History of the Horace Hale & Lorania Gates (Kinney) Adams. (This is the information that was previously posted on Sunny's site): Horace Hale, the son of Bildad and Mary (Haynes) Adams, was born in Marlboro, Vermont on 21 May 1805. Ten years later his family moved to Ohio, where he later met his bride to be, Lorania G. Kinney, the daughter of Elijah and Lucretia (Colvin) Kinney.
Elijah Kinney was the father and founder of the portion of Porter Twp., Van Buren County, MI, known as the Kinney Settlement. He came from Milan, OH in 1835 with his wife and seven unmarried children, his son, Luther, and family, and his son-in-law, Samuel Corey. Elijah bought four 80 acre lots in Section 24. This was later occupied by his son, Stephen. Luther moved to St. Joe. Uri Kinney, a nephew of Elijah's settled in Section 12 of Porter Twp. in 1835. Stephan, the brother of Elijah, came from Milan, OH in the fall of 1836 with his wife and 8 children, accompanied by a John Webber and John Bennett. He bought 240 acres in Section 26. He died in 1874. His son, Orrin G. Kinney came with his father and settled on Section 25 in 1842. Niles H. Kinney, from Huron County, OH in 1835 with sons, Didymus, William, and Nathan.
Horace and his wife, Lorania, were blessed with 4 children in OH and two more children in MI. They sold their Sandusky County, OH farm in 1837. In their son, Franklin B. Adams obituary, it states: "The payment being made in the heavy coins of the time, and of low value, the money was weighed instead of counted and was put in two grain sacks and loaded in a covered wagon and the family started for MI. This was protected by the family pet each night.
Despite the early winter weather, the family traveled in sleighs to their new homeland, Porter Township, Van Buren County, MI. Before they cleared land and built a home, they spent the winter sheltered in an abandoned cabin near Indian villages. In their daughter, Sarah Adams Fletcher's obituary it states: "They were the first white settlers in that section, and their only neighbors for their first summer and winter in the new country were Indians."
Land certificates are on file for Horace Hale in 1839, 1839, and in 1840.
1839 Certificate # 20371: The East 1/2 of the South West 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1839 Certificate # 20363: The West 1/2 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1840 Certificate # 23931: The NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 3, in T 5 S, R13 W, 36.95 acres in Kalamazoo
Horace was appointed Justice of the Peace in Porter Township. Ten years after arriving in MI, Horace died an early death at 42 years old, due to the lack of physicians in the remote area. Lorania passed away 3 years later in 1850.
Elijah Kinney was the father and founder of the portion of Porter Twp., Van Buren County, MI, known as the Kinney Settlement. He came from Milan, OH in 1835 with his wife and seven unmarried children, his son, Luther, and family, and his son-in-law, Samuel Corey. Elijah bought four 80 acre lots in Section 24. This was later occupied by his son, Stephen. Luther moved to St. Joe. Uri Kinney, a nephew of Elijah's settled in Section 12 of Porter Twp. in 1835. Stephan, the brother of Elijah, came from Milan, OH in the fall of 1836 with his wife and 8 children, accompanied by a John Webber and John Bennett. He bought 240 acres in Section 26. He died in 1874. His son, Orrin G. Kinney came with his father and settled on Section 25 in 1842. Niles H. Kinney, from Huron County, OH in 1835 with sons, Didymus, William, and Nathan.
Horace and his wife, Lorania, were blessed with 4 children in OH and two more children in MI. They sold their Sandusky County, OH farm in 1837. In their son, Franklin B. Adams obituary, it states: "The payment being made in the heavy coins of the time, and of low value, the money was weighed instead of counted and was put in two grain sacks and loaded in a covered wagon and the family started for MI. This was protected by the family pet each night.
Despite the early winter weather, the family traveled in sleighs to their new homeland, Porter Township, Van Buren County, MI. Before they cleared land and built a home, they spent the winter sheltered in an abandoned cabin near Indian villages. In their daughter, Sarah Adams Fletcher's obituary it states: "They were the first white settlers in that section, and their only neighbors for their first summer and winter in the new country were Indians."
Land certificates are on file for Horace Hale in 1839, 1839, and in 1840.
1839 Certificate # 20371: The East 1/2 of the South West 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1839 Certificate # 20363: The West 1/2 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1840 Certificate # 23931: The NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 3, in T 5 S, R13 W, 36.95 acres in Kalamazoo
Horace was appointed Justice of the Peace in Porter Township. Ten years after arriving in MI, Horace died an early death at 42 years old, due to the lack of physicians in the remote area. Lorania passed away 3 years later in 1850.
History of the Horace Hale & Lorania Gates (Kinney) Adams. (This is the information that was previously posted on Sunny's site): Horace Hale, the son of Bildad and Mary (Haynes) Adams, was born in Marlboro, Vermont on 21 May 1805. Ten years later his family moved to Ohio, where he later met his bride to be, Lorania G. Kinney, the daughter of Elijah and Lucretia (Colvin) Kinney.
Elijah Kinney was the father and founder of the portion of Porter Twp., Van Buren County, MI, known as the Kinney Settlement. He came from Milan, OH in 1835 with his wife and seven unmarried children, his son, Luther, and family, and his son-in-law, Samuel Corey. Elijah bought four 80 acre lots in Section 24. This was later occupied by his son, Stephen. Luther moved to St. Joe. Uri Kinney, a nephew of Elijah's settled in Section 12 of Porter Twp. in 1835. Stephan, the brother of Elijah, came from Milan, OH in the fall of 1836 with his wife and 8 children, accompanied by a John Webber and John Bennett. He bought 240 acres in Section 26. He died in 1874. His son, Orrin G. Kinney came with his father and settled on Section 25 in 1842. Niles H. Kinney, from Huron County, OH in 1835 with sons, Didymus, William, and Nathan.
Horace and his wife, Lorania, were blessed with 4 children in OH and two more children in MI. They sold their Sandusky County, OH farm in 1837. In their son, Franklin B. Adams obituary, it states: "The payment being made in the heavy coins of the time, and of low value, the money was weighed instead of counted and was put in two grain sacks and loaded in a covered wagon and the family started for MI. This was protected by the family pet each night.
Despite the early winter weather, the family traveled in sleighs to their new homeland, Porter Township, Van Buren County, MI. Before they cleared land and built a home, they spent the winter sheltered in an abandoned cabin near Indian villages. In their daughter, Sarah Adams Fletcher's obituary it states: "They were the first white settlers in that section, and their only neighbors for their first summer and winter in the new country were Indians."
Land certificates are on file for Horace Hale in 1839, 1839, and in 1840.
1839 Certificate # 20371: The East 1/2 of the South West 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1839 Certificate # 20363: The West 1/2 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1840 Certificate # 23931: The NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 3, in T 5 S, R13 W, 36.95 acres in Kalamazoo
Horace was appointed Justice of the Peace in Porter Township. Ten years after arriving in MI, Horace died an early death at 42 years old, due to the lack of physicians in the remote area. Lorania passed away 3 years later in 1850.
Elijah Kinney was the father and founder of the portion of Porter Twp., Van Buren County, MI, known as the Kinney Settlement. He came from Milan, OH in 1835 with his wife and seven unmarried children, his son, Luther, and family, and his son-in-law, Samuel Corey. Elijah bought four 80 acre lots in Section 24. This was later occupied by his son, Stephen. Luther moved to St. Joe. Uri Kinney, a nephew of Elijah's settled in Section 12 of Porter Twp. in 1835. Stephan, the brother of Elijah, came from Milan, OH in the fall of 1836 with his wife and 8 children, accompanied by a John Webber and John Bennett. He bought 240 acres in Section 26. He died in 1874. His son, Orrin G. Kinney came with his father and settled on Section 25 in 1842. Niles H. Kinney, from Huron County, OH in 1835 with sons, Didymus, William, and Nathan.
Horace and his wife, Lorania, were blessed with 4 children in OH and two more children in MI. They sold their Sandusky County, OH farm in 1837. In their son, Franklin B. Adams obituary, it states: "The payment being made in the heavy coins of the time, and of low value, the money was weighed instead of counted and was put in two grain sacks and loaded in a covered wagon and the family started for MI. This was protected by the family pet each night.
Despite the early winter weather, the family traveled in sleighs to their new homeland, Porter Township, Van Buren County, MI. Before they cleared land and built a home, they spent the winter sheltered in an abandoned cabin near Indian villages. In their daughter, Sarah Adams Fletcher's obituary it states: "They were the first white settlers in that section, and their only neighbors for their first summer and winter in the new country were Indians."
Land certificates are on file for Horace Hale in 1839, 1839, and in 1840.
1839 Certificate # 20371: The East 1/2 of the South West 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1839 Certificate # 20363: The West 1/2 of the South East 1/4 of Section 35, in T 4 S, R 13W, 80 acres in Kalamazoo
1840 Certificate # 23931: The NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 3, in T 5 S, R13 W, 36.95 acres in Kalamazoo
Horace was appointed Justice of the Peace in Porter Township. Ten years after arriving in MI, Horace died an early death at 42 years old, due to the lack of physicians in the remote area. Lorania passed away 3 years later in 1850.
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