Ten Eyck Farm, Dunham, Quebec, Canada

In September 1999 my husband and I went on a research trip to Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada for four days. Traveling to this area of Canada took less than seven hours, so it wasn't a very long trip from Massachusetts. I was extremely well prepared because I knew exactly where I wanted to go, had the addresses of those I wanted to meet,  and had mapped out the cemeteries.  It all came together.

The first stop was at the Missisquoi Historical Society in East Stanbridge, a goldmine of resources. I had communicated with the archivist and knew the hours of operation and their holdings. Later, I met with a cousin, who came quite a distance to meet me at my B and B. The owners were very accommodating to us...I'm thinking, although they spoke French and I only English.

Another thing my husband and I did was drive all over the county and that of Brome County looking at gravestones. Another cousin had just visited the area several months earlier and found a number of our shared ancestors, so I was extremely fortunate. She had given me a marked map and copies of her photos. In all, I located 22 direct ancestor graves! I was very lucky.

The last wonderful aspect of the trip was, I went to the old Ten Eyck homestead.  I have no idea how old the house is, but the land has been in the family for well over 200 years.  My grandmother grew up in the house, and when I was young, we went there for a long visit, as my grandmother's brother's family now lived there. The brother was deceased, but his wife was kind enough to invite us in for a long chat about the family. One thing led to another, and I found out that the wife was born in the city where I now live! You just never know what you are going to find out when you talk to somebody.

This trip still brings back sentimental thoughts. It was a perfect trip, perfect weather, and perfect memories.

The photos below are three photos taken that day at the house. And one below was scanned from the book, Dunham 1867 - 1992 (Anniversary Book),  (Pub. Editions Louis Bilodeau and Fils Ltee, Sherbrook, Quebec 1992). 

Ten Eyck Farm, Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada

Ten Eyck Farm from Google Earth.

(The house is at the top of the circle, above the word Chemin.

I love this photo taken by Dianne Jones. I met her during our 1999 trip we have several connections. She even knew my aunt and uncle who lived in Vermont.

I'm certain it gets very cold in the winter.

 

I asked the photographer, Kathy Harris-Miltimore if it was taken in Dunham and if I could use her photo. It was taken on Beattie Street, not really my ancestor's house. She also gave me permission. This shows you how beautiful the area is.

Tombstone Tuesday -- FELLOWS (3 Generations) NEW HAMPSHIRE

William Bainbridge Fellows

Born:  July 5, 1858  --  Died:  May 2, 1920

Ida Grace Scribner, wife of William Bainbridge Fellows

Born:  February 16, 1858  --  January 14, 1908

Their son, John Hibbard Fellows

John Hibbard Fellows

Born:  November 22, 1882  --  Died 1947

Ada Cary Baker, wife of John Hibbard Fellows

Born:  September 23, 1893  --  Died:  July 2, 1983

Their son, William Scribner Fellows

William Scribner "Scrib" Fellows
My uncle

Born:  November 26, 1923  --  Died April 18, 1966

Park Cemetery, Tilton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire

Tombstone Tuesday -- MANN (Part 2) of Genesee Co., New York

William Mann

Born:  1804

Died:  1851

and his wife, Azubah Hall

Born:  1807

Died  1898

Their son, Alfred Mann and his wife Sinie E. Feagles

Alfred Mann

Born:  February 08, 1834

Died:  1905, New York

His wife, Sinie E. Feagles

Born:  1835

Died:  1923, New York

Byron Cemetery, Byron, New York

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

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 his family plot, next to his father and grandparents.  It was a cold, windy April day, when he was buried in a nice cemetery on a hill with a great view. I recently went back to visit, 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.