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Ancestors of Fred Hunting REYNOLDS

Generation No. 4


      8. Gideon REYNOLDS, born December 04, 1808 in Bedford, Westchester. New York; died July 06, 1847 in Westchester Co, NY. He was the son of Jonathan3 REYNOLDS and Sarah STJOHN. He married 9. Martha TUCKER.

      9. Martha TUCKER, born 1809 in New York; died Unknown. She was the daughter of Floyd TUCKER and Mary (TOWNSEND).

Notes for Gideon REYNOLDS:
Westchester County Deaths
Compiled by Elizabeth Fuller

Reynolds, Gideon, died in Bedford, July 6, 1847, age ab 45
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The History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds
Cemetery on farm of Jotham Homes in Bedford:

GIDEON REYNOLDS, d. July 6, 1847; 39-7-2; b. Dec. 4, 1807. Was he
not son of Jonathan7 and Sarah (St. John) Reynolds of Bedford?
Jonathan is No. 703 in the new Genealogy.
MARTHA JANE, dau. of Gideon, d. March 19, 1839; 1 year, 7 mos.

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Lewisboro History
In Cross River on Route 121, the Gideon Reynolds brick house was built in 1820 and served as a stagecoach stop.
The settlers in the eastern portion of Lewisboro came from the New England colonies and from the shores of Long Island Sound. The western section of town was more likely settled by families from the lower part of Westchester and New York City who traveled up the Hudson River and the Post Road to reach this area. Many early Cross River families came from Bedford and Pound Ridge. The Waccabuc area was settled by members of the Mead family from Greenwich in the 1770s.

(I think Gideon was a stagecoach driver)
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"Katonah; Hist of a New York Village.."
Later on 1828-32, Gideon Reynolds of Cross River Carried this mail, operating post coaches six times a week and extending the service in 1832-36 to daily trips in four coaches.

Sources:
1. "Christopher Reynolds & His Descendants" S F Tillman 1959
2. New York Supreme Court Lawsuit -- 28 Jan 1902 (Martha)
3. "Bedford Westchester Co NY Historical Records" 1976
4. "Katonah; History of a New York Village & It's People" Duncomb 1961
5. "History & Genealogy of Samuel Clark Sr" Edgar W Clark 1892
6. Westchester County Deaths, Elizabeth Fuller



Notes for Martha TUCKER:
Sources:
1. 1850 Federal Census
2. New York Supreme Court Lawsuit 28 Jan 1902

     
Children of Gideon REYNOLDS and Martha TUCKER are:
  i.   Rufus R REYNOLDS, born 1843 in New York; died Unknown; married Emily F LADUE 1865 in New York City, NY; born Bet. 1845 - 1848 in New York; died Unknown.
  Notes for Rufus R REYNOLDS:




From: "Janet T. Newman" <janet.t.newman@worldnet.att.net>

Subject: Re: Rufus K Reynolds m Emily Ladue
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:09:44 -0500


Think the identification is probably correct. But I am forwarding your email to a friend who would be the better one to answer it. Found the couple in the 1880 in Chicago The material I have places them there. But he is very definitely Rufus R. Reynolds (actual census image). They were married in 1865 NYC according to the LDS.
Census Place: Jefferson, Cook, Illinois
Source: FHL Film 1254201 National Archives Film T9-0201 Page 182D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Mark H. REYNOLDS Self M M W 35 NY Occ: Lawyer Fa: NY Mo: NY
Matilda REYNOLDS Wife F M W 32 NY Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Fred H. REYNOLDS Son M S W 8 NY Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
Josephine H. REYNOLDS Dau F S W 6 IL Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
Rufus R. REYNOLDS Son M S W 4 IL Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
Midget REYNOLDS Dau F S W 2 NY Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
Rufus R. REYNOLDS Brother M M W 37 NY Occ: Commercial Traveler Fa: NY Mo: NY
Emily F. REYNOLDS SisterL F M W 32 NY Occ: At Home Fa: NY Mo: NY
I haven't checked out the LaDue children vis a vis the census and I probably should. This is the first test I apply to families who are sent to me by others.

Janet


  Notes for Emily F LADUE:
janet.t.newman@ worldnet.att.net

Sarah Adams Ladue
b.5 Jan 1816
m.NY Nathan W. Ladue (1814-1879)
d.29 Aug 1897
Ladue Children
Emily F.
b.1845 NY
m.Rufus K. Reynolds
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  ii.   Julia Augusta REYNOLDS, born 1829 in New York; died Unknown; married SEAMAN; died Unknown.
  iii.   George REYNOLDS, born 1832 in New York; died Unknown.
  iv.   Margaret I REYNOLDS, born 1833 in New York; died Unknown; married Jacob COSAD; died Unknown.
  v.   Ann Eliza REYNOLDS, born 1835 in New York; died Unknown; married E Maynard SUTHERLAND; died Unknown.
  vi.   Martha Jane REYNOLDS, born August 19, 1838; died March 19, 1839.
  vii.   Caroline e REYNOLDS, born 1844 in New York; died Unknown.
  4 viii.   Mark H REYNOLDS, born March 12, 1844 in Putnam Co, NY; died July 14, 1900 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL; married Matilda L HUNTING October 28, 1869 in Lockport, Niagara Co, IL.
  ix.   Mercy J REYNOLDS, born 1845 in New York; died Unknown.


      10. Moses Solomon HUNTING, born October 29, 1814 in Ulster Co, NY; died November 11, 1898 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL. He was the son of Edward3 HUNTING and Margaret KRUVER. He married 11. Josephine Jennett GOODWIN June 05, 1845 in Kidders Ferry, Seneca Co, NY.

      11. Josephine Jennett GOODWIN, born January 04, 1825 in Kidders Ferry, Seneca Co, NY; died July 01, 1884 in Lockport, Niagara Co, NY. She was the daughter of Amos GOODWIN and Abigail Comstock KIDDER.

Notes for Moses Solomon HUNTING:
Obituary November 12, 1898 Lockport Daily Journal

M.S.HUNTING DEAD

Passed Away at Son's Home in Chicago.
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WAS BORN IN ULSTER COUNTY 1814--CAME TO LOCKPORT IN 1849--A WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR CITIZEN.

Moses S. Hunting died at the residence of his son, C. Fred Hunting, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, yesterday morning, November 11th 1898.
Moses S Hunting was a son of Edward and Margaret (Kruver) Hunting, and was born in ULster County, New York, October 29th 1814. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Edward Hunting, was a native of England, where he practiced medicine for several years, and then came to New York about the opening of the Revolutionary War.
His son Edward Hunting, was born in Ulster County in 1778, and at about 38 years of age removed to Tompkins County, where he died in 1861, in the 83rd year of his age.
His wife Margaret Kruver was a native of Ulster County of German descent.
Moses S Hunting grew to manhood on the farm, and attended the public schools of that day.
He entered Hamilton College, from which he was graduated in the year 1838.
After graduation, he read law with Horatio Ballard of Cortland, and George C Beers of Ithaca, New York and was admitted to the bar in May 1842. In that year he opened an office at Farmerville in Seneca County, where he practiced successfully for seven years.
He then came to Niagara County, where he purchased a farm and was engaged for 15 years in farming and practicing his profession. At the end of that time, in 1864, he came to Lockport where he continued in active practice until a few years ago. when he retired.
In political belief, Mr Hunting was a straight Democrat, and believed in the tenets of that party.
He never was a candidate for office but once, and that was for the position of school commissioner, to which office he was elected by a good majority.
He was married June 5th, 1845 to Josephine G. Goodwin, who died in 1884. To them were born four children, two sons and two daughters. Matilda (deceased), Ben Johnson (now dead) who was a graduate of Cornell University and after entering upon the practice of law, served one year as District Attorney of Niagara County, C. Fred, a real estate owner in the City of Chicago, Illinois, and Cornie M. (deceased).
Mr. Hunting was a man of great reading, fine memory, and will long be remembered by those who knew him for the many pleasant attributes possessed by him.
Funeral will be held at Grace Church, Monday morning, November 14th, 1898 at 11 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.


"Biography & History of Niagara County"

Moses S. Hunting, a resident of Lockport and a member of the bar for nearly half a century, is a son of Edward and Margaret (Kruver) Hunting. and was born in Ulster county, New York, October 29, 1814. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Edward Hunting, was a native of England where he practiced medicine for several years, and then came to New York abouth the opening of the Revolutionary War. His son , Edward Hunting (father), was born in Ulster county in 1778, and at about thirty-eight years of age removed to Tompkins county, where he died in 1861, in the eighty-third year of his age. He was a farmer by occupation, and was drafted in the war of 1812 but procured a substitute. He was a Methodist in religious belief and church membership, while in political faith he had been originally a demorcrat, but when Fremont ran he voted for him and soon became a strong abolitionist. His wife, Margaret Kruver, a native of Ulster county and of German descent, bore him seven children, of whom two are living: Catherine, widow of a Mr. Jagger of Cortland county, where she now resides; and Moses S Hunting. Another son Israel Hunting, was a retired farmer living at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin , and died September 14, 1891, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
Moses S Hunting grew to manhood on the farm, and atteneded the public schools of that day. He entered Hamilton college, from which he was graduated in the class of 1888. After graduation he read law with Horatio Ballard, of Cortland, and George C Beers, of Ithaca, New York, and was admitted to the bar in May 1842. In that year he opened an office at Farmerville, in Seneca county, where he practiced successfully for seven years. He then came to Niagara county, where he purchased a farm, and was engaged for fifteen years in farming and practicing his profession. At the end of that time, in 1864, he came to Lockport, where he has remained ever since in active practice. He hives due attention and careful consideration to all of his cases, never neglects his client's interests, and enjos a ver good practice. Besides real estate and other property in this county, he has real estate interests in the great city of Chicago. In political belief Mr Hunting is a straight democrat who believes that the supremacy of American institutions, and the successful upholding of our National honor will be best attained under democratic administrations. Aside from his legal work to which he gives nearly all of his time he once and only once, allowed the use of his name as a candidate for the office of school commissioner, to which he was elected by a good majorit. Though taking a deep interest in political matters he is strongly averse to running for office, on account of the methods resorted to by candidates.
On June 5, 1845, Mr Hunting married Josephine G Goodwin, who died in 1884. To them were born four children, two sons and two daughters; Matilda, (deceased); Ben Johnson (now dead), who was a graduate of Cornell university, and after entering upon the practice of law served one term as district attorney of Niagara county; C. Fred, a real estate owner and dealer in Chicago, Illinois; and Cornie M. (deceased).


STATE OF ILLINOIS COOK COUNTY CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
7883-61-19906 (numbers in various parts of certificate)
Name: Moses S Hunting
Sex: male Color: White
Age: 84
Date of Death: Nov. 11 98
Widower
Nationality and place where born: New York
How long resident in this State: 10 years
Place of Death: 2659 Hunting Ave (44h nor?) 27th Ward
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorhage
Duration of Disease: 3 days
Place of Burial: Lockport, New York
Name of Undertaker: Hussen Bros.

Dated at Nov 11 1898 M.T. Moore M.D.
Residence: 92 Higgins Ave

"Landmarks of Niagara Co NY" Wm Pool 1897 p 375
The following is a list as nearly complete as it has been possible to make it of Niagara county attorneys with post-office address and date of their admission to the bar............M.S. Hunting Lockport, May, 1842


CORRESPONDENCE TO DOROTHY REYNOLDS

To: Miss Dorothy C Reynolds
204 S Ridgeland Ave
Oak Park, IL
From: Mr. George Curtis Lewis, Lawyer
Savings Bank Building
Lockport, N.Y.
October 11, 1933

Madam:
Your communication of October 4th to the Chamber of Commerce of Lockport with reference to family geneology has been referred to me, a Director of the Lockport Historical Society, for answer.
I recall very well Mr. Moses S. Hunting, your maternal grandfather. When I commenced the study of the law in Lockport in 1885. He was one of the older members of the Bar, quite a fine looking old gentleman with white curly hair, who was still very vehement in his addresses to the jury, quoting Shakespeare and the classics and waiving his arms and gesticulating in the manner of the advocate of that day - a school that was passing away. He must have been an excellent lawyer in his time. Associated with him in business was his son, Benjamin J. Hunting - also a trial lawyer who was District Attorney of the County of Niagara 1877-1880.
In the files of the Niagara County Clerk's Office are found the census reports for this city as of June 1, 1865. On Page eight of the volume of that report appears the following:
Moses S. Hunting, Lawyer, age 47
Josephine " wife age 40
Matilda " child age 19
Benjamin " child age 17
Fred " child age 15
Cornelia " child age 10
It also appears from the records that Moses S Hunting and Josephine G. his wife conveyed various pieces of land so that you can establish another point of identification here with your grandmother - the G. in her name undoubtedly standing for "Goodwin".
.......I am told, although I have not yet verified the fact, that the Hunting burial lot is in Glenwood Cemetery in this city....
Moses S. Hunting and his son, Benjamin J. died many years ago and I presume Mrs. Hunting also died because when I knew Moses S. Hunting he was a widower. I also recall that my aunt who was principal of an Intermediate School in this city for something like over fifty years was very fond of a particularly bright and beautiful girl who attended her school known as "Cornie" Hunting, who must have been the Cornelia who appears in the census report. She died a school girl.
....the Hunting name does not appear in the (Lockport) directory of 1859 and 1860.

October 13th, 1933
Madam:
....I have learned that the markers on the Hunting lot in Glenwood Cemetery contain the following inscriptions:
Moses S. Hunting, born 1814 died 1885
Mattie Reynolds died 1885 age 38
Cornie Hunting died 1873 age 17
Benjamin Hunting died 1886 age 36
These dates correspond with the Census report except that what I read as "47" should have been "41".

October 18th, 1933
Dear Miss Reynolds:
I was in the Grosvenor Library at Buffalo yesterday and ran across the brief biographical sketch of Moses S. Hunting in the Biographical and Portrait Cyc. of Niagara County published in 1892.
It stated that he was the son of Edward and Margaret (Kruver) Hunting and was born in Ulster County, N.Y. October 29th, 1814. He was a graduate of Hamilton College in the class of '38, admitted to the Bar in 1842, came to Niagara County in 1849 and purchased and operated a farm for some years. Moved into Lockport in 1864 and opened a law office there. On Jone 5th, 1845 he married Josephine G. Goodwin, who died in 1884.




Sources:
1. "Landmarks of Niagara Co NY Wm Poole 1897
2. Obituary - Moses and Josephine, Lockport Daily Journal
3. Niagara County History
4. Edward Hunting Will
5. "Biography and History of Niagara Co NY"
6. Death Certificate.. Moses S Hunting

  Notes for Josephine Jennett GOODWIN:

LOCKPORT DAILY JOURNAL
Died at one PM July 1 1884, Josephine G. Hunting, wife of M.S. Hunting at her home on Genesee St., Lockport. She was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Amos Gooding of Kidder's Ferry, Seneca County, NY. She was aged 58 years.
(from letter written by I. Richard Reed Niagara County Historian dated May 20, 1980)

"William & Mary Quarterly" Vol 8, p 84
Josephine Jennette Goodwin (Amos, Abraham, Abraham) married Moses S Hunting, born October 17, 1814, in Tompkins County, NY. Their son C. F. Hunting resides Irving Park, Chicago; office 145 LaSalle Street.




More About Josephine Jennett GOODWIN:
Burial: 1884, Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, NY
     
Children of Moses HUNTING and Josephine GOODWIN are:
  5 i.   Matilda L HUNTING, born March 21, 1847 in Lockport, Niagara Co, NY; died October 21, 1885 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL; married Mark H REYNOLDS October 28, 1869 in Lockport, Niagara Co, IL.
  ii.   Benjamin Johnson HUNTING, born 1848 in NY; died 1886; married Mary THOMAS January 20, 1866 in Eagle, Waukesha Co. , WI; born in Wisconsin; died March 1886 in Lockport, Niagara Co, NY.
  Notes for Benjamin Johnson HUNTING:
Date: 5/28/2002 5:24:56 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Royan@Theropod.org

I am looking for family tree information and came across the possibility that
your Benjamin was the one who married my great aunt, Mary Thomas in Wisconsin
in 1866. The marriage registration listed Benjamin as a Produce Dealer
residing in McGregor Iow and born in NY. Does this match any information you
have?

Royan

The dates are right and the fact that she wanted some property built in
Illinois is interesting. My Mary was born in Wisconsin and died "after 1882"
and we really don't have much more information at all The wedding date is 20
Jan 1866 in Eagle, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA Could Benjamin have been
traveling in this part of the world back then?
At the time of
marriage, this Ben Huntting was a produce dealer living in McGregor Iowa.
Royan _ _
(' (' Email Royan@Theropod.org\\



  Notes for Mary THOMAS:
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Not proven that this is Mary THOMAS b WI



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Will written Feb 22, 1886 Codicil written March 7, 1886, Will proved March 22,1886
City of Lockport, County of Niagara, New York
Last Will and Testament of Mary Hunting, Deceased
Be it Remembered, that heretofore, to-wit: On the 12th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, Moses S Hunting and John E Pound the executors named in the last Will and Testament of Mary Hunting late of the City of Lockport in the County of Niagara deceased...............on the 22nd day of March A.D. 1886 satisfactory evidence was produced and presented to said Surrogate....and onthat day said petitioner appeared and it appearing that -- Richard C Hunting, Edith Hunting and Josephine Hunting are minors Edward J Taylor on his consenting thereto was
appointed the Special Guardian for said minors to appear for them and take care of their interests in this matter.........
WILL
I, Mary Hunting of the City of Lockport Niagara County New York widow of Ben J Hunting deceased do make publish and declare this my last will and testament in manner following viz
First I hereby authorize and direct my executors hereinafter named to use and expend any money that may come into their hands belonging to me in clearing the house and lot Number 251 East Genesee Street in the City of Lockport from the Judement or decree or forclosure of mortgage in favor of Mary C Wortes? which is now owned by Stanley E Filseius? of Medina and also from all taxes assessed against said house and lot and which are a lieu thereon it being my desire and intent to save said house and lot for the benefit of my children.
Second, I hereby authorize and direct my said executors to cause to be erected on the lots owned by me in Montrose, Cook County, Illinois two dwelling houses at an expense not exceeding two thousand dollars to be paid for as in the first Item herein.
Third: I earnestly desire that my three children should be brought up & educated under Cahtolic influence & educated asfar as practicable in Catholic schools. I desire that my son Richard C should receive a good Catholic Education fitting him as far as practicable for such calling in life as he may show himself fitted for & as the means at the command of my said Executor will allow & I am especially anxious that my daughter edith shall be well and thourghy educated. Her father was tenderly attached to her & it was his last expressed desire before his death so that she might be fitted for Teaching or other desireable calling or position in life. I desire that Richard & Edith go to the Convent here for some years & then if practicable to a better & higher grade of Catholic school. I commit my little darling baby girl Josephine to the fatherly & motherly care of Fred & Kittie Hunting whom I greatly respect & tenderly love enjoining especially on them to see that the little darling is educated & brought up a Catholic as their mother if living would herself desire to bring her up.
Fourth: Whatever money may come into the hands of my said executors belinging to me not herein before appropriated I direct my said Executors to invest in good securities hoping that the principal of what money I may have may be saved for said children until they are twenty one years of age or as hereinafter married.
Fifth: I hereby give devise & bequeath to my three children all my estate & property both real & personal to be divided between them equally share and share alike unless sickness or other exigency in the opinion of my executors should clearly make it best & proper to expend more for the benefit of some or (other?) of said children than for the rest. Should any of said children die before twenty one years of age without lawful issue then the share going to said deceased shall go to the survivors. Whatever sums may be going to said children under this will shall be paid to each on arriving at the age of twenty one years or sooner on marriage. Should either marry before twenty one years of age.
Sixth: I hereby authorize & empower my said executors to lease or sell & convey any or all my real estate & wherever located & give good & sufficient deeds for the same with or without warranty& for such prices & on such terms of payment as they may think proper & investthe proceeds in good real estate securities.
Seventh: I hereby make constitute & appoint Moses S. Hunting and John E Pound executors of this my last will & testament relying on them to protect care for & watch over my three orphan children hereby revoking all former wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this 22d day of Feb A.D. 1886

Mary Hunting


The above instrument was at the date thereof signed sealed published & declared by the said testratrix Mary Hunting to be her last will & testament in the presence of us & each of us who at her request & in her presence & in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.

Celia Cahill residing at Lockport NY
Bridget Flynn residing at Lockport NY X (her mark)

Sunday Morning March 7th
I Mary Hunting do desire this thing changed in this my last will I wish Josephine my youngest to go to the Convent with Edith to stay as long as Edith does till they are both educated & afterwards if they like Fred Hunting & Kittie may take her. Signed by me this morning sunday March 7
Mary Hunting
Witness
Bridget Flynn


  iii.   C Fred HUNTING, born 1850 in Somerset, NY; died November 02, 1906 in Chicago, Cook Co, IL; married Kittie; died Unknown.
  Notes for C Fred HUNTING:
Notes for C Fred HUNTING:
Obituary
FRED HUNTING IS DEAD.
Prominent Mayfair Real Estate Man
C. Fred Hunting, a resident of Mayfair for 32 years, died yesterday after a short illness. The funeral will take place tomorrow, burial being at Rosehill. Mr. Hunting was once the owner of the entire tract of Montrose, now included in Mayfair, but he subdivided much of it. In 1863 he came to Chicago from Somerset, N.Y where he was born in 1850? and entered the employ of Field, Leiter & Co., where he remained until 1874, when he resigned to give attention to his real-estate interests. The Chicago & Northwestern reilway station, at Hunting Ave Mayfair was built by him and presented to the (suburb?) He left a widow and two adopted daughters , the children of a dead brother.




  More About C Fred HUNTING:
Burial: 1906, Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, IL

  iv.   Cornelia HUNTING, born 1856; died 1873.


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