JACOB, son of Jacob Schermerhorn and Maria Vedder; bp. Dec.
5, 1779, in Schenectady; d. July 11, 1862; m. CATHARINE SITTERLY; b. 1786;
d. Dec. 7, 1863.
Children:
Maria, b. Apr. 19, 1803, in Cobleskill, N.Y.; bp. in Schenectady; d.
Jan. 11, 1890, in Syracuse, N.Y.; bur. in Phoenix, N.Y.; m.
Jacob Shaffer.
John, b. ____; d.y.
Peter, b. ____ d.y.
Jacob, b. May 28, 1809; bp. In Schenectady; d.y.
Jacob, bp. July 7, 1813, in Gelderland; s.p.
Catharine, b. 1809; d. 1894; m. (1) John Smith; (2) Benjamin Pearl;
(3) Daniel McDowell.
HENRY, b. June 4, 1821; m. Pamelia A. Le Valley.
Ann, b. ____; m. Peter Mickle
Abraham , b. ____; d. June 14, 1894; m. Sally Ann DeLong; no descendants.
Elizabeth, b. Feb 14, 1818; d. Jan. 1878, in Mexico, N.Y.; m. William
Cutler.
Ch. Ella L, b.Aug 5, 1848; m. James B Sherman.
Isaac, b. 1828; d. 1884; s.p.
Jacob Schermerhorn, Sr., lived in Homer, N.Y., and some time
after 1809 moved to Oswego County, N.Y. In 1821, he was living
in Richland, Oswego Co. His sons Jacob and Isaac were fur dealers
and merchants at Daysville, N.Y. Henry was a farmer and Abraham a
manufacturer of medicines. In 1824 Jacob Schermerhorn, Sr., was the
proprietor of a hotel on the road between Port Ontario and Oswego.
Many Schermerhorns are buried in a cemetery on the road from Arthur
to Port Ontario.
HENRY, son of Jacob Schermerhorn and Catharine Sitterly; b. June 4,
1821; d. May 22, 1888; m. PAMELIA LE VALLEY.
Children:
Alfred H., b. June 20, 1848; d. Aug. 5, 1903; m. Nov. 15, 1871,
Elizabeth J. Ethridge.
Children:
Mina, b. July 19, 1873; m. 1st, Leslie Austin, who d. Jan. 22,
1902; m. 2nd Olen G. Snyder
Herman Henry, b. Nov. 16, 1878.
Henry Schermerhorn was a farmer. He removed to Wisconsin
early in life but returned to Oswego Co., N.Y., and in 1856 located in
Boylston. His son Alfred H. was the owner of several large farms,
two of them in Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N.Y. He served the town of
Boylston at different times as assessor and also commissioner of excise.
Herman H., son of Alfred, was graduated from Yale University in 1904, with
degree of A.B.
Contributed by Barbara Perricelli
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