John KILMER

Born in Germany and was married to Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) date and location unknown. She was also born in Germany. They first appear in the 1820 US Census in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, and do not appear again. I have found very little information on them, and most of that is from the death certificate of his son, Elias Charles Kilmer (the only known descendant at this time).

Elias Charles KILMER

Born in Onondaga County, New York on April 21, 1813. Appears in 1830 US Census in Salina, Onondaga County, New York. The 1830 Census lists a Nathan KILMER in Salina, and the 1840 Census shows a Nathan KILMER and an Abram KILMER in Salina on the same page. I will be searching for a possible connection through them in the future.

The US Army Register of Enlistments for 1835 to 1839 shows Elias C. Kilmer enlisting in Utica, NY on November 2nd, 1837.  The records show he was 24 years old, had grey eyes, brown hair, of fair complexion, stood 5 ft 8 3/4 in, born in Onondaga County New York.  He enlisted for 3 years at Utica, NY and was assigned to Company G of the 1st Infantry Regiment serving at Fort Fanning, Florida during the latter part of the Seminole War.  He attaining the rank of Sergeant and was discharged on November 2nd, 1840 upon the expiration of his enlistment.

Elias Charles was on the move after 1840. He appears in the 1850 US Census in Dix, Chemung County, New York (under the surname is spelled KILLMORE), married to Mehitable BURGESS. Mehitable was born on October 15, 1822 in Junis, Seneca County, New York. She was the Daughter of Benjamin BURGESS and Delilah ..?.. The date of their marriage is unknown. The 1850 Census also shows they had two children (Mary Jane and Myron) at that time.

The 1860 US Census finds Charles Elias and family in West Almond, Allegany County, New York. They lived there until sometime prior to the 1875 New York State Census. In that Census they are enumerated with Mehitable's parents back in Dix, Chemung County, NY. The children were not with them as they were married and living their own lives in Allegany County by that time.

Charles and Mehitable returned to Allegany County around 1880 and lived in Bolivar until their deaths. Elias died on June 11, 1896 and Mehitable died on September 2, 1899. They are buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Belmont, Allegany Co., NY.

 

Mehitable (BURGESS) KILMER Abt 1880

Children of Charles Elias and Mehitable (BURGESS) KILMER

Note: All names in MAROON are direct line ancestors

 Elias & Mehitable - Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, Allegany Co., NY

Elias Charles KILMER Family Facts:

Mary Jane (KILMER) & Hiram STEWART

Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond, Allegany Co., NY

 

Myron & Caroline (MOREHOUSE) KILMER

See Myron KILMER (below)

 

Elias Charles KILMER Family Specific Sources:

Myron KILMER

Born in Dix, Chemung County, New York (this area of Chemung County became Schuyler County in 1854), on March 13, 1848. He enlisted for service in the First New York Dragoons on January 29, 1864 at Almond, New York and served until the end of the war. He was honorably discharged on June 30, 1865 at Clouds Mills, Virginia.

Myron Kilmer Abt. 1865

 

Myron married Caroline Morehouse on December 23, 1867. Caroline was the daughter of Parish Morehouse and Lucinda Casterline. From 1869 to 1881, Myron and Caroline had six children and lived the rest of their lives in the Bolivar area. Caroline died on November 23, 1883 and Myron died on March 2, 1932.  His death left only one living Civil War veteran remaining in Allegany County, NY.

 

Children of Myron KILMER and Mehitable MOREHOUSE:

Abt. 1919 L to R - Carrie, Estelle, Myron, & Sara Mina

(believed to be taken at Clarence Elba Kilmer's burial service)

Myron & Caroline - Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, Allegany Co., NY

Myron KILMER Family Facts:

 

Sarah Mina (KILMER) (TRASK) (MOREHOUSE) & Milton TRASK

 

Sara Mina abt. 1940

 

East Sharon Cemetery, Sharon Twp., Potter Co., PA

 

 

Estella Blanche (KILMER) & William PATTERSON

 

Estella Blanche KILMER & William PATTERSON - Mt. Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook Co., IL.

 

 

Clarence Elba & Elizabeth (SULLIVAN) KILMER

Clarence Elba KILMER was born Jun 8, 1874 at Amity, Allegany Co., NY.  He married Elizabeth Helen SULLIVAN on Jan 12, 1901 at Bolivar, Allegany Co., NY.  Helen was born 1876 at Scio, Allegany Co., NY. 

Elba worked the oil fields in the Allegany County area and became an oil well shooter as shown in the newspaper article below. It was an extremely dangerous job as he worked with nitroglycerine on a daily basis.  He was killed in an explosion at a nitroglycerine plant at Torrent, Wolfe Co., KY on Apr 8, 1919.

 

Mapleview Cemetery, Bolivar, Allegany Co., NY

 

 

Caroline (Carrie) Helen (KILMER) & Charles GROSS

Old Maplegrove Cemetery, Shinglehouse, Potter Co., PA

 

Charles Lyman & Lula Olive (TRASK) KILMER

See Charles Lyman KILMER (below)

 

 

William James & (1) Susie (OPAL) KILMER -

Married on November 29, 1911 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.  Susuie died Mar 22, 1946 at Bakerfield, CA and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern Co., CA

 

 

William James & (2) Verna B. (MILLER) KILMER

 

Arroyo Grande District Cemetery, San Luis Obispo Co., CA

 

 

William James & (3) Evelyn F. (RAWLINGS) (DUNLAP) KILMER

Married on March 16, 1963 at San Luis Obispo, CA.  She was born in 1894

 

Charles Lyman KILMER

Born on January 5, 1879 in Bolivar, Allegany County, New York. He married Lula Olive TRASK on August 22, 1907 in Stannards, New York. Lula Olive was the daughter of Ellsworth Leroy Trask and Minnie Eulalie Lestner. They lived in Willing until about 1915 where the first four of their eight children were born.  The family then moved to Woodhull and took up farming on the former Dawson farm east of town.  This is where their last four of their children were born. 

 

Kilmer (Dawson) Farm Circa 1910

 

Charles and Lula lived in the Woodhull, Steuben County, New York area until their deaths. Charles Lyman died on January 20, 1953 and Lula Olive died on October 4, 1969.

 

Charles Lyman KILMER Abt. 1942           Lula Olive TRASK Abt. 1944

 

The children of Charles Lyman KILMER and Lula Olive TRASK:

Charles Lyman Kilmer & Family Abt. 1919

Aug 1982 L to R - Elton, Norine, Dorr, Eulalie, Neil. Leland, Everett & Percy

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

Charles Lyman KILMER Family Facts:

Percy Ellsworth & Leona (WHITEMAN) KILMER

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

 

Everett Phillip & Esther (HOUSE) KILMER

Rural Home Cemetery, Big Flats, Chemung Co., NY

 

Charles Leland & (1) Arloween (SYMONDS) KILMER

 

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

 

Charles Leland & (2) KILMER

 

Minnie Eulalie (KILMER) & Homer MORTON

Eulalie & Homer MORTON

 

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

 

Neil Davis & Marion (MILLER) KILMER

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

 

Dorr Lestner & Priscilla Ann (PETERS) KILMER

Dorr & Priscilla KILMER

 

Woodhull Cemetery, Woodhull, Steuben Co., NY

 

Elton Searle & Ethel M. (RICE) KILMER

Elton & Ethel KILMER

 

Finleyville Cemetery, Finleyville, Washington Co., PA

 

Norine Delores (KILMER) & (1) Gene WHEATCRAFT -

 

Norine Delores (KILMER) & (2) Edward SYMONDS -

Charles Lyman KILMER Family Specific Sources:

Many of the Charles Lyman Kilmer family members listed above and their descendants.

BASSETT

BASSETT Family Facts:

Hannah BASSETT & Joseph COVEL

See Joseph Covel (below)

 

Nathan BASSETT & Mary CROWELL

 

Nathaniel BASSETT & Dorcas JOYCE

Nathaniel was born to William and Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) BASSETT about 1628 in Plymouth, MA. and died in Yarmouth on January 16, 1709/10.  He married Dorcas JOYCE, (born 1602 in England and died date and place unknown).  She was the daughter of John Joyce of Yarmouth.

 

William BASSETT & Elizabeth UNKNOWN

William was born in England about 1595 and died in Bridgewater in April 1667.  He married about 1621and probably in England, Elizabeth (Unknown).  Her birth date and parents are also unknown.  They arrived at Plymouth on the ship FORTUNE in November of 1621, and she is listed as Mrs. Elizabeth Bassett on the manifest.  

In 1638 they went to Duxbury for several years where he was an alternate deputy of the General Court.  In 1645 William was one of the original fifty four proprietors of what would be incorporated as Bridgewater in 1656.

Elizabeth died before 1650, and was the mother of all of William's children.  Sometime after 1651 William married Mary (Tilden) Lapham, the daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, and the widow of Thomas Lapham.

 

BASSETT Family Specific Sources:

Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume I, pgs 141 - 142

Bassett - Preston Ancestors by Belle Preston, Published 1930, Pgs 23 - 25

One Bassett Family in America by Buell Burdett Bassette, Published 1926, Pgs 1 - 10

BERRY

BERRY Family Facts:

Mary BERRY & Isaac CHASE -

 

John BERRY & Susannah UNKNOWN -

 

Richard BERRY & Alice UNKNOWN -

 

BERRY Family Specific Sources:

BURGESS

BURGESS Family Facts:

Mehitable (BURGESS) & Elias Charles KILMER

See Elias Charles Kilmer (above)

 

Benjamin & Delila (UNKNOWN) BURGESS

According to burial records, both are in the County Line Cemetery, Town of Reading, Schuyler Co., NY.  In 2003 this cemetery is seldom mowed and in very poor condition. Neither Benjamin's nor Delila's  gravestones were found, however, a gravestone was found for 2 yr old Edna Burgess who died December 11, 1881.

County Line Cemetery 2003

 

Benjamin & Mahetable (UNKNOWN) BURGESS

Port Creek Evergreen Cemetery, Carleton, Monroe Co., MI

 

 

BURGESS Family Specific Sources:

CASTERLINE

CASTERLINE Family Facts:

 

 

Lucinda CASTERLINE & Parish MOREHOUSE -

See Parish MOREHOUSE (below)

 

Cyrus & Nancy (SMITH) CASTERLINE

The History of Allegany County, New York by John S. Minard, page 470 states "Cyrus Casterline, born in Seneca Co. (NY), married Nancy SMITH of Ithaca. Of their six children 2 are living: Cyrus, living in Michigan, and Lucinda (Mrs. Parish Morehouse).  Mr. Casterline settled in that part of Amity (Allegany Co., NY) later set off as Ward in 1818, and developed a farm out of the wilderness.  He died in 1856 , his wife in 1874."   The date of their marriage is assumed to be sometime in 1816 based on the birthdates of Nancy (1799) and their first child Elizabeth (Oct. 1817). 

Norton Cemetery, Belmont, New York

 

 

Squire CASTERLINE & Keszia YOUNG

Squire and Keszia are the parents of Cyrus according to research done by an uncle (now deceased) in the 1960's.  I have neither been able to substantiate nor deny his research. If anyone has any information either way on this, please contact me at the email address at the bottom of this page.  There are quite a few of us Casterline researchers looking for the substantiated parents of Cyrus Casterline.

 

CASTERLINE Family Specific Sources:

CHASE

CHASE Family Facts:

Mary CHASE & Nathaniel COVELL

Mary Chase was the seventh of nine children born to Isaac and Mary (Berry) Chase.  For additional information see Nathaniel COVELL listed below.

 

Isaac CHASE & (1) Mary BERRY

Isaac Chase was the youngest of six children born to John and  Elizabeth (Baker) Chase.  His birth date and location are unknown, but presumed to be about 1685 in Yarmouth.  He married (1) Mary Berry on May 23, 1706.  Her date of birth and parents are unknown at this time.

Isaac married (2) Charity O'Kelley on June 28, 1727. Her birth date, location, and parents are also unknown.

 

John CHASE & Elizabeth BAKER

John Chase was the second of eight children born to William Chase (wife unknown).  He was born in Yarmouth, date unknown. He married Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Francis and Isabel (Twining) Baker in 1674.

 

William CHASE & UNKNOWN

William, the oldest son of William and Mary Chase, was born about 1622 in England.  He came to America with his parents in 1630, and moved to Yarmouth with them in 1638.  His wife's name, dates of birth and death, and parents name are unknown.  William died in Yarmouth on February 27, 1685

 

William CHASE & Mary UNKNOWN

William was born in England about 1595. He married Mary, date of birth and maiden name unknown in England.  They were married by about 1620 and came to America in 1630, with son William, along with the colonists of Governor Winthrop, settling in Roxbury, MA. About 1638 he joined a company making a new settlement in Yarmouth, MA., and spent the rest of their lives there.  William died between May 4th & May 13th, 1659, and Mary died in October 1659.

They had two other children after arriving in America.  Mary was born in Roxbury in May, 1637 and died in 1652, unmarried.  Benjamin was born in Yarmouth in 1639 and married Phillippa Sherman.

First Baptist Church Cemetery, West Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA.

 

 

CHASE Family Specific Sources:

Genealogy Of A Portion Of The Descendants of William Chase Who Came To America In 1630, And Died In Yarmouth, Massachusetts, May, 1659, Published 1886

History of Old Yarmouth. Comprising The Present Towns of Yarmouth And Dennis by Charles F. Swift, Published 1884

Hayden Samuel Cole And His Ancestry by Hayden Samuel Cole, Printed 1935

The Great Migration Study - A database of The New England Historic & Genealogical Society Directed by Robert Charles Anderson

COVELL

COVEL / COVELL Family Facts:

Olive (COVEL) & Edwin PHILLIPS

See Edwin Phillips (below)

 

Ebenezer & Sophia (BARKER) COVEL - Married 1821

Ebenezer, the eighth of nine children born to James and Mary (Randall) Covel, was born in Woodstock, VT.  His family moved to Bristol, Ontario Co., NY in 1803.  In 1821 he married Sophia Barker who was born February 27, 1803, location unknown at this time.  She was the daughter of Samuel and Olive (Johnson) Barker. 

The family is enumerated in the 1840 and 1850 US census in Naples, Ontario County, NY.  When they moved to Allegany County is not known.  Both died in the town of Willing, Allegany Co., NY, James on September 4, 1861 and Sophia May 16, 1889.

Stannards Cemetery, Stannards, Allegany Co., NY

 

James & (2) Margaret (SLUYTER) (BAKER) COVEL  - Marriage date unknown.

James remarried Margaret (Sluyter) Baker.  Her birth date and location are unknown at this time as are the names of her parents. James and Margaret moved to Independence , NY in their later years.  Both died  there, James in 1850 and Margaret on January 17, 1862. They are both buried at Hillside Cemetery, Independence, Allegany Co., NY

 

James & (1) Mary (RANDALL) COVEL - Married September 12, 1787

James, the last of eleven children born to Nathaniel and Mary (Chase) Covell was a farmer.  He married Mary Randall in Pembroke, MA.  She was born April 20, 1761 in Pembroke, MA and died in Bristol, Ontario Co., NY on December 3, 1824.  Her parents are unknown.

The family lived in Woodstock, VT in 1793, then moved to Bristol, Ontario Co., NY in 1803. They had nine children and Mary died there in 1824. The exact location of her burial is unknown, but it is probably in Bristol.

 

Nathaniel & Mary (CHASE) COVELL - Marriage date unknown.

Nathaniel, the third of six children born to Joseph  and Hannah (Bassett) Covell, was a farmer in the Chatham area until 1755.  He married Mary Chase born January 9, 1720 / 21 in Yarmouth, MA.,  the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Berry) Chase.

About 1755 the family moved to Middleboro, MA. where Joseph purchased over 200 acres in 1756.  This property was sold in 1767 and he bought approximately 800 acres in Plymouth, MA.  It is believed they lived there until their deaths although the dates and location are unknown.

They had eleven children of which eight were born in Chatham and remaining three were born in Middleboro.

 

Joseph & Hannah (BASSETT) COVELL - Married 1703 or 1704

Joseph, the third of six children born to Nathaniel and Sarah (Nickerson) Covell, was a farmer and seaman. He first married Lydia Stewart, daughter of Hugh and Wait (Unknown) Stewart.  Her birth and death dates and locations are unknown, but she died prior to 1703 / 04 probably in Monomoit / Chatham. They had one child.

In 1703 / 04 Joseph married Hannah Bassett who was born 1678 in Yarmouth and died date unknown in Eastham, MA.  She was the daughter of Nathaniel Bassett.  They had six children and lived in Monomoit / Chatham area.

 

Nathaniel & Sarah (NICKERSON) COVELL - Married 1662 or 1663

Nathaniel Covell arrived in Boston in August of 1653 from England as an indentured servant to Edward Winslow.  Winslow was delayed in England, and in September assigned the contract to his step-son Peregrine White.  After the indenture term was up he moved to Yarmouth on Cape Cod.  It was there he met and married Sarah Nickerson.  Sarah was born about 1644 in Yarmouth and died date unknown in what is now Chatham, Barnstable County.  She was the youngest daughter of  William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson.

In 1664 William Nickerson and his extended family (including Nathaniel & Sarah) moved to Monomoit (Monomoit became Chatham in 1711). Nathaniel and Sarah had six children and lived in the Monomoit / Chatham area until their deaths.  Nathaniel died between 1682 and 1685.  Sarah's date of death is unknown, but she may have lived until about 1715. Their burial site is unknown.

Pioneers of Chatham Monument, Chatham, Barnstable Co., MA - (Nathaniel Covell on right column, 4th name from top).

COVEL / COVELL Family Specific Sources:

Three Hundred Years of COVELLS - Researched by Helen L. Barrett

HASKINS / HOSKINS

HASKINS / HOSKINS Family Facts:

Bathsheba HASKINS & William TRASK

See William TRASK (below)

 

Shadrack HOSKINS & Elizabeth COLE

Shadrack, the eighth of nine children born to William & Abigail (Hoar) Hoskins, was born in Taunton, Bristol Co. MA. He married Elizabeth Cole from Berkley, MA. in Taunton on November 6, 1742.

 

William HOSKINS & Abigail HOAR

William was born June 30, 1861 in Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.  He was the fourth of ten children born to William and Sarah (CASWELL) Hoskins.  He married Abigail Hoar, but the date and location of their marriage is not known at this time.

Abigail was born on November 2, 1682 in Taunton and died date and location unknown.  She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (WILBORE) Hoar of Taunton.

 

William HOSKINS & Sarah CASWELL

William was born November 30, 1647 in Plymouth, MA.  He was the fourth of five children born to William and Ann (HINDE) Hoskins. He married Sarah Caswell on July 3, 1677 in Taunton.

Sarah was born in November, 1658 in Taunton, MA.  She was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (UNKNOWN) Caswell of Taunton.

 

William HOSKINS & Ann HYNES / HINDE

Born in Cork, Ireland about 1615 and died in Plymouth, MA. on September 7, 1695.  He came from England as a freeman and was living in Plymouth in 1633.  About 1635 he married Sarah Cushman.  Her date of birth, date of death, and parents are unknown at this time. They had a daughter, Sarah, who was born September 16, 1636.

He married Ann HYNES on December 21, 1638.  She was born in 1616 location unknown and died in 1665 at Plymouth, MA.  The name of her parents are unknown at this time.

 

Henry HOSKINS & Anne WINTHROP -

HASKINS / HOSKINS Family Specific Sources:

Haskins To Hoskins And Other Variations, A Genealogical Dictionary Vol. 1 - Compiled By Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Haskins

Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts To The Year 1850 - Published by The New England Genealogical Society 1929

Hayden Samuel Cole And His Ancestry by Hayden Samuel Cole, published 1935

HUNGERFORD

Unknown & Lydia (BERRY) HUNGERFORD

I have not been able to identify the husband's full name or any other information for him is unknown at this time. He died before the 1840 US Census as Lydia is listed as the Head of Family.

Lydia was born about 1795 as she appears in the Female 40 - 50 years of age column in the 1840 US Census for Almond, Allegany Co., NY. She was the daughter of William and Polly (UNKNOWN) BERRY and was one of five children, still living, listed when William's will was probated in 1839.

Lydia and her husband had five children that I have found. Simeon C. who married Almira LUTHER, Eliza Ann who married John SWARTOUT, Martha who married Lewis SUMNER, Emily who married Lyman TRASK, and Reuben who was unmarried and died in the Civil War. They were all listed in a sale of property that Lydia inherited from her father, William Berry. His will specified the property would be equally divided among the children upon their mother's death. The children sold the property on Mar. 8, 1851.

The exact dated of death for Lydia or her husband and location of their burials are unknown at this time.

Margaret Emily (HUNGERFORD) & Lyman Leroy TRASK

According to her death certificate, Margaret Emily HUNGERFORD was born Dec 6, 1830 in Albany Co., NY.  She was the fourth of five children born to an Unknown HUNGERFORD and Lydia BERRY. Her death certificate further states she resided in Willing for 48 years (abt. 1853). She first appears in the 1855 New York State Census in Willing, Allegany Co., NY and is enumerated with the Clark C. Monroe family as a cousin. She married Lyman Leroy TRASK on Oct. 14, 1855 in Stannards, Allegany Co., NY.

Further information can be found under Lyman Leroy TRASK listed below.

LESTNER

Johann LESTNER Family Facts:

 

Minnie Eulalie (LESTNER) & Ellsworth TRASK

Minnie Eulalie Lestner was the oldest of the three daughters of John B. and Debora Lestner.  For additional information see Ellsworth TRASK (listed below).

 

John B. & Debora Jane (PHILLIPS) LESTNER,

John Blothewell Lestner immigrated from Germany in 1854 (see Johann Lestner below). Migrated from Georgia to New York State in 1857 settling in Independence, Allegany Co., NY. According to The History of Allegany County, NY. (Pg 546) he enlisted in Co. H 85^th NY Volunteers in August of 1861. He was with the regiment when it was captured at the battle of Plymouth, NC in April 1864 and was a prisoner of war in the infamous prison camp at Andersonville, GA until September 11, 1864. On March 3, 1865 he was released and sent north. He was mustered out on  April 27, 1865.

John B. Lestner returned to Willing, Allegany County, NY after his discharge to take up farming.  On June 6, 1866 he married Deborah Jane Phillips, the daughter of Edwin and Olive (Covel) Phillips of Naples, Ontario County, NY. They settled on a farm about 1.5 miles east of Stannards Corners (now just Stannards) on the north side of what is now NYS Rte 248.

John and Deborah Jane (DJ as he referred to her in his diaries) had three children.  Minnie Eulalie was born December 6, 1867. She married Ellsworth Leroy Trask on August 14, 1887.  Laura Estelle was born October 11, 1868.  She married Laverne Palmer on December 24, 1892.  Sarah Typhene was born May 24, 1871.  She married Franklin Davis.

John and DJ lived on the farm until 1903.  On April 2, 1903 they bought a house at 63 Hanover Street, and moved in on April 24, 1903. John built a small barn on the property to stable his horses and a cow. He also built a hen house and did quite a bit of work on the house.  Until he died he did plowing, hauling and other jobs with his horse around Wellsville and the surrounding area.  On April 9, 1909 Deborah Jane died at home.  She was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, NY. 

On June 15, 1914 John married Mariah Perkins. They lived in the house on Hanover Street until his death on March 17, 1919.  He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery next to Deborah Jane.

John was very active in the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic). He was a member of Wesley Rolfe GAR Post 332 in Stannards and was Post Commander when he died.  He attended many of the encampments (reunions), and was active in other post functions. He was also a member of the Prisoners Association in Allegany County.

 

John & Deborah (Phillips) Lestner - 1894

 

 

Abt 1892 - Lestner House east of Stannards, NY

L to R - Unknown, John B. LESTNER, Unknown, Deborah Jane LESTNER, Unknown, Minnie E. TRASK, Lula O. Trask in front, Ellsworth TRASK.  Two of the unknowns are Laura Estelle LESTNER and Sarah Typhene LESTNER

 

Children of John B. & Deborah Jane (PHILLIPS) LESTNER

Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville, Allegany Co., NY

 

John B. LESTNER Family Facts:

 

Minnie Eulalie (LESTNER) & Ellsworth Leroy TRASK

See Ellsworth Leroy TRASK (below)

 

Laura Estelle (LESTNER) & Laverne Charles PALMER

Laura Estelle married Laverne Charles PALMER Dec 24, 1892. Laverne was born in 1869 at York Corners, Allegany Co., NY.  He died date, Location, and burial site unknown.  Laura died Jan 19, 1913 and is buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery at Wellsville, NY in an unmarked grave.

 

Sarah Typhene (LESTNER) & Charles Franklin DAVIS

Sarah Typhene married C. Franklin DAVIS Nov 18, 1892. Franklin was a farmer , his farm was outside of Andover, Allegany Co., NY.  After they retired from the farm, Uncle Frank and Aunt Phene moved to the Village of Andover.  They spent their remaining years there.  Both are buried in Valley Brook Cemetery, Andover, NY.

Abt. 1950 Sarah Typhene & Charles Franklin DAVIS

 

Johann LESTNER

Came to America with his son, John Blothewell (18 yrs.) and two daughters Sophia (21 yrs.) and Antonia (23 yrs.) His wife Julia BAER was not with them and did not show up in later U. S. Census records. They sailed from Bremen on the Ship Tuisko and arrived in New York on October 13, 1856. The passenger list has Georgia listed as their final destination in the USA, and one of the daughters was in Brunswick, GA. in 1912.

Johann was listed in the 1860 US Census living with the Leopold Heins family in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. His date and location of death and burial are unknown at this time.

 

Johann LESTNER

Children of Johann & Julia (BAER) LESTNER

Johann & Julia (BAER) LESTNER - Johann is assumed to be buried in Georgia, exact location unknown. Julia evidently died before the rest of the family immigrated to the U. S.  She is assumed to have died and was buried near Dusznik, Pruusia (now Duszniki-Zdroj, Poland.

LESTNER Family Facts:

Antonia (LESTNER) & Norman Leopold HEINS

Oak Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Glynn Co., GA

Sophia (LESTNER) & Francis JANSEN

Francis & Sophia (LESTNER) JANSEN - Francis death date, location, and burial site unknown. Sophia died at Wellsville, NY and is buried in an unmarked grave in Sacred Heart Cemetery

John Bolethwell LESTNER & Deborah Jane (PHILLIPS)

See John B. LESTNER (above)

 

LESTNER Family Specific Sources:

Descendants of John B Lestner and Deborah Jane Phillips

MOREHOUSE

MOREHOUSE Family Facts:

 

Caroline (MOREHOUSE) & Myron KILMER - See Myron KILMER (above).

Caroline was the third of nine children born to Parish and Lucinda. She was born in Amity, NY on March 1, 1852.

 

Parish & Lucinda (CASTERLINE) MOREHOUSE

Parish Morehouse was born March 11, 1821 in Hebron, Washington Co., NY.  According to John Minard's History of Allegany County, page 470, he was 15 years old when he accompanied his father on the move to West Almond, NY.  He married Lucinda Casterline (born November 28, 1827 in the Town of Ward, Allegany, NY and died September 14, 1905 in Belmont, Allegany County NY)  on July 4, 1845. She was the daughter of Cyrus and Nancy (Smith) Casterline (see Casterline above).

Parish moved to West Almond in Allegany County in 1836 with the rest of his family and assisted his father in developing a farm.  In the  1850 US census, Parish and Lucinda are listed in enumerated in West Almond.  It is believed they relocated to the northern part of the Town of Amity in 1851, and are listed there in the 1860 US census there.

After Parish's death in 1896, Lucinda lived with their son William and his wife Lillian in Amity.

Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, Allegany Co., NY

 

Archibald & Mary (PARISH) MOREHOUSE

Archibald Morehouse was born on March 22, 1784 in either Dutchess or County, New York.  He married Mary PARISH on January 29, 1805 in Washington Co., and had 12 children.  According to John Minard's History of Allegany County, NY, they came from Washington County in 1836 settling in West Almond.  Mary died on May 5, 1847 and Archibald died on March 17, 1849.

Waldorff Cemetery, Phillips Creek, Allegany Co., NY

 

Isaac & Thankful (GRAY) MOREHOUSE - Buried at the Morehouse Graveyard, North Hebron, Washington Co., NY

 

MOREHOUSE Family Specific Sources:

Descendants of Caroline Morehouse and Myron Kilmer

History Of Allegany County New York - F. W. Beers, pg 470

Daughters of the American Revolution - Descendants Database Ancestor #A080190

PHILLIPS

PHILLIPS Family Facts:

Deborah Jane (PHILLIPS) & John B. LESTNER

See John Blothewell LESTNER (above).

 

Edwin & Olive (COVEL) PHILLIPS - Married about 1842.

 

Barker / Town Line Cemetery, Naples, Allegany Co., NY

 

Unknown PHILLIPS -

 

PHILLIPS Family Specific Sources:

 The descendants of Deborah Jane PHILLIPS and John Blothewell LESTNER listed above

US and New York State Census Records

TRASK

TRASK Family Facts:

Lula Olive( TRASK) & Charles Lyman KILMER

See Myron KILMER (above).

 

Ellsworth Leroy & Minnie Eulalie (LESTNER) TRASK

Married August 14, 1887 in Independence, Allegany Co., NY. 

Minnie Eulalie was born December 6, 1866 in Willing and died May 16, 1913 at Wellsville hospital.  She was the daughter of John Blothewell LESTNER and Deborah Jane PHILLIPS (see John B. Lestner above).

Ellsworth was born and raised on the family farm outside of Stannards, NY, and took it over after the death of his father Lyman Leroy TRASK.

Lt. - Ellsworth Leroy TRASK                  Rt. - Son Harry, Wife Minnie & Daughter Lula

 

Hallsport Cemetery, Hallsport, Allegany Co., NY

 She died

Lyman Leroy & Margaret Emily (HUNGERFORD) TRASK

Married in 1855.  Margaret Emily b. December 6, 1830 in Albany, NY according to her death certificate.  She died February 6, 1901 at her home south of Hallsport, NY.  Her father's name is unknown at this time. but her mother's name was Lydia BERRY, the daughter of William and Polly (UNKNOWN) BERRY.   Lyman was a farmer. Both are buried at the Hallsport Cemetery.

Margaret Emily (Hungerford) Trask - Hallsport Cemetery, Hallsport, Allegany Co., NY

 

Abel Haskins & Diadama (WILSON) TRASK

According to the vital records for Heath, MA., Abel and Diadama were married on December 31, 1812.  For additional information on Diadama see WILSON below.

According to descendants, their first home was in Colrain, Heath Twp., Franklin Co., Massachusetts. The descendants also document they made the move from Massachusetts along with Diadama's brother, Matthew Wilson, and his family, in early 1821.  They arrived in Allegany County, NY on May16th.

Abel and his family lived with David Wilson's family while land was cleared and cabins built. Quarters must have been extremely cramped during this summer as David Wilson already had his family and son Stephen's family under their roof. With this arrival, they added two more families.

Abel was a farmer most of his life, but in his later years turned the farm over to his son and became involved in lumbering and producing potash.  He died on the family farm then being run by his son Lyman and grandson Ellsworth in 1878.

Abel H. & Diadama TRASK - Hallsport Cemetery, Hallsport, Allegany Co., NY

 

William & Bathsheba (HASKINS) TRASK

William married Bathsheba Haskins on January 27, 1780 in New Salem, Hampshire Co., MA.  Bathsheba was born in 1763 in New Salem, MA and was the fourth of six children born to Shadrack and Elizabeth (Cole) Haskins.

Shortly after their marriage they moved to Heath in Franklin County and remained there for the rest of their lives.  William died April 12, 1821 and Bathsheba died on March 12, 1846 according to the Heath Vital Records. Their burial site unknown at this time.

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Benjamin & Mary (ELLIOTT) TRASK

Benjamin Jr. was born April 25, 1716 in Beverly, MA.  He married Mary Elliot on July 1, 1742 in Beverly.  Her date of birth, location, and parents names are unknown at this time.

 

Benjamin & Tryphena (HERRICK) TRASK

Benjamin married Tryphena Herrick on May 19, 1711 in Salem, MA.  Prior to 1714 they moved to Beverly, MA, as all of their children are shown in the Beverly Vital Records.

 

TRASK Family Specific Sources:

Descendants of Abel Haskins TRASK & Diadama WILSON listed above.

Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849 - Published by The Topsfield Historical Society 1906

Vital Records of Heath Massachusetts To The Year 1850 - Published by The New England Genealogical Society 1915

Vital Records of New Salem Massachusetts To The Year 1850 - Published by The New England Genealogical Society 1915

Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849 - Published by The New Essex Institute 1918

TWINING

 

TWINING Family Facts:

 

Isabel (TWINING) & Francis BAKER -

 

William TWINING Sr. & UNKNOWN -

 

TWINING Family Specific Sources:

The Twining Family, Descendants of William Twining Sr. - Compiled & Published by Thomas Jefferson Twining 1905

WILSON

WILSON Family Facts:

Diadama WILSON & Abel Haskins TRASK

See Abel Haskins TRASK (above).

 

David WILSON & Diadama GRAY

Since both were from Hampshire County, Mass., and lived there until 1818, it is assumed the marriage took place there. The actual date and location is unknown. 

Diadama born July 11, 1769 in Pelham, Massachusetts and died on June 25, 1836 in Independence, Allegany County, New York.  She was the daughter of Dea. Matthew and Sarah (BARBER) GRAY.

David, Diadama, five sons, and two daughters began move to Independence, NY late in 1818.  They wintered in Yates and completed the move on March 26, 1819. A daughter and son remained in Massachusetts, but made the move two years later. (Childs Gazetteer, Pg 112).  According to Trask descendants the daughter and son remaining were Diadama and Matthew Wilson. 

According to the records in the Allegany County Historian's office, David & Diadama were buried at the Sherwood Cemetery, Independence, Allegany Co., NY. Those records also state the cemetery was plowed over sometime in the past, and no physical evidence of the cemetery remains.

 

James WILSON - Buried at Shelburne, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, exact location unknown.

 

WILSON Family Specific Sources:

Wilsons from New England, Volume L, Scotch Wilsons from Western Massachusetts - Ken Stevens, Pages 53 - 59.

Childs Gazetteer of Allegany County,  New York 1875, page 112.

 

SOURCES:

Vital Records of HEATH Massachusetts To The Year 1850 - Published by The New England Genealogical Society 1915

Three Hundred Years of COVELLS - Researched by Helen L. Barrett

Wilsons from New England, Volume L, Scotch Wilsons from Western Massachusetts - Ken Stevens

Haskins To Hoskins And Other Variations, A Genealogical Dictionary Vol. 1 - Compiled By Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Haskins

History Of Allegany County New York - F. W. Beers

Descendants of Abel Haskins TRASK & Diadama WILSON listed above.

United States and New York State Census records from 1790 through 1930

Newspapers:

The Bolivar Breeze - Bolivar, New York

The Wellsville Daily Reporter - Wellsville, New York

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