Jesse Wadhams Upstate New York early 1800's
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Frederick Lyman Wadhams - Torrington
Charles H Wadhams, jr 5/21/05
Hi Charlie,
I don't have your e-mail address anymore, so I hope you will see this message.Are you still doing any research on the Averills?I have continued to search for information about Henry and Catherine (Cochrane) Averill and the Cochrane connection to Mary Jemison.
This morning I found an article online from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, dated September 5, 1898.The whole title of the article is "The White Woman of the GeneseeHer Spring Runs the White Canning Factory WorksRecovered Last WeekStories New and Old of Mary Jemison, Whose Strange Life Story Is Part of Western New York History - Livingston."
There is a very interesting quote in the article by a Mrs. Mary Hunt of "Deloit, Wisconsin."She says that her father was Jesse Wadhams.She says that she can remember "the Old White Woman" as far back as 1810, "which is the year my father, Jesse Wadhams, removed his family to the valley of the Genesee, at that time supposed to be at the end of the world."She says that she knew Mary Jemison, and that she visited her house.She says, "I have eaten of her succotash, which few cooks of the present day could equal.She was nice in her surroundings and altogether a most wonderful woman."
I did a search for Jesse Wadhams on Ancestry.com, and I learned that he came to New York from Connecticut.I've seen that some of your Wadhams ancestors came from that state, and I wondered if there might be a connection.I thought you might like to hear about Jesse.
I hope you and Anne are doing well.
Cathy
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Re: Jesse Wadhams Upstate New York early 1800's
Charles H Wadhams, jr 3/13/08