Genealogy of the Tennant family; their ancestors and descendants through many generations

Dedication

In Loving Remembrance of My Dear Sainted Father and

Mother, Moses Asel and Delinda Tennant, this

Book is Most Affectionately Dedicated

Introduction

INTRODUCTION.

The author of this Genealogy makes no pretensions to any special literary ability. His sole object in its composition and publication is to furnish the living members of the Tennant families a correct account of the relationship of the various branches of the family to each other, and to their ancestors and descendants. The facts herein gathered have been furnished the author by living members through an extensive correspondence. The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to all the relatives who have sent him their family records. Without this aid this Genealogy could not have been written. Special mention is due those who have written for him quite extensive family histories, giving records of births, marriages and deaths of parents, grandparents and children. The following have contributed very much to aid the author.

Prof. Frank D. Shaver of Benedict College, North Carolina, who sent in the names of the ancestors of Elizabeth Loomis, wife of John Tennant; Ernest Hollenbeck; Ralph Waldo Champion; Rev. Eli S. Way ; Solon Clough ; George Sawin ; Jewett Tennant ; Cassius Gay; Selden David Tennant; Augustus Tennant; Herbert C. DeHart; Holden Phillips; Mrs. Orlando Bunnell; Mrs. Cora McLeod ; Mrs. Josephine Tennant ; Mrs. Elizabeth Hastings; Mrs. Ida Phillips; Mrs. James Phillips; Mrs. Alice Shaw; Mrs. Blanche Wattles ; Mrs. Henry Baisley ; Mrs. William De- Hart; Mrs. Lucy E. Doolittle; Mrs. Juliette Sawin Smith, and very many others too numerous to mention. Indeed, the author has done but little more than to compile the facts sent to him, and write them into a connected readable form. Of the author's father's family, the family record was sufficient to furnish a good portion of the facts needed to complete their history.

Many facts herein mentioned are recollections of the author. To these he has added some remembrances of his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Jewett (Tennant) Morse and of his maternal grandfather, John Tennant.

The author believed it would add much value to his book to mention the families into which his brothers and sisters, his uncles, aunts and cousins have married. As his mother was a Tennant by birth and had two brothers and four sisters, these and their descendants must be considered branches of the Tennant family. As the author's father, Moses Asel Tennant, had two

Introduction.

half-brothers and four half-sisters, these and their descendants must be included in any complete genealogy of the Tennant fami-

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For the convenience of reading and reference, the author divides this Genealogy into five parts, and a supplement, each part being subdivided into Chapters.

The first three parts comprises the body of the work, each part containing the history and records of a single great branch of the Tennant Family. The Fourth Part contains Memorial Tributes written by the author, except one written by Prof. Frank D. Shaver concerning his mother, the author's sister, Julia Emma Tennant, wife of David Shaver. The facts contained in the Memorials have been contributed by near relatives, and written into readable form by the author. 'This Fourth Part contains an autobiography of Miss Helen Potter, and of the author of this book.

A list of all the descendants of the three Great Branches closes the book and constitutes the supplement.

All poems in the book are original with the author, except those duly credited to other persons.

There must of necessity creep into the work errors of facts, errors of dates and ages, and errors of spelling, especially of names. To avoid errors, the author has gone over and over again every part of the work up to June, 1915. He has labored upon it for four years, less by two months. This Genealogy is not written for the public to purchase or read. Sufficient number of copies will be printed to supply each family descendant with one copy, a second edition will never be published.

Before I close this Introduction, I wish to thank all my dear cousins, over and over again, for the hearty and generous response I have received in my call for aid to complete this work. Hundreds of letters have been written to me, and always most gladly received.

I trust the religious sentiment which prevails throughout the book, all of which is designed by the author, will enlighten minds that may be in darkness, encourage those in despondency, and comfort the bereaved and sorrowing. No teaching of doctrines is intended in any poem or article found in this work .

Most sincerely,

A. M. TENNANT.

P. S. — At my request the Flon. Willis H. Tennant has written an article relating to the early settlement of the Tennants.

Contents

CONTENTS.

Chapter I

Miss Elizabeth Loomis — Her ancestors, Brothers and Sisters— Four Centuries of History — Great Evolution of events — Her marriage to John Tennant — His ancestry unknown — Veteran of the War of 1812 — Wounded and Honorably Discharged — Mrs. Loomis Tennant' s Life, Death, and Burial — A Poem by the Author.

Chapter II

Alfred Tennant — Oldest child of John Tennant and Elizabeth (Loomis) Tennant. Born at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. At the early age of seventeen he was thrown from a wagon and killed.

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Chapter III

Miss Betsey Tennant — Oldest Daughter of John and Elizabeth (Loomis) Tennant — Her marriage to Rev. George Sawin — Their children, Olive Eliza, Maria Edna, and Orlando — Their Grandchildren, Flelen and Emma Webster — Frank, Bernice and George Sawin — Nellie, Ruth, William, Arnold, Bernice Milton and Grace Sawin.

Chapter IV

Miss Orrel Tennant, third child of John and Elizabeth (Loomis) Tennant — Her birth — Her marriage to Rev. John Sawin — Their settlement at Ripley, Chautauqua County, N. Y. — Their movement to Green County, Wisconsin — Their Descendants by Family names, Gott, Erdly, Mayhew, Logan, Crawford, Tillinghast, Rickenbrode, Edward Gott, Hyne, Ellis, Tupper, Wattles, Montgomery, Baldwin, Cole, Hatfield and Smith.

Chapter V

Alvin Loomis Tennant, Third child and oldest son of John Tennant and his wife, Elizabeth Loomis — His birth — his settlement at Lockport, N. Y. — His first and second marriage — His children, Harriet Amanda, Alfred, Milton and Eliza — His Grandchildren, Alice Tennant and William, Cora, Nora and Charles Plate.

Chapter VI

Containing a Record of the Birth of Olive Eliza Tennant and her sister, Belinda Tennant, the fifth and sixth child of John and Elizabeth (Loomis) Tennant, with a brief sketch of their lives.

Chapter VII

Miss Clarissa Tennant, the youngest child of John and Elizabeth Loomis Tennant— Her birth — Her marriage to Henry Gray — Her children, Laura Ann, Ira and Francis — Her Descendants by family names — Palmer, Sawin, Phillips, Newbury, Ruch, Phillpot, Bartlett, Rice, Smith, Bright, and Putnam.

Chapter VIII

Contains a sketch of the birth, life, marriage and death of Sarah Tennant, daughter of John Tennant by his second wife, whose name is unknown to the writer.

Chapter First

This Chapter contains a record of the birth, life and marriage of Moses Tennant, Sr., his Church relation, his occupation; his death and burial.

Chapter II.

Contains a record of the birth, marriage, death and burial of Selden Tennant, the oldest child of Moses Tennant, Sr., and his wife Betsey Tennant — a sketch of his life — his change of residence from Monroe County, N. Y., to Camden, Lorain County,

Ohio — and his descendants by family names : Williamson, Kingsbury, Kennedy, Howe, Lance, Cashner, Eggleston, Bronson, Holcomb, Breckenridge, Johnston, Brown and Bartles.

Chapter III.

Contains a record of the birth, marriage, death and burial of Betsey Tennant, the second child and oldest daughter of Moses Tennant, Sr., and his wife Betsey Tennant. She was named after her mother. She married Sterlin Way as his second wife - — her descendants by family names : Way, Doolittle, Jaqua, Van Horn, Nicholson, Himes and Burst.

Chapter IV.

This Chapter contains a record of the birth, life, marriage and death of Polly Tennant, the third child and second daughter of Moses Tennant, Sr., and Betsey Tennant, his wife; She married a Mr. Howard — their three children, two daughters and a son — the tragical death of the son, a contributing cause of the death of the father.

Chapter V.

Contains a record of the birth, life, and death of Rev. David Tennant, the fourth child and youngest son of Moses Tennant, Sr., and Betsey Tennant, his wife — his marriage to Olive Eliza Tennant, daughter of John Tennant and Elizabeth Loomis Tennant— his education — his call to the Christian Ministry — his Ordination as Pastor of the Baptist Church of Springfield, N. Y., — his remarkable gifts — his great misfortune caused by an accident— his death at Camden, Lorain County, Ohio — his grave in the Camden Center Cemetery.

Chapter I

Miss Sarah Selden Jewett — Her ancestors' birth and early marriage — Her separation from her first huband — Her long journey through forests to meet her husband — Her residence in Springfield, Otsego County, N. Y. — Her Struggle for maintenance— Her second, third and fourth marriage — Her numerous family — The death of her second, third and fourth husbands —

Her movement to Chautauqua County, N. Y. — Her great industry— Her personal character — Her sickness, death and burial. Pages 115-124

Chapter II. Section I

Sarah Baker, daughter of Nathaniel Baker and Sarah Selden Jewett; her marriage to Mr. Whipple; Her son Timothy Whipple with a sketch of his character and life; his visits to Ripley, N. Y. ; his sickness, death and burial.

Section II

Miss Deborah Shaw, daughter of Sarah Selden Jewett and Isaac Shaw, her second husband; her birth and marriage to Calvin Gibbs; her descendants by family names; Gibbs, Green, Barnes, Jones, Leonard, Gould and Lare.

Chapter III

Containing records of the birth, marriage and death of Lucy Selden Tennant, oldest child of Moses Tennant, Sr., and his second wife Sarah Selden Jewett, and wife of John Champion; her family emigration from New York State to Michigan; Mr. Champion's journey to California, and his death and burial at San Francisco; their descendants by family names; Champion, Beals, Clark, Holden, McKay, Pratt, Loomis, Morean, Shultz, Hewes, Harding, Wilcox, Graves, Potter, Tiffany, Van Evera, Wallace, Carlton, Stephens, Welch, Cooper, Champion, Stanley, Colvin, Clark, Kahle, Loar, Crockett, Petee, Vrooman, Rogers, Frisbee, Hopkins, Smith, Rice, Clough, Wilcox, Kimball, and Scott.

Chapter IV

Containing records of the birth of Miss Olivia Tennant, second child of Sarah Selden Jewett and her third husband Moses Tennant; her marriage to William Phillips; their emigration to Michigan; their farm life; her death and burial; her descendants by family names; Phillips, Auten, Hastings, Crowther, Otting, Leadbetter, Wentworth, Covert, Farwell, Beottelyon, Burleson, DeHart, Perry, Bradley, Simmons, Plumsted, Potter, Baisley, Van Kuren, Wait and Jenkins.

Chapter V. In Three Divisions

Moses Asel Tennant; his birth; his marriage to Miss Belinda Tennant ; further mentioned in the Chapter on Memorial Tributes. (See Part IV.) His descendants, Alvin Jewett, Delos Gibson, Moses Selden, Olive Eliza, Julia Emma, Wealthy Ann, Albert Milton, Ellen Delinda, Fannie Oliva, John Asel, and their children and grand-children to the sixth generation.

Chapter VI. Miss Esther Tennant

This Chapter records the birth, marriage, death and burial of Esther Tennant, the youngest child of Moses Tennant, Sr., and his wife, Sarah Selden Jewett, and the wife of David Hollenbeck, and their descendants by family names : Hollenbeck, Robertson, Mackey, Mitchell, Wright, Harvey, Miller, Hills, Frost, McColl, Fellows, Miller, Brown, McLeod, Russell and Kent.

PART IV. In Two Divisions

Division First.

Auto-Biographies of Miss Helen L. Potter, Rev. Albert Milton Tennant.

Division Second.

Memorial Tributes.

Rev. George Sawin and his wife, Betsey Tennant; Rev. John Sawin and his wife Orrel Tennant; Moses Asel Tennant and his wife Delinda Tennant; Mrs. Ellen Mason Tennant, wife of Albert Milton Tennant; Alvin and Delos Tennant; Mrs. Olive Eliza (Tennant) Shaver; Mrs. Julia Emma (Tennant) Shaver; Mrs. Fannie Oliva Tennant (Mason) Hough; John Asel Tennant; Hon. William Selden Tennant; John Harris Champion; James Francis Phillips and Fannie Miller Phillips his wife; William Jewett Hastings, and John Fuller Hastings.

Part V

1. Letter from Willis H. Tennant, 305

2. Letter from Amos H. Tennant 315

3. Early Settlement at Ripley 317

4. The Phillips and Tennant Reunion 321

5. A Poem by Mr. Wm. Smith of Detroit, Mich 323

6. A Christmas Greeting, a Poem 324

7. Three Score Years and Ten, a Poem 326

SUPPLEMENT.

Catalogues of the Tennant Descendants.

FIRST PART

ELIZABETH LOOMIS

AND HER

ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS

Deacon John Loomis, Samuel Loomis,

Daniel Loomis and John Loomis

Her Husband

John Tennant and Her Children

Alfred Tennant, Betsey Tennant, Orrel Tennant

Olive Eliza Tennant, Alvin Loomis Tennant

Delinda Tennant

and Clarise Tennant

Sarah Tennant Daughter of John Tennant by Second Marriage

PAR T F 1 R S T.

Chapter I

Miss Elizabeth Loomis — Importance of Family Records — Her Ancestors, Brothers and Sisters — Four Centuries of History — Great Evolution of Events — Her Marriage to John Tennant. His ancestry unknown— Veteran of the War of 1812 — Wounded and Honorably Discharged — Mrs. Loomis Tennant's Death and Burial — Sketch of his Life — His Death and Burial — A Poem bv the Author.

I t is greatly to be regretted that so many families in our own and other countries have been so indifferent and neglectful in preserving their family history. Generation after generation lives, dies and passes away leaving no reliable record of the names of ancestors and descendants, of the age in which they lived, of the scenes through which they passed, of the positions which they occupied in society, of the works which they have wrought and the influences for good or evil which they have exerted upon the communities and nations among which they have lived. The individual is the unit of the family and the family the unit of the nation. A single family has oft times risen to such a degree of power and influence as to shape the character and determine the destiny of nations. Indeed, an entire generation of men, women and children have been uplifted or depressed by the powerful influence of a single individual. How great was the influence of Moses, of David and Solomon, of Caesar Augustus, of Alexander the Great, of Napoleon Bonaparte, of Washington, Lincoln and Grant. Warriors, statesmen, poets, historians, inventors, philosophers, scientists and great financiers may be said to rule the world and determine the destiny of the race. These facts are mentioned only to emphasize the great importance of preserving a history of families.

A History of all the families is a history of all nations and generations of mankind. If it is important to preserve a history of the most distinguished and influential families, no less is the importance of preserving a genealogy of families of the middle and lower classes, as oft times from these will arise the most distinguished individuals of a nation or race.

In this Genealogy of the Tennant family we may not discover among their ancestors or descendants living or dead, any great or especially distinguished men or women, however, we shall learn that their ancestry extends back near to the middle of the sixteenth century; that they have connections with the ancestry of other families of distinguished characters and that here and there among the descendants are persons of excellent natural gifts who have risen to positions of trust and wide influence in society and the Christian Church.

In this genealogy we include only the Tennants which are known by the author to be connected by consanguinity with his parents. In a broader view the families bearing the name Tennant are very numerous in this country, in Canada and England. Families by this name were early settlers in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia and New York. These early settlers lived in the period of the Revolutionary War and of the formation of the American Republic. How many took an active part in the great revolution is not known by the writer. This fact, that one of the ancestors had an active part in the War of 181 2^ is positively known by the writer and will be mentioned later.

It is proper that we begin this genealogical history by mentioning first that line of ancestry which can be traced the farthest back in the by-gone centuries. This leads us to trace first the ancestry of the author's beloved mother, Belinda Tennant, daughter of Elizabeth Loomis.

j DELINDA TENNANTS ANCESTORS.

Delinda Tennant was her maiden name. She was the daughter of John Tennant and Elizabeth Loomis. Nothing is known by the writer of the ancestry of John Tennant except that his father's given name was Daniel, and that he (the father) came to this country in an early day and settled in Rhode Island. Here we begin to realize the importance of family records for the maiden sur-name of the mother of John Tennant, is lost. Her given name was Sarah.

We now follow the line of the

ANCESTORS OF ELIZABETH LOOMIS.

Elizabeth Loomis was born in Connecticut March 15, 1767. She married John Tennant in Connecticut in 1788. Between the years 1788 and 1789 they moved to Springfield, N. Y. The time of this movement can only be determined approximately from the fact that her second child, Betsey, was born in 1789 at Springfield. John Tennant was born in Rhode Island, June 1762. He was a little less than 5 years older than his wife.

We now give the ancestors of Elizabeth Loomis and names of her brothers and sisters. We begin with the first known generation.

Deacon John Loomis, born in England in 1622, and died in 1688. He was the great-great-grand-father of Elizabeth Loomis.

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Samuel Loomis, born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1666, and died in 1754, was a son of Deacon John Loomis and great grandfather of Elizabeth Loomis.

Daniel Loomis, son of Samuel Loomis, was born at Colchester, Connecticut in 1729 and died in 1784. He was grand father of Elizabeth Loomis.

John Loomis, son of Daniel Loomis, was born Jan. 6, 1741 and died May 4, 1811. He was the father of Elizabeth Loomis and the grand-father of Delinda Tennant and, of course, of her two brothers and four sisters, Alfred, Betsey, Orrel, Alvin, Olive-Eliza and Clarissa, hereafter to be mentioned with their descendants in the order of their ages.

We could pause here in our record of facts and suffer our imagination to take wings and fly back over the intervening centuries from 1622, the year of the birth of Deacon John Loomis, our great-great-great-great-grandfather and try to recall the marvelous events which have transpired since this very great grandfather of ours was born. Suffice it to say, that at that period of the world's history the American continent was a vast howling wilderness. What few settlements there were only dotted here and there the shores of the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast. The natives and the wild beasts roamed over the land, struggling with each other for existence. What are now known as modern improvements have, for the most part, sprung into existence since the days of the earliest of the above mentioned fore-fathers.

Steamboats, telegraphs, telephones, and many thousand kinds of implements of war and of industry have been invented and brought into practical use. During these past four centuries there has been a revival of learning. Science and philosophy have advanced with marvelous speed. Educational institutions of all grades have been established, and great libraries founded in our own and the European countries. In history, literature, art and law, marvelous advancements have been made. These changes, and many more than we have space to mention, have taken place within the period of the lives of these ancestors and their descendants.

Elizabeth Loomis' mother's maiden name was Rachel Harris, born as we are informed, about the year 1740. There were born to her and her husband, John Loomis, eight children, five sons and three daughters. We give their names in the order of their ages with the year of their births and deaths, beginning with the oldest.

Jacob - - born in 1761 died in 1838

John - - born in 1763 died in 1830

Rachel - - born in 1765 died in 1807

Elizabeth - born in 1767 died in 1808

Elsie - - born in 1769 died in 1841

Harris - born in 1770 died in 1806

Joel - born in 1773 died in 1867

Hubbel - born in 1775 died in 1872

The writer is indebted to his nephew Prof. Frank Shaver for this genealogy of the Loomis family. Joel is mentioned as having been an Assemblyman and Probate Judge. Elias, a son of Hubbel Loomis, was a Professor in Yale University. His father was a distinguished Christian Minister who served as pastor of one church for twenty-four years.

The above named brothers and sisters, except Elizabeth, were uncles and aunts of Delinda Tennant and her brothers and sisters. Prof. Elias Loomis was a first cousin.

The mind grows dizzy with its own thoughts, when it attempts to call up in its imagery the scenes, the personal experiences of joy and sorrow, the labors and associations, the possible defeats and many victories, through which these beloved ancestors passed. Their united lives lapped over periods of marvelous events in the evolution of the old and the new world. The changes and events of this life soon pass away. Happy is that soul whose hopes perish not with material things, but are anchored "within the veil" of heavenly and eternal things. This dear grand-mother whom the writer has never seen, and knows not the place where the beautiful temple of her body has found its peaceful resting place, he must believe, received in her dying moments, the comforts and triumphs of a christian faith and hope, and is now, while he is writing these lines, waving the palm of victory and casting her crown of glory at the feet of Him who has washed her robe and made it white in His cleansing blood.

TO ELIZABETH LOOMIS

My Mother's Mother.

By her Grand-son.

We never have met in this earthly life, You were gone ere life dawned upon me;

But if ever I see your dear face up in Heaven, How happy and blest I will be.

My mother has told me some things about you,

In my boy-hood days long ago; Their memory still lingers within my fond heart,

To brighten my life as I go.

The years are now passing most swiftly away, Your grand-son would hasten their flight;

He longs for the union of loved ones above, In that home most celestial and bright.

He is lingering and waiting for the Master's call,

His mother has gone on before ; He stands near the end of his earthly career,

And looks toward the golden shore.

Ah! soon, very soon, the glad hour will come, When grand-mother, mother and son,

Will join the bright angels in the far-away home, Life's battles all fought and its victories won.

1 Cor. 15:57.

"But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

Elizabeth Loomis Ten n ant entered into her eternal rest at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 4th, 1808, six years after the birth of her daughter, Delinda. She left to mourn their loss her husband, one son and five daughters. Her burial was in the cemetery of the Village of Springfield. As there was no durable monument left to mark her grave its exact place cannot be found.

Her husband, John Tennant, was a man of sterling qualities, of great physical strength, a good neighbor and a loyal citizen. He enlisted when a young man in the war of 1812. The writer does not know in how many battles he was engaged, but remembers a deep scar on his grand-father's wrist, the effects of a wound made by a minnie ball shot through his arm. The loss of his wife, Elizabeth Loomis, and the sudden death of his son, Alfred by accident, greatly depressed his spirits and almost unbalanced his mind. The story in part of his subsequent life will be related in connection with that of his daughter, Sarah Tennant, found in this book following the records of his other children and their families. (See Part I Chapter VII).

Grandfather Tennant spent his last years with his daughters who lived on Ripley Hill in the Wattlesberg district, County of Chautauqua, N. Y. He was a cabinet maker and left with some of his children samples of his handicraft. He led a very quiet and simple life toward the last. The writer has seen his grandfather roast a slice of salt pork held on the sharp end of a long stick before a bed of hot coals, and this with a potato roasted in the hot ashes of the fireplace and a good slice of bread without any butter, made this veteran of the war of 1812 a most enjoyable meal.

His very last days were spent with his daughter, Delinda. In the old log house on Ripley Hill, with his children and grandchildren near his bedside, his spirit passed out of the body, after a short illness, on the 20th of Feb. 1846. The temple of mortal flesh in which he lived and fought life's battles being- broken and falling to decay, was buried by loving hands in its last resting place in the cemetery at Ripley Village in the family lot upon which, in subsequent years, was placed by his son-in-law, Moses Asel Tennant and his grand-sons, Alvin, Delos, Albert and John Tennant, a large and beautiful monument of Scotch granite. Beneath the shadow of this monument rest the mortal remains of our father's mother, Sarah Selden Jewett, and our mother's father, John Tennant, to await the resurrection of the just.

The battle of life is ended

And the victory is won ;

The Captain of their salvation

Has said to His soldiers, "Well done."

With Him do they reign in glory, Before and near the white throne ; Clothed in robes of His righteousness, They stand in that and in that alone.

As the years go on, we shall meet them; We shall see them and know who they are ; For the God that forms earthly relations, In some way will continue them there.

Chapter II

A lfred Tennant, tlie oldest child of John Tennant and Eliza- '** heth Loomis Tennant, his wife, was horn at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. V., in 1791. He had a common school education such as farmers' sons received at that time. At the early age of seventeen, while riding on a load of lumber, in going down a steep hill, the load was jolted forward against the horses, thev commenced to run, and Alfred, who was driving the team, was thrown from the wagon and a wheel passed over him and he was killed. His death was such a shock to his mother that it caused a permature birth of her child which resulted in the death of both the mother and the child. This occurred in the year 1808. The mother's death was on the 24th day of May. The effect of this double bereavement on the husband and father is mentioned in the history of his daughter, Sarah Tennant recorded in Part III, Chapter VII. From the date of the birth of their oldest child, Alfred, in 1791, we conclude that the marriage of John Tennant and Elizabeth Loomis occurred in the year 1789 or 1790, or possibly a short time before this. As Miss Loomis was born March 15th, 1767, she was about 22 years old at the time of her marriage, and her husband, who was born in June, 1767, was about 26 years old at their marriage.

PART I .

Chapter III

Containing records of the Descendants of Betsey Tennant and her husband, Rev. George Sawin; Olive Eliza (Sawin) Webster; Maria Edna (Sawin) Shrove, Orlando Sawin, Helen and Emma Webster; Frank, Bernice and George Sawin; Nellie Ruth, William, Arnold, Bernice, Milton, and Grace Sawin.

Oetsey Tennant, oldest daughter of John Tennant and Eliza- *-* beth Loomis Tennant, was born at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 31, 1789. She married Rev. George Sawin at Starkville, Herkimer Co., N. y., on the 19th of March, 1812. Mr. Sawin entered the Baptist ministry and was ordained Pastor of the Baptist church at Springfield, N. Y. He was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., June 6, 1787. He was a brother of Rev. John Sawin.

Rev. George Sawin and family moved from Springfield, N. Y. in 1832 to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., and settled in the town of Ripley in the district known as Wattlesberg. Here he purchased a farm on which he lived till the time of his death, Sept. 19, 1860. His beloved wife died May 31, 1860, which was her 71st birthday. Mr. Sawin was 73 years, 3 months and 13 days old at the time of his death.

Further mention of the life and service of Rev. Sawin will be mentioned in a Memorial Tribute found in Part IV, Section Second, Article First.

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

OF REV. GEORGE AND BETSEY TENNANT SAWIN.

There were born to Rev. and Mrs. Sawin, three children, named Olive Eliza, Maria Edna and William Orlando.

Olive Eliza, the oldest child, was born at Starkville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Nov. 23rd, 1815. She came with the family to Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1832. She married Piatt Webster at Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., May 26, 1836. They settled on a farm just east of Palmer's Gulf formerly occupied by Rev. John Sawin and family. Here they lived for many years. Mr. Webster was born in Madison Co., N. Y., April 27, 1805. He died at Brooklyn, Green Co., Wise, May 14, 1883, being at his death 78 years and 17 days old. His beloved wife died at Ripley, Jan. 9th, 1877, being at her death 61 years, 1 month and 1 6 days old. She preceded her husband in death about 6 years.