Owego New York

Laura Todd Johnson of Hannibal NY

JOHNSON, Laura Todd8, (Erastus7, Caleb6, Caleb5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 4, 1814, in Owego, N. Y., died Jan. 28, 1883, in Hannibal, N. Y., married Sept. 8, 1835, Edwin Johnson, of Hannibal, N. Y., who was born Dec. 8, 1812. Children: I. Helen, b. Sept. 8, 1836, d. June 4, 1845. II. Henry Augustus, b. Jan. 12, 1840, d. Oct. 1, 1912, in Douglass, Neb., m. Jan. 11, 1866, Addie Kendall, of Augusta, Mich. III. Frances Harriet, b. June 25, 1842, d. Oct. 20, 1907, m. July 13, 1865, D. W. Beadel, of Depauville, N. Y. Issue: (1) … Read more

Mahican Tribe

Mahican Indians (‘wolf’). An Algonquian tribe that occupied both banks of upper Hudson River, in New York, extending north almost to Lake Champlain. To the Dutch they were known as River Indians, while the French grouped them and the closely connected Munsee and Delawares under the name of Loups (‘wolves’). The same tribes were called Akochakaneñ (‘stammerers’ ) by the Iroquois. On the west bank they joined the Munsee at Catskill creek, and on the east bank they joined the Wappinger near Poughkeepsie. They extended north into Massachusetts and held the upper part of Housatonic valley. Their council fire was … Read more

Hough Family of New Bedford, Massachusetts

The progenitor in New England of those bearing the family name of Hough was William Hough, son of Edward Hough, of Westchester, in Cheshire, England. This William Hough was known as a house carpenter at Gloucester, Mass., along just prior to the middle of the seventeenth century. He lived at Trynall Cove, where and on Biskie island, opposite, he had land. It is not known that his father came to New England, but it is believed by those who have written of the family that Ann Hough, who died at Gloucester in 1672, aged eighty-five years, was Edward’s widow and the mother of William Hough. The latter was selectman in 1649 and 1650. His departure from Gloucester is spoken of in the latter year, when he joined the migration to New London, Conn., and in that State the family is a numerous one. William Hough married Oct. 28, 1645, Sarah, daughter of Hugh Calkins, and of their ten children the first three were born at Gloucester and the others at New London.

Adelaide Stoyell Todd Holley of Owego NY

HOLLEY, Adelaide Stoyell Todd8, (George N.7, Caleb6, Caleb5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Sept. 18, 1847, married June 21, 1868, Morris N. Holley. They lived in Owego, N. Y. Children: I. Ethel May, b. March 19, 1873, d. July 15, 1873. II. William Todd, b. June 6, 1881, d. Sept. 3, 1881. III. George Morris, b. July, 1886, m. July 3, 1911, Edith Elizabeth Bell, they live at 19 Forsyth St., Detroit, Mich.