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GENEALOGY 


OF 


FEEDERICK  H.  WALDRON 


FROM 


THE  TIME  OF  THE  SETTLEMENT 


OF 


NEW  AMSTERDAM  (New  York) 


THROUGH  THE 


WALDRONS,  WHITNEYS    AND 
RIGGSES 


NEW  HAVEN,  CONN. 

THE  TUTTI.E,  MOREHOUSE  4  TAYLOR  COMPANY 

1909 


r/ 


1920929 


PREFACE. 


This  little  volume  does  not  pretend  to  be  a  genealogy  of  the 
Waldron  Family,  from  and  through  Resolved  Waldron,  who 
came  to  New  Amsterdam  in  1647  ^^^  was  closely  associated 
with  Peter  Stuyvesant,  governor  of  New  Amsterdam. 

Such  a  generalogy  would  take  much  time  and  considerable 
correspondence — backed  up  financially.  This,  therefore,  covers 
but  one  branch  of  the  family  of  Resolved  Waldron.  Most  of 
the  facts  contained  herein  are  gleaned  from  books  and  files  in 
the  Astor  and  Lenox  libraries  in  New  York  City  and  the  Yale 
Library  at  New  Haven,  Conn, 


WALDRON    COAT   OF   ARMS. 


The  illustration  represents  in  part  the  Waldron  coat  of  arms 
belonging  to  the  English  branch  of  the  family;  it  also  includes 
a  Dutch  line,  as  represented  by  the  lower  portion. 

First,  three  bulls'  heads  caboched  sa.,  armed  or  quartered  afflete. 

Crests:    First,  a  heraldic  tiger  sa.,  pellettee; 
second,  granted  by  Charles  I  to  Colonel  Humphrey  Waldron  for  services 
during  the  civil  w^ars,  on  the  mural  crown  an  heraldic  tiger  pellettee. 

Motto — Nee  bcneficii  nee  injurice  immemor. 

The  Dutch  coat  was  given  to  Sir  Rudolph  Waldron,  who  was  knighted 
for  bravery  on  the  plains  of  Palestine  in  iioo.  The  falcon  and  the 
couched  lion  belong  to  the  Dutch  coat. 

Lord  Waldron  was  mayor  of  London  twelve  or  thirteen  years. 


WALDRON  GENEALOGY. 


FREDERICK  H.  WALDRON,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  March,  1840,  in  the  city  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  and  as  a  boy  of  six  years  moved  with  his  parents  to  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  where  practically  all  his  life  has  been  passed. 
During  his  early  boyhood  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  the 
city,  later  being  a  student  at  boarding  school  at  Oxford,  Conn., 
and  at  Wheeler's  Academy  in  Norwalk,  Conn. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  went  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  remaining 
until  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1859,  in  the  employ  of  the 
Mississippi  and  Missouri  Railroad  Company,  in  the  shops,  with 
his  uncle,  Samuel  W.  Remer,  who  was  superintendent  of  motive 
power. 

On  his  return  to  New  Haven,  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  New 
York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  Company  for  a  year 
prior  to  his  enlistment  in  Company  F,  Fourth  Regiment,  Con- 
necticut Infantry,  which  regiment  was  afterwards  transferred  to 
the  artillery  branch  of  the  service.  Mr.  Waldron  served  three 
full  years  with  his  regiment,  and  was  discharged  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  service  with  the  rank  of  corporal  of  artillery. 

He  participated  in  a  number  of  hard  fought  battles,  among 
which  was  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  where  the  heaviest  siege  of  the 
war  was  planted,  Hanover  Court  House,  Old  Church,  Mechanics- 
ville,  Gaines  Mills,  Golden  Farms,  White  Oak  Swamp,  Malvern 
Hill  and  the  campaign  about  Petersburg,  where  for  eleven 
months  this  regiment  fought  in  the  trenches  and  where  its  ser- 
vices were  most  conspicuous  and  honorable,  exposed  to  constant 
artillery  and  musket  fire.  One  of  the  13-inch  mortars  used 
before  Petersburg  by  this  regiment  was  placed  on  a  monument 
erected  by  the  regiment  on  the  capitol  grounds  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  in  September,  1902. 

This  regiment  was  the  first  in  the  United  States  to  volunteer 
its  services  for  three  years,  and  was  attached  to  several  different 
army  corps. 


After  his  return  from  the  services  of  the  war,  Mr.  Waldron 
followed  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  pattern-maker  until  1870, 
when  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  which  office  he  continued  to  hold  by  three 
year  appointments  until  1892,  regardless  of  the  political  com- 
plexion of  the  board,  and  the  length  of  time  of  his  service  is 
sufficient  testimony  of  its  quality. 

In  addition  to  his  public  duties,  Mr.  Waldron  devoted  much 
time  to  Masonic  work,  and  a  record  of  his  career  in  the  fraternity, 
on  account  of  his  activity  and  zeal  for  the  institution,  is  extremely 
interesting. 

He  was  made  a  Master  Mason  in  Wooster  Lodge,  No.  79,  at 
New  Haven,  while  home  on  a  furlough  from  the  army,  March  13, 
1863  ;  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  Royal  and  Select  Master  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  in  April,  1864,  afterwards  affiliating  with  the 
Chapter  and  Council  in  New  Haven.  He  was  created  a  Knight 
Templar  in  New  Haven  Commandery,  No.  2,  in  1869.  In  all  of 
these  bodies  he  still  holds  an  active  membership. 

He  was  Worshipful  Master  of  his  Lodge  during  the  years  1871 
and  1872,  regularly  passed  through  the  chairs  of  Harmony 
Council.  No.  8,  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  served  as  Thrice 
Illustrious  Master  of  that  body  for  two  years,  1871  and  1872. 
During  the  years  1871  and  1872  he  was  on  the  committee  for  the 
erection  of  the  new  Masonic  Temple  in  New  Haven  and  upon  its 
completion  and  dedication  he  was  the  first  to  confer  the  degrees 
in  the  new  building,  in  the  presence  of  a  large  assembly  of 
Masons.  Passing  through  the  several  chairs,  he  was  elected 
Eminent  Commander  of  New  Haven  Commandery  and  served  in 
that  position  two  years.  1881  and  1882. 

He  has  been  actively  connected  with  all  the  grand  bodies  of  the 
state,  passed  through  the  several  chairs,  served  as  Most  Puissant 
Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Council  during  1875,  Grand  Master 
of  Masons  in  1883,  Grand  Commander  of  Knights  Templar 
during  1886,  and  trustee  of  the  Grand  Chapter  Royal  Arch 
Masons  for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  all 
the  bodies  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite  in  New 
Haven,  has  been  elected  and  served  as  presiding  officer  of  all 
these  bodies,  and  has  served  as  Second  Lieutenant  Commander 
of  Lafayette  Consistory  and  for  a  long  term  of  years  served  as 


secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Council  of  Deliberation  of 
Connecticut. 

He  received  the  33d  degree  of  this  rite  in  September,  1883,  and 
is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  Northern  Juris- 
diction of  the  United  States,  and  also  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States. 

He  organized  the  Masonic  Mutual  Benefit  Association  of  New 
Haven  and  was  its  secretary  for  twenty  years,  dispensing  to  the 
widows  and  orphans  of  Masons  during  that  time  over 
$1,400,000.00  and  leaving  the  association  in  good  condition. 

He  also  organized  the  Masonic  Indemnity  and  Protective 
Union,  an  association  for  paying  benefits  resulting  from  sickness, 
accident  or  death,  and  was  its  first  secretary. 

Our  subject  has  also  been  a  zealous  and  earnest  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  served  as  Commander  of 
Admiral  Foote  Post,  No.  17,  of  New  Haven,  in  1882  and 
rendered  special  service  in  financial  matters.  With  others  he 
consented  to  serve  the  Post  officially  in  1881.  At  that  time  the 
Post,  so  to  speak,  was  below  par,  with  a  membership  of  about 
104  and  an  indebtedness  of  over  $1,400.00.  Under  the  new 
regime  within  two  years  the  Post  numbered  over  500  members 
with  over  $2,500.00  in  the  treasury,  and  in  1887  the  Post  num- 
bered over  900  members  with  $10,000.00  in  its  treasury.  Mr. 
Waldron  was  appointed  an  aid  on  the  staff  of  the  Commander-in- 
Chief,  Paul  Vandervoort,  in  1882.  He  was  also  appointed 
Assistant  Adjutant-General  on  the  staff  of  the  Grand  Marshal  at 
the  dedication  of  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  monument  on  East 
Rock  Park,  June  17,  1887. 

Mr.  Waldron  still  maintains  an  active  interest  in  all  the  bodies 
of  which  he  is  a  member,  and  in  whatever  position  he  is  placed  he 
never  ceases  to  labor  for  the  interest  of  others,  nor  fails  to  show 
his  love  and  devotion  for  his  friends;  and  as  has  been  said  by 
another,  "he  is  courteous  in  manner,  quick  in  perception,  well 
modulated  voice,  delivery  graceful,  and  in  general  is  gifted  with 
those  talents  which  constitute  a  successful  presiding  officer."  In 
his  household  hospitality  is  a  marked  feature  and  those  who 
know  him  best  can  testify  to  his  liberality,  courtesy  and  attention 
to  his  guests.  He  discharges  well  the  duties  of  domestic  life, 
and  is  faithful  to  the  trust  which  rests  on  the  husband  and  father. 


He  is  one  who  is  noble-minded,  generous  to  a  fault,  genial  and 
kind-hearted,  earnest  in  his  convictions  and  never  hesitating  to 
express  opinions  freely.  His  intimacies  are  not  hastily  formed, 
but  when  once  made  are  never  sundered,  following  well  the  motto 
on  the  Waldron  coat  of  arms,  "Ncc  hcncficii  ncc  injuria: 
iuuncmor." 

On  September  20.  1871,  ]\Ir.  Waldron  married  Aliss  AHce 
Bottomley,  who  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  March  9,  1847. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Piatt)  Bottomley, 
who  were  from  Delph,  England.  She  was  baptized  in  Septem- 
ber, 1847,  by  the  Reverend  Thomas  W.  Coit,  D.D.,  at  St.  John's 
(Episcopal)  Church,  Bridgeport.  She  died  in  New  Haven, 
January  7,  1898.  She  was  a  member  of  St.  Thomas's  (Epis- 
copal) Church. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Waldron,  t'/^.." 

George  R.,  born  December  2,  1874 ;   married  first,  Phoebe  Rice  June, 

i8g6 ;    second,  Jennie  Jones  June  20,  1906. 
Alice  May,  born  May  i,  1878;  married  Harry  W.  Vanderbilt  June 

18,  1902;   died  January  7,  1904. 
Charles   W.,   born   October   25,    1881 ;    married    Katherine    Storck 

January,  1905. 
Frederick  H.,  Jr.,  born  August  10,  1883.     Yale  1907  S. 
Harry  P.,  born  March  29,  1885. 

Mr.  Waldron  married  second  Alice  Lame  of  Vineland,  N.  J., 
who  was  born  in  Smithville,  N.  J.,  March  25,  1871.  Her  parents 
were  Samuel  C.  Lame  and  Annie  Thornton  Lame.  On  her 
mother's  side  she  came  from  two  of  the  oldest  Quaker  families 
in  Pennsylvania,  viz.,  the  Knights  and  the  Thorntons.  Her 
father  died  when  she  was  three  years  of  age.  He  served  with 
distinction  in  the  Civil  War  as  captain  of  cavalry  from  New 
Jersey. 

After  the  death  of  her  father  her  mother  took  up  her  residence 
in  Frankford,  Pa.,  where  the  girls,  AHce  and  Nelhe,  were  raised, 
Alice  attending  the  schools  in  Frankford  and  finishing  her  educa- 
tion in  the  Girls'  Normal  School  in  Philadelphia.  She  was 
interested  in  church  and  charitable  work  until  the  age  of  twenty, 
when  her  mother  and  children  moved  to  Wildwood,  N.  J.,  and 
thence  to  Vineland. 

On  his  father's  side  Mr.  Waldron  traces  his  ancestry  back  to 
the  year  1100,  and  in  this  country  to  1654.     On  his  mother's  side 


— II — 

the  ancestry  is  traced  to  and  through  the  Whitneys  in  this 
country  to  about  1665-66. 

About  the  year  iioo  Baron  RUDOLPH  VON  WALDRON 
won  his  coat  of  arms  fighting  the  Turks  on  the  plains  of  Pales- 
tine, and  in  11 56  Richard,  son  of  Rudolph,  won  his  coat  of  arms 
for  valiant  services  in  the  field  under  Henry  H,  who  was  the  first 
Plantagenet  who  sat  on  the  throne  of  England  and  united  the 
Norman  and  Saxon  races.  Copies  of  these  coats  of  arms  have 
been  handed  down  through  several  generations  to  the  present 
time,  some  of  which  are  in  the  possession  of  ]\Ir.  Waldron. 

Mr.  Waldron  comes  from  sturdy  Dutch  stock,  and  his 
ancestors  have  been  on  American  soil  for  generations.  The  first 
of  whom  we  have  record  is  Baron  Resolved  Waldron,  son  of 
Count  Johannas  VonAValdron,  who  was  born  in  1610,  in  Amster- 
dam, Holland.  He  was  well  educated  in  Latin,  French  and 
English.  He  was  an  extensive  traveler  in  Europe  and  South 
America,  spent  some  time  in  Brazil  and  returning  to  his  native 
land,  Holland,  in  1645,  married  Rebecca  Hendryx  in  1647.  She 
died  165-.  He  afterward  became  acquainted  with  Lady  Tanneka 
Neigle,  daughter  of  Baron  Von  Neigle,  and  was  married  to  her 
May  10,  1654.  Resolved  Waldron  joined  the  staff  of  Governor 
Peter  Stuyvesant  in  May,  1647,  and  continued  to  serve  the  Dutch 
government  during  Stuyvesant's  administration  until  James, 
Duke  of  York,  sent  four  ships  of  war  during  time  of  peace  in 
1664  and  robbed  the  Dutch  of  all  their  possessions  in  America. 

Resolved  Waldron  acted  as  ambassador  to  all  the  petty  English 
courts  in  New  England,  Virginia  and  Baltimore.  He  with  two 
others  obtained  the  first  grant  from  Stuyvesant  for  New  Harlem 
in  1654,  of  that  portion  of  Manhattan  Island  lying  between  82d 
and  109th  Streets,  extending  from  North  River  to  East  River. 
He  established  the  first  ferry  and  erected  the  first  Dutch  church 
in  that  town.  He  also  built  himself  a  stone  mansion  on  East 
River  (called  by  the  Dutch  "Helengate,"  or  "roaring  water"). 
The  Indian  name  was  "Sevandican,"  or  "mad  water."  The 
Indian  name  for  the  land  or  bowery  was  "Rachewanas,"  or 
"crooked  land."  This  bowery  or  plantation  was  about  a  mile 
along  the  water.  Here  Waldron  lived  a  number  of  years  until 
his  sons  grew  up  and  married  and  then,  while  chief  magistrate, 
he  removed  to  Kingsbridge. 


12 

The  old  \\'al(lron  stone  mansion  at  Horn  Hook  (88th  Street, 
north  side,  a  Httle  east  of  Avenue  A)  was  erected  in  1660  and 
was  kept  in  good  repair  until  1870,  when  it  was  destroyed  by 
fire — 210  years  old. 

Resolved  Waldron  departed  this  life  about  1706,  about  ninety- 
six  years  of  age,  and  was  buried  in  "God's  acre"  beside  the  little 
church  on  the  banks  of  the  Harlem  River. 

From  the  "History  of  Harlem"  by  Riker  we  extract  the  fol- 
lowing, page  554:  "Resolved  Waldron,  noted  as  he  was,  one  of 
the  most  intelligent  of  Harlem  settlers,  needed  not  the  titular 
dignity  of  Baron  which  some  of  poetic  humor  claim  for  him,  yet 
he  might  have  well  graced  the  title.  As  we  have  seen,  he  had 
been  in  the  printing  business  at  Amsterdam  and  emigrated  with 
his  family  to  New  Amsterdam  in  1654.  Received  with  his 
brother  Joseph  and  their  wives  to  the  fellowship  of  the  Church 
at  New  Amsterdam,  the  first  care  was  to  secure  a  home  and  on 
April  3d  ensuing  bought  a  house  and  lot  on  Broadway  near  Wall 
street,  both  entering  the  Public  service.  Resolved  being  made 
overseer  of  the  work  on  April  17,  1657,  he  applied  for  the 
burgess  right  and  under  date  of  Alay  3rd,  1657,  occurs  the  entry, 
'Resolved  Waldron  being  admitted  a  burger  hath  on  this  day 
taken  the  oath  of  fidelity.'  His  salary  was  increased  soon  there- 
after. Found  to  be  efficient  the  Director  and  Council  on  May 
25th,  1658,  appointed  him  deputy  of  the  ScJionnt  fiscial  or 
Attorney  General  dc-sille,  the  Bergomasters  being  ordered  to 
recognize  him  as  dejuity  sheriff.  Very  exacting  in  carrying  out 
his  orders  and  enforcing  the  Laws,  he  was  charged  by  the 
Quakers  'some  of  whom  he  arrested'  with  being  hard  hearted." 

He  visited  upon  public  errands  every  part  of  the  province,  and 
even  the  neighboring  colonies,  and  in  1659,  with  Augustine 
Herrmans,  was  sent  to  Maryland  to  vindicate  the  Dutch  title  on 
the  Delaware. 

The  next  year  the  directors  in  Holland  would  have  made 
Waldron  sherift"  of  the  Dutch  towns  on  Long  Island,  but 
Stuyvesant  wrote  to  them  June  25,  1660,  "Respecting  the  person 
Resolved  Waldron,  we  may  be  permitted  to  remark  that  when 
appointed  as  a  deputy  of  the  fiscial  and  as  schout-by-niacht  in 
this  City,  he  conducted  himself  with  so  much  fidelity  and 
vigilcnce,  that  he  gave  to  us  and  the  magistrates,  great  satisfac- 
tion, so  that  his  services  both  as  respects  the  Company  and  the 


—13— 

fiscial  can  hardly  be  dispensed  with,  besides  he  would  not  be  so 
well  fitted  for  the  shrievalty  of  said  villages,  as  he  cannot  well 
wield  his  pen : — therefore  till  your  further  orders  on  the  point, 
we  shall  ask  his  continuance  in  that  office." 

Stuyvesant  was  allowed  to  retain  his  favorite  officer  while  his 
rule  lasted.  On  the  accession  of  the  English,  Waldron  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  (October,  1664),  but  retired  to  private  life  at 
Harlem,  with  the  disappointment  of  one  whose  interests,  as  well 
as  sympathies,  all  lay  with  the  former  government.  It  was  still 
a  pleasure  to  correspond  with  Holland. 

Morton  Govert  of  Amsterdam,  writing  to  Waldron  April  12, 
1666,  says,  "Brother  Tall  Anna  has  gone  over  with  the  Super- 
cargo who  lived  in  Nicholas  Carmens  house."  Waldron  had 
secured  some  property  in  Harlem,  and  was  soon  called  to  public 
life,  from  which  he  seldom  had  a  respite  for  the  rest  of  his  life. 

He  was  one  of  the  five  patentees  named  in  the  Nichols  patent, 
and  also  served  in  the  eldership.  He  died  in  1690,  his  inventory 
taken  that  year  (May  17)  embracing  "lands,  slaves,  farm  stock, 
etc.,  three  lots  of  land  lying  upon  VanKenlen's  Hook,  with  one 
lot  of  land  lying  upon  Jochem  Pietus  and  a  house  with  its  lot 
comprising  buildings  and  plantation  as  it  is  situated  and  lying  at 
this  village,  as  also  a  piece  of  meadow  lying  in  Round  meadow." 
He  left  issue  as  follows :   by  Rebecca — 

^William,  born  1647 ;    married  Engeltie  Stoutenburg. 

Rebecca,  born  1649;    married  John  Nagle. 

Aeltie,  born   165 1 ;    married  Captain  Johannas  Vermilye. 

Issue  by  Tanneka : 

Barnet,  born  1655. 

Ruth,  born  1657 ;    married  John  Dalamater. 

Cornelia,  born  1659;    married  Peter  Von  Obliens. 

Johannas,  born  1665. 

Samuel,  born  1670. 

^WILLIAM  WALDRON,  the  eldest  son  of  the  Baron,  was 
born  in  old  Amsterdam,  Holland,  February  i,  1647,  and  was 
brought  to  New  Amsterdam  (now  New  York  City)  in  his  nurse's 
arms  when  three  months  old.  He  became  a  cooper  and  was  made 
viewer  of  pipe  staves  June  7,  1676. 


—14— 

On  December  17,  1679,  he  and  the  other  coopers,  in  all  twenty- 
two,  formed  a  combination  to  maintain  their  prices  upon  casks 
and  barrels  and  prevent  underselling-. 

For  this  they  were  proceeded  against  before  the  Governor  and 
Council,  and  fined  each  fifty  shillings,  "for  the  churches  pious 
fund  uses." 

The  cullers  and  pipe  stavers  were  dismissed  and  Waldron  and 
his  partner,  Peterson,  were  sworn  as  cullers  February  16,  1680. 
Waldron  was  appointed  one  of  the  public  measurers  December  i, 
1702. 

He  married  Engeltie,  daughter  of  Peter  Stoutenburg,  burgo- 
master and  city  treasurer  of  New  Amsterdam,  February  10,  1671. 
They  left  issue  as  follows: 

Rebecca,  born  1672. 
*Peter,  born  1675. 
Hendrick,  born  1677. 
William,  born  1680. 
Arfie,  born  1682. 
Jennette,  born  1692. 
Wyntie,  born  1694. 

*PETER  WALDRON  went  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  married  in 
1698  Fryntie  Cornelia,  daughter  of  Cornelius'  Vandenburg.  He 
died  in  Albany  May  3,  1725,  leaving  issue  as  follows: 

Engeltie,  born  in  New  Harlem,  Februarj'  19,  1699. 

Peter  and  his  wife  removing  to  Albany,  the  rest  of  the 
children  were  born  there : 

William,  born  April  28,  1700. 
Cornelia,  born  December  2,  1702. 
*Corxelius,  born  November  18,  1705. 
Engaltie,  born  May  23,  1708. 
Catherine,  born  October  24,  1711. 
Eva,  born  April  11,  1714. 
Peter,  born  July  26,  171 7. 
Rebecca,  born  August  30,  1719. 
Gerrett,  born  April  7,  1723. 

^CORNELIUS  WALDRON,  son  of  Peter  of  Albany,  born 
November  18,  1705,  married  Jennette  Van  Ness  September  26, 
1732.  He  was  killed  by  a  Hessian  May  11,  1756,  leaving  issue 
as  follows : 


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Peter,  born  June  23,  1734. 
Everett,  born  May  9,  1736. 
*GerretTj  born  June  4,  1738. 
Gertie,  born  March  15,  1741. 
Cornelius,  born  June  5,  1743. 
Hendrick,  born  May  12,  1745. 
Trynte,  born  November  29,  1747. 
William,  born  March  5,  1749. 

Peter,  Gerrett,  Everett  and  William  were  soldiers  of  the 
Revolution,  serving  in  the  Twelfth  Regiment,  Albany  County 
Militia,  Colonel  Jacob  VonSchoonovan  commanding. 

*GERRETT  WALDRON,  son  of  Cornelius,  married 
Catherine  Vandenburg  November  26,  1761,  and  left  issue  as 
follows : 

Cornelius,  born  June  28,  1763. 
Annette,  born  October  12,  1764. 
Wynand,  born  December  18,  1766. 
Peter,  born  November  10,  1768. 
Abraham,  born  April  14,  1771. 
Everett,  born  October  17,  1773. 
^Gilbert,  born  February  11,  1778. 

■'■'  ^GILBERT  WALDRON,  son  of  Gerrett,  married  Margaret 
Grawberger  May  12,  1802.  He  died  INIay  3,  1830,  at  Hones- 
dale,  Pa.,  where  he  had  large  contracts  on  the  Delaware  and 
Hudson  Canal,  then  in  process  of  construction.  They  moved  to 
Jamesburg,  N.  Y.,  in  181 1  and  about  1820  to  Fort  Edward, 
thence  to  Milford,  Pa.,  and  finally  to  Honesdale.  His  wife  died 
in  the  autumn  of  1848.     They  left  issue  as  follows : 

*Abram  Gregory,  born  January  8,  1803. 
Marie  G.,  born  September  14,  1804. 
Catherine,  born  December  3,  1806. 
Jane  Ann,  born  December  18,  1808. 
Elizabeth,  born  November  29,  1810. 
Amelia,  born  February  i,  1813. 
George  R.,  born  October  3,  1815. 
Margaret,  born  July  17,  1818. 
Caroline,  born  September  18,  1821. 
Elias,  born  December  23,  1824. 

*ABRAM  GREGORY  WALDRON  married  Jennette  Remer 
April    II,    1836.      After    his    father's    death    Abram    went    to 


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Marietta,  Pa.,  thence  to  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  was  an  accountant 
by  profession.  He  was  located  in  Bufifalo,  N.  Y.,  in  the  late 
thirties,  where  he  remained  until  1846,  when  he  went  to  Bridge- 
port, Conn.,  with  his  family,  and  in  1848-49  removed  to  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life,  dying 
May  22,  1873,  aged  seventy.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  his 
chosen  profession  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  keeping  books  for 
the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  Company. 
He  was  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Mason,  holding  membership  in 
the  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Council.  He  was  buried  with  Masonic 
honors. 

He  was  married  at  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.  His  wife  was  a 
native  of  Derby,  Conn.  She  was  born  June  11,  1815,  and  died 
in  New  Haven  August  26,  1855.  She  attended  St.  Thomas's 
(Episcopal)  Church,  of  which  Mr.  Waldron  was  a  member  at 
one  time.  He  previously  had  united  with  St.  Paul's  (Episcopal) 
Church  and  finally  became  a  member  of  the  Third  M.  E.  Church, 
retaining  his  membership  there  at  the  time  of  his  death.  They 
left  issue  as  follows: 

*P"rederick  H.  Waldron,  born  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  March  14,  1840; 
married  Alice  Bottomle}-  September  20,  187 1  ;  married  second, 
Alice  W.  Lame  August  10,  1905. 

Henry  Oscar,  born  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June  11,  1842;  married 
Martha  Spencer,  died  ;  married  second,  Fannie  Bur- 
roughs, died  ;    married  third,  Minnie  Spindler  December 

20,   1883. 

Children: 

Fannie  H.,  born  Januar}'  21,  1877. 
Lillian,  born  October  2,   1884. 
Albert  F.,  born  1887. 

William  Isaacs,  born  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  May  31,  1844;    died  June 

9,  1847. 
Samuel   Clark,  born   at   Buffalo,   N.   Y.,   April   2,    1846;    married 

Jennie  M.  Hall  ^NLirch  9,  1887. 

Children: 
Charles  B.,  died  13  months  of  age. 
M.  Jennette,  born  June  27,  1889. 

Francis  Henrietta,  born  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  March  17,  1848; 
married  Joshua  G.  Leete  April  17,  1887.     He  died  March  21,  1894. 


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MARIA  G.  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Margaret, 
married  Thomas  L.  Reese  January  27,  183 1.  She  died  July  22, 
1889,  leaving  issue  as  follows : 

Gilbert^  born  July  7,    1832 ;    married  Louisa  M.   Matthews ;    died 

July  24,  i860. 
Theodore,  born  September  20,  1834;   married  Annie  E.  Revell ;    died 

August  3,  1899. 
Emma  C,  born  October  5,  1837;    married  Volney  Chapin  October  5, 

1859. 
Mary  Jane,  born  September  18,  1839;    died  June  18,  1843. 
Catherine  E.,  born  September  20,  1841 ;   died  June  25,  1843. 
Mary  E.,  born  June  12,  1844;   died  May  24,  1861. 
Ida,  born  August  24,  1846;   died  February  25,  1852. 

CATHERINE  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Mar- 
garet, married  Jacob  Lovejoy,  having  issue  as  follows: 


Phineas. 

Franklin. 

William. 

Frederick. 

Harriet. 

George. 


t  twins,  boi'n  about  1842. 


JANE  ANN  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Margaret, 
married  Phineas  Tyler,  June  30,  1831,  having  issue  as  follows: 

Henry  Oscar,  born  March  20,  1832;  died  October  16,  1840. 
George  Calvert,  born  March  8,  1834;  died  August  5,  1835. 
Mary,  born  January  8,   1836;  married  David  C.  Whyte  November 

15,  1881. 
George,  born  November  19,  1839 ;    married  Annie  Stobel  November 

26,  1862;    died  August  20,  1905. 
Henry  L.,  born  January  8,  1845;    died  March  11,  1906. 
Harriet  Ida,  born  December   15,    1845 ;    married  David   C.  Whyte 

December  15,  1868;    died  December  19,  1876. 
Nathan  P.,  born  October  11,  1848;    married  Mary  Miller  June  16. 

1884. 

ELIZABETH  WALDRON,  daughter  of   Gilbert  and  Mar- 
garet, married  Jacob  Tudor. 

AMELIA  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Margaret\ 
married  James  Morgan.     For  a  number  of  years  he  was  steward    t 


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of  the  Western  Transportation  Steamboat  Co.  He  was  located 
in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  He  died  April  17,  1878.  She  died  June  28, 
1900,  leaving  issue  as  follows : 

Carrie,  born  June  28,  1845. 

Mary  Estelle,  born  October  10,  1847.  "* 

James  R.,  Jr.,  born  September  14,  1850. 

GEORGE  R.  WALDRON,  son  of  Gilbert  and  Margaret, 
married  Mary  Christman  December  3,  1835.  He  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  War.  He  died  November  4,  1893,  leaving  issue  as 
follows : 

Carrie  AI.,  born  November  11,  1836;    married  Wilson  Fox  March 

29,  1840. 
Jane    V.,    born    October   6,    1838;     married    Charles    E.    Simmons 

August  28,  i860. 
G.  Gilbert,  born  July  18,  1840;   married  Minnie  Harrison  November, 

1863. 
Caroline,  born  Alarch  17,  1843;   died  1859. 

Harriet  E.,  born  February  4,  1845 ;    married  Alonzo  L.  Slawson. 
J.   Christman,  born   December  25,    1847;    married  Annie   Hudson 

March  9,  1871. 
Aeram  D.,  born  June  27,  1848;    died  j\Iay  7,  1S54. 
Marcilla  T.,  born  February  26,  1850;   married  j\Iilo  Russell  ]\Iav  2"], 

1876. 
Franklin  T.,  born  June  29,  1852;    died  November  30,  1863. 
Ida   B.,  born   December   10,    1856:    married   Henry   Miller  June  29, 

1876. 

MARGARET  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Mar- 
garet, born  July  17,  1818;   married  Jacob  Atwater. 

CAROLINE  WALDRON,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Margaret, 
born  September  18,  1821 ;  married  William  Rogers,  having  issue 
as  follows : 

Franklin,  born  July  12,  1843. 

ELIAS  WALDRON,  son  of  Gilbert  and  Alargaret,  born 
December  23,  1824;   drowned  at  sea. 


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WALDRON. 

Resolved  Waldeon,  born  in  Amsterdam,  Holland,  1610,  came  to  New  York 

(New  Amsterdam)  1647. 
His  son,  William,  born  in  Amsterdam,  Holland,  1647. 
His  son,  Peter,,  born  in  New  York,  1675. 

His  son,  Cornelius,  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  November  18,  1705. 
His  son,  Gerrett,  born  June  4,  1738. 
His  son,  Gilbert,  born  February  11,  1778. 
His  son,  Abram,  born  January  8,  1803. 
His  son,  Frederick,  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  March  14,  1840. 


WALDRON  THROUGH  THE  WHITNEYS. 


Through  his  mother  Frederick  H.  Waldron  is  descended  from 
several  families  long  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in  the  state 
(Conn.). 

HENRY  WHITNEY,  the  earliest  of  this  family  whom  we 
can  trace  in  America,  was  born  in  England  in  1620,  came  to 
America  and  was  associated  with  others  in  buying  lands  in 
Southold,  L.  I.,  in  1649.  He  afterwards  settled  in  Huntington, 
L.  I.,  where  he  was  selectman  (Town  Records  of  Southold,  L.  I., 
vol.  I,  p.  89).  He  went  to  Norwalk,  Conn.,  about  1665,  where 
he  died  about  1673. 

JOHN  WHITNEY,  son  of  Henry,  was  born  probably  before 
his  father  went  to  Southold;  as  a  fact  he  was  full  age  before 
January  20,  1665-66.  He  settled  with  his  father  in  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  following  his  business  of  millwright  and  miller,  succeed- 
ing him  in  the  possession  of  the  mill  and  homestead,  and  there 
married,  March  17,  1674-75,  Elizabeth  Smith,  daughter  of 
Richard  Smith.  He  died  in  Norwalk  in  1720,  leaving  issue  as 
follows : 

John,  born  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  March  12,  1676-77;  married  Eliza- 
beth Finch  March  4,  1709. 

Joseph,  born  March  i,  1678-79 ;    married  Hannah  Hoyt  July  6,  1704. 

Henry,  born  at  Norwalk,  February  21,  1680-81 ;  married  Elizabeth 
Olmstead  July  14,  1710. 

Elizabeth,  born  at  Norwalk  in  1684;    married  Joseph  Keeler. 

Richard,  born  at  Norwalk,  April  18,  1687 ;   married  Hannah  Darling. 

Samuel,  born  at  Norwalk  in  1688;  married  Anna  Laboree  January 
18,  1721. 

Anne,  born  at  Norwalk  in  1691 ;  married  Martha  St.  John  October 
13,  1709. 

Elenor,  born  at  Norwalk  in  1693;  married  Johnathan  Fairchild 
January  27,  1713. 

Nathan,  date  of  birth  not  known. 


Sarah,  date  of  birth  not  known;    married  Samuel  Smith  June  13, 

1717. 

*JosiAH,  born  at  Norwalk,  date  not  known;    married  Eunice  Han- 
ford  October  30,  1729. 

*JOSIAH  WHITNEY,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Smith), 
was  born  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  date  unknown;  married  Eunice 
Hanford  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  October  30,  1729,  daughter  of 
Eleazur  Hanford  and  Hannah  his  wife,  and  granddaughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  and  Mary  (IVIiles)  Hanford  of  Norwalk.  They 
settled  in  Norwalk,  where  he  died  early  in  1750,  leaving  issue  as 
follows : 

JosiAH,  born  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  February  10,  1730. 

Stephen,   born    at    Norwalk,    February    10,    1732;     married    Sarah 

Wheeler  December  27,  1737. 
*Henry,  born  at  Norwalk,  February  19,  1735;   married  Eunice  Clark 

in  1761. 
Eleazur,  born  at  Norwalk,  ]\Iarch  7,  1737. 
IsAACj  born  at  Norwalk,  March  27,  1741. 

*HENRY,  son  of  Josiah  and  Eimice  (Hanford),  was  born  in 
Norwalk,  Conn.,  February  19,  1735-36;  married  in  1761,  at 
Derby,  Conn.,  to  Eunice  Clarkf,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  Clark  of  Derby,  where  she  was  born  April  15,  1746. 
They  settled  in  Derby  and  there  owned  the  Covenant  in  the 
Church  April  11,  1762.  He  died  in  Derby  May  11,  1811,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  An  obituary  notice  of  him  quaintly  says: 
''He  was  the  founder  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  (was  its  first  treasurer,  1783).  He  squared  his  Hfe  by 
the  rules  of  Masonry  and  directed  by  the  invariable  compass  of 
rectitude,  he  entered  the  harbor  of  rest.  His  Masonic  brethren 
honored  his  interment  with  the  sprig  of  evergreen,  emblem  of 


t  Her  sister,  Eliza  Clark  of  Lyme  Center,  married  Joseph  Hull  of  Derby 
in  1749  and  became  the  mother  of  General  William  Hull  and  grandmother 
of  Commodore  Isaac  Hull.  Their  father,  William  Clark,  father  of  Eunice 
(Clark)  Whitney,  is  said  (see  Clark's  "Descendants  of  Hull,"  p.  5)  to 
have  gone  from  Lyme  to  Derby  in  1733  and  to  have  been  a  descendant  of 
Thomas  Clark,  who  was  thought  to  have  been  mate  of  the  Mayflower  in 
1620.  Hannah,  wife  of  William  Clark,  died  in  1801,  aged  ninety-one 
years,  leaving  descendants  to  the  number  of  333  ("Whitney's  Genealog}'," 
vol.  I,  p.  42). 


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that  eternal  life,  the  donation  of  the  Grand  Architect,  who  will 
hail  with  the  voice  of  brotherly  love  every  free  and  well  accepted 
Mason  unto  the  Grand  Lodge  above.  He  was  for  many  years 
an  active  and  useful  inhabitant  of  this  town.  He  died  much 
lamented  and  respected  by  his  relations  and  acquaintances.  He 
was  a  member  and  a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and 
was  buried  according  to  the  rites  and  ceremonies  of  that  Church. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  and  had  the  rank  of  captain." 
He  left  issue  as  follows  : 

William    Clark,  born    at   Derby,    Conn,    in    1762 ;     married    Mary 

Thomson. 
*JosiAH^  born  at  Derby  in  1764;   married  Hannah  Riggs. 
Isaac,  born  at  Derby  in  1767. 
Sheldon,  born  at  Derby  in  1769. 

Henry,  born  at  Derby  in  1772;    married  Mary  Suydam. 
Susan,  born  at  Derby  in  1774. 
Stephen,  born  at  Derby  in  1776. 


*JOSIAH  WHITNEY,  son  of  Henry  and  Eunice,  born  at 
Derby  in  1764,  a  master  mariner,  was  married  in  1784  at  Derby  to 
Hannah  Riggs,  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Rachel  (Char- 
field)  Riggs  of  Derby,  where  she  was  born  March  6,  1767.  He 
dwelt  in  Derby  and  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church 
in  the  place.  He  was  commander  of  a  vessel  in  the  South 
American  trade  and  was  cast  away  in  1794.  He  died  in 
Demerara,  South  America,  in  August  of  that  year  in  consequence 
of  his  sufferings  and  exposure  in  the  shipwreck.  His  widow 
joined  the  Congregational  Church  in  Derby  November  18,  1808 
("Whitney  Genealogy,"  vol.  i,  p.  117,  118).  He  left  issue  as 
follows : 

• 

*Hannah,  born  at  Derby,  Conn.,  June  20,   1785;    married  Abram 

Remer  August  20,  1805. 
Maria,   born   at   Derby,   March    14,    1787;     married   George   Finley 

December  24,  1807. 
JosiAH   Clark,  born  at  Derby  in  April,   1789;    married  Esther  E. 

Mosher  March  24,  1800. 
Martha,  born  at  Derby,  March  26,  1792;    married  Jonathan  Stone 

March  4,  1808. 
Stephen  M.,  born  at  Derby,  February  17,  1794;    married  Charlotte 

Lewis  September  22,  1822. 


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*HANNAH  WHITNEY,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Hannah, 
was  born  in  Derby,  Conn.,  June  20,  1785,  married  August  20, 
1805,  at  Derby,  to  Abram  Remer,  who  was  born  in  Carhsle,  Pa., 
June  7,  1783,  a  son  of  Lewis  Remer  (a  Revolutionary  soldier  who 
served  in  Captain  Jacob  TenEyck's  Company,  First  Battalion, 
Somerset  County,  New  Jersey  ]\Iilitia),  and  Rebecca  (Runion) 
Remer.  They  •dw'elt  in  Derby,  where  he  carried  on  a  large 
business,  employing  many  men,  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  till 
jNIay,  1827.  They  then  removed  to  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  and 
after  ten  years  to  Montezuma,  N.  Y.,  where  he  kept  a  tavern  and 
grocery  store  for  more  than  twenty  years.  They  then  dwelt  with 
their  son,  Samuel  Whitney  Remer,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  for  three 
years  and  with  their  daughter,  j\Irs.  Henrietta  Downes,  at 
Downey  Station,  Iowa,  till  1863,  when  they  returned  to  Bridge- 
port, Conn.  She  died  there  September  30,  1864.  He  died  in 
the  city  of  New  York  March  20,  1866.  Both  were  buried  in 
Mountain  Grove  Cemetery,  Bridgeport  ("Whitney  Genealogy," 
vol.  I,  p.  339).     They  left  issue  as  follows: 

Josiah  Lewis,  born  at  Derb}-,  Conn.,  July  2.2,  1806. 
Lucille  Ann,  born  at  Derbj',  September  21,  1808. 
Lewis  Josiah,  born  at  New  York  City,  March  23,  1810. 
Henrietta,  born  at  New  York  City,  December  20,  181 1. 
Rebecca,  born  at  New  York  City,  September  20,  1813. 
*Jennette,  born  at  Derby,  June  11,  1815. 
Stephen  Henry,  born  at  Derby,  April  2,  1817. 
Susan,  born  at  Derbj-,  April  8,  1819. 
William  Josiah,  born  at  Derby,  ]\Iay  11,  1820. 
Samuel  Whitney,  bo'.n  at  Derby,  February  16,  1822. 
Sarah  Adeline,  born  at  Derby,  February  22,  1826. 
Julia  Ann,  born  at  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  October  20,  1828. 

.  *JENNETTE  REMER,  daughter  of  Abram  and  Hannah 
(Whitney),  was  born  in  Derby,  Conn.,  June  11,  1815.  She  died 
at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  August  23,  1853.  She  was  married  to 
Abram  G.  Waldron  in  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  April  11,  1836.  Five 
children  blessed  this  union,  of  which  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is 
the  eldest. 


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WALDRON   THROUGH   THE   WHITNEYS. 

Henry  Whitney,  born  in  England  in  1620,  came  to  America  in  164-. 

JOHN  Whitney,  son  of  Henry,  born  in  England  in  164- ;    married  Eliza- 
beth Smith  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  March  17,  1674. 

JosiAH  Whitney,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth,  born  in  Norwalk,  Conn. ; 
married  Eunice  Hanford  October  30,  1729. 

Henry,   son   of   Josiah   and   Eunice,   born   in    Norwalk,   Conn.,    in    1735; 
married  Eunice  Clark  in  1761. 

Josiah  Whitney,  son  of  Henry  and  Eunice,  born  in  Derby,  Conn.,  in  1764; 
married  to  Hannah  Riggs  in  1784. 

Hannah  Whitney,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Hannah,  born  in  Derby,  Conn., 

in  1785;  married  to  Abram  Remer  in  1805. 
;  Jennette  Remer,  daughter  of  Hannah  and  Abram,  born  in  Derby,  Conn., 
in  1815 ;    married  to  Abram  G.  Waldron  in  1836. 


WALDRON  THROUGH  THE  RIGGSES. 


EDWARD  RIGGS  and  his  family  came  from  England  to  New 
England  about  1630  (see  "History  of  Derby/'  p.  755).  It  is 
stated  that  he  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England.  He  married  in 
Essex  County,  England,  in  1618  (record  of  his  marriage  is  in 
Essex  County  parish  church  and  the  baptism  of  his  children). 
His  daughter's  death  was  the  first  in  the  Colony.  He  lost  his 
wife  and  all  his  children  but  three  in  the  first  year  after  his  arrival 
in  America.  The  family  settled  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  belonged 
to  Rev.  John  Eliot's  church.  He  was  the  so-called  apostle  to 
the  Indians  and  published  an  Indian  Bible  and  many  other  books. 
He  married  first  Elizabeth.  She  died  and  he  then  married  second 
Elizabeth.  He  died  in  Roxbury,  in  1672.  Elizabeth  (first)  died 
in  August,  1635;  Elizabeth  (second)  died  in  1669.  The  follow- 
ing children  were  born  in  England : 

Edward,  2d,  born  about  16 14. 

Lydea,  born  about  1618;    died  in  August,  1633. 

John,  born  about  1618;    died  in  1634. 

Elizabeth,  born  about  1622;   married  a  Mr.  Allen. 

Mary,  born  about  1625;   married  a  Mr.  Twitchell. 

EDWARD  RIGGS,  2d,  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth,  married 
Elizabeth  Rossa  April  5,  1635,  in  Boston  ("History  of  Derby," 
p.  65-7-654).  He  was  known  as  Sergeant  Riggs.  In  the  Pequot 
War  he  greatly  distinguished  himself  in  rescuing  his  commander 
and  twelve  men  from  an  ambuscade,  and  was  afterwards  known 
as  Sergeant  Riggs.  Nothing  further  is  known  of  him  till  1646, 
when  he  settled  in  IMilford,  Conn.  In  1654  he  with  Edward 
Wooster  settled  in  Paugasset  (now  Derby),  Wooster  by  the  side 
of  the  river,  where  the  city  of  Derby  now  stands,  and  Riggs  on 
the  hill  east,  where  his  descendants  have  resided  and  hold 
property  to  the  present  day.  He  bought  land  of  the  Indians  and 
built  a  house  with  a  stockade  around  it. 

This  house  of  Edward  Riggs  stood  by  the  rock  a  few  rods 
west  of  the  house  now  occupied  by  Captain  Joseph  Riggs,  the 


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present  owner.  The  house  was  the  one  where  Whalley  and 
Goffe,  the  judges  of  Charles  I,  took  refuge  in  1661,  and  for  being 
the  protector  of  these  refugees  the  Riggs  family  will  bear  lasting 
honor  by  all  true  lovers  of  constitutional  liberty  (see  "History  of 
Derby"). 

In  1G67  he  moved  to  Newark,  N.  J.,  with  his  family,  except  his 
son  Samuel.  Edward  died  in  1668  in  Newark.  The  widow 
married  Caleb  Carwithe.     Edward  Riggs  left  issue  as  follows : 

Edward,  born  in  1636. 

*Samuel,  born  in  1640;    married  Sarah  Baldwin. 
Joseph,  born  in  1642 ;   married  Hannah  Brown. 
Mary,  born  in  1644;    married  George  Day. 

*Ensign  SAMUEL  RIGGS,  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth, 
married  Sarah  Baldwin  of  Milford,  Conn.,  June  14,  1667; 
married  second,  Mrs.  Sarah  Washburn  May  6,  1713.  He  w^as  a 
leading  man  in  Derby  and  w^as  elected  to  many  important  offices. 
He  died  in  1738.    Samuel  and  Sarah  left  issue  as  follows: 

Elizabeth,  born  in  June,  1668;   married  Robe  Bassett. 

Samuel,  born  October  6,  1670. 

Sarah,  born  in  1672;    died  in  1672. 

Sarah,  born  May  31,  1674;   married  Jonathan  Lum  October  ro,  1700. 

*JoHN,  born  April  i,  1676;   married  Elizabeth  Tomlinson. 

Ebenezer,  born  October  7,  1680. 

Hann.vh,  born  Februar>'  24,  1683;    married  Abram  Merger  in  1703. 

Joseph,  born  February  22,  1686;    died  October  22,  1787. 

*Captain  JOHN  RIGGS,  son  of  Ensign  Samuel  and  Sarah, 
married  Elizabeth  Tomlinson  February  23,  1700.  He  was 
honored  by  his  townsmen  with  many  important  offices.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  of  Derby  in  the  General  Court  for  thirty-three 
years.  He  was  commissioned  captain  in  1722  (see  Biography, 
p.  755).  He  died  September  24,  1755.  Elizabeth  died  April  17, 
1747.    They  left  issue  as  follows : 

Samuel,  born  January  2,  1701. 

Annie,  born  June  10,  1704;   married  Samuel  Hull. 

Elizabeth,  born  June  17,  1706;   married  Daniel  Holbrook. 

*JosEPH,    born    February    13,    1710;     married    INIabel     (Chatfield) 

Johnson. 
Sarah,    born    December    11,    171 1;     married    first,    John    Bowers; 

second,  Daniel  Humphreys,  and  was  the  mother  of  General  David 

Humphreys. 


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♦Lieutenant  JOSEPH  RIGGS,  son  of  Captain  John  and 
Elizabeth,  married  Mabel  (Chatfield)  Johnson  February  20, 
1740.  He  died  March  31,  1792.  Mabel  died  December  i,  1806. 
They  left  issue  as  follows :  , 

Hannah^  born  December  21,  1740;    married  Alexander  Johnson. 

John,  born  April  10,  1743. 

*  Joseph,  born  May  20,  1746. 

Samuel,  born  November  21,  1750;    died  September  21,  1766. 

Mabel,  born  May  5,  1759. 

*Captain  JOSEPH  RIGGS,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and 
Mabel,  married  Rachel  Chatfield  in  May,  1766;  married  second, 
Elizabeth  Johnson  February  26,  1783.  Joseph  died  May  20, 
1822;  Rachel  died  May  4,  1778;   Elizabeth  died  in  1842. 

Children  by  Rachel  Chatfield. 
*Hannah,  born  March  6,  1767;    married  Josiah  Whitney  in  1784. 
Elizabeth,  born  April  23,  1769 ;    married  Daniel  Holbrook. 
Samuel,  born  January  27,  1771  ;   married  Polly  Wiseman. 
Betty,  bom  January  11,  1775;    married  John  Hotchkiss. 

Children  by  Elisabeth  Johnson. 

Ranford,  born  January  12,  1784;    married  Deborah  Baldwin. 
Rachel,  born  January  12,  1786;   married  Lewis  Remer. 
Joseph  H.,  born  October  9,  1793 ;   married  Betsey  Baldwin. 

In  1777  Congress  provided  that  in  order  to  pledge  fidelity  to 
the  United  States  an  "oath  of  fidelity"  should  be  taken.  Among 
the  persons  who  took  this  oath  in  Derby  on  September  16,  1777, 
are  found  the  names  of  Captain  Joseph  Riggs  and  Joseph  Riggs, 
Jr.  A  committee  of  inspection  was  appointed  December  11,  1775, 
at  Derby,  "lest  the  enemies  at  home  do  more  harm  than  any 
abroad,"  and  Captain  Riggs  served  upon  this  committee.  In  the 
autumn  of  1778  a  committee  was  appointed  to  aid  in  the  work  of 
forwarding  clothing  to  the  soldiers ;  Captain  Riggs  was  a  mem- 
ber. In  March,  1780,  a  committee  for  the  inspection  of  provi- 
sions was  appointed;  Lieutenant  Joseph  Riggs  (Joseph  Riggs, 
Jr.)  served  in  that  capacity  (Orcutt  and  Beardsley's  "History  of 
Derby"). 

♦HANNAH  RIGGS,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel,  married 
Josiah  Whitney  in  1784.    He  was  born  in  Derby  in  1764  and  died 


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in  Demerara,  South  America,  in  August,  1794.     They  left  issue 
as  follows : 

*Hannah,  born  June  20,  1785;    married  Abram  Remer  August  10, 

1805. 
Maria,  born  March  14,  1789;   married  Samuel  Finley. 
JosiAH  Clark,  born  April   i,  1790;    married  Esther  E.  Moseley  in 

1811. 
Martha,  born  March  26,   1792;    married  Johnathan  Storie  March 

4,  1808. 
Stephen  Merritt,  born  February  17,  1794;   married  Charlotte  Lewis 

September,  1822. 

*HANNAH  WHITNEY,  daughter  of  Hannah  and  Joseph, 
married  Abram  Remer  of  Derby,  Conn.,  August  20,  1805;  died 
September  20,  1864,  leaving  issue  as  follows : 

Josiah,  born  July  22,  1806;   died  June  10,  1815. 

Lucille  Ann,  born  September  21,  1808;    married  Frederick  Parrott 
April  8,  1827. 
Children: 

Henry  R.,  born  June  4,  1829;    married  Anna  J.  Garland. 
Mary  Francis,  bom  January  31,  1832;  married  John  Whitney. 
Frederick  G.,  born  April  16,  1834;   died  July  11,  1835. 
Rebecca,  born  March  20,  1836;    died  November  11,  1846. 
Lewis  Josiah,  born  May  23,  1810;   died  September  15,  1810. 
Henrietta,  born  December  20,  181 1;   married  Beach  Downs  Novem- 
ber 4,  1828. 
Children: 

Henry    R.,    born    February    21,    1831 ;     married    Mary    Ann 

Brockett. 
Theodore  W.,  born  November  16,  1834;    married  Harriett  A. 

Houston. 
Frederick  B.,  born  October  5,  1837;   died  January  4,  1861. 
Rebecca,  born  September  20,  1813 ;    died  September  30,  1829. 
^^•'([Jennette,  born  June  11,  1815;    married  Abram  G.  Waldron,  April 
'^'       II,   1836. 

Children: 

Frederick  H.,  born  March  14,  1840;    married  Alice  Bottomley 
September  20,    1871    (she   died   January  7,   1898)  ;    married 
second,  Alice  Lame  Augiist  10,  1905. 
Henry    O.,    born   June    11,    1842;     married    Martha   Spencer; 
married  second,  Fannie  Burroughs ;    married  third.  Minnie 
L.  Spindler. 
Samuel  Clark,  born  April  2,  1846;  married  Jennie  M.  Hall. 
Francis  H.,  born  March  17,  1848;    married  Joshua  G.  Leete 
April  27,  1887. 


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Stephen    Henry^  born   April   2,    1817;    married   Adelaide  Tibbals 
January  28,  1842. 
Children : 

Isabella  R.,  born  February  24,   1844;    married  John  C.  M. 

Kohler. 
Clarence  E.,  born  January  26,  1850. 
Susan  W.,  born  April  8,  1819;    died  August  10,  1819. 

William  J.,  born  May  11,  1820;    married  Elizabeth . 

Childreti: 
LuciLLA  Ann,  born   August   17,    1845 ;    married   William  H. 

Chilson. 
Emma  Jane,  born  July  23,  1847 ;  died  August  22,  1849. 
Henrietta  E.,  born  December  17,  1850;  married  C.  J.  Burdick. 
Mary  J.,  born  July  29,  1855. 
John  J.,  born  February  26,  1857. 
Flora  I.,  born  March  5,  1863. 
Samuel  W.,  born  February  18,  1822 ;    married  Phoebe  Wing  May 
17,  1850. 
Children: 

Elizabeth  A.  N.,  born  December  22,  1855. 
Samuel  W.,  born  November  30,  1857. 
GuRDON  C,  born  March  8,  1867. 
Sarah,  born  February  29,  1824;   married  Richard  Springstead  April 
22,  1843. 
Children  : 

Frank,  born . 

Samuel,  born  . 

Abram  L.,  born  February  29,  1826 ;   married  Mary  Long. 
Children: 

Catherine,  born  ;    married  Edward  Smith. 

Jennette,  born  . 

Henriette,  born 

Hannah,  born  . 

John,  born  . 


Emerson,  born . 

Elizabeth,  born  . 

Julia  Ann,  born  October  20,  1828;   married  Henry  Craft  in  li 
Children: 

Charles,  born  January  2,  1849. 
Henrietta,  born  September  10,  1850. 
Emma  Jane,  born  July  6,  1852. 
Samuel  J.,  born  June  20,  1854. 
Cornelius  J.,  born  June  24,  1856. 
Hannah,  born  November  25,  1858. 
William  B.,  born  July  21,  i860. 
Edwin  Whitney,  born  January  22,  1862. 
George  H.,  born  July  27,  1864. 


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WALDRON  THROUGH  THE  RIGGSES. 

Edward  Riggs,  born  in  Yorkshire,  England;   married  Elizabeth  in  1618  in 

Essex  County,  England;   came  to  New  England  about  1630. 
Edward    Riggs,    2d,    son    of    Edward    and    Elizabeth,    born    about    1641 ; 

married  Elizabeth  Rossa  April  5,  1635,  in  Boston,  Mass. 
Samuel,  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth,  born  in  1640;  died  in  1738;  married 

Sarah  Baldwin  of  Milford,  Conn.,  June  14,  1667. 
John,   son  of   Ensign   Samuel  and   Sarah,  born  April   i,   1676;    married 

Elizabeth  Thompson  February  23,  1700. 
Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth,  born  February  13,  1710;  married  Mabel 

Chatfield  February  20,  1740. 
Joseph,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Mabel,  born  May  20,  1746;   married 

Rachel  Chatfield  in  May,  1766. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel,  born  March  6,  1767;    married 

Josiah  Whitney  in  1784. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Hannah  and  Josiah,  born  June  20,  1785;    married 

Abram  Remer  of  Derby,  Conn.,  August  20,  1805. 
Jennette,  daughter  of  Hannah  and  Abram,  born  June  11,  1815;    married 

Abram  G.  Waldron  April  11,  1836. 
Frederick  H.  Waldron,  son  of  Jennette  and  Abram  G.  Waldron,  bom 

March  14,  1840. 


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