Oneida County Bulletin

August 2004  

As editor of The Genealogical Journal of Oneida County, New York (as well as for Jefferson County), editor Patricia R. James (PJ) compiles this online Bulletin containing items found along her route of discovery that don't fit into any of her newsletters.  It is free to all.
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What's New at our website, www.NewYorkAncestry.com:  At no cost to you, you may view and print out four old/rare books. This is part of an effort to build an Online Library. We hope to upload a (rare) book per quarter.  The four books are:
     History of the First Baptist Church of Watertown, NY (Jefferson County);
     Old Fort Herkimer Church at German Flatts (Herkimer County);
     Historical Sketch of Hamilton College (Oneida County), and
     The Philorhetorean Society of Fairfield Seminary (Herkimer County). 
                                  New Reprints and Publications for Sale:
     Three Centuries in the Champlain Valley (Clinton County) and
     The August, 2004 issue of The Genealogical Journal of Jefferson County, NY.
            (Surnames in this issue follow at the end of this email.)

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ATTENTION!  The Genealogical Journal of Oneida County, New York for 2004 is being compiled.  I could use your help!  If you’re interested in indexing records or excerpting history for articles from old manuscripts, etc., please let me know soonest! You’ll be sent copies of the material in the mail along with instructions.   For your much appreciated service, you’ll receive 5 copies of the 2004 Oneida County Journal when it’s published.  – PJ

Now to our regular features:

1. Lost & Found – A novice researcher will often insist that their ancestral surname was GREEN and won’t take a second look at GREENE.  Likewise, researchers have a tendency to look exclusively in one county only and not surrounding counties for information.  The Russia Union Church (Herkimer County) was shared by several denominations beginning in 1820.  The minister who authored the 112 page history, Rev. Roger F. WILLIAMS, included many genealogies of families that attended services there. The following is an example of an average sketch of a family with roots in Oneida County (capitalization and emboldening of surnames added; Oneida County places underlined):
                                                                     MARCY
     Benjamin MARCY married Lois GILBERT.  She was 21 years of age and he was 52.  They resided in Mansfield, Windham County, CT.  Benjamin and Loisa (GILBERT) MARCY had children:  Calvin, Olive, Clara, Alpheus and Lebbeus. 
     Lebbeus (twin of Alpheus) was born June 17, 1791 in Windham Co., CT; died Feb. 28, 1877 in Monroe, PA, where he settled in 1820 and for many years was a valued member of that community.  He left a large family.
     Alpheus (his twin), while a resident of his native state served in the War of 1812.  In 1816, he settled near South Trenton, Oneida Co., NY.  In 1818, he married Harriett BARROWS who was born on Aug. 7, 1798 in Trenton and died on Oct. 15, 1881 in Russia, Herkimer Co., NY.  She was the daughter of Lemuel and Hannah M. (STORRS) BARROWS.  In early life, she became a Christian and a zealous member of the Baptist Church.  She was a great reader of religious literature.  After their marriage, Alpheus and Harriett settled in Fairfield, Herkimer County on a farm.  In 1819, they returned to the South Trenton farm and in 1828 settled in Russia where they spent the rest of their days. In his younger days, Alpheus was a Whig and in later life a Democrat.  He died Aug. 22, 1981 in Russia.  The children of Alpheus and Harriett were:
     1. Phares R., born Oct. 17, 1820; died Oct. 28, 1849.
     2. Sarah, married in 1847, Leavitt HINES.  He was born in 1825; died in 1864; the on of Russell and Allah (HINMAN) Hines of Norway, NY.  A son is A. L. HINES of Newport (1930).
     3.  Catherine, married 1^st, Reuben HALLADAY; 2^nd, William Riley HALLADAY.  A daughter is Mrs. Minerva SALISBURY of Poland, NY (1930).
     4.  David, born April 7, 1826, in Trenton, NY; married Oct. 10, 1849, Lucinda HIBBARD.  She was born on June 12, 1824 in Camden, Ontario, Canada; died Dec. 26, 1891 in Russia, the daughter of Samuel HIBBARD, a verteran of the War of 1812.  She was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church.
     She attended Newburg Academy in Canada and taught school several terms.  Mr. And Mrs. David MARCY were prominent in the Russia Methodist Episcopal Church.  He was a farmer.  He died Jan. 13, 1891 in Russia.  David and Lucinda had children: Josephine, wife of J. A. BASSETT; Lemuel, Adeliade (wife of Pelton L. CARPENTER); Frank and Waley H.
     5.  Storrs, born July 18, 1828 in Russia, married Betsey PRINDLE, born Oct. 22, 1835; died Jan. 10, 1892, the daughter of Charles J. and Clariss (SMITH) PRINDLE.  Storrs was a farmer and sheep raiser in Russia.  He and his wife were connected with the Russia Methodist Episcopal Church.  He died Dec. 27, 1892 in Russia.  There children were: Phares, Sherman and Jennie.
     6.  Jane E., born May 4, 1839; died May 18, 1858. 

               Surnames in this book which have Oneida County connections are: 
BEECHER, BOOTH, BROWN, COREY, FERRIS, GRAVES, HINCKLEY, LANNING, LINDSAY, MERRIMAN, NEWMAN, PARDEE, PAYNE, POLLEY, PRESTON, SHELDON, SMITH, SPERRY, THAYER, VARNEY, WHEELER.
                  For a thorough search to know whether your ancestor is featured in this history,
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2. Website WeView - websites influencing your Oneida County research.
     As many settlers of Welsh extraction resided in Oneida County, www.WalesOnTheWeb.org  is a website that has many helpful links to other websites  with a focus on Welsh genealogy:     
     Here’s another, smaller website with a narrow (Welsh) focus:                    
 www.welshmariners.org.  It has an online index of 20,000 Welsh merchant masters, mates and engineers active from 1800 to 1945. 
     Take a look at this free site on Rootsweb by an individual who’s transcribed a large amount of genealogical materials: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/newyork.  You’d be amazed at the amount of work Jane Devlin’s done!  A good share of it is in Dutchess, Westchester and Orange County but there’s a smattering done ‘closer to home’ – Onondaga and Montgomery Counties.  Most of the work is of church records and cemeteries but there are some military records as well.

3. Eye Spy - features rare (out-or-print or otherwise valuable) books that have a genealogical or historical Oneida County slant and are found at bookseller websites, specifically, www.ABE.com.  Just type in the title to obtain the description given below and get more information re: the bookseller as well.  (Other selections appear at the end of this email.)

                         

4.  What's New
 The Genealogical Journal of  Jefferson County, New York  - August 2004 issue
Articles in this issue: 
     Famous Americans: Dr. Samuel Guthrie
     Black River Conference 1867 Missionary Contributors (of Jefferson County) Part 2
     Court Records: Civil Case participants, winter of 1836.
     Index to the Photographic File at the Jefferson County Historical Museum. 

                 Surnames found in this issue appear at the end of this email. 

5.  FYI
This tidbit might be helpful to those of us doing English research:
     In England, there was a ‘voluntary’ cost to the priest officiating at the baptism (half a crown, I’m told). So many poor families simply waited until there were several babnies to be baptized from the same family and got a batch done for the same half a crown!
    (“Stretching the Family Budget” contributed to Rootsweb’s ezine of June 9, 2004, p. 12
     by Professor Graham Martin in Australia)

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                     Sincerely,  PJ (Pat James)

Surnames in the August 2004 issue of The Genealogical Journal of Jefferson County, NY: ABELL, ACKERMAN, AINSWORTH, ANDREWS, ANGELL, ARCHER, AUGSBURY, AUSTEN, AUSTIN, AYERS, AYERS , BAGLEY, BAILEY, BAIRD, BALENTINE, BANKS, BARBER, BARNARD, BARNETTE, BARNEY, BARNS, BARRITT, BARTON, BATCHELOR, BATES, BEAUCHAMP, BEAVER, BEEBE, BENNETT, BENTLY, BLADE, BLAIR, BLAIR , BOALT, BONAPARTE, BOYCE , BRONSON, BROOKS, BROWN, BROWNELL, BUCKLEY, BULL , BULLARD, BURDICK, BURHANS, BURNETT, BURNHAM, BURNS, BUTTERFIELD, CADWELL, CAFF, CALKINS, CAMERON, CAMP, CAMPBELL, CAMPLIN, CANDEE, CANNON, CARDINAL, CARPENTER, CASE, CASS, CASWELL, CATLIN, CHAUMONT, CHESSEBOR, CHEYNEY, CHITTENDEN, CHRYSLER, CHURCH, CLARK , CLARKE, CLEVELAND, CLINE, COCORAN, COE, COLE, COMBS, COMINS, COMSTOCK, CONSOUL, COON, COOPER, COREY, CRAW , CRAWE, CROSS, CUMMINS, DANDURAND, DAWSON, DAYAN, DE FERIT, DE MARCE, DE PEW, DEANE, DECKER, DEXTER, DICK, DILLENBECK, DOY, DULLES, DUNN, DUTTON, DYE, EARL, ELLSWORTH, ELMORE, EMBURY, EMERSON, EVANS, FAILING, FAIRBANKS, FALE, FERGUSON, FINK, FLAGG, FORESTER, FOSTER, FOWLER, FREMONT, FULLER, GEORGE, GERLACH, GESSNER, GIBBS, GIFFORD, GILBERT, GOODENOUGH, GOODRICH, GOULD, GOULDING, GOURELLO, GRANT, GRAY, GREEN, GREGOR, GROHL, GUTHRIE, GUTSTADT, HAAS, HACKETT, HADDOCK, HALL, HAMLIN, HANFORD, HANKIN, HART, HART , HAZELWOOD, HEATH, HEBERT, HECOX, HOLLEY, HOOKER, HOOVERMAN, HOPPER, HOPSON, HORN, HORTON, HOUSE, HOWLAND, HOYT, HUCKLEBERRY, HUGHES, HULL, HUNGERFORD, HUNTER, HUNTINGTON, INGALLS, IRWIN, IVES, JACKSON, JAMES, JENKINS, JENNE, JEWETT, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JOSLIN , JOUX, JUDD, KENNEDY, KEYES, KIMBALL, KIRBY, KITTS, KNAPP, KNIGHT, KNIGHT , KNOWLTON, KRING, LAFAYETTE, LANDON, LANSING, LARABEE, LASURE, LAWTON, LEE, LEFLER, LEHR, LEWIS, LIMMON, LINCOLN, LISCOMB, LIVERMORE, LOCKWOOD, LOOMIS, LORD, LOUCKS, MACK, MANSFIELD, MARKS, MARSHALL, MARTEN, MASSEY, MATHER, MATTHEWS, MATTISON, MAYHEW, MC CAW, MC COMBS, MC CREARY, MC CUTCHEN, MC KEE, MC KNIGHT, MELOTTE, MERRIAM , MESSINGER, MIDDLETON, MILES, MITCHELL, MIX, MONTAGUE, MONTGOMERY, MOORE, MOREHOUSE, MORGAN , MORROW, MORSE, MORTON, MUNSELL, MUNSON, NEIHARDT, NERRICK, NICHOLS, NIECE, NILL, NORTH, NOTT, ODELL, OLIN, PEAK, PELO, PELTON, PENNIL, PERKINS , PERSONS, PETERSON, PHELPS, PHILIPS, PHIPPIN, PICKARD, PLLY, POOL, PORTER, PRYOR, PUTNAM, READE, RENSSELAER, RESSIGUE, REXFORD, RICE, RIDER, RILEY, ROBINSON, ROBISON, ROCKWOOD, RYDER, RYDER , SABIN, SANS, SAYLON, SEE, SEEBER, SERVERY, SEWARD, SHEELEY, SHEFFIELD, SHERMAN, SHEW, SHIBLEY, SIKES, SKINNER, SLACK, SMILEY, SMITH, SMITH , STARK, STARKWEATHER, STEARNES, STEPHENS, STEVENS, STEWART, STORING, STOWELL, STROUGH, SUMMER, SUTHERLAND, SWAN, TAFT, TAGGART, TAMBLIN, TAYLOR, TERBUSH, THOMAS, THWING, TOWNER, TOZER, TROWBRIDGE, TUEL, TULMAN, USHER, VAN ALLEN, VAN BROCKLIN, VAN BRUNT, VAN DOREN, VAN OSTRAND, VANDERBURGH, VANDEWALKER, VERMAN, VINTON, WAITE, WALLACE, WALRATH, WALTS, WARD, WARREN, WEBB, WEBSTER, WEED, WELLS, WESCOTT, WEST, WHEELER, WHEELOCK, WHITCOMB, WILKIE, WILLARD, WILLMOTT, WINSLOW, WISE, WOOD, WOODRUFF, WOODWARD, WOOLLEY, YORK, YOUNG, YOUNG , ZELLAR, ZIMMERMAN.

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