Our great grandfather, Hiram L Merrick (1871–1962), was the son of Civil War soldier, Joseph Sylvester Merrick (1840-1924). His mother, Ellen 'Jane' Houghtaling (1846-1909), was a six-generation descendant of the orphan immigrant from Holland, Mathys Hooghteeling (1639-1706)(blog post here).
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| Hiram L Merrick (1871-1962) |
The Houghtaling family lived in New York, from 1655 until between 1820 and 1830, when his third-generation descendant, grandpa Jacob Hotaling, Jr. (1769-1852), moved his family to Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
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Dutch Church Records
The Houghtaling remained in the Reformed Church of Holland around Albany, New York, although their records aren't complete. Some of their entries were added after the fact. Some of the children's births were added all at once with notations they were born earlier in Kinderhook. This family was firmly within the Dutch tradition, but perhaps not faithfully so. Weather, distance, or farm duties may have kept them from more church activity.
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Coxsackie, New York
The Upper Village (West Coxsackie) was the first settlement in Coxsackie. Many of the old houses still remain. The Village of Coxsackie was part of the Mathias Houghtaling patent, granted in 1697 (Village of Coxsackie History link here).We blogged about the 3500-acres of land officially granted to grandpa Mathys Houghtaling by Governor Benjamin Fletcher (blog post here). He bought the property from three Indians for 'a duffel of cloth' each. The population of the village was 2, 813 in 2010 (Fact Finder census)
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| Coxsackie, New York |
Jacob Houghtaling
Jacob A Houghtaling was born in 1676 in Coxsackie, New York. He married Jannetje Jacobse Van Noorstrant. He died in 1779, aged 103 years old (Hotaling Family Genealogy) (Dutch Church records here).
Henrich Houghtaling
Henrich Houghtaling was born on March 12, 1712, in Coxsackie, New York to Jacob and Jannetje (Van Noorstant) Houghtaling. (Netherlands database here), He married Christina Brasee-Brusie (Hotaling genealogy here). He died in 1763 in Albany, New York, at the age of 51. (Dutch Reformed Church records here and here).
Jacob Houghtaling, Sr.
Jacob Houghtaling was born on October 10, 1740, in Coxsackie, New York (link here). He married Jannetje Loep (unknown) (Houghtaling Tree here). We know he died in New York by the index page in Albany of Wills and Probates (link here). Unfortunately, the details on page 178 (his Will) is missing (link here) (Dutch Church records here).
Jacob Houghtaling, Jr.
Jacob Houghtaling was born on April 5, 1769, in Rensselaer, New York (link here). He married Martha "Polly" Newberry (1780-1853). He served under Anthony Delamater of Rhinebeck, New York, in the war of 1812. During November 1815, the unit was stationed at Harlem Heights, building the bunkers and earthworks for a British attack, which never came (Ancestry message board).
Anthony Delmatater was the third son of David Delmater. He appears in the index, page 191, of the Genealogy of descendants of Claude Le Maitre (Delamater.): who came from France via Holland and settled at New Netherlands, now New York, in 1652 bottom of page 191;
The current Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1802, making it the oldest church in the village.
Rhinebeck, New York
Peter V Hotelling
Our third great grandpa Peter was born March 31, 1824, in New York. His family and that of one uncle moved to Pennsylvania before he was sixteen years old. There he met and married Polly Ann Button (1823-1900). His marriage and his birth in New York are proven by five of his children's death certificates (link here, here, here, here, and here).
She was the daughter of Alpheus Button, sister of Alonzo Button. Uncle Alonzo's son - her nephew - was present when our cousin, Floyd Whitney, murdered Warren Stafford (blog post here). The grandma Button-Hotelling household sent three sons into the Civil War. Only one survived it.
Ellen 'Jane' Hotelling
Their sister, grandma Hotelling (1846-1909), brought the Merrick's into their line when she wed our Civil war hero, grandpa Joseph Merrick (1840-1924).
In his first nine-month tour of duty, due to high-level mix-ups which came to be known as SNAFUs (Situation Normal: All Fouled Up ) in World War I, he and 8,000 Union soldiers stood off and briefly pushed back Stonewall Jackson's Army.
They broke through the Confederate railroad line (blog post here). Meanwhile, Robert E Lee's men were mowing down Union soldiers at the Stone Wall (link here).
Grandma Jane would name our ancestor after her husband's grandfather, Hiram Merrick (1815-1894), who - with his brother - married into the Whitney family (blog post here).
Our Houghtaling connection ended when grandma Jane died on October 13, 1909, in her hometown. She was sixty-three years old. She's buried in Bradford, Pennsylvania (Find-a-Grave) (Death certificate).
*Note: Relationships, such as grandmother, 2nd great, etc., are expressed from the perspective of the grandchildren of Leon Arthur and Anna Grace (Fuller) Merrick.
Terms of relationship - grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin, etc. - are used here generically to include relatives such as fourth great grandfathers, great grand uncles, second cousins twice removed, etc.
Henrich Houghtaling
Henrich Houghtaling was born on March 12, 1712, in Coxsackie, New York to Jacob and Jannetje (Van Noorstant) Houghtaling. (Netherlands database here), He married Christina Brasee-Brusie (Hotaling genealogy here). He died in 1763 in Albany, New York, at the age of 51. (Dutch Reformed Church records here and here).
Jacob Houghtaling, Sr.
Jacob Houghtaling was born on October 10, 1740, in Coxsackie, New York (link here). He married Jannetje Loep (unknown) (Houghtaling Tree here). We know he died in New York by the index page in Albany of Wills and Probates (link here). Unfortunately, the details on page 178 (his Will) is missing (link here) (Dutch Church records here).
Jacob Houghtaling, Jr.
Jacob Houghtaling was born on April 5, 1769, in Rensselaer, New York (link here). He married Martha "Polly" Newberry (1780-1853). He served under Anthony Delamater of Rhinebeck, New York, in the war of 1812. During November 1815, the unit was stationed at Harlem Heights, building the bunkers and earthworks for a British attack, which never came (Ancestry message board).
Anthony Delmatater
Anthony J, bapt. Nov. 2, 1768; he was a lawyer; he m. Catherine Houghtaling, and settled at Rhinebeck, N. Y., where he d. at an advanced age.Records are sketchy; we don't know how Catherine Houghtaling, his wife, is related to us. But we do know her husband was a deacon and elder for the Reformed Dutch Church in 1800 and 1803 (The Reformed Dutch Church, Rhinebeck, N.Y page 49).
The current Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1802, making it the oldest church in the village.
Rhinebeck, New York
Perspective map of Rhinebeck with a list of landmarks from 1890 by L.R. Burleigh
Rhinebeck is a village in the town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area - Wikipedia.Between 1830 and 1840, grandpa Jacob and one brother moved their families to Tioga County, Pennsylvania. By 1850, two more brothers and their families made a move. Somewhere along the way, they changed their names from Houghtaling to Hotelling. Grandpa Jacob died on March 19, 1852, in Tioga, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania (Find-a-Grave).
UPDATE: Upon further research, only the family of Jacob Houghtaling/Hotelling moved to Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was an error on our part.
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Our third great grandpa Peter was born March 31, 1824, in New York. His family and that of one uncle moved to Pennsylvania before he was sixteen years old. There he met and married Polly Ann Button (1823-1900). His marriage and his birth in New York are proven by five of his children's death certificates (link here, here, here, here, and here).
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| Alonzo Button, 1839-1872 |
She was the daughter of Alpheus Button, sister of Alonzo Button. Uncle Alonzo's son - her nephew - was present when our cousin, Floyd Whitney, murdered Warren Stafford (blog post here). The grandma Button-Hotelling household sent three sons into the Civil War. Only one survived it.
Ellen 'Jane' Hotelling
Their sister, grandma Hotelling (1846-1909), brought the Merrick's into their line when she wed our Civil war hero, grandpa Joseph Merrick (1840-1924).
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They broke through the Confederate railroad line (blog post here). Meanwhile, Robert E Lee's men were mowing down Union soldiers at the Stone Wall (link here).
Grandma Jane would name our ancestor after her husband's grandfather, Hiram Merrick (1815-1894), who - with his brother - married into the Whitney family (blog post here).
Our Houghtaling connection ended when grandma Jane died on October 13, 1909, in her hometown. She was sixty-three years old. She's buried in Bradford, Pennsylvania (Find-a-Grave) (Death certificate).
*Note: Relationships, such as grandmother, 2nd great, etc., are expressed from the perspective of the grandchildren of Leon Arthur and Anna Grace (Fuller) Merrick.
Terms of relationship - grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousin, etc. - are used here generically to include relatives such as fourth great grandfathers, great grand uncles, second cousins twice removed, etc.
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