August 2008
The Edsall Family
(Descendants of Richard Edsall & Helegonde DeKay in the 18th and 19th Centuries)
By Oliver Popenoe
Samuel Edsall
A little Geography, a little History
1 Richard Edsall (Isabella Simpson)
11 Peter Edsall (Aletta Clowes)
12 Millicent Edsall (Nehemiah Finn)
13 Hella Edsall (Obadiah Seward)
14 Richard Edsall Jr. (Mary Seward)
15 William Allison Edsall (Mary Holly)
2 Samuel Edsall (Abigail Powell)
21 Jesse Edsall (Polly Canfield)
22 Samuel Edsall (Lois Howell)
3 John Edsall (Abigail Minthorn)
31 Hannah Edsall (William Coe)
32 Nathaniel Edsall (Millicent ---)
4 James (Jacobus) Edsall (Charlotte Barton)
41 Richard Edsall (Jemima Seely)
42 Benjamin Edsall (Sarah Burt)
43 James (Jacobus) Edsall (Mary Simpson)
44 Hannah Edsall (Augustine Anderson)
45 Rachel Edsall (William Frazier)
46 Joseph Edsall (Anna Shetler/Sophia Barton)
` 47 Samuel Barton Edsall (Sarah Seely)
48 John Edsall (Elizabeth Wilcox)
49 Jesse Edsall (Temperance Dunning)
4(10) Thomas Edsall (Mary Ferrin)
Appendix One. The Family of Peter Edsall & Catherine Simonson in Ohio and Indiana
Appendix Two. Unlinked Edsalls
This is the story of two prominent families in New York and New Jersey who married in the 1720s and produced a number of sons over several generations who made significant contributions in government and business.[1]
Samuel Edsall
The immigrant, Samuel Edsall, was born 16 Mar 1634 in Reading, England, and came to America aboard the Tyrall, landing in Boston in July 1648 at the age of 14.[2] By 1657 Samuel had a hatter’s shop at what is now 47 Pearl Street in New York, then New Amsterdam. In 1662 he was engaged in selling tobacco. He has been called the founder of Bergen, NJ where he owned a farm which he leased in 1663. In 1664 he purchased 500 acres in Bronckx Land which he later sold. The next year he is said to have bought the site of Elizabeth Town and in 1666 that of Newark. Another account says that he owned a tract in Woodbridge, NJ and another in Hackensack, which was inherited by his son Richard.[3] Even if these claims are exaggerated he was obviously a very successful man. He was a member of the provincial council of Gov. Carteret in 1688, President of the Town of Bergen and a member of the Court there. The following year he returned to New York where he was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in Queens County, 13 Dec 1689.
That same year a mob seized the fort in New York because they had many grievances against Governor Edward Andros who still supported James II although he had fled the throne and been succeeded by William and Mary. Their leader, Jacob Leisler, proclaimed support of William and Mary and appointed a council of eight men of substantial merit. Samuel Edsall was one of these. Leisler and the Council ruled for almost two years. Finally the Crown appointed a new Governor but Leisler refused to surrender his rule and he and his associates were arrested and tried for high treason. Samuel and one other were acquitted, six were found guilty but pardoned, and Leisler and his son-in-law, Jacob Milbourne were hanged on 16 May 1691.[4]
Samuel was married four times.[5] On 29 May 1655 at the Dutch Church in Manhattan, he married Jannetje dau of Wessell Wessells and Mittyen Bonnan. Jannetje was described as a very accomplished and handsome young lady. By her he had six daughters who married well and two sons, one of whom, John Edsall, settled on the paternal estate in Bergen County and is the ancestor of the Edsalls who lived in that part of New Jersey. Children of Samuel and Jannetje:
a. Annetje, bp 12 Jul 1656, m Capt. William Lawrence, son of Major Thomas Lawrence of Newtown, L.I. in 1676. Settled in Bergen County on a plantation given by Samuel. Capt. Lawrence was speaker of the House of Deputies of East Jersey in 1693 and continued a member until 1698.
b. Judith, bp 15 May 1658, m Capt. Benj. Blaggs, a sea captain from Plymouth, England.
c. Johannes, bp 12 Sep 1659, died in infancy.
d. John, bp 16 Sep 1660, m Charity Smith, dau of High Sheriff Michael Smith and granddaughter of Deputy Governor John Berry of East Jersey. This son inherited and settled on the Bergen property and was the ancestor of the Edsalls of Bergen Co. He became an East Jersey Proprietor about 1700.[6]
e. Joanna, bp 14 Sep 1667, m Jacob Milbourne, secretary of Gov. Jacob Leisler.
f. Sarah, bp 14 Sep 1667. Died young
g. Benjamin, bp 22 Oct 1674. Lost in 20th year.
h. Mary, m Peter Delanoy, former mayor of New York and Collector of the Port of NY.
i. Elizabeth, m Peter Berrian of Newtown, L.I. Senator Berrian of Georgia, former Attorney General of the U.S. was a descendant of this marriage.
j. Ruth. Her first marriage was to her stepbrother Peter Berrian. The Rev. William Berrian, Rector of Trinity Church was a descendant of this marriage. Her second marriage was to Samuel Fish of Newtown, and Lt. Gov. Hamilton Fish was a descendant of this marriage.
Samuel’s third wife, 1689, was Janette, dau of Jan Stryker of Flatbush and widow of Cornelius Jansen Berrian of Newtown. No issue. [7]
The line we are interested in came through Samuel’s second wife, Ruth Woodhull, daughter of Richard and Deborah Crewe Woodhull, whom he married in 1678. Richard Woodhull was a man of great wealth, founder of Brookhaven on Long Island. Ruth died in 1688; Samuel died in 1702.[8]
Their son Richard, baptized at Bergen, 2 Apr 1683, d 1762,[9] m1, 1712, Kezia Ketcham, of Newton and the Edsalls of Queens Co descend from this marriage. His first child by Ketchum was Philip Edsall, 1710-1791, who m Elizabeth Pomeroy, and, was a farmer, civil magistrate and elder in the Presbyterian Church in Newtown, Long Island. Some genealogies say Philip had no sons, but the 1790 Census for Newtown shows Philip Sr., Samuel, and Philip Jr. together.
Richard m2, ca 1714, Anna Lawrence and m3 ca 1720, Helegonde DeKay b 1699, dau of Capt. Jacobus and Sarah Willett DeKay. Richard was a surveyor of considerable ability and reputation. He inherited 2,000 acres in Hackensack, Bergen Co, NJ from his father.
At Hackensack, in the Province of New Jersey, at a place called Edsall’s Point, there is a very good plantation to be SOLD. It consists upwards of 300 acres of upland and meadow whereon there is a good house, barn, and other outhouses, a good orchard and about 100 acres of land cleared. There is also a good grist mill upon the premises, situated so that a boat may come to it. The land is well timbered and watered. Whoever is inclined to purchase the same, may apply to Richard Edsall living upon the premises, who will dispose of the same on very reasonable terms.[10]
In 1734 Jacobus DeKay traded 60 acres in NYC for a much larger tract in the Wawayanda Patent, then supposed to be all in Orange County. DeKay settled on the southern portion of his tract, which turned out to be in what is now Vernon, Sussex Co, NJ, and Richard soon followed him, living there until he died.[11] By Helegonde DeKay, Richard had a daughter, Anne Edsal, bap. 30 Jul 1721 in the Dutch Church at Hackensack, six sons all baptized there as follows: Richard, 17 Mar 1723, Jacobus, 3 Jan 1725, Samuel, 14 Nov 1726, Thomas 27 Sep 1728, Thomas 27 May 1733, and John, 25 Nov 1733; and a daughter Sarah who m James Mitchell on 5 Jun 1755 in Florida, NY. [12]
The name originated in northern France about 1090 when one of the sons of Dreux de Boves was given land at Cais, becoming Anseau de Cais. His descendants spread out through northern France and Belgium and finally, to escape the persecutions of Philip II of Spain, fled into Holland where they became noteworthy as merchants and artists. Gen. William DeKay emigrated to New Amsterdam before 1641, becoming Treasurer of the colony. His son, Jacob Theunis-Zen Dekay, born in Holland about 1635, became one of the leading burghers of New Amsterdam, an elder of the Reformed Dutch Church, head of the Bakers Guild, and a big real estate investor.[13]
The only son to grow up and have sons was Captain Jacobus Dekay. Born 27 Nov 1672, he married 19 May 1694 Sarah Willet, daughter of Col. Thomas Willet of Flushing, who was Surrogate of Queens County and a member of the Governors Council. They had seven children, including Hellegonde who married Richard Edsall, but only one son who lived to carry on the name:
Col. Thomas DeKay, b 3 Feb 1698, d 1 Jan 1758. He m Christiana Duncan, dau of Captain George Duncan, a wealthy New York merchant of the firm of Duncan & Ludlow. He inherited much real estate including the whole of Morningside Heights (235 acres) which remained in the family until 1800. He sold 60 acres around Canal Street and bought 1200 acres in the Wawayanda Patent between Vernon, NJ and Warwick, NY.[14] DeKay was a colonel with the NY troops in the French and Indian War. Col. DeKay and Christiana had six sons and eight daughters. The sons were:
Maj. George Duncan DeKay, 11 Apr 1728 – 26 Nov 1757
James (Jacobus) DeKay, 1729 – 1806
Capt. Thomas DeKay, 26 Jul 1731 – 12 Feb 1810,
William Willet DeKay, 20 Jun 1736 – 26 Feb 1806
Michael DeKay, 1740 – 31 Jul 1816
Charles DeKay, 21 Mar 1751 – 1810
Captain Thomas DeKay was a captain in his father’s regiment of NY Provincial Troops. His son, Thomas DeKay 16 May 1759 – 16 Mar 1850, m Hannah Blain and had these children:
Polly, m Charles Williams of Warwick
Sarah (Sally) 14 Mar 1790 – 18 Dec 1855, m Joseph Edsall, Vernon
Hannah, m John Sly
Julia, m Ross Winans
Fanny, m David Hynard
Catherine, m Henry W. McCamly
Major Thomas B. DeKay, 26 Feb 1792 – 5 Sep 1865, m1 Clarissa Sharp; m2 Sarah E. Cowdry, dau of Capt. John Cowdry of NY.
A little Geography, a little History
There is a large valley, about a hundred miles long by ten to twenty miles wide that runs from the Delaware to the Hudson, encompassing parts of the counties of Warren and Sussex in New Jersey and Orange and Ulster in New York. The soil is good for dairying and grazing and in the 19th and 20th centuries it was noted for its milk and butter. The easiest way to ship these and other products to New York City and the world was through Orange County to the Hudson. So, from the beginning, there was a lot of cross-border movement and people didn’t much differentiate between living in Orange and Sussex Counties.
A road along the western foot of the Highlands, probably used first by the Native Americans, was surveyed by the British Crown in the 1730s as the King’s Highway. Today we know it as route 94, running from above Warwick in Orange County down through Vernon and Hamburg
Sussex County was set off from Morris County in 1753. Hardyston Township, named for a royal governor, was set off in 1763, running at that time to the New York border. In 1793, Vernon was taken from the north end of Hardyston. Up to 1772, when the present boundary between New York and New Jersey was finally set, both provinces argued about the location of the boundary, with New Jersey claiming it ran north of Warwick Village through Mount Eve and Florida as you can see on the following map.
In 1752-4 the proprietors of West Jersey sent Richard Gardner (whose widow married Richard Edsall, #1) to survey the farms around the disputed territory; his Journal is in the NJ Historical Society. Among those surveyed were Richard Edsall (1683-1762), Richard Edsall Jr (1723-1804)’ Jacobus Edsall and the DeKays. The surveying didn’t always go easily:
Affidavit of John Herring (a 56-year old Quaker), relative to an assault made on him and Richd Gardner and Peter Decker by Thomas DeKay and sons on 20 July 1754:[15]
Being on horseback, riding, peaceably, in the highway leading from Goshen to Newtown about four or five miles southwestward from the Division Line between New York and New Jersey, I saw Richard Gardner, ahead of me, stopped and one, commonly called Jack DeKay, whose name is said to be James, Jacob or Jacobus, second son of Thomas DeKay, holding the bridle of Richard Gardner’s horse and having a large club in his right hand. The affirmant asked the said Jack DeKay why he stop’t Mr. Gardner? He answered his father would be there, presently, and let us know. In one, or very few minutes, the said Thomas DeKay came up on horseback, lighted off his horse and presented a pistol to this affirmant’s breast and swore with an horrible oath that he had a good mind to blow a brace of balls through this affirmant’s breast. Then he took out of this affirmant’s hand a well seasoned walking stick and with the big end thereof struck the affirmant with so violent a blow that he made a wound about an inch long leading to a loss of blood, and he continued till he split the said stick to shivers.
The said Thomas DeKay then went to Richard Gardner and beat and abused him and took out of his saddle bags a surveying compass, surveying chain, a surveying scale, a pair of dividers and a horse bell and handed them to his sons, George, the eldest, and Jack. Then the said Thomas DeKay threw the bags at Richard Gardner and rode off. The affirmant thought it very odd that Thomas DeKay should have so abused him, not only an old man but a cripple and one who, by his religious principles, is debarred from using any resistance. The affirmant knows of nothing that could have raised Thomas DeKay’s resentment to that degree but this affirmant having assisted Richard Gardner in making a survey of some lands, in the said county of Sussex, belonging to the Proprietors of East New Jersey.
Vernon village grew up at the junction of the King’s Highway and the road now known as Route 515 which provided a shortcut southeast into the Highlands. We know little of Vernon before 1802 because most of the residents were tenants. Some 130 acres of what would become downtown were owned by Richard Edsall, Jr. who was a surveyor for the East Jersey Proprietors. In his lifetime, Richard bought and sold a lot of real estate. 1802 he sold two large tracts in Vernon village: 42 acres to Richard Kimble of Orange County (a DeKay relative) and 88 acres to William Winans. At this time there was a schoolhouse and meeting house but no church would be built until the 1840s. Early Methodist circuit preachers gave services at Winans Tavern. Townsfolk made the trip to Hamburg or Warwick for regular services or serious shopping.[16]
The village of Hamburg, which is the Hardyston township seat, was first settled in 1750. Early families, among whom the Edsalls settled and married, included Linn, Rude, Simpson, Hamilton, and Seward. Col. John Seward of Hamburg was the grandfather of William Henry Seward, Lincoln’s Secretary of State, born in Florida, NY. Col. Joseph E. Edsall arrived in Hamburg in 1830; Richard E. Edsall in 1836. Hardyston Township has an abundance of mineral products, particularly iron and zinc. The Franklin Iron Company was employing 250 men near the end of the 19th Century.
James (Jacobus) Edsall located about 1770 on the line between Hardyston and Vernon. Most of his sons located in one or the other of these townships. Richard Edsall moved around a bit and lived both in Vernon and in Warwick. Benjamin Edsall settled in Vernon on the Orange County line. Jacobus Jr. born in Vernon, lived in Hardyston. Samuel Barton Edsall moved from Vernon to Bradford County, PA. John Edsall was first in Hardyston, then moved to Locke in Cayuga County. The last two, Jesse and Thomas Edsall, moved from Hardyston to Goshen and Minisink in Orange County.
The four sons whose lines we will now follow are 1. Richard (1723-1804), 2. Samuel (1726-1786), 3. John (1733 - <1790) who all lived near each other in Warwick (then part of Goshen Precinct); and 4. James (or Jacobus) (1725-1800), who lived across the line in Vernon, Sussex County. You can still see his farm, with an imposing house, on DeKay Road, which runs west off Route 94 just below the state line.
To clarify who was who, I am assigning each generation a further digit beginning with the above numbers.
1 Richard Edsall, bap. 1723 at Hackensack, d 1804 in Warwick, m1 ? (--- Jackson?),[17] m2 before Dec 1775[18] Isabella Simpson b 1728, d 1801 in Warwick, widow of Richard Gardner, Surveyor of Sussex County.
Richard Gardner, Feb. 9, 1753: “Richard Edsall, Junr. was next in my way. He lives on the north end of Capt. Aske’s farm and is settled by Thomas Wellin and has been there five years and has cleared 40 acres.”
Gardner died in 1768; in 1798 his property was partitioned and some went to his widow Isabel, then wife of Richard Edsall. The mortgages given in 1775 show that Richard, Samuel and John all lived clustered together in Warwick, between the villages of Edenville and Florida.[19] At that time, Richard was one of the judges of the Orange County Inferior Court of Common Pleas. The 1790 Census shows Richard in Warwick, next door to his sons Richard Edsall Jr. and Peter Edsall. By the 1800 Census he was in Minisink. Possible children, all by first wife:[20]
11 Peter Edsall, married Aletta Clowes, by NY License dated 19 Jan 1768. Aletta was born 4 Apr 1740 and died 3 Oct 1819, both in NY.[21] He lived near his father, between Florida and Edenville.[22] Children:[23]
111 Hester Edsall, b 12 Sep 1770, d 4 May 1836.
112 Samuel Edsall, b Orange County 12 Mar 1772, d Thurston, Steuben County NY (and buried in Campbell, NY) 24 Sep 1856, m 4 Apr 1796, Jane Littell, b 21 Mar 1776, d 11 Jun 1851. Jane Little was the dau of Deborah Seely Little and granddaughter of Samuel Seely’s son Christopher Seely[24]. In 1800 Samuel and Jane were living in Sussex County near the Delaware River probably in Montague Township. In 1803 in Wayne Co, PA Samuel quitclaimed Jane’s inheritance.[25] They moved to Campbell Town, Steuben Co NY. Samuel d in Thurston and was buried in Campbell. Children:[26]
1121 Maria Sarah Edsall, 16 May 1797 - 17 Apr 1841, m – Bulkley and had a son b in 1827.
1122 Aletta C Edsall, 12 May 1798 – d Amity 3 Dec 1855, m Solomon Rowley.
1123 Deborah L Edsall, 23 Aug 1799 - 27 Apr 1848
1124 John J Edsall, 13 Dec 1800 - d 2 Aug 1890 (at age 89 years 7 months and 13 days). He m Minerva Whitaker, b 1809, d 21 Mar 1875. He m Hannah < 1880.
11241 Elvina Fidelia Edsall, b ca 1832
11242 Rhoda Edsall, b ca 1835
11243 John Edsall Jr, b ca 1838, m Lydia --.
11244 Mary J. Edsall, b ca 1841, d Bath 1888, unm.
11245 Philo Milo Edsall, b Mar or Apr 1844. It is said in the family that he had a twin who didn’t survive, so he was given both names. He m before 1865 Lydia Ann Buckingham, b 1837 in Ohio.
11246 Salem Edsall, b ca 1846, m before 1865 Mary Delphine Edsall
11247 Robert Solomon Edsall, b ca 1847
1125 Samuel P Edsall, 10 Nov 1802 - 9 Apr 1805
1126 Peter D Edsall, b Orange Co 7 May 1804 – d Thurston NY 13 May 1884. He was Justice of the Peace 1844-46. He m Maribah Whitcomb, b 15 Oct 1843.
11261 Aletta Edsall, b ca 1827, m1 Joshua Washburn, m2 William Taylor. Had children by both.
11262 William M Edsall, b Schuyler, NY ca 1831, d in 1862 in the War.
11263 Milton B Edsall, b Schuyler, 29 Jan 1834, d 7 Mar 1889 in Thurston. He m Mary Melissa Wilhelm, 31 Dec 1840 – 29 Nov 1887. In 1860 he was a farmer in Thurston; in 1874 he was a lumberman in Emporium, PA.
11264 Harriet A Edsall, b Schuyler, ca 1838
11265 Harmon R Edsall, b Schuyler, ca 1840
1127 Hester D Edsall, 17 Dec 1807 - < 1850, m – Whitaker.[27]
11271 Lannah Whitaker m -- Trumball.
11272 Susan Whitaker 1831-1902, m 15 May 1851 Peter Van Ness, 1819-1904
11273 Hester Whitaker
1128 Thomas D Edsall, 19 Feb 1810 - 1 Jan 1869, m Charlotte Lewis.
11281 Sarah Catherine Edsall, b ca 1839, d 1869, m Henry Bancroft.
11282 Samuel J. Edsall, b ca 1840, was in 78th Reg. Sv. In 1880 was a farmer in Shippen, Cameroon, PA, m to May --- b ca 1846, with son Ferdinand, b ca 1866.
11283 Maria M Edsall, b ca 1842, d 16 Nov 1893, m James Crowes.
11284 Thomas Edwin Edsall, b ca 1844, d 30 Aug 1862 in the War.
11285 Eliphas F. Edsall, b ca 1845
11286 Deborah C. Edsall, b ca 1848, m – Seth E Wilhelm, b ca 1847. In 1880 they were living in Canisteo, Steuben Co.
11287 Mathilda M. Edsall, b ca 1851
11288 Hannah J. Edsall, b ca 1853
1129 Millicent E Edsall, 28 May 1813 - 21 Feb 1875, m Eliphas Fish. In 1850 they were living with Millicent’s parents.
112(10) David Little Edsall, b 7 May 1816 in Bradford, PA, d Hope, KS 4 May 1887, m 22 Oct 1837 Bethiah Lewis, 5 Jun 1821 – 6 Apr1901 in Oakwood, OK, dau of John M and Elizabeth Lewis. David and Bethiah lived in NY for a while, then moved to Michigan, then back to Bath, then in 1870 back to Michigan. From there they moved to Creston, IA for about 3 years, then to Lamar, MO, in 1879 to Brookville, KS, in 1881 to Parsons, KS, then to Hope Kansas where they were living when David died. The family had a stallion which they bred as a family business. After David’s death, Bethiah went to Oklahoma with four of her sons; the two daughters remained in Kansas.
112(10)1 Jane E Edsall, b Allegheny Co, NY ca 1839, d 21 Mar 1915 in Savona. Jane m1 Levy McProuty and they had three children: Ida, m – Davis; Lucinda, m William Bushnell; and William. It was found later that McProuty was an imposter; his name was assumed. Jane m2 Selah Helm, b 1830, d 1913. They had one daughter, Patsey.[28]
112(10)2 Rachel Edsall
112(10)3 Samuel A Edsall, b ca 1845, d Hope, KS 8 Jul 1884. In Feb 1862 he enlisted at Bath, NY in Co F, 78th Regiment of NY Infantry. He was given a medical discharge for Typhoid 21 Nov 1862; later killing himself due to lung problems from the Typhoid. Never married.
112(10)4 Rebecca Riley Edsall, b Hammondsport, NY 27 Jun 1846, d 27 Jan 1927 in Clinton, Custer Co, OK. She m1 in Hammondsport 16 Aug 1863, James French who starved to death in Andersonville prison during the Civil War. She m2 Charles W. Canfield who was killed by Indians in Kansas while taking a load of hides to town. She m3 in 1879 Henry Clay Dow. She m4 in 1887 Thomas Hickey, a buffalo hunter, who died from drinking poison whiskey. She m5 1 Apr 1888 in Webb Co, MO, John Houchin 5 Oct 1847 – 29 May 1931 in Cherokee, OK.
112(10)5 Theron U. Edsall, b 27 Oct 1848 in Steuben Co, NY, d 12 Mar 1918 in Milllington, MI, m 15 Jan 1872 in Vassar, MI Susanna Loss, 4 Apr 1855 Monroe Co, MI – 28 Dec 1930 Flint, MI. He was a farmer.
112(10)6 David S Edsall, b 19 Jul 1851 in Allegheny, NY, d 2 Sep 1928 in Watonga, OK. He m 4 Dec 1884 in Dickinson Co, KS, Margaret McKay, b Oct 1857, dau of William and Almira May and widow of Donald McKay. She was the sister of Edgar Edsall’s wife Almira. They were living with her children by McKay and her parents in Sickle, Dewey Co, OK in 1880; he was a blacksmith and an ordained First Christian Church Minister.
112(10)7 Elliot Daniel Edsall, b 13 May 1854 in Allegheny, NY, d 24 Sep 1926 in Oakwood, OK. He m 8 Nov 1866 in Marion KS, Olive Marie Williams, b Oct 1868 in Ohio. In 1880 he was a farmer, living with his family next door to the family of David S. Edsall.
112(10)8 Edgar Legrand Edsall, b 12 Jul 1856 in Bradford Co, PA, d 29 Mar 1930 in Watonga, OK. He grew up in the Great Lakes region and after his parents returned to Kansas he married 5 Dec 1884 in Harper Co, KS, Almira May, b there 17 Mar 1868. He was a farmer.
112(10)9 Horace Barnes Edsall, b 4 Aug 1859 in NY, d 8 Feb 1945 in Canton, OK, m 26 Dec 1884 in Hope, KS to Frances Biehler, b 25 Dec 1867 in Germany, d 21 Oct 1928 in Watonga, OK. He was a farmer and Deputy Sheriff in Oakwood, Dewey Co, OK
112(10)(10), Clara L. Rose Edsall, b Hammondsport, NY 3 Feb 1862, d Langley, KS 16 Nov 1934, m Charles Rupert, b Feb 1859. He was a farmer in Langley.
113 Mary Edsall b 24 Mar 1774, d between 3 Dec 1840 & 1849
114 Millicent Edsall, b 13 Nov 1776, d May 1836, m 8 Feb 1803[29] John Barnes
115 Peter Clowes Edsall, b 4 Apr 1779, d 22 Dec 1824. m 13 Mar 1806 in Sussex County, Catherine Simonson by Rev. Thomas Teasdale. Peter Edsall of Warwick and Catherine, his wife, on 10 Jun 1809 (Mtge Book G, p 324) mortgaged to Samuel Seward of Florida, five different small parcels, apparently west and south of the village of Warwick, adjoining David McCamly, Samuel McCamley, Zebulon Wheeler, John McWhorter, David Sanford, etc. On 16 Mar 1811, as a result of several executions in the Court of Common Pleas, the Sheriff of Orange County sold the property of Peter Edsall Junior, late of the Town of Warwick, adjoining lands of Thomas McCain, Charlotte McCain, Samuel M’Camley, Roliff Underdunck and John M’Whorter.[30] In 1812, Peter left Orange County and moved to Ohio where he died. A lengthy account of Peter and Catherine’s family will be found in Appendix One. Nine children, six boys, three girls, including:
1151 Samuel Edsall, b ca 1805, d 1865, m 31 Oct 1831 at Connersville, IN, Cynthia Harrison.[31] Children: Desdemona[32], Edmund, Rosalie, Helen, Matilda, Lucy. See Appendix One for his career.
1152 John Edsall, b 8 Jan 1808, d 25 Mar 1845, Fort Wayne. Married in 1840, Mary DeKay of Orange County[33]
1153 Simon Edsall, b ca 1809, d 26 Nov 1895, m Mary ---, b ca 1809, d 8 Aug 1894, children: Peter, William W.23[34]
1154 William S. Edsall, b ca 1811, d 13 Mar 1876. Married Louisa McCarty, dau of Gen. McCarty, b ca 1820, d 1857. [35] Children: Amelia, William C. Clarence, Joanna and Joseph W. See Appendix One for his career.
1155 Joseph Edsall, b ca 1819, lawyer
1156 H H Edsall, was first Clerk of the Town of Bluffton when it was organized in 1861
1156 Laura Edsall, b Ohio ca 1821, m William H. Coombs, a lawyer in Fort Wayne.
1157 Isabella Edsall, b Ohio ca 1823, m Samuel Rugg, b NY ca 1806. In 1860 he was a school superintendent in Indianapolis. In 1870 they were farming in Madison, Alabama.
116 Clowes Edsall, b 4 Apr 1782
117 Aletta Edsall. 4 May 1785- 3 Dec 1852, m 17 Jan 1812 Daniel Carpenter, Jr. 26 Apr 1771- 10 Aug 1863, as his second wife. His first wife was Sally Curtis. The History of the Amity Presbyterian Church, by Carrie Feagles, OCGS 1994, reports that Aletta Edsall was one of the organizers of the church in 1809, that she married Carpenter 17 Jan 1812, and that she died 3 Dec 1852. In 1850 Daniel, age 80, was listed as a gentleman and the children living with them were: Aletta, Mary, Jane, and Samuel (merchant)
1171 Sarah Carpenter, 1812-1902, buried in Hillside Cemetery, Ridgebury, NY.
1172 Daniel Carpenter, Jr. 1815-1902
1173 Aletta Carpenter, 1816-1902, m 1852, Wantage NY, Gamalil Russell.
1174 Mary Carpenter, 1818-1902, m William Lewis Payne.
1175 Jane Carpenter, 1826-1889, m in Drexel, PA William B Rankin.
1176 Samuel Carpenter, 1828-1894
1177 John Carpenter, ? – 1885
1178 William Carpenter, ? – 31 Mar 1890 in Afton, NY.
12 Millicent Edsall, b 1753, m1 1779 Nehemiah Finn, m2 1785 in Stamford, CT, Rev. John Shepard, d 1822, Brewerton, NY near Lake Oneida.
13 Hella Edsall b 1757, m1 Obadiah Seward 1754-1789, son of Col. John Seward of Snufftown, Sussex Co, NJ and Mary Swezy. m2 1803 in NJ, Caleb Post of VT.
14 Richard Edsall,Jr., b ca 1753, He m1 1770, Mary (Polly) Seward, 1752-1771, sister of Obadiah above (and of Samuel Swezy Seward, two of whose children were m to Armstrongs, q.v.). Eight months later she died. When the war came, Richard enlisted in the Continental Army and was made a captain of a company in Col. John Seward's Sussex Co. regiment. He was in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine and several others. After the war he took up land surveying, following in the footsteps of his grandfather. He m2 Phoebe Amelia Seward, a niece of Col. Seward.
May 20, 1784. Richard Edsall 3d & Josiah Seely, now in prison for indebtedness intend to apply for discharge under an act of the State Legislature recently passed for the relief of insolvent debtors.[36]
Children:[37]
141 Elizabeth Edsall, 1786-1868, m William Allison Carpenter, 1781-1858 (brother of Daniel, above.) Moved to Buffalo. Their son, Gilbert was a member of Congress from Erie Co, NY.
142 Amelia Edsall, 1789-1863, m 18 Mar 1809 Capt Thomas McCain,1784-1829.[38] He was the son of William and Charlotte Johnson McCain. Charlotte was the daughter of Thomas Johnson and Susannah Poppino Johnson. The latter moved with their sons before 1790 to Virginia and Tennessee, leaving only Charlotte behind. Thomas McCain died after 20 years, leaving Amelia to raise the children:
1421 Phoebe McCain, 1810-, m Thomas Hinchman, moved to Michigan.
1422 William Johnson McCain, 1812-1830
1423 John Edsall McCain, 1815-1891, m 1843 Abigail McCamley 1822-1895. Two daughters: Sarah Delia m 1868, Seneca Jessup, and Amelia who m 1869 Dr. Andrew J Jessup.[39]
1424 Charles Thomas McCain, 1821-1893, unm.
1425 James Seward McCain, m, SF, CA, Emily Smith.
1426 Edward Henry McCain, 1827-1850. d in CA.
143 Margaret Edsall 1792-1872, m Horace Thomas, editor of the Buffalo (NY) Express.
15 William Allison Edsall, b ca 1773, d Goshen19 Jul 1835, m Mary (Polly) Holly. According to the 1825 Census they had 85 acres of improved land, ten horses and three cattle. Three of their children were baptized in the Goshen Presb. Ch. in 1816: Hannah, William, and Mary. Children according to descendants:
151 Julia Edsall, 19 May 1797-1872, m in Goshen 21 Dec 1822, Andrew Webb.[40] In 1850 he was 70, farming in Goshen with Julia 54 and John and Mehitable 18.
152 Amelia Edsall, 1798-1871, m George Rankin who d 1845. This may be the son of the George Rankin who had land adjoining Samuel Edsall and David Carr, when Carr sold to William Armstrong in 1782. In 1850, Amelia 51 was living in the family of Wm H Rankin 28, with Deborah Rankin 27 and David Rankin 13.
153 Hannah Edsall, 1800-1884, m in Goshen 1823, Richardson Hays. In 1850 he was a butcher in Montgomery, Orange County, with Hannah and children: Julia, Hannah A, John R, Charles W and Alfred K.
154 Mary Gray Edsall, 8 Apr 1814-1886, m 1838, Alfred Knight,
155 William Edsall Jr, b 22 Mar 1816, no data beyond baptism.
156 Clarissa Edsall, 1 May 1818-1906. m 1844 at Detroit, Patrick C Higgins.
2. Samuel Edsall of Goshen Precinct, b 21 Dec 1729- d in Warwick 29 Dec 1786, m 29 Oct 1781, Abigail Powell, b 11 Mar 1753, d age 72 in Muskingum County, OH.[41] In 1764, Samuel mortgaged 100 acres, adjoining Richard Edsall.[42] In 1776 he mortgaged 26 ½ acres adjoining the gristmill that he owned jointly with his brother John.[43] Samuel bought land in Florida from Richard Johnson, next door to David Carr, between 1776 and 1782. In 1783 he mortgaged 109 acres north of Edenville, adjoining the lands of Jacobus Post, the heirs of Robert Armstrong, Jonathan Knapp and George Rankin.[44] In his will, made 2 July 1786, Samuel named his wife Abigail and sons Jesse and Samuel. His executors were his brothers Richard and Jacobus (James) and his wife; and witnesses were neighbors George Rankin, Robert Armstrong, Esq. (son of William Armstrong and Mary Carr); and Julia Armstrong (I don’t recognize this name—perhaps she was a dau m to an Armstong).
21 Jesse Edsell, a native of Orange County, NY, born March 11, 1783, moved with his brother Samuel to Pike Township, Bradford Co, PA after 1800.[45] Jesse and Samuel are the two sons of Samuel of Goshen, very young when he died and too young to have been listed in the 1790 and 1800 Censuses in Orange County. Jesse was a man of considerable importance in the early history of Pike. He drove the first stage between Elmira and Binghamton in 1802. He married, 28 Sep 1803, Polly Canfield, dau of Andrew Canfield, a Revolutionary soldier. Polly, b 10 Feb 1784 in Litchfield Co, CT, taught the first school in an old sawmill. She was an expert weaver and, at 80, she wove in a single year 800 yards of cloth and spun 50 pounds of flax. She died 13 Jul 1877 in her 94th year. Jesse died 4 Oct 1855 on his homestead at Prattville Bradford Co. Children:
211 Betsy Edsell, 16 May 1806 – 5 Jan 1874 at Prattville, m Jeremiah Canfield
212 Samuel Homer Edsall, b Jan 1809, m Mary Lewis, died in Pike
213 Eunice Edsall, b 28 Jul 1810, m Levi Lewis, brother of Mary, d in LeRaysville
214 Wilson C. Edsall, 8 Jul 1814 – 12 Aug 1900 at Otsego, Mich. He m1 Julia Clock of Oberlin, Ohio and m2 before 1870 Clara Hughes of Otsego, MI. He went west in 1835 and became a man of means and prominence, serving three terms as Michigan State Senator. In 1850 he was a millwright, in 1860 a lawyer, and in 1870 and 1880 he was a banker in Otsego. Children by Julia:
2141 Alice Edsall, b ca 1843
2142 Sarah Edsall, b ca 1849
2143 Charles W Edsall, b ca 1853. He was a banker in Otsego in 1880.
Child by Clara:
2144 Esther Edsall, b ca 1869
215 Amanda Edsall, 14 M