Edsall Family

(Descendants of Richard Edsall & Helegonde DeKay in the 18^th and 19^th Centuries)

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]

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.

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]

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:

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:

Major Thomas B. DeKay, 26 Feb 1792 � 5 Sep 1865, m1 Clarissa Sharp; m2 Sarah E. Cowdry, dau of Capt. John Cowdry of NY.

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 19^th and 20^th 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 19^th 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]

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.

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.

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.

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.

11272 Susan Whitaker 1831-1902, m 15 May 1851 Peter Van Ness, 1819-1904

11282 Samuel J. Edsall, b ca 1840, was in 78^th Reg. Sv. In 1880 was a farmer in Shippen, Cameroon, PA, m to May --- b ca 1846, with son Ferdinand, b ca 1866.

11286 Deborah C. Edsall, b ca 1848, m � Seth E Wilhelm, b ca 1847. In 1880 they were living in Canisteo, Steuben Co.

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)3 Samuel A Edsall, b ca 1845, d Hope, KS 8 Jul 1884. In Feb 1862 he enlisted at Bath, NY in Co F, 78^th 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.

114 Millicent Edsall, b 13 Nov 1776, d May 1836, m 8 Feb 1803[29] John Barnes

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.

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.

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.

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]

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:

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]

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.

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 � 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 94^th year. Jesse died 4 Oct 1855 on his homestead at Prattville Bradford Co. Children:

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:

215 Amanda Edsall, 14 Mar 1817 � 16 Apr 1891, m William Ellsworth of LeRaysville.

216 Polly Julia Edsall, 26 May 1819 �22 Jun 1856, m Phineas Hager at Otsego.

22 Samuel Edsall, b 18 Apr 1787,[46] was associated with his brother and died on the homestead in Bradford County, PA 2 Mar 1859. Samuel Edsall of Warwick, a tanner and currier, on 19 Oct 1802, mortgaged to Phebe Hetfield of Goshen, five acres in Amity, on the line of William Raynor. (Mtge Book E, p 157) His payment was recorded 15 May 1805. On 16 May 1806, he and his wife Lois, mortgaged it again to Moses Wisner (Mtge Book F, p 160) and it was paid 8 Aug 1808. On 2 Sep 1808, Samuel and Lois mortgaged it to Samuel Jessup (Mtge Book G, p 167) and I do not see a record of its payment. Stickney reports (p 16) that Lois 11 Feb 1785 � 2 April 1859, was the dau of John Howell of Orange Co.

221 Martha A. Edsall, b ca 1823, m Norman Briggs. In 1880 he was a farmer in Pike, Bradford County and Elizabeth Edsall and Samuel G. (C) Edsall were living with them.

225 Grant W. Edsall, b ca 1835, was a farmer in Monroe, Bradford County in 1870 with wife Charlotte and children: Fred M, 8, Ida May, 6. He became a schoolteacher.

3. John Edsall, bap 25 Nov 1733, m 25 May 1756 in Florida, Abigail Minthorn of Bellvale, the dau of John Minthorn and Abigail Bailey of Westchester or Dutchess County, and a sister of Captain John Minthorn who m Christian Poppino dau of John Poppino.[47] John�s 63 � acre farm adjoined that of his brother Samuel and they operated a grist mill together.[48] During the Revolution, John served in the local militia.[49] He is listed on the 1775 tax list next to Samuel, but not on the 1790 census, suggesting that he died before 1790. He is said to have had three children.

31. Hannah Edsall, b 11 Apr 1776, Orange County; d 23 Dec 1801 in Newton, Sussex County, NJ. She m William Coe, b 23 Mar 1764 Torringford, Litchfield County, CT, d 29 Dec 1809, Lunenburg County, VA.[50] They had two daughters who died as infants and one son who survived, born in Newton:

311 William Thayre Malhershallalhashbaz Coe, b 27 Aug 1797. He was a Methodist minister in Canada from about 1830 to 1848, then continued in Iowa until about 1860. He died in Manhattan Kansas, 2 Feb1871. His first son was named William Edsall Coe.

32. Nathaniel Edsall, b ca 1770 � 1775, d Darke Co, Ohio 20 Apr 1832 m Millicent ---, b ca 1775, d ca 1848 in Darke Co.[51] We have no documentary evidence that Nathaniel was John and Abigail�s son but the timing is right, the name fits since Abigail�s grandfather was Nathaniel Bailey,[52] and they are the most probable parents as discussed in the footnote below. Nathaniel Edsall went from Orange County to Luzerne County, PA,[53] then Warren County, OH, then Darke County, OH where he died. In 1800 he and his wife were between 16 and 25, with one boy and two girls under 10. In 1810, still in Luzerne County, there were three boys and two girls under 10, one boy 10-16. He and his wife were 26-45 and there were two women over 45. Could one of these have been his mother?

John and Samuel Edsall in Warwick had as a neighbor, David Carr, (see map below) who sold his land in 1792 and moved across the border to Vernon).[54] David Carr�s first son was named Edsall Carr, suggesting that his wife, Mary, was an Edsall. David Carr�s second wife is believed to be Hannah Edsall. Parents of both are unknown, but undoubtedly were one or more of the three neighbor Edsall brothers. Edsall Carr and Absalom Carr, his brother, moved to Monroe, Luzerne Co, PA.[55] In the 1800 Census, Absalom Carr was next door to Nathaniel Edsall there.

321 Melinda Edsall, b PA ca 1798, m 21 Jan 1819 in Warren Co. OH, Richard Lawrence.

322 Julia Ann Edsall, b PA ca 1800, m 30 Oct 1817 in Warren Co. OH, John French, b ca 1784.

323 Samuel Edsall,[56] b PA ca 1804, m1 24 Jan 1828, Preble Co, Ohio, Jane Craig,[57] m2, 14 Mar 1833, Preble Co, Thursey Gard, m3 Sarah ---, b Indiana 1814. In 1830, Samuel was a head of household in Darke Co, close to Nathaniel Edsall. In 1840 he was in Preble County, Ohio. It would appear that Thursey had died around 1849 and Samuel had left the kids with the Craig family who lived close to him in Ohio, and gone on to Indiana where he subsequently married Sarah.

3231 Luther Edsall, b ca 1831, was living in the family of Daniel Craig in Preble Co, OH in 1850.

3233 Jasper Edsall, b ca 1844, with his sisters Lucy and Thursey, in 1850 was living close to Luther in the family of Reason B. Craig. In 1860 he was working on a farm in Noble Co, Indiana and on 28 Feb 1864 he married Amanda Winebrenner, dau of David and Barbara Winebrenner. David was the brother of Jacob Winebrenner (see below) so Amanda was a first cousin of Henry Winebrenner who married Lucy Edsall #326.[59] By 1880 Jasper and Amanda had moved to Fort Wayne where he died after 1920.

324 James Edsall b ca 1807, m 9 Apr 1835, Darke County, OH, Catherine Lealy[61], b ca 1815. In 1840 and 1850 they were in Preble County, OH; in 1860, in Turkey Creek, Kosciusko County, IN, later divorced.

3241 Milton Edsall, b 2 May1840, d 5 Aug 1923 m 11 June 1865 Malinda Sparks, b 8 Feb 1847, d 7 Nov 1920.[62] In 1870-80 they were living in Darke County, OH and their father James was with them.

3242 Benjamin F. Edsall,10 Jul 1843 � 24 May 1909, m 16 Nov 1867, Sarah Emma Wallace, b Aug 1849.

325 Lucy Edsall, b ca 1818, m May 1837, Henry Winebrenner, b PA 4 July 1817, d 15 Sep 1901 Noble Co, IN, son of Jacob and Catherine (Alabaugh) Winebrenner. At fourteen he was apprenticed to the tailor's trade. After serving four years, he commenced business for himself. In 1850 they moved to Noble County and located on a farm of 80 acres, which was devoid of clearing, and its improved condition was accomplished by hard manual labor. They had nine children - Lewis, James, John, William, Norris, Howard, Oscar, Juliann and Elizabeth.[64]

33. Peter Edsall. Heverly, op cit. p 296, says that Nathaniel and Peter Edsall came from New Jersey 1795, locating on Towanda Creek in Monroe (Luzerne Co, PA), being the first settlers above Samuel Cranmer. Nathaniel remained a score of years then removed to other parts. Peter married Jane Miller, sister of Mrs. Samuel Cranmer, and had three children. During the War of 1812, Peter Edsall and others were drafted. In October, at the mouth of the Towanda Creek, they built a raft and went down the river to Wilkesbarre, thence to Danville, where after a month�s absence from home they were discharged.[65] Peter finally deserted his family and went to Canada. Mrs. Jane Edsall, born 25 Nov 1770, died in Monroe, 1 Jan 1839. (All this would imply that Nathaniel and Peter were brothers, born ca 1770 or before.)

331 John Edsall, b 20 Sep 1803[66] m Nancy Lewis, b ca 1805.[67] In 1850, John and Nancy were living in Monroe, Bradford Co, PA among several Lewis families. By 1860, Nancy was the farmer, living alone with Aaron.

3312 Julia Edsall, b ca 1838, d 1912, m 1866, m Uri N. Verbeck, carpenter, b July 29, 1836. Children: Meena E and Edsall H Verbeck.

3313 Aaron J Edsall, b Jun 1842, d 23 Sep 1921[68] m1 18 May 1868, Minnie E Chapman,[69] b Jul 1849, m2 Eunice, d 1922. He was a wagon maker in Albany, Bradford County.

332 Mary Edsall, b 6 Feb 1799, d 2 Nov 1875, m 1828 Libeus Marcy [70], a native of Connecticut, born June 19, 1793, who migrated to Monroe in 1822, having been induced by a brother-in-law. He traded his property for timberland, put up a saw-mill and engaged in lumbering for a number of years in addition to farming. Three times he walked from Monroe to Connecticut when economy and frugality were a necessary part of the common practice of successful life.

333 Jane Edsall, m Jeremiah Blackman, born in Connecticut, June 6, 1804. He emigrated to the State of New York with his father's family at 4. In 1825 he joined his brothers in Monroe and worked at blacksmithing along with farming. After a few years he moved three miles farther up the creek to what is known as South Branch, and engaged in farming, blacksmithing, lumbering and hotel keeping. Children: Lucinda (Mrs. Chester Carter); William H., who moved to Iowa, and died there; Lamira (Mrs. Christopher Platt); Saphronia (Mrs. Edward Wilcox). He died February 17, 1878; and his wife, April 24, 1881, aged 74 years, 7 months and 4 days.[71]

4. James (Jacobus) Edsall, b Bergen 1724, bap 3 Jan 1725 at the Dutch Church at Hackensack. Will made in Wallkill, Orange County 18 Dec 1800; probated 3 Dec 1801 (Liber B, 284). He was a Captain in Col. Ephraim Martin's Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteers of the Continental Army. He m1, prob. in Sussex Co, Charlotte Barton, dau of Benjamin Barton and Abigail Shaw and sister of Joseph Barton, a Sussex County loyalist. She was b ca 1732 in Goshen and d before 1780.[72] James m2 1781 Hannah McWhorter.[73] In 1777 James helped post bail for Joseph Barton who had been charged with receiving a captain's commission in the British Army, but Joseph Barton fled to take up his commission. The Edsall family located in the Black Creek or Vernon Valley, a few miles farther up the creek than their friends, the DeKays.

Richard Gardner, Feb 8 1753: �I viewed Jacobus Edsall�s farm. He is settled about three quarters of a mile on a north corse from John Weasoner (Wisner) and has lived there about six years. The land is strong and has good � timber, oak and black walnut before DeKay cut it and carried it to his saw mill. He has cleared about 30 or 40 acres, I think it be worth about 50� per hundred. The right of soil is claimed by DeKay though Edsall has a great mind to take a lease if it was not for fear of his uncle DeKay.�

41 Richard Edsall, b Hardyston, Sussex County 17 Dec 1750 � 10 May 1823, m1 ca 1777, ?,[75] Richard m2 3 Sep 1780 in Vernon, Jemima Seely 28 Jan 1762 � 1 Jan 1843,[76] dau of Nathaniel Seely (who was a nephew of Samuel Seely, John Poppino's stepfather) of Oxford, Orange Co and Jemima Collins. As a young man, Richard was a land surveyor, living in the English Neighborhood of Bergen County. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted from Sussex City (now Newtown) as a lieutenant in the NJ Line and served to the end of the war, rising to Colonel. Jemima Seely�s parents and siblings all moved to the Chemung River Valley in New York but Richard and his family stayed in Sussex County, mostly in Vernon, near the Orange County border and attended the Amity Presbyterian Church.[77] Richard did a great deal of buying and selling land.[78]

In 1818, Richard applied for a pension stating that he was appointed First Lieutenant in 1787, was in the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and resigned his commission as Captain 12 May 1779. In 1823, Jemima applied for and later received a widow�s pension. Children by Jemima:[79]

411 Seely Edsall, b Sussex Co 29 Aug 1781- d there 17 Sep 1857[80], m 2 Apr 1820, Mary (Dolly) Estile.[81] In 1850 he was living in Deerpark, Orange County with his daughter Jemima Birdsall. Children:[82]

4111 Emily O. Edsall. b 17 Jan 1819 at Vernon, NJ, m Herman Van Vechton Wait, 25 May 1811 � 26 Oct 1876, lived at Port Crane, Chenango Co (now Broome Co) NY.[83] Children: James Edsall Wait, b 1837 m Sarah Jane Brizzoe; Mary Ellen Wait, b 1835, m Ambrose L. Davis; George Harry Wait, b 1848, m Alice Hinckley; Florence Elizabeth Wait, b 1852, m William J. Huston.

4112 Jemima Edsall, b 26 May 1821, m Zephania Birdsall, b ca 1811. They lived in Deerpark, (probably Middletown) Orange County where he was listed as a merchant in 1850, a gentleman in 1860, at home in 1870.

4115 Richard Edsall, b 27 Aug 1824, d of cholera at age 26 in Port Jervis 14 Sep 1849.[84] He m 18 Mar 1848 Margaret Corwin, dau of Jacob and Esther (Corwin Elston). No children. She later married James H. Schofield and their first son, Richard Edsall Schofield, became a prominent lawyer in Port Jervis.[85]

4117 James Madison Edsall, 23 Feb 1832 � 20 Aug 1892, m Elizabeth --, b ca 1835. In 1850 he was a canal overseer in Deerpark, Orange Co. In 1870 he was a grocer in Fenton, Broome County, NY, not yet married. In 1880 he was a dry goods and groceries merchant there with wife, Elizabeth.

411(11) Andrew Jackson Edsall, b 12 Apr 1840. In 1860 he was a blacksmith in Deerpark. In 1870 he was a miner in Montana. He m ca 1879, Ella M --, b NY June 1855, and and in 1900 was in Bozeman, MT, working for the US Land Office.

412 Joseph H Edsall, 12 Jul 1783- 5 Apr 1833[86] (both in Vernon), m 17 Dec 1808[87] Sarah DeKay, 13 Mar 1790- 18 Dec 1855 (both in Vernon), dau of Thomas DeKay. He was a Quartermaster in the Army during the War of 1812 and member of the state legislature in 1825.

4121 Almeda Edsall, b 21 Nov 1809, m1 Jan 1856 William Seymour,[88] m2 25 Nov 1875 Aaron Porter.

4122 Thomas DeKay Edsall, 3 Dec 1811 Vernon � 4 Apr 1862 Hamburg. He m 1 Jan 1838[89] his second cousin Caroline A Edsall, b 1815, d 14 Feb 1878[90] dau of Col. Joseph E. Edsall and Esther Hamilton. He owned and operated the stone mills at Hamburg for a number of years. About 1860 he built a distillery next to the mills. Children:

41223 Sarah Edsall, b ca 1845, m Charles L Insley, a manufacturer in Newton, Sussex Co.

4123 Richard E Edsall, 12 Nov 1813 Vernon � 31 Mar 1890, m 1 Feb 1859 in Hamburg, Emma Everett Linn 8 Oct 1831 � 16 Oct 1910. He was in the mercantile business in Warwick, then Hamburg, where he at first worked for Col. Joseph Edsall, then became a trader on his own. He was elected Sheriff of Sussex Co in 1855, to the Assembly in 1863 & to the State Senate 1868-73. [91] Children:

41231 Robert Linn Edsall, b 28 Nov 1859, d 23 Feb 1913, m Katherine Lawrence, 13 Sep 1861 � 24 Oct 1947. In 1900 he was a merchant in Hardyston.

41233 Frank Hynard Edsall, 12 Aug 1862, m Anna Elizabeth Warner, dau of Edward Tatnall Warner.

41234 Thomas DeKay Edsall, b 13 Aug 1865, d 1945,[92] m 24 June 1896 Lottie Hart Duclos, b 11 Aug 1871, d 1945, dau of Joseph M and Frances Hart Duclos. In 1900 he was a merchant in Hardyston.

41235 Richard Everett Edsall, b 28 Oct 1868, m 29 Apr 1891 Margaret Suples Poole, b 9 Feb 1870, dau of Thomas S and Eliza Jean Warner Poole. In 1900 he was a real estate agent in Pittsburgh.

41236 David Linn Edsall, b 18 Jul 1869, d Cambridge, MA 12 Aug 1945. He studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and stayed on to teach there until 1910. He was ahead of his time in his focus on causes of disease, such as inadequate nutrition, metabolic failures, and occupational conditions. He was in the vanguard of those wanting to reform medical education. After a frustrating year at Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri (1910�11), he went to Harvard Medical School (1912�35), becoming dean in 1918. In 1922 he also became dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.[93] M1 Margaret Harding Tileston, m2 Elizabeth Pendleton Kennedy, m3 Louisa Cabot Richardson.

41237 Henry Jackson Edsall b 9 Dec 1873, m 1 Sep 1904 Alice Worsdale Spencer,dau of Robert S. and Katherine Pryar Spencer.

4124 Julia Elizabeth Edsall, b 22 Jul 1819, m 3 May 1859 Charles E Pond, moved to St. Louis.

4125 Susan Adaline Edsall, b 26 Feb 1822, m 20 Dec 1842 John Vandegriff, b 1821, d 10 Oct 1863.

4127 Andrew Jackson Edsall, b 25 Dec 1827,d 15 Jun 1865 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, m there 10 Aug 1858 Sarah G. Wood.

4128 Joseph Seely Edsall, b Vernon 20 Sep 1833, lived in Newton, d 17 Apr 1897, m late in life, Clara Cowdrey, 23 Apr 1840 � 17 May 1918, dau of John and Hannah Adeline (DeKay) Cowdrey. She lived all her life in Warwick. During the Civil War, Joseph enlisted in the Iowa Cavalry and was mustered out as a captain. Afterwards he worked for the US Navy.[94] Both Edsalls were buried in Warwick Cemetery.

413 Elizabeth (Eliza) Edsall, b 27 Mar 1785, m 5 Jun 1803 Sheriff William Darrah of NJ[95]

4131 Henry Thompson Darah b 14 Oct 1805 in the old Darrah house, he attended the district school and was one of the foremost scholars. He m Mary Ogden Haines, dau of Elias Haines, b 3 Oct 1806, d in Flora,IL 1883. She was a woman of great literary attainments whose prose and poetry frequently appeared in religious papers and magazines. Henry was a clerk in his father�s store in Upper Hamburg and, upon his father�s death, took over the business and continued it until he moved to MO in 1837 where he became a magistrate.[96

414 Rachel Edsall, 8 Jul 1787- 25 Oct 1886, m 16 Jan 1808 in Warwick, William Howell DeKay b 14 Nov 1785 in Vernon, d 31 Aug 1825. About 1845 she moved with her family to Ohio and about 1863 moved on to Montgomery County, IL.[97]

4141 Catherine Lawrence DeKay, b 3 Aug 1809, d 1899, m 1838, William Aston McMurray, 1809 - 1890. Moved to St.Louis.

4142 Eliza DeKay, b 16 May 1810, m in NYC 2 Nov 1840 William Simmons of Butler,IL.

4146 William W. DeKay, 15 Mar 1823, Orange Co � 6 Aug 1871, m ca 1843 Lanah Maria Sharpe, 3 Feb 1813 in Sussex � 13 Apr 1893.

415 Richard Edsall, 21 Feb 1790-1818, m 1 Aug 1814[98] Hester Gale Vandegriff, 1797-.

418 Almeda Ann Edsall, 19 Sep 1795-23 May 1814, m 29 Aug 1812[100] John Vandegriff, b 7 Nov 1790 in NYC, d 5 Oct 1861 in Vernon. He was the son of John Vandegriff and Hannah James. In 1833 John Vandegriff, a tavern owner, built the Vandegriff Hotel. Later purchased by Thomas S DeKay, who married two Vandegriff daughters, the Vandegriff Hotel not only served as a hotel and tavern, but also as the public meeting house for assemblies, sheriff sales, etc.

We found mine host at home, engaged in fitting up a fine barn and stables, lately erected, which are models of convenience and taste, for the accommodation of the horses and vehicles of the numerous guests who spend the Summer at his place. Over his carriage house is a fine Town Hall, 40 x 60 feet, designed for the use of the Vernon Courts and other public uses. We also noticed some eighteen dog kennels designed to furnish lodging for these animals during the hunting season. Last Summer there were some thirty or forty canines quartered there, and Mrs. De Kay proposes to be ready to receive them in No. 1 style this season.

The hotel being easy of access to the city of New York combined with the pure mountain air, its trouting, woodcock and quail shooting, etc., renders it a most desirable and favorite resort for persons wishing retirement and pleasure combined. Every convenience and attraction which can be found seems to be carried out by the proprietor. The boarding house is a very large building situated several rods from the hotel and dining rooms, between which are fine grounds, traversed by walks set out with fruit and ornamental shrubbery, with a fine summer cottage in the center. All in all, it is a most pleasant spot in which to while away the hot and sultry hours of summer.[101]

4181 Almeda Ann Vandegriff, b 1 Sep 1813 in Vernon, d 30 May 1898 in Sherburne, Chenango, NY. ml 28 Jan 1846 in New Milford, Orange Co, Asa Foote Jr., son of Asa Foote and Betsey Gates, They lived in Sherburne where he was a millwright. She m2 John Gale.

419 Sarah Edsall, 16 Apr 1799-, m 28 Sep 1816[102] John Vandegriff, widower of her sister. They had 11 children: John, Richard, Joseph Seely, William Henry, George, Elizabeth (m Thomas S. DeKay), Hannah (2d wife of Thomas DeKay, Sarah (m Herman Fink), Emeline (m Jeremiah Church), Addie Campbell, and Jemima (burned to death).^{^[103]}

41(10) Susan Adeline Edsall, b 17 Sep 1801 in Vernon, d 25 Feb 1891 in Sherburne, Chenango, NY, m1 20 Apr 1841 Dr. Mathew Woodruff of Monroe, NY; m2 20 Dec 1843, John Vandegriff, Jr.[104] and m3 May 1855 Dr. Byron H. Marks. He was b 1794 in Albany and d 11 Dec 1865 in Sherburne, Chenango, NY.[105]

42 Benjamin Edsall, born (prob. in Sussex Co) between 1751-1754, and d 1834; buried in Vernon, Sussex Co. He m1 Sarah Burt, d 1825 or before,[107] dau of Benjamin Burt Jr, 1707-1796, and his wife Anna Blain. Edsall was a sergeant in James Broderick�s company, Colonel Spencer�s Continental Regiment (NJ Line) during the Revolution and was at Valley Forge. He is said to have first settled in Orange County, then moved to Sussex, where he settled on the county line, near Amity in Orange County. He m2 16 Jul 1831 Elizabeth Brooks, widow of John Brooks.[108] Children:[109]

422 Benjamin E Edsall, 1777-, d unm. His mother gave all her lands to him in her will.

423 Richard B Edsall, 1788-1868,[111] m Anna (Nancy) Wisner, b 30 Sep 1768 � d 24 Nov 1864,[112] dau of William and Elizabeth Roe Wisner. Sold land in 1825 to his brothers, above.[113] In 1855 he was living in Warwick with wife Anna and children Richard, Thomas and Caroline.

4231 Benjamin F Edsall, 11 Mar 1811 � 1 Feb 1900,[114] m Sarah Marie Bull, b Sep 1822, d 11 Feb 1899, dau of Franklin and Mehitable Bull.[115] Lived in Amity, then Blooming Grove.[116]

42312 Derella Jane Edsall, b ca 1845, d 22 Jun 1933, m 11 Jul 1866 Samuel Delbert Horton.

4232 William Wisner Edsall 30 Jun 1815 � 13 Dec 1910, m 12 Feb 1850 Adeline Wood, 10 May 1818 � 27 Feb 1883, dau of Israel Wood and Mary Benjamin.[118] Lived in Vernon. �He spent the last sixty or more years of his life on the farm where he died. Mr. Edsall was a man of great energy. He was a raiser of horses and always owned some good ones. He was noted for his daring way of breaking colts, taking great risks and he had many narrow escapes from railway trains and with his horses. He broke in several green colts after he was eighty years old.^{^[119]} Children:

42321 Malvina Edsall, 5 Feb 1852 � 25 Apr 1913, m 30 Oct 1878 Ira Harrison of Edenville.[120] He was a grocer in Wawayanda, Orange County and they had two daughters, Dena, b Aug 1880 and Maud, b Sep 1882. Dena m James H. Ryerson, a Warwick farmer. Maud m --- Carpenter. Ira apparently died sometime between 1882 and 1900 when Malvina and her daughters were living with her father, Wisner Edsall, 84, in Vernon.

42322 Josephine Edsall, b ca 1857, living with father in 1900, apparently never married.

42323 Jennie Edsall, b ca 1859, m Charles D Anderson of Howells Depot, NY

42324 Adella Edsall, b Oct 1854, m ca 1888, Freeman Masker of Amity, b Feb 1858; son Wisner, b Feb 1889 4233 Sidney Edsall, 17 Nov 1819 � 15 Oct 1904[122] m 29 Jan 1852, [123] Frances Howell, b 30 Jun 1829, d 12 Jun 1909,[124] b in Monroe, NY, lived in Vernon, NJ, and Amity NY, d in Monroe. No children.

4234 Thomas Sayer Edsall, 27 Aug 1826 � 6 Feb 1902,[125] m Phebe Ann Miller, b May 1839, lived in Edenville.

42342 Dr. Alva Wisner Edsall, b at Edenville 8 Jan 1861, dentist, m 1891 Caroline Welling, dau of Thomas Welling of Warwick. He graduated from Philadelphia Dental College and formed a partnership with Dr. J. H. Wood in 1884. They had a dau Marian and a son Maurice.[126]

42343 Mary W Edsall, b Sep 1862, m Denton Broome of Rutherford, Bergen Co, NJ.

42347 John A Edsall, b Aug 1869, m Caroline Edsall, b Oct 1874, dau of Levi Edsall of Pine Island, lived in Unionville.

425 Sarah Edsall, b 1787, d 1 Jan 1862 in Warwick, m John Fox of Florida.

426 David Edsall, b 12 Apr 1786, d 1873, m 19 Dec 1810 Sarah Perry, 1793-1873.[129] She was the widow Simonson and had children by her first marriage. Children by David:

4262 Joseph P Edsall, b 1 Feb 1815, d 10 Jan 1904.[130] Lived in Vernon, NJ. In 1880 he was living with William R and Margaret Edsall.

4264 John R Edsall b 3 Mar 1817, m 7 Apr 1847, Harriet Drake,[131] to Nichols, NY.

4266 Brice P Edsall, b 14 Nov 1821-1899, m 1843 Phoebe A Moore, went to Nichols.

427 John Edsall b ca 1782, m 5 Mar 1828[132] Catherine Stage b ca 1796, d 1856.[133] In 1850 he was a farmer in Warwick living with Catherine and children Catherine, Susan, Julia and John.

4277 John W (S?) Edsall, b ca 1843, m 15 Aug 1865 Mary L. Edsall of Warwick[134] In 1870 he was a carpenter in Middletown with dau Mary G., b ca 1868.

428 Anthony Jackson Edsall b ca 1794, m Permelia Brooks, b ca 1880. In 1850 he was a farmer in Nichols,Tioga Co, NY with:

429 Catherine Edsall b 21 Feb 1773, d 20 Jan 1843 in Edgar, IL. She m William Van Houten b ca 1773 in Holland, d 17 Oct 1839, Edgar County, IL. 9 children.[135]

42(10) Hannah Edsall, b 13 Aug 1790 prob in Orange Co, d Edenville 28 Aug 1850, m 11 Feb 1815 JosephFerrier, 25 Jan 1791-24 Apr1871.[136] Joseph was the son of Robert Ferrier, 1785-1822, and Mary Wilcox, dau of Amos Wilcox and Mary Burch of Minisink, Orange County. Robert owned a considerable amount of land between Amity and Edenville for in later years some of his children (including Joseph) and grandchildren occupied farms on either side. Joseph's sister, Elizabeth, m David Carr of Sussex County in Amity Presbyterian Church, 1829. After Hannah's death, Joseph in 1851 m2 Harriet Houston Young, 1801-1887, dau. of Joseph Houston and Nancy Wisner and widow of Dr. James P Young. Children of Joseph and Hannah:[137]

42(10)1 John Milton Ferrier, 18 Jun 1816-5 Aug 1843, m 1841 Frances M Coleman.

42(10)3 Thomas Edsall Ferrier, 15 Apr 1821-1902, m Elizabeth Vanderoef, 1825-1901, dau of John Wisner Vanderoef and Elizabeth Rogers Wheeler Vanderoef. The latter was dau of Ananias Rogers and Mary Johnson, granddaughter of John Poppino. Thomas was a clerk in the store of H. W Houston for three years, then attended school in Edenville for year and became a teacher for the next three years. In 1866 he moved to Catskill with his brother Robert where they ran a brick business, R Ferrier & Bro. They also erected buildings in New York City and Brooklyn. Thomas was a director of the Catskill National Bank and a leader in the community and his church.

42(10)4 Louisa Ferrier, 5 Aug 1824-1858, m1 Cornelius J Jones,1822-1854, and m2 William W Walling of Pine Island.

42(10)5 Almira Ferrier 30 July 1827-, m 1844 Cornelius J Lazear, b 1822 in Wantage, d in Warwick 1892. He was a furniture dealer and undertaker in Warwick. Their children were Wilbur, Sarah who m James Demarest, and Ida who m James Lawrence of Warwick.

42(10)6 Edsall Ferrier, 30 Oct 1831-, m 1859 Annie M Hummel of Easton, He was for a number of years professor of languages at Lafayette College, later Pastor of the Amity and Florida Presb. Churches in Orange County and the Maunch Chunk Church in Easton, PA, 1860-65.

42(10)7 Robert Ferrier b 23 Jan 1835, m Celia D Jones and died in Catskill 2 May 1880.

43 James (Jacobus) Edsall, b Vernon Township 7 May 1755, d Sussex Co, 3 Feb 1839, m1 28 May 1777 Hannah Post[138], m2 28 Feb 1779 Mary Simpson, 1766 - 29 Sep 1856,[139] dau of Henry Simpson Jr. and Sarah Cross of Hardyston.[140] In 1850, Mary was living with Benjamin and Sarah Hamilton.[141] [142]

Jacobus Edsall enlisted 1 July 1776 under Capt. John Seward, served in New York City and Long Island, fought under Sullivan and Lord Sterling. He participated in the retreat from Long Island, serving as gunner and assistant gunner of artillery. In the spring of 1777 he was under Capt. John Halbert and Major Samuel Meeker against the Indians, serving one month and a half. He enlisted for one month and served in New York and New Jersey under Seward who was at this time a colonel. He was present at the taking of the Hessians at the Elizabethtown Bridge. He was discharged at New Brunswick on 1 Dec 1777. In March 1778 he entered the wagon department, furnished a wagon and team of horses and hauled supplies, and served until Feb. 1779. In 1779 he went against the Indians at the mouth of the Delaware under Lt. Isaac Stag. He received a pension of $33.33 per annum.[143]

431 Sarah Edsall, b 26 Jan 1780 in Vernon, Sussex Co and d 12 Jul 1874 in McAfee�s Valley, Sussex. She m 11 Apr 1802[144] in Sussex Benjamin Hamilton, b 26 Jan 1781 in Sussex and d 21 Mar 1864 in Hamburg, Sussex. Son of James Hamilton, he was known as Gen. Ben Hamilton, and represented the district in Congress 1845-6. Their son, Robert Hamilton, served in the State Assembly 1862-63 where he was elected speaker, then in the U.S. Congress 1873-77.

432 James Edsall, 21 Aug 1783-1812/14, m 4 Oct 1804[145] Mary Simpson (same name as mother). He went to the War of 1812 and was not heard of afterwards. Their possible children: [146] [147]

4321 John S Edsall, b 1812, d by 1860 when his children sold land.[148] He was a wagon master in Wantage in 1850, m to Elizabeth Jane Howell, b ca 1817. Don�t know his parentage but he was the right age.

43211 John G Edsall, 1832 - 1878, m Suzanne Jane Harrison, 1839 � 1908. [149]

432111 William Edsall, b Jan 1860, d 1916 m ca 1881, Anna L Bellew, b Jun 1862. No children. He was proprietor of the Wantage Hotel.

432112 Harrison Edsall, b Feb 1865, d 1918. He was married for six years; no children. In 1900, Harris was living with his mother Jane in Newark. In 1910 he was back in Sussex Borough, a stableman living next door to his brother William.

4323 Seely Edsall. Seely enlisted in the Mexican War and upon discharge returned to Hamburg where he died in 1861.

433 Henry S Edsall, 1 Feb 1786 � < 1850, m 3 Aug 1807[150] Mary Carey b ca 1790.[151] Bought land from father in 1811.[152] Mary was living with son Richard in 1850.

4332 Rev Benjamin H. Edsall, 30 Apr 1819 � 22 Dec 1900, married his cousin Jane Edsall, 28 Mar 1818 � 17 Mar 1896,[153] dau of his uncle William Edsall, #435 He lived in Hamburg, was assessor 1858-60 and a Freeholder of the Township, 1878.

43394 Catherine Edsall 1849 � 1924, m Henry Rude, 1852 � 1926, both buried in Hardyston North Church Cemetery.

43395 Henry W Edsall, b NY, 31 May 1842 � 15 Feb 1922, m Emma C, 30 June 1846 � 14 Nov 1929.[157] He is not found as a child in Sussex County censuses, In 1870 he was living in Hamburg close to Mary Rude #4339, (widow), Benjamin Edsall # 4332 and Henry Simpson. In 1880 he was a neighbor of Richard E. Edsall, #4123. In the 1890s he was postmaster of Hamburg.[158]

434 Col. Joseph E Edsall, b at Rudeville near Hamburg NJ 29 Mar 1789, d 17 Feb 1865, m 13 April 1811[159] Esther Hamilton, 13 April 1788 � 4 Aug 1842[160], dau of James and Sarah Price Hamilton and sister of Benjamin Hamilton. He was born in the log house where his parents lived, attended the common schools then engaged in a wide range of mercantile pursuits. He built his own house on his creamery property, placing it directly on the road and built three tenement houses adjoining. He had on the same ground a distillery and a tannery. For a time he kept a store in his dwelling, and in 1824 put up a store house which was also used as tenements for families. He also built a furnace which employed about 70 men and produced 5 tons of pig iron per day and He erected a blacksmith shop, with several buildings for its workmen, and did much for the improvement of the village by his extensive business connections. Eventually he possessed most of the adjoining property, consisting of farm, mill, forges and buildings.[161] He served as county clerk; member of the New Jersey House of Assembly; served as judge of the court of common pleas; and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4,1845-March 3, 1849). In his first election, he received 3422 votes, against 1294 for his opponent.[162] He became the owner of a large amount of valuable real estate. In 1860 he was living with some of the Mushbach children, next door to his dau Caroline and Thomas DeKay Edsall. He died in Hamburg, N.J

4341 Sarah Ann Edsall, b ca 1811, d 1891, m 22 Sep 1836[163] Robert Hamilton, son of Benjamin Hamilton and Sarah Edsall, #431. He served in the State Assembly 1862-63 where he was elected speaker, then in the U.S. Congress 1873-77. He was a remarkable man who became quite wealthy.

4342 Caroline A Edsall, b ca1814, d 1878, m Thomas DeKay Edsall, #4122, b ca 1814, son of Joseph H. Edsall and Sarah DeKay.

4343 Mary Allee Edsall, b ca 1816, d 7 Dec 1898, Hamburg; m 20 Nov 1833[164] Stacy Alanson Stoll, b ca 1814.

4344 Horace V Edsall, b Jun 1819, d 20 May 1872, m Elizabeth Berdick. In 1850 he was farming in Fairfax, VA. In 1864 he was assigned the task of surveying the town of Newton, after several areas had been set off. He died 1872 in Forestburg, Sullivan Co, NY.[165]

4345 Elizabeth Edsall, b ca 1822, d 1873, m Thomas E. Mushbach, b ca 1821, d 1857.[166] He was a merchant in Easton, PA for many years.

4346 Catherine Louisa Edsall, b ca 1828, m 18 Nov 1846 John McCarter Jr., [167] b ca 1823. In 1850 he was farming in Newton, Sussex Co.

435 William Edsall b Vernon 4 Jul 1791- d Hardyston 21 Dec 1857,[168] m 14 Jun 1817[169] his first cousin, Jemima Simpson 6 Oct 1799 � 10 Feb 1884, dau of Henry Simpson III, a Revolutionary War soldier, and Marcy Pettit. He became a considerable property owner in Sussex County and while sinking a well on one of his properties discovered iron deposits which were mined successfully for some years. Both interred in Old Baptist Burying Ground, Hamburg.[170] Their children were:[171]

4353 Joseph Edsall, b 19 Jan 1822 � d 18 Jan 1864, m Priscilla � b ca 1842. In 1860 he was a farmer in Hardyston, living among the Simpsons and Rudes.

4354 Barton Edsall, b ca 1827, went to CA during the gold rush and in 1850 was a teamster in Sacramento, called Bija. In 1870 he was back in Hardyston living with his widowed mother, no occupation given.

4356 William H. Edsall, 9 Aug 1826 � 19 Apr 1890, m 26 May 1855 Sarah Frances Hamilton, 27 Dec 1832 � 21 Oct 1909,[172] and lived in Hardyston where he was Township Clerk 1854-59, Captain in 15^th Infantry during the Civil War, Freeholder 1870-73, and a long time justice of the peace.

4358 Almeda Edsall, b 7 Feb 1833, d 16 Mar 1888 m Abraham Winfield, b 30 Mar 1822, d 30 Dec 1898. [174]

4359 Mary Edsall, b Hamburg 23 Jun 1835, m 20 Apr 1855[175] William Couplin who with Mary pioneered the settlement of St. Peter, Minn. Operated milling business, construction business and contracted railroading to the West. Elected to Minn. Legislature 1870-71

436 Richard B Edsall, b 4 Oct 1795, d 7 Feb 1881, m Maria Osborn, b 8 Mar 1813, d 1 Nov 1855.[176] Richard was a laborer in 1850, living with Maria and family. Maria must have died before 1860 because Richard was then living with Mary and Cornelius Jones, and with Levi in Vernon in 1880. Children:[177]

4361 Mary E. Edsall, b ca 1831 m Cornelius Jones, b ca 1831, a farmer in Vernon.

4363 Thomas Benton Edsall, b ca 1838. In 1850 Benton was living in Vernon with Richard Osborn, b 1824 and Caroline Osborn, b 1826, and Caroline Edsall, b 1841. Mary Edsall, b 1790 was next door.

4365 Fowler H. Edsall, b ca 1842, d 12 Aug 1899.[178] Unm. In 1880 he was a policeman in Newark, living with Sarah and Henry Hughes.

4366 Levi L. Edsall, b Sep 1844, m ca 1872 Mary Kishpaugh, b Aug 1851 and was a farmer in Vernon, later in Pine Island, Warwick.

4367 Richard Osborn Edsall, b Jan 1852, called Oscar, m Gertrude Ryerson, b Nov 1854. In 1900 he was a notions merchant in Wantage, Sussex County.

4369 Hannah Edsall b ca 1847, m John E Merrill after Carrie died and lived in Buffalo.

437 George Edsall, b 10 Apr 1798, d 17 Apr 1855[179], m 29 Oct 1820 Letitia (Lettie) Smith. B 28 Feb 1800, d 25 Nov 1881.[180] They lived first in Hamburg where they belonged to the Baptist Church. He was a laborer in Vernon in 1850. Children:[181]

4372 Elizabeth Edsall b ca 1822, m 1 Jan 1844[182] Deacon William Rude, b ca 1818

4374 Walter B Edsall, b 24 Jan 1828, d 1913, m 3 Dec 1851, Ann Walsh, b Oct 1833, d 1919.

43741 Walter B Edsall, b 3 Feb 1856, d 28 Oct 1936, m 28 Mar 1889 Elizabeth Sprague b 5 Oct 1871, d 30 Mar 1950.[183]

4375 Susan Edsall, b 12 Dec 1828, d 7 Jul 1894[184] m 22 Oct 1846[185] Horace S Storms,[186] b 22 Jan 1822, d 9 Jul 1900[187], blacksmith in Vernon.

4376 Samuel B Edsall, b ca 1829, master carpenter in Vernon 1860, m to Ann, children: Mary, Walter and Dorsey. In 1880 he was on the Board of Trustees, Deacon and Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of Hamburg.[188]

4377 Nathan Edsall, b 24 Mar 1832, d 26 May 1913 in Iowa. As a youth he learned the cobbler trade. In 1852 to moved to Pennsylvania and attended Westminster College in New Wilmington. In 1855 be began teaching school and on 23 Aug 1855 he m Susannah H. Pearson of Columbiana County, OH. They had four children. For ten years they lived on a farm in Ohio, then moved to Marietta County, Iowa (where he died). They were Quakers and in 1896 Nathan was ordained a minister. In 1900 Susannah died and on Christmas day 1902, Nathan m Mrs. Lizzie Olney of Parker, Kansas.

4379 Peter Edsall, b 6 Feb 1837, went to IL. According to Nathan�s obit, he was still living in Upper Alton, IL in 1913.

437(10) Martha (Margaret) Edsall, b 30 Aug 1841, went to Janesville, OH, d in 1900.

438 Thomas Jefferson Edsall, b 10 May 1801, m1 8 Apr 1826[189] Catherine A Osborne, m2 < 1850 Martha Degraw Carey. In 1850 he was a laborer living in Frankford, Sussex Co. In 1880 they were in Vernon. Said to have 12 children.

4381 John G. Edsall, b ca 1832, m Susan J Harrison, b ca 1838. Laborer in Wantage, Sussex County, 1860.

4382 Peter C. Edsall, b 31 Oct 1834, d Warwick 4 Apr 1903[190] m Hannah Sisco, b Sep 1862.

4388 William E. Edsall, b 5 Jul 1853, d Pompton, NJ 25 Sep 1918, m Rachel A Venderoof, lived in Vernon, later Bellvale. In 1900 William and Rachel were living with their son in law, Charles B. Edsall.

43881 Emma Edsall, b Dec 1875, m Charles B. Edsall #43321, b Nov 1868, son of Henry Edsall #433(10).

439 John S. Edsall, b 10 Aug 1803, d 18 Jan 1850,[191] m Anna Simonson b ca 1806.[192] He ran a blacksmith shop in Hamburg. I don�t know that John was a son of James and Mary Simpson Edsall but it seems likely because in 1850, after John�s death, the family was living close to several Simpsons and to Benjamin Hamilton who was caring for John�s purported mother, Mary.

4391 Thomas J. Edsall, b ca 1825, m May 1861 a widow Elizabeth Lane Shepherd, 2 Oct 1825 � 30 Sep 1888[193] and he continued his father�s blacksmith business.

4392 Hannah Edsall, m 9 Mar 1871 William D. Lawrence of Hackensack, Bergen, NJ. They lived in Hamburg until his death, when she moved to Deckertown.

4396 Sarah (Serepta) Edsall, b 15 Feb 1839, d 27 Dec 1884, m Horace Simpson, 8 Jul 1836 � 8 Nov 1906.[196]

4397 Delia Edsall, b ca 1841. At 17 she was employed as a helper in the household of Stephen Smith.

44 Hannah Edsall b 1758, m Augustin Anderson (1750-1834) Born in Sussex County, he was commissioned Ensign in 1772 in Captain Broderick�s Company, Oliver Spencer�s Continental Regiment. In 1778 he was promoted to Lieutenant but resigned soon after due to illness. In 1818 he appeared in the District Court of Sussex County to apply for a pension, stating that he had been in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. He was a tailor. Before 1820 he moved to McConnellsville, Deerfield Township, Morgan County, OH where he died.[197]

45 Rachel Edsall, b ca 1759, m William Frazier, 1743-1833 who died at Stafford NY. She was b ca 1758 and d 20 Nov 1833 in Stafford, Genesee County, NY.[198] Their dau Mahala m Peter Stage.[199]

46 Joseph Edsall, b Vernon 1763, d Madrid, St. Lawrence Co, NY 1844.[200], m1 Anna Shetler, b 1791, d 3 Dec 1827[201] m2 Sophia Barton, b 1766, d 21 Nov 1842.[202] He was a Revolutionary soldier in 1781 on the NJ frontier. Around 1796 he went up to St. Lawrence Co (then Oneida Co) NY where he was a surveyor. He surveyed many of the new towns including the town of Madrid which was officially established in 1802 but began settlement about 1793. Edsall was agent for the original owners and sold land for two to three dollars an acre, one fourth down and the rest in three equal installments. One of the first recorded landowners was Barton Edsall in 1798,[203] later Richard Edsall.[204] Joseph was elected the first supervisor of Madrid, 1802 � 1805 and was also a judge of St Lawrence County. In 1805 a Militia Regiment was formed in St. Lawrence County and Joseph was made 1^st Major. He later became a Colonel.

In the year 1803, the first wedding took place in Madrid Village. The bride had taken sick with measles. While she was still feeble, Judge Edsall, the only magistrate within a long distance, came over to visit the lands under his charge. He took along a pot of pork and beans for the delectation of his particular friends and stopped at their place.

�Now Wealthy,� said Edsall, �you and Ezekiel have been engaged a good while, and there is no use of waiting longer. You know that there isn�t a minister here once a year, and it isn�t often that even a justice of the peace makes his appearance, especially one who brings a wedding dinner along with him. So if you can get out of bed and stand up long enough to be married, I will perform the ceremony and then we will have a fine dinner of pork and beans.�[205]

461. Joseph (Josiah) B Edsall, b 22 Dec 1820, m ca 1847 Catherine Charlton, b 27 Nov 1824.[207]

4611 Margaret A Edsall, b 2 Jan 1848, m 30 Sep 1873 Nelson W White, b 12 Jan 1840.

462 Mary Ann Edsall, b 19 Mar 1823, d Jackson Co, MN 17 Mar 1900, m 1840 William Alonzo Fields, b Canada 1819, d Jackson Co, 23 Mar 1889. Nine children.

463 Hannah Edsall, b ca 1826, d 1863, m Waddington 31 May 1849 John Fine Seely, 1823 � 1897, both buried in Ogdensburg Cemetery, St. Lawrence County.[208]

47 Samuel Barton Edsall, 14 Feb 1768 [209] - 3 Jul 1845, m 1787 in Warwick, Sarah Seely, 8 Oct 1772 �11 Apr 1853, dau of Nathaniel Seely, and sister of Jemima who m Samuel�s brother Richard Edsall.[210] He was a witness to the 1801 deed by which Absalom Carr sold land willed to him by his father, David Carr, of Vernon. One source says Samuel Barton moved in 1805 from Sussex County to Bradford Co, PA, but he bought land in Newtown (later known as Southport) in 1788 and was a taxpayer there in 1794.[211] He cleared and improved a large farm, is said to have built the first frame house in Wells in 1812 and was prominent in the community.

Samuel Edsall emigrated from Sussex County, N. J., in 1805, and located in the southern part of the town, on the place now owned by F. A. Brown. Adam Seeley had come in from the same place, and made a little beginning for him. Mr. Edsall cleared up a large farm, and was a man of prominence and influence in the township. The Edsallville post office was first established at Mrs. Edsall�s house, and so called after him. Mr. Edsall died upon the place, after which it was occupied and owned by one of his sons who lived upon the place until his death, when it fell to his son John. Mr. Edsall�s advent into the town was the beginning of the remarkable immigration from New Jersey, which continued to such an extent that in 1850 one-half the inhabitants of the town were from that State, or from the adjoining county of Orange. � Reporter Journal, Towanda, May 14, 1885.

471 Permelia Edsall b 30 Nov 1788 in Chemung Co, d 6 Sep 1866 in Southport, Chemung Co, m her cousin, Benjamin Seely, b 31 Dec 1788 in Orange Co, d 8 Sep 1864 in Southport. He was the son of Israel Seely and Millicent Strong and grandson of Nathaniel Seely and Jemima Collins.[213] Both buried in Pine City Cemetery, Southport. Children (some):

4714 Aletta Seely, 19 Aug 1807 - 6 Jul 1893, m John T Learned in Columbia, Bradford Co, PA.

4716 Sarah C. Seely, b 3 Jul 1812, d 11 Sep 1878 in Southport. She m Henry Colony

472 Jesse Edsall 29 Oct 1790-2 Oct 1861, m Clarissa Wright 28 Feb 1801 � 30 Aug 1876, dau of Thomas Wright and Sarah Owens. They lived in southern Wells.[214]

4724 Emily Edsall, b Bradford County 18 Feb 1830, m as his second wife, Daniel Dalrymple, b 11 Jun 1819. Beside 100 acres of homestead farm given him by his father, he had 600 acres in Wells, stocked with 75 cows.[216]

473 Richard Edsall, b 1792 in Vernon, Sussex Co NJ, d Feb 1877, m in Wells, Bradford Co, PA, Julia Bartholomew, b 16 Jul 1798 in Bristol, CT, dau of Isaac Bartholomew and Lydia Deming, d 1877.[217] Richard served in the War of 1812, was a single freeman on the 1814 Assessment list of Smithfield Township, Bradford County, and sometime before 1820 moved up to Madrid (the part now called Waddington) in St.Lawrence County which had been surveyed and first settled by his uncle, Joseph Edsall, #46. In 1850 he was listed as an innkeeper, and he was supervisor of Madrid in 1851. He was still in Waddington in 1860 but may have moved to Canada after that since he was not found in the 1870 St. Lawrence County census.

4731 Samuel Edsall, b 15 Mar 1821 in Bradford Co, d 17 May 1871 in Port Hope, Ontario Canada. He m Anna Maria Bockus.

476 Charles Edsall, 1799 � 1877, m Mary Miller 1808 � 1866, dau of Samuel Miller and Polly Gardner of Jackson Twp, Tioga Co, PA. He was a farmer, residing near Millerton in Jackson Twp.

4763 Elizabeth M. Edsall, b ca 1839, m 28 Dec 1854, Jackson Morrel of Jackson Twp.

477 Hila Edsall, b 1 Aug 1801 in Southport, Chemung Co and d 1877. She m 16 Nov 1823 Nathan Alvord, Jr, 1798 - 1846. Child: Mary Rockford Alvord 20 Oct 1841 � 1912.

478 Elmira Edsall, b 21 May 1806, m Solomon Bovier, b ca 1804. Children:[218]

479 James Madison Edsall, - Aug 1808 � 19 Oct 1876, m1 Sarah Ann Wright, divorced, m2 30 Apr 1840, Jerusha B Gladding, 20 Feb 1815 � 5 Sep 1895.

47(12) Andrew Jackson Edsall, b ca 1815. He was listed on the 1838 assessment list of Wells as single. In 1839 he was listed as not single and he did not appear thereafter.

48. John Edsall,[219] b 15 May 1768 d 15 Dec 1844 in Locke, Cayuga County, NY, m1 < 1792 Elizabeth Wilcox,[220] b 8 Jul 1770, d 6 May 1809 in Locke, m2 Phebe, m3 18 June 1811 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, PA, Jane Ashton b 25 Jan 1790, d 22 Mar 1862 in Locke.^{^[221]} He was probably born in Vernon, Sussex County, but by 1792 he was living in Hardyston (just below Vernon) where he and Elizabeth bought a ten-acre farm. They added another eight acres the following year and sold them in 1803, prior to moving to Locke.[222] The 1810 census showed him there with two boys under and one over ten, plus four girls under ten and a woman 16-26 which might have been his second wife or someone to care for the kids.

481 Coe Edsall, b ca 1800, d < 1848, m Lidice (Lidia) H. Perry, b Tennessee ca 1810. In 1824 he joined the Army at Fort Atkinson, Nebraska. Following his discharge in 1829, he settled in Rosedale Township, Jersey County, IL. In 1835 he taught school in a shanty made of posts dug in the ground and boarded up. [224] In 1843 he was on the Whig ticket for Treasurer of Jersey County. Following his death, Lidia m2, 19 Dec 1848, his brother, William Edsall, b NJ ca 1800

4812 William Harvey Edsall, b IL 19 Dec 1838, d 17 Oct 1923, m1 1 Feb 1865, Rachel H McCrory, b ca 1844, Children: Edwin P, Allen, Charles and Leslie Lawrence; m2 26 Jun 1883, Emma Berry (Compton), 3 Apr 1848 � 27 Jan 1930, dau of John Berry. Children: William Albert 8 Apr 1884 � 24 Mar 1926, Thomas J b 19 Aug 1889.

4813 Thomas J. Edsall, b 25 Apr 1841, d 21 Feb 1928, m 1884, Eliza Ann Myers, b 11 Jan 1855 Reynolds County, MO, dau of Lorenzo Dow and Angeline (Legate) Myers, d 2 May 1902. No children. During the Civil War Thomas served ten months in Co. E. of the 9th Il Cav. He owned a farm of 120 acres in Otter Creek Township and served two terms as road commissioner.� [225]

4815 Coe Edsall, b ca 1845, m 15 Feb 1881, Emogene Newberry. Children: Clarence O. Edsall and Jessie Edsall.

482 William Edsall, b ca 1800, d < 1870. William and Coe were both in the 1840 Census for Jasper, IL, so they were likely brothers, perhaps twins, who went out together. He had a considerable family in 1840. Apparently he and Coe both moved on to Jersey County where Coe died, William�s wife died and his family broke up, and William married Coe�s widow, Lidia 19 Dec 1848. [226] In the 1850 Census he was head of her family and his family had disappeared from the census, except perhaps for Maria who was living with another family. Note that the last two children born after his second marriage have the same names as other children of John Edsall in Locke. Children from first marriage:

4821 Maria M Edsall, b ca 1833. In 1850, Maria, age 17, was living with Thomas Ford and family. On 3 Jan 1855, she m William H. Nichols.[227]

4823 Mary Ann Edsall, b ca 1838, m 21 May 1862, Leonidas Newberry. In 1860 she was living with her sister Maria in Clinton County.

4825 Corydon Perry Edsall, b 6 Jun 1851, d 24 Feb 1912, m 6 Apr 1879, Catherine Schaffer. Children: Thomas, Andrew, Lennie, George, Arthur, Catherine, Albert.

485 John Edsall, b 1806. He presumably died before 1819 when another John was born.

486 Abigail Edsall, b 28 Feb 1809 in NY, d 27 Sep 1853, m ca 1829 in Ballston, NY, Isaac Perrine, b 13 May 1806 Ballston, d 30 Apr 1874, Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1850 they were living in Emmett, Calhoun Co, MI. Many children.

487. Mary W. Edsall b 25 Aug 1812 in Locke, d 27 Sep 1882 in Metamora, Fulton County, Ohio. Mary m on 7 Mar 1833 in Locke Elbridge G. Searles b 28 Jul 1811 in Massachusetts, d 13 Oct 1893 in Metamora, Fulton County, Ohio. He was buried in Amboy Township Cemetery, Fulton County, Ohio. Many children.

488 Thomas Edsall b 17 Feb 1814 in Locke, d 23 Sep 1831 in Locke. He was buried in Edsall Cemetery, Locke.

489 Jane Edsall b 28 Dec 1815 in Locke, d 1 Feb 1900 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio. She was buried in Edsall Cemetery, Locke.

48(10) Julia Ashton Edsall b 8 May 1817 in Locke, d 9 Aug 1858. She was buried in Edsall Cemetery, Locke.

48(11) John D Edsall b 31 Mar 1819 in Locke, d 25 Jan 1909 in Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio. John married Mary Brooks^. b 4 Jul 1825 in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York, d 25 Jan 1909. She was the daughter of Mark H. Brooks. In 1860 John was living with his brother William in Illinois.[229] In 1870 he was farming in Genoa, Cayuga County with his wife and four children. In 1880 he was farming in Sylvania, living with his sister Jane. In 1900, son Coe was a teamster in Sylvania.

48(11)1 Coe Edsall, b ca 1862, d 10 Sep 1924 Lucas Co, Ohio, m Ida ---. Children: Arthur Edsall b ca 1895, Fay Edsall b ca 1898.

48(11)2 Elsworth Edsall, b ca 1864, d 20 Mar 1926, Lucas Co, Ohio, m Amelia M., no known children.

48(12) David R. Edsall b 21 Jun 1821 in Locke, d 10 Jun 1896 in probably Havana, Schuyler County, New York. David m1 Mary Searles. In 1860 he was a boatman in Havana, Schuyler Co, In 1880, a grain buyer with wife Hannah (b Jan 1826, buried 31 Oct 1907, Montour) and dau Emma J, b May 1853. She m Henry Lott, b Aug 1840.[230]

48(13) Cordelia Edsall , b 10 Jun 1823 in Locke, d 4/08 Sep 1911, buried in Edsall Cemetery, Locke..

48(14) Corydon EDSALL b 10 Jun 1823 in Locke, d 12 May 1891 in Locke. Corydon married Clarissa Jane Owen, b 3 Feb 1827 in New York, d 5 Jan 1896 in Cayuga County, New York. They were buried in Bird Cemetery, Locke.

48(15) Harriet Edsall b 29 Nov 1825 in Locke, d 21 Apr 1899 in New York. Harriet m Simon Miller, 3 children.

48(16) Justine Ann Edsall b 23 Nov 1827 in New York, d 15 Jan 1919 in Cayuga County, New York. She was buried in Edsall Cemetery, Locke. Justine married 3 Feb 1856. Mark A. Blakeley b ca 1825 in New York. 4 children.

48(17) Robert Emmett Edsall, b 29 Jan 1831, m Mary, b. ca 1829. He died 12 June 1915 in Poland, Chautauqua County, New York. He m Mary W ---, b 18 June 1829, d 13 June 1890. Both buried in Allen Cemetery, Poland, NY.

48(17)1 Martha Edsall, b ca 1861, d < 1920, m Virgil D. Pangborn. 2 children.

48(18) Ashton Kinderdine Edsall b 13 Apr 1833 in Locke, d 21 Feb 1902. Ashton married (1) Hattie Stevens, b ca 1842 in Tompkins County, New York. She died before 1900. Ashton married (2) on 24 Jan 1875 in Groton, Tompkins County, Adelaide Woolsey, b Mar 1847. Ashton was a carpenter and farmer.

48(18)1 Alfred D (Fred) Edsall, b ca 1864, d 25 May 1911, m Carrie De Camp. Children: Millard Jacob, Evelyn.

48(18)2 Joseph Edsall, b ca 1871, m Clara M. ---, lived in Poland, Chautauqua Co, 4 children.

48(19) Ellen Caroline Edsall b 20 Jun 1836 in Locke, d 11 Feb 1884 in Locke. Ellen m about 1861 in New York, James Bothwell, b ca 1834 in New York, d He >1885. 6 children.

Children of James Edsall (1725/6-1800) and his second wife, Hannah McWhorter:

49 Jesse Edsall (26 May 1786 � 24 Sep 1849)[231] of Vernon, NJ, m 1801 Temperance Dunning (8 Jun 1784 � 26 Apr 1847). Temperance was the daughter of Mary Seely and John Dunning of Mechanicstown, NY.[232] Mary was a granddaughter of Samuel Seely, John Poppino�s stepfather. Jesse and Temperance moved to Minisink, Orange County where they had land.[233] In July 1814, the election of Directors of the Goshen and Minisink Turnpike Road was held at their house in Minisink.[234] They later went to Goshen where he ran the Orange Hotel and at one time the daily stage which ran from Goshen to Newburg (1826-1840) and another which ran from Goshen to Albany, carrying the mail. According to Ruttenber, p 547, a public meeting was held 14 Nov 1821 at the home of Jesse Edsall in Goshen to plan for the gathering of the bones of those killed at the Battle of Minisink. Jesse was at one time Under-Sheriff and was called Capt. on his tombstone.[235] Children:[236]

491 James Edsall, 23 Sep 1802 � 15 Sep 1831, m a daughter of David Roe (this is probably David Roe who married Clarissa Carpenter).

493 John Seely Edsall, b ca 1805, Goshen, d Feb 1897, Unadilla, NB, m ca 1842, Abbie Bent Jones, dau of Judge Nathaniel and Mary Burt Jones. About 1845 he leased the Wickham Hotel and later named it the Occidental Hotel in Goshen[238] running it for twenty five years. He was owner of a horse widely known as �Edsall�s Hambletonian.�

The foal of Katy Darling and Hambletonian (the most famous trotting horse in Goshen history) was a handsome bay colt with a natural trot. John Seely Edsall managed to buy out the share of his partner and named the colt Edsall's Hambletonian. Edsall was a tavern owner and he stood the stallion at his place of business. He also drove him through the countryside standing him for service at any cross road. The first regular season at stud was as a four-year-old in 1856. One of the bookings was to a wornout livery mare of doubtful background. The resulting filly was the famous Goldsmith Maid, that never started in a race until she was eight years old. The Maid raced until she was over twenty years of age and became a World's Champion and was the greatest money winning horse of any breed for many years. Kentucky breeders were searching for sons of Hambletonian and they bought Edsall's Hambletonian for $3,000, a high price in those days.[239]

John moved to Unadilla, Nebraska where he engaged in farming, dying at the age of 92.[240]

4932 Charles Seely Edsall, b ca 1848, m Mary Jackson, b ca 1847, dau of Charles and Rosetta Jackson. He was a bank clerk in Goshen.[241]

49321 Helen Howard Edsall, b 14 Oct 1867, d 29 Nov 1912 in Goshen, m 22 Nov 1899 Frank Walling.

4934 James S Edsall, b Feb 1855, m ca 1885, Mary ---, b Aug 1866. He was a farmer in Unadilla.

494 Almeda Edsall, 2 Sep 1807 � 17 Jul 1875, m 10 May 1832 Andrew Jones, 1803-1846

495 Charles Dunning Edsall, ca 1809 - 17 Jan 1849, m 20 Dec 1837 Hannah Edwards Roe b ca 1818.[242] After her husband died she took the family to live with her parents, David and Clarissa Roe, in Chester. In 1860 Hannah and William were living with John and Mary Roe in Chester.

496 Benjamin Franklin Edsall, 14 May 1812 � 9 Sep 1899,[243] m 8 July1841 Mary Stella Roe, 1820- 24 Sep1894,[244] another dau. of David and Clarissa Roe. In 1835 he moved to Plattsburg where he manufactured tinware and notions and was a dry-goods merchant. About 1847 he returned to Goshen where he was one of the organizers and Vice President of the Goshen National Bank and later President of the Goshen Savings Bank. Benjamin was also a trustee of Goshen and the Goshen Library Assn. and for one term, County Treasurer. In 1850 he sued the heirs of his father Jesse to foreclose on a mortgage.[245] Benjamin and Mary had five children, two boys, George and Frank who died at ten; and three girls, Mary, Clara and Lillian.[246]

497 Thomas Edsall, 28 Nov 1814 � 25 Mar 1881, m 22 Nov 1837 Phebe Ann Jones, probably sister of John Seely Edsall�s wife. In 1860 he was a railroad contractor in Goshen, in 1870 he was a lumberman in East Saginaw, MI and on March 22, 1881 he died there.[247]

4971 Thomas Henry Edsall, 7 Oct 1840 � 26 Oct 1897, m 3 Oct 1865 Marie Louise Burroughs, dau of William Jr. and Sarah Burroughs of Spuyten Duyvil, NYC.[248] After graduating from Brown University in 1861, he was commissioned Adjutant in the 176^th Regiment of NY Volunteers in 1862, serving during that year. Then he resumed the study of law at Columbia College and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He was one of the founders of the University Club and the Sons of the Revolution in NYC and also wrote some genealogical pieces about Spuyten Duyvil. He retired from law practice in New York in 1888 due to ill health and moved to Colorado Springs, CO where he again practiced law and later died.[249]

49711 Burroughs Edsall, b 29 Aug 1866, Spuyten Duyvil, NY, m Josephine Fielder, b 3 Mar 1868, dau of Frank Fielder, Dansville, NY.

49712 Clarence Edsall, b 20 Jan 1868, attended Amherst College, m Cecil C Shackelford,b 29 Jan 1883 in Denver, CO, dau of Joel M. Shackelford.

4972 Mary Elizabeth Edsall, b 1842, d 11 May 1884, m Abram Quereau, b 22 Oct 1822, d 24 Oct 1889.[250]

4873 Anna Edsall, b Sep 1854 in NY, d after 1920 in Saginaw, MI, m Otto Hess,b Feb 1854, d before 1920.

4974 Jessie Edsall, b Maysville, KY 20 Jun 1857, m 8 Nov 1877 George Rust. They moved to Denver, CO and had two children: Thomas Edsall Rust and Florence Quereau Rust.[251]

4(10) Thomas Edsall, b ca 1770-1775, [252] d probably 1820-25. He is not listed in Stickney or McCracken or any other published work I have seen, however his many connections to Jesse Edsall lead me to believe that he was a brother and thus a heretofore unrecognized son of James (Jacobus) Edsall and Charlotte Barton. These connections are in the will of Daniel Ferrin of Minisink which named him as executor and made bequests to his son, John, and Jesse�s son, Seely, and in land deals in Minisink.[253]

He m probably Mary Ferrin, b ca 1775, d Apr 1815.[254] The 1810 Minisink Census shows for Thomas Edsall: 2 boys under 10, 1 10-16, and two men 26-45, plus one girl under 10, one 10-16, and one woman 26-45. No Edsalls are listed in the 1820 Minisink Census.

Thomas Edsall probably grew up in Vernon, so is not listed in any censuses prior to 1810, but he was living in Goshen when he bought land in Minisink in 1807.[255] Jesse also bought land there and they both sold it in 1813 to Joseph Decker of Sussex County, and were living in Goshen thereafter.[256] Thomas Edsall bought 68 acres in Goshen near the Outlet Bridge 24 Nov 1815,[257] but he was living on it as early as 1813:

�Notice to Blacksmiths: The Blacksmiths of the towns of Minisink and Goshen, and all others of the county of Orange, have an invitation to meet at the house of Thomas Edsall, near the Out-Let Bridge, on Saturday, the 13^th inst. at 12 o�clock, for the purpose of entering into an association for the regulation of charges for the ensuing year, November 8,1813.�[258]

In 1817, Thomas Edsall of Minisink was thrown from his horse and so severely bruised that his recovery was doubtful.[259] He survived but probably was not able to work again since the following year he was declared insolvent and his estate assigned to debtors.[260]

Thomas Edsall might have died by 1820 since he is not found in the 1820 Goshen census. Jesse Edsall is listed there with four boys under 10; two of 10�16, one of 16�26, and one man of 26�45; plus 1 girl of 10�16, one of 16-26, and one woman of 26�45. Since Jesse is not known to have had so many children, it appears that he had taken in Thomas� family. Jesse appears to be living near (in?) Thomas� former home; he is on the same census page as George Wickham and Nero Phillips. The other possibility is that Thomas moved back to Vernon, for which we have no 1820 census. Buried in the Edsall Cemetery there is: Thomas Edsall, d 5 Oct 1825 age 55.1.12. He's buried with Benjamin Edsall, d 17 June 1834, and Edward Edsall, d 1824.

In 1850 John S. Edsall (the Seely Edsall in the Ferrin will) ran an inn in Goshen and among the residents were Mrs. T. Edsall, born ca 1786 plus Thomas, b ca 1836, Henry S., b ca 1840, and Mary, b 1843. Could this be Thomas�s second wife (widow) plus grandchildren? Henry and Mary appear to be the same as the children listed above for the Thomas Edsall, #497, listed as Jesse�s son, b ca 1814.

Henry Edsall, �formerly of Goshen� m 10 May 1853, Jane E Ross of Carlisle, KY.[261] He sounds like the Henry who was living with John Seely Edsall in 1850, but the ages don�t fit since if he were born in 1840, he would be too young to marry in 1853. In 1860, Henry Edsall, b ca 1854, was living in Carlisle with his grandmother, Martha Ross; his parents perhaps dead.

The family of Peter Edsall (#115) & Catherine Simonson in Ohio & Indiana[262]

Peter and Catherine Edsall emigrated from Orange County, New York in 1812. The family then consisted of the parents and four children. They reached Plattsburg by wagons, then embarked on a flat boat and descended the river to Cincinnati. Here they landed, and the crew, securing the craft to a large tree on the bank of the river, encamped on the shore. During the night, in a heavy wind and rain storm, the tree was uprooted and, falling upon the boat, forced it to the river bottom, carrying with it every vestige of their outfit, including even the bible containing the family record.

They proceeded up to where Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio now stands and rented a small piece of ground, and with the limited means left, bought the necessary farming utensils and seeds for putting in a crop. They remained upon this rented ground for two years, then moved on to Darke County, near Greenville, where they resided pending the negotiations of the Greenville Treaty, concluded 22 July 1814, at which place, by keeping a shanty boarding house, they recuperated sufficiently to get up respectable trains and removed to St. Mary�s, Ohio, now Auglaize County.

During the treaty-making at the town with sundry tribes of Indians in September and October, 1818, the family a second-time resorted to the boarding house business and were sufficiently rewarded to enable them, in 1819, to purchase an eighty-acre tract of land three miles south of Shane�s Crossing.

During their residence on Shane�s prairie, Peter and his three oldest sons in 1819 and 1820, made trips to Fort Wayne in the summers to cut and cure hay for the traders in the area. The traders required great quantities of hay to subsist the stock of their Indian customers who would congregate to trade there during the winter months. These summer trips of Peter and his sons were satisfactorily remunerative and caused the Edsalls to conclude that Fort Wayne was destined to become an important place, favorable to their aim of educating their children, and they began to talk of moving there. In 1822, Peter died.[263] After his death, the three sons continued to spend the hay-making season in Fort Wayne.

In the summer of 1823, a neighbor was passing their house on Shane�s prairie with a load of bacon for the Fort Wayne market, and it was agreed that William S. should accompany him and ascertain the condition of his brothers. The distance was only forty miles but the trip took ten days, there being no road except the old trail of Gen. Wayne and fallen timber along the way required new passages to be cut.

In 1824, Catherine Edsall, desiring to execute the oft-expressed wish of her husband to secure an education for her children�that being the sole aim of the life of herself and her husband, removed in 1824 to Fort Wayne. Reaching Fort Wayne with a family now increased to nine�six sons and three daughters�she proposed to her three oldest sons, Samuel, John and Simon, that they go out from her and make free choice of trade, and stipulate for education as part consideration for their service. The youngest, Simon, devotedly attached to his mother, declined to leave her on the ground that his choice was farming, and that his energies would be required at home to aid in sustaining his mother and the younger children�his junior brother, William S, being only thirteen years of age and too young to contribute anything beyond the amount necessary to support himself. Samuel was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner and John was apprenticed as a tailor.

The family occupied a cabin on the banks of the St. Mary�s, near where the county jail was later located, and near the usual route of the Indians when they came to trade with the licensed American traders. They would generally camp on the north side of the St. Mary�s and cross over and spend the day on the Fort Wayne side. Canoes were in demand to ferry the Indians and the traders, and young William S. Edsall discovered an opportunity to make some money by establishing a ferry. One of the traders, George W. Ewing, proposed to the boy that he engage himself and his brother to become instructed in the mysteries of trade and commerce. In October 1827 a contract was made by which he entered this service and he continued until 1832, spending the last two years at Logansport.

Then, having now attained his majority, he arranged to go on his own, with the Ewings supplying him with a stock of goods in return for a share of the profits. He set himself up in Huntington where his customers were primarily Indians and canal contractors. Near the close of 1832 he became Postmaster at Huntington and the following spring was elected clerk and recorder of the county. In 1836 he resigned all these offices, closed his business and returned to Fort Wayne, entering into a partnership with his brother, Samuel Edsall. They continued until 1839 when the Ewings offered William a third interest in their growing business. The newly-formed partnership of Ewing, Edsall and Co. and its connections extended over a large area of the country. In the spring of 1839, William made a horseback trip from Fort Wayne to Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa, Rock Island and Dubuque, thence to Galena and Madison, Wisconsin. After leaving Ottawa he would frequently ride thirty miles without finding a human habitation.

In 1840, when the municipal government of Fort Wayne was first organized, William S. Edsall was elected Alderman. His brother, Samuel was also elected Alderman and also served as Chief Engineer. In 1847, Samuel built the first court house, a two-storey brick building. In 1853 Samuel was a member of the Indiana State Senate.

Competition with the American Fur Company had been so fierce that everybody suffered and in 1841, Ewing, Edsall and Co. was dissolved. Having retired with blighted prospects and exhausted resources, William S. Edsall applied for and received the appointment, in 1843, of Registrar of the US Land Office in Fort Wayne, which he held until 1848. Meanwhile, in 1846, he again formed a partnership with his brother Samuel in the mercantile and milling business, continuing until 1849.

Next, the brothers originated a project to construct a plank road from Fort Wayne to Bluffton. Taking two years to build, the road was of greater value to the business interests of Fort Wayne than any public improvement except the Wabash and Erie Canal. In 1853, the brothers contracted with the Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis R.R. for the grading, masonry and furnishing of ties for the forty-seven miles of the road from the Ohio line to the Wabash River, two miles west of Huntington. It was completed in 1856.

Looking at all these enterprises, the city and county were considerably indebted to these two men for the commercial importance the city attained. Major Samuel Edsall died in February 1865. William S. Edsall, although never having enjoyed but a single day of formal schooling, was able to successfully compete with the merchant princes and achieve great accomplishments. In 1868, returning to his old home from Chicago, where he had passed the preceding three years in active business life, the Democratic Convention of Allen County in June 1870, nominated him for County Clerk. The opposition ticket also nominated him, so he became County Clerk of Allen County by a unanimous vote.

The Edsall House, 305 W. Main St, is the last surviving example downtown of the Federal style of architecture. The man who built this fine home was William S. Edsall, a fur trader, merchant, contractor and prominent civic leader who helped establish Fort Wayne as a transportation and market center.

The house was built when the Edsall fortunes were at their crest. The house that he loved and which he made the outward trapping of all that he aspired to be is a two-story brick building, 44-by-20 feet, strictly balanced with two downstairs parlors and two upstairs bedrooms, separated by a central hall and a broad stairway. There are no windows in the ends of the house, but the finely proportioned windows, five on the second floor and four on the first, give the front and back of the house a very open appearance. At each end and on each floor there are fireplaces with double chimneys rising out of the roof.

Two rear additions, neither of which exist today, were added by Edsall over the years as his family needs grew. The first addition apparently was built soon after William's wife, Louisa McCarty, died at the age of 37.

Edsall did not manage his money wisely and incurred heavy debts. His brother, Samuel, an important financial adviser, died in 1865, and William soon lost the Edsall House, put his family up with relatives and moved to Chicago to be closer to his brokerage affairs.

The house was lost to an area banker who bought it for $106 in delinquent taxes. The Edsall family rallied to regain the house and pay off the mortgages, but William Edsall himself did not regain full possession of it until 1874.

At once, he had the house "fitted up and furnished throughout in the most elegant style." To celebrate his homecoming and his 63rd birthday, Edsall held a huge ball for the "old settlers."

The Sentinel newspaper reported the evening affair that gives a glimpse of the fineness of high society in Fort Wayne 119 years ago.

''At 7 o'clock last evening, the full flood of light which streamed from every door and window in the house, and the natural sequence of thronging carriages, the soft rush of encloaked ladies up the stairway, the gleams of dainty slippers and billowy folds of tumultuous white dresses on the way to the dressing room, gave promise of the prolonged pleasure of the night."

William Edsall lived only two years more; his funeral was held in the east parlor.

But when he died on March 13, 1876, he once again was broke. The mortgage company assumed ownership of the house, but for about a year after Edsall's death, his daughter, Amelia, and her family, as well as his sister, Isabella, stayed on, joined later by two nieces and their mother. In 1878, a movement led by another of Edsall's sisters, Mrs. W.H. Coombs, created City Hospital, which was to be built on grounds near the Edsall Home. The hospital's organizational and fund-raising meetings began in October 1878, and the Edsall homestead was used twice for "grand-opening" festivals. But the mortgage company would not allow a hospital to be located in the place, and after a two-day hospital career, the Edsall House was abandoned. This was the last time the Edsall family was associated with the old home.

William Edsall's obituary proclaimed that no man had been more intimately connected with the growth of the city and with all its improvements than he, and that a sketch of his life is really a sketch of Fort Wayne from the time it was a mere Indian trading post.

Seely Edsall b Feb 1838 NJ, m H. Adelaide, b Jun 1841, NJ. Not found in 1850 Census, he appears in 1860 census in Montague, Sussex County, as clerk, age 22 in family of Andrew Coykendall, merchant. In 1870, he and wife Adelaide are in Newark, living in home of Harriet Moore, 50. In 1880, they are still in Newark but now live alone with their only child, son Linn, b ca 1872. In 1900 they are in Plainfield where he is dry goods merchant. In 1910, Harriet Edsall is head of family in Bloomfield, Essex Co, NJ with son John H Edsall, 38, electrician, m 6 years to wife Abby, 25, with children, Howard 5, and Gladis.

Leading Business Houses of Plainfield, 1887: Seely Edsall, Notions and Fine Goods, 29 West Front Street. This gentleman is an extensive dealer in dry goods, notions and gents� furnishing goods, and has been established here in business for many years. He occupies a fine brick building, three stories high, 25 x 160 feet in dimensions. Thirty incandescent lights are required for illumination. There is a ladies� toilet, wash room and cloak room. In fact, Edsall�s is the most complete in all of its appointments of any like concern in the state. Every department is brim full of new and seasonable goods, all offered at New York prices. Mr. Edsall is one of the best known and most popular merchants of Plainfield.

John R Edsall, lost at sea between Panama and SF, lately of Sussex County, 30, 12 May 1852.

[1] See C. E. Stickney, Edsall Outline History, Deckertown, NJ, 1899; Edsall Notes, 2 Jan 1992 (in NYGBS Library) by Robert Cusick Noble, 5431 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19141; notes by Elizabeth Horton in her file at the Orange County Genealogical Society (hereafter OCGS); George E McCracken, Samuel Edsall of Reading, Berks, and Some Early Descendants, NYGBJ, July and October 1958, and an update on Descendants of Jacobus Edsall and Charlotte Barton, by McCracken, transcribed by Dan Burrows and later by Barbara Foulks; and Descendants of Peter (1742-1810) Edsall, by Barbara Foulks, 1999, in OCGS library. There is a lot of confusion about many of the children. In my first version of this paper I relied mostly on Noble's work but also on Horton who had a more intimate knowledge of the area and doesn't seem to have been consulted by Noble. Data on the first Richard Edsall is also from Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, Twigs from Family Trees III, Towanda, PA, Sacred Art Press, date unknown. Stickney makes errors on the early family history but is excellent on the mid to late 19^th century because his work was published at the end of that time and he received many corrections and additions from living Edsalls which have been added to his History.

I have tried to be reasonably comprehensive with footnotes but data from the above works and from censuses are usually not footnoted. Since those sources are mostly unsourced, citing them is meaningless. I have made many corrections to these original sources and they are footnoted. When births are given as ca (circa) any year they usually come from censuses; if a month and year are given they probably come from the 1900 census. I welcome further corrections from readers.

[2] This account of Samuel Edsall is from an unpublished Knight family history, kindly sent to me in 1997 by the author, (Ms) Neville Rodger�s Mulock, 20 Plymouth Road, Darien, CT 06820.

[3] Stickney, op cit, p 2. A more comprehensive account is in the NYGBR for Oct 1882, covered also in Stickney, op cit, pp 17-18.

[4] Milbourne had previously been married to Samuel Edsall�s daughter Joanna.

[5] Most of this information was taken from notes of Elizabeth Horton. These details are from John C. Wait, Some Descendants of Samuel Edsall 1648-1701, mss of author, NY 1930, kindly sent to me in Aug 2003 by Peary D. Stafford Jr. of Brooklyn Heights, NY, (pstaff@pipeline.com). The manuscript does not give sources and is primarily devoted to the Wait family who connected with the Edsells through Emily Edsall (4111).

[6] More on John Edsall�s line can be found in McCracken, op cit. His son, Samuel, bap 30 July 1704, m Mary DeKay, who may have been an unrecorded daughter of Jacobus DeKay, thereby making Samuel a brother-in-law of his uncle Richard, below. Samuel�s daughter Johanna m 15 Jun 1766 Henry Banta, son of Wiert Banta and Hannah Minthorne (see my article on the Minthorne Family of NYC in www.popenoe.com.).

[7] Some accounts give Naomi, widow of Samuel Moore, as Samuel Edsall�s second wife. McCracken has argued that this came from an incorrect reading of the will of John Smith whose sister married John Edsall.

[8] A more comprehensive account of Samuel�s life (and four marriages) will be found in NYG&BR, Oct 1882, quoted in Stickney, op cit, pp 17-18.

[9] The death date is from the bible of Jesse Edsall. See footnote under Samuel Edsall #2.

[10] NY Gazette 7 Apr 1735 per Stickney, op cit, p 3

[11] On 20 Nov 1735, Richard Edsall among others petitioned for a Kings Highway on the Wawayanda Patent where his property was located in Vernon. NJH 28 May 1978

[12] The list of baptisms is from McCracken. McCracken mentions an 1838 ms. By James Elsworth DeKay in the rare book room of the Library of Congress that assigns Richard a daughter Hannah, wife of Thomas Welling of Warwick; a son Peter, married to Letitia Clowes, dau of Peter Clowes of Amity, and a Ruth, wife of William Campbell of NJ. The second Thomas, a shoemaker, died unmarried at Newtown, Long Island, 17 Nov 1758. My paper indicates that Richard�s son Richard had Peter who married Aletta Clowes, not Letitia.

[13] From The Dekay Chronicle, found in Edsall file at the Sussex County Historical Society (hereafter SCHS), authorship unknown.

[14] Some accounts say the 60 acres was the site of Columbia University. However, Columbia University (formerly Kings College) was originally located around Canal Street.

[15] Abbreviated from affidavit sent to the Boards of Trade, copy in SCHS.

[16] http://www.vernonstories.com/

[17] McCracken believes the first wife was an unknown daughter of Michael Jackson of Orange County. Jackson had a daughter Mary who m General William Allison. The general in his 1802 will named as an heir his nephew William Allison Edsall.

[18] Mtge Book A, p 195, 1 Dec 1775: Richard Edsall of Goshen and the release of dower and thirds of his wife Isabella to Theophilus Bache of NYC, merchant � 200 acres bounded SW by lands of David McCambly, SE � Samuel Edsall, E � Johannes Clowes, NW � Dirk Brinckerhoff, being the land on which he now dwells. �700.

[19] Mtge Book A, p 195: 1 Dec 1775, Richard Edsall of Goshen and the release of dower and thirds of his wife Isabella to Theophilus Bucke of NYC, Merchant, 200 acres bounded SW by lands of David McCamly, SE, Samuel Edsall, E Johannes Clowes, NW, Dirk Brinkerhoff, being the land on which he now dwells, �700. See mortgages of Samuel and John under their sections.

[20] McCracken lists Peter, Richard, and William Allison, also Hannah b ca 1750 in Sussex County, who m Benjamin Barton, and Henry who was in Minisink in 1800. Since Richard�s connections were with Warwick, Hannah seems to me more likely to have been a descendant of Jacobus who was in Sussex County. Millicent and Hella are from notes of Elizabeth Horton who said they might be daughters of Richard since they had not been placed in the families of his brothers. Caveat lector!

[21] Barbara Edsall Foulks, Descendants of Peter Edsall, cited in first footnote.

[22] Mtge Book A, p 198: 10 Feb 1776, Peter Edsall and Alletta his wife to Peter Middleton of NYC, 112 acres, �150, part of Peter�s farm bounded as follows: NE, lands of John Duncan; NW, Peter Clows; SW, Peter Cooley; SE James Armstrong and the lands of said Peter Edsall which he purchased from Jonathan Knapp and the lands of Joseph Totten. Page 243: 14 Nov 1776, Peter Edsall and Alletta his wife to William Bailey of NYC, 65 acres �200, a piece of land, part of a larger lot known as Purling Brook, adjoining the lands of Joseph Totten, John Dunkin, George Owen, dec�d, and Jacob Wanser.

[23] Details on Peter and Aletta's births and deaths and children are from a family bible of his son, Samuel Edsall, a transcription of which was sent to me 26 Jun 2003 by a descendant, Barbara Edsall Foulks (BEF1694@aol.com). Further information on the family is from correspondence with Barbara Foulks. We have no direct evidence that Peter was a son of Richard. However, he would logically be a son of one of the first Richard's sons and the others were all born too late to fit. Richard Jr, bap 1723, would only be 19 when Peter was born in 1742, unless he was born some time earlier than his baptism.

[24] Wayne Co, PA, Mortgage Book 1: Samuel Edsall and Jane his wife to Mary Seely. Whereas Christopher Seely Senr, late of NJ, died intestate and left a certain estate in lands to my mother Deborah Little and other property to his heirs, and whereas my mother is also deceased and left two daughters�I Samuel Edsall, husband to Jane Edsall, formerly Jane Little, for �10 quitclaim our share to Mary Seely of Elizabethtown in NJ. Signed in Wayne Co, 2 Jun 1803.

[25] Samuel and Jane are mentioned several times in Sylvanus Seely�s Diary, on my website, www.popenoe.com. The quitclaim is cited in footnote 22, above.

[26] Details from Barbara Foulks, op cit.

[27] Info on family of Hester from Barbara A Foulkes, citing censuses, grave markers and Marriage Notices from Steuben County Newspapers 1790-1884, by Mary S. Jackson and Edward F. Jackson.

[28] Info from Barbara Faulks.

[29] Sussex County Marriages, Book 1, County Clerk.

[30] Orange County Patriot, 12 Mar 1811. Newsbank.com. On 9 Jan 1811 the Sheriff similarly sold the goods and lands of John McWhorter, adjoining the lands of Thomas M�Cain, Thomas Decay 3^rd , Peter Edsall Jun, John Bloom and M. Reynolds.

[31] Bible Records, GRC, Wayne County DAR.

[32] A Biographical History of Prominent Men of the Great West, 1894, mentions Desdemona Edsall, daughter of Major Samuel Edsall, one of the oldest and best known citizens in the public and social life of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

[33] Allen County IN GenWeb Obituary List

[34] Ibid.

[35] Ibid.

[36] Independent Journal, NYC, 23 Jun 1784. I�m not sure who this refers to but the addition of Josiah Seely suggests it is Orange/Sussex County and this Richard would be the 3^rd after Richard #1 and Richard #41, b 1750. He could well have gotten into debt because of his War service.

[37] This list of children is from Elizabeth Horton who also gives Richard a son Jesse, said by Mrs. Seneca Jessup to have lived on the Daniel Carpenter farm between Florida and Goshen. Died in the early 1800s and left 5 young daughters who lived with various friends or relatives around Goshen. Mrs. Jessup remembered the daughters as: Amelia Rankin, Hannah Hays, Julia Webb, Mary Gray Knight, and Clarisa Higgins. Note that these names appear below as daughters of Jesse�s uncle, William Edsall. Mrs. Jessup was probably confused, and no one else seems to have connected a Jesse to Richard Edsall. .

[38] Eric V. D. Schweser, Marriages and Deaths from the Orange County Patriot, Feb 7 1809 � Dec 18 1819, NYGBS: �On Saturday the 18^th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Lathrop, Mr. Thomas McCain to Miss Amelia Edsall, all of Warwick.�

[39] �Abigail McCamly was born April 16, 1822, married to John Edsall McCain January 8, 1843 and died at Goshen February 5, 1895. Her husband, John Edsall McCain was a member of the old and honored McCain family whose early representatives served nobly in the Revolutionary War and intermarried with the Seward, Edsall and Johnson families�.John Edsall McCain�lived near the little village of Amity in Warwick township, his family being old and esteemed acquaintances of the McCamly family�.After they had been married for some years, John Edsall McCain and his wife moved to the Town of Goshen where they spent the remainder of the lives as highly respected members of the community. Mr. McCain had two younger brothers who went to California in 1849 as did Mrs. McCain. The two McCain brothers were Edward and J. Seward McCain. Edward died when he had been there for about a year. J. Seward McCain went on to become a prosperous San Francisco business man.� �Marie Ferguson, �A Short History of the McCamly Family� in Warwick Historical Papers, Vol One, p 130.

[40] Charles C Coleman, The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, 1934

[41] This is from the Bible of Jesse Edsall, 1821, in possession of Bradford County Historical Society. It is in very poor condition so many items are incomplete or unreadable. It is the source of Abigail Powell�s maiden name.

[42] Mtge Book A, p 25: 4 Apr 1764, Samuel Edsall mortgaged to Phillip Edsall of Newtown, 100 acres in Wawayanda bounded S by the highway, W by the lands of John Dean, and N by the creek that parts said land from the land of Richard Edsall.

[43] Mtge Book A, p 199: 10 Feb 1776, Samuel Edsall, mortgage of �60 to Peter Middleton on 26 � acres, adjoining or part of Samuel Edsall�s land and one half of the grist mill jointly owned with John Edsall, adjoining the tract above.

[44] Mtge Book A, p 394: 9 Jun 1783 (recorded 8 Mar 1784) Samuel Edsall to Isaac Thompson, mortgage of �450 on 109 acres, 13 rods. Details given.

[45] Clement F. Heverly, Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1770-1800, Towanda, PA, Bradford Star Print, 1913, pp 408-9, says in or before 1802 but Samuel�s mortgages suggest he might have still be in Orange County as late as 1808. Heverly got his birth dates from Jesse�s bible.

[46] Jesse Edsall bible, supra.

[47].Jonathan Elmer�s Records, Book 81, DAR Church Records (seen in NJ Archives, Trenton). See my Minthorn/Minturn Families of NY for details of Abigail�s family.

[48] Mtge Book A, p 197: 26 Jan 1776, John Edsall, cordwainer, and Abigail his wife to Peter Middleton, physician of NYC, for �200, running along the line the divides the land between Samuel Edsall and John Edsall, also adjoining the land of Charles Beardsley.

[49]Hathorn Regiment of Militia Revolutionary War Rolls 1777-81, NARA M246, on Footnote.com and NY in the Revolution, p 164. The latter also shows Philip Edsall listed next to John. This must be Philip Jr. from Newtown, Long Island, who evacuated to Orange County during the War. Note that Samuel Edsall mortgaged land to Philip�s father in 1764, showing a continuing relationship between the Orange County and Long Island Edsalls.

[50] J. Gardner Bartlett, Robert Coe, Puritan, His Ancestors and Descendants, Published for private circulation by the author, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911. Available on Google Books.

[51] Martha Otto, mebasic@comcast.net has done research on Nathaniel. I have added Peter. If Nathaniel and Peter were, in fact, born before 1770, the only other Edsalls in the Sussex/Orange Counties area old enough to be likely fathers were John�s three brothers: Richard, Samuel and Jacobus. But Richard already had a Peter, Samuel didn�t marry until 1781, and Jacobus�who is possible but less likely�had 10 other children. Jacobus�s son, Samuel Barton Edsall, who witnessed a deed for Absalom Carr, was born in 1768, and there was about a six year gap between him and his older brother, so Nathaniel and Peter could have fit in there.

Robert Wentworth on Edsall Family Forum says Millicent left a will, dated 20 Feb 1846 in which she gave her farm to Henry Winebrenner, who was also her executor.

[52] See my Minthorn Family in www.popenoe.com.

[53] He was there at least until 1812 when he and Peter voted in an election in Towanda. H C Bradsby, History of Bradford County, 1891.

[54] See in www.popenoe.com, under NY Families: The Carr Family and the map, Map 3 in the Introduction.

[55]Clement F. Heverly, Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1770-1800, p 92

[56] Char Edsall, on the Edsall Family Forum, says that Jasper Edsall was the grandson of Nathaniel and Millicent Edsall. Looking at the records and all the connections that begin with him in 1850, leads me to Samuel, James, and Lucy Edsall and their children. I could, of course, be wrong on some of them.

[57] Ohio Marriages, Ancestry.com for both Jane and Thursey.

[58] Noble County Marriages

[59] Thanks to Daniel Moore danmoore@centurytel.net, a Winebrenner descendant.

[60] Noble County Marriages

[61] According to a descendant her name was Catherine Perry, however. the Ohio Marriage Registry says Katherine Lealy,.and in 1850 the family included a 65 year old woman named Hannah Lealy.

[62] Both buried in Holsapple Cemetery, Wabash Twp, Darke Co, per Ray Edsall, descendant, aeng@gte.net. Dates from another descendant Leonda Edsall Martindale, leonda@woh.rr.com.

[63] Names and dates of children from LDS Family Search

[64] Biographies, Noble County GenWeb

[65] Clement F. Heverly, History of Monroe Township & Borough, 1779 � 1885, p 179.

[66] Clement F. Heverly, History of Monroe Township & Borough, 1779 � 1885, p 20.

[67] Heverly, op cit.

[68] Tombstones of family, Evergreen Cemetery, Albany, PA

[69] Edward C Hoagland, Twigs from Family Trees, 1940

[70] Clement F. Heverly, History of Monroe Township & Borough, 1779 � 1885, p 108. Heverly also lists their children.

[71] Clement F. Heverly, History of Monroe Township & Borough, 1779 � 1885, p 128.

[72] George E. McCracken has a detailed genealogy of her family, �Roger Barton of Westchester Co, NY� in the NEHGR, Jan and Jul 1953.

[73] McCracken, op cit, says he m2, Hannah Post, 28 May 1777 however I have placed her as first wife of his son, James (Jacobus) below, who would have been 22 at the time, vs 52 for the father. The McWh*rter Genealogy on RootsWeb gives details of John McWhorter, b ca 1763 who married Margaret Carr (see my Carr Family) and had a daughter Hannah, b ca 1797, but no mention of this Hannah. She might have been John�s sister.

[74] The info on Jacobus�s line is drawn in part from Robert Reynolds (rkreynolds@home.com) on RootsWeb�s World Connect. He does not list sources here, however. Note that I have added a tenth child, Thomas.

[75] Some sources, including the Seeley Genealogical Society�s The Sixth Generation Families, 1995, Part II, p 38, say that Richard first married Mary Seward in 1770. I think the evidence supports the view that it was Richard #14 who married Mary Seward. Vernon Churchyard Cemetery tombstone says Richard d 27 Nov 1818, age 67; Capt. Washington Troops, NJ, War of 1812.

[76] Vernon Churchyard Cemetery

[77] The 1780 Tax List for Hardyston (below Vernon in Sussex Co) shows a Richard Edsall with 20 A of unimproved land and a house, plus another Richard Edsall, a single man with horse but no land. So Richard must have moved to Vernon after that.

[78] See for example, Deed Book E, p 250, 27 May 1801. Sheriff�s sale to Joseph Sharp and Richard Edsall, 24 acres on south side of Walkill, formerly called Robert Morris�s tract, now owned by John Johnson. Joseph Sharp also appears to have been active in many land deals in Sussex County.

[79] Richard and Jemima�s birth and death dates and the list of children and their birth dates are given in Richard�s Pension File, #W7074.

[80] Date of death from McCracken.

[81] Sussex County Marriages, County Clerks Office, posted on Edsall Family Genealogy Forum.

[82] List of children from McCracken.

[83] These details are from John C. Wait, Some Descendants of Samuel Edsall 1648-1701, mss of author, NY 1930, kindly sent to me in Aug 2003 by Peary D. Stafford Jr. of Brooklyn Heights, NY, (pstaff@pipeline.com). The manuscript does not give sources and is primarily devoted to the Wait family.

[84] Sussex Register

[85] The Elston Family in America, p 343.

[86] Tombstones for both in Vernon Churchyard Cemetery.

[87] Sussex County Marriages

[88] Virginia Gardner, Whig Press Marriage Notices 1851-1865, OCGS: Seymour, William of Wisconsin m Almeda Edsall of Port Jervis, Jan 5 (16 Jan 1856).

[89] Sussex County Marriages

[90] Tombstones for both, Newton Cemetery

[91] There is a page with a bio of Richard E. Edsall with this picture and many details in James P Snell, History of Sussex and Warren Counties New Jersey, Philadelphia, Everts & Peck, 1881.

[92] Both in Hardyston North Church Cemetery

[93] Crystal Reference Encyclopedia, one of many bios online

[94] Obituary in Goshen Public Library vertical file. Birth dates calculated.

[95] Sussex County Marriages

[96] Alanson A Haines, Hardyston Memorial, 1888, p 101

[97] This and the birth dates of the children are from Rev. T. E. Spilman, Semi-Centenarians of Butler Grove Township, Montgomery, IL, 1878, kindly sent me by Erik Thorson.

[98] Sussex County Marriages

[99] According to the History of the Amity Presbyterian Church, Orange Co Gen. Soc., 1994, Susan Adaline was baptized 15 Feb 1816. Parents were listed as Richard and Jemima Edsall. Perhaps the record keeper got confused about the name of the mother.

[100] Sussex County Marriages

[101] The Sussex Independent of Deckertown, 23 June 1871.

[102] Sussex County Marriages

[103] The Sussex County Historical Society Almanack, 2000, recounts a case in Chancery Court concerning a 12-acre tract in Vernon, purchased by Jemima Edsall and left in her will to a trust for her daughter Sarah and her husband John Van de Griff; and their children who are named with husbands.

[104] Both from Sussex Register

[105] She was baptized 15 Feb 1816 at the Amity Presbyterian Church. (p 62)

[106] Benjamin B. Edsall was for many years editor of the Sussex County Times and a county judge and his name appears frequently in county histories. He was not a member of the family researched in this paper. He was b 25 Jan 1811 in Maspeth, Long Island, son of Benjamin and Nancy Denton Edsall. He lived in Newton where his wife, Eliza Williams, survived him. There is a lengthy biography in Snell, History of Sussex and Warren Counties, pp 219-221.

[107] Will of 29 Mar 1820, filed 11 Mar 1825, Will book B, 338, gives all lands to son Benjamin; personal property to be divided among daughters: Mary Finn, Catherine Van Houten, Sarah Fox and Hannah Ferrier; and $5 each to sons Benjamin, Richard, John, David and Anthony. Why did she omit Thomas who was still living in 1825?

[108] Snell, op cit, p 349) says �Benjamin Edsall found attractive land on the county line, adjacent to Orange County, where he located in 1800, or possibly previous to that time. Of his family of six sons and four daughters, B