BRUNDAGE, Minerva A.

Minerva married TOWNER, Jackson 28 Feb 1863. [Group Sheet]

Minerva married GOODSELL, George G. 28 Jul 1867. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William and his brother Harry had moved to Allegan Co., Michigan by 1842, and are assessed there. William must have returned to Vermont as he was enumerated there in 1850.
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William lost his life after serving in Company I, 13th Infantry Regiment Michigan, he was discharged on January 25, 1862 and died on May 22, 1862, due to disease. He also lost 2 sons, Harry (killed in battle), and Isaac (due to disease). All 3 men were members of Company I, 13th Infantry Regiment Michigan.
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William is listed as a farmer in the 1850 Williston, Chittendon Co., Vermont census.
William C. Brundage, 41, M, Farmer, b. VT
Sylvia L. ", 39, F, b. NY
Stephen B. ", 14, M, b. VT
Edgar A. ", 16, M, Farmer, b. VT
Isaac P. ", 7, M, b. VT
Minerva A.", 3, F, b. VT
Mary C. ", 4 mos., b. VT
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In 1860 William was living in Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Michigan as follows:
William Brundage, 52, M, Farmer, $200RE/$100P, b. VT
Sylva, 49, F, b. NY
Edgar, 26, M, Farmer, b. VT
Stephen, 23, M, b. VT
Isaac, 16, M, b. VT
Minerva, 13, F, VT
Mary, 10, F, VT
Elvira, 4, F, b. MI
(Trowbridge, Allegan Co., Michigan, Roll 535 Book 1, Page 214)
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William enlisted as a Private on 28 November 1861 in Otsego at the age of 53 and re-enlisted on 17 January 1862.
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Sylvia L. Brundage made an application for William's C.W. pension on March 16, 1863. Next a grandson S. Stockwell made a "minor's" application on June 26, 1865.
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This last fact is further proof Sylvia married Seth Stockwell after William's death.

William married BARNES, Sylvia Lucretia 3 May 1829, Vermont. Sylvia was born 3 Dec 1810, New York Or Vermont; died 30 May 1886. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The St. Lawrence Co. New York History by Gates Curtis, 1894, states that Abraham was a Hessian (German soldier fighting for the British army). Some have theorized that Abraham may have been a part of a German Battalion, but as a British soldier. The surname Brundage is also much more prevalent in England than in Germany. Abraham is said to have deserted the British army, which was not unusual at the time, and some families in the northeast are proud that their ancestors deserted the British cause.
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Another biography "A history of the town of Williston", pg. 40, shows the following:

Stephen N. Warren came to Williston about the same time as Lemuel Bottom and settled near him. He afterwards moved to Fairfax where he died. He had eight children. Of these the youngest, Charles E. followed the trade of carpenter and joiner for some time, worked a while at the paper mills in Essex, and finally purchased a farm in Williston where he died July 30, 1888. Charles E. married Rosetta Baldwin, a granddaughter of Abram Brundage, an early settler, a soldier in the French and Indian War, and in the British Army of the Revolution. He stood at the top of the rock down which Gen. Isaac (Israel?) Putnam made his famous ride, at the time the deed was done. . . .
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The 1800 census:
St. George, Chittenden Co., Vermont
Abram Brundy
Males:
2 age under 10
1 age 26 to 44
Females:
1 age under 10
1 age 10 through 15
1 age 26 to 44
Slaves: 0
This record of Abraham is of interest as it shows his family in close proximity of he Isham and Lockwood familys, both of whom have recorded inter-marrying with the Brundages in the 1700's & 1800's.
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Some records show Abraham and Lois as having 8 children, 5 boys & 4 girls (See below).
Abraham appears in the 1810 Vermont census as living in Williston, Chittenden Co., Vermont (roll 64, p. 387).
Males:
4 age under 10
1 age 10 to 15
1 age 45 and over.
Females:
2 age under 10
1 age 10 to 15
1 age 16 to 20
1 age 26 to 44
Slaves: 0
Living next door was Daniel Isham Jr., from a family which intermarried with the Brundages.
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Abraham (Brundridge) appears in the 1820 Vermont census as living in Williston, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
Males
2 age 10-15
1 age 45+
Females
2 age 10-15
1 age 26-45
1 age 45+
Nearby was David Barto and his family (soon to be in-laws).
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Abram (Brundredge) appears in the 1830 Vermont census as living in Williston, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
Males
1 age 20-29
1 age 60-69
Females
1 age 20-29
1 age 60-69
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By 1840 there is no mention of Abraham in Williston. One interesting fact in the 1840 census is that Nathaniel's family is shown with a 70-79 year old female living with them, could this be Lois (Yale) Brundage, Abraham's wife?
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The St. Lawrence Co. book states Abraham spent his last days in Williston, Vermont.
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All 4 of Abraham's sons appear in the1840 census for Williston, Chittenden Co., Vermont, their names were; Joshua, Harry, William and Nathan.
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A Clarissa Brundage married Carlton Barto at Hinesburg, Vermont on November 11, 1820. Perhaps she is Abraham's oldest daughter ?.
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From the book "A Survey of the Ishams in England and America" There was an Elizabeth Brundage b. October, 1787 who married an Ebenezer Isham who lived in and raised children in St. George, Chittenden Co., Vermont in about 1813. From the same source we find a Mary Brundage married to Nathan Lockwood, this couple raised children in St. George, Chittenden Co., Vermont. One of their daughters was born October 20 , 1795.
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The following - Might ???- apply to our Abraham:

Andreas Emmerick's Chasseurs, Capt. Benjamin Ogden's Troop...
Muster Roll of a Troop of Dragoons in his Majesty’s Corps of Chasseurs Under the Command of Lieut. Colonel A EMMERICK, October 24th, 1778:
...Abraham Brundage, Sick in Quarters, May 2, 1778...

NOTE: !...!...!
Andreas Emmerick was an accomplished German Officer who was given authority to recruit men from the New York colony to serve under his command. (Hmm... this sounds familiar...).
This is very intriguing and may tie our Abraham to the loyalist Brundages who ended up in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia at the close of the Rev. War.

Also this...

Muster Roll of Discharged Officers and Disbanded Soldiers and Loyalists:
Town of Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 29, 1784.
Brundige, Abraham, Loyalist.

Abraham married YALE, Lois Bef 1800, Massachusetts. Lois (daughter of YALE, Moses and LYMAN, Lois) was born Abt 1775, Charlotte, Chittenden County, Vermont; died Aft 1830, Probably Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Moses Yale removed to this town (Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vermont) from Meriden, Conn., in about 1783, and located not far from the Shelburne line, on a farm later owned by Henry Thorp. During this summer (1783) he erected the the frame of a log house, made a small clearing, and in the fall returned to his family in Connecticut, after having sowed his clearing with wheat, assisted by his only neighbors, James Hill and John McNeil. In the following spring he returned with his family by the way of Whitehall and the lake, being drawn on the ice by a yoke of steers and an old horse. The hardships that these families endured cannot be described. During the summer of 1784 food was so scarce and difficult to obtain that the family were compelled to resort to subsistence on fish and herbs and roots of the forest. Moses Yale had a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, only one of whom Lyman remained in town. He (Lyman) held many positions of trust in his town, and was one term its representative in the Legislature. Of his (Lyman's) seven children, only one, William, now resides in town, occupying the original farm of John McNeil.
(From a history of Chittenden Co., VT, p. 537).

A similar account follows:

Moses Yale emigrated from Meriden, Conn., to Charlotte, in 1783, locating upon the farm where Roswell and Miles NEWTON now reside. Here he made a small clearing, accomplished by exchange of labor with his only neighbors, James HILL and John McNEIL, sowed it with wheat, put up the body of a log house, and in the autumn returned to his family in Meriden. In the spring of 1784, he returned to Charlotte, coming by way of Whitehall to avoid the unraveled wilderness, thence down the lake on the ice, bringing his family and furniture on a sled drawn by a yoke of steers and an old horse. On their arrival, they cleared the snow from the log house, made a roof from the boughs of the surrounding trees, and installed themselves in their home with all the comforts of house keeping that their circumstances could afford. During the summer ensuing, food was so scarce and difficult to obtain that the family was compelled to subsist on fish and the herbs and roots that the forest afforded. Mr. YALE had a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, only one of whom, Lyman, remained in Charlotte. He, being the eldest of the children, and a good financier, paid up the claims against the homestead, thereby securing for himself a good farm and comfortable home, where he continued to reside until his death, in 1840, aged sixty seven years. During his long life here he held many important positions in the gift of his townsmen, among which, that of representative during one term. Of his family of seven children, only one, William, now lives in the town, residing on the farm formerly owned by John McNEIL.

The Congregational Church of Charlotte, located at Charlotte Centre, was organized January 3, 1792, at the house of Daniel HOSFORD, Jr., with four members, John HILL, Moses YALE, Daniel HOSFORD, Jr., and Joseph SIMONDS. Rev. Daniel O. GILLETT was installed as the first pastor during the same year. The first church building, a wood structure, was erected in 1798, and gave place to the present brick building in 1848. It will accommodate 350 persons, and is valued, including grounds, at $6,000.00. The society now has 163 members, with Rev H. B. PUTNAM, pastor.

Moses was a Private, in Capt. Peter Porter's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's (Berkshire Co.) regt . He entered service April 26, 1777 and was discharged May 20, 1777, serving 25 days. His company was called out April 26, 1777, at request of Maj. Gen. Gates and marched to Saratoga. He also appears on a list of men who marched from Pittsfield to Ticonderoga April 25, 1777, under command of Lieut. Stephen Crofoot, and were dismissed May 22, 1777. Moses was also a Private in Capt. Peter Porter's co., Col. John Brown's (Berkshire Co.) regt. He entered service Sept. 22, 1777 and left service Oct. 8, 1777. His company was called out Sept. 22, 1777, at request of Maj. Gen. Gates. They marched to Bennington, and escorted 169 prisoners to Springfield by order of Gen. Lincoln.
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The 1790 census in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vermont shows Moses Yale's family consisting of 3 males age 16 and older, 1 male under 16 and 4 females.
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SOURCE:http://170.222.200.76/charlotte/townplan.txt
The municipal history of Charlotte is a straight forward one. The first town meeting was held in Moses Yale's log cabin facing Converse Bay on July 6, 1785. The town was officially organized at a meeting in March of 1787 at which men were elected to serve as clerk, constables, selectmen, listers, leather sealer, half-tithingmen, surveyors of highways, and sealer of weights and measures. Twelve prominent men were appointed jurymen. It was decided that hogs should be confined.
In 1786, Daniel Horsford was elected first justice. John McNeil was elected as the first representative to the legislature of the independent Republic of Vermont in 1788.

Moses married LYMAN, Lois Abt 1770, Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut. Lois (daughter of LYMAN, Moses and GRIDLEY, Sarah) was born 15/15 Feb 1746/1747, Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]