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John Poppino was born circa 1704; No birth information found. Birth date is estimated at two years earlier than his brother Peter, who was born 28 July 1706.
He was the son of Jean Papineau and Charlotte Bouniot.
John Poppino (Jean Papineau, Jr.) was probably born in New Oxford, MA where his immigrant Huguenot father lived until 1704; or NYC where the family lived in 1705-6, until his father died, probably in early 1707. In 1709 his mother married Samuel Seely in Stamford, CT. John and his brother Peter (Pierre) became Seely stepchildren and over the course of years had 8 Seely half-siblings. In 1714 the family moved to the frontier community of Goshen in Orange County, NY, along with several other families from Stamford. After they grew up, Peter moved on to Salem County, NJ, but John stayed on as a farmer, living several miles SW of the village of Florida (originally in Goshen Precinct; later (1788) in Warwick Town) where he was surrounded by his children and their spouses. ( Details regarding Jean Papineau, Charlotte Bouniot and Samuel Seeley will be found in my essay, Frontier Family: The Popenoes in History.) In 1879, a relative, G. W. Seward, in a letter to Lyman C. Draper, wrote: "Major Poppino's father [John] was a French Huguenot; his mother was from Holland. They lived somewhere near Enoch Jackson's old farm near Florida. She could place a pail of water on her head, take one in each hand, and carry them without spilling a drop. They died at the place of Ananias Poppino, a much respected citizen of the town of Goshen and long a member and elder of the church of Florida." [Seward was probably referring to John's grandson, Daniel Poppino, who lived in Goshen and was an elder in the Florida church. There was no Ananias Poppino.] A mortgage made by William Carr in 1776 stated that his land adjoined land conveyed by the Van Hornes to John Poppino and Daniel Sammis. The records show some Sammis men (who came from Huntington, Long Island) associated with the people around the Poppinos, but I have been unable to find any mention anywhere of a Daniel. People in those days normally bought land with family members, not strangers. Since we know who all of John's children married, I am left with the thought that Daniel Sammis might have been Christian Mary's father. The Sammis family was of English origin, however; not Dutch. John and his family were active members of the Florida Presbyterian Church. He helped create it, as one of the men who purchased the property from Richard Bailey in 1741. In 1755 he sued Thos Galen in the Court of Common Pleas, probably over land. In his will of 3 Dec 1773, John left all of his estate to his well-beloved wife during her lifetime, except £5 and a feather bed and bedding and other personal items to his grand daughter Charlotte Johnson, daughter of Thomas Johnson, on condition that she live with him and his wife until their decease. He gave Sh.5 to his son, who presumably had been taken care of earlier, and left the balance to his five daughters. In 1780, John Poppino the Elder sold to his daughters (or their heirs) for £300, 195 1/2 acres on which he lived. (This probably excluded the actual house and lot. The following year, they resold it for £2,100 to James Aspell, the son-in-law of John's daughter Sarah Johnson. The difference in price may reflect inflation or that John passed on the land for a very low price so that his daughters could benefit from the sale. Two of the daughters made their mark; the rest and their husbands could sign their names. Birth order of the daughters follows the order in the will and deed.1,2,3,4,5,6 John Poppino married Christian Mary Surname ukn circa 1725. John Poppino died after 1780 at Florida, Orange Co, NY.5,7 |
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| Jean Papineau married Charlotte Bouniot. |
| Charlotte Bouniot married Jean Papineau. |
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On 1 June 1765, Christian Poppino made her mark as witness to the administration of the estate of her minister, Samuel Parkhurst, indicating that she could not write her name.1 Christian Mary Surname ukn married John Poppino, son of Jean Papineau and Charlotte Bouniot, circa 1725. Christian Mary Surname ukn died after 1773. |
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Obituary: "On the 7th of March, inst., at the residence of his son Daniel Poppino in the town of Goshen, Major John Poppino died at the advanced age of one hundred years, ten months and ten days. The deceased was born in this county, where he has always resided, and died within three miles of the place of his birth. He was in the service of his country in the old French war, and stationed at Fort Edward - was among the Fathers of our Independence - held the commission of Major in the War of the Revolution, and was almost constantly on duty - was with Gen. John Hathorn at the ever memorable but disastrous Battle of Minisink and forty-three years after that melancholy event, he attended the Obsequies of the Burial of the Bones of their brave comrades who fell by their brave sides in battle. It was truly an imposing spectacle to see this venerable sage on that occasion, then almost a hundred years old.....The deceased had raised a numerous and very respectable family of children, most of whom are now in advanced age. He had lived more than fifty-two years with the wife of his youth. Since her death he was calmly resigned to the solitude occasioned by her loss. His habits through life were strictly temperate, and he was consequently blessed with an unusual degree of health and activity." The Battle of Minisink, in which local militia were massacred by Indians and British under the command of the great Indian chief, Joseph Brant, is memorialized by a monument in the center of Goshen. In the Draper manuscripts there are two accounts of John's survival of that 1779 battle. According to his great grandson, William Poppino (in a letter to Lyman C Draper, 8F121, 1877) when the rest of the company was surprised and overcome by the Indians, the major escaped by lying alongside a log in the brush and covering himself with leaves. The Indians who were pursuing him stood on the log at one time, but did not see the major. He lay there quietly until dark and then made his escape by crawling on his hands and knees a very long distance the greater part of the night. According to Jackson Poppino, a grandson (8F124): "The Maj. was struck by a ball and fell insensible and when he came to, there was not a man in sight. By the help of his gun, he crawled down a ledge of rocks, and concealed himself under it. Soon after, not less than a dozen Indians came running and jumped off the ledge. They did not seem to see him; one came so close that he broke a piece of the Major's gun. After they passed he waited until all was still, then he made lint and dressed his wounds and crept in a thicket of scrub oaks near him; by cutting off twigs and sticking them in the ground he concealed himself. Soon the Indians returned, seeing the blood under the ledge, they searched the thicket three times, but failed to find him and left." The accounts say that it took him three or four days to get home. When he reached home at night and knocked on the door, his wife, knowing his knock, said "Come in John Poppino, dead or alive." He entered with the remark that he thought he was alive. Another descendant, Alsop Vail Aspell, wrote Draper (19F120, 1879) that Major Poppino "lived about three miles from Florida on the road to Warwick. His height was about five feet and his body was very slender with a rather large head for so small a man. He was a Presbyterian and a man of strict integrity and much respected--as his hearing began to fail in his old age, when he attended church he would go up the stairs at one end of the church to the balcony and with the assistance of a long cane walk slowly along the whole length of it and take his seat opposite the high pulpit and hear the minister, the Rev. Dr. Charles Cummins, who was a loved speaker and for forty years was Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Florida. Years before the Major died he became feeble and his hearing so impaired that he seldom left his dwelling." Major Poppino lived on a 182 acre farm 2 or 3 miles south of Florida on the road to Warwick, now Route 17a. In 1785 he mortgaged it for £418, paying it off in 1790. The house is still standing.1,2 John Poppino was born on 27 April 1726 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY. He was the son of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. John Poppino married Elizabeth Wood on 8 October 1750 at NY.3 John Poppino died on 7 March 1828 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY, at age 101.4 |
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| Elizabeth Wood was born on 10 July 1731 at Huntington, Suffolk Co, NY.3,4 She married John Poppino, son of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn, on 8 October 1750 at NY.5 Elizabeth Wood died on 22 May 1801 at Florida, Orange Co, NY, at age 69.4 |
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| Catherine Poppino married William Carr.1 Catherine Poppino was born at Florida, Orange, NY. She was the daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. |
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William Carr married Catherine Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn.1
I have dealt with the Carr family at great length in a separate essay, in my NY Families. I believe that William Carr was the son of George Carr, an early immigrant to Goshen Town, and that George was the son of Walter Ker who emigrated from Scotland in 1685, finally settling in Freehold, Monmouth Co, NJ. In 1751 or earlier, William Carr bought 100 acres of land for £80 from the heirs of John Van Horne. It was at the west end of John Poppino's land and adjacent to that of Francis Armstrong. He mortgaged it in 1776 and 1777, and died before 1780 when John Poppino deeded his land to his daughters. His probable children are listed below. For much more on this line, see the essay referred to above. William Carr died say 1780.2 |
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| Sarah Poppino married Richard Johnson. Sarah Poppino was born on 25 September 1732.1 She was the daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. Sarah Poppino died after 1793.2 |
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Richard Johnson married Sarah Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn.
Richard Johnson testified in the proceedings to determine the boundaries of the Wawayanda Patent held in 1785 at Yelverton's barn, Chester. He said he was then 56 years of age and had come into the country in 1746 from York (i.e., at about age 17). During the Revolution Richard served as an Ensign in the Wawayanda Company of the Goshen Regiment of the Militia. The Johnsons lived on the Ridge between Florida and Warwick, below the Armstrongs. Among his papers was a memorandum of payment for pasturing horses during the Revolution. Warwick, including Florida, was a part of Goshen Town until 1788 when an Act was passed making it a town. At the first town meeting in 1789, Richard was named one of the Road Masters, a duty which included being a pound master. He was active in the Florida Presbyterian Church and served for many years as trustee. He wrote his will 2 Oct 1792, naming all his children and his daughters' husbands. it was probated 18 Jan 1793. The farm was left to his son Samuel, and if he had no heirs it was to pass jointly to the other two sons.1,2,3 Richard Johnson was born circa 1729 at England.4 He died in 1793 at Warwick, Orange Co, NY.3 |
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| Mary Poppino was the daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. Mary Poppino married Joseph Totten. Mary Poppino died say 1780.1 |
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Joseph Totten married Mary Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn.
We know that Joseph Totten was born in Hempstead, Nassau Co, NY because a pension letter from his son Levi said so. This implies that he was probably a descendant of Richard Totten of Hembstead. Richard is believed to have been born ca 1643-4, son of Edward Totten who came to New Netherland in 1642. Richard married ca 1662 Sarah Champion of Hempstead, who had been born in England, and she was the likely mother of all his children. He married Elizabeth Roe Tatum in 1697, dau of David Roe, the immigrant ancestor of the Roe family. Richard and Sarah had six sons and our Joseph, is believed to have been the son of Jasper who married Patience ---, and moved to Morristown, Morris Co, NJ, perhaps in the 1740s. Jasper died 10 Dec 1761 and named seven sons and a daughter in his will. On of the sons was Joseph who is believed to be our Joseph, although the only "evidence" of which I am aware is the fact that his son John married a girl from Morristown, suggesting a continuing connection there. Some of the Totten genealogies on the Internet (there are many) say that our Joseph married first Elizabeth Turner of Rye, NY. However she appears to have married Joseph, son of Peter and grandson of Richard, who had a shipyard in NYC. Our Joseph is said to have been born ca 1727 though I don't know what the evidence is. In any event, he ended up in Florida, Orange County, where he had a farm on the north side of John Poppino's farm near Union School House a couple of miles SW of Florida Village. In 1775 he was on the tax list next to John Poppino with property assessed at £3/8/3. Joseph was a farmer and tailor. He had land bounty rights for service in the 4th regiment (Warwick) of the Orange Co Militia during the Revolution. . [Other Tottens in that regiment were his son Levi, plus Jonas and James Totten who I do not recognize.] He was a member of the Florida Presbyterian Church and contributed to its land fund in 1793. On the 1799 tax list he was shown with house and farm valued at $975 amd personal property of $104. In his will of 16 Apr 1800, probated 5 May, he left the farm, plus a lot in the Florida Cedar Swamp, to his son Silas, and Silas is shown in the 1801 tax list of Warwick with a farm worth $1000. He left to his sons Joseph and Peter a lot of land which he bought from [William] Wickham in "Carmelius Township." I have never found a place by that name and assume it was in Camillus Town, part of the Military Tract in Onondaga County. It would not appear that Joseph got any bounty land himself, but that he bought it as did many others in Orange County speculating in upper NY State bounty lands.1,2,3,4,5 Joseph Totten was born at Hempstead, Queens County, NY.6 He died in April 1800 at Florida, Orange Co, NY.4,7 |
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| Christian Poppino married John Minthorn. Christian Poppino was born circa 1747.1 She was the daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. Christian Poppino died on 23 May 1828 at Warwick, Orange, NY.1 |
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| John Minthorn married Christian Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. John Minthorn died say 1790.1 |
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Susanah Poppino was the daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn.
Chapman's Historical and Biographical Record of Orange County, says that Charlotte Johnson was an only daughter of Thomas Johnson and Susannah Poppino and had 10 brothers. Her father and brothers removed to Virginia at the close of the Revolutionary War and later settled in Tennessee. She used to lament that she was the only one of her family left in New York and she never saw her family again. There was no indication where they had gone. Further research indicated that some of their Jayne neighbors in Florida had moved to Lee County, VA. Following this lead, I researched Lee and neighboring Russell and Washington Counties and found a Thomas Johnson, married to Susanah, with some other Johnsons around them. Because this is a common name, one can not be sure it is the same family. If it is, they are of some note because they did move on to Tennessee (along with many others in that region) and the county of Johnson, TN is named after one of them. I have a lot of data on these folk--deeds and tax lists, etc.--but no indication that they came from NY. Further on-site research might lead to a finding that Susanah Poppino Johnson died in Tennessee and would then enable us to hunt down their descendants.2 Susanah Poppino married Thomas Johnson. |
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| Thomas Johnson married Susanah Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Christian Mary Surname ukn. |
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John Poppino served as an enlisted man in the Fourth Regiment of the Orange Co Militia, which was commanded by Col. William Allison and later Col. John Hathorn. He also served under Major John Poppino, his father, Capt. John Sayre (father-in-law of his cousin, Richard Johnson, Jr.), and Capt. Richard Bailey, his uncle (Bailey was married to his mother's sister, Deborah Wood.) In 1776 he was called out to help build Fort Montgomery. In January 1777 he was called out by the Committee of Safety to guard the frontier. John Poppino was born on 15 May 1751 at Orange Co, NY.1 He was the son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. John Poppino married Anna Jackson on 31 December 1772 at Goshen, at her father's house, Orange Co, NY.1 John Poppino died on 15 August 1790 at Orange Co, NY, at age 39.1 |
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Anna Jackson, born 12 May 1752, died after 1840, was the daughter of Alexander Jackson and Martha Drake. After John died at the youthful age of 39, his widow, Anna, remarried twice, as she reported in the pension application. On March 13, 1802 she was married at Ridgebury, a few miles west of Goshen, to Aaron Clark, a widower, who died April 6, 1807. On October 2, 1820, she married another widower, Albert Foster, and he died June 19, 1827. Albert was the father of Hannah Foster, who married Anna and John's son, William Poppino. Anna's father, Alexander Jackson, from County Longford, Ireland, came to Goshen sometime before 1750. In 1751 he married Martha Drake. They lived a life of struggling farmers, first in a log cabin, later in a frame house in Florida. It is related that Martha went to bed with her turnips, to keep them from freezing, and found them poor bedfellows. The root cellar became a necessity. In addition to Anna, the Jacksons had two boys, James and Abel, who married two of the daughters of Joseph Totten and Mary Poppino. Anna's mother, Martha Drake was the daughter of John Drake (1687-1779), born in Brooklyn, who moved to Goshen and in 1720 married Martha Oldfield. He was believed by many later descendants to have been married to Magdelena Brower (1704-1750) who descended from Dominie Evarardus Bogardus and Anneke Jans, who amassed a large amount of property around Wall Street which went to Trinity Church and became the subject of suits in the 20th century by descendants who hoped to strike it rich. These descendants spent a great deal of time and money pursuing this quest; Trinity Church won every time. There was reportedly a Samuel Drake, born 16 November 1744, whose father died when he was five years old, and he was raised by an uncle Popino. This would have to be Major John Poppino. I have not found any record indicating who his father might be.1,2,3,4 Anna Jackson was born on 12 May 1752.4 She married John Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood, on 31 December 1772 at Goshen, at her father's house, Orange Co, NY.4 Anna Jackson died after 1840 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY.4 |
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Mary's husband, James Jackson, was the son of Thomas Jackson who lived in Florida alongside the Poppinos, Carrs, Tottens and Johnsons. Thomas Jackson's farm, which he bought from John Poppino, was just south of the lands of William Carr and John Poppino. Thomas wrote his will 10 Nov 1787, giving his wife Elizabeth, the best room in his dwelling house, along with furniture and two good milk cows, and he directed his two sons to care for her. He divided his farm between his sons, giving the western half to Enoch Jackson and the eastern half to James Jackson. He gave all his personal estate to his three daughters, Margaret Jennings, Mary Vance, and Hannah Jackson, later to become Hannah Poppino. The will was probated 18 Mar 1788 and the witnesses were John Poppino, David Lawrence and W. Thompson. James Jackson, died in 1807. The 1790 census shows James Jackson with no sons but 6 females. In the 1800 census the family had 1 male under 10, and 1male, 16-26; 2 females under 10, 2 10-16, 1 16-26. The 1810 Census showed Mary P. Jackson as head of family with 1 M 10-16, 2 M 16-26, 1 M 45+; 2 F under 10, 2 F 10-16, 1 F 26-45. So, it would appear that they had at least one boy and maybe five girls. When James Jackson died in 1807 he left no recorded will; administration was granted to the widow and Daniel Poppino, her brother. However, since their farm was subsequently divided into seven parts, we can assume there were that many children altogether. In 1850, Mary, aged 96, was living in Warwick Town with Thomas J. Taylor, 22, head of family, Margaret Taylor 46 and Calvin Taylor 40. We don't have any clear record of who the children were so the listings here are based on indirect evidence.1,2,3,4,5 Mary Poppino married James Jackson. Mary Poppino was born in November 1753 at Orange Co, NY.6 She was the daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Mary Poppino died on 25 July 1851 at Florida, Orange Co, NY, at age 97.7 |
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| James Jackson married Mary Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. James Jackson died in 1807 at Warwick, Orange Co, NY.1 |
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William Poppino in his pension file stated that he was born in Warwick and always lived there. He served in the militia during the Revolutionary War under Captains John Minthorn, John Sayre, Blain, Shepherd, Richard Bailey, and his father, Major John Poppino. Tours took him to Hackensack, NJ, Haverstraw, Fort Montgomery, Ramapo, and at Jonas Decker's fort on the Indian frontier at the Delaware River. He assisted in building the fort at West Point. The 1790 census shows 2 males under 16 and 3 females, suggesting that he had two boys and two girls. He was living next to his father and his brother Richard. In the 1800 census he is shown with two boys under 10, one under 16 and one under 26. In 1810 there was one boy under 10 and two between 10 and 16--no girls. All in all it would appear that William had 6 boys: 1 born before 1775, 2 born 1775-1790, 2 born 1790-1800 and 1 born 1800-1810; and two girls born 1775-1790. I have only been able to identify two boys, David, born 1798, and William A, born 1800, who were clearly his, and one, Isaac, born 1782 who probably was his, and and possibly one daughter, Marie who went to Ohio with David and there married William Wood. In the 1799 tax list William is shown as having a house and farm appraised at $800. This compares with his father John at $770, Richard at $1100, and Jonas, farm only, $150. In the 1825 state census, he is listed near Joseph Totten with two white males and one female, no land. Now nearly 70, he probably had transferred his farm to some of his heirs. In 1838 he appeared before the court saying that on the 7th of June he had been in Goshen and had his pension certificate with him. On his return home he handed it to his daughter-in-law to take care of. She had been making a bedspread or quilt and in the evening after she finished it she swept the floor and he thought the certificate had been swept into the fireplace and destroyed. The 1840 Census for Warwick shows Jane Poppino as head of family living with two small children plus a man of 70-80 and a woman of 60-70. This would clearly be the widow of William A Poppino living with William and probably also his wife Deborah. In 1879, Alsop Vail Aspell wrote : "William Poppino during his lifetime committed to memory many portions of the Bible. I remember once calling at his residence when he was very old. At the request of one of the family, he repeated correctly from memory the whole of the 49th Chapter of Genesis. They have no -- living children."1,2,3 William Poppino married Deborah Surname ukn. William Poppino was born on 7 November 1756 at Warwick, Orange Co, NY.1 He was the son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. William Poppino died on 6 March 1846 at Chester, Orange Co, NY, at age 89.4 |
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| Deborah Surname ukn married William Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. |
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During the war Daniel enlisted under Captain John Sayre, Major John Poppino and Col John Hathorn in 1777 at Ramapo. He served various tours under Capt. Richard Bailey and Col. Heny Wisner. He went as a guard to Easton, PA under Maj. Poppino. In 1778 he was one of a class that kept guard at Major Decker's fort and Daniel Vannaker's fort. In 1786 he acquired the house built by Mary Sayre's family in 1784 at what is now 34 Clark Road in Goshen, near Florida. It had been a farm hand's house to the big Sayre house on Fort Hill Road, which later burned down. Herrick Poppino was willed the house in 1842; the rest of Daniel's property was left to all his children. They divided it up in 1845. For 40 years Daniel was a deacon in the Florida Presbyterian Church and also served as Trustee. He was also politically active in the community. In 1798 he chaired a meeting in Chester to support Robert R. Livingston as a candidate for Governor and John Hathorn as Congressman, among others, and was named to a committee of seven to promote their election. He was appointed an assistant justice of Orange County in 1811 and Justice of the Peace in 1814. On October 3, 1812, a meeting was held in Goshen by the Friends of Peace, Liberty and Commerce--persons opposed to the war. It was made clear that none but those who opposed the war should take part in the proceedings. But when it came time to nominate a chairman of the meeting, "Dr. Samuel Seward [father of Lincoln's Secretary of State], of Florida, a man whose devoted and passionate attachment to the present administration is well known, rose, and nominated Daniel Poppino, Esq., who is also an avowed partisan of Mr. Madison." Poppino was not, of course, elected.1,2,3,4,5 Daniel Poppino was born on 6 November 1758 at Florida, Orange Co, NY.6 He was the son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Daniel Poppino married Mary Sayre on 30 January 1782 at Orange Co, NY.7 Daniel Poppino married Eunice White in 1792 at Orange Co, NY; He was married by Rev. Benoni Bradner.8 |
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| James Sayre (1733-1821), was a descendant of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton, and Mary Mapes (1738-1788), was a descendant of Thomas Mapes, who arrived at Southold, Long Island ca 1650. James' father, Joseph Sayre was a farmer and mason of Goshen. Joseph's brother, Thomas Sayre, married Susannah Seely, daughter of Samuel Seely and Charlotte Popino. James Sayre had a farm in the southern part of Goshen Township, on the main road from Chester to Florida. He was a captain in the militia during the Revolution and several Poppinos served under him. Mary Mapes' father, William Mapes (1703-1788) moved to Orange County ca 1719, when he was only 16. He served as a Lt. in the Horse Troop of the Orange County Militia during the French and Indian War.1 Mary Sayre was born on 1 November 1759 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY.1 She married Daniel Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood, on 30 January 1782 at Orange Co, NY.2 Mary Sayre died on 21 May 1791 at age 31.3 |
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Eunice's great grandfather was among the earliest settlers of Long Island. Sylvanus, his son, who lived and died on Long Island, was a well-known Presbyterian divine of his time. Sylvanus, Jr. (1730-1818) was born at Southampton, married Eunice Herrick in 1754, and soon afterwards settled upon 300 acres of land at Blagg's Cove in Orange County where he was a farmer. Their children were Phoebe, who married Anselm Helme; Sylvanus, who died unmarried at 33; Eunice; and Nathan Herrick White, who was born 14 June 1770. He attended Columbia College, graduating in 1791, later took charge of a classical school in Montgomery, NY for six years, and then was principal of Newburgh Academy for two years. For twenty years from 1802 he was first judge of Orange County. In 1806 he was commissioned captain of an Orange County regiment in the militia. In 1802 he married Frances, daughter of Hezekiah and Juliana Woodhull Howell. Their eldest son, Albert Smith White went to Indiana about 1825 and later was a member of Congress from Indiana for two terms and then served as U.S. Senator. Later he was appointed District Judge of Indiana by President Lincoln. Eunice was one of a group of Christians--six men and fifteen women--who had been learning to work and pray together toward a common goal, which was a church in Chester. They formed a church society in 1803 and this led to development of the church some years later. Chester is a community southeast of Goshen where Eunice and Daniel lived, and east of Florida where Daniel was an elder in the church. Since Daniel was so active there and Eunice was buried there with him, this activity in Chester may simply have come from an excess of Christian zeal. One of the other members of the study group was Mary Mapes. It is not clear to me who this was, but since Daniel's first wife was Mary Mapes Sayre, this Mary was no doubt "family".1,2 Eunice White was born on 31 December 1756 at Orange Co, NY.3 She married Daniel Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood, in 1792 at Orange Co, NY; He was married by Rev. Benoni Bradner.4 Eunice White died on 10 August 1844 at Orange Co, NY, at age 87.3 |
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Three things stand out in the information we have on Richard: he was more well-to-do than most of his relatives, he was very active in the Florida Presbyterian Church, and he was chosen six times as executor of estates. He lived on the East fork of the Florida-Warwick Road. Richard contributed to the Florida Presbyterian Church land fund in 1793 and was a trustee from 1813 on. The 1799 tax list shows him with house and farm valued at $1100 with a personal estate of $130 (more than John, William and Jonas, but less than Daniel. The 1825 census shows him with 4 males, all of voting age and 3 females, two unmarried. He had 115 acres of improved land, 18 cows, 4 horses, 18 sheep, 9 hogs, and his household produced annually 25 yards of fulled cloth and 100 yards of thin cloth. In 1797 he was executor (with Timothy Roe) of Jonas Roe, Jr; in 1803 of Timothy Clark; in 1806 of John Wisner Allison; in 1816 of David Lawrence (married to his sister, Elizabeth); in 1824 of Abigail Sayre (mother of Susannah Sayre Johnson); and in 1828 of his father, John Poppino. In his will of 6 March 1828, Richard said in part: "I will and bequeath to my affectionate and well beloved wife Hannah Poppino the use of the best room in my dwelling house a privilege in the garret and cellar during her natural life. I also give her two good feather beds and furniture and all other furniture which belongs in said room (except the clock which she shall have the use of during her natural life and then to belong equally between my two sons Lewis and Enock). I also give her one good horse and two cows and that my three sons Lewis Enock and Jackson shall find their mother in firewood keep her house and two cows equally between them winter and summer. I also order and direct that my three sons pay to my said wife $10 each during her life." He gave to Lewis and Enock the 94 acre farm on which he lived and to Jackson the 51 acre farm on which Jackson lived.1,2,3 Richard Poppino was born on 2 January 1761 at Orange Co, NY.4 He was the son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Richard Poppino married Hannah Jackson on 3 June 1790 at First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, Orange Co, NY; Hannah Jackson was the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Mabie.5 Richard Poppino died on 19 July 1839 at Florida, Orange Co, NY, at age 78.4 |
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| Hannah Jackson was born circa 11 October 1760 at Orange Co, NY.1 She married Richard Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood, on 3 June 1790 at First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, Orange Co, NY; Hannah Jackson was the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Elizabeth Mabie.2 Hannah Jackson died on 2 October 1839 at Florida, Orange Co, NY.1 |
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| Elizabeth Poppino married David Lawrence. Elizabeth Poppino was born in 1763 at Orange Co, NY.1 She was the daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Elizabeth Poppino died after 1815.2 |
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David Lawrence married Elizabeth Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood.
David Lawrence descended from Thomas Lawrence who came to Massachusetts after 1635 and settled in New Haven. According to Gilbert Mackenzie, his son Jonathan, born about 1645, resided in Newtown and Orangetown, Rockland County, where he died about 1720. His son, Jonathan, born in Newtown about 1670, removed to Westchester before 1715 where he bought from his uncle John Lawrence 100 acres of land in West Farms which he later deeded to his sons, Richard and Jonathan. This Jonathan, born in Newtown in 1695, married Mary Betts. He lived on his 50 acres in West Farms (Westchester County) until 1749 when he removed to Orangetown where he died before 28 Mar 1791 when his will was probated. His will, dated 4 Mar 1773, described him as Jonathan Lawrence of Orangetown, grandson of Jonathan Lawrence of the same place, and named nine sons, including David, and three daughters. One of David's brothers, Jonathan, served as sheriff of Orange County in 1756 and kept a store at New Windsor. During the war, Captain Jonathan Lawrence commanded a company in the NY Line under Col. Albert Pauling and was in command of Fort Constitution; his wife remained in charge of his store. The Congress of New York had resolved that no person should charge more than six shillings (one dollar) a pound for tea. The local committee complained "that Mrs. Jonathan Lawrence sold tea at eight shillings per pound and that her husband made Fort Constitution a depot for that useless herb." The Congress replied (14 Jun 1776) stating that "Captain Lawrence, with all the commissioners at the fort, are discharged from their superintending. We are surprised at his conduct, and make no doubt you will treat him and all the others according to their demerits, after a fair hearing." Jonathan was not very severely punished; he went through the war as a captain of sappers and miners and drew half-pay for life for his services." I've lost track of the source for this story. David Lawrence served as a private in the Orange County Militia, Second Regiment. He was a member of the Florida Presbyterian Church and contributed to its land fund in 1793. The 1790 Census shows that he lived near the Poppino family in Florida. The 1799 tax roll shows that he was quite well-to-do, with a house and farm worth $2600 and $528 in personal property.1,2,3 David Lawrence was born in 1752 at Warwick, Orange Co, NY.4 He died in 1816 at Warwick, Orange Co, NY.5 |
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The 1810 Census shows Jonas in Warwick, Orange County, with 3 M under 10, 1 M 10-16, 2 M over 45, 2 F under 10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 16-26, 1 F 26-45. A mortgage sale in 1815 referred to a piece of land in Goshen purchased by Samuel Jessup, sold by him to Benjamin Conkling and by his executors to Jonas Poppino, and by him to James Teed. The 1820 and 1830 Censuses show Jonas in Blenheim Town in Scoharie County, NY. This is a few miles from Roxbury. He probably moved there about 1816 because his son reported living there since that time in the 1855 census. There is no record of his land ownership in the county deed books. One history says "Isaac Moffatt Jr. married Mary Poppino. Mary was the daughter of Jonas and Eleanor Poppino, pioneers who settled on the farm later owned by Charles Mayham." This area is at the north end of the Catskills on the border of Delaware and Schoharie counties. There is still a Moffatt Settlement Road, near Grand Gorge Station in Delaware County.1,2,3,4 Jonas Poppino married Eleanor Thompson; Eleanor Thompson was the daughter of Capt. George Thompson and Elizabeth Jayne. Jonas Poppino was born say 1765 at Orange Co, NY.5 He was the son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Jonas Poppino died after 1830.6 |
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| Eleanor Thompson married Jonas Poppino, son of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood; Eleanor Thompson was the daughter of Capt. George Thompson and Elizabeth Jayne. Eleanor Thompson died after 1830.1 |
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| Anthony Wood was born in Ireland, ca 1772 and was not from one of the more well-known Wood families in Goshen. They moved to Albany, NY where they lived the rest of their lives.1 Anna Poppino was born circa 1773 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY.2 She was the daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood. Anna Poppino married Anthony Wood circa 1800. Anna Poppino died on 8 April 1847 at Albany, Albany Co, NY. |
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| Anthony Wood was born circa 1772 at Ireland.1,2 He married Anna Poppino, daughter of John Poppino and Elizabeth Wood, circa 1800. Anthony Wood died on 19 February 1808 at Albany, Albany Co, NY.1 |
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Seth Lord Poppino was born at Orange Co, NY.1
Sarah Onderdonk was the sister of James Onderdonk who married Seth's sister Eunice. The Onderdonk family lived in Warwick, below Edenvale, where there is a street bearing their name to this day. On 31 May 1806, Seth and Sarah joined the Goshen Presbyterian Church and simultaneously had their daughter Harriett Mead Poppino baptised. On January 18, 1809, the Church recorded the death of their 3-weeks old child. By 1810 the family was in Scipio, Cayuga Co, NY, where the census showed two girls under 10 and one between 10 and 16. The latter might have been someone working in the family. On 14 Jan 1811, Seth and Sarah sold their half acre in Scipio for $25 and moved on. In 1820-1827, the family was in Wayne County in the Michigan Territory. In 1830 they were in Erie County, Pennsylvania. He lived for some years (probably 1830s - early 1840s) in New Castle, PA. In 1846, he purchased from his son Silas Poppino, 5 lots in a suburb of Piqua, Miami Co, OH where he lived the rest of his life. He very likely had married his second wife prior to that time, perhaps in Pennsylvania; perhaps in Ohio. In one account, Seth was described as a travelling root doctor, but he referred to himself in the 1860 Census as a Botanic Physician. Perhaps he practiced homeopathic medicine or he may have been trained in herbal medicine, used widely by the Indians. On 31 March 1860, three years before he died, Seth and Hannah sold for $400 two of the five lots to Anthony Patterson, who was to be his administrator and did a lot of dealing in real estate. The same day, Patterson sold the lots back to Hannah J. Poppino for $500. It would appear that the purpose was to take the lots out of his estate so that his children from his first wife would have no claim on them. Hannah was still there in the 1870 Census, living with Elizabeth White, aged 76, who might have been a sister. (Except as otherwise indicated, much of the information that follows in this report about Seth Lord's descendants is from research done by Carl Poppino in the 1940s to 1970s, primarily based on communication with then living descendants.).2,3,4,5 He was the son of Daniel Poppino and Mary Sayre. Seth Lord Poppino married Sarah Onderdonk on 13 June 1805 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Warwick, Orange Co, NY.6 Seth Lord Poppino married Hannah J. Surname ukn say 1850.7 Seth Lord Poppino died in 1863 at Spring Creek Township, Miami Co, OH.5,8 |
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| Sarah's father, Roelof (Ralph) Onderdonk was born in 1742 in Rockland County, NY and served as private in the Orange County Militia during the Revolution. Sarah Onderdonk was born on 13 December 1782 at Orange Co, NY.1 She married Seth Lord Poppino, son of Daniel Poppino and Mary Sayre, on 13 June 1805 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Warwick, Orange Co, NY.2 Sarah Onderdonk died on 5 August 1842 at New Wilmington, a suburb of, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA, at age 59.3,4 |
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| Harriet Meade Poppino was born on 16 December 1806 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY.1 She was the daughter of Seth Lord Poppino and Sarah Onderdonk. Harriet Meade Poppino was baptized on 3 May 1807 at Presbyterian; Goshen Presbyterian Church, Goshen, Orange Co, NY.2 She died on 21 December 1843 at age 37.3 |
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| Amirah Poppino was born on 24 December 1808 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY.1 She was the daughter of Seth Lord Poppino and Sarah Onderdonk. Amirah Poppino died on 18 January 1809 at Goshen, Orange Co, NY, at age 0.2 |
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| Hannah Maria Poppino married Richard Hammond. Hannah Maria Poppino was born on 17 January 1810.2 She was the daughter of Seth Lord Poppino and Sarah Onderdonk. Hannah Maria Poppino died in 1846. |
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There are some curious land transactions which raise questions about Silas' marriages. In 1843, Cynthia Noggle Poppino, presumably about 19 years old, bought for $250, five lots in the Piqua suburbs. Silas was not mentioned on the deed, suggesting perhaps that her parents had bought these for her as a wedding present. Silas was 41 at this time, twice her age. Three years later, Silas Poppino and Serepta Poppino, his wife, of Shelby County, IN sold the same lots to Seth Lord Poppino, his father. Silas had a daughter Serepta, born ca 1844, but there is no mention of a wife by that name anywhere else. The deed goes on to state "the above named Serepta Poppino the wife of the above named Silas Poppino...being of full age and being examined privately...ackowledged the signed deed." Could Cynthia Anne Naugle also have the name Serepta? If so, why use it and not her regular name? Could Silas have an older first wife named Serepta? If so, how would she have gotten an interest in the land purchased earlier by Cynthia Noggle Poppino? Or was there some reason why Silas and Cynthia, now living in Indiana, didn't want her actual name used in the transaction, perhaps to keep her relatives in the dark? It is a curious mystery to which we probably will never have an answer. Silas was a country doctor and a lay preacher in the Universalist Church. The family was in Shelby County, IN from 1846 or before and into the 1850s. They lived in Pleasant View which is just below Indianapolis (Marion County). In 1880 Silas was living in New Lebanon, Sullivan County with his second wife, Martha, his daughter from his first marriage, Jane Easlinger; his children by his second marriage; and two grandchildren--children of Serepta Fairrel. A medical history of Sullivan County had nothing to say about him except date of birth, arrival by 1870, and death from facial erysipelas, age 86. The death records also show him as 86 but that would have him born in 1796 when his father was 13. The family Bible says he was born in 1812, thus 70 at death. A 1939 newspaper article had this to say: "He came to Marion County, Indiana, sometime between 1850 and 1860. By his first marriage, he was the father of several children--at least 4 sons, Johnson, Sylvester, Manfred and John. He married for his second wife, Martha (Beckley) Wolfe, a widow, in Marion County, Indiana. By this second marriage he was the father of Charles Silas (Sike) Poppino, who was born Sept. 20, 1862, south of Indianapolis, near the Marion-Johnson county line. Dr. Silas Poppino moved to New Lebanon in 1871, and died there in 1897, [wrong date] at the age of 70 years. Both Dr. Silas Poppino and his widow Martha (Beckley) Poppino are buried at the Burnett Cemetery, near New Lebanon, Indiana.1,2,3
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| Seth attended Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, 1836-38. He received an MD degree from Western Reserve University, Hudson, OH. (which later moved to Cleveland, OH) in 1846. He sold a property in New Castle, Mercer County, PA in 1836, began seeing patients in New Castle in 1845, before he got his MD, and built a house in nearby New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, where he lived and practiced medicine for the rest of his life. It is now The Tavern on the Square. Seth charged 75 cents to $1 for an office visit; $4 for an obstetric delivery; and often accepted firewood, foodstuffs and cloth in lieu of cash.1 Seth Poppino was born on 27 January 1815.2 He was the son of Seth Lord Poppino and Sarah Onderdonk. Seth Poppino married Mary Elizabeth Junkin on 3 September 1856 at New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA. Seth Poppino died in 1875 at New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA. |
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