Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Lille Foster
Ancestors of Lille Foster
322.Uriah Leonard, born 10 Apr 1686.He was the son of 644. Uriah Leonard and 645. Elizabeth Caswell.He married 323. Abigail Stone.
323.Abigail Stone, born 09 Jul 1689.She was the daughter of 646. William Stone and 647. Hannah Walley.
Child of Uriah Leonard and Abigail Stone is:
| 161 | i. | Abigail Leonard, born 29 Jan 1705/06; married Daniel Pettingill. |
324.Richard Smith, died 12 Sep 1742 in Canterbury, Windham, CT.He married 325. Mary Cleveland 30 Jan 1715/16 in Canterbury, Windham, CT.
325.Mary Cleveland, born 17 Mar 1691/92.She was the daughter of 650. Josiah Cleveland and 651. Mary Bates.
Child of Richard Smith and Mary Cleveland is:
| 162 | i. | John Smith, born 20 May 1719 in Canterbury, Windham, CT; died 03 Nov 1762 in Canterbury, Windham, CT; married Mehitable Adams 26 Feb 1740/41 in Canterbury, Windham, CT. |
326.Samuel Adams, born 25 Feb 1684/85 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA; died 24 Apr 1742 in Canterbury, Windham, CT.He was the son of 652. John Adams and 653. Michal Bloice.He married 327. Mary Plimpton 02 Nov 1709.
327.Mary Plimpton, born Jul 1692.She was the daughter of 654. Joseph Plimpton and 655. Mary Morse.
Children of Samuel Adams and Mary Plimpton are:
| i. | Joshua Adams, born 1710. | |||
| ii. | Abigail Adams, born 12 Nov 1712. | |||
| iii. | Amy Adams, born 24 Jul 1717. | |||
| 163 | iv. | Mehitable Adams, born 1719 in Medfied, MA; died 16 Mar 1749/50 in Canterbury, Windham, CT; married John Smith 26 Feb 1740/41 in Canterbury, Windham, CT. | ||
| v. | Sanuel Adams, born 05 Oct 1719. |
328.Benjamin Fitch, born 29 Mar 1691 in Mohegin, New London, CT; died 10 Oct 1727 in Long Society, New London, CT.He was the son of 656. Samuel A. Fitch and 657. Mary Brewster.He married 329. Hannah Reade 18 Nov 1713 in Norwich, New London, CT.
329.Hannah Reade, born Jul 1688 in New London, CT; died 19 May 1761 in Norwich, CT.She was the daughter of 658. Josiah Reed and 659. Grace Holloway.
Children of Benjamin Fitch and Hannah Reade are:
| i. | Mary Fitch, born 26 Sep 1714. | |||
| ii. | John Fitch, born 13 Jan 1715/16. | |||
| iii. | Abijah Habbijah Fitch, born 28 Dec 1717. | |||
| 164 | iv. | Benjamin Fitch, born 22 Aug 1719 in Long Society, New London, CT; died 12 Jul 1780 in Franklin, New London, CT; married Zipporah Haskell 24 Mar 1742/43 in Norwich, New London, CT. | ||
| v. | Benajah Fitch, born 30 Jul 1721. | |||
| vi. | Josiah Fitch, born 23 Oct 1723. | |||
| vii. | Ebenezer Fitch, born 01 Feb 1724/25. |
330.Roger Haskell, born 16 Oct 1697 in Beverly, Essex, MA.He was the son of 660. Roger Haskell and 661. Hannah Woodbury.He married 331. Sarah Safford 01 Dec 1720 in Preston, New London, CT.
331.Sarah Safford, born 25 Dec 1694 in Preston, New London, CT; died 04 Apr 1729 in Preston, New London, CT.She was the daughter of 662. John Safford and 663. Hannah Newman.
Child of Roger Haskell and Sarah Safford is:
| 165 | i. | Zipporah Haskell, born 11 Apr 1723 in Norwich, New London, CT; died 08 Dec 1795 in Pawlet, Vermont; married Benjamin Fitch 24 Mar 1742/43 in Norwich, New London, CT. |
332.Nathaniel Giddings, born 1673.He was the son of 664. James Giddings and 665. Elizabeth Andrews.He married 333. Sarah Lee.
333.Sarah Lee, born 1675.
Children of Nathaniel Giddings and Sarah Lee are:
| i. | Nathaniel Giddings, born 1705. | |||
| ii. | Elizabeth Giddings, born 1715. | |||
| 166 | iii. | James Giddings, born Apr 1725; married Lucy Rockwell. |
336.John Gregory, born 1677 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; died 18 Jan 1751/52 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.He was the son of 672. John Gregory and 673. Elizabeth Moulthroup.He married 337. Sarah Seeley.
337.Sarah Seeley, born 1680 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY.She was the daughter of 674. Robert Seeley.
More About John Gregory:
Burial: East Norwalk
Children of John Gregory and Sarah Seeley are:
| 168 | i. | John Gregory, born 1705 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; died 1786 in Cranberry, Norwalk, CT; married Mary Smith 30 Apr 1726. | ||
| ii. | Nehemiah Gregory | |||
| iii. | Sarah Gregory |
338.Ebenezer SmithHe married 339. Clement Denton.
339.Clement Denton, born in Jamaica, Long Island, NY.
Child of Ebenezer Smith and Clement Denton is:
| 169 | i. | Mary Smith, born 1707 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY; died in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT; married John Gregory 30 Apr 1726. |
340.Thomas BenedictHe was the son of 680. John Benedict and 681. Phebe Gregory.He married 341. Millison Hyatt.
341.Millison Hyatt
Child of Thomas Benedict and Millison Hyatt is:
| 170 | i. | Thomas Benedict, married Abigail Scrivner. |
352.Johan Jacob Sharpsteen, born 22 Nov 1716 in Niederbieber, Germany; died 1802 in Fiskill, Dutchess, New York.He was the son of 704. Johan Peter Scharffenstein and 705. Maria Margaretha Bauer.He married 353. Maria (Marjye) Busch 06 Dec 1741.
353.Maria (Marjye) Busch, born 1724 in Peoughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York.She was the daughter of 706. Johann Henrich Busch and 707. Maria Catharina Schawer.
Notes for Johan Jacob Sharpsteen:
THE SHARPSTIENS AND SHARPSTEENS OF DUTCHESS COUNTY
The name Sharpsteen has been spelled in various ways by the descendants of Jacob Sharpstone.Today it is to be doubted if any one of his descendants spell it as he did.We find them at various times in different generations, spelling the name: Sharpstorn, Sharpstarn, Sharpsteen, Sharpstien, Sharp, Sharpe, and Scharpe.Sharpsteen being the prevalent way of spelling the name at the present time.No distinction is made herein, and all are treated as Sharpsteens, regardless of the spelling of the different generations.
The family is not a large one nor can it be considered a prominent one.Very few of the earlier generations appearing in business or public life in such a way as to obtain recognition by the compilers of town or county histories, in the communities in which they lived.Most of them having been farmers.
No attempt has been made to connect the New Jersey Sharpenstyn family with Jacob Sharpstone of Dutchess County N.Y., nor is the Jacob Sharpenstyn listed in the census of 1790 of Mohawk town, Montgomery County, tied into the family in any manner.The Jacob Sharenstien of Florida, Montgomery Co., N.Y., whose will was dated 1821 cannot be placed among the descendants of Jacob Sharpstone.It is probable that he was of the New Jersey Sharpenstyns and those of the children of Jacob of Florida.
From the correspondence, of the descendants of Jacob Sharpstone, there has been a consistent tradition that the immigrant ancestor settled in Dutchess County, N.Y. and in no instance, if any location has been given, has it been otherwise.
It might be of interest here to quote from the letter written by George Gourmand Sharpsteen of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., written February 4, 1884, to Dr. Henry Sharpsteen of Marshall, Michigan.
"As I am the only one of the name left in this County, where the first Sharpsteen settled in 1743, and have the deed of that date now in my possession, in which the name is spelt Scharpenstien and also the chest he brought with him from Holland, I am inclined to think all of the name must go back to him, and consequently be of one family.So I thought I would like to know something of your ancestors.My grandfather, Peter, was born on and owned the farm bought by Jacob Sharpenstien in 1743, with additions in 1753."
George Gourmand Sharpsteen was the son of the venerable William Sharpsteen, mentioned by Smith in his History of Poughkeepsie.William married Sarah Lawrence, and was the first child of Peter Sharpsteen and Deborah Gourmand.
In the early 80's and 90's Dr. Henry Sharpsteen of Marshall, Michigan, was an itinerant Doctor selling patent medicines throughout the eastern United States, and in his travels never failed to obtain such information on the Family as he could.After his death these records were left in his office safe for years and at the time the safe was finally disposed of most of these records were destroyed.The few remaining were in the possession of his son, Dr. Verne Sharpsteen, now living (1931) in Marshall, Michigan.--from the notes of Theodore G. Foster
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Jacob Sharpenstine or Sharpstone, settled about the time of his marriage, on a farm on what is now, the town of Washington, in the vicinity called Washington Hollow, in Dutchess County, N.Y.He was a prosperous farmer with his home the third one above Washington Hollow, on the main road to Stanford.It adjoined the Nicholas Bush farm.He was born about 1720.
The first mention of him is the record of the proclamation of the first of the three banns of his marriage to Mary Bush, registered in the record of the Fishkill Reformed Church, on December 6, 1741-2.The marriage was undoubtedly performed early in January.The date is not recorded.
In the Revolution he was not a loyalist though his adherence to the patriot cause may have been lukewarm.However, he was on the rolls of the New York Militia, as were his two sons, Henry and John, but not his son Peter.Nevertheless, in 1780, when the New York State Legislature passed an act taxing each person whose son or sons had gone to the enemy, nine pence in the pound of the valuation of his estate, for each son, Jacob Sharpstone paid for two such sons.His tax was 82 pounds, 10 shillings, on an assessed valuation of 2,200 pounds.One of the larger assessments, Peter was doubtless one of the Tories.Which was the other son has not been determined.It was probably John, as Henry paid taxes in Dutchess County, N.Y., in 1779.
In 1780, Jacob Sharpsteen was named as one of the executors of the will of Henry Bush, of Charlotte, Precent, Dutchess County, N.Y., who mentioned his daughter, Mary Sharpsteen.
The census of 1790 lists four Sharpstone families in Dutchess County, N.Y., and one Sharpstone family in Montgomery county.The four Sharpstone families are listed as follows: Jacob Sharpstone is listed with two males over 16, one female and two slaves.Henry Sharpstone family listed with four males over 16, one male under 16, eight females, and one slave.Peter Sharpstone family listed with one male over 16, two males under 16 and one female.John Sharpstone family listed with one male over 16, one under 16 and four females.
the will of Jacob Sharpstone is recorded in the Dutchess County Surrogates Office, Volume B, page 346.he is named as of Washington.The will was made December 16, 1799, and probated October 25, 1802.(The date of his death was probably 1802).--from the notes of Theodore G. Foster.
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Copy of the Will of Jacob Sharpstone;--
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.
I, JACOB SHARPSTONE of the Town of Washington and County of Dutchess and State of New York, farmer, being in perfect health and memory thanks be given to God for the same, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say:
FIRST of all I give and commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it to me and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent christianlike manner at the decreson of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the might power of Almighty God and as tuching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form following to wit,
I give and bequeth unto my true and loving wife Mary, in case she outlives me the house wherein I now live and the whole of my form with two cows and and all my sheep belonging to me at my death and three hundred wate of good fat pork yearly that is to say one hundred wate by my son Henery, one hundred by my son Peter and one hundred by my son John Sharpstone and her firewood cut and drawed to her dore and lier made by my aforesaid three sons and to find her all other things to make her comfortable in her old age and if my aforesaid sons doth provide for their mother as is above directed and ordered then then they are to have the full benefit of the aforesaid farm and after my and my wife death then I give and bequeath unto my son Henery Sharpstone and thethe one equal third part of all my lands where he now lives to him and his hares and assigns forever.
ITEM:I give and bequeth unto my son Peter Sharpstone the one equal third part of all my lands and to to have his part whare he now lives to him his hares and assigns forever and I give and bequeth untio my son John Sharpstone the one queal third part of all my lands where he now lives to him his hears and assigns forever and I further give unto my above named three sons all my goods and chattels and personal estate except my household furniture to be equel divided among my aforesaid three sons to to them and there hears and assigns and in the devishun between my son Peter and John Sharpstone the aforesaid John Sharpstone is to have the one half of my great meadow lying south-west of my dwelling house and to be considered in the said devishun.
And I do order and it is my will that my three sons namely Henery Sharpstone, Peter Sharpstone & John Sharpstone shall pay unto my daughter Marget wife of John Conkhite the sum of Fifty Pounds and to my daughter Molly wife of George Cusuick the sum of Fifty Pounds and to my daughter Cathrine the wife of George Barnhart the sum of Fifty Pounds and unto my three grandchildren sons of my daughter Hannah Dursed namely John Harris, Daniel Bush Jacob Bush the sum of Fifty Pounds to be equel devided and my wareing aperel to be equel devided among my sons and my wifes among my daughters and my daughters to have all my household furnityre and I give unto my black woman Chat her freedom after my wifes death and to my black boy Calop his freedom at the age of twenty-four years.My daughter Elizabeth wife of Henery German has had her fifty pounds and is to have her equel part of my household furniture with the rest of my daughters and furder I do ordain constitute and appoint my sons Henery Sharpstone, Peter Sharpstone and John Sharpstone and my friend John W. Allen my true and lawful executors to see that this my last Will and Testament is done and performed according to the true interest and meaning.
As witness Whereof I, Jacob Sharpstone have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal and acknowledge the same to be my last Will and Testament in the presents of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses this 16th day of December 1799.
Jacob Sharpstone(LS)
Jacob Ostrom
Benjamin Heringtonhis mark X
John W. Allen
Children of Johan Sharpsteen and Maria Busch are:
| 176 | i. | Henry Sharpsteen, born 03 Jan 1741/42 in Dutchess County, New York; died 1818 in New York; married Phebe Losee 22 Mar 1764 in New York. | ||
| ii. | Margaret Sharpstone, born 1750. | |||
| iii. | Mary Sharpstone, born 09 Jan 1750/51. | |||
| iv. | Catherine Sharpstone | |||
| v. | Hanna Sharpstone, born 1753. | |||
| vi. | Elizabeth Sharpstone, born 26 Apr 1755. | |||
| vii. | Peter Sharpstone, born 11 Jan 1757; died 01 Dec 1841. | |||
| viii. | John Sharpstone, born 06 Sep 1762; died 13 May 1822. |