My (possible) matrilineal relatives


To the best of my current (2005) knowledge, my matrilineal ancestry can be traced to Sarah Foster, the first of three wives of Luther Halsey. According to the stories passed down/discovered, he married, successively, three sisters names Sarah, Damaris, and Abigail Foster. Various websites provide ancestry and relatives for Abigail, from which I can (apparently) extend my matrilineal ancestry.

What is shown below is the extended matrilineal ancestry and matrilineal relatives of Sarah Foster, assuming all of the claimed connections are accurate. I am not making such a claim, I'm just recording what I've found.

Also, I'm trying out a different way to use HTML to display genealogical data.




Hannah Talmago m. Samuel Parsons/Piersons

Hannah Parsons/Piersons, b. Southampton, L. I., ca. 1673, d. 7 Feb. 1696/7 m. 26 Nov. 1691, Christopher Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., ca. 1668, d. ca. 1748

1. Abigail Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., 27 Oct. 1692, m. 25 April 1717 David Haines, b. 1689

1) Temperance Haines, b. 1724, d. Quiogue, L. I., 2 April 1791 m. 1744 Daniel Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., 22 March 1722, d. Quiogue, L. I., 16 Jan. 1791

1] David Haines Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., 10 April 1745, d. Sodus, N. Y., 22 Nov. 1845, m. Mary Howell, b. Southampton, L. I., 1749

2] Hannah Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., 3 Jan. 1746, d. Southampton, L. I., Feb. 1746

2. Hannah Foster, b. Southampton, L. I., 28 Oct. 1694, m. 1714, Samuel Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 1694

1) Hannah Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 16 Dec. 1716

2) Esther Johnes, b. 12 Jan. 1717/8, m. Nathaniel Howell, b. ca. 1699

1] Nathaniel Howell, b. 4 Oct. 1742, d. 4 Feb. 1809 m. Ruth Topping, b. 2 Oct. 1756, d. 23 Nov. 1841

2] Edward Howell, b. 6 Aug. 1745, d. 29 Aug. 1809 m. Clementine Albertson, b. 2 Jan. 1749/50, d. 1 June 1822

3] Paul Howell, b. ca. 1751, d. 26 Sept. 1807, m. Susannah Knight, b. 1752, d. 3 Nov. 1844

4] Silas Howell, b. 10 Dec. 1753, d. 31 May 1832, m. Hannah Tuthill, b. 10 Jan. 1762, d. 8 Feb. 1855

5] Martha Howell, b. 4 March 1762, d. 13 June 1836, m. Nathaniel Coleman, b. 1762, d. 10 Oct. 1799
[Genealogy of William Coleman (1906), p. 49]

a. Merritt Coleman, b. Goshen, NY, 28 Nov. 1782, d. Battle Creek, Mich., 2 March 1875, m. Goshen, N. Y., 13 Oct. 1809, Mary Smith, b. Goshen, N. Y., 5 June 1786, d. Battle Creek, Mich., 14 April 1865

b. Adna Coleman, b. 10 Jan. 1785, m. Catherine Smith

c. Mary Coleman, b. 18 Nov. 1787, d. 13 Feb. 1875, m. 6 March 1810 James Howell, b. 1785, d. 25 April 1824, no issue.

d. John Coleman, b. 8 Nov. 1791, d. 8 Nov. 1850, m1. 11 Nov. 1811 Dorothy Horton, b. 16 Nov. 1793, m2. 20 March 1834 Phebe Ketchum, b. 1805, d. 1 Dec. 1890

e. Joseph Harrison Coleman, b. Goshen, N. Y., 4 Nov. 1793, d. Minneapolis, Minn., 8 March 1880, m. Sarah Roberts Coleman, b. 21 Oct. 1800, d. Minneapolis, Minn., 6 May 1894

f. Hiram Coleman, b. 29 Dec. 1794, d. 13 June 1872, m. Almira Topping

g. Nathan Halsey Coleman, b. 5 April 1798, d. 13 May 1874, m1. Susan Howell, b. 1790, d. 23 Oct. 1837 m2. Mary Horton

h. Harriet Coleman, b. 26 April 1800, d. 12 April 1878, m. 30 Oct. 1817, Abraham Vail, b. Goshen, N. Y., 8 Oct. 1794, d. 20 Jan. 1858
[Genealogy of the Vail Family (1902), p. 205]

a) Jonathan Melville Vail, b. Goshen, N. Y., 27 Nov. 1819, d. 7 June 1887, m. 3 Jan. 1844, Louisa Caroline Chapman, b. Florida, N. Y., 6 Feb. 1817, d. 23 March 1890

b) Margaret Elizabeth Vail, m. Goshen, N. Y., 13 July 1822, d. Festus, Mo., 5 Nov. 1897, m. 28 Sept. 1854, Harvey R. Morton

a] Harriet Moore Morton

c) Martha Coleman Vail, b. Goshen, N. Y., 8 June 1824, d. Middletown, N. Y., 9 May 1878, m. Orange Co., N. Y., 10 Feb. 1847, James Faulkener Boak, b. Scotchtown, N. Y., d. Middletown, N. Y., 5 April 1889

a] James Edwin Boak, b. Middletown, N. Y., 24 Nov. 1848, d. Circleville, N. Y., 1906, m. Katherine Mills, b. 1843, d. 1923.

b] Abram Vail Boak, b. Middletown, N. Y., 20 Oct. 1849, d. Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 1917, m. Middletown, N. Y., 16 Jan. 1878, Frances Mary Bruster, b. Middletown, N. Y., 1853, d. Middletown, N. Y., 1917.

c] Henry Eugene Boak, b. Middletown, N. Y., 24 Dec. 1852, d. 7 Aug. 1875

d] Harriet Augusta Boak, b. Middletown, N. Y., 18 May 1857, d. 18 Feb. 1878

d) Harriet Newell Vail, b. Goshen, N. Y., 15 Aug. 1826, d. Chicago, Ill., 24 Jan. 1899, m. 2 Nov. 1851, Edwin Downer Helm, b. Mt. Hope, N. Y., d. 13 April 1893

a] Belle Dorothy Helm, m. Chicago, Ill., 7 March 1907, Kenner Seaton Boreman, b. Kansas City, Mo., 25 March 1869

b] Corinne Eva Helm

c] Flora Helm, m. Hugo Krouse

d] Willard Parker Helm, b. St. Louis, Mo., 1856, d. Quincy, Ill., 1 Jan. 1878

e) James Howell Vail, b. Wallkill, N. Y., 5 May 1828, m. St. Louis, Mo., 21 July 1857, Emma Fairchild, b. 13 July 1837

f) Nathan Coleman Vail, b. Wallkill, N. Y., 19 June 1830, d. 10 Nov. 1896, m1. Brant, N. Y., 5 Sept. 1860, Elizabeth Fenton, b. Brant, N. Y., 5 Sept. 1834, d. Iron Co., Mo., 13 Oct. 1874, m2. 25 Sept. 1877, Emily Brewster, b. Orange Co., N. Y., 21 June 1833

g) Almira Augusta Vail, b. Wallkill, N. Y., 11 March 1833, m. 31 Oct. 1871, John Joseph Decker, b. 25 Aug. 1816. No issue.

h) Cynthia Jane Vail, b. Wallkill, N. Y., 17 Aug. 1836, d. Montgomery, N. Y., 5 May 1865, m. Montgomery, N. Y., 31 Oct. 1860, Moses Wellington McMonagle, Scotchtown, N. Y., 1 Oc. 1837

a] Harvey Dewitt McMonagle, b. Montgomery, N. Y., 1861 (twin)

b] Cynthia McMonagle, b. Montgomery, N. Y., 1861 (twin)

i) Abraham Rockwell Vail, b. Wallkill, N. Y., 13 Sept. 1840, m. 22 Dec. 1864, Mary Fenton, b. Brant, N. Y., 25 Dec. 1836

3) Phebe Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 9 Sept. 1721

4) Foster Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 13 Oct. 1723

5) Abigail Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 19 Sept. 1725, d. 13 Nov. 1725

6) Mary Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 19 Nov. 1726, d. 20 May 1766

7) Elizabeth Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 20 May 1729

8) Abigail Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 13 Feb. 1731, m. 27 Sept. 1753, Job Foster, b. Elizabethtown, N. J., 1733, d. Elizabethtown, N. J., 18 Jan. 1793

1] Samuel Foster, b. 3 April 1755, d. Newark, N. J., 4 Jan. 1829, m1. 1 Jan. 1780, Esther Meeker, b. Union City, N. J., 9 March 1759, d. 20 Oct. 1801, m2. Elizabeth Taylor, b. Newark, N. J., 1758, d. 26 Jan. 1847

2] Mary Foster, b. 22 Sept. 1756, d. Cincinatti, Ohio, 4 July 1830, m. David Baker, b. Westfield, N.J., 29 Nov. 1748, d. Westfield, N. J., 4 Feb. 1796

a. Job Foster Baker, b. ca. 1784, m. Acquackanonk Township, Essex Co., N. J., Jane Flowers

b. Abigail Johnes Baker, b. 25 Feb. 1787, d. 14 Aug. 1864, m. Aaron Marsh, b. Oct. 1784, d. 21 May 1862

a) Ephraim Marsh, b. Westfield, N. J., Feb. 1811, d. 11 Aug. 1811

b) Nathan Baker Marsh b. Westfield, N. J., 19 May 1817, d. July 1866, m. Elizabeth Crossman, b. 4 June 1822, d. 4 Nov. 1915

c) Abbie Halsey, b. ca. 1822, d. 8 Nov. 1875

d) Luther Halsey Marsh, b. 28 Jan. 1824, d. 5 Feb. 1924

e) Aaron Picton Marsh, b. 29 March 1826, d. 13 May 1910

f) John L Marsh, b. ca. 1830

c. Nathan Baker, b. Westfield, N. J., 14 Aug. 1788, d. Springfield, Ohio, 18 Jan. 1864, m. Sarah Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., 21 Jan. 1804, d. Wyoming, Ohio, 21 Feb. 1894 [below]

d. David Baker, b. ca. 1791

e. John Baker, b. Westfield, N. J., 1793, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 Feb. 1857, m. Esther Flint, b. 10 Jan. 1796, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 April 1872

f. Lewis Baker, b. Westfield, N. J., ca. 1795, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 29 March 1884, m1. Margaret Place, b. 4 March 1802, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 April 1837 m2. Martha Atkins, b. Olean, N. Y., ca. 1815, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 30 July 1906

3] Hannah Foster, b. 1757, d. 17 May 1818, m. James Meeker, b. 1755, d. 8 March 1828

a. Nancy Meeker, b. 1779, d. 1845, m. Suffolk, Co., N. Y., 27 Feb. 1797, James Brewster, b. 15 Aug. 1777, d. Woodbridge, N. J., 27 Aug. 1822

a) Nathaniel Brewster, b. N. J., 5 Dec. 1797

b) James Meeker Brewster, b. Woodbridge, N. J., 24 May 1799, d. Woodbridge, N. J., 6 Feb. 1855 m1. Woodbridge, N. J., 13 March 1821, Rachel Coddington, b. Woodbridge, N. J., 1 June 1798, d. Woodbridge, N. J., 30 Aug. 1825, m2. Sarah Coddington, b. Woodbridge, N. J., 21 Aug. 1800, d. Woodbridge, N. J., 30 Oct. 1868

c) Timothy Brewstar, b. Woodbridge, N. J., 15 Aug. 1802

d) Timothy Jarvis Brewster, b. 13 Oct. 1807, d. 6 Feb. 1837 m. New York, N. Y., 24 Dec. 1833, Catherine Earl, b. ca. 1810

e) Hannah Maria Brewster, b. 26 May 1814, d. 29 May 1829

b. Nathan Meeker, b. 15 Nov. 1784, d. 13 Oct. 1858, m. Ann Watkins, b. 20 May 1790, d. 21 Aug. 1863

c. James Foster Meeker, b. 1792, d. 1858, m. Rebecca C Bloomfield, b. 1796, d. 15 Aug. 1872

d. Stephen Jones Meeker, b. ca. 1797, d. 17 Oct. 1832, m1. Phebe H. Magie, b. 1797, d. 22 Sept. 1823 m2. Eliza Woodruff

e. Sarah Meeker, b. 1800, d. 28 April 1886, m. 19 Jan. 1819 John High, b. Westfield, N. J., 1796, d. 17 April 1858

a) Hannah High, b. 1824, d. 1888, m. John B. Oliver, b. ca. 1820, d. ca. 1880

a] Joseph Oliver

b] Augustus Oliver

c] Edward Oliver

d] Ida Oliver, b. 1857, d. 1939, m. Stephen Burroughs Morss, b. 1858, d. 1939

1. Edith Belle Morss, b. 20 Feb. 1885, d. 2 July 1958, m. Freeland Jardine Gibbons, b. 21 June 1885, d. 9 Jan. 1857

b) Rachel High, d. 25 Jan. 1875

c) Mary High

d) Phebe High, m. Amos Woodruff, b. Westfield, N. J., 4 April 1820, d. Memphis, Tenn.,

a] Mary Woodruff, m1. NN Woodridge, m2. NN Stanning

b] Sarah Meeker Woodruff, m. Francis (Frank) Davenport Barnum, b. Danbury, Conn., 26 Jan. 1843, d. ca. 1903

1. Henry Hull Barnum, b. 16 June 1869, d. ca. 1929

2. Amos Woodruff Barnum, b. Memphis, Tenn., 16 Dec. 1871, d. Santa Monica, 15 April 1941

c] Frank Woodruff

d] Belle Woodruff

e) Sarah Anne High

f) John James High, b. 6 March 1829, d. 1879, m. Anna Sheddan, d. 1872

g) Linus High

4] Sarah Foster, b. 1759, d. 2 Aug. 1787, m. Luther Halsey, b. Morristown, N. J., 10 May 1758, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1829

Descendants see elsewhere

5] Nathan Foster, b. ca. 1761, d. 9 Oct. 1793

6] Damaris Foster, b. ca, 1768, d. 11 Sept. 1790, m. Luther Halsey, b. Morristown, N. J., 10 May 1758, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1829. No issue.

7] Abigail Foster, b. ca. 1772, d. 26 Nov. 1821, m. Luther Halsey, b. Morristown, N. J., 10 May 1758, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1829
[Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire England and Southampton New York (1895), p. 81]

a. Luther Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., 1 Jan. 1794, d. Norristown, Pa., 29 Oct. 1880

b. John Taylor Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., 1797, d. Elizabeth, N. J., 1842, m. Margaret Oakley

c. Abraham Oothout Halsey, b. Whitesboro, N. Y., 11 Nov. 1797, d. Richboa, Pa., Aug. 1868

d. Job Foster Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., 12 July 1800, d. Norristown, Pa., 7 March 1881, m. Elizabeth Parker Brinley, b. 1796, d. 1880

e. Hannah Maria Halsey, b. Newburgh, N. Y., 14 March 1802, d. 21 March 1865 m. 22 June 1826, James Stryker, b. 2 Jan. 1792, d. Sharon, Conn., 3 June 1864

a) James Stryker, b. 12 March 1827, d. 5 Feb. 1843

b) Luther Halsey Stryker, b. 5 June 1828, d. March 1884, m. Aug. 1862, Leonora Wood, d. 1881

c) Augustus Peter Stryker, b. 5 Feb. 1830, d. 25 Dec. 1892, m. 19 Sept. 1868, Phebe Key Campbell

d) John V. Stryker, b. 26 Nov. 1831, d. 6 April 1892, m1. Ann M. Tibbitts, d. 1874, m2. Laura McIlvaine

e) Dr. Edward V. Stryker, b. 18 Feb. 1834, d. 18 March 1886, m1. Elizabeth Bush, d. 1875, m2. Louisa Goff

f) Peter Wilson Stryker, b. 8 Nov. 1836, m. 25 Aug. 1868, Margaret Tibbitts

g) Helen Maria Stryker, b. 11 April 1838, m. 7 May 1868, Leonard Smith, d. March 1869. No issue.

f. Sarah Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., 21 Jan. 1804, d. Wyoming, Ohio, 21 Feb. 1894, m. Nathan Baker, b. Westfield, N. J., 14 Aug. 1788, d. Springfield, Ohio, 18 Jan. 1864 [above]

a) Mary Abigail Baker, b. Newburg, N. Y., 23 Feb. 1825, d. Glendale, Ohio, 2 July 1885, m. 26 May 1846, Charles Earl Spinning

a] Sarah Halsey Spinning, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 July 1847, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 9 July 1849

b] Charles Pierson Spinning, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 27 July 1849, m. Gano, Ohio, 22 May 1879, Frances Burley Gano

c] Mariana Spinning, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 16 Nov. 1851

d] Edward Milton Spinning, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Feb. 1854

e] Ella Augusta Spinning, b. Springfield, Ohio, 11 Aug. 1856, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 13 March 1893

f] Harry Lincoln Spinner, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 10 March 1859

g] Clara Montfort Spinner, b. Glendale, Ohio, 26 Sept. 1861

b) Sarah Ann Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 2 June 1826, d. 23 Dec. 1904

c) Hannah Maria Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 7 Oct. 1828, d. 1905, m. Samuel J. M. Camp

a] Nathan Baker Camp, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 22 June 1851, m. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1880, Minerva Jewell Spicer

b] Edward Seaworthy Camp, b. Springfield, Ohio, 24 Aug. 1857

c] Jennie Camp, b. Memphis, Tenn., 23 May 1861, d. Memphis, Tenn., 6 Sept. 1888

d) Luther Halsey Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 Aug. 1831, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 April 1832

e) Susan Halsey Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 26 Oct. 1833, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, March 1918

f) Julia Jucho Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 26 Oct. 1835, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, 17 Sept. 1918

g) Ellen Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 7 Oct. 1839, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, 19 Sept. 1885

h) John Edward Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1 Oct. 1842, d. 13 April 1937, m. Hortense G. Snyder, b. London, England, 25 Oct. 1849, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, 2 April 1897

i) Henry Foster Baker, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 15 June 1845, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, 19 July 1918, m. Ellen B. Griffin, b. New York, N. Y., 6 May 1850, d. Yellow Springs, Ohio, 14 Jan. 1924

g. Isaac Wyckoff Halsey, b. Schenectady, N. Y., ca. 1806, d. ca. 1824

9) Samuel Johnes, b. Southampton, L. I., 1 Jan. 1732/3