19. ELIJAH6 LANE (DANIEL5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1) was born WFT Est. 1731-1757 in Killingworth, Connecticut, and died WFT Est. 1737-1837 in Died young.. He married MARY SCARRETT April 19, 1779 in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut. More About ELIJAH LANE: Fact 3: January 23, 1749/50, Killingworh, Connecticut Children of ELIJAH LANE and MARY SCARRETT are: i. ELIJAH7 LANE, b. WFT Est. 1757-1800; d. WFT Est. 1769-1878. ii. ELECLA LANE, b. WFT Est. 1757-1800; d. WFT Est. 1768-1881. iii. MARCUS LANE, b. WFT Est. 1757-1800; d. WFT Est. 1769-1878, Died early.. Notes for MARCUS LANE: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3055, Date of Import: Jul 21, 1996] Died young. 20. DANIEL6 LANE II (DANIEL5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1) was born December 18, 1736 in Killingworth, Connecticut, and died Bef. 1804 in Whitestown, New York. He married (1) MARY GRISWOLD July 14, 1763, daughter of MICHAEL GRISWOLD and SARAH PARMELEE. He married (2) SARAH SEWARD April 06, 1791, daughter of AMOS SEWARD and RUTH ROGERS. Notes for DANIEL LANE II: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3055, Date of Import: Jul 21, 1996] Extract from Genealogical Notes on the Families of Daniel Lane 2d and Mary Griswold Lane: Daniel Lane 2d, was born at Killingworth, December 18, 1736; married Mary Griswold, July 14, 1763; removed to Wolcott, 1773; married, 2d, Sarah Seward, daughter of Amos Seward and Ruth Rogers, April 6, 1791, by whom no children. According to a certificate of the Adjutant-General of Connecticut, (July 13th, 1897, Daniel Lane, private, enlisted July 17, 1780, and was discharged Dec 14, 1780; as found in return of levies that served in 1780, in Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment. According to Hon. Henry Clay Evans, U.S. Commissionere of Pensions, in answer to inquiry, (March 4, 1898), Daniel Lane, then of Suffield, aged 79 years, applied for a pension Aug 9, 1832. This claim was allowed, for fourteen months actual service, part of which service was in Capt. Hanchett's company of the regiment of Col. Wyllys. He enlisted at Roxbury, but in Connecticut service. It is not shown that Daniel of Suffield was or was not a descendant of Robert and Sarah, but quite enough is shown to make it clear that there were at least two Daniels in the field, and that he of Wolcott, was not, in his 96th year, the pensioner of 1832, while the service of him of Suffield did not include the service of 1780, to which the Adjutant-General's certificate refers. In 1795 Daniel, 2d, joined Sarah, his wife, with her mother, brothers, and sisters in selling land, formerly part of estate of Amos Seward; and in 1796 he sold land to his son Asahel. These facts, derived from the land records at Waterbury, make it certain that the entry in the Wolcott record of death of Daniel Lane in 1794 refers to the elder Daniel. In 1798 he urged his youngest son, Daniel Lane 3d, to remove with him to Whitestown, N.Y., as the latter long afterward told his grandchildren at Wolcott, Conn. Comparing and reconciling the facts told by Daniel 3d to his grand-children with the facts as given to her brother's family by Mrs. Belinda (Beckwith) Ingham it seems quite safe to say the Daniel Lane 2d removed about 1798 to Whitestown, N.Y., where part of the Seward family had settled, and, probably, died before 1804, in which year David and Mabel (Lane) Beckwith removed to Paris, a few miles farther up Sanquoit creek. The relations between Sarah and her step-children may have been dropped at Daniel's death though she survived him by some years. From records at Waterbury, as to land-sales: - Nov 5, 1794, Daniel and Sarah Lane to Ruth and Lois Seward, 21 acres, more or less. Jan 19, 1795, Ruth and Lois Seward, Daniel and Sarah Lane, Reuben and Ruth Frisbie, with Nathan Seward, of Whitestown, to Joseph and Joseph M. Parker, of Southington, 67 acres. (Grantors were Widow Ruth Seward and children, Lois, Sarah, Ruth, and Nathan, with sons-in-law Lane and Frisbie.) Feb 20. 1795, Jonathan Carter, of Southington, to Sarah, wife of Daniel Lane, 29 1/2 acres, west part of Beker hill. Feb 11, 1796, Daniel and Sarah Lane to James Alcox, 29 1/2 acres, west part of Becor hill. (Bought of Jonathan Carter, as above.) Feb 11, 1796, Daniel to Nathaniel Lane, two pieces of land, two acres and seven acres. Feb 11, 1796, Daniel Lane to Asahel Lane, 30 acres, dwelling house, and half of barn. Children of DANIEL LANE and MARY GRISWOLD are: 28. i. NATHANIEL7 LANE, b. WFT Est. 1756-1778; d. 1841, Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut. 29. ii. ASAHEL LANE, b. WFT Est. 1756-1781; d. 1813. iii. ISABEL LANE, b. WFT Est. 1758-1780; d. WFT Est. 1798-1867; m. ISAAC ALCOTT, 1793. More About ISABEL LANE: Fact 3: May 20, 1764, Killingworth, Connecticut Medical Information: Nathaniel is Isabel's twin brother. Notes for ISAAC ALCOTT: [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3055, Date of Import: Jul 21, 1996] Extract from Genealogical Notes on the Families of Daniel Lane2d and Mary Griswold Lane: Isaac, sixth child and fouth son of Capt. John and Mary (Chatfield) Alcox. Their only child died in infancy. 30. iv. MARY LANE, b. WFT Est. 1758-1783; d. October 08, 1834. 31. v. MABEL LANE, b. May 02, 1766, Killingworth, Connecticut; d. April 18, 1822, Paris Hill, New York. 32. vi. DANIEL LANE III, b. March 25, 1779, Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut; d. February 04, 1865, Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut. 21. JOEL6 LANE (DANIEL5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1) was born October 18, 1752 in Killingworth, Connecticut, and died August 18, 1806. He married ELIZABETH ATKINS May 22, 1776, daughter of JOEL ATKINS and ABIGAIL RICH. Children of JOEL LANE and ELIZABETH ATKINS are: i. MARK7 LANE, b. WFT Est. 1771-1792; d. WFT Est. 1813-1876; m. RHODA SHEPARD, February 12, 1807. More About MARK LANE: Fact 3: November 16, 1783 ii. JOSEPH LANE, b. WFT Est. 1773-1800; d. WFT Est. 1779-1880. More About JOSEPH LANE: Fact 3: November 16, 1783 iii. RICHARD LANE, b. WFT Est. 1773-1800; d. WFT Est. 1806-1880; m. FLORINDA HURD, WFT Est. 1806-1842. More About RICHARD LANE: Fact 3: November 12, 1786 iv. ELIZABETH LANE, b. WFT Est. 1773-1800; d. 1809. More About ELIZABETH LANE: Fact 3: August 1792 33. v. ADA LANE, b. WFT Est. 1774-1806; d. February 07, 1858. vi. JOSIAH LANE, b. March 05, 1777; d. WFT Est. 1807-1868; m. MEHETABEL WOODRUFF, February 01, 1801. vii. MARY LANE, b. June 02, 1779; d. WFT Est. 1780-1873. 22. JOSEPH6 LANE (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1) was born WFT Est. 1744-1773, and died WFT Est. 1777-1852. He married ELIZABETH PORTER WFT Est. 1777-1814. Child of JOSEPH LANE and ELIZABETH PORTER is: 34. i. GIDEON7 LANE, b. WFT Est. 1769-1812; d. WFT Est. 1803-1888. Generation No. 7 23. JAMES HERVEY7 HURD (CALEB LEETE6, DANIEL5, SARAH PICKETT4 LANE, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1). He married MARTHA REDFIELD, daughter of SYLVESTER REDFIELD. Child of JAMES HURD and MARTHA REDFIELD is: 35. i. LAURA ELIZA8 HURD, b. May 30, 1832, Dryden N.Y.; d. April 02, 1917, McLean. 24. ASENATH7 HURD (ABRAHAM6, DANIEL5, SARAH PICKETT4 LANE, ROBERT3, DANIEL2, UNKNOWN FATHER1) was born March 08, 1758, and died April 02, 1852. She married EDWARD GRISWOLD June 19, 1783, son of DANIEL GRISWOLD and MARY BUSHNELL. Notes for ASENATH HURD: Something may now be said concerning Edward's wife Asenath. "She read the Bible as her only book. She would get her Bible spread out before her on the stand, and would put her finger down and point slipping her finger along and spelling out the words, until she got hold of two or three words in connection, e. g. "Come unto me", and then w ith great en thusiasm and smacking her lip3 with delight, as with a sweet morsel, she would go through the passage, "Come unto me.. and I will give you rest.. um.. um.. and I will give you rest'". "I have heard that Asenath's husband Edward did not know how to read when he was marned, but learned from his wife, so as to be able to read the Scriptures". (Nancy Griswold Bartholomew, who was 14 years old when her grandmother died). "She was a great woman to think out loud. When she was over 90 years old, and lived at our house, I heard her speak out pretty loud: 'It is easy enough to do right. It is easy enough to do right'. This describes her character pretty well. She believed in people doing right". (Sarah Griswold Carmer). "When I was once abed, I heard my grandmother's voice raised qulte loud, as I sometimes heard her in prayer, saying: 'O come and see thy children die And hear them lie and groan; Because.. um.. because they do want company, And not be.. um.. and not be stark alone.. stark alone'". (Nancy G. Bartholomew) "Once one of my sisters (probably Maria) was repeating the words of a couplet: 'There I found an old man, who wouldn't say his prayers; I took him by one leg, and threw him down stairs'. With a great deal of energy grandmother, who had overheard said 'It served him right' ". (Daniel Griswold). "A very quiet woman, if ali went right; otherwise she could speak decidedly and her words would flow freely. She was a woman of character". (Nancy G. Bartholomew). As illustrating her benevolence, "a relative brought up in the family said that grand mother would load up a hand s]ed and send provisions to a needy family". (Sarah G. Carmer). From all accounts then, Asenath would not tolerate anything but straight forward dealing and was rather inclined to be severe in her judgment on those who had no moral backbone. She was thrift and perseverence itself and withal had a Puritan strain, quite naturally in her makeup. She would not have bows on her hat. "Take these bows right off, even if it is Sunday". A good housewife and quite talkative. As regards Asenath's personal appearance, she was taller than her husband and her complexion was darker than his. She had bright dark-grey eyes, which glistened with enthusiasm when she was interested in anything pleasant face, and nose slightly aquiline. "She used to go around.with her tongue slightly out and used to talk a great deal to herself". (Benjamin Gnswold) . Asenath Hurd was born March 8, 1758, and died April 2, 1852 aged about 94 years. The last three years of her life she lived in the home of her son Nathan, where she died. It was in a log house just in front of the house afterwards built on the Nathan Griswold place. More About ASENATH HURD: Fact 1: charter member of Dryden Presbyterian Church Fact 2: The Hurd family was of English descent Fact 3: She taught Edward to read. Fact 4: Was very religious of Puritan Principles Fact 5: Would never wear any ornament, not even a ribbon in her hair. Notes for EDWARD GRISWOLD: Dates of enlistment Length of service Served under whom Captain Colonel May 1776 7 months Aaron Stevens Heman Swift Apr. 1777 8 months Aaron Stevens Mch. 1778 2 months Lieut. Crane Worthington May 1778 2 months Lieut. Johnson Aug. 1778 4 months Lieut. Smith Apr. 1779 8 months Aaron Stevens Heman Swift Apr. 1780 3 months Lieut. Crane Sept. 1781 3 months Caleb Baldwin Heman Swift Edward was a private throughout the war and represented the State of Conn. During Sept.--Nov. 1781 Edward substituted for his brother John. It will be seen from the above table that Edward served in all thirty seven months, three full years. Edward was engaged in the following battles. Fort Ann, Germantown, Mud Fort, and Newport, R. I., when it was taken. Edward was a resident, at the time of his enlistment, of Killingworth. Middlesex Co.. Conn. There is no record in the above tabulated statement of Edward's serving in Col. Zebulun Butler's Regiment, 2nd Connecticut Troops, but from the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Miss Jennie Carmer secured the record of his having enlisted in that Company July 28, 1779 and serving until Jan. 15, 1780. On p. 55 of the Conn. Hist. Soc. Collec- tions, Vol. VIII, there is also the record that Edward Griswold of Killing worth enlisted and began service as a private in the 2nd Conn. Regt. on July 28, 1779, service to expire on Jan. 15. The section is headed Short Term Levies, 1779. This agrees with the Adjutant General's report. In the same Vol. VIII. p. 230, there is mention of an Edward Griswold, who served as a marine on the Brig Minerva from Aug. 31 to Nov. 19, 1776. Thls probably was another Edward Griswold, although if it is true that Daniel B. Griswold was a sea faring man, it would be quite natural for his son to be found on a ship. There is a tradition that Edward was a sailor in his youth, running between New Haven and the West Indies. See the story of Nancy (Griswold) Carr on p. . If Daniel B. owned a coast ing vessel for trade between Conn. and the West Indies, it is altogether probable that Edward his son would sometimes accompany him. In the "Record of Conn. Men" (no. 5 in the reference), p. 326, John Griswold (brother of Edward?) is represented as paid up from Feb. 20, 1781, to Dec. 31, 1781. On p. 165 of op. cit. "Edward Grissel" is mentioned as enlisting July 28, 1779 and discharged Jan. 15, 1780. This agrees with the two ac counts given above. On p. 222 of the same book Edward Griswold, private in Captain Steven's Company and Col. Swift's Regt., enlisted May 1, 1777 for eight months, and was discharged Jan. 9, 1778. It is strange that the war record of Edward Griswold is given so incompletely as compared with the report of the Pension Department. The Connecticut Griswolds did their part in the war of the Revolution for there were no less than 62 of them in that war. This is according to the "Record of Service of Conn. Men in the War of the Revolution" (pp. 711-712). The following reference to the war record of Edward Griswold is found in Vol. LXXI. 140-141 of the Lineage Book of the D. A. R.: "Miss Jennie Carmer, born in Dryden, N. Y. Descendent of Edward Griswold. Daughter of Chester Carmer (b. 1825) and Sarah Griswold (1826 1905) his wife, m. 1853. Granddaughter of Nathan Griswold (1798-1877) and Patience Lindsey (1802-1866) his wife, m. 1821. Great granddaughter of Edward Griswold and Asenath Hurd (1757 1852) his wife m. 1782 Edward Griswold (1758-1843) was placed on the pension roli, 1832, of Dryden, N. Y., for service as private 1776 in Capt. Aaron Stevens' com- pany, Col. Heman Swift's regiment. He was in the battle of Germantown. He was born in Killingworth. Conn., and died in Dryden, N. Y." So far as is known to us, there is not a scrap of paper or any other memorial of Edward's part in the Revolutionary War, that has been left behind as a family heirloom. The table which gives the various terms for which Edward enlisted indicates the difficulties of General Washington Terms of enlistment were expiring all the time, and men were coming and going. At the close of the War, Jan. 19, 1783, Edward Griswold at the age of 25 married Asenath Hurd at Killingworth. One wonders where they lived in Killingworth. One or two children must have been born there. At that time there was a large migration of Conn., people into the region of New York. By 1785 Cornelius Chatfield had reached Fairfield, N. Y., and soon after that, as Hardin and Willard tell us, (p. 303) "John and Edward Griswold came into the town and purchased land on the west of the village site". At any rate, it must have been not later than 1790, for in the list of heads of families in New York, according to the first Census in 1790, occur under Herkimer Town the names of Francis and Edward Griswold (p. 109). Edward's family in 1790 had five members, two girls and a boy besides their parents. In the Fairfield Papers there is one reference to "Ed. Griswold" as overseer of Highway District, no. 16, dated Fairfield, 3rd March, 1802. He had 6 1/2 days to work out, and judging from the number of days must have been fairly well to do. In the Fairfield Papers it is interesting to note the New England names which occur, such as Bushnell, Hamlin, Pease, Mann, Norton, Knowlton, Huddlestone, Marvin, Jackson, Redfield, Wilsey, Cole, Buell, West, Snow, Chatfield, Beers, Beardsley, Tucker Leete, Whipple, Ballard, Ramsay, Dickerson, Mattison, Green, Arnold, Humphrey, Purdee, Burlingame, Eawton, Teall, Stevens, Kelsey, Sheldon, Bradley, Simons, Ellis, Ward, Smith, Dean, Wait, Tinker, Chase, Rowland, Phillips, Holmes, Darrow, Carpenter, Spencer. Names such as Griswold, Bushnell, Redfield, Buell. Teall, Kelsey, etc., belong to Killingworth. It is reported, on what basis we know not, that the Fairfield Academy stood on one corner of the farm owned by Edward Griswold. This is doubtful, since the position of the Griswold property is indicated hy the statement of Geo. L. Johnson quoted on p. , and the site has been visited by H. D. Griswold. Edward, however, was in Fairfield, when the Academy vas organized in 1802. According to the Indenture on file in the County Clerk's office, Her kimer, N. Y., Edward Griswold of Fairfield sold on March 8, 1805, to Simeon and William Griswold, his younger brothers, for the sum of $1480 about 56 acres of land. The deed signed by Edward and Asenath his wife. From the mention of Edward Daniel, Simeon and William in the deed, it looks as if they all lived close together. The time had arrived for Edward to make another migration, still further into the wilderness, to Dryden, N. Y. Selkreg (Pt. 1, p. 249) writes: "Edward Griswold, another Revolutionary soldier, came .................. to lot 39 in 1802. He became a prominent citizen". Edward sold out to his brothers in 1805. Hence he must have removed to Dryden sometime bet ween 1802 and 1806. It is reported that Abram and Asenath (aged re- spectively 20 and 17) went to Dryden with their father before any others of the family. On p. 3 56 of Vol. II. of Stiles' Ancient Windsor we are told that Edward, son of Daniel B. Griswold, "probably removed to Cayuga, N. Y." Tompkins County was then a part of Cayuaa County from which is was separated in 1817, and so the traditional reference to "Cayuga" is correct. Three of Edward's children, namely Abram, Polly and Asenath were born in Killingworth, and the rest in Fairfield, Herkimer Co. Edward purchased 640 acres, i. e. one square mile, on the N. E. corner of Dryden Village. It is reported that Edward brought with him from Hcrkimer Co. a large quantity of fruit seed, that he started a nursery, and from that grew four large orchards; that he built a cider mill and made lots of cider and that he had a large sugar bush, making sometimes as much in a single season as 1000 lbs. of maple sugar. In the center of his baronial domain Edward built his house, on what is now the Burlingame farm. It was long known as "the old red house". H. D. Griswold visited the old house in 1900 along with his father Benjamin Griswold, who was born there. Extensive notes were taken, which have been preserved. Near the house was a splendid spring of water, which suggests the reason why the site was selected. Life was simple and self-contained in those days. They lived on what they could raise, and were largely independent of the out side world. In 1918 at the first news of the Armistice, boys lusting for a 'bonfire' set the old house on fire and soon it was reduced to ashes. A great pity. The Griswold picnic was once held at the old ancestral spot. "Old Red House", built by Edward Gris~vold between 1802 and 1806; burned down in 1918. The house was built after the old Colonial fashion with the front and main door (facing the West) in the center and an equal number of windows on either side. The roof slanted toward the front and back, and the back slope of the roof extended down farther than the front. A pencil-sketch of the house drawn by D. G. Griswold exists and also full notes made out hy H. D. Griswold on the basis of his father's reminiscences. The front door opened into a hall with stairs up to to the second story, and doors opening to the right into the living room and to the left into the parlor. The rooms were grouped around a huge chimney, 8ft by 8, con taining three great fire places of brick and stone for the living room, parlor and back kitchen respectively. Behind the parlor and at one end of the back kltchen was the guest bedroom, and in the back right hand corner of the living room a pantry. Running the whole length of the rear or east side of the house was a porch forty feet long. To the right of the entrance hall was the large kitchen or living room (16 by 27). In one corner stood, as Benjamin Griswold remembered, a chest of drawers standing on high legs. There was an old fashioned clock on the wall with the weights hanging almost to the floor. Also a broad seat around the wall. Old fashioned chairs a few. Candles used for lighting. Board floor always bare and kept clean by mopping. This room also served as the eating room., The parlor or best room (16 by 18) to the left of the entrance hall was plastered clear down to the bottom and was usually not carpeted. There was a bed and also a trundle bed in the room, when used as a living room by Nathan Griswold, youngest child of Edward, and his wife. Here Benjamin, Sarah and Daniel, children of Nathan and Patience were born. Benjamin lived here up to the age of ten. He told a ''tow" story. His mother was hetcheling flax. He, the young lad Benjamin, was throwing bits of tow into the fire. Finally he caught fire himself. The small back kitchen (10 by 16) was used as ''Grandfather's room". It had an open fire place, a bed, a desk in one corner, and a little stand near the window holding the Bible. Here Edward Griswold could read Scott's Commentaries and could also take refuge on occasion. The steps leading from the front hall up stairs were very steep, narrow and well worn. Benjamin Griswold remembered falling down them once. The second story contained sleeping rooms, a weaving room, a grain room, a smoke room for smoking ham, a store room for herbs, and a cheese room. The garret served as a store room and the cellar had a fire place connected with the central chimney, where the baking was done. The great chimney was built of stone from the bottom of the cellar to the first floor, and the rest of the way of brick. There was a brick kiln on the place near by. Why give so much space to the description of the "old red house"? Well it was the hive from which some 250 families and 750 or more individuals have originated and spread abroad over the whole United States and even beyond. The Presbyterian and Methodist Churches in Dryden, the old Cemetery and the former Fair buildings stand on ground which originally belonged to Edward Griswold. According to the Indenture recorded in the County Clerk's office, Ithaca, N. Y. Edward sold on July 4, 1831, to the trustees of the First Presbyterian Society, Dryden, about four acres of land in return for $100, the land to be held in perpetuity, on condition that it be used for "the express purpose of supporting the Gospel in said society''. The deed is signed by Edward Griswold and Asenath his wife.