1. Edwin DeWitt¹ Benedict, son of John D. Benedict and Achsah Chaffee, (#7910) was born in New York 8 JUN 1838. Individual flags: Diary.

He married Ellen E. Hulslander 24 NOV 1864. (Ellen E. Hulslander is #4104.) Ellen was born 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Ellen was the daughter of Peter Hulslander and Amanda Rose Soper.

Edwin was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. We have the 1871 and 1888 diaries of Edwin. They were found by Carlton Wilson and a friend in a tumbledown, abandoned house on the Austinville Road just east of the Tioga County/Bradford County line on the Bradford County side in Columbia Township. They were exploring the house which was in such a state of falling that it was dangerous to be in it. They climbed some steps and found under a roofed over part a trunk in which the original diaries were stored. Carlton saved them and allowed us to copy them. In fact, we had them at the time of his death and returned them to Sylvia. Carlton wanted them donated to the Historical Society.

Edwin DeWitt Benedict and Ellen E. Hulslander had the following children:

1. Edwin DeWitt¹ Benedict (John D.², Isaac Oliver³, Thomas⁴), son of John D. Benedict and Achsah Chaffee, (#7910) was born in New York 8 JUN 1838. Individual flags: Diary.

He married Ellen E. Hulslander 24 NOV 1864. (Ellen E. Hulslander is #4104.) Ellen was born 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Ellen was the daughter of Peter Hulslander and Amanda Rose Soper.

Edwin was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. We have the 1871 and 1888 diaries of Edwin. They were found by Carlton Wilson and a friend in a tumbledown, abandoned house on the Austinville Road just east of the Tioga County/Bradford County line on the Bradford County side in Columbia Township. They were exploring the house which was in such a state of falling that it was dangerous to be in it. They climbed some steps and found under a roofed over part a trunk in which the original diaries were stored. Carlton saved them and allowed us to copy them. In fact, we had them at the time of his death and returned them to Sylvia. Carlton wanted them donated to the Historical Society.

Edwin DeWitt Benedict and Ellen E. Hulslander had the following children:

4. John D.² Benedict (Isaac Oliver³, Thomas⁴) (#9990) was born 17 MAY 1812. John died 25 JUL 1881 at age 69. His body was interred JUL 1881 in Morgan Cemetery, Austinville, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

He married Achsah Chaffee 5 SEP 1835. (Achsah Chaffee is #9991.) Achsah was born 08 Jun 1815. Achsah was the daughter of Nathan Chaffee* and Mary Unknown (Chaffee). Achsah died 09 May 1884 at age 68. Her body was interred May 1884 in Morgan Cemetery, Austinville, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The Genealogy of Benedicts In America, p. 161 indicates that John lived in Austinville. PA.

John D. Benedict and Achsah Chaffee had the following children:

She married John D. Benedict 5 SEP 1835. (John D. Benedict is #9990.) John was born 17 MAY 1812. John was the son of Isaac Oliver Benedict and Amy Reed. John died 25 JUL 1881 at age 69. His body was interred JUL 1881 in Morgan Cemetery, Austinville, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. (See John D. Benedict for the children resulting from this marriage.)
 

10. Isaac Oliver³ Benedict (Thomas⁴) (#53215) was born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut 14 Aug 1764. Isaac died 24 Oct 1845 at age 81.

He married Amy Reed 1803. Amy was the second wife of Isaac. She had six children in addition to the seven Isaac had by his first wife Asenath Beach. (Amy Reed is #56256.) Amy was the daughter of Josiah Reed*.

Isaac Oliver Benedict and Amy Reed had the following child:

She married Isaac Oliver Benedict 1803. Amy was the second wife of Isaac. She had six children in addition to the seven Isaac had by his first wife Asenath Beach. (Isaac Oliver Benedict is #53215.)

Isaac was born 14 Aug 1764 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Isaac was the son of Thomas Benedict and Jane Gunn*. Isaac died 24 Oct 1845 at age 81. (See Isaac Oliver Benedict for the children resulting from this marriage.)

12. Nathan³ Chaffee * (#53218) birth date unknown.

Nathan Chaffee* and Mary Unknown (Chaffee) had the following child:

Mary was of Virgil NY

14. Thomas⁴ Benedict (#1425) was born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut 4 OCT 1726.

He married Jane Gunn * 27 May 1752. (Jane Gunn* is #56258.)

Thomas Benedict and Jane Gunn* had the following child:

She married Thomas Benedict 27 May 1752. (Thomas Benedict is #1425.) Thomas was born 4 OCT 1726 in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Thomas was the son of James Benedict+ and Sarah Hyatt+. (See Thomas Benedict for the children resulting from this marriage.)

16. Josiah⁴ Reed * (#56257) birth date unknown.

Josiah Reed* had the following child:

1. Amanda Rose¹ Soper, daughter of Roger Soper and Melinda Rose*, (#3766) was born in New York 29 MAY 1817. Individual flags: LDS-IGI. Amanda died 6 FEB 1881 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 63. Her body was interred FEB 1881 in Hulslander Cemetry, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

She married Peter Hulslander 16 OCT 1834. (Peter Hulslander is #3765.) Peter was born 17 APR 1813 in Orange County, New York. Peter was the son of Jacob Hulslander and Elizabeth Cox*. Peter died 18 MAR 1891 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 77. His body was interred MAR 1891 in Hulslander Cemetry, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter registered to pay taxes 1835 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter owned one cow

Peter registered to pay taxes 1837 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Fifty wild acres, one cow

Peter registered to pay taxes 1838 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Eight improved, 12 wild acres, one cow.

Peter registered to pay taxes 1839 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Eight improved, twelve wild acres, one cow.

Peter registered to pay taxes 1840 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Eight improved,12 wild acres of land,

Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter and Amanda had one female and one male under 5, and one female and one male 5-10.

Peter registered to pay taxes 1841 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Twenty improved, twenty wild acres of land, one cow.

Peter registered to pay taxes 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Twenty improved, twenty wild acres of land, one cow.

Peter registered to pay taxes 1845 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 15 acres wild land, 1 cow, 25 improved acres, 40 (more) wild acres, 1 horse. valuation $268, county tax $2.01, state tax .80.

In the Census of 1850, Peter was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter was a farmer with $2000 worth of property. The 1850 household includes an Elizabeth Soper age 75 who may be a second wife of Roger ? and an Elizabeth Weber age 70 born in England whom I assume to be Peter's mother Elizabeth Cox who apparently had remarried.

Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Peter was a farmer, Bethuel Millspaugh, 22, was a farm hand.

Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Bert Peters, age 11, also in household, role not defined. Peter Hulslander, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Hulslander, was born in Orange County, N.Y., April 17th 1813. That year his parents removed to Tompkins County, N.Y., and in 1830 to the farm in Sullivan where Mr. Hulslander has since resided. October 16th 1834 he married Amanda, daughter of Roger and Melinda Soper, of Columbia, Pa. He has four sons and five daughters. Mr. Hulslander is a veterinary surgeon of some note. (1883 Tioga County History page 31 of appendix)

Amanda Rose Soper and Peter Hulslander had the following children:

2. Elijah² Hulslander (Amanda Rose¹ Soper) (#4101) was born in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1835. Elijah died 1915 at age 80. His body was interred 1915 in Hulslander Cemetry, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

He married Julia A. Benedict 24 NOV 1864. (Julia A. Benedict is #7907.) Julia was born 14 MAR 1841. Julia was the daughter of John D. Benedict and Achsah Chaffee. Her body was interred in Hulslander Cemetry, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Elijah Hulslander and Julia A. Benedict had the following children:

She married Edwin DeWitt Benedict 24 NOV 1864. (Edwin DeWitt Benedict is #7910.) Edwin was born 8 JUN 1838 in New York. Edwin was the son of John D. Benedict and Achsah Chaffee. Edwin was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. We have the 1871 and 1888 diaries of Edwin. They were found by Carlton Wilson and a friend in a tumbledown, abandoned house on the Austinville Road just east of the Tioga County/Bradford County line on the Bradford County side in Columbia Township. They were exploring the house which was in such a state of falling that it was dangerous to be in it. They climbed some steps and found under a roofed over part a trunk in which the original diaries were stored. Carlton saved them and allowed us to copy them. In fact, we had them at the time of his death and returned them to Sylvia. Carlton wanted them donated to the Historical Society.

Ellen E. Hulslander and Edwin DeWitt Benedict had the following children:

He married twice. He married Janette Ferguson 21 NOV 1869 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. (Janette Ferguson is #3769.) Netta was born JUL 1851 in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Netta was the daughter of Uriah Ferguson and Sally Watkins. Netta died 19 APR 1910 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 58. Her body was interred APR 1910 in Hulslander Cemetry, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Netta, as Charles Bell Hulslander's wife, resided with him 14, in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Columbia Cross Roads PO. Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen p. CXI says she is daughter of Sally Watkins. Another source lists another wife of Uriah Ferguson names Janette ? Do not know solution .

He married Celia Harriet Dann 21 MAY 1914. (Celia Harriet Dann is #11824.) Celia was born 5 MAR 1851. Celia was the daughter of Judson Dann and Harriet Harding. She married Andrew Jackson Beers * 23 OCT 1878. Celia had no children by either of her marriages.

Charles was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Charles' family living in same house as his parents.

He resided 14, in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Columbia Cross Roads PO. Charles B. Hulslander was born in Sullivan township, Tioga county, Pa., June 19, 1847, and was a son of Peter and Amanda Soper Hulslander, neither of whom are (sic) living. He married Nov. 21, 1869, in Sullivan township, Tioga county, Pa. Janette Ferguson, born in Colombia township, Bradford county, Pa., a daughter of Uriah and Sallie Watkins Ferguson. both living (1894). Seven children have blessed this marriage, Thomas B., Harry P., Burt W., Morton B., Nellie, Vera and Fannie. Comrade Hulslander was living in Sullivan township, Tioga county, Pa., at the breaking out of the war, and enlisted at the age of 17 years from Troy, Bradford county, Pa., Aug. 25, 1864, in Co A, 207th Pa. V. I., 2d Brig., 3rd Div., 9th A. C. as a private. In December, 1864, he was in hospital at Point of Rocks, Va., about six weeks with fever and ague. He fought at Bermuda Hundred Hatcher's Run, Charge on Fort Steedman, final assault on the lines at Petersburg, and was honorably discharged May 31, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His grandfather, Jacob Hulslander, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He had two brothers in the late war, George F., in Co A, 207th Pa. V. I., and Co C 51st Pa. V. I.; and William in Co C, 50th N.Y. Eng., died March 1865 of army exposures. Comrade Hulslander is a member of Capt. Backer Post 616 at Roseville, Pa.; he is by occupation a farmer and may be addressed at Sylvania, Bradford Co., Pa. (Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, 1895, p. CXII)

Charles Bell Hulslander and Janette Ferguson had the following children:

She married George E. Robbins 25 JUN 1879. (George E. Robbins is #6764.) George was born 7 JAN 1856 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. George was the son of Dexter Robbins and Mary Edgeton. George died 4 JAN 1923 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 66. Obituary: George E. Robbins, son of the late Dexter and Mary Robbins, was born January 7,1856 and died January 4,1923. The direct cause of his death was a fall on the ice, February 3, of last years and other diseases developing , and in spite of all medical care he grew gradually worse, when heart failure came at last, swift and sure.

He was the last of his family, his brothers and sisters, having all passed away before and lived and died on the farm where he was born and on which his grandfather, coming from Massachusetts, settled over a hundred years ago. Surrounded by the paternal acres and the man improvements and buildings which he had made to his inheritance which he loved and held as a trust to be passed on. He attended school near home, known as the Robbins Hill School, later attending the Mansfield Normal and fitting himself for a teacher. He taught school for several years in the district schools of Sullivan township and many remember him as a teacher conscientious and fair to all. He was married to Charlotte J. Hulslander of Sullivan, June 25, 1879, to which union was born one child, Mabel Robbins, now Mrs John Jaquish of Tunkhannock, Pa. Who live to mourn and an

He was a successful farmer, and a man of much political influence, having held many township offices all with efficiency and honesty, he was town clerk and secretary for many tears. He was a good man and his word could always be depended upon.

Mr Robbins was a member of Sullivan Grange, the Masonic Lodge and was to be taken into the P.O.S. of A as an honorary member at the time of his fall. He was closely affiliated with the social life of his community, and will best be remembered by his gift of song. George had a marvelous voice of wide compass, clear, full and melodious. Technique and training had achieved its highest results for he sang naturally with expression and as plain to understand as a spoken word, his voice blending perfectly with that of his wife, who was herself an accomplished musician, made a rare form of musical ability, no less marvelous than the melody of his voice was the willingness to give their time and strength for two score of years for the benefit of the people of the community. Even within a few months of his death, the la time he ever sang in public being at the church service of Mr. Ed Maine, his clear messages of melody accompanied by his wife made many a heart mourning the loss of loved ones less desolate and made our secular gatherings more joyful and more worthwhile giving new hope and love to all.

The funeral was largely attended from his late home, Sunday, January 7,the anniversary of his birth. Rev. Hall of the M.E. church, officiating, assisted by Rev. James, a close friend for more than forty years. The Masonic Quartette, of Elmira, sang three beautiful songs. The Masonic ritual was used at the grave. Burial in Mainesburg cemetery.

The pall bearers were: T.H. Chamberlain, T.F. Hotchkiss, W.W. Allen, I.M. Palmer, W.J. Squires and J.N. Strange.

His body was interred JAN 1923 in Mainesburg Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He resides 46, in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Mainesburg PO

Charlotte, as George E. Robbins's wife, lives with him at 46, in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Mainesburg PO

Charlotte J. Hulslander and George E. Robbins had the following child: