Lyman 45, 48, 91 
 
 Notter, John A 119 
 
 Maud May 119 
 
 Nulty, Caroline 101 
 
 Nydeggen, Castle of 16, 21 
 
 Nyfterich, Estate of 57 
 
 Onondaga County, N. Y 44, 46 
 
 Osborn, David 99 
 
 Florence Loretta 99 
 
 Harriet L 130 
 
 Margaret Ann 99 
 
 Ostrander, Sarah Agnes 113 
 
 William Henry 113 
 
 Otis, Margaret io6 
 
 Ottersum, Estate at 24 
 
 Pangburn, Herman 49 
 
 Parish, Julia Eliza 84 
 
 Parker, Melissa 113 
 
 Parma, Prince of 27 
 
 Pease, Caroline 117 
 
 Perkins, Annie Spaulding (41) 74, 92 
 
 Erastus B 92 
 
 J. Edward 92 
 
 Sarah 92 
 
 Perry, Samuel 50 
 
 Peters, Lucy Juliette 113 
 
 Phelps, Alfred (224) 114 
 
 Anna Laara (220) 114 
 
 Caroline A 91 
 
 Eliza Eleanor (218) 113 
 
 Gertrude (222) 114 
 
 H. Nelson 91, 92 
 
 Harold Major (219) _ 113 
 
 Harry Barrett (215) _... 113, 130 
 
 Homer Jay (113) _ 92, 113 
 
 Homer Spaulding (216) 113, 130 
 
^ Index 147 
 
 Phelps, Lena Mae (289) 130 
 
 Lena Marion (217) uj 
 
 Louis Spaulding (112) 92, 113 
 
 Major Fitts _ 92 
 
 Mary 91, 9a 
 
 Mary Spaulding (40) 74, 92 
 
 Mildred Bessie {221) 114 
 
 Raymond Lee (223) 114 
 
 Ruth Marjorie (225) 114 
 
 Phillips, Albert 1 1 8 
 
 Allie Belle „ n8 
 
 Pincerna, Christianus 16 
 
 Pinckney, Alpheus 115 
 
 Julia lis 
 
 Lou A 115 
 
 Plainville, N. Y 44 
 
 Early Settlers of _ 45 
 
 Christian Church at 45 
 
 First School at 45 
 
 Pleasant Valley, N. J _ 36, 4> 
 
 Pomeroy, Clara Lelia (155) ~ 99 
 
 Edgar Schenck (156) 99 
 
 Lelia Schenck 79. 9^ 
 
 Harry Eltweed (157) 99 
 
 T. Edgar — 9* 
 
 Theodore C 98 
 
 Pratt, Frank A »*» 
 
 Nellie Fenner (141) -- 92. i^' 
 
 William ~ '^i 
 
 Presley, Roxie ^2* 
 
 Preston, Northrup 5' 
 
 Quackenbush, Mary - — '■■ *4 
 
 Ransom, Fannie Elizabeth - 
 
 John Noyes ~ - — 
 
 Reed, Eliza - - '°* 
 
 Rice, Maud Scott (242) - "*> "J"* 
 
 William Howard - — *30 
 
 William L '3° 
 
 t20 
 I20 
 
148 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Robinson, Harriet Parthenia 87 
 
 Horatio N 87 
 
 Rogers, Frank Adelbert 112 
 
 Martha Jessie iiz 
 
 Romain, Jacobus 38 
 
 Root, Marion D 123 
 
 Rumrill, Edna „ 117 
 
 Edward 117 
 
 Runkle, Clara Lowe (170) 102, 128 
 
 Ralph Evans 128 
 
 Winfield Lowe (282) 128 
 
 Winfield S 128 
 
 Rutgen, Catherine 25 
 
 Savage, Ellen A 93 
 
 Emily 93 
 
 Seth 93 
 
 Sayles, Major 49 
 
 Schall, Ephraim 1 14 
 
 Minnie Mae 114 
 
 Schenck, Adrian Adelbert (37) 5, 9, 71, 87 
 
 Alexander D 6, i5, 21, 37 
 
 Alice Maladine (59) 80 
 
 Alchy (i6a) „ 63 
 
 Ann (15a) 63 
 
 Ann Tator (64) 82, 98, loi 
 
 Anetje (3a) 61 
 
 Benjamin Baird (6) 4S, 46, 65, 70, 72 
 
 Benjamin Freeman (30) 68, 84 
 
 Benjamin Robinson (105) 87, ii2 
 
 Benjamin Rush (36) 70 
 
 Catharine (4) 51, 65 
 
 Catharine (23a) 63 
 
 Cornelius (28a) 41, 64 
 
 Daniel _ „ 64 
 
 Derivation of Name of 14 
 
 Effie Isadore (60) _ 80, 99 
 
 Eleanor (9) _ 50, 65, 66, 74, 76 
 
 Eleanor (253) ; 63 
 
Index 149 
 
 Schenck, Eleanor (30a) ' 64 
 
 Eliza (7) 52, 65, 66, 7+ 
 
 Elsie (23 ) _ 67 
 
 Elsie {104) _ 87 
 
 Elsie May (82) 85, io< 
 
 Florence Loretta (160) 100, 125 
 
 Floyd Sullivan (74) 84, 103 
 
 Frederick Tyler (106) 87 
 
 Fredericus ^ 21 
 
 Garret (7a) 36, 37, 38, 6r 
 
 Garret C 6 
 
 Gasha (29a) _ 64 
 
 Gasha (31a) 6+ 
 
 Gerret Roelofse (7a) 36, 37, 38, 61 
 
 Hannah V, (10) « : 50, 65, 71, 76 
 
 Harriet Livonia (35) _ 67, 83 
 
 Hendrick (26a) 63 
 
 Henrietta Maria (38) ^ 7'. 9i 
 
 Hermanns 21 
 
 Hulbert Luke (54) 79. 97 
 
 Irwin Vanderveer (55) - 79. 9* 
 
 Jan (6a) ^ 36. 37. 38. 61, 62 
 
 Jane (21a) 63 
 
 Tames F 37 
 
 James Harvey (26I — 6i 
 
 James L. (12) ~ 49. 5i. 65, 79 
 
 James Shuler (56) - 79. 9^ 
 
 James Warren (57) 79 
 
 Johannes 7. 59. 60 
 
 John (3) „ 46. 6$, 67 
 
 John (14a) *3 
 
 John (24a) - 40, 63 
 
 John (32a) *4 
 
 John Hulbert (267) 124 
 
 John Sullivan (27) *^. ^3 
 
 John Tyler (213) "- 
 
 Jonica (4a) *' 
 
 Julia (80) ^5 
 
150 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Schenck, Lawrence David (273) 126 
 
 Leah (20a) 63 
 
 Leila Marion (212) 112 
 
 Lelia Maria (58) 79, 98 
 
 Lester Hulbert (154) 98, 124 
 
 Lillian May (268) 124 
 
 Lisle John (81) 85, 106 
 
 Luthera Jane (274) 126 
 
 Margaret (5) _ 48, 65, 70 
 
 Margaret (34a) 64 
 
 Margaretta (8a) 36, 62 
 
 Maria (17a) 63 
 
 Marike (5a) 61 
 
 Martin (2a) 61 
 
 Mary (33a) 64 
 
 Mayke (loa) 62 
 
 Michael 59 
 
 Mildred Louise (181) 103 
 
 Moses 64 
 
 Nancy Theresa (28) 68 
 
 Neeltje (9a) 36, 62 
 
 Nellie Maria (152) 97, 123 
 
 Nellie (19a) 63 
 
 Parna Eleanora (24) 48, 67, 82 
 
 PL 7 
 
 Perlina Adele {29) 68, 84 
 
 Peter (13a) 62 
 
 Reynier 21 
 
 Hoelof (12a) 37, 38, 39, 62, 63 
 
 Epitaph of 40 
 
 Roelof Martense (36A-ia) 27, 28, 55, 58, 61, 62 
 
 valuation of property of 30 
 
 marriage contract of 31 
 
 will of 33 
 
 Robert C 37 
 
 Rulef (353-1) 42, 45, 64, 65 
 
 Rulef (13) 47, 50, 65, 80 
 
Index 151 
 
 Schenck, Rulef David (161I 100, 125 
 
 Rulief (27a) 41, 64 
 
 Rulief 2nd 6+ 
 
 Sally (2) 47, 6s, 66, 85 
 
 Sara (na) 62 
 
 Sarah (i8a) 63 
 
 Sarah (22a) 63 
 
 Theodorus 21 
 
 Willaim 21 
 
 Willem _ 21 
 
 William, Rev 6, 37, 61 
 
 William Baird (ii> 52, 65, 78 
 
 William Baird (61) _ 80, 99 
 
 William C 37 
 
 William R 37 
 
 William Vanderveer (153) -97, 124 
 
 Woodhull S J7 
 
 Schenck van Nydeck, Adelheid 25 
 
 Adelheid (25A) 57 
 
 Alheid (i6A) 57 
 
 Alheit (7A) _ 56 
 
 Anetje (38A) 28, 55, 58 
 
 Anna (i7A) _ 57 
 
 Arnold _ 56 
 
 Cbristianus _ 21, 22 
 
 Christoffle _ - 27 
 
 Dederick (28A) _ 57, 58 
 
 Derick (iiA) 25, 56, 57, 59 
 
 Derick (20A) 57, 59 
 
 Diederich (5A) 25, 56, 57 
 
 Heinrich (lA) 17, 23, 55. S6 
 
 Heinrich (3A) 23, 24, 55. 5« 
 
 Heinrich (12A) 5* 
 
 Heinrich (22A) 57 
 
 Jan (37A) - - 28, 55, 58 
 
 Johann (6A) 5* 
 
 Johann (9A) 5* 
 
152 S cHENCK Genfalogy 
 
 Schenck van Nydeck, Johann (23A) 57 
 
 Johann (31A) 5S 
 
 Lisbeth (4A) 23, 56 
 
 Lisbeth (18A) 57 
 
 Margaretha {27A) 57 
 
 Maria (26A) 57 
 
 Maria Margaretha (32A1 58 
 
 Maria Magdelina (33A) 58 
 
 Martin (29A) 26, 28, s8 
 
 Martin (35A) 27, 58, 59 
 
 Otto (14A) 56 
 
 Otto (19A) 57 
 
 Peter (21 A) - 57, 59 
 
 Peter (30A) 27, 28, 58 
 
 Petronella {13A) 25, s6 
 
 Roelmann (loA) 56 
 
 Roelof Martense (36A-ia) 27, 28, 55, 58, 61, 6z 
 
 Thomas (15A) 57 
 
 Wilhelmina (34A) 58 
 
 Wilhelmus 22 
 
 Winand (8A) 25, 56 
 
 Winand (24A) 57 
 
 Wynand (2A) 23, 24, 55 
 
 Schuyler, John P 50 
 
 Scofield, A. B 45 
 
 Elias , 45 
 
 Scott, Bertha May (138) 96, 12a 
 
 Captain 29 
 
 Caroline Eleanor (139) 96, 120 
 
 Charles Seneca (135) 95, 119 
 
 Donald Notter {249) 120 
 
 Dorothea Moulton (247) 119 
 
 Eliza Fenner (50) 77, 91; 
 
 Franklin James (137) 96, 120 
 
 Gerald Notter (251) 120 
 
 Harry Agatha (243) iig, 131 
 
 Henry Robley 95 
 
Index 153 
 
 Scott, Herbert Russell (136) 95, 119 
 
 Herbert Russell (248) 12c 
 
 Ira 95 
 
 Kittie Belle (134) 95, 119 
 
 Mary B 9 5 
 
 Mary Eleanor (132) 95 
 
 Maude Belle (242) 118, 130 
 
 Nathan Burrows (250) lao 
 
 William Henry {133) 95, 118 
 
 Seipmacher 13, 22 
 
 Servoss, Daniel 5 1 
 
 Shearer, Alice Loretta (269) 125 
 
 Ceylon Charles 125 
 
 Florence Schenck (160) 100, 125 
 
 Grace Reba (270) 125 
 
 Marion Nellie (271) 125 
 
 Neva Estella (272) 125 
 
 William Charles 125 
 
 Sheldon, Ralph loi 
 
 Shepard, Polly 47 
 
 Simmons, Effie Schenck (60I 80, 99 
 
 Elizabeth 99 
 
 Elva (158) 99. 125 
 
 George William 99 
 
 Peter 99 
 
 Raymond Percy (159) 99 
 
 Skinner, Joseph H 7^ 
 
 Smith, Alfred - 45 
 
 Charles ^4 
 
 Charles Elser (186) 105 
 
 Charles Fred (75) 84. '04 
 
 Elizabeth Gertrude (182) 104 
 
 Frances Cogswell *3 
 
 Garner 5° 
 
 Harry James (78) 84, 105 
 
 Harriet Marie (79) 84. io5 
 
 Joseph Lowe (77) *4. '05 
 
154 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Smith, Josiah 5' 
 
 Nellie Leslie (76) 84, 104 
 
 Perlina Schenck (29) 68, 84 
 
 Richard 45, 51, 84 
 
 Sophia C 84 
 
 Stevens _ 84 
 
 Snow, Elijah 48 
 
 Eunice 80 
 
 Sornbury, Horace 96 
 
 Mina L 96 
 
 Spaulding, Annie Laura (41) _ 7 4, 02 
 
 Burns (39) 74, 91 
 
 Dealia (42) 74, 92 
 
 Eliza Schenck (7) 52, 65, 66, 74 
 
 Inez Eudora (no) 92-112 
 
 Irving Burns (in) 92 
 
 Mary 74 
 
 Mary C. (40) 74, 92 
 
 Solomon B 52, 74 
 
 Springport, N. Y 42 
 
 Springport, N. Y., Branch of Family 64 
 
 Stackpole, Frederic Tobey 127 
 
 Frederic Tobey (279) 127 
 
 Frederic W 127 
 
 Harriet Lowe (i68) 102, 127 
 
 Joseph Frederic (278) 127 
 
 Stayman, William D 121 
 
 Wilma Belle 121 
 
 Stek, Count Goessen 25 
 
 Stevens, Benjamin so 
 
 Eleanor 109 
 
 John 109 
 
 Julia 109 
 
 Stickle, Elizabeth 106 
 
 Jacob 106 
 
 Jennie 106 
 
 Stoddard, Mr 45, 48 
 
^__ Index 155 
 
 Stone, Alpheus loo 
 
 Donald D. (277) _ 126 
 
 Dulancy Duyane 100 
 
 Jennie Lucy (165) 100 
 
 Lucy Ann 100 
 
 Norman D. (276) _ 126 
 
 Orinda Wilson (63) 81, 100 
 
 Rosa Anna (164) 100, 127 
 
 Willard Dennis (163) _ 100, 126 
 
 Straden, Mayor of 56 
 
 Sullivan, Bonapart 7J 
 
 Harriet _ 49, 70 
 
 John 68 
 
 Nancy 67, 68, 70, 79 
 
 Nancy Maria 49, 79 
 
 Parna 49, 68 
 
 Perlina 49, 67, 68 
 
 Richard 49, 67, 68, 70, 79 
 
 Sybal 68 
 
 Swaney, Mary J 121 
 
 Tabor, Ernest Grant 124 
 
 Thola Nett 124 
 
 Tator, Ann L 51, 79, 81 
 
 Ann Hubble (64) 82, 98, loi 
 
 Charlotte Wilson (15) 66, 67, 8i 
 
 Frederick I - 51, 79, 81 
 
 James M 81, 98 
 
 Jane Wilson (17) 66, 67, 81, 98 
 
 Jehial E. 8 1 
 
 Lydia Amanda _ 81 
 
 Polly 79. 81 
 
 Willard Jehial (65) '- 83 
 
 Taylor, Margaret 42, 64 
 
 Ten Broke. Court of 24 
 
 Terhune, Jan Alberte 61 
 
 Wilminz 94 
 
 Ter Neirssan Court of 57 
 
156 ScHENCK Genealogy ^ 
 
 Thomassen, Capt. Wilhelm 5^ 
 
 Tillapaugh, Elizabeth Mae 13° 
 
 Tobey, S. Elizabeth 127 
 
 Tomlinson, Harriet 83 
 
 Jane Leslie - 83 
 
 John H 83 
 
 Town, Simon -45i 4^ 
 
 Townsend, Elizabeth Abigail 104 
 
 Joseph R io'4 
 
 Turner, Anna Nellie (265) 124 
 
 Edmund Harvey i2j 
 
 Ellen May (266) - 124 
 
 Hattie Betsey (264) 124 
 
 Nellie Schenck (152) 99, 123 
 
 Samuel 123 
 
 Tyler, Emma R 87 
 
 Tyson, Peter 3S 
 
 Upson, Miles 50 
 
 van Arendahl, Aleid 56 
 
 van Bellinghoven, Aleid 24, 55 
 
 van Berlaer, Anna 57, 58 
 
 van Brempt, Engelbert 56 
 
 van Buren, Adelheit 56, 57 
 
 Johann 56 
 
 van Couwenhoven, Albert Willemse 62 
 
 Cornelius Willemse 36, 38, 62 
 
 Garret Wolphertson _ _. 6i 
 
 Jacarayntie 40, 64 
 
 Jacob 28 
 
 Jacob Willemse 62 
 
 Neeltje Geretsen 28, 61, 62 
 
 Sara Willemse 36, 62 
 
 van Deventer, Peter j8 
 
 van Doren, Abram 45 
 
 Jacob - 3S 
 
 William 51 
 
 van Druse, Renad 22 
 
Index 157 
 
 van Egmont, Duke Carl 25 
 
 van Eyll, Elbricht zj 
 
 van Galen, Maria 57 
 
 van Huls, Frederick 56 
 
 Lady Catherine 25 
 
 van Hochsteden, Conrad 2Z 
 
 van Julich, Count 16, 21, 23 
 
 van Kaldenbrock, Alheid ." 56 
 
 van Kelser, Marschall 22 
 
 van Mater, Joseph 63 
 
 van Oest, Isabella 56 
 
 van Rayde, Aleid 23, 55, 56 
 
 van Scherpenzeel, Johanna 58 
 
 van Schonan, Inugard 56 
 
 van Slyck, Anna m 
 
 van Toutenburg, Barons of 21 
 
 van Voorhees, Coert 36 
 
 Elizabeth Minnen 61 
 
 Janetye 61 
 
 Jan Lucase 62 
 
 Neeltje Coerton 61 
 
 van der Donck, Adrian 28 
 
 van der Dussen, Jonkheer 6, 17, 55 
 
 van der Lippe, Caspar 27, 28 
 
 Diderick 25, z6 
 
 Vanderveer, Agnes Mary 107 
 
 Ann 79 
 
 Catharine M 52, 7* 
 
 Ella Bratt (85) 85, 107 
 
 Garret 52, 79, '07 
 
 Garret L 107 
 
 Hattie May (190) 107, 129 
 
 Henry I07 
 
 Henry (191) I07 
 
 John Pomyea (192) 108 
 
 Vedder, Aaron F 5'. S3, 91 
 
 Clyde Byron (125) 94 
 
158 SCHENCK GENEAtOGY 
 
 Vedder, Francis P 94 
 
 Frederick Fenner (119) 94> ''^ 
 
 George Barry (123) 94 
 
 George Sidney {234) 116 
 
 Harriet EInora (71) 83. 102 
 
 Harriet Schenck (25) 67i 83 
 
 Herbert Edward (236) 117 
 
 Inez Ann (70) 83, loi 
 
 James S 51, 83, 94 
 
 Jennie Leslie (73) 83 
 
 Lyman Norton (72) 83, 103 
 
 Nancy 83, 91 
 
 Neil Davis (124) 94, 117 
 
 Nichols (120) 94 
 
 Ross Sylvester (122) 94, n6 
 
 Sarah Fenner (46) 75, 93 
 
 Sylvester A 94 
 
 Virginia Vertrees (233) n6 
 
 Wilmina WycoflF (i2i) 94, ii6 
 
 Verity, Eunice 80 
 
 James G 80 
 
 Mary Ann 80 
 
 Vertrees, Cornelia Edna 116 
 
 John 116 
 
 Vickery's Corners, N. Y 45 
 
 Vincent, Adele Pauline {183) 104 
 
 Eddie A 104 
 
 Nellie Smith (76) 84, 104 
 
 Reuben _._ 104 
 
 Voorhees, Henry Austin (167) loi 
 
 Henry Peter (69) g2, loi 
 
 James Hubbel (68) 82 
 
 James L 82 
 
 James Leslie 45, 48, 82, 83, 86 
 
 James Leslie 2nd (93) 85 
 
 James Leslie 3rd (96) gg 
 
 John Schenck (67) 8z, loi 
 
Index 159 
 
 Voorhees, Leslie Eleanora(9i) 86 
 
 Margaret (94) 86 
 
 Martha 82 
 
 Martha (95) 86 
 
 Martha Northrup (66) 82 
 
 Parna Schenck (24) 48, 67, 82 
 
 Peter 45, 48 
 
 Sarah Bratt (34) 48, 70, 82, 86 
 
 Sophia (92) 86 
 
 Wachtendonk, FeofiFer of .23, 24, 55, 56 
 
 Walbeck, Castle of 23, 24, 55, 56 
 
 Walbrick, Heiress of 55 
 
 Wall, Betsey E 119 
 
 Washburn, Zilpha 97 
 
 Watkins, Eunice M 121 
 
 Weller, Melissa Almira 99 
 
 Wells, Charlotte Wilson (15) 66, 67, 81 
 
 Eveline loi 
 
 James F loi 
 
 Lillian B loi 
 
 Samuel 81 
 
 West, Samuel B _ 44 
 
 Wilson, Ada Mary (162) 100, 126 
 
 Alfred 47, 66, 8? 
 
 Austin Wycoff (14) 66, 80 
 
 Charlotte M. (15) 66, 67, 81 
 
 Wilson's Corners, N. Y 44 
 
 Wilson, Dennis Kennedy (i6) 66, 8i 
 
 Eberle "6 
 
 Eberle Irving (235) 116 
 
 Francis A. (22) 67 
 
 George W 106 
 
 Hannah 85 
 
 James Alfred (30) 67 
 
 Jane Ann (17) 66, 67, 81, 98 
 
 John Cowan "6 
 
 Louisa A. (19) - 6*. *2 
 
160 ScHENCK Genealogy 
 
 Wilson, Lulu May io6 
 
 Mary 66 
 
 Matilda 85 
 
 Mervin James (62) So, 100 
 
 Orinda M. (i8) 66 
 
 Orinda More (63) 81, 100 
 
 Sally Schenck (2) +7, 65, 66, 85 
 
 William 44, 47, 48, 66 
 
 William 2nd 85 
 
 William H. (21) 67 
 
 Wilmina Vedder (121) 94, 116 
 
 Winchel, Sarah C 84 
 
 Witherbee, Kathleen u6 
 
 Thomas F _... n6 
 
 Wolcott, John 130 
 
 Nellie Mae 130 
 
 Wood, Jane 122 
 
 Wormuth, Charlotte 98 
 
 Ella Lucretia 98 
 
 Solomon 98 
 
 Wright, Charles 124 
 
 Nellie 124 
 
 Wyckoff, Anetje Pieterse ^o, 62 
 
 John 38 
 
 Peter 36 
 
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