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     Lydia Katherine Bullock also went by the name of Kitty Bullock. She was born circa 1874 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Ransom Bullock and Ada Leonora Ellsworth.¹

     Ruth Bullock was born circa 1876 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Ransom Bullock and Ada Leonora Ellsworth.¹

     Susan Bullock was born circa 1878 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Ransom Bullock and Ada Leonora Ellsworth.¹

     Helen (?) was born in October 1870 at IL.¹ She married Mason Bullock, son of Ransom Bullock and Ada Leonora Ellsworth.¹

     Geraldine Bullock was born in October 1895 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Mason Bullock and Helen (?)¹

     James Frank Bullock was born circa 1884. He was the son of Ransom Bullock and Ada Leonora Ellsworth.

     Sergeant Samuel Willcockson was also known as Sergeant Samuel Willcoxson. He was born circa 1640 at Stratford, CT.¹ He was the son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Sergeant Samuel Willcockson married Hannah Rice by 1666.¹ Sergeant Samuel Willcockson died on 12 March 1712/13 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.¹

     Hannah Rice married Sergeant Samuel Willcockson, son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?), by 1666.¹ Hannah Rice died between 1708 and 1713.¹

     William Willcockson was born circa 1600.¹ He married Margaret (?) William Willcockson died in 1652.¹

William was aged 34 when he came with his wife, aged 24, and their son John aged 2, on the Ship Planter, sailing from London, 10 April 1635, arriving at Boston, Mass., 7 June 1635.


William became freeman of Massachusetts Bay on 7 Dec. 1636. They soon removed to Stratford, Connecticut, where William was a linen-weaver, deputy to the General Court in 1647.


Margaret remarried and on 22 Oct. 1668 an agreement was signed by her and her Willcockson children. ¹

     Mary Hutchinson married David Willcockson, son of Lieutenant Joseph Willcockson and Hannah Kellsey.

     Lieutenant Joseph Willcockson was born on 29 October 1659 at Stratford, CT.¹ He was the son of Joseph Willcockson and Anna (?)¹ Lieutenant Joseph Willcockson married Hannah Kellsey on 14 February 1693/94 at Killingworth, CT.¹ Lieutenant Joseph Willcockson died on 29 September 1747 at Killingworth, CT, at age 87.¹

     Hannah Kellsey married Lieutenant Joseph Willcockson, son of Joseph Willcockson and Anna (?), on 14 February 1693/94 at Killingworth, CT.¹ Hannah Kellsey died on 2 February 1729/30 at Killingworth, CT.¹

     Joseph Willcockson was born circa 1635.¹ He was the son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Joseph Willcockson married Anna (?)¹ Joseph Willcockson died by 1684.¹

     Anna (?) married Joseph Willcockson, son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?).¹

     Sarah Seely was born circa 1863 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth.¹

     George Seely was born in June 1867 at IL.^1,2 He was the son of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth.¹ George Seely married Mary (?) circa 1891.³

     Fannie Seely was born circa 1869 at IL.¹ She was the daughter of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth.¹

     Thomas A. Seely was born in July 1869.^1,2 He was the son of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth.¹ Thomas A. Seely married Alice Barker on 17 January 1900 at Dodge Co., NE. Thomas A. Seely died in 1948. He was buried at Scribner Cemetery, Pebble, Dodge Co., NE.

     Alice Barker was born in August 1878.¹ She married Thomas A. Seely, son of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth, on 17 January 1900 at Dodge Co., NE. Alice Barker died in 1949.

     Mary (?) was born circa 1871 at IN.¹ She married George Seely, son of Randolph Seely and Clarissa Stephens Ellsworth, circa 1891.¹

     Obadiah Willcockson was born circa 1649.¹ He was the son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Obadiah Willcockson married Mary Griswold, daughter of Michael Griswold and Ann (?).¹ Obadiah Willcockson died in 1714.¹

     John Willcockson was born in 1633 at England.¹ He was the son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ John Willcockson died in November 1690.¹

     Timothy Willcockson was born circa 1637.¹ He was the son of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Timothy Willcockson died on 13 January 1713/14.¹

     Sarah Willcockson was born circa 1646.¹ She was the daughter of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Sarah Willcockson died on 24 November 1691.¹

     Phebe Willcockson was born on 31 August 1650.¹ She was the daughter of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹ Phebe Willcockson died on 20 September 1743 at age 93.¹

     Johanna Willcockson was born circa 1652.¹ She was the daughter of William Willcockson and Margaret (?)¹

     Mary Cornelia Holcombe was born in December 1869 at NY.¹ She was the daughter of Irving H. Holcombe and Sarah Mary Hull.¹

Mary took training as a nurse, at St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA, a very tough training school. She did post-graduate work in NYC, then private duty in "wealthy families" -- mostly babies but some other types of cases too. Many's the tale she told of Andrew Carnegie's partner's family -- and Charlie Schwab and his big organ. Finally she decided to retire, come back to her home country, found her father and mother far from happy in their surroundings -- they were living with their son Bert and his second wife at Acidalia -- and decided to start over. In 1905 she came to Binghampton, bought a house on Carleton St. and did private nursing in Binghampton (and other places) until 1915 when she developed a very acute rheumatic illness and had to retire. Her mother died in 1907, very suddenly. It was during this interval that she nursed among the members of the Carver family and came to know them so well.

After her mother died she hired a housekeeper (Mrs. Landon, who died in the Fairview home a couple of years ago, aged 99) and made a home for her father and Uncle Albert. Uncle died in 1913. In 1915 she had to stop nursing. After her marriage she sold the Binghamton house and went to live at Fremont Center on teh Mart Smith farm. "Those 25 years were the happiest of my life" said Aunt Mary. In 1946 she sold the farm and went to live in her brother Bert's house in Acidolia, whre she died.

     Charles F. Holcombe was born circa 1856 at NY.¹ He was the son of Irving H. Holcombe and Sarah Mary Hull. Charles F. Holcombe died; diptheria.

     Jennie M. Holcombe was born circa 1857 at NY.¹ She was the daughter of Irving H. Holcombe and Sarah Mary Hull.¹ Jennie M. Holcombe died; diptheria.

     Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe was also known as Hamilton Renwick Holcombe. He was born in July 1859 at near Cedarville, Herkimer Co., NY.^1,2 He was the son of Irving H. Holcombe and Sarah Mary Hull.¹ Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe married Anna McCall in June 1892.^2,3 Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe died on 12 October 1937 at Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, at age 78.

Hamilton and Anna were enumerated in the 1900 Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, federal census. He was an insurance agent age 40 , she was a music teacher age 35. Children in the household were Mary 7, Charles 4, and Elizabeth 2.

Hamilton R. and Anna M. were enumerated at 142 Murray St., in the 1920 Binghampton, Broome Co., NY, federal census. He was a life insurance salesman, age 59, she was 54. Children in the household were Charles A. 24, Elizabeth 22, Grace Fish 18, and Sarah Louise 15. Also in the household was mother-in-law Mary E. McCall 89.

From "The Hancock Herald" Thursday, October 28, 1937:
Hamilton R. Holcomb

Hamilton Renwick Holcomb, aged 78, died at his home, 142 Murray street, Binghamton, Oct. 12. He was born near Cedarville, Herkimer county, in 1859. The early part of his life was spent at Trout Brook, Town of Hancock, where he and other members of the family were engaged in the lumber and acid business. He was a brother of the late Albert Holcomb, once supervisor of the Town of Fremont. In 1897 "Ren", as he was familiarly known, went to Binghamton and entered the insurance business which he carried on for many years. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of Christ Church in Binghamton. He is survived by his widow, Anna M. Holcomb; three daughters, Mrs. Charles E. Allen of Baldwinsville; Miss Grace F. Holcomb of Binghamton and Mrs. C. S. Luitwieler, Jr. of Westchester, Mass; a son, Charles A. of Reading, Mass; a sister, Mrs. William H. Snyder of Mileses.

     Anna McCall was born in March 1865 at NY.¹ She married Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe, son of Irving H. Holcombe and Sarah Mary Hull, in June 1892.^1,2 Anna McCall died on 17 June 1940 at Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, at age 75.³

     Mary McCall Holcombe was born in April 1893 at Cooks Falls, Delaware Co., NY.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe and Anna McCall.¹

     Charles Albert Holcombe was born in 1896 at Cooks Falls, Delaware Co., NY.¹ He was the son of Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe and Anna McCall.¹ Charles Albert Holcombe married Edith Warren.

     Elizabeth Holcombe was born in 1898 at Binghamton, Broome Co., NY.^1,2 She was the daughter of Hamilton Reynolds Holcombe and Anna McCall.¹

     Anna Lloyd-Jones was born circa 1839 at Wales, England.¹ She married William Cary Wright.

     Frank Lincoln Wright was also known as Frank Lloyd Wright. He was born on 8 June 1867 at Richland Center, WI. He was the son of William Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd-Jones. Frank Lincoln Wright died on 9 April 1959 at Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 91.

from www.cmgww.com

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. His parents, William Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd-Jones, originally named him Frank Lincoln Wright, which he later changed after they divorced. When he was twelve years old, Wright's family settled in Madison, Wisconsin where he attended Madison High School. During summers spent on his Uncle James Lloyd Jones' farm in Spring Green, Wisconsin, Wright first began to realize his dream of becoming an architect. In 1885, he left Madison without finishing high school to work for Allan Conover, the Dean of the University of Wisconsin's Engineering department. While at the University, Wright spent two semesters studying civil engineering before moving to Chicago in 1887.

In Chicago, he worked for architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee. Wright drafted the construction of his first building, the Lloyd-Jones family chapel, also known as Unity Chapel. One year later, he went to work for the firm of Adler and Sullivan, directly under Louis Sullivan. Wright adapted Sullivan's maxim "Form Follows Function" to his own revised theory of "Form and Function Are One." It was Sullivan's belief that American Architecture should be based on American function, not European traditions, a theory which Wright later developed further. Throughout his life, Wright acknowledged very few influences but credits Sullivan as a primary influence on his career. While working for Sullivan, Wright met and fell in love with Catherine Tobin. The two moved to Oak Park, Illinois and built a home where they eventually raised their five children. In 1893, Sullivan and Wright ended their business relationship. Wright opened his own firm in Chicago, which he operated there for five years before transferring the practice to his home in Oak Park.

Wright's early houses revealed a unique talent in the young, aspiring architect. They had a style all their own, mimicking that of a horizontal plane, with no basements or attics. Built with natural materials and never painted, Wright utilized low-pitched rooflines with deep overhangs and uninterrupted walls of windows to merge the horizontal homes into their environments. He added large stone or brick fireplaces in the homes' heart, and made the rooms open to one another. His simplistic houses served as an inspiration to the Prairie School, a name given to a group of architects whose style was indigenous of midwestern architecture. Later he became one of its chief practitioners. Some of his most notable creations include the Robie House in Chicago, Illinois and the Martin House in Buffalo, New York.

In 1909, after eighteen years in Oak Park, Wright left his home to move to Germany with a woman named Mamah Borthwick Cheney. When they returned in 1911, they moved to Spring Green, Wisconsin where his mother had given him a portion of his ancestors' land; it was the same farm where he had spent much time as a young boy. In Spring Green he constructed Taliesin. They lived there until 1914 when tragedy struck. An insane servant tragically murdered Cheney and six others, then set fire to Taliesin. Many people thought this horrific event would be the end of Wright's career. He proved them wrong however, with his decision to rebuild Taliesin.

Over the next 20 years Wright's influence continued to grow in popularity in the United States and Europe. Eventually his innovative building style spread overseas. In 1915, Wright was commissioned to design the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. It was during this time that Wright began to develop and refine his architectural and sociological philosophies. Because Wright disliked the urban environment, his buildings also developed a style quite different from other architects of the time. He utilized natural materials, skylights and walls of windows to embrace the natural environment. He built skyscrapers that mimicked trees, with a central trunk and many branches projecting outward. He proclaimed that shapes found in the environment should be not only integrated, but should become the basis of American architecture. A great example is the Larkin Company Administration Building in Buffalo, New York (1903), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1943), which resembles the structure of a shell or a snail.

In 1932, Wright opened Taliesin up as an architectural fellowship where young students could pay to work with and learn from him. Thirty apprentices came to live with him at Taliesin. Through the Taliesin Fellowship, Wright created masterpieces such as Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House) in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, and the SC Johnson and Son Wax Company Administration Center in Racine, Wisconsin. During this time, he married and separated from Miriam Noel and met his third wife, Olivanna Milanoff. The two lived happily at Taliesin for five years and raised a child there. As the couple grew older, the Wisconsin winters became too much for them. In 1937, Wright moved his family and fellowship to Phoenix, Arizona where he built Taliesin West and spent the last twenty years of his life.

At Taliesin West, because of the comfortable year-round climate, Wright was able to integrate the outdoors with his indoor spaces. He designed high sloping roofs, translucent ceilings, and large, open doors and windows that created a subtle distinction between the home and the environment. Both Taliesin and Taliesin West were continuous living experiences for Wright as they constantly remained under construction. As his fellowship grew and the need for a larger facility became necessary, Wright continued to create additions and expansions on both homes.

On April 9, 1959 at age ninety-two, Wright died at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. By the time of his death, he had become internationally recognized for his innovative building style and contemporary designs. He had created 1,141 designs, of which 532 were completed. His name had become synonymous with great design, not only because of the form of his designs, but also because of the function. In the end, he showed not just what to live in, but more importantly he influenced the very nature of how we lived.

     Charles Wright was born circa 1855 at CT.¹ He was the son of William Cary Wright and Parmelia Holcombe.¹

     George Wright was born circa 1857 at CT.¹ He was the son of William Cary Wright and Parmelia Holcombe.¹

     Jenny L. Wright married (?) Jones.¹ Jenny L. Wright was born circa 1849 at WI.¹ She was the daughter of William Cary Wright and Parmelia Holcombe.¹

     Jennie Wright was born circa 1868 at IA.¹ She was the daughter of William Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd-Jones.¹

     Margret Wright was born circa 1876 at MA.¹ She was the daughter of William Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd-Jones.¹

     (?) Jones married Jenny L. Wright, daughter of William Cary Wright and Parmelia Holcombe.¹

     Elizabeth Wright was born circa 1859 at WI.¹ She was the daughter of William Cary Wright and Parmelia Holcombe.¹

     Nancy Holcombe married (?) MacKay. Nancy Holcombe was the daughter of Charles Albert Holcombe.

     (?) MacKay married Nancy Holcombe, daughter of Charles Albert Holcombe.

     Samuel Willcockson was born on 15 April 1666 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Sergeant Samuel Willcockson and Hannah Rice.¹ Samuel Willcockson married Mindwell Griffin circa 1691.¹ Samuel Willcockson died on 13 September 1713 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, at age 47.¹

     Mindwell Griffin married Samuel Willcockson, son of Sergeant Samuel Willcockson and Hannah Rice, circa 1691.¹

     Victoria Bessie Gibbs was born on 18 May 1852 at Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.¹ She was the daughter of William Peter Gibbs and Harriet Dickerson.¹ Victoria Bessie Gibbs married Urban Steve Ellsworth, son of William Anson Ellsworth and Lydia Clark, on 18 December 1876 at Ottawa, La Salle Co., IL.¹ Victoria Bessie Gibbs died on 6 February 1922 at Deer Park, La Salle Co., IL, at age 69.¹