Le Montage de Famille

1820-1829

The decade beginning 1820 finds some of the known vector families living in Europe, i.e., Page, Garrett, Lindstrom and Westurlund.

In Ireland:

Garrett: Hugh and Mary (Williams) Garrett, both of Scottish birth, probably lived in Ireland during all or most of this decade. A Hugh Garrett was notated as living in County Down, Parish of Annahilt and town of Cluntagh, near decade’s end. (County Down is part of historic Ulster and is included in today’s country of Northern Ireland.)

In USA:

Keyes: Lyman and Hannah’s family was living at Cambria, Niagara County, New York, where they had the remainder of their children: Charles H., Orlando and Nathaniel. Orlando’s future wife Lucinda Shook, daughter of Johnathan “Jonas” and Annah (LaRoche) Shook, was also born during this decade. Lyman and Hannah’s firstborn, Mary, married Samuel Carney at the end of the decade and Lyman died of tuberculosis.
Shook: Phillip and Mary were in Pennsylvania, presumably in the Berks and/or Northumberland counties area. They had their last child, Sally, and Mary died later in the decade. Phillip remarried to Hannah, believed by some to have been a sister of Mary’s, and the family moved to Lockport, Niagara County, New York. Hannah gave birth to the first of their three children together, Rebecca Lily Shook.

Of Phillip and Mary’s children, Joseph married Phoebe C., Catherine married David Baney, Johnathan “Jonas” Shook married Annah LaRoche, Magdalene married Isaiah Stahler, Phillip, Jr. married Sarah Ware, and later, Mary Priesch, and George married Eliza Shaw. “Jonas” and Annah settled in Cambria, Niagara County, New York. They had the first two of their nine children: Lucinda and Elizabeth. Lucinda was the future wife of Orlando Keyes, who was also born this decade.

Castner: The Castners were in Morris County, New Jersey.
Hood: The Hoods were in the Romulus/Fayette area of Seneca County, New York. James, son of Robert and Jane Hood, married Catharine McNelly, daughter of John and Isabella (Duncan) McNelly, in Seneca County, and the couple settled in Pulteney, Steuben County, New York. They had the first two of their ten children: Robert and Isabell.
Bliss: The Bliss family was in Broome, Schoharie County, New York. Calvin Hall Bliss married Seraph H. Bothwell near the end of the decade. She was from Gilboa, Schoharie County, New York. They initially settled in Oneida, Madison County, New York
Hubbart/Hubbard: There seems to have been a problem obtaining subsistence money from Thomas’ application for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818, so a letter was drafted and signed by eight local Herkimer County, New York, men in March of 1821, including Adam Frink, Esq., the owner of store in Russia, telling of Thomas’ failing health and recent confinement to his home, ending with, “That period in his life has arrived when if his country owes him any thing, justice pleads for payment in the strongest language.” There was also a letter written to the Honorable J. C. Calhoun, Sec. of War, by Wistel Willoughby, the Hubbart family physician, pleading a similar case. Thomas died the following month at about 61 years of age. Evidence exists that the surviving family did receive some financial help.
Shaw: The Shaw family was in New York. John Shaw married Clara Ann Hoke in Middlefield, Otsego County, New York.
Rice: Paul V. Rice of Massachusetts and Sophia Lambertson of New York were married. Firstborn Benjamin R. Rice, future husband of Hestor A. Knight and Mary Knight, was born in Massachusetts. The second child, a daughter Frances, was born in New York.
Sittser: David and Sarah were living in Brutus, Cayuga County, New York but moved to nearby Sennett, same county. Later the area became known as Throop. David and his sons built a large farmhouse. Across the road from the house an area was designated as a cemetery, where many friends and relatives were later buried. It became known as the “Community or Sitzer Cemetery.” Of the children, Andrew married Abiah Johnson, Samuel married Harriet, Matthew married Huldah Sturge Taylor, David, Jr. married Henrietta, and Sarah a.k.a. Sally married Thomas Barnes. [Additional material about Sarah and Thomas Barnes will be found under Barnes and will be continued under the Barnes surname.] Son John Sittser married Abigail Storke, and Peter married Emeline J. Miller.

There were numerous marital connections between the Sittsers, Storkes, Barneses and Tylers, all having rather large families. The Storkes were descended from Daniel and Margaret (Grey) Storke, who settled in Cayuga County, New York, about the same time as Gideon and Phebe (Elliot) Tyler with their daughter Mary and her husband Thomas Barnes.

Barnes: The Barnes family was in Aurelius/Mentz, Cayuga County, New York. Aaron died, and it is said that Martha remarried to a Mr. Treat. Aaron and Martha’s seven children got married and most soon moved away from the area except for the last two: Sarah and Sephronia. Eleanor married Isaac Shaver, Julia Anna married Calvin Tanner, Jeffrey Samuel married Lucretia Storke, and Horace married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Tucker. In later years, Aaron and Martha’s daughter Sarah married Hampton Dexter Granger, and they remained in the area until moving to Ingham County, Michigan. Her sister Sephronia married Chester Crandall and Chester Craw.

Thomas Barnes married Sarah Sittser, daughter of David and Sarah (Mills) Sittser. They had the first two of their children at Mentz—Melissa and David, and the next one, Aaron S., at Butler in nearby Wayne County. David would be the future husband of Arvilla Field, daughter of Thomas and Charity (McCain) Field, and of Mary W. Hood, daughter of James and Catharine (McNelly) Hood.

Tuttle: The Tuttle family was probably either in New York or Michigan.
Page: The family arrived in America from England in 1829, initially settling in the area of Macedon, Wayne County, New York. William Henry and Martha (Sanders or Hudson) Page brought at least four children with them: Esther, Ebenezer, Mary and Nathan S.

Last updated: Tuesday August 12, 2014

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