Woods Baker Family History Woods, Baker,Wheeler, Whitney...families originating in Massachusetts and England. Some removing to NY. This site includes a transcription of a biography on Rev. Leonard Woods called 'Reminiscences and Records of Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D.' , anecdotes about his career as professor of theology at Andover Theological Seminary, and home life as well, as written by his daughter, Harriette Newell Woods Baker, a prolific author of girl's series books.

Tompkins Family History Tompkins, Washburn, Coons, Mars, DeLaVergne ...families of Dutchess Co., Columbia Co., NY, Connecticut, Iowa. This site has plenty of vintage photos including tin types.

REPORTS

• Ancestors of Sheri Sleyzak

• Descendants of Samuel Woods (b. 1686 England) Include Woods family in Chelmsford, MA, Princeton, MA.
• Ancestry of Abigail Whitney Underwood From John Whitney who came to America on the ELIZABETH and ANN from London in 1635.
• Descendants of John Richardson (b abt. 1645, d May 29, 1697) From Medfield, MA.
• Descendants of Richard Baker (d. 1689) Emmigrated from England to America in 1635. Known as the "Dorchester" branch of Baker family.
• Nathaniel Tompkins Descendants - abt 1645 Fairfield CT- 1684 Eastchester, NY. Married Elizabeth White.
• William Washburn (Washbourne) Descendants - First generation in America. (bap. 1601, d. Oct 30, 1658).
• Jo Harper Mars Descendants b. abt 1857 in NY.
• James Berryman Descendants Born bef. 1829 in Ireland. Husband of Elizabeth Anne Wilson (b. abt.1804 Ireland). Children's birth records from Magherafelt Methodist, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
• Julius Albert Henning Descendants Born bef. 1839 in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany. Husband of Amalie Friedricke Gnade.
• Descendants of Philip A. Coons Born abt 1784. Palatines of Columbia Co., NY.
• Descendants of Calvin Washburn -Born in NY about 1790. Emmigrated to Luzerne County, PA before 1820. Died August 2, 1875. I would like to connect him to the family of Philip Coons and his wife Ruamy Washburn of Columbia and Dutchess County, NY. Perhaps brother and sister or cousins. Common surnames which surround them both include Miller, Hoysradt, Van Valkenburgh. Searching for the parents of Ruamy Washburn (or Ruama Washburn) and also this Calvin Washburn. Ruamy names one of her sons Calvin Coons. Calvin Washburn names one of his sons Martin Washburn. And there is a Calvin Coons named in the Will of Calvin Washburn. If anyone has any information on this Washburn family please contact me. sleyzak@rcn.com

VITAL RECORDS

• History of Princeton Woods family pages from Blake's History of Princeton. Reads like a register report with some bio. Starts at Samuel Woods(1), b. in England, 1868.
• Princeton, MA Vital Records -births, marriages and deaths for Woods surname.
• Harvard, MA Copy of Town Records for children of Joseph Wheeler and Mary Greenleaf.
• Andover, MA Vital Records - births, marriages, deaths for Woods, Wood surname.
• Bolton, MA Vital Records - births, marraiges, deaths for Greenleaf surname.

WILLS

• Thomas Fones will Died April 15, 1629 London. Father of Elizabeth Fones who married William Hallett.
• Dr. Daniel Greenleaf (sr.) will: Mary Greenleaf's father. Her mother was Silence Nichols. She is mentioned as Mary Wheeler in this will. Daniel Greenleaf is a Rev. War patriot.
• Dr. Daniel Greenleaf (jr.) will: Mary Greenleaf's brother.
• Samuel Hallett will Abt 1651-1724. Father of Hannah Hallett who married John Washburn. Son of William Hallett and Elizabeth Fones. Grandson of Thomas Fones and Anne Winthrop.
• Amy Washburn (Amy Birdsall) will (b. March 4, 1722/23 , d.Oct 16, 1812), wife of Richard Washburn.

• Richard Washburn will (b. June 27, 1730, d. bet. 1775-1786) Husband of Amy Birdsall. Son of John Washburn and Hannah Hallett.
• Calvin Washburn will Born abt 1790 NY to August 2, 1875 Luzerne County, PA. Husband of Merrica Miller of Ancram, Columbia County, NY. Father of Martin Washburn, Nicholas Isaac Washburn, Eleanor Owens and Catharine Courtright.
• Nicholas Washburn will (or probate document) Son of Calvin Washburn and Merrica Miller. Born Jan 23, 1815 Gallatin, Columbia Co., NY. Died Apr 1, 1887 PA. Married to Maria Smith of Columbia Co., NY. Daughter of Jonas Smith and Hannah Blakeman. They had Jonas, Frank, Douglas and William. Possible that this is same Jonas Washburn who became a notable dairy farmer in Colorado. Nicholas is Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Lackawanna Co., PA.
• Joseph Wheeler will . Born March 7, 1690/91 in Concord, MA. Died Feb 29, 1780 in Lancaster, MA. Son of Obadiah Wheeler and Elizabeth White, Mayflower Descendant. Husband of Abigail Butterfield. Father of Rev. Joseph Wheeler who married Mary Greenleaf.
• Rev. Leonard Woods will (1774-1854) : Note that one of his witnesses is Harriette Beecher Stowe.

BIO

• Reverend Joseph Wheeler 1734/35 - 1793 Bio from Sibley's 'Harvard Graduates' and from "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity". Prepared under the supervision of Ellery Bicknell Crane. New York. Chicago. The Lewis Publishing Company.1907.
• 'Reminiscences and Records of Rev. Leonard Woods, D.D.' Reverend Leonard Woods (1774-1854). Professor Emeritus and one of the founders of Andover Theological Seminary. Contains anecdotes about his career and home life as well, as written by his daughter, Harriette Newell Woods Baker, a prolific author of girl's series books.

PHOTOS : TOMPKINS / COONS / MARS RELATED PHOTOS

• Tintypes Tompkins / Coons / Mars
• sets of twins Photos of twins include twin babies, twin boys, twin men and twin girls. One from Iowa, the others from various places in NY.
• Uriah Washburn Tompkins Dec 12, 1840 - Dec 18, 1931. Son of William Tompkins of Pine Plains, NY and Jane Merritt.
• Harriett Coons who married Uriah Washburn Tompkins Nov 24, 1851 Columbia Co., NY- Feb 26 1887 NYC. Daughter of John P. Coons and Catharine Piester, both of Ancram, NY.
• Catharine Coons June 8, 1861 Columbia Co., NY- May 20, 1935 Salt point, Dutchess Co., NY. Sister of Harriet Coons. Descendants of Palatine Immigrant Matthias Kuntz. He came to New York in 1710 from Germany. The family settled in on the Hudson. Livingston Manor, Ancram, Gallatin were the places they would live.
• A house in Salt Point , Dutchess County, NY The house of Paul DeLavergne (1887-1970) who married Winifred Horsefield. Son of Abbie Coons and Alexander DeLavergne. Grandson of Morris Delavergne. The DeLavergnes ran a General Store in Salt Point, NY.
• Car Group shot Over 10 ppl standing in front of a car. One girl has goggles on. Another car in background.
• The Vista, NY Very large group photo in front of house. About 50 people. Possible Tompkins,Washburn, or Mars reunion as it is attended by Marion Tompkins and her brother Willie Tompkins.
• Vista closeups Diffferent closeup views of the group above.

PHOTOS

• Andrew Coats Here in his Civil War veterans uniform. Born near Glasgow, Scotland 1840. Died in NY 1921. He worked at St. Luke's Hospital in NY as a curator. He was a Civil War Soldier. He served for the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry known as Duryee's Zouaves. He was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, which he would later refer to as the "Vortex of Hell" in a speech written for Gettysburg. He was a founding member of the Fifth New York Veterans Association. I learned alot about him from the 5th NY historian and recreator Brian C. Pohanka at www.zouave.org
• Uriah Washburn Tompkins and his wife Harriet Coons. Her sister Catharine Coons.
• Reverend George Stuart Baker and his wife Margaret Coats.

FAMILY PAPERS

• Tompkins family papers A collection of family papers containing genealogy information. Passing of a baby spoon that belonged to Thomas Tompkins (b. Dec 19, 1779). Genealogy of Frank Willet Tompkins. Coons genealogy of the family of John P. Coons (son of Philip A. Coons and Ruama Washburn) and Catharine Piester.
• Letters from Salt Point, Dutchess Co., NY Family letters from the Coons and DeLaVergne families to the Tompkins family. Life in Salt Point, family, gardening, the DeLavergne store and alot about rain. Some of the names mentioned are Catharine Coons (Aunt Dady),William C. Tompkins, The DuBois family, Jennie Sherman Woodin. Charles & Florence DeLaVergne, Paul DeLaVergne, Mason DeLaVergne , Meredith DeLaVergne, who are sons and grandsons of Abigail DeLaVergne (nee Coons). Frank Tompkins and his wife Eleanor Battle. Mrs. Mars (Elizabeth O'Connell) and May Mars Tompkins,Willie Tompkins.