I Spent the Day With Him

My uncle, William Scribner "Scrib" Fellows, has been dead 44 years, and I have thought of him many times. He was married to my mother's sister, and although I hardly saw his family because they lived in another state. His unique first name, Scribner was taken from his grandmother's surname.

At age 42 year old on April 18, 1966, while at work in the morning, he called my aunt to say he wasn't feeling well and that he was coming home. But, he never arrived. All day, my aunt was frantic, and that escalated in the evening when a co-worker passed by a lake parking lot and spotted his car. Upon further investigation, it was discovered he had died at that spot.

A few days later, my aunt, the widow, and her brother from Dallas picked me up and we traveled a couple hundred miles to Tilton, New Hampshire where he was buried in the family plot, next to his father and grandparents.  It was a cold, windy April day, it was a nice cemetery on a hill with a great view. I recently went back, and when I did I couldn't find the plot. It was my husband who found the site last week.

I probably didn't meet Scrib until I was in 4th grade, but the memories are there. He was so friendly and really played with my younger cousins. I really liked him, and I think everybody did. My aunt wrote me after the funeral service saying she had over 400 notes to write.

More than anything, I remember how he loved the woods. So much so, that after his death, his mother purchased the naming rights to a New Hampshire State Forest. It is called, Scribner Fellows State Forest. My husband and I finally visited it, and I was filled with emotion, I was so proud. After the day in the forest and the cemetery, I used all my available resources to find more information about my uncle. From the below article, you can see what a remarkable person he was during his very short lifetime. The photo above was taken in the Forest, and much later in the day, we went to his cemetery where the below pictures were taken.


From Brown Alumni Monthly July 1966, page 123.  "William Scribner Fellows '49, in Middletown, Conn., April 18.  He was the chief wood technologist with Stanley Works Laboratory. He began employment at Stanley Chemical Co., East Berlin, and was transferred to the corporate laboratory in 1961. In 1962, he was granted an educational leave of absence, receiving a Master's degree in Forestry from Yale University two years later. He returned to the Stanley Works laboratory as a technologist in 1964. During World War II, he served as Cpl., USA Infantry Division. He was a member of the Forest Products Research Society, the American Forestry Association, Society of American Foresters, Society of Wood Science and Technology, and the New England Kiln Drying Association. He also was a former member of the Cromwell (Conn.) Board of Education. Barbara B. Fellows, Maple Share Rd., Middletown, is his widow."

Because I have a long line of Fellows in my tree, I recently discovered that Scrib and I were 9th cousins, once removed as well as having the niece/uncle relationship.

Surname Saturday -- FELLOWS (5 Generations) MA and CT

(My direct lines are in green.)

Descendants of WILLIAM FELLOWS

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM FELLOWS (NOBLE) was born Abt. 1610 in Foxton, Leicestershire Co., England, and died Bet. November 29 - December 21, 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married MARY AYRES Abt. 1637 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of MR. AYRES.  She died Aft. November 29, 1676.

     

Children of WILLIAM FELLOWS and MARY AYRES are:

2.                i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1637; d. April 06, 1721, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

3.               ii.    EPHRAIM FELLOWS, b. March 1640/41; d. Aft. 1713, Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1643; d. Bet. April 14, 1712 - December 11, 1713, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    MARY FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1646; m. JOSIAH BROWNE, February 23, 1666/67, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    JOSEPH FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1650; d. Abt. 1693; m. RUTH FRAIL, April 19, 1675, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1729.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1653; d. Aft. November 29, 1676.

                vii.    ABIGAIL FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1655; d. Aft. 1722; m. SAMUEL AYRES, April 16, 1677, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

               viii.    SARAH FELLOWS, b. July 26, 1657, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. February 03, 1722/23.

Generation No. 2

2.  ISAAC FELLOWS (WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born Abt. 1637, and died April 06, 1721 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married JOANNA BOREMAN January 29, 1671/72 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS BOREMAN.  She was born Abt. 1646 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died March 20, 1731/32 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of ISAAC FELLOWS and JOANNA BOREMAN were:

                   i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. November 27, 1673, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

4.               ii.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. February 08, 1675/76, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1707, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

3.  EPHRAIM FELLOWS (WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born March 1640/41, and died Aft. 1713 in Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY Bef. 1666 in Salisbury / Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  She died February 23, 1670/71 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (2) ANNE CROSS Bef. 1685 in Ipswich, MA / Plainfield, CT, daughter of ROBERT CROSS.  She was born 1651, and died Aft. 1710.

     

Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and MARY FELLOWS were:

                   i.    WILLIAM FELLOWS, b. 1666, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 12, 1737, Prob. Portsmouth, New Hampshire; m. ELIZABETH RUST, December 07, 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

5.               ii.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1668, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 20, 1748, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    MARY FELLOWS, b. February 1670/71, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) NATHANIEL HOVEY, Abt. 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1696; m. (2) JOHN BROWN, Aft. March 31, 1696, Newbury / Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. 1678.

     Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and ANNE CROSS were:

                 iv.    ELIZABETH FELLOWS, b. September 14, 1685.

                  v.    ANNA FELLOWS, b. February 26, 1692/93.

Generation No. 3

4.  SAMUEL FELLOWS (ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born February 08, 1675/76 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1707 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married DEBORAH SANBORN November 15, 1698 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  She was born 1681, and died 1725 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

     

Child of SAMUEL FELLOWS and DEBORAH SANBORN was:

6.                i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. January 20, 1699/00, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. 1773, Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

5.  JOHN FELLOWS (EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born Abt. 1668 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died October 20, 1748 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  He married RACHEL VARNEY October 14, 1692 in Chebacco (Ipswich), Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS VARNEY and ABIGAIL PROCTOR.  She was born Abt. 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1731 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

     

Children of JOHN FELLOWS and RACHEL VARNEY were:

                   i.    VARNEY FELLOWS, b. March 25, 1694, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  ii.    NATHAN FELLOWS, b. September 1696; d. September 24, 1732, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. PRISCILLA WARREN, January 29, 1729/30, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    ISSAC FELLOWS, b. September 01, 1696, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. August 26, 1755, Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut; m. ABIGAIL HUTCHENS, November 09, 1721, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iv.    RACHEL FELLOWS, b. October 22, 1698, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. WAIT HERRICK, June 26, 1741.

                  v.    ABIGAIL FELLOWS, b. May 13, 1701, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; m. SAMUEL HALL, January 04, 1719/20.

7.              vi.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. March 03, 1703/04, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. August 30, 1757, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    ANNE FELLOWS, b. 1710.

               viii.    MARY FELLOWS, b. 1712.

 Generation No. 4

6.  ISAAC FELLOWS (SAMUEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born January 20, 1699/00 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died 1773 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married ABIGAIL SLEEPER, daughter of ARON SLEEPER and ELIZABETH SLEEPER.  She was born April 17, 1700 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died November 09, 1779.

     

Child of ISAAC FELLOWS and ABIGAIL SLEEPER was:

8.                i.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. October 22, 1722, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. April 1805, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

7.  JOHN FELLOWS (JOHN, EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born March 03, 1703/04 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died Aft. August 30, 1757 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.  He married JERUSHA DOUGLAS October 22, 1728 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM DOUGLAS and SARAH PROCTOR.  She was born April 26, 1706 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of JOHN FELLOWS and JERUSHA DOUGLAS were:

                   i.    WILLIAM FELLOWS.

                  ii.    EZRA FELLOWS, b. April 09, 1730, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

9.              iii.    RACHEL FELLOWS, b. January 31, 1732/33, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. (Prob.) Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    SARAH FELLOWS, b. September 28, 1733, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  v.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. July 07, 1735, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. August 01, 1808, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

 Generation No. 5

8.  SAMUEL FELLOWS (ISAAC, SAMUEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born October 22, 1722 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died April 1805 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married JUDITH WATSON May 28, 1745 in Kensington, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. 

     

Child of SAMUEL FELLOWS and JUDITH WATSON was:

                   i.    STEPHEN FELLOWS, b. January 17, 1748/49, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. October 15, 1830; m. HANNAH SARGENT; b. August 17, 1749, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. October 20, 1832.

9.  RACHEL FELLOWS (JOHN, JOHN, EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born January 31, 1732/33 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in (Prob.) Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.  She married JOHN HOLMES January 21, 1750/51 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, son of JOHN HOLMES and MARY HARRIS.  He was born Abt. 1729 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, and died Aft. 1783 in Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of RACHEL FELLOWS and JOHN HOLMES were:

                   i.    ELIZABETH HOLMES, b. August 14, 1751, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. November 04, 1829, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada; m. MOSES WESTOVER, December 02, 1767, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; b. March 24, 1743/44, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. November 23, 1826, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

                  ii.    ASA HOLMES, b. March 02, 1754, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. of Milo, Yates Co., New York; m. (1) TABITHA FULLER; d. 1782; m. (2) ELIZABETH (PAINTER) CARVER.

                 iii.    RACHEL HOLMES, b. December 31, 1758, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    JOHN HOLMES, b. December 31, 1760, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. May 12, 1849, New York; m. (1) RUTH FOWLER; m. (2) ESTHER WILCOX ENSWORTH.

                  v.    LUCY HOLMES, b. July 02, 1763, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 vi.    ROSWELL HOLMES, b. May 27, 1768, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

Follow Friday -- Follow the Right Book and a Genea-Blogger Friend

When I posted my Surname Saturday on the Fitch Family in March, I was having some problems with the documentation taken from the book, Descendants of the Rev. James Fitch 1622-1702, Vol. 1, by John T. Fitch, published in 1997. I originally got the book from the New England Historic Genealogical Library (NEHGS) in Boston and was just now entering data obtained about seven years ago. But of course, I needed to see the book again, and that is when the problem came to light. There now was a Revised Volume I, in place of the original Volume 1 that I used!


Seems, the author decided, eight years after his first book, he needed a revised Volume 1.  I am not sure when NEHGS purchased the revised edition, but it has thrown my genealogy sourced page numbers out of whack. Is a reader going to notice that I used the original book or the revision, and if they do, and want to look at the book, are they going to be able to find it? When the author wrote in his Preface to the Second Edition that alert readers had, "pointed out numerous corrections in the original text." I thought, that doesn't sit well with me. He also wrote he"would not wait until this genealogy was perfected--that when I came to the conclusion that the manuscript was in reasonable and useful condition, I would commit it to print."


My Fitch records are now sourced with the original 1997 edition, and  I can't locate the "old" book I used anywhere near Massachusetts. But, it is at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I need to compare the old with the new to get an idea of how some pages match up. My original source for Theodosia Fitch was on page 199 and now she is on page 221 in the revised 2003 book. Unfortunately, redoing page numbers for the entire Fitch line, consisting of over 100 names, will be a project for another time. Anybody trying to locate my noted pages had better be using version I, if they can find it.


Some of the additional sources the author used for page 218 were: "[6] IGI-5.0, Barbour Collection. [7] IGI-5.0, submitted record. [8] IGI-5.0, extracted marriage record. [9] LDS Pedigree Resource File, CD No. 36." What a disappointment, he did a revision to add these sources, what are they, where are they?


I knew Carol Bowen Stevens of Reflections from the Fence was at the Allen County Library and I "used" her services.  She pulled out the old version from the stacks, answered several questions as well as saying it had 548 pages. To compare, the new book at NEHGS has 667 pages. Big difference to a researcher.   If you ever get to "work" with Carol, you are in for a treat, as she is so funny.  Even during the heat of August, she managed to make me forget how miserable I was with this problem and the heat. Thank you Carol, and when are you going back?

Tombstone Tuesday -- MANN (Part 1) of Genesee Co., New York

Byron Cemetery, Byron, Genesee Co., New York

David Mann

Born:  Abt. 1773, Manlius, New York

Died:  August 4, 1850, Probably Genesee Co., New York

His wife, Phebe Parker

Died:  February 11, 1828, Probably Genesee Co., New York

David and Phebe Parker Mann.

Note:  This line belongs to my cousin, Claire, and she took the photos.

Tombstone Tuesday -- ROSENBERGER (NY > Canada)

Peter Rosenberger was living in New York state and became a Loyalist at the time of the American Revolutionary War. He, his wife and four children are all buried in Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

Peter Rosenberger

Born:  November 23, 1745, Athens, Greene Co., New York

Died:  April 24, 1829, St. Armand W. (Philipsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

His wife, Hannah Bockus, is also buried here.

Hannah Bockus

Born:  Abt. May 29, 1752, Albany, Albany Co., New York

Died:  April 19, 1821, St. Armand W. (Philipsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

They are buried at Krans Cemetery, St. Armand, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

Their son was, Henry Rosenberger

Henry Rosenberger

Born:  September 21, 1784, Brunswick, Rensselaer Co., New York

Died:  March 29, 1845, St. Armand W. (Philipsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

His wife was Catherine Westover

Catherine Westover
Born:  July 03, 1794, St. Armand, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada
Died:  November 08, 1876, Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

They were buried at Ploss Cemetery
Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

These photos were taken this same week of 1999.  During this trip, I located 22 of my direct ancestor's tombstones.

On April 4, 2013, I received a complete listing of all those buried at Ploss Cemetery (I had used this booklet during my visit in 1999 to the Missisquoi Historical Society).

Surname Saturday -- MANN of Genesee Co., New York

Descendants of David Mann

Generation No. 1

1.  DAVID MANN was born Abt. 1773 in Manlius, New York, and died August 04, 1850 in New York.  He married PHEBE PARKER December 16, 1793 in Peru, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.  She died February 11, 1828 in New York.

     

Children of DAVID MANN and PHEBE PARKER are:

2.                i.    CHESTER MANN, b. August 15, 1800, Connecticut; d. May 22, 1884.

3.               ii.    WILLIAM MANN, b. 1804; d. 1851.

4.              iii.    REUBEN MANN, b. January 28, 1810, Massachusetts; d. October 25, 1889.

Generation No. 2

2.  CHESTER MANN (DAVID) was born August 15, 1800 in Connecticut, and died May 22, 1884.  He married EUNICE HALL.  She was born September 10, 1803 in Massachusetts, and died February 12, 1891.

     

Child of CHESTER MANN and EUNICE HALL is:

                   i.    J. A. MANN, m. MR. EGGLESTON.

3.  WILLIAM MANN (DAVID) was born 1804, and died 1851.  He married AZUBAH HALL, daughter of NATHAN HALL and LOIS TUTTLE.  She was born 1807, and died 1898.

     

Children of WILLIAM MANN and AZUBAH HALL are:

5.                i.    ALFRED MANN, b. February 08, 1834; d. 1905, New York.

                  ii.    LUCIUS MANN.

4.  REUBEN MANN (DAVID) was born January 28, 1810 in Massachusetts, and died October 25, 1889.  He married BETSY HALL 1835.  She was born August 24, 1812 in Peru, Massachusetts, and died August 02, 1886.

     

Children of REUBEN MANN and BETSY HALL are:

6.                i.    DWIGHT MANN, b. Abt. 1837, New York; d. August 25, 1871.

7.               ii.    LIVILLA / LAVILLA MANN, b. February 15, 1840, New York.

                 iii.    LORINDA MANN, b. Abt. 1842, New York; d. Abt. 1855, Byron, Genesee Co., New York.

                 iv.    ROSANNA MANN, b. Abt. 1845, New York.

                  v.    ELECTA J. MANN.

Generation No. 3

5.  ALFRED MANN (WILLIAM, DAVID) was born February 08, 1834, and died 1905 in New York.  He married SINIE E. FEAGLES.  She was born 1835, and died 1923 in New York.

     

Children of ALFRED MANN and SINIE FEAGLES are:

                   i.    EARL WELTON MANN, b. Abt. 1859; m. ESTELLE DUNN.

                  ii.    WILLIAM E. "WILLIE" MANN.

                 iii.    CHARLES MANN.

                 iv.    NETTIE MANN.

                  v.    ALMA L. MANN.

                 vi.    ELVIRA MANN, m. THOMAS H. BENTON.

                vii.    EZRA MANN, m. DIANTHA WOOD.

               viii.    LUCIUS / LUCAS MANN, m. HELLEN PERKINS.

6.  DWIGHT MANN (REUBEN, DAVID) was born Abt. 1837 in New York, and died August 25, 1871.  He married EMILY J. DEWOLF, daughter of ORIN DEWOLF and NANCY PERKINS.  She was born November 23, 1841 in Stafford, Genesee Co., New York, and died 1917.

     

Children of DWIGHT MANN and EMILY DEWOLF are:

                   i.    HELEN MANN, b. July 1864, New York; d. 1924, Genesee Co., New York; m. PIERRE L. CLANCY, 1894; b. July 1859, New York; d. 1932, Genesee Co., New York.

                  ii.    BETSEY MANN, b. Abt. 1867, New York.

                 iii.    MELINDA "INA" F. MANN, b. Abt. 1869, New York; d. December 14, 1927, New York.

                 iv.    ADDIE MANN, b. Abt. 1871, New York.

7.  LIVILLA / LAVILLA MANN (REUBEN, DAVID) was born February 15, 1840 in New York.  She married EDWARD CLARK December 28, 1860.  He was born Abt. 1832 in England.

     

Child of LIVILLA MANN and EDWARD CLARK is:

                   i.    EVELINE E. CLARK, b. Abt. 1868, New York.

Note:  This line belongs to my cousin, Claire.