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[This information is from Vol. II, pp. 635-637 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.]
(III) Sergeant Nathaniel Upham, second son of Lieutenant Phineas (q. v.) and Ruth (Wood) Upham, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1661, died November 11, 1717, and left an estate by will. On his gravestone at Malden he is called "sergeant." He married Sarah Floyd, who died October 14, 1715, aged fifty-three years. Children:
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (1) and Sarah (Floyd) Upham, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1685-88, died at Leicester, Massachusetts, 1765. He married Mary Tuthill, of Boston, February 6, 1706. Children:
(V) Nathaniel (3), only son of Nathaniel (2) and Mary (Tuthill) Upham to reach maturity, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, 1715. He removed to Leicester, Massachusetts. He married, November 4, 1736, Rebecca Dill, in Newtown. Children:
(VI) Nathaniel (4), son of Nathaniel (3) and Rebecca (Dill) Upham, was born in Malden, Massachusetts, June 22, 1745. He served in the revolutionary army. He lived in Leicester and Hubbardstown, Massachusetts, dying in the latter place March 27, 1833, aged eighty-eight years. He married (first) Abigail Ward, who died April 9, 1812; (second) Phebe Kimbill, January 11, 1814. Children by first marriage:
(VII) Hannah, third daughter and seventh child of Nathaniel (4) and Abigail (Ward) Upham, was born July 25, 1784, died in Troy, New York, December 29, 1867. She married at Hubbardstown, Massachusetts, 1810, Jabez Upham, born May 18, 1777, died in Troy, December 14, 1836. (Several of the descendants of John Upham, the emigrant, lived in Hubbardstown, but whose son Jabez was has not been ascertained.) Children:
(VIII) Moses Allen, only child of Jabez and Hannah (Upham) Upham to reach mature years, was born in Troy, New York, June 9, 1820, died in that city, February 24, 1890. He learned the trade of carpenter with Henry Sage (brother of Russell Sage, the famous New York banker), beginning his apprenticeship immediately on completing his studies in the Eighth Ward public school. After finishing his years of service with Mr. Sage he worked as a journeyman for a time, then began contracting for the erection of buildings on his own account. He continued in business throughout the active years of his life, and became one of the leading contractors of the city. He built the Park Presbyterian Church, the Jewish Synagogue, and many of the noted public and private buildings of Troy. He was a Republican and active in Eighth Ward local politics. He was a member and trustee of Park Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Mt. Zion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Apollo Chapter, No. 48, Royal Arch Masons; Bloss Council, Royal and Select Masters; Apollo Commandery, Knights Templar, and was a thirty-second degree Mason of the Scottish Rite. He was also a member of Athenaeum Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Troy. He was for many years connected with the National Guard of New York, and at the disbanding of the Twenty-fourth Regiment was captain of Company I, and the oldest captain, in point of service, in the regiment. He married (first) August 13, 1841, Mary Midfirth, born in England, died August 30, 1845. Married (second) October 23, 1846, Mary Louisa Remmey. Children:
(IX) James Francis, eighth child and second son of Moses Allen and Mary Louisa (Remmey) Upham, was born in Troy, New York, April 6, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, and in 1875 began his business career as a clerk in the wholesale drug house of Robinson & Church where he remained six years, becoming head bookkeeper. From 1881 to 1882 he was bookkeeper for Oliver Wemett, decorator. From 1882 to 1901 he was bookkeeper for the Gallup Novelty Works of Troy. From 1901 to 1909 was bookkeeper for Chauncey D. Bradt. In the latter year he became bookkeeper for the Tibbets estate, a position he now (1910) holds. Like his father, except in 1886-89, he has always resided in the Eighth Ward of Troy, where he is an active worker in the Republican party. He was ward committeeman and frequent delegate to local and congressional conventions. He was a volunteer fireman, serving in Arba Read Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1, of Troy. He has been for many years a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, active worker in church societies; usher in the church, superintendent of the Sunday school, president of the parish Young Men's Association and for past six years vice-president of the "Churchman's League" of Troy and vicinity since 1908. He married, April 28, 1886, Fannie Amelia Heinzenberg, of West Troy, New York, daughter of John Heinzenberg, born in Prussia, and his wife, Fannie Amelia MacElroy. Children:
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