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     Elub Hotchkin was born circa 1806 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. She married Unknown Spencer at NY circa 1830.¹ Elub Hotchkin died before 1854. She was deceased at time of her father's Will..

     Elub is listed as Elub Spencer in her fathers, Noah Hotchkin, Will; and she is mentioned by Talcott.

     Hannah T. Hotchkin was born circa 1808 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. She married Unknown Delaney. She resided at MI, USA, before 1854. Hannah T. Hotchkin died before March 1854 at MI. She had died before her father's Will was published..

     She is described by Talcott and her fathers Will advertising. The 1850 census of Romulus, Wayne Co., MI pg 418 has an Alanson DeLaney that may be a son.
     She is listed as a member of the Belcoda Baptist Church of Wheatland, NY along other members of her family There is no Delaney listed as a member of the church.

     Elizabeth Hotchkin was born on 10 July 1810 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. Elizabeth Hotchkin married Jacob P Barringer in 1829 at NY. She married Ira Hatch Cory at RI, USA, on 2 January 1831. This date and location comes from an Internet Posting. The location is very strange and unlikely.. Elizabeth Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1850 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: She might be the Eliz C. living with her brother Augustus. That persons birth date and location is not given.. She resided at Romulus, Wayne County, MI, USA, in 1850. She died on 7 November 1889 at Locke, Ingham County, MI, USA, at age 79. She was buried at Bell Oak Cemetery, at Webberville, Ingham County, MI, USA.

     Following the trail from Noah III Will, referring to his daughter Elizabeth living in Wayne Co., MI, they were found in Romulus Twp., MI. The family moved from New York to Michigan between 1834 and 1839, according to the census, because Adeline's age is given as 16 and her birth in NY, and Alanson's age as 11 and his birth in MI. It is interesting that this move occurred simultaneously with Abram Eli Sr's moved to Michigan and that some names bear a family relationship, such as Alanson, Alonzo and Albert.

     Daniel B. Hotchkin was born in 1814 at NY, USA. He was the son of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. He married Minerva Snow at NY circa 1836. Daniel B. Hotchkin was employed in 1860 as a Teamster. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. The census lists the family as: Daniel Hotchkin, Teamster, age 46, b NY; wife Minerva, age 43, b NY; son Daniel, age 22, b NY, laborer; dau Charlotte, teacher, age 19, b NY; dau Maria, domestic, age 17, b NY; dau Hellen, age 15, b NY; son Lewis, age 12, b MI; dau Elina, age 5, b PA; son Ladraw, age 2, b PA.. He died on 16 December 1894 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA.^2,3 He was buried at Greendale Cemetery, at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. Sec 2, Lot 32.

     Talcott lists both Daniel and his wife Snow, but doesn't give her first name; which comes from the 1950 and 1860 census. According to the birth records of the children, Daniel must have lived in New York from his birth until he moved to Michigan between 1845 and 1848. By the time that his daughter Elina was born in 1855 he had arrived in Pennsylvania. Daniel and his family must have followed his older sister Sally to Pennsylvania as she was there at the 1850 census and he didn't arrive until about 1855. The city directory of 1897-98 show him as a paper hanger and living at 572 Green St with Danial M Hotchkin.⁴

     Adaline Nelson was born in 1806 at NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of John D. Nelson and Jerusha Broughton. She married Augustus Hotchkin at NY circa 1824. Adaline Nelson died on 14 January 1850 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. Belcaoda baptist Church records give the death s 4 January 1850..^2,3 She was buried at Caledonia Rural Cemetery, at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. Buried in Lot 140 with husband Augustus and his parents. Her name is engraved on marker of the adjacent Clark- nelson family..

     The Mortality Roll of the 1850 Census of Caledonia gives, Adeline Hotchkin, married, age 44, died January of general debility, days ill, 56. Talcott says that Adeline and Augustus had six children who died young.

     John S. Kinnison was born in 1793 at ME, USA. Age 55 at the 1850 census of Wolcott, Wayne County, NY. He married Betsey Hotchkin at NY, USA, circa 1825. John S. Kinnison appeared on the census of 1850 at Wolcott, Wayne County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: John S. Kinnison, 55, farm labor. born Maine; Juda, 26, born NY; James, 12, born NY..

     Talcott and Noah's Will advertisement refers to Kennison and Betsey Hotchkin's sons Job, Alansing and a minor James Kennison.
A Hilton family website on roots.com gives these dates but the information is very suspect as they use the name of Kennison and give a birth date for Flora of Nov 1886 and a death date of her father of Mar 1885.

     Lyman L. Jones Sr. was born in 1799 at MA, USA. He married Anna Hotchkin at NY, USA, circa 1824. Lyman L. Jones Sr. appeared on the census of 1850 at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, USA. The census lists the family as: Lyman L. Jones, age 51, b MA, wife Anna, age 51, b CT, son Augustus, age 19, b NY, son Lyman, age 15, b NY, son George, age 14, b NY, son Miles, age 12, b NY, son Francis, age 9, b NY, and Jane Hodgkins, age 12, female, b NY. Property valued $800.00, census dated 24 July 1850.. He resided at Jackson, Jackson County, MI, USA, in 1850. He died on 2 January 1879 at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI. Both appear in the 1870 census but not the 1880. Cemetery records.. He was buried at Spring Arbor Cemetery, at Spring Arbor, Jackson County, MI, USA.

     Lyman and Anna moved to Jackson County, MI after 1841 as the 1850 census says that their youngest son Francis, age 9, was born in NY. The marriage of Lyman Jones to Anna Hotchkin is according to Talcott Families and also covered in the Argus newspaper of Albany, NY, when Noah III Will probate was advertised. Living with them at the 1850 census was a Jane Hodgkins, age 12, b 1838. The first name is difficult to be sure of. Daniel and Minerva are also close by and he is listed as Hodgkins so Jane is likely a member of his family.This census seems to give Anna's name as Amy, but it is very hard to read.

     Orrin D. Jones was born circa 1793 at CT, USA. He married Sally Hotchkin at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA, circa 1830. Orrin D. Jones appeared on the census of 1840 at Oil Creek, Crawford County, PA, USA. The census lists the family as: Oren D. Jones, 1 male under 5, 2 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50; 1 female 10-15, 1 female 40-50.. He died before 1850 at Athens, Crawford County, PA, USA. He is not with Sally at the 1850 census..

     Orin D. Jones is listed in the records of the Caledonia Baptist Church along with Seneca Jones and it is likely that he and Sally Hotchkin were married in Caledonia, NY.

     Unknown Spencer was born circa 1803. He married Elub Hotchkin at NY, USA, circa 1830.¹

     Unknown was born circa 1805. He married Hannah T. Hotchkin.

     Delaney and Hannah moved to Jackson County, MI where they lived when mentioned in Noah Hotchkin's Will.

     Ira Hatch Cory was born on 25 February 1809 at Lebanon, Madison County, NY, USA. Date according to "Cory Family Society." He was the son of Jonathan Cory and Polly Nininger. He married Elizabeth Hotchkin at RI, USA, on 2 January 1831. This date and location comes from an Internet Posting. The location is very strange and unlikely.. Ira Hatch Cory appeared on the census of 1850 at Romulus, Wayne County, MI, USA. The census lists the family as: Ira Cory, age 41, b NY, farmer; wife Elizabeth, age 40, b NY, children Cordelia, age 20, b NY; Adalina, age 16, b NY; Alanson, age 11, b MI; Mary, age 7, b MI; Albert, age 4, b MI; Alonzo, age 1, b MI. Next door lives Peter Delaney, 25, born NY and his wife Adelia, age 19, born NY. He died on 17 October 1862 at Romulus, Wayne County, MI, at age 53.

     Following the trail from Noah III Will referring to his daughter Elizabeth living in Wayne Co., MI, they were found in Romulus Twp. According to the census giving Adeline's birth in New York and age 16 and Alanson's birth in Michigan at age 11 it can be determined that the family moved from New York to Michigan between 1834 and 1839. It is interesting that this move occurred at the same time as Abram Eli Sr's moved to Michigan and that some of the names bear a relationship such as Alanson, Alonzo and Albert. Ira and Alanson had adjacent farms south of Wayne, MI at Cory's Corners. Their brother William lived and died one-half mile east of them.

     Minerva was born at NY, USA, in September 1818. Date according to the 1900 census. Cemetery records give her age at death as 83 which would make her birth in 1819.. She married Daniel B. Hotchkin at NY circa 1836. Minerva died on 24 March 1902 at West Mead, Crawford County, PA, USA, at age 83.¹ She was buried at Greendale Cemetery, at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. Buried in Lot 32, Sec 11, File # 3159..²

     Ruth Hubbard was born on 26 May 1772 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Abraham Hubbard and Hannah Hodges. She married Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 16 January 1791.² Ruth Hubbard died on 13 April 1833 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA, at age 60.^3,4,5 She was buried at Northeast Cemetery, at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     The Will of Ruth was probated in Berkshire Co. MA, under File #5356 and her executor was her son Frederic Hotchkin.

     Jerusha Hotchkin was born on 7 July 1793 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.³ She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. She married Rufus Harry Branch at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 16 July 1811.^4,5 Jerusha Hotchkin died on 6 March 1842 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, at age 48. She was buried at Northeast Cemetery, at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     The Intention of Marriage between Jerusha and Harry Branch was published in Berkshire Co., MA on 16 July 1811. According to her fathers Will, she was still alive at the time of his death. Her death date is found on her gravestone in the Northeast Cemetery, Richmond, MA.

     John Hotchkin Rev. was born on 24 March 1794 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. John Hotchkin Rev. was graduated in 1821 from Union College, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY, USA. He married Fanny Gale at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 4 November 1823.^1,2 John Hotchkin Rev. appeared on the census of 1860 at Lee, Berkshire County, MA, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, John, 66 1793,CT, Teacher; Fanny G., 64 1795, CT; Fanny, 32 1827, MA; Mary L., 27 1832, MA.. He died on 19 February 1862 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, at age 67. At Lenox, MA Feb 19 in great peace Rev John Hotchkin, aged 87..^3,4 He was buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     Rev. John Hotchkin was very well known in Lenox. He founded the Free Public Library system and was the Head Master of the famous Lenox Academy, 18231847. The Lenox Public Library bears his name and a great deal of material is available on Rev. John and his family in the library files. Both Centennial of the Lenox Academy, and Mallary's, Lenox and the Berkshire Highlands, describe John and his position at the Academy. A History of the Lenox Public Library, by Helen & Mary MacDonald, written on its 100th Anniversary, discusses John's idea, which was then revolutionary, of having books available to all citizens, instead of only those who could afford to buy subscriptions. John's birth and family relationship is described in Talcott and NEHGR, John and his family lived in a house, which is still standing and occupied, at 9 Chestwood Street, Lenox, MA. The house still looks as it did in an early picture available in the library files. The present owners told the Compiler a story of the large trunks in the attic, still loaded with John's notes and personal possessions when they were viewing the house for purchase. After taking possession they found all of this material missing. John also owned a nearby farm that land records show he sold in August 1853 to Henry Ward Beecher for $4,000. John was admitted to the Congregational Church on the Hill in Lenox on 1 June 1817. His marriage to Miss Fanny Yale on 4 Nov 1823 is recorded in the church records. His death is reported in the Bowman Collection of MA Vital Records: "Hotchkin, John, teacher, born in Guilford, son of Ebenezer and Ruth died 19 Feb 1862 at Lenox, age 671026." The Compiler has a copy of the original death records, Vol 22, p 9. John, his wife Fanny, their two daughters, Mary and Fanny and son Charles Eugene are buried side by side in the cemetery behind the Little Church on the Hill. Their graves are just below the grave of John's brother Ebenezer. The Compiler and his wife, looked most of one rainy afternoon to find the graves as no cemetery layout has survived. The church is a most beautiful church in the typical style of early Congregational Churches. John was admitted to the church on 1 June 1817 according to Lenox Church Records.^5,6,7,8,3

     Hannah Mariah Hotchkin was born in April 1807 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.^2,3 She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. Hannah Mariah Hotchkin died on 17 May 1809 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, at age 2.^4,1 She was buried at Northeast Cemetery, at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.⁵

     Ebenezer J. Hotchkin Rev. was born on 20 March 1803 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.^4,5,6 He was the son of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. He married Philena Thatcher at Goshen, Choctaw Nation, MS, USA, on 2 November 1830.^7,8 Ebenezer J. Hotchkin Rev. was employed circa 1850 at Goodwater, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, as a Minister. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Ebenezer, 57 (1802), MA, Presbyterian minister; Philena F., 56 (1803), MA; Henry W., 23 (1836), Choc Nation, farmer; Charles E., 14 (1845), Choc Nation; Ann I., 28, MA, seamstress.. He died on 26 October 1867 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA, at age 64.⁹ He was buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     The Chronicles of Oklahoma, says that, "Ebenezer Hotchkin was a native of Richmond, MA. He received a good common school education in his native state, but never enjoyed the benefit of a college or seminary education. He received an appointment as a teacher from the American Board, and went to the Choctaw Country of Mississippi in 1828. There, he married Miss Thatcher of Lucerne County, PA, who was one of the earliest recruits when Dr. Kingsbury opened Mahew station. He applied to the Presbytery of Tombigbee for licensure to preach under what is known as the extraordinary clause in 1830, and after completing the requirements of Presbytery, was duly licensed at Columbus, MS, in 1832. He removed with the Choctaws in 1832 to Indian Territory, which is now Oklahoma." This trip is often called, The Trail of Tears. The Compiler has a copy of a letter, dated Goodwater, 10 August 1843 where he reports to a Major William Armstrong, Acting Superintendent of the Choctaw Schools, and describes his performances and budget for the period. The History of American Missions to the Heathen, published by Spooner and Howland gives the movement of Ebenezer: Born in Richmond in 1803, arrived Goshen, MS on 15 November 1828, Clear Creek January 1833, and Goodwater, OK in 1837.
     The Indians had Negro slaves and the southern missionaries, sometimes reluctantly, supported slavery. It was said that they did not know how the kitchens or laundries would operate without these slaves. This slavery problem caused the great break in the Presbytery and the result was the split of the Church Mission operation into northern and southern bodies. A group of letters, dated around 1856, is in the American Board of Foreign Missions files regarding slavery and a trip that George W. Wood took to Goodwater in an attempt to resolve the problem regarding the boards stand against slavery. A letter dated 15 April 1856, signed by Kingsbury, Byington, Hotchkin and Stark notifies the board that unless they withdraw all past legislation regarding slavery, the Goodwater group will resign effective 31 December 1856. "At the start of the Civil War, many Indians left their homes and fled into Kansas. The larger number of these were Creeks and Cherokees but there were some from every tribe. They were a destitute, pitiful sight, homeless and penniless, where a short time before they had been living in good homes. In the midst of these trying times, some Missionaries forsook them." The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, an organization of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, which had engaged in Missionary work in the Indian Territory since 1817, withdrew all support from their missionaries due to their opposition to slavery. Most of the Missionaries under the Board were active abolitionists. When the Civil War started, many fled the country; but a few such as Dr. Elizur Butler, Dr. Cyrus Kingsbury, Cyrus Byington, Ebenezer Hotchkin, Ebenezer's fatherinlaw Charles C. Copeland and O. P. Stark remained. The leadership of these missionaries was taken over by the Southern Presbyterian Church.
     A History of the State of Oklahoma, by Luther B. Hill, says that Ebenezer spoke the Choctaw language and often preferred Choctaw to English. The Daily Oklahoman, 13 Aug 1981 published a picture of the gristmill built by Ebenezer and the Indians on Clear Creek in 1820's. Ebenezer operated a Choctaw school at this site from 1836 to 1842. According to a newspaper article, it is believed that this is where the song Swing Low Sweet Chariot was composed. Rev. Ebenezer is buried back near where he was born, in the cemetery of the Little Church on the Hill, in front of the grave of his brother Rev. John Hotchkin. Ebenezer's head stone had been knocked over and the Compiler and his wife Cathy had to straighten it to find his grave. The stone has an inscription to his memory, "Forty-one years he labored as a zealous missionary to the Choctaw Indians." Presbyterian Missions of the Southern United States
     , by E. T. Thompson, 1934, has several paragraphs regarding the family’s trip from Mississippi to Indian Territory. The material on the Hotchkin's and the Trail of Tears is taken from two pages under the title, A Trail of Tears. "Choctaw's were as loath to give up their homes as the Cherokees, but they saw the folly of resisting the white man and moved peacefully to Oklahoma between 1830 and 1848. Fifteen hundred to two thousand of the tribe died on the journey or shortly after reaching their new homes, from exposure, fatigue or cholera. Many of the most faithful of the older missionaries could not be retained; some of them remained in Mississippi, while others sadly made their way back to the East. The only missionary who actually accompanied the Choctaws on the Trail of Tears was Ebenezer Hotchkin. Mother Hotchkin. as she was called, rode a little Indian pony and carried her child on her lap from Natchez to Doaksville." When they arrived, writes one of their descendants, "There was nothing but the Wilderness. . . flour hauled from Little Rock cost $50 a barrel and all the meal must be ground on a little hand mill; pumpkin was the staff of life." Ebenezer Jr. says in a letter to the Presbyterian Historical Society, dated 5 September 1950 that some material on his grand parents is romantic and should not be believed. He quotes Dr. Kingsbury's diary that Hannah Maria was born on Clear Creek and not in MS, but Grant Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes, clearly says that Hannah Mariah was a baby in arms on the great trip to Indian Territory. The Kingsbury's Diary mistake could have been caused by the fact that Rev. Kingsbury did not arrive in Indian Territory until 1835. Foreman's book is probably the best and most detailed on the Trail of Tears trip. He says that Mr. Williams of the Presbyterian Missionaries arrived first in the Choctaw country, on 12 July 1832, ten miles west of the Arkansas line, on Mountain Fork, a stream called Nonih Hacha by the Indians. Alfred Wright arrived at this location on 14 September 1832 after he had recovered from his heart attack in Little Rock, AR. In December 1832, Mr. Wright left the William's home and moved west to a place ten miles from Fort Towson, centrally located between the Mountain Fork and Kiamichi rivers, which he named Wheelock, and where he organized the church of Wheelock. Mr. Wright says "it was the next year, the year of the devastating fever, that the little log house had to accommodate also the family of Rev. Ebenezer Hotchkin, during the period of six months that they were helpless. They arrived in the west, the early part of the proceeding winter and were received in the home of Mr. Williams after Mr. and Mrs. Wright had left." This would make the Hotchkin's arrival in Choctaw country, late 1832.
     According to an obituary written in the Missionary Herald, Vol 63, No 12, p 404; Ebenezer was known by the Choctaw name of Lapish Hanta (Peace Trumpet), and "thousands of Choctaw's have heard him sound the gospel's trumpet."
     The 1860 census of Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, later to be Oklahoma, finds him in Doaksville, living with his wife, two sons and a daughter. An 1885 Census labeled "1885 Choctaw Freedmen- Doubtful Claims", has a listing as follows with no explanation: The publication says that the original document is at the National Archives in Record Group 75. Reuben Hotchkin/E. Hotchkin, Missionary (Unamed) Cherokee Womans's Children by Hotchkin-- Silas Hotchkin, James Hotchkin, Sallie Hotchkin, William Hotchkin, Robert Hotchkin, Seah Hotchkin, Lottie Hotchkin, Joe Murray.
     The Goodland Acadamy of Hugo has a website with this opening statement. "In 1835, Ebenezer Hotchkins and Cyrus Kingsbury, Presbyterian ministers, established the Yakni Achukma Mission station. In 1838, William Fields, a full-blood Choctaw, built the first home on the Goodland campus. As the community grew, the most vital concern of the Choctaw people was the education of their children. In 1848, the first full-time minister took up residency on the grounds of present day Good Land (Yakni Achukma). John Lathrop and his wife built the first manse and ministered for two years to the Choctaws. As they returned home in 1850, the Rev. Oliver Porter Stark and his wife were assigned to Good Land. His wife began the next day teaching any Choctaw children that would come to their two room log manse. Orphaned children were boarded by families on present day Goodland property, so they could receive an education. Within two years, the number had grown to 42 children. This was the humble beginnings of the boarding school. The Church building served for 42 years as both school and church for the area. Renovated several times since being built in 1852, the same church -- restored and enlarged -- stands on the Goodland campus today. It serves as a constant reminder of God's faithfulness to each successive generation."
A short article in 1852 shows Ebenezer and two other Hotchkin's returning to Indian Territory from Lenox. He must have been home for a visit.^{10,11,1,12,13,14,15,16}

     Frederic Hotchkin was born on 14 December 1799 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA. Tombstone gives date as 15 Dec 1799.^2,3 He was the son of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. He married Nancy Mary Mattoon at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 25 January 1827.^4,5 Frederic Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1850 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Fredric, age 50, b MA, farmer, $900; wife Nancy, age 49, b MA; dau Ruth A., age 22, b MA; son George W., age 14, b MA; son Henry G., age 11, b MA; dau Cornelia, age 7, b MA.. He resided at Otis, Berkshire County, MA, USA, in 1850. He died on 19 September 1879 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, at age 79. The 1880 mortality tables of Lenox, Berkshire Co, MA gives his death as Sept 1879 of Lung Fever. His doctor is reported as C. W. Stratton..^5,6 He was buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     Congregational Church Records, Richmond, MA show his baptism as 1 April 1804. The 1850 census finds him, his wife and four children living in Lee, Berkshire Co., MA. He was a farmer with Real Estate worth $900.
     Frederic and his wife Nancy are buried with her family, the Matton's in the same Little Church on the Hill Cemetery as his brother John, but some distance away from John's grave. The Compiler and his wife have visited this cemetery and a large tree growing in this area has destroyed all signs of any headstone except for a very large one in honor of Mr. Henry Matton, "who was one of the two which were drowned in the Housatonic River, 15 July 1823, aged 24 years." Only early records exist to prove the burial of Frederic and Nancy.⁴

     Maria Hotchkin was born circa 1809 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hodgkin Dea. and Ruth Hubbard. She married Sidney Tracy Ens. at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, on 19 March 1829.^2,3 Maria Hotchkin died after 1833.

     Congregational Church Records, Richmond, MA show her baptism on January 1810, and marriage to Tracy on 19 March 1829. Her Intention of Marriage was not recorded or at least never located. She was still alive in March 1833 when her fathers Will was probated.

     Rufus was born at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 9 December 1787.¹ He was the son of Vine Branch and Dorothy Partridge. He married Jerusha Hotchkin at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, on 16 July 1811.^2,3 Rufus died on 5 June 1869 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA, at age 81. He was buried at Northeast Cemetery, at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     Shepards Probate Records of Lenox, MA refers to him as Rufus Branch. The approximate date of his death comes from the Will of Ebenezer Hotchkin.

     Philena Thatcher was born on 31 August 1803 at Harford, Susquehanna County, PA, USA.² She was the daughter of Obadiah Thatcher and Elizabeth Richardson. She married Ebenezer J. Hotchkin Rev. at Goshen, Choctaw Nation, MS, USA, on 2 November 1830.^3,4 Philena Thatcher was buried in November 1867 at Hotchkin- Ussery Cemetery, at Gay, Choctaw County, OK, USA. Located at the Parson Ranch, off the highway near Gay,Oklahoma. She is buried with her son Henry and his daughter Mamie. The Compiler has not been able to view this private graveyard; but pictures of the graves are on the internet.. She died in November 1867 at Gay, Choctaw County, OK, USA, at age 64.

     Philena was the daughter of Obadiah Thatcher and Elizabeth Richardson who moved from Attleboro, MA to Pennsylvania in 1795. Philena's birth date comes from "The History of American Missions in 1804." This date and the location is also given in the "History of the American Missions to the Heathen," published by Spooner and Howland. She was born in Hartford, PA in 1803 and left there for Eliot, MS in September 1820, arrived at Eliot on 19 March 1821. Philena's sister Hannah also went with her but returned home due to ill health.
     Her death is noted in, "A Standard History of Oklahoma," by Joseph B. Thoburn, 1916; as less than a month after the death of her husband, Ebenezer. Philena is buried on a ranch, off the highway, near Gay, OK. Her son Henry and his daughter Mamie are buried with her. The grave has a head stone with her name and the words, "Missionary to the Choctaws 1823." The ranch where she is buried is owned by Lloyd Parsons, Goodland Route, Hugo, OK,74742, 405) 345-2466. The Parsons house is on Rt #109 between Boswell and the Boggy River and the grave on Pristine Road that has locked gates.^5,6

     Nancy Mary Mattoon was born on 23 May 1801 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.² She was the daughter of John Mattoon and Prudence Miles. She married Frederic Hotchkin at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, on 25 January 1827.^3,4 Nancy Mary Mattoon appeared on the census of 1870 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkins, Frederic, 70, (1788), MA, farmer; Nancy, 69 (1800), MA, keep house; Henry G., 31 (1838), MA, farmer; Ann E. Barney, 17, MA, attend school; George L. Barney, 15, attend school.. She died on 23 December 1875 at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, at age 74. MA Deaths 1795 to 1910 gives a death date of 3 December 1875 in Lenox..⁵ She was buried at Church on the Hill Cemetery, at Lenox, Berkshire County, MA, USA.

     The 1850 census of Lee, Berkshire Co., MA finds her, her husband and their four children. Her marriage to Frederic Hotchkin is given in Lenox Church Records as January 25 1827. Nancy's death is shown in records of graves of the Old Church on the Hill, Lenox. The Mattoon Family Genealogy says that she was the daughter of John and his second wife Mrs. Prudence Miles.

     Sidney Tracy Ens. was born on 4 October 1799 at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, USA.¹ He was the son of Simeon Tracy and Lucy Reed. He married Maria Hotchkin at Richmond, Berkshire County, MA, on 19 March 1829.^2,3 Sidney Tracy Ens. died before 1833.

     Sidney is described in the Richmond, MA Vital Records and the approximate date of his death date comes from Ebenezer Hotchkin's Will. He was the son of Simeon Tracy and Lucy Rud according to Shepard Records.

     Charlotte was born at NY, USA, on 5 April 1840. Birth according to 1900 census..¹ She was the daughter of Daniel B. Hotchkin and Minerva Snow. She married Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin at NY in 1870. The date is according to the 1900 census.. Charlotte M. Hotchkin died on 6 December 1918 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA, at age 78. She was buried on 8 December 1918 at Greendale Cemetery, at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. Sec 2, Lot 32.

     Charlotte married her first cousin Melancthon Hotchkin and this marriage is listed in Talcott.²

     Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin was born on 18 October 1845 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. 1900 census of Meadville Co, Pa gives a date of Oct 1843. He was the son of Augustus Hotchkin and Adaline Nelson. Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin was a Private, andserved in Co I, 13th NY Infantry, during the Civil War. He married Charlotte M. Hotchkin at NY, USA, in 1870. The date is according to the 1900 census.. Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin married Kittie Osborn on 7 October 1895 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY. This marriage seems very unlikely, but it is clearly announced in the newspaper. There may be an unknown A. M. Hotchkin, but this is also unlikely..

     
Alfred Melancthon Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1900 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Alfred M., Oct, 1843, 56 (age crossed out),married 30 years, born NY, parents born NY, day laborer; Charlotte M., Apr 1840, 60, married 30 years, one child, one living, born NY, parents born NY; son Edward H., Oct 1881, 18, single, born OH, day laborer, parents born OH. Living next door are Nathan C. Heth and wife Elma E. Hotchkin.. He died on 16 April 1924 at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA, at age 78. He died at the County Farm in Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA..² He was buried at Greendale Cemetery, at Meadville, Crawford County, PA, USA.

     The 1850 census calls him Alfred M. and a newspaper clipping in Caledonia, NY says that he married Kittie Osburn on 7 October 1895. This article called him A.M. Hotchkin and described him as son of Augustus. Alfred was not listed with his family at the 1855 NY state census of Caledonia. Talcott gives his marriage to his cousin Charlotte. The marriage to Kittie Osborn doesn't seem possible based on the 1910 census of Meadville, PA, which says that he and Lotta M. (Charlotte ?) have been married 39 years. He gave his age as 18 and birth at Caledonia, NY on 4 January 1862, when he enlisted in the Civil War. Alfred M. appears in the Rochester City Directories for years 1872 through 1875 as a Laborer. He always resided at the home of his brother George N. Hotchkin. At the 1920 census, he is in Meadville as a boarder with Elmer Brown (likely because George had moved to Meadville.)
     Alfred enlisted as a Pvt in Co I, 13th NY Infantry at Rochester, NY and was mustered in on 4 December 1861. His desertion was claimed on 11 August 1862, but he arrived at Camp Distribution, Alexandria, VA on 27 August 1862 and was admitted to Camp Convalescent where he was released on 4 January 1863 and discharged from the service on 9 February 1863. The desertion charge was admitted as an error. His illness was described as TB. An A. Hotchkin, Pri., Co. B, 12th Regt., PA appears in the records of the Andersonville, GA prison camp. These records say that he was in the 4th squad, 5th mess and was transferred to Camp Laughtin, Miller, GA on 11 November 1864.