On May 30, 1909, E.J. Copp, Register of Probate of Hillsborough County, Nashua, N.H., writes: "I find the name of Daniel Annis late of Warner, but find only one paper on file, the bond of Thomas Annis, administrator who was appointed Aug. 26, 1790. This is all the information the records furnish."
Edward Miller, town clerk of Ryegate, Vt., on Nov. 3, 1895, writes: "In the town records of Ryegate, March 5, 1844, the town paupers were set up and sold to the lowest bidder. In the Records 26th, Mrs. Annis to William Pollard one year for $100. No other record about her, either before or after."
On April 22, 1909, Mr. F. G. Floyd of West Roxbury, Mass., writes: "I note what you say regarding Daniel Flood, now do not get Flood and Floyd confused. The names are entirely distinct. Flood is as English family name and Floyd is derived from Lloyd, which is a Welsh family name, pronounced as though spelled Cloyd in Welsh (very gutteral0, It is a common thing for names to change the first letter that way as you probably know, particularly when a foreign name becomes anglicised."
On April 26, 1909, Calvin H. Wood, Register of Deeds, Hillsborough County, Nashua, N.H., writes: "I can not find David Annis' name upon the Index from 1771-1799."
On April 23, 1909, Samuel N. Brown, Register of Deeds, Merrimack County, Concord, N.H., writes: "There are a few deeds to David Annis of land in Hopkinton dated between 1813 and 1825." [This David Annis is not in all probability, the son of Daniel of Warner, who married Lois Hunt. J.M.C.]
On March 15, 1909, Charles S. Marden of Barnesville, Minn. writes:
"Recently I attempted to make application for membership in the Vermont Society at Minneapolis, Minn., and
they requested me to file an ancestral chart, showing the birth of myself and ancestors in the State of Vermont.
I succeeded on my father's side."
"My father, Riley H. Marden was born Jan. 24, 1831, son of Joseph A. Marden, born Feb. 19, 1811, and Lucy
W. Annis, born Dec. 29, 1806, said Joseph A. Marden being the son of Edward Marden and Elizabeth Annis. This Elizabeth
Annis was a sister of Sam. Currier's wife."
"I have examined the record in the State Historical Society at St. Paul, and find that Edward Marden who was
born in 1751, served in Capt. Jonathan Barnes' Company of Col. Jonathan Warner's Regiment of Minute Men, on call
of April 19, 1775 for nine days; that he afterwards enlisted Dec. 30, 1776 in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Corps of
New Hampshire Rangers and served until sometime in 1779, when he enlisted in the 9th Co. 2nd Regiment, N.H. Continental
Soldiers, Capt. Moody Dustin, and Col. Henry Dearborn, and served until June 1783. He was pensioned on April 9,
1818, under act of Congress of March 1818, and was 67 years old at the date of his application. He died March 16,
1835, at Lyman, N.H."
"in 1820 this Edward Mardin had a wife who was 40 years old. The name of his wife is not given. They had a
son with a family but his name is not given. This same Edward Mardin on May 27, 1831, was married to Chloe Barnes,
at Lyme, N.H., and this woman applied for a pension March 15, 1853, when she was 66 years of age, and was a resdient
of Lyman, N.H. She was alive in 1858. I have heard my father mention this woman as being the widow of his great
grandfather."
"My mother's mother was Caroline Pearsons. I am quite certain that my grandfather Clifford's people served
in the Revolutionary War from New Hampshire, and also served in the War of 1812."
"I have lived here at Barnesville for about eighteen years. My family consists of two daughters. Irene is
22 years old, and is a junior at the University of Minnesota, and Edith will be 20 years old next month. She will
graduate this year from the musical department of Carleton College at Northfield, Minn."
On March 31, 1909, Charles S. Marden further writes: "The statistics of the State of New Hamshire show that
Edward Marden Jr., was married to Elizabeth Annis, by Amasa Buck, J.P., at Bath, N.H., Nov. 17, 1808. There was
an Edward Mardin who had lived at Bath, N.H., before that date, and in 1820 he made a report to the Pension Department
at Washington that he had a son who was married and had a family. He only claimed to have one son at that time,
and he said his son was living at Lyman, N.H. I am quite certain that Edward Marden Jr., was a son of this Edward
Mardin. "Junior" would indicate that."
On April 14, 1909, Chas. S. Marden further writes: "My sister Carrie died March 8, 1899. Her children are
as follows: Wallace Clifford Hooper, born March 9, 1893, Omaha, Neb.; William Riley Hooper, born Jan 19, 1899,
Omaha, Neb. My brother-in-law is William A. Hooper, Omaha, Neb., born June 1, 1877, at Belle Plains, Minnesota."
On April 19, 1909, Chas. S. Marden writes: "My stepmother died at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1903."
[Mrs. R. H. Marden, the second wife is the one referred to. J.M.C.]
On May 7, 1909, Chas. S. Marden gives his own family records as follows: "Chas S. Marden married on Jan. 2,
1886, to Elise Euphrasia Cayo, born April 15, 1863 at Two Rivers, Wis. They had two daughters born at Elizabeth,
Minn.: Irene Emily, Nov. 25, 1886; Edith, April 22, 1888. Mrs. Marden was a daughter of Joseph Cayo, from Canada.
He died six months after her birth. Her mother's maiden name was Elise L. Darbellary, from Canton, Valois, Switzerland.
The great, great, grandfather Darbellary was a noble, and Superior Judge, during Napoleon's adminstration."
Mrs. Jennie Douglass, second wife of George Douglass, writes on April
18, 1909: "Our P.O. address is South Fairlee, Vt., the name of our railroad station in Ely."
"The following are the names and dates of births of Mr. George Douglass' children by his first wife: Glenn
W., Aug. 10, 1885; Lucy M., March 14, 1890: Lee P., April 11, 1892; Cecil J., Dec. 9, 1895; Esther A., Sept. 19,
1897; Eldred A., June 14, 1900."
On May 19, 1909, W.F. Smith, town clerk of Lebanon, N.H., writes:
"Our old records are very imperfect, and particularly prior to 1800, very catchy and mixed. The only time
I find the name of Annis before 1800, is 'Solomon Annis and Susanna Bosworth married March 24, 1791.' which I find
in Book 2, page 69."
"I find one Michael, taxed on 4 acres of plowing, 1 acre pasturing several years beginning with 1801. We do
not seem to have any invoice record before 1797."
"I do not find any other Annis in such old indexes as we have. It would seem David Annis could not have lived
here very long."
A Record of the Births of David Annis' children: Webster Davis, son
to David Annis and Lois his wife was born April 18th, 1777.
David, son to David Annis and Lois his wife was born June 14th 1779.
Joseph, son to David Annis and Lois his wife was born April 22nd 1782.
Elizabeth, daughter to David Annis and Lois his wife was born November 19th 1784.
Asa, son to David Annis and Lois his wife was born February 4th 1786.
Nathaniel, son to David Annis and Lois his wife was born October 3rd 1788.
Eunice, daughter to David Annis and Lois his wife was born April 9th 1791.
Rachel, daughter to David Annis and Lois his wife was born June 27th 1793.
A true Copy, attest Elihu Hyde T. Clk.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy as it appears on record in this office in Book of Records of Marriages,
Births and Deaths, up to 1832, Recorded on page 33 of said Book.
W. P. Townsend, Town Clerk, Chelsea Town Clerks Office May 20th 1909.
Mr. Currier Dear Sir I have gven you above the exact copy, no date given when it was done or who authorized it
to be recorded. Yours truly W.P. Townsend
[The above record of David Annis' children was found in the town clerk's office at Chelsea, Vt. The first four
children were by his first wife, Elizabeth Hunt. How this error came to be made I am unable to explain. David Annis'
second wife was, I was always informed, Lois Hunt, and was a cousin of his first wife. These facts were well known
among all of the relatives. Joseph, in the above record should be Joseph David. Nathaniel, should be Nathaniel
Flood, named after his cousin. David, the second child of David, must have died young, for he had a another son
by his second wife by the name of David, and his sister Lois informed me that "he was the fifth child and
there were three younger." The second David was born about 1795. It was quite a usual custom in those days
to name a younger child after an older one who had died previously. The three children younger than the second
David, referred to were, Cummings, Lois and Mehitable. - John M. Currier.]
On the 8th of Sept. 1757, the proprietors of Hopkinton voted that Daniel Annis with four others be a committee to make provisions for the ordination of Mr. Scales, the first minister of the town.
On Nov. 1762, "an instrument certifying the actual settlement and occupation of township No. five under the privileges of the Mason grant" was signed by a large number of claimers, among them were David and John Annis.
On January 2, 1748, a petition to Governor Benning Wentworth, desiring military assistance, after an Indian raid in Hopkinton, was signed by Daniel Annis and five others.
The military records of colonial New Hampshire during the French wars
contain among others the name of John Annis.
Daniel and John Annis were brothers. They were in Bradford, Mass., as early as 1740.
In the spring of 1762 Daniel Annis, and Reuben Kimball, his son-in-law,
settled in Warner. They came from Hopkinton.
Daniel Annis had not been in Hopkinton more than 5 or 6 years when he came to Warner.
About 1745 Daniel Annis disposed of his property in Bradford and moved to Concord, N.H. He settled on the east
side of the Merrimack near the village of East Concord. He was assigned "to the garrison near Capt. Ebenezer
Eastman's" with others in 1746.
Daniel Annis moved to Hopkinton in about 1757.
Hannah Annis Kimball was born in 1740, in Bradford, Mass.
In 1746 Daniel Annis was one of the garrison stationed on the east side of the Merrimack River in Rumford (now
Concord, N.H.) under Captain Ebenezer Eastman, near the site of the present Railroad Station.
On August 29, 1909, Mrs. Malcolm Annis of Saratoga Springs, writes:
"Malcolm's grandfather's name was Scuyler Merrill, born in 1802, died in 1892. His great grandfather's name
was David Merrill, born in 1771, died in 1824. His great, great grandfather's name was Samuel Merrill, born in
Haverhill, Mass., December 7, 1737. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and was a captain in the campaign
in 1777."
The Rev. Rufus Emery, of Newburyport, Mass., on August 31, 1909, kindly sent to me the following facts relating
to the Annis Family: "In 1711 a mission of the Church of England was formed in Newbury. I have recently examined
the Record book of this mission. The name of Annis is frequently found in this record. Under April 15, 1718, a
Mr. Annis is mentioned as one of a committee to examine the accounts of that mission."
"In 1722 there is given the rules for the regulation of the business meetings signed by the members of the
mission: Joseph Annis is one of the signers. April 28, 1728, Mr. Annis chosen Vestryman. April 15, 1734, Joseph
Annis chosen Vestryman. April 18, 1737, Mr. Annis chosen Vestryman. 1746 Mr. Annis chosen Vestryman."
(Comment: Here Rev. Emery gives some vital records mentioned
in the Records of the mission)
"1743 Dorothy, Dater (Daughter)of Christopher Annis
& Ruth Merryll both of Newbury."
"Married 3 Dec. 1730 Christopher Annis & Ruth Merryl both of Newbury."
"Married Peter Merryl & Priscilla Annis both of Newbury March 10th, 1730-1."
"Dorothy Annis wife of Joseph Annis died March 29, buried 31, 1840." (Comment:
The date of Dorothy Osgood Annis' death is a typographical error. 1740 was probably intended.)
Christopher Annis was drowned Feb. 16, 1744-5 upon Saturday
about 2 in the afternoon & his body was found & buried June 11, 1745."
"Jos. Annis was a Warden of Queen Anne's Chapel Newbury in 1750."
"The following, is from Perry's Papers relating to the History of the Church (Episcopal) in Mass., 1676 to
1785: Jos. Annis is a signer to a petition for protection in building a church, dated Newbury Jan. 28, 1711-12,
p.86.
Later he is a signer of a petition to Gov. Jos. Dudley desiring his protection in their laudable undertakings,
p. 107. Later he signs the Newbury petition to the S. P. G. Society in England thanking the Society for their aid
and also for a minister, p.94. In 1711, June 28, Jos. Annis signes a bond to John Bridges agreeing to furnish men
& material to finish a church which had begun and partly finished, p. 103."
"From Newbury Records: Abraham Annis, May 13, 1718, is granted by the town of Newbury liberty to use the flats
near Hall's rock on condition one salmon per year is given to the new pastor of the town."
"In 1708 A. Annis was a member of a company in His Majesty's
service, under the command of Lieut. Moody for service in the avant Amesbury. He entered the service Aug. 11, and
served till Aug. 31. Three weeks. His wages were 18 shillings. Isaac Annis was in this company. Aquilah Annis was
a soldier during the French and Indian war, under Capt. Thomas Noyes. Isaac Annis was one of the Snow-Shoe men
under Capt. Hugh March in 1704. Note - Halls rocks is now East Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass., on the Merrimac river."
"Charles Annis was made freeman April 15, 1679. In 1685 Charles Annis was taxed under Andros in Newton. Comment: "Newton" is a typographical error. Newbury was probably
intended.) He had 3 heads in his family, had one house,
5 acres plowland, 3 horses, 5 cows, 20 sheep. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war. Curmac Annis took
the oath of allegiance in 1678. Jacob Annis was sent by Newbury but was rejected for physical disability."
"From Emery Records. John Emery, son of John and Mehitable (Short) Emery, married, Nov. 25, 1760, Ruth Annis,
daughter of Christopher Annis. John Emery died in West Newbury, Mass., Aug. 10, 1805. His wife died March 20, 1800,
aged 62. Children: Sarah, born Sept. 11, 1762, died unmarried Oct. 4, 1838; Mehitable, born Aug. 23, 1764; Daniel,
born July 25, 1766, died Jan. 18, 1841, unmarried; Anne, born Sept. 20, 1768, died Sept. 10, 1778; Hannah, born
April 2, 1771, died Aug. 26, 1857, unmarried; Moses, born April 17, 1773; Polly, born Jan. 7, 1777, died Sept.
3, 1854, unmarried."
"Mehitable Emery married Ezekiel Little, May 24, 1801. Children:
Ruth, born May 16, 1802; Ann Poor, born Nov. 21, 1806, married Jan. 18, 1837, Rev. Jesse Page. She died Dec. 8,
1846. They had a daughter, Mary Ann Page, born Nov. 30, 1839, now (1909) living in Atkinson, N.H."
"Moses Emery married, 1st. Caroline Small, 2nd Sarah Moseley Stewart. They had one child, Caroline Small,
born, died Jan. 8, 1828."
"The land of Christopher Annis is near where I live in Newbury. It is on the Merrimac river opposite Amesbury
Ferry, and is now known as Annis Rocks."
On July 2, 1909, Harvey Lear Currier, of Manchester, N.H., kindly
copied the following paragraphs relating to the Annis family, from the History of New London, N.H.:
" Daniel M. Annis, born in Londonderry, N.H., in 1836, married Mary Page, youngest daughter of Amos and Hannah
(Sargent) Page, and became a resident of New London in 1862. He enlisted in the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteeers
August 21, 1862, was wounded severely at Spotsylvania, May 16, 1864, but served to the close of the war. He was
tax collector in 1876-1877, and a worthy citizen of his adopted town. He resided at Low Plain, on the farm formerly
owned by Mrs. Amos Page, who died there March 12, 1869. Daniel M. Annis died of typhoid pneumonia, March 14, 1877,
and his widow now (1899) resides at Andover. Three daughters, Nellie, Ada, and Winifred, are married and reside
at Andover."
"Nellie Annis, daughter of Daniel M. and Mary (Page) Annis, married June 6, 1885, Kirk Smith, son of Eliphalet
G. Smith, and had a son, Henry Lee Smith, born 1885, died August 28, 1887; besides a seven-year-old boy who was
drowned at Scytheville, July 11, 1868."
"Daniel Gage Annis, youngest son of John and Delilah (Coburn) Annis, born Jan. 25, 1839, in Londonderry, N.H.,
married June 18, 1868, Mina A. Gilchrist, (Comment: Mina's
name was actually Mina Alfretta Gilcreast.) who died February
19, 1885, born in 1847. He had an infant son, who died April 20, 1869, and an infant daughter, who died Nov. 11,
1892. A sister, E. Jane Annis, born 1843; died 1892."
"Olive C. Annis (wife of E.F. Bailey) died September 4, 1854, aged 32 years and 9 months." (Glenwood
Cemetery.)
"Angie I. Annis died December 23, 1863, aged 3 months."
"Angie Bell Annis, died December 22, 1864, aged 3 months and 12 days."
"George W. Annis, died June 1, 1867, aged 4 months."
"Edith M. Annis, died May 10, 1875, aged 3 months."
"Ernest H. Annis, died Jan. 1892, aged 10 years."
"Sampson Annis, died October 24, 1861, aged 35 years and 9 months."
"Mathew P. Annis, died April 22, 1865, aged 30 years."
"Jesse Annis, died May 31, 1879, aged 85 years, 9 months, 24 days."
"Mildred Annis (wife of Jesse) died Nov. 1, 1855, aged 55 years, 7 months."
"John Annis, died April 21, 1871, aged 80 years, 6 months and 9 days."
"Delilah, (wife of John) died Sept. 29, 1853, aged 56 years, 7 months."
"Betsey Coburn, (2nd wife of John) died Nov. 19, 1894, aged 22 years, 9 months and 16 days."
"John Pinkerton Wilson, born Jan. 23, 1818, married in 1844, Adeline Annis, and had nine children."
Recent correspondence with Mrs. Augusta Gilbert of Lyme. N.H., furnishes
the following facts relating to the family history of her father, Josiah Chamberlin: Mahitable Boadicea, daughter
of Nathaniel Flood Annis5 (David4, Daniel3, Abraham2, Charles1), was born in Bath, N.H., August 14, 1818; died
in Newbury, July 13, 1855; married Josiah Chamberlin of Newbury, Vt., where all of their children were born, as
follows:
Cutler A., born April 15, 1838; married Luthera Pope in 1867, and had six children.
Laurens K., born Jan. 22, 1840; died in South Dakota in 1893; married Nellie Hadlock; they had no children.
Caroline W., born July 3, 1843; died May 8, 1852.
Amos J., born May 18, 1845; unmarried.
Augusta E., born March 31, 1848; married Nov. 26, 1869 Harris Albert Gilbert, born in Orford, N.H., April 21, 1847.
They had two children: Charles Augustus, born in Barnet, Vt., Sept. 21, 1869; married Mae Marshall Feb. 28, 1893;
Mary Meroa, born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Dec. 15, 1871.
Mary Meroa, daughter of Harris A. Gilbert, married David J. Pushee, Oct. 2, 1889. They had six children born in
Lyme, N.H., as follows: Blanche M., Oct. 22, 1890; Harris A., Apr. 10, 1892; Nettie M., Dec. 8, 1894; David J.
Jr., May 29, 1905; Augusta F., Aug. 18, 1907; Oliph A., Aug. 5, 1909.
Augustus, born June 18, 1851; married a wife in the west and had four children.
George I., born June 5, 1853; married a wife from Milford, N.H., and had two children.
Josiah Chamberlin died April 14, 1861.
On Oct. 5, 1909 Mrs. Marsure gave her family history as follows:
Lillie Belle Annis7, (Clovis Arius6, Nathaniel Flood5, David4, Daniel3, Abraham2, Charles1,) born April 5, 1872;
married Sept. 3, 1902, Barnet, Vt., Lindley Emery Marsure, born Oct. 15, 1872. They had the following children:
Ethel Annis, born Dec. 14, 1903; Doris Helen, born April 5, 1905; Earle Lindley, born March 28, 1907; and Myrle
Theodore July 3, 1909.
Mrs. Catherine E. Hovey of West Waterford, Vt., on Oct. 2, 1909, gives the history of her family as follows:
Catherine Elora, daughter of Clovis Arius Annis6, (Nathaniel Flood5, David4, Daniel3, Abraham2, Charles1,) born
May 9, 1874; married February 11, 1993 (Comment Typo, should
be 1903) in the town of Barnet, Guy William Hovey, born
August 23, 1876. They had children as follows:
Reginald Annis, born Dec. 27, 1903; Leland Clovis, April 26, 1905; Maxina Eldora, April 21, 1907, died May 6, 1907;
Guy Wendell, Sept. 19, 1908.
On October 31, 1909, Mrs. Minnie Annis Brown of West Chester, N.Y.,
furnishes the following facts about her grandfather, Jacob Underhill Annis' family history:
Jacob Underhill Annis, was born in Livonia, Livingston County, N.Y., March 27, 1810; died February 19, 1875; married
by Jesse Brooks, Esq., September 18, 1834, Mary Marsh, born in Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y., March 2, 1816,
died August 11, 1869. They had twelve children, the first eleven were born in Ellery as follows:
Alsina, Feb. 25, 1836; married Newell Bump September 1, 1861; died June 29, 1869.
Hannah Luana, July 7, 1837; married Parker Traphagan, July 7, 1859; died November 10, 1863.
Marvin, July 6, 1839; died November 10, 1863.
Leman, born November 30, 1843; married Frances E. Dye, October 13, 1864.
Mary Cordelia, born September 17, 1845; died April 6, 1860.
Ezra, born August 8, 1847.
Sarah Amelia, born December 1, 1849; died November 18, 1851
Bradley, born September 26, 1851; died March 31, 1907; married by Rev. J. W. Van Yantzhorne, June 13, 1872, in
Westfield, N.Y., Harriet F. Andrews, born August 22, 1852, in Pomfret, Chautauqua County, N.Y. They had three children.
Sarah Carolyn, born August 24, 1854; married Evered Temple.
Minerva Acelia, born May 2, 1856; died February 11, 1861.
Frank M., born February 15, 1858.
Marrietta, born in Pomfret, N.Y., August 6, 1860; died December 10, 1905; married Conrad Kohler.
Bradley Annis, son of Jacob Underhill Annis, who married Harriet F. Andrews, had the following children: Minnie
Maud, born January 14, 1876, in Pomfret, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; Edith Adele, born April 9, 1882, in Fredonia,
Chautauqua County, N.Y.; Harold Linewood, born June 21, 1891, in Fredonia, N.Y.
Minnie Maud, daughter of Bradley and Harriet F. (Andrews) Annis, married, by Rev. J. J. Landers, February 18, 1896,
in Fredonia, N.Y., Mark Hart Brown, D.D.S., born September 9, 1868 in Charlemont, Mass. Two children were born
to them in New York, N.Y.: Lowell Annis, born December 31, 1896; and Edith Laura, born November 3, 1901.
THE "NARROWS" GRAVE-YARD IN WEST BATH, N.H.
The south end of Gardner's Mountain in West Bath, ends very abruptly. Between this mountain and the Connecticut river for many rods, is built the public high-way; and in several places there is only room enough for one team to pass, and so narrow that two teams cannot meet and pass each other. A ledge of rocks extends from the precipitous mountain that rises several hundred feet perpendicularly, westward into the Connecticut river, so near the western shore that the waters rush very swiftly through the narrow channel. The whole scenery is very picturesque, and gave to the locality the name of "Narrows". It is noted throughout New England. It was near this place that Glazier Wheeler lived and operated in counterfeit money, whose name was coupled with Stephen Burroughs, in the early settlement of the town.
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The Narrows (This photo is not in the book)
From twenty to thirty rods south of the foot of Gardner's mountain
there is a strip of very rich tillable land; on this strip of land, high above the main road, stood a framed house,
occupied in early times by the various owners of the land, and several of them were members of the Annis family.
South of this ferile strip a ledge of rocks rises from six to fifteen feet above the level of the land. South of
this low outcrop of rocks extends for several rods almost a level bluff of land without any stones. This plot of
land was used as a grave yard by the early settlers in that vicinity. There were only a few headstones that marked
the graves. Moses Abbott, commonly called "Grub" Abbott, bought the farm about 1851 or a little later,
dug up the headstones and threw them heartlessly upon the adjoining ledge; and tilled the land so sacred to the
early settlers, who had nearly all passed from memory. Now (1909), the same locality has been sold to the brick-makers
for the purpose of working the bluff into bricks. If New Hampshire is going to allow her cemeteries to be sold
off for brick yards and the remains of the early settlers used in making brick, then all I can say is, I know no
better material for making bricks than the Farmans, Annises, and Curriers.
The following persons are known to have been buried in that rural grave yard: John Foreman, who settled in Bath
in 1771 and died there in 1792; an interesting sketch of him is given in the History of Newbury by F. P. Wells;
David Annis, who died August 18, 1824; Ezra Currier, who died March 23, 1825; his wife Ruth Currier, who died September
25, 1834, a young Abbott boy; and a riverman by the name of Dustin from Canada, who was drowned in the Connecticut
river in the eddy at the "Narrows" about 1851. There were others but I am unable to recall their names.
On November 13, 1909, Mrs. J. E. Temple, of Alden, N.Y., daughter
of Jacob Underhill Annis, writes a valuable letter concerning her father's genealogy from which I make the following
extracts:
My brother's family at Fredonia have the family record, but I think I can give some facts not there recorded, as
you will note some are from memory. My grandfather's name was Jacob Annis. He came with his family from Vermont,
to Livonia, Livingston Co., N.Y. Removed later to Chautaqua Co., N.Y. and settled, I think, in the vicinity of
Ellery Centre, Chautauqua Co.
My grandfather was twice married. Children of the first wife: Augustus, David, James, and Thomas, and I think a
daughter named Polly.
David lived near Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y.; was twice married. Children of first wife: Orson, Charles,
James, Charlotte. Orson married Julia Seiley. Only son Alpha, lived at Cherry Creek, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. Charles
married Maria Perigo of Salamanca, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. Children: Ida, Myra. Charles died about one year ago.
His widow and Myra (married daughter)reside at Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N.Y.
James removed to Michigan some years ago. Children: James and Mary. Charlotte was married and had a daughter, Henrietta;
lived at Little Valley.
Lyman was the son of David's second marriage and lives at Little Valley. You might perhaps get more information
concerning David's family by addressing Mrs. Charles Annis, Stockton, N.Y. Perhaps she could tell you of James
and Augustus. I think Augustus lived in vicinity of Rocehster, N.Y. James I do not remember particulars of. Thomas
lived near Indianapolis, Ind. Children: John and Mary. (Comment:
Thomas Annis (1797-1874) removed to, and resided at Dearborn, IN. His children included: Clarissa, Mary (died young),
Harriet, David, Mary, Cordelia, and Thomas Tyler Annis. There is no record of a son named John.) My grandfather's second wife was Deborah St. John, (widow of John Underhill). Children
of this marriage were John, Jacob Underhill, Morris, William, Deborah, Abigail, Eliza.
Jacob Underhill Annis, my father, was born in Vermont, March 27, 1910. Died in Fredonia, N.Y. Feb. 1875; married
Sept. 18, 1834, Mary Marsh, daughter of Shubel S. Marsh and Laura Sherwood, born Apr. 2, 1816; died at Stockton,
N.Y., Aug 11, 1869. Children: Alsina, Hannah Luana, Marvin, Leman, Mary Cordelia, Ezra Felton, Sarah Amelia, Bradley,
Sarah Carolyn, Marrietta, Manervia Acelia, Frank Marsh.
Alsina was born, Feb. 25, 1836; died June 29, 1869, at Fredonia, N.Y.; married Newel Bump, son of Lucius, in Stockton,
N.Y. 1861. One son, Lucius, died at birth.
Hannah Luana, married Parker Traphagan, of Ellery; one son Alonzo, North East, Pa.
Marvin died at 26 years, being second man enlisted from Chautauqua Co., 2nd U.S. Infantry, and having received
Bronze Medal, Legion of Honor for valiant service in Rebellion 1861-1865. Unmarried.
Leman enlisted 1861, served 3 years in 8th N.Y. Cavalry, re-enlisted, served till honorably discharged 1865; married
Oct. 1864, Francis Dye. One child: DeEtta born, in Buffalo, N.Y. Nov. 1891; married in 1883 in Dunkirk, N.Y., to
Edwards E. Evarts. Children: Allen, died in infancy Apr. 1884. Ralph born in Dunkirk, N.Y., 1886; now resides in
Rochester. N.Y. (married). Address care John Eberts mfg. shoes, Rochester, N.Y. Leman's second wife: Lena Heyl,
Dunkirk, N.Y.; daughter Ida, now lives in Chicago, (address E. F. Annis Conneaut, Ohio for particulars). Mary Cordelia,
died at Stockton, aged 14. Ezra Felton, born Aug. 8, 1846; served in 9th N.Y. Cavalry; occupation farmer; married
Marriette Dye in 1869. One child, Ethel, born Feb. 1884. (married) Conneaut, Ohio. Sarah Amelia died. Bradley born
Sept. 26, 1851; died in Fredonia March, 1907; contractor and builder; married Harriet Andrews of Fredonia. Children:
Minnie, Edith, Harold; Minnie married Mark Brown dentist, West Chester, N.Y. Edith born in Fredonia, Apr. 11, 1882.
Harold born in Fredonia, June 18, 1891.
Sarah Carolyn, born in Ellery, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., Aug. 24, 1854; married Joseph Evered Temple, R.M.S., son of
Otis Temple and Julian Batcheller, Oct. 29, 1874. Children: Miner Evered, born in Dunkirk, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1877;
married June 16, 1906, Maud E. Thomas; residence Buffalo, N.Y. (Buffalo Evening News). Paul Bliss, born in Dunkirk,
May 11, 1879; married Gertrude E. Lees, Buffalo, Sept. 15, 1909, residence 135 Maple Ave. Dunkirk, N.Y., with American
Locomotive Co. Florence Carolyn Jewel, born in Dunkirk, May 5, 1884. Lucille Irene, born in Dunkirk, Aug. 8, 1888.
John Vincent, born in Buffalo, Oct. 11, 1894. James Otis, born in Buffalo, March 13, 1899. I am the mother of six
children. At present we reside at Alden, Erie Co., N.Y.
Manervia Acelia, born May 2, 1856; Ellery; died Stockton, N.Y. 1859; Marrieta, born Stockton, N.Y., Aug 6, 1860,
died in Fredonia, Dec. 10, 1905, married Conrad Paul Vincent Von Kohler, Nov. 1887, Findley, Ohio. Children: Carrie,
born in Findley, O. Oct. 4, 1888; married Frank Mulchulski, in Dunkirk, Dec. 1905. Two children, in Dunkirk, N.Y.;
Conrad born New Orleans, La. July 21, 1890; Arville, born in Chicago, Ill. Oct. 29, 1894; Sussie, born in Bastrop,
Texas, 1892. Roland, born in Conneaut, Ohio, 1897.
Frank Marsh Annis, born in Stockton, N.Y. Feb. 15, 1857; married Nellie Smith. Two children: Laura and Sister;
second marriage Minnie Smith, (Mrs. Minnie B. Annis, 16 Sheridan Ave., Podtiac, (Pontiac) Mich. for particulars). Laura has a child and lives at Conneaut, Ohio.
Morris Annis, father's brother, lived at Ann Arbor, or Jackson, Michigan. Wife Ann, five children.
William, father's youngest brother, went to San Francisco, Cal. in 1849; visited the family sometime in the sixties;
do not know whether he is living. (Comment: WILLIAM ODEL ANNIS
was born February 26, 1818 at Springwater, New York; married March 12, 1865, Elizabeth Ann Melton at Petaluma,
CA. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob R. Melton. William removed to California in July of 1852, (his niece claimed
that he was there in 1849, and "visited the family sometime in the sixties") and succeeded in establishing
a farm near Petaluma, CA. He was still residing there in 1902. Actually he was not the youngest brother. Morris
was born 1822 and George W. was born 1824.
Deborah, married Timothy Minard, lived at Dewitville, Chautauqua Co. Children: Robert, William Mary. Address W.
H. Maynard, Westfield, N.Y. for particulars.
Abagail, married Ezra Felton, lived at Bemus Point, Chautauqua lake. Children: Diana, married Alonzo Furlough,
lived at Jamestown, N.Y., daughter Hannah married Chas. Noble, son Chas. Noble; lived at Bemus Point. Eliza married
Bariah Bowers, Ellery, N.Y. Children: Harriet, Sarah, Mary, Martha, Helen, Flora, son Horatio, died in war 1861;
Martha married John Coffman, lived at North East, Pa. Sarah married ___ Persons, Mary, ___ Pickard. Flora married
Richard Wallace, Sherman, N.Y.
My husband's ancestors settled in Salem, Mass., 1632.
