Levi Lincoln

Notes:

Notes from Morman Ancestral File, 25 May 1995. All children were born in Pownal, Bennington Co., VT. Pownal, VT is located just north of the NW corner of Berkshire County, MA, about 15-20 miles north of Lanesborough.

Information from Berkshire Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Summer 1988): Pownal early settlers were mostly Baptists from Rhode Island.

Levi married Sophia Janette Wright on 22 Feb 1836. Sophia (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 03 Jan 1818 in "of Fort Hoosic"; died on 14 Apr 1906 in Pownal,Bennington,VT. [Group Sheet]

1. Maryette Lincoln was born on 29 Apr 1838 in Pownal,Bennington,VT; died on 24 Dec 1920 in Pownal,Bennington,VT.
2. Melissa Lincoln was born on 27 Jul 1840 in Pownal,Bennington,VT; died on 01 Sep 1930 in Pownal,Bennington,VT.
3. Eleanor Wright Lincoln was born on 20 Oct 1843 in Pownal,Bennington,VT.
4. Levi Alanson Lincoln was born on 31 Oct 1847 in Pownal,Bennington,VT; died on 08 Apr 1918 in near Utica,NY.

Notes:

MISCELLANEOUS LINCOLN DATA THAT MAY MAKE A PATTERN TO UNCOVER JONATHAN'S ANCESTRY:

REFERENCE: MA CENSUS 1790 -- Probable father, brothers or uncles of Jonathan are listed in Norton Town, Bristol Co, MA: Levi Lincoln and Luther P. Lincoln. Norton Town is near Taunton, MA.

In May 1995, I ordered a number of back issues of the Berkshire Genealogist from the Berkshire Family History Society. Following are all of the references to Lincoln, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Northrup and Carpenter.

V6. No.1 p.7 Berkshire County Cemetery Inscriptions, by Richard C.
Leab. Old North Street Cemetery, Cheshire
Located on Route 8, not far from the Baptist Church

CARPENTER, Esther, wife of Dea. Stephen Carpenter, d. July 27,
1839, ae 97 (b. 1742)

p.9 LINCOLN, Diana, d. January 26, 1852, ae 77 years. (b. 1775)

p.16 Taylor Memorial Library, Main Street, Hancock.
Book: SOME DESCENDENTS OF FOUR PIONEER FAMILIES about the CARPENTERS, Goodrich, Kittle, and Knapen families who came
from Rhode Island and Connecticut to Stephentown, NY and
Hancock, MA. *** Note Hancock, MA, is on the western boundary
of Lanesborough.*** There has been only one church in Hancock-
-- The Hancock Baptist. Some of the early church's baptism,
marriage, and death records are in the library.

p.53 The Berkshire Athenaeum
1 Wendell Avenue
Pittsfield, MA

Has many collections.
The William Williams Collection- lots of military, deeds, assessor
lists, names for oath of allegience to the king, school tax roll,
stockholders in local towns, companies, etc.,

The Hoyt Collection - card file of 18th and 19th century vital records,
registry of deeds records, probate court records and court actions. Also, a collection of cards for Berkshire County towns listing the
original proprietors.

V9 N0.1 p.68 ...Pownal, VT ... early settlers were mostly Baptists from
RI. *** Jonathan's sons, Levi and Alanson, raised their families in Pawlet, VT, just a few miles north of Pownal, VT.

p.82-83 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

The Cooke Collection - he copied vital records from old newspapers, old church records and early town records. (The
LDS Church has all of this material on microfilm.)

Church records:
Cheshire (formerly New Providence) First Baptist Church 1770-1848.
Cheshire Second Baptist Church - 1789 - 1884.
Lanesborough Congregational Church - 1764-1890
Lanesborough St. Luke's Episcopal Church - 1767 - 1900

Town records:
Hancock (Jericho) - 1767 - 1830
Hancock - Goodrich Hollow Cemetery - 1791 - 1873

V10 No.1 p.28-29 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

The William B. Browne Collection - covers land and families in
northern Berkshire Co, eastern NY and southern VT beginning
in the 18th century.

Includes : A book of New Providence (now Cheshire) church
records, the First Baptist Church 1793 and the Church of Christ
1767 - 1808. There is miscellaneous information on some early
houses in Adams and New Providence and an 1800 map showing
the sites of these houses.

V10 No.2 p.58 RE: The Berkshire Athenaeum

Genealogy Books : ... Carpenter, LINCOLN, Northrup

Pawlet for 100 Years by Hiel Hollister, pub. 1867. pages 210-211:
Lincoln, Lewis, from Cheshire, Ma, 1837; settled at North Pawlet, in the carriage making business. He was agent of the union store during its existence from 1851 to 1861. His family consisted of two daughters, Lettie T. and Fidelia. Lettie T. was a graduate of Troy Conference Academy, and married Alonzo Raynor, of Evansville, Ind. Fidelia died of diptheria in 1864, aged 21. He removed to Indiana in 1865.

Lincoln, Luther P. from Cheshire, Ma., 1837; m. Deborah, da. of Henry Wooster, Jr., and succeeded to his homestead. He removed to Fort Ann, NY some twenty years ago, and was instantly killed by being thrown from a wagon about 1862.

BERKSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS, VOL. 1., 1892.
Early Settlements in Cheshire, by Hon. J. M. Barker.
Page 64: "The story of the men who made the New Providence
Purchase, and, in 1767, removed their families and goods from
Rhode Island to the spendid eminence, which they christened
New Providence Hill, in affectionate remembrances of the hill in
Providence, ..."

May 1, 1997 SALT LAKE CITY, FHL:

Massachusetts 1800 Census: Jonathan Lincoln, Berkshire Co, Lanesborough
Neighbors as listed on the original census records show family
names of people who migrated to Lanesborough from Connecticut:
4 Nehemiah Talcott
3 Nathan Green
2 Abner Wilson (?)
1 Elijah Loomis
0 Jonathan Lincoln
1 John Hall
2 John Osborn (?)
3 Thomas Goodrich
4 John Woodson (?)
(?) indicate problems deciphering the actual handwriting.

IDEAS - 3/30/2001: LOREN WHETON LINCOLN - is most likely made of surnames - Loring and Wheton/Whedon/Weedon/Wheaton.
Loring and Wheton and Lincoln families intermarried in Hull, Hingham and Taunton, MA. There were a number of JONATHANs in Wheton and Lincoln generations. There was a LORENE (as in Milton Lorene Lincoln) in Wheton line (where it was used for a female). I haven't a clue about FOTHON either by this spelling or other phonetic variations.

CENSUS 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 Lanesboro, Berkshire Co, MA; 1840 - Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.

PAWLET CEMETERY: is the oldest one in town, 2 miles north of the village on the east side of Cemetery Hill Road. Records are in the
Town Clerk's Office.

LAND RECORDS: Lanesboro, County of Berkshire, MA - 20 April 1010:
DEED: Ezra Hall to JONATHAN LINCOLN .. FOR

Jonathan married Amy Anne Diane Northrup on 11 Dec 1794 in Lanesborough,,MA by Rev.John Leland. Amy (daughter of Stephen Northrup and Lydia Hall) was born on 30 Apr 1775 in Cheshire,Berkshire Co, MA; died on 26 Jan 1853 in Lanesborough,, MA; was buried in Old North Street Cem,Cheshire,,MA. [Group Sheet]

James married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

GAZETEER OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASS, 1725 - 1885, BY HAMILTON CHILD, PUB. 1885.

Page 117 - Town of Cheshire:
"Stephen Northrup removed to Cheshire, from (Danbury, CT,- ERRORONEOUS, he was born in North Kingston, RI) sometime previous to the Revolution, locating in the western part of Cheshire and reared a large family, and died in 1836, at the age of ninety-one. He served in the war of the Revolution, and was at the battle of Bennington. "

Land Records of Adams, MA- signers of deeds whose wifes are given:
Northrop, Stephen and Lydia 1780.

Notes from John Northrup (the current keeper of Northrup family history) of Riverside, CA to xxx in a letter dated 2 March 1999:
"The references to Stephen say that he came to the Lanesboro area from western CT, but I think that this is a broad brush error and he came from the area of Preston, CT."

"Stephen's sister, Mary, and her husband, Uzziel Durham, were the first of the family to arrive in the Lanesboro area and Stephen subsequently bought some land from them. When Stephen arrived in the area he set about building himself a home, but the wolves were bugging him so one of his first tasks was to build a box to sleep in to avoid the critters. Sounds like he was a very practical person."

"Thomas subsequently moved to the area and both Stephen and Thomas served in the Revolution from there. Joseph enlisted from Preston, CT but after his service he also moved to Lanesboro area before moving on down to Franklin-Otsego area of New York."

PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL OF STEPHEN NORTHRUP: Berkshire Probate, Roll 23, page 38 (received from Berkshire Family History Association).

"To the Hon. Court within and for the County of Berkshire: Humbly shows (?) Lyman Northrup that Stephen Northrup late of Cheshire in Berkshire County deceased died on the 17th of April last leaving the following children heirs at law to wit: Lyman Northrup your petitioner residing in Cheshire; Stephen Northrup redisiding in do; Levi Northrup residing in the state of New York; Anna, wife of Jonathan Lincoln residing in Lanesborough; Sally wife of Samuel Ingalls residing in New York; Electra wife of Philip Warren residing in Vermont; Polly wife of Simeon Rawson residing in New Your. That the said deceased left Estate upon which administration is (?); That he left a last will and testament in which your petitioner is named and appointed executor; which will he herewith presents and prays that the same may be proved approved and allowed to being read to give bond for faithful discharge of said trust. Dated at (?) this 3rd day of May AD 183(?).

More about Stephen Northrup: Military service: 4 October 1780, Stephen Northrup with Capt. Asa Barnes Co, Col. Benjamin Simonds regiment, marched from Lanesborough.

Stephen married Lydia Hall before 1775 in Fairfield Co, CT. Lydia (daughter of "Captain" Jabez Hall and Hannah Lyon) was born about 1750 in ,Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Jonathan married Hannah Andrews. Hannah was born in 1690 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet]

Stephen married Sarah Roberts on 17 Oct 1744 in RI. Sarah (daughter of Peter Roberts and Almey (Amy) Colvin) was born about 1727 in Providence,Providence,RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: Berkshire Genealogist, Vol. 26, Number 3, Summer 2005, Query Section, page 108:

"Looking for information about Captain Jabez Hall who led a company of Lanesborough, MA patriots to Quebec, Canada, in Jan. or Feb. 1776. Unit was attached to Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys. They retreated from Quebec when the general order was issued in May 1776. According to information in pension applications sickness, including smallpox, was common. (submitter) is looking for information about this venture other than that found in pension applications. Was this company authorized and/or funded by the Town of Lanesborough or at the Colony level?"

Source: The Berkshire Hills, August 1, 1901 and December 1, 1901: Title: Some Old-Time Taverns

The Old Hall Tavern in Lanesboro - In the days of the Revolution a famous old time tavern in Lanesboro stoon on the old hill-climbing highway hardly a half mile from the New Ashford south line in North Lanesboro.... It was on the pioneer acres of Captain Jabez Hall who came hither for residence from New Fairfield, CT., who was named Jabez after the great fighter of Bible history, and who was true to his namesake in his warlike proclivities.

In the early French war antidating the Revolution there came a sudden call in the night for the enlistment of a company or Lanesboro men to go to Canada and fight the French. Captain Jabez Hall was a colonial officer of the crown under King George.

Early the next morning the able-bodied men of Lanesboro assembled in front of this old Hall tavern, when Captain Jabez came out with a black bottle of rum in each hand. Though small in stature he was a great athlete, of wonderful courage and great muscular power. Leaping into the air he struck his heels together three times before coming to the top step, also clashing the two bottles together three times above his head. Then he shouted "Who goes with me to Canada?" A full company was immediately enlisted and of its members were his two sons, Gershum and John, while Lyman, being but nineteen years of age, accompanied his father as a valet.

This company went to Quebec in the fall of 1775 and immediately after the death of Gen. Montgomery. Their sufferings from the severity and hardships of a northern winter were indescribable, to which was added the horrid disease of small pox. Capt. Jabez was suddenly taken down with the disease soon after his arrival in the Canadian city. He was pronounced a a convalescent, but suddenly died in the night when a townsman named Tirrell was his nuse. Though it was never proven, it was always suspected that he was poisoned, as this attendant had been heard to threaten him on account of something which had happened in the collection of the King's taxes in Lanesboro.

"Captain" married Hannah Lyon before 1750 in ?? ,,Fairfield Co, CT. Hannah (daughter of John Lyon and Hannah Kimberly) was born about 1725 in abt 1775/76 ,, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 08 Jun 1807 in Lanesborough,Berkshire Co, CT. [Group Sheet]