Craft Masonry in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York

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Steuben Lodge No. 18, Newburgh, Orange, New York Constituted - 27 Sep 1788 The first located lodge in Newburgh was "Steuben Lodge, No. 18." Its charter was applied for by F. A. Morris and nine others, 5 Jun 1788, and was constituted 27 Sep 1788. We have not been able to obtain reference to its history or membership except that Ebenezer Foot, Levi Dodge, and Chas. Clinton, were P. M.'s in 1797. Its charter was probably surrendered soon after 1800. http://www.njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p350.htm#i11353 Charles Clinton b. 18 Feb 1767, d. 20 Apr 1829, was a lawyer in Newburgh, a fine surveyor and held many important posts. He was baptized on 18 February 1767 at New Windsor, Orange, NY. 2 He was the son of James Clinton and Mary ‘Polly’ DeWitt. Charles Clinton married Elizabeth Mulliner of Newburgh, daughter of William Mulliner and Mary Dennniston, in 1790. Charles Clinton died on 26 April 1829 at New York City, NY, at age 62. Children: Maria DeWitt Clinton b. 26 May 1791; d. 1883; married Captain Robert Gourley Alexander Clinton b. 07 Apr 1793; d. 18 Feb 1878; married Adeline A. Hamilton Anna Eliza Clinton b. Apr 1795; d. 14 Jun 1845; married James Foster, Jr. http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/nyh/89.1/baker.html In the late 1780s several young men from Little Britain—including DeWitt Clinton's brothers Charles (1769–1829) and George, Jr. (1771–1809), and their cousin David Denniston (circa 1769–1803)—formed a "Society for Mental Improvement." Given what we know of the boys' later lives, this juvenile debating club undoubtedly primed these sons of the Revolution for their future as Radical Enlightenment activists. In time Denniston became a printer who, from his press at Newburgh, published a spate of deistic tracts in the 1790s. Several of these were produced at John Fellows's behest. With the support of young Charles Clinton (whom a contemporary once called an "infuriated Deist") and several other local freethinkers. . . . Charles Clinton, who had carried the deist banner in Orange County, withdrew from partisan politics ---- Levi Dodge was born at Lunenburg, MA, 21 Nov 1751; died at Newburgh, Orange, NY, before 10 Feb 1829; son of Reuben and Ruth Dodge. Levi , a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire Line, who with his brother William settled here after the war of the Revolution. He was a large holder of real estate, President of the Bank of Newburgh, etc. He is said to have been buried in this cemetery without monument, at his own request. ----- “The Foote Family . . .,” page 93. http://books.google.com/books?id=f1dMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA93&dq=ebenezer+foote%22+%22newburgh%22&hl=en&ei=UCKcTJTv B8P78AbqncyBDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=ebenezer%20foote%22%20 %22newburgh%22&f=false Judge Ebenezer Foote, (76, 25, 9, 3,) b. 12 Apr 1756; son of Daniel Foote and Margaret Parsons; m. 10 Oct 1779, Jerusha Purdy, of Westchester Co., NY. She d. Nov 1818; m. 2nd, 1791, ___ Rosekrans. He d. 28 Dec 1829, in Delhi, N. Y. At nineteen Ebenezer was found with the Minute men at Bunker Hill; made sergeant of the Second Conn.; was at Trenton and Valley Forge; taken prisoner at the battle of Fort Washington, and confined to the old Bridewell, managed to escape, and by means of a plank found on the shore swam the Hudson in the month of December, but the exposure brought on a severe illness, and he never aga1n could engage in active service. His patriotism, however, would not allow him to remain an outsider, and we next find him in the Commissary Department at General Washington's headquarters on the Hudson, where he remained until his health again forced his resignation just before the close of the war. He saw much of Washington; was temporarily on his Staff, and retired with the rank of Major. One of the most interesting events of his life is well related by Mr. Abbatt, in his delightful work entitled "The Crisis of the Revolution," when Capt. Foote, in the early morning of Sept. 22, 1780, for a few moments held the fate of that gallant soldier, Major Andre, in his hands. As officer in command at Crompond, Capt. Foote scanned the pass produced by Andre, but knowing Benedict Arnold and his writing well, and seeing that his appended signature was correct, allowed the party to proceed. After the war Major Foote engaged in a large mercantile and shipping business at Newburgh, N. Y., with his brother Justin, who later married Marie Evertson, whose sister had just married Governor Smith of Ct. Major Foote, whose duties at headquarters caused him to ride much and far, had met and married the charming young Jerusha Purdy, of Yorktown, Westchester, N. Y., and from old tales and letters she appears to have remained a fascinator until her death. Mr. Foote was for a long time Member of Assembly from Ulster, and was largely instrumental in procuring the setting off of Delaware Co., where he came to reside in Aug., 1797. He was Co. Clerk for a number of years, conducted an extensive land agency, and three times was appointed First or Presiding Judge, as well as acting for a short time as puisne on the bench. He represented the old Middle District for four years in the Senate of the State; was nominated for Congress, but other duties forced him to decline; sat in the Council of Appointment with Gov. Jay, and enjoyed his friendship and confidence. (See Jay Gould's History.) In 1798 the Co. town was erected, and Judge Foote, as chief citizen, was appointed by the Legislature to name it. Not particularly desiring the honor, he said to his intimate friends at Albany, the Patroon, Gen. Schuyler, etc., "I think I shall decline." They all belonged to a small club, each member bearing some fanciful name; Senator Foote's was "The Great Mogul," and his fellow members said, "We will name it for you, and call it after your city, 'Delhi'," which was done, to the great annoyance of Gen. [Bro. 4
Erastus] Root, a prominent man and politician, who had also come to reside in the place, and wished much to have the privilege of giving the name. As Speaker of the House in 1801, he gained great credit for his "dignity and courtesy.'' At Delhi he assisted in organizing St. John's Church and an Academy, which for many years enjoyed a wide reputation; of the one he was made the first Senior Warden, of the other, the first President of the Board of Trustees. In the issue of 7 Jan 1830, "The Commercial Advertiser," New York City, in an extended notice of his death, speaks of his integrity, of his prominence in the State, and of his beautiful mansion, Arbor Hill, on the banks of the Delaware, and of the long list of eminent men who enjoyed from time to time its hospitality. A man refined, honest and honorable in all his ways. His niece, Roxana, married Lyman Beecher, and became the mother of Henry Ward and Mrs. H. B. Stowe. A grand-niece married William Seward, Governor and Secretary of State. i. FREDERICK PARSONS, b. Mar. 15, 1783; m. Charlotte Welles. ii. CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. Apr. 15, 1785; m. Maria Baldwin, iii. HARRIET, m. Dr. Ambrose Bryan, Clerk of Delaware Co., NY. He d. p. s.; m. 2nd, John Foote, Esq., of Hamilton, Madison, NY, being his 2nd wife. iv. MARGARET PARSONS, m. Rev. Ebenezer Maxwell, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Delhi, NY. He d. Jul 1840. She d. 1840. Ch.: (1) Ebenezer Foote, who lives in Delhi, on the place which belonged to his Grandfather Foote, and on which he died. http://www.dcnyhistory.org/books/murraysectionXV.html Judge Ebenezer Foote. (We are Indebted for the facts embodied in this sketch to a memorial volume concerning Samuel E. Foote in which there is an appendix giving the principal events in the life of Ebenezer Foote; also to an obituary notice by General Henry Leavenworth printed in the Delaware Gazette 28 Dec 1829, and to memoranda furnished by Miss Foote of Delhi, the great-greatgranddaughter of Judge Foote). Judge Foote was born 12 Apr 1756, in Colchester, CT. He was the son of Daniel Foote and the brother of Eli Foote whose daughter Roxana married Rev. Lyman Beecher and was the mother of Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others of that talented family. Some of the Foote family espoused the loyalist cause in the Revolutionary war; but Ebenezer was an ardent patriot, and when the first guns were fired be, with several other young men, fled from, home without his father's permission and joined the patriotic troops near Boston. He was present at the battle of Bunker Hill and served continuously until the close of the war. For his bravery and efficiency he was promoted from the ranks in which he enlisted to the position of Major. He attracted the attention of Washington and was by him assigned to staff duty. He had the misfortune to be taken captive during the war, and was confined with many others in the Bridewell prison in New York city. Along with a number of others he formed a plan to escape. They managed to elude their guards and found themselves in the country near where Chambers street now is. They made their way to the Hudson river with the intention of crossing it to New Jersey. They found an old leaky boat, but they were unable to make it sufficiently safe. All the other fugitives then took to the land and tried to make their way through the hostile sentinels to the country north of them. But Foote found a plank and with it undertook to swim the Hudson. It was in the month of December and the water was piteously cold. He succeeded, however, in escaping the patrolling vessels, and in making his way to the other side. He landed at Hoboken where he found shelter and dry clothes. He escaped, but he never recovered wholly from the effects of this terrible exposure. Major Foote from his rank in the Revolutionary army became a member of the Order of Cincinnati, and up to the time of his death took great pleasure in joining his comrades on the fourth of July to celebrate the achievement of American independence. At the close of the war he only possessed the back pay which was due to him for his services. Part of this was paid to him in money; and a part was liquidated by a grant of unsettled land on the West branch of the Delaware river. He entrusted the certificate of his army pay to an agent for collection and this precious rascal defrauded him out of the whole. He had married in 1779 Jerusha Purdy, a member of the Westchester family of that name. Her property also had been mostly destroyed by the British troops in their incursions into the regions north of New York. Major Foote had, therefore, to commence life anew. He started in a mercantile career at Newburgh which was then in Ulster county. In this he must have been more or less successful; for we find that several times he was chosen to represent the county in the State Legislature. He is recorded as having been in the Assembly in 1792, 1794, 1796 and 1797. It was during this latter year that the bill for the erection of Delaware county was under discussion, and Major Foote took an active part in perfecting and securing the passage of the measure. He served as Senator from the Middle District during the years 1798-1802. In 1799 he was chosen to serve as a member of the Council of Appointment under Governor John Jay. On the establishment of the new county he was appointed by the Governor the county clerk, and immediately removed thither to assume his duties. At this time it must be remembered that there was no village of Delhi. There were two sites which were looked upon as likely to become the location of the proposed county buildings. One of these was at the mouth of Elk Creek on the grounds of Gideon Frisbee. Here already the first meeting of the board of supervisors had been held and the county court had held its first session. The other was the extensive flat at the mouth of the Little Delaware. There is a tradition that some of the early county meetings and courts were held in the latter locality at the house of Mr. Leal. It was near this beautiful intervale that the land lay 5
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