Descendants of John (I) Lord - the Delaware County, NY Genealogy ...

In so doing, she would still have been related to Deliverance’s wife. The current tribal rolls of the Indians ofSouthern Tier New York, Northern Jersey, (Ramapo Mountain Indians, located in Rockland/Orange Cos, NewYork, Bergan/ Passaic Cos., New Jersey) dating from the mid-1700s, trace the families of VanDunk, DeGroat,Conklin, Sisco/ Fransisco, (among many others) forward to this day, all being inter-related.Research by the Archaeology Department of the State of Delaware, under the able direction of Ned Heite, and theknowledge, records, of the New Jersey Indian Commission under James Lone Bear Revy substantiate the migrationof some of these families upwards out of the Del Marva Peninsula, through Ulster, Orange, Rockland, Delaware,Sullivan, counties.Both John Lord I, his close friend - Deliverance Adams, lived in the area of Mamakating, Ulster Co. New Yorkwhere most of their children were born. John Lord I is said to have come into the area now named after him,Lordville, New York - about 1800. Under a Pennsylvania Land Warrant, he had purchased land around Equinunkfrom the Mitchell brothers, Jacob, Joseph and James, who were sons of Nathan Mitchell, his wife, Elizabeth Ross.(she born in NJ)Altho Marjorie Anderson’s book gives Jeremiah Lord as father to John I, with Lois Thomas as his mother, with allthe Thomas connections, it seemed a likely idea——no other information corroborates this. Thorough and timeconsuming research have not turned a mention of this nor could a hired researcher turn up the referenced document.No one in the family used the name Jeremiah for a boy—ever. No one names a girl Lois— giving appearanceto the belief they weren’t even kinfolk. There were several ADAMS families in the area—who lived near oneanother. (3 separate groups) There were more than a few LORDS-also at least 2 and possibly 3, distinct lines)—definitely, not all were related.Cora Fanny Hopkins Kellam, (1860-1950) stated, 1949, “my great grandmother was a VanDunk, her sister orcousin, was the wife of the John Lord they named Lordville after.”Be-ti-a VanDunk is listed in the Bible of James’ youngest son, Samuel, (note dated 1834) as being full bloodMinisink Indian— her sister/cousin would be, also.Was John Lord I married more than once?—possible, no information has surfaced to indicate this. Even thoughthere were 3 Lord families in/around the area in question, John Lord I, his descendants had no known connectionto the others, no interaction that has shown so far.These two families, Lord and Adams, other old settler names, are joined at the hip for all the generations. Itappears solving the puzzle has to be done by working as many groups as possible.LORDVILLE“A station on the Erie road, one mile below Equinunk. It received its name from John Lord, an old and honoredsettler of the place, lately deceased. His son Alvah has been for several years past, till last year, supervisor. RichardLord, a brother of John, for a long time occupied and owned the farm opposite the upper end of Equinunk Island,and succeeded Josiah Russ.“Just east of the village of Lordville the Ancestral soil begins. The first place you approach on the North side ofthe road now cleared and the house now standing, somewhat remodeled and improved, was built by AngelineJensen’s cousin, William Ellsworth, husband of a daughter of Sarah Adams Cole. They lived there until anothercousin, Dee Lord, occupied it.”The next place on the South side of the road cleared, and the house built by Fred Hall. His wife was Jane Ellsworth,another cousin of Angeline Jensen. That was a very quaint little house. Adjoining it on the same side of the roadwas the house now known as the Adams Homestead. It was built by Moses Hughes, whose wife was Betsey Lordfrom whom my father (Benjamin Adams) bought it. It has been in the possession of the Adams family ever since.