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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 44
William, graduated at Brown University, in the class
of 1790, became a lawyer, represented the town in the General
Assembly, 1805-6-7-8-9-to, 1816-17-19-20-21, and was Town
Clerk of Barrington from 1816 till his death in 1827.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book 45, 46 and 47
Amos Bicknell moved to Barnard, Vt., and lived on the
"Creek Road," between Barnard village and Bethel. He bdilt
his log house, certainly before 1780. Remains of it existed until
about 1860, when Mr. Henry Putnam, still living in Barnard
(1912) purchased the place and erected the present house. Mr.
Putnam told the Rev. Anson Titus that the foundation logs were
still there, which he cleared away, and also when he made the
foundation of his barn he excavated logs which he was confident
were the remains of the stockade. The house was in the south-
eastern corner of the stockade. This homestead of Amos Bick-
nell was on the "Creek Road," just below the stream and trail
which went "over the mountain."
Tradition has it that Amos
Bicknell was in the field the day the Canadian Indians came
along, and hence was not seen by them, but his neighbors, Thomas
M. Wright, Prince Haskell and John Newton, were in fields near
the trail, now a cart path, down the creek, were taken prisoners
and carried to Canada. The purpose of the Indian incursion was
the capture of Major Ben Whitcomb, whom they supposcd was
in the adjoining town of Stockbridge, and in their wrath at not
finding him, and angered because these Barnard men would not
divulge the information of his whereabouts, they were borne
away as hostages. The burning of the village of Royalton, a few
miles distant, a few weeks after, was a similar piece of ven-
geance. The burning of Royalton was Oct. 16, 1780, and the
raid on Barnard Was Aug. 9, 1780. These were days which woke
up the Green Mountain Boys.
In the "Revolutionary War Rolls of Vermont," page 705, we
find the following bill for the construction of this fort in Barnard:
"The State of Vermont, Dr.
"To labor done at Fort Defiance, in Barnard, by the militia under
my command.
"To 44 days' labor, at 45. per day £8 16 0
"To oxen work, xo days, at 2s. per day £1 00 0
£9 16 0
"The above labor being done in August and September, 1780.
"Barnard, April 7, 1781.
"Per me,
"Benjamin Cox."
The same was speedily audited, authorized, and paid Captain
Cox at Windsor.
It would not be a bad idea for the patriotic people of Barnard
to lead the descendants of the hardy pioneers of Barnard to erect
a suitable memorial monument, with inscription, on the site of
Fort Defiance, to show to the passerby the heroism and fortitude
endured by the pioneers of these mountain towns. The ancient
Bicknell homestead for several years has been occupied by Mr.
Morris Lillie, who in 1912 sold it to, and it is occupied by, Mr.
David Rhodes.
Captain Benjamin Cox, a neighbor of Amos Bicknell, was
in command of the Barnard Militia Company. The company at
once determined on a stockade, or fort, to which the people might
flee in case of other Indian incursions. The home of Amos
Bicknell was at once determined as the most strategic point. It
is most fortunate that an engraving of this fort is preserved,
sketched upon the powder horn of Captain Benjamin Cox, and
makes one of the most unique relics in the annals of Revolu-
tionary history. The powder horn is in the possession of the
family of the late Dr. Gardner Cox, of Holyoke. In this sketch
is the homestead of Amos Bicknell, who served as an assistant
commissary to the guards ; that is, that these militia men lived in
his home during the months of August and September, or until
cold weather set in. The following is the inscription upon the
horn:
"Fort Defiance, which was christened Nov. ye 2nd, 1780,
in the State of Vermont, Barnard; Indian raid Aug. 9th; fort
commenced Aug. 14th; finished before Sept. 24th; built round
Bicknell's house."
The present highway runs nearer the house
than before 1859, when the highway was made higher on the
bank of the creek.
Amos Bicknell made his will Feb. 5, 1798, and the same was
probated at Woodstock May 22, 1798. In the will he mentions
his wife, Elizabeth, and his two sons, Amos and John Stark, and
his daughters, Molly Dean and Betty Paige. He likewise remeni-
bers his grandson, Sylvester Earl, with ten dollars. The son,
John Stark, was placed under the legal guardianship of Seth
Dean, the son-in-law, but they had a settlement March 2, 1799,
near the time of his majority.
Amos was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His name
appears on the roll of Captain Lovewdll's company, Colonel Benj.
Watts' Battalion of Vermont, from July 1, 1781, to Nov. 27,
1781; was paid for sixty-one 4ays' services at 1s. 4d. a day;
£4 1s. 4d
Amos was Assistant Commissary of Issues for the troops of the
state, staioned at Barnard, from Sept. 3 1780, to Nov 15 1780.
Dr Cox, a descendant of Captain benjamin Cox, has the power
horn which the Captain carried in the Revolution.
On this horn is carved a picture of Fort Defiance, with Amos
Bicknell's house in a corner of the Fort.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 89
Seth was a cheif man in town throughout his long and useful life.
He was a patriot in the War of Independance.
At its close he married Molly Bicknell, who was living in
'Fort Defiance', as the Amos Bicknell house and stockade was called.
Seth was an early and prominent Universalist and life-long friend
of Hosea Ballou, a cheif preacher of this denomination, who was
minister in Barnard from 1802 to 1809, but in 1817 settled in Boston,
where he remained until his passing away in 1852.
Esquire Dean was foremost among the social, political, and
religious activities of Barnard, Vermont.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 89
Paul became a celebrated Universalist clergyman in Boston,
pastor of the First Universalist Church for many years, and was
tha associate minister with Rev. John Murray, called the Father
of Universalism in America, and founded the Bullfinch Street
Church, which became Unitarian.
He was long years a leading character in the Masonic body of
Massachusetts, and an orator of no mean proportion.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 194
John and Hannah lived at Whitby, on Lake Erie, near Ontario, Canada,
where he became wealthy in merchantile business and was elected
to Parliment for Upper Canada.
They had six boys and two girls, who settled in Whitby and vicinity.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 194
Isaac came from England to America in the eighteenth century
and settled in Albany, New York, removing to Storrington,
north of Kingston, Canada, before the Revolutionary War,
where he married Elizabeth Lattimore, to whom was born
ten children, four boys and six girls, if whom Eliza Jane was
the youngest by birth.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 330 and 331
Harriet (Bicknell) Grange is a woman of strong personality,
of fine intellectual powers, with unusual social qualities and a
strongly religious character. Withal, she was, as a young
woman, beautiful in form, face and feature, and in her later
years she is a very handsome old lady, bright and cheerful and
interested in all the events of the day. It is said that Harriet
Bicknell was one of the prettiest girls in Ontario before her
marriage, and that she and Dr. Grange were a very handsome
couple.
The Grange family moved from Napanee, Ontario, to
Chattanooga about 1890. There is a fine bit of romance in the
love-making of James Grange and Harriet Bicknell which will
help to give flesh and life to the dry bones of genealogical facts
and figures. One Hallowe'en, having a friend spending the
night with her, Harriet Bicknell decided, with her companion,
to do all the Hallowe'en stunts, such as eating a teaspoonful of
salt, going down cellar backwards with a mirror in one hand
and a lighted candle in the other, naming the bedposts, etc., etc.,
after which each was supposed to dream of her future husband.
In the morning, on awakening, Harriet was in high glee, and
said: "Whom do you suppose I dreamed of last night? Jimmie
Grange." She thought that she drove into Napanee with her
father and drew up in front of Grange's drug store; that Jimmie,
the son of the proprietor, was standing near the door, and, see-
ing Mr. Bicknell's carriage, came out and asked Mr. B. what he
could do for him. Mr. B. introduced James to his daughter, and
all went into the store together. So much for the Hallowe'en
dream. The girls laughed over the dream, as neither knew
"Jimmie Grange," save by name.
A few days after Mr. Bicknell had occasion to go to Napa-
nee for some paint for his barn, and asked Harriet if she would
like to ride in with him, an invitation which she gladly accepted.
At the town Mr. B. stopped in front of Grange's drug store and
the Hallowe'en dream was literally fulfilled. James and Harriet
again met, and a few days after he got a friend to show him
the way to Bicknell's Corners, and thereafter Jimmie had no
need of a guide or companion to the Bicknell mansion, the scene
of the Hallowe'en dream.
James Grange and Harriet Bicknell were married Dec. 24,
1851. Soon after Mr. Grange decided to study medicine, sold
his store at Napanee to his cousins, moved to Coburg, Canada,
and attended Victoria College. Afterwards he completed his
medical studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York City. He was a successful practitioner at Napanee, Onta-
rio, and at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he died, in 1906, at the
age of 80.
It is not a matter of surprise that the fine physical charms
and excellences of character should be transmitted to succeeding
generations. Nature's gifts are distributed by natural laws.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 332
David lived in Chilliwack, British Columbia, in 1883
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 91
Caleb H. Bicknell's will, dated April 12, 1864, allowed Oct. 12, 1869;
Joseph Eastman and John Meegridge. of Rochester, executors.
His age he declares 68 years and upward.
After payment of all just debts, he gave to his adopted son, George C. Bicknell,
$5oo, to be paid him when he arrives at 21 years of age; he gave
to his wife, Abigail P. Bicknell, the use and income of all his
estate during her widowhood, with remainder to any after-born
issue and to his adopted son, William John Caleb Bicknell. In
default of issue he gave the whole of his estate to said W. J. C.
Bicknell, his heirs and assigns forever.
"If he shall die before the marriage or death of my said wife,
I give the remainder to George Charles Bicknell."
If both said adopted sons should die, he gave all of his estate to his
wife and her heirs for ever.
Caleb H. Bicknell had valuable real estate in the city of
Rochester, the care of which in 1883 gave employment to W. J. C.
Bicknell.
Caleb H. had a brother, Alfred, Wife, Lydia, and two nephews
residing in Pavilion, N. Y., in 1883.
The wife, Lydia, died in 1882, age 78.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 91
From Munroe County Probate records: Will of Lucy Bicknell,
wife of Caleb H. Bicknell, dated Feb. 15, 1860, allowed
June 26, 1861.
Executors, Caleb H. flicknell and George H. Rhodes.
She gave all her estate, real and personal, to her husband,
except all her wearing apparel, which she gave to Mary
Armstrong, wife of Thomas, and "my gold watch, key and chain,
my silver teaspoons marked L. T., and my Bible, which my
mother gave me," to Lucy, daughter of Thomas and Mary Arm-
strong. She gave to the Protestant Orphan Asylum, the Home
of the Friendless and the Industrial School of Rochester "my
house and lot on Edinburg Street, to have and to hold in equal
parts from and after the death of my husband."
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 334
George Augustus Bicknell was born at Batsto, N. J.; early
education in private schools; appointed acting midshipman from
Indiana, Dec. 3, 1861; served as First Lieutenant U. S. V. I.
during Morgan raid in Indiana until regiment was mustered out;
grad. U. S. Naval Academy, 1866; Naval Torpedo School, 1874
and 1896; served on Asiatic fleet, ship Iroquois, 1867-70; was at
opening of ports of Kobe and Osaka, Japan, to trade in 1868; in
landing party in repelling attack of Prince Hizen, and later sec-
ond in command of marines protecting Yokohama until order
was restored.
Promoted Ensign, April, 1868; Master Mar., 1869; Lieuten-
ant, March 21, 1870; Lieutenant Commander, May, 1886;
Commander, jan. 6, 1896; Captain, May 12, 19o1;
Rear Admiral, Feb. 8,1907.
Served on numerous vessels and stations; Navigator of
Marion, 1880-2; cruised from Montevideo to Heard's Islands
7,000 miles, and rescued 30 survivors of shipwrecked bark
Trinity; Commander of U. S. S. Niagara in Spanish-American War
and in other service in Cuban and Porto Rican waters, until
September, 1898 Commander of Monocacy, at Shanghai, China,
December, 1899; cruised with lion. E. H. Conger, American
Minister to China, and suite ,,to Han Kow and river ports, visit-
ing two Viceroys of river provinces, etc.; Commandant Naval
Station, KeyWest, Florida., 1902-4; Commander battleship Texas,
flagship U. S. Coast Squadron, 1904-6; Commandant Pensacola
Navy Yard, July 1, 1906, to Feb. 13, 1907; Commandant Navy
Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1907-8; retired May 15, 1908; life
member U. S. Naval Institute; Episcopalian; Democrat; clubs,
Army and Navy, New York and Washington.
From Phyllis Carroll's 1981 book page 182
His obituary in the New York Times for 29 Jan 1925 states "His widow, a daughter and son who is a minister in Washington, D.C. survive."
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FromT.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 197
Jesse graduated from the University of Indiana, 1868, B.A. 1870,
B.L. 1871; Ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church
in 1874, and priest in 1875, by the Right Rev. Joseph C. Talbot,
D.D., Bishop of indiana.
Held cahrges as assistant missionary or rector in the Episcopal
Dioceses of Indiana, Florida, Georgia, Maryland and
District of Columbia;
Was Archdeacon of West Florida, 1895-7;
Cahplain of Ancon Hospital, Canal Zone, Panama, 1911;
Curate of St.Paul's Chapel, Baltimore, Maryland, 1913
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Picus Austin served in the state of Rhode Island in the Revolutionary War. After war moved to NY with 9 children. Sarah is also listed as Grizelle (Tourjee) Targee on some sites.
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From T.W. Bicknell's 1913 genealogy book page 340
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company H, Seventh Regiment,
Rhode Island, Volunteers: Aug 12 1862, enrolled: Sep 4 1862,
mustered in: Jan 15, 1865, transferred to the V.R.C.; Jul 24, 1865.
mustered out as of 12th Reg. V.R.C.; was wounded in battle
of Fredericksburg, Vermont, 1862.