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     Alfred J. Hotchkin was born on 2 May 1842 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Hotchkin and Jane M. Little. Alfred J. Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1860 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: A. J.,Hotchkin age 28. b NY, Saddlery Mfg., $12000, $3000; wife Cornelia, age 26, b NY.. He married Cornelia Patten at NY, USA, in 1868. Cornelia's orbituary gives their wedding date.. He resided at Frederick County, VA, USA, in 1890. Alfred J. Hotchkin died on 7 January 1921 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY, USA, at age 78.² He was buried at Waterville Cemetery, at Waterville, Oneida County, NY, USA. Sec 2, Lot 108.

     The Village Directories of Jefferson Co. lists Alfred J. Hotchkin as a boarder in the home of his father, B. F. Hotchkin, 29 Clinton St., Watertown, NY. At the 1870 Census, he is living close to other member of his family in Watertown, with his wife Cornelia. They have no children.
     Alfred owned an interest in a Carriage Works in the city of Syracuse, NY and documents at the Onondaga Historical Association tell a story of this enterprise. "A new carriage, boxed for shipment, fell from the wagon of Hotchkin’s & Wilder yesterday, as it was being conveyed to the railroad for shipment. This is the second mishap of that kind that has occurred to the firm within a few days." (Syracuse Std 1 May 1884). Another account from the Syracuse Journal, 23 Sep 1884 tells of the bankruptcy of the firm of Hotchkin & Wilder. "The bankruptcy was due to the death of a Director of Importers and Traders at the National Bank of New York who secured loans for Hotchkin & Wilder." This death stopped the loans needed for operation. A clipping dated, Syracuse Standard 17 Jan 1885, said, "Yesterday, W. B. Clark of Waterloo, assignee of the insolvent estate of Hotchkin & Wilder, was in the city negotiating for the sale of the tools and machinery of the bankrupt, to a proposed new firm of carriage manufacturers, provided a satisfactory arrangement can be made with P. W. Fobes for a lease of the works in Geddes." Hotchkin must have resumed the business later because the Onondaga Historical Association has a picture of a buggy, which appeared in the Herald on 15 Feb 1888, which claims, "The best general purpose wagon, patented 25 January 1887." The files include information on a later business failure. This one is titled, "The Hotchkin Failure," and dated 11 July 1888. It says that, "the assets of Cornelia P. Hotchkin, wife of Alfred J., has been assigned to Hiram W. Plumb for benefit of her creditors." The cause of this failure was a fire that occurred about 9 June. The article claims that there was a total of $34,573.11 of Notes signed by A. J. Hotchkin or Cornelia P. Hotchkin as part of the liabilities, besides 101 employees owed money. The total liabilities, not covered by assets, amounted to $130,936.95. The files also contain a letter dated, 16 July 1890 in which Alfred J. Hotchkin assigns $600.00 of his rights and title to the estate of his mother, Jane M. Hotchkin, to Jane Livingston Armour in exchange for a $500.00 loan. In a letter dated, 9 August 1890, Saratoga Springs, NY, the Note was returned to Cornelia P. Hotchkin in exchange for $500.00.
     Alfred is listed in the Syracuse City Directories of 189798 and 189899 as a Commercial Traveler, living at 213 and 215 Green St. His birth and death are recorded in the records of Waterville Cemetery, and he is buried with his wife Cornelia.^3,4,5

     Frank was born at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, in March 1853. He is age 8 at the 1860 census.. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin Hotchkin and Jane M. Little. He married Nancy Bates Walker at Sedgwick County, KS, USA, on 16 October 1888. Index of Marriages, Record D406 from the files of Midwest Historic & Genealogical Society, as indexed by Bill Pennington.. Frank Seymour Hotchkin was employed in 1900 as a Foundry worker. He died in December 1916 at Cuba at age 63.²

     The 1850 and the 1860 census of Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY finds him with his parents Benjamin and Jane. At the 1880 census of Dist. 7, Watertown he is listed as being in the Navy; and by the 1900 census he is living at 710 Warren St., Chicago, IL with his wife Nancy and daughters Florence and Jane.
     An article in the Syracuse Standard, dated 27 May 1884 refers to him as Lieutenant of the USN says that he just returned from a 4 year cruise with the Adriatic squadron and that he had been on the ill-fated Ashlot when that vessel was lost in the China seas about one year ago. The "List of Officers of the Navy of the US and of the Marine Corps, 1775-1900," compiled by Edward W. Callahan, Register, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Dept; gives the following on Frank: "Frank Hotchkin, Midshipman 28 June 1867; Graduated 1 June 1872; Ensign 15 July 1873; Master 5 June 1878; Lieutenant Junior Grade 3 March 1883; Wholly retired 16 June 1885."
     The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA Feb 26 1911. Sec. Nagel of the Dept of Commerce and Labor at Mobile, AL, announced that he had dismissed Frank S. Hotchkin from his duties as Shipping Commisioner for Dereliction of Duties.³

     Josiah Bacon Hotchkin was born on 30 July 1807 at Sangerfield, Oneida County, NY, USA.⁴ He was the son of Eli Hodgkin and Elizabeth (Betsey) Drury. He married Mary Ann Bailey at NY, USA, in 1826. Josiah Bacon Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1830 at Camden, Oneida County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Josiah B. Hotchkiss, 2 male 20-30, 1 female 20-30, 2 female under 5, 1 female 15 to 20, 1 female 20 to 30.. He married Keziah D. Austin at NY in 1837. Josiah Bacon Hotchkin died on 9 August 1855 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, at age 48. Cemetery records confirm the Waterville Times obituary..^5,4 He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA.⁶

     The Benjamin Cleveland Family Genealogy, by Edmund Janes Cleveland, identifies him as Josiah Bacon Hotchkin, husband of Keziah Auston. He appears in the 1830 census in Camden, Oneida Co as Josiah B. Hotchkiss and in the 1840 census of Watertown as J.B. Hotchin. Oneida Co., NY real estate records show him as the Grantee of property from John Tower and his wife. The 1850 census finds him with his wife and seven children in Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY. His occupation is harnessmaker and he has $2500 of real estate. At this census he is living next door to his brother, Benjamin F. Hotchkin. At the 1860 census he has died and his wife is the head of the household. Records at the Flower Library, 229 Washington St, Watertown, NY, give his death and burial location.
     The Oakes Genealogy and Family History of Jefferson Co. says that he first married Mary Ann Oakes and they had four daughters. These four would be Charlotte, Malona, Mary A. and Caroline. The Oakes Genealogy gives his second marriage to Keziah Austin (not Auston) of Norway, Herkimer Co., NY. The Horace Gillette Cleveland, Cleveland Family Genealogy, also identifies Josiah and his second marriage to Kezia Austin. From this marriage, Josiah had two sons and three daughters, Helen, William H., Julia, Emily, and Herbert B. The birth and relationships of all these children are supported by federal censuses. Josiah is listed in several Watertown Directories. The 1840 has him in the saddle business with his brother Benjamin at 10 Clay St. At the 1850 directory he is still at 10 Clay with a home at Clinton St. and the 1855 Directory has him remaining at 10 Clay St. He does not appear in later Directories. Josiah died intestate, according to Jefferson Co. Surrogate Court records, on 9 August 1855 with an estate worth less than $3,000. All eight of his children are mentioned in these records. The probate documents list the children as Charlotte E. Seymoun, wife of George W. Seymoun (the first letter of this name is impossible to be sure of and the name may be Seymour) of Lyme, Huron Co., OH, Malona S. Hotchkins of Watertown, Mary Ann Beutell, wife of Joseph Beutell of Lyme, Huron Co., OH, Caroline Moffat, wife of Joseph N. Moffatt, (note double tt the second time) of Rodman, NY, all of full age. The document goes on to list Helen Hotchkin, William H. Hotchkin, F. Hotchkin, Emily Hotchkin, and Herbert B. Hotchkin of Watertown the four mentioned having no general guardian. Alice Edwards Harris, in her family notes, says that he was called Bacon and married the daughter of a judge. The family was members of the First Presbyterian Church of Watertown and there is a baptism records under the name of Hotchkiss, (Unreadable), Mary Ann, Charlotte and Elizabeth, 1835.
     An obituary on Josiah appears in a Waterville, NY newspaper, dated 18 August 1855, saying that he had been born in Waterville and gone to Watertown in 1833. He was a Senior Partner in J.B. & B.F. Hotchkin. He had been on a trip to Terre Haute, IN and was taken sick at the home of a soninlaw near Sandusky and immediately hastened home by railroad, accompanied by his daughter. The obituary says that he leaves a wife, many children and an aged father and mother.^2,7

     Keziah D. Austin was born on 19 February 1812 at Norway, Herkimer County, NY, USA. Cemetery records say that she died at age 78, birth 1806.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Austin and Sarah Sweet. She married Josiah Bacon Hotchkin at NY, USA, in 1837. Keziah D. Austin appeared on the census of 1860 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Kezia, age 48, b NY, $5500, $1000; dau Helen, age 21, b NY, dress maker ; son William, age 19, b NY, painter; dau Emily, age 11, b NY; son Herbert, age 6, b NY; stepdau Melona, age 30, b NY, husbands dau by 1st wife Mary Ann; and 4 boarders.. She resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, in 1890. Keziah died on 21 July 1890 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 78.³ She was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Sec J, 16. 01A.⁴

     This family appears in the 1860 census of Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY without a husband or father. Keziah Austin and Josiah Bacon Hotchkin are identified in the Cleveland Family Genealogy, as parents of William Henry. Kezia's husband was still with family at 1850 census and both census give Kezia's birth as NY. At the 1860 census she has real estate worth $5,500 and personal property of $1,000. Her death date and burial are listed in records of the Flower Library, Watertown, NY. She is buried with her husband, his first wife, Mary Ann and their two daughters Julia and Emily. Junia Stanton, Watertown Historian says that last name is spelled Austin and that her obituary says that she was the daughter of William Austin and Sarah Mayard Austin and that they were all born in CT. At the time of death, she lived at 98 Franklin, Watertown, NY.^5,6

     Malona S. Hotchkin was born on 4 August 1829 at Waterville, Oneida County, NY, USA. Birth location in her obituary. It says that the family moved to Watertown when she was age 4. Age 20 at the 1850 census and listed as August 1829 at the 1900 census.¹ She was the daughter of Josiah Bacon Hotchkin and Mary Ann Bailey. Malona S. Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1900 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Malona S., age 70, b 8-1829 in NY; living with her half brother Herbert B.. She resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, in 1900. She died on 29 December 1914 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 85. Mary Ann Hotchkin Bartlett's Bithday Book gives a date of 30 Dec 1914..^2,3 She was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Sec J, 16, 06L.

     Both Charlotte and Malona were students at the well known Watertown Female Academy. Malona S. Hotchkin made a statement regarding the disappearance of William H., dated 11 February 1913 saying that she was 83 years and a half sister of William H. H. Hotchkin. She never married.

     Helen S. Hotchkin was born on 14 June 1839 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA.¹ She was the daughter of Josiah Bacon Hotchkin and Keziah D. Austin. Helen S. Hotchkin was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Site J, 16,02L. She married Isaac P. Wodell at Waterville, Oneida County, NY, USA, in 1862.^2,3,4 Helen S. Hotchkin died on 19 April 1867 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 27. Mary Ann Hotchkin Bartlett's Bithday Book gives a date of 16 Apr 1867..^3,5,1

     The date and place of death is given by Stanley Harris Jr, but his source is not cited. Stanley also says that she married Isaac P. O'Dell; no source cited. According to the Wodell Family History, Wodell is the proper name.

     Janette was born at Winchester, Litchfield County, CT, USA, on 7 February 1836. Her birth date ws calculated from her obituary, age 59 years and 3 days.. She was the daughter of Elizur Graves Perry and Philena Miller White. She married George Perry at Ion, Allamakee County, IA, USA, on 19 June 1858. She married George William Hotchkin at Lee, Berkshire County, MA, USA, on 17 December 1865.^3,4,5 Janette died on 10 March 1896 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, CT, USA, at age 60.

     She is identified in the Cleveland Family Genealogy and her marriage to George William Hotchkin in Winsted is given. Her obituary says that she died at home of heart disease. Her two sons, Walter and William had a dual wedding with their brides. The Cleveland Genealogy says that Janette was adopted.⁶

     Emily J. Hotchkin was born on 5 November 1849 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Cemetery records give a birth year of 1849.¹ She was the daughter of Josiah Bacon Hotchkin and Keziah D. Austin. Emily J. Hotchkin died on 22 March 1877 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 27. Died at age 28 according to the cemetery records. She was unmarried. Her funeral was held at the home of her mother on Clay Street in Watertown..^2,1 She was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Sec J, 16, 05L.³

     The Flower Library, Watertown gives her death as 22 March 1877 and burial at Brookside Cemetery. These documents list her middle initial as J. She is buried with her father, sister and both of her fathers wives, Mary Ann and Keziah.

     Herbert Bacon Hotchkin was born on 14 December 1852 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA.¹ He was the son of Josiah Bacon Hotchkin and Keziah D. Austin. He married Mary Cornelia Berow at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, on 25 February 1892.^2,3 He resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, in 1892. Herbert Bacon Hotchkin was employed in 1895 as a Bank Clerk. He appeared on the census of 1900 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Herbert B., age 46, b 12-1853 in NY, married 8 years, parents born NY; wife Mary C., age 31, b 1-1869 in NY, married 8 years, 2 children, 2 living; son Paul L., age 7, b 3-1892 in NY; dau May K., age 4, b 5-1896 in NY; sister Malona S., age 70, b 8-1829 in NY; servant Mary Denslow, age 13, b 6-1887 in MA.. He died on 16 November 1908 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 55. A newspaper article says that he died in the Stattler Exchange Hotel in Buffalo, NY after returning from a trip to Florida to visit a Lumber firm that he represented in New York. He told the clerk that he was feeling ill when he ckecked in. On Monday evening it was remembered that he had not been seen since Sunday. They found him dead in his room of heart failure. He left a widow and young son and daughter according to the article..^4,5 He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Site J, 16,07R.

     The 1900 census found him in Watertown, Jefferson Co. at #8 Clay Street with wife Mary C. and two children plus his half sister Melona. Herbert B. Hotchkin appears in the 1905 Watertown City Directory with his wife Mary C., living at 8 Clay St. Living with them was Herbert's half sister Malona S. Hotchkin.

     Marshall Hotchkin was born on 18 May 1806 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.^5,6,7,8 He was the son of Abraham Hodgkin and Perthema Bement. He married Juliaette Williams at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, on 5 November 1835. Married by Rev Marcus Ford of the Congregational church at her fathers home. Information from the Whitney Family of Connecticut..^4,6,8 He married Abigail Harmon at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, on 14 December 1843. The Whitney Family of Connecticut gives a marriage date of 30 Dec 1843..^4,9,10,8 Marshall Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1850 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Marshall, age 44, farmer, b NY; wife Abigail, age 43, b NY; Abby L. Simons, age 41, sister; Ophelea Branch, age 12, b NY; Mary A. Hotchkin, age 10, dau, b NY; Judson Perrington, age 5, b PA.. He married Mary Edwards Muzzy at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, on 30 December 1852.^11,6,8 Marshall Hotchkin died on 24 May 1874 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 68.^12,6,10,8 He was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA. Lot 42.¹³

     The 1850 census of Newark, Tioga Co., NY finds Marshall, his wife Abigail and daughter Mary A.. Also living with the family was his sister Abby S. Summons 41, and Julia Burnett, 12. Stanley Harris has notes that his great grandmother, Phrinda Hotchkin Edwards compiled; saying that Marshall had heart trouble. She remembered Marshall and his sister, a maiden lady, driving from Otsego to Watertown to visit relatives and his wife, sister and daughter visiting at James St., DeWitt before Phrinda Hotchkin was married in 1851.
     W. B. Gay, Historical Gazetteer of Tioga Co., NY says that Marshall was born in Newark Valley, NY on 18 May 1806; the son of Abraham; and that he died in Newark Valley on 24 May 1874. Gay gives Marshall's three marriages: first, to Juliaette Williams, next to Abigail (Harmon) Branch, and last to Mary Edwards Muzzy who was living in Newark Valley at the time of writing of his book, and a daughter by his first wife still living on the homestead of her father and grandfather. The death of this daughter, Mary, is reported in DAR records. The Compiler has confirmed the Gay information by a visit to the Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley and an inspection of the graves of Marshall, his three wives and daughter Mary A.³

     Mary Edwards Muzzy was born on 30 July 1812 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA. The Whitney Family of Connecticut gives a birth date of 29 July 1812.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Jonas Muzzy and Thersey Moore. She married Marshall Hotchkin at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, on 30 December 1852.^4,5,3 Mary Edwards Muzzy died on 6 April 1890 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 77.^6,7,8 She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.^9,10

     Mary Muzzy was the third wife of Marshall. Her parents came from Worchester County, MA in 1796. Mary's obituary, published in the Owego Gazette, said that she was one of the oldest members of the Congregational Church, having joined in 1831. She died of heart disease at her home on Main Street in Newark Valley.¹¹

     Mary Ann Hotchkin was born on 10 April 1840 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Marshall Hotchkin and Juliaette Williams. She married William James Reeves at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, on 27 February 1868. The Whitney Family of Connecticut says that they were married at her father home by Rev Samuel Johnson of the Congregational Church..^2,3 Mary Ann Hotchkin died on 7 November 1911 at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, at age 71.^4,5 She was buried at Hope Cemetery, at Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY, USA.⁶

     Mary Cornelia Berow was born on 21 January 1857 at Dexter, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Birth location found in her obituary. She married Herbert Bacon Hotchkin at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA, on 25 February 1892.^1,2 Mary Cornelia Berow appeared on the census of 1910 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. The census lists the family as: Mary C. Hotchkin, 40 (1869), Widowed, 2, 2, NY, parents born in NY; son Paul L., 17, single, NY; daughter May H., 13, single, NY; sister (her sister-in-law) Malona S., 81, NY. She resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, in 1920. She died on 14 August 1921 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, at age 64.^3,4,5 She was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. Sec J, 16, 08.

     Paul Lincoln Hotchkin was born on 14 November 1892 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. St Pauls Episcopal Church Records.^1,2,3 He was the son of Herbert Bacon Hotchkin and Mary Cornelia Berow. Paul Lincoln Hotchkin registered for the World War I Draft in 1917 while living at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. The registration card gave additional information on him: "He gives his age as 24, born 14 Nov 1892 in Watertown, NY. He is a receiving teller at Jefferson Beauty in Watertown. He is single and his mother is dependent on him. He does not give her name.". He married Florence I. Baker at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, on 20 September 1919.^4,5 Paul Lincoln Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1920 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Paul B. (?), age 28, b NY, accountant for paper mill; wife Florence, age 37, b NY, father born England, mother born NY, teacher in public school; Pauls mother Mary C., age 51, widow, b NY, father born in Canada, mother in Ireland... He resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, in 1920. He was a national bank examiner in 1942 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY. He died on 26 April 1963 at Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH, USA, at age 70. He died at the home of his sister Mrs Edgar (May K.) Vance in Euclid, OH..^1,6 He was buried at Brookside Cemetery, at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. His body was brought to Watertown and buried in the family plot on May 1 1963, according to his obituary. Sec 1883C, 071, 09R..

     Paul L. appears in the 1921 Watertown City Directory with his wife Florence I., living with his mother Mary C. He is employed at the Remington Paper and Power Co. as an assistant secretary. Starting in 1922 the company is called Hanna Paper Corp. and in 1924 his job changes to accountant and then in 1939 he is described as a US Bank Examiner. A Paul Hotchkin, born 14 November 1892 and died in April 1963 in Ohio is listed in the Social Security Death records.

     May Kezia Hotchkin was born on 20 May 1896 at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, USA. St Pauls Episcopal Church Records.^1,2 She was the daughter of Herbert Bacon Hotchkin and Mary Cornelia Berow. May Kezia Hotchkin was employed in 1920 as a Stenographer. She appeared on the census of 1920 at Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, OH, USA. The census lists the family as: May K. Hotchkin, 23 (1896), single, NY, parents NY, a Stenographer in Retail Drug Store. Boarding in home of Charles A. Burch.. She resided at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, in 1921.³ She married Edgar Elmer Vance at Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, on 8 July 1926.^4,5 May Kezia Hotchkin died on 11 September 1985 at Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH, USA, at age 89. Ohio Deaths give the day of her death. She is called May H. Vance..⁶

     The 1920 City Directory of Watertown has May K.Hotchkin, a steno living with her mother Mary C. at 326 Ten Eych, Watertown, along with her brother Paul L. and his wife Florence I. May does not appear with the family in later directories.

     Dana Herbert Hotchkin was born on 6 November 1875 at NY, USA.^1,2,3 He was the son of Robert Henry Hotchkin and Nellie Janette Filkins. He married Jeanne Grace Sage at Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN, USA, on 21 June 1900. Compiler uses date given in Elkhart Marriages..^4,5,6,7,8 Dana Herbert Hotchkin registered for the World War I Draft in 1918 while living at Seattle, King County, WA, USA. The registration card gave additional information on him: "Dana says that his age is 42, born 6 Nov 1875. He is self employed as an automotive dealer at 10`16-18 E. Pike St, Seattle. He gives his wife Jeanne Sage Hotchkin still living in Elkhard, IN at 214 Division ST.". He appeared on the census of 1920 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Dana, 43, b NY; dau Norma, 18, single, b IN; son Robert S., 16, single, b IN.. He married Frankie W. Windell, daughter of Joseph Samuel Windell and Ardula Maria Taylor, on 4 March 1920 at Vancouver, Clark County, WA, USA.⁹ Dana Herbert Hotchkin lived in 1923 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA. Gives his wife Frankie.¹⁰
     Dana Hotchkin writes the local newspaper to say that he had the white handled revoler that his grandfather James Filkins carried and beat "Wash" Loomis with.¹¹
He died on 3 July 1959 at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, CA, USA, at age 83.^12,13 He was buried at San Luis Cemetery, at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, CA, USA.

     The 1898 Chicago City Directory shows Dana H. Hotchkin, as a clerk, at 221 Adams and residing at 3326 Indiana, near to C. William Hotchkin at 3337 Indiana. This is the only directory that includes Dana or C. William Hotchkin. Starting in 1915, Dana is found in the Seattle city directories. In 1915, he is living at the Elks Club and working as a bookkeeper at the Metz Co. In 1919 he changed jobs to the Summit Motors Car Co. as Secretary-Treasure and lived at 3302 Charles St. This listing shows his wife as Frankie where no wife had been shown in the previous listings. In 1921 he becomes an auto dealer and lives at the same address. His listing is the same through 1924; and he is not listed after that year. Dana was deeded property in Oneida Co., NY at the death of his Aunt Mary J. Angier, 2 June 1899, Libr 522, pg 112. His death records say that he was born in New York state.¹⁴

     Delia M. Smith was born in 1836 at NY, USA. The 1870 census has her age 30, the 1880 is age 38, and the 1900 age 50. It is unlikely that the 1900 census is correct as that would make her age 11 at her first birth. At the 1850 census her age is 14 or born 1836 and she is the oldest of the children. She was the daughter of Leonard Smith and Emeline Derrick. She married Albert Leet Hotchkin Sr. at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA, on 13 February 1861.¹ Delia M. Smith appeared on the census of 1910 at Seabeck, Kitsap County, WA, USA. The census lists the family as: Delia Hotchkin, 60 (1849), NY, Widowed; lives next door to son Albert and his family.. She died on 15 October 1913 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA.² She was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, at Seattle, King County, WA, USA.

     Delia was involved in a number of real estate transactions while living in Troy, NY. On 19 April 1875, she was the Grantee of property from Ruth A. Windlow and on 5 May 1877 from Oliver Boutwell. She received two properties in the estate of her mother, Emeline Smith. First on 11 January 1877 and again on 13 February 1879. She had 5 additional purchases in Troy, between Oct, 1886 and September 1888. Delia is listed only once in the Seattle City Directory; the year being 1912, when she is shown as residing at 120 Roy Street.

     Jeanette (Netty) Matilda Hotchkin was born in August 1867 at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA. Her birth location is given in a newspaper article about her and her husbands travels to Alaska. They left Seattle on June 24 1898 on the old New York steamer Portland. They traveled to St Michael's up the Yukon River and back to Seattle by the Inside Passage. It was said that Harry Collins hair turned white on the trip and Nettie's had streaks of white. Mrs Collins said, "it is just awful to even think about it." She said that they lived in a barracks at Rampart, Alaska and the temperature was that cold like evryone presumed.¹ She was the daughter of Albert Leet Hotchkin Sr. and Delia M. Smith. Jeanette (Netty) Matilda Hotchkin married Harry John Collins, son of William Collins and Anna McEwen, in 1888 at WA, USA. Marriede 2 years at the 1900 census.. Jeanette (Netty) Matilda Hotchkin appeared on the census of 1920 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA. The census lists the family as: Janette M. Collins, 52, widow, born NY, parents born NY, no occupation; dau Beatrice James, 26, married, born WA, parents born NY; grandson Charles R. James, 5, born WA, father born IA, mother born WA; grandson John C. James, 4 1/12, born MD, father born IA, mother born WA; niece Jeans MacFarlane, 26, single, born WA, father born IL, mother born NY; cousin Ada C. Burke, 45, married, born NY, parents born NY; cousin Lyman H. Burke, 50, married, born NY, parents born NY; cousin Helen Burke, 22, single, born WA, parents born NY. She died on 28 July 1922 at Seattle, King County, WA, at age 54. Cemetery records. She was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, at Seattle, King County, WA, USA.

     Attached as a jpeg is a wonderful newspaper article on an 1898 steamer trip to Alaska.

     Blanche N. Hotchkin was born on 29 June 1873 at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA. 1900 census, born June 1873, 26. Her passport appication give date of birth and location. She was the daughter of Albert Leet Hotchkin Sr. and Delia M. Smith. She married Walter Rodney MacFarlane at Seabeck, Kitsap County, WA, USA, on 5 September 1892. Married at the home of her father Albert..^1,2 Blanche N. Hotchkin died on 26 August 1947 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA, at age 74.³ She was buried at Mount Pleasant (Howard) Cemetery, at Howard, Steuben County, NY, USA.

     On a Passport application dated 6 Oct 1916 she says that she is sailing on the Empress Asia for Japan and then to the Phillipines to join her husband and then return by way of Hong Kong. With her will be their 9 year old son Rchard Albert.

     Albert Leet Hotchkin Jr. was born in May 1871 at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA. He was the son of Albert Leet Hotchkin Sr. and Delia M. Smith. He resided at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA, in 1890. Albert Leet Hotchkin Jr. appeared on the census of 1900 at Seabeck, Kitsap County, WA, USA. The census lists the family as: Hotchkin, Albert, age 29, b 5-1871, widowed, born NY, parents born NY, farm labor; mother Delia, age 50, b 1849, widow, born NY, parents born NY; sister Jennie, age 23, b 2-1877, single. born NY, parents born NY.. He married Irene Esther Noah at Seattle, King County, WA, USA, on 3 October 1906. Married at St Mark's Church..^1,2 Albert Leet Hotchkin Jr. died on 21 July 1941 at Vashon, King County, WA, USA, at age 70.^3,4

     Albert Jr. appears in the 1890 Seattle City Directory as a clerk in his father's hardware store at 212 Dexter. It is likely that the family also lived at this location as sister Blanche is listed there as a boarder. In 1891 Albert Jr. is a clerk at Collins Bros and in 1892 he is listed as "removed to Seabeck, WA." Albert and his family operated the general store at Seabeck, WA during a time when Seabeck was expected to be the major port, as opposed to Seattle. After the lumber mill burned across the road from Albert's store, the town disappeared and presently nothing is left except a post office, a very small store and a few homes. The Compiler and his wife Cathy spent a very pleasant day investigating Seabeck and the historical collection regarding the town.

     Jessie Hotchkin was born in February 1877 at Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, USA. She was the daughter of Albert Leet Hotchkin Sr. and Delia M. Smith. She married John Hubert College at Seabeck, Kitsap County, WA, USA, circa 1895.¹ Jessie Hotchkin married Lester Collins Clough on 5 September 1906 at Seattle, King County, WA, USA.^2,3 Jessie Hotchkin died on 16 July 1907 at Seabeck, Kitsap County, WA, at age 30. WA Slect Death Certificates 1907 - 1960It is likely that Jessie died in child birth of her first child as Lester remarried in 1908..

     Jessie's marriage is known from the cemetery records of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, WA. Her body was removed from Seabeck on 24 September 1915 along with that of her brother Harry and father Albert.