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     Joel Hendrick was born on 19 October 1772 at Wallingford, New Haven County, CT, USA. CT Town Births Pew 1780 Barbour Collection.¹ He was the son of William Hendrick and Elizabeth Merriam. Joel Hendrick lived in 1795 at Guilford, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ He married Esther Lewis at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 5 February 1795. Joel Hendrick died on 11 February 1832 at Guilford, Chenango County, NY, at age 59.¹ He was buried at Hendrick Burying Grounds, at Guilford, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Talma says that Joel lived with his brother-in-law Edward Parker after his father’s death and when 14 he was apprenticed to him to learn the blacksmith trade. In the summer of 1794 he went to Guilford, Chenango Co NY and took a up a quarter section of land, cleared a field and put in wheat, built a log house and the returned to Cheshire, CT to be married Feb 2 1795 to Esther Lewis, daughter of Caleb Lewis. Soon after their marriage they moved to their new house in the wilderness, their conveyance being a yoke of oxen and a cart. Here he lived as a farmer and blacksmith until his death. He made the first "bull flow" in the town and both were members of the Baptist Church at Guilford.¹

     William Hendrick was born on 11 December 1775 at Wallingford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of William Hendrick and Elizabeth Merriam. William Hendrick lived in 1813 at Guilford, Chenango County, NY, USA. He died on 29 July 1841 at NC, USA, at age 65.

     Talma C. Hendrick says that after his father's death he lived for some years with his sister Rebecca, after she married Edward Parker. In 1813 he moved to Guilford, NY and in 1816 to Cazenovia, NY. He married and had at least one son named William.

     Thomas Parker was born circa 1768 at CT, USA. He married Anna Hendrick at CT.

     After marriage they moved to Troy, NY and then to Rochester, NY.

     Esther Lewis was born on 2 October 1773 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA. She was the daughter of Caleb Lewis. She married Joel Hendrick at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, on 5 February 1795. Esther Lewis died on 22 April 1863 at Gaines, Kent County, MI, USA, at age 89. She died at the home of her son William. She was buried at Blain Cemetery, at Cutlerville, Kent County, MI, USA.

     Julia Yale was born on 22 December 1762 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Job Yale Capt. and Elizabeth Hendrick. She married Noah Phelps at CT, USA.¹ She married John Parker at CT.¹ Julia Yale died on 28 February 1829 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 66.¹

     Noah Phelps was born on 1 August 1754 at Hebron, Tolland County, CT, USA. He was a Col., andserved in 2nd Regt of the CT Line, during the Revolutionary War. He signed a number of Payrolls. He married Julia Yale at CT, USA.¹ Noah Phelps died in 1813 at Ovid, Seneca County, NY, USA.

     John Parker was born circa 1755 at Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT, USA. He was a Private, andserved in Capt Humprey's Company, during the Revolutionary War. He married Julia Yale at CT, USA.¹

     Elizabeth Yale was born on 1 June 1765 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Job Yale Capt. and Elizabeth Hendrick. She married Burrage Miles at New Haven, New Haven County, CT, USA, before 1790.¹ Elizabeth Yale died on 15 September 1832 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 67.¹ She was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Burrage Miles was born on 5 November 1766 at Wallingford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He married Elizabeth Yale at New Haven, New Haven County, CT, USA, before 1790.¹ Burrage Miles died on 12 September 1848 at Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 81. He was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     He arrived in Coventry, New York in 1789 from New Haven, Connecticut and took up 200 acres comprising the whole site of Coventryville. Having kept a hotel in Connecticut, his native place, he erected a frame house in which he kept a hotel. In 1811 he built a hotel which he kept until his death in 1848.
     A story is told of Burrage which is repeated here from the 'History of the Town of Coventry.' The log hut which became Burrage's dwelling when he first came into the county, was the log house already built by Royal Wilkins, but no door as yet had been hung and a heavy blanket was kept to supply the place. A blazing fire on the hearth was expected to burn all night to frighten away the wild animals. With loaded gun at his pillow, Miles slept the first night in his unfinished hut. In the late hours of the night, a panther stuck his head through the blanket and gave a fierce howl. The sleeper sprang from his bed and seizing his gun, found the fire had gone out. He could perceive only the fiery eyeballs of the wild animal and his unerring gun dealt death to the intruding brute."

     Ozias Yale was born on 6 November 1766 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ He was the son of Job Yale Capt. and Elizabeth Hendrick. He married Hannah Hotchkiss at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, on 27 November 1788.¹ He married Agnes A. McGeorge at CT, USA, in 1811.¹ Ozias Yale died on 26 December 1853 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 87. He was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Ozias Yale was the son of Captain Job and Elizabeth Hendrick Yale, and brother to Philo. According to "History of the Town of Coventry" by Oliver P. Judd, Ozias Yale of Cheshire, Connecticut, settled in Coventry in 1792. He was a farmer, and served as Justice. Ozias married twice, first to Hannah Hotchkiss who died in Coventry, December 23, 1810. His children with Hannah were: Isabella, Hannah, Harry, and another son whose name begins with an H.

He married second Agnes A. McGeorge. Among their children were: Thomas, Sarah Eveline, Philetus, Robert, Agnes, Margaret, Julia, and Helen Yale.

Obit, Oxford Times Review, June 29, 1853:
At his residence in Conventry, Mary 26, 1853, Ozias Yale, Esq., in the 87th year of his age.
The subject of this notice emigrated when 26 years of age with his aged father and mother, and settled in Coventry, (then called Jones' settlement). That section of county was then a wilderness, the stillness of the forest being broken only by the scream of the Panther, the howl of the Wolf, and the more terrible whoop of the Red Man.
Mr. Yale's first wife, a most amiable and inestimable woman, bore him two sons, which were taken from him in their boyhood, and two daughters who are still living. The loss of his sons, rendered to Mr. Yale more difficult the task of clearing and improving his new farm. Oft has the writer of this heard him recount is sorrow and tears, for the loss of hf his children, and the still deeper grief for the loss of his excellent wife, who, a few years after, followed her sons to the silent grave. But he was man of determined mind, a strong body and excellent constitution and the difficulties and hardships of a new county all vanished before him the the early dew. By steady industry, economy and perseverance he worked out for himself an early competence, always providing abundantly the luxuries of good living for himself and family. Soon after the death of his wife he married Anges, eldest daughter of Rev. H. T. McGeorge, by whom he was blest with family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, most of whom with other friends, stood around his death bed "to point the parting anguish". Long will that family mourn the loss of a kind husband and affectionate father. Long too, will a large circle of friends and neighbors mourn, that a man in every sense of the word, has passed from among them. He ever evinced great fondness for reading, and could even late in life, converse fluently on matters of history and general intelligence. He was a highly respected by the community in which he resided, who elected him as early as 1803, as a Justice of the Peace, and subsequently at different times he was elected to most of the various town offices. Mr. Yale was among the few who first opened the road to the villages of Greene and Oxford, the latter at that time containing but one framed dwelling.
There is now but one man in Coventry who settled in that town as early as Mr. Yale. He always contributed cheerfully and largely to the support of the gospel, but it was not until about 20 years since, that he became hopefully to Christianity, and to use his own words "nothing but the power of God could have wrought so great and important change in his mind". Since that time he has been a regular and consistent member of the first Congregational Church, and he died as he lived, trusting in god for eternal salvation.

     Hannah Hotchkiss was born on 14 November 1755 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She married Ozias Yale at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, on 27 November 1788.¹ Hannah Hotchkiss died on 2 December 1810 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, at age 55.¹ She was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Agnes A. McGeorge was born on 25 March 1790 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She married Ozias Yale at CT, USA, in 1811.¹ Agnes A. McGeorge died on 8 March 1875 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 84.² She was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Isabelle Yale was born on 1 July 1792 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Hannah Hotchkiss. She married Ransom Erastus Woodruff at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, on 6 December 1818.¹

     Hannah Yale was born on 24 April 1794 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Hannah Hotchkiss. Hannah Yale died on 3 October 1796 at Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 2.

     Harry Yale was born on 28 April 1796 at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA.^1,2 He was the son of Ozias Yale and Hannah Hotchkiss. Harry Yale died on 25 January 1808 at Chenango County, NY, USA, at age 11.³ He was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Talma says that he died at about the age of 14.¹

     Thomas Yale was born on 5 January 1812 at NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge. He married Alice Yale at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 20 May 1835.¹ Thomas Yale died on 16 November 1901 at Utica, Oneida County, NY, USA, at age 89.

     Sarah Eveline Yale was born on 5 July 1813 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge. She married Nathaniel Smith at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, on 26 June 1833.¹ Sarah Eveline Yale died on 13 March 1889 at Rice County, KS, USA, at age 75. She was buried at Lyons Municipal Cemetery, at Lyons, Rice County, KS, USA.

     Philetus Yale was born on 13 May 1815 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge. He married Jane H. Jones on 6 December 1847. American Freeman, Praireville, WI 15 Dec 1847. Philetus Yale marrie Jane H. Jones of Boston, MA on the 6th instant..¹ Philetus Yale died on 28 November 1905 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI, USA, at age 90.² He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery, at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI, USA.

     Robert Yale was born on 9 May 1817 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge.

     Agnes Ann Yale was born on 28 May 1819 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge. She married Russell M. Gallup at NY, USA, in 1836. Talma Hendrick gives a marriage date of 14 dec 1846, which must be in error unless Hannah and Russel are children of an earlier marriage..¹ Agnes Ann Yale died on 2 December 1911 at Unadilla, Otsego County, NY, USA, at age 92. She was buried at Saint Matthews Cemetery, at Unadilla, Otsego County, NY, USA.

     Margaret E. Yale was born on 30 April 1822 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge. Margaret E. Yale died on 27 June 1866 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, at age 44. She was buried at Coventryville Cemetery, at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, USA.

     Julia Yale was born on 3 November 1826 at Coventry, Chenango County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Ozias Yale and Agnes A. McGeorge.

     Ransom Erastus Woodruff was born in 1783 at Farmington, Hartford County, CT, USA. He married Isabelle Yale at Cheshire, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 6 December 1818.¹ Ransom Erastus Woodruff died on 14 January 1867 at Lima, Grant County, WI, USA.

     Elam Yale was born circa 1790.