Scioto County, Ohio - Chapter 2: Sketches of Prominent Families in Southern Ohio, 1903 (part 2 of 2)

Il. WILLIAM TOWNE was ' in England in 1600, the son of Richard Towne of Braceby. He m. Joanna Blessing and emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635 and loeated at Salem. They had eight children. Jacob b. March 11, 1632 was the fifth child. William Towne was from Yarmouth, England. He was m. March 25, 1620, in the church of St. Nicholas. In 1640, he was in Salem, Mass. He died at Topsfield, Mass. about 1672. His widow died 1682. He became a freeman 1637 and was town clerk in 1639.

Ill. JACOB TOWNE son of William Towne and Mary Blessing, his wife, bapt. March 11, 1682 in Yarmouth, England, m. Catherine Simonds of Salem June 26, 1657. They resided in Salem twelve years. He d. November 27, 1704, aged seventy-three, leaving a will. He had six children. His son John b. April 2, 1658 was the eldest.

IV. JOHN TOWNE b. at Topsfield, Mass. April 2, 1658 m. Mary Smith, February 2, 1680.. He spelled his name without the final "e.'"'" He was a selectman of Framingham when it was incorporated and often afterward. In 1712, he removed to Oxford and at the first town meeting was made selectman July 22, 1713. He was at the organization of the church there, made a Deacon and was such during his life. He d. in 1740, aged 82. He had ten children. His son Israel was the third child b. November 18, 1684.

V. ISRAEL TOWNE b. at Topsfield, Mass. November 18, 1684, m. Susannah Haven, dau. of Deacon Moses Haven of Farmingham. Oxford was settled in 1712 and he. was one of the first settlers. He d. at Oxford October 29, 1771 and his widow at Belcherton in 1787. They had ten children. Their son Israel b. February 12, 1727 was the eighth child.

VI. ISRAEL TOWNE was b. at Oxford, Mass. February 12, 1727, m. Naomi Stebbins October 17, 1754. She was b. November 9, 1732, d. February 12, 1827. Hed. at Belchertown, Mass., December 1805. He had eleven children. His son Amasa was the eldest b. May 18, 1755.

VII. AMASA TOWNE b. at Belchertown, Mass., March 18, 1755, m. Margaret Smith, July 3, 1788. He died December 27, 1820. He had nine children. His son Abner b. April 28, 1797 was the seventh child.

VIll. REV. ABNER TOWNE b. at Belchertown, Mass., April 28, 1797, was a Presbyterian clergyman of note; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New York. Studied divinity at Andover and was ordained pastor at Litchfield, July, 1825, and d. in less than one year. He m. Sarah Eliza Vinton of South Hadley, Mass., May 10, 1825. She was b. April 2, 1801. She m. a second time Doctor Robert Safford of Zanesville, Ohio.

IX. HENRY ABNER TOWNE b. at Litchfield, New York, January 5, 1826, m. Harriet Nye of Marietta, December 18, 1856. He has a sketch herein. Had an only son, Robert Safford Towne, b. September 17, 1858.

1. ECGBERHT, first Saxon King of all England, year 800. 2 ABTHELWULF, Saxon King of all England, died January 18, 857. 38. ALFRED, the Great, Saxon King of all England, died October 28, 901. 4, EKADWARD the Elder, Saxon King of all England, died in 924. " HADMUND the First, Saxon King of all England, assassinated May

(King Aethelred II. by his second wife Emma-had two sons and one daughter, as follows: Hadward the Confessor, crowned King in 1042. Alfred. who died in a monastery, where he was imprisoned.)

8. PRINCESS GODA, daughter of King Aethelred II. by his wife Emma of Normandy held lands in Gloucestershire, in the reign of her brother, Hadward the Confessor, which lands remain in possession of some of her descendants at this time. She married Dreux, Count of Vixin, in France, called by English historians, Walter de Mantes, Count of Mantes. They had four sons.

9. RUDOLPH de MANTES, second son of the Count of Mantes by his wife the Princess Goda was lord of the Manor of Sudeley and Toddington, which he inherited from his mother. He was created Earl of Hereford by his uncle Eadward the Confessor. In the year 1051 he was admiral of fifty ships of the King's Navy.

10. HAROLD de MANTES, Earl of Hereford and only son of Rudolph de Mantes, married Matilda, daughter of Hugh Lupus, a Norman nobleman, and a nephew of William the Conqueror. Their eldest son, John inherited the lands of his father in Gloucestershire, and became lord of Sudeley and Toddington and was called,

11. JOHN de SUDELEY. He married Grace de Traci, daughter and -heiress of Henri de Traci, feudal lord of Barnstable in Devonshire. They had two sons, Ralph, who became the heir and successor of his father and William, who inherited from his mother and, taking her family name, became Sir William de Traci. He was one of the four knights who, in 1170, at the instigation of King Henry Il. assassinated Thomas a Becket.

1. The SIRE de TRACI was a Norman baron, and an officer in the Army with which William, Duke of Normandy invaded England. He was in the battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066 and his name is on the Roll of Battle Abbey.

18. SIR PAUL TRACY, Baronet. He was created a Baronet June 29, 1611 by King James I,, being the 18th baronet created in the Kingdom. He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Sharkerley, and they had twenty-one children.

(The facts above were taken from a work entitled "The Ancestors of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy, of Norwich, Conn., by Lieutenant Charles Stedman Ripley, U. S. Navy, 1895.)

19. LIEUTENANT THOMAS TRACY was a son of Sir Paul Tracy, Baronet, of Stanway, and was born in 1610 on the Tewksbury Estates in Gloucestershire, England. He emigrated to America in 1636 and arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, in April of that year and removed to Wethersfield, Conn. the follow- ing February. There he married in 1641, Mary, the widow of Edward Mason, and they subsequently removed to Saybrook, where she died in 1659. There was born to them six sons and one daughter. He and his family removed to Norwich, Conn., in 1660, and he was one of the thirty-five original proprietors of that town. He held many local offices, only a part of which we mention. He was a member of the Legislature from Norwich in 1667, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1675, 1676 and 1678. In 1673, he was commissioned Lieutenant of the New London County Dragoons, raised to fight the Dutch and Indians. He died at Norwich, November 7, 1685. He was well educated for the times, and was a man of consequence in the community, a thorough business man and of the very best personal character.

20. CAPTAIN JOHN TRACY, eldest son of Lieutenant Thomas was born in 1652, at Wethersfield. He married June 10, 1670, Mary Winslow, niece of Gov. Edward Winslow.

22. JOHN TRACY, eldest son of John the 2nd and Elizabeth Leffingwell, was born at Norwich, June 27, 1700. He married January 21, 1724, Margaret Hyde. :

23. DAVID TRACY, fifth son of John, the 3rd, and Margaret Hyde, was 'born at Norwich, March 14, 1738, married September 16, 1762, Mary Johnson, a daughter of Ebenezer Johnson of Norwich. a

24. HON. URI TRACY, eldest son of David and Mary Johnson, was born at Norwich, Conn., February 8, 1764, graduated at Yale College in 1789, removed to Oxford, New York in 1791, where on August 28, 1793 he married Ruth, daughter of Gen. Benjamin Hovey. Mr. Tracy was the first Postmaster of Oxford, the first sheriff of the county from 1798 to 1801, County Clerk from 1801 to 1815, a member of Congress from 1805 to 1807, and again from 1809 to 1813. He was the first Judge of the county till he was sixty years of age, the constitutional age limit for holding that office. He died at Oxford, July 21, 1838. The following is an extract from his obituary notice at that time: 'As a private citizen no man was more universally esteemed, and few have filled so many important public offices and trusts with equal fidelity." He had six children, three of whom appear below. ;

(1). Samuel Miles Tracy, the eldest son of Hon. Uri, was born in Oxford, New York, August 20, 1804. He came to Portsmouth in 1826, and has a separate sketch on page 283.

(2). Uri Tracy, Jr., another son of Hon. Uri, was born in Oxford, New York, January 24, 1800. He married January 15, 1826, Persis Packer, daughter of William Packer, Esq., of Preston, New York. He passed his life on the old estate in Oxford and died there April 6, 1856. They had four children. (1) Susan Hosmer, (married John H. Morris), mother of Mrs. William M. Pursell, of Portsmouth, Ohio. (2) Charles Packer, of Portsmouth, born at Oxford, December 5, 1829; died Jan. 15, 1874. See sketch page 1,162. (3) Henry Read, of Boston, Mass., born at Oxford, December 9, 1833. See sketch page 1,163. (4) John Bailey, late Treasurer of Scioto county, born at Oxford, April 12, .1838. See sketch page 1,163:

(3). Charles Oscar, the youngest son of Hon. Uri was born in Oxford, N. Y. August 20, 1804. He came to Portsmouth in 1826. See sketch page 285.

The following article is taken from "American Ancestry: giving the name and descent in the male line, of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776. Vol. XI. Embracing Lineages from the whole United States. 1898. Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York. 1898."

1. JACOB TREMPER b. in Upper Germany about 1683, came to this ee about 1718. He m. Christina Welker and had two children, of whom Jacob b. about 1712 was the eldest.

2. JACOB TREMPER of New York, b. in Upper Germany about 1712. He was a soldier in the New York militia under Captain Gerard Beekman 1738. He m. May 1, 1738 Anna Maria Peffer, dau. of Michael Peffer, freeman of New

3. MICHAEL TREMPER was b. in New York March 13, 1745, admitted a freeman of New York, 1769. He removed with his family to Fishkill after the evacuation of New York 1776, and served in the Duchess County militia under Colonel Abraham Brinkerhoff. He m. March 15, 1767 Leah, dau, of Daniel and Lea Hertje Van Deusen and had eight children. Daniel b. in New York, was his second child.

4. DANIEL TREMPER of New Richmond, Ohio, was b. in New York, bpt. April 15, 1770. He m. May 16, 1791 Ariette Kieffer and had twelve children, of whom Johnson was the tenth. Daniel Tremper d. in New Richmond, Ohio, March 20, 1883.

5. JOHNSON TREMPER, son of Daniel Tremper and Arietta Kieffer, his wife, was b. in Esopus, February 9, 1809. In 1830, he m. Laura Jeffiries, dau. of John Chapman Jeffries and Deborah Starkweather, dau. of Samuel Starkweather. She was born in Auburn, New York in 1814. He was the father of Dr. William Davis Tremper of Portsmouth, Ohio.

6. WILLIAM DAVIS TREMPER son of Johnson Tremper and Laura Jeffries, his wife, was b. in New Richmond, Ohio, May 9, 1851. «(See his sketch on page 580.)

I. WILLIAM VANCE, father of John Vance, was a Revolutionary soldier. He served in the War of the Revolution as Captain in the 12th Virginia, afterwards designated as the 8th (Highth) Virginia. He was in the service from March, 1777, to March, 1781.

Ill ALEXANDER VANCE was a native of Virginia. His parents brought him to Ohio in 1815, three years after his birth. His father was John Vance and his mother's maiden name was Mary English.

Alexander came to Gallipolis in 1832 and resided there the remainder of his life. He was active in public affairs and held many positions of honor and responsibility. He was in Texas when the Texas Revolution occurred. He took an active part in some of the battles. He entered Co. I., 4th W. Va. Inf., as_ its Captain August 21, 1861. He resigned on account of ill health February 16, 1868, but during his service he was in all the battles in which his regiment participated. He was Provost Marshal General of the Kanawha Division of the Army of West Virginia during the summer of 1862. His son,

IV. John L. Vance, who has a sketch herein, was Captain of Co. B, of - the same regiment. His son, Reuben A., was a Sergeant in the same regiment, entering the service at the age of fourteen years, August 22, 1861, and was discharged for disability September 1, 1864, at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

Eliza A. Shepard, the wife of Alexander Vance, was a daughter of Col. Luther Shepard, a native of Massachusetts, whose father, William Shepard, was a Revolutionary soldier. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of Danielson's Massachusetts regiment; later, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3d Continental Infantry, and Colonel of the same Regiment. He was wounded at Long Island. He was mustered out of service January 1, 1783.

Col. Shepard came to Ohio soon after its settlement, and was among the early settlers at Gallipolis. He always took a great interest in the progress of the town and county. He was one of the founders of the Gallia Academy in 1809. He was an officer of the war of 1812. At one time he was in command of the post at Chillicothe, with six hundred English prisoners in his charge. His wife was Margaret Entsminger, of Virginia, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier.

General John L. Vance's great-grandfather on the paternal side, Samuel English, served in the Revolutionary War as Second Lieutenant of the 5th New York in 1776. He was made First Lieutenant in 1778; retired, 1781.

Alexander Vance was County Auditor and Surveyor of Gallia county; Mayor of Gallipolis for several terms; Justice of the Peace, four terms; member of the Board of Education several terms. He was one of the officers de- tailed at Vicksburg to survey and construct a canal and it was in this service that he contracted disease which caused his resignation in 1863.

I. JAMES GYSTERSIN VANMETEREN and his son aged ten, Kyrn Jan Vanmeteren. The name of the emigrant's wife has not been preserved. He settled in Utrecht, in Kings county.

Il. KYRN JANSEN VANMETEREN married Neltje Van Cleef, September 9, 1688. Their children were Jan (John) baptized April 24, 1687, Engelje, Gysbert, Kyrn, Benjamin, Eyda, Joseph, Cyrinius and Janitze.

Ill. JOHN went to Virginia in 1739 on an exploring expedition and examined the valley of the South branch of the Potomac. The name of his wife has not been preserved. In 1740, he and his four sons, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and John settled in Virginia.

IV. ISAAC VANMETER married and had four children, Henry, Garret, Mary and another daughter who married Jacob Hite and died without issue. He located in Hardy county, Virginia, in 1744. In 1757, he was killed by the Indians outside of the Fort where he resided.

V. GARRET VANMETER was born in New York, in 1732. He married Mrs. Ann Sibley whose maiden name was Ann Markee, in 1756. He was a Colonel of the Militia in the war of the Revolution and intimately acquainted with Gen. George Washington. He had children, Isaac, born, December 10, 1757, Jacob, born May 8, 1764, Ann, born, April 15, 1767.

VI. ISAAC VANMETHER, b. 1754, m. Bettie Inskeep and among their children was John Inskeep Vanmeter, No. 7 below. Isaac Vanmeter died December 13, 1837, in Hardy county, Va. A picture and sketch of him is given in "Genealogies and Sketches of Old Families, etc." by Benjamin F. Vanmeter, of Kentucky, published 1901, by John P. Morton and Company, Louisville, Kentucky. Isaac Vanmeter was a strict Presbyterian and a model citizen. He was a member of the Virginia Legislature when it ratified the Federal Constitution.

VII. JOHN INSKEEP VANMETER was b. in Hardy Co., Virginia, February 1798, son of Isaac in No. VI. He attended William and Mary College and afterwards at Princeton, N. J. where he graduated in 1821. He studied law in the celebrated school of Judge Gould, at Litchfield, Conn, and was admitted to the Bar of Virginia in 1824. He commenced the practice of law at Moorefield, Virginia. In the same year he was elected to the House of Delegates from Hardy county. April 11, 1826, he was married to Mary Harness, a daughter of Joseph Harness and took up his residence in Pike county, Ohio, on a farm of 3,000 acres his father had purchased in 1801. From December 5, 1836 to April 8, 1837, he represented Ross, Pike and Jackson counties in the lower house of the Ohio Legislature. From December 4, 1837 to March 19, 1838 he represented the same counties in the House, and from December 3, 1838 to March 18, 1839, he representd the same counties in the Senate. In 1840, he was a Whig Presidential elector from Ohio. From March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1845, be was a member of the 28th Congress for Pike, Jackson, Hocking and Ross counties. In 1855 he removed to Chillicothe where he resided until his death in August, 1875. He had seven children who grew to maturity Elizabeth H., Joseph H., Isaac, John M., Eliza and Sarah twins, and Mary. Of these only John M. and Mary are surviving. Mr. Vanmeter was a whig during this existence of that party, afterwards he acted with the Democratic party. He was a citizen respected and beloved by all who knew him and possessed of all the civic virtues.

VIIl. JOHN MARSHALL VANMETER, son of John Inskeep Vanmeter in No. 7 was born in Pike county, Ohio, in September, 1836. He attended the' University of Virginia and graduated from Jefferson College, Pa., in 1854. He graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1857 and began the practice of law at Chillicothe the same year. In January, 1861, he married Miss Eliza Irwin Sisson, daughter of Dr. Peleg Sisson. There were three children of this marriage, John I., Eliza I. and Marshall Sisson, who died in young manhood. Mrs. Vanmeter died in 1865. In 1872, Mr. Vanmeter married Miss Susan Cunning- ham, of Moorefield, Hardy county, W. Va. There were three children of this marriage, William Streit, Mary Harness, and Sally Cunningham. -The son died in childhood: From January to October, 1876, Mr. Vanmeter served as Common Pleas Judge of his sub-division by appointment. In 1881, he retired from the practice of the law and devoted his entire attention to his property interests. He conducts his large farm in Pike county and is President of the Savings Bank of Chillicothe, Ohio, In his political views, he is a democrat.

The word "Wait" originally spelled '"'Wayghte" or "Wayte" is derived from the old High German ''Wachten'' - to keep watch. The original '""Waytes" were found in England immediately after the Norman Conquest.

l. RICHARD WAITER, the immigrant ancestor of the Wait family, became a proprietor of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1637, and resided there many years. From him descended three sons: (1) John, (2) Thomas and (3) Joseph. From Thomas sprung Henry M. Waite, Chief Justice of Connecticut, who was the ancestor of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States. Most, if not all, the grandsons of this immigrant ancestor, were soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Some of these distinguished themselves in the French and Indian War, previously, and history records. their sufferings and privations while on the march and in prison.

Il. JOSEPH had only one son, named John, who kept the Old Waite Tavern. on the Post road, between Boston and Albany which was a famous stopping place for travelers for many years.

Ill. This JOHN WAITE had seven sons: (1) John, (2) Joseph, (8) Thomas, (4) Benjamin, (5) Richard, (6) William and (7) Jeduthan. Joseph, the second son, entered the Provincial Army in 1754 and has a most interesting history and his fame is proved by the fact that at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Clarendon, Vermont, monuments were erected by the citizens as a token of the esteem in which he was held. Waite river in Vermont received its name on account of some of his daring exploits.

IV. BENJAMIN WAITH, the fourth son of John Waite, and one of the ancestors of the Waite family in Scioto county, enlisted in the French and Indian War, at the age of eighteen, and was in forty engagements during this service. At one time he was captured by Indians and with two others was made to run the gauntlet. Waite being tall and athletic and understanding Indian ways, grabbed a gun from one of the Indians, clubbed his way through and gained his freedom, but the others failed and were badly beaten. Soon after this, carne the boundary dispute between the states of New York and New Hampshire and this young man was one of the Green Mountain Boys in that struggle. Following this difficulty came the battles of Lexington and Concord and he with other patriots at once offered their services and he received a commission as Captain and the official records at Washington mention him first as Major and then as Lieutenant Colonel of Waite's Battalion of Vermont Militia, Revolutionary War. Colonel Waite was a patriot of the highest order for at the breaking out of the war he sold all his property for $4,000 in gold and loaned the money to the government, which was repaid him in Continental Currency which was nearly worthless. It is on record that he gave a peddler $1,200 for a half pound of tea and a quarter pound of indigo, so little value wasthere in this kind of money. The service required of the army of that locality during the war was of the most arduous kind for they had to deal with the cunning of the savage as well as the civilized foes. He was afterwards commissioned as Brigadier General of the Vermont Militia as one of the rewards for his services. His life subsequent to the war is well known in the history of his state and mention is made of the different positions-of honor held by him in these after years of his life. The town of Waitsfield was chartered by him and several others and the records of that place show him to have been both a patriot and a Christian. General Wait born February 13, 1736, at Sudbury, Massachusetts, was married to Lois Gilbert, 1767. She was the daughter of Captain Gilbert another one of the heroes of the Revolution. He died 1822 leaving six sons: Ezra, Benjamin, born at Windsor, Vermont, September 11, 1773, Gilbert, Thomas, Joseph and John.

V. BENJAMIN, the second son and the ancestor of the Waits of Scioto county, emigrated to Ohio in the year 1814, coming with his family from Vermont to Pittsburg by wagon. Here a boat was secured and family, teams and household goods were loaded and floated down the Ohio, landing near Portsmouth. He had expected to locate in the Scioto Valley, but on arrival and noting the appearance of the inhabitants and hearing their stories of the malaria, became discouraged and located on the knobs of Porter township and there lived the remainder of his life, giving his best efforts in clearing the land and doing other work in the pioneer line of fitting the wilderness for habitation. Here the family was.reared and each took his or her part in the duties of the times. Other employments were often entered into for a season for the purpose of getting a little money which was so scarce in that day. Benjamin Wait built one of the first saw mills in this section and for years his little mill on Ward's Run furnished the only lumber used in that neighborhood. The young men of the family made frequent trips to the salt works of the Kanawha Valley and would remain for months working in order to get a little cash. The father made several trips to New Orleans on flat boats, with some of the sons, to sell produce, floating along, standing watch by turns and selling their load, and boat, too, as. best, they could, and then making their way back, often the greater part of the way on foot, each trip consuming months of time. Benjamin Wait was married to Lavinia Heaton in 1793 and he died January 8, 1858. His wife died October 7, 1872, aged over ninety-six years. Twelve children were born to them, only two of whom, Benjamin F. and John H., spent nearly their whole lives in this county.

VI. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAITE lived on a farm in Porter township, at what is now known as Waite's Station, He married Mary Smith, of Kentucky. To them were born: Perlina S. Allen, deceased, Olive A. Hayward of Nebraska, William H. of Iowa, James P., deceased, Abigail Stockham of Scioto county, Joseph B., deceased, Benjamin F. of Nebraska, Lavinia, wife of Captain A. J. Finney of Portsmouth, Jemima Schomberg of Scioto county, Mary, deceased, and Nevada.

John Heaton Waite was born March 22, 1811. He was three years old when he came to Ohio with his father. He was married to Malvina D. Sikes September 12, 1839. Their children were: Isabella Wyeth, deceased, Gilbert D. of Scioto county, Frances W. Leiter of Mansfield, Ohio, Emma W. Avery of St. Albans, Vermont, Sadie S. Holman of Long Dale, Virginia and John W. of Detroit, Michigan.

I. WILLIAM WHITE, who m. Susannah Fuller, came to America on the Mayflower, with his wife. They had two sons Resolved and Peregrine the latter of whom was born December 10, 1620, being the first born in the Plymouth Colony on board the Mayflower. He died at Marshfield on July 31, 1704.

Vil. ABRL WHITE went with his father to Kentucky, in 1779. They floated down the Ohio river on a raft with their household goods and located at Greenupsburg, or about two miles below, They were trappers and hunters. Abel White was a private soldier in Captain Daniel's Company. BHlisha Whitcombe was his First Lieutenant, Mphraim Stone, Second Lieutenant, and Aaron Smith, Wnsign. Colonel Timothy Bedell was Colonel of the Regiment. This was in January, 1776. He was allowed 4£ 15s for his services, and this was paid to his heirs in Scioto county, in 1881. He traveled 70 miles in this service. The Regiment was raised by resolution of the New Hampshire Legislature, passed January 20, 1776. He afterwards served in Captain John Coles Company, Colonel Ashley's Regiment which marched from Westmoreland, June 28, 1777, and was discharged July 11, 1877. He served eight days at this time and his pay was 12 4s. Abel m. Sarah Comfort. Their children were:

(1) Seth, (2) Abel, Jr., (8) Susannah, m. Price Kilpatrick, (4) Rebecca, m, Nathaniel Searl, the father of Judge F. ©. Searl, (5) Mary, m. Wyatt Chamberlin, (6) Daniel, grandfather of Jeweller Dan White, (7) John, m. Sylvia Wyman, (8) Asa, (9) Jermiah, lived on the Brushy Fork of the Little Scioto river, and (10) Joel,

VIIlL DANIBL WHITH was born at Greenupsburg, Ky., on September 24, 1792, and died at Dogwood Ridge, Ohio, June 27, 1857. He was married at Greenupsburg, Ky., on September 25, 1814, to Sarah Osborn, who was born in Greenup county, Ky,., September 4, 1796, and died at Dogwood Ridge, Ohio, May 26, 1851. His children were:

Of the descendants of Peregrine White born on the Mayflower in 1620 and mentioned tn this work are Judge FR. C, Searl on page 299, Horace White on page 1,181, Daniel White on page 1,180, George W. White on page 1,181, the wile of Milton FH, Shumway on page 1,182, the wife of Milton W. Brown on page 915, Willlam B. Coriell on page 989, Orpheus A, Searl on page 1,127, Clinton M, Searl on page 827, Edward Coriell on page 988, Hdgar W. Brown on page 918, Charles Wesley Brown on page 918, Henry Asbury Brown on page 915,

Paul White was born in Pennsylvania, December 17, 1817. His father died when he was a child. Paul removed to Scioto county when he was a youth. He was married to Elizabeth Walker. They had four children: John and Nancy Ann, who m. Wm. Powell, reside at Young, O.; Drucilla, m. Francis M. Powell, resides near Otway; Elizabeth, m. Frank Morse; resides on Paul White's old home place. His wife died February 25, 1862, and he was married the second time to Serena Powell in 1863. They had two chilgfren: Harrison, who resides on the old home place and Laura B., married Dynes Chambers. Paul White was a prosperous farmer, and owned a great body of land on Brush Creek. He was always a democrat in his political views. He was not a church member, but a good citizen. He died in 1882.

The first Whitney was Eustace de Whitney of Flemish descent. Of his mother, Agnes, it is recorded in Doomsday Book, "Agnes, widow of Turstin the Fleming, and Sir Eustace, her son, Lord of Whitney, gave to the church of St. Peter, at Gloucester, one hide (120 acres) of land in Pencomb, etc." Some of the early Lords of Whitney were of Welsh descent, one of whom, Sir Peidge Exrog, was a Knight of the Round Table, and "in King Arthur's time he lived at his castle at Cardmore at Cardiganshire."' The Robert Whitney of the parliament of the First Elizabeth, 1558-59, received the honorable order of knight-

I. JOHN WHITNEY was the first Whitney in America. He was the son of Thomas Whitney and Mary Bray, his wife. He was bpt. in St. Margaret's the parish church standing in the shadow of the famous Abbey on the 20th day of July, 1592... He was one of nine children. His mother d. September 25, 1629 and-his father died in April, 1687. February 22, 1607 he was apprenticed at the age of fourteen by his father to William Pring of the Old Bailey, London. The latter was a "Freeman" of the Merchant Tailor's Company, then the most famous and prosperous of all the great trade guilds. On March 13, 1614 he became a full-fledged member. He was m. in England to Elinor E She was b. 1599 and d. in Watertown, Mass., May 11, 1659. In April, 1635, he registered with his wife and five sons as a passenger in the ship "Eliza beth and Ann, Roger Cooper, Master," which a few weeks afterward, completed her lading and set sail for the New World. He settled in Watertown, Mass., June,.1635. He m. 2d in Watertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clement. She d. before her husband. He had ten children, of whom Joshua b. July 5, 1635 was the eighth. Hed. June 1, 1678.

Il. DEACON JOSHUA WHITNEY b. July 5, 1635 at Watertown, Mass., m. Lydia - - - - -; m. 2d, Mary - - - - - . She d. at Groton, March 17, 1671; m. 3d September 30, 1672, Abigail Tarball. He was a deacon and original proprietor at Groton, Mass., and dwelt there probably until it was burned by the Indians, during King Philip's war, in the spring of 1676. He returned to Watertown for a few years and d. in 1719. His will is dated April 17, 1713, and proved October 6, 1719. He was buried in the old burying ground in Groton. He served as a soldier in King Philip's war with his son, Joshua Jr. in 1691-2. He had twelve children, of whom William, born February 28, 1678 was the fourth. He d. August 7, 1719.

Ill. WILLIAM WHITNEY his son was b. in Groton, Mass., February 28, 1678. He resided in Groton until his marriage. He was m. in Chelmsford, March, 1700, to Lydia Perham, b. February 19, 1678; d. in Groton, August 24, 1716; m. 2d in Newton, April 25, 1717, Margaret Mirick, b. 1688. He removed to Plainfield, Connecticut, about 1720, where he afterwards resided. His will is dated October 15, 1751. In 1754 he gave the heirs of his sister Abigail Hutchings some property by deed. He had six children. William born May 5, 1701 was the eldest.

IV. WILLIAM WHITNEY born at Groton, Mass. May 5, 1701. He was m. at Killingly, Conn., July 16, 1723, to Mary Whitmore. He removed to Connecticut when quite young with his parents. Settling in Killingly he resided there until after his marriage, when he moved to Canaan, not far from 1758.

He was a cooper by trade, but followed farming nearly all the latter part of his life. While resident in Killingly in 1728, he was elected a member of the first board of surveyors. William b. February 5, 1725 was the oldest of his three children.

V. WILLIAM WHITNEY b. at Canaan, Connecticut, February 5, 1725; m. at Salisbury, Conn., June 4, 1747, to Arcoucher Dutcher; m. 2d to Jane . He was a farmer. He had nine children. Christopher b. September 28, 1751 was the oldest.

VI. CHRISTOPHER WHITNEY b. at Salisbury, Conn., September 28, 751, where he resided until his majority. He was united in marriage at Sharon, Conn., to Mary Ticknor, of Sharon, Conn., and with his bride was said to be the handsomest couple ever married at that place. Soon after his marriage, the war with Great Britain broke out, and he enlisted in his country's behalf. After the war, with other Continental soldiers, he was paid off in lands; he received a grant of 50 acres of land in the town of Solon, Cortland county, New York. He probably removed there about 1790 or thereabouts from Tinmouth, Vermont, when hé moved from Connecticut. He had four children. Ruluff, b. June 25, 1777, was the second.

VII. RULUFF WHITNEY b. at Salisbury, Conn., June 25, 1777, m. at Virgil, New York, about 1800, to Susanna Glenny. He has a sketch herein among the Pioneer Sketches.