Lewis Penny Doty died Saturday, April 25, 1942, Middletown, New York

 

Snapshot from Personal Collection

Great Grandfather Lewis Penny Doty

August 16, 1867 – April 25, 1942

Although born in Ulsterville, Ulster Co., New York, Lewis lived in Orange County, New York for the majority of his life. When he was a young teen, he resided in Mount Hope. He later made his home in Wawayanda, Wallkill and Middletown.

 

From the Middletown Times Herald, Monday, April 27, 1942

   Lewis P. Doty, ninety-seven Railroad avenue, died Saturday afternoon at Horton Hospital.
   Mr. Doty was born in Ulsterville August seventeenth, 1867, a son of Albert and Jane Bennett Doty.  He is survived by his wife, the former Emily Wight; and four children, Mabel, wife of Frank Regan of Waverly, Florence, wife of Fred Gardner, Harry B. and Frank L., all of Middletown; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; also a sister, May, wife of John Rancier of Dover, N. J., and nieces and nephews.
   Funeral services will be held tomorrow at two p.m. at Hasbrouck's Chapel, with the Rev. Reginald T. Edwards officiating.  Interment will be in the family plot, Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburgh.  Friends may call this evening at the chapel.

 

Lewis P. Doty’s death certificate

Obtained from the New York State Dept. of Health

Albany, New York

I’m including a page from the Hasbrouck Funeral Home book for Lewis P. Doty because the death certificate and funeral home accounting differ slightly. His obituary and death certificate state Lewis Penny’s home was 97 Railroad Avenue in Middletown. Hasbrouck Funeral Home records indicate his home was 79 Railroad Ave. I don’t know which is correct. The cause of death on the certificate above is very difficult to interpret but the funeral home provides “acute blistered broncho pneumonia” as cause of death. The funeral home incorrectly notes Lewis’ birth date as April 17, 1867 rather than August 17, 1867.

Record from Hasbrouck Funeral Home

Middletown, New York

Lewis Penny rests beside his wife in the Doty family plot at Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, New York. My grandparents are also buried with them.

An earlier post about Lewis Penny’s marriage to Emily (Wight) Taylor was published Friday, March 21, 2014 titled LEWIS PENNY DOTY MARRIED MRS. EMILY TAYLOR

SOMETHING SWEET

Nellie’s Divinity Fudge

2 ½ cups sugar

½ cup of Karo Syrup (wht)

½ cup cold water

Boil the above until it spins a thread. Beat whites of 2 eggs stiff. When the above mixture spins a thread put ½ of it in with the egg and beat good. Then add the other half.

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup nut meats

Nellie’s recipe is an old candy recipe I found in my Aunt’s recipe book. Nellie Mae (Hewitt) Lee was my Aunt’s cousin.

Photograph from Personal Collection

1890-1929

Phebe Maria Kimber Descendant marries Charity Kimber Descendant

Let me introduce you to my two Kimber grandmothers--3^rd Great Grandmother Phebe Maria Kimber born April 4, 1813 and 3^rd Great Grandmother Charity Kimber born Dec. 6, 1813. What these two ladies share is my grandparents, Frank Leroy Doty and Viola Lillian Wilson. Phebe Maria was a great grandmother to Frank Leroy while Charity Kimber was great grandmother to Viola Lillian. My Grandmother might have known about her ancestry but I doubt my Grandfather knew about his Kimber connections.

Photo from Personal Collection

  Charity (Kimber) Clark

1813-1874

Charity and Phebe Maria were both raised in the Minisink, New York area. If they didn’t know each other personally, they certainly knew of each other.  The Town of Minisink was created in 1788 after the American Revolution and encompassed the present day towns of Minisink, Wawayanda and Greenville. In 1849 the Town of Wawayanda was carved out of the Town of Minisink lands. Charity’s parents, Benjamin Kimber and Keziah Bennett, were residents of what is today “Town of Minisink” while Phebe Maria’s father, Isaac Kimber, lived in what would become the “Town of Wawayanda” in 1849. Technically, they were both raised in Minsink but probably a good carriage ride away from each other. Later, in their married lives, Phebe Maria and Charity would reside in Wawayanda and be part of the same community.

They became wives and mothers. A seventeen year old Charity Kimber married William P. Clark Sept. 17, 1831 in Minisink, Orange Co., NY. The Clarks lived in the original Town of Minisink lands with a large family:

           

James L. Clark (1832-1901)

Phebe Jane Clark (1834-1890)

Keziah Bennett Clark (1836-1909)

Katherine Amelia Clark (1838-1921)

Sarah Angeline Clark (1840-1842)

Jeremiah B. Clark (1842-1908)

Charles Edgar Clark  (1844-1919)

William P. Clark  Jr. (1847-1915)

Howell Reeve Clark (1848-1924)

John R. Clark (1849- died young)

Charity Emeline Clark (1851-1947)

Benjamin Reeve Clark (1853-1926)

George Emmet Clark (1856-1946)

Anna Augusta Clark (1858-1925)

A few years later about 1833/4 Phebe Maria Kimber married Orsamus C. Brundage in Minisink. They resided in what would later become Wawayanda nears Johnsons, New York. Phebe Maria and Orsamus were the parents of seven:

	Emily Brundage (1835-1873)
	William Kimber Brundage (1836-1914)
	Albert Lewis Brundage (1838-1911)
	Ira S. Brundage  (1841-1874)
	John L. Brundage  (1845-1913)
	Charles Emet Brundage (1847-1879)
	Ellagene Brundage (1856-1921)

Charity and William left Orange County for a short time as they were enumerated in Candor, Tioga County, New York per the 1850 federal census. By the time the 1855 New York State census was taken, they had returned to Orange County and were dwelling in the Town of Wawayanda. They remained there until Charity’s death in 1874. (William Clark remarried a year after Charity passed and moved to Goshen soon afterwards.)

Charity died November 27, 1874 and her death was recorded in the 1875 New York State census:

Deaths Occurring in the Town of Wawayanda in the county of Orange, N. Y. during the year ending June 1, 1875.
Line 10
Charity Clark  63  Female  Married  Death November 27 

Native State New York  Trade or Occupation Housekeeper  

Disease or Cause of Death Rupture inside

Phebe Maria enjoyed more years than Charity passing on April 21, 1887. Her death was noted in the following newspapers:

Middletown Daily Argus, Tuesday evening, April 26, 1887
      South Centreville. Mrs. O. C. Brundage, died April 21st, at 6 p.m.

Orange County Press Semi Weekly, Tuesday, April 26, 1887
     DIED BRUNDAGE--April 21, in the town of Wawayanda, Phebe Maria Brundage, aged 74 years, 21 days, Interment at Ridgebury.
South Centerville Mrs. O. C. Brundage died the evening of April 21st

I’m very inquisitive about my Kimber Grandmothers and want to know if Charity and Phebe Maria were friends or acquaintances. They were raising their families in the same community for a number of years. Did their children and husbands know each other? They each had a child born in 1856.

Were Phebe Maria and Charity related? I don’t know. Charity is a documented descendant of Casper Kimber, the progenitor of the family in Orange County. Charity’s line continues with Casper’s son George Kimber, George’s son Samuel, Samuel’s son Benjamin who is the father of Charity. So far I only have been able to find Phebe Maria’s parents, Isaac Kimber and Abigail Stilwell. I think its likely Phebe Maria and Charity share a Kimber ancestor.

I’ll keep searching. Keep an eye out for me!

Note: Minisink is located in the southwestern part of Orange County. It’s bordered on the north by Wawayanda, south east by Warwick, southwest by New Jersey and west by Greenville.

Jonathon Ogden, Orange County, New York, ca 1765-1811

Today I want to tell you about my 4^th Great Grandfather Jonathon Ogden.

I am descended from Jonathon and his 1^st wife Racheal by

their son Gilbert B. Ogden and wife Mary Hazen,

their daughter Harriet Ogden and husband Jeremiah B. Clark,

their daughter Grace Lee Clark and husband Jerome Walter Wilson,

their daughter and my grandmother Viola Lillian Wilson and spouse Frank Leroy Doty,

my mother

and myself.

Jonathon Ogden was the progenitor of the Ogden Family in Orange County, New York.  No information has yet been found about his parents or childhood.  Most likely Jonathon was born between 1765 and 1775.  It’s said by Ogden family members that he died in 1811.

His first wife’s name was Rachael. Her existence has been verified by a mortgage record dated Feb. 6, 1795[1].  Perhaps Rachael had died by 1797 as Jonathon again had mortgaged his land but this time Rachael’s name was not included on the document.[2] I estimate Jonathon and Rachael married about 1792 and had three sons.

Sarah Howell was Jonathon’s second wife.  Jonathon and Sarah Ogden recorded a mortgage on April 26, 1806 per Orange County land records.[3]  Although Sarah’s parents are unknown, her place of birth is specified as Blooming Grove, N.Y. according to her son’s death certificate.  Jonathon and Sarah’s first child was born in 1800 and the last in 1810.

Jonathon lived in the Town of Minisink, N.Y. for some years.  He was enumerated in the 1790 Census at Minisink.[4]  On May 24, 1790, Great Grandfather registered a cattle mark with the town.[5]  Mortgage records indicate he mortgaged 56 acres described as Lot No. 56 in the Wawayanda Patent for £25 to Dr. John Gale.[6]  On Jan. 21, 1797, he mortgaged 2 1/2 acres and 9 rods of land to Gilbert Brundage for £50.[7] The Minisink 1798 Assessment records indicate Jonathon owned a shop and house valued at $30.00 on 3 acres adjoining James Reeve’s property.  Jonathon Ogden and Jonathan G. Graham were witnesses in November 1798 to David Murray’s land partitions.[8]  In the 1800 federal census, the family was still dwelling in Minisink. [9] On Oct. 31, 1803, Jonathon acted as a witness to James Reeve’s will.[10]

Jonathon relocated to the town of Wallkill (Orange Co.) within a few years.  On April 26, 1806, he mortgaged 30 acres in the town of Wallkill being described as Lot number 42 in the Minisink Angle.[11] The 1810 federal census places Jonathon residing in the Town of Wallkill with his family.[12]

While Jonathon’s mortgage records were properly acknowledged and recorded with the County Clerk, no deeds were found for the lands he owned. At this early date, it wasn’t a requirement to record land purchases or sales. Too bad--I’m certain those land deeds would have held more clues.

Children with Rachael, 1st wife:

2.  Jonathan Graham, born May 8, 1793, mar. Hannah Finch, died June 5, 1860

3.  Benjamin

4.  Gilbert B., born July 9, 1795, mar. Mary Hazen, died June 6, 1848

Children with Sarah Howell, 2nd wife:

5.  Martha (Patty) born ca 1800, mar. David F. Wheat, died July 18, 1855

6.  Jacob Howell, born July 2, 1802, mar. Cynthia Wells Vail, died July 28, 1883

7.  Daniel, born Oct. 5, 1804, mar. Arminda Tyron, died March 27, 1881

8.  Thomas Purdy, born Sept. 1, 1808, mar. Julia Wells Cox, died Sept. 26, 1890

9.  Sally, born ca 1810, mar. George Graham

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[1] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book C, pgs. 181-182

[2] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book D, pg. 108

[3] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book F, pg. 138

[4] 1790 Federal Census, New York, Orange Co., Minisink, pg. 366

[5] Cattle mark registered at Minisink Town Hall

[6] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book C, pgs. 181-182

[7] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book D, pg. 108

[8] Orange County, New York Deeds, Book I, pgs. 327-329

[9] 1800 Federal Census, New York, Orange Co., Minisink, pg. 330

[10] James Reeve’s Will/Surrogate Court, Goshen, Orange Co., NY

[11] Orange County, New York Mortgages, Book F, pg. 138

[12] 1810 Federal Census, New York, Orange Co., Wallkill, pg. 490

Note: Thomas Purdy Ogden’s Obituary identified all of Jonathon Ogden’s children. The obituary was published in the Middletown Daily Press, Middletown, New York, Saturday, Sept. 27, 1890.

Many thanks to the Ogden Descendants, past and present, for sharing their research