John STEWART married Hanna ALDERMAN.

Hanna ALDERMAN [Parents] ¹ was born 27 Sep 1801 in Genesee Valley, Monroe, New York. She died 9 Sep 1879 in Of Marietta, Fulton, IL. Hanna married John STEWART.

Other marriages:

HOWARD, Samuel
DODGE, George

Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777.  A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
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1810:They emigrated to what is now Morgan Co with 17 people. They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio to Marietta--nearly 500 mi voyage --uninhabited country--traded the lumber for 640 acres in Homer twp.    (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886)
The names of the colonists were:
ELISHA ALDERMAN (b 1742=68 in 1810) & WIFE, (Thankful Huff) JOB PHILLIPS & WIFE, (Mary Alderman b 4 Mar 1777= 33 in 1810) JOHN STEWART & WIFE, (Ann Alderman b abt 1780 = 30) JAMES WARD SMITH & WIFE (Esther Alderman b 8 Mar 1782=28) ELISHA JR (b 1783=27 in 1810) & WIFE, (Maria Vandermark)
RACHEL,   (b abt 1785=25 in 1810)
ELIJAH,   (b 8 Mar 1788  = 22 in 1810)
HOSEA,    (b 9 Mar 1791 = 19)
ELIHU     (b 11 Aug 1792= 18)
LUCY,     (b 1796 = 14)
ANNA      (b 27 Sep 1801=9) all were son, dau, and s-i-law of Elisha Senior.

1810-1840 Job Phillips family settled near Amesville, Athens Co. OH
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"ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft.  There he and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives.  They had eight children." Bernice Graham.  (No, it appears they had 12 children.)

"The first schoolhouse was in the Alderman neighborhood, near Joy." Robertson

1.- MARY ALDERMAN, b 4 Mar 1777 in Genesee md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville, Athens Co, OH.  They had 7 children. "Their son Justus Baker Phillips, b Oct 17, 1797 NY state; Their son Evert V.b in "New York State and came to OH when he was not yet ten years old."
Job died in 1842; Mary remarried 12 Sep 1844 Samuel Ring, Athens Co. Mary died 9 Apr 1858.
~List of 6 children & spouses comes  from Alderman's in America.

2.- THANKFUL ALDERMAN, born abt 1778.  Probably died before 1810.

3.- ANN ALDERMAN, born abt 1780 in___________  who md JOHN STEWART before 1810.

4.- They may have had another dau named ESTHER ALDERMAN  born 1781 who died as a baby.

5.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born 8 Mar 1782 in New York,  who md 17 Feb 1800, JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY.  We have no written record of this mg.  Did they really backtrack to Schenectady?  IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)
Their children's birth places show some of the James Ward Smith fam migratory movements: Their eldest son
Vincent born 22 Jan 1801, Otsego, NY;
Milton  born  3 Dec 1803 in "Canisteo on the Unadilla River, Otsego,NY."
Alanson born  4 Apr 1805 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Harvey  born  5 Jun 1808 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
James W.born 22 Nov 1809 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Carmi  born  6 Aug 1812  (& other children born)   Plymouth, Washington Co. OH.

6.-  ELISHA ALDERMAN JR, born in Genesee Valley,NY, (in 1783, B.Graham) md MARIA VANDEMARK and had 10 children. (He a Methodist Minister?) "Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section (Homer Twp.) He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died."   Robertson History of Morgan Co. OH. 1886.
1822 Oct 16:  Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer,Athens Co,OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres.  Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF.(Allegany Co.Deeds/)

7.- RACHEL ALDERMAN, born abt 1785 in ________.  She's mentioned in Robertson's article. Not md in 1810 evidently.

8.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born abt 1788 in Olean, New York.  (Md abt 1812? Probably in Athens Co.OH) MARY WATKINS and had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 ch. (ELIJAH's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)
1886 Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH:  "ELIJAH died in Homer township at an advanced age.  He reared a fam of 18 ch one of whom, REV. J. W. ALDERMAN is pastor of the First ME Church of Burlington, IA."
1828, 1833, 1834: ELIJAH ALDERMAN Trimble Twp Trustee. p 521  Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
In 1860 Trimble Twp there is a John L Alderman 24 & fam; and a Julius Alderman 49 & fam.   Are these Elijah's children?   Also several Watkins families.

9.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791 in ________; died 21 Oct 1843; md 1821 HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8 children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860:  HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)
HOSEA ALDERMAN  "was a man well known.  He was a Methodist in his religious belief and prominent in the affairs of the church.  He was emphatically a peacemaker, and in early times was frequently called to adjust differences between his neighbors.  He reared a family of 8 children, but one of whom, AZRA, one of the prominent business men of McConnelsville, resides in the county.  Probably the first brick house in the township was erected by HOSEA ALDERMAN."   Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH. 1886.

10.- ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN born 11 Aug 1792, in Allegany Co, NY,  Md 6 Feb 1821 SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa;  His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.

11. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1796 in ____________;  md 10 Apr 1817, Athens Co, MATTHEW  WATKINS.
1817 March 21, mg of Lucy Alderman to Matthew Watkins-- in Ohio Researcher v3 p 187.
Three children were born to them,  William, Esther and Elizabeth. William, born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877. Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE  M. HUGHES, his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville, MS,and he had eight children. (The Prouty likely is a son of Esther).
(There are several WATKINS in Trimble Twp, in 1860 census.  MATTHEW probably md again.)

12. - ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801; Died 9 September 1878; Mg #1 to JOHN STEWART.
Married #2  SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and died 29 September 1838.  The history of this family is very interesting. They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 (Farmer's Twp, Fulton Co, IL)  in a wagon, driving four teams of oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too great for horses to endure. They had a family of NINE children.  ANNA and her husband died at Marietta,(Harris twp, Fulton Co,) Illinois, he having lived there only eight years.  It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends.  This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance.  The rate was twenty-five cents a letter.  One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.
(Great biographies in her husband, Samuel & son, Charles' notes.)
ANNA md #3 GEORGE DODGE.

Source for much of above, Bernice Graham: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Minson.)
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George DODGE married Hanna ALDERMAN on 1842.

Hanna ALDERMAN [Parents] ¹ was born 27 Sep 1801 in Genesee Valley, Monroe, New York. She died 9 Sep 1879 in Of Marietta, Fulton, IL. Hanna married George DODGE on 1842.

Other marriages:

HOWARD, Samuel
STEWART, John

Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777.  A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
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1810:They emigrated to what is now Morgan Co with 17 people. They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio to Marietta--nearly 500 mi voyage --uninhabited country--traded the lumber for 640 acres in Homer twp.    (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886)
The names of the colonists were:
ELISHA ALDERMAN (b 1742=68 in 1810) & WIFE, (Thankful Huff) JOB PHILLIPS & WIFE, (Mary Alderman b 4 Mar 1777= 33 in 1810) JOHN STEWART & WIFE, (Ann Alderman b abt 1780 = 30) JAMES WARD SMITH & WIFE (Esther Alderman b 8 Mar 1782=28) ELISHA JR (b 1783=27 in 1810) & WIFE, (Maria Vandermark)
RACHEL,   (b abt 1785=25 in 1810)
ELIJAH,   (b 8 Mar 1788  = 22 in 1810)
HOSEA,    (b 9 Mar 1791 = 19)
ELIHU     (b 11 Aug 1792= 18)
LUCY,     (b 1796 = 14)
ANNA      (b 27 Sep 1801=9) all were son, dau, and s-i-law of Elisha Senior.

1810-1840 Job Phillips family settled near Amesville, Athens Co. OH
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"ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft.  There he and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives.  They had eight children." Bernice Graham.  (No, it appears they had 12 children.)

"The first schoolhouse was in the Alderman neighborhood, near Joy." Robertson

1.- MARY ALDERMAN, b 4 Mar 1777 in Genesee md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville, Athens Co, OH.  They had 7 children. "Their son Justus Baker Phillips, b Oct 17, 1797 NY state; Their son Evert V.b in "New York State and came to OH when he was not yet ten years old."
Job died in 1842; Mary remarried 12 Sep 1844 Samuel Ring, Athens Co. Mary died 9 Apr 1858.
~List of 6 children & spouses comes  from Alderman's in America.

2.- THANKFUL ALDERMAN, born abt 1778.  Probably died before 1810.

3.- ANN ALDERMAN, born abt 1780 in___________  who md JOHN STEWART before 1810.

4.- They may have had another dau named ESTHER ALDERMAN  born 1781 who died as a baby.

5.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born 8 Mar 1782 in New York,  who md 17 Feb 1800, JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY.  We have no written record of this mg.  Did they really backtrack to Schenectady?  IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)
Their children's birth places show some of the James Ward Smith fam migratory movements: Their eldest son
Vincent born 22 Jan 1801, Otsego, NY;
Milton  born  3 Dec 1803 in "Canisteo on the Unadilla River, Otsego,NY."
Alanson born  4 Apr 1805 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Harvey  born  5 Jun 1808 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
James W.born 22 Nov 1809 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Carmi  born  6 Aug 1812  (& other children born)   Plymouth, Washington Co. OH.

6.-  ELISHA ALDERMAN JR, born in Genesee Valley,NY, (in 1783, B.Graham) md MARIA VANDEMARK and had 10 children. (He a Methodist Minister?) "Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section (Homer Twp.) He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died."   Robertson History of Morgan Co. OH. 1886.
1822 Oct 16:  Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer,Athens Co,OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres.  Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF.(Allegany Co.Deeds/)

7.- RACHEL ALDERMAN, born abt 1785 in ________.  She's mentioned in Robertson's article. Not md in 1810 evidently.

8.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born abt 1788 in Olean, New York.  (Md abt 1812? Probably in Athens Co.OH) MARY WATKINS and had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 ch. (ELIJAH's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)
1886 Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH:  "ELIJAH died in Homer township at an advanced age.  He reared a fam of 18 ch one of whom, REV. J. W. ALDERMAN is pastor of the First ME Church of Burlington, IA."
1828, 1833, 1834: ELIJAH ALDERMAN Trimble Twp Trustee. p 521  Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
In 1860 Trimble Twp there is a John L Alderman 24 & fam; and a Julius Alderman 49 & fam.   Are these Elijah's children?   Also several Watkins families.

9.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791 in ________; died 21 Oct 1843; md 1821 HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8 children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860:  HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)
HOSEA ALDERMAN  "was a man well known.  He was a Methodist in his religious belief and prominent in the affairs of the church.  He was emphatically a peacemaker, and in early times was frequently called to adjust differences between his neighbors.  He reared a family of 8 children, but one of whom, AZRA, one of the prominent business men of McConnelsville, resides in the county.  Probably the first brick house in the township was erected by HOSEA ALDERMAN."   Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH. 1886.

10.- ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN born 11 Aug 1792, in Allegany Co, NY,  Md 6 Feb 1821 SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa;  His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.

11. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1796 in ____________;  md 10 Apr 1817, Athens Co, MATTHEW  WATKINS.
1817 March 21, mg of Lucy Alderman to Matthew Watkins-- in Ohio Researcher v3 p 187.
Three children were born to them,  William, Esther and Elizabeth. William, born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877. Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE  M. HUGHES, his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville, MS,and he had eight children. (The Prouty likely is a son of Esther).
(There are several WATKINS in Trimble Twp, in 1860 census.  MATTHEW probably md again.)

12. - ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801; Died 9 September 1878; Mg #1 to JOHN STEWART.
Married #2  SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and died 29 September 1838.  The history of this family is very interesting. They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 (Farmer's Twp, Fulton Co, IL)  in a wagon, driving four teams of oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too great for horses to endure. They had a family of NINE children.  ANNA and her husband died at Marietta,(Harris twp, Fulton Co,) Illinois, he having lived there only eight years.  It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends.  This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance.  The rate was twenty-five cents a letter.  One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.
(Great biographies in her husband, Samuel & son, Charles' notes.)
ANNA md #3 GEORGE DODGE.

Source for much of above, Bernice Graham: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Minson.)
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Elisha ALDERMAN [Parents] ¹ was born 22 Dec 1742 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT. He died 1832 in Homer Twp. Athens Co. Ohio and was buried in Bartlett, , Ohio. Elisha married Thankful HUFF on 1 Oct 1777 in Near, Schenectady NY.

Other marriages:

BARNES, Sarah

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1742 Dec 22: Elisha Alderman born-- from Simsbury, Hartford, CT.

1755? Apr 24: ELIHU ALDERMAN enlisted under Capt Holcomb, of Simsbury, Hartford, CT, 8th Company, First Reg't..  He was discharged Oct 8. (Source: CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR 1755-1762.Vol II, p.21.
LA Family History Library.)
1756 May 6:   ELIHU ALDERMAN enlisted in 6th Co., Capt Holcomb. Discharged Dec 1. (Ibid Vol I,  p.102,211.)
1759 Jul 9:      ELIHU ALDERMAN died in service. Fought in  French Indian war. 1756,7,8.
( Try National Archives for more info.)

1759 Jul 9, nuncupative will gave gun and powder to brother, ELISHA.

1756 Campaign: WILLIAM ALDERMAN, 7th Company, Capt. Baldwin of Milford. Samuel Laurence of Simsbury, 1st Lieut. (Ibid Vol II,  p.372)
1756 Campaign: TIMOTHY ALDERMAN, in same Co as William Alderman.  Died 26 July 1756. (Ibid Vol I,  p.105.)
1759 Campaign: THOMAS ALDERMAN of Simsbury   (Ibid Vol II, p.104,310).
(get dates):          ELIJAH ALDERMAN     (Ibid Vol I,  p.35, 168, 170.)
   "     "               THOMAS ALDERMAN  (Ibid Vol I,  p.105.)
   "     "               TIMOTHY ALDERMAN  (Ibid Vol I,  p.63, 106.)
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1769 Apr 12: Thomas Alderman of Simsbury & Abigail Morley.
1770 Oct 1:   ELISHA ALDERMAN of Simsbury CT md Sarah Barnes.  (New Haven Vital Statistics)  (Congregational Society North (New?) Haven.) (Jacobus, Vol I  p. 119.  see also p.81.  974.67  J 159-LA Temple Libe.)
1784 Oct 7:   Timothy Alderman of Simsbury and Ruth Hart.
1785 May 9:  Jonathan Alderman of Simsbury and Sally Thorp.
(Early Ct Mgs,by Bailey.)
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1777 Oct 1:  Mg of Elisha Alderman to Thankful Huff . Source "Alderman's in America".

1976 Maydell Alderman wrote: "We assume that Elisha Alderman  (1741-1832)
was born in CT.  He was md there in 1770  to Sarah Barnes.  We do not know exactly where or when he md 2nd wife Thankful Huff, from whom we are descended."  Her 1977 letter: "ELI HUFF ALDERMAN, son of ELISHA SR., told his children (who were double first cousins of Hosea Alderman's children), about two half brothers, children of ELISHA SR. by his first wife, who remained in NY staate and were said to have been brought up by their maternal grandparents.  E. R. Alderman a great grandson, wrote: 'Back of the mg of ELISHA and THANKFUL HUFF ALDERMAN there was a veil drawn over the history, and my uncles told me he never drew it aside, except that they knew he had been md in MA (incorrect) had three children, separated from his wife for what cause unknown, and settled in NY State while yet a comparatively young man."

1977 Maydell also wrote: "James W. Alderman, son of Elijah and Mary Watkins Alderman, was chaplain at Sing Sing Prison from Jan 1, 1878 to Apr 1, 1880...met a man who told him he knew an Alderman who was either a son or grandson of Elisha by his first wife, and that he resided near Binghamton, NY. (They may have lived in Broome Co NY, or an adjoining county)._
...Tradition that there was ill feeling between the two families....Uncles  knew he (Elisha) had been md, had 3 ch, separated and settled in NY state while a young man...
Elisha was from Simsbury and the New Haven Co records show that Sarah Barnes of North Haven md Elisha Alderman of Simsbury, Oct 1, 1770.  These are adjoining counties.
Thankful Huff...one reference said she was of Welsh descent and lived in or near Philadelphia.  E. R. alderman states she was of French descent--what source?"

1776 or thereabouts: "ELISHA ALDERMAN served in the Revolutionary War. His record is found in MA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, vol 1, p 111. Although one person was accepted by the DAR, future members must prove that ELISHA and THANKFUL were legally md.
I have searched the published vital records of towns in MA withough success.  Is ELISHA the same man who md SARAH BARNES?  He is possibly the head of household in the 1790 census of Mohawk Town, NY.  According to French's Gazeteer that is not the same as the present day Mohawk town." source: 1982 letter from VA Anderson,99331 Keene Lane S.E.; Aumsville, OR; 97325.
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1790: no Elisha Alderman in census of Connecticut nor in PA.
1790: There were two Alderman heads of family in NY:
 EPHRAIM in Cambridge, Albany Co. (now Washington Co) and
 ELIJAH ALDERMAN of Mohawk, Montgomery Co.  (This Elijah may have been Elisha.)
Besides his wife, there were two boys under sixteen and three girls in the family.
Could have been: ELISHA.
There were HUFF'S in Mohawk Town also.

1800: census only a JONATHAN ALDERMAN is in Ulster Co.  The rest died
or moved.
1800: census no Alderman's in Montgomery Co.NY.
"1800: Stephen Vandermark-New York.  But Job Phillips nor Elisha Alderman are listed.  The only Alderman is Jonathan in Ulster.  Where were they? They must have been in the back woods where they were missed.  I think Jonathan was a descendant of Timothy of Simsbury."  Maydell

1803: Elisha Alderman settled in Caneadea.  Caneadea founded in 1800,  is located on the Genesee River about 6 mi n of Belvidere.

"1803 Je 23: Book R1 T5 p 8, Allegany Co., Town of Caneadea,  ELISHA ALDERMAN,cash to Ephraim Sanford, agent."  Again, cash on Jy 5, 1809 to Sanford, and again cash to Eli Griffith, Jr D 22, 1810.
"1804 S 21:   Book R1 T5 p 21,  ELISHA ALDERMAN, cash. (source: Cornell Univ, Dept of Ms. "Settler's index of Holland Land Co. Records.)
Apparently, Elisha Alderman family was at Caneadea from- at least- June 1803 to Jan 1810. Doesn't this indicate his children born in Genesee Valley during those dates were born here?

1803:  "Elisha Alderman came to Allegany Co." (History of Allegany Co p 231).
Their family lived in Genesee Valley, NY for several years."

Ontario Co formed 1789
Genesee Co fromed 1802 from Ontario Co.
Allegany County formed 1806 from Genesee Co.
So the Alderman's could have lived in the same place and that place have 3 dif names-- from 1783 to 1808 or 1810.

Utica, NY was starting point of Genesee Road which state constructed west to Genesee Country--probably 1800?--It's possible the Aldermans and James Ward Smith went to Genesee Co by Mohawk Valley or River.
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The mouth of the Mohawk is the spot where the Mohawk flows into the
Hudson River. (Watervliet now)  And Schenectady is about 20 mi from
Watervliet.
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1800 "James Ward Smith md 17 Feb 1800 at Schenectady, NY, Esther Alderman, dau of Elisha and Thankful (Huff) Alderman.  Esther was born in 1782 in NY.  By 1809 they decided to move westward, migrating across NY state to Olean, on the Allegheny River, where they built a raft on which ELISHA ALDERMAN WITH THE FAMILIES OF HIS FIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, and down the Ohio to Marietta. They, 22 or 23 in all, landed at Point Harmar, junction of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers and site of Fort Harmar, built in 1785-1786 by our government, for the protection of the land.  The families soon made their land purchases, JAMES WARD SMITH buying 160 acres from the estate of Geo Ewing, at Plymouth (Bartlett) Ohio.  ELISHA ALDERMAN AND HIS SONS had already bought a section near Joy, Morgan Co,OH, ten miles farther west." Bernice Graham's book. p 315.
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1808 Spring: Elisha Alderman and Job Phillips came from Olean, NY and made a location on Sharp's Fork of Federal Creek (Homer twp of Athens then, now Morgan Co.OH)

Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777.  A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
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1809: Elisha Jr and I think it was Elijah pd for land in now Morgan Co. (Lost the item and source.darn)
1809 Aug 17: :Deed for Elisha Alderman Book 1  192 13 72  in dilm 311624 SLFHL.  Lots of Aldermans.
I couldn't find this one.

1810:They emigrated to what is now Morgan Co with 17 people. They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio to Marietta--nearly 500 mi voyage --uninhabited country--traded the lumber for 640 acres in Homer twp.    (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886)
The names of the colonists were:
ELISHA ALDERMAN (b 1742=68 in 1810) & WIFE, (Thankful Huff)
JOB PHILLIPS & WIFE, (Mary Alderman b 4 Mar 1777= 33 in 1810)
JOHN STEWART & WIFE, (Ann Alderman b abt 1780 = 30)
JAMES WARD SMITH & WIFE (Esther Alderman b 8 Mar 1782=28)
ELISHA JR (b 1783=27 in 1810) & WIFE, (Maria Vandermark)
RACHEL,   (b abt 1785=25 in 1810)
ELIJAH,   (b 8 Mar 1788  = 22 in 1810)
HOSEA,    (b 9 Mar 1791 = 19)
ELIHU     (b 11 Aug 1792= 18)
LUCY,     (b 1796 = 14)
ANNA      (b 27 Sep 1801=9) all were son, dau, and s-i-law of Elisha Senior.
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"ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and
settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft.  There he
and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives.  They
had eight children." Bernice Graham.  (No, it appears they had 12 children:)

1812: E. ALDERMAN SR.         H. ALDERMAN  vol W, p.44, 80 A,  R13  T7 S2,  $200.
1817: ELISHA ALDERMAN     H..ALDERMAN  vol W, p.61, 80 A,  R13  T7  S2, $400
SLFHS film #911,102. (Several ALDERMAN'S  in deed index, with initials only.  Difficult to differentiate.)

1815 June 6:  Ames Twp..."of the road petitioned for by ELISHA ALDERMAN & others in Ames Twp." (Sr or Jr?)
p 401 of Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
"The first schoolhouse was in the Alderman neighborhood, near Joy." Robertson

1.- MARY ALDERMAN, b 4 Mar 1777 in Genesee md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville,
Athens Co, OH.  They had 7 children. "Their son Justus Baker Phillips, b Oct 17, 1797 NY state;
Their son Evert V.b in "New York State and came to OH when he was not yet ten years old."
Job died in 1842; Mary remarried 12 Sep 1844 Samuel Ring, Athens Co.
Mary died 9 Apr 1858.

Maydell Alderman letter of Jan 1977: "I attach copy from Julia Cutler's scrapbook in which she refers to the Aldermans...browsing in Dawes Library in Marietta, OH;  I enclose a NY map.  Have you ever tried to trace the Alderman train across the State?  I have worked onthis, but am not satisfied for I need to be where I have accedss to the old maps with former place names.  The MRS. PHILLIPS is MARY, I am sure."

2.- THANKFUL ALDERMAN, born abt 1778.  Probably died before 1810.

3.- ANN ALDERMAN, born abt 1780 in___________  who md JOHN STEWART before 1810.

4.- They may have had another dau named ESTHER ALDERMAN  born 1781 who died as a baby.

5.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born 8 Mar 1782 in New York,  who md 17 Feb 1800, JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY.  We have no written record of this mg.  Did they really backtrack to Schenectady?  IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)
Their children's birth places show some of the James Ward Smith fam migratory movements: Their eldest son
Vincent born 22 Jan 1801, Otsego, NY;
Milton  born  3 Dec 1803 in "Canisteo on the Unadilla River, Otsego,NY."
Alanson born  4 Apr 1805 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY;
Harvey  born  5 Jun 1808 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY:
James W.born 22 Nov 1809 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Carmi   born  6 Aug 1812   Plymouth, Washington Co. OH

6.- ELISHA ALDERMAN Jr, born in 1783(says B.Graham),in Genesee Valley NY, md abt 1803 MARIA VANDEMARK  and had 10 children.

7.- RACHEL ALDERMAN, born abt 1785 in ________.  She's mentioned in Robertson's article. Not md in 1810 evidently.

8.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born abt 1788 in Olean, New York.  (Md abt 1812? Probably in Athens Co.OH) MARY WATKINS and
had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 ch. (ELIJAH's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)

9.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791 in ________; died 21 Oct 1843; md 1821 HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8
children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860:  HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)

10.- ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN born 1792, in Allegany Co, NY,  Md 6 Feb 1821 SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa;  His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.

11. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1796 in ____________;  md 10 Apr 1817, Athens Co, MATTHEW (or Homer) WATKINS.
Three children were born to them,  William, Esther and Elizabeth.
William, born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877.
Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE M. HUGHES,
his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville,
MS,and he had eight children.

12.- ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801 in _______; Died 9 September
1878;  Md 30 Jun 1820 Athens Co SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and
died 29 September 1838.  The history of this family is very interesting.
They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 in a wagon, driving four teams of
oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too
great for horses to endure. They had a family of nine children.  ANNA and her husband died at Marietta, Illinois, he having lived there only eight years.  It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends.  This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance.  The rate was twenty-five cents a letter.  One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.

Source for much of above, Bernice Graham: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Mins

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"THE ALDERMAN FAMILIES LIVED ON S 2, T 7, R 13." It was Athens Co, but became part of Morgan Co.
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1810: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elijah Alderman
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.

1816: Tax List Athens Co, OH
Elisha Alderman
Elijah Alderman

1820: Homer Twp, Athens Co,OH pg 127 (FOUR ALDERMAN HEAD OF HOUSES)
Elisha Alderman
Elisha Alderman Jr.
Elijah Alderman
Hosea Alderman

1820: Homer Twp, Athens Co,OH pg 127
ELISHA ALDERMAN
1 M 45 and over (Elisha b 1742 was 78)
1 F 45 and over (Thankful Huff /Alderman)
1 F 16-25       (Lucy if born 1806 was 14)

Evidently ELISHA SR.is living with his children; he's not Head of H.
1830 Jun 1:ELIHU ALDERMAN,  Trimble Twp,  Athens Co, OH p 227
          ELIJAH ALDERMAN, Trimble Twp,  Athens Co, OH p 226
          ELISHA ALDERMAN(Jr) Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219
          HOSEA ALDERMAN      Homer Twp, Athens Co, OH p 219

1830 Jun 1: Homer Twp, Athens Co. OH fOR HOSEA ALDERMAN p 219
1 M 0-4     1 F 0-4
1 M 5-9     1 F 5-9
1 M 10-14
1 M 15-19
1 M 30-39   1 F 20-29
1 M 80-89------------LOOKS LIKE ELISHA ALDERMAN who died 1832 at age 89.

told VA Anderson in 1983 that they had never located the burial site of Elisha and Thankful but he thought they had been living with their dau, Mary, wife of Job Phillips.
Maydell Alderman, sister of Justus, said they had looked for the grave of Elisha and it is located on a farm in the Amesville area, they were unable to find it.  (Mary and Job Phillips lived in Amesville.)
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Thankful HUFF [Parents] ¹ was born 19 Mar 1753 in Wall, N Haven, CT. She died 1829 in Marietta, Wash, OH. Thankful married Elisha ALDERMAN on 1 Oct 1777 in Near, Schenectady NY.

1811 Nov 4 a land record in Guernsey Co, OH for a Jacob Crook with the witness: PHILIP HUFF.  (A relative of Thankful?)

1753 Birth of Thankful Huff and
1796 Mg to Elisha Alderman came from Ancestor File. (I think it's very possible.  But we do need sources.
Looks like our Elisha Alderman was md to SARAH BARNES.)
1770 Oct 1:  ELISHA ALDERMAN of Simsbury CT md Sarah Barnes.
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Maydell Alderman said in Jan 1977 letter in ref to Elisha and Thankful: "The records show that their dau Mary was born March 4, 1777.  A dau Thankful 'died young' and she may have been their first child. Their last child was born in 1801 so we conclude Thankful was quite young when she married."
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1776 or thereabouts: "ELISHA ALDERMAN served in the Revolutionary War. His record is found in MA SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, vol 1, p 111. Although one person was accepted by the DAR, future members must prove that ELISHA and THANKFUL were legally md.
I have searched the published vital records of towns in MA withough success.  Is ELISHA the same man who md SARAH BARNES?  He is possibly the head of household in the 1790 census of Mohawk Town, NY.  According to French's Gazeteer that is not the same as the present day Mohawk town." source: 1982 letter from VA Anderson,99331 Keene Lane S.E.; Aumsville, OR; 97325.
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1790: there were two Alderman heads of family in NY,  EPHRAIM in
Cambridge, Albany Co. (now Washington Co)  and ELIJAH of Mohawk,
Montgomery Co. There were HUFF'S in Mohawk Town also.
1790: no Elisha Alderman in census of Connecticut.
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THANKFUL HUFF FORBEARERS???
1802:  "Ephraim Sanford and ZEPHANIAH HUFF, from Wayne, Steuben Co.,
NY, first put in an appearance in 1802.  Striking the river at the 'Transit'
they followed down the stream as far as the falls at Portage,
(Portageville is now Wyoming Co.)  then crossed, and returned upon the
west side to the place from whence they started, selecting lands in the
vicinity of Caneadea, where they soon after settled with these families.
. . .first road followed the stream up from Hornellsville, entering the
county at Almond striking the source of Dikes Creek.  (Wellsville is in
Allegany Co, where Dikes Settlement was located?) Dikes old line of blazed trees and scantily cut out sledroad was largely followed in some cases improved." (pg 71)
"'Transit' bridge across Genesee River." (pg 75)
"ME Church of Belfast, Allegany Co., house of worship built 1848. .
MRS.JOHN HUFF, all aged members. . ." (p 668)
"Town of New Hudson formed 1825 from Rushford" (below in Allegany Co.)
All the above from ALLEGANY AND IT'S PEOPLE  NY  1896 Ferguson & Co.
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1803:letter from Barbara (& Paul) Bailey, 8523 Scipio Rd. Nunda, NY 14517:"...one of my husbands ancestors, MARIA VANDERMARK md. ELISHA ALDERMAN JR, and she was supposed to have been born in Genesee Valley NY in 1787. Beers History of Steuben Co has a ZIBA HUFF, only Huff mentioned in Steuben book, who came from Wayne Co NY to Canadea(Allegany Co), with Ephraim Sanford in 1802. Stephanus Vandermark settled there also in 1803.
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HISTORY OF ALLEGANY CO, NY by Beers 1879: a Town of Ward with a
VANDERMARKS FACTORY!  p 341.
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1810: Census of Ovid, Seneca Co,NY. Has an ABRAHAM HUFF:
l M & 1 F 26-44; 2 F 0-9; 2 F 10-15.

1820: There are VANDEMARKS in Tioga Co,NY.
PEGGY VANDEMARK: 1 M 26-44; 1 F 16-25; 1 F 45 and over.
JOHN VANDEMARK:  1 M & 1 F under 9; 1 M & 1 F 26-44;
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1822 Oct 16:  Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer,Athens Co,OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres.  Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF-(in Athens Co.)

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The mouth of the Mohawk is the spot where the Mohawk flows into the
Hudson River. (Watervliet now)  And Schenectady is about 20 mi from
Watervliet.
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"James Ward Smith md 17 Feb 1800 at Schenectady, NY, Esther Alderman, dau of Elisha and Thankful (Huff) Alderman.  Esther was born in 1782 in NY. By 1809 they decided to move westward, migrating across NY state to Olean, on the Allegheny River, where they built a raft on which ELISHA ALDERMAN WITH THE FAMILIES OF HIS FIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS, floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, and down the Ohio to Marietta. They, 22 or 23 in all, landed at Point Harmar, junction of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers and site of Fort Harmar, built in 1785-1786 by our government, for the protection of the land.  The families soon made their land purchases, JAMES WARD SMITH buying 160 acres from the estate of Geo Ewing, at Plymouth (Bartlett) Ohio.  ELISHA ALDERMAN AND HIS SONS had already bought a section near Joy, Morgan Co,OH, ten miles farther west." Bernice Graham's book. p 315.
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1752 birth date for Thankful Huff calculated from birthdates of her children:Esther b 8 Mar 1782, Elisha 1783, Elijah 1788, Hosea 9 Mar 1791, Anna 27 Sep 1801 and Lucy 1806. However, it's very possible that she was a second wife to Elisha Alderman, so her 1752 birthdate may be off.
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1822 Oct 16:  Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer,Athens Co,OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres.  Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF. (
Wonder if Zibz's a brother to Thankful?  Thankful b abt 17572 and d 1829. Sounds about right.)
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ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and
settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft.  There he
and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives.  They
had eight children:

1.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born in New York, (8 Mar 1782) who md JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY.  We have no written record of this mg.
(Did she really backtrack to Schenectady?  IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)

2.- ELISHA ALDERMAN Jr, born in Genesee Valley,NY,(in 1783, B.Graham says elsewhere) md MARIA VANDEMARK and had 10 children.

3.- MARY ALDERMAN, who md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville,
Athens Co, OH.  They had 7 children.

4.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born in Olean, New York.  Md MARY WATKINS and
had 14 children. (He's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)

5.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791; died 21 Oct 1843; md HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8
children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860:  HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)

6. - ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN (born 1792, in Allegany Co, NY, (B.Graham says elsewhere.) Married SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa;  His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.

7. - ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801; Died 9 September
1878;  Married SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and
died 29 September 1838.  The history of this family is very interesting.
They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 in a wagon, driving four teams of
oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too
great for horses to endure. They had a family of nine children.  ANNA and her husband died at Marietta, Illinois, he having lived there only eight years.  It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends.  This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance.  The rate was twenty-five cents a letter.  One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.

8. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1806;  married MATTHEW WATKINS.   Three
children were born to them,  William, Esther and Elizabeth.  William,
born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877.
Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE M. HUGHES,
his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville,
MS,and he had eight children.

Source of all above, Bernice Graham, "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Minson.)

1829 Thankful Huff died.  Buried on farm of son, Elisha Jr.  (source?)

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4/26/2-12 Email from Bill Hough wwhough@gmail.com  who is a Hough (Huff) researcher who believes strongly that the Thankful Huff who married Elisha Alderman     "was not the Thankful Hough born in Wallingford, CT, in 1753, daughter of Ephraim Hough, as some posted Alderman genealogies say, but instead born in Sharon, CT, in 1757, daughter of Jonathan Hough. She was not of Welsh or French descent--her immigrant Hough ancestor was from Cheshire in England."

Bill is trying to determine " who are Ziba Huff and William Huff who appear with the Aldermans and Zephaniah Huff (Thankful's slightly younger brother) to settle in Genesee county, NY, in 1803. They might be younger brothers of Thankful and Zephaniah, or a far out idea is that they may be the sons of Elisha Alderman and his first wife, who some say were raised by maternal grandparents "

Bill Hough is seeking any current serious Alderman researchers who might be willing to work on this question. He is hoping to find male line descendants (Aldermans) who may have had a DNA test done. If a male line descendant of Ziba Huff could be found he would be interested to see if they matched the Alderman or Cheshire Hough line.

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Matthew WATKINS was born about 1800. He married Lucy ALDERMAN on 10 Apr 1817 in Athens Co, OH.

8. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1806;  married MATTHEW WATKINS.   Three
children were born to them;  William, Esther and Elizabeth.  William,
born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877.
Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE M. HUGHES,
his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville,
Miss. , and he had eight children.

Source of all above-Graham, Bernice: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121:
Possibly  the Smith and Alderman families knew each other and it's even
likely that they emigrated to New York together.  ELISHA ALDERMAN was
born in CT abt the same time as SAMUEL SMITH.

Lucy ALDERMAN [Parents] ¹ was born 1796 in Genesee Valley, Monroe, New York. She died 15 Sep 1824 in Of Homer Twp, Athens, OH. Lucy married Matthew WATKINS on 10 Apr 1817 in Athens Co, OH.

1796 BIRTH DATE  from AF.  Seems right.
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1810:They emigrated to what is now Morgan Co with 17 people. They floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh, upon a lumber raft loaded with household effects and families, and then via the Ohio to Marietta--nearly 500 mi voyage --uninhabited country--traded the lumber for 640 acres in Homer twp.    (History of Morgan Co. by Robertson 1886)
The names of the colonists were:
ELISHA ALDERMAN (b 1742=68 in 1810) & WIFE, (Thankful Huff)
JOB PHILLIPS & WIFE, (Mary Alderman b 4 Mar 1777= 33 in 1810)
JOHN STEWART & WIFE, (Ann Alderman b abt 1780 = 30)
JAMES WARD SMITH & WIFE (Esther Alderman b 8 Mar 1782=28)
ELISHA JR (b 1783=27 in 1810) & WIFE, (Maria Vandermark)
RACHEL,   (b abt 1785=25 in 1810)
ELIJAH,   (b 8 Mar 1788  = 22 in 1810)
HOSEA,    (b 9 Mar 1791 = 19)
ELIHU     (b 11 Aug 1792= 18)
LUCY,     (b 1796 = 14)
ANNA      (b 27 Sep 1801=9) all were son, dau, and s-i-law of Elisha Senior.

1810-1840 Job Phillips family settled near Amesville, Athens Co. OH
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"ELISHA ALDERMAN, with his family went 10 miles farther west and
settled in Morgan Co on land for which he had traded his raft.  There he
and his wife, THANKFUL HUFF spent the remainder of their lives.  They
had eight children." Bernice Graham.  (No, it appears they had 12 children.)

"The first schoolhouse was in the Alderman neighborhood, near Joy." Robertson

1.- MARY ALDERMAN, b 4 Mar 1777 in Genesee md JOB PHILLIPS and settled near Amesville,
Athens Co, OH.  They had 7 children. "Their son Justus Baker Phillips, b Oct 17, 1797 NY state;
Their son Evert V.b in "New York State and came to OH when he was not yet ten years old."
Job died in 1842; Mary remarried 12 Sep 1844 Samuel Ring, Athens Co.
Mary died 9 Apr 1858.
~List of 6 children & spouses comes  from Alderman's in America.

2.- THANKFUL ALDERMAN, born abt 1778.  Probably died before 1810.

3.- ANN ALDERMAN, born abt 1780 in___________  who md JOHN STEWART before 1810.

4.- They may have had another dau named ESTHER ALDERMAN  born 1781 who died as a baby.

5.- ESTHER ALDERMAN, born 8 Mar 1782 in New York,  who md 17 Feb 1800, JAMES WARD SMITH in Schenectady NY.  We have no written record of this mg.  Did they really backtrack to Schenectady?  IF they did, why would families move back east during westward movement?)
Their children's birth places show some of the James Ward Smith fam migratory movements: Their eldest son
Vincent born 22 Jan 1801, Otsego, NY;
Milton  born  3 Dec 1803 in "Canisteo on the Unadilla River, Otsego,NY."
Alanson born  4 Apr 1805 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Harvey  born  5 Jun 1808 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
James W.born 22 Nov 1809 nr Belvidere, Allegany Co. NY.
Carmi  born  6 Aug 1812  (& other children born)   Plymouth, Washington Co. OH.

6.-  ELISHA ALDERMAN JR, born in Genesee Valley,NY, (in 1783, B.Graham) md MARIA VANDEMARK and had 10 children. (He a Methodist Minister?) "Elisha Jr. reared a large family and was quite promptly identified with the early affairs of that section (Homer Twp.) He removed to Iowa about 1850, where he died."   Robertson History of Morgan Co. OH. 1886.
1822 Oct 16:  Benjamin VandeMark of Caneadea in Allegany Co, NY paid $100 to Elisha Alderman Jr of Homer,Athens Co,OH for a sixth part of piece of land in Caneadea, Allegany, NY, Lot #10 on eastern bank of Genesee River, 98 acres.  Signed by Elisha Alderman Jr and Mariah Alderman (her mark) and witnessed by ZIBA HUFF.(Allegany Co.Deeds/)

7.- RACHEL ALDERMAN, born abt 1785 in ________.  She's mentioned in Robertson's article. Not md in 1810 evidently.

8.- ELIJAH ALDERMAN, born abt 1788 in Olean, New York.  (Md abt 1812? Probably in Athens Co.OH) MARY WATKINS and had 14 children. Robertson book says 18 ch. (ELIJAH's 72 in 1860 in Homer Twp, Morgan Co OH, [b 1788]. Apparently three of his children are living nearby. Next door is NELSON J.ALDERMAN 39 & fam. Also next door on the other side is DANIEL ALDERMAN 36 & fam. CATHERINE 47, prob a dau, is living with ELIJAH.)
1886 Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH:  "ELIJAH died in Homer township at an advanced age.  He reared a fam of 18 ch one of whom, REV. J. W. ALDERMAN is pastor of the First ME Church of Burlington, IA."
1828, 1833, 1834: ELIJAH ALDERMAN Trimble Twp Trustee. p 521  Walker's HISTORY OF ATHENS CO. 1869.
In 1860 Trimble Twp there is a John L Alderman 24 & fam; and a Julius Alderman 49 & fam.   Are these Elijah's children?   Also several Watkins families.

9.- HOSEA ALDERMAN, born 9 Mar 1791 in ________; died 21 Oct 1843; md 1821 HANNAH
REYNOLDS who was born 1 Jan 1795 and died 13 Nov 1886; had 8 children: ASAHEL, ELECTA, IRA, ELI, CARMI, ARZA, VINTON & JUSTUS.
(1860:  HANNAH ALDERMAN is in Homer Twp, Morgan Co. 1860 census with 5 of her children.)
HOSEA ALDERMAN  "was a man well known.  He was a Methodist in his religious belief and prominent in the affairs of the church.  He was emphatically a peacemaker, and in early times was frequently called to adjust differences between his neighbors.  He reared a family of 8 children, but one of whom, AZRA, one of the prominent business men of McConnelsville, resides in the county.  Probably the first brick house in the township was erected by HOSEA ALDERMAN."   Robertson's HISTORY OF MORGAN CO, OH. 1886.

10.- ELIHU HUFF ALDERMAN born 11 Aug 1792, in Allegany Co, NY,  Md 6 Feb 1821 SARAH BAKER, moved with family of five children to Iowa;  His death occurred at Fort Madison, Iowa, 24 March 1850.

11. - LUCY ALDERMAN, born in 1796 in ____________;  md 10 Apr 1817, Athens Co, MATTHEW  WATKINS.
1817 March 21, mg of Lucy Alderman to Matthew Watkins-- in Ohio Researcher v3 p 187.
Three children were born to them,  William, Esther and Elizabeth.
William, born 20 August 1820, was married 17 September 1842 and died in 1877.
Their son, JAMES W. PROUTY, was born 10 November 1843.  His first
wife, FANNIE J. GORDON, was born in South Carolina.  SALLIE  M. HUGHES,
his second wife, was born in Mississippi.  His home was in Dalesville,
MS,and he had eight children. (The Prouty likely is a son of Esther).
(There are several WATKINS in Trimble Twp, in 1860 census.  MATTHEW probably md again.)

12. - ANNA ALDERMAN was born 27 September 1801; Died 9 September
1878; Mg #1 to JOHN STEWART.
Married #2  SAMUEL HOWARD who was born 12 February 1793 and
died 29 September 1838.  The history of this family is very interesting.
They immigrated to Illinois in 1830 (Farmer's Twp, Fulton Co, IL)  in a wagon, driving four teams of
oxen, as the hardships of the road through the wilderness would be too
great for horses to endure. They had a family of NINE children.  ANNA and her husband died at Marietta,(Harris twp, Fulton Co,) Illinois, he having lived there only eight years.  It is said that the first wheat bread in Illinois was made from flour sent to them by Ohio friends.  This was keel-boated down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, then hauled to where they lived. They made clapboards to pay for the freight. For a long time, letter postage was not paid in advance.  The rate was twenty-five cents a letter.  One came to them when they had no money, as was often the case in those days, so they flailed out a bushel of wheat for which they got twenty-five cents, and so were able to get their letter.
(Great biographies in her husband, Samuel & son, Charles' notes.)
ANNA md #3 GEORGE DODGE.

Source for much of above, Bernice Graham: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Minson.)
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~See also p 519 of Aldermans in America.
Source of most of above, Bernice Graham, "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"
THE TALLOW LIGHT, Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121: (Census and additions in parenthesis by Carol Minson.)

Thomas MCGUIRE [Parents] was born 8 Oct 1808 in Nr Barlow, Washington, OH. He married Mary MCCULLY? about 1835.

THE HOUGLAND FAMILY HISTORY unpublished manuscript copy  in my
possession.  pg 36.
HOUGLAND FAMILY HISTORY  pages 1,2,  more?

"Thomas McGuire who came to Barlow (then Wooster) with his
brother-in-law Cornelius Houghland, in the spring of 1801, settled on
Wolf Creek, ne of where Barlow village now is.  His cabin stood a short
distance below the old hickory school-house.  The settlements made by
these families formed the centre of what has now grown to be Barlow
township."  HZ Williams  pg 711.

"Thomas McGuire in co with Cornelius Hougland, came out and settled in
Barlow, McGuire on the farm now occupied by Frank Deming, where he
lived till 1809, when he removed to Ross Co OH and settled 5 mi east of
Chilicothe, where he died a few years after.  Their family consisted of
11 children: Nancy, Mary, Elenor, Jane (born in Hampshire Co VA) and
Mercia, Anna, William, Hannah, and Thomas in Williamstown and Barlow
and Harriet and Priscillia in Ross Co.  Nancy md C. Polk of Athens Co and
setttled a few miles above Coolville on Big Hockhocking; Nancy lived but
a few years and he md Jane for his 2nd wife and shortly after removed to
Iowa.  Mary md James Washburn and settled near Coolville Oh.  Elenor, md
Elias Woodruff, a native of NJ and settled on  a branch of Woolf Creek in
Waterton.  Their farm joining, his fathers on n line of Barlow Twp.  The
farm is still owned by their daughters, Mrs Sarahnann Browning, and Mrs.
Hannah Rodgers.  Mercia, md Mathew Killgore of Ross Co where they lived
a few years and then moved to Iowa and on to CA where their family still
resides.  Hannah md a man by the name of Miller of Ross Co and settled in
IN.  Anna md John Hammit of Chilicothe where she now lives at the age
of 87 .  Harriet died young. Pirscillia md a many by the name of Wagoner
and located in IN.  William and Thomas md in IA.  Thomas emigrating
with his family to OR in its early days.  Mrs. McGuire when with the
Killgore family to IA where she lived upwards of 90.
Thomas McGuire was a graduate of William and Mary College of Va
posessed of a fine intellect. . .  "  Lydia Palmer unpub ms. 1888.

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CENSUS: 1850 of Ft. Madison, Lee Co., IA.  pg 329.
MATTHEW KILLGORE 49   (Hannah's son-in-law)
Mapa?            52 f  VA
George M.        25 m  OH
Eliz,            20 f  IA
David C          14 m  IA
James W.         10 m  IA
Thison?           7 m  IA
HANNAH MCGUIRE   80 f  VA  (HANNAH HOUGLAND MCGUIRE)
Mary Williams    20 f. OH
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CENSUS: 1850 Ft. Madison,Lee Co.  pg 329
THOMAS MCGUIRE 40, farmer   OH  (probably HANNAH'S SON)
MARY           38  TENN
ROLAND         12  IA
DAVID           8  IA
JOHN,           5  IA
WILLIAM         3  IA
Robt McCully   75  SC
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Mary MCCULLY? was born about 1812 in Tennessee. She married Thomas MCGUIRE about 1835.

William MCGUIRE [Parents] was born 1804 in Nr Barlow, Washington, OH. He married Mary A.

THE HOUGLAND FAMILY HISTORY unpublished manuscript copy  in my
possession.  pg 36.
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LYDIA PALMER'S unpub ms says:  "Their family consisted of 11 children:
Nancy, Mary, Elenor, Jane (born in Hampshire Co VA)."  The McGuires left
Hampshire Co with the older Cornelius & Eleanor Hougland in 1796. If
Hannah McGuire had those first four girls every two years that might
have been: 1789, 1791, 1793, 1795.  We have Eleanor McGuire's b as 16
NOV 1793.  SO this seems to fit.    "and Mercia, Anna, William, Hannah,
and Thomas in Williamstown and Barlow and Harriet and Priscillia in
Ross Co."

"Thomas McGuire who came to Barlow (then Wooster) with his
brother-in-law Cornelius Houghland, in the spring of 1801, settled on
Wolf Creek, ne of where Barlow village now is.  His cabin stood a short
distance below the old hickory school-house.  The settlements made by
these families formed the centre of what has now grown to be Barlow
township."  HZ Williams  pg 711.

"Thomas McGuire in co with Cornelius Hougland, came out and settled in
Barlow, McGuire on the farm now occupied by Frank Deming, where he
lived till 1809, when he removed to Ross Co OH and settled 5 mi east of
Chilicothe, where he died a few years after.

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1840 census of Lee Co. Iowa  pg 413:

(Hannah Hougland McGuire's son):
William McGuire       120001       01001

(Hannah Hougland McGuire's son-in-law): also p 413
Matthew Killgore     211001   002000101

(Hannah Hougland McGuire's nephew):
Elza Hougland  1 m 5-10; 1 m 30-40; 2f under 5; 1 f 20-30.
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1850 census of District North, Lee Co. Iowa  pg 469:
William McGuire 45  (b 1805) OH
Mary A. McGuire 43
Susanne King 25  (looks like Wm's eldest dau md King.)
Nancy        19   (or is it another family with them?  WE NEED THE
Henrietta    17    (1860 CENSUS TO SORT THIS OUT!)
John         14
Sarah I      12
Christine     8
Mary Ann      6
  (and in the same household)
Thomas McGuire 19 IN
Benjamin       17 IN
Eliza Jane     15  IN
Geo W.         12  Illinois
Lurietta? A.   10  IA
Emily           8  IA

Mary A was born about 1807. She married William MCGUIRE.

Ralph Hiram DEXTER [Parents] [scrapbook] was born 11 Apr 1905 in Home City, Marshall, KS. He died 24 Feb 1995 in Longview, Cowlitz, WA and was buried 27 Feb 1995 in Longview, Cowlitz, WA. Ralph married Marie Faye BARTHOLOMEW on 28 May 1940 in North Platte, , NE.

Other marriages:

WOODCOX, Helen Mary

BIRTH:  Birth certificate

Marshall County completely square.  5 twp going south and
5 twp going east and west.
3 1/2 miles from Will Dexter's (formerly Asahel Dexters home) to Ed
Dexters home.  (latter is the only Dexter house standing in 1985.
Asahel's granary still standing. It's about 1/4 mile from the road.  good
solid corn crib close to it.  Big enough you could drive right in with
horses and wagon.  Had cats.
The Indians in this area were Osage and Sioux.  Osage made bows from
the Osage Orange Tree.
Ralph said he "started to run away----3/4th down the lane, sat down and
thought about it and then went back home."

Ralph Dexter story
"This same place that we lived on (Will Dexter farm out to Home, Marshall Co, Kansas). . . I don't know if I ever told you this, but Jesse James gang came there and Dad (Will) always told about that.  That was when Dad was a boy and I don't know how old he was.  He said they were very considerate.  All they wanted was some food."
Carol:  "Did the Jesse James gang pay for the food?"
Dad:  "I think the did."
[Will Dexter came to Marshall Co in 1870- at age 9.  The above incident would have happened 1870-1882.  " Jesse James formed robber band in 1866.  He died in 1882."  Worldbook]

8th grade examinations 9th of April 1920:  John Sanderson took his in
Marysville. Ralph took his in Home City and walked 5 miles down through fields.

Railroad went through in 1910 and then Winnifred sprung up.

Big Blue River goes through Marysville.  Ralph worked one summer at the
Round House.

Ralph said: "Dad (Will Dexter) left 4 of us children.  Wilma & Margaret
got 1/4; Frederick got 1/4; I got 1/2--the buildings and the home place."
Ralph said "give Mother the house and we'll divide the farm equally."
"We sold the farm right before or right after mother's death." (Hettie
Hewitt Dexter died 1957.)
Ralph sold "Home farm"  2 years before Dexters would have had it 100
years!  (1870-1968?)

________________
Ratings as a teacher included some of the following comments:

"Christmas 1954.  Dex.  Your interest in making things go right; your
interest in helping your students grow up to be worthwhile citizens; the
competent meanner in which you handle the driving program and various
other assignments; and your sense of humor are a few things which make
our relationship satisfying--at least from my viewpoint.  Art Thompson
Principal."   

6/16/60  "Dex.  Thanks a million for all the extra time and effort you put
in on this job.  I know I fail to express it but I really appreciate the work
you do and 'guff' you have to put up with from coaches and principals.
Sincerely Em."  

2/5/70  "Underneath Mr. Dexter's rather harsh inflexable shell is a heart
as big as all out-doors.  He has developed his own teaching methods and
techniques that have proven quite effective for most of his sophomore
students.  He has found, however, that some students are unable to
adjust and find it very difficult to understand the Dexter philosophy.
While Mr. Dexter has been a hard task master, he is remembered and
appreciated by those who he has taught or coached.  Many former
students come to see  'Dex' when returning from college or a tour of duty
in the service."  Emery B. Piper, Assistant Principal.
(Ralph was 65 and retiring.)

Marie Faye BARTHOLOMEW [scrapbook] was born 13 Sep 1908 in Comstock, Custer, NE. She died 30 May 1993 in Longview, , WA and was buried 1993 in Longview, Cowlitz, WA. Marie married Ralph Hiram DEXTER on 28 May 1940 in North Platte, , NE.

BIRTH: Carol Minson interview with Marie

DEATH: info from Ralph H. Dexter

Marie's mother was Mary Eliza Durham.  Her father was Charles Willard
Bartholomew.  I have a picture of her mother, a delightful lady.

Twidwell 50th Wed Anniversary- June 11, 1978.  Picture of Miriam
Dexter, Don Twidwell, Marie Dexter, Julia Dexter Blair-  Marysville,
Kansas

Picture:  "Day of Wilma Twidwell's funeral, Marysville, Ks. June 20,
1979."  Pictured  are Marie Dexter, Betty Dexter, Miriam Dexter and
Julia Dexter Blair.

Maine C. BURRELL [Parents] was born 15 Jul 1882 in New Lexington, Perry, Ohio. He married Maude WOLFE on 3 Nov 1946 in Tacoma, WA.

Other marriages:

MERCHAND, Luceil

Unpublished manuscript of the Hougland Family in possession of Carol
Minson.

Graham, Bernice: "Descendants of Samuel Smith,"  THE TALLOW LIGHT,
Washington Co., OH. 1968, v. 3, p 99-121:  "Anna Nevora Smith, eldest
child of Sardine S. and Deborah (Graham) Smith, md Almond Rochester
Burrell, son of Almond Hervey & Isabella Folger (Claxton) Burrell.  He
was born at Amesville, OH 21 March 1848.  They had six children, all
born at New Lexington, OH:
Maine C., Glenn S., Frank L., Gene N., Guthrie C. and Nial L.
In the Burrell Bible are records of baptisms for Roche and Anna and each of the six sons, in the Methodist Church at New Lexington.

1882, Jul 15: Maine C. Burrell, born eldest son of Anna N. Smith and A. Roche Burrell.
"Maine began carrying telephone messages and setting up telephones before he was out of high school.  After hight school, he sold insurance and sewing machines, and worked in a large foundry for a time, then finally settled down to telephone work.  For a few years, he worked for different companies, crossing the continent five times as a "Boomer Lineman."

1911 Jan 12: md LuCeil Merchand, dau of Lewis and Mary (Golden) Merchand...bought six lots in Olympia Washington...build a house...cleared the lots of trees and stumps by hand...retired by telephone co at age 65 in 1947, but kept busy doing maintenance jobs for the state...
.  They had four children: Marion DeLoris, Donald A., Kenneth J. and Bonnie Lou.

1958 Maine's bro Gene, and wife "visited Maine and family whose new home overlooks Lake Washington."

Maude WOLFE was born Feb 1882 in Syracuse, Otoe, NE. She died in Of Kirtland, WA. Maude married Maine C. BURRELL on 3 Nov 1946 in Tacoma, WA.

Joe Ann BURRELL [Parents] married Monte REYNOLDS. The marriage ended in divorce.

Other marriages:

CARNES, Clark