IMPORTANT: burial location unknown. Killed by Indians - hence, it is entirely possible that his remains were not laid to rest in a cemetery. His body may have simply been left, in situe - or buried, where he fell, or (as was sometimes the custom of the day), burned on a military-style pyre - along with any other men killed (to prevent desecration of the bodies by wild animals and the Indians).
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b. about 1702 or 1711
d. killed by Indians at Wyoming Flats, PA. [see below].
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+87. Timothy -4, b.????, m. Lucretia. He is mentioned in the colonial records of Conn. as ensign of the 2d company of Glastonbury, in 1742, and as captain of the 12th company of the 6th regiment, of the colony, in 1750. Also in the records for 1760. He was killed by the Indians at Wyoming, in 1763.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 43, Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&
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"His house and its contents having been destroyed by fire, he [Timothy] left Glastonbury and went to Pennsylvania, and purchased a large tract of land in the Wyoming Flats. Leaving his wife and babe behind at a settlement of whites, he and his two oldest sons went into the wilderness to clear up a place for the family. They had cleared a field and were plowing with oxen one day when they were attacked by the Indians, who had krept up behind a brush fence and shot at them. The father and eldest son were killed. This was Oct. 15, 1763. Isaac, the second son, attempted to make his escape, but while climbing over the brush fence was captured by the Indians. One of the oxen was shot dead in the furrow, the other one managed to get away with the yoke hanging to his neck, and after several days wandered back to the settlement where the wife and babe had been left. This gave the first intimation that harm had befallen the father and sons. Isaac was fourteen years of age when captured by the Indians, and was a prisoner for several years, being a man grown when he made his escape. He and a man named Bush made the first attempt in winter, but failed. Bush fell into a stream they were crossing on the ice and got so chilled through that he died. Isaac Hollister buried him and returned to the Indians, explaining their absence by saying that they had got lost while hunting, and that Bush has got drowned. The indians did not believe his story, and compelled him to "run the gauntlet." He had nearly finished his run between two lines of savages armed with clubs when he was knocked down, and would have been beaten to death had not a friendly squaw interposed, and dragged him out, nursing him back to life and recovery. She afterward aided him in his second and successful attempt. She told him in what direction to go to reach the nearest white settlement, and how to follow the streams to get there, and advised him to go in summer instead of winter. The Indians who captured him were of the Genesee tribe. Their camp-ground was where the city of Rochester now stands. When he made his escape he followed the Genesee River and then the Mohawk. He was directed to go to the settlement at Schenectady, but he missed his way and came out at Albany. He told his story to the whites there, was kindly received by them, and went to work there as a mason. Afterward he learned the reed-makers' and weavers' trades of the man who became his father-in-law. He married Elizabeth Newcomb. She had a brother Kinner, from whom came the name which is frequently found in this branch of the family since her time. Asa, brother of Isaac, was left behind with his mother, as before mentioned. He was then about ten months old. After he grew up, he married and settled in Amenia, N.Y. About the year 1820, Isaac heard of Asa, who was then living at Groton, N.Y., and sent for him. They met at the house of Isaac's son Isaac. Asa was the first and only one of his family that Isaac ever found after his return from captivity. He was at that time 70 years of age. Isaac Hollister, after his marriage, lived a short time at Hurly [Sic] Flats, N.Y., where probably all his children where born. As will be seen below, four of his children married Winchells. James and Lemuel were brothers. The above is the story of Isaac Hollister, as derived from several of the descendants of his father Timothy. It will be noticed that there we several important discrepancies. The date for the death of father and son is given as Oct. 15, 1763, at which time Asa is said to have been ten months of age. But his descendants say that he was born Dec. 9, 1758, which would make him nearly five years old when his father was killed. Again, it is said that Isaac Hollister never saw any of his father's family until he met his brother Asa in 1820. The following, from the probate records at Hartford, seems to show the contrary: - "Probate Records of Hartford, Conn.," Dec. 11, 1769. Inventory of estate of Capt. Timothy Hollister, killed by Indians at Wyoming, Oct. 15, 1763. Feb. 9, 1769-70, administration was granted on his estate to Isaac Hollister and Lucretia Hollister of Newberry, Ulster County, Province of New York, Vol. XXI, p.5. Probably these were the son and widow of Capt. Timothy Hollister."
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 72, 73, 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&
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Susquehanna Company[2]
In 1753 an association called the Susquehanna Company was formed in Connecticut for the purpose of settling the lands in the Wyoming Valley. They sent agents to explore the region. These agents met with an Indian council at Albany in 1754 to extinguish the Indian title to these lands. At this time the governor of Pennsylvania, James Hamilton contacted Sir William Johnson to use his influence with the Six Nations and prevent the sale. Nonetheless, the Connecticut agents succeeded and purchased the land, including the Wyoming Valley. The proprietary government of Pennsylvania claimed the valley through a purchase made in 1736; but the claim was disputed by Connecticut settlers. In 1762 about two hundred settlers established themselves near what is now Mill Creek. They cleared fields, sowed wheat and built log homes. They then returned to Connecticut for the winter to prepare to bring their families to the Wyoming Valley the following spring. The people of Pennsylvania were displeased with these actions by the Connecticut settlers. The Governor again asked Sir William Johnson for influence with the Iroquois to repudiate the sale of 1754 with the Susquehanna Co. Protests against occupancy were made to the government at Hartford. In England both sides presented their case, and opinions favorable to both sides were obtained.
Despite warning from the Connecticut governor against doing so, the following spring the Connecticut settlers with their families returned to the area. That summer they extended their settlement to the west side of the river. In the fall a party of Iroquois visited the area. Is is reported that they had a dual purpose: to incite the Delaware and to get rid of Teedyuscung, a chief who held great influence. On April 19, 1763 the dwelling of Teedyuscung and twenty others around it were set on fire. The "chief, under the influence of liquor, perished in the flames." This was an act of revenge for the death of an Iroquois warrior killed by the chief in 1758. The Iroquois let the others believe this act was committed by the settlers. As a result the Delaware attacked the settlers, killing thirty and causing the others to flee. They then burned the settlement. The following are names of settlers taken from "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, Pa." by W.W. Munsell & Co. 1880.
Benjamin Ashley, James Atherton, Daniel Baldwin, Isaac Bennett, Thomas Bennett, William Buck, Nathaniel Chapman, John Comstock, Benjamin Davis, Ezra Dean, John Dorrance, Simon Draper, Benjamin Follett, Elkanah Fuller, Stephen Gardiner, Daniel Gore, Obadiah Gore, Isaac Hollister, Jr., Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathaniel Hollister, David Honeywell, August Hunt, Nathaniel Hurlbut, John Jenkins, Moses Kimball, Gideon Lawrence, Stephen Lee, Thomas Marsh, Rev. W.M. Marsh, David Martin, George Miner, Silas Parker, Ezekiel Pierce, Samuel Richards, Ebenezer Searles, Ephraim Seely, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jonathan Slocum, John Smith, Matthew Smith, Oliver Jewell Smith, Timothy Smith, Wright Smith, Eliphalet Stevens, William Stevens, Wright Stevens, Nathaniel Terry, Paschall Terry, Ephraim Tyler, Ephriam Tyler, Jr., Isaac Underwood, Jonathan Weeks, Jr., Philip Weeks. "Killed by the Indians October 15th, 1763: Rev. William Marsh, Thomas Marsh, Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathan Terry, Wright Smith, Daniel Baldwin and wife, Jesse Wiffins, Zeruah Whitney, Isaac Hollister. Prisoners: Shepherd and Daniel Baldwin's son."
Nota bene: Timothy Hollister and Isaac Hollister were brothers.
Deposition of Parshall Terry (1794)
"...Upon being cross-examined the deponent saith, when he first went to Wyoming, Teedyuscung and the Indians inhabited log houses, but whether they were built for them by the Governor of Pennsylvania the deponent does not know; that Timothy Hollister laid out the lots in the year the Indians cut off the settlers the first time; that the said Timothy Hollister was a surveyor from Connecticut employed by the Susquehanna Company …"
[3]
FOOTNOTES:
1- From "The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants." Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1886.
2- Some Early History of Wilkes-Barre -(from Luzerne County GenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm)
3- Pennsylvania Archives Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1893, p707
Source [link]: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hollister-387
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CHILDREN:
i. Joseph, b.????, d.15-Oct-1763 Wyoming Flats, PA. (killed by Indians).
ii. Isaac Hollister, b.~1750, d.after 1795 - possibly, after 1800., m.Elizabeth Newcomb.
iii. Asa Hollister, b.09-Dec-1758, d.16-Apr-1839, m1.01-Jan-1783 to: Anna Allen, m2.02-Oct-1788 to Mary Wilson.
Note: there were perhaps, other children.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&
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b. about 1702 or 1711
d. killed by Indians at Wyoming Flats, PA. [see below].
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+87. Timothy -4, b.????, m. Lucretia. He is mentioned in the colonial records of Conn. as ensign of the 2d company of Glastonbury, in 1742, and as captain of the 12th company of the 6th regiment, of the colony, in 1750. Also in the records for 1760. He was killed by the Indians at Wyoming, in 1763.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 43, Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&
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"His house and its contents having been destroyed by fire, he [Timothy] left Glastonbury and went to Pennsylvania, and purchased a large tract of land in the Wyoming Flats. Leaving his wife and babe behind at a settlement of whites, he and his two oldest sons went into the wilderness to clear up a place for the family. They had cleared a field and were plowing with oxen one day when they were attacked by the Indians, who had krept up behind a brush fence and shot at them. The father and eldest son were killed. This was Oct. 15, 1763. Isaac, the second son, attempted to make his escape, but while climbing over the brush fence was captured by the Indians. One of the oxen was shot dead in the furrow, the other one managed to get away with the yoke hanging to his neck, and after several days wandered back to the settlement where the wife and babe had been left. This gave the first intimation that harm had befallen the father and sons. Isaac was fourteen years of age when captured by the Indians, and was a prisoner for several years, being a man grown when he made his escape. He and a man named Bush made the first attempt in winter, but failed. Bush fell into a stream they were crossing on the ice and got so chilled through that he died. Isaac Hollister buried him and returned to the Indians, explaining their absence by saying that they had got lost while hunting, and that Bush has got drowned. The indians did not believe his story, and compelled him to "run the gauntlet." He had nearly finished his run between two lines of savages armed with clubs when he was knocked down, and would have been beaten to death had not a friendly squaw interposed, and dragged him out, nursing him back to life and recovery. She afterward aided him in his second and successful attempt. She told him in what direction to go to reach the nearest white settlement, and how to follow the streams to get there, and advised him to go in summer instead of winter. The Indians who captured him were of the Genesee tribe. Their camp-ground was where the city of Rochester now stands. When he made his escape he followed the Genesee River and then the Mohawk. He was directed to go to the settlement at Schenectady, but he missed his way and came out at Albany. He told his story to the whites there, was kindly received by them, and went to work there as a mason. Afterward he learned the reed-makers' and weavers' trades of the man who became his father-in-law. He married Elizabeth Newcomb. She had a brother Kinner, from whom came the name which is frequently found in this branch of the family since her time. Asa, brother of Isaac, was left behind with his mother, as before mentioned. He was then about ten months old. After he grew up, he married and settled in Amenia, N.Y. About the year 1820, Isaac heard of Asa, who was then living at Groton, N.Y., and sent for him. They met at the house of Isaac's son Isaac. Asa was the first and only one of his family that Isaac ever found after his return from captivity. He was at that time 70 years of age. Isaac Hollister, after his marriage, lived a short time at Hurly [Sic] Flats, N.Y., where probably all his children where born. As will be seen below, four of his children married Winchells. James and Lemuel were brothers. The above is the story of Isaac Hollister, as derived from several of the descendants of his father Timothy. It will be noticed that there we several important discrepancies. The date for the death of father and son is given as Oct. 15, 1763, at which time Asa is said to have been ten months of age. But his descendants say that he was born Dec. 9, 1758, which would make him nearly five years old when his father was killed. Again, it is said that Isaac Hollister never saw any of his father's family until he met his brother Asa in 1820. The following, from the probate records at Hartford, seems to show the contrary: - "Probate Records of Hartford, Conn.," Dec. 11, 1769. Inventory of estate of Capt. Timothy Hollister, killed by Indians at Wyoming, Oct. 15, 1763. Feb. 9, 1769-70, administration was granted on his estate to Isaac Hollister and Lucretia Hollister of Newberry, Ulster County, Province of New York, Vol. XXI, p.5. Probably these were the son and widow of Capt. Timothy Hollister."
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 72, 73, 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&
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Susquehanna Company[2]
In 1753 an association called the Susquehanna Company was formed in Connecticut for the purpose of settling the lands in the Wyoming Valley. They sent agents to explore the region. These agents met with an Indian council at Albany in 1754 to extinguish the Indian title to these lands. At this time the governor of Pennsylvania, James Hamilton contacted Sir William Johnson to use his influence with the Six Nations and prevent the sale. Nonetheless, the Connecticut agents succeeded and purchased the land, including the Wyoming Valley. The proprietary government of Pennsylvania claimed the valley through a purchase made in 1736; but the claim was disputed by Connecticut settlers. In 1762 about two hundred settlers established themselves near what is now Mill Creek. They cleared fields, sowed wheat and built log homes. They then returned to Connecticut for the winter to prepare to bring their families to the Wyoming Valley the following spring. The people of Pennsylvania were displeased with these actions by the Connecticut settlers. The Governor again asked Sir William Johnson for influence with the Iroquois to repudiate the sale of 1754 with the Susquehanna Co. Protests against occupancy were made to the government at Hartford. In England both sides presented their case, and opinions favorable to both sides were obtained.
Despite warning from the Connecticut governor against doing so, the following spring the Connecticut settlers with their families returned to the area. That summer they extended their settlement to the west side of the river. In the fall a party of Iroquois visited the area. Is is reported that they had a dual purpose: to incite the Delaware and to get rid of Teedyuscung, a chief who held great influence. On April 19, 1763 the dwelling of Teedyuscung and twenty others around it were set on fire. The "chief, under the influence of liquor, perished in the flames." This was an act of revenge for the death of an Iroquois warrior killed by the chief in 1758. The Iroquois let the others believe this act was committed by the settlers. As a result the Delaware attacked the settlers, killing thirty and causing the others to flee. They then burned the settlement. The following are names of settlers taken from "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, Pa." by W.W. Munsell & Co. 1880.
Benjamin Ashley, James Atherton, Daniel Baldwin, Isaac Bennett, Thomas Bennett, William Buck, Nathaniel Chapman, John Comstock, Benjamin Davis, Ezra Dean, John Dorrance, Simon Draper, Benjamin Follett, Elkanah Fuller, Stephen Gardiner, Daniel Gore, Obadiah Gore, Isaac Hollister, Jr., Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathaniel Hollister, David Honeywell, August Hunt, Nathaniel Hurlbut, John Jenkins, Moses Kimball, Gideon Lawrence, Stephen Lee, Thomas Marsh, Rev. W.M. Marsh, David Martin, George Miner, Silas Parker, Ezekiel Pierce, Samuel Richards, Ebenezer Searles, Ephraim Seely, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jonathan Slocum, John Smith, Matthew Smith, Oliver Jewell Smith, Timothy Smith, Wright Smith, Eliphalet Stevens, William Stevens, Wright Stevens, Nathaniel Terry, Paschall Terry, Ephraim Tyler, Ephriam Tyler, Jr., Isaac Underwood, Jonathan Weeks, Jr., Philip Weeks. "Killed by the Indians October 15th, 1763: Rev. William Marsh, Thomas Marsh, Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathan Terry, Wright Smith, Daniel Baldwin and wife, Jesse Wiffins, Zeruah Whitney, Isaac Hollister. Prisoners: Shepherd and Daniel Baldwin's son."
Nota bene: Timothy Hollister and Isaac Hollister were brothers.
Deposition of Parshall Terry (1794)
"...Upon being cross-examined the deponent saith, when he first went to Wyoming, Teedyuscung and the Indians inhabited log houses, but whether they were built for them by the Governor of Pennsylvania the deponent does not know; that Timothy Hollister laid out the lots in the year the Indians cut off the settlers the first time; that the said Timothy Hollister was a surveyor from Connecticut employed by the Susquehanna Company …"
[3]
FOOTNOTES:
1- From "The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants." Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1886.
2- Some Early History of Wilkes-Barre -(from Luzerne County GenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm)
3- Pennsylvania Archives Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1893, p707
Source [link]: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hollister-387
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CHILDREN:
i. Joseph, b.????, d.15-Oct-1763 Wyoming Flats, PA. (killed by Indians).
ii. Isaac Hollister, b.~1750, d.after 1795 - possibly, after 1800., m.Elizabeth Newcomb.
iii. Asa Hollister, b.09-Dec-1758, d.16-Apr-1839, m1.01-Jan-1783 to: Anna Allen, m2.02-Oct-1788 to Mary Wilson.
Note: there were perhaps, other children.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&
IMPORTANT: burial location unknown. Killed by Indians - hence, it is entirely possible that his remains were not laid to rest in a cemetery. His body may have simply been left, in situe - or buried, where he fell, or (as was sometimes the custom of the day), burned on a military-style pyre - along with any other men killed (to prevent desecration of the bodies by wild animals and the Indians).
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b. about 1702 or 1711
d. killed by Indians at Wyoming Flats, PA. [see below].
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+87. Timothy -4, b.????, m. Lucretia. He is mentioned in the colonial records of Conn. as ensign of the 2d company of Glastonbury, in 1742, and as captain of the 12th company of the 6th regiment, of the colony, in 1750. Also in the records for 1760. He was killed by the Indians at Wyoming, in 1763.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 43, Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&
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"His house and its contents having been destroyed by fire, he [Timothy] left Glastonbury and went to Pennsylvania, and purchased a large tract of land in the Wyoming Flats. Leaving his wife and babe behind at a settlement of whites, he and his two oldest sons went into the wilderness to clear up a place for the family. They had cleared a field and were plowing with oxen one day when they were attacked by the Indians, who had krept up behind a brush fence and shot at them. The father and eldest son were killed. This was Oct. 15, 1763. Isaac, the second son, attempted to make his escape, but while climbing over the brush fence was captured by the Indians. One of the oxen was shot dead in the furrow, the other one managed to get away with the yoke hanging to his neck, and after several days wandered back to the settlement where the wife and babe had been left. This gave the first intimation that harm had befallen the father and sons. Isaac was fourteen years of age when captured by the Indians, and was a prisoner for several years, being a man grown when he made his escape. He and a man named Bush made the first attempt in winter, but failed. Bush fell into a stream they were crossing on the ice and got so chilled through that he died. Isaac Hollister buried him and returned to the Indians, explaining their absence by saying that they had got lost while hunting, and that Bush has got drowned. The indians did not believe his story, and compelled him to "run the gauntlet." He had nearly finished his run between two lines of savages armed with clubs when he was knocked down, and would have been beaten to death had not a friendly squaw interposed, and dragged him out, nursing him back to life and recovery. She afterward aided him in his second and successful attempt. She told him in what direction to go to reach the nearest white settlement, and how to follow the streams to get there, and advised him to go in summer instead of winter. The Indians who captured him were of the Genesee tribe. Their camp-ground was where the city of Rochester now stands. When he made his escape he followed the Genesee River and then the Mohawk. He was directed to go to the settlement at Schenectady, but he missed his way and came out at Albany. He told his story to the whites there, was kindly received by them, and went to work there as a mason. Afterward he learned the reed-makers' and weavers' trades of the man who became his father-in-law. He married Elizabeth Newcomb. She had a brother Kinner, from whom came the name which is frequently found in this branch of the family since her time. Asa, brother of Isaac, was left behind with his mother, as before mentioned. He was then about ten months old. After he grew up, he married and settled in Amenia, N.Y. About the year 1820, Isaac heard of Asa, who was then living at Groton, N.Y., and sent for him. They met at the house of Isaac's son Isaac. Asa was the first and only one of his family that Isaac ever found after his return from captivity. He was at that time 70 years of age. Isaac Hollister, after his marriage, lived a short time at Hurly [Sic] Flats, N.Y., where probably all his children where born. As will be seen below, four of his children married Winchells. James and Lemuel were brothers. The above is the story of Isaac Hollister, as derived from several of the descendants of his father Timothy. It will be noticed that there we several important discrepancies. The date for the death of father and son is given as Oct. 15, 1763, at which time Asa is said to have been ten months of age. But his descendants say that he was born Dec. 9, 1758, which would make him nearly five years old when his father was killed. Again, it is said that Isaac Hollister never saw any of his father's family until he met his brother Asa in 1820. The following, from the probate records at Hartford, seems to show the contrary: - "Probate Records of Hartford, Conn.," Dec. 11, 1769. Inventory of estate of Capt. Timothy Hollister, killed by Indians at Wyoming, Oct. 15, 1763. Feb. 9, 1769-70, administration was granted on his estate to Isaac Hollister and Lucretia Hollister of Newberry, Ulster County, Province of New York, Vol. XXI, p.5. Probably these were the son and widow of Capt. Timothy Hollister."
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 72, 73, 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA72&
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Susquehanna Company[2]
In 1753 an association called the Susquehanna Company was formed in Connecticut for the purpose of settling the lands in the Wyoming Valley. They sent agents to explore the region. These agents met with an Indian council at Albany in 1754 to extinguish the Indian title to these lands. At this time the governor of Pennsylvania, James Hamilton contacted Sir William Johnson to use his influence with the Six Nations and prevent the sale. Nonetheless, the Connecticut agents succeeded and purchased the land, including the Wyoming Valley. The proprietary government of Pennsylvania claimed the valley through a purchase made in 1736; but the claim was disputed by Connecticut settlers. In 1762 about two hundred settlers established themselves near what is now Mill Creek. They cleared fields, sowed wheat and built log homes. They then returned to Connecticut for the winter to prepare to bring their families to the Wyoming Valley the following spring. The people of Pennsylvania were displeased with these actions by the Connecticut settlers. The Governor again asked Sir William Johnson for influence with the Iroquois to repudiate the sale of 1754 with the Susquehanna Co. Protests against occupancy were made to the government at Hartford. In England both sides presented their case, and opinions favorable to both sides were obtained.
Despite warning from the Connecticut governor against doing so, the following spring the Connecticut settlers with their families returned to the area. That summer they extended their settlement to the west side of the river. In the fall a party of Iroquois visited the area. Is is reported that they had a dual purpose: to incite the Delaware and to get rid of Teedyuscung, a chief who held great influence. On April 19, 1763 the dwelling of Teedyuscung and twenty others around it were set on fire. The "chief, under the influence of liquor, perished in the flames." This was an act of revenge for the death of an Iroquois warrior killed by the chief in 1758. The Iroquois let the others believe this act was committed by the settlers. As a result the Delaware attacked the settlers, killing thirty and causing the others to flee. They then burned the settlement. The following are names of settlers taken from "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, Pa." by W.W. Munsell & Co. 1880.
Benjamin Ashley, James Atherton, Daniel Baldwin, Isaac Bennett, Thomas Bennett, William Buck, Nathaniel Chapman, John Comstock, Benjamin Davis, Ezra Dean, John Dorrance, Simon Draper, Benjamin Follett, Elkanah Fuller, Stephen Gardiner, Daniel Gore, Obadiah Gore, Isaac Hollister, Jr., Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathaniel Hollister, David Honeywell, August Hunt, Nathaniel Hurlbut, John Jenkins, Moses Kimball, Gideon Lawrence, Stephen Lee, Thomas Marsh, Rev. W.M. Marsh, David Martin, George Miner, Silas Parker, Ezekiel Pierce, Samuel Richards, Ebenezer Searles, Ephraim Seely, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jonathan Slocum, John Smith, Matthew Smith, Oliver Jewell Smith, Timothy Smith, Wright Smith, Eliphalet Stevens, William Stevens, Wright Stevens, Nathaniel Terry, Paschall Terry, Ephraim Tyler, Ephriam Tyler, Jr., Isaac Underwood, Jonathan Weeks, Jr., Philip Weeks. "Killed by the Indians October 15th, 1763: Rev. William Marsh, Thomas Marsh, Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathan Terry, Wright Smith, Daniel Baldwin and wife, Jesse Wiffins, Zeruah Whitney, Isaac Hollister. Prisoners: Shepherd and Daniel Baldwin's son."
Nota bene: Timothy Hollister and Isaac Hollister were brothers.
Deposition of Parshall Terry (1794)
"...Upon being cross-examined the deponent saith, when he first went to Wyoming, Teedyuscung and the Indians inhabited log houses, but whether they were built for them by the Governor of Pennsylvania the deponent does not know; that Timothy Hollister laid out the lots in the year the Indians cut off the settlers the first time; that the said Timothy Hollister was a surveyor from Connecticut employed by the Susquehanna Company …"
[3]
FOOTNOTES:
1- From "The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants." Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1886.
2- Some Early History of Wilkes-Barre -(from Luzerne County GenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm)
3- Pennsylvania Archives Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1893, p707
Source [link]: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hollister-387
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CHILDREN:
i. Joseph, b.????, d.15-Oct-1763 Wyoming Flats, PA. (killed by Indians).
ii. Isaac Hollister, b.~1750, d.after 1795 - possibly, after 1800., m.Elizabeth Newcomb.
iii. Asa Hollister, b.09-Dec-1758, d.16-Apr-1839, m1.01-Jan-1783 to: Anna Allen, m2.02-Oct-1788 to Mary Wilson.
Note: there were perhaps, other children.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&
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b. about 1702 or 1711
d. killed by Indians at Wyoming Flats, PA. [see below].
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+87. Timothy -4, b.????, m. Lucretia. He is mentioned in the colonial records of Conn. as ensign of the 2d company of Glastonbury, in 1742, and as captain of the 12th company of the 6th regiment, of the colony, in 1750. Also in the records for 1760. He was killed by the Indians at Wyoming, in 1763.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 43, Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&
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"His house and its contents having been destroyed by fire, he [Timothy] left Glastonbury and went to Pennsylvania, and purchased a large tract of land in the Wyoming Flats. Leaving his wife and babe behind at a settlement of whites, he and his two oldest sons went into the wilderness to clear up a place for the family. They had cleared a field and were plowing with oxen one day when they were attacked by the Indians, who had krept up behind a brush fence and shot at them. The father and eldest son were killed. This was Oct. 15, 1763. Isaac, the second son, attempted to make his escape, but while climbing over the brush fence was captured by the Indians. One of the oxen was shot dead in the furrow, the other one managed to get away with the yoke hanging to his neck, and after several days wandered back to the settlement where the wife and babe had been left. This gave the first intimation that harm had befallen the father and sons. Isaac was fourteen years of age when captured by the Indians, and was a prisoner for several years, being a man grown when he made his escape. He and a man named Bush made the first attempt in winter, but failed. Bush fell into a stream they were crossing on the ice and got so chilled through that he died. Isaac Hollister buried him and returned to the Indians, explaining their absence by saying that they had got lost while hunting, and that Bush has got drowned. The indians did not believe his story, and compelled him to "run the gauntlet." He had nearly finished his run between two lines of savages armed with clubs when he was knocked down, and would have been beaten to death had not a friendly squaw interposed, and dragged him out, nursing him back to life and recovery. She afterward aided him in his second and successful attempt. She told him in what direction to go to reach the nearest white settlement, and how to follow the streams to get there, and advised him to go in summer instead of winter. The Indians who captured him were of the Genesee tribe. Their camp-ground was where the city of Rochester now stands. When he made his escape he followed the Genesee River and then the Mohawk. He was directed to go to the settlement at Schenectady, but he missed his way and came out at Albany. He told his story to the whites there, was kindly received by them, and went to work there as a mason. Afterward he learned the reed-makers' and weavers' trades of the man who became his father-in-law. He married Elizabeth Newcomb. She had a brother Kinner, from whom came the name which is frequently found in this branch of the family since her time. Asa, brother of Isaac, was left behind with his mother, as before mentioned. He was then about ten months old. After he grew up, he married and settled in Amenia, N.Y. About the year 1820, Isaac heard of Asa, who was then living at Groton, N.Y., and sent for him. They met at the house of Isaac's son Isaac. Asa was the first and only one of his family that Isaac ever found after his return from captivity. He was at that time 70 years of age. Isaac Hollister, after his marriage, lived a short time at Hurly [Sic] Flats, N.Y., where probably all his children where born. As will be seen below, four of his children married Winchells. James and Lemuel were brothers. The above is the story of Isaac Hollister, as derived from several of the descendants of his father Timothy. It will be noticed that there we several important discrepancies. The date for the death of father and son is given as Oct. 15, 1763, at which time Asa is said to have been ten months of age. But his descendants say that he was born Dec. 9, 1758, which would make him nearly five years old when his father was killed. Again, it is said that Isaac Hollister never saw any of his father's family until he met his brother Asa in 1820. The following, from the probate records at Hartford, seems to show the contrary: - "Probate Records of Hartford, Conn.," Dec. 11, 1769. Inventory of estate of Capt. Timothy Hollister, killed by Indians at Wyoming, Oct. 15, 1763. Feb. 9, 1769-70, administration was granted on his estate to Isaac Hollister and Lucretia Hollister of Newberry, Ulster County, Province of New York, Vol. XXI, p.5. Probably these were the son and widow of Capt. Timothy Hollister."
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 72, 73, 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
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Susquehanna Company[2]
In 1753 an association called the Susquehanna Company was formed in Connecticut for the purpose of settling the lands in the Wyoming Valley. They sent agents to explore the region. These agents met with an Indian council at Albany in 1754 to extinguish the Indian title to these lands. At this time the governor of Pennsylvania, James Hamilton contacted Sir William Johnson to use his influence with the Six Nations and prevent the sale. Nonetheless, the Connecticut agents succeeded and purchased the land, including the Wyoming Valley. The proprietary government of Pennsylvania claimed the valley through a purchase made in 1736; but the claim was disputed by Connecticut settlers. In 1762 about two hundred settlers established themselves near what is now Mill Creek. They cleared fields, sowed wheat and built log homes. They then returned to Connecticut for the winter to prepare to bring their families to the Wyoming Valley the following spring. The people of Pennsylvania were displeased with these actions by the Connecticut settlers. The Governor again asked Sir William Johnson for influence with the Iroquois to repudiate the sale of 1754 with the Susquehanna Co. Protests against occupancy were made to the government at Hartford. In England both sides presented their case, and opinions favorable to both sides were obtained.
Despite warning from the Connecticut governor against doing so, the following spring the Connecticut settlers with their families returned to the area. That summer they extended their settlement to the west side of the river. In the fall a party of Iroquois visited the area. Is is reported that they had a dual purpose: to incite the Delaware and to get rid of Teedyuscung, a chief who held great influence. On April 19, 1763 the dwelling of Teedyuscung and twenty others around it were set on fire. The "chief, under the influence of liquor, perished in the flames." This was an act of revenge for the death of an Iroquois warrior killed by the chief in 1758. The Iroquois let the others believe this act was committed by the settlers. As a result the Delaware attacked the settlers, killing thirty and causing the others to flee. They then burned the settlement. The following are names of settlers taken from "History of Luzerne Lackawanna and Wyoming counties, Pa." by W.W. Munsell & Co. 1880.
Benjamin Ashley, James Atherton, Daniel Baldwin, Isaac Bennett, Thomas Bennett, William Buck, Nathaniel Chapman, John Comstock, Benjamin Davis, Ezra Dean, John Dorrance, Simon Draper, Benjamin Follett, Elkanah Fuller, Stephen Gardiner, Daniel Gore, Obadiah Gore, Isaac Hollister, Jr., Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathaniel Hollister, David Honeywell, August Hunt, Nathaniel Hurlbut, John Jenkins, Moses Kimball, Gideon Lawrence, Stephen Lee, Thomas Marsh, Rev. W.M. Marsh, David Martin, George Miner, Silas Parker, Ezekiel Pierce, Samuel Richards, Ebenezer Searles, Ephraim Seely, Benjamin Shoemaker, Jonathan Slocum, John Smith, Matthew Smith, Oliver Jewell Smith, Timothy Smith, Wright Smith, Eliphalet Stevens, William Stevens, Wright Stevens, Nathaniel Terry, Paschall Terry, Ephraim Tyler, Ephriam Tyler, Jr., Isaac Underwood, Jonathan Weeks, Jr., Philip Weeks. "Killed by the Indians October 15th, 1763: Rev. William Marsh, Thomas Marsh, Timothy Hollister, Timothy Hollister, Jr., Nathan Terry, Wright Smith, Daniel Baldwin and wife, Jesse Wiffins, Zeruah Whitney, Isaac Hollister. Prisoners: Shepherd and Daniel Baldwin's son."
Nota bene: Timothy Hollister and Isaac Hollister were brothers.
Deposition of Parshall Terry (1794)
"...Upon being cross-examined the deponent saith, when he first went to Wyoming, Teedyuscung and the Indians inhabited log houses, but whether they were built for them by the Governor of Pennsylvania the deponent does not know; that Timothy Hollister laid out the lots in the year the Indians cut off the settlers the first time; that the said Timothy Hollister was a surveyor from Connecticut employed by the Susquehanna Company …"
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FOOTNOTES:
1- From "The Hollister Family of America; Lieut. John Hollister of Wethersfield, Conn., and his descendants." Chicago: Fergus Printing Company. 1886.
2- Some Early History of Wilkes-Barre -(from Luzerne County GenWeb Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm)
3- Pennsylvania Archives Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1893, p707
Source [link]: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hollister-387
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CHILDREN:
i. Joseph, b.????, d.15-Oct-1763 Wyoming Flats, PA. (killed by Indians).
ii. Isaac Hollister, b.~1750, d.after 1795 - possibly, after 1800., m.Elizabeth Newcomb.
iii. Asa Hollister, b.09-Dec-1758, d.16-Apr-1839, m1.01-Jan-1783 to: Anna Allen, m2.02-Oct-1788 to Mary Wilson.
Note: there were perhaps, other children.
SOURCE: "The Hollister Family of America: Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield and his descendants...", page 74. Compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, M.D., Chicago Fergus Printing Company, 1886.
Source [link]: http://books.google.com/books?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&
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