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THE 


BOOK 


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With  some  Speculations  as  to  their  Origin,  Etc 


BY 


JtSam.  JJBpiggs, 


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MEMBER  OF 
THE    WESTERN    RESERVE    AND    NORTHERN    OHIO    HISTORICAL    SOCIETY. 

CLEVELAND,    OHIO. 


•'  By  Jove,  I  am  not  covetous  for  gold; 
Nor  care  I  who  doth  feed  upon  my  cost, 
It  yearns  me  not  if  men  my  garments  wear  ; 
Such  outward  things  dwell  not  in  my  desires : 
But  if  it  be  a  sin  to  covet  honour, 
I  am  the  most  offending  soul  alive."     <■ 

King  Henry  V. 


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C L E  V  E  LAND,    OHIO. 

1881. 


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"  A  painful  work  it  is,  and  more  than  difficult,  wherein  what 
toyle  hath  been  taken,  as  no  man  thinketh,  so  no  man  believeth 
but  he  that  hath  made  the  triall."—  Anthony  a  Wood. 


EDITION    100  COPI  ES- 


No 


TO 

THE   MEMORY 
OF 

ELIZABETH    VARIAN, 

THE  MOTHER  OF  MY  FATHER, 

ISAAC  VARIAN  ERIGGS, 

THIS    VOLUME 

IS 

AFFECTIONATELY   DEDICATED. 


"—I  should  sin 
To  think  but  nobly  of  my  grandmother," 

The  Tempest. 


Either  our  history  shall  with  full  mouth 
Speak  freely  of  our  acts;  or  else  our  grave, 
Like  Turkish  mute  shall  have  a  tougueless  mouth, 
Not  worshipped  by  a  waxen  epitaph." 

King  Henry  V. 


Contents. 


"  I  humbly  pray  them  to  admit  the  excuse 
Of  time,  of  numbers,  and  due  course  of  things 
Which  cannot  in  their  huge  and  proper  life 
Be  here  presented." 


King-  Henry  V. 


Preliminary  Discourse — which  may  be  regarded  as  the  result  of  a 
literary  dyspepsia,  and  which,  though  intended  for  genealogists 
and  compilers  of  family  history  in  particular,  may  be  read  with 
impunity  by  any  one 


Concerning  Normandy  and  the  Normans — some  selections  and 
comments  never  before  appearing  ( to  my  knowledge )  in  a  work 
of  this  kind,  and  which  may  serve  to  amuse  or  excite  ;  for  either 
of  which  sensations  the  author  holds  himself  solely  responsible 5 


The  Name  Yarian— A  disquisition  on  the  origin  of  the  cognomen. 
the  premises  of  which  perhaps  are  entirely  wrong  and  of  which 
error  no  one  would  be  more  happy  to  be  convinced  than  the 
writer , 9 


Ihe  Family  in  France — A  collection  of  instances  of  the  name, — a 

brief  chapter,  unfortunately,  or  otherwise 11 


The  Family  in  Canada — which  speaks  for  itself . .  13 

"  O  brave  new  world, 
That  has  such  people  in't !" 

The  Tempest. 


The  Family  in  Ireland — a  brief  allusion  to  a  few  respectable 
individuals  of  the  name  in  that  unfortunate  island,  of  whose 
ancestry  I  regret  we  cannot  say  more 16 


CONTENTS. 

The  Family  in  the  United  States — the  country  in  which  we  pay 
taxes,  and  where  the  majority  of  the  persons  whose  names  are 
herein  found  have  performed  that  duty,  lived  and  married,  (with 
a  few  exceptions)  propagated  the  name,  and  have  been  gathered 
to  their  fathers 20 


ISAAC  Varian — the  party  responsible  for  the  existence  of  the  name 
in  the  United  States,  and  a  short  account  of  his  habitat  and 
career 20 


Joseph  Vakian  and  his  descendants 23 


James  Varian  and  his  progeny    25 


"  Bearing  their  birthrights  proudly  on  their  backs." 

King  John, 


Richard  Varian  and  what  he  accomplished 40 


Michael  Varian  and  the  results  of  his  life   47 


'  For  new  made  honour  doth  forget  men's  names  ; 
"lis  too  respective;  and  too  sociable 
For  your  conversion," 

King  John. 


Isaac  Varian,  Jr. — and  those  who  "  may  rise  up  and  call  him  blessed"  ....  50 

"  In  every  branch  truly  demonstrative  ; 
*****       overlook  this  pedigree:" 

King  Heney  V. 


APPENDIX — containing  the  names  of  sundry  persons  of  the  name 
VARIAN  who  may  reasonably  be  supposed  to  have  had  ancestors, 
but  the  means  of  identification  have  not  transpired, — also  addi- 
tions, and  emendations  to  families  and  individuals  mentioned  in 
other  portions  of  this  book 79 


Index— persons  bearing  the  name  Varian 91 


Index — of  other  names.       Those  intermarrying  with  VARIANS,  and 

those  incidentally  mentioned 95 


Additions  and  Corrections — a  few  blank  pages  designed  for  the 

use  of  other  people  who  wish  to  make  remarks 99 


Illustrations  and  Portraits. 


Hon.  Caleb  Tompkins,     - 

Rev.  Alexander  Varian,    - 

Samuel  Briggs, 

Hon.  Isaac  L.  Varian, 

Old  Varian  House, 

Map  of  a  portion  of  New  York  City, 

Hon.  George  W.  Varian, 

Alfred  Varian,    - 


Faci 


ng  page  26 
32 

52 
56 
60 
62 
64 


Abbreviations. 


a.  aet. — aged, 
b. — born, 
bap. — baptised, 
bro. — brother, 
bur. — buried. 
ch. — children. 
circa. — about, 
d. — died, 
dau. — daughter. 


dec. — deceased, 
em. — emigrated, 
grad. — graduated . 
habitat. — place  of  abode, 
m. — married, 

rem. — removed, 
res. — residence,   resided, 
unm . — unmarried. 
yo. — youngest. 


A  +  after  the  name  of  an  individual,  or  at  the  end  of  the  line  where  the 
individual's  name  occurs,  signifies  that  the  descendants  of  the  person  may  be 
found  under  the  proper  number  on  a  subsequent  page. 


Preliminary  Discourse. 


N  undertaker  or  a  grave  digger  is  not  considered  a  valuable 
acquisition,  or  a  cheerful  element  at  a  social  party.  I  cannot 
recollect  an  instance  where  one  of  either  profession  was  to  be  met 
at  any  merry-making,  nor  can  I  recall  any  individual  among  my 
acquaintance  who  confessed  any  relationship  to  a  member  of  either 
one  of  these  dismal  guilds.  The  daughter  of  the  grave  digger,  or 
the  consort  of  the  undertaker  are  nonentities.  These  dismal  human 
necessities  appear  to  be  barred  from  society  and  its  pleasures,  and 
are  the  last  persons  which  one  wishes  to  have  about,  and  then  "  at 
the  last  scene  of  all  which  ends  this  strange,  eventful  history.11 

I  am  ready  to  believe  that  the  genealogist  will  soon  reach  the 
social  status  of  the  ghastly  undertaker  and  the  earthy  grave  digger. 
It  would  seem  that  the  study  of  genealogy  should  meet  with  more 
encouragement  in  this  age  of  inquiry  and  investigation,  but  the 
contrary  of  this  proposition  appears  to  be  in  the  ascendant, 

No  argument  can  convince  many  correspondents  of  the  advan- 
tages of  genealogy.     The  benefits  to  be  derived  from  a  pursuit  of 

*   ■ 

genealogic  inquiry  appear  not  to  be  appreciated,  and  the  results  of 

years  of  labor  (if  successful  and  placed  in  book  form)  are  looked 
upon  as  a  vade  mecum  for  the  especial  gratification  of  those  inquisi- 
tive individuals  who  desire  to  know  "how  old  such  a  person  is?11  or 
"how  successful  such  a  couple  have  been  in  the  propagation  of  the 
family  name  P11 

The  genealogist  quite  often  is  considered  in  the  light  of  a  ghoule 
or  a  resurrectionist— a  social  hyena  desecrating  the  graves  of  a  past 
generation,  or  a  sort  of  Tybalt,  "with  some  great  kinsman's  bone, 
as  with  a  club11  menacing  the  living  world  for  information  con- 
cerning the  ancestral  line. 


£  PRELIMINARY    DISCOURSE. 

A  circular  of  inquiry  addressed  to  certain  individuals  con- 
cerning their  ancestry,  inspires  a  certain  degree  of  horror  and  the 
recipient  soliloquizes — "What  do  I  know  about  my  ancestors  ?  and 
what  if  it  should  be  true  that  my  great-grandfather  was,  in  con- 
sequence of  some  'trespass  on  the  law,'  made  an  example  of 
suspended  animation  ?  Perish  the  thought!  Why  will  some  people 
persist  in  annoying  the  living  by  prying  into  the  dead  past  ?"— and 
after  this  philosophical  reflection  the  circular  is  committed  to  the 
flames,  and  the  genealogist  u  tears  his  hair.11  In  this  connection, 
it  is  "queer11  that  probably  the  same  individual  whose  philosophy/ 
is  noted  above,  or  who  knows  little  and  cares  less  for  his  own 
ancestry,  be  it  honestly  humble  or  gloriously  noble,  will  ransack 
the  entire  publications  of  the  "Turf"  or  "Spirit,11  the  herd  books 
of  the  "Short-horn  Association,11  or  "Jersey  Club,1'  or  the  archives 
of  the  Swine-breeders1  Convention,  to  discover  the  grandsire  of  a 
sway-backed  gelding,  the  antecedents  of  a  Durham  bull  or  an 
Alderney  heifer,  the  ancestry  of  a  short-faced  Lancaster  boar  or  a 
Jersey  red  sow.  It  is  a  curious  world — in  more  cases  than  one, 
" religion  is  one  thing,  and  business  is  another.11 

Females  generally  manifest  more  interest  in  the  matter  of 
genealogy  than  the  "sterner  sex  ;"  but  the  "girls11  have  their  little 
peculiarities  also.  The  lady  of  "a  certain  age,11  after  a  suppressed 
squeak,  drops  the  circular  of  inquiry  into  the  fire  for  obvious  rea- 
sons, seemingly  forgetting  that  when  the  mortal  coil  is  shuffled,  and 
the  monumental  marble  is  dealt,  that  the  graver  is  quite  liable  (if  the 
estate  is  sufficient)  to  advertise  to  an  unsympathetic  world  the  infor- 
mation so  carefully  withheld,  if  perhaps,  the  "Bureau  of  Statistics11 
has  not  sold  the  particulars  of  her  advent  into  the  world  for  the 
"  usual  fee.11 

Various  other  sentiments  prevail  among  the  "world's  people11 
in  reference  to  the  objects  of  genealogic  inquiry.  All  sorts  of 
motives  are  imputed  for  inquiries  made — desire  to  discover  property 
improperly  disposed  of— money  in  the  Bank  of  England — and  other 
financially  founded  suspicions. 

Mr.  La  yard,  the  traveler  and  historian,  once  applied  to  an  East- 
ern caliph  for  information  concerning  certain  antiquities,  and  in 
reply  the  follower  of  the  Prophet  said,  "The  answer  which  you  seek 


PBEL1  M  T  NA  B  Y    DISCO  TIB  SE.  3 

of  me,  0,  illustrious  friend  and  Joy  of  my  Liver,  is  both  difficult 
and  useless  to  be  given.11 

The  ordinary  courtesy  of  business  is  rarely  applied  to  the 
subject  of  genealogy  ;  answers  to  letters  on  the  topic  are  excep- 
tional— and  if  statistics  could  ■  be  obtained  I  believe  that  gene- 
alogists contribute  more  extensively  to  the  "mail  service,11  and 
receive  less  corresponding  return  than  any  other  class  of  patrons 
who  moisten  postage  stamps. 

As  to  the  kind  of  information  received  in  response  to  inquiry, 
some  of  it  savors  of  the  quality  of  the  charity  dispensed  by  the 
parish  beadle  who  in  such  cases  recommended  the  following 
method  :  "  First  find  out  what  the  pauper  wants,  give  Mm 
something  else^  and  he  will  never  bother  you  again.11 

The  affection  of  some  families  for  bibles,  muniments  and  other 
documents  containing  items  of  family  history  is  surprisingly  de- 
veloped when  the  genealogist  makes  inquiry  therefor.  A  bible 
centuries  old,  and  whose  only  use  for  generations  has  been  to 
elevate  the  junior  member  of  the  family  to  a  proper  altitude  at 
the  dinner-table,  and  which  sacred  volume  contains  the  "family 
record,1'  suddenly  becomes  an  object  of  holy  adoration  when  the 
genealogist  desires  to  investigate  the  subject.  No  inducement 
can  obtain  its  contents  which  are  religiously  sealed  against  the 
gaze  of  the  family  historian,  who  humbly  bows  his  head,  gropes  in 
the  darkness,  and  mentally  curses  the  memory  of  James  the  First, 
whose  neglect  to  expunge  the  writings  of  the  Apostle  who  advised 
against  "endless  genealogies,11  has  undoubtedly  caused  all  the 
trouble  which  the  compiler  of  domestic  history  has  experienced. 

Perhaps  the  revision  of  the  sacred  writings,  now  in  progress, 
will  modify  the  text,  and  give  a  new  impetus  to  genealogical 
success,  leaving  no  Apostolic  excuse  for  non-attention  to  cor- 
respondence on  the  subject. 

As  an  apology  for  any  imperfections  which  are  certain  to  be 
discovered  in  this,  or  any  similar  work,  I  desire  to  say — I  am  not  a 
professional  genealogist,  and  this  production  will  be  a  sufficient 
evidence  of  the  fact.  My  experience  has  taught  me  sympathy  for 
any  who  take  up  the  study  professionally.     My  sole  ambition  has 


4  PRELIMINARY    DISCOURSE. 

been  to  know  more  of  my  ancestry,  and  to  furnish  the  information 
that  I  have  accumulated  for  the  benefit  of  others  to  whom  the  mat- 
ter certainly  should  possess  some  interest.  Persons  who  pursue 
this  channel  of  investigation  are  generally  persons  of  leisure — 
which  I  am  not — and  are  possessed  of  a  generous  income  to  enable 
them  to  do  it  thoroughly — my  purse  is  limited — but  the  labor  has 
been  a  pleasure  to  me,  answering  as  a  sort  of  "knitting  work"  to 
fill  in  time  which  otherwise  might  have  been  wasted. 

The  work  might  have  been  more  ample  and  complete  but  for 
reasons  with  which  many  of  my  correspondents  should  be  familiar, 
and  in  conclusion  I  will  merely  quote  "In  completing  this  work, 
let  me  say  to  the  descendants:  I  claim  for  you  no  greatness  save 
a  virtuous  and  honest  parentage.  May  future  generations  keep  up 
the  standard  in  these  respects,  whatever  they  may  do  in  others.1'* 

73  Huntington  St.,  )  SAM.    BRIGrGS. 

Cleveland,  Ohio.      [ 

4  July,  1881.  ) 

*Todd  Genealogy,  by  Mr.  Richard  H.  Greene. 


Concerning  Normandy  and  the  Normans.* 


N  England,  among  many  families  it  has  been  esteemed  an 
evidence  of  gentle  blood,  and  consequent  honor,  to  trace  their 
origin  to  some  one  of  the  gentry  who  "  came  over  with  the 
Conqueror."  William,  Duke  of  Normandy,  surnamed  the  Con- 
queror, laid  claim  to  the  throne  of  England,  at  the  death  of  Edward 
the  Confessor,  in  opposition  to  the  alleged  title  of  Harold.  In 
support  of  his  claim,  William  invaded  England  with  a  large  army 
on  the  28th  of  September,  1066,  and  on  the  14th  of  October 
following,  the  great  battle  of  Hastings  was  fought,  in  which  Harold 
was  slain,  and  England  passed  under  the  domination  of  the  Nor- 
man dynasty. 

The  companions  of  the  Conqueror,  who  have  always  borne  the 
reputation  of  having  been  of  the  "  first  families"  of  Normandy,  do 
not  appear  in  such  an  estimable  light  when  their  antecedents  are 
submitted  to  the  crucible  of  historical  investigation — they  being 
but  a  generation  of  powerful  land  pirates  with  whom  "  might  made 
right"  and  which  principle  governed  all  their  movements.  The 
honor  therefore,  of  being  descended  from  this  body  of  troops  is 
somewhat  questionable;  and  to  urge  the  importance  of  a  descent 
from  this  gentry  is  not  considered  the  "  correct  thing  "  as  much  as 
it  was. 

The  tendency  of  the  world,  and  its  peoples,  is  to  improve,  and 
this  feature  is  markedly  apparent  in  the  case  of  the  Normans,  who 
in  early  times  enjoyed  a  questionable  moral  reputation  as  is 
evidenced  in  several  literary  works  upon  the  manners  and  customs 
of  that  province.  In  support  of  this  proposition  I  quote  from 
"  Blason  Populaire  de  la  JVormandie"  comprising  the  proverbs, 
nicknames,  and  sayings  relative  to  this  ancient  province,  and  to 
its  inhabitants,  "  by  M.  A.  Canel,  Member  of  the  Norman  Society  of 
Antiquaries." 

*This  chapter  may  not  be  deemed  absolutely  necessary  to  this  volume,  but  as 
I  am  convinced  that  the  family  is  of  Norman  French  extraction,  I  have  thought 
proper  to  make  these  extracts  that  the  "march  of  improvement "  might  be  noted. 


6  N OEM ANDY    AND    THE    NOB  MANS. 

"In  our  old  language,  blasoner  (heraldic,  to  blazon),  signifies 
either  to  say  good  or  bad,  to  praise  or  to  revile:  but  popular 
blazonry  inspires  more  of  satire  than  eulogy.  *  *  *  Popular 
blasonry  embraces  all  the  vernacular  expressions  adopted  by  cus- 
tom to  quality  an  individual,  a  portion  of  a  people,  an  entire  people, 
or  a  collection  of  peoples.  *  *  *  It  is  a  branch  of  the  numerous 
family  of  proverbs.  *  *  *  «  Proverbs  are  called  the  '  wisdom  of 
nations."  *  *  *  "During  the  government  of  the  dukes,  the 
French  were  animated,  with  respect  to  the  Normans,  with  a  cordial 
hatred.  *  *  *  In  the  xvnth  century,  Etienne  Pasquier  was 
obliged  to  recognize  the  fact,  that  the  French, piqued  by  the  memory 
of  their  ancient  quarrels  with  the  Normans,  naturally  wished  them 
evil :  and  with  a  common  purpose  even  detested  those  who  succeeded 
tJiem. 

"With  such  a  disposition,  slander  (blason)  ought  to  have  full 
scope,  and  as  a  resume  of  all  slanderous  attacks,  a  Doctor  of  Paris 
published  a  Norman  Catechism,  in  which  was  set  forth  with  all  the 
strength  of  prepossessing  explanation,  that  the  merciful  works  of 
these  same  Normans  were  treason,  flattery,  gluttony,  larceny, 
falsehood,  envy,  and  imposture." 

An  extract  from  the  Catechism  will  show  its  general  character: 

Q.     Do  you  know  anything  of  the  history  of  the  Normans  ? 

A.  Yes:  I  know  that  anciently  our  province  bore  on  its  arms 
three  faults  (faulx)  which  signified  that  among  us  were  found 
three  kinds  of  persons  ;  viz.,  false  witnesses,  salt  smugglers  (faux 
sauniers)  and  counterfeiters  (faux  monnayeurs). 

Q.  Is  there  any  other  remarkable  thing  in  connection  with  the 
history  of  your  province  '? 

A.  Our  province  is  so  ancient  that  it  has  had  the  honor  of 
being  the  birth  place  of  the  thirteenth  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ, 

Q.     Where  was  he  from  ? 

A.     From  Haie-Pesnel. 

Q.     What  was  his  name  ? 

A.  Judas  Iscariot.  On  Good  Friday  the  following  epistle  is 
sung  in  his  honor  :  -There  was  a  man  of  Haie-Pesnel,  a  captain  of 
Highwaymen.  He  was  in  the  Garden,  of  Olives,  where  he  found  our 
Lard  J.  C.  to  whom  he  said,  "Good  day,  my  gentle  master,  etc." 

Here  is  another' extract  : 

Q.     Who  are  those  who  should  be  called  Normans  ? 
A.     They  are  those  who  enrich  themselves  at  all  hazards  and 
with  both  hands. 

Q.     What  is  the  sign  of  a  Norman  V 


N  0  E  M  A  N  I)  Y    A  N 1)    T  11  E    N  0  1?  M  AN  S.  7 

A.     To  have  the  hand  on  top  of  the  head,  ready  to  take  a  false 
oath. 

Q.     What  are  the  necessary  virtues  for  a  Norman,  and  without 
which  he  would  degrade  his  profession  ? 
A.     There  are  five  principal  virtues. 
Q.     What  are  they  ? 

A.     It  is  to  be:    first,  a  traitor,  second  a  glutton,  third  a  free- 
booter, fourth  a  flatterer,  fifth  a  liar. 

Q.     How  many  commandments  are  there  in  this  nation  ? 

A.     Seven. 

Q.     Repeat  them. 

A.     To  God  in  vain  thou  mayest  plead 

To  affirm  thy  false  oath. 

Thy  parents'  death  thou  shalt  desire 

To  early  have  their  goods. 

The  money  of  others  do  not  spare 

And  their  goods  not  at  all. 

False  witness  thou  shalt  always  bear, 

And  dexterously  it  maintain. 

The  work  of  thy  hands  do  not  omit. 

To  constant  reap  thy  gain. 

Great  favorite  always  make  thyself. 

For  long  time  to  maintain. 

Thy  neighbors  goods  do  not  restore, 

Butknowinglv  restrain. 


Among  the  soubriquets  borne  by  the  Normans  in  ancient  times 
wTas  the  title  of  "Scourge  of  God:11  and  in  the  early  litanies,  the 
faithful,  after  having  prayed  to  God  to  avert  all  other  dangers, 
added:  A  furore  Normannorum  libera  nos  Domine! 

The  proverbs  relative  to  Normandy  and  the  Normans  are 
almost  without  number.  The  following  will  suffice  to  show  their 
character  : 

From  Normand}^  bad  winds  and  bad  people. 

Normans  are  inquisitive:  where  are  you  from?  what  do  you 
want  V  where  are  you  going  ? 

A  Norman  never  says  yes,  or  no. 

A  Norman  has  his  say  and  his  unsay.* 

If  you  are  wise,  do  not  trust  a  red  Frenchman,  a  black  English- 
man, or  a  Norman  of  any  shape. 

*In  a  prayer,  a  peasant  of  another  province  was  heard  to  say,  ''  Thou  hast 
promised,  O  Lord,  to  assist  us  in  time  of  trouble,  and  Thou  wilt   not  refuse,  for 

Thou  art  not  a  Norman.'''' 


8  NOB  MA  ND  Y   A  ND    THE    NORMANS. 

A  Norman  dies  when  his  right  arm  is  paralyzed. 

Normans  are  a  cross  between  a  fox  and  a  cat. 

Judas  was  a  Norman  as  everybody  knows. 

Between  Caen  and  Rouen  was  this  sorry  rascal  born. 

He  sold  his  good  Lord  Jesus  for  thirty  crowns  cash. 
To  the  d with  all  the  Normans. 

We  ask  nothing  of  you  my  Lord,  only  place  us  along  side  of 
those  that  have  something. 

Ninety-nine  pigeons  and  one  Norman  make  one  hundred  robbers. 

If  a  Norman  is  not  a  sea  pirate,  he  practices  the  profession  on 
the  land. 

The  Norman  milks  the  East  and  West, 

Paris  is  "happy  Arabia"  for  Normans. 

He  is  a  Norman,  he  draws  everything  toward  him. 

Normans  are  born  with  crooked  fingers. 

When   a   Norman    comes   out  of    a   house  and  brings  nothing 
with  him,  he  is  believed  to  have  forgotten  something. 

In  Normandy  if  a  newly  born  babe  is  thrown  against  a  mirror 
it  will  find  some  way  to  catch  on. 

Norman    priests    collect    the    burial    fee    at    time  of    baptism, 
because  their  flocks  are  in  the  habit  of  getting  hung. 

Normans  are  born  with  a  grain  of  hemp  seed  in  one  hand,  and 
an  acorn  in  the  other.* 


These  proverbs  and  sayings  in  all  probability  date  from  a 
remote  period,  and  from  their  general  tendency  it  would  lead 
us  to  believe  that  they  were  not  altogether  founded  on  fancy, 
conveying  also  the  idea  that  the  early  Norman  was  not  a  "pleasant 
person  to  do  business  with." 


*Hemp  seed  beeomes  hemp,  and  hemp  becomes  rope  :  The  acorn  grows 
to  an  oak,  and  the  oak  may  become  a  gallows.  Hemp  seed  is  also  called 
"  Norman  salad."  Curse  the  salad  !  "  said  a  Norman  who  heard  it  so  called,  "  it 
has  strangled  my  father  and  my  grandfather,  without  mentioning  uncles  and 
cousins."  A  commentator  on  this  proverb  says  that  the  rope  counted  greatly  in 
t  he  chances  for  the  future  of  our  ancestors,  for  they  hung  many  in  Normandy. 
It  is  frightful  to  calculate  how  many  have  been  hung  in  the  old  market  place  at 
Rouen. 

A  poor  Norman  who  was  being  led  away  to  the  gallows,  and  who  was 
a  practical  philosopher  and  well  knew  his  destiny,  said  to  his  wife  for  her  consola- 
tion, "There  are  but  two  kinds  of  persons  in  the  world,  those  who  are  hung  and 
those  who  are  not;  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  be  either  one  or  the  other." 


THE  NAME  VARIAN. 


/~pHE  origin  of  the  name  is  undoubtedly  French,  it  being  quite 
common  in  various  parts  of  France,  notably  in  the  ancient 
province  of  Normandy,  where  the  family  is  still  extant,  its  advent 
there  dating  from  an  exceeding  remote  period,  and  at  present  is 
reputed  as  "one  of  the  good  old  families"  in  the  vicinage  of  Rouen. 

The  appellation  has  existed  under  various  forms  of  orthography, 
and  in  reference  to  its  origin  and  signification  I  translate  the  fol- 
lowing from  Lw  Origins  et  Signification  des  Noms  Propres  et  des 
ArmoireS) par  le  Baron  de  Coston,  Paris,  1867": 

P.  420,  note:  "The  original  name  of  the  Tencin  family  was 
GUERIN  in  the  16th  century,  GARIN  in  the  15th,  GARINUS  and 
GUARINUS  in  the  deeds  of  the  12th  century.  This  family,  originally 
of  Rome,  was  represented  in  1589  by  Antoine  GUERIN,  a  royal 
judge,  recently  ennobled.  GARIN,  WARIN  *  and  GUERIN  {de  gar 
win  or  ger  win)  signified  "lover  of  war"  (warlike)  in  the  Teutonic 
dialect.  The  Guerins  bought  in  the  17th  century  the  lands  of 
Tencin,  from  which  they  took  their  name,  establishing  themselves 
there  in  the  18th  century." 

The  orthography  of  the  name  as  now  existing  in  France,  as 
well  as  in  the  branches  in  Canada,  is  Varin,  from  which  its  cor- 
ruption to  the  English  form  Varian,  which  is  the  orthography  now 
in  vogue  in  the  families  of  the  name,  established  in  Ireland,  Wales, 
England  and  the  United  States. 

The  assumption  that  "  VARIAN"  is  a  corruption  of  "  VARIN  "  is 
undoubtedly  true:  the  pronunciation  of  the  latter  name  according 
to  the  French  method,  with  accent  on  the  last  syllable,  being  strictly 
in  consonance  with  the  pronunciation  of  the  anglicized  name 
Vari^m;  the  interpolation  of  the  extra  syllable  or  letter  "i"  being 
a  not  uncommon  form  of  corruption  of  proper  names. 


*  There  being  no  W  in  the  French  alphabet,  and  said  letter  being,  in  the 
modern  tongue  when,  required  for  a  foreign  word,  known  as  "  double-ve,"  the 
transition  from  War  in  to  Varin  would  be  natural  and  probable. 
2 


10  TEE    NAME     V  A  E  I A  N. 

Many  family  names  of  French  or  other  foreign  origin  have 
nearly  if  not  quite  lost  their  identity  through  this  custom  of  con- 
forming them,  first,  by  pronunciation,  and  then  by  orthography,  to 
the  language  of  other  peoples  among  whom  the  original  proprietors 
have  become  established.  Thus  Corneille  has  become  Cornell — 
Sicard,  Secor — Angevin,  Angevine — Bailli,  Bailey — Bertein,  Bertine  or 
Bartine —  Feriers,  Ferris  —  V  Espinard,  Lispenard — Guy  on,  Guion — 
Bertaut,  Bartow,  etc. 

An  odd  instance  of  this  transmutation  of  names  has  come  to  my 
notice.  A  German  family  Eismann  settled  in  a  western  town. 
The  children  were  sent  to  the  village  school,  and  the  pedagogue,  not 
familiar  with  the  German  method,  registered  their  names  u  Icsman." 
When  the  urchins  were  instructed  in  the  mystery  of  writing  and 
spelling  they  were  taught  the  schoolmaster's  orthography  of  their 
patronymic.  The  parents,  not  being  familiar  with  the  English 
characters,  did  not  correct  the  blunder,  and  the  "Icsman1'  family 
in  America  became  established  in  name  as  well  as  in  fact. 


The  Family  in  France. 


~\EE  scarcity  of  books  on  French  Genealogy  and  Heraldry  in 

our  libraries  has  prevented  me  from  making  as  full  inquiry  as  I 

desired  in  reference  to  the  family  in  that  country. 

The  following  notices  of  the  name  are  taken  from  "  Nobiliaire 

DE  NoRMANDlE,  published  by  a  Society  of  Genealogists,  with  the  consent 

of  the  'principal  noble  families  of  the  province,  under  the  direction  of 

E.  DeMagny,  Paris,  1862-1864. 

I.  p.  145.  VARIN — Esquire,  lord  of  St.  Germain,  Pretreville, 
Beauchamp,  etc.  Election  of  Pont-l'Eveque,  bore 
for  arms,  13  Jan.,  1668,  Or.  3  flames,  gules,  a 
chief  azure,  charged  with  a  besant  of  the  field, 
accosted  with  2  crescents  of  the  same. 

VARLN. — Esquire,  lord  of  La  Fontaine.  Election  of 
Falaise,  bore  for  arms,  15  Feb.,  1668,  Argent,  2 
roses  gules  in  chief,  and  a  shell  of  the  same, 
pointwise. 

III.  p.  208.     VARRIN. — Frangois,  lord  of  Moustier,  counsellor  of  the 
bailiwick  of  Bayeux,  bore  1699   arms   as    above. 


I.  p.  182.     List   of    the    nobility   assembled   for    the    election   of 
deputies  to  the  States-General  of  1789. 

Bailiwick  of  Exmes. 

Le   Chevalier    Pierre-Louis-Auguste    de   VARIN,    old 
officer  of  dragoons. 

I.  p.  186.     Bailiwick  of  Honfleur.    VARIN  de  Pretreville. 


12  THE      FAMILY    IN    F  BAN  C  E  . 

I.  p.  192.     Bailiwick  of  Orbec. 

De  VARIN  of  Morainville. 

De  VARIN,  represented  by  Mr.  Verriere  of  Remilly. 
I.  p.  185.     Bailiwick  of  Kouen.     VARIN  de  St.  Ouen. 


II.  p.  506.     Marie- Anne   de    VARIN,   m.  -20    Jan.,   1753,    Claude 
Nicolas  Baron  de  Saint-Sauveur. 

II.  p.  85.  Pauline-Marie  VARIN  de  la  Bruneliere,  descended 
from  an  ancient  family  of  Bennes,  m.  Leopold- 
Ed  mond-Regnald  de  Bouttemont,  b.  24  Feb.,  1819, 
d.  12  June,  1860. 

II.  p.  130.  Louise-Marie  VARIN  de  Beautot,  m.  1851,  Stanislas- 
Alexandre- Amable  Le  Filleul  des  Guerrots,  b.  9 
Mar.,  1823. 


III.  p.  221.      Patents  of  nobility  granted 

VARIN   de  Mallot,  Frangois,  Counsellor  at   Court,   9 
Aug.,  1754. 


The  Family  in  Canada. 


/~PHE  branches   of  the  Varin  family  established  in  Canada    all 
claim  a  Norman  ancestry,  and  are  descended  from  individuals 
T      of  the  name  formerly  resident  at  or  near  the  City  of  Rouen. 

For  much  of  the  following  information  I  am  indebted  to  the 
excellent  volume  entitled  " Dictionnaire  Oenealogique  des  Families 
Canadiennes  from  the  foundation  of  the  colony  until  the  present 
day,1'  by  M.  L'abbe  Cyprien  Tanguay,  Quebec,  1871." 

VARIN,  surnamed  La  Pistole.* 

YARIN,  was  deputy  at  Quebec,  1621.* 

YARIN,  Catherine,  dau.  of  Robert  and  Marie  (L'Apotre)  Varin 
of  St.  Pierre  du  Grand  Cavilly  de  Rouen,  b.  1644,  m.  1,  1666,  Pierre 
Bessier;  2,1667,  Rene  Branche;  3,9,  Sept.,  1681,  Pierre  Courois  at 
Quebec;  4,  27  Nov.,  1684.  Anicet  Boyer.  She  d.  27  Jan.,  1706,  at 
Montreal. 

VARIN,  surnamed  Gaudria,  Marin,  son  of  Louis  and  Franchise 
(Lucas)  Varin  of  St.  Vincent  de  Rouen,  m.  at  Quebec  28  June 
1688,  Marie  Massard,  widow  of  Louis  Meline  and  had  ch. 

1.  Joseph  Nicolas,  b.  28  Nov.,  1691. 

2.  Marie-Michelle,  b.  13    Feb.,  1695,  m.  26  Nov.,    1712,   at 

Montreal,  Leonard  Jean. 
VARIN,  surnamed  La  Pistole,  Nicolas,  son  of  Nicolas  and  Jeanne 
(Lacroix)  Varin,  b.  1669,  at  Groincour,  bishopric  of  Rouen,  m.  29 
Octo.,  1697,  at  Boucherville,  Marie-Anne  Rouseray,  and  had  ch. 

1.  Nicolas,  b.  31  Aug.,  1698,  d.  1  Sep.,  1698. 

2.  Jacques,  b. - ,  m.  31  Mar.,  1723,  at  La  Prairie, 

Marie-Madeleine  Dumay. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  J.  E.  Varin,  an  attache  of  the  Court 
of  Queen's   Bench  at  Montreal,  I  am  favored  with  the  following 


*  See  contribution  from  Mr.  J.  E.  Varin. 


U  THE     FAMILY    IN     CANADA. 

notes  of  the  "  Varin  "  family,  partially  procured  from  the  archives 
of  the  Montreal  Historical  Society. 

The  family  was  originally  from  the  neighborhood  of  the  City  of 
Rouen,  in  the  province  of  Normandy  in  France. 

In  the  year  1582  the  Chevalier  VARIN  a  St.  Pierre  du  Grand 
Oavilly  de  Rouen  bore  arms  "  Chevron  de  sable,  sur  fond  d'azur,  lance 
en  tete,  et  mollettes  en  sautoir." 

In  1598  a  person  of  the  name  of  VARIN  was  hung  at  the  Isle 
aux  Sables  for  mutiny  on  board  one  of  the  vessels  forming  part  of 
the  expedition  of  the  Marquis  de  la  Roche  to  Canada  in  that  year. 
It  is  not  claimed  that  any  of  the  present  VARIN  family  in  Canada 
are  descended  from  this  individual. 

VARIN appointed  commissary  in  the  army  in   Canada 

under  the  intendant  Bigot  in  1748,  filled  the  position  of  intendant 
during  the  absence  of  Bigot  in  France.  He  was  appointed  com- 
missary of  the  navy  in  1755;  was  an  industrious  financier,  sought  to 
make  money,  and  succeeded.  He  founded  a  mercantile  house 
which  was  called  u  La  Triponne"  (sharper's  or  swindler's  house)  on 
account  of  the  high-toned  transactions  of  the  proprietor.  He  finally 
started  for  France  in  1754,  loaded  with  wealth,  which  he,  with  Bigot, 
had  accumulated,  having  ruined  the  country,  and  left  it  to  its  own 
resources  to  be  conquered  by  England,  whose  armies  encountered 
but  troops  without  arms  or  ammunition  and  destitute  of  food  or 
clothing. 

This  latter  VARIN  .figures  as  a  character  in  an  historical 
novelette  entitled  u  Le  Grand  Vaincu,"  published  the  last  year 
(1880)  in  "  Feuilleton  Illustre,"  at  Montreal.  In  this  tale  the  finan- 
cial peculiarities  of  this  VARIN  are  elaborately  portrayed.* 


*  r 


The  following  description   of  M.  Yarin,  taken  from  the  novel  mentioned, 
must  be  read  with  due  regard  to  the  source  from  whence  it  came. 

"  M.  Varin  was  a  man  of  small  stature,  and  whose  ornamented  coat  and 
powdered  peruke  illy  concealed  his  low  and  vulgar  origin.  Bushy  and  black 
eyebrows  surmounted  small  active  eyes  which  flashed  with  intelligence,  a  large 
chin,  a  mouth  with  thick  lips,  two  great  red  hands  extending  heavily  beyond  the 
lace  of  his  coat-sleeves,  which  were  so  tight  that  the  ends  of  his  Angers  were 
1)1  ue,  a  manner  at  once  cunning  and  cringing,  but  which  changed  to  that  of  arro- 
gance when  the  intendant  was  in  the  presence  of  an  inferior.  Such,  in  a  few 
words,  was  this  personage,  the  living  incarnation  of  the  most  sordid  vices,  the 
veritable  image  of  a  parvenu  presumptuously  covetous  and  insolent,  without 
heart,  soul  or  tenderness,  and  whose  singular  and  active  intelligence  passionately 
sought  but  a  single  end — lucre."     [Evidently  an  old  time  Norman. — Ed.] 


THE    FAMILY    IN     CANADA. 


15 


In  common  with  many  others,  the  contributor  of  the  foregoing, 
Mr.  J.  E.  Varin,  knows  but  little  of  his  ancestry,  save  that  his 
great-grandfather,  grandfather,  as  well  as  his  father,  bore  the  sur- 
name "La  Pistole"  His  father,  deceased  at  Oohoes,  N.  Y.,  having 
served  three  years  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Rebellion  1861- 
1865.  He  enlisted  as  a  private,  was  wounded  severely  in  the 
battles  before  Richmond,  Va.,  and,  having  been  a  physician  of 
repute  in  Canada,  succeeded  upon  his  discharge  from  the  hospital 
in  obtaining  a  commission  as  surgeon,  ranking  as  major  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac. 

Mr.  Varin  expresses  the  opinion  that  his  family  is  descended 
from  the  commissary  who  contributed  to  sell  Canada  to  England. 

Besides  the  acknowledgements  already  made,  I  am  under  obli- 
gations for  information  to  Mr.  O.  Bouchard.  Montreal,  Mr.  A.  Varin, 
Quebec,  Mr.  Ernest  Varin,  Montreal,  and  Mr.  G.  Arthur  Varin, 
Quebec. 


The  Family  in  Ireland. 


HE  tradition  concerning  the  family  in  Ireland  is,  that  it  was 
established  there  alter  the  Cromwellian  invasion  of  that 
island,  and  the  various  persons  with  whom  I  have  corresponded 
on  the  subject  m  England,  Ireland  and  Wales,  each  attribute  the 
origin  of  their  ancestors  to  Normandy  in  France,  from  whence 
they  were  driven  by  religious  persecution. 

The  tradition  says  that  the  first  of  the  name  in  Ireland  were 
brothers,  Isaac  and  John  Vakian,  who  were  officers  in  a  regiment 
of  Cromwell's  cavalry,  and  in  the  partition  of  the  confiscated  lands 
among  the  followers  of  the  Protector,  Isaac  received  a  grant  of 
"fifty  town  lands'1  in  the  Co.  Kerry,  but  he,  disregarding  the  con- 
ditions of  the  gift  by  "marrying  a  native"  forfeited  the  property  in 
consequence. 

John  Varean  is  supposed  to  have  settled  near  Middleton,  and 
no  trace  of  his  descendants  (if  he  had  any)  can  be  obtained. 

Isaac  Vakian,  a  descendant  of  the  Isaac  mentioned  above,  was 
a  musician  and  dancing  master  who  resided  at  Cork,  about  the  year 
1723.     He  married  late  in  life  and  had  children, 

1.  Isaac,  of  whom  hereafter. 

2.  Thomas,       of  whom  hereafter. 

8.  Amos,  b.  Cork,  Aug.  1771.  d.  1853  of  whom  hereafter. 
4.  Nancy,         of  whom  hereafter. 

1,  Isaac,  followed  the  profession  of  his  father,  was  a  great 
favorite  in  Cork,  a  good  musician,  and  sustained  a  circle  of  amateur 
theatrical  and  musical  friends  by  his  general  kindly  manners.  He 
was  unmarried. 

2.  Thomas,  married  a  very  young  wife,  a  Miss  Skinner,  aged 
1(>  years,  and  had  a  family  of  about  seventeen  children,  who  all 
died  young,  or  in  early  prime.  He  founded  a  brush  factory  in 
Cork,  bringing  skilled  labor  from  London,  and  was  very  successful. 


THE     FAMILY    IN    I  BEL  AND.  17 

3.  Amos,  was  a  wool  comber  for  some  years,  and  subsequently 
became  a  grocer.  He  married,  1807,  Dora  Walpole,  b.  Cork,  1788, 
d.  1826,  and  had  issue. 

5.  Ellen,  b.  Cork  9  June  1808,  d.  Apr.  1816. 

6.  Ann,  b.  Cork  9  Dec.  1809,  d. 1843. 

7.  Isaac  Stephen,  b.  Cork,  26  Dec.  1811,  d.  1869,  m.  1849, 

Susan  Osborne,  was  a  brush  manufacturer  in  London, 
then  at  Dublin.  Has  six  sons  and  two  daughters  living. 
One  son,  Walter  A.,  resides  at  Washington  D.  C,  U.  S. 
A.,  with  his  uncle,  J.  W  Osborne. 

8.  Thomas  Hincks,  b.  Cork,  11  Feb.  1813,  d.  1824. 

9.  Dora,  b.  Cork,  7  Jan.,  1814,  d.  1849,  m.  1843  Abel  Dean, 

professor  of  music,  Halifax,  York.     No  issue  living. 

10.  Agnes,  b.  Cork,  6  Mar.,  1816,  d.  1874. 

11.  Mary,  b.   Cork,  19  May,  1818,  d.   1867,  m.  1849,   Kalph 

Varian,  her  cousin,  a  brush  manufacturer  at  Cork,  in 
business  with  his  bro.  William. 

12.  Rebecca,  b.  Cork,  3  Apr.,  1821,  d.  1875,  m.  1851,  Alexander 

Henderson  of  the  British  Legation,  at  Lisbon,  Portugal. 

13.  Amos  John,  b.  Cork,  20  Oct.,  1822,  m.  7  May,  1860,  Anna 

Richards  Spencer.  He  is  a  brush  manufacturer;  firm 
I.  S.  Varian  &  Co.,  92  Talbot  St.,  Dublin.  Children, 
Agnes,  Dora  and  Annie. 
,  14.  Thomas  Hincks,  b.  Cork,  6  Dec,  1824,  d.  1825. 
15.  Hetty,  b.  Cork,  1  May,  1826,  m.  1861,  George  Ligerson, 
M.  D.,  and  Professor  of  Botany,  Catholic  University, 
Dublin. 

The  gentlemen  of  this  family  of  Varian  have  been  for  many 
years  active  in  the  temperance  movement  in  Ireland,  Isaac  S.  (7) 
being  particularly  vigorous  in  the  cause,  and  assisting  in  intro- 
ducing the  work  to  the  notice  of  the  great  Temperance  Apostle, 
Father  Mathew. 

In  religious  affairs  they  are  "Humanitarians,"  or  liberal  Unita- 
rians, not#  attaching  much  importance  to  doctrinal  matters. 

4.  Nancy,  m.  about  1800,  Thomas  Ladd,  of  London,  a  brush- 
maker. 

The  family  tradition  in  Ireland  makes  the  City  of  Rouen, 
France,  as  the  ancient  home  of  the  Varians,  and  derives  the  name 
from  an  old  Norse  appellation,  denoting  "strength."     The  crest  is 

3 


18  THE     FAMILY    IN    IBELAND. 

stated  also  to  be  a  "  drum  on  a  battle  field,"  which,  together  with 
the  "  arms  and  motto,"  is  to  be  found  in  Norman  Heraldry.  The 
family  were  said  to  be  very  powerful  in  Normandy  in  feudal  times, 
and  many  of  the  race  were  then  interred  in  the  Cathedral  at  Rouen, 
where  the  family  is  still  extant,  and  is  looked  upon  as  one  of  the 
"  good  old  families." 

A  variation  of  the  tradition  regarding  the  lands  in  Ireland 
received  from  Oliver,  locates  the  possessions  in  the  western  part  of 
Co.  Cork  (Bantry),  and  states  that  the  patrimony  was  wasted  in 
"  riotous  living,"  in  accordance  with  the  custom  of  the  "fine  old 
Irish  gentleman  "  of  the  ancient  days. 

Another  statement  regarding  the  "  crest,"  etc.,  mentions  the 
"arms"  as  being  a  "drum,  with  mailed  hand  holding  a  dagger 
above  it,"  with  motto  in  Latin,  rendered  "without  change." 

One  William  Varian,  under  Charles  I.,  is  said  to  have  been  a 
collector  of  imposts  at  Cork,  married  "a  wild  Irish  girl,"  and  for- 
feited  his  property  and  place. 


Another  source  furnishes  the  following  scanty  information 
concerning  a  branch  of  the  Irish  family  : 

John  Varian  (a  great-grandson  of  the  Cromwellian  officer)  was 
a  barrister-at-law,  and  had  two  brothers  who  were  clergymen  of  the 
Church  of  England,  and  probably  were  brought  up  in  "  holy 
orders"  to  partially  atone  for  the  sanguinary  avocation  of  their 
ancestors.     The  aforesaid  John  had  four  sons,  viz.: 

a.  John. 

b.  Richard. 

c.  Thomas. 

d.  Stephen.     Has  son  living  at  Cork,  Ireland. 

c.  Thomas   had   seventeen    children,   many   of  whom   died    in 
infancy,  but  those  who  lived  to  maturity  were: 
Eliza,  deceased. 
Daniel. 

Maria,  widow,  lives  in  Australia. 
Catherine,  single,  lives  in  England. 
John. 
Henry  H.,  in   government    service  at   present    (1881)    at 

London. 
Jane,  deceased. 


THE     FAMILY    IN    I  BE  LAND. 


19 


Georgina,  deceased. 

Thomas   James,    res.    Holyhead,   Wales,  Capt.    of    Dublin 

Steamer. 
Eliza,  m.  George  Rogers  and  em.  to  America,  where  he  d., 


and  she  m.  again. 


One  Justin  Varian,  a  bachelor,  said  to  have  emigrated  from 
Ireland  when  very  young,  was  resident,  1844,  on  Tchoupitoulas 
Street,  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  was  reputed  very  wealthy.  He  died 
shortly  after,  leaving  his  property  to  the  municipality. 


For  the  information  herein  contained  I  express  my  obligations^ 
to  Mr.  Amos  J.  Varian,  Dublin,  Ireland;  Mr.  Walter  Amos  Varian, 
Washington,  D.  0. ;  Capt.  Thomas  J.  Varian,  Holyhead,  Wales;  Mr. 
Henry  H.  Varian,  London,  England. 


The  Family  in  the  United  States. 


FIRST   GENERATION. 

1.  ISAAC  VARIAN,  the  first  of  the  name  in  the  United  States 
appears  as  a  butcher  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  the  year 
1720,*  located  in  the  "  Old  Slip  Market."  The  place  of  his 
nativity  (as  is  frequently  the  case  in  regard  to  original 
emigrants)  is  unknown,  except  through  tradition,  which 
varies  among  the  different  branches  of  his  posterity;  some 
claiming  his  antecedents  as  French,  others  attributing  his 
origin  to  Holland,  while  others  hold  that  he  emigrated 
hither  from  the  north  of  Ireland. 

I  am  inclined  to  believe  that  the  family  originated  in 
France,  but  am  of  the  opinion  that  his  ancestors  emigrated 
to  Holland  about  the  time  of  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of 
]¥antes,\  and  were  established  in  Holland  for  some  years 
prior  to  his  advent  in  America.  This  would  seem  to  be  quite 
probable  from  the  affiliations  formed  in  New  York  by  him- 
self and  his  children.  The  idea  of  his  Irish  origin  may 
possibly  be  supported  by  the  existence  of  the  name 
"Isaac"  in  several  generations  of  the  family  in  that 
country.  Either  of  these  theories  are  but  suppositions, 
and  unsupported  by  any  evidence  yet  discovered,  except 
what  is  contained  within  these  pages. 

Isaac  Vakian  was  admitted  as  a  "freeman"  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  23  Jan.,  1733.  He  followed  the  vocation  of 
a  butcher  in  that  city  for  many  years,  and  has  always  been 
regarded  as  one  of  the  "fathers  of  the  guild"  in  Man- 
hattan.      He   was   lessee   of  Stand   No.   3    in    the    "Fly 


*  The  Market  Book,  by  Thomas  F.  De  Voe. 

t  The  Edict  of  Nantes  was  promulgated  during  the  reign  of  Henry  IV.,  1598, 
and  guaranteed  to  his  Protestant  subjects  (Huguenots)  immunity  from  persecution 
for  their  religious  belief.  It  was  annulled  during  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.,  1G85, 
at  which  period  the  general  emigration  took  place,  though  many  Huguenots  had 
previously  expatriated  themselves. 


THE   FAMILY  IN   THE    UNITED   STATE JS.  21 

Market "  in  1750,  and  had  occupied  the  same  since  10  Dec, 
1735.  In  1737-8  he  was  a  member  of  the  military  com- 
pany of  Capt.  Cornel  us  Van  Home.  He  owned  a  negro, 
"Worcester,"  who  was  implicated  in  the  "Great  Negro 
Plot "  in  1741,  and  for  which  crime  said  African  was  trans- 
ported. In  May,  1710,  he  was  proprietor  of  a  stall  in  the 
"Meal"  or  "  Wall  Street  Market."  In  1784  he  appears  as 
a  petitioner  for  the  establishment  by  Richard  Deane  of  a 
public  slaughter  house  on  the  North  River.  He  is  also 
probably  identical  with  Isaac  Varian,  butcher,  who  resided 
or  was  in  business  at  105  Queen  Street;  33  Bowery  Lane, 
1790;  35  Bowery  Lane,  1791;  38  Boweiw  Lane,  1792-3;  61 
Bowery  Lane,  1795-7;  98  Bowery  Lane,  1798. 

He  accumulated  considerable  property,  and  deceased  at 
his  residence  on  Bowery  Lane,  about  the  year  1800.  He 
was  married  in  the  Old  Dutch  C [lurch  in  New  York,  12 
Aug.,  1732,  to  Elizabeth  De  Vouw,*  who  survived  him  and 
deceased  at  an  advanced  age  in  1828. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

The  children  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (De  Vouw)  Varian  were 
born  in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  are  named: 

2.  Joseph,     b.  24  Feb.,  1732-3. 

3.  James,       b.  10  Jan.,  1734;  d.  11  Dec,  1800. 

4.  Richard,  b.  25  Dec,  1736;  d.  20  Dec,  1822. 

5.  Michael,  b.    9  Dec,  1738;  d.  1825. 

6.  Isaac,       b.    8  Sept.,  1740;  d.   29  May,  1820. 


Note. — The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  Record  of  Marriages  of 
Isaac  1.  and  of  some  of  his  children: 

Ingeteekent.  Personen  met  Liceniie.  Oetrouwt. 

1732,  Aug.     7.  Isaac'  Varian  and  Elizabeth  De  Vouw.  12  Aug. 

1761,  Juny.  27.  Richard  Varian  and  Susanna  Gardinear.  28  Juny. 

17G5,  Oct.      2.  Isaac  Berrian  (?  Varian)  and  Hanna  Van  den  Berg.  3  Oct. 

1772,  Feb.   25.  Michael  Varian  and  Cornelia  Horser.  27  Feby. 

True  copy  from  Records  of  Marriages  in  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch 

Church  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

GEORGE  S.  STITT,   Clerk. 


*  Daughter  of  Daniel  De  Voe,  born  at  Morrisania,  1ST.  Y.,  and  married  when 
quite  a  young  girl. — Thos.  F.  De  Voe. 


22  THE  FAMILY  IN    THE    UNITED  STATES. 

For  convenience  in  reference,  and  also  for  the  reason  that  the 
descendants  of  the  children  of  Isaac  1,  have  become  as  different 
families,  I  have  departed  from  the  usual  plan  in  genealogies,  and 
have  traced  the  posterity  of  each  of  the  children  named,  separately? 
down  to  the  present  generation. 


Descendants  of  Joseph  Varian. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

2.  JOSEPH  VARIAN,  eldest  son  of   Isaac  1,  b.  in  New  York,  24 

Feb.,  1732-3,  d. ,  was  a  butcher  by  profession,  and 

was  admitted  as  a  "  freeman"  5  Aug.,  1755.  In  a  newspaper 
of  this  year  (1755)  he  is  empowered  by  Isaac  Varian  to 
settle  some  business  affairs  of  the  latter.  In  1781  he  was  a 
butcher  in  "Bear  Market, "  and  signed  a  petition  endorsing 
Richard  Varian  as  superintendent  of  the  public  slaughter- 
house. He  appears  to  have  had  business  reverses,  as,  in 
1784,  his  property  was  sold  to  pay  his  creditors. 

His  first  wife  was  Hannah ,  (family  name  and 

date  of  marriage  unknown.)  He  m.  2.  31  Oct.,  1764,  (N.  Y. 
Marriage  Licenses,  p.  436,)  Rachel  White,  of  Connecticut. 
All  the  information  that  I  have  been  able  to  obtain 
concerning  his  posterity,  is  taken  from  the  JVew  York 
Genealogical  a  ltd  Biographical  Record,  (Vols.  IV.,  143,  198; 
V.,  36;  VI.,  50;  VII.,' 139;  VIIL,  23,  79;  X.,  132,)  which,  in 
the  published  records  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
New  York,  notes  the  following  births  and  baptisms  of  his 
children : 

By  Hannah : 


7.  John*  b.  at  N.  Y.  3  June,  1756;  bap.  4  July,  1756. 

8.  Hannah,  b.  at  N.  Y.  24  Sep.,  1758;   bap.  22  Oct.,  1758; 

prob.  d.  young. 

9.  Isaac,  b.  at  N.  Y.  3  Aug,  1760;  bap,  30  Aug.,  1760. 


*John  7.  may  be  identical  with  John  Varian,  file  cutter,  residing  on  Des- 
brosses  St.,  N.  Y.,  1808.  Jeanet  Varian,  tailoress,  resident  on  same  street, 
near  Hudson  St.,  1817-19,  may  have  been  the  widow  of  this  John. 


H  DESCENDANTS     OF    JOSEPH     VAB1AN. 

By  his  wife  Rachel  White: 

10.  Hannah,  b.  at  N.  Y.  13  Apr.,  1765;  bap.  30  Jan.,  1766. 

11.  David  Devoir,*  b.  at  N:  Y.  21  July,  1767;  bap.  25  Dec, 

1768. 

12.  Richard,  b.  at  N.  Y.  11  Mar.,  1770;  bap.  8  Apr.,  1770. 

13.  Timothy  White,  b.  at  N.  Y.  9  Mar,,  1771;  bap.  7  Apr.,  1771. 

14.  Deborah,  b.  at  N.  Y.  28  June,  1774;  bap.  26  Nov.,  1774. 

As  the  name  ot  Joseph  Varian  2,  does  not  appear  in  the 
Directories  of  New  York  City  alter  1784,  it  may  be  that  he  removed 
from  the  city,  and  his  family  became  extinct,  but  the  latter  con- 
tingency is  hardly  probable.  He  may  also  have  had  other  children 
besides  those  named  above.  In  the  Appendix  to  this  book  are  the 
names  of  Varians  who  could  not  be  identified  as  of  any  particular 
family,  and  among  these  may  be  found  some  of  the  descendants  of 
Joseph  Yarian  2. 


*David  Devoir,  or  De  Voor,  was  of  a  prominent  Dutch  family  of  ISew  York 
at  this  period. 


Descendants  of  James  Varian. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

3.  JAMES  VARIAN,  second  son  of  Isaac  1,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  10  Jan. 
1734,  d.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y.,  11  Dec.  1800,  was  a  butcher  in 
N.  Y.  until  the  capture  of  that  city  by  the  British  during 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  at  which  time,  in  common  with 
other  patriots,  he  removed.  He  withdrew  to  a  farm  at 
Scarsdale  on  the  "neutral  ground''  where  he  remained 
until  his  decease.  His  name  does  not  appear  in  any  N.  Y. 
Directory  after  1781.  During  the  war  he  rendered  service 
under  the  Colonial  flag,  and  his  possessions  were  despoiled 
by  the  human  wolves  infesting  this  part  of  Westchester  Co. 
during  the  war  and  who  were  known  as  "Skinners"  and 
"  Cowboys."  For  twenty  years  prior  to  his  decease  he  was 
a  helpless  paralytic,  caused  by  exposure  in  the  patriot 
cause.  Both  he  and  his  family  were  driven  from  their 
farm  by  the  British,  and  took  refuge  at  Danbury,  Conn., 
from  whence  they  returned  after  the  peace  was  proclaimed. 

His  will  is  dated  10  Dec.  1797,  and  proven  and  recorded 
at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  26  June  1801.  In  it  he  is  mentioned 
as  "of  Scarsdale,"  N.  Y.,  and  he  names  wife  and  all  his 
children  except  Elizabeth,  who  perhaps  d.  young. 

He  m.  25  Feb.  1759,  (JST.  Y.  Marriages,  bond  dated  16  Feb. 
1759,)  at  New  York,  Deborah  Dibble,  of  Connecticut,  who 
d.  12  Apl.,  1823. 

Their  children  were: 

15.  Elizabeth,  b.  ?  N.   Y.,  5   Dec,   1760;  bap.   18  Jan.,  1761. 

(N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Rec,  V.  37.)    d.  young. 

16.  Jonathan,  b.  ?  N.  Y.,  13  Nov.,  1763,  bap.  12  Feb!,1764.    (N. 

Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Rec,  V.  181.)     d.  14  Feb.,  1824.  + 

17.  James,  b.  ?  Scarsdale,  22  Nov.,  1765:  d.  26  Dec,  1841,  + 

4 


26-  DESCENDANTS    OF    JAMES     VABIAN. 

18.  Michael,  b.  Scarsdale,  31  Dec,  1767;  d.  14  Aug.,  1816. 

19.  Deborah,  b.  Scarsdale,  8  Apr.,  1770;  d.  14  Aug,  1816.  + 

20.  Joseph,  b.  Scarsdale,  27  May,  1773;  d.  4  Sep,  1828.  + 

21.  Ichabod,  b.  Scarsdale,  26  Sep,  1775;  d.  20  Sep.,  1842.  + 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

16.  Jonathan  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  13  Nov,  1763,  d.  14  Feb,  1824, 

aged  6.0-9-29,  was  a  drover  by  occupation,*  and  also  a  Col. 
in  the  "  War  of  1812."  He  resided  at  Scarsdale,  N.  Y,  and 
m.  11  Apr,  1811,  Phebe,  dau.  of  James  and  Susan  Angevine. 
She  b.  9  Aug,  1781,  d.  19  Eldridge  St,  N.  Y,  29  May,  1849, 
cet  68,  of  carcinoma,  and  was  bur.  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  His 
will  is  dated  23  April,  1823;  proved  and  recorded  at  White 
Plains,  N.  Y,  25  Feb,  1824,  and  in  it  are  mentioned 
"brother  James,"  "  wife  Phoebe  "  and  issue  as  below.  The 
estate  of  his  wife  was  administered  by  authority  of  letters 
granted  to  her  son-in-law,  Jacob  H.  Varian  (husband  of 
Susan  A.)  4  Apr,  1850.— N.  Y.  Co.  Records,  Liber  50,  p.  288. 

Their  children  were: 

22.  Samuel,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y,  4  Nov,  1813;  d.  N.  Y.  City, 

3  Mar,  1843,  unmarried. 

23.  Henry  Astor,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y,  21   Sep,  1816;  d.  20 

Sep,  1865,  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.  + 

24.  Susan  Angevine,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y.,  23  Sep,  1819;  d.  29 

May,  1870,  N.  Y.  City.  + 

25.  Andrew  Jackson,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y.,  31  May,  1822;  d. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y,  2  Mar.,  1875.  + 

17.  James  Varian,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y,  22  Nov,  1765,  d.  26  Dec,  1841, 

cet.  76-1-4,  was  possibty  the  same  person  who  was  in  busi- 
ness in  N.  Y.  at  the  following  places:  "  livery  stable,"  39 
Barclay,  1798;  104  Henry,  1806;  rear  28  Oak,  1807-1810;  15 
Jew's  Alley,  1811;  171  Duane,  1814;  117  Anthony,  1815  5 
victualler  (retail  butcher),  173  Duane,  1817. 

He  m.  18  June,  1800,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John   (b.  1743,  d. 
1827)   and  Alice  (b.  1741,  d.  1830)  (Williams)  Cornell,  b.  22 

*  May  21,  1794,  Jonathan  Varian  sold  fat  bullock  to  Samuel  Winship  at  Bear 
Market. — The  Market  Book. 


i 
-v: 


JTOK  CALEB  TOMFHI§a 


DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VARIAN.  27 

Sep.,  1771),  d.  26  Aug.,  1863,  aged  83-1-14,  bur.  in  Presby- 
terian Cemetery  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

They  had  issue  : 

26.  Sarah,  b.  13  Oct.,  1801,  d.  19  Sep.,  1848. 

27.  George  D.,  b.  3  Aug.,  1803. 

28.  Mary,  b.  24  Feb.,  1805.  + 

29.  Jonathan,  b.  19  Dec,  1808,+ 

30.  James,  b.  30  Oct.,  1810,  had  homestead  at  Scarsdale. 

31.  David  M,  b.  18  Jan,  1814.  + 

32.  Deborah,  b.  2  May,  1817,  d  12  Oct,  1818,  aged  2-5-10. 
•   33.  William  A,  b.  23  Jan.,  1820.  + 

34.  Elizabeth,  b.  22  Mar,  1823. 

18.  Michael  Varian,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y  ,  31  Dec,  1767,  third  son  of 

James  3,  m.  J ,  dau.  of Pool.  He  was  acciden- 
tally drowned  14  Aug,  1816,  being  run  down  by  a  sloop. 

They  had  issue: 

35.  Malachi,  b.  6  Aug,  1798,  killed  in  a  duel  13  June,  1818, 

by  James  Henry,  at  Sacketts  Harbor,  N.  Y, 

36.  Harriet,  b.  29  Mar.,  1800. 

37.  Henry,  b.  29  Mar.,  1802. 

19.  Deborah  Varian,   b.   Scarsdale,   N.   Y,  8  Apr,  1770:    second 

dau.  of  James  3,  d.  14  Aug.,  1816,  m.  Caleb  (for  lorty  years 
Co.  Judge  of  Westchester  Co,  N.  Y.),  son  of  Jonathan  G. 
and  Sarah  (Hyatt)  Tompkins  (b.  22  Dec,  1759:  d,  1  Jan, 
1846)  and  bro.  of  Daniel  D.  Tompkins,  Governor  of  New 
York  and  Vice  President  of  the  U.  S,  1817-1825. 

The  issue  of  this  marriage  was: 

38.  Elizabeth  Varian,  b.  15  Dec,  1794;  d.  13  Aug,  1870. 

39.  Jonathan  Griffin,  b.  25  Oct,  1796;  m.  Dorothy  S.  Peterson; 

d.  8  Aug,  1868. 

40.  Mary,  b.  2  Jan,  1799;  d,  4  Sep,  1875. 

41.  Deborah,   b.   24  Jan,   1801;   m.  Richard   E.  Peterson,   1 

Oct,  1823. 

42.  James,  b.  22  Nov,  1803;  d.  7  Jan,  1828. 

43.  Sarah,  b.  13  Jan,  1806;  d.  5  Feb,  1881. 

44.  Angeline,  b.  14  Apr,  1808;  d.  9  July,  1869. 

45.  Varian,  b.  11  Nov,  1810;   m.  17  Jan,  1844,  Sophia  D.  W. 

Kellogg,  d.  18  Dec,  1847. 

46.  William  Oakley,  b.  22  Feb,  1815,  d.  14  Oct.  1818. 


28  DESCENDANTS    OF    JAMES     VARIAN. 

20.  Joseph  Varian,  fourth  son  of  James  3,  b.  Scarsdale.  N.  Y.,  27 

May,  1773,  d.  4  Sept.,  1828,  aged  56,  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  John 
and  Alice  (Williams)  Cornell,  a  sister  of  the  wife  of  his  elder 
brother  James.    She  died  11  Nov.,  1843,  aged  68. 

Their  children  were : 

47.  Caroline. 

48.  John   (?W.),*    whose    wife    was    probably   Mary  Ann 

,  of  East  Chester,  N.  Y.    Her  will  was  dated  14 

Aug.,  1862;  proved  1  Dec,  1862  (  White  Plains,  N.  T., 
Records)  Heirs  mentioned:  John  W.  Varian,  hus- 
band, Evelina  Ketchum,  daughter,  J.  V.  Ketch um, 
adopted  son.  Executor,  Cornell  Varian  of  N.  Y. 
City. 

49.  Cornell,  a  cabinet  maker,  who  is  now  living  cor.  141st 

St.  and  Willis  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  1875-1881,  and  is  probably 
the  same  person  who  res.  or  was  in  business  in  N.  Y. 
at  35  Provost,  1831;  89  Chapel,  1833-4;  710  Washing- 
ton, 1835;  E,  32d  nr.  3d  Ave.,  1851-2;  151  E,  36th, 
1854-1865;  145  E.  36th,  1866;  223  E.  36th,  1867. 

50.  Allen.     Probably  the  person  who  was  "  Inspector  of 

Baled  Hay"  in  N.  Y.  City,  1847,  and  perhaps  m.  6 
Jan.,  1838,  Harriet,  dau.  of  Josiah  and  Maria  (Valen- 
tine) Briggs,  of  Fordham,  N.  Y.  She  was  b.  11  Mar., 
1820. 

21.  Ichabod  Varian,  sometime  a  hatter  at  Easton,  Pa.,b.  Scarsdale, 

N.  Y„  26  Sep.,  1775,  youngest  son  of  James  3,  d.  Piqua,  O., 
20  Sep.,  1842;  m.  8  Oct.,  1797,  Elizabeth,  dau.  Jared  Patchen. 
She  born  30  June,  1776;  d.  9  May,  1818. 

Their  children  were  : 

51.  Alexander,  b.  15  Apr.,  1799;  d.  Cleveland,  0.,3  Mar.,  1868.  + 

52.  James,  b.  13  Jan.,  1801;  d.  4  July,  1807. 

53.  Charles  Mather,  b.  18  Dec,  1802;  d.  Jan.,  1834.  + 

54.  Edward,  b.  29  Mar!,  1805.  + 

55.  Phebe  Maria,  b.  6  June,  1807.  + 


*John  W.  Varian  was  a  carter,  res.,  61  Elm,  N.  Y.,  1830. 


DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VARIAN.  29 

56.  Horace  Dibble,  b.  11  Mar.,  1810.  + 

57.  Laura,  b.  28  June,  1812.  + 

58.  Miles  Beach,  b.  25  Feb.,  1818:  d.  28  July,  1849.  + 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

23.  Henry  Astor  Yarian,  butcher,  b.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y.,  21  Sep.,  1816; 

d.  about  1865,  aged  49  years;  son  of  Jonathan  16;  m.  Mar., 
1845,  Mary  Ann,  dau.  of  Richard  and  Maria  (Gallaudet) 
Secor,  of  New  Rochelle.  His  widow  now  (1881)  resides  at 
New  Roclielle,  N.  Y.  Letters  of  administration  were  issued 
on  his  estate  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  18  Oct.,  1865,  to  Mary 
A.  Varian  and  Franklin  B.  Secor. 

Their  issue  was: 

59.  Charles  Henry,  b.  Jan.,  1846;  unmarried  (1881)  and  res. 
(a  butcher)  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

24.  Susan  Angevine  Varian,*  b.  23  Sep.,  1819,  d.  N.  Y.  City  29  May, 

1870,  m.  22  Nov.,  1841,  her  second  cousin,  Jacob  Harsen 
(b.  15  Sep.,  1811),  son  of  Jacob  and  Hester  (Murphy) 
Varian.  He  was  a  butcher  in  New  Y^ork,  2  Catherine 
Market,  and  lived  at  7  Avenue  A,  1842-1847;  19  Eldridge  St., 
1848-1855.  He  deceased  3  Feb.,  1855,  and  his  widow  sur- 
vived him,  residing  at  the  latter  place  until  her  death. 
Her  estate  was  administered  under  letters  granted  her 
daughter  Laura  12  Feb.,  1872.— N.  Y.  Co.  Records,  Liber  99, 
p.  216. 

Their  issue  was: 

60.  Laura,  living  N.  Y.,  1881,  Av.  A,  cor.  87th  St. 


*  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  Records. — Mary  P.  Varian,  of  New  Eochelle,  1ST.  Y., 

will  elated  14  June,  1858,  proved ,  1859.     Heirs  mentioned:  Susan  A. 

Varian,  cousin;  Thomas  T.  Tompkins,  nephew;  Emeline,  Harriet  and  Amanda, 
daurs.  of  Nathaniel  and  Harriet  Barker;  Henry  A.  Varian,  cousin;  Andrew  J. 
Varian,  cousin;  Mary.  dau.  of  Susan  A.  Varian  ;  Wm.  H.  Varian;  John,  son 
of  Andrew  J.  Varian;  William  H.  Dixon,  Eliza  Ann  Dixon,  Harriet  Dixon, 
Phebe  Dixon,  Amelia  C.  McCullough,  Charles  H.  Varian,  son  of  Henry  A. 
I  have  not  been  able  to  connect  the  name  of  Mary  P.  with  the  family  through 
any  of  my  correspondents. 


30  DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VABIAN. 

61.  Henrietta,  b.  1846,  d.  Bright' s  disease,  29  May,  1870,  at 

19  Eldridge  St.,  N.  Y.,  and  was  interred  at  White 
Plains,  N.  Y. 

62.  Mary,  living  N.  Y.  (1881),  widow  of  George  Lewis  Hill, 

of  Niagara,  N.  Y.,  whom  she  m.  3  Nov.,  1875,  and  who 
d."27  Jan.,  1877. 

63.  William  Henry,  living  N.  Y.,  1881,  ?  Ave.  A,  cor.  87th  St. 

25.  Andrew  Jackson  Varian,  b.  31  May,  1822,  d.  2  Mar.,  1875,  was  a 
sergeant  in  N.  Y.  Vol.  Engineers  during  Rebellion  1861- 
1864.  He  is  possibly  identical  with  the  person  of  that 
name,  a  goldsmith,  134  W.  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  1845;  carriage 
maker,  75  Delancey  St.,  N.  Y.,  1848;  161.  Eldridge  St.,  1851- 

1855.      He  m.  2  April,  1845,   Mary  Eliza,   dau.    of  

Eichells.     She  was  b.  N.  Y.  City,  26  April,  1823,  and  now 
resides  83  Carlton  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

They  had  issue : 

64.  John  Eichells,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  31  Oct.,  1846.  + 

65.  Mary  Eliza,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  6  Mar.,  1849,  d.  12  Aug.,  1877. 

66.  Emma  Cornelia,  b.  N.  Y..  City,  30  May,  1852,  d.  26  May, 

1875.  + 

67.  Andrew    Louis,    b.    Brooklyn,    N.    Y.,  30    July,    1856, 

unmarried  1881. 

68.  Alice  Augusta,  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  29  Nov.,  I860,  unmar- 

ried 1881. 


28.  Mary  Varian,  b.  24  Feb.,  1805,  dau.  of  James  17,  m.  Benjamin 
Reynolds,  and  had  only  dau. 

69.  Hannah,  m. Romaine,  d.  16  April,  1881. 


29.  Jonathan  Varian,  son  of  James  17,  b.  19  Dec,  1808,  was  in  the 
dry  goods  business  in  N.  Y.,  442  Pearl  St.,  1829;  res.  159 
Mott,  1830;  183  Walker,  1831;  88  Elizabeth,  1832-3;  249 
Bowery,  1834-5;  43  Delancey,  1838;  was  a  carter,  res.  461 
Fourth,  1841;  a  clerk,  res.  100  Elizabeth,  1842-3;  123  Hester, 
1844-5;  afterward  lived  at  77  East  Broadway.  He.  m. 
Lavinia  Hall,  who  survived  him  as  a  dressmaker  at  7  Prince 
St.,  1856-8,  about  which  time  she  deceased,  and  her  estate 


DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VABIAN.  SI 

was   administered  by  letters  issued  12   Sep,,  1859   (N.  Y. 
Co.  Records,  Liber  68,  p.  355),  to  her  only  surviving  child. 

Their  children  were : 

70.  Anna  L. 

71.  Elizabeth,  b.  d.  28  Feb.,  1839,  aged  6-8-21. 

31.  David  M.  Varian,  b.  18  Jan.,  1814,  son  of  James  17,  was  a  carter, 
residing  in  N.  Y.,  at  80  Delancey,  1834;  63  Columbia,  1835; 
88  Barrow,  1839-41;  127  Barrow,  1842-4;  32  Downing,  1845-6. 
He  m.  Sarah  Fuller,  who  survived  him,  and  lived  in  N.  Y., 
at  144  3d  Ave.,  1847;  180  3d  Ave.,  1848,  61  7th  Ave.,  1869. 

They  had  children: 

72.  James,  b.  8  Oct.,  1836,  d.  29  Jan.,  1839. 

73.  James,  b.  1  Feb.,  1839,  d.  23  April,  1844. 

74.  George  D.,  b.  7  Jan.,  1841,  d.  9  Nov.,  1843. 
And  perhaps  others. 

33.  William  A.  Varian,  son  of  James  17,  was  b.  23  Jan.,  1820,  is  a 
physician  at  Kingsbridge,  N.  Y.,  formerly  a  druggist  at  325 
Bowery,  N.  Y.,  1846-7;  m.  Frances  E. 

They  had  children: 

75.  Sarah,  b.  17  Sep.,  1858,  d.  22  Aug.,  1860. 

76.  James,  now  (1881)  res.  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

77.  A  daughter. 
And  perhaps  others. 


A   NOTABLE   HEIRLOOM— THE    HISTORY    OF  A  QUEER   OLD 

BIBLE    WANTED. 

To  the  Editors  of  the  "Evening  Post:" 

I  come  to  the  Evening  Post  for  some  bibliological  information.  In  the 
good  keeping  of  Dr.  Wm.  Varian,  of  Kingsbridge,  New  York  City,  is  now, 
and  has  long  been,  the  ancient  family  Bible  of  his  ancestors,  the  Varians  of 
Westchester  Co..  N.  Y.,  the  fortunate  lot  of  which  was  to  be  preserved 
uninjured  through  the  war  of  the  Revolution  by  being  buried*  in  the  cellar  of 
their  dwelling  house,  the  old  residence  in  the  town  of  Scarsdale,  near  the  former 
Morris  or  Popham  estate,  still  standing  and  occupied  by  a  Varian. 


32  DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VARIAN. 

Although  much  exposed  (the  family  being  patriotic)  to  the  depredations 
of  British  soldiers,  and  especially  to  the  "  Cowboys,"  those  notorious  brigands 
of  the  period,  so  well  described  in  Cooper's  "  Spy  "  and  Bolton's  "  History  of 
the  County  of  Westchester,"  this  farm-house  escaped  both  the  torch  and  total 
pillage,  and  the  dark  cellar  at  the  dawn  of  peace,  true  to  its  trust,  delivered  up 
the  venerable  volume  as  good  as  ever,  to  be  the  household  companion  of  sub- 
sequent generations,  whose  names  are  registered  therein.  This  ancient  English 
Bible  is  a  large  folio,  with  thick  embossed  lids,  fitted  originally  to  clasps,  and 
bears  the  date  1715  on  its  title  page,  but  not  the  name  of  the  place  where  it 
was  printed.  Strangely,  too,  the  illustrative  pictures,  of  which  there  are 
several,  are  explained  in  the  Dutch  language.  Our  friend,  the  custodian  of 
this  precious  heirloom,  a  nephew  ( ?)  of  Isaac  Varian,  a  former  mayor  of  this 
city,  informs  me  that  his  family  is  of  Huguenot  descent.  Can  any  one  tell 
something  more  about  this  singular  edition  of  the  Bible — where  printed  and  by 

whom  ? 

W.  H. 

JNeiv  York.  December  6,  1879. 


51.  Alexander.  Varian  (Rev.),  b.  Ballston,  N.  Y.,  15  April,  1799,  d. 
Cleveland,  0.,  3  Mar.,  1868,  a  minister  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  m.,  1,  24  Mar.,  1824,  Elizabeth  Amelia 
Atlee,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  who  d.  11  Sep.,  1848;  2,  30  April, 
1850,  Mrs.  Mary  Randal  Oakley,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  now 
(1881)  living  at  Cleveland,  O. 

Their  children  were,  by  Elizabeth  Atlee: 

78.  Sarah   Atlee,  b.  Lancaster,  Pa.,  18  Mar.,  1825,  living 

(1881),  unmarried,  at  Cleveland,  O. 

79.  Emily  Roberts,  b.  Lancaster,  Pa.,   20  Aug.,  1826,  d.  5 

Dec,  1839,  Painesville,  O. 

80.  Catherine  Light,  b.  Lancaster,  Pa.,  15  Oct.,  1827,  d.  17 

May,  1828,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

81.  Harriet  McCall,  b.  Flushing,  N.  Y.,  16  Sep.,  1830,  d. 

12  Mar.,  1881,  Cleveland,  O.,  m.  7  July,  1853,  Rev. 
Richard  S.  Smith,  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  no  issue. 

82.  William,  b.  Sidney,  O.,  11  Oct.,  1832.  -|- 

83.  Laura,  b.  Springfield,  O.,  17  April,  1835. 

84.  Elizabeth  Amelia,  b.  Lancaster,  2  Nov.,  1836. 

85.  Esther  Maria  Granger,  b.  Painesville,  O.,  13  Aug.,  1839, 

d.  13  Dec,  1867. 


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DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     V  A  B  I A  N  .  S3 

86.  Alexander,  Jr.,  b.  Painesville,  O.,  8  April,  1842,  d.  2 
June,  1864,  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  of  wounds  received 
at  Resacca,  14  May  previous. 


Alexander  Varian,  Jr.,  son  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Varian, 
early  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Rebellion,  and  deceased 
in  consequence  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Resacca,  2  June, 
1864.  The  following  worthy  tribute  to  his  memory  and  patriotic 
services  was  indited  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Starkey,  now  Bishop  of 
Northern  New  Jersey: 

Died,  June  2d,  in  the  General  Hospital  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  of  a 
wound  received  in  the  battles  near  Dalton,  Georgia,  on  the  14th  of  May,  First 
Lieutenant  Alexander  Varian,  of  Company  D,  First  "Regiment,  "  Ohio 
Volunteer  Infantry,''  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  his  age. 

Thus  sadly  for  his  family  and  friends,  but  gloriously  for  himself  and 
country,  has  closed  a  life  whose  beginning  was  full  of  generous  promise.  At 
the  beginning  of  this  war  young  Varian  was  earnestly  desirous  of  taking  his 
part  in  its  responsibilities  and  perils,  but,  withheld  by  private  considerations 
which  could  not  be  put  aside,  it  was  not  until  after  the  first  battle  of  Bull 
Run,  when  the  First  Regiment  returned  on  recruiting  service,  that  Mr.  Varian 
was  able  to  carry  out  his  fixed  purpose  of  enlisting  in  its  ranks.  Recom- 
mended from  the  first  by  his  character  and  his  intelligence,  he  was  soon  made  a 
corporal  in  his  company,  and  in  that  capacity  distinguished  himself  so  greatly 
by  his  skill  and  courage  in  the  second  day's  battle  at  Pittsburg  Landing,  and 
the  scenes  of  hardship  which  preceded  and  followed  that  sanguinary  engage- 
ment, that  he  was  immediately  after  promoted  to  a  second  lieutenancy.  In  the 
battle  of  "  Stone  River  "  Lieutenant  Varian  was  wounded  in  the  ankle  whilst 
generously  engaged  in  rescuing  a  fallen  comrade  from  under  the  enemy's  fire, 
and  it  was  during  his  confinement  in  the  hospital  at  Nashville  that  he  received 
his  next  promotion  as  a  just  reward  of  his  valor.  At  the  fierce  assault  on 
Missionary  Ridge  he  was  again  struck  down  by  a  spent  bullet,  and  still  later,  in 
close  quarters  at  Rocky  Ridge,  had  his  clothes  cut  by  a  musket  ball.  The 
wound  which  finally  closed  his  career,  near  Dalton,  was  in  the  breast.  He 
lingered  for  something  more  than  two  weeks,  and  it  was  hoped,  for  a  time,  that 
he  might  recover,  but  a  wise  Providence  had  ordered  otherwise,  and  he  died  on 
the  2d  June  the  death  of  a  brave  soldier  of  the  Republic  and  a  sincere  and 
humble  Christian.  Brave  as  a  lion,  but  gentle  as  a  child;  earnest  in  purpose, 
but  u  easily  entreated  " ;  ingenuous  and  frank,  but  with  a  fund  of  wisdom 
beyond  his  years ;  thoughtful  and  considerate  for  others,  but  freely  exposing 
his  own  life  whenever  duty  called  him,  Lieutenant  Varian  is  a  loss  to  the 
5 


34  DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VABIAN. 

service — an  irreparable  loss  to  his  family  and  friends.  His  life  and  death 
honored  the  Savior,  whose  disciple  he  had  early  professed  himself,  and  the 
country,  on  whose  altar  he  was  a  willing  sacrifice.  To  God  we  recommend  his 
gentle  spirit.     JRequiescat  in  pace. 


87.  Mary  Oakley,  b.  Meadville,  Pa.,  20  July,  1844. 

By  Mary  Randal  Oakley : 

88.  Emily  Augusta,   )   b.  Meadville,  Pa.,    j  d.    7  Oct.,  1852. 

89.  John  Miles,  j      8  April,  1852,      (  d.  19  Sept.,  1852. 

90.  Edward,  b.  Meadville,  Pa.,  6  Mar.,  1855. 

Williams- Vakian.— Mr.  Ed.  Varian,  formerly  of  this  city,  and  Miss 
Florence  M.  Williams,  daughter  of  Mr.  B.  Williams,  Jr.,  of  Chagrin  Falls, 
were  quietly  united  in  marriage  at  the  residence  of  Rev.  George  W.  Hinkle 
yesterday  afternoon.  Mr.  Varian  was  for  several  years  connected  with  various 
Cleveland  newspapers,  and  is  now  one  of  the  staff  of  the  Kansas  City  Evening 
Star.  He  has  been  spending  a  few  days  with  his  relatives  and  frjends,  and 
last  evening  departed  with  his  bride  for  his  new  home  in  Missouri. — Cleveland 
Herald,  22  June,  1881. 

Rev.  Alexander  Varian  established  first  the  Lancasteriau 
(graded  schools  on  the  English  plan)  system  of  education,  super- 
intended and  taught  at  Lancaster  and  Philadelphia  before  he 
entered  the  ministry.  He  erected  his  first  parish  (All  Souls)  at 
Springfield,  ().,  holding  services  first  in  an  old  blacksmith  shop, 
which  he  had  fitted  up  lor  the  purpose.  The  Church  thus  estab- 
lished is  now  known  as  Christ  Church.  He  afterward  had  charge 
of  St.  James  Church,  at  Painesville,  O.,  and  was  twice  called  to  the 
pastorate  of  Christ  Church,  at  Meadville,  Pa.  At  one  time  he  had 
a  parish  at  Vincennes,  Ind.,  and  was  the  originator  of  the  present 
Grace  Church,  at  Cleveland,  O.  The  services  in  this  parish  were 
first  held  in  the  old  Court  House,  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Monumental  Park,  and  afterward  in  the  lecture  room  of  the 
Medical  College,  until  the  Church  was  erected. 

Before  entering  the  ministry  he  was  Professor  of  Mathematics 
in  Rev.  Wm.  Muhlenberg's  Institute  for  Boys,  at  Flushing,  N.  Y., 
and  among  his  pupils  were:  Bishop  Bedell,  of  the  diocese  of  Cleve- 
land; Bishop  Kerfoot,  of  the  diocese  of  Pittsburgh;  the  late  Bishop 
Odenheimer,  of  Pennsylvania;  Rev.  Mr.  Van  Bokkelen,  of  Buffalo, 
and  the  late  Rev.  J.  Diller,  of  New  York.     At  one  time  he  had 


DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VARIAN.  35 

charge  of  a  female  seminary,  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  educated  his 
brother  Miles  and  sister  Laura,  and  contributed  liberally  to  the 
support  of  his  aged  parents  and  their  family. 

His  was  emphatically  a  busy  life,  and  he  had  the  reward  of 
viewing  the  fruits  of  his  labor  before  being  called  to  a  higher 
sphere. 

53.  Charles  Mather  Varian,  merchant,  b.  Ballston,  N.  Y.,  18  Dec, 

1802,  d.  Dayton,  O.,  12  Jan.,  1834,  m.  Cincinnati,  ().,  27  Oct., 
1829,  Eliza,  dau.  of  Oliver  and  Sophia  Goodwin,  of  Cincin- 
nati, O. 

They  had  issue : 

91.  Sophia  Goodwin,       b.  Aug.  1831,)  d.  at  Dayton,  O.,  both  on 

92.  Elizabeth  Sackett,  b.  May,  1833,  j     same  day,  Nov.,  1834. 

54.  Edward  Varian,  manufacturer  of  steel  brushes,  res.  Philadel- 

phia, born  29  Mar.,  1805,  m.,  1,  Eliza  Wilson  Lambert,  of 
Lambertville,  N.  J.,  who  d.,  leaving  no  issue;  2,  8  Feb., 
1838,  Mrs.  Margaretta  Pearce,  of  Dayton,  O.,  By  whom 
he  had : 

93.  Margaretta  Jones,  b.  Dayton,  O.,  30  Mar.,  1840,  d.  5 

Sep.,  1847,  at  Dayton,  O. 

94.  Mary  Hannah,  b.  Dayton,  O.,  19  Dec,  1843,  d.  19  Oct., 

1850,  at  Dayton,  O. 

95.  Laura. Maria,  b.  Dayton,  O.,  20  Sep.,  1846,  d.   8  May, 

1865,  at  Dayton,  O. 

96.  Emma  Graham,  b.  Dayton,  O.,  1  Aug.,  1851,  res.  Phila- 

delphia. 

55.  Phcebe  Maria  Varian,  b.  Ballston,  N.  Y.,  6  June,  1807,  m.  24 

Nov.,  1829,  William  Andrew  Clewell,  of  Nazareth,  Pa.,  he 
b.  Schoeneck,  Pa.,  29  Oct.,  1804,  and  died  ante  1880. 

Issue: 

97.  Laura    Margaret,    b.  2   Sep.,   1830,  m.    W.    Beaumont 

Whitney,  of  German  town,  Pa. 

•i 

56.  Horace  Dibble  Varian,  farmer,   res.   sometime   at  Princeton, 

N.  J.,  b.  near  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  11  Mar.,  1810,  m.  1  Nov., 
1832,  Sarah  Lanning,  b.  30  Sep.,  1806,  at  Lawrenceville  or 
Lambertville,  N.  J.,  and  had  issue: 


86  DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VABIAN. 

98.  William  Hunt,  b.  Kingston,  N.  J.,  13  Nov.,  1834.  + 

99.  Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  Hopewell,  N,  J.,  20  April,  1838,  d.  17 

Dec,  1840. 

100.  Mama  Clewell,  b.  Hopewell,  N.  J.,  9  June,  1840.  + 

101.  Nancy  Lanning,  b.  Clarksville,  N.  J.,  11  May,  1844,  d.  13 

May,  1844. 

102.  Price  Lanning,       b.  Clarksville  N.  J.,  21  June,  1845.  + 

103.  Miles  Alexander,  "  "      27  Aug.,  1847.  + 

104.  Margaret  Ann,  b.  Clarksville,  N.  J.,  25  Feb.,  1849,  d. 

1  April,  1849. 

57.  Laura  Yarian,  b.  28  June,  1812,  m.  20  Aug.,  1835,  James  Sykes,  of 

Springfield,  O.,  son  of  John  and  Fannie  (Pepperell)  Sykes, 
of  Trowbridge,  Wilts,  England. 

Their  issue : 

105.  Frances  Ann,  b.  Springfield,  O.,  19  June,  1836,  d.   13 

Dec,  1872. 

106.  John  Yarian,  b.  Springfield,   O.,  16  Aug.,  1838,  m.  31 

Oct.,  1865,  Mary  A.  Morenus. 

107.  William,   b.  Springfield,  O.,  24  Jan.,  1841,  m.  15  Oct., 

1874,  Martha  E.  Connell. 

108.  Alexander  Yarian,  b.  Springfield,  O.,  19  Sep.,  1843,  m. 

15  July,  1869,  Nancy  J.  Marshall. 

109.  James,  b.  Springfield,  O.,  20  Mar.,  1846,  d.  25  April,  1846. 

110.  Charles  McMurphy,  b.  Springfield,  O.,    9  May,  1847. 

111.  Laura  Maria,  "  "  "    10  Mar.,  1850. 

112.  Henry  Miles,  "  "  "      6  Sep.,  1854. 

58.  Miles  Beach  Yarian,  merchant,  b.  Easton,  Pa.,  25  Feb.,  1818,  d. 

Dayton,  O.,  of  cholera,  28  July,  1849,  m.  Cincinnati,  O.,  15 
Dec,  1845,  Charlotte  Bartlett,  b.  Eastport,  Me.,  4  Nov., 
1825.     He  left  an  only  son : 

113.  Charles  Stetson,  b.  Dayton,  O.,  10  Sep.,  1846.  + 

After  the  decease  of  Miles  Beach  Yarian,  his  widow,  nee 
Charlotte  Bartlett,  went  to  Italy  to  cultivate  her  voice,  and  while 
there  m.  a  Mr.  James,  by  whom  she  had  a  daughter  Nina,  who  was 
b.  in  Italy.  Mrs.  James  left  her  husband  and  returned  to  New 
York  in  company  with  her  daughter,  and  came  out  as  a  Madame 
Yarian,"  the  singer,  shortly  after  marrying  a  Mr.  Hoffman,  after 
which  she  was  known  as  "  Madame  Yarian -Hoffman,"  a  name 
familiar  to  concert-goers  of  twenty  years  ago.     Her  daughter  Nina 


DESCENDANTS     OF    JAMES     VARIAN.  37 

was  a  Charming,  graceful  little  Italian,  and  her  mother  brought  her 
out  as  an  actress  under  the  name  of  Nina  Varian.  Nina  married  a 
Mr.  Wolcott,  and  died  on  a  voyage  to  Europe.  Her  remains  were 
brought  back  to  New  York,  and  from  thence  conveyed  to  Mead- 
ville,  Pa.,  where  they  were  interred  about  1879. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

64.  John  Eichells  Vakian,  b.  31  Oct.,  1846,  m.  22  April,  1872,  Susan 
T.  Murray,  and  have  the  following  issue: 

114.  Harry  Vincent,    b.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  21  Jan.,  1873. 

115.  Corinne  Estelle,  "  "  "        16  Aug.,  1874. 

116.  Louis  Edward,      "  "  "       27  Mar.,  1876. 

117.  Mary  Emma,  "  "  "       23  Nov.,  1877. 

118.  Susie,  "  "  ««        21  Nov.,  1880. 

66.  Emma  Cornelia  Yarian,  b.  N.  Y.  30  May,  1852,  d.  26  May,  1875, 
m.  29  July,  1872,  John  A.  Munro,  of  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  and 
had: 

119.  Emma  Lillian,  b.  14  May,  1873. 

82.  William  Varian,  a  physician  and  surgeon,  V.  P.  Medical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  now  (1881)  resident  at  Titusville, 
Pa.,  b.  Sidney,  0.,  11  Oct.,  1832,  was  during  the  Rebellion 
brigade  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  General  Prentice,  and  was 
afterward  ranked  as  major  on  General  Gordon  Granger's 
staff,  and  at  the  close  of  the  "  unpleasantness  "  had  a  com- 
mission sent  to  him  as  colonel  in  the  Volunteer  Service. 
He  was  detailed  from  Island  No.  10  to  establish  a  hospital 
at  Hamburg,  Tenn.,  after  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing, 
and  later  was  detailed  to  the  charge  of  Camp  Denison,  near 
Cincinnati.  He  participated  in  many  engagements  during 
the  campaign  about  Chattanooga  and  Atlanta.  He  m.  at 
Chicago,  2  Sep.,  1859,  Ann  Eliza  Litchfield,  b.  at  Wood- 
stock, Conn.,  8  Aug.,  1832. 

Their  children  were : 

120.  Eliza  Atlee,  b.  Evanston,  111.,  28  June,  1860. 

121.  Helen  Louise,  b.  Palmyra,  Mo.,  5  Feb.,  1862,  d.  Hamp- 

ton, Ct.,  2  July,  1863. 


38  ^  DESCENDANTS    OF    JAMES     VABIAN. 

122.  William  Litchfield,  b.   Camp  Denison,   O.,  6  Nov., 

1864,  d.  Evansville,  Ind.,  8  Jan.,  1865. 

123.  Mary  Litchfield,  b.  Titusville,  Pa.,  5  Jan.,  1866. 

124.  Cleveland,  b.  Titusville,  Pa.,  14  Dec,  1867,  d.  12  July, 

1871. 
125  Helen  Cleveland,  b.  Titusville,  Pa.,  22  Aug.,  1874. 

98.  William  Hunt  Varian,  2d  Lt,  Co.  A,  3d  Kegt.  N.  J.  State 
Guards,  4  Dec,  1861,  a  farmer  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  b.  13 
Nov.  1834,  m.  4  Dec,  1862,  Mary  Amanda  Stults,  b.  7  Nov., 
1838,  at  Cranberry,  N.  J. 

Their  issue: 

126.  Henry  Irwin,  b.  27  Dec,  1868. 

100.  Maria  Clewell  Varian,  b.  9  June,  1840,  m.  7  Dec,  1864, 
Liscomb  Blackwell  Peed,  b.  9  Mar.,  1842,  Hopewell,  N.  J., 
and  has  issue: 

127.  Mercer  Beasely,  b.  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  17  May,  1866. 

128.  Miles  Varian, '     "      "  "  "      24  Apr.,  1869. 

129.  Lemuel  Allen,      "      "  "  "      22  Oct.,  1871. 

130.  Laura  Hattie  Maria,  b.  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  9  Aug., 

1874. 

131.  Liscomb   Beaumont,  b.  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  19  May, 

1877. 

132.  Elmer  Ellsworth,  b.  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  21  Jan.,  1880. 

102.  Price  Lanning  Varian,  a  farmer  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  b.  21 

June,  1845,  m.  27  Jan.,  1869,  Jane  C.  Flock,  at  Hamilton 
Square,  N.  J.,  she  b.  1  Mar.,  1843. 

Their  children : 

133.  Susan  Elvira,  b.  Clarksville,  N.  J.,  6  Aug.,  1871. 

134.  Mary  Yard,  b.  Allentown,  N.  J.,  17  Feb.,  1875. 

135.  Beaumont  Whitney,  b.  Princeton,  N.  J.,  17  Oct.,  1878, 

d.  29  Oct.,  1878. 

103.  Miles  Alexander  Varian,  manager  of  Carson's  Book  Agency 

at  Baltimore,  b.  27  Aug.,  1847,  m.  18  Nov.,  1874,  Bessie 
Leech  Baker,  b.  at  Franklin  Park,  N.  J.,  12  Mar.,  1855,  and 
has  issue: 

136.  Dora  May,  b.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  9  July,  1876. 


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39 


1.13.  Charles  Stetson  Varian,  lawyer,  U.  S.  District  Attorney  at 
Reno,  Nevada,  b.  Dayton,  ().,  10  Sep.,  1846;  emigrated  to 
Nevada  1858,  took  the  census  of  Humboldt  Co.,  and  resided 
at  Union ville,  Nev. ,  1869;  was  Assessor  of  the  county,  and 
afterward  (1870)  County  Clerk;  State  Senator  1872,  He 
m.  29  July,  1871,  at  Unionville,  Nevada,  Florence  Guthrie, 
and  has  issue: 

137.  Bertram  Stetson,  b.  Unionville,  Nev.,  12  May,  1872. 

138.  Miles  Guthrie  b.  (indistinct)  22  Nov.,  1874. 

139.  Charles  Ernest,  b.  Reno,  Nev.,  29  May,  1877. 

140.  Philip,  "       "  "      31  Dec.,  1879. 


For  the  information  concerning  the  descendants  of  James 
Varian,  I  am  mainly  indebted  to  the  efforts  of  Miss  Elizabeth  A. 
Varian,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  who  has  directed  the  correspondence 
necessary  to  secure  what  has  been  gathered  in  the  foregoing 
pages. 


Descendants  of  Richard  Varian. 


THIRD    GENERATION. 

4.  RICHARD  VARIAN,  b.  at  N.  Y.  City,  25  Dec,  1736,  was  a 
butcher  by  trade,  and  carried  on  the  business  for  many 
years  in  the  City  of  New  York  in  the  following  localities: 
19  Bowery  Lane,  1791-7;  12  Bowery  Lane,  1801-2;  12 
Division,  1803-5;  12  Fisher  (now  ),  1806-9;  12 

Bayard,  1810;  grocer,  cor.  Chapel  and  Thomas,  1811;  88 
First,  1811-12;  10  Catherine  Market,  1812-14  (res.  Third, 
near  Rivington,  1813;  88  Chrystie,  1817;  117  Forsyth,  1818); 
10  Catherine  Market,  h.  147  Ludlow,  1819-22,  where  he 
died.  He  also  was  proprietor  of  the  old  "Bull's  Head 
Tavern,"  from  1776  (on  the  16th  June,  in  which  year  he 
was  listed  as  a  "retailer  of  liquor"  on  Bowery  Lane)  until 
about  1802  or  later.  In  1803  he  also  had  a  stand  at  53  Fly 
Market,  where  he  is  said  to  have  been  a  butcher  as  early  as 
1770. 

He,  with  his  younger  brothers  Michael  and  Isaac,  were 
active  patriots  in  the  Revolution  (Bolton's  Westchester, 
II.  127).  Richard  was  commissary  to  the  army  encamped  at 
Danbury,  Conn.,  1776,  and  was  Superintendent  of  the 
Public  Slaughter  House  under  Nicholas  Bayard,  both  before 
and  after  the  war,  but  not  during  the  struggle,  as  in  his 
petition,  dated  April,  1784,  for  reinstatement  to  the  latter 
position,  he  represents  that  "  he  was  an  exile  at  that  time," 
and  at  the  date  of  his  petition  "  he  has  a  family  of  sixteen." 
His  exile,  or  a  portion  of  it,  was  being  engaged  in  the 
privateer  service,  but  near  the  close  of  the  war  the  vessel 
in  which  he  was  serving  was,  with  a  prize  that  they  had 
captured,  taken  by  a  superior  force,  and  the  vessels  and 
crew  carried  to  Halifax,  N.  S.,  as  prisoners,  where  he 
remained  until  the  close  of  the  war.  When  peace  was  pro- 
claimed he  returned  to  New  York,  and  found  the  "Bull's 


DESCENDANTS     OF    B1CHABD     VABIAN.  U 

Head  Tavern"  running  in  prosperous  condition,  under  the 
management  of  his  wife.  In  answer  to  his  petition  he  was 
re-appointed  as  Superintendent  of  the  Slaughter  House. 

"The  Bull's  Head  Tavern  "  was  situated  on  the  Bowery, 
where  the  present  Bowery  Theatre  now  stands.  The 
property  then  belonged  to  a  wealthy  gentleman,  Henry 
Astor,  residing  in  the  vicinity.  In  1826  a  theatre  was 
erected  on  the  tavern  site,  and  which  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  but  the  present  appearance  of  the  "  Old  Bowery"  does 
not  differ  much  from  the  original.  The  bond  of  marriage 
(X.  Y.  Marriage  Licenses)  between  Richard  Varian  and 
Susannah  Gardinear,  of  N.  Y.,  his  wife,  bears  date  27  June, 
1761,  and  they  were  m.  in  the  Old  Dutch  Church  in  N.  Y. 
the  day  following.  He  died  20  Dec,  1822,  of  old  age,  aged 
86,  and  his  estate  was  administered  by  his  friend  John 
Bremner  (clerk  of  Catherine  Market  1816),  letters  being 
granted  2  April,  1823  (N.  Y.  Co.  Records,  Lib.  19,  p.  142). 
His  remains  were  interred  in  the  cemetery  of  the  Brick 
Presbyterian  Church  in  N.  Y. 

His  children  were: 

141.  Isaac  (?R.),  b.  14  Feb.,  1763,  bap.  13  Mar.,  1763  (JST.  Y. 

Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,  V.  183).+ 

142.  Cornelia,  b.  21  July,  1764,  bap.  5  Aug.,  1764,   (JST.    Y. 

Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,  V.  185).+ 

143.  Elizabeth,  b.  20  Dec,   1765,  bap.  12  Jan.,  1766   (JST.  Y. 

Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,   VI.  50). 

144.  Sarah,  b.  21  May,  1768,  bap.  12  June,  1768  {X.  Y.  Gen. 

and  Biog.  Record,  VII.  186). 

145.  Jacob,  b.  29  April,  1770,  bap.  20  May,  1770  {X.  Y.  Gen. 

and  Biog.  Record,   VIII.  24).+ 

146.  Abraham  Odell,   b.   29  Jan.,  1772,   bap.  1    Mar.,  1772 

(JN.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,  IX.  82). 

147.  Dorothea  Elsworth,  b.  1  July,  1774,  bap.  31  July,  1774 

(Ar.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,  X.  ISO). 

148.  Verdine  Elsworth,*  b.  9  Jan.,  1776,  bap.  29  Jan.,  1776 

(X.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Record,  XI.  31). 

149.  George  Washington,  b.  + 


*  The  "  Els  worths  "  were  a  wealthy  family,  resident  in  New  York  about  that 
period. 

6 


42  DESCENDANTS     OF    BIOHABD     VABIAN. 

150.  Richard,  b.  1783,  d.  18  Aug.,  1817,  unmarried. 

He  was  a  butcher,  and  served  in  war  of  1812.  He 
deceased  of  consumption,  and  was  bur.  in  cemetery 
of  the  Presbyterian  Brick  Church  in  New  York. 


FOURTH  GENERATION. 

141.  Isaac  (R.  ?)  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,   14    Feb.,  1763,   eldest  son  of 

Richard  4;  was  a  butcher  at  180  Bowery,  N.  Y.,  1807-19, 
and  his  estate  was  administered  by  Gilbert  Coutant  in  1819, 
letters  issuing  20  Feb.  of  that  year. — N.  Y.  Co.  Records, 
Liberia,  p.  231. 

He  d.  9  Aug.,  1818,  aged  56,  at  180  Bowery  of  inflamma^ 
tion  of  liver,  and  was  bur.  in  graveyard  of  Brick  Presby- 
terian Church,  N.  Y. 

His  wife  probably  was  Elizabeth ,  of  Mass., 

who  d.  3  Jan.,  1819,  of  inflammation  of  bowels,  at  same  res., 
and  was  bur.  near  her  husband. 

Of  his  issue  we  have  no  account,  and  possibly  some  of 
his  posterity  may  be  found  among  the  names  recorded  in 
the  "Appendix" 

142.  Cornelia  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  21  July,  1764,  eldest  dau.  Richard  4, 

m.  10  July,  1784,  John  Berrian,  of  N.  Y.  (N.  Y.  Gen.   and 
Biog.  Rec,  XII.  36). 
No  record  of  issue. 

145.  Jacob  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  29  April,  1770,  was  a  butcher  on  Bowery 
Lane  and  at  45  Division  St.,  1794-6;  16  Second  St.,  1800- 
1811;  inspector  of  slaughter  houses,  1806;  23  Catherine 
Market.  1812-1815;  25  Catherine  Market,  h,  146  Ludlow, 
1819-1835,  335  Bowery,  cor.  Great  Jones  St.,  1835,  at  which 
period  he  disappeared,  and  no  tidings  were  ever  heard  of 
him.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  murdered  for  a  sum  of 
money  which  he  was  known  to  have  had  with  him  when 
*  last  seen. 

The  following  were  probably  his  children: 

151.  William  P.+ 

152.  Thomas.  + 


DESCENDANTS     OF    BICHABD     VABIAN.  43 

153.  Richard,  d.  146  Ludlow  St.,  N.  Y.  of 

apoplexy,  10   Nov.,  1820,  aged  22,  and  was    bur.  in 
cemetery  of  Allen  St.  M.  E.  Church,  N.  Y. 

154.  George  W.  d.  146  Ludlow  St.,  N.  Y.,  of 

consumption,  22  Sep.,  1837,  aged  30  years,  and  was 
bur.  in  cemetery  of  Allen  St.  M.  E.  Church,  N.  Y. 

149.  George  Washington  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  was  a 

butcher  there,  located  Elizabeth  St.,  1798-1801;  Bowery, 
1802-5;  Third,  near  Rivington,  1806-1811;  lived  at  Green- 
wich village,  and  had  stall  16  Bear  Market,  1812-13;  Third, 
near  Stanton,  1815;  Rivington,  cor.  Forsyth,  1817;  122 
Delancey,  1818;  18  Catherine  Market,  h.  Eldridge,  near 
Delancey,  1820-1;  13  Catherine  Market,  h.  Delancey,  near 
Allen,  1821-1830;  12  Catherine  Market,  h.  72  Delancey, 
1832-1844.  During  the  "  war  of  1812"  he  was  lieutenant  of 
the  Columbia  Volunteers,  a  company  of  militia  composed 
entirely  of  butchers.  In  this  war  they  performed  three 
months'  duty  on  Staten  Island,  and  then  again  three 
months'  more  service  in  guarding  the  steam  frigate  "  Fulton 
the  First"  while  building.  He  m.  27  April,  1797,  Susan 
Tier,  and  d.  1853,  and  had  children : 

155.  Susan,  b.  27  Oct,  1798,  d.  27  Aug.,  1799. 

156.  Margaret,    b.   24   April,   1800,   living  April,   1881,   m. 

Daniel  Harmony. 

157.  Sarah,  b.        July,  1801,  m.  25  Jan.,  1819,  Richard  M. 

Ellison. 

158.  Eliza,  b.  15  Jan.,  1803,   living   April,   1881,    m.   John 

Snyder. 

159.  Richard,  b.  4  Jan,  1804,  d.  7  Aug,  1805. 

160.  Maria,  b,  4  Jan.,  1806,  living  April,  1881,  m.  Stephen 

Ward. 

161.  George  W,  b.  8  Oct.,  1807,  d.  10  Aug.,  1808. 

162.  Delia,  b.  17  Mar,  1809,  d.  m.  David  King. 

163.  Susan,  b.  31  Jan,  1811,  cl.  m.  James  McKinley. 

164.  George  W,  b.  29  Nov,  1812,  m.  Rosina  Forshay,  d.  7 

Feb.,  1833,  of  inflammation  of  the  brain,  and  was  bur. 
in  cemetery  of  Allen  St.  M.  E.  Church,  N.  Y. 

165.  Joshua  M,  b.  24  Jan.,  1815.  + 

166.  Samuel  M,  b.  29  Mar,  1817,  d.  9  Aug,  1818,  bur.  ceme- 

tery Allen  St.  M.  E.  Church. 


U  DESCENDANTS     OF    RICHARD     VARIAN. 

167.  Mary  Tier,  b.  29  July,  1819,  d.  m.  Julius 

Johnson. 

168.  Jacob,  b.  26  Aug.,  1821.  + 

169.  Cornelia  Ann,  b.  23  Feb.,  1825,  d.  26  Nov.,  1825. 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 

151.  William  P.  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  was  a  butcher  at 

that  place,  and  was  in  business  and  resided  at  the  follow- 
ing localities:  Rivington,  cor.  Pitt,  1820;  Ludlow,  near 
Rivington,  1821-2;  64  Spring,  1823;  146  Ludlow,  1829;  20 
Center  Market,  h.  146  Ludlow,  1830;  h.  Ill  Allen,  1831;  h. 
68  Delancey,  1832;  24  Center  Market,*  h.  146  Ludlow,  1833, 
till  his  decease  1840.  In  1827  he  sold  stand  2,  Gouverneur 
Market,  to  George  W.  Varian,  Jr.  His  will  is  dated  1840, 
in  which  he  leaves  his  property  to  his  wife  (N.  Y.  Co. 
Records,  Liber  81,  p.  438).  He  m.  Mary  Ann  Garret. 
She  resided  at  146  Ludlow  St.  until  her  death,  1854.  Her 
estate  was  administered  by  her  brother-in-law,  William 
Dunham,  letters  being  issued  8  Oct.,  1855  (N.  Y.  Co. 
Records,  Liber  62,  p.  53),  the  property  passing  to  her 
brother,  Stephen  Garrett;  sister  Harriet,  widow  of  John 
Tier;  and  sister  Ann,  wife  of  William  Dunham. 
William  P.  Varian,  d.  24  Aug.,  1840,  at  146  Ludlow,  of  con- 
sumption, and  was  bur.  at  Allen  St.  M.  E.  Church 
cemetery. 

152.  Thomas  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  was  a  butcher  at  10 

Catherine  Market,  1823-1828  (which  stand  he  obtained  of 
his  brother  Richard,  deceased),  and  resided  146  Ludlow, 
1823-1826;  143  Orchard,  1827;  143  Essex,  1828-1835.  While 
at  latter  residence  he  had  stands  at  28  Clinton  Market, 
1829-1831;  IT  Center  Market,  1832-1835.     He  m.  Elizabeth 

,  who   survived   him,  and  lived  at  143  Essex  after 

his  decease  (about  1835)  until  1854. 

165.  Joshua  M.  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  24  Jan.,  1815,  was  a  butcher  there 
for  many  years,  and   afterward  in   the  clothing  business. 


*  When  located  in  Center  Market  he  purchased  the  ox  "President'1  (live 
weight  4,000,  dressed  weight  1,900)),  a  portion  of  which  was  sent  to  President 
Jackson. 


DEtiC  t&NDANTb     OF    RICHARD     VARIAN.  tf 

Was  a  butcher,  h.  137  Forsyth,  1839;  134  Forsyth,  1840;  13 
Ave.  A,  1841;  15  Catherine  Market,  h.  13  Ave.  A,  1842- 
1849;  h.  293  10th,  1850-1859.  In  connection  with  Roll- 
wagen,  15  and  17  Catherine  Market,  1842-1860.  In  part- 
nership with  brother  Jacob,  15  Catherine  Market,  1856. 
Had  stand  7,  Jefferson  Market,  1858.  Provision  establish- 
ment, 173  Ludlow,  h.  60  E.  8th  St.,  1859-1868.  In  clothing 
business  with  son  Joshua  M.,  Jr.,  70  Bowery,  h.  Madison 
Ave.  and  132d  St.,  1869-1876.  Superintendent  of  Markets 
of  City  of  New  York,  1877-1880,  h.  151  W.  13th  St.,  where 
he  now  (1881)  resides.  He  has  been  for  many  years  identi- 
fied with  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
having  been  Captain  of  the  "  Washington  Greys,"  8th 
Regiment  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.,  afterward  Colonel  of  the  corps, 
and  now  holding  the  commission  of  Brigadier  General, 
commanding  3d  Brigade  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Manhattan  and  Harlem  Yacht  Clubs.  He 
m.  18  July,  1836,  Sophia  Fish,  who  was  b.  1  Feb.,  1819,  d.  8 
Dec,  1880,  aged  61  years,  10  months  and  8  days,  and  was 
bur.  at  Hackensack,  N.  J. 

He  had  children : 

170.  Sophia  M.,   b.  21  May,  1837.  + 

171.  Joshua  M.,  b.  24  Feb,  1844.  + 

172.  Charles  J,  b.  13  Mar,  1851. 

168.  Jacob  Varian,  b.  cor.  Allen  and  Delancey  Sts,  N.  Y, 

butcher,  31  Catherine  Market,  1842-1850;  res.  72  Delancey, 
1842-3;  7  Ave.  A,  1844;  9  Ave.  A,  1850;  19  Catherine 
Market,  h.  367  Houston,  1853-4;  17  Catherine  Market,  h. 
293  10th  St.,  1856-8;  8  Jefferson  Market,  h.  574  3d  Ave., 
1859;  15  Catherine  Market,  h.  122  Second  St,  1861-2;  2 
Catherine  Market,  h.  18  Third  St,  1863-4;  173  Ludlow  St, 
1863-4;  h.  137  Allen,  1867-8;  h.  858  Second  Ave,  1869.  He 
was  in  the  pickle  business,  175  Ludlow  and  15  Catherine 
Market,  h.  1038  Second  Ave,  1870;  15  Catherine  Market,  h. 
302  E.  58th  St,  1872-9.  In  the  liquor  business,  34  Park 
Row,  h.  Plainfield,  N.  J,  1880-1.  Was  Commodore  of  the 
Manhattan  Yacht  Club  in  1870,  the  year  the  club  organ- 
ized. He  m.  1862,  Sarah  E.  dau.  of  David  P. 
Arnold,  who  formerly  kept  a  coffee-house  opposite 
Catherine  Market,  next  to  Vandyke's  hotel. 
They  had  children: 


46  DESCENDANTS    OF    BIG  HARD      VARIAN. 

173.  Carrie  A.,  b.  N.  Y.,  6  Dec.  1863,  d.  12  Nov.,  1864. 

174.  George  W.,  b.  N.  Y.,  23  Aug.,  1865. 

175.  Clarence  E.,  b.  N.  Y.,  7  Nov.,  1873. 


SIXTH   GENERATION. 

170.  Sophia  M.  Varian,  b.  21  May,  1837,  m.  25  Dec,  1856,  Benjamin 

F.  Ingraham,  and  had  issue: 

176.  Emma  Louise,  b.  22  Sep.,   1857,  d.  3  April,  1859. 

177.  Frank  V.,  b.  16  May,   1860. 

178.  William  V.,       b.  11  June,  1866. 

171.  Joshua  M.  Varian,  b,  24  Feb.,  1844,  m.  16  Dec,  1848,  M.  E. 

Tyrrel,  and  has: 

179.  Marian  Estelle,  b.  30  Jan.,  1876. 


Note. — As  intimated  in  reference  to  the  descendants  of  Joseph 
2,  many  also  of  the  posterity  of  Richard  4  may  perhaps  be  found  in 
the  "Appendix*" 


Descendants  of  Michael  Varian. 


THIRD   GENERATION. 

5.  MICHAEL  VARIAN,  butcher,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  9  Dec,  1738,  and 
was  in  that  vocation  for  many  years  at  that  place. 

At  the  time  of  the  Revolution  (1775)  he  moved  to 
Scarsdale,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  but  returned  at  the 
close  of  the  struggle,  in  which  he  took  an  active  part  on 
the  patriot  side. 

In  old  directories  of  the  City  of  New  York  he  is  found 
located  at  No.  6  Second  St.  (probably  his  residence),  1789- 
1816,  and  is  also  mentioned  as  a  butcher,  at  27  Division  St., 
1798,  and  as  a  grocer,  at  25  Peck  Slip,  1800. 

The  "Market  Book11  notes  that  he  began  business  at 
the  "  Fly  Market,11  *  and  was  the  first  butcher  in  "  Catherine 
Market." 

He  resided  at  74  Forsyth  St.,  New  York,  from  1817 
until  his  decease  in  1825.  He  is  said  to  have  been  familiar 
with  the  "  Low  Dutch"  tongue,  and  to  have  been  a  large 
land-holder,  owning  property  south  of  Canal  St.,  and  east 
of  the  Bowery,  besides  other  realty  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
city.  He  married  at  the  Old  Dutch  Church  in  N.  Y.,  27 
Fek,  1772  (N.  Y.  Marriages,  bond  dated  25  Feb.,  1772) 
Cornelia  Horser,  of  N.  Y.  His  will  was  proved  (N.  Y.  Co. 
Records)  1826,  and  in  it  are  mentioned  issue  that  survived 
him  as  below : 

180.  Jacob  Harsen,!  b.  Jan.,  1773,  d.  16  April,  1849.  + 

181.  James,  b. ,  1779,  d.  21  July,   1826.  + 

*  Located  there  19  Aug.,  1795,  and  occupied  stand  No.  53  in  1803. 
t  Probably  named  for  Jacob  Harsen,  Esq.,  >vho  was  the  Federalist  Alderman 
for  the  Ninth  Ward  in  N.  Y.,  1803-4. 


48  DESCENDANTS    OF    MICHAEL     VARIAN. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

180.  Jacob  Harsen  Varian,  b.   N.  Y.,  Jan.,  1773,  may  be  identical 

with  the  person  of  same  name  who  is  mentioned  in  old 
directories  of  N.  Y.  as  residing  or  doing  business  as  butcher 
at  74  Bowery,  1796-7;  113  Bowery,  1798-1805;  24  Catherine 
Market  and  95  First  St.,  1809-1815;  Rivington  St.,  1817; 
Forsyth,  near  Rivington,  1817;  26  Catherine  Market,  h.  233 
Forsyth,  1819-1821;  h.  21  Eldridge  St.,  1823-1827  and 
1836-46.  He  resided  at  74  Forsyth  St.,  1848-9,  and  deceased 
of  paralysis  there,  16  April,  1849,  aged  76  years  and  3 
months,  and  was  bur.  at  St.  Mark's  Cemetery. 

He  m.  Hester  Murphy,  and  at  the  decease  of  his 
father  received  but  a  life  interest  in  his  estate,  which  was 
entailed  to  his  (Jacob's)  children  and  their  heirs. 

Such  children  would  appear  by  said  will  to  have  been: 

182.  Elizabeth,  m.  and  had  issue  at  date  of  will. 

183.  Charlotte,  m. Webster  and  had  dau.  Mary. 

184.  Cornelia. 

185.  Alletta,      m.  and  had  issue  at  date  of  will. 

186.  Hester. 

187.  Margaret. 

188.  Ann. 

189.  Michael. 

190.  James. 

191.  Jacob  Harsen,  b.  N.  Y.,  15  Sep.,  1811,  d.  4  Feb.,  1855,  at 

19  Eldridge,  N.  Y.,  of  nephritis,  aged  43  years  5 
months,  bur.  St.  Mark's  Cemetery. + 

192.  Deborah . 

193.  Mary,  d.  74  Forsyth  St.,  N.  Y.,  19  Dec,  1848,  of  phthisis, 

aged  32  years,  7  months,  6  days,  and  was  bur.  at  St. 
Mark's  Cemetery.  Her  will  was  proved  1849  (N.  Y. 
Co.  Records,  Lib.  97,  p.  100),  and  mentions  "  mother 
Hester,"  Mary  Webster,  dau.  of  Charlotte  183,  and 
late  sister — 

194.  Lucretia,  and  her  sons  Joseph,  Samuel  H.  and  Jacob 

H.  Graham. 

181.  James  Varian,  b.  1779,  d.  of  liver  complaint,  at  19  Eldridge  St., 

N.  Y.,  21  July,  1826,  and  was  bur.  in  cemetery  of  Rutgers 
St.  Presbyterian  Church.  He  probably  had  no  issue,  or 
was  not  married,  at  the  decease  of  his  father,  who,  in  his 


DE8VEJV  DANTS    OB"    MICHAEL     VARIAN.  49 

will,  gives  him  but  a  life  interest  in  his  estate,  which  interest 
is  entailed  to  his  (Michael  5)  great  grandson,  James  M. 
Oockroft,  who  is  now  (1881)  a  physician  in  New  York. 

The  estate  of  James  Varian  was  administered  by  his 
brother  Jacob  H.  Varian,  letters  being  issued  to  him  28 
Sep.,  1826  (N.  Y.  Co.  Records,  Liber  22,  p.  145). 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 

191.  Jacob  Harsen  Varian,*  b.  N.  Y.,  15  Sept,  1811,  d.  at  19 
Eldridge  St.,  N.  Y.,  4  Feb,  1855,  m.  22  Nov,  1841,  Susan 
Angevine,  dau.  of  Jonathan  16  and  Phoebe  (Angevine) 
Varian.  She  b.  23  Sep,  1819,  d.  N.  Y.  City,  29  May,  1870. 
His  (Jacob  191)  will  was  proved  1855  (N.  Y.  Co.  Records, 
Liber  112,  p.  305). 

Their  issue  was: 

195.  Laura. 

196.  Henrietta. 

197.  Mary. 

198.  William  Henry. 

For  details  concerning  this    family  see  "Susan  A.  Varian," 
24,  page  26. 


Note. — The  information  concerning  the  posterity  of  Michael 
Varian  5  has  been  almost  wholly  obtained  from  "Public  Records," 
hence  the  brevity  of  this  chapter. 

*  Was  a  butcher  at  2  Catherine  Market,  N.  Y.,  1847. 


Descendants  of  Isaac  Varian,  Jr. 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

6.  ISAAC  VARIAN,  was  the  youngest  son  of  Isaac  1,  and  was  b. 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  8  Sep.,  1740.  He  followed  the 
profession  of  his  father,  and  was  a  butcher  in  New  York 
for  a  long  period,  residing  and  doing  business  at  176-180 
Bowery,  1806-1818.  His  name  frequently  occurs  in  the  old 
city  records.  In  1784  he,  with  his  father,  was  a  petitioner 
in  favor  of  the  establishment  by  Richard  Deane  of  a  public 
slaughter  house  on  the  North  River.  He  was  also  one  of 
the  first  butchers  located  in  Catherine  Market,  being  in 
business  there  in  1805.  In  connection  with  Gilbert 
Coutant  he  petitions,  20  July,  1790,  for  a  proper  place  in 
the  "  Fly  Market"  for  himself  and  u  other  farmers  and 
gardeners  "  to  transact  their  business.  He  was  located  as 
a  butcher  in  aFly  Market"  in  1803,  occupying  stand  No. 
29,  and  in  1795,  in  company  with  other  butchers  of  said 
market,  signed  a  certificate  of  the  apprenticeship  of  Caleb 
Vandenburg. 

He  was  quite  prosperous  in  his  calling  and  accumulated 
a  handsome  competence  consisting  of  landed  estate  in  both 
New  York  and  Westchester  Counties.  The  old  "  Varian 
House "  and  the  farm  on  which  it  was  situated  was 
originally  purchased  by  him,  and  for  a  long  period  existed 
as  a  prominent  land-mark  on  Manhattan  Island. 

Isaac  Varian  deceased  of  dropsy  in  the  chest,  29  May, 
1820,  aged  79  years,  9  months  and  21  days,  on  one  of  his 
estates  in  the  County  of  Westchester,  N".  Y.,  and  was 
interred  in  graveyard  of  Forsyth  St.  Methodist  Church, 
N.  Y.  His  estate  was  administered  through  the  Surro- 
gate's office  at  White  Plains,  letters  issuing  to  his  sons 
Isaac  and  Jacob,  and  his  son-in-law  Gilbert  Coutant,  8 
June,  1820. 
He  was  thrice  married: 


DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VABIAN,     J II .  51 

1.  3  Oct.,  1765,  Hannah  (possibly  dau.  of  Cornelius  or 
Adam,  the  inn-keeper)  Van  Den  Berg  (N.  Y.  Marriages,  p. 
410;  bond  dated  2  Oct.,  1765).     She  died  17  Dec,  1775. 

2.  26  Feb.,  1777,  Alletta  Harsen,  who  d.  30  July,  1801. 
3. 1803,  Jane  Betts. 

The  issue  of  these  marriages  was: 

By  Hannah  Van  Den  Berg: 

199.  Isaac,  \  b.  N.  Y.  City,  j  bap.  15  November,  1767  +| 

200.  Mary,  j    13  Oct.,   1767,    (  d.  23  December,  1767         $ 

(N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Kec.  VII.  67). 

201.  Mary,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  10  Sep.,  1769,  bap.  15  Oct.,  1769 

(N.  Y.  Gen.  and  Biog.  Bee.  VII.  172).+ 

202.  Michael,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  24  Jan.,  1771,  bap.  7.  April, 

1771,  d.  young  (N.  Y.'Gen.  and  Biog.  Kec.  VIII.  79). 

203.  Elizabeth,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  1    July,  1772,  bap.  15  Aug., 

1773,  d.   30  Jan.,  1809  (N.'Y.  Gen.    and   Biog.  Rec. 
X.  46).+ 

204.  Hannah,  b.  ?   Westchester,  N.  Y.,  17  Dec,  1775,  d.  10 

Sep.,  1777. 

By  Alletta  Harsen : 

205.  Catherine  Washington,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  4  April, 

1778,  d.  young. 

206.  George  Washington,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  21  Mar., 

1779,  d.  young. 

207.  Jacob  Harsen,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  8  Sep.,  1781,  d. 

24  Oct.,  1846.  + 

208.  Richard,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  2  Sep.,  1783.  + 

By  Jane  Betts: 

209.  Dorcas,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  20  May,  1804.  + 

210.  Jane,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  15  June'  1805,  d.  1  Sep., 

1880,  unmarried. 

211.  Gilbert  Coutant,  b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  9  Feb.,  1807, 

d.  29  Jan.,  1830,  of  bronchitis  (unmarried),  and  was 
bur.  in  cemetery  of  Allen  St,  M.  E.  Church,  N.  Y. 

212.  Michael,      b.  ?  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  26  Nov.,  1808.  + 

213.  James,     }     ,  u  u        ^  N        1809  + 

214.  Hannah,      d'  ^>inov,  i»uy.  + 


52  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VABIAN,     JR. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

199.  Isaac  Varian,  eldest  son  of  Isaac  6,  was  born  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  13  Oct.,  1767,  and  was  bap.  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  that  city,  15  Nov.,  1767.  He  was  a  butcher,  and 
was  located  at  176-180  Bowery,  in  the  years  1806-1818;  in 
Catherine  Market,  1811-1813,  residing  at  125  Mott,  near 
Grand  St.,  and  possibly  is  identical  with  the  person  of  the 
same  name  residing  on  Spring  St.,  near  Mott,  1814;  83 
Elizabeth,  1815;  42  Elizabeth,  1817.  In  1793-6  he  was 
foreman  of  Engine  Co.  19,  which  "laid"  in  Hester  St.,  near 
Bowery  Lane.  In  1820  the  directory  mentions  him  as  a 
"  gardener,"  near  the  "Arsenal"  (?Varian  farm),  and  in 
1841  he  was  resident  cor.  Broadway  and  27th  St.,  in  the 
"  old  Varian  homestead,"  which  he  inherited  from  his 
father,  and  where  he  deceased  of  old  age  1  July,  1842,  and 
was  buried  in  Marble  Cemetery,  N.  Y.  His  will  was 
proved  1842,  and  is  of  record  in  N.  Y.  Co,  Records,  Liber  85, 

p.  445.    He  m.  20  June,  1791,  Tamar,  dau.  of  Leggett, 

b.  West  Farms,  N.  Y,  26  Mar.,  1771,  d.  26  Mar,  1840. 

Their  issue  was: 

215.  Isaac  Leggett  b.  N.  Y,  25  June,  1793,  d.  Feekskill, 

N.  Y,  4  Aug,  1864.  + 

216.  Jacob,     b.  N.  Y,  9  July,  1795,  d.       1810. 

217.  William,   b.  "    4  Sep,  1797,  d.  3  Dec,  1863.  + 

218.  Alletta,   b.   "   28  Sep,  1799.  + 

219.  John,     b.   "   27  Oct,  1801,  d.  31  Mar,  1836.  + 

220.  Richard,   b.   "   12  May,  1804,  d.  18  Dec,  1864.  + 

221.  Gilbert  Ooutant,  b.  N.  Y,  5  Feb.,  1807,  d.  6  Mar., 

1846.  + 

222.  George  Washington,  b.  N.  Y,  3  April,  1809,  d.  8  Feb, 

1879.  + 

223.  Emeline  C,  b.  N.  Y,  27  Feb.,  1813.  d.  18  Feb.,  1869.  + 

201.  Mary  Varian,  b.  N.  Y,  10  Sep,  1769  (second  dau.  Isaac  6),  d. 
29  Sep,  1853,  m.  26  April,  1789,  Gilbert  Coutant,  a  descend- 
ant of  the  Huguenot  of  that  name,  settled  at  New  Rochelle. 
He  was  a  drover  originally,  afterward  a  grocer,  located  at 
the  "  two-mile  stone,"  in  the  Bowery,  1818,  and  in  1838-40 
was  a  resident  on  Broadway,  near  21st  St.,  where  he 
deceased.     He  b.  7  June,  1766,  d.  9  July,  1845. 

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DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VABIAN,     JB.  53 

224.  Hannah,  b.  1  Aug.,  1790,  d.  13  April,  1815,  m.  Daniel 

Clark. 

225.  Eliza,  b.  18  Dec,  1791,  d.  m.  Nicholas 

Sch  u  rem  an. 

226.  Mary   Ann,  b.  22  April,  1794,  d.  15    April,  1814,   m. 

Nathaniel  Marline. 

227.  Alettha,  b.  11  Jan.,  1796,  d.  circa  1806. 

228.  Isaac,  b.  19  April,  1798,  d.  4  Aug.,  1833,  s.p. 

229.  Jane  Simmons,   b.  13  April,  1800,  living    Feb.,  1881, 

at'Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  m.  Wm.  H.  Peck. 

230.  Susanna  Nelson,  b.  22  Mar.,  1802,  cl.  14  Mar.,  1816. 

231.  Catharine  Varian,  b.  26  Feb.,  1804,  d.  20  Jan.,  1880,  m. 

Charles  Ketchum. 

232.  Emmerline,  b.  22  May,  1806,  d.  m.  Ely  Moore. 

233.  xllletha.  b.  7  June,  1808,  living  N.  Y.  City  Feb.,  1881, 

m.  Schureman  Halsted. 

234.  Henry  Gilbert,  b.  5  Aug.,  1810,  d.  circa  1812. 

235.  Daniel  Chadeayne,  b.  1812,  d.  aged  8  mos. 

203.  Elizabeth  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  1  July,  1772,  third  dau.  Isaac  6,  d. 
30  Jan.,  1809,  m.  1803,  Samuel  (a  farmer),  son  of 

Edward  and  Mary  (Lynch)  Briggs,  of  Westchester,  N.  Y., 
and  had  issue : 

236.  Mary  Ann,b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  25  Mar.,  1804,  cl.  N.  Y. 

10  Mar.,  1862,  m.  11  May,' 1829,  Robert  Stead,  of  N.  Y. 

237.  Isaac   Varian,*  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  12  Oct.,  1805,  d. 


*The  children  of  Isaac  Varian  Briggs  and  Elizabeth  Barker  were: 

1.  Samuel  (the  author  of  this  book),  b.  N.  Y.,  12  April,  1841,  living  (1881) 

Cleveland,  O. 

2.  Elizabeth  Evelyn,  b.  X.  Y.,  5  Jan.,  1843,  m.  Edward  P.  Robins,  of  New- 

York. 

3.  Genevieve  Augusta,  b.  N.  Y.,  6  Jan.,  1845,  d.  29  Dec,  1849. 

4.  Isaac  Varian,  b.  X.  Y.,  1  Dec,  1846,  d.  30  May,  1871,  unmarried. 

5.  Mary  Jane  Lockhart,  b.   X.  Y.  9  Dec,  1848,   m.  Albert  Riblet,  of  New 

York. 

6.  Robert  Stead,  b.  N.  Y.,  19  Oct.,  1850,  living  (1881)  New  York. 

7.  Frank  Pierce,  b.  N.  Y.,  31  Oct..  1852,  cl.  3  Feb.,  1864. 

8.  Genevieve  Augusta,  b.  N.  Y.,  26  Jan.,  1855,  m.  Lindsey  Watson,  of  New 

York. 

9.  Edward,  b.  N.  Y.,  11  Jan.,  1860,  d.  17  Mar.,  1861. 

10.  Edward,  b.  N.  Y.,  17  Aug.,  1862,  living  (1881)  Cleveland,  O. 


54  DESCMNDANTii     OF    ISAAC     VAHIAN,     JR. 

N.  Y.,  10  Dec,  1877,  m.  1  June,  1840,  Elizabeth,  dau. 

Richard  and  Clarisse  (White)  Barker,  of  N.  Y. 
Edward  S.,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  28  April,  1807,  d.  17  Aug., 

1815. 
Elizabeth,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  16  Jan.,  1809,  living  (1881) 

at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  m.  16  Dec,  1829,  Prince  William, 

son  of  Isaac  and  Temperance  Paddock,  of  Southeast 

N.  Y. 

207.  Jacob  Harsen  Varian,  farmer,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  8  Sep., 
1781,  fourth  son  of  Isaac  6,  d.  21  Oct.,  1845;  estate  admin- 
istered 6  Nov.,  1845;  m.  Jan.,  1806,  Hannah  Leggett,  of 
West  Farms,  N.  Y.,  b.  1780,  d.  18  April,  1854.  He  (Jacob) 
was  a  man  of  integrity,  content  with  his  farm  and  the 
welfare  of  his  family,  with  an  ever  ready  hand  for  the 
assistance  of  the  needy.  They  had  issue  b.  at  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  two  and  a  half  miles  from  King's  Bridge,  on  the 
road  to  William's  Bridge: 

240.  Alletta,  b.  11  Oct.,  1806,  d.  25  Feb.,  1875,  unmarried. 

241.  Mary  Ann,  b.  30  Mar.,  1808,  d.  15  Oct.,  1874.  + 

242.  Isaac,  b.  24  Dec,  1809,  d.  24  (?  12)  Oct.,  1827. 

243.  Cornelia,  b.  20    Oct.,  1811,   living,   unmarried,    1881, 

Elkton,  Md. 

244.  Jane  Coutant,  b.  30  Aug.,  1819.  + 

245.  Jacob  Harsen,  b.  3  Aug.,  1822,  m.  Sarah  S.  Lawrence; 

no  issue. 

208.  Richard  Varian,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  2  (?  9)  Sep.,  1783,  d.  5 
Dec,  1842,  was  a  farmer  near  William's  Bridge,  N.  Y.  He 
m,l,  1810,  Elizabeth  Fowler,  b.  3  Mar.,  1786,  d.  11  June, 
1822;  2,  13  April,  1823,  Elizabeth  Dodge.     His  issue  was; 

By  Elizabeth  Fowler: 

246.  Richard,  b.  10  Dec,  1810,  d.  19  Aug.,  1817. 

247.  Alfred,  b.  2  Aug.,  1814,  d.  5  May,  1877.  + 

248.  Elizabeth,  b.  25  Sep.,   1815,   d.  Aug.,  1870,  in. 

Charles  Leviness. 

249.  Mary  Coutant  Briogs,  b.  10  July,  1817,  at  Fordham, 

N.  Y.,  d.  1  Nov.,  1872.  + 

250.  Jane  E.,  b.  18  Sep.,  1819,  d.  18  June,  1872.  + 

251.  Egbert,  b.  19  May,  1822,  d.  11  Sep.,  1822. 


DESCENDANTS    OF    ISA  A  C     V  AMI  AN,     JR.  55 

By  Elizabeth  Dodge: 

252.  Jacob,  b.  14  Mar.,  1824,  living  (1881)  New  York.+ 

253.  Gilbert  Coutant,  b.  19  Oct.,  1826,  d.  25  1852. 

His  will  is  dated  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  2  Mar.,  1852, 
and  proved  14  June,  1852  (White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
Records).  It  mentions  ''mother  Elizabeth"  and 
"  brother  Jacob.'1  The  latter,  with  "  cousin  Jacob  L. 
Dodge,11  both  of  N.  Y.  City,  executors. 

209.  Dorcas  Varian,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  20  May,  1804,  d. 

m.  John   Corsa,  farmer  of  Fordham,  N.  Y. ;  he 

b.  d. 

They  had  children: 


254. 

Isaac,  b. 

255. 

Helen,  b. 

m. 

Ward;  several  children. 

256. 

Gilbert, 

d. 

257. 

George,  b. 

d. 

m.  adopted  dau. 

of 

St. 

Drms,  o 

f  Tarry  town,  N.  Y.;  1  child. 

258. 

Jacob,  b. 

d. 

infancy  or  early  youth. 

259. 

Edmund,  b. 

m.                       d.  early. 

260. 

Andrew. 

261. 

William,  b. 

m. 

262. 

Henry  Clay, 

b. 

m.                         has  issue. 

263. 

Charles,  b. 
Chester,  N. 

Y. 

m.                    Bussing,  of  East 

Note.— Another  account  of  this  family  does  not  mention 
Gilbert  or  Andrew,  but  gives  Edmund  as  Edward,  and  also  names 
John,  who  m.,  had  issue,  and  emigrated  to  Long  Island,  and 
Richard,  who  m.  Varian,  and  had  one  child. 


212.  Michael  Varian,  farmer,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  26  Nov.,  1808, 
seventh  son  of  Isaac  6,  m.  Martha  Huestis,  d. 

?1876.     He  lives  (1881)   at  Fordham,  N.  Y. 


Thei 


r  issue  was: 


264.  Martha,  b.  + 

265.  Michael,  b.+ 


56  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VABIAN,     JR. 

266.  Jesse  H.,  b.+ 

267.  Isaac,  b.+ 

268.  Jane,  b.  d.  infancy. 

213.  James  Varian,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  25  Nov.,  1809,  d. 

m.  Angeline  Stevenson,  who  lives  now   (1881)  at   King's 
Bridge,  N.  Y. 

Their  children  were: 

269.  James,  b.  20  April,  1831,  d.  Mar.,  1881.  + 

270.  Gilbert,  b.  28  Mar.,  1833,  d.  1  Oct.,  1866.  + 

271.  William  H.,  b.  15  Feb.,  1835.  + 

272.  Carman  S.,  b.  5  Nov.,  1836,  m.  Angeline  Sherwood;  no 

issue. 

273.  Jacob,  b.  30  Nov.,  1838,  d.  19  Nov.,  1873.  + 

274.  Harriet,  b.  12  Dec,  1840.  + 

275.  George  W.,  b.  23  Mar.,  1842.  + 

276.  Francis  M.,  b.  11  Sep.,  1845,  carpenter,  King's  Bridge, 

N.  Y-,  unmarried;    res.   King's  Bridge,  1875-8;   24th 
Ward,  N.  Y.,  1880. 

277.  Huram  B.,  b.  27  Jan.,  1848.  + 

278.  Charles  A.,  b.  10  Mar.,  1850,  d.  3  May,  1873,  unmarried. 

279.  Isaac  L.,  b.  14  Aug.,  1852,  unmarried,  lives  at  Pough- 

keepsie,  N.  Y. 

280.  Eugene  W.,  b.  11  Aug.,  1854,  unmarried,  res.  Toronto, 

Woodson  Co.,  Kansas. 

281.  Angeline,  b.  9  Jan.,  1857.  + 

214.  Hannah  Yarian,  b.  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  25  Nov.,  1809,  eighth 

dau.  Isaac  6,  m.  John  Taylor,  a  woolen  manu- 

facturer, of  Connecticut,  and  now  resides  at  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa. 

Their  children  were: 

282.  Charles,  b.  d.  infancy. 

283.  Charles,  m.  no  issue,  deceased. 

284.  John,  b.  m.  has  several  children. 

285.  Levi,  b.  unmarried. 

286.  William,  b.  d.  single. 

287.  Gilbert,  b.  m.  of  Harlem,  N.  Y. 

288.  Jane,  b.  m.  Baker. 

289.  Mary  Esther,  b.  m.  Page,  has  children. 


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HOE  ISAAC  UiBffl. 


DMSCENDAJSTIS  OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR.  57 

290.  Frances,  b.  m. 

291.  Elizabeth,  b.  m. 

292.  Isaac,  b.  deceased. 


FIFTH   GENERATION. 

215.  Isaac  L.  Varian,  son  of  Isaac  190,  was  born  on  the  "old  home- 
stead," in  the  City  of  New  York,  25  June,  1793,  and  resided 
on  a  portion  of  the  farm  for  many  years.  He  never 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  being  possessed  of  an 
ample  competence.  He  was,  however,  actively  interested 
in  politics,  being  an  "  old  school  Democrat"  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Tammany  Society.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
meeting  held  20  October,  1835,  on  which  evening  the 
"  Loco-foco  "  party  was  born.  He  held  various  offices  of 
trust  in  the  gift  of  the  people:  member  of  the  State 
Assembly,  1831-4;  alderman  12th  ward,  1833-6;  alderman 
16th  ward;  president  of  the  board,  1835-6;  mayor  of  New 
York,  1839-40;  State  senator,  1842;  school  commissioner 
16th  ward,  1842-3.  His  portrait  adorns  the  walls  of  the 
"  Governor's  Room  "  in  the  City  Hall,  New  York,  and  no 
one  can  contemplate  his  picture  without  being  impressed 
with  his  evident  ability  and  sterling  honesty  and  integrity. 
He  removed  to  Peekskill,  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  1845, 
where  he  died  10  August,  1864,  and  his  will  was  proved 
12  Sep.,  1864  (White  Plains  Records).  He  m.  25  June 
(V  July),  1811,  Catherine  Hopper  Dusenbury,  b.  19  May, 
1789.  d.  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  13  April,  1870,  and  had  issue: 

293.  Andrew  Hopper,  b.  N.  Y.  6  May,  1812,  d.  4  May,  1826. 

294.  Tamar  Letitia,  b.  N.  Y.  14  Aug.,  1813.  + 

295.  Isaac,  b.  N.  Y.  16  Aug.  1815,  d.  5  April,  1816, 

296.  Matilda  Campbell,  b.  N.  Y.  16  July,  1817.  + 

297.  Mary    Elizabeth,  b.  N.  Y.  7  July  1819,  d.  14  June, 

1868,  unmarried. 

298.  Isaac,  b.  N.  Y.  19  May,  1823.  + 

299.  Catherine  Emeline,  b.  N.  Y.  28  Jan.,  1826.  + 

300.  Jacob  HarsenJ  k  KT  v  oi  \/r      iqoq  +     S 

301.  Hannah.  [  bl  N.Y.24May,  1828,+    ]  d  19  Feb?  Km 


58  DESC  MNDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VARTAN,     JR. 

Hon.  Isaac  L.  Varian  died  at  his  residence,  near  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  on 
Wednesday,  August  10th,  1864,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his  age. 

Thus  has  passed  away  a  life  adorned  with  many  virtues,  and  crowned 
with  a  Christian's  Hope.  His  family  have  lost  a  devoted  husband  and  kind 
father  and  the  community  an  upright  citizen,  the  poor  a  sympathizing  friend, 
and  the  Church  a  liberal  supporter  and  valued  member. 

He  will  be  remembered  by  many  as  once  prominent  in  public  life,  in  the 
Legislature  and  as  mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York,  in  which  positions  his 
incorruptible  integrity,  sound  judgment  and  kind  heart,  won  respect  from  all 
classes.  But  above  these  unsolicited  honors  of  civil  trust,  he  valued  an  humble 
place  at  the  foot  of  the  cross. 

An  immense  concourse  attended  his  funeral,  attesting  how  great  was  the 
respect,  how  deep  the  sense  of  loss,  felt  at  his  departure.  —  Christum  Intelli- 
gencer. 


217.  William  Varian,  son  of  Isaac  199,  was  born  at  the  "Varian 
House,"  in  New  York,  4  Sep.,  1797,  and  was  a  gardener  on 
the  old  farm,  Bloomingdale  Road,  near  26th  St.,  1835;  6th 
Ave.,  near  27th  St.,  1839-1847.  The  house  where  he  resided 
is  still  standing,  and  known  as  the  "  Knickerbocker  Cot- 
tage." About  the  latter  dale  he  removed  to  Westchester, 
and  resided  upon  a  farm  about  one  mile  from  the  village, 
on  the  road  to  Fordham,  until  about  the  year  1860,  when  lie 
sold  the  farm  to  the  Roman  Catholics,  who  erected  thereon 
a  "Protectory"  for  the  reclamation  of  juveniles,  and  their 
education  in  industrial  and  religious  matters.  After  the 
sale  he  removed,  and  deceased  3  Dec,  1863.  His  estate 
was  administered  31  Dec,  1863  (White  Plains,  N.  Y., 
Records),  letters  being  issued  to  his  widow  and  Albert 
Ward.  He  m.  23  Dec,  1819,  Susan  A.,  dau.  of  Isaac 
(b.  1767,  d.  1832)  and  Sarah  (Bennett)  Cornell.  She  d. 
and  her  estate  was  administered  5  April, 
1865  (White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  Records). 


Issue: 


302.  Mary  W.,  b.  + 

303.  Letitia  S.,  1).  i  d.  about  1876-7 

304.  William  H.,  b.J 

305.  Sarah  E.,  b.+ 

306.  John  J.,  b.+ 


DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC'     V  A  til  AN,     Jti.  59 

307.  Tamak  L.,  b.+ 

308.  Esther  0.,  b.  unmarried,  res.  (1880)  New 

Castle,  N.  Y. 

309.  Matilda  M.,  b.+ 

310.  George  W.,  b.  1835,  d.  6th  Ave.  and  27th 

St,  N.  Y.,  28  Jan.,  1836. 

311.  Hannah  Jane,  b.+ 

312.  Charles  C,  b.-i- 

313.  Albert  W,  b.        July,  1839,  d.  6th  Ave.  and  27th  St., 

N.  Y.,  28  Nov.,  1841. 

314.  Caleb  Ward,  b.  m.  2  Feb.,  1868,  Catherine 

A.  Reed,  res.  (?)  Bedford,  N.  Y.,  18S0. 

315.  Edward  A.,  b. 

218.  Alletta  Varian,  dan.  Isaac  199,  was  b.  N.  Y.  City,  28  Sep., 

1799,  living,  1881,  m.  Thomas  Jefferson  Stevens, 

and  had  issue: 

316.  Isaac,      b.  deceased. 

317.  Thomas  G.,  b.  deceased,  m.  Emma  (325), 

dau.  of  John  and  Harriet   (Kingsland)  Varian;  no 
issue. 

318.  John,      b,  deceased. 

319.  Charles,  b.  deceased. 

320.  Carrie  V.,  b.  m.  1,  George  Conway;  2, 

Charles  Folsom;  4  children. 

321.  Louis  William,  b.  deceased,  m.  Sarah  Pentz; 

2  children. 

322.  Jerome,  b.  deceased. 

219.  John  Varian,  b.  on   the   Varian  estate  in  N.  Y.  City,  27  Oct., 

1801,  d.  31  Mar.,  1836,  m.  20  June,  1827,  Harriet  Kingsland, 
who  survived  him,  and  resided  on  26th  St.,  bet.  Broadway 
and  6th  Ave.,  1848-50;  32  W.  29th  St.,  1855-1857. 

They  had  issue: 

323.  Isaac  R,  b.  N.  Y.,  8  May,  1828.  + 

324.  Margaret  jANE,b.  N.  Y.,  11  Sep.,  1829,  m.  23  Sep.,  1851, 

Wm.  TL  Johnson;  no  issue. 

325.  Emma,  b.  N.  Y.,  29  Jan.,  1832,  m.  26  Dec.  1850,  Thomas 

G.  Stevens  (317);  he  d.  21  Sep.,  1852;  no  issue. 


GO  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JE. 

326.  George  Washington,  b.  N.  Y.,  31  May,  1834,  unmar- 

ried. Bureau  Fire  Department,  N.  Y.,  155  Mercer 
St.;  210  VV.  32d,  N.  Y.,  173  W.  25th,  N.  Y.,  1876;  664 
6th  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  1879. 

327.  Tamar  Letitia,  b.  N.  Y.,  15  Aug.,  1836.  + 

220.  Richard  Varian,  son  of  Isaac  199,  was  born  on  his  father's 
farm,  and  in  the  old  "  Varian  House,"  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  12  May,  1804.  He  was  at  one  time  in  the  milk  busi- 
ness, and  resided  at  Broadway,  near  21st  St.,  1831,  and 
occupied  the  u  old  homestead,"  26th  St.,  between  6th  Ave. 
and  Broadway,  until  its  demolition  in  1849,  at  which  time 
he  removed  to  27  W.  26th  St.,  where  he  resided  until  his 
decease,  of  hsematitis,  18  Dec,  1864.  He  was  buried  in 
Marble  Cemetery,  N.  Y.  He  m.  11  Feb.,  1829,  Maria,  dau. 
of  Fulmer,  who  survived  him,  and  d.  of  Bright's 

disease  28  May,  1867,  aged  59  years,  3  months,  9  days.  Her 
will  was  proved  the  same  year,  and  is  recorded  N.  Y.  Co. 
Records,  Liber  169,  p.  419,  naming  children  John  J.  and 
Emma  J.  as  executors. 

Their  issue  was: 

328.  Alletta  Maria,  b.  N.  Y.,  22  Mar.,  1830,  d.  28  Mar.,  1858.  + 

329.  Hannah,  b.  N.  Y.  22  Aug.,  1832,  d.  18  Oct.,  1833. 

330.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  N.  Y.,  12  Jan.,  1834,  d.  1  Oct.,  1850, 

of  liver  complaint;  bur.  Marble  Cemetery,  N.  Y. 

331.  Hannah  Louisa,  b.  N.  Y.,  7  June,  1836.  + 

332.  Emma  Jane,  b.  N.  Y.,  16  Sep.,  1838,  unmarried. 

333.  Thomas  Jefferson,  b.  N.  Y-,  5  April,  1841,  butcher,  N. 

Y.  City,  1195  Broadway,  1863-4-5;  res.  27  W.  26th, 
1866-7;  413  E.  83d,  1872;  129  E.  93d,  1872-3;  349  E. 
84th,  1874-1881. 

334.  John  Jacob,  b.  N.  Y.,  20  Oct.,  1843,  d.  18  Nov.,  1866; 

will  recorded  Lib.  160,  p.  300,  N.  Y.  Co.  Records. 

335.  Harriet  Lucretia,  b.  N.  Y.,  13  Jan.,  1846.  + 

336.  Clara  Amelia,  b.  N.  Y.,  28  June,  1849,  unmarried. 

Richard  Varian  inherited  the  "Varian  homestead,'1  and  all  of 
liis  children  were  born  therein  (except  the  youngest),  and  spent 
the  earlier  portion  of  their  lives  there.  When  the  house  was  taken 
down  in  1851  Richard  had  had  built  two  houses  on  26th  Si.,  into 
one  of  which  his  family  removed.     Richard  was  born,  brought   up 


DESCENDANTS     OF     ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR.  61 

and  died  on  the  old  farm.  The  place  is  said  to  have  been  in  the 
family  previous  to  the  "  Revolution,"  at  which  time  they  aban- 
doned it,  and,  upon  the  capture  of  Manhattan  Island  by  the  British, 
the  family  moved  into  Westchester  County,  within  the  American 
lines. 

"VAKIAN'S   HOUSE.'1 

The  dwelling-house  here  represented  was  taken  down  some  years  since 
(1851)  to  make  room  for  the  splendid  edifices  which  now  beautify  the  portion 
of  the  city  in  which  it  was  situated.  It  was  the  residence  of  Isaac  Varian, 
and  the  birthplace  of  his  children  (among  whom  were  ex-mayor  Isaac  L. 
Varian  and  the  present  alderman  George  W.  Varian),  and  was  occupied  by 
him  as  his  home  at  the  time  of  his  death,  a  few  years  since.  The  farm 
attached  to  the  property  contained  about  twenty-seven  and  a  half  acres,  front- 
ing originally  on  the  Bloomingdale  Road,  and  covering  the  blocks  within  the 
present  limits  of  Broadway,  26th  to  30th  Streets,  and  extending  nearly  to  the 
7th  Avenue.  The  northerly  seventeen  and  a  half  acres  were  purchased  by 
Mr.  Varian  of  the  executors  of  John  De  Witt,  to  whom  the  same  was  con- 
veyed by  Jacob  Horn  in  1751.  The  southerly  ten  acres  were  purchased  from 
Adam  Vandenburgh.  The  property  is  said  to  have  been  in  the  family  about 
eighty  years,  and  was  cultivated  as  farming  land.  The  old  house  is  said  to 
have  shown  evidences  of  having  been  in  part  constructed  out  of  a  ship's 
cabin,  but  whence  this  relic  was  derived  we  have  no  account.  The  building 
itself  was  a  noticeable  object  in  late  years,  when  seen  from  the  fashionable 
drive  near  which  it  was  situated,  partly  owing  to  its  humble  appearance  in  the 
midst  of  a  rapidly  improving  neighborhood,  and  partly  from  the  pertinacity 
evinced  by  its  wealthy  occupant,  who,  although  raised  to  very  affluent 
circumstances  by  the  rise  in  value  of  his  land,  yet  clung  to  the  humble  home- 
stead of  his  childhood,  where  his  father  had  lived  before  him,  until  his  grasp 
was  released  by  death. —  Valentine's  Manual  of  the  City  of  New  York  for 
1856. 

A  view  of  the  Varian  building  which  was  demolished  in  1850-1 
presents  the  most  suggestive  idea  of  the  condition  of  Broadway  in 
early  times  which  can  be  produced. 

It  was  situated  south  of  a  pleasant  cross-road  known  as  the 
"Abingdon  Road,"  which  connected  Greenwich  Village  with  the 
"  Great  Post  Road,"  which  branched  off  eastward  from  the  present 
Broadway,  near  Madison  Square.  It  was  originally  a  swampy  piece 
of  land,  containing  about  eleven  acres,  and  belonged  to  the  corpo- 
ration of  the  city,  and  by  them  was  presented  to  Sir  Peter  Warren 
in  1740  as  a  free  gift.  It  was  subsequently  purchased  by  Henry 
Gage,  who,  after  the  Revolution  (having  returned  to  England)  sold 


62  DESCENDANTS     OF     ISAAC     V  AMI  AN,     JB. 

it  to  Isaac  Yarian  for  £600.  Mr.  Varian  also  owned  a  considerable 
tract,  situated  on  the  west  side  of  Broadway,  between  26th  and  31st 
Streets,  containing  about  fifteen  acres,  which  he  bought  from  the 
family  of  John  De  Wit  tin  1787,  at  the  price  of  £1,280.  The  locality 
as  it  then  existed  may  be  seen  by  the  map  herewith.  (Manual  Com- 
mon Council  N.  Y.,  1865.) 

221.  Gilbert  Coutant  Yarian,  b.  on  the  "  Yarian  estate,"  City  of 

New  York,  5  Feb.,  1807,  d.  6  Mar.,  1846.  He  was  a  grocer 
at  426  Bowery,  near  Yauxhall  Garden,  1833-5;  cor.  Broad- 
way and  21st  St.,  1836-7;  was  mentioned  in  directory  1841 
as  a  "  carter,"  living  at  6th  Ave.,  cor.  26th  St.  He  m.  Jane 
Sneden,  who  survived  him,  and  resided  on  6th  Ave.,  near 
27th  St.,  in  1848-9,  about  which  time  she  moved  to  .Plain- 
field,  N.  J.,  where  she  now  (1881)  resides. 

Their  children  were : 

337.  Isaac  C,  b.  N.  Y.,  24  Dec,  1832.  + 

338.  Jane  M.,  b.  N.  Y.+ 

339.  Sarah L.,  b.N.  Y.,        April,   1837,  d.  16  Jan.,  1841,  cor. 

Bowery  and  21st  St.,  N.  Y 

340.  Samuel  T.,  b.  N.  Y.+ 

222.  George  Washington  Yarian  was  born  3  April,  1809,  in  the 

"  old  homestead,"  lived  and  died  on  the  land  formerly 
occupied  by  the  old  farm.  He  was  never  engaged  in  any 
business  except  caring  for  the  property  which  he  inherited 
from  his  father's  estate.  He  was  universally  respected, 
and  held  several  offices  by  will  of  popular  suffrage,  was 
justly  esteemed  for  his  many  virtues,  and  was  a  veritable 
type  of  the  New  York  gentleman.  He  was  councilman 
56th  district  1854,  alderman  21st  ward  1855-6,  member  of 
State  Assembly  1860.  He  resided  on  W.  26th  St.,  between 
Bloomingdale  Road  and  6th  Ave.,  1847-8,  and  at  30  W. 
29th  St.,  1851,  until  his  decease  8  Feb.,  1879.  He  died  of 
pneumonia,  and  was  bur.  in  Marble  Cemetery,  N.  Y.  His 
will  was  dated  1879,  and  is  recorded  Liber  261,  p.  2S9,  N.  Y. 
Co.  Records.  He  m.  4  Jan.,  1837,  Margaret,  dau.  of 
Segur,  who  survived  him. 

Their  issue  was: 

341.  Lucy,  b.  i 


/;  E  8  O  E  JS  D  A  N  TB    0  F    M 1  (J  HA  EL     V  ARIA  N.  63 

The    following    newspaper   extracts  will   prove   of  interest   in 
connection  with  the  name  of  George  W.  Varian: 


A  SCEAP  OF  HISTORY. 

The  Old  Varian  Tree  on  Broadway. — A   Father  in    Manhattan 

Recounts   its   His  tor}). 

Gradually  the  old  land-marks  of  the  city,  around  which  the  memories  of 
our  fathers  clustered,  have  succumbed  to  the  necessities  of  this  fast  age  of 
improvement  in  steam,  electricity,  mechanics,  etc.  The  last  that  has  fallen 
before  the  axe  of  the  destroyer  is  the  Varian  tree  on  Broadway,  that  was  hewn 
down  last  fall,  and  cut  up  into  butcher's  blocks.  One  of  the  fathers  of  the 
present  generation  the  writer  saw  standing  by,  as  limb  after  limb  of  the  veteran 
tree  was  lowered  to  mother  earth,  and  tears  unbidden  coursed  down  his  aged 
cheeks,  as  he  witnessed  the  destruction  of  a  forest  king,  planted  and  nursed 
by  his  distinguished  progenitors.  While  the  work  was  progressing  the  writer 
and  Mr.  Varian  stood  by  and  watched  the  movements  of  the  sacrilegious  hands 
of  the  destroyer,  and  saw  the  last  branch  stripped  from  the  parent  stem.  Mr. 
Varian  at  that  time  expressed  his  intention  to  send  a  part  of  the  tree  to  the 
Police  Department  for  preservation. 

He  has  done  so.  Yesterday  at  the  session  of  the  Board  of  Police  Com- 
missioners the  following  letter  was  handed  in  by  Superintendent  Kennedy,  in 
whose  custody  the  relic  is  placed.  The  board  accepted  it  with  thanks,  and 
will  likely  place  it  beside  the  branch  of  the  Stuyvesant  tree  that  adorns  the 
room  of  Commissioner  Brennan.  The  following  is  Mr.  Varian's  letter  on  the 
subject.  It  will  be  seen  from  it  that  the  tree  is  fully  240  years  old — probably 
the  oldest  tree  on  Manhattan  Island : 

New  York,  January  24,  1870. 
John  A.  Kennedy,  Superintendent,  etc.,  etc. 

Dear  Sir:  Through  you  to  the  department  I  send  a  piece  of  the  old 
buttonwood,  or  sycamore,  tree  (commonly  known  as  the  old  Varian  tree)  that 
stood  on  the  sidewalk,  west  side,  between  26th  and  27th  Streets,  Broadway, 
formerly  the  old  Albany  post  road.  The  history  of  this  tree,  with  three  others 
that  stood  in  front  of  the  old  house  in  which  I  was  born,  as  near  as  I  can  ascer- 
tain, was  planted  by  some  of  the  Dutch  settlers  on  this  island  between  the 
years  1625  and  1630,  making  it  240  years  old  at  least.  The  house  was  built 
partially  from  some  old  Dutch  galiot  that  was  drawn  up  Stuyvesant  Creek, 
and  ran  across  where  22d  St.  and  the  3d  Ave.  now  is,  thence  northward  to 
about  the  northeast  corner  of  the  present  Madison  Square,  formerly  the  site 
of  the  old  State  arsenal  and  Potter's  Field;  thence  north  side  of  arsenal  and 


64  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR. 

Potter's  Field  to  and  across  the  old   Albany  post  road,  now  Broadway,  where 
was  about  the  headwaters  that  followed  into  Stuyvesant  Creek. 

As  a  relic  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Western  Continent  of  America  I  send 
a  small  piece  of  the  old  tree,  to  be  placed  in  your  headquarters,  that  future 
generations  may  contemplate  the  rapid  growth  of  our  city. 

Very  respectfully, 

GEO.  W.  VARIAN. 

The  portion  of  the  tree  presented  with  the  letter  is  mounted  on  a  bracket, 
nicely  oiled  and  varnished,  and  is  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  Travelers 
on  Broadway  can  see  the  remains  of  the  trunk  protruding  through  the  side- 
walk, on  the  west  side,  between  26th  and  27th  Streets.— From  the  N.  Y. 
Herald  of  January  29th,  1870. 

Here  is  an  old  school  Democrat,  and  one  of  the  genuine  Knickerbockers. 
He  has  a  stout  form,  bushy  gray  hair  and  whiskers,  is  about  58  years  of  age, 
and  exceedingly  vigorous.  He  dresses  in  black,  wears  a  large  brimmed  felt 
hat,  and  carries  a  good  trusty  stick  as  his  companion.  He  was  formerly 
alderman  of  the  21st  ward,  and  in  1861  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and 
made  some  sound  speeches  on  the  war  question.  He  is  known  as  Aid.  George 
W.  Varian,  and  is  a  brother  of  the  late  ex-Mayor  Varian.  He  has  retired 
from  the  active  pursuits  of  life,  having  a  fine  income,  and,  being  a  staunch 
State's  Rights  Democrat,  is  the  president  of  the  Thomas  Jefferson  Association 
of  New  York ;  and  when  on  this  theme  few  men  can  debate  with  him,  for  he 
bears  them  down  with  a  torrent  of  Democratic  logic  and  tradition,  that  over- 
whelms and  covers  them  with  defeat  and  confusion.  He  is  like  a  noble  old 
Roman,  for  he  will  endure  no  striplings  in  political  antagonism — he  brushes 
them  away  like  cobwebs,  and  seeks  to  grapple  with  sterner  stuff,  foemen 
worthy  of  his  steel.  If  we  had  more  men  of  his  metal  in  the  Democratic 
party  there  would  be  no  fear  for  the  Republic. — New  York  Newspaper. 

OBITUARY. 


GEORGE  W.  VARIAN. 

This  gentleman  died  yesterday  (8  Feb.,  1879)  at  his  residence  in  29th 
Street,  adjoining  the  Fifth  Avenue-  Theatre,  after  a  few  days1  illness,  from 
pneumonia.  He  served  the  city  as  one  of  its  councilmen  in  1854.  as  one  of  its 
aldermen  in  1855  and  1850,  and  as  one  of  its  assemblymen  in  1860.  He  once 
refused  the  use  of  his  name  in  connection  with  a  Democratic  nomination  for 
mayor  when  his  election  would  have  been  assured,  but  having  seen  the  annoy- 
ances to  which  his  brother,  the  late  Isaac  L.  Varian,  while  mayor  in  1839,  was 
subjected,  he  shrunk  from  the  responsibility.     He  never  had  a  real  taste  for 


MOW.  OTQQRdGE  l^^MOAN. 


DESG  ENDANTS     OF     TSAAC     VARIAN,     J  B .  65 

politics,  but  his  proverbial  integrity,  coupled  with  his  frank,  hearty  bearing, 
made  him  not  only  a  popular  gentleman,  but  an  extremely  available  candidate. 
He  was  born  seventy  years  ago  on  the  well  known  old  Varian  farm,  that  was 
bounded  by  the  Bloomingdale  Road — now  upper  Broadway — and  the  present 
7th  Avenue,  and  at  the  points  where  the  streets  between  26th  and  30th  were 
cut  through,  and  he  lived  and  died  within  the  area  of  the  original  farm  land. 
He  was  born  to  an  ample  competence,  and  never  had  other  occupation  than 
aiding  in  the  care  of  the  family  real  estate,  that  rapidly  developed  in  value  as 
the  city  became  extended.  Some  of  the  ancient  estate  yet  remains  to  duly 
pass  into  the  possession  of  his  widow  and  his  daughter,  who  is  the  wife  of  Mr. 
Henry  Gilsey,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  great  Gilsey  property. 

It  was  natural  that  Mr.  Varian  should  be  fond  of  New  York  City  and  of 
its  well  being,  and  in  or  out  of  office  he  intelligently  and  zealously  supported 
every  measure  that  could  promote  its  prosperity,  if  that  measure  was  coupled 
with  honor  and  divested  of  extravagance.  Hence  his  name  and  influence 
during  the  past  quarter  century  were  often  found  actively  on  the  side  of 
municipal  reform.  In  private  life  he  was  just,  courteous,  full  of  good  humor 
and  greatly  attached  to  home,  family  and  friends. 

223.  Emeline  Coutant  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  27  Feb.,  1S13,  d.  18  Feb., 
1869,  m.  1  Jan.,  1837,  Lawrence  Pell,  son  of  Jordan, 

who   d.         May,   1811.      He  was  a   chairmaker,   and   was 
assistant  alderman  10th  Ward,  N.  Y.,  1835-6. 

They  had  issue: 

342.  George  Lawrence,  b.  21  Nov.,  1837. 

343.  Emma  Augusta,  b,  16    Dec,  1839,  m.  12   June,  1872, 

James  Hopkins,  and  had  James  Jordan,  b.  N.  Y^.,  30 
July,  1874;  Caleb,  b.  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  20  June,  1877,  d. 

28  Feb.,  1878. 

Obituary  Notice  of  the  Death  of  Mrs.  Emetine  C.  Jordan,  written  to 

the  "Christian  Intelligencer,"  by  the  Rev.  Abr.  B.   Van 

Nest  (at  that  time  in  Italy). 

Your  journals  have  lately  reported  the  death  of  another  estimable  lady, 

Mrs.  E.   C.  Jordan,  and  you  will  permit   one  who  has   enjoyed  her  frequent 

hospitality  to  present  this  grateful   tribute  to  her  memory.     She  belonged   to 

one  of  our  old  Dutch  families,  was  the  sister  of  our   former  mayor,  Isaac  L. 

Varian,  and  the  widow  of  Alderman  Jordan.     Her  residence  was  in  Broadway, 

by  the  big  button-ball  tree,  above  23th  Street,  on  the  very  site  of  her  father's 
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66  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VABIAN,     JR. 

farm.  She  was  a  real  mother  in  Israel,  and  nothing  delighted  her  so  much  as 
to  entertain  the  prophets  of  the  Lord.  She  lived  a  quiet,  religious  life,  but 
many  were  her  deeds  of  Christian  charity.  Her  record  is  on  high,  and  her 
name  is  written  in  the  book  of  life. 


241.  Mary  Ann  Varian  (dau.  Jacob  Harsen  Varian  217),  b.  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  30  Mar.,  1808,  d.  15  Oct.,  1874,  m.  28  Aug.,  1830, 
Charles  Wighton,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  25  Oct,  1874, 

Issue: 

344.  Charles,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  11  Oct.,  1831,  d.  4  Sep.,  1835. 

345.  Jacob  Varian,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  3  July,  1833,  d.  4  Nov., 

1874,  m.  2  July,  1863,  T.  Ann  Anter,  and  had  Charles 
E.,  b.  N.  Y.,  28  Mar.,  1864;  Mary  Emma,  b.  N.  Y.,  10 
April,  1867,  d.  16  July,  1867;  Emma  Jane,  b.  N.  Y.  10 
Oct.,  1868;  Kobert,  b.  N.  Y.  24  Oct.,  1873. 

346.  Robert,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  21  Sep.,  1835,  d.  1  Jan.,  1867, 

m.  Sarah  Mittleberger,  and  had  Mary  Elizabeth,  b. 
N.  Y.  1  Jan.,  1866. 

347.  Hannah  Varian,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  2  Oct.,  1837,  m.  1 

May,  1878,  Alfred  Anderson. 

348.  Isaac,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  12  Mar.,  1840,  m.  21  Oct.,  1878, 

Sarah  Wilson,  and  has  Charles  Albert,  b.  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.,  26  Oct.,  1879. 

349.  Jonah,     )   ,    v     ,         mv   oou™  iq^o!   d.  28  Sep.,  1842. 

350.  Thomas,|  b.  Yonkers,  N.Y.,  29  July,  1842  j  d   lg  ^  1MS 

351.  Sarah  Louisa,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  23  July,  1844. 

244.  Jane  Coutant  Varian,  b.  30  Aug.,  1819,  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  m. 
6  Oct.,  1847,  Pembroke  Lawrence,  of  King's  Bridge,  N.  Y., 
where  they  now  reside.  He  was  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  17 
April,  1823. 

Their  children  were: 

352.  Hannah  Cornelia,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  24  Aug.,  1848. 

353.  Charles  Pembroke,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  8  Aug.,  1853. 

354.  Jane  Elizabeth,  b.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  2  Sep.,  1853  (?  1855), 

m.  5  Sep.,  1877,  Abijah  Pratt,  and  had:  1,  Charles 
William,  b.  Yonkers,  N,  Y.,  3  Nov..  1878.  d.  27  June, 
1879;  2,  Henry  Morris,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  10  July,  1880. 


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247.  Alfred  Varian  was  born  near  William's  Bridge,  N.  Y.  (now  a 
part  of  the  City  of  New  York,  but  then  quite  a  farming 
district),  2  Aug.,  1814.  In  boyhood  he  worked  on  the  farm 
of  his  uncle,  Michael  Varian.  At  about  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years  he  came  to  the  City  of  New  York,  and  was 
apprenticed  to  a  butcher  in  Catharine  Market.  He  after- 
ward established  himself  in  the  same  trade  at  the  same 
place  (3,  4  and  5  Catharine  Market),  where  he  continued 
thirty  years.  In  1871  he  removed  to  Mott  Haven,  and  from 
thence  to  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I.,  where  he  began  farming  on  a 
small  scale.  Some  years  before  he  left  Catharine  Market 
he  was  requested  by  "  a  friend  "  to  accommodate  him  with 
an  "  endorsement,"  which  he  did,  and,  as  is  too  often  the 
case,  Mr.  Varian  was  left  to  "  settle  the  bill,"  occasion- 
ing him  a  great  loss,  from  which  he  never  recovered. 

Mr.  Varian  resided  in  New  York,  on  7th  Ave,  1842;  7 
Ave.  A,  1844-5;  295  Bowery,  1846-7;  53  5th,  1848-50;  13 
Ave.  A,  1851-2;  03  5th,  1853-65;  77  E.  15th,  1866;  204  2d 
Ave.,  1867;  232  E.  13th,  1868;  1056  2d  Ave.,  1869-70;  1st 
Ave.,  cor.  86th,  1872-3. 

From  Oyster  Bay  he  removed  to  Syosset,  L.  I.  His 
health  began  to  fail  about  the  year  1876-7,  and  while  on  a 
visit  at  Mott  Haven,  N.  Y.,  he  was  taken  ill,  died  5  May, 
1877,  and  was  buried  at  Woodlawn  Cemetery. 

He  was  identified  with  the  State  militia  of  N.  Y.,  being 
lieutenant  in  the  troop  attached  to  the  Seventh  Regiment. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Kosciusko  Boat  Club,  and 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Manhattan  Yacht  Club  of  New 
York. 

He  m.  10  April,  1843,  Eliza  L.,  dau.  of  Charles  Ridabock, 
who  was  for  many  years  proprietor  of  the  Tontine  Restau- 
rant in  Wall  Street.     She  is  living  (1881). 

Their  children  were : 

355.  Charles  Rae,  b.  N.  Y.,  6  June,  1846.  + 

355$. ,  b.  N.  Y,  1850,  d.  infancy. 

356.  Alfred,  b.  N.  Y.,  14  July,  1855,  unmarried. 

357.  Henry  Balcom,  b.  Mott  Haven,  14  Aug.,  1859,  d.  April, 

1861. 

Alfred  Varian  (356),  whose  portrait  is  on  opposite  page,  was 
educated  in  the  Common  Schools  of  New  York,  graduating  from 


68  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     V  AMI  AN,     JR. 

Grammar  School  No.  35,  and  being  admitted  to  the  Free  Academy, 
now  dignified  by  the  title  of  "The  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York."  In  1870  he  was  employed  in  the  clothing  house  of  Joshua 
M.  Varian  &  Son,  at  70-72  Bowery,  remaining  three  years;  thence 
he  went  into  the  jewelry  establishment  of  B.  W.  Ellison,  at  181 
Broadway,  for  two  years.  Then  he  tried  a  year  at  farming  with  his 
father  on  Long  Island,  and  afterward  (1876)  took  charge  of  a  num- 
ber of  yachts  at  New  York.  From  this  period  he  became  con- 
nected with  several  mercantile  houses  at  different  times,  and  for 
the  past  four  years  has  been  in  the  employ  of  Ira  Perego's  Sons,  at 
85  Nassau  St.  Mr.  Varian  is  quite  well  known  in  New  York  as  an 
amateur  athlete  and  yachtsman,  being  connected  with  several 
respectable  organizations — Excelsior  Social,  Charter  Oak,  Knicker- 
bocker Gun  Club  and  Knickerbocker  Yacht  Club,  of  the  latter  the 
secretary,  and  captain  and  owner  of  the  yacht  "  Quits." 

A  prominent  New  York  journal,  speaking  of  Mr.  Varian  in  con- 
nection with  a  number  of  pedestrian  contests,  says:  u  He  has  been 
in  a  great  many  races  not  mentioned  in  this  sketch.  Such  success 
as  he  has  achieved  has  been  hard  earned.  He  never  trained  for  a 
race,  his  business  confining  him  to  work,  so  that  he  has  never  been 
able  to  spare  any  time  for  preparation.  Last  season  he  was  not 
seen  on  the  track,  but  he  may  be  heard  from  again  this  (1881) 
year. 

In  1873  at  Rockaway,  L.  L,  he  and  a  companion  were  instru- 
mental in  saving  the  life  of  Captain  Bo  wen,  of  Mott  Haven,  who 
had  ventured  in  the  surf  beyond  the  "life  line,"  and  was  seized 
with  cramps. 

249.  Mary  Coutant  Brigg-s  Varian,  b.  Fordham,  N.  Y„  10  July,  1817, 
d.  1  Nov.,  1872,  m.  at  Fordham,  30  June,  1844  (by  Rev.  Peter 
J.  Van  Pelt)  Daniel  Mahar,  a  ship  carpenter,  b.  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  16  June,  1810,  d.  26  Feb.,  1876. 

They  had  children: 

358.  John  Smyth,  b.  N.  Y.,  28   Mar.,  1845,  m. ,  res. 

N,  Y.  City. 

359.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  N.  Y„  20  Oct.,  1846,  m.   24  April, 

1867,  L.  D.  0.  Wood;  3  ch.;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

360.  Wesley   Whitfield,  b.  N.   Y.,  5  Aug.,  1848,  d.  26   Oct., 

1848/ 

361.  Susan  E.,  b.  N.  Y.,  13  Feb.,  1850,  d.  19  Jan.,  1853. 

362.  Jennie  A.,  b.  Brooklyn,  N.  V.,  11  Nov.,  1851,  m.  28  Sep., 

1870,  F.  IVI.  Ross;  3  ch.;  res.  llorseheads,  N.  V. 


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363.  Franklin,  b.  13  June,  1855,  m.  22  Jan.,  1878, 

Fannie  E.  Hordern:  1  son;  res.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

250.  Jane  E.  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  d.  1872,  m.  Robert 

Cromwell,    farmer,    of    King's    Bridge,   N.    Y.,    and    they 
removed  to  Horseheads,  N.  Y. 

Their  children  were : 

364.  James,  b. 

365.  Jane  Louisa,  b. 

366.  Alfred,  b. 

252.  Jacob  Varian,  butcher,  b.  near  William's  Bridge,  N.  Y„  was  in 
business  at  238  Bleecker  St.,  N.  Y.,  1857-1881,  and  resided 
at  8  Leroy  St.,  1857-1870,  and  at  22  Leroy  St.,  1871  to  present 
time.     He  m. ,  and  had  children: 


367.  Jacob. 

368. 

son. 

369. 

dau.,  m. 

Barker,  who  dec'd  1880. 

370.  Sallie,  d.  27  Jan.,  1860,  of  scarlet  fever,  aged   2-3-1, 

bur.  Greenwood. 

264.  Martha  Varian,  b.  m.  William  H.  Archer, 

and  res.  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 

They  have  one  child: 

371.  ,  b. 

265.  Michael  Varian,  b.  is  now  a  grocer  at  Mount 

Vernon,  N.  Y.,  and  possibly  may  be  the  same  person  who 
lived  at  511  E.  12th  St.,  New  York,  1880.     He  m. 
and  had  issue: 

(Not  communicated.) 

266.  Jesse  H.  Varian,  b.  m.  Conklin, 

and  now  (1880)  lives  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  He  was  (1861-3)  in 
partnership  with  bro.  Isaac  in  the  feed  business,  952  3d 
Ave.,  New  York;  res.  141  E.  50th  St.,  N.  Y. 

(No  communication.) 


70  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VAtfTAN,     JR. 

267.  Isaac  Varian,  b.  m.  and 

was  formerly  in  the  feed  business  with  bro.  Jesse  at  952 
3d  Ave.,  New  York;  res.  then  (1861-3)  141  E.  50th  St. 

(No  communication.) 

269.  James  Varian   (a  mason  at  King's  Bridge,  1875),  b.  20  April, 

1831,  d.  319  Warburton  Ave.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,        Mar.,  1881 , 
m.  Emily  Curser,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  and  had  children: 

372.  Catherine,  b. 

373.  Emily,  b. 

374.  Grace,  b. 

270.  Gilbert  Varian,  b.  28  Mar.,  1833,  d.  1   Oct.,  1866,  m.  Mary  Gar- 

rison, of  Yonkers,  and  had  children. 

375.  Emily,  b. 

376.  Warren,  b. 

377.  James,  b. 

378.  Frank,  b.  d.  (St.  John's 

Cemetery,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  1880.) 

379.  Albert,  b.  d.  (St,  John's 

Cemetery,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  1880.) 

271.  William  H.  Varian,  farmer,  res.  Sprain  Road,  Yonkers,  N.  Y., 

b.  15  Feb.,  1835,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of 

and  (  )  Berrian,  of  King's  Bridge, 

N.  Y.,  and  had  issue: 

380.  Sarah  L. ,  b.  1856,  res.  Sprain  Road, 

381.  Mary  R,    b.  1858,  res.  Morrisania,  N.  Y..  m. 

Clarence  G.  Morey,  of  Morrisania,  N.  Y. ;  1  ch. 

382.  Ella  F.,  b.  1859,  res.  Yonkers,  N.   Y,  m. 

William  Seymour  Thorn,  of  King's  Bridge,  N.  Y.;  2  ch. 

383.  Angeline  J., 

384.  Irene  E., 

385.  A  BR  AM  AN  A, 

386.  Harvey  Ellsworth,  b. 

387.  Lulu, 

388.  William  Norman, 

389.  Bertha  A., 

390.  Carman. 

391.  Edward  V 


b. 

1861,  res.  Sprain 

Road. 

b. 

1863, 

u 

b. 

d. 

b. 

1866,  res.  Sprain 

Road. 

b. 

1867, 

a 

b. 

1869, 

u 

b. 

1870, 

a 

b. 

1873,  d.  1880. 

DkHSVEMDAJST*     OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR.  71 

392.  Charles. 

393.  Eugene  0.,  b.  1877,  res.  Sprain  Road. 

394.  Garfield  Arthur,     b.  1880, 

273.  Jacob  Varian,  b.  30  Nov.,   1838,   d.  19   Nov.,    1873,   m.  Jane 

Oonklin,  of  King's  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  and  had  children: 

395.  Jesse,  b. 

396.  Leonard,  b. 

397.  Herbert,  b. 

274.  Harriet   Varian,  b.   12  Dec,  1840,  m.  Frederick   Denton,   of 

King's  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  and  had  children: 

398.  Eugenia,  b. 

399.  Laura  E.,  b. 

400.  Alice  V„  b. 

401.  Charles,  b. 

275.  George   W.  Varian  (a  carpenter)  b.  23  Mar.,  1842,  m.  Juliette 

Dodge,  of  King's  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  where  they  now  reside. 

Their  children  are: 

402.  John  P.,  b. 

403.  Harriet  L.,  b. 

404.  Evaline,  b. 

405.  Gilbert,  b.  d.  1880. 

406.  Julia  A.,  b. 

407.  Alida,  b. 

408.  Mary  L.,  b. 

409.  Ida  P.,  b. 

410.  George  Francis,  b.  d.  22  Nov.,  1875. 

411.  Maud,  b.  d.  12  Sep.,  1878. 

412.  Laura  E,  b. 

413.  Warren  J.,  b. 

277.  Huram  B.  Varian,  painter,  res.  Woodlawn,  N.  Y.,  b.  27  Jan., 
1848,  m.  Ella  Austen,  and  has  children : 

414.  Clarence,  b. 

415.  Claude,  b, 

416.  Infant,  b.  deceased. 


72  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR. 

281.  Angeline  Yarian,  b.  9  Jan.,  1857,  res.  King's  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  m. 
George  H.  Carlough,  and  has  issue: 

417.  Hetty  P. 

418.  Louis  E. 


SIXTH  GENERATION. 

294.  Tamar  Letitia  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  14  Aug,  1813,  m.  17  May,  1838, 
Cornelius  Concklin,  and  had  issue,  b.  in  City  of  New  York, 
as  below: 

419.  Catherine  Yarian,  b.  26  Mar.,  1839,  d.  14  Sep,  1855. 

420.  Isaac  L.  Yarian,  b.  12  May,  1841,  d.  15  July,  1871,  m.  25 

Mar,  1867,  Juliet  Warner;  had  ch.  Cornelius  and 
Charles. 

421.  Starks  W.  L,  b.  13  April,  1843,  d.  20  Aug.,  1844. 

422.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  15  Mar,  1845. 

-       423.  Starks  W,  b.  10  July,  1847,  d.  26  May,  1856. 

424.  Cornelius  Newell,  b.  10  Oct,  1849,  d.  3  April,  1851. 

425.  Helen  Augusta,  b.  1  Sep,  1852. 

296.  Matilda  Campbell  Yarian,  b.  N.  Y.,  16  July,  1817,  m.  26  Oct, 
1836,  Starks  W.  Lewis  (1839-40  merchant  N.  Y,26  Coenties 
Slip,  res.  147  Macdougal  St.),  and  had  issue: 

426.  Eliza  M,  b.  N.   Y,  23  Jan,  1838,    m.  20  Nov,   1862, 

Howard  M.  Baker. 

427.  Isaac  L.  Yarian,  b.  N.  Y,  23  Jan,  1840,  m.  1,  21  Nov., 

1861,  Eliza  Manley,  and  had  ch.  Starks  W,  Florence 
A.,  Arthur  S. ;  m.  2,  12  June,  1877,  M.  Louisa  Living- 
ston. 

428.  Ezra,  b.  N.  Y,  29  May,  1842,  d.  18  April,  1843. 

429.  Catharine  A,  b.  N.  Y,  4  Aug,  1844,  cl.  14  Feb,  1873,  m. 

27  May,  1868,  Charles  C.  Harrison. 

430.  Starks  W.,  b.  N.  Y,  6  Nov.,  1846,  d.  16  July,  1862. 

431.  John   J,   b.   N.    Y,   29  Jan,   1848,   m.   19   Jan.,   1875, 

Josephine  A.  Fisher,  and  had  ch.  Ida  L.  and  Edith  M. 

432.  Georgianna  IL,  b.  N.  Y.,  15  Sep,  1851,  m.  12  June,  1873, 

Winfield  S.  Baker,  and  had  ch.  Everett  H.  and  Har- 
riet M. 

433.  Ida  L.,  b.  N.  Y,  14  Nov,  1855,  d.  27  May,  1875. 


u  /•;  s  c  /•;  .v  i) .  i  y  r  s    or    i  s  a  a  c    v  a  hi  a  n  .    ■/  /.' .  ?  s 

298.  Isaac  Varian,  b.  N.  V.  City,  L9  May,  1823,  m.  9  -July,  1845,  Ann 

Eliza  Hegeman,   b.  24  July,  1822.      They  reside  at  Peek- 
skill.  N.  Y. 

Their  children  were: 

484.  Benjamin  Arrowsmitii  Hegeman,  b.  Peekskill,  N.  Y., 

25  Nov.,  1846. 

485.  Isaac  L.,  b.  Peekskill.  N.  Y.,  27  Aug.,  1850. + 
436.  John  J.,   b.  "  l        26  Jan.,  1858. 

299.  Catherine  E.meline  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  28  Jan..  1826,  m.  16  June, 

1852,  Samuel  Fugsley,  of  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  and  had   issue 
born  near  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  as  followeth: 

487.  Catharine  L.  b.  10  Mar.,  1854,  d.  20  Mar.,  1855. 

438.  Hannah  M.,  b,  2  Aug.,  1855. 

430.  Isaac  L.  Varian,  b.  27  Nov.,  1856. 

440.  Ann  E.,  b.  12  Oct.,  1857,  d.  14  Aug.,  1858. 

44L.   Samuel  J.,  b.  21  Jan.,  1859,  m.  9  Oct.,  1880,  Hattie  L. 

Powell. 
442.  Caro  May,  b.  26  Aug.,  L866. 

300.  Jacob  Harsen  Varian,  I).  N.  Y.,  24  May,  1828,  m.  1855, 

Harriet  D.  Brown,  and  had  issue  born  near  Peekskill,  N.  Y., 
as  follows: 

448.  Jacob  Harsen.  b,  17  Nov.,  1855. 

444.  Cornelius  Concklin,  b.  10  Mar.,  1857. 

445.  Isaac  L>.,  1).  24  Nov.,  1858,  d,  11  Aug.,  1878, 

446.  Sarah  II.,  b.  27  Sept,,  1860. 

447.  Frederick  S.,  b.  7  June,  1865. 

448.  Nellie  B.,  b.  3  Dec.  1866. 

449.  Mary  E.,  b.  2*  Jan.,  1869,  d.  1  Jan.,  1877, 

802.  Mary  W.  Varian,  m.  3  June,  1846,  Abraham  Weeks,*  of  Chap- 
paqua,  N.  Y.,  and  had: 

450.  W infield,  b. 

451.  Albert,  b. 

452.  Sarah,  b. 

453.  Howard.  1). 


*  Deceased. 
10 


74  DESCENDANTS     OF    ISAAC     VARIAN,     JR. 

303.  Letitia  S.  Varian,  m.  22  Jan,,  1846,  Israel  Tompkins,  of  Preak- 

ness,  N.  J.,  and  has: 

454.  William  V.,    b. 

455.  Emma  C.  J.,  b. 

456.  Caroline^        b. 

304.  William  H.  Vakian,  m.  12  Dec,  1844,  Adaline  Baker,  and  is 

probably  the  same  person  who  is  mentioned  in  N.  Y.  City 
directories,  res.  6th  Ave.  and  27th  St.,  1847-8;  milk,  473  6th 
Ave.,  1851;  56  W.  29th,  1853-4;  conductor,  472  6th  Ave.. 
1855-7;  police,  472  6th  Ave.,  1854-8;  255  W.  30th,  1872-80; 
317  E.  45th,  1881. 

They  had  issue: 

457.  Henry,  b. 

458.  Sarah,  b. 

459.  William,  b. 

460.  Tamar,  b. 

461.  Adaline  Ann,   b,  N.  Y.,  Dec,  1855,  d.  18  Aug.,  1877. 

462.  Luella,  b. 

463.  Cecilia,  b. 

464.  George  M.,  b. 


305.  Sarah  E.  Varian,  m.  27  Sep.,  1849,  Robert  Wright,*  and  had 

465.  George  A.   V.,  b. 

466.  Emma  L.,  b. 


306.  John  J.  Varian,  m.  25  Nov.,  1847,  Sarah  M.  Seaman,  and  had: 

467.  George,  b. 

307.  Tamar  L.  Varian,  m.  26  Nov.,  1853,  James  T.,  son  of  Josiah 

and  Maria  (Valentine)  Briggs,*  of  Fordham,  N.Y.,  and  had: 

468.  George  A.,  b.  11  Sep.,  1S54. 

*  Deceased. 


D  ES  CENT)  A  JS  Ttf    0  F    T8A  A  (J     V  Alii  A  iV\     J  E  .  75 

309.  Matilda  M.  Varian,  m.  1859,  William  Jewell,  Fisher,* 

and  had: 

469.  Laura,  b. 

470.  Joseph  C.,  b. 

471.  Samuel  W.,  b. 

472.  William  V.,  b. 

473.  Jewetl,  b. 

311.  Hannah  J.  Varian,  m.  10  Apr.,  1856,  Jacob  L.  Coles,  of  West 

Farms,  N.  Y.,  and  had: 

474.  William  J.,  b. 

475.  Charles  H.,  b. 

476.  Ella  L.  b. 

477.  Susan  V.,  b. 

312.  Charles  C.  Varian,  m.  6  Nov.,  1862,  Margaret  T.  Tiebout,*  and 

(?)  res.  1876-81,  147  E.  126  St.,  N.  Y.;  was  probably 
ice  dealer,  7  Garden  St„  N.  Y.,  1876;  and  "  driver,1'  3d  Ave. 
cor,  143d  St.,  N.  Y..  1876. 

They  had  children: 

478.  Emeline,  b. 

479.  Charles,  b. 

480.  Florence,  b. 

481.  Hattie,  b. 

323.  Isaac  R.  Varian^  b.  N.  Y.  City,  8  May,  1828;  now  living  (1881) 
at  550  Broome  St.,  N.  Y.;'  m.  9  Aug.,  1849,  Mary  E.  Kass 
who  d.  cor  4th  Ave.  and  132d  St.,  N.  Y.,  10  May,  1873,  of 
phthisis,  aged  45  y.  3  mo.  and  was  bur,  at  Woodlawn 
Cemetery. 

Their  children  were: 

482.  Isaac  S.,  clerk,  res.  4th  Ave.,  cor.  132d  St.,  N.  Y.,  1876. 

483.  Emma,  b.  29  Nov.,  1852,  d.  cor.  4th  Ave.  and  132d  St., 


*  Deeensetl. 

t  Res.  1026  Broadway,  K.  Y,,  1853-4 ;  1022  Broadway  1855;  1017  Broadway 
1856-7;  Clerk  Essex  Market,  h.  W.  49th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1858-1863;  50  Columbia  St. 
N".  Y.,  1870;  03  East  132d  St.,  X.  Y.,  1875;  550  Broome  St.,  N".  Y.,  1876-1881. 


70  D  E  S  0  END  A  N  T  8     OF    IS  A  A  G     V  A  BJ  A  N ,     J  I? . 

N.  Y,,  11  Oct.,  1873,  of  pulmonalis;  bur.  at  Woodlawn 
Cemetery. 

184.  Hattie,  deceased, 

485.  Frank. 

486.  Ella. 

327.  Tamak  Letitia  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.,  15  Aug.,  1836,  (living  1881),  m. 

6  Dee.  1854,  George  8.  Phillips,  and  lias: 

487.  George  Clarence,  b.  N.  Y.  12  Dec,  1860. 

328.  Alletta  Maria  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.  22  Mar.,  1830,  d.  28  Mar...  1858, 

in.  26  Apr.,  1852,  Ebenezer  Smith,  of  N.  Y.,  who  d.  21  Novr. 
1S6D. 

9 

Issue: 

488.  Lewis  Van  Alyn,  b.  27  Apr.,  1854,  m.  6  Nov.,  1874,  Kate 

Pricket,  and  has  children:  Henry  Eben,  b.  N.  Y.  17 
Apr.,  1876;   Harriet  Alletta,  b.  N.  Y.  29  Sep.,  1878. 

331.  Hannah  Louisa  Yartan,  b.  N.  Y.  7  June,  1836,  m.  22  June,  1864, 
Charles  Gratiot  Drinker,  of  Clifton,  Luzerne  Co.,  Pa,,  who 
d.  24  ,1  uly,  1870. 

Issue : 

489.  Maria  Gratiot,  b.  Clifton,  Pa.,  3  Aug.,  1867. 

335.  Harriet  Lucretta  Varian,  (dan.  of  Richard,  220),  b.  N.  Y.  13 
Jan.,  1846,  m.  3  Oct.,  1872,  James  Carter  Russell,  of  New 
York,  and  has 

490.  James  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.  13  Oct.,  1878. 

337.  Isaac  C.  Varian,  b.  N,  Y.  24  Dec,  1832,  was  heir  to  a  liberal 
competence  left  him  by  his  father,  which  unfortunately  he 
invested  badly  and  met  with  consequent  losses.  First  he 
embarked  in  the  cloth  trade,  and  subsequently  became  a 
photographer,  and  in  New  York  City  directories  he  is  loca- 
ted in  that  business,  cor.  W.  29th  and  6th  Ave.,  1853-4;  186 
Bowery  1861-3;  624  6th  Ave.  1870-72;  164  E.  56th  St.  1873; 
1241  3d  Ave.  1874.  He  m.  1  Jan.,  1852,  Sarah  M.  Burhans- 
of  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.,  b.  25  June,  1S32,  d.  L868.     He 


I)  E  8  < '  E  N  n  A  N  T S     OF     I  8  A  A  (I      V A  11  1 A  N ,      J  B  .  77 

then   m.  again,  and  now  (1881)   lives  in  N.  Y.  City.     The 
issue  by  first  wife  was: 

491.  Alfred  Randolph,  b.  N.  Y.  2S  Dec,  1852.  + 

492.  Ernest  Philip,  1).  N.  Y.  5  Oct.,  1854;  architect  at  Den 

ver,  Col.;  m.  J 8  Oct.,  1880,  Mary  McLenathen. 

493.  Alonzo,  1).  N.  Y.,  25  Dec,   1855,  d.  27  Mar.,  1850. 

By  His  second  wife  lie  has: 

494.  Ralph,  and  perhaps  others. 

338.  Jane  M.  Vartan,  b.  N.  Y.  m.  Randolph 

Harriott,  and  res.  at  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

They  have  children: 

495.  Ida,  b. 

496.  Gilbert,  b.  deceased. 

497.  Randolph,  II.  b. 

498.  Belle,  b. 

499.  Jennie,  b. 

340.  Samuel  T.  Yarian,  h,  N.  Y.  now  resides  at  Plainfield, 

N.  J.     He  m.  Kate  Drake,  and  has  issue. 

(No  communication.) 

341.  Lucv  Varian,  b,  N.  Y.  City.  m.  Henry  Gilsey,  of  New 

York,  and  has  children: 

500.  Daisy,      b. 

501.  Harry,     b. 

355.  Charles  Rae  Varian,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  5  June,  1846;  was  in  busi- 
ness as  butcher  there  until  1876,  when  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where  he  now  resides,  at  5426  Vine  St. 
He  m.  at  New  York,  Mary  Wright,  and  has  issue : 

502.  Percy  A.  R.,         b.  N.  Y.  City,  16  Aug.,  1871. 

503.  Charles  Rae,        b.        "        8  Dec,  1873. 

504.  Marian  K.  b.        "        28  Jan..  1876. 

505.  Alfred  Wright,  b.  Philadelphia,  7  Apr.,  1879. 


78 


D  EH  (J  END  ANTS    0F1SAACVARIAN,     .11?,. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

435.  Isaac  L.  Yarian,  b,  PeekskilL  N.  Y.,  27  Aug.,  1850,  in.  at 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  (by  Rev.  Rufus  W.  Clark).  22  Feb,,  1879, 
Anna  Miller,  b.  20  June,  1852. 

They  have  issue: 

506.  Gertrude,  b.  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  30  Dec,  1879. 

491.  Alfred  Randolph  Yarian,  b.  N.  Y.  City,  28  Dec.,  1852,  now 
(1881)  traveling  salesman  for  Dennison  Manufacturing 
Company  of  Chicago;  m.  9  May,  1875,  at  Saint  Louis,  Mo^, 
Elfleda  Malcolm  Curtis,  b.  Bergen,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y\,  7 
Feb.,  1855.     They  have  issue : 

507.  Alfred  Sibley,  b.  Chicago,  Ills.,  26  Sep.,  1880. 


For  the  greater  portion  of  the  information  concerning  the 
descendants  of  Isaac  Varian,  Jr.,  (  6  ),  I  am  indebted  to  the  efforts 
of  Miss  Emma  J.  Yarian,  of  New  York. 


APPENDIX. 


HE  following  names  have  been  collected  from  various  sources^ 
principally  from  directories,  poll  lists,  census  reports,  and 
cemetery  inscriptions  in  and  about  the  City  of  New  York,  and 
Counties  of  Westchester,  Kings  and  Queens.  It  has  not  been  pos- 
sible to  connect  them  with  any  of  the  families  herein  mentioned, 
though,  for  the  most  part,  they  are  undoubtedly  descended  from 
the  sons  of  Isaac  1. 

Augustus,  ship-carpenter,  603  Water  St.,  N.  Y.,  1842-3. 

Augustus  F.,  shipwright,  348  Cherry,  h.  4th  Ave,  cor.  31th  St.,  N.  Y., 

1866. 
Amos,  painter,  139  Bowery,  N.  Y.,  1860. 

Ann,  (widow  of  Joseph),  boarding,  4  Lewis  St.,  N.  Y.,  1865-6. 
Ann,  dressmaker,  69.7  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  1870. 
Aaron  Burr,  pedler,  (see  Sarah),  89  Pitt  St.,  N.  Y.,  1854. 
Aaron  Burr,  a.  22  yrs„  d,  Delancey  St.,  N.  Y.,  13  Feb.,  1823;  d.  of 

locked-jaw,  and  bur.  in  Presbyterian  Brick  Cemetery. 

Catherine,  res.  Bedford,  N.  Y.,  1881. 

Carrie  A.,  a.  11  mo.   6  da.,  bur.  Greenwood  Cemetery,  N.  Y.,   14 
Nov.,  1864. 

Ernest,  res.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  1880. 

Elizabeth,    (wife  of  Charles  J.  Donmall),  b.  1813,  d.  1853.  bur.  at 

St.  John's  Cemetery,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Elmira  S.,  a.  31  y.,  bur.  at  Greenwood  Cemetery,  N.  Y.,  7  Apr.,  1873. 
Elias,  driver,  112  Ave.  C,  N.  Y.,  1864. 
Emily,  d.  infancy,  308  Madison  St.,  N.  Y.,  23  Sep.,  1863. 

Frederick   W.,  d.  infancy,  164  E.  56th  St.,  N.  Y.,  17  Aug.,  1872. 


80  AT  T  E  N  BIX. 

Gilman  Z.,  a.  1  y.,  bur.  Greenwood  Cemetery,  N.  Y.,  7  Apr.,  1873. 

George  W.,  cartman,  146  Perry  St.,  h.  206  W.  19th  St.,  N.Y.,  1867-74. 

George,  driver,  cor.  Manhattan  and  12th  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  1876. 

George,  d.  infancy,  127  Barrow  St.,  N.  Y.,  1  Nov.,  1843,  d.  of  conges- 
tion of  the  brain,  and  bur.  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Gilbert,  d.  on  Long  Island,  a.  23  y.  4mo.  1  d.,  29  Jan.,  1830;  d.  of 
bronchitis,  and  bur.  in  Cemetery  of  Allen  St.,  M.  E.  Church, 
N.  Y. 

George  W.,  butcher,  27  Fulton  Market,  N.  Y.,  3  Jan.,  1822. 

George  W.,  Jr.,  butcher,  7  Catherine  Market,  h.  13  Ave.  A,  N.  Y., 
1842-3;  ^Catherine  Market,  N,  Y:t  1845-53;  h.  9  Ave.  A, 
N.  Y.,  1845-7;  h.  Williamsburg,  N.  Y.,  184S;  h.  9  Ave.  A, 
N.  Y.,  1850-3. 

Ira,  res.  Gallipolis,  (or  vicinity),  0.,  family  emigrated  there  1800. 
Isaac,  butcher,  cor.  Pearl  and  Cross  Sts,  N.Y.,  1817;  cor.  Forsyth  and 

Delancey,  N.  Y.,   1820;  Eldridge,  near   Broome   St.,  N.  Y., 

1821;  227  Delancey  St.,  N.  Y.,  1827-30. 
Isaac,  butcher,  petitioned  for  remission  of  fine,  Sept.,  1821. 

He  was  lined,  (and  imprisoned  for  non-payment),  for  ''selling  sheep 
and  lamb  in  the  lower  Fly  Market  without  a  permit."  Ln  petition  he 
represents  that  he  is  in  "  impoverished  eircu instances  and  has  a  wife 
and  children  (all  of  whom  are  sick),  dependent  on  him  for  support." 
The  Market  Committee  resolved  "  that  it  will  be  inexpedient  to  grant 
the  prayer  of  the  petitioner." — The  Market  Book. 

Isaac,  d.  of  cholera,  at  Rivinglon  Hospital,  a.  40,3  Aug.,  1S32;  buried 

in  Potter's  Field. 
Isaac,  butcher,  332  E.   55th  St.,  New  York.,  1872:  237   E.  15th    St. 

N.Y.,  1873-1;  foot  E.  -13d  St.,  N.  Y.,  1875;  317  E.  49th  St.,  N.Y., 

1876. 
Isaac,  clerk,  215  6th  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  1876-8. 

James,  lawyer,  191  Orchard  St.,  N.  Y.,  L855. 

James,  151  East  35th  St ,  N.  Y.,  1859;  143  East  36th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1861. 

Joseph,  (see  Ann). 

John,  saddler,  3  Doyer  St.,  N.  Y.,  1828. 

John  J.,  449  First  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  1849. 

John,  shoemaker,  32  Elizabeth  St.,  N.  V.,  I860. 

John,  express,  1349  Broadway,  h.  12  Renwick  St.,  N.  Y.,  1867-8. 

Jacob,  (native  of  Germany),  d.  528  6th  St.,  N.  Y.,  a.  43,  31  July,  L872. 

Lucy,  d.  infancy,  Lewis  St.,  N.  Y.,  28  May,  1828,  bur.  at  Cemetery  of 
Rutgers  St.  Presbyterian  Church. 


A  P  P  E  N  D  I  X .  81 

Lillie  M.,.d.  aged  2  yrs,  200  West  19th  St.,  N.  Y.,  10  Aug.,  1871,  bur. 

at  Oak  Hill  Cemetery. 
Leontine,  (JNative  of  France)  d.  infancy  at  Childs  Hospital,  N.  Y., 

8  Jan.,  1878. 

Michael  G.,  butcher,  21  Eldridge  St.,  N.  Y.,  1835-40. 

Michael,  butcher,  102  Suffolk  St.,  N.  Y,  1838. 

Michael,  511  East  12th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1881. 

Michael  II.,  aged  70  yrs.,  bur.  Greenwood  Cemetery  N.  Y.,  17  Jan., 

1878.  ^ 
Mary  P.,  dressmaker,  74  Mott  St.,  N.  Y.,  1825. 

Mary  P.,  deceased  at  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  about  1858. 

Mary  M.,  res.  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  1880. 

Mary,  res.  Yonkers,  N.  Y„  1880. 

Margaret,  d.  aged  71,  of  palsy,  Forsyth  St.,  N.  Y.,  2  July,  1818,  bur. 

at  Cemetery  of  Brick  Presbyterian  Church. 
Norton,  aged  1  mo.,  bur.  Greenwood  Cemetery  N.  Y.,  1  Jan.,  1865. 
Octavia  Z.,  d.  infancy,  624  6th  Ave.,  N.  Y.,  16  July,  1869,  buried  in 

Lutheran  Cemetery. 
Richard,  cl.  aged  34  yrs.,  of  consumption,  at  Rivington  St.,  N.Y.,  18 

Aug.  1817.,  bur.  in  Cemetery  of  Brick  Presbyterian  Church. 
Samuel  M.,  conductor,  235  E.  109th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1877-8. 
Samuel,  tailor,  ('?  Varian  &  Staats),  92  Bowery,  N.  Y.,  1837-40. 
Sarah,  boarding,  114  W.  26th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1854/ 
Sarah,  320  4th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1863-4, 

Sarah,  aged  2^  yrs.,  bur.  Greenwood  Cemetery,  N.  Y.,  29  Jan.  1860, 
Sarah,  widow  of  Aaron  405  Grand  St.,  N.  Y.,  1862;  150  Orchard  St., 

N.  Y,  1865;  parasols,  66  Sixth  St.,  N.  Y.,  1867;  655  Second 

Ave.  N.  Y.,  1875-fi;  h.  347  Sixth  St.,  N.  Y.,  1870-3. 
Sarah,  widow  of  George,  h.  347  Sixth  St.,  N.  Y.,  1869-74. 
William  H.,  seaman,  341  Water  St..  N.  Y. 
William  H.,  clerk,  317  E.  45th  St.,  N.  Y.,  1879-80. 
William  H.,  373  Harrison  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  1881. 
William  H.,  (parents  b.  Ireland),  d.  infancy^308  E.  45th  St.,  N.Y.,  bur. 

Calvary  Cemetery,  N.  Y.,  15  Jan.  1876. 
William  B.,d.  infancy,  Rivington  St.,  N.  Y.,28  Mar.  1824.,  bur.  Bethel 

Baptist  Cemetery,  N.  Y. 
William,  clerk,  313  West  24th  St.,  N.  Y. 
William,  d.  Rivington  St.,  N.  Y.,  aged  2  years,  27  July,  1820,  bur.  at 

Cemetery  of  Brick  Presbyterian  Church.,  N.  Y. 
William,  d.  aged  56  of  bronchitis,  atBellevue  Hospital  N.  Y.,  5  Sep., 

1849,  bur.  at  Potters  Field. 
"Widow"  Varian,  but  chers'  stand,  33  Center  Market  N.  Y.,  1850. 

11 


82  APPENDIX. 

Allan  Varian  50.,  (p.  28)  son  of  Joseph  20,  emigrated  to  Chemung, 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  about  1875.     He  had  sons: 

Charles  F.,  of  Elmira  N.  Y. 
Isaac,  res.  unknown. 
Joseph,  of  Horseheads,  N.  Y. 


From  the  "Market  Book  "  bij  Col.  Tho's  F.  DeVoe. 
Jacob  Varian,  the  first,  14  June  1806,  was  appointed  "Inspector  of 
Slaughter  Houses;"  Aug.  1799,   butcher,   No.  2  Catharine 
Market;  4  July  1816,  butcher  No.  25  Catharine  Market. 

Jacob  Varian,  the  second,  1828  butcher,  25  Catharine  Market;  1847 
butcher,  15  Catharine  Market. 


Michael  and  Salathiel  Varian,  are  mentioned  as  being  descendants 
or  relatives  of  Ira  Varian,  deceased,  of  Gallia  Co.,  Ohio.  A 
branch  of  this  family  is  said  to  be  resident  at  or  near  Mays- 
ville,  Ky. 


A"VAIRIN"  FAMILY. 

From  Mr.  A.  L.  P.  VairinoC  Owensboro,  Ky.,  the  following  inform- 
ation is  received. 

"Owing  to  the  many  changes  and  removals  of  our  family  no  records 
or  papers  have  been  preserved.  Tradition  says  that  our  family 
came  originally  from  the  neighborhood  of  Chalons,  France.  Being 
Huguenots,  at  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  (1685,)  a  portion 
emigrated  to  Germany,  and  settled  at  or  near  Hamburg. 

"  The  first  name  which  I  recollect  is  Charles  Vairin  who  had 
three  sons,  Nicholas,  Charles  and  John  P.  They  settled  early  in 
life  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  where,  owing  to  political  troubles,  they 
separated,  the  first  two  remaining  in  Russia,  while  the  latter  went 
to  France  where,  for  many  years,  he  was  in  government  employ. 
In  1815  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  where  he  deceased  in 
1817,  leaving  three  sons  from  whom  the  Vairins  in  New  Orleans 
(Julius)  are  the  descendants. 


A  P  P  E  N  D  IX.  83 

"  In  several  French  records,  are  found  many  persons  of  the  name, 
but  no  traceable  relationship.  Forty  years  since  I  knew  a  family 
of  the  same  name  at  Dayton  O.  of  Irish  descent.  There  is  also  one  at 
Orangeburg  Ky. 

"The  difference  in  the  spelling  of  the  name  may  be  accounted  for 
by  time  and  nationality.  During  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.  we  find 
the  name  of  a  noted  engraver  written  Ouarin,  Warin,  Varin,  etc." 


CANADA. 

The  following  concerning  a  family  "Varin"  was  held  in  anticipa- 
of  further  information,  but  none  being  received  it  appears  here. 

1.  Varin  b.  at  Laprairie  was  engaged  in  the  fur  trade  as  an  early 

agent  of  the  North  West  Company  and  was  the  father  of 

2.  Jean  Baptiste  Varin,  Esq.  notary  public,_government  agent  for  the 

Seignory  of  Laprairie,  ex-member  of  the  Dominion  Parlia- 
ment, and  present  (1881)  Registrar  for  Laprairie.  He  m. 
Hermine,  dau.  of  M.  Raymond,  member  of  Parliament  for 
L' Assumption  and  had  issue: 

3.  Josephine,  who  m.  Henry  Barbeau,  Esq.,  manager  of  the  City  and 

District  Savings  Bank,  Montreal. 

4.  Eliza,  who  m.  Hon.  Judge  Chagnon,  of  St.  Johns,  P.  Q. 

5.  Elmire,  who  m.  L.  B.  A.  Charlebois,  member  of  Parliament  for 

Laprairie. 

6.  Hermine,  res.  Laprairie. 

7.  ANGELiQUE,d.«e£.  22  years,  m.  Joseph  Doutre,  Esq.,  advocate  and 

Queen's  Counsel. 

8.  Arthur,  chief  clerk  of  Department  of  Crown  Lands,  Quebec. 

9.  Adolph,  clerk  at  the  Registry  office,  Laprairie. 

10.  Joseph,  clerk  at  the  Registry  office,  Montreal. 

11.  Alphonse,  d.  1880. 

12.  Ernest,  cashier,  City  and  District  Savings  Bank,  Montreal. 


84  APPENDIX 


DESCENDANTS  OF  DAVID  DeVOIR  VARIAN.  (11,  p.  24.) 

The  following  family  record  is  based  upon  the  record  contained 
in  the  bible  (printed  at  Edinburgh  by  Alexander  Kincaid,  his  Maj 
esty's  Printer  MDCCLXIX)  of  Joseph  Varian,  (2  p.  21)  which  at  his 
decease  descended  to  David  DeVore  Varian,  (11,  p.  24),  whose  wife 
left  it  to  Lemuel  Varian.  At  the  decease  of  the  later  it  passed  into 
the  possession  of  Laura  Ann  Varian,  and  is  now  in  the  custody  of 
Madelaine  A.  Saunders  her  daughter  by  whom  this  abstract  was  fur- 
nished.    The  "loot  notes"  by  Dr.  N.  B,  Sisson, 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

^.—Joseph  Varian*  (2,  p.  21.)  was  a  butcherin  the  city  of  New  York,  / 
and  associated  in  the  same  business  with  his  father  Isaac 
Varian  (1,  p.  20.)  They  lost  their  property  at  the  timeof  the 
capture  of  New  York  by  the  British  during  the  Revolution- 
Joseph  was  b.  at  N.Y.,  7  Feb.  1732,  and  d.  at  Danbury  Conn., 
13  Sept,  1790.     His  son, 


THIRD  GENERATION. 

b.— David  DeVore  VarIan,  b.  at  N.  Y.,  21  July  1767,  m.  8  Nov.  1798 
Mary,  (b.  27  Aug.  1766),  clau.  of  Israel  and  Abigail  Lyon,  of 
Bedford,  Westchester  Co.  N.  Y.  They  first  settled  near  the 
city  of  New  York  and  Richard  (12,  p.  24)  a  bro.  ot  David 
lived  with  them  until  they  removed  from  Westchester  Co. 
They  had  issue : 


*From  an  old  family  bible  formerly  belonging-  to  Joseph  Varian,  2,  the  fol- 
lowing record  of  his  children  by  his  second  wife  Rachel  While,  is  taken 
Joseph  Vapian,  (2) b.  7 Feb.-,  1732.  d.  13  Sept.,  1790.    Rachel,  his  wife  b.13  April, 

1735  d.  25  Feb.  1778,  Danbury  Conn.     They  were  m.  31  Oct.,  1761,  and 

had  issue : 

Hannah,  b.  13  Apr.,  1764,  d.  13  Feb.,  1780. 

David  DeVore,     b.  21  July,  1767,  d.  about  1841. 

Rich  AiiD,  b.  11  Mar.,  1770. 

Timothy,  b. 

Deborah,  b.  28  June,  1773. 

Elizabeth,  b.  23  Dec,  1775. 

Rachel,  b.    8  Feb.,  1778. 


A  P  P  E  N  T)  T  X .  85 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

^.—Elizabeth,  b.  near  N.  Y.,  17  Dec,  179L.  d.  at  Leavenworth,  Kan- 

aged  75. 
^.—Israel,  b,  near  N.  Y.,  8  July,  1793,  d.  single  8  Dec,  1818. 

In  the  year  1791  he  (David)  moved  to  Troy,  Rensselaer  Co.,N.Y., 
where  were  born : 

c— Lemuel  Wolcy,  b.  9  Sep.,  1795,  d.  1877,  aged  83. 
f.— Lausa  Ann,  b.  16  June,  1798,  d.  22  May,  1878. 

In  1800,  David  with  his  family  emigrated  from  Troy  N.  Y.,  to 
Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm  about  two  miles  from 
the  city.     Here  the  following  children  were  born: 

^/.-Matilda,  b.  28  Aug.,  1800,  d.  2  June,  1828. 
fc— Abigail,  b.  4  Aug.,  1802,  d.  4  Mar.,  1865. 
I— Sarah  L.,         b.    9  July,  1804. 

David,  the  father,  being  too  much  of  a  Republican  to  live  under 
monarchical  government,  and  the  "War  of  1812"  being  about  to  assume 
a  dark  and  serious  character,  his  situation  in  Canada  began  to  be 
unpleasant  because  of  his  out  spoken  sentiments.  Consequently 
under  the  advice  of  friends  he  was  influenced  to  emigrate  to  Ohio  in 
company  with  his  brother  Timothy*  (13  p.  24.)  who  had  married  and 
was  also  dwelling  near  Montreal,  and  with  a  neighbor  named  Holt 
they  built  a  boat  and  on  the  first  day  of  May  1807,  they  sailed  up 
the  St.  Lawrence  river,  coasted  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Ontario,  and 
after  many  trials  they  reached  a  point  where  they  could,  by  having 
their  boat  hauled  nine  miles  across  the  country,  re-embark  on  the 
head  waters  of  the  Allegheny  river.  They  floated  down  this  river 
to  the  Ohio,  and  thence  to  what  is  now  known  as  Meigs  Co.,  in  Ohio 
where  Timothy  Varian  and  Mr.  Holt  settled,  while  David  established 


*Timothy  (son  of  Joseph  2)  Varian  had  issue, 
David. 
Joseph. 
Timothy. 
Polly,     deceased. 

Margaret,  lives  (1881)  at  Vega,  Jackson  Co,.  O. 
Joanna,  lives  (1881)  at  Letart  Falls,  O, 
Matilda, 
Betsey. 


86  A  P  P  E  N  D  I  X . 

himself  at  Gallipolis  in  Gallia  Co.,  O.,  where  he  purchased  a  farm 
and  resided  until  decease,  4  Feb.,  1826. 

In  the  "War  of  1812"  David  volunteered  the  services  of  himself 
and  team,  endured  all  the  hardships  of  the  service,  lost  his  team, 
and  was  obliged  to  return  on  foot  from  Fort  Wayne  to  Gallipolis 
where  he  arrived  weary  and  foot-sore,  but  with  a  cheerful  disposition 
which  was  ever  a  marked  characteristic  of  his  life.  He  was  small  in 
stature,  very  fair  complexion,  large  blue  eyes,  and  light  hair. 

During  the  "fever  scourge"  at  Gallipolis,  in  1824,  he  was  one  of 
the  five  who  were  not  stricken  with  the  fever,  and  his  name  is  not 
forgotten  by  the  early  settlers  who  remember  gratefully  his  efforts 
to  succor  the  helpless  women  and  children  during  this  period  of  their 
severe  trial.  Both  David  and  his  wife  were  buried  in  the  old  cem- 
etery at  Gallipolis,  the  land  for  which  purpose  he  set  off  from  his 
farm.  The  road  on  which  it  was  located  is  now  one  of  the  principal 
streets,  and  passers  by  may  note  his  tombstone,  inscribed, 

§i\vU\  JjffflM  lanntt, 

tan  in  t\xt  city  irf  DPew  !!ȴ&; 

lulu  21jrt,  1767, 

Am\  Jeft,  tltc  m,  1826, 

in  the  toum  of  toUipttssi. 

The  farm  is  now  the  most  prosperous  part  of  Gallipolis;  the  rail 
road  depot  being  exactly  opposite  the  former  location  of  his  house. 
The  family  which  he  left  are  now  scattered  over  the  United  States. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 

c. — Elizabeth  Varian,  m.  James  Hill,  and  had  issue. 

k. — Joseph  Varian, b.  at  Gallipolis,  lived  there  till  about  his  30th  year. 
At  21  he  m.  Pamelia  Palmer  of  Gallipolis.  In  1815  they 
moved  to  Princeton,  Gibson  Co.,  Ind.,  where  they  had  a  large 
family.    He  d.  1 879,  aged  65. 

/.—  Mary  A.,  m.  1,  John  Ford  about  1831,  by  whom  one  child,  Lyman 
Ford;  2,  Henry  Vienier,  of  Quebec,  Canada,  by  whom  two 
children,  one  deceased;  the  survivor,  Henry  Vienier,  now 
(1881 J  resident  with  his  mother  at  Boston,  Mass. 

m. — Sarah  A.,  m.  1882  William  Sloan  of  Gallipolis  and  emigrated  in 
L857  to  Leavenworth  Kan.,  accompanied  by  her  mother. 
Mr.  Sloan  kept  the  American  House  at  Gallipolis  for  many 
years,  and  is  now  deceased.     They  had  ch.,  Joseph,  Henry, 


A  P  P  E  N  D  I  X .  87 

John,  Thomas,  (all  residing  in  Huron,  Atchison  Co.,  Kan.) 
Emily,  (m.  Moser)  living  at  Colorado  Springs,  Col., 

and  Julia  living  in  Nebraska. 

e. — Lemuel  W.  Varian,  m.  16  Feb.,  1821,  Roxana  Griffis  and  had: 

n. — Samantita,  res.  (1881)  Porter,  Gallia  Co.,  (_).,  unmarried. 

o.— Ira  A.,  a  student  at  Cleveland,  O.,  Medical  College,  d.   soon  after 

finishing  the  course.  % 

p. — Ansel. 
q. — David  H.,  druggist,  Jackson,  O.,  m.  and  has  ch.,  Truman,  Zinna, 

Lula  and  Wellman. 

v.—  Mary  E.,  m.  Glassburn,  res.  Politico,  Ills., 2  dau'rs. 

s. — Louisa  V.,  m.  William  Payne  of  Purdyville,  Kan.,  has  ch.,  Zelia 

and  Lemuel  V. 
t—  Henry  J.,  res.  Pontico,  Ills.,  a  mail  contractor. 

u. — Alonzo  D.,  m.  and  em.  to  Los  Angeles,  Oal.,  has  2  sons,  1  dau. 

/.—Laura  Ann  Yarian,  m.  1,  8  Feb.,  1818.,  Levi  H.  Wakeman  of  Con- 
necticut; 2, 1  Nov.  I835.,William  Reeves,  who  deceased  about 
1837.     Her  issue  was: 

v. — Maria  Louisa,  b.  Gallipolis  0.,  6  Sep.,  1820.  d.  therein  1865,  m.  1 
Nov.,  1845,  Richard  (bro.  of  William,  above)  Reeves  of  Shrop- 
shire Eng.,  and  had  1,  William  Henry,  a  soldier  in  the  4th 
Va.  (Union)  Reg't  of  Infantry  during  the  Rebellion.  2, 
Thomas  H.,  grad.,  Amherst  Coll.,  and  pastor  of  First  Cong'l 
Church  Kingston, N.Y.  3,  Frank,  a  machinist,  res.  Springfield 
L.  I.  4,  Edward  H.,  a  telegrapher  at  Hicksville,  L.  I.  5, 
Marian  m.  William  Lawrence,  chemist,  of  Pepperell,  Mass. 
6,  Madelain  M.,  m.  Edward  Otis,  of  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

w.—  Madelaine  A.  b.  Gallipolis  10  Nov.,  1822,  m.  5  Oct.,  1843,  Dr.  Alon- 
zo D.  Saunders  of  Ashtabula  Co.,  O.  res.,  in  Gallia  Co.,  until 
1873,  and  then  moved  to  Pomeroy,  O.,  where  they  now  reside. 
They  have  dau..  Mary  Ellen,  b.  27  Jan.,  1853,  m.  Dr.  William 
P.  Wells  of  Wellsville,  O.,  a  graduate  of  Sterling  Medical 
College,  Columbus,  O. 

x.— William,  b.  Gallipolis,  O.,  25  Dec,  1836,  m.  14  Mar.,  1861,  Evaline 
Logue  and  lives  Porter,  O.,  ch.  Laura,  Louisa,  Lelia,  Maddie, 
Hattie,  Henry,  Edger,  Claude  and  Wyatt. 

g. — Matilda  Yarian,  m.  12  Sep.,  1819,  Stephen  Sisson  who  survived 
her  and  lives  (1881)  at  Porter,  O.,  a.  86.,  having  had  issue. 

y  —  Nelson  Banks,  b.  Gallipolis,  1820,  grad.,  Louisville,  Ky.,  Med. 
Coll.  1845,   for  two  years  Surgeon  92nd  Regt.,  Ohio  Vols., 


88  APPENDIX. 

1846,  m.  Mary  Cable  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  who  d.  1848,  leaving 
son  Samuel,  now  (1881)  an  Attorney  at  Marietta,  O.  2.  He, 
(Nelson  B.)  m.  Locevia  Blakesly  of  Porter  who  had  issue, 
Carrie,  a  student  at  Delaware  O.  College,  and  Nelson,  at 
Yale  College. 
z. — Mary  Miranda,  in.  1846,  Dr.  Joseph  Payne  of  Porter,  O.,  and 
about  1861,  moved  to  Dwight,  Livingston  Co.,  Ills.,  where 
they  now  reside.  They  had  issue:  1,  Warren,  a  grad.,  of 
Andouer  College,  and  admitted  to  the  bar,  (  ?  Chicago 
Ills.,)  2,  Ellen  R    3,  Matilda,  deceased,  aged.  17.     4,  Jennie. 

h. — Abigail  Vabian,  m.  7  Aug.,  1823,  at  Gallipolis,  O.,  Ira  Sabine  of 
Albany.  N.  Y.,  whither  they  removed.    They  had  issue: 

z.  1.- -Anson,  b.  1824,  d.  ApL,  1865, 

z.  ^.—Harriet  Amelia,  b.  1829,  d.  —  1867. 

This  family  was  intimate  with  their  Varian  relatives  of  New 
York  City,  and  frequent  visits  were  interchanged  ;  particularly 
with  the  descendants  of  Richard  4. 

Note. — There  is  a  tradition  among  the  descendants  of  David  De Vore  Varian 
that  Isaac  l.had  a  brother  Michael  who  settled  on  the  New  Jersey  shore  of  New 
York  bay  on  Hudson  Kiver,  and  that  this  Michael  had  a  son  Joseph  who  occupied 
the  estate  as  late  as  1824 — 1829,  and  where  Abigail  (h)  visited  them.  It  is  said 
that  the  house,  when  the  tide  was  high  stood  upon  an  island,  and  that  the  same 
old  high-roofed  house  that  the  Michael  alluded  to,  built  before  the  Revolution, 
is  still  in  existence. 

Abigail  (Varian)  Sabine  (h)  was  the  "first  white  woman"  at 
Hot  Springs,  Arkansas,  to  which  place  she  and  her  husband  emigrat- 
ed from  Albany,  N.  Y.,  1  Oct.,  1833,  arriving  there  13  Mar.,  1834, 
having  spent  the  winter  at  Gallipolis,  O. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  this  family  having  been 
long  resident  in  Arkansas  espoused  the  cause  of  the  South.  Anson 
(zl)  being  a  lieutenant  in  the  Army  of  the  Confederacy.  When  the 
Union  troops  captured  Hot  Springs  he  was  wounded,  and  fell  in  the 
door  yard  in  front  of  his  mother's  house,  and  lived  but  a  few  moments, 
dying  in  April,  1865. 

His  sister  Harriet  Amelia  survived  him  but  two  years. 

i. — Sarah  L.  Varian,  m.  8  Nov.,  1824,  Absalom  Ulin  of  Greenup  Co., 
Ky.,  and  settled  at  Pendleton,  Madison  Co.,  Ky.,  where 
they  and  their  descendants  now  reside. 


.1  P  P  E  N  I)  I  X .  89 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  foregoing  contribution  could  not 
have  been  placed  under  the  propei— head  in  this  book,  but  the 
lateness  of  its  reception  precluded  this. 

It  will  however,  prove  of  interest  not  only  to  the  immediate 
descendants  of  Joseph  Varian  2,  but  will  also  be  attractive  to  those 
who  are  descended  from  the  brothers  of  Joseph  and  Avho  a  never 
knew  of  a  Varian  who  moved  out  of  sight  of  the  smoke  of  the 
chimneys  on  Manhattan  Island. " 

In  conclusion,  and  in  regard  to  the  repute  of  this  family  I  may 
quote  that  "  none  of  the  descendants  ever  used  intoxicating  liquor, 
none  were  ever  arrested  for  a  crime,  and  none  but  what  bore  a  re- 
spectable character."  Truly  they  may  be  proud  of  the  standing  of 
their  family. 


IN  CONCLUSION 

I  have  finished  this  work  and  with  the  material  at  my  command 
have  endeavored  to  compile  as  lucid  and  interesting  a  volume,  as 
possible.  I  may  have  failed,  but  I  certainly  have  struggled.  Other 
abler  hands  than  mine  might  have  attained  better  results,  and  I  am 
willing  to  concede  this.  Errors  are  certain  to  be  found,  but  I  hope 
that  the  discoverers  may  prove  charitable.  "  To  err  is  human  etc.,  etc." 
But  types  may  have  become  misplaced,  and  thereby  wrung  the  tem- 
per of  the  sensitive, — but  types  have  always  been  addicted  to  gym- 
nastics since,  Faust,  Guttenberg  &  Co.,  first  opened  an  office. 

This  brochure  cannot  be  expected  to  please  all,  but  one  certainly 
will  be  gratified — "  mine  enemy,"  for  "I  have  written  a  book." 

S.  B. 


12 


Index  I. 


OF  THE  NAME  OF  VARIAN. 


A 


A.  L.  P. 

Aaron, 

Abigail, 

Abraham, 

Abramana, 

Adaline, 

Adolph, 

Agnes, 

Albert, 

Alexander, 

Alfred, 

Alice, 

Alida, 

Allen, 

Alletta. 

Alonzo, 

Alphonse, 

Amos, 

Andrew, 

Angeline, 

Angelique, 

Ann, 

Anna, 

Anne, 

Ansel, 

Arthur, 

Augustus, 


B 


eaumont, 
Benjamin, 
Bertha, 
Bertram, 
Betsey, 


15 

82 

79  81 

85  88 

41 

70 

74 

83 

17 

59  70 

28  32  33  34 

54  67  77  77  78 

30 

71 

28  82 

48  52  54  59  60  76 

77  87 

83 

16  17  19  79 

26  29  30  55  57 

56  70  72 

83 

17  36  48  79  80 

31 

17 

87 

15  83 

79 

38 
73 
70 
39 

85 


c 


aleb, 


59 


Carman, 
Caroline, 
Carrie, 

Catherine,  3 

73 
Cecilia, 

Charles,       28  29 
67  71 
Charlotte, 
Chevalier,   (1  e) 
Clara, 
Clarence, 
Claude, 
Cleveland, 
Corinne, 
Cornelia, 
Cornelius, 
Cornell, 


D, 


aniel, 
David,  24  27  31 
Deborah, 
Delia, 
Dora, 
Dorcas, 
Dorothea, 


E 


28 


award, 

Edmund, 

Egbert, 

Elias, 

Eliza, 

Elizabeth,  25  27 
48  51 
86 

Ella, 

Ellen, 


56  70 

28 

46  79 

18  32  51  57  70 

79 

74 

35  39  45  56  59 

75  77  82 

48 
14 
60 
46  71 
71 
38 
37 

41  42  44  48  54 
73 
28 

18 

84  85  86  87  88 

24  26  27  48  84 

43 

17  38 

51  55 

41 

34  35  55  59  70 
55 
54 

79 
18  19  37  43  83 
31  32  35  39  41 
53  54  79  84  85 

70  76 

17 


92 

INDEX. 

Elmira,  Elmire, 

79 

83 

Israel, 

85 

Emeline. 

52 

65 

75 

J.  E. 

Emily, 

32 

34 

70 

79 

13  15 

Emma, 

30 

35 

37 

59 

60 

75 

78 

Jacob,    26 

29 

41 

42 

44 

45  47  48 

Ernest, 

15 

77 

79 

8o 

49 

50 

51 

52 

54 

55  56  57 

Esther, 

32 

59 

66 

69 

71 

73 

80 

82 

Eugene, 

56 

71 

Jacques, 

13 

Evaline, 

71 

James,  21 

25 

26 

27 

28 

30  31  39 

J.  lorence, 

'  47 

48 

49 

51 

56 

70  80 

75 

Jane,      18 

51 

54 

56 

62 

m  69  77 

Francis, 

56 

Jean, 

83 

Francois, 

11 

12 

Jeanet, 

23 

Frank, 

70 

76 

Jesse, 

56 

09  70  71 

Frederick, 

73 

79 

Joanna, 

85 

IT.  Arthui 

John,      16 

18 

23 

28 

29 

30  34  37 

j 

15 

52 

58 

59 

00 

71 

73  74  80 

Garfield, 

71 

82 

George, 

27 

31 

41 

43 

44 

46 

51 

Jonathan, 

25 

26 

27  30  49 

59 

56 

59 

60 

01 

62 

63 

Joseph,  13 

21 

23 

24 

20 

28  79  80 

(54 

71 

74 

80 

81 

82 

83 

84 

85 

88 

89 

Georgina, 

19 

Josephine, 

83 

Gertrude, 

78 

Joshua, 

43 

44 

45  46  68 

Gilbert,  51 

52 

55 

56 

62 

70 

71 

80 

Julia, 

71 

Gilman, 

80 

Julius, 

82 

Grace, 
XI  an  n  ah, 

70 

Justin, 
Xjanra, 

19 

23 

24 

51 

56 

57 

59 

60 

29 

32 

35 

36 

49  71  84 

75 

76 

84 

85 

87 

Harriet, 

27 

32 

56 

60 

71 

75 

76 

Lemuel, 

84  85  87 

Harry, 

37 

Leonard, 

71 

Harvey, 

70 

Leontine, 

81 

Hattie, 

75 

76 

Letitia 

58  74  76 

Helen, 

37 

38 

Lillie, 

81 

Henrietta, 

30 

49 

Louis, 

13  37 

Henry, 

18 

i  9 

26 

27 

29 

38 

67 

Louise,  Louisa, 

12  76  87 

74 

87 

Lucretia, 

48  70) 

Herbert, 

71 

Lucy, 

62  77  80 

Hermine, 

83 

Luella, 

74 

Hester, 

48 

Lulu,  Lula, 

70  87 

Hetty, 
Horace, 

29 

17 
35 

lVXalachi, 

27 

Huram, 

56 

71 

Margaret, 

30 

43 

48 

59  81   85 

leliabod. 

Margaretta 

) 

35 

26 

28 

Maria, 

18 

36 

38  43  70 

Ida. 

71 

Marie, 

12 

Ira. 

80 

82 

87 

Marian, 

40  77 

1  rene, 

70 

Martha, 

55  0)9 

Isaac,       16 

17 

20 

21 

22 

23 

25 

32 

Mary,     17 

27 

29 

30 

34 

35  37  38 

40 

41 

42 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

44 

48 

49 

51 

52 

54  57  58 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

66 

68 

70 

71 

73 

SI    87 

(VI 

65 

69 

70 

73 

75 

70 

7S 

Matilda, 

57 

51) 

72  85  87 

80 

82 

s| 

88 

Maud, 

71 

INDEX. 

93 

Michael, 

21 

26 

27 

40 

47 

48 

49 

kJalathiel, 

51 

55 

07 

69 

81 

82 

88 

82 

Miles, 

29 

35 

36 

38 

39 

Sallie, 

69 

JLiancv, 

Samantha, 

87 

16 

17 

36 

Samuel, 

26 

43 

62 

77  81 

Nellie," 

73 

Sarah,    27 

31 

32  41 

43 

58 

60  62 

Nicolas, 

13 

82 

70 

73 

74  79 

81 

88 

Nina, 

36 

37 

Sophia, 

35 

45  46 

Norton, 

81 

Stephen, 

18 

V/ctavia, 

Susan, 

26  29 

37 

38 

43  49 

81 

m 

X  amar, 

1  auline, 

57  59 

60 

72 

74  76 

12 

Thomas, 

16 

17  18 

19 

42 

44  60 

Percy, 

77 

Timothy, 

24 

84  85 

Philip, 

39 

77 

Truman, 

87 

Phoebe, 

28 

35 

V  erdine, 

Pierre, 

11 

41 

Polly, 
Price, 

36 

85 
38 

VV  alter, 

17  19 

ftachel, 

Warren, 

70  71 

84 

Wellman, 

87 

Ralph, 

17 

77 

u  Widow, v 

81 

Rebecca, 

17 

William, 

17 

18  27 

29 

30 

31  32 

Richard, 

18 

21 

23 

24 

40 

41 

42 

36  37 

38 

42  44 

49 

52 

56  58 

43 

51 

52 

54 

00 

81 

84 

70  74 

81 

88 

rj 

Robert, 

13 

Zjinna, 

87 

'*%$%$ 


Index  II. 


OF  OTHER  FAMILY  NAMES. 


Allen, 

Bo  wen, 

68 

38 

Boyer, 

13 

Angevin,  (e) 

10 

26 

29 

49 

Branche, 

13 

Anter, 

()6 

Bremner. 

41 

Archer, 

69 

Brennan, 

63 

Arnold, 

45 

Briggs, 

4 

28 

53  68  74 

Arrowsmith, 

73 

Brown, 

73 

Arthur, 

71 

Burhans, 

76 

Astor, 

41 

Bussing, 

55 

Atlee, 

32 

37 

\Jable.-, 

Austen, 

71 

88 

JDailey,  (Bailli,) 

Campbell, 

57  72 

10 

Canel, 

5 

Baker, 

38 

56 

72 

74 

Carlough, 

72 

Balcom, 

67 

Carson , 

38 

Banks, 

87 

Caiter, 

76 

Barbeau, 

83 

Chadeayne, 

53 

Barker, 

29 

53 

54 

69 

Chagnon , 

83 

Bartine, 

10 

Charlebois, 

83 

Bartlett, 

36 

Christ, 

(5 

Bartow, 

10 

Clark 

53  78 

Bayard, 

40 

Clay/ 

55 

Beach, 

29 

36 

Cleveland, 

38 

Beasely, 

38 

Clewell, 

35  36  38 

Beaumont, 

35 

38 

Cockroft, 

49 

Bedell, 

34 

Coles, 

75 

Bennett, 

58 

Conklin. 

(59 

71    72  78 

Berrian, 

21 

42 

Connell, 

36 

Bertaut, 

- 

10 

Conway, 

59 

Bertem,   (Bertine,) 

10 

Cooper, 

32 

Bessier, 

13 

Cornell,  (C 

orneille,) 

JO 

26  28  58 

Betts, 

51 

Corsa,  Curser, 

55  70 

Bigot, 

14 

Coston, 

9 

Black  well. 

38 

Courois, 

13 

Blakesly, 

88 

Coutant, 

42  50  51 

52 

54  55  62 

Bolton, 

32 

40 

65  ()6 

68 

Bouchard, 

15 

Cromwel] , 

16  69 

96 

INDEX. 

Curtis, 

78 

Graham, 

35  48 

Uean,  (e)                            17 

Granger, 

32  37 

21 

50 

Gratiot, 

76 

DeMagny, 

11 

Greene, 

4 

Dennison, 

78 

Griffin, 

27 

Denton, 

71 

Guarinus, 

9 

DeVoe,  DeVouw,               20 

21 

82. 

Guerin, 

9 

Devoir,  Devoor,  DeVore, 

24  £4 

Guion,  Guy  on, 

10 

86  88 

Guthrie, 

39 

DeWitt, 

61 

62 

Guttenberg, 

89 

Dibble, 

25 

29 

Hall, 

Diller, 

34 

30 

Dixon, 

29 

Halsted, 

53 

Dodge,                                 54 

55 

71 

Harmony, 

43 

Donmall, 

79 

Harold , 

5 

Doutre, 

83 

Harriott, 

77 

Drake, 

77 

Harrison, 

72 

Dumay, 

13 

Harsen,              29  47  48  51  54  57 

Dunham, 

44 

66  73 

Dusenbury, 

57 

Hegeman, 

73 

Ejdger, 

Henderson, 

17 

87 

Henrv,  (IV) 

20  27 

Edward,  (the  confessor) 

5 

Hill, 

30  86 

Eichells, 

30 

Hincks, 

17 

Eismann, 

10 

Hinckle. 

34 

Ellison, 

43 

68 

Hoffman, 

36 

Els  worth,  Ellsworth,           38 

41 

70 

Holt, 

85 

Everett, 

72 

Hopkins, 

65 

J-  aust, 

Hopper, 

57 

89 

Hordern, 

69 

Feriers,  Ferris, 

10 

Horn, 

61 

Fish, 

45 

Horser, 

21   47 

Fisher, 

72 

75 

Huestis, 

55 

Flock, 

38 

Hunt, 

36  38 

Folsom, 

59 

Hyatt, 

27 

Ford, 
Forshay, 

43 

lesman, 

10 

Fowler, 

54 

Ingraham, 

46 

Fuller, 

31 

Iscariot, 

6 

Fulmer, 

60 

Irwin, 

38 

VjTage, 

61 

J  aokson, 

44 

Gallaudet, 

29 

James,  (I) 

3  36 

Gardinear, 

21 

41 

Jean, 

13 

Garin,  Garinus, 

9 

Jefferson, 

60  64 

Garret, 

44 

Johnson, 

44  59 

Garrison, 

70 

Jones, 

35 

Gaudria, 

13 

Jordan, 

65 

Gilbert, 
Gilsey. 

65 

53 

77 

K 

l\»ass, 

75 

( rlassburn, 

87 

Kellogg, 

27 

Goodwin, 

35 

Kennedy, 

63 

I  N  I) 

E  X  . 

97 

Kerfoot. 

34 

McCall, 

32 

Ketchum, 

28 

53 

McCullough, 

29 

Kincaid, 

84 

McKinley, 

48 

King, 

43 

McLenathen, 

77 

Kmgsland, 

59 

McMurphy, 

36 

Knickerbocker, 

64 

68 

1M  elson, 

Kosciusko, 

67 

53  88 

JLia  Croix 

Newell, 

72 

13 

Norman, 

70 

Ladd, 

17 

Uakley, 

Lambert, 

35 

27  32  34 

Lanning, 

85  36 

38 

Odell, 

41 

La  Pistole, 

13 

15 

Odenheimer, 

34 

Lawrence,                      54 

65  6G 

87 

Osborne, 

17 

Layard 

2 

Otis, 

87 

Leggett, 

52 

54 

Ouarin, 

83 

L'Espinard,  Lispennrd, 

10 

X  addock, 

Leviness, 

54 

54 

Lewis, 

72 

Page, 

56 

Ligerson, 

17 

Palmer, 

86 

Light, 

32 

Pasquier, 

6 

Liscomb, 

38 

Patchen, 

28 

Litchfield, 

•37 

38 

Payne, 

87  88 

Livingston. 

72 

Pearce,  Pierce, 

35  53 

Lockhart, 

53 

Peck, 

53 

Logue, 

87 

Pell, 

65 

Louis,  (XIV.) 

20 

Pembroke, 

66 

Lucas, 

13 

Pentz, 

59 

Lyon, 

84 

Pepperell, 

36 

Lynch, 

53 

Perego, 

68 

Mahar, 

Pelerson, 

27 

68 

Phillips, 

76 

Malcolm. 

78 

Pool, 

27 

Manley. 

72 

Popham, 

31 

Marshall, 

36 

Powell, 

73 

Martine, 

53 

Pratt, 

66 

Massard 

13 

Prentice, 

37 

Mather, 

28 

Price, 

38 

Mathew 

17 

Pricket, 

76 

Meline, 

13 

Pugsley, 

73 

Mercer, 

38 

Hiae, 

Miles, 

34 

36 

67  77 

Miller, 

78 

Randolph, 

77  78 

Mittleberger, 

m 

Reed, 

38  59 

Morenus, 

36 

Reeves, 

87 

MoT'ey, 

70 

Reynolds, 

30 

Morris, 

31 

66 

Riblet. 

53 

Moser, 

87 

Ridabock, 

67 

Muhlenberg, 

34 

Roberts, 

32 

Munro, 

37 

Robins, 

53 

Murphy, 

29 

48 

Roche, 

14 

Murray, 

37 

Rogers, 

19 

98 


INDEX. 


Romame, 
Ross, 
Rouseray. 
Russell, 


O; 


abine, 
Sackett, 
Saunders, 
Schureman, 
Seaman, 
Secor 
Segur, 
Sherwood, 
Sibley, 
Siccard, 
Simmons, 
Sisson, 
Skinner, 
Sloan, 

Smith,  Smyth, 
Sneden, 
Snyder, 
Spencer,  / 
Staats, 
Starkey, 
Stead, 
Stetson, 
Stevens, 
Stevenson, 
Stitt, 
Storms. 
St  ults, 
Sykes, 


T 


anguay, 
Taylor, 
Tencin, 
Thorn, 
Tiebout, 
Tier, 

Tompkins, 
Tybalt, 
Tyrrel, 


30 

68 
13 

76 

88 
35 
84  87 
53 
74 
10  29 
62 
56 
78 
10 
53 
84  87 
16 
86 
32  68  76 
62 
43 
17 
81 
33 
53 
36  39 
59 
56 
21 
55 
38 
36 

13 

56 

9 

70 

75 

43  44 

27  29  74 

1 

46 


U: 


alentine, 
Van  Alyn, ' 
Van  Bokkelen, 
Van  den  Berg, 
Vandyke, 
Van  Home, 
Van  Nest, 
Van  Pelt, 
Varin,  Varrin,  Vairin, 

14  15  82  83 
Verriere, 
Vienier, 
Vincent, 


21 


9 


w, 


88 

28  61  74 
76 
34 

50  51  61 
45 
21 
65 
68 

11   12   13 

12 

86 
37 


akeman, 

Walpole, 

Ward, 

Warin, 

Warner, 

Warren, 

Washington, 

Watson, 

Webster, 

Weeks, 

Wellman, 

Wells, 

Wesley, 

White, 

Whitfield, 

Whitney, 

Wighton, 

William, 

Williams, 

Wilson, 

Winship, 

Wolcott, 

Wright, 

Wyatt, 


43 


41  4; 


23 


(of  Normandy) 


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83 
72 
61  88 
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53 
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87 
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68 
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26 
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SUPPLEMENT. 


Descendants  of  Timothy  Varian. 

(13,  p.  24.) 

1.  Timothy  White  Varian,  bro.  of  David  DeVoir  Varian,  (11  p. 24) 

and  son  of  Joseph  Varian  (2  p.  21)  was  born  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  9  Mar.,  1771,  and  bapt.  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  at  that  place  7  Apr.,  1771.  He  m.  about  1795,  Martha 
dau.  of  Isaac  and  Martha  J.  Van  Duser,  who  res.  on  a  farm 
near  New  York  City  and  deceased  at  Ohio  about 

1865,  aged  94  years. 

They  had  children : 

2.  Isaac  d.  1883,  + 

3.  Joseph,  d.  1880,  aged  87.  (?)  + 

4.  Matilda,  + 

5.  Timothy,  d.  about  1873.  + 

6.  David,  + 

7.  Polly,  + 

8.  Margaret,  + 

9.  Joanna,  + 

2.  Isaac,  em.  to  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  where  he  m.,  1829,  Sarah  Cope- 

land,  and  d.  1833,  leaving  issue: 

10.  John, 

11.  Martha, 

3.  Joseph,  settled  at  Letart  Falls,  W,  Va.,  andm.  Hannah  Dunn  of 

Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.    They  both  deceased  in  1880,  and  had: 

12.  Plyra,  + 

13.  William.  + 

14.  Malinda.  + 

15.  Matilda.  + 

16.  Elmira.  + 

17.  Urena.  + 

18.  Rebecca.  + 

19.  Eliza,  m.  Washington  Sayre,  and  res.  Letart,  W.  Va. 


DESCENDANTS    OF   TIMOTHY    VAftlAN. 

4.  Matilda,  m.  Alexander  Glassburn  of  Porter,  Gallia,  Co..O.    Em. 

toChambersburg,  Clark  Co.,  Mo.,  in  1835,  and  have  children: 

20.  Cynthia. 

21.  Sylvester. 

5.  Timothy,  m.  Nancy  Oowen  of  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.,  and  had 

ch.  now  res.  at  Point  Pleasant  and  Clifton,  W.  Va. 

22.  Mary. 

23.  GRANnisON, 

24.  William, 

25.  Daniel, 

26.  Augustus, 

6.-  David,  m.  Sarah  Calhoun  of  Jackson,  O.     They  live   at   Ports- 
mouth, O.,  and  have  children: 

27.  Joseph  of  •' J.  Varian  &  Sons,"  Maysville,  Ky. 

28.  Joseph,   ) 

29.  George,  >•  res.  Portsmouth,  Q. 

30.  Electa,  \ 


7.  Polly,  m.  Smith  Stephenson  of  Portland,  Jackson  Co.,  O.,  and 

reside   on  a  farm  in  the   acoal    and   iron  region"   in  that 
county. 

Their  children  are: 

« 
-     31.  James. 

32.  Samuel. 

33.  William. 
34    Mary  Ann. 

8.  Margaret,  m.  Robert  Calhoun  of  Jackson,  O.,  and  res.  at  Vega, 

Jackson  Co.,  O. 

Their  children  are: 

r 

35.  Nica,  m.  and  res.  Vega,  O. 

36.  Hannah,        m.  and  res.  Vega,  O. 

37.  Evie,  m.  and  res.  Vega,  O. 

38.  Margaretta,  m.  and  res.  Vega,  O. 

9.  Joanna,  m.  Jonas  Woolf  of  Letart,  Meigs  Co.,  O.,  and  settled 

in   1835,  on  a  farm  at  that  place  which  was  the  property 


DESCENDANTS    OF    TIMOTHY     VARIAN. 

of  his  lather  as  early  as  1802.     Mr.  Woolf  d.  29  Dec,  1880, 
having  had  issue: 

39.  Peter,  m. 

40.  Daniel,  m. 

41.  John,  m. 

42.  George,  m. 

48.  Mary  C,    ra.  Peter  Bentz  of  Letart,  O. 

1*2.  Plyra,  m.  Hayman  of  Letart,  O.,  and  res.  at  Letart,  W.  Va. 

They  have  children : 

44.  Elmer, 

45.  Homer. 

46.  Ivy. 

13.  William,  m.  and  res.  Point  Pleasant,  VV.  Va.,  has 

issue: 

47.  Enos.       • 

48.  Freeman. 

49.  Charles. 

50.  Joseph. 

51.  Camden. 

14.  Malinda,  m.  G.  P.  Woolf  of  Letart,  0.,  and  they  have: 

52.  Melissa.     , 

53.  Melvin. 

54.  Calvin.  > 

55.  Paulina. 

56.  Ervin. 

57.  Henry, 

58.  Van  Ambrose. 

15.  Matilda,  m.  Jonas  Sayre  of  Letart,  O.,  and  they  have: 

59.  Joseph. 

60.  Martha. 

16.  Elmira,  m.  Nathaniel  Powell  of  Letart,  O.,  and  res.  at  Antiquity, 

O,  having: 

61.  Albert. 

62.  George. 

63.  Roxie,  m.  Thomas  Malone,  res.  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


DESCENDANTS    OF   TIMOTHY    YABIAN. 

17.  Urena  m.  Henry  Thornton  of  Letart,  W.  Va ,  res.  El  Dorado, 
Kan.,  and  has: 

64.  Joseph. 

65.  Dimit,  (?) 

66.  Elmer. 

67.  Thomas. 


18.  Rebecca,  m.  Thomas  Key  bum  of  Clifton.  W.  Va.,  and  has 

68.  Martha. 

69.  Irwin. 

70.  Jennie. 


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