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| Donna Boice Davenport with daughters Susan and Beth 2015 |
I used the first few words I found on the pages as the heading. I have started
labeling them clearer, but it will take time. Bear with me. Donna Daveport,
granddaughter of Susie Briggs.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Donna Davenport, Granddaughter of Susie Briggs
I used the first few words I found on the pages as the heading. I have started
labeling them clearer, but it will take time. Bear with me. Donna Daveport,
granddaughter of Susie Briggs.
Photos of Author Susie Briggs
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| Susie with husband Harry Hisert between 1969-1971 |
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| A younger Susie holding great grandson Michael in 1966 |
Foreword and Scans from The Walling Journal written by Susie Reed Briggs
Many scans of the Walling Journal are now on. This journal was handwritten by my grandmother Susan Aylesworth Reed Stone Briggs Hisert. She went by Susie Briggs for most of her adult life and that is the way I will refer to her or as Grandma Susie. From comments she made in the journal, I estimate it was written about 1960.
I knew of her interest in genealogy, but had no idea how much research she had done. Imagine the amount of the word of mouth research she did to find much of this information. I did find that she had also been to Albany to do research.
Even using Ancestry.com research, finding all the journal's treasure of information, has taken me many many hours through years, and even then many details were lacking. Using a combination of the journal information, Find A Grave, and Ancestry.com, I hope to add more detail. Give me a while to manage that part. :0) I also have many photos to add.
Until I get the addendum information onto this blog as planned, I'm posting the Foreword so you will know more about this blog.
Susie was married twice more, To Frank Briggs in 1921-1936 and to Harry Hisert in 1969-1971.
This is Grandma Susie's Find A Grave URL to see more of her history with links to her family.
Find A Grave Memorial for Susie Reed Briggs 1888-1971
I knew of her interest in genealogy, but had no idea how much research she had done. Imagine the amount of the word of mouth research she did to find much of this information. I did find that she had also been to Albany to do research.
Even using Ancestry.com research, finding all the journal's treasure of information, has taken me many many hours through years, and even then many details were lacking. Using a combination of the journal information, Find A Grave, and Ancestry.com, I hope to add more detail. Give me a while to manage that part. :0) I also have many photos to add.
Until I get the addendum information onto this blog as planned, I'm posting the Foreword so you will know more about this blog.
Susie's Biography:
FOREWORD: The Walling Journal was
SCANNED AND ORGANIZED BY DONNA (BOICE) DAVENPORT, granddaughter of the author. My beloved Grandma
Susie (Susan Aylesworth Reed Stone Hisert) sure left a surprise in
this journal.
Susie was born Feb. 23, 1888, the last of 6 children born to Irvin and Marcia Freel Reed in Burlington, NY on the Reed Farm which is located approximately 4 miles north of Garrattsville.
Only 3 children lived to adulthood.
Susan Reed had two living siblings.
Nellie and Arthur Reed both attended Oneonta Normal, now Hartwick
College in Oneonta, NY. Both were life long teachers. Grandma also
taught school. On the 1920 census I found her listed as a teacher in
Oneida, NY. My mother, Margueriete, then 8 years old was with her, while her
4 year old son Adrian, was with her parents in Burlington, NY. Her
husband, William Elhanan Stone had died in January 20, 1919 of the
Spanish Flu during that epidemic.Susie was born Feb. 23, 1888, the last of 6 children born to Irvin and Marcia Freel Reed in Burlington, NY on the Reed Farm which is located approximately 4 miles north of Garrattsville.
Only 3 children lived to adulthood.
Susie was married twice more, To Frank Briggs in 1921-1936 and to Harry Hisert in 1969-1971.
It would appear there were several
generations of teachers in her family. Susie's Mother, Marcia Freel
Reed and Grandmother Elizabeth Walling Freel were also teachers
probably before they married.
The Walling line comes through her mother. The line of ascent is Marcia, her mother Elizabeth Walling, daughter of Stephen P and Olive McLaughlin Walling. We think his parents were William Walling and his mother Caroline Gorton Walling, but we have been unable to prove that.
Following the naming tradition of their time, their first son was named David and first daughter, Mary (her father was David McLaughlin and her mother was Mary Holmes McLaughlin). Their second daughter was named Olive Caroline and second son Stephen Palmer. Their third son was named William Cornelius. So, it is just an assumption that the Caroline and William Cornelius might have been after his parents.
The Walling line comes through her mother. The line of ascent is Marcia, her mother Elizabeth Walling, daughter of Stephen P and Olive McLaughlin Walling. We think his parents were William Walling and his mother Caroline Gorton Walling, but we have been unable to prove that.
Following the naming tradition of their time, their first son was named David and first daughter, Mary (her father was David McLaughlin and her mother was Mary Holmes McLaughlin). Their second daughter was named Olive Caroline and second son Stephen Palmer. Their third son was named William Cornelius. So, it is just an assumption that the Caroline and William Cornelius might have been after his parents.
Grandma Susie was interested in the
genealogy of our family as long as I can recall, but I had no idea
the depth of her research until long
after her death in 1971. I found some of that research when my
Aunt Mary Boice Gale died in 1997 when
I inherited some 70 years of her extensive research.
It was about the year 2010 through my
Ancestry.com information that a cousin living just 10 miles away
found me. She had a copy of the Walling Journal. I didn't know
anything about the journal before that. What an exciting find!
There are 3 handwritten journals that can be verified.
Considering the labor intensive way of
gathering all of that data before computers, I was blown away by all
the information included in the journals. Bless you Grandma Susie
for all you did as one of the history keepers for our family.
The
Walling family covered in this journal and blog are mainly from Otsego
County in central NY State and to narrow it down more to Burlington and
New Lisbon in the Butternut Valley which includes the valley from
Burlington (once known as Burlington Green) south to Gilbertsville, NY.
Many of the family are buried at Butternut Valley Cemetery aka Brick
School House Cemetery which is located 3 miles north of Garrattsville,
NY. The Brick House once was used for school during the week and church on Sunday. It is now a private home.
Notes: There is more to this journal which includes the Aylsworth/Aylesworth, Stone, Parsons, and Harrington lines. That is a future addition planned.
Susie certainly must have known how to spell her middle name, Aylesworth. And it would appear she probably was named after her paternal grandmother, Susan (Aylsworth) Reed. Her Aylsworth line descended from Arthur Aylsworth. The author of “The Descendents of Arthur Aylsworth” was Dr. Homer Elhanan Aylsworth. He was related to Susan Aylsworth Reed.
Susie certainly must have known how to spell her middle name, Aylesworth. And it would appear she probably was named after her paternal grandmother, Susan (Aylsworth) Reed. Her Aylsworth line descended from Arthur Aylsworth. The author of “The Descendents of Arthur Aylsworth” was Dr. Homer Elhanan Aylsworth. He was related to Susan Aylsworth Reed.
The spelling of Aylsworth/Aylesworth
varies by some family members, or it was put on tombstones in error. The name of Aylsworth descendents often shows up as Aylesworth.
Susie used the spelling Aylesworth, with the 'e' throughout her
journal. I have found this often was the incorrect spelling. So, if
you are looking for a relative of them, you might like to try looking for both
spellings.
This is Grandma Susie's Find A Grave URL to see more of her history with links to her family.
Find A Grave Memorial for Susie Reed Briggs 1888-1971
Photos of Grandma holding me 1938 and Beth 1970
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| Grandma Susie Briggs holding me (Donna Boice) 1938 |
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| Susie holding Beth Anne King (her great granddaughter) 1970 |
Walling children headstone photos
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| Many of the Walling Family are buried at Butternut Valley Cemetery |
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| David, oldest son of Stephen and Olive Walling. 1824- |
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| Mary A, second child and first daughter. |
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| Olive Caroline, third child, 2nd daughter |
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| William Cornelius Walling, Sixth child, third son |
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| Polly Sarah Aylsworth, wife of William Cornelius Walling |
Butternut Valley Cemetery AKA Brick School House Cemetery
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| Butternut Valley Cemetery gate showing the Brick School House in the background. |
Stephen P. Walling and his wife Olive McLaughlin Walling are buried in the Butternut Valley
Cemetery as well as several of their children. There are two Butternut Valley cemeteries in
Otsego County just to add to confusion when researching. This one aka Brick School House cemetery is located 3 miles north of Garrattsville, NY. The other one is located at Gilbertsville, NY.
Page 14 Scan 16 CHILD II-- MARY A WALLING married Benjamin Kenyon first
From my ancestry.com page for Mary Emma Kenyon:
Spouse & Children
Page 14a Nellie May Hubbard Holbrook
Nellie May Hubbard Holbrook born 6/7/1882 died 10/3/1943
Possibly divorced.
Spouse & Children
Page 15 Scan 17 Flora m. Dibble, Alice E. Kenyon Parkhurst
From the Find A Grave bio page for Dr. Frank B. Parkhurst:
| Birth: | Sep. 4, 1843 Frankfort Herkimer County New York, USA | ||||
| Death: | Jul. 9, 1926 Belleville Essex County New Jersey, USA | ||||
 He was a son of Dr. W.H.H. and Margaret Budlong Parkhurst. In 1868 he married Miss Ida Winant, who died in 1870. On January 29, 1878, he married Miss Alice E. Kenyon of Frankfort and they resided on the Parkhurst homestead until a year ago Surviving are his wife, two sons, Dr. Fenimore Parkhurst of Frankfort, Lester Parkhurst, Belleville, NJ and a granddaughter, Frances Parkhurst. | |||||
| Fenimore was born to Frank and Ida. He married Margrett |
Page 19 Scan 19 CHILD III; OLIVE CAROLIINE WALLING 1828-1891
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| Lyman Aylsworth 1832-1895 and his wife Olive Caroline Walling 1828-1891 |
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| Whitney N. 6 year old son of Lyman and Olive Walling Aylsworth Buried at Butternut Valley Cemetery |
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Page 27 Child IV; ELIZABETH WALLING 1831-1892
To save time, I'm just going to type in this missing scanned page:
No. IV Elizabeth b. 1831 d. Jan 1892.
Funeral date in my father's diary--Jan. 13, 1892. m. 1st in Sangersfield John Freel Jr.
b. in Ireland, British Empire and son of John Freel Sr. and his wife (indefinite as yet)
possibly the Elizabeth Freel listed in the Second Baptist Church Recods of Burlington,
NY as late as Jan 29, 1794 when she joined their church. Report says the Sr. Freel family
moved to Italy, NY.
John- Elizabeth Walling-Freel were divorced. She later married Nathan Willis
and lived in Bridgewater NY until her death from pneumonia. She is buried in
an unmarked grave, down the knoll a bit from the Irvin-Sylvester Reed lot.
Ch.
II Marcia Elizabeth b. Mar. 19, 1851 in the home of Stephen Sr. and Olive Clara-
McLaughlin-walling in Township of New Lisbon on Wooley Hill Road near the
Quaker Church. The church and
Page 28 of the Journal continued with a few corrections in spellings:
farmhouse have long since been gone.
On Mar. 8, 1870 she m. Irvin Emory Reed son of Sylvester-Susan Aylsworth- Reed.
Sylvester was b. June 29, 1837, d. Mar. 23, 1908. He was born, lived and died on
the Reed farm on the Butternut Road.
The farm was settled by his gr. father Shubael Reed and family when they came
from Tolland , Conn. in early 1800s. Shubael Reed's wife, Mehitable Hale was
daughter of John Hale and gr. daughter of Daniel Knowlton: also niece of Col.
Thomas Knowlton, killed in battle of New York on Manhatten Island and the
present site of Columbia University.
The Hales were from Ashford Conn. Irvin E. Reed is descended from Capt.
Thomas Aylsworth b. Aug 21, 1726: d. Oct. 11, 1811 and second wife Martha
Harrington. The Reeds and Hales are buried in Butternut Valley Cemetery
while Capt. Thomas Aylsworth and his wife Martha are buried in Holdredge
Cemetery on the Cornell Farm located between Garrattsville and West Burlington
owned and occupied by Ralph Rose and sister Ethelyn Rose (as of 1962) and
descendents of the former owner Peleg Cornell.
My addendum info: Pvt. John Hale and his wife Mehitable were the parents of about 10
children. Some stayed behind in Conn. and several relocated to NY. I have visited their gravesites several times. John Hale was a cousin of Nathan Hale.
The damaged stone for Mehetabel Hale reads Mehetabel, Wife of John Hale.
Died July the 22nd 1825 in the 75th year of her age.
No. IV Elizabeth b. 1831 d. Jan 1892.
Funeral date in my father's diary--Jan. 13, 1892. m. 1st in Sangersfield John Freel Jr.
b. in Ireland, British Empire and son of John Freel Sr. and his wife (indefinite as yet)
possibly the Elizabeth Freel listed in the Second Baptist Church Recods of Burlington,
NY as late as Jan 29, 1794 when she joined their church. Report says the Sr. Freel family
moved to Italy, NY.
John- Elizabeth Walling-Freel were divorced. She later married Nathan Willis
and lived in Bridgewater NY until her death from pneumonia. She is buried in
an unmarked grave, down the knoll a bit from the Irvin-Sylvester Reed lot.
Ch.
II Marcia Elizabeth b. Mar. 19, 1851 in the home of Stephen Sr. and Olive Clara-
McLaughlin-walling in Township of New Lisbon on Wooley Hill Road near the
Quaker Church. The church and
Page 28 of the Journal continued with a few corrections in spellings:
farmhouse have long since been gone.
On Mar. 8, 1870 she m. Irvin Emory Reed son of Sylvester-Susan Aylsworth- Reed.
Sylvester was b. June 29, 1837, d. Mar. 23, 1908. He was born, lived and died on
the Reed farm on the Butternut Road.
The farm was settled by his gr. father Shubael Reed and family when they came
from Tolland , Conn. in early 1800s. Shubael Reed's wife, Mehitable Hale was
daughter of John Hale and gr. daughter of Daniel Knowlton: also niece of Col.
Thomas Knowlton, killed in battle of New York on Manhatten Island and the
present site of Columbia University.
The Hales were from Ashford Conn. Irvin E. Reed is descended from Capt.
Thomas Aylsworth b. Aug 21, 1726: d. Oct. 11, 1811 and second wife Martha
Harrington. The Reeds and Hales are buried in Butternut Valley Cemetery
while Capt. Thomas Aylsworth and his wife Martha are buried in Holdredge
Cemetery on the Cornell Farm located between Garrattsville and West Burlington
owned and occupied by Ralph Rose and sister Ethelyn Rose (as of 1962) and
descendents of the former owner Peleg Cornell.
My addendum info: Pvt. John Hale and his wife Mehitable were the parents of about 10
children. Some stayed behind in Conn. and several relocated to NY. I have visited their gravesites several times. John Hale was a cousin of Nathan Hale.
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| Hale gravestones at Butternut Valley Cemetery near Garrattsville, NY |
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| PVT John Hale 1747-1810 |
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| Mehetabel Knowlton Hale 1750-1825 |
Died July the 22nd 1825 in the 75th year of her age.
Page 28 Scan 23 Daughter of Elizabeth Walling, Marcia Freel married Irvin E. Reed
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| Irvin Emory Reed 1837-1908 |
Page 29 Scan 24 Children of Marcia Freel Reed, Daughter of Elizabeth Walling
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| Irvin E. Reed 1837-1908 |
Page 30 Scan 25 Arthur Reed 1871-1935, Nellie Amoret Reed 1874-1920
| William Elhanan Stone 1888-1919 First husband of Susie Reed and the father of her 2 children |
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| Nellie Amoret Reed 1874-1920. Sister to Susie Reed Briggs |
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| Susie Marcia Reed June 2, 1884- Jan 26, 1885. And also an infant daughter stillborn Nov. 12, 1885 |
Page 31 Scan 26 Susie's daughter Margueriete and children plus photos
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| Arthur Jackson and Margueriete Willetta Stone Boice 1934 Wedding picture. |
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| Margueriete holding daughter Donna with husband Arthur Boice 1939 |
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| Donna and brother Arthur Elhanan Boice. Art was born in 1941. |
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| Donna Elizabeth Boice. Kindergarten photo 1943 |
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| Margueriete Stone Boice with her 3 children. Arthur, Willis, and Donna 1945 |
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| Graduate of Binghamton General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1964 Donna holding nephew Jerry James Boice, son of Willis Boice 1969 |
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