DUTCHER FAMILY ASSOCIATION

Vol. 1 ~ April 1, 1935 ~ No.3

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We now have twenty-three members from fourteen states, enrolled in our association, and we will consider the first twenty-five as charter members. It is very encouraging to note the rapid growth, and the fine spirit of co-operation shown by the members. Such fine co-operation is sure to promote success. With a membership so widely distributed as ours, we should be able to gather some local history which members of the family have assisted in the making. Those of you who have a local library, go there and get the county histories and look them over. The later ones are generally indexed and will help greatly. Look thru the newspaper files for the period in which you know your folks or ancestors were, in that local community. Go to your county seat and consult the land registers, look over your old letters and copy anything that might be of interest to the other members of the family. These are only a few suggestions to get everyone interested so we may secure some of the small items of human interest that will make our family history one of permanent value and interest.

Harriet Elizabeth Dutcher, b. Nov. 2, 1847 d. Feb. 25, 1897 at Flushing, NY., unmarried. The last fifteen years of her life were devoted to Hospital and Mission Service. A graduate from Bellevue Hospital Training School, she was Matron of the Emergency Department of that Institution for two years. She was then called to the Sloan Maternity Hospital which she opened and of which she was Superintendent and Matron for five years at which time her health failed. She then gave her attention wholly to mission work among the poor until she recovered her health. In August 1895 she became Matron and Superintendent of the Flushing Hospital where she remained until her death Feb. 25, 1897.

Elias L. Dutcher, b. April 22, 1820, remained on his homestead at Cairo, N.Y. until 1857 when he bought a large farm. He was supervisor for the town of Cairo 1853-4, 1863 and 1871-4. He was one of the organizers of the Cairo Cemetery Association, Oct. 27, 1856. Elias supervised the construction of Hotel Kaaterskill on Smith Mountain and supplied most of the material. He was a charter member of Kademah Lodge, A.F. & A.M. Cairo and the first W.M., also a member of Lafayette Commandery of Hudson, N.Y.

Christopher Dutcher, b. July 7, 1757 d. Feb. 14, 1814 at St. Albans, Vt. He m. Rosanna Holcomb and settled at the bay, St. Albans, Vt., in 1790, where he built a tannery. On the location of the county seat at the village he purchased a farm one mile south of the village. Here he build a tannery on what has since been called the Dutcher Brook, and he was a prominent business man of the town until his death. He also built a boot and shoe factory on the Dutcher brook. In 1791, Sept. 6th he took the oath of freeman and in 1800 was assessed on L. 202 50. Christopher was Capt. Of one of the local companies of the militia, the largest of three that had an existence about the time of the embargo war.

Questions and Answers

32. Christopher Dutcher, who d. 1754 m. Gertrude White. What is the date of their marriage? Of her birth and death?

33. Who was J.G. Dutcher, who owned part of an island in the Mississippi River in Rock Island County, Illinois?

34. In a history of Long Island, N.Y. there is the following information: In a list of refugees of 1776, from Long Island to Connecticut there appears the following Dutchers: Daniel, Jacob, John, John L., Joseph, Margaret, Mary, Sarah and Thomas. Who were they?

35. Who were the parents of Gideon Dutcher, b. 1775 d. Jan. 13 1812 or 1815 at Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y.? When did he marry Sarah Manchester?

36. Rachel Dutcher m. Samuel Dennis, Rachel d. 1834 and Samuel was b. 1796 and d. 1870. Who were their parents?

37. William Dutcher b. Dec 20, 1754 m. Mary Lewis, Dec 20, 1785. Who were their parents?

38. When did Gabriel Dutcher marry Elizabeth Knickerbocker? When did he die and where was he buried?

39. Who was Samuel E. Dutcher, of Wooster, Otsego County, N.Y. that sold to Joshua Dutcher, of Dover, N.Y. his claim to part of estate of Cornelius Dutcher of Dover, N.Y.?

40. Who was John Dutcher, whose heirs, (Betsey Shepard, Jane Wheeler and Alfred Dutcher, all of Denmark, N.Y.) sold to Tim Thompson for $50.00 all claim to estate of Cornelius Dutcher of Dover, N.Y.

41. What Catherine Dutcher m. Ephraim Wheeler?

42. What Catherine Dutcher m. William Wolcott ?

43. Who was Thomas Dutcher who m. Tabitha Jayne?

44. Did Peter Dutcher b. 1779 marry? If so, whom and where? Any issue?

45. Who and where did Simeon Dutcher b. 1772 marry? When did he d.? What were the names of his children?

46. When did Catreene Dutcher m. Hermanus Knickerbocker?

47. Cornelius Dutcher m. Catherine Edmonds. Who was he?

48. Who were the parents of Calvin Dutcher and Elizabeth Bennett?

49. Frank Dutcher b. about 1858 m. Georgianna _______. Who was he and did they have any children?

50. George Dutcher m. Maria Mays. Who was he?

52. George Dutcher m. May Losse at Dover, N.Y. who was he?

53. George W. Dutcher m. Jennie Gibbs and they had two children Clarence and Claude Madison. Ho was he?

Charles M. Dutcher and William H. Dutcher sent in the answer to #27. Henry Dutcher was their grandfather, b. May 21, 1812 at Salisbury, Connecticut and married Jane Mason (a descendant of Major John Mason, commander of the colonial forces in the Pequot Indian War and Deputy Governor of connecticut 1660-1670) Sept. 3, 1833. They lived in Sheffield, massachusetts, and Henry d. Nov. 30, 1894. He was of the Roeloff line, who settled at Salisbury, in 1720.

There was a bridge on a highway running from Canaan to Salisbury, Connecticut and was called the Dutcher’s Bridge.

George M. Dutcher and Miss Edith M. Dutcher reply to Question #21. David Dutcher who m. Jane Palmer was the son of Dirck Dutcher who apparently could have been no other than the son of Henricus, the son of Dirck in the first column of page 2 letter #2. David lived in Greene County, N.Y., presumably in the vicinity of Cairo. His wife Jane Palmer was descended from william Palmer, who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621 on the ship Fortune, the next after the Mayflower.

Miss Edith M. Dutcher believes that Charles Burrough Dutcher who m. Amanda Emmeline Tibbits, was the son of Capt. John Ashley Dutcher and Chloe Buckley, Roeloff line.

List of Members April 1, 1935