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History of Royalton, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1769-1911
by Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy
PART 2- 1911
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Handy Family
Robert Handy, parentage not known, m. Hannah, dau. William Hunter of Sharon, and sister of Larkin Hunter. He was one of the messengers to warn settlers of the Indian raid on
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Oct. 16, 1780. He went to the fort at Bethel, which he had helped to build. There is a tradition that he was never seen after that day, but he gave a deed of a lot of his after that date, be further information is lacking. His widow married (2) Gideon Mosher of Sharon, the son of James, son of Hugh. Date of marriage is unknown. When she recorded the birth of son Michael in Sharon, by making her mark, Apr. 25, 1795, she was then Mrs. Mosher. Mr. Mosher's estate was in probate in 1818. Mr. Handy was in Sharon in 1775, and in Norwich in 1776, but as his name cannot be found in Norwich records, it may be he was there in military service. He came to Royalton between 1776 and 1780. In the probate records it is stated that June 21, 1787, the judge appointed Calvin Parkhurst guardian to Robert Handy, son of Michael, which leads one to think that this is a mistake and that it was Michael, the son of Robert, for whom a guardian was appointed, and that may have been the year of Robert's death. It is understood by the descendants of Mrs. Handy, that she went to Hoosick Falls after the death of Mr. Mosher, and died there, but they do not know whether she was buried there on not. If she was, then they think she must have been buried in the family lot on the David Barnhart farm, near the river. David owned land in Hoosick Falls extending from the Falls bridge half way to Hoosick Four Corners and the cemetery was taken from his land, and most of the village is on his land, only a small part being retained by his heirs. There was another old burial lot on this farm, from which the bodies were removed in 1859 to the new cemetery, but the record of removals shows no proof of the removal of Mrs. Handy-Mosher. An effort has been made to identify her last resting place, that a fitting memorial may be erected over it, but it is doubtful if it is ever positively known. She had no children by Mr. Mosher. His daughter Eda by his first wife, Mary Manchester, married Eber Mosher, the grandmother of Mrs. Ellen Doubleday Fischer and Mrs. Benj. Flint, who always spoke of her as Grandma Hendee, while the descendants of Lucretia called her "Grannie Mosher." See "Burning of Royalton" and "Royalton's Revolutionary Roll," Chapter X. Robert was an original grantee of the town.
i. Michael, b. Mar. 23, 1773, prob. Sharon. Captured by the indians, Oct 16, 1780, and released through the pleading of his mother. Owned land in Sharon, which he sold in 1802. No certain trace of him farther, buyt is thought to have gone to Hoosick Falls and to have died there.
ii. Lucretia, b.____; d. March, 1854, Sandgate, at the home of her dau., Mrs. Covey. The records of Sandgate were burned. Married David Barnhart, son of David, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., who d. Feb., 1852, Hoosick Falls, at an advanced age. He was living with his dau., Roxana. His son Joseph lived at home, also, till near the time of the
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death of his parents. Ch,; (a) Joseph, b. Se. 21, 1793; d. Aug. 12, 1870; bur. Center White Creek; m. Hannah Hodges of Hoosick Falls; ch.: (i) Blendina, b. 1839; m. Mr. Center, and has a dau., Mrs. W. A. Billingham of Mr. Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. C. B. Hunt of Valley Falls, N. Y., another dau.: (ii) Elizabeth, b. 1841; (iii) Caleb, b. July 1, 1843; m. and has a family; res. Hoosick; (b) Michael, of whom nothing is known; (c) henry, d. Apr. 8, 1865, Sandgate, aged abt. 70; (d) Maria, b. Oct. 1, 1811, or June, 1812; m. John B. Covey of Sandgate; she d. Feb. 6, 1884; ch.: (i) Verona, b. May 26, 1838; d. May 6, 1905; m. Mr. Gregory and had three daughters, Mr. Geo. Parker of Hoosick Falls, Mrs. Roy Bentley, Sandgate and Miss Belle Gregory of Sandgate, who has furnished the greater part of the Handy data; (ii) Victoria, d. at age of six weeks. David and Lucretia are buried in Hoosick Falls; Maria and Joseph at Sandgate; (e) Lucretia, d. unm.; (f) Lucinda, m. R.D. Ferris of New York; (g) Juliette, m. William Holcombe of Buffalo; (h) Henrietta, m. Dr. Chadwick of New York; (i) Gideon, b. 1792; d. Aug. 6, 1889, Sandgate; m. Martha Holmes of Buffalo; (j) Roxana, b. May 20, 1819; d. May 12, 1877; bur. in Elisha B. Hurd family lot, Hoosick Falls; m. William Stoney of Hoosick Falls; a grand-daughter, Mrs. Bertha (Hurd) Abel, lives in Hoosick Falls; Lucretia went from the care of Roxana to her dau. Maria about one year before her death; (k) Stephen, m. Esther Fort of Hoosick Falls. There were removed to the new cemetery, lot 53, Lucretia, Henrietta and Lucinda ch. of Lucretia and David Barnhart, also David and Lucretia, and a Covey child, probably Victoria. Henry was buried there also. In 1910 there were no markers to these graves.
History of Royalton, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1769-1911
by Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy
PART 2- 1911
page 810
Handy Family
Robert Handy, parentage not known, m. Hannah, dau. William Hunter of Sharon, and sister of Larkin Hunter. He was one of the messengers to warn settlers of the Indian raid on
page 811
Oct. 16, 1780. He went to the fort at Bethel, which he had helped to build. There is a tradition that he was never seen after that day, but he gave a deed of a lot of his after that date, be further information is lacking. His widow married (2) Gideon Mosher of Sharon, the son of James, son of Hugh. Date of marriage is unknown. When she recorded the birth of son Michael in Sharon, by making her mark, Apr. 25, 1795, she was then Mrs. Mosher. Mr. Mosher's estate was in probate in 1818. Mr. Handy was in Sharon in 1775, and in Norwich in 1776, but as his name cannot be found in Norwich records, it may be he was there in military service. He came to Royalton between 1776 and 1780. In the probate records it is stated that June 21, 1787, the judge appointed Calvin Parkhurst guardian to Robert Handy, son of Michael, which leads one to think that this is a mistake and that it was Michael, the son of Robert, for whom a guardian was appointed, and that may have been the year of Robert's death. It is understood by the descendants of Mrs. Handy, that she went to Hoosick Falls after the death of Mr. Mosher, and died there, but they do not know whether she was buried there on not. If she was, then they think she must have been buried in the family lot on the David Barnhart farm, near the river. David owned land in Hoosick Falls extending from the Falls bridge half way to Hoosick Four Corners and the cemetery was taken from his land, and most of the village is on his land, only a small part being retained by his heirs. There was another old burial lot on this farm, from which the bodies were removed in 1859 to the new cemetery, but the record of removals shows no proof of the removal of Mrs. Handy-Mosher. An effort has been made to identify her last resting place, that a fitting memorial may be erected over it, but it is doubtful if it is ever positively known. She had no children by Mr. Mosher. His daughter Eda by his first wife, Mary Manchester, married Eber Mosher, the grandmother of Mrs. Ellen Doubleday Fischer and Mrs. Benj. Flint, who always spoke of her as Grandma Hendee, while the descendants of Lucretia called her "Grannie Mosher." See "Burning of Royalton" and "Royalton's Revolutionary Roll," Chapter X. Robert was an original grantee of the town.
i. Michael, b. Mar. 23, 1773, prob. Sharon. Captured by the indians, Oct 16, 1780, and released through the pleading of his mother. Owned land in Sharon, which he sold in 1802. No certain trace of him farther, buyt is thought to have gone to Hoosick Falls and to have died there.
ii. Lucretia, b.____; d. March, 1854, Sandgate, at the home of her dau., Mrs. Covey. The records of Sandgate were burned. Married David Barnhart, son of David, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., who d. Feb., 1852, Hoosick Falls, at an advanced age. He was living with his dau., Roxana. His son Joseph lived at home, also, till near the time of the
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death of his parents. Ch,; (a) Joseph, b. Se. 21, 1793; d. Aug. 12, 1870; bur. Center White Creek; m. Hannah Hodges of Hoosick Falls; ch.: (i) Blendina, b. 1839; m. Mr. Center, and has a dau., Mrs. W. A. Billingham of Mr. Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. C. B. Hunt of Valley Falls, N. Y., another dau.: (ii) Elizabeth, b. 1841; (iii) Caleb, b. July 1, 1843; m. and has a family; res. Hoosick; (b) Michael, of whom nothing is known; (c) henry, d. Apr. 8, 1865, Sandgate, aged abt. 70; (d) Maria, b. Oct. 1, 1811, or June, 1812; m. John B. Covey of Sandgate; she d. Feb. 6, 1884; ch.: (i) Verona, b. May 26, 1838; d. May 6, 1905; m. Mr. Gregory and had three daughters, Mr. Geo. Parker of Hoosick Falls, Mrs. Roy Bentley, Sandgate and Miss Belle Gregory of Sandgate, who has furnished the greater part of the Handy data; (ii) Victoria, d. at age of six weeks. David and Lucretia are buried in Hoosick Falls; Maria and Joseph at Sandgate; (e) Lucretia, d. unm.; (f) Lucinda, m. R.D. Ferris of New York; (g) Juliette, m. William Holcombe of Buffalo; (h) Henrietta, m. Dr. Chadwick of New York; (i) Gideon, b. 1792; d. Aug. 6, 1889, Sandgate; m. Martha Holmes of Buffalo; (j) Roxana, b. May 20, 1819; d. May 12, 1877; bur. in Elisha B. Hurd family lot, Hoosick Falls; m. William Stoney of Hoosick Falls; a grand-daughter, Mrs. Bertha (Hurd) Abel, lives in Hoosick Falls; Lucretia went from the care of Roxana to her dau. Maria about one year before her death; (k) Stephen, m. Esther Fort of Hoosick Falls. There were removed to the new cemetery, lot 53, Lucretia, Henrietta and Lucinda ch. of Lucretia and David Barnhart, also David and Lucretia, and a Covey child, probably Victoria. Henry was buried there also. In 1910 there were no markers to these graves.
from familysearch.org ; Vermont vital records-Deaths
History of Royalton, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1769-1911
by Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy
PART 2- 1911
page 810
Handy Family
Robert Handy, parentage not known, m. Hannah, dau. William Hunter of Sharon, and sister of Larkin Hunter. He was one of the messengers to warn settlers of the Indian raid on
page 811
Oct. 16, 1780. He went to the fort at Bethel, which he had helped to build. There is a tradition that he was never seen after that day, but he gave a deed of a lot of his after that date, be further information is lacking. His widow married (2) Gideon Mosher of Sharon, the son of James, son of Hugh. Date of marriage is unknown. When she recorded the birth of son Michael in Sharon, by making her mark, Apr. 25, 1795, she was then Mrs. Mosher. Mr. Mosher's estate was in probate in 1818. Mr. Handy was in Sharon in 1775, and in Norwich in 1776, but as his name cannot be found in Norwich records, it may be he was there in military service. He came to Royalton between 1776 and 1780. In the probate records it is stated that June 21, 1787, the judge appointed Calvin Parkhurst guardian to Robert Handy, son of Michael, which leads one to think that this is a mistake and that it was Michael, the son of Robert, for whom a guardian was appointed, and that may have been the year of Robert's death. It is understood by the descendants of Mrs. Handy, that she went to Hoosick Falls after the death of Mr. Mosher, and died there, but they do not know whether she was buried there on not. If she was, then they think she must have been buried in the family lot on the David Barnhart farm, near the river. David owned land in Hoosick Falls extending from the Falls bridge half way to Hoosick Four Corners and the cemetery was taken from his land, and most of the village is on his land, only a small part being retained by his heirs. There was another old burial lot on this farm, from which the bodies were removed in 1859 to the new cemetery, but the record of removals shows no proof of the removal of Mrs. Handy-Mosher. An effort has been made to identify her last resting place, that a fitting memorial may be erected over it, but it is doubtful if it is ever positively known. She had no children by Mr. Mosher. His daughter Eda by his first wife, Mary Manchester, married Eber Mosher, the grandmother of Mrs. Ellen Doubleday Fischer and Mrs. Benj. Flint, who always spoke of her as Grandma Hendee, while the descendants of Lucretia called her "Grannie Mosher." See "Burning of Royalton" and "Royalton's Revolutionary Roll," Chapter X. Robert was an original grantee of the town.
i. Michael, b. Mar. 23, 1773, prob. Sharon. Captured by the indians, Oct 16, 1780, and released through the pleading of his mother. Owned land in Sharon, which he sold in 1802. No certain trace of him farther, buyt is thought to have gone to Hoosick Falls and to have died there.
ii. Lucretia, b.____; d. March, 1854, Sandgate, at the home of her dau., Mrs. Covey. The records of Sandgate were burned. Married David Barnhart, son of David, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., who d. Feb., 1852, Hoosick Falls, at an advanced age. He was living with his dau., Roxana. His son Joseph lived at home, also, till near the time of the
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death of his parents. Ch,; (a) Joseph, b. Se. 21, 1793; d. Aug. 12, 1870; bur. Center White Creek; m. Hannah Hodges of Hoosick Falls; ch.: (i) Blendina, b. 1839; m. Mr. Center, and has a dau., Mrs. W. A. Billingham of Mr. Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. C. B. Hunt of Valley Falls, N. Y., another dau.: (ii) Elizabeth, b. 1841; (iii) Caleb, b. July 1, 1843; m. and has a family; res. Hoosick; (b) Michael, of whom nothing is known; (c) henry, d. Apr. 8, 1865, Sandgate, aged abt. 70; (d) Maria, b. Oct. 1, 1811, or June, 1812; m. John B. Covey of Sandgate; she d. Feb. 6, 1884; ch.: (i) Verona, b. May 26, 1838; d. May 6, 1905; m. Mr. Gregory and had three daughters, Mr. Geo. Parker of Hoosick Falls, Mrs. Roy Bentley, Sandgate and Miss Belle Gregory of Sandgate, who has furnished the greater part of the Handy data; (ii) Victoria, d. at age of six weeks. David and Lucretia are buried in Hoosick Falls; Maria and Joseph at Sandgate; (e) Lucretia, d. unm.; (f) Lucinda, m. R.D. Ferris of New York; (g) Juliette, m. William Holcombe of Buffalo; (h) Henrietta, m. Dr. Chadwick of New York; (i) Gideon, b. 1792; d. Aug. 6, 1889, Sandgate; m. Martha Holmes of Buffalo; (j) Roxana, b. May 20, 1819; d. May 12, 1877; bur. in Elisha B. Hurd family lot, Hoosick Falls; m. William Stoney of Hoosick Falls; a grand-daughter, Mrs. Bertha (Hurd) Abel, lives in Hoosick Falls; Lucretia went from the care of Roxana to her dau. Maria about one year before her death; (k) Stephen, m. Esther Fort of Hoosick Falls. There were removed to the new cemetery, lot 53, Lucretia, Henrietta and Lucinda ch. of Lucretia and David Barnhart, also David and Lucretia, and a Covey child, probably Victoria. Henry was buried there also. In 1910 there were no markers to these graves.
History of Royalton, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1769-1911
by Evelyn M. Wood Lovejoy
PART 2- 1911
page 810
Handy Family
Robert Handy, parentage not known, m. Hannah, dau. William Hunter of Sharon, and sister of Larkin Hunter. He was one of the messengers to warn settlers of the Indian raid on
page 811
Oct. 16, 1780. He went to the fort at Bethel, which he had helped to build. There is a tradition that he was never seen after that day, but he gave a deed of a lot of his after that date, be further information is lacking. His widow married (2) Gideon Mosher of Sharon, the son of James, son of Hugh. Date of marriage is unknown. When she recorded the birth of son Michael in Sharon, by making her mark, Apr. 25, 1795, she was then Mrs. Mosher. Mr. Mosher's estate was in probate in 1818. Mr. Handy was in Sharon in 1775, and in Norwich in 1776, but as his name cannot be found in Norwich records, it may be he was there in military service. He came to Royalton between 1776 and 1780. In the probate records it is stated that June 21, 1787, the judge appointed Calvin Parkhurst guardian to Robert Handy, son of Michael, which leads one to think that this is a mistake and that it was Michael, the son of Robert, for whom a guardian was appointed, and that may have been the year of Robert's death. It is understood by the descendants of Mrs. Handy, that she went to Hoosick Falls after the death of Mr. Mosher, and died there, but they do not know whether she was buried there on not. If she was, then they think she must have been buried in the family lot on the David Barnhart farm, near the river. David owned land in Hoosick Falls extending from the Falls bridge half way to Hoosick Four Corners and the cemetery was taken from his land, and most of the village is on his land, only a small part being retained by his heirs. There was another old burial lot on this farm, from which the bodies were removed in 1859 to the new cemetery, but the record of removals shows no proof of the removal of Mrs. Handy-Mosher. An effort has been made to identify her last resting place, that a fitting memorial may be erected over it, but it is doubtful if it is ever positively known. She had no children by Mr. Mosher. His daughter Eda by his first wife, Mary Manchester, married Eber Mosher, the grandmother of Mrs. Ellen Doubleday Fischer and Mrs. Benj. Flint, who always spoke of her as Grandma Hendee, while the descendants of Lucretia called her "Grannie Mosher." See "Burning of Royalton" and "Royalton's Revolutionary Roll," Chapter X. Robert was an original grantee of the town.
i. Michael, b. Mar. 23, 1773, prob. Sharon. Captured by the indians, Oct 16, 1780, and released through the pleading of his mother. Owned land in Sharon, which he sold in 1802. No certain trace of him farther, buyt is thought to have gone to Hoosick Falls and to have died there.
ii. Lucretia, b.____; d. March, 1854, Sandgate, at the home of her dau., Mrs. Covey. The records of Sandgate were burned. Married David Barnhart, son of David, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., who d. Feb., 1852, Hoosick Falls, at an advanced age. He was living with his dau., Roxana. His son Joseph lived at home, also, till near the time of the
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death of his parents. Ch,; (a) Joseph, b. Se. 21, 1793; d. Aug. 12, 1870; bur. Center White Creek; m. Hannah Hodges of Hoosick Falls; ch.: (i) Blendina, b. 1839; m. Mr. Center, and has a dau., Mrs. W. A. Billingham of Mr. Vernon, N. Y., and Mrs. C. B. Hunt of Valley Falls, N. Y., another dau.: (ii) Elizabeth, b. 1841; (iii) Caleb, b. July 1, 1843; m. and has a family; res. Hoosick; (b) Michael, of whom nothing is known; (c) henry, d. Apr. 8, 1865, Sandgate, aged abt. 70; (d) Maria, b. Oct. 1, 1811, or June, 1812; m. John B. Covey of Sandgate; she d. Feb. 6, 1884; ch.: (i) Verona, b. May 26, 1838; d. May 6, 1905; m. Mr. Gregory and had three daughters, Mr. Geo. Parker of Hoosick Falls, Mrs. Roy Bentley, Sandgate and Miss Belle Gregory of Sandgate, who has furnished the greater part of the Handy data; (ii) Victoria, d. at age of six weeks. David and Lucretia are buried in Hoosick Falls; Maria and Joseph at Sandgate; (e) Lucretia, d. unm.; (f) Lucinda, m. R.D. Ferris of New York; (g) Juliette, m. William Holcombe of Buffalo; (h) Henrietta, m. Dr. Chadwick of New York; (i) Gideon, b. 1792; d. Aug. 6, 1889, Sandgate; m. Martha Holmes of Buffalo; (j) Roxana, b. May 20, 1819; d. May 12, 1877; bur. in Elisha B. Hurd family lot, Hoosick Falls; m. William Stoney of Hoosick Falls; a grand-daughter, Mrs. Bertha (Hurd) Abel, lives in Hoosick Falls; Lucretia went from the care of Roxana to her dau. Maria about one year before her death; (k) Stephen, m. Esther Fort of Hoosick Falls. There were removed to the new cemetery, lot 53, Lucretia, Henrietta and Lucinda ch. of Lucretia and David Barnhart, also David and Lucretia, and a Covey child, probably Victoria. Henry was buried there also. In 1910 there were no markers to these graves.
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