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First Presbyterian Church of Penn Yan
First Free Congregationalist Society of Penn Yan
Records of Membership, Marriages, Deaths and Births from 1823
B

1877M

Babcock

Carrie Ryan, wife of Arthur Bush

1852

Babcock

Celestia (Benham), wife of John Babcock

1841

Congregational Church

26 March 1885, age 73; Washington D. C.

Born 1821; returned 1857, dismissed 1883 to Washington D.C.; buried LV1

1878

Babcock

Ida, wife of ---- Sheldon

1885D

Babcock

John C.

14 Feb. 1885, Washington D. C.

*1844

Babcock

Mary, wife of Dr. Henry B. Stiles

1848

May 1853

Dau. of William Babcock

1852

Babcock

Nettie

*1842

Babcock

Persis Caroline, wife of ---- Wood

Congregational Church

1875

Born 1819; buried LV1

1878

Bachman

Liveria, wife of John Bachman

11 Apr. 1881

Buried in Dundee

1867

Bachman

Teresa Julia

1872

Backus

Laura, wife of Clinton B. Struble

1917

Born 1843; buried LV3

*1850

Bacon

Cynthia

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1857 with an open letter

*1854

Bacon

Hannah E.

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1854 to Congregational Church in LaCrosse, Wisc.

*1853

Bacon

John B.

Congregational Church

*1856

Bacon

Louisa

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1857 with an open letter

1842

Bacon

Lucretia, wife of ---- Willey

1845

Brooklyn

1858

Bacon

Randall G.

1882M

Mansfield, Pa.

Bailey

Clark

Married 1882 to Janett Bixby of Waverly

1878

Bailey

Emma Mabel

1882M

Waverly

Bailey

Janett (Bixby), wife of Clark Bailey

1878

Bailey

Julia L. (Sabin)

1838

Bain

David

1839

Dresden

1838

Barrington

Bain

Sally S., his wife

1839

Dresden

1840

Baker

Hannah E.

1840

Baker

Susan W.

1841

Congregational Church

1843, Akron Ohio

1840

Baker

Thomas Theodore

1904

Born 1832; buried LV1

1866

Baldwin

Catherine A., wife of Mason L. Baldwin

20 Feb. 1925

Born 1837; buried LV3

1869

Ball

Charlotte M., wife of George B. Turnbull

Married 27 Oct. 1881; he of Ovid

*1848

Ball

Emily

Congregational Church

30 Sep. 1888, age 60

Buried LV1

1869

Ball

Mary T.

1867

Ballantine

Jane, wife of George Cramer

8 Mar. 1907

Born 1826; buried LV3

1842

Ballou

Mary

1869

Banks

Fannie L.

1881

1878M

Bannister

Anna (Gibbs), wife of Theodore Bennett

Married 11 Nov. 1878, he of Montreal

1878M

Montreal

Bannister

Theodore

Married Anna Gibbs 11 Nov. 1878; she of Penn Yan

1858

Barker

Patience, wife of Charles N. Burrill

2 Oct. 1861

Born 1813; buried LV1

*1848

Barnard

Francis

Congregational Church

*1848

Barnard

Maria

Congregational Church

1878

Barnes

Arthur L.

1878

Barnes

Arthur M.

1878

Barnes

Bennie G.

1878

Barnes

Bessie (Woodruff)

1878

Barnes

Ella J.

1878

Barnes

Frank T.

Buried in Bellona

1878

Barnes

Gertrude A.

1878

Barnes

Jay D.

1878

Barnes

Margaret

Buried in Bellona

1878

Barnes

Mary E. (Sloan)

1920

Born 1859; buried in Bellona

1878

Barnes

Paul

1878

Barnes

Samuel J.

Buried Briggs Cemetery

1866

Barnett

Minnie, wife of ---- Sloan

1878

Baron

Bertha

1885

Rochester

1878

Baron

Charles H.

1885

Rochester

1877M

Baron

Ella T., wife of Charles M. Manville

Married 1877, he of Towanda, Pa.

1878

Baron

Julia W., wife of Charles H. Baron

1885

Rochester

1878

Baron

Margaret (Welles)

1878

Bartholomew

Minnie H.

1831

Bartlett

Samuel

1834

DRC, Bushwick

Bassett

Anna (Hum), widow of Dr. John Bassett of Albany

17 Oct. 1848

Died age 85 years, 1 month, 2 days; buried LVF

1834

Bassett

Eleanor, wife of Henry M. Locke

18 Mar. 1874

Died age 78; dau. of Anna & John Bassett; buried LVF

1834

Bassett

Susan Jane (Smith), wife of Palmer H. Bassett

1857

Flint, Mich.

Born 1823; buried at Hillside Cemetery, Dundee

1878

Bates

Harriet A., wife of Robert N. McFarren

19 Aug. 1905, age 87

Born 24 Sep. 1818; buried LV3

*1851

Bates

Sarah (Bacon)

Dismissed 1856 to Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, Iowa

*1851

Bates

Sarah (Bacon)

Congregational Church

Dismissed to Presbyterian Church, Dubuque, Iowa

*1848

Beach

Joseph

Congregational Church

1848

Beach

Julia B. (Jones)

1853

Atlanta, Ga.

Buried LV1

1857

Beaumont

Ann (McNair), wife of Joseph H. Beaumont

22 Apr. 1880

Born 1819; buried LV3

1842

West Dresden

Beaumont

Ann W. (Brown), wife of Joseph H. Beaumont

Nov. 1852

Born 1803; buried LV3

1849

Beaumont

James Brown, Rev.

13 Feb. 1916

Born 1831; buried LV3

1857

Beaumont

James Samuel

1889

Born 1863; buried LV3

1849

Beaumont

Joseph Hopeton

27 Jun. 1893, age 94

Born 1798; buried LV3

1849

Beaumont

Sarah A. wife of John J. Durry

4 Jan. 1904, age 70

Born 1833; buried LV1

1857

Beaumont

Thomas Grant 

1925

Born 1869; buried LV3

1890B

Becker

Alfred Durry

Son of Alfred & Anna L. Becker

1866

Becker

Anna Louise (Durry)

1903

1938

Born 1858; buried Benton Rural Cemetery

1858

Becker

Julia A.

1859

1866

Becker

Mary( Osborne), wife of D.L. Becker

1878, Grass Lake, Mich.

1833

Beebe

May L. (Dubell)

1862

Beechley

Cornelia, wife of ---- Carter

1874

Rochester

1837

Belknap

Briggs

1841

Congregational Church

1 Aug. 1842

Died age 59 and 22 days; buried at Briggs Cemetery

1833

Belknap

Frances Amelia, wife of Robert P. Sheppard

1846

Benton

29 Jan. 1891

Born 5 May 1814; dau. of Briggs & Miama Belknap; buried at Briggs Cemetery

1826B

Belknap

George Thompson

Son of Briggs & Miami Belknapp

1837

Belknap

Isaac Joshua

1841

Congregational Church

11 Oct. 1871

Died age 48 & 7 months; baptized 1824, son of Briggs & Miama Belknap; buried at Briggs Cemetery

1837

Belknap

James Alden

1841

Congregational Church

1906

Dismissed Aug. 1843 to Branchport; born 26 Mar. 1816, son of Briggs & Miama Belknap; buried at Branchport Cemetery

1837

Belknap

Mary Eliza

1841

Congregational Church

3 Jan. 1843

Died age 22, 11 months, 13 days, buried at Briggs Cemetery; dau. of Briggs & Miama Belknap

1823

Belknap

Miami (Drake) wife of Briggs Belknap

7 May 1863

Died age 72 and 4 months; buried at Briggs Cemetery

1837

Belknap

Sarah Ann

1841

Congregational Church

23 Mar. 1885, age 67

Died age 67 in Penn Yan; buried at LV

1858

Bell

Janet

1860

1837

Starkey

Bell

Maria

1854

Bell

Moses B.

1857

Seneca Falls

1881M

Belsen

Mary Albertie (Hiscock), wife of Jacob H. Belsen

Married 6 Nov. 1881, both of Penn Yan

1881M

Belson

Jacob Henry

Married Mary A. Hiscock 6 Nov. 1881, both of Penn Yan

1833

Beman

Isabella (Jones), wife of Henry Dewitt Beman

1855

Atlanta, Ga.

1837

Bement

Sarah P. (Chadwick)

1842

Lewiston, N.Y.

1837

Benham

Amanda , wife of ---- Bennett

1841

Congregational Church

1837

Benham

Ansel

1839

Chicago, Ill

1839B

Benham

Azel Morse

Son of james & Julia Benham

1831

Benham

Celestia, wife of John Babcock

1841

Congregational Church

*1844

Benham

Cynthia

Congregational Church

1831

Benham

Delia

1841

Congregational Church

Dismissed March 1846 to Geneva

1829

Benham

George

1841

Congregational Church

8 August 1885

Returned 1853; born 3 Apr. 1798; buried LV1

Benham

Harriet, wife of George D. Stewart

3 April 1865, age 74

Buried LV3

1836

Congregational Church, Bridgewater

Benham

James

1841

Congregational Church, Penn Yan

Returned, dismissed 1858 to Brooklyn

*1841

Benham

James

Congregational Church

Dismissed to Hammondsport 1843

1849

Benham

James M.

1848

Congregational Church

Returned 1853

1829

Benham

Jane, wife of George Benham

1841

Congregational Church

3 Feb. 1890

Returned 1853; born 11 Aug. 1800; buried LV1

*1841

Benham

Julia

Congregational Church

Dismissed to Hammondsport 1843

1837

Benham

Lucy Ann, wife of Ansel Benham

1839

Chicago, Ill

1849

Benham

Margaret J.

1848

Congregational Church

Returned 1853

1824B

Benham

Mary

Daughter of Milo & Phebe Benham

1855

Benham

Mary J., wife of ---- Griggs

18 June 1857

1831

Benham

Miles

1841

Congregational Church

9 Mar. 1866

Born 10 Dec. 1787; buried LVF

1831

Benham

Phebe D. wife of Miles Benham

11 May 1841

Died age 49 and 4 months; buried LVF

1837

Bennett

Amanda (Benham)

1841

Congregational Church

1838

Galen

Bennett

Catherine H.

1841

Congregational Church

1852

*1854

Bennett

Cornelia (Bradley), wife of Henry B. Bennett

Congregational Church

29 Oct. 1859, age 28

Dismissed 1857 to Pilgrims Church in Brooklyn; buried LV1

1882M

Milo

Bennett

Eliza ( Clark), wife of John T. Bennett

1842

Bennett

Emily

1852

Syracuse

*1845

Bennett

Henry B. Sr.

Congregational Church

6 Feb. 1859, age 38

Dismissed to New Haven, Conn., 1848; buried LV1

1878M

Bennett

Herbert E.

Married Velnetta Lockyer 6 Nov. 1878; he of Chicago, she of Penn Yan

1882M

Wayne

Bennett

John T.

Married Eliza D. Clark of Milo in 1882

1880M

Milo

Bennett

Julia Ann, wife of Josiah M. Newman

Married 17 Oct. 1880; he of Wayne, she of Milo

1869

Bennett

Mary Ann

9 Apr. 1908, age 82

Born 1826, buried LV1; dau. of Abraham H. Bennett

1838

Galen

Bennett

Mary Jane

1841

Congregational Church

1869

Bennett

Rhoda Bradley, wife of Michael Leary

22 Aug. 1919

Baptized 1870 as an adult; married 1876

1838

Bennett

Sarah

26 Jan. 1852

1878M

Bennett

Velnetta (Lockyer), wife of Herbert E. Bennett

Married 6 Nov. 1878, he of Chicago, she of Penn Yan

*1841

Benson

Helen M. (Stewart)

1841

Presbyterian Church, Montreal

1833

Geneva

Bentley

Emma

1836

Geneva

1840

Benton

John Elliott

1841

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1843 to NYC

1869

Bertholf

Fannie, wife of Daniel S. Hazelton & Charles Rector

1877

Elmira

27 Jan. 1893

Born 21 Aug. 1853; married Hazelton 1871; buried LV3

1871B

Bertholf

John

Son of Minerva Bertholf

1869

Bertholf

Minerva

1873

Elmira

1880D

Betts

-----

Died 9 June, age 86; father of C.P.S. Betts, Mrs. Long & Mrs. Olmstead

1867

Betts

Cortland P. S.

28 Jan. 1896, age 76

Born 16 April 1819; buried LV1

1859

Betts

Julia G., wife of William B. Olmstead

1887

Sioux City

1902

20 Apr. 1821; buried LV1

1833

Beverly

Frank W.

1837B

Bigelow

Abraham

Son of S.L. & C. Bigelow

*1854

Bigelow

Artemas

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1854 to Congregational Church in Newark, N.J.

1836

Bigelow

Catherine, wife of Samuel W. Bigelow

1862

Berlin, Ottawa Co., Mich.

1837B

Bigelow

Eliza Ann

Daughter of S.L. & C. Bigelow

*1854

Bigelow

Elizabeth S.

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1854 to Congregational Church in Newark, N.J.

1837B

Bigelow

Julia Ann

Daughter of S. L. & C. Bigelow

1837B

Bigelow

Samuel

Son of S. L. & C. Bigelow

1836

Bigelow

Samuel W.

Before 1865 in Mich.

*1848

Birdsall

Sarah

Congregational Church

Excommunicated 1849

1826

Bissell

Daniel B.

1852

Brooklyn

1826

Auburn

Bissell

Mrs. N. C.

1852

Brooklyn

1878

Black

Catherine Emeline

1899

Born 1872; buried LV3

1878

Black

Cornelia K.

1925

Born 1840; buried LV3

1838

Geneva

Black

Elizabeth (Scott) Black, wife of John Sloan

1842

Bethany, Pa.

July 1877, age 82

Born 1795; buried LV1

1878

Black

Elizabeth Jannette (Olmstead), wife of Levi Black

1920

Born 1839; married 1866, she of Torrey, he of Rome City, Indiana; buried LV3

1847

Black

Isabella, wife of Abner Woodworth

5 June 1868, age 76

Buried LV2

1878

Black

Levi

1908

Born 1837; married Libbie Olmstead of Torrey 1866, he of Rome City, Indiana; buried LV3

1872

Blackburn

Anna

1870M

Blair

Nancy Sprague, wife of ---- Blair & Robert M. Blair

1870M

Bellona

Blair

Robert M.

Married 1870 to Mrs. Nancy Sprague

1878

Blakeslee

Frances E.

Buried LV3

1878

Blakeslee

Jennie Lorraine (Champlin), wife of James E. Blakeslee

1928

Born 1851; buried LV3

1879M

Jerusalem

Blansett

John T.

Married Sarah Lorraine Taylor 1879

1878

Jerusalem

Blansett

Sarah Lorraine ( Taylor), wife of John T. Blansett

1929

Born 1851; buried LV3; they married 12 Feb. 1879, both of Jerusalem

1883D

Bogert

Phebe

6 July 1883, age 86

*1843

Boice

Cornelius S.

Congregational Church

Excommunicated

*1843

Boice

Puella

Congregational Church

Gone west

1877M

Potter

Bordwell

Alice, wife of Benjamin F. Gleason

Married 1877, he of Branchport

1886D

Bordwell

Richard, Dr.

30 April 1886, age 54

1878

Boswell

Augusta

1863

Boswell

Harriet M. (Oliver)

Episcopal Church, Rochester

1831

Boutell

Caroline

1833

Prattsburg

1831B

Boutell

Elizabeth Helen

Daughter of S. & C. Boutell

1831B

Boutell

Henry

Son of S. & C. Boutell

1831

Boutell

Samuel

1833

Prattsburg

1878

Bowers

Belle

1858

Bowers

Elvira B., wife of Sylvester Bowers

1855

1852

Brace

Claudius B.

1856

St. Paul, Minn.

1842

Brace

Harriet Newell ( Taylor), wife of Claudius Boughton Brace

1856

Congregational Church

1863

Bradley

Antoinette, wife of George A. Sheppard

26 Jul. 1872, age 35 & 8 months; buried LV1

*1854

Bradley

Cornelia, wife of Henry B. Bennett

Congregational Church

29 Oct. 1859, age 28

Baptized 1831, dau. of Henry & Rhoda Bradley; dismissed 1857 to the Pilgrims Church, Brooklyn; buried LV1

1831

Bradley

Dan B.

1833

New York City

1827B

Bradley

David Ogden

Son of Henry & Rhoda Bradley

1826

Bradley

Henry

1841

Congregational Church

15 Dec.1878 at Dobbs’ Ferry

Died age 82; buried LV1

1837

Bradley

Henry Jr.

1841

Congregational Church

1 Nov. 1887

Died age 70; baptized 10 Dec. 1827, son of Henry & Rhoda Bradley; buried LVF

1831

Bradley

Jane, wife of Charles C. Sheppard

1841

Congregational Church

18 Apr. 1881

Died age 68 & 9 months; baptized 10 Dec. 1827, daughter of Henry & Rhoda Bradley; buried LV1

1848

Bradley

Martha Leslie

22 Apr. 1891, aged 87

1859

Bradley

Mary Ann, wife of John B. Sloan

1901

1910

Born 1838; buried LV1

1826

Bradley

Rhoda Ann ( Ogden), wife of Henry Bradley

1841

Congregational Church

2 August 1881

Born 1798; buried LV1

1877M

Bradley

Rose M., wife of William F. Bush

1842

St. Albans, Vt.

Brainard

Hannah, m. Samuel Bryant Todd

1848

Berkshire, Vt.

1845

Breck

Elizabeth, wife of Joseph B. Breck

1841

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1848 to Bath

1845

Breck

Joseph B.

1841

Congregational Church

Dismissed 1848 to Bath

*1841

Breck

Maria Ann (Dunlap)

Dismissed to a church in Vienna

1841

Breck

Mary (Vandevender), wife of W.G. Breck

1848

Springfield, Mass.

1826

Brian

Elizabeth

1878

Bridgman

Helen V., wife of Roy A. Bruce

1933

Born 1859; buried LVW

1882M

San Gabriel, California

Brigden

Albert

Married Helen Louise Whitaker in 1882

1858

Brigden

Cornelia (Dwight) Hickok, wife of Timothy Brigden

9 July 1890 in  Fair Oaks, Calif.

Born 16 Dec. 1809 Granby, Conn.; buried LV1

1866

Brigden

Helen Louise (Whitaker), wife of Albert Brigden

1885

Pasadena, California

Married 1882

1866

Brigden

Mary Agnes, wife of J.Fillmore Cronk

1869

Cleveland

Married 1867, he of Cleveland, Ohio

1838

Briggs

Ann Elizabeth (Kelsey), wife of Edward R. Briggs

3 Jul. 1905

Born 10 Nov. 1821, dau. of Gillette & Elsie (Taylor) Kelsey; buried Briggs Cemetery, Benton

1838

Briggs

Charles Nye

31 March 1863

Died age 63, 7 months, 21 days, buried at Briggs Cemetery

1838

Briggs

Edward R.

1841

Congregational Church

6 Apr. 1891

Born 11 Sep. 1816, son of Peleg 3^rd & Patricia (Hall) Briggs; buried at Briggs Cemetery

Briggs

Elenor A., wife of ---- Peckins

1906

Born 1843; buried LV2

1838

Briggs

Emma Eugenia

1838

Briggs

Hattie Elvira, wife of Charles N. Briggs

17 Nov. 1896

Born 16 Aug. 1830; buried Briggs Cemetery

1837

Briggs

Margaret Helen, wife of Philip Koehler

13 Apr. 1852

Born 1819; buried LV1

1832

Brocket

Nelson

1835

Geneva

1832

Brooks

Daniel

1835

Yale College

1832

Brooks