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[This information is from Vol. II, pp. 652-659 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 929.1 R45. Some of the formatting of the original, especially in lists of descendants, may have been altered slightly for ease of reading.]

The Troy family of this name descend from Pardon Tillinghast, who is first of mention in Providence, Rhode Island, January 19, 1646, when he was received as a quarter sharesman. He was born at Seven Cliffs, near Beechy Head, county of Sussex, England, in 1622, and died at Providence, Rhode Island, January 29, 1718. He was granted a lot in Providence, May 16, 1658, and shared in other land distributions. He was a cooper and engaged in commerce and store keeping, owning a storehouse and wharf. He became well to do for his day, his estate inventorying 1,542 pounds. He was a deputy to the general court in 1672-80-90-94-97-1706. In 1687 he was overseer of the poor. He was a member of the town council seventeen years, almost continuously. In 1681 he was pastor of the First Baptist Church and so continued many years. Morgan Edwards asserts that he was remarkable for his plainness and piety.

April 14, 1711, he deeded his house, which was called the Baptist meeting house, with the lot on which it stood, to the church and their successors for, "The Christian love, good will and affection, which I hear [bear?] to the church of Christ in Providence, the which I am in fellowship with and have the care of, as being Elder of the said church." His will was proved February 11, 1718. He appointed his wife executrix with her two sons, Philip and Benjamin, to help her. To his sons Pardon, Philip and Benjamin, he gave fifty pounds each; to Joseph his dwelling house after his mother's decease; to five daughters he gave ten pounds each; to each grandchild five shillings. He was buried in his own lot at the south end of the town of Providence.

Pardon Tillinghast was twice married; his first wife was named Butterworth; his second wife was Lydia, daughter of Philip and Lydia (Masters) Taber, to whom he was married April 16, 1664; she died in 1718. He had twelve children, three of whom were by his first wife:

  1. Sarah, died young.
  2. John, was a deputy in 1690.
  3. Mary, married Benjamin Carpenter.
  4. Lydia, married John Audley.
  5. Pardon, see forward.
  6. Philip, was a merchant, and in 1690 a soldier in the expedition against Canada; he was a justice of the peace; for twelve years deputy, and for the same time member of the town council; his wife, Martha (Holmes) Tillinghast, bore him fifteen children; his estate inventoried 5,000 pounds, which was a very large fortune.
  7. Benjamin, was a merchant and also became wealthy; married Sarah Rhodes, who was executrix of his estate, which was appraised at 4,887 pounds.
  8. Abigail, married Nicholas Sheldon.
  9. Joseph, was a merchant; married (first) Freelove Stafford; (second) Mary Hendon.
  10. Mercy, married Nicholas Power.
  11. Hannah, married John Hale.
  12. Elizabeth, married Philip Taber.

(II) Pardon (2), fifth child and second son of Pardon (1) and Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, February 16, 1668, died in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1743. He removed to East Greenwich, where, March 25, 1699, he bought seventy acres, house and orchard. On October 11, 1699, he was made a freeman of East Greenwich. In the years 1702-04-06-08-14-16-19-20-22-25 he represented that town in the general court. From 1705 to 1710 he was a justice of the peace. He was also a wealthy man and left an estate of 3,000 pounds. To the Baptist church he left 25 pounds, "towards defraying the necessary charge in spreading the gospel." To the "poor of the Baptist church" he left 25 pounds. His wife, who died seventeen years before him, was Mary Keech. She bore him: Mary, Philip, see forward; John, Joseph and Mercy.

(III) Philip, eldest son of Pardon (2) and Mary (Keech) Tillinghast, was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, November 5, 1707, died there March 5, 1787. He was a large land owner, residing on his estate called "Mansion Estate," a few miles from East Greenwich. Like all his family, he was a man of influence and served in the general court. He married, in 1733, Alice, daughter of Colonel George Thomas, of North Kingston, Rhode Island, and had issue: Benjamin, Thomas, see forward, and George.

(IV) Thomas, son of Philip and Alice (Thomas) Tillinghast, was born at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, August 21, 1742, died there August 26, 1821. He was a member of the general assembly of Rhode Island in May, 1776, which passed such strong resolutions in advance of the "Declaration" from congress, and determined "to use every means which God and Nature furnished them in support of their inalienable right." He joined the Rhode Island military forces at the beginning of the revolutionary war and served until the close, attaining the rank of major. He studied law and became supreme court justice of Rhode Island. In 1797 he was elected representative in congress and served until 1803. He married, May 27, 1762, Mary Hill, and had issue: Alice, Rebecca, Joseph J., Mary Ann, Allen, see forward, Pardon, Thomas and Mary.

(V) Allen, son of Hon. Major Judge Thomas and Mary (Hill) Tillinghast, was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, February 28, 1768, died at Wrentham, Massachusetts, April 28, 1851. He was a merchant and prominent in public affairs. He married, February 19, 1795, Patience, daughter of the Rev. Williams, of Wrentham, Massachusetts. They had issue: Patience, Mary, Harriet M., Joseph W., Benjamin Allen, see forward, Eliza Ann, Sally M. and Joseph J.

(VI) Benjamin Allen, son of Allen and Patience (Williams) Tillinghast, was born at Wrentham, Massachusetts, May 6, 1799, died at Troy, New York, January 22, 1887. He removed to Troy when a young man, in 1830. He had learned the detail of the manufacture of cotton goods in New England, and after coming to Troy became interested in the cotton mills of that vicinity, and the family have since been leading business men of this city. He was an active, energetic man of strict integrity and sterling character. He married, November 27, 1821, Julia Ann, born June 21, 1798, died March 7, 1850, daughter of Moses Whitney, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts; she bore him five children: Thomas Allen, see forward, Charles Whitney, see forward, William Henry, Joseph Joslin and Alice Ann. He married (second), May 10, 1853, Harriet Sachet Cornell, a native of the Island of Guernsey.

(VII) Thomas Allen, eldest child of Benjamin Allen and Julia Ann (Whitney) Tillinghast, was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, November 9, 1822, died in Troy, New York, June 10, 1879. He was eight years of age when his parents removed to Troy, where he received his education. He was at school in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, and attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy. In 1867 he became a member of the hardware firm of J. M. Warren & Company, retaining an active interest until his death. He was active in advancing the business interests of Troy, and was for many years interested in the forwarding business of the Hudson river. He was president of the Board of Trade. True to his religious ancestry, his greatest love was for the welfare of the church. He was an Episcopalian and to St. John's Church, Troy, of which he was a vestryman, he gave unstinted service and support. He was instrumental in founding the Free Church of the Ascension, and was ever its devoted friend and supporter. He was a very influential member of the Diocese of Albany, and rendered much willing service. He married, in 1847, Margaretta Scott, daughter of Griffith P. and Phoebe Andrews (Scott) Griffith, of Troy. Mrs. Tillinghast was most active in church and charitable work. Children:

  1. Julia Griffith, born December 13, 1849, died in infancy.
  2. Alice Griffith, born June 14, 1854, died July 29, 1909.
  3. Griffith Pritchard, born July 1, 1856, died in infancy.
  4. Charles Whitney, see forward.
  5. Jessie Scott, born November 19, 1866, died December 23, 1879.

(VII) Charles Whitney, second son of Benjamin Allen and Julia Ann (Whitney) Tillinghast, was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, May 23, 1824. He obtained his early education in private schools and then entered Kent Academy in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. His educational progress was brilliant and he frequently earned many honors by his intellectuality. Subsequently he became a student at Talcot's private school at Lanesboro, Massachusetts, and his pursuits there were crowned with many achievements. He accompanied his parents to Troy, New York, in 1830, and from that time on to his death his interests were centered in that city. In 1840 he entered the hardware and iron business as a clerk for Warren, Hart & Lesley, which firm was succeeded by J. M. Warren and C. W. Tillinghast, under the name of J. M. Warren & Company. In 1864 Thomas Allen Tillinghast became a member of the firm, and June 10, 1879, he died; February 10, 1887, the firm was incorporated as J. M. Warren & Company, with Joseph M. Warren, president, Charles Whitney Tillinghast, vice-president, H. S. Darby, treasurer, and Joseph J. Tillinghast, secretary. Other incorporators were Charles Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., son of Thomas Allen Tillinghast, F. A. Leeds and H. Frank Wood. September 9, 1896, Joseph M. Warren died and Charles Whitney Tillinghast succeeded to the presidency of the company, November 30, 1897. Joseph Joslin Tillinghast, who had succeeded to the vice-presidency when his brother, Charles W., was elected president, died and was succeeded by his nephew, Charles Whitney Tillinghast 2nd. The original house of J. M. Warren & Company was inaugurated in 1809, when Jacob Hart and Henry Mazro established a hardware business in Troy. There were firm changes and in 1836 William H. Warren became a member of the firm that has ever since been in the Warren name. When Mr. Tillinghast first became connected with the business, the books were kept in pounds, shillings and pence, postage between New York and Troy was eighteen and three-quarter cents. A private firm started an express that delivered letters for ten cents, which rate continued until the government reduced the postage to five cents. The firm of J. M. Warren & Company carry on a large hardware jobbing business, and in their one hundred years of business life have made but three changes in location, all of which were within a few hundred feet of the original. The rapid growth of the business was largely due to the personal efforts of Mr. Tillinghast. Following his advent into the firm the business increased to such a volume that additional space was demanded, and they erected the warehouse on Front street connecting by a bridge with the main store situated on the corner of Broadway and River streets, and in 1870 the large and spacious building on the same corner was constructed and has since been the home of the concern. In the early days of this house nearly all the hardware sold was imported from England and Germany, orders had to be placed from four to six months in advance and all goods were manufactured to order, no stock being carried by manufacturers. A number of employees have been with the firm for over a quarter of a century; Samuel Kendrick, their first traveling salesman, was with them thirty-five years, and William Bennett was in charge of the iron department fifty years. In 1872 the company purchased the Troy Stamping Company's plant in South Troy and manufacture there tin and sheet iron ware.

Mr. Tillinghast's activity in the commercial life of Troy was marked by unflagging industry, intelligent application to business, and the highest probity and integrity, which characterized his entire life. He helped to foster the important positions he has filled and the weighty responsibilities he has carried for himself and others. He was quiet in manner and a pleasing conversationalist. Progressive in his ideas, still his nature was so tempered that he was successful in every undertaking he began. He was a man of unquestioned integrity and his career was marked by deeds of kindness that will live while memory lasts. The magnitude of the operations of the commercial house of which he was at the head are alike monumental to the genius of the eminent citizen who has finally answered the Master's call.

Mr. Tillinghast married, December 1, 1852, Mary Bowers Southwick, of Troy. The celebration of their golden wedding in 1902 was a social event that will long be remembered. Children:

  1. Francis Southwick, who married Stephen Willard Barker.
  2. Southwick, died in infancy. Mrs. Tillinghast, Mrs. Barker and her son, Charles Whitney Tillinghast Barker, who is a civil engineer in Philadelphia, survive. Mr. Tillinghast died April 27, 1910.

(VIII) General Charles Whitney Tillinghast, youngest son of Thomas Allen and Margaretta Scott (Griffith) Tillinghast, was born in Troy, New York, November 28, 1857. He was educated at Troy Academy, the "Gunnery," at Washington, Connecticut, and at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. He entered Trinity College, but his health failed, and he was obliged to give up a college course. He traveled for a long time in Europe, regained his health, and on his return to Troy entered the employ of the J. M. Warren Company, of which his father was a partner. He was advanced to general manager, and when the J. M. Warren Company became a corporation, in 1887, was one of the incorporators. November 30, 1897, his uncle, Joseph Joslin Tillinghast, died, and he succeeded him as vice-president of the company, an office he still fills. He has other private business interests and has given much of his time to the public service of city and state. He is a veteran fireman of Troy, ex-president of the Young Men's Association, and of the Pafraets Dael Club, being the first president of the latter club. In June, 1877, he enlisted in the National Guard of New York, served in the Troy Citizens' Corps, Sixth Separate Company; was successively corporal, sergeant, third, second and first lieutenant. On January 1, 1895, he resigned his commission after a term of eighteen years. He is a Republican in politics, and has always taken an active part in city and state affairs, serving on many public commissions and sitting in the councils of his party. In 1896 he was appointed by Governor Frank S. Black adjutant general of the state of New York, taking office January 1, 1897. His term of office covered the Spanish-American war, which though apparently an insignificant one, changed the map of the world and made the United States a world power. The state of New York raised and equipped twenty-two thousand men and sent them forward. This involved a vast amount of responsibility on the adjutant general and made his term of office the most important since the close of the civil war. He held the rank of major-general by virtue of that office. He retired from office in 1898. General Tillinghast belongs to many city, state and national social, educational and patriotic societies. He is an ex-president of the Young Men's Association of Troy, was secretary and treasurer and is now vice-president of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Association of Rensselaer County, member of the Sons of the Revolution through the military service in that war of an ancestor, Major Thomas Tillinghast, of the Connecticut State Troops, member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, member of the Military Service Institute of Governor's Island, New York, trustee of the Grant Monument Association, an associate member of the Fort Orange Club, Albany, the Troy Club, the Island Golf Club and of the Army and Navy Club of New York City. He is an Episcopalian and a vestryman of St. John's Church of Troy, and trustee of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church of Troy, and has just been elected a trustee of the Troy Orphan Asylum.

He married, February 4, 1889, Marion Chittenden Clarke, born at Syracuse, New York. Children:

  1. Margaret Chittenden, born June 8, 1890.
  2. Theodore Voorhees, March 16, 1892.
  3. Charles Whitney, May 5, 1895.
  4. Thomas Allen, December 12, 1896, died February 19, 1902.

(The Chittenden Line)

William Chittenden was a magistrate of Guilford, Connecticut, from 1639 to 1643, and a deputy to the general assembly of Connecticut, 1646-51-53-60. He was lieutenant of the town militia, 1648. He died in February, 1660-61. He married Joana Sheaff, died August 16, 1668.

(II) Nathaniel, son of William and Joana (Sheaff) Chittenden, died June, 1691. Married Sarah ————.

(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel and Sarah Chittenden, was born August 10, 1669; married Elizabeth Stevens, born July 14, 1668, died November 15, 1738.

(IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) and Elizabeth (Stevens) Chittenden, was born June 6, 1701, died August, 1762; married, January 6, 1735, Lucy Nettleton.

(V) Daniel, son of Nathaniel (3) and Lucy (Nettleton) Chittenden, was born August 27, 1739; married, at Killingworth, Connecticut, Grace Watrons.

(VI) Wise, son of Daniel and Grace (Watrons) Chittenden, was born April 17, 1775, died December, 1857; married, October 15, 1798, Huldah Buell, born August 29, 1777, died February 18, 1868.

(VII) Harlow Watrons, son of Wise and Huldah (Buell) Chittenden, was born March 22, 1817, died July 24, 1872. He was the first general superintendent of the consolidated New York Central Railroad lines. He married, December 18, 1837, Nancy Jane Williams, born October 25, 1820.

(VIII) Helen Maria, daughter of Harlow Watrons and Nancy Jane (Williams) Chittenden, married, December 13, 1865, Dr. John Seymour Clarke, of Syracuse, New York.

(IX) Marian Chittenden Clarke, daughter of Dr. John Seymour and Helen Maria (Chittenden) Clarke, married General Charles Whitney Tillinghast, February 4, 1889.

(The Rogers Line)

Line of descent from Thomas Rogers of the "Mayflower," through Huldah Buell, great-grandmother of Mrs. General C. W. Tillinghast.

Thomas Rogers, "Mayflower passenger," was the eighteenth signer of the "compact," and died at Plymouth during the "first sickness."

(II) Lieutenant Joseph, son of Thomas Rogers, also a passenger on the "Mayflower" with his father, died in Eastham, Massachusetts, 1677-78; was lieutenant of Mausett county militia 1647; member of council of war 1658; married Hannah ————.

(III) Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Hannah Rogers, was born September 29, 1639; married, January 9, 1660, Jonathan Higgins, born 1637.

(IV) Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Rogers) Higgins, was born January 22, 1682; married, February 12, 1706-07, James Young, born April 4, 1685.

(V) Hannah, daughter of James and Mary (Higgins) Young, was born February 12, 1719-20; married, June 13, 1743, Dr. Reuben Buell, born August 24, 1720, died December 16, 1802.

(VI) Azariah, son of Dr. Reuben and Hannah (Young) Buell, was born January 21, 1743; married, March 20, 1770, at Westbrook, Connecticut, Elinor Post.

(VII) Huldah, daughter of Azariah and Elinor (Post) Buell, was born August 29, 1777, died February 18, 1868. Married, October 15, 1798, Wise Chittenden (see Chittenden VI). Wise Chittenden was a great-great-grandson of Samuel Buell, the emigrant ancestor of the Buell family, who came to America about 1630 from Chesterton, Huntingtonshire, England. He was deputy fourteen terms, between 1692 and 1715; married, November 13 or 18, 1662, Deborah Griswold, born June 28, 1646, died February 7, 1719. Deborah Griswold was a daughter of Edward Griswold, deputy to the general court, Connecticut, twenty-four terms, between 1656 and 1689. Wise Chittenden was a great-grandson of Captain Samuel Buell, son of Samuel Buell, the emigrant. Captain Samuel Buell was born in Windsor, Connecticut, July 20, 1663, died in Killingworth, Connecticut, November 2, 1732. He was captain of the Western company of the Killingworth Trained Band, October 9, 1718. He married, in 1686, Judith Stevens, died October 31, 1732. Wise Chittenden, through his mother, Grace Watrons, was a great-great-grandson of Captain John Clark, who was named in the charter from King Charles II, in 1662. He was deputy to the Connecticut general court nine terms, between 1641 and 1669.

Harlow Watrons Chittenden, grandfather of Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., through his mother, Huldah Buell, was of the seventh generation from Thomas Griggson and his wife Jane. Thomas Griggson was treasurer 1641-42; magistrate; commissioner for United Colonies 1643; agent to Parliament of England 1644; signer of articles of Confederation of United Colonies 1643, died at sea 1646. Also through his mother, Huldah Buell Chittenden, he was of the sixth generation from Richard Higgins, representative to the general court of Plymouth, 1647, and represented Eastham, Massachusetts, from 1653 to 1665, at six sessions of the same body. Richard Higgins married, December 11, 1634, Lydia Chandler. Again through the maternal line he was of the sixth generation from Matthew Gilbert, died February, 1680. He was deputy governor of the New Haven colony, 1661-63; deputy to the general court of Connecticut, and magistrate in 1639-40-41-42-58-59-60-64.

Helen Maria (Chittenden) Clarke, mother of Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., through her mother, Nancy Jane (Williams) Chittenden, was of the ninth generation from William Arnold, of Cheselbourne, Dorset county, England, one of the thirteen original proprietors of the Providence plantation, and commissioner in 1661. He married Christian Peak, and died in Providence, Rhode Island, 1670. She is also of the eighth generation of Deputy-Governor Stephen Arnold, son of William and Christian (Peak) Arnold. Governor Stephen Arnold was deputy nine terms, between 1664 and 1690; assistant (to the governor) nine terms, between 1667 and 1698; deputy governor 1674. He married Sarah, daughter of Edward Smith, of Newport, Rhode Island, born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; assistant five terms; deputy three terms, and commissioner one term, between the years 1654 and 1670. Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Governor Stephen Arnold, married Peter Greene, and we trace the descent from Johu Greene, his grandfather, to Mrs. C. Whitney Tillinghast 2nd., in detail.

(The Greene Line)

John Greene was born at Bowridgen Hall, Gillingham, Dorset county, England, in 1597, died in Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1658. He was a founder of the Providence plantation and representative in 1654-57. He married, March 4, 1619, Joan Tattersall.

(II) John (2), son of John (1) the emigrant, and Joan (Tattersall) Greene, was born 1620 in Salisbury, England, died November 27, 1708. He was a resident of Warwick, Rhode Island; commissioner 1651-63; attorney general 1657-59; assistant 1660-73-77-78-80-86-90; agent to England 1670; deputy governor 1690-95-96-98-99; commissioner captain 1664; commissioner major 1685. He married Ann, born 1627, died May 7, 1709, daughter of William and Audrey Almy, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

(III) Peter, son of Governor John (2) and Ann (Almy) Greene, was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, February 7, 1655, died August 12, 1723. He was deputy 1698-1701-03-09. He married, December 16, 1680, Elizabeth, born November 2, 1659, died June 5, 1728, daughter of Governor Stephen Arnold, of Rhode Island.

(IV) Barlow, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Arnold) Greene, was born November 24, 1695. He married, October 21, 1717, Lydia Harden.

(V) Oliver, son of Barlow and Lydia (Harden) Greene, was born September 10, 1740; married, March 30, 1760, Penelope Wells, born June 18, 1741.

(VI) Dyer, son of Oliver and Penelope (Wells) Greene, was born 1778, died April 7, 1815. He married Sally Edick.

(VII) Phoebe, daughter of Dyer and Sally (Edick) Greene, was born December 25, 1796, died April, 1830. She married, February 4, 1816, Lodewick Williams.

(VIII) Nancy Jane, daughter of Lodewick and Phoebe (Greene) Williams, was born October 25, 1820, married, December 18, 1837, Harlow Watrous Chittenden (see Chittenden VII).

Penelope Wells, who married Oliver Greene (see Greene V), was a great-great-granddaughter of Randall Holden, born in Salisbury, Wills county, England, 1612, died in Warwick, Rhode Island, August 23, 1692. He was one of the twelve purchasers of Warwick in 1642; assistant six terms; commissioner four terms; deputy seven terms; general treasurer of Providence, Rhode Island, 1652; named in Royal Charter of 1663. He married about 1648, Frances Dungan, born about 1630, died 1697. His son, Charles Holden, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, March 22, 1665-66, died July 2, 1717. He was deputy 1710-16. He married Catherine Greene, born August 15, 1665.

Marion Chittenden Tillinghast is a descendant also of the Clarkes and Spencers of Connecticut. Her grandfather, Elizur Clarke, was the first of his family to settle in New York state at Syracuse.

(II) Beaumont (2), son of Beaumont (1) Clarke, of Saybrook, Connecticut, was born in Saybrook, died in Green Lake, Michigan, in 1858. He was a farmer, a Whig in politics, and Presbyterian in religion. He married Nabbe Spencer, born in Connecticut, near Saybrook, died in Green Lake, Michigan.

(III) Elizur, son of Beaumont (2) and Nabbe (Spencer) Clarke, was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, October 5, 1807, died at Lyme, Connecticut, December 27, 1895. In 1821 the family removed to Syracuse, where he became a leading and prominent man of affairs. He was a Democrat in politics; was alderman of Syracuse; supervisor of Onondaga county, and member of the state legislature. He was a director of the Salt Springs National Bank, and of the Syracuse Savings Bank. He married Jerusha Norton Spencer, born in Deerfield, New York, October 3, 1806, died at Syracuse, August 13, 1868, daughter of Seth Spencer, of Durham, Connecticut, and his wife Mindwell Johnson.

(IV) Dr. John Seymour, ninth child of Elizur and Jerusha Norton (Spencer) Clarke, was born in Syracuse, New York, December 3, 1844. He was educated in the public schools and under private tutors. He graduated from the medical department of Syracuse University in 1876. He practiced his profession in New York City for four years until his health failed, and he was obliged to go west. He located in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he practiced until 1884, then returned to Syracuse, where he has since resided. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Syracuse. He married, December 13, 1865, at Syracuse, Helen Maria Chittenden, born October 18, 1840, died in Syracuse, September 25, 1906 (see Chittenden VIII). Children:

  1. Marion Chittenden, married General Charles Whitney Tillinghast 2nd; children:
    1. Margaret Chittenden, died in infancy;
    2. Theodore Voorhees, born March 16, 1892;
    3. Charles Whitney Jr., born May 5, 1895.
    4. Thomas Allen, born December 12, 1896, died February 19, 1902.
  2. Harlow Chittenden, born September 16, 1870; married Mary Seymour Cowles.
  3. Alice Sabine, married Herbert Savage Ide. Children:
    1. Helen Chittenden, died in infancy;
    2. George P.;
    3. Herbert S.;
    4. Harlow Chittenden;
    5. Marion Tillinghast, born September 2, 1909.

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