Subj: More on the descendants of Thomas Philbrick and Elizabeth Huntoon
Date: 97-11-19 08:02:27 EST From: NAMKAM@aol.com
To: Huntoon-L@rootsweb.com
Hi once again. Have a little more time so will post a little more of the names I have. Allan
[ed. Abrahamse] asked how old the document I have is and how it was created. I know the lady who gave it to me had it for 40 or 50 years. As to
how it was created on of the descendants of the above put it together with a little information that came from the Huntoon Geneology Book.
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here to go to a larger picture of gravestones at Huntoon
Cemetery, Concord OH by Lyall Huntoon.
Posting the children of Corbin Huntoon and Jane Gage
Luman married Louisa Jenkins.
Amanda died at age of 23 years
Jackson married Tryphena Young
Alma married A. G. Smith
Karen Meireis posted the story below with comment: "Don't know if this story is in the Huntoon Geneology or not so will type it. It appears along with the story of Samuel being scalped
[in the source document she had on Philbrick and
Elizabeth's family].
"Corbin went to Batavia, NY. in the spring of 1816, the so called cold season. His crops ere nearly destroyed by untimely frosts. Here he was
joined by his brother-in-law Isaac Woodward and together they returned to Wendal (now Sunapic) NH.
The following February he, his brother Scribner and Joseph Chase started westward in Scribner's one-horse wagon, having heard that near Silver Creek, NY second corn had been raised. Corbin's wife and Scribner, 2nd
son, then a boy, remained at Batavia. during their stay they sold their frost bitten corn to the Indians.
"On the journey westward, the two brothers and Mr. Chase were overtaken by a
man named Hensted. He drove a spirited double team and on leaving them behind he invited them to visit him at his home, which was on or near the old Father Winchell farm. Upon reaching
Painsville [OH], they inquired the way and found Mr. Hensted. He accompanied them in a search for a location and in their rambles came upon Hemlock Run, and in all probability traversed these very grounds looking for the first time upon the four hundred acres of beautifully timbered land which they afterward bought and divided, and upon which the pioneers build their homes. They struck the first blow at clearing on March 2, 1817.
"Scribner and Corbin and Mr. Chase each bought 160 acres (at least some of it being only $3 00 per acre) and build a log cabin in which they all lived until they could build houses for their families. They then sent for their families. Three of the Huntoon sisters came also, and at least one of them, Mahala secured work in Cleveland for a family name Doane. It was then called "Doane's Corners" but is now the corner of Euclid Ave. and 105th St. and is a very prominent corner. She afterwards married John Prentiss and they bought 60 acres of woodland about one-half mile southeast of the Huntoons, and build a log house. In this house all their children were born. They afterwards build a frame house where they lived and died, John in 1877 and Mahala in 1884. She slipped and fell while mopping the floor, breaking her hip. She
was obliged to walk with crutches the remainder of her life, 19 years.
