Notes:

Buried:
Stockton.

Notes:

Elias is the son of Elizabeth Paxon and Ebenezer Doan.

. ELIAS DOAN, lot 11, concession 3, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1805, being the son of the late Ebenezer Doan, who brought his family to Canada in 1813.
Elias married in 1829 Wait Wilson, daughter of the late Hugh Wilson; his family consisted of 3 sons & 5 daughters.
A. T. Doan, son of the above, was born in Sharon. He went to California, where he remained about 13 years & then returned to Canada, & has since been living on the old homestead in this township. He was married in 1828 to Angelina McCarty, daughter of the late R. McCarty,
Ref: History of Toronto & York County, Ontario, C Blackett Robinson, Publish, 1885. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1805 May 6

Elias married Waite Ann WILLSON in 1829. Waite (daughter of Hugh Latimire WILLSON, Jr. 2 and Mary TITUS) was born on 15 Aug 1811 in East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario; died on 3 Sep 1898; was buried in Newmarket Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ebenezer is the son of Anna Savilla Sloy & Ebenezer Doan, Sr.

UCLPetition 106, D Lease 1830-1836, C1886, p598.
. To the Reverend corporation for managing the clergy Reserves in the Prince of Upper Canada, Your petitioner resides at the West Gwillimbury, he is desirous of occupying Lot 2, Con 3, West Gwillimbury, old Survey, a Clergy Reserve, there prays that he may bellow a least for said Lot on the usual terms,
Signed for, Ebenezer Doan, by Geo. Ashburn?

. Receipt 141, York 23 May,1831, Received the Pat4nt fee on the Clergy Reserve Lot 2, Con 3, Old Survey of Township of West Gwillimbury
ordered as a lease to Ebenezer Doan. In council 5 May, 1831, for £1.12.6 Currency, Signed, XX Ridout.
. Envelope: Survey General Officer, Lot 2, con 3, Old Survey of West Gwillimbury, reserved for Clergy. The petitioner appears the first applicant for a lease of the same. 9 April, 1831, W chewed, Agency Survey Genl.
In Council 5 May 1831, Recommended, Warnant #410, 23, May 1831.

. Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF EBENEZER DOAN

died Feb. 3, 1866,
Æ. 93 Y's. 4 M's 27 days
Native of Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. - - -

Died:
Aged 93y 4m 27d.

Ebenezer married Elizabeth PAXTON on 15 Apr 1801 in Buckamshire Co., Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born on 11 Aug 1783 in Solebury, Buckhamshire Co., Pennsylvania; died on 19 Feb 1874 in East Gwillimbury Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried on 11 Aug 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Aged 90y 6m 8d.

Notes:

Hugh L. is the son of his first wife Sarah Savage & John WILLSON.

. The infant Hugh was left in Ireland with his Uncle Hugh, & eventually joined his father in American where his father John Willson had remarried Katherine B Kuhn.

Hugh had been destined for the Presbyterian ministry, but the economic disruption of the Seven Years' War he (1756-1763) had led to a downturn in the family fortunes & put an end to Hugh's schooling.

. 1775, Hugh followed his brother John Willson to America, bringing with him John's son, Hugh L., who went to live with his father & stepmother, Katherine Kuhn Willson.

UCLPetition 28, W Bundle 7, C2952, p21
. To Lt. Gov. Peter Hunter, In Council
Petition of John Willson, East Gwillimbury, yeoman. Petitioner has been upwards of 16 months [Nov 1803] in the Province, subscribed the Oath of Allegiances; sufficient ability to cultivate land & is desirous to occupy & improve a vacant lot of Crown land:
Signed, John Wilson, York, 12 Mar, 1805.
. Receipt #44, John Wilson has paid in this office £5 19s, 4p. for a Patent Grant of 200 Acres, also £1 6s for surveying fees there on. Peter Russell, Survey General.
. Yonge Street, 7 days 3rd month 1805. To the governor Council to look upon this long man to be a friendly man, a good farmer, very honest worth $300 & wishes to settle with Friends in the corner of Uxbridge, His name is John Wilson, late of from New York Sate, Signed, Timothy Rogers, His mother is a widow & moved in with him.

Hugh L. Willson was born in County Down while the family had been living in Carrickfergus County Antrim leads me to think that John’s wife was living on her brother in law’s farm at the time of Hugh L Willson’s birth.

He met & married Catherine in New York & they had a rented farm 12 miles east of Poughkeepsie near the Connecticut border.
Carolyn Mann found in ancient documents from Poughkeepsie that John had little sympathy for the “rebels”, & that before & after the actual declaration of war, he had been arrested several times, bound over to keep the peace, fined & even served a term of imprisonment for defending sometimes with his fist!

Hugh was the son of John's first wife who died shortly after his birth. Sometime between 1768 & 1775 his father emigrated to America leaving Hugh in the care of his Uncle Hugh Willson until the entire family left for America. On the death of his father John, Hugh took over the rented family farm near Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1790 he married Mary Titus, eldest daughter of Austin Titus, a Quaker minister & blacksmith, & Waite Giddley, a "Dutch" woman. In 1798 Hugh moved to New York City where purchased a share in the sloop, "The Farmer", a trade ship which ran between New York & the West Indies. In the Spring of 1800, he sold his share in The Farmer & moved to upper Canada.
Ref: Ian David Roberts, Scarborough, Ontario, 2006, Rootsweb.

. 1804 Dec 18 - To be sold, the Place Whereon the Subscriber Now Lives
Situated in Clinton town, one mile north of where Judge Bloom lived, at the end of the Large Bridge over Wappenger's creek, 1 mile forth of Friends Meeting House, on the great road to Albany - the place contains 12 acres of land, of superior quality, one half of the best of meadows the other an orchard of 100 bearing apple trees, a good house with 3 rooms & 3 fire places, a bard of good garden containing a great variety of fruit, such as currents, pears, plumbs of different kinds & cherries - there is 2 never failing springs of water at the back & front door - but a few rods from a grist, saw & fulling mill & a store & is every ay suited for cooper, blacksmith, shoemaker, weaver, tanner or any other mechanic; it has been rented at £30 a yer for several years, payment made easy. For terms apply to the subscriber on the premises, by whom an indisputable title will be given.
Signed, Hugh Wilson.
N.B. If not sold by the first of April, to be rented.
Ref: Pouhkeepsie Journal Newspaper, New York, published variously 1805.3.12 - 1805.3.26.

COMPARE NEXT ADVERTISEMENT:
. 1809 Sep 20 - For Sale, The Farm on which the subscriber now lives, situated in the town of Washington, one & an half miles north of Philip Hart's on the road leading to Bangall & 17 miles from Pougkeepsie. The farm contains about 84 acres of land, which is divided into meadow, arable & timberland; has a tolerably good dwelling house, barn, blacksmith shop & a number of other out houses, is well watered & has a good orchard & a variety of other fruit trees. The situation is a good one for an industrious blacksmith or any other kind of mechanical business Enquire on the premises of Richard Titus, Jun.
Ref: Pouhkeepsie Journal Newspaper, New York.

. 1806 Aug 12 - Broke into the inclosure of the subscriber on the 7th inst., a bay Mare, with a small star in her forehead, about 14 hands high, 3 or 4 yers old. The owner is requested to all, prove property, pay charges & take her away.
Signed, Richard Titus, Washington, NY.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Journal Newspaper. - - -

Died:


Buried:
Plot Row 1.

Hugh married Mary TITUS in 1790 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York. Mary (daughter of Augustine TITUS and Waite Giddley HALL) was born on 5 Jan 1769 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York; died on 3 Jun 1857 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

cu . Mary is the daughter of Waite Hall, Portsmouth Newport, RI & Augustine Titus, b 1747 Westbury, Nassau, NY] a Quaker minister & blacksmith.

. Mary & Phoebe Titus were two Quaker sisters. Their father as a Quaker Elder & they were disowned upon marrying the Willsons. Much latter the two Willsons became Quakers in Upper Canada, & eventually a member of the Children of Peace at Sharon, Ontario.

. 1790 Clinton, Duchess, New York Census
Augustine Titus, Males 3, Boys under 16Y 2, Females 5 [Total 10 Persons], & next person is
John Willson, Males 3, boys under 16Y - 2, Females 6 [Total 11 Persons].
The children of Mary Titus & Hugh L Wiillson are:

John Hugh Willson, 10 Jul 1791 - 29 Dec 1863; 
1 Richard Titus Willson, 5 Apr 1793 - 18 Apr 1878; 
2. Mary Willson, 26 Mar 1795 - 2 Aug 1869; 
3. Louisa Willson, 26 Mar 1795 - 2 Aug 1869;  
4. Catherine Willson, 22 Oct 1795 - 19 Nov 1855; 
5. Augustine Willson, 4 May 1798 - 1798;  
6. Hiram Robinson Willson, 4 Dec 1799 - 30 Aug 1876;  
7. Hugh Henry Willson, 17 May 1803 - 22 Aug 1871;  
8. David Willson, 18 Aug 1807 - 13 Oct 1807;  
9. Alfred Willson, 3 Mar 1809 - 26 Feb 1888; 
10. Waite Ann Willson, 15 Aug 1811 - 3 Sep 1898.

Obituary:
. 1857 Jun 3, Wednesday Died at Sharon, East Gwilimbury, Mary, relic to the late Mr. Hugh Willson, aged 89 years, less 2 days.
The subject of this Obituary was born in Duchess County, NY & immigrated to this country soon after the American Revolution. Her early education & ideas of mind was received amongst the religious under Friends, to which communion her parents belonged & many branches of her Fathers’s family have been & are conspicuous members. She maintained through all the vicissitudes of her long life, an unblemished reputation - remarkable for love, of quietude & the society of the good. Towards the close her mind seems to revisit the scenes of the childhood & youth & to mingle with the Society of her Father’s house, where a recollection of early antidotes & familiar of early principles seemed to comfort her; & is several that from this stand point she took her view of her Heavenly home. The Lord granted me the privilege to visiting her several times previous to her death - to speak of Jesus - to read to her the previous promises & to pray of her. With others we stood at her bedside & with hearts lifted to the Father, of spirits, in humbleness begged that he would receive the dear depart soul, which seemed while stretching its opinion of light for its wondrous flight, to have left on the fair features an indication of salvation by shedding over them a smile of indescribable sweetness.
She lived to see the 4th generation of her offspring & has left behind her now living nearly all in this section of county, 16 children, including sons-in-law & daughters-in-law; 92 grandchildren, 90 great grandchildren & one great-great grand child. Her children & grandchildren are included the usual & respectable class of community. HHW.
Ref: Newmarket New Era Newspaper.

Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Clinton

Died:
Aged 89y less two days.

Notes:

Ebenezer is the son of Mary Carter & Joseph Doane, b. Bucks Co. Penn & d. 1783 North Carolina. The had 4 children. Quakers.

. The master builder of«this Temple was Ebenezer Doan whoc ame to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1808. He had set out with his family in a covered wagon, the box of which was built like
a boat and sealed to make it water-tight; This boat like box was not fastened to the running gear but was set in a frame so that it would float while crossing streams if the water was deep. Ebenezer drove a cow on the journey & before leaving the U.S.A. he cut a young poplar stick to keep the cow going. When he turned into his farm off Yonge Street, he stuck the gad in the ground where it took root & grew. A switch from that tree was taken to the Queensville farm when the family
moved & poplar trees from that gad are still growing at the gate.

Ref: East Gwillimbury in the Nineteenth Century.


. Ebenezer Doane was bom at Wrightstown, Bucks Co., Pa., 1733, 7.5 -died Sharon 1818, 11.21. He married about 1754 or 1755, Anna Savilla Sloy, who was born in Hanover, Germany, 1732, 12.13. & died in Bucks Co., 1803, 10.15.
After the death of his mother, Ebenezer Doane with the other children appears to have been apprenticed, or otherwise placed for care among their relatives. His wife, who was born in Germany, embarked in 1744 for America with her parents Henry & Catherine Sloy. The parents died on the voyage. In consequence of this marriage Ebenezer was disowned by the Society of Friends to which he belonged. In 1777, however, he applied to the Buckingham Society to accept his children who were yet under age, under the care of the Meeting. Jonathan being over 21 made the same request for himself & both were granted. All of these children, except Jonathan, removed to Canada. Ebenezer remained till 1808 when, in the 75 year of his age, he joined the children in Canada & there in the family of one of his sons, living on Yonge street about 30 miles north of Toronto, where he died.
The location of Ebenezer's residence in Bucks County is somewhat accurately settled by the statement of his son Joseph, that a part of Washington's army was encamped on a farm adjacent to his father's, for a day & night prior to crossing the Delaware river which encampment it is understood was near the mouth of Knowles Creek, below the present village of Brownsburg.
Ebenezer Doane was firm in the faith & practice of the Friends, of which sect he was a member, and before leaving Pennsylvania obtained the usual certificate of removal dated at the Meeting in Buckingham on 4th of 4th mo., 1808, which was presented & accepted at the Yonge Street Meeting on the 14th of 7th month 1808. Similar certificates were read on behalf of William, Joseph, Ebenezer & wife with their 3 children, also for Mahlon & wife Rebecca their 6 children; also for his daughter Mary Doane, all of which certificates were approved and the applicants accepted in membership.
Having made a selection of land for themselves, Ebenezer together with his son William & daughter Mary, both of whom were single, formed a joint household & so remained until after the death of Ebenezer. Ebenezer & his family took up 400 contiguous acres on Yonge St., and in a few years the wilderness had been transformed into a garden & a farm. - extract form Mrs. Emily McArthurs's letter & gives a more precise statement of the migration to Canada.
Ref: Doane Family Supplemnt 1.

Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF EBENEZER DOAN
DIED Feb. 3, 1866,
Æ. 93 Y's. 4 M's 24 days
Native of Bucks Co.

Ebenezer married first Anna Savilla Sloy,
he married second to Elizabeth Paxson. - - -

Buried:
White monuments with two clasped hands.

Ebenezer married Anna Savilla SLOY in 1754. Anna was born on 13 Dec 1732 in Hanover, Germany; died on 15 Oct 1803 in Buckhamshire Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna is the daughter of Catherine & Henry Sloy who both died on the voyage to America.

. Ebeneser & Anna Doan's children are:
Jonathan, 1775= 6.5.1830 Bucks. Co., Penn.
Martha Doan Armitage, 1758 Feb 15, Wrightstown, Penn-Oct 18, 1840, Ontario
William Doan, Dec 30, 1760 Wrightstown, - Jan 6 1844 Newmarket, Ontario
Mary Doan, 1762 Dec 7 Bucks - 1827 Apr 6, Ontario, Canada, married Samuel Huges
Joseph Doan, Mar 13 1765 Wrightstown -1841 York Co., Ontario, married Mary Cunnard.
John Doan, Oct 3, 1768 Bucks - Nov 8, 1852 Newmarket, ON, married Elizabeth Stockdale;
Mahlaon Doan, Aug 20 177 Bucks - Feb 20 1852, Ontario married Rebecca Hartley;
Ebenezer Doan.2nd, Sep 9 1772 Bucks - Mr 3 1866 Sharon, Ontario, married Elizabeth Paxson. - - -

Notes:

. John is the son of Jane Ramsay & Hugh Willson, born 1700 Ireland.
John's first wife died 1768 in Ireland. He then married Catherine Kuhn in New York.
> NOTE: This first husband of Catharine Kuhn is unrelated to the John Willson, Esq., 2nd husband of Catherine B Kuhn. - PJA

* John Willson, b. 1745, d. before 1791 Feb 12 Clinton.
Note: date wife was appointed administratrix. - PJA]

. He fled Ireland ahead of the authorities as he was outspoken against injustices & rigged trials leaving his pregnant wife in his parents' care. The newspapers carried account of their flight.
Hugh L. Willson was born in County Down while the family had been living in Carrickfergus County Antrim leads me to think that John's FIRST wife was living on her brother-in-law's farm at the time of Hugh L Willson's birth.
He met & married Catherine in New York & they had a rented farm 12 miles east of Poughkeepsie near the Connecticut border.
John had little sympathy for the xx & that before & after the actual declaration of war, he had been arrested several times, bound over to keep the peace, fined & even served a term of imprisonment for defending sometimes with his fists, his right to reject the excesses of the most militant of the colonists.

. 1790 Clinton, Duchess, New York Census
Augustine Titus, Males 3, Boys under 16Y 2, Females 5 [Total 10 Persons], (& next person is )
John Willson, Males 3, boys under 16Y - 2, Females 6 [Total 11 Persons].

. Clinton, Dutchess Co., NY
Clinton was first settled around 1755. The town was part of the Great Nine Partners Patent of 1697. The town was established in 1786 from territory from the Towns of "Charlotte" & Rinebeck.

Prior to the War of the Revolution Presbyterians at Poughkeepsie held services with more or less regularity. They shared the ministrations of a pastor now with the Rombout Church at Brinckerhoff & now with the Pleasant Valley Church. During the war the congregation at Poughkeepsie lapsed out of existence. In 1817 the congregation was revived & in 1826 it was formally organized. This lot of land was given to the church in 1821 for burial purposes. Since 1911 the lot has been sold by the church & a garage built upon it but legal difficulties have been encountered, in connection with passing the title, affording a specific instance of the fact that ground originally set aside for burial purposes can rarely be transferred with clear title.
Ref: Old Gravestones of Dutchess Co. NY, JW Poucher, 1924.

. The GREAT Nine Partners:
Located in the present Poughkeepsie Precinct (i.e. similar to a county).
Dutchess then comprised the following towns: Amenia, Beekman, Clinton (formed March 13, 1786, from portions of Charlotte & Rhinebeck Precincts), Fishkill, North East, Pawling, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck & Washington. A Presbyterian church was organized in Poughkeepsie as early as 1749, but failed to maintain itself or erect a building. - - -

Died:
(Nine Partners is near Poughkeepsie, NY & also borders on Connecticut.)

John married Catherine B KUHN in 1770 in New York State. Catherine was born on 10 Feb 1754 in Dutchess County, New York; died on 10 Feb 1840 in Sharon, E. Gwillimbury, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Sharon Burial Grounds. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Catherine's middle name of Barbara is unproven & subject to verification. -PJA)

. KUHN SURNAME:
KUHN is a German surname. Some biographers give Catherine's PARENTS being born in Scotland. In all certainty this is a misunderstanding of the surname Kuhn, perhaps thinking it was derived from the Scottish Colquhoun, which is pronounced Coon ! (Likewise, her mother's name & nationality is also unknown at this time.) - PJ Ahlberg, 2018.

Catherine B Kuhn's first husband was also named John Willson. He was born in 1745 Carrickfergus Ireland & died bef. 1791 Poughkeepsie, NJ. The widow Willson accompanied her son Hugh L Willson to Sharon, Ontario. Children of Catherine B Kuhn & her first husband John Willson of Nine Partners, Duchess Co., NY., were David, John J, Ann & Mary Willson. Her son is David Wilson of Children of Peace, Sharon, Ontario.

* 1791 Feb 112. ADMINISTRATRIX
The People of the State of NY, by the Grace of God, Free & Independent.
To Catherine Willson, widow of John Willson, late of Clinton Town in Duchess County, farmer, dereased,
Whereas the said John Willson, installer, having whilst living & at the time of his death, goods, chattels or credits within this State by mans whereof, the ordering & granting Administration of all & singular said goods & also the auditing allowing & final discharging the account there of doth appertain unto us, & we being desirous that the goods of the said diseased my be well & faithful administered, applied & disposed of do grant unto you the said Catharine Willson full power to the presents to administer & faithful dispose of all the singular said goods & receive debs at the time of his death…to cause to be exhibited into the Office of the Surrogate of Dutchess County before the expiration of 6 calendar months from the date here of, & also render a just & true account of administration & appoint you the said Catharine Willson, Administratrix of all goods, chattels & credits of the said John Willson.
In witness, signed, Gilbert Livingston, Esq., Surrogate of said County, Poughkeepsie, 12 February, 1791.
Ref: NY Wills & Probate, Dutchess, Letters Testamentary and of Administration, Vol A-B, P.72 (83).

. 1928 Kate Koon Bovey visited Bischmisheim, Germany (near Saarbrucken) & saw the Luthern Baptism records for Matthias Kuntz (born bet. 1660-67) s/o Matthias Kuntz married1, Anna Margaretha Margaret, d. 2.2.1704 & married2, on 10.1. 1704 to Anna Margaretha Spitz of Frankfurt.
She also visited where Mathias lived in Clove*, near the towns of Poughquag & Beekman in the Poughkeepsie Valley, NY. Later they lived in Germantown which is also on the Hudson River. Nicholas's wife was Philetta. Matthias Kuntz left for America in 1790, via Holland & England & landed 1710 Germantown, NY. 13 children by 2 marriages.
Ref: Koon & Coons families of eastern NY, Kate Koon Bovey, 1841-1912 of Minneapolis, Minn., published 1937.

. The children of Catherine B Kuhn & her first husband, John Willson, were:
David Willson; Ann Willson b 1786, Dutchess Co. NY; Mary Wilson b. 1792.

Catherine's son David Willson was the founder of the Children of Peace, in Sharon, Ontario. A favourite topic of Willson's was "Public Affairs, their Total Depravity," coupled with denunciations of the so-called Family Compact," of the ruling rich families. Catherine's 2nd husband, John Willson, UE., would no doubt have been sympathetic to this point of view. Gov. John Graves Simcoe in first appointments made John Willson a Magistrate in the new Upper Canada & Willson was soon sidelined by the Family Compact. - PJ Ahlberg 2012.

Hugh L. Willson who returned there from the York Mills area in 1819. John Sr. died 8 July 1829, aged 90, & his funeral was conducted by the Rev. Strachan in the meeting house of the Children of Peace. This is highly ironic as the Rev. Strachan preached in the same little chapel at York Mills as did David Willson much to the annoyance of the inhabitants. Soon after the death of John Willson Sr., the Rev. Strachan took control of this chapel without the consent of many of those who had contributed to its building, & banned David Willson from using it. Catherine Willson died 10 Feb. 1840, aged 86. Both John & Catherine are buried in the Children of Peace cemetery.

John Willson, Esq. 's first wife Rebecca Thickson died 6 June 1804 in Markham, Ontario.
. 1805 Sep 18, Catherine & John Willson Sr. were married by the Rev. John Strachan in St. James Cathedral, Town of York.
Perhaps John Willson & Mrs. Catherine Kuhn Willson first met at York Mills (Wilson Avenue) where for some time son John Willson, Jr. operated a mill. John Willson, Jr. was also the trustee for a small chapel at York Mills which the David Willson & his Children of Peace used to hold services, much to the annoyances of Rev. Strachan. 15 years after they married, John & Katherine were living on Yonge Street in Markham where, on 15 June, 1820, John Willson filed a claim for this War of 1812 service. - PJ Ahlberg, 2012

> In your letter of the 24th ult., 1829 you asked about one John Willson who died at Hope (Sharon, ON) about this old man was called Squire Willson. He was David Willson's stepfather, my father's stepmother's second husband (Katherine Kuhn). Her first husband, also called John Willson, died about 1788 in Duchess County, New York). She soon after married Squire Willson who was a man highly respected. He came, I believe from NS in Gov. Simcoe's time & was by the Governor much thought of. He had a large family by a former wife, but none by this one. There are a number of great grandchildren, living in the Twps. of York & Scarborough. There was a grandson of his, John Willson by name, in the service of the Canada Company at the time of the settling of Goderich & neighborhood.
When these old people became helpless, David Willson took them home & kept them until they died. They died poor but honest. They once had property which his children spent for them.
Ref: Extracted from a letter of 5 December, 1869, Holland Landing Richard Titus Willson.

. Red Hook, Dutchess Co.
Ncholas Bonesteel & Anna Margretha Kuhn, his wife, with some of their children, were among the early settlers. A portion of the village of Red Hook is now on the easterly part of their farm. Of their descendants, Philip N. Bonesteel was a merchant, magistrate & post-master in Red Hook for many years. His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844.
John, James, Daniel & Robert Wilson, four brothers, settled in the vicinity of Upper Red Hook before 1770, & engaged in farming. The 2 eldest married the Kuhn sisters, daughters of Simon Kuhn.
Ref: Dutchess Co. Genealogy & History.

. Story of Sharon, by Ethel Willson Trewhella, The Story of Sharon
Wild turkeys & wild pigeons were one of the worst pests as well as a ready supply of food. When they settled on the ground one old timer has described the scene as a heaving sea of blue, They ate the crops, stripped the wild fruit trees. The pigeons roosted in trees in such numbers that branches broke from the weight & many birds fell to the ground. At these times which came to be anticipated, women & children the settlement went with baskets & scooped up these disabled bits. they were acted & put away for the coming winter. As late as June 12 18757 a Newmarket Era story speaks of wild pigeons have been very plentiful in this section during the past 10 days. The are very wild & difficult to kill. In 1865 5h same aper remarked they were much diminished in numbers. A few years later notice of the Pigeon Shoots in Sharon but few pigeons appeared because of uncontrolled ruthless slaughter.
Black Frost of 1816. in the summer of 1816 the black first again swept the clearings & reduced the inhabitants to starvation. Nothing was saved, herbage was blackened, the wheat was unfit fo sale & unfit for read. It began to snow in June & continued intermittently until the next spring.
Ref: Newmarket Era & Express, published 1951.6.28, p3.

Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

RESEARCH FOR CATHERINE B KHUN'S PARENTS & HISTORY:

History & Roster of Peter Khun Family in the USA.1932

Red Hook, Duchess, NJ
. Nicholas Bonesteel & Anna Margretha Kuhn, his wife, with some of their children, were among the early settlers. A portion of the village of Red Hook is now on the easterly part of their farm. Of their descendants, Philip N. Bonesteel was a merchant, magistrate & post-master in Red Hook for many years. His son, Virgil D., was Surrogate of Dutchess county in 1844.
. John, James, Daniel & Robert Wilson, 4 brothers, settled in the vicinity of Upper Red Hook before 1770, & engaged in farming. The 2 eldest married the Kuhn sisters, daughters of Simon Kuhn.
Refs: Historical & Genealogical Record Dutchess & Putnam Counties.

* 1782 Mar 3, Reyn Beeck Dutch Reformed Church (now Redhood, NY)
Baptism: Child, John, Parents John Wilson & Elisabeth Kuhn
Witnesses: John Felder, Catharina Kuhn.
Note: this raises interesting possibilities, Catharina Kuhn would be Catherine Willson, not Kuhn at this date., or is this senior Catharine Kuhn?
Ref: Dutch Reformed Church, Reyn Beeck Book 40,( Red Hook, Duchess Co., NY)
. Rhinebeck Cemetery, Duchess Co., NY: John Wilson, born/baptized Mar 3, 1782 - died Jul 11, 1815, aged 33y 4m 8d.

. Anna Margaretha Kuhn, c172- died before 1744 other spellings: Coens, Coons .
d/o Elisabetha Kilmer c 1697 & Johann Wiliem Kuhn 1695 Germany Landed 1710 (some of 6 children born Camp east bank, Columbia Co. NY) see #8.

. KUHN - 10/29/00 - looking for information on the Kuhn dairy farm in Pine Bush NY around the late 1800's to about 1910 any info. wiill help E-Mail nil add

. PITCHER - 1/07/05 - Heinrich Pitcher born 1762 around Rhinebeck, N.Y. -11.4.1800, Clermont, Columbia, NY. He was married 4.30.1786, NY to Catharine Kuhn born 1762 Germantown, NY-11.4.1800 Clermont, Columbia, NY,
& had a daughter, Polly Pitcher on Feb. 24, 1794. I'm looking for parents of Heinrich & Catharine. Polly married Peter Van Etten in 1813. They lived in Sodus Twnshp. Wayne Co., N.Y. & both died there. [email protected]

. My Ed Kuhn & brother John Kuhn lived in Pine Bush New York they had a farm there. John married Grace DeWitt & Fred lived in Middle town N.Y
7. Smith (1881) has the following: "John Wilson & Elizabeth Kuhn had children as follows: Catharine, baptized March 27, 1774, married Col. Philip Pitcher, of Upper Red Hook; " (p. 204).

. ANNA ELISABETHA KILMER (GEORG KILLMER, GEORG was born August 14, 1698 in Altengronau, Hessen, Germany, & died Unknown in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, USA. She married JOHANNAS WILHELM KUHN 1719 in Red Hook, Dutchess Co., New York, USA. He was born Bet. 1697 - 1699 in Germany, & died Unknown in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, USA.

. Working research: Looking for family:
Poughkeepsie is 22 miles from Red Hook., Dutchess Co., NY
Titusville is six miles from Nine Partners.
Nine Partners & Poughkeepsie are about 12 miles away.

. Catharina Kuhn, c 1745, d/o Anna Gertrud Falckerberg 1711, West Camp, Ulster, NY, married 1734 to Henry Kuhn, 17k08, Columbia & died Clermont, Columbia NY
Red Hook, NY: Nicholas Bonesteel married Anna Margretha Kuhn.

. John, James, Daniel & Robert Wilson, four brothers, settled in the vicinity of Upper Red Hook before 1770, & engaged in farming. The two eldest married the Kuhn sisters, daughters of Simon Kuhn. *
Ref: Historical & Genealogical Record, Dutchess & Putum Co., 1912, pg. 45.

*1751, Jul 11. Advertisement: Lottery in the Borough of Lancaster for purchasing a fire engine & other public uses. The following persons are appointed managers of the lottery:...Simon Kuhn.
. 1751 Aug 19, Lancaster Lottery Tickets to dispose of Adam Simon Kuhn.
. 1772 Mar 26 - Phila. General Assembly the following laws were passed: An Act for confirming the estate of Adam Simon Khun, in & to a certain lot of ground borough of Lancaster, one of the title deeds where of is lost.
. 1786 Jan 12 & 1791 Phila. Meeting of American Philosophical Society, Fri. Last, elected the following: Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Esq. President. Dr. Adam Kuhn, Counsellor.
Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, PA . - - -

Birth:
Verify exact location. NOTE: Kuhn is German & NOT that she was Scotch, but that 'Her parents were Scotch.' Mistaken for Colquhoun, pronounced Coon!

Died:
Granite monument with three rounded peaks, 15.5" -wide, 32” high, 3.5” thick.

Buried:
Children of Peace. Monument erected by D.W.

Notes:

Augustine is the daughter of Mary Smith & Richard Titus.

. 1800 Census Clinton, Dutchess Co., New York
Augustine Titus: Males 2, boys 10 -15y 1, Males 16-25y 1, Men 26-44y 1, Males 45+1y,
Girls 10 under 2, Females 16-25y 2, Women 26-44y.1, Females 45+y 1,
Number of members under 16: five, householders over 26y 4. Total 12 people.

AUGUSTINE TITUS MORTGAGE DEFAULTS ON FARMS:
. 1807 Apr 28 - Whereas Augustine Titus & Waite, his wife & Richard Titus, all of the town of Clinton, did by a certain indenture dated 28 July 1803 to secures the payment of $750 with the interest thereof, mortgage unto George Peters Oakley of Town of Poughkepsie. All that certain tract of land situated in Town of Clinton, Duchess county, which in a certain indenture thereof made between Daniel S Dean & Ann his wife of the first part & the said Augustine Titus & Richard Titus of the second part, bearing date 25 May, 1803, is described as follows:

BEGINNING AT A WALNUT SAPLING MARKED STANDING at the 4 east corner of land formerly belong Daniel Ward, now in the possession of Zacheus Newcomb, thence other in side line 22 chairs & 7 links to a stake & stones between several saplings marked, these north 37 degrees east 23 chains & 63 links to a stake & stones, then forth 70 degrees 10 minutes east 5 chains & 44 links to a certain tree marked standing the west side of the said road, thence 59 degrees east 7 chains & 33 links to the lands belonging the said Augustine Titus, tense southerly & westerly in the line of said Titus' land, however it runs to the line between Nine-Partners & Beekman town, whence southerly in said line to the place of beginning containing 55 acres & 17 roods of land.
Also all certain indenture thereof made between the widow Sarah Ward of the one part & the said Augustine Titus of the other part bearing date 25 Nov 1784, is described as situated lying & being in Charlotte precinct as a aforesaid in a patent known & described by the name of the creator lowered Nine Partners Lot 9, in the 2nd for general division of said patent, butted & bound as following:
BEGININING AT A WALNUT that standing on the east side of the road that leads by Capt. Joseph Hick's to Oswego, thence north 86 degrees east 16 xx 14 links to a stake & sonnets 27 cans & 2 chains to a walnut tree marked standing near chain's line, thence south 2 degrees west 2 chains 89 links to at the above said road runs to the first mentioned bends or place or beginning containing 50 aces of land, said land is bordered on the north by the lands of the said Widow Sara Ward on the east ty land of the said Sarah Ward & the fourth by the lands formerly Col. Bateman's on Bateman's precinct & on the west by the above said road.
AND whereas desalt had been made in the payment of the above sum of money with the interest thereon according to the condition of the said indenture. Now I do hereby give public notice according to an act of the Legislature of New York State entitled, an act concerning mortgages passed 6 April, 1801, & pursuant to power continued inside mortgage that I will sell the above described premises with the appurtenances, at public venue at the Hotel of Garwood H Cunningham in Pougkeepsie on the 13 October, next, 7 o'clock the forenoon, & all execute a conveyance to the purchaser.
Dated April 2, 1807, George Peters Oakley, Emott & Oakley, Attory.
Ref: Pougkeepsie Journal newspaper.

. 1812 Feb 12. Letters of Administration, To Benjamin Titus, Town of Broome, Scholarie County, NY. Austin Titus died intestate; granted administration
- Benjamin Titus affirmed Augustine Titus was dead. He was old son. He had no Will. Signed, John Ebhard, Surrogate Court.

Died:
WILL Probated 7 Feb, 1812..

Augustine married Waite Giddley HALL in 1767 in Union Vale, Dutchess Co., New York. Waite was born est 1738 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York; died on 15 May 1803 in New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Verify exact location. Waite Giddley was Dutch.

Died: