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Biographical Sketch of John Parmelee

John (2), son of John (1) Parmelee. was born about 1620. He was a drummer in the train band and was sworn as freeman, February 14, 1649. He was sexton for many years, and “warned” the inhabitants to town meetings. He married (first) Rebecca , who died September 24. 1651; (second) Anna, widow of William Plaine, who died March 30, 1658; (third) February, 1619, Hannah Through his second wife, he obtained Plaine home lot of four and a half acres of marsh land. Child of first wife: Nathaniel, born 1645, killed in King Philip’s war. 1676; children of third wife: … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Joshua Parmelee

Joshua, son of John (2) Parmelee, was born in Guilford, in 1661, died in June, 1729. He was a farmer of Guilford, and was a taxpayer of considerable estate in 1716. He married (first) July 10, 1690, Else Edwards, of East Hampton, Long Island, and she died July 10, 1714; (second) in 1716, Hannah, widow of Benjamin Stone, of East Guilford. She afterward married Benjamin Hart, of Wallingford. Children of first wife: Daniel, born June 28, 1691; Susannah, June 19, 169J: Timothy, August 20, 1695; Ann, May 8, 1696; Samuel, March 31, 1698; David, July 31, 1699; Jonathan, mentioned elsewhere; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Jonathan Parmelee

Jonathan, son of Joshua Parmelee, was born June 21, 1701. He resided at Branford and Chatham, Connecticut. He married Sarah Taylor. Children : Bryan, born 1733; Oliver, 1735; Ann, September, 1737; Sarah, November j, 1739; Jonathan, October 7, 1743; Asaph, mentioned elsewhere; Jared, August 1, 1748; Lucy, January 15, 1752.

Biographical Sketch of Asaph Parmelee

Asaph, son of Jonathan Parmelee, was born at Branford or Chatham, April 2, 1746. He was a soldier in the revolution, a sergeant in August and September, 1776, in Captain Elias Donning’s company of Connecticut, and served in New York. He married Sarah Everett and they lived in Bethlehem and other towns in Connecticut. Among their children was Asaph, mentioned elsewhere.

Biographical Sketch of George W. Ottley

George W.. son of William Ottley, was born at Phelps, New York, April 22, 1852, died May 9, 1910. He received his early education in the public schools. For many years he followed farming and afterward was a carpenter and builder in Phelps, New York. For four years he was the truant officer of Phelps. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and one of the official board. He was a member of the Maccabees. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Anna Ridley, born in Phelps, daughter of Thomas Ridley, of Phelps. Children: Alice Belle, … Read more

Biography of Oliver Titus

Oliver Sabin, second son of Anson and Almira (Sabin) Titus, was born in Phelps, New York. May 13, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of Phelps and the Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, Oneida county, New York. In August. 1862, when nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the army until the close of the rebellion. Soon after his enlistment he was detailed for clerical work in the office of judge advocate of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, under General Benjamin F. Butler, with … Read more

Biographical Sketch of G. Lynn Ottley

G. Lynn, son of George W. Ottley, was born in Phelps, August 27, 1882, and was educated there in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he was employed in the milk business by J. W. Donnelly, and afterward was clerk in a grocery store until 1909, when he bought the Snyder farm in Phelps, and since then he has followed farming there. For eight years he was a member of the Redfield Hook and Ladder Company and is now (1910) a member of the Exempt Firemen’s Society. He is a member of the Maccabees and of Wideawake Grange, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Simon Hoyt

Simon Hoyt, founder of this family, was born in England about 1600, died in Stamford, Connecticut, September 1, 1651. He landed in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1628, and went soon afterwards to Meshawum, Massachusetts, dater Charlestown) with the earliest settlers. He removed to Dorchester about 1633, and later for a short time to Scituate, Massachusetts. He then, about 1640, built a house near Windsor, Connecticut, and the property on which he dwelt is still known as Hoyt’s meadow. In 1649 he sold this property and removed to Stamford. It is supposed that he was twice married, the christian name of his … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Vincent Reed

Vincent, son of Joshua Reed, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1811, died in 1878. His calling was that of a farmer. He was captain of the militia. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and one of the elders of that church. He married Bethiah Reed, and they lived near Geneva, New York, where their children were educated. Children Calista M., Elvira, Elizabeth, Charles, Joshua, Nathan, Vincent, mentioned elsewhere.

Biographical Sketch of Walter Hoyt

Walter, son of Simon Hoyt, was born about 1618, died about 688. He is named in the deed of his father’s land at Windsor in 1640, but soon afterwards removed to Norwalk, Connecticut. where he was selectman, deputy to the general court and sergeant of the train band. His wife’s name is unknown. Children, of record: 1. John, born July 13, 1644, died about 1711; married (first) September 14, 1666, Mary Lindall; (second) Hannah . 2. Elizabeth, married Samuel Sention. 3. Hannah, married Judah Gregory. 4. Zerubbabel, referred to elsewhere.

Biographical Sketch of Vincent Reed

Vincent (2), son of Vincent (1) Reed, was born near Geneva, New York, October 21, 1846. He was educated in the public schools of Geneva, and at the age of nineteen years moved with his parents to a farm in the town of Phelps, New York, where he has since been engaged in farming. He is a member of the Presbyterian church at Oaks Corners, and has been elder and trustee for years. On January 19, 1870, he married Alice, daughter of Henry and Louise Church. Children : Alice, born December it, 1872; Nelson C., February 18, 1875; Philip, January … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Zerubbabel Hoyt

Zerubbabel, son of Walter Hoyt, was born between 1650 and 1654, died in Norwalk, Connecticut. between 1727 and 1738. He was deacon in the Norwalk church from 1717 until his death. He married (first) a woman whose name is unknown, and (second) before 1725, the Widow Mehitable Keeler, who had three children, John, David and Daniel Keeler, by her first husband. Children, all by first marriage: 1. Abigail, born February 2, 1675. 2. Joseph, born about January, 1677, died about 1730: married Sarah – . 3. Daniel, born January 1, 1681, died between 1756 and 1764; married (first) —- ; … Read more

Biography of James Hornbeck

The Hornbeck family is of Dutch ancestry. Warnour Hornbeck was an early settler in Ulster county, New York. He married (first) Anna, daughter of Matthaus and Eva Abertse (Bradt) de Hooges. He married (second) Grietze Tyssen. By his two wives he had eighteen children and their descendants have been very numerous. Doubtless all of the name in New York are from this pioneer family. Lodwick Hornbeck, of this family, married, July 9, 1696, Maritze, eleventh child of Cornelis Cornissen Vernvoy and his wife Annatje Cornelis, daughter of Cornelis Barentsen Van de Cuyl and Lysbeth Arents. Lodwick and Cornelis Hornbeck were … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Caleb Hoyt

Caleb, son of Zerubbabel Hoyt, died April 1t, 1755, at Norwalk, Connecticut. He married, February 25, 1708, Mehitable, daughter of John Keeler, and widow of Joseph Blatchly, who died March 31, 1755. Children: 1. Benajah, referred to elsewhere. 2. David, born December 3, 1710, died October 1, 1789; married, January 5. 1736, Ruth Lockwood. 3. Caleb, born about 1717, died January 17, 1805; married (first) May 16, 1750, Ruth Bounton; (second) Hannah Hayes or Hannah Parrott. 4. Rhoda, died before 1746, married, December 29, 1734, James Hayes. 5. Mehitable, died after 1746; married Caleb Benedict. 6. Adah, died after 1746; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edmund Smith

Edmund Smith, son of Asa and Hannah (Poor) Smith, was born in the town of Manchester, New York, December 12, 1825, and was educated there in the public schools. He went west when a voting man and was in Michigan three years. He left there in 1849 to cross the plains when gold was discovered in California, and was successful in gold mining. After two years in the gold fields, however, he returned to his native place and bought a large farm in partnership with his brother Franklin, whose interests he bought two years afterward. Here he has followed farming … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Benajah Hoyt

Benajah, son of Caleb and Mehitable (Keeler-Blatchly) Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, December 8, 1708, died there December 10, 1762. He married Dinah , who was living in 1765, and may have been the Widow Dinah Hoyt, who died at New Canaan, Connecticut, July 30, 1803. Children: 1. Samuel, died after 1766; married, before 1752, Ruth . 2. Abigail, married, September 16, 1754, Daniel Finch. 3. Elijah, referred to elsewhere. 4. Dinah, baptized August 1, 1736. 5. Benajah, baptized November 5, 1738, married (first) Mary Cole; (second) December 31, 1766, Mary Doolittle; (third) October 8, 1767, Hannah Green. 6. … Read more

Biography of Robert Emmet Connolly

Andrew Connolly, founder of the family, was born in Portarlington, county Kings, Ireland, June 10, 1814, died August 31, 1899, in Phelps, Ontario county, New York. He emigrated to Geneva, New – York, in 1852, and found work as a maltster. Later he became an engineer on the lake for a number of years. He was a member of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Francis, at Phelps. He married Julia Dunn, who was born at Portarlington; county Kings. Ireland, born April 14, 1814, died May 20, 1885. Children : Hugh, born September 5, 1842, a government inspector of mines … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Elijah Hoyt

Elijah, son of Benajah and Dinah Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, May 1, 1734, died October 8, 1804. After 1775 he removed to Pawlingstown, Dutchess county, New York. He married (first) in June, 1757, Mary Raymond; (second) in February, 1768, Abigail Bishop. Children, five by first marriage: 1. William, born April 12, 1758, died about 1838; married (first) Lydia Crofoot; (second) Anna Jackson. z. James, born November 22, 1759, died in May, 1777. 3. Dinah, born January 7, 1762, died February 3, 1846; married, January 1, 1784, Seymour Fitch Jr. 4. Rachel, born August 6, 1764, died young. 5. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of David Hoening

David Hoening lived in Schenectady, New York, whence he removed to Phelps, Ontario county.- He lived to be more than a hundred years old. According to the first federal census of 1790 a John Hening was living in Rensselaerwyck, now (1910) Troy, in Albany county. He appears to be the only one in the state at that time and is presumed to be the father of David. He was of German ancestry. He married and among his children was John, see elsewhere.

Biographical Sketch of Elijah Hoyt

Elijah (2), son of Elijah (1) and Mary (Raymond) Hoyt, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, March 12, 1766, died in Lisle, Broome county, New York, in September, 1823. About 1790 he removed to New York State and ten years later he returned to Norwalk where he remained until 1816, when he finally settled in Broome county. He married (first) Sally Lawrence, who died July 18, 1787. He married (second) Polly (Quintard) Raymond. Children, one by first marriage: 1. Daniel, born July 15, 1787, died September 25, 1858; married, April 11, 1808, Abigail Raymond. 2. Elijah, born September 16, 1795, married. … Read more