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     Augustus Hotchkin was born in November 1798 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA. He was the son of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. He was baptized at Madison, New Haven County, CT, USA, on 30 December 1798.² He married Adaline Nelson at NY, USA, circa 1824. Augustus Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1830 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Augustus Hotchkin, 1 male 5 to 10, 1 male 20 to 30, 1 male 30 to 40; 1 female 15 to 20, 1 female 20 to 30.. He appeared on the census of 1840 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY. The census lists the family as: Augustus Hotchkin, 1 male 10 to 15, 2 males 20 to 30, 1 male 30 to 40, 1 male 40 to 50; 1 female under 5, 2 females 20 to 30, 1 female 30 to 40.. He appeared on the census of 1850 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY. The census lists the family as: Augustus, age 52, 1797, CT; Noah, 81, 1768, CT; George N., 25, 1824, NY; Eliz C., no age or birth location; Albert A., 9, 1840, NY; Alfred M., 6, 1843, NY; Mary, 17, 1832, NY; Alfred Gloss, 22, bar tender, born NY; William Conner, 35, no occupation, born Canada; Gilbert Gloss, 19, laborer, born Canada; William Taggart, 19, born Canada, laborer; Henry Young, 20, laborer, born NY; Joseph Woolever, 25, born Germany, laborer; William Decker, 30, laborer, born NY; William Suffredge, 25, born Ireland; Eliza Taggart, 24, born Canada; Sarah taggart, 16, born Canada; Thomas taggart, 9, born Canada; Mary J., 11, born Canada; Jemima, 7, born Canada.. He married Anna Hudson at NY in 1851. Augustus Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1855 at Livingston County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: 1855 State Census, Fam #208, Brick Building, $5000.. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY. The census lists the family as: Augustus Hotchkin, age 62, 1798, born in CT; wife Ann, age 30, born 1829 in Canada; dau Mary Ann, age 11, 1848, born in Canada; son William A., age 7, 1852, born in NY; Henry N., age 5, 1854, born in NY' Adeline M., age 2/12, 1860; Albert A., age 19, 1840, NY' Alfred M., age 15, 1844, NY..

     Augustus Hiotchkin signature on a document.
He lived in 1869 at Brighton, Monroe County, NY, USA. Listed as a farmer farming 153 acres belonging to Mrs Mary Combs. He appeared on the census of 1870 at Brighton, Monroe County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, August, 72, farmer, CT; Anna, 40, keeping house, Canada; Mary A., 21 (1848), NY; William, 11 (1858), NY; Henry, 16 (1853), NY; Adaline, 10, (1859), NY.. Augustus died on 6 September 1879 at Greece, Monroe County, NY, USA, at age 80. Newspapers in Greece, NY and Caledonia, NY reported his death.. He was buried at United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA, . He is buried in Lot 140 of the Presbyterian Church, next to his mother, Merab and father Noah..

     


     David Leathersich, in his written memories of Caledonia, writes "Augustus Hotchkin, the son of Noah and Merab, a pioneer resident of Caledonia, kept the McDonald Hotel on the south side of West Main Street in the early 1830's until it burned in 1837. He and his son George, managed the Stone Hotel circa 1844-1855; also a public house in 1858, later known as the Moss House and now the Village Inn. His home was where the Town Building now stands on Main Street. The town officials met there in 1839 when Augustus was tax collector and constable. He also owned the farm opposite the Mumford Cemetery."
     The 1855 NY State Census gives additional information on the family, saying that Augustus came to Caledonia 40 years ago (1815) and that Ann or Anna came 10 years ago or 1845. This census report also says that all children were born in Livingston Co.
     Augustus lived in Caledonia for 50 years before moving to Greece, Monroe Co., NY to be near his son George, where he died. His funeral was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Caledonia where he had been a member along with others in his family. Town records say that he was 80 years and 7 months old at his death. His obituary appeared in the Rochester Union Advertiser on 8 September 1879, saying: "He was born 81 years ago in CT and came to NY 73 years ago and lived 50 years in Caledonia before moving to Greece, NY. He is being buried in Caledonia near his father and mother, Noah III and Merab Turner; and his first wife Adeline Nelson."
     The Livingston Co. real estate Grantee indexes have 18 entries involving Augustus; the first in 1831 between Augustus and Abigail Nelson and in 1854 between his son George N., George's wife Elizabeth, and Augustus. In 1841 there is a transfer; Augustus and wife Adeline to Wm Nelson and in 1854 Augustus and his second wife Anna to Wm Sullivan. In 1872 there was a transaction from Augustus and his daughter Adeline to a Mary B. Blakeslee.

     Augustus Hotchkin was born on 20 June 1849 at Greece, Monroe County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of George Nelson Hotchkin and Elizabeth Converse Bixby. Augustus Hotchkin died on 7 August 1849 at Greece, Monroe County, NY.¹ He was buried at United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, at Caledonia, Livingston County, NY, USA, . Buried in Lot 140 of the Presbyterian Stone Church, Caledonia, NY.

     Augustus died of "disease of the head" per the 1850 mortality tables.

     Augustus was born at CO, USA, in 1874. Age 5 in the 1880 census of Shawnee County and 6 at the 1880 census of Rush County.. He was the son of John C. Hotchkin and Henriette J. Locke.

     At the 1880 Shawnee County census he is called Gussie, age 6, listed as a son, but called Gussie Little, where Clarissa is listed as a stepdaughter and called Clara Little.

     Aurelia was born at Elmira, Chemung County, NY, USA, in December 1860. Date of birth from 1900 census.. She was the daughter of Samuel Hotchkin Esq. and Mary C. Gray. Aurelia Gray Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1900 at Elmira, Chemung County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Aurelia G., age 39, b 12-1860 in NY; has her grand mother living with her.. She appeared on the census of 1910 at Elmira, Chemung County, NY. The census lists the family as: Rhea G. Hotchkin, 51, single, born NY, no employment, living with a servant.. She appeared on the census of 1920 at Elmira, Chemung County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Aurelia Hotchkin, 61 (1858), single, living alone, owns home free and clear, NY.. She resided at Elmira, Chemung County, NY, in 1929. She appeared on the census of 1930 at Elmira, Chemung County, NY. The census lists the family as: Aurelia G. Hotchkin, 71 (1858), single, born NY, parents born NY.. She died in 1941 at Elmira, Chemung County, NY. She was buried on 28 October 1941 at Woodlawn Cemetery, at Elmira, Chemung County, NY, USA, .

     Aurelia appears is the Elmira City Directories for the years 1907 through 1921. In 1921 she is residing at 66 Park Place and the directory has a note that her mother Mary G. died 18 April 1908. During the years of 1917 through 1921, she lives at 311 Euclid. She is called Amelia in the 1920 census.

     Baby Hotchkin died on 4 December 1905 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. Baby Hotchkin was born on 4 December 1905 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. Baby Hotchkin was the child of Frank Earnest Hotchkin and Anna (Annie) Miller.

     The baby was stillborn and died with its mother Anna.

     Barbara Ann Hotchkin is the daughter of David Joseph Hotchkin and Nancy Ann Rush. She married Louis Gerard Tapper at Kauai County, HI, USA, on 27 September 1997. Information from Susan Hotchkin Jones..¹

     Barbara Ann Hotchkin is the daughter of Harry Vance Hotchkin and Louise Katherine Lang. Barbara Ann Hotchkin married Myron Cole Osberg on 19 October 1945. Barbara Ann Hotchkin married William Harrison Tucker on 5 July 1963 at NY, USA.

     Barbara Belle Hotchkin is the daughter of Leonard Francis Hotchkin and Belva Bernice Thornton. She married Norman Edward Smith on 2 May 1959.

     Barbara Lee Hotchkin was born on 25 September 1926 at Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR, USA.^2,3 She was the daughter of William Russell Hotchkin Sr. and Frances McLane. She married Charles Leonard Jones at Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR, on 22 December 1943.⁴ Barbara Lee Hotchkin died in April 1982 at Downey, Los Angeles County, CA, USA, at age 55.³

     The Oregon Marriage files, Vol. 22, pg 263, have the records of her marriage to Charles Leonard Jones or also reported as James Charles Leonard. She was 17 and he 19 so the parents had to give their consent. The records show Frances M. Padgett and C. C. Jones giving consent.

     Barbara was born at Andes, Delaware County, NY, USA, on 19 May 1926. Birth date confirmed by her obituary in The Daily Star Online..¹ She was the daughter of Malcolm George Hotchkin and Ruth Ann Rutherford. She was christened at Delhi, Delaware County, NY, USA, at the Methodist Church.. She married John Hamilton Hilson Jr. at Bovina Center, Delaware County, NY, USA, on 7 November 1947. They were married in Bovina, NY United Presbyterian Church.. Barbara Paulina Hotchkin died on 18 August 2004 at Bovina Center, Delaware County, NY, at age 78. Her obituary in The Daily Star Online, "She was a homemaker most of her life, Barbara was a longtime member of the Bovina U. P. Church where she served as clerk of session, treasurer of the McClellen Missionary Circle, a member of Forum, sang in the Senior Choir, directed Junior Choir, Youth Fellowship and taught Sunday School. She was also a Cub Scout leader, a member of the Bovina Historical Society and the former Watague Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Delhi, NY..

     Bart A Hotchkin is the son of Douglas Robert Hotchkin and Angie M. Unknown.

     Beatrice was born at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, on 21 April 1906. She was the daughter of James Elliott Hotchkin and Sophia C. Weber. She married Harry Weschgel at MI, USA, circa 1930.¹ She married Glenn Truhn at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, on 4 October 1940. Beatrice K. Hotchkin died on 11 February 1962 at Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MI, USA, at age 55.² She was buried at Crystal Springs Cemetery, at Benton Harbor, Berrien County, MI, USA, .

     The 1910 census has her living with her father, James E. in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., MI after the death of her mother. The census gives her age as 4 years. She was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Benton Harbor, Mi. on 8 April 1917 and admitted to church membership on 6 May 1917. Beatrice is buried in Crystal Springs Cemetery where many of the other members of the family are buried. The Compiler has inspected these graves and photographed the gravestones. Beatrice and Glen had no children.

     Beatrice Mary (Jill) Hotchkin is the daughter of Thomas Clement Hotchkin and Virginia Swan. She married Michael Smith at CA, USA, circa 1961.

     Becky Rae Hotchkin is the daughter of Max Bertrand Hotchkin and Rhea J. Watson. She married David Allen Maitland I at Jackson County, MI, USA, on 8 March 1980.

     Benjamin Franklin Hotchkin was born on 14 May 1809 at Sangerfield, Oneida County, NY, USA. He was the son of Eli Hodgkin and Elizabeth (Betsey) Drury. He married Jane M. Little at NY, USA, on 20 September 1833. Benjamin Franklin Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1835 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: NY State Census, Benjamin F. Hotchkin; 5 males inc head of household, 3 females in house; 2 males age 18-45; 2 males elegible to vote; 1 female under 45; 0 females 16-45; 1 female under 16; no marriage of females during yr; 1 male birth during previous yr; no female births; no male deaths during yr; no female deaths during yr.. He appeared on the census of 1840 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: B. F. Hotchin, 1 male 30-40, 2 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 2 female 15-20.. He appeared on the census of 1850 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: B. F.Hachkins, age 41, b NY, harness maker; wife Jane E., age 39, b NY; son John L., age 15, b NY; dau Harriet, age 12, b NY; son Charles, age 10, b NY; son Alfred, age 8, b NY; father Eli, age 68, b CT.. He was Tanner in 1854 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, According to our County and its People, Benjamin opened a Tannnery on Fairbanks street in 1854. He and his sons ran it for about 20 years. After that it passed into the hands of George Parker and Sons.² He appeared on the census of 1860 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, B. F., age 51, b NY, farmer, $8000, $8,000; Wife Jane, age 48, b NY; son Charles G., age 20, b NY; dau Harriett K., age 22, b NY; son Alfred J., age 18, b NY; son Frank S., age 8, b NY; Betsey Hotchkin, age 68, b MA; and servant Ann Bradley.. He appeared on the census of 1870 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkins, B. F., 61 (1808), NY, Saddle Mfg, $33,500 real estate, $29,900 personal; Jane, 58 (1811), NY, keeping house; Henrietta, 32, (1837), no occupation. John L. lived 2 houses away.. He died on 23 March 1873 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 63. Obituary in Waterville Times 3 Apr 1873. Birth and death information comes from the Ballard Undertaker book, the 1st Presbyterian Church of Watertown and calculation from cemetery records that say he was age 63-10-9 at death..^3,4,5 He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, .

     A real estate transaction listed in Oneida Co., NY records his name as Franklin Hotchkin, Grantee from his father Eli Hotchkin, 11 October 1831, Libr 54 pg 239. He is not in the Oneida Co. 1830 census, but is next found at the 1840 census in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY. At this census he is called Hotchins and in the 1850 census he is listed as Hachkins and still living in Watertown. Living with him are his wife Jane E., four children and his father Eli Hotchkin, born 1782 in CT. In an adjacent home, lives his brother Josiah Bacon Hotchkin. The census describes both brothers as harness makers. At the 1860 Census his mother Betsey is with his family. These census records show him to be a farmer and owning real estate and personal property, each valued at $8000. Records of the Flower Library, Watertown, NY give his birth and death as 1809-1875 and say that he is buried in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, NY. Buried with him are his wife, Jane M. and their daughter Annie Herbert. This daughter seems unlikely, as her mother would have been 57 at birth. He appears in several Watertown Directories. At the 1840 Directory he is in business with his brother Josiah at 10 Clay St and resides at Clinton St; at the 1855 edition, he is still with his brother in business at 29 Clinton St; at the 1856-57 editions, his brother is not mentioned but he is in the saddle business at 29 Clinton St. At the 1859-60 and the 1863-64 editions, he is at 29 Clinton and later at Public Square, opposite Woodruff House.
     Alice Edwards Harris, in her family notes calls him Frank, which is also used on at least one Grant Deed. The family were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Watertown and there is a baptism record Hotchkins, B. F. and J -- Harriet Kirk Petrick, 1839; Charles, 1840; Alfred, 1842.

     Benjamin Lincoln Hotchkin Dr. was born on 1 September 1852 at Blue Island, Cook County, IL, USA.¹ He was the son of William Hotchkin and Ellan Quinn. He married Mary Lydia Windes at Winnetka, Cook County, IL, USA, on 30 June 1885. Married 15 years according to the 1900 census..² Benjamin Lincoln Hotchkin Dr. was born, according to conflicting information, on 12 January 1887 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. He gives this date in his World War I Draft Registration. He appeared on the census of 1900 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. The census lists the family as: Bemjamin L. Hotchkin, Sep 1852, 47, married 15 years; born IL, parents born England; physician; wife lilly M., Oct 1854, 40, married 15 years, 3 children, 3 living; born alabama, can't read parents birth location; son Merritt W., Jan 1887, 13, single, born IL; son Harry T., born Apr 1893, 7, single, born NY; dau Hellen, born Jul 1897, 2, single, born IL; Dora Zellman, sister-in-law, Nov 1861, 38, married 2 years, 1 child, 1 living, born Alabama; Henrietta, Mar 1899, born IL; John Zellman, Sep 1864, 35, married 2 years, can't read birth location, parents born Germany.. He appeared on the census of 1910 at Chicago, Cook County, IL. The census lists the family as: Benjamin L. Hotchkin, 57 (1852), physiian, married once; wife Lillie, 49, married once, 3 children 3 living. Children living at nearby address.. He appeared on the census of 1920 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA. The census lists the family as: 1920 Census, 5522 Kenmore Ave., Chicago, IL, 92 1434 7 38; Hotchkin, Ben L., age 67, b IL; wife Lillie N., age 60, b AL; son Merritt, age 33, b IL; dau in law Amie, age 32, b Canada; son Harry, 25, b IL; dau Helen, 22, b IL.. He died on 15 March 1929 at Chicago, Cook County, IL, USA, at age 76.³ He was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, at Frankfort, Will County, IL, USA, .

     Benjamin's Death Certificate gives a lot of information on his family. It says that his father William was born in Spaulding, England and his mother Ellan Quinn was born in Dungallon, Ireland. William is likely the brother of John, who came to Jasper County, Iowa about 1855. Benjamin was a physician with offices at 31 North State Street, Chicago, according to the 1928 Polk Directory, and lived at 5522 North Kenmore. Irma, who was a steno, is listed in the same Directory as living at 5015 1/2 North Kenmore, and is probabily related. Benjamin's wife Lillian, two sons and a daughter are with him at the 1900 Census, but at the 1910 Census the children are living at a separate address. Lillian's sister Dora Zollman, born Nov, 1861 in Alabama is with the family in 1900. A 1892 Voting Record gives his address as 733 Kenmore, Ward 25, Precinct 16, where he has lived for 18 days, and 39 years in the County and State of IL.

     Beriah Bishop Hotchkin DD Rev was born on 18 December 1805 at West Bloomfield, Ontario County, NY, USA. He was the son of James Hervey Hotchkin Rev. and Rebecca Hall. He married Elizabeth Alice Fitch at Buffalo, Erie County, NY, USA, on 4 June 1827. They were married at the home of Ezekial Fulson.. Beriah Bishop Hotchkin DD Rev lived in 1829 at Le Roy, Genesee County, NY, USA. He lived in October 1829 at Utica, Oneida County, NY, USA. Disclosed by a church letter showing his move to a new Presbyterian Church in Utica. He lived in May 1833 at Sauquoit, Oneida County, NY, USA. Disclosed by his church transfer letter. He appeared on the census of 1835 at Paris Twp, Oneida County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Beriah, 4 males, 3 females, 1 male voter.. He appeared on the census of 1840 at Potsdam, St Lawrence County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Beriah B. Hotchkin, 2 males 5 to 10, 1 males 20 to 30, 1 male 30 to 40; 1 female 5 to 10, 1 female 10 to 15, 1 female 15 to 20, 1 female 30 to 40.. He appeared on the census of 1860 at Upper Darby, Delaware County, PA, USA. The census lists the family as: Beriah B. Hotchkin, 54, 1805, NY; Alice A E, 53, 1806, VT; Frank Smith, 12, PA; Helen Smith, 25, PA.. He died on 13 October 1878 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, USA, at age 72.³

     He was the owner, publisher and editor of the LeRoy Gazette during 1827 and part of 1828, after he and Elisha Starr purchased the newspaper in January 1827. Papers from 11 September 1828 to 6 November 1828 are missing but sometime during this period, Beriah's name disappeared from the masthead. Hotchkin and Starr also owned a Book and Stationary store in the town of LeRoy. A book called, Our Country and its People, Oneida Co., NY, gives him as the publisher of the Elucidator Organ, for the AntiMasonic Party starting 7 August 1829 in Utica, NY. He edited this publication until 1 January 1833 when he was succeeded by Samuel P. Lyman. He was also the Editor of the Republican Free Press at Herkimer in 1830 according to the Gazetteer of the State of New York. Beriah was the author of many small religious publications, including Soldiers Scrapbook and Infidelity Against Itself. Records of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Utica, NY show his membership by letter from his church in LeRoy, NY on 30 October 1829. His wife was dismissed from the Utica church on 8 May 1833 by letter to the Sauquoit Union Society, a Presbyterian Church.
     Beriah started preaching in Sauquoit during April 1833. After three years at Sauquoit, in August 1836, he accepted a call from the church at Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY. He resigned from that church in the summer of 1845, when his health made it imperative that he seek a milder climate. After a rest, and travel of two months, he was installed as Pastor of the CedarvilleFairton, Cumberland Co., NJ church of the fourth Presbytery of Philadelphia. He moved to the Fairview Church of Chester Co., NJ in June of 1850 and stayed there nine years. After Chester, he moved to the Marple Church of Delaware Co., NJ in October 1859. He stayed at this church until his death on 13 October 1878.
     Beriah was run over by a wagon on the streets of Philadelphia, the injuries causing his death two weeks later. His funeral eulogy says that he completed his studies at Utica, NY under Rev. Dr. Aiken, was licensed by the Oneida Presbytery on 7 February 1833, and began his labors on 1 April 1833 at the Presbyterian Church of Sauquoit, NY. He was a life long advocate of the temperance movement and in 1826, with four or five others, formed the Temperance Society of Utica.^4,5

     Beriah D. Hotchkin was born on 3 April 1831 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Dickinson Wade Hotchkin and Elizabeth Stever. He married Emily Sophronia Hopkins at Barrington, Yates County, NY, USA, on 18 November 1855.¹ Beriah D. Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1880 at Milo, Yates County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Beriah, 49 (1831), NY, clerk in bookstore, born NY, parents born NY; wife Emma S, 45 (1835), keep house, NY, father born CT, mother born NY; dau Allie F., 19 (1861), at school, born NY.. He died on 20 April 1897 at Penn Yan, Yates County, NY, USA, at age 66. Obituary.^2,3

     Timothy Hopkins, The John Hopkins Genealogy says that Beriah and Emily Sophronia Hopkins had no children of their own but adopted Emily's stepsister Alice Fidelia Hopkins and raised her in their home. The 1920 census of Penn Yan has Alice, age 56, living with Elizabeth Hayward, age 74, described as her sister. This may be another stepsister of Emily's. Beriah's birth date given in the Hopkins Genealogy couldn't be correct as his parents were married in 1828. Early Settlers of NY State, gives his death on 21 April 1897 at age 66.^1,4

     Beriah was born at Lebanon, Madison County, NY, USA, on 28 March 1847. Age 13 at the 1860 census.. He was the son of Heman Hotchkin and Mary Hitchcock. Beriah died on 16 October 1862 at Lebanon, Madison County, NY, at age 15. He was buried at Campbell Burying Grounds, at Lebanon, Madison County, NY, USA, .¹

     Beriah H. was not with the family at the 1875 Census of Cambria, NY.

     Beriah Hervey Hotchkin was born on 13 December 1807 at Greenville, Greene County, NY, USA. He was the son of Joseph Harvey Hotchkin and Alethea Judson. Beriah Hervey Hotchkin was baptized on 2 September 1810 at Greenville, Greene County, NY, USA,by Rev Beriah Hotchkin.. He married Martha Bridge Prentiss at NY, USA, on 26 March 1839.² Beriah Hervey Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1870 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkins, B. H., 62 (1807), NY, farmer, 5500, 1500; Martha, 63 (1806), NY, keeoing house; Anna, 27 (1842), NY, at home; Augusta, 24 (1845), NY, at home; Charles, 17 (1852), NY, at home; Edward, 14 (1855), NY.. He died on 31 May 1877 at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, at age 69. He was buried in June 1877 at Glenview Cemetery, at Pulteney, Steuben County, NY, USA, .

     The Greenville Presbyterian Church records mistakenly lists Henry as his middle name. The family moved to Pulteney from Greenville about 1823.

     Beriah Hotchkin Jr. was born on 4 August 1783 at Cornwall, Litchfield County, CT, USA. According to the History of Cornwall by Starr, Joseph was baptised on 18 Jan 1784 in Cornwall.
. He was the son of Beriah Hotchkin Rev. and Thankful Dickinson. He married Lucretia Watrous Daniels at West Bloomfield, Ontario County, NY, USA, on 18 March 1804.^1,2 Beriah Hotchkin Jr. appeared on the census of 1820 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Beriah Hochkin, 2 males under 10, 1 male 10 to 16, 1 male 26 to 45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 26 to 45.. He appeared on the census of 1830 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY. The census lists the family as: Beriah Hotchkin, 1 male 10 to 15, 1 male 15 to 20, 1 male 20 to 30, 1 male 40 to 50, 1 female under 10, 1 female 15 to 20, 1 female 20 to 30, 1 female 40 to 50.. He appeared on the census of 1840 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY. The census lists the family as: Beriah Hotchkin, 2 males 20 to 30, 1 male 50 to 60; 1 female 10 to 15, 1 female 20 to 30, 1 female 30 to 40, 1 female 50 to 60.. He died on 23 January 1845 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, at age 61. Age 61 according to cemetery records.. He was buried at Prattsburgh Pioneer Cemetery, at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA, .

     Much of the information on this family comes from Elsie Moon, Rochester, NY: and the Hotchkin/Daniels bible. His birth is listed in Talcott. Beriah was a farmer in the Prattsburg, NY area.
     According to the 1820 census we have missed one male born 1805 to 1810. At the 1830 census we still have 1 male missing.
     The Hotchkin family home was lived in by Beriah and Lucretia from about 1806 until his death in 1845. Lucretia and her daughter Sally moved to Troupsburg and lived there with her daughter Agnes Bouton . Joseph Hotchkin and his wife Deziah Dunning lived in the family home until they died. Levi and Lydia Hotchkin lived there after 1900. The house burned about 1970 while Alfred Augus lived in it, along with the family bible and photographs that he had borrowed from Mary Hotchkin Hoag.

     Beriah Hotchkin Rev. was born on 27 March 1752 at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, USA.³ He was the son of Noah Hodgkin and Hannah Morse. He married Thankful Dickinson at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 4 September 1774.^4,5,6 According to conflicting evidence, he married Thankful Dickinson at Guilford, New Haven County, CT, on 31 January 1775.^7,5 Beriah Hotchkin Rev. was a Private, andserved in Capt Hand's Co, Col Talcott's Regt., during the Revolutionary War. He appeared on the census of 1810 at Greenville, Greene County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Beriah Hotchkins, 1 male under 10, 1 male 26 to 45, 1 male over 45, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26 to 45, 1 female over 45.. He appeared on the census of 1829 at Greenville, Greene County, NY. The census lists the family as: Beriah Hotchkin, 1 male 45 and up, 1 female 10 to 16, 1 female 26 to 45.. He died on 29 January 1829 at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA, at age 76. He was buried at Prattsburgh Pioneer Cemetery, at Prattsburgh, Steuben County, NY, USA, .⁸

     Beriah is the first of a line of early Hotchkin ministers. His grave in the Prattsburg Pioneer Cemetery has the following marker: "Sacred to the memory of Rev Beriah Hotchkin, late Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Greenville, NY who departed this life January 29 1829 in the 77th year of his age and 44th year of his ministry. Distinguished in life by the virtues which adorn the Christian ministry; he died in the possession of a confident hope of a glorious resurrection through the merits of his savior, Jesus Christ." A marker was placed on his grave by the D.A.R., to his memory with this inscription: "Soldier of the American Revolution 1775- Rev Beriah Hotchkin 1752-1829."
     In 1745 Beriah and his family lived in a home, next to the J. Scoville home, on the north side of Cornwall. Beriah's home is now gone but the Compiler has visited the Scoville residence which is a great old farm home, built with wide wooden planks for flooring, with large gaps where the bare ground can be seen through the floor. The home is still occupied by members of the Scoville family.
     Mary Hoadley Griswold says that: "The Rev C. E. Stowe, in his address at the Wuarto-Millennial Celebration, related that Beriah Hodgkin was consecrated to the Lord before his birth by his mother, Hannah, in a moment of spiritual exaltation, she, who had already lost four children by death; following the example of another Hannah, wife of Elkanah an Ephrathite, who gave her son, Samuel, to the Lord and to his service in the temple."
     Beriah was brought up in the old Fourth Church, which had split off, from the First Congregational Church about 1729. At the time Beriah Hodgkin, in his impressionable years, sat under the fervent preaching of the Rev James Sproat; the church was in its most flourishing period. Beriah Hodgkin was not able to secure a college education but studied for the ministry with the Rev Amzi Lewis in Goshen, NY and in 1794 he was awarded an Honorary MA Degree from Yale University.
     E. C. Starr, History of Cornwall, has a resume of Beriah's life and he says: "Beriah Hotchkin or Hotchkiss, as the name is called in his native place, was born in Guilford, 27 March 1752 (OS), the son of a mechanic, whose five children were all attacked by "black canker" in one day; of these four soon died. A few months later at a sacramental service the mother, a woman of deep piety, consecrated her unborn child to God in prayer, and seventy years later, he could not remember that he had ever spent a prayer less day. In Guilford, he had a superior teacher in the public school; and his mother gave him a book by President Edwards, which determined his theological views. He had read the Bible through in course before he was seven, and in his youth aspired to be a minister of the gospel, but an advanced education was beyond the family means; and he was taught the shoemaker's trade, which in those days commonly included tanning. At this trade he continued until past thirty, when he had a wife and three children, and had moved to Cornwall, CT. At Cornwall he united with the newly formed Second Church and was elected a Deacon, 5 October 1782. Clergymen urged him to study for the ministry in view of the scarcity of men in it, and he was finally persuaded to do so although lacking in education. On a visit to Guilford he was asked to preach in the Fourth Church, in which he had been baptized, and was then called to its pastorate, and ordained, 16 August 1785; remaining until 1789.⁹ Meantime some of his parishioners had moved to Greenville, NY. In 1789 he visited them, was invited to be their pastor and moved thither in September 1790. His services included five towns, but he still had to toil with his hands to support his family. In 1824, after repeated request to be released, because of his age, he was dismissed at the age of 72 and moved to Western New York where two sons resided. In August 1828, he conducted his last service and died 28 January 1829." E.C. Starr continued to say, "Beriah was an ardent Calvinist, honest, sensible, fair-minded, greatly trusted, a generally successful peacemaker; and that one of his wonted prayers was that he might not outlive his usefulness."
     Mary Hoadly Griswold, Yester-Years in Guilford, has a slightly different story. "In August 1784, the Rev Beriah Hodgkin was hired for six months to preach in the Fourth Church. He remained as pastor until 1789. He sold his home on Fair Street To Benjamin Frisbie, 17 September 1792, reserving his mother's dower right to her, and in 1793 was installed as pastor in Greenville, NY; where some of his people had already moved. At this time, there was no other Congregation minister between the Hudson River and Oneida County. He ministered in Greenville until about 1825 when he moved to Prattsburg, Steuben Co., NY where his son James H. Hotchkin was preaching and he died in Prattsburg and is buried there in the Pioneer Cemetery."
     Rev. Beriah was involved in the formation of the Bible Society of Greene County, organized at a meeting in Cairo, NY, on 8 August 1815. He was the groups first President.
     The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol.86 describes the original name as Hodgkin, then modified by Noah to Hochkin and then further modified by Beriah to Hotchkin. Most Cornwall, CT documents give Hochkin. Beriah was also described in Starr. Beriah was the last of the family to use the name Hochkin. At the 1810 census of Greenville they must have one of their children's families living with them because of the head count.
     The files of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, contain 7 letters written between July 23 1810 and January 29 1823 by Beriah to his son James Hervey. The subject matter is generally of a religious nature, regarding their two churches and the level of religious activity. Another undated letter is to his grandsons Beriah Bishop and James Hervey Jr. commenting on not seeing their names among those joining their father’s church at a recent youth revival. A number of these letters are attached as exhibits.¹⁰

     Bernard Eugene Hotchkin is the son of William Phillip Hotchkin and Margaret Elizabeth Harter. He married Caroline Genevive Lidtka.

     Bernice Hotchkin was born in 1878 at New Haven Twp, Shiawassee County, MI, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Monroe Hotchkin and Luretta (Nettie) Hurd. Bernice Hotchkin married Wilber A. Moore on 3 August 1898 at Hastings, Barry County, MI, USA.² Bernice Hotchkin married H. Logan Hill on 17 October 1918 at Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI, USA.²

     Bernice E. Hotchkin is the daughter of Chester A. Hotchkin and Helen Mehren. She married Lloyd Dale (Bun) Schuldt at Pipestone Twp, Pipestone County, MN, USA, on 31 December 1949.¹

     Bessie E. Hotchkin was born on 11 December 1916 at NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of James Henry Hotchkin and Mary Barbara Court. Bessie E. Hotchkin married Raymond A. Peffer on 6 November 1939 at Spencerport, Monroe County, NY, USA.² Bessie E. Hotchkin died in July 1985 at Rochester, Monroe County, NY, USA, at age 68.¹

     Beth Ann Hotchkin was born on 14 November 1983 at NY, USA. She was the daughter of Gary Patrick Hotchkin and Barbara Jean Cardner. Beth Ann Hotchkin died on 17 November 1983 at NY.

     Bethany Ann Hotchkin is the daughter of Hubert Leland Hotchkin Sr. and Claribel (Clara Belle) Roberts. She married Thomas Alfred Judd at Tucson, Pima County, AZ, USA, on 20 January 1952.

     Betsey Hotchkin was born circa 1800 at CT, USA. She was the daughter of Noah Hodgkin III and Merab Turner. She married John S. Kinnison at NY, USA, circa 1825. Betsey Hotchkin died before March 1854 at Jackson County, MI, USA.

     Betsy was dead at the time of her fathers Will Probate as her children were mentioned in the announcement of this probate but neither she or her husband were mentioned. She and her husband Kennison are listed in Talcott. According to The descendants of Robert Isbell, by Edna Warren Mason, says a Betsey Hotchkin married Richard Barnard had a daughter Mary Eno Barnard, born April 7 1856 in Constantine, MI and died in White Pigeon, MI on July 7 1933. Mary married Edward Augustus Hamilton in Constantine on May 11 1881. He was born in Centerville, MI on 22 May 1850; died in White Pigeon on August 28 1934. He was the son of John S. and Sarah May (Isbell) Hamilton.In checking on the Barnards they are 30 years younger and born in England.

     Betsey Ann Hotchkin is the daughter of James Rowland Hotchkin and Betty Beggs. She married George Theodore Mascott Jr. at Short Hills, Essex County, NJ, USA, on 22 August 1964. Wedding announcement in the New York Times..^1,2 She married Charles E. Barnes in 1992.¹