MONELL FAMILY - Seeking my Roots

A GENEALOGY OF THE

MONELL FAMILY

An account of James Monell who settl,ed in Wallkill Precinct, part of present Orange

Coomy, New York in 1723 am of his known descendants in all Monell

Branches down to the present time.

By o

WESLEY L. BAKER, Douglaston, L. I., N. Y.

Member, Long Island Historical Society

Published 'by THE TUTTLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.

RUTLAND, VERMONT

1946

INTRODUCTION

In 1897 E. M. Ruttenber, noted Orange County, N. Y. Historian, in an article in the Newburgh Sunday Telegram said: "The Monells are an old family in the County, James Monell having purchased and located on a portion of the Thomas Noxon patent now in the Town of Montgomery in 1731, and ranking with the Clintons, Burnetts and other families of the period." There followed references to members of the family in the early records (all of which references appear in this volume) with the added comment: "These notes are merely footprints on the sands of time and will serve their purpose admirably if they awaken investigation on the part of descendants.»

Many copies of this article are still preserved by members of the family and Mr. Ruttenber's notes did awaken a number of them to the need for research into the family's history. During the next fifteen years, through correspondence with each ·other and with the encouragement and assistance of Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh and Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper of Meadowbrook, an extensive collection of genealogical and historical information on several of the largest branches of the family was obtained. In 1912 Mr. C. S. Williams, a New York Genealogist, spent many months gathering material on the family on behalf of Mr. Ambrose Monell. His research covered not only early American records but also those of Europe-the latter in an effort to ascertain the derivation of the name and the nationality of James Monell, ancestor of practically all American Monells. No conclusive evidence connecting the family with the old world was found and none has since been found to the knowledge of the author.

This volume, the first published genealogy of the family, is concerned almost exclusively with Monells of this country. The sources of information are given for all except the most recent generations the material for which was obtained from members of the immediate or closely related branches of the family. The interest, encouragement and assistance of such members, and of others who have helped the author in a seemingly endless quest for further information, is gratefully acknowledged. Without their help it would have been impossible to carry the various branches of the family down to the present day and to have the colour of oft repeated sories and traditions needed to round out the genealogy.

It is the hope of the author that, in reading this volume, fellow members of the family and members of_ allied families will find as much enjoyment ~s he had in gathering the material for it from one end of the country to the other over a period of more than ten years. Most of the information was obtained from 1936-41 so that use of present tense is likely to be within that period.

WESLEY L. BAKER, March 1, 1946.

Dedicated to

Linda Monell Baker

CONTENTS

Page 9 Early American Monells Monell Genealogy

Page 47 The· Settler James Monell and his Three Sons Page 65 Lt. Robert Monell Line 3 Lt. James Monell Line Page 93 Lt. David Monell Line Page 105 Dr. George Monell Line Page 125 Claudius L. Monell Branch of Dr. George

Monell Line Page 131 John & Rebecca (Bradner) Monell Line Page 144 Wi11ia.m & Lucy (Moore) Monell Branch of

John Monell Line Page 168 James & Mary (Miller) Monell Line Page 186 WiJUam & }. letta (Lockwood) Monell Branch

of James & Mary (Miller) Monell Line Page 197 Wmiam & Mary (Tuthill) Monell Line Page 213 Ira & Elizabeth (Moore) Monell Branch of

-- William Monell Line Page 233 Unconnected American Monells Page 238 Appendix-Meynells of England Page 241 Index of Monell Genealogy

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"James Monell arrived in Philadelphia in 1717 where he remained until 1723 when he purchased a farm in town of Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y. and removed with his family upon this farm upon which he lived until his death". Source: Letter written by Dr. Joseph Sears Monell (1828-1881}.

NOTE: This is the most valuable information yet· found as to the time and place of settlement of the Monell family in this country. Dr. Monell in his letter continued with his own descent from the early settler James, and' since there is ample proof from existing records that the line of descent he gave is correct, it is logical to assume that the above statement, in substance, is also correct. This may be said even though no record of any Monells in Philadelphia in the early 1700's has been found, nor any reference to the family in the Province of New York prior to 1731. Records of settlers at that time were by no means complete, where they were kept at all, and after the passage of 200 years, many old records have disappeared. The earliest existing lists of residents of the section where James Monell lived, which was in the neighborhood of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church in the present Town of Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y ., are the Assessment Lists of Freeholders for Ulster County for the period 1709-1721 appearing in The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Volumes 62 & 63. The only other available list is dated July 7, 1728 covering Freeholders in the various sections of Ulster County including the Precinct of Shawangunk which included the territory embraced in Wallkill Precinct until the latter's formation in 17 43. - {Page 20 of Ruttenber & Clark's History of Orange County published 1881, which history also shows that Wallkill Precinct was also a part of Ulster County, that in 1772 the precinct was divided and the northeastern portion designated Hanover Precinct, that in 1782 the name of the precinct was changed to Montgomery, that in 1788 by act of the Legislature it was changed to Town of Montgomery and that Montgomery remained in the County of Ulster until 1798 when it became part of Orange County.) The name of James Monell does not appear in any of these lists. Sheriff Van Dyck who prepared the 1728 list states he made it "soe that a Special Jury be struck thereout to trey the cause between Major Hardenbergh and the Corporation of Kingston", a purpose obviously of less importance than the Assessment Lists. Indeed the 1728 list has been described as "manifestly defective" by Rev. James M. Dickson, pastor of Goodwlll Presbyterian Church in 1880

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on page 14 of his GooQ.will Memorial which is referred to in the succeeding paragraph~ An indication of the time of general settlement in the vicinity of the Goodwill Church is also found in the Goodwill Memorial. Page 13 of that volume states the incoming of the people of Wallkill dates from about 1724-5 "but as we attempt to trace it we are met with the difficulty that the early deeds of their lands were not recorded at_ the time they were executed and but few of them were recorded afterwards." The name of one settler, 1"homas Neely, was given as having purchased land as early as 1721. Goodwill Presbyte~n Church at its first organization, ·according to Rev. William Blain who was pastor in 1830, aconsisted of about 40 families that had emigrated from different parts of Ireland, but principally from the county of Londonderry", which is in nothernmost Ireland. (Page 14 of The Goodwill Memorial).

THE GOODWII.,L MEMORIAL, OR THE FmsT 150 YEARS OF THE

GOODWILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MONTGOMERY, ORANGE

CoUNTY, N. Y.; by Rev. James M. Dickson, 1880, page 14:

"In 1731, James Munell purchased land from Thomas Noxon in the. neighborhood of where Charles Miller, the senior elder of Goodwill Church, resides; and as witnesses to the deed we find the names of William and Robert Neeley ***" NoTE: This deed is not of record, but that was not uncommon at that time as has already been mentioned. The above statement must be based upon fact as even the names of witnesses to the execution of the deed are given. The spelling of the name as "Munell" will be observed. Many variations of the name appear in the early· records, the most common being Monel, Monnel, Monnell, Munell and Munnell. The deed is ample proof of James Monell's settlement in the Wallkill section in its early days. While proof may never be found that he was there in 1723 as stated by Dr. Monell, the references given in the previous notation show it was entirely possible. In 1936 Mrs. Thompson, wife of the pastor of Goodwill Church, whose courtesy in permitting examination of the original church records is acknowledged by the writer, stated that the Charles Miller place {referred to in the above quotation) is located a mile south of the church on the road to N eelytown and is occupied by Mr. Shafer. It is generally known as the old Denniston place. She further stated that Charles Miller was Denniston's uncle.

CALENDAR OF N Ew YORK HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS, Part 2:

Page 516: 1732, Jan. 17-Military commissions for Orange County-AlexColden, capt., John Wilkins, It, Stephanus Crist,

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ensign, Jas. McNeal, It, Jas Monet, ensign, John Markham It, Cad. Colden, Jr. ensign.

NOTE: The fact these commis.~ions are stated to be for Orange County whereas James Monell lived in ·Ulster County, might lead to the belief that Jas. Monel, ensign, was a different person. However all of the other names given are of men who lived in the same section of Ulster County as James Monell, so there appears to be no doubt that the ensign appointed in 1732 was James Monell. An additional factor in favor of this conclusion is that, as indicated in a later reference, the Monells were acquainted with the Coldens who are shown above to be in the same troop. If it were not for these indications, it might be the ensign of 1732 was a member of another family of a somewhat similar name which lived near Haverstraw, then part of Orange County in the 1700's. This family spelled its name "Mannel' or "Menner' and sometimes "Menel'' (never "Monell'). There is no evidence or indication that the family in Haverstraw was connected in any way with the Monells of the Goodwill neighborhood. It is probable either that the statement the Military commissions were for Orange County was incorrect or that the troop made its headquarters in Orange County~ which was only a few miles ·away. Inquiry at the New York State Library at Albany discloses that this was one of the documents -destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1911, so that further research along this line is not possible.

Page 588: 1749, April 29-Accounts. Goldsborow Banyar against Abraham Lodge, Wm Smith, Lambert Moore, Pieter Viele, Henry Beeckman, and John Monell, for services rendered as deputy secretary. (In Journal N. Y. Leg. Couns. 1033). {Volume LXXVI, page 70). -

NOTE: This document was also in the Capitol fire of 1911, but was only partially destroyed. The New York State Library states that the surviving portion of the page in question reads as follows:

John Monell } John Monell to Goldsbrow Banyar

agt Ulster Circuit 17 49 -Hezekiah Gale

To attending with Sundry Books of Record - 11 days at 12 pdiem

(illegible).

Thus it appears that John Monell was indebted to Banyar for services rendered by the latter as deputy secretary in connection

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with a lawsuit instituted by John 1\1:onell in the Ulster County Circuit Court in 1749~ The nature of the suit does not appear.

CALENDAR OF NEw YORK LAND PAPERS 1643-1803, pub. 1864, page 224: July 28, 1736--Petition of James Monell dated July 28, 1736 for patent for 300 acres of land within bounds of Evans' vacated patent.

NoTE: The original of this petition is on file in the New York State Library in Albany, N. Y. and a facsimile of it appears on the opposite page. The entire document is in the handwriting of James Monell whose imposing signature indicates the strong character which was a necessary quality for colonists in the early days. It is the oldest document which has been found of record

• in New York State bearing the signature of a Monell. The petition is endorsed to show that it was favorably considered by the Council on August 5th, 1736, a fact which is confirmed by the minutes of the Council (Calendar of Council Minutes-Executive Minutes of New York Colonial Council 1668-1783, Pub. by N .. Y. State Library 1902, page 327 "1736 Aug. 5-Patent granted to James Mounell"). The Evans Patent covered a large part of the land in present Orange County, including property in the vicinity of Goodwill Church. On page 16 of Ruttenber & Clark's History there is a list of the patents issued for land in the Evans vacated patent together with a map of Land Patents for the territory in the present Orange County. The name of James Monell does not appear. If this list and map are correct it would seem James did not obtain his 300 acres notwithstanding approval by the Council. The map shows two tracts of 2000 acres each in the Goodwill section granted in 1720 and 1727 to Thomas Noxon (from whom James Monell bought land in 1731) and another 2000 acre tract nearby owned by Cadwallader Colden.

CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERs-N ew York Historical Society Collections:

Letter from Mr. Colden to his wife, dated New York October 10, 1737, in 1934 Collections, page 252:

My Dear-I have nothing to write you since my last by a man that lives with James Monel but having the opportunity of the Markham's I could not let them go without a line to you, etc. (Mrs. Colden was addressed at Coldenham, which is in the present Town of Montgomery, Orange County).

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Letter from Cadwallader Colden to his wife at Coldenham, undated but believed to'be 1745-9, in 1934 Collections, page 310: My Dear-James Monet has this moment come to me to tell me that his a going and (bein)g at the same time obliged to go to Council I have n( o) time to write anything but to assure you of my being in good health, etc.

Letter from Mr. Colden to his wife at Coldenham dated August 3, 1747 regarding their children, in 1919 Collections, page 413:

James Monet carried up what I directed for James McNeal-5 pills are to be made of every half dram - -

Letter from Richard Nicholls of New York to Cadwallader Colden dated November 16, 1749, in 1920 Collections, page 155: I received the money for the wine by Mr. Monnell for which I gave him a receipt - -

NOTE: These letters show that James Monell at least occasionally traveled from his home in Orange County to New York. Cadwallader Colden was born i688 in Dunse, Scotiand and died 1776 on Long Island. He came to this country in 1708 and practised medicine in Philadelphia until 1715 when he revisited London. He settled in New York City in 1718 and in 1719 became surveyor general of the colony. He administered the affairs of the Province as-President of the Council in 1760 and in 1761 was appointed Lt. Governor of New York which position he held until his death. (Encyclopaedia Brittanica Werner Edition 1900).

DOCUMENT.ARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YoRK, by O'Callaghan, 1851, Vo.14, page 233:

James Munall Gors Monull John Munall William Monall (in "A List of the Company of the Militia of the Wall_ a Kill under the command of Capt. John Byard", a part of "Ulster County Militia 1738").

NoTE: E. M. Ruttenber, in his article about the Monell family in the Newburgh Sunday Telegram in 1897 states that the names were apparently written by the clerk of the Company "who seems to have made a desperate attempt to spell the name as it was generally pronounced". From other existing records and information there is every indication that James "Munall" is the father and George, John and William are his sons, with the

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possibility that the order of their listing is the order of their ages. It is notable that these four names and no other Monells appear in the early records. Thus it appears that George, John and William were the only sons of James and therefore that all of the males in the family were members of the Militia in 1738. All are listed together and the total number of members of the Company is given as 114. It is interesting to note the designation of this company as "of the Wall a Kill" although this territory was not given the designation of W a11ki11 Precinct until five years later~ as has been mentioned previously. As Ruttenber & Clark express it in their Orange County History (page 375) "There was then no precinct of W a.11)d11 _ 'W all-akill' was simply the early settlement in the present town of Montgomery". The name appears in an even earlier record referred to on page 10 of The Goodwill Memorial, namely the Minutes of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church· in Philadelphia-

"Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 20, 1729 Application from the people of Wal1a.ki11 being presented to the Synod by their commissioner, John McNeal, representing their request of supplies of preaching among them, they are recommended to the care of the Presbytery of Philadelphia." An explanation of the reference to "the people of Wa11aki11" so long before the formation of Wallkill Precinct lies in the fact the stream which flows through this section was then known (as now) as the WaJ1kilL

RECORDS OF BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND

BURIALS PRIOR T9 1800: 1. NEw YORK MARRIAGES-Marriage Licenses issued by

the Secretary of the Province of New York previous to 1784, published 1860:

1738 August 3 George Monell and Jane Wherry 1765 June 8 Jane Monell and John Hill 1772 Sept. 28 James l\lonnell and Sarah Graham

NOTE: George Monell was married in the Dutch Church in New York on the date given above as shown by the church records; his wife's name is spelled in the records "Worry". Jane and James Monell referred to above are children of George Monell, as will later appear. ·

2. RECORDS OF GOODWILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MONTGOMERY, ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y.: First Session Book, page IS-August 1747-Received of James Monal£0-3-9. Received of James Monal June 26, 1749£0-1-3.


Fehr. ye 12th 1749/50-then received of James Monele in full of Mr. Eairs Suplies £0-3-0. May ye 7, 1751 received of James Monall the some of one pound & ? sbi))jngs & 6 pence of new Pastors half of years salery - £1-2-6. Paid the other years Salary being for the year 1751. Received of James Monal one pound five sbiUings to Mr. ? for 1 Year Sellery-December the 2nd 1752. First Book, page 25-June ye 26, 1749-Received of John Monol & William Monl-£0-2-6. Dec. ye 14th 1750 toward Mr. Ayers salery nine pens a piece-£0-1-6. First Book, page 41-.1749/50-toward clearing Mr. Eairs arerag-Jenur ye 24th George Moneail-paid in full -£0-0-9.

ALso IN FmsT BooK: 1771 April 7-Baptism of Mary, daughter of Robert Monell. 1771 July 28-Baptism of Mary, dau. of Doct. John Hill {&

Jane Monell). 1781 March 7-Marriage of Dr. George Munnel & Catharine

De White. Mary Mounei, George Monnell & Robert Monall in list of Communicants at Lords Table. (No date after this list, but evidently before 1777 as it is followed by a list of persons admitted to the Lord's Table in that year.)

January the 18, 1751-James Monal & John Monal and Thomas Cransal? paid £10-15 as yearly dues for the third seat (in the meetinghouse).

Jennr ye 2d 1750-James Monel-ye 3 seat £2-15--0. Jennar ye 2d, 1750-James Moneal in list of 12 persons who

were to divide gr9und equally for every seat in Wallkill Congregation (Meeting House) subscribed.

ENTRIES IN SECOND BOOK: 1797 March 30-Marriage of Thomas Beaty & Martha Munnel.

Baptisms-Thomas Beaty & Martha (parents)-Wm Clark April 1798. James Munnel & Mary (parents)-James Miller May 12, 1798. James McKee & Mary (parents)-Robert Munnel May 27, 1799. Church Members (from 1797)-Martha Beaty (1797).

NOTE: The entries from the First Session Book were copied from the original in the possession of the present pastor of the church

Gravestones of James & Mary Monell in Goodwill Churchyard, Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y.

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and are given above in the order of their appearance in the book. It will be seen that the book served not only as a record of baptisms, marriages and members of the church, but also as an account book of subscriptions and payments. Baptisms and marriages were not recorded in the Session Book until 1759 and many times afterward there are gaps of years when no such entries whatsoever were made. The records cannot therefore be regarded as complete. The entries from the Second Book are as copied by Janet Wethy Foley in Vol. 3 (1936) of Early Settlers of New York State.

3. GRAVESTONES IN GOODWILL CHURCHYARD. Here lies the Body of James Monell who Departed this Life

January ye 4th 1768 Aged 78 years. Here Lies the Body of Mary Monell Wife to James Monell

who Departed this Life November 27, 1769 Aged 72 years. In Memory of William Monell who died June 26, 1771 ae 49

years-Also James, son of William & Mary Monell died Jan. 31, 1814 ae 59 ys. 6 ms. & 17 ds.

NOTE: These are the oldest and most important Monell gravestones which have been found. They are small red stones (except for the latter which is white) and the inscriptions are still clear after the passage of 170 years.

4. REGISTER OF-MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS PERFORMED BY REv. JoHN CUTHBERTSON, by S. Helen Fields, Washington, D. C., 1934:

1754, June 17 "Rode 10 miles (from Archibald McBride's) -received 5s. Jo Neilee( probably Neely); 7-James Nunnel's (probably Monell), went to James Rainey's".

1783, August 8 "rode 6 miles, preached 18:20 lectured Romans 5:12-and baptized John to John 11unell, rs. F. Crown from Rich. very weary".

NoTE: In the Introduction of the above volume it is stated that Rev. Cuthbertson was born in Scotland and came to this country in 1751, the first Reformed Presbyterian Missionary to come to America. He kept a diary from the date he landed in America until shortly before his death in 1791. In the diary over 5000 families are mentioned and he covered over 70,000 miles during his ministry, mostly on horseback. He organized the First Covenanter Society in New York, services of which were held in the home of James Rainey near Pine Bush, Orange Co., N. Y. until


1793. The above entries are included within pages 246 to 258 of the book dealing with New York State, most of which is in reference to Covenanters belonging to the W allki11 Society according to a note on page 247. The diary is an interesting one, the more so because of the occasional addition of a word or two at the end of the entries. For example-1759 Sept. 17 "rode 2 miles over Wolkill in a canoe to Wm Wilkins-fleas''. The reference to receipt of five crowns in the 1783 entry above pertained to the previous entry, which recorded the marriage of Henry Rich to Magda Peck.

5. JOURNAL OF THE REV. SILAS CONSTANT, by Emily Warren Roehling, 1903:

December 29, 1784-"Rode to Mr. Munnel's, Sayre's, Seely's, M . t ,, arvm.s, e c.

March 22, 1785-''Rode to Oxford; to Munnel's .. Howells and Manners;''

April 22 1785-"Deacon Cole rode with me to Mr. Helme's Clarks Tuttle's & White's; then I rode to Mr. Owen's; to Mr. Munners; attended Society meeting where the people conversed with freedom about the great things of God."

June 17 1785-"Studied etc. visited Mrs. Ayres who is sick; attended meeting at Mrs. Munnel's."

NOTE: Rev. Silas Constant ,according to the above volume and Page 796 of R'1ttenber & Clark's History of Orange County, was a Presbyterian Minister who came to Blooming Grove in 1783, preaching there and at Smith's Clove (now Monroe), Orange County on alternate Sundays. None of the above entries give the first name of the particular Monell on which Rev. Constantcalled,butsinceitisknown that William Monell (whose wife was Frances Tuthill) lived in Oxford about this time and as no other Monells lived in or near this neighborhood, it is safe to say the references are all to the William Monell family. Rev. Constant performed a considerable number of marriages and baptisms during his stay in Orange County in 1783-4-5, although none are recorded for the Monell family.

6. RECORDS OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW WINDSOR, as copied in Historical Paper No. 3 (1896) of Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The Highlands:

Marriage on March 7 1775 of David Munnel and Sally Hill both of Wallkill.

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7. RECORDS OF BETHLEHEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH as copied by the aforesaid Historical Society; Paper No. 6 (1900):

Baptism 1776, Dec. 8 of William Munneel, son to James Wilkins

Baptism, 1780, May 7 of Samuel, Son to William Munal

NOTE: It is quite possible James Wilkin's wife was a daughter of William Monell (1722-1771), but we have no definite proof on the subject. Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper of Meadowbrook, Orange Co. said there was a relationship between the Mone]ls and Wilkins. Perhaps the exact relationship will someday be discovered.

8. NEELYTOWN CEMETERY, from actual examination of gravestone in the Cemetery on the West side of road leading from Goodwill Church, just over the Town Line between Montgomery and Hamptonburgh in the latter town: John Monell, died June 12, 1778, age 61 years.

Note: His will is on file a.t Albany see Calendar of Wills.

9. GosHEN, ORANGE Co., PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS (Printed 1934):

Marriages: April 18, 1779 William Monnel & Frances Tuthill June 19, 1781 James Monnel & Mary Miller

Baptisms: Joseph Sayre, son of Joseph -(should be Jonathan) Sayre &

Mary Monnell, born Nov. 3, 1776, baptised May 4, 1777

Dec. 25, 1791 Mary, born -- daughter of Thomas Monell & Elizabeth Huba.rd, his wife

June 10, 1798 Tempe, daughter of Mrs. Monnel; wife of Wm Monell

Members: Frances Munnell June 5, 1796 to Sept. 20, 1800

NoTE: Jonathan Sayre and Mary Monell were married May 3, 1774 according to page 134 of Banta's Sayre Genealogy. In 1945 further details from Goshen Pres. Church Session Records were printed as an Appendix to Goshen Presbyterian Anniversary 1720-1945 by Mildred Parker Seese; page 10 of said


Appendix states "J~ne 4, 1796-Mrs. Frances Monnell, wife of William Monnell, produced a certificate of goodstanding and dismission from the Presbyterian Church at Blooming Grove, signed by Benoni Bradner, Pastor, and received".

10. CLAVERACK, CoLUMBIA Co., N. Y ., REFORMED DuTcH CHURCH RECORDS (From Greene Co., N. Y. Historical Society, Coxsackie, N. Y.) :

Baptisms of children of George Monell & Catherine DwightJoseph Dwight, Dec. 27, born Dec. 17, 1781 Jannette$ born Oct. 3, baptised Nov. 30, 1783 Catherine, born Aug. 23, bap. Oct. 9,.1785 Robert, born April 25, hap. June 24, 1787

11. SHAWANGUNK, ULSTER Co., N. Y., REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH RECORDS (As printed in Holland Society 1928-9 Year Book):

Baptism of Zeruiah, born April 19, 1788, child of David Monnell and Sarah "Heel".

12. FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS:

William Monell, born Dec. 25, 1793; Aletta Lockwood Monell his wife born Oct. 16, 1796 (From family bible of William Monell, photostat of a page of which is in possession of Mrs. Maude Monell Vetlesen, New York City).

Samuel Monell was born March 9, 1785; Elvira Scott (his wife) born Feb. 17, 1790 (From Samuel Monell family bible now· in p08Se$ion of Mrs. Gilbert Monell Hitchcock, W ashin.gton, D. C.) NOTE: The twelve- references preceding are the only ones thus far found containing vital statistics for the Monell family which were actually recorded prior to 1800. Dates of birth before that date for a few other l\1onells are indicated by gravestones of some of those who died after 1800. Approximate dates of birth of still others in this class have been obtained from members of the family and from genealogies. These will be given under the particular branch of the family concerned.

CALENDAR OF WILLS ON FILE AT ALBANY, 1626-1836; Fernow, 1896:

Page 283: John Monell a witness of will of Robert Neely of Neelytown dated Sept.17, 1756.

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Page 268: Will of John Monell of New Windsor Precinct, Ulster Co., yeoman, dated Aug. 5, 1771; wife Hannah sole heiress and executrix of real and personal property. Witnesses John Nicoll, Wm Cumming weaver and John Hays, yeoman. Will proved June 26, 1778.

Page 193: Will of William Hill of Hanover Precinct, Ulster Co., hatter, dated April 9, 1774, proved June 7, 1774; wife Sarah, daughter Mary, son William. Brother Samuel to have his passage to Ireland paid if he wants to go. Real and personal estate. Executors the wife and Robert Monnell, Francis Lush of Ulster Co., labourer, and Wm Steuart.

Page 285: Will of James Noble of Mamicoten (Mamakating) Precinct, ffister Co., dated Sept. 26, 1774 proved Feb. 17, 1775; wife Margaret, daughter Mary, grandchildren: James son of John Crage; Stephen son of Benjamin Homans and Jenat daughter of John McKinstry. Personal property. Executors John Crage and James Monell. Witnesses George Monell, David Monnell of Hanover Precinct, schoolmaster, and Robert Henderson.

Page 244: George Monell a witness of will of Henry Ludlow, late of New York City, now of Claverack District, Albany County dated January 8, 1780.

. Page 287: John Monell one of executors of will of Thomas Neely of Wallkill Precinct, Ulster County dated August 2, 1785.

Page 276: Will of Hannah Munnel of New Windsor Precinct, Ulster County dated Sept. 1, 1785; John Munnel, Rosanna Dinnastan, Wm Weare, Jr. son of Rachel Sparks and his brother John, sister Mary McCoy, George Munnel and his daughter Jane, Martha Pennear and daughter Betsey. Real and personal estate. Executors John Robbison, George Harris and Wm Jackson. Witnesses Benjamin Smith, Catherine Smith and Leonard D. Nicoll, yeoman. Will proved Nov. 7, 1785.

Page 125: Will of Stephen Dwight of Newark, N. J. dated Oct. 1, 1785; wife Hannah, dau 11artha, son Stephen, children of brothers and sisters, viz. Thomas Dwight, Catherine and Mary Dwight, Joseph Monnel, Gennet Monnel, sister Catherine l\1onnel. Real estate in Newark and in New York State(grandfather's estate), personal property. Copy from New _Jersey records.


NOTE: The will of Robert Neely of 17 56 was also recorded in Ulster County Probate Records and in New York (County) Surrogate's Office. In the latter office there are also recorded the above mentioned wills of John Monell, William Hill, James Noble and Hannah Munnel. (Ulster County Probate Records by Aniou, and New York Historical Society Collections). The complete wills of John and Hannah Monell appear in a later chapter.

NEW YORK (COUNTY) WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS, up to 1800; New York Historical Society Collections beginning with Volume XXV:

Liber 25, page 539: John Monell, witness of will of John Yelverton of New Windsor dated March 24; 1760.

Volume 12 (Administrations), page 408: Administration granted April 20 and 24, 1784 to Lt. James Monell of New York for estates of Sergt Robert Williams of 3d N. Y. Regiment and Corporal James Downs of Col. Spencer's Regiment, respectively, who died intestate.

Liber 42 of Wills, page 416: Charles Monell, combmaker, witness of will of Charles Oatfield, gunsmith of New York dated April 3, 1798. Refers to property on Mulberry Street.

NOTE: Other wills mentioning Monells recorded in the New York County Surrogate's Office are referred to in the previous paragraph. It will be observed that most of the estates mentioning this name were of residents of Ulster County rather than New York. It was common practise in those days to record wills in New York in addition to the county of residence and frequently to re~ord them only in New York. The reason the originals of many of these old wills are now on file in Albany is of course that Albany is the capital of New York State.

ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. PROBATE RECORDS: Volume II, Anjou, 1906:

Page 184: Letters of Administration, Liber A, page 33, Estate Box 26. Robert Munnel, late of Montgomery, yeoman, deceased intestate. Administration granted Feb. 1, 1790 to Isabel Munnel, widow. Adm. bond £400 by the widow, George Munnel, and John Blake, same place.

Page 69: George Monnell of Montgomery, yeoman, appeared before Surrogate Jan. 27, 1791 proving will of Thomas McKee of New Windsor dated Aug. 22, 1789.


Page 206: James Munnel, debtor to extent of £3-9-9 of Joseph Coleman, per inventory of latter's Estate dated April 9, 1791.

NOTE: Examination of the Administration Bond for the Estate of Robert Munnel in Box 26 in the Surrogate's Office for Ulster County at Kingston, N. Y. confirms the information given on page 184 above except that the signatures on the bond appear to be spelled as follows: !sable Monnel, George Monnell, John Blake, Junr. As mentioned under "Calendar of Wills on file at Albany,,, the will of Robert Neely dated Sept. 17, 1756, which was witnessed by John Monell, wa~ also recorded in the Ulster County Probate Records.

ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. SURROGATE RECORDS, LrBER B (Unpublished):

Page 341: Will of Daniel Graham of Town of Montgomery, dated April 23, 1796·, proved Oct. 6, 1796; nephew George Monel appointed an Executor; witnesses: Robert Kidd and Sarah Monell.

NoTE: The original will is on file in the Surrogate's Office.

ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y. SURROGATE'S RECORDS (Unpublished):

Will of John Bradner of Goshen dated May 13, 1790, probated July 1, 1790; refers to daughter Rebeckah Munnel.

Will of Philip Miller of New Cornwall dated March 30, 1797, probated April 10, 1798; refers to daughter Mary Munnel.

NOTE:· The earliest Monell Estate of record in Orange County is that of James Monell in 1814. Thereafter and up to the present time numerous records of Monell Wills or Administrations appear which will be mentioned in the Monell Genealogy.

DEED FROM CORNELIUS Low TO GEORGE MONELL (Unrecorded). On file at Washington's Headquarters Museum, Newburgh, N. Y.:

Deed dated Jan. 28, 1747 from Cornelius Low of Newark, N. J. to George Monnell of County of Ulster, N. Y. in consideration of 5 shillings Current Money of New York covering 420 acres of land in Precinct of Highlands, Ulster County, part of patent granted by King George the first to Cornelius Low & Company.

NOTE: The above 420 acres are partly in the present Town of Hamptonburgh but mostly in present day New Windsor. 210


acres of this property were conveyed by George Monell in 1760 by the deed immedia..tely following which deed indicates that George had previously sold another part (probably the other 210 acres) of the property.

ULSTER CoUNTY, N. Y. DEED RECORDS (Unpublished): Deed dated May 2, 1760 "in the 33rd year of the Reign of our

Sovereign Lord George the second" whereby George Monell and wife Jeanet of Precinct of Highlands convey to Thomas King for a consideration of £430, 210 acres of land in Highlands, part of patent to Cornelius Low and John Schuyler, and adjoining land conveyed by said George Monell to John Smith. George Monell states his title is good subject to mortgage for £100 to the Loan Officers of Ulster County. Deed witnessed by Charles Clinton and Arthur Beatty. Recorded Liber FF, page 55.

NOTE: .AB stated in Volume I, page 94 of Old OrangeHo uses by Mildred Parker Seese, 1941, the original of the above deed is framed by the Thayer family, who have owned the property for many generations, and it hangs in the hall of the Thayer house on Route 208 south of Maybrook. The signatures of George and Jeanet Monell on the deed, as traced by the author, are as follows:

INDENTURE dated Nov. 4, 1763 between Michael Thomas of Walkill Precinct and Elisabeth, his wife, of first part, and John Whary & George Munell of 2nd part, of same precinct, yeoman. This Indenture is somewhat peculiar, but it is indexed among Ulster Deeds as one in which Thomas is the grantor so that Whary and Munell would be the purchasers. It covers 219 acres of James Smith patent on the ··East side of road which leads to Walkill Meeting house". The Indenture states that Whary and


Munell were then in possession by virtue of a Bargain and Sale (Deed) and refers to a consideration paid by them of £394-4. They agree to pay Thomas £444-4 on Nov. 28, 1766 whereupon •·this Indenture shall cease". Recorded Liber FF, page 212.

DEED dated July 11, 1766 whereby George Monnell, yeoman conveys to Robert MonneJI "son of said George MonnelJ:'' both of Wallkill Precinct, for a consideration of £100, 176 acres of land in that Precinct, part of James Smith Patent. James Monell a witness. Recorded Liber KK; page 395.

DEED dated May 3, 1768 by which George Monell and wife Jennet sell to Hendricus Van Keuren property in present Town of Montgomery, Orange Co. Recorded Liber KK, page 283.

NOTE: This deed is referred to under "Historic Homes in Orange County" on page 72 of Historical Paper No. 11 (1904) of the Newburgh Bay & Highlands Historical Society. The article states ''The Van Keuren House, now known as the Downs House, near Goodwill Church~ in the Town of Montgomery, was erected in part by Hendricus Van Keuren, and in part, perhaps, by a previous owner. The original owner of the farm was George MoneJI, who sold to Van Keuren by deed dated May 3rd, 1768." Opposite page 26 of Historical Paper No. 26 (1931) of the Society, there is a map which shows the exact location of the Van Keuren house and a photograph of the house and an article concerning it appear in Old Orange Houses, Vol. I, published by Mildred Parker Seese in 1941.

DEED dated Oct. 2, 1770 by which George Monnell of Precinct of Hanover conveys to Robert Monne11, yeoman, ''son of said George Monnell", for a consideration of £120 part of a tract of the James Smith Patent in Ulster County, beginning at northernmost corner of 100 acres of said tract ''lately granted by said George Monnell to his son James Monnell". Recorded Liber KK, page 391.

DEED dated Feb. 13, 1782 by which James Monell of Precinct of New Windsor sold to Evins Wharry of same place for £1000 Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 each containing 500 acres being part of the Jacobus Bruyn patent in Ulster County which was conveyed by Bruyn to Lady CJinton, forfeited to the people of this state by Sir Henry Clinton, Knight of the Bath, delegated by Jaw to


Danie] Graham, John Hathorn and Samuel Dogg (Dogget?), Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Middle District, and by . them conveyed to James Monell.

NOTE: The conveyance of this property to James Monell above mentioned was recorded in Orange County Clerk's Office as will be observed in a subsequent paragraph. Such conveyance, according to an article on General John Hathorn on page 95 of Historical Paper No.11 of the Newburgh Bay and The Highlands Historical Society, was accomplished by five deeds dated Oct. 31, 1781 whereby Graham and Hathorn, as Commissioners, conveyed to Evans Whorry and James Monnal, of W aJlkiU the above mentioned lots. All of them ( except .No. 4 which is simply described as 500 acres in Ulster County) were located in Wa11kiU Precinct, and the lot numbers were those shown on map made by Thomas Moffat, according to this article. Thus it appears that James Monell relinquished his interest in this property by the 1782 deed, which was recorded in Ulster County Clerk's Office in Liber HH, page 121. "

DEED from Thomas Cooper to George ivlonnell covering property in Newburgh. Recorded in 1797 Liber 00, page 189.

ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. MORTGAGE RECORDS (Unpublished): MORTGAGE dated August 11, 1773 from James Monnel, Mort

gagor, of Hanover Precinct, yeoman, to Thomas McKee for £100 covering 101¾ acres in James Smith patent in Hanover beginning at north corner of land lately granted by George Monnel to said Thomas McKee. In the mortgage mention is made of a bond for £40 which sum James Monnel agreed to pay to John Hill and or Robert Monnd. By agreement dated Dec. 4, 1773 between all of said parties, a substitute bovd for £40, due 1775, to Col. Thomas Ellison was executed. Recorded Mortgage Liber 4, page 15.

NOTE: John Hill's wife was Jane Monell, daughter of George Monell; James and Robert Monell were sons of George; the latter is believed to be the George Monell who proved the will of Thomas McKee in 1791.

MORTGAGE from David Monell and Sally his wife of Town of Shawangunk, Mortgagors to Lewis Hardenbergh, Jr. for £220-8 covering land near Rosendall in Towns of Hurley and Marbletown on the pine plains part of land reserved by Jacob R. Harden-


bergh by his last will to his son John on the west side of public highway afterwards conveyed to other Hardenberghs and by Cornelius Sammons to David Monnell June 19~ 1794. Satisfied July 21, 1808. Recorded in Mortgage Liber 7, page 521.

MORTGAGE dated April 1, 1797 from William Miller & Annache his wife .. late of WaJlkill" and George Monell of Town of Montgomery covering 215 acres of James Smith patent in Montgomery conveyed formerly by George Monell to his son Robert Monell in two parcels "but now in one bounds". Satisfied by George Monell stating he received payment on Feb. 22, 1804. Recorded in Mortgage Liber 7, page 639.

ORANGE CouNTY, N. Y. DEED RECORDS (Unpublished): INDENTURE dated Oct. 31st, 6th year of Independence of the

State of New York and year of our Lord 1781, between Daniel Graham & John Hathorn, Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Middle District (Grantors) and Evans Whorrey & James Monnal of Wa1k.ill Precinct (Grantees) conveying 500 acres in Wallkill kno\\--n as Lot No. 5 on map made·by Thomas Moffat for a consideration of £250. Recorded June 24, 1799 in Liber G, page 51.

NOTE: This is one of five similar deeds from the above Commissioners to Evans Wharry and James Monell. The deeds would have been ·recorded in Ulster County had they been filed for that purpose at the time they were made, since Wa.llkm did not become a part of Orange County until 1798. -For further information about these deeds see note under Deed dated February 13, 1782, Ulster County -Deed Records.

ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y. MORTGAGE RECORDS (Unpublished): MORTGAGE dated October 2, 1788 from William Monell of

Cornwall Precinct, Orange County, and "Francis" bis wife, Mortgagors, to John Chandler of same Precinct covering 34 acres of land along road from Grey Court to saw Mill formerly belonging to John Carpenter and just where a smalI creek empties into the Grey Court Creek. Amount of Mortgage £100, payable April 1, 1789. Recorded in J\'Iortgage Liber B, page 258.

MORTGAGE dated Feb. 16, 1799 from George Monell and John Harris and Phebe Harris his wife of Newburgh, Mortgagors,


to David and Mary Penny for $150. covering a 50 x 100 lot on East side of Smith St. in Newburgh. Recorded in Mortgage Liber D, page 167.

COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y. ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, by Gertrude A. Barber, 1936:

Vol. I, page 13-George Mone11 one of °E.;xecutors of will of Mary Van Valkenburgh dated August 8, 1791.

NEWBURGH SUNDAY TELEGRAM, 1897; AFTICLE ON MONELL FAMILY by E. M. Ruttenber:

· 'One of the early members of the family held a farm in Newburgh and sold it in 1775 to Samuel Sands."

NOTE: There is no deed for the farm ref erred to of record in either Ulster or Orange Counties. Apparently it is based upon someone's recollection, since the name of the particul&.r Monell is not given. The article also shows other facts about the family from records, histories, etc. which are not given at this point as they appear elsewhere in this Chapter. See Introduction for further remarks by Mr. Ruttenber on the family.

LIST OF PATIENTS OF DR. CHARLES CLINTON; Publication No. 26 (1929-30) of Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The 'Highlands:

James Monnel-1¼, (number is miles from doctor's house; W means wife)

Robert Monnel-2, George (means George is son of Robert)

George Monnell

John Monnell

NoTE: The above publication states that Dr. Clinton practised at Little Britain between 1764 and 1774 when he moved to Montgomery. He apparently continued his practise there until 1784: but did not actively practise in Montgomery. Keeping in mind thfse factors and as well the fact that Little Britain is five miles from Goodwill Church, it is possible to speculate with perhaps a fair degree of accuracy upon the identity of the persons listed above. James Monell's wife at a distance of 1¼ miles would probably be Sarah (Graham) Monell whose marriage to James was in 1772. The doctor's visit would be most likely on the occasion of the birth of a child. Robert's son George needs no explanation as we know of only one Robert Monell living


at this time and other evidence later given also indicates Robert had a son George, born in 1768. George and John Monell were most likely sons of the original settler James. John died in New Windsor in 1778. George lived in Montgomery and died sometime after 1785.

ARTICLE ON THE BARBER FAMILY in N. Y. Genealogical & Biographical Record, Volume 62, page 263:

On July 1, 1784 Dr. Charles Clinton visited Mrs. Elizabeth Lamon at ''George Monnells, 2 miles."

NOTE: The above was doubtless George of Montgomery who died after 1785.

RECORDS OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF ULSTER COUNTY: Vol. I 1722-69, New York State Historical Records, Works Progress Administration, 1940: Page 96-Part of description of road in WaJ1ki11 Precinct laid out Nov. 3, 1755 "Beginning at the House of Samuel Graford and running a Northwest course along the Line of William Monel and David Craford to the Wallkill as near as the ground will alow and over the said Wallkill just below an !land on the West side and along the Bank to John Mc Neals line etc."

NOTE: This d~ription serves to more accurately locate the property of William Monell who is referred to in the Wallkill Precinct Road District List for 1767. (See Eager's History of Orange County following).

DATA FROM LOCAL HISTORIES-

H1sToRY OF ORANGE CouNTY, N. Y.; Eager, 1846: Page 231-Under Town of Montgomery; Road Districts and

Pathmasters in 1767: '·James McCobb from George Monell's corner to Mr. Booth, then from Neelytown to King's"*** "Wm. Munnel from the northwest line to Cambeirs bridge, and from Mr. Koneral to the cross-road". Town Officers for 1769 include George Munnel as one of four Fence Viewers and Prizers.

NOTE: Ai5 stated on page 382 of Ruttenber & Clark's 1881 History of Orange County, these extracts actually were from the records of the Precinct of Wallkill, since it was not divided until 1772.


Page 254 etc.-· Robe.rt Monell was one of the early settlers of Neelytown, which was Settled before 1741. NOTE: This does not mean Robert was one of the first to come as he was the son of George Monell and grandson of James Monell, who was one of the early settlers of the Goodwill Church neighborhood, near N eelytown.

Page 271-Names appearing in the town records from 1768 to 1778 include: George Monell, Robert Monel, and James Monel, jun. NOTE: The records referred to are those of W a,Jlkill Precinct until 1772 and Hanover Precinct thereafter, the change of name of the latter to Montgomery having taken place in 1782.

Page 302-Children of William Eager, who came from Monaghan, Ireland about 1728, included Mary who married William Monell. NOTE: See pages 374-5 and 380-1 of Ruttenber & Clark's History for further data on the Eager family and their settlement in Orange County.

Page 620-Under Town of New Windsor: ·'The old public highway from Neelytown to New Windsor ran centrally through the whole town and along the vicinity of it were the families of" (he.re 23 families are listed, including Monell).

Page 622-John Monell one of persons who held office in New Windsor from 1763 to 1770.

NOTE: See page 235 of Ruttenber & Clark History for further details.

HISTORY OF TOWN OF NEWBURGH, ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y.; Ruttenber, 1859:

Page 98-Four people, including George Monell, had stores on Water Street. NoTE: This information is part of the recollections of Mr. James Donnelly, an old resident of Newburgh, given in the history, beginning at page 90. The period was after the close of the Revolution and prior to 1800. George Monell served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Newburgh in 1804-5-7-8-9, according to page 108 of the above volume and page 416 of History of Orange County and of Newburgh, by Ruttenber, published 187 5.


HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y.; Ruttenber & Clark, 1881: Page 235-Civil List of New Windsor, 1766, includes John

Monell as Overseer of the Poor.

Page 374-5-''Neelytown was settled at an ear]y date. Wm Eager, some time about 1728-29, purchased a tract and located upon it". ''When the Eager family came they found Mr. Neely *** and Mr. Charles Booth ***. The Booths were English, the Neelys and Eagers, Irish." ''James McBride *** and Mr. White *** were passengers on board the same vessel with William Eager." · •These families arrived 1728."

Page 380-1-·'William Eager, the progenitor of the (Eager) family, came from Monaghan, Ireland, about the year 1728; went into Westchester County, where he stayed thirteen years, and then removed to N eelytown. . ***He married Elsa McGrada in Ireland, and had two children before emigration, and one (William} born on the pas.5age. The McGrada family were originally Scotch, but had lived perhaps one hundred years in Ireland. *** His (Wm Eager's) children were Mary, who married William Monell· Thomas *** · Willia" m *** · Elizabeth *** · Ann *** · and ' ' ' ' ' Jane***."

NOTE: Reading the two accounts of the Eager family given above together, we see that William Eager came to this country from Monaghan, Ireland (which is about 25 miles west of Belfast) in 1728, but that he did not come to N eelytown until 17 41. Apparently Mary was the eldest child and was born prior to 1728, which would seem correct since her husband, William Mone11, was born 1722.

Page 441-Pathmasters chosen at first meeting of Wallkill Precinct after its division, -which meeting was held April 7, 1772 include: ·'John Monell, from the Widow McBride's corner to Thomas Simeril's, and thence along the road to Campbell's bridge." Location of town officers and others from 1772 to 1780 includes "John Monell, Lagrange, kept first post-office in Wall kill.'' NOTE: Page 449 gives the location of Wallkill post office, kept by Mr. Monell, as about a mile south of Stony Ford Bridge, and further states that elections were held there for some years, though not Town Meetings. Page 450 states that Stony Ford


was a fording place ov:_er the Wallkill from Montgomery to the Town of Wa11kj]], one mile west of Lagrange, and that the post office there kept by John Monell is still standing. That was in 1881.

Page 65~About 1765-7 a number of families left Goodwill Church and organized the Associate Church of Neelytown (now the First Presbyterian Church of Hamptonburgh). ·'The following names represent some of the earliest families connected with this church: William Eager*** John Monell**."

GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL CLIPPINGS FROM INDEPENDENT

REPUBLICAN, GosHEN, N. Y.; in New York Historical Society, New York City:

From Issue of April 2, 1912-George Monell one of 15 jurors who viewed the body of John McLoud of New Windsor and signed a document to that effect November 10, 1797 before two justices of Ulster County.

From Issue of April 23, 1912-George Monell one of 14 who viewed body of Nathaniel Lockwood and arrived at verdict that he drowned by accidEnt; inquisition held a.t Newburgh June 1, 1?99 before two Orange County justices.

NoTE: Newburgh was part of Ulster County until 1798 when it became part of Orange County.

From Issue of May 21, 1912-lnquest held June 10, 1800 at house of James Canthers in County of Orange '"before me, George Monell, one of the Coroners of the State for the County aforesaid" upon view of body of man then and there lying dead, upon oath of Charles Clinton and 15 others, say it is body of Fade R. Barns; drowned accidently failing off a Sloop on the Night of the Sixth instant. Signed by George Monell, Coroner and by the Jurors.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NEWBURGH BAY & THE HIGHLANDS~ Historical Paper No. 3, 1896:

Page 61-Meeting of Trustees of Fire Company of Village of Newburgh, 1797-George Monnell appointed a fireman.

Page 62-George Monnell required to furnish 3 buckets as a householder in Newburgh.

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HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y.; 1878: Page 236-Monell family was among those residing in the

Town of Claverack prior to 1776.

Page 109--Biography of Joseph D. Monell, distinguished Columbia County lawyer who was born in Claverack in 1781, a son of George Monell, celebrated physician of his time.

HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y.; 1890, Volume I: Page 497-Dr. George Monell was in practise in Claverack as

early as 1780 and continued a number of years.

Page 513-George Monell was Supervisor of Claverack 1791·8 and 1801-6.

NOTE: According to Page 7 4 of Civil List of Columbia County 1786-1886 published at Hudson 1885, George Monell was also made Justice of the Peace for Claverack in 1789, 1792 and 1795.

PARSON AGE BETWEEN Two MANORS by Elizabeth L. Gebhard, 1909:

Page 36-Washington Seminary at Claverack-old record of seminary states founded 1777 and erected 1779. Trustees included Georgius Monel.

Page 40-Old ··school books have various names in inside covers (to denote those who used them), including Robert Monel.

Page 45-Among those educated at Seminary were Jos. D. Monell.

Page 122-Letter written by Jacob Gebhard, son of parson in 1795 from Philadelphia, says he was told by Dr. Rush, well known physician that the medicine he prescribed was simple, but well to let Dr. Monell, the family physician, see it.

MINUTES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW y ORK, 1784-1831; published 1930, Volume I:

Page 368-James Monell, laborer, one of 17 persons admitted and sworn as ·'Free Men" of the City at a Common Council held at the City Hall May 14, 1788. NOTE: The occupation of "laboi,e(' has no significance as it is the same given for all persons admitted as freemen.


Page 379-June 12, 1788-Alderman Wool delivered in Estimates of several Persons for filling in the White Hall Slip and it appearing that an Estimate of James Monell and others was the lowest, vizt £65 which the Board agreed to accept.

Page 383-July 2, 1788-Ordered that Mr. Recorde.r issue his warrant on the Treasurer to advance to James Monell on account the Sum of £9 towards filling in Whitehall Slip. ·•Issued"

Page 393-August 27, 1788-O:rdered that Mr. Mayor issue his Warrant on the Treasurer to advance to the following Persons the following Sums, vizt-James Monell on Account toward filling up the White Hall Slip £35. ·'Issued"

Page 403-September 29, 1788--Ordered that the Mayor issue his Warrant on the Treasurer to pay James Monnell the Sum of £27 in full for filling in White Hall SJip. ·'Issued"

N Ew YORK CITY DIRECTORIES PRIOR To 1800:

1790; printed by Hodge, Allen & Campbell: James Monell, Moore St. 1791; edited by Wm Duncan: James Monell, Prince St. 1793; edited by Wm Duncan: James Munnell, labourer, Pump St. (Bowery) 1794; edited by Wm Duncan: Charles Monell, combmaker, Mulberry St. 1797; Longworth's: Charles Monnell, combmaker, corner of Harman & E. George

Sts. 1798; Longworth's: Charles Monnell, combmaker, 3 E. George St. Widow Monnell, 46 Harman. 1799; Longworth's: Charles Monnell, combmaker, 3 E. George St.

NoTE: This is doubtless Lt. James Monell of New York (formerly of Orange County) who was Administrator for several estates in 1784 as previously shown and who is mentioned in 1788 in the New York City Council Minutes immediately pre-


ceding. There are directories for a few years prior to 1790 in which his name does not appear. The earliest directories however were far from complete, though each year showed improvement over prior years in this respect. The directories indicate that James Monell died between 1793 and 1798 when ''Widow" Monnell appears at 46 Harman St. This is the same street on which Charles Monell, whom we know to be a son of Lt. James, lived in the preceding year. The 1797 Directory also shows a George "Minal", currier at 8 Ferry St .• but he appears in no other directory.

1790 UNITED STATES CENSUS FOR NEw YORK STATE; officiaJ publication:

Town of New Cornwall, Orange County-William Monell, 3 males 16 & over; 3 under 16; 3 females.

NOTE: William Monell was born 17 55 and was son of William Monell and Mary Eager. New Cornwall in 1790 included the present Town of Cornwall and parts· of the present Towns of Monroe, Blooming Grove and Chest€r. At the time William Monell appears to have resided in Oxford "'hich is part of present Monroe.

Town of Montgomery, Ulster County-George Monnell, 2 males over 16; _.one under; 7 females. James Monnell, 1 male over 16; 3 under; 6 females.

NOTE: George was either the one who married Jane Wherry in 1738 (we know he was living as late as 1785) or his grandson of the same name who was born 1768. James Monell was born 1754 and married Mary l\'.liller 1781. He was a brother of the above William.

Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County-David Munnell, 1 male over 16; 2 under 16; 4 females.

NOTE: David was a son of George Monell who married Jane Wherry in 1738. David married Sarah Hill in 1775.

Town of Wallkill, Ulster County-John l\IonnelJ, 1 male over 16; 4 under 16; 3 females; 2 slaves.

NOTE: John married Rebecca Bradner and either at this time or lattr lived at Lagrange where he was postmaster.


Town of Claverack, Columbia County-George Munnie, 1 male over 16; 2 under 16; 3 females; 5 slaves.

NOTE: Although ''Munnie" is a considerable variation from "Monell", it appears this entry pertains to the family of George Monell, the surgeon in the Revolution who married Catherine Dwight in 1781 and is known to have resided in Claverack. There is no George Monell listed in the 1790 census for C1averack, but the data given matches the known statistics for his family perfectly. It seems likely the census taker actually wrote the name as '·Munnil" and that in copying the records the last letter "l" was mistaken for an ''e".

City of New York, Montgomery Ward-James Murrel, 1 male inder 16; 2 over 16; 3 females.

NOTE: This may be the James Monell who is known to have been in New York City in 1790, on the assumption the name was recorded "Munnel" and incorrectly copied in the official publication. It may also refer to the Morrell family, which frequently appears in old New York City records.

MILITARYRECORDS-

1. CALENDAR OF NEW YORK HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS: (See data previously given concerning James Monell, Ensign,

1732)

2. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: (See data previously given concerning Monells in Ulster County

Militia, 1738)

3. HISTORY OF ULSTER COUNTY; Clearwater, 1907, pages 117-8: A list of a Company of Foot 1\1:Iiitia commanded by Capt. Wil

liam Faulkner, taken the 13th Day of July, 1772-includes John Monnell, Jur. and James Monell.

4. PLEDGE OF AssOClATION (REVOLUTIONARY PLEDGE) OF HANOVER PRECINCT, ULSTER CouNTY, Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and The Highlands, Publication No. 20~ 1928, page 34-37:

Pledge of Association, dated May 8, 1775, bears 341 names incJuding James Munel, David Munel, James Munel.

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5. CATALOG OF WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, NEWBURGH; Ruttenber, 1874, page 19 (Framed, in Room F):

Original Qualification and Pledge of Officers of the Precinct of Hanover dated November 30, 1775-We the subscribers officers of the Regiment of Militia of Foot in Hanover Precinct in Ulster County *** do hereby promise *** we "'ill "** observe and carry into execution *** the Orders, Rules and Recommendations made *** by the Continental Congress and the Congress or Convention of this Colony,· etc. Signed,Chas. Clinton, Chairman, and at different periods by others including James Monell.

NOTE: Presumably the officers signed this at the times of their appointment, so that the date of the document has no particular significance.

6. CALENDAR OF HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS RELATING TO THE

WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, IN THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,. ALBANY; 1868:

Volume 1, page 248: The names of Men hflonging in Sgt. Graham's Quarter-James Monell, Junr and James Monnels, Senr included.

NOTE: While this manuscript bears no date, we know it was before James, Sr. was made an officer and hence in the early part part of the war.

Volume 1, page 335: At a Meeting of the Committee (Revolutionary Committee) of Hanover Precinct at the home of Widow Crists on Tuesday the 25th of this instant June 1776, William Cross chairman Resolved that John Barkley and James Huston do attend Capt. Van Curans Company on the 27th of this instant June and they attended accordingly When the Company elected James Munnel sennr 2nd lt. and John Barber Ensign, agreeable to the order of the Provincial Congress. Attest Wm Cross, Chairman.

NOTE: This is erroneously listed in the above volume under "Election of Officers in Dutchess County" instead of Ulster County. John Barber was made a 1st It. in Van Keuren's Company March 23, 1778 (Page 299 Fernow's New York in the Revolution).

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Volume 2, page 37: Ljst of officers in General Clinton's Brigade recommended (by ·him) for Standing Army. Under Col. Pawling-eight names including Lt. Monnel. (No date given)

NOTE: This doubtless refers to Lt. James Monell who joined the Continental Army in March 1777 and who served under Pawling in the army in April and June 1777.

7. NEw YORK IN THE REVOLUTION; Fernow, 1887: Page 168: A Muster Roll of Men Raised and Passed Muster

in the County of Orange for Capt. Johnston's Company August 4, 1775- includes Isaac Monnel, enlisted July 22, age 22 born Orange County.

NOTE: It is believed Isaac is not related to the Monell family of Goodwill and that he is the Isaac Mennel, son of John, born May 22, 1753 whose baptism is shown in the Clarkstown Dutch Church Records. Clarkstown was then a part of Orange County and is now in Rockland County.

Page 243: New York Line of the Continental Army, Malcolm's Regiment-James Monell, Lt., entered March 20, 1777; lost eye at Monmouth, resigned to support his family in March 1779.

Page 299: Ulster County Militia, Second or South End Regiment, 3rd Company (Hanover Precinct): Capt. Wm Jackson; 1st It. Henry VanKeuren; 2nd It. Henry Munnel. (No date given) May 2, 1776-Henry Van Keuren Capt, vice Wm Jackson, gone into continental servic~ (3rd Regiment). Henry Munnel, 1st It., vice Van Keuren, promoted.

NOTE: Since the name "Henry" Munnel or Monell does not appear in Roberts' New York in the Revolution or in any record of the Monell family prior to 1800, and as we know James Monell was in this Regiment prior to joining the regular army in 1777, "Henry" is probably given erroneously, the mistake occuring through confusion with .. Henry" Van Keuren whom Monell replaced. If this is so, the date given is also incorrect since James Monell's election as 2nd lt. did not occur until nearly two months later. Appointment as 1st lt. must therefore have been at an even later date. Probably the only way the correctness of these suppositions can be determined is by an examination of the documents upon which page 299 of Fernow's book is based.

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Page 300: Same Regiment, May 28, 1778-David Monnel appointed 2nd It., Van Keuren's Company, vice Wm Watson who was appointed by mistake but not commissioned.

NoTE: See Volume III, page 261 Public Papers of George Clinton for further explanation of this appointment. On page 431 of Fernow's book under "Roster of State Troops" David Monnel is shown as a lieutenant in Newkirk's Ulster County Regiment, which was the South End Regiment referred to on page 299. Also in the Roster, on page 433, there is a David Munnell, It. in Phillips Regiment, Ostrander's Company. This probably is the same person and seemingly refers to service at a different period. On page 431 mention is made of John Monel private in Schuyler's (Albany County) Regiment. The only Monell knmvn to have been in Albany County during the war was Dr. George who was in Claverack section, hence we are unable to identify this particular John Monel. It is likely a case of misspelling and that the name is not really Monel or Monell.

Page 537: Additional Officers of New York Troops-include George Monell, Surgeon. Ten Broeck's Brigade, June 27 to August 15, 1777. NoTE: Undoubtedly this is Dr. George Monell of Claverack.

Page 549: Killed in Action at Forts Clinton and Montgomeryincludes Robert Monnell, It. of 2nd Ulster County Regiment October 6, 1777-.

8. N Ew YORK IN THE REVOLUTION As CoLONY & STATE, 2nd Edition; by James A. Roberts, State Comptroller, Albany, 1898:

Page 72: James Monall in 1ist of enlisted men in W eissenfels _Regiment uDder ''The Levies".

NOTE: This term is explained on page 10 of the above volume as drafts from militia regiments and the people as well for service outside New York State.

Page 114: George Monnal, Albany County Militia, 8th Regiment; under enlisted men. NoTE: Albany County during the Revolution included the present Columbia County, indicating that this George Monell was the one who lived in Claverack.

Page 166: James Munnil, Orange County l\tlilitia, 4th Regiment in command of Col. John Hathorn.

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Page 191-3: Ulster CQunty Militia 2nd Regiment under Col. McClaghry: David Monnell, It. and James Monnel one of enlisted men.

Page 253: Orange County Militia (Land Bounty Rights) 1st Regiment: William Monell.

Page 261: Ulster County Militia (Land Bounty Rights) 2nd Regiment: James Monell, David Monnell.

Page 273: List of pensioners and applicants-includes Lt. Robert Monnell.

NOTE: This probably refers to his widow since he was killed in the war.

9. SUPPLEMENT TON EWY ORK IN THE REVOLUTION As COLONY AND STA.TE; published at Albany, 1904:

Page 224: James Monell, one of the three Assistant State Agents for Ulster County, the State Agent being Udney Hay. The Asst. State Agents received from 12 to 20 shillings per day and attended to the acquisition of supplies for the troops.

NOTE: See also Public Papers of George Clinton. In her application for a pension in 1848, Elizabeth Moms of New York City stated the papers of her father, Lt. James Monell, were consumed in the burning of Co~. Hays office, thus indicating that Asst. State Agent James Monell and Lt. James are the same person. This is also confirmed by the D. A. R. application of Mrs. Nancie Monell Mansell in 1892.

10. PUBLIC PA.PERS oF GEORGE CLINTON, FmsT GovERNOR OF NEw YORK; published by the State 1899-1914 in 10 volumes:

Vol. I, page 364: Letter dated "Nueshangunk" (New Shawangunk) September 29, 1776 from John Young to Brig. Gen. George Clinton in camp at Kingsbridge. The purpose of the letter was to inquire how the war was progressing and in particular to ask if stories he had heard about traitors were true. The part of the letter that is of interest to the reader is as follows: ·'there is Sum others of my acquaintance that I can confide in, both in there honesty & Curage; there is Levt. Alaxander Beatty & the two Levt'nts, Robt & James Munel".


Vol. I~ page 579: Memorial of Major Albert Pawling dated Kingston April 14, 1777 to the Convention of the State of New York enclosing a list of twelve officers (including Lt. Munnell) of four Companies in one of the sixteen a~ditional Regiments ordered by Congress to be raised for service under General Washington. The request contained in the memorial was granted and it consisted of giving to the five new regiments to be raised in New York State, as its quota of the above mentioned sixteen, the same right of exemption from being drafted into service that had already been granted to the State Militia.

NoTE: Since this pertains to the Continental Army, in which James, Sr. was the only Monell known to have served in 1777 the reference obviously is to him.

Vol I, page 853: Lt. Monnel one of members of a Court of Inquiry ordered by General Clinton to investigate charges against Capt. Jacob Wood who was vindicated by the Court at Fort Montgomery May 31, 1777.

NOTE: The President of Court of Inquiry was Lt. Col. James McClaghry, the same officer who was in command of the Ulster County Militia 2nd Regiment according to page 191 of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. Since Robert was lieutenant in this Regiment at the time, the reference here is to him.

Vol. II, pages 40 & 50: Returns of Col. Pawling's Regiment at Fort Clinton June 19 and 25, 1777. Both returns show Lt. Monnell one of five "on command11 with the Colonel at the Fort, while most of the remainder of the regiment was with Major Logan at New Windsor.

NoTE: Reference is no doubt to James Monell, Sr. who served under Pawling a few months earlier at Kingston. See note under Vol. I, p579.

Vol III, page 261: Petition of Capt. Hendricus Vankeuren dated Hanover, May 4, 1778 for the appointment of David Monnell as an officer in Vankeuren's Company in place of Wm Watson. It appears from the petition that David Monnell's name was one of two returned to fill vacancies, but David's name had been switched, by some superior officer, to Wm Watson. The petition, in which 25 members of the Company including

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Jas. Monell joined, sta.ted the appointment of Watson would throw the Company into ''violent resentment and incurable disorder" and recommended David Monnell .. as a proper person worthy the appointment to which Watson is returned11

• The petition was granted.

NOTE: This fact also appears on Page 300 of Fernow's New York in the Revolution.

Vol. IV, page 532 and Vol. VI, pages 132, 133: Three letters written by Jas. Monell, Asst. State Agent from New Windsor in August, 1780 and one undated letter addressed to Gov. Clinton telling of his difficulties in fulfilling the quota of his district of supplies for the troops.

Vol. VI, pages 820, 821: Two Returns of Provisions made by the Asst. State Agents from August 1780 up to May 1, 1781, showing the purchases made by each one, including James Monell

NOTE: For further information about the As.st. State Agents, see page 224 of Supplement to New York in the Revolution as Colony & State.

Vol. VII, page 258: Letter dated Aug. 26, 1781 written by Col. Pickering to Gov. Clinton in which Col. Hay is charged with trying to supplant Pickering as Quartermaster General. The letter mentions that "one Monell and another Asst. of Col. Hay were (as I have been informed) the undertaker, to catch & cure the shad for the army."

11. HISTORICAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE CONTINENTAL . .\..RMY DURING THE REVOLUTION April 1775 - Dec. 1783; by Heitman, 1893, page 296:

Monell, James (N. Y.), 1st Lt. of Malcolm's A.dditional Continental Regiment, 20th March 1777; wounded at Monmouth 28 June 1778, resigned 23 April 1779.

Monell, Robert (N. Y.), L~. N. Y. Militia; killed at Fort Montgomery N. Y. 6 Oct.1777.

12. RECORDS OF U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT; copy of letter dated May 2, 1912 signed by W. P. Hall, The Adjutant General, Wash-

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ington, D. C. to Dr. Wm Monell Stanbrough in response to latter's request for record of service of James Monell, Sr. and James Monell, Jr.:

The records of this office show that one James Monell served as a sergeant, and that one James Monell, Jr., served as a private in Captain Jackson's Company of New York Minute men, at New Windsor, in the Revolutionary War for the period of four months, but neither the dates of beginning or ending of their services· are shown.

The records also show that one James Monnell served in the Revolutionary War as a 1st lieutenant in Captain James Black's Company of Colonel WiUiam Malcolm's Regiment of Continental Troops. He was commissioned March 20, 1777, and resigned April 23, 1779.

NOTE: Femow's New York in the Revolution, page 299 previously mentioned shows Wm Jackson went into the Continental service before May 2, 1776 when Henry Van Keuren was designated his successor as captain in the Militia. According to Ruttenber & Clark's History of Orange County, page 51, the Continental Congress made a call for troops in January 1776 "to garrison the forts from Crown Point to the southward'". ffister County's quota of three companies, one of which was Capt. Wm Jackson's of Montgomery (Hanover), was filled in April 1776, according to the History, which also states that in September of that year the Continental Congress issued another call for troops and that one of the Companies in New York's quota was Capt. Wm Jackson's of Montgomery. Since James Monell, Sr. is shown as a sergeant whereas we know he was made a 2nd It. in June 1776, it is obyious the four months service must have begun before that time. Considering all these known factors, it is apparent the four months service under Capt. Jackson at New Windsor was in the period between April and September, 1776.

The service of Lt. James Monell in the second paragraph of the above letter agrees with that given in other Military Records above. This James and James, Sr. mentioned in earlier records are obviously the same person.

GENERAL NOTE REGARDING MILITARY RECORDS: A summary of the records of the soldiers mentioned in the above references will be found in their respective places in the Monell Genealogy. Difficulty is encountered in determirung whether some of the references are to James Monell, senior or junior, but it is pos.sible to separate them in most cases since James Monell,

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Sr was known to have been in military service before the Revolution and to have been in the Continental Army during part of the period James Monell, Jr. was in the State Militia. It should also be stated that they were not father and son, since James, Sr. did not marry until 1772. The designations of senior and junior undoubtedly were used because both men lived in the same locality and were in the Revolutionary service.

For a more complete inderstanding of the military organizations in Ulster County during the Revolution the reader is ref erred to Clearwater's History of mster County, beginning at page 144. The Second or South End Regiment of Ulster County Militia, of which most of the Monells in. the Revolution were members at some period: included companies raised in Hanover, Wallkill & New Windsor Precincts and was the south part of the previous Colonial 2nd Ulster County Regiment of which Col. Thos. Ellison was in command prior to the Revolution. The officers of the regiment were commissioned October 25, 1775 with James Clinton as Colc;mel and James McClaughry, Lt. Col. Clinton however served as Colonel and later as Brigadier General in the Continental Army. So Lt. Col. McClaughry actually was in command of the 2nd Ulster County Militia. The regiment was reconstituted in March 1778 when McC!aughry was made Colonel, Jacob Newkirk Lt. Colonel and other militiamen, including Henry (James) and David Monell, received advancements as heretofore specified. McClaughry had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Fort Montgomery October 6, 1777 so that Jacob Newkirk was in command after that date and the Regiment was frequently known as Newkirk's Regiment.

The military records in the preceding pages are all that have been found up to 1800. Further information about the service of Lt. James Monell is contained in pension and D. A. R. applications and is given in this volume under the Monell Genealogy.

MONELL GENEALOGY

Note: Authority for statements in the succeeding pages for the period prior to 1800 unless otherwise indicatoo will be found in the previous part of this volume under "Early American- Monells"

THE SETTLER JAMES MONELL AND HIS THREE SONS

JAMES MONELL was born about 1690 and is said to have arrived in Philadelphia in 1717. Where he came from is not known and tradition in the family is conflicting. Some believe he was a French Huguenot who came to this country, as did many other Huguenots, because of religious persecution. Others say he emigrated from Northern Ireland. The latter theory is the earliest found in print (Memoir of Joseph D. Monell published by Francis & Loutrel, New York, 1861, in N. Y. Public Library: "His father's ancestors emigrated from the north of Ireland"). It is possible both are wrong and that James Monell was a descendan_t of one of the Meynell families of England. These families are dealt with in the Appendix of this volume. Since we have not established a connection between the Meynel1s of England and the Monells of America, we cannot tell whether they are related, but it is interesting to note that in many instances the name is written in English records as •'Menell" which differs only slightly in spelling and pronunciation from "Monell".

We are told that in 1723 James Monell removed from Philadelphia to the Wallkill section of New York State which was then in Ulster County and is now a part of Orange County. He lived in the neighborhood of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church in the present Town of Montgomery. The members of this church at the time of its organization in 1729 are said to have consisted of about 40 familie~ which had emigrated from different parts of Ireland, but principally from the county of Londonderry, in northernmost Irdand. In 1731 James Monell purchased land a mile south of Goodwill Church from Thomas Noxon who had obtained it by patent in 1720. In 1732 James received a com-mission as ensign under Capt. Alex Colden, commander of a company of Militia. On July 28, 1736 he petitioned the New York Colonial Council for a patent for 300 acres of land in Evans vacated patent, "'hich covered a large part of present Orange County including the Goodwill Church neighborhood. The petition was approved by the Council on the following August 5th. He is mentioned in three- letters written in the period 1737 to 17 49 by Cadwallader Colden, a member of the Council and later Lt. Governor of the Colony of New York. Two of these

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letters showed that Ja{IleS had been to New York, where the Council meetings were held, and had called on Mr. Colden, whose homestead was located a few miles from Goodwill Church. The Monell family of that period appears also to have been acquainted with the Clintons, another noted Colonial family. One of that family was Dr. Charles Clinton and many of the Monells were included in the list of his patients.

The earliest indication of the members of the family of James Monell is found in the list of Ulster County Militia, Company of the "Wall a Kill" in 1738 which includes James, George, John and William Monell in the order named. This order appears to correspond with their ages. James Monell is undoubtedly the father and George, John and William his sons. The earliest recorded marriage in the family is that of George Monell to Jane Wherry on August 3, 1738. The name of James Monell appears in the earliest preserved records of Goodwill Church beginning in 1747 and an entry in 1750 shows James was one of twelve persons who were to divide ground near the church equally for every seat in the Wallkill Congregation which was the name of the church organization at that time. John, William and George Monell are also mentioned in the church records, their names first appearing in 17 49. Baptisms and marriages performed by the pastors of Goodwill Church in the early days were seldom entered in the church records and no such information pertaining to the Monell family is given until 1771. Fortunately the gravestones of many of the old settlers and their families are still discernable in the Goodwill Churchyard and included among them are the stones marking the graves of James Monell and his wife-the inscriptions upon which appear below-, his son William and many Monells of later generations.

Here Lies the Body of James Monell who Departed this Life January ye 4th 1768 Aged 78 years

Here Lies the Body of Mary Monell Wife to James Monell who Departed this Life November 27 1769 Aged 72 years

From these inscriptions we find that James J\'.Ionell was born 1690 and his wife about 1697. We do not know when or where they married, but since John (son of James) was born 1717, the same year the family came to this country, and since John is

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presumed to have been younger than his brother George, it appears James married before he sailed for America. The tombstone is the sole existing record of his wife, but in the absence of contrary evidence we can only assume she was his first and only wife and the mother of the sons named below.

Children: George, married Jeanet Wherry (Wharry) John (born 1717), married Hannah -William (born 1722), married Mary Eager

Each of the above will be dealt with in the paragraphs of this Chapter immediately f ollo'\\ing.

GEORGE MONELL, son of the settler James, first appears of record at the time of his marriage on August 3, 1738 to Jane "Worry" at the Dutch Church in New York. This record agrees with the Marriage License issued by the Secretary of the Province except that the latter gives his wife's name as Wherry. There is no indication that George lived in New York either at the time of his marriage or any other time and both the Monells and the Wherr:ys ( or Wharry as the name was usually spelled) lived in the Goodwill neighborhood of W aHkill Precinct. It is likely the couple travelled to New York to be married because of the lack of an established preacher in the Goodwill Congregation at the time.

Also in 1738 George Mone_µ was in the Ulster County Militia as has alr~ady been mentioned. That he was a member of Goodwill Church is shown by the church records which contain an entry ·' 17 49-50-toward clearing l\!Ir. Eairs arerag-J enur ye 24th Georg i\iloneail paid in full-£0-0-9."

On Jan. 28, 1747 George Monell acquired by deed from Cornelius Lm-v 420 acres of land in the Precinct of Highlands. Low had obtained the property by patent granted by King George the first. This deed is not recorded, but the original is on file at Washington's Headquarters Museum in Newburgh. By deed dated May 2, 1760 George l\:Ionell & wife Jeanet of Highlands Precinct ( which adjoined Wallkill at the time) conveyed 210 of the above 420 acres to Thomas King. The 1760 deed indicates that George had previously conv£yed adjoining property, doubt-

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less the remainder of tlie 420 acres, to John Smith. The property conveyed to Thomas King has been in the Thayer family for many generations and a picture of the Thayer house, which is an early colonial remodeled in the 1870s and is located on Route 208 south of l\tlaybrook, is contained in Vol. I. of Old Orange Houses. It is entirely possible that this house was originally built and occupied by George Monell and it at least is the location of his home until his removal to the Precinct of W allkilJ. The original 1760 deed from George & Jeanet Monell has been framed and hangs in the hall of the Thayer house. Tracings of the signatures on the deed appear in the preceding chapter (Early American Monells).

In an Indenture dated Nov. 4! 1763 George Munell & John Whary of W aJlkill, yeomen, agreed to pay Michael Thomas £444 4 for his interest in 219 acres of land on the east side of a road leading to Wallkill Meeting House which land MunE:ll & Whary already possessed by virtue of an earlier deed. On July 11, 1766 George conveyed to Robert Monnell ''son of said George Monnell, both of Wallkill Precinct11 176 acres of land in Wallkill. James Monell, who is doubtless George's son of that name, was a witness to -the deed.

On May 3, 1768 George and his wife "Jennet" sold to Hendrieus Van Keuren property in the present town of Montgomery near Goodwill Church. This land is a short distapce west of the Church and the house now standing upon it is said to have been built in part by Hendricus Van Keuren and in part by a formel," owner. While George Monell is said to have been the original owner, it may well be that this land was the site of the original James Monell homestead and that George, as the eldest son, received it from his father. There may be some significance in the fact that this deed was made only a few months following James Monell's death.

By deed dated October 2, 1770 George Monne11 of Hanover Precinct (a part of old Wallkill Precinct) conveyed 100 acres of land to his son Robert adjoining property "lately granted by said George MonnelJ to his son James Monnell". A mortgage was made August 11, 1773 by James Monnel of Hanover to Thomas Mc Kee on 101¼ acres in Hanover adjoining land .. lately granted by George Monnel" to said Mc Kee. Mention is made in the mortgage of a bond which James agreed to pay


to John Hill and-or Robert Monnel. John Hill was George Monell's son in law. George and David Monell witnessed the Will of James Noble on September 26, 177 4 and James Monell was named an Executor in the will. Hannah Monell, widow of John (George's brother) i.n her will of September 1, 1785 directed her executors to pay to George £22/1 sh "if he should live" out of rents collected, and if he should not live ''it is to be given to his said daughter Jane Hill".

The above references except where otherwise indicated are from the Ulster County and New York State Records. The Wallkill Precinct Records show that in 1767 James McCobb was Pathmaster for the Road District •'from Ge()rge Monell's comer to Mr. Booth, then from Neelytown to Kings" and that George Munnel was one of four Fence Viewers and Prizers of the Precinct for 1769. On July 1, 1784 Dr. Charles Cinton's record shows that he visited Mrs. Elizabeth Lamon at "George Monnells, 2 miles" (meaning that George Monell's house was 2 miles from Montgomery village where the doctor then resided). The name of George Monnell also appears in the list of Dr. Clinton's patients.

We do not know when George was born or died, but if it is so that he was older than his brother John, he must have been born before 1717-say 1715. Since his father is said to have come to this country in 1717, we conclude George was born in Europe. He would have been about 70 in 1785 when he is mentioned in Hannah's will. There is a George Monell in the 1790 Montgomery Census as head of a f~mily having 2 males over 16, one under 16 and 7 females. This may be the same George or it may be his grandson George (son of Robert) who was 22 years old at the time or, more likely (since there are two males over 16), it may have included both of them. A comparison of the signature of George Monell on the 1760 deed to Thomas King and of his signature as a witness to James Noble's will in 1774 which is on file at Albany with the signatures in Ulster County Surrogate's Office of ''George Monnell" who witnessed the will of Thomas Mc Kee dated August 22, 1789 and who signed the Administration Bond for the Estate of Robert Munnel in 1790! shows marked similarity in spite of _the double ·•n" in the latter cases an~ also suggests that George Sr. was still alive in 1790. In fact since the Mc Kee will was proved on Jan. 27, 1791 in Ulster Co. by

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affidavit of George Mpnnell, yeoman of Montgomery, as a witness to the execution of the will, we think George Sr. was still alive at that time. We can at least say that he outlived his brothers both of whom had died before 1779.

Of the children mentioned below the first three are definitely identified by the records mentioned above and the other two are believed to be sons of George's for reasons given in the chapters concerning them. After reading the stories of the varied lives of the children we may find it interesting to picture the family of George Monell as a whole. No doubt George had his troublesall the settlers' families lived through difficult times-but bis children carried on through an even more trying period, the American Revolution. George was still living at the time. The records clearly show how well bis children upheld and increased the respect for the family in their localities. All George's sons served the cause. One of them was killed in action, another was wounded three times. George, Jr. was a doctor by profession and was recorded as a surgeon fo.r the New York Troops. David was a schoolmaster. All of George's sons married into families of local importance; his daughter married a physician. We can well imagine that George had a feeling of pride for his family which was amply justified.

Children ( order not known): Jane, married 1765 Dr. John Hill Robert (born 1740-5), married 1767 or earlier Isabella

Graham James (born 1740-5), married 1772 Sarah Graham David, married 1775 Sarah Hill George (born 1750), married 1781 Catherine Dwight

Since little is know'!l about Jane, we shall tell what we do know at this point and deal vi'ith the other children separately in later chapters.

Jane apparently was the eldest of the children in view of her earlier marriage. 1he dates June 8, 1765, shows in the Record of Marriage Licenses issued by the Secretary of New York Province. On July 28, 1771 Mary, daughter of Dr. John Hill, was baptised in Goodwill Church and Jane Hill was a member of that church in 1777. Jane Hill, daughter of George Monell, is mentioned in the will of Hannah lVlonell, who was doubtless her aunt, in 1785.


There was a John Hil1 in the 1790 Montgomery Census with five males and no females in the family.

JOHN MONELL, son of the settler James, appears in the List of Ulster County Militia for 1738 with his father and brothers. In 17 49 he brought suit in the Ulster County Circuit Court against Hezekiah Gales; the nature of the suit however is not known. The records of Goodwill Church show that John & William Monell contributed £0-2-6 on June 26, 1749 and th3t each of them paid nine pence on Dec. 14, 1750 toward the minister's salai:y. On Jan. 18, 1751 James & John '·Monal" and Thomas Cransal paid £10-15 "as yearly dues for the third seat" in the church.

The v;ill dated Sept. 17, 1756 of Robert Neely of Neelytown, which is a mile south of Goodwill Church, v-.-as witnessed by John Monell and be also "itnessed the will of John Yelverton of New ,.

Windsor dated Mar. 24, 1760. In 1766 he was Overseer of the Poor for New Windsor.

We do not find of record any deeds to which J obn Monell was a party, but his will dated Aug. 5, 1771 and proved June 26, 1778 is recorded in the N. Y. County Surrogate's Office and is given below:

"In the name of God Amen I, John Munnel of the County of Ulster, Prescinct of New Windsor in the Province of New York yeoman being weake in Body but of sound minde and memory (blessed by God) do this fifth day of August in the yeare of oure lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner follo'\"\ingThat is to say first it is my will and I do hereby order and direct that all my just debts, and funeral charges be paid and satisfied by my executrix herein after named as soon as conveniently may be after my Deth-Secondly-1 give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Hannah all my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever-thirdly-I give and bequeath unto my ·well beloved wife Hannah her heirs and assigns for ever all my lands and tenements lying in the prescinct of the Wall kill in the County of Ulster aforesaide Fourthly-I give and bequeath my said well beloved wife Hannah her heirs and assigns forever all my houses lands messuages and tenements, and real estate ,vhatsoever whereof I shall die seized or possessed of in the County aforesaide and prescinct of New Windsor and now in my occupation lastly I do make and constitute my said wife Hannah ex-

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ecutrix revoking and :qiaking voide a11 other former & other will or wills by me heretofore made and declaring this and this only to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year 1st above written. John Monell (L. S.) Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said John Munnel as and for his last will and Testament in the presaBc of us who subscribed ower names witnesses thereto in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other the word (seventy) erasure, between the words and one. John Nicoll, Wm Cumming, James Harp."

(Acknowledgements follow before an Ulster County Judge of the Court of Probates of the State of New York: Dutchess County, June 26, 1778.)

· His gravestone still stands on the west side of the road in the Cemetery at Neelytown. It states he died June 12, 1778, age 61 years.

From these facts we obtain a brief outline of John's life. He was born about 1717 ( whether in this country or not we do not know) and lived until middle life not far from Goodwill Church, doubtless at Neelytown where be was buried and where his Wallkill Precinct farm was probably located. Between 1756 and 1760 he moved from Wallkill to New Windsor. His wiJI was made at New Windsor and his wife continued to live there after his death in 1778.

Of Hannah) wife of John Monell, we know little in spite of the lengthy and interesting will and codicil she made in September and October, 1785 which were probated Nov. 7th of that year. A transcript of the will from N. Y. County Surrog:ate's records foJlows:

"I Hannah Munnel of County of ffister, Prescint of New Windsor State of N. Y. do this 1st day of Sep 1785 make this my "\\-ill-1st I order debts paid 2nd I give to John Munnel ½ of my farm lying in Precinct of Wallkill & County of ffister it to be taken of that side next to farm of said John Munnel for which he is to pay yearly to Trustees of the Prispeterin meetin house at Nealy Tmvn 15 shillings for use of said church 3rd I give to Rosanna Dinnastan the other ½ of said farm with buildings on it, sh1 · to pay yearly to said trustees 15 shillings. 4th I give to William Weare, Jr., son of Rachel Sparks my house & lot in New Windsor and if said William should die without heirs, then to his brother John Weare, for which said Weare is to pay yearly to Trustees


of the Prispeteran meetin house at Little Britten 30 ·sh. 5th I give to M·ary Mc Coy the place where I now live for life, at her death to Wm Weare, Jr. son of Rachel Sparks & if he dies to his brother John Weare 6th I give to Mary McCoy one feather bead & bedding one bay hors fore years old one black cow with white face and further the rent of my farm at the W allakil for 2 years or the time it remains in hands of my Executor and ''thr'' are to pay out of it to Georg Munnil the sum of 22 pounds 10 sh. if he should live till the said rent should be come due if he should before the said time die then it is to be given to his said daughter Jane Hill the sum of 22 pounds 10 sh. and further I do give to Martha Pennear my looking glas one feather bead & beading & if she should die then to her daughter Betsey & further the rent of my said house at New Windsor till Wm Weare, Jr. shall come to age shall be equally divided between Wm Weare and Martha Pinnear, Williams part to be put to interest till he shall come to age and then to be paid to him Marthes part to be put to interest by my Executors and kept till said Wm is of ag~further my seat in the prispeterian meating house at New Windsor to be left to whoever shall live in my said house, tha paying the minnasters sallery & if not pade by them then to the trustees of the said house to rent it out for the minister's sallery and further I order all rest of my pen:.onahlP. P.Rt~t.P. t.o hP. i;:.old and what money is left after paying my debts and legacies to be equally divided ·between Martha. Pinnear, Hannah Mc Coy, Nansey Weare, Jennet Weare and Jane Hill and Lastly I appoint friends John Robbison, Esq., Geo. Harris and Wm Jackson my Executors of this my last will and Testament with full power at-their discretion to appoint if any of them should die or remove among any other person to act as Exec. to this my last will so that tha belong to the same church hearby revokin and makin voide all other former wills by me heartofore made & declaring this and this only to be my last will arid testament. In witness whearof I have hearunto set my hande and seal the day and year first above written.

Hannah Monnell (L. S.)

Signed, sealed, Published, pronounced & declared by the said H. Munnil as her last will and testament in presents of us Benj. Smith, Caterain (X) Smith, Leonard D. Nicoll. A Codicil made by me Hannah Munnil this 1st day of October 178~1 give to my sister Mary Mc Coy the place where I now live in New Windsor Precinct containing 10 acres of land. I do further give to my said sister ½ of my waring apperil and other ½ to Martha Pennear and further I give ½ of rent of my place in New Windsor to Mary Mc Coy and Martha Pennear till Wm Weare, Jr. becomes of age and other ½ to be used in repairing said house. I give Mary Mc Coy my desk at her death to go Wm Weare Jr.

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-I do further give to sister Mary McCoy one bibal one Psalm book and I do give to Wm Weare Jr. Flavils works and Lastly I do publish this codicil.

Hannah Munil (L. S.) Wit. Benj. Smith Caterine X Smith, Leonard D. Nicholl. proved before one of Surrogates of said County-administration of will granted to John Robbison Geo. Harris and Wm Jackson."

In so] ving the problems presented by Hannah's will, it should be kept in mind that John Monell gave all his property, both in Wallkill and New Windsor, to his wife (Hannah). It is unlikely that he would have; given his all to a second wife un1ess he had no other close relatives which we know was not the ca&; hence we believe Hannah was his first and only wife. Money and property in the colonial days were hard earned compared with our twentieth century way of life and there was a strong tendency to keep the family assets in the family. The all inclusive bequest to Hannah therefore was doubtless made not only to insure her support but also because John was confident she would provide for a fair division of the estate after her death. The will Hannah made is ample to justify such confidence.

The most natural conclusion to draw from Hannah's will is that John Monell and Rosanna Dinnaston (Denniston) who are first mentioned and each of whom received half of the Wallkill farm, were children of John and Hannab Monell. While the will does not ref er to them as such neither does it give the relationship of any of the others named including Mary McCoy who is shown by the codicil to be her sister. We know from the will that the John Monell receiving the bequest already had a farm next to the one he was to receive-possibly received from John Monell (Sr.) during the latter's lifetime.

The distinction between the Wallkill and New Windsor property might lead to the belief the New Windsor property originally came from Hannah's side of the family and that she disposed of it among them rather than the Monells. Thus we might conclude that Rachel Sparks, like Mary McCoy, was a sister of Hannah's. Rachel obviously was not living since the bequest was to her children, vVilliam Weare, Jr. and John Weare. All three of them are buried in Goodwill Churchyard their gravestones showing Rachel Weare died in 1778 aged about 45 years, John Weare in 1838, age 65 and William Weare in 1828. Jennet Weare, men-


tioned in the will, obviously was not a daughter of Rachel as she was 90 when sbe died in 1803. No record of Nancy Weare, who is also mentioned in the will, bas been found. The £22-l0sh to be paid to George Monell or his daughter Jane was undoubtedly to cover money owed to George who will be recognized as John's brother.

The fact that all the property bequests were conditioned upon the support by legatees of various Presbyterian Churches in Orange County shows Hannah Monell was deeply religious. Practically all the Monells prior to 1800 and many since were Presbyterians.

It must be admitted that any conclusions reached as to the identity of persons named in Hannah's will (save for Mary McCoy, George and Jane Monell) are based on circumstantial evidence. In the case of John Monell and Rosanna Denniston it is necessary, before the line of reasoning above applied to them can be accepted, to consider the possibility that John and Hannah Monell had no children and that John and Rosanna are children of either George or William Monell, John's brothers. There are no other possibilities, because the dates of birtlr of John (Jr.) and Rosanna clearly mark them as of the third generation in thjs country. The equal tteatment of John and Rosanna strongly indicates they are brother and sister. Rosanna, however, was born when William was only 15 years old and one year before George married, so if we are satisfied John and Rosanna are brother and sister, we know they cannot be children of either George or William and m_:ust be children of John (Sr.). F.,ven disregarding this argument any contention that John and Rosanna are children of George or William could be met with the query "If this is so, why were only John and Rosanna named in Hannah's will and all the other children of George and William (except Jane Hill whose bequest was a minor one) omitted?" A further clue is the reference to 'John Monell, Jur" in the Ulster Co. Militia in the year 1772 ( though this is not in itself conclusive as we have found in the case of 'James Monell, Jr.' who lived in the Revolution).

The author over a period of nearly ten years has tried without success to obtain additionaJ records pertaining to John and Hannah and has endeavored to ascertain from the numerous descendants of John (Jr.) any additional information as to his

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parentage. While there are some in the family who have knowledge of John (Jr.) handed down to them, information further back than that point is conflicting and indefinite.

Even to those inclined to be skeptical of circumstantial evidence Hannah's will should be good and sufficient proof to all of John (Jr.)'s descendants that they are unquestionably related. to the other Orange County Monells, all of whom descended from the settler James Monell. And if, with that in mind and after considering the known facts, one is satisfied there can be no possibility that John (Jr.) is a son of either George or William, he or she can be equally satisfied John (Jr.) is a son of John and Hannah Monell.

Children (subject to above comments):

Rrn;anna (born 1737), married --Denniston John (born 17 45), married Rebecca Bradner

All we know about Rosanna, aside from mention of her in Hannah's will, is that she was a member of Goodwill Church 1-,.,,.f,.,. ... ,,. 1'7'7'7 n .... ..:i Tnn~ h,. ... .;,,.,.:i .;...,. ("'!,,.,,.u,Jw·UJ.·11 r"1Vl.11....lll.-,,;ll, ... v~-.1-u,J • .ll.1·- "-1.,1...u&l IJ'Ci.l vi 'Ci , , , a..u.u vv a..:, u u.1 ioe;u .ll.1 uuu .. ,_, ., ... ,.,

Monell Plot; her gravestone showing that she died April 30, 1809, age 72. We have not ascertained the name of her husband, though the date of birth of Rosanna leads to the conclusion he was one of the sons of Alexander Denniston who came from County Longford, Ireland in 1729 and settled in Little Britain which is a part of New Windsor, the Precinct where John and Hannah Monell lived. An account of the Denniston family is given in Genealogical and Family History of Soutbern.N ew York and the Hudson River_ Valley, by Reynolds, 1914. The wife of one of the sons of Alexander Denniston (Isabel, wife of George) is buried in Goodwill Churchyard, she having died 1771 age 31 years. Possibly Rosanna is George's second . wife. No other Dennistons are found in that Churchyard except Rosanna as has already been mentioned.

John (Jr.) and his descendants will be the subject of later chapters.

WILLIAM MONELL, born about 1722, is the youngest son of the settler James. The evidence for this statement comes from


three sources-first the order of his appearance with the other Monells in the 1738 Ulster Co. Militia; second the gravestones of William and his brother John which show John was five years older; and third the fact that William was only 16 when his brother George mar1ied. On June 26, 1749 an entry was made in the Goodwill Church Records · 'Received of John Monol and William Monl-£0-2-6" ab.d on Jan. 18, 1751 another entry '·Wm Eager & Wm Monal fo; the 4th seat--£10-13." The records of Wallkill Precinct show that in 1767 William Monell was Pathmaster for the Road District "from the northwest line to Cambell's bridge, and from Mr. Konerel to the cross-road". A study of Wallkill Road Boundaries in 1772 on page 441 of Ruttenber & Clatk's History of Orange Co. reveals that Campbell's Bridge was a cros.sing over the Otterkill, near Campbell Hall. From page 207 of the History we learn ·'the old northwest line" ran in a northwesterly direction through the middle of Wallkill as it was in 1767. This line is the boundary between present day Wallkill and Montgomery and between Wallkill and Crawford. A further clue to the location of William Monell's property is found in the road laid out by the Ulster Co. Road Commissioners in 17 55 .. Beginning at the House of Samuel Graford & running a northwest course along the Line of William Monel & David Graford to the Wallkill as near as the ground v.ill alow and over the said W allk.ill just below an Iland on the West side and along the Bank to JohP Mc Neals line***". Ruttenber & Clark's History (p. 442) states David Crawford lived at Stony Ford farm owned (in 1881) by Chas. Bachman. This would indicate Wm Monell lived in the La Grange neighborhood, as did his nephew John Monell, Jr. who also owned at one time the Stony Ford farm.

Orange County Histories show that among the children of William Eager who came to this country from Monaghan, Ireland about 1728 and who came to Neelytown in 1741, was Mary who married William l\!Ionell. Her mother was Elsa McGrada who was also from Northern Ireland . .Ai?, William and Elsa were married in Ireland and had two children before emigration and as Mary apparently ,vas the eldest child, she must have been born in Ireland before 1728. We do not know when she died.

From Wil1iam Monell's gravestone in Goodwill Churchyard, we learn that he died June 26, 1771 age 49.

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The first part of the letter of Dr. Joseph Sears Monell (1828-1881) mentioned on page nine of this book under "Early American Monells" tells us the follmring about the settler James Monell and his son William:

"James Monell arrived in Philade1phia in 1717 where he remained until 1723 when he purchased a farm in to-,vn of Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y. and removed with his family upon this farm upon which he lived until his death. William was begat while living here, said William remained upon said farm until the death of his father, when he married and begat children, among whom was a son bearing his name (William)-1755."

A few comments are appropriate at this point. If James bought the Wallkill farm in 1723 and William \Yas born there, William must have been born in 1723 rather than 1722 which would mean he was in his 49th year rather than past it when he died in June 1771. Since his father lived until 1768 and William had children born in 1755, the letter is incorrect in stating he did not marry until after his father's death though it is quite possible William lived on the farm with his father even after he (William) married.

The children of William and Mary (Eager) l\1onell mentioned below are the only ones known to us.

Children: James (born 1754), married 1781 Mary Miller William (born about 1755), married 1779 Frances Tuthill Mary (born 1756), married 1774 Jonathan Sayre

also probably: Martha (born 1765f married 1797 Capt. Thomas Beatty Thomas, married Elizabeth Hubbard

James and William will be discussed in later chapters of this book. The other children a.re dealt with below.

An outline of the family of Jonathan Sayre is given in the Sayre Family Genealogy by Theodore M. Banta, published in 1901. The following is taken from page 134 of the Genealogy:

"Jonathan Sayre (son of Jo-h Sayre), born Goshen l\1arch 30: 1752 married May 3, I ~ :Mary Monell who was born Sept. 14, 1756. She was a sister of John J. l\foneJl's grandfather.

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(Note-John J.'s grandfather was James Monell, son of William thus establishing that Mary was William's daughter.) During the Revolution he was in Capt. Woodhull's Company of Light Horse Cavalry of Orange Co. He inherited his father's farm at Hamptonburgh. Children:

1. Mary, born March 11, 1775; md - McColen; died Oct. 10, 1806.

2. Joseph, born Nov. 3, 1776; was a sea captain. Lost at sea, unmarried, Feb. 16, 1801.

3. Jemima, born April 27. 1779; md Joshua Wells Feb. 10, 1801. She died Jan. 6, 1812. (Details of their six children follow).

4. Martha, born July 11, 1781; md Archibald Sayre. (She died at Madison, N. J. March 16, 1855 and had a large family).

5. Elsie, born July 21, 1783; md John Stiles Feb. 27, 1808. Lived at Wantage N. J.

6. Elizabeth, born Oct. 11, 1785; md Hezekiah Watkins, who was born Hamptonburgh. She died Dec. 17, 1865. Had twelve children (listed).

7. William, born May 18, 1788; md first Nov. 29, 1809 Mary Van Duzer, second June 27, 1833 Elizabeth Walsh, daughter of Thomas & Margaret (Brush) Walsh of New Windsor, who was born May 13, 1787 and died April 27, 1837; and third Elvira Monell. (N ote--Elvira was born 1790 and was a daughter of John Scott. She married 1st Samuel Monell, nephew of Mary Monell Sayre, who died 1840. Elvira's marriage to Wm Sayre was her 2nd marriage. Page 304 of the Genealogy states that Wm bought·a iarm in Cornwall Township where he lived till his death Feb. 23, 1869 ''His father and mother lived "\"\-ith him until the time of their death").

8. Jane Sophia born Dec. 19, 1792; died Aug. 23, 1798."

Jonathan Sayre's gravestone in Bethlehem Cemetery, Orange Co. shows he died Sept. 4, 1829, age 77 yrs 5 months 5 days and his wife Mary is also burie_d there. She died :May 1, 1834, age 77 yrs 8 months 7 days. The information on the tombstones substantially verifies that given above as to the dates of their birth. Their son William is buried in the same cemetery with his first two wives, Elizabeth and Mary. William's third wife, Elvira, died April 24, 1853, age 63 and was buried in Goodwill Presbyterian Churchyard. The Bethlehem gravestones all spell the name '·Sayer" while the stone in Good·will is spelled ''Sayre".

Page 326 of the Sayre Genealogy lists the 12 children of Archibald Sayre & Martha Sayre ( the latter being the fourth child

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of Jonathan and Mary Monell Sayre) including George Monell Sayre (1805-1818), Adolphus M_onell Sayre (1822-1855 who had a son & grandson Qf the same name; they lived at Madison, N. J .) , and Joseph Stokes Sayre (1817-1858). The latter had a son Joseph Monell Sayre, born 1852, died 1915 who also lived at Madison and had a son Harrison Monell Sayre, born 1894. Adolphus Monell Sayre, 3d was known as Monell Sayre. He was born at Madison Nov. 21, 1875 and died at Washington, D. C. June 15, 1936. His obituary in the New York Times the following day shows he was granduated from Harvard 1898, was Associate Professor of History at Columbia and later a member of the staff on pensions of the Carnegie Foundation in New York. He established the pension fund for the Episcopal Church in 1913 and helped to establish such a fund for the Church of England. For ten years he was official pension adviser for the Federal Reserve Board. He was Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from New Jersey in 1922, 1924 & 1932. The illustrious MoneJI Sayre, who was often called the ''Father of Pensions", derived his name from his great-great grandmother Mary Monell who married Jonathan Sayre over 100 years before Monell Sayre was born. This is not the only instance where the popularity of the name ''Monell'' in the collateral lines of the family is attested by its continued use for many generations, down to the present day.

Martha Monell, believed to be a daughter of William & Mary (Eager) Monell, married Thomas Beatty in Goodwill Church, Montgomery March 30, 1797. Their child, Wm Clark Beatty, was baptised in that church in April 1798. He died June 12, 1813 age 15 yrs 4 inonths & 9 days and is buried in the churchyard. Martha is buried there also, her gravestone showing she died Nov. 10, 1841 in her 77th year, indicating she was born in 1765 (exact date Feb. 17, 1765 per information given by J. J. Beattie, Esq. to Dr. Stanbrough of Newburgh. Mr. Beattie also stated Martha's daughter Isabella md Samuel Scott, brother of Elvira who md Samuel Monell, grandson of Wm & Mary (Eager) Monell). We judge Martha was Thomas' 2nd wife since in the same churchyard there is a grave for Mary Waugh, wife of Thomas Beatty, died 1794 in 29th yr. Capt. Thomas Beatty (Martha's husband) died Dec. 10, 1800 in his 46th yr and is


buried in said churchyard together with other Beattys including his parents, Thomas & Elizabeth (Houston) Beatty. The will of Thos. Beatty, Sr. of Montgomery ( who died 1807) is dated Jan. 20, 1801 and was probated in Orange Co. in 1808. It mentions granddaughter Frances Hunter, son Joseph, grandson Thos. Hunter, grandson Wm Clark Beatty, daughter Isabella, dau. in law Martha the widow of son Thos. deceased, little grandaughter without name the daughter of son Thos. deceased. By deed dated Feb. 22, 1819 Moses Monell (son of James and grandson of Wm & Mary Eager Monell) & wife conveyed a lot in Montgomery to Martha Beatty. In the 1820 Montgomery Census Martha "Batey" appears with one male under 10, one aged 10-16, one aged 18-26; one female aged 16-26 and one 45 or over (the latter being Martha).

Thomas Monell is mentioned in Goshen Pres. Church Records under date of Dec. 25, 1791 when Mary, .. daughter of Thos. Monell & Elizabeth Hubbard, his wife" was baptised. Both James & William, Jr. (know,i sons of William, Sr.) were married in that church and Mary (daughter of William, Sr.) was a member of the church. While this is not positive proof, it indicates the probability that Thomas also was a son of William, Sr. The next record of him is found in the 1800 Town of Wallkill Census which shows--his family then consisted of 2 males under 10 & one (Thomas) aged 26-45, 2 females under 10 & one aged 26-45. His name also appears on the assessment roll for Wallkill in 1803 with $207 .50 real and $38 personal property. He witn~d the will of David Craig of Wallkill, dated Dec. 4, 1801. On May 5, 1806 Thomas Monell & Elizabeth his wife of Town of Wallkill conveyed to Jacob Hulslander 59 acres of land in Wallkill for $1125. The follo'\'\ing month he wss admitted to membership in Hopewell Pres. Church; his wife had been admitted Oct. 4, 1805. The membership list of the church included Thomas with the added notation ·•died" and his wife with the notation ·'dismissed". Their children baptised in Hopewell Church were: Sarah born Mar. 4, 1800 & Eleanor born Feb. 3, 1804 (both baptised 1806), Henry hap. Feb. 6, 1807 and Martha born July 25, 1809 hap. Nov. 10, 1811. Thomas' death apparantly occurred after the latter date. He last appears in the Town of Wallkill 1810 Census as follows: Thomas (26-45), one male 16-26, one 10-16 & one

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under 10; one female 26-45, one 10-16, three und€r 10. The fact Thomas was in the 26-4:5 age group in both 1800 & 1810 shows he was born between 1765 & 177 4 and, if he was in fact a son of William, we know he was born by 1771 when William died. The family seems to have disappeared from Orange Co. entirely between 1811 & 1820 so we judge they moved after Thomas' death. We have one clue and that is the 1880 census for Batavia, N. Y. which lists a Henry Monell, age 73, with wife Mary A. and son Charles H. age 45. Henry's age shows he was born 1807, the same year in which Thomas' son Henry was baptised. Whether this is the same Henry we do not know. Henry Monell was elected Sheriff of Genessee County in Nov. 1848 (Civil List of N. Y. State); in 1864 Henry & Chas. H. Monell were directors of the 1st Nat'] Bank of Batavia which was organized in that year (Genessee Co. History of 1889). Henry died May 3, 1881 at Batavia according to petition for administration of his estate filed by his son Charles H. Monell. The petition lists only his widow Mary Ann Monell and Charles, both of Batavia, as next of kin. Charles H. Monell was in the Civil War. ( Genessee Co. History, undfr Town of Elba) and in the 1860 Elba Census he was shown as aged 27, wife Sarah 26 and son Henry age 6. As stated above the 1880 Batavia Census lists Chas. H. Monell aged 45 with his parents. Probably he is the same Chas. H. Monell who was appointed Harbormaster of the Port of New York May 21, 1880 ( Civil List of N. Y. State) and listed in N. Y. City Directories for 1880-1887 as Harbormaster or as President of an unnamed Corporation. It is also possible Henry lvlonell (born 1807) may be son of Charles Monell, whose son Charles H. (same name as Henry's son) .9f Lansing, N. Y. ( which is near Oswego) married on Feb. 11, 1831 Mary P. Ballard, daughter of William Ballard of Plattsburg according to an old Ithaca newspaper.

LT. ROBERT MONELL LINE

LT. ROBERT MONELL, son of George and Jeanet (Wharry) Monell and grandson of the settler James Monell was one of the most noted members of the family who served in the Revolution. He apparently was of age by 1766 when his father conveyed to him 176 acres of land in Wallkill Precinct. Both were living in that Precinct at the time. Another 100 acres were conveyed to him by his father in 1770. His name appears in the Wallkill Precinct records within the period 1768 to 1778.

On April 7, 1771 his daughter Mary was baptised in Goodwill Presbyterian Church. We know he had a son George since this is shown in the Record of Patients kept by Dr. Charles Clinton, local physician who was a brother of General George Clinton, first Governor of New York State. Eager's History of Orange County states Roberl was an early settler in Neelytown, though the reference possibly should have been to his Uncle John Monell who had a farm near Neelytown and who is buried there.

A ietter from John Young to Gen. George Clinton dated Sept. 29, 1776 vouches for the honesty and courage of Lts. Robert and James ''Munel" (James was Robert's brother) both of whom at the time were members of the 2nd or South End Regiment of Ulster County Militia. "Lt. Monell" (Robert) was one of the members of a Court of Inquiry at Fort Montgomery, on the Hudson River, May 31, 1777. He was killed in action October 6, 1777 at Fort Montgomery where, as E. M. Ruttenber said in his article on the Monell family in 1897 in the Newburgh Sunday Telegram, '·he found a grave in Bloody Pond". His service in the war was the basis for a New York State pension, probably obtained by his '\\'Ue.

The right to administer the Estate of ·'Robert Munnel, late of Montgomery, yeoman" was granted to his widow Isabel on Feb. 1, 1790 according to Ulster Co. records. The original petition is still on file showing her signature and that of George Munnel and John Blake who signed the administration bond for £400.

The name of Robert ''Monall" is included in the membership list of Goodwill Church prior to 1777 and in Goodwill ChuJchyard we find the following gravestone: ~•In Memory of Isabella,

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widow of Robert Monell who died 11 of Nov. 1813, age 67 yrs, 10 months, 27 days." This shows Robert's wife was born 1746. The Newburgh Political Index for Nov. 16, 1813 states Isabella died in that village. From the 1766 deed to Robert, we judge that he was born 1745 or shortly before.

The will of Danie] Graham of Montgomery, made in 1796 and recorded in Ulster Co., appointed his "beloved nephew George Monel" an Executor of his estate. Since the only George Monell of the ptriod was the son of Robert & Isabella, the will of Daniel Graham proves that Isabella was Daniel's sister. This is confirmed by "The Nicoll family of Orange Co., N. Y." published by Wm. L Nicoll in 1886, page 47 which states the mother of George Monf'11 ( who married Margaret Nicoll in 1812) was Isabella Graham. The father is _given as George Monell of Little Britain-this is erroneous as we know it was Robert Monell. One of the witnesses to Daniel Graham's will was Sarah Monell. She might have been Sarah Graham Monell, wife of Lt. James Monell or Sarah Hill Monell, wife of David Monell, but probably was the latter.

On the same gravestone as Isabella's in Goodwill Churchyard, the following additiona] inscriptions appear:

Mary Isabella, daughter of George and Margaret Monell, died Nov. 24, 1813, age 8 months, 11 days.

George William, son of same died Sept. 21, 1815, age 13 months, 14 days.

Since we knmv Robert had a son George and in view of the names of these infant children appearing on Isabella's gravestone> we may logically conclude that the infants are grandchildren of Robert & Isabella, and this is confirmed by evidence given below.

It is probable that Robert's daughter :Mary married James McKee a.s we find record of the baptism on Nlay 27, 1799 in Good1vill Church of Robut l\t1unnel, daughter of James & Mary McKee. George l\t!onnell of Niontgomery, yeoman, was a witness to the wi11 of Thomas McKee of New Windsor dated August 22, 1789 in which James McKee is named as a son of Thomas.

Children: George, born 1768, married Margaret Nicoll (see below) Mary, baptised 1771, probably married James McKee

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GEORGE Mo NELL, son of Robert and Isabella ( Graham) Monell, was born in 1768, without doubt in Wallkill Precinct where his father was known to have lived at the time. He was active in the affairs of Newbu~gh, Orange Co. where he spent a considerable part of his life. Either our subject Geo~ge or his grandfather George Monell was listed in the Montgomery 1790 Census as the head of a household containing 3 males and 7 females. Most likely his grandfather, who was about 75 at the time, was the head, though since no other George is listed and no Isabella 1Vlonell, it seems likely that Isabella (widow of Robert) and her children (including our George) were living with the elder George Monell. In 1796 George Monell was named an executor in the will of his uncle Daniel Graham of Montgomery as has already been mentioned, and Orange County records show he joined the other executors in a deed in 1796 to Alexander Hamilton covering property in Montgomery. A mortgage was made to him on April 1, 1797 by Wm Miller and wife on 215 acres of land in Montgomery ··conveyed formerly by George Monell to his son Robert Monell in two parcels but now in one bounds". At that time our subject George was still sho"'n as of Montgomery.

He bought land_ in Newburgh from Thomas Cooper by deed recorded in Ulster Co. in 1797. His removal to Newburgh apparently took place in that year as the minutes of the Trustees _ of the Fire Company of the Village of Newburgh, 1797, show that George Monell was appointed a fireman and that he was required to furnish 3 buckets as a householder. According to the Record of Coroner's Inquests, he was one of 15 jurors who Yiewed the body of John McLoud of New Windsor in November 1797. He was also on a coroner's jury at an inquisition held in Newburgh June 1, 1799. The same record shows that he was a Coroner for Orange County on Ju_ne 10, 1800 when a jury considered the case of a man who had accidently fallen from a Sloop and drowned.

On Feb. 16, 1799 George J'.VIonell and John & Phebe Harris of Newburgh made a mortgage for $150 on a Smith St. lot. According to Ruttenbef's 1859 History of Ne,Yburg,h, James Donnelly, who was then about 80, stated that not long after the Re-volution) George l\tlonell was proprietor of one of four stores on "\Vater St. This is confirmed by a deed made in 1815 by George and his wife and Hiram Weller to Thomas Colden of land on Water St. &

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the Hudson River, Newburgh adjoining "the dock and store lately erected by said George Monell & Hiram Weller". Monell and Weller apparently were partners and they joined in other deeds and mortgages in 1810, 11, 12 & 13 involving large sums. In and prior to 1810 they bought several large parcels of land from Colden in Newburgh and had a map of their purchases made entitled ''Map of Robert W. Jones of lands bought from Thomas Colden by George Monell and Hiram Weller'' which is ref erred to in many of said deeds and mortgages. Hiram, like George, was a Village Trustee.

George Monell owned other property in Newburgh in his own right however (we have already mentioned his 1797 purchase) and we find he sold in Dec. 1810 property on the north side of Ann St. He and his wife Margaret sold a 1.19 acre tract in Newburgh on May 20, 1812, land on High & Colden Sts. in the Village in 1813, and on Oct. 15, 1817 they sold to Thos. Phillips, Jr. a lot on the S .E comer of Ann & Colden Sts. George conveyed in 1816 to George ·'Zebriskey" (Zabriskie) of New Jersey land on the N E corner of Water & South Sts. which had been part of the so called Glebe land of the Church of E.ogland referred to in the 1881 History of Orange Co. under the Chapter on Newburgh.

The 1800 Census shows George Monell in Newburgh \vith 3 males (two aged 10-16 and one 26-45; latter George) and 2 females (one 16-26 and one over 45) and 1 slave. Probably the elder female was his mother. The Newburgh Directory for 1800 reproduced in ''A Centennial Historical Sketch of the City of Newburgh" published by Ruttenber about 1865 includes George Monell in the list of residents. On Sept. 15, 1802 he witnessed the will of Bazaleel Beebe of Newburgh.

The 1810 Census for Newburgh shows George l\1onell aged 26-45 with one female 45 or over (his mother no doubt-she died 1813) and one female 26-45. The deeds and mortgages George signed prior to 1812 were signed by him alone, whereas most of the subsequent deeds were signed by his wife as ,Yell, as was the custom. Thus we conclude George did not marry before 1812 and that the unaccounted for persons living with him in 1800 & 1810 shown above were not members of his immediate family.

George Monell was the fourth President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Newburgh, having been elected to that

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office in 1804. He was also President of the Board in 1805-7-8-9 and continued on the board, though not as President, in 1811-12. As President he advertised ln 1804 for subscriptions to build a waterworks to supply the village. He was one of the incorporators of Newburgh & New Windsor Turnpike Company which was charted in 1806 and in 1807 he was Treasurer of the Newburgh & Cochecton Turnpike Company. He was a1so a director of the Bank of Orange County which was chartered in 1812. These facts are from Ruttenber & Clark's History of Orange Co.

On March 23, 1812 George ''Monnel'' married Margaret Nicoll according to records preserved by the present day Brick Pres. Church in New York City. Membe1-s of the Nicoll family were among the earliest settlers of New Windsor (p 213 R & C's Hist. Or. Co.). Margaret Monell became a member of Newburgh Pres. Church in April, 1815. The following children of George & Margaret were baptised in that church:

George Isaac Nichols, bapt. July 5, 1818 Deborah Woodhull, bapt. same day · Elizabeth Frances, born Sept. 15, 1821, hapt. May 23, 1822.

We were fortunate in locating the family bible of the MonellNicoll family, now in the possession of the widow of the late Senator Gilbert Monell Hitchcock. This states the marriage of. George & Margaret was in March 1812 at the First Pres. Church in New York City, by Pastor Spring. The bible shows ·'Isaac Nicoll, father of Margaret Nicoll married Deborah Woodhull daughter of Nathaniel Wpodhull of Mastic; Long Island at South Haven May 20, 1763" and gives the dates of birth of their children (Margaret was the ninth child and was born May 30, 1781), deaths in the family, and births of the following children of George & Margaret Nicoll Monell:

Mary Isabella, first child, born in 1814 George William, the second child, born A. D. 1816 George I. N. and Elizabeth Deborah twin children born

A. D. 1818-June 1st. Elizabeth F. N. born A. D. 1821 Sept. 15

A third source of the children of this couple is "The Nicoll Family of Orange Co., N. Y." by Wm L. Nicoll, 1886, p. 47; this list gives the names of all five children, with dates of birth

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and death as given below except for the last child for which no dates were supplied.

The 1820 Census for Newburgh shows George Monell's famiJy as consisting of three males 26-45, one from 18-26 and one under 10; four females 26-45. Of those recorded we know of only George (whose age is incorrectly given), his wife and son George I. N.

The Newburgh Pres. Church records show Margaret Monell as -"dismissed to New York", which must have been after the last baptism in 1822. She was received by certificate in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York City on Sept. 7. 1826.

The will of Eliza Nicoll of Newburgh made Oct. 14, 1816 includes her sister Margaret as an heir and George Monell was one of the Executors. This will was probated in 1837 in New York City where Eliza Nicoll died. One of the €State papers on file in New York City shows Margaret Monell was then living in that city and George Monell also. Jannet Monnell, a witness to Eliza's will in 1816 ,was also a New York resident in 1837. On Feb. 11, 1839 George Monell of N. Y. City, a creditor of Janet's, bought a 60 x 90 plot of hers on the South side of Ann St., Newburgh at a Sheriff's sale, according to Orange Co. Records. (For further remarks concerning the identity of Janet Monell, see Chapter on Lt. James Monell). The lot on Ann St. was sold on Sept. 17, 1844 by George then of Newburgh to George I. N. Monell (his son), a merchant of Monroe, Orange Co. who in turn sold it to Albert G. Zabriskie of New York Sept. 2, 1847.

'Ihe Christian Intellingencer, a publication of the Reformed Dutch Church of New·York, Issue of Sept. 17, 1846 contains an obituary for Margaret Nicoll Monell who died at Newburgh Aug. 30, 1846 age 65 years. Her husband died Sept. 10, 1847 and the Newburgh Highland Courier for the following day shows he died in that village, age 79 years. This indicates bis birthyear as 1768. The Nicoll family book already mentioned gives the exact date as Dec. 14, 1768.

An article by E. 1\1. Ruttenber in the Newburgh Telegram in 1897 and reprinted in Paper No. VII of The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & The· Highlands, published 1900, includes the following about George Monell (aside from his official positions in Newburgh)

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"I know very little concerning him. He was a merchant in dry goods and groceries, kept a hotel at one time ( which may account for the extra people living with him per census records) and evidently was a man of substantial character from the representative positions which he held, for be it remembered, at that time more care was taken in selecting the administrators of local government than in later years. I have been told that he removed to Goshen, but cannot vouch for the correctness of that statement nor have I any information concerning his family." (The remainder of the article, dealing with other Monells is ref erred to elsewhere in this volume).

The statement that he moved to Goshen is doubtless in error as George Monell moved to New York from Newburgh and Jater back to Newburgh. New York City Directories show George Monell first came there in 1823 where he lived in boarding houses at various addresses until 1843 when he no longer appears. It was probably then that he and his "ife removed to Newburgh where the deed to his son shows he was living in 1844.

Unfortunately there appear to be no living descendants of George Monell, but from the evidence above it appears his children were as follows:

Children: 1. Mary Isabella, born March 16, 1813, died Nov. 27, 1813

(Nov. 24 per--gravestone), age 8 months, 11 days, buried Good- · will Churchyard.

2. George William, born Aug. 7, 1814, died Sept. 21, 1815, age 13 months, 14 days, buried Goodwill.

3. George Isaac Nicoll, .born June 1, 1818. See below. 4. Elizabeth Deborah Woodhull born June 1, 1818 (twin of

George I. N.). died Aug. 28, 1819. 5. Elizabeth Frances Nicoll, born Sept. 15, 1821. See below.

George Isaac Nicoll lVIonell, son of George is shown to have been received as a member of Monroe, Orange Co. Pres. Church in 1844. He undoubtedly is the George ''J. A." Monell who was Town Clerk of Monroe in 1845 & 1847-8. The deed from George lVIonell to George I. N. in 1844 above mentioned was follo,..-ed by another in 1847 from the latter to Albert G. Zabriskie covering the same (Newburgh) ptoperty. Since that was the year of George I. N .'s father's death, we judge the sale ,vas made for that reason, i. e. that the father occupied the Newburgh premises

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until his death, notwithstanding his conveyance of the property to his son in 1844.

In 1912 Mrs. May Monelle Stansbury Mansfield, then Librarian of the California Genealogical Society, corresponded with Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh in an effort to trace the connection with other Monells of George Isaac Nicoll Monell after whom she was named and who was a friend of her father's. She had found from the Pioneer Ass'n at Sacramento that George was born j.n Newburgh, sailed from New York Jan. 16, 1849 for California where he arrived Sept. 28, 1849 after a journey of eight months by way of Panama, and that he left Calif omia about 1886 ''to join his old maiden sister". Mrs. Mansfield said he was a bachelor, and was for years Supt. of the Sunday School in the First Pres. Church at Sacramento. She also stated he was Cashier in D. 0. Mills Bank there, and had many business interests in his active years of life. We find him in the Newburgh City Directory for 1890, living at 78 Clinton St. He does not appear in 1895 and probably died in the meantime.

George Lafayette Monell of Newburgh (grandson of Lt. James Monell) told Dr. Stanbrough that George Isaac was son of a soldier who was killed in the Revolution. His information was only partly correct as we know, since George I. N. was grandson of Lt. Robert Monell who was killed in that war.

Elizabeth Frances Nicoll Monell, daughter of George, shows in the 1855 Census as aged 25 and as living with her aunt in Newburgh, Sarah Nichols, Elizabeth having been a resident of the town for 12 years. She shows in the Newburgh City Directory for 1860 at 109 Western Ave. and in 1864 on South near Chambers St. She does not appear in 1865, but since her brother came from California to see her in 1886, she apparently was still living in the latter year. The Calif omia data concerning George I. N. states that his sister (Elizabeth) was unmarried and since he was also, there are no descendants of this branch.

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LT. JAMES MONELL, son of George and Jeanet (Wharry) Monell, and grandson of the settler James Monell, served his country long and faithfully during the Revolution. We do not know the date of his birth (the place was doubtless Wallkill Precinct) though we judge it was no later than 17 45 since he witnessed a deed in 1766 from his father to Robert Monell, James' brother. A 1770 deed from George to Robert refers to land "lately granted by said George Monnell to his son James Monnell". On August 11, 1773 James ·'Monnel" of Hanover Precinct (part of old Wallkill Precinct and present day Town of Montgomery) made a mortgage to Thomas McKee on 101¼ acres of land in Hanover. James was named an executor in the will of James Noble of Mamakating Precinct, Ulster County in 177 4, which was witnessed by George and David Monell.

His marriage to Sarah (Janet) Graham took place September 28, 1772 according to the record of Marriage Licenses of the Province of New York. James Monell's wife was a patient of Dr. Charles Clinton whose house was 1¼ miles distant. Dr. Clinton lived in Little Britain, New Windsor Precinct until 1774 when he mov_~d to Montgomery.

On July 13, 1772, a few months before his marriage, James Monell was a member of the Ulster County Militia commanded by Capt. Faulkner. James also signed the Revolutionary Pledge of Association of Hanover Precinct dated May 8, 1775. In the early part of the war, obviously before bis appointment as an officer, his name appears in a list of men "in Sergt. Graham's Quarter". War Dept. records show he served as a sergeant for four months in Capt. Jackson's Company of New York Minute Men at New Windsor. The time is not given, but we judge it was in the spring or summer of 1776.

On June 27, 1776 the Revolutionary Committee of Hanover appointed him 2nd It. in Capt. Van Keuren's Company ·•agreeable to the order of the Provincial Congress". His signature is preserved in Washington's Headquarters, ·Newburgh, as one of the subscribers to the Qualification and Pledge of Officers of the Hanover Regiment. Lts. Robert and J9mes lVIonell were warmly praised for their honesty and courage in a letter written by John

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Young to Brigadier General George Clinton September 29, 1776. Lt. Monnel (James Monell) was one of the officers in Clinton's Brigade recommended for appointment to the standing ( Continental) Army. He entered the New York Line of the Continental Army March 20, 1777 as a 1st It. and was in Capt. James Black's Company of Col. Malcolm's Regiment. Fernow, in ''New York in the Revolution", page 243 explains that Malcolm's was one of sixteen regiments in Continental Service, officered by General Washington and not belonging to the Line of any particular state, but credited to New York. On April 14 of that year he was with Major Pawling at Kingston and in June be was with Pawling at Fort Clinton, on the Hudson River. He lost an eye at the Battle of Monmouth, N. J. June 28, 1778 and resigned from the army April 23, 1779 to support bis family.

His service to the country was not ended, however, as we find James Monell acting in 1780-1 as Asst. State Agent for his district; his function being to obtain provisions for the army. In an undated letter to Gov. Clinton he asked for a warrant permitting seizure of wheat "belonging to a dissa:ffected person"

· (loyalist). He wrote three additional letters on August 14, 18 and 23, 1780 all dated at New Windsor, one of which is given below. They were found among Gov. Clinton's papers. The district for which James was Agent included Newburgh and New Windsor Precincts and probably some of the inland precincts as well. General returns were made by all the Agents, including James Monell, for provisions furnished up to May 1, 1781. In August 1781 a dispute arose between Col. Pickering, Quartermaster of the Army and Col. Ray, the State Agent. Pickering in a letter to G<:>v. Clinton charged that Hay was trying to supplant him and in the letter mentioned that ''one Monell & another Asst. of Colo. Hay were (as I have been informed) the undertaker to catch & cure the shad for the army." Shad fishing has long been a Hudson River industry of some importance-we can well imagine its importance in those days considering the difficulties in obtaining supplies of which James Monell wrote. The following is the last of the letters:

"After repeated applications to the several Supervisors of my District for their Returns of their respective Quotas of provisions I'v rec'd such Imperfect acc'ts that I know not what to do with them; in particular from Mr. Wolver Acker Super-

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intendent of New Burgh Precinct who writes me that there are one Barrel of Flour in his Mill and the remainder at Colo. Hawsbrook's Mill the whole amounting to 500 W't as for the Cattle they are assessed for the Months of June July and August. Any Wheat, Flour or Forage they have not assessed nor are they likely to assess any more, adding that there are not wheat in their District for the Support of the Inhabitants thereof.

Jas. Monell. A. State Agent. New Windsor, Aug't 23d 1780."

Mrs. Nancie Monell Mansell, M. D ., a granddaughter of Lt. James, in her application (No. 1613) for membership in the D. A. R. in 1892 states that James received his commission in Malcolm's Regt. from Washington himself. "So great was his (James') loyalty to the cause that he gladly and generously gave all he had and mortgaged his estate to loan to the Government for the clothing and provisioning of the Troops. This debt to the descendants remains uncancelled to this day. At the Battle of Monmouth, N. J. the Lieut. lost an eye and a bullet entered his forehead-passed between the scalp and the skull-and made its exit at the back of his neck." She aiso said that James served in the French & Indian War, that he was in the celebrated Rangers and was wounded at Cro"'-n Point and slightly wounded at Ticonderog~. ''His ancestors'' she said ·'were Huguenots who escaped from France to the north of Ireland and after ~ time came to America in 1637. After some years, nearly a century, they bought land near ]Montgomery, N. Y. from which locality James Monell and his broth~rs and cousins (six in all) joined the Continental Army." To further attest the patriotic and fighting nature of her family, she said her father (James Monell's son) was in the 1812 War, her brother in the lVIexican War and her nephew in the Civil War. These statements are Yaluable to us as they are the nearest to a first hand account obtainable outside official records-and they were made fifty years ago. That does not mean all are true as the origin of the family for instance, has been given by other Monells handed down from their parents who lived in Mrs. Mansell's time, and not all their stories agree-in fact they differ widely. There is nothing to show the l\tlonells came as early as _1637, though it may well be they came from Ireland and were Huguenots before that time. As for the military service of James given by Mrs. Mansell, it is quite possible he

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served in the French ancl Indian War, though it could only have been in the latter part, when he became of military age.

By five deeds dated October 31, 1781 from the- Commissioners of Forfeitures, Evans Whorrey (Wharry) and James 'Monnal' of W allk.ill Precinct received title to 2500 acres of land, in Wallkill conveyed by Jacob Bruyn to Lady Clinton and forfeited to the state by Sir Henry Clinton. James Monell of New Windsor Precinct on February 13, 1782 sold his share of the property to Evans Wharry for £1000.

He apparently went to New York City not long afterwards, as we find that Lt. James Monell of that city on April 20 and 24, 1784 was granted administration of the Estates of Sergeant Robert Williams of the Third N. Y. Regiment and Corporal James Downs of Col. Spencer's Regiment. James Monell was admitted a freeman of the City at a Common Council held at City Ha11 May 14, 1788 and on June 2 following his bid for filling in Whitehall Slip ( viz.£65) was accepted by the Board of Aldermen. The closeness of these dates suggests that admission as a freeman was a necessary prerequisite to obtaining city contracts. Warrants to pay James Monell for this work also are recorded in the Council Minutes. We do not find James Monell in the 1790 Census for New York but we do find a James Murrel with one male under 16; two over 16 and three females. This may be our James Monell with the name incorrectly copied or it may be James Morrell. In any event James was still living in New York in 1790 and for several years thereafter ( though Mrs. Mansell's D. A. R. application states he died 1790) as we find him listed on Moore St. in the 1790 City Directory, on Prince St. in 1791 and finally on Pump- St. (Bowery) in 1793. His occupation is given in the last mentioned directory as a labourer. His son Charles first appears in 1794, so we judge James died in 1793.

Inquiry of the Pension Bureau in Washington reveals that the only application filed for a pension based on Lt. James Monell's service was by a daughter, Elizabeth Morris of New York City on February 3, 1848. In her affidavit she said her father's papers were consumed by the burning of Col. Hay's office, who will be recalled as the State Agent of 1780-1. In support of her application, Janet Monel of New York City filed an affidavit that she ''personally knew James Monell and knew him to be a first lt.", that she knew F.lizabeth Morris to be a daughter of Lt. James


deceased and further that she, Janet was 73 the previous July. The application was sent to Washington with a letter from Thomas Shankland asking if something could be done to help ·'two poor old Revolutionary women who want a pension***. Will you be good enough to see if Elisabeth Morris the daughter of Lt. Monell is entitled to a pension-she is a poor widder and old and infirm and you could scarce look on her without thinking of Root & Yarb Tea." Please "get an answer for the poor widder and let her heart be at rest in her old age." The Pension Office reply was that no pension rights accrued sincE- Lt. James died before the pension Act of 1832 was pa.__c;;sed.

Another D. A. R. application based on Lt. James ::Monell was that of Mrs. Lucretia lvla.rble Myers made in 1913. The derivation of this application, and also that of Mrs. Mansell, was through James Jr., son of Lt. James.

A number of other applications were based on Lt. James through Eliza Monell (1787-1859) who married Wm. Kidd and is stated to be a daughter of Lt. James. We do not find Eliza included in the list of descendants of Lt. James given by his grandson George Lafayette Monell appearing later in this chapter, though that is not positive proof ~he is not a descendantGeorge's list was made up from memory 100 years after Lt. James Monell's time. But when we find tnat ·'Eliza" Monell is referred to in Orange County Church Records as "Elizabeth" Monell (wife of Wm. R. Kidd) and in view of the 1848 affidavits of Janet Monell and Elizabeth Morris for a pension, we realize Elizabeth Monell Kidd and Elizabeth Monell Morris cannot both be children of Lt. James. It is also significant that Elizabeth Monell Kidd lived in the Montgomery neighborhood in the period 1813 and subsequent, while Lt. James Monell's family had long since left Orange County. We also notice Elizabeth Monell married Wm. Kidd in Good\\iill Church in 1813, a time when practically all Monell members of that church were of the James and Mary (Miller) Monell family. On Dr. Stanbrough }s chart of the latter's family, printed in 1912, he includes an Elizabeth Monell as a daughter of said James, immediately following another daughter Maria who married Jeremiah Scott in Goodwill Church Feb. 19, 1814, the year following Elizabeth's marriage to Wm. Kidd. Under the circumstances we conclude that Elizabeth Monell Kidd was a daughter of James and Mary (Miller)

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Monell. However, her descendants will be interested to know \

that her father was undoubtedly the James ''Jr." referred to so often in the old records and that he too served in the war from the start, though only about 20 years of age at the time. The mistake, if such it be, is quite a natural one, since we see it also on Dr. Stanbrough's chart. He stated the information given was mostly from his mother's memory. Doubtless she knew her . grandfather's name was James and that he was a soldier-the only point of difference being her grandfather was not the same James as the subject of this chapter. We should also mention that they were not father and son, though referred to as James, Sr. and James Jr. This we know because James Sr. did not marry until 1772 while James '•Jr" was born in 1754 and also because the tombstorie of the latter shmvs that his father's name was William. Therefore the terms Sr. and Jr. applied to them here are for convenience only. James '•Jr" is the subject of a later chapter.

D. A. R. application No. 126128, made by Mrs. Charlotte Oerting, was also based on the service of Lt. James Monell through William Monell (b. 1790, md. Lucy l\1oore) as a son of Lt. James. William and Lucy (Moore) Monell had a large family and their numeroous descendants state that William was a son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) Monell who is also the subject of a later chapter.

As for Janet l\tlonell, age 73 in July 1848, she may be a daughter of Lt. James and Sarah (Janet) Graham Monell, though she does not say so in her affidavit. She is doubtless the same Janet who witnessed the will of Eliza Nicoll of ~ewburgh Village in 1816 and who was a resident of New York in 1837 when said will was probated in New York County. There is quite a resemblance in the 1837 and. 184:8 signatures though the name is spelled differently ( which was not an uncommon occurence at the time}. Ai, the family of George Monell of Newburgh (son of Lt. Robert Monell) in the 1800 and 1810 Censes of Newburgh included an unaccounted for female whose age corresponds to Janet's, she might have been that person. It seems clear she was either a sister of George's or a sister of Elizabeth Monell Morris (i.e. either a daughter of Lt. Robert or of Lt. James). The letter to the Pension Bureau implies a sort of joint interest when it asks in the first part for help for two old Revolutionary women.


Perhaps this merely meant they were living together-both would be '·Revolutionary women" whether daughters of Lt. James or Lt. Robert-or perhaps Janet did not specify her relationship because her advisor did not feel the Pension Bureau would honor two pension requests with each applicant vouching for the other. Still another reason could be the belief only one pension could be granted for one soldier, though in that case why did not Janet say she was a daughter of Lt. James instead of merely that she ·'personally knew him"? In spite of these arguments pro and con, the date of birth of Janet (July 1774) compared with the date of marriage of Lt. James {Sept. 28, 1772) and the fact her name was· the same as Lt. James' wife suggest that Janet was the first child of Lt. James and Janet Monell. The only other fact we have about Janet Monell is that Orange County records of Sheriff's Sales show her properties on Ann St., Newburgh were sold on Oct. 29, 1838 and Feb. 11, 1839 to John

. Harris and George Monell respectively upon their petitions. The statements above, except as to pension and D. A. R. ap

plications and other specific references, are based upon data in the front of this book under .. Early American Monells".

A list of descendants of Lt. James Monell was given by George Lafayette Monell to Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh in 1903 as follows:

I. Charles (three children-James, Graham & Bogert) II. James {sons Elizah {Elijah), Geo. Lafayette, Fred(erick),

William and daughters Jannette, Eliza of Poughkeepsie, Phoebe, Adelaide and Nancy {Nancie) of India, missionary).

George L. Monell lists only two children of Lt. James, but from the Pension application it appears there were others.

Children: Janet (probably), born 1774, unmarried Elizabeth, married Robert Morris Charles, married 1\1ary Bogert James, born 1786, married Charlotte Smith

Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, by Stillwell, Vol. IV, page 50 states that Robert Morris (son of Lewis Morris & Gertruydt Montgomery of Farmingdale, N. J.) was born Oct. 9, 1773, died Sept. 19, 1832 and that he married Elizabeth Monell. No further details are given or known to us. All we know about Janet Monell is given above and hence further details are given below only for Charles and James.

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CHARLES MONELL, son of Lt. James and Sarah-Janet (Graham) Monell, first appears of record in 1794 in Duncan's New York .., City Directory on Mulberry St. as a combmaker, his lifelong occupation except for a few years. Longworth's Directories for· 1797-1800 show him at 3 E. George St. On June 17, 1800 he purchased from Ramson Burtis and wife for £240 two lots on 3rd St. in the Seventh Ward and we find him listed on that street in the Directory for 1802. Thereafter for a few years he lived on Chatham . St. The 1805 Directory shows a "Tatty" Monell, tavernkeeper, on 17 E. George St. which may have been a sister of Charles or possibly his widowed mother. On May 16, 1806 he purchased from Henry Doyer and wife for $750. a lot on Doyer St. in the Sixth Ward. He is listed as a combmaker at 9 Doyer St. in the Directory for 1807 and for most years thereafter until 1815 when he is listed as a brassfounder. His establishment was on Mott St. until January 13, 1823 when he sold it to James Johnson for $1225. Thereafter he is listed in Directories at 9 Doyer St.-from 1831 until his death as a combmaker. Charles Monell and wife mortgaged the Mott St. property in 1815 and the Doyer St. property in 1820. They apparently mortgaged the Doyer St. property again in 1827 to the Merchants Fire Insurance Co.: the Receivers of which on March 15, 1836 executed a quit claim deed upon payment of $1521.90. Aµ the foregoing property deeds and mortgages are recorded in New York County Clerk's Office as well as a deed dated December, 1855 to John B. Borst by William G. Monell, son of Charles, conveying his one-fourth interest in the Doyer St. property for $1200 subject to a mortgage for the same amount and the life interest of M~ry Monell ''she being at P.resent date about 90 years of age". Thus the property at 9 Doyer St. was in the Monell family for 50 years. This location and the site of the Monell foundry on Mott St. are nm:v in New York's Chinatown.

On June 19, 1811 Charles Monell witnessed the will of Eleanor Bolton of New York. In the printed Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, Charl€s Monell is referred to in 1808 and 1810 as a witness for complainants in election disputes and in 1812 as a member of a new hook and ladder company whose engine house was to be erected on Bowery Road adjoining Bulls Head. He continued to be a member of the company until 1818.


The Council Minutes show that after consideration of a proposal made by Charles Monell, the Council on February 10, 1817 granted him the right to lay copper pipes in Bowery, Division, Chatham, Pearl and Catharine Streets for seven years "for conveying inflammable Gas" and he agreed to furnish lights for $10 annually per lamp. Provision was also made for public lamps along the streets within the City's discretion. A Committee report to the Council on Monell's petition stated a recent experiment showed his proposal was practical, that a number of citizens had contracted '\\iith him for gas light supply and that he had agreed to erect suitable buildings and apparatus for distillation of coal. The question of gas lighting for the City had been before the Council as early as 1813, but all proposals had been either tabled or disapproved until June 1816 when the Council appropriated $5000 to conduct experiments. The Committee on Arts and Sciences, reporting on the results of the experiments, concluded that while the use of gas light was desirable, it was too expensive an undertaking for the City although "they had no doubt that individuals or a company would find it pr_ofitable and they would greatly rejoice to see such a company established." It is significant that the Committee Report was made on January 27, 1817, the very day on which Charles Monell filed his petition with the Council. He must have visualized the importance of the experiments and followed them closely. His was the first acceptable proposal for gas lighting made to the council and consequently he was the first to receive an exclusive franchise from the City of New York for laying of pipes and supplying gas. The sale of tiie Mott Street property by Charles, it wil1 be recalled, took place in 1823, a year before his franchise expired and the same year in which the New York Gas Light Company, predecessor of the Consolidated Edison Company of N evv York, was formed to supply the City with gas.

Following in their father's footsteps, several of Charles' sons became brassfounders and his nephew George Lafayette l\1onell was also a brassfounder in Newburgh, N. Y. until his retirement from business in 1906. Thus the Monells of this branch were almost continuously in the brassfoundry business for nearly 100 years. John I. l\lionell, silversmith, who lived in New York 1820-30 and at the same address as Charles in 1822-3, probably was related to Charles through the James and Mary (Miller) l\ilonell

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branch of the family. John went to Philadelphia and soon was ' associated with the U; S. Mint of which he became Superin-

tendent. The wife of Charles Monell was Mary (Polly) Bogert ac

cording to Howard S. F. Randolph who so informed F. Bronson Monell of New York in a letter dated at 1730 Broadway, April 10, 1909. Mr. Randolph was a great-grandson of Mary's sister Hannah (Ann) Bogert who married Mathias Howser. He wrote that he had a daguerreotype of Polly Monell marked ''89 yrs old August 20, 1856" (showing she was born in 1767) and that she died October 25, 1856 at 313 9th St. New York City. The date of her death is confirmed by the N. Y. Evening Post for Nov. 1, 1856 which gives her age as 90. She appears in the City Directories as Mary, widow of Charles MoneJl living at rear of 9 Doyers St. in 1840-1844. Charles Monell must have been younger than she since his parents' marriage was in 1772. The &tate Papers of Charles Monell show he died August 12, 1839. His will dated March 17, 1837 and probated in New York County in 1840-1 recites that he was about to have a surgical operation performed upon him ··which is so uncertain that it is peculiarly proper that I should be prepared to leave this transitory state". His estate was bequeathed to his wife and children and the children of his son Andrew. The customary citation was issued to Christopher, Andrew and James Monell of New York, William Graham Monell of Geneva, N. Y. and Catharine Monell of Philadelphia "only children" of Charles Monell and this was served upon aH except James Monell who could not be found.

Children: 1. Christopher Bogert Monell first appears of record in

the New York City Directory for 1819 as Bogert Monell, a brassfounder, at 70 Mott St. Bogert appears in 1820-2 as a brassfounder at various addresses on Oak, Mulberry and Orange Streets in the order named. In 1823 & 4 Christopher B. Monell brassfounder is shown on 95 Elm St. Thereafter he lived on Broome St., Mulberry St., Division St. ( where he was a fruiterer in 1828) and Orange St. In 1829 & 30 he was a turner. He does not appear in 1831-4. In 1836-42 he appears as a turner at 110 Orange St., where his son Charles J., also a turner, lived in 1834. In 1843 he appears as a turner at 9 Doyer St. while his mother lived at the rear of that address. This suggests that the house where his father lived from 1806 until his death, was in back of a dwelling built at a later date. Christopher B. Monell


does not appear in the directories after 1843 and he propably died about that time since his son Alfred, born 1832~ said he (Allred) was brought up by his uncle William Graham Monell. The Long Island Star published in Brooklyn for Jan. 7, 1818 reported the marriage in New York of Christopher B. Monell to Caroline Dennis, and the Brooklyn Evening Star for Jan. 4, 1841 reported her death in New York. The same paper on Sept. 23, 1844 indicates Christopher B. Monell married again to Mrs. Susan Flynn.

The children of Christopher B., according to Alfred, were Charles Joseph, Edward Garrett, Joseph Dennis, Alfred Graham, Delia, Caroline, Elvira and another daughter named either Matilda or Imogene. In addition there were six other children who died in early life. One of these was Christopher B. Monell (Jr.) who appears in New York City Directories for 1856 as a brassfounder at 363 9th St. In 1858 he appears at 113th 9th St.; 1859 and 1860 at 313 9th St. and finally on 1861 at 183 7th St., as a brassfounder. It will be recalled his grandmother Mary Monell died at 313 9th St. in 1856. He died Jan. 8, 1867 according to petition for administration of his estate filed by his sister Elvira A. Monell of 314 Rivington St. dated March 27, 1868. The petition states Christopher was unmarried and lists as heirs Charles Monell brother of New York City, the petitioner (Elvira), Caroline M. White and Adelia A. Bonaface, sisters of New York City. Bi:other Alfred G. was also then living, though not in New York.

Of Charles J. Monell we know only what is shown in Direct- . ories. He appears in New York in 1830-4, 1844, 1847-8, 1854, 1862-5 and in Philadelphia 1851-2 and 1855. In most years he appears as a turner though in 1851, 1854 & 5 his occupation is given as rosette manufacturer. In 1863-5 he is shown as in the army, indicating service in the Civil War. He was living in New York in 1868 when he renounced the right to administer his brother Christopher's estate.

Edward G. Monell is doubtle£S the Edwin G., harnessmaker, who appears in the Philadelphia Directory for 1861 and the New York City Directory for 1862. Another Edwin (sometimes referred to a Edwin A.) appears in New York and Brooklyn Directories in various years between 1874 and 1887. He was probably a son of Edwin G.

Joseph Dennis Monell was very likely the Joseph D., printer shown in the 1854 New York City Directory at 143 Division St. In 1856 and 1858 a Joseph Monell, watchman appears and in 1862 Joseph C., printer appears on 154 Orchard St. who is doubtless the same printer as the one in 1854. Rachel, widow of Joseph Monell appears in Directories for 1866 and 1871.

Alfred Graham Monell was born August 10, 1832. In 1913 his son, Wm F. Monell of Cleveland, wrote a letter to Dr. Wm.

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Monell Stanbrough of·, Newburgh, N. Y. who was collecting Monell data at the time. In the letter the children of Christopher B. were given as shown above (except for Matilda) and the statement was made that Alfred G. was brought up by his uncle Wm. Graham Monell who had no children. The latter lived in Geneva, N. Y. in 1841 and probably for some years later. Alfred Graham Monell, the latter continues, married Cherry Melisa Sturgis at Geneva, N. Y. Dec. 17, 1853 who died March 17, 1908 at Cleveland, Ohio, aged 77. The letter states the above inf ormation is from the memory of Alfred Graham Monell who was then living with Wm. F. Monell. Alfred's children were listed as:

(a) Frances Josephine born Dec. 1854, died 1868 (b) Willie Leper, born 1867, died 1868 ( c) William Franklin, born Jan. 27, 1869, md June 24, 1908 to

Jane K. Broadwell of Cleveland, Ohio and has a son Richard Broadwell Monell born Dec. 4, 1909. They lived at 1654 Wager Ave. in 1936. At the time Wm. F. Monell wrote his letter in 1913 he was manager of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Store in Cleveland. Ten years earlier Kate H. Monell of Cleveland, member of another branch of the family, had written a· 1etter to Mrs. Stanbrough of Newburgh in which she said she had met Wm. F. Monell and he had given his ancestors' names back to Charles and Mary (Bogert) Monell and had given the names of his father's brothers and sisters. The names in- the letter were the same as in the 1913 letter except Matilda was given in place of Imogene.

We have no information about the daughters of Christopher B. Monell, Sr. except that heretofore given from the estate papers of Christopher, Jr. in 1868 showing that three of them were then living of which two were married.

2. Andrew Monell, according to his nephew Alfred G. Monell, was a twin of his brother James. Andrew appears in New York City Directories as a combmaker at 9 Doyer St. from 1824 to 1836. In his will of 1837, Charles Monell, father of Andrew, gave his wife and son Andrew use for their IivE.s of Charles' property. Thtreafter the property was to be divided among Charles' children "including children of Andrew" which shows Andrew was married and had children at the time. '\Ve do not know how large his family was or what became of it. The estate papers of his father show Andrew was still of New York City in November 1840 and the Brooklyn Evening Star for Feb. 26, 1842 shows Andrew M. Monell died in New York, age 40. This shows he was born 1802. There was an Andrew Monell, baker, of Philadelphia according to directories for 1830 to 1839. He could not be our subject as he was in New York in this period and his children could hardly have been of age by 1830. It seems likely, however, that thE: Andrew B. Monell whose widow Julia lived at 565 7th Ave. according to New York City Directory for 1876, was son of our subject.


3. James Monell, twin of Andrew, (born 1802) is undoubtedly _the James who is referred to in the New York City Directory for 1827 at 226 North St., and who in 1829 & 1830 was at 27 Hester St., in 1831 at 4 Suffolk St., in 1832 at 131 Centre St., in 1834 at 30 Pell St., and in 1835 at 51 Elizabeth St. His occupation was given in some years as a brassfoundu and in others as a locksmith. He may also be the James Monell coachpainter, at Elm St., near Hester who had appeared in the 1818 New York City Directory. Mrs. Sarah Monell W olfan~le in :t939 stated her father, Thomas E. Monell, was born on Pell St., New York City April 4, 1834 and that his parents were James and Ann Monell. This is acceptable Evidence that her grandfather was the lock• smith of 30 Pell St. in 1834 above mentioned and serves as the connecting link between James Monell, son of Charles and Mary (Bogert) Monell and the many descendants of this branch living today. Mrs. W olfangle also recalled her father had an Uncle Bogert (which would be Christopher Bogert Monell) and her statement as to the parentage of Thomas E. Monell is confirmed by the records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of Jersey City which state his father James was born in New York and his wife Ann (last name not given) was born in Massachusetts. She also stated James died when Thomas was about four years old ( which would be about 1838), and that Ann died about 1860 and that the children of James and Ann were James, Jr., Charles, Sarah A., and Thomas E. This information, except as to the year of Ann's death, was confirmed by George W. Monell, son of Charles and grandson of James and Ann.

James Monell, Jr. we are told died unmarried in Brooklyn· in his early twenties. We are quite sure he is the James Monell pedlar at 89 Willet St. in New York City 1852-4-5-6 directories. Charles Monell (his brother) was a pedlar next door at 87 Willet St. in 1856.

Charles Monell was born in March 1830 according to Brooklyn, N. Y. Health Dept. Records which show he died at 91 Withers St. April 8, 1887, age 57 years, 22 d~ys and that he was a resident of Brooklyn about 25 years. New York City Directories show a Charles Monell, brushmaker at 278 Rivington St. in 1849; also a Charles Monell, pedlar at 87 Willet St. in 1856 and as a chandler at 101 West St. in 1861, though living in Brooklyn. They also show a Charles Monell in the liquor business in 1864 and 1866 on Water St. where he also lived in 1867 and as a harnessmaker on Elizabeth St. in 1868. He also appears in the 1869 and 1870 directori6S at New Chambers and James Streets, respectively. In the Brooklyn 1860 directory he appears as a harnessmaker on John St. and in the 1880 and 1882 directories at 91 "\Vithers St., in the latter year as a soapdealer. It is believed all these references are to the subject of our sketch, though those in 1869 and 1870 may refer to his cousin Charles J. who does not

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appear in the New Yor4: City Directories after 1865 though he was still living there in 1868. According to George W. Monell, son of Charles, the latter at one time was a caretaker for a wealthy family in New York City and the wife of Charles was Elizabeth . O'Brien whose second marriage was to John Stuart. She died about 1910 in Brooklyn, age 72 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery where Charles Monell is also buried. From the same source we learn the children of Charles & Elizabeth were:

(a) George Washington Monell, born Jan. 21, 1862, married Emma C. Halbach on October 18, 1885 who was born July 20, 1868. Mr. Monell worked for the Greenpoint Ferry on the East River in Brooklyn for many years. At the time of his death on August 21, 1944, he and his wife lived in Brooklyn at 118a Shaeffer St. Their children are: Emma Ida born 424 Humboldt St., Brooklyn July 24, 1886 married Wm. Seitz and has a son George-they live at Hollis, L. I.; George Washington, Jr. born 379 Leonard St., Brooklyn July 30, 1889 married Anna Miller born Feb. 18, 1892 ( daughter of Henry & Margaret Conrad Miller)- live at Valley Stream, N. Y. and have a daughter Emma Ruth born Aug. 20, 1913; Charles born April 20, 1892 also born on Leonard St., married Mamie--, lived on Decatur St. Brooklyn, drowned at Long Beach, L. I. about 1931; Elizabeth born Dec. 5, 1895 on Leonard St. Brooklyn, married John Zeiss and has Mildred (killed by an automobile at age of 7), Clifford born April 24, 1920, Betty Ann born Dec. 21, 1930-live at Valley Stream; James McCloud born Nov. 8, 1898 on Leonard St., Brooklyn, married Marion Zippel and has a daughter Miriam born March 23, 1925-live at Hollis; Forrest Levine born Decatur St., Brooklyn April 11, 1902 married Ruth Clark and has twins Donald and Dorothy born August 1, 1924-live on Harrison Ave., Roosevelt, L. I.

(b) Ida Monell, died November 28, 1898 unmarried, aged about 40 in Brooklyn (Kings County, N. Y.) where her estate was probated. Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn.

(c) & (d) Robert -and Sarah Monell, twins. Both died in infancy and are buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

Sarah A. Monell (daughter of James and Ann Monell) was born 1831 according to Dept. of Health Records of 1\!Iontclair, N. J. which show she died :Kov. 2, 1909, age 78 years, 6 months "daughter of James and Sarah A. Monell". We judge the "A" stands for Ann and that the full name of her mother was actually Sarah Ann Monell rather than merely Ann Monell. Sarah ( the daughter) married 2nd James Lester McCloud of New York. We do not know the name of her first husband, but we are told by her first marriage Sarah had a daughter Sarah A. who married Frank Rhodes. There were no children by the second marriage, but upon the death of Sarah Rhodes, her son James Lester Rhodes was adopted by his step grandfather James Lester McCloud and


thereafter assumed the name of McCloud. The family plot in Woodlawn Cem., N. Y. City contains the graves of Sarah (Monell) McCloud, age 78 who died 1909 as previously stated, her husband James L. McCloud died March 25, 1899 age 70, Sarah A. Rhodes died July 18, 1894 age 40, James.L. Mc()loud died Dec. 11, 1934 age 59 (he was son of Frank & Sarah Rhodes above mentioned), his wife Margaret McCloud who died Dec. 1927 age 51 and an infant child of James & Margaret McCloud who was buried June 3, 1910. Another child of the latter, James Lester McCloud 2nd, lives at 205 Alexander Ave., Upper Montclair, N. J. where his father, a N. Y. City insurance broker, had lived for many years.

Thomas E. Monell (son of James & Ann Monell), was born April 4, 1834 on Pell St.~ New York City, according to his daughter Sarah who also states he was married August 17, 1856 by M. E. Pastor Joseph Remson in N. Y. City to Amanda J. Merriman who was born June l, 1838 at Hartford, Conn. (dau. of Hezekiah and Rebecca Bailey Merriman) and who died April 28, 1920. Thomas E. Monell appears in the 1857 N. Y. C. Directory as a fruit dealer in Washington Market residing at 325 3rd St., but not thereafter. In the New York County Clerk's office there is a deed recorded Feb. 10, 1852 from Thomas Monell, merchant of N. Y. City conveying to Wm. Gallier and another for $3100 property on 8th St. between 1st Ave. and Ave. A. Presumably this is not Thomas E. as he was only 18 in 1852, though we know of no other Thomas in New York City at the time. Thomas E. became a seafood dealer in Maspeth, L. I. according to Jris daughter Sarah who also stated that,about 1890 -he moved to Jersey City where he died August 7, 1904. He is buried in New York Bay Cem. Jersey City where his wife is also buried. Their 'children were:

(a) Sarah Rebecca born Oct. 1, 1866 at Columbusville (near Maspeth), Queens Co., N.- Y., md at Jersey City July 14~ 1891 to Forrest Loween W olfangle of Freemansburg, Pa. who was born Feb. 25, 1864 at Easton, Pa. son of John G. and Caroline E. (Small) Wolfangle. They live at 19 Hartley Pl., Bayonne, N. J. and their children (all born at Jersey City) are-Clara M. born April 21, 1892 md Herman Monroe Nov. 25, 1912 and lives at Picton, Ontario; John George born Jan. 19, 1895, md June 25, 1932 Gertrude Olsen and lives in Bayonne, N. J.; Anna Florence, born Dec. 28, 1898, md April 22, 1919 Percy Reeve; and Mabel J. born Feb. 12, 1904 and died Aug. 15, 1904.

(b) Mary, born Feb. 18, 1872, married August 3, 1896 to John Seitz, a minister of the gospel who died March 5, 1925. She lives in Linden, N. J. and has two children-Walter born Feb. 12, 1898 who is married and lives in Chicago; and Willard, born Feb. 25, 1899 who is married and lives in Closter, N. J.

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4. William Graham Monell, son of Charles and Mary (Bogert) Monell doubtless was given his middle name after his grandmother Sarah (Janet) Graham. He first appears in the New York City Directory in 1819 at 109 Pump St. (old name for the Bowery) and the following year at 2 Division St. in both cases as a brass founder. He had a lottery office in 1821 & 2 at 1 Doyer St. comer Chatham and in 1823 at 271 Bowery. In 1825 he was listed in the Directory as a combmaker, in 1826 & 7 as a brassfounder and thereafter as a combmaker until 1835 and in 1836, his last apparance, he is shown as a locksmith. He is not listed in 1831, but in that year Ann Monell, milliner, appears at 197½ Hudson St. which was William's address in 1832 to 1836. Doubtless this was his wife. The marriage in New York of Wm. G. Monell to Miss Ann Amelia Mott was reported by the Long Island Star, a Brooklyn paper, for Oct. 21, 1818. William had no children of his own, but brought up his orphaned nephew Alfred Graham Monell, according to the latter's recollections reported in a letter (previously mentioned) written by Wm. F. Monell of Cleveland. We know that William moved to Geneva, N. Y., the address given in his father's estate papers in 1840-1. There are three deeds of William G. Monell recorded in New York County, the first two dated 1827 covering the purchase jointly with David Marsh, Jr. of property on 80th St. and the other dated Dec. 1855 whereby Wm. G., still of Geneva, sold for $1200 property in the 6th Ward on Doyer St., which his · father bought in 1806, subject "to Iif e interest of l\tiary Monell, she being at present date about 90 years of age-it being understood first party conveys his whole one fourth interest in the property.'' Mary Monell was William's mother. The other 3-4ths interest in the property must have been conveyed by the other brothers of William or their heirs, or, since the papers regarding Charles l\tlonell's estate were never served on his son James, perhaps the other three interests were Andrew, Christopher B. and their sister Catharine on whom the papers wue knmvn to have been served. The- Common Council Minutes of New York City in William's day are filled with "Ordinances for correcting Nuisances" which almost invariably (as in the case of Wm. G. ::Monell, involving property o-wnE:d by him at 416 Green"ich St.) had to do with privies. As there were 62 others listed in the same ordinance (dated Dec. 29, 1828), we should not be inclined to consider the offense too harshly and only mention it to show the variety of sources it is necessary to consult in obtaining facts, however meagre, about members of early American families who lived beyond the period of present day human recollection. Incidentally the data given agrees ·with William's address in the 1828 City Directory. He apparently returned to New York in 1861 in which year directories show him as a sexton at 267 1st Ave.


5. Catharine Monell, daughter of Charles and Mary (Bogert) Monell apparently was unmarried. She was living in Philadelphia in 1840 according to her father's estate papers. We know nothing further about her.

JAMES MONELL, JR., son of Lt. James and Sarah-Janet (Graham) Monell was born May 28, 1786 and died March 29, 1841. He married Dec. 28, 1811 Charlotte Smith who was born July 25, 1797 and died Oct. 20, 1853. This information is taken from the application for membership in the D .. A. R. in Feb. 1913 of Mrs. Lucretia Marble Mye£S, granddaughter of James Jr. A prior application, made in 1892 by Mrs. Nancie Monell Mansell, a daughter of James Jr., also recited this line of descent from Lt. James but did not give any dates. Mrs. Mansell's application states that James Jr. was an officer in the War of 1812 and this is confirmed by Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York State 1783-1821, pages 1436 & 1684 which shows that James Monnell was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade of Artillery for Dutchess Co. in 1813 and that he was made a first lieutenant of that regiment in 1816. The wife of James l\Ionell Jr., Charlotte Smith, was a daughter of W. C. Smith of Dutchess Co. (who died Feb. 28, 1855, age 86) and Phebe (Seabury) Smith who dfod April 10, 1815, age 43. She was a descendant of the Pilgrim John Alden and his wife Priscilla, through their daughter Elizabeth, her daughter Martha, her son Lt. Joseph Seabury, his son John-the latter the father of Phebe above. This lineage was given to W. Irving Marble by his sister, Mrs. Myers.

Ai; a1ready mentioned in this chapter, the children of James Monell Jr. and his wife Charlotte Smith were given by their son George L. as foJlows:

Elijah, Geo. Lafayette, Frederick, William, Jannette, Eliza, Phoebe, Adelaide and Nancy.

This list agrees with one contained in a letter from his niece, Mrs. Lucretia Marble Myers, to her brother except that she named Adeline in place of Adelaide. She also included a list in her D. A. R. application under the space for children of the Revolutionary ancestor which was the same as above except for the addition of James and James 2d. It was obvious Mrs.

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Myers included grandchij.dren of Lt. James in her application as she termed Eliza as "my mother" and Nancy as "my aunt".

We have information about only a few of the children and this we give below:

1. Eliza, born March 13, 1816 at the comer of Main & Washington Sts. in Poughkeepsie of which city she was a lifelong resident. She died Aug. 18, 1904 and is buried with her husband in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. The date of birth is from the family bible and the place from a Poughkeepsie newspaper which also states "She was full of interesting reminiscences one of which was her meeting with Gen. Lafayette". The family bible shows her marriage on June 11, 1845 by Rev. B. Griffen to James Frederick Marble of Village of Poughkeepsie. Methodism in Poughkeepsie, by L. M. Vincent, 1892, shows that Rev. Griffen was pastor of the Washington St., Methodist Church and that Eliza's mother Charlotte Monell was admitted to membership in that church in 1823. Eliza was a member until her death and others in the family have been members of the church referred to down to the present day. James F. Marble was born in Bristol Co., Mass. April 7, 1808, died June 29, 1894 and was a son of James and Mary (Tew) Marble who were born 1786 & 1789 respectively. The Poughkeepsie Courier of Aug. 9, 1891 says "He was induced to come to Poughkeepsie in 1834 (from Fall River, Mass.) by the New Bedford Whaling Co. to manufacture edge tools and other implements. Later he manufactured heavy trucks and wagons." His son W. Irving Marble tells us that three of James' brothers were masters of whaling schooners and that whalers came to Poughkeepsie because the water which they took from the Hudson River and stored in barrels stayed fresh longer than any other water available. This was important as a whaling voyage often took as long as three years. The descendants of James F. and Eliza (Monell) Marble as related by W. Irving Marble are given below (dates of birth and death of children are from family bible) :

(a) Lucretia Armstrong Marble, born l\Iay 30, 1846, rod James Myers, Poughkeepsie Jeweler, and died 1933. They had a son John, b. Jan. 11, 1881 and grandchildren Dorothy Lucretia and John; the former was born May 22, 1910 and lives in Poughkeepsie and the latter was in the U.S. armed forces in 1944.

(b) George Wm. Marble 1st, born Sept. 14, 1847 and died June 23, 1848.

(c) James Frederick Marble, Jr., born Oct. 9, 1848, md Annie V. Gibb and had a daughter Charlotte Monell Marble (b. Sept. 10, 1885, md E. S. Finch, lives in Rutherford~ N. J. and has a daughter Carol), and a son James F. Marble 3d (b. Feb. 6, 1889, md Christine Ehmann: has an adopted son William and lives in Montclair, N. J.). James F. Jr. was a teller and later branch


manager for the Kings Co. Bank in Brook1yn, N. Y. where he died April 8, 1910 (buried Poughkeepsie).

(d) Mary Tew Marble 1st, born July 13, 1850, died Dec. 28, 1851.

(e) Mary Tew Marble 2nd, born June 27, 1852, died unmarried at Poughkeepsie Dec. 20, 1943. Her obituary in the Poughkeepsie New Yorker states she was active in church work and in the 3rd Ward Womens Republican Club and was a member of the D. A. R.

(f) George Wm. Marble 2nd, born July 14, 1854, died Aug. 1, 1858.

(g) Washington Irving Marble, born June 3, 1856, md Apr. 15, 1885 Caroline Bassler Ireland who was born July 27, 1862 and died July 26, 1929. They have a son Henry Irving b. Nov. 28, 1886, a daught'er Florence Monell b. April 28, 1888 and a daughter Helen Elizabeth b. Feb. 6, 1892. Henry and Florence live with their father in Ridgewood, N. J. Helen md Oct. 16, 1929 Thos. H. AJyea and died July 10, 1941; no children. W. Irving Marble as a young man was active in the affairs of the Troy Iron & Steel Co. and later was in the banking field in N. Y. City. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and the S. A. R.

(h) Byron Monroe Marble, born Mar. 17, 1858, md Ruth Simmons and died in Los Angeles, Cal. April 28, 1931. They had no children. He was Asst. District Attorney for Los Angeles.

2. George Lafayette. He appears in the New York City directory for 1858-59-60, his business given as "models", which we assume means as a maker of modeJs. In the Newburgh directory for-· 1865 he is shown as a finisher and in the directory for 1870 there is an advertisement for his brassworks at the foot of Washington St., Newburgh. The ad says he was a manufacturer of valves, steam whistles, water gauges, oil cups, etc. He is listed in Newburgh directories as a brassfounder and finisher (in most years at 15 South Water St.) until 1906 when he removed to Poughkeepsie where he died at the home of relatives on March 15, 1912 according to an article in the Newburgh Daily News which also stated that his wife died in Newburgh in 1904 and that he left an adopted daughter, l\Irs. Knight of New Jersey. The article further states George L. and his wife are buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. The Newburgh Daily Journal for Mar. 16, 1912 added that George L.'s brassfoundry was on a location where the West Shore Railroad was later built. As far as we know George L. Monell was the last of the Monells to remain in the brassfoundry business, which apparently was a lucrative one for members of the family for nearly 100 years.

3. Frederick. His sister Nancie's D. A. R. application stated ''My brother Frederick served through the Mexican War-was wounded t"\vice and recommended for promotion for Gallantry

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in action". She added "My nephew was killed in the late War of the Rebellion" but did not identify him further-whether he was a son of Frederick we do not know.

4. Nancie. Her brother George L. told Dr. Wm. Monell. Stanbrough of Newburgh in 1903 that she was then 65 years old (which would mean she was born 1838), that she was a missionary doctor in India and that she treated 44000 patients in three years. Dr. Stanbrough ·wrote her for further information on Dec. 3, 1903 but her husband, Henry Mansell's reply (g,iven below) reveals she had died Dec. 13, 1903, while the letter was on the way:

Bareillz, India, Jan. 7, 1904. My De3r Mr. Stanbrough

I know you will excuse me for writing on your letter. My darling as you no doubt have heard, passed away to her heavenly home ten days after your letter was sent. She died just like going to sleep without a struggle or a sigh. She went to spend her fl.est Sunday in heaven Dec. 13. She could and would have helped you~ but I have none of the history of her noble family. George Lafayette and Eliza are the only ones of her brothers and sisters left.

Yours sincerely, Henry Mansell.

It will be observed that only George L. and Eliza of all the children of James Monell, Jr. were then living. Mrs. Mansell was the first to apply for D. A. R. membership based on the service of her grandfather, Lt. James Monell. Extracts from her application; which contains valuable information about this branch of the Monell family, have already been given and will not be repeated here though we should mention the application states she was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., md Rev. Henry Mansell, M.A., D.D. and was a doctor of medicine living at Lucknow, India in 1892. According to W. Irving Marble, she had no children.

5. Janette. Her nephew, W. Irving Marble, states she married a Michigan farmer whose name is believed to be Besslie. Mr. Marble well remembers the supply of turkeys and other farm produce his father received from Michigan each year toward payment of a loan his father had made, but we have no other information concerning Janette or her husband.

LT. DAVID MONELL LINE

DAVID MONELL, believed to be a son of George and Jeanet (Wharry) Monell and grandson of the settler James Monell, is first referred to in public records as a witness to the execution of the will of Wm. Hill of Hanover Precinct, Ulster County, N. Y. dated April 9, 177 4 proved June 7, 177 4 of which will Robert Monell was an executor. The second reference to him is as a schoolmaster of Hanover Precinct who, with George Monell, witnessed the will of James Noble of Mamakating Precinct dated September 26, 1774. James Monell was Executor of the will. David ·'Munnel" and SaJly Hill, ''both of Wallkill" married March 7, 1775 according to the records of New Windsor Presbyterian Church. The baptism of Zeruiah "'child of David Monnell and Sarah Heel" is recorded in Shawangunk Reformed Church. Since the will of Wm. Hill which David witnessed mentions his wife Sarah. which is the same name as David's wife.

' there is a possibility David's wife was their daughter, though the only other persons mentioned in the will are a daughter l\1ary, a son William and a brother Samuel. The latter was to have his passage to Ireland paid if he wanted to go, which is a good indica~ion the Hill's were of Irish descent. In the 1790 Census David ·'l\iunnell" appears in Shawangunk Town, Ulster County, with one male over 16 (David himself), two males under 16 and four females. One of the latter was his wife so he apparently had 2 boys and 3 girls in his family at the time.

Wm. W. 1\tlonell of Newburgh told the author his great-grandfather David 1\tlonell was a soldier in the Revolution and that he had two brothers in the Revolutionary War as well. He doubtless meant Robert and James who, like David, were lieutenants and in fact were the only Monells of that rank in the Revolutionary forces. Dr. George Monell, another brother, served as a surgeon in the war, but he lived in what is now Hudson County, N. Y., some fifty miles north of Hanover Precinct. David was one of the patriots who signed the Pledge of A...~ociation in Hanover Precinct in 1\tlay 1775 (see Historical Society of Newburgh Bay & Highlands Publication XX, 1928). He was in Van Keuren's Company of the 2nd Regiment of Ulster County Militia, was elected 2nd lt. of the Company May 28, 1778 and apparently

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served as 1st lt. at a lateF date in that regiment and in Phillips . Regiment. New York State Records show David and his brother James received Land Bounty Rights which may account for some of the real estate he was known to have owned.

Our first reason for believing David was a son of George is that Robert Monell, who was definitely a son of George, was Executor of the Wm. Hill will which David witnessed and that the James Noble will was witnessed not only by David but also by George Monell, Robert's father. Both of these wills preceded David's marriage, so it is to be expected that he was still in his father's household. Robert and James received property from their father, and they are believed to be the eldest sons since they married earlier. We conclude either there was not enough property for all the sons or that David, who was a schoolmaster, was not inclined toward farming. The same contention can be made in respect to Dr. George Monell, also believed to be a son of George Monell and Janette Wharry, whose marriage did not take place until 1781. We also know that Jane Monell, daughter of George, married Dr. John Hill who is doubtless related to David's wife. The statement of Wm. W. Monell that David had brothers in the Revolutionary War is a further reason for our belief of David's parentage. To all this we are able to add a mos~ important item of circumstantial evidence-the use down to the present day in David's branch of the names George and Robert. These names also frequently appear in the other branches of the George Monell line. In the William and John Monell lines we rarely find Georges or Roberts but many Williams, Johns and Samuels. James as a given name appears in all the lines, and this is easily·accounted for by the fact that that was the original settler's name. The name tendency factor alone is sufficiently convincing of David's parentage, but when this is added to the statement of Wm. W. Monell and David's association with others of the George line as a witness and by marriage and when consideration is given to the lack of any record connecting David with other lines, we can be quite sure we have placed him correctly.

We find no recorded deeds involving David though the fact he was a landowner is shown by a mortgage, made by David and his wife Sally of Shawangunk to Lewis Hardenbergh, Jr. for £220-8 covering land near Rosendale in the Towns of Hurley

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and Marbletown on the pine plains conveyed to David on June 19, 1794. This mortgage was satisfied of record July 21, 1808. Under dates of Dec. 13, 1800 and June 2, 1804, respectively, David Monnell of Hurley in the first instance and Robert Monell of Kingston in the second, executed mortgages covering meadow land on the south side of Rondout Creek. In each case the mortgage was for £75 and the Mortgagee was Bowdewine Terpenning. The similarity of these two mortgages sugges~ they were made by the sons of David Sr. and cover~d land inherited from him. Both Wm. W. Monell and Mrs. Charles Diamond, descendants of David, statE) he had an interest in a chain ferry which operated from Rondout to Staatsburg. Doubtless the Rondout Creek property was partly used in connection with the ferry.

A mortgage dated January 12, 1805 from David Monnell to the Trustees of Kingston covered land in Kingston, being lot No. 24 of the first class on the South side of Rondout Creek containing 20 acres, lot No. 21 on top of Hussey's Hill containing 10 acres, and water lot on South side of Rondout Creek beginning at the SW corner of lot then in David's possession. This mortgage was for $52.25. By deed dated July 7, 1819 but not recorded until 1846 Benjamin Parsel, his wife Zeruiah and Sally Monnel of Esopus, Robert Monnel and wife Elizabeth and Sally Parsel of Kingston ·quit claimed to Hezekiah Houghtaling of Esopus for $130 the north half (10.4 acres) of a lot of woodland, formerly conveyed by the Trustees of Kingston to David Monnel, being lot No. 24 of the first class ip the Town of Esopus. If our assumption that David Sr. died before December 1800 is correct, the 1805 mortgage was made by David Jr. Possibly the mortgage covered inherited property, but a more likely explanation is found on page 379 of Schoonmaker's 1888 History of Kingston which stattS that on April 1) 1803, the Board of Trustees of Kingston resolved to distribute pub1icly owned land. All heads of families born in and then resident of Kingston ·and owning freehold estate and all heirs of such persons were entitled to purchase either 30 or 45 acres for $12.75 or $16.50, respectively, the former if their estate was under £200 and the latter if over £200, subject to adjustment for unappropriated lots. Classes of lots were created including first and second classes south of Rondout Creek and Huzzy Hill lots, also south of the creek. Our

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judgement would be that\David, Jr. purchased from the Kingston Trustees, under the terms of the 1803 resolution, the property mortgaged to them in 1805. This would account for the small amount of the mortgage. The town of Esopus was erected ·in 1811 as an offshoot of Kingston, so lot No. 24 referred to in the 1819 deed is the same lot No. 24 referred to in the 1805 mortgage. An explanation for the 1819 deed might well be that David Jr.'s right to purchase land from the Kingston Trustees was subject to a Jike interest by his brothers and sisters and that the purchaser wished their release in order to obtain clear titJe. Sally Monnel, who also signed the deed, would be David Sr.'s widow.

The 1819 deed is of great help in confirming the names of most of David's children. The full list which follows is as given by the wife of Broadhead Monell ( the latter being a grandson of David) and it will be seen that it matches quite closely the indication of the size of the family appearing in the 1790 census above referred to.

Children (not in the order of birth, but all apparently born by 1790):

Zeruiah, married Benjamin Parsel as his 1st wife Sophia, married Benjamin Parse] as his 2nd wife Sarah, married Solomon Parsel Robert. married Elizabeth Casell David, married Ann Swart

ZERUIAH, only one of the above whose exact date of birth we know, was born April 19, 1788 according to Shawangunk (Ulster Co., N. Y.) Reformed Church Records. Kingston Reformed Church Records show she married Banjamin Pars€! on May 19, 1809 in Hurley at the home of P. Elmendorf. The Bride and groom were listed as both of Kleyn" (Esopus) and Robert Monell was a witness. Benjamin and Zeruiah were stjll in £sopus in 1819 when they signed the deed above mentioned. Esopus Reformed Church Records show the Baptism of their children as follows: JuJian born Oct. 7, 1809, Sarah Hill (named after her grandmother) born Feb. 22: 1812, George born March 14, 1816, Alfred born Jan. 9 or 1, 1819, David born Sept. 28, 1821, Edward born July 1, 1824 and William born Dec. 30, 1827. The Esopus Records call her Teruvia or Temeh Monell which apparently was as close as the minister could come to spelling Zeruiah. The

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same records show Sophia Munnel, wife of Benjamin Parsel, joined the church May 7, 1825, dismis.sed May 1835, evidently to Port 1£wen which is near by. The fact descendants do not recall Zeruiah is an indication she did not live to old age. They do recall Sophia and we are inclined to think she married Benjamin Parsel as his 2nd wife. She could not have been the wife of Benjamin in 1825 however, if the record is correct in stating his son William (born 1827, baptised 1835) was by "Terneh" Monell. An earlier baptism (1832) was of Benjamin Parsel and Sarah Monell's daughter Sophia. "Sarah" doubtless should have been "Sophia" and we are inclined to think Sophia was the mother of William also. In short we think Sophia Monell married Benjamin Parsel in 1825, when she joined the church as his (second) wife.

SOPHIA. AJJ we know about her is given under Zeruiah above.

SARAH, another daughter of David, joined Esopus Reformed Church June 21, 1807 and apparently married soon afterward as we find entered in the church records the baptism of Edward, born April 29, 1809 ··son of Solomon Parsel and Sally Munnel" immediately followed by a baptism of a child of her brother David. Other baptisms of children of Solomon and Sally appearing in the Esop~ Church Records are: Jane, born Jan. 12, 1812, John born March 5, 1814 (apparently died young}, Rosina born Jan. 11, 1817 and John born June 1, 1821. Sally Parsel it will be recalled signed the 1819 deed for the Esopus property previously mentioned-she was then of Kingston-and she acknowledged the deed Sept. 3, 1846. Kingston Reform Dutch Church Records show the baptism of William, born Sept. 21, 1828, daughter of Solomon Parsel and Sarah Monell.

ROBERT, son of David, was probably younger than his brother David as he did not mortgage his inherited property on Rondout Creek until 1804, four years after his brother mortgaged his share of the property. He witnessed the marriage of his sister Zeruiah on May 19, 1809 in Hurley and in 1812 DavidandRobert J. Monell were in Road District No. 1 in the To,vn of Esopus. The 1819 deed previously mentioned shows that he and his wife Elizabeth were living in Kingston at the time. Robert and Eliz-

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abeth Monell were grantors of another deed recorded in Ulster County in 1873 in Liber'181, page 10 which we have not examined but which presumably involves our subject and _his wife. That is all we know about either of them except that Ann Maria, born Oct. 9, 1815, daughter of Robert Monell and Elizabeth Casell, was baptised in Kingston Ref. ~utch Church.

DAVID, JR., son of David and Sarah (Hill) Monell was apparently of age by Dec. 13, 1800 when he resided in the Town of Hurley, Ulster Co. and mortgaged meadow land on the South side of Rondout Creek. Considering this fact, his parents marriage in 1774, and the 1790 Census showing his father's family included two boys under sixteen, we place his birth between 177 5 and 1779. He also made. a mortgage to the Trustees of Kingston on Jan. 12, 1805 covering several parcels of land including lot No. 24 on the South Side of Rondout Creek, v.hich is in the present Town of Esopus. The probable connection between this mortgage and the 1819 deed for this property has already been given under David, Sr. Sylvester's History of Ulster County,_ page 111 shows David and his brother Robert were in Road District No. 1 in Esopus in 1812.

His marriage to Ann Swart is sho°"'-n by recorded baptisms of their children, the first in Fsopus Reformed Church (Sarah Swart born April 21, 1809) and the others in Kingston Reformed Church (Mary Ann born Nov. 28, 1813 and George and Helen, twins, born Aug. 4, 1816. Descendants tell us David was a painter. We do not know when either he or his wife djed, but their grandson William W. (born 1857) says it was before he was born. We are told D3t.vid was buried in West Park Stone Church (l\1ethodist) Cemetery. The 1850 Census for Cornwall, Orange Coun~y shows Ann Monel], aged 61, born N. Y. State~ living with her daughter Sarah Wallace. This indicates Ann was born about 1789. Wm. W. Monell, who has a remarkable memory, recalls the following poem said to have been recited by his grand mother:

Granny Monell tis my name, Kingston is my station; Kline Sopus is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation; When I am dead and gone and all my bones are rotten, This you will see to remember me, when I am quite forgotten.

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Children (as given by Wm. W. Monell and Mrs. Chas. Diamond): 1. Sarah, born April 21, 1809 baptized Esopus Reformed

Church, married to -- Wallace, according to Wm. W. Monell who says she lived in Middletown where she died about 1900. She had the following children, none now living: (a) Robert, (b) Mary Ann who md Leander Pollock and had two sons Wm. and Theodore, and (c) William. Mrs. Chas. Diamond says Robert Wallace had a daughter Nellie who married her cousin William Wilson and a daughter Kate who married Charles Voght and had six children. She died and Mr. Voght married again and lives in Kingston; formerly he lived at Coxsackie. The 1850 Census shows Sarah Wallace in the Town of Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y. age 39 (should be 40) with her mother Ann Monell and Sarah's children Robert, age 19, Mary Ann 15 and William 11, all born in New York State. Apparently Sarah's husband died before 1850.

2. Mary Ann~ born Nov. 28, 1813, baptized in Kingston Reformed Church March 3, 1814. l\frs. Broadhead 11onell, hir sister in law, said two of Broadhead's three sisters moved west and Mary Ann may be one of them. Mrs. Diamond recalls her mother had in addition to Aunts Sarah Wallace and Helen Wilson, an Aunt - Rodman who may have been Mary Ann MoneH. Mrs. Kodman moved to Brooklyn, N. Y.! had children Hester, Laura, Robert (md) and Emma (md Ferd Platt and had sons Irving and Warren) and died about 1902. It is possible Mrs. Rodman was related to Mrs. Diamond's grandmother rather than to her grandfather George Monell so we cannot be certain she was in fact·Mary Ann Monell.

3. George, born August 4, 1816, lived in Canterbury, Town of Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y. (where he bought land in 1848) and was a blacksmith. · By his first wife he had Dorothea Ellen and George (latter died young~ The first \\iife ,-c.-a.s doubtless the Mary Ann (last name believed to be Young) J\llonell wife of George who died May 20, 1844, age 32 years who is buried in Vail's Gate Cemetery with her infant son (probably George) whose age was 1 year, 4 months and 16 days. Follomng the death of George's first "\\if e, he married Deborah Degroot. George lived only a few years after his second marriage before which time he had a daughter by his second ·wife, Georgeanna. In the 1855 Cornwall Census we find Deborah l\ionell, 35~ widowed, nurse, landowner, living with the family of her brother, Daniel Degroot. Included "\\ith her was her daughter Georgeanna Monell, age 8. Dora, the surviving child by the first wife, spent a year of her youth with a Miss Caroline Duncan, another six months with her uncle Wm. Wilson in Indiana and from then until her marriage lived with her Aunt -- Rodman of New York City. Dora l\'.Ionell married William Kennoch ,vho died at Ulster Park, N. Y. age

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47 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, N. Y. City. Wm., who was in the Secret Service of the U.S. Government, was a few years older than Dora, who died February, 1925 in Kingston, age 85 and is also buried in Evergreen Cemetery. This indicates Dora was born 1840. The children of Wm. and Dora (Monell) Kennoch were (a) William who md. Josephine Dugan, (b) George who died Feb. 3, 1936, whose widow Emma lives at 227 Laburnum Crest, Rochester, N. Y. and whose daughter Marie Redfield lives in Ulster Park, N. Y ., and ( c) Caroline born Nov. 17, 18-, married May 21, 1899 to Charles Diamond and who lived in 1938 at 448 West 53rd St., N. Y. City and has a son. l\-1rs. Diamond is the source of our information about George Monell.

4. Helen, twin of George, born August 4, 1816, md William Wilson according to Wm. W. Monell and Mrs. Diamond who say she lived at Valparaiso, Ind. and had a son William who married his cousin Nellie Wallace and a daughter Electra who was unmarried. William~ Jr. died soon after marriage, but Mrs. Diamond thinks his wife may still be living iri. Valparaiso. The only other thing we know about Wm. Wilson, Sr. is that he had a wooden leg.

5. Robert D., born April u,, 1822, died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Feb. 16, 1908 and is buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. This data comes to us from Mrs. Frank Monell of Poughkeepsie who also furnished details of his family which follows. His Estate was administered in Dutchess County by bis son Robert. He and his sons, like other Monells of the David branch, were painters by trade. Robert D. Monell married Nov. 5, 1846 to Mary Elizabeth Williams. She was born March 15, 1822, died in Poughkeepsie Sept. 10, 1897 and is buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cem. Her ·will dated J\,larch 1, 1889 is on file in Dutchess County Surrogate's Office. They had the follo"V\-ing children:

(a) Robert Sully Monell, born March 11, 1854, died Poughkeepsie Sept. 6, 1923, buried in the Rural Cemetery. He md April 2, 1877 to Dora Avery of Cold Spring (see Records of New Hackensack, Dutchess Co. Reformed Church). She was born at West Point, N. Y. Dec. 4, 1859 and died August 1929; buried in the Rural Cemetery. They had two children, Frederick A. and Josephine Florence. Frederick was born July 8, 1879, died Poughkeepsie Oct. 28, 1933 and is buried in the Rural Cemetery. His Estate was administered in Dutchess County by his son Robert and his wife was Mabel Smith who was born Poughkeepsie Sept. 21~ 1881 and by whom he had two children~ Robert Avery born Sept. 6, 1903 (md Madeline Finch who was born Hyde Park, N. Y. :March 3, 1903 by whom he has a daughter Susan Finch Monell born June 15, 1931) and Gilbert Finley born June 14, 1912 md. 1937 to Irene Berry at Yazoo City, Mississippi. Josephine was born April 19, 1881 and she married Ernest Ackerman who was born August 14~ 1873. They have no children.

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(b) Florence Cha11lina Monell, born April 22, 1850, died in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1928, buried in the Rural Cemetery there. She md Feb. 27, 1872 to Russell G. Lloyd who died 1908 and is buried in the same cemetery. They had 3 sons, Percival Monell Lloyd born 1872 and died Poughkeepsie 1915 unmarried; Ralph I. Lloyd born 1876, married Nettie H. Limberg who died 1937 in her 61st year-no children;Bruce B. Lloyd born Nov. 28, 1881, rod Edith Smith Aug. 26, 1911, she born July 11, 1885-no children.

(c) Charles A~ Monell, born June 24, 1865, died unmarried 1936 and buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.

(d) Frank Chester Walter Monell, born April 23, 1868, died March 16, 1936 and buried Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. He had no children by his first wife, Clara A. W andres who was born March 9, 1868 and died July 14, 1916. His second wife, Sarah Brisbane, whom he married August 26, 1930, was born April 2, 1871 and is living in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

(e) Josephine Agatha Monell: born Sept. 19, 1842, died July 7, 1860.

(f) V andelin Sully Monell, born Dec. 6, 1852, died July 7, 1860.

(g) Charles Sumner Monell, born Jan. 25, 1856, died Sept. 7, 1857.

6. Broadhead W., while not the youngest son ·of David and Ann (Swart) Monell, we have left till last as he had the largest family. The 1855 Census shows he was then 35 yrs of age indicating he was born 1819. or 1820. A letter written in 1912 by his wife, Sarah Matilda (Keyser) Monell to Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh gave the date of his birth as Mar. 19, 1818. Their marriage on May 13, 1843 is entered in Esopus Reform Church Records, Broadhead then being of Kingston and his wife of Esopus. The records also show he joined the church in 1843 and later moved from-Esopus. He and nis wife and 5 children are listed in the 1855 Census in the town of Esopus. This -census shows that, like his father, Broadhead was a. painter. His gravestone in Port Ewen Cem., a few miles south of Kingston, shows he died 1865. It gives the year of his birth as 1823 which differs from the dates given above and apparently is incorrect. The wife of Broadhead is buried in the same plot, the gravestone showing she was born 1828 and died 1916. Her letters to Dr. Stanbrough give the date of her birth as July 6, 1826, which differs by a few years. Since the 1855 census gives her age as 26, we think the gravestone date is the correct one in her case. The list of children which follows is as given by Mrs. Monell in her letters, in the order of age as given by her son William and with additional information given by him:

(a) Anna Monell, born Jan. 5, 1845 (according to her mother; she was 10 in 1855), married Peter Cole, lived in Kingston and


had no children. She died about 1915 and her husband about 1927, both being buried in Port Ewen Cem.

(b) Joseph Monell, died at age of 18 or 19. }Us age was 8 yrs in 1855.

(c) David Monell, born about 1849 (he was 6 in 1855), died age 50. He was a painter by occupation. His wife was Mary Emma Smith who died at Newburgh Mar. 2, 1935 according to her Estate Papers which show she was buried in Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh and left a will which IDJ3,de numerous bequests, mostly to members of the family of her brother-in-law Wm. W. Monell.

(d) George Monell was born Aug. 30, 1848 (per his mother) but probably it was 1850 in view of 1855 census data. He died Aug. 6, 1932 according to his widow, Sophia (Eckert) Monell. She was born July 19, 1851 at Ulster Park, daughter of Martin and Rachel (Houghteling) Eckert and was living with her daughter Nellie in 1938, age 86 at the time. George, who was a painter in Kingston, is buried in Wiltwick Cem. there. His marriage took place Dec. 18, 1873 at Port Ewen Dutch Ref. Church. They had six children, all born in Ulster Park. The first was Ida Annetta born Sept. 20, 1874, bap. Esopus Church, married Nov. 25, 1896 at Ulster Park Ref. Church to Thomas McMillan, son of Wm. H. and Mary J. McMillan. They have Dorothy born July 19, 1901 and Donald born May 30, 1899. In 1938 the McMillan's lived in Brooklyn. The second child of George and Sophia was Arthur Decker Monell who was born Oct. 9, 1877, bap. in Esopus Church, married 1st Jan. 8, 1928 at N. Y. City to Lillian M. Greenway Buckley who died Feb. 10, 1936 and was buried in Wiltwick Cem. Kingston. His second marriage took place at Kingston on Apt. 2, 1937 to Almira B. McCausland. They live on Elmendorf St., Kingston. Mr. Monell is a painter, the traditional occupation of the family. He has no children. The third child of George and Sophia was Mabel Anna Monell who was born Jan. 27, 1883 and married Oct. 4, 1905 at Kingston to Ernest Evert Whitney. They live in Syracuse, N. Y. and have a son -Roger, born Sept. 16: 1916. Geo. Eckert Monell was the fourth child. He was born July 26, 1887 and died May 15, 1914, his burial taking place in Wiltwick Cemetery, Kingston. His estate was administered in Ulster County. The fifth child of George and Sophia was Nellie Mitchell Monell who was born Oct. 14, 1893 and married Jan. 16, 1919 at the First Presbyterian Church of Watertown, N. Y. to Frederick Thomson (son of Thomas and Adelia L. Stanard Thomson) who was born Sept. 8, 1891 at Glens Falls, N. Y. They have a son Frederick Burton Thomson, born March 25, 1925 at Kingston, N. Y. and they live at Teaneck, N. J . . (e) Julia Monell, died young. Her age in 1855 was 2 years.

(f) Broadhead Monell, born August 26, 1855 (per his mother), was in the painting business with Augustus S. Miller in New-

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burgh, and died Jan. 15, 1914 (per 1914 Newburgh Directory). He is buried in St. George's Cemetery where his son is also buried. His wife was Catherine Martin ( daughter of George & Catherine Fia.dley Martin) and they had: Lillian who died at the age of 6, Theodore who died as an infant, Lulu Matilda who married May 30, 1909 at age of 18 to Walter Dean Smith and has two children Clayton and Gladys, Broadhead who died March 2, 1912 unmar.ded in his 20th year, Donald who at the age of 21 married on Dec. 7, 1925 Eleanor Beatrice Guest (daughter of Henry and Florence (Grayson) Gu£st), aged 19, and lived at Newburgh in 1938. Mrs. Catherine (Martin) Monell married second May 7, 1917 to Stephen Dealnoy of Newburgh. She died about 1930 .. The marriage data in this paragraph is from official Orange County records and the data on Broadhead, Jr. is from a Newburgh newspaper.

(g) William Wallace Monell, a painter by trade, was born at Esopus, N. Y. April 14, 1857 and married October 1886 (celebrated 50th anniversary in October, 1936) to Aletta Vanburen. They were living at 9 Lander St., Newburgh in 1937 at which time they supplied the author with much information of value conce~ Monells of bygone days and the following details of their children ( dates of marriages are from official Orange County Records): William Wallace Monell, Jr. born Feb. 5, 1888 married first Gertrude Salmon by whom he had two children-Dotothy Susan and Gertrude. His second wife was Edith M. Kelly by whom he had William Wal don and Mary Elizabeth. Mr. Monell has had an establishment in Newburgh for many years kno"1'"D. as the Monell Letter Company. The second child of Wm. W. and Aletta was Eleanor, born Jan. 26) 1890 at Newburgh, married April 26, 1912 at Peekskill to Wilbur B. Gazley who is not living. They had three children-Elmer lVIonell, Eleanor Jane and Myrta Emily. Mrs. Gazley Ii ves in Yonkers, N. Y. The third child of Wm. W. and Aletta was David Clifton Monell, born Aug. 14~ 1892 who served his country in the World War. He died in :May 1935 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Newburgh. Charles Thompson Monell was the fourth child and he was born May 15! 1895, married Cora Tripp and lives in Seattle, Washington. They have a son Charles \Villiam. The fifth child was John Curtis Monell, born Newburgh October 7, 1898, married June 27, 1925 at Newburgh to Hazel l\t1ay Ward and lives in Newburgh (1938). They have John Curtis, Jr. and RobErt Ward. The sixth child was Aletta Frances, born Jan. 26, 1905, married Kenneth Van Wagner, and has Kenneth and Janet Ruth.

(h) :Melvina Monell, born August 9, 1862, married Dec. 25, 1894 to H. Marsden Avery who is no longer living. Mrs. Avery in 1937 lived at Fallsburgh, Sullivan County, N. Y. and stated that her family consisted of: Delmaree Monell, born Oct. 26, 1895, married Harry Blackburn of Waterbury, Conn. and have


one child; Merland born July 16, 1897 married Sadie French, lives in Waterbury and' has four children; Earl C. born March 3, 1899, married Elizabeth Powell, lives in Florida and has one child.

(i, j, k, 1, m) Sarah, Amenia, Clara, Ella and Dora, most of whom died in infancy and all of whom died prior to 1912.

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DR. GEORGE MONELL, was born about 17 50, undoubtedly in Wallkill Precinct which was then a part of Ulster County, N. Y. We have no positive proof of his parentage, but we can present a wealth of circumstantial evidence for our belief that he is a son of George Monell and Jeanet (Wharry) Monell arid grandson of the settler James Monell. First we have the fact that both have the same given name and then we observe that Dr. George named his eldest daughter Janette which might well have been in honor of his mother. Finally we notice he also had a son Robert who in all probability was named after Lt. Robert Monell, another son of George and Jeanet. George and Robert were the favorite names for the descendants of Dr. George Monell as they were in the family of David Monell who we also believe was a son of George and Jeanet. Dr.George could hardlyhave been a son of John Monell since he is not mentioned in the will of John or the will of his wife. The only other possibility is that Dr. George was a son of William Monell, youngest son of the settler James, but descendants of William used William and James preponderately as given names rather than George and Robert. The tendency of given names in each branch of the Monells is. so pronounced that it should be given considerable weight in our judgement of Dr. George's parentage. While all branches of the family have notable descendants, the record is clear that in the middle and late 1700's the most prominent Monells were all of the George and Jeanef family. It is therefore_ logical that George, eldest son of the settler James, would be the one best able to give his son medical education. To further strengthen this view we have the fact that Jane, a daughter of George, married a doctor (John Hill) in 1765. This may have influenced young George to take up the medical profession. One more point should be cleared up before we can be fully satisfied we have properly placed Dr. George, and that is the fact George, Sr. conveyed several parcels of land to his sons James and Robert while we find no recorded deeds to his assumed sons David and Dr. George. Our explanation of this is that from what we know there was not enough land for all four and it was natural for James and Robert, the eldest sons, to have whatever land their father


had. George, Sr. doubtl~ considered that by providing David and George with good educations (David was a schoolmaster in Hanover in 177 4) he had fully discharged his obligations to his younger sons.

The 1878 History of Columbia County, N. Y. lists the Monell family (Dr. George) as among the residents of the·Town of Claverack prior to 1776, while the 1890 History of Columbia Co. states Dr. George was practising at Claverack as early as 1780. Claverack is a few miles.east of present day Hudson, N. Y. and was the original seat of Columbia Co. Femow's '"New York in the Revolution" shows that George Monell served as a surgeon in Ten Broeck's Brigade from June 27 to August 15, 1777. George's sons Joseph D. and Robert were educated at Washington Seminary (see ''Pa~onage between Two Manors" by Elizabeth L. Gebhard, 1909, pages 40 & 45). Washington Seminary at Claverack was founded in 1777 and erected 1779 according to an old record which also states that George Monell was one of the first· Trustees. This was an ambitious project when we consider that the country was in the midst of war. The record recites that the seminaty was erected ·'with greatest difficulty and unwearied labor." George Monell's signature appears on file at Albany as witness of the will of Henry Ludlow ·'late of New York City, now of Claverack District, Albany County'' dated Jan. 8, 1780 (Columbia County was created from Albany in 1786) and he was an executor of the will of Mary Van Valkenburgh dated August 8, 1791, filed in Columbia County.

It is interesting to note that though neither Dr. George nor his prospective "'ife resided in Hanover Precinct, Ulster Co. at the time, they went back to Goodwill Presbyterian Church in that locality ( which was the site of the original Monell settlement and where Dr. George's father still lived) to be married. The church records give the date of the marriage as March 7, 1781 and his wife's name as Catharine "De White" (Dwight). According to C. S. Williams who made an extensive search of records for genealogical information about the Monells for Ambrose Monell in 1910, the parents of Catharine Dwight were Thomas and Catherine (Biddue) Dwight of New York. Thomas' will dated June 3, 1757 was proved at New York Oct. 17, 1758 and mentions his wife Catherine, sons Joseph, Stephen, Thomas and John and daughter Catherine, the residue of the estate after

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specific bequests to be divided when the youngest child reaches 18 years of age. Mr. Williams also is authority for the statement that Thomas was a son of Joseph Dwight of New York and a descendant of John Dwight who settled at Dedham, Mass. and is mentioned in the records of the First Church of that Town as early as Sept. 8, 1638. The Memoir of Joseph D. Mone11 published at New York in 1861 states that Catherine Dwight Monell was a cousin of Pres. Dwight of Yale College.

In the 1790 Census for Claverack we find George '·Munnie". This is probably an error in copying as doubtless the final letter was simply a carelessly written ·'I" rather _than an "e" making the name M unnil which was a common spelling for Monell. The family consisted of one male under 16, two over 16, three·females and five slaves. This corresponds exact)y to George Monell's family at the time~ both as to number of males and females and ages.

The 1890 Columbia Co. History and the Civil List of Columbia Co. show that George Monell was Justice of the Peace at Clav- · erack from 1789 to 1798 and Supervisor of the Town in 1791-8 and 180i-6. In June 1806 he was chosen moderater at a meeting of the Columbia Co. Medical Society, formed in that year. He was a member of a building committee for work on the county · jail and remo~~ling the court house, about 1806. According to C. S. Williams, Dr. George lVIonell bought a house and 16 acres of land at Claverack in 1806 for which he paid $3000.

A number of deeds involving George Monell and his wife and children are of record in New York County, all apparently involving property at 150 William St. and Lot No. 62 on Catherine St. On Sept. 21, 1809 lVIary Dwight of N. Y. executed a quit claim deed to George Monell, Physician of Claverack for all her interest through her "late father Joseph Dwight deceased and my late brother Thomas Dldght deceased~ or under will of late uncle Stephen Dwight" in land on William St ... former]y belonging to said Uncle Stephen Dwight 11 and to a lot on Catherine St. Stephen D·wight's wil1, dated Oct. 1, 1785 is recorded in New York State Wills, copied from New Jersey records. It states Stephen ,0vas of Newark, N. J. and refers to his wife, daughter and son as \Yell as children of brothers and sisters, viz. Thomas Dwight, Catherine and :Mary Dwight, Joseph Monnel, Gennet Monne], sister Catherine Monnel. It refers to real

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estate in Newark and Jn New York State from grandfather's estate. This will shows that Catherine was a sister of Stephen, while Mary's 1809 deed states Stephen was her uncle and Joseph her father. Thus we know Stephen, Joseph and Catherine were brothers and sisters, all of whom were mentioned as children of Thomas Dwight in the latter's will of 1757 already mentioned. We thus have proof that Catherine Dwight Monell was indeed a daughter of Thomas Dwight.

On Nov. 9, 1810 Theodorus and Martha Bailey of New York conveyed their interest in the William St. property to George Monell, Joseph D. Monell & Jannett Parker and on Nov. 29, 1810 George Monell of Claverack, Physician, and Catherine his wife, Philip S. Parker of Hudson, attorney and Jannett his wife, and Joseph D. Monell of Hudson and Maria his wife sold the property to Allen Galbraith (a cordwainer and occupant of the property) for $2000. On May 2, 1811 George & Catherine Monell sold to Wm. Smith a 1-3 part and a I-9th part in the Catherine St. property for $667. Joseph D. Monell, Master in Chancery of Columbia Co., witnessed the deed. On May 11, 1811 Parker sold a ninth part in said property to Smith and Bailey and his wife sold a third part to Smith. On the same day George Monell as Administrator (appointed Nov. 8, 1810) of the Estate of Thomas Dwight, late of New York, sold his right to the William St. property to Galbraith for $100. by deed witnessed by Joseph D. Monell. On Feb. 9, 1816 George paid $166.66 for the interest of Joseph D. Jacobs in the William St. property and on Dec. 7, 1816 George paid $333.32 to James & Chapman Jacobs for their interest in said property both deeds obviously being for the purpose of clearing title. On April 10, 1817 Parker and wife of Albany released to Joseph D. Mon~ll their right in the William St. property "late in possession of Allen Galbraith deceased and now in possession of Mrs. Kunier". This was witnessed by Robert Monell, Master in Chancery. On May 2, 1817 Joseph D. Monell of Hudson, attorney & Marie his wife conveyed their interest in the property to James E. Betts, N. Y., merchant. Bailey and the three Jacobs (Joseph D., J9mes & Chapman) we judge are relatives on the Dwight side and it is evident that both of these properties were originally owned by the Dwights rather than the Monells.


American Ancestrys Vol. 2, page 86 states that Dr. George was a physician and surgeon in the war of 1812. The will of George Monell, physician of Clavtrack, was dated Dec. 29, 1823 and provided his "'if e with one cow, a horse, riding chair and harness, household furniture, $150 per year and a life interest in the house and lot George owned on Claverack Street adjoining the lot of widow Polly Strong. Daughter Catharine, wife of Nathan Chamberlain was bequeathed all remaining cattle, horses and waggons, sleighs, haruess and farming utensils. Real Estate including the house on Claverack Street was conveyed in tn1st to son in iaw Philip e. Parker and son Joseph D. Monellv.howere to pay the annuity of $150 above mentioned out of rents and were also to use the property for the support, maintenance and education of the children of Joseph until the youngest child became of age when it was to become the property of Joseph's children in equal shares. The remainder of the estate was given to sons Robert and Joseph and son in law Philip S. Parker and the latter were named executors. The records however show that Parker was designated to act by the Surrogate of Columbia County on April 12, 1827.

The gravestone of George in Claverack Reformed Churchyard reads as follows:

"The Grav~. of Doct. George Monell Died 25th November 1825 aged about 75 Years"

Catherine D"'ight Monell, widow of Dr. George, died July 2, 1834 and is buried next to her husband in the graveyard of the Reformed Churchyard. Her-tombstone states she was about 85 years of age at the time of her death.

Children (all baptised in Claverack Reformed Church): Joseph Dwight, born 1781, married (1) Maria Van Valken-

burgh; (2) l\iargaret Van Valkenburgh Jannette, born 1783, married Philip S. Parker Catherine, born 1785, married Na than Chamberlain Robert, born 1787, married Charlotte -- ·

The lives of the children will be treated as to the daughters first, fol1owed by Robert and finally by Joseph-the latter's being the most extensive and only continuing male line.

JANNETTE, daughter of Dr. George and Catherine (Dwight) Monell, was born Oct. 3, 1783 and baptised Nov. 30, 1783 as


shown by the records oJ Claverack Reformed Church. She married Philip S. Parkers attorney of Hudson, on Aug. 21, 1803 at Claverack, according to the Hudson ''Balance" of Aug. 30, 1803. On Nov. 9, 1810 Philip & Jannette joined in a deed of property in New York City an interest in which she received under the

· will of her uncle Stephen D"ight. They also signed a release dated April· 10, 1817 of interest in part of the property, showing that they then lived in Albany, N. Y. Mr. Parker ,Yas Executor of his father in law's estate in 1827 and he clied June 29, 1831 in bis 55th year. Jannette died Oct. 9, 1823, aged 40 years and 6 days (at Claverack per the Albany ·' Argus~' of Oct. 14, 1823). The gravestones of Philip and Jannette are next to those of Dr. George and Catherine Monell in Claverack. The will of Philip S. Parker was probated in Albany Co. Aug. 6, 1831. The Notebook of C. S. Williams, genealogist, who made a study of the Monell family in 1910 supplies us with the following additional information: ·'Mr. Parker di€d in Albany, N. Y. and his body was brought to Claverack and buried there about 40 years ago, say 1871. His original gravestone came with the body and stands above his grave. Children-Laura, b Dec. 2, 1804; Catherine, b May 30, 1807; Mary, b Feb. 22, 1810; Janette, b Nov. 24, 1813; Ambrose, b. Mar. 18, 1815, 'George 1'1onell godfather'".

The Strong Genealogy by B. W. Dwight published in 1871, Vo1. II recites that Jeanette Parker, daughter of Hon. Philip Parker of Albany & "Jeanette" Monell, was born Nov. 24, 1813 and married Aug. 17, 1836 to Oliver Harrison Lee who was born June 14, 1814. He was a ,Yholesale merchant in New York and later was in the metal business in Chicago ,,-here Jeanette died. Their children were- John Townsend Lee, Jeanette Elizabeth Lee, Alexander Spencer Lee and Oliver Harrison Lee, born 1837, 1846, 1848 and 1852 .respectively all of whom died young except Jeanette who married June 23, 1864 Frank Sturgis, born 1842, a wholesale hardware merchant in Chicago. Their children were Lee Sturgis, born 1865 and Jeanette Lee Sturgis born 1868.

CATHERINE, daughter of Dr. George and Catherine (D,Yight) MoneJl, was born Aug. 23! 1785 and baptised at Cleverack Reformed Church. She married Nathan Cbamterlain of Greene, Chenango Co. on Nov. 10, 1814 at Claverack, according to the Albany Argus of Nov. 15, 1814. According to the History of


Chenango County 1784-1800, page 329, Nathan Chamberlain was admitted to the bar Oct. 13, 18J.3 ·'about which time he came here from the eastern part of the State." Page 208 of the History says he was appointed Surrogate July 8, 1819 and County Clerk June 7, 1820 in which year he removed to Norwich where he was postmaster and died 1828. In the will of Dr. George Monell made in 1823 bis daughter Catherine, wife of Nathan Chamberlain, was bequeathed cattle, horses, etc. and farming utensils. She died Sept. 26, 1829, aged 44 yts., 1 month, 4 days according to her gravestone in Claverack Churchyard.

HoN. ROBERT MONELL~ son of Dr. Geo.rge and Catherine (Dwight) Monell, was born in Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y. April 25, 1787. The date appears in the records of Claverack Refomed church where he was baptised June 24, 1787. He was educated at Washington Seminary, Claverack, of which his father was one of the original Trustees. Biographies of Robert appear in the Congressiona1 Directory Vol. 100, Biographical Directory of the American Congress 177 4-1927, History of the Eastern Light Lodge I 126 (l\tiasonic) at Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. and The Chenango American for Dec. 6, 1860 published a.t Greene. The newspaper account of bis life, vYhich is the most complete, ~eads as follows:

"We are seldom called upon to chronicle the loss of one, who through a long life was so universaHy beloved and respected, who had so many warm friends and so few enemies as Hon. Robert Monell. His death, it did not take place until the end of a long and well spent life and in the fullness of years, has left a void in this community which time only can fill. The Hon. Robert Monell was a native of Columbia Co. in this state. He was bred to the profession of the Law and in 1808 established an office in Binghamton where he remained until 1811 when he became a resident of the village of Greene and was soon appointed successor to Elisha Smith as local agent to the Hornby Estate. He discharged bis duties in connection \\ith those of an advocate until 1819, when he resigned it to other hands.

Judge Monell made himself eminently useful to his fellow men in the early settlement of the county. He was elected to the Legislature in 1813, the first of his tmvnsmen that received that honor. In that body, in the dark hours of 1814, he faithfully performed his duty in sustaining the efforts of Gov. Tompkins in upholding the arms of the national administration in its conflict with Great Britain. In 1818 Mr. Monell was elected to


Congress from the District composed of Otsego and Chenango. Such was the character of his personal popularity at that time that notwithstanding strong party organization opposed to him, in his own town there was but one vote against him. In 1825, 27 and 28 he represented the county in the Legislature of the State. In 1828 he was returned to Congress by his district and at the termination of its duties in 1831, was appointed by the Governor and Senate, Circuit Judge for the Sixth Judicial District of this State. This arduous and responsible post he held for fourteen years. In 1845 he accepted appointment of Clerk of Supreme Court and was located at Geneva until adoption of New Constitution in 184 7, when he returned to his home in Greene where he continued to reside until his death. *****".

One slight correction in the above article is reflected in W emer's Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York, page 379-Robert was in the State .Assembly in 1826 rather than ~827 and in the latter year he was District Attorney for Chenango County.

The Greene Village records contain an entry dated July 29, 1815 of a deed to Robert Monell for property on the Turnpike Road. On March 4, 1817 a deed to Joseph D. Monell was recorded covering 134 acres along the same road. adjoining Robert's property. Joseph D. Monell was a brother of Robert and practised Jaw in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co. for a short time, but spent most of his life in Columbia Co. As Master in Chancery Robert witnessed execution of a deed dated April 10, 1817 signed by his sister Jannette and her husband Philip S. Parker, .recorded in New York Co.

The Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York State, Vol. III, pages 1837-8 & 1876 show Robert Monell was appointed Brigade Major and Inspector in 1817 in the 32nd Brigade of Infantry, Chenango Co. and a lieutenant in 1818 of the 133rd Inf an try.

The will of William Stuart of Binghamton dated Jan. 21, 1831 mentions his friend Robert Monell. There is a Monell St. in Greene which was probably named after him and he was one of the original wardens of the Zion .Episcopal Church organized in Greene in 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monell were pew holders in 1835-6. Robert B. Monell, nephew of Hon. Robert, who came from Hudson about 1830 and was the first President of Greene Village, was also a member of the church. The records contain


an account of the death of Joseph D. Monell, son of Hon. Robert, on March 12, 1843 ·•aged nearly 20" and show that Miss Hannah Monell became a member on March 19, 1843. We, believe she was also a child of Hon. Robert.

The Chenango American for Jan. 26, 1860 shows that Charlotte, wife of Hon. Robert Monell, died in Greene Jan. 24, 1860 in her 69th year, having long been a resident of Greene. "United in the marriage relation for a period of nearly fifty years, she leaves a lonely home to her surviving partner."

According to Biographical Directory of American Congress, Rober~ died Nov. 29, 1860 at Greene and was interred in Hornby Cemetery, which is in Greene. This is confirmed by the Zion Church Records. In the cemetery there is a plot enclosed by an iron fence in the middle of which is a tall monument inscribed "MONELL; our father and mother". On the north side of the monument is the name Jannette and on the south Joseph. In two comers of the plot are small stones '·JPM and JDM". This is somewhat puzzling, but since we know Robert was buried in this cemetery we conclude the stone was erected by Robert and his v.ife, that Jannette (JPJ\,I) is their daughter and Joseph (JDl\1) their son (we know they had such a son) and that ''our father and mother" refer to Robert and his wife. Apparently their names and dates of death were never inscribed on the tombstone. Very likely the stone was erected in 1843 following Joseph's death.

We are indebted to Miss iVIyrl Monell of Binghamton, member of another branch of the family, for her persistent and painstaking research in and around Greene for material on the Jife of Hon. Robert, only Monell who has been elected to the United States Congress.

Children ( order and completeness unknown) : 1. Catherine D., married Nathan Randall of Greene May 4,

1831. This is shown by the Ithaca "Chronicle" for May 18, 1831: which says she was a dau~bter of '"Hon. Robert" Monell.

2. George P. "son of Judge Robert Monell" was born 1820, married Sept. 13, 1842 Henrietta Joanna Wagener according to the Schwenkfelder Genealogy of 1923, page 1459 which also shows Henrietta was born July 25, 1824 and died March 1, 1908, daughter of Abraham and Joanna (Norris-Edmandson) Wagener. Abraham, the Genealogy states, was founder of Penn Yan, N. Y. and donated ground for Lake View Cemetery there

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where Henrietta Monell in her will of Aug. 22, 1902 directed that she be buried in the same plot as her husband. The petition filed in Yates Co. Surrogate's Office for Henriett_a Monell's Estate lists no children as next of kin and this was confirmed in 1939 by Elizabeth S. Tower of Penn Yan whose mother was daughter of Charles Wagener and niece of Mrs. Monell. Ai!, George P. Monell was the only known married son of Hon. Robert, we conclude there are no descendants of his living today who bear the Monell name.

3. Joseph D., born 1823, died 1843 unmarried. 4. Jannette, apparently died young. 5. Hannah Monell, admitted to Zion Church in Greene 1843,

married Leroy Hitchcock. Their son Charles Monell was baptised Zion Church Aug. 11, 1850. In the Monell Plot in Hornby Cem. there is a stone "Joseph D. son of L. R. & H. S. Hitchcock born May 16, 1847 died Jan. 11, 1877". The Chenango American for Jan. 13, 1877 shows he died in Utica and was the eldest son. Joseph D. undoubtedly stands for Joseph Dwight (Monell) which was the name of Robert's brother. However we think Hannah was daughter of Robert rather than Joseph D. because of ·her burial in Robert's plot. Neither Hannah nor her children are listed as next of kin in Joseph D. Monell's Estate Papers.

HoN. JosEPH DWIGHT MONELL, son of Dr. George and Catherine (Dwight) Monell was born in Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y. Dec. 17, 1781. The date appears in the records of the Claverack Reformed Church where he was baptised Dec. 27, 1781. An excellent account of his life is given in Memoir of Joseph D. Monell published at New York by Francis & Loutrel, 1861 from which we quote:

"His father's ancestors emigrated from the north of Ireland to Orange County, in-this State, from whence Dr. Monell removed to Columbia County. His (Joseph D.'s) mother, Catharine Dwight was a cousin of President Dwight of Yale College. He was educated under the direction of Andrew M. Cashore at Claverack. He entered the law office of Gen. Jacob Van Rutsen Van Rensselaer, of Claverack, as a student and completed his legal studies under Peter Van Schaack, Esq. of Kinderhook. Upon being admitted to the Bar (1803), Mr. Monell removed to Cherry Valley, in Otsego County, where he first commenced the practise of his profession. After a lapse of one or two years, he was induced to return to his native county and opened an office at Claverack which was then the County seat of Columbia. The removal of the Court House to Hudson in 1806 was the occasion of his changing his location to Hudson. In 1817 he formed part-


nership with Abraham A. Van Buren, brother of Ex. Pres. Van Buren: which was remarkably successful. In 1831 he was associated with Hon. John W. Edmonds and subsequently was connected with Hon. Henry Hogeboom. He was also at one time law partner of Campbell Bushnell Esq. EvE>ry business connection in which Mr. Monell was engaged was highly prosperous and remunerative. From 1811 to 1813 and from 1815 to 1821 he was Recorder of Hudson. He was Presidential Elector in 1816 and voted for James Monroe. He was District· Attorney of the County in .1818, member of the Assembly in 1824, County Clerk 1828 and 1831. He was also at one time Surrogate of the County (1845), and held the office of Commissioner of Loans

· and other minor offices."

To this list of official positions there may be added: Master in Chancery, 1811 and Supervisor of Hudson, 1830-1 and 1847.

Joseph and his sister Janette are mentioned in the will of their uncle Stephen Dwight made in 1785 and doubtless because of that will Joseph and his sister in 1810 & 1817 joined in various deeds involving the sale of properties on William and Catherine Streets in New York City.

Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York State Vol. 1, page 528 show that Joseph D. Monell was made a.n ensign in Van Rensselaer's Columbia Co. Regiment in 1800.

Joseph D. Monell was a Trustee of the 1st Pres. Church of Hudson in 1817-23 according to the Centennial Publication of that Church in 1890. The Semi-Centennial Publication of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Hudson states that a meeting for the organization_ of the church was held "at the office of Jos. D. Monell, Esq. then standing upon the site of the present Universalist Church". Joseph D. Monell, who was on the building committee of the church in 1836 and was one of the first pew holders, lived in the "residence erected by him now ( 1886) occupied by Mr. Benoni S. Johnson".

He was one of the original directors of the Columbia Co. Mutual Insurance Co., organized in 1836 and in 1845 he bought an interest in the iron works at Ancram, N. Y. (History of Columbia Co., 1890). In a proclamation on Dec. 6, 1844 Mayor Curtis of Hudson referred to the "determined energy of a handful of individuals, chief among whom ranks our most respected fellow citizen Joseph D. Monell, Esq." in helping to suppress "an armed resistance to the law".

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The follo"\\ing story related by Ogden Monell to his son George illustrates both the character of Joseph D. Monell and the pronunciation of the family name:-Joseph D. bustled down to the office of his son Claudius early one morning and knocked on the door which was answered by an attendant. '·Is Claude Munell here?" asked J. D. ''Why, why Mr. CJaude Monell is here" was the reply. J. D. rejoined '·Well you tell Claude Monell or Munell, or whatever you call him, old Joe Munell is here to see him''.

Robert Monell of Cos Cobb, Conn., a great-grandson, told another tale about Joseph which is worthy of mention:-He was riding one day with Martin Van Buren, President of our country at the time and for whom Joseph D. Monell acted as personal attorney. They stopped at a certain spot in the country and Van Buren remarked "All this land you see is free land", an expression then of current interest because of land la'\\o which had then been passed. When the President said this, Mr. Monell would no longer remain on the ground, got back into the carriage and insisted that they leave the place immediate]y. He could not agree that the land was '•free1

' and in this way expressed his displeasure.

He died Sept. 17, 1861 at Hudson and is buried in Hudson City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in the Columbia Republican, Hudson Gazette and the New York Times. The Memoir of Joseph D. Monell already mentioned contains the speeches of members of the Columbia Co. Bar following his death, all of which clearly show, as the 1890 History of the County phrases it, that he ''enjoyed to the utmost the respect of the community and the confidence of his brethren at the bar."

The Memoir also tells us that Mr. Monell was the only surviving member of his father's family and that he left a widow and 5 sons ''two of whom are distinguished members of the legal profession". Robf'rt B. Monell was appointed Administrator of his father's estate. In the petition for such appointment, Robert lists the next of kin of Joseph as: Margaret Monell, widow, of Hudson; Robert B. Monell, eldest living son, of Hudson; Charles Monell, of State of Oregon; Claudius L. Monell, of New York City; Joseph D. Monell, of Town of Delavan, Walworth Co., Wis.; Edward Monell, of Wisconsin, all of full age.

The widow of Joseph, lVIargaret (Van Valkenburgh) Monell, whom he married on Feb. 29, 1832 at Hudson (according to the

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Otsego, N. Y. Herald & Western Advertiser of March 12, 1832), was his second wife. Her gravestone next to Joseph's in Hudson shows she died April 12, 1869 aged 75 yrs. She had been active in the work of Hudson Reformed Church to which she had been admitted as a member on Oct. 31, 1839. The first wife of Joseph D. Monell was Maria Van Valkenburgh who we judge was th6 mother of all the children below. ehe died Feb. 24, 1831 in her 50th year and is buried in Hudson in the same plot as her husband.

An incomplete list of descendants of Joseph is contained in the estate papers of Kate Monell Simmons, daughter of Joseph D. Monell, Jr. This list, made in 1922, is given in the paragraph concerning Joseph, Jr. below.

Children: 1. Robert B., born 1810 (see below). 2. Charles. The petition of his brother Robert B. Monell

relating to their father's estate shows he was living in Oregon in 1862. Since he was the second son mentioned in the petition, we judge he was born between 1810 and 1815. Robert E. Monell of Cos Cobb, Conn. (grandson of Robert B.) in 1939 said he believed that about 55 years earlier Charles and his brother Edward were attorneys in Lincoln, Neb., and that Charles had a daughter who lived in Calif omia, probably San Francisco. He further thought Charles had been in Lincoln many years before that time and that he (and perhaps Edward) owned considerable real estate there. Histories of Lincoln, however, make no mention of Charles or Edward Monell either in lists of members of the bar or otherwise, but they do show that their brother Joseph D. Monell was an early settler there in the lumber business. Wnether or not RobE:rt E. Monell w:as in error in stating our subject or his brother Edward O"\"\'lled property in Lincoln would appear from a search of land records. Many other members of the Dr. George ~Ionell Line have been asked by the author what happened to Charles, but none could verify or supplement the above information. It may be that Ed·ward l\Ionell of Kansas City, Kansas and George ]Monell of Seattle, Wash. referred to in the 1922 estate papers of Kate Monell Simmons, are children or grandchildren of Charles~ though this does not seem probable.

3. Claudius Lorraine, born 1815 (see next chapter). 4. Joseph Dwight, Jr. In 1862 he was living in the Town of

Delavan, Wisconsin. This clue from his father's estate papers lead us to examine the 1882 & 1912 Histories of "\Val-r,:orth Co., Wis. which confirm that Joseph, Jr. was a resident of Delavan and show that he was elected Treasurer of the Town in 1847; also that he was one of the first merchants in the Village of


Delavan. The first election of village officers in 1856 was at Monell's Hall where Joseph, Jr. was a Judge of Election. He was elected as Trustee of the Village for 1856, 1857 -& 1865 and in 1856-7 was Trustee of the Deaf & Dumb Asylum.

In the 1889 History of Lincoln, Neb., p. 353, we find the name of J. D. Monell included in a list of members at the time of the Old Settlers Assn. This shows he came to Lincoln in 1868 from New York State. He apparently came by way of Delavan, Wis. where we know he lived from 1847 or earlier until at least 1865. By 1889 he was at an advanced age, so it is likely he died in Lincoln. The aforesaid History states that Monell & Larkley's lumber yard, the first in Lincoln, was at 11th & 0 Sts. in 1868 and also that the First Universalist Society of Lincoln was organized at J. D. Monell's residence in 1870. Mrs. Mary Monell was a charter member, and is referred to as the patron saint of the Society.

The name of Joseph Jr.'s wife, Mary S. Butts, is revealed in the death certificate for their daughter Kate Monell Simmons filed in Chicago where she died Aug. 9, 1922. The petition for probate of her will in Cook Co., Illinois lists as her heirs at law 21 persons, including unknown heirs of Joseph Dwight Monell, Sr. and Seneca Butts. The latter's will, made and probated in 1848, is recorded in Columbia Co., N. Y. and mentions his wife and sons John C. and Charles, daughters Adaline H. Macy, Anne F., Susan and Elizabeth. We judge that Mary S. was a daughter of John C. or Charles Butts and as Seneca lived in Hudson, we feel sure Joseph Jr. married before he went west.

The Monell group in the petition of 1922 was obviously intended to be all.living descendants of Jos. D. Monell, Sr. known to the petitioner, George H. Simmons, husband of Kate Monell. In this group are Anna M. Meeks, Reginald Wilson, Claudius Meeks, Theodore Monell, Unknown children of Ambrose Monell Jr .-all of whom are descendants of Claudius L. Monell, Kate's uncle; Frederick D. J\tlonell, Claudius A. Monell, Pamela Monell Barry, Robert E. Monell, Catherine Pamela Monell, Mary Monell Hall-descendants of Robert B. Monell, another uncle of Kate Monell Simmons. Two others in the Monell group we cannot place-Edward of Kansas City, Kan. and George of Seattle, Wash. It may be they are descendants of Kate's uncles Charles or Edward. Also listed in the petition are a few relatives of Kate's mother.

The genealogical significance of the list above is that Kate could not have had surviving children, or brothers, sisters, nephews or nieces. Apparently her closest lidng relations were grandchildren of her father's brothers, the latter being children of Joseph D. Monell: Sr. On her mother's side also there were apparently no close relations.


Children: (a) Kate, born April 7, 1856 in Delavan, Wis. according to

death certificate filed in Chicago. Her husband's name is given as George Henry Simmons who we are told was a doctor. The date of Kate's death was Aug. 9, 1922. The legatees under her will filed •in Cook Co. were her husband, Edith & Augusta Welch of N. Y. City, Annie E. Nicholls of 712 Gordon Terrace Chicago where her husband also resided, Adah H. Groe:ff of Sebastopol, Cal. and Alice & Clara Gifford of N. Y. City. The names of the heirs of Kate Monell Simmons have already been given and as previously stated it is evident she either had no children or that none survived her. The Joseph D. Monell, Jr. branch, therefore, ended upon her death.

5. Edward, apparently the youngest son of Joseph D. Monell, Sr., was living in Wisconsin in 1862 when Edward's brother Robert B. applied for administration of their father's estate. On Aug. 19, 1839 with Jos. D. Monell he witnessed the will of Nicholas Ten Broeck of Greenport which was probated in 1843 in Columbia Co. This would indicate he was born no later than 1818. Among Monell data collected by F. Bronson Monell, real estate operater of New York City, is a notation that Edward Monell of Hudson ~ed Ann Whitney of Hudson Ju]y 1'.> 10,tl\ TIT- ,r __ 1 ___ ,C.J __ L 1.,_ --- r.,.J ____ .J --- _J" T----h ~.u .1.0, .1.<Y:t:V. n e 1ee1 cun11ue1u, ne wa:s .I!.IU waru son 01 Josep . Robert E. Monell, a grandson of Robert B., was under the impression Edward was an attorney in Lincoln, Nebraska and may have owned real estate there, though it may be he confused him with his brother Joseph D. who we know lived in Lincoln. He also thought Edward was unmarried, though this seems not to be the case. Miss Anna Monell Meeks, a granddaughter of Claudius L. MoneH, recalls that a Mrs. Edward Monell occasionally visited at her home when Miss Meeks was a small child. Mrs. Robert Hall of Brooklyn, a granddaughter of Robert B., believes that when she was very young and lived in Hudson, Edward Monell once visited them but she knew nothing about him. The Edward Monell of Kansas City referred to in Kate Monell Simmons Estate Papers may be a descendant of oor subject. Further research would doubtless reveal more about Edward as well as his brothers Charles and Joseph, though it is probable all of these branches are simply additions to the many Monell lines having no male descendants still living.

6. Mary, daughter of Joseph D. Monell, died March 16, 1824, aged 1 year, buried Hudson City Cemetery.

7. Ogden Monell. He is not mentioned in his father's estate papers, but it is logical to expect the Ogden Monell of Hudson who witnessed the will of Robert B. Monell's mother in law in 1845 must have been a son of Joseph since no other family of Hudson Monells had grown children at the time. If our surmise


is correct, Ogden apparently died before 1862 leaving no descendants. Robert B. had a son Ogden born 1833 who obviously could not have witnessed a will in 1845. Our belief Ogden was a son of Joseph D. is strengthened by the fact Robert B. termed himself in 1862 eldest living son of Joseph D.

Hon. Robert B. Monell, son of Joseph D. & Maria (Van Valkenburg) Monell, was born February 22, 1810 undoubtedly in Hudson, N. Y. where his father lived at the time. He was the eldest son according to his own statement in a petition concerning bis father's estate.

The following is taken from Smith's 1880 History of Chenango & Madison Counties, N. Y. under the Chapter on Greene Village (page 208): · Robert B. Monell came from Hudson, N. Y. about 1830 and read Jaw in the office of his uncle Judge Robert Monell. After being admitted he practised here until about 1846 or 7. He was clerk in chancery till the office was abolished in 1840. He returned to Hudson where he still resides, and practised with his father, Joseph D. Monell, till the latter's death." The History also shows that he was the first President of Greene, 1842-3 and 1849. Probably he came to Greene after 1831, the year he was admitted to the Columbia Co. bar. We are told he was a Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery on Nov. 10, 1832 though this has not been verified.

According to the 1890 History of Columbia Co., N. Y., Robert was admitted to the bar 1831, City Assessor of Hudson in 1852, Surrogate in 1855 and Recorder of Hudson in 1863. He was School Commissioner of Hudson about 1859 (per Werner's Civil List and Constitutional History of Province and State of N. Y ., page 451). His descendants no longer live in Hudson, but there is a well known attorney and historian of present day Hudson, Robert Monell Herzberg, who was named in honor of our subject, due, Mr. Herzberg says, to his mother's gratefulness for Robert Monell's help in administering her father's estate. Mr. Herzberg has an old picture of the Columbia Co. Bar Ass'n members in his office and pointed out among them Joseph D. Monell, father of Robert B.

Robert married three times, first to Mary Pamela Squires, daughter of Anthony and Harriet (Beach) Squires. This marriage doubtless occurred in Chenango County, N. Y. where Robert first practised law, since we find Mary's parents are buried in Hornby Cemetery in Greene, Chenango Co. In the same Cemetery appears the tombstone of Mary "Pamelia" wife of Robert B. 1V1onell and daughter of Anthony Squires, died April 2, 1843 aged 32 years. Robert and Mary were pew holders in Zion Episcopal Church in 1835-6 and were admitted to membership on Aug. 14, 1842. Mary had previously been baptised (Dec. 20, 1840) by Rev. John Van lngen of that church and Robert also


had been baptised (July 10, 1842). His religious nature is revealed by a notation made by the pastor ''Had received baptism in infancy but on reading could not be satisfied with it". The dates of birth of Robert and Mary are given as Feb. 22, 1810 and Dec. 21, 1811 respectively in the church records which also show the baptism on May 30, 1841 by Rev. Van Ingen of the following children: Ogden, born Sept. 15, 1833; George, born April 19, 1835 and Joseph Dwight, born Sept. 9~ 1839.

Robert's second wife was Mary Paddock, daughter of David and Rebecca West. Her gravestone, showing she was the wife of Robert B. Monell, is in Hudson City Cemetery in the same plot as her parents. She is mentioned as the wife of Robert in her mother's will of Aug. 23, 1845 probated in Columbia Co. Ogden Monell of Hudson was a witness. Mary died May 12, 1851, aged 41 yrs, 4 months. We judge Robert married her in Hudson rather than in Greene and the marriage must have taken place no later than 1845. No record of children of this marriage has been found and descendants of Robert know of none.

The third wife was Catherine, last name unknown to us. Robert W., son of this marriage, is buried in Hudson City Cemetery next to his mother. He died June 1, 1870, age 13 years. Catherine B., wife of Robert B. Monell, died July 3, 1873, age 59 years. Christ Episcopal Church of Hudson Centennial Publication of 1902 shows that Robert was a vestryman in 1849-61 and a churchwarden 1861-92. On April 29, 1852 he presented a resolution to repair or rebuild the church; the decision of the church officials was to rebuild and Mr. l\'1onell was appointed to mem- . bership on the- building committee.

Robert B. Monel1 died Aug. 8, 1893 in his 84th year. He is buried next to his third wife in Hudson City Cemetery. An old clipping shows he died in Albany, N. Y.

Children: (all by first wife except the last): (a) Ogden, born 1833, md :Mary E. Pearsall (b) George Robert, born 1835, md Sarah A. Huntley (c) Joseph Dwight, born 1839, md 1st Gertrude M. Sethman,

2nd Sara.h Vivash (d) Robert \V., born 1857, died 1870, bd. Hudson, N. Y.

Ogden Monell, son of Robert B. and Mary Pamela (Squires) Monell, was born Sept. 15, 1833 in Chenango Co.~ N. Y. according to his biography on page 502 of History of Cumberland, Jasper & Richland Counties~ Illinois. The biography continues: "When quite young his parents removed to Hudson, Columbia Co. where he spent his youth. Educated at Hartford, N. Y. and Stockbridge, lvlass. with intention of entering the legal profession. In 1850 Mr. Monell being of a somewhat roving disposition, shipped as a sailor on board the ship Great Britain from


New York to China via-. San Francisco. Arriving at Frisco (via Cape Horn) the whole ship's company deserted ship because of the gold excitement. After absence of four years in. which he made several voyages on the Pacific Ocean, he sailed for New Bedford, Mass. via Cape Hom. After remaining home a short time: he came to Illinois and from there west to Minnesota, then a territory, where he acted as Sub-Indian .Agent at Crow Wing County, that State. In 1858 he returned to Boone County, lli. where Dec. 25, 1858 he married Miss Mary E. Pearsall: daughter of John and Clarinda Pearsall. Two children-George R. and Alber P. were result of the union. In spring of 1860, he came to Jasper County, lli. where, in 1861, he was chosen Supervisor of North Muddy Township, which office he resigned and entered the army, as first lieutenant of Co. F., 11th lli. Volunteers, and served until the Emancipation Proclamation, when, on return home, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under Harvey N. Love, after whose death he became acting Sheriff. In 1868, he was elected Circuit Clerk and Recorder of the County, reelected in 1872."

His son George states Ogden was Circuit Court Clerk for 8 years and added "A bronchial affectation caused him to think the only place he could live was in the Ozark Mountains; ran the Mountainburg, Ark. R. R. station, also Postmaster. 80 acres up on the flat top of a mountain, raised stra wherries and had a fine young apple orchard when he died at Mountainburg 1901". George believed his father married in Beloit, Wisconsin (rather than Illinois) and stated his mother died in Los Angeles in 1935. Children:

i. George Robert, who informed us in 1939 when he lived at Inglewood, Cal. that he was born Nov. 4, 1859 at Belvidere, Ill. and spent most of his life as a station agent. He first married at Lake Park, Iowa in 1885 to Olive Knox who was born St. Croix, Wis. 1861 and died Weaubleau, Mo. 1898. His second marriage was to Olive's sister Mary Knox who died in Los Angeles in 1931. They had been married thirty years and had come to California from Oklahoma to be near the two sons by Mr. Monell's first wife. They were: Charles Knox, born Dec. 3: 1886 at Little Rock, Iowa and George Robert Jr. born Oct. 11, 1891 at Livermore, Iowa. Charles, a switchman for the Southern Pacific Co. for more than 15 years, married at Hutchinson, Kansas in 1913 to Frances Orner who was born 1889. They live in Inglewood, Cal. and have three children-Laura Olive, born 1914, married 1938 to -- Stone; Robert H., born 1916, married 1939; and Ruth Aliane, born 1918. George Robert Monell, Jr. served his country overseas in the first W odd War, married Inez Brown and was killed in 1937 in a wreck at Livermore, Cal. It is a coincidence that the name of the towns where he was born and died

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are the same although in different states. George Jr. had no children. His widow lives in Oakland, Cal. She had a son Raymond by a former marriage.

ii. Albert Pearsall Monell was born July 22, 1861 and died March 4, 1933 according to his daughter. She added that he was postmaster at Stickney, South Dakota for 19 years and was a staunch Democrat. He was married on Sept. 2, 1883 to Nora L. Wait and had three children: Ogden W -~ Lorenzo A. and Pearl. Ogden W. Monell is with the Curtis Sash & Door Co. in Sioux City, Iowa and has written that he was born June 23, 1884 and has five childrln-Steve Albert born Jan. 7, 1928, Thom.as Ogden born Feb. 14, 1930, Paul Leroy born Jan. 14, 1932: James William born Oct. 7, 1934 and Diane Belle born Aug. 18, 1936. Lorenzo A. Monell was born March 6, 1889, married Edna Mooney who was born June 21, 1892. They have a daughter Beatrice born Aug. 3, 1911 who lives at Farmer, South Dakota. Beatrice Monell's father recalls that his folks took a prairie schooner trip to Arkansas to the fruit farm of bis grandparents, Ogden and Mary Monell. They had ·written about the wonderful country and the fine hogs raised there. Much to the travelers disappointment they found instead steep mountains: and the hogs were wild razor-backs. They stayed only a short time and returned to South Dakota. Pearl Monell, daue;hter of Albert: married April 27, 1910 to Robert W. Aszmus. She lives in Stickney and has no children.

George Robert Monell, son of Robert B. and Mary Pamela (Squires) Monell, was born April 19, 1835 in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. and was baptised in Zion Episcopal Church in that vi11age May 30, 1841. In his early youth his family moved to Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y ., his fathe(s birthplace·. His son Claude and daughter Pamela have supplied the following additional information-in the early 1870's George went westward and settled in Brodhead, Wisconsin. He married Sarah Annette Huntley, daughter of Almon and Sarah (Capen) Huntley, in AuguSt, 1875. The family also lived in Lake Koshkonong, Lake Geneva and Janesville, Wis. and moved to Chicago in 1893 with the exception of son Claude who lived "'ith his aunt at Fulton, Wis. during his youth. George Robert Monell died in Chicago Oct. 20, 1915. His wife was born June 29, 1855 at Exeter, N. Y. Children:

i. Frederick Drury, born Feb. 11, 1877 at Lake Koshkonong, Wis. and died at Chicago, unmarried. He was supervising architect of a number of large buildings: including the Blackstone Hotel and several theatres in New York City.

ii. Claude Ambrose, born Dec. 3, 1882 at Lake Geneva: Wis., married Otellia Holm June 15, 1904 at Rockdale, Wis. and lives

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in Chicago. They have-,two adopted daughters. Claude has been with Chapman & Smith Co. of Chicago for over thirty years.

iii. Pamela May, born May 21, 1887 at -Janesville, Wis., married Nov. 7, 1907 to William George Barry who was born Jan. 25, 1882 in Chicago. They have one son George William, born June 4, 1909 at Chicago, married May 25, 1935 to Mary Margaret Clark of Harrisburg, Ill. Mrs. Pame1a Monell Barry lives in Chicago and is a noted lecturer.

Joseph Dwight Monell, son of Robert B. and Mary Pamela (Squires) Monell, was born Sept. 9, 1839 in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y. His parents were members of the Zion Episcopal Church where Joseph was baptised May 30, 1841. His family moved to Hudson, N. Y. not long thereafter. According to his daughter Mary Monell Hall, Joseph vrent to Brodhead, \\r-is. when he grew up and his first wife was Gertrude Mary Sethman by whom he had three children. She died Ja.o.. 2, 1878, aged 36 years and fs buriE>d in Hudson Citv Cem. His second wife was Sarah Vivash who was born Oct. 25, 1848 and died l\,lar. 18, 1915. She is also buried in that cemetery. There were no children by this marriage. Joseph :J\,1onell lived in Hudson most of his life and had a florist shop on Al1en St. He was an officer and Superintendent of the Sunday School of Christ Episcopal Church in that city. A brief description of the Monelis of Joseph's branch back to his great grandfather Dr. George Monell is given in American Ancestry, Vol. 2, page 86. Joseph died July 10, 1893, age 53 and is buried in the Monell plot in Hudson City Cem.

Children (all by first wife): 1. Robert Edward, born July 10, 1864 at Brodhead, Wis.;

married Sarah Harriet Fountain in New York City. He stated that he moved with his parents to Hudson, N. Y. when he was about 10 years old. He also lived in Albany for about 10 years, in Schenectady for 17 years and later in Connecticut. He died in Cos Cobb, Conn. on-Nov. 5, 1939 and is buried in Hudson City Cem. They had no children.

ii. Catherine Pamela, born May 18, 1867 at Brodhead, Wis., died Oct. 17, 1923 and is buried in the Sisters Lot at Sisterhood of the Holy Child, an Episcopal organization at Albany, N. Y. She was in charge of St. Christina School in Saratoga and later of Susan Fenimore Cooper Foundation School in Cooperstown, N. Y. where she died.

iii. Mary Gertrude, born Jan. 20, 1873 at Mattoon, Ill., married at New York City June 26, 1902 to Robert Hall who was born May 9; 1872, son of Robert & Fanny (Walden) Hall. They have lived at 243 New York Ave., Brooklyn for many years and have a daughter Ruth, born June 28, 1908. She married Thomas Tibbets and lives in Evanston, Ill.

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HoN. CLAUDIUS LORRAINE l\IoNELL, son of Joseph D. and Maria (Van Valkenburgh) Mone11, grandson of Dr. George and Catherine (Dwight) Monell, great grandson of George and Jeanet (Wharry) Monell, and great-great-grandson of the settler James Monell, was born March 20, 1815 at Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y. according to Appleton's Cyclopaedia Vol. 4, page 356 which also states he moved to New York City in 1836, removed to Hudson 1841 and moved back to New York in 1851. New York City Directories verify this in substance. They first show him in 1836 at 20 Nassau St.; in 1837-38-40-41-42 he appears as an attorney at various locations on Nassau and Wall Streets and thereafter his name dots not appear until 1851. In 1840-1-2 he shows at the same address as Monell & Martindale which un doubtedly was his law firm. Miss Anna Monell Meeks, from whom we learned the middle name of Claudius, tells us he was educated chiefly in Hudson, studied law in New York City in 1836 in the office of Benjamin F. Butler, and was admitted to the bar in 1837. In 1839, when his name did not appear in the New York City Directory, he was made a member of the Columbia County Bar. (History of Columbia Co., 1890, page 209) His obituary in the New York Tribune for August 2, 1876 tells us that he opened an office in Hudson with t,vo young partners, who afterwards became Judges Sutherland & Hogeboom, that Messrs. l\ilonell & Sutherland came to New York about 1850 and opened a law office, and that the former a few years later became head of the firm of Monell, Willard & Anderson. City Directories show them in 1855-565 lVIonell & "\Villard 1857, Monell, Willard & Howe 1858-59, lVIonell & Fitch 1861, all at 54 Wall St. The Tribune article a]so shows he was elected Judge of the Superior Court in 1861 and re-elected 1867 and 1873. In the latter year he was made Chief Justice of the Court. "He took no part in politics after his election to the bench, and had a high reputation as a conscientious and honorable man." Regarding his death the article states "Chief Justice Monell of the Superior Court was taken ill last lVIay, having a slight paralytic stroke


in the court-room whil~ hearing the argument in the case of the Gilbert Elevated Railroad Co. He appeared to improve steadily until July first, when he went to Narragansett Pier where he had an attack of malarial fever.* * * He died at Narragansett Pier yesterday (August 1, 1876). A dispatch to this effect was received at the Police Central Office last evening from Mayor Wickham, who has ordered that the flags upon the City Hall shall be placed at half mast today." A tribute to Judge Monell by the Bar Association appeared in the Tribune for August 9, 1876. According to the New York Herald for August 2~ 1876 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1876. Appleton's Cyclopaedia already mentioned in addition says he was author of ··Practises of the Courts of State of New York" (N. Y. 1849; 2nd ed. 2 Volumes 1853-4) which is referred to in History of the Bench and Bar of New York, Vol. 1, page 418 as having been very favorably received.

Claudius L. Monell made a "\"\-ill on September 20, 1859 leaving his estate to his wife and appointing her executrix. It was proved in New York County August 15, 1876. He was buried in City Cemetery, Hudson, N. Y. in the same plot as his parents and hi~ brother Robert B. Monell. The dates of his birth and death previously given agree with those on his grave.stone.

The New York Evening Post for October 7, 1840 shows Claudius L. Monell married at Hudson, N. Y. the previous day to Anna Wells, daughter of Richard J. of Hudson. Her mother we a.re told was Ann Maria Olcott, nee Worth, sister of Gen. Worth whose statue is in Union Square, New York City. Anna Wells Monell was born January 1, 1821, and died June 17, 1907 at Hudson, N. Y. She was buried with her husband in Hudson City Cemetery. Her will dated at New York June 1, 1879 left her estate to her son and daughter, but by a codicil made in 1889 the share of her son Ambrose, in case of his death, was to be paid to Isaac N. Collier of Hudson and her son-in-law Joseph Meeks in trust for grandsons Ambrose and Theodore Monell. In case the aforesaid trustees did not accept the appointment the codicil designated Central Trust Company ··whereof my cousin Frederick P. Olcott is now President" trustee. Another codicil in 1904 left all her jewelry, furniture, etc. to her daughter. The will and codicils were proved in Columbia County November 22, 1907. In 1886 Mrs. Monell was a communicant of the First Presbyterian

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Church of Hudson and in 1890 she was Vice President of the Women's Forei~ Missionary Society of that church.

Children: Claudine, born 1841, md Joseph Meeks Ambrose, born 1844, md Jennie Kip Hyatt

CLAUDINE MONELL, daughter of Claudius L. and Anna (Wells Monell, was born July 18, 1841 at Hudson, N. Y ., died at Y onkers, N. Y. August 10, 1912 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemeteey. She married January 29, 1862 Joseph Meeks. He was born New York City January 21, 1837, graduated from Columbia College 1856 and from Harvard Law School 1858 and practised law in New York City for some years. He died at Westfield, N. J. December 1, 1918 and is also buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Anna Monell Meeks is the source of this information as well as that about the children below.

Children: 1. Anna Monell Meeks, born New York City June 12, 1864,

lives at 446 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. (1939) 2. Claudius Monell Meeks, born New York City January

15, 1875, married June 15, 1930 to Lillian Hubbell who was born in Buffalo. They have no children.

3. Reginald Van Dyke Meeks, born New York City January 25, 1878, died November 30, 1930 in Bala-Cynwood, Pa., buried Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a graduate of· the School of Mines, Columbia University, was a metallurgical engineer and author of many technical articles. He married April 18, 1904 to Gwynette Worthington Wilson of Lake Linden, Michigan. They have a son Wilson Monell Meeks, born New York City, November 3, 1913, graduate of Kenyon College. He is a criminologist and lives in Chicago. In February 1939 he married to Esther Kelly.

HoN. AMBROSE MONELL, son of Claudius L. and Anna (Wells) Monell, was born December 28, 1844, doubtless at Hudson, N. Y. where his parents resided at the time. Like his father and grandfather, he was a prominent attorney of his day. He was a graduate of College of the City of New York and Columbia Law School and studied law in the office of Brown, Hull & Vanderpool. Later he became partner of Elbridge T. Gerry. He first appears as a.n attorney in the New York City Directory for 1865

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at 271 Broadway where he maintained his office until 1869 when he moved to 164 Nassau St. He remained at that location until 1888. His firm from 1869 to 1873 was Monell & _Zeglio. In 1881 he was elected Judge for the Seventh District Court of New York and was re-elected in 1887. He died December 14, 1889 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. His will dated November 14, 1889 was proved in New York County January 7, 1890.

He married October 24, 1867 at New York City by the Rev. A. H. Kellogg, according to an article in the New York Evening Post, to Jennie Kip Herrick (nee Hyatt). She died in 1905.

Children: 1. Ambrose, Jr. born February 17, 1873 at New York City,

married October 13~ 1899 at New York City to Maude Monell who was born December 28, 1876, daughter of Dr. Joseph Sears and Mary (Cohu) Monell. The line of Joseph back to the settler James was given in a letter written by Dr. Monell as Ira (born 1807), Samuel (born 1780), William (born 1755), William (born 1722), James (born 1690). It is necessary to go back to the second generation in this country to show the relationship, prior to their marriage, of Ambrose and Maude Monell-William (born 1722), 1\-faude's ancestor, being a brother of George (married 1738), the ancestor of Ambrose.

Ambrose Monell, Jr. was expected to take up the legal profession as had the Monells of his branch for three generations before him. However he was much more interested in metallurgy. He graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia in 1896 and went to Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh as a metallurgical engineer. He served in various capacities for six years finally becoming assistant to the President. Later he came to New York City as President of International Nickel Company and was of great value to the Company owing to his knowledge of metallurgical_ engineering. Probably his most notable achievement was his invention of monell metal, later and more commonly known as monel metal. This is a stainless, nonrusting material for which a wide use has been found.

In 1917, Mr. Monell resigned from the Presidency of the International Nickel Company to take up a commission as a Colonel in the Regular Army, being assigned to the Signal Corps. Shortly afterward, he went to France on the staff of Gen. Foulois, where he was engaged in the organization and training of night bombing squadrons. Upon his return at the end of the war, he became active in the campaign of General Leonard Wood for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 1920. In the latter part of that year, he became seriously ill. He died on May 2, 1921 at Beacon, N. Y.

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Whose Who in America for 1918 states that Mr. Monell was director of American International Corp., Midvale Steel & Ordance Co., International Motor Co., Liberty National Bank of New York, American Bank Note Co. and Haskell & Barker Car Co. His connection with so many large corporations and the positions he previously held show that Ambrose Monell was one of the country's most important business men of his time and clearly establish him as the most successful member of the Monell family in any of its branches. In addition to his directorships, he was Vice President of the Society for Relief of French War Orphans, Member of American Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Inventor's Guild, etc. He was a member of the Metropolitan, University, Union and other clubs. His hobbies were hunting and fishing. He and his friend George Le Branch were among the first to fish for salmon with a dry fly. He owned a tract of 565 acres known as Otte.r Kill Farms in the Town of Hamptonburgh 2½ miles northwest of Washingtonville, Orange County, N. Y. as shown by a map on file at Goshen. He resided at 16 East 62nd St., New York and Tu.iredo Park, N. Y.

Children: Margaret, born July 20: 1900 at Pittsburgh, Pa. married

March 1924 at New York City to John Columbus O'Donnell, who is an Insurance B.roker in New York City. They have a son John Columbus, Jr. born November 13, 1925 at New York City.

Barbara, born April 25, 1903 at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. married first to Kenneth Wilson Glaze of Colorado Springs on February 21, 1928 whom she divorced March 21, 1931. Her second marriage was on March 1, 1938 at Colorado Springs to Henry A. Hoder of Victor, Colorado.

Ambrose, 3d, born December 27, 1905 at Tuxedo Park, N. Y. He attended Pomfret School in Connecticut and Williams College. In 1927 he went to Kenya Colony, Africa and was engaged in farming for a year. Upon his return to this country he was in business in New York City. Ambrose was killed in an airplane accident on August 2J 1929 at Greenwich, Conn.

Marion Bruce, born January 8, 1911 at New York City; died in infancy.

Edmund Converse, born August 13, 1913 at New York City. He attended Cambridge University, England obtaining the degrees of M. A., L. L. B. In January 1940 he was called to the Bar by the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple and was admitted to the Bar of New York State in May 1940. .

Mrs. Monell, widow of Ambrose, Jr., married 2nd on April 12, 1932 to F. W. Georg Unger V etlesen, a consulting engineer and sportsman who was born in Norway, educated in England and came to this country in 1917 to assist in the shipbuilding program then under way. They live in New York City.


2. Theodore Monell, born October 13, 1875 at New York City, married SeptemBer 18, 1904 Elinor Church Haight. In the world war Theodore Monell was a Battery Commander, 70th Artillery in the First Army. He lives at Montauk, Long Island.

Children: Elinor, born September 17, 1905 Dorothy, born July 6, 1908 Theodore, Jr., born August 20, 1911, graduated 1933 from

Dartmouth College. He married Suzanne Louise Warriner of Glen Ridge, N. J. at St. Paul's Church: Montrose, Pa. on September 13~ 1937. His wife was a graduate of Smith College and was a daughter of Mrs. Ruel Chaffee Warriner.

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JOHN MONELL of the Tow.a of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. we consider to be the son of John and Hannah l\.1onell and grandson of the settler James Monell (see Chapter I). The line of John Monell is more extensive than that of any other branch of the family. By occupation, John was a farmer. According to the Orange Co. Patriot for April 26, 1830, he died on April 22, 1830 at La Grange in the Town of Hamptonburgh at the age of 85, indicating that he was born in 1745. Goshen Pres. Church Records give the date as April 24, 1830 which is pcobably the date of burial. The entry in the Church Records leads us to the belief that John was buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard in Goshen. The remains and gravestones of persons buried there are said to have been removed to Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, but there is no gravestone there for John Monell. Ruttenber & Clark's History of Orange Co., published in 1881, *page 539, states that many of the stones were lost at the time of removal. Notation of John Monell's death also appears in the Neelyto~n Church Records so it is also possible that, like his father, John was buried in Neelytown. The Town of Hamptonburgh was created in the year of John's death from a number of surrounding towns including Wallkill, of which La Grange was formerly a part. Hence we speak of John as a resident of the To~-rn of ,v allkill.

Clearwater's History of Ulster Co. (1907), page 117 lists John Monell, Jr. as a member of a c9mpany of Foot lVIilitia commanded by Capt. Wm. Faulkner in 1772. We should add that Wallkill was part of Ulster County until 1798 when it became part of Orange Co. On April 7, 1772 John lVIonell was chosen Pathmaster for the district from ·'the "\Vi<low lvic Bride~s corner to Thomas Simerils and thence along the road to Campbelrs bridge". This is shown by R. & C.'s Orange Co. History which also states that John kept the first post office in ,vallkiJl at La Grn.nge about a mil€ south of Stony Ford. Town Elections were held in the building in the early days and it was still standing in 1881.

*Hereafter referred to in this Chapter as "R & C's Orange Co. History''.


Many of John's descendants tell us his wife was Rebecca Bradner and this is confirmed by the will of John Bradner of Goshen dated May 13 1790 which mentions his daughter ''Rebeckah Munnel". She was a descendant of Rev. John Bradner who, according to an inscription over the vault of the Goshen Pres. Church of which be was the first pastor, was a native of Scotland, settled in Goshen in 1721 and died 1732.

By the will of Hannah Monell made in 1785 John received half of her farm in Wallkill adjacent to the farm he already owned for which he was to pay 15 shillings per year to the Trustees of the Presbyterian meeting house at Neelytown. John was one of the earliest members of that church (page 656 R & C's Orange Co. History). He was still a member in 1820 according to existing records though he apparently was a member of Goshen Pres. Church at the time he died. The location of Neelytown Church was later moved to Campbell Hall and it is now known as the Hamptonburgh Pres. Church. The first pastor Rev. Annan served from 1772 to 1783 after which there was no regular pastor for 13 years. In the interval the church received occasional supplies from the ~ociated Reformed Presbytery. Doubtless one of these W3.S Rev. John Cuthbertson a Scotch Presbyterian minister who travelled from place to place mostly on horseback. His diary printed in 1934 contains an entry for August 8_ 1783

''rode 6 miles, preached 18:20 lectured Romans 5:12-and baptised John to John Munell" (meaning he baptised John Monell's son Johnj. Since John B. Monell, son of John, was born in 1786 according to his grav:_estone, it would appear the son John baptised in 1783 died in infancy.

John Monell was one of the executors of the will of Thomas Neely of 1'.,. allkill dated August 2, 1785 ,, hich is on file at Albany. John's name also appears on the 1803 assessment roll of taxable property in Wallkill with $1850 real and $70 personal property. In 1801 John witnessed the will of Wm. Brown of Wallkill. On Jan. 14, 1803 ''John Monell Jr. 11 witnessed the codicil to the will of Silas ,v ood and in the same year he witnessed the will of Henry Jacks< m, both filed in Orange Co.

By deed dated Aug. 2, 1808 recorded in Orange Co., John lVIonell of Wallkill in consideration of $900 conveyed to James

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Monell & John B. Monell the 250 acre farm in Wallkill ·'whereon said John Monell now lives" bounded on S E by N. Y. & Albany Stage Road, oD N Eby lands of Bull and Hulse, on N W by W alJkill River and on S W by lands of Crawford; also use of road along line of Edward Hulse to patent line OD road from Goshen to Newburgh. John states in the deed he was seized of the property by inheritance. The deed is "itnessed by Joseph & Rebecca Monell. Four deeds were made within a few years after John's death, all involving parts of this property. James & John B. Monell and their wives conveyed to Wm, Joseph & Charles Monell & Rebecca Wade 100 acres in Hamptonburgh "beginning at East bank of Wallkill River at Stony Ford Bridge" and running SE along the road. Joseph & wife then conveyed 100 acres to Charles. Wm. Monell & wife and Rebecca Wade & her husband U zal H. Wade conveyed to Charles Monell 85 acres measured from the road from Stony Ford Bridge to La Grange. Nancy Monell •'widow & relict of John Monell, late of Town of Wallkill" conveyed to John B. Monell 27 acres in Hamptonburgh on the river (Wallkill). All John's children known to us as well as his widow were named in one or more of these deeds. Undoubtedly they were executed as a means of dividing property which had belonged to John. The following quotation from a letter written in 1912 by the late Henry Monell of Newburgh (1863-1931) to Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough more clearly shows the location of the property:

'·My Great Great Grandfather John Monell owned and lived on land now occupied by the Howard Ford Stock Farin, formerly Chas. Backman's, at La Grange, earlier Goose Town, on the road from Campbell Hall to Goshen. The farm extended west to Stony Ford (Wallkill River). The last time I was over the road the old John Monell house still stood on the west side of the road about 1-8 mile north of Hotel at La Grange-that was probably 24 years ago. I never knew who John Monell's father was but always understood that he was one of the grandsons of one of the original settlers at Neelytown in Montgomery from whom your ancestors and the Columbia County family also descended."

Henry Monell's sister Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper, states the John Monell house at La Grange burned down prior to 1890.

Real estate records show that John Monell also owned property on Henry St., New York City. In the deed made in 1806 whereby


he and Uriah Mc Cullum, New York grocer, purchased the property, John is referred to as a farmer of the Town of Wallkill, · Orange County. In March 1809 John bought Mc Cullum's half of the plot and in June 1809 John & his wife Nancy mortgaged the property. The mortgage was foreclosed in 1821. James Monell of Wallkill (John's son) purchased the Henry St. plot in 1822 and he sold it in 1825 to a New York merchant.

In the first U. S. Census (1790) John ··Monnell" of Wallkill appears with four other males (the latter under 16): three females and two slaves. In 1800 the family, aside from John, consisted of one male under 10, one between 10 & 16, three between 16 & 26, one female under 10, one between 16 & 26 and one slave. In 1810 he appears with two males 16-26, one aged 10-16, one female 45 or o:.ver and two aged 16-26. In 1820 he appears, still in Wallkill, with two males 26-45', one aged 10-16 and one female aged 16-26. A comparison of the above figures with the number of surviving children shows several of John's children must have died young. The census data indicates John's first wife died prior to 1800 and the deeds above mentioned show that Nancy· (last name not kno"'-n), John's second wife, was married to him as early as 1809 and survived him. We do not, however, know the exact dates of death or places of burial of either of John's wives.

The names of the children were given to us by Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper of Meadowbrook, Orange Co., and they are confirmed by the property deeds previously mentioned.

Children: William, born 1778, married 1st Lucy Moore; 2nd Anne

Moore John, baptised Aug. 8, 1783, died in infancy James, born 1785! married Harriet Mac Carter John Bradner, born 1786, married Harriet N. Vail JosEpb, born 1789, married Jane Savage Rebecca, married 1817 Uzal Harrison Wade. Charles, born 1792, married Jane Thompson

The line of William is the most extensive of any of the children and is therefore dealt "'ith in the succeeding chapter. The lines of the other children are given below.

JAMES, son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) Monell, lies in Goodwill Churchyard, Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. His gravestone shows he died March 16, 1846 in his 61st year, in-


dicating he was born in 1785. The exact date of birth was April 16, 1785 according to the family bible. He is referred to in a number of deeds recorded in Orange & New York Counties as we have indicated in his father's biography. He lived in the Towns of Wallkill and Hamptonburgh. On March 23, 1831 he married Harriet Mac Carter at Goshen Pres. Church. ehe was born Nov. 17, 1803, died March 25~ 1887 and is buried in Hamptonburgh Cemetery. James appears in the 1835 Census for Hamptonburgh as occupying 45 acres of improved land and as having 2 males and 3 females in his family. In the 1840 Census he appears in Hamptonburgh as head of the house in t4e 50-60 age group. His will dated Feb. 27, 1846 bequeathed to each of his four daughters (named below), upon reaching the age of 18, one cow, one bed and bedding and $300 in money. The residue of the estate, including the farm on which he lived, was bequeathed to his son James B. Nlonell upon reaching 21 years of age. To his wife Harriet he gave the use of the farm for the purpose of bringing up the family and giving them necessary schooling. In the 1850 Ctnsus Harriet Monell appears in Hamptonburgh with $4000 of real Estate. Her age was given as 47 and the other members of the family were: Julia E. 17, James B. 14, Helen M. 8, Mary M. Carter (probably Harriet's mother) 77, Milton M. Cord 24. Her other daughter, Elsie aged 11, was shown as living with Samuel M.Faulkner, who was one of the executors of James Monell's will. In the 1855 Census Harriet MonelJ again appears in Hamptonbur~h with her daughter Juliette age 22; son James B. 19 and Helen 12. lVI~. La Tarte granddaughter of James lv1onell states that prior to her marriage to James, Harriet was married to -- McCord. This i,s also indicated by an article in a Middletown newspaper reporting the death on July 22, 1896 of Walter L. lvicCord who was born in Scotchtown, Orange Co. in 1829 and was half brother of James (B.) Mo.oell, 1\-Irs. Virgil Crist Nlrs. Andrew Gonso1is and Mrs. Arnold Mac Carter of Nebraska.

Children: 1. Rebecca Ann, married Virgil Crist Feb. 12, 1846 in Hamp

tonburgh Church. Both are buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. ehe was born July 16, 1831 and died 1906 while her husband was born June 2, 1824 and died Aug. 19, 1889. In the 1855 Census Virgil Crist, age 31, is listed in Hamptonburgh "'ith his wife Rebecca,


age 25, and sister-in-law Elsie J. Monell, age 17. We are told they had no children. Ih 1877 Mr. Crist was owner of the Occidental Hotel in Goshen.

2. Juliette: born Sept. 3, 1833, married John Arnold Mac Carter in New Prospect, Ulster Co., Reform Church May 5, 1860, both being then of Hamptonburgh. According to her niece, Mrs. Helen Monell La Tarte, Juliette died about 1930 and her husband died about 1910. They made their home in Lincoln, Neb. and had 3 boys and 2 girls-James and Denton (both of whom died in or near Lincoln), George (buried Hillside Cem., Middletown, N. Y.), Hattie who married a Lacey and lives in California, and Ida who married a Melchow and lives in Lincoln.

3. James Bradner, born May 19, 1836, died May 18, 1905 (both dates per family bible) and is buried in Phillipsburgh Cem., Orange Co. His gravestone indicates he was a Sergt. in Co. A, 19th Regt. of N. Y. Militia in the Civil War. He lived in Middletown and he was married by the Minister of the Montgomery Pres. Church about 1864 to Marietta Godfrey as her second husband. Her first husband was David Miller. She was born Dec. 11, 1833 and died Nov. 20, 1913. She is buried in Phillipsburgh Cem. They had 5 children-Helen Mar:o born Dec. 13, 1866~ married -- La Tarte and lives in Middletown (no children); Virgil Crist, born Aug. 1868 and died Aug. 8, 1873; William Bradner, born Oct. 24, 1869, ma.tried Jennie Belle Warren by Minister of Goshen Pres. Church in 1890 and lives in Middletown ( they had two sons, one who died at birth and another who died at age of 3½); George, born April 27, 1872, died unmarried April 18, 1908; Virgil Crist, born 1874, died unmarried May 4, 1906.

4. Elsie Jane, born Dec. 9, 1838 and died unmarried Aug. 26, 1877; buried Hamptonburgh Cem.

5. Helen Marr, born Sept. 6, 1842, married Andrew W. Gonsalas ( or Cunsoles)_ of Crystal Run and had no children. He was born Feb. 2, 1844 and died Jan. 24, 1899 and she died July 2, 1910. They are buried in the New Brick Church Cem., Montgomery, Orange Co.

6. William Wallace, born Sept. 6, 1842 and died July 4, 1843 (per family bible).

JOHN BRADNER son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) Monell was born April 26 1786 and died Feb. 25 1842 according to a monument in Bloomingburgh Cem. Sullivan Co. N. Y. which states he was buried at New Prospect Ulster Co. The property deeds exchanged following the death of his father in 1830 showed


that John became the owner of land in the To~ of Hamptonburgh along the Wallkill River. garlier in 1808 his father conveyed jointly to John B. Monell and his brother James 250 acres along the Wallkill River. He apparently sold the land and a few years after his father's death moved to the Town of Shawangunk Ulster Co. His name appears a number of times in the property records of that county and his will dated Nov. 17 1841 shows he was a resident of Shawangunk. In the 1825 Town of Wallkill Orange Co. Census (Note: Hamptonburgh was forllled partly from Wallkill in 1830) John B. Monell appears with 6 males (including John) & 2 females in the family. Two of the males were between 18 & 45 and three were entitled to vote; probably the male over 45 was his father who does not separately appear in the 1825 census. One "person of color" (slave) was included. Of the two females one was married & under 45 and the other was unmarried & between 16 & 45. One birth had occurred in the family within the year preceding the census which also showed John B. Monell occupied 126 acres of improved land had 31 cattle 4 horses 40 sheep & 23 hogs.

By his ·will of 1841 John gave his wife (Harriet N.-Vail according to Mrs. Cooper) his entire estate for her lifetime and directed that upon her death it be divided between his children, viz. Walter Mead, Samuel Alonzo, Mary Catherine and Fanny Eliza Jane. He appointed his brother Joseph guardian for the two daughters and his Wife Harriet and U zal H. Wade (his brotherin-law) Executors. The will was not probated, though it was filed in Ulster Co. Surrogate's office after the estate was settled in connection with the sale of the Shawangunk real estate. The location was given as in Pacanasink neighborhood adjoining Bruyn's Turnpike leading from Newburgh to Shawangunk Mountains.

Harriet Vail widow of John B. Monell, was admitted to membership in New Prospect, Ulster Co. Reformed Church in 1845 and to Bloomingburgh Sullivan Co. Reformed Church in 1849. Her daughter Frances and son Samuel joined the church in 1850. The census of 1850 for Mamakating Tmvnship ( which includes Bloomingburgh) lists Harriet Monell, 52; Samuel A., 23 wagonmaker; Frances E. J., 14; Mary C., 19. In the 1855 Census the family appears in the adjoining Town of Wallkill, Orange Co., except for Frances. They lived in Middletown and are shown


in the 1857 Directory {or that city. The family monument in Bloomingburgh Cem. indicates that Harriet N ., wife of John B. Monell, was born Jan. 7, 1799 & died Dec. 4, 1866.

Children: 1. Walter Mead, born July 16, 1825, died July 19, 1855 at

Deposit, N. Y. (according to family monument above). The 1850 Census shows him living at Edsal's Inn at Goshen.

2. Samuel Alonzo, born April 16, 1828, died Jan. 27, 1860 (or 69)-family monument. A Newburgh newspaper reported the marriage of Samuel Monell to Catherine A. Halsey, both of Kingston, on Nov. 21, 1849. It is possible the reference was to Samuel Alonzo above, though we notice he was in Mamakating in 1850 with his mother and sisters only. As noted above, he was a wagonmaker in 1850 and in 1857 he was in the dry goods business (Monell & Wickham) in Middletown. He was an incorporator and trustee of the 2nd Pres. Church of Middletown in 1854 (page 463 R & C's Orange Co. History).

3. Mary Catherine, married Somers Stikes and died Aug. 25, 1894, age 63. She is buried in Bloomingburgh Cem.

4. Frances Eliza Jane, born Aug. 15, 1835, died July 5, 1858, according to gravestone in Bloomingburgh Cem. The year of her death is given as 1853 in Bloomingburgh Reformed Church Records which seems to be correct as she is not shown with the family in the 1855 Census.

JosEPH, son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) lVIonell, was born about 1789. He lived practically all his life in the Town of Wallkill, Orange Co. and kept a hotel in Middletown on the east side of North St. Mrs. Ann Monell Seely, granddaughter of Joseph Monell, informs us he was a surgeon when a young man, but lost an eye when he was hit by a cracking whip while riding in a sleigh. This was too great a handicap for a surgeon; hence he turned to innkeeping as an occupation. In 1809 he w-as State Assemblyman for l\iliddletown. According to lVIrs. Cooper of Meadowbrook, Joseph's Vtife was Jane Savage; she was born about 1801. The 1820 Wallkill Census shows the family then consisted of Joseph, aged 26-45, another male aged 16-18; one female 16-26 & two under 10. In 1825 he bought a farm in the Town of Minisink and the census for that year sLhows him in that town with 3 males and 3 females occupying 8 acres of improved land. In 1835 he appears in Wallkill again with 4 males & 5 females. He also appears in 1840 and again in 1850; the latter


year his age is given as 61, hotelkeeper with $4000 of real estate, wife Jane 51, Mary 16, & George 9. In 1848 a special election was held at the house of Joseph Monell to vote on the incorporation of Middletown. The proposal was approved by 123 to 77 votes (page 444 of R & C's Orange Co. History).

In Nov. 1854 Jane Monell "'idow of Joseph· petitioned the Surrogate of Orange Co. for appointment of George Houston as Administrator of Joseph's estate and listed his survivors as Cornelianer Moore, wife of Ira Moore of Wallkill,John W.Monell of St. Anthony's Falls, Minn., Joseph Augustus Monell, Mary Adelia, wife of James Callbreath of N. Y. City, George Albert of Wallkill (latter two under 21). In the 1865 Wallkill Census, Jane Monell, 64, mother of 11 children, married once, widowed, appears with one child, George A. age 24. We do not have the full list of children, but from tbe estate papers referred to, we know the names of the five children living in 1854 and Mrs. Cooper has supplied one additional name.

Children: 1. Cornelia Ann, born 1819, married Ira Moore who was

born 1808. These dates are indicated by the 1855 Wallkill Census showing the family consisted of Ira Moore, 47, "'ife Cornelia, aged 36 and children: Dolly J. 17, Emeline 14, Adelia 9, Chauncey B. 6, Frances E. 3 and Dolly Moore 71, mother. Ira lVloore was the first Secretary of Wallkill Academy which was organized in 1841 (page 453 R & C's Orange Co. History).

2. John Wellington, born 1823, died 1876 and buried Florida Cem., Orange Co. His gravestone shows his wife was Frances Mc Cain, born 1830, died 1883. Tbe family moved to Minnesota but soon returned to Orange Co., residing at Florida. Children:

(a) Mary E., born ]\!lay 25, 1858 at St. Anthony's Falls, Minn., rod. lVIar. 25, 1885 Curtice 1\1. Vail, born l\1ay 26, 1855 and died 1936. She died April 9, 1926; both are buried in Florida Cem. They had Anna Cecil Vail, b. Mar. 27, 1886, md Fred Romer (lives in Florida) and Lilian M. Vail, b. Dec. 12, 1888, died Apr. 24, 1926 who md and divorced Harold Casterline.

(b) Ann, born St. Anthony's Falls April 13, 1860, md Aug. 5, 1884 Henry B. Seely who was born Nov. 25, 1855 and died Oct. 22, 1928 in Buffalo, N. Y., buried in Florida Cem. He was a grocer in Goshen in 1901. They had a son Jonas Sayer Seely, b. July 28, 1891 (of N. Y. City in 1937); a daughter Gladys Monell Seely who married Kenneth Hutton and lives in Pearl River, N. Y. "'ith her mother, Ann Monell Seely; also three sons who died at birth.


( c) Frank, died unmarried prior to 1900 and is buried in Hillside Cem., Middletown.

(d) William Halsey, born N. Y. City Dec. 12, 1867. He was a tinsmith by trade. Shortly before his death he-started to work for the 0. & W. R. R. in Middletown. On Nov. 21, 1891 he was accidentally killed when a barrel fell on him which became dislodged by a moving train. He is buried in Hillside Cem. His wife, Myra Miller (daughter of Geo. H.) was born April 11, 1869. In 1938 she was living in Middletown. Her son and only child, William H., Jr. was born Jan. 25, 1892, resides in Middletown and is in the retail milk business. He md Dec. 23, 1912 at Middletown Jessie Bradner Sayer ( daughter of James and Georgia Bradner Sayer) who was born Jan. 3, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Monell have two sons, Halsey William b. Aug. 8, 1921 and John Bradner b. Sept. 29, 1922.

3. Joseph Augustus, born Sept. 25, 1826, died in N. Y. City Aug. 12, 1896 in his 70th year, buried in Woodlawn Cem. His will is on file in N. Y. County. He was educated as a physician in Philadelphia and at the College of Physicians & Surgeons in N. Y. City. He practised in New York from 1851 up to the time of his death. He was a member of the N. Y. County Medical Soc_, N_ y_ Academy of Medicine, N_ Y. Pathological Soc. and the Physicians Mutual Aid Soc. (N. Y. Tribune Aug. 14, 1896). Until 1875 his office was at 88 Greenwich St. and thereafter at 236 W. 22nd St. He married Harriet E. Black of Philadelphia who 9ied prior to 1900 when her will, dated 1896, was proved in N. Y. County. We assume the Joseph A. Monell referred to in deeds recorded in Ulster Co., N. Y. in 1876 & 1891 and a mortgage in 1886 is our subject. The children of Dr. Joseph A. Monell & wife Harriet consisted of a daughter Harriet who died when 2 weeks old and a son Joseph T. Monell, born Aug. 29, 1868 and died Jan. 21, 1934. He was a graduate of Columbia and became an electrical contractor. He married Mrs. Olive Virginia Rose Holland Sept. 2, 1916: Mrs. Monell lives in Jersey City.

4. Charles, killed in the first wreck on the Erie R. R. in 1846. 5. Mary Adelia, born March 26, 1834, married James F. Call

breath. They lived at White Lake: Sullivan Co., N. Y. In the Sullivan Co. Directory for 1872-3 James F. Callbreath is listed at White Lake as a carpenter, bookkeeper and farmer. Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper clipped the following article from an Orange Co. paper in 1923 or 1924 following Mrs. Callbreath's death:

"Mrs. Mary A. Callbreath of White Lake, last survivor of Erie R.R. disaster which occurred in 1846 between Monroe and Turners, now Harriman, died Jan. 12 in the home of her daughter in Manassa, Colo. Mrs. Callbreath was born March· 26, 1834 in Middletown, daughter of Joseph & Jane Monell. Her brother, Charles, who was with her on the trip


was killed, but she escaped serious injury. She was 11 when the accident occurred." (We are told this was the first wreck on the Erie R.R.)

Mr. Callbreath (1830-1915) died at White Lake ~nd is buried in Old Bethel Cemetery. They had five children, four of whom were Thomas, James F. Jr., Joseph and Mamie. The latter married Dr. G. H. Van Fradenberg of Manassa. James F. Jr. married Sarah Ella Kiersted (daughter of Wynkoop Kiersted) in July 1885 at the Mongaup Valley Reform Church, Sullivan Co. He died Aug. 4, 1940 at Alamosa, Colo. according to the N. Y. Times of the f ollov.ing day from which we quote:

"Mr. Callbreath was born at White Lake, Sullivan Co., N. Y. Dec. 2, 1858. He taught public schools in that locality, and from 1886 to 1888 edited The Sullivan County Republican. He was also in the insurance business for several years and served as chairman of the Sullivan County Republican Committee. In 1894 · he moved to Denver and in the next year received a law degree from the University of Denver. From 1894 to 1901 he edited The Mining Reporter. He practised law meanwhile and served as a member of both the Denver Charter Convention and the Denver City Council. In 1904 he became secretary of the American Mirung Congress, retiring in 1934. At one time he was president of the Denver Chamber of Commerce.''

6. George Albert, born April 19, 1841, died Sept. 19, 1885, buried Hillside Cem., Middletown, N. Y. He married Maggie E. Hulse who died Dec. 10, 1900, about 58 years of age, and is buried with her husband. They had a daughter Lois, born Sept. 20, 1877 who married Willard M. Gould and has two childrenBeatrice M. (md Willard Garland) and Marlin W.

REBECCA daughter of John and Rebecca (Bradner) J\,lonell married Uzal Harrison "\Yade at Goshen Pres. Church Kov. 20 1817. In the deeds exchanged in 1831 bet,Yeen Rebecca and her brothers she was shown as a resident of Shawangunk, Ulster Co. Uza] H. Wade was named as Executor in the ,vill of his brotherin-law John B. :Monell of Shawangunk, made in 1841. The names of the children of Uzal and Rebecca '\Vade, as supplied by lVIrs. Mary Monell Cooper, are:

1. James, married Agnes Smith. 2. Clarissa, unmarried.

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3. Richard. , 4. Charles, physician in N. Y. City. 5. Jemima Anne, married Andrew Walker. -6. Harriet, married John Crans.

CHARLES son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) Monell, \\-as born in 1792. He was admitted to the bar in 1815 (Eager's Orange Co. History of 1846, page 647) and practised la,v a.t Goshen for many years. In 1830 he was appointed J\1aster in Chancery. Actin~ in that capacity as wel1 as individually his name often appears in Orange Co. deed records. Be "-as director and counsel for the Orange Co. :lYiutual Fire Ins. Co. which was orEanized in 1837. ln 1843, when Goshen was incorporated as a village, Charles Monell was designated as President of the Board of Trustees. In 1845 he was Treasurer of the Board (R & C's Orange Co. History, pages 205, 529 & 541). Prior to his residence in Goshen he lived at W esttmvn Town of Minisink. A list of letters in the Westtown Post Office for Dec. 1819 & Jan. 1820 was signed by Charles Monell as Postmaster (Goshen Independent Re-

, 1• 1\ Jr nn 1 n1 n'\ -r,- _ m t ,. 'T""l"r , • ,.. .,. puoucan 1v1.ay ~~, UH~ J. ne was 1 rus ee 01 w esttown Library Ass. when it was formed in 1826 and he was a School Commissioner of the Town of Minisink (pages 666 & 671 R. & C's History). The 1831 property deeds to which Charles was a party refer to him as a resident of Goshen at that time.

He married Jane Thompson, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Brooks) Thompson (page 652 R & C's History). Charles and his wife were members of Goshen Pres. Church from 1828 to 1857. Their son James Edgar was baptised in that church July 31, 1830.

Charles 1\!Ionell appears in the 1820 and 1825 Censes for the Town of l\!linisink. In the Jatter year the family consisted of 3 males & 4 females. In 1835 and 1850 he appears in Goshen. The 1850 Census, the first to list each member of the family, gives Charles' age as 58 and his wife's as 57. The other members of the family were Frances K 32, Mary 27, Edgar 22 & 4 negro servants. Charles moved to N. Y. City in 1857 where he appears as a lawyer at 61 Wall St. in the City Directory for that year. He is also listed in the Directories for 1858-59-60-61 & 62: his last appearance being at 9 Lafayette Place. It is probable he died in New York City in 1862. vVe have no information as to when


his wife died, but from Robert 0. Thompson1 the noted Orange Co. historian and from Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper we learned that there are no living descendants of this branch of the fami]y.

Children: 1. Frances E., born 1818, died unmarried. 2. John D., born 1820, married Phebe Rus.sell, daughter of

John W. and Frances M. (Talman) Rus.sell. They are buried in the Episcopal Cem. in Goshen and their gravestones show they died June 11, 1895 and May 23, 1893 respectively. Her age was given as 76 while his was not shown. John was a lawyer in N. Y. City where he first appears in 1850 with an office at 136 Nassau St. In the 1855 N. Y. City Census, John's age was given as 35 and he was boarding with Sarah M. Wygant. His last appearance in the City Directories is in 1877, living at 2 W. 41st St. In many of the early years he is listed at the same address as his father. Descendants of brothers of Charles Monell say that John was a man of considerab]e wealth and that he traveled a great deal. He had no children. .

3. Mary Isabella, born 1823, unmarried. In July 1857 Mary and her parents asked for certificates of dismission from Goshen Presbyterian Church, so we assume she went to New York City with them.

4. Charles F. (probably), born 1825, died Nov. 24, 1831, age 6. according to Goshen Pres. Church Records.

5. James Edgar, born 1827, died Nov. 5, 1856, age 29 yrs, 2 months, buried Slate Hill Cem., Goshen.

6. Fletcher (unmarried per 1\!Irs. Cooper).

WILLIAM ~1\1D LUCY (MOORE) MONELL

BRANCH OF JOHN MONELL LINE

WILLIAM MoNELL, son of John and Rebecca (Bradner) Monell, grandson of John and Hannah Monell, and great-grandson of the settler James Monell, was born about 1778 undoubtedly in the Town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. The late Henry Monell of Newburgh stated in 1912 that William married Lucy Moore on March 1, 1801. She was a dau~hter of William avd Martha (Smith) Moore and granddaughter of David Moore who was born at Southold, L. I. in 1734 and was brought to Goshen by his parents many years before the Revolution (D. A. R. Volume 127, page 40 & Moore family articles in Goshen Ind. Rep. May-July 1914). Lucy was born 1780 and died 1845 according to Mary Monell Cooper. Wm. F. Monell of Owe1?:o, N. Y. in 1913 stated that Wm. Monell married second Dolly Moore, but it appears the correct name of his second wife was Anne. Hamptonburgh Church Records show William''& Annie his wife" joined the church in 1847 by certificate from the First Pres. Church of Westtown, Town of Minisink. "lVlrs. Anna Monell" died May 3, 1855 according to Hamptonburgh Church Records. Newspaper accounts give the date as May 1, 1855 (age 60) indicating that May 3rd was the date of burial, and that she was buried in Hamptonburgh Cemetery.

Like his brothers Joseph and Charles, William purchased farms in the To½-n of Minisink, but he remained there many years longer than they did. In 1813 he was living in School District No. 10 of Minisink which comprised the Westtown area (R & C's Orange Co. History, page 662). The family of William as it was given in the 1820 Minisink Census consisted of two males under 10, two age 10-16, one age 18-26 & one age 26-45 (Wm. himself); one female under 10, two 10-16 & one 26-45 (Wm's. wife). In 1825 the family still consisted of 6 males & 4 females and William occupied 200 acres of improved land, had 47 cattle, a horse, 35 sheep and 50 hogs. He was still in Minisink in 1835 when the family consisted of 3 males & 2 females (inc]uding one unmarried female age 16-45). In 1855 William was shown to be a resident of the Town of Hamptonburgh and to have lived there 8 years, ,vidowed, farmer, and living with his son William and the

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latter's family. Wm. Sr.'s age was given as 77. Page 654 of R. & C's History shows William was elected Justice of the Peace of Hamptonburgh in 1850 and 1854.

A mortgage made by Wm. Monell of Minisink a.ad his wife Lucy in 1805 covering a 100 acre & a 50 acre parcel of land in Minis_ink was recorded in Orange Co. The records show it was discharged in 1808. The deeds made in 1830 & 1831, which in effect distributed real estate at La Grange, along the Wallkil1 River, ow-ned by his father, show that William acquired title to some of this property and that he a:ri.d his ,vif e Lucy sold part of what he received to his brother Charles lvlonell. Bis will shows he acquired several farms in Hamptonburgh by purchase, the deeds for which were recorded in 1846-7, and he was living on one of these farms at the time of his death on Oct. 5, 1856. This date appears in the petition for probate of his will and in Hamptonburgh Church Records. We believe he is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. though there is no monument there inscribed with bis name.

By his will dated Jan. 17, 1852 William gave to his son Henry the 215 acre farm on which Henry then resided in Hamptonburgh, purchased by Wm. from Seely Brown. To his son Isaac, Wm. gave the 159 acre farm in Minisink known as the Wilcox farm on which son William, Jr. then resided. Son John B. received the 265 .. acre farm on which be was then living in Hardensen, Sussex Co., N. J. adjoining the Parsonage lot of the North Church and known as the Barseley Farm. Son William received the 190 acre farm on which his father lived in Hamptonburgh which had been purchased from the assignee of James lVI. Brown. Bach of them were to pay annual sums toward payment of their · father's debts. Son Charles L. lvlonell, then of Susquehanna Co., Pa., the 1dll states, had previously been provided for and as for daughter Fliza lVIye.rs, the sons were directed to contribute to her support in case she should come to want. The exact locations of the farms given to Henry, Isaac and William are shm\·n on the 1859 :Map of Orange County.

Details of the children (eight in number) follow. Except for son Charles L. of PennsylYania, the material was largely supplied by 1VIrs. Ma.ry lVIonell Cooper of Meadowbrook and the late Henry ]Vlonell of Newburgh supported by public records and data from other descendants.


Children: Henry, born 1802; married Mary Baird Eliza, born 1804, married Richard Myers Isaac, born 1806, married 1st Jane Maria Roe, 2nd Deborah

Ann Cole Fanny Moore, born 1808, married Selah Wickham John Bradner, born 1809, married Rebecca Doty Maria, born 1810, married Harry Wilcox William, born 1815, married 1st Julia Ann Purdy, 2nd

Henrietta --Charles Lewis, born 1816, married Delilah Cole

HENRY, eldest son of William and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born Jan. 11, 1802 and married Mary Baird Jan. 20, 1823 according to bis grandson Henry Monell of Newburgh. Mary died Jan. 30, 1873 age 66 yrs and is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. Henry is a]so buried there; he died Jan. 29, 1880, age 78 yrs, 18 days. He was known in Hamptonburgh as '·Uncle Harry". His grandson Guilford P. MoneJI recalls a Christmas dinner about 1875 at which Henry presided. Many members of the family were present including Henry's brother Isaac. Henry said on that occasion that they were members of the only Monell family at that time in this country and that he (Henry) was in direct line from the oldest son to oldest son since the first generation in this country. This is an interesting statement and there is much to support it from existing records. Henry was the eldest son of William who was the eldest son of John; the latter appatently was the only son of his father John (born 1717) who was a son of the settler James ~onell. John Sr.'s brother George is listed in the 1738 militia immediately after bis father's name and before John, so we have accepted George (who married 1738) as the eldest of the two. However the 1738 Militia List of Monells is not necessarily in strict age order and it is entirely possible George married before the age of 21 which would be true if he were younger than John. So it may be that John was the eldest and Uncle Harry was correct in the statement he made.

In the 1825 Census Henry Monell is listed as of Minisink where his father also lived at the time. There were then two males (father & eldest son) and one female in the family. He appears in Mount Hope in 1840, and in 1850 he appears in


Hamptonburgh, age 48, with '\vife Mary 43, Milton 23, Jane 18, Frances 10, Charles 8 a.ad William 7. In 1855 Henry Monell, 53, resident of Hamptonburgh for six years past, farmer by occupation, appears with his wife Mary 48, sons John M. 29, Horace 28, Charles 12, William 11, daughters Jane Crist, married, 23, and Frances M. 14, son in law Thomas Crist and grandson Henry M. Crist.

We have mentioned that Henry received a 215 acre farm in Hamptonburgh under his father's will. Henry's will, dated March a; 1873 at New Windsor, Orange Co. ( where Henry died) directed his executors to sell his real estate in order to pay numerous cash bequests to his children and grandchildren and to erect tombstones for various members of the family. The residue was given to sons John M. and William. In a codicil made in 1877, Henry left his bible to his granddaughter .Hattie May Banker. The will and codicil are too lengthy to repeat here, but they are recorded at Goshen, the county seat.

The children of Henry and Mary (Baird) Monell, all of whom were born in the Town of Minisink, were:

1. John Milton, born Nov. 29, 1824. His son Guilford in 1937 supplied us the following brief sketch of his life: "My father John M. Monell married at 20 or 21 to Sally Ann Myers. She died three months later and he packed up to go to the Mexican War but his mother persuaded him. :r;i.ot to so he went to New York, being licensed to practise law, and worked for the firm of which I have heard Samuel J. Tilden was the head. After a year he went to teaching school again. He taught school for seventeen years, I think at Horseheafts, N. Y. He and my mother (Rebecca Abigail Purdy) were married March 12, 1862." John M. was living with his father in Hamptonburgh at the time of the 1850 & 1855 Censes. John's son Henry stated that John was admitted to the bar in 1854 having previously studied law in the dffi.ce of his great uncle Charles Monell of Goshen. He was elected Justice of the Peace in Hamptonburgh in 1857, 58, 62, 66 & 77 (R & C's History of Orange Co.). Mrs. Cooper, John's daughter, tells us the whole family moved to Petersburg, Va. in 1868 but moved back to Orange Co. a short time afterward. John died Oct. 27, 1891, age 66-10-28. The Newburgh Daily Journal for Oct. 31, 1891 in a news article concerning John's death says ''he was a well known attorney of the Town of New Windsor for a number of years, but on account of his failing health he retired to his farm in Little Britain three or four years ago." John's wife was boni Nov. 27, 1824 and died Dec. 15, 1894. Both are buried

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in Bethlehem Cemetery, Town of Cornwall, Orange Co. A number of papers are on file in Orange Co. concerning the disposition of the estate of John's wife. The children of John and Rebecca Abigail (Purdy) Monell were:

(a) Henry, born Jan. 2, 1863. As a young man he went to N. Y. City and was first associated with Johnson & Co., a carpet firm, and afterward "ith James H. Dunham & Co. and Benjamin McCabe & Brother. Later he was in charge of the wholesale carpet department of Arnold Constable & Co. and finally he returned to the McCabe firm where he remained until his retirement in 1927. He was widely known in the carpet trade. For many years he lived on Putnam Ave., Brooklyn but he returned to Newburgh. upon his retirement. On Dec. 24, 1885 Henry married Laura Stanbrough, daughter of 'Thomas Eager and Mary (Horton) Stanbrough who was born Dec. 13, 1863 and died Feb. 6, 1936. Henry died in Newburgh Jan. 6, 1931. Children:

i. Harry Stanbrough Monell, born Sept. 22, 1887, rod Martha Edytha Osborn Feb. 28, 1910--no children. He was an attorney by profession and a Colonel in the U.S. Army in the First World War. Since the war he has been frequently in the public eye in Orange Co. and has been particularly active in Veteran affairs.

ii. Donald Milton Monell, born Aug. 3, 1890; married three times, first to Maybelle Cooper by whom he had Janice (md a Hoffman, has childrEn and lives in Chicago) and Marjorie Lois (,diea Hnme.rrieEl abo~ 20 yf's of age). Donald's first wife died and he divorced his second wife ( whom he married in Minneapolis) by whom he had no children. There were also no children by his 3rd wife with whom he lives in Oshkosh, Wis.

iii. Margaret S. Monell, born May 29, 1896, died unmarried Sept. 30, 1930 in Newburgh.

(b) Guilford Purdy, born Sept. 9, 1864. The following is quoted from a letter written in 1937 by Mr. Monell: "From the age of 16 I have spent most of the time in the service of the U.S. Government-Navy & Civil Service-with time out in school at different studies and am now retired with over 48 years of service. *** I was married July 17, 1907 to Marie L. E. Torre as her people were about to leave for Genoa, Italy. I was soon after discharged from the Navy and at the insistence of her father went over to Genoa and stayed with them about 14 miles back of Genoa about six months. Wnile there I went to the parish church to look up the genealogy of my wife's people at the request of her father. It started the church record in the year about 1200. The house we lived in was the old family house which they started over 600 years before V\-ith its own private chapel." At the time of his retirement Mr. Monell was Inspector

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of Supplies & Equipment of the Quartermaster's Dept. of the U.S. Army, a position he had held for many years. Children:

i. Guilford S. Monell of San Francisco, born Dec. 11, 1898. ii. Theodore M. Monell, born May 29, 1900, an attorney

of San Francisco and one time Asst. District Attorney there. iii. Madeline Monell, born Aug. 27, 1905, married -- Gar

land. (c) Mary Emma, born May 31, 1866, baptised Hampton

burgh Church May 3, 1867, married James H. Cooper. In 1913 she wrote to Dr. Stanbrough of Newburgh, who was then assembling material on the family, listing the numerous descendants of John 1\Ionell and Rebecca Bradner. She was assisted at the time by her cousin, Emma Monell Watkins, who was one generation nearer to the first American Monells. Mrs. Cooper has lived for many years at Meadowbrook, Orange Co. where her husband died on Aug. 12, 1938. She has a most remarkable memory and undoubtedly has a greater store of information on her branch of the family than any of its other members. We are deeply indebted to her for much of our information. Children: ·

i. Mary Rebecca Cooper. born Aug. 23, 1890: md Ralph Owens and lives in Valley Cottage: N. Y.

ii. Elsie Louise Cooper, born Jan. 11, 1892 rod Joseph J. Se1z and lives Ozone Park, N. Y.

iii. Laura Monell Cooper, born Nov. 23. 1894, md J. Bruce Day and lives Brooklyn, N. Y. .

iv. Joseph Frederick Cooper, born Sept. 10, 1896, md Oct. 9, 1926 Florence Aline Dickinson (dau. of Frank and Ida Pope Dickinson) and lives at l\'leado,vbrook.

v. James Arnold Cooper, born Aug. 23, 19001 md Gladys Richardson and lives in Los Angeles, Cal.

(d) John Milton, Jr., -born Nov. 6, 1868, md Phanchita Brady. In 1900 he was living in N. Y. City on W. 47th St. and was in the milk business. In 1909 he was living on W. 43rd St., N. Y. City. His \\>ife died Dec. 24, 1910 and thereafter he traveled extensively in Europe and South America. In 1912 he was lhing in Los Angeles and in 1939 in N. Y. City.

2. Horace Elmer, 2nd child of Henry and Mary (Baird) Monell, was born 1827 and died Feb. 16, 1899, age 71. He was buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. His wife was Mary Howell who died about 1887-90. He lived at Unionville; died at Goshen. His children were said to have been Le\vis H. and Frederick; the eldest 14 at the time of his father's death. However the 18~0 ,vallkill Census includes: lVIary E. lVIonell, 34; Lewis N., 8\; Freddie 3. Administration of Horace's estate was granted to Wm. E. Crist, son of Jane Crist, Horace's sister.


3. John Bradner Monell, the 3rd child, was born about 1828. He died 1883 in Chicago according to Mrs. Cooper who says he was twice married. One of his wives was Jane Dunning who died at Jersey City Nov. 6, 1869, age 43-3-5 and is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. His othl·r wife we are told was a widow from Ridgewood, N. J. John was referred to as of Jersey City in 1880 in his father's estate papers. He is probably the John B. Monell, car man shown in the N. Y. City Directories for 1852-5. Children ( order unknown) were:

(a) Mary E., married Frank Golden and lives in Chicago. (b) Emma, died unmarried in Syracuse, N. Y. (c) Alexander D., died Dec. 30, 1863, age 11-11-19, bd.

Hamptonburgh. 4. Jane, eldest daughter of Henry, was born 1831, married

Feb. 8, 1854 at Hamptonburgh to Thomas B. Crist who was born 1826. She and her husband died at Goshen-he in 1901 and she in 1918. They are buried at Phillipsburgh, Orange Co. Children:

(a) Henry M., barn 1855, died Jan. 1935. His wife was Mary Scott and they lived in N. Y. City.

(b) Philip Thomas, born 1858, married a Michigan girl and lived in St. Louis in 1913; died in Wyandotte, Mich. 1919. Believed to have had children.

(c) Frank A., born 1860. He is married and lives in Chester, N. Y.; formerly lived in Hamptonburgh.

(d) John Milton, born 1862, married and lived St. Louis in 1913. Died Wyandotte, Mich. about 1916. Names of children not known.

(e) William E., born 1864. He lived in Hamptonburgh 1913 and died 1929 in Goshen, bd. Phillipsburgh. Not married.

(f) Mary K., born 1866, married Emmet Smith. Lived in Brooklyn and had a daughter Odette who died in Pasadena, Cal. in 1931.

(g) Edward Seymour, born 1868, married and lives in Brooklyn. He has a son Edward, Jr.

5. Frances (Fanny), 2nd daughter of Henry, was born 1840 and married Benjamin Franklin Banker who was b01n Nov. 9, 1833, son of Philander and Harriet (Conkling) Banker, farmer of Bloomingbu.rgh-per Banker Genealogy. She died May 23, 1871, age 31 and is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. He died in Bloomingburgh in 1898 per Mrs. Cooper who states their children were:

(a) Frances Belle, born 1867, married Theodore Bookstaver and lived in Middletovvn. They had a daughter Edith who was born March, 1892, married Frederick Tears and has a son David.

(b) Hattie May, born 1872, married Alexander Cameron. She lives in Co]abar, Orange Co. and has a daughter Louise


(born about 18-94 and married in Michigan) a son Everett and a daughter Alice.

6. Charles Ernest, son of Henry Monell, was born 1842, died unmarried July 14, 1867 age 24 years, 11 months and is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. The church records there show he was a physician.

7. Wi11iam, son of Henry Monell, was born 1843. He married Mary Jane McMurray and came to N. Y. City in 1865. The N. Y. City Directories show William was a butcher by occupation. His granddaughter, Rosalind Monell, says he fought in the Civil War. The family bible shows he died July 12, 1890 age 46 and he is buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. (no gravestone). His wife died Jan. 18, 1893 at N. Y. City, age 47. They had a son William Monell, Jr. born at N. Y. City Nov. 7, 1865 who md. Rose Funk at N. Y. City April 27, 1887. She was born N. Y. City Dec. 2, 1865 and died April 8, 1896. William, Jr. is a manufacturer of surgical instruments and has four children: Rosalind Jeanette born July 6, 1889 at 110 7th Ave., N. Y. City, teacher in N. Y. City Schools; WiUiam born Aug. 24, 1891, saw service in the First World War and is in the rug business, lives in Jackson Heights, N. Y.; Marguerite born Aug. 5, 1893, died May 30, 1894; Harriet Ethel born July 23, 1896, md Wm. Washington Ehlers at N. Y. City June 8, 1919 and died Nov. 8, 1933 (they had Rosalind Anna Ehlers, b. Mar. 31, 1921; Harriet Ruth Ehlers, b. May 1, 1923 died Dec. 4, 1923 and Wm. Monell Ehlers, b. July 14, 1925, all born N. Y. City).

8. Louis Marion, youngest child of Henry Monell, born 1844, . died in infancy.

~Lu.A, 2nd child of Wm. and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born 1804 and died 1880. She married Richard Myers, born 1803, died 1877. This data supplied by Mrs. Cooper who also said they had no children. Eliza is referred to as of Minisink in the estate papers of her father.

lsAAc, 3rd child of Wm. and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born in 1806 and died 1879, according to his tombstone in Minisink Cem., Orange Co., N. Y. He married twice-first to Jane Maria Roe (daughter of Richard of Florida, Orange Co.) on Feb. 13, 1830 at Westtown Pres. Church. She died Aug. 22, 1836, age 29. His second wife was Deborah Ann Cole who was born 1813 and died 1895. Both wives were buried in Minisink Cem. Isaac was a carpenter at the time of his first marriage, but most of his life he was a farmer. He lived in the To"\\'Il of Minisink practically


all his life. The 1835 Census shows he was occupying 150 acres ' of improved land and that his family included 3 males & 4 females

( with one birth occurring in the preceding year). ln the 1850 Town of Mount Hope Census the family consisted of Isaac age 44, Deborah 37, Francis 16, William 14, Lucy 12, George 9, Julia 6 and John 4. The 1855 Minisink Census shows: Isaac 48~ Deborah A. wife 42 and children as follows-Wm. F. 20, Lucy J. 15, George 13, Julia A. 10, John 8, Charles 11 months. Isaac had resided in the town 44 years, while the rest of the .. family had r_esided in the town all but 2 years of their lives. The value oi Isaac's farm in 1855 was $4500 ~nd his stock and tools "1ere valued at $1375. It will be recalled that by his father's will of 1852, probated following his father's death in 1856, Isaac received the 159 acre farm then occupied by Isaac's brother William, Jr. while the latter received William, Sr.'s farm in Hamptonburgh. A map of Orange Co. printed in 1859 sho'\\S the location of Isaac's property, near Waterloo Mills, in the Town of Minisink. There is no record in Orange Co. of a will or appointment of an administrator for Isaac's estate and we do not know whether his farm was sold before or after his death.

Isaac's children were eight in number, three by his first wife and five by his second:

1. Anne Maria, eldest child of Isaac Monell was born Nov. 27, 1830. She married Henry R. Clark who was born Nov. 22, 1827 and died l\1arch 20, 1888, during the blizzard of that year. She died Aug. 31, 1897. Both are buried at Hartwood (Forestburg), Sullivan Co., N. Y. They had 6 children, as follows:

(a) Phoebe Ann Celestia, born May 12, 1853, died Sept. 15, 1928. She married in 1874 Chauncey Bailey McGill (son of Morgan L. and Eunice-A. McGill), who was born in the Town of Wallkill, Orange Co. Jan. 6, 1853 and died Aug. 22, 1916. They had -i. Charles Augustus :McGill b. 187 4, md Mary S. Lewy, has a son Charles Jr. and lives Vincentown, N. J.; ii. N elson A. McGill, b. May 21, 1876, md. Emma C. Taylor in 1906 and had Nelson T. (died at 8 months), Grace, Charles, Emma T.: Alice and Helen; iii. Mahlon Lewis McGill, b. Sept. 19, 1879, died Sept. 28, 1904. His son John lives in Jersey City and had t,vo children John and Kenneth; iv. Daisy McGill, born July 30, 1884, died Nov. 30, 1907. She rod. Wm. Taylor and had a son Wilham who lives neat Barnegat, N. J.; v. Chauncey Bailey McGill, b. June 30, 1897, md Ellen Firman who was born Jan. 26, 1904. They live in Nanuet, N. Y. and have Chauncey b. Aug. 30, 1926 and Audrey b. Sept. 4, 1930.


(b) Gabriel Sawyer, died unmarried at Chittenango, ]Madison Co., N. Y. Nov. 30, 1930. He formerly lived at Rio, Orange Co.

(c) Frances Elizabeth, md Charles H. Yoemans, a mason by trade. They lived at Hartwood, Sullivan Co. and she now lives in Binghamton, N. Y. They had nine children-Charles V./ esley (b. Sept. 30, 1893, had 5 children), Alonzo Edward (b. Nov. 1, 1895, had 3 children), Olivia May (b. Sept. 23, 1897 md--Martin and had 6 children), Harold Chester (b. Aug. 21, 1899, had 6 children), Myrtle Olive (b. Nov. 12, 1901, had 3 children), Robert Pierce (b. Jan. 1, 1903, d. Feb. 15, 1925, had 1 child now deceased), Annie Frances (b. Nov. 20, 1907 md -- Robbins and has 3 children), Hannah Jane (b. June 29, 1909 md--Farthing and has a son), Luella Alice (b. Nov. 15, 1912 md -- Vromsen and has 2 children),.

(d) Isaac Monell, born Sept. 24, 1866, died Nov. 7, 1932, married Hannah Jane Cuddeback Oct. 10, 1888. She was born Aug. 22, 1872 and lives in Cleveland, Ohio (formerly lived in Middletown, N. Y.). Their children were: 1. Luella May Clark, b. Jan. 8, 1890, md Nov. 23, 1909 Clarence Boak Cranse who was born Jan. 30, 1888. They live in Cleveland and have a daughter Gertrude Myrtle b. Oct. 19, 1912; ii. Myrtle Clark b. Feb. 25, 1892 md Sept. 1916 Oscar Charles Decker. They had a son Oscar Charles, Jr. b. May 4, 1918. Myrtle died July 20, 1928; iii. Carrie Iva CJark, b. Nov. 1, 1896 died Mar. 6, 1900.

(e) Alwilda Jane, born 1858. She died in 1903 at the home of her aunt, Lucy Jane in Binghamton, N. Y.

(f) Mary IsabeJla, died July 1877 and is buried in Manning Cem., Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y.

2. Frances, second child of Isaac l\ilonell, was born 1834. She was twice married, first to Harvey Rackett in 1855 at North Church, N. J. (he died at Westtown April 1867) and second to Louis Reed at WesttO\vn. Frances died at the same place Nov. 23, 1911. Children, all by-first husband and all born at Westtow-n, were:

(a) Lillie Gertrude, born Jan. 22, 1856, died Oct. 14, 1925 at Bayonne, N. J. and buried Bt Westtown. She md Webb Davey and had no children.

(b) Lizzie A.lwild3, born l\!Iarch 8: 1857 and died Apr. 6, 1918 at Midland Park, N. J. She md George Clark Jan. 16, 1878 (who was born Jan. 3, 1859 and died l\Iar. 9, 1928) and had a daughter Daisy born Sept. 21, 1884.

(c) Ida Rosabel, born May 15, 1860, died July 2, 1933 at Westwood, N. J. She md Willis Floyd Cole on Dec. 7, 1887 (who was born Feb. 23, 1861 and died Sept. 1, 1926) and had a daughter Lillie Frances1 b. June 25, 1893 md Herbert "\V. L. Beaumont, as • .t\ssistant Treasurer of Guaranty Trust Company of New York. They Jive in Westwood, N. J. and have a daughter Yvonne b. Sept. 24, 1929.


(d) Wellington Harvey, born Feb. 17, 1866, md on June 22, 1898 Gertrude Klopmarl who was born Mar. 25, 1876. They have no children.

3. William Floyd, son of Isaac Monell, was born Dec. 31, 1838 (see below) and died Sept. 4, 1922. He md Dec. 29, 1859 at Westtown Pres. Church Esther Murray who was born Apr. 13, 1841 and died Aug. 14, 1916. Both were born in the Town of Minisink, Orange Co. and died at Newark Valley, N. Y. They are buried in Hope Cem. at the latter place. The 1850 and 1855 Censes indicate William was born in 1835 rather than 1838, the date supplied by his family. The census data is apparently correct since Wrniarn's mother (Isaac's first wife) died Aug. 22, 1836.

Children of William were: (a) Wilford Murray (deceased), married and had a son who

died in infancy. (b) Lucy Enola (deceased), born 1861 md -- Zimmer and

had Nellie May, Iva Erl (both deceased) and another daughter who died in infancy.

(c) Calista Jane, born Dec. 2, 1864, md July 2, 1885 at Newark Valley, N. Y. to Eugene Cameron. He died in 1924 and is buried in Hope Cem. His widow lives in Newark Valley. Their children were: i. Ross Eugene Cameron, md, has two children and lives at Fort Plain, N. Y.; ii. Ruth Virginia Cameron, md --Bradley, has three children and lives near Newark Valley; iii. Ralph De Witt Cameron, died young and is buried in Hope Cem.; iv. Esther Blanche Cameron, died young, buried Hope Cem.

(d) Julia Maria, born Dec. 13, 1866, md 1885 to --Rightmire and had two children: i. Marian, md -- Goodrich, has two children and lives in Florida; ii. Floyd Eugene, md and has several children . . (e) Hattie, born Dec. 8, 1868, md -- Chittenden and has

a son Wilbur Eugene who lives in Johnson City, N. Y. (f) John Henry (deceased), born Aug. 30, 1870. He married

but had no children. (g) Esther Jane, md -- Payne and has three children:

i. Katherine Payne, md -- Church and has Edward and Martha; ii. Ruth Payne, md -- Barnetz and has no children; iii. Ellis Payne, md -- Payne and has four children, three of whom are Ann, Allen and Joyce.

(h) Charles Floyd (deceased), md but had no children. 4. Lucy Jane, fourth child of Isaac Monell and first child by

his ·2nd wife Deborah Ann Cole, was born in either 1838 or 1840. This is indicated by the 1850 & 1855 Censes which give her age as 12 & 15, respectively. She was married to Charles Boyd first, second to Percy Masterson and third to Louis Reed. There was a child by the first maniage (now deceased); none by the other

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two marriages. Her third husband had previously been married to Lucy's sister Frances. Lucy lived at Unionville, Orange Co., . N. Y. and later at Newark Valley, N. Y. where she died at the home of her niece Mrs. Jennie Cameron. She is buried in Hope Cem.

5. George Cole, fifth child of Isaac Monell, was born 1842 and died unmarried March 8, 1905; buri~d Minisink Cem. His will, on file in Orange Co., mentions his sister Lucy Masterson, brothers John B. and Charles, half brother William and half sister Frances Reed and deceased half sister Mrs. Henry Clark and the children of the latter. The estate papers show the persons referred to lived respectively in Westtown, Brooklyn, New York City, Flemingville (Tioga Co., N. Y.), Greenville and (in respect to the children of deceased half sister Mrs. Henry Clark) : Celestia McGill of Jersey City, Gabriel S. Clark of Rio, Frances Youmans of Hartwood, Isaac M. Clark of Middletown. The Goshen Independent in April 1879 reported the destruction by fire of George Monell's hotel at Johnson, Town of Minisink.

6. Julia A., daughter of Isaac Monell, born Aug. 8, 1844, died unmarried Dec. 8, 1869 and is buried in Minisink Cem.

7. John Bradner, son of Isaac Monell, was born May 27, 1846, died May 1914 and is buried in Evergreen Cem., Brooklyn, N. Y. He married Lillian A. Armour who was born May 1,1846 and died Mar. 11, 1930 at Elmhurst, N. Y. John's will is on file in N. Y. County. Their children were:

(a) John Bradner Jr., born Dec. 20, 1875, md Louise Gulau Apr. 27, 1898. He lived in Richmond Hill, N. Y. in 1930. Their . children were:· i. Harold Bradner Monell, b. May 5, 1900 md Ethel Williams Aug. 19, 1925, has a son Bradner Neil b. Feb. 12, 1930 and lives at Laurelton, N. Y.; ii. Lillian Annette, b. Mar. 26, 1899 md Paul Edward Zegel Aug. 16, 1920. They have three children-Harold Paul, b. June 30, 1921, Kenneth Meindert b. Nov. 30, 1922 and Howard Russell b. Feb. 15, 1925.

(b) William Floyd, born Jan. 2, 1877, died at Allentown, Pa. Oct. 22, 1927. He md first to Anna Hall of Vermont on Dec. 26, 1898. They were divorced and she married Buell Warner Thrall of Burlington, Vt. William md 2nd to Annie Johnson. Children of Wm. Monell of whom the first three were by his first wife and the last two by his second wife: i. Hester Anna Monell, b. Dec. 28, 1899 at Jericho, Vt. md Oct. 7, 1935 Alvin Caldwell. They live in Hyattsville, Md. and have a daughter Marvel Elaine b. Oct. 29, 1936; ii. Henry Hall Monell, b. Feb. 9, 1901 at Jericho, Vt., married, lives in Burlington, Vt. and has five children-Dorothy, Wm., Melvin, Evelyn and Richard; iii. Kathryn D. Monell, b. Jan. 11, 1902 at Jericho, Vt. She is a nurse at Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, N. Y.; iv. Dorothy Monell, b. about 1913; v. Lillian Monell, b. about 1922.


(c) Lester Armour, born Jan. 8, 1886,,md first Mary Swevers in 1907 and second Charlotte Mayer in 1917. He lives in Santa Ana, Cal. and has three children, one by his 1st wife and two by his 2nd wife: i. Fanny Louise Monell, b. May 29, 1909; ii. Lester George Monell b. Dec. 13, 1917 and Florence Charlotte Monell b. May 19, 1923.

8. CharJes Wesley, youngest child of Isaac Monell, was born at Unionville, N. Y. July 8, 1854 and died Nov. 3, 1935 at 1474 1st Ave., N. Y. City. He is buried in Port Jervis N. Y. (Laure] Grove Cem.). On Dec. 1, 1875 at GreEnville, N. Y. he married Frances Detch, daughter of Peter and Susan (]\.iorris) Detch. She was born July 25, 1855 and died Jan. 121 1935. N. Y. City Directories show Charles W. Monell was a brakeman and later a conductor by occupation. He first appears in the directory for 1882. Papers concerning the administration of the estates of Charles and bis '\\ife are on file in N. Y. County. Children:

(a) Susan, born 1877, died 1884. (b) Alice May, born Nov. 27, 1884 at N. Y. City, md Lester

Forebellar on June 23, 1915 and lives in East Orange, N. J.; no children.

(c) Alberta, born Dec. 10, 1890 at N. Y. City, md Victor Pere in 1920. She was living in N. Y. City in 1935 and had a son Robert b. Sept. 27, 1922.

FA-"1\lNIE MooRE, 4th child of Wm. and Lucy (l\!Ioore) Monell, was born 1808 and married in 1830 to Selah Wickham who was born 1805. Fannie's death occurred prior to Oct. 24, 1856 when the will of her fathe1 was filed for probate in Orange Co. The petition filed with the will lists the following children of Fannie: Jane, Charles, John B., Eliza Ann & Frances Wickham of Bradford Co., Pa.; John C. Wickham of Hamptonburgh and Wm. Wickham, place of resjdence unknown. A guardian ,-ras appointed for John C., Charles, John B., Eliza Ann and Frances Wickham, who were not then of age. Mrs. l\liary lVIoneH Cooper states there were other children named Maria and Coe; evidently they ·were not living in 1856. ,vm. Wickham (whose middle name was Monell) ,vas born 1832, married 1856 Charlotte Crump (born 1839). Their daughter Ida (born 1860) md in 1887 H. C. Johnson (b. 1860); their daughter Charlotte lVIaria Johnspn Oerting, a resident of St. Pauli Minn. 1 is a member of the D. A. R. John C. Wickham1 age 17 appears in the E amptonburgh 1855 census in the family of his grandfather ,vm. l\ilonell.


JOHN BRADNER, 5th child of Wm. and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born 1809. He married on Jan. 23, 1830 at Westtown P.ces. Church to Rebecca, daughter of Timothy Doty. John was a resident of the Town of Hardenson (or ffardiston), Sussex Co., N. J. in 1856 and in Sept. 1872 when he died. By his father's will he received his father's wearing apparel and a 265 acre farm in Hardenson adjoi.oing the North Church Parsonage Lot. His wife applied for administration of his estate in Sussex Co., N. J. and in Orange Co., N. Y. Children:.

1. Robert; died young. 2. Joseph; died before Dec. 1872. At that time Wm. Medaugh

of Frankford, N. J. was appointed guardian of his son George W. Monell who was then between 14 and 21 years of age.

3. Charles L.; died Mar. 29, 1885 at Monroe Corner (Sparta To"\\'-nship), N. J. and had a daughter Bertha E. His estate papers in Sussex Co., N. J. list his daughter Bertha and his "\\idow Rachel, both of Monroe, N. J. as his next of kin. Mrs. Mary Monell Cooper states Charles married Sarah Scott; we assume she was his first wife and Rachel his second.

4. William H.; born Feb. 1, 1839, died June 3, 1906 and buried North Church Cem., N. J. He married Ellen Case who was born 1848 and died 1927 and who was also buried in that cemetery. R & C's Orange Co. History, page 481, shows Wm. H. Monell enlisted Aug. 25, 1864 in Co. K., 124th Regt of the Union Army in.the Civil War. Children :

(a) Lillian, md George Wood. They have: 1. Tracy L. Wood who lives in Branchville, N. J. and had 3 or 4 children; ii. Arnold Wood of Wantage Township, N. J ., who has a son and an adopted daughter; and iii. Merle Wood who md Austin Leake, has two sons and lives-in River Edge, N. J.

(b) John, born June 17, 1872, md at Sussex June 27, 1900 to Grace Adams who was born Sept. 19, 1876. John is a farmer and resides at Monroe, N. J. His children are: i. Beatrice Monell (b. Oct. 26, 1901, md Russell Pullis and has Russell, Jr., Alberta, Gladys, Andrew and Robert); ii. Simeon Monell (b. June 11, 1904, md June 26, 1929 to Mary Post who was b. Aug. 6, 1909. They have a son David Simeon b. July 30, 1930); and iii. John Monell (b. May 18, 1906, md Viola Benson June 29, 1929 and lives on a farm near Lewisburg, N. J.)

(c) Nellie, born Mar. 5, 1883, md June 28, 1905 to Wm. T. Adams. They live in Sussex, N. J. and have: i. Elsworth Adams b. April 10, 1906 and ii. Dorothy Adams, b. July 18, 1910 md Dick Zwart.

5. Mary Elizabeth; married Robert Hopkins. They once lived in Port Jervis, N. Y. and it is believed they had a son.


6. Samuel; died at the age of 7. 7. Rebecca Anne; married Edgar Munson. They lived at

one time in Ogdensburg, N. J. Harry Monell of Suffield, Conn. says they had daughters Hattie and Carrie and that the latter married a Snyder and lived in Bridgeport, Conn.

· 8. Dallas, youngest child of John B. Mone11, was born May 22, 1848 .. He married Phebe Scott on Nov. 15, 1869 and moved to Connecticut. Dallas died Feb. 26, 1919. His wife was born Jan. 3, 1848, died Sept. 23, 1925 arid is bfiliried in Cheshire, Conn. These dates are from the family bible in the possession of their son Harry who also supplied the following information as to the children of this couple:

(a) Nettie R., born Jan. 15, 1871, md 1st John W. Bird of Waterbury, Conn. Apr. 30, 1890. He was born Jan. 18, 1866. Their children were: i. Arthur Leslie Bird (b. Apr. 11, 1892, md Mary Fulton, has no children, lives Greenwich, Conn.); ii. John Wesley Bird (b. Feb. 7, 1894, died Mar 9, 1895); and iii. Hazel Esther Bird (b. Sept. 19, 1896, deceased). Nettie R. Monell married 2nd Albert Hod~n; they live in Newfield, N. J.

(b) Dr. Frank Dallas, of Derby. Conn. He was born May 20, 1873, md 1st Jennie Thomas of Waterbury (who died Nov. 24, 1931) and 2nd Gertrude Jordan of Ansonia. There were no children of either marriage.

(c) Caleb- Kimble Scott, of South Britain, Conn. He was born Sept. 2, 1875, md Etta Snell of Ansonia and had four children: i. Ethel Monell (md Raymond M. Mathison, has a daughter Ruth and son Donald and lives in Springfield, Mass.); ii. Harry S. Monell (md Hazel Fuhr of Portch€.Ster, N. Y., has a daughter Barbara and a son); iii. Clarence Monell (married, has a daughter Ruby Lee and lives in Wallingford, Conn.); and iv. Frank S. Monell (deceased).

(d) G1ace May, of Cheshire, Conn. She was born Aug. 25, 1880, married Asa Palen of Kingston, N. Y. (who died Mar. 9, 1928) and had three children: i. Russel A. Palen of Washington, D. C.; ii. Alvin Scott Pa]en of Kingston (md Dorothy M. Thompson of Waterbury, Conn. and has a daughter Cynthia Jane and a son Martin Scott); and iii. Dorothy Palen of Cheshire (md John D. Lassen and has Gilbert A. and Mickele).

(e) Harry Clarence, born Sept. 26, 1885, md Helena A. Allmendinger June 1, 1905 at Kansas City, Mo. She was born Oct. 13, 1888. For many years he has lived at Suffield, Conn. and was in the trucking business, first working for Sheriff Greer and later for himself. In recent years he has been a farmer. His children were: i. Harry C. Jr., b. Sept. 19, 1913, died Nov. 19, 1913; ii. Henry Irwin Monell, b. Dec. 20, 1914; iii. Helen Dahlma Monell, b. Nov. 5, 1916 (md Dec. 11, 1937 Harold Sweatland


and has a son John Harold b. Jan. 25, 1939); and iv. Arnold Scott MoneJl .b. Mar. 26, 1918.

(f) William Lester, born Oct. 16, 1887, died July 18, 1909.

MARIA, daughter of William and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born 1810, according to Mary Monell Cooper who also said Maria married Harry Wilcox and had no children.

WII.LlAM, son of William and Lucy (Moore) Monell, was born Feb. 11, 1815 and died April 17, 1876 according to his granddaughter Mary Monell Baird. He lived in the Town of Minisink and later in Hamptonburgh though his death occurred in the Town of Sparta, Sussex Co., N. J. By his father's will of 1852, William received the 190 acre Hamptonburgh farm on which Wm. Monell, Sr. lived. The 159 acre farm on which William, Jr. f orme ... ly lived in the Town of Minisink was given to Isaac Monell, William Jr.'s brother. In a letter to the €ditor oi The Goshen Independent Republican for March 10, 1914, S. W. McMunn recalled that in April 1868 he was living with Wm. Monell, Jr. on the James l\fonroe Brown farm (the same farm mentioned in Wm. Monell, Sr.'s will) in Hamptonburgh. The Post Office at Kipp's Station had just been opened and papers were ~nt there for distribution to the farmers of that · section. The road leading to the main highway was covered with water from two to four feet deep. "Uncle Billy'' as he was called by nearly everyone, waited for his copy of the Independent Republican uPtil Sunday morning, became uneasy and finally persuaded McMunn (then a lad of 8 years) to walk the fence across the low part of the road and obtain his paper from Kipp.

William married 1st to Julia Ann Purdy (born Nov. 27, 1815) who died July 7, 1869, age 53-7-10 an.d is buried in Hamptonburgh Cemetery. In the 1850 Census for Minisink William's age was given as 35, his wife's as 34 and his children were listed: Emily 13, John 11, Mary 4 and Horace 2. The latter apparently died young. The 1855 Hamptonburgh Census shows William had just moved to Hamptonburgh and was living with his father (who died the following year). William's wife (born in N. J.) and children (~mily 17, John 12, Mary 6 )and John C. Wickham, 17, servant, comprised the rest of the family. The value of the farm and equipment was given as $11,500.


At the time of his 4eath William apparently left property in both Orange Co., N. Y. and Sussex Co., N. J. since his son applied for administration of his estate in both places. The petition names as heirs Henrietta Monell, vtif e of deceased, residing at Sparta, and the three children mentioned below. Henrietta (William's 2nd wife) was born Feb. 4, 1829, died Oct. 24, 1893 and is buried in North Church Cem., Sussex Co. The administration papers of her estate show she was a resident of Sparta, N. J. and that she left a daughter Ella, wife of R. L. Hopkins of Newark, N. J. On the same stone marking Henrietta's grave in North Church Cem. there also appears the names of Robert L. Hopkins, born 1863 and Ella McMickle his wife born Apr. 17, 1862, died Dec. 24, 1904. We therefore judge Henrietta had previously been married and that her first husband's name was Mcl\'.Iickle.

Children of Wm. Monell (Jr.) and his 1st wife: 1. Emily (Emma), born Sept. 18, 1836, md Sept. 15, 1859

(Westtown Pres. Church Records) to Wm. Sayre Watkins (son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Sayre Watkins) who was born Aug. 30, 1820, died Nov. 7, 1884. He was buried in Hamptonburgh Cem. His wife, who died Dec. 13, 1915, was buried there also. Their children were: .

(a) Julia, born July 12, 1860, md 1887 at Chicago to B. Seward Carr. They had a son Bradley Sayre Carr and a daughter Pauline Rost who lives in Chicago.

(b) Wm. Sayre, born Nov. 7, 1866, died unmarried 1916 and is buried with his parents in Hamptonburgh Cem.

(c) John Evans, born Dec. 25, 1867, md Mar. 9, 1905 at Tremont Meth. Epis. Church, N. Y. City to Ann Eliza Blake. Their children we.re: i. Elizabeth Sayre Watkins b. Jan. 2, 1906 (md James J. Innis); Emma Adeline Watkins b. Oct. 1, 1907; Margaret Dodd Watkins b. Aug. 26, 1909; Corinne Blake Watkins b. Aug. 3, 1911; Muriel Belnap Watkins b. Feb. 9, 1913 (md Chas. 1\1. Barber).

2. John Purdy, born Mar. 22, 1840 in the Town of Minisink. His biography appears in Portrait & Biographical Record of Orange Co., page 734 as follows: ''Our subject attended the district schools at Waterloo, 3-nd subsequently he became a student in the academy at Unionville. Being reared to farm life, he returned to that occupation after completing his education, and on attaining his 21st year began farming on his own account on the old homestead (in the Town of Hamptonburgh). After the death of his mother, he purchased the estate and conducted it until the demise of his father five years later when he a band-

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oned farming for a time and engaged in the hotel business at La Grange. This enterprise he carried on for 7 years, during which time he was elected County Farm Superintendent. Very soon thereafter he went to Goshen, where, in connection with discharging the duties of an official, he carried on a hotel. At the end of 3 years, at the request of the Board of Supervisors, he disposed of his other interests and devoted his undivided attention to the work of the County Farm, and became resident Superintendent." John P. Monell was married Oct. 23, 1861 to Mary Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Wright) Boyd, at Hamptonburgh Church. She was born June 20, 1839 and died Apr. 7, 1895. He died at Goshen Jan. 2, 1896. Both are buried in Warwick Cem. John's will, probated in Orange Co., left his estate to bis two daughters:

(a) Julia A., born May 14, 1863, married about 1890 to Hiram T. Ostrander. They lived in Middletown for many years and had no children. She died about 1936 in Passaic Co., N. J. and we are told she is buried with her parents in Warwick Cem.

(b) Mary E., born Mar. 16, 1879 md Mar. 16, 1914 at Middlehope, Orange Co. to Dr. Alvin W. Baird, son of Curtis and Rachel (Whisman) Baird, who was born Aug. 13, 1866 and died Oct. 10, 1934. Dr. Baird practised in Portland, Oregon where his widow resides. Their children were: i. Walter Monell Baird, b. July 5, 1915 and ii. Elizabeth Monell Baird, b. Mar. 10, 1920.

3. Mary Elizabeth, born June 28, 1845, died Mar. 17, 1911, buried Cedar Hill Cem., Newburgh. She married Henry P. Clausson, son of Harvey and Char]otte (Purdy) Clausson and had:

(a) John, born Apr. 6, 1868, md Charlotte Embler and died at Utica N. Y. Masonic Home July 8, 1937. No children except a daughter who died in infancy.

(b) Lottie, born Mar. 21, 1873, md Valentine J. Kohl. He died in Newburgh Mar. 17, 1942 at the age of 73. His obituary in the N. Y. Times states he was a retired realty broker who had been Town Clerk of Newburgh Township & commissioner of the City & Town of Newburgh. His widow lives in Newburgh. They had a son Wilsey Kohl b. 1895 & a daughter Mildred Kohl b. 1897.

(c) Harry, born Apr. 23, 1876, married Charlotte McCaw; lives in Newburgh and has no children.

4. Horace, born 1848, died in infancy.

CHARLES LEwis, youngest son of Wm. and Lucy (Moor~) Monell, was born March 19, 1816 in Orange Co., N. Y. He was married Jan. 13, 1838 at Colesville, Sussex Co., N. J. by Rev. Samuel Grinnell to Delilah Co]e, daughter of Jeremiah and


Lydia (Van Sickle) Col~, who was born Oct. 28, 1819. These dates are taken from Delilah Cole Monell's bible in possession of her granddaughter Myrl Monell to whom we are deeply indebted for the material on this branch of the family here given. For over 25 years the descendants of Charles Lewis Monell have held reunions which have served to preserve the family ties. No other branch of Monel1s has so many members now living and we are therefore especially glad to ha.ve such full information.

Charles appears in the 1850 Census for Minisink, Orange Co., N. Y. as "Lewis" Monell, age 34 farmer, with ·wife "Delila" 30 and "Ellis" 11, Eliza J. ·4 and Charles 1. In 1852 he purchased a farm at Great Bend, Susquehanna Co., Pa. which in 1938 was in possession of his grandson Arthur L. Brant. Stocker's 1887 History of Susquehanna Co., page 534 shows that the farm ( then owned by Mrs. Monell) had been occupied in the early days by Peter Wiley, a Dutch settler. Charles is referred to as of that county in his father's estate papers. Charles died at Great Bend June 13, 1860 and his wife died there July 11, 1906. Both are buried in Newman Cemetery in that village. Their children were:

1. Eli, born March 6, 1839 in Orange Co., N. Y. and died Feb. 25, 1894 at Mansfield, Ohio, buried Newman Cem. at Great Bend, Pa. On Sept. 24, 1862 he married Caroline D. Smith, daughter of John and Anna Smith by whom he had a son born in summer of 1865 at Elmira, N. Y. who died a few weeks later. His wife also died in the summer of 1865 at Elmira and she is buried at Great Bend. Eli Monell married 2nd Lizzie Brennon by whom he had a daughter Nellie, a son who died in infancy, a daughter Lora Vera and a daughter Frances. Frances was placed in an orphanage in the vicinity of Oil City, Pa. when a small child. When her father later went back for her, she had been adopted and he was unable to locate her. Lora Vera, who was born about 1875, is believed to be the only living child of Eli Monell. She married Rudolph Van Bayer and lives in N. Y. City. They had a son born Oct. 18, 1911 who died Feb. 18, 1912.

2. Maria, born March 6,, 1842 in Orange Co., N. Y. and died there Sept. 28, 1846.

3. Fanny, born May 15, 1844 in Orange Co., N. Y. and died there Aug. 21, 1847.

4. Eliza Jane, born June 16, 1846 Minisink, Orange Co., N. Y. died May 18, 1936 and is buried at Binghamton, N. Y. On Sept. 13, 1865 she married William Van Etten who served in theCivil War for three years before his marriage. He died Aug. 17, 1906. They had a daughter Ada and a son Day. Ada, born Sept.

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22, 1866, married John Hendrickson July 11, 1888 and died April 5, 1_894. They had a daughter born Mar. 17, 1894 who is dead. Day Van Etten, born Mar. 12, 1869 married Linda Sponheimer Sept. 10, 1892, and had Myrtle (b. July 8, 1893> d. May 15, 1894), Nettie (b. Mar. 25, 1895, md Jacques H. Cahne June 21, 1919) and Ar.thur H. (b. Sept. 5, 1898, md Heleph Murphy Sept. 21, 1920 and had Phylis M. b. Aug. 14, 1921 and John Arthur b. Nov. 2, 1924).

5. Charles, born Dec. 22, 1848 Minisink, Orange Co., N. Y. and died April 13, 1927 at Binghamton, N. Y. where he is buried. On Oct. 11, 1877 he married Hattie Elizabeth Gillespie (daughter of Andrew and Mary Estb€r Avery Gillespie) who was born March 15, 1860 at Harford, Pa .. and resides in Binghamton. Children, all born at Binghamton:

(a) Grace Delilah, born June 27, 1881; of Binghamton. (b) Bert Eugene, born July 12, 1884; of Norfolk, Va. He

married on Aug. 7, 1913 Lillian Eliza Dyer who was born July 19, 1887 at Jefferson, N. Y., daughter of John and Cornelia (Bogardus) Dyer. They have two children: i. Dorris Jean Monell, b. Jan. 8, 1916 at Binghamton who graduated from the Women's Hospital of Philadelphia with highest honors and was also educated at William and Mary College and the University of Pa.; ii. Lena Beatrice ~ionell 1 b. June 3, 1920 at Norfolk, Va.

(c) Tracey Leonard, born Sept. 29, 1892; of Binghamton. On April 15, 1920 at Scranton, Pa. he married Lulu Mains Boran who was born at "'"7hite Haven, Pa. April 8, 1888, daughter of Charles and Emma (Hall) Mann.

6. Mary Ann, born Feb. 23, 1851 Orange Co., N. Y., married Jan. 1, 1873 Charles Brant (son of Abtam Brant and wife) who was born West Warren, Pa. May 10, 1848 and died Jan. 4, 1914; buried at Great Bend, Pa. Mrs. Brant died at Montrose, Pa. March 16, 1940 at the age of 89. She outlived all of her ten brothers and sisters and was buried in the family plot in Newman Cemetery at Great Bend. Children, both born at Great Bend:

(a) Arthur Lavere, born Nov. 25, 1876 occupies the farm in Great Bend purchased by his grandfather Chades Lewis 1\tlonell in 1852. On Dec. 25, 1911 he married 1\tiary Lillian Bailey who was born July 14, 1884, daughter of Willis and Elizabeth Bailey. They have four chi]dren, all born at Great Bend-Charles Willis b. Dec. 20, 1914, Julia Leona b: Ju]y 10, 1917, Robert b. April 20, 1920 and Edward Lewis b. June 25, 1922.

(b) Fred IL, born May 24, 1879 is Treasurer of Susquehanna Co., Pa. and lives at Montrose. On Dec. 31, 1902 he married Bertha May Spearbeck who was born May 24, 1879, dau~hter of Lee and Ida Spearbeck. Their three children are: i. Harold Arthur Brant of Pittsburgh, b. Oct. 3, 1903, grad. Bliss Electrical


School & University of Eittsburgh, married June 11, 1930 Marie K. Dietrich and has a son Richard Lewis b. Mar. 19, 1931; ii. Rena Myrl Brant of Great Bend, b. Feb. 14, 1907, grad. Mansfield State Teachers College, married June 8, 1933 Clinton Foote; iii. Albert Duane Brant, born July 2, 1916, attended Wharton School of Finance.

7. Chauncey, born Sept. 20, 1853 at Great Bend, Pa. and died there Oct. 3, 1883. On Aug. 20, 1882 he married Emma Motts. They had a son George, born in the summer of 1883, who has not been heard from in many years.

8. Merritt, born July 31, 1855 at Great Bend where he died May 4, 1902, had the largest family of ariy of the children of Charles Lewis and Delilah (Cole) Monell. He married Emma Youngs on Jan. 1, 1877. She was a daughter of Solomon Y. and Hannah (Seymour) Youngs and was born Oct. 12, 1858. The ten children of Merritt and Emma (Youngs) Monell were:

(a) Clara, born Dec. 23, 1877, died June 27, 1878. (b) Herbert Lansing, born May 4, 1879, married June 7,

1900 to Lida Aldrich, daughter of Henry and Mary (Balcom) Aldrich. They have five children: i. Harold L. Monell of Owego, N. Y., b. June 9, 1901 md June 21, 1921 Helen Hankins who was b. Sept. 12, 1902. Their children are David Richard b. Aug. 25, 1 nn... ,... 1 I T 1 "r:, 'I .t""ll,i"J, ... r'\.L"'II.~ TT 1 , • '11 , ... .. -- JI .. ---

1~::i::iD, .n.ooert L. o . .reo. :::i::;o, 1\1:;G/, .t1aro1a Alton t>. !Vlay ~4, HJ~ts, Mary Louise b. July 3, 1931 and Leon Tracy b. Mar. 4, 1935; ii. Mary Emma Monell, b. Dec. 17, 1902 md Dec. 17, 1920 Floyd Zacharias who was b. May 14, 1901. Their children are Albert Lansing b. Aug. 26, 1921, Floyd Burtan b. Nov. 16, 1927 and Beverly Joyce, b. Feb. 25, 1934; iii. Esther Gladys Monell, b. Mar. 22, 1904; iv. Ruth Lillian Monell, b. Mar. 5, 1906 md Nov. 21, 1926 Rev. Justin L. Dix, b. Nov. 5, 1905 who is pastor of Millis Mem. Baptist Church, Troy, N. Y. They have a son Justin Neal b. Feb. 18, 1930; v. Arthur Lewis Monell, b. Feb. 15, 1913 md Jan. 7, 1~35 Helen Major, b. May 12, 1913. They have a daughter Marlene Louise b. Oct. 28, 1936.

(c) Bertha Elizabeth, born May 13, 1881, married Jan. 26, 1898 to Lavier l\foore, son of Phillip and Elizabeth (Holmes) Moore. ThEy live in Oxford, N. Y. an<l their three children are: i. Merrit K. Moore of W. Edminister, N. Y., b. 1"1ar. 5, 1899 md Feb. 3, 1917 Mary E. Jones, b. Apr. 7, 1898 and have Helen Marie b. Dec. 29, 1917, Vera Bertha b. Jan. 22, 1919, David l\llerritt b July 26, 1921, Clarence Richard b. Nov. 4, 1926 and Beverly Jane b. Nov. 4, 1928; ii. Tracey Moore of Oxford, N. Y., b. Nov. 23, 1904 md July 25, 1925 Susan Jane Slocum. They have Jean Virginia b. Sept. 9, 1926 and Robert; iii. Carl Sanford Moore b. l\,lay 5! 1908 md Feb. 27, 1926 Ethel S. Baker and have Doris Marguerite b. Nov. 2, 1926, George La.vier b. June 27, 1928 and d. Sept. 7, 1928, Dorr Iven b. July 19, 1929, Allen Carl b. Jan.

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30, 1931, Hazel Ruth b. Mar. 31, 1933 and Douglas Winsor b. lvlar. 22, 1936.

( d) Arthur Lee, born Aug. 13, 1883, married Sept. 3, 1904 to Lucetta Cooper, b. June 17, 1882, daughter of Elisha and Susan (Armstrong) Cooper. They have four children and live in McDonough, N. Y.: i. Grace Lillian Monell, b. Sept. 20, 1905 md Gerald Eugene Van Brink who was born May 2, 1904. They live in Chenango Bridge, N. Y. and have a daughter Doris Irene b. Sept. 23, 1924; ii. Gertrude Emma Monell, b. Apr. 12, 1908 md Ludwing Miller June 26, 1930, b. Jan. 10, 1906 and have Elizabeth Grace b. Jan. 3, 1932; iii. Donald Edward Monell, b. June 19, 1910 md June 18, 1932 Louise Schouton, b. July 9, 1912. They have Emily Loraine b. Apr. 1, 1933 and Donald Murray b. Dec. 6, 1934; iv. Kenneth Milton Monell, b. June 12, 1914, died Mar. 2, 1923.

(e) Lulu Ann of Binghamton, N. Y., born May 16, 1885, married first on Dec. 30, 1903 to Harry Peterson, son of Nelson and Anganette (Palmer) Peterson. Harry Peterson was born Jan. 6, 1883 and became divorced from his wife after which she married William Fuller on Feb. 27, 1926, he a son of George and Matilda ( Germond) Fuller and born June 9, 1872. Children of Harry and Lulu Ann (Monell) Peterson: i. Stanley Martin Peterson, b. Nov. 7, 1904 md Oct. 31, 1925 Bertha Johnson, b. July 11, 1907; ii. Cari Edward Peterson, b. Oct. 27, 1906, d. Oct. 25, 1918; iii. Frances Estelle Peterson, b. Feb. 11, 1909 md July 22, 1927 Homer L. Wright, b. Feb. 18, 1901. They have Robert Douglas b. May 22, 1929, Carl Edward b. Oct. 30, 1930, Eleanor Frances b. Sept. 26, 1937; iv. Reford Bernard Peterson,· b. Feb. 15, 1911 md Sept. 5, 1936 Frances Arnold Miles, b. Aug. 23, 1919; v. Emma Louise Peterson, b. Mar. 22, 1913 md Feb. 27, 1930 Wm. E. Shaline, b. July 18, 1910. They have Robert N. b. June 2, 1933, Evelyn Ruth b. Feb. 4, 1935 and Paul Douglas b. May 26, 1938; vi. Gladys Marion Peterson, b. Feb. 3, 1915 rod Dec. 29, 1930 Roland Arnold, b. Feb. 17, 19- and had a son Thomas Edward b. Oct. 13, 1931. Gladys md 2nd De Los A. Baker Nov. 14, 1938.

(f) Edgar Allen, born Jan. 25, 1887, married Dec. 31, 1907 to Ethel Brooker, daughter of Dewit Clinton and Anna (Boudish) Brooker, and lives in Brant, Pa. They have five children: i. Clinton Donald Monell, b. Aug. 24, 1908 who md 1st on Dec. 19, 1929 Olive Louise Allen (who was born May 10, 1912 and died May 16, 1931 and by whom he had a daughter Lenore b. May 16, 1931) and 2nd on April 2, 1933 Dorothy Hardick who was b. Sept. 1907; ii. Merritt Allen Monell, b. Oct. 18, 1911 md Maybert Burdick and has a daughter Janice Loraine b. Feb .18, 1938; iii. Juanita Anna Monell, b. Oct. 20, 1913 md Lloyd Burdick (son of Adel and Flossie (Turner) Burdick) ; iv. Irene Mary Monell, b. Nov. 14, 1924; v. Alice Neanette Monell, b. Jan. 23, 1927.


(g) Ada Inez, born June 20, 1889, married Dec. 23, 1911 Stacey Fiske, son of Freeman and Hattie (Fox) Fiske, who was born Sept. 17, 1891. They live in Conklin, N. Y. and have: i. Dorothy Lois Fiske, b. July 22, 1913 md Dec. 27, 1930 Ellis L. Baldwin, (son of Perry and Emma Boyer Baldwin) b. May 3, 1912. They have a son Ellis L. Jr. b. Jan. 6, 1932; ii. Ethel Ruth Fiske, b. Jan. 10, 1916 md Nov. 21, 1931 Lowell Johnson (son of Thomas Henry and Crystal Miner Johnson) b. Feb. 9, 1909 and has a son Charles Edward b. Aug. 19, 1934; iii. Stacey Earl Fiske, b. Mar. 19, 1920; iv. Richard Monell Fiske, b. Dec. 14, 1925.

(h) Blanch, born Jan. 12, 1891, died April 1891. (i) H.azel Irene, born June 2, 1894, died July 8, 1917. She

married on Feb. 17, 1912 Floyd Davidson, son of Chauncey C. and Lucinda (Springsteen) Davidson, who was born May 8, 1882. Their two children were: i. Clifford Harley Davidson, b. Aug. 22, 1914; ii. Hazel Irene Davidson, b. July 8, 1917.

(j) Ethel Louise, born Sept. 19·, 1896, married Oct. 10, 1911 to Benton Elliot, son of Hugh and Luella (Ingraham) Elliot, who was born Feb. 1, 1893 and died May 9, 1937. Mrs. Elliot lives at Afton, N. Y. Children: i. Russell Elliot, b. Oct. 27, 1912, d. Nov. 25, 1912; ii. Stewart Benton Elliott, b. Mar. 4, 1917; iii. Barbara Louise Elliott, b. Jan. 8, 1924.

9. Sarah, born July 7, 1857 at Great Bend, Pa. and died May 24, 1937 at Union, N. Y. where she is buried. On Jan. 1, 1874 she married Thomas Wright who died Jan. 16, 1929. They had four children as follows:

(a) Charles M., b. Oct. 24, 1874 at Great Bend, Pa. md 1st Sept. 6, 1905 (and divorced Oct. 26, 1914) Sada Brister by whom he had a son Clark Newton Wright b. Aug. 25, 1906 and d. Sept. 2, 1906 and bd. at Union. Charles M. Wright md 2nd Nov. 5, 1914 Lil1ie Marsh White by the Rev. Dr. Lawrence of the First Pres. Ch. of Binghamton. Lillie died July 13, 1928 and is buried at Union, the village in_which her husband lives. There was one child of this marriage, Vera Monell Wright, b. Aug. 25, 1918 md Oct. 24, 1939 at Union Pres. Church to C. Robert Dyer.

(b) Leona M., b. May 24, 1879 at Great Bend, Pa. She lives in Union and is a graduate of Oneonta Normal School.

(c) Nellie, b. Oct. 5, 1883 at Great Bend where she died Dec. 23, 1885.

(d) Will E., b. Dec. 23, 1885, married Nov. 14, 1919 Madge Nancy Seeley and lives in Union. Their children: i. Lulu Ethel Wright, b. Nov. 19, 1920, d. Sept. 4, 1923; John Thomas Wright, b. Dec. 5, 1921.

10. George, born March 9, 1859 at Great Bend and died there Sept. 9, 1859.

11. Lewis, born April 9, 1860 at Great Bend, Pa. and died Aug. 13, 1918 at Norfolk, Va., buried at Binghamton, N. Y. On

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Aug. 26, 1885 at Binghamton he married Minnie Alida Ma.son, daughter of Charles Ira Mason ( descendant of Sampson Mason) and Mary Ette (Collington) Mason, who was born Dec. 2, 1867 at Center Village, N. Y. They had four children as follows (all born at Binghamton):

(a) Leon Mason, b. Apr. 9, 1890, married June 1, 1918 at West End Pres. Church, N. Y. City to Grace Kircher who is daughter of Christian and Louisa (Sevenhaer) Kircher and who was born July 28, 1890. Leon Mason Mone11 graduated from Columbia University and was Asst. Prpfessor of Pharmacy at University of Buffalo 1922-32. He resides at Eden, N. Y. and is proprietor of Monell's Eden Pharmacy. He has two daughters: i. Olive Grace Monell, b. Sept. 26, 1920 at Elizabeth, N. J. who attended Colby College and Kath. Gibbs School; and ii. Janet Agnes MonelJ, b. June 9, 1924 at Buffalo.

(b) Myrl S., b. Jan. 25, 1892., resides with her mother in Binghamton.

(c) George Leslie, b. Apr. 25, 1893, married May 2, 1918 at West Pres. Church of Binghamton to Irene Amy Laughlin, daughter of Lewis ~. and Lillian (Evarts) Laughlin, who was b. June 13, 1894. They have a son George Leslie Monell, Jr., b. July 4, 1924 and live in Binghamton.

( d) Nita Irene, b. Sept. 30, 1899, married June 29, 1921 at West Pres. Church of Binghamton to Earl Reaveley Hall, son of Daniel R. and Ada (Humphries) Hall, who was b. at Norwich, N. Y. Mar. 9, 1898. They have a son Gordon Reaveley Hall, b. June 19, 1925, at Binghamton. Mr. Hall is a graduate of Morrisville Agricultlil'al School, class of 1922.

JAMES AND MARY (MILLER) MONELL LINE

JAMES MONELL, son of William and Mary (Eager) Monell and grandson of the settler James Monell, was born July 14, 1754 as shown by ·his gravestone in Goodwill Presbyterian Churchyard, Town of Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. which gives hls age at death on Jan. 31, 1814 as 59 years, 6 months & 17 days. The gravestone refers to James as '"son of William & Mary Monell" and on the same stone is inscribed "In memory of William Monell who died Ju.ae 26, 1771 age 49 years", obviously James' father.

As indicated in the chapter on "E.arly American Monells" in the fore part of this book, some difficulty is encountered in distinguishing between James Monell and his cousin, Lt. James Monell who lived in the same locality until after the Revolution and who was the eldest of the two. Sev~ral records refer to the younger as James, Jr. though his gravestone proves he was not a son of Lt. James and the latter did not marry until 1772. In the succeeding paragraph we shall list all references to the younger James in the Revolutionary War period taken from ".Early American Monells".

James Monell •'Jr." is one of the names of persons appearing in the records of Wallkill Precinct (from )Vhich Hanover Precinct was created in 1772) during the period 1768 to 1778. He was signer of the Pledge of Association of Hanover Precinct, Ulster Co. (which is now the Town of Montgomery in Orange Co.), dated May 8, 1775. In the early part of the war he was in Sergeant Graham's Quarter. Records of the War Dept. show James •'Jr." served as-a private in Capt. Jackson's Co. of New York Minute Men at New Windsor for a period of four months of the war. The time is not given, but we believe it to have been in spring or summer of 1776. With David Monell, James was 1n the 2nd Ulster Co. Regiment under Col. McClaughry. On May 4, 1778 with 24 other members of Capt Van Keuren's Company, he petitioned for the appointment of David Monell (who was Lt. James' brother) as 2nd lieutenant of the company. David and James as members of the 2nd Ulster Co. Regiment received land grant bounties. There is a James ·'lVIunnil" listed in the 4th Orange Co. Militia under Col. John Hathorn, a Florida & Warwick R~giment-possibly James changed his residence

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and regiment during the war, though we have no other indication of such a change except that he married in nearby Goshen toward the close of the war. •

Records of Goshen Pres. Church show his marriage to Mary Miller took place on June 19, 1781. At the same time Catherine Miller married Wm. Wilkins. 'Ihe will of Philip Miller of New Cornwall, Orange Co. dated March 30, 1797 refers to his daughter Mary "Munnel" thus revealing the name of her father. The will also mentions ''daughter Catherine's oldest child Wm. Wilkins", showing Catherine and Mary were sisters. The Estate of Joseph Coleman in Ulster Co. shows James Munnel (either our subject or Lt. James Monell) as a debtor to the extent of £3-9-9 in an inventory of April 9, 1791. James and Mary became members of Goodwill Pres. Church where two of their children were baptised, one in 1798 and one in 1807. Mary died March 22, 1811, age 45 yrs, 5 mo. & 24 days (buried in Goodwill Churchyard) showing she was under sixteen at the time of her marriage. Following the death of James, the Surrogate of Orange Co. appointed Samuel Monell "a son", George Monell (probably son of Lt. Robert Monell) and ''friend" John D. Nichol as Administrators of James' estate. The appointment was made on Feb. 4, 1814 and James was referred to as "late of Montgomery".

A chart of descendants of James Monell "Jr" dated Jan. 30 1912 was prepared by Dr. William Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh, N. Y. The chart is headed ·•The most of the following was given to me from memory by Margaret H. Monell Stanbrough in 1886". She was~ granddaughter of James. While the chart was prepared on the assumption James Monell ·'Sr" was father of James "Jr" and that the former was the settler James who petitioned for land in 1736, these assumptions have been found to be incorrect. We have supplied proof that James' father was William rather than James "Sr" and that the original settler was the grandfather of our subject James. In other words the chart omitted an intervening generation between: the settler James and the James who married Mary Miller and furthermore Lt. James Morell is not in this branch of the family. The chart is also believed to be in error in stating James had brothers Joseph of Goshen and George of Middletown. Joseph, born 1789, was of Middletown and was a son of John Monell and we find no George of Middletown in this early period. This in no way


reflects on the importance ar.:.d usefulness of Dr. Stanbrough's chart-memories of 100 years before handed down through several generations obviously are not as clear as those of still existing generations or of ones own aunts and uncles. In fact if it were not for his contribution in gathering genealogical data on many branches of the family through circularization of the chart with invitation for further data, it is doubtful this book would have been written. His encouragement and wholehearted cooperation in making available the mass of material be accumulated supplied the strongest incentives for the genealogy and it is to be regretted he did not live to see it completed.

The 1790 Census for Montgomery, Orange Co. indicates James' family then consisted of one male over 16 (himself), three males under 16 and six females. The 1800 Montgomery Census shows his family had increased to eight males (3 under 10, 2 aged 10-16, 2 aged 16-26 and 1 aged 45 or over; the latter would be James) and four females (2 aged 10-16, 1 aged 16-26 and 1 aged 26-45; the latter James' wife). Finally we have the 1810 Census-for Montgomery showing 4 males under 10,2 aged 10-16, 1 aged 16-26 and 1 aged 45 or over; 3 females aged 16-26 and 1 aged 26-45. Since there were 7 males (excluding the father) in the family in 1800 and the 1810 Censes includes 4 males under 10, we judge there were 11 sons of James and Mary. From the census data it would appear that no female children were born after 1790; yet this is not so since Maria wa.s born 1791. In any event the 1810 Census shows only three daughters survived, all then 16 or more years o]d (i. e. born 1794 or earlier. The list of children below, consisting of the three surviving daughters and ten of the eleven sons is taken froin a combination of Dr. Stanbrough's chart and a letter dated Nov. 22, 1904 v,ritten by A. H. J\rlonell of Utica, N. Y. (grandson of James) to Henry Monell of New York and Newburgh, a member of the John Monell branch. The dates were taken from sources hereinafter mentioned. Henry and Ichabod were not on A. H. Monell's list nor did he name the daughters though he said they were three in number. Moses and Gabriel were on A.H. Monelrs list, but not on Dr. Stanbrough's chart.

Children: Elsie, born 1783, married James R. Boyd Samuel, born 1785, married Elvira Scott

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Elizabeth, born 1787, married William R. Kidd Maria, born 1791, married Jeremiah Scott Moses, married 1812 Elsie Haines William, born 1793, married Aletta Lockwood John, born 1796, of Philadelphia James Miller, born 1798, married Sarah Totten Bradner George, married and had a son George and daughter Caroline

(per Dr. Stanbrough's chart) Gabriel, baptised Oct. 25, 1807 Goodwill Church Hiram, lived in Ithaca (per said chart) Henry, disappeared in early life (per said chart) Ichabod, disappeared about 24 years of age; supposed to have

gone west and killed by Indians (per said chart). We have no further information on the four children last

mentioned. Immediately following we shall give the stories of the other children in the order given above except for Samuel, who will be the last dealt with in this chapter, and William who is the subject of the succeeding chapter.

ELSIE, probably the eldest child of James and Mary (Miller) l\tlonell who survived, married Feb. 16, 1811 at GoodwiU Church to James R. Boyd. She is said to have been bo ... n June 13, 1783, died Sept. 17, 1861 and he was b01n Jan. 1, 1775 and died March 8, 1854 at New Windsor, son of Robert Boyd from County Downs, Ireland who married at New Windsor Jane Smith. James R. Boyd appears in the 1820 lVIontgomery Census with 7 males (3 under 10) and 3 females (1 under 10). Two children of James and ~lsie were baptised in GoodwiJl Church (Mary Miller on April 19, 1812 and.James Hyram on Oct. 6, 1817); two others were baptised in Montgomery Reformed Church (William George born Oct. 18, 1820 and Jane Elizabeth born Aug. 30, 1822). Dr. St.anbrough's chart shows there was a son Robert who married and had ]Mary, James, Frank, Thaddeus and Kate. From a letter written by Frances Moores to Dr. Stanbrough in 1912 it appears that Robert moved to Niagara Falls, N. Y. and she a]so said that another son of James and Elsie was Thaddeus who lived at E.aston, Pa. The 1855 Montgomery Census lists '·Elsa" Boyd, 73, born Orange Co., son Tha·deus 29, dau-in-law Sarah 21, grandson Walter J. Boyd 7 months. Obviously Sarah was Thaddeus' wife and Walter their child and we judge their move to Easton was in later life.


SAMUEL, son of James-Monell (see end of this chapter)

ELIZABETH, daughter of James Monell, is undoubtedly the Elizabeth '·Munnel" who married William Kidd Jan. 7, 1813 at Goodwill Church though some Kidd descendants believed their Elizabeth was a daughter of Lt. James Monell. .As we have shown in the chapter on Lt. James, Elizabeth lVIonell Kidd cannot be his daughter, and her marriage in Goodwill Cnurch in the same period when other children of James and Mary (Miller) Monell were marrying togethe.r with the fact that this was the only Monell family then residing in the Goodwill neighborhood, clearly points to her connection "'ith it. Rev. Dickson's "The Goodwill Memorial" published 1880, page 68, says Wm. Kidd who married Elizabeth Monell was a son of Robert and Mary (McGowan) Kidd and that Robert was a son of Alexander and Jane ( Calderwood) Kidd. Alexander was one of the earliest members of Goodwill Church and page 410 of Ruttenber & Clark's 1881 History of Orange Co. says he came from Northern lrdand and bought land in Orange Co. in 1736. Page 418 of the History shows Wm. Kidd was an overseer of highways in 1823. On May 19, 1814 James Monell, son of Wm. Kidd and Elizabeth Monell, was baptised in Goodwill Church. Three other-children of Wm. "R" Kidd and Elizabeth Monell were baptised in the Reformed Church of Berea (which is a few miles from Montgomery Village) They were: Robert William, hap. 1823, Margaret Elizabeth hap. Aug. 7, 1825 and Elsie Ann hap. Oct. 1828. In the 1820 Montgomery Census, Wm. R. Kidd's family was listed as 2 males under 10, one male age 26-45 (William himself), 1 female under 10, and 1 female age 26-45 (Wm's wife Elizabeth). This shows both William and Elizabeth were born prior to 1795. In the 1825 Census, Wm. R. Kidd appears in the adjoining town of Crawford with 4 males and 3 females in the family (one of latter his wife, the others under 16 including one born within the year). Mrs. Thomas McGannon of Ionia, Michigan has supplied the following additional material concerning this branch: Wm. R. Kidd died Aug. 4, 1861, aged 72 yrs, 7 mo., 2 days indicating he was born Jan. 2, 1789. Elizabeth Monell Kidd died June 27, 1859, aged 72 yrs, 11 days which shows she was born June 16, 1787. Both are buried in a rural cemetery near Ionia, Michigan. Their children were:


1. James Monnell Kidd (see below) 2. Samuel Thomas Kidd 3. Robert T. Kidd 4. Margaret Elizabeth Kidd (md Edward Stevenson) 5. Elsie Kidd (md. - Jennings) 6. Mary Kidd (md. Miles G. Midland) Most of these children were baptised in Orange Co., N. Y.

churches as indicated above.

James Monnell Kidd was born Nov. 13, 1813 in Orange Co., N. Y. and came to Ionia Co., Mich. at the age of 19. A year prior to his death he was elected a member of the Pioneer Society of Ionia Co. He died May 4, 1909 at the age of 95. His ·wife, Jane Stevenson, was a grandniece of Sir James Harvey Moore, Gov. Gen. of Canada. She died Feb. 25, 1879, aged 67. Their children (Kidd) were:

(a) James Harvey, born Feb. 14, 1840, md Florence McConnell and has a son Frederick Mc C. Kidd of Ionia, Mich.

(b) Sarah Jane, born 1844, died 1923, md 1864 Benjamin Franklin Spencer, born 1838, died 1888. They had five children: Harry E. Spencer of Flint, Mich.; James Harvey Spencer of Buffalo, N. Y., official U.S. weather observer of that city; Katharine K. who md Edgar B. Meritt; Florence M., md 1900 Horton H. McKeever; Jane A., born 1878, md 1900 Chas. R. Williams, born 1874, died 1928 who have a daughter Katharine, wife of John H. Brittain of Washington, D. C. which is also the place of residence of Katharine, Florence and Jane mentioned above.

(c) Kate C., died Nov. 23, 1874--28 yrs. (d) Mary Elizabeth, died Mar. 21, 1856-4 yrs. (e) William C., died Mar. 22, 1849-4 yrs. (f) Willis G., died July l, 1876-24 yrs. (g) Ann Elizabeth, died Mar. 28, 1849. (h) William Ernest, born Dec. 3, 1850, died April 1902 (see

below) (i) Frances, m. -- Thompson. (j) Hampton E., died Los Angeles.

William Ernest Kidd was Editor and owner of the South Dakota Ruralist and Aberdeen, S. D. Star. He married Mary Eugenia Bellamy, born May 19, 1851, died Aug. 1925, descendant of Justus Bellamy, Revolutionary Soldier of Hamden, Conn. and said to be a Mayflower descendant. Their children (Kidd) were: i. Olive born July 17, 1873 md June 19, 1894 Thomas Mc Gannon at Aberdeen, S. D. and have Charles Wallace b. June 13, 1896, Thomas Lawrence b. Aug. 20, 1900, Mary Angela b. Jan. 29, 1902, Nora b. July 13, 1906 d. Nov. 1912, Joseph William


b. Mar. 19, 1908, Olive. M. b. Sept. 6, 1909, Katherine Ann b. Feb. 12, 1912, Jean b Dec. 31, 1915, Sarah b. Jan. 1, 1917; ii. Irene born June 19, 1875 md 1st Frank Barker and 2nd Sam F. Drown. She had a son Hampton by her 1st mge. and Lois, Mae and Irene by 2nd.; iii. 1\1innie, died in infancy; iv. James B. born Feb. 1881 died Denver, Colo.

James Harvey Kidd, eldest son of James Monnell Kidd! had an interesting history. Both he and his younger brother William E. were newspaper editors and publishers-until death, James in Ionia; William in Aberdeen. While a University of Michigan student with the help of his father, Jame~ H. Kidd recruited a company in which he entered the Civil War as Captain. Later his company served under Gen. Custer and at the close of the war he was Colonel, Wm. H. McKinJey was Major and Russel A. Alger was Captain. He was decorated for bravery on the field of battle by Gen. Custer. In his later years he wrote a history of the Battles of Bull Run called Recollections of a Cavalryman for which the Univ. of Mich. conferred the honorary degree of L.L.D.

MARIA, daughter of James l\tlonell, married in Goodwill Church Feb. i9, i8i4 to Jeremiah Scott. Henry E. Scott of Medford, Mass. believed him to be the Jeremiah son of Jackson Scott who went from Southampton, L. I. to Ne,-rburgh and that be was related to Elvira Scott who married l\:laria Monell's brother Samuel. ··Mary" Monell, wife of Jeremiah Scott, born April 25, 1791, died 1\farch 29, 1863 (her obituary in a Middletown paper says she died in N. Y. City) is buried in Goodwill Churchyard with her husband, who was born Aug. 16, 1788 and died May 25, 1882, and two infant children, s~.muel Gabriel (died Feb. 14, 1819, age 1 yr, 2mo, 14 days) and Elsey Elizabeth (died Oct. 11, 1822, age 3 mo, 15 days). T'"'-·o children v:ere baptised on Goodwill Church, Susan Harris on :May 11, 1815 and James Jack.son on Oct. 6, 1817. The family of Jeremiah Scott in 1820 Montgomery Census is shown as 7 males, including 1 under 10, and 4 females, including 3 under 10. The 1825 Montgomery Census shows 6 males and 6 femaJes in his family. Dr. Stanbrough's chart lists the children of this couple as: Susan, Cynthia, Mary, Isabel, Catherine Amelia (married Dr. Garrison and had a son Charles, also a doctor), James (really James Jack.son Scott and known by his middle name; had a caughter Amelia who married -- Walsh), Elsie Elizabeth (married Wm.


Gridley; she must have been botn following the death on Oct. 11, 1822 of the first Elsie Elizab€th).

MosEs, son of James Monell, was married in Goodwill Church to Elsie Haines on Nov. 5, 1812. Their son James Harvey was baptised there May 21, 1814. By deed dated April 13, 1813, recorded in Orange Co., Moses bought for $1000 lot No. 30 in Montgomery on Charles & Clinton Sts. adjoining the Academy. By another .recorded deed, dated Feb. 22, 1819, Moses and his wife sold the same property for $1332 to Martha Beaty (she was Martha'Monell, wife of Capt. Thomas Beaty). Moses and bis wife apparently went to Ithaca as the Ithaca Chronicle for Dec. 17, 1834 shows he died Dec. 15, 1834. The Ithaca Journal & General Advertiser for May 4, 1836 shows that Ellen A. Monell "eldest daughter of Moses" ms.rried Albert Stannard of Ithaca on April 26, 1836.

WILLIAM, son of James Monell (see follo"'ing chapter).

JOHN, son of James Monell, is said to have married, lived in Philadelphia in 1840, and to have had 3 children-John; Harriet (married -- Hallowell and had children); and Sarah. This is in accordance '\\ith Dr. Etanbrough's chart. The only John in the. Philadelphia l)irectory for that year is John J. Monell, employed at the U.S. Mint and living at 7 Carrolton Sq. He first appeared in Philadelphia Directories in 1835. Directories from 1843-1851 incorrectly refer to him as_ John I. Monell. At the time of his death on March 10, 1857 at the age of 61, he was Superintendent of the U. S. Mint and resided at 401 N. 11th St. These facts appear in the Philadelphia Public Ledger for March 13, 1857 which also says he "·as interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery. His widow Catherine is shmvn by Directories to have lived at 735 South 9th St. where John F. Monell, M. D. (apparently their son) appears beginning 1863. We think it likely John J. Monell is the John Monell who in Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York State 1783-1821, Vol III, page 1410 is shown as 1st It. of the 2nd Regiment of K. Y. Cavalry for the year 1812 and who v.itnessed the will of George Tankard of New York City dated Mar. 9: 1813. We also think he is the John "I" Monell appearing in New York City Directories for 1820-1830


as a silve1smith, an OCC\lpation in keeping with his later position at the U. S. Mint. With Dr. George Monell and Joseph D. Monell, he witnessed the will of Philip Kells of Claverack, Columbia Co., N. Y. dated April 12, 1823, but we know he was not a son of either Geo!ge or Joseph D. He was probably merely visiting them at the time. It is also interesting to note that John 'I" Monell was living in 1822-3 at 9 Doyer St. apparently "'ith Charles Monell who lived at that address, was a brassfounder by trade, and who was a son of Lt. James Monell. It is possible John "'I" Monell was a grandson of Lt. James, though he is not included in a list of descendants prepared by one of Lt. James' grandsons and in view of Dr. Stanbrough's chart referring to John as of Philadelphia, we are inclined to think John ·'I" (J.) Monell was the son of James and Mary (Miller) Monell. '!here was another John Monell, tailor, shown in Philadelphia Directories from 1811-1837 whose widow Eliza appears beginning 1839 and at least as late as 1867 living at 1712 Sansom St. (in the latter year there was also shown a John A. Monell, clerk, living in Camden) who may be the John referred to by Dr. Stanbrough, though we are inclined to think he is not. Perhaps our strongest argument in placing John J. is the fact James and Mary (Miller) Monell had another grandson of that name, the noted Orange Co. Judge. There are families of Monells now in Philadelphia, not connected with John J.

JAMES MILLER, son of James and Mary (Miller) Monel1, was born April 14, 1798 in Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. and baptised May 12, 1798 in Good"'ill Pres. Church, Montgomery. He married Jan. 4, 1821 to Sarah Totten Bradner of Florida, Orange Co. who \Vas born Oct. 8, 1797 and died April 18, 1882. The 1825 Census for Montgomery sho1'-s his family consisted of 1 male (James himself) and 3 females (his "'ife and 2 eldest daughters). Vle know they lived in Newburgh, Orange Co. in 1828-30 since most of their children were baptised there in tha.t period. They moved to New York City in 1830 where James M. Monell is·listed in the City Directory for that year at 179 Laurens St. Later he appears on Amity, Laurens, Hancock and Downing Sts., the last listing being in 1840. His occupation was given as carpenter, but Mr. John A. Albiston whose wife was a descendant, says ·he actually was a cabinet maker. Dr. Stanbrough's chart


shows James moved to Ithaca, N. Y. and Mr. Albiston, who supplied the dates above mentioned, says James died in Ithaca A.pril 16, 1860. He also is the source of most of the following information concerning the child.ten of James and Sarah of which the first four were baptised in Newburgh Pres. Church. The church records give the dates of their birth shown below:

1. Mary Augusta, born Dec. 30, 1821, married Oct. 7, 1852 Dr. Rufus Tallmadge Oct. 7, 1852 as his 2nd wife. He was born July 26, 1813 and died Oct. 19, 1891. The Talmadge Genealogy of 1909, page 247, contains a complete list of his children by both wives and states he was a teacher and farmer; then studied medicine and practised at Pulteney, Enfield and Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; also that he was Postmaster of Enfield in 1867. He was buried in Grove Cem., Trumansburg where his 2nd wife Mary Augusta, who died March 8, 1893, is also buried. Their children were:

(a) Edward Hanford, born July 27, 1854 at Enfield, N. Y. according to page 292 of the Talmadge Genealogy which states he entered Claverack College at 14, became a dentist in 1874, and practised at Trumansburg where he married Jan. 19, 1876 to Anna Bell Becker. She was born Jan. 11, 1857 and died July 8, 1931, buried Trumansbarg with her husband who died April 6, 1892 according to their daughter, Clara Louise, born Jan. 14, 1877 who married Charles C. Taylor April 26, 1896 and lives in Trumansburg. Her brother, Harlow H. Tallmadge, was born March 5, 187~ and died July 10, 1909, buried at Trumansburg.

(b) Clarence, born Aug. 2, 1857, died Aug. 19, 1857. 2. Frances Caroline, born Sept. 6, 1824, (hap. Newburgh

May 23, 1828 with her sister Mary Augusta), married April 27, 1843 Emory Purdy of Enfield and had a daughter Sarah Elizabeth born April 26, 1844 who married March 26, 1863 AJphus Curry. They had a daughter Carol Monell Curry, born Dec. 7, 1868 who married Layton S. Hawkins and lives in Washington, D. C.

3. Catherine Adelaide, born Aug. 11, 1827, died Aug. 91 1828 (per 1\/Ir. Albiston). She is buried in Goodwill Churchyard, age given as 11 months, 28 days.

4. Thomas Bradner, born Dec. 22, 1829 (hap .. Newburgh Aug. 6, 1830 with his sister Catherine), died Aug. 4, 1832.

5. Alexander Hiram, born May 31, 1832, married Kate H. Goodrich and had no children. We have already mentioned his letter of Nov. 22, 1904 which is important for its contribution of the names of brothers of Alexander's father. At that time he was living in Utica where he died subsequently though he is buried in Ithaca. ·


6. William Henry, qorn Sept. 7, 1837, married March 24, 1860 Charlotte E. Miller who was born Dec. 4, 1833 and died Oct. 11, 1913. Their wedding was held at James.Miller Monell's bedside several days earlier than planned because James was seriously ill and not expected to live. Wm. Henry Monell lived in Rochester, N. Y. He is shown in the N. Y. City Directories for 1870-75 in the drug business and as a co-proprietor of the drug firm of Monell & Titsworth at 52 Dey St. during part of that time. His residence, however, was given as Rochester. He died Aug. 6, 1897. Their children were:

(a) Adelaide Augusta, born March 4, 1862, married July 10, 1894 George E. Zimmerman who was born March 1, 1854, died April 2, 1939. They had 2 children-Helen Monell (born July 11, 1895, md Henry Hudson Parker, born Oct. 27, 1894; they have a daughter Elizabeth Monell born Oct. 29, 1938 and live at Brock.port, N. Y.) and Florence Elizabeth (born Nov. 24, 1902, md Sept. 6, 1924 at Central Pres. Chm.ch Rochester to John Arthur Albiston, born June 2, 1902; they have a daughter Charlotte Monell born June 5, 1925 and an adopted son John Michael born March 23, 1935; live at Pittsford, N. Y.). Mrs. Zimmerman lives with her daughter Florence in Pittsford.

-(b) Fanny Carie, born Jan. 21, 1867, died Aug. 19, 1867. {c) Fredie A., born March 14, 1872, died July 19, 187-3. (d) Kate H., born July 2, 1878, lives in Rochester, N. Y.

GEORGE, son of James Monell, according to Dr. Stanbrough 's chart had a son George and a daughter Caroline as already mentioned. Among material in old newspapers obtain~d • in Ithaca by Mrs. Taylor of Trumansburg, are articles showing the marriage on Dec. 26, 1822 of George I. Monell to Amelia Green and the marriage· on Oct. 14, 1840 of Charles Angus to Caroline Monell. We feel sure the latter is the daughter of George mentioned on Dr. Stanbrough's chart (which, we should add, stated Caroline married and had a daughter) and that said George and George I. who married in 1822 are the same person. Though the difference of 18 years in their marriages may seem somewhat short, we recall that Mary Miller Monell was only 15 when she married. Alexander H. Monell places George after James M. (who was born 1798) in the list of children of James and Mary, which is a further indication that George I. who married in 1822 was a son rather than a grandson of James and Mary (Miller) Monell.

SAMUEL, probably eldest son of James and Mary (Miller) Monell, was born March 9, 1785. This is shown in the family


bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Gilbert Monell Hitchcock of Washington, D. C. He married Elvira Scott March 10, 1810 at Goodwill Pres. Church, Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. Page 59 of the Goodwill Memorial published in 1880 states that she was born Feb. 19, 1790 (Feb. 17 in family bible) and was a daughter of John and Abigail (Chichester) Scott who came from Long Island, lived near Coldenham, Orange Co. and are buried in Goodwill Churchyard. Henry E. Scott of Medford, Mass. believed John Scott was son of Jackson, grandson of Jeramiah, and great-grandson of John Scott.

Dr. Stanbrough of Newburgh said Samuel Monell was a chapman (pedler). We judge that was only a modest beginning of his business life since there is ample evidence he was a man of considerable enterprise. Judge Cook in the paper hereinafter described refers to Samuel as ''a worthy man, quiet and attentive to business". Page 70 of Eager's 1846 .History of Orange Co. says he was a member of Coldenham Farmers Association jn 1825 and page 274 that he lived at Scott Town, kept a store and attended the turnpike gate (Scott Town was a hamlet four miles east of Montgomery Village on the New burgh-Cochecton Turnpike). The records of Orange Co. show Samuel purchased numerous parcels of land including a large farm which he purchased from Nathaniel P. Hill (on which the original St. Andrew's Church near Wal den stood), property at Coldenbam and a lot on the North East comer of Montgomery & 3rd Sts., Newburgh where he died on August 10, 1840. His gravestone is in Goodwill Churchyard. On the ~me monument there is inscribed •'Elvira Sayre, widow of Samuel Monell & late wife of Wm Sayie" died April 24, 1853, age 63. We are told she died at Stone House, Mountainville, Orange Co. Judge Cook termed her as "a person with rare qualities of mind and heart" who ''charmed her friends with her easy speech". The Samuel Monell family bible shows his widow married Wm. Sayre on March 15, 1842 and page 134 etc. of Banta's 1901 Sayre Family Genealogy shows she was his 3rd wife. William was born 1788, died Feb. 23, 1869 and is buried in Bethlehem Pres. Churchyard, Cornwall, Orange Co. The Sayre Genealogy (page 134) also shows that William was a son of Jonathan and Mary (Monell) Sayre and that_ Mary '"was a sister of John J. Monell's grandfather" (John J. was Samuel Monell's son).


Samuel Monell and his wife appear in the 1810 Montgomery Census, both in age group 16-26. They also appear in the 1820 Montgomery Census v.ith 2 sons under 10, Samuel shown as engaged in "commerce". Samuel's family according to the 1825 Montgomery Census and the 1835 Newburgh Census consisted of ,3 males and 2 females. His will, dated Jan. 6, 1838, probated in Orange Co. bequeathed $7000 and the Newburgh house to his wife, $3100 to his daughter and the balance to his children to be equally divided. Elvira Sayre's will dated Jan. 5, 1845, probated in 1853 gave her daughter a hair trunk, Wm. Sayer's portrait, 23 silver tea spoons, Harper's bible and other personal property. To her son John she gave other personal effects including a bathing tub, the family bible (doubtless the one Mrs· Hitchcock has) and S. Monell's portrait. Henry (Sayer)'s bible, a tea set and other items were bequ~athed to her son Gilbert. To her husband, Wm. Sayer, she gave her carriage, sleigh, harness etc. Three nieces, all named Elvira and one a daughter of William Monell, wei:e given legacies of $100 each and to her grandson John J., son of Gilbert Monell, she gave her Newburgh house.

The Samuel Monell bible shows the children of Samuel and Elvira were:

1. Mary Miller, born Feb. 9, 1811, died Feb. 21, 1811 (buried with her parents).

2. John James, born Feb. 24, 1813 (see below). 3. Gilbert Chichester, born Oct. 20, 1816 (see below). 4. Samuel, Jr., born Jan. 18, 1821, died Feb. 6, 1821 (buried

with parents). 5. Catharine Elvira, born Nov. 18, 1823, married Jan. 15,

1845 Albert George Zabriskie and had a son Samuel Monell Zabriskie, who was born May 24, 1847 and died May 10, 1872. Dr. Stanbrough said Catharine's marriage took place at Mountainville, Town of Cornwall and that Samuel, her son, was a doctor. The Christian Intelligencer of N. Y. City for Jan. 23, 1845 also reported the marriage (by Rev. Forsyth at Cornwall) stating that Albert Zabriskie was of New York City. Elvira Sayre's estate papers in 1853 show her daughter Catharine Zabriskie was then living in New Brunswick, N. J. Albert died before 1886; his widow was living at the "Inn" in Newburgh as late as Dec. 1912.

JOHN JAMES MONELL, son of Samuel and .1!.ilvira (Scott) Monell, was born Feb. 24, 1813 near Coldenham in the Tmvn of Mont-

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gomery. Page 155 of Ruttenber & Clark's 1881 Orange Co. History states "He studied law under John W. Brmvn, and practised in Newburgh for many years, during which time he served one term as judge of the County Court ( elected 1859). He was active in local societies and associated enterprises, and deserves more credit in these connections than has been awarded to him. His residence has been at Fishkill for some years; and his more active business relations have been in connection with the publication of the New York Evening Post." This brief account of his life could be considerably enlarged if space permitted, particularly from a paper entitled "A Sketch of the life and character of Hon. John J. Monell" by Judge J. Hervey Cook, read on Nov. 30, 1885 before a meeting of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and The Highlands of which John J. Monell had been a charter member. This paper occupies a full page of the Newburgh Daily Journal for Dec. 1, 1885. It was also the basis for a later article appearing in 1891 in the Newburgh Journal History of Newburgh and again in 1897, in a paper concerning the Monell family compiled by h. J\11. Ruttenber, the noted Orange County historian, John J. Monell's life is briefly described and he is termed "the most conspicuous member of the family" in his time. The first mentioned paper showed that he was prepared for college by Rev. James R. Wilson at Coldenham, graduated from Union College in 1833, was licensed to practise in the Supreme Court in 1837 (he had been admitted to the bar in 1835) and maintained a la,Y office in Newburgh. "He retired from active pr~ctise at a comparatively early age choosing rather to act as a counsellor and to manage important trusts. It was through him that the Herald premises were sold to James Gordon Bennett, and he was called in as adviser of William Cullen Bryant, in his latest days, becoming afterv:ard the President of the Evening Post Association."***"He was among the organizers of the Union Pres. Church, the Gas Light Company, the Quassaick Bank, the Savings Bank, ·the Alms House (all of Newburgh), and your earlier railroad corporations (around Orange Co.), acting as trustee1 or director or stockholder in them all." Ample proof of Judge Cook's statements of the connections of Judge Monell is found in the 1881 History of Orange Co. (pages 120, 121, 155, 286-330) as well as in Eager's 1846 History and Ruttenber's 1859 and 1875 Histories. Judge James


G. Graham who spoke\following the reading of Judge Cook's paper and whose remarks also appeared in the Daily Journal 1885 article, said that Judge Monell "warmly engaged in the political contests of his early days" and mentioned the division which occurred in the party (Democratic) to which Judge Monell belonged. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Representative in the 30th Congress and it was apparently the split in the party that lead to his defeat. In 1872 Ruttenber published a book written by John J. Monell entitled ·'Historical Sketches of Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh & adjacent Localities" which together with his membership in the local Historical Society, shows he had a keen interest in historical matters. He was active in real estate transactions, his name appearing, either individually or in a trust capacity, on about 100 deeds recorded in Orange and adjacent counties.

On June 14, 1842 at Woodbury, Conn. John J. Monell married Mary Elizabeth Smith only daughter of Nathaniel Benedict and Mary Ann Wolcott (Goodrich) Smith of Woodbury (Samuel Monell bible; Ely Ancestry of 1902, page 384; N. Y. Post June 16, 1842). She was born 1820 and died October 1858. The 1850 Newburgh Census lists John J. Monell, lawyer, age 38, with wife Mary, 30 & James Bolton, 18. He married 2nd on Feb. 16, 1860 at St. Luke's Church, Fishkill Landing, to Caroline Elizabeth Downing, widow of Andrew J. Dovrn.ing and daughter of John Peter De Wint of Fishkill whose mother was a µ;randdaughter of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (Newburgh Journal 1885). John J. Monell and his 2nd wife moved from New burgh to Fishkill about 1865. Their estate was known as "Eustatia". By his will dated Feb. 27, 1882 (recorded in Dutchess Co.) he left his property to his daughter Mary. He died at Eustatia April 22, 1885 and is buried in Cedar Hill Cem., near Newburgh. His second '\\ife's will, also made at Fishkill and recorded in Dutchess Co. was cated Feb. 6, 1895, is very lengthy and mentions numerous frienc's and relatives including her step daughter Mary Monell and also her sister Louisa W. Cook who was bequeathed a plate warmer ·'that belonged to her greatgrandfather John Adams."

The children of John J. lVIonell (al1 by his first wife) were as follows, according to the Samuel Monell bible and The Ely Ancestry of 1902:


(a) Howard Worthington, born April 4, 1843, died May 4, 1849.

(b) Goodrich Smith, born Nov. 14, 1848, died May 3, 1849. (c) Mary Goodrich, born 1851, md Dec. 15, 1900 to Frederick

Scott Wait who was born at Coldenham, Orange Co. May 15, 1851, son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Scott) Wait. Frederick died June 30, 1910, according to Dr. Wm. Monell Stanbrough of Newburgh, who said Mary Goodrich (Monell) Wait was living in 1912 in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.

(d) Ruth Benedict, born 1858, died May, 1860, age 1 yr., 8 months.

GILBERT CHICHESTER MONELL, 3rd son of Samuel and Elvira (Scott) Monell, was born Oct. 20, 1816 and baptised in Goodwill Pres. Church Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. Nov. 24, 1816. His biography in Nebraska State Historical Society Proceedings of 1885, Vol. 1, page 100 shows that he was graduated from Union College at the age of 19 and married Lucinda Carpenter-the date of marriage was May 25, 1836 according to the Samuel Monell bible. In 1836-7 he was in the dry goods business in New York City at 487 Greenwich St. according to N. Y. City Directories. He studied medicine in N. Y. City and practised in Newburgh. ·'Here a large practise soon rewarded his early privations (to obtain an education), and in the specialty he made of the deseases of women his success was so gre8-t as to bring patients from New York City and New England." He was President of the Orange Co. Medical Society in 1853-4 according to page 181 of Ruttenber & Clark's Orange Co. History which also shows he was one of the organizers of the New burgh Historical Society in 1845, member of a committee for establishing an aJms house in 1852, and an organizer of the Newburgh Savings Bank of which he was Secretary in 1854. The Nebraska Historical Society Pl?,blication continues ·•After nearly 20 years of hard working professional life the doctor, who had in the meantime acquired a competence, moved west in 1857 *** and located in Omaha. His two objects had been to establish his son in the West, and to break off the practise of his own profession. Here Dr. Monell identified himself with the new Republican Party, and as an outstanding abolitionist \\las for sometime a chief owner of the leading Republican paper of Nebraska. He was founder of the Rocky Mountain News, the first newspaper of Colorado and one of the incorporators of the Union Pacific R. R." He established


the deaf and dumb asylum in Omaha, and was founder of the City mission. "He was a ready ,dramatic, and forcible speaker, a philosophical studen,t, and an enlightened •citizen." •·The Bulletin", a Nebraska State Medical Association publication, for March 1930 also contains his biography and adds to the above information the fact he was active in efforts to locate the Union Pacific brid~e at Omaha, and in the State Medical Association of which he was the first President. '•The 1\1:onell family home, one of the most pretentious of Omaha's early days, was located on Dodg:e St., at about 21st St. on the site of the present K. of C. Clubhouse." His death occurred on Sept. 29, 1881 at Detroit, Mich. at the age of 65 while he was on a trip from his home city of Omaha. His children as entered in the Samuel Monell bible were as follows:

(a) John James, born Oct. 3, 1837. All we know of him, save the references to him as in business with his father in Monell & Co., Bankers, is that the 1885 Nebraska Historical Society article states he was then married and living with his mother in Omaha.

(b) Ann Matilda Van Nostrand, born Nov. 19, 1838 (see below).

(c) · Catharine Elvira, born Aug. 27, 1841, died July 23, 1842. (d) Fanny Gidney, born May 25, 1843, died March 22, 1845.

Ann Matilda Van Nostrand Monell, daughter of Dr. Gilbert C. and Lucinda (Carpenter) ]\,fonell, was born Nov. 19, 1838. From three sources (Nebraska & Midwest Gen'l Record, Vol. 11, p. 15, Neb. State Hist. Society Proceedings, Vol. 1, p. 100 and National Cyclopaedia, Vol. XV, pap:e 284, Vol. XXV, p. 100) we learn that Ann married Dec. 27, 1858 to Phineas Warrner Hitchcock, who was born Nov. 30, 1831 at New Lebanon, Hudson Co., N. Y., son of Gad Hitchcock whose ancestors came from England to New England in the colonial days. Phineas was a lawyu, moved to Omaha in 1857, was one of the pioneers of that city, was prominently identified with its gro\\ th and development, served a term in the U. S. Senate, and died at Omaha in July 1881. His wife died in May 1877. Phineas and Ann Hitchcock had three children, Gilbert Monell, born 1859 (see below), Grace, born 1862 died 1880, and John G., born 1865 who we are told died in his early twenties.

Gilbert MoneH Hitchcock, son of Phineas and Ann 1\1. V. (l\tlonell) Hitchcock, was born Sept. 18, 1859, studied at Omaha,

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Baden Baden, Germany and the University of Michigan. He graduated from the latter in 1881 and practised in Omaha as an attorney for four years. He then became a journalist, founding the Evening World in 1885. In 1889 he purchased the Morning Herald, combining it with his other paper into the Omaha WorldHerald which at the time of his death had a capital of $1;500,000 and dominated the newspaper field in Nebraska and Western Iowa. Hitchcock was independent in politics and engaged a Democrat and a Republican to print their views in his paper. It resulted in adding Hitchcock to the Democratic ranks and William Jennings Bryan, noted Democrat, became editor of the paper in 1894 for two years. Hitchcock was elected to the 58th Congress in 1902 and returned in the 60th and 61st Congresses. In January 1911 he was elected U. S. Senator and he was reelected in 1916. In the Senate he served on the foreign relations committee of which he was chairman during 1917-19. He also served on the banking & currency, military affairs and Philippine Islands committees. He was actively identified vdth the Federal Reserve Act, and as chairman of the foreign relations committee,

. he had charge in the Senate of the resolution declaring a state of war with Germany in 1917. He was a stanch supporter of Pres. Wilson and led the unsuccessful fight for ratification of the Versailles Treaty in 1919-20. Upon retirement from the Senate in 1923, he resumed active direction of his publishing interests at Omaha. He died at Washington, D. C. Feb. 3, 1934 and was buried in Forest Lawn Cem., Omaha. His widow established an annual scholarship of $10QO for residents of Nebraska at the Columbia School of Journalism in memory of her husband. Gilbert Monell Hitchcock had been married t~:ice, 1st on Aug. 30, 1883 to Jessie Crounse of Fort Calhoun, Neb. (daughter of Gov. Lorenzo Crounse) who died :May 8, 1925, and 2nd on June 1, 1927 to Martha Harris, daughter of Robert Wormley Harris of lvlemphis1 Tenn. His second ,·dfe lives in Washington, D. C. By his first marriage, lv1r. Hitchcock had two daughters, Margaret and Ruth. The latter, born 1891, is unmarried and the former, born 1884, married Henry Doorly and had three children-I{atherine D (l\1:rs. Richard Young), Gilbert Hitchcock, and Peggy. Most of the above information came from the National Cyclopaedia articles mentioned in the previous paragraph and from the ,vidow of Senator Hitchcock.

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WILLlAM MONELL, son of James and Mary (Miller), Monell grandson of William and Mary (Eager) Monell and great-grandson of the settler James Monell, was born Dec. 25, 1793 in the Town of Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y. according to the family bible. He married on Jan. 24, 1822 to Aletta Lockwood who was born Oct. 16, 1796. · These dates also appear in the bible referred to and the date of marriage is confirmed by the records of Newburgh Presbyterian Church. Descendants say Aletta was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Conger) Lockwood of New Windsor. Their grandson, Charles B. Lockwood of Argyle, N. Y., said in 1912 that Samuel Lockwood was a shipbuilder and inventor of the centerboard which is still used on sailing vessels.

William Monell was a farmer in New Windsor. Eager's 1846 History of Orange Co., page 641, in the chapter on that town, quotes the following article from a local paper: "Feb. 1824-A wild cat was killed on the farm of John Nicoll Esq. by William Monell, his farmer, with a pitch fork. This was the first animal of the kind seen in the to'\\--n in 40 years. It had been killing sheep and was tracked by Mr. Monell a short distance, when he found it beside a stone wall. He hit it a blow with his fork and the animal sprang upon the fence with a horrid yell. Monell, more frightened than the cat, screamed out most lustily, and plied his fork so well that in a few moments h~ laid the enemy low and bore it off in triumph, as evidence of his fight and valor." The Nicoll family vras one of the earliest to settle in New Windsor (page 213 R & C's 1881 Hist. of Orange Co.) and one of its members-1\fargaret daughter of I~aac, married George Monell who was prominent in Newburgh in the 1800-20 period. George's father was Lt. Robert Monell, cousin of William Monell's father. Orange County Records indicate that by deed dated June 18, 1824 William Monell of New Windsor purchased from the Executors of Will of Moses Higby for $2925, lot No. XXXII in Baird's Patent, being the southernmost sector of the Town of Newburgh. We are told that William was a prosperous farmer and that the parties he gave were great events. His son John Nichol 1\1onell

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related that the tailer and shoemaker came once a year and fitted out the children with clothing and shoes, both being entertained at the house until all were supplied. A granddaughter, Florence E. Monell, said William enlisted in the army at the time of the 1812 War but did not have to serve.

William appears in the Newburgh 1835 Census with 5 males and 4 females. Other information given was that he occupied 100 acres of improved land. had 13 cattle, 1 horse, 200 sheep & 10 hogs. In the 1850 Census he was listed as a farmer having $6000 of real estate and aged 57. His sons John, William and Isaac and daughters Margaret, Elvira and Sarah completed the family group. By 1855, when the next census was taken, his son John had gone to California but his son James, and the latter's "'if e and infant son Wm. Alexander, were shown as included in the family.

Aletta (Lockwood) Monell died May 28, 1841 and was buried in New Windsor Cemetery. Her husband, who died at Newburgh Aug. 2, 1859, was buried there also. Their remains were moved to Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh in 1898. William's wil] dated March 9, 1859 and probated in Orange Co. authorized his sons John, James & William as Executors to sell his real estate and divide the entire proceeds (except a small annuity to be paid to Mary Lockwood) among his children. Charles B .. Lockwood \\<rote Dr. Stanbrough of Newburgh May 12, 1912: "Wm. Monell was a shrewd Ir~hman, and when he married Aletta Lockwood, grandfather (Aletta's father) gave her some land lying west to Wm. ]\1onell's farm and then when grandfather died his will said that his children should share and share alike, and so your grandmother Aletta Monell or Wm. _Monell got two portions and hung on to them." When Aletta's sisters Abby, Mary and Margaret Lockwood died it was necessary to apportion their real estate among their next of kin and for that purpose a friendly lawsuit was instituted. The complaint was drawn by John J. Monell as Attorney on Feb. 3, 1868 and states that each of Aletta's children were entitled to one-two-hundredsixteenth part of the premises.

Details of the children of William and Aletta ( 12 in number) follow, the dates of birth, marriage and death in most cases being taken from the family bible or the 1912 Monell chart of Dr. Stanbrough's referred to in the preceding chapter. All of the


children, except the twin of Abigail who died at birth, ,vere baptised in Newburgh Pres. Church, the earliest in 1828.

Child.ren: MARY ANN, eldest child of Wm. l\1onell, was born Nov. 13,

1822 and married Nov. 21, 1844 (per Newburgh Pres. Ch. Records-family bible says Nov. 22) to James Henry Moores who died June 2, 1873 age 52. He was a farmer and lived at Little Britain, Town of New Windsor. Be ,;ras a son of Daniel l\:Ioores (1793-1875) and Hannah (Churchill) lVIoores (1796-1880). In the 1855 Census James H. lVIoo.res' age was given as 34, his ,vife's as 32 \vith children Frances A. 9, William B. 8, ]Vlary H. 6, Anna A. 4, lVlary A. 2 and one servant. l\1ary Ann Monell, wife of James H. Moores died Nov. 7, 1898. She is buried in Woodlawn Cem., near Newburgh, with her husband and his parents. This was also the place of burial of the deceased children. This information was supplied by Margaret A. ]Moores who also furnished tlfe details of the children which follow:

1. Frances A., born 1845, died April 27, 1929, age 83. 2 Willi~m "R M'M\ 1R47 rlforl An-r;l 1 fr.na.-rar>rl.rdeon-.rc:, 7'.T,...,..,. -•. ..-.-~ ........ ..__., ...,,_, ... .a...L -'-\J..L ■ ' ""-~'-'""' •.a..J:-'.&...t..l. .L \V.LL~ .L\.l'\.IV.1. O~·JO ~"VV •

1) 1913, age 65. 3. Mary H., born 1849, died Feb. 9, 1927, age 78. 4. Ann Eliza, born 1851, died Nov. 5, 1881, age 30. 5. Margaret A., born Oct. 20, · 1853, lives at Silverstream,

Orange Co. 6. Henry, died Dec. 9, 1860 age 4. 7. Alice, died Dec. 15, 1864, age 6. None of the above children married.

SAMUEL LocKwooD, -eldest son of William l\'.1onell, was born March 24, 1824. His son F. Bronson 1\-fonell says that Samuel as a young man went from Orange Co. to New York City and worked for Squires Jewelry Shop on Fulton St. At the time he roomed on Spruce St. He married in N. Y. City on lVIay 17, 1853 Sarah Jane Pollard. Undenvood's ''Ancestry & Descendants of Jonathan Pollard (1759-1821) published at Sy~acuse in 1891 _. page 12 states that Sarah Jane was born N. Y. City June 17, 1826, daughter of Calvin and Electa (Stanbrough)Pollard. She died Sept. 10, 1911 in N. Y. City and is buried in l\Iarble Cem., 2nd St. & 2nd Ave. Bronson Mo.aell says his father remained in N. Y. City only a year or two after rr.arria~e, going


first to Montgomery, Ala. where he also had a jewelry store. After a short period he moved to Wilmington, Ill. where he was engaged in the same business and lived until 1882. He died at 865 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 9, 1896, his obituary appearing in the Brooklyn News. He is buried in Newburgh. Children:

1. Calvina Pollard, born Feb. 9, 1855 N. Y. City, died unmarried March 27, 1879 at Wilmington, ID.

2. Dr. Samuel Howard, born Dec. 8, 1856. In his younger days he was in the jewelry business at 2 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City. In 1890 he graduated from Bellevue Medical College. He practised in N. Y. City until his death which occurred at 19 W. 84th St. Dec. 5, 1918. His sister Rhea says he had no children and supplied the name of his wife, Mrs. Frances Wallach Oakey whom he married Jan. 1, 1900. In 1938 she was aged 87 and was living with a daughter by her first husband (John Oakey), Mrs. H. S. McKnight, at Great Neck, N. Y. Dr. Monell specialized in electro therapeutics and wrote several books on that subject.

3. Albert Zabriskie, born Oct. 30, 1858, md June 15, 1918 at Long Beach, Ca.I. to Virginia Rutledge who was born Hillsboro, Ill., Dec. 9, 1877 ( daughter of Hiram R. and l\tliranda E. (Ballard) Rutledge) and died Dec. 15, 1937. Albert Z. Monell resided in Hollywood, Cal. at the time of his death on Dec. 24, 1939. His work as representative of a large machinery concern, took him in many parts of the world.

4. Electa Louise, born Feb. 19, 1861, died Oct. 2, 1862. 5. Augusta Do'\\'lling, born May 13, 1864, died unmarried

July 11, 1889. 6. Frederick Bronson, born May 18, 1867. He has been in

business in N. Y. City ov:€r a longer period than any other Monell of which we have record. He first appears in the City Directory for 1887 as a real estate agent at 5 ½ Pine St. The f ollo'\\ing year he moved his business to 31 Broadway where he continued for some years. For a long period his office has been at 71 Nassau St. He has been renting agent of the building at that address since it was constructed. On June 10, 1896 he married Clara Louise Chichester ( daughter of Edward Parker and Rebecca (Nelson) Chichester) as her 2nd husband. She was born Feb. 12, 1866 and died at Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Dec. 19, 1937. Their children:

(a) Frederick Bronson, Jr., born April 12, 1899, md Aug. 20, 1938 Helen Peach. They live in Chatham, N. J. and have two adopted children: Kenneth, born Nov. 25, 1931 and Richard, born Jan. 7, 1939.


(b) Cecilia Chiches~r, born Nov. 22, 1903, md Aug. 22, 1931 Otis Russell Locke and has a son Frederick Russell Locke, born Nov. 11, 1933.

7. Rhea Isabel, born Dec. 26, 1869, md Nov. 25, 1893 to Robert Franklin Pennell who was born April 24, 1873. She lives in Newark, N. J. and has three sons:

(a) Robert Otis, born Jan. 31, 1896, md Sept. 1, 1922 Edna May Brown, had 2 daughters Dorothy Louise (b. Aug. 5, 1925 and Joan Otis (b. Dec. 2, 1929), and died Dec. 27, 1932 in Westchester Co., N. Y.

(b) Karl Soule, born Aug. 30, 1897, md Nov. 1, 1924 .Helen Meyer who was born Nov. 14, 1897. They have a daughter Marjorie Jean, born July 26, 1928.

(c) Vere Franklin, born Feb. 19, 1899 who married and was divorced.

JoHN N1CHOL, third child of Wm. Monell, was born July 24, 1825 in the Town of Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y. He was doubtless named after John Nicoll whose farm was managed by Wm. Monell as shown by hager's 1846 Orange Co. History. Florence, daughter of John Nichol Monell, v."Tote the story of his life for Dr. Stanbrough of Newburgh in 1913 from which we quote: ·'In 1850 he started for California by the water route around South America. Voyage taken so rumor said as the result of a disappointment in love. While making the voyage was stricken with brain faver and it must have been a severe attack as he was ill for weeks. When he recovered he found that he had lost the ability to play on his beloved violin which accompanied him as he could not remember a note of the large repertoire he formerly p]ayed. Subsequently he took lessons again. He was not one of those who made their fortune at that time in California. He would relate many adventures which took place during those wild days but they are too faint now to attempt to repeat. A few souvenirs-ring, gold headed cane, pieces of coral, etc.-are all that remind us of the long voyage. I have no way of knowing when he returned but in 1856 (Dec. 10) he married Justine Weller, by whom he had two children. He was living at that time on a small place of 1 ½ acres, a portion as I remember, of graudfather's place." The marriage of John and Justina is recorded in Shawangunk Church Records in Ulster Co.

Justina Weller was baptised in Montgomery, Orange Co. Reformed Church the records of which show she was bo1n Feb.


6, 1834, daughter of John and Hannah (Wood) Weller, granddaughter of John and Anna (Sinsebaugh) Weller. John Weller, Sr. (1764-1841) was in the 4th Ulster Co. Militia according to marker on his gravestone in Montgomery Ref. Churchyard and c:1,ppears to be a son of Hieronimus Weller (1735-1810). The Wellers were one of the Palatine families which settled in Montgomery in 1721, having come from the original settlement in West Camp (Ulster Co.), N. Y. They arrived at the last mentioned place in 1710 with Rev. Joshua Kocherthal, a Lutheran Minister. (Kocherthal Records; Montgomery Reformed Church Records; R & C's Orange Co. Hist. page 371; Hieronimus WeHer will dated 1808 probated Orange Co.; Weller family bible in possession of Geo. E. Senior, Jr., Montgomery, N. Y.) If the Seotch-Irjsh settlers at Montgomery were as painstaking as their Palatine neighbors in keeping records, the Monell genealogy would have been a much easier task than it was.

The death of Justina Weller Monell occurred on April 10, 1861 at the age of 27 and she was buried in New WiDdsor Cem. The Wm. Monell bible shows John Nichol Monell md 2nd on Feb. 21, 1867 to Ella J., daughter of Thomas E. Stanbrough. (The Stanbroughs came to Orange Co. from Long Island. They were the first piano manufacturers on the Hudson River.) She died July 7, 1908 and is buried ir Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh. Florence 1\-Ionell's account continues that John Nichol Monell about the time of his 2nd marriage taught singing school in Union Grove School House. ··He must have been a timid conductor for tradition says he had a spokesman, one Mr. Benjamin, who would stand and announce ·Mr. Monell wishes you to sing that passage over again'. *** About 1881 he was a school commissioner. *** In 1889 be moved with his family to the city of Newburgh, where he lived in comfort, having secured a position as manager and engineer at D. C. l\Iiller's stone crushing works at West Newburgh." He died July 9, 1904, aged 79, and is buried in Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh.

Children (first two by first -vvife, others by second): 1. John William, born on Sept. 10 (the year was probably

1857) according to his daughter Lillian. He lived in Newburgh and was mate on the S. S. Homer Ramsdell, Hudson River freight and passenger steamer. The family bible shows he died March 5, 1921 (buried Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh) and that he


married Feb. 14, 1888 Louise Anne Frances Smith who was born Oct. 11, 1864 daughter of John and Mary (Yost) Smith. She died Sept. 12, 1930. Their children, according to said bible were:

(a) Lillian May, of Newburgh, born May 23, 1889, md Walter E. Bla)fe July 5, 1914 and had a son Thorald (Jack) b. May 11, 1915.

(b) Harry Smith, of Newburgh, born June 15, 1891, md July 7, 1912 to Laura Mary Lynch, born July 5, 1890 (daughter of Frank and Jennie (Boyd) Lynch) and has Laura Jane (b. Apr. 17, 1913) and John Henry (b. Apr. 29, 1920.)

(c) John Dennis, born June 5 (other records say April 5), 1893, md April 25, 1915 Sarah Elizabeth· V. Fogg, daughter of James W. and Rose Ann (McCurry) Fogg, born Feb. 5, 1890. In 1939 Mrs. Monell lived near Newburgh. John Henry Monell, only child, was born Dec. 14, 1917, md Delevine Bradford (born Jan. 31, 1917) on May 7, 1934 and lives in Newburgh. John D. Monell enlisted June 5, 1917 in the World War and fought with the 107th Div. of U. S. Infantry. On Aug. 14, 1918 he was wounded in the battle of Kemmel Hill, Belgium. Later be was cited for "exceptional gallantry and determination in action against the enemy." The citation shows that Corporal Monell '·although severely wounded, refused evacuation and continued the fire of his machine gun until compelled by his commanding officer to go to the r€ar." After the war he received the decoration of the order of the Purple Heart (awarded to wounded soldiers). He was killed by an automobile Nov. 9, 1937 and was buried in Calvary Cem., Newburgh. His obituary in a Newburgh newspaper following his death stated: "Noted as one of the stronge~t men in Newburgh in his youth, Monell was rated as one of the ten most perfect physical specimens in the American war time forces."

(d) James Van Vooris, born May 18, 1896, died Jan. 27, 1897. 2. Charles Edward, born April 22, 1859, md 1st Henrietta

Augusta Williams on April 12, 1882. She was born Jan. 2, 1856 and died April 8, 1923. Charles md 2nd April 22, 1924 Jennie J. Carr, daughter of Jos. and Sarah (Howell) Carr. Charles died Aug. 29, 1930 and left. a will dated Dec. 1, 1924 whereby he left a life interest in his property in the To\v"ll of Newburgh (on Little Britain Road) to his wife. Also named were his daughter Eva Justine (by his first \\life) who was born June 5, 1895 and who lives in Newark, N. J. and adopted daughter Bessie Janet who md Oct. 2, 1915 to Chauncey Edward Dunn, son of Chas. E. and Mary Ellen (Robinson) Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Dunn live in Newburgh.

3. Florence E., born Sept. 10, 1868, md June 24, 1923 John B. Rich. Most of the information about her father, Jol:m_]iiehol Monell, was supplied by her.

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4. Estella, born Aug. 30, 1870 md Clarence Ohlmstead, lives in Pittsburgh, Pa. and has a son Leonard M. Ohlmstead.

5. Alvin Sta:o.brough, born Feb. 8, 1877, md. Jan. 29, 1913 at N. Y. City to M. Gertrude Bates. Mr. Monell Jives in Elmwood, Conn. and has two children: Lois C., born Dec. 25, 1913 and Richard Bates, born Oct. 5, 1915.

6. Fannie R., born May 16, 1882, died Nov. 9, 1886, buried Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh.

JAMES, fourth child of Wm. Monell, was born March 11, 1827. We have very little information about him or his family. The Wm. Monell Bible shows his marriage took place Jan. 14, 1852 to Margaret E. Smith. The 1855 Census shows they were living with Wm. Monell in the Town of Newburgh and that Margaret was then 21 yrs. of age. The bible shows James died Oct. 8, 1890 (Aug. 8, 1890 per Dr. Stanbrough's Monell chart) and his wife died June 9, 1864. Her gravestone in New Windsor Cem. shows she was 30 yrs, 7 months of age. Their children, according to said chart, were Wm. Alexander, born Aug. 6, 1853, Edward and "Phoenia". The 1898 Estate Papers of their Aunt Sarah E. Monell, in listing her next of kin, refers to Edward Monell, Blue Island, Ill. and Delphine Griffin, Lynwood Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. 'children of James Monell". We are told that Wm. Alexander died ab~~t 1873. Eva Monell of Newark says that Delphine's husband was Stephen Griffin, that she is no longer living, and that it is believed she had no children. Joseph W. Monell of Newburgh says James Monell married a second time, went with his wife out west where his death occurred.

WILL1AM LEw1s, fifth child of Wm. Monell, was born Dec. 23, 1828. He lived in the Town of Newburgh on the Little Britain Road. On Nov. 28, 1866 he was married by Mayor George Clark of Newburgh to Emily Frances Borden who was born July 10, 1840, daughter of Jos. L. and Huldab (Combs) Borden of Rumson, N. J. William died Aug. 20, 1885. His estate was administered by his widow who died Dec. 7, 1901. They were buried in Woodlawn Cem., Newburgh and their children were:

1. Joseph William (see below). 2. Annie M., born April 1, 1870, married Walter Clum of

Dover, N. J. and died Dec. 7, 1896; no children.


3. Aletta L., born J.\farch 3, 1872, died unmarried Feb. 6, 1897.

4. Huldah Combs, born Oct. 15, 1876, died unmarried Aug. 6, 1900.

5. Harriet Borden, born Oct. 15, 1876 (twin of Huldah), died unmarried May 3, 1895.

Joseph William, born Dec. 8, 1868, married in New Hurley, Ulster Co. Church on Nov. 6, 1907 to Lizzie Belle Van Kleek, daughter of James Sidney and Cordelia (Radiker) Van Kleek. She was born June 28, 1883. They live in Newburgh wh_ere Mr. Monell for over 30 years has been a paper box manufacturer. His firm is the Monell Paper Co. Their children are:

(a) Borden, born Sept. 25, 1908, md Mayella Paltridge Apr. 27, 1933.

(b) Joseph Wm, Jr., born Aug. 27, 1910, md Julia Read Hanmer. March 25, 1939. He graduated from Syracuse University, class of 1931.

(c) Donald Radiker, born Aug. 11, 1912, md Beatrice Cornell March 16, 1935. He studied engineering at Drexel in Philadelphia.

(d) Bertha, born Dec. 14, 1913, md Edwin E. Nelson July 31, 1933. and has sons Edwin E., Jr. and Nels, b. June 28, 1935 and Feb. 15, 1937 ~ respectively. ·

(e) Lloyd Burto.o., born Nov. 17, 1915, is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania.

(f) Cordelia, born May 19, 1919, attended college at St. Petersburg, Fla.

(g) Bruce, born Dec. 11, 1920. (h) James Lewis, born July 8, 1922.

MARGARET HELEN, sixth child of Wm. Monell, was born Sept. 7, 1830, md Jan. 17, 1866 Peter M. Stanbrough as his 3rdwife and died Feb. 17, 19Q0 .. Their children were:

1. Clarence P., born Oct. 17, 1866, md Oct. 21, 1886 Carrie Ember and had 5 children, 3 of whom-Raymond, Lloyd and Marion-were living in 1912. Clarence P. Stanbrough died in California a few years ago.

2. Jane, born June 10, 1869, md G. Dewitt Carr and had Helen S. (who md -- Lions), Austin and Ethel. Mrs. Carr lives with her daughter Helen in Arlington, Va.

ELVJ.RA, seventh child of Wm. Monell, was born March 13, 1832, md Peter M. ~tanbrough Sept. 13, 1860 as his 2nd wife (his first wife was Mary La Tourette per Bull Genealogy) and died Nov. 19, 1864. Their children were Wm. Monell and Henry.

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Wm. Monell Stanbrough was born Nov. 16, 1862. He married April 9, 1884 Susannah Ashworth and had two children, Elvira who died in infancy and Harold A., born Dec. 9, 1889. Mr. Stanbrough was a noted Newburgh dentist for many years and a member of the Newburgh Bay and the Highlands Historical Society. In his library in the basement of his office and home on Colden St., be had one of the finest collections of Orange County historical books we have seen. In later life he was active in the movement for reptoduction of historic Temple Hill, in the Town of New Windsor, where the Revolutionary Army spent the winter of 1782-3 in log cabins they erected (page 225 Ruttenber & Clark's Orange Co. History). His printed chart of his branch of the Monell family already mentioned was widely circulated in 1912 among Monells all over the country whose addresses came to his attention. Copies of letters he sent and received at that time in an effort to expand the Monell family tree were typed and bound into a '·Monell" book. These letters, which the author copied with the kind permission of the Doctor, were of invaluable assistance in straightening out many branches of the family. Dr. Stanbrough died in Newburgh March 8, 193~ i and is buried in the Woodlawn Cem. there. His wite and son Harold survived him.

ABIGAIL FRANCES, ei~bth child of Wm. lVlol)ell, was born Jan. 16, 1834, and died Aug.J 24, 1835. She was one of twins. The other (unnamed) died at birth.

SARAH EL1ZABETH, tenth child of Wm. :Monell, was born Dec. 8, 1835 and died June 20, 1898 at Newburgh unmarried. Her will dated July 20, 1897 bequeathed her farm on Little Britain Road, Town of Ne,,·burgh, ''kno\Yn as l\'.I:onell farm" to her sister Margaret H. Stanbrough. By a codicil she provided that she was to be ~uried in Woodlav.n Cem., Newburgh and that the remains of her father and mother (vVm. & Aletta ~fonell) and family and nephew William and his mother ( doubt.Jess refers to Margaret Smith i~Ionell, wife of James: and their son Wm. Alexander), were to be removed to Woodla,vn Cem. Their former place of burial v:as in New Windsor Cem. The petition for probate of the will dated July 5, 1898 lists her next of kin as follmrs:


John N. Monell, brother, of Newburgh Mary Ann Moore, sister, New Windsor S. Howard Monell, Brooklyn Albert Z. Monell, Mexico Isabella Parnell, Bellville, N. J., and Fred B. Monell, of N. Y. City, all being children of deceased brother Samuel Monell William M. Stanbrough, nephew, City of Newburgh Delphine Griffin, Lynwood Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., and Edward Monell, Blue Island, Ill., children of James Monell deceased brother. Joseph Monell and Huldah Monell, of Newburgh, children of deceased brother Lewis Monell Margaret. H. Stanbrough, a sister.

SusAN ALETTA, eleventh child of Wm. Monell, was born July 23, 1837 and died July 22, 1847.

IsAAc, twelfth and youngest child of Wm. Monell, was born March 24, 1839, died in Newburgh June 28, 1865 and was buried in New Windsor Cem. His brother John N. Monell was appointed Administrator of his estate.

WILLIAM AND MARY (TUTHILL) MONELL LINE

W1LL1AM MONELL, son of William and Mary (Eager) Monell, and grandson of the settler James Monell, was born in 1755 in Wallkill (Precinct) according to letter written by his greatgrandson Dr. Joseph S. Monell mentioned in an earlier chapter. His service in the 1st Regiment of Orange County Militia is indicated by New York in the Revolution as Colony & State, 2nd Edition, by Roberts, 1898, page 253, which shows he received land bounty rights as a member of that regiment. The length and details of service we do not know, but Ruttenber & Clark's 1881 History of Orange County, pages 55-61, shows his regiment was from Cornwall, was commanded by Coi. Woodhull and was one of those participating in the Battle of Fort Montgomery in 1777.

Goshen Presbyterian Church Records show William Monell married Frances Tuthill on April 18, 1779. Mrs. Lotta Tuthill Va.ii, who has ma.de an exhaustive study of the Tuthill fami]y of Orange County, believes Frances .is the daughter of John Tuthill of Wallkill Precinct, mentioned as "Fanny" in John's will dated Jan. 9, 1787 on file at Albany. The will also mentions his wife Nancy (nickname for Anna) and numerous other children. Mrs. Vail tells us that John Tuthill's wife was Anna Butterfield and that John was a son of Jonathan and Mary (Vail) Tuthill of Oysterponds, L. I. and Orange County.

There are no recorded property deeds for William Monell, but we know he owned land in Cornwall Precinct (possibly the bounty land above mentioned), since there is recorded in Liber B, page 258 of Mortgages of Orange County a mortgage for £100 dated October 2, 1788 made by William and his wife Frances of Cornwall to John Chandler covering 34 acres in that Precinct along "the Road that leads from Grey Court to a saw Mill that formerly belonged to John Carpenter (John Carpenter's mill was at present day Salisbury Mills).and just where a small Creek empties into the Grey Court Creek ***". This location is in the Oxford neighborhood. in which William is known to have lived a few years earlier. Our information comes from Journal of Rev. Silas Constant (published by Emily Roehling in 1903) who also lived at Oxford. The Journal refers to a call on Mr. ''Munnel"

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on Dec. 29, 1784, and an entry made March 22, 1785 reads 'Rode to Oxford; to Munnel's;1' etc. The Journal also shows the Rev. Constant called on Mr. Munnel April 22, 1785 ~nd that he attended a meeting at Mrs. Munnel's on June 17, 1785.

The letter of Dr. Joseph S. Monell above mentioned states that William ''remained in said town of Wallkill until he married and begat children among whom was one Samuel, my grandfather, who was born in 1780." Record of the baptism of Samuel, "'Son to William Munal" is found in Bethlehem {comwall) Presbyterian Church. In the same church on Dec. 8, 1776 "William Munneel, Son to James Wilkins'' was baptised. We presume the wife of James Wilkins (or Wilkin) was a Monell and, it is likely, a sister of William, but have no further inf ormation on the subject. Goshen Pres. Church Records s:,how the baptism on June 10, 1798 of Tempe, ''daughter of Mrs: Monnel; wife of Wm Monell" and on Oct. 13, 1801 of Malinda, "daughter of (illegible) & Frances Monell". Frances Monell became a member of Goshen Church June 5, 1796 having ''produced a certificate of good standing and dism.ission from the Pres. Church at Blooming Grove.'' The latter church is located in the present town of Blooming Grove which was formed from Cornwall in 1799. In the Goshen church marriages and baptisms are recorded of the families of James Monell and Mary Monell Sayre, brother and sister of William, as well as the baptism of Mary, daughter of Thomas Monell and Elizabeth Hubard (Dec. 25, 1791). We judge that Thomas was also related to William; perhaps as a brother. Proof later given shows that William also had a daughter Elsie and a son James. The latter's will of 1822 tells us his father was still living ~hen; we judge his mother was not since the will does not mention her.

The 1790 Census for the Town of New Cornwall, Orange County shows William Monell's family then consisted of 3 males over 16, 3 under 16 and 3 females. T"~o of the elder and one of the younger males we cannot account for; possibJ..y they were relatives living with the family. In the 1810 Census for Montgomery we find William Monell shown as living alone (age over 45). He apparently was overlooked by the censustaker in 1800 and also does not appear in 1820 though doubtless he was then living with one of his children.

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Children: Samuel, born 1780, md Abigail Earle James, died unmarried Elsie, born 1782, rod Walter Mead Temperance, baptised 1798, died unmarried Malinda, baptised 1801, md -- Moore Samuel will be dealt with last as his is the only continuing

male line and is quite extensive.

JAMES is kno\\"'D. to us only because of his will dated March 1, 1822 proved March 20, 1822 in Orange County. It authorizes his executors (brother in law Walter Mead and friend John Milspaugh}, to sell his personal property consisting of one hotSe wagon, gun and accoutrements and a suit of clothes, invest the net proceeds of the estate and expend the interest for clothing ''for my father Wm. Monell for and during his natural life". After decease of the latter, the estate was to be divided between sisters Temperance and Malinda.

ELSIE, eldest daughter of William and Frances ('I·uthill) Monell, was born Dec. 25, 1782. Proof of parentage is found in her brother James' will which mentions his brother in law Walter Mead. The latter married Elsie ''Monnell" Jan. 12, 1808 in Hopewell Pres. Church then in the Town of Montgomery. 1he 1820, 1825 &- 1835 Censes for l\1ontgomery shows his family then consisted of 4 males and 2 females and the 1825 Census shows he owned a fulling mill and a cording machine. The 1901 History & Genealogy of the Mead Family by S. P. Mead, page 191, shows Walter was a son of John and Mary (Brush) Mead and that he was born !\.pril 17, 1781, died Feb. 23, 1867. His wife's date of birth is given as above and date o( death Feb. 8, 1872. Both are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y. The Mead Genealogy, supplemented by information obtained in 1937 from Walter J. l\1ead (no,Y deceased) and Mrs. Laura Mead Godwin of Montgom~ry, supply the following concerning the family of Walter and Elsie, and :Mrs. Godwin (who has an excellent portrait of Elsie) says they lived at one time near Bloomingburg, Sullivan County where 1Irs. Wm. McEwen now lives.

Children: 1. Seth H., a miller of Montgomery, born Feb~ 1809, md

Dec. 13, 1834, died March 21, 1878; his wife, Jane McCollum,


born May 2, 1814. They had (a) Harriet, born Nov. 27, 1835, died about 1900, md Nov. 1855 Henry H. Cronk and had Eugene M. born 1856 and Frank E. born Dec. 10, 1862; (b) John, of Decatur, Ill., born March 8, 1837, died about 1910, md 1st Sarah J. Ronk and 2nd Carrie Bishop, the Jatter on Dec. 29, 1870 and had Frank B., born October 5, 1871. (c) Francis, born Aug. 8, 1838, died about 1927 at Johnson's near Westtown, N. Y., md Feb. 17, 1864 Elizabeth S. Ayres, born Oct. 15, 1837, and had Fanny B., born Dec. 9, 1864, John E. born March 11, 1866, Harriet C. born Jan. 27, 1867 and Harry L. born March 5,.1869; (d) Thaddeus, born Aug. 28, 1840, a dentist at Port Jervis, died as a comparatively young man; md March 1, 1871 Elizabeth Hallock, born March 15, 1840 and had Gabriel H. born Jan. 29, 1872, Thaddeus born Sept. 3, 1873, Winthrop D. born July 16, 1875, Nathaniel D. born March 20, 1879 and Nicholas; (e) Marietta, born Nov. 26, 1844, died unmd about 1900; (f) Philena J., born Sept. 4, 1847, died about 1927, buried Phillipsburg, Orange Co. Cemetery; (g) Alice J., born Dec. 22, 1850, lived in Decatur, Ill. in 1937, unmd; (h) Anna, also of Decatur·.

2. John, born 1811. 3. William C., born 1812, died Sept. 19, 1880, bd Riverside

Cem. 4. James, born 1815 5. Francis, born 1819 6. Mary B., born March 17, 1821, md 1st Feb. 25, 1846 to

John H. McCutchan, 2nd to Burr Tuttle July 31, 1856, died April 8, 187 4, bd in Riverside Cem. and had three sons, the second being Walter M., born Sept. 22, 1857, md Annie Schoewneaker and the third being Harvey, born April 9, 1859, living in Montgomery in 1913.

7. Walter J., of Montgomery, born Feb. 16, 1824, died 1912, bd Riverside Cem., md 1st Jan. 7, 1851 Laura C. Benedict, born Sept. 27, 1831, died April 30, 1859, md 2nd Dec. 20, 1860 Keturah (Thompson) Miller, born March 4, 1830 and died Aug. 10, 1910, bd Phillipsburg, Orange Co., and had (a) Eliza M. born Oct. 7, 1851 md Dec. 19, 1871 Wm. H. King (born Aug. 7, 1835) and had Fannie born March 6, 1873; (b) Thaddeus B. born April 23, 1853 md Oct. 4, 1875 Kittie B. Monroe (born Oct. 30, 1853) and had Elsie M. born Sept. 11, 1876 and Wm. K. born April 1, 1879; (c) Elsie M., born April 11, 1855 died 1925 md Sept. 26, 1880 Dr. Edourd Segujn born Jan. 20, 1812 died Oct. 28, 1880; (d) Laura, born Sept. 19, 1861 md June 8, 1880 Charles A. Godwin (she living in Montgomery 1937); (e) Walter J. born Jan. 31, 1865, married, was in the insurance business in Montgomery, died May 21, 1941 (obituary in the N. Y. Times).

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8. Allen, born June 1, 1829, died Sept. 20, 1926, bd Riverside Cem. 1850 and 1855 Censes show he was cigar manufacturer. Married Nov. 16, 1853 Mary A. Impson. born June 27, 1825, died July 20, 1901. They had Isabella, born Nov. 27, 1854.

TEMPERANCE and MALINDA, daughters of William and Frances (Tuthill) Monell, were baptised June 10, 1798 and Oct. 13, 1801, respectively in Goshen Pres. Church. Mrs. Godwin, mentioned above, confirmed that they were sisters of Elsie Monell Mead. They appear in Montgomery in the 1850 Census, ages 32 & 30 respectively (apparently meant to be 52 & 50). Malinda also appears as a tailoress in the same house as her nephew Allen Mead in the Montgomery 1855 Census, age given as 50, a resident of the town 12 years. Temperance Monell's tombstone in Riverside Cem. shows she died March 7, 1867 and gives her age as 66. Apparently she died in Sullivan Co., N. Y. as Letters of Administration were applied for there in 1868. Malinda's gravestone in Riversid_e Cem. gives her date of birth as April 17, 1802 and death date as July 251 1872. Her name is inscribed "Malinda Monell Moore", indicating. marria1?:e. The baptism dates of Temperance and Malinda show they were a few years older than indicated by the tombstones, but Mrs. Laura Mead Go<lwin confirms they are the to~bstones of Elsie Monell Mead's sisters .

.. SAMUEL, eldest son of William and Frances (Tuthill) Monell,

was born 1780 and baptised in Bethlehem Pres. Church, Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y. on May 7, 1780. He appears in Wallkill, Orange Co. in the 1800 Census (aged 16-26) with one female under 10 and one aged 16-26, showing Samuel married before he was 20. The Assessment Roll for W a]lkill of April 8, 1803, lists Samuel as having $40 of personal property. He apparently moved shortly thereafter as the letter of Dr. Joseph S. Monell states that Ira (born 1807), father of Dr. Joseph and son of Samuel, was born while Samuel was living in Monroe, Orange Co. In the 1820 Census he appears in the adjoining town of Blooming Grove with 2 males and 5 females in his family. Four of the females and one of the males were under age 10. Samuel was engaged in •'manufacture". He also appears in the 1825 Census in the Town of Warwick with 4 males and 3 females. This census also shows one voter in the family, one married female


under 45 (his wife), 2 unmarried females under 16, with 60 acres of land occupied by the family.

The wife of Samual Monell was Abigail Earle according to many of her descendants and we have proof from several sources. The Bull Genealogy, a handwritten book compiled by R.H. Bull in 1837 and now in the Newburgh & The Highlands Historical Society in Newburgh, is one of the sources. It also states Abigail was a daughter of Richard and Sarah (Bull) Jj;arle and granddaughter of John Bull (1721-1807) and Hannah Holly. John was a son of William Bull who came from Wolverhampton, England to this country and married in 1718 to Sarah Wells, said to be the first white woman to settle in Orange County. An annual picnic for her descendants is held at the stone house in Hamptonburgh built by her husband. lVIany biographies of Wm. Bull and Sarah Wells have been written; one of them is on pages 650-3 of Ruttenher & Clark's Orange Co. History and another on page 391 of Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange Co., 1895. Abigail's father, Richard Earll was one of the sons of John ~arll of Smith's Clove, Cornwall Precinct and is mentioned in the latter's ·will dated May 25, 1781 recorded in New York County. Page 69 of R & C's History states that Richard was a signer of the Revolutionary Association in Cornwall and page 788 shows John Earll was chosen fence viewer for Woodbury Clovein 1765. In a brief sketch of the Earll family in Port. & Biogr. Records of Orange Co., page 753 it is stated that aH of the sons of John (including Richard) took part in the Revolution and that after the war Richard settled on a farm at the foot of Schunemunk Mountain (near Highland Mills) on property given him by his father. A more complete history is found in Charles H. Weygant's Ezra Earll Genealogy (Newburg, 1905). This states that a deed dated June 26, 1762 whereby John Earll bought a large tract of land (which deed is recorded in Orange Co.), covered the present site of Highland Mills, Woodbury Falls and most of Cromwell Lake. Other deeds are on record naming John; one in 1770 shows "his present wife" was named Rachel. W eygant tells us John married in New York City to Rachel Adams, a Quakeress, and that his house was a large one on the Kings Highway through the present village of Highland Mills. Washington and Burr wer~ said to have been entertained at John ~arll's hotel during the Revolution. W eygant expresses the opinion


John's parents were John and Abigail Earle of N. Y. City which may well be since this couple signed a deed in 1747 covering land then in Orange Co. near what is now called Rockland Lake. Perhaps our Abigail was named after her great-grandmother. Records in the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Boston however, show Weygant was incorrect in his belief the Earll's of Orange County were connected with an Earle Family of New England having Mayflower descendants.

Abigail "wife of Samuel Monell" was received in the Chester Pres. Church (The Town of Chester was formed in 1845 from Goshen, Warwick, Blooming Grove and Monroe---the latter two were once part of Cornwall) Nov. 2, 1820 and dismissed Dec. 31, 1827. Many of her children were members of the same church. In the 1855 Census Abigail Monell, aged 73, born Orange Co., widowed, and resident ot town 15 yrs, was shown as living with her son Samuel A. Monell, in Warwick, Orange Co. This indicates she was born 1782.

We do not know when either Samuel or his wife died nor have we located their gravestones, though we judge they were buried in Chester or Warwick. Samuel is not mentioned in his brother's will of 1822, though the census records show he was living as late as 1825. We judge he died soon afterward.

Tbe 1837 Bull Genealogy (page 81-2) gives the children of Samuel and Abigail as follows:

Sarah m Charles Denise Joseph Sears Lena m Nathan B. Cody (Cooley) Fanny -Ira m Elizabeth Moon (Moore) Jane m David Hunter Daniel Esther m Jonathan Taylor Vashti Samuel Elizabeth m Benjamin Pembleton Martha m Samuel Shorter

Although not in the order of their ages, we shall for simplicity deal with each of the children in the above order except Samuel, Jr. whose story will be given at the end of this chapter and Ira who will be dealt with in the following chapter.


Children: 1. Sarah, married Cha~les Denise. According to Mrs. Edward

Mills of Bloomingburg, N. Y ., they lived around Elmira and had a son. A continuation of the 1837 Bull Genealogy, prepared in 1892 and kept with the original, states that Sarah's children were Debeann {Deborah Ann), Sarah Jane, Walter, Ruth and Marah (Mariah?).

2. Joseph Sears was probably the eldest son of Samuel. He was admitted to and dismissed from Chester Pres. Church the same times as his mother-1820 & 1827. In the 1820 Census he was listed under the Town of Goshen in age group 18-26. He was also in Goshen at the time of the 1825 Census when he had another male in his family and one married female under 45, undoubtedly his wife. As he only occupied ¼ acre of land and as the names preceding and following his in the list were Chester residents, we judge he lived in that Village. He and his wife Rachel became members of Monroe Pres. Church in 1830. Joseph does not appear in the 1835 or subsequent Orange Co. Censes so he either moved away or died between 1830 and 18~5. We have been unable to ascertain anything more about him, but the fact the Bull Genealogies do not give any continuation of this branch, suggests Joseph S. Monell had no surviving children. He should not be confused with his nephew of the same name.

3. Lena H. was born 1815 and died March 20, 1861, age 45 when she was said to have been a Goshen resident. She is buried in Seamanville (Monroe) Cemetery, Orange Co. together with her husband Nathan B. Cooley who was born 1802 and died 1870 according to their gravestone. On the same stone is inscribed "Alice M. Cooley 1845-69, wife of James H. Cassin; Emily A. Cooley 1838-74, wife of. Harrison C. Pembleton; Ogden H. Cooley 1842-1901; Olive E. Cooley, wife of Reinhold J. Anderson 1855-1917". Harrison Pembleton is in all probability the son of Benjamin Pembleton and Elizabeth {Monell) Pembleton, the latter a sister of Lena (Monell) Cooley. The 1855 Monroe Census shows Nathan B. Cooley & wife ''Lanor" had lived there 20 yrs and that their children then living with them were Emly 17, Ogden H. 12, Alice 10, Mary 8, Olive Ett 3 months. Doubtless Nathan B. Cooley is the son of Nathan Cooley of Goshen whose will dated June 1, 1821, probated in Orange Co., mentions his wife Sally, son Nathan Bailey, and other children.

4. Fanny is probably a nickname for Frances Monell. The latter was admitted to Chester Pres. Church Oct. 5, 1820 {about the same time others of the family became members) and was later dismissed from the church. She apparently died single as in the 1892 copy of the Bull Family Genealogy there is a notation after her name "d.s."


5. Ira (see following Chapter) 6. Jane, who married David Hunter, was born August 9,

1806 and died March 27, 1861. She was buried in Seamanville (Monroe), Orange Co. with her husband who died May 3, 1858, age 53 yrs, 6 months, 11 days. David and Jane married Nov. 8, 1828 and resided in Monroe all their lives according to the 1855 Census data concerning their family. Jane's sister Lena lived in the same district of Monroe at the time. Jane was received in Chester Pres. Church June 2, 1821 and dismissed Sept. 20, 1850. The dates of birth and marriage of Jane and the following details of their children (except for David, Jr.) are from family records in possession of Mrs. E. E. Conkling and her daughter Mrs. Nan C. Fleming of Middletown, N. Y.:

(a) Josiah, born Sept. 21, 1829, died unmarried in California Jan. 30, 1897.

(b) Joseph S., born Dec. 30, 1830 and married Sarah Ann Straut. He lived in Patterson, N. J. and died May 11, 1867. Their children were James Edward and Mary Louise.

(c) Michel, born June 18, 1832, married Alfred Hosier at Bakertown, Orange Co. Feb. 21, 1856 by Rev. Freeland. They lived at Circleville and had no children. She died June 5, 1894.

(d) David, born June 18, 1834. His daughter Elizabeth Wiggins has supplied us with details of his family. When a young man, David migrated to Pennsylvania where he was a farmer in Wyoming and Susquehanna Counties. For many years he was Tax Collector and Treasurer of the School Board. Mrs. Wiggins _;recalls that when she was a child a number of teachers called at their home for their salaries, payment of which was delayed due to laxity of residents in paying school taxes. One day she told an old gentleman and a lady who knocked at the door "It wont do any good to come in as there is no money in the treasury". The callers proved to be Ira Monell (David Jr.'s uncle) and his daughter Lavinia Knox, to the embarrassment of young Elizabeth and the amusement of her elder~. David, Jr. married twice, first to Margaret Kirkuff of Post Hill, Pa. who died Sept. 17, 1868 and second to Adaline Meeker of Lemon, Pa. He died Dec. 12, 1900 and is buried Lynn Cemetery, Susquehanna Co. There were four children by the first marriage, as follows: Charles Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1859 Falls Township, Wyoming Co., farmer of Huntington, Indiana who md· Margaret Williams and had Grace and Floyd each of whom is married and has two children; George Albert, b. June 24, 1861 Falls Tv.1)., farmer, died unmarried Jan. 22, 1894 and is buried Post Hill; Samuel Monell, b. Feb. 7, 1864 at Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., farmer and prospector, died unmarried Sept. 2, 1901 at Billings, Montana; Elizabeth Laura, b. May 19, 1866 at Lakeside, Susquehanna Co., school teacher, md James Edward Wiggins Dec.


30, 1885 and has four chUdren-Carrie Adaline, EJizabeth May (md and has 4 children), Howard Edward (md and has 6 children), and Lenadell. By his second marriage David Hunter, Jr. had five children who were: David Meeker, b: Dec. 30, 1872 Lemon, Wyoming Co., insurance agent and railroad employee of Flushing, Ohio, md Lola Jones Aug. 30, 1897 and has six children, three deceased; Martha Etta, b. May 30, 1875 at Lemon, school teacher, md 1st John Anderson whom she divorced and 2nd Harry Florey and now lives Lynn, Pa.; Joseph Leal, b. March 23, 1878 at Lemon, farmer of Hop Bottom, Pa., md 1st Carrie Hartman by whom he had a child Harold Hugh (md and has 2 children), and 2nd Jessie Covey by whom he had Glenda, Leal, and David, each of whom is married and has one child; Bronson Alcott, b. April 5, 1881 at Lemon, farmer of Meshoppen, Pa., md Harriet Garrison Aug. 1913 and has three children-Elizabeth (md, no children), Alcott (single), and Sherman (md, one child); Sherman Edward, b. J\tlarch 6, 1885 at Lemon, creamery supt, married Lou Ethel Cornell (no issue) and died July 9, 1927, buried New Milford, Pa.

(e) Mary,,born July 29, 1835, died August 23, 1847, buried Seamanville Cemetery, Monroe, N. Y.

(f) Edward, born June 14, 1837 at Monroe; married Mary Nichols and died at Monroe July 29, 1909. No children.

(g) Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1840, married Wm. Hallock, lived at Washingtonville, N. Y. and had 4 children.

(h) S~n Jane, born Jan. 5, 1842, married James Short of Ramsey, N. J. and died Feb. 13, 1868. She had a son Frank.

(i) Martha Louise, born Jan. 22, 1844, married Abraham L. Southerland, and died at Middletown, N. Y. Jan. 4, 1918. They had a daughter Anna Louise, unmarried, and a daughter Florence who married E. E. Conkling of Middletown where she died July 9, 1940. Nan C. Fleming, daughter of Florence, lives on Highland Ave., Middletown.

(j) Solomon, born Feb. 5, 1846, died unmarried about 1930 at Reading, Shasta Co., Cal. He was at one time associated with his brother Josiah in a mining enterprize in California.

(k) George, born Nov. 21, 1848, died Jan. 18, 1905; married Mary Woodruff, lived Circleville, N. Y. No children.

(1) Chauncey, born ~lay 15, 1850. died Nov. 15, 1861, buried in Seaman ville Cemetery, Monrof, N. Y. Gravestone gives age as 10 years, 6 months, 12 days.

7. Daniel, died single according to notation in 1892 Bull Genealogy. ·

8. Esther, married Jonathan Taylor (he was a piano tuner of Newburgh according to Dolly Booth of Campbell Ha11) and had a son Isaac and a daughter Margaret (per page 88 of 1892 Bull Genealogy). Mrs. Ed lVIills of Bloomingburg, N. Y. says

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Isaac lived in New York City and had a son. Miss Booth said Isaac married Sarah Elizabeth Bullwink:1e and had 5 children; also that Margaret Taylor md. Robert Pembleton and had 8 or 9 children. In the 1825 Monroe Census there is an Isaac Taylor with 7 males and 2 females, followed by Jonathan Taylor with one male ap.d two females (one of the latter under 16). Perhaps said Isaac was the father of Jonathan.

9. Vashti, died single, per 1892 Bull Genealogy. 10~ Elizabeth, born about 1812, married Benjamin Pemble

ton. The 1892 Bull Genealogy, page 89, lists their children as Drusilla, James, Elizabeth Ann, Esther and Malvina. Mrs. Ed Mills says the Pembletons lived in Newburgh (a notation in the old Bull book confirms this), but we know they lived in Monroe at least until 1855 when the census shows Benjamin Pembleton, miller, age 45, wife Elizabeth, 43, resident of town 38 years, children: James 21, Anna 19, Esther 16, Malvina 14,. Harrison 12, Christina 10, Charity 6. The additional children were born after the list in the old (1837) Bull Genealogy was compiled.

11. Martha, married Samuel Shorter. Her gravestone is in Warwick, N. Y. Cemetery-"Martha B., wife of Samuel L. Shorter, died March 26, 1885, age 67 years, 11 months, 5 days" showing she·was born in 1817. Samuel L. Shorter's gravestone is also in Warwick Cemetery, showing he died Sept. 6, 1851 ''son of Andrew & Julia Shorter" who are buried there as well. A granddaughter, Mrs. George P. Jeffries, has given the following information about the children of Samuel and Martha (Monell) Shorter:

(a) Edson (age 12 in 1855), married his second cousin Lavinia A. Shorter (born 1854, daughter of John V. Shorter and Rachel (Monell) Shorter), had a position in New York City, lived in Rutherford, N. J., died when his children were young, about 1900 or earlier, and is buried in War'\\ick Cemetery (no gravestone). Lavinia married 2nd --Owens by whom she had a daughter Helen who is mentioned in her grandmother Rachel's estate papers. The children of Edson and Lavinia Shorter were: Willworth who moved to New York City where he died unmarried; Edson Jr. who md Margaret -- and is now dead (his widow has carried on the undertaking business of her husband in Carlstadt, N. J. and has 4 children named Edson, Eleanor, Irene and Everett); Edjth who married her stepfather -Owens, lives around Rutherford and bas 4 children named Lester, Edson, Mildred and Lavinia; Florence who md a Latham, is widowed, lives around Rutherford and has a son Vincent.

(b) Mary Frances (age 8 in 1855), lived in Bellvale which is near Warwick, died unmarried about 1912, aged 65. She is buried in Warwick Cemetery, no gravestone.


(c) Annie, died at age of about 2 years. She was twin of George Andrew.

(d) George Andrew, who died about 1932 in November, age 86. His birthday was July 4th. He was a carpenter and married Libby Shader, according to Fred Raynor of Warwick, who says he was well known around Warwick for his ability to entertain and that "he would walk 10 miles to trade a watch, pocket knife or gun''. George had six children: John Martin, born about 1880; Annie L., born Feb. 18, 1883 who md George P. Jeffries, lives on Howe St., Warwick and has a daughter Lena (she md Dewitt Bernard and has a daughter Ruth); George Andrew, Jr., died about 1936 age 50 and is buried in Warwick Cem.; Wilbur B., born about 1890 and has 2 children; Thomas Knox, born about 1894; Albert Rowe, born April 1896.

12. Samuel A., youngest son of Samuel and Abigail (Earle) Monell, was born Aug. 8, 1812 and died April 19, 1893. He is buried in Warwick Cemetery next to his first two wives-1st Hannah l\riaria Bennett, born March 28, 1819, died April 18, 1847 (whom he married March 1, 1842) and 2nd her sister Mary Dolly Bennett, born March 26, 1830, died Feb. 19, 1854. They were daughters of Peter and Margaret (Horton) Bennett according to B. B. Sayer of Warwick, who supp1ied the dates of birth, marriage and death of Samuel A. Monell above mentioned, and whose mother was also a daughter of Peter and Margaret. We also are informed that Samuel married third Harriet Pitts and fourth on July 21, 1890 Mrs. C. A. Burbank. Mr. Sayer states that Samuel was a brick maker in Haverstraw, later at Canterbury and New Windsor, and that he came to Warwick and bought the Peter Bennett farm on the back road from Bellvale to Sugar Loaf. He continues ''while here he also ran a brickyard on an adjoining farm. Then he sold the farm and moved to Woolseyville, N. Y., near Owego. From there he went to California, then to Colorado to his son Peter and finally to Warwick to his daughter Mary where he died."- T. W. Monell of Montrose, Colorado informs us the 3rd wife died in Montrose in 1888. As to Samuel's brickmaking business, Fred Raynor of Warwick adds that Samuel furnished the brick for the M. E. Church in Warwick and the schoolhouses at Sugar Loaf and Bellvale.

Page 593 of Ruttenber & Clark's Orange Co. History tells us that Samuel A. Monell in Nov. 1832 :'experienced religion" at an extra meeting of the M. E. Church at the house of Samuel Wilson in Bell vale and adds that he was for years a true and warmhearted friend of the M. E. Church and remained steadfast when the church was divided and its interest suffered at the hands of others. The 1850 Census for Warwick lists Samuel as a farmer ov,,.ning $6000 of real estate, wife Mary D. and four children, Peter B. age 8, Mary age 6, Henry age 2 and Jesse


(should be Ira) age 6 months. Samuel A. Monell appears in the 1855 Census for Warwick also, age 45, resident of town 15 yrs, landowner occupying 78 acres of improved and 69 acres of unimproved land. The rest of his family was given as Peter B. age 12 yrs, Mary 9, Henry 7, Ira 4, Hannah 3, Abigail Monell 73 mother resident 15 yrs, and Ann Healy 19 servant. All were shovvn as born in Orange Co. except the last named who was born in Ireland. Children, all born in Town of Warwick, N. Y.:

(a) Peter Bennett, born Nov. 25, 1842, raised his family in Orange Co., was in the Civil War as a surgeon, and moved to Colorado Springs in 1882. The following year he moved to Montrose, Colo. where he died Dec. 3, 1898 and where he is buried. He married MaryLouisa Voorhees (or Van Voorhees) who was born April 23, 1846 and died May 27, 1902, buried at Montrose. The Van Voorhees Family Genealogy of 1888, page 366 states that Mary Louisa was a daughter of David and Ann ( Clarkson) Van Voorhees and gives the date of her marriage to Peter as April 15, 1868. His children were:

i. Townsend Wright Monell, born Feb. 28, 1869 near Sugar . Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y. An excellent biography of Townsend is found in the History of Colorado by the Colo. State Historical & Natural Historicai Society, Vol. 4, page 476. Briefly, this tells us he became a printer and before he was 21 was editor of the Montrose Messenger, continuing in the printing and publishing business for 33 years. During this period he supported the Farmers Allianc~ movement and took an active part in placing Montrose County's finances of a cash basis. He then served successively as deputy county clerk, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of Insurance of Colorado, again as deputy clerk of Montrose Co. until 1899 when he was elected clerk of the county. Meanwhile he supervised his three farms and herd of cattle, and was actively interested in agricultural and live stock affairs. He represented Montrose, Delta & Mesa Counties for such matters before the Ways & Means Committee of Congress in January, 1921 and he also championed the cause of good roads in his state. He was a member of the National Guard in his younger days and during the World War was Chairman of the Horse Service Dept. of the American Red Cross. We are also informed he was made Secretary of Colo. State Tax Commission in 1929 and that he has occupied several positions in State Normal and College Affairs. In 1936 he was postmaster of Montrose, Colo. where he resides.

On May 6, 1899 he married Mabel Clark, daughter of Asa M. and Hannah Jane (Hall) Clark who was born Jan. 2, 1875 (died Jan. 17, 1901) by whom he had a daughter Mabel, born Jan. 15, 1900 who married June 20, 1933 Richard Ellis Edmondson. They


had a son Richard Townsend b. Oct. 11, 1934. T. W. Monell married 2nd on July 30, 1902 to Helen Amanda Clarkson, daughter of James Franklin and Amanda (Payne) Clarkson, who was born Feb. 7, 1866 and _died Jan. 2, 1926. By this marriage there was a son Ralph Payne Monell who was born Jan. 15, 1904. He is married, has 2 children and is in the Science Dept. of Cheyenne School, Colorado Springs. T. W. Monell married 3rd on July 21, 1928 to Ada Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Job G. Davies and Elizabeth (Parry) Davies, who was born Aug. 27, 1873.

ii. Ira Humphrey Monell, second son of Peter, was born near Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y. on Dec. 1, 1870. At an early age his father moved to Montrose, Colo. where Ira died on Jan. 13, 1920 and is buried. He married 1st on Jan. 3, 1900 to Ada M. Bailey who was born Sept. 29, 1871, died Mar. 5, 1903 in Montrose and is buried there. His 2nd wife was Caroline L. Dumke whom he married in 1907. She was born Jan. 20, 1873 in Manitowoc, Wis. and was a daughter of John Frederick and Ida (Ricker) Dumke. Of the 5 children of Ira Humphrey Monell (all born in Montrose), only one was by his first wife, namely Kathryn Helen, born Jan. 26, 1901, rod May 1, 1920 to Alva D. Otta. She has a son and a daughter and is a school teacher in Montrose_ The four children of Ira. by his second wife werefirst, Ada Ricker (b. Nov. 14, 1908, md B. Frank Pine in Nov. 1926 and has daughters Ida Lois, b. Sept. 1, 1927 and Juanita Beatrice, b. Aug. 19, 1929---lives Chicago); second, Ira Hobart (b. Nov. 29, 1910, md Dec. 26, 1934 Kathleen O'Connor at Chicago where they live); third, John Peter (b. July 6, 1912, md 1st July 2, 1935 Eleanor Convis and 2nd Gertrude Grigoroff of Chicago); fourth, Charles Ezekiel (b. May 15, 1915, md Sept. 1, 1939 Dorothy Miller and lives in Chicago).

iii. Olivia Edgar Monell, daughter of Peter, born Sept. 16, 1872, died May 15, 1913, buried in Monell plot in Montrose, Colo. She married Feb. 26, 1896 to David Boyer and had no children.

iv. Henry Voorhees Monell, son of Peter, born Sept. 25, 1880, married Dec. 12, 1903 Minnie B. Myers who was born Jan. 22, 1885. He was Deputy Assessor of Montrose where he died Dec. 1939. He had five children-first, Mary Lillian (b. 1904, d. Dec. 31, 1909); second, Minnie Harriett (b. A.pril 26, 1906, md 1st Mar. 7, 1927 to Wayne Fast by whom she had a daughter Patsy Job. March 1928, and rod 2nd July 1929 to Carl Fender); third Harry Voorhees, (b. May 26, 1907, md May 25, 1930 to Frances Leatherman and has a son Gary Elwyn b. Jan. 4, 1935); fourth, Margaret Gertrude (b. May 11, 1909, rod 1930 to L. S. Browning and has a child Darwin b. Aug. 10, 1931); fifth, Lloyd Julius (b. May 7, 1911).

v. Peter B. Monell, Jr., born Nov. 22, 1881, died March 18, 1892.


vi. John E. Monell, last child of Peter, born May 5, 1885, died Aug. 10, 1885.

(b) Mary Monell, daughter of Samuel A., was born Nov. 24, 1845 and died Sept. 23, 1895. She married on Jan. 24, 1871 to Samuel Raynor (son of Samuel and Abigail (Morgan) Raynor) as his second wife. He was born Oct. 10, 1832 and died Feb. 10, 1909 and his first wife was Mary Louise Montross (1834-1870). Samuel and his two wives are buried in Warwick, N. Y. Their children were: ·

i. Mary Mabel, b. Jan. 17, 1873, died in infancy. ii. FrPd C., born Mar. 30, 1876, married Mar. 30, 1896 to

Lucy M. Smith who was born May 14, 1876. They live on a farm near Warwick. Mr. and Mrs. Raynor supplied much of the information we have given in this genealogy and their whole hearted cooperation as well as the beauty of their Orange County farm will long be remembered by the author. They have four children.

iii. Grace E., born Aug. 15, 1877, died 1921. Lived at Alameda, Cal. In 1900 she manied John Shaw and had a son Marvin.

iv. Ralph C., born Aug. 19, 1880, md Nov. 9, 1902 to Ida Decker. They live in Clifton, N. J. and have 2 daughters.

v. Jay M., born Feb. 3, 1882, died Aug. 15, 1934. He md May 11, 1920 to Margaret Eddy (nee Canfield), born Nov. 10, 1875. A retired doctor living in Pasadena, Cal.

(c) Henry Monell, son of Samuel A., was born July 15, 1848 and died March 1922 at Boulder, Colo. where he is buried in the Masonic Plot. He never manied. Fred Raynor is authority for the statement lie was one of the best authorities on mineralogy in the early mining days of Colorado and that he prospected from Alaska to Mexico in his day.

( d) Ira Ferris Monell, son of Samuel A., was born in 1849 and died Jan. 9, 1929 at San Jose, Cal. He lived in Boulder, Colo. many years and married there in 1893 to Sarah Foot who was born 1859 and died 1932 at San Jose. Fred Raynor tells us Ira F. was an inventor of mining machinery and that he had no children.

(e) Hannah Monell, daughter of Samuel A., was bomOct. 19, 1850, spent most of her life in Belleville, N. J., and died Sept. 1, 1934. On March 15, 1868 she married James Forshee who was born Sept. 11, 1847 and died Dec. 1917. Their children were, according to Mrs. Raynor:

i. John Forshee, born 1869, killed in railroad accident in 1893. ii. Abram Forshee, born 1870, md Mary E. Downing who

was born 1871, lives in Belleville and has a son Wilfred (who is married and has children Dorothy and Everett), a son Elmer, a daughter Julia (who md an Obrien and has children Ruth and Leatrice), a daughter Susie, a daughter Miriam, a son Alred, a son Louis.


m. Samuel Monell Forshee, born 1873, died 1919, md Louise -- and had Helen May, Annie Elsie, Samuel James and Wood-row Wilson (latter died infancy). -

iv. Frank Wilbur Forshee, born 1876, died 1879. v. James Henry Forshee, born 1880, died infancy. vi. Harry, born 1885, died 1898. vii. Mary Elizabeth Forshee, born 1887, unmarried, lives in

Goshen, N. Y. viii. Elsie Jane Forshee, born 1893, md Chas. Svenson and

lives in Belleville, N. J. They have three children: Charles Victor, Elsie Hannah and James Henry.

(f) Benjamin, son of Samuel A., died Oct. 27, 1853, age 3 months, 20 · days, buried Warwick Cemetery.

IRA AND ELIZABETJI (MOORE) MONELL BRANCH OF WILLIAM MONELL LINE

IRA MONELL, son of Samuel and Abigail (Earle) Monell, grandson of William and Frances (Tuthill) Monell, great-grandson of William and Mary (Eager) Monell and great-great-grandson of the settler James Monell was born Sept. 3, 1807 according to family records confirmed by the certificate of his death on file in the Town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. The death certificate says he was born in the Town of Blooming Grove, Orange County, but the letter of his son Dr. Joseph S. Monell quoted below says Ira was born in Monroe, an adjoining town. Probably the section was Oxford, which then covered a considerable pa:rt of Blooming Grove (see page 636 Ruttenber & Clark's 1881 History of Orange Co.) and which probably overlapped into what was then Monroe and is now Chester. The latter to-vv-n was erected in 1845, taking territory from Goshen, W a.rwick, Blooming Grove and Monroe (see page 28 of said History). Oxford was the place where Ira's grandfather Vlillis.m ~,,f onell lived and probably where Ira's father spent most of his life and it was there that Ira's son Joseph S. was born in 1828.

Family records also show that on May 26, 1827 Ira married Elizabeth Moore who was born April 27, 1811, daughter of Alexander Moore. The Town Clerk's Records of Mamakating, Sullivan County, N. Y. ( which includes the Village of Bloomingburg) states Elizabeth was born ip. Washingtonville, Orange Co. and that her parents were Alexander :M~oore and Elizabeth Roberts, both born in New York State. One of the present storekeepers of Washingtonville is Walter D. Owen, whose grandfather Albert G. Owen was in partnership with Alexander 1\-Ioore, Jr. in the furniture and undertaking business. Mr. Owen has a number of old books which are rich in material of old Washingtonville, including an account book of Jonathan Owen (1773-1855), Mr. Owen's ancestor. This book contains numerous recordings of births, marriages and deaths of local residents and to one of the pages there is pinned a sheet headed "Children of Alexander Moore and Elizabeth (Roberts) 1\tloore" under which their names appear as follows: Nancy, Malinda, l\1ary, James, John, Phebe, Elizabeth, Henry, Alexander, Joanna and Lewis.


Thus we are able to cQnfirm the names of the parents of Elizabeth Mo~re Monell, but we have no information as to the ancestors of Alexander Moore and Elizabeth Roberts ·Moore.

Chester Pres. Church Records show Elizabeth, wife of Ira Monell, became a member June 19, i835, that Ira joined in 1845 and that their daughters Phebe and Lavinia were also members of the church from March 14, 1850. Ira, Elizabeth and Phebe were dismissed April 21, 1853. In the 1835 Census "Ire Munnel" is listed in the Town of Goshen. In view of his wife's membership in Chester Church, we feel certain Ira was then living in that part of Goshen which Jater became the Town of Chester. His family consisted of 4 males ( one an alien and three subject to military duty) and 6 females of whom one was his \\ife, 4 were unmarried and under 16, and one was born during the year. He then had 17 cattle, 4 horses and 27 hogs which shows he was a farmer. One colored person was listed also, doubtless a servant. Ira was listed under Goshen again in the 1840 Census, aged· 30-40, with one male 20-30, one 10-15 (his son Joseph), one female 20-30 (his wife), one 10-15, three 5-10 and two under 5. In the 1850 Census, the fii""St to give names of all members of the family, Ira is shovrn as living in Chester, aged 43, farmer, his wife Elizabeth 39, son Joseph S. 22 (also a farmer), Lavinia 20, Raebel 19, Phebe A. 17, Jane 15, Martha 13, Malinda 11, Matilda 9, Emily A. 7, Char]es E. 2, Joan 5 months. This list substantially agrees with the earlier censes allowing for the difference in years, though there were two extra males in 1835 and one in 1840 too old to be children and who must have beeri relatives, servants or farmhands. Ira 53 and Elizabeth 49 appear.~ Town of Mamakating, Sullivan Co. 1860 Census with Matilda 19, Emma 15, Charles 12, Joan 10, Ira 8 and Samuel 5. A partial list of the children of Ira is found on page 87 of the 1892 Eull Family Genealogy mentioned in the previous chapter. This list is as follows: Joseph Sears, Lavinia, Rachel, Phebe Ann, Abby Jane, Martha and Melinda. The omission of the children born after Melinda is accouvted for by the fact the 1892 book was compiled from the records of R. H. Bull obtained about 1837.

On Oct. 25, 1845 Ira purchased from Joseph S. Smith of New Jersey for $1 a seventh part of a fourth part of a lot in Chester, but formerly part of l\llonroe, devised by Samuel Smith by his "·ill to James: Jesse, Samuel, Jr. and Wm. F. Smith containing

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80 acres on east mountain adjoining land of Jesse Smith. The deed was recorded in Orange Co. Three days later Ira executed a quit claim deed for the same property to Royal S. Rumsey of Chester who, the ~ecords show, purchased other property formerly owned by a number of the Smith's and sold at auction. The first deed gives Ira's residence as Goshen and the second Chester. As we have said before, it probably was in the part of Chester which was in the Town of Goshen until 1845.

On Jan. 15, 1848 Ira of Chester and his wife Elizabeth conveyed to Cornelius B. Wood for $365.25 18 acres of land on Goosepond Mountain, in the Town of Chester. This mountain is nearer Oxford than Chester Village. The fourth and last of the documents recorded in Orange Co. involving Ira is an Agreement dated July 24, 1849 by which-Sylvanus C. Tupper conveyed to Im Monell of Chester as Trustee three houses between East and West Chester Villages to be converted into cash for the payment of debts incurred by Tupper to Ira Monell and others.

Ira Monell of Chester on July 2. 1851 purchased from Samuel Whitlock of Williamsburgh, Kings Co., N. Y. and wife Margaret for $2500. 120 acres of land in the Town of Mamakating, Sullivan Co. on the northwest side of the rpad from Burlingham to Bloomingburg Village and another 12 acre parcel nearby. This deed was recorded in Sullivan Co. Ira's wife had a sister Phebe who married James Whitlock who probably was related to Samuel Whitlock, who sold these two parcels to Ira. In Nov. 1853 Ira and his wife joined Bloomingburg Reformed Church, followed by their daughters Phoebe, Martha and Melinda.

Ira's Bloomingburg farm 1now owned by the McCune family) was uphill from the road and the land immediately above his property was ovvned by John Dickerson, son of David and Mary (Redfield) Dickerson. John was born in Orange Co. not far from Bloomingburg. His father came from Southold, Long Island and his mother from Connecticut. The Dickersons were descendants of Philemon Dickerson who came from England to this country in 1637. The MoneH and Dickerson families in Bloomingburg were both large with a predominance of girls in the Monell family. It is not surprising therefore that two of the girl$ married sons of John Dickerson, despite, it is said, lack of encouragement from Ira Monell.


Raymond Monell Dickerson, grandson of Ira, says Ira was considered a learned man by people in his section of Bloomingburg and was frequently consulted by other farmers of the community. However in later life he sufiered financial reverses, lost his farm, and moved to Scranton where his name appears in the City Directory for 1873 as a watchman. His son Ira, Jr. was living "1ith him at the time. Ira was in Scranton as late as 1881 about which time he returned to Bloomingburg.

Ira Monell's obituary in the lVIiddletown Daily Press shows he died April 6, 1890 at the home of his son in law, Wm. H. Mills, near Bloomingburg, aged 82 years and he and his wife are buried in the Mills plot in Bloomingburg Cemetery. Ira's wife died Nov. 7, 1894, also at Mr. Mills home. Her obituary in the Press shows she was survived by Martha Mills and Samuel Monell of Bloomingburg, Charles and Lavinia of New York City, Phoebe and Emma of Chicago, Rachel of Jackson, Michigan, her children. Her obituary in another Orange Co. paper states she was born 1811 near Ch~ter, N. Y. and that she was the mother of 14 children of whom 7 survived her, as given above. We know the names of only 13 and believe if there was another child, it died in infancy. Other documents which list children of Ira Monell are the Estate Papers of Wm. Henry Moore (Elizabeth Moore Monell's brother), and the will of Lavinia Monell Knox (daughter of Ira and Elizabeth), both on file in New York County.

Children: JosEPH SEARS, the eldest child, was born June 10, 1828 at

Oxford, Orange Co. In the 1850 Census for Chester, Orange Co. he appears in his fathe_r's.household as a farmer, but in the same year he became a druggist in New York City. The 1850 City Directory shows his store was at No. 2 First Ave. and that he boarded at 181 Orchard St. The following year he is listed as a student and from 1852 until 1875 he is sho,vn as a physician at the First Ave. address. In 1875 to 1880 he was listed at 61-2nd Ave., though Business Directories show him at the 2nd Ave. address more than 10 years earlier. His sister Emma related that Dr. Monell maintained his drug store for years after he became a physician, also that his brother Charles became associated with him in the store and continued in the drug business at the same location, No. 2 First Ave. at the corner of Houston


St. This is borne out by Wilson's Business Directory which shows Charles as a druggist beginning 1868 and continuing to 1899. In the latter year the store was listed as Charles E. Monel1 Co. by which name it was known (although Charles had died in 1903) until 1913, when it became Monell's Pharmacy. As ]ate as 1920 the proprietor of Monell's Pharmac-y still received calls for Dr. Monell's remedies, though he had been dead for 40 years. The store was removed after 1930 for construction of a subway, though up to its removal it continued as a drug store.

In numerous places herein mention has been made of Dr. Joseph Sears Monell's letter showing his ancestry, an invaluable document to all interested in the Monell Genealogy. The quotation from the letter below is as given by his children:

'"James Monell arrived in Philadelphia in 1717 where he remained until 1723 when he purchased a farm in town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. and removed with his family upon this farm upon which he lived until his death. William was begat while living here; said William remained upon said farm until the death of his father, when he married and begat children, among whom was a son bearing his name (William)-17 55. Said William remained in said to~'Il of Wallkill until he married and begat children among whom was one Samuel, my grandfather, who was born in 1780. He begat my father (Ira) in the year 1804 while living in the to~'Il of Monroe, Orange Co. I was begat in the town of Oxford, Orange Co. in 1828."

Dr. Joseph Sears Monell died l\tlarch 7, 1881 at Green Cove Springs, Fla. and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, N. Y. City. The N. Y. Tribune for Marc_h 9, 1881 shows he was Vice President of the Metropolitan Savings Bank. His widow was appointed Administratrix of his estate by the N. Y. County Surrogate and the papers on file show that in 1881 the family lived in a house owned by the family at 150 Madison Ave., corner of 32nd St., which was sold in 1889.

Mrs. Eva Mone11 Oudin, daughter of Dr. Monell, supplied the date of birth given above and also told us he married at St. George's Church on 16th St., N. Y. City to Mary Cohu. daughter of Wm. Cohu of IsJe of Guernse_y and Ann ~liza (Tobias) Cohu. The records of the church give the date of the marriage as Jan. 2, 1856. Mrs. Oudin and Mrs. Maude Monell Vetlesen, daughters of the doctor, and Ralph Monell, his son, are the source of the following information as to the children of Dr. Monell:


1. Julia, born Sept. 2, 18- on Second Ave., N. Y. City, married 1st Wm. Habirshaw and 2nd Thomas K. Russell. Both marriages took place in the Church Incarnation, N. Y. City and there were no children by either marriage. Mrs. Russell was living at the Hotel Roosevelt in N. Y. City in 1935 and died prior to 1941.

2. Eva, born Dec. I, 1861 on Second Ave., N. Y. City, married on Jan. 15, 18- at Church Incarnation to Charles P. Oudin who was born Newport, R. I. July 23, 1856. They had 5 childrenAnnette who md Joseph C. Tyler and has 2 boys and a girl and lives in Berkeley, Cal.; Charles P. Jr. who died many years ago; Eve]yaine, also dead; Josephine who md Oscar Brewer of Spokane and has several children; and Marie who md Edward Saunders of Spokane and has several children. Mrs. Oudin in 1940 lived in Spokane, Washington.

3. Ralph, born October 1, 1873 at N. Y. City, married May 23, 1906 at Livingston, WE:st Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. to Marion B. Heineken who was born Sept. 3, 1874. They lived at Doi;igan Hills, Staten Island, and Ralph died while a resident there April 29, 1940. His obituary in the N. Y. Times states he was in the dry goods and real estate businesses for several years, then with the American Bank Note Co. and later with the Wall St. firm of Kissel, Kinnicutt & Co. For 20 years prior to his death he was Vice President and a director of the investment firm of Minsch, Monell & Co. of New York. He had been a member of the First Cavalry Troop of the N. Y. National Guard and belonged to the Union, Down Town Association and Richmond County Country Clubs. He was buried in St. Andrews Churchyard, Richmond, S. I. His wife survived him. They had no children.

4. Maude, born Dec. 28, 1876 at New York City, married Oct. 13, 1899 at the Church Incarnation, N. Y. City to Ambrose Monell, Jr. son of Ambrose and Jennie (Kip) Hyatt Monell. Further details of this family will be found in the chapter on Dr. George Monell, ancestor of Ambrose Monell. This is the only instance we have found of one Monell marrying another. The relationship in this case is extremely remote as the connection goes back nearly 200 years to the Second Generation in this country.

LAVINIA, eldest daughter of Ira Monell, was born in Orange Co. Nov. 4, 1829 and became a member of Chester Pres. Church Mar. 14, 1850. She married April 28, 1856 at Bloomingburg Reformed Church to Thomas C. Knox of N. Y. City who was born N. Y. City about 1829. He was a physician and druggist in New York. He also became Deputy Coroner and later Coroner.


Dr. Knox died at Bedford Park, N. Y. City Dec. 13, 1906 and his wife died at 31 W. 61st. St., N. Y. City Dec. 9, 1911. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cem., N. Y. City. They had no children of their own. The above information (except the date of Lavinia's birth which is from the certificate of her death) was supplied by their niece and adopted daughter, Lavinia Brewster. By her husband's will dated Dec. 23, 1902 Lavinia Knox had a life interest in his estate. The will also p:i.ovided that upon her death certain surr:.s were to be paid to 12 persons, mostly nephews and nieces, and the balance to his adopted daughter Lavinia Brewster. Lavinia Knox's will, dated at Mt. Vernon1 N. Y. Sept. 29, 1910, made bequests to her sisters Emma and Phoebe and some of her numerous nieces and nephews. She also made a codicil dated Nov. 15, 1910 at Middletown, N. Y. Both wills were probated in New York County.

RACHEL, second daughter of Ira Monell, was born in Orange County, N. Y. about 1831 (her age was given as 19 in 1850, 23 in 1855 and 72 in 1904). The marriage of Rachel Monell of Bloomingburg, Sullivan Co. to John Shorter of Edenville, Orange Co. on Jan. 5, 1853 at the home of her father is recorded in Bloomingburg Reformed Church Records. Her E'ister Phoebe was married at the same time. We do not know the names of John Shorter's .. parents, but among the Chapel subscribers in 1824 for the church st Edenville were Andrew and Cornelius Shorter, and we think the latter may be John's father since John had a son Cornelius. Cornelius Shorter ''son of Andrew S. and Julia Ann Shorter" died Mar 25, 1840, age 32 and is buried in Warwick Cem. where his parents are also buried. Andrew Shorter, aged 74, born Ulster Co., appears in the 1855 War'\\ick Census with his second wife Elizabeth and granddaughter Julia, aged 10. John Shorter's mother may have been a Van Cort as that was John's middle name. In the 1855 Census for Town of Warnick (in which Edenville is located) we find John V. Shorter aged 22, born Orange Co., farmer, Rachel his wife 23, born O1;ange Co., !esident of Warwick 3 years, with L. A. Shorter, daughter aged 1 yr. John Shorter also appears at Edenville on an 1859 property map of Orange Co. Mrs. Nellie Shorter Kilburn of Parma, Michigan states that John and his family moved to Ohio for awhile where an uncle lived and later settled in Bliss-


field, Michigan before ~ettling at Jackson, Mich. where be died Aug. 24, 1900 according to the 1901 Jackson Directory. His age was given as 69, which is a year or two greater than indicated above. Rachel Monell Shorter died Nov. 7, 1904, aged 72. They were buried in Woodland Cem., Jackson. The following information concerning their children is from Mrs. Kilburn (as given to Wendell E. Dickerson of South Haven, Mich. in 1936) and the papers on file for the administration of Rachel Shorter's estate in Jackson County:

1. Lavinia A., born at Edenville, Orange Co., N. Y. 1854, died prior to 1905, married 1st her second cousin Edson Shorter and 2nd to -- Owens. Edson Shorter was a son of Samuel and Martha (Monell) Shorter; the latter was a sister of Ira Monell. Samuel was a son of Andrew Shorter who is believed to be John Shorter's grandfather, so that Lavinia and Edson were related through both the Shorters and the Monells. For details of Edson and Lavinia's family, see the previous chapter.

2. Cornelius Lazear, born 1855 at Edenville, N. Y. He was a farmer and married Minerva Youngs who was born 1853. He died 1936 and she died 1926. These dates appear on their tombstone in Pope Cem., near Parma, Mich. In 1904 they lived at Springport, Mich. They had (a) a daughter Nellie, born June 14, 1881 who md Nov. 27, 1927 to Roy Kilburn of Parma and has a stepson Warren Stanley Kilburn born July 2, 1922; (b) a son John Blain Shorter of Springport born July 15, 1884 who md Blanche Adams (daughter of Oscar and Addie Adams) and has Margaret born July 28, 1908 and Paul born Dec. 18, 1921; and (c) a daughter Flossie who md Donald Adams (brother of Blanche above), lives at Albion, Mich. and has Donna Marie (md Edw. Schultz), Roberta (rod Raymond Ludlow) and Owen.

3. Elizabeth, married Norman Cuff and had Norman, Jr. who lived in 1936 on ?rd. St., Jackson, Mich. She was buried in Chapel Cem. between Parma and Jackson.

4. Elnora A., born 1878, married Peter Town and apparently 2nd to -- KrPmer as her gravestone in her parents' plot in Jackson reads "Elnora A. Kremer, 1878-1920".

PHOEBE ANN, third daughter of Ira Monell, was born on a farm at Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. May 4, 1833 (family bible record). She was received as a member of Chester Pres. Church in 1850 and dismissed April 21, 1853. In Nov. 1853 she became a member of Bloomingburg Reformed Church. The records of the latter church show she was married on Jan. 5, 1853 at the


home of her father in Bloomingburg (at the same time her sister Rachel married John Shorter), to Albert Dickerson, who was born near Bloomingburg on Dec. 28, 1831. He was a son of John Dickerson and his first wife Sarah (Ellis) Dickerson, whose farm adjoined that of Ira Monell. Albert and Phoebe Dickerson after their marriage moved to Kesaugua, Iowa, where their son Charles was born in 1855. Charles Dickerson stated that his parents stayed there only a year and then went to Gilman, Iroquois Co., Illinois, where Albert Dickerson had a general store and became postmaster. ·'Old Gilman Lore", published by H. W. Lackey of Gilman in 1935 indicates that Mrs. Albert Dickerson was one of the members of the Pres. Church of Gilman in 1858 and also shows Albert was a member of the first Board of Trustees of Gilman (1867) and a member of the Library Committee for the to"'-n in 1870. The first edition of the Gilman Star in 1870 contained an advertisement of A. Dickerson, Insurance. Iroquois Co. Clerk's Office shows that between 1859 and 1872, 16 deeds and mortgages were recorded to which Albert Dickerson was a party. During the 1870's Albert moved to Chicago where he had a position with the Board of T~ade. His wife was dismissed from Gilman Church to the 5th Pres. Church of Chicago Feb. 1877. In the latter part of his life Albert Dickerson lived in Miami, Fla. where he died Aug. 23, 1907 and is buried. His widow then came north with her son. She rejoined Bloomingburg Reformed Church Oct. 4, 1_908 but apparently lived there for a short time only. She spent her last days with her son at 987 Summit Ave., Bronx, N~ Y. City and died Oct. 21, 1916. Her grave is in St. Michaels Cem., Jackson Heights, L. I., N. Y. City. The dates given above as well as those which follow for their children are from the Albert Dickerson-Charles Dickerson family bible:

1. Charles Albert, born Nov. 3, 1855 at Kesauqua, Iowa, bap. Jan. 29, 1860 Gilman, Ill. Pres. Church, married April 16, 1884 at Homewood, Ill. to Clara Henrietta Jansen, daughter of Emil Jansen. He worked in Chicago, in Wisconsin and in Deland, Fla. and also spent two years '\1\-ith his father in Miami. Follo\"\ing his father's death he brought his family to 987 Summit Ave., Bronx, N. Y. City where they lived for 20 years. At the time of his death on Oct. 22, 1936 he was living with his daughter Helen 3 miles east of Hackettstown, N. J. on Schooley's Mountain on N. J. Hy No. 6. His wife was born at Chicago Nov. 4,


1865 and died June 16, J928, buried in Woodlawn Cem., N. Y. City. Their children were: (a) Herbert Charles, born Indiana Ave. near 36th St., Chic~go Feb. 22, 1885 who md on Sept. 14, 1908 at St. Albans Church, Bronx, N. Y. City to Lillian .May Riker (born Brooklyn, N. Y. April 21, 1890) and has a child Horace Herbert born 105 W. 163rd St., Bronx, N. Y. City Nov. 6, 1912. Since 1912 Herbert C. Dickerson has been with the Sheffield Farms Co., one of New York's largest milk distributors. In 1936 he was in charge of the Collection Dept. at their Bailey Ave. plant and his residence was in Teaneck, N. J.; (b) Helen Catherine born Matteson, Ill. (residence Homewood) Sept. 10, 1887, md Oct. 1, 1933 in Hackettstown, N. J. to Conrad Haugh; {c) Florence Bertha born Jan. 26, 1890 at Deland, Fla., unmarried, also with the Sheffield Farms Co. and lives in N. Y. City.

2. Ida Elizabeth, born Gilman, ID. March 8, 1858, died Sept. 9, 1859, buried Onarga, Ill.

3. Nellie May, born Gilman March 13, 1868, died March 17, 1879, buried at Chicago.

ABIGAIL JANE, fourth daughter of Ira Monell, was born Jan. 21, 1835 according to her granddaughter, Mrs. Faber who also stated that Abigail Jane married Sept. 271 1854 to Rev. James B. Baxter, who was born April 21, 1837. She and her husband became members of Bloomingburg Reformed Church in Nov. 1858. Prior to his death in 1903 Rev. Baxter was the owner of a farm near Bloomingburg previously owned by John Dickerson· which adjoined the north side of the former Ira Monell farm. He became Minister of the Bloomingburg Methodist Church. The first 3 children of this couple were baptised in Bloomingburg Reformed Church and both Rev. Baxter and his wife are buried in Bloomingburg Cemetery. Mrs. Baxter died Sept. 23, 1891 and her gravestone gives the year of her birth as 1834, but Mrs. Faber's record is probably correct since Abigail Jane's age in the 1850 Chester, Orange Co. Census was given as 15.

Children (information supplied by Mrs. Faber and Miss Julia Burr):

1. Eugene Monell, born Dec. 7, 1856, married July 14, 1892 Ella Mary Albright and had no children. 'He was a teacher at Gettysburg Seminary and professor of a College at York, Pa. Last lived in W apwallopen, Pa.

2. Charfes L., born Feb. 5, 1858, married Dec. 22, 1881 to Rettie Hull and had a son who died in infancy. Charles was a Methodist Minister and at the time of his death was District Supt. of Methodist Churches in and near Council Bluffs, Iowa.


3. Alexander Gillespie, born Nov. 6, 1859, married twice. His first marriage was on Sept. 18, 1881 to Sarah Elizabeth Teetz. Alexander lived in Ballston Spa, N. Y. and had a son and four µaughters. He died at Minisink, Orange Co., N. Y. Aug. 28, 1935. Their son, Robert Winter was born Feb. 22, 1888, is married and has a son Eugene Wemple born Oct. 22, 1914. Robert has been Mayor of Schenectady we are told. Abigail . Jane, daughter of Alexander Baxter, was born Dec. 22, 1887, married John P. Faber and has a son John Hubert born Feb. 11, 1916 who is studying medicine. Mrs. Faber lives in Schenectady, N. Y. Two other daughters of Alexander were Belle Mundon Baxter, born May 28, 1890 and Edith May Baxter born April 30, 1892. The latter (who lives in Schenectady) married on Nov. 30, 1910 at Schenectady Trinity M. E. Church, H. Chester Harrison who was born Jan. 7, 1883. Their children are Mary Edith (b. Sept. 5, 1911, md Apr. 4, 1930 Lewis Wm. Petteys and has Lewis Jr. & Joan Marlis), Alexander Baxter (b. Oct. 1, 1913, md Henrietta Alberts Oct. 16, 1941), Henry Charles (b. Aug. 16, 1916, md Antionette Gregorie Dec. 25, 1936), Nellie Sarah (b. May 22, 1919), Guy Anderson (b. July 21, 1923), Chester Luther (b. Aug. 14, 1928). Another daughter of Alexander Baxter is Blanche (Mrs_ John Doss) who lives in Wurtsboro, Sullivan Co., N. Y.

4. Joan Elizabeth, born June 15, 1867, married Sept. 1, 1885 to Elbert Burr and had a daughter Julia E., born Aug. 12, 1889 who lives in Los Angeles, Cal. Joan Elizabeth died at Arena, N. Y. Aug. 20, 1889 and Elbert died at Los Angeles Oct. 6, 1934.

' MARTHA, fifth daughter of Ira Monell, was born in Orange

Co., N. Y. Oct. 22, 1837 and died Dec. 23, 1910 according to her gravestone in Bloomingburg Cemetery. In Nov. 1854 she was received as a member of Bloomingburg Reformed Church. In the 1855 Census she was shown as age 17 and, with her sister Melinda, boarding in Middleto\\'"11. 8hr married March 25, 1857 at Bloomingbur~ Ref. Church to Wm. Horace Mills who lived near Bloomingburg and was a son of Horace and Jannett (Duryea} Mills. Sullivan Co. Records show that Horace Mills "Tailor" of Bloomingburg bought property along the Newburgh & Cochecton Turnpike for $800 in 1826. He was one of the early members of Bloomingburg Ref. Church which was formed in 1820, and Wm. H. Mills, who was born Jan. 30, 1834, was baptised in that church. The 1855 Census shows Horace was then 54 and born on Long Island, while his wife was 52 and born in Orange Co. Wm. H. Mills died Nov. 7, 1914 and is buried in Blooming-


burg Cemetery with his,wife, her parents, and five of their child ren as mentioned below. The 1880 Census for Wallkill, Orange Co. shows Wm. H. Mills age 46, his wife Martha 42, Edward H. 18, Jennie E. 14 and Grace 7. Children (according to Bloomingburg Reformed Church Records, Mrs. Edward Mills and Wilmot Duryea):

1. Minnie Lavinia born June 20, 1858, married De Witt E. Purdy and had a son Wm. Mills, born Feb. 28, 1882 (now dead) and a son Harrison who was of Middletown in 1937. Mr. Purdy died in 1925 and his wife died in the early 1930's. Both are buried in Bloomingburg Cem.

2. John Hudson, born Feb. 25, 1860, died May 23, 1861, buried with parents.

3. Edward Horace, born May 29, 1862, married Jennie S. Drake and died June 9, 1937 in Middletown, N. Y., buried Bloomingburg Cem. His obituary in the Middletown Times Herald states he was an elder of the Reformed Church in Bloomingburg, a member of Hoffman Lodge, F. & A. M., and a past master of the Bloomingburg Grange; also that he was town assessor (Town of Wallkill) for about 20 years. They had one daughter, Nellie Maud, who md on Nov. 4, 1908 John Ryerson of Warwick, and a granddaughter Jeannette. The home of Mr. and M.rs. Ed. Mills was an attractive farm house which had been the home of his parents. It is situated a short distance south of Bloomingburg about 1-8 mile west of highway No. 17.

4. Jeannette Elizabeth, born June 26, 1866, married on Mar. 3, 1887 at BL Ref. Church to Wilmot Duryea who was born May 26, 1856. They lived in New Milford, N. Y. in 1937 and had 2 children (a) Ethel Ruth, b. Sept. 28, 1888 md. Geo. S. Spencer (they had no children; she died and is buried in Conn.; he is living in Miami, Fla.); (b) Alafir, b. Mar. 20, 1890.

5. Willie H., died March 22, 1870, a.ge · 3 months (buried Bloomingburg Cem.). -

6. Anna Grace, born 1873, married R. W. Potter and died 1908, buried BL Cem. They had no children.

MELINDA, sixth daughter of Ira Monell, was born in Orange Co., N. Y. in 1839. She joined Bloomingburg Ref. Church in May 1855. The 1855 Wallkill Census shows Melinda and her sister Martha ( the latter then 17) boarding together. The Church records disclose that Melinda, then of Mamakating (Bloomingburg) married Mar. 5, 1856 to Nathaniel 0. Dickerson of Newburgh. Mrs. Glorianer Dickerson Hull of Otisville, N. Y. has a family bible which shows that N athanieJ (son of Selah and

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Glorianer Fowler Dickerson) was born Jan. 5, 1832, that he married first on the date above mentioned and second on Dec. 3, 1859 ·(to Elizabeth Mackey by whom he had 3 children) and died Jan. 3, 1889 age 57. Mrs. Ed. Mills tells us that -Melinda had no chiJdren and died shortly after her marriage to Nathaniel.

. MATILDA, seventh daughter of Ira Monell, was born 1841 (age 9 in 18;50 census). She married Charles Van Keuren. From his niece, Mrs. Della Hawley of Newburgh and from Mrs. Lavinia B. McClure we -learn that they had a son Cyrenus who at one time lived in Newburgh. Another son, Ira, who died at the age of 1 yr., 8 mo., is buried in Bloomingburg Cem. with Matilda, who died April 18, 1870, age 29. We are told that Charles Van Keuren kept a store in Bloomingburg. Quinlan's 1873 Sullivan Co. Hist., p. 436 states that in 1835 Cyrenus Van Keuren, "\\ith Alanson Everett, bec8me a wagon-maker. It seems likely that he was Charles' father.

EMMA ADELINE, eighth daughter of Ira Mone11. was born in Chester, Orange Co. Sept. 30, 1844 (family records). In 1853 her parents brought her to Bloomingburg, Sullivan Co. with the rest of the family. Mrs. Emma D. Kinne who has contributed much of historical interest about Bloomingburg, has an old list of scholars who attended District School No. 1 of the Town of Mamakating (in which Bloomingburg is located) and the To'\\"'D of Wallkill. This shows that for the 6 months term commencing Oct. 16, 1854, Emma (one of about 50 scholars) attended 22 days and her brother Charles 35 days. She is also in Jists for subsequent terms. Schooling in those days was obviously rather sketchy. When Emma grew up, she followed her sister Phoebe who married Albert Dickerson and who was then living in Gilman, Iroquois Co., Illinois. Samuel Van Vechten Dickerson, Albert's half brother, followed Emma, and married her in Gilman on Jan. 19, 1870. Samuel was born near Bullville, Orange Co., N. Y. on Aug. 8, 1842, son of John Dickerson and his second wife Susan Weller*. He was a house painter by trade. There

*Susan Weller was a granddaughter of Hieronimus Weller who is mentioned in the chapter on Wm. and Aletta (Lockwood) Monell to which the reader is referred for general remarks on the Weller family. Susan's parents were Peter and Susannah (Trumpbour) Weller.


are eight deeds and mortgages of record in Iroquois Co. to which Samuel was a party. He lived at first on the outskirts of town and later in back of the Methodist Church at the corner of Thomas & Second Sts., Gilman. The last mentioned property was sold in 1891, when he moved his family to Blue Island, a suburb of Chicago. Again he and his wife were following Albert and Phoebe (Monell) Dickerson who had moved to Chicago about 15 years earlier. When their children grew up, Samuel and Emma moved to Detroit. They first lived on Fourth Ave. and later built a bungalow on Reid Place. Samuel was very fond of horses and kept one long after automobiles had become the vogue. Due to Emma's thrifty nature, she and her husband acquired · considerable real estate in Detroit which kept them comfortably in their old age. Emma was a cripple most of her life and her husband faithfully attended her d.uring the many years of their marriage. She had a keen "it which was the delight of her children and grandchildren. She always said there was Irish blood in her, a remark made by many other Monells. Another typical Monell trait she had was independence, particularly of her numerous relations (her sister Phoebe excepted). On several occasions they would vnite that they intended to visit her; she would write back telling them not to come. When Emma died in Detroit on May 15, 1925, Samuel went to South Haven, Mich. with their eldest son. He died Nov. 11, 1925. He and his wife are buried in Lakeview Cem., South Haven.

Children (all born in Gilman, Ill.): I. Charles Edward, born Aug. 2, 1871 was general1y known

as Edward C. Dickerson. He married in Gilman on July 8~ 1896 to Anna Elizabeth W ~re. who was born near Maryville, Mo. on July 11, 1874, daughter of Adam Terhune and Sarah (Wray) Ware. They first lived at Blue Island, Ill. where their first 2 children were born, and then at Benton Harbor, Mich. where the third child was born. Most of their life however was spent in South Haven, Mich. where Edward was first a farmer and was then employed for over 20 years by a piano manufacturing concern of which he became Superintendent of the Finishing Dept. Ill health caused him to sever his connections and to take up house painting which was his original trade. His first wife died at South Haven March 6, 1939 and he married again on Jan. 15, 1941 to Mrs. Alice Harry of that town where they still reside. Children, all by first marriage:


(a) Wendell Edward, born Jan. 16, 1898, md at the Episcopal Church, South Haven on Aug. 21, 1923 to Emily Jenners who was born Mar. 24, 1903. He was an accountant for many years, at one time was Sec'y, of the National Motor Castings Co. of South Haven, and for several years owned and operated the Dickerson Nursery near there. He moved in 1945 to Winston-Salem, N. C. with his wife and 2 children, Dorothy Lois b. Jan. 21, 1925 and Edward Francis b. June 10, 1932.

(b) Edyth Berenice, born Feb. 28, 1899, md in 1921 to Leo A. Watson who was born Sept. 15, 1898 and died Aug. 18, 1940 at Kalamazoo where they made their home and where Mrs. Watson now lives. They had 4 children, Leo A. b. Nov. 21, 1922, Robert Claire b. July 7, 1924, Richard Edward b. Dec. 4, 1927 and Jack Roger b July 7, 1930.

(c) Joseph Claire, born June 4, 1903 is unmarried and lives at South Haven where he has a Jewelry & Watch Repair Store.

2. Edith Linda, born Dec. 24, 1873, married at Blue Island, lli. June 19, 1901 in her father's house on Gregory St. to Frank McCarter Baker, also of Blue Island, who was born Oswego, N. Y. Sept. 7, 1864, son of Dyer T. and Bertha M. (Blackwood) Baker. They lived in Blue Island where Mr. Baker was Asst. Foreman at the Rock Island R. R. Burr Oak Transfer House. A few years later he resigned his position and became a publisher of photographic records, continuing in this business until he died. He started in Joliet, Ill. and shortly after moved to Kansas City Mo. In Oct. 1904 he moved his family to Philadelphia where he stayed until 1908 when he removed to Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y. City. He died there Feb. 1, 1917 in his house at 101-19 Cedar Ave. (now 113th St) and was buried in Maple Grove Cem. Edith died there also on Sept. 3, 1920 and is buried '\vith her husband. They had two children (as below) who following their mother's death moved to Plainfield, N. J. to live with their uncle, Raymond M. Dickerson. -

(a) Ralph Monell, born Nov. 21, 1902 at Blue Island, Ill., md at Plainfield, N. J. on Dec. 26, 1926 to Mary Rogers Tatum who was born Feb. 12, 1902. He has been employed since his father~s death by the Prophylactic Brush Co.-first in their New York Office, later as a traveling salesman and since 1932 in their main office at Florence, Mass. where he lives on 106 Beacon St. with his wife and 2 children, Phyllis Edyth, b. Oct. 2, 1928 and Joyce Tatum b. Nov. 16, 1931, both born at Plainfield, N. J. (residence Millington, N. J.).

(b) Wesley Logan, (Author) born Jan. 2, 1905 at Philadelphia, Pa., md on Oct. 8, 1938 at the 1st Pres. Church of Jamaica, L. I. to Eleanor Virginia Regnell who was born March 16, 1907 at Richmond Hill, L. I. They live at 212 Park Lane, Douglaston, L. I. and have a daughter Linda Monell, born Oct. 9, 1939 and


a son James Regnell, born Nov. 24, 1942. Since 1919 Wesley Baker has been associated with the Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y.

3. Raymond Monell, born Feb. 24, 1878, rod at Kalamazoo, Mich. on June 1, 1904 to Maybell Sanger, daughter of Julius and Hattie (Corey) Sanger, who was born Paw Paw, Mich. June 1, 1883. Mr. Dickerson and his younger brother_ had a bakery store. in Kalamazoo at the time of his marriage and he and his wife later moved to Detroit where their son was born. Like his brother-in-law Frank Baker, Mr. Dickerson was a publisher of photographic records, starting in Grand Rapids and continuing in Philadelphia and New York, in the latter cases as successor to the business of Mr. Baker. · He moved to 6419 Lambert St., Philadelphia in 1908 and after a few months residence in Clayton, N. J. in 1919, he moved to Plainfield, N. J. where he and his wife live at 1039 W. Front St. Their son, Beverly Sanger, born Sept. 1, 1906, m in the 1st Pres. Church of Plainfield, N. J. on Aug. 31, 1929 to Regina Gilbert Reid, born S~pt. 21, 1907. They live at Sycamore Knoll, Red Bank, N. J. and have 2 children, Reid Nelson b. Feb. 26, 1931 and Robert Sanger b. Sept. 9, 1940, both born at Plainfield, N. J. Beverly Dickerson is in charge of New Jersey territory for the Recordak Corp., a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Co.

4. Albert Thomas, born Nov. 17, 1883, married June 15, 1910 to Kate Palmer of Mt. Pleasant, Mich. where Albert died on Aug. 2, 1918 and is buried. They lived in Arizona, but returned to Mt. Pleasant when Albert failed in health. His wife married 2nd to Harry Lamoreaux and had a child, Margaret, by this marriage. They live in Portland, Oregon. Albert and Kate Dickerson's children were:

(a) Frederick Palmer, born Oct. 1, 1912 at Mt. Pleasant, Mich., killed in auto accident Dec. 4, 1934 at Newport, Oregon where he was buried.

(b) Julia Perin, born Sept. 1, 1914 at Clarksdale, Arizona, md April 22, 1939 at Vancouver, Wash. to Laurence E. Cassidy and lives at 1904 N. E. Couch St., Portland, Oregon.

CHARLES EDWARD, second son of Ira, was born July 7, 1848 according to family records confirmed by Chester, Orange Co., N. Y. Census of 1850 which showed his age as 2 years. In 1867 he first appears in N. Y. City directories as a druggist at 2 First Ave. where he was associated ·with his elder brother,-Dr. Joseph Sears Monell. Later he took ovEr the business and during the 1890's he formed the Chas. ~- Monell Co., a druggist concern, of which he was President. The 1880 Brooklyn Directory shows he then lived at 401 Van Buren St. and at the time of his death

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on Dec. 28, 1903 his residence was at 143 W. 103rd St., N. Y. City. An account of the unfortunate accident leading to his death appeared in the N. Y. Times on Dec. 27, 1903 and showed that due to failing eyesight, he mistook a french window for a door on the second floor of the building over his store and fell to the street, fracturing his skull. He mar.ried on June 5, 1872 Harriet Amelia Birch, according to his daughter Armilla, who also supplied the following information as to their children:

I. Armilla Phebe, born Nov. 23, 1873, married Dr. Samuel Dana Hubbard Oct. 23, 1895 who was 68 at the time of his death in July, 1937. He was born in Montgomery, Ala. son of Samuel Dana and Mary C. Hubbard, educated at University of Ala. and rec.eived his M. D. at Bellevue Medical College in N. Y. City 1891. He began private practise in 1895, was a major and surgeon in the N. Y. Nat'l Guard 1891-8 and as such served in the Spanj.sh American War. For 40 years he was dermatologist and member of the Board of Health of the City of New York and his investigations in 1925 as head of the division of legal medicine uncovered many violations of regulations covering the cosmetic industry. The facts of this sketch are from the N. Y. Times for July 14, 1937. Dr. Hubbard was also the author of several medical book~. His widow livas at Freeport, N. Y. Children: (a) Aileen, born Nov. 15, 1891, md Harry A. Chapin June 4, 1919 and has Wm. Dana b. May 18, 1924 and Jean Beryl b. Aug. 16, 1927. They live in Baldwin, N. Y. (b) Beryl, born Dec. 18, 1905 ..

2. George Desmond, born Jan. 9, 1876, died Feb. 24, 1878. 3. Madeline Birch, born Mar. 9, 1890, married 1st King

Wallace by whom she had a daughter Vera. Madeline Birch divorced King Wallace and m~rried 2nd Joseph Ward.

4. Norman Leslie, born Sept. 28, 1894, died July 29, 1895.

JoAN, ninth daughter of Ira Monell, was born 1849. Her age was given as 5 months in the 1850 Chester, Orange Co. Census. She married Henry Brewster by whom she had the children enumerated below. Her death occurred on Feb. 2, 1881 and she is buried in Bloomingburg Cem., age 31 yrs, 9 months. Henry, son of Harvey Genung and Maria (Harlow) Brewster (both of whom are buried in Bloomingburg Cem.), married 2nd Henrietta Peck of Wurtsboro, N. Y. by whom he had a son Harvey who lived in California. Henry Brewster was born Apr. 19, 1850 and died June 22, 1895 according to his grandson, Wm. R. Brewster of Albany. Our information is that he died in Arlington, N. J.


Children of Henry and Joan Brewster: 1. William H., born 1868 in Middletown, N. Y., married Cora

McAndrews (who was born Dec. 20, 1871) and died in Georgia. Mrs. Brewster md 2nd C. 0. Biederman and lives in Oneonta, N. Y. Children of Wm. H. and Cora (McAndrews) Brewster: ·

(a) Mae, born July 21, 1895 at Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y., md on Oct. 29, 1915 to Chester A. Escher who was born Feb. 24, 1893. They have Adelaide b Jan. 17, 1917, Charles b. Dec. 26, 1917 and Herbert b. Dec. 19, 1922, all born Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. Escher lives in Oneonta:, N. Y.

(b) Wm. R., born Jan. 3, 1906 at Savannah, Ga., md Nov .. 29, 1934 Doris Mary Stowell who was born May 12, 1905. No children. He lives at Albany, N. Y. and supplied the data for this branch given above.

2. Thomas Knox (named after his uncle), born Apr.14, 1873 or 4, rod Oct. 12, 1894 Anna Britain Kidd who was born Feb. 14, 1872. They live near Bloomingburg in the adjoining Town of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. on a 209 acre farm bought about 50 years ago from Trumbull and originally the property of Michael Miller, by which name the farm is generally known. This information supplied by Mrs. Brewster who also stated her children were: . (a) Sarah Idella, born July 6, 1895, md Blake Winter and has Bernice, John and Jean, ages 14, 11 and 11 respectively in 1937 (last two twins).

(b) Edson Joseph, born July 14, 1900 md Bulah Degraw and died aQout 1931, buried Bloomingburg Cem. They had a daughter Thelma born about 1922. .

(c) Ethel Josephine, born July 14, 1900 (twin of Edson), md Decker Chaffee as his 2nd wife. No childten.

(d) Mildred Lavinia, md Fernald H. Godfrey and lives in Middletown. They have three boys, Donald, Walter and Richard, ages (in 1937) 7, 4 and 2.

3. Fred E., born -Aug. 5, 1875 in what was known as the old Redfield place in Middletown, N. Y., baptised Congregational Church of Middletown. He married Sept. 19, 1900 to Kathrine Agnes Baumer who was born 9 miles north of Wahpeton, North Dakota Sept. 1, 1881. They live at 610 6th St., Wahpeton and have:

(a) Wm. Henry, bor;n Apr. 15, 1902, died June 1, 1902. (b) Sylvester Le Roy, born Jan. 30, 1904 at Foxhome, Wilkin

Co., Minn., md July 4, 1926 Kae Johnson and has Donald, Kenneth and James.

(c) Frances Elizabeth, born Foxhome, Minn. May 18, 1906, rod Aug., 1929 to Will Holmes and has one daughter.

(d) George Fred, born Steele Co., N. D. June 91 1910 md Cora Bail in 1931 and has no children.


(e) Thomas Clarence, born Steele Co., N. D. July 19, 1916, rod Jan. 1, 1938 Loretta--.

(f) Louis Robert, born Wahpeton, N. D. Apr. 1, 1923. 4. Lavinia, born Apr. 11, 1877, married 1st on Apr. 28, 1897

to John Ellis of N. Y. City who was born 1874 and died May 11, 1908 in N. Y. City. She rod 2nd Alexander McClure on Feb. 4, 1909 who was born Mar. 23, 1884 and died May 28, 1922 at Camp Dix, N. J. In her youth, Mrs. McClure lived with her aunt, Lavinia Knox. In 1935 Mrs. McClure lived in Syracuse, N. Y.

5. Lewie, who died at age of 18 months and is buried with his mother.

IRA JR., third son of Ira Monell, Sr., was born in Chester, N. Y. We know the year of his birth was about 1852, since his age was given as 8 in the 1860 census of Bloomingburg, Mamakating Town, Sullivan Co., N. Y. where he spent most of the early years of his life. He is listed in the 1870 New York City directory as a clerk in his brother Charles' drug store at No. 2 First Ave. His name appears in Scranton, Pa. directories at the same address as his father in 1873-5-6. The 1879-84 directories show Jane H. widow of Ira, indicating that Ira died before 1880 and this is confirmed by his son in law Wm. H. Birchard who says Ira died Dec. 7, 1879 at Scranton and was buried in Factoryville, Pa. From the same source we learn that the name of Ira's wife was Jane Fisk (who married again following his de51.th), that she died a number of years ago (buried Factoryville) and that Ira and Jane had a son Harry who died two weeks-t ~fter birth and a daughter Iretta, born Dec. 6, 1879. The latter was the wife of Mr. Birchard, who was born at Montrose, Pa. Jan. 8, 1878. Iretta died Dec. 12, 1926. Their two children were:

(a) Monell Leo Birchard, born Apr. 3, 1905 at Scranton, Pa. (md 1st Mildred Johnson who died 1936. One child, Betty Jane, of this marriage. Md 2nd Natalie Baird of Frederick, Md.) who lives at 2513 N. Colorado St., Philadelphia, Pa. and is with the Du Pont Co. at Deepwater, N. J. ·

(b) Volney Wm. Birchard, born Jan. 20, 1910 in Tunkhannock, Pa. Jan. 20, 1910, is md and has a son Richard. Volney lives at 5333 Horrock St., Philadelphia and is with John Han-cock Life Ins. Co. ·

Wm. H. Birchard md 2nd to Louise Alice Palmer ( who was born July 14, 1890), a cousin of Iretta, his 1st wife.


SAMUEL, youngest so:µ of Ira Monell, was born in Bloomingburg, N. Y. about 1855 (age 5 in 1860 Census) and died there Feb. 26, 1896, age 40 years according to Town ·of Mamakating Sullivan Co., N. Y. Vital Records; buried Bloomingburg Cem. He was a painter by trade. Scranton, Pa. directories show he lived there from 1873 to 1880. He married Anna Schilling who was born Hobo~en, N. J. Feb. 22, 1855 and died Jersey City, N. J. Oct. 21, 1935; buried Cypress Hills Cem., Brooklyn, N. Y. Our informant is Mrs. Charles Monell of Jersey City who has furnished the following data on their children: .

1. Charles, born Dec. 26, 1875 at Scranton, Pa., also a painter, md on Apr. 17, 1897 at Brooklyn, N. Y. to Anna Wilkens who was born Jersey City Dec. 26, 1875. They live in Jersey City and have one child, a daughter Bertha who was born Jersey City May 17, 1898, md on Long Island Sept. 19, 1925 to Henry Geraghty who was born N. Y. City May 16, 1884. They have no children.

2. Bertha, born Oct. 1878 at Scranton, Pa., died Oct. 1, 1911 at Bloomingburg, N. Y., buried New York Bay Cem., Jersey City, N. J., md about June 1903 Milton Skillman who md again and lived (1937) in Long Branch, N. J. Milton and Bertha had a daughter Madelaine who was born Jersey City Oct. 30, 1906 and died on Jan. 8,.about 1933; buried New York-Bay Cem.

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ANGELICA MoNELL-Her estate was .administered in Albany County, N. Y. The only document on file is a petition of Derrick Clute, Jr. alleging that his wife, Nelly Clute, was a daughter of Angelica Monell who died in Watervliet March 4, 1825.

REv. ANDREW E. MONELL-Died in Merrill, Wis. 1937. A. E. Monell, Jr. relates that his father's original name was Anderson and that he was of Swedisli descent. About 1893 when he was attending college at Rock Island, ID. preparing for the ministry, there happened to be three A. E. Andersons in the same class. In order to avoid confusion, two of them changed their namesour subject to Monell. "I have no record" A. E. Monell, Jr. said "as to where he obtained this name, but presume he took it as it is about as rare as Anderson is in common use." In 1938 the family consisted of Mrs. A. E. Monell, widow of the above, residing at Merrili, Wis., a daughter Pauline (Mrs. Lee Stebbins), a daughter Linnea Monell of Washington, D. C. ,._ and three - ~ ..... ~

sons-A. E. Monell, Jr. and Martin B. Monell of Pasadena, Cal. and Luther E. Monell of Los Angeles .

.ARCHER MoNELir-He is said to have been born or come from Philadelphia ( though we find no record of him in directories of the city) and to have been of English extraction. He and his wife (Ester Tarrigan) died 1862-3 in St. Louis, Mo. and his wife was buried in Calvary Cem. there. They had two children born in St. Louis, a son Joseph Tafrigan (see below), and a daughter Mary (b. St. Louis 1862, rod -- Howard; no children; lived in Atlanta, Ga. 1939). Joseph T. Monell was born Sept. 15, 1859 and became the ward of Henry Shaw of Missouri Botanical Gardens who provided his education as a mining engineer. He married Sept. 30, 1881 Nellie Gifhorn (who lived in Los Angeles 1939), died May 9, 1915 and had:

1. Dr. Henry Shaw Monell of St. Louis who was b. Mar. 28, 1885, md 1919 Charlotte Tierre (b. July 30, 1903) and has a son Ronald Ralph Monell b. Oct. 3, 1937.

2. Ida Hester Monell of Los Angeles, b. May 15, 1887 who md Robert W. Bryne and has a daughter E1izabeth Monell Byrne b. 1910.


3. Edwin Archer l\{onell, Los Angeles druggist, who was b. May 21, 1891, md Mildred Smith and has three childrenEdwin A., Jr., Robert Smith and Patricia.

CATHERINE R. MONELL-James 0. Eggleston, who married her, was born Oct. 1, 1827 (page 410 of Mead Genealogy, pub. 1901).

CATHERINE S. MoNEL-8he married July 15, 1801 Marselis M. Van Gm.on according to the records of the Reformed Protestant Church of City of New York (N. Y. Gen. & Biogr. Soc. Collections, Vol. 1, p. 280). She may have been a daughter of Lt. James Monell who died in N. Y. City.

MRs. CATHARINE MONELL-died Flushing Feb. 3, 1844, age 63 years (Brooklyn Eve. Star Feb. 6, 1844).

FRANCIS G. MONELL OF NEw YORK CITY-His grandson, George Christie Monell of Concord, N. H., states that Francis came ·from England in the early pai:t of the 19th century and that his son Georg~ Roy (also of Concord and father of George Christie Monell) was born in New York City. George C. bas a brother Donald Francis Monell who, while in Scotland in 1938 met a family of Mone!}s but subsequently could find no trace of them. Francis G. first appears in the 1881 Directory of New York City as a tailor on 402 E. 12 St.

GEORGE MONELL-married Maria Webb May 14, 1812. (Data obtained by F. Bronson Monell, source unknown).

JOHN l\tloNELL OF FONDA, N. Y.-married Margaret Hunn of Waltheim Oct. 1, 1836 (Also obtained by F. Bronson Monell).

JOHN B. MONELL-The will of Fannie Seeley Monell, dated Oct. 4, 1890 at Elmira mentions her husband, John B. Monell of Binghamton. No other Monells are mentioned in the will. Fannie died at Southport, Chemung Co., N. Y. prior to April 20, 1891 when her will was proved. One would guess that the ''B" in the subject's name stood for Bradner and that he was of the large family of Binghamton Monell's descended from John Monell and Rebecca Bradner, but this apparently is not the case.

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JOHN Louis MoNNEL--His will, dated at Bordeaux, France ''the 15 of Germinal in the 2nd year of the French Republic" states he was a native of Martinique, and, after a few special requests and mention of a deceased brother, bequeaths to ~'all my relations who according to law" have a right to receive the ~me. · On March 24, 1795 a codicil to this will was made at Philadelphia, indicating he was still a native of Martinique but then a resident of Philadelphia, living in a house occupied 'by ''widow Kersaint & myself'' (she was a daughter of his cousin).

LIBBY MONELL, WIFE OF GEORGE W. MoNELL--Her will, dated at-Atlantic City, N. J. Dec. 20, 1906, was proved in New York County Feb. 1908. Papers on file show she died in New Yotk Jan. 6, 1908 and left George W. Monell, husband and Haro]d T. Monell, son (latter born July 1, 1889), both of 129 W. 117 St., N. Y. City. The will indicates Libby's maiden name was Slater.

MARY, WIFE OF GEORGE MONELL-Born Dec. 22, 1776, died April 26, 1859, buried Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. Reformed Church Cemetery, according to Ray C. Sawyer's copy of gravestones in that cemetery. Though Montgomery is the locale of early Mone~, we have been unable to place either Mary ot George.

PETER MONELL-His grandson Wm. T. Monell is not sure where he came from, but thinks it may have been France. Possibly he is a descendant of Peter "Monnel" whose name appears in a "List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship Betsy, Capt. Sam'l · Hawk, from Rotterdam, last from Portsmouth. Qualified Oct. 26, 1768." (Source-Names of Foreigners of Pennsylvania 1727-1775 by Egle), though no Monells (or Monnels) appear in the 1790 Census for Pennsylvania. Peter doubtless is the cordwainer who appears in Philadelphia directories from 1837 to 1852. It is interesting to note that from 1814 to 1824 a Wm. Monell, shoemaker and cordwainer appeared in Philadelphia directories. Possibly he was father of Peter. Other MonelJ cordwainers who appeared in old Philadelphia directories (1842-60) were Tracy (sometimes called 'lhomas or Thomas T.) and William. All three appear at the same address in some years, indicating close


relationship. We are t~ld Peter died in Philadelphia about 1864 and that he had sons Randolph and William. Randolph died in his sixties about 1895 and is buried in Northwood Cem., Germantown, Pa. He first appears in Philadelphia dir~~tories in 1860. By his first wife Lidia English he had a son Wm. Tyler Monell of Philadelphia born May 12, 1854 (see below). Randolph's 2nd wife was Susan Shriver by whom there were two children, Ida (md Charles Hellerman and lives Philadelphia) and Minnie (also married). Wm. Tyler Monell was married twice. By his first wife, Catherine Shriver, he had

1. William, died 1937, md and had a son William who died in Phila. unmarried at age of 32.

2. Edgar Warren, b. Oct. 21, 1880, rod Oct. 17, 1913 Margaret Cameron (b. Apr. 27, 1896) and had Marguerite Temple b. May 23, 1914, Catherine Claudia b. Dec. 27, 1917, Edgar Warren Jr. b. Dec. 14, 1919.

3. Frank, unmarried. 4. Howard of Atlantic City-has 5 or 6 children. 5. Clarence, died about 1920, aged about 25. 6. Claudia, married, has a daughter, and lives Atlantic City.

By his second wife Lillian Carpenter (who died about 1936) Wm. T. Monell had no children, but Lillian had been married before and had a daughter Maye who in 1940 was living with Wm. T. Monell.

WiUiam Monell, son of Peter, was married three times. By his 1st wife he had a son George and a daughter Mary; by his 2nd wife (name either Winnemore or Baxter) he had a son Wm. Winnemore (see below); by the 3rd wife, Jenny Harris, there was a daughter Ida. Wm. Winnemore Monell was born in Illinois 1868 and came to Pittsburgh in early life, marrying Elizabeth Devlin who was borri there in 1872. They had George Brady Monell, b. May 25, 1890 (lived in Buffalo 1940), Fem Irene b. May 27, 1894 (md --Gray), and Mae Lillian b. Sept. 1, 1902. Wm. Winnemore Monell died 1926.

ROBERT MONELL, died Patterson, N. J. Feb. 1847, age 65 (N. Y. Post).

ROBERT D. MONELL of Portsmouth, Va. On April 12, 1939 he wrote the author that his "immediate family and ancestors number quite a few". It is believed many of his relatives also live in Portsmouth. It may well be that he is a descendant of the

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settler James Monell, though we cannot ascertain this in the absence of further information.

RuTH MONELL-married William Foy and had a daughter Harriet N. born about 1830 who married Joseph M. Green 1845-1855. The latter was born in Vermont about 1828. Source; Joseph M. Brandon, Crestwood, N. Y.

SARAH A. MONELL-aged 25, born Waterville, Me., now of La,Yrence, R. I., dau. of Josiah and Lavinia S. Monell-married Francis H. Brown, aged 27, born Westbury, now of Pa"\\-tucket, R. I., son of Robert and ~usan L. Brown. Marriage Intentions Feb. 22, 1857. Source: Rhode Island Vital Records, Vol. 9, p. 344.

WALTER J. MONELL-He appears in the 1839 Philadelphia directory and in N. Y. City directories in the period 1846-63. Since both he and Francis G. Monell were tailors1 it may be there wa..s some relationship betv.-een them.

MoNNELL FAMILY OF SYRACUSE, N. Y.-City Directories indicate this is a large family. Wr.at its connections °\\'ith our Monells may be,_ we do not know.

APPENDIX (Not Indexed)

MEYNELLSOFENGLAND

Following his conquest of England in the year 1066, William the Conqueror made a record of the Norman chiefs who survived the Battle of Hastings. This is known as the ··Roll of Battle Abbey". the name "Mainell" appears on the roll as copied in Vol. I of The Patrician by John Burke, 1846. In that and succeeding volumes Burke deals with the families whose names were on the roll. The following is quoted from Vol IV, page 568 of The Patrician: ''Mainell. Hugo de Grante Mesnill was one of the most. potent Barons of the Conquest. His descendants were summoned to parliament in the reign of Edward I, and possessed vast estates in the Midland Counties and in Yorkshire. The Meynells of Hoar Cross, Co. Stafford, and of Langley Co. Derby, claim to derive their lineage from Hugo de Grante Mes-

The ancestry of the two Meynell families last mentioned is given on pag~ 859 & 860 of Volume II of Burke's Landed Gentry, 1846 from which we quote:

"Nichols in his ~tory of Leicestershire states the Meynells of Langley Mesnill and Hoar Cross are supposed to be descended from Hugh de Grente Mesnil, a potent Norman baron.

Robert de Mesnil, son of Gilbert de Mesnil ( a knight in 12 Henry II) had three sons-Stephen ( ancestor of the Meyn ells of Worlton, Co. York), Robert (from whom are maternally descended the Shirelys), -an:d· William, ancestor of the family before us. This William de Mesnil, of Langley Mesnil, living in 11~9, was fat.her of Hugo de Mesnil. He was living in 1248 and m Philippi de Ednesoure. By her he had 2 sons Wm. ]\-Iesnil and Giles de Mesnil. Son Wm. Mesnil was father of Hugh de Menil of Langley Menil (in time of Edward III; he was in parliament). Hem Johanna de la Ward. By her he had a son Sir Hugo de Menil of Langley Menil, a gallant warrior. Hem Alice Bassett and had Richard de Menil who d 1376 leaving 2 sons 1. Ralph (d 1389 leaving by Christina Chute, his wife, 4 daughters) and 2. William of Yeveley, M. P. for Derbyshire 21 Richard II, who d 3 Henry IV and was succeeded by his son Gerard Meynell M. P. for Derbyshire 13 Henry VI, father of Ralph Meynell of Yeveley and Willington whom Ann, d of John Hall of Lei-

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cester and d 13 Henry VII, leaving a son and successor Ralph Meynell, living in 1499 whose son Gerard Meynell d 1526 and was succeeded by his son Henry who d 1541 and was succeeded by his son John Esq. m Maud, dau Sir John Bradbom, & d 1562. His son John Meynell m Bridget -- and was father of Francis Meynell of Willington who d 1618 who left 2 sons Godfrey & Francis (latter ancestor of Meynells of Langley Park. Note: This is given below). Said Godfrey had children: John, Godfrey, Wm, Francis, Edward, Richard, Isaac, George and Thomas. The 4th son, Francis (banker & sheriff & alderman of London) purchased manor of Bradley, Co. Derby and d 1666 left a son Godrey of Bradley, high sheriff of Co. Derby in 1681. He had a son Littleton Poyntz Meynell Esq. m Judith Alleyne of Barbadoes and had 1. Godfrey_ (had 3 daughters); 2. Hugo; 3. Littleton; 4. Mary. Hugo, the 2d son, high sheriff of the county in 1758 & M. P. for Lichfield m etc.

Meynell of Langley Park-Godfrey Meynell of Langley Park, Co. Derby, b 1779 etc. Lineage: Francis Meynell, son of Francis of Willington who din 1618, purchased an estate at Anslow, Co. Stafford 1633 and had Wm, Francis (see below), John, Isaac d 1739 & Dorothy. Said son Francis d 1685 leaving Francis of Anslow m 1694 & d 1727 & had Francis b 1698 m 1724 etc."

Also on page 860 of Volume II of Burke's Landed Gentry the ancestry of the Meynells of North Kilvington, Co. of York appears as follows:

"Thomas Meyp.ell of North Kilvington and Fryrage, Co. of York and of Hartlepool, Co. of Durham b. 1775 etc. Lineage: Some time in 12th century Walter de Mainill had a grant from his brother, Roger de Hilton, of lands in Snotterdon. He was succeeded by his son Robert de Mainill who had 2 sons Wm. and Hugh. The second son Hugh de Menell to whom his brother granted lands in the manor of Hilton, in Cleveland, Snotterdon, in Durham, Hisilton, etc. was living from 1203 to 1260. Re m Margaret -- and was succeeded by John de Menill of Hilton living in 1303 who• had a son Nicholas de Meinell of Hilton whose name appears in several charters in period 1339-1360. His son John (d without issue) left the manor of Hilton, etc. to his brother Robert. Robert Meinel! of Hilton 1393-1444 left Thos. Meinell who m 1417 & had John Mennel of Hilton b. 1432 was a grand juror with 22 other men in Yorkshire 1479. Had 5 sons including Robert Mennell of Hilton m Agnes -and had 1. Robert of Hilton, appointed sgt at law 1547. Said Robert owned manors of Hilton, Normanby, Hawnby, etc. was succeeded by his eldest son Roger, b 1539 who had a son Edmund of Hilton (d 1615) who had a son Charles of Hilton etc. who sold estates of Hawn by & N ormanby. He m and left only a daughter,

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Mary who m John Meynell, Esq. of Thornaby; 2. Henry; 3. Anthony Meynell Esq. in 1556 & 1558 bought lands in North Kilvington and had Roger, Richard (by 1st mge) and by 2nd a son Robert of Stank who had a son Lawrence who bought in 1617 manor of Thornaby and was ancestor of Meynells of that place. Said Roger Meynell (son of Anthony) of North Kilvington (d 1591) had Thomas, George & Margaret. Said son Thomas (b 1564)- of North Kilvington was jailed at York Castle for religious belief but later pardoned (1604) and had Anthony, Richard, Mary and Ann. Said son Anthony Meynell of North Kilvington had 7 daughters and 6 sons of whom eldest was Thomas (b 1615 m 1637) who had a son Roger Meynell of North Kilvington b. 1639 who had· a son Thomas of North Kilvington m 1703 etc."

Some additional details of the families are given in Dormant & Extinct Baronage of England by T. C. Banks, Vol. 1, p 372 and in a number of English publications referred to in Marshall's Genealogists Guide. Names of some members of the families also appear in Letters & Papers of the English Sovereigns (particularly Henry the VIII) and the Calendar of English State Papers which have been published.

A great many of the old Parish Registers of the Church of England, containing records of marriages, christenings and burials, have also been published. We do not pretend to have examined all of them, but we have seen a great many which contain vital statistics of the Meynells, Menells and other variations of the name. None of the published registers examined contained the name Monell and none showed the birth of a James about 1690, the year of birth of James Monell who settled in Wallkill Precinct, Pr_ovince of New York in 17-23.

For those who are interested, descriptions and illustrations of the Coats of Arms of the various 1\'leynell & Menell families are given in W ashbourne's Book of Family Crests, 1840; Burke's General Armory, 1851 ;Fairbairn's Crests of Families of Great Britain & Ireland, revised 1860, and numerous other similar publications. We have purposely omitted these Coats of Arms as we wish to avoid the inference that there is a definite connection between these families and the settler James Monell. Such a connection, while it may very well exist, has not been established.

INDEX OF MONELL GENEALOGY

*Index of Monell Genealogy ACKER, Wolver 74 ACKERMAN, Ernest 100

Josephine Monell 100 Ao.AMS, Addie; Blanche; Dona.Id;

Donna Marie; Oscar; Owen; Roberta 220 Dorothy; Elsworth; Nellie Monell; Wtlli&m T.157 John (President- 182 Rachel 202

ALBERTS, Henrietta 223 ALBISTON, Charlotte Monell; Flor

ence E. Zimmer.man; John Michael 178 JohnA.17~

Al.BRIGHT, Ella Mary 222 ALDEN, Elizabeth;John; Priscilla 89 AL»mCB, Henry; Lida; Mary Bal-

com 164 ALLEN, Olive Louise 165 .A!.umN»ntGEa, Helena A. 158 ALYEA, Helen Marble; Thos. H. 91 aNDEBSON, Martha E. Hunter 206

Olive Cooley; Reinhold J. 204 A.NGus, Caroline Monell; Charles

178 ANNAN, Rev. 132 AmloUB, LilJian A. 155 AmiisTRONG,Susanl65 AKNoLD, Gla.dys Peterson 165

Roland; Tho~ Edward 165 AsBWOBTB, Susannah 195 Aszxus, Pearl Monell 123

Robert w. 123 AVERY, Delmaree Monell 103

Dora 100 Earl C., Elizabeth Powell; H.

Marsden 103 Mary Esther 163 Melvina Monell; Merland; Sadie

French 103 AYEBs, Elizabeth S. 200

Rev. 49

BACHMAN, Charles 59,133 BAIL, Cora 230 BAILEY, Ad&m. 210

Elizabeth; Mary Li11ia.n; Willis 163 Martha; Theodorns 108 Rebecca 87

BADU>, Alvin W.; Curtis; Eliz. Monell 161 Mary 146-7 Mary Monell 159-61 Natalie 231 Rachel Whisman; Walter Monell 161

BAKER, Bertha Blackwood; Dyer T.; Edith L. Dickerson; Eleanor V. Regnell; Frank McCarter; James Regnell; Joyce Tatum; Linda Monell; Mary Tatum; Phyllis Edyth; Ralph Monell; Wesley Logan227-8

BAKER, De Los A.; Ethel S. 164-5 Gla.dys Peterson Arnold 165

BALCOM, Mary 164 BALDWIN, Dorothy Fiske; Ellis L.;

Emma Boyer; Perry 166 BALLARD, Mary P.; William 64

Miranda E. 189 BANKEB, Benjamin Franklin; Fran

ces Belle; Frances (Fannv) Monell; Harriet Conkling; Philander 150 Hattie May 147

BABBEB, Charles M.; Muriel Watkins 160

BARKER, Frank; Hampton; Irene Kidd 174

B.ARNETz, Ruth Payne 154 BARRY, George W.; Mary Clark;

Wm. G. 124 Pamela Monell 118, 124

BABSELEY Farm 145 BATES, Gertrude 193 BAUMER, Kathrine Agnes 230 BAXTER 230

Abigail Monell 214, 222-3 Abigail Jane; Alexander Gillespie; Belle Mundon; Blanche; Charles L.; Edith May; Ella Albright; Eugene Monell; Eugene Wemple; James B.; Joan Elizabeth; Robert Winter; Sarah E. Teetz ·222-3

BEACH, Harriet 120 BEATTY, Elizabeth Houston; Fran•

ces Hunter; Isabella.; J. J.;Mary Waugh; William Clark 62-3

BEATTY, Martha Monell; Thomas 60, 62-3, 175

BEEBE, Bazaleel 68

*Index does not include "Early American Monells" & "Appendix" • •


BELLillY, Jwtus; Mary Eugenia 173 '

BENEDICl', Laura. c. 200 BENJ.AKIN, Mr. 191 BENNETT, Hannah Ma.ri&; Marg&ret

Horton;_ Mary Dolly; Peter 208 James tiOrdon 181

BENSON, Viola 157 BERNARD, Dewitt; Lena .Teffries;

Ruth 208 BEBBY, Irene 100 BESSLIE, Jannette Monell 89, 92 BE'l"l's, Jam.es E. 108 Bm»UE, Catherine 106 BIEDEBKAN, C. O.; Cora Brewster

230 BIBCH, Harriet Amelia 229 BIBClWID, Betty Jane; Iretta Mon

ell; Louise Pabner; Mildred Johnson; Monell Leo; Natalie Baird;· Richard; William H.; Volney Wm.231

BIRD, Arthur Leslie; Hazel Esther; John W.; Mary Fulton; Nettie Monell 158

B1moP, Ca.rrie 200 BLACK, Harriet E. 140

James (Ca:e_ta.in) 74 BLACKBURN, Delmaree Avery 103 BLACKWOOD, Bertha 'm BLAKE, Ann Elizabeth 160

John 65 Lillian Monell; Thomld (Jack); Walter E. 191-2

BoGAJIDus, Cornelia 163 BoGERT, Mary (Polly) 79-85, 88-9 BoL'l'ON, Eleanor 80

James 182 BoNAF.A.CE, Adelia Monell 83 BooKBT.A.VEB, Edith; Frances Bank ·

er; Theodore 150 BoOTH, Dolly 206-7

Mr.51 BoRAN, Lulu Mains 163 BORDEN, Emily Frances; Huldah

Combes; Joseph L. 193 BoB.sT, John B. 80 BOUDISH, Anna 165 BoYD, Charles; Lucy J. Monell 154

Elsie Monell; Frank; James; James Byram; James R.; Jane Elizabeth; Jane Smith; Kate; Mary; Mary Miller; Robert; Sarah; Thaddeus; Walter J.; William George 170-1

BoYD, Jennie 192 Margaret Wright; Mary Elizabeth; Robert 161

BoYER, David; Olivia Monell 210 BRADFORD, Delevine 192

BRADLEY, Ruth V. Cameron 154 BBADNEB, Georgia 140

John 132 Rebecca 58, 78, 132-4, 136, 138,

141-2, 144, 149, 234 Sarah Totten 171

BRADY, Phanchita 149 BRANDON, Joseph M. 237 BJUNT, Abram; Albert Duane;

Arthur Lavere; Bertha Spear,beck; Charles; Charles Willis: Edward Lewis; Fred H.; Harold A.; Julia Leona; Marie Dietrich; Mary A. Monell; Mary Bailey; Rena Myrl; Richard Lewis 162-4

B.&ENNON, Lizzie 162 BREWER, Josephine Ouclin; Oscar

218 BnwsTER, Anna Kidd; Bulah De

graw; Cora Bail; Cora McAnddrews; Donald; Doris Stowell; Edson Joseph; Ethel Josephine; Frances Eliza.beth; Fred E.; George Frederick; Harvey Genung; Henrietta Peck; Henry James; Joan Monell; Ka.e Johnson; Kathrine Baumer; Kenneth; Loretta.; Louis Robert; Mae; Ma.ri& Harlow; Mildred La~; Sa.rah Idella; Sylvester LeRoy; Thomas Clarence; Thomas Knox; William H.; William R. 229-31

BREWSTER, Lavinia. 219, 225, 230-1 BRISBANE, Sarah 100-1 BBIS'lER, Sada 166 BJ:µTTAIN, John H.; Katharine Wil

liams 173 Bao.A.DWELL, Jane K. 84 BBOOKER, Anna Boudish; DeWit

Clinton; Ethe) 165 BBOOKS, Hannah 142 BROWN

Brown, Hull & Vanderpool 127 Francis H. 237 Inez 122-3 Jam.es Monroe 145, 159 John W. 181 May 190 Robert; Sarah Monell; Sus.an L.

237 Seeley 145 William 132

BROWNING, P.arwin; L. S.; Margaret Monell 210

Brush, Margaret 61 Mary 199

BRUYN, Jacob 76 BRYAN, William Jennings 115 BB.YANT, William Cullen 181 BUCKLEY, LilHan M. Greenway 102

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BULL 133 Hannah Holly; John; Richard; Sarah; Sarah Wells; William 202 R.H. 202, 214

BULLWINKLE, Sarah Elizabeth 207 BmmANK, Mrs. C. A. 208 BUBDICK, Adel; Flossie Turner;

Juanita Monell; Lloyd; Maybert 165

Bmm, Aaron 202 Elbertif oan Baxter 223

BURTis, .H.amSOn 80 BUSHNELL, Campbell 115 BUTLER, Benjamin F. 125 Btr.PrEBFIELD, Anna 197 BUTTs, Adaline H.; Anne F;

Charles; Elizabeth; John C.; Mary S. • Seneca; Susan 118

BYBNE, Elizabeth Monell; Ida Monell; Robert W. 233

CALBREAm, James F.; Joseph; Marnie; Mary Monell; Sarah Kiersted 139-41

C.ALDERWOO»,Jane172 CALDWELL, Alvin; Hester Monell;

Marvel Elaine 155 CAMERON, Alexander; Alice; Ever-

ett; Hattie Banker; Louise 150 Calista Jane (Jennie); Esther BJanche; Eugene; Ralph De Witt; Ross Eugene; Ruth Virginia 154 Margaret 236

CANFIELD, Margaret 211 CAPEN, Sarah 123 --CARB, Austin; DeWitt; Ethel;

Helen S.; Jane Stanbrough 194 Bradley Sayre; B. Seward; Julia Watkins; Pauline Rost 160 Jennie J.; Joseph, Sarah Howell_ 192

CABPENTEB, John 197 Lucinda 183-4 William 236

CASE, Ellen 157 CASHOBE, Andrew M. 114 CASSELL, Elizabeth 95-6 CAssmY, Julia Dickerson; Laurence

E. 228 CASSIN, Alice Cooley; James H. 204 CASTERLINE, Harola; Lillian Va.ii

139 CAYNE, Jacques H.; Nettie Van

Etten 163 C:HAFEE, Decker; Ethel Brewster

230 · Ruel 130

CHAMBERLAIN, Catharine; Nathan 109-11

CRANDLEB, John 197

CHAPIN, Aileen Hubbard; Harry A.; Jean Beryl; William Dana 229

CHICHESTER, Abigail 179 Clara Louise; Edward Parker; Rebecca Nelson 189

ClnTTENooN, Hattie; Wilbur Eugene 154

Ciro.RCH, Edward; Katherine PaY!,le; Martha 154

CH'UBCBILL, Hannah 188 CL.ux, Alwilda Jane; Anne Mon

ell; Carrie Iva; Daisy; Frances Elizabeth; Gabriel Sa~r; George; Hannah Cuddeback; Henry R.; Isaac Monellt ~uella May; Mary Isabella; .Myrtle; Phoebe Ann Celestia 152-5

CL.ux, Asa M.; Hannah J. Ha.II; Mabel 209 George (Mayor) 193 :Mary Margaret 124 Ruth.86 ·

Cl.ABxsaN, Amanda Payne; Ann; Helen Amanda; James Franklin

209-10 CLAussoN, Charlotte Embler; Char

lotte McCaw; Charlotte Purdy; Harry; Harvey; Henry P.; John; Lottie 161 Mary Monell 159, 161

CLINT<>N, Charles (Dr.) 47, 51, 65, 73 George (General; a.lso Governor)

65, 74 Henry (Sir); Lady 76

CLux, Annie Monell; Walter 193 CLUTE, Derric)s Nellie Monell 233 CoHU, Ann E. Tobias; William 217

Ma.ry 128, 217 CoLDEN,Alex (Capt&in)47

Cadwallader 47-8 Thomas 67-8

CoLE, Anna Monell; Peter 101 Deborah Ann 145, 151-2, 154 Delilah 146, 161-2, 164 Ida Rackett; Lillie Frances; Willis Floyd 153 Jeremiah; Lydia Van Sickle 161-2

CoLEKAN, Joseph 169 CoLLIEB, Isaac N. 126 COLLINGTON, Mary Ette 167 Co:ams, Hulda.h 193 CONGER, Ma.ry 186 CON.KLING, E. E.; Florence South

erland; Nan 206 Harriet 150

CoNBAD, Margaret 86 CONST.ANT, Silas (Rev.) 197-8 CoNVIs, Eleanor 210


CooK, J. Hervey (Judge) l'l9, 181-2 Louisa W. 182

COOLEY, Alice M.; Emily A.; Lena Monell; Mary; Nathan; Nathan Bailey; Ogden H.; Olive E.; Sally203-5

CooPEB, Elisha; Lucetta; Susan Armstrong 165 Elsie Louise; Florence Dickinson; Gladys Richardson; James Arnold; James H.; Joseph Frederick; Laura Monell; Mary Rebecca; Maybelle 148-9 Mary Monell 133-4, 138-41,

1~5, 147, 149, 151, 156-7 Thomas 67

CoBEY, Hattie 228 CoBNELL (See Kol.lerel) CoRNELL, Beatrice 194

Lou Ethel 206 CoVEY, Jessie 206 CRAIG, David 63 CRANS; Harriet Wade; John 142 CBANBAL; Thomas 53 CRANSE, Clarence Boak; Gertrude

Myrtle; Luella Clark 153 CBA.WFOBD 133

David; Samuel 59 CmST, Edward Seymour; Frank A.;

Henry M.; Jane Monell; John Milton; Mary K.; Mary Scott; Phillip Thomas; Thomas B.; William E. 147-50 Rebecca Monell; Virgil 1~

CBoNK, Eugene M.; Frank E.; Harriet Mead; Henry H. 200

CROUNSE, Jessie; Lorenzo (Gov.) 185

CRUMP, Charlotte 156 CUDDEBACK, Hannah Jane 153 CUFF, Elizabeth Shorter; Norman

220. CUMMING, William 54 -CURBY, Alphus; Carol Monell;

Sarah E. Purdy 177 CURTIS, Mayor (of Hudson, N. Y.)

115 CusTEB, Genera1174 CUTHBERTSON, John (Rev.) 132

DAVEY, Lillie Rackett; Webb 153 DAVIDSON, Chauncey C.; Clifford

Harley; Floyd; Hazel Irene; Hazel Monell; Lucinda Springsteen 166

DAVIES, ·Ada; Elizabeth Parry; Job G. 210

DAY, J. Bruce; Laura Cooper 149 DliLNoY, Catherine Monell; St.eph

en 103

DECKER, Ida 211 Myrtle Clark; Oscar Charles 153

DEGRA w, Bulah 230 DEGROOT, Daniel; Deborah 99 DENISE, Charles; Debeann (Deb-

orah Ann); Marah (Mariah?); Sarah Jane; Sarah Monell; Ruth w alter 203-4

DENNIS, Caroline 83 DENNISTON family 58

Alexander; George; Isabel 58 Rosanna 54, 56-8

DmCH, Frances; Pet.er; Susan Morris 156

DEvLIN; Elizabeth 236 DEWINT, Caroline Elizabeth; John

Pet.er 182 DlAM:oND, Caroline Monell 95, 99-

100 Charles 100

DICKERSON, Albert 221, 225-6 Albert Thomas; Alice; Harry; Anna E. Ware; Beverly Sanger 226-8 Charles Albert 221-2 Charles Edward 226 Claire (see Joseph Claire) Clara Jansen 221 David 215 Dorothy Lois· Edith Berenice· Edith Linda.; Edward C.; Edw;-d Francis 226-7 Elizabeth Mackey 225 Emily Jenners 227 Florence Bertha 222 Frederick Palmer ·228 Glorianer 224-5 Herbert Charles; Ida Elizabeth;· Horace Herbert 222 John 215, 221-2, 225 Joseph Claire; Julia Perin; Kat.e Palmer 227-8 Lillian Riker 222 Mary Redfield 215 MaybeJl Sanger 228 Nathaniel 0. 224-5 Nellie May 222 Philemon 215 Phoebe Monell 214-6, 21~21, 225-6 Raymond Monell 216, 227-8 Regina Reid; Reid Nelson; Robert Sanger 228 Samuel Van V echt.en 225-6 Sarah Ellii:! 221 Sela.h224 Susan Weller 225 Wendell Edward 220, 227

D1c:KINsoN, Florence Olive; Frank; Ida. Pope 149

INDEX 245

DICKSON, Rev. 172 DIETRICH, Marie K. 103 DIX, Justin; Ruth Monell 164 DONNELLY, James 67 DooRLY, Gilbert Hitchcock; Henry;

Katherine D.; Margaret Hitchcock; Peggy 185

DOTY, Rebecca 146, 157 Timothy 157

DOWNING, Andrew J.; CaroJine Elizabeth 182 Marv E. 211

DoWNs, James (Corpora.I) 76 DOYER, Henry 80 DRAKE, Jennie S. 224 DBoWN, Irene; Lois; Mae; Sam. F.

174 DuGAN, Josephine 100 DmmE, Caroline L.; Ida Ricker;

John Frederick 210 DuNcAN, Caroline 99 DuNN, Bessie Monell; Charles E.;

Chauncey Edward; Mary E. Robinson 192

DuN'NING, Jane 150 DuRYEA, Alafir; Ethel Ruth; Jan

nett; Jeannette Mills; Wilmot ~

Dw!GRT, Catherine 52, 106-11, 114, 125 Catherine Biddue; John; Mary; Joseph;Thomas;106-8 President (of Yale) 107, 114 Stephen 106-8, 110, 115

Dnm, Cornelia .Bogardus; John; Li11ian Eliza 163 C. Robert; Vera; Wright 166

EAGER, Elsa McGra.da; William 59 Mary 49, 59-64, 168,186,197,213

EAIRS (see Ayers, Rev.) · -EARI,E (Earll), Abigail 202-3, 208-9,

213 Ezra; John; Rachel Adams; Richard; Sa.rah Bull 202-3

ECKERT, Martin; Rachel Hough-teling; Sophia 102

EDDY, Margaret Canfield 211 EDMONDS, Hon. John W. 115 EDMONDSON, Mabel Monell; Rich-

ard Ellis; Richard Townsend 209 EGGLESTON, Catherine Monell;

James 0. 234 EHLERS, Harriet Monell; Harriet

Ruth; Rosalind Anna; William MoneJl; William Washington 151

EHMANN, Christine 90 ELLIOT, Barbara L.; Benton; Ethel

Monell; Hugh; Luella Ingra.ham; Russell; Stewart B. 166

Eu1s, John; Lavinia Brewster 231 Sarah221

ELMENDORF, P. 96 EMBER, Carrie 194 EMBLER, Charlotte 161 EN GLISH, Lidia 236 ESCHER, AdeJaide; Charles; Chester

A.; Herbert; Mae Brewster 230 EvANs (Patent) 47 EVERETr, AJanson 225

FABER, Abigail J. Baxter; John Hubert; John P. 222-3

FARTHING, Hannah Y oemans 153 FAST, Minnie Monell; Patsy Jo;

Wayne210 FAULXNER Capt. 73

Samuel M. 135 FENDER, Carl; Minnie Monell 210 FINCH, Carol; Charlotte Marble;

E. S. 90 Madeline 100

FINDLEY, Catherine 103 FISX, Jane H. 231 Fisu, Ada. Monell; Dorothy Loia;

Ethel Ruth; Freeman; Hattie Fox; Richard Monell; Stacey 166

FLEIIJNG, Nan Conkling 205-6 FLoREY; Harry; M~,tha E. Hunter

206 . FLYNN, Susan 83 Fooo, James W.; Rose A. McCurry;

Sarah Eliza.beth V. 192 Foor, Clinton; Rena Brant 163 FoBD, Howard (Stock Farm) 133 FoREBELLAR, Alice Monell; Lester

156 FORSHEE, Abram; AJred; Annie

Elsie; Dorothy; Elmer; Elsie Jane; Everett; Frank Wilbur 211-12 Hannah Monell 209, 211 Harry; Helen May; James; James Henry; John; Julia; Louis; Louise; Mary Elizabeth; Mary Downing; Miriam; Samuel James; Samuel Monell; Susie; Wilfed; Woodrow Wilson 211-12

FORSYTH, Rev.180 FoUL01s, General 128 FOUNTAIN, Sarah H. 124 FoWLEB, Glorianer 225 · Fox, Hattie 166 FoY, Harriet N.; Ruth Monell;

William 237 FREELAND, Rev. 205 FRENCH, Sadie 104 FUHR, Hazel 158 FULLER, George; Lulu Monell Pet

erson; Matilda Germond; William 165


FuuroN, Mary 158 FuNK, Rose 151

GALBBAITH, Allen 108 GALEs, Hezekiah 53 Gu1JER, William 87 GABLAND, Beatrice Gould, Willard

141 , · Madeline Monell 149

GABBISON, Catherine A. Scott, Dr. Charles 174

GAZLEY, Eleanor Jane; Elea.nor Monell; Elmer Monell; Myrta. Emily; Wilbur B. 103,

GEORGE (King of Engla.nd) 49 GERAGHTY, Bertha Monell; Henry ~

GERKOND, Matilda 165 GIFFOBD, Alice; Clara 119 GIFHoBN, Nellie 233 GILLESPIE, Andrew; Hattie Eliza

beth; Mary Avery 163 GLAZE, Barbara. Monell; Kenneth

W.129 Go»FBEY, DonaJd; Fernald H.;

Mildred Brewster; Richard; Walter 230 Marietta 136

Go»WIN. Charles 200 Laura.' Mead 199- 201

GoLDEN, Fra.nk; Mary Monell 150 GoNsALAs (or Cunsoles), Andrew

W.136 Helen Monell 135-6

Goo»BICH, Kate H. 177 Ma.rian Rightmire 154 Mary Ann Wolcott 182

GoULD, Bea.trice M.; Lois Monell; Marlin W.; Willard M. 141

GRAHAM, Daniel 66-7 Isabella 52, 65-7 James G. (Judge) 181-2 Sarah (Janet) 52, 66,73, 78-80, 88-9 Sergeant 73, 168 -

GBA.Y, Fem Monell 236 GBA.YSON, Florence 103 GBEGOBIE, Antoinnette 223 GBEEN, Amelia. 178

Harriet Foy; Joseph M. 237 GlW>LEY, Elsie E. Scott; William

174-5 GRIFFEN, B. (Rev.) 90

Delphine Monell 193, 196 Stephen 193

GmGOBOFF, Gertrude 210 GRINNELL, Samuel (Rev.) 161 GBOEFF,AdahH.119 GUEST, Eleanor Beatrice; Florence

Grayson; Henry 103 GULAu, Louise 155

HillBSBAWj Julia. Monell; William 218

HAIGHT, Elinor Church 130 HA.INEs, Elsie 171, 175 HALBACH, Emma C. 86 HALL, Ada Humphries; Daniel R.

Earl Beaveley; Gordon Besveley; Nita Monell 167 Annal55 Emma 163 Fanny Walden 124 Hannah Jane 209 Mary Monell 118-9, 124 Robert 124

H.w:.ocx,- Eliza.beth 200 Elizabeth Hunter; William 206

HALLoWELL, Harriet Monell 175 HALSEY, Catherine A. 138 HAMILTON, Alexander 67 HANKINs, Helen 164 HAN:u:a, Julia Read 164 liABDENBERGH, Lewis, Jr. 94 fum>WICK, Dorothy 165 H.A.m.ow, Maria 229 HA.BP, J a.mes 54 HARBJR, George 55-6

Jennie 236 John 67, 79 M1uthA. 179-80, 186 Phebe67 Robert Wormley 185

HARRISON, Alexander Baxter; Antoinette Gregorie; Chester Luther; Edith M. Baxter; Guy Anderson; H. Chester; Henrietta Alberts; Henry Charles; Mary Edith; Nellie Sarah 223

HABB.Y, Alice (Mrs.) 226 fuaT:MAN, Carrie 206 fusBBOuCK, Colonel 75 HATHORN, John (Colonel) 168 HAUGH, Conrad; Helen Dickerson

222 HAWKINS, Carol M.; Layton S. 177 HAWLEY, Della 225 Hay, Colonel 74 HEALY, Ann 209 HEINEKEN, Marion B. 218 BEI,LERHAN, Charles; Ida Monell

235 HENI>RICKSON, Ada Van Etten;

John 163 HERRICK, Jennie Hyatt 128 HERZBERG, Robert Monell 120 HIGBY, Moses 186 Hill, Jane Monell 51-2, 55, 94, 105

John 51-3, 94, 105 Mary 52, 93 Nathaniel P. 179 Sally (Sa.rah) 52, 66, 93-8

INDEX 247

HILL (Continued) Samuel 93 William 93-4

HITCBcocK, Ann M. V. Monell; Gad; Grace Jessie Crounse; John G.; Margaret; Phineas Warmer (Senator); Ruth 184-5 Charles Monell; Hannah Monell; Joseph D.; Leroy 114 Gilbert Monell (Senator) 69, 184-5 Martha Harris 179-80, 185

Ho»EB, Barbara Monell; Henry A. 129

HODSON, Albert; Nettie Monell Bird 158

HOFFMAN, Janice Monell 148 HOGEBOOM, Henry 115

Judge 125 HOLLY, Hannah 202 HOLM, Ottelia 123 HOLIIES, Elizabeth 164

Frances Brewster; Will 230 HoPKINS, Ella McMickle; R. L. 160

Mary Elizabeth Monell; Robert 157

HORNBY, Estate 111 HORTON, Margaret 208

Mary 148 HOSIER, Alfred 205 HOUGHTALING, Hezekiah 95

Rachel 102 HousToN, Elizabeth 63 HOWELL, Mary 149

Sarah 192 HUBBARD, Aileen1 Armilla MoneJI;

Beryl; Mary v.; Samuel Dana 229 Elizabeth 60, 63, 198

HULL, Glorianer Dickerson 224 HULSE133

Edward 133 Maggie E. 141

HULSLANDER, Jacob 63 HUNN, Margaret 234 Hmmm, Adaline Meeker; Alcott;

Bronson Alcott; Carrie Hart;:. man; Charles Henry; Chauncey; David; David Meeker; Edwarci; Elizabeth; Elizabeth Laura; Floyd; George; George Albert; Glenda; Grace; Harold Hugh; Harriet Garrison; James Edward; Jane; Joseph Leal; Joseph S.; Josiah; Lea.I; Lola Jones; Lou Cornell; Margaret Kirkuff; Margaret Wiltiams; Martha Ette; Mary; Mary Louise; Mary Nichols; Mary Woodruff; Michel; Samuel. Monell; Sarah Ami Straut; Sherman; Sherman Ed-

ward; Solomon; Susan Jane 205-6 Thomas 63

HUN'l'LEY, Almon; Sarah Capen 122 Sarah A. 121, 123

HUTTON, Gladys Seely; Kenneth 139

HYATT, Jennie Kip 127-8, 218

hn>soN, Mary A. 201 Imus, Elizabeth Watkins; James

J. 160 !BELAND, Caroline Bassler 91

JACKSON, Captain 73, 168 Henry 132 W-tlliam 55-6

JACOBS, Chapman; James; Joseph D.108

JEFFBIEs,AnnieL.Shorter;George P.; Lena 207-8

JENNEBS, Emily 227 JENNINGS, Elsie Kidd 173 JENSEN,.Clara Henrietta; Emil 221 JOHNSON, Annie 155

Benoni S. 115 Bertha 165 Charles Edward 166 Charlotte Maria 156 . Crvstal Miner; Ethel Fiske 166 H.WC.; Ida Williams 156 James 80 Kae230 Lowell 166 Mildred 231 Thomas Henry 166

JONES, Lola 206 Mary E.164 Robert w. 68

JORDAN, Gertrude 158

Km.woo, A. H. {Rev.) 127 Km,LS, Philip 176 KELLY, Edith M. 103 KENNOCH, Caroline 95, 99-100

Dora; Emma; George; Josephine Dugan; Marie; William 99-100

KERBAINT, Widow 235 KEYSER, Sarah Matilda 96, 99, 101 Km»,Alexander172

Anna Britain 230 Ann Elizabeth 173 Eliza (Elizabeth) Monell 771

172-3 Elsie Ann; Florence McConnell; Frances; Frederick MeC.; Hampton E.; Irene; James B.; Jamee Harvey; James Monell; Jane Calderwood; Jane Stevenson; Kate C.; Margaret Elizabeth; Mary; Mary Bellamy; Mary


KIDD (Continued) , Eliza.beth; Mary McGowan; Minnie; Olive; Robert; Robert T.; Robert Willia.m; Samuel Thomas; Sarah Jane; Willia.m C.; William Ernest 172-4 Willia.m R. 77> 171-2 Willis G. 173

KIE.RSTED, Sarah; Wynkoop 141 Kn.BURN, Nellie Shorter; Rciy219-20

Warren Stanley 220 Knm, Eliza. Mead; Fanny; William

H. 200 . Thomas 49-51

KJNGs51 KlNN:cE, Emma D. (Mrs.) 225 KIP, Jennie 127, 218 KmcuER, Christian; Grace; Louisa

Sevenhaer 167 KmKUFF 205 KNIGHT, Mrs. 91 KNox, Lavinia Monell 205, 214,

216, 218-19, 231 Mary; Olive 122 Thomas C. 218-9

KOCHEBTBAL, Joshua (Rev.) 191 Kom., Lottie CJausson; Mildred;

Valentine J.; W-llsey 161 KoNEBEL, Mr. (prob. Cornell) 59 KREMER, E1nora Shorter 220 KUNJEB, Mrs. 108

LACEY, Hattie MacCarter 136 LAFAYET'IE, General 90 LAlloN, Elizabeth (Mr3.) 51 LAlloREAux, Harry; Kate Palmer;

Margaret 228 LAssEN, Dorothy Palen; Gilbert A.;

John D.; Mickele 158 LAT.ARTE, Helen Monell 135-6 LA'IB.ill, Florence Shorter; Vincent

207 LATO'"O'"EE''"""'J: ... "l•""E, Mary 194 - · LAuGHLIN, Irene Amy; Lewis P.;

TJJlian Evarts 167 LAWUNCE, Rev. (of Binghamton)

166 LEAKE, Austin; Merle Wood 157 LEBBANCB, George 129 LEE, Alexander Spencer; Janette

Parker; Jeanette Eliza.beth; John Townsend; Oliver Harrison 110

LEWY, Mary s. 152 LnmuG, Nettie H. 101 LIONS, Helen S. Carr 194 LLOYD, Bruce B.; Edith Smith;

Florence Monell; Nettie Limberg; Percival Monell; Ralph I.; Russell G.101

Locn, Cecilia Monell; Frederick

Russell; Otis Russell 190 LOCKWOOD, Abby; Samuel; Mar

garet; Mary; Mary Conger; Charles B. 186-7 Aletta 171, 186-7, 225

LoVE, Harvey N. 122 Low, Cornelius 49 LUDLOW, Henry 106

Raymond; Roberta Adams 220 LYNCH, Frank; Jennie Boyd; Laura

Mary 192

MAcCAR'IER, Denton; George; Harriet; Hattie; Ida; James; John Arnold;· Juliette Monell; Mary 134-6

MACKEY, Elizabeth 225 MACY, Ada1ine Butts 118 MA.Toa, Helen 164 MALcoLM, Colonel 74-5 MANN, Charles; Emma. Hall; Lulu

163 MANSELL, Henry (Rev.) 92

Nancie Monell 75-7, 89-92 MANSFIELD, Mrs. May Monelle

Stansbury 72 MARBLE, Annie Gibb; Byron Mon

roe; C~line Ireland; Charlotte Monell; Christine Ehmann; Eliza Monell; Florence Monell; George William; Helen Elizabeth; Henry Irving; James; James Frederick; Lucretia Armstrong; Mary Tew; Ruth Simmons; William; W. Irving 89-92

MilsB, David, Jr. 88 MAJmN, Catherine; Catherine

Findley; George 103 MAsoN, Charles Trai -~ary E. Coll

ington; Minnie Alida; Sampson 167

MAsTEBSON, Lucy J. Monell Boyd 154-5 Percy 154

MATHISON, Donald, Ethel Monell; Raymond M.; Ruth 158

MAYER, Charlotte 156 Mc.ANDREWS, Cora 230 McBRIDE, Widow 131 McCAIN, Frances 139 McCAUSLAND, Almira. B. 102 McCAw, Charlotte 161 McCLAUGBRY, Colonel 168 McCLu.BE, Alexander; Lavinia

Brewster 231 McCoBB, James 51 McCoLEN, Mary Sayre 61 McCONNELL, Florence 173 McCoBD, Helen Monell; Milton;

Walter L. 135

INDEX 249

McCOY, Hannah 55 Mary 55-7

McCULLOM, Jane 199-200 Uriah 134

McCUNE fami]y 215 McOcmRY, Rose Ann 192 McCUTHAN, John H.; Mary B. 200 McEWEN, Mrs. 199 McGANNON, Charles Wallace; Kat

erine. Ann; Jean; Joseph William; Mary Angela; Nora; Olive Kidd; Olive M.; Sarah; Thomas; Thomas Lawrence 173-4

McGILL, Alice; Audrey; Charles; Charles Augustus; Chauncey; Chauncey Bailey; Daisy; Emma Taylor; Eunice A.; Grace; Helen; John; Kenneth; Mahlon Lewis; Mary Lewy; Morgan L.; Nelson A.; Nelson T. 152 Phoebe A. Celestia Clark 152, 155

McGowAN, Mary 172 McGRADA, Elsa 59 MCXEE, James; Robert Munnel 66

Mary Monell 65-6 Thomas 50-51, 66, 73

McKE:Evn, Florence Kidd; Horton H.173

McKINLEY. Wm.H. 174 McKNIGHT~ H. 8. (Mrs.) 189 McLotm, James Lester; Margaret;

Sarah A. 86-7 John67

McM1CKLE, Ellen; Henrietta 160 McMILLAN, Donald; Dorothy; Ida

Monell; Mary J.; Thomas; Wtlliam H. 102

McMUNN,S. W. 159 McMURRA.Y, Mary Jane 151 McNEAL, John 59 MEAD, Alice J.; Allen; Anna; Carrie

Bishop; Elizabeth Ayres; Elizabeth Hallock; Eliza M.; Elsie Monell; Fanny B.; Francis; Frank; Gabriel H.; Harriet; Harry L.; Isabella; James; Jane McCollum; John; Keturah Thompson Miller; Kittie Monroe; Laura; Laura Benedict; Marietta; Mary B.; Mary Brush; Mary Impson; Nathaniel D.; Nicholas; Philena J.; Sarah Ronk; Seth H.; Thaddeus; Walter; Walter J.; William; Winthrop D. 198-201

MEDAUGH, William 157 MEEKER, Ada.line 205 MEExs, Anna. Monell 118-9, 125

Claudine Monell 127 Claudius 118, 127 Joseph 126

MELCHOW, Ida Maccarter 136 MERRJMEN, Amanda 87 MERRITT, Edgar B.; Katharine

Kidd 173 MEYER, Helen 190 METNELL (family of England) 47;

aJso Appendix MmLAND, Mary Kidd; Miles G 173 Mn.Es, Frances Arn.old 165 MILLER, Anna 86

Augustus_S. 102 Catherine 169 Charlotte S. 178 David 136 D. C. 191 Dorothy 210 Elizabeth Grace 165 George H. 140 Gertrude Monell 165 Henry86 Keturah Thompson 200 Ludwing 165 Margaret Conrad 86 Marietta Godfrey 136 Mary 60, 77, 81, 169-72, 176, 178, 186 MiehseJ.230 Myra 140 Philin 1RQ - ......-y .. ".,

William 67 MILLS, Anna Grace; Edward Hor

ace; Horace, Jannett Duryea; Jeannette Elizabeth 223-4 Jennie Drake 204, 206, 223-5 John Hudson 223-4 Martha Monell 214-6, 223-4 Minnie Lavinia; Nellie Maud; William Horace; Willie H. 223-4

Mn,sPAUGH, John 199 MONELL (including all variations

such as Monndl, Munell, Munnell, Menell, etc.) Abigail Earle (b. 1782) 199, 202-3, 208-9, 213 Abigail Frances (b. 1834; d. y.)

188, 195 Abigail Jane (md. Rev. James

Baxter) 214, 222 Ada Bailey (b. 1871) 210 Ada Davies Scott (b. 1873) 210 Ada Inez (md. Stacey Fiske) 166 Ada Ricker (md. B. Frank Pine)

210 Adelaide (b. 18-) 89 Adelaide August.a (md. Geo.

Zimmerman) 178 Adelia A. (md. - Bonaface) 83 Adeline (b. 18-) 89 Alber P. (see Albert P.) Albert P. (b. 1861) 122-3


MoNELL (Continued) · Albert Zabriskie (b. 1858) 189,

196 Alberta. (md. Victor Pere) 156 Aletta. Frances (md. K. Van W a.g

ner) 103 Aletta. L. (b. 1872) 194 Aletta. Lockwood (b. 1796) 171,

186-7, 195, 2'J5 Aletta. Van Buren 103 Alexander D. (b. 1852; d. y.) 150 Alexander Hiram (b. 1832) 170,

177-8 Alfred Graham (b. 1832) 83-4, 88 Alice May (md. Lener Fore-

bellar) 156 Alice N ea.nette (b. 1927) 165 Almira McCausJand 102 Alvin Stanbrough (b. 1877) 193 Amanda Merrimen (b. 1838) 87 Ambrose (b. 1844) 126-8, 218 Ambrose (b. 1873) 106, 118, 126,

128-9,218 Ambrose (b. 1905) 129 Amelia Green (b. about 1800) 178 Amenia (b. 18-) 104 Andrew (b. 1802) 84, 88 Andrew B. lb- 18-) 84 Andrew E. (b. 18-) 233 Andrew M. (b. 1802) 84 Angelica 233 Ami (b. about 1802) 85-7 Ami (md. H. B. Seely) 138-9 Ami· M. Van Nostrand (md. P.

w. Hitchcock) 184: Ann Maria (b. 1815) 98 Ami Maria. (md. H. R. Clark) 152 Ann Mott (b. 18-) 88 Ami Swart (b. 1789) 96, 98-9, 101 Ami Whitney (b. 18-) 119 Amis. (md. Peter Cole) 101 Amis. Ha.II (b. 18-) 155 Anna Miller (b. 1892) 86 · Amis. Schilling (b. 1855) 232 Amis. Wells (b. 1821) 126-7 Amis. Wilkens (b. 1875) 232 Amie Moore (b. 1795) 134, 144 Amiie Johnson (b. 18-) 155 Annie M. (md. Walter C1um) 193 Archer (b. 18-) 233 Armill& Phebe (md. Samuel Hub-

bard) 229 Arnold Scott (b. 1918) 159 Arthur Decker (b. 1877) 102 Arthur Lee (b. 1883) 165 Arthur Lewis (b. 1913) 164 Augusta. Downine; (b. 1864) 189 Barbara (b. 19-) 158 Barbara tmd. K. W. Glaze & H.

A. Hoder) 129

Beatrice (h. 1911) 123 Beatrice {md. Russell Pullis) 157 Beatrice Cornell (b. 19-) 194 Benjamin (b.1853; d. y.) 212 Bert Eugene (b. 1884) 163 Bertha (md. Henry Geraghty)

232 Bertha (md. Edwin Nelson) 194 Bertha (md. Milton Skillman)

232 BerthaE. (b.18-) 157 Bertha Elizabeth (md. La.vier

Moore) 164 Bessie Janet {md. Chauncey

Dunn) 192 BJanche -b. 1891; d. y.) 166 Bogert {see Christopher Bogert) Borden (b. 1908) 194 Bradner Neil (b. 1930) 155 Broadhead (b. 1855) 102-3 Broadhead (b. 1892) 103 Broadhead W. (b. about 1818)

96, 99 Bruce tb. 1920) 194 C. A. Burbank (b. 18-) 208 Ca.Ieb Kimble Scott (b. 1875) 158 Calista Jane (Jennie) (md. E.

Cameron) 154-5 Calvina Pollard (b. 1855) 189 Caroline (md. Cnarles Angus)

171, 178 Caroline {md. -White) 83 Caroline Dennis (b. about 1800)

83 Caroline Dumke 210 Caroline Smith {b. 18-) 162 Catharine (see Catherine) Catherine (b. a.bout 1800) 88-9 Catherine (b. about 1800) 175 Catherine (md. Nathan Chamber-

lain) 109-10 Catherine (Mrs.) (b. 1781) 234 Catherine Adelaide (b. 1827; d.

y.) 177 Catherine B. (b. 1814) 121 Catherine Claudia (b. 1917) 236 Catherine D. {md. Nathan Rand-

all) 113 Catherine Dwight (b. 1749) 52, 106-11, 114,125 Catherine Elvira (b. 184:1; d. y.)

184: Catherine Elvira (md. Albert

Zabriskie) 180 Catherine Halsey (b. 18-) 138 Catherine Martin 103 Catherine Pamela (b. 1867) 118,

124 Catherine R. (md. James 0.

Eggleston) 234

INDEX

MoNELL (Co,uinuea) Catherine S. (md. Merselis Van

Ginon) 234 Catherine Shriver 236 Cecelia. Chichester (md .. Otis

Locke) 190 Charles (b. 17-) 64 Charles (b. 17-) 76, 79-85, 88-9,

176 Charles (b. 1792) 133-4, 142-5,

147 Charles (b. 18--) 140 Charles (b. 181~15) 117-9 Charles (b. 1830) 85-6 Charles (b. 1848) 162-3 Charles (b. 1875) 232 Charles (b. 1892) 86 Charles A. (b. 1865) 101 Cha.rles Edward (b. 1848) 214,

216-7,225,228-9 Charles Edward (b. 1859) 192 Charles Emest (b. 1842) 147, 151 Charles Ezekial (b. 1915) 210 Char es F. (b. 1825; d. y.) 143 Charles Floyd (b. 18--) 154 Charles H. (b. 1835) 64 Charles Joseph (b. 18--) 82-3, 85 Charles Knox (b. 1886) 122 Charles L. (b. 18--) 157 Charles Lewis (b. 1816) 145-6,

161-4 Charles Sumner (b. 1856; d. y .)

101 Charles Thompson (b. 1895) 103 Charles Wesley .{b. 1854) 152,

155-6 Charles William (b. 19-) 103 Charlotte (b. 1791) 109, 112-3 Charlotte Mayer (b 18--) 156 Charlotte Miller (b. 1833) 178 · Charlotte Smith (b. 1797) 79, 89--

90 Charlotte Tierre (b. 1903) 233 · Chauncey (b. 1853) 164 Cherry Sturgis (b. 1831) 84 Christopher Bogert (b. about

1800) 82-5 Christopher Bogert, Jr. (b. 18--)

83-4 Clara (b. 18--) 104 Clara (b. 1877; d. y.) 164 Clara Chichester (b. 1866) 189 Clara W andres (b. 1868) 101 Clarence (b. a.bout 1895) 236 Clarence (b. about 1900) 158 Claude A. (b. 1882) 118, 123-4 Claudia. (of Atlantic City) 236 Claudine (md. Joseph Meeks) 127 Claudius L. (b. 1815) 116, 118-9

125-8

251

Clinton Dona.Id (b. 1908) 165 Cora Tripp (b. about 1900) 103 Cordelia (b. 1919) 194 Comella Ann (md. Ira Moore)

139 Dallas (b. 1848) 158 Daniel (b. a.bout 1810) 203, 206 David (Lt.) (b. 17-) 51-2, 66,

73,93-8, 105-6, 168 David (b. 17-) 95-7, 101 David (b. 1849) 102 David Clifton (b. 1892) 103 David Richard (b. 1925) 164 David Simeon (b. 1930) 157 Deborah Cole (b. 1813) 146, 151-

2, 154 Deborah Degroot (b. 1820) 99 Deborah Woodhull (b. 1818) 69 DeJevine Bradford (b. 1917) 192 Delia (see Adelia A.) Delilah Cole (b. 1819) 146, 161-2,

164 Delphine (md. Stephen Griffen)

193, 196 Diane Belle (b. 1936) 123 Dolly Moore (b. 1795) 144 Dona.Id (b. 1904) 103 Dona.Id (b. 19"l4) 86 Donald Edward (b. 1910) 165 Donald Francis 234 Donald Milton (b. 1890) 148 Donald Murray (b.1934) 165

· Donald Radiker (b. 1912) 194 Dora (b. 18--) 104 Dora (md. William Kennoch) 99-

100 Dora Avecy_ (b. 1859) 100 Dorothea, Ellen (see Dora Dorothy (b. 19-) 155 Dorothy (b. 1908) 130 Dorothy (b. 1924) 86 Dorothy Hardwick (b 1907 165 Dorothy Miller (b.1~) 210 Dorothy Susan (b.19-) 103 Dorris Jean (b. 1916) 163 Edgar Allen (b. 1887) 165 Edgar Warren (b. 1890) 236 Edgar Warren (b. 1919) 236 Edith Kelly (b. 18--) 103 Edna Mooney (b. 1892) 123 Edmund Converse (b. · 1913) 129 Edward (b. 18-) 193, 196 Edward (b. 1816-18) 116-9 Edward (of Kansas City) 118-9 Edward Garrett (see Edwin G.) Edwin (b. 18--) 83 Edwin A. (b. 18--) 83 Edwin Archer (b. 1891) 234 Edwin Archer (b. 19-) 234 Edwin G. (b. 18--) 83


MONELL (Continued) Elee.nor (b. 1804) 63 Eleanor (md. W. B. Gazley) 103 Eleanor Convis (lil. 19-) 210 Eleanor Guest th. 1906) 103 Elect& Louise (b. 1861; d. y.) 189 Eli (b. 1839) 162 Elijah (b. 18-) 89 Elinor (b. 1905) 130 Elinor Church Haight {b. 18-)

130 Eliza Eliza (b.17-) of Philadelphia 176 Eliza (md. Wm. R. Kidd) see

Elizabeth Eliza (md. James F. Marble) 89-

90, 92 Eliza (md. Richard Myers) 145-

6, 151 Elim Jane (md. Wm. Van Etten)

162-3 Elizabeth (md. Wm. R. Kidd)

77, 171-2 Elizabeth (md. Robert Morris)

76-9 Elizabeth (md. Benjamin Pemble-

ton) 203. 207 Elizabeth (md. John Zeiss) 86 Elizabeth Casell (b. 17-) 95-8 Elizabeth Deborah Woodhull (b.

1818; d. y.) 69, 71 Elizabeth Devlin (b. 1872) 236 Elizabeth Frances Nicoll (b. 1821

69, 71-2 Elizabeth Hubbard (b. 17-) 60,

63,198 Elizabeth Moore (b. 1811) 213-6 Elizabeth Obrien ( b. about 1838)

86 Ella (b. 18-) 104 Ella J. Stanbrough (b. 18-) 191 Ellen A. (md. Albert Stannard)

175 . Ellen Case (b. 1848) 157 Elsie (md. James R. Boyd) 170-1 Elsie (md. Walter Mead) 198-9,

201 Elsie Haines (b. 17-) 171, 175 Elsie Jane (b. 1838) lSl:H> Elvira (md. Peter M. Stan

brough) 180, 187, 194 Elvira. A. (b. 18-) 83 Elvira. Scott (b. 1790) 61-2, 170,

174, 17~, 183 Emily A. (b. 1844) see Emma

Adeline Emily Lorraine (b. 1933) 165 Emma (b. 18---) 150 Emma (Emily) md. W. S. Wat

kins 149, 159-60

Emma Adeline (md. Samuel Dickerson) 214-21, 216, 225-6

Emma Halbach (b. 1868) 86 Emma Ida (md. Wm. Seitz) 86 Emma Mott.c; (b. 18-) 164 Emma Ruth (b. 1913) 86 Emma Youngs (b. 1858) 164 Estella (md. Clarence Ohlm-

stead) 193 Ester Ts.rrigan 233 Esther (md. Jonathan Taylor)

203·, 206 Esther Gladys (b. 1904) 164 Esther Jane (md. Payne) 154 Esther Murray (b. 1841) 154 Ethel (md. Raymond Mathison)

158 Ethel Brooker (b. 18-) 165 Ethel Louise (md. Benton Elliot)

166 Ethel Williams (b. 19--) 155 Etta Snell (b. 18-) 158 Eva (md. Charles P. OU<lin)

217-8 Eva Justine (b. 1895) 192-3 Evelyn (b. 19--) 155 Fanny (Frances) b. about 1800

203-4 F~uny (b. 1844; d. y.) 162 Fannie Carrie (b. 1867; d. y.) 178 Fanny Eliza Jane (See Frances

Eliza Jane) Fanny Gidney (b. 1843; d. y.) 184 Fanny Louise (b. 1909) 156 Fanny Moore (md. Selah Wick-

ham} 146, 156 Fanny R. (b. 1882; d. y.) 193 Fanny Seeley (b. 18-) 234 Fern Irene (md. Gray) 236 Fletcher (b. 18-) 143 Florence Charlina (md. Russell

Lloyd) 101 Florence Charlotte (b. 1923) 156 Florence Elizabeth (md. John B.

Rich) 187, 190-2 Forrest Levine (b. 1902) 86 Frances (b. 18-) 162 Frances (Fanny) md. B. F.

Banker 150 Frances (md. H. Rackett & L.

Reed) 152-3, 155 Frances Caroline (md. Emory

Purdy) 177 Frances Detch {b. 1855) 156 Frances E. (b. 1818) 142-3 Frances Eliza Jane (b. 1835) 138 Frances Josephine (b. 1854; d. y.)

84 Frances Leatherman (b. 19--)

210

INDEX

MONELL (Continued) Frances McCain (b. 1830) 139 Frances Omer (b. 1889) 122 Frances Tuthill (b. 17-) 60, 197

201,213 Frances Wallach O&k:ey (b. 1851)

189 Francis G. (b .. 18-) 234,237 Frank (b. 18-) 140 Frank (b. about 1880) 236 Frank Chester (b. 1868) 101 Frank Dallas (b. 1873) 158 Frank S. (b. 18-) 158 Fredie A. (b. 1872; d. y.) 178 Frederick (b. 18-) 75, 89, 91-2 Frederick (b. 1877) 149 Frederick A. {h. 1879) 100 Frederick Bronson (b. 1867) 119,

188-9, 196, 234 Frederick Bronson (b. 1899) 189 Frederick Drury (b. 1877) 118,

123. Gabriel (b. 1807) 170-1 Gary Elwyn (b. 1935) 210 · George (b. a.bout 1715) 48--52

55, 57-9, 65-7, 73, 93-4, 105-6, 146

George, Dr. (b. 1750) 52, 93, 105-11, 114, 117, 124-5, 128, 176, 218

George (b. 1768) 51, 65-72, 78-9, 169, 186

George (b. a.bout 1775) 235 George (b. 17-) 234 George, of Middletown (1700's)

169 George (b. about 1800) 171,178 George, of Philadelphia (b. 18-)

236 George (b. 18-; d. y.) 99 George, of Seattle (b. 18-) 117 -George (b. 1816) 98-9 George (b. about 1825) 171, 178 George (b. 1850) 102 George \b. 1859; d. y.) 166 George (b. 1872) 136 George (b. 1883) 163 George Albert (b. 1841) 139, 141 George Brady (b. 1890) 236 George Christie 234 George Cole (b. 1842) 152, 155 George Desmond (b. 1876; d. y.)

229 George Eckert (b. 1887) 102 George I. (b. a.bout 1800) 171,178 George Isaac Nicoll (b. 1818) 69-

72 George J. A. 71 George Lafayette (b. 18-) 72,

77, 79, 81, 89

George Leslie (b. 1893) 167 George Leslie (b. 1924) 167 George P. (b. 1820) 113-4 George Robert (b. 1835) 121, 123 George Robert (b. 1859) 116, 122 George Robert. (b. 1891) 122-3 George Roy 234 George W. (b. 18-) 235 George W. {b. 185-) 157 George Washington (b, 1862) 85-

6 George Washington (b. 1889) 86 George William (b. 1814; d. y .)

66, 69, 71 Georgeanna (b. 1847) 99 Gertrude 103 Gertrude Bates (b. 18-) 193 Gertrude Emma (md. Ludwing

Miller) 165 Gertrude Grigoroff (b. 19-) 210 Gertrude Jordon (b. 18-) 158 Gertrude SaJmon 103 Gertrude Sethma.n (b. 1842) 121,

124 Gilbert Chiehester (b. 1816) 180,

183-4 Gilbert Find1ay (b. 1912) 100 Goodrich Smith (b. 1848; d. y.)

183 Grace Delilah (b.-1881) 163 Grace Kircher (md. Gerald Van

Brink) 165 Grace May (md. Asa Palen) 158 Guilford Purdy (b. 1864) 146-9 Guilford S. (b. 1898) 149 Halsey William (b. 19'll) 140 Hannah (wife of John, b. 17-)

49, 51-8, 131-2, 144 Hannah (md. James Forshee) 209

211 Hannah (md. Leroy Hitchcock)

113-4 Hannah M. Bennet (b. 1819) 208 Harold Alton (b. 1928) 164 Harold Bradner (b. 1900) 155 Harold L. (b. 1901) 164 Harold T. (b. 1889) 235 Harriet (b. 18-; d. y.) Harriet (md. Ha.llowell) 175 Harriet Birch (b. 18-) 229 Harriet Black (b. 1~) 140 Harriet Borden (b. 1876) 194 Harriet Ethel (md. W. W. Ehlers

151 Harriet MacCarter (b. 1803)

134-5 Harriet Pitts (b. 18-) 208 Harriet Vail (b. 1799) 134, 137-8 Harry (b. 18-; d. y.) 231 Harry, Uncle (Henry) b.1802146

254 MONELL GENE.A.LOGY

MONELL (Continued) :l:Iarry Clarence (b. 1885) 1'58 Harry Clarence (b. 1913; d~ y;)

158 Harry S. (b. about 1900) 158 Harry Smith (b. 1891) 192 Harry Stanbrough· (b. 1887) 148 Harry Vorhees (b. 1907) 210 Hattie (md. Chittendon) 154 Hattie Gillespie (b. 1860) 163 Hazel Fuhr (b. 1~) 158 Hazel Irene (md. Floyd David

son) 166 Hazel Ward 103 Helen (md. William Wilson) 98-

100 Helen Catherine (md. Conrad

Haugh) 221-2 Helen CJarkson (b. 1866) 210 Helen Dab1ma (md. · Harold

Sweatland) 158 Helen Hankins (b. 1902) 164 . Helen Ma~or (b. 1913) 164 Helen Mar (md. L&Tart.e) 135-6 Helen Marr (md. Andrew Gon-

salas) 13:H> Helen Peach (b. about 1900) 189 HelenaAllmendinger lb. 1888) 158 Henrietta Mc:Mickle (b. 1829)

146, 160 Henrietta Wagener (b. 1824)

113-4 Henrietta Wi1Uarns (b. 1856) 192 Henry (b. 1802) 145-7, 149-51 Henry (b. 1807) 63-4 Henry th. about 1810) 170-1 Henry (b. 1848) 208-9, 211 Henry (b. 1863) 133, 144-8, 170 Henry Irwin t.b. 1914) 158 Henry Hall (b. 1901) 155 Henry Shaw (b. 1885) 233 Henry Voorhees (b. 1880) 210 Herbert Lansing (b. 1879) 164 Hester Anna (rod. Alvin Caldwell)

155 . Hiram (b. about 1810) 171 Horace (b. 1848; d. y.) 159, 161 Horace Elmer (b. 1827) 147, 149 Howard (of Atlantic City) 236 Howard Worthington (b. 1843;

d. y.) 183 Huldah Combs (b. 1876) 194, 196 Ichabod (b. about 1810) 170-1 Ida (b. 18-) 236 Ida lb. about 1860) 86 Ida (md. Charles Hellerman) 236 Ida Annetta (md. Thomas Mc-

Millan) 102 Ida Hester (md. Robert Byrne)

233

Imogene (b. 18-) 83-4 Inez Brown (b. 18-) 122 Ira (b. 1807) 128, 201, 203, 205,

213-20,222-6,228-9,231-2 Ira lb. 1852) 214, 216, 231 Ira Ferris (b. 1849) 209, 211 Ira Hobart (b. 1910) 210 Ira Humphrey (b. 1870) 210 Irene Berry (b. 1~) 100 Irene Laughlin (b. 1894) 167 Irene Mary tb. 1924) 165 Iretta (md. William Birchard)

231 Isaac (b. 1806) 145-6, 151-6, 159 Isaac (b. 1839) 187, 196 Isabella Graham (b. 17 46) 52,

65-7 James lb. 1690) 4&53, 58, 60, 65,

73,93, 105,125,128,130,144, 146, 168-9, 186, 197, 213, 217, 237

James, Lt. (b. 1740-5) 50-2, 65-6, 70, 72-80, 8~94, 105, 168-9, 172,176,234 . ·

James (b. 1754) 60-1, 63, 77-8, 81, 168-72, 174-6, 178, 186, 198

James ,b. 1785) 1~5 James {b. 1786) 75, 79, 89, 92 James (b. 1780s or.1790s) 198-9 James (b. 18-) 85 Jam.es (b. 1802) 85-8 James (b. 1827) 187, 193, 1~ James Bradner (b. 1836) 135-7 James Edgar (b. 1830) 142-3 James Harvey (b. 1814) 175 James Lewis (b. 1922) 194 James McLoud (b. 1898) 86 Jam.es Miller (b. 1798) 171, 176-8 James Van Voorhees (b. 1896;

d. y.) 192 James William (b. 1934) 123 Jane (b. 1835) see Abigail Jane Jane (md. Thomas B. Crioii) 146-

7, 149 Jane (md. John Hill) 51-2, 55, 57,

94, 105 Jane (md. David Hunter) 203,205 Jane Broadwell (b. 18-) 84 Jane Dunning (b. 1826) 150 Jane Fisk (b. 18-) 231 Jane Marie Roe (b. 1807) 146,

151-2, 154 . Jane Savage (b. 1801) 134, 138-9 Jane Thompson (b. 1793) 134,

142-3 Jane (Jeanet) Wharry (b. 17-)

48-50, 65, 73, 93-4, 105, 125 Janet (b. 1774) 70, 78-9 Janet Agnes (b. 1924) 167 Janet Graham (seeSarab.Grahan'.i)

INDEX

MONELL (Continued) Janice (md. Hoffman) 148 Janice Loraine {b. 1928) Jannette (d.l..) 114 Jannette (m Besslie) 89, 92 Jannette (md. P. S. Parker) 105,

107-10, 112, 115 Jes.net (Jane) Wharry {b. 1'1-)

4.8-50, 65, 73, 93-4, 105, 125 Jennie Carr (b. 18-) 192 Jellllie Harris (b. 18-) 236 Jennie Kip Hyatt (b. 18-) 127-8,

218 Jennie Thomas (b. 18-) 158 Jennie Warren (b. 18-) 136 Jessie {b. 1849) see Ira F. \b.

1849) Jessie B. Sayer lb. 1889) 140 Joan (md. Henry Brewster) 214,

229-30 . John tb. 1717) 48-9, 51, 53-9,

105, 131, 144, 146 John (b. 1745) 54, 56-9, 65, 78,

94, 131-4, 136, 138, 141-2, 144, 146,149, 169-70,234

John {b. 17-), Philadelphia tailor 176

John (b. 1783; d. y.) 132 T~hn fl.. -1,.,.-•• • 1311'\'\ n'>,t .,V......,. \I.I• z:i.UVUII .I. .I.\J} ~

John (b. 1872) 157 John (b. 1906) 157 John A. (h. 18-) 176 John B. (b. 18-) 234 John Bradner (b. 1786) 132-4,

136--8, 141 John Bradner (b. 1809) 145--6,

157-8 John Bradner (b. 1828) 150 John Bradner {b. 1846) 152, 155 John Bradner (b. 1875) 155 John Bradner (b. 1922) 140 John Curtis (b. 1898) 103 John Curtis, Jr. (b. 19--) 103 John D. (b. 1820) 143 John Dennis (b. 1893) 192 Jouh E. (b. 1885; d. y.) 210 John F. (b. about 1825) 175 John Henry (b. 1870) 154 John Henry (b. 1917) 192 John Heney (h. 1920) 192 John I. (see John J., h. 1796) John J. (b. 1796) 81-2, 171, 175 John James, Judge (b. 1813) 60-

1, 176, 179-82, 187 John James (b. 1837) 180, 184 John Louis (b. 17-) 235 John Milton (h. 1824) 147-8 John Milton (b. 1868) 149 John Nichol (b. 1825) 186-7,

190-2, 196

255

John Peter lb. 1912) 210 John Purdy (h. 1840) 159-61 John Wellington (b. 1823) 139 John William {b. 1857) 191-2 Joseph (b. 1789) 133-4, 137-40,

144,169 Joseph (b. 18-) 157 Joseph (b. 1847; d. y.) 102 Joseph Augustus (b. 1826) 139-40 Joseph C. (see Joseph Dennis) Josepn Dennis {b. 18-) 83 Joseph Dwight (b. 1781) 47, 106-

9, 112, 114-20, 124, 176 Joseph !)wight (b. 1815-20) 116-9 Joseph !)wight (b. 1823) 113-4 Joseph :Qwight (b. 1839) 121,125 Joseph T. (b. 1868) 140 Joseph Ts.rrig_an {b. 1859) 233 Joseph Sears (b. about 1800) 203-4 Joseph See.rs (b. 1828) 60, 128,

197-8, 201, 213-4, 216-7, 228 Joseph William {b. 1868) 193-4,

196 Joseph William th. 1910) 193 Josephine Agatha (b. 1842; d. y.)

101 Josephine Florence (md. Ernest

Ackerman) 100 Josiah (b. 18--) 237 Juanita Ann (md. Lloyd Burdick)

165 Julia (b. 18 ) 84 Julia th. 1853; d. y.) 102 Julia (md. Wm. Hahirshaw &

Thos. Russen) 218 · Julia A. (b. 1844) 152, 155 Julia. A. (md. Hiram Ostrander)

161 Julia. Hanmer (b. 19 ) 194 Julia Maria (md. Rightmire) 154 Julia. Purdy th. 1815) 146, 159 Ju1iette {Julia E.) md. John

MacCarter, 135-6 Justina Weller (b. 1834) 190-1 Kate (md. Geo. Simmons) 117-9 Kate H. (b. 1878) 84, 178 Kathleen O'Connor (b. 19-) 210 Kathryn D. (h. 1902) 155 Kathryn Helen (md. Alvin Otta)

210 Kenneth (b. 1931) 189 Kenneth Milton th. 1914; d. y.)

165 Laura Jane (b. 1913) 192 Laura Lynch (b. 1890) 192 Laura Olive (md. Stone) 122 Laura Stanbrough (b. 1863) 148 Lavinia (md. Thomas Knox) 205,

214,216,218-9,231 Lavinia s. (b. 18-) 237


MoNELL (Cominueil) Lena Bea.trice (b. 1920) 1.63 Lena H. (md. Nathan B. Cooley)

203-5 Lenore (b. 1931) 165 Leon Mason (b. 1890) 167 Leon Tracy (b. 1935) 164 Lester Armour {b. 1886) 156 Lester George {b. 1917) 156 Lewie {b. 18-; d. y.) 231 Lewis {b. 1816) see Charles Lewis) Lewis {b. 1860) 166-7 Lewis N. {b. 1872) 149 Libby Slater (b. 18-) 235 Lida Aldrich (b. 18-) 164 Lillian (b. 18-) 103 Lillian {b. 1922) 155 Lillian (md. George Wood) 157 Lillian Annette (md. Paul E.

7'egel)155 Lillian Armour {b. 1846) 155 Lillian Buckley (b. -) 102 Lillian Carpenter (of Philadel-

hia) 236 ~ Dyer (b. 1887} 163 Lillian May (md. Walter E.

BJake) 191-2 Linnea (b. about 1900) 233 · l,i9:v.ie R..-,,.nnnn fh 15l.-\ 1..,Rv2 _., - .. ~" .... ,.., • .ir..v I -

Lizzie Van Kleek {b. 1888) 194 Lloyd Burton (b. 1915} 194 Lloyd Julius (b. 1911) 210 Lois (md. W. M. Gould) 141 Lois C. {b. 1913) 193 ~ra Vera (md. Randolph Van

Bayer) 162 Lorenzo A. {b. 1889) 123 Louis Marion (b. 1844; d. y.) 151 Louise A. F. Smith (b. 1864) 192 Louise Gula.u {b. 18-) 155 Louise Schouton (b. 1912) 165 Lucetta Cooper (b. 1882) 165 Lucinda Carpenter (b. 18-) 183-4 Lucy Enola tmd. Zimmer) 154 Lucy J. (md. C. Boyd, P. Master-

son & L. Reed) 152-5 Lucy Moore lb- 1780) 78, 134,

144-6, 151, 156-7, 159, 161 Lulu Ann (md. N. Peterson & W.

Fuller) 165 · Lulu Mains Boran (b. 1888) 163 Lulu Matilda (md. Walter D.

Smith) 103 Luther E. 233 Lydia English (b. about 1830) 236 Mabel (md. Richard Edmond-

son) 209 Mabel Anna (md. E. E. Whitney)

102 Mabel Clark (b. 1875) 209

Mabel Smith (b. 1881) 100 M,adeline (md. - Garland) 149 Madelih.e Birch (md. King Wal-

lace & Joseph Ward) 229 Madeline Finch (b. 1903) 100 MSP- LUJian (b. 1902) 236 Maggie Hulse (b. 1842) 141 Malinda O>- 1801) 198-9, 201 Mamie (b. 18-) 86 Margaret (md. John O'Donnell)

129 Margaret Cameron {b. 1896) 236 Margaret Gertrude (md. L. S.

Browning) 210 Margaret Helen (md. Peter Stan

brough) 169, 187,194-6 Margaret Hunn \b. about 1810)

234 Margaret Nicholl 66, 68-70, 186 Margaret S. (b. 1896) 148 Margaret Smith tb.1834) 193, 195 Margaret Van Valkenburgh)

(b. 1794) 109, 116-7 120 Marguerite Cb- 1893; J. y.) 151 Marguerite Temple (b. 1914) 236 Maria (b. 17-) 234 Maria (b. 1842; d. y.) 162 Maria (md. Jeremiah Scott) 77,

1"7lL1 1"7A .... v- ... , .L' ":I: Maria (md. Harry Wilcox) 146,

159 Maria Van Valkenburgh (b.1781)

108-9, 116-7, 125 Marie Torre (b. 18-) 148 Marietta Godfrey (b. 1833) 136 Marjorie Lois (b. 19-) 148 Marion Bruce (b. 1911; d. y.) 129 Marion Heineken (b. 1874) 218 Marion Zippel {b. about 1900) 86 Marlene Louise {b. 1936) 164 Martha (b. 1809) 63 Martha (md. Capt. Thomas

Bea.tty:) 60, 175 Martha (md. W. H. Mills) 214-5,

223-4 Martha B. (md. Samuel Shorter)

203, 207, 220 · Martha Osborn (b. 18-) 148 Martin B. (b. about 1900) 233 Mary {b. 1697) 48 Mary (b. 1776) 235 Mary (b. 1771) 65 Mary {b. 1791) 63, 198 Mary (b. 1823; d. y.) 119 Mary (of Philadelphia) 236 Mary (md. James McKee) 65-6 Mary (md. Samuel Raynor) 208-

9,211 Mary (md. Jonathan Sayre) 60-3,

179, 198

INDEX

MoNELL (Continued) Mary (md. John Seitz) 87 Mary Adelia (md. J. F. Ca.11-

breath) 139-40 Mary Ann (b. 18-) 64 Mary Ann (b. 1813) 98-9 Ma.ry Ann (md. Charles Brant)

163 Mary Ann (md. James Moores)

188 · Mary Ann Young (b. 1812) 99 Mary August& . (md. Rufus Tall-

madge) 177 Mary Baird (b. 1807) 146-7, 149 Mary Ballard (b. 1800-15) 64 Mary Bogert (b. 1767) 79-85, 88-9 Mary Butts (b. 18-) 102 Mary Catherine (md. Somers

Stikes) 136-7 Mary Cohu (b. 18-) 128, 217 Mary Dolly Bennett (b. 1830)

208 Mary E. (b. 1866) 141 Mary E. (md. Alvin W. Baird)

159-161 Mary E. (md. Frank Golden) 150 Mary E. (md. Curtice M. V a.il) 139 Mary Eager (b. 17-) 49, 59-64,

168, 186, 197, 213 Mary Elizabeth (b.19-) 103 Mary Elizabeth Boyd (b. 1889)

161 Mary Elizabeth (md. John Claus

son 159-61 Mary Elizabeth -· (md. Robert

Hopkins) 157 Mary Emma, (md. James Cooper)

133-4 138-41, 143-5, 147, 149, 151,156-7

Mary Emma Smith (b. 18-) 118 Mary Emms. (md. Floyd Zac

harias) 164 Mary G. (md. Robert Hall) 118-9

124 Mary Goodrich (md. Frederick

Scott Wait) 182-3 . Mary Howell (b. 1846) 149 Mary Isabella. (b. 1813; d. y.) 66,

69, 71 Mary Isabella (b. 1823) 142-3 Mary J. McMurray (b. 1846) 149 Mary Knox (b. 18-) 122 Mary Lillian lb. 1904; d. y.) 210 Mary Louise (b. 1931) 164 Mary Miller (b. 1766) 60, 77, 81,

169-72, 176,178,186 Mary Miller (b. 1811; d. y.) 180 Mary Paddock th. 1810) 121 Mary Pearsall (b. 18-) 121-3 Mary Post (b. 1909) 157

257

Mary Squires (b. 1811) 120-1, 123-4

Mary Swevers (b. 18-) 156 Mary Voorhees (b. 1846) 209 Matilda (b. 18-) 83-4 Matilda (md. Charles Van Ke

uren) 214, 225 Maude (md. Ambrose Monell &

George Vetlesen) 128-9, 217-8 Maybelle Cooper (h. 18-) 148 Maybert Burdick (b. 19-) 165 Maye (of Philadelphia.) 236 Mayella. Paltridge (b. 19-) 194 Melinda (md. Nathaniel Dick-

erson) 214-5, 224-5 Melvin (b. 19-) 155 Melvina (md. H. M. Avery) 103 Merritt (b. 1855) 164 Merritt Allen (b. 1911) 165 Mildred Smith (b. a.bout 1890)

234 Minnie (b. 18-) 236 Minnie Harriett (md. Wayne

Fast & Carl Fender) 210 Minnie Mason (b. 1867) 167 Minnie Myers (b. 1885) 210 M~ (b. 1926) 86 MoNELL Bus!NE..'!ls NAMEs: Minsch, Monell &: Co. 218 Monell, Charles E. Co. 217,228 Monell & Co. (Bankers) 184 Monell & Fitch 125 Monell & La.rkley's lumber yard

118 Monell Lett.er Co. 103 Monell & Martindale 125 Monell Paper Co. 194 Monell's Pharmacy 217 Monell & Sutherland 125 Monell & Titsworth 178 Monell & Wickham 138 Monell, Willard &: Anderson 125 Monell Willard & Howe 125 Monell & Zeglio 127 Monell Family of Syracuse, N. Y.

237 Moses (b. 17-) 63 Myra Miller (b. 1869) 140 MyrlS.(b. 1892) 113,162,167 Nancie (see Nancy) · Nancy (widow of John b. 1745)

133-4 Nancy (md. Henry Mansell) 75-7

89--92 Nellie (b. 18-) 162 Nellie (md. William Adams) 157 Nellie (md. Derrick Clute) 233 Nellie Gifhom (b. 18-) 233 Nellie Mitchen (md. Fred Thom-

son 102


MONELL (Continued) , Nettie R. (md. J. W. Bird &

Albert Hodson) 158 Nita Irene (md. Earl R. Hall) 167 Nora Wait (b. 18-) 123 Norman Leslie (b.1894; d. y.) 229 Ogden (b. 18-) 119-21 Ogden (b. 1833) 116, 120~3 Ogden W. (ha 1884) 123 Olive Allen (b. 1912) 165 Olive Grace (b. 1920) 167 Olive Knox (b. 1861) 122 Olive V. Rose (b. 18-) 140 Olivia Edgar (md. David Boyer)

210 Ottelia. Holm (b. 18 ) 123-4 Pamala {md. William Barry) 118,

123-4 Patricia. (b. 19-) 234 Paul LeRoy (b. 1932) 123 Pauline (md. Lee Stebbins) 233 Pearl (md. R. W. Aszmus) 123 Peter (b. 17-) of Philadelphia

235 Peter (b. about 1800) of Phila-

delphia 235-6 Peter Bennett (b. 1842) 208-11 Peter Bennett (b. 1881; d. y.) 210 Pa.nchita Brady (b. 18-) 149 Phebe Russell (b. 1817) 143 Phebe Scott (b. 1848) 158 Phoebe (b. 18-) 89 Phoebe Ann (md. Albert Dick-

erson) 214-6, 219-21, 225-6 Phoenia. (see Delphine) Polly Bogert (see Mary Bogert) Rachel {b. lS-) 83, 157 Rachel (b. about 1800) 204 Rachel (b. 1831) 207, 214, 216,

219-21 Ralph (b. 1873) 217-8 Ralph Payne (b. 1904) 210 Randolph (b. 18-) ot Philadel-

phia 236 Rebecca (md. Uzal H. Wade)

133-4, 141 Rebecca Ann (md. Virgil Crist)

135 Rebecca Ann (md. Edgar Mun

son) 158 Rebecca Bradner (b. 17-) 58, 78,

132-4, 136,138, 141-2, 144,149, 234 •

Rebecca Doty (b.18-) 146,157 Rebecca Purdy (b. 1824) 147-8 Rhea Isabel (md. R. F. Pennell)

189-90 Richard (b. 19-) 155 Richard (b. 1939) 189 Richard Bates (b. 1915) 193

Ricnard Broadwell (b. 1909) 84 Robert, Lt. (d. 1777) 50-2, 65-7,

72-3, 78-9,93-4, 105,169,186 Robert (b. 17-) 94-8 Robert (b. 1782) 236 Robert, Hon. (b. 1787) 105-6, 108

-9, 111-4, 120 Robert (b. 18-; d. y.) 157 Robert (b. a.bout 1860; d. y.) 86 Robert Avery (b. 1903) 100 Robert B. (b. 1810) 112, 116-21,

123-4, 126 Robert D. (b. 1822) 100 Robert D. (of Portsmou'Ll, Va.)

236 . Robert Edward (b. 1864) 116-9,

124 Robert H. (b. 1916) 122 Robert L. (b. 1927) 164 Robert Sully (b. 1854) 100 Robert W. (b. 1857; d. y.) 121 Robert Ward (b. 19-) 103 Ronald Ralph (b. 1937) 233 Rosalind J. (b. 1889) 151 Rosanna (md. Denniston) 54,

56-8 Rose Funk (b. 1865) 151 Ruby Lee (b. 19-) 158 Ruth (md. William Foy) 237 Ruth (md. Thomas Tibbets) 124 Ruth Alia.ne (b. 1819) 122 · Ruth Benedict (b.1858; d. y.) 183 Ruth Clark (b. 19-) 86 Ruth Lillian (md. Jlb--tin Dix) 164 Sally Myers (b. 18-) 147 Sally (see Sarah) Samuel (b. 1780) 128, 198-9 201-4

208,213,217 Samuel (b. 1785) 61-2, 169-72,

17 4, 178-80, 182-4 Samuel (b. 18-; d. y.) 158 Samuel (b. 1821; d. y.) 180 Samud (md. 1849) 138 Samuel (b. 1855) 214, 216, 232 Samuel A. (b. 1812) 203, 208-9

211-2 Samuel Alonzo (b. 1828) 137-8 Samuel Howard {b. 1856) 189,

196 Samuel Lockwood '-b. 1824) 188-9

196 Sarah (Janet) Graham (md.1772)

52,66, 73,78-80,88-9 Sarah (b. 1800) 63 Sarah (b. 18-) 64 Sarah (b. 18-) 103 Sarah (b. about 1860; d. y.) 86 Sa.rah (md. Charles Denise) 203-4 Sarah (md. Solomon Pa.reel) 95-7 Sarah (md. Thom.as Wright) 166

INDEX 259

MONELL (Continued) Sarah A. (b. about 1802 ) see Ann Sarah A. (md. Francis Brown)

237 Sarah A. (md. 2nd James Mc-

CJoµd) 85-7 Sarah.Brisbane (b. 1871) 100-1 Sarah E. V. Fogg (b. 1890) 192 Sarah Elizabeth (b. 1835) 193,

195-6 Sarah Foot (b. 1859) 211 Sarah Fount.a.in (b. 18--) 124 Sarah Hill (md. 1775) 52, 66,

93-6, 98 Sarah Huntley (b. 1855) 121, 123 Sarah J. Pollard (b. 1826) 188 Sarah Keyser (b. 1828) 96, 99,

101 Sarah Rebecca (md. F. L. Wol-

fangle) 85, 87 Sarah Scott (b. 18--) 157 Sarah Swart (md.-Wallace) 98-9 Sarah Totten Bradner (b. 1797)

171, 176-7 Sarah Vivash (b. 1848) 121, 124 Simeon (b. 1904) 157 Sophia (md. Benjamin Parsel)

96-7 Sophia Eckert (b. 18-51) 102 Steve Albert (b. 1928) 123 Street (Greene, N. Y.) 112 Susan (b. 1877; d. y.) 156 Susan Aletta (b. 1837; d. y.) 196 Susan Finch (b. 1931) 100 Susan Flynn (b. 18-) 83 Susan Shriver (b. 18--) 236 Suzanne Warriner (b. 19-) 130 Tatty 80 Temperence (b. 1798) 198-9, 201 Temeh (see Zeruiah) Terusia (see Zeruiah) Theodore (b. 18-) 103 -Theodore (b. 1875) 118, 126, 130 Theodore (b. 1908) 130 Theodore M. (b. 1900) 149 Thomas (b. 17-) 60, 63-4, 198 Thomas Bradner (b. 1829; d. y.)

177 Thomas E. (b. 1834) 85, 87 Thomas Ogden (b. 1930) 123 Thomas Tracy (of PLila.delphia)

235 Townsend Wright (b. 1869) 208-

10 Tracey Leonard (b. 1892) 163 Tracy (b. 18-) of Philadelphia.

235 VandeJin SuHy (b. 1852; d. y.)

101 Vashti (b. about 1810) 203, 207

Viola Benson (b. 19-) 157 Virgil Crist (h. 1868; d. y.) 136 Virgil Crist (b. 1874) 136 Virginia Ruttledge (b. 1877) 189 Walter J. 237 Walter Mead (b. 1825) 137-8 Wilford Murray (b. 186--) 154 William (b.17-) of Philadelphia)

235-6 William (b. 1722) 49, 53, 57-64,

78, 105, 128, 168-:9, 186, 197, 213,217

William (b. 1755) 60, 63, 94, 128, 197-201, 213, 217,

William (b.1778) 133-4, 144, 151-2, 156-7, 159, 161-2

William. (b. 1790; really Wm. b.1778) 78 .

William. (b. 1793) 171, 175, 180, 186-8, 190-1, 193-6,225

William (b. 18-) 89 William (b. 1815} 145-6, 152, 15~

160 William (h. 1865) 151 William. (b. about 1880) 236 William (b. 1891) 151 William (b. about 1900) 236 William Alexander (b. 1853) 187,

193, 195 William Bradner (b. 1869) 136 William C. (b. 1843) 147, 151 William F. (b. 1869) 83-4, 88 William Floyd (b. 1835-8) 144,

152, 154-5 William Floyd (b. 1877) 155 William Graham (b. 18-) 80,

83-4, 88 William H. (b. 1839) 157 Wil'iam Halsey (b. 1867) 140 William Halsey (b. 1892) 140 William Henry (b. 1837) 178 William Lester (h. 1858) 159 William Lewis (b. 1828) 187, 193,

196 William Tyler (b. 1854) 236 William Waldon 103 William Wallace (b. 1842; d. y.)

136 William Wallace (b. 1857) 93-5,

98-103 William Wallace (b. 1888) 103 William Winnemore (b. 1868) 236 Willie Leper (b. 1867; d. y.) 84 Zeruiah (md. Benjamin Parsel)

93. 95-7 MONROE, Clara M.; Herman 87

Kittie B. 200 James (President) 115

MoNTGOMERY,Gertruydt79 MoNTRoss, Mary Louise 211


MOONEY, Edna 123 MooRE, Adelia; Chauncey B.;,porn

elia Monell; Dolly; Emeline; Frances E.; Ira 139

MooRE, Alexander; Elizabeth; Elizabeth Roberts; Henry (William Henry); James; Jo&nn&; John; Lewis; Malinda; Mary; Ns.ncy; Phebe 213-6

MooRE, Allen Carl; Bertha Monell; Beverly Js.ne; Carl Sanford; Clarence Richard; David Merrftt; Doris Marguerite; Dorr ·Iven; Dowdas Winsor; Elizabeth Holmes; Ethel Baker; George 4vier; Hazel Ruth; Helen Maria; Jean Virginia· La.vier; Mary Jones; Merrit K.; Phillip; Ro~; Susan Slocum; Tracey; Vera Bertha 164-5

Moou, Anne 134 MooRE, Anne, David, Dolly, Mar

tha Smith; William 144 Moou, James Harvey (Sir) 173 MOORE, Lucy 78, 134, 144-6, 151,

156-7,159,161 Moon, Malinda Monell 198-9, 201 Moons, Alice; Ann Eliza; Daniel·

Hannah (J~urebm; Henry; Marg~ aret A.; Mary H.; William B. 188

Moons, Frances A. 171, 188 Moous, Mary Ann Monell 188,

196 MORGAN, Abigail 211 MoBRELL, James 76 MoBRis, Elizabeth Monell 76-9 MoBBis, Gertruydt Montgomery 79 MOB.BIS, Lewis 79 MOBBIS, Robert 79 MoBBis, Susan 156 MO'.l."l', Ann Amelia 88 MO'.l."l's, Emma 163 MUNNIL, James 168 MUNSON, Carrie; Edgar; -Hattie;

Rebecca. Monell 158 MURPHY, Helepp. 163 MUBBA.Y, Esther 154 MuRBEL, James 76 MYEBs, Dorothy Lucretia 90

Eliza. Monell 145-6, 151 James; John 90 Lucretia Marble (Mrs.) 77, 89-90 Minnie B. 210 Richard 146, 151 Sally Ann 147

NEELY, Robert 53 Thomasl32

NELSON, Bertha Monell; Edwin E.; Nels 194

NICHOL, John D. 169 NICHOLLS, Annie E. 119 NICHOLS, Mary 206 NICOLL, Deborah Woodhull 69

Eliza 70, 78 Issac 69, 186 John 54, 186, 190 Leonard D. 55-6 Margaret66-9,186

NICOLS (Nicoll), Sarah 72 NOBLE, James 51, 73, 93-4 NOBBIS-EDMANDSON, Jos.nna 113 NoxoN, Thomas 47

O.ADY, Frances Wallach;John 189 O'BRIEN, Elizabeth 86

Julia Forshee; Leatrice; Ruth 211 O'CONNOR, Kathleen 210 O'DoNNELL, John Columbus; Mar

garet Monell 129 0EBTING, Charlotte ·M. Johnson

(Mrs.) 78, 156 0Lc0'.rl', Ann Maria; Frederick P.

126 01:.KsTEAD, Clarence; Estella. Mon-

ell; Leonard M. 193 01.sEN, Gertrude 87 OBNER, Frances 122 0sBOBN, Marth& Edyth& 148 OmliNDEB, Hiram T.; Juli& Mon-

eIJ 161 OTTA,Alvin D.; KathrynMone11210 Ounm, Annette; Charles P.; Eva

Monell; Evelya.ine; Josephine; Marie217-8

OwEN, Albert G.; Jonaths.n; Walter D. 213

OwENs, Edith; Edson; Helen; Lav-inia; Lester; Mildred 207

OwENs, Lavinia Shorter 207, 220 OwENs, Mary Cooper; Ralph 149

P ADDOCX, Mary West 121 PALEN, Alvin Scott; Asa; Cynthia

Js.ne; Dorothy; Grace Monell; Martin S.; Russell A. 158

p 4LMEB, .Anganette 165 Kate228 Louise Alice 231

P ALTBIDGE, Ma.yell& 194 p ABCEL (see Parse}) P ARKEB, Ambrose; Catherine; Jan

ette; Laura.; Mary 110 P ARKEB, Elizabeth; Helen M. Zim

merman; Henry Hudson 178 PARKER, Janette Monell 105, 107-

110, 112, 115 P ARKEB, Philip S. 108-110, 112 PARNELL, Isa.belJa (see Pennell,

Rhea.)

INDEX 261

PARRY, Elizabeth 210 P ABSEL, Alfred; Benjamin; David;

Edward; George; Jane; John; Julian; Rosina; Sally {Sarah) Monell; Sarah Hill; Solomon; Sophia; Sophia Monell; William; 7'eruiah Monell 95-7

PAWLING, Major 74 PAYNE, Alice; Ann; Ellis; Esther J.

Monell; Katharine; Joyce; Ruth 154

PAYNE, Amanda 210 P1WBSAIJ,, Clarinda; John; Mary

E. 121-3 PEcx, Henrietta 229 PEK:eLmoN Anna; Benjamin;

Charity; Christina; Drucilla; Elizabeth Monell; Elizabeth Ann; Emily Cooley; Esther; Harric;on C.; James; Malvina; Margaret Taylor; Robert 203-4, 207

PENNEAB {Penoyer) Bet.sy; Martha 55

PENNELL, Dorothy Louise; Edna Brown; Helen Meyer; Jean Otis; Karl Soule; Marjorie Je-.an; Robert Franklin; Robert Otis; Vere Franklin 190

PENNELL, Rhea Monell 190, 196 PERE, Aiberta Monell; Robert;

Victor 156 PETlmsoN, .Anganette Palmer; Ber

tha Johnson; Carl Edward; Emma Louise; Frances Estelle; Frances Miles; G1adys Marion; Harry; Lulu Monell; Nelson; Refora Bernard; Stanley Martin 165

PErtEi s, Joan Mar1is; Lewis Wil-liam; Mary E. 223

PmLLlPs REGIMENT 94 PmLLIPs,Thomas 68 PICKERING, Colonel 74 Pnm, Ada R. Monell; B. Frank;

Ida Lois; Juanita Beatrice 210 Prl'Ts, Harriet 208 PLA.'P.P, Emma Rodman; Ferd;

Irving; Warren 99 PoLLABD, Calvin; Elect& Stan

brough; Jonathan; Sarah Jane 188

Pottocx, Leander; Mary Ann Monell; Theodore; William 99

POPE, Ida 149 . PoBT, Mary 157 PO'l'TER, Anna. G. Mills; R. W. 224 POWELL, Elizabeth 103 PuLLis, Alberta; Andrew; Beatrice

Monell; G1adys; Robert; Russell 157

Pum>Y, Charlotte 161 De Witt E. 224 Emory; Frances Monell 177 Harrison 224 Julia Ann 146, 159 Minnie Mills 224 Rebecca Abigail 147-8 Sarah Elizabeth 177 William Mills 224

RACKm".1!, Frances Monell; Gertrude Klopman; Ida Rosabel; Lillie Gertrude; Lizzie Alwilda; Wellington Harvey 153-5

RA»IXER, Cordelia 194 Rill:SDELL, Homer 191 .RANDALL, Catherine Monell; Na

than 113 RAYNOR, Abigail Morgan; Grace

E.; Ida Decker; Jay M.; Lucy Smith;__ Margaret Canfield Eddy; Mary L. Montross; Mary Mabelj RalphC.;Samue1211

RAYNOR, Fred C.; Mary Monell 208, 211

REDFIELD, Marie Kennoch 100 Mary215

Rmm, Frances Monell Rackett 153, 155 Louis J. 153-4 Lucy J. Monell Boyd Masterson 154

REEVE, Anna Wolfangle 87 Percy87

REGNELL, EJeanor Virginia 227 REID, Regina Gilbert 228 Rao»Es, Frank; James Lest.er;

SarahA.86 RICH, Florence Monell 187, 190-2

JohnB.192 RICHARDSON, G1adys 149 RICKER, Ida 210 RIGBTKIBE, Floyd Eugene; Julia

Monell; Marian 154 Rrnm, Lillian 222 RoBBINS, Annie Y oemans 153 RoBBISON (Robinson), John 55-6 RoBEBTS, Elizabeth 213-4 RoBINSON, Mary Ellen 192 Ro»KAN, Emma; Hester, Laura;

Mary Ann Monell; Robert 99 RoE, Jane Maria 146, 151-2, 154 RoKEB, Anna Vail; Fred Raynor

139 RosE, Olive Virginia 140 RosT, Pauline 160 RUKSEY, Royals. 21s RuSSELL, Frances Talman; John

W.; Phebe 143 Julia Monell; Thomas K. 218


RUTLEDGE, Hiram; Miranda Ball-ard; Virginia 189 ,

RUTTENBER, E. M. 65, 70, 181-2 (See also Introduction)

RYERSON, Jeannette; John; Nellie Mills224

SALMON, Gertrude 103 SANGER, Hattie Corey; Juli~; May

bell 228 SAUNDERS, Edward; Marie OU<lin

218 SAVAGE,Jane134,138-40 SAWYER, Ray C. 235 SAYER (see Sayre) SAYRE, Adolphus; Archfbald;

Eliza.beth Walsh; Elsie; George Monell; Harrison Monell; Jane Sophia.; Jemima;Joseph; Joseph Stokes; Joseph Monell; Martha; Mary; Mary Van Dozer; Monell 60-2

SAYRE, B. B. 208 Elizabeth 61, 160 Elvira Scott Monell 61, 179-80 Georgia Bradner 140 Henry 180 James; Jessie Bradner 140 Jonathan; Maey Monell 60-2, 179 W'illiam 61, 179-80

SCHILLING, Anna 231 ScsoUTON, Louise 165 8CBuLTz, Donna Adams; Edward

220 ScOTT, Abigail Chichester 179

Ada Davies 210 Amelia 174 Catherine Amelia 17 4 Cynthia. 17 4 EJsey Elizabeth I 7 4 Elsie Elizabeth 17 4 Elvira. 61-2, 170, 174, 179-80, 183 Henry E. 174, 179 Isabel 174 . Isabella Beatty 62 Jackson 174, 179 Jam.es Jackson 174 John 61,179 Maria MoneJl 77, 171, 174 Mary 150, 174 Mary Elizabeth 183 Phebe 158 Samuel 62 Samuel Gabriel 17 4 Sarah 157 Susan Harris 17 4

SEABURY, John; Joseph (Lt.); Martha; Phebe 89

SEELEY, Fanny 234 Madge Nancy 166

SEELY, Ann Monell 138-9 Gladys Monell; Henry B.; Jonas Sayre 139 ·

SEGUIN, Edward; Elsie Mead 200 SEITZ, Emma Monell; George; Wil

liam 86 John; Mary Monell; Walter; Willard 87- ·

SELz, Elsie Cooper; Joseph J.149 SENIOR, George E., Jr. 191 SETHMAN, Gertrude M. 121, 124 SEVENHAEB, Louisa 167 SEYMOUR, Hannah 164 SHADER, Libby 208 SHALINE, Emms. Peterson; Evelyn

Ruth; Paul Douglas; Robert N.; William E. 165 ·

SHAW, Grace E. Raynor; John; . Marvin.211

Henry 233 SHORT, Frank; James; Susan J.

Hunter206 SHORTER, Albert Rowe; Annie L.;

Edith;· Eleanor; Everett; Florence; George Andrew; Irene; John Martin; Libby Shader; Mary Frances; Thomas Knox; Wilbur B.; Willworth 207-8

8BoRTEB, Andrew 207-8, 219-20 Blanch Adams; Cornelius Lazear; Elnora A.; Flossie; John Bia.in; Minerva Yo~; Paul 220

SHORTER, Cornelius 219 Edson 207, 220 Elizabeth 219-20 John Van Cort 207, 219-21 Julia 207, 219 Lavinia A. 207, 219-20 Margaret 207, 220 Martha B. Monell 203, 207-8, 220 NeJlie 219-20 Rachel Monell 207, 219-21 Samuel L. 203, 207-8, 220

SBBIVE:a, Catherine; Susan 236 SIMEBAL, Thomas 131 SIMKoNs, George H. 118-9

Kate Monell 117-9 Ruth 91

SINSAPAUGH, Anna 191 SKJJJ,VAN, Bertha Monell; Mad-

elaine; Milton 232 SLATER, Libby 235 SLocUM, Susan 164 SMALL, Caroline E. 87 SHITB, Agnes 141

Anna 162 Benjamin 55-6 Caroline D. 162 Caterine 55-6 Charlotte, 79, 89-90

INDEX 263

SMITH (Continued) Clayton 102 Edith 101 Elisha 111 Emmet 150 GJadys 102 James 214 Jane 171 Jesse 214-5 John 50, 162, 192 Joseph S. 214 Louise Ann Frances 192 Lucy211 Lulu Monell 103 Mabel 100 Margaret E. 193, 195 Martha 144 Mary A. Wolcott 182 Mary Crist 150 Mary Elizabeth 182 Mary Emma. 102 Mary Yost 192 Nathanie] Benedict 182 Odette 150 Phebe Seabury 89 Samuel 214 W. C.·89 Walter Dean 102 William 108 Willism F. 214

SNELL, Etta 158 SNYDER, Carrie Munson 158 SOUTHERLAND, Abraham L.; Anna

Louise; Florence; Martha L. Hunter206

SP.ARKS, Rachel 54-7 SPEABBECK, Bertha Brant; Ida;

Lee 163 SPENCER, Benjamin Franklin; Flor

ence M.; Harry E.; James Harvey; Jane A.; Katharine K.;Sarah J. Kidd 173

SPENCER, Colonel 76 SPENCER, Ethel Duryea; George

s. 224 SPONHEIMEB, Linda 163 SPRING, Pastor 69 SPRINGSTEEN, Lucinda. 166 SQUIRES, Anthony; Harriet Beach

120 Mary Pamela. 120-1, 123-4

STANARD, Adelia L. 102 STANBROUGH, Carrie Embler; Clar

ence P. 194 Elect& 188 Ell& J. 191 Elvira 195 Elvira Monell 187 Harold A. 195 Henry; Jane 194

Laura Monell 148 Lloyd 194 Margaret Monell 169, 187, 194-6 Marion; Mary LaTourette 194 Mary Horton 148 Peter M.194 Raymond 194 Susannah Ashworth 195 Thomas Eager 148, 191 William Monell, Dr. 62, 72, 77-9,

84, 92, 101, 133, 149, 169-71, 174-6,17~,183, 187,193-6

STANNARD, Adelia L. 102 Albert; Ellen Mone11175

STANSBURY, May Monelle 72 STEBBINS, Lee; Pauline Monell 233 STIKEs, Mary Monell 137-8

Somers 138 STILES, Elsie Sayre; John 61 STONE, Laura Monell 122 STOWELL, Doris Mary 230 STlu.tJT, Sarah Ann 205 STRONG, Polly 109 STUART, John 86 STU.ABT, William 112 8TuBGIB, Cherry Melisa 84

Frank; Jeannette Lee; Lee 110 SUTHERLAND, Judge 125. SVENSON, Charles; Charles Victor;

EJsie Forshee; Elsie Hannah; James Henry 212

SWAB'!', Ann 96, 98-9, 101 SWE.A'l'LAND, Harold; Helen; John

Harold 158-9 SWEVEBS, Mary 156

'J' n r,vAnGE, Anna Becker; Cl&ra Louise; Clarence; Edward Hanford; Harlow H.; Mary A. Monell; Rufus 177

TALMAN, Frances M. 143 TANKARD, George 175 TARRIG.AN, Ester 233 TATUM:, MaryRogers227 TAYLOR, Charles C. 177

Clara. Louise 177-8 Daisy McGill 152 Emma C. 152 Isaac 206-7 Jonathan 206-7 · Margaret 206 Sarah E. Bullwinkle 206 William 152

TEABS, David; Edith Bookstaver; Frederick 150

TEETZ, Sarah Elizabeth 223 TENBROECK, Nicholss 119 TENBROECK'S BRIGADE 106 TERPENNINo, Bowdewine 95 TEw, Mary 90


THAYEB Family 50 THoMAS, Jennie 158

Michael 50 THo:MPSON, Dorothy M. 158

Hannah Brooks; Jane; Jonathan 142 Keturah 200 Roberto. 143

THOMSON, Adelia Stanard; Frederick; Frederick Burton; Thomas 102·

'J'muu., Ann Hall Monell; Buell, Warner 155

TIBBETS, Ruth Monell; Thomas 124 'J'u::&RE, Charlotte 233 TII.»EN,SamuelJ. 147 TOBIAS, Ann Elias 217 ToKPltINB, Governor 111 ToRBE, Marie L. E. 148 Town, Elizabeth S. 114 TOWN, E1nora Shorter; Peter 220 T.BIPP, Cora 103 T.BUllPBOUB, SUR&noab 225 TuPPEB, Sylvanus C. 215 Tu:mum, Flossie 165 ToTmLL, Anna; Anna Butterfield;

Fanny 197 Frances 607 197-201, 213 John; Jonathan; Lotta, Mary

Vail; Nancy 197 Ttrnl.E, Annie Schoewneaker;

Burr; Harvey; Mary B. Mead; Walter M. 200

Tn.EB, Annette Oudin; Joseph C. 218

VAIL, Ann Cecil; Curtice M. 139 Harriet N. 134 Li11ian M. 139 Lotta Tuthill; Mary 197

VAN BAYEB. Lora Monell; Rudolph 162

VAN BRINK, Doris Irene; Gerald Eugene; Grace Monell 165

VAN BUBEN, Abraham A. 115 Aletta 103 Martin (President) llf>-6

VANCOBT219 VANDuZER,Mary61 VAN ETTEN, Ada; Day; Eliza J.

Monell; John Arthur; Helepb Murphy; Linda. Sponheimer; Myrtle; Nettie; Philis M.; William 162-3

VAN FRADENBERG, G. H. (Dr.); Mamie Callbreath 141

VAN GINoN, Catherine Monell; Marselis M. 232

VAN lNGEN, Rev. 120-1 VAN KEuBEN, Captain 73, 168

VAN KEUBEN, Charles; Cyrenus; Ira 225 Hendricus 50 Matilda Monell 214, 225

VAN KEUBEN's CoKPANY 93 VAN KI..mnc, Cordelia Ra.diker;

James Sidney; Lizzie Belle 194 VAN RENSSELAER, Jacob Van R.

{General) 114 VAN R.ENssEI,AER'R REGIMENT 115 VAN ScB.ucx, Peter 114 VAN SICKLE, Lydia 162 VAN V .ALXENBURGH, Margaret 109,

116-7 Maria 108-9, 117, 120 Mary 106 .

VAN V ooRBEES, Ann Clarkson; David; Mary Louis& 209

VAN WAGNER, Aletta Monell; Kenneth 103

VETLESEN, F. W. George Unger 129 Maude Monell 128-9, 217-8

VIVASH,Sarah121,124 VoGT, Charles 99 Voo~ Van Voorhees VBOKSEN, Luella Y oemans 153

W AJ>E, Agnes Smith; Charles; Clarissa; Harriet; James; Jemima Anne 141-2 Rebecca Monell 133-4, 141 Richard 142 Uzal Harrison 133-4, 137, 141

WAGENER, Abraham; Charles; Henrietta; Joanna 113-4

WAIT, Frederick Scott; John; Mary E. Scott; Mary G. Monell 183 NoraL.123

WALDEN, Fanny 124 WALKER, Andrew; Jemina Wade

142 WALLACE, Kate; Mary Ann; Nellie;

Robert; Sarah Monell; William 98-9

WALLACE, King; Madeline Monell; Vera 229

WALSH, Amelia Scott 174 W ALSB, Elizabeth; Margaret Brush;

Thomas61 W ANDRES, Clara A. 101 WARD, Hazel May 103 WARD, Joseph; Madeline Monell

Wallace229 W ABE, Adam Terhune; Anna Eliza

beth; Sarah Wray 226 WARREN, Jennie Belle 136 W ABBINER, Ruel Chaffee; Suzannah

L.130 WASHINGTON, George {General) 74-

5, 202

INDEX 265

w ATKINS, Ann Blake; Corinne Blake; Elizabeth Sayre, Emma Adeline; Hezeki&hi.. J<?hn Evans; Julia; Margaret .uood; Muriel Belknap; William Sayre 160

WATltINS, Elizabeth Sayre 61 Emma Monell 149, 159-60 Hezekiah 61

WA.'.rsoN, Edyth Berenice Dickerson; Jack Rogerl Leo A.; Robert CJaire; Richard .t!idward 2Z7

WAUGH, Mary 62 WEARE, Jennet 55-7

John54-6 Nancy 55-7 Raehel54-7 William, Jr. 54-6

WEBB, Maria 235 WELCB:,Augusta;Edithll9 WE1J,EB, Anna Sinsabaugh; Hannah

Wood 191 Wm.x.Ea, Hieronimus 191, 225

Hiram67-8 John 191 Justina 190-1 Peter; Susan; SUM»»ab Tramp

hour 225 WELLS, Ann Olcott Worth; Anna;

Richard J. 126-7 WELLS, Joshua; Mary Sayre 61

Sarah 202 WEST, David; Mary; Rebecca 121 WEYGANT, Charles H. 202-3 WJWmY (Wherry) family 47 WiwmY {Wherry) Evans 76

Jane (Jeanet) 48-50, 65, 73, 93-4, 105, 185 John 50

Wmsv&N,Rachel161 WHITE, Caroline Monell 83

Lillie Marsh 166 WHI'.PLOCK, James; Phebe Moore;

Samuel 215 WHITNEY, Anna 119

Ernest Evert; Mabel Monell; Roger 102

WxCX1LU1, Charles; Charlotte Crump; Coe· Eliza Ann; Frances; Id&; Jane; John B.; Maria; Wllliam Monell 156

W1CXH.U1, Fanny Monell 146,156 John C. 156, 159 Mayor (of N. Y. City) 126 Selah 146, 156

WIGGINS, Carrie Adeline; Elizabeth L. Hunter; Elizabeth May; Howard Edw&rd; James Edward; Lens.dell 205-6

WILCox farm 145 Harry 146, 159

Maria Monell 146, 159 WILEY, Pet.er 162 WILXENB, Anna 232 WILKINS (Wilkin), Catherine Mil

ler; William 169 James; William Monell 198

wu.J,IUIS, C. s. 106-7, 110 Charles R.; Jane Kidd; Katharine 173 Ethel 155 Henrietta Augusta 192 Margaret 205 Robert 76

WILSON, Electra; Helen Monell; Nelly Wallace; William 99-100

WILSON, James R. 181 Reginald. 118 Samuel 208 Woodrow (President) 185

WJNN'mlo.BE 236 Wnmm, Bernice; Blake; Jean;

John; Sarah Brewster 230 WoLFANGLE, Anna Florence; Caro

line Small; Clara M.; Fomm Levine; Gertrude Olsen; John G.; John George; Ma.belJ. 87 Sarah Monell 85

Woo», Arnold; George; Lillian Monell; Merle; Tracy L. 157

Woo», Cornelius B. 215 Hannah 191 ~nard (General) 128 Silas 132

W oo»HULL, Captain 61 CoJonel 197 Deborah; Nathaniel 69

WOODRUFF, Mary 206 WoBTH, Ann Olcott· General 126 WBIGHT, Carl Edward; Eleanor

Frances; Frances Peterson; Bomer L.; Robert DougJas 165

WYGANT, Sarah M. 143

YELVERTON, John 53 YoEKANS, Alonzo Edward; Anne

Frances; Charles H.; Charles Wesley; Hannah Jane; Harold Chester; Luella Alice; Myrtle Olive; Olivia; May; Robert; Pierce 153

Y olllKA.Ns, Frances Clark 153-5 Y oBT, Mary 192 YoUl[ANs (see Y oemans) YoUNG, John 65, 74

Katherine Hitchcock; Robert 185 Mary Ann99

YoUNGS, Emma; Hannah Seymour; Solomon Y. 164

YoUNos, Minerva 220


ZABmsKIE, Albert George 70-1, 180 Catherine Monell; Samuel Monell 180

ZABRISKIE, George 68 ZACHARIAS, Albert Lansing; Bev

erly Joyce; Floyd; Mary E. Monell 164

ZluGEL, Harold Paul; Howard Russell; Kenneth Meindert; Lillian Monell; Paul Edward 155

ZEISS, Betty Ann; Clifford; Elizabeth Monell; John; Mildred 86

ZDIMER, Iva Earl; Lucy Monell; Nellie May 154

ZIMMERMAW, Adelaide Monell; Florence Elizabeth; George E.; Helen Monell 178

ZIPPEL, Marion 86 ZwABT, Dick; Dorothy Adams 157

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