1. PAUL ANTHONY, Sr, (son of JOB and ABIGAIL (BUSH) ANTHONY) was born 1751 in Taunton, Bristol County, MA. He removed to the Town of LeRay, Jefferson County early in the 1800s. He died 7 Oct 1841 in the Town of LeRay and was buried in the Quaker Cemetery there.
He married (1) 31 Dec 1778 in Swansea, MA
ELIZABETH CHASE, (daughter of DAVID and ELIZABETH (ASTEN) CHASE) who was
born 5 Sep 1761 at Swansea, MA and died 16 Dec 1826 at LeRay. She is
buried with her husband in the Quaker Cemetery.
Children, ANTHONY:
2 i DARIUS ANTHONY married RACHEL ANTHONY
3 ii ISAIAH ANTHONY married SARAH ORVIS
4 iii MARK ANTHONY married ESTHER ANTHONY
5 iv PAUL ANTHONY, Jr married MARION MAT/TOON
PAUL ANTHONY married (2)
PHEBE ANTHONY
Children, ANTHONY:
6 i ELVIRA ANTHONY married (1) CHARLES MATTOON;
(2) (---) REYNOLDS
7 ii MARY ANTHONY
8 iii NATHAN ANTHONY married ESTHER FINCH
9 iv THOMAS ANTHONY married AMELIA M. ANTHONY
10 v ELIZABETH ANTHONY married (1) CHARLES EVANS
(2) LEVI CRIPPEN
11 vi ISAAC ANTHONY
12 vii VELINA ANTHONY married PHILANDER MILLER
Also shown in the file by Jean M Eustis:
A viii ABIGAIL ANTHONY
B ix JAMES ANTHONY
4. MARK ANTHONY (son of PAUL & ELIZABETH (CHASE) ANTHONY) was born about 1780 and died after 1850 in Antwerp, NY.
He married
ESTHER ANTHONY. She was born Abt. 1793 in Connecticut.
Child, ANTHONY:
13 i ASA ANTHONY
5. PAUL ANTHONY, JR. (son of PAUL & ELIZABETH (CHASE) ANTHONY) was born about 1782 and died February 1873 in Brownville, NY.
He married
MARION MATTOON.
Child, ANTHONY:
14 i OLIVER ANTHONY
6. ELVIRA ANTHONY (daughter of PAUL & PHEBE (---) ANTHONY). This person may not be in the proper family arrangement... marriage to a Mr. Reynolds was evident due to her appearance in court in 1856 under that name.
She married (1)
CHARLES MATTOON.
Children, MATTOON:
15 i RUTH MATTOON married JAMES ANTHONY
16 ii MORGAN L. MATTOON
17 iii LEVI MATTOON married LYDIA MATTOON
18 iv ANGELINE MATTOON
19 v MARION MATTOON
20 vi CHARLES MATTOON, JR
She married (2) before 1856.
(---) REYNOLDS
10. ELIZABETH ANTHONY (daughter of PAUL & PHEBE (---) ANTHONY) was born February 7, 1789 in Massachusetts. Elizabeth came to Texas in 1839, probably on September 25, 1839. She left a married daughter, Gulia Eula (Evans) Cooper, in Jefferson County, New York. She came to Texas, possibly to join her Evans kin (Musgrove Evans, brother-in-law who had acquired large land grants due to his surveying expertise). June 20, 1854, Gillespie County, Book II, pg. 41g: Agreement filed by Elizabeth Crippen "of the other parts", holds a patent from the State of Texas for 640 acres of land in Bexar district on the waters of Sandy Creek, 70 miles north of San Antonio, issued 30th March, 1847. This land was sold for taxes to Rogan Cowan, who agreed to pay all costs in seeking to recover the land and it appeared he and Elizabeth would divide/share the land.
In 1870 she was living with son Orrin Crippen and his family. She died before May 11, 1878 in Caldwell Co., Texas.
She married (1)
CHARLES EVANS, the son of Gen. SAMUEL & NANCY (CLOUGH) EVANS who
was born April 27, 1787, and died June 13, 1818 in Philadelphia, Jefferson
County, N. Y.
Children, EVANS:
21 i BURTON EVANS
22 ii WISTER EVANS
23 iii GULIA EULA EVANS married MARTIN B. COOPER
24 iv ELIZA JANE EVANS married (---) HEATHERLY
25 v EDMUND EVANS
26 vi MARY EVANS
She married (2) aboout 1820 in New York
LEVI CRIPPEN, son of JOHN & (---) CRIPPEN. He was born November 17,
1792 in Jefferson or Otsego Co., N. Y. He died after 1835.
Children, CRIPPEN:
27 i PERRY CRIPPEN
28 ii ORRIN CRIPPEN married MARY JANE 'POLLY' BORRER
29 iii ORPAH CRIPPEN
30 iv JAMES W. CRIPPEN
12. VELINA ANTHONY (daughter of PAUL & PHEBE (---) ANTHONY) was born 1808, and died December 5, 1844 in Evans Mills, N. Y.
She married
PHILANDER MILLER.
Children, MILLER:
31 i MAY MILLER
32 ii PHILANDER MILLER, JR. married MARY MELINA MILLER
28. ORRIN CRIPPEN (son of LEVI & ELIZABETH (ANTHONY) CRIPPEN) was born July 9, 1826, New York State. His obituary states that he "passed with Texas and the United States through the Mexican War, 1845-46".
"CENTENARIAN PASSES AWAY
Orrin Crippen was born July 9th, 1826, in New York; he came to Texas at 10
years of age and settled near LaGrange.
At this time Texas was still a part of Mexico, but the war for
indenpendence was going on, so he first lived in Texas under the Mexican
flag. These were times to try the stamina and courage of the bravest, yet he
was always found equal to the occasion in any emergency. Next he followed the
fortunes of the young Republic into annexation and the Mexican War that
followed. About the close of this war he moved into the part of Gonzales
county east of where the Lockhart settlement was located. Later he was a
member of the convention that organized Caldwell county.
He was a blacksmith by trade and was considered as the most skilled workman in this section of the state at that time, and many of the children and grandchildren of his neighbors in those days still have as heirlooms, shovels, plows, and various other articles produced by his skill at the forge and anvil... He was married to Miss Mary Jane BORRER November 10th, 1852. To this union eight children were born, six of whom survive. They are Mrs. Lizzie Sanders, Wichita Falls; Mrs. Sarah Quinton, Gonzales; W.P. Crippen, Lockhart; Mrs. Susan Hocutt, Smithville; Mrs. Ellen Gilliland, Bateman, and S.I. Crippen, Smithville. He is also survived by twenty-nine grandchildren, seventy great grand-children and twenty great-great grandchildren.
In 1883 he sold out east of Lockhart and moved to Delhi where he established his shop and continued to ply his trade until he was past seventy-five years old when he sold out again and moved to Bastrop county retiring from business. One of the remarkable things about his mode of living is the fact that from the time he arrived in Texas until about 1900 he rarely, if ever, when avoidable, slept, winter or summer, any farther under a roof that the front porch.
He united with the Missionary Baptist church at Zion in 1876, was later orbained a deacon and lived a conscientious Christian life through the remainder of his many years.
He died June 9th, 1926, after having traveled this way for 99 years and 11 months. His remains were laid to rest beside his wife in Young cemetery near Upton, Bastrop County at 4 P.M. June the 10th. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Roscoe Stapp.
War Record: Enon Hocutt has his original discharge papers from the Union Army, stating that he was 5'8" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes. He was discharged from Sedgwick Hospital, Green Ville, Louisiana on July 31, 1865, having enlisted on 5 February, 1865. He had been wounded in the right hand. He was a Sergeant in Co. A., 2nd Texas Vol. Cav. Mr. Hocutt has a 2nd document from the Bureau of Pensions entitling Orrin to a pension of $17. per month because of his injury, but a 3rd document dated July 16, 1910 states that he is ineligible for this pension due to his "prior service in the Confederate army and his enlistment date of after Feb. 1, 1865.
Orrin joined Missionary Baptist Church at Zion in 1876. One of the earliest letters delivered to Delhi was to Orrin Crippen, dated Aug. 15, 1879. Orrin and Mary Crippen were among the first eight members of the Delhi Baptist Church. In 1883, he sold the blacksmith business he had east of Lockhart, moving back to Delhi. He continued blacksmithing there until he was 75. In 1890, he served as Deacon. In 1911, Orrin sold the farm at Delhi to Ed and Emma Goodman. He sold this business also and moved to Bastrop County, opening another shop in Rosanky, where he continued to work until failing eyesight forced him to retire. He went to live with daughter, Susan Hocutt, after Mary, his wife, died.
He died June 9, 1926, Bastrop Co., Texas; funeral was from First Baptist Church in Smithville.
He married November 10, 1852, probably Caldwell County, Texas
MARY JANE 'POLLY' BORRER, who was born June 9, 1831, Greene County, Illinois. She died about 1920, Caldwell Co., Texas.
Children, CRIPPEN:
33 i CECELIA CRIPPEN
34 ii AMANDA CRIPPEN
35 iii SARAH CRIPPEN
36 iv WILLIAM CRIPPEN
37 v SUSAN CRIPPEN
38 vi ELLEN CRIPPEN
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From: Heather Maclaren
Sent: November 7, 2021 1:53 AM
Subject: Anthony Family of LeRay, Jefferson County, New York
I just wanted to sort out Elvira Anthony as there seems to be some confusion about her as you noted in your article.
Elvira Anthony married Charles Mattoon.
It was her daughter Elvira Mattoon (b Nov 1819, Evans Mills d 24 Oct 1907, Theresa) who married the “Reynolds”. She married as follows:
Abram Devendorf (1822-1851) married 1845 Pamelia
Willard Lyman Devendorf (b 1846 Pamelia d 1911 Ogdensburgh) married Nancy E Stearns
Matilda Jane Devendorf (b 1847 Pamelia d 1927 Theresa) married Lyman Steans and then Lot Miller
Stephen Reynolds (b 1804 Saratoga d 1875 Brooklyn) married 1855 Theresa. This would tie to the appearance in court in 1856 under the name of Reynolds mentioned in your article.
Melvin A Reynolds (b 1858 Theresa)
William Henry Reynolds (b 1860 Theresa d 1919 Watertown)
Charles A Reynolds (b 1862 – 1872)
Stephen Reynolds is my 3 x great grandfather. He married
Mehitable (Hetty) Barber (1803 – 1841) My 2 x great grandfather George Washington Reynolds is a son.
Cornelia Ann Barber (1808 – 1854) She married first Van Renssalaear Nelson (1800-1843)
Elvira Mattoon (1819 – 1907) She married first Abram Devendorf as above
Here is Elvira Matoon’s obituary from the Watertown Daily Times, November 1, 1907 and a photo posted by another Ancestry member.
Note: BPC- Heather submitted a photo of the obit, typed on a card and dated Nov 1, 1907. I have added a obit found on the Fulton History site.
MATTOON
Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, New York
November 1
Death of an old resident
Mrs. Elvira Reynolds Passes Away at Her Daughter's Home in Theresa
Theresa, Nov. 1 - Many friends mourn the death of Mrs. Elvira Reynolds, who passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.J. Miller, on River street, Thursday morning, October 24.
She had been confined to her bed about six weeks. She did not suffer from any disease, only the ailments incident to old age. Mrs. Reynolds was born at Evans Mills in the Town of Leray, November 3, 1819. She was married to Abram Devendorf, March 4, 1845, at Pamelia, where they resided for four years, afterwards moving to Fonda, Montgomery county, where they resided about two years. During that time her husband died October 10, 1851. Then she moved to this village, where she was married to Stephen Reynolds, June 5, 1855. They lived in Brooklyn, where Mr. Reynolds died November 4, 1875. She remained there for a number of years, when she came to live with her daughter, with whom she has since made her home. Mrs. Reynolds is also survived by two sons, Willard Devendorf, of Theresa, and William Reynolds, of Watertown. Services were held at the home of her daughter, Saturday afternoon, Rev. C.H. Walton, Rev. E.S. Cheeseman and Rev. Hugh Creig officiating. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery, Theresa, New York.
Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, Monday Afternoon, October 28, 1907
THERESA
Elvira Reynolds
Theresa. Oct 28 - The death of Mrs. Elvira Reynolds, an aged and highly respected resident, occurred Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Miller, on River street. She was 88 years old, a native of Evans Mills, and on March 4, 1845, was married at Pamelia to Abram Devendorf, who died on Oct. 10, 1851. Shortly after his death, she moved to this village, and on June 5, 1855,married Stephen Reynolds, whose death occurred Nov. 4, 1875. She is survived by two sons, Willard Devendorf of this place and William Reynolds of Watertown, and one daughter, Mrs. M.J. Miller of this village. The funeral services were held from the home of Mrs. Miller, at 2 Saturday afternoon. Rev. C. H. Walton officiating, assisted by Rev. E.S. Cheeseman, a former pastor, and Rev. Hugh Craig. Burial was made in Oakwood.
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