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     Prudence was born at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 4 August 1754.¹ She was the daughter of John Bishop and Hannah Hodgkin. She married Saul Foster at Madison, New Haven County, CT, USA, in 1773. Prudence died on 25 February 1834 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 79.

     John Bishop was born on 3 September 1756 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. This birth date and location confirmed by his Revolutionary War Pension application. He was the son of John Bishop and Hannah Hodgkin. John Bishop was a Private, andserved in Capt Oliver Gray's Company, Col John Ely's 6th Regt. of the CT Line, during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1848 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT. The War Department answered an inquiry from a descendent by saying that they did not have a death date in their files but his last pension payment was made in September 1848..

     Elias was born at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 10 July 1759. He was the son of John Bishop and Hannah Hodgkin. Elias (Lias) Bishop was a Private, andserved in Capt Hand's Company of CT Militia, during the Revolutionary War. It is likely that this is Col Talcott"s Regt.

     Rachel Bishop was born in 1761 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. She was the daughter of John Bishop and Hannah Hodgkin. She married William Bailey at Madison, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 8 December 1781. John Bishop says that they were married at his father's house by the Rev. Jonathan Todd. Marriage date comes from their Pension File.. Rachel Bishop married Samuel Goodsell on 5 August 1827 at Burlington, Hartford County, CT, USA. Marriage date from the William Bailey Revolutionary War Pension file.. Rachel Bishop died on 24 January 1853 at Madison, New Haven County, CT.¹ She was buried at Hammonassett Cemetery, at Madison, New Haven County, CT, USA.

     Rachel Bishop, according to the Bishop Genealogy married William Bailey (born 3 September 1763) who served in the Revolutionary War under Capt. Daniel Hand, Col. Talcott's Regt in 1776, and then on 26 May, 1777 in Capt. Humphrey's Co., 2nd CT Line.

     William was born at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 3 September 1763. He was the son of John Bishop and Hannah Hodgkin.

     John Hall III Dea. was born on 19 December 1743 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ He was the son of Justus Hall and Lucy Munger. He married Lydia Hodgkin at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 14 January 1768. They were married by Rev James Sprout, MG..^2,3 He resided at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA, in 1792. John Hall III Dea. died on 8 June 1825 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, at age 81. Talcott gives a date of 1826..¹ He was buried at Lenox Rural Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     John was a Deacon in the Congregational Church and they resided in Richmond, MA in 1792, according to Talcott. This is an earlier date than Deacon Ebenezer is known to have been in Richmond.

     Calvin was born at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 19 November 1785.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Crampton and Anna Field. He married Ruth Hodgkin at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 22 February 1808.² Calvin died on 27 October 1861 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 75. Died Oct 27 1861 at age 76 according to Nut Plains Cemetery records..¹ He was buried at Nut Plains Cemetery, at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.³

     According to Talcott, Calvin and Ruth had no children.⁴

     Edmund Frisbie was born circa 1776.¹ He married Wealthy Hodgkin at Madison, New Haven County, CT, USA, in 1797.²

     Talcott calls him Edward but the Frisbie Family Genealogy does not have such a person. The Barbour Collection lists a marriage of Wealthy to Amos Frisbie in the Summer of 1797 by Rev Simon Backey, Vol 1, pg 152.

     Daniel Norton was born on 17 January 1706/7 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.³ He was the son of Thomas Norton and Rachel Starr. He married Sarah Bradley at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, in 1730.³ He married Elizabeth Hodgkin at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 9 March 1761.^4,3,5 Daniel Norton died on 4 December 1789 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, at age 82.³ He was buried at Alderbrook Cemetery, at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.

     Sarah (Sally) Baldwin was born on 24 December 1799 at Seymour, Nrw Haven County, CT, USA. She married Elias Hochkin at New Haven, New Haven County, CT, USA, after 1819. This marriage is found only in his Will.. She married William Moore at New Haven, New Haven County, CT, on 11 March 1832. They were married by Rev Leonard Bacon of the First Congregational Church.. Sarah died on 5 May 1873 at New Haven, New Haven County, CT, at age 73.

     The only information on this marriage is a land sale that she made in New Haven, CT, Vol 86, pg 427, 28 November 1835. "Sarah Moore, late widow of Elias Hochkin, sold property on Broadway St." It is likely that Moore was a later married name and her maiden name is unknown. The probate files have a document where she asks to be relieved of being administrator of her husbands estate. This document is signed Sally Hotchkin. The 1st Congregational Church records show Sally Hotchkin marrying William Moore on 11 March 1832.

     Rosemary was born at SD, USA, on 4 June 1922.¹ She married Angelo Richard Hotchkin at SD circa 1955. Rosemary was divorced from Angelo Richard Hotchkin circa 1960. Rosemary O'Byrne died on 22 December 2001 at Horn Lake, DeSoto County, MS, USA, at age 79.²

     Angelo's brother Anthony sent information and Rosemary answered a letter from the Compiler. She is now living in Jacksonville, FL and has previously lived in Nashville, TN.

     Lavonne J. Hotchkin was born on 7 April 1956 at Harmon Air Force Base, Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of Anthony Vaughn Hotchkin and Marlys Jeanette Anderson. Lavonne J. Hotchkin married Scott H. Chapman on 22 November 1974 at Hennepin County, MN, USA.² Lavonne J. Hotchkin married Jerry L. Gardner on 4 August 1987 at Hennepin County, MN.² Lavonne J. Hotchkin died on 18 September 1989 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN, USA, at age 33.¹

     William Henry Hotchkin was born on 11 January 1874 at Winchester, Litchfield County, CT, USA.³ He was the son of George William Hotchkin and Janette Martha Perry. He married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Palmer at Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, CT, USA, on 3 April 1896.⁴ William Henry Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1900 at Torrington, Litchfield County, CT, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, William H., Jan 1872, 27, b CT; wife Elizabeth, Dec., 1873, 26, b CT; sister in law Lilia M. Fairfield, Jan 1876, 24, b CT; boarder or brother Frank Craway, Mar 1875, 25, b NR.. He resided at Torrington, Litchfield County, CT, in 1900.

     At their marriage, he lived in Riverton and she in Winsted, CT. They were married by Augustus Alvord, MG of the Congregational Church.

     Junella was born at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, on 16 July 1925.¹ She was the daughter of Floyd Eugene Denslow and Hazel Wave Wood. She married Richard Dean Reep at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, on 10 October 1948. Junella died on 23 October 1991 at Sandwich, DeKalb County, IL, USA, at age 66.²

     Junella and her husband Richard moved to Sandwich, Illinois in 1954 from Benton Harbor, MI. They were married in the EVB Church, Benton Harbor, MI. Junella died of a genetic heart defect called Marfan Syndrome. Indications of this disease are abnormally long legs, a sunken chest, possible crossed eyes, a high, narrow mouth, and a leaking heart valve. Researchers believe that President Abraham Lincoln had this disease. June was the Compilers cousin and had supplied a great deal of material on the family. Junella and Richard had no children.

     Elizabeth Ann Hall was born in 1812 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Eber Hall and Lucy Carrier. She married Zebulon Hotchkin at NY, USA, circa 1833. Elizabeth Ann Hall died on 3 September 1839 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY.

     According to some imformation Elizabeth Ann may be daughter of Benjamin Greene Hall and Esther Taylor; but that is not likely.

     Eber Hall Hotchkin Segt. was born in 1833 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Zebulon Hotchkin and Elizabeth Ann Hall. He married Celia Ann Bayne at El Paso, Woodford County, IL, USA, on 3 November 1857.¹ Eber Hall Hotchkin Segt. was a Segt, andserved in Co A, 86th IL Infantry, during the Civil War. He died as a prisoner. Mustered in on 27 August 1862. Pension file.

Joined AUG 6, 1862 at EL PASO, IL
Joined CAPT MAGARITY for a period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 In PEORIA, IL

When Magarity had about 100 volunteers, he took his company across the Illinois River to Peoria, Illinois where they went into camp at Camp Lyon, near present day Glen Oak Park. On August 27, 1862, 96 men of the Woodford County company were mustered into service as Co. A of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Magarity was elected Captain of Co. A. Eber Hotchkin was elected by the men of Co. A to serve as their 4th Corporal.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 86th marched out of Camp Lyon through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, to the railroad station where they boarded trains bound for Camp Joe Holt, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which was located on the Ohio River across from Louisville. After several weeks of drilling, the men of the 86th were assigned to a Brigade being commanded by General Daniel McCook and they were sent into Kentucky in pursuit of the last Confederate troops in Kentucky.
On Oct. 8, 1862, McCook's Brigade caught up with those Confederate troops and were briefly engaged withe them in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the coming years. After the Battle of Perryville, the Confederates withdrew from the State of Kentucky and the men of McCook's Briagde marched on to Nashville, Tennessee, where they would spend the winter of 1862/63.
During the next 2 years, Eber Hotchkin would serve faithfully in Co. A. During this time he was also promoted to the rank of Sergeant as a sign of his military bearing and his dedication to the service and to the men of Co. A. During this time he was also a witness and a participant in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia; Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, Jonesboro, Georgia; and also participated on General Sherman's Infamous "March to the Sea."
In 1866, J. R. Kinnear, a member of the 86th Illinois, with the help of several other members and officers of the 86th wrote one of the earliest Regimental histories. An incident occured on November 30, 1864, during the infamous "March to the Sea" that he wrote the following about in his HISTORY OF THE 86TH. "However, about noon on the 28th, the command having left Sandersville, arrived on the west bank of Rocky Comfort creek. The bridge over this stream being burnt, it was obliged to wait till late in the evening before a crossing could be effected into Louisville, where it went into camp one mile east of the town. At this camp, on the evening of the 29th, Colonel Fahnestock took his regiment on picket, and on the next day fought a force of the enemy's cavalry which was making a demonstration on our lines in several places, keeping the pickets on the maneuver most of the day. At the first alarm of the enemy on the lines of the Eighty-sixth, the Colonel ordered his men to advance to a line two hundred yards to his front and throw up a line of barricades for protection. While this was being done a constant fire was kept up on the rebels, whose course was soon turned, being compelled to withdraw in confusion across a large cornfield. When they reached the farther side of this field they formed their lines, and also threw up a line of barricades which they held until late in the afternoon, when the regiment charged them away and took possession, and following them up for more than a mile, returned. Though the casualties of the regiment in this day's skirmish were not great, the excitement, nevertheless, ran high. Its loss was four missing or captured. The company loss was as follows: Co. A, two; Co. F, one ; Co. K, one. The foragers from our division on this occasion were made to suffer severely. The enemy came upon them so suddenly that they were unable to get back to the lines; not a few of them were killed and captured, and many of them, being overbalanced with wines, were shot in cold blood."
The four men from the 86th who were captured on November 30, 1864 at Louisville, Georgia were Private Charles Wiley, of Co. K, Private Alfred Reeder, of Co. F, and Private Robert Chittick and Sergeant Eber Hotchkin, both of Co. A. Sergeant Hotchkin may have initially been sent to the infamous Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia. The other three were most likely "guests" there as well. That Stockade was opened in September, 1864 and continued in operation until February 1865. During this time between 15,000 and 18,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned on less than 24 acres. It is estimated that between 2,500 and 2,800 prisoners died in captivity during the five months the prison was operational. After the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by Union forces, Confederate authorities decided to transfer the majority of Union prisoners from Andersonville, Georgia. Due to its proximity to major rail lines, Florence was chosen as the site for a new prison camp. In this book, Rev. Ledoux, a board member of the Friends of the Florence Stockade (FFS), documents over 1,500 Union soldiers who died in the Florence Stockade. The majority of the original records of the Florence Stockade did not survive the War Between the States, thus documenting those who died there proved to be challenging.
Sergeant Eber Hotchkin is known to have died of starvation on February 20, 1865 as a Prisoner of War in the Confederate Stockade at Florence, South Carolina. This information is recorded in Celia Ann (Bayne) Hotchkin's Pension Certificate #79216, where she asks for a pension for herself and their son Ernest F. Hotchkin. The earthly remains pf Sergeant Eber Hall Hotchkin were buried in a mass burial trench outside the prison walls. He died on 20 February 1865 at Florence, Florence County, SC, USA. According to his Pension file, he died of starvation in a prisioner of war camp at Florence, SC..² He was buried at Florence National Cemetery, at Florence, Florence County, SC, USA. Corporal EBER HALL HOTCHKIN, Co. A, 86th Illinois

Eber Hall Hotchkin was born in 1833 in Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.

Eber was married to Celia Ann Bayne on November 3, 1857.

The Stockade was opened in September, 1864 and continued in operation until February 1865. During this time between 15,000 and 18,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned on less than 24 acres. It is estimated that between 2,500 and 2,800 prisoners died in captivity during the five months the prison was operational. After the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by Union forces, Confederate authorities decided to transfer the majority of Union prisoners from Andersonville, Georgia. Due to its proximity to major rail lines, Florence was chosen as the site for a new prison camp. In this book, Rev. Ledoux, a board member of the Friends of the Florence Stockade (FFS), documents over 1,500 Union soldiers who died in the Florence Stockade. The majority of the original records of the Florence Stockade did not survive the War Between the States, thus documenting those who died there proved to be challenging.

Eber died on February 20, 1865 as a Prisoner of War in the Confederate Stockade at Florence, South Carolina. His earthly remains were buried in the mass burial trench outside the prison walls. Today his earthly remains lie buried in this unmarked grave..

     Eber Hall Hotchkin, the oldest son of Zebulon, left home as a young man and wandered across the states of Ohio and Indiana and ended up in El Paso, IL; where he meet and married Celia Bayne, the daughter of an early pioneer of the area. Eber enlisted in the Union Army on 6 August 1862 and joined Co. A, 86th Regt of the Illinois Volunteers as a Sergeant. According to the records he died of stravation, in a Rebel prison camp at Florence, SC on 20 February 1865. This information is recorded in his wife's Pension Certificate #79216, where she asks for a pension for herself and their son Ernest F. Hotchkin, who she says was born on 1 June 1859 in El Paso. One of the documents in the file refers to a death date for Eber of 3 or 4 March 1865. Caroline Bayne, relationship to Celia not given, says in a sworn statement that Eber and Celia had no other children. Some of the Civil War records refer to Eber as Eben.

     James Kimball Hotchkin was born on 9 June 1835 at Sullivan County, NY, USA. He was the son of Zebulon Hotchkin and Elizabeth Ann Hall. James Kimball Hotchkin married Barbara Rachel Murray, daughter of Alexander Murrow, on 24 February 1859 at La Salle County, IL, USA. Marriage records give her name as Morrow..¹ James Kimball Hotchkin married Barbara Cleghorn on 1 March 1872 at Florence, Benton County, IA, USA.² James Kimball Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1880 at Pittsfield Twp, Butler County, IA, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, J.K., age 45, b NY, parents born in CT; wife Barbara, age 38, b Scotland, parents born in Scot; dau Ella, age 10, b IA; other, R. Richardson, age 19. born in IA, father born in IRE, mother in IL.. He resided at Pittsfield Twp, Butler County, IA, in 1880. He died on 13 July 1891 at age 56. Death date comes from Headstone for Civil War Veterans.. He was buried at Green Hill Cemetery, at Alexandria, Hanson County, SD, USA.

     


     The History of Linn County, IA says that in June 1863 J. K. Hotchkin built the second building in town, a two-story frame house and store on Green Street. He soon opened a store in the building and received the Postmaster appointment, which he still retained in 1878. J.K. Hotchkin is found at the 1880 Census of Pittsfield Twp., Butler Co., IA, Ed109,S12,L7, J.K., age 45, b NY; wife Barbara, age 38, b Scotland; daughter Ella, age 10, B Iowa. James applied for his Civil War Invalid Pension as J. K Hotchkin and his wife as Barbara.⁴

     Lucy Ann Hotchkin was born in 1837 at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Zebulon Hotchkin and Elizabeth Ann Hall. Lucy Ann Hotchkin died on 2 February 1848 at Fallsburgh, Sullivan County, NY, USA.¹

     Catharine was born at Dutchess County, NY, USA, on 19 June 1811. Calculate from age at death..¹ She was the daughter of Timothy Johnson. She married Zebulon Hotchkin at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA, circa 1842.² Catharine Johnston died on 27 August 1885 at Sullivan County, NY, USA, at age 74. Gravestone gives date as 17 Aug 1885..³ She was buried at Riverview Cemetery, at Roscoe, Sullivan County, NY, USA.

     Francis was born at Fallsburgh, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 25 December 1843. Birth date comes from his Civil War Pension file.. He was the son of Zebulon Hotchkin and Catharine Johnston. Francis (Frank) Hotchkin LT. was a Lt., andserved in Co F, 56th NY Vol. Infantry, during the Civil War. He married Mehettable (Hettie) Gardner at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA, on 18 February 1866. He married Martha Bloom at Stone Ridge, Ulster County, NY, USA, on 3 October 1871. Francis (Frank) Hotchkin LT. appeared on the census of 1880 at Rockland, Sullivan County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Frank, age 36, b NY; wife Hettie, age 38, b NY; son Willie, age 13, b NY; son Walter, age 9, b NY.. Francis died on 22 July 1923 at Rosendale, Ulster County, NY, USA, at age 79. Death date comes from his Civil War Pension file..¹ He was buried at Liberty Cemetery, at Liberty, Sullivan County, NY, USA.

     Frank joined Co.F, 56th Regt., NY Infantry on 8-5-1861 at Liberty, NY and was mustered in on August 29, 1861 at Fallsburgh, NY. He reenlisted in the Veterans Volunters on 2-19-1864 at Beaufort, SC and was promoted to Sgt.Maj. on 5-1-1865 in Charleston, SC. He was discharged on 17 October 1865 at Charleston, SC. Col. Rockwell Tyler wrote on behalf of Frank's Pension; "A number of sick were sent away from Harrisons Landing in the summer of 1862 and according to the best of my recollection, claimant was one of the number sick and suffering from rheumatism and exposure. In the Spring of 1864 claimant was in poor health and on Morris and Folly Island in the summer of 1864 he was very sick with Fever and Ague, and on the campaign in the fall of 1864 he was feeble and I often allowed him to ride my horse on the march. At the battle of Honey Hill, he was very sick and on the retrograde march was unable to ride and was assisted in walking by comrades." His military records describes him as 5 feet, 5 inches, with a light complexion, blue eyes and dark hair and his occupation as Tinsmith.
     After the war, Frank operated F. Hotchkin and Co., Hardware Dealers on Liberty Street in Liberty, NY. His two children by his first marriage to Hettie Gardner; Willie and Walter, are listed in his pension file and their birth dates are given. Frank had a number of residences during his life and he listed the following in a pension application: 1866 Monticello, 1869 Liberty, 1877 Rockland, 1890 Stone Ridge, 1893 Kingston, 1905 High Falls.