Vital Records, Delaware County, NY, 1821 & 1822

 Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, November 21, 1821

Marriage

Elopement:  Whereas my wife Nancy [Parsons] has eloped from my bed and board without any just cause or provocation.  This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting after this date.  Timothy Parsons Franklin [Delaware Co. NY] November 13, 1821.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, January 2, 1822

Marriage

In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY] on the 1st inst. by the Rev. Mr. E.K. Maxwell, Mr. Caleb P. Thurber of this village to Miss Maria Dennend.

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, January 16, 1822

Marriages

In Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY] on the 27th, ult by J.E. Burhans, Esquire Mr. Edward A. More to Miss Harriet Preston, daughter of Gen. Otis Preston.

In -?- by M. Halcort, Esquire, Mr. Nathaniel ...outen to Miss Betsey Corbin.

By H.I. Quick--oss, Esq. Mr. Eri Gray to Miss Betsey Tyler.

By the Rev. Mr. Page, Mr. Thomas H. Dent to Miss Betsey Sturges.

By the Rev. Mr. Warren, Mr. Richard L. Snyder to Miss Philandina Burhans, all of Roxbury [Delaware Co. NY].

In Kortright [Delaware Co. NY] on the 3d inst. by the Rev. E.K. Maxwell, Mr. William Miller of Bovina [Delaware Co. NY], to Miss Sara Humphries of the former place.

In this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY], on the 10th inst. by the same, Rev. gentleman, Mr. Walter Holmes to Miss Eliza Blair.

On Friday the 11th inst. by J. Hitchcolk, Esq'r, Mr. John Cable to Miss Huldah P. Beers, all of this town [Delhi, Delaware Co. NY].

Delaware Gazette, Delhi, NY, February 13, 1822

Marriages

At Walton [Delaware Co. NY] on the 8th(?) inst. by the Rev. Mr. ..dies, Mr. William P. McKinstry, Merchant, of Rodman, Jefferson County [NY], to Miss Caroline Handford, daughter of Mr. Samuel Handford of the former place.

At Delhi [Delaware Co. NY] on the 7th inst. by the Rev. E.K. Maxwell, Mr. William Mason to Miss Julia Rodgers.

On the 7th inst. by the Rev. Daniel Mable, Mr. Stephen R. Ballard to Mrs. Jane Grant, both of Delhi [Delaware Co. NY].

At Andes [Delaware Co. NY] on the 23d of Jan. by the Rev. Daniel -?-, Mr. Ezra Waterbury to Miss Betsey Reynolds.

Deaths

In Bovina [Delaware Co. NY], on the 24th, of January, much regreted, aged 30 years and 9 months, Mrs. Isabella Ann Crozier, consort of Walter Crozier and second daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Thomson, Merchant, New York.

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Died on the 3d instant, at Harpersfield [Delaware Co. NY] of typhoid fever, John Hotchkiss, Esq. in the 34th year of his age.

When such a man dies, it gives a shock through the circle of his acquaintance.  An agonizing feeling pierces every heart.  The thoughtless think and a solemn pause is succeeded by the spontaneous enquiry, why is such a man, so esteemed, so respected by all, so capable, active and useful to the town, ere the meridian of life?  The answer is receivable only, in the inscrutable wisdom of our Heavenly Father who doth all things well. In his sovereign good pleasure is found the only quiescent solution, "even so, Father, for so it seemeth, in thy sight!"

With all the advantage of a public education, the superior acquirements of the deceased we clearly [appreciate].  His mind was of a superior order.  In his studies he mastered in a few hours what many attain with protracted labor.  Yet he was ever modest and unassuming, concomitant not always dependent on clear and vigorous minds.  In any society he would have been an ornament.  Respected by all he was most respected by those who knew him best.

As a member of society, in promoting whatever he deemed laudable, he was ardent.  As a man of business, he was diligent, intelligent, and conscientiously upright.  As a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a kinsman, in all kindred relations, he exemplified in an eminent degree the law of love and has left a shining example for the living to emulate.

Encircled with beloved relations and friends, he lived esteemed and loved.  Surrounded by parents, grandparents, wife and children, and friends he died a pattern of patience and holy resignation.  For after all it was religion that crowned his character -?- was a professor.  To all human appearance a possessor of that religion which alone can soothe and soften a dying bed.  "I would not" said he "be a chooser, I am willing to live if it be God's will.  If it be his will, I am willing to die," and apparently in the exercise of a hope, worth all worlds, he met the king of errors, undismayed and quietly fell asleep.  Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them!

The burst of anguish over the memory of John Hotchkiss will be embalmed with softened recollections of his virtues and worth.  The family of which he was the pride and prop; the church of which he was an active, influential member; the society, which he adorned, and the many friends whom he won will call to mind his praiseworthy likable examples, as incentives to go and do likewise.

To surviving relations; to the church to which he belonged; to Christian community and to the throng at large, the death of such an individual in early life is after all a rebuke.  They must not mourn for him but the language of the providence if rightly heard bids them mourn for themselves and adds to each, "Be thou also ready!"